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adj
- Restricted.
- Provided for use by an employer for as long as one is employed, often with restrictions on the conditions of use.
- (archaeology) Having walls that are connected in a few places by a single stone overlapping from one wall to another.
- (sports or games) That resulted in a tie.
- Closely associated or connected.
- (philately) A cover having a stamp where the postmark cancellation overlaps the stamp.
- (liquor trade) Of a public house, bar, etc., obliged to sell beer from only one brewery, or alcoholic drinks from one pubco.
- Conditional on other agreements being upheld.
- fastened with strings or cords
- bound together by or as if by a strong rope; especially as by a bond of affection
- bound or secured closely
- closed with a lace
- of the score in a contest
verb
adj
- Restricted or limited by conditions.
- limited or restricted; not absolute
- Meeting the standards, requirements, and training for a position.
- restricted in meaning; (as e.g. ‘man’ in ‘a tall man’)
- meeting the proper standards and requirements and training for an office or position or task
- contingent on something else
- holding appropriate documentation and officially on record as qualified to perform a specified function or practice a specified skill
verb
verb
- To limit narrowly; to restrict.
- restrict or confine within limits
- To draw a line around; to encircle.
- (geometry) To draw the smallest circle or higher-dimensional sphere that has (a polyhedron, polygon, etc.) in its interior.
- draw a line around
- to draw a geometric figure around another figure so that the two are in contact but do not intersect
adj
- Limited within bounds.
- Available only to certain authorized groups of people.
- (US, historical) Only available to customers who do not belong to racial, ethnic or religious minorities.
- restricted in meaning; (as e.g. ‘man’ in ‘a tall man’)
- the lowest level of official classification for documents
- subject to restriction or subjected to restriction
verb
noun
- Something that constrains; a restriction.
- An irresistible force or compulsion.
- (databases) A linkage or other restriction that maintains database integrity.
- (mathematics) A condition that a solution to an optimization problem must satisfy.
- The repression of one's feelings.
- the act of constraining; the threat or use of force to control the thoughts or behavior of others
- a device that retards something's motion
- the state of being physically constrained
verb
- (rare) To confine.
- (Australia, New Zealand, usually with up) To keep (a traveller) detained in order to rob them; to corner (a wild animal); loosely, to detain, hold up.
- (intransitive, informal) To fail to meet a commitment (to a person). [with on ‘someone’]
- (nautical, transitive) To remove water from (a boat) by scooping it out.
- To secure the release of an arrested person by providing bail.
- To secure the head of a cow during milking.
- (Australia, New Zealand) To secure (a cow) by placing its head in a bail for milking.
- (law) To release a person under such guarantee.
- (law) To hand over personal property to be held temporarily by another as a bailment.
- (nautical, transitive, intransitive) To remove (water) from a boat by scooping it out.
- To set free; to deliver; to release.
- (intransitive, slang) To leave or exit abruptly.
- release after a security has been paid
- secure the release of (someone) by providing security
- remove (water) from a vessel with a container
- deliver something in trust to somebody for a special purpose and for a limited period
- empty (a vessel) by bailing
noun
- (law, UK) Release from imprisonment on payment of such money.
- A person who bails water out of a boat.
- A bucket or scoop used for removing water from a boat etc.
- A hoop, ring, or other object used to connect a pendant to a necklace.
- A stall for a cow (or other animal) (usually tethered with a semi-circular hoop).
- (furniture) Normally curved handle suspended between sockets as a drawer pull. This may also be on a kettle or pail.
- (countable, uncountable) Security, usually a sum of money, exchanged for the release of an arrested person as a guarantee of that person's appearance for trial.
- (chiefly Australia and New Zealand) A frame to restrain a cow during milking or feeding.
- A hinged bar as a restraint for animals, or on a typewriter.
- (law, UK) The person providing such payment.
- (cricket) One of the two wooden crosspieces that rest on top of the stumps to form a wicket.
- A hoop, ring or handle (especially of a kettle or bucket).
- the legal system that allows an accused person to be temporarily released from custody (usually on condition that a sum of money guarantees their appearance at trial)
- (criminal law) money that must be forfeited by the bondsman if an accused person fails to appear in court for trial
adj
noun
- (logic) A statement that one sentence is true if another is.
- (programming) An instruction that branches depending on the truth of a condition at that point.
- A condition (a limitation or restriction).
- (grammar) A conditional sentence; a statement that depends on a condition being true or false.
- (grammar) The conditional mood.
prefix
adj
- Tightly restricted in availability.
- (archaic outside certain phrases) Physically narrow or confined.
- At little distance; near in space or time.
- Intimate or immediate in personal relationship.
- Nearly equal; almost evenly balanced; almost exactly matching.
- Carefully done, detailed.
- Accurate; precise.
- (Ireland, UK, weather) Hot, humid, with no wind.
- Tight, with little space separating components or elements.
- (linguistics, phonetics, of a vowel) Articulated with the tongue body relatively close to the hard palate.
- Strictly confined; carefully guarded.
- Almost, but not quite (getting to an answer, goal, or other state); near.
- (law) Of a corporation or other business entity, closely held.
- Attentive; undeviating; strict.
- (in particular) Almost resulting in disaster.
- (heraldry, of a bird) With its wings at its side, closed, held near to its body (typically also statant); (of wings) in this posture.
- Short.
- Oppressive; without motion or ventilation; causing a feeling of lassitude.
- Involving a tight connection; involving frequent communication, shared or cooperative activity, etc.
- Marked, evident.
- Adhering strictly to a standard or original; exact or nearly so.
- not far distant in time or space or degree or circumstances
- close in relevance or relationship
- confined to specific persons
- crowded
- strictly confined or guarded
- at or within a short distance in space or time or having elements near each other
- lacking fresh air
- inclined to secrecy or reticence about divulging information
- (of a contest or contestants) evenly matched
- of textiles
- marked by fidelity to an original
- used of hair or haircuts
- fitting closely but comfortably
- rigorously attentive; strict and thorough
- giving or spending with reluctance
adv
noun
- (chiefly British) A street that ends in a dead end.
- A cathedral close.
- (music) The conclusion of a strain of music; cadence.
- An end or conclusion.
- (aviation, travel) The time when check-in staff will no longer accept passengers for a flight.
- The manner of shutting; the union of parts; junction.
- (Scotland) The common staircase in a tenement.
- (music) A double bar marking the end.
- (sales) The point at the end of a sales pitch when the consumer is asked to buy.
- (Scotland) A very narrow alley between two buildings, often overhung by one of the buildings above the ground floor.
- (law) The interest which one may have in a piece of ground, even though it is not enclosed
- A grapple in wrestling.
- the last section of a communication
- the temporal end; the concluding time
- the concluding part of any performance
verb
- (intransitive) To become denser or more crowded with objects.
- (intransitive) To finish; to come to an end.
- To grapple; to engage in close combat.
- (ambitransitive) To move a thing, or part of a thing, nearer to another so that the gap or opening between the two is removed.
- (Philippines, Quebec, Greece, Cyprus) To turn off; to switch off.
- (transitive) To obstruct or block.
- (transitive) To perform as the final act at (a show etc.).
- (transitive) To put out of use or operation.
- (transitive, baseball, pitching) To make the final outs, usually three, of a game.
- (transitive, intransitive, especially sports) To angle (a club, bat or other hitting implement) downwards and/or (for a right-hander) anticlockwise of straight.
- (intransitive) To cease operation or cease to be available.
- (transitive, intransitive, electricity, of a switch, fuse or circuit breaker) To move to a position allowing electricity to flow.
- (transitive, intransitive, engineering, gas and liquid flow, of valve or damper) To move to a position preventing fluid from flowing.
- (surveying) To have a vector sum of 0; that is, to form a closed polygon.
- (figuratively, transitive, intransitive) To make or become unreceptive.
- (ergative, marketing) To conclude (a sale).
- (intransitive) To do the tasks (putting things away, locking doors, etc.) required to prepare a store or other establishment to shut down for the night.
- (ergative, computing) To terminate an application, window, file or database connection, etc.
- (intransitive, of a business, market etc.) To cease trading for the day, or permanently.
- (transitive, finance) To cancel or reverse (a trading position).
- (chiefly figurative) To come or gather around; to enclose.
- (transitive) To end or conclude.
- come to a close
- draw near
- change one's body stance so that the forward shoulder and foot are closer to the intended point of impact
- be priced or listed when trading stops
- unite or bring into contact or bring together the edges of
- cease to operate or cause to cease operating
- move so that an opening or passage is obstructed; make shut
- complete a business deal, negotiation, or an agreement
- cause a window or an application to disappear on a computer desktop
- fill or stop up
- come together, as if in an embrace
- become closed
- bar access to
- finish a game in baseball by protecting a lead
- finish or terminate (meetings, speeches, etc.)
- engage at close quarters
- bring together all the elements or parts of
noun
- That which limits or confines.
- (historical) A friar who had a license to beg within certain bounds.
- (electronics) A circuit that allows signals below a specified input threshold to pass unaffected while attenuating the peaks of stronger signals.
- (electronics) a nonlinear electronic circuit whose output is limited in amplitude; used to limit the instantaneous amplitude of a waveform (to clip off the peaks of a waveform)
verb
noun
- the boundary of a specific area
- the greatest possible degree of something
- final or latest limiting point
- the greatest amount of something that is possible or allowed
- as far as something can go
- the mathematical value toward which a function goes as the independent variable approaches infinity
- The final, utmost, or furthest point; the border or edge.
- (mathematics) Any of several abstractions of this concept of limit.
- (colloquial, as "the limit") A person who is exasperating, intolerable, astounding, etc.
- (logic, metaphysics) A determining feature; a distinguishing characteristic.
- (cycling) The first group of riders to depart in a handicap race.
- A restriction; a bound beyond which one may not go.
- (music) Ellipsis of harmonic limit.
- (category theory) The cone of a diagram through which any other cone of that same diagram can factor uniquely.
- (mathematics) A value to which a sequence converges. Equivalently, the common value of the upper limit and the lower limit of a sequence: if the upper and lower limits are different, then the sequence has no limit (i.e., does not converge).
- (poker) Fixed limit.
adj
noun
- A restricted range.
- (geology) A fenster: a geologic or tectonic window.
- (graphical user interface) A rectangular area on a computer terminal or screen containing some kind of user interface, displaying output and allowing input, often for a single task in a multitasking system.
- (figurative) A period of time when something is available or possible; a limited opportunity.
- A figure formed of lines crossing each other.
- (signal processing) A function multiplied with a signal to reduce spectral leakage when performing a Fourier transform.
- (figurative) Something that allows one to see through or into something
- An opening, usually covered by one or more panes of clear glass, to allow light and air from outside to enter a building or vehicle.
- An opening, usually covered by glass, in a shop which allows people to view the shop and its products from outside; a shop window.
- (architecture) The shutter, casement, sash with its fittings, or other framework, which closes a window opening.
- (medicine) The time between first infection and detectability.
- (military, historical, uncountable) Synonym of chaff (“strips of material intended to confuse radar”)
- an opening that resembles a window in appearance or function
- the time period that is considered best for starting or finishing something
- an opening in a wall or screen that admits light and air and through which customers can be served
- (computer science) a rectangular part of a computer screen that contains a display different from the rest of the screen
- a pane of glass in a window
- a framework of wood or metal that contains a glass windowpane and is built into a wall or roof to admit light or air
- a transparent opening in a vehicle that allow vision out of the sides or back; usually is capable of being opened
- a transparent panel (as of an envelope) inserted in an otherwise opaque material
verb
verb
- To restrain within boundaries; to limit; to confine
- (specifically, mathematics) To consider (a function) as defined on a subset of its original domain.
- place under restrictions; limit access to by law
- place limits on (extent or amount or access)
- prevent (information) from being circulated or disclosed
- place restrictions on
verb
adj
noun
adj
noun
verb
noun
- A regulation or limitation that restricts.
- (biology) The mechanism by which a cell degrades foreign DNA material.
- The act of restricting, or the state of being restricted.
- a principle that limits the extent of something
- an act of limiting or restricting (as by regulation)
- the act of keeping something within specified bounds (by force if necessary)
verb
- severely restrict in scope or extent
- compel to behave in a certain way
- to close within bounds, or otherwise limit or deprive of free movement
- (transitive) To force physically, by strong persuasion or pressuring; to compel; to oblige.
- (transitive) To reduce a result in response to limited resources.
- (transitive) To keep within close bounds; to confine.
verb
- severely restrict in scope or extent
- (intransitive, transitive) To become stringent and ungenerous.
- (transitive) To make sufficiently tight.
- (transitive) To fix something or make it correct.
- (intransitive) To become tense and restrained.
- (intransitive) To become focused and serious; To stop any vacillation or inconsistency.
adj
- Rigidly interpreted; exactly limited; confined; restricted.
- (set theory, order theory) Irreflexive; if the described object is defined to be reflexive, that condition is overridden and replaced with irreflexive.
- Tense; not relaxed.
- (botany) Upright, or straight and narrow; — said of the shape of the plants or their flower clusters.
- Strained; drawn close; tight.
- Severe in discipline.
- Exact; accurate; precise; rigorously particular.
- Governed or governing by exact rules; observing exact rules; severe; rigorous.
- (of rules) stringently enforced
- severe and unremitting in making demands
- characterized by strictness, severity, or restraint
- incapable of compromise or flexibility
- rigidly accurate; allowing no deviation from a standard
verb
- limit or restrict to
- perform a marriage ceremony
- fasten or secure with a rope, string, or cord
- unite musical notes by a tie
- create social or emotional ties
- connect, fasten, or put together two or more pieces
- finish a game with an equal number of points, goals, etc.
- make by tying pieces together
- form a knot or bow in
- (music) To unite (musical notes) with a line or slur in the notation.
- (US, transitive) To have the same score or position as (another) in a competition or ordering.
- (ambitransitive) To have the same score or position as another in a competition or ordering.
- (programming, transitive) In the Perl programming language, to extend (a variable) so that standard operations performed upon it invoke custom functionality instead.
- (transitive) To twist (a string, rope, or the like) around itself securely.
- (transitive) To attach or fasten (one thing to another) by string or the like.
- (transitive) To form (a knot or the like) in a string or the like.
- (transitive, sometimes figurative) To secure (something) by string or the like.
noun
- a fastener that serves to join or connect
- (music) a slur over two notes of the same pitch; indicates that the note is to be sustained for their combined time value
- equality of score in a contest
- neckwear consisting of a long narrow piece of material worn (mostly by men) under a collar and tied in knot at the front
- a cord (or string or ribbon or wire etc.) with which something is tied
- a horizontal beam used to prevent two other structural members from spreading apart or separating
- a social or business relationship
- the finish of a contest in which the score is tied and the winner is undecided
- one of the cross braces that support the rails on a railway track
- (music) A curved line connecting two notes of the same pitch denoting that they should be played as a single note with the combined length of both notes.
- A lace-up shoe.
- (phonetic transcription) A curved line connecting two letters (⁀), used in the IPA to denote a coarticulation, as for example /d͡ʒ/.
- A knot; a fastening.
- A twist tie, a piece of wire embedded in paper, strip of plastic with ratchets, or similar object which is wound around something and tightened.
- A tiewig.
- A knot of hair, as at the back of a wig.
- The situation in which two or more participants in a competition are placed equally.
- (cricket) The situation at the end of all innings of a match where both sides have the same total of runs (different from a draw).
- (sports, British) A meeting between two players or teams in a competition.
- (construction) A structural member firmly holding two pieces together.
- A necktie (item of clothing consisting of a strip of cloth tied around the neck). See also bow tie, black tie.
- A connection between people or groups of people, especially a strong connection.
- (rail transport, US) A horizontal wooden or concrete structural member that supports and ties together rails.
- (graph theory) A connection between two vertices.
- (statistics) One or more equal values or sets of equal values in the data set.
- (surveying) A bearing and distance between a lot corner or point and a benchmark or iron off site.
- (sports, US) An equalizer, a run, goal, point, etc which causes participants in a competition to be placed equally or have the same score(s).
noun
- the quality of being limited or restricted
- a principle that limits the extent of something
- an act of limiting or restricting (as by regulation)
- (law) a time period after which suits cannot be brought
- the greatest amount of something that is possible or allowed
- A restriction; a boundary, real or metaphorical, caused by some thing or some circumstance.
- The act of limiting or the state of being limited.
- (law) A time period after which some legal action may no longer be brought.
- An imperfection or shortcoming that limits something's use or value.
adj
verb
adj
- Of little extent; very limited; circumscribed.
- limited in extent or scope
- Scrutinizing in detail; close; accurate; exact.
- (figuratively) Restrictive; without flexibility or latitude.
- Parsimonious; niggardly; covetous; selfish.
- Having a small margin or degree.
- (phonetics) Formed (as a vowel) by a close position of some part of the tongue in relation to the palate; or (according to Bell) by a tense condition of the pharynx; distinguished from wide.
- Having a small width; not wide; having opposite edges or sides that are close, especially by comparison to length or depth.
- Contracted; of limited scope; bigoted
- (computing) Of or supporting only those text characters that can fit into the traditional 8-bit representation.
- lacking tolerance or flexibility or breadth of view
- not wide
- very limited in degree
- characterized by painstaking care and detailed examination
noun
verb
- (transitive, programming) To convert to a data type that cannot hold as many distinct values.
- (of a person or eyes) To partially lower one's eyelids in a way usually taken to suggest a defensive, aggressive or penetrating look.
- (intransitive) To get narrower.
- (knitting) To contract the size of, as a stocking, by taking two stitches into one.
- (transitive) To reduce in width or extent; to contract.
- define clearly
- become tight or as if tight
- become more focused on an area of activity or field of study
- make or become more narrow or restricted
verb
- (transitive) To confine; to limit; to restrict.
- (intransitive) To live less expensively; to economize.
- (intransitive) To take up a new defensive position.
- (transitive, military) To furnish with a retrenchment (a defensive work within a fortification).
- (intransitive) To abridge; to curtail.
- (transitive) To dig or redig a trench where one already exists.
- (transitive) To cut down or reduce.
- (transitive, specifically) To terminate the employment of a worker to reduce the size of a workforce; to make redundant.
- tighten one's belt; use resources carefully
- make a reduction, as in one's workforce
adj
noun
- The amount of money or resources earmarked for a particular institution, activity or timeframe.
- An itemized summary of intended expenditure; usually coupled with expected revenue.
- (by implication) A relatively small amount of available money.
- a sum of money allocated for a particular purpose
- a summary of intended expenditures along with proposals for how to meet them
verb
adj
- (law) Containing a part only; limited.
- Distinguished in some way; special (often in negative constructions).
- Specialised; characteristic of a specific person or thing.
- Concerned with, or attentive to, details; minute; circumstantial; precise.
- (logic) Forming a part of a genus; relatively limited in extension; affirmed or denied of a part of a subject.
- (law) Holding a particular estate.
- (comparable) Of a person, concerned with, or attentive to, details; fastidious.
- Specific; discrete; concrete.
- surpassing what is common or usual or expected
- separate and distinct from others of the same group or category
- first and most important
- providing specific details or circumstances
- unique or specific to a person or thing or category
- exacting especially about details
noun
- (now philosophy, chiefly in plural) A particular case; an individual thing as opposed to a whole class. (Opposed to generals, universals.)
- A small individual part of something larger; a detail, a point.
- a fact about some part (as opposed to general)
- a small part that can be considered separately from the whole
- (logic) a proposition that asserts something about some (but not all) members of a class
verb
- (transitive) To restrain within certain limits; to bound; to restrict to a scant allowance.
- (intransitive) To be sparing or mean.
- (of mares) To impregnate successfully; to get with foal.
- To assign a certain task to (a person), upon the performance of which he/she is excused from further labour for that day or period; to stent.
- supply sparingly and with restricted quantities
- subsist on a meager allowance
noun
- Limit; bound; restraint; extent.
- Quantity or task assigned; proportion allotted.
- A period of time spent doing or being something; a spell.
- Misspelling of stent (“medical device”).
- (motor racing) A part of the race between two consecutive pit stops.
- Any of several very small wading birds in the genus Calidris. Types of sandpiper, such as the dunlin or the sanderling.
- an unbroken period of time during which you do something
- smallest American sandpiper
- an individual's prescribed share of work
verb
noun
- A woman's foundation garment, reinforced with stays, that supports the waistline, hips and bust.
- (UK, finance, historical) A regulation that limited the growth of British banks' interest-bearing deposits.
- (historical) A tight-fitting gown or basque worn by both men and women during the Middle Ages.
- a woman's close-fitting foundation garment
verb
- narrow or limit
- to remove oxygen from a compound, or cause to react with hydrogen or form a hydride, or to undergo an increase in the number of electrons
- cook until very little liquid is left
- lessen and make more modest
- be cooked until very little liquid is left
- reduce in size; reduce physically
- lessen the strength or flavor of a solution or mixture
- reposition (a broken bone after surgery) back to its normal site
- reduce in scope while retaining essential elements
- be the essential element
- cut down on; make a reduction in
- make smaller
- lower in grade or rank or force somebody into an undignified situation
- make less complex
- simplify the form of a mathematical equation of expression by substituting one term for another
- undergo meiosis
- put down by force or intimidation
- bring to humbler or weaker state or condition
- destress and thus weaken a sound when pronouncing it
- take off weight
- (transitive) To bring to an inferior rank; to degrade, to demote.
- (intransitive) To lose weight.
- (transitive, Scots law) To annul by legal means.
- (transitive, military) To reform a line or column from (a square).
- (transitive) To be forced by circumstances (into something one considers unworthy).
- (transitive, metallurgy) To produce metal from ore by removing nonmetallic elements in a smelter.
- (transitive) To bring down the size, quantity, quality, value or intensity of something; to diminish, to lower.
- (transitive, medicine) To perform a reduction; to restore a fracture or dislocation to the correct alignment.
- (transitive, law) To convert to written form. (Usage note: this verb almost always appears as "reduce to writing".)
- (transitive) To humble; to conquer; to subdue; to capture.
- (transitive) To bring to an inferior state or condition.
- (transitive, computer science) To express the solution of a problem in terms of another (known) algorithm.
- (transitive, military) To strike off the payroll.
- (transitive, phonetics, phonology) To pronounce (a sound or word) with less effort.
- (transitive, mathematics) To simplify an equation or formula without changing its value.
- (transitive, chemistry) To add electrons / hydrogen or to remove oxygen.
- (transitive, cooking) To decrease the liquid content of (a food) by boiling much of its water off.
- (transitive, logic) To convert a syllogism to a clearer or simpler form.
adj
- restrained or managed or kept within certain bounds
- Subjected to regulation or direction.
- (medicine, sciences, research) Resulting from a comparison with control samples; including a comparison (control) group. (describing clinical trials)
- Inhibited or restrained in one's words and actions.
- (in combination) Under the control of the specified entity.
verb
adj
noun
- An object or part of an object resembling a tail in shape, such as the thongs on a cat-o'-nine-tails.
- (electrical engineering) Synonym of pigtail (“a short length of twisted electrical wire”).
- (typography) The lower loop of the letters in the Roman alphabet, as in g, q or y.
- (mathematics) All the last terms of a sequence, from some term on.
- (slang) The penis of a person or animal.
- (surgery) A portion of an incision, at its beginning or end, which does not go through the whole thickness of the skin, and is more painful than a complete incision; called also tailing.
- (slang, uncountable) Sexual intercourse.
- The back, last, lower, or inferior part of anything.
- (nautical) A rope spliced to the strap of a block, by which it may be lashed to anything.
- A train or company of attendants; a retinue.
- (law) Limitation of inheritance to certain heirs.
- A downy or feathery appendage of certain achens, formed of the permanent elongated style.
- (chiefly in the plural) The side of a coin not bearing the head; normally the side on which the monetary value of the coin is indicated; the reverse.
- (now colloquial, chiefly US) The buttocks or backside.
- (mining) A tailing.
- The latter part of a time period or event, or (collectively) persons or objects represented in this part.
- (anatomy) The caudal appendage of an animal that is attached to their posterior and near the anus or cloaca.
- (anatomy) The distal tendon of a muscle.
- The tail-end of any object.
- (architecture) The bottom or lower portion of a member or part such as a slate or tile.
- The feathers attached to the pygostyle of a bird.
- (kayaking) The stern; the back of the kayak.
- The rear structure of an aircraft, the empennage.
- (cricket) The lower order of batsmen in the batting order, usually specialist bowlers.
- One of the strips at the end of a bandage formed by splitting the bandage one or more times.
- (entomology) A filamentous projection on the tornal section of each hind wing of certain butterflies.
- (statistics) The part of a distribution most distant from the mode.
- (astronomy) The visible stream of dust and gases blown from a comet by the solar wind.
- (chemistry) The final fraction of a distillation run, typically containing impurities and fusel oils.
- One who surreptitiously follows another.
- (music) The part of a note which runs perpendicularly upward or downward from the head; the stem.
- any projection that resembles the tail of an animal
- (usually plural) the reverse side of a coin that does not bear the representation of a person's head
- the rear part of an aircraft
- the rear part of a ship
- the posterior part of the body of a vertebrate especially when elongated and extending beyond the trunk or main part of the body
- a spy employed to follow someone and report their movements
- the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on
- the time of the last part of something
verb
- To pull or draw by the tail.
- (architecture) To hold by the end; said of a timber when it rests upon a wall or other support; with in or into
- To follow or hang to, like a tail; to be attached closely to, as that which can not be evaded.
- (nautical) To swing with the stern in a certain direction; said of a vessel at anchor.
- (transitive) To follow and observe surreptitiously.
- remove or shorten the tail of an animal
- remove the stalk of fruits or berries
- go after with the intent to catch
noun
- Something that constrains; a restriction.
- An irresistible force or compulsion.
- (databases) A linkage or other restriction that maintains database integrity.
- (mathematics) A condition that a solution to an optimization problem must satisfy.
- The repression of one's feelings.
- the act of constraining; the threat or use of force to control the thoughts or behavior of others
- a device that retards something's motion
- the state of being physically constrained
noun
- That which limits or confines.
- (historical) A friar who had a license to beg within certain bounds.
- (electronics) A circuit that allows signals below a specified input threshold to pass unaffected while attenuating the peaks of stronger signals.
- (electronics) a nonlinear electronic circuit whose output is limited in amplitude; used to limit the instantaneous amplitude of a waveform (to clip off the peaks of a waveform)
noun
- A restricted range.
- (geology) A fenster: a geologic or tectonic window.
- (graphical user interface) A rectangular area on a computer terminal or screen containing some kind of user interface, displaying output and allowing input, often for a single task in a multitasking system.
- (figurative) A period of time when something is available or possible; a limited opportunity.
- A figure formed of lines crossing each other.
- (signal processing) A function multiplied with a signal to reduce spectral leakage when performing a Fourier transform.
- (figurative) Something that allows one to see through or into something
- An opening, usually covered by one or more panes of clear glass, to allow light and air from outside to enter a building or vehicle.
- An opening, usually covered by glass, in a shop which allows people to view the shop and its products from outside; a shop window.
- (architecture) The shutter, casement, sash with its fittings, or other framework, which closes a window opening.
- (medicine) The time between first infection and detectability.
- (military, historical, uncountable) Synonym of chaff (“strips of material intended to confuse radar”)
- an opening that resembles a window in appearance or function
- the time period that is considered best for starting or finishing something
- an opening in a wall or screen that admits light and air and through which customers can be served
- (computer science) a rectangular part of a computer screen that contains a display different from the rest of the screen
- a pane of glass in a window
- a framework of wood or metal that contains a glass windowpane and is built into a wall or roof to admit light or air
- a transparent opening in a vehicle that allow vision out of the sides or back; usually is capable of being opened
- a transparent panel (as of an envelope) inserted in an otherwise opaque material
verb
noun
- A regulation or limitation that restricts.
- (biology) The mechanism by which a cell degrades foreign DNA material.
- The act of restricting, or the state of being restricted.
- a principle that limits the extent of something
- an act of limiting or restricting (as by regulation)
- the act of keeping something within specified bounds (by force if necessary)
noun
- the quality of being limited or restricted
- a principle that limits the extent of something
- an act of limiting or restricting (as by regulation)
- (law) a time period after which suits cannot be brought
- the greatest amount of something that is possible or allowed
- A restriction; a boundary, real or metaphorical, caused by some thing or some circumstance.
- The act of limiting or the state of being limited.
- (law) A time period after which some legal action may no longer be brought.
- An imperfection or shortcoming that limits something's use or value.
verb
- (transitive) To restrain within certain limits; to bound; to restrict to a scant allowance.
- (intransitive) To be sparing or mean.
- (of mares) To impregnate successfully; to get with foal.
- To assign a certain task to (a person), upon the performance of which he/she is excused from further labour for that day or period; to stent.
- supply sparingly and with restricted quantities
- subsist on a meager allowance
noun
- Limit; bound; restraint; extent.
- Quantity or task assigned; proportion allotted.
- A period of time spent doing or being something; a spell.
- Misspelling of stent (“medical device”).
- (motor racing) A part of the race between two consecutive pit stops.
- Any of several very small wading birds in the genus Calidris. Types of sandpiper, such as the dunlin or the sanderling.
- an unbroken period of time during which you do something
- smallest American sandpiper
- an individual's prescribed share of work
verb
- To limit narrowly; to restrict.
- restrict or confine within limits
- To draw a line around; to encircle.
- (geometry) To draw the smallest circle or higher-dimensional sphere that has (a polyhedron, polygon, etc.) in its interior.
- draw a line around
- to draw a geometric figure around another figure so that the two are in contact but do not intersect
verb
- (rare) To confine.
- (Australia, New Zealand, usually with up) To keep (a traveller) detained in order to rob them; to corner (a wild animal); loosely, to detain, hold up.
- (intransitive, informal) To fail to meet a commitment (to a person). [with on ‘someone’]
- (nautical, transitive) To remove water from (a boat) by scooping it out.
- To secure the release of an arrested person by providing bail.
- To secure the head of a cow during milking.
- (Australia, New Zealand) To secure (a cow) by placing its head in a bail for milking.
- (law) To release a person under such guarantee.
- (law) To hand over personal property to be held temporarily by another as a bailment.
- (nautical, transitive, intransitive) To remove (water) from a boat by scooping it out.
- To set free; to deliver; to release.
- (intransitive, slang) To leave or exit abruptly.
- release after a security has been paid
- secure the release of (someone) by providing security
- remove (water) from a vessel with a container
- deliver something in trust to somebody for a special purpose and for a limited period
- empty (a vessel) by bailing
noun
- (law, UK) Release from imprisonment on payment of such money.
- A person who bails water out of a boat.
- A bucket or scoop used for removing water from a boat etc.
- A hoop, ring, or other object used to connect a pendant to a necklace.
- A stall for a cow (or other animal) (usually tethered with a semi-circular hoop).
- (furniture) Normally curved handle suspended between sockets as a drawer pull. This may also be on a kettle or pail.
- (countable, uncountable) Security, usually a sum of money, exchanged for the release of an arrested person as a guarantee of that person's appearance for trial.
- (chiefly Australia and New Zealand) A frame to restrain a cow during milking or feeding.
- A hinged bar as a restraint for animals, or on a typewriter.
- (law, UK) The person providing such payment.
- (cricket) One of the two wooden crosspieces that rest on top of the stumps to form a wicket.
- A hoop, ring or handle (especially of a kettle or bucket).
- the legal system that allows an accused person to be temporarily released from custody (usually on condition that a sum of money guarantees their appearance at trial)
- (criminal law) money that must be forfeited by the bondsman if an accused person fails to appear in court for trial
verb
noun
- the boundary of a specific area
- the greatest possible degree of something
- final or latest limiting point
- the greatest amount of something that is possible or allowed
- as far as something can go
- the mathematical value toward which a function goes as the independent variable approaches infinity
- The final, utmost, or furthest point; the border or edge.
- (mathematics) Any of several abstractions of this concept of limit.
- (colloquial, as "the limit") A person who is exasperating, intolerable, astounding, etc.
- (logic, metaphysics) A determining feature; a distinguishing characteristic.
- (cycling) The first group of riders to depart in a handicap race.
- A restriction; a bound beyond which one may not go.
- (music) Ellipsis of harmonic limit.
- (category theory) The cone of a diagram through which any other cone of that same diagram can factor uniquely.
- (mathematics) A value to which a sequence converges. Equivalently, the common value of the upper limit and the lower limit of a sequence: if the upper and lower limits are different, then the sequence has no limit (i.e., does not converge).
- (poker) Fixed limit.
adj
verb
- To restrain within boundaries; to limit; to confine
- (specifically, mathematics) To consider (a function) as defined on a subset of its original domain.
- place under restrictions; limit access to by law
- place limits on (extent or amount or access)
- prevent (information) from being circulated or disclosed
- place restrictions on
verb
adj
noun
verb
- severely restrict in scope or extent
- compel to behave in a certain way
- to close within bounds, or otherwise limit or deprive of free movement
- (transitive) To force physically, by strong persuasion or pressuring; to compel; to oblige.
- (transitive) To reduce a result in response to limited resources.
- (transitive) To keep within close bounds; to confine.
verb
- severely restrict in scope or extent
- (intransitive, transitive) To become stringent and ungenerous.
- (transitive) To make sufficiently tight.
- (transitive) To fix something or make it correct.
- (intransitive) To become tense and restrained.
- (intransitive) To become focused and serious; To stop any vacillation or inconsistency.
verb
- limit or restrict to
- perform a marriage ceremony
- fasten or secure with a rope, string, or cord
- unite musical notes by a tie
- create social or emotional ties
- connect, fasten, or put together two or more pieces
- finish a game with an equal number of points, goals, etc.
- make by tying pieces together
- form a knot or bow in
- (music) To unite (musical notes) with a line or slur in the notation.
- (US, transitive) To have the same score or position as (another) in a competition or ordering.
- (ambitransitive) To have the same score or position as another in a competition or ordering.
- (programming, transitive) In the Perl programming language, to extend (a variable) so that standard operations performed upon it invoke custom functionality instead.
- (transitive) To twist (a string, rope, or the like) around itself securely.
- (transitive) To attach or fasten (one thing to another) by string or the like.
- (transitive) To form (a knot or the like) in a string or the like.
- (transitive, sometimes figurative) To secure (something) by string or the like.
noun
- a fastener that serves to join or connect
- (music) a slur over two notes of the same pitch; indicates that the note is to be sustained for their combined time value
- equality of score in a contest
- neckwear consisting of a long narrow piece of material worn (mostly by men) under a collar and tied in knot at the front
- a cord (or string or ribbon or wire etc.) with which something is tied
- a horizontal beam used to prevent two other structural members from spreading apart or separating
- a social or business relationship
- the finish of a contest in which the score is tied and the winner is undecided
- one of the cross braces that support the rails on a railway track
- (music) A curved line connecting two notes of the same pitch denoting that they should be played as a single note with the combined length of both notes.
- A lace-up shoe.
- (phonetic transcription) A curved line connecting two letters (⁀), used in the IPA to denote a coarticulation, as for example /d͡ʒ/.
- A knot; a fastening.
- A twist tie, a piece of wire embedded in paper, strip of plastic with ratchets, or similar object which is wound around something and tightened.
- A tiewig.
- A knot of hair, as at the back of a wig.
- The situation in which two or more participants in a competition are placed equally.
- (cricket) The situation at the end of all innings of a match where both sides have the same total of runs (different from a draw).
- (sports, British) A meeting between two players or teams in a competition.
- (construction) A structural member firmly holding two pieces together.
- A necktie (item of clothing consisting of a strip of cloth tied around the neck). See also bow tie, black tie.
- A connection between people or groups of people, especially a strong connection.
- (rail transport, US) A horizontal wooden or concrete structural member that supports and ties together rails.
- (graph theory) A connection between two vertices.
- (statistics) One or more equal values or sets of equal values in the data set.
- (surveying) A bearing and distance between a lot corner or point and a benchmark or iron off site.
- (sports, US) An equalizer, a run, goal, point, etc which causes participants in a competition to be placed equally or have the same score(s).
verb
- (transitive) To confine; to limit; to restrict.
- (intransitive) To live less expensively; to economize.
- (intransitive) To take up a new defensive position.
- (transitive, military) To furnish with a retrenchment (a defensive work within a fortification).
- (intransitive) To abridge; to curtail.
- (transitive) To dig or redig a trench where one already exists.
- (transitive) To cut down or reduce.
- (transitive, specifically) To terminate the employment of a worker to reduce the size of a workforce; to make redundant.
- tighten one's belt; use resources carefully
- make a reduction, as in one's workforce
verb
- (transitive) To restrain within certain limits; to bound; to restrict to a scant allowance.
- (intransitive) To be sparing or mean.
- (of mares) To impregnate successfully; to get with foal.
- To assign a certain task to (a person), upon the performance of which he/she is excused from further labour for that day or period; to stent.
- supply sparingly and with restricted quantities
- subsist on a meager allowance
noun
- Limit; bound; restraint; extent.
- Quantity or task assigned; proportion allotted.
- A period of time spent doing or being something; a spell.
- Misspelling of stent (“medical device”).
- (motor racing) A part of the race between two consecutive pit stops.
- Any of several very small wading birds in the genus Calidris. Types of sandpiper, such as the dunlin or the sanderling.
- an unbroken period of time during which you do something
- smallest American sandpiper
- an individual's prescribed share of work
verb
noun
- A woman's foundation garment, reinforced with stays, that supports the waistline, hips and bust.
- (UK, finance, historical) A regulation that limited the growth of British banks' interest-bearing deposits.
- (historical) A tight-fitting gown or basque worn by both men and women during the Middle Ages.
- a woman's close-fitting foundation garment
verb
- narrow or limit
- to remove oxygen from a compound, or cause to react with hydrogen or form a hydride, or to undergo an increase in the number of electrons
- cook until very little liquid is left
- lessen and make more modest
- be cooked until very little liquid is left
- reduce in size; reduce physically
- lessen the strength or flavor of a solution or mixture
- reposition (a broken bone after surgery) back to its normal site
- reduce in scope while retaining essential elements
- be the essential element
- cut down on; make a reduction in
- make smaller
- lower in grade or rank or force somebody into an undignified situation
- make less complex
- simplify the form of a mathematical equation of expression by substituting one term for another
- undergo meiosis
- put down by force or intimidation
- bring to humbler or weaker state or condition
- destress and thus weaken a sound when pronouncing it
- take off weight
- (transitive) To bring to an inferior rank; to degrade, to demote.
- (intransitive) To lose weight.
- (transitive, Scots law) To annul by legal means.
- (transitive, military) To reform a line or column from (a square).
- (transitive) To be forced by circumstances (into something one considers unworthy).
- (transitive, metallurgy) To produce metal from ore by removing nonmetallic elements in a smelter.
- (transitive) To bring down the size, quantity, quality, value or intensity of something; to diminish, to lower.
- (transitive, medicine) To perform a reduction; to restore a fracture or dislocation to the correct alignment.
- (transitive, law) To convert to written form. (Usage note: this verb almost always appears as "reduce to writing".)
- (transitive) To humble; to conquer; to subdue; to capture.
- (transitive) To bring to an inferior state or condition.
- (transitive, computer science) To express the solution of a problem in terms of another (known) algorithm.
- (transitive, military) To strike off the payroll.
- (transitive, phonetics, phonology) To pronounce (a sound or word) with less effort.
- (transitive, mathematics) To simplify an equation or formula without changing its value.
- (transitive, chemistry) To add electrons / hydrogen or to remove oxygen.
- (transitive, cooking) To decrease the liquid content of (a food) by boiling much of its water off.
- (transitive, logic) To convert a syllogism to a clearer or simpler form.
adj
- Restricted.
- Provided for use by an employer for as long as one is employed, often with restrictions on the conditions of use.
- (archaeology) Having walls that are connected in a few places by a single stone overlapping from one wall to another.
- (sports or games) That resulted in a tie.
- Closely associated or connected.
- (philately) A cover having a stamp where the postmark cancellation overlaps the stamp.
- (liquor trade) Of a public house, bar, etc., obliged to sell beer from only one brewery, or alcoholic drinks from one pubco.
- Conditional on other agreements being upheld.
- fastened with strings or cords
- bound together by or as if by a strong rope; especially as by a bond of affection
- bound or secured closely
- closed with a lace
- of the score in a contest
verb
adj
- Restricted or limited by conditions.
- limited or restricted; not absolute
- Meeting the standards, requirements, and training for a position.
- restricted in meaning; (as e.g. ‘man’ in ‘a tall man’)
- meeting the proper standards and requirements and training for an office or position or task
- contingent on something else
- holding appropriate documentation and officially on record as qualified to perform a specified function or practice a specified skill
verb
adj
- Limited within bounds.
- Available only to certain authorized groups of people.
- (US, historical) Only available to customers who do not belong to racial, ethnic or religious minorities.
- restricted in meaning; (as e.g. ‘man’ in ‘a tall man’)
- the lowest level of official classification for documents
- subject to restriction or subjected to restriction
verb
adj
noun
- (logic) A statement that one sentence is true if another is.
- (programming) An instruction that branches depending on the truth of a condition at that point.
- A condition (a limitation or restriction).
- (grammar) A conditional sentence; a statement that depends on a condition being true or false.
- (grammar) The conditional mood.
adj
- Tightly restricted in availability.
- (archaic outside certain phrases) Physically narrow or confined.
- At little distance; near in space or time.
- Intimate or immediate in personal relationship.
- Nearly equal; almost evenly balanced; almost exactly matching.
- Carefully done, detailed.
- Accurate; precise.
- (Ireland, UK, weather) Hot, humid, with no wind.
- Tight, with little space separating components or elements.
- (linguistics, phonetics, of a vowel) Articulated with the tongue body relatively close to the hard palate.
- Strictly confined; carefully guarded.
- Almost, but not quite (getting to an answer, goal, or other state); near.
- (law) Of a corporation or other business entity, closely held.
- Attentive; undeviating; strict.
- (in particular) Almost resulting in disaster.
- (heraldry, of a bird) With its wings at its side, closed, held near to its body (typically also statant); (of wings) in this posture.
- Short.
- Oppressive; without motion or ventilation; causing a feeling of lassitude.
- Involving a tight connection; involving frequent communication, shared or cooperative activity, etc.
- Marked, evident.
- Adhering strictly to a standard or original; exact or nearly so.
- not far distant in time or space or degree or circumstances
- close in relevance or relationship
- confined to specific persons
- crowded
- strictly confined or guarded
- at or within a short distance in space or time or having elements near each other
- lacking fresh air
- inclined to secrecy or reticence about divulging information
- (of a contest or contestants) evenly matched
- of textiles
- marked by fidelity to an original
- used of hair or haircuts
- fitting closely but comfortably
- rigorously attentive; strict and thorough
- giving or spending with reluctance
adv
noun
- (chiefly British) A street that ends in a dead end.
- A cathedral close.
- (music) The conclusion of a strain of music; cadence.
- An end or conclusion.
- (aviation, travel) The time when check-in staff will no longer accept passengers for a flight.
- The manner of shutting; the union of parts; junction.
- (Scotland) The common staircase in a tenement.
- (music) A double bar marking the end.
- (sales) The point at the end of a sales pitch when the consumer is asked to buy.
- (Scotland) A very narrow alley between two buildings, often overhung by one of the buildings above the ground floor.
- (law) The interest which one may have in a piece of ground, even though it is not enclosed
- A grapple in wrestling.
- the last section of a communication
- the temporal end; the concluding time
- the concluding part of any performance
verb
- (intransitive) To become denser or more crowded with objects.
- (intransitive) To finish; to come to an end.
- To grapple; to engage in close combat.
- (ambitransitive) To move a thing, or part of a thing, nearer to another so that the gap or opening between the two is removed.
- (Philippines, Quebec, Greece, Cyprus) To turn off; to switch off.
- (transitive) To obstruct or block.
- (transitive) To perform as the final act at (a show etc.).
- (transitive) To put out of use or operation.
- (transitive, baseball, pitching) To make the final outs, usually three, of a game.
- (transitive, intransitive, especially sports) To angle (a club, bat or other hitting implement) downwards and/or (for a right-hander) anticlockwise of straight.
- (intransitive) To cease operation or cease to be available.
- (transitive, intransitive, electricity, of a switch, fuse or circuit breaker) To move to a position allowing electricity to flow.
- (transitive, intransitive, engineering, gas and liquid flow, of valve or damper) To move to a position preventing fluid from flowing.
- (surveying) To have a vector sum of 0; that is, to form a closed polygon.
- (figuratively, transitive, intransitive) To make or become unreceptive.
- (ergative, marketing) To conclude (a sale).
- (intransitive) To do the tasks (putting things away, locking doors, etc.) required to prepare a store or other establishment to shut down for the night.
- (ergative, computing) To terminate an application, window, file or database connection, etc.
- (intransitive, of a business, market etc.) To cease trading for the day, or permanently.
- (transitive, finance) To cancel or reverse (a trading position).
- (chiefly figurative) To come or gather around; to enclose.
- (transitive) To end or conclude.
- come to a close
- draw near
- change one's body stance so that the forward shoulder and foot are closer to the intended point of impact
- be priced or listed when trading stops
- unite or bring into contact or bring together the edges of
- cease to operate or cause to cease operating
- move so that an opening or passage is obstructed; make shut
- complete a business deal, negotiation, or an agreement
- cause a window or an application to disappear on a computer desktop
- fill or stop up
- come together, as if in an embrace
- become closed
- bar access to
- finish a game in baseball by protecting a lead
- finish or terminate (meetings, speeches, etc.)
- engage at close quarters
- bring together all the elements or parts of
adj
noun
verb
adj
- Rigidly interpreted; exactly limited; confined; restricted.
- (set theory, order theory) Irreflexive; if the described object is defined to be reflexive, that condition is overridden and replaced with irreflexive.
- Tense; not relaxed.
- (botany) Upright, or straight and narrow; — said of the shape of the plants or their flower clusters.
- Strained; drawn close; tight.
- Severe in discipline.
- Exact; accurate; precise; rigorously particular.
- Governed or governing by exact rules; observing exact rules; severe; rigorous.
- (of rules) stringently enforced
- severe and unremitting in making demands
- characterized by strictness, severity, or restraint
- incapable of compromise or flexibility
- rigidly accurate; allowing no deviation from a standard
adj
verb
adj
- Of little extent; very limited; circumscribed.
- limited in extent or scope
- Scrutinizing in detail; close; accurate; exact.
- (figuratively) Restrictive; without flexibility or latitude.
- Parsimonious; niggardly; covetous; selfish.
- Having a small margin or degree.
- (phonetics) Formed (as a vowel) by a close position of some part of the tongue in relation to the palate; or (according to Bell) by a tense condition of the pharynx; distinguished from wide.
- Having a small width; not wide; having opposite edges or sides that are close, especially by comparison to length or depth.
- Contracted; of limited scope; bigoted
- (computing) Of or supporting only those text characters that can fit into the traditional 8-bit representation.
- lacking tolerance or flexibility or breadth of view
- not wide
- very limited in degree
- characterized by painstaking care and detailed examination
noun
verb
- (transitive, programming) To convert to a data type that cannot hold as many distinct values.
- (of a person or eyes) To partially lower one's eyelids in a way usually taken to suggest a defensive, aggressive or penetrating look.
- (intransitive) To get narrower.
- (knitting) To contract the size of, as a stocking, by taking two stitches into one.
- (transitive) To reduce in width or extent; to contract.
- define clearly
- become tight or as if tight
- become more focused on an area of activity or field of study
- make or become more narrow or restricted
adj
noun
- The amount of money or resources earmarked for a particular institution, activity or timeframe.
- An itemized summary of intended expenditure; usually coupled with expected revenue.
- (by implication) A relatively small amount of available money.
- a sum of money allocated for a particular purpose
- a summary of intended expenditures along with proposals for how to meet them
verb
adj
- (law) Containing a part only; limited.
- Distinguished in some way; special (often in negative constructions).
- Specialised; characteristic of a specific person or thing.
- Concerned with, or attentive to, details; minute; circumstantial; precise.
- (logic) Forming a part of a genus; relatively limited in extension; affirmed or denied of a part of a subject.
- (law) Holding a particular estate.
- (comparable) Of a person, concerned with, or attentive to, details; fastidious.
- Specific; discrete; concrete.
- surpassing what is common or usual or expected
- separate and distinct from others of the same group or category
- first and most important
- providing specific details or circumstances
- unique or specific to a person or thing or category
- exacting especially about details
noun
- (now philosophy, chiefly in plural) A particular case; an individual thing as opposed to a whole class. (Opposed to generals, universals.)
- A small individual part of something larger; a detail, a point.
- a fact about some part (as opposed to general)
- a small part that can be considered separately from the whole
- (logic) a proposition that asserts something about some (but not all) members of a class
adj
- restrained or managed or kept within certain bounds
- Subjected to regulation or direction.
- (medicine, sciences, research) Resulting from a comparison with control samples; including a comparison (control) group. (describing clinical trials)
- Inhibited or restrained in one's words and actions.
- (in combination) Under the control of the specified entity.
verb
adj
noun
- An object or part of an object resembling a tail in shape, such as the thongs on a cat-o'-nine-tails.
- (electrical engineering) Synonym of pigtail (“a short length of twisted electrical wire”).
- (typography) The lower loop of the letters in the Roman alphabet, as in g, q or y.
- (mathematics) All the last terms of a sequence, from some term on.
- (slang) The penis of a person or animal.
- (surgery) A portion of an incision, at its beginning or end, which does not go through the whole thickness of the skin, and is more painful than a complete incision; called also tailing.
- (slang, uncountable) Sexual intercourse.
- The back, last, lower, or inferior part of anything.
- (nautical) A rope spliced to the strap of a block, by which it may be lashed to anything.
- A train or company of attendants; a retinue.
- (law) Limitation of inheritance to certain heirs.
- A downy or feathery appendage of certain achens, formed of the permanent elongated style.
- (chiefly in the plural) The side of a coin not bearing the head; normally the side on which the monetary value of the coin is indicated; the reverse.
- (now colloquial, chiefly US) The buttocks or backside.
- (mining) A tailing.
- The latter part of a time period or event, or (collectively) persons or objects represented in this part.
- (anatomy) The caudal appendage of an animal that is attached to their posterior and near the anus or cloaca.
- (anatomy) The distal tendon of a muscle.
- The tail-end of any object.
- (architecture) The bottom or lower portion of a member or part such as a slate or tile.
- The feathers attached to the pygostyle of a bird.
- (kayaking) The stern; the back of the kayak.
- The rear structure of an aircraft, the empennage.
- (cricket) The lower order of batsmen in the batting order, usually specialist bowlers.
- One of the strips at the end of a bandage formed by splitting the bandage one or more times.
- (entomology) A filamentous projection on the tornal section of each hind wing of certain butterflies.
- (statistics) The part of a distribution most distant from the mode.
- (astronomy) The visible stream of dust and gases blown from a comet by the solar wind.
- (chemistry) The final fraction of a distillation run, typically containing impurities and fusel oils.
- One who surreptitiously follows another.
- (music) The part of a note which runs perpendicularly upward or downward from the head; the stem.
- any projection that resembles the tail of an animal
- (usually plural) the reverse side of a coin that does not bear the representation of a person's head
- the rear part of an aircraft
- the rear part of a ship
- the posterior part of the body of a vertebrate especially when elongated and extending beyond the trunk or main part of the body
- a spy employed to follow someone and report their movements
- the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on
- the time of the last part of something
verb
- To pull or draw by the tail.
- (architecture) To hold by the end; said of a timber when it rests upon a wall or other support; with in or into
- To follow or hang to, like a tail; to be attached closely to, as that which can not be evaded.
- (nautical) To swing with the stern in a certain direction; said of a vessel at anchor.
- (transitive) To follow and observe surreptitiously.
- remove or shorten the tail of an animal
- remove the stalk of fruits or berries
- go after with the intent to catch