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noun
- A ledge between the parapet and the moat in a fortification.
- A raised bank or path, especially the bank of a canal opposite the towpath.
- (Indiana, Ohio, Pennsylvania, New Zealand) A strip of land between a street and sidewalk.
- A long mound or bank of earth, used especially as a barrier or to provide insulation.
- A terrace or shelf of sand along a beach, formed above the high tide water level by wave action.
- (Western Pennsylvania) The edge of a road.
- (mining, Australia) One of the flat terraces on the slope of an open-pit mine.
- (mining, US, Canada) A small wall along the edge of a bench of an open-pit mine, intended to prevent items falling over the crest.
- A narrow ledge or shelf, as along the top or bottom of a slope.
- a narrow edge of land (usually unpaved) along the side of a road
- a narrow ledge or shelf typically at the top or bottom of a slope
verb
verb
noun
- A deep, wide defensive ditch, normally filled with water, surrounding a fortified habitation.
- ditch dug as a fortification and usually filled with water
- (meteorology) A clear ring outside the eyewall of a tropical cyclone.
- (business, figurative) An aspect of a business which makes it more "defensible" from competitors, because of the nature of its products, services or franchise or for some other reason.
- A circular lowland between a resurgent dome and the walls of the caldera surrounding it.
noun
- the outer defensive wall that surrounds the outer courtyard of a castle
- the outer courtyard of a castle
- The outer wall of a feudal castle.
- The space immediately within the outer wall of a castle or fortress.
- (in certain proper names) A prison or court of justice.
- An argument which is controversial and more difficult to defend (in the context of a motte and bailey fallacy).
noun
- A tower at the entrance to a castle or fortified town.
- A fortress at the end of a bridge.
- a tower that is part of a defensive structure (such as a castle)
- An opening in the wall of a fortress through which the guns are levelled; a narrow loophole through which arrows and other missiles may be shot.
- A temporary wooden tower built for defensive purposes.
noun
- a small gate in the rear of a fort or castle
- (historical, military) A subterranean passage communicating between the parade and the main ditch, or between the ditches and the interior of the outworks.
- (architecture) A back gate, back door, side entrance, or other gateway distinct from the main entrance, especially in a city wall or fortification.
adj
noun
- a small fort or earthwork defending a ford, pass, or castle gate
- a shelter or screen providing protection from enemy fire or from the weather
- a decorative wall bracket for holding candles or other sources of light
- a candle or flaming torch secured in a sconce
- (architecture) A squinch.
- A poll tax; a mulct or fine.
- A type of small fort or other fortification, especially as built to defend a pass or ford.
- A fragment of a floe of ice.
- A head or a skull.
- A fixed seat or shelf.
- A candlestick (holder for a candle, especially a circular tube, with a brim, into which a candle is inserted), either with a handle for carrying, or with a bracket for attaching to a wall.
- A fixture for a light, which holds it and provides a screen against wind or against a naked flame or lightbulb.
- (Oxford University slang) An act of sconcing; very similar to a fine at Cambridge University, though a sconce is the act of issuing a penalty rather than the penalty itself.
verb
noun
- A structure built for defense surrounding a city, castle etc.
- a masonry fence (as around an estate or garden)
- An impediment to free movement.
- A point of defeat or extinction.
- (figurative) A means of defence or security.
- Something with the apparent solidity, opacity, or dimensions of a building wall.
- Each of the substantial structures acting either as the exterior of or divisions within a structure.
- A point of desperation.
- (cycling) A very steep slope.
- (historical) The right or privilege of taking the side of the road near the wall when encountering another pedestrian; said to be taken or given.
- (chiefly dialectal) A spring of water.
- (mahjong) Face-down tiles arranged in stacked rows from which players draw new tiles.
- (nautical) A kind of knot often used at the end of a rope; a wall knot or wale.
- (roller derby) Two or more blockers skating together so as to impede the opposing team.
- (slang, seduction community, chiefly definite) The stage of biological aging where physical appearance and attractiveness start to deteriorate rapidly.
- (Internet) A personal notice board listing messages of interest to a particular user.
- (soccer) A line of defenders set up between an opposing free-kick taker and the goal.
- (US, slang, medicine) A doctor who tries to admit as few patients as possible.
- The butterfly Lasiommata megera.
- (mining) Any of the surfaces of rock enclosing the lode.
- One of the vertical sides of a container.
- (often in combination) A barrier.
- (roleplaying games) A character that has high defenses, thereby reducing the amount of damage taken from the opponent’s attacks.
- A fictional bidder used to increase the price at an auction.
- (anatomy, zoology, botany) A dividing or containing structure in an organ or cavity.
- A rampart of earth, stones etc. built up for defensive purposes.
- an architectural partition with a height and length greater than its thickness; used to divide or enclose an area or to support another structure
- an embankment built around a space for defensive purposes
- a vertical (or almost vertical) smooth rock face (as of a cave or mountain)
- a difficult or awkward situation
- (anatomy) a layer (a lining or membrane) that encloses a structure
- a layer of material that encloses space
- anything that suggests a wall in structure or function or effect
verb
intj
noun
- A retaining wall along a waterfront.
- (aerospace, rail transport) A similar partition in an aircraft or spacecraft, or some rail vehicles.
- (mechanics) A partition or panel through which connectors pass, or a connector designed to pass through a partition.
- (Rhode Island, Massachusetts, Maine) A cellar hatchway.
- (nautical) A vertical partition dividing the hull into separate compartments; often made watertight to prevent excessive flooding if the ship's hull is breached.
- A pressure-resistant sealed barrier to any fluid in a large structure.
- a partition that divides a ship or plane into compartments
verb
noun
- a fortified defensive structure
- a fortified military post where troops are stationed
- A structure improvised from furniture, bedding, etc., for playing games.
- Any permanent army post.
- A fortified defensive structure stationed with troops.
- (historical) An outlying trading-station, as in British North America.
verb
- enclose by or as if by a fortification
- add nutrients to
- add alcohol to (beverages)
- make strong or stronger
- prepare oneself for a military confrontation
- To impart fortitude or moral strength to (someone or their determination, or something); to encourage.
- (wine) To add spirits to (wine) to increase the alcohol content.
- To make (something) defensible against attack by hostile forces.
- To give power, strength, or vigour to (oneself or someone, or to something); to strengthen.
- To support (one's or someone's opinion, statement, etc.) by producing evidence, etc.; to confirm, to corroborate.
- To secure and strengthen (a place, its walls, etc.) by installing fortifications or other military works.
- (military) To install fortifications or other military works; also (sometimes figurative), to put up a defensive position.
- (ambitransitive, linguistics) To undergo, or cause to undergo, fortition.
- To increase the nutritional value of (food) by adding ingredients, especially minerals or vitamins.
- To increase the defences of (an army, soldiers, etc.), or put (it or them) in a defensive position.
noun
- An area of a castle, corresponding to a circuit of the walls.
- (fantasy) An enchantment or spell placed over a designated area or social unit, that prevents any tresspasser from entering; approaching; or even being able to locate said protected premises or demographic.
- The action of a watchman; monitoring, surveillance (usually in phrases keep ward etc.)
- A section or subdivision of a prison.
- An administrative division of a borough, city or council.
- (historical, Scots law) Land tenure through military service.
- A part of a hospital, with beds, where patients reside.
- (fencing) A guarding or defensive motion or position.
- Guardianship, especially of a child or prisoner.
- (UK) A division of a forest.
- An object used for guarding.
- A minor looked after by a guardian.
- (Mormonism) A subdivision of the LDS Church, smaller than and part of a stake, but larger than a branch.
- The ridges on the inside of a lock, or the incisions on a key.
- block forming a division of a hospital (or a suite of rooms) shared by patients who need a similar kind of care
- a district into which a city or town is divided for the purpose of administration and elections
- a division of a prison (usually consisting of several cells)
- a person who is under the protection or in the custody of another
verb
- (transitive) To fend off, to repel, to turn aside, as anything mischievous that approaches. (usually followed by off)
- (intransitive) To be vigilant; to keep guard.
- (intransitive) To act on the defensive with a weapon.
- (transitive) To keep in safety, to watch over, to guard.
- (transitive) To defend, to protect.
- watch over or shield from danger or harm; protect
noun
verb
noun
- a projecting parapet supported by corbels on a medieval castle; has openings through which stones or boiling water could be dropped on an enemy
- (architecture) A projecting parapet with a series of such openings.
- (architecture) An opening between corbels that support a projecting parapet, or in the floor of a gallery or the roof of a portal, of a fortified building from which missiles can be shot or heated items dropped upon assailants attacking the base of the walls.
noun
noun
- (military) A fortification around the end of a bridge.
- An area around the end of a bridge.
- (military) An area of ground on the enemy's side of a river or other obstacle, especially one that needs to be taken and defended in order to secure an advance.
- (physical chemistry) Either of the two atoms in different parts of a molecule that are connected by a bridge of two or more other atoms
- a defensive post at the end of a bridge nearest to the enemy
- an area in hostile territory that has been captured and is held awaiting further troops and supplies
noun
- A gate in the form of a grating which is lowered into place at the gateway of a castle, a fort, etc.
- (historical) An old English coin from the reign of Elizabeth I, minted for the use of the East India Company, and bearing the picture of a portcullis on the reverse.
- gate consisting of an iron or wooden grating that hangs in the entry to a castle or fortified town; can be lowered to prevent passage
verb
noun
- a barrier constructed to contain the flow of water or to keep out the sea
- female parent of an animal especially domestic livestock
- a metric unit of length equal to ten meters
- A firebrick wall, or a stone, which forms the front of the hearth of a blast furnace.
- A structure placed across a flowing body of water to stop the flow or part of the flow, generally for purposes such as retaining or diverting some of the water or retarding the release of accumulated water to avoid abrupt flooding.
- (dentistry) A device to prevent a tooth from getting wet during dental work, consisting of a rubber sheet held with a band.
- A former coin of Nepal, 128 of which were worth one mohar.
- A kind of crowned piece in the game of draughts.
- (India) An obsolete Indian copper coin, equal to a fortieth of a rupee.
- (South Africa, Australia) A reservoir.
- Female parent, mother, generally regarding breeding of animals.
- The water reservoir resulting from placing such a structure.
verb
adj
intj
noun
- a barrier constructed to contain the flow of water or to keep out the sea
- (slang) offensive term for a lesbian who is noticeably masculine
- Alternative form of deck: (US dialect slang, obsolete) A well-dressed man.
- Alternative form of dyke, Alternative form of deck: (slang, usually derogatory) a masculine woman; a lesbian.
- (chiefly US) Alternative spelling of dyke: ditch; embankment; waterway; etc.
verb
noun
- a barrier constructed to contain the flow of water or to keep out the sea
- (slang) offensive term for a lesbian who is noticeably masculine
- (dialect) Any navigable watercourse.
- (historical) A long, narrow hollow dug from the ground to serve as a boundary marker.
- An embankment formed by the spoil from the creation of a ditch.
- (dialect) Any watercourse.
- (loosely, slang, usually derogatory and offensive) A non-heterosexual woman.
- A beaver's dam.
- (now chiefly Scotland) A low embankment or stone wall serving as an enclosure and boundary marker.
- A long, narrow hollow dug from the ground to conduct water.
- (geology) A body of rock (usually igneous) originally filling a fissure but now often rising above the older stratum as it is eroded away.
- (dialect) Any small body of water.
- An earthwork raised to prevent inundation of low land by the sea or flooding rivers.
- (now chiefly Australia, slang) A place to urinate and defecate: an outhouse or lavatory.
- (slang, usually derogatory and offensive) A lesbian, particularly one with masculine or butch traits or behavior.
- (slang, usually derogatory and offensive) A masculine woman.
- (figuratively) Any impediment, barrier, or difficulty.
- A wall, especially (obsolete outside heraldry) a masoned city or castle wall.
- (dialect) Any fence or hedge.
- (dialect) A jetty; a pier.
- (dialect, mining) A fissure in a rock stratum filled with intrusive rock; a fault.
- A raised causeway.
verb
- enclose with a dike
- (transitive) To steep [fibers] within a watercourse.
- (transitive) To surround with a ditch, to entrench.
- (transitive or intransitive) To dig, particularly to create a ditch.
- (transitive or intransitive) To raise a protective earthwork against a sea or river.
- (transitive, Scotland) To surround with a low dirt or stone wall.
- (transitive) To scour a watercourse.
noun
verb
- surround with a wall in order to fortify
- have an argument about something
- enclose with a fence
- receive stolen goods
- fight with fencing swords
- (intransitive, equestrianism) To jump over a fence.
- (transitive) To defend or guard.
- (transitive) To engage in the selling or buying of stolen goods.
- (intransitive) To conceal the truth by giving equivocal answers; to hedge; to be evasive.
- (transitive) To enclose, contain or separate by building fence.
- (intransitive, sports) To engage in the sport of fencing.
noun
- a barrier that serves to enclose an area
- a dealer in stolen property
- (by extension) The place whence such a middleman operates.
- A thin artificial barrier that separates two pieces of land or forms a perimeter enclosing the lands of a house, building, etc.
- Skill in oral debate.
- (informal) Someone who hides or buys and sells stolen goods, a criminal middleman for transactions of stolen goods.
- A guard or guide on machinery.
- (cricket) The boundary.
- (programming) A memory barrier.
- (figuratively) A barrier, for example an emotional barrier.
verb
noun
- fortification consisting of a strong fence made of stakes driven into the ground
- (military) A wall of wooden stakes, used as a defensive barrier.
- A line of cliffs, especially one showing basaltic columns.
- A long, strong stake, one end of which is set firmly in the ground, and the other sharpened.
- (biology) An even row of cells, e.g., palisade mesophyll cells.
verb
noun
noun
- a ditch with one side being a retaining wall; used to divide lands without defacing the landscape
- (architecture) A ditch with one vertical side, acting as a sunken fence, designed to block the entry of animals into lawns and parks without breaking sightlines.
- a loud laugh that sounds like a horse neighing
- A laugh.
- Something funny; a joke.
intj
verb
noun
intj
verb
noun
- A section of a canal between two adjacent locks.
- Ellipsis of pound force.
- Ellipsis of pound weight.
- (UK) A place for the detention of automobiles that have been illegally parked, abandoned, etc.
- A hard blow.
- Any of various units of currency formerly used in the United States.
- (informal) Various non-English units of currency not officially called pounds.
- Ellipsis of pound mass.
- A unit of mass equal to 16 avoirdupois ounces (= 453.592 g). Today this value is the most common meaning of "pound" as a unit of weight.
- A unit of weight in various measurement systems.
- A kind of fishing net, having a large enclosure with a narrow entrance into which fish are directed by wings spreading outward.
- A unit of mass equal to 12 troy ounces (≈ 373.242 g). Today, this is a common unit of mass when measuring precious metals, and is little used elsewhere.
- (metonymic) The people who work for the pound.
- A place for the detention of stray or wandering animals.
- (Newfoundland) A division inside a fishing stage where cod is cured in salt brine.
- Various non-English units of measure.
- Any of various units of currency used in Egypt, Lebanon, Sudan, and Syria, and formerly in the Republic of Ireland, Cyprus, Nigeria, Israel, and South Africa.
- The unit of currency used in the United Kingdom and its dependencies. It is divided into 100 pence.
- (US) The symbol #.
- (informal, non-scientific) Ellipsis of pound-force.
- the basic unit of money in Egypt; equal to 100 piasters
- 16 ounces avoirdupois
- a unit of apothecary weight equal to 12 ounces troy
- the basic unit of money in Syria; equal to 100 piasters
- a nontechnical unit of force equal to the mass of 1 pound with an acceleration of free fall equal to 32 feet/sec/sec
- a public enclosure for stray or unlicensed dogs
- a symbol for a unit of currency (especially for the pound sterling in Great Britain)
- the basic unit of money in the Sudan; equal to 100 piasters
- the act of pounding (delivering repeated heavy blows)
- the basic unit of money in Cyprus; equal to 100 cents
- the basic unit of money in Lebanon; equal to 100 piasters
- formerly the basic unit of money in Ireland; equal to 100 pence
- the basic unit of money in Great Britain and Northern Ireland; equal to 100 pence
verb
- (transitive, vulgar, slang) To penetrate sexually, with vigour.
- (engineering) To make a jarring noise, as when running.
- To advance heavily with measured steps.
- (transitive, slang) To eat or drink very quickly.
- (slang, UK regional, transitive) To wager a pound on.
- To confine in, or as in, a pound; to impound.
- (transitive) To strike hard, usually repeatedly.
- (intransitive, of a body part, generally heart, blood, or head) To beat strongly or throb.
- (transitive, baseball, slang) To pitch consistently to a certain location.
- (transitive) To crush to pieces; to pulverize.
- move rhythmically
- break down and crush by beating, as with a pestle
- place or shut up in a pound
- hit hard with the hand, fist, or some heavy instrument
- shut up or confine in any enclosure or within any bounds or limits
- move heavily or clumsily
- strike or drive against with a heavy impact
- partition off into compartments
noun
adj
- Involving competition between institutions, especially sports competitions.
- (art) Originating as street art but being curated and displayed in a gallery or museum.
- In house; internal to an organization.
- Occurring within the walls or boundaries of an organ or other biological structure.
- Between walls; enclosed by walls.
- Local to an exhibit or exhibition.
- between two or more institutions etc
noun
- a rampart built around the top of a castle with regular gaps for firing arrows or guns
- In fortification: an indented parapet, formed by a series of rising members called cops or merlons, separated by openings called crenelles or embrasures, the soldier sheltering himself behind the merlon while he fires through the embrasure or through a loophole in the battlement.
- Any high wall for defense.
- (poetic) The towering roof of heaven.
noun
- a rampart built around the top of a castle with regular gaps for firing arrows or guns
- the action of constructing ramparts with gaps for firing guns or arrows
- (countable, uncountable) A pattern along the top of a parapet (fortified wall), most often in the form of multiple, regular, rectangular spaces in the top of the wall, through which arrows or other weaponry may be shot, especially as used in medieval European architecture.
- (uncountable) The act of crenellating; adding a top row that looks like the top of a medieval castle.
- (countable) Any of a series of notches with fancied resemblance to such battlements, as for example around the bezel of a flashlight.
noun
- A wall in a fortification that crosses a part of a rampart and joins to an inner wall.
- (transport) A short branch road of a motorway, freeway or major road.
- A spiked iron worn by seamen upon the bottom of the boot, to enable them to stand upon the carcass of a whale to strip off the blubber.
- (figurative) Anything that inspires or motivates, as a spur does a horse.
- (architecture) The short wooden buttress of a post.
- Ergotized rye or other grain.
- (carpentry) A brace strengthening a post and some connected part, such as a rafter or crossbeam; a strut.
- An appendage or spike pointing rearward, near the foot, for instance that of a rooster.
- The track of an animal, such as an otter; a spoor.
- (rail transport) A very short branch line of a railway line.
- (electronics) A spurious tone, one that interferes with a signal in a circuit and is often masked underneath that signal.
- (shipbuilding) A curved piece of timber serving as a half to support the deck where a whole beam cannot be placed.
- (shipbuilding) A piece of timber fixed on the bilgeways before launching, having the upper ends bolted to the vessel's side.
- Roots, tree roots.
- (architecture) A projection from the round base of a column, occupying the angle of a square plinth upon which the base rests, or bringing the bottom bed of the base to a nearly square form. It is generally carved in leafage.
- A rigid implement, often roughly y-shaped, that is fixed to one's heel for the purpose of prodding a horse. Often worn by, and emblematic of, the cowboy or the knight.
- (mining) A branch of a vein.
- A jab given with the spurs.
- Any protruding part connected at one end, for instance a highway that extends from another highway into a city.
- (geology) A mountain that shoots from another mountain or range and extends some distance in a lateral direction, or at right angles.
- (botany) A short thin side shoot from a branch, especially one that bears fruit or, in conifers, the shoots that bear the leaves.
- A tern.
- tubular extension at the base of the corolla in some flowers
- a verbalization that encourages you to attempt something
- a sharp prod fixed to a rider's heel and used to urge a horse onward
- a railway line connected to a trunk line
- any sharply pointed projection
verb
- (transitive) To prod (especially a horse) on the side or flank, with the intent to urge motion or haste, to gig.
- (transitive) To urge or encourage to action, or to a more vigorous pursuit of an object
- To form a spur (senses 17-18 of the noun)
- (transitive) To put spurs on.
- (intransitive) To press forward; to travel in great haste.
- give heart or courage to
- incite or stimulate
- goad with spurs
- equip with spurs
- strike with a spur
noun
- enclosure consisting of a section of canal that can be closed to control the water level; used to raise or lower vessels that pass through it
- any wrestling hold in which some part of the opponent's body is twisted or pressured
- a strand or cluster of hair
- a mechanism that detonates the charge of a gun
- a fastener fitted to a door or drawer to keep it firmly closed
- a restraint incorporated into the ignition switch to prevent the use of a vehicle by persons who do not have the key
- (firearms) The firing mechanism.
- Something used for fastening, which can only be opened with a key or combination.
- A segment of a canal or other navigable waterway enclosed by gates, used for raising and lowering boats between levels.
- (computing, by extension) A mutex or other token restricting access to a resource.
- A device for keeping a wheel from turning.
- Something sure to be a success.
- A small quantity of straw etc.
- A tuft or length of hair, wool, etc.
- A place impossible to get out of, as by a lock.
- (Scots law, historical) A quantity of meal, the perquisite of a mill-servant.
- Complete control over a situation.
- A fastening together or interlacing; a closing of one thing upon another; a state of being fixed or immovable.
- A grapple in wrestling.
- (rugby) A player in the scrum behind the front row, usually the tallest members of the team.
- (gambling) Synonym of Dutch book.
verb
- build locks in order to facilitate the navigation of vessels
- become engaged or intermeshed with one another
- pass by means through a lock in a waterway
- become rigid or immoveable
- keep engaged
- place in a place where something cannot be removed or someone cannot escape
- fasten with a lock
- hold fast (in a certain state)
- hold in a locking position
- (intransitive, break dancing) To freeze one's body or a part thereof in place.
- (transitive) To fasten with a lock.
- To seize (e.g. the sword arm of an antagonist) by turning one's left arm around it, to disarm them.
- (transitive) To intertwine or dovetail.
- (intransitive, rugby) To play in the position of lock.
- (Internet, wiki jargon, transitive) To prevent a page from being edited by other users.
- (Internet, transitive) To modify (a thread) so that users cannot make new posts in it.
- (intransitive) To be capable of becoming fastened in place.
- To raise or lower (a boat) in a lock.
- To furnish (a canal) with locks.
- (intransitive) To become fastened in place.
noun
- A ledge between the parapet and the moat in a fortification.
- A raised bank or path, especially the bank of a canal opposite the towpath.
- (Indiana, Ohio, Pennsylvania, New Zealand) A strip of land between a street and sidewalk.
- A long mound or bank of earth, used especially as a barrier or to provide insulation.
- A terrace or shelf of sand along a beach, formed above the high tide water level by wave action.
- (Western Pennsylvania) The edge of a road.
- (mining, Australia) One of the flat terraces on the slope of an open-pit mine.
- (mining, US, Canada) A small wall along the edge of a bench of an open-pit mine, intended to prevent items falling over the crest.
- A narrow ledge or shelf, as along the top or bottom of a slope.
- a narrow edge of land (usually unpaved) along the side of a road
- a narrow ledge or shelf typically at the top or bottom of a slope
verb
noun
- the outer defensive wall that surrounds the outer courtyard of a castle
- the outer courtyard of a castle
- The outer wall of a feudal castle.
- The space immediately within the outer wall of a castle or fortress.
- (in certain proper names) A prison or court of justice.
- An argument which is controversial and more difficult to defend (in the context of a motte and bailey fallacy).
noun
- A tower at the entrance to a castle or fortified town.
- A fortress at the end of a bridge.
- a tower that is part of a defensive structure (such as a castle)
- An opening in the wall of a fortress through which the guns are levelled; a narrow loophole through which arrows and other missiles may be shot.
- A temporary wooden tower built for defensive purposes.
verb
noun
- A deep, wide defensive ditch, normally filled with water, surrounding a fortified habitation.
- ditch dug as a fortification and usually filled with water
- (meteorology) A clear ring outside the eyewall of a tropical cyclone.
- (business, figurative) An aspect of a business which makes it more "defensible" from competitors, because of the nature of its products, services or franchise or for some other reason.
- A circular lowland between a resurgent dome and the walls of the caldera surrounding it.
noun
- a small gate in the rear of a fort or castle
- (historical, military) A subterranean passage communicating between the parade and the main ditch, or between the ditches and the interior of the outworks.
- (architecture) A back gate, back door, side entrance, or other gateway distinct from the main entrance, especially in a city wall or fortification.
adj
noun
- a small fort or earthwork defending a ford, pass, or castle gate
- a shelter or screen providing protection from enemy fire or from the weather
- a decorative wall bracket for holding candles or other sources of light
- a candle or flaming torch secured in a sconce
- (architecture) A squinch.
- A poll tax; a mulct or fine.
- A type of small fort or other fortification, especially as built to defend a pass or ford.
- A fragment of a floe of ice.
- A head or a skull.
- A fixed seat or shelf.
- A candlestick (holder for a candle, especially a circular tube, with a brim, into which a candle is inserted), either with a handle for carrying, or with a bracket for attaching to a wall.
- A fixture for a light, which holds it and provides a screen against wind or against a naked flame or lightbulb.
- (Oxford University slang) An act of sconcing; very similar to a fine at Cambridge University, though a sconce is the act of issuing a penalty rather than the penalty itself.
verb
noun
- A structure built for defense surrounding a city, castle etc.
- a masonry fence (as around an estate or garden)
- An impediment to free movement.
- A point of defeat or extinction.
- (figurative) A means of defence or security.
- Something with the apparent solidity, opacity, or dimensions of a building wall.
- Each of the substantial structures acting either as the exterior of or divisions within a structure.
- A point of desperation.
- (cycling) A very steep slope.
- (historical) The right or privilege of taking the side of the road near the wall when encountering another pedestrian; said to be taken or given.
- (chiefly dialectal) A spring of water.
- (mahjong) Face-down tiles arranged in stacked rows from which players draw new tiles.
- (nautical) A kind of knot often used at the end of a rope; a wall knot or wale.
- (roller derby) Two or more blockers skating together so as to impede the opposing team.
- (slang, seduction community, chiefly definite) The stage of biological aging where physical appearance and attractiveness start to deteriorate rapidly.
- (Internet) A personal notice board listing messages of interest to a particular user.
- (soccer) A line of defenders set up between an opposing free-kick taker and the goal.
- (US, slang, medicine) A doctor who tries to admit as few patients as possible.
- The butterfly Lasiommata megera.
- (mining) Any of the surfaces of rock enclosing the lode.
- One of the vertical sides of a container.
- (often in combination) A barrier.
- (roleplaying games) A character that has high defenses, thereby reducing the amount of damage taken from the opponent’s attacks.
- A fictional bidder used to increase the price at an auction.
- (anatomy, zoology, botany) A dividing or containing structure in an organ or cavity.
- A rampart of earth, stones etc. built up for defensive purposes.
- an architectural partition with a height and length greater than its thickness; used to divide or enclose an area or to support another structure
- an embankment built around a space for defensive purposes
- a vertical (or almost vertical) smooth rock face (as of a cave or mountain)
- a difficult or awkward situation
- (anatomy) a layer (a lining or membrane) that encloses a structure
- a layer of material that encloses space
- anything that suggests a wall in structure or function or effect
verb
intj
noun
- A retaining wall along a waterfront.
- (aerospace, rail transport) A similar partition in an aircraft or spacecraft, or some rail vehicles.
- (mechanics) A partition or panel through which connectors pass, or a connector designed to pass through a partition.
- (Rhode Island, Massachusetts, Maine) A cellar hatchway.
- (nautical) A vertical partition dividing the hull into separate compartments; often made watertight to prevent excessive flooding if the ship's hull is breached.
- A pressure-resistant sealed barrier to any fluid in a large structure.
- a partition that divides a ship or plane into compartments
noun
- An area of a castle, corresponding to a circuit of the walls.
- (fantasy) An enchantment or spell placed over a designated area or social unit, that prevents any tresspasser from entering; approaching; or even being able to locate said protected premises or demographic.
- The action of a watchman; monitoring, surveillance (usually in phrases keep ward etc.)
- A section or subdivision of a prison.
- An administrative division of a borough, city or council.
- (historical, Scots law) Land tenure through military service.
- A part of a hospital, with beds, where patients reside.
- (fencing) A guarding or defensive motion or position.
- Guardianship, especially of a child or prisoner.
- (UK) A division of a forest.
- An object used for guarding.
- A minor looked after by a guardian.
- (Mormonism) A subdivision of the LDS Church, smaller than and part of a stake, but larger than a branch.
- The ridges on the inside of a lock, or the incisions on a key.
- block forming a division of a hospital (or a suite of rooms) shared by patients who need a similar kind of care
- a district into which a city or town is divided for the purpose of administration and elections
- a division of a prison (usually consisting of several cells)
- a person who is under the protection or in the custody of another
verb
- (transitive) To fend off, to repel, to turn aside, as anything mischievous that approaches. (usually followed by off)
- (intransitive) To be vigilant; to keep guard.
- (intransitive) To act on the defensive with a weapon.
- (transitive) To keep in safety, to watch over, to guard.
- (transitive) To defend, to protect.
- watch over or shield from danger or harm; protect
noun
verb
noun
- a projecting parapet supported by corbels on a medieval castle; has openings through which stones or boiling water could be dropped on an enemy
- (architecture) A projecting parapet with a series of such openings.
- (architecture) An opening between corbels that support a projecting parapet, or in the floor of a gallery or the roof of a portal, of a fortified building from which missiles can be shot or heated items dropped upon assailants attacking the base of the walls.
noun
noun
- (military) A fortification around the end of a bridge.
- An area around the end of a bridge.
- (military) An area of ground on the enemy's side of a river or other obstacle, especially one that needs to be taken and defended in order to secure an advance.
- (physical chemistry) Either of the two atoms in different parts of a molecule that are connected by a bridge of two or more other atoms
- a defensive post at the end of a bridge nearest to the enemy
- an area in hostile territory that has been captured and is held awaiting further troops and supplies
noun
- A gate in the form of a grating which is lowered into place at the gateway of a castle, a fort, etc.
- (historical) An old English coin from the reign of Elizabeth I, minted for the use of the East India Company, and bearing the picture of a portcullis on the reverse.
- gate consisting of an iron or wooden grating that hangs in the entry to a castle or fortified town; can be lowered to prevent passage
verb
noun
- a barrier constructed to contain the flow of water or to keep out the sea
- female parent of an animal especially domestic livestock
- a metric unit of length equal to ten meters
- A firebrick wall, or a stone, which forms the front of the hearth of a blast furnace.
- A structure placed across a flowing body of water to stop the flow or part of the flow, generally for purposes such as retaining or diverting some of the water or retarding the release of accumulated water to avoid abrupt flooding.
- (dentistry) A device to prevent a tooth from getting wet during dental work, consisting of a rubber sheet held with a band.
- A former coin of Nepal, 128 of which were worth one mohar.
- A kind of crowned piece in the game of draughts.
- (India) An obsolete Indian copper coin, equal to a fortieth of a rupee.
- (South Africa, Australia) A reservoir.
- Female parent, mother, generally regarding breeding of animals.
- The water reservoir resulting from placing such a structure.
verb
adj
intj
noun
- a barrier constructed to contain the flow of water or to keep out the sea
- (slang) offensive term for a lesbian who is noticeably masculine
- Alternative form of deck: (US dialect slang, obsolete) A well-dressed man.
- Alternative form of dyke, Alternative form of deck: (slang, usually derogatory) a masculine woman; a lesbian.
- (chiefly US) Alternative spelling of dyke: ditch; embankment; waterway; etc.
verb
noun
- a barrier constructed to contain the flow of water or to keep out the sea
- (slang) offensive term for a lesbian who is noticeably masculine
- (dialect) Any navigable watercourse.
- (historical) A long, narrow hollow dug from the ground to serve as a boundary marker.
- An embankment formed by the spoil from the creation of a ditch.
- (dialect) Any watercourse.
- (loosely, slang, usually derogatory and offensive) A non-heterosexual woman.
- A beaver's dam.
- (now chiefly Scotland) A low embankment or stone wall serving as an enclosure and boundary marker.
- A long, narrow hollow dug from the ground to conduct water.
- (geology) A body of rock (usually igneous) originally filling a fissure but now often rising above the older stratum as it is eroded away.
- (dialect) Any small body of water.
- An earthwork raised to prevent inundation of low land by the sea or flooding rivers.
- (now chiefly Australia, slang) A place to urinate and defecate: an outhouse or lavatory.
- (slang, usually derogatory and offensive) A lesbian, particularly one with masculine or butch traits or behavior.
- (slang, usually derogatory and offensive) A masculine woman.
- (figuratively) Any impediment, barrier, or difficulty.
- A wall, especially (obsolete outside heraldry) a masoned city or castle wall.
- (dialect) Any fence or hedge.
- (dialect) A jetty; a pier.
- (dialect, mining) A fissure in a rock stratum filled with intrusive rock; a fault.
- A raised causeway.
verb
- enclose with a dike
- (transitive) To steep [fibers] within a watercourse.
- (transitive) To surround with a ditch, to entrench.
- (transitive or intransitive) To dig, particularly to create a ditch.
- (transitive or intransitive) To raise a protective earthwork against a sea or river.
- (transitive, Scotland) To surround with a low dirt or stone wall.
- (transitive) To scour a watercourse.
noun
noun
- a ditch with one side being a retaining wall; used to divide lands without defacing the landscape
- (architecture) A ditch with one vertical side, acting as a sunken fence, designed to block the entry of animals into lawns and parks without breaking sightlines.
- a loud laugh that sounds like a horse neighing
- A laugh.
- Something funny; a joke.
intj
verb
noun
intj
verb
noun
- A section of a canal between two adjacent locks.
- Ellipsis of pound force.
- Ellipsis of pound weight.
- (UK) A place for the detention of automobiles that have been illegally parked, abandoned, etc.
- A hard blow.
- Any of various units of currency formerly used in the United States.
- (informal) Various non-English units of currency not officially called pounds.
- Ellipsis of pound mass.
- A unit of mass equal to 16 avoirdupois ounces (= 453.592 g). Today this value is the most common meaning of "pound" as a unit of weight.
- A unit of weight in various measurement systems.
- A kind of fishing net, having a large enclosure with a narrow entrance into which fish are directed by wings spreading outward.
- A unit of mass equal to 12 troy ounces (≈ 373.242 g). Today, this is a common unit of mass when measuring precious metals, and is little used elsewhere.
- (metonymic) The people who work for the pound.
- A place for the detention of stray or wandering animals.
- (Newfoundland) A division inside a fishing stage where cod is cured in salt brine.
- Various non-English units of measure.
- Any of various units of currency used in Egypt, Lebanon, Sudan, and Syria, and formerly in the Republic of Ireland, Cyprus, Nigeria, Israel, and South Africa.
- The unit of currency used in the United Kingdom and its dependencies. It is divided into 100 pence.
- (US) The symbol #.
- (informal, non-scientific) Ellipsis of pound-force.
- the basic unit of money in Egypt; equal to 100 piasters
- 16 ounces avoirdupois
- a unit of apothecary weight equal to 12 ounces troy
- the basic unit of money in Syria; equal to 100 piasters
- a nontechnical unit of force equal to the mass of 1 pound with an acceleration of free fall equal to 32 feet/sec/sec
- a public enclosure for stray or unlicensed dogs
- a symbol for a unit of currency (especially for the pound sterling in Great Britain)
- the basic unit of money in the Sudan; equal to 100 piasters
- the act of pounding (delivering repeated heavy blows)
- the basic unit of money in Cyprus; equal to 100 cents
- the basic unit of money in Lebanon; equal to 100 piasters
- formerly the basic unit of money in Ireland; equal to 100 pence
- the basic unit of money in Great Britain and Northern Ireland; equal to 100 pence
verb
- (transitive, vulgar, slang) To penetrate sexually, with vigour.
- (engineering) To make a jarring noise, as when running.
- To advance heavily with measured steps.
- (transitive, slang) To eat or drink very quickly.
- (slang, UK regional, transitive) To wager a pound on.
- To confine in, or as in, a pound; to impound.
- (transitive) To strike hard, usually repeatedly.
- (intransitive, of a body part, generally heart, blood, or head) To beat strongly or throb.
- (transitive, baseball, slang) To pitch consistently to a certain location.
- (transitive) To crush to pieces; to pulverize.
- move rhythmically
- break down and crush by beating, as with a pestle
- place or shut up in a pound
- hit hard with the hand, fist, or some heavy instrument
- shut up or confine in any enclosure or within any bounds or limits
- move heavily or clumsily
- strike or drive against with a heavy impact
- partition off into compartments
noun
adj
- Involving competition between institutions, especially sports competitions.
- (art) Originating as street art but being curated and displayed in a gallery or museum.
- In house; internal to an organization.
- Occurring within the walls or boundaries of an organ or other biological structure.
- Between walls; enclosed by walls.
- Local to an exhibit or exhibition.
- between two or more institutions etc
noun
- a rampart built around the top of a castle with regular gaps for firing arrows or guns
- In fortification: an indented parapet, formed by a series of rising members called cops or merlons, separated by openings called crenelles or embrasures, the soldier sheltering himself behind the merlon while he fires through the embrasure or through a loophole in the battlement.
- Any high wall for defense.
- (poetic) The towering roof of heaven.
noun
- a rampart built around the top of a castle with regular gaps for firing arrows or guns
- the action of constructing ramparts with gaps for firing guns or arrows
- (countable, uncountable) A pattern along the top of a parapet (fortified wall), most often in the form of multiple, regular, rectangular spaces in the top of the wall, through which arrows or other weaponry may be shot, especially as used in medieval European architecture.
- (uncountable) The act of crenellating; adding a top row that looks like the top of a medieval castle.
- (countable) Any of a series of notches with fancied resemblance to such battlements, as for example around the bezel of a flashlight.
noun
- A wall in a fortification that crosses a part of a rampart and joins to an inner wall.
- (transport) A short branch road of a motorway, freeway or major road.
- A spiked iron worn by seamen upon the bottom of the boot, to enable them to stand upon the carcass of a whale to strip off the blubber.
- (figurative) Anything that inspires or motivates, as a spur does a horse.
- (architecture) The short wooden buttress of a post.
- Ergotized rye or other grain.
- (carpentry) A brace strengthening a post and some connected part, such as a rafter or crossbeam; a strut.
- An appendage or spike pointing rearward, near the foot, for instance that of a rooster.
- The track of an animal, such as an otter; a spoor.
- (rail transport) A very short branch line of a railway line.
- (electronics) A spurious tone, one that interferes with a signal in a circuit and is often masked underneath that signal.
- (shipbuilding) A curved piece of timber serving as a half to support the deck where a whole beam cannot be placed.
- (shipbuilding) A piece of timber fixed on the bilgeways before launching, having the upper ends bolted to the vessel's side.
- Roots, tree roots.
- (architecture) A projection from the round base of a column, occupying the angle of a square plinth upon which the base rests, or bringing the bottom bed of the base to a nearly square form. It is generally carved in leafage.
- A rigid implement, often roughly y-shaped, that is fixed to one's heel for the purpose of prodding a horse. Often worn by, and emblematic of, the cowboy or the knight.
- (mining) A branch of a vein.
- A jab given with the spurs.
- Any protruding part connected at one end, for instance a highway that extends from another highway into a city.
- (geology) A mountain that shoots from another mountain or range and extends some distance in a lateral direction, or at right angles.
- (botany) A short thin side shoot from a branch, especially one that bears fruit or, in conifers, the shoots that bear the leaves.
- A tern.
- tubular extension at the base of the corolla in some flowers
- a verbalization that encourages you to attempt something
- a sharp prod fixed to a rider's heel and used to urge a horse onward
- a railway line connected to a trunk line
- any sharply pointed projection
verb
- (transitive) To prod (especially a horse) on the side or flank, with the intent to urge motion or haste, to gig.
- (transitive) To urge or encourage to action, or to a more vigorous pursuit of an object
- To form a spur (senses 17-18 of the noun)
- (transitive) To put spurs on.
- (intransitive) To press forward; to travel in great haste.
- give heart or courage to
- incite or stimulate
- goad with spurs
- equip with spurs
- strike with a spur
verb
noun
- fortification consisting of a strong fence made of stakes driven into the ground
- (military) A wall of wooden stakes, used as a defensive barrier.
- A line of cliffs, especially one showing basaltic columns.
- A long, strong stake, one end of which is set firmly in the ground, and the other sharpened.
- (biology) An even row of cells, e.g., palisade mesophyll cells.
noun
- enclosure consisting of a section of canal that can be closed to control the water level; used to raise or lower vessels that pass through it
- any wrestling hold in which some part of the opponent's body is twisted or pressured
- a strand or cluster of hair
- a mechanism that detonates the charge of a gun
- a fastener fitted to a door or drawer to keep it firmly closed
- a restraint incorporated into the ignition switch to prevent the use of a vehicle by persons who do not have the key
- (firearms) The firing mechanism.
- Something used for fastening, which can only be opened with a key or combination.
- A segment of a canal or other navigable waterway enclosed by gates, used for raising and lowering boats between levels.
- (computing, by extension) A mutex or other token restricting access to a resource.
- A device for keeping a wheel from turning.
- Something sure to be a success.
- A small quantity of straw etc.
- A tuft or length of hair, wool, etc.
- A place impossible to get out of, as by a lock.
- (Scots law, historical) A quantity of meal, the perquisite of a mill-servant.
- Complete control over a situation.
- A fastening together or interlacing; a closing of one thing upon another; a state of being fixed or immovable.
- A grapple in wrestling.
- (rugby) A player in the scrum behind the front row, usually the tallest members of the team.
- (gambling) Synonym of Dutch book.
verb
- build locks in order to facilitate the navigation of vessels
- become engaged or intermeshed with one another
- pass by means through a lock in a waterway
- become rigid or immoveable
- keep engaged
- place in a place where something cannot be removed or someone cannot escape
- fasten with a lock
- hold fast (in a certain state)
- hold in a locking position
- (intransitive, break dancing) To freeze one's body or a part thereof in place.
- (transitive) To fasten with a lock.
- To seize (e.g. the sword arm of an antagonist) by turning one's left arm around it, to disarm them.
- (transitive) To intertwine or dovetail.
- (intransitive, rugby) To play in the position of lock.
- (Internet, wiki jargon, transitive) To prevent a page from being edited by other users.
- (Internet, transitive) To modify (a thread) so that users cannot make new posts in it.
- (intransitive) To be capable of becoming fastened in place.
- To raise or lower (a boat) in a lock.
- To furnish (a canal) with locks.
- (intransitive) To become fastened in place.
verb
noun
- A deep, wide defensive ditch, normally filled with water, surrounding a fortified habitation.
- ditch dug as a fortification and usually filled with water
- (meteorology) A clear ring outside the eyewall of a tropical cyclone.
- (business, figurative) An aspect of a business which makes it more "defensible" from competitors, because of the nature of its products, services or franchise or for some other reason.
- A circular lowland between a resurgent dome and the walls of the caldera surrounding it.
verb
noun
- a fortified defensive structure
- a fortified military post where troops are stationed
- A structure improvised from furniture, bedding, etc., for playing games.
- Any permanent army post.
- A fortified defensive structure stationed with troops.
- (historical) An outlying trading-station, as in British North America.
verb
- enclose by or as if by a fortification
- add nutrients to
- add alcohol to (beverages)
- make strong or stronger
- prepare oneself for a military confrontation
- To impart fortitude or moral strength to (someone or their determination, or something); to encourage.
- (wine) To add spirits to (wine) to increase the alcohol content.
- To make (something) defensible against attack by hostile forces.
- To give power, strength, or vigour to (oneself or someone, or to something); to strengthen.
- To support (one's or someone's opinion, statement, etc.) by producing evidence, etc.; to confirm, to corroborate.
- To secure and strengthen (a place, its walls, etc.) by installing fortifications or other military works.
- (military) To install fortifications or other military works; also (sometimes figurative), to put up a defensive position.
- (ambitransitive, linguistics) To undergo, or cause to undergo, fortition.
- To increase the nutritional value of (food) by adding ingredients, especially minerals or vitamins.
- To increase the defences of (an army, soldiers, etc.), or put (it or them) in a defensive position.
noun
- A structure built for defense surrounding a city, castle etc.
- a masonry fence (as around an estate or garden)
- An impediment to free movement.
- A point of defeat or extinction.
- (figurative) A means of defence or security.
- Something with the apparent solidity, opacity, or dimensions of a building wall.
- Each of the substantial structures acting either as the exterior of or divisions within a structure.
- A point of desperation.
- (cycling) A very steep slope.
- (historical) The right or privilege of taking the side of the road near the wall when encountering another pedestrian; said to be taken or given.
- (chiefly dialectal) A spring of water.
- (mahjong) Face-down tiles arranged in stacked rows from which players draw new tiles.
- (nautical) A kind of knot often used at the end of a rope; a wall knot or wale.
- (roller derby) Two or more blockers skating together so as to impede the opposing team.
- (slang, seduction community, chiefly definite) The stage of biological aging where physical appearance and attractiveness start to deteriorate rapidly.
- (Internet) A personal notice board listing messages of interest to a particular user.
- (soccer) A line of defenders set up between an opposing free-kick taker and the goal.
- (US, slang, medicine) A doctor who tries to admit as few patients as possible.
- The butterfly Lasiommata megera.
- (mining) Any of the surfaces of rock enclosing the lode.
- One of the vertical sides of a container.
- (often in combination) A barrier.
- (roleplaying games) A character that has high defenses, thereby reducing the amount of damage taken from the opponent’s attacks.
- A fictional bidder used to increase the price at an auction.
- (anatomy, zoology, botany) A dividing or containing structure in an organ or cavity.
- A rampart of earth, stones etc. built up for defensive purposes.
- an architectural partition with a height and length greater than its thickness; used to divide or enclose an area or to support another structure
- an embankment built around a space for defensive purposes
- a vertical (or almost vertical) smooth rock face (as of a cave or mountain)
- a difficult or awkward situation
- (anatomy) a layer (a lining or membrane) that encloses a structure
- a layer of material that encloses space
- anything that suggests a wall in structure or function or effect
verb
intj
verb
- surround with a wall in order to fortify
- have an argument about something
- enclose with a fence
- receive stolen goods
- fight with fencing swords
- (intransitive, equestrianism) To jump over a fence.
- (transitive) To defend or guard.
- (transitive) To engage in the selling or buying of stolen goods.
- (intransitive) To conceal the truth by giving equivocal answers; to hedge; to be evasive.
- (transitive) To enclose, contain or separate by building fence.
- (intransitive, sports) To engage in the sport of fencing.
noun
- a barrier that serves to enclose an area
- a dealer in stolen property
- (by extension) The place whence such a middleman operates.
- A thin artificial barrier that separates two pieces of land or forms a perimeter enclosing the lands of a house, building, etc.
- Skill in oral debate.
- (informal) Someone who hides or buys and sells stolen goods, a criminal middleman for transactions of stolen goods.
- A guard or guide on machinery.
- (cricket) The boundary.
- (programming) A memory barrier.
- (figuratively) A barrier, for example an emotional barrier.
verb
noun
- fortification consisting of a strong fence made of stakes driven into the ground
- (military) A wall of wooden stakes, used as a defensive barrier.
- A line of cliffs, especially one showing basaltic columns.
- A long, strong stake, one end of which is set firmly in the ground, and the other sharpened.
- (biology) An even row of cells, e.g., palisade mesophyll cells.