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- (usually in the plural) Swimming briefs.
- (usually in the plural) Underwear briefs.
- (law) A memorandum of points of fact or of law for use in conducting a case.
- (English law, slang) A barrister who is counsel for a party in a legal action.
- (by extension, figurative) A position of interest or advocacy.
- (UK, historical) A letter patent, from proper authority, authorizing a collection or charitable contribution of money in churches, for any public or private purpose.
- A short news story or report.
- (law) An answer to any action.
- (slang) A ticket of any type.
- (Roman Catholicism) A short papal letter.
- (English law) The material relevant to a case, delivered by a solicitor to the barrister who is counsel for the case.
- (law) An attorney's legal argument in written form for submission to a court.
- (law) A writ summoning one to answer; an official letter or mandate.
- a document stating the facts and points of law of a client's case
- a condensed written summary or abstract
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- a shoe for swimming; the paddle-like front is an aid in swimming (especially underwater)
- A device worn by divers and swimmers on their feet.
- a stabilizer on a ship that resembles the fin of a fish
- one of a set of parallel slats in a door or window to admit air and reject rain
- the cardinal number that is the sum of four and one
- organ of locomotion and balance in fishes and some other aquatic animals
- one of a pair of decorations projecting above the rear fenders of an automobile
- A similar structure protruding from a projectile, used to help keep it on course.
- (UK, formerly Australia, slang) a five-pound (£5) note; the sum of five pounds.
- (surfing) A similar structure on the bottom of a surfboard, used to help steer it.
- (nautical) The conning tower of a submarine.
- An extending part on a surface of a radiator, engine, heatsink, etc., used to facilitate cooling.
- A thin, rigid component of an aircraft, extending from the fuselage and used to stabilise and steer the aircraft.
- A hairstyle, resembling the fin of a fish, in which the hair is combed and set into a vertical ridge along the top of the head from about the crown to the forehead.
- A sharp raised edge (generally in concrete) capable of damaging a roof membrane or vapor retarder.
- (ichthyology, zootomy) One of the appendages of a fish, used to propel itself and to manoeuvre/maneuver.
- A similar appendage of a cetacean or other marine animal.
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- propel oneself through the water in a finning motion
- show the fins above the water while swimming
- equip (a car) with fins
- (intransitive) (Of a fish) to swim with the dorsal fin above the surface of the water.
- (intransitive) To swim in the manner of a fish.
- (transitive) To provide (a motor vehicle etc) with fins.
- (transitive) To cut the fins from a fish, shark, etc.
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- a shoe for swimming; the paddle-like front is an aid in swimming (especially underwater)
- the flat broad limb of aquatic animals specialized for swimming
- (theater) A small flat used to support a larger one.
- (informal, US) Television remote control, clicker.
- In marine mammals such as whales (or other aquatic animals such as sea turtles), a wide, flat limb adapted for swimming.
- (finance, art) Someone who flips, in the sense of buying a house or other asset and selling it quickly for profit.
- (cricket) A type of ball bowled by a leg spin bowler, which spins backwards and skids off the pitch with a low bounce.
- Someone who flips in any other sense, for example throwing a coin.
- A wide, flat, paddle-like rubber covering for the foot, used in swimming.
- (dentistry) A kind of false tooth, usually temporary.
- A kitchen spatula.
- A flat lever in a pinball machine, triggered by the player to strike the ball and keep it in play.
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- (swimming) A stroke swum lying on one's back, while rotating both arms through the water as to propel the swimmer backwards.
- A backhanded stroke or blow.
- (bellringing) The pull on the tail of the rope that swings the bell through a full circle (compare handstroke)
- a swimming stroke that resembles the crawl except the swimmer lies on his or her back
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- A swimming costume.
- An outfit or a disguise worn as fancy dress etc.
- A style of dress, including garments, accessories and hairstyle, especially as characteristic of a particular country, period or people.
- A set of clothes appropriate for a particular occasion or season.
- unusual or period attire not characteristic of or appropriate to the time and place
- the prevalent fashion of dress (including accessories and hair style as well as garments)
- the attire worn in a play or at a fancy dress ball
- the attire characteristic of a country or a time or a social class
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- A swim, usually a short swim to refresh.
- a brief swim in water
- (informal) A foolish person.
- (turpentine industry) The viscid exudation that is dipped out from incisions in the trees. Virgin dip is the runnings of the first year, yellow dip the runnings of subsequent years.
- A sauce for dipping.
- (geology) The angle from horizontal of a planar geologic surface, such as a fault line.
- A lower section of a road or geological feature.
- The action of dipping or plunging for a moment into a liquid.
- A tank or trough where cattle or sheep are immersed in chemicals to kill parasites.
- (bodybuilding) A gymnastic or bodybuilding exercise on parallel bars in which the performer, resting on his hands, lets his arms bend and his body sink until his chin is level with the bars, and then raises himself by straightening his arms.
- (computer graphics) Initialism of device-independent pixel.
- (finance, informal) A financial asset in decline, seen as an investment opportunity.
- (uncountable) Finely ground tobacco, consumed by placing a small amount between the lip and gum.
- (aeronautics) A sudden drop followed by a climb, usually to avoid obstacles or as the result of getting into an airhole.
- A dip stick.
- (ABDL, informal, uncommon) A diaper; diap, dipe.
- (informal) A diplomat.
- Inclination downward; direction below a horizontal line; slope; pitch.
- (dance) A move in many different styles of partner dances, often performed at the end of a dance, in which the follower leans far to the side and is supported by the leader.
- (birdwatching, colloquial) The act of missing out on seeing a sought after bird.
- (UK, dialect, uncountable, Birmingham) Fried bread.
- a candle that is made by repeated dipping in a pool of wax or tallow
- a brief immersion
- tasty mixture or liquid into which bite-sized foods are dipped
- a thief who steals from the pockets or purses of others in public places
- a sudden sharp decrease in some quantity
- a gymnastic exercise on the parallel bars in which the body is lowered and raised by bending and straightening the arms
- a depression in an otherwise level surface
- (physics) the angle that a magnetic needle makes with the plane of the horizon
verb
- (intransitive) (of a value or rate) To decrease slightly.
- (transitive) To treat cattle or sheep by immersion in chemical solution.
- (transitive) To perform (a bow or curtsey) by inclining the body.
- (transitive) To lower into a liquid.
- (intransitive) To perform the action of plunging a dipper, ladle. etc. into a liquid or soft substance and removing a part.
- (transitive) To use a dip stick to check oil level in an engine.
- (transitive) To lower a light's beam.
- (birdwatching, colloquial) To miss out on seeing a sought after bird.
- (transitive) To briefly lower the body by bending the knees while keeping the body in an upright position, usually in rhythm, as when singing or dancing.
- (transitive) To lower (a flag), particularly a national ensign, to a partially hoisted position in order to render or to return a salute. While lowered, the flag is said to be “at the dip.” A flag being carried on a staff may be dipped by leaning it forward at an approximate angle of 45 degrees.
- (intransitive, colloquial) To leave; to quit or abandon.
- (transitive) To take out, by dipping a dipper, ladle, or other receptacle, into a fluid and removing a part; often with out.
- (intransitive) To incline downward from the plane of the horizon.
- To consume snuff by placing a pinch behind the lip or under the tongue so that the active chemical constituents of the snuff may be absorbed into the system for their narcotic effect.
- (transitive) To wet, as if by immersing; to moisten.
- (transitive) To immerse for baptism.
- (intransitive) To plunge or engage thoroughly in any affair.
- (intransitive) To immerse oneself; to become plunged in a liquid; to sink.
- (transitive) To engage as a pledge; to mortgage.
- (transitive, dance) To perform a dip dance move (often phrased with the leader as the subject noun and the follower as the subject noun being dipped)
- (intransitive) To sink, drop, or slope downwards.
- dip into a liquid
- immerse in a disinfectant solution
- dip into a liquid while eating
- place (candle wicks) into hot, liquid wax
- stain an object by immersing it in a liquid
- slope downwards
- immerse briefly into a liquid so as to wet, coat, or saturate
- appear to move downward
- lower briefly
- take a small amount from
- plunge (one's hand or a receptacle) into a container
- scoop up by plunging one's hand or a ladle below the surface
- switch (a car's headlights) from a higher to a lower beam
- go down momentarily
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- a brief swim in water
- a steep and rapid fall
- A dive, leap, rush, or pitch into (into water).
- The act of plunging or submerging.
- (figuratively) The act of pitching or throwing oneself headlong or violently forward, like an unruly horse.
- (slang) Heavy and reckless betting in horse racing; hazardous speculation.
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- thrust or throw into
- drop steeply
- dash violently or with great speed or impetuosity
- cause to be immersed
- begin with vigor
- immerse briefly into a liquid so as to wet, coat, or saturate
- devote (oneself) fully to
- fall abruptly
- (intransitive, slang) To bet heavily and recklessly; to risk large sums in gambling.
- (figuratively, transitive) To cast, stab or throw deep and fast into some thing, state, condition or action.
- (intransitive) To pitch or throw oneself headlong or violently forward, as a horse does.
- (figuratively, intransitive) To fall or rush headlong into some thing, action, state or condition.
- (transitive) To remove a blockage by suction.
- (transitive) To thrust into liquid, or into any penetrable substance; to immerse.
- (intransitive) To dive, leap or rush (into water or some liquid); to submerge oneself.
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- (swimming) One of a pair of inflatable plastic bands, normally worn on the upper arms, to help the wearer (often a child) float in water and learn to swim.
- A band worn around the arm, usually to symbolize mourning or protest.
- (sports) A band worn around the arm of the captain of a team.
- a band worn around the upper arm
- worn around arm as identification or to indicate mourning
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- Wearing briefs
- summarized; reduced to a brief summary.
- (law) Having had one or more briefs (a memorandum of points of fact or of law for use in conducting a case or an attorney's legal argument in written form) submitted.
- (of a lawyer) Having cases to work on; actively involved in legal work.
- Having been given a briefing, informed.
- As specified in a briefing.
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- (Australia, New Zealand, UK, informal) A style of tightfitting men's swimming costume cut like underwear briefs that covers the buttocks and groin but not the legs and reveals the bulge of the genitals; especially worn in surf lifesaving and in swimming races.
- plural of budgie smuggler (“small bag attached to the belt”)
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- (swimming) Clipping of backstroke.
- (mining) The roof of a horizontal underground passage.
- (slang, uncountable) Effort, usually physical.
- (sports) In some team sports, a position behind most players on the team.
- (figuratively) The upper part of a natural object which is considered to resemble an animal’s back.
- (slang, uncountable) Large and attractive buttocks.
- A support or resource in reserve.
- Area behind, such as the backyard of a house or the rear storeroom of a retail store.
- The reverse side; the side that is not normally seen.
- The side of a blade opposite the side used for cutting.
- Among leather dealers, one of the thickest and stoutest tanned hides.
- A ferryboat.
- The rear of the body, especially the part between the neck and the end of the spine and opposite the chest and belly.
- The part of something that goes last.
- The backrest, the part of a piece of furniture which receives the human back.
- (nautical) The keel and keelson of a ship.
- (figurative) The part of a piece of clothing which covers the back.
- A non-alcoholic drink (often water or a soft drink), to go with hard liquor or a cocktail.
- The side of any object which is opposite the front or useful side.
- The spine and associated tissues.
- The edge of a book which is bound.
- A large shallow vat; a cistern, tub, or trough, used by brewers, distillers, dyers, picklers, gluemakers, and others, for mixing or cooling wort, holding water, hot glue, etc.
- (printing) The inside margin of a page.
- That which is farthest away from the front.
- (football) a person who plays in the backfield
- the part of a garment that covers the back of your body
- (American football) the position of a player on a football team who is stationed behind the line of scrimmage
- the protective covering on the front, back, and spine of a book
- the series of vertebrae forming the axis of the skeleton and protecting the spinal cord
- the part of something that is furthest from the normal viewer
- the posterior part of a human (or animal) body from the neck to the end of the spine
- the side that goes last or is not normally seen
- a support that you can lean against while sitting
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- (comparable, phonetics) Pronounced with the highest part of the body of the tongue toward the back of the mouth, near the soft palate (most often describing a vowel).
- At or near the rear.
- Not current.
- (predicative) Returned or restored to a previous place or condition.
- Situated away from the main or most frequented areas.
- Moving or operating backward.
- In arrears; overdue.
- located at or near the back of an animal
- of an earlier date
- related to or located at the back
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- In a manner that impedes.
- To a later point in time. See also put back.
- Towards, into or in the past.
- In a direction opposite to that in which someone or something is facing or normally pointing.
- Away from someone or something; at a distance.
- So as to shrink, recede or move aside, or cause to do so.
- (not comparable) To or in a previous condition or place.
- (not comparable) In a reciprocal manner; in return.
- (postpositive) Earlier, ago.
- In a direction opposite to the usual or desired direction of movement or progress, physically or figuratively.
- Away from the front or from an edge.
- in or to or toward a former location
- in reply
- at or to or toward the back or rear
- in repayment or retaliation
- in or to or toward a past time
- in or to or toward an original condition
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- (transitive) To push or force backwards.
- (law, of a justice of the peace) To sign or endorse (a warrant, issued in another county, to apprehend an offender).
- (transitive) To support.
- (MLE, transitive) To draw from behind the back (a knife etc.) (as also back out).
- (intransitive) To go in the reverse direction.
- (nautical, of the wind) To change direction contrary to the normal pattern; that is, to shift anticlockwise in the northern hemisphere, or clockwise in the southern hemisphere.
- (UK, of a hunting dog) To stand still behind another dog which has pointed.
- To row backward with (oars).
- (nautical, of a square sail) To brace the yards so that the wind presses on the front of the sail, to slow the ship.
- To make a back for; to furnish with a back.
- To adjoin behind; to be at the back of.
- (nautical, of an anchor) To lay out a second, smaller anchor to provide additional holding power.
- (Nigeria, transitive) To carry an infant on one’s back.
- To write upon the back of, possibly as an endorsement.
- be in back of
- travel backward
- establish as valid or genuine
- place a bet on
- give support or one's approval to
- strengthen by providing with a back or backing
- shift to a counterclockwise direction
- support financial backing for
- be behind; approve of
- cause to travel backward
noun
- A wetsuit with long sleeves and legs.
- A steam-powered road locomotive; a traction engine.
- (chiefly in the plural, Rhode Island) A steamed clam.
- (British, crime, slang) A member of a youth gang who engages in steaming (robbing and escaping in a large group).
- (cooking) A cooking appliance that cooks by steaming.
- (British, slang) A homosexual man with a preference for passive partners.
- Clipping of steamer trunk.
- (British, slang) An act of fellatio.
- A steamer duck: any of the four species of the duck genus Tachyeres which are all found in South America, three of which are flightless.
- (British, slang) A prostitute's client.
- (Maine) The soft-shell clam, sand gaper, or long-neck clam (Mya arenaria), an edible saltwater clam; specifically the clam when steamed for eating.
- (British, Scotland, slang) A drinking session.
- A stupid or contemptible person.
- (US, slang) a gambler who increases a wager after losing.
- (nautical) A vessel propelled by steam; a steamboat or steamship.
- A babycino (frothy milk drink).
- (Memphis, hip-hop, slang) A stolen vehicle.
- A gullible or easily cheated person.
- A vessel in which articles are subjected to the action of steam, as in washing and in various processes of manufacture.
- (horse racing) A racehorse the odds of which are becoming shorter (that is, decreasing) because bettors are backing it.
- a ship powered by one or more steam engines
- an edible clam with thin oval-shaped shell found in coastal regions of the United States and Europe
- a cooking utensil that can be used to cook food by steaming it
- a clam that is usually steamed in the shell
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- (sports) Initialism of critical swim speed.
- (medicine) Initialism of Churg-Strauss syndrome.
- (military) Initialism of Chinese surface-to-surface (missile), a NATO prefix-code for systems developed by the People's Republic of China.
- (genetics) Initialism of chromosome substitution strain.
- (aviation, travel) Initialism of change segment status, a GDS code used on older types of airline keyboards.
- (medicine) Initialism of Coffin-Siris syndrome.
- (nautical) Initialism of Canadian Survey Ship (the designation for a survey ship operated by the Canadian Hydrographic Service).
- (historical, nautical, military) Initialism of Confederate States Ship (the designation for a commissioned warship operated by the Confederate States Navy).
- (media, DVD) Initialism of Content Scramble System, a DRM and encryption system for DVDs.
- (web design) Initialism of cascading style sheet.
- (space flight) Initialism of control stick steering, a method of Space Shuttle flight control.
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- swim for pleasure or recreation
- cleanse the entire body
- suffuse or envelope with something
- (intransitive) To immerse oneself, or part of the body, in water for pleasure or refreshment; to swim.
- (figuratively, transitive and intransitive) To cover or surround.
- (intransitive) To clean oneself by immersion in water or using water; to take a bath, have a bath.
- (transitive) To apply water or other liquid to; to suffuse or cover with liquid.
- (intransitive) To sunbathe.
- (transitive) To clean a person by immersion in water or using water; to give someone a bath.
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- (usually in the plural) Swimming briefs.
- (usually in the plural) Underwear briefs.
- (law) A memorandum of points of fact or of law for use in conducting a case.
- (English law, slang) A barrister who is counsel for a party in a legal action.
- (by extension, figurative) A position of interest or advocacy.
- (UK, historical) A letter patent, from proper authority, authorizing a collection or charitable contribution of money in churches, for any public or private purpose.
- A short news story or report.
- (law) An answer to any action.
- (slang) A ticket of any type.
- (Roman Catholicism) A short papal letter.
- (English law) The material relevant to a case, delivered by a solicitor to the barrister who is counsel for the case.
- (law) An attorney's legal argument in written form for submission to a court.
- (law) A writ summoning one to answer; an official letter or mandate.
- a document stating the facts and points of law of a client's case
- a condensed written summary or abstract
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- a shoe for swimming; the paddle-like front is an aid in swimming (especially underwater)
- A device worn by divers and swimmers on their feet.
- a stabilizer on a ship that resembles the fin of a fish
- one of a set of parallel slats in a door or window to admit air and reject rain
- the cardinal number that is the sum of four and one
- organ of locomotion and balance in fishes and some other aquatic animals
- one of a pair of decorations projecting above the rear fenders of an automobile
- A similar structure protruding from a projectile, used to help keep it on course.
- (UK, formerly Australia, slang) a five-pound (£5) note; the sum of five pounds.
- (surfing) A similar structure on the bottom of a surfboard, used to help steer it.
- (nautical) The conning tower of a submarine.
- An extending part on a surface of a radiator, engine, heatsink, etc., used to facilitate cooling.
- A thin, rigid component of an aircraft, extending from the fuselage and used to stabilise and steer the aircraft.
- A hairstyle, resembling the fin of a fish, in which the hair is combed and set into a vertical ridge along the top of the head from about the crown to the forehead.
- A sharp raised edge (generally in concrete) capable of damaging a roof membrane or vapor retarder.
- (ichthyology, zootomy) One of the appendages of a fish, used to propel itself and to manoeuvre/maneuver.
- A similar appendage of a cetacean or other marine animal.
verb
- propel oneself through the water in a finning motion
- show the fins above the water while swimming
- equip (a car) with fins
- (intransitive) (Of a fish) to swim with the dorsal fin above the surface of the water.
- (intransitive) To swim in the manner of a fish.
- (transitive) To provide (a motor vehicle etc) with fins.
- (transitive) To cut the fins from a fish, shark, etc.
noun
- a shoe for swimming; the paddle-like front is an aid in swimming (especially underwater)
- the flat broad limb of aquatic animals specialized for swimming
- (theater) A small flat used to support a larger one.
- (informal, US) Television remote control, clicker.
- In marine mammals such as whales (or other aquatic animals such as sea turtles), a wide, flat limb adapted for swimming.
- (finance, art) Someone who flips, in the sense of buying a house or other asset and selling it quickly for profit.
- (cricket) A type of ball bowled by a leg spin bowler, which spins backwards and skids off the pitch with a low bounce.
- Someone who flips in any other sense, for example throwing a coin.
- A wide, flat, paddle-like rubber covering for the foot, used in swimming.
- (dentistry) A kind of false tooth, usually temporary.
- A kitchen spatula.
- A flat lever in a pinball machine, triggered by the player to strike the ball and keep it in play.
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- A swimming costume.
- An outfit or a disguise worn as fancy dress etc.
- A style of dress, including garments, accessories and hairstyle, especially as characteristic of a particular country, period or people.
- A set of clothes appropriate for a particular occasion or season.
- unusual or period attire not characteristic of or appropriate to the time and place
- the prevalent fashion of dress (including accessories and hair style as well as garments)
- the attire worn in a play or at a fancy dress ball
- the attire characteristic of a country or a time or a social class
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- A swim, usually a short swim to refresh.
- a brief swim in water
- (informal) A foolish person.
- (turpentine industry) The viscid exudation that is dipped out from incisions in the trees. Virgin dip is the runnings of the first year, yellow dip the runnings of subsequent years.
- A sauce for dipping.
- (geology) The angle from horizontal of a planar geologic surface, such as a fault line.
- A lower section of a road or geological feature.
- The action of dipping or plunging for a moment into a liquid.
- A tank or trough where cattle or sheep are immersed in chemicals to kill parasites.
- (bodybuilding) A gymnastic or bodybuilding exercise on parallel bars in which the performer, resting on his hands, lets his arms bend and his body sink until his chin is level with the bars, and then raises himself by straightening his arms.
- (computer graphics) Initialism of device-independent pixel.
- (finance, informal) A financial asset in decline, seen as an investment opportunity.
- (uncountable) Finely ground tobacco, consumed by placing a small amount between the lip and gum.
- (aeronautics) A sudden drop followed by a climb, usually to avoid obstacles or as the result of getting into an airhole.
- A dip stick.
- (ABDL, informal, uncommon) A diaper; diap, dipe.
- (informal) A diplomat.
- Inclination downward; direction below a horizontal line; slope; pitch.
- (dance) A move in many different styles of partner dances, often performed at the end of a dance, in which the follower leans far to the side and is supported by the leader.
- (birdwatching, colloquial) The act of missing out on seeing a sought after bird.
- (UK, dialect, uncountable, Birmingham) Fried bread.
- a candle that is made by repeated dipping in a pool of wax or tallow
- a brief immersion
- tasty mixture or liquid into which bite-sized foods are dipped
- a thief who steals from the pockets or purses of others in public places
- a sudden sharp decrease in some quantity
- a gymnastic exercise on the parallel bars in which the body is lowered and raised by bending and straightening the arms
- a depression in an otherwise level surface
- (physics) the angle that a magnetic needle makes with the plane of the horizon
verb
- (intransitive) (of a value or rate) To decrease slightly.
- (transitive) To treat cattle or sheep by immersion in chemical solution.
- (transitive) To perform (a bow or curtsey) by inclining the body.
- (transitive) To lower into a liquid.
- (intransitive) To perform the action of plunging a dipper, ladle. etc. into a liquid or soft substance and removing a part.
- (transitive) To use a dip stick to check oil level in an engine.
- (transitive) To lower a light's beam.
- (birdwatching, colloquial) To miss out on seeing a sought after bird.
- (transitive) To briefly lower the body by bending the knees while keeping the body in an upright position, usually in rhythm, as when singing or dancing.
- (transitive) To lower (a flag), particularly a national ensign, to a partially hoisted position in order to render or to return a salute. While lowered, the flag is said to be “at the dip.” A flag being carried on a staff may be dipped by leaning it forward at an approximate angle of 45 degrees.
- (intransitive, colloquial) To leave; to quit or abandon.
- (transitive) To take out, by dipping a dipper, ladle, or other receptacle, into a fluid and removing a part; often with out.
- (intransitive) To incline downward from the plane of the horizon.
- To consume snuff by placing a pinch behind the lip or under the tongue so that the active chemical constituents of the snuff may be absorbed into the system for their narcotic effect.
- (transitive) To wet, as if by immersing; to moisten.
- (transitive) To immerse for baptism.
- (intransitive) To plunge or engage thoroughly in any affair.
- (intransitive) To immerse oneself; to become plunged in a liquid; to sink.
- (transitive) To engage as a pledge; to mortgage.
- (transitive, dance) To perform a dip dance move (often phrased with the leader as the subject noun and the follower as the subject noun being dipped)
- (intransitive) To sink, drop, or slope downwards.
- dip into a liquid
- immerse in a disinfectant solution
- dip into a liquid while eating
- place (candle wicks) into hot, liquid wax
- stain an object by immersing it in a liquid
- slope downwards
- immerse briefly into a liquid so as to wet, coat, or saturate
- appear to move downward
- lower briefly
- take a small amount from
- plunge (one's hand or a receptacle) into a container
- scoop up by plunging one's hand or a ladle below the surface
- switch (a car's headlights) from a higher to a lower beam
- go down momentarily
noun
- a brief swim in water
- a steep and rapid fall
- A dive, leap, rush, or pitch into (into water).
- The act of plunging or submerging.
- (figuratively) The act of pitching or throwing oneself headlong or violently forward, like an unruly horse.
- (slang) Heavy and reckless betting in horse racing; hazardous speculation.
verb
- thrust or throw into
- drop steeply
- dash violently or with great speed or impetuosity
- cause to be immersed
- begin with vigor
- immerse briefly into a liquid so as to wet, coat, or saturate
- devote (oneself) fully to
- fall abruptly
- (intransitive, slang) To bet heavily and recklessly; to risk large sums in gambling.
- (figuratively, transitive) To cast, stab or throw deep and fast into some thing, state, condition or action.
- (intransitive) To pitch or throw oneself headlong or violently forward, as a horse does.
- (figuratively, intransitive) To fall or rush headlong into some thing, action, state or condition.
- (transitive) To remove a blockage by suction.
- (transitive) To thrust into liquid, or into any penetrable substance; to immerse.
- (intransitive) To dive, leap or rush (into water or some liquid); to submerge oneself.
noun
- (swimming) One of a pair of inflatable plastic bands, normally worn on the upper arms, to help the wearer (often a child) float in water and learn to swim.
- A band worn around the arm, usually to symbolize mourning or protest.
- (sports) A band worn around the arm of the captain of a team.
- a band worn around the upper arm
- worn around arm as identification or to indicate mourning
noun
- (Australia, New Zealand, UK, informal) A style of tightfitting men's swimming costume cut like underwear briefs that covers the buttocks and groin but not the legs and reveals the bulge of the genitals; especially worn in surf lifesaving and in swimming races.
- plural of budgie smuggler (“small bag attached to the belt”)
noun
- (swimming) Clipping of backstroke.
- (mining) The roof of a horizontal underground passage.
- (slang, uncountable) Effort, usually physical.
- (sports) In some team sports, a position behind most players on the team.
- (figuratively) The upper part of a natural object which is considered to resemble an animal’s back.
- (slang, uncountable) Large and attractive buttocks.
- A support or resource in reserve.
- Area behind, such as the backyard of a house or the rear storeroom of a retail store.
- The reverse side; the side that is not normally seen.
- The side of a blade opposite the side used for cutting.
- Among leather dealers, one of the thickest and stoutest tanned hides.
- A ferryboat.
- The rear of the body, especially the part between the neck and the end of the spine and opposite the chest and belly.
- The part of something that goes last.
- The backrest, the part of a piece of furniture which receives the human back.
- (nautical) The keel and keelson of a ship.
- (figurative) The part of a piece of clothing which covers the back.
- A non-alcoholic drink (often water or a soft drink), to go with hard liquor or a cocktail.
- The side of any object which is opposite the front or useful side.
- The spine and associated tissues.
- The edge of a book which is bound.
- A large shallow vat; a cistern, tub, or trough, used by brewers, distillers, dyers, picklers, gluemakers, and others, for mixing or cooling wort, holding water, hot glue, etc.
- (printing) The inside margin of a page.
- That which is farthest away from the front.
- (football) a person who plays in the backfield
- the part of a garment that covers the back of your body
- (American football) the position of a player on a football team who is stationed behind the line of scrimmage
- the protective covering on the front, back, and spine of a book
- the series of vertebrae forming the axis of the skeleton and protecting the spinal cord
- the part of something that is furthest from the normal viewer
- the posterior part of a human (or animal) body from the neck to the end of the spine
- the side that goes last or is not normally seen
- a support that you can lean against while sitting
adj
- (comparable, phonetics) Pronounced with the highest part of the body of the tongue toward the back of the mouth, near the soft palate (most often describing a vowel).
- At or near the rear.
- Not current.
- (predicative) Returned or restored to a previous place or condition.
- Situated away from the main or most frequented areas.
- Moving or operating backward.
- In arrears; overdue.
- located at or near the back of an animal
- of an earlier date
- related to or located at the back
adv
- In a manner that impedes.
- To a later point in time. See also put back.
- Towards, into or in the past.
- In a direction opposite to that in which someone or something is facing or normally pointing.
- Away from someone or something; at a distance.
- So as to shrink, recede or move aside, or cause to do so.
- (not comparable) To or in a previous condition or place.
- (not comparable) In a reciprocal manner; in return.
- (postpositive) Earlier, ago.
- In a direction opposite to the usual or desired direction of movement or progress, physically or figuratively.
- Away from the front or from an edge.
- in or to or toward a former location
- in reply
- at or to or toward the back or rear
- in repayment or retaliation
- in or to or toward a past time
- in or to or toward an original condition
verb
- (transitive) To push or force backwards.
- (law, of a justice of the peace) To sign or endorse (a warrant, issued in another county, to apprehend an offender).
- (transitive) To support.
- (MLE, transitive) To draw from behind the back (a knife etc.) (as also back out).
- (intransitive) To go in the reverse direction.
- (nautical, of the wind) To change direction contrary to the normal pattern; that is, to shift anticlockwise in the northern hemisphere, or clockwise in the southern hemisphere.
- (UK, of a hunting dog) To stand still behind another dog which has pointed.
- To row backward with (oars).
- (nautical, of a square sail) To brace the yards so that the wind presses on the front of the sail, to slow the ship.
- To make a back for; to furnish with a back.
- To adjoin behind; to be at the back of.
- (nautical, of an anchor) To lay out a second, smaller anchor to provide additional holding power.
- (Nigeria, transitive) To carry an infant on one’s back.
- To write upon the back of, possibly as an endorsement.
- be in back of
- travel backward
- establish as valid or genuine
- place a bet on
- give support or one's approval to
- strengthen by providing with a back or backing
- shift to a counterclockwise direction
- support financial backing for
- be behind; approve of
- cause to travel backward
noun
- A wetsuit with long sleeves and legs.
- A steam-powered road locomotive; a traction engine.
- (chiefly in the plural, Rhode Island) A steamed clam.
- (British, crime, slang) A member of a youth gang who engages in steaming (robbing and escaping in a large group).
- (cooking) A cooking appliance that cooks by steaming.
- (British, slang) A homosexual man with a preference for passive partners.
- Clipping of steamer trunk.
- (British, slang) An act of fellatio.
- A steamer duck: any of the four species of the duck genus Tachyeres which are all found in South America, three of which are flightless.
- (British, slang) A prostitute's client.
- (Maine) The soft-shell clam, sand gaper, or long-neck clam (Mya arenaria), an edible saltwater clam; specifically the clam when steamed for eating.
- (British, Scotland, slang) A drinking session.
- A stupid or contemptible person.
- (US, slang) a gambler who increases a wager after losing.
- (nautical) A vessel propelled by steam; a steamboat or steamship.
- A babycino (frothy milk drink).
- (Memphis, hip-hop, slang) A stolen vehicle.
- A gullible or easily cheated person.
- A vessel in which articles are subjected to the action of steam, as in washing and in various processes of manufacture.
- (horse racing) A racehorse the odds of which are becoming shorter (that is, decreasing) because bettors are backing it.
- a ship powered by one or more steam engines
- an edible clam with thin oval-shaped shell found in coastal regions of the United States and Europe
- a cooking utensil that can be used to cook food by steaming it
- a clam that is usually steamed in the shell
verb
noun
- (sports) Initialism of critical swim speed.
- (medicine) Initialism of Churg-Strauss syndrome.
- (military) Initialism of Chinese surface-to-surface (missile), a NATO prefix-code for systems developed by the People's Republic of China.
- (genetics) Initialism of chromosome substitution strain.
- (aviation, travel) Initialism of change segment status, a GDS code used on older types of airline keyboards.
- (medicine) Initialism of Coffin-Siris syndrome.
- (nautical) Initialism of Canadian Survey Ship (the designation for a survey ship operated by the Canadian Hydrographic Service).
- (historical, nautical, military) Initialism of Confederate States Ship (the designation for a commissioned warship operated by the Confederate States Navy).
- (media, DVD) Initialism of Content Scramble System, a DRM and encryption system for DVDs.
- (web design) Initialism of cascading style sheet.
- (space flight) Initialism of control stick steering, a method of Space Shuttle flight control.
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- (swimming) A stroke swum lying on one's back, while rotating both arms through the water as to propel the swimmer backwards.
- A backhanded stroke or blow.
- (bellringing) The pull on the tail of the rope that swings the bell through a full circle (compare handstroke)
- a swimming stroke that resembles the crawl except the swimmer lies on his or her back
verb
noun
verb
- swim for pleasure or recreation
- cleanse the entire body
- suffuse or envelope with something
- (intransitive) To immerse oneself, or part of the body, in water for pleasure or refreshment; to swim.
- (figuratively, transitive and intransitive) To cover or surround.
- (intransitive) To clean oneself by immersion in water or using water; to take a bath, have a bath.
- (transitive) To apply water or other liquid to; to suffuse or cover with liquid.
- (intransitive) To sunbathe.
- (transitive) To clean a person by immersion in water or using water; to give someone a bath.
noun
adj
- Wearing briefs
- summarized; reduced to a brief summary.
- (law) Having had one or more briefs (a memorandum of points of fact or of law for use in conducting a case or an attorney's legal argument in written form) submitted.
- (of a lawyer) Having cases to work on; actively involved in legal work.
- Having been given a briefing, informed.
- As specified in a briefing.