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noun
- The backbone of a book.
- (drugs) The rolling of a marijuana cigarette in a certain fashion.
- A pull strap extending the backstay of a boot or shoe.
- An anchoring strap, passed around the waist or hips, for a small loom.
- (firearms) The rearmost surface applied to the grip especially of a pistol below a possible beavertail.
- A loin of meat consisting of the muscle on each side of the spine.
verb
noun
- The edge of a book which is bound.
- (mining) The roof of a horizontal underground passage.
- (swimming) Clipping of backstroke.
- (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.
- 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
adj
- Written in the margin of a book.
- (economics, not comparable) Pertaining to changes resulting from a unit increase in production or consumption of a good.
- (of land) Barely productive.
- Of a value, or having a characteristic that is of a value, that is close to being unacceptable or leading to exclusion from a group or category.
- (not comparable) Of, relating to, or located at or near a margin or edge; also figurative usages of location and margin (edge).
- (sociology) Marginalized.
- (geography) Sharing a border; geographically adjacent.
- (politics, chiefly UK, Australia, New Zealand, of a constituency) Subject to a change in sitting member with only a small change in voting behaviour, this usually being inferred from the small winning margin of the previous election.
- producing at a rate that barely covers production costs
- just barely adequate or within a lower limit
- at or constituting a border or edge
- of questionable or minimal quality
noun
noun
- A strip of material used to mark a place in a book.
- a marker (a piece of paper or ribbon) placed between the pages of a book to mark the reader's place
- (databases) A pointer found in a nonclustered index to a row in a clustered index or a table heap
- (computing) A record of the address of a file or Internet page, serving as a shortcut to it.
verb
noun
- A strip along the spine of a book where the pages are attached.
- (telecommunications) A designated range of radio frequencies used for wireless communication.
- A continuous tablet, stripe, or series of ornaments, as of carved foliage, of colour, or of brickwork.
- (sciences) Any distinguishing line formed by chromatography, electrophoresis etc
- A strip of material wrapped around things to hold them together.
- A narrow strip of cloth or other material on clothing, to bind, strengthen, or ornament it.
- (Canada) Ellipsis of band government.
- A linen collar or ruff worn in the 16th and 17th centuries.
- (in the plural) Two strips of linen hanging from the neck in front as part of a clerical, legal, or academic dress.
- (physics) A group of energy levels in a solid state material.
- A type of orchestra originally playing janissary music; an instance of this type.
- (slang, hiphop, often in the plural) A wad of money totaling $1K, held together by a band; (by extension) $1000, a grand; (by extension) money
- A group of musicians who perform together as an ensemble; sometimes, such a group working for a professional recording artist.
- A long strip of material, color, etc, that is different from the surrounding area.
- (physics) A part of the electromagnetic spectrum.
- (medicine) Ellipsis of band cell.
- That which serves as the means of union or connection between persons; a tie.
- Ellipsis of marching band.
- (anthropology) A small group of people living in a simple society, contrasted with tribes, chiefdoms, and nations.
- (especially US) A ring, such as a wedding ring (wedding band), or a ring put on a bird's leg to identify it.
- In Gothic architecture, the moulding, or suite of mouldings, which encircles the pillars and small shafts.
- A group of people loosely united for a common purpose, such as a band of thieves.
- A belt or strap that is part of a machine.
- a strip of material attached to the leg of a bird to identify it (as in studies of bird migration)
- an unofficial association of people or groups
- instrumentalists not including string players
- a group of musicians playing popular music for dancing
- a cord-like tissue connecting two larger parts of an anatomical structure
- a stripe or stripes of contrasting color
- an adornment consisting of a strip of a contrasting color or material
- a thin flat strip of flexible material that is worn around the body or one of the limbs (especially to decorate the body)
- a thin flat strip or loop of flexible material that goes around or over something else, typically to hold it together or as a decoration
- jewelry consisting of a circlet of precious metal (often set with jewels) worn on the finger
- a driving belt in machinery
- a restraint put around something to hold it together
- a range of frequencies between two limits
verb
- (transitive) To fasten with a band.
- (transitive, ornithology) To fasten an identifying band around the leg of (a bird).
- (transitive, education) To group (students) together by perceived ability; to stream.
- (intransitive) To group together for a common purpose; to confederate.
- attach a ring to the foot of, in order to identify
- bind or tie together, as with a band
noun
- The spine of a book where the pages are held together.
- (sewing) A finishing on a seam or hem of a garment.
- (chemistry) The action or result of making two or more molecules stick together.
- An item (usually rope, tape, or string) used to hold two or more things together.
- (programming) The interface of a library with a programming language other than one it is written in.
- (programming) The association of a named item with an element of a program.
- the act of applying a bandage
- the protective covering on the front, back, and spine of a book
- strip sewn over or along an edge for reinforcement or decoration
- one of a pair of mechanical devices that are attached to a ski and that will grip a ski boot; the bindings should release in case of a fall
- the capacity to attract and hold something
adj
verb
noun
- a small illustrative sketch (as sometimes placed at the beginning of chapters in books)
- a photograph whose edges shade off gradually
- a brief literary description
- (photography) The characteristic of a camera lens, either by deficiency in design or by mismatch of the lens with the film format, that produces an image smaller than the film's frame with a crudely focused border. Photographers may deliberately choose this characteristic for a special effect.
- (printing) A decorative design, originally representing vine branches or tendrils, at the head of a chapter, of a manuscript or printed book, or in a similar position.
- (architecture) A running ornament consisting of leaves and tendrils, used in Gothic architecture.
- (by extension) A short story or anecdote that presents a scene or tableau, or paints a picture.
- (automotive) A small sticker affixed to a vehicle windscreen to indicate that tolls have been paid.
- (philately) The central pictorial image on a postage stamp.
- (computer graphics) A hardware deficiency (even occurring in most expensive models) of a computer display wherein the picture slants towards a colour or brightness towards the edges especially if viewed from an angle.
- (by extension) Any small borderless picture in a book, especially an engraving, photograph, or the like, which vanishes gradually at the edge.
- (photography) Any effect in a photographic picture where qualities vanish towards the edges.
verb
noun
- a short passage added at the end of a literary work
- a short speech (often in verse) addressed directly to the audience by an actor at the end of a play
- The performer who gives this speech
- (computing) A component of a computer program that prepares the computer to return from a routine.
- A short speech, spoken directly at the audience at the end of a play
- A brief oration or script at the end of a literary piece; an afterword
verb
noun
- front illustration facing the title page of a book
- an ornamental facade
- (architecture) A small ornamental pediment, especially at the top of a window or door.
- (architecture) A façade, especially an ornamental one.
- (publishing) An illustration that is on the page before the title page of a book, a section of one, or a magazine.
verb
noun
- An entry in such a book.
- A distinct horizontal (or, more rarely, vertical) section of a work of art or inscription that is divided into several such sections.
- A grille at the outflow of a ventilation duct, capable of being opened and closed to direct the air flow.
- One who registers or records; a registrar; especially, a public officer charged with the duty of recording certain transactions or events.
- (music) An organ stop.
- (linguistics) A style of a language used in a particular context.
- (telecommunications) A list of received calls in a phone set.
- (computing) A small unit of very fast memory that is directly accessible to the central processing unit, and is mostly used to store inputs, outputs, or intermediate results of computations.
- (music) The range of a voice or instrument.
- (printing) The exact alignment of lines, margins, and colors.
- A device that automatically records a quantity.
- (chiefly US) Ellipsis of cash register.
- A book of such entries.
- The act of registering.
- A formal recording of names, events, transactions, etc.
- (telecommunications) The part of a telegraphic apparatus that automatically records the message received.
- (printing) The inner part of the mould in which types are cast.
- A certificate issued by the collector of customs of a port or district to the owner of a vessel, containing the description of a vessel, its name, ownership, and other material facts. It is kept on board the vessel, to be used as evidence of nationality or as a muniment of title.
- a regulator (as a sliding plate) for regulating the flow of air into a furnace or other heating device
- a cashbox with an adding machine to register transactions; used in shops to add up the bill
- a book in which names and transactions are listed
- an air passage (usually in the floor or a wall of a room) for admitting or excluding heated air from the room
- an official written record of names or events or transactions
- (music) the timbre that is characteristic of a certain range and manner of production of the human voice or of different pipe organ stops or of different musical instruments
- (computer science) memory device that is the part of computer memory that has a specific address and that is used to hold information of a specific kind
verb
- (transitive) To enter in a register; to enlist.
- (law) To voluntarily sign over for safe keeping, abandoning complete ownership for partial.
- (intransitive) To place one's name, or have one's name placed in a register.
- (transitive, postal) To record officially and handle specially.
- (ambitransitive) To buy the full version of trial software by providing one's details and payment.
- (transitive) To express outward signs.
- (transitive) To sign-up, especially to vote.
- (intransitive) To be in proper alignment; to align or correspond exactly.
- (transitive) To record, especially in writing.
- (transitive) To perceive or comprehend; pick up on.
- (intransitive) To make an impression.
- (intransitive) To occur; become realised or noticed; dawn on.
- (transitive, especially printing) To make or adjust so as to be properly or precisely aligned.
- have one's name listed as a candidate for several parties
- manipulate the registers of an organ
- indicate a certain reading; of gauges and instruments
- record in writing; enter into a book of names or events or transactions
- enter into someone's consciousness
- show in one's face
- enroll to vote
- record in a public office or in a court of law
- be aware of
- send by registered mail
noun
- A book, tome or other set of writings.
- A writing consisting of multiple glyphs, characters, symbols or sentences.
- (colloquial) Ellipsis of text message, a brief written message transmitted between mobile phones.
- A verse or passage of Scripture, especially one chosen as the subject of a sermon, or in proof of a doctrine.
- (computing) Data which can be interpreted as human-readable text.
- (printing) A style of writing in large characters; also, a kind of type used in printing.
- (by extension) Anything chosen as the subject of an argument, literary composition, etc.
- a passage from the Bible that is used as the subject of a sermon
- the words of something written
- the main body of a written work (as distinct from illustrations or footnotes etc.)
- a book prepared for use in schools or colleges
verb
prefix
adj
- Bookish.
- Relating to literature.
- Appropriate to literature rather than everyday writing.
- Knowledgeable of literature or writing.
- Relating to writers, or the profession of literature.
- of or relating to or characteristic of literature
- knowledgeable about literature
- appropriate to literature rather than everyday speech or writing
noun
- the passage that is being read
- the post or function properly or customarily occupied or served by another
- a blank area
- an item on a list or in a sequence
- a public square with room for pedestrians
- proper or appropriate position or location
- the particular portion of space occupied by something
- a point located with respect to surface features of some region
- proper or designated social situation
- a space reserved for sitting (as in a theater or on a train or airplane)
- any area set aside for a particular purpose
- a particular situation
- where you live at a particular time
- a job in an organization
- a general vicinity
- an abstract mental location
- A state of mind.
- Numerically, the column counting a certain quantity.
- Ordinal relation; position in the order of proceeding.
- Any area of the earth: a region.
- The area where one lives: one's home, formerly (chiefly) country estates and farms.
- A particular location in a book or document, particularly the current location of a reader
- An area of the body, especially the skin.
- The area one occupies, particularly somewhere to sit.
- A location or position in space.
- An open space, particularly a city square, market square, or courtyard.
- The position as a member of a sports team.
- An inhabited area: a village, town, or city.
- (often in street names or addresses) A street, sometimes but not always surrounding a public place, square, or plaza of the same name.
- (euphemistic slang) An area to urinate and defecate: an outhouse or lavatory.
- Reception; effect; implying the making room for.
- A role or purpose; a station.
- The position of a contestant in a competition.
- (horse racing) The position of first, second, or third at the finish, especially the second position.
verb
- make an investment
- assign a location to
- put into a certain place or abstract location
- recognize as being; establish the identity of someone or something
- assign to a station
- finish second or better in a horse or dog race
- identify the location or place of
- take a place in a competition; often followed by an ordinal
- assign a rank or rating to
- locate
- sing a note with the correct pitch
- to arrange for
- assign to (a job or a home)
- estimate
- intend (something) to move towards a certain goal
- place somebody in a particular situation or location
- (transitive, in collocations) To make.
- (transitive) To remember where and when (an object or person) has been previously encountered.
- (transitive) To bet.
- (transitive) To recruit or match an appropriate person for a job, or a home for an animal for adoption, etc.
- (intransitive, motor racing) To finish second, especially of horses or dogs.
- (sports, transitive) To place-kick (a goal).
- (transitive) To vouch for someone's alibi.
- (ergative) To earn a given spot in a competition; to rank at a certain position ((often followed by an ordinal)).
- (transitive) To put (someone or something) in a specific location.
- (transitive) To sing (a note) with the correct pitch.
- (transitive) To assign (more or less value) to something.
noun
- A bound book.
- The issues of a periodical over a period of one year.
- (economics) The total supply of money in circulation or, less frequently, total amount of credit extended, within a specified national market or worldwide.
- (computing) An accessible storage area with a single file system, typically resident on a single partition of a hard disk.
- Strength of sound: how loud it is.
- (cinematography) A sound stage film set that has walls of video monitors, substituting for an actual background, set structures, providing a changeable video matte painting. A set with a form of projected background, similar to legacy traditional rear projection and front projection sets.
- (bodybuilding) The total of weight worked by a muscle in one training session, the weight of every single repetition summed up.
- Quantity.
- (climbing, bouldering) A modular foothold attached to a climbing wall used for gripping, often in triangular, pyramidal, or angular shapes.
- A rounded mass or convolution.
- (cinematography) A green/blue-screen chromakey visual effects (“VFX”) sound stage surrounded by a multitude of filming cameras, to allow for virtual camera changes in post production, by filming the whole 3-D volume of a chromakey film set.
- (graph theory) The sum of the degrees of a set of vertices.
- (in the plural, by extension) A great amount (of meaning) about something.
- A three-dimensional measure of space that comprises a length, a width and a height. It is measured in units of cubic centimeters in metric, cubic inches or cubic feet in English measurement.
- A single book of a publication issued in multi-book format, such as an encyclopedia.
- the magnitude of sound (usually in a specified direction)
- a relative amount
- the amount of 3-dimensional space occupied by an object
- physical objects consisting of a number of pages bound together
- a publication that is one of a set of several similar publications
- the property of something that is great in magnitude
verb
noun
- A page of a book, that is, one side of a leaf of a book.
- A leaf of a book or manuscript.
- A page number. The even folios are on the left-hand pages and the odd folios on the right-hand pages.
- (computing) A protective case with a flap that folds to cover the screen of a mobile device.
- A book made of sheets of paper each folded in half (two leaves or four pages to the sheet); hence, a book of the largest kind, exceeding 30 centimetres in height.
- (accounting) A page in an account book; sometimes, two opposite pages bearing the same serial number.
- A sheet of paper folded in half.
- A wrapper for loose papers.
- the system of numbering pages
- a sheet of any written or printed material (especially in a manuscript or book)
- a book (or manuscript) consisting of large sheets of paper folded in the middle to make two leaves or four pages
verb
name
noun
- The part between the beginning and the end.
- A centre, midpoint.
- (politics) the center of the political spectrum.
- (grammar) The middle voice.
- (cricket) The middle stump.
- The central part of a human body; the waist.
- an intermediate part or section
- the middle area of the human torso (usually in front)
- the point between the beginning and the end of a temporal period or process
- an area that is approximately central within some larger region
adj
- Central.
- (grammar) Pertaining to the middle voice.
- Located in the middle; in between.
- being neither at the beginning nor at the end in a series
- of a stage in the development of a language or literature between earlier and later stages
- between an earlier and a later period of time
- equally distant from the extremes
verb
noun
- The middle; the midst.
- A middle way or manner; a mean or middle path between extremes.
- (US) The part of a fair or circus where rides, entertainments, and booths are concentrated.
- (US) The widest aisle in the middle of an industrial complex (such as railroad shops or a coach yard) along which various buildings are aligned.
- the place at a fair or carnival where sideshows and similar amusements are located
adj
adv
noun
- Words written in the front of a book as a dedication.
- The act of inscribing.
- Text carved on a wall or plaque, such as a memorial or gravestone, or on some other item.
- The text on a coin.
- the activity of inscribing (especially carving or engraving) letters or words
- a short message (as in a book or musical work or on a photograph) dedicating it to someone or something
- letters inscribed (especially words engraved or carved) on something
noun
adj
noun
- A quick skim through the pages of a book.
- In seal engraving, a small metal disc at the end of a tool.
- A swift, shallow part of a stream causing broken water.
- The sound made while shuffling cards.
- (mining) A trough or sluice having cleats, grooves, or steps across the bottom for holding quicksilver and catching particles of gold when auriferous earth is washed. Also one of the cleats, grooves or steps in such trough.
- A succession of small waves.
- Synonym of riffle shuffle
- shuffling by splitting the pack and interweaving the two halves at their corners
- a small wave on the surface of a liquid
verb
- (transitive) To idly manipulate objects with the fingers.
- (transitive) To shuffle playing cards by separating the deck in two and sliding the thumbs along the edges of the cards to mix the two parts.
- (intransitive) To skim or flick through the pages of a book.
- (transitive) To leaf through rapidly.
- (transitive) To prepare samples of material using a riffler.
- (intransitive) To flow over a swift, shallow part of a stream.
- (transitive) To ruffle with a rippling action.
- look through a book or other written material
- stir up (water) so as to form ripples
- twitch or flutter
- shuffle (playing cards) by separating the deck into two parts and riffling with the thumbs so the cards intermix
noun
- A section of a document.
- A section of land; an area of a country or other territory; region.
- (US) The dividing line formed by combing the hair in different directions.
- (Judaism) In the Hebrew lunisolar calendar, a unit of time equivalent to 3⅓ seconds.
- A unit of relative proportion in a mixture.
- A distinct element of something larger.
- Share, especially of a profit.
- Position or role (especially in a play).
- A group inside a larger group.
- (US) A room in a public building, especially a courtroom.
- A constituent of character or capacity; quality; faculty; talent; usually in the plural with a collective sense.
- (music) The melody played or sung by a particular instrument, voice, or group of instruments or voices, within a polyphonic piece.
- Each of two contrasting sides of an argument, debate etc.; "hand".
- 3.5 centiliters of one ingredient in a mixed drink.
- (colloquial, euphemistic) A private part; genitalia.
- A fraction of a whole.
- Duty; responsibility.
- the effort contributed by a person in bringing about a result
- a portion of a natural object
- assets belonging to or due to or contributed by an individual person or group
- something determined in relation to something that includes it
- the actions and activities assigned to or required or expected of a person or group
- one of the portions into which something is regarded as divided and which together constitute a whole
- the melody carried by a particular voice or instrument in polyphonic music
- that which concerns a person with regard to a particular role or situation
- something less than the whole of a human artifact
- an actor's portrayal of someone in a play
- the extended spatial location of something
- a line of scalp that can be seen when sections of hair are combed in opposite directions
- an item that is an instance of some type
adj
adv
verb
- (intransitive) To be divided in two or separated.
- (intransitive) To leave the company of.
- To separate by a process of extraction, elimination, or secretion.
- (transitive) To divide in two.
- To separate or disunite; to remove from contact or contiguity; to sunder.
- To cut hair with a parting.
- (transitive, Internet) To leave (an IRC channel).
- force, take, or pull apart
- discontinue an association or relation; go different ways
- go one's own way; move apart
- depart for someplace
- move or break apart
noun
- two facing pages of a book or other publication
- Two facing pages in a book, newspaper etc.
- a meal that is well prepared and greatly enjoyed
- a haphazard distribution in all directions
- the expansion of a person's girth (especially at middle age)
- a conspicuous disparity or difference as between two figures
- decorative cover for a bed
- farm consisting of a large tract of land along with facilities needed to raise livestock (especially cattle)
- process or result of distributing or extending over a wide expanse of space
- act of extending over a wider scope or expanse of space or time
- a tasty mixture to be spread on bread or crackers or used in preparing other dishes
- (geometry) An unlimited expanse of discontinuous points.
- The act of spreading.
- A piece of material used as a cover (such as a bedspread).
- (gambling) The difference between the teams' final scores at the end of a sport match.
- (debating slang) An act or instance of spreading (speedreading).
- A numerical difference.
- (trading, finance) The purchase of one delivery month of one commodity against the sale of that same delivery month of a different commodity.
- An expanse of land.
- A large meal, especially one laid out on a table.
- (finance) The difference between the prices of two similar items.
- A large tract of land used to raise livestock; a cattle ranch.
- (cartomancy) A layout, pattern or design of cards arranged for a reading.
- (trading, economics, finance) The difference between the price of a futures month and the price of another month of the same commodity.
- (business, economics) The difference between the wholesale and retail prices.
- (trading) The difference between bidding and asking price.
- (statistics) A measure of how far the data tend to deviate from the average.
- (bread, etc.) Any form of food designed to be spread, such as butters or jams.
- Excessive width of the trails of ink written on overly absorbent paper.
- The surface in proportion to the depth of a cut gemstone.
- (prison slang, uncountable) Food improvised by inmates from various ingredients to relieve the tedium of prison food.
- An item in a newspaper or magazine that occupies more than one column or page.
- Something that has been spread.
- (trading) An arbitrage transaction of the same commodity in two markets, executed to take advantage of a profit from price discrepancies.
- (trading, finance) The purchase of a futures contract of one delivery month against the sale of another futures delivery month of the same commodity.
- (military) A set of multiple torpedoes launched on side-by-side, slowly-diverging paths toward one or more enemy ships.
adj
verb
- cause to become widely known
- cover by spreading something over
- become distributed or widespread
- move outward
- become widely known and passed on
- strew or distribute over an area
- distribute or disperse widely
- spread out or open from a closed or folded state
- distribute over a surface in a layer
- spread across or over
- (transitive) To stretch out, open out (a material etc.) so that it more fully covers a given area of space.
- (transitive) To disseminate; to cause to proliferate, to make (something) widely known or present.
- (transitive) To smear, to distribute in a thin layer.
- (transitive) To cover (something) with a thin layer of some substance, as of butter.
- (intransitive, transitive, debating slang) To speedread; to recite one's arguments at an extremely fast pace.
- (transitive) To disperse, to scatter or distribute over a given area.
- (intransitive) To proliferate; to become more widely present, to be disseminated.
- (intransitive) To take up a larger area or space; to expand, be extended.
- (intransitive, slang) To open one’s legs, especially for sexual favours.
- To prepare; to set and furnish with provisions.
- (transitive) To extend (individual rays, limbs etc.); to stretch out in varying or opposing directions. simple past and past participle of spread
noun
verb
noun
- (printing) An ornamental design at the end of a chapter or page.
- The part of a lock that transmits motion from the hub to the latch bolt.
- The part of a telescope containing the adjusting device for the eyepiece, etc.
- (music, lutherie) An element, often triangular, to which the strings of a violin, guitar, etc. are attached at the lower end of an instrument.
- (architecture) A short joist between a header and a wall.
- An appendage or appendix.
- appendage added to extend the length of something
noun
- (bookbinding) The panel for the name, between the bands of the back of a book.
- (sports) The recognition given to the winner of a championship in sports.
- The name of a writing such as a book, which identifies it and usually describes its subject, with a short phrase that often summarizes its topic.
- (chiefly in the plural) A written title, credit, or caption shown with a film, video, or performance.
- (law, formal) A long title.
- (property law) Legal right to ownership of a property; a deed or other certificate proving this.
- An appellation given to a person or family to signify either veneration, official position, social rank, the possession of assets or properties, or a professional or academic qualification, such as Mister, Mr, Ms, Doctor, or Dr; for more examples, see :Category:en:Titles.
- (by extension) A published piece of media.
- A church to which a priest was ordained, and where he was to reside.
- In canon law, that by which a beneficiary holds a benefice.
- (by extension) A section or division of a writing, as of an act of law or a book.
- (law, informal) A short title.
- The name of a film, musical piece, painting, or other work of art.
- the status of being a champion
- an appellation signifying nobility
- an identifying appellation signifying status or function: e.g. ‘Mr.’ or ‘General’
- (usually plural) written material introduced into a movie or TV show to give credits or represent dialogue or explain an action
- a general or descriptive heading for a section of a written work
- an established or recognized right
- a heading that names a statute or legislative bill; may give a brief summary of the matters it deals with
- an informal right to something
- the name of a work of art or literary composition etc.
- a legal document signed and sealed and delivered to effect a transfer of property and to show the legal right to possess it
intj
verb
noun
- The backbone of a book.
- (drugs) The rolling of a marijuana cigarette in a certain fashion.
- A pull strap extending the backstay of a boot or shoe.
- An anchoring strap, passed around the waist or hips, for a small loom.
- (firearms) The rearmost surface applied to the grip especially of a pistol below a possible beavertail.
- A loin of meat consisting of the muscle on each side of the spine.
verb
noun
- The edge of a book which is bound.
- (mining) The roof of a horizontal underground passage.
- (swimming) Clipping of backstroke.
- (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.
- 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 strip of material used to mark a place in a book.
- a marker (a piece of paper or ribbon) placed between the pages of a book to mark the reader's place
- (databases) A pointer found in a nonclustered index to a row in a clustered index or a table heap
- (computing) A record of the address of a file or Internet page, serving as a shortcut to it.
verb
noun
- A strip along the spine of a book where the pages are attached.
- (telecommunications) A designated range of radio frequencies used for wireless communication.
- A continuous tablet, stripe, or series of ornaments, as of carved foliage, of colour, or of brickwork.
- (sciences) Any distinguishing line formed by chromatography, electrophoresis etc
- A strip of material wrapped around things to hold them together.
- A narrow strip of cloth or other material on clothing, to bind, strengthen, or ornament it.
- (Canada) Ellipsis of band government.
- A linen collar or ruff worn in the 16th and 17th centuries.
- (in the plural) Two strips of linen hanging from the neck in front as part of a clerical, legal, or academic dress.
- (physics) A group of energy levels in a solid state material.
- A type of orchestra originally playing janissary music; an instance of this type.
- (slang, hiphop, often in the plural) A wad of money totaling $1K, held together by a band; (by extension) $1000, a grand; (by extension) money
- A group of musicians who perform together as an ensemble; sometimes, such a group working for a professional recording artist.
- A long strip of material, color, etc, that is different from the surrounding area.
- (physics) A part of the electromagnetic spectrum.
- (medicine) Ellipsis of band cell.
- That which serves as the means of union or connection between persons; a tie.
- Ellipsis of marching band.
- (anthropology) A small group of people living in a simple society, contrasted with tribes, chiefdoms, and nations.
- (especially US) A ring, such as a wedding ring (wedding band), or a ring put on a bird's leg to identify it.
- In Gothic architecture, the moulding, or suite of mouldings, which encircles the pillars and small shafts.
- A group of people loosely united for a common purpose, such as a band of thieves.
- A belt or strap that is part of a machine.
- a strip of material attached to the leg of a bird to identify it (as in studies of bird migration)
- an unofficial association of people or groups
- instrumentalists not including string players
- a group of musicians playing popular music for dancing
- a cord-like tissue connecting two larger parts of an anatomical structure
- a stripe or stripes of contrasting color
- an adornment consisting of a strip of a contrasting color or material
- a thin flat strip of flexible material that is worn around the body or one of the limbs (especially to decorate the body)
- a thin flat strip or loop of flexible material that goes around or over something else, typically to hold it together or as a decoration
- jewelry consisting of a circlet of precious metal (often set with jewels) worn on the finger
- a driving belt in machinery
- a restraint put around something to hold it together
- a range of frequencies between two limits
verb
- (transitive) To fasten with a band.
- (transitive, ornithology) To fasten an identifying band around the leg of (a bird).
- (transitive, education) To group (students) together by perceived ability; to stream.
- (intransitive) To group together for a common purpose; to confederate.
- attach a ring to the foot of, in order to identify
- bind or tie together, as with a band
noun
- The spine of a book where the pages are held together.
- (sewing) A finishing on a seam or hem of a garment.
- (chemistry) The action or result of making two or more molecules stick together.
- An item (usually rope, tape, or string) used to hold two or more things together.
- (programming) The interface of a library with a programming language other than one it is written in.
- (programming) The association of a named item with an element of a program.
- the act of applying a bandage
- the protective covering on the front, back, and spine of a book
- strip sewn over or along an edge for reinforcement or decoration
- one of a pair of mechanical devices that are attached to a ski and that will grip a ski boot; the bindings should release in case of a fall
- the capacity to attract and hold something
adj
verb
noun
- a small illustrative sketch (as sometimes placed at the beginning of chapters in books)
- a photograph whose edges shade off gradually
- a brief literary description
- (photography) The characteristic of a camera lens, either by deficiency in design or by mismatch of the lens with the film format, that produces an image smaller than the film's frame with a crudely focused border. Photographers may deliberately choose this characteristic for a special effect.
- (printing) A decorative design, originally representing vine branches or tendrils, at the head of a chapter, of a manuscript or printed book, or in a similar position.
- (architecture) A running ornament consisting of leaves and tendrils, used in Gothic architecture.
- (by extension) A short story or anecdote that presents a scene or tableau, or paints a picture.
- (automotive) A small sticker affixed to a vehicle windscreen to indicate that tolls have been paid.
- (philately) The central pictorial image on a postage stamp.
- (computer graphics) A hardware deficiency (even occurring in most expensive models) of a computer display wherein the picture slants towards a colour or brightness towards the edges especially if viewed from an angle.
- (by extension) Any small borderless picture in a book, especially an engraving, photograph, or the like, which vanishes gradually at the edge.
- (photography) Any effect in a photographic picture where qualities vanish towards the edges.
verb
noun
- a short passage added at the end of a literary work
- a short speech (often in verse) addressed directly to the audience by an actor at the end of a play
- The performer who gives this speech
- (computing) A component of a computer program that prepares the computer to return from a routine.
- A short speech, spoken directly at the audience at the end of a play
- A brief oration or script at the end of a literary piece; an afterword
verb
noun
- front illustration facing the title page of a book
- an ornamental facade
- (architecture) A small ornamental pediment, especially at the top of a window or door.
- (architecture) A façade, especially an ornamental one.
- (publishing) An illustration that is on the page before the title page of a book, a section of one, or a magazine.
verb
noun
- An entry in such a book.
- A distinct horizontal (or, more rarely, vertical) section of a work of art or inscription that is divided into several such sections.
- A grille at the outflow of a ventilation duct, capable of being opened and closed to direct the air flow.
- One who registers or records; a registrar; especially, a public officer charged with the duty of recording certain transactions or events.
- (music) An organ stop.
- (linguistics) A style of a language used in a particular context.
- (telecommunications) A list of received calls in a phone set.
- (computing) A small unit of very fast memory that is directly accessible to the central processing unit, and is mostly used to store inputs, outputs, or intermediate results of computations.
- (music) The range of a voice or instrument.
- (printing) The exact alignment of lines, margins, and colors.
- A device that automatically records a quantity.
- (chiefly US) Ellipsis of cash register.
- A book of such entries.
- The act of registering.
- A formal recording of names, events, transactions, etc.
- (telecommunications) The part of a telegraphic apparatus that automatically records the message received.
- (printing) The inner part of the mould in which types are cast.
- A certificate issued by the collector of customs of a port or district to the owner of a vessel, containing the description of a vessel, its name, ownership, and other material facts. It is kept on board the vessel, to be used as evidence of nationality or as a muniment of title.
- a regulator (as a sliding plate) for regulating the flow of air into a furnace or other heating device
- a cashbox with an adding machine to register transactions; used in shops to add up the bill
- a book in which names and transactions are listed
- an air passage (usually in the floor or a wall of a room) for admitting or excluding heated air from the room
- an official written record of names or events or transactions
- (music) the timbre that is characteristic of a certain range and manner of production of the human voice or of different pipe organ stops or of different musical instruments
- (computer science) memory device that is the part of computer memory that has a specific address and that is used to hold information of a specific kind
verb
- (transitive) To enter in a register; to enlist.
- (law) To voluntarily sign over for safe keeping, abandoning complete ownership for partial.
- (intransitive) To place one's name, or have one's name placed in a register.
- (transitive, postal) To record officially and handle specially.
- (ambitransitive) To buy the full version of trial software by providing one's details and payment.
- (transitive) To express outward signs.
- (transitive) To sign-up, especially to vote.
- (intransitive) To be in proper alignment; to align or correspond exactly.
- (transitive) To record, especially in writing.
- (transitive) To perceive or comprehend; pick up on.
- (intransitive) To make an impression.
- (intransitive) To occur; become realised or noticed; dawn on.
- (transitive, especially printing) To make or adjust so as to be properly or precisely aligned.
- have one's name listed as a candidate for several parties
- manipulate the registers of an organ
- indicate a certain reading; of gauges and instruments
- record in writing; enter into a book of names or events or transactions
- enter into someone's consciousness
- show in one's face
- enroll to vote
- record in a public office or in a court of law
- be aware of
- send by registered mail
noun
- A book, tome or other set of writings.
- A writing consisting of multiple glyphs, characters, symbols or sentences.
- (colloquial) Ellipsis of text message, a brief written message transmitted between mobile phones.
- A verse or passage of Scripture, especially one chosen as the subject of a sermon, or in proof of a doctrine.
- (computing) Data which can be interpreted as human-readable text.
- (printing) A style of writing in large characters; also, a kind of type used in printing.
- (by extension) Anything chosen as the subject of an argument, literary composition, etc.
- a passage from the Bible that is used as the subject of a sermon
- the words of something written
- the main body of a written work (as distinct from illustrations or footnotes etc.)
- a book prepared for use in schools or colleges
verb
noun
- the passage that is being read
- the post or function properly or customarily occupied or served by another
- a blank area
- an item on a list or in a sequence
- a public square with room for pedestrians
- proper or appropriate position or location
- the particular portion of space occupied by something
- a point located with respect to surface features of some region
- proper or designated social situation
- a space reserved for sitting (as in a theater or on a train or airplane)
- any area set aside for a particular purpose
- a particular situation
- where you live at a particular time
- a job in an organization
- a general vicinity
- an abstract mental location
- A state of mind.
- Numerically, the column counting a certain quantity.
- Ordinal relation; position in the order of proceeding.
- Any area of the earth: a region.
- The area where one lives: one's home, formerly (chiefly) country estates and farms.
- A particular location in a book or document, particularly the current location of a reader
- An area of the body, especially the skin.
- The area one occupies, particularly somewhere to sit.
- A location or position in space.
- An open space, particularly a city square, market square, or courtyard.
- The position as a member of a sports team.
- An inhabited area: a village, town, or city.
- (often in street names or addresses) A street, sometimes but not always surrounding a public place, square, or plaza of the same name.
- (euphemistic slang) An area to urinate and defecate: an outhouse or lavatory.
- Reception; effect; implying the making room for.
- A role or purpose; a station.
- The position of a contestant in a competition.
- (horse racing) The position of first, second, or third at the finish, especially the second position.
verb
- make an investment
- assign a location to
- put into a certain place or abstract location
- recognize as being; establish the identity of someone or something
- assign to a station
- finish second or better in a horse or dog race
- identify the location or place of
- take a place in a competition; often followed by an ordinal
- assign a rank or rating to
- locate
- sing a note with the correct pitch
- to arrange for
- assign to (a job or a home)
- estimate
- intend (something) to move towards a certain goal
- place somebody in a particular situation or location
- (transitive, in collocations) To make.
- (transitive) To remember where and when (an object or person) has been previously encountered.
- (transitive) To bet.
- (transitive) To recruit or match an appropriate person for a job, or a home for an animal for adoption, etc.
- (intransitive, motor racing) To finish second, especially of horses or dogs.
- (sports, transitive) To place-kick (a goal).
- (transitive) To vouch for someone's alibi.
- (ergative) To earn a given spot in a competition; to rank at a certain position ((often followed by an ordinal)).
- (transitive) To put (someone or something) in a specific location.
- (transitive) To sing (a note) with the correct pitch.
- (transitive) To assign (more or less value) to something.
noun
- A bound book.
- The issues of a periodical over a period of one year.
- (economics) The total supply of money in circulation or, less frequently, total amount of credit extended, within a specified national market or worldwide.
- (computing) An accessible storage area with a single file system, typically resident on a single partition of a hard disk.
- Strength of sound: how loud it is.
- (cinematography) A sound stage film set that has walls of video monitors, substituting for an actual background, set structures, providing a changeable video matte painting. A set with a form of projected background, similar to legacy traditional rear projection and front projection sets.
- (bodybuilding) The total of weight worked by a muscle in one training session, the weight of every single repetition summed up.
- Quantity.
- (climbing, bouldering) A modular foothold attached to a climbing wall used for gripping, often in triangular, pyramidal, or angular shapes.
- A rounded mass or convolution.
- (cinematography) A green/blue-screen chromakey visual effects (“VFX”) sound stage surrounded by a multitude of filming cameras, to allow for virtual camera changes in post production, by filming the whole 3-D volume of a chromakey film set.
- (graph theory) The sum of the degrees of a set of vertices.
- (in the plural, by extension) A great amount (of meaning) about something.
- A three-dimensional measure of space that comprises a length, a width and a height. It is measured in units of cubic centimeters in metric, cubic inches or cubic feet in English measurement.
- A single book of a publication issued in multi-book format, such as an encyclopedia.
- the magnitude of sound (usually in a specified direction)
- a relative amount
- the amount of 3-dimensional space occupied by an object
- physical objects consisting of a number of pages bound together
- a publication that is one of a set of several similar publications
- the property of something that is great in magnitude
verb
noun
- A page of a book, that is, one side of a leaf of a book.
- A leaf of a book or manuscript.
- A page number. The even folios are on the left-hand pages and the odd folios on the right-hand pages.
- (computing) A protective case with a flap that folds to cover the screen of a mobile device.
- A book made of sheets of paper each folded in half (two leaves or four pages to the sheet); hence, a book of the largest kind, exceeding 30 centimetres in height.
- (accounting) A page in an account book; sometimes, two opposite pages bearing the same serial number.
- A sheet of paper folded in half.
- A wrapper for loose papers.
- the system of numbering pages
- a sheet of any written or printed material (especially in a manuscript or book)
- a book (or manuscript) consisting of large sheets of paper folded in the middle to make two leaves or four pages
verb
noun
- The part between the beginning and the end.
- A centre, midpoint.
- (politics) the center of the political spectrum.
- (grammar) The middle voice.
- (cricket) The middle stump.
- The central part of a human body; the waist.
- an intermediate part or section
- the middle area of the human torso (usually in front)
- the point between the beginning and the end of a temporal period or process
- an area that is approximately central within some larger region
adj
- Central.
- (grammar) Pertaining to the middle voice.
- Located in the middle; in between.
- being neither at the beginning nor at the end in a series
- of a stage in the development of a language or literature between earlier and later stages
- between an earlier and a later period of time
- equally distant from the extremes
verb
noun
- The middle; the midst.
- A middle way or manner; a mean or middle path between extremes.
- (US) The part of a fair or circus where rides, entertainments, and booths are concentrated.
- (US) The widest aisle in the middle of an industrial complex (such as railroad shops or a coach yard) along which various buildings are aligned.
- the place at a fair or carnival where sideshows and similar amusements are located
adj
adv
noun
- Words written in the front of a book as a dedication.
- The act of inscribing.
- Text carved on a wall or plaque, such as a memorial or gravestone, or on some other item.
- The text on a coin.
- the activity of inscribing (especially carving or engraving) letters or words
- a short message (as in a book or musical work or on a photograph) dedicating it to someone or something
- letters inscribed (especially words engraved or carved) on something
noun
adj
noun
- A quick skim through the pages of a book.
- In seal engraving, a small metal disc at the end of a tool.
- A swift, shallow part of a stream causing broken water.
- The sound made while shuffling cards.
- (mining) A trough or sluice having cleats, grooves, or steps across the bottom for holding quicksilver and catching particles of gold when auriferous earth is washed. Also one of the cleats, grooves or steps in such trough.
- A succession of small waves.
- Synonym of riffle shuffle
- shuffling by splitting the pack and interweaving the two halves at their corners
- a small wave on the surface of a liquid
verb
- (transitive) To idly manipulate objects with the fingers.
- (transitive) To shuffle playing cards by separating the deck in two and sliding the thumbs along the edges of the cards to mix the two parts.
- (intransitive) To skim or flick through the pages of a book.
- (transitive) To leaf through rapidly.
- (transitive) To prepare samples of material using a riffler.
- (intransitive) To flow over a swift, shallow part of a stream.
- (transitive) To ruffle with a rippling action.
- look through a book or other written material
- stir up (water) so as to form ripples
- twitch or flutter
- shuffle (playing cards) by separating the deck into two parts and riffling with the thumbs so the cards intermix
noun
- A section of a document.
- A section of land; an area of a country or other territory; region.
- (US) The dividing line formed by combing the hair in different directions.
- (Judaism) In the Hebrew lunisolar calendar, a unit of time equivalent to 3⅓ seconds.
- A unit of relative proportion in a mixture.
- A distinct element of something larger.
- Share, especially of a profit.
- Position or role (especially in a play).
- A group inside a larger group.
- (US) A room in a public building, especially a courtroom.
- A constituent of character or capacity; quality; faculty; talent; usually in the plural with a collective sense.
- (music) The melody played or sung by a particular instrument, voice, or group of instruments or voices, within a polyphonic piece.
- Each of two contrasting sides of an argument, debate etc.; "hand".
- 3.5 centiliters of one ingredient in a mixed drink.
- (colloquial, euphemistic) A private part; genitalia.
- A fraction of a whole.
- Duty; responsibility.
- the effort contributed by a person in bringing about a result
- a portion of a natural object
- assets belonging to or due to or contributed by an individual person or group
- something determined in relation to something that includes it
- the actions and activities assigned to or required or expected of a person or group
- one of the portions into which something is regarded as divided and which together constitute a whole
- the melody carried by a particular voice or instrument in polyphonic music
- that which concerns a person with regard to a particular role or situation
- something less than the whole of a human artifact
- an actor's portrayal of someone in a play
- the extended spatial location of something
- a line of scalp that can be seen when sections of hair are combed in opposite directions
- an item that is an instance of some type
adj
adv
verb
- (intransitive) To be divided in two or separated.
- (intransitive) To leave the company of.
- To separate by a process of extraction, elimination, or secretion.
- (transitive) To divide in two.
- To separate or disunite; to remove from contact or contiguity; to sunder.
- To cut hair with a parting.
- (transitive, Internet) To leave (an IRC channel).
- force, take, or pull apart
- discontinue an association or relation; go different ways
- go one's own way; move apart
- depart for someplace
- move or break apart
noun
- two facing pages of a book or other publication
- Two facing pages in a book, newspaper etc.
- a meal that is well prepared and greatly enjoyed
- a haphazard distribution in all directions
- the expansion of a person's girth (especially at middle age)
- a conspicuous disparity or difference as between two figures
- decorative cover for a bed
- farm consisting of a large tract of land along with facilities needed to raise livestock (especially cattle)
- process or result of distributing or extending over a wide expanse of space
- act of extending over a wider scope or expanse of space or time
- a tasty mixture to be spread on bread or crackers or used in preparing other dishes
- (geometry) An unlimited expanse of discontinuous points.
- The act of spreading.
- A piece of material used as a cover (such as a bedspread).
- (gambling) The difference between the teams' final scores at the end of a sport match.
- (debating slang) An act or instance of spreading (speedreading).
- A numerical difference.
- (trading, finance) The purchase of one delivery month of one commodity against the sale of that same delivery month of a different commodity.
- An expanse of land.
- A large meal, especially one laid out on a table.
- (finance) The difference between the prices of two similar items.
- A large tract of land used to raise livestock; a cattle ranch.
- (cartomancy) A layout, pattern or design of cards arranged for a reading.
- (trading, economics, finance) The difference between the price of a futures month and the price of another month of the same commodity.
- (business, economics) The difference between the wholesale and retail prices.
- (trading) The difference between bidding and asking price.
- (statistics) A measure of how far the data tend to deviate from the average.
- (bread, etc.) Any form of food designed to be spread, such as butters or jams.
- Excessive width of the trails of ink written on overly absorbent paper.
- The surface in proportion to the depth of a cut gemstone.
- (prison slang, uncountable) Food improvised by inmates from various ingredients to relieve the tedium of prison food.
- An item in a newspaper or magazine that occupies more than one column or page.
- Something that has been spread.
- (trading) An arbitrage transaction of the same commodity in two markets, executed to take advantage of a profit from price discrepancies.
- (trading, finance) The purchase of a futures contract of one delivery month against the sale of another futures delivery month of the same commodity.
- (military) A set of multiple torpedoes launched on side-by-side, slowly-diverging paths toward one or more enemy ships.
adj
verb
- cause to become widely known
- cover by spreading something over
- become distributed or widespread
- move outward
- become widely known and passed on
- strew or distribute over an area
- distribute or disperse widely
- spread out or open from a closed or folded state
- distribute over a surface in a layer
- spread across or over
- (transitive) To stretch out, open out (a material etc.) so that it more fully covers a given area of space.
- (transitive) To disseminate; to cause to proliferate, to make (something) widely known or present.
- (transitive) To smear, to distribute in a thin layer.
- (transitive) To cover (something) with a thin layer of some substance, as of butter.
- (intransitive, transitive, debating slang) To speedread; to recite one's arguments at an extremely fast pace.
- (transitive) To disperse, to scatter or distribute over a given area.
- (intransitive) To proliferate; to become more widely present, to be disseminated.
- (intransitive) To take up a larger area or space; to expand, be extended.
- (intransitive, slang) To open one’s legs, especially for sexual favours.
- To prepare; to set and furnish with provisions.
- (transitive) To extend (individual rays, limbs etc.); to stretch out in varying or opposing directions. simple past and past participle of spread
noun
verb
noun
- (printing) An ornamental design at the end of a chapter or page.
- The part of a lock that transmits motion from the hub to the latch bolt.
- The part of a telescope containing the adjusting device for the eyepiece, etc.
- (music, lutherie) An element, often triangular, to which the strings of a violin, guitar, etc. are attached at the lower end of an instrument.
- (architecture) A short joist between a header and a wall.
- An appendage or appendix.
- appendage added to extend the length of something
noun
- (bookbinding) The panel for the name, between the bands of the back of a book.
- (sports) The recognition given to the winner of a championship in sports.
- The name of a writing such as a book, which identifies it and usually describes its subject, with a short phrase that often summarizes its topic.
- (chiefly in the plural) A written title, credit, or caption shown with a film, video, or performance.
- (law, formal) A long title.
- (property law) Legal right to ownership of a property; a deed or other certificate proving this.
- An appellation given to a person or family to signify either veneration, official position, social rank, the possession of assets or properties, or a professional or academic qualification, such as Mister, Mr, Ms, Doctor, or Dr; for more examples, see :Category:en:Titles.
- (by extension) A published piece of media.
- A church to which a priest was ordained, and where he was to reside.
- In canon law, that by which a beneficiary holds a benefice.
- (by extension) A section or division of a writing, as of an act of law or a book.
- (law, informal) A short title.
- The name of a film, musical piece, painting, or other work of art.
- the status of being a champion
- an appellation signifying nobility
- an identifying appellation signifying status or function: e.g. ‘Mr.’ or ‘General’
- (usually plural) written material introduced into a movie or TV show to give credits or represent dialogue or explain an action
- a general or descriptive heading for a section of a written work
- an established or recognized right
- a heading that names a statute or legislative bill; may give a brief summary of the matters it deals with
- an informal right to something
- the name of a work of art or literary composition etc.
- a legal document signed and sealed and delivered to effect a transfer of property and to show the legal right to possess it
intj
verb
adj
- Written in the margin of a book.
- (economics, not comparable) Pertaining to changes resulting from a unit increase in production or consumption of a good.
- (of land) Barely productive.
- Of a value, or having a characteristic that is of a value, that is close to being unacceptable or leading to exclusion from a group or category.
- (not comparable) Of, relating to, or located at or near a margin or edge; also figurative usages of location and margin (edge).
- (sociology) Marginalized.
- (geography) Sharing a border; geographically adjacent.
- (politics, chiefly UK, Australia, New Zealand, of a constituency) Subject to a change in sitting member with only a small change in voting behaviour, this usually being inferred from the small winning margin of the previous election.
- producing at a rate that barely covers production costs
- just barely adequate or within a lower limit
- at or constituting a border or edge
- of questionable or minimal quality
noun
adj
- Bookish.
- Relating to literature.
- Appropriate to literature rather than everyday writing.
- Knowledgeable of literature or writing.
- Relating to writers, or the profession of literature.
- of or relating to or characteristic of literature
- knowledgeable about literature
- appropriate to literature rather than everyday speech or writing