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noun
- The act of applying fertilizer to soil.
- The act or process of rendering fertile.
- making fertile as by applying fertilizer or manure
- The act of fecundating or impregnating the gametes of animals, plants, etc.; including the process by which in flowers the pollen renders the ovule fertile, an analogous process in flowerless plants, or the joining of sperm and egg in animals.
- creation by the physical union of male and female gametes; of sperm and ova in an animal or pollen and ovule in a plant
noun
- Soil, earth.
- (countable) The bottom of a body of water.
- (uncountable) Terrain.
- (electricity, Philippines) Electric shock.
- (countable, cricket) The area of grass on which a match is played (a cricket field); the entire arena in which it is played; the part of the field behind a batsman's popping crease where he can not be run out (hence to make one's ground).
- (in combination) A place suited to a specified activity.
- (historical) The area on which a battle is fought, particularly as referring to the area occupied by one side or the other. Often, according to the eventualities, "to give ground" or "to gain ground".
- The surface of the Earth, as opposed to the sky or water or underground.
- (electricity) An electrical conductor connected to the earth, or a large conductor whose electrical potential is taken as zero (such as a steel chassis).
- (etching) A gummy substance spread over the surface of a metal to be etched, to prevent the acid from eating except where an opening is made by the needle.
- The pit of a theatre.
- (music) A composition in which the bass, consisting of a few bars of independent notes, is continually repeated to a varying melody.
- (architecture, chiefly in the plural) One of the pieces of wood, flush with the plastering, to which mouldings etc. are attached.
- (chiefly in the plural) Reason, (epistemic) justification, cause.
- Basis, foundation, groundwork, legwork.
- (sculpture) A flat surface upon which figures are raised in relief.
- Background, context, framework, surroundings.
- (point lace) The net of small meshes upon which the embroidered pattern is applied.
- The plain surface upon which the figures of an artistic composition are set.
- (countable, UK) A soccer stadium.
- (music) The tune on which descants are raised; the plain song.
- (figurative, by extension) Advantage given or gained in any contest; e.g. in football, chess, debate or academic discourse.
- a position to be won or defended in battle (or as if in battle)
- the solid part of the earth's surface
- material in the top layer of the surface of the earth in which plants can grow (especially with reference to its quality or use)
- a connection between an electrical device and a large conducting body, such as the earth (which is taken to be at zero voltage)
- a relation that provides the foundation for something
- the first or preliminary coat of paint or size applied to a surface
- a relatively homogeneous percept extending back of the figure on which attention is focused
- (art) the surface (as a wall or canvas) prepared to take the paint for a painting
- the loose soft material that makes up a large part of the land surface
- the part of a scene (or picture) that lies behind objects in the foreground
- a rational motive for a belief or action
adj
verb
- (intransitive) To run aground; to strike the bottom and remain fixed.
- (fine arts) To cover with a ground, as a copper plate for etching, or as paper or other materials with a uniform tint as a preparation for ornament.
- (Philippines, transitive) To electrocute.
- (transitive) To forbid (an aircraft or pilot) to fly.
- (machine learning, transitive) To complement a machine learning model with relevant information it was not trained on.
- (transitive) To place something on the ground.
- simple past and past participle of grind
- To found; to fix or set, as on a foundation, reason, or principle; to furnish a ground for; to fix firmly.
- (US, transitive) To connect (an electrical conductor or device) to a ground.
- (cricket) To place a bat or part of the body on the ground to avoid being run out.
- (transitive) To improve or focus the mental or emotional state of.
- (baseball) To hit a ground ball. Compare fly (verb (regular)) and line (verb).
- (transitive) To punish, especially a child or teenager, by forcing them to stay at home and/or give up certain privileges.
- (transitive) To give a basic education in a particular subject; to instruct in elements or first principles.
- hit or reach the ground
- place or put on the ground
- fix firmly and stably
- throw to the ground in order to stop play and avoid being tackled behind the line of scrimmage
- bring to the ground
- cover with a primer; apply a primer to
- connect to a ground
- confine or restrict to the ground
- instruct someone in the fundamentals of a subject
- use as a basis for; found on
- (baseball) a hit that travels along the playing field.
verb
- (agriculture) To work the soil surface for weeding, etc.
- (intransitive) To walk with a shuffling gait.
- (slang) To make a living with difficulty, getting by on a low income, to struggle financially.
- (intransitive) To fight or struggle confusedly at close quarters.
- fight or struggle in a confused way at close quarters
- walk by dragging one's feet
noun
- A type of hoe, manipulated by both pushing and pulling, with a sharp blade parallel with the worked surface; an instance of this type.
- A rough, disorderly fight or struggle at close quarters.
- (slang) Poverty; struggle.
- an unceremonious and disorganized struggle
- a hoe that is used by pushing rather than pulling
- disorderly fighting
verb
adj
noun
- A contest, a struggle.
- (military) Clipping of battle buddy.
- A one-on-one competition in rapping or breakdance.
- (military) A general action, fight, or encounter, in which all the divisions of an army are or may be engaged; a combat, an engagement.
- an open clash between two opposing groups (or individuals)
- a hostile meeting of opposing military forces in the course of a war
- an energetic attempt to achieve something
verb
- (intransitive) To cultivate soil.
- work land as by ploughing, harrowing, and manuring, in order to make it ready for cultivation
- (transitive) To work or cultivate or plough (soil); to prepare for growing vegetation and crops.
- (transitive) To develop so as to improve or prepare for usage; to cultivate (said of knowledge, virtue, mind etc.).
conj
noun
- A cash drawer in a bank, used by a teller.
- A removable box within a cash register containing the money.
- The contents of a cash register, for example at the beginning or end of the day or of a cashier's shift.
- (chiefly British) A cash register.
- glacial drift consisting of a mixture of clay, sand, pebbles and boulders
- A vetch; a tare.
- (dialect) manure or other material used to fertilize land
- unstratified soil deposited by a glacier; consists of sand and clay and gravel and boulders mixed together
- a treasury for government funds
- a strongbox for holding cash
prep
verb
noun
- (baseball) The pitcher’s mound.
- A sloping road.
- The raised portion of the surface of a vinyl record.
- (US) A heap of earth surrounding a plant.
- An elevated landmass smaller than a mountain.
- (US) A single cluster or group of plants growing close together, and having the earth heaped up about them.
- structure consisting of an artificial heap or bank usually of earth or stones
- a local and well-defined elevation of the land
- (baseball) the slight elevation on which the pitcher stands
noun
- the cultivation of soil for raising crops
- arable land that is worked by plowing and sowing and raising crops
- The cultivation of arable land by plowing, sowing and raising crops.
- Land cultivated in this way.
- The act or process of soil disturbance as a part of farming; especially, types of disturbance requiring draft animals or machinery for power.
verb
- make a smudge on; soil by smudging
- to make less distinct or clear
- become glassy; lose clear vision
- make dim or indistinct
- make unclear, indistinct, or blurred
- become vague or indistinct
- To smear, stain or smudge.
- (copyright law) To use a sign, image, expression, etc. sufficiently close to a trademarked one that it causes confusion between them.
- To cause imperfection of vision in; to dim; to darken.
- (graphical user interface, transitive) To transfer the input focus away from.
- To make indistinct or hazy, to obscure or dim.
- (intransitive) To become indistinct.
noun
adj
verb
- make a smudge on; soil by smudging
- cover (a surface) by smearing (a substance) over it
- charge falsely or with malicious intent; attack the good name and reputation of someone
- stain by smearing or daubing with a dirty substance
- (transitive) To spread (a substance, especially one that colours or is dirty) across a surface by rubbing.
- (transitive) To rub (a body part, etc.) across a surface.
- (transitive) To make something dirty.
- (transitive) To write or draw (something) by spreading a substance on a surface.
- (transitive) To cause (something) to be a particular colour by covering with a substance.
- (transitive) To cover (a surface with a layer of some substance) by rubbing.
- (transitive) (of a substance, etc.) To make a surface dirty by covering it.
- (transitive) To cause (something) to be messy or not clear by rubbing and spreading it.
- (climbing) To climb without using footholds, using the friction from the shoe to stay on the wall.
- (transitive) To attempt to remove (a substance) from a surface by rubbing.
- (intransitive) To become messy or not clear by being spread.
- (transitive, derogatory) To damage someone's reputation by slandering, misrepresenting, or otherwise making false accusations about them, their statements, or their actions.
noun
- slanderous defamation
- a thin tissue or blood sample spread on a glass slide and stained for cytologic examination and diagnosis under a microscope
- a blemish made by dirt
- an act that brings discredit to the person who does it
- (medicine) A Pap smear (screening test for cervical cancer).
- (climbing) A maneuver in which the shoe is placed onto the holdless rock, and the friction from the shoe keeps it in contact
- (music) A rough glissando in jazz music.
- (radio, television, uncountable) Any of various forms of distortion that make a signal harder to see or hear.
- (biology) A preparation to be examined under a microscope, made by spreading a thin layer of a substance (such as blood, bacterial culture) on a slide.
- (countable, uncountable) A false or unsupported, malicious statement intended to injure a person's reputation.
- A mark made by smearing.
verb
- make a smudge on; soil by smudging
- To soil or smear with dirt.
- (paganism, transitive) To subject to ritual burning of herbs (suffumigation, smudging).
- To obscure by blurring; to smear.
- To stifle or smother with smoke.
- To use dense smoke to protect from insects.
- (paganism, intransitive) To burn herbs as a cleansing ritual (suffumigation).
noun
- a smoky fire to drive away insects
- a blemish made by dirt
- (US) A heap of damp combustibles partially ignited and burning slowly, placed on the windward side of a house, tent, etc. to keep off mosquitoes or other insects.
- A blemish or smear, especially a dark or sooty one.
- (paganism, especially in the phrase "smudge stick" = "stick of incense") A quantity of herbs used in suffumigation.
- Dense smoke, such as that used for fumigation.
verb
noun
noun
noun
- a cultivator that pulverizes or smooths the soil
- A device consisting of a heavy framework having several disks or teeth in a row, which is dragged across ploughed land to smooth or break up the soil, to remove weeds or cover seeds; a harrow plow.
- (military) An obstacle formed by turning an ordinary harrow upside down, the frame being buried.
verb
noun
- science of soils in relation to crops
- (rare) A subdiscipline of agronomy (the science of utilizing animals, plants, and soils) and of soil science which addresses the influence of edaphic (soil-related) conditions on crop production for optimizing it.
- (chiefly Canada) The science and art of agriculture.
noun
- Something added to the soil as a fertilizer etc.
- making fertile as by applying fertilizer or manure
- The activity of getting dressed.
- (medicine) Material applied to a wound for protection or therapy.
- Gum, starch, etc., used in stiffening or finishing silk, linen, and other fabrics.
- (Maine) Manure that's applied to one's garden.
- The stuffing of fowls, pigs, etc.
- An ornamental finish, such as a moulding around doors, windows, or on a ceiling.
- (cooking) A sauce, especially a cold one for salads.
- the act of applying a bandage
- a mixture of seasoned ingredients used to stuff meats and vegetables
- the activity of getting dressed; putting on clothes
- a cloth covering for a wound or sore
- processes in the conversion of rough hides into leather
- savory dressings for salads; basically of two kinds: either the thin French or vinaigrette type or the creamy mayonnaise type
verb
verb
noun
- A garden tool with a handle and a flat blade for digging. Not to be confused with a shovel which is used for moving earth or other materials.
- (card games) A playing card marked with the symbol ♠.
- (electrical engineering) A device for terminating an electrical conductor resembling a small spade.
- (now offensive, ethnic slur) A black person.
- A cutting instrument used in flensing a whale.
- a playing card in the major suit that has one or more black figures on it
- a sturdy hand shovel that can be pushed into the earth with the foot
noun
verb
adj
- Composed, or largely composed, of soil.
- Covered with earth (mud, dirt).
- Like or resembling the earth or of the earth.
- Down-to-earth, not artificial, natural.
- Resembling dirt or soil (i.e. earth).
- (figurative) Coarse and unrefined, crude.
- conspicuously and tastelessly indecent
- of or consisting of or resembling earth
- hearty and lusty
- sensible and practical
- not far removed from or suggestive of nature
noun
- the act of planting or setting in the ground
- (embryology) the organic process whereby a fertilized egg becomes implanted in the lining of the uterus of placental mammals
- a surgical procedure that places something in the human body
- (embryology) The attachment of the fertilized ovum to the uterus wall.
- (surgery) The act of inserting a medical implant.
- The introduction of a notion, idea or thought into someone's mind.
- (anatomy) The way in which an organ, bone, muscle etc. becomes inserted into its set place.
- Planting; securing a plant etc. into the ground.
- (physics) The insertion of ions into the crystal structure of another material through ion bombardment.
noun
- The process of forming roots or taking roots.
- A system of roots; a secure attachment (in something); a firm grounding.
- A method of creating a new plant by getting part of an existing plant to form roots.
- The reflex a baby makes when hungry and seeking milk.
- A hole formed by a pig when it roots in the ground.
- the process of putting forth roots and beginning to grow
verb
verb
- To enrich with soil or muck; to manure.
- (transitive) To make dirty.
- To make invalid, to ruin.
- (intransitive) To become dirty or soiled.
- (reflexive) To dirty one's clothing by accidentally defecating while clothed.
- (transitive, figurative) To stain or mar, as with infamy or disgrace; to tarnish; to sully.
- To feed, as cattle or horses, in the barn or an enclosure, with fresh grass or green food cut for them, instead of sending them out to pasture; hence (due to such food having the effect of purging them) to purge by feeding on green food.
- make soiled, filthy, or dirty
noun
- Dung; compost; manure.
- (countable, medicine) A bag containing soiled items.
- (uncountable) A mixture of mineral particles and organic material, used to support plant growth.
- Country or territory.
- (uncountable) The unconsolidated mineral or organic matter on the surface of the earth that has been subjected to and shows effects of genetic and environmental factors of: climate (including water and temperature effects), and macro- and microorganisms, conditioned by relief, acting on parent material over a period of time. A product-soil differs from the material from which it is derived in many physical, chemical, biological, and morphological properties and characteristics.
- (uncountable, euphemistic) Faeces or urine etc. when found on clothes.
- A wet or marshy place in which a boar or other such game seeks refuge when hunted.
- That which soils or pollutes; a stain.
- A marshy or miry place to which a hunted boar resorts for refuge; hence, a wet place, stream, or tract of water, sought for by other game, as deer.
- (uncountable) The unconsolidated mineral or organic material on the immediate surface of the earth that serves as a natural medium for the growth of land plants.
- material in the top layer of the surface of the earth in which plants can grow (especially with reference to its quality or use)
- the part of the earth's surface consisting of humus and disintegrated rock
- anything regarded as making something unclean
- the geographical area under the jurisdiction of a sovereign state
noun
verb
noun
- A machine that mechanically tills the soil.
- A shoot of a plant which springs from the root or bottom of the original stalk; a sapling; a sucker.
- A handle; a stalk.
- (archery) The stock; a beam on a crossbow carved to fit the arrow, or the point of balance in a longbow.
- A person who tills; a farmer.
- (nautical) The handle of the rudder which the helmsman holds to steer the boat, a piece of wood or metal extending forward from the rudder over or through the transom. Generally attached at the top of the rudder.
- (nautical) A bar of iron or wood connected with the rudderhead and leadline, usually forward, in which the rudder is moved as desired by the tiller (FM 55-501).
- (aviation, by extension) A steering wheel, usually mounted on the lower portion of the captain's control column, which is used to steer the aircraft's nosewheel or tailwheel to provide steering during taxi.
- The rear-wheel steering control, aboard a tiller truck.
- lever used to turn the rudder on a boat
- a farm implement used to break up the surface of the soil (for aeration and weed control and conservation of moisture)
- a shoot that sprouts from the base of a grass
- someone who tills land (prepares the soil for the planting of crops)
verb
noun
- The act of applying fertilizer to soil.
- The act or process of rendering fertile.
- making fertile as by applying fertilizer or manure
- The act of fecundating or impregnating the gametes of animals, plants, etc.; including the process by which in flowers the pollen renders the ovule fertile, an analogous process in flowerless plants, or the joining of sperm and egg in animals.
- creation by the physical union of male and female gametes; of sperm and ova in an animal or pollen and ovule in a plant
noun
- Soil, earth.
- (countable) The bottom of a body of water.
- (uncountable) Terrain.
- (electricity, Philippines) Electric shock.
- (countable, cricket) The area of grass on which a match is played (a cricket field); the entire arena in which it is played; the part of the field behind a batsman's popping crease where he can not be run out (hence to make one's ground).
- (in combination) A place suited to a specified activity.
- (historical) The area on which a battle is fought, particularly as referring to the area occupied by one side or the other. Often, according to the eventualities, "to give ground" or "to gain ground".
- The surface of the Earth, as opposed to the sky or water or underground.
- (electricity) An electrical conductor connected to the earth, or a large conductor whose electrical potential is taken as zero (such as a steel chassis).
- (etching) A gummy substance spread over the surface of a metal to be etched, to prevent the acid from eating except where an opening is made by the needle.
- The pit of a theatre.
- (music) A composition in which the bass, consisting of a few bars of independent notes, is continually repeated to a varying melody.
- (architecture, chiefly in the plural) One of the pieces of wood, flush with the plastering, to which mouldings etc. are attached.
- (chiefly in the plural) Reason, (epistemic) justification, cause.
- Basis, foundation, groundwork, legwork.
- (sculpture) A flat surface upon which figures are raised in relief.
- Background, context, framework, surroundings.
- (point lace) The net of small meshes upon which the embroidered pattern is applied.
- The plain surface upon which the figures of an artistic composition are set.
- (countable, UK) A soccer stadium.
- (music) The tune on which descants are raised; the plain song.
- (figurative, by extension) Advantage given or gained in any contest; e.g. in football, chess, debate or academic discourse.
- a position to be won or defended in battle (or as if in battle)
- the solid part of the earth's surface
- material in the top layer of the surface of the earth in which plants can grow (especially with reference to its quality or use)
- a connection between an electrical device and a large conducting body, such as the earth (which is taken to be at zero voltage)
- a relation that provides the foundation for something
- the first or preliminary coat of paint or size applied to a surface
- a relatively homogeneous percept extending back of the figure on which attention is focused
- (art) the surface (as a wall or canvas) prepared to take the paint for a painting
- the loose soft material that makes up a large part of the land surface
- the part of a scene (or picture) that lies behind objects in the foreground
- a rational motive for a belief or action
adj
verb
- (intransitive) To run aground; to strike the bottom and remain fixed.
- (fine arts) To cover with a ground, as a copper plate for etching, or as paper or other materials with a uniform tint as a preparation for ornament.
- (Philippines, transitive) To electrocute.
- (transitive) To forbid (an aircraft or pilot) to fly.
- (machine learning, transitive) To complement a machine learning model with relevant information it was not trained on.
- (transitive) To place something on the ground.
- simple past and past participle of grind
- To found; to fix or set, as on a foundation, reason, or principle; to furnish a ground for; to fix firmly.
- (US, transitive) To connect (an electrical conductor or device) to a ground.
- (cricket) To place a bat or part of the body on the ground to avoid being run out.
- (transitive) To improve or focus the mental or emotional state of.
- (baseball) To hit a ground ball. Compare fly (verb (regular)) and line (verb).
- (transitive) To punish, especially a child or teenager, by forcing them to stay at home and/or give up certain privileges.
- (transitive) To give a basic education in a particular subject; to instruct in elements or first principles.
- hit or reach the ground
- place or put on the ground
- fix firmly and stably
- throw to the ground in order to stop play and avoid being tackled behind the line of scrimmage
- bring to the ground
- cover with a primer; apply a primer to
- connect to a ground
- confine or restrict to the ground
- instruct someone in the fundamentals of a subject
- use as a basis for; found on
- (baseball) a hit that travels along the playing field.
noun
- the cultivation of soil for raising crops
- arable land that is worked by plowing and sowing and raising crops
- The cultivation of arable land by plowing, sowing and raising crops.
- Land cultivated in this way.
- The act or process of soil disturbance as a part of farming; especially, types of disturbance requiring draft animals or machinery for power.
noun
noun
- a cultivator that pulverizes or smooths the soil
- A device consisting of a heavy framework having several disks or teeth in a row, which is dragged across ploughed land to smooth or break up the soil, to remove weeds or cover seeds; a harrow plow.
- (military) An obstacle formed by turning an ordinary harrow upside down, the frame being buried.
verb
noun
- science of soils in relation to crops
- (rare) A subdiscipline of agronomy (the science of utilizing animals, plants, and soils) and of soil science which addresses the influence of edaphic (soil-related) conditions on crop production for optimizing it.
- (chiefly Canada) The science and art of agriculture.
noun
- Something added to the soil as a fertilizer etc.
- making fertile as by applying fertilizer or manure
- The activity of getting dressed.
- (medicine) Material applied to a wound for protection or therapy.
- Gum, starch, etc., used in stiffening or finishing silk, linen, and other fabrics.
- (Maine) Manure that's applied to one's garden.
- The stuffing of fowls, pigs, etc.
- An ornamental finish, such as a moulding around doors, windows, or on a ceiling.
- (cooking) A sauce, especially a cold one for salads.
- the act of applying a bandage
- a mixture of seasoned ingredients used to stuff meats and vegetables
- the activity of getting dressed; putting on clothes
- a cloth covering for a wound or sore
- processes in the conversion of rough hides into leather
- savory dressings for salads; basically of two kinds: either the thin French or vinaigrette type or the creamy mayonnaise type
verb
noun
verb
noun
- the act of planting or setting in the ground
- (embryology) the organic process whereby a fertilized egg becomes implanted in the lining of the uterus of placental mammals
- a surgical procedure that places something in the human body
- (embryology) The attachment of the fertilized ovum to the uterus wall.
- (surgery) The act of inserting a medical implant.
- The introduction of a notion, idea or thought into someone's mind.
- (anatomy) The way in which an organ, bone, muscle etc. becomes inserted into its set place.
- Planting; securing a plant etc. into the ground.
- (physics) The insertion of ions into the crystal structure of another material through ion bombardment.
noun
- The process of forming roots or taking roots.
- A system of roots; a secure attachment (in something); a firm grounding.
- A method of creating a new plant by getting part of an existing plant to form roots.
- The reflex a baby makes when hungry and seeking milk.
- A hole formed by a pig when it roots in the ground.
- the process of putting forth roots and beginning to grow
verb
noun
verb
noun
- A machine that mechanically tills the soil.
- A shoot of a plant which springs from the root or bottom of the original stalk; a sapling; a sucker.
- A handle; a stalk.
- (archery) The stock; a beam on a crossbow carved to fit the arrow, or the point of balance in a longbow.
- A person who tills; a farmer.
- (nautical) The handle of the rudder which the helmsman holds to steer the boat, a piece of wood or metal extending forward from the rudder over or through the transom. Generally attached at the top of the rudder.
- (nautical) A bar of iron or wood connected with the rudderhead and leadline, usually forward, in which the rudder is moved as desired by the tiller (FM 55-501).
- (aviation, by extension) A steering wheel, usually mounted on the lower portion of the captain's control column, which is used to steer the aircraft's nosewheel or tailwheel to provide steering during taxi.
- The rear-wheel steering control, aboard a tiller truck.
- lever used to turn the rudder on a boat
- a farm implement used to break up the surface of the soil (for aeration and weed control and conservation of moisture)
- a shoot that sprouts from the base of a grass
- someone who tills land (prepares the soil for the planting of crops)
verb
verb
- (agriculture) To work the soil surface for weeding, etc.
- (intransitive) To walk with a shuffling gait.
- (slang) To make a living with difficulty, getting by on a low income, to struggle financially.
- (intransitive) To fight or struggle confusedly at close quarters.
- fight or struggle in a confused way at close quarters
- walk by dragging one's feet
noun
- A type of hoe, manipulated by both pushing and pulling, with a sharp blade parallel with the worked surface; an instance of this type.
- A rough, disorderly fight or struggle at close quarters.
- (slang) Poverty; struggle.
- an unceremonious and disorganized struggle
- a hoe that is used by pushing rather than pulling
- disorderly fighting
verb
adj
noun
- A contest, a struggle.
- (military) Clipping of battle buddy.
- A one-on-one competition in rapping or breakdance.
- (military) A general action, fight, or encounter, in which all the divisions of an army are or may be engaged; a combat, an engagement.
- an open clash between two opposing groups (or individuals)
- a hostile meeting of opposing military forces in the course of a war
- an energetic attempt to achieve something
verb
- (intransitive) To cultivate soil.
- work land as by ploughing, harrowing, and manuring, in order to make it ready for cultivation
- (transitive) To work or cultivate or plough (soil); to prepare for growing vegetation and crops.
- (transitive) To develop so as to improve or prepare for usage; to cultivate (said of knowledge, virtue, mind etc.).
conj
noun
- A cash drawer in a bank, used by a teller.
- A removable box within a cash register containing the money.
- The contents of a cash register, for example at the beginning or end of the day or of a cashier's shift.
- (chiefly British) A cash register.
- glacial drift consisting of a mixture of clay, sand, pebbles and boulders
- A vetch; a tare.
- (dialect) manure or other material used to fertilize land
- unstratified soil deposited by a glacier; consists of sand and clay and gravel and boulders mixed together
- a treasury for government funds
- a strongbox for holding cash
prep
verb
noun
- (baseball) The pitcher’s mound.
- A sloping road.
- The raised portion of the surface of a vinyl record.
- (US) A heap of earth surrounding a plant.
- An elevated landmass smaller than a mountain.
- (US) A single cluster or group of plants growing close together, and having the earth heaped up about them.
- structure consisting of an artificial heap or bank usually of earth or stones
- a local and well-defined elevation of the land
- (baseball) the slight elevation on which the pitcher stands
verb
- make a smudge on; soil by smudging
- to make less distinct or clear
- become glassy; lose clear vision
- make dim or indistinct
- make unclear, indistinct, or blurred
- become vague or indistinct
- To smear, stain or smudge.
- (copyright law) To use a sign, image, expression, etc. sufficiently close to a trademarked one that it causes confusion between them.
- To cause imperfection of vision in; to dim; to darken.
- (graphical user interface, transitive) To transfer the input focus away from.
- To make indistinct or hazy, to obscure or dim.
- (intransitive) To become indistinct.
noun
adj
verb
- make a smudge on; soil by smudging
- cover (a surface) by smearing (a substance) over it
- charge falsely or with malicious intent; attack the good name and reputation of someone
- stain by smearing or daubing with a dirty substance
- (transitive) To spread (a substance, especially one that colours or is dirty) across a surface by rubbing.
- (transitive) To rub (a body part, etc.) across a surface.
- (transitive) To make something dirty.
- (transitive) To write or draw (something) by spreading a substance on a surface.
- (transitive) To cause (something) to be a particular colour by covering with a substance.
- (transitive) To cover (a surface with a layer of some substance) by rubbing.
- (transitive) (of a substance, etc.) To make a surface dirty by covering it.
- (transitive) To cause (something) to be messy or not clear by rubbing and spreading it.
- (climbing) To climb without using footholds, using the friction from the shoe to stay on the wall.
- (transitive) To attempt to remove (a substance) from a surface by rubbing.
- (intransitive) To become messy or not clear by being spread.
- (transitive, derogatory) To damage someone's reputation by slandering, misrepresenting, or otherwise making false accusations about them, their statements, or their actions.
noun
- slanderous defamation
- a thin tissue or blood sample spread on a glass slide and stained for cytologic examination and diagnosis under a microscope
- a blemish made by dirt
- an act that brings discredit to the person who does it
- (medicine) A Pap smear (screening test for cervical cancer).
- (climbing) A maneuver in which the shoe is placed onto the holdless rock, and the friction from the shoe keeps it in contact
- (music) A rough glissando in jazz music.
- (radio, television, uncountable) Any of various forms of distortion that make a signal harder to see or hear.
- (biology) A preparation to be examined under a microscope, made by spreading a thin layer of a substance (such as blood, bacterial culture) on a slide.
- (countable, uncountable) A false or unsupported, malicious statement intended to injure a person's reputation.
- A mark made by smearing.
verb
- make a smudge on; soil by smudging
- To soil or smear with dirt.
- (paganism, transitive) To subject to ritual burning of herbs (suffumigation, smudging).
- To obscure by blurring; to smear.
- To stifle or smother with smoke.
- To use dense smoke to protect from insects.
- (paganism, intransitive) To burn herbs as a cleansing ritual (suffumigation).
noun
- a smoky fire to drive away insects
- a blemish made by dirt
- (US) A heap of damp combustibles partially ignited and burning slowly, placed on the windward side of a house, tent, etc. to keep off mosquitoes or other insects.
- A blemish or smear, especially a dark or sooty one.
- (paganism, especially in the phrase "smudge stick" = "stick of incense") A quantity of herbs used in suffumigation.
- Dense smoke, such as that used for fumigation.
verb
noun
verb
noun
- A garden tool with a handle and a flat blade for digging. Not to be confused with a shovel which is used for moving earth or other materials.
- (card games) A playing card marked with the symbol ♠.
- (electrical engineering) A device for terminating an electrical conductor resembling a small spade.
- (now offensive, ethnic slur) A black person.
- A cutting instrument used in flensing a whale.
- a playing card in the major suit that has one or more black figures on it
- a sturdy hand shovel that can be pushed into the earth with the foot
verb
- To enrich with soil or muck; to manure.
- (transitive) To make dirty.
- To make invalid, to ruin.
- (intransitive) To become dirty or soiled.
- (reflexive) To dirty one's clothing by accidentally defecating while clothed.
- (transitive, figurative) To stain or mar, as with infamy or disgrace; to tarnish; to sully.
- To feed, as cattle or horses, in the barn or an enclosure, with fresh grass or green food cut for them, instead of sending them out to pasture; hence (due to such food having the effect of purging them) to purge by feeding on green food.
- make soiled, filthy, or dirty
noun
- Dung; compost; manure.
- (countable, medicine) A bag containing soiled items.
- (uncountable) A mixture of mineral particles and organic material, used to support plant growth.
- Country or territory.
- (uncountable) The unconsolidated mineral or organic matter on the surface of the earth that has been subjected to and shows effects of genetic and environmental factors of: climate (including water and temperature effects), and macro- and microorganisms, conditioned by relief, acting on parent material over a period of time. A product-soil differs from the material from which it is derived in many physical, chemical, biological, and morphological properties and characteristics.
- (uncountable, euphemistic) Faeces or urine etc. when found on clothes.
- A wet or marshy place in which a boar or other such game seeks refuge when hunted.
- That which soils or pollutes; a stain.
- A marshy or miry place to which a hunted boar resorts for refuge; hence, a wet place, stream, or tract of water, sought for by other game, as deer.
- (uncountable) The unconsolidated mineral or organic material on the immediate surface of the earth that serves as a natural medium for the growth of land plants.
- material in the top layer of the surface of the earth in which plants can grow (especially with reference to its quality or use)
- the part of the earth's surface consisting of humus and disintegrated rock
- anything regarded as making something unclean
- the geographical area under the jurisdiction of a sovereign state
adj
- Composed, or largely composed, of soil.
- Covered with earth (mud, dirt).
- Like or resembling the earth or of the earth.
- Down-to-earth, not artificial, natural.
- Resembling dirt or soil (i.e. earth).
- (figurative) Coarse and unrefined, crude.
- conspicuously and tastelessly indecent
- of or consisting of or resembling earth
- hearty and lusty
- sensible and practical
- not far removed from or suggestive of nature