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noun
- A process of solidification or gelling.
- A process of preservation, as by smoking.
- Cured fish.
- (figurative) A solution to a problem.
- An act of healing or state of being healed; restoration to health after a disease, or to soundness after injury.
- Spiritual charge; care of soul; the office of a parish priest or of a curate.
- (engineering) A process whereby a material is caused to form permanent molecular linkages by exposure to chemicals, heat, pressure or weathering.
- A method, device or medication that restores good health.
- That which is committed to the charge of a parish priest or of a curate.
- a medicine or therapy that cures disease or relieve pain
verb
- (intransitive) To undergo a chemical or physical process for preservation or use.
- (transitive) To cause to be rid of (a defect).
- (transitive) To prepare or alter, especially by chemical or physical processing for keeping or use.
- (intransitive) To bring about a cure of any kind.
- (transitive) To bring (a disease or its bad effects) to an end.
- (intransitive) To solidify or gel.
- (transitive) To restore to health.
- To preserve (food), typically by salting.
- be or become preserved
- make (substances) hard and improve their usability
- provide a cure for, make healthy again
- prepare by drying, salting, or chemical processing in order to preserve
verb
- become solid
- make solid or more solid; cause to solidify
- (transitive) To make solid; convert into a solid body.
- (grammar, transitive) To transform an open compound into a closed compound (solid compound).
- (transitive) To concentrate; consolidate, reinforce.
- (intransitive) To become solid; to freeze, set.
adv
- into a solid condition
- earnestly or intently
- causing great damage or hardship
- with pain or distress or bitterness
- to the full extent possible; all the way
- very near or close in space or time
- indulging excessively
- with firmness
- slowly and with difficulty
- with effort or force or vigor
- (manner) Compactly.
- (manner) With difficulty.
- (manner) With much force or effort.
adj
- very strong or vigorous
- given to excessive indulgence of bodily appetites especially for intoxicating liquors
- (of light) transmitted directly from a pointed light source
- produced without vibration of the vocal cords
- being distilled rather than fermented; having a high alcoholic content
- unfortunate or hard to bear
- (of speech sounds); produced with the back of the tongue raised toward or touching the velum
- dried out
- resisting weight or pressure
- not easy; requiring great physical or mental effort to accomplish or comprehend or endure
- dispassionate
- characterized by effort to the point of exhaustion; especially physical effort
- Severe, harsh, unfriendly, brutal.
- Of silk: not having had the natural gum boiled off.
- (slang) Tough, muscular, badass.
- (politics) Far, extreme.
- Unquestionable; unequivocal.
- (of a normally nonalcoholic drink) Containing alcohol.
- (finance) Of a market: having more demand than supply; being a seller's market.
- (physics, of a ferromagnetic material) Having the capability of being a permanent magnet by being a material with high magnetic coercivity (compare soft).
- Rigid in the drawing or distribution of the figures; formal; lacking grace of composition.
- (slang) Excellent, impressive.
- (Slavic phonology) Velarized or plain, rather than palatalized.
- (of drink or drugs) Strong.
- Demanding a lot of effort to endure.
- (pornography) Hardcore.
- (of material or fluid) Solid and firm.
- (physics, of electromagnetic radiation) Having a high energy (high frequency; short wavelength).
- Resistant to pressure; difficult to break, cut, or penetrate.
- (of water) High in dissolved chemical salts, especially those of calcium.
- (wine) Very acidic or tannic.
- (photography, of light) Made up of parallel rays, producing clearly defined shadows.
- (bodybuilding) Having muscles that are tightened as a result of intense, regular exercise.
- (military) Hardened; having unusually strong defences.
- Unvoiced.
- (of a road intersection) Having a comparatively larger or a ninety-degree angle.
- Having disagreeable and abrupt contrasts in colour or shading.
- (slang, vulgar) Sexually aroused; having an erect penis.
- Difficult or requiring a lot of effort to do, understand, experience, or deal with.
- In a physical form, not digital.
- Plosive.
- Using a manual or physical process, not by means of a software command.
noun
noun
- The act or process by which a substance in solidifying assumes the form and structure of a crystal, or becomes crystallized.
- The formation of a solid from a solution, melt, vapour or from a different solid phase
- The body formed by crystallizing.
- The process or the result of becoming more definite or precise.
- the formation of crystals
- a rock formed by the solidification of a substance; has regularly repeating internal structure; external plane faces
- a mental synthesis that becomes fixed or concrete by a process resembling crystal formation
noun
adj
verb
noun
- the process of becoming hard or solid by cooling or drying or crystallization
- an unofficial association of people or groups
- a group of things of the same kind that belong together and are so used
- several exercises intended to be done in series
- (mathematics) an abstract collection of numbers or symbols
- (psychology) being temporarily ready to respond in a particular way
- a relatively permanent inclination to react in a particular way
- the act of putting something in position
- the descent of a heavenly body below the horizon
- a unit of play in tennis or squash
- any electronic equipment that receives or transmits radio or tv signals
- representation consisting of the scenery and other properties used to identify the location of a dramatic production
- The full number of eggs set under a hen.
- The pattern of a tartan, etc.
- The amount by which the teeth of a saw protrude to the side in order to create the kerf.
- A collection of various objects for a particular purpose.
- (horticulture) A small tuber or bulb used instead of seed, particularly onion sets and potato sets.
- A rudimentary fruit.
- (engineering) A permanent change of shape caused by excessive strain, as from compression, tension, bending, twisting, etc.
- A matching collection of similar things. (Note the similar meaning in Etymology 2, Noun.)
- (music) A musical performance by a band, disc jockey, etc., consisting of several musical pieces.
- (volleyball) A complete series of points, forming part of a match.
- (exercise) A group of repetitions of a single exercise performed one after the other without rest.
- A young plant fit for setting out; a slip; shoot.
- A device for receiving broadcast radio waves (or, more recently, broadcast data); a radio or television.
- (tennis) A complete series of games, forming part of a match.
- A group of people, usually meeting socially or connected through some shared interest, activity, attribute, etc.
- A young oyster when first attached.
- The scenery for a film or play.
- (poker, slang) Three of a kind, especially if two cards are in one's hand and the third is on the board. Compare trips (“three of a kind, especially with two cards on the board and one in one's hand”).
- The setting of the sun or other luminary; (by extension) the close of the day.
- (music) A drum kit, a drum set.
- (piledriving) A piece placed temporarily upon the head of a pile when the latter cannot otherwise be reached by the weight, or hammer.
- An object made up of several parts.
- A tool for dressing forged iron.
- A punch for setting nails in wood.
- (volleyball) The act of directing the ball to a teammate for an attack.
- Collectively, the crop of young oysters in any locality.
- (UK, education) A class group in a subject where pupils are divided by ability.
- (literally and figuratively) General movement; direction; drift; tendency.
- Alternative form of sett (“piece of quarried stone”).
- A bias of mind; an attitude or pattern of behaviour.
- Alternative form of sett (“a hole made and lived in by a badger”).
- (dance) The initial or basic formation of dancers.
- (colloquial) The manner, state, or quality of setting or fitting; fit.
- (in plural, “sets”, mathematics, informal) Set theory.
- (set theory) A collection of zero or more objects, possibly infinite in size, and disregarding any order or repetition of the objects which may be contained within it.
- the general locations and area where a movie’s, a film’s, or a video’s scenery is arranged to be filmed also including places for actors, assorted crew, director, producers which are typically not filmed.
- A series or group of something. (Note the similar meaning in Etymology 4, Noun)
- The camber of a curved roofing tile.
- Alternative form of sett (“pattern of threads and yarns”).
adj
- determined or decided upon as by an authority
- situated in a particular spot or position
- set down according to a plan
- fixed and unmoving
- converted to solid form (as concrete)
- (usually followed by ‘to’ or ‘for’) on the point of or strongly disposed
- being below the horizon
- Intent, determined (to do something).
- Rigid, solidified.
- Fixed in one’s opinion.
- Fixed in position.
- Ready, prepared.
- (of hair) Fixed in a certain style.
- Prearranged.
verb
- urge to attack someone
- put or set (seeds, seedlings, or plants) into the ground
- equip with sails or masts
- set in type
- arrange attractively
- alter or regulate so as to achieve accuracy or conform to a standard
- put into a certain state; cause to be in a certain state
- fix conclusively or authoritatively
- become gelatinous
- disappear beyond the horizon
- set to a certain position or cause to operate correctly
- give a fine, sharp edge to a knife or razor
- insert (a nail or screw below the surface, as into a countersink)
- put into a certain place or abstract location
- produce fruit
- make ready or suitable or equip in advance for a particular purpose or for some use, event, etc
- put into a position that will restore a normal state
- get ready for a particular purpose or event
- locate
- adapt for performance in a different way
- decide upon or fix definitely
- establish as the highest level or best performance
- fix in a border
- apply or start
- estimate
- (transitive, volleyball) To direct (the ball) to a teammate for an attack.
- (transitive) To render stiff or solid; especially, to convert into curd; to curdle.
- (intransitive, country dancing) To acknowledge a dancing partner by facing him or her and moving first to one side and then to the other, while she or he does the opposite.
- (transitive) To put in a specified condition or state; to cause to be.
- (transitive, bridge) To defeat a contract.
- To establish as a rule; to furnish; to prescribe; to assign.
- (transitive) To punch (a nail) into wood so that its head is below the surface.
- (transitive) To introduce or describe.
- (transitive) To put (something) down, to rest.
- To become fixed or rigid; to be fastened.
- (UK, education) To divide a class group in a subject according to ability
- (intransitive, of fruit) To be fixed for growth; to strike root; to begin to germinate or form.
- (ambitransitive) To fit music to words.
- To reduce from a dislocated or fractured state.
- (transitive) To compile, to make (a puzzle or challenge).
- (transitive) To arrange (type).
- (ambitransitive) To place plants or shoots in the ground; to plant.
- To put in order in a particular manner; to prepare.
- (transitive) To locate (a play, etc.); to assign a backdrop to, geographically or temporally.
- (transitive) To adjust.
- To extend and bring into position; to spread.
- (transitive) To prepare (a stage or film set).
- (transitive) To arrange with dishes and cutlery, to set the table.
- To cause (a domestic fowl) to sit on eggs to brood.
- (intransitive, now dialectal) To sit or lie (easily etc.) on the stomach; to be digested in a certain manner.
- (intransitive) To solidify.
- (transitive) To attach or affix (something) to something else, or in or upon a certain place.
- (transitive) To start (a fire).
- To give a pitch to, as a tune; to start by fixing the keynote.
- (intransitive, Southern US, Midwestern US, dialects) To rest or lie somewhere, on something, etc.; to occupy a certain place.
- To apply oneself; to undertake earnestly.
- (transitive) To fit (someone) up in a situation.
- (transitive) To determine or settle.
- (transitive) To devise and assign (work) to.
- To have a certain direction of motion; to flow; to move on; to tend.
- (intransitive, Southern US, Midwestern US, dialects) To sit (be in a seated position).
- To hunt game with the aid of a setter.
- (intransitive) Of a heavenly body, to disappear below the horizon of a planet, etc, as the latter rotates.
- To adorn with something infixed or affixed; to stud; to variegate with objects placed here and there.
- (masonry) To lower into place and fix solidly, as the blocks of cut stone in a structure.
- (transitive, botany) To produce after pollination.
- (hunting, ambitransitive) Of a dog, to indicate the position of game.
- To place or fix in a setting.
- (Scotland) To suit; to become.
noun
adj
- (linguistic morphology) Pertaining to the formation of words; specifically, of an affix: forming words through inflection.
- Of or pertaining to the formation and subsequent growth of something.
- (education) Of a form of assessment: used to guide learning rather than to quantify educational outcomes.
- Capable of forming something.
- (biology) Capable of producing new tissue.
- capable of forming new cells and tissues
- forming or capable of forming or molding or fashioning
verb
- To form by the accumulation of materials or constituent parts; to build up; to erect.
- (figurative) To cause (a dead person) to live again; to resurrect.
- (metalworking, transitive) To emboss (sheet metal), or to form it into cup-shaped or hollow articles, by hammering, stamping, or spinning.
- To cause something to come to the surface of water.
- Misspelling of raze.
- (law) To create; to constitute (a use, or a beneficial interest in property).
- To establish contact with (e.g., by telephone or radio).
- To bring into being; to produce; to cause to arise, come forth, or appear.
- (arithmetic) To exponentiate, to involute.
- (physical) To cause to rise; to lift or elevate.
- (nautical) To cause (the land or any other object) to seem higher by drawing nearer to it.
- To collect or amass.
- (linguistics, transitive, of a vowel) To produce a vowel with the tongue positioned closer to the roof of the mouth.
- To increase the nominal value of (a cheque, money order, etc.) by fraudulently changing the writing or printing in which the sum payable is specified.
- (India, transitive) To open, initiate.
- To promote.
- (military, transitive) To relinquish (a siege), or cause this to be done.
- (poker, intransitive) To respond to a bet by increasing the amount required to continue in the hand.
- To mention (a question, issue) for discussion.
- (linguistics, transitive, of a verb) To extract (a subject or other verb argument) out of an inner clause.
- (transitive) To create, increase or develop.
- (military) To remove or break up (a blockade), either by withdrawing the ships or forces employed in enforcing it, or by driving them away or dispersing them.
- To bring up; to grow.
- (programming, transitive) To instantiate and transmit (an exception, by throwing it, or an event).
- To make (bread, etc.) light, as by yeast or leaven.
- raise in rank or condition
- summon into action or bring into existence, often as if by magic
- put forward for consideration or discussion
- give a promotion to or assign to a higher position
- increase the level of
- put an end to a situation
- bid (one's partner's suit) at a higher level
- bring (a surface or a design) into relief and cause to project
- bet more than the previous player
- create a disturbance, especially by making a great noise
- collect funds for a specific purpose
- cause to be heard or known; express or utter
- move upwards
- call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses)
- cause to become alive again
- cause to puff up with a leaven
- raise the level or amount of something
- activate or stir up
- multiply (a number) by itself a specified number of times: 8 is 2 raised to the power 3
- invigorate or heighten
- establish radio communications with
- raise from a lower to a higher position
- construct, build, or erect
- cultivate by growing, often involving improvements by means of agricultural techniques
- pronounce (vowels) by bringing the tongue closer to the roof of the mouth
- register formally as a participant or member
- look after a child until it is an adult
- cause to assemble or enlist in military
noun
- (curling) A shot in which the delivered stone bumps another stone forward.
- (weightlifting) A shoulder exercise in which the arms are elevated against resistance.
- (mining) A shaft or a winze that is dug from below, for purposes such as ventilation, local extraction of ore, or exploration.
- A cairn or pile of stones.
- (poker) A bet that increases the previous bet.
- (US) Ellipsis of pay raise (“an increase in wages or salary”).
- increasing the size of a bet (as in poker)
- the act of raising something
- an upward slope or grade (as in a road)
- the amount a salary is increased
noun
- The surface or other physical result produced by such a process.
- Such grinding, cutting, or shredding applied to grain to produce meal or flour.
- A circular or random motion of a herd or a crowd.
- (machining) A type of machining in which a rotary cutter is moved through a toolpath to cut away material.
- Such cutting to produce millwork (finely finished lumber).
- The series of notches around the edge of a coin during minting so that it can be told if some of the metal from the edge is removed.
- corrugated edge of a coin
verb
noun
- The process of causing something to become flat; the process of flattening something.
- (New Zealand) The practice of living, with others, in a flat.
- A method of preserving gilding unburnished, by touching with size.
- (countable) An instance of a musical note being flatter than intended.
- (countable) A flat part of something, a flattening.
- (countable) A type of paint that dries with a flat (matt) finish; a coating of such paint.
- The process of becoming flat.
- The process of forming metal into sheets by passing it between rollers.
- The process of applying a coating of flatting paint.
verb
verb
- To physically corrode or erode (something) gradually.
- To destroy (something) gradually by an ongoing process.
- (specifically) Chiefly followed by at: of a circumstance, incident, etc.: to cause (someone) to feel guilty, troubled, or worried; to bother (see eat away at).
- wear away or erode
- remove soil or rock
verb
- solidify, firm, or strengthen
- represent in bodily form
- establish or strengthen as with new evidence or facts
- make real or concrete; give reality or substance to
- (transitive) To verify something by supplying evidence; to authenticate or corroborate.
- (transitive) To give material form or substance to something; to embody; to record in documents
noun
- a substance formed during a chemical process before the desired product is obtained
- An automobile that is larger than a compact but smaller than a full-sized car.
- An intermediary.
- (chemistry) Any substance formed as part of a series of chemical reactions that is not the end-product.
- (chemical industries) Any such substance that is produced and sold to commercial customers (business-to-business sales) as an input to other chemical processes.
- Anything in an intermediate position.
- (motor racing) A kind of tyre with relatively light grooving, used for conditions between fully dry and fully wet.
adj
verb
noun
- The act or process of ceasing to be fluid and becoming firm.
- (law) Recording a creative work in a medium of expression for more than a transitory duration, thereby satisfying the "fixation" requirement for the purposes of copyright law.
- A state of mind involving obsession with a particular person, idea, or thing.
- (genetics) The change in a gene pool from a situation where there exists at least two variants of a particular gene (allele) to a situation where only one of the alleles remains.
- In metals, a state of resistance to evaporation or volatilization by heat.
- The act of fixing.
- The act of uniting chemically with a solid substance or in a solid form; reduction to a non-volatile condition; -- said of volatile elements.
- (ophthalmology) maintaining of the gaze on a single location.
- (orthopaedics) process by which an injury is rendered immobile.
- A sexual fetish or turn-on.
- The state of being fixed or fixated.
- (cytology, histology, pathology) preservation of biological tissues from decay due to autolysis or putrefaction.
- the activity of fastening something firmly in position
- an unhealthy and compulsive preoccupation with something or someone
- an abnormal state in which development has stopped prematurely
- (histology) the preservation and hardening of a tissue sample to retain as nearly as possible the same relations they had in the living body
noun
- the process of totally saturating something with a substance
- creation by the physical union of male and female gametes; of sperm and ova in an animal or pollen and ovule in a plant
- material with which something is impregnated
- The act of making pregnant; fertilization.
- That with which anything is impregnated.
- The fact or process of imbuing or saturating with something; diffusion of some element, idea etc. through a medium or substance.
- (geology) An ore deposit, with indefinite boundaries, consisting of rock impregnated with ore.
noun
- the process of totally saturating something with a substance
- chromatic purity: freedom from dilution with white and hence vivid in hue
- a condition in which a quantity no longer responds to some external influence
- the act of soaking thoroughly with a liquid
- The flooding of a market with all of a product that can be sold.
- Chromatic purity; freedom from dilution with white.
- (telecommunications) The point at which the output of a linear device, such as a linear amplifier, deviates significantly from being a linear function of the input when the input signal is increased.
- (art) The intensity or vividness of a colour.
- (mathematics, set theory, topology, of a set S, with respect to an equivalence relation or function, countable) The smallest set containing S which is saturated with respect to the equivalence relation or function.
- (computing) A form of arithmetic in which all operations are limited to a fixed range of values. See Saturation arithmetic.
- (music) An effect on the sound of an electric guitar, used primarily in heavy metal music.
- The act of saturating or the process of being saturated.
- intense bombing of a military target with the aim of destroying it.
- (telecommunications) The condition at which a component of the system has reached its maximum traffic-handling capacity, i.e. one erlang per circuit.
- (chemistry) The state of an organic compound that has no double or triple bonds.
- (chemistry) The state of a saturated solution.
- (meteorology) The state of the atmosphere when it is saturated with water vapour; 100% humidity.
- (physics) The condition in which, after a sufficient increase in a causal force, no further increase in the resultant effect is possible; e.g. the state of a ferromagnetic material that cannot be further magnetized.
noun
- The act of softening a mass by malaxating.
- In massage, a kneading technique, particularly used for softening muscle in spasm.
- (pharmacology) The kneading and squeezing of ingredients into a mass for making pills and plasters.
- (agriculture) The process of slowly churning milled oil crops such as olives, allowing droplets of oil to aggregate for more effective separation.
- (entomology) A kneading or softening, especially the chewing and squeezing by which certain species of hunting wasps prepare captured prey as food for their larvae.
verb
- make or form into a solid or hardened mass
- To make stronger or more solid.
- make firm or secure; strengthen
- form into a solid mass or whole
- unite into one
- bring together into a single whole or system
- (finance) With respect to debt, to pay off several debts with a single loan.
- (ambitransitive) To combine into a single unit; to group together or join.
noun
adj
verb
noun
- natural process that causes something to form
- an arrangement of people or things acting as a unit
- creation by mental activity
- the act of forming or establishing something
- (geology) the geological features of the earth
- the act of fabricating something in a particular shape
- a particular spatial arrangement
- (category theory) A structure made of two categories, two functors from the first to the second category, and a transformation from one of the functors to the other.
- (geology) A layer of rock of common origin. [from 19th c.]
- (sports) An arrangement of players designed to facilitate certain plays.
- Something possessing structure or form. [from 17th c.]
- (military) A grouping of military units or smaller formations under a command, such as a brigade, division, wing, etc. [from 18th c.]
- The process of influencing or guiding a person to a deeper understanding of a particular vocation.
- The act of assembling a group or structure. [from 14th c.]
- (military) An arrangement of moving troops, ships, or aircraft, such as a wedge, line abreast, or echelon. Often "in formation".
- The process during which something comes into being and gains its characteristics. [from 18th c.]
noun
- A process of solidification or gelling.
- A process of preservation, as by smoking.
- Cured fish.
- (figurative) A solution to a problem.
- An act of healing or state of being healed; restoration to health after a disease, or to soundness after injury.
- Spiritual charge; care of soul; the office of a parish priest or of a curate.
- (engineering) A process whereby a material is caused to form permanent molecular linkages by exposure to chemicals, heat, pressure or weathering.
- A method, device or medication that restores good health.
- That which is committed to the charge of a parish priest or of a curate.
- a medicine or therapy that cures disease or relieve pain
verb
- (intransitive) To undergo a chemical or physical process for preservation or use.
- (transitive) To cause to be rid of (a defect).
- (transitive) To prepare or alter, especially by chemical or physical processing for keeping or use.
- (intransitive) To bring about a cure of any kind.
- (transitive) To bring (a disease or its bad effects) to an end.
- (intransitive) To solidify or gel.
- (transitive) To restore to health.
- To preserve (food), typically by salting.
- be or become preserved
- make (substances) hard and improve their usability
- provide a cure for, make healthy again
- prepare by drying, salting, or chemical processing in order to preserve
noun
- The act or process by which a substance in solidifying assumes the form and structure of a crystal, or becomes crystallized.
- The formation of a solid from a solution, melt, vapour or from a different solid phase
- The body formed by crystallizing.
- The process or the result of becoming more definite or precise.
- the formation of crystals
- a rock formed by the solidification of a substance; has regularly repeating internal structure; external plane faces
- a mental synthesis that becomes fixed or concrete by a process resembling crystal formation
noun
adj
verb
noun
- the process of becoming hard or solid by cooling or drying or crystallization
- an unofficial association of people or groups
- a group of things of the same kind that belong together and are so used
- several exercises intended to be done in series
- (mathematics) an abstract collection of numbers or symbols
- (psychology) being temporarily ready to respond in a particular way
- a relatively permanent inclination to react in a particular way
- the act of putting something in position
- the descent of a heavenly body below the horizon
- a unit of play in tennis or squash
- any electronic equipment that receives or transmits radio or tv signals
- representation consisting of the scenery and other properties used to identify the location of a dramatic production
- The full number of eggs set under a hen.
- The pattern of a tartan, etc.
- The amount by which the teeth of a saw protrude to the side in order to create the kerf.
- A collection of various objects for a particular purpose.
- (horticulture) A small tuber or bulb used instead of seed, particularly onion sets and potato sets.
- A rudimentary fruit.
- (engineering) A permanent change of shape caused by excessive strain, as from compression, tension, bending, twisting, etc.
- A matching collection of similar things. (Note the similar meaning in Etymology 2, Noun.)
- (music) A musical performance by a band, disc jockey, etc., consisting of several musical pieces.
- (volleyball) A complete series of points, forming part of a match.
- (exercise) A group of repetitions of a single exercise performed one after the other without rest.
- A young plant fit for setting out; a slip; shoot.
- A device for receiving broadcast radio waves (or, more recently, broadcast data); a radio or television.
- (tennis) A complete series of games, forming part of a match.
- A group of people, usually meeting socially or connected through some shared interest, activity, attribute, etc.
- A young oyster when first attached.
- The scenery for a film or play.
- (poker, slang) Three of a kind, especially if two cards are in one's hand and the third is on the board. Compare trips (“three of a kind, especially with two cards on the board and one in one's hand”).
- The setting of the sun or other luminary; (by extension) the close of the day.
- (music) A drum kit, a drum set.
- (piledriving) A piece placed temporarily upon the head of a pile when the latter cannot otherwise be reached by the weight, or hammer.
- An object made up of several parts.
- A tool for dressing forged iron.
- A punch for setting nails in wood.
- (volleyball) The act of directing the ball to a teammate for an attack.
- Collectively, the crop of young oysters in any locality.
- (UK, education) A class group in a subject where pupils are divided by ability.
- (literally and figuratively) General movement; direction; drift; tendency.
- Alternative form of sett (“piece of quarried stone”).
- A bias of mind; an attitude or pattern of behaviour.
- Alternative form of sett (“a hole made and lived in by a badger”).
- (dance) The initial or basic formation of dancers.
- (colloquial) The manner, state, or quality of setting or fitting; fit.
- (in plural, “sets”, mathematics, informal) Set theory.
- (set theory) A collection of zero or more objects, possibly infinite in size, and disregarding any order or repetition of the objects which may be contained within it.
- the general locations and area where a movie’s, a film’s, or a video’s scenery is arranged to be filmed also including places for actors, assorted crew, director, producers which are typically not filmed.
- A series or group of something. (Note the similar meaning in Etymology 4, Noun)
- The camber of a curved roofing tile.
- Alternative form of sett (“pattern of threads and yarns”).
adj
- determined or decided upon as by an authority
- situated in a particular spot or position
- set down according to a plan
- fixed and unmoving
- converted to solid form (as concrete)
- (usually followed by ‘to’ or ‘for’) on the point of or strongly disposed
- being below the horizon
- Intent, determined (to do something).
- Rigid, solidified.
- Fixed in one’s opinion.
- Fixed in position.
- Ready, prepared.
- (of hair) Fixed in a certain style.
- Prearranged.
verb
- urge to attack someone
- put or set (seeds, seedlings, or plants) into the ground
- equip with sails or masts
- set in type
- arrange attractively
- alter or regulate so as to achieve accuracy or conform to a standard
- put into a certain state; cause to be in a certain state
- fix conclusively or authoritatively
- become gelatinous
- disappear beyond the horizon
- set to a certain position or cause to operate correctly
- give a fine, sharp edge to a knife or razor
- insert (a nail or screw below the surface, as into a countersink)
- put into a certain place or abstract location
- produce fruit
- make ready or suitable or equip in advance for a particular purpose or for some use, event, etc
- put into a position that will restore a normal state
- get ready for a particular purpose or event
- locate
- adapt for performance in a different way
- decide upon or fix definitely
- establish as the highest level or best performance
- fix in a border
- apply or start
- estimate
- (transitive, volleyball) To direct (the ball) to a teammate for an attack.
- (transitive) To render stiff or solid; especially, to convert into curd; to curdle.
- (intransitive, country dancing) To acknowledge a dancing partner by facing him or her and moving first to one side and then to the other, while she or he does the opposite.
- (transitive) To put in a specified condition or state; to cause to be.
- (transitive, bridge) To defeat a contract.
- To establish as a rule; to furnish; to prescribe; to assign.
- (transitive) To punch (a nail) into wood so that its head is below the surface.
- (transitive) To introduce or describe.
- (transitive) To put (something) down, to rest.
- To become fixed or rigid; to be fastened.
- (UK, education) To divide a class group in a subject according to ability
- (intransitive, of fruit) To be fixed for growth; to strike root; to begin to germinate or form.
- (ambitransitive) To fit music to words.
- To reduce from a dislocated or fractured state.
- (transitive) To compile, to make (a puzzle or challenge).
- (transitive) To arrange (type).
- (ambitransitive) To place plants or shoots in the ground; to plant.
- To put in order in a particular manner; to prepare.
- (transitive) To locate (a play, etc.); to assign a backdrop to, geographically or temporally.
- (transitive) To adjust.
- To extend and bring into position; to spread.
- (transitive) To prepare (a stage or film set).
- (transitive) To arrange with dishes and cutlery, to set the table.
- To cause (a domestic fowl) to sit on eggs to brood.
- (intransitive, now dialectal) To sit or lie (easily etc.) on the stomach; to be digested in a certain manner.
- (intransitive) To solidify.
- (transitive) To attach or affix (something) to something else, or in or upon a certain place.
- (transitive) To start (a fire).
- To give a pitch to, as a tune; to start by fixing the keynote.
- (intransitive, Southern US, Midwestern US, dialects) To rest or lie somewhere, on something, etc.; to occupy a certain place.
- To apply oneself; to undertake earnestly.
- (transitive) To fit (someone) up in a situation.
- (transitive) To determine or settle.
- (transitive) To devise and assign (work) to.
- To have a certain direction of motion; to flow; to move on; to tend.
- (intransitive, Southern US, Midwestern US, dialects) To sit (be in a seated position).
- To hunt game with the aid of a setter.
- (intransitive) Of a heavenly body, to disappear below the horizon of a planet, etc, as the latter rotates.
- To adorn with something infixed or affixed; to stud; to variegate with objects placed here and there.
- (masonry) To lower into place and fix solidly, as the blocks of cut stone in a structure.
- (transitive, botany) To produce after pollination.
- (hunting, ambitransitive) Of a dog, to indicate the position of game.
- To place or fix in a setting.
- (Scotland) To suit; to become.
noun
adj
- (linguistic morphology) Pertaining to the formation of words; specifically, of an affix: forming words through inflection.
- Of or pertaining to the formation and subsequent growth of something.
- (education) Of a form of assessment: used to guide learning rather than to quantify educational outcomes.
- Capable of forming something.
- (biology) Capable of producing new tissue.
- capable of forming new cells and tissues
- forming or capable of forming or molding or fashioning
noun
- The surface or other physical result produced by such a process.
- Such grinding, cutting, or shredding applied to grain to produce meal or flour.
- A circular or random motion of a herd or a crowd.
- (machining) A type of machining in which a rotary cutter is moved through a toolpath to cut away material.
- Such cutting to produce millwork (finely finished lumber).
- The series of notches around the edge of a coin during minting so that it can be told if some of the metal from the edge is removed.
- corrugated edge of a coin
verb
noun
- The process of causing something to become flat; the process of flattening something.
- (New Zealand) The practice of living, with others, in a flat.
- A method of preserving gilding unburnished, by touching with size.
- (countable) An instance of a musical note being flatter than intended.
- (countable) A flat part of something, a flattening.
- (countable) A type of paint that dries with a flat (matt) finish; a coating of such paint.
- The process of becoming flat.
- The process of forming metal into sheets by passing it between rollers.
- The process of applying a coating of flatting paint.
verb
noun
- a substance formed during a chemical process before the desired product is obtained
- An automobile that is larger than a compact but smaller than a full-sized car.
- An intermediary.
- (chemistry) Any substance formed as part of a series of chemical reactions that is not the end-product.
- (chemical industries) Any such substance that is produced and sold to commercial customers (business-to-business sales) as an input to other chemical processes.
- Anything in an intermediate position.
- (motor racing) A kind of tyre with relatively light grooving, used for conditions between fully dry and fully wet.
adj
verb
noun
- The act or process of ceasing to be fluid and becoming firm.
- (law) Recording a creative work in a medium of expression for more than a transitory duration, thereby satisfying the "fixation" requirement for the purposes of copyright law.
- A state of mind involving obsession with a particular person, idea, or thing.
- (genetics) The change in a gene pool from a situation where there exists at least two variants of a particular gene (allele) to a situation where only one of the alleles remains.
- In metals, a state of resistance to evaporation or volatilization by heat.
- The act of fixing.
- The act of uniting chemically with a solid substance or in a solid form; reduction to a non-volatile condition; -- said of volatile elements.
- (ophthalmology) maintaining of the gaze on a single location.
- (orthopaedics) process by which an injury is rendered immobile.
- A sexual fetish or turn-on.
- The state of being fixed or fixated.
- (cytology, histology, pathology) preservation of biological tissues from decay due to autolysis or putrefaction.
- the activity of fastening something firmly in position
- an unhealthy and compulsive preoccupation with something or someone
- an abnormal state in which development has stopped prematurely
- (histology) the preservation and hardening of a tissue sample to retain as nearly as possible the same relations they had in the living body
noun
- the process of totally saturating something with a substance
- creation by the physical union of male and female gametes; of sperm and ova in an animal or pollen and ovule in a plant
- material with which something is impregnated
- The act of making pregnant; fertilization.
- That with which anything is impregnated.
- The fact or process of imbuing or saturating with something; diffusion of some element, idea etc. through a medium or substance.
- (geology) An ore deposit, with indefinite boundaries, consisting of rock impregnated with ore.
noun
- the process of totally saturating something with a substance
- chromatic purity: freedom from dilution with white and hence vivid in hue
- a condition in which a quantity no longer responds to some external influence
- the act of soaking thoroughly with a liquid
- The flooding of a market with all of a product that can be sold.
- Chromatic purity; freedom from dilution with white.
- (telecommunications) The point at which the output of a linear device, such as a linear amplifier, deviates significantly from being a linear function of the input when the input signal is increased.
- (art) The intensity or vividness of a colour.
- (mathematics, set theory, topology, of a set S, with respect to an equivalence relation or function, countable) The smallest set containing S which is saturated with respect to the equivalence relation or function.
- (computing) A form of arithmetic in which all operations are limited to a fixed range of values. See Saturation arithmetic.
- (music) An effect on the sound of an electric guitar, used primarily in heavy metal music.
- The act of saturating or the process of being saturated.
- intense bombing of a military target with the aim of destroying it.
- (telecommunications) The condition at which a component of the system has reached its maximum traffic-handling capacity, i.e. one erlang per circuit.
- (chemistry) The state of an organic compound that has no double or triple bonds.
- (chemistry) The state of a saturated solution.
- (meteorology) The state of the atmosphere when it is saturated with water vapour; 100% humidity.
- (physics) The condition in which, after a sufficient increase in a causal force, no further increase in the resultant effect is possible; e.g. the state of a ferromagnetic material that cannot be further magnetized.
noun
- The act of softening a mass by malaxating.
- In massage, a kneading technique, particularly used for softening muscle in spasm.
- (pharmacology) The kneading and squeezing of ingredients into a mass for making pills and plasters.
- (agriculture) The process of slowly churning milled oil crops such as olives, allowing droplets of oil to aggregate for more effective separation.
- (entomology) A kneading or softening, especially the chewing and squeezing by which certain species of hunting wasps prepare captured prey as food for their larvae.
noun
adj
verb
noun
- natural process that causes something to form
- an arrangement of people or things acting as a unit
- creation by mental activity
- the act of forming or establishing something
- (geology) the geological features of the earth
- the act of fabricating something in a particular shape
- a particular spatial arrangement
- (category theory) A structure made of two categories, two functors from the first to the second category, and a transformation from one of the functors to the other.
- (geology) A layer of rock of common origin. [from 19th c.]
- (sports) An arrangement of players designed to facilitate certain plays.
- Something possessing structure or form. [from 17th c.]
- (military) A grouping of military units or smaller formations under a command, such as a brigade, division, wing, etc. [from 18th c.]
- The process of influencing or guiding a person to a deeper understanding of a particular vocation.
- The act of assembling a group or structure. [from 14th c.]
- (military) An arrangement of moving troops, ships, or aircraft, such as a wedge, line abreast, or echelon. Often "in formation".
- The process during which something comes into being and gains its characteristics. [from 18th c.]
verb
- become solid
- make solid or more solid; cause to solidify
- (transitive) To make solid; convert into a solid body.
- (grammar, transitive) To transform an open compound into a closed compound (solid compound).
- (transitive) To concentrate; consolidate, reinforce.
- (intransitive) To become solid; to freeze, set.
verb
- To form by the accumulation of materials or constituent parts; to build up; to erect.
- (figurative) To cause (a dead person) to live again; to resurrect.
- (metalworking, transitive) To emboss (sheet metal), or to form it into cup-shaped or hollow articles, by hammering, stamping, or spinning.
- To cause something to come to the surface of water.
- Misspelling of raze.
- (law) To create; to constitute (a use, or a beneficial interest in property).
- To establish contact with (e.g., by telephone or radio).
- To bring into being; to produce; to cause to arise, come forth, or appear.
- (arithmetic) To exponentiate, to involute.
- (physical) To cause to rise; to lift or elevate.
- (nautical) To cause (the land or any other object) to seem higher by drawing nearer to it.
- To collect or amass.
- (linguistics, transitive, of a vowel) To produce a vowel with the tongue positioned closer to the roof of the mouth.
- To increase the nominal value of (a cheque, money order, etc.) by fraudulently changing the writing or printing in which the sum payable is specified.
- (India, transitive) To open, initiate.
- To promote.
- (military, transitive) To relinquish (a siege), or cause this to be done.
- (poker, intransitive) To respond to a bet by increasing the amount required to continue in the hand.
- To mention (a question, issue) for discussion.
- (linguistics, transitive, of a verb) To extract (a subject or other verb argument) out of an inner clause.
- (transitive) To create, increase or develop.
- (military) To remove or break up (a blockade), either by withdrawing the ships or forces employed in enforcing it, or by driving them away or dispersing them.
- To bring up; to grow.
- (programming, transitive) To instantiate and transmit (an exception, by throwing it, or an event).
- To make (bread, etc.) light, as by yeast or leaven.
- raise in rank or condition
- summon into action or bring into existence, often as if by magic
- put forward for consideration or discussion
- give a promotion to or assign to a higher position
- increase the level of
- put an end to a situation
- bid (one's partner's suit) at a higher level
- bring (a surface or a design) into relief and cause to project
- bet more than the previous player
- create a disturbance, especially by making a great noise
- collect funds for a specific purpose
- cause to be heard or known; express or utter
- move upwards
- call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses)
- cause to become alive again
- cause to puff up with a leaven
- raise the level or amount of something
- activate or stir up
- multiply (a number) by itself a specified number of times: 8 is 2 raised to the power 3
- invigorate or heighten
- establish radio communications with
- raise from a lower to a higher position
- construct, build, or erect
- cultivate by growing, often involving improvements by means of agricultural techniques
- pronounce (vowels) by bringing the tongue closer to the roof of the mouth
- register formally as a participant or member
- look after a child until it is an adult
- cause to assemble or enlist in military
noun
- (curling) A shot in which the delivered stone bumps another stone forward.
- (weightlifting) A shoulder exercise in which the arms are elevated against resistance.
- (mining) A shaft or a winze that is dug from below, for purposes such as ventilation, local extraction of ore, or exploration.
- A cairn or pile of stones.
- (poker) A bet that increases the previous bet.
- (US) Ellipsis of pay raise (“an increase in wages or salary”).
- increasing the size of a bet (as in poker)
- the act of raising something
- an upward slope or grade (as in a road)
- the amount a salary is increased
verb
- To physically corrode or erode (something) gradually.
- To destroy (something) gradually by an ongoing process.
- (specifically) Chiefly followed by at: of a circumstance, incident, etc.: to cause (someone) to feel guilty, troubled, or worried; to bother (see eat away at).
- wear away or erode
- remove soil or rock
verb
- solidify, firm, or strengthen
- represent in bodily form
- establish or strengthen as with new evidence or facts
- make real or concrete; give reality or substance to
- (transitive) To verify something by supplying evidence; to authenticate or corroborate.
- (transitive) To give material form or substance to something; to embody; to record in documents
verb
- make or form into a solid or hardened mass
- To make stronger or more solid.
- make firm or secure; strengthen
- form into a solid mass or whole
- unite into one
- bring together into a single whole or system
- (finance) With respect to debt, to pay off several debts with a single loan.
- (ambitransitive) To combine into a single unit; to group together or join.
adv
- into a solid condition
- earnestly or intently
- causing great damage or hardship
- with pain or distress or bitterness
- to the full extent possible; all the way
- very near or close in space or time
- indulging excessively
- with firmness
- slowly and with difficulty
- with effort or force or vigor
- (manner) Compactly.
- (manner) With difficulty.
- (manner) With much force or effort.
adj
- very strong or vigorous
- given to excessive indulgence of bodily appetites especially for intoxicating liquors
- (of light) transmitted directly from a pointed light source
- produced without vibration of the vocal cords
- being distilled rather than fermented; having a high alcoholic content
- unfortunate or hard to bear
- (of speech sounds); produced with the back of the tongue raised toward or touching the velum
- dried out
- resisting weight or pressure
- not easy; requiring great physical or mental effort to accomplish or comprehend or endure
- dispassionate
- characterized by effort to the point of exhaustion; especially physical effort
- Severe, harsh, unfriendly, brutal.
- Of silk: not having had the natural gum boiled off.
- (slang) Tough, muscular, badass.
- (politics) Far, extreme.
- Unquestionable; unequivocal.
- (of a normally nonalcoholic drink) Containing alcohol.
- (finance) Of a market: having more demand than supply; being a seller's market.
- (physics, of a ferromagnetic material) Having the capability of being a permanent magnet by being a material with high magnetic coercivity (compare soft).
- Rigid in the drawing or distribution of the figures; formal; lacking grace of composition.
- (slang) Excellent, impressive.
- (Slavic phonology) Velarized or plain, rather than palatalized.
- (of drink or drugs) Strong.
- Demanding a lot of effort to endure.
- (pornography) Hardcore.
- (of material or fluid) Solid and firm.
- (physics, of electromagnetic radiation) Having a high energy (high frequency; short wavelength).
- Resistant to pressure; difficult to break, cut, or penetrate.
- (of water) High in dissolved chemical salts, especially those of calcium.
- (wine) Very acidic or tannic.
- (photography, of light) Made up of parallel rays, producing clearly defined shadows.
- (bodybuilding) Having muscles that are tightened as a result of intense, regular exercise.
- (military) Hardened; having unusually strong defences.
- Unvoiced.
- (of a road intersection) Having a comparatively larger or a ninety-degree angle.
- Having disagreeable and abrupt contrasts in colour or shading.
- (slang, vulgar) Sexually aroused; having an erect penis.
- Difficult or requiring a lot of effort to do, understand, experience, or deal with.
- In a physical form, not digital.
- Plosive.
- Using a manual or physical process, not by means of a software command.