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adj
- Having threads.
- (computing, not comparable) Of messages: arranged in a thread or threads.
- (computing, not comparable) Of messages in a digital forum conversation: displayed hierarchically (based on parent messages), rather than linearly (usually purely chronologically).
- (of bolts or screws) having screw threads
verb
verb
- (transitive) To use a needle to pass thread repeatedly through (pieces of fabric) in order to join them together.
- (intransitive) To use a needle to pass thread repeatedly through pieces of fabric in order to join them together.
- (nautical) Of a ship, to be grounded.
- (transitive) Followed by into: to enclose by sewing.
- create (clothes) with cloth
- fasten by sewing; do needlework
verb
- pass a thread through
- (transitive) To fix (beads, pearls, etc.) upon a thread that is passed through; to string.
- to move or cause to move in a sinuous, spiral, or circular course
- thread on or as if on a string
- remove facial hair by tying a fine string around it and pulling at the string
- pass through or into
- (intransitive) Of boiling syrup: To form a threadlike stream when poured from a spoon.
- To cautiously make (one's way) through a precarious place or situation.
- (transitive) To interweave as if with thread; to intersperse.
- (transitive) To pass a thread through the eye of a needle.
- (ambitransitive) To feed (a sewing machine or otherwise a projecting or exposing mechanism, such as a projector, a camera, etc.) with film. [(usually) with up]
- (transitive, figurative) To pass through; to pierce through; to penetrate.
- (transitive) To pass (a film or tape) through a projector, recorder, etc. so as to correct its path.
- (ambitransitive) To remove (facial hair) by way of a looped thread that is tightly wound in the middle.
- (transitive) To form a screw thread on or in (a bolt, hole, etc.).
- (transitive, figurative) To make one's way through or between (a constriction or obstacles).
noun
- the raised helical rib going around a screw
- a fine cord of twisted fibers (of cotton or silk or wool or nylon etc.) used in sewing and weaving
- any long object resembling a thin line
- the connections that link the various parts of an event or argument together
- (weaving) A piece of yarn, especially said of warps and wefts in a woven fabric.
- (computing) A unit of execution, lighter in weight than a process, usually sharing memory and other resources with other threads executing concurrently.
- A continuing theme that modifies the whole discourse.
- A precarious condition; something that which offers no real or otherwise perceived security.
- A cord formed by spinning or twisting together textile fibers or filaments into one or more continuous strands, typically used in needlework.
- The continuing course of life; the thread of life.
- A line of reasoning, sequence of ideas, or train of thought.
- (engineering) A screw thread.
- A sequence of connections.
- (Internet) A series of posts or messages, consisting of an initial post and responses to it, generally relating to the same subject, on a newsgroup, Internet forum, or social media platform.
- The line midway between the banks of a stream.
- Any of various natural (as spiderweb, etc.) or manufactured filaments (as glass, plastic, metal, etc.).
- A slender stream of water.
noun
- (engineering) The bottom of the thread of a threaded object.
- (slang) A penis, especially the base of a penis.
- The part of a plant, generally underground, that anchors and supports the plant body, absorbs and stores water and nutrients, and in some plants is able to perform vegetative reproduction.
- (arithmetic) Of a number or expression, a number which, when raised to a specified power, yields the specified number or expression.
- (computing) The highest directory of a directory structure which may contain both files and subdirectories.
- (Australia, New Zealand, vulgar, slang) An act of sexual intercourse.
- (aviation) The section of a wing immediately adjacent to the fuselage.
- (mathematical analysis) A zero (of an equation).
- (music) The fundamental tone of any chord; the tone from whose harmonics, or overtones, a chord is composed.
- (arithmetic) A square root (understood if no power is specified; in which case, "the root of" is often abbreviated to "root").
- The part of a hair near the skin that has not been dyed, permed, or otherwise treated.
- (figurative) The primary source; origin.
- (graph theory, computing) The single node of a tree that has no parent.
- (computing) In UNIX terminology, the first user account with complete access to the operating system and its configuration, found at the root of the directory structure; the person who manages accounts on a UNIX system.
- The part of a tooth extending into the bone holding the tooth in place.
- An act of rummaging or searching.
- (Australia, New Zealand, vulgar, slang) A sexual partner.
- A root vegetable.
- (linguistic morphology) The primary lexical unit of a word, which carries the most significant aspects of semantic content and cannot be reduced into smaller constituents. Inflectional stems often derive from roots.
- (linguistics) A word from which another word or words are derived.
- The part of a hair under the skin that holds the hair in place.
- The lowest place, position, or part.
- a number that, when multiplied by itself some number of times, equals a given number
- the place where something begins, where it springs into being
- (botany) the usually underground organ that lacks buds or leaves or nodes; absorbs water and mineral salts; usually it anchors the plant to the ground
- a simple form inferred as the common basis from which related words in several languages can be derived by linguistic processes
- the set of values that give a true statement when substituted into an equation
- (linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed
- the embedded part of a bodily structure such as a tooth, nail, or hair
- someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote than a grandparent)
verb
- To fix firmly; to establish.
- (by extension) To seek favour or advancement by low arts or grovelling servility; to fawn.
- To grow roots; to enter the earth, as roots; to take root and begin to grow.
- (intransitive, with "for" or "on", US) To cheer (on); to show support (for) and hope for the success of. (See root for.)
- (transitive) To root out; to abolish.
- (intransitive) To rummage; to search as if by digging in soil.
- (computing slang, transitive) To get root or privileged access on (a computer system or mobile phone), often through bypassing some security mechanism.
- (Australia, New Zealand, Ireland, vulgar, slang) To sexually penetrate.
- (intransitive) Of a baby: to turn the head and open the mouth in search of food.
- (ambitransitive) To turn up or dig with the snout.
- (equestrianism, of a horse) To tug or pull at the reins aggressively by driving the head downwards while wearing a bit.
- To prepare, oversee, or otherwise cause the rooting of cuttings.
- cheer for
- become settled or established and stable in one's residence or life style
- come into existence, originate
- cause to take roots
- take root and begin to grow
- plant by the roots
- dig with the snout
verb
- (weaving) To reverse the ends of threads and insert them back into the piece being woven so they do not protrude and eventually unravel.
- (transitive, idiomatic) To relinquish; give up; to tell on someone to the authorities (especially to turn someone in).
- (transitive, idiomatic) To submit something; to give.
- (soccer) To convert a goal using a turning motion of the body.
- (intransitive, idiomatic) To go to bed; to retire to bed.
- to surrender someone or something to another
- make an entrance by turning from a road
- prepare for sleep
- carry out (performances)
verb
- (transitive) To embroider with thread.
- (intransitive) To do a specific task by employing physical or mental powers.
- To force to work.
- (transitive) To move or progress slowly [with one's way].
- (intransitive, figuratively) To influence.
- Said of one's job title [with as].
- General use, said of either fellow employees or instruments or clients [with with].
- (intransitive) To ferment.
- (transitive) To cause to ferment.
- (transitive) To work or operate in, through, or by means of.
- (transitive) To cause to move slowly or with difficulty.
- (ditransitive, poetic) To cause (someone) to feel (something); to do unto somebody (something, whether good or bad).
- (law) To cause to happen or to occur as a consequence.
- (intransitive) To function correctly; to act as intended; to achieve the goal designed for.
- (intransitive) To move in an agitated manner.
- (intransitive) To behave in a certain way when handled
- Said of a company or individual who employs [with for].
- To set into action.
- To exhaust, by working.
- To provoke or excite; to influence.
- To shape, form, or improve a material.
- Said of one's workplace (building), or one's department, or one's trade (sphere of business) [with in or at].
- (slang, transitive) To pull off; to wear, perform, etc. successfully or to advantage.
- (LGBTQ slang, intransitive) To perform with a confident attitude, particularly as a drag queen.
- (intransitive) To move or progress slowly or with difficulty; to proceed with effort.
- (transitive) To work or operate in a certain place, area, or speciality.
- To use or manipulate to one’s advantage.
- provoke or excite
- have an effect or outcome; often the one desired or expected
- prepare for crops
- arrive at a certain condition through repeated motion
- operate in or through
- to mix into a homogeneous mass
- behave in a certain way when handled
- move in an agitated manner
- move into or onto
- proceed towards a goal or along a path or through an activity
- operate in a certain place, area, or specialty
- cause to work
- cause to happen or to occur as a consequence
- use or manipulate to one's advantage
- exert oneself by doing mental or physical work for a purpose or out of necessity; work
- find the solution to (a problem or question) or understand the meaning of
- proceed along a path
- shape, form, or improve a material
- make something, usually for a specific function
- give a workout to
- cause to operate or function
- go sour or spoil
- gratify and charm, usually in order to influence
- perform as expected when applied
- be employed
- have and exert influence or effect
- cause to undergo fermentation
noun
- (mining) Ore before it is dressed.
- Effort expended on a particular task.
- (physics, more generally) A measure of energy that is usefully extracted from a process: applied productively.
- (uncountable, often in combination) The result of a particular manner of production.
- The place where one is employed.
- (LGBTQ slang) The confident attitude of a drag queen.
- Labour, occupation, job.
- (countable) A fortification.
- (slang, plural only) The equipment needed to inject a drug (syringes, needles, swabs etc.)
- Something on which effort is expended.
- (prison slang) Prison gang violence.
- (uncountable, slang, professional wrestling) The staging of events to appear as real.
- Sustained effort to overcome obstacles and achieve a result.
- (uncountable, often in combination) Something produced using the specified material or tool.
- (physics) A measure of energy expended in moving an object; most commonly, force times distance. No work is done if the object does not move.
- (euphemistic) Cosmetic surgery.
- (countable) A literary, artistic, or intellectual production; a creative work.
- (by extension) One's employer.
- the occupation for which you are paid
- a place where work is done
- applying the mind to learning and understanding a subject (especially by reading)
- activity directed toward making or doing something
- a product produced or accomplished through the effort or activity or agency of a person or thing
- (physics) a manifestation of energy; the transfer of energy from one physical system to another expressed as the product of a force and the distance through which it moves a body in the direction of that force
- the total output of a writer or artist (or a substantial part of it)
noun
- The process of mordanting a fabric.
- (ABDL) A diaper.
- (military, cryptography) Extraneous text added to a message for the purpose of concealing its beginning, ending, or length.
- Soft filling material used in cushions etc.
- Anything of little value used to fill up space.
- (computing) Extra characters such as spaces added to a record to fill it out to a fixed length.
- artifact consisting of soft or resilient material used to fill or give shape or protect or add comfort
verb
verb
- (textile, transitive) To draw into equidistant gathers by running a thread through it.
- (transitive) To measure or determine with a gauge; to measure the capacity of.
- (transitive) To estimate.
- (transitive) To appraise the character or ability of; to judge of.
- (transitive) To chip, hew or polish (stones, bricks, etc) to a standard size and/or shape.
- (transitive) To mix (a quantity of ordinary plaster) with a quantity of plaster of Paris.
- mix in specific proportions
- determine the capacity, volume, or contents of by measurement and calculation
- judge tentatively or form an estimate of (quantities or time)
- rub to a uniform size
- measure precisely and against a standard
- adapt to a specified measurement
noun
- An act of measuring.
- (rail transport) Ellipsis of loading gauge.
- Any instrument for ascertaining or regulating the level, state, dimensions or forms of things
- (nautical) Relative positions of two or more vessels with reference to the wind.
- A thickness of sheet metal or wire designated by any of several numbering schemes, with lower numbers indicating larger size.
- (knitting) The number of stitches per inch, centimetre, or other unit of distance.
- A measure; a standard of measure; an instrument to determine dimensions, distance, or capacity; a standard
- (plastering) The quantity of plaster of Paris used with common plaster to make it set more quickly.
- (firearms) A unit of measurement which describes how many spheres of bore diameter of a shotgun can be had from one pound of lead; 12 gauge is roughly equivalent to .75 caliber.
- An estimate.
- (nautical) The depth to which a vessel sinks in the water.
- (slang, uncountable) Cannabis.
- A tunnel-like ear piercing consisting of a hollow ring embedded in the lobe.
- That part of a shingle, slate, or tile, which is exposed to the weather, when laid; also, one course of such shingles, slates, or tiles.
- (rail transport) Ellipsis of track gauge.
- (mathematics, mathematical analysis) A semi-norm; a function that assigns a non-negative size to all vectors in a vector space.
- (US, slang, by extension) A shotgun (synecdoche for 12 gauge shotgun, the most common chambering for combat and hunting shotguns).
- diameter of a tube or gun barrel
- the thickness of wire
- the distance between the rails of a railway or between the wheels of a train
- a measuring instrument for measuring and indicating a quantity such as the thickness of wire or the amount of rain etc.
- accepted or approved instance or example of a quantity or quality against which others are judged or measured or compared
noun
- the activity of constructing something again
- an interpretation formed by piecing together bits of evidence
- recall that is hypothesized to work by storing abstract features which are then used to construct the memory during recall
- The act of restoring something to an earlier state.
- The action of reconstructing something, not necessarily to the earlier state.
- A thing that has been reconstructed or restored to an earlier state.
- The recreation or retelling of the (purported) events leading up to a certain outcome.
- (linguistics) A result of linguistic reconstruction; a model representing an unattested linguistic unit: a phoneme, a morpheme or a word.
noun
- a stitch made by looping the thread several times around the needle before inserting it into the fabric
- An embroidery stitch in which the thread is wound around the needle one or more times, and the resulting curl is secured by drawing the needle back through the fabric very close to where it first emerged.
adj
verb
- (transitive) To alter a fabric by weaving additional strands into it; to bring (two or more things) together like the strands in fabric; to bring (one thing) together (with another thing).
- (transitive) To integrate (strands of material into a fabric) by weaving.
- (intransitive) To be or become woven or twisted together (with something); to be or become inextricably associated like strands woven or twisted together.
- (transitive) To pass (strands of material) over and under one another to create a fabric; (by analogy) to weave long, narrow objects together.
- (transitive) To be present in every part of (something) like strands running through it.
- (intransitive) To move alternately on either side of people or objects; to weave in and out.
noun
adj
verb
noun
verb
verb
- work natural fibers into a thread
- prolong or extend
- revolve quickly and repeatedly around one's own axis
- twist and turn so as to give an intended interpretation
- form a web by making a thread
- cause to spin
- stream in jets, of liquids
- make up a story
- (aviation, of a pilot) To cause one's aircraft to enter or remain in a spin (abnormal stalled flight mode).
- (transitive) To draw out tediously; prolong.
- To shape, as malleable sheet metal, into a hollow form, by bending or buckling it by pressing against it with a smooth hand tool or roller while the metal revolves, as in a lathe.
- To form (a web, a cocoon, silk, etc.) from threads produced by the extrusion of a viscid, transparent liquid, which hardens on coming into contact with the air; said of the spider, the silkworm, etc.
- To use an exercise bicycle, especially as part of a gym class.
- (transitive) To make yarn by twisting and winding fibers together.
- (cricket, of a bowler) To make the ball move sideways when it bounces on the pitch.
- To ride a bicycle at a fast cadence.
- (figurative) To present, describe, or interpret, or to introduce a bias or slant, so as to give something a favorable or advantageous appearance.
- To stream or issue in a thread or a small current or jet.
- (UK, law enforcement, slang, transitive) To search rapidly.
- (cooking) To form into thin strips or ribbons, as with sugar
- (cricket, of a ball) To move sideways when bouncing.
- (computing, programming, intransitive) To wait in a loop until some condition becomes true.
- (ergative) To rotate, revolve, gyrate (usually quickly); to partially or completely rotate to face another direction.
- (fishing) To fish with a swivel or spoonbait.
- To move swiftly.
- (transitive, informal) To play (vinyl records, etc.) as a disc jockey.
- (motor racing, of a vehicle, intransitive) To rotate into the gravel or managing to remain on the straight as a result of bad weather.
- (aviation, of an aircraft) To enter, or remain in, a spin (abnormal stalled flight mode).
noun
- a short drive in a car
- the act of rotating rapidly
- rapid descent of an aircraft in a steep spiral
- a distinctive interpretation (especially as used by politicians to sway public opinion)
- a swift whirling motion (usually of a missile)
- (quantum mechanics) A quantum angular momentum associated with subatomic particles, which also creates a magnetic moment.
- (UK, prison slang) A search of a prisoner's cell for forbidden articles.
- A bundle of spun material; a mass of strands and filaments.
- (nautical) Clipping of spinnaker.
- (countable, uncountable, figurative) A favourable comment or interpretation intended to bias opinion on an otherwise unpleasant situation.
- (autism, slang) A special interest of an autistic person.
- A novel, creative variation of an existing thing or type; a twist.
- (aviation) A condition of flight where a stalled aircraft is simultaneously pitching, yawing, and rolling in a spinning motion.
- (sports) Rotation of the ball as it flies through the air; sideways movement of the ball as it bounces.
- (uncountable) The use of an exercise bicycle, especially as part of a gym class.
- A brief trip by vehicle, especially one made for pleasure.
- (mechanical engineering) An abnormal condition in journal bearings where the bearing seizes to the rotating shaft and rotates inside the journal, destroying both the shaft and the journal.
- Rapid circular motion.
- A state of confusion or disorientation.
- A single play of a record; especially, one broadcast by a radio station.
noun
noun
- The thread of a screw.
- (woodworking) Any scantling smaller than a batten.
- A colored or gilded border.
- (anatomy) A fascia; a band of fibres; applied especially to certain bands of white matter in the brain.
- (engineering, drafting, CAD) A rounded relief or cut at an edge, especially an inside edge, added for a finished appearance and to break sharp edges.
- (heraldry) An ordinary equal in breadth to one quarter of the chief, to the lowest portion of which it corresponds in position.
- (construction) A heavy bead of waterproofing compound or sealant material generally installed at the point where vertical and horizontal surfaces meet.
- (architecture) The space between two flutings in a shaft.
- The raised moulding around the muzzle of a gun.
- A thin strip of any material, in various technical uses.
- (UK) A premium cut of meat, especially beef, taken from below the lower back of the animal, considered to be lean and tender; also called tenderloin.
- (architecture) A thin featureless moulding/molding used as separation between broader decorative mouldings.
- A strip or compact piece of meat or fish from which any bones and skin and feathers have been removed.
- The loins of a horse, beginning at the place where the hinder part of the saddle rests.
- a longitudinal slice or boned side of a fish
- a boneless steak cut from the tenderloin of beef
- lace having a square mesh
- a narrow headband or strip of ribbon worn as a headband
- a bundle of sensory nerve fibers going to the thalamus
- fastener consisting of a narrow strip of welded metal used to join steel members
verb
noun
verb
- (also figuratively) Often followed by out: of clothing, fabric, etc.: to become unwoven; to fray, to unravel.
- To entwine or tangle (something) confusedly; to entangle.
- To unwind (a reel of thread, a skein of yarn, etc.); to pull apart (cloth, a seam, etc.); to fray, to unpick, to unravel; also, to pull out (a string of yarn, a thread, etc.) from a piece of fabric, or a skein or reel.
- (programming) In the APL programming language: to reshape (a variable) into a vector.
- To confuse or perplex (someone or something).
- (also figuratively) Often followed by up: to form (something) out of discrete elements, like weaving fabric from threads; to knit.
- Often followed by out: of a reel of thread or skein of yarn; or a thread on a reel or a string of yarn in a skein, etc.: to become untwisted or unwound.
- disentangle
- tangle or complicate
verb
- become or cause to become undone by separating the fibers or threads of
- undo (the stitches) of (a piece of sewing)
- (transitive) To deselect.
- (figuratively) To take apart; criticize harshly.
- To unravel or untangle the threads of a rope etc.
- (figurative) To unfold; to solve.
- (knitting) To undo knitting in order to reuse the wool.
- (sewing) To undo sewing stitches.
- (figuratively) To disassemble, to undo.
verb
- become or cause to become undone by separating the fibers or threads of
- become undone
- disentangle
- Of threads: to become separated from something knitted or woven, such as clothing or fabric; also, of something knitted or woven: to separate into threads; to come apart.
- (also reflexive) To clear (something) from complication or difficulty; to investigate and solve (a mystery, a problem, etc.); to disentangle, to unfold, to work out.
- To separate the threads of (something knitted or woven, such as clothing or fabric).
- To separate the connected or united parts of (something); to throw (something) into disorder; to confound, to confuse, to disintegrate.
- To become no longer ravelled or tangled.
- (figurative) Of a thing: to have its connected or united parts separated; to be thrown into disorder; to become confused or undone; to collapse.
- To cause (something) to no longer be ravelled or tangled; to disentangle, to untangle.
noun
- The sliding thread holder in a sewing machine, which carries the lower thread through a loop of the upper thread, to make a lock stitch.
- (weaving) A tool used to carry the woof back and forth between the warp threads on a loom.
- Any other item that moves repeatedly back and forth between two positions, possibly transporting something else with it between those points (such as, in chemistry, a molecular shuttle).
- Such a transport vehicle; a shuttle bus; a space shuttle.
- A shuttlecock.
- A shutter, as for a channel for molten metal.
- A transport service (such as a bus or train) that goes back and forth between two or more places.
- public transport that consists of a bus or train or airplane that flies back and forth between two points
- bobbin that passes the weft thread between the warp threads
- badminton equipment consisting of a ball of cork or rubber with a crown of feathers
verb
noun
- a blunt needle for threading ribbon through loops
- a small sharp-pointed tool for punching holes in leather or fabric
- formerly a long hairpin; usually with an ornamental head
- a dagger with a slender blade
- A blunt needle used for threading ribbon or cord through a hem or casing.
- A hairpin.
- A dagger.
- (printing) A sharp tool, like an awl, formerly used for pressing down individual type characters (e.g. letters) from a column or page in making corrections.
- A type of long thin arrowhead.
- A small sharp pointed tool for making holes in cloth or leather.
adv
noun
- (engineering) The bottom of the thread of a threaded object.
- (slang) A penis, especially the base of a penis.
- The part of a plant, generally underground, that anchors and supports the plant body, absorbs and stores water and nutrients, and in some plants is able to perform vegetative reproduction.
- (arithmetic) Of a number or expression, a number which, when raised to a specified power, yields the specified number or expression.
- (computing) The highest directory of a directory structure which may contain both files and subdirectories.
- (Australia, New Zealand, vulgar, slang) An act of sexual intercourse.
- (aviation) The section of a wing immediately adjacent to the fuselage.
- (mathematical analysis) A zero (of an equation).
- (music) The fundamental tone of any chord; the tone from whose harmonics, or overtones, a chord is composed.
- (arithmetic) A square root (understood if no power is specified; in which case, "the root of" is often abbreviated to "root").
- The part of a hair near the skin that has not been dyed, permed, or otherwise treated.
- (figurative) The primary source; origin.
- (graph theory, computing) The single node of a tree that has no parent.
- (computing) In UNIX terminology, the first user account with complete access to the operating system and its configuration, found at the root of the directory structure; the person who manages accounts on a UNIX system.
- The part of a tooth extending into the bone holding the tooth in place.
- An act of rummaging or searching.
- (Australia, New Zealand, vulgar, slang) A sexual partner.
- A root vegetable.
- (linguistic morphology) The primary lexical unit of a word, which carries the most significant aspects of semantic content and cannot be reduced into smaller constituents. Inflectional stems often derive from roots.
- (linguistics) A word from which another word or words are derived.
- The part of a hair under the skin that holds the hair in place.
- The lowest place, position, or part.
- a number that, when multiplied by itself some number of times, equals a given number
- the place where something begins, where it springs into being
- (botany) the usually underground organ that lacks buds or leaves or nodes; absorbs water and mineral salts; usually it anchors the plant to the ground
- a simple form inferred as the common basis from which related words in several languages can be derived by linguistic processes
- the set of values that give a true statement when substituted into an equation
- (linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed
- the embedded part of a bodily structure such as a tooth, nail, or hair
- someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote than a grandparent)
verb
- To fix firmly; to establish.
- (by extension) To seek favour or advancement by low arts or grovelling servility; to fawn.
- To grow roots; to enter the earth, as roots; to take root and begin to grow.
- (intransitive, with "for" or "on", US) To cheer (on); to show support (for) and hope for the success of. (See root for.)
- (transitive) To root out; to abolish.
- (intransitive) To rummage; to search as if by digging in soil.
- (computing slang, transitive) To get root or privileged access on (a computer system or mobile phone), often through bypassing some security mechanism.
- (Australia, New Zealand, Ireland, vulgar, slang) To sexually penetrate.
- (intransitive) Of a baby: to turn the head and open the mouth in search of food.
- (ambitransitive) To turn up or dig with the snout.
- (equestrianism, of a horse) To tug or pull at the reins aggressively by driving the head downwards while wearing a bit.
- To prepare, oversee, or otherwise cause the rooting of cuttings.
- cheer for
- become settled or established and stable in one's residence or life style
- come into existence, originate
- cause to take roots
- take root and begin to grow
- plant by the roots
- dig with the snout
noun
- The process of mordanting a fabric.
- (ABDL) A diaper.
- (military, cryptography) Extraneous text added to a message for the purpose of concealing its beginning, ending, or length.
- Soft filling material used in cushions etc.
- Anything of little value used to fill up space.
- (computing) Extra characters such as spaces added to a record to fill it out to a fixed length.
- artifact consisting of soft or resilient material used to fill or give shape or protect or add comfort
verb
noun
- the activity of constructing something again
- an interpretation formed by piecing together bits of evidence
- recall that is hypothesized to work by storing abstract features which are then used to construct the memory during recall
- The act of restoring something to an earlier state.
- The action of reconstructing something, not necessarily to the earlier state.
- A thing that has been reconstructed or restored to an earlier state.
- The recreation or retelling of the (purported) events leading up to a certain outcome.
- (linguistics) A result of linguistic reconstruction; a model representing an unattested linguistic unit: a phoneme, a morpheme or a word.
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- a stitch made by looping the thread several times around the needle before inserting it into the fabric
- An embroidery stitch in which the thread is wound around the needle one or more times, and the resulting curl is secured by drawing the needle back through the fabric very close to where it first emerged.
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- The thread of a screw.
- (woodworking) Any scantling smaller than a batten.
- A colored or gilded border.
- (anatomy) A fascia; a band of fibres; applied especially to certain bands of white matter in the brain.
- (engineering, drafting, CAD) A rounded relief or cut at an edge, especially an inside edge, added for a finished appearance and to break sharp edges.
- (heraldry) An ordinary equal in breadth to one quarter of the chief, to the lowest portion of which it corresponds in position.
- (construction) A heavy bead of waterproofing compound or sealant material generally installed at the point where vertical and horizontal surfaces meet.
- (architecture) The space between two flutings in a shaft.
- The raised moulding around the muzzle of a gun.
- A thin strip of any material, in various technical uses.
- (UK) A premium cut of meat, especially beef, taken from below the lower back of the animal, considered to be lean and tender; also called tenderloin.
- (architecture) A thin featureless moulding/molding used as separation between broader decorative mouldings.
- A strip or compact piece of meat or fish from which any bones and skin and feathers have been removed.
- The loins of a horse, beginning at the place where the hinder part of the saddle rests.
- a longitudinal slice or boned side of a fish
- a boneless steak cut from the tenderloin of beef
- lace having a square mesh
- a narrow headband or strip of ribbon worn as a headband
- a bundle of sensory nerve fibers going to the thalamus
- fastener consisting of a narrow strip of welded metal used to join steel members
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- (also figuratively) Often followed by out: of clothing, fabric, etc.: to become unwoven; to fray, to unravel.
- To entwine or tangle (something) confusedly; to entangle.
- To unwind (a reel of thread, a skein of yarn, etc.); to pull apart (cloth, a seam, etc.); to fray, to unpick, to unravel; also, to pull out (a string of yarn, a thread, etc.) from a piece of fabric, or a skein or reel.
- (programming) In the APL programming language: to reshape (a variable) into a vector.
- To confuse or perplex (someone or something).
- (also figuratively) Often followed by up: to form (something) out of discrete elements, like weaving fabric from threads; to knit.
- Often followed by out: of a reel of thread or skein of yarn; or a thread on a reel or a string of yarn in a skein, etc.: to become untwisted or unwound.
- disentangle
- tangle or complicate
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- The sliding thread holder in a sewing machine, which carries the lower thread through a loop of the upper thread, to make a lock stitch.
- (weaving) A tool used to carry the woof back and forth between the warp threads on a loom.
- Any other item that moves repeatedly back and forth between two positions, possibly transporting something else with it between those points (such as, in chemistry, a molecular shuttle).
- Such a transport vehicle; a shuttle bus; a space shuttle.
- A shuttlecock.
- A shutter, as for a channel for molten metal.
- A transport service (such as a bus or train) that goes back and forth between two or more places.
- public transport that consists of a bus or train or airplane that flies back and forth between two points
- bobbin that passes the weft thread between the warp threads
- badminton equipment consisting of a ball of cork or rubber with a crown of feathers
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- a blunt needle for threading ribbon through loops
- a small sharp-pointed tool for punching holes in leather or fabric
- formerly a long hairpin; usually with an ornamental head
- a dagger with a slender blade
- A blunt needle used for threading ribbon or cord through a hem or casing.
- A hairpin.
- A dagger.
- (printing) A sharp tool, like an awl, formerly used for pressing down individual type characters (e.g. letters) from a column or page in making corrections.
- A type of long thin arrowhead.
- A small sharp pointed tool for making holes in cloth or leather.
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- (transitive) To use a needle to pass thread repeatedly through (pieces of fabric) in order to join them together.
- (intransitive) To use a needle to pass thread repeatedly through pieces of fabric in order to join them together.
- (nautical) Of a ship, to be grounded.
- (transitive) Followed by into: to enclose by sewing.
- create (clothes) with cloth
- fasten by sewing; do needlework
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- pass a thread through
- (transitive) To fix (beads, pearls, etc.) upon a thread that is passed through; to string.
- to move or cause to move in a sinuous, spiral, or circular course
- thread on or as if on a string
- remove facial hair by tying a fine string around it and pulling at the string
- pass through or into
- (intransitive) Of boiling syrup: To form a threadlike stream when poured from a spoon.
- To cautiously make (one's way) through a precarious place or situation.
- (transitive) To interweave as if with thread; to intersperse.
- (transitive) To pass a thread through the eye of a needle.
- (ambitransitive) To feed (a sewing machine or otherwise a projecting or exposing mechanism, such as a projector, a camera, etc.) with film. [(usually) with up]
- (transitive, figurative) To pass through; to pierce through; to penetrate.
- (transitive) To pass (a film or tape) through a projector, recorder, etc. so as to correct its path.
- (ambitransitive) To remove (facial hair) by way of a looped thread that is tightly wound in the middle.
- (transitive) To form a screw thread on or in (a bolt, hole, etc.).
- (transitive, figurative) To make one's way through or between (a constriction or obstacles).
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- the raised helical rib going around a screw
- a fine cord of twisted fibers (of cotton or silk or wool or nylon etc.) used in sewing and weaving
- any long object resembling a thin line
- the connections that link the various parts of an event or argument together
- (weaving) A piece of yarn, especially said of warps and wefts in a woven fabric.
- (computing) A unit of execution, lighter in weight than a process, usually sharing memory and other resources with other threads executing concurrently.
- A continuing theme that modifies the whole discourse.
- A precarious condition; something that which offers no real or otherwise perceived security.
- A cord formed by spinning or twisting together textile fibers or filaments into one or more continuous strands, typically used in needlework.
- The continuing course of life; the thread of life.
- A line of reasoning, sequence of ideas, or train of thought.
- (engineering) A screw thread.
- A sequence of connections.
- (Internet) A series of posts or messages, consisting of an initial post and responses to it, generally relating to the same subject, on a newsgroup, Internet forum, or social media platform.
- The line midway between the banks of a stream.
- Any of various natural (as spiderweb, etc.) or manufactured filaments (as glass, plastic, metal, etc.).
- A slender stream of water.
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- (weaving) To reverse the ends of threads and insert them back into the piece being woven so they do not protrude and eventually unravel.
- (transitive, idiomatic) To relinquish; give up; to tell on someone to the authorities (especially to turn someone in).
- (transitive, idiomatic) To submit something; to give.
- (soccer) To convert a goal using a turning motion of the body.
- (intransitive, idiomatic) To go to bed; to retire to bed.
- to surrender someone or something to another
- make an entrance by turning from a road
- prepare for sleep
- carry out (performances)
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- (transitive) To embroider with thread.
- (intransitive) To do a specific task by employing physical or mental powers.
- To force to work.
- (transitive) To move or progress slowly [with one's way].
- (intransitive, figuratively) To influence.
- Said of one's job title [with as].
- General use, said of either fellow employees or instruments or clients [with with].
- (intransitive) To ferment.
- (transitive) To cause to ferment.
- (transitive) To work or operate in, through, or by means of.
- (transitive) To cause to move slowly or with difficulty.
- (ditransitive, poetic) To cause (someone) to feel (something); to do unto somebody (something, whether good or bad).
- (law) To cause to happen or to occur as a consequence.
- (intransitive) To function correctly; to act as intended; to achieve the goal designed for.
- (intransitive) To move in an agitated manner.
- (intransitive) To behave in a certain way when handled
- Said of a company or individual who employs [with for].
- To set into action.
- To exhaust, by working.
- To provoke or excite; to influence.
- To shape, form, or improve a material.
- Said of one's workplace (building), or one's department, or one's trade (sphere of business) [with in or at].
- (slang, transitive) To pull off; to wear, perform, etc. successfully or to advantage.
- (LGBTQ slang, intransitive) To perform with a confident attitude, particularly as a drag queen.
- (intransitive) To move or progress slowly or with difficulty; to proceed with effort.
- (transitive) To work or operate in a certain place, area, or speciality.
- To use or manipulate to one’s advantage.
- provoke or excite
- have an effect or outcome; often the one desired or expected
- prepare for crops
- arrive at a certain condition through repeated motion
- operate in or through
- to mix into a homogeneous mass
- behave in a certain way when handled
- move in an agitated manner
- move into or onto
- proceed towards a goal or along a path or through an activity
- operate in a certain place, area, or specialty
- cause to work
- cause to happen or to occur as a consequence
- use or manipulate to one's advantage
- exert oneself by doing mental or physical work for a purpose or out of necessity; work
- find the solution to (a problem or question) or understand the meaning of
- proceed along a path
- shape, form, or improve a material
- make something, usually for a specific function
- give a workout to
- cause to operate or function
- go sour or spoil
- gratify and charm, usually in order to influence
- perform as expected when applied
- be employed
- have and exert influence or effect
- cause to undergo fermentation
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- (mining) Ore before it is dressed.
- Effort expended on a particular task.
- (physics, more generally) A measure of energy that is usefully extracted from a process: applied productively.
- (uncountable, often in combination) The result of a particular manner of production.
- The place where one is employed.
- (LGBTQ slang) The confident attitude of a drag queen.
- Labour, occupation, job.
- (countable) A fortification.
- (slang, plural only) The equipment needed to inject a drug (syringes, needles, swabs etc.)
- Something on which effort is expended.
- (prison slang) Prison gang violence.
- (uncountable, slang, professional wrestling) The staging of events to appear as real.
- Sustained effort to overcome obstacles and achieve a result.
- (uncountable, often in combination) Something produced using the specified material or tool.
- (physics) A measure of energy expended in moving an object; most commonly, force times distance. No work is done if the object does not move.
- (euphemistic) Cosmetic surgery.
- (countable) A literary, artistic, or intellectual production; a creative work.
- (by extension) One's employer.
- the occupation for which you are paid
- a place where work is done
- applying the mind to learning and understanding a subject (especially by reading)
- activity directed toward making or doing something
- a product produced or accomplished through the effort or activity or agency of a person or thing
- (physics) a manifestation of energy; the transfer of energy from one physical system to another expressed as the product of a force and the distance through which it moves a body in the direction of that force
- the total output of a writer or artist (or a substantial part of it)
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- (textile, transitive) To draw into equidistant gathers by running a thread through it.
- (transitive) To measure or determine with a gauge; to measure the capacity of.
- (transitive) To estimate.
- (transitive) To appraise the character or ability of; to judge of.
- (transitive) To chip, hew or polish (stones, bricks, etc) to a standard size and/or shape.
- (transitive) To mix (a quantity of ordinary plaster) with a quantity of plaster of Paris.
- mix in specific proportions
- determine the capacity, volume, or contents of by measurement and calculation
- judge tentatively or form an estimate of (quantities or time)
- rub to a uniform size
- measure precisely and against a standard
- adapt to a specified measurement
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- An act of measuring.
- (rail transport) Ellipsis of loading gauge.
- Any instrument for ascertaining or regulating the level, state, dimensions or forms of things
- (nautical) Relative positions of two or more vessels with reference to the wind.
- A thickness of sheet metal or wire designated by any of several numbering schemes, with lower numbers indicating larger size.
- (knitting) The number of stitches per inch, centimetre, or other unit of distance.
- A measure; a standard of measure; an instrument to determine dimensions, distance, or capacity; a standard
- (plastering) The quantity of plaster of Paris used with common plaster to make it set more quickly.
- (firearms) A unit of measurement which describes how many spheres of bore diameter of a shotgun can be had from one pound of lead; 12 gauge is roughly equivalent to .75 caliber.
- An estimate.
- (nautical) The depth to which a vessel sinks in the water.
- (slang, uncountable) Cannabis.
- A tunnel-like ear piercing consisting of a hollow ring embedded in the lobe.
- That part of a shingle, slate, or tile, which is exposed to the weather, when laid; also, one course of such shingles, slates, or tiles.
- (rail transport) Ellipsis of track gauge.
- (mathematics, mathematical analysis) A semi-norm; a function that assigns a non-negative size to all vectors in a vector space.
- (US, slang, by extension) A shotgun (synecdoche for 12 gauge shotgun, the most common chambering for combat and hunting shotguns).
- diameter of a tube or gun barrel
- the thickness of wire
- the distance between the rails of a railway or between the wheels of a train
- a measuring instrument for measuring and indicating a quantity such as the thickness of wire or the amount of rain etc.
- accepted or approved instance or example of a quantity or quality against which others are judged or measured or compared
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- work natural fibers into a thread
- prolong or extend
- revolve quickly and repeatedly around one's own axis
- twist and turn so as to give an intended interpretation
- form a web by making a thread
- cause to spin
- stream in jets, of liquids
- make up a story
- (aviation, of a pilot) To cause one's aircraft to enter or remain in a spin (abnormal stalled flight mode).
- (transitive) To draw out tediously; prolong.
- To shape, as malleable sheet metal, into a hollow form, by bending or buckling it by pressing against it with a smooth hand tool or roller while the metal revolves, as in a lathe.
- To form (a web, a cocoon, silk, etc.) from threads produced by the extrusion of a viscid, transparent liquid, which hardens on coming into contact with the air; said of the spider, the silkworm, etc.
- To use an exercise bicycle, especially as part of a gym class.
- (transitive) To make yarn by twisting and winding fibers together.
- (cricket, of a bowler) To make the ball move sideways when it bounces on the pitch.
- To ride a bicycle at a fast cadence.
- (figurative) To present, describe, or interpret, or to introduce a bias or slant, so as to give something a favorable or advantageous appearance.
- To stream or issue in a thread or a small current or jet.
- (UK, law enforcement, slang, transitive) To search rapidly.
- (cooking) To form into thin strips or ribbons, as with sugar
- (cricket, of a ball) To move sideways when bouncing.
- (computing, programming, intransitive) To wait in a loop until some condition becomes true.
- (ergative) To rotate, revolve, gyrate (usually quickly); to partially or completely rotate to face another direction.
- (fishing) To fish with a swivel or spoonbait.
- To move swiftly.
- (transitive, informal) To play (vinyl records, etc.) as a disc jockey.
- (motor racing, of a vehicle, intransitive) To rotate into the gravel or managing to remain on the straight as a result of bad weather.
- (aviation, of an aircraft) To enter, or remain in, a spin (abnormal stalled flight mode).
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- a short drive in a car
- the act of rotating rapidly
- rapid descent of an aircraft in a steep spiral
- a distinctive interpretation (especially as used by politicians to sway public opinion)
- a swift whirling motion (usually of a missile)
- (quantum mechanics) A quantum angular momentum associated with subatomic particles, which also creates a magnetic moment.
- (UK, prison slang) A search of a prisoner's cell for forbidden articles.
- A bundle of spun material; a mass of strands and filaments.
- (nautical) Clipping of spinnaker.
- (countable, uncountable, figurative) A favourable comment or interpretation intended to bias opinion on an otherwise unpleasant situation.
- (autism, slang) A special interest of an autistic person.
- A novel, creative variation of an existing thing or type; a twist.
- (aviation) A condition of flight where a stalled aircraft is simultaneously pitching, yawing, and rolling in a spinning motion.
- (sports) Rotation of the ball as it flies through the air; sideways movement of the ball as it bounces.
- (uncountable) The use of an exercise bicycle, especially as part of a gym class.
- A brief trip by vehicle, especially one made for pleasure.
- (mechanical engineering) An abnormal condition in journal bearings where the bearing seizes to the rotating shaft and rotates inside the journal, destroying both the shaft and the journal.
- Rapid circular motion.
- A state of confusion or disorientation.
- A single play of a record; especially, one broadcast by a radio station.
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- become or cause to become undone by separating the fibers or threads of
- undo (the stitches) of (a piece of sewing)
- (transitive) To deselect.
- (figuratively) To take apart; criticize harshly.
- To unravel or untangle the threads of a rope etc.
- (figurative) To unfold; to solve.
- (knitting) To undo knitting in order to reuse the wool.
- (sewing) To undo sewing stitches.
- (figuratively) To disassemble, to undo.
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- become or cause to become undone by separating the fibers or threads of
- become undone
- disentangle
- Of threads: to become separated from something knitted or woven, such as clothing or fabric; also, of something knitted or woven: to separate into threads; to come apart.
- (also reflexive) To clear (something) from complication or difficulty; to investigate and solve (a mystery, a problem, etc.); to disentangle, to unfold, to work out.
- To separate the threads of (something knitted or woven, such as clothing or fabric).
- To separate the connected or united parts of (something); to throw (something) into disorder; to confound, to confuse, to disintegrate.
- To become no longer ravelled or tangled.
- (figurative) Of a thing: to have its connected or united parts separated; to be thrown into disorder; to become confused or undone; to collapse.
- To cause (something) to no longer be ravelled or tangled; to disentangle, to untangle.
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- Having threads.
- (computing, not comparable) Of messages: arranged in a thread or threads.
- (computing, not comparable) Of messages in a digital forum conversation: displayed hierarchically (based on parent messages), rather than linearly (usually purely chronologically).
- (of bolts or screws) having screw threads
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- (transitive) To alter a fabric by weaving additional strands into it; to bring (two or more things) together like the strands in fabric; to bring (one thing) together (with another thing).
- (transitive) To integrate (strands of material into a fabric) by weaving.
- (intransitive) To be or become woven or twisted together (with something); to be or become inextricably associated like strands woven or twisted together.
- (transitive) To pass (strands of material) over and under one another to create a fabric; (by analogy) to weave long, narrow objects together.
- (transitive) To be present in every part of (something) like strands running through it.
- (intransitive) To move alternately on either side of people or objects; to weave in and out.