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adj
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- One who roves, a wanderer, a nomad.
- (archery, usually in the plural) A randomly selected target.
- (American football) A defensive back position whose coverage responsibilities are a hybrid of those of a cornerback, safety and linebacker.
- A pirate ship.
- A vagabond, a tramp, an unsteady, restless person, one who by habit doesn't settle down or marry.
- A vehicle for exploring extraterrestrial bodies.
- A pirate.
- A remotely-operated vehicle.
- (baseball) The tenth defensive player in slow-pitch softball.
- (croquet) A ball which has passed through all the hoops and would go out if it hit the stake but is continued in play; also, the player of such a ball.
- (Australian Rules football) A position that is one of three of a team's followers, who follow the ball around the ground. Formerly a position for short players, rovers in professional leagues are frequently over 183 cm (6').
- someone who leads a wandering unsettled life
- an adult member of the Boy Scouts movement
noun
- someone who coasts
- a covering (plate or mat) that protects the surface of a table (i.e., from the condensation on a cold glass or bottle)
- a resident of a coastal area
- (Philippines) A minibus; small bus (especially Toyota Coaster or in general resembling such regardless of brand name)
- A sailor (especially the master or pilot of a vessel) who travels only in coastal waters.
- (Australia, slang) An itinerant person who shirks work but still seeks food and lodging; a loafer, a sundowner.
- (computing, slang) A useless compact disc or DVD, such as one that was burned incorrectly or has become corrupted.
- (Canada, US) Ellipsis of coaster trout (“the brook trout (Salvelinus fontinalis) in Lake Superior and Maine”).
- (US) A cow from the coastal part of Texas.
- A small, flat or tray-like object on which a bottle, cup, glass, mug, etc., is placed to protect a table surface from drink spills, heat, or water condensation.
- A merchant vessel that stays in coastal waters, especially one that travels between ports of the same country.
- One who succeeds while making only a minimal effort.
- (US, winter sports) A sled or toboggan.
- (US, winter sports) A person who uses a sled or toboggan to slide down a slope covered with ice or snow; a sledder, a tobogganist.
- (US, informal) Ellipsis of rollercoaster.
- A person who originates from or inhabits a coastal area.
noun
- A mooncusser (type of land-based pirate).
- A tow truck.
- (Soviet Union, crime, historical) Someone accused of the formal charge of wrecking; that is, of undermining the state in intangible ways.
- One who breaks up situations or events.
- (Australia) A person or company that dismantles old or wrecked vehicles or other items, to reclaim useful parts.
- a truck equipped to hoist and pull wrecked cars (or to remove cars from no-parking zones)
- someone who demolishes or dismantles buildings as a job
- someone who commits sabotage or deliberately causes wrecks
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noun
noun
noun
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- A roving vagabond.
- A migratory animal found away from its usual range.
- Someone who goes against the direct or proper course, or from the company to which they belong.
- One who roams without any settled direction.
- One who falls behind the rest, for example in a race.
- Something that shoots, or spreads out, beyond the rest, or too far; an exuberant growth.
- Something that stands alone or by itself.
- someone who strays or falls behind
noun
- A dan buoy.
- A rank of black belt in martial arts.
- Someone who has achieved a level of black belt.
- (units of measurement) A traditional unit of equivalent volume, now officially equal to 100 liters.
- (mining) A small truck or sledge used in coal mines.
- (units of measurement) Synonym of picul: a traditional unit of weight and mass, chiefly used as a dry measure of grains.
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- To plough into ridges by turning the earth of two furrows together.
- (transitive) To card wool or other fibres.
- simple past of reeve
- simple past of rive
- To twist slightly; to bring together, as slivers of wool or cotton, and twist slightly before spinning.
- To draw through an eye or aperture.
- (intransitive) To roam, or wander about at random, especially over a wide area.
- To practice robbery on the seas; to voyage about on the seas as a pirate.
- (transitive) To roam or wander through.
- move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment
verb
verb
adj
noun
- One who usually wanders from place to place, having no fixed dwelling, or not abiding in it, and usually without the means of honest livelihood.
- A person on a trip of indeterminate destination and/or length of time.
- anything that resembles a vagabond in having no fixed place
- a wanderer who has no established residence or visible means of support
noun
noun
- A brigand.
- (US, slang) A swindle or confidence trick.
- (uncountable) A parlour game played in teams with three dice, originating in England but popular among suburban women in the United States at the beginning of the 21st century.
- a swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property
verb
noun
noun
verb
- sail to the windward of
- cause to slope
- face and withstand with courage
- change under the action or influence of the weather
- To rain; to storm.
- (falconry) To place (a hawk) unhooded in the open air.
- (nautical) To pass to windward in a vessel, especially to beat 'round.
- (by extension) To sustain the trying effect of; to bear up against and overcome; to endure; to resist.
- To break down, of rocks and other materials, under the effects of exposure to rain, sunlight, temperature, and air.
- (nautical) To endure or survive an event or action without undue damage.
- To cause (rocks) to break down by crushing, grinding, and/or dissolving with acids.
- To expose to the weather, or show the effects of such exposure, or to withstand such effects.
adj
noun
- the atmospheric conditions that comprise the state of the atmosphere in terms of temperature and wind and clouds and precipitation
- (nautical) The direction from which the wind is blowing; used attributively to indicate the windward side.
- The short-term state of the atmosphere at a specific time and place, including the temperature, relative humidity, cloud cover, precipitation, wind, etc.
- (countable, figuratively) A situation.
- Unpleasant or destructive atmospheric conditions, and their effects.
noun
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- a pirate along the Barbary Coast
- a swift pirate ship (often operating with official sanction)
- A Californian market fish (Sebastes rosaceus).
- A French privateer, especially from the port of Saint-Malo.
- The ship of privateers or pirates, especially of French nationality.
- A nocturnal assassin bug of the genus Rasahus, found in the southern USA.
- A privateer or pirate in general.
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adv
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- (in the plural) A set of rooms inhabited by someone; one's lodgings.
- (nautical) A space between the timbers of a ship's frame.
- A place or position in society; office; rank; post, sometimes when vacated by its former occupant.
- (mining) An area for working in a coal mine.
- A quantity of furniture sufficient to furnish one room.
- (Internet, countable) An IRC or chat room.
- (usually in the singular, metonymic) The people in a room.
- (countable) A separate part of a building, enclosed by walls, a floor and a ceiling.
- (countable, with possessive pronoun) (One's) bedroom.
- Alternative form of roum (“deep blue dye”).
- (uncountable, figuratively) Sufficient space for or to do something.
- (caving) A portion of a cave that is wider than a passage.
- (uncountable) Space for something, or to carry out an activity.
- the people who are present in a room
- an area within a building enclosed by walls and floor and ceiling
- space for movement
- opportunity for
verb
verb
- set afloat
- move lightly, as if suspended
- allow (currencies) to fluctuate
- put into the water
- be in motion due to some air or water current
- be afloat either on or below a liquid surface and not sink to the bottom
- convert from a fixed point notation to a floating point notation
- make the surface of level or smooth
- circulate or discuss tentatively; test the waters with
- (transitive, finance) To allow (the exchange value of a currency) to be determined by the markets.
- (transitive, finance) To issue or sell shares in a company (or units in a trust) to members of the public, followed by listing on a stock exchange.
- (intransitive) To drift or wander aimlessly.
- (transitive) To propose (an idea) for consideration.
- (intransitive, electronics) To be not connected or referenced to a known reference voltage.
- (poker) To perform a float.
- (transitive) To spread plaster over (a surface), using the tool called a float.
- (intransitive, colloquial) Of an idea or scheme, to be viable.
- (transitive) To cause to drift gently through the air, to waft.
- (intransitive) To move in a fluid manner.
- (intransitive) To be capable of floating.
- (transitive) To transport by float (vehicular trailer).
- (intransitive, aviation) To remain airborne, without touching down, for an excessive length of time during landing, due to excessive airspeed during the landing flare.
- (transitive, retail) To prepare a till (cash register) for operation, either by putting a float (cash amount) in the cash drawer to provide change for customers making cash payments or (by extension) by recording the time a till starts being used for card payments if it is card-only
- (transitive, colloquial) To extend a short-term loan to.
- (intransitive) To drift gently through the air.
- To be supported by a liquid of greater density, such that part (of the object or substance) remains above the surface.
- (intransitive) To move in a particular direction with the liquid in which one is floating.
- (intransitive, figurative) To circulate.
- (transitive) To use a float (rasp-like tool) upon.
- (transitive) To cause something to be suspended in a fluid of greater density.
- (computing, publishing, transitive) To cause (an element within a document) to float above or beside others.
- (intransitive)To automatically adjust a parameter as related parameters change.
- (intransitive, of an object or substance) To be supported by a fluid of greater density (than the object).
- (intransitive, finance) (of currencies) To have an exchange value determined by the markets, as opposed to by central fiat.
noun
- the time interval between the deposit of a check in a bank and its payment
- an elaborate display mounted on a platform carried by a truck (or pulled by a truck) in a procession or parade
- the number of shares outstanding and available for trading by the public
- an air-filled sac near the spinal column in many fishes that helps maintain buoyancy
- a drink with ice cream floating in it
- something that floats on the surface of water
- a hand tool with a flat face used for smoothing and finishing the surface of plaster or cement or stucco
- (poker) A maneuver where a player calls on the flop or turn with a weak hand, with the intention of bluffing after a subsequent community card.
- A breakdancing move in which the body is held parallel to the floor while balancing on one or both hands.
- (biology) The gas-filled sac, bag, or body of a siphonophore; a pneumatophore.
- A polishing block used in marble working; a runner.
- (automotive) A car carrier or car transporter truck or truck-and-trailer combination.
- A small sum of money put in a cashier's till, or otherwise secured, at the start of business, to enable change to be made.
- (weaving) A weft thread that passes over two or more warp threads (or less commonly, warp over weft).
- (publishing, digital typesetting) Any object (element) whose location in composition (page makeup, pagination) does not flow within body text but rather floats outside of it, usually anchored loosely (in buoy metaphor) to spots within it (citations, callouts): a figure (image), table, box, pull quote, ornament, or other floated element.
- A tool similar to a rasp, used in various trades.
- An elaborately decorated trailer or vehicle, intended for display in a parade or pageant.
- (knitting) A loose strand of yarn that passes behind one or more stitches when knitting with multiple yarns.
- (transport) A lowboy trailer.
- (insurance) Premiums taken in but not yet paid out.
- A soft beverage with a scoop of ice cream floating in it.
- A buoyant device used to support something in water or another liquid.
- (computing) A visual style on a web page that causes the styled elements to float above or beside others.
- (basketry) A decorative rod that extends over the body of a basket without being attached for part of its length.
- (programming) A floating-point number, especially one that has lower precision than a double.
- (finance) Funds committed to be paid but not yet paid.
- A floating toy made of foam, used in swimming pools.
- A mass of timber or boards fastened together, and conveyed down a stream by the current; a raft.
- A sort of trowel used for finishing concrete surfaces or smoothing plaster.
- (banking) The total amount of checks/cheques or other drafts written against a bank account but not yet cleared and charged against the account.
- (finance, Australia, and other Commonwealth countries?) An offering of shares in a company (or units in a trust) to members of the public, normally followed by a listing on a stock exchange.
- A float board.
- (British) A small vehicle used for local deliveries, especially in the term milk float.
noun
- A mischievous scamp.
- (computing) Malware that deceitfully presents itself as antispyware.
- An aggressive animal separate from the herd, especially an elephant.
- (Australia) A horse, mule, or donkey that is difficult to control; a refractory horse, especially a racehorse.
- A vagrant.
- A plant that shows some undesirable variation.
- A scoundrel, rascal or unprincipled, deceitful, and unreliable person.
- (roleplaying games) A character class focusing on stealthy conduct.
- a deceitful and unreliable scoundrel
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- (BDSM) A submissive that has not committed to submit to any particular dominant, particulary in petplay.
- (radio) An instance of atmospheric interference.
- (literally or figuratively) A person who is lost.
- (slang) A casual or offhand insult.
- Ellipsis of stray bullet.
- (historical) An area of common land for use by domestic animals.
- Any domestic animal that lacks an enclosure, proper place, or company, but that instead wanders at large or is lost; an estray.
- An act of wandering off or going astray.
- an animal that has strayed (especially a domestic animal)
verb
- (intransitive) To wander, as from a direct course; to deviate, or go out of the way.
- (intransitive) To wander from the path of duty or rectitude; to err.
- (intransitive) To wander from company or outside proper limits; to rove or roam at large; to go astray.
- (transitive) To cause to stray; lead astray.
- move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment
- wander from a direct course or at random
- lose clarity or turn aside especially from the main subject of attention or course of argument in writing, thinking, or speaking
noun
- A wrasse
- the alewife (Alosa pseudoharengus)
- An old woman, later especially one who tells old wives' tales.
- Balistes vetula (Queen triggerfish)
- Spondyliosoma cantharus (black seabream)
- A species of perciform fish endemic to the temperate coastal waters of Australia (Enoplosus armatus)
- (Scotland) A chimney cap to prevent smoking.
- Certain spot-tail porgies (Diplodus ascensionis, Diplodus helenae)
- Trachinotus goodei (great pompano)
adj
- (figurative) Adrift, lost.
- Given up by the guardian or owner; abandoned, forsaken.
- (by extension) Of property: in a poor state due to abandonment or neglect; dilapidated, neglected.
- (specifically) Of a ship: abandoned at sea; of a spacecraft: abandoned in outer space.
- (chiefly US) Negligent in performing a duty; careless.
- worn and broken down by hard use
- in deplorable condition
- failing in what duty requires
- forsaken by owner or inhabitants
noun
- (uncountable) Property abandoned by its former guardian or owner; (countable) an item of such property.
- (uncountable, specifically, law) Property abandoned at sea with no hope of recovery and no expectation of being returned to its owner; (countable) an item of such property, especially a ship.
- (countable, chiefly US) A person who is negligent in performing a duty.
- (countable, by extension, derogatory) A homeless or jobless person; a vagrant; also, a person who is (perceived as) negligent in their hygiene and personal affairs.
- a person without a home, job, or property
- a ship abandoned on the high seas
noun
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- One who roves, a wanderer, a nomad.
- (archery, usually in the plural) A randomly selected target.
- (American football) A defensive back position whose coverage responsibilities are a hybrid of those of a cornerback, safety and linebacker.
- A pirate ship.
- A vagabond, a tramp, an unsteady, restless person, one who by habit doesn't settle down or marry.
- A vehicle for exploring extraterrestrial bodies.
- A pirate.
- A remotely-operated vehicle.
- (baseball) The tenth defensive player in slow-pitch softball.
- (croquet) A ball which has passed through all the hoops and would go out if it hit the stake but is continued in play; also, the player of such a ball.
- (Australian Rules football) A position that is one of three of a team's followers, who follow the ball around the ground. Formerly a position for short players, rovers in professional leagues are frequently over 183 cm (6').
- someone who leads a wandering unsettled life
- an adult member of the Boy Scouts movement
noun
- someone who coasts
- a covering (plate or mat) that protects the surface of a table (i.e., from the condensation on a cold glass or bottle)
- a resident of a coastal area
- (Philippines) A minibus; small bus (especially Toyota Coaster or in general resembling such regardless of brand name)
- A sailor (especially the master or pilot of a vessel) who travels only in coastal waters.
- (Australia, slang) An itinerant person who shirks work but still seeks food and lodging; a loafer, a sundowner.
- (computing, slang) A useless compact disc or DVD, such as one that was burned incorrectly or has become corrupted.
- (Canada, US) Ellipsis of coaster trout (“the brook trout (Salvelinus fontinalis) in Lake Superior and Maine”).
- (US) A cow from the coastal part of Texas.
- A small, flat or tray-like object on which a bottle, cup, glass, mug, etc., is placed to protect a table surface from drink spills, heat, or water condensation.
- A merchant vessel that stays in coastal waters, especially one that travels between ports of the same country.
- One who succeeds while making only a minimal effort.
- (US, winter sports) A sled or toboggan.
- (US, winter sports) A person who uses a sled or toboggan to slide down a slope covered with ice or snow; a sledder, a tobogganist.
- (US, informal) Ellipsis of rollercoaster.
- A person who originates from or inhabits a coastal area.
noun
- A mooncusser (type of land-based pirate).
- A tow truck.
- (Soviet Union, crime, historical) Someone accused of the formal charge of wrecking; that is, of undermining the state in intangible ways.
- One who breaks up situations or events.
- (Australia) A person or company that dismantles old or wrecked vehicles or other items, to reclaim useful parts.
- a truck equipped to hoist and pull wrecked cars (or to remove cars from no-parking zones)
- someone who demolishes or dismantles buildings as a job
- someone who commits sabotage or deliberately causes wrecks
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noun
noun
noun
noun
- A roving vagabond.
- A migratory animal found away from its usual range.
- Someone who goes against the direct or proper course, or from the company to which they belong.
- One who roams without any settled direction.
- One who falls behind the rest, for example in a race.
- Something that shoots, or spreads out, beyond the rest, or too far; an exuberant growth.
- Something that stands alone or by itself.
- someone who strays or falls behind
noun
- A dan buoy.
- A rank of black belt in martial arts.
- Someone who has achieved a level of black belt.
- (units of measurement) A traditional unit of equivalent volume, now officially equal to 100 liters.
- (mining) A small truck or sledge used in coal mines.
- (units of measurement) Synonym of picul: a traditional unit of weight and mass, chiefly used as a dry measure of grains.
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noun
verb
noun
noun
verb
- To plough into ridges by turning the earth of two furrows together.
- (transitive) To card wool or other fibres.
- simple past of reeve
- simple past of rive
- To twist slightly; to bring together, as slivers of wool or cotton, and twist slightly before spinning.
- To draw through an eye or aperture.
- (intransitive) To roam, or wander about at random, especially over a wide area.
- To practice robbery on the seas; to voyage about on the seas as a pirate.
- (transitive) To roam or wander through.
- move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment
noun
noun
- A brigand.
- (US, slang) A swindle or confidence trick.
- (uncountable) A parlour game played in teams with three dice, originating in England but popular among suburban women in the United States at the beginning of the 21st century.
- a swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property
verb
noun
noun
noun
noun
- a pirate along the Barbary Coast
- a swift pirate ship (often operating with official sanction)
- A Californian market fish (Sebastes rosaceus).
- A French privateer, especially from the port of Saint-Malo.
- The ship of privateers or pirates, especially of French nationality.
- A nocturnal assassin bug of the genus Rasahus, found in the southern USA.
- A privateer or pirate in general.
noun
noun
- A mischievous scamp.
- (computing) Malware that deceitfully presents itself as antispyware.
- An aggressive animal separate from the herd, especially an elephant.
- (Australia) A horse, mule, or donkey that is difficult to control; a refractory horse, especially a racehorse.
- A vagrant.
- A plant that shows some undesirable variation.
- A scoundrel, rascal or unprincipled, deceitful, and unreliable person.
- (roleplaying games) A character class focusing on stealthy conduct.
- a deceitful and unreliable scoundrel
adj
verb
noun
noun
- A wrasse
- the alewife (Alosa pseudoharengus)
- An old woman, later especially one who tells old wives' tales.
- Balistes vetula (Queen triggerfish)
- Spondyliosoma cantharus (black seabream)
- A species of perciform fish endemic to the temperate coastal waters of Australia (Enoplosus armatus)
- (Scotland) A chimney cap to prevent smoking.
- Certain spot-tail porgies (Diplodus ascensionis, Diplodus helenae)
- Trachinotus goodei (great pompano)
verb
verb
adj
noun
- One who usually wanders from place to place, having no fixed dwelling, or not abiding in it, and usually without the means of honest livelihood.
- A person on a trip of indeterminate destination and/or length of time.
- anything that resembles a vagabond in having no fixed place
- a wanderer who has no established residence or visible means of support
verb
- sail to the windward of
- cause to slope
- face and withstand with courage
- change under the action or influence of the weather
- To rain; to storm.
- (falconry) To place (a hawk) unhooded in the open air.
- (nautical) To pass to windward in a vessel, especially to beat 'round.
- (by extension) To sustain the trying effect of; to bear up against and overcome; to endure; to resist.
- To break down, of rocks and other materials, under the effects of exposure to rain, sunlight, temperature, and air.
- (nautical) To endure or survive an event or action without undue damage.
- To cause (rocks) to break down by crushing, grinding, and/or dissolving with acids.
- To expose to the weather, or show the effects of such exposure, or to withstand such effects.
adj
noun
- the atmospheric conditions that comprise the state of the atmosphere in terms of temperature and wind and clouds and precipitation
- (nautical) The direction from which the wind is blowing; used attributively to indicate the windward side.
- The short-term state of the atmosphere at a specific time and place, including the temperature, relative humidity, cloud cover, precipitation, wind, etc.
- (countable, figuratively) A situation.
- Unpleasant or destructive atmospheric conditions, and their effects.
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noun
verb
- set afloat
- move lightly, as if suspended
- allow (currencies) to fluctuate
- put into the water
- be in motion due to some air or water current
- be afloat either on or below a liquid surface and not sink to the bottom
- convert from a fixed point notation to a floating point notation
- make the surface of level or smooth
- circulate or discuss tentatively; test the waters with
- (transitive, finance) To allow (the exchange value of a currency) to be determined by the markets.
- (transitive, finance) To issue or sell shares in a company (or units in a trust) to members of the public, followed by listing on a stock exchange.
- (intransitive) To drift or wander aimlessly.
- (transitive) To propose (an idea) for consideration.
- (intransitive, electronics) To be not connected or referenced to a known reference voltage.
- (poker) To perform a float.
- (transitive) To spread plaster over (a surface), using the tool called a float.
- (intransitive, colloquial) Of an idea or scheme, to be viable.
- (transitive) To cause to drift gently through the air, to waft.
- (intransitive) To move in a fluid manner.
- (intransitive) To be capable of floating.
- (transitive) To transport by float (vehicular trailer).
- (intransitive, aviation) To remain airborne, without touching down, for an excessive length of time during landing, due to excessive airspeed during the landing flare.
- (transitive, retail) To prepare a till (cash register) for operation, either by putting a float (cash amount) in the cash drawer to provide change for customers making cash payments or (by extension) by recording the time a till starts being used for card payments if it is card-only
- (transitive, colloquial) To extend a short-term loan to.
- (intransitive) To drift gently through the air.
- To be supported by a liquid of greater density, such that part (of the object or substance) remains above the surface.
- (intransitive) To move in a particular direction with the liquid in which one is floating.
- (intransitive, figurative) To circulate.
- (transitive) To use a float (rasp-like tool) upon.
- (transitive) To cause something to be suspended in a fluid of greater density.
- (computing, publishing, transitive) To cause (an element within a document) to float above or beside others.
- (intransitive)To automatically adjust a parameter as related parameters change.
- (intransitive, of an object or substance) To be supported by a fluid of greater density (than the object).
- (intransitive, finance) (of currencies) To have an exchange value determined by the markets, as opposed to by central fiat.
noun
- the time interval between the deposit of a check in a bank and its payment
- an elaborate display mounted on a platform carried by a truck (or pulled by a truck) in a procession or parade
- the number of shares outstanding and available for trading by the public
- an air-filled sac near the spinal column in many fishes that helps maintain buoyancy
- a drink with ice cream floating in it
- something that floats on the surface of water
- a hand tool with a flat face used for smoothing and finishing the surface of plaster or cement or stucco
- (poker) A maneuver where a player calls on the flop or turn with a weak hand, with the intention of bluffing after a subsequent community card.
- A breakdancing move in which the body is held parallel to the floor while balancing on one or both hands.
- (biology) The gas-filled sac, bag, or body of a siphonophore; a pneumatophore.
- A polishing block used in marble working; a runner.
- (automotive) A car carrier or car transporter truck or truck-and-trailer combination.
- A small sum of money put in a cashier's till, or otherwise secured, at the start of business, to enable change to be made.
- (weaving) A weft thread that passes over two or more warp threads (or less commonly, warp over weft).
- (publishing, digital typesetting) Any object (element) whose location in composition (page makeup, pagination) does not flow within body text but rather floats outside of it, usually anchored loosely (in buoy metaphor) to spots within it (citations, callouts): a figure (image), table, box, pull quote, ornament, or other floated element.
- A tool similar to a rasp, used in various trades.
- An elaborately decorated trailer or vehicle, intended for display in a parade or pageant.
- (knitting) A loose strand of yarn that passes behind one or more stitches when knitting with multiple yarns.
- (transport) A lowboy trailer.
- (insurance) Premiums taken in but not yet paid out.
- A soft beverage with a scoop of ice cream floating in it.
- A buoyant device used to support something in water or another liquid.
- (computing) A visual style on a web page that causes the styled elements to float above or beside others.
- (basketry) A decorative rod that extends over the body of a basket without being attached for part of its length.
- (programming) A floating-point number, especially one that has lower precision than a double.
- (finance) Funds committed to be paid but not yet paid.
- A floating toy made of foam, used in swimming pools.
- A mass of timber or boards fastened together, and conveyed down a stream by the current; a raft.
- A sort of trowel used for finishing concrete surfaces or smoothing plaster.
- (banking) The total amount of checks/cheques or other drafts written against a bank account but not yet cleared and charged against the account.
- (finance, Australia, and other Commonwealth countries?) An offering of shares in a company (or units in a trust) to members of the public, normally followed by a listing on a stock exchange.
- A float board.
- (British) A small vehicle used for local deliveries, especially in the term milk float.
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- (in the plural) A set of rooms inhabited by someone; one's lodgings.
- (nautical) A space between the timbers of a ship's frame.
- A place or position in society; office; rank; post, sometimes when vacated by its former occupant.
- (mining) An area for working in a coal mine.
- A quantity of furniture sufficient to furnish one room.
- (Internet, countable) An IRC or chat room.
- (usually in the singular, metonymic) The people in a room.
- (countable) A separate part of a building, enclosed by walls, a floor and a ceiling.
- (countable, with possessive pronoun) (One's) bedroom.
- Alternative form of roum (“deep blue dye”).
- (uncountable, figuratively) Sufficient space for or to do something.
- (caving) A portion of a cave that is wider than a passage.
- (uncountable) Space for something, or to carry out an activity.
- the people who are present in a room
- an area within a building enclosed by walls and floor and ceiling
- space for movement
- opportunity for
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- (BDSM) A submissive that has not committed to submit to any particular dominant, particulary in petplay.
- (radio) An instance of atmospheric interference.
- (literally or figuratively) A person who is lost.
- (slang) A casual or offhand insult.
- Ellipsis of stray bullet.
- (historical) An area of common land for use by domestic animals.
- Any domestic animal that lacks an enclosure, proper place, or company, but that instead wanders at large or is lost; an estray.
- An act of wandering off or going astray.
- an animal that has strayed (especially a domestic animal)
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- (intransitive) To wander, as from a direct course; to deviate, or go out of the way.
- (intransitive) To wander from the path of duty or rectitude; to err.
- (intransitive) To wander from company or outside proper limits; to rove or roam at large; to go astray.
- (transitive) To cause to stray; lead astray.
- move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment
- wander from a direct course or at random
- lose clarity or turn aside especially from the main subject of attention or course of argument in writing, thinking, or speaking
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- (figurative) Adrift, lost.
- Given up by the guardian or owner; abandoned, forsaken.
- (by extension) Of property: in a poor state due to abandonment or neglect; dilapidated, neglected.
- (specifically) Of a ship: abandoned at sea; of a spacecraft: abandoned in outer space.
- (chiefly US) Negligent in performing a duty; careless.
- worn and broken down by hard use
- in deplorable condition
- failing in what duty requires
- forsaken by owner or inhabitants
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- (uncountable) Property abandoned by its former guardian or owner; (countable) an item of such property.
- (uncountable, specifically, law) Property abandoned at sea with no hope of recovery and no expectation of being returned to its owner; (countable) an item of such property, especially a ship.
- (countable, chiefly US) A person who is negligent in performing a duty.
- (countable, by extension, derogatory) A homeless or jobless person; a vagrant; also, a person who is (perceived as) negligent in their hygiene and personal affairs.
- a person without a home, job, or property
- a ship abandoned on the high seas