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noun
- A threadfish (Alectis spp.)
- A leatherjacket, leatherjack (genus Oligoplites)
- Several of the genus Euthynnus resembling tuna:
- A saurel (Trachurus spp.)
- An alewife (Alosa pseudoharengus)
- A jurel (Caranx or Trachurus)
- A saury (Scomberesocidae spp.)
- An elaterid; a click beetle.
- A skipjack tuna (Katsuwonus pelamis)
- A common bluefish (Pomatomus saltatrix)
- A bonito (Sarda spp. etc.)
- A runner (Elagatis pinnulatis)
- A cutlass fish (Trichiuridae spp.)
- A shallow sailboat with a rectilinear or V-shaped cross section.
- A butterfish
- able to right itself when on its back by flipping into the air with a clicking sound
- medium-sized tuna-like food fish of warm Atlantic and Pacific waters; less valued than tuna
- oceanic schooling tuna of considerable value in Pacific but less in Atlantic; reaches 75 pounds; very similar to if not the same as oceanic bonito
verb
- fish with a hook
- move or proceed at an angle
- seek indirectly
- present with a bias
- to incline or bend from a vertical position
- (transitive, billiards) To hamper (oneself or one's opponent) by leaving the cue ball in the jaws of a pocket such that the surround of the pocket (the "angle") blocks the path from cue ball to object ball.
- (intransitive, informal) To change direction rapidly.
- (intransitive) To try to catch fish with a hook and line.
- (transitive, often in the passive) To place (something) at an angle.
- (figurative, informal, with for) To attempt to subtly persuade someone to offer a desired thing.
- (transitive, informal) To present or argue something in a particular way or from a particular viewpoint.
noun
- a biased way of looking at or presenting something
- the space between two lines or planes that intersect; the inclination of one line to another; measured in degrees or radians
- A fishhook; tackle for catching fish, consisting of a line, hook, and bait, with or without a rod.
- A change in direction.
- Any of various hesperiid butterflies.
- A corner where two walls intersect.
- (slang, professional wrestling) A storyline between two wrestlers, providing the background for and approach to a feud.
- (geometry) A figure formed by two rays which start from a common point (a plane angle) or by three planes that intersect (a solid angle).
- (geometry) The measure of such a figure. In the case of a plane angle, this is the ratio (or proportional to the ratio) of the arc length to the radius of a section of a circle cut by the two rays, centered at their common point. In the case of a solid angle, this is the ratio of the surface area to the square of the radius of the section of a sphere.
- (astrology) Any of the four cardinal points of an astrological chart: the Ascendant, the Midheaven, the Descendant and the Imum Coeli.
- (slang) An ulterior motive; a scheme or means of benefiting from a situation, usually hidden, often immoral.
- (media) The focus of a news story.
- A viewpoint; a way of looking at something.
- A projecting or sharp corner; an angular fragment.
noun
noun
- A scombroid fish.
- (uncountable) A relatively low-quality grade of Spanish saffron.
- A rugged range of mountains.
- (international standards) Alternative letter-case form of Sierra from the NATO/ICAO Phonetic Alphabet.
- a Spanish mackerel of western North America
- a range of mountains (usually with jagged peaks and irregular outline)
noun
noun
- The sablefish.
- (countable) Any other marten, especially Martes americana (syn. Mustela americana).
- (countable) A small carnivorous mammal of the Old World that resembles a weasel, Martes zibellina, from cold regions in Eurasia and the North Pacific islands, valued for its dark brown fur.
- (countable and uncountable) A dark brown colour, resembling the fur of some sables.
- (in the plural, sables) Black garments, especially worn in mourning.
- (countable) An artist's brush made from the fur of the sable, the kolinsky sable-hair brush.
- (heraldry) A black colour on a coat of arms.
- (countable and uncountable) A pelt of fur of a sable or of one of another species of martens; a coat made from this fur.
- marten of northern Asian forests having luxuriant dark brown fur
- a scarf (or trimming) made of sable
- an artist's brush made of sable hairs
- the expensive dark brown fur of the marten
- a very dark black
adj
noun
- Alectis indica (Indian threadfish)
- Gnathanodon speciosus (golden trevally)
- Megalaspis cordyla (torpedo scad)
- Sarda sarda (Atlantic bonito)
- Selar crumenophthalmus (bigeye scad)
- Sarda australis (Australian bonito)
- Trachurus spp. (jack mackerels).
- Carangoides spp. (island jacks)
- Caranx spp. (certain trevallies)
- Naucrates ductor (pilot fish)
- Atule (certain scads)
- largest tuna; to 1500 pounds; of mostly temperate seas: feed in polar regions but breed in tropics
- a California food fish
- large elongated compressed food fish of the Atlantic waters of Europe
noun
- a deep-sea fish with a tapering body, smooth skin, and long threadlike tail
- a grotesque product of the imagination
- A cartilaginous marine fish in the subclass Holocephali and especially the order Chimaeriformes, with a blunt snout, long tail, and a spine before the first dorsal fin
- Alternative spelling of chimera.
noun
adj
- (tennis) Not far forward, close to the net.
- Concerned mainly with superficial matters.
- Lacking interest or substance; flat; one-dimensional.
- Having little depth; significantly less deep than wide.
- Extending not far downward.
- (of an angle) Not steep; close to horizontal.
- Not intellectually deep; not penetrating deeply; simple; not wise or knowing.
- lacking depth of intellect or knowledge; concerned only with what is obvious
- not deep or strong; not affecting one deeply
- lacking physical depth; having little spatial extension downward or inward from an outer surface or backward or outward from a center
verb
noun
- Any coarse or reinforced thread, such as a glazed thread employed in lacemaking to outline designs, or silk thread used as a fishing leader, protected from the bite of fish by a wrapping of fine wire.
- (informal) A person who is lame due to a crippling of the legs or feet.
- (informal) A limp or a limping gait.
- (informal) A crippled leg.
- (video games, slang, derogatory) A character or ability that is underpowered.
- (BDSM) A submissive dressed in a full-body suit of latex or a similar material.
- A narrow ornamental fabric or braid of silk, wool, or cotton, often stiffened with metallic wire or coarse cord running through it, used as trimming for dresses, curtains, furniture, etc. Also guimpe.
- The plastic cord used in the plaiting and knotting craft scoubidou (lanyard making); or, the process itself.
- (slang, derogatory) A name-calling word, generally for a person who is perceived to be inept, deficient or peculiar.
- disability of walking due to crippling of the legs or feet
verb
- (intransitive, informal) To limp; to hobble.
- (sewing, textiles) Of yarn, cord, thread, etc., to wrap or wind (surround) with another length of yarn or wire in a tight spiral, often by means of a gimping machine, creating 'gimped yarn', etc. Also, generally, to wrap or twist with string or wire. See gimped.
- (transitive, video games, slang) To make underpowered; to limit or restrict the useful effects of.
- walk impeded by some physical limitation or injury
noun
- (fishing) A sailfish.
- A tower-like structure found on the dorsal (topside) surface of submarines.
- (nautical) The conning tower of a submarine.
- The floating organ of siphonophores, such as the Portuguese man-of-war.
- Anything resembling a sail, such as a wing.
- (nautical, uncountable) The concept of a sail or sails, as if a substance.
- (nautical) A piece of fabric attached to a boat and arranged such that it causes the wind to drive the boat along. The sail may be attached to the boat via a combination of mast, spars and ropes.
- A trip in a boat, especially a sailboat.
- (paleontology) an outward projection of the spine, occurring in certain dinosaurs and synapsids
- The blade of a windmill.
- (uncountable) The power harnessed by a sail or sails, or the use of this power for travel or transport.
- a large piece of fabric (usually canvas fabric) by means of which wind is used to propel a sailing vessel
- an ocean trip taken for pleasure
- any structure that resembles a sail
verb
- To move briskly and gracefully through the air.
- To be impelled or driven forward by the action of wind upon sails, as a ship on water; to be impelled on a body of water by steam or other power.
- (intransitive) To move briskly but sedately.
- (intransitive) To set sail; to begin a voyage.
- To ride in a boat, especially a sailboat.
- (card games, transitive) To deal out (cards) from a distance by impelling them across a surface.
- To move through or on the water; to swim, as a fish or a waterfowl.
- traverse or travel on (a body of water)
- move with sweeping, effortless, gliding motions
- travel on water propelled by wind
- travel on water propelled by wind or by other means
noun
intj
verb
noun
- A kind of fish, the lumpsucker.
- A small, shaped mass of sugar, typically about a teaspoonful.
- Something that protrudes, sticks out, or sticks together; a cluster or blob; a mound or mass of no particular shape.
- (informal, as plural) A beating or verbal abuse.
- A fat person.
- A group, set, or unit.
- A swelling or nodule of tissue under the skin or in an internal part of the body.
- A projection beneath the breech end of a gun barrel.
- A dull or lazy person.
- an awkward stupid person
- an abnormal protuberance or localized enlargement
- a compact mass
- a large piece of something without definite shape
verb
- (intransitive) To form a lump or lumps.
- (transitive) To burden (someone) with an undesired task or responsibility.
- (transitive) To treat as a single unit; to group together in a casual or chaotic manner (as if forming an ill-defined lump of the items).
- (transitive) To bear (a heavy or awkward burden); to carry (something unwieldy) from one place to another.
- (transitive, slang) To hit or strike (a person).
- group or chunk together in a certain order or place side by side
- put together indiscriminately
noun
- (fishing) A row of ropes dragged along the seabed for catching starfish.
- (slang, uncountable) Fellatio.
- (graffiti) A squeezable high-flow paint marker with an extra-wide felt or foam tip.
- An implement for washing floors or similar, made of a piece of cloth, or a collection of thrums, or coarse yarn, fastened to a handle.
- (British, dialect, West Midlands) An annual fair where servants were historically hired.
- (African-American Vernacular, MLE, slang) A firearm particularly if it has a large magazine (compare broom, but still can be related to MP)
- (humorous) A dense head of hair.
- A made-up face; a grimace.
- A wash with a mop; the act of mopping.
- (slang) A drunkard.
- cleaning implement consisting of absorbent material fastened to a handle; for cleaning floors
verb
noun
verb
noun
- (fishing) A cord or chain, sometimes with additional loops, that is threaded through the mouth and gills of caught fish.
- (surfing) Wooden strip running lengthwise down the centre of a surfboard, for strength.
- Someone who threads something; one who makes or provides strings, especially for bows.
- A small screw-hook to which piano strings are sometimes attached.
- (baseball, slang, 1800s) A hard-hit ball.
- (journalism) A freelance correspondent not on the regular newspaper staff, especially one retained on a part-time basis to report on events in a particular place.
- A pallet or skid used when shipping less than truckload (LTL) freight. A platform typically constructed of timber or plastic designed such that freight may be stacked on top, able to be lifted by a forklift.
- A horizontal timber that supports upright posts, or supports the hull of a vessel.
- (sports) A person who plays on a particular string.
- (birdwatching) A person who deliberately states that a certain bird is present when it is not; one who knowingly misleads other birders about the occurrence of a bird, especially a rarity.
- (carpentry) The side rail supporting the rungs of a ladder or the steps of a flight of stairs.
- Someone who strings someone along.
- a long horizontal timber to connect uprights
- a member of a squad on a team
- brace consisting of a longitudinal member to strengthen a fuselage or hull
- a worker who strings
noun
- A fish, the cunner.
- (historical) A boy working as a navvies' assistant.
- (usually in the plural) Any of various devices (as pincers) for nipping.
- The claws of a crab or lobster.
- (Canada, slang, Newfoundland) A mosquito.
- A young bluefish.
- One of a pair of automatically locking handcuffs.
- (Australia) A child aged from 5 to 13 in the Australian surf life-saving clubs.
- One who, or that which, nips.
- (historical) One of the gloves or mittens worn by fishermen to protect their hands from cold and abrasion.
- (British, informal) A child.
- a grasping structure on the limb of a crustacean or other arthropods
- a young person of either sex
verb
noun
- A fin at the side of a ray or similar fish.
- (zootomy) An appendage of an animal's (bird, bat, insect) body that enables it to fly.
- A cosmetic effect where eyeliner curves outward and ends at a point.
- (in the plural) The insignia of a qualified pilot or aircrew member.
- One of the longer sides of crownworks or hornworks in fortification.
- A portable shelter consisting of a fabric roof on a frame, like a tent without sides.
- A part of something that is lesser in size than the main body, and located at the side, such as an extension from the main building.
- (typography, informal, rare) A háček.
- (sports) A position in several field games on either side of the field.
- Anything that agitates the air as a wing does, or is put in winglike motion by the action of the air, such as a fan or vane for winnowing grain, the vane or sail of a windmill, the sail of a ship, etc.
- (nautical) That part of the hold or orlop of a vessel which is nearest the sides. In a fleet, one of the extremities when the ships are drawn up in line, or when forming the two sides of a triangle.
- (botany) Either of the two side petals of a papilionaceous flower.
- One of the broad, thin, anterior lobes of the foot of a pteropod, used as an organ in swimming.
- (British) A panel of a car which encloses the wheel area, especially the front wheels.
- An ornament worn on the shoulder; a small epaulet or shoulder knot.
- Limb or instrument of flight; means of flight or of rapid motion.
- (sports) A player occupying such a position, also called a winger
- A side shoot of a tree or plant; a branch growing up by the side of another.
- (slang, MLE) Ellipsis of prison wing, a cellblock; or prison or doing time by extension.
- (botany) Any membranaceous expansion, such as that along the sides of certain stems, or one of the bracts on a dragon fruit, or of a fruit of the kind called samara.
- A faction of a political movement. Usually implies a position apart from the mainstream center position.
- (US) A larger formation of two or more groups, which in turn control two or more squadrons.
- (British) A unit of command consisting of two or more squadrons and itself being a sub-unit of a group or station.
- Passage by flying; flight.
- (theater) One of the unseen areas on the side of the stage in a theatre.
- On the enneagram, one of the two adjacent types to an enneatype that forms an individual's subtype of his or her enneatype.
- (slang) Human arm.
- A protruding piece of material on a menstrual pad or diaper to hold it in place and prevent leakage.
- (nautical) A platform on either side of the bridge of a vessel, normally found in pairs.
- (aviation) Part of an aircraft that produces the lift for rising into the air.
- One of the large pectoral fins of a flying fish.
- (in flight formation) a position to the side and just to the rear of another aircraft
- a hockey player stationed in a forward position on either side
- a unit of military aircraft
- a movable organ for flying (one of a pair)
- one of the horizontal airfoils on either side of the fuselage of an airplane
- a stage area out of sight of the audience
- an addition that extends a main building
- the side of military or naval formation
- a group within a political party or legislature or other organization that holds distinct views or has a particular function
- the wing of a fowl
- a barrier that surrounds the wheels of a vehicle to block splashing water or mud
verb
- (intransitive) To fly.
- (transitive, of a building) To add a wing (extra part) to.
- (transitive) To act or speak extemporaneously; to improvise; to wing it.
- (transitive) To traverse by flying.
- (transitive) To injure slightly (as with a gunshot), especially in the wing or arm.
- (transitive) To transport with, or as if with, wings; to bear in flight, or speedily.
- (transitive) To throw.
- (transitive) To furnish with wings.
- travel through the air; be airborne
verb
noun
- Fishing offal.
- (now dialectal) Diarrhoea.
- (historical, India) A circular gong that was struck at regular intervals to indicate the time.
- (India) A small fort.
- (historical, India) The time interval indicated by striking the gurry. Originally, this was twenty-two and a half minutes, but later, under British influence, changed to an hour.
noun
noun
- fishes having large mouths with a wormlike filament attached for luring prey
- a scheming person; someone who schemes to gain an advantage
- a fisherman who uses a hook and line
- Someone who tries to work an angle; a person who schemes or has an ulterior motive.
- An angler fish, Lophius piscatorius.
- A person who fishes with a hook and line.
noun
- fishes having large mouths with a wormlike filament attached for luring prey
- sharks with broad flat bodies and winglike pectoral fins but that swim the way sharks do
- flesh of a large-headed anglerfish of the Atlantic waters of North America
- An angel shark, of the genus Squatina.
- Any large bottom-dwelling anglerfish of the genus Lophius, such as Lophius piscatorius, of the Atlantic, having a large head and mouth.
- A sea monk (“folkloric creature”).
noun
noun
- (fishing) Bait made of pieces of small fish.
- (US, New York) A narrow high-rise apartment building.
- A long piece cut or rent off; a sharp, slender fragment.
- A strand, or slender roll, of cotton or other fiber in a loose, untwisted state, produced by a carding machine and ready for the roving or slubbing which precedes spinning.
- A small amount of something; a drop in the bucket; a shred.
- (Suffolk, Cambridgeshire, Essex, Kent, Sussex, Upper Midwestern US, Canada) Specifically, a splinter caught under the skin.
- a thin fragment or slice (especially of wood) that has been shaved from something
- a small thin sharp bit of wood or glass or metal
verb
prefix
verb
- fish with a handline over the rails of a boat
- complain bitterly
- spread negative information about
- lay with rails
- provide with rails
- criticize severely
- convey (goods etc.) by rails
- travel by rail or train
- enclose with rails
- separate with a railing
- (transitive, rail transport, of rolling stock) To place on a track.
- To complain violently (against, about).
- (transitive, slang, drugs) To snort a line of powdered drugs.
- (transitive) To enclose with rails or a railing.
- (intransitive) To travel by railway.
- (transitive, vulgar, slang) To sexually penetrate in a rough manner.
- (transitive) To range in a line.
noun
- any of numerous widely distributed small wading birds of the family Rallidae having short wings and very long toes for running on soft mud
- a horizontal bar (usually of wood or metal)
- short for railway
- a barrier consisting of a horizontal bar and supports
- a bar or pair of parallel bars of rolled steel making the railway along which railroad cars or other vehicles can roll
- Any of several birds in the family Rallidae.
- A horizontal bar extending between supports and used for support or as a barrier; a railing.
- The metal bar forming part of the track for a railroad.
- (drugs) A large line (portion or serving of a powdery illegal drug).
- A horizontal piece of wood that serves to separate sections of a door or window.
- A railroad; a railway, as a means of transportation.
- (electronics) A conductor maintained at a fixed electrical potential relative to ground, to which other circuit components are connected.
- (surfing) One of the lengthwise edges of a surfboard.
- (backgammon) The raised edge of the game board.
- (Internet) A vertical section on one side of a web page.
- Each of two vertical side bars supporting the rungs of a ladder.
noun
- spiny-finned freshwater food and game fishes
- support consisting of a branch or rod that serves as a resting place (especially for a bird)
- a linear measure of 16.5 feet
- any of numerous fishes of America and Europe
- any of numerous spiny-finned fishes of various families of the order Perciformes
- an elevated place serving as a seat
- a square rod of land
- (textiles) A frame used to examine cloth.
- A bar used to support a candle, especially in a church.
- (Ghana) Distichodus engycephalus, Distichodus rostratus
- (figuratively) A position that is overly elevated or haughty.
- Any of the three species of spiny-finned freshwater fish in the genus Perca.
- (theater) A platform for lights to be directed at the stage.
- (Australia) Johnius belangerii, Macquaria ambigua, Macquaria colonorum, Macquaria novemaculeata, Nemadactylus macropterus
- (South Africa) Acanthopagrus berda
- (figuratively) A position that is secure and advantageous, especially one which is prominent or elevated.
- Several similar species in the order Perciformes, such as the grouper.
- A pole connecting the fore gear and hind gear of a spring carriage; a reach.
- (UK) Lateolabrax japonicus, Tautogolabrus adspersus
- A rod, staff, tree branch, ledge, etc., used as a roost by a bird.
- A cubic measure of stonework equal to 16.6 × 1.5 × 1 feet.
- (US) Kyphosus azureus
verb
- sit, as on a branch
- cause to perch or sit
- to come to rest, settle
- (intransitive) To stay in an elevated position.
- (transitive, intransitive, textiles) To inspect cloth using a perch.
- (transitive) To place something on (or as if on) a perch.
- (intransitive) To rest on a perch (especially, of a bird); to roost.
- (intransitive) To sit upon the edge of something.
noun
- herring-like food fishes that migrate from the sea to fresh water to spawn
- bony flesh of herring-like fish usually caught during their migration to fresh water for spawning; especially of Atlantic coast
- (South Africa) Any bluefish of the species Pomatomus saltatrix.
- Any one of several species of food fishes that make up the genus Alosa in the family Clupeidae, to which the herrings also belong; river herring.
noun
- Young fish; fishlings.
- (now chiefly UK dialectal) Offspring; progeny; children; brood.
- (usually in the plural, fries, US, cooking) A lamb or calf testicle.
- A kind of sieve.
- (Australia, New Zealand, cooking) The liver of a lamb.
- (Ireland, British, cooking) A meal of fried sausages, bacon, eggs, etc.
- A drain, usually made of brushwood.
- (UK dialectal) The spawn of frogs.
- (usually in the plural, fries, chiefly Canada and US, cooking) A fried piece of cut potato.
- a young person of either sex
verb
- (intransitive, colloquial) To suffer because of too much heat.
- To make laugh thoroughly.
- (transitive) To cook (something) in hot fat.
- (transitive, dialectal) To make a brushwood drain.
- (intransitive) To cook in hot fat.
- (transitive, informal) To destroy (something, usually electronic), often with excessive heat, voltage, or current.
- (chiefly US, ambitransitive, slang) To execute, or be executed, by the electric chair.
- be excessively hot
- cook in hot fat or oil
- kill by electrocution, as in the electric chair
verb
noun
- a long fishing line with many shorter lines and hooks attached to it (usually suspended between buoys)
- a conical fishnet dragged through the water at great depths
- A long fishing line having many short lines bearing hooks attached to it; a setline.
- A net or dragnet used for trawling.
- An exhaustive search.
noun
- A threadfish (Alectis spp.)
- A leatherjacket, leatherjack (genus Oligoplites)
- Several of the genus Euthynnus resembling tuna:
- A saurel (Trachurus spp.)
- An alewife (Alosa pseudoharengus)
- A jurel (Caranx or Trachurus)
- A saury (Scomberesocidae spp.)
- An elaterid; a click beetle.
- A skipjack tuna (Katsuwonus pelamis)
- A common bluefish (Pomatomus saltatrix)
- A bonito (Sarda spp. etc.)
- A runner (Elagatis pinnulatis)
- A cutlass fish (Trichiuridae spp.)
- A shallow sailboat with a rectilinear or V-shaped cross section.
- A butterfish
- able to right itself when on its back by flipping into the air with a clicking sound
- medium-sized tuna-like food fish of warm Atlantic and Pacific waters; less valued than tuna
- oceanic schooling tuna of considerable value in Pacific but less in Atlantic; reaches 75 pounds; very similar to if not the same as oceanic bonito
noun
noun
- A scombroid fish.
- (uncountable) A relatively low-quality grade of Spanish saffron.
- A rugged range of mountains.
- (international standards) Alternative letter-case form of Sierra from the NATO/ICAO Phonetic Alphabet.
- a Spanish mackerel of western North America
- a range of mountains (usually with jagged peaks and irregular outline)
noun
noun
- The sablefish.
- (countable) Any other marten, especially Martes americana (syn. Mustela americana).
- (countable) A small carnivorous mammal of the Old World that resembles a weasel, Martes zibellina, from cold regions in Eurasia and the North Pacific islands, valued for its dark brown fur.
- (countable and uncountable) A dark brown colour, resembling the fur of some sables.
- (in the plural, sables) Black garments, especially worn in mourning.
- (countable) An artist's brush made from the fur of the sable, the kolinsky sable-hair brush.
- (heraldry) A black colour on a coat of arms.
- (countable and uncountable) A pelt of fur of a sable or of one of another species of martens; a coat made from this fur.
- marten of northern Asian forests having luxuriant dark brown fur
- a scarf (or trimming) made of sable
- an artist's brush made of sable hairs
- the expensive dark brown fur of the marten
- a very dark black
adj
noun
- Alectis indica (Indian threadfish)
- Gnathanodon speciosus (golden trevally)
- Megalaspis cordyla (torpedo scad)
- Sarda sarda (Atlantic bonito)
- Selar crumenophthalmus (bigeye scad)
- Sarda australis (Australian bonito)
- Trachurus spp. (jack mackerels).
- Carangoides spp. (island jacks)
- Caranx spp. (certain trevallies)
- Naucrates ductor (pilot fish)
- Atule (certain scads)
- largest tuna; to 1500 pounds; of mostly temperate seas: feed in polar regions but breed in tropics
- a California food fish
- large elongated compressed food fish of the Atlantic waters of Europe
noun
- a deep-sea fish with a tapering body, smooth skin, and long threadlike tail
- a grotesque product of the imagination
- A cartilaginous marine fish in the subclass Holocephali and especially the order Chimaeriformes, with a blunt snout, long tail, and a spine before the first dorsal fin
- Alternative spelling of chimera.
noun
adj
- (tennis) Not far forward, close to the net.
- Concerned mainly with superficial matters.
- Lacking interest or substance; flat; one-dimensional.
- Having little depth; significantly less deep than wide.
- Extending not far downward.
- (of an angle) Not steep; close to horizontal.
- Not intellectually deep; not penetrating deeply; simple; not wise or knowing.
- lacking depth of intellect or knowledge; concerned only with what is obvious
- not deep or strong; not affecting one deeply
- lacking physical depth; having little spatial extension downward or inward from an outer surface or backward or outward from a center
verb
noun
- Any coarse or reinforced thread, such as a glazed thread employed in lacemaking to outline designs, or silk thread used as a fishing leader, protected from the bite of fish by a wrapping of fine wire.
- (informal) A person who is lame due to a crippling of the legs or feet.
- (informal) A limp or a limping gait.
- (informal) A crippled leg.
- (video games, slang, derogatory) A character or ability that is underpowered.
- (BDSM) A submissive dressed in a full-body suit of latex or a similar material.
- A narrow ornamental fabric or braid of silk, wool, or cotton, often stiffened with metallic wire or coarse cord running through it, used as trimming for dresses, curtains, furniture, etc. Also guimpe.
- The plastic cord used in the plaiting and knotting craft scoubidou (lanyard making); or, the process itself.
- (slang, derogatory) A name-calling word, generally for a person who is perceived to be inept, deficient or peculiar.
- disability of walking due to crippling of the legs or feet
verb
- (intransitive, informal) To limp; to hobble.
- (sewing, textiles) Of yarn, cord, thread, etc., to wrap or wind (surround) with another length of yarn or wire in a tight spiral, often by means of a gimping machine, creating 'gimped yarn', etc. Also, generally, to wrap or twist with string or wire. See gimped.
- (transitive, video games, slang) To make underpowered; to limit or restrict the useful effects of.
- walk impeded by some physical limitation or injury
noun
- (fishing) A sailfish.
- A tower-like structure found on the dorsal (topside) surface of submarines.
- (nautical) The conning tower of a submarine.
- The floating organ of siphonophores, such as the Portuguese man-of-war.
- Anything resembling a sail, such as a wing.
- (nautical, uncountable) The concept of a sail or sails, as if a substance.
- (nautical) A piece of fabric attached to a boat and arranged such that it causes the wind to drive the boat along. The sail may be attached to the boat via a combination of mast, spars and ropes.
- A trip in a boat, especially a sailboat.
- (paleontology) an outward projection of the spine, occurring in certain dinosaurs and synapsids
- The blade of a windmill.
- (uncountable) The power harnessed by a sail or sails, or the use of this power for travel or transport.
- a large piece of fabric (usually canvas fabric) by means of which wind is used to propel a sailing vessel
- an ocean trip taken for pleasure
- any structure that resembles a sail
verb
- To move briskly and gracefully through the air.
- To be impelled or driven forward by the action of wind upon sails, as a ship on water; to be impelled on a body of water by steam or other power.
- (intransitive) To move briskly but sedately.
- (intransitive) To set sail; to begin a voyage.
- To ride in a boat, especially a sailboat.
- (card games, transitive) To deal out (cards) from a distance by impelling them across a surface.
- To move through or on the water; to swim, as a fish or a waterfowl.
- traverse or travel on (a body of water)
- move with sweeping, effortless, gliding motions
- travel on water propelled by wind
- travel on water propelled by wind or by other means
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verb
noun
- A kind of fish, the lumpsucker.
- A small, shaped mass of sugar, typically about a teaspoonful.
- Something that protrudes, sticks out, or sticks together; a cluster or blob; a mound or mass of no particular shape.
- (informal, as plural) A beating or verbal abuse.
- A fat person.
- A group, set, or unit.
- A swelling or nodule of tissue under the skin or in an internal part of the body.
- A projection beneath the breech end of a gun barrel.
- A dull or lazy person.
- an awkward stupid person
- an abnormal protuberance or localized enlargement
- a compact mass
- a large piece of something without definite shape
verb
- (intransitive) To form a lump or lumps.
- (transitive) To burden (someone) with an undesired task or responsibility.
- (transitive) To treat as a single unit; to group together in a casual or chaotic manner (as if forming an ill-defined lump of the items).
- (transitive) To bear (a heavy or awkward burden); to carry (something unwieldy) from one place to another.
- (transitive, slang) To hit or strike (a person).
- group or chunk together in a certain order or place side by side
- put together indiscriminately
noun
- (fishing) A row of ropes dragged along the seabed for catching starfish.
- (slang, uncountable) Fellatio.
- (graffiti) A squeezable high-flow paint marker with an extra-wide felt or foam tip.
- An implement for washing floors or similar, made of a piece of cloth, or a collection of thrums, or coarse yarn, fastened to a handle.
- (British, dialect, West Midlands) An annual fair where servants were historically hired.
- (African-American Vernacular, MLE, slang) A firearm particularly if it has a large magazine (compare broom, but still can be related to MP)
- (humorous) A dense head of hair.
- A made-up face; a grimace.
- A wash with a mop; the act of mopping.
- (slang) A drunkard.
- cleaning implement consisting of absorbent material fastened to a handle; for cleaning floors
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- (fishing) A cord or chain, sometimes with additional loops, that is threaded through the mouth and gills of caught fish.
- (surfing) Wooden strip running lengthwise down the centre of a surfboard, for strength.
- Someone who threads something; one who makes or provides strings, especially for bows.
- A small screw-hook to which piano strings are sometimes attached.
- (baseball, slang, 1800s) A hard-hit ball.
- (journalism) A freelance correspondent not on the regular newspaper staff, especially one retained on a part-time basis to report on events in a particular place.
- A pallet or skid used when shipping less than truckload (LTL) freight. A platform typically constructed of timber or plastic designed such that freight may be stacked on top, able to be lifted by a forklift.
- A horizontal timber that supports upright posts, or supports the hull of a vessel.
- (sports) A person who plays on a particular string.
- (birdwatching) A person who deliberately states that a certain bird is present when it is not; one who knowingly misleads other birders about the occurrence of a bird, especially a rarity.
- (carpentry) The side rail supporting the rungs of a ladder or the steps of a flight of stairs.
- Someone who strings someone along.
- a long horizontal timber to connect uprights
- a member of a squad on a team
- brace consisting of a longitudinal member to strengthen a fuselage or hull
- a worker who strings
noun
- A fish, the cunner.
- (historical) A boy working as a navvies' assistant.
- (usually in the plural) Any of various devices (as pincers) for nipping.
- The claws of a crab or lobster.
- (Canada, slang, Newfoundland) A mosquito.
- A young bluefish.
- One of a pair of automatically locking handcuffs.
- (Australia) A child aged from 5 to 13 in the Australian surf life-saving clubs.
- One who, or that which, nips.
- (historical) One of the gloves or mittens worn by fishermen to protect their hands from cold and abrasion.
- (British, informal) A child.
- a grasping structure on the limb of a crustacean or other arthropods
- a young person of either sex
verb
noun
- A fin at the side of a ray or similar fish.
- (zootomy) An appendage of an animal's (bird, bat, insect) body that enables it to fly.
- A cosmetic effect where eyeliner curves outward and ends at a point.
- (in the plural) The insignia of a qualified pilot or aircrew member.
- One of the longer sides of crownworks or hornworks in fortification.
- A portable shelter consisting of a fabric roof on a frame, like a tent without sides.
- A part of something that is lesser in size than the main body, and located at the side, such as an extension from the main building.
- (typography, informal, rare) A háček.
- (sports) A position in several field games on either side of the field.
- Anything that agitates the air as a wing does, or is put in winglike motion by the action of the air, such as a fan or vane for winnowing grain, the vane or sail of a windmill, the sail of a ship, etc.
- (nautical) That part of the hold or orlop of a vessel which is nearest the sides. In a fleet, one of the extremities when the ships are drawn up in line, or when forming the two sides of a triangle.
- (botany) Either of the two side petals of a papilionaceous flower.
- One of the broad, thin, anterior lobes of the foot of a pteropod, used as an organ in swimming.
- (British) A panel of a car which encloses the wheel area, especially the front wheels.
- An ornament worn on the shoulder; a small epaulet or shoulder knot.
- Limb or instrument of flight; means of flight or of rapid motion.
- (sports) A player occupying such a position, also called a winger
- A side shoot of a tree or plant; a branch growing up by the side of another.
- (slang, MLE) Ellipsis of prison wing, a cellblock; or prison or doing time by extension.
- (botany) Any membranaceous expansion, such as that along the sides of certain stems, or one of the bracts on a dragon fruit, or of a fruit of the kind called samara.
- A faction of a political movement. Usually implies a position apart from the mainstream center position.
- (US) A larger formation of two or more groups, which in turn control two or more squadrons.
- (British) A unit of command consisting of two or more squadrons and itself being a sub-unit of a group or station.
- Passage by flying; flight.
- (theater) One of the unseen areas on the side of the stage in a theatre.
- On the enneagram, one of the two adjacent types to an enneatype that forms an individual's subtype of his or her enneatype.
- (slang) Human arm.
- A protruding piece of material on a menstrual pad or diaper to hold it in place and prevent leakage.
- (nautical) A platform on either side of the bridge of a vessel, normally found in pairs.
- (aviation) Part of an aircraft that produces the lift for rising into the air.
- One of the large pectoral fins of a flying fish.
- (in flight formation) a position to the side and just to the rear of another aircraft
- a hockey player stationed in a forward position on either side
- a unit of military aircraft
- a movable organ for flying (one of a pair)
- one of the horizontal airfoils on either side of the fuselage of an airplane
- a stage area out of sight of the audience
- an addition that extends a main building
- the side of military or naval formation
- a group within a political party or legislature or other organization that holds distinct views or has a particular function
- the wing of a fowl
- a barrier that surrounds the wheels of a vehicle to block splashing water or mud
verb
- (intransitive) To fly.
- (transitive, of a building) To add a wing (extra part) to.
- (transitive) To act or speak extemporaneously; to improvise; to wing it.
- (transitive) To traverse by flying.
- (transitive) To injure slightly (as with a gunshot), especially in the wing or arm.
- (transitive) To transport with, or as if with, wings; to bear in flight, or speedily.
- (transitive) To throw.
- (transitive) To furnish with wings.
- travel through the air; be airborne
noun
- Fishing offal.
- (now dialectal) Diarrhoea.
- (historical, India) A circular gong that was struck at regular intervals to indicate the time.
- (India) A small fort.
- (historical, India) The time interval indicated by striking the gurry. Originally, this was twenty-two and a half minutes, but later, under British influence, changed to an hour.
noun
noun
- fishes having large mouths with a wormlike filament attached for luring prey
- a scheming person; someone who schemes to gain an advantage
- a fisherman who uses a hook and line
- Someone who tries to work an angle; a person who schemes or has an ulterior motive.
- An angler fish, Lophius piscatorius.
- A person who fishes with a hook and line.
noun
- fishes having large mouths with a wormlike filament attached for luring prey
- sharks with broad flat bodies and winglike pectoral fins but that swim the way sharks do
- flesh of a large-headed anglerfish of the Atlantic waters of North America
- An angel shark, of the genus Squatina.
- Any large bottom-dwelling anglerfish of the genus Lophius, such as Lophius piscatorius, of the Atlantic, having a large head and mouth.
- A sea monk (“folkloric creature”).
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- (fishing) Bait made of pieces of small fish.
- (US, New York) A narrow high-rise apartment building.
- A long piece cut or rent off; a sharp, slender fragment.
- A strand, or slender roll, of cotton or other fiber in a loose, untwisted state, produced by a carding machine and ready for the roving or slubbing which precedes spinning.
- A small amount of something; a drop in the bucket; a shred.
- (Suffolk, Cambridgeshire, Essex, Kent, Sussex, Upper Midwestern US, Canada) Specifically, a splinter caught under the skin.
- a thin fragment or slice (especially of wood) that has been shaved from something
- a small thin sharp bit of wood or glass or metal
verb
noun
- spiny-finned freshwater food and game fishes
- support consisting of a branch or rod that serves as a resting place (especially for a bird)
- a linear measure of 16.5 feet
- any of numerous fishes of America and Europe
- any of numerous spiny-finned fishes of various families of the order Perciformes
- an elevated place serving as a seat
- a square rod of land
- (textiles) A frame used to examine cloth.
- A bar used to support a candle, especially in a church.
- (Ghana) Distichodus engycephalus, Distichodus rostratus
- (figuratively) A position that is overly elevated or haughty.
- Any of the three species of spiny-finned freshwater fish in the genus Perca.
- (theater) A platform for lights to be directed at the stage.
- (Australia) Johnius belangerii, Macquaria ambigua, Macquaria colonorum, Macquaria novemaculeata, Nemadactylus macropterus
- (South Africa) Acanthopagrus berda
- (figuratively) A position that is secure and advantageous, especially one which is prominent or elevated.
- Several similar species in the order Perciformes, such as the grouper.
- A pole connecting the fore gear and hind gear of a spring carriage; a reach.
- (UK) Lateolabrax japonicus, Tautogolabrus adspersus
- A rod, staff, tree branch, ledge, etc., used as a roost by a bird.
- A cubic measure of stonework equal to 16.6 × 1.5 × 1 feet.
- (US) Kyphosus azureus
verb
- sit, as on a branch
- cause to perch or sit
- to come to rest, settle
- (intransitive) To stay in an elevated position.
- (transitive, intransitive, textiles) To inspect cloth using a perch.
- (transitive) To place something on (or as if on) a perch.
- (intransitive) To rest on a perch (especially, of a bird); to roost.
- (intransitive) To sit upon the edge of something.
noun
- herring-like food fishes that migrate from the sea to fresh water to spawn
- bony flesh of herring-like fish usually caught during their migration to fresh water for spawning; especially of Atlantic coast
- (South Africa) Any bluefish of the species Pomatomus saltatrix.
- Any one of several species of food fishes that make up the genus Alosa in the family Clupeidae, to which the herrings also belong; river herring.
noun
- Young fish; fishlings.
- (now chiefly UK dialectal) Offspring; progeny; children; brood.
- (usually in the plural, fries, US, cooking) A lamb or calf testicle.
- A kind of sieve.
- (Australia, New Zealand, cooking) The liver of a lamb.
- (Ireland, British, cooking) A meal of fried sausages, bacon, eggs, etc.
- A drain, usually made of brushwood.
- (UK dialectal) The spawn of frogs.
- (usually in the plural, fries, chiefly Canada and US, cooking) A fried piece of cut potato.
- a young person of either sex
verb
- (intransitive, colloquial) To suffer because of too much heat.
- To make laugh thoroughly.
- (transitive) To cook (something) in hot fat.
- (transitive, dialectal) To make a brushwood drain.
- (intransitive) To cook in hot fat.
- (transitive, informal) To destroy (something, usually electronic), often with excessive heat, voltage, or current.
- (chiefly US, ambitransitive, slang) To execute, or be executed, by the electric chair.
- be excessively hot
- cook in hot fat or oil
- kill by electrocution, as in the electric chair
verb
- fish with a hook
- move or proceed at an angle
- seek indirectly
- present with a bias
- to incline or bend from a vertical position
- (transitive, billiards) To hamper (oneself or one's opponent) by leaving the cue ball in the jaws of a pocket such that the surround of the pocket (the "angle") blocks the path from cue ball to object ball.
- (intransitive, informal) To change direction rapidly.
- (intransitive) To try to catch fish with a hook and line.
- (transitive, often in the passive) To place (something) at an angle.
- (figurative, informal, with for) To attempt to subtly persuade someone to offer a desired thing.
- (transitive, informal) To present or argue something in a particular way or from a particular viewpoint.
noun
- a biased way of looking at or presenting something
- the space between two lines or planes that intersect; the inclination of one line to another; measured in degrees or radians
- A fishhook; tackle for catching fish, consisting of a line, hook, and bait, with or without a rod.
- A change in direction.
- Any of various hesperiid butterflies.
- A corner where two walls intersect.
- (slang, professional wrestling) A storyline between two wrestlers, providing the background for and approach to a feud.
- (geometry) A figure formed by two rays which start from a common point (a plane angle) or by three planes that intersect (a solid angle).
- (geometry) The measure of such a figure. In the case of a plane angle, this is the ratio (or proportional to the ratio) of the arc length to the radius of a section of a circle cut by the two rays, centered at their common point. In the case of a solid angle, this is the ratio of the surface area to the square of the radius of the section of a sphere.
- (astrology) Any of the four cardinal points of an astrological chart: the Ascendant, the Midheaven, the Descendant and the Imum Coeli.
- (slang) An ulterior motive; a scheme or means of benefiting from a situation, usually hidden, often immoral.
- (media) The focus of a news story.
- A viewpoint; a way of looking at something.
- A projecting or sharp corner; an angular fragment.
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- fish with a handline over the rails of a boat
- complain bitterly
- spread negative information about
- lay with rails
- provide with rails
- criticize severely
- convey (goods etc.) by rails
- travel by rail or train
- enclose with rails
- separate with a railing
- (transitive, rail transport, of rolling stock) To place on a track.
- To complain violently (against, about).
- (transitive, slang, drugs) To snort a line of powdered drugs.
- (transitive) To enclose with rails or a railing.
- (intransitive) To travel by railway.
- (transitive, vulgar, slang) To sexually penetrate in a rough manner.
- (transitive) To range in a line.
noun
- any of numerous widely distributed small wading birds of the family Rallidae having short wings and very long toes for running on soft mud
- a horizontal bar (usually of wood or metal)
- short for railway
- a barrier consisting of a horizontal bar and supports
- a bar or pair of parallel bars of rolled steel making the railway along which railroad cars or other vehicles can roll
- Any of several birds in the family Rallidae.
- A horizontal bar extending between supports and used for support or as a barrier; a railing.
- The metal bar forming part of the track for a railroad.
- (drugs) A large line (portion or serving of a powdery illegal drug).
- A horizontal piece of wood that serves to separate sections of a door or window.
- A railroad; a railway, as a means of transportation.
- (electronics) A conductor maintained at a fixed electrical potential relative to ground, to which other circuit components are connected.
- (surfing) One of the lengthwise edges of a surfboard.
- (backgammon) The raised edge of the game board.
- (Internet) A vertical section on one side of a web page.
- Each of two vertical side bars supporting the rungs of a ladder.
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noun
- a long fishing line with many shorter lines and hooks attached to it (usually suspended between buoys)
- a conical fishnet dragged through the water at great depths
- A long fishing line having many short lines bearing hooks attached to it; a setline.
- A net or dragnet used for trawling.
- An exhaustive search.