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- fortitude and determination
- a hard coarse-grained siliceous sandstone
- (usually in the plural) Coarsely ground corn or hominy used as porridge.
- (usually in the plural) Husked but unground oats.
- Small, hard, inedible particles in food.
- (idiomatic) Strength of mind; courage or fearlessness; fortitude.
- A measure of the size of abrasive grains, such as those on sandpaper, and thus their relative coarseness or fineness; the smaller the number, the coarser the abrasive: thus, 60 is rough, 600 is fine, and 3000 is ultrafine.
- Sand or a sand–salt mixture spread on wet and, especially, icy roads and footpaths to improve traction.
- (geology) A hard, coarse-grained siliceous sandstone; gritstone. Also, a finer sharp-grained sandstone, e.g., grindstone grit.
- A collection of hard small materials, such as dirt, ground stone, debris from sandblasting or other such grinding, or swarf from metalworking.
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- A tight grip.
- Alternative form of clinch (“the act of bending and hammering the point of a nail so it cannot be removed”).
- (engineering) A seal that is applied to formed thin-wall bushings.
- A local chapter of the Church of the SubGenius parody religion.
- the act of grasping
- a small slip noose made with seizing
verb
- To pinch and hold; to seize.
- (transitive) To impress (seamen or soldiers); to entrap, to decoy.
- To bend or mold leather into shape.
- To press into small ridges or folds, to pleat, to corrugate.
- (electricity) To fasten by bending metal so that it squeezes around the parts to be fastened.
- To style hair into a crimp, to form hair into tight curls, to make it kinky.
- To gash the flesh, e.g. of a raw fish, to make it crisper when cooked.
- (climbing) to hold using a crimp
- curl tightly
- make ridges into by pinching together
noun
- The natural curliness of wool fibres.
- (climbing) A small hold with little surface area.
- An agent who procures seamen, soldiers, etc., especially by decoying, entrapping, impressing, or seducing them.
- (usually in the plural) Hair that is shaped so it bends back and forth in many short kinks.
- (specifically, law) One who infringes sub-section 1 of the Merchant Shipping Act 1854, applied to a person other than the owner, master, etc., who engages seamen without a license from the Board of Trade.
- A fastener or a fastening method that secures parts by bending metal around a joint and squeezing it together, often with a tool that adds indentations to capture the parts.
- (climbing) A grip on such a hold.
- a lock of hair that has been artificially waved or curled
- an angular or rounded shape made by folding
- someone who tricks or coerces men into service as sailors or soldiers
verb
- To hold firmly; to clench
- hold in a tight grasp
- To make certain; to finalize.
- To secure a spot (e.g., at the divisional championship) before the end of regular season play by having an insurmountable lead.
- To embrace passionately.
- To bend and hammer the point of (a nail) so it cannot be removed.
- To set closely together; to close tightly.
- To clasp; to interlock.
- To hold a boxing opponent with one or both arms so as to avoid being hit while resting momentarily
- To fasten securely or permanently.
- secure or fasten by flattening the ends of nails or bolts
- embrace amorously
- flatten the ends (of nails and rivets)
- hold a boxing opponent with one or both arms so as to prevent punches
- settle conclusively
noun
- (wrestling, combat sports) The act of one or both fighters holding onto the other to prevent being hit or engage in standup grappling.
- The act or process of holding fast; that which serves to hold fast.
- The act of bending and hammering the point of a nail so it cannot be removed.
- (nautical) A hitch or bend by which a rope is made fast to the ring of an anchor, or the breeching of a ship's gun to the ringbolts.
- A passionate embrace.
- Any of several fastenings.
- a device (generally used by carpenters) that holds things firmly together
- the flattened part of a nail or bolt or rivet
- a tight or amorous embrace
- (boxing) the act of one boxer holding onto the other to avoid being hit and to rest momentarily
- a small slip noose made with seizing
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- Grip.
- The condition of being so pulled.
- The act of pulling something along a surface using motive power.
- (medicine) A mechanically applied sustained pull, especially to a limb.
- (business) The extent of adoption of a new product or service, typically measured in number of customers or level of revenue achieved.
- The adhesive friction of a wheel etc on a surface.
- (academia) Scholarly interest and research.
- (transport) Collectively, the locomotives of a railroad, especially electric locomotives.
- The pulling power of an engine or animal.
- (politics) Popular support.
- (orthopedics) the act of pulling on a bone or limb (as in a fracture) to relieve pressure or align parts in a special way during healing
- the friction between a body and the surface on which it moves (as between an automobile tire and the road)
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- (electronics, slang) On printed circuit boards, a change such as soldering a wire in order to connect two points, or addition such as an added resistor or capacitor, subassembly or daughterboard.
- (slang) A worldly sailor.
- (engineering, slang) In electrical engineering, a change made to a product on the manufacturing floor that was not part of the original product design.
- A marine crustacean of the subclass Cirripedia that attaches itself to submerged surfaces such as tidal rocks or the bottoms of ships.
- (software engineering, slang) A deprecated or obsolete file, image or other artifact that remains with a project even though it is no longer needed.
- The barnacle goose.
- European goose smaller than the brant; breeds in the far north
- marine crustaceans with feathery food-catching appendages; free-swimming as larvae; as adults form a hard shell and live attached to submerged surfaces
verb
- To press again.
- (transitive) To forcefully prevent an upheaval from developing further.
- (transitive, by extension) To check; to keep back.
- block the action of
- suppress in order to conceal or hide
- put out of one's consciousness
- impede or hinder the natural development or self-expression of
- put down by force or intimidation
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- To grasp or grip firmly.
- (idiomatic) To retain an advantage.
- (idiomatic) Wait a short while.
- (idiomatic) To persist.
- (idiomatic) To keep; to store something for someone.
- (idiomatic) To remain loyal.
- retain possession of
- be persistent, refuse to stop
- hold the phone line open
- stop and wait, as if awaiting further instructions or developments
- hold firmly
noun
- the act of gripping and pressing firmly
- a twisting squeeze
- An instance of squeezing.
- an aggressive attempt to compel acquiescence by the concentration or manipulation of power
- the act of forcing yourself (or being forced) into or through a restricted space
- a state in which there is a short supply of cash to lend to businesses and consumers and interest rates are high
- a situation in which increased costs cannot be passed on to the customer
- a tight or amorous embrace
- (slang) a person's girlfriend or boyfriend
- A hug or other affectionate grasp.
- (figuratively) A difficult position.
- A close or tight fit.
- A moulding, cast or other impression of an object, chiefly a design, inscription etc., especially by pressing wet paper onto the surface and peeling off when dry.
- (slang) A romantic partner.
- (slang) An illicit alcoholic drink made by squeezing Sterno through cheesecloth, etc., and mixing the result with fruit juice.
- (baseball) The act of bunting in an attempt to score a runner from third.
- (caving) A traversal of a narrow passage.
- (mining) The gradual closing of workings by the weight of the overlying strata.
- (card games) A play that forces an opponent to discard a card that gives up one or more tricks.
verb
- squeeze or press together
- to cause to do through pressure or necessity, by physical, moral or intellectual means
- press firmly
- press or force
- to compress with violence, out of natural shape or condition
- squeeze tightly between the fingers
- hold (someone) tightly in your arms, usually with fondness
- squeeze like a wedge into a tight space
- obtain by coercion or intimidation
- (transitive) To remove something with difficulty, or apparent difficulty.
- (transitive, figurative) To oppress with hardships, burdens, or taxes; to harass.
- (transitive) To put in a difficult position by presenting two or more choices.
- (transitive) To apply pressure to from two or more sides at once.
- (transitive) To embrace closely; to give a tight hug to.
- (transitive, baseball) To attempt to score a runner from third by bunting.
- (ambitransitive) To fit into a tight place.
verb
- press down tightly
- press tightly together or cram
- carry, as on one's back
- hike with a backpack
- have the property of being packable or of compacting easily
- load with a pack
- fill to capacity
- have with oneself; have on one's person
- seal with packing
- compress into a wad
- treat the body or any part of it by wrapping it, as with blankets or sheets, and applying compresses to it, or stuffing it to provide cover, containment, or therapy, or to absorb blood
- arrange in a container
- set up a committee or legislative body with one's own supporters so as to influence the outcome
- (transitive) To load with a pack.
- (transitive) To cause to go; to send away with baggage or belongings; especially, to send away peremptorily or suddenly; – sometimes with off. See pack off.
- (transitive) To bring together or make up unfairly, in order to secure a certain result.
- (transitive, slang) To carry weapons, especially firearms, on one's person.
- (transitive) To make impervious, such as by filling or surrounding with suitable material, or to fit or adjust so as to move without allowing air, water, or steam inside.
- (transitive) To make a pack of; to arrange closely and securely in a pack; hence, to place and arrange compactly as in a pack
- (intransitive, LGBTQ, especially of a trans man or drag king) To wear an object, such as a prosthetic penis, inside one’s trousers to appear more male or masculine.
- (transitive, historical) To combine (telegraph messages) in order to send them more cheaply as a single transmission.
- (transitive) To contrive unfairly or fraudulently; to plot.
- (transitive, progressive aspect, slang) To have a large penis, as if carrying a large weapon on one's person.
- (transitive, US, chiefly Western US) To transport in a pack, or in the manner of a pack (on the backs of men or animals).
- (transitive) To fill in the manner of a pack, that is, compactly and securely, as for transportation; hence, to fill closely or to repletion; to stow away within; to cause to be full; to crowd into.
- (intransitive) To depart in haste; – generally with off or away.
- (transitive, sports, slang) To block a shot, especially in basketball.
- (transitive, computing) To compress (data).
- (transitive, card games) To sort and arrange (the cards) in the pack to give oneself an unfair advantage
- (intransitive, of animals) To gather together in flocks, herds, schools or similar groups of animals.
- (intransitive) To make up packs, bales, or bundles; to stow articles securely for transportation.
- (intransitive) To form a compact mass, especially in order for transportation.
- (intransitive) To put together for morally wrong purposes; to join in cahoots.
- (transitive, figurative) To load; to encumber.
- (intransitive, rugby, of the forwards in a rugby team) To play together cohesively, specially with reference to technique in the scrum.
- (transitive) To wrap in a wet or dry sheet, within numerous coverings.
noun
- an association of criminals
- a large indefinite quantity
- an exclusive circle of people with a common purpose
- a sheet or blanket (either dry or wet) to wrap around the body for its therapeutic effect
- a convenient package or parcel (as of cigarettes or film)
- a bundle (especially one carried on the back)
- a complete collection of similar things
- a cream that cleanses and tones the skin
- a group of hunting animals
- A full set of playing cards
- A wolfpack: a number of wolves, hunting together.
- A group of hounds or dogs, hunting or kept together.
- A group of Cub Scouts.
- (roller derby) The largest group of blockers from both teams skating in close proximity.
- A bundle of sheet iron plates for rolling simultaneously.
- The assortment of playing cards used in a particular game.
- (slang) A loose, lewd, or worthless person.
- A number or quantity equal to the contents of a pack
- A shook of cask staves.
- (rugby) The forwards in a rugby team (eight in Rugby Union, six in Rugby League) who with the opposing pack constitute the scrum.
- (medicine) An envelope, or wrapping, of sheets used in hydropathic practice, called dry pack, wet pack, cold pack, etc., according to the method of treatment.
- A bundle made up and prepared to be carried; especially, a bundle to be carried on the back, but also a load for an animal, a bale.
- (snooker, pool) A tight group of object balls in cue sports. Usually the reds in snooker.
- A group of people associated or leagued in a bad design or practice; a gang.
- A multitude.
- A large area of floating pieces of ice driven together more or less closely.
- A number or quantity of connected or similar things; a collective.
- A flock of knots.
- (slang) A package of cigarettes.
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- To grip tightly.
- (slang) To collect signatures, generally with the use of a clipboard.
- (computer graphics, video games, ambitransitive) To move (through or into) (a rendered object or barrier).
- (slang, transitive) To cheat, swindle, or fleece.
- To curtail; to cut short.
- (dialectal, informal) To strike with the hand.
- To fasten with a clip.
- To cut, especially with scissors or shears as opposed to a knife etc.
- (slang, transitive) to grab or take stealthily.
- (computer graphics) To discard (an occluded part of a model or scene) rather than waste resources on rendering it.
- To make a clip; to cut a section of video from a film, broadcast, or other longer video.
- (signal processing) To cut off a signal level at a certain maximum value.
- (surgery, transitive) To treat (an aneurysm) by closing it off with a physical clip.
- To hit or strike, especially in passing.
- (slang) To assassinate; to bump off.
- (American football) To perform an illegal tackle, throwing the body across the back of an opponent's leg or hitting him from the back below the waist while moving up from behind unless the opponent is a runner or the action is in close line play.
- run at a moderately swift pace
- cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of
- sever or remove by pinching or snipping
- terminate or abbreviate before its intended or proper end or its full extent
- attach with a clip
noun
- A short piece of audio (shortened version of audio clip, or alternatively clipping of audio).
- (military, colloquial) A removable magazine of a firearm.
- Something which clips or grasps; a device for attaching one object to another.
- A newspaper clipping.
- (uncountable, Geordie) The condition of something, its state.
- (military) A frame containing a number of rounds of ammunition which is intended to be inserted into an internal magazine of a firearm to allow for rapid reloading.
- Something which has been clipped from a larger whole:
- The product of a single shearing of sheep.
- An act of clipping, such as a haircut.
- A section of video taken from a film, broadcast, or other longer video.
- A projecting flange on the upper edge of a horseshoe, turned up so as to embrace the lower part of the hoof; a toe clip or beak.
- (fishing, UK, Scotland) A gaff or hook for landing the fish, as in salmon fishing.
- An unspecified, but normally understood as rapid, speed or pace.
- A season's crop of wool.
- (informal) A blow with the hand (often in the set phrase clip round the ear)
- a sharp slanting blow
- an article of jewelry that can be clipped onto a hat or dress
- a metal frame or container holding cartridges; can be inserted into an automatic gun
- the act of clipping or snipping
- an instance or single occasion for some event
- any of various small fasteners used to hold loose articles together
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- closely and firmly united or packed together
- briefly giving the gist of something
- having a short and solid form or stature
- (of prose) Brief and pithy; not verbose.
- Having all necessary features fitting neatly into a small space.
- Closely packed or densely constituted; having much material in a small volume.
- Such that every open cover has a finite subcover. In a metric space, this is equivalent to being sequentially compact. In metric spaces with the Heine-Borel property, this is equivalent to being closed and bounded.
- Compact in the above sense and moreover Hausdorff.
noun
- a signed written agreement between two or more parties (nations) to perform some action
- a small cosmetics case with a mirror; to be carried in a woman's purse
- a small and economical car
- A broadsheet newspaper published in the size of a tabloid but keeping its non-sensational style.
- An agreement or contract.
- An automobile that is larger than a subcompact but smaller than an intermediate.
- A slim folding case, often featuring a mirror, powder and a powder puff, small enough to fit in a woman's purse, handbag, or pocket.
verb
- squeeze or press together
- make more compact by or as if by pressing
- (transitive) To make smaller; to press or squeeze together, or to make something occupy a smaller space or volume.
- (transitive) To condense into a more economic, easier format.
- (physics, transitive) To make a pulse or particle bunch shorter by applying dispersion to it.
- (transitive) To abridge.
- (computing, transitive) To make digital information smaller by encoding it using fewer bits.
- (intransitive) To be pressed together or folded by compression into a more economic, easier format.
noun
- a cloth pad or dressing (with or without medication) applied firmly to some part of the body (to relieve discomfort or reduce fever)
- A machine for compressing.
- (medicine) A multiply folded piece of cloth, a pouch of ice, etc., used to apply to a patient's skin, cover the dressing of wounds, and placed with the aid of a bandage to apply pressure on an injury.
verb
- squeeze or press together
- compress or concentrate
- cause to be smaller
- be stricken by an illness, fall victim to an illness
- engage by written agreement
- reduce in scope while retaining essential elements
- enter into a contractual arrangement
- become smaller or draw together
- make or become more narrow or restricted
- (transitive) To enter into a contract with (someone or something).
- To draw together so as to wrinkle; to knit.
- (intransitive) To make an agreement or contract; to covenant.
- (transitive) To bring on; to incur; to acquire.
- (grammar) To shorten by omitting a letter or letters or by reducing two or more vowels or syllables to one.
- (transitive) To gain or acquire (an illness).
- (ambitransitive) To draw together or nearer; to shorten, narrow, or lessen.
- To betroth; to affiance.
noun
- a binding agreement between two or more persons that is enforceable by law
- (contract bridge) the highest bid becomes the contract setting the number of tricks that the bidder must make
- a variety of bridge in which the bidder receives points toward game only for the number of tricks they bid
- (informal) An order, usually given to a hired assassin, to kill someone.
- (bridge) The declarer's undertaking to win the number of tricks bid with a stated suit as trump.
- (law) The document containing such an agreement.
- (law) An agreement which the law will enforce in some way. A legally binding contract must contain at least one promise, i.e., a commitment or offer, by an offeror to and accepted by an offeree to do something in the future. A contract is thus executory rather than executed.
- (law) A part of legal studies dealing with laws and jurisdiction related to contracts.
- An agreement between two or more parties, to perform a specific job or work order, often temporary or of fixed duration and usually governed by a written agreement.
verb
- squeeze or press together
- be urgent
- exert oneself continuously, vigorously, or obtrusively to gain an end or engage in a crusade for a certain cause or person; be an advocate for
- lift weights
- ask for or request earnestly
- to be oppressive or burdensome
- press and smooth with a heated iron
- make strenuous pushing movements during birth to expel the baby
- place between two surfaces and apply weight or pressure
- force or impel in an indicated direction
- press from a plastic
- exert pressure or force to or upon
- create by pressing
- crowd closely
- (transitive, sewing) To flatten a selected area of fabric using an iron with an up-and-down, not sliding, motion, so as to avoid disturbing adjacent areas.
- (transitive) To reduce to a particular shape or form by pressure, especially flatten or smooth.
- (transitive) To clasp, hold in an embrace.
- To force into service, particularly into naval service.
- (transitive) To hasten, urge onward.
- (ambitransitive) To throng, crowd.
- (transitive, mechanics, electronics) To activate a button or key by exerting a downward or forward force on it, and then releasing it.
- (transitive) To force to a certain end or result; to urge strongly.
- (transitive) To compress, squeeze.
- (transitive) To urge, beseech, entreat.
- (transitive) To lay stress upon.
- (ambitransitive) To exert weight or force against, to act upon with force or weight; to exert pressure upon.
- (transitive) To drive or thrust by pressure, to force in a certain direction.
- To try to force (something upon someone).
noun
- a tall piece of furniture that provides storage space for clothes; has a door and rails or hooks for hanging clothes
- a dense crowd of people
- a weightlift in which the barbell is lifted to shoulder height and then smoothly lifted overhead
- clamp to prevent wooden rackets from warping when not in use
- the print media responsible for gathering and publishing news in the form of newspapers or magazines
- the act of pressing; the exertion of pressure
- any machine that exerts pressure to form or shape or cut materials or extract liquids or compress solids
- a machine used for printing
- the state of demanding notice or attention
- (countable) A printing machine.
- (countable, weightlifting) An exercise in which weight is forced away from the body by extension of the arms or legs.
- (countable, especially in Ireland and Scotland) An enclosed storage space (e.g. closet, cupboard).
- (uncountable) A crowd.
- (countable) A device used to apply pressure to an item.
- An instance of applying pressure; an instance of pressing.
- A commission to force men into public service, particularly into the navy.
- (countable) Pure, unfermented grape juice.
- (uncountable, collective) The print-based media (both the people and the newspapers).
- (countable) A publisher.
- (psychology) In personology, any environmental factor that arouses a need in the individual.
- (countable, golf, gambling) An additional bet in a golf match that duplicates an existing (usually losing) wager in value, but begins even at the time of the bet.
adj
- as if squeezed uncomfortably tight
- not having enough money to pay for necessities
- very thin especially from disease or hunger or cold
- sounding as if the nose were pinched
- Compressed.
- Financially hurt or damaged.
- Very thin, as if drawn together.
- (of a person or the face) Tense and pale from cold, worry, or hunger.
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- A simple saddle girth used in Mexico.
- (chiefly Europe, technology) An RCA connector.
- (informal) Something that is obvious or certain to occur; a sure thing.
- (informal) Something that is very easy to do.
- (informal) A firm hold.
- (card games) A variety of auction pitch in which a draw to improve the hand is added, and the five of trumps (called "right Pedro") and the five of the same colour (called "left Pedro", and ranking between the five and the four of trumps) are each worth five. Fifty-one points make a game.
- any undertaking that is easy to do
- a form of all fours in which the players bid for the privilege of naming trumps
- stable gear consisting of a band around a horse's belly that holds the saddle in place
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- Synonym of manicule.
- A puffball.
- (informal) An attempt at something.
- A group of men.
- The talons of a bird of prey.
- A hand with the fingers clenched or curled inward.
- (slang) A person's characteristic handwriting.
- The act of breaking wind; fise.
- (amateur radio) The characteristic signaling rhythm of an individual telegraph or CW operator when sending Morse code.
- a hand with the fingers clenched in the palm (as for hitting)
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- a fastener (as a buckle or hook) that is used to hold two things together
- the act of grasping
- (countable) A device with interlocking parts used for fastening things together, such as a fastener or a holder.
- (uncountable) An embrace, a grasp, or handshake.
- (countable) A bar or insignia on a medal ribbon, to either indicate an additional award of the medal, or the action or service for which it was awarded.
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- hold on tightly or tenaciously
- to remain emotionally or intellectually attached
- come or be in close contact with; stick or hold together and resist separation
- (transitive) To cause to dry up or wither.
- (transitive) To cause to adhere to, especially by twining round or embracing.
- (figurative, with preposition to) To be fond of, to feel strongly about and dependent on.
- (intransitive) To dry up or wither.
- To hold very tightly, as to not fall off.
- To produce a high-pitched ringing sound, like a small bell.
- To adhere to an object, without being affixed, in such a way as to follow its contours. Used especially of fabrics and films.
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- hold on tightly or tenaciously
- be exhibited
- decorate or furnish with something suspended
- be suspended or poised
- be suspended or hanging
- be menacing, burdensome, or oppressive
- give heed (to)
- be placed in position as by a hinge
- let drop or droop
- suspend (meat) in order to get a gamey taste
- fall or flow in a certain way
- prevent from reaching a verdict, of a jury
- kill by hanging
- cause to be hanging or suspended
- place in position as by a hinge so as to allow free movement in one direction
- (intransitive) To veer in one direction.
- (intransitive) To be or remain suspended.
- (intransitive, chess) To be vulnerable to capture.
- (transitive, computing) To cause (a program or computer) to stop responding.
- (transitive, baseball, slang, of a pitcher) To throw a hittable off-speed pitch.
- (intransitive, law) To be executed by suspension by one's neck from a gallows, a tree, or other raised bar, attached by a rope tied into a noose.
- (intransitive, figuratively) To remain persistently in one's thoughts.
- (transitive) To cause (something) to be suspended, as from a hook, hanger, hinges, or the like.
- (intransitive, of a ball in cricket, tennis, etc.) To rebound unexpectedly or unusually slowly, due to backward spin on the ball or imperfections of the ground.
- (transitive, figurative) To attach or cause to stick (a charge or accusation, etc.).
- (transitive) To prevent from reaching a decision, especially by refusing to join in a verdict that must be unanimous.
- (transitive) To apply (wallpaper or drywall to a wall).
- (transitive) To hold or bear in a suspended or inclined manner or position instead of erect.
- (transitive, law) To kill (someone) by suspension from the neck, usually as a form of execution or suicide.
- (transitive) To exhibit (an object) by hanging.
- (intransitive, computing) To stop responding to manual input devices such as the keyboard and mouse.
- (intransitive) To float, as if suspended.
- (intransitive, informal) To loiter; to hang around; to spend time idly.
- (transitive, chess) To cause (a piece) to become vulnerable to capture.
- (transitive, informal) (used in maledictions) To damn.
- (transitive) To decorate (something) with hanging objects.
noun
- a gymnastic exercise performed on the rings or horizontal bar or parallel bars when the gymnast's weight is supported by the arms
- a special way of doing something
- the way a garment hangs
- (colloquial) The smallest amount of concern or consideration; a damn.
- (computing) An instance of ceasing to respond to input.
- (Ireland, informal, derogatory) Cheap processed ham (cured pork), often made specially for sandwiches.
- A slackening of motion.
- The way in which something hangs.
- A hangout.
- A sharp or steep declivity or slope.
- A person that someone hangs out with.
- Alternative spelling of Hang (“musical instrument”).
- A mass of hanging material.
- (informal, figuratively) A grip, understanding.
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verb
- twist and compress, as if in pain or anguish
- twist, squeeze, or compress in order to extract liquid
- twist and press out of shape
- obtain by coercion or intimidation
- To use effort to draw (a response, words, etc.) from or out of someone; to generate (something) as a response.
- (also figuratively) Often followed by from or out: to extract (a liquid) from something wet by squeezing, twisting, or otherwise putting pressure on it.
- Often followed by out: to squeeze or twist (something moist) tightly so that liquid is forced out.
- To clasp and twist (hands) together due to distress, sorrow, etc.
- To twist or wind (something) into coils; to coil.
- (mining) Of a lode: to be depleted of ore; to peter or peter out.
- To twist the body in or as if in pain; to writhe.
- To obtain (something) from or out of a person or thing by extortion or other force.
- (materials science) To slide (two ultraflat surfaces) together such that their faces bond.
- To be engaged in clasping and twisting (especially the hands), or exerting pressure.
- To contend, to struggle; also, to strive, to toil.
- (also figuratively) To hold (someone or something) tightly and press or twist; to wrest.
- To squeeze water (from an item of wet clothing) by passing through a wringer.
- To bend or strain (something) out of its position; to wrench, to wrest.
- To cause distress or pain to (a person or their heart, soul, etc.); to distress, to torment.
- Of a thing (such as footwear): to pinch or press (a person or part of their body), causing pain.
- To contort or screw up (the face or its features).
- To experience distress, pain, punishment, etc.
- To cause (tears) to come out from a person or their eyes.
verb
noun
verb
intj
noun
noun
- A grasp or grip.
- A covering (often rubber or foam) on a handle, designed to allow the user a more comfortable or more secure hold on the handle.
- A handshake; a way of gripping hands with another person.
- The ability to grip something with a hand.
- A handle; the portion of a handle that the hand occupies.
- the appendage to an object that is designed to be held in order to use or move it
noun
- A grasp or grip.
- A fruit machine feature allowing one or more of the reels to remain fixed while the others spin.
- (exercise) An exercise involving holding a position for a set time
- The property of maintaining the shape of styled hair.
- An act or instance of holding.
- A place where animals are held for safety
- Something reserved or kept.
- (tennis) An instance of holding one's service game, as opposed to being broken.
- The queueing system on telephones and similar communication systems which maintains a connection when all lines are busy.
- The ability to persist.
- An order that something is to be reserved or delayed, limiting or preventing how it can be dealt with.
- (baseball) A statistic awarded to a relief pitcher who is not still pitching at the end of the game and who records at least one out and maintains a lead for his team.
- (gambling) The percentage the house wins on a gamble, the house or bookmaker's hold.
- (gambling) The wager amount, the total hold.
- (aviation) A region of airspace reserved for aircraft being kept in a holding pattern.
- Power over someone or something.
- The part of an object one is intended to grasp, or anything one can use for grasping with hands or feet.
- (nautical, aviation) The cargo area of a ship or aircraft (often holds or cargo hold).
- (wrestling, self-defense) A position or grip used to control the opponent.
- a stronghold
- a state of being confined (usually for a short time)
- time during which some action is awaited
- the appendage to an object that is designed to be held in order to use or move it
- a cell in a jail or prison
- power by which something or someone is affected or dominated
- the act of grasping
- the space in a ship or aircraft for storing cargo
- understanding of the nature or meaning or quality or magnitude of something
verb
- (transitive) To impose restraint upon; to limit in motion or action; to bind legally or morally; to confine; to restrain.
- To maintain in being or action; to carry on; to prosecute, as a course of conduct or an argument; to continue; to sustain.
- (imperative) In a food or drink order at an informal restaurant etc., requesting that a component normally included in that order be omitted.
- To organise an event or meeting (usually in passive voice).
- (transitive) To reserve.
- (transitive) To bear, carry, or manage.
- (transitive) To have and keep possession of something.
- (transitive) To contain or store.
- (intransitive, copulative) To keep oneself in a particular state.
- (slang, intransitive) To be in possession of illicit drugs for sale.
- (intransitive, chiefly imperative) Not to move; to halt; to stop.
- (transitive) To bind (someone) to a consequence of his or her actions.
- To accept, as an opinion; to be the adherent of, openly or privately; to persist in, as a purpose; to maintain; to sustain.
- (transitive) To detain.
- (transitive) To maintain, to consider, to opine.
- To take place, to occur.
- To remain continent; to control an excretory bodily function.
- (intransitive) Not to give way; not to part or become separated; to remain unbroken or unsubdued.
- (tennis, ambitransitive) To win one's own service game.
- (transitive) To grasp or grip.
- (intransitive, copulative) To be or remain valid; to apply (usually in the third person).
- (transitive) To cause to wait or delay.
- secure and keep for possible future use or application
- keep from exhaling or expelling
- resist or confront with resistance
- be the physical support of; carry the weight of
- maintain (a theory, thoughts, or feelings)
- aim, point, or direct
- support or hold in a certain manner
- have room for; hold without crowding
- have rightfully; of rights, titles, and offices
- remain committed to
- be pertinent or relevant or applicable
- contain or hold; have within
- be valid, applicable, or true
- be in accord; be in agreement
- have or possess, either in a concrete or an abstract sense
- hold the attention of
- have or hold in one's hands or grip
- assert or affirm
- keep from departing
- to close within bounds, or otherwise limit or deprive of free movement
- remain in a certain state, position, or condition
- keep in mind or convey as a conviction or view
- drink alcohol without showing ill effects
- lessen the intensity of; temper; hold in restraint; hold or keep within limits
- cause to come to an abrupt stop
- protect against a challenge or attack
- take and maintain control over, often by violent means
- cause to continue in a certain state, position, or activity
- bind by an obligation; cause to be indebted
- arrange for and reserve (something for someone else) in advance
- declare to be
- cover as for protection against noise or smell
- stop dealing with
- organize or be responsible for
- have as a major characteristic
- be capable of holding or containing
verb
- To hold, grasp, or grip.
- To weigh down or oppress.
- To keep; to store something for someone.
- To pay close attention to, or regard with (possibly obsequious) admiration.
- (chiefly imperative) To wait a moment.
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see hang, on.
- To depend upon.
- To persevere.
- To continually believe in something; to have faith in.
- be persistent, refuse to stop
- hold the phone line open
- fix to; attach
noun
verb
- To press down.
- (economics) To cause a depression or a decrease in parts of the economy.
- To bring down or humble; to abase (pride, etc.).
- (mathematics) To reduce (an equation) in a lower degree.
- To make depressed, sad or bored.
- lower (prices or markets)
- lessen the activity or force of
- lower someone's spirits; make downhearted
- cause to drop or sink
- press down
noun
- Grip.
- The condition of being so pulled.
- The act of pulling something along a surface using motive power.
- (medicine) A mechanically applied sustained pull, especially to a limb.
- (business) The extent of adoption of a new product or service, typically measured in number of customers or level of revenue achieved.
- The adhesive friction of a wheel etc on a surface.
- (academia) Scholarly interest and research.
- (transport) Collectively, the locomotives of a railroad, especially electric locomotives.
- The pulling power of an engine or animal.
- (politics) Popular support.
- (orthopedics) the act of pulling on a bone or limb (as in a fracture) to relieve pressure or align parts in a special way during healing
- the friction between a body and the surface on which it moves (as between an automobile tire and the road)
verb
noun
- the act of gripping and pressing firmly
- a twisting squeeze
- An instance of squeezing.
- an aggressive attempt to compel acquiescence by the concentration or manipulation of power
- the act of forcing yourself (or being forced) into or through a restricted space
- a state in which there is a short supply of cash to lend to businesses and consumers and interest rates are high
- a situation in which increased costs cannot be passed on to the customer
- a tight or amorous embrace
- (slang) a person's girlfriend or boyfriend
- A hug or other affectionate grasp.
- (figuratively) A difficult position.
- A close or tight fit.
- A moulding, cast or other impression of an object, chiefly a design, inscription etc., especially by pressing wet paper onto the surface and peeling off when dry.
- (slang) A romantic partner.
- (slang) An illicit alcoholic drink made by squeezing Sterno through cheesecloth, etc., and mixing the result with fruit juice.
- (baseball) The act of bunting in an attempt to score a runner from third.
- (caving) A traversal of a narrow passage.
- (mining) The gradual closing of workings by the weight of the overlying strata.
- (card games) A play that forces an opponent to discard a card that gives up one or more tricks.
verb
- squeeze or press together
- to cause to do through pressure or necessity, by physical, moral or intellectual means
- press firmly
- press or force
- to compress with violence, out of natural shape or condition
- squeeze tightly between the fingers
- hold (someone) tightly in your arms, usually with fondness
- squeeze like a wedge into a tight space
- obtain by coercion or intimidation
- (transitive) To remove something with difficulty, or apparent difficulty.
- (transitive, figurative) To oppress with hardships, burdens, or taxes; to harass.
- (transitive) To put in a difficult position by presenting two or more choices.
- (transitive) To apply pressure to from two or more sides at once.
- (transitive) To embrace closely; to give a tight hug to.
- (transitive, baseball) To attempt to score a runner from third by bunting.
- (ambitransitive) To fit into a tight place.
noun
verb
noun
- A tight grip.
- Alternative form of clinch (“the act of bending and hammering the point of a nail so it cannot be removed”).
- (engineering) A seal that is applied to formed thin-wall bushings.
- A local chapter of the Church of the SubGenius parody religion.
- the act of grasping
- a small slip noose made with seizing
noun
adj
verb
noun
verb
- twist and compress, as if in pain or anguish
- twist, squeeze, or compress in order to extract liquid
- twist and press out of shape
- obtain by coercion or intimidation
- To use effort to draw (a response, words, etc.) from or out of someone; to generate (something) as a response.
- (also figuratively) Often followed by from or out: to extract (a liquid) from something wet by squeezing, twisting, or otherwise putting pressure on it.
- Often followed by out: to squeeze or twist (something moist) tightly so that liquid is forced out.
- To clasp and twist (hands) together due to distress, sorrow, etc.
- To twist or wind (something) into coils; to coil.
- (mining) Of a lode: to be depleted of ore; to peter or peter out.
- To twist the body in or as if in pain; to writhe.
- To obtain (something) from or out of a person or thing by extortion or other force.
- (materials science) To slide (two ultraflat surfaces) together such that their faces bond.
- To be engaged in clasping and twisting (especially the hands), or exerting pressure.
- To contend, to struggle; also, to strive, to toil.
- (also figuratively) To hold (someone or something) tightly and press or twist; to wrest.
- To squeeze water (from an item of wet clothing) by passing through a wringer.
- To bend or strain (something) out of its position; to wrench, to wrest.
- To cause distress or pain to (a person or their heart, soul, etc.); to distress, to torment.
- Of a thing (such as footwear): to pinch or press (a person or part of their body), causing pain.
- To contort or screw up (the face or its features).
- To experience distress, pain, punishment, etc.
- To cause (tears) to come out from a person or their eyes.
noun
- A grasp or grip.
- A covering (often rubber or foam) on a handle, designed to allow the user a more comfortable or more secure hold on the handle.
- A handshake; a way of gripping hands with another person.
- The ability to grip something with a hand.
- A handle; the portion of a handle that the hand occupies.
- the appendage to an object that is designed to be held in order to use or move it
noun
- A grasp or grip.
- A fruit machine feature allowing one or more of the reels to remain fixed while the others spin.
- (exercise) An exercise involving holding a position for a set time
- The property of maintaining the shape of styled hair.
- An act or instance of holding.
- A place where animals are held for safety
- Something reserved or kept.
- (tennis) An instance of holding one's service game, as opposed to being broken.
- The queueing system on telephones and similar communication systems which maintains a connection when all lines are busy.
- The ability to persist.
- An order that something is to be reserved or delayed, limiting or preventing how it can be dealt with.
- (baseball) A statistic awarded to a relief pitcher who is not still pitching at the end of the game and who records at least one out and maintains a lead for his team.
- (gambling) The percentage the house wins on a gamble, the house or bookmaker's hold.
- (gambling) The wager amount, the total hold.
- (aviation) A region of airspace reserved for aircraft being kept in a holding pattern.
- Power over someone or something.
- The part of an object one is intended to grasp, or anything one can use for grasping with hands or feet.
- (nautical, aviation) The cargo area of a ship or aircraft (often holds or cargo hold).
- (wrestling, self-defense) A position or grip used to control the opponent.
- a stronghold
- a state of being confined (usually for a short time)
- time during which some action is awaited
- the appendage to an object that is designed to be held in order to use or move it
- a cell in a jail or prison
- power by which something or someone is affected or dominated
- the act of grasping
- the space in a ship or aircraft for storing cargo
- understanding of the nature or meaning or quality or magnitude of something
verb
- (transitive) To impose restraint upon; to limit in motion or action; to bind legally or morally; to confine; to restrain.
- To maintain in being or action; to carry on; to prosecute, as a course of conduct or an argument; to continue; to sustain.
- (imperative) In a food or drink order at an informal restaurant etc., requesting that a component normally included in that order be omitted.
- To organise an event or meeting (usually in passive voice).
- (transitive) To reserve.
- (transitive) To bear, carry, or manage.
- (transitive) To have and keep possession of something.
- (transitive) To contain or store.
- (intransitive, copulative) To keep oneself in a particular state.
- (slang, intransitive) To be in possession of illicit drugs for sale.
- (intransitive, chiefly imperative) Not to move; to halt; to stop.
- (transitive) To bind (someone) to a consequence of his or her actions.
- To accept, as an opinion; to be the adherent of, openly or privately; to persist in, as a purpose; to maintain; to sustain.
- (transitive) To detain.
- (transitive) To maintain, to consider, to opine.
- To take place, to occur.
- To remain continent; to control an excretory bodily function.
- (intransitive) Not to give way; not to part or become separated; to remain unbroken or unsubdued.
- (tennis, ambitransitive) To win one's own service game.
- (transitive) To grasp or grip.
- (intransitive, copulative) To be or remain valid; to apply (usually in the third person).
- (transitive) To cause to wait or delay.
- secure and keep for possible future use or application
- keep from exhaling or expelling
- resist or confront with resistance
- be the physical support of; carry the weight of
- maintain (a theory, thoughts, or feelings)
- aim, point, or direct
- support or hold in a certain manner
- have room for; hold without crowding
- have rightfully; of rights, titles, and offices
- remain committed to
- be pertinent or relevant or applicable
- contain or hold; have within
- be valid, applicable, or true
- be in accord; be in agreement
- have or possess, either in a concrete or an abstract sense
- hold the attention of
- have or hold in one's hands or grip
- assert or affirm
- keep from departing
- to close within bounds, or otherwise limit or deprive of free movement
- remain in a certain state, position, or condition
- keep in mind or convey as a conviction or view
- drink alcohol without showing ill effects
- lessen the intensity of; temper; hold in restraint; hold or keep within limits
- cause to come to an abrupt stop
- protect against a challenge or attack
- take and maintain control over, often by violent means
- cause to continue in a certain state, position, or activity
- bind by an obligation; cause to be indebted
- arrange for and reserve (something for someone else) in advance
- declare to be
- cover as for protection against noise or smell
- stop dealing with
- organize or be responsible for
- have as a major characteristic
- be capable of holding or containing
noun
verb
verb
verb
verb
verb
noun
- fortitude and determination
- a hard coarse-grained siliceous sandstone
- (usually in the plural) Coarsely ground corn or hominy used as porridge.
- (usually in the plural) Husked but unground oats.
- Small, hard, inedible particles in food.
- (idiomatic) Strength of mind; courage or fearlessness; fortitude.
- A measure of the size of abrasive grains, such as those on sandpaper, and thus their relative coarseness or fineness; the smaller the number, the coarser the abrasive: thus, 60 is rough, 600 is fine, and 3000 is ultrafine.
- Sand or a sand–salt mixture spread on wet and, especially, icy roads and footpaths to improve traction.
- (geology) A hard, coarse-grained siliceous sandstone; gritstone. Also, a finer sharp-grained sandstone, e.g., grindstone grit.
- A collection of hard small materials, such as dirt, ground stone, debris from sandblasting or other such grinding, or swarf from metalworking.
verb
verb
verb
noun
- A tight grip.
- Alternative form of clinch (“the act of bending and hammering the point of a nail so it cannot be removed”).
- (engineering) A seal that is applied to formed thin-wall bushings.
- A local chapter of the Church of the SubGenius parody religion.
- the act of grasping
- a small slip noose made with seizing
verb
- To pinch and hold; to seize.
- (transitive) To impress (seamen or soldiers); to entrap, to decoy.
- To bend or mold leather into shape.
- To press into small ridges or folds, to pleat, to corrugate.
- (electricity) To fasten by bending metal so that it squeezes around the parts to be fastened.
- To style hair into a crimp, to form hair into tight curls, to make it kinky.
- To gash the flesh, e.g. of a raw fish, to make it crisper when cooked.
- (climbing) to hold using a crimp
- curl tightly
- make ridges into by pinching together
noun
- The natural curliness of wool fibres.
- (climbing) A small hold with little surface area.
- An agent who procures seamen, soldiers, etc., especially by decoying, entrapping, impressing, or seducing them.
- (usually in the plural) Hair that is shaped so it bends back and forth in many short kinks.
- (specifically, law) One who infringes sub-section 1 of the Merchant Shipping Act 1854, applied to a person other than the owner, master, etc., who engages seamen without a license from the Board of Trade.
- A fastener or a fastening method that secures parts by bending metal around a joint and squeezing it together, often with a tool that adds indentations to capture the parts.
- (climbing) A grip on such a hold.
- a lock of hair that has been artificially waved or curled
- an angular or rounded shape made by folding
- someone who tricks or coerces men into service as sailors or soldiers
verb
- To hold firmly; to clench
- hold in a tight grasp
- To make certain; to finalize.
- To secure a spot (e.g., at the divisional championship) before the end of regular season play by having an insurmountable lead.
- To embrace passionately.
- To bend and hammer the point of (a nail) so it cannot be removed.
- To set closely together; to close tightly.
- To clasp; to interlock.
- To hold a boxing opponent with one or both arms so as to avoid being hit while resting momentarily
- To fasten securely or permanently.
- secure or fasten by flattening the ends of nails or bolts
- embrace amorously
- flatten the ends (of nails and rivets)
- hold a boxing opponent with one or both arms so as to prevent punches
- settle conclusively
noun
- (wrestling, combat sports) The act of one or both fighters holding onto the other to prevent being hit or engage in standup grappling.
- The act or process of holding fast; that which serves to hold fast.
- The act of bending and hammering the point of a nail so it cannot be removed.
- (nautical) A hitch or bend by which a rope is made fast to the ring of an anchor, or the breeching of a ship's gun to the ringbolts.
- A passionate embrace.
- Any of several fastenings.
- a device (generally used by carpenters) that holds things firmly together
- the flattened part of a nail or bolt or rivet
- a tight or amorous embrace
- (boxing) the act of one boxer holding onto the other to avoid being hit and to rest momentarily
- a small slip noose made with seizing
verb
verb
noun
- (electronics, slang) On printed circuit boards, a change such as soldering a wire in order to connect two points, or addition such as an added resistor or capacitor, subassembly or daughterboard.
- (slang) A worldly sailor.
- (engineering, slang) In electrical engineering, a change made to a product on the manufacturing floor that was not part of the original product design.
- A marine crustacean of the subclass Cirripedia that attaches itself to submerged surfaces such as tidal rocks or the bottoms of ships.
- (software engineering, slang) A deprecated or obsolete file, image or other artifact that remains with a project even though it is no longer needed.
- The barnacle goose.
- European goose smaller than the brant; breeds in the far north
- marine crustaceans with feathery food-catching appendages; free-swimming as larvae; as adults form a hard shell and live attached to submerged surfaces
verb
- To press again.
- (transitive) To forcefully prevent an upheaval from developing further.
- (transitive, by extension) To check; to keep back.
- block the action of
- suppress in order to conceal or hide
- put out of one's consciousness
- impede or hinder the natural development or self-expression of
- put down by force or intimidation
noun
verb
verb
- To grasp or grip firmly.
- (idiomatic) To retain an advantage.
- (idiomatic) Wait a short while.
- (idiomatic) To persist.
- (idiomatic) To keep; to store something for someone.
- (idiomatic) To remain loyal.
- retain possession of
- be persistent, refuse to stop
- hold the phone line open
- stop and wait, as if awaiting further instructions or developments
- hold firmly
verb
- press down tightly
- press tightly together or cram
- carry, as on one's back
- hike with a backpack
- have the property of being packable or of compacting easily
- load with a pack
- fill to capacity
- have with oneself; have on one's person
- seal with packing
- compress into a wad
- treat the body or any part of it by wrapping it, as with blankets or sheets, and applying compresses to it, or stuffing it to provide cover, containment, or therapy, or to absorb blood
- arrange in a container
- set up a committee or legislative body with one's own supporters so as to influence the outcome
- (transitive) To load with a pack.
- (transitive) To cause to go; to send away with baggage or belongings; especially, to send away peremptorily or suddenly; – sometimes with off. See pack off.
- (transitive) To bring together or make up unfairly, in order to secure a certain result.
- (transitive, slang) To carry weapons, especially firearms, on one's person.
- (transitive) To make impervious, such as by filling or surrounding with suitable material, or to fit or adjust so as to move without allowing air, water, or steam inside.
- (transitive) To make a pack of; to arrange closely and securely in a pack; hence, to place and arrange compactly as in a pack
- (intransitive, LGBTQ, especially of a trans man or drag king) To wear an object, such as a prosthetic penis, inside one’s trousers to appear more male or masculine.
- (transitive, historical) To combine (telegraph messages) in order to send them more cheaply as a single transmission.
- (transitive) To contrive unfairly or fraudulently; to plot.
- (transitive, progressive aspect, slang) To have a large penis, as if carrying a large weapon on one's person.
- (transitive, US, chiefly Western US) To transport in a pack, or in the manner of a pack (on the backs of men or animals).
- (transitive) To fill in the manner of a pack, that is, compactly and securely, as for transportation; hence, to fill closely or to repletion; to stow away within; to cause to be full; to crowd into.
- (intransitive) To depart in haste; – generally with off or away.
- (transitive, sports, slang) To block a shot, especially in basketball.
- (transitive, computing) To compress (data).
- (transitive, card games) To sort and arrange (the cards) in the pack to give oneself an unfair advantage
- (intransitive, of animals) To gather together in flocks, herds, schools or similar groups of animals.
- (intransitive) To make up packs, bales, or bundles; to stow articles securely for transportation.
- (intransitive) To form a compact mass, especially in order for transportation.
- (intransitive) To put together for morally wrong purposes; to join in cahoots.
- (transitive, figurative) To load; to encumber.
- (intransitive, rugby, of the forwards in a rugby team) To play together cohesively, specially with reference to technique in the scrum.
- (transitive) To wrap in a wet or dry sheet, within numerous coverings.
noun
- an association of criminals
- a large indefinite quantity
- an exclusive circle of people with a common purpose
- a sheet or blanket (either dry or wet) to wrap around the body for its therapeutic effect
- a convenient package or parcel (as of cigarettes or film)
- a bundle (especially one carried on the back)
- a complete collection of similar things
- a cream that cleanses and tones the skin
- a group of hunting animals
- A full set of playing cards
- A wolfpack: a number of wolves, hunting together.
- A group of hounds or dogs, hunting or kept together.
- A group of Cub Scouts.
- (roller derby) The largest group of blockers from both teams skating in close proximity.
- A bundle of sheet iron plates for rolling simultaneously.
- The assortment of playing cards used in a particular game.
- (slang) A loose, lewd, or worthless person.
- A number or quantity equal to the contents of a pack
- A shook of cask staves.
- (rugby) The forwards in a rugby team (eight in Rugby Union, six in Rugby League) who with the opposing pack constitute the scrum.
- (medicine) An envelope, or wrapping, of sheets used in hydropathic practice, called dry pack, wet pack, cold pack, etc., according to the method of treatment.
- A bundle made up and prepared to be carried; especially, a bundle to be carried on the back, but also a load for an animal, a bale.
- (snooker, pool) A tight group of object balls in cue sports. Usually the reds in snooker.
- A group of people associated or leagued in a bad design or practice; a gang.
- A multitude.
- A large area of floating pieces of ice driven together more or less closely.
- A number or quantity of connected or similar things; a collective.
- A flock of knots.
- (slang) A package of cigarettes.
verb
noun
verb
verb
- To grip tightly.
- (slang) To collect signatures, generally with the use of a clipboard.
- (computer graphics, video games, ambitransitive) To move (through or into) (a rendered object or barrier).
- (slang, transitive) To cheat, swindle, or fleece.
- To curtail; to cut short.
- (dialectal, informal) To strike with the hand.
- To fasten with a clip.
- To cut, especially with scissors or shears as opposed to a knife etc.
- (slang, transitive) to grab or take stealthily.
- (computer graphics) To discard (an occluded part of a model or scene) rather than waste resources on rendering it.
- To make a clip; to cut a section of video from a film, broadcast, or other longer video.
- (signal processing) To cut off a signal level at a certain maximum value.
- (surgery, transitive) To treat (an aneurysm) by closing it off with a physical clip.
- To hit or strike, especially in passing.
- (slang) To assassinate; to bump off.
- (American football) To perform an illegal tackle, throwing the body across the back of an opponent's leg or hitting him from the back below the waist while moving up from behind unless the opponent is a runner or the action is in close line play.
- run at a moderately swift pace
- cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of
- sever or remove by pinching or snipping
- terminate or abbreviate before its intended or proper end or its full extent
- attach with a clip
noun
- A short piece of audio (shortened version of audio clip, or alternatively clipping of audio).
- (military, colloquial) A removable magazine of a firearm.
- Something which clips or grasps; a device for attaching one object to another.
- A newspaper clipping.
- (uncountable, Geordie) The condition of something, its state.
- (military) A frame containing a number of rounds of ammunition which is intended to be inserted into an internal magazine of a firearm to allow for rapid reloading.
- Something which has been clipped from a larger whole:
- The product of a single shearing of sheep.
- An act of clipping, such as a haircut.
- A section of video taken from a film, broadcast, or other longer video.
- A projecting flange on the upper edge of a horseshoe, turned up so as to embrace the lower part of the hoof; a toe clip or beak.
- (fishing, UK, Scotland) A gaff or hook for landing the fish, as in salmon fishing.
- An unspecified, but normally understood as rapid, speed or pace.
- A season's crop of wool.
- (informal) A blow with the hand (often in the set phrase clip round the ear)
- a sharp slanting blow
- an article of jewelry that can be clipped onto a hat or dress
- a metal frame or container holding cartridges; can be inserted into an automatic gun
- the act of clipping or snipping
- an instance or single occasion for some event
- any of various small fasteners used to hold loose articles together
verb
verb
noun
- the act of gripping and pressing firmly
- a twisting squeeze
- An instance of squeezing.
- an aggressive attempt to compel acquiescence by the concentration or manipulation of power
- the act of forcing yourself (or being forced) into or through a restricted space
- a state in which there is a short supply of cash to lend to businesses and consumers and interest rates are high
- a situation in which increased costs cannot be passed on to the customer
- a tight or amorous embrace
- (slang) a person's girlfriend or boyfriend
- A hug or other affectionate grasp.
- (figuratively) A difficult position.
- A close or tight fit.
- A moulding, cast or other impression of an object, chiefly a design, inscription etc., especially by pressing wet paper onto the surface and peeling off when dry.
- (slang) A romantic partner.
- (slang) An illicit alcoholic drink made by squeezing Sterno through cheesecloth, etc., and mixing the result with fruit juice.
- (baseball) The act of bunting in an attempt to score a runner from third.
- (caving) A traversal of a narrow passage.
- (mining) The gradual closing of workings by the weight of the overlying strata.
- (card games) A play that forces an opponent to discard a card that gives up one or more tricks.
verb
- squeeze or press together
- to cause to do through pressure or necessity, by physical, moral or intellectual means
- press firmly
- press or force
- to compress with violence, out of natural shape or condition
- squeeze tightly between the fingers
- hold (someone) tightly in your arms, usually with fondness
- squeeze like a wedge into a tight space
- obtain by coercion or intimidation
- (transitive) To remove something with difficulty, or apparent difficulty.
- (transitive, figurative) To oppress with hardships, burdens, or taxes; to harass.
- (transitive) To put in a difficult position by presenting two or more choices.
- (transitive) To apply pressure to from two or more sides at once.
- (transitive) To embrace closely; to give a tight hug to.
- (transitive, baseball) To attempt to score a runner from third by bunting.
- (ambitransitive) To fit into a tight place.
verb
adj
- closely and firmly united or packed together
- briefly giving the gist of something
- having a short and solid form or stature
- (of prose) Brief and pithy; not verbose.
- Having all necessary features fitting neatly into a small space.
- Closely packed or densely constituted; having much material in a small volume.
- Such that every open cover has a finite subcover. In a metric space, this is equivalent to being sequentially compact. In metric spaces with the Heine-Borel property, this is equivalent to being closed and bounded.
- Compact in the above sense and moreover Hausdorff.
noun
- a signed written agreement between two or more parties (nations) to perform some action
- a small cosmetics case with a mirror; to be carried in a woman's purse
- a small and economical car
- A broadsheet newspaper published in the size of a tabloid but keeping its non-sensational style.
- An agreement or contract.
- An automobile that is larger than a subcompact but smaller than an intermediate.
- A slim folding case, often featuring a mirror, powder and a powder puff, small enough to fit in a woman's purse, handbag, or pocket.
verb
- squeeze or press together
- make more compact by or as if by pressing
- (transitive) To make smaller; to press or squeeze together, or to make something occupy a smaller space or volume.
- (transitive) To condense into a more economic, easier format.
- (physics, transitive) To make a pulse or particle bunch shorter by applying dispersion to it.
- (transitive) To abridge.
- (computing, transitive) To make digital information smaller by encoding it using fewer bits.
- (intransitive) To be pressed together or folded by compression into a more economic, easier format.
noun
- a cloth pad or dressing (with or without medication) applied firmly to some part of the body (to relieve discomfort or reduce fever)
- A machine for compressing.
- (medicine) A multiply folded piece of cloth, a pouch of ice, etc., used to apply to a patient's skin, cover the dressing of wounds, and placed with the aid of a bandage to apply pressure on an injury.
verb
- squeeze or press together
- compress or concentrate
- cause to be smaller
- be stricken by an illness, fall victim to an illness
- engage by written agreement
- reduce in scope while retaining essential elements
- enter into a contractual arrangement
- become smaller or draw together
- make or become more narrow or restricted
- (transitive) To enter into a contract with (someone or something).
- To draw together so as to wrinkle; to knit.
- (intransitive) To make an agreement or contract; to covenant.
- (transitive) To bring on; to incur; to acquire.
- (grammar) To shorten by omitting a letter or letters or by reducing two or more vowels or syllables to one.
- (transitive) To gain or acquire (an illness).
- (ambitransitive) To draw together or nearer; to shorten, narrow, or lessen.
- To betroth; to affiance.
noun
- a binding agreement between two or more persons that is enforceable by law
- (contract bridge) the highest bid becomes the contract setting the number of tricks that the bidder must make
- a variety of bridge in which the bidder receives points toward game only for the number of tricks they bid
- (informal) An order, usually given to a hired assassin, to kill someone.
- (bridge) The declarer's undertaking to win the number of tricks bid with a stated suit as trump.
- (law) The document containing such an agreement.
- (law) An agreement which the law will enforce in some way. A legally binding contract must contain at least one promise, i.e., a commitment or offer, by an offeror to and accepted by an offeree to do something in the future. A contract is thus executory rather than executed.
- (law) A part of legal studies dealing with laws and jurisdiction related to contracts.
- An agreement between two or more parties, to perform a specific job or work order, often temporary or of fixed duration and usually governed by a written agreement.
verb
- squeeze or press together
- be urgent
- exert oneself continuously, vigorously, or obtrusively to gain an end or engage in a crusade for a certain cause or person; be an advocate for
- lift weights
- ask for or request earnestly
- to be oppressive or burdensome
- press and smooth with a heated iron
- make strenuous pushing movements during birth to expel the baby
- place between two surfaces and apply weight or pressure
- force or impel in an indicated direction
- press from a plastic
- exert pressure or force to or upon
- create by pressing
- crowd closely
- (transitive, sewing) To flatten a selected area of fabric using an iron with an up-and-down, not sliding, motion, so as to avoid disturbing adjacent areas.
- (transitive) To reduce to a particular shape or form by pressure, especially flatten or smooth.
- (transitive) To clasp, hold in an embrace.
- To force into service, particularly into naval service.
- (transitive) To hasten, urge onward.
- (ambitransitive) To throng, crowd.
- (transitive, mechanics, electronics) To activate a button or key by exerting a downward or forward force on it, and then releasing it.
- (transitive) To force to a certain end or result; to urge strongly.
- (transitive) To compress, squeeze.
- (transitive) To urge, beseech, entreat.
- (transitive) To lay stress upon.
- (ambitransitive) To exert weight or force against, to act upon with force or weight; to exert pressure upon.
- (transitive) To drive or thrust by pressure, to force in a certain direction.
- To try to force (something upon someone).
noun
- a tall piece of furniture that provides storage space for clothes; has a door and rails or hooks for hanging clothes
- a dense crowd of people
- a weightlift in which the barbell is lifted to shoulder height and then smoothly lifted overhead
- clamp to prevent wooden rackets from warping when not in use
- the print media responsible for gathering and publishing news in the form of newspapers or magazines
- the act of pressing; the exertion of pressure
- any machine that exerts pressure to form or shape or cut materials or extract liquids or compress solids
- a machine used for printing
- the state of demanding notice or attention
- (countable) A printing machine.
- (countable, weightlifting) An exercise in which weight is forced away from the body by extension of the arms or legs.
- (countable, especially in Ireland and Scotland) An enclosed storage space (e.g. closet, cupboard).
- (uncountable) A crowd.
- (countable) A device used to apply pressure to an item.
- An instance of applying pressure; an instance of pressing.
- A commission to force men into public service, particularly into the navy.
- (countable) Pure, unfermented grape juice.
- (uncountable, collective) The print-based media (both the people and the newspapers).
- (countable) A publisher.
- (psychology) In personology, any environmental factor that arouses a need in the individual.
- (countable, golf, gambling) An additional bet in a golf match that duplicates an existing (usually losing) wager in value, but begins even at the time of the bet.
verb
noun
- A simple saddle girth used in Mexico.
- (chiefly Europe, technology) An RCA connector.
- (informal) Something that is obvious or certain to occur; a sure thing.
- (informal) Something that is very easy to do.
- (informal) A firm hold.
- (card games) A variety of auction pitch in which a draw to improve the hand is added, and the five of trumps (called "right Pedro") and the five of the same colour (called "left Pedro", and ranking between the five and the four of trumps) are each worth five. Fifty-one points make a game.
- any undertaking that is easy to do
- a form of all fours in which the players bid for the privilege of naming trumps
- stable gear consisting of a band around a horse's belly that holds the saddle in place
verb
noun
- Synonym of manicule.
- A puffball.
- (informal) An attempt at something.
- A group of men.
- The talons of a bird of prey.
- A hand with the fingers clenched or curled inward.
- (slang) A person's characteristic handwriting.
- The act of breaking wind; fise.
- (amateur radio) The characteristic signaling rhythm of an individual telegraph or CW operator when sending Morse code.
- a hand with the fingers clenched in the palm (as for hitting)
verb
noun
- a fastener (as a buckle or hook) that is used to hold two things together
- the act of grasping
- (countable) A device with interlocking parts used for fastening things together, such as a fastener or a holder.
- (uncountable) An embrace, a grasp, or handshake.
- (countable) A bar or insignia on a medal ribbon, to either indicate an additional award of the medal, or the action or service for which it was awarded.
verb
verb
verb
verb
verb
- hold on tightly or tenaciously
- to remain emotionally or intellectually attached
- come or be in close contact with; stick or hold together and resist separation
- (transitive) To cause to dry up or wither.
- (transitive) To cause to adhere to, especially by twining round or embracing.
- (figurative, with preposition to) To be fond of, to feel strongly about and dependent on.
- (intransitive) To dry up or wither.
- To hold very tightly, as to not fall off.
- To produce a high-pitched ringing sound, like a small bell.
- To adhere to an object, without being affixed, in such a way as to follow its contours. Used especially of fabrics and films.
noun
intj
verb
- hold on tightly or tenaciously
- be exhibited
- decorate or furnish with something suspended
- be suspended or poised
- be suspended or hanging
- be menacing, burdensome, or oppressive
- give heed (to)
- be placed in position as by a hinge
- let drop or droop
- suspend (meat) in order to get a gamey taste
- fall or flow in a certain way
- prevent from reaching a verdict, of a jury
- kill by hanging
- cause to be hanging or suspended
- place in position as by a hinge so as to allow free movement in one direction
- (intransitive) To veer in one direction.
- (intransitive) To be or remain suspended.
- (intransitive, chess) To be vulnerable to capture.
- (transitive, computing) To cause (a program or computer) to stop responding.
- (transitive, baseball, slang, of a pitcher) To throw a hittable off-speed pitch.
- (intransitive, law) To be executed by suspension by one's neck from a gallows, a tree, or other raised bar, attached by a rope tied into a noose.
- (intransitive, figuratively) To remain persistently in one's thoughts.
- (transitive) To cause (something) to be suspended, as from a hook, hanger, hinges, or the like.
- (intransitive, of a ball in cricket, tennis, etc.) To rebound unexpectedly or unusually slowly, due to backward spin on the ball or imperfections of the ground.
- (transitive, figurative) To attach or cause to stick (a charge or accusation, etc.).
- (transitive) To prevent from reaching a decision, especially by refusing to join in a verdict that must be unanimous.
- (transitive) To apply (wallpaper or drywall to a wall).
- (transitive) To hold or bear in a suspended or inclined manner or position instead of erect.
- (transitive, law) To kill (someone) by suspension from the neck, usually as a form of execution or suicide.
- (transitive) To exhibit (an object) by hanging.
- (intransitive, computing) To stop responding to manual input devices such as the keyboard and mouse.
- (intransitive) To float, as if suspended.
- (intransitive, informal) To loiter; to hang around; to spend time idly.
- (transitive, chess) To cause (a piece) to become vulnerable to capture.
- (transitive, informal) (used in maledictions) To damn.
- (transitive) To decorate (something) with hanging objects.
noun
- a gymnastic exercise performed on the rings or horizontal bar or parallel bars when the gymnast's weight is supported by the arms
- a special way of doing something
- the way a garment hangs
- (colloquial) The smallest amount of concern or consideration; a damn.
- (computing) An instance of ceasing to respond to input.
- (Ireland, informal, derogatory) Cheap processed ham (cured pork), often made specially for sandwiches.
- A slackening of motion.
- The way in which something hangs.
- A hangout.
- A sharp or steep declivity or slope.
- A person that someone hangs out with.
- Alternative spelling of Hang (“musical instrument”).
- A mass of hanging material.
- (informal, figuratively) A grip, understanding.
verb
noun
verb
intj
noun
verb
- To hold, grasp, or grip.
- To weigh down or oppress.
- To keep; to store something for someone.
- To pay close attention to, or regard with (possibly obsequious) admiration.
- (chiefly imperative) To wait a moment.
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see hang, on.
- To depend upon.
- To persevere.
- To continually believe in something; to have faith in.
- be persistent, refuse to stop
- hold the phone line open
- fix to; attach
verb
- To press down.
- (economics) To cause a depression or a decrease in parts of the economy.
- To bring down or humble; to abase (pride, etc.).
- (mathematics) To reduce (an equation) in a lower degree.
- To make depressed, sad or bored.
- lower (prices or markets)
- lessen the activity or force of
- lower someone's spirits; make downhearted
- cause to drop or sink
- press down
adj
- as if squeezed uncomfortably tight
- not having enough money to pay for necessities
- very thin especially from disease or hunger or cold
- sounding as if the nose were pinched
- Compressed.
- Financially hurt or damaged.
- Very thin, as if drawn together.
- (of a person or the face) Tense and pale from cold, worry, or hunger.