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verb
noun
- An elevated walkway that provides passage above the main area of a facility; a catwalk.
- A walkway placed slightly above the ground in an ecologically vulnerable location so that pedestrians can walk through the area without causing damage.
- A pedestrian bridge or elevated walkway that allows one to walk over a road, stream, or other obstacle, or between the upper stories of buildings.
verb
- To leave unexpectedly.
- To abandon.
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see fuck, off.
- To go to hell; to disappear or go away; to screw oneself.
- To fritter; to fuck around.
- To annoy, irritate.
- get sexual gratification through self-stimulation
- be lazy or idle
- leave immediately; used usually in the imperative form
intj
verb
- To flee or depart quickly.
- leave suddenly and as if in a hurry
- (idiomatic) To write something quickly.
- To have diarrhea.
- (transitive) To steal (horses).
- (idiomatic) To make photocopies, or print.
- To operate by a particular energy or fuel source.
- To cause to flow away.
- To chase someone away.
- To recite, especially items on a list.
- (of a liquid) To pour or spill off or over.
- decide (a contest or competition) by a runoff
- run away secretly with one's beloved
- force to go away; used both with concrete and metaphoric meanings
- run away; usually includes taking something or somebody along
- run off as waste
- reproduce by xerography
verb
- leave suddenly
- (transitive, informal) To leave, especially in a sudden and covert manner.
- intentionally fail to attend
- jump lightly
- bound off one point after another
- cause to skip over a surface
- bypass
- (intransitive) To skim, ricochet or bounce over a surface.
- (knitting, crochet) To pass by a stitch as if it were not there, continuing with the next stitch.
- (printing) To have insufficient ink transfer.
- To jump rope.
- To cause the stylus to jump back to the previous loop of the record's groove, continuously repeating that part of the sound, as a result of excessive scratching or wear. (of a phonograph record)
- To leap lightly over.
- (transitive) To disregard, miss or omit part of a continuation (some item or stage).
- (intransitive) To move by hopping on alternate feet.
- (intransitive) To leap about lightly.
- (transitive, informal) Not to attend (some event, especially a class or a meeting).
- (transitive) To place an item in a skip (etymology 2, sense 1).
- (transitive) To throw (something), making it skim, ricochet, or bounce over a surface.
noun
- a mistake resulting from neglect
- a gait in which steps and hops alternate
- (sugar manufacture) A charge of syrup in the pans.
- (informal) A song, typically one on an album, that is not worth listening to.
- A wheeled basket chiefly used in textile factories.
- A skipper; the master or captain of a ship, or other person in authority.
- (radio) skywave propagation
- (video games) A trick allowing the player to proceed to a later section of the game without playing through a section that was intended to be mandatory.
- (Trinity College, Dublin, historical) A college servant.
- (Commonwealth, UK, Ireland) A large container for waste, designed to be lifted onto the back of a truck to remove it along with its contents, or to be picked up by hydraulic arms so that its contents can be dumped into the truck.
- (scouting, informal) The scoutmaster of a troop of scouts (youth organization).
- The act of passing over an interval from one thing to another; an omission of a part.
- (Australia, slang) An Australian of Anglo-Celtic descent.
- A person who attempts to disappear so as not to be found.
- (UK, Scotland, dialect) A skep, or basket, such as a creel or a handbasket.
- (curling) The player who calls the shots and traditionally throws the last two rocks.
- The captain of a sports team.
- (bowls) The captain of a bowls team, who directs the team's tactics and rolls the side's last wood, so as to be able to retrieve a difficult situation if necessary.
- (steelmaking) A skip car.
- (mining) A transportation container in a mine, usually for ore or mullock.
- A beehive made of woven straw, wicker, etc.
- (slang) A skip-level manager; the boss of one's boss.
- (music) A passage from one sound to another by more than a degree at once.
- A leaping or jumping movement; the action of one who skips.
verb
- leave suddenly and as if in a hurry
- eat hastily without proper chewing
- make or roll into bolts
- secure or lock with a bolt
- run away; usually includes taking something or somebody along
- move or jump suddenly
- swallow hastily
- To sift, especially through a cloth.
- (intransitive, botany, of lettuce, spinach, garlic, onion, etc) To produce flower stalks and flowers or seeds quickly or prematurely; to form a bolt (stalk or scape); to go to seed.
- (intransitive) To flee, to depart, to accelerate away suddenly.
- (transitive, figurative) To affix in a crude or unnatural manner.
- (transitive) To drink one's drink very quickly; to down a drink.
- (intransitive) To escape.
- To strike or fall suddenly like a bolt.
- (transitive) To connect or assemble pieces using a bolt.
- (transitive) To secure a door by locking or barring it.
- (law) To discuss or argue privately, and for practice, as cases at law.
- (transitive) To cause to start or spring forth; to dislodge (an animal being hunted).
- (transitive) To swallow food without chewing it.
- (US, politics) To refuse to support a nomination made by a party or caucus with which one has been connected; to break away from a party.
- To separate, assort, refine, or purify by other means.
- To sift the bran and germ from wheat flour.
- To utter precipitately; to blurt or throw out.
noun
- a screw that screws into a nut to form a fastener
- a roll of cloth or wallpaper of a definite length
- a discharge of lightning accompanied by thunder
- a sliding bar in a breech-loading firearm that ejects an empty cartridge and replaces it and closes the breech
- a sudden abandonment (as from a political party)
- the part of a lock that is engaged or withdrawn with a key
- the act of moving with great haste
- (nautical) The standard linear measurement of canvas for use at sea: 39 yards.
- (military, mechanical engineering) A sliding mechanism to chamber and unchamber a cartridge in a firearm.
- A lightning spark, i.e., a lightning bolt. (See thunderbolt.)
- A small personal-armour-piercing missile for short-range use, or (in common usage though deprecated by experts) a short arrow, intended to be shot from a crossbow or a catapult.
- A sudden flight, as to escape creditors.
- (US, politics) A refusal to support a nomination made by the party with which one has been connected; a breaking away from one's party.
- A burst of speed or efficiency.
- A (usually) metal fastener consisting of a cylindrical body that is threaded, with a larger head on one end. It can be inserted into an unthreaded hole up to the head, with a nut then threaded on the other end; a heavy machine screw.
- A stalk or scape (of garlic, onion, etc).
- A large roll of fabric or similar material, as a bolt of cloth.
- A sudden spring or start; a sudden leap aside.
- An iron to fasten the legs of a prisoner; a shackle; a fetter.
- A sliding pin or bar in a lock or latch mechanism.
- A bar of wood or metal dropped in horizontal hooks on a door and adjoining wall or between the two sides of a double door, to prevent the door(s) from being forced open.
- A sudden event, action or emotion.
- A sieve, especially a long fine sieve used in milling for bolting flour and meal; a bolter.
adv
verb
- leave suddenly and as if in a hurry
- use up all one's strength and energy and stop working
- lose validity
- become used up; be exhausted
- prove insufficient
- flow off gradually
- exhaust the supply of
- flow, run or fall out and become lost
- (transitive) To extend a piece of material, or clothing.
- (intransitive) To expire; to come to an end.
- To be completely used up or consumed.
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see run, out.
- (intransitive, transitive, idiomatic) To use up or consume all [with of ‘something’ (optional)]
- To force (someone or something) out of a location or state of being.
- (intransitive) To conclude in, to end up.
- (cricket) To get a batsman out (dismissed from play) via a runout.
noun
adj
- Away, having left.
- (slang) Infatuated; in love (+ on, for, in).
- Used with a duration to indicate for how long a process has been developing, an action has been performed or a state has persisted; especially, pregnant.
- Of an arrow: wide of the mark.
- Used up.
- No longer existing, having passed.
- (colloquial) Not fully aware of one's surroundings, often through intoxication or mental decline.
- Broken, failed.
- Dead.
- Doomed, done for.
- (US) Weak; faint; feeling a sense of goneness.
- drained of energy or effectiveness; extremely tired; completely exhausted
- stupefied or excited by a chemical substance (especially alcohol)
- destroyed or killed
- well in the past; former
- used up or no longer available
- dead
contraction
prep
verb
verb
- allow to go out of sight or mind
- suffer the loss of a person through death or removal
- withdraw, as from reality
- fail to perceive or to catch with the senses or the mind
- fail to keep or maintain (of a state)
- fail to win
- fail to get or obtain
- be set at a disadvantage
- miss from one's possessions; lose sight of
- fail to make money in a business; make a loss or fail to profit
- (transitive) To be unable to follow or trace (somebody or something) any longer.
- (transitive) Of a clock, to run slower than expected.
- (transitive) To be deprived of (some right or privileged access to something).
- (transitive) To experience the death of (someone to whom one has an attachment, such as a relative or friend).
- (transitive) To fail to catch with the mind or senses; to miss.
- (transitive) To become a defeated competitor in (a game, competition, trial, etc).
- (transitive) To cease exhibiting; to overcome (a behavior or emotion).
- (transitive) To wander from; to miss, so as not to be able to find; to go astray from.
- (transitive, informal) To shed, remove, discard, or eliminate.
- (transitive) To cause (somebody) to be unable to follow or trace one any longer.
- (ditransitive) To cause (someone) the loss of something; to deprive of.
- (transitive) To pay or owe (some wager) due from an unsuccessful bet or gamble.
- (transitive) To cease to have (something) in one's possession or capability.
- (transitive) To have (an organ) removed from one's body, especially by accident.
- (transitive) To shed (weight).
- (intransitive) To be defeated (in a game, competition, contest, etc.)
noun
verb
- To enter without being noticed.
- To insert (words, ideas, etc.) into something without drawing attention to it.
- To take (something) in covertly; to smuggle.
- To barely advance or be allowed entry in a competition or organization despite minimal credentials or competitors thought to be superior.
- enter surreptitiously
- insert casually
verb
- To depart or slip away.
- (transitive, slang) To extinguish the life of.
- (transitive, slang) To have sexual intercourse with.
- To affect (a horse) with grease, the disease.
- (transitive, informal) To cause to go easily; to facilitate.
- (transitive, informal) To bribe.
- (transitive, slang, aviation) To perform a landing extraordinarily smoothly.
- (transitive) To put grease or fat on something, especially in order to lubricate.
- lubricate with grease
noun
- (by extension) Any oily or fatty matter.
- Animal fat in a melted or soft state.
- Shorn but not yet cleansed wool.
- Inflammation of a horse's heels, also known as scratches or pastern dermatitis.
- (slang) Money.
- anything regarded as making something unclean
- a thick fatty oil (especially one used to lubricate machinery)
verb
- To leave, especially a building.
- leave the house to go somewhere
- To go unconscious; to pass out.
- (idiomatic) To leave one's abode to go to public places, especially for recreation or entertainment.
- To die.
- (with with) To have a romantic relationship (with someone).
- (colloquial) To fail.
- To be drained from; to disappear from somebody.
- To become extinct, to expire.
- (intransitive, usually of one's heart) To sympathize with; to express positive feelings towards.
- (of the tide) To recede; to ebb.
- To pass out of fashion; be on the wane.
- (card games) To discard or meld all the cards in one's hand.
- (UK, broadcasting) To be broadcast.
- (of a couple) To have a romantic relationship, one that involves going out together on dates; to be a couple.
- (with on) To spend the last moments of a show (while playing something).
- To be turned off or extinguished.
- To be eliminated from a competition.
- move out of or depart from
- go out of fashion; become unfashionable
- date regularly; have a steady relationship with
- take the field
- become extinguished
verb
verb
- leave behind unintentionally
- forget to do something
- dismiss from the mind; stop remembering
- be unable to remember
- (intransitive) To cease remembering.
- (transitive, loosely, informal) To not realize something (regardless of whether one has ever known it).
- (transitive) To lose remembrance of.
- (transitive) To unintentionally leave something behind.
- (slang) Euphemism for fuck, screw (a mild oath).
- (transitive) To unintentionally not do, neglect.
verb
- leave behind unintentionally
- go and leave behind, either intentionally or by neglect or forgetfulness
- go away from a place
- be survived by after one's death
- move out of or depart from
- act or be so as to become in a specified state
- leave unchanged or undisturbed or refrain from taking
- make a possibility or provide opportunity for; permit to be attainable or cause to remain
- remove oneself from an association with or participation in
- have left or have as a remainder
- leave or give by will after one's death
- put into the care or protection of someone
- produce as a result or residue
- transmit (knowledge or skills)
- (transitive or intransitive, copulative) To cause, to result in.
- (transitive) To let be or do without interference.
- (transitive) To put; to place; to deposit; to deliver, with a sense of withdrawing oneself.
- (transitive) To depart from; to end one's connection or affiliation with.
- (transitive) To transfer responsibility or attention of (something) (to someone); to stop being concerned with.
- (transitive) To give (something) to someone; to deliver (something) to a repository; to deposit.
- (intransitive, rare) To produce leaves or foliage.
- (transitive) To end one's membership in (a group); to terminate one's affiliation with (an organization); to stop participating in (a project).
- (euphemistic, transitive) To die (the object denotes those affected by the death).
- To depart; to separate from.
- (intransitive) To depart; to go away from a certain place or state.
- (transitive) To cause or allow (something) to remain as available; to refrain from taking (something) away; to stop short of consuming or otherwise depleting (something) entirely.
- (transitive) To transfer possession of after death.
- (transitive) To give leave to; allow; permit; let; grant.
noun
- the act of departing politely
- the period of time during which you are absent from work or duty
- permission to do something
- Permission to be absent; time away from one's work.
- (billiards) The arrangement of balls in play that remains after a shot is made (which determines whether the next shooter — who may be either the same player, or an opponent — has good options, or only poor ones).
- (Scrabble) The tiles remaining on a player's rack after his or her turn.
- (cricket) The action of the batsman not attempting to play at the ball.
verb
- leave behind
- leave someone who needs or counts on you; leave in the lurch
- desert (a cause, a country or an army), often in order to join the opposing cause, country, or army
- To leave (anything that depends on one's presence to survive, exist, or succeed), especially when contrary to a promise or obligation; to abandon; to forsake.
- To leave one's duty or post, especially to leave a military or naval unit without permission.
noun
- arid land with little or no vegetation
- (usually plural) a person's deservingness of or entitlement to reward or punishment
- (figuratively) Any barren place or situation.
- A barren area of land or desolate terrain, especially one with little water or vegetation; a wasteland.
- (often in the plural; now chiefly technical (in philosophy) or fossil) That which is deserved or merited; a just punishment or reward.
- In particular, a barren, arid area of land which is hot, with sandy, rocky, or parched ground.
adj
prep
adj
- (postmodifier) Following expressions of time to indicate how long ago something happened; ago.
- Of a period of time: having just gone by; previous.
- (grammar) Of a tense, expressing action that has already happened or a previously-existing state.
- Having already happened; in the past; finished.
- of a person who has held and relinquished a position or office
- earlier than the present time; no longer current
adv
noun
verb
intj
verb
- move away, as for privacy
- move back
- make a retreat from an earlier commitment or activity
- pull back or move away or backward
- (intransitive) To withdraw from a position, go back.
- (intransitive) To shrink back due to generally warmer temperatures. (of a glacier)
- (intransitive) To slope back.
- (intransitive) To withdraw military forces.
- Alternative form of re-treat.
noun
- (military) a signal to begin a withdrawal from a dangerous position
- the act of withdrawing or going backward (especially to escape something hazardous or unpleasant)
- (military) a bugle call signaling the lowering of the flag at sunset
- a place of privacy; a place affording peace and quiet
- withdrawal for prayer and study and meditation
- (military) withdrawal of troops to a more favorable position to escape the enemy's superior forces or after a defeat
- an area where you can be alone
- (military) Withdrawal by a military force from a dangerous position or from enemy attack.
- (chess) The move of a piece from a threatened position.
- A period of retirement, seclusion, or solitude, especially for meditation, prayer, or study.
- (military) A bugle call or drumbeat signaling the lowering of the flag at sunset, as on a military base.
- (military) A signal for a military withdrawal.
- A peaceful, quiet place affording privacy or security.
- The act of reversing direction and receding from a forward position.
- (military) A military ceremony to lower the flag.
- The act of pulling back or withdrawing, as from something dangerous, or unpleasant.
verb
- leave quickly
- pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life
- (intransitive, slang) To perform extremely well (in a video game or other activity).
- (transitive) To thrust away, or put off promptly.
- (intransitive, informal) To release flatulence, generally in short rapid succession.
- (intransitive, informal, usually derogatory) To speak frankly.
- (intransitive, informal) To leave and return in a short time.
- (transitive) To fire or launch (a shot, projectile, or missile), especially singly or in small bursts.
- (transitive, informal) To kill someone.
- (intransitive, informal) To die suddenly.
- (transitive, informal, UK) To turn off.
verb
noun
- Energy; ardour.
- (usually in the plural) A volatile liquid, such as alcohol. The plural form spirits is a generic term for distilled alcoholic beverages.
- A supernatural being, often but not exclusively without physical form; ghost, fairy, angel.
- Intent; real meaning; opposed to the letter, or formal statement.
- (dyeing) Stannic chloride.
- One who is vivacious or lively; one who evinces great activity or peculiar characteristics of mind or temper.
- The manner or style of something.
- (often in the plural) Temper or disposition of mind; mental condition or disposition; intellectual or moral state.
- (philosophy, Hegelian) The essence behind historical development of both individual and society evolving towards the Absolute.
- The soul of a person or other creature.
- Enthusiasm.
- animation and energy in action or expression
- the state of a person's emotions (especially with regard to pleasure or dejection)
- the intended meaning of a communication
- the vital principle or animating force within living things
- any incorporeal supernatural being that can become visible (or audible) to human beings
- the general atmosphere of a place or situation and the effect that it has on people
- a fundamental emotional and activating principle determining one's character
- an inclination or tendency of a certain kind
verb
- move in an unhurried fashion
- live unhurriedly, irresponsibly, or freely
- drive slowly and far afield for grazing
- vary or move from a fixed point or course
- be piled up in banks or heaps by the force of wind or a current
- move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment
- be in motion due to some air or water current
- cause to be carried by a current
- wander from a direct course or at random
- be subject to fluctuation
- (intransitive) To accumulate in heaps by the force of wind; to be driven into heaps.
- (transitive) To drive into heaps.
- (transitive) To drive or carry, as currents do a floating body.
- (automotive) To oversteer a vehicle, causing loss of traction, while maintaining control from entry to exit of a corner. See Drifting (motorsport).
- (transitive, engineering) To enlarge or shape, as a hole, with a drift.
- (intransitive) To deviate gently from the intended direction of travel.
- (intransitive) To move haphazardly without any destination.
- (mining, US) To make a drift; to examine a vein or ledge for the purpose of ascertaining the presence of metals or ores; to follow a vein; to prospect.
- (intransitive) To move slowly, especially pushed by currents of water, air, etc.
noun
- the pervading meaning or tenor
- a process of linguistic change over a period of time
- a general tendency to change (as of opinion)
- a horizontal (or nearly horizontal) passageway in a mine
- the gradual departure from an intended course due to external influences (as a ship or plane)
- a large mass of material that is heaped up by the wind or by water currents
- a force that moves something along
- (mining) Of a boring or a driven tunnel: deviation from the intended course.
- Anything driven at random.
- A slightly tapered tool of steel for enlarging or shaping a hole in metal, by being forced or driven into or through it; a broach.
- Driftwood included in flotsam washed up onto the beach.
- The angle which the line of a ship's motion makes with the meridian, in drifting.
- (mining) In a coal mine, a heading driven for exploration or ventilation.
- (cricket) A sideways movement of the ball through the air, when bowled by a spin bowler.
- (mining) A heading driven through a seam of coal.
- (uncountable, film) The situation where a performer gradually and unintentionally moves from their proper location within the scene.
- That which is driven, forced, or urged along.
- A tool used to insert or extract a removable pin made of metal or hardwood, for the purpose of aligning and/or securing two pieces of material together.
- In the New Forest National Park, UK, the bi-annual round-up of wild ponies in order to sell them.
- The distance through which a current flows in a given time.
- (mining) A passage driven or cut between shaft and shaft; a driftway; a small subterranean gallery.
- (architecture) The horizontal thrust or pressure of an arch or vault upon the abutments.
- A deviation from the line of fire, peculiar to obloid projectiles.
- The place in a deep-waisted vessel where the sheer is raised and the rail is cut off, and usually terminated with a scroll, or driftpiece.
- (mining) A sloping winze or road to the surface, for purposes of haulage.
- (mining) An adit or tunnel driven forward for purposes of exploration or exploitation; generally eventually to a dead end.
- A mass of matter which has been driven or forced onward together in a body, or thrown together in a heap, etc., especially by wind or water.
- The difference between the size of a bolt and the hole into which it is driven, or between the circumference of a hoop and that of the mast on which it is to be driven.
- The tendency of an act, argument, course of conduct, or the like; object aimed at or intended; intention; hence, also, import or meaning of a sentence or discourse; aim.
- Course or direction along which anything is driven; setting.
- The distance between the two blocks of a tackle.
- A place (a ford) along a river where the water is shallow enough to permit crossing to the opposite side.
- The act or motion of drifting; the force which impels or drives; an overpowering influence or impulse.
- A drove or flock, as of cattle, sheep, birds.
- A tool used to pack down the composition contained in a rocket, or like firework.
- A collection of loose earth and rocks, or boulders, which have been distributed over large portions of the earth's surface, especially in latitudes north of forty degrees, by the retreat of continental glaciers, such as that which buries former river valleys and creates young river valleys.
- The distance a vessel is carried off from her desired course by the wind, currents, or other causes.
- Slow, cumulative change.
- (uncountable) Minor deviation of audio or video playback from its correct speed.
verb
- To pass by rapidly, so as not to be perceived clearly.
- To move or hit (something) with a short, quick motion.
- throw or toss with a quick motion
- cause to make a snapping sound
- look through a book or other written material
- cause to move with a flick
- shine unsteadily
- remove with a flick (of the hand)
- twitch or flutter
- flash intermittently
- touch or hit with a light, quick blow
noun
- A unit of time, equal to 1/705,600,000 of a second
- The act of pressing a place on a touch screen device.
- (informal) A motion picture, movie, film; (in plural, usually preceded by "the") movie theater, cinema.
- (tennis) A powerful underarm volley shot.
- A flitch.
- A short, quick movement, especially a brush, sweep, or flip.
- (fencing) A cut that lands with the point, often involving a whip of the foible of the blade to strike at a concealed target.
- a short stroke
- a form of entertainment that enacts a story by sound and a sequence of images giving the illusion of continuous movement
- a light sharp contact (usually with something flexible)
verb
- (intransitive) To pass or go past without much interaction.
- (transitive, with gender pronouns as object) To suggest or request that other people use a specific set of gender pronouns when referring to the subject.
- (transitive) To follow; to assume as true for the purposes of making a decision, taking an action, etc.
- (transitive) To be called, to use as a name.
- move past
- for time to move forward
- be or act in accordance with
- be called; go by a certain name
noun
- A departure.
- (in the phrase "the going of") The whereabouts (of something).
- (in the plural) Course of life; behaviour; doings; ways.
- The horizontal distance between the front of one step in a flight of stairs and the front of the next.
- The suitability of ground for riding, walking etc.
- (figurative) Conditions for advancing in any way.
- Progress.
- advancing toward a goal
- the act of departing
- euphemistic expressions for death
adj
verb
verb
verb
- (intransitive, informal) To leave a place at a leisurely pace.
- (intransitive, bowling, of a ball) To use up too much energy when first bowled and to therefore not finish strongly.
- (transitive, intransitive) To deploy or release (a new film or software, etc.); to launch (a product or service), especially in a gradual fashion across multiple regions.
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see roll, out.
- straighten by unrolling
- flatten or spread with a roller
- to distribute systematically or strategically
- officially distribute a new product or service to the public
noun
verb
noun
verb
adj
noun
verb
- to go stealthily or furtively
- show submission or fear
- move slowly; in the case of people or animals with the body near the ground
- grow or spread, often in such a way as to cover (a surface)
- To move or behave with servility or exaggerated humility; to fawn.
- To drag in deep water with creepers, as for recovering a submarine cable.
- To slip, or to become slightly displaced.
- (intransitive) To move slowly and quietly in a particular direction.
- (intransitive) To move slowly with the abdomen close to the ground.
- (intransitive) To make small gradual changes, usually in a particular direction.
- (intransitive, of plants) To grow across a surface rather than upwards.
- To have a sensation as of insects creeping on the skin of the body; to crawl.
- To move in a stealthy or secret manner; to move imperceptibly or clandestinely; to steal in; to insinuate itself or oneself.
- (intransitive, African-American Vernacular, slang) To covertly have sex (with a person other than one's primary partner); to cheat with.
noun
- a slow mode of locomotion on hands and knees or dragging the body
- a pen that is fenced so that young animals can enter but adults cannot
- a slow longitudinal movement or deformation
- someone unpleasantly strange or eccentric
- (informal, derogatory) Someone creepy (annoyingly unpleasant), especially one who is strange or eccentric.
- (geology) The imperceptible downslope movement of surface rock.
- A slight displacement of an object; the slight movement of something.
- (informal, derogatory, especially) A person who engages in sexually inappropriate behaviour or sexual harassment.
- (materials science) An increase in strain with time; the gradual flow or deformation of a material under stress.
- A relatively small gradual change, variation or deviation (from a planned value) in a measure.
- (agriculture) A barrier with small openings used to keep large animals out while allowing smaller animals to pass through.
- (publishing) In sewn books, the tendency of pages on the inside of a quire to stand out farther than those on the outside of it.
- The movement of something that creeps (like worms or snails).
- (uncountable) The gradual expansion or proliferation of something beyond its original goals or boundaries, considered negatively.
verb
- to go stealthily or furtively
- manipulate the mouse of a computer
- (intransitive) To hunt or catch mice (the rodents), usually of cats. [from 12th c.]
- (intransitive, computing) To navigate by means of a computer mouse.
- (intransitive) To move cautiously or furtively, in the manner of a mouse (the rodent) (frequently used in the phrasal verb to mouse around).
- (transitive, nautical) To close the mouth of a hook by a careful binding of marline or wire.
noun
- a hand-operated electronic device that controls the coordinates of a cursor on your computer screen as you move it around on a pad; on the bottom of the device is a ball that rolls on the surface of the pad
- person who is quiet or timid
- a swollen bruise caused by a blow to the eye
- any of numerous small rodents typically resembling diminutive rats having pointed snouts and small ears on elongated bodies with slender usually hairless tails
- (set theory) A small model of (a fragment of) Zermelo-Fraenkel set theory with desirable properties (depending on the context).
- (historical) A small cushion for a woman's hair.
- A quiet or shy person.
- A match used in firing guns or blasting.
- (computing) An input device that is moved over a pad or other flat surface to produce a corresponding movement of a pointer on a graphical display.
- (nautical) A turn or lashing of spun yarn or small stuff, or a metallic clasp or fastening, uniting the point and shank of a hook to prevent its unhooking or straightening out.
- Part of a hind leg of beef, next to the round.
- (computing) A pointer.
- A rodent, typically having a small body, dark fur, and a long tail.
- Any small rodent of the genus Mus.
- (boxing) A facial hematoma or black eye.
verb
- to go stealthily or furtively
- put, bring, or take in a secretive or furtive manner
- pass on stealthily
- make off with belongings of others
- (ditransitive) To stealthily bring someone something.
- (intransitive, informal, with on) To inform an authority of another's misdemeanours.
- (intransitive) To creep or go stealthily; to come or go while trying to avoid detection, as a person who does not wish to be seen.
- (transitive) To take something stealthily without permission.
adj
noun
- someone acting as an informer or decoy for the police
- a person who is regarded as underhanded and furtive and contemptible
- someone who prowls or sneaks about; usually with unlawful intentions
- One who sneaks; one who moves stealthily to acquire an item or information.
- (American football) A play where the quarterback receives the snap and immediately dives forward.
- An informer; a tell-tale.
- A cheat; a con artist.
- (movie theaters) Ellipsis of sneak preview
- The act of sneaking
- (US) A sneaker; a tennis shoe.
noun
- A departure.
- (in the phrase "the going of") The whereabouts (of something).
- (in the plural) Course of life; behaviour; doings; ways.
- The horizontal distance between the front of one step in a flight of stairs and the front of the next.
- The suitability of ground for riding, walking etc.
- (figurative) Conditions for advancing in any way.
- Progress.
- advancing toward a goal
- the act of departing
- euphemistic expressions for death
adj
verb
verb
noun
- An elevated walkway that provides passage above the main area of a facility; a catwalk.
- A walkway placed slightly above the ground in an ecologically vulnerable location so that pedestrians can walk through the area without causing damage.
- A pedestrian bridge or elevated walkway that allows one to walk over a road, stream, or other obstacle, or between the upper stories of buildings.
verb
- To leave unexpectedly.
- To abandon.
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see fuck, off.
- To go to hell; to disappear or go away; to screw oneself.
- To fritter; to fuck around.
- To annoy, irritate.
- get sexual gratification through self-stimulation
- be lazy or idle
- leave immediately; used usually in the imperative form
intj
verb
- To flee or depart quickly.
- leave suddenly and as if in a hurry
- (idiomatic) To write something quickly.
- To have diarrhea.
- (transitive) To steal (horses).
- (idiomatic) To make photocopies, or print.
- To operate by a particular energy or fuel source.
- To cause to flow away.
- To chase someone away.
- To recite, especially items on a list.
- (of a liquid) To pour or spill off or over.
- decide (a contest or competition) by a runoff
- run away secretly with one's beloved
- force to go away; used both with concrete and metaphoric meanings
- run away; usually includes taking something or somebody along
- run off as waste
- reproduce by xerography
verb
- leave suddenly
- (transitive, informal) To leave, especially in a sudden and covert manner.
- intentionally fail to attend
- jump lightly
- bound off one point after another
- cause to skip over a surface
- bypass
- (intransitive) To skim, ricochet or bounce over a surface.
- (knitting, crochet) To pass by a stitch as if it were not there, continuing with the next stitch.
- (printing) To have insufficient ink transfer.
- To jump rope.
- To cause the stylus to jump back to the previous loop of the record's groove, continuously repeating that part of the sound, as a result of excessive scratching or wear. (of a phonograph record)
- To leap lightly over.
- (transitive) To disregard, miss or omit part of a continuation (some item or stage).
- (intransitive) To move by hopping on alternate feet.
- (intransitive) To leap about lightly.
- (transitive, informal) Not to attend (some event, especially a class or a meeting).
- (transitive) To place an item in a skip (etymology 2, sense 1).
- (transitive) To throw (something), making it skim, ricochet, or bounce over a surface.
noun
- a mistake resulting from neglect
- a gait in which steps and hops alternate
- (sugar manufacture) A charge of syrup in the pans.
- (informal) A song, typically one on an album, that is not worth listening to.
- A wheeled basket chiefly used in textile factories.
- A skipper; the master or captain of a ship, or other person in authority.
- (radio) skywave propagation
- (video games) A trick allowing the player to proceed to a later section of the game without playing through a section that was intended to be mandatory.
- (Trinity College, Dublin, historical) A college servant.
- (Commonwealth, UK, Ireland) A large container for waste, designed to be lifted onto the back of a truck to remove it along with its contents, or to be picked up by hydraulic arms so that its contents can be dumped into the truck.
- (scouting, informal) The scoutmaster of a troop of scouts (youth organization).
- The act of passing over an interval from one thing to another; an omission of a part.
- (Australia, slang) An Australian of Anglo-Celtic descent.
- A person who attempts to disappear so as not to be found.
- (UK, Scotland, dialect) A skep, or basket, such as a creel or a handbasket.
- (curling) The player who calls the shots and traditionally throws the last two rocks.
- The captain of a sports team.
- (bowls) The captain of a bowls team, who directs the team's tactics and rolls the side's last wood, so as to be able to retrieve a difficult situation if necessary.
- (steelmaking) A skip car.
- (mining) A transportation container in a mine, usually for ore or mullock.
- A beehive made of woven straw, wicker, etc.
- (slang) A skip-level manager; the boss of one's boss.
- (music) A passage from one sound to another by more than a degree at once.
- A leaping or jumping movement; the action of one who skips.
verb
- leave suddenly and as if in a hurry
- eat hastily without proper chewing
- make or roll into bolts
- secure or lock with a bolt
- run away; usually includes taking something or somebody along
- move or jump suddenly
- swallow hastily
- To sift, especially through a cloth.
- (intransitive, botany, of lettuce, spinach, garlic, onion, etc) To produce flower stalks and flowers or seeds quickly or prematurely; to form a bolt (stalk or scape); to go to seed.
- (intransitive) To flee, to depart, to accelerate away suddenly.
- (transitive, figurative) To affix in a crude or unnatural manner.
- (transitive) To drink one's drink very quickly; to down a drink.
- (intransitive) To escape.
- To strike or fall suddenly like a bolt.
- (transitive) To connect or assemble pieces using a bolt.
- (transitive) To secure a door by locking or barring it.
- (law) To discuss or argue privately, and for practice, as cases at law.
- (transitive) To cause to start or spring forth; to dislodge (an animal being hunted).
- (transitive) To swallow food without chewing it.
- (US, politics) To refuse to support a nomination made by a party or caucus with which one has been connected; to break away from a party.
- To separate, assort, refine, or purify by other means.
- To sift the bran and germ from wheat flour.
- To utter precipitately; to blurt or throw out.
noun
- a screw that screws into a nut to form a fastener
- a roll of cloth or wallpaper of a definite length
- a discharge of lightning accompanied by thunder
- a sliding bar in a breech-loading firearm that ejects an empty cartridge and replaces it and closes the breech
- a sudden abandonment (as from a political party)
- the part of a lock that is engaged or withdrawn with a key
- the act of moving with great haste
- (nautical) The standard linear measurement of canvas for use at sea: 39 yards.
- (military, mechanical engineering) A sliding mechanism to chamber and unchamber a cartridge in a firearm.
- A lightning spark, i.e., a lightning bolt. (See thunderbolt.)
- A small personal-armour-piercing missile for short-range use, or (in common usage though deprecated by experts) a short arrow, intended to be shot from a crossbow or a catapult.
- A sudden flight, as to escape creditors.
- (US, politics) A refusal to support a nomination made by the party with which one has been connected; a breaking away from one's party.
- A burst of speed or efficiency.
- A (usually) metal fastener consisting of a cylindrical body that is threaded, with a larger head on one end. It can be inserted into an unthreaded hole up to the head, with a nut then threaded on the other end; a heavy machine screw.
- A stalk or scape (of garlic, onion, etc).
- A large roll of fabric or similar material, as a bolt of cloth.
- A sudden spring or start; a sudden leap aside.
- An iron to fasten the legs of a prisoner; a shackle; a fetter.
- A sliding pin or bar in a lock or latch mechanism.
- A bar of wood or metal dropped in horizontal hooks on a door and adjoining wall or between the two sides of a double door, to prevent the door(s) from being forced open.
- A sudden event, action or emotion.
- A sieve, especially a long fine sieve used in milling for bolting flour and meal; a bolter.
adv
verb
- leave suddenly and as if in a hurry
- use up all one's strength and energy and stop working
- lose validity
- become used up; be exhausted
- prove insufficient
- flow off gradually
- exhaust the supply of
- flow, run or fall out and become lost
- (transitive) To extend a piece of material, or clothing.
- (intransitive) To expire; to come to an end.
- To be completely used up or consumed.
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see run, out.
- (intransitive, transitive, idiomatic) To use up or consume all [with of ‘something’ (optional)]
- To force (someone or something) out of a location or state of being.
- (intransitive) To conclude in, to end up.
- (cricket) To get a batsman out (dismissed from play) via a runout.
noun
verb
- allow to go out of sight or mind
- suffer the loss of a person through death or removal
- withdraw, as from reality
- fail to perceive or to catch with the senses or the mind
- fail to keep or maintain (of a state)
- fail to win
- fail to get or obtain
- be set at a disadvantage
- miss from one's possessions; lose sight of
- fail to make money in a business; make a loss or fail to profit
- (transitive) To be unable to follow or trace (somebody or something) any longer.
- (transitive) Of a clock, to run slower than expected.
- (transitive) To be deprived of (some right or privileged access to something).
- (transitive) To experience the death of (someone to whom one has an attachment, such as a relative or friend).
- (transitive) To fail to catch with the mind or senses; to miss.
- (transitive) To become a defeated competitor in (a game, competition, trial, etc).
- (transitive) To cease exhibiting; to overcome (a behavior or emotion).
- (transitive) To wander from; to miss, so as not to be able to find; to go astray from.
- (transitive, informal) To shed, remove, discard, or eliminate.
- (transitive) To cause (somebody) to be unable to follow or trace one any longer.
- (ditransitive) To cause (someone) the loss of something; to deprive of.
- (transitive) To pay or owe (some wager) due from an unsuccessful bet or gamble.
- (transitive) To cease to have (something) in one's possession or capability.
- (transitive) To have (an organ) removed from one's body, especially by accident.
- (transitive) To shed (weight).
- (intransitive) To be defeated (in a game, competition, contest, etc.)
noun
verb
- To enter without being noticed.
- To insert (words, ideas, etc.) into something without drawing attention to it.
- To take (something) in covertly; to smuggle.
- To barely advance or be allowed entry in a competition or organization despite minimal credentials or competitors thought to be superior.
- enter surreptitiously
- insert casually
verb
- To depart or slip away.
- (transitive, slang) To extinguish the life of.
- (transitive, slang) To have sexual intercourse with.
- To affect (a horse) with grease, the disease.
- (transitive, informal) To cause to go easily; to facilitate.
- (transitive, informal) To bribe.
- (transitive, slang, aviation) To perform a landing extraordinarily smoothly.
- (transitive) To put grease or fat on something, especially in order to lubricate.
- lubricate with grease
noun
- (by extension) Any oily or fatty matter.
- Animal fat in a melted or soft state.
- Shorn but not yet cleansed wool.
- Inflammation of a horse's heels, also known as scratches or pastern dermatitis.
- (slang) Money.
- anything regarded as making something unclean
- a thick fatty oil (especially one used to lubricate machinery)
verb
- To leave, especially a building.
- leave the house to go somewhere
- To go unconscious; to pass out.
- (idiomatic) To leave one's abode to go to public places, especially for recreation or entertainment.
- To die.
- (with with) To have a romantic relationship (with someone).
- (colloquial) To fail.
- To be drained from; to disappear from somebody.
- To become extinct, to expire.
- (intransitive, usually of one's heart) To sympathize with; to express positive feelings towards.
- (of the tide) To recede; to ebb.
- To pass out of fashion; be on the wane.
- (card games) To discard or meld all the cards in one's hand.
- (UK, broadcasting) To be broadcast.
- (of a couple) To have a romantic relationship, one that involves going out together on dates; to be a couple.
- (with on) To spend the last moments of a show (while playing something).
- To be turned off or extinguished.
- To be eliminated from a competition.
- move out of or depart from
- go out of fashion; become unfashionable
- date regularly; have a steady relationship with
- take the field
- become extinguished
verb
verb
- leave behind unintentionally
- forget to do something
- dismiss from the mind; stop remembering
- be unable to remember
- (intransitive) To cease remembering.
- (transitive, loosely, informal) To not realize something (regardless of whether one has ever known it).
- (transitive) To lose remembrance of.
- (transitive) To unintentionally leave something behind.
- (slang) Euphemism for fuck, screw (a mild oath).
- (transitive) To unintentionally not do, neglect.
verb
- leave behind unintentionally
- go and leave behind, either intentionally or by neglect or forgetfulness
- go away from a place
- be survived by after one's death
- move out of or depart from
- act or be so as to become in a specified state
- leave unchanged or undisturbed or refrain from taking
- make a possibility or provide opportunity for; permit to be attainable or cause to remain
- remove oneself from an association with or participation in
- have left or have as a remainder
- leave or give by will after one's death
- put into the care or protection of someone
- produce as a result or residue
- transmit (knowledge or skills)
- (transitive or intransitive, copulative) To cause, to result in.
- (transitive) To let be or do without interference.
- (transitive) To put; to place; to deposit; to deliver, with a sense of withdrawing oneself.
- (transitive) To depart from; to end one's connection or affiliation with.
- (transitive) To transfer responsibility or attention of (something) (to someone); to stop being concerned with.
- (transitive) To give (something) to someone; to deliver (something) to a repository; to deposit.
- (intransitive, rare) To produce leaves or foliage.
- (transitive) To end one's membership in (a group); to terminate one's affiliation with (an organization); to stop participating in (a project).
- (euphemistic, transitive) To die (the object denotes those affected by the death).
- To depart; to separate from.
- (intransitive) To depart; to go away from a certain place or state.
- (transitive) To cause or allow (something) to remain as available; to refrain from taking (something) away; to stop short of consuming or otherwise depleting (something) entirely.
- (transitive) To transfer possession of after death.
- (transitive) To give leave to; allow; permit; let; grant.
noun
- the act of departing politely
- the period of time during which you are absent from work or duty
- permission to do something
- Permission to be absent; time away from one's work.
- (billiards) The arrangement of balls in play that remains after a shot is made (which determines whether the next shooter — who may be either the same player, or an opponent — has good options, or only poor ones).
- (Scrabble) The tiles remaining on a player's rack after his or her turn.
- (cricket) The action of the batsman not attempting to play at the ball.
verb
- leave behind
- leave someone who needs or counts on you; leave in the lurch
- desert (a cause, a country or an army), often in order to join the opposing cause, country, or army
- To leave (anything that depends on one's presence to survive, exist, or succeed), especially when contrary to a promise or obligation; to abandon; to forsake.
- To leave one's duty or post, especially to leave a military or naval unit without permission.
noun
- arid land with little or no vegetation
- (usually plural) a person's deservingness of or entitlement to reward or punishment
- (figuratively) Any barren place or situation.
- A barren area of land or desolate terrain, especially one with little water or vegetation; a wasteland.
- (often in the plural; now chiefly technical (in philosophy) or fossil) That which is deserved or merited; a just punishment or reward.
- In particular, a barren, arid area of land which is hot, with sandy, rocky, or parched ground.
adj
verb
intj
verb
- move away, as for privacy
- move back
- make a retreat from an earlier commitment or activity
- pull back or move away or backward
- (intransitive) To withdraw from a position, go back.
- (intransitive) To shrink back due to generally warmer temperatures. (of a glacier)
- (intransitive) To slope back.
- (intransitive) To withdraw military forces.
- Alternative form of re-treat.
noun
- (military) a signal to begin a withdrawal from a dangerous position
- the act of withdrawing or going backward (especially to escape something hazardous or unpleasant)
- (military) a bugle call signaling the lowering of the flag at sunset
- a place of privacy; a place affording peace and quiet
- withdrawal for prayer and study and meditation
- (military) withdrawal of troops to a more favorable position to escape the enemy's superior forces or after a defeat
- an area where you can be alone
- (military) Withdrawal by a military force from a dangerous position or from enemy attack.
- (chess) The move of a piece from a threatened position.
- A period of retirement, seclusion, or solitude, especially for meditation, prayer, or study.
- (military) A bugle call or drumbeat signaling the lowering of the flag at sunset, as on a military base.
- (military) A signal for a military withdrawal.
- A peaceful, quiet place affording privacy or security.
- The act of reversing direction and receding from a forward position.
- (military) A military ceremony to lower the flag.
- The act of pulling back or withdrawing, as from something dangerous, or unpleasant.
verb
- leave quickly
- pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life
- (intransitive, slang) To perform extremely well (in a video game or other activity).
- (transitive) To thrust away, or put off promptly.
- (intransitive, informal) To release flatulence, generally in short rapid succession.
- (intransitive, informal, usually derogatory) To speak frankly.
- (intransitive, informal) To leave and return in a short time.
- (transitive) To fire or launch (a shot, projectile, or missile), especially singly or in small bursts.
- (transitive, informal) To kill someone.
- (intransitive, informal) To die suddenly.
- (transitive, informal, UK) To turn off.
verb
noun
- Energy; ardour.
- (usually in the plural) A volatile liquid, such as alcohol. The plural form spirits is a generic term for distilled alcoholic beverages.
- A supernatural being, often but not exclusively without physical form; ghost, fairy, angel.
- Intent; real meaning; opposed to the letter, or formal statement.
- (dyeing) Stannic chloride.
- One who is vivacious or lively; one who evinces great activity or peculiar characteristics of mind or temper.
- The manner or style of something.
- (often in the plural) Temper or disposition of mind; mental condition or disposition; intellectual or moral state.
- (philosophy, Hegelian) The essence behind historical development of both individual and society evolving towards the Absolute.
- The soul of a person or other creature.
- Enthusiasm.
- animation and energy in action or expression
- the state of a person's emotions (especially with regard to pleasure or dejection)
- the intended meaning of a communication
- the vital principle or animating force within living things
- any incorporeal supernatural being that can become visible (or audible) to human beings
- the general atmosphere of a place or situation and the effect that it has on people
- a fundamental emotional and activating principle determining one's character
- an inclination or tendency of a certain kind
verb
- move in an unhurried fashion
- live unhurriedly, irresponsibly, or freely
- drive slowly and far afield for grazing
- vary or move from a fixed point or course
- be piled up in banks or heaps by the force of wind or a current
- move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment
- be in motion due to some air or water current
- cause to be carried by a current
- wander from a direct course or at random
- be subject to fluctuation
- (intransitive) To accumulate in heaps by the force of wind; to be driven into heaps.
- (transitive) To drive into heaps.
- (transitive) To drive or carry, as currents do a floating body.
- (automotive) To oversteer a vehicle, causing loss of traction, while maintaining control from entry to exit of a corner. See Drifting (motorsport).
- (transitive, engineering) To enlarge or shape, as a hole, with a drift.
- (intransitive) To deviate gently from the intended direction of travel.
- (intransitive) To move haphazardly without any destination.
- (mining, US) To make a drift; to examine a vein or ledge for the purpose of ascertaining the presence of metals or ores; to follow a vein; to prospect.
- (intransitive) To move slowly, especially pushed by currents of water, air, etc.
noun
- the pervading meaning or tenor
- a process of linguistic change over a period of time
- a general tendency to change (as of opinion)
- a horizontal (or nearly horizontal) passageway in a mine
- the gradual departure from an intended course due to external influences (as a ship or plane)
- a large mass of material that is heaped up by the wind or by water currents
- a force that moves something along
- (mining) Of a boring or a driven tunnel: deviation from the intended course.
- Anything driven at random.
- A slightly tapered tool of steel for enlarging or shaping a hole in metal, by being forced or driven into or through it; a broach.
- Driftwood included in flotsam washed up onto the beach.
- The angle which the line of a ship's motion makes with the meridian, in drifting.
- (mining) In a coal mine, a heading driven for exploration or ventilation.
- (cricket) A sideways movement of the ball through the air, when bowled by a spin bowler.
- (mining) A heading driven through a seam of coal.
- (uncountable, film) The situation where a performer gradually and unintentionally moves from their proper location within the scene.
- That which is driven, forced, or urged along.
- A tool used to insert or extract a removable pin made of metal or hardwood, for the purpose of aligning and/or securing two pieces of material together.
- In the New Forest National Park, UK, the bi-annual round-up of wild ponies in order to sell them.
- The distance through which a current flows in a given time.
- (mining) A passage driven or cut between shaft and shaft; a driftway; a small subterranean gallery.
- (architecture) The horizontal thrust or pressure of an arch or vault upon the abutments.
- A deviation from the line of fire, peculiar to obloid projectiles.
- The place in a deep-waisted vessel where the sheer is raised and the rail is cut off, and usually terminated with a scroll, or driftpiece.
- (mining) A sloping winze or road to the surface, for purposes of haulage.
- (mining) An adit or tunnel driven forward for purposes of exploration or exploitation; generally eventually to a dead end.
- A mass of matter which has been driven or forced onward together in a body, or thrown together in a heap, etc., especially by wind or water.
- The difference between the size of a bolt and the hole into which it is driven, or between the circumference of a hoop and that of the mast on which it is to be driven.
- The tendency of an act, argument, course of conduct, or the like; object aimed at or intended; intention; hence, also, import or meaning of a sentence or discourse; aim.
- Course or direction along which anything is driven; setting.
- The distance between the two blocks of a tackle.
- A place (a ford) along a river where the water is shallow enough to permit crossing to the opposite side.
- The act or motion of drifting; the force which impels or drives; an overpowering influence or impulse.
- A drove or flock, as of cattle, sheep, birds.
- A tool used to pack down the composition contained in a rocket, or like firework.
- A collection of loose earth and rocks, or boulders, which have been distributed over large portions of the earth's surface, especially in latitudes north of forty degrees, by the retreat of continental glaciers, such as that which buries former river valleys and creates young river valleys.
- The distance a vessel is carried off from her desired course by the wind, currents, or other causes.
- Slow, cumulative change.
- (uncountable) Minor deviation of audio or video playback from its correct speed.
verb
- To pass by rapidly, so as not to be perceived clearly.
- To move or hit (something) with a short, quick motion.
- throw or toss with a quick motion
- cause to make a snapping sound
- look through a book or other written material
- cause to move with a flick
- shine unsteadily
- remove with a flick (of the hand)
- twitch or flutter
- flash intermittently
- touch or hit with a light, quick blow
noun
- A unit of time, equal to 1/705,600,000 of a second
- The act of pressing a place on a touch screen device.
- (informal) A motion picture, movie, film; (in plural, usually preceded by "the") movie theater, cinema.
- (tennis) A powerful underarm volley shot.
- A flitch.
- A short, quick movement, especially a brush, sweep, or flip.
- (fencing) A cut that lands with the point, often involving a whip of the foible of the blade to strike at a concealed target.
- a short stroke
- a form of entertainment that enacts a story by sound and a sequence of images giving the illusion of continuous movement
- a light sharp contact (usually with something flexible)
verb
- (intransitive) To pass or go past without much interaction.
- (transitive, with gender pronouns as object) To suggest or request that other people use a specific set of gender pronouns when referring to the subject.
- (transitive) To follow; to assume as true for the purposes of making a decision, taking an action, etc.
- (transitive) To be called, to use as a name.
- move past
- for time to move forward
- be or act in accordance with
- be called; go by a certain name
verb
verb
- (intransitive, informal) To leave a place at a leisurely pace.
- (intransitive, bowling, of a ball) To use up too much energy when first bowled and to therefore not finish strongly.
- (transitive, intransitive) To deploy or release (a new film or software, etc.); to launch (a product or service), especially in a gradual fashion across multiple regions.
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see roll, out.
- straighten by unrolling
- flatten or spread with a roller
- to distribute systematically or strategically
- officially distribute a new product or service to the public
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- to go stealthily or furtively
- show submission or fear
- move slowly; in the case of people or animals with the body near the ground
- grow or spread, often in such a way as to cover (a surface)
- To move or behave with servility or exaggerated humility; to fawn.
- To drag in deep water with creepers, as for recovering a submarine cable.
- To slip, or to become slightly displaced.
- (intransitive) To move slowly and quietly in a particular direction.
- (intransitive) To move slowly with the abdomen close to the ground.
- (intransitive) To make small gradual changes, usually in a particular direction.
- (intransitive, of plants) To grow across a surface rather than upwards.
- To have a sensation as of insects creeping on the skin of the body; to crawl.
- To move in a stealthy or secret manner; to move imperceptibly or clandestinely; to steal in; to insinuate itself or oneself.
- (intransitive, African-American Vernacular, slang) To covertly have sex (with a person other than one's primary partner); to cheat with.
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- a slow mode of locomotion on hands and knees or dragging the body
- a pen that is fenced so that young animals can enter but adults cannot
- a slow longitudinal movement or deformation
- someone unpleasantly strange or eccentric
- (informal, derogatory) Someone creepy (annoyingly unpleasant), especially one who is strange or eccentric.
- (geology) The imperceptible downslope movement of surface rock.
- A slight displacement of an object; the slight movement of something.
- (informal, derogatory, especially) A person who engages in sexually inappropriate behaviour or sexual harassment.
- (materials science) An increase in strain with time; the gradual flow or deformation of a material under stress.
- A relatively small gradual change, variation or deviation (from a planned value) in a measure.
- (agriculture) A barrier with small openings used to keep large animals out while allowing smaller animals to pass through.
- (publishing) In sewn books, the tendency of pages on the inside of a quire to stand out farther than those on the outside of it.
- The movement of something that creeps (like worms or snails).
- (uncountable) The gradual expansion or proliferation of something beyond its original goals or boundaries, considered negatively.
verb
- to go stealthily or furtively
- manipulate the mouse of a computer
- (intransitive) To hunt or catch mice (the rodents), usually of cats. [from 12th c.]
- (intransitive, computing) To navigate by means of a computer mouse.
- (intransitive) To move cautiously or furtively, in the manner of a mouse (the rodent) (frequently used in the phrasal verb to mouse around).
- (transitive, nautical) To close the mouth of a hook by a careful binding of marline or wire.
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- a hand-operated electronic device that controls the coordinates of a cursor on your computer screen as you move it around on a pad; on the bottom of the device is a ball that rolls on the surface of the pad
- person who is quiet or timid
- a swollen bruise caused by a blow to the eye
- any of numerous small rodents typically resembling diminutive rats having pointed snouts and small ears on elongated bodies with slender usually hairless tails
- (set theory) A small model of (a fragment of) Zermelo-Fraenkel set theory with desirable properties (depending on the context).
- (historical) A small cushion for a woman's hair.
- A quiet or shy person.
- A match used in firing guns or blasting.
- (computing) An input device that is moved over a pad or other flat surface to produce a corresponding movement of a pointer on a graphical display.
- (nautical) A turn or lashing of spun yarn or small stuff, or a metallic clasp or fastening, uniting the point and shank of a hook to prevent its unhooking or straightening out.
- Part of a hind leg of beef, next to the round.
- (computing) A pointer.
- A rodent, typically having a small body, dark fur, and a long tail.
- Any small rodent of the genus Mus.
- (boxing) A facial hematoma or black eye.
verb
- to go stealthily or furtively
- put, bring, or take in a secretive or furtive manner
- pass on stealthily
- make off with belongings of others
- (ditransitive) To stealthily bring someone something.
- (intransitive, informal, with on) To inform an authority of another's misdemeanours.
- (intransitive) To creep or go stealthily; to come or go while trying to avoid detection, as a person who does not wish to be seen.
- (transitive) To take something stealthily without permission.
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- someone acting as an informer or decoy for the police
- a person who is regarded as underhanded and furtive and contemptible
- someone who prowls or sneaks about; usually with unlawful intentions
- One who sneaks; one who moves stealthily to acquire an item or information.
- (American football) A play where the quarterback receives the snap and immediately dives forward.
- An informer; a tell-tale.
- A cheat; a con artist.
- (movie theaters) Ellipsis of sneak preview
- The act of sneaking
- (US) A sneaker; a tennis shoe.
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- Away, having left.
- (slang) Infatuated; in love (+ on, for, in).
- Used with a duration to indicate for how long a process has been developing, an action has been performed or a state has persisted; especially, pregnant.
- Of an arrow: wide of the mark.
- Used up.
- No longer existing, having passed.
- (colloquial) Not fully aware of one's surroundings, often through intoxication or mental decline.
- Broken, failed.
- Dead.
- Doomed, done for.
- (US) Weak; faint; feeling a sense of goneness.
- drained of energy or effectiveness; extremely tired; completely exhausted
- stupefied or excited by a chemical substance (especially alcohol)
- destroyed or killed
- well in the past; former
- used up or no longer available
- dead