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noun
- A group inside a larger group.
- A section of land; an area of a country or other territory; region.
- (US) The dividing line formed by combing the hair in different directions.
- A section of a document.
- (Judaism) In the Hebrew lunisolar calendar, a unit of time equivalent to 3⅓ seconds.
- A unit of relative proportion in a mixture.
- A distinct element of something larger.
- Share, especially of a profit.
- Position or role (especially in a play).
- (US) A room in a public building, especially a courtroom.
- A constituent of character or capacity; quality; faculty; talent; usually in the plural with a collective sense.
- (music) The melody played or sung by a particular instrument, voice, or group of instruments or voices, within a polyphonic piece.
- Each of two contrasting sides of an argument, debate etc.; "hand".
- 3.5 centiliters of one ingredient in a mixed drink.
- (colloquial, euphemistic) A private part; genitalia.
- A fraction of a whole.
- Duty; responsibility.
- the effort contributed by a person in bringing about a result
- a portion of a natural object
- assets belonging to or due to or contributed by an individual person or group
- something determined in relation to something that includes it
- the actions and activities assigned to or required or expected of a person or group
- one of the portions into which something is regarded as divided and which together constitute a whole
- the melody carried by a particular voice or instrument in polyphonic music
- that which concerns a person with regard to a particular role or situation
- something less than the whole of a human artifact
- an actor's portrayal of someone in a play
- the extended spatial location of something
- a line of scalp that can be seen when sections of hair are combed in opposite directions
- an item that is an instance of some type
adj
adv
verb
- (intransitive) To be divided in two or separated.
- (intransitive) To leave the company of.
- To separate by a process of extraction, elimination, or secretion.
- (transitive) To divide in two.
- To separate or disunite; to remove from contact or contiguity; to sunder.
- To cut hair with a parting.
- (transitive, Internet) To leave (an IRC channel).
- force, take, or pull apart
- discontinue an association or relation; go different ways
- go one's own way; move apart
- depart for someplace
- move or break apart
adv
prep
prefix
- Within a group or concept.
- Inside or with, in terms of location or position.
- A part of the root entity.
- The interior of the region indicated by the root.
- Between two or more similar entities that are within a larger entity. The root indicates the commonality between the entities.
- Behaviour of a single individual.
- Indicating that the root is internal in nature.
- In alignment or synchronous with the root entity.
- During, within a time period.
- Spatially located in between the root entity and a reference point.
- Spatially located in between two points within the region indicated by the root entity.
- A direction that is inward or into the location indicated by the root word.
verb
- put into a group
- have a certain value or carry a certain weight
- have weight; have import, carry weight
- have faith or confidence in
- name or recite the numbers in ascending order
- determine the number or amount of
- take account of
- include as if by counting
- show consideration for; take into account
- (intransitive, figurative, passive-like) To be of significance; to matter; to be considered (as something); to be included (of something).
- (intransitive, figurative, passive-like) To be an example of something: often followed by as and an indefinite noun.
- (transitive) To reckon in, to include in consideration.
- (intransitive) To amount to, to number in total.
- (intransitive) To recite numbers in sequence.
- (transitive) To consider something as an example of something or as having some quality; to account, to regard as.
- (transitive) To determine the number of (objects in a group).
noun
- the act of counting; reciting numbers in ascending order
- a nobleman (in various countries) having rank equal to a British earl
- the total number counted
- (minced oath, slang) Cunt (the taboo swear word)
- (baseball) The number of balls and strikes, respectively, on a batter's in-progress plate appearance.
- A countdown.
- (entomology) Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the genus Tanaecia. Other butterflies in this genus are called earls and viscounts.
- (law) A distinct and separate charge in an indictment or complaint.
- The act of counting or tallying a quantity.
- The result of a tally that reveals the number of items in a set; a quantity counted.
- The male ruler of a county.
- A nobleman holding a rank intermediate between dukes and barons.
adj
verb
- put into a group
- place a limit on the number of
- give numbers to
- determine the number or amount of
- add up in number or quantity
- enumerate
- (transitive, usually with among) To classify or include (in a group of things)
- (transitive, with off) To enumerate or list, especially while assigning numbers to.
- (transitive, passive voice) To limit to a certain number; to reckon (as by fate) to be few in number.
- (intransitive, usually with among) To be classified or included (in a certain group or category of things).
- (transitive) To label (items) with numbers; to assign numbers to (items).
- (intransitive) To total or count; to amount to.
- (transitive, with off) To call out and assign a series of numbers (usually to people), either for the sake of dividing into groups or for counting.
noun
- a clothing measurement
- a select company of people
- a symbol used to represent a number
- a concept of quantity involving zero and units
- a short performance that is part of a longer program
- an item of clothing
- the number is used in calling a particular telephone
- one of a series published periodically
- the property possessed by a sum or total or indefinite quantity of units or individuals
- a numeral or string of numerals that is used for identification and may be attached to accounts, memberships, etc.
- a numbered item in a series
- the grammatical category for the forms of nouns and pronouns and verbs that are used depending on the number of entities involved (singular or dual or plural)
- (slang, chiefly US) A marijuana cigarette, or joint; also, a quantity of marijuana bought from a dealer.
- (countable) A performance; especially, a single song or song and dance routine within a larger show.
- (countable, informal) An outfit, particularly a stylish one.
- (Followed by a numeral; used attributively) Indicating the position of something in a list or sequence. Abbreviations: No or No., no or no. (in each case, sometimes written with a superscript "o", like Nº or №). The symbol "#" is also used in this manner.
- (countable, informal) A person.
- (singular only, formal) A group of people.
- (countable, informal) A telephone number.
- Quantity.
- (countable) A numeral: a symbol for a non-negative integer.
- (countable, mathematics) An element of one of several sets: natural numbers, integers, rational numbers, real numbers, complex numbers, and sometimes extensions such as hypercomplex numbers, etc.
- (grammar) Of a word or phrase, the state of being singular, dual or plural, shown by inflection.
- (countable) An abstract entity used to describe quantity.
- A large amount, in contrast to a smaller amount; numerical preponderance.
- Something that numbs.
- A sequence of digits and letters used to register people, automobiles, and various other items.
- An activity; assignment; job, as in cushy number.
adj
prep_phrase
noun
- An assembly; a group; a circle.
- Rotation, as in office; succession.
- A brewer's vessel in which the fermentation is concluded, the yeast escaping through the bunghole.
- (sports) One of the specified pre-determined segments of the total time of a sport event, such as a boxing or wrestling match, during which contestants compete before being signaled to stop.
- A series of changes or events ending where it began; a series of like events recurring in continuance; a cycle; a periodical revolution.
- A general outburst from a group of people at an event.
- (butchery) The hindquarters of a bovine; a round of beef.
- A course of action or conduct performed by a number of persons in turn, or one after another, as if seated in a circle.
- A general discharge of firearms by a body of troops in which each soldier fires once.
- (engineering, drafting, CAD) A rounded relief or cut at an edge, especially an outside edge, added for a finished appearance and to soften sharp edges.
- A firearm cartridge, bullet, or any individual ammunition projectile. Originally referring to the spherical projectile ball of a smoothbore firearm. Compare round shot and solid shot.
- (UK) One slice of bread.
- A strip of material with a circular face that covers an edge, gap, or crevice for decorative, sanitary, or security purposes.
- (art) A long-bristled, circular-headed paintbrush used in oil and acrylic painting.
- (countable, music) A song that is sung by groups of people with each subset of people starting at a different time.
- A circular or repetitious route.
- (sports) In some sports, e.g. golf or showjumping: one complete way around the course.
- A crosspiece that joins and braces the legs of a chair.
- A circular dance.
- (nautical) A round-top.
- A series of duties or tasks which must be performed in turn, and then repeated.
- A serving of something; a portion of something to each person in a group.
- (card games) The play after each deal.
- One sandwich (two full slices of bread with filling).
- (sports) A stage in a competition.
- (video games) A stage or level of a game.
- A circular or spherical object or part of an object.
- A single individual portion or dose of medicine.
- (sports) a division of a game during which one team is on the offensive
- a regular route for a sentry or policeman
- an outburst of applause
- any circular or rotating mechanism
- the course along which communications spread
- the activity of playing 18 holes of golf
- a partsong in which voices follow each other; one voice starts and others join in one after another until all are singing different parts of the song at the same time
- a cut of beef between the rump and the lower leg
- a charge of ammunition for a single shot
- (often plural) a series of professional calls (usually in a set order)
- a serving to each of a group (usually alcoholic)
- a crosspiece between the legs of a chair
- the usual activities in your day
- an interval during which a recurring sequence of events occurs
adj
- Circular or cylindrical; having a circular cross-section in one direction.
- Complete, whole, not lacking.
- Outspoken; plain and direct; unreserved; not mincing words.
- Returning to its starting point.
- Finished; polished; not defective or abrupt; said of authors or their writing style.
- (phonetics) Pronounced with the lips drawn together; rounded.
- Spherical; shaped like a ball; having a circular cross-section in more than one direction.
- (architecture) Vaulted.
- Lacking sharp angles; having gentle curves.
- Plump.
- (authorship, of a fictional character) Well-written and well-characterized; complex and reminiscent of a real person.
- Loosely or approximately circular.
- Large in magnitude.
- (of a number) Convenient for rounding other numbers to; for example, ending in a zero.
- (of sounds) full and rich
- having the shape or form of a circle
- (mathematics) expressed to the nearest integer, ten, hundred, or thousand
adv
prep
verb
- (intransitive) To turn and attack someone or something (used with on).
- (with "out") To finish; to complete; to fill out; see also round out.
- To grow round or full; hence, to attain to fullness, completeness, or perfection.
- (medicine, colloquial) To do ward rounds.
- (transitive) To turn past a boundary.
- (transitive) To shape something into a curve.
- To encircle; to encompass.
- (transitive, baseball) To advance to home plate.
- (intransitive) To become shaped into a curve.
- (transitive, intransitive) To approximate (a number, especially a decimal number) by the closest whole number, or some other close number, especially a whole number of hundreds, thousands, etc.; see also round down, round up.
- (transitive) To go round, pass, go past.
- make round
- become round, plump, or shapely
- pronounce with rounded lips
- express as a round number
- wind around; move along a circular course
- attack in speech or writing
- bring to a highly developed, finished, or refined state
adj
verb
noun
- a set that is closed, associative, has an identity element and every element has an inverse
- any number of entities (members) considered as a unit
- (chemistry) two or more atoms bound together as a single unit and forming part of a molecule
- (computing) A number of users with the same rights with respect to accession, modification, and execution of files, computers and peripherals.
- (business) A commercial organization.
- (military) An air force formation.
- An element of an espresso machine from which hot water pours into the portafilter.
- (chemistry) A column in the periodic table of chemical elements.
- A (usually small) group of people who perform music together.
- (group theory) A set with an associative binary operation, under which there exists an identity element, and such that each element has an inverse.
- A number of things or persons being in some relation to one another.
- (music) A number of eighth, sixteenth, etc., notes joined at the stems; sometimes rather indefinitely applied to any ornament made up of a few short notes.
- (geology) A collection of formations or rock strata.
- (astronomy) A small number (up to about fifty) of galaxies that are near each other.
- (sports) A set of teams playing each other in the same division, while not during the same period playing any teams that belong to other sets in the division.
- (chemistry) A functional group.
- (sociology) A subset of a culture or of a society.
noun
- A group within a larger group; a group whose members are some, but not all, of the members of a larger group.
- a distinct and often subordinate group within a group
- (group theory) A subset H of a group G that is itself a group and has the same binary operation as G.
- (mathematics) a subset (that is not empty) of a mathematical group
verb
noun
verb
- (intransitive) To stray, rove, or wander from a normal course and others of its kind.
- (intransitive) To act in a disorderly and irregular way.
- To move along slowly so as to remain some distance behind the person or people in front.
- go, come, or spread in a rambling or irregular way
- wander from a direct or straight course
noun
verb
noun
- The act of congregating or collecting together.
- the act of congregating
- A gathering of faithful in a temple, church, synagogue, mosque or other place of worship. It can also refer to the people who are present at a devotional service in the building, particularly in contrast to the pastor, minister, imam, rabbi etc. and/or choir, who may be seated apart from the general congregation or lead the service (notably in responsory form).
- A corporate body whose members gather for worship, or the members of such a body.
- (UK, Oxford University) The main body of university staff, comprising academics, administrative staff, heads of colleges, etc.
- A Roman Congregation, a main department of the Vatican administration of the Catholic Church.
- Any large gathering of people.
- A flock of various birds, such as plovers or eagles.
- a group of people who adhere to a common faith and habitually attend a given church
- an assemblage of people or animals or things collected together
noun
- A group or association of cooperating members.
- A prefecture-level administrative unit in Inner Mongolia (Chinese: 盟).
- A stone erected near a public road to mark the distance of a league.
- (sports) An organization of sports teams which play against one another for a championship.
- (informal, rugby, uncountable) Ellipsis of rugby league.
- (chiefly in the negative) A class or type of people or things that are evenly matched or on the same level.
- (measurement) The distance that a person can walk in one hour, commonly taken to be approximately three English miles (about five kilometers).
- (military) An alliance or coalition.
- an association of states or organizations or individuals for common action
- an association of sports teams that organizes matches for its members
- an obsolete unit of distance of variable length (usually 3 miles)
adj
verb
prep
- Occurring between (members of a group) or within (a group).
- Of a person or thing: in the midst of and surrounded by (other people or things).
- Belonging to (a group comprising similar people or things).
- In the general custom or opinion of (members of a group).
- Associated with or living alongside (other people or things).
- Done jointly by (two or more people).
- Distributed or divided between (members of a group).
- Originally, in the course of; during; now, in the circumstances or context of.
- Distinct in some way from (other members of a group); specifically, superior or pre-eminent compared to (other members of a group).
verb
- communicate with and within a group
- (transitive, broadcasting) To broadcast across an entire network of stations and affiliates at the same time.
- (transitive) To interconnect a group or system.
- (intransitive) To interact socially for the purpose of getting connections or personal advancement.
- (transitive) To connect two or more computers or other computerized devices.
noun
- (broadcasting) a communication system consisting of a group of broadcasting stations that all transmit the same programs
- (electronics) a system of interconnected electronic components or circuits
- an open fabric of string or rope or wire woven together at regular intervals
- a system of intersecting lines or channels
- an interconnected system of things or people
- A set of people with sociocultural connections to one another; especially, such a set consisting of occupational or business connections.
- Any interconnected group or system.
- (broadcasting) A group of affiliated television stations that broadcast common programs from a parent company.
- (literal) A fabric or structure of fibrous elements attached to each other at regular intervals; the act or process of making such an object.
- (computing, Internet) A computer network: multiple computers and other devices connected together to share information.
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verb
verb
noun
- A brood or family of partridges (family Phasianidae), which includes game birds such as grouse (tribe Tetraonini) and ptarmigans (tribe Tetraonini, genus Lagopus).
- (figurative) A group or party of people; also, a group or set of things.
- A group of other birds, such as quail (superfamily Phasianoidea).
- a small flock of grouse or partridge
- a small collection of people
verb
adj
noun
noun
- a tight cluster of people or things
- any of various fastenings formed by looping and tying a rope (or cord) upon itself or to another rope or to another object
- soft lump or unevenness in a yarn; either an imperfection or created by design
- (of ships and wind) a unit of speed equal to one nautical mile per hour or about 1.15 statute miles per hour
- a hard cross-grained round piece of wood in a board where a branch emerged
- a sandpiper that breeds in the Arctic and winters in the Southern Hemisphere
- something twisted and tight and swollen
- The swelling of the bulbus glandis in members of the dog family, Canidae.
- The whorl left in lumber by the base of a branch growing out of the tree's trunk.
- (aviation) A unit of indicated airspeed, calibrated airspeed, or equivalent airspeed, which varies in its relation to the unit of speed so as to compensate for the effects of different ambient atmospheric conditions on aircraft performance.
- The point on which the action of a story depends; the gist of a matter.
- Local swelling in a tissue area, especially skin, often due to injury.
- A group of people or things.
- A bond of union; a connection; a tie.
- A kind of epaulet; a shoulder knot.
- One of a variety of shore birds; red-breasted sandpiper (variously Calidris canutus or Tringa canutus).
- (nautical) A nautical mile.
- (aviation, nautical) A unit of speed, equal to one nautical mile per hour.
- A tightened and contracted part of a muscle that feels like a hard lump under the skin.
- A looping of a piece of string or of any other long, flexible material that cannot be untangled without passing one or both ends of the material through its loops.
- (slang) The bulbus glandis.
- A protuberant joint in a plant.
- A tangled clump of hair or similar.
- Any knob, lump, swelling, or protuberance.
- (engineering) A node (point at which the lines of a funicular machine meet from different angular directions)
- A difficult situation.
- A maze-like pattern.
- (mathematics) A non-self-intersecting closed curve in (e.g., three-dimensional) space that is an abstraction of a knot (in sense 1 above).
verb
- tie or fasten into a knot
- make into knots; make knots out of
- tangle or complicate
- (transitive) To form wrinkles in the forehead, as a sign of concentration, concern, surprise, etc.
- To unite closely; to knit together.
- (intransitive) To form knots.
- (transitive) To form into a knot; to tie with a knot or knots.
- (intransitive) To knit knots for a fringe.
noun
- A socially cohesive group of people within a society.
- (taxonomy) A hierarchical rank between family and genus.
- (zoology) A group of apes who live and work together.
- (synecdochic) A tribal nation or people.
- (stock breeding) A family of animals descended from some particular female progenitor, through the female line.
- A class or group of things.
- The collective noun for various animals.
- (informal, derogatory) A nation or people considered culturally primitive, as may be the case in Africa, Australia or Native America.
- (history, anthropology) An ethnic group larger than a band or clan (and which may contain clans) but smaller than a nation (and which in turn may constitute a nation with other tribes). The tribe is often the basis of ethnic identity.
- A group of affiliated Mardi Gras Indians.
- a federation (as of American Indians)
- a social division of (usually preliterate) people
- (biology) a taxonomic category between a genus and a subfamily
- group of people related by blood or marriage
verb
noun
- a social unit living together
- a person having kinship with another or others
- people descended from a common ancestor
- a loose affiliation of gangsters in charge of organized criminal activities
- an association of people who share common beliefs or activities
- a collection of things sharing a common attribute
- primary social group; parents and children
- (biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more genera
- (uncountable) Lineage, especially honorable or noble lineage.
- (music) A group of instruments having the same basic method of tone production.
- (uncountable, gay slang) The gay community.
- A (close-knit) group of people related by blood, friendship, marriage, law, or custom, especially if they live or work together.
- A group of people who are closely related to one another (by blood, marriage or adoption); kin; in particular, a set of parents and their children; an immediate family.
- (linguistics) A group of languages believed to have descended from the same ancestral language.
- Any group or aggregation of things classed together as kindred or related from possessing in common characteristics which distinguish them from other things of the same order.
- A nuclear family: a mother and father who are married and cohabiting and their child or children.
- (biology, taxonomy) A category in the classification of organisms, ranking below order and above genus; a taxon at that rank.
- (set theory, countable) A collection of sets, especially of subsets of a given set.
- (uncountable) Members of one's family collectively.
- An extended family: a group of people who are related to one another by blood or marriage.
adj
noun
- a social unit living together
- an environment offering affection and security
- the place where you are stationed and from which missions start and end
- an institution where people are cared for
- housing that someone is living in
- the country or state or city where you live
- (baseball) base consisting of a rubber slab where the batter stands; it must be touched by a base runner in order to score
- where you live at a particular time
- place where something began and flourished
- (Internet) The landing page of a website; the site's homepage.
- (music, informal) The chord at which a melody starts and to which it can resolve.
- (computing) Clipping of home directory.
- The abiding place of the affections, especially of the domestic affections.
- The locality where a thing is usually found, or was first found, or where it is naturally abundant; habitat; seat.
- (board games) The ultimate point aimed at in a progress; the goal.
- (baseball) Home plate.
- (lacrosse) The place of a player in front of an opponent’s goal; also, the player.
- The place (residence, settlement, country, etc.), where a person was born or raised; childhood or parental home; home of one’s parents or guardian.
- A place of refuge, rest or care; an asylum.
- (by extension) Anything that serves the functions of a home, as comfort, safety, sense of belonging, etc.
- One’s native land; the place or country in which one dwells; the place where one’s ancestors dwell or dwelt.
- One’s own dwelling place; the house or structure in which one lives; especially the house in which one lives with one's family; the habitual abode of one’s family.
- A house that has been made home-like, to suit the comfort of those who live there.
- (by extension) The grave; the final rest; also, the native and eternal dwelling place of the soul.
adj
adv
- at or to or in the direction of one's home or family
- to the fullest extent; to the heart
- on or to the point aimed at
- At or in one's place of residence or one's customary or official location; at home.
- (Internet) To the home page.
- To one's place of birth.
- (UK, soccer) into the goal
- To one's place of residence or one's customary or official location.
- To a full and intimate degree; to the heart of the matter; fully, directly.
- (nautical) into the right, proper or stowed position
- To the place where it belongs; to the end of a course; to the full length.
verb
noun
- a social unit living together
- an official assembly having legislative powers
- a dwelling that serves as living quarters for one or more families
- play in which children take the roles of father or mother or children and pretend to interact like adults
- a building where theatrical performances or motion-picture shows can be presented
- the members of a religious community living together
- the management of a gambling house or casino
- aristocratic family line
- (astrology) one of 12 equal areas into which the zodiac is divided
- the audience gathered together in a theatre or cinema
- a building in which something is sheltered or located
- the members of a business organization that owns or operates one or more establishments
- Lotto; bingo.
- (American football, slang, with “the”) The end zone.
- (historical) A workhouse.
- The people who live in a house; a household.
- A dynasty; a family with its ancestors and descendants, especially a royal or noble one.
- (US, dialect) A small stand of trees in a swamp.
- A building intended to contain a single household, as opposed to an apartment or condominium or building containing these.
- A structure built or serving as an abode of human beings.
- A place of business; a company or organisation, especially a printing press, a publishing company, or a couturier.
- (astrology) One of the twelve divisions of an astrological chart.
- (uncountable) Size and quality of residential accommodations; housing.
- (uncountable) A children's game in which the players pretend to be members of a household.
- A grouping of schoolchildren for the purposes of competition in sports and other activities.
- An animal's shelter or den, or the shell of an animal such as a snail, used for protection.
- A place of public accommodation or entertainment, especially a public house, an inn, a restaurant, a theatre, or a casino; or the management thereof.
- (figurative) A place of rest or repose.
- (music) House music.
- A building used for something other than a residence (typically with qualifying word).
- (curling) The four concentric circles where points are scored on the ice.
- (sudoku) A set of cells in a sudoku puzzle which must contain each digit exactly once, such as a row, column, or 3×3 box.
- The audience for a live theatrical or similar performance.
- A container; a thing which houses another.
- (politics) A building where a deliberative assembly meets; whence the assembly itself, particularly a component of a legislature.
- (Hong Kong, only used in names) An apartment building within a public housing estate.
- (cartomancy) The fourth Lenormand card.
verb
- contain or cover
- provide someone with accommodation
- (transitive) To contain or cover mechanical parts.
- (transitive) To admit to residence; to harbor.
- (Canada, US, slang, transitive) To eat; especially, to scarf down.
- (nautical) To stow in a safe place; to take down and make safe.
- (transitive) To contain one part of an object for the purpose of locating the whole.
- (transitive, astrology) To dwell within one of the twelve astrological houses.
- To take shelter or lodging; to abide; to lodge.
- (transitive) To keep within a structure or container.
noun
adj
noun
- A group with common attributes.
- (by ellipsis) A taxon at this rank.
- (topology, graph theory, algebraic geometry) A natural number representing any of several related measures of the complexity of a given manifold or graph.
- (music) A type of tuning or intonation, used within an Ancient Greek tetrachord.
- (biology, taxonomy) A category in the classification of organisms, ranking below family (Lat. familia) and above species.
- (semantics) Within a definition, a broader category of the defined concept.
- (biology) taxonomic group containing one or more species
- a general kind of something
verb
- (ambitransitive) To gather in dense groups.
- come together as in a cluster or flock
- (transitive, UK, regional) To strike; to beat.
- (ambitransitive) To form clusters or lumps.
- (intransitive) To walk with heavy footfalls.
- gather or cause to gather into a cluster
- make or move along with a sound as of a horse's hooves striking the ground
- walk clumsily
noun
- A small group of trees or plants.
- A thick group or bunch, especially of bushes or hair.
- The compressed clay of coal strata.
- (historical) A thick addition to the sole of a shoe.
- A cluster or lump; an unshaped piece or mass.
- A dull thud.
- a grouping of a number of similar things
- a heavy dull sound (as made by impact of heavy objects)
- a compact mass
noun
- a formation of people or things one behind another
- the road consisting of railroad track and roadbed
- a slight depression or fold in the smoothness of a surface
- a pipe used to transport liquids or gases
- (often plural) a means of communication or access
- a commercial organization serving as a common carrier
- text consisting of a row of words written across a page or computer screen
- a formation of people or things one beside another
- a fortified position (especially one marking the most forward position of troops)
- the hereditary derivation of an individual
- a conceptual separation or distinction
- the principal activity in your life that you do to earn money
- persuasive but insincere talk that is usually intended to deceive or impress
- a particular kind of product or merchandise
- a mark that is long relative to its width
- a conductor for transmitting electrical or optical signals or electric power
- a succession of notes forming a distinctive sequence
- the maximum credit that a customer is allowed
- mechanical system in a factory whereby an article is conveyed through sites at which successive operations are performed on it
- a spatial location defined by a real or imaginary unidimensional extent
- a course of reasoning aimed at demonstrating a truth or falsehood; the methodical process of logical reasoning
- a single frequency (or very narrow band) of radiation in a spectrum
- space for one line of print (one column wide and 1/14 inch deep) used to measure advertising
- a connected series of events or actions or developments
- acting in conformity
- in games or sports; a mark indicating positions or bounds of the playing area
- a short personal letter
- something (as a cord or rope) that is long and thin and flexible
- a length (straight or curved) without breadth or thickness; the trace of a moving point
- a telephone connection
- A sentence of dialogue, especially in a play, movie, or the like.
- (geometry) An infinitely extending one-dimensional figure that has no curvature; one that has length but not breadth or thickness.
- A procession, either physical or conceptual, which results from the application or effect of a given rationale or other controlling principles of belief, opinion, practice, or phenomenon.
- A written or printed row of letters, words, numbers, or other text, especially a row of words extending across a page or column, or a blank in place of such text.
- The longer fiber(s) of flax.
- (geography) A circle of latitude or of longitude, as represented on a map.
- A long tape or ribbon marked with units for measuring; a tape measure.
- (graph theory) An edge of a graph.
- (cricket) The horizontal path of a ball towards the batsman (see also length).
- (genetics) A population of cells derived from a single cell and containing the same genetic makeup.
- A verse (in poetry).
- (geography, 'the line' or 'equinoctial line') The equator.
- Course of conduct, thought, occupation, or policy; method of argument; department of industry, trade, or intellectual activity.
- A rope, cord, string, thread, or cable, of any thickness.
- Any of an ill-defined set of units of length, varying according to the country, discipline, industry, and date of application, commonly with no indication of the intended magnitude:
- A path through two or more points (compare ‘segment’); a continuous mark, including as made by a pen; any path, curved or straight.
- (soccer) The goal line.
- (South Korean idol fandom) A group of people born in a certain year (liners).
- (fencing) The position in which the fencers hold their swords.
- One fortieth of an inch.
- The exterior limit of a figure or territory: a boundary, contour, or outline; a demarcation.
- (music) One of the straight horizontal and parallel prolonged strokes on and between which the notes are placed.
- (geometry, informal) A line segment; a continuous finite segment of such a figure.
- A set of products or services sold by a business, or by extension, the business itself.
- (Australian rules football) A set of positions in a team which play in a similar position on the field; in a traditional team, consisting of three players and acting as one of six such sets in the team.
- A hose, tube, or pipe, of any size.
- A threadlike crease or wrinkle marking the face, hand, or body; hence, a characteristic mark.
- (historical) A maxwell, a unit of magnetic flux.
- (engineering) Proper relative position or adjustment (of parts, not as to design or proportion, but with reference to smooth working).
- (military, nautical) Ellipsis of line of battle.
- (perfusion line) a set composed of a spike, a drip chamber, a clamp, a Y-injection site, a three-way stopcock and a catheter.
- One sixteenth of an inch.
- The official, stated position (or set of positions) of an individual or group, particularly a political or religious faction.
- A more-or-less straight sequence of people, objects, etc., either arranged as a queue or column and often waiting to be processed or dealt with, or arranged abreast of one another in a row (and contrasted with a column), as in a military formation.
- The wire connecting one telegraphic station with another, a telephone or internet cable between two points: a telephone or network connection.
- (informal) A portion or serving of a powdery recreational drug, especially cocaine, formed into a line on a flat surface in preparation for snorting.
- (stock exchange) A number of shares taken by a jobber.
- A letter, a written form of communication.
- (slang) Information about or understanding of something. (Mostly restricted to the expressions get a line on, have a line on, and give a line on.)
- (baseball, slang, 1800s, with "the") The batter's box.
- A series or succession of ancestors or descendants of a given person; a family or race; compare lineage.
- (historical) A tsarist-era Russian unit of measure, approximately equal to one tenth of an English inch, used especially when measuring the calibre of firearms.
- (medicine, colloquial) A vascular catheter.
- (advertising) Ellipsis of agate line (one fourteenth of an inch).
- One twelfth of an inch.
- (especially military) A trench or rampart, or the non-physical demarcation of the extent of the territory occupied by specified forces.
- That which was measured by a line, such as a field or any piece of land set apart; hence, allotted place of abode.
- A clothesline.
- (automotive) A particular path taken by a vehicle when driving a bend or corner in the road.
- Lineament; feature; figure (of one's body).
- (music) A series of notes forming a certain part (such as the bass or melody) of a greater work.
- (ice hockey) A group of forwards that play together.
- A lie or exaggeration, especially one told to gain another's approval or prevent losing it.
- Direction, path.
- (military) The regular infantry of an army, as distinguished from militia, guards, volunteer corps, cavalry, artillery, etc.
- A connected series of public conveyances, as a roadbed or railway track; and hence, an established arrangement for forwarding merchandise, etc.; a railroad line, railway line, Elizabeth Line etc.
verb
- fill plentifully
- make a mark or lines on a surface
- cover the interior of
- mark with lines
- reinforce with fabric
- be in line with; form a line along
- (transitive) To fill or supply (something), as a purse with money.
- (transitive) To form a line along.
- (rail transport) To align (one or more switches) to direct a train onto a particular track.
- (transitive) To track (wild bees) to their nest by following their line of flight.
- (transitive) To place (objects) into a line (usually used with "up"); to form into a line; to align.
- (transitive) To place persons or things along the side of for security or defense; to strengthen by adding; to fortify.
- (transitive) To mark with a line or lines; to cover with lines.
- (transitive) To measure.
- (transitive) To cover the inner surface of (something), originally especially with linen.
- (intransitive, baseball) To hit a line drive; to hit a line drive which is caught for an out. Compare fly and ground.
verb
noun
- Any band or body of warriors.
- (taxonomy) A natural group of orders of organisms, less comprehensive than a class.
- A set of individuals in a program, especially when compared to previous sets of individuals within the same program.
- An accomplice; abettor; associate.
- (statistics) A demographic grouping of people, especially those in a defined age group, or having a common characteristic.
- A group of people supporting the same thing or person.
- A colleague.
- (historical, Ancient Rome, military) Any division of a Roman legion, normally of about 500 or 600 men (equalling about six centuries).
- a band of warriors (originally a unit of a Roman Legion)
- a group of people having approximately the same age
- a company of companions or supporters
adj
noun
- A meeting or get-together; a party or social function.
- A charitable contribution; a collection.
- A group of people or things.
- (uncountable) The collection of produce, items, goods, etc.; the practice of collecting food from nature.
- (bookbinding) A section, a group of bifolios, or sheets of paper, stacked together and folded in half.
- (medicine) A tumor or boil suppurated or maturated; an abscess.
- the act of gathering something
- sewing consisting of small folds or puckers made by pulling tight a thread in a line of stitching
- the social act of assembling
- a group of persons together in one place
verb
verb
- come together as in a cluster or flock
- gather or cause to gather into a cluster
- (intransitive) To form a cluster or group; to assemble, to gather.
- To cover (with clusters); to scatter or strew in clusters (within); to distribute (objects) within such that they form clusters.
- To collect (animals, people, objects, data points, etc) into clusters (noun noun sense 1).
noun
- a grouping of a number of similar things
- (music) A secundal chord of three or more notes.
- (US) In full oak leaf cluster: a small bronze or silver device shaped like a twig of oak leaves and acorns which is worn on a ribbon to indicate that the wearer has been conferred the same award or decoration before; an oakleaf.
- A bunch or group of several discrete items that are close to each other.
- A number of individuals (animals or people) collected in one place or grouped together; a crowd, a mob, a swarm.
- (epidemiology) A group of cases of the same disease occurring around the same place or time.
- (linguistics) Synonym of lexical bundle (“a sequence of two or more words that occur in a language with high frequency but are not idiomatic”).
- (phonetics) A pronounceable group of consonants that occur together: a consonant cluster.
- (physical chemistry) An ensemble of bound atoms (especially of a metal) or molecules, intermediate in size between a molecule and a bulk solid.
- A logical data storage unit containing one or more physical sectors (see block (noun)).
- A group of computers that work together.
- A set of bombs or mines released as part of the same blast.
- (statistics) In cluster analysis: a subset of a population whose members are similar enough to each other and distinct from others as to be considered a separate group; also, such a grouping in a set of observed data that is statistically significant.
- (slang) Euphemistic form of clusterfuck (“a chaotic situation where everything seems to go wrong”).
- (astronomy) A group of galaxies, nebulae, or stars that appear to the naked eye to be near each other.
verb
- come together as in a cluster or flock
- form a constellation or cluster
- scatter or intersperse like dots or studs
- (intransitive) To (form a) cluster.
- (transitive) To combine as a cluster.
- (intransitive) To shine with united radiance, or one general light.
- (transitive) To fit, adorn (as if) with constellations.
verb
- come together as in a cluster or flock
- move as a crowd or in a group
- (transitive) To cover a Christmas tree with artificial snow.
- (transitive) To treat a pool with chemicals to remove suspended particles.
- (intransitive) To congregate in or head towards a place in large numbers.
- (transitive) To coat a surface with dense fibers or particles; especially, to create a dense arrangement of fibers with a desired nap.
noun
- a group of sheep or goats
- a group of birds
- a church congregation guided by a pastor
- an orderly crowd
- (often followed by ‘of’) a large number or amount or extent
- Very fine sifted woollen refuse, especially that from shearing the nap of cloths, formerly used as a coating for wallpaper to give it a velvety or clothlike appearance; also, the dust of vegetable fibre used for a similar purpose.
- A lock of wool or hair.
- Those served by a particular pastor or shepherd.
- A large number of animals associated together in a group; commonly used of sheep, but (dated) also used for goats, farmed animals, and a wide variety of animals.
- Coarse tufts of wool or cotton used in bedding.
- A large number of people.
- (Christianity) A religious congregation.
- A number of birds together in a group, such as those gathered together for the purpose of migration.
noun
verb
noun
- An individual member of such a group.
- A special group or social class of people who have a superior social or economic status and attendant power, advantages, or privileges in society; a member of such a group.
- Someone who is among the best at a certain task.
- (typography) A typeface with 12 characters per inch.
- a group or class of persons enjoying superior intellectual or social or economic status
adj
prep_phrase
noun
- Any group composed of other groups.
- (mathematics) The group to which a subgroup belongs.
- (telecommunications) In the L-carrier system, a multiplexed group of channel groups.
- (physics) A generalization of groups, used in the study of supersymmetry.
- (music) A group of musicians, each a star (especially, a superstar) of another band (especially in rock music).
- (geology) A sequence of groups of formations that compose a coherent unit.
noun
- A small, isolated group or area.
- An enclosed volume of one substance surrounded by another.
- The pouch of an animal.
- (Australia) An area of land surrounded by a loop of a river.
- (sports, billiards, pool, snooker) An indention and cavity with a net sack or similar structure (into which the balls are to be struck) at each corner and one centered on each side of a pool or snooker table.
- A large bag or sack formerly used for packing various articles, such as ginger, hops, or cowries; the pocket of wool held about 168 pounds.
- (rugby) The position held by a second defensive middle, where an advanced middle must retreat after making a touch on the attacking middle.
- (mining) A cavity in a rock containing a nugget of gold, or other mineral; a small body of ore contained in such a cavity.
- (dentistry) A small space between a tooth and the adjoining gum, formed by an abnormal separation of the two.
- (surfing) The unbroken part of a wave that offers the surfer the most power.
- A socket for receiving the base of a post, stake, etc.
- (American football) The area behind the line of scrimmage subject to certain rules regarding intentional grounding, illegal contact, etc., formally extending to the end zone but more usually understood as the central area around the quarterback directly protected by the offensive line.
- (military) An area where military units are completely surrounded by enemy units.
- (architecture) A hole or space covered by a movable piece of board, as in a floor, boxing, partitions, etc.
- A bight on a lee shore.
- (nautical) A strip of canvas sewn upon a sail so that a batten or a light spar can placed in the interspace.
- (Australian rules football) The area of the field to the side of the goal posts (four pockets in total on the field, one to each side of the goals at each end of the ground). The pocket is only a roughly defined area, extending from the behind post, at an angle, to perhaps about 30 meters out.
- (by extension) A person's financial resources.
- (bowling) The ideal point where the pins are hit by the bowling ball.
- (music) A state achieved with steady, enjoyable drumming.
- (clothing) A bag stitched to an item of clothing, used for carrying small items.
- a local region of low pressure or descending air that causes a plane to lose height suddenly
- a supply of money
- an opening at the corner or on the side of a billiard table into which billiard balls are struck
- a small pouch inside a garment for carrying small articles
- (bowling) the space between the headpin and the pins behind it on the right or left
- a hollow concave shape made by removing something
- an enclosed space
- a small isolated group of people
- (anatomy) saclike structure in any of various animals (as a marsupial or gopher or pelican)
adj
verb
noun
- A diverse or miscellaneous group.
- The enclosure where they are kept.
- A collection of live wild animals as an exhibition historically associated with the aristocracy and considered a precursor of modern zoos.
- the facility where wild animals are housed for exhibition
- a collection of live animals for study or display
noun
- A group or bunch (of people or things).
- The pedal in a car that disengages power and torque transmission from the engine (through the drivetrain) to the drive wheels.
- Any device for gripping an object, as at the end of a chain or tackle.
- A device to interrupt power transmission, commonly used to separate the engine and gearbox in a car.
- The claw of a predatory animal or bird.
- (US) An important or critical situation.
- A difficult maneuver.
- A small handbag or purse with no straps or handle.
- A brood of chickens or a sitting of eggs; a sitting.
- A fastener that attaches to the back of a tack pin to secure an accessory to clothing. (See Clutch (pin fastener).)
- (by extension) A grip, especially one seen as rapacious or evil.
- a pedal or lever that engages or disengages a rotating shaft and a driving mechanism
- a tense critical situation
- a woman's strapless purse that is carried in the hand
- a collection of things or persons to be handled together
- a coupling that connects or disconnects driving and driven parts of a driving mechanism
- the act of grasping
- a number of birds hatched at the same time
adj
verb
- (video games) To win despite being the only remaining player on one's team, against several opponents.
- (video games, by extension) To unexpectedly or luckily succeed in a difficult activity.
- (transitive) To hatch.
- (transitive) To seize, as though with claws.
- (transitive) To grip or grasp tightly.
- affect
- hold firmly, usually with one's hands
- take into your hands deliberately
noun
- (countable) Such a specific grouping.
- (mathematics) A method of finding an approximate solution of an ordinary differential equation L[y]=0 by determining coefficients in an expansion y(x)=y_0(x)+∑ₗ₌₀^qαₗy_l(x) so as to make L[y] vanish at prescribed points; the expansion with the coefficients thus found is the sought approximation.
- (uncountable) The grouping or juxtaposition of things, especially words or sounds.
- (linguistics, translation studies) A sequence of words or terms that co-occur more often than would be expected by chance (i.e., the statistically significant placement of particular words in a language), often representing an established name for, or idiomatic way of conveying, a particular semantic concept.
- (computing) A service allowing multiple customers to locate network, server, and storage gear and connect them to a variety of telecommunications and network service providers, at a minimum of cost and complexity.
- the act of positioning close together (or side by side)
- a grouping of words in a sentence
verb
adj
noun
- a person who joins with another in carrying out some plan (especially an unethical or illegal plan)
- someone who assists in a plot
- (psychology) An actor who participates in a psychological experiment pretending to be a subject but in actuality working for the researcher.
- An accomplice in a plot.
- A member of a confederacy.
adj
- Arranged in groups of three.
- (arithmetic) Having three variables.
- (programming) Of an operator taking three operands.
- (arithmetic) To the base three.
- Made up of three things.
- (chemistry) Containing, or consisting of, three different parts, as elements, atoms, groups, or radicals, which are regarded as having different functions or relations in the molecule.
- having three units or components or elements
noun
noun
- A group inside a larger group.
- A section of land; an area of a country or other territory; region.
- (US) The dividing line formed by combing the hair in different directions.
- A section of a document.
- (Judaism) In the Hebrew lunisolar calendar, a unit of time equivalent to 3⅓ seconds.
- A unit of relative proportion in a mixture.
- A distinct element of something larger.
- Share, especially of a profit.
- Position or role (especially in a play).
- (US) A room in a public building, especially a courtroom.
- A constituent of character or capacity; quality; faculty; talent; usually in the plural with a collective sense.
- (music) The melody played or sung by a particular instrument, voice, or group of instruments or voices, within a polyphonic piece.
- Each of two contrasting sides of an argument, debate etc.; "hand".
- 3.5 centiliters of one ingredient in a mixed drink.
- (colloquial, euphemistic) A private part; genitalia.
- A fraction of a whole.
- Duty; responsibility.
- the effort contributed by a person in bringing about a result
- a portion of a natural object
- assets belonging to or due to or contributed by an individual person or group
- something determined in relation to something that includes it
- the actions and activities assigned to or required or expected of a person or group
- one of the portions into which something is regarded as divided and which together constitute a whole
- the melody carried by a particular voice or instrument in polyphonic music
- that which concerns a person with regard to a particular role or situation
- something less than the whole of a human artifact
- an actor's portrayal of someone in a play
- the extended spatial location of something
- a line of scalp that can be seen when sections of hair are combed in opposite directions
- an item that is an instance of some type
adj
adv
verb
- (intransitive) To be divided in two or separated.
- (intransitive) To leave the company of.
- To separate by a process of extraction, elimination, or secretion.
- (transitive) To divide in two.
- To separate or disunite; to remove from contact or contiguity; to sunder.
- To cut hair with a parting.
- (transitive, Internet) To leave (an IRC channel).
- force, take, or pull apart
- discontinue an association or relation; go different ways
- go one's own way; move apart
- depart for someplace
- move or break apart
noun
- An assembly; a group; a circle.
- Rotation, as in office; succession.
- A brewer's vessel in which the fermentation is concluded, the yeast escaping through the bunghole.
- (sports) One of the specified pre-determined segments of the total time of a sport event, such as a boxing or wrestling match, during which contestants compete before being signaled to stop.
- A series of changes or events ending where it began; a series of like events recurring in continuance; a cycle; a periodical revolution.
- A general outburst from a group of people at an event.
- (butchery) The hindquarters of a bovine; a round of beef.
- A course of action or conduct performed by a number of persons in turn, or one after another, as if seated in a circle.
- A general discharge of firearms by a body of troops in which each soldier fires once.
- (engineering, drafting, CAD) A rounded relief or cut at an edge, especially an outside edge, added for a finished appearance and to soften sharp edges.
- A firearm cartridge, bullet, or any individual ammunition projectile. Originally referring to the spherical projectile ball of a smoothbore firearm. Compare round shot and solid shot.
- (UK) One slice of bread.
- A strip of material with a circular face that covers an edge, gap, or crevice for decorative, sanitary, or security purposes.
- (art) A long-bristled, circular-headed paintbrush used in oil and acrylic painting.
- (countable, music) A song that is sung by groups of people with each subset of people starting at a different time.
- A circular or repetitious route.
- (sports) In some sports, e.g. golf or showjumping: one complete way around the course.
- A crosspiece that joins and braces the legs of a chair.
- A circular dance.
- (nautical) A round-top.
- A series of duties or tasks which must be performed in turn, and then repeated.
- A serving of something; a portion of something to each person in a group.
- (card games) The play after each deal.
- One sandwich (two full slices of bread with filling).
- (sports) A stage in a competition.
- (video games) A stage or level of a game.
- A circular or spherical object or part of an object.
- A single individual portion or dose of medicine.
- (sports) a division of a game during which one team is on the offensive
- a regular route for a sentry or policeman
- an outburst of applause
- any circular or rotating mechanism
- the course along which communications spread
- the activity of playing 18 holes of golf
- a partsong in which voices follow each other; one voice starts and others join in one after another until all are singing different parts of the song at the same time
- a cut of beef between the rump and the lower leg
- a charge of ammunition for a single shot
- (often plural) a series of professional calls (usually in a set order)
- a serving to each of a group (usually alcoholic)
- a crosspiece between the legs of a chair
- the usual activities in your day
- an interval during which a recurring sequence of events occurs
adj
- Circular or cylindrical; having a circular cross-section in one direction.
- Complete, whole, not lacking.
- Outspoken; plain and direct; unreserved; not mincing words.
- Returning to its starting point.
- Finished; polished; not defective or abrupt; said of authors or their writing style.
- (phonetics) Pronounced with the lips drawn together; rounded.
- Spherical; shaped like a ball; having a circular cross-section in more than one direction.
- (architecture) Vaulted.
- Lacking sharp angles; having gentle curves.
- Plump.
- (authorship, of a fictional character) Well-written and well-characterized; complex and reminiscent of a real person.
- Loosely or approximately circular.
- Large in magnitude.
- (of a number) Convenient for rounding other numbers to; for example, ending in a zero.
- (of sounds) full and rich
- having the shape or form of a circle
- (mathematics) expressed to the nearest integer, ten, hundred, or thousand
adv
prep
verb
- (intransitive) To turn and attack someone or something (used with on).
- (with "out") To finish; to complete; to fill out; see also round out.
- To grow round or full; hence, to attain to fullness, completeness, or perfection.
- (medicine, colloquial) To do ward rounds.
- (transitive) To turn past a boundary.
- (transitive) To shape something into a curve.
- To encircle; to encompass.
- (transitive, baseball) To advance to home plate.
- (intransitive) To become shaped into a curve.
- (transitive, intransitive) To approximate (a number, especially a decimal number) by the closest whole number, or some other close number, especially a whole number of hundreds, thousands, etc.; see also round down, round up.
- (transitive) To go round, pass, go past.
- make round
- become round, plump, or shapely
- pronounce with rounded lips
- express as a round number
- wind around; move along a circular course
- attack in speech or writing
- bring to a highly developed, finished, or refined state
noun
- A group within a larger group; a group whose members are some, but not all, of the members of a larger group.
- a distinct and often subordinate group within a group
- (group theory) A subset H of a group G that is itself a group and has the same binary operation as G.
- (mathematics) a subset (that is not empty) of a mathematical group
verb
noun
verb
- (intransitive) To stray, rove, or wander from a normal course and others of its kind.
- (intransitive) To act in a disorderly and irregular way.
- To move along slowly so as to remain some distance behind the person or people in front.
- go, come, or spread in a rambling or irregular way
- wander from a direct or straight course
noun
verb
noun
- The act of congregating or collecting together.
- the act of congregating
- A gathering of faithful in a temple, church, synagogue, mosque or other place of worship. It can also refer to the people who are present at a devotional service in the building, particularly in contrast to the pastor, minister, imam, rabbi etc. and/or choir, who may be seated apart from the general congregation or lead the service (notably in responsory form).
- A corporate body whose members gather for worship, or the members of such a body.
- (UK, Oxford University) The main body of university staff, comprising academics, administrative staff, heads of colleges, etc.
- A Roman Congregation, a main department of the Vatican administration of the Catholic Church.
- Any large gathering of people.
- A flock of various birds, such as plovers or eagles.
- a group of people who adhere to a common faith and habitually attend a given church
- an assemblage of people or animals or things collected together
noun
- A group or association of cooperating members.
- A prefecture-level administrative unit in Inner Mongolia (Chinese: 盟).
- A stone erected near a public road to mark the distance of a league.
- (sports) An organization of sports teams which play against one another for a championship.
- (informal, rugby, uncountable) Ellipsis of rugby league.
- (chiefly in the negative) A class or type of people or things that are evenly matched or on the same level.
- (measurement) The distance that a person can walk in one hour, commonly taken to be approximately three English miles (about five kilometers).
- (military) An alliance or coalition.
- an association of states or organizations or individuals for common action
- an association of sports teams that organizes matches for its members
- an obsolete unit of distance of variable length (usually 3 miles)
adj
verb
noun
verb
noun
verb
noun
- a tight cluster of people or things
- any of various fastenings formed by looping and tying a rope (or cord) upon itself or to another rope or to another object
- soft lump or unevenness in a yarn; either an imperfection or created by design
- (of ships and wind) a unit of speed equal to one nautical mile per hour or about 1.15 statute miles per hour
- a hard cross-grained round piece of wood in a board where a branch emerged
- a sandpiper that breeds in the Arctic and winters in the Southern Hemisphere
- something twisted and tight and swollen
- The swelling of the bulbus glandis in members of the dog family, Canidae.
- The whorl left in lumber by the base of a branch growing out of the tree's trunk.
- (aviation) A unit of indicated airspeed, calibrated airspeed, or equivalent airspeed, which varies in its relation to the unit of speed so as to compensate for the effects of different ambient atmospheric conditions on aircraft performance.
- The point on which the action of a story depends; the gist of a matter.
- Local swelling in a tissue area, especially skin, often due to injury.
- A group of people or things.
- A bond of union; a connection; a tie.
- A kind of epaulet; a shoulder knot.
- One of a variety of shore birds; red-breasted sandpiper (variously Calidris canutus or Tringa canutus).
- (nautical) A nautical mile.
- (aviation, nautical) A unit of speed, equal to one nautical mile per hour.
- A tightened and contracted part of a muscle that feels like a hard lump under the skin.
- A looping of a piece of string or of any other long, flexible material that cannot be untangled without passing one or both ends of the material through its loops.
- (slang) The bulbus glandis.
- A protuberant joint in a plant.
- A tangled clump of hair or similar.
- Any knob, lump, swelling, or protuberance.
- (engineering) A node (point at which the lines of a funicular machine meet from different angular directions)
- A difficult situation.
- A maze-like pattern.
- (mathematics) A non-self-intersecting closed curve in (e.g., three-dimensional) space that is an abstraction of a knot (in sense 1 above).
verb
- tie or fasten into a knot
- make into knots; make knots out of
- tangle or complicate
- (transitive) To form wrinkles in the forehead, as a sign of concentration, concern, surprise, etc.
- To unite closely; to knit together.
- (intransitive) To form knots.
- (transitive) To form into a knot; to tie with a knot or knots.
- (intransitive) To knit knots for a fringe.
noun
- A socially cohesive group of people within a society.
- (taxonomy) A hierarchical rank between family and genus.
- (zoology) A group of apes who live and work together.
- (synecdochic) A tribal nation or people.
- (stock breeding) A family of animals descended from some particular female progenitor, through the female line.
- A class or group of things.
- The collective noun for various animals.
- (informal, derogatory) A nation or people considered culturally primitive, as may be the case in Africa, Australia or Native America.
- (history, anthropology) An ethnic group larger than a band or clan (and which may contain clans) but smaller than a nation (and which in turn may constitute a nation with other tribes). The tribe is often the basis of ethnic identity.
- A group of affiliated Mardi Gras Indians.
- a federation (as of American Indians)
- a social division of (usually preliterate) people
- (biology) a taxonomic category between a genus and a subfamily
- group of people related by blood or marriage
verb
noun
- a social unit living together
- a person having kinship with another or others
- people descended from a common ancestor
- a loose affiliation of gangsters in charge of organized criminal activities
- an association of people who share common beliefs or activities
- a collection of things sharing a common attribute
- primary social group; parents and children
- (biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more genera
- (uncountable) Lineage, especially honorable or noble lineage.
- (music) A group of instruments having the same basic method of tone production.
- (uncountable, gay slang) The gay community.
- A (close-knit) group of people related by blood, friendship, marriage, law, or custom, especially if they live or work together.
- A group of people who are closely related to one another (by blood, marriage or adoption); kin; in particular, a set of parents and their children; an immediate family.
- (linguistics) A group of languages believed to have descended from the same ancestral language.
- Any group or aggregation of things classed together as kindred or related from possessing in common characteristics which distinguish them from other things of the same order.
- A nuclear family: a mother and father who are married and cohabiting and their child or children.
- (biology, taxonomy) A category in the classification of organisms, ranking below order and above genus; a taxon at that rank.
- (set theory, countable) A collection of sets, especially of subsets of a given set.
- (uncountable) Members of one's family collectively.
- An extended family: a group of people who are related to one another by blood or marriage.
adj
noun
- a social unit living together
- an environment offering affection and security
- the place where you are stationed and from which missions start and end
- an institution where people are cared for
- housing that someone is living in
- the country or state or city where you live
- (baseball) base consisting of a rubber slab where the batter stands; it must be touched by a base runner in order to score
- where you live at a particular time
- place where something began and flourished
- (Internet) The landing page of a website; the site's homepage.
- (music, informal) The chord at which a melody starts and to which it can resolve.
- (computing) Clipping of home directory.
- The abiding place of the affections, especially of the domestic affections.
- The locality where a thing is usually found, or was first found, or where it is naturally abundant; habitat; seat.
- (board games) The ultimate point aimed at in a progress; the goal.
- (baseball) Home plate.
- (lacrosse) The place of a player in front of an opponent’s goal; also, the player.
- The place (residence, settlement, country, etc.), where a person was born or raised; childhood or parental home; home of one’s parents or guardian.
- A place of refuge, rest or care; an asylum.
- (by extension) Anything that serves the functions of a home, as comfort, safety, sense of belonging, etc.
- One’s native land; the place or country in which one dwells; the place where one’s ancestors dwell or dwelt.
- One’s own dwelling place; the house or structure in which one lives; especially the house in which one lives with one's family; the habitual abode of one’s family.
- A house that has been made home-like, to suit the comfort of those who live there.
- (by extension) The grave; the final rest; also, the native and eternal dwelling place of the soul.
adj
adv
- at or to or in the direction of one's home or family
- to the fullest extent; to the heart
- on or to the point aimed at
- At or in one's place of residence or one's customary or official location; at home.
- (Internet) To the home page.
- To one's place of birth.
- (UK, soccer) into the goal
- To one's place of residence or one's customary or official location.
- To a full and intimate degree; to the heart of the matter; fully, directly.
- (nautical) into the right, proper or stowed position
- To the place where it belongs; to the end of a course; to the full length.
verb
noun
- a social unit living together
- an official assembly having legislative powers
- a dwelling that serves as living quarters for one or more families
- play in which children take the roles of father or mother or children and pretend to interact like adults
- a building where theatrical performances or motion-picture shows can be presented
- the members of a religious community living together
- the management of a gambling house or casino
- aristocratic family line
- (astrology) one of 12 equal areas into which the zodiac is divided
- the audience gathered together in a theatre or cinema
- a building in which something is sheltered or located
- the members of a business organization that owns or operates one or more establishments
- Lotto; bingo.
- (American football, slang, with “the”) The end zone.
- (historical) A workhouse.
- The people who live in a house; a household.
- A dynasty; a family with its ancestors and descendants, especially a royal or noble one.
- (US, dialect) A small stand of trees in a swamp.
- A building intended to contain a single household, as opposed to an apartment or condominium or building containing these.
- A structure built or serving as an abode of human beings.
- A place of business; a company or organisation, especially a printing press, a publishing company, or a couturier.
- (astrology) One of the twelve divisions of an astrological chart.
- (uncountable) Size and quality of residential accommodations; housing.
- (uncountable) A children's game in which the players pretend to be members of a household.
- A grouping of schoolchildren for the purposes of competition in sports and other activities.
- An animal's shelter or den, or the shell of an animal such as a snail, used for protection.
- A place of public accommodation or entertainment, especially a public house, an inn, a restaurant, a theatre, or a casino; or the management thereof.
- (figurative) A place of rest or repose.
- (music) House music.
- A building used for something other than a residence (typically with qualifying word).
- (curling) The four concentric circles where points are scored on the ice.
- (sudoku) A set of cells in a sudoku puzzle which must contain each digit exactly once, such as a row, column, or 3×3 box.
- The audience for a live theatrical or similar performance.
- A container; a thing which houses another.
- (politics) A building where a deliberative assembly meets; whence the assembly itself, particularly a component of a legislature.
- (Hong Kong, only used in names) An apartment building within a public housing estate.
- (cartomancy) The fourth Lenormand card.
verb
- contain or cover
- provide someone with accommodation
- (transitive) To contain or cover mechanical parts.
- (transitive) To admit to residence; to harbor.
- (Canada, US, slang, transitive) To eat; especially, to scarf down.
- (nautical) To stow in a safe place; to take down and make safe.
- (transitive) To contain one part of an object for the purpose of locating the whole.
- (transitive, astrology) To dwell within one of the twelve astrological houses.
- To take shelter or lodging; to abide; to lodge.
- (transitive) To keep within a structure or container.
noun
adj
noun
- A group with common attributes.
- (by ellipsis) A taxon at this rank.
- (topology, graph theory, algebraic geometry) A natural number representing any of several related measures of the complexity of a given manifold or graph.
- (music) A type of tuning or intonation, used within an Ancient Greek tetrachord.
- (biology, taxonomy) A category in the classification of organisms, ranking below family (Lat. familia) and above species.
- (semantics) Within a definition, a broader category of the defined concept.
- (biology) taxonomic group containing one or more species
- a general kind of something
noun
- a formation of people or things one behind another
- the road consisting of railroad track and roadbed
- a slight depression or fold in the smoothness of a surface
- a pipe used to transport liquids or gases
- (often plural) a means of communication or access
- a commercial organization serving as a common carrier
- text consisting of a row of words written across a page or computer screen
- a formation of people or things one beside another
- a fortified position (especially one marking the most forward position of troops)
- the hereditary derivation of an individual
- a conceptual separation or distinction
- the principal activity in your life that you do to earn money
- persuasive but insincere talk that is usually intended to deceive or impress
- a particular kind of product or merchandise
- a mark that is long relative to its width
- a conductor for transmitting electrical or optical signals or electric power
- a succession of notes forming a distinctive sequence
- the maximum credit that a customer is allowed
- mechanical system in a factory whereby an article is conveyed through sites at which successive operations are performed on it
- a spatial location defined by a real or imaginary unidimensional extent
- a course of reasoning aimed at demonstrating a truth or falsehood; the methodical process of logical reasoning
- a single frequency (or very narrow band) of radiation in a spectrum
- space for one line of print (one column wide and 1/14 inch deep) used to measure advertising
- a connected series of events or actions or developments
- acting in conformity
- in games or sports; a mark indicating positions or bounds of the playing area
- a short personal letter
- something (as a cord or rope) that is long and thin and flexible
- a length (straight or curved) without breadth or thickness; the trace of a moving point
- a telephone connection
- A sentence of dialogue, especially in a play, movie, or the like.
- (geometry) An infinitely extending one-dimensional figure that has no curvature; one that has length but not breadth or thickness.
- A procession, either physical or conceptual, which results from the application or effect of a given rationale or other controlling principles of belief, opinion, practice, or phenomenon.
- A written or printed row of letters, words, numbers, or other text, especially a row of words extending across a page or column, or a blank in place of such text.
- The longer fiber(s) of flax.
- (geography) A circle of latitude or of longitude, as represented on a map.
- A long tape or ribbon marked with units for measuring; a tape measure.
- (graph theory) An edge of a graph.
- (cricket) The horizontal path of a ball towards the batsman (see also length).
- (genetics) A population of cells derived from a single cell and containing the same genetic makeup.
- A verse (in poetry).
- (geography, 'the line' or 'equinoctial line') The equator.
- Course of conduct, thought, occupation, or policy; method of argument; department of industry, trade, or intellectual activity.
- A rope, cord, string, thread, or cable, of any thickness.
- Any of an ill-defined set of units of length, varying according to the country, discipline, industry, and date of application, commonly with no indication of the intended magnitude:
- A path through two or more points (compare ‘segment’); a continuous mark, including as made by a pen; any path, curved or straight.
- (soccer) The goal line.
- (South Korean idol fandom) A group of people born in a certain year (liners).
- (fencing) The position in which the fencers hold their swords.
- One fortieth of an inch.
- The exterior limit of a figure or territory: a boundary, contour, or outline; a demarcation.
- (music) One of the straight horizontal and parallel prolonged strokes on and between which the notes are placed.
- (geometry, informal) A line segment; a continuous finite segment of such a figure.
- A set of products or services sold by a business, or by extension, the business itself.
- (Australian rules football) A set of positions in a team which play in a similar position on the field; in a traditional team, consisting of three players and acting as one of six such sets in the team.
- A hose, tube, or pipe, of any size.
- A threadlike crease or wrinkle marking the face, hand, or body; hence, a characteristic mark.
- (historical) A maxwell, a unit of magnetic flux.
- (engineering) Proper relative position or adjustment (of parts, not as to design or proportion, but with reference to smooth working).
- (military, nautical) Ellipsis of line of battle.
- (perfusion line) a set composed of a spike, a drip chamber, a clamp, a Y-injection site, a three-way stopcock and a catheter.
- One sixteenth of an inch.
- The official, stated position (or set of positions) of an individual or group, particularly a political or religious faction.
- A more-or-less straight sequence of people, objects, etc., either arranged as a queue or column and often waiting to be processed or dealt with, or arranged abreast of one another in a row (and contrasted with a column), as in a military formation.
- The wire connecting one telegraphic station with another, a telephone or internet cable between two points: a telephone or network connection.
- (informal) A portion or serving of a powdery recreational drug, especially cocaine, formed into a line on a flat surface in preparation for snorting.
- (stock exchange) A number of shares taken by a jobber.
- A letter, a written form of communication.
- (slang) Information about or understanding of something. (Mostly restricted to the expressions get a line on, have a line on, and give a line on.)
- (baseball, slang, 1800s, with "the") The batter's box.
- A series or succession of ancestors or descendants of a given person; a family or race; compare lineage.
- (historical) A tsarist-era Russian unit of measure, approximately equal to one tenth of an English inch, used especially when measuring the calibre of firearms.
- (medicine, colloquial) A vascular catheter.
- (advertising) Ellipsis of agate line (one fourteenth of an inch).
- One twelfth of an inch.
- (especially military) A trench or rampart, or the non-physical demarcation of the extent of the territory occupied by specified forces.
- That which was measured by a line, such as a field or any piece of land set apart; hence, allotted place of abode.
- A clothesline.
- (automotive) A particular path taken by a vehicle when driving a bend or corner in the road.
- Lineament; feature; figure (of one's body).
- (music) A series of notes forming a certain part (such as the bass or melody) of a greater work.
- (ice hockey) A group of forwards that play together.
- A lie or exaggeration, especially one told to gain another's approval or prevent losing it.
- Direction, path.
- (military) The regular infantry of an army, as distinguished from militia, guards, volunteer corps, cavalry, artillery, etc.
- A connected series of public conveyances, as a roadbed or railway track; and hence, an established arrangement for forwarding merchandise, etc.; a railroad line, railway line, Elizabeth Line etc.
verb
- fill plentifully
- make a mark or lines on a surface
- cover the interior of
- mark with lines
- reinforce with fabric
- be in line with; form a line along
- (transitive) To fill or supply (something), as a purse with money.
- (transitive) To form a line along.
- (rail transport) To align (one or more switches) to direct a train onto a particular track.
- (transitive) To track (wild bees) to their nest by following their line of flight.
- (transitive) To place (objects) into a line (usually used with "up"); to form into a line; to align.
- (transitive) To place persons or things along the side of for security or defense; to strengthen by adding; to fortify.
- (transitive) To mark with a line or lines; to cover with lines.
- (transitive) To measure.
- (transitive) To cover the inner surface of (something), originally especially with linen.
- (intransitive, baseball) To hit a line drive; to hit a line drive which is caught for an out. Compare fly and ground.
noun
verb
noun
- An individual member of such a group.
- A special group or social class of people who have a superior social or economic status and attendant power, advantages, or privileges in society; a member of such a group.
- Someone who is among the best at a certain task.
- (typography) A typeface with 12 characters per inch.
- a group or class of persons enjoying superior intellectual or social or economic status
adj
noun
- Any group composed of other groups.
- (mathematics) The group to which a subgroup belongs.
- (telecommunications) In the L-carrier system, a multiplexed group of channel groups.
- (physics) A generalization of groups, used in the study of supersymmetry.
- (music) A group of musicians, each a star (especially, a superstar) of another band (especially in rock music).
- (geology) A sequence of groups of formations that compose a coherent unit.
noun
- A small, isolated group or area.
- An enclosed volume of one substance surrounded by another.
- The pouch of an animal.
- (Australia) An area of land surrounded by a loop of a river.
- (sports, billiards, pool, snooker) An indention and cavity with a net sack or similar structure (into which the balls are to be struck) at each corner and one centered on each side of a pool or snooker table.
- A large bag or sack formerly used for packing various articles, such as ginger, hops, or cowries; the pocket of wool held about 168 pounds.
- (rugby) The position held by a second defensive middle, where an advanced middle must retreat after making a touch on the attacking middle.
- (mining) A cavity in a rock containing a nugget of gold, or other mineral; a small body of ore contained in such a cavity.
- (dentistry) A small space between a tooth and the adjoining gum, formed by an abnormal separation of the two.
- (surfing) The unbroken part of a wave that offers the surfer the most power.
- A socket for receiving the base of a post, stake, etc.
- (American football) The area behind the line of scrimmage subject to certain rules regarding intentional grounding, illegal contact, etc., formally extending to the end zone but more usually understood as the central area around the quarterback directly protected by the offensive line.
- (military) An area where military units are completely surrounded by enemy units.
- (architecture) A hole or space covered by a movable piece of board, as in a floor, boxing, partitions, etc.
- A bight on a lee shore.
- (nautical) A strip of canvas sewn upon a sail so that a batten or a light spar can placed in the interspace.
- (Australian rules football) The area of the field to the side of the goal posts (four pockets in total on the field, one to each side of the goals at each end of the ground). The pocket is only a roughly defined area, extending from the behind post, at an angle, to perhaps about 30 meters out.
- (by extension) A person's financial resources.
- (bowling) The ideal point where the pins are hit by the bowling ball.
- (music) A state achieved with steady, enjoyable drumming.
- (clothing) A bag stitched to an item of clothing, used for carrying small items.
- a local region of low pressure or descending air that causes a plane to lose height suddenly
- a supply of money
- an opening at the corner or on the side of a billiard table into which billiard balls are struck
- a small pouch inside a garment for carrying small articles
- (bowling) the space between the headpin and the pins behind it on the right or left
- a hollow concave shape made by removing something
- an enclosed space
- a small isolated group of people
- (anatomy) saclike structure in any of various animals (as a marsupial or gopher or pelican)
adj
verb
noun
- A diverse or miscellaneous group.
- The enclosure where they are kept.
- A collection of live wild animals as an exhibition historically associated with the aristocracy and considered a precursor of modern zoos.
- the facility where wild animals are housed for exhibition
- a collection of live animals for study or display
noun
- A group or bunch (of people or things).
- The pedal in a car that disengages power and torque transmission from the engine (through the drivetrain) to the drive wheels.
- Any device for gripping an object, as at the end of a chain or tackle.
- A device to interrupt power transmission, commonly used to separate the engine and gearbox in a car.
- The claw of a predatory animal or bird.
- (US) An important or critical situation.
- A difficult maneuver.
- A small handbag or purse with no straps or handle.
- A brood of chickens or a sitting of eggs; a sitting.
- A fastener that attaches to the back of a tack pin to secure an accessory to clothing. (See Clutch (pin fastener).)
- (by extension) A grip, especially one seen as rapacious or evil.
- a pedal or lever that engages or disengages a rotating shaft and a driving mechanism
- a tense critical situation
- a woman's strapless purse that is carried in the hand
- a collection of things or persons to be handled together
- a coupling that connects or disconnects driving and driven parts of a driving mechanism
- the act of grasping
- a number of birds hatched at the same time
adj
verb
- (video games) To win despite being the only remaining player on one's team, against several opponents.
- (video games, by extension) To unexpectedly or luckily succeed in a difficult activity.
- (transitive) To hatch.
- (transitive) To seize, as though with claws.
- (transitive) To grip or grasp tightly.
- affect
- hold firmly, usually with one's hands
- take into your hands deliberately
noun
- (countable) Such a specific grouping.
- (mathematics) A method of finding an approximate solution of an ordinary differential equation L[y]=0 by determining coefficients in an expansion y(x)=y_0(x)+∑ₗ₌₀^qαₗy_l(x) so as to make L[y] vanish at prescribed points; the expansion with the coefficients thus found is the sought approximation.
- (uncountable) The grouping or juxtaposition of things, especially words or sounds.
- (linguistics, translation studies) A sequence of words or terms that co-occur more often than would be expected by chance (i.e., the statistically significant placement of particular words in a language), often representing an established name for, or idiomatic way of conveying, a particular semantic concept.
- (computing) A service allowing multiple customers to locate network, server, and storage gear and connect them to a variety of telecommunications and network service providers, at a minimum of cost and complexity.
- the act of positioning close together (or side by side)
- a grouping of words in a sentence
verb
- put into a group
- have a certain value or carry a certain weight
- have weight; have import, carry weight
- have faith or confidence in
- name or recite the numbers in ascending order
- determine the number or amount of
- take account of
- include as if by counting
- show consideration for; take into account
- (intransitive, figurative, passive-like) To be of significance; to matter; to be considered (as something); to be included (of something).
- (intransitive, figurative, passive-like) To be an example of something: often followed by as and an indefinite noun.
- (transitive) To reckon in, to include in consideration.
- (intransitive) To amount to, to number in total.
- (intransitive) To recite numbers in sequence.
- (transitive) To consider something as an example of something or as having some quality; to account, to regard as.
- (transitive) To determine the number of (objects in a group).
noun
- the act of counting; reciting numbers in ascending order
- a nobleman (in various countries) having rank equal to a British earl
- the total number counted
- (minced oath, slang) Cunt (the taboo swear word)
- (baseball) The number of balls and strikes, respectively, on a batter's in-progress plate appearance.
- A countdown.
- (entomology) Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the genus Tanaecia. Other butterflies in this genus are called earls and viscounts.
- (law) A distinct and separate charge in an indictment or complaint.
- The act of counting or tallying a quantity.
- The result of a tally that reveals the number of items in a set; a quantity counted.
- The male ruler of a county.
- A nobleman holding a rank intermediate between dukes and barons.
adj
verb
- put into a group
- place a limit on the number of
- give numbers to
- determine the number or amount of
- add up in number or quantity
- enumerate
- (transitive, usually with among) To classify or include (in a group of things)
- (transitive, with off) To enumerate or list, especially while assigning numbers to.
- (transitive, passive voice) To limit to a certain number; to reckon (as by fate) to be few in number.
- (intransitive, usually with among) To be classified or included (in a certain group or category of things).
- (transitive) To label (items) with numbers; to assign numbers to (items).
- (intransitive) To total or count; to amount to.
- (transitive, with off) To call out and assign a series of numbers (usually to people), either for the sake of dividing into groups or for counting.
noun
- a clothing measurement
- a select company of people
- a symbol used to represent a number
- a concept of quantity involving zero and units
- a short performance that is part of a longer program
- an item of clothing
- the number is used in calling a particular telephone
- one of a series published periodically
- the property possessed by a sum or total or indefinite quantity of units or individuals
- a numeral or string of numerals that is used for identification and may be attached to accounts, memberships, etc.
- a numbered item in a series
- the grammatical category for the forms of nouns and pronouns and verbs that are used depending on the number of entities involved (singular or dual or plural)
- (slang, chiefly US) A marijuana cigarette, or joint; also, a quantity of marijuana bought from a dealer.
- (countable) A performance; especially, a single song or song and dance routine within a larger show.
- (countable, informal) An outfit, particularly a stylish one.
- (Followed by a numeral; used attributively) Indicating the position of something in a list or sequence. Abbreviations: No or No., no or no. (in each case, sometimes written with a superscript "o", like Nº or №). The symbol "#" is also used in this manner.
- (countable, informal) A person.
- (singular only, formal) A group of people.
- (countable, informal) A telephone number.
- Quantity.
- (countable) A numeral: a symbol for a non-negative integer.
- (countable, mathematics) An element of one of several sets: natural numbers, integers, rational numbers, real numbers, complex numbers, and sometimes extensions such as hypercomplex numbers, etc.
- (grammar) Of a word or phrase, the state of being singular, dual or plural, shown by inflection.
- (countable) An abstract entity used to describe quantity.
- A large amount, in contrast to a smaller amount; numerical preponderance.
- Something that numbs.
- A sequence of digits and letters used to register people, automobiles, and various other items.
- An activity; assignment; job, as in cushy number.
adj
verb
noun
- a set that is closed, associative, has an identity element and every element has an inverse
- any number of entities (members) considered as a unit
- (chemistry) two or more atoms bound together as a single unit and forming part of a molecule
- (computing) A number of users with the same rights with respect to accession, modification, and execution of files, computers and peripherals.
- (business) A commercial organization.
- (military) An air force formation.
- An element of an espresso machine from which hot water pours into the portafilter.
- (chemistry) A column in the periodic table of chemical elements.
- A (usually small) group of people who perform music together.
- (group theory) A set with an associative binary operation, under which there exists an identity element, and such that each element has an inverse.
- A number of things or persons being in some relation to one another.
- (music) A number of eighth, sixteenth, etc., notes joined at the stems; sometimes rather indefinitely applied to any ornament made up of a few short notes.
- (geology) A collection of formations or rock strata.
- (astronomy) A small number (up to about fifty) of galaxies that are near each other.
- (sports) A set of teams playing each other in the same division, while not during the same period playing any teams that belong to other sets in the division.
- (chemistry) A functional group.
- (sociology) A subset of a culture or of a society.
verb
- communicate with and within a group
- (transitive, broadcasting) To broadcast across an entire network of stations and affiliates at the same time.
- (transitive) To interconnect a group or system.
- (intransitive) To interact socially for the purpose of getting connections or personal advancement.
- (transitive) To connect two or more computers or other computerized devices.
noun
- (broadcasting) a communication system consisting of a group of broadcasting stations that all transmit the same programs
- (electronics) a system of interconnected electronic components or circuits
- an open fabric of string or rope or wire woven together at regular intervals
- a system of intersecting lines or channels
- an interconnected system of things or people
- A set of people with sociocultural connections to one another; especially, such a set consisting of occupational or business connections.
- Any interconnected group or system.
- (broadcasting) A group of affiliated television stations that broadcast common programs from a parent company.
- (literal) A fabric or structure of fibrous elements attached to each other at regular intervals; the act or process of making such an object.
- (computing, Internet) A computer network: multiple computers and other devices connected together to share information.
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noun
- A brood or family of partridges (family Phasianidae), which includes game birds such as grouse (tribe Tetraonini) and ptarmigans (tribe Tetraonini, genus Lagopus).
- (figurative) A group or party of people; also, a group or set of things.
- A group of other birds, such as quail (superfamily Phasianoidea).
- a small flock of grouse or partridge
- a small collection of people
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- (ambitransitive) To gather in dense groups.
- come together as in a cluster or flock
- (transitive, UK, regional) To strike; to beat.
- (ambitransitive) To form clusters or lumps.
- (intransitive) To walk with heavy footfalls.
- gather or cause to gather into a cluster
- make or move along with a sound as of a horse's hooves striking the ground
- walk clumsily
noun
- A small group of trees or plants.
- A thick group or bunch, especially of bushes or hair.
- The compressed clay of coal strata.
- (historical) A thick addition to the sole of a shoe.
- A cluster or lump; an unshaped piece or mass.
- A dull thud.
- a grouping of a number of similar things
- a heavy dull sound (as made by impact of heavy objects)
- a compact mass
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noun
- Any band or body of warriors.
- (taxonomy) A natural group of orders of organisms, less comprehensive than a class.
- A set of individuals in a program, especially when compared to previous sets of individuals within the same program.
- An accomplice; abettor; associate.
- (statistics) A demographic grouping of people, especially those in a defined age group, or having a common characteristic.
- A group of people supporting the same thing or person.
- A colleague.
- (historical, Ancient Rome, military) Any division of a Roman legion, normally of about 500 or 600 men (equalling about six centuries).
- a band of warriors (originally a unit of a Roman Legion)
- a group of people having approximately the same age
- a company of companions or supporters
verb
- come together as in a cluster or flock
- gather or cause to gather into a cluster
- (intransitive) To form a cluster or group; to assemble, to gather.
- To cover (with clusters); to scatter or strew in clusters (within); to distribute (objects) within such that they form clusters.
- To collect (animals, people, objects, data points, etc) into clusters (noun noun sense 1).
noun
- a grouping of a number of similar things
- (music) A secundal chord of three or more notes.
- (US) In full oak leaf cluster: a small bronze or silver device shaped like a twig of oak leaves and acorns which is worn on a ribbon to indicate that the wearer has been conferred the same award or decoration before; an oakleaf.
- A bunch or group of several discrete items that are close to each other.
- A number of individuals (animals or people) collected in one place or grouped together; a crowd, a mob, a swarm.
- (epidemiology) A group of cases of the same disease occurring around the same place or time.
- (linguistics) Synonym of lexical bundle (“a sequence of two or more words that occur in a language with high frequency but are not idiomatic”).
- (phonetics) A pronounceable group of consonants that occur together: a consonant cluster.
- (physical chemistry) An ensemble of bound atoms (especially of a metal) or molecules, intermediate in size between a molecule and a bulk solid.
- A logical data storage unit containing one or more physical sectors (see block (noun)).
- A group of computers that work together.
- A set of bombs or mines released as part of the same blast.
- (statistics) In cluster analysis: a subset of a population whose members are similar enough to each other and distinct from others as to be considered a separate group; also, such a grouping in a set of observed data that is statistically significant.
- (slang) Euphemistic form of clusterfuck (“a chaotic situation where everything seems to go wrong”).
- (astronomy) A group of galaxies, nebulae, or stars that appear to the naked eye to be near each other.
verb
- come together as in a cluster or flock
- form a constellation or cluster
- scatter or intersperse like dots or studs
- (intransitive) To (form a) cluster.
- (transitive) To combine as a cluster.
- (intransitive) To shine with united radiance, or one general light.
- (transitive) To fit, adorn (as if) with constellations.
verb
- come together as in a cluster or flock
- move as a crowd or in a group
- (transitive) To cover a Christmas tree with artificial snow.
- (transitive) To treat a pool with chemicals to remove suspended particles.
- (intransitive) To congregate in or head towards a place in large numbers.
- (transitive) To coat a surface with dense fibers or particles; especially, to create a dense arrangement of fibers with a desired nap.
noun
- a group of sheep or goats
- a group of birds
- a church congregation guided by a pastor
- an orderly crowd
- (often followed by ‘of’) a large number or amount or extent
- Very fine sifted woollen refuse, especially that from shearing the nap of cloths, formerly used as a coating for wallpaper to give it a velvety or clothlike appearance; also, the dust of vegetable fibre used for a similar purpose.
- A lock of wool or hair.
- Those served by a particular pastor or shepherd.
- A large number of animals associated together in a group; commonly used of sheep, but (dated) also used for goats, farmed animals, and a wide variety of animals.
- Coarse tufts of wool or cotton used in bedding.
- A large number of people.
- (Christianity) A religious congregation.
- A number of birds together in a group, such as those gathered together for the purpose of migration.
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- a person who joins with another in carrying out some plan (especially an unethical or illegal plan)
- someone who assists in a plot
- (psychology) An actor who participates in a psychological experiment pretending to be a subject but in actuality working for the researcher.
- An accomplice in a plot.
- A member of a confederacy.
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- A meeting or get-together; a party or social function.
- A charitable contribution; a collection.
- A group of people or things.
- (uncountable) The collection of produce, items, goods, etc.; the practice of collecting food from nature.
- (bookbinding) A section, a group of bifolios, or sheets of paper, stacked together and folded in half.
- (medicine) A tumor or boil suppurated or maturated; an abscess.
- the act of gathering something
- sewing consisting of small folds or puckers made by pulling tight a thread in a line of stitching
- the social act of assembling
- a group of persons together in one place
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- Arranged in groups of three.
- (arithmetic) Having three variables.
- (programming) Of an operator taking three operands.
- (arithmetic) To the base three.
- Made up of three things.
- (chemistry) Containing, or consisting of, three different parts, as elements, atoms, groups, or radicals, which are regarded as having different functions or relations in the molecule.
- having three units or components or elements