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noun
- A period of rule.
- A division of a Mafia crime family, led by a caporegime.
- A regulated system; a regimen.
- (hydrology) A set of characteristics.
- A form of government, or the government in power, particularly an authoritarian or totalitarian one.
- Mode of rule or management.
- the organization that is the governing authority of a political unit
- (medicine) a systematic plan for therapy (often including diet)
noun
noun
- The period during which a monarch rules.
- the period during which a monarch is sovereign
- royal authority; the dominion of a monarch
- The exercise of sovereign power.
- The territory or sphere over which a kingdom; empire; realm; dominion, etc. is ruled.
- a period during which something or somebody is dominant or powerful
verb
- (intransitive) To exercise sovereign power, to rule as a monarch.
- (transitive, rare, nonstandard) To reign over (a country)
- To be a dominant quality of a place or situation; to prevail, predominate, rule.
- To be the winner of the most recent iteration of a competition.
- be larger in number, quantity, power, status or importance
- have sovereign power
noun
- the time between two reigns, governments, etc.
- A period of time between the end of one monarch's reign and the accession of their successor.
- (figurative) A break in continuity; a gap, an intermission.
- (politics) A period of time between the end of one political leader's term and the start of the term of their successor; a period of time during which normal executive leadership is interrupted or suspended, and a polity is either left without leadership or has only a temporary one.
- (Christianity) A period of time between when a minister or pastor leaves a church and when a new one is installed.
name
- The realm of this former state under other rulers
- The Chinese ethnicity, when distinguished from other peoples of the Chinese state
- A surname.
- The Northern Athabaskan language spoken by the Han people, or Hän Hwëch'in, in Alaska and the Yukon.
- (history) A canal in Jiangsu, China, connecting Hancheng (now Yangzhou) on the Yangtze with Mokou (now Huai'an) on the Huai.
- (astronomy) The star Zeta Ophiuchi in traditional Chinese astronomy, named for this state
- (history) A former state in Jiangsu, China under the Zhou dynasty
- (history) A former city in Huai'an, Jiangsu, China.
- An ancient Chinese county, viscounty, and kingdom of the Zhou dynasty and the Qin–Han interregnum
- A river in central China.
- A surname from Korean.
- A First Nations people of Canada and an Alaska Native Athabaskan people of the Athabaskan-speaking ethnolinguistic group.
- An imperial Chinese dynasty, ruling (with interruptions) from 206 BC to AD 220, marked by the expansion of the Yellow River's Huaxia culture to the recent conquests of the Qin and a flowering of economic, literary, and scientific development
noun
noun
- the duration of a monarch's or government's power
- prescribed guide for conduct or action
- (mathematics) a standard procedure for solving a class of mathematical problems
- any one of a systematic body of regulations defining the way of life of members of a religious order
- (linguistics) a rule describing (or prescribing) a linguistic practice
- measuring stick consisting of a strip of wood or metal or plastic with a straight edge that is used for drawing straight lines and measuring lengths
- dominance or power through legal authority
- directions that define the way a game or sport is to be conducted
- a principle or condition that customarily governs behavior
- a rule or law concerning a natural phenomenon or the function of a complex system
- something regarded as a normative example
- a basic generalization that is accepted as true and that can be used as a basis for reasoning or conduct
- A straight line (continuous mark, as made by a pen or the like), especially one lying across a paper as a guide for writing.
- A regulating principle.
- A ruler; device for measuring, a straightedge, a measure.
- (law) An order regulating the practice of the courts, or an order made between parties to an action or a suit.
- (mathematics) A determinate method prescribed for performing any operation and producing a certain result.
- A regulation, law, guideline.
- (uncountable) The act of ruling; administration of law; government; empire; authority; control.
- A normal condition or state of affairs.
verb
- be larger in number, quantity, power, status or importance
- have an affinity with; of signs of the zodiac
- decide with authority
- exercise authority over; as of nations
- mark or draw with a ruler
- keep in check
- be excellent or outstanding
- decide on and make a declaration about
- (transitive, stative) To regulate, be in charge of, make decisions for, reign over.
- (transitive) To mark (paper or the like) with rules (lines).
- (slang, intransitive, stative) To excel.
- (intransitive) To decide judicially.
- (transitive) To establish or settle by, or as by, a rule; to fix by universal or general consent, or by common practice.
noun
- royal authority; the dominion of a monarch
- government free from external control
- the authority of a state to govern another state
- (by extension) Of a person: the liberty to decide one's actions and thoughts.
- (by extension) Of a nation or other polity: the state of being able to control resources, make laws independently, and otherwise govern itself without the coercion or concurrence of other polities.
- Of a ruler (especially a monarch): supreme authority or dominion over something.
- (countable) A territory under the rule of a sovereign; an independent or self-governing nation or other polity.
- Pre-eminent or superior excellence; also, superior ability to achieve something; mastery.
noun
verb
noun
noun
- a monarchy with an emperor as head of state
- the domain ruled by an emperor or empress; the region over which imperial dominion is exercised
- a group of countries under a single authority
- a group of diverse companies under common ownership and run as a single organization
- A political state, often a monarchy, that has achieved a much greater current size than its initial size by conquering surrounding territories, cities or nations.
- An expansive and powerful enterprise under the control of one person or group.
- The group of states or other territories that owe allegiance to an imperial power (foreign to them), when distinguished from the native territory of that power; imperial possessions.
- (Absolute) control, dominion, sway.
- A political unit ruled by an emperor or empress.
adj
noun
name
- A popular name for a dog.
- A census-designated place in Robeson County, North Carolina, United States.
- A male given name from Latin coined in the nineteenth century from Latin rex "king," rarely given today.
- (formal, usually italicized) The reigning king.
- An unincorporated community in Clayton County, Georgia, United States.
noun
- a male sovereign; ruler of a kingdom
- the husband or widower of a queen
- a checker that has been moved to the opponent's first row where it is promoted to a piece that is free to move either forward or backward
- preeminence in a particular category or group or field
- a male competitor who holds a preeminent position
- a very wealthy or powerful businessperson
- (chess) the weakest but the most important piece
- one of the four playing cards in a deck bearing the picture of a king
- A male monarch; a man who heads a monarchy; in an absolute monarchy, the supreme ruler of his nation.
- (countable or uncountable) Something that has a preeminent position.
- (chess) The principal chess piece, that players seek to threaten with unavoidable capture to result in a victory by checkmate. It is often the tallest piece, with a symbolic crown with a cross at the top.
- The monarch with the most power and authority in a monarchy, regardless of sex.
- (Australia, historical) A male leader of a traditional Aboriginal group, often used as a title by colonists.
- The central pin or skittle in bowling games.
- (graph theory) A vertex in a directed graph which can reach every other vertex via a path with a length of at most 2.
- (UK, slang) A king skin.
- (card games) A playing card with the letter "K" and the image of a king on it, the thirteenth card in a given suit.
- A powerful or majorly influential person; someone who holds the preeminent position.
- Alternative form of qing (“Chinese musical instrument”).
- A male dragonfly; a drake.
- A king-sized bed.
- A checker (a piece of checkers/draughts) that reached the farthest row forward, thus becoming crowned (either by turning it upside-down, or by stacking another checker on it) and gaining more freedom of movement.
verb
- To assume or pretend preeminence (over); to lord it over.
- To crown king, to make (a person) king.
- To dress and perform as a drag king.
- To rule over as king.
- To promote a piece of draughts/checkers that has traversed the board to the opposite side, that piece subsequently being permitted to move backwards as well as forwards.
- To perform the duties of a king.
verb
- cause the downfall of; of rulers
- move something or somebody to a lower position
- cause to come to the ground
- impose something unpleasant
- cut down on; make a reduction in
- cause to be enthusiastic
- (transitive) To make (something, especially something flying) fall to the ground, usually by firing a weapon of some kind.
- (transitive) To stop the effects of intoxication in (someone).
- To cause to fall down, e.g. in an accident.
- (transitive) To take (someone) to prison.
- (transitive) To humble.
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see bring, down.
- (transitive) To make (someone) feel bad emotionally.
- (transitive) To calm down (someone).
- (transitive) To reduce.
- (African-American Vernacular, slang) To receive a prison sentence.
- (African-American Vernacular, slang, transitive) To incite excitement in (a place or crowd).
- (transitive) To make (a ruler or government) lose their position of power.
- (sports, transitive) To cause (an opponent) to fall after a tackle.
verb
noun
- the termination of a ruler or institution (especially by force)
- the act of disturbing the mind or body
- A removal, especially of a ruler or government, by force or threat of force; usurpation.
- (sports) A throw that goes too far.
- (cricket) A run scored by the batting side when a fielder throws the ball back to the infield, whence it continues to the opposite outfield.
verb
- cause the downfall of; of rulers
- turn from an upright or normal position
- cancel officially
- cause to overturn from an upright or normal position
- rule against
- change radically
- (transitive) To diminish the significance of a previous defeat by winning; to make a comeback from.
- (law, transitive) To reverse (a decision); to overrule or rescind.
- (ambitransitive) To turn over, capsize or upset.
- (transitive) To overthrow or destroy.
- (intransitive, of a body of water) To undergo a limnic eruption, where dissolved gas suddenly erupts from the depths.
noun
verb
- cause the downfall of; of rulers
- destroy property or hinder normal operations
- to raze to the ground, also figuratively
- corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality
- (transitive) To pervert, as the mind, and turn it from the truth; to corrupt; to confound.
- (transitive) To overturn from the foundation; to overthrow; to ruin utterly.
- (transitive) To upturn convention from the foundation by undermining it (literally, to turn from beneath).
noun
noun
- the position and authority of a feudal lord
- the estate of a seigneur
- The power or authority of a lord; dominion.
- (law) The lordship (authority) remaining to a grantor after the grant of an estate in fee simple.
- (historical) The elders forming the municipal council in a medieval Italian republic.
- The estate of a feudal lord.
noun
- the male ruler of an empire
- large moth of temperate forests of Eurasia having heavily scaled transparent wings
- large richly colored butterfly
- red table grape of California
- An emperor penguin (Aptenodytes forsteri).
- Any fish of the family Lethrinidae.
- Any monarch ruling an empire, irrespective of gender, with "empress" contrasting to mean the consort of an emperor.
- (entomology) Any of various large dragonflies of the cosmopolitan genus Anax.
- The male monarch or ruler of an empire.
- (tarot) The fourth trump or major arcana card of the tarot deck.
- (political theory) Specifically, the ruler of the Holy Roman Empire; the world-monarch.
- (entomology) Any of various butterflies of the subfamily Charaxinae.
- A large, relatively valuable marble in children's games.
adj
noun
- someone who rules during the absence or incapacity or minority of the country's monarch
- (Indonesia) The chief executive of a regency.
- (now chiefly historical) A member of a municipal or civic body of governors, especially in certain European cities.
- (Scotland, Canada, US) A member of governing board of a college or university; also a governor of the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C.
- One who rules in place of the monarch, especially because the monarch is too young, absent, or disabled.
- members of a governing board
noun
- a monarchy with a king or queen as head of state
- the highest taxonomic group into which organisms are grouped; one of five biological categories: Monera or Protoctista or Plantae or Fungi or Animalia
- a basic group of natural objects
- the domain ruled by a king or queen
- a domain in which something is dominant
- a country with a king as head of state
- A realm, region, or conceptual space where something is dominant.
- (taxonomy) A rank in the classification of organisms, below domain and above phylum; a taxon at that rank (e.g. the plant kingdom, the animal kingdom).
- A realm having a king or queen as its actual or nominal sovereign.
prefix
noun
- the governing group of a kingdom
- a large and stately mansion
- official residence of an exalted person (as a sovereign)
- a large ornate exhibition hall
- A large and lavishly ornate residence.
- A large, ornate public building used for entertainment or exhibitions.
- Official residence of a head of state or other dignitary, especially in a monarchical or imperial governmental system.
noun
noun
- A person ruled over by another, especially a monarch or state authority.
- By faulty generalisation from a clause's grammatical subject often being coinstantiated with one: an actor or agent; one who takes action.
- A particular area of study.
- A citizen in a monarchy.
- (grammar) The noun, pronoun or noun phrase about whom the statement is made. In active clauses with verbs denoting an action, the subject is the actor. In clauses in the passive voice the subject is the target of the action.
- The main topic of a paper, work of art, discussion, field of study, etc.
- A human, animal, or an inanimate object that is being examined, treated, analysed, etc; especially, one being studied in a scientific experiment, such as a clinical trial.
- (music) The main theme or melody, especially in a fugue.
- (logic) That of which something is stated.
- (mathematics) The variable in terms of which an expression is defined.
- (philosophy) A being that has subjective experiences, subjective consciousness, or a relationship with another entity.
- some situation or event that is thought about
- the subject matter of a conversation or discussion
- (logic) the first term of a proposition
- a person who owes allegiance to that nation
- (grammar) one of the two main constituents of a sentence; the grammatical constituent about which something is predicated
- something (a person or object or scene) selected by an artist or photographer for graphic representation
- a branch of knowledge
- a person who is subjected to experimental or other observational procedures; someone who is an object of investigation
adj
- Conditional upon something; used with to.
- Likely to be affected by or to experience something; liable.
- Placed under the power of another; owing allegiance to a particular sovereign or state.
- Placed or situated under; lying below, or in a lower situation.
- likely to be affected by something
- being under the power or sovereignty of another or others
- possibly accepting or permitting
verb
- (transitive, construed with to) To cause (someone or something) to undergo a particular experience, especially one that is unpleasant or unwanted.
- (transitive) To make subordinate or subservient; to subdue or enslave; to subjugate.
- make subservient; force to submit or subdue
- cause to experience or suffer or make liable or vulnerable to
- make accountable for
noun
- A period of rule.
- A division of a Mafia crime family, led by a caporegime.
- A regulated system; a regimen.
- (hydrology) A set of characteristics.
- A form of government, or the government in power, particularly an authoritarian or totalitarian one.
- Mode of rule or management.
- the organization that is the governing authority of a political unit
- (medicine) a systematic plan for therapy (often including diet)
noun
noun
- The period during which a monarch rules.
- the period during which a monarch is sovereign
- royal authority; the dominion of a monarch
- The exercise of sovereign power.
- The territory or sphere over which a kingdom; empire; realm; dominion, etc. is ruled.
- a period during which something or somebody is dominant or powerful
verb
- (intransitive) To exercise sovereign power, to rule as a monarch.
- (transitive, rare, nonstandard) To reign over (a country)
- To be a dominant quality of a place or situation; to prevail, predominate, rule.
- To be the winner of the most recent iteration of a competition.
- be larger in number, quantity, power, status or importance
- have sovereign power
noun
- the time between two reigns, governments, etc.
- A period of time between the end of one monarch's reign and the accession of their successor.
- (figurative) A break in continuity; a gap, an intermission.
- (politics) A period of time between the end of one political leader's term and the start of the term of their successor; a period of time during which normal executive leadership is interrupted or suspended, and a polity is either left without leadership or has only a temporary one.
- (Christianity) A period of time between when a minister or pastor leaves a church and when a new one is installed.
noun
- the duration of a monarch's or government's power
- prescribed guide for conduct or action
- (mathematics) a standard procedure for solving a class of mathematical problems
- any one of a systematic body of regulations defining the way of life of members of a religious order
- (linguistics) a rule describing (or prescribing) a linguistic practice
- measuring stick consisting of a strip of wood or metal or plastic with a straight edge that is used for drawing straight lines and measuring lengths
- dominance or power through legal authority
- directions that define the way a game or sport is to be conducted
- a principle or condition that customarily governs behavior
- a rule or law concerning a natural phenomenon or the function of a complex system
- something regarded as a normative example
- a basic generalization that is accepted as true and that can be used as a basis for reasoning or conduct
- A straight line (continuous mark, as made by a pen or the like), especially one lying across a paper as a guide for writing.
- A regulating principle.
- A ruler; device for measuring, a straightedge, a measure.
- (law) An order regulating the practice of the courts, or an order made between parties to an action or a suit.
- (mathematics) A determinate method prescribed for performing any operation and producing a certain result.
- A regulation, law, guideline.
- (uncountable) The act of ruling; administration of law; government; empire; authority; control.
- A normal condition or state of affairs.
verb
- be larger in number, quantity, power, status or importance
- have an affinity with; of signs of the zodiac
- decide with authority
- exercise authority over; as of nations
- mark or draw with a ruler
- keep in check
- be excellent or outstanding
- decide on and make a declaration about
- (transitive, stative) To regulate, be in charge of, make decisions for, reign over.
- (transitive) To mark (paper or the like) with rules (lines).
- (slang, intransitive, stative) To excel.
- (intransitive) To decide judicially.
- (transitive) To establish or settle by, or as by, a rule; to fix by universal or general consent, or by common practice.
noun
- royal authority; the dominion of a monarch
- government free from external control
- the authority of a state to govern another state
- (by extension) Of a person: the liberty to decide one's actions and thoughts.
- (by extension) Of a nation or other polity: the state of being able to control resources, make laws independently, and otherwise govern itself without the coercion or concurrence of other polities.
- Of a ruler (especially a monarch): supreme authority or dominion over something.
- (countable) A territory under the rule of a sovereign; an independent or self-governing nation or other polity.
- Pre-eminent or superior excellence; also, superior ability to achieve something; mastery.
noun
verb
noun
noun
- a monarchy with an emperor as head of state
- the domain ruled by an emperor or empress; the region over which imperial dominion is exercised
- a group of countries under a single authority
- a group of diverse companies under common ownership and run as a single organization
- A political state, often a monarchy, that has achieved a much greater current size than its initial size by conquering surrounding territories, cities or nations.
- An expansive and powerful enterprise under the control of one person or group.
- The group of states or other territories that owe allegiance to an imperial power (foreign to them), when distinguished from the native territory of that power; imperial possessions.
- (Absolute) control, dominion, sway.
- A political unit ruled by an emperor or empress.
adj
noun
name
- A popular name for a dog.
- A census-designated place in Robeson County, North Carolina, United States.
- A male given name from Latin coined in the nineteenth century from Latin rex "king," rarely given today.
- (formal, usually italicized) The reigning king.
- An unincorporated community in Clayton County, Georgia, United States.
noun
- a male sovereign; ruler of a kingdom
- the husband or widower of a queen
- a checker that has been moved to the opponent's first row where it is promoted to a piece that is free to move either forward or backward
- preeminence in a particular category or group or field
- a male competitor who holds a preeminent position
- a very wealthy or powerful businessperson
- (chess) the weakest but the most important piece
- one of the four playing cards in a deck bearing the picture of a king
- A male monarch; a man who heads a monarchy; in an absolute monarchy, the supreme ruler of his nation.
- (countable or uncountable) Something that has a preeminent position.
- (chess) The principal chess piece, that players seek to threaten with unavoidable capture to result in a victory by checkmate. It is often the tallest piece, with a symbolic crown with a cross at the top.
- The monarch with the most power and authority in a monarchy, regardless of sex.
- (Australia, historical) A male leader of a traditional Aboriginal group, often used as a title by colonists.
- The central pin or skittle in bowling games.
- (graph theory) A vertex in a directed graph which can reach every other vertex via a path with a length of at most 2.
- (UK, slang) A king skin.
- (card games) A playing card with the letter "K" and the image of a king on it, the thirteenth card in a given suit.
- A powerful or majorly influential person; someone who holds the preeminent position.
- Alternative form of qing (“Chinese musical instrument”).
- A male dragonfly; a drake.
- A king-sized bed.
- A checker (a piece of checkers/draughts) that reached the farthest row forward, thus becoming crowned (either by turning it upside-down, or by stacking another checker on it) and gaining more freedom of movement.
verb
- To assume or pretend preeminence (over); to lord it over.
- To crown king, to make (a person) king.
- To dress and perform as a drag king.
- To rule over as king.
- To promote a piece of draughts/checkers that has traversed the board to the opposite side, that piece subsequently being permitted to move backwards as well as forwards.
- To perform the duties of a king.
noun
- the position and authority of a feudal lord
- the estate of a seigneur
- The power or authority of a lord; dominion.
- (law) The lordship (authority) remaining to a grantor after the grant of an estate in fee simple.
- (historical) The elders forming the municipal council in a medieval Italian republic.
- The estate of a feudal lord.
noun
- the male ruler of an empire
- large moth of temperate forests of Eurasia having heavily scaled transparent wings
- large richly colored butterfly
- red table grape of California
- An emperor penguin (Aptenodytes forsteri).
- Any fish of the family Lethrinidae.
- Any monarch ruling an empire, irrespective of gender, with "empress" contrasting to mean the consort of an emperor.
- (entomology) Any of various large dragonflies of the cosmopolitan genus Anax.
- The male monarch or ruler of an empire.
- (tarot) The fourth trump or major arcana card of the tarot deck.
- (political theory) Specifically, the ruler of the Holy Roman Empire; the world-monarch.
- (entomology) Any of various butterflies of the subfamily Charaxinae.
- A large, relatively valuable marble in children's games.
noun
- a monarchy with a king or queen as head of state
- the highest taxonomic group into which organisms are grouped; one of five biological categories: Monera or Protoctista or Plantae or Fungi or Animalia
- a basic group of natural objects
- the domain ruled by a king or queen
- a domain in which something is dominant
- a country with a king as head of state
- A realm, region, or conceptual space where something is dominant.
- (taxonomy) A rank in the classification of organisms, below domain and above phylum; a taxon at that rank (e.g. the plant kingdom, the animal kingdom).
- A realm having a king or queen as its actual or nominal sovereign.
noun
- the governing group of a kingdom
- a large and stately mansion
- official residence of an exalted person (as a sovereign)
- a large ornate exhibition hall
- A large and lavishly ornate residence.
- A large, ornate public building used for entertainment or exhibitions.
- Official residence of a head of state or other dignitary, especially in a monarchical or imperial governmental system.
noun
noun
- A person ruled over by another, especially a monarch or state authority.
- By faulty generalisation from a clause's grammatical subject often being coinstantiated with one: an actor or agent; one who takes action.
- A particular area of study.
- A citizen in a monarchy.
- (grammar) The noun, pronoun or noun phrase about whom the statement is made. In active clauses with verbs denoting an action, the subject is the actor. In clauses in the passive voice the subject is the target of the action.
- The main topic of a paper, work of art, discussion, field of study, etc.
- A human, animal, or an inanimate object that is being examined, treated, analysed, etc; especially, one being studied in a scientific experiment, such as a clinical trial.
- (music) The main theme or melody, especially in a fugue.
- (logic) That of which something is stated.
- (mathematics) The variable in terms of which an expression is defined.
- (philosophy) A being that has subjective experiences, subjective consciousness, or a relationship with another entity.
- some situation or event that is thought about
- the subject matter of a conversation or discussion
- (logic) the first term of a proposition
- a person who owes allegiance to that nation
- (grammar) one of the two main constituents of a sentence; the grammatical constituent about which something is predicated
- something (a person or object or scene) selected by an artist or photographer for graphic representation
- a branch of knowledge
- a person who is subjected to experimental or other observational procedures; someone who is an object of investigation
adj
- Conditional upon something; used with to.
- Likely to be affected by or to experience something; liable.
- Placed under the power of another; owing allegiance to a particular sovereign or state.
- Placed or situated under; lying below, or in a lower situation.
- likely to be affected by something
- being under the power or sovereignty of another or others
- possibly accepting or permitting
verb
- (transitive, construed with to) To cause (someone or something) to undergo a particular experience, especially one that is unpleasant or unwanted.
- (transitive) To make subordinate or subservient; to subdue or enslave; to subjugate.
- make subservient; force to submit or subdue
- cause to experience or suffer or make liable or vulnerable to
- make accountable for
adj
noun
- someone who rules during the absence or incapacity or minority of the country's monarch
- (Indonesia) The chief executive of a regency.
- (now chiefly historical) A member of a municipal or civic body of governors, especially in certain European cities.
- (Scotland, Canada, US) A member of governing board of a college or university; also a governor of the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C.
- One who rules in place of the monarch, especially because the monarch is too young, absent, or disabled.
- members of a governing board
verb
- cause the downfall of; of rulers
- move something or somebody to a lower position
- cause to come to the ground
- impose something unpleasant
- cut down on; make a reduction in
- cause to be enthusiastic
- (transitive) To make (something, especially something flying) fall to the ground, usually by firing a weapon of some kind.
- (transitive) To stop the effects of intoxication in (someone).
- To cause to fall down, e.g. in an accident.
- (transitive) To take (someone) to prison.
- (transitive) To humble.
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see bring, down.
- (transitive) To make (someone) feel bad emotionally.
- (transitive) To calm down (someone).
- (transitive) To reduce.
- (African-American Vernacular, slang) To receive a prison sentence.
- (African-American Vernacular, slang, transitive) To incite excitement in (a place or crowd).
- (transitive) To make (a ruler or government) lose their position of power.
- (sports, transitive) To cause (an opponent) to fall after a tackle.
verb
noun
- the termination of a ruler or institution (especially by force)
- the act of disturbing the mind or body
- A removal, especially of a ruler or government, by force or threat of force; usurpation.
- (sports) A throw that goes too far.
- (cricket) A run scored by the batting side when a fielder throws the ball back to the infield, whence it continues to the opposite outfield.
verb
- cause the downfall of; of rulers
- turn from an upright or normal position
- cancel officially
- cause to overturn from an upright or normal position
- rule against
- change radically
- (transitive) To diminish the significance of a previous defeat by winning; to make a comeback from.
- (law, transitive) To reverse (a decision); to overrule or rescind.
- (ambitransitive) To turn over, capsize or upset.
- (transitive) To overthrow or destroy.
- (intransitive, of a body of water) To undergo a limnic eruption, where dissolved gas suddenly erupts from the depths.
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verb
- cause the downfall of; of rulers
- destroy property or hinder normal operations
- to raze to the ground, also figuratively
- corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality
- (transitive) To pervert, as the mind, and turn it from the truth; to corrupt; to confound.
- (transitive) To overturn from the foundation; to overthrow; to ruin utterly.
- (transitive) To upturn convention from the foundation by undermining it (literally, to turn from beneath).
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adj
noun
- someone who rules during the absence or incapacity or minority of the country's monarch
- (Indonesia) The chief executive of a regency.
- (now chiefly historical) A member of a municipal or civic body of governors, especially in certain European cities.
- (Scotland, Canada, US) A member of governing board of a college or university; also a governor of the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C.
- One who rules in place of the monarch, especially because the monarch is too young, absent, or disabled.
- members of a governing board