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noun
- the cognitive processes involved in producing and understanding linguistic communication
- a system of words used to name things in a particular discipline
- the mental faculty or power of vocal communication
- (language) communication by word of mouth
- a systematic means of communicating by the use of sounds or conventional symbols
- the text of a popular song or musical-comedy number
- (euphemistic, uncountable) Profanity.
- (uncountable) The specific wording or style of a text, such as a law or a contract.
- (countable, uncountable) A body of sounds, signs or signals by which animals communicate, and by which plants are sometimes also thought to communicate.
- A languet, a flat plate in or below the flue pipe of an organ.
- (uncountable) A manner of expression.
- (uncountable) The particular words used in a speech or a passage of text.
- (uncountable) A sublanguage: the slang of a particular community or jargon of a particular specialist field.
- (countable, uncountable, figurative) The expression of thought (the communication of meaning) in a specified way; that which communicates something, as language does.
- (countable) A body of words, and set of methods of combining them (called a grammar), understood by a community and used as a form of communication.
- (computing, countable) A computer language; a machine language.
- (uncountable) The ability to communicate using words.
intj
verb
noun
- the cognitive process of understanding a written linguistic message
- The process of interpreting written language.
- a mental representation of the meaning or significance of something
- written material intended to be read
- the act of measuring with meters or similar instruments
- a public instance of reciting or repeating (from memory) something prepared in advance
- a particular interpretation or performance
- a datum about some physical state that is presented to a user by a meter or similar instrument
- The extent of what one has read.
- An event at which written material is read aloud.
- (textual criticism) The wording of a version of a text in a particular place or context.
- The process of interpreting a symbol, a sign or a measuring device.
- A piece of literature or passage of scripture read aloud to an audience.
- (education, uncountable) The content of a reading list.
- (linguistics) A pronunciation associated with a particular character or word; particularly in East Asian scripts.
- Something to read; reading material.
- (go, uncountable) The act or process of imagining sequences of potential moves and responses without actually placing stones.
- (by extension) An interpretation.
- A value indicated by a measuring device.
- (politics, law) One of several stages a bill passes through before becoming law.
verb
noun
- a process of linguistic change over a period of time
- the pervading meaning or tenor
- a general tendency to change (as of opinion)
- a horizontal (or nearly horizontal) passageway in a mine
- the gradual departure from an intended course due to external influences (as a ship or plane)
- a large mass of material that is heaped up by the wind or by water currents
- a force that moves something along
- (mining) Of a boring or a driven tunnel: deviation from the intended course.
- Anything driven at random.
- A slightly tapered tool of steel for enlarging or shaping a hole in metal, by being forced or driven into or through it; a broach.
- Driftwood included in flotsam washed up onto the beach.
- The angle which the line of a ship's motion makes with the meridian, in drifting.
- (mining) In a coal mine, a heading driven for exploration or ventilation.
- (cricket) A sideways movement of the ball through the air, when bowled by a spin bowler.
- (mining) A heading driven through a seam of coal.
- (uncountable, film) The situation where a performer gradually and unintentionally moves from their proper location within the scene.
- That which is driven, forced, or urged along.
- A tool used to insert or extract a removable pin made of metal or hardwood, for the purpose of aligning and/or securing two pieces of material together.
- In the New Forest National Park, UK, the bi-annual round-up of wild ponies in order to sell them.
- The distance through which a current flows in a given time.
- (mining) A passage driven or cut between shaft and shaft; a driftway; a small subterranean gallery.
- (architecture) The horizontal thrust or pressure of an arch or vault upon the abutments.
- A deviation from the line of fire, peculiar to obloid projectiles.
- The place in a deep-waisted vessel where the sheer is raised and the rail is cut off, and usually terminated with a scroll, or driftpiece.
- (mining) A sloping winze or road to the surface, for purposes of haulage.
- (mining) An adit or tunnel driven forward for purposes of exploration or exploitation; generally eventually to a dead end.
- A mass of matter which has been driven or forced onward together in a body, or thrown together in a heap, etc., especially by wind or water.
- The difference between the size of a bolt and the hole into which it is driven, or between the circumference of a hoop and that of the mast on which it is to be driven.
- The tendency of an act, argument, course of conduct, or the like; object aimed at or intended; intention; hence, also, import or meaning of a sentence or discourse; aim.
- Course or direction along which anything is driven; setting.
- The distance between the two blocks of a tackle.
- A place (a ford) along a river where the water is shallow enough to permit crossing to the opposite side.
- The act or motion of drifting; the force which impels or drives; an overpowering influence or impulse.
- A drove or flock, as of cattle, sheep, birds.
- A tool used to pack down the composition contained in a rocket, or like firework.
- A collection of loose earth and rocks, or boulders, which have been distributed over large portions of the earth's surface, especially in latitudes north of forty degrees, by the retreat of continental glaciers, such as that which buries former river valleys and creates young river valleys.
- The distance a vessel is carried off from her desired course by the wind, currents, or other causes.
- Slow, cumulative change.
- (uncountable) Minor deviation of audio or video playback from its correct speed.
verb
- move in an unhurried fashion
- live unhurriedly, irresponsibly, or freely
- drive slowly and far afield for grazing
- vary or move from a fixed point or course
- be piled up in banks or heaps by the force of wind or a current
- move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment
- be in motion due to some air or water current
- cause to be carried by a current
- wander from a direct course or at random
- be subject to fluctuation
- (intransitive) To accumulate in heaps by the force of wind; to be driven into heaps.
- (transitive) To drive into heaps.
- (transitive) To drive or carry, as currents do a floating body.
- (automotive) To oversteer a vehicle, causing loss of traction, while maintaining control from entry to exit of a corner. See Drifting (motorsport).
- (transitive, engineering) To enlarge or shape, as a hole, with a drift.
- (intransitive) To deviate gently from the intended direction of travel.
- (intransitive) To move haphazardly without any destination.
- (mining, US) To make a drift; to examine a vein or ledge for the purpose of ascertaining the presence of metals or ores; to follow a vein; to prospect.
- (intransitive) To move slowly, especially pushed by currents of water, air, etc.
noun
- the study of language meaning
- the meaning of a word, phrase, sentence, or text
- (computer science) The meaning of computer language constructs, in contrast to their form or syntax.
- (loosely, colloquial, of a detail or distinction) Pettiness or triviality.
- The study of the relationship between words and their meanings.
- The meaning or set of meanings of a linguistic element, such as a word, morpheme or utterance.
- (linguistics) A branch of linguistics studying the meaning of words.
- The meanings of individual words, as opposed to the overall meaning of a passage.
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verb
noun
- (linguistics, language learning) The part of language input that is actually processed by a learner.
- The beginning of a contraction or narrowing in a tube or cylinder.
- A tract of land enclosed.
- The place where water, air or other fluid is taken into a pipe or conduit; opposed to outlet.
- An act or instance of taking in.
- The people taken into an organization or establishment at a particular time.
- The process of screening a juvenile offender to decide upon release or referral.
- (UK, dialect) Any kind of cheat or imposition; the act of taking someone in.
- The quantity taken in.
- (slang, derogatory) A nostril, especially a large one.
- an opening through which fluid is admitted to a tube or container
- the process of taking food into the body through the mouth (as by eating)
- the act of inhaling; the drawing in of air (or other gases) as in breathing
verb
noun
- (computing) Initialism of natural language processing.
- (mathematics) Initialism of nonlinear programming.
- (psychology) Initialism of neuro-linguistic psychotherapy.
- (pseudoscience, psychology) Initialism of neuro-linguistic programming.
- the branch of information science that deals with natural language information
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phrase
verb
- make sense of a language
- make sense of; assign a meaning to
- create an image or likeness of
- give an interpretation or rendition of
- restate (words) from one language into another language
- give an interpretation or explanation to
- (intransitive) To convey what a user of one language is saying or signing, in real time or shortly after that person has finished communicating, to a user of a different language
- To explain or tell the meaning of; to translate orally into intelligible or familiar language or terms. applied especially to language, but also to dreams, signs, conduct, mysteries, etc.
- (computing, transitive) To analyse or execute (a program) by reading the instructions as they are encountered, rather than compiling in advance.
- To decode the meaning of a topic and then act, whether to continue researching the topic, follow through, act in opposition, or further the understanding through sharing an interpretation.
- To apprehend and represent by means of art; to show by illustrative representation
verb
- make sense of a language
- have or contain a certain wording or form
- be a student of a certain subject
- obtain data from magnetic tapes or other digital sources
- indicate a certain reading; of gauges and instruments
- look at, interpret, and say out loud something that is written or printed
- interpret the significance of, as of palms, tea leaves, intestines, the sky; also of human behavior
- interpret something in a certain way; convey a particular meaning or impression
- audition for a stage role by reading parts of a role
- interpret something that is written or printed
- to hear and understand
- (transitive, telecommunications) To be able to hear what another person is saying over a radio connection.
- (computing, transitive) To fetch data from (a storage medium, etc.).
- (ergative) To substitute a corrected piece of text in place of an erroneous one; used to introduce an emendation of a text.
- (by extension, ironic or humorous, usually imperative) Used to introduce a blunter, actually intended meaning.
- (go) To imagine sequences of potential moves and responses without actually placing stones.
- (transitive or intransitive) To speak aloud words or other information that is written. (often construed with a to phrase or an indirect object)
- (transitive, Commonwealth, except Scotland) To study (a subject) at a high level, especially at university.
- (at first especially in the black LGBTQ community) To call attention to the flaws of (someone) in a playful, taunting, or insulting way.
- (transitive) To interpret, or infer a meaning, significance, thought, intention, etc., from.
- simple past and past participle of read
- (transitive, LGBTQ) To recognise (someone) as being transgender.
- (transitive, rail transport) To observe and comprehend (a displayed signal).
- (transitive, metonymic) To read a work or works written by the named author.
- (ergative, of text) To be understood or physically read in a specific way.
- (transitive or intransitive) To look at and interpret letters or other information that is written.
- To consist of certain text.
noun
- something that is read
- (at first especially in the black LGBTQ community) An instance of reading (“calling attention to someone's flaws; a taunt or insult”).
- (biochemistry) The identification of a specific sequence of genes in a genome or bases in a nucleic acid string.
- (in combination) Something to be read; a written work.
- A person's interpretation or impression of something.
- A reading or an act of reading, especially of an actor's part of a play or a piece of stored data.
verb
- make sense of a language
- change from one form or medium into another
- bring to a certain spiritual state
- change the position of (figures or bodies) in space without rotation
- determine the amino-acid sequence of a protein during its synthesis by using information on the messenger RNA
- subject to movement in which every part of the body moves parallel to and the same distance as every other point on the body
- express, as in simple and less technical language
- be equivalent in effect
- be translatable, or be translatable in a certain way
- restate (words) from one language into another language
- (transitive, genetics) To generate a chain of amino acids based on the sequence of codons in an mRNA molecule.
- (transitive) To express spoken words or written text in a different (often clearer or simpler) way in the same language; to paraphrase, to rephrase, to restate.
- (intransitive) To provide a translation of spoken words or written text in another language; to be, or be capable of being, rendered in another language.
- (transitive) To change spoken words or written text (of a book, document, movie, etc.) from one language to another.
- (transitive) To change (something) from one form or medium to another.
- (intransitive) To change, or be capable of being changed, from one form or medium to another.
- Senses relating to a change of position.
- (transitive, music) To rearrange (a song or music) in one genre into another.
noun
verb
- make sense of a language
- believe to be the case
- know and comprehend the nature or meaning of
- perceive (an idea or situation) mentally
- be understanding of
- (transitive, of people) To know the intent, motives or character of; (of events) to know the causes of or reasons for.
- (transitive, usually with clause as object) To comprehend a fact or principle; to regard or come to regard a belief as such.
- (transitive, intransitive, of communication or means of communication: words, statements, signs, etc.) To know the meaning of; to parse or have parsed correctly; to comprehend.
- (transitive, grammar) To regard as present when not.
- (transitive) To believe or infer, to think one grasps sufficiently despite potentially incomplete knowledge.
- (transitive, of a skill, task, profession, etc.) To be thoroughly familiar with; to be able to undertake properly.
- (humorous, rare, obsolete outside circus, acrobatics) To stand underneath, to support.
- (transitive, generally) To know the meaning of.
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noun
- (linguistics) The process whereby a language acquires native speakers.
- (linguistics, phonology) The process whereby a loan word’s pronunciation is adapted to the sound system of the borrowing language.
- (linguistics) The process whereby a language in a new region acquires localised features, as by contact with pre-existing languages of the region, or in response to the local environment.
noun
- (linguistics) Initialism of speech act participant.
- Initialism of superabsorbent powder, made of superabsorbent polymer.
- (economics) Initialism of structural adjustment program.
- (US, military) Initialism of special access program.
- (television, acronym, initialism) Abbreviation of second audio program.
- Initialism of superabsorbent polymer.
- (British) Initialism of statutory adoption pay, payments made by an employer to an employee who is absent from work after the adoption of a child.
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noun
- the rapid and continuous delivery of linguistic communication (spoken or written)
- the heavy fire of artillery to saturate an area rather than hit a specific target
- An artificial obstruction, such as a dam, in a river designed to increase its depth or to divert its flow.
- (by extension) An overwhelming outburst of words, especially of criticism.
- Type of firework containing a mixture of firework types in one single-ignition package.
- (fencing) A "next hit wins" contest to determine the winner of a bout in case of a tie.
- (military) A heavy curtain of artillery fire directed in front of one's own troops to screen and protect them.
- A concentrated discharge of projectile weapons.
verb
noun
- the rapid and continuous delivery of linguistic communication (spoken or written)
- an attack by dropping bombs
- the act (or an instance) of subjecting a body or substance to the impact of high-energy particles (as electrons or alpha rays)
- the heavy fire of artillery to saturate an area rather than hit a specific target
- (figurative) An onslaught of criticism etc.
- The act of bombing, especially towns or cities.
- (physics) The incidence of an intense stream of high-energy particles directed at a substance.
- Heavy artillery fire.
verb
- (intransitive) To produce the components of speech.
- (transitive) To declare formally, officially or ceremoniously.
- (intransitive) To pass judgment.
- (transitive) To sound out (a word or phrase); to articulate.
- (transitive) To emphasize, highlight.
- (passive voice) To sound like.
- (transitive) To pronounce dead.
- (transitive) To declare authoritatively, or as a formal expert opinion.
- (transitive) To read aloud.
- speak, pronounce, or utter in a certain way
- pronounce judgment on
noun
noun
- a language user's knowledge of words
- a reference book containing an alphabetical list of words with information about them
- (programming) The lexicology of a programming language. (Usually called lexical structure.)
- A set of vocabulary specific to a certain subject.
- A dictionary of Classical Greek, Hebrew, Latin, or Aramaic.
- A list thereof.
- (rare) Any dictionary.
- (lexicography, linguistics) A dictionary that includes or focuses on lexemes.
- The vocabulary used by or known to an individual. (Also called lexical knowledge.)
- The vocabulary of a language.
verb
noun
- a language user's knowledge of words
- the system of techniques or symbols serving as a means of expression (as in arts or crafts)
- a listing of the words used in some enterprise
- (by extension) A range of artistic or stylistic forms or techniques.
- The stock of words used in a particular field.
- The words of a language collectively; lexis.
- A usually alphabetized and explained collection of words e.g. of a particular field, or prepared for a specific purpose, often for learning.
- The collection of words a person knows and uses.
noun
- (linguistics) Initialism of comprehensible input.
- (politics) Initialism of constitutional initiative.
- (espionage) Initialism of counterintelligence.
- (law enforcement) Initialism of confidential informant.
- Initialism of Companion, part of the Imperial Order of the Crown of India.
- Initialism of competitive intelligence.
- Initialism of civil infraction.
- Initialism of creative industries.
- Initialism of cochlear implant.
- Initialism of contextual inquiry.
- (law enforcement) Initialism of chief inspector, a police rank used in Commonwealth countries.
- (software engineering) Initialism of continuous integration.
- (statistics) Initialism of confidence interval.
- Initialism of cast iron.
- Initialism of corporate identity (“a specific design of a company, to be applied in all public appearances to be clearly distinguishable from its competitors”).
- (baseball) Initialism of corner infielder.
verb
- use language
- express in speech
- exchange thoughts; talk with
- give a speech to
- make a characteristic or natural sound
- (by extension) To be able to communicate in the manner of specialists in a field.
- (intransitive, reciprocal) To have a conversation.
- (intransitive) To produce a sound; to sound.
- (by extension) To communicate or converse by some means other than orally, such as writing or facial expressions.
- (transitive) To communicate (some fact or feeling); to bespeak, to indicate.
- Of a bird, to be able to vocally reproduce words or phrases from a human language.
- (informal, transitive, sometimes humorous) To understand (as though it were a language).
- (transitive) To utter.
- (transitive, stative) To be able to communicate in a language.
- (intransitive) To deliver a message to a group; to deliver a speech.
- (intransitive) To communicate with one's voice, to say words out loud.
noun
verb
- use language
- express in speech
- exchange thoughts; talk with
- divulge confidential information or secrets
- deliver a lecture or talk
- reveal information
- (intransitive, slang) To confess, especially implicating others.
- (transitive) To speak (a certain language).
- (intransitive) To communicate, usually by means of speech.
- (intransitive) To gossip; to create scandal.
- (transitive) To manifest outwardly in speech, as opposed to reality or action.
- (transitive, informal, chiefly used in progressive tenses) Used to emphasise the importance, size, complexity etc. of the thing mentioned.
- (transitive, informal) To discuss; to talk about.
- (intransitive) To criticize someone for something of which one is guilty oneself.
- (informal, chiefly used in progressive tenses) To influence someone to express something, especially a particular stance or viewpoint or in a particular manner.
noun
- a speech that is open to the public
- discussion; (‘talk about’ is a less formal alternative for ‘discussion of’)
- idle gossip or rumor
- an exchange of ideas via conversation
- the act of giving a talk to an audience
- (preceded by the; often qualified by a following of) A major topic of social discussion.
- A customary conversation in which parent(s) explain sexual intercourse to their child.
- (uncountable) Gossip; rumour.
- A conversation or discussion; usually serious, but informal.
- (uncountable, not preceded by an article) Empty boasting, promises or claims.
- (usually in the plural) Meeting to discuss a particular matter.
- (US) A customary conversation in which the parent(s) of a black child explain the racism and violence they may face, especially when interacting with police, and strategies to manage it.
- A lecture.
noun
- (uncountable, linguistics) Ellipsis of language transfer.
- (countable) A design conveyed by contact from one surface to another; a heat transfer.
- (genetics) The conveying of genetic material from one cell to another.
- (sports) A person who transfers or is transferred from one club or team to another.
- (US, Canada, varsity sports) Ellipsis of transfer student.
- (countable, transport) An act of exiting one mass transit vehicle and boarding another (typically one belonging to a different line or mode of transportation) to continue a journey.
- (uncountable) The act of conveying or removing something from one place, person or thing to another.
- (medicine) A pathological process by which a unilateral morbid condition on being abolished on one side of the body makes its appearance in the corresponding region upon the other side.
- (countable) Of a person with limited mobility: an instance of independent or assisted movement from one stable surface to another.
- (bridge) A conventional bid which requests partner to bid the next available suit.
- (countable) An instance of conveying or removing from one place, person or thing to another; a transferal.
- A soldier removed from one troop, or body of troops, and placed in another.
- (countable, transport) A paper receipt given to a rider of one bus (and historically also certain elevated or subway lines), allowing free entry onto another bus to continue a journey.
- the act of moving something from one location to another
- someone who transfers or is transferred from one position to another
- the act of transferring something from one form to another
- application of a skill learned in one situation to a different but similar situation
- a ticket that allows a passenger to change conveyances
- transferring ownership
verb
- (transitive) To convey the impression of (something) from one surface to another.
- (intransitive) To be or become transferred.
- (intransitive) To move from a wheelchair to another seating surface, or to a wheelchair from another seating surface.
- (transport, of a traveler) To exit one mass transit vehicle and board another (typically one belonging to a different line or mode of transportation) to continue a journey.
- (transitive) To move or pass from one place, person or thing to another.
- (transitive, law) To arrange for something to belong to or be officially controlled by somebody else.
- move from one place to another
- shift the position or location of, as for business, legal, educational, or military purposes
- move around
- change from one vehicle or transportation line to another
- send from one person or place to another
- cause to change ownership
- transfer somebody to a different position or location of work
- transfer from one place or period to another
- lift and reset in another soil or situation
noun
- (linguistics, uncountable) Initialism of conversation analysis.
- (computing) Initialism of certificate authority.
- (US, nautical) Initialism of armored cruiser, a type of warship.
- (organic chemistry) Abbreviation of cyanoacrylate.
- (UK, law) Initialism of Companies Act.
- (TTY/TDD) Initialism of communications assistant.
- Initialism of central authority.
- (cellular automata) Initialism of cellular automaton.
- Initialism of closed access, as opposed to open access.
- (Japan) Initialism of cabin attendant.
- (US, nautical) Initialism of heavy cruiser, a variant of the cruiser type of warship.
- (Scotland, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, accounting) Initialism of chartered accountant.
- (US, military) Initialism of civil affairs, a military occupational specialty or branch.
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- (linguistics) Abbreviation of Classical Arabic
- (Canadian politics) Initialism of Canadian Alliance, Conservative-Reform Alliance Party, Reform-Conservative Alliance Party.
- (software, computing) Initialism of Computer Associates, an American software company.
- Abbreviation of Canada: a country in North America.
- Abbreviation of California: a state of the United States.
- (sports, cricket) Abbreviation of Cricket Australia, the governing body of cricket in Australia.
- (Philippines) Abbreviation of Clark Airbase.
- (Philippines) Abbreviation of Commission on Appointments.
noun
- the cognitive processes involved in producing and understanding linguistic communication
- a system of words used to name things in a particular discipline
- the mental faculty or power of vocal communication
- (language) communication by word of mouth
- a systematic means of communicating by the use of sounds or conventional symbols
- the text of a popular song or musical-comedy number
- (euphemistic, uncountable) Profanity.
- (uncountable) The specific wording or style of a text, such as a law or a contract.
- (countable, uncountable) A body of sounds, signs or signals by which animals communicate, and by which plants are sometimes also thought to communicate.
- A languet, a flat plate in or below the flue pipe of an organ.
- (uncountable) A manner of expression.
- (uncountable) The particular words used in a speech or a passage of text.
- (uncountable) A sublanguage: the slang of a particular community or jargon of a particular specialist field.
- (countable, uncountable, figurative) The expression of thought (the communication of meaning) in a specified way; that which communicates something, as language does.
- (countable) A body of words, and set of methods of combining them (called a grammar), understood by a community and used as a form of communication.
- (computing, countable) A computer language; a machine language.
- (uncountable) The ability to communicate using words.
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verb
noun
- the cognitive process of understanding a written linguistic message
- The process of interpreting written language.
- a mental representation of the meaning or significance of something
- written material intended to be read
- the act of measuring with meters or similar instruments
- a public instance of reciting or repeating (from memory) something prepared in advance
- a particular interpretation or performance
- a datum about some physical state that is presented to a user by a meter or similar instrument
- The extent of what one has read.
- An event at which written material is read aloud.
- (textual criticism) The wording of a version of a text in a particular place or context.
- The process of interpreting a symbol, a sign or a measuring device.
- A piece of literature or passage of scripture read aloud to an audience.
- (education, uncountable) The content of a reading list.
- (linguistics) A pronunciation associated with a particular character or word; particularly in East Asian scripts.
- Something to read; reading material.
- (go, uncountable) The act or process of imagining sequences of potential moves and responses without actually placing stones.
- (by extension) An interpretation.
- A value indicated by a measuring device.
- (politics, law) One of several stages a bill passes through before becoming law.
verb
noun
- a process of linguistic change over a period of time
- the pervading meaning or tenor
- a general tendency to change (as of opinion)
- a horizontal (or nearly horizontal) passageway in a mine
- the gradual departure from an intended course due to external influences (as a ship or plane)
- a large mass of material that is heaped up by the wind or by water currents
- a force that moves something along
- (mining) Of a boring or a driven tunnel: deviation from the intended course.
- Anything driven at random.
- A slightly tapered tool of steel for enlarging or shaping a hole in metal, by being forced or driven into or through it; a broach.
- Driftwood included in flotsam washed up onto the beach.
- The angle which the line of a ship's motion makes with the meridian, in drifting.
- (mining) In a coal mine, a heading driven for exploration or ventilation.
- (cricket) A sideways movement of the ball through the air, when bowled by a spin bowler.
- (mining) A heading driven through a seam of coal.
- (uncountable, film) The situation where a performer gradually and unintentionally moves from their proper location within the scene.
- That which is driven, forced, or urged along.
- A tool used to insert or extract a removable pin made of metal or hardwood, for the purpose of aligning and/or securing two pieces of material together.
- In the New Forest National Park, UK, the bi-annual round-up of wild ponies in order to sell them.
- The distance through which a current flows in a given time.
- (mining) A passage driven or cut between shaft and shaft; a driftway; a small subterranean gallery.
- (architecture) The horizontal thrust or pressure of an arch or vault upon the abutments.
- A deviation from the line of fire, peculiar to obloid projectiles.
- The place in a deep-waisted vessel where the sheer is raised and the rail is cut off, and usually terminated with a scroll, or driftpiece.
- (mining) A sloping winze or road to the surface, for purposes of haulage.
- (mining) An adit or tunnel driven forward for purposes of exploration or exploitation; generally eventually to a dead end.
- A mass of matter which has been driven or forced onward together in a body, or thrown together in a heap, etc., especially by wind or water.
- The difference between the size of a bolt and the hole into which it is driven, or between the circumference of a hoop and that of the mast on which it is to be driven.
- The tendency of an act, argument, course of conduct, or the like; object aimed at or intended; intention; hence, also, import or meaning of a sentence or discourse; aim.
- Course or direction along which anything is driven; setting.
- The distance between the two blocks of a tackle.
- A place (a ford) along a river where the water is shallow enough to permit crossing to the opposite side.
- The act or motion of drifting; the force which impels or drives; an overpowering influence or impulse.
- A drove or flock, as of cattle, sheep, birds.
- A tool used to pack down the composition contained in a rocket, or like firework.
- A collection of loose earth and rocks, or boulders, which have been distributed over large portions of the earth's surface, especially in latitudes north of forty degrees, by the retreat of continental glaciers, such as that which buries former river valleys and creates young river valleys.
- The distance a vessel is carried off from her desired course by the wind, currents, or other causes.
- Slow, cumulative change.
- (uncountable) Minor deviation of audio or video playback from its correct speed.
verb
- move in an unhurried fashion
- live unhurriedly, irresponsibly, or freely
- drive slowly and far afield for grazing
- vary or move from a fixed point or course
- be piled up in banks or heaps by the force of wind or a current
- move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment
- be in motion due to some air or water current
- cause to be carried by a current
- wander from a direct course or at random
- be subject to fluctuation
- (intransitive) To accumulate in heaps by the force of wind; to be driven into heaps.
- (transitive) To drive into heaps.
- (transitive) To drive or carry, as currents do a floating body.
- (automotive) To oversteer a vehicle, causing loss of traction, while maintaining control from entry to exit of a corner. See Drifting (motorsport).
- (transitive, engineering) To enlarge or shape, as a hole, with a drift.
- (intransitive) To deviate gently from the intended direction of travel.
- (intransitive) To move haphazardly without any destination.
- (mining, US) To make a drift; to examine a vein or ledge for the purpose of ascertaining the presence of metals or ores; to follow a vein; to prospect.
- (intransitive) To move slowly, especially pushed by currents of water, air, etc.
noun
- the study of language meaning
- the meaning of a word, phrase, sentence, or text
- (computer science) The meaning of computer language constructs, in contrast to their form or syntax.
- (loosely, colloquial, of a detail or distinction) Pettiness or triviality.
- The study of the relationship between words and their meanings.
- The meaning or set of meanings of a linguistic element, such as a word, morpheme or utterance.
- (linguistics) A branch of linguistics studying the meaning of words.
- The meanings of individual words, as opposed to the overall meaning of a passage.
noun
verb
noun
- (linguistics, language learning) The part of language input that is actually processed by a learner.
- The beginning of a contraction or narrowing in a tube or cylinder.
- A tract of land enclosed.
- The place where water, air or other fluid is taken into a pipe or conduit; opposed to outlet.
- An act or instance of taking in.
- The people taken into an organization or establishment at a particular time.
- The process of screening a juvenile offender to decide upon release or referral.
- (UK, dialect) Any kind of cheat or imposition; the act of taking someone in.
- The quantity taken in.
- (slang, derogatory) A nostril, especially a large one.
- an opening through which fluid is admitted to a tube or container
- the process of taking food into the body through the mouth (as by eating)
- the act of inhaling; the drawing in of air (or other gases) as in breathing
verb
noun
- (computing) Initialism of natural language processing.
- (mathematics) Initialism of nonlinear programming.
- (psychology) Initialism of neuro-linguistic psychotherapy.
- (pseudoscience, psychology) Initialism of neuro-linguistic programming.
- the branch of information science that deals with natural language information
name
phrase
noun
- (linguistics) The process whereby a language acquires native speakers.
- (linguistics, phonology) The process whereby a loan word’s pronunciation is adapted to the sound system of the borrowing language.
- (linguistics) The process whereby a language in a new region acquires localised features, as by contact with pre-existing languages of the region, or in response to the local environment.
noun
- (linguistics) Initialism of speech act participant.
- Initialism of superabsorbent powder, made of superabsorbent polymer.
- (economics) Initialism of structural adjustment program.
- (US, military) Initialism of special access program.
- (television, acronym, initialism) Abbreviation of second audio program.
- Initialism of superabsorbent polymer.
- (British) Initialism of statutory adoption pay, payments made by an employer to an employee who is absent from work after the adoption of a child.
name
noun
- the rapid and continuous delivery of linguistic communication (spoken or written)
- the heavy fire of artillery to saturate an area rather than hit a specific target
- An artificial obstruction, such as a dam, in a river designed to increase its depth or to divert its flow.
- (by extension) An overwhelming outburst of words, especially of criticism.
- Type of firework containing a mixture of firework types in one single-ignition package.
- (fencing) A "next hit wins" contest to determine the winner of a bout in case of a tie.
- (military) A heavy curtain of artillery fire directed in front of one's own troops to screen and protect them.
- A concentrated discharge of projectile weapons.
verb
noun
- the rapid and continuous delivery of linguistic communication (spoken or written)
- an attack by dropping bombs
- the act (or an instance) of subjecting a body or substance to the impact of high-energy particles (as electrons or alpha rays)
- the heavy fire of artillery to saturate an area rather than hit a specific target
- (figurative) An onslaught of criticism etc.
- The act of bombing, especially towns or cities.
- (physics) The incidence of an intense stream of high-energy particles directed at a substance.
- Heavy artillery fire.
noun
- a language user's knowledge of words
- a reference book containing an alphabetical list of words with information about them
- (programming) The lexicology of a programming language. (Usually called lexical structure.)
- A set of vocabulary specific to a certain subject.
- A dictionary of Classical Greek, Hebrew, Latin, or Aramaic.
- A list thereof.
- (rare) Any dictionary.
- (lexicography, linguistics) A dictionary that includes or focuses on lexemes.
- The vocabulary used by or known to an individual. (Also called lexical knowledge.)
- The vocabulary of a language.
verb
noun
- a language user's knowledge of words
- the system of techniques or symbols serving as a means of expression (as in arts or crafts)
- a listing of the words used in some enterprise
- (by extension) A range of artistic or stylistic forms or techniques.
- The stock of words used in a particular field.
- The words of a language collectively; lexis.
- A usually alphabetized and explained collection of words e.g. of a particular field, or prepared for a specific purpose, often for learning.
- The collection of words a person knows and uses.
noun
- (linguistics) Initialism of comprehensible input.
- (politics) Initialism of constitutional initiative.
- (espionage) Initialism of counterintelligence.
- (law enforcement) Initialism of confidential informant.
- Initialism of Companion, part of the Imperial Order of the Crown of India.
- Initialism of competitive intelligence.
- Initialism of civil infraction.
- Initialism of creative industries.
- Initialism of cochlear implant.
- Initialism of contextual inquiry.
- (law enforcement) Initialism of chief inspector, a police rank used in Commonwealth countries.
- (software engineering) Initialism of continuous integration.
- (statistics) Initialism of confidence interval.
- Initialism of cast iron.
- Initialism of corporate identity (“a specific design of a company, to be applied in all public appearances to be clearly distinguishable from its competitors”).
- (baseball) Initialism of corner infielder.
noun
- (uncountable, linguistics) Ellipsis of language transfer.
- (countable) A design conveyed by contact from one surface to another; a heat transfer.
- (genetics) The conveying of genetic material from one cell to another.
- (sports) A person who transfers or is transferred from one club or team to another.
- (US, Canada, varsity sports) Ellipsis of transfer student.
- (countable, transport) An act of exiting one mass transit vehicle and boarding another (typically one belonging to a different line or mode of transportation) to continue a journey.
- (uncountable) The act of conveying or removing something from one place, person or thing to another.
- (medicine) A pathological process by which a unilateral morbid condition on being abolished on one side of the body makes its appearance in the corresponding region upon the other side.
- (countable) Of a person with limited mobility: an instance of independent or assisted movement from one stable surface to another.
- (bridge) A conventional bid which requests partner to bid the next available suit.
- (countable) An instance of conveying or removing from one place, person or thing to another; a transferal.
- A soldier removed from one troop, or body of troops, and placed in another.
- (countable, transport) A paper receipt given to a rider of one bus (and historically also certain elevated or subway lines), allowing free entry onto another bus to continue a journey.
- the act of moving something from one location to another
- someone who transfers or is transferred from one position to another
- the act of transferring something from one form to another
- application of a skill learned in one situation to a different but similar situation
- a ticket that allows a passenger to change conveyances
- transferring ownership
verb
- (transitive) To convey the impression of (something) from one surface to another.
- (intransitive) To be or become transferred.
- (intransitive) To move from a wheelchair to another seating surface, or to a wheelchair from another seating surface.
- (transport, of a traveler) To exit one mass transit vehicle and board another (typically one belonging to a different line or mode of transportation) to continue a journey.
- (transitive) To move or pass from one place, person or thing to another.
- (transitive, law) To arrange for something to belong to or be officially controlled by somebody else.
- move from one place to another
- shift the position or location of, as for business, legal, educational, or military purposes
- move around
- change from one vehicle or transportation line to another
- send from one person or place to another
- cause to change ownership
- transfer somebody to a different position or location of work
- transfer from one place or period to another
- lift and reset in another soil or situation
noun
- (linguistics, uncountable) Initialism of conversation analysis.
- (computing) Initialism of certificate authority.
- (US, nautical) Initialism of armored cruiser, a type of warship.
- (organic chemistry) Abbreviation of cyanoacrylate.
- (UK, law) Initialism of Companies Act.
- (TTY/TDD) Initialism of communications assistant.
- Initialism of central authority.
- (cellular automata) Initialism of cellular automaton.
- Initialism of closed access, as opposed to open access.
- (Japan) Initialism of cabin attendant.
- (US, nautical) Initialism of heavy cruiser, a variant of the cruiser type of warship.
- (Scotland, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, accounting) Initialism of chartered accountant.
- (US, military) Initialism of civil affairs, a military occupational specialty or branch.
name
- (linguistics) Abbreviation of Classical Arabic
- (Canadian politics) Initialism of Canadian Alliance, Conservative-Reform Alliance Party, Reform-Conservative Alliance Party.
- (software, computing) Initialism of Computer Associates, an American software company.
- Abbreviation of Canada: a country in North America.
- Abbreviation of California: a state of the United States.
- (sports, cricket) Abbreviation of Cricket Australia, the governing body of cricket in Australia.
- (Philippines) Abbreviation of Clark Airbase.
- (Philippines) Abbreviation of Commission on Appointments.
verb
- make sense of a language
- make sense of; assign a meaning to
- create an image or likeness of
- give an interpretation or rendition of
- restate (words) from one language into another language
- give an interpretation or explanation to
- (intransitive) To convey what a user of one language is saying or signing, in real time or shortly after that person has finished communicating, to a user of a different language
- To explain or tell the meaning of; to translate orally into intelligible or familiar language or terms. applied especially to language, but also to dreams, signs, conduct, mysteries, etc.
- (computing, transitive) To analyse or execute (a program) by reading the instructions as they are encountered, rather than compiling in advance.
- To decode the meaning of a topic and then act, whether to continue researching the topic, follow through, act in opposition, or further the understanding through sharing an interpretation.
- To apprehend and represent by means of art; to show by illustrative representation
verb
- make sense of a language
- have or contain a certain wording or form
- be a student of a certain subject
- obtain data from magnetic tapes or other digital sources
- indicate a certain reading; of gauges and instruments
- look at, interpret, and say out loud something that is written or printed
- interpret the significance of, as of palms, tea leaves, intestines, the sky; also of human behavior
- interpret something in a certain way; convey a particular meaning or impression
- audition for a stage role by reading parts of a role
- interpret something that is written or printed
- to hear and understand
- (transitive, telecommunications) To be able to hear what another person is saying over a radio connection.
- (computing, transitive) To fetch data from (a storage medium, etc.).
- (ergative) To substitute a corrected piece of text in place of an erroneous one; used to introduce an emendation of a text.
- (by extension, ironic or humorous, usually imperative) Used to introduce a blunter, actually intended meaning.
- (go) To imagine sequences of potential moves and responses without actually placing stones.
- (transitive or intransitive) To speak aloud words or other information that is written. (often construed with a to phrase or an indirect object)
- (transitive, Commonwealth, except Scotland) To study (a subject) at a high level, especially at university.
- (at first especially in the black LGBTQ community) To call attention to the flaws of (someone) in a playful, taunting, or insulting way.
- (transitive) To interpret, or infer a meaning, significance, thought, intention, etc., from.
- simple past and past participle of read
- (transitive, LGBTQ) To recognise (someone) as being transgender.
- (transitive, rail transport) To observe and comprehend (a displayed signal).
- (transitive, metonymic) To read a work or works written by the named author.
- (ergative, of text) To be understood or physically read in a specific way.
- (transitive or intransitive) To look at and interpret letters or other information that is written.
- To consist of certain text.
noun
- something that is read
- (at first especially in the black LGBTQ community) An instance of reading (“calling attention to someone's flaws; a taunt or insult”).
- (biochemistry) The identification of a specific sequence of genes in a genome or bases in a nucleic acid string.
- (in combination) Something to be read; a written work.
- A person's interpretation or impression of something.
- A reading or an act of reading, especially of an actor's part of a play or a piece of stored data.
verb
- make sense of a language
- change from one form or medium into another
- bring to a certain spiritual state
- change the position of (figures or bodies) in space without rotation
- determine the amino-acid sequence of a protein during its synthesis by using information on the messenger RNA
- subject to movement in which every part of the body moves parallel to and the same distance as every other point on the body
- express, as in simple and less technical language
- be equivalent in effect
- be translatable, or be translatable in a certain way
- restate (words) from one language into another language
- (transitive, genetics) To generate a chain of amino acids based on the sequence of codons in an mRNA molecule.
- (transitive) To express spoken words or written text in a different (often clearer or simpler) way in the same language; to paraphrase, to rephrase, to restate.
- (intransitive) To provide a translation of spoken words or written text in another language; to be, or be capable of being, rendered in another language.
- (transitive) To change spoken words or written text (of a book, document, movie, etc.) from one language to another.
- (transitive) To change (something) from one form or medium to another.
- (intransitive) To change, or be capable of being changed, from one form or medium to another.
- Senses relating to a change of position.
- (transitive, music) To rearrange (a song or music) in one genre into another.
noun
verb
- make sense of a language
- believe to be the case
- know and comprehend the nature or meaning of
- perceive (an idea or situation) mentally
- be understanding of
- (transitive, of people) To know the intent, motives or character of; (of events) to know the causes of or reasons for.
- (transitive, usually with clause as object) To comprehend a fact or principle; to regard or come to regard a belief as such.
- (transitive, intransitive, of communication or means of communication: words, statements, signs, etc.) To know the meaning of; to parse or have parsed correctly; to comprehend.
- (transitive, grammar) To regard as present when not.
- (transitive) To believe or infer, to think one grasps sufficiently despite potentially incomplete knowledge.
- (transitive, of a skill, task, profession, etc.) To be thoroughly familiar with; to be able to undertake properly.
- (humorous, rare, obsolete outside circus, acrobatics) To stand underneath, to support.
- (transitive, generally) To know the meaning of.
intj
verb
- (intransitive) To produce the components of speech.
- (transitive) To declare formally, officially or ceremoniously.
- (intransitive) To pass judgment.
- (transitive) To sound out (a word or phrase); to articulate.
- (transitive) To emphasize, highlight.
- (passive voice) To sound like.
- (transitive) To pronounce dead.
- (transitive) To declare authoritatively, or as a formal expert opinion.
- (transitive) To read aloud.
- speak, pronounce, or utter in a certain way
- pronounce judgment on
noun
verb
- use language
- express in speech
- exchange thoughts; talk with
- give a speech to
- make a characteristic or natural sound
- (by extension) To be able to communicate in the manner of specialists in a field.
- (intransitive, reciprocal) To have a conversation.
- (intransitive) To produce a sound; to sound.
- (by extension) To communicate or converse by some means other than orally, such as writing or facial expressions.
- (transitive) To communicate (some fact or feeling); to bespeak, to indicate.
- Of a bird, to be able to vocally reproduce words or phrases from a human language.
- (informal, transitive, sometimes humorous) To understand (as though it were a language).
- (transitive) To utter.
- (transitive, stative) To be able to communicate in a language.
- (intransitive) To deliver a message to a group; to deliver a speech.
- (intransitive) To communicate with one's voice, to say words out loud.
noun
verb
- use language
- express in speech
- exchange thoughts; talk with
- divulge confidential information or secrets
- deliver a lecture or talk
- reveal information
- (intransitive, slang) To confess, especially implicating others.
- (transitive) To speak (a certain language).
- (intransitive) To communicate, usually by means of speech.
- (intransitive) To gossip; to create scandal.
- (transitive) To manifest outwardly in speech, as opposed to reality or action.
- (transitive, informal, chiefly used in progressive tenses) Used to emphasise the importance, size, complexity etc. of the thing mentioned.
- (transitive, informal) To discuss; to talk about.
- (intransitive) To criticize someone for something of which one is guilty oneself.
- (informal, chiefly used in progressive tenses) To influence someone to express something, especially a particular stance or viewpoint or in a particular manner.
noun
- a speech that is open to the public
- discussion; (‘talk about’ is a less formal alternative for ‘discussion of’)
- idle gossip or rumor
- an exchange of ideas via conversation
- the act of giving a talk to an audience
- (preceded by the; often qualified by a following of) A major topic of social discussion.
- A customary conversation in which parent(s) explain sexual intercourse to their child.
- (uncountable) Gossip; rumour.
- A conversation or discussion; usually serious, but informal.
- (uncountable, not preceded by an article) Empty boasting, promises or claims.
- (usually in the plural) Meeting to discuss a particular matter.
- (US) A customary conversation in which the parent(s) of a black child explain the racism and violence they may face, especially when interacting with police, and strategies to manage it.
- A lecture.