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adj
- resembling a tail
- constituting or relating to a tail
- situated in or directed toward the part of the body from which the tail arises
- (anatomical terms of location and direction) Toward the tail end (hind end) of the body; in bipeds such as humans, this direction corresponds to inferior.
- (zoology) Pertaining to the tail or posterior or hind part of a body.
adv
noun
noun
- any projection that resembles the tail of an animal
- The tail-end of any object.
- An object or part of an object resembling a tail in shape, such as the thongs on a cat-o'-nine-tails.
- (usually plural) the reverse side of a coin that does not bear the representation of a person's head
- the rear part of an aircraft
- the rear part of a ship
- the posterior part of the body of a vertebrate especially when elongated and extending beyond the trunk or main part of the body
- a spy employed to follow someone and report their movements
- the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on
- the time of the last part of something
- (electrical engineering) Synonym of pigtail (“a short length of twisted electrical wire”).
- (typography) The lower loop of the letters in the Roman alphabet, as in g, q or y.
- (mathematics) All the last terms of a sequence, from some term on.
- (slang) The penis of a person or animal.
- (surgery) A portion of an incision, at its beginning or end, which does not go through the whole thickness of the skin, and is more painful than a complete incision; called also tailing.
- (slang, uncountable) Sexual intercourse.
- The back, last, lower, or inferior part of anything.
- (nautical) A rope spliced to the strap of a block, by which it may be lashed to anything.
- A train or company of attendants; a retinue.
- (law) Limitation of inheritance to certain heirs.
- A downy or feathery appendage of certain achens, formed of the permanent elongated style.
- (chiefly in the plural) The side of a coin not bearing the head; normally the side on which the monetary value of the coin is indicated; the reverse.
- (now colloquial, chiefly US) The buttocks or backside.
- (mining) A tailing.
- The latter part of a time period or event, or (collectively) persons or objects represented in this part.
- (anatomy) The caudal appendage of an animal that is attached to their posterior and near the anus or cloaca.
- (anatomy) The distal tendon of a muscle.
- (architecture) The bottom or lower portion of a member or part such as a slate or tile.
- The feathers attached to the pygostyle of a bird.
- (kayaking) The stern; the back of the kayak.
- The rear structure of an aircraft, the empennage.
- (cricket) The lower order of batsmen in the batting order, usually specialist bowlers.
- One of the strips at the end of a bandage formed by splitting the bandage one or more times.
- (entomology) A filamentous projection on the tornal section of each hind wing of certain butterflies.
- (statistics) The part of a distribution most distant from the mode.
- (astronomy) The visible stream of dust and gases blown from a comet by the solar wind.
- (chemistry) The final fraction of a distillation run, typically containing impurities and fusel oils.
- One who surreptitiously follows another.
- (music) The part of a note which runs perpendicularly upward or downward from the head; the stem.
verb
- remove or shorten the tail of an animal
- remove the stalk of fruits or berries
- go after with the intent to catch
- To pull or draw by the tail.
- (architecture) To hold by the end; said of a timber when it rests upon a wall or other support; with in or into
- To follow or hang to, like a tail; to be attached closely to, as that which can not be evaded.
- (nautical) To swing with the stern in a certain direction; said of a vessel at anchor.
- (transitive) To follow and observe surreptitiously.
adj
noun
- any projection that resembles the tail of an animal
- the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on
- the time of the last part of something
- (figurative) The last part of a period of time, event, or situation; the concluding or final part.
- The hindmost part of anything (a person, animal, or object), the rear end; the butt, buttocks; hindquarters, rump.
adj
noun
noun
- a toroidal shape
- (Fungi) a remnant of the partial veil that in mature mushrooms surrounds the stem like a collar
- (anatomy) A ring of fibrous tissue; specifically (cardiology), such a ring around an opening of a heart valve, to which the valve leaflets and muscle fibres of the atria and ventricles are attached; an annulus fibrosus cordis.
- (technology) In a well such as an oil well or water well: the space between a pipe or tube and any pipe, tube, casing, or sides of a hole surrounding it.
- (mycology) The membranous remnants of a partial veil which leaves a ring on the stem of a mushroom.
- (astronomy) A ring of light in a celestial body, especially when caused by an annular eclipse (for example, when the Sun and Moon are in line with the Earth, but the Moon does not completely cover the Sun's disc).
- A ring- or donut-shaped area, object, or structure.
- (ichthyology) A dark ring on a fish's scale that is formed when a fish's growth rate slows down in the winter due to low food intake and the scale's circuli move closer to one another. The dark ring is used to estimate the fish's age, approximately one year per annulus.
- (topology) Any topological space homeomorphic to the region in a plane between two concentric circles of different radii.
- (geometry) The region in a plane between two concentric circles of different radii.
- (botany) A structure surrounding a sporangium (or part of it) which shrinks and causes it to rupture for spore dispersal; specifically, in a fern: a structure around about two-thirds of the sporangium consisting of differentially thick-walled cells which dry and distort the sporangium; and in a moss: a complete ring of cells around the tip of the sporangium which dissolves to cause the tip to detach.
noun
- a toroidal shape
- a small ring-shaped friedcake
- (slang, vulgar) A puffy anus with the outward shape of a donut; more generally, any anus.
- A kind of tyre for an airplane.
- A toroidal cushion typically used by hemorrhoid patients.
- (physics) A toroidal vacuum chamber.
- (slang, vulgar) A vulva; by extension, a woman's virginity.
- A shaper for making hair into a ponytail or bun
- (colloquial) A foolish or stupid person; an idiot.
- A deep-fried piece of dough or batter, usually mixed with various sweeteners and flavors, often made in a toroidal or ellipsoidal shape flattened sphere shape filled with jelly/jam, custard, or cream.
- A spare car tyre, usually stored in the boot, that is smaller than a full-sized tyre and is only intended for temporary use.
- (attributive) A circular life raft.
- (music, slang) A whole note.
- (Australia, Canada, US) A peel-out or skid mark in the shape of a circle; a 360-degree skid.
verb
noun
- a toroidal shape
- a circle of light around the sun or moon
- an indication of radiant light drawn around the head of a saint
- (automotive) Ellipsis of halo headlight.
- (advertising) The bias caused by the halo effect.
- (art, religion, iconography) a circular annulus ring, frequently luminous, often golden, floating above the head
- (religion) nimbus, a luminous disc, often of gold, around or over the heads of saints, etc., in religious paintings.
- A circular band of coloured light, visible around the sun or moon etc., caused by reflection and refraction of light by ice crystals in the atmosphere.
- (astronomy) A cloud of gas and other matter surrounding and captured by the gravitational field of a large diffuse astronomical object, such as a galaxy or cluster of galaxies.
- The metaphorical aura of glory, veneration or sentiment which surrounds an idealized entity.
- Anything resembling this band, such as an effect caused by imperfect developing of photographs.
- (motor racing) A roll bar placed in front of the driver, used to protect the cockpit of an open cockpit racecar.
- (medicine) A circular brace used to keep the head and neck in position.
verb
noun
- a toroidal shape
- a strip of material attached to the leg of a bird to identify it (as in studies of bird migration)
- a platform usually marked off by ropes in which contestants box or wrestle
- (chemistry) a chain of atoms in a molecule that forms a closed loop
- an association of criminals
- a rigid circular band of metal or wood or other material used for holding or fastening or hanging or pulling
- a characteristic sound
- jewelry consisting of a circlet of precious metal (often set with jewels) worn on the finger
- the sound of a bell ringing
- (colloquial) A telephone call.
- (typography) A diacritical mark in the shape of a hollow circle placed above or under the letter; a kroužek.
- Any loud sound; the sound of numerous voices; a sound continued, repeated, or reverberated.
- In a jack plug, the connector between the tip and the sleeve.
- (Internet) Ellipsis of webring.
- A circular group of people or objects.
- (astronomy) A formation of various pieces of material orbiting around a planet or young star.
- (vulgar) The rectum, anus, or anal sphincters.
- (historical) An instrument, formerly used for taking the sun's altitude, consisting of a brass ring suspended by a swivel, with a hole at one side through which a solar ray entering indicated the altitude on the graduated inner surface opposite.
- (chemistry) A group of atoms linked by bonds to form a closed chain in a molecule.
- A piece of food in the shape of a ring.
- An exclusive group of people, usually involving some unethical or illegal practices.
- (mathematical analysis, measure theory) A family of sets that is closed under finite unions and set-theoretic differences.
- (geometry) A planar geometrical figure included between two concentric circles.
- (historical) An old English measure of corn equal to the coomb or half a quarter.
- The resonant sound of a bell, or a sound resembling it.
- A chime, or set of bells harmonically tuned.
- (algebra) An algebraic structure as above, but only required to be a semigroup under the multiplicative operation, that is, there need not be a multiplicative identity element.
- (figuratively) A sound or appearance that is characteristic of something.
- A long stripe of contrastive material, colour, etc, that encircles something.
- (computing theory) A hierarchical level of privilege in a computer system, usually at hardware level, used to protect data and functionality (also protection ring).
- (British) A large circular prehistoric stone construction such as Stonehenge.
- A circumscribing object, (roughly) circular and hollow, looking like an annual ring, earring, finger ring etc.
- A place where some sports or exhibitions take place; notably a circular or comparable arena, such as a boxing ring or a circus ring; hence the field of a political contest.
- (jewelry) A round piece of (precious) metal worn around the finger or through the ear, nose, etc.
- (algebra) An algebraic structure which consists of a set with two binary operations: an additive operation and a multiplicative operation, such that the set is an abelian group under the additive operation, a monoid under the multiplicative operation, and such that the multiplicative operation is distributive with respect to the additive operation.
- (networking) A network topology where connected devices form a circular data channel. All computers on the ring can see every message, and there are no collisions, and a single point of failure will occur if any part of the ring breaks.
- (firearms) Either of the pair of clamps used to hold a telescopic sight to a rifle.
- (figuratively) A pleasant or correct sound.
- (UK) A burner on a kitchen stove.
- The open space in front of a racecourse stand, used for betting purposes.
- (cartomancy) The twenty-fifth Lenormand card.
- (botany) A flexible band partly or wholly encircling the spore cases of ferns.
- (UK) A bird band, a round piece of metal put around a bird's leg used for identification and studies of migration.
- (mathematics, order theory) A family of sets closed under finite union and finite intersection.
verb
- sound loudly and sonorously
- ring or echo with sound
- attach a ring to the foot of, in order to identify
- get or try to get into communication (with someone) by telephone
- make (bells) ring, often for the purposes of musical edification
- extend on all sides of simultaneously; encircle
- (transitive) To enclose or surround.
- (intransitive) to resound, reverberate, echo.
- (transitive) To attach a ring to, especially for identification.
- To ring up (enter into a cash register or till)
- (intransitive, figuratively) To produce the sound of a bell or a similar sound.
- (transitive, colloquial, British, Australia, New Zealand) To telephone (someone).
- (Australia, transitive) To ride around (a group of animals, especially cattle) to keep them milling in one place; hence (intransitive), to work as a drover, to muster cattle.
- (transitive, figuratively) To make an incision around; to girdle; to cut away a circular tract of bark from a tree in order to kill it.
- (transitive) To make (a bell, etc.) produce a resonant sound.
- (transitive) To surround or fit with a ring, or as if with a ring.
- (intransitive) Of a bell, etc., to produce a resonant sound.
- (transitive) To steal and change the identity of (cars) in order to resell them.
- (transitive) To produce (a sound) by ringing.
- (falconry) To rise in the air spirally.
- (intransitive) To produce music with bells.
- (intransitive, figuratively) Of something spoken or written, to appear to be, to seem, to sound.
noun
noun
- a conspicuously marked or shaped tail
- a listing printed in all issues of a newspaper or magazine (usually on the editorial page) that gives the name of the publication and the names of the editorial staff, etc.
- emblem usually consisting of a rectangular piece of cloth of distinctive design
- flagpole used to mark the position of the hole on a golf green
- a rectangular piece of fabric used as a signalling device
- stratified stone that splits into pieces suitable as paving stones
- plants with sword-shaped leaves and erect stalks bearing bright-colored flowers composed of three petals and three drooping sepals
- (Internet slang, ACG) An indication that a certain outcome or event is going to happen, deduced not logically or causally, but as a pattern in a piece of media. Chiefly used in video games and adjacent media, especially visual novels, it is typically described as being raised or set by the plot or words of a character.
- (computer science) In a command line interface, a command parameter requesting optional behavior or otherwise modifying the action of the command being invoked.
- (nautical, often used attributively) A signal flag.
- The design that could be placed on a flag, typically a rectangular graphic that is used to represent an entity (like a country, organisation or group of people) or an idea.
- Any of various plants with sword-shaped leaves, especially irises; specifically, Iris pseudacorus.
- (computer science) A variable or memory location that stores a Boolean true-or-false, yes-or-no value, typically either recording the fact that a certain event has occurred or requesting that a certain optional action take place.
- (mathematics, linear algebra) A sequence of subspaces of a vector space, beginning with the null space and ending with the vector space itself, such that each member of the sequence (until the last) is a proper subspace of the next.
- A group of feathers on the lower part of the legs of certain hawks, owls, etc.
- The bushy tail of a dog such as a setter.
- (aviation) A mechanical indicator that pops up to draw the pilot's attention to a problem or malfunction.
- (geology) Any hard, evenly stratified sandstone, which splits into layers suitable for flagstones.
- (British, uncountable) The game of capture the flag.
- A group of elongated wing feathers in certain hawks.
- A slab of stone; a flagstone, a flat piece of stone used for paving.
- (geometry) A sequence of faces of a given polytope, one of each dimension up to that of the polytope (formally, though in practice not always explicitly, including the null face and the polytope itself), such that each face in the sequence is part of the next-higher dimension face.
- (countable) A piece of cloth, often decorated with an emblem, used as a visual signal or symbol.
- The use of a flag, especially to indicate the start of a race or other event.
- (nautical) A flag flown by a ship to show the presence on board of the admiral; the admiral himself, or his flagship.
- (television) A dark piece of material that can be mounted on a stand to block or shape the light.
- (obsolete except in dialects) A slice of turf; a sod.
- (music) A hook attached to the stem of a written note that assigns its rhythmic value
verb
- communicate or signal with a flag
- droop, sink, or settle from or as if from pressure or loss of tautness
- provide with a flag
- decorate with flags
- become less intense
- (computing) To signal (an event).
- (transitive) To pave with flagstones.
- To fail, such as a class or an exam.
- (often with up) To note, mark or point out for attention.
- To mark with a flag, especially to indicate the importance of something.
- (sports) To penalize for an infraction.
- (chess, intransitive) To lose on time, especially in a blitz game; when using a traditional analog chess clock, a flag would fall when time expired.
- To furnish or deck out with flags.
- (computing) To set a program variable to true.
- To convey (a message) by means of flag signals.
- (firearms) To point the muzzle of a firearm at a person or object one does not intend to fire on.
- (biology) In female canids, to signal mating readiness by moving the tail aside to expose the vulva.
- (chess, transitive) To defeat (an opponent) on time, especially in a blitz game.
- (often with down) To signal to, especially to stop a passing vehicle etc.
- To enervate; to exhaust the vigour or elasticity of.
- (intransitive) To weaken, become feeble.
- To hang loose without stiffness; to bend down, as flexible bodies; to be loose, yielding, limp.
- To let droop; to suffer to fall, or let fall, into feebleness.
- To decoy (game) by waving a flag, handkerchief, etc. to arouse the animal's curiosity.
adj
- having the shape of
- shaped to fit by or as if by altering the contours of a pliable mass (as by work or effort)
- (in compounds) Having a particular shape (sharing the appearance of something in space, especially its outline – often a basic geometric two-dimensional figure).
- (in compounds) Designed for a particular person or thing.
- Having been given a shape, especially a curved shape.
verb
noun
- a connecting shape
- a relation between things or events (as in the case of one causing the other or sharing features with it)
- shifting from one form of transportation to another
- the process of bringing ideas or events together in memory or imagination
- (usually plural) a person who is influential and to whom you are connected in some way (as by family or friendship)
- the act of bringing two things into contact (especially for communication)
- the state of being connected
- an instrumentality that connects
- a supplier (especially of narcotics)
- An established communications or transportation link.
- A feeling of understanding and ease of communication between two or more people.
- Coherence; lack of disjointedness.
- (mathematics) A set of sets that contains the empty set, all one-element sets for any element that is included in any of the sets, and the union of any group of sets that are elements where the intersections of those sets is non-empty.
- (slang) A drug dealer.
- (uncountable) The act of connecting.
- A kinship relationship between people.
- The point at which two or more things are connected.
- A person related to oneself, through either family or business.
- (transport) A transfer from one transportation vehicle to another in scheduled transportation service.
- Sexual intercourse.
- (religion) A Methodist denomination as a whole, as opposed to its constituent churches, circuits, districts and conferences.
noun
- a connecting shape
- a relation between things or events (as in the case of one causing the other or sharing features with it)
- shifting from one form of transportation to another
- the process of bringing ideas or events together in memory or imagination
- the act of bringing two things into contact (especially for communication)
- an instrumentality that connects
- (Methodism) A Methodist denomination as a whole, as opposed to its constituent churches, circuits, districts and conferences (US spelling: connection).
- (British) Uncommon spelling of connection.
- (historical) The inter-relationship of prayer groups or religious societies under the oversight of an itinerant preacher who is assisted by the local preachers attached to each society.
noun
- a connecting shape
- a unit of length equal to 1/100 of a chain
- a fastener that serves to join or connect
- the means of connection between things linked in series
- (computing) an instruction that connects one part of a program or an element on a list to another program or list
- an interconnecting circuit between two or more locations for the purpose of transmitting and receiving data
- the state of being connected
- a channel for communication between groups
- a two-way radio communication system (usually microwave); part of a more extensive telecommunication network
- (Sussex) A thin wild bank of land splitting two cultivated patches and often linking two hills.
- (surveying) The length of one joint of Gunter's chain, being the hundredth part of it, or 7.92 inches, the chain being 66 feet in length.
- (engineering) Any intermediate rod or piece for transmitting force or motion, especially a short connecting rod with a bearing at each end; specifically (in steam engines) the slotted bar, or connecting piece, to the opposite ends of which the eccentric rods are jointed, and by means of which the movement of the valve is varied, in a link motion.
- (kinematics) Any one of the several elementary pieces of a mechanism, such as the fixed frame, or a rod, wheel, mass of confined liquid, etc., by which relative motion of other parts is produced and constrained.
- A sausage that is not a patty.
- Anything doubled and closed like a link of a chain.
- (mathematics) A space comprising one or more disjoint knots.
- (broadcasting) An introductory cue.
- Abbreviation of hyperlink.
- One element of a chain or other connected series.
- (chemistry) A bond of affinity, or a unit of valence between atoms; applied to a unit of chemical force or attraction.
- A connection between places, people, events, things, or ideas.
- (computing) The connection between buses or systems.
- (figurative) An individual person or element in a system
- (in the plural) The windings of a river; the land along a winding stream.
verb
- make a logical or causal connection
- be or become joined or united or linked
- link with or as with a yoke
- connect, fasten, or put together two or more pieces
- (transitive, Internet) To post a hyperlink to.
- (Scotland, intransitive) To skip or trip along smartly; to go quickly.
- (transitive) To demonstrate a correlation between (two things).
- (software compilation) To combine objects generated by a compiler into a single executable.
- (transitive, Internet) To supply (someone) with a hyperlink; to direct by means of a link.
- (intransitive, Internet, of a web page) To contain a hyperlink to another page.
- (transitive, slang) To meet with (someone).
- (transitive) To connect (two or more things).
noun
- Any shell-shaped structure:
- (architecture) An apse, or the plain semidome of an apse.
- Alternative form of kankar.
- (anatomy) The deepest indentation of the cartilage of the human ear, attaching to the mastoid bone and leading to its central opening.
- Alternative form of concho (“type of ornament”).
- (anatomy) Alternative form of nasal concha.
- (anatomy) a structure that resembles a shell in shape
noun
- Something resembling such a structure.
- (bodybuilding) The body from the hips over the core to the shoulders.
- (figuratively) An essential part of something that provides support.
- (Roman Catholicism) A portable ornamental column, formerly carried before a cardinal, as emblematic of his support to the church.
- (geology) A vertical, often spire-shaped, natural rock formation.
- The centre of the volta, ring, or manege ground, around which a horse turns.
- (architecture) A large post, often used as supporting architecture.
- anything that approximates the shape of a column or tower
- a vertical cylindrical structure standing alone and not supporting anything (such as a monument)
- a fundamental principle or practice
- a prominent supporter
- (architecture) a tall vertical cylindrical structure standing upright and used to support a structure
verb
adj
- having no definite form or distinct shape
- without real or apparent crystalline form
- lacking the system or structure characteristic of living bodies
- unclear because vague or badly organized
- (of a group of people or an organization) unorganized or unfocused
- Lacking a definite form or clear shape.
- (by extension) Being without definite character or nature.
- (physics) In the non-crystalline solid state of, or being a non-crystalline counterpart to, a crystalline solid.
- (set theory, of a set) Infinite and not the disjoint union of two infinite subsets.
- (by extension) Lacking organization or unity.
noun
verb
noun
- any shape that is triangular in cross section
- (neuroanatomy) A portion of the occipital lobe of the human brain, involved in visual processing.
- (entomology) A wedge-shaped section of the forewing of certain heteropteran bugs.
- (architecture) One of a set of wedge-shaped divisions separated by stairways, found in the Ancient Roman theatre and in mediaeval architecture.
noun
- any shape that is triangular in cross section
- (golf) an iron with considerable loft and a broad sole
- something solid that is usable as an inclined plane (shaped like a V) that can be pushed between two things to separate them
- a diacritical mark (an inverted circumflex) placed above certain letters (such as the letter c) to indicate pronunciation
- a large sandwich made of a long crusty roll split lengthwise and filled with meats and cheese (and tomato and onion and lettuce and condiments); different names are used in different sections of the United States
- a heel that is an extension of the sole of the shoe
- a block of wood used to prevent the sliding or rolling of a heavy object
- One of the basic elements that make up cuneiform writing, a single triangular impression made with the corner of a reed stylus.
- One of the simple machines; a piece of material, such as metal or wood, thick at one edge and tapered to a thin edge at the other for insertion in a narrow crevice, used for splitting, tightening, securing, or levering.
- (meteorology) A barometric ridge; an elongated region of high atmospheric pressure between two low-pressure areas.
- (figurative) Something that creates a division, gap or distance between things.
- (music) A hairpin, an elongated horizontal V-shaped sign indicating a crescendo or decrescendo.
- (US, regional, especially Westchester, New York) A sandwich made on a long, cylindrical roll.
- (colloquial, British, countable, uncountable, by extension) A quantity of money.
- A piece (of food, metal, wood etc.) having this shape.
- (geometry) A five-sided polyhedron with a rectangular base, two rectangular or trapezoidal sides meeting in an edge, and two triangular ends.
- (typography, US) A háček.
- (finance) A market trend characterized by a contracting range in prices coupled with an upward trend in prices (a rising wedge) or a downward trend in prices (a falling wedge).
- (UK, Cambridge University slang) The person whose name stands lowest on the list of the classical tripos.
- (zoology, collective) A group of geese, swans, or other birds when they are in flight in a V formation.
- (meteorology) A wedge tornado.
- (architecture) A voussoir, one of the wedge-shaped blocks forming an arch or vault.
- (phonetics) The IPA character ʌ, which denotes an open-mid back unrounded vowel.
- (mathematics) The symbol ∧, denoting a meet (infimum) operation or logical conjunction.
- One of a pair of wedge-heeled shoes.
- (golf) A type of iron club used for short, high trajectories.
verb
- squeeze like a wedge into a tight space
- put, fix, force, or implant
- (computing, informal, intransitive) Of a computer program or system: to get stuck in an unresponsive state.
- (transitive) To shape into a wedge.
- (ambitransitive) To force into a narrow gap.
- (transitive) To support or secure using a wedge.
- (transitive) To work wet clay by cutting or kneading for the purpose of homogenizing the mass and expelling air bubbles.
- (transitive) To pack (people or animals) together tightly into a mass.
- (transitive) To force or drive with a wedge.
- (transitive) To cleave with a wedge.
noun
- Any vertical part of a structure.
- A word clued by the successive initial, middle, or final letters of the cross-lights in a double acrostic or triple acrostic.
- (informal) Short for upright piano
- Ellipsis of upright vacuum cleaner.
- (slang) A leg.
- (informal) Short for upright arcade game cabinet
- (sports) A goal post.
- a vertical structural member as a post or stake
- a piano with a vertical sounding board
adj
- (figuratively) Of good morals; practicing ethical values.
- Vertical; erect.
- (of a golf club) Having the head approximately at a right angle with the shaft.
- In its proper orientation; not overturned.
- Greater in height than breadth.
- upright in position or posture
- in a vertical position; not sloping
- of moral excellence
adv
verb
noun
verb
- become limp
- droop, sink, or settle from or as if from pressure or loss of tautness
- hang loosely or laxly
- (intransitive) To lose all energy, enthusiasm or happiness; to flag.
- (intransitive) To hang downward; to sag.
- (intransitive, figurative) To proceed downward, or toward a close; to decline.
- (transitive) To allow to droop or sink.
- (intransitive) To slowly become limp; to bend gradually.
noun
- a shape that sags
- A place where the surface (of a seat, the earth, etc) sinks or droops, like a depression or a dip in a ridge.
- The state of sinking or bending; a droop.
- The difference in height or depth between the vertex and the rim of a curved surface, specifically used for optical elements such as a mirror or lens.
- The difference in elevation of a wire, cable, chain or rope suspended between two consecutive points.
- Alternative form of saag.
verb
- droop, sink, or settle from or as if from pressure or loss of tautness
- cause to sag
- (transitive) To cause to bend or give way; to load.
- (by extension) To lean, give way, or settle from a vertical position.
- To loiter in walking; to idle along; to drag or droop heavily.
- (informal, Canada) To pull down someone else's pants as a prank.
- (informal) To wear one's trousers so that their top is well below the waist.
- (figuratively) To lose firmness, elasticity, vigor, or a thriving state; to sink; to droop; to flag; to bend; to yield, as the mind or spirits, under the pressure of care, trouble, doubt, or the like; to be unsettled or unbalanced.
- To sink, in the middle, by its weight or under applied pressure, below a horizontal line or plane.
noun
- any flat platelike body structure or part
- the positively charged electrode in a vacuum tube
- the thin under portion of the forequarter
- a shallow receptacle for collection in church
- a flat sheet of metal or glass on which a photographic image can be recorded
- a metal sheathing of uniform thickness (such as the shield attached to an artillery piece to protect the gunners)
- dish on which food is served or from which food is eaten
- a sheet of metal or wood or glass or plastic
- structural member consisting of a horizontal beam that provides bearing and anchorage
- a dental appliance that artificially replaces missing teeth
- a rigid layer of the Earth's crust that is believed to drift slowly
- (baseball) base consisting of a rubber slab where the batter stands; it must be touched by a base runner in order to score
- a full-page illustration (usually on slick paper)
- the quantity contained in a plate
- a main course served on a plate
- (geology) A tectonic plate.
- (hat-making) The fine nap (as of beaver, musquash, etc.) on a hat whose body is made from inferior material.
- (music) A record, usually vinyl.
- (dentistry) A shaped and fitted surface, usually ceramic or metal that fits into the mouth and in which teeth are implanted; a dental plate.
- A prize given to the winner in a contest.
- (printing, photography) An image or copy.
- Precious metal, especially silver.
- A material covered with such a layer.
- (printing, publishing) An illustration in a book, either black and white, or colour, usually on a page of paper of different quality from the text pages.
- The contents of such a dish.
- (chemistry) Any flat piece of material such as coated glass or plastic.
- (historical) Plate armor.
- (engineering, electricity) A flat electrode such as can be found in an accumulator battery, or in an electrolysis tank.
- A slightly curved but almost flat dish from which food is served or eaten.
- (Australia) A VIN plate, particularly with regard to the car's year of manufacture.
- (aviation, travel industry, by extension) The ability of a travel agent to issue tickets on behalf of a particular airline.
- (uncountable) Such dishes collectively.
- (construction) A horizontal framing member at the top or bottom of a group of vertical studs.
- (baseball) Home plate.
- (military) trauma plate.
- (heraldry) A roundel of silver or argent.
- (especially Australia; metonymic, plural only) Vehicle license plates, registration plates.
- One of the thin parts of the brisket of an animal.
- (figuratively) An agenda of tasks, problems, or responsibilities
- A taxi permit, especially of a metal disc.
- (printing) An engraved surface used to transfer an image to paper.
- (Cockney rhyming slang) A person's foot.
- (engineering, electricity) The anode of a vacuum tube.
- (herpetology) Any of various larger scales found in some reptiles.
- (weightlifting) A weighted disk, usually of metal, with a hole in the center for use with a barbell, dumbbell, or exercise machine.
- A flat object of uniform thickness.
- (slang, seduction community) Any of the potential romantic or sexual partners with whom a person keeps in touch as part of plate spinning.
- A course at a meal.
- (Lego building) A Lego piece that is thin, 1/3 the height of a brick, and has studs on top.
- (furriers' slang) Skins for fur linings of garments, sewn together and roughly shaped, but not finally cut or fitted.
- A layer of a material on the surface of something, usually qualified by the type of the material; plating
- A very light steel horseshoe for racehorses.
verb
- coat with a layer of metal
- (baseball) To score a run.
- (transitive) To beat into thin plates.
- (philately, particularly with early British stamps) To identify the printing plate used.
- (cooking, photography) To place the various elements of a meal on the diner's plate prior to serving.
- (transitive) To arm or defend with metal plates.
- (philately) to categorise stamps based on their position on the original sheet, in order to reconstruct an entire sheet.
- To cover the surface material of an object with a thin coat of another material, usually a metal.
- (aviation, travel industry) To specify which airline a ticket will be issued on behalf of.
noun
- a tortuous and twisted shape or position
- a twisting force
- (surgery) The stopping of arterial haemorrhage in certain cases, by twisting the cut end of the artery.
- (mathematics) An element of a homology or cohomology group for which there exists a non-zero integer that, when the element is multiplied by that integer, yields zero.
- The act of turning or twisting, or the state of being twisted; the twisting or wrenching of a body by the exertion of a lateral force tending to turn one end or part of it about a longitudinal axis, while the other is held fast or turned in the opposite direction.
- (mechanics) That force with which a thread, wire, or rod of any material returns, or tends to return, to a state of rest after it has been twisted; torsibility.
- (mathematics) A finite order element of a group that, when raised to a positive integer power results in the identity element of the group.
- (medicine) A type of holistic complimentary medicine that involves balancing theoretical energy fields through energy healing, meditation, and similar practices.
verb
verb
noun
noun
- A shape.
- A person or thing representing a certain consciousness.
- The representation of any form, as by drawing, painting, modelling, carving, embroidering, etc.; especially, a representation of the human body.
- The appearance or impression made by the conduct or career of a person.
- A number, an amount.
- (astrology) A horoscope; the diagram of the aspects of the astrological houses.
- (music) A form of melody or accompaniment kept up through a strain or passage; a motif; a florid embellishment.
- Any complex dance moveᵂ.
- (logic) The form of a syllogism with respect to the relative position of the middle term.
- A human figure, which dress or corset must fit to; the shape of a human body.
- A numeral.
- A drawing or diagram conveying information.
- A figure of speech.
- (music) Any short succession of notes, either as melody or as a group of chords, which produce a single complete and distinct impression.
- A visible pattern as in wood or cloth.
- a predetermined set of movements in dancing or skating
- a diagram or picture illustrating textual material
- language used in a figurative or nonliteral sense
- a well-known or notable person
- a decorative or artistic work
- the property possessed by a sum or total or indefinite quantity of units or individuals
- alternative names for the body of a human being
- a unitary percept having structure and coherence that is the object of attention and that stands out against a ground
- an amount of money expressed numerically
- the impression produced by a person
- one of the elements that collectively form a system of numeration
- a combination of points and lines and planes that form a visible palpable shape
- a model of a bodily form (especially of a person)
verb
- (music) To embellish.
- (intransitive) To enter into; to be a part of.
- (chiefly US, intransitive) To be reasonable or predictable.
- To represent by a metaphor; to signify or symbolize.
- (chiefly US) To calculate, to solve a mathematical problem.
- (transitive) To represent in a picture or drawing.
- (chiefly US) To come to understand.
- To think, to assume, to suppose, to reckon.
- (music) To write over or under the bass, as figures or other characters, in order to indicate the accompanying chords.
- To embellish with design; to adorn with figures.
- understand
- make a mathematical calculation or computation
- imagine; conceive of; see in one's mind
- be or play a part of or in
- judge to be probable
noun
- any projection that resembles the tail of an animal
- The tail-end of any object.
- An object or part of an object resembling a tail in shape, such as the thongs on a cat-o'-nine-tails.
- (usually plural) the reverse side of a coin that does not bear the representation of a person's head
- the rear part of an aircraft
- the rear part of a ship
- the posterior part of the body of a vertebrate especially when elongated and extending beyond the trunk or main part of the body
- a spy employed to follow someone and report their movements
- the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on
- the time of the last part of something
- (electrical engineering) Synonym of pigtail (“a short length of twisted electrical wire”).
- (typography) The lower loop of the letters in the Roman alphabet, as in g, q or y.
- (mathematics) All the last terms of a sequence, from some term on.
- (slang) The penis of a person or animal.
- (surgery) A portion of an incision, at its beginning or end, which does not go through the whole thickness of the skin, and is more painful than a complete incision; called also tailing.
- (slang, uncountable) Sexual intercourse.
- The back, last, lower, or inferior part of anything.
- (nautical) A rope spliced to the strap of a block, by which it may be lashed to anything.
- A train or company of attendants; a retinue.
- (law) Limitation of inheritance to certain heirs.
- A downy or feathery appendage of certain achens, formed of the permanent elongated style.
- (chiefly in the plural) The side of a coin not bearing the head; normally the side on which the monetary value of the coin is indicated; the reverse.
- (now colloquial, chiefly US) The buttocks or backside.
- (mining) A tailing.
- The latter part of a time period or event, or (collectively) persons or objects represented in this part.
- (anatomy) The caudal appendage of an animal that is attached to their posterior and near the anus or cloaca.
- (anatomy) The distal tendon of a muscle.
- (architecture) The bottom or lower portion of a member or part such as a slate or tile.
- The feathers attached to the pygostyle of a bird.
- (kayaking) The stern; the back of the kayak.
- The rear structure of an aircraft, the empennage.
- (cricket) The lower order of batsmen in the batting order, usually specialist bowlers.
- One of the strips at the end of a bandage formed by splitting the bandage one or more times.
- (entomology) A filamentous projection on the tornal section of each hind wing of certain butterflies.
- (statistics) The part of a distribution most distant from the mode.
- (astronomy) The visible stream of dust and gases blown from a comet by the solar wind.
- (chemistry) The final fraction of a distillation run, typically containing impurities and fusel oils.
- One who surreptitiously follows another.
- (music) The part of a note which runs perpendicularly upward or downward from the head; the stem.
verb
- remove or shorten the tail of an animal
- remove the stalk of fruits or berries
- go after with the intent to catch
- To pull or draw by the tail.
- (architecture) To hold by the end; said of a timber when it rests upon a wall or other support; with in or into
- To follow or hang to, like a tail; to be attached closely to, as that which can not be evaded.
- (nautical) To swing with the stern in a certain direction; said of a vessel at anchor.
- (transitive) To follow and observe surreptitiously.
adj
noun
- any projection that resembles the tail of an animal
- the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on
- the time of the last part of something
- (figurative) The last part of a period of time, event, or situation; the concluding or final part.
- The hindmost part of anything (a person, animal, or object), the rear end; the butt, buttocks; hindquarters, rump.
noun
- a toroidal shape
- (Fungi) a remnant of the partial veil that in mature mushrooms surrounds the stem like a collar
- (anatomy) A ring of fibrous tissue; specifically (cardiology), such a ring around an opening of a heart valve, to which the valve leaflets and muscle fibres of the atria and ventricles are attached; an annulus fibrosus cordis.
- (technology) In a well such as an oil well or water well: the space between a pipe or tube and any pipe, tube, casing, or sides of a hole surrounding it.
- (mycology) The membranous remnants of a partial veil which leaves a ring on the stem of a mushroom.
- (astronomy) A ring of light in a celestial body, especially when caused by an annular eclipse (for example, when the Sun and Moon are in line with the Earth, but the Moon does not completely cover the Sun's disc).
- A ring- or donut-shaped area, object, or structure.
- (ichthyology) A dark ring on a fish's scale that is formed when a fish's growth rate slows down in the winter due to low food intake and the scale's circuli move closer to one another. The dark ring is used to estimate the fish's age, approximately one year per annulus.
- (topology) Any topological space homeomorphic to the region in a plane between two concentric circles of different radii.
- (geometry) The region in a plane between two concentric circles of different radii.
- (botany) A structure surrounding a sporangium (or part of it) which shrinks and causes it to rupture for spore dispersal; specifically, in a fern: a structure around about two-thirds of the sporangium consisting of differentially thick-walled cells which dry and distort the sporangium; and in a moss: a complete ring of cells around the tip of the sporangium which dissolves to cause the tip to detach.
noun
- a toroidal shape
- a small ring-shaped friedcake
- (slang, vulgar) A puffy anus with the outward shape of a donut; more generally, any anus.
- A kind of tyre for an airplane.
- A toroidal cushion typically used by hemorrhoid patients.
- (physics) A toroidal vacuum chamber.
- (slang, vulgar) A vulva; by extension, a woman's virginity.
- A shaper for making hair into a ponytail or bun
- (colloquial) A foolish or stupid person; an idiot.
- A deep-fried piece of dough or batter, usually mixed with various sweeteners and flavors, often made in a toroidal or ellipsoidal shape flattened sphere shape filled with jelly/jam, custard, or cream.
- A spare car tyre, usually stored in the boot, that is smaller than a full-sized tyre and is only intended for temporary use.
- (attributive) A circular life raft.
- (music, slang) A whole note.
- (Australia, Canada, US) A peel-out or skid mark in the shape of a circle; a 360-degree skid.
verb
noun
- a toroidal shape
- a circle of light around the sun or moon
- an indication of radiant light drawn around the head of a saint
- (automotive) Ellipsis of halo headlight.
- (advertising) The bias caused by the halo effect.
- (art, religion, iconography) a circular annulus ring, frequently luminous, often golden, floating above the head
- (religion) nimbus, a luminous disc, often of gold, around or over the heads of saints, etc., in religious paintings.
- A circular band of coloured light, visible around the sun or moon etc., caused by reflection and refraction of light by ice crystals in the atmosphere.
- (astronomy) A cloud of gas and other matter surrounding and captured by the gravitational field of a large diffuse astronomical object, such as a galaxy or cluster of galaxies.
- The metaphorical aura of glory, veneration or sentiment which surrounds an idealized entity.
- Anything resembling this band, such as an effect caused by imperfect developing of photographs.
- (motor racing) A roll bar placed in front of the driver, used to protect the cockpit of an open cockpit racecar.
- (medicine) A circular brace used to keep the head and neck in position.
verb
noun
- a toroidal shape
- a strip of material attached to the leg of a bird to identify it (as in studies of bird migration)
- a platform usually marked off by ropes in which contestants box or wrestle
- (chemistry) a chain of atoms in a molecule that forms a closed loop
- an association of criminals
- a rigid circular band of metal or wood or other material used for holding or fastening or hanging or pulling
- a characteristic sound
- jewelry consisting of a circlet of precious metal (often set with jewels) worn on the finger
- the sound of a bell ringing
- (colloquial) A telephone call.
- (typography) A diacritical mark in the shape of a hollow circle placed above or under the letter; a kroužek.
- Any loud sound; the sound of numerous voices; a sound continued, repeated, or reverberated.
- In a jack plug, the connector between the tip and the sleeve.
- (Internet) Ellipsis of webring.
- A circular group of people or objects.
- (astronomy) A formation of various pieces of material orbiting around a planet or young star.
- (vulgar) The rectum, anus, or anal sphincters.
- (historical) An instrument, formerly used for taking the sun's altitude, consisting of a brass ring suspended by a swivel, with a hole at one side through which a solar ray entering indicated the altitude on the graduated inner surface opposite.
- (chemistry) A group of atoms linked by bonds to form a closed chain in a molecule.
- A piece of food in the shape of a ring.
- An exclusive group of people, usually involving some unethical or illegal practices.
- (mathematical analysis, measure theory) A family of sets that is closed under finite unions and set-theoretic differences.
- (geometry) A planar geometrical figure included between two concentric circles.
- (historical) An old English measure of corn equal to the coomb or half a quarter.
- The resonant sound of a bell, or a sound resembling it.
- A chime, or set of bells harmonically tuned.
- (algebra) An algebraic structure as above, but only required to be a semigroup under the multiplicative operation, that is, there need not be a multiplicative identity element.
- (figuratively) A sound or appearance that is characteristic of something.
- A long stripe of contrastive material, colour, etc, that encircles something.
- (computing theory) A hierarchical level of privilege in a computer system, usually at hardware level, used to protect data and functionality (also protection ring).
- (British) A large circular prehistoric stone construction such as Stonehenge.
- A circumscribing object, (roughly) circular and hollow, looking like an annual ring, earring, finger ring etc.
- A place where some sports or exhibitions take place; notably a circular or comparable arena, such as a boxing ring or a circus ring; hence the field of a political contest.
- (jewelry) A round piece of (precious) metal worn around the finger or through the ear, nose, etc.
- (algebra) An algebraic structure which consists of a set with two binary operations: an additive operation and a multiplicative operation, such that the set is an abelian group under the additive operation, a monoid under the multiplicative operation, and such that the multiplicative operation is distributive with respect to the additive operation.
- (networking) A network topology where connected devices form a circular data channel. All computers on the ring can see every message, and there are no collisions, and a single point of failure will occur if any part of the ring breaks.
- (firearms) Either of the pair of clamps used to hold a telescopic sight to a rifle.
- (figuratively) A pleasant or correct sound.
- (UK) A burner on a kitchen stove.
- The open space in front of a racecourse stand, used for betting purposes.
- (cartomancy) The twenty-fifth Lenormand card.
- (botany) A flexible band partly or wholly encircling the spore cases of ferns.
- (UK) A bird band, a round piece of metal put around a bird's leg used for identification and studies of migration.
- (mathematics, order theory) A family of sets closed under finite union and finite intersection.
verb
- sound loudly and sonorously
- ring or echo with sound
- attach a ring to the foot of, in order to identify
- get or try to get into communication (with someone) by telephone
- make (bells) ring, often for the purposes of musical edification
- extend on all sides of simultaneously; encircle
- (transitive) To enclose or surround.
- (intransitive) to resound, reverberate, echo.
- (transitive) To attach a ring to, especially for identification.
- To ring up (enter into a cash register or till)
- (intransitive, figuratively) To produce the sound of a bell or a similar sound.
- (transitive, colloquial, British, Australia, New Zealand) To telephone (someone).
- (Australia, transitive) To ride around (a group of animals, especially cattle) to keep them milling in one place; hence (intransitive), to work as a drover, to muster cattle.
- (transitive, figuratively) To make an incision around; to girdle; to cut away a circular tract of bark from a tree in order to kill it.
- (transitive) To make (a bell, etc.) produce a resonant sound.
- (transitive) To surround or fit with a ring, or as if with a ring.
- (intransitive) Of a bell, etc., to produce a resonant sound.
- (transitive) To steal and change the identity of (cars) in order to resell them.
- (transitive) To produce (a sound) by ringing.
- (falconry) To rise in the air spirally.
- (intransitive) To produce music with bells.
- (intransitive, figuratively) Of something spoken or written, to appear to be, to seem, to sound.
noun
noun
- a conspicuously marked or shaped tail
- a listing printed in all issues of a newspaper or magazine (usually on the editorial page) that gives the name of the publication and the names of the editorial staff, etc.
- emblem usually consisting of a rectangular piece of cloth of distinctive design
- flagpole used to mark the position of the hole on a golf green
- a rectangular piece of fabric used as a signalling device
- stratified stone that splits into pieces suitable as paving stones
- plants with sword-shaped leaves and erect stalks bearing bright-colored flowers composed of three petals and three drooping sepals
- (Internet slang, ACG) An indication that a certain outcome or event is going to happen, deduced not logically or causally, but as a pattern in a piece of media. Chiefly used in video games and adjacent media, especially visual novels, it is typically described as being raised or set by the plot or words of a character.
- (computer science) In a command line interface, a command parameter requesting optional behavior or otherwise modifying the action of the command being invoked.
- (nautical, often used attributively) A signal flag.
- The design that could be placed on a flag, typically a rectangular graphic that is used to represent an entity (like a country, organisation or group of people) or an idea.
- Any of various plants with sword-shaped leaves, especially irises; specifically, Iris pseudacorus.
- (computer science) A variable or memory location that stores a Boolean true-or-false, yes-or-no value, typically either recording the fact that a certain event has occurred or requesting that a certain optional action take place.
- (mathematics, linear algebra) A sequence of subspaces of a vector space, beginning with the null space and ending with the vector space itself, such that each member of the sequence (until the last) is a proper subspace of the next.
- A group of feathers on the lower part of the legs of certain hawks, owls, etc.
- The bushy tail of a dog such as a setter.
- (aviation) A mechanical indicator that pops up to draw the pilot's attention to a problem or malfunction.
- (geology) Any hard, evenly stratified sandstone, which splits into layers suitable for flagstones.
- (British, uncountable) The game of capture the flag.
- A group of elongated wing feathers in certain hawks.
- A slab of stone; a flagstone, a flat piece of stone used for paving.
- (geometry) A sequence of faces of a given polytope, one of each dimension up to that of the polytope (formally, though in practice not always explicitly, including the null face and the polytope itself), such that each face in the sequence is part of the next-higher dimension face.
- (countable) A piece of cloth, often decorated with an emblem, used as a visual signal or symbol.
- The use of a flag, especially to indicate the start of a race or other event.
- (nautical) A flag flown by a ship to show the presence on board of the admiral; the admiral himself, or his flagship.
- (television) A dark piece of material that can be mounted on a stand to block or shape the light.
- (obsolete except in dialects) A slice of turf; a sod.
- (music) A hook attached to the stem of a written note that assigns its rhythmic value
verb
- communicate or signal with a flag
- droop, sink, or settle from or as if from pressure or loss of tautness
- provide with a flag
- decorate with flags
- become less intense
- (computing) To signal (an event).
- (transitive) To pave with flagstones.
- To fail, such as a class or an exam.
- (often with up) To note, mark or point out for attention.
- To mark with a flag, especially to indicate the importance of something.
- (sports) To penalize for an infraction.
- (chess, intransitive) To lose on time, especially in a blitz game; when using a traditional analog chess clock, a flag would fall when time expired.
- To furnish or deck out with flags.
- (computing) To set a program variable to true.
- To convey (a message) by means of flag signals.
- (firearms) To point the muzzle of a firearm at a person or object one does not intend to fire on.
- (biology) In female canids, to signal mating readiness by moving the tail aside to expose the vulva.
- (chess, transitive) To defeat (an opponent) on time, especially in a blitz game.
- (often with down) To signal to, especially to stop a passing vehicle etc.
- To enervate; to exhaust the vigour or elasticity of.
- (intransitive) To weaken, become feeble.
- To hang loose without stiffness; to bend down, as flexible bodies; to be loose, yielding, limp.
- To let droop; to suffer to fall, or let fall, into feebleness.
- To decoy (game) by waving a flag, handkerchief, etc. to arouse the animal's curiosity.
noun
- a connecting shape
- a relation between things or events (as in the case of one causing the other or sharing features with it)
- shifting from one form of transportation to another
- the process of bringing ideas or events together in memory or imagination
- (usually plural) a person who is influential and to whom you are connected in some way (as by family or friendship)
- the act of bringing two things into contact (especially for communication)
- the state of being connected
- an instrumentality that connects
- a supplier (especially of narcotics)
- An established communications or transportation link.
- A feeling of understanding and ease of communication between two or more people.
- Coherence; lack of disjointedness.
- (mathematics) A set of sets that contains the empty set, all one-element sets for any element that is included in any of the sets, and the union of any group of sets that are elements where the intersections of those sets is non-empty.
- (slang) A drug dealer.
- (uncountable) The act of connecting.
- A kinship relationship between people.
- The point at which two or more things are connected.
- A person related to oneself, through either family or business.
- (transport) A transfer from one transportation vehicle to another in scheduled transportation service.
- Sexual intercourse.
- (religion) A Methodist denomination as a whole, as opposed to its constituent churches, circuits, districts and conferences.
noun
- a connecting shape
- a relation between things or events (as in the case of one causing the other or sharing features with it)
- shifting from one form of transportation to another
- the process of bringing ideas or events together in memory or imagination
- the act of bringing two things into contact (especially for communication)
- an instrumentality that connects
- (Methodism) A Methodist denomination as a whole, as opposed to its constituent churches, circuits, districts and conferences (US spelling: connection).
- (British) Uncommon spelling of connection.
- (historical) The inter-relationship of prayer groups or religious societies under the oversight of an itinerant preacher who is assisted by the local preachers attached to each society.
noun
- a connecting shape
- a unit of length equal to 1/100 of a chain
- a fastener that serves to join or connect
- the means of connection between things linked in series
- (computing) an instruction that connects one part of a program or an element on a list to another program or list
- an interconnecting circuit between two or more locations for the purpose of transmitting and receiving data
- the state of being connected
- a channel for communication between groups
- a two-way radio communication system (usually microwave); part of a more extensive telecommunication network
- (Sussex) A thin wild bank of land splitting two cultivated patches and often linking two hills.
- (surveying) The length of one joint of Gunter's chain, being the hundredth part of it, or 7.92 inches, the chain being 66 feet in length.
- (engineering) Any intermediate rod or piece for transmitting force or motion, especially a short connecting rod with a bearing at each end; specifically (in steam engines) the slotted bar, or connecting piece, to the opposite ends of which the eccentric rods are jointed, and by means of which the movement of the valve is varied, in a link motion.
- (kinematics) Any one of the several elementary pieces of a mechanism, such as the fixed frame, or a rod, wheel, mass of confined liquid, etc., by which relative motion of other parts is produced and constrained.
- A sausage that is not a patty.
- Anything doubled and closed like a link of a chain.
- (mathematics) A space comprising one or more disjoint knots.
- (broadcasting) An introductory cue.
- Abbreviation of hyperlink.
- One element of a chain or other connected series.
- (chemistry) A bond of affinity, or a unit of valence between atoms; applied to a unit of chemical force or attraction.
- A connection between places, people, events, things, or ideas.
- (computing) The connection between buses or systems.
- (figurative) An individual person or element in a system
- (in the plural) The windings of a river; the land along a winding stream.
verb
- make a logical or causal connection
- be or become joined or united or linked
- link with or as with a yoke
- connect, fasten, or put together two or more pieces
- (transitive, Internet) To post a hyperlink to.
- (Scotland, intransitive) To skip or trip along smartly; to go quickly.
- (transitive) To demonstrate a correlation between (two things).
- (software compilation) To combine objects generated by a compiler into a single executable.
- (transitive, Internet) To supply (someone) with a hyperlink; to direct by means of a link.
- (intransitive, Internet, of a web page) To contain a hyperlink to another page.
- (transitive, slang) To meet with (someone).
- (transitive) To connect (two or more things).
noun
- Any shell-shaped structure:
- (architecture) An apse, or the plain semidome of an apse.
- Alternative form of kankar.
- (anatomy) The deepest indentation of the cartilage of the human ear, attaching to the mastoid bone and leading to its central opening.
- Alternative form of concho (“type of ornament”).
- (anatomy) Alternative form of nasal concha.
- (anatomy) a structure that resembles a shell in shape
noun
- Something resembling such a structure.
- (bodybuilding) The body from the hips over the core to the shoulders.
- (figuratively) An essential part of something that provides support.
- (Roman Catholicism) A portable ornamental column, formerly carried before a cardinal, as emblematic of his support to the church.
- (geology) A vertical, often spire-shaped, natural rock formation.
- The centre of the volta, ring, or manege ground, around which a horse turns.
- (architecture) A large post, often used as supporting architecture.
- anything that approximates the shape of a column or tower
- a vertical cylindrical structure standing alone and not supporting anything (such as a monument)
- a fundamental principle or practice
- a prominent supporter
- (architecture) a tall vertical cylindrical structure standing upright and used to support a structure
verb
noun
verb
noun
- any shape that is triangular in cross section
- (neuroanatomy) A portion of the occipital lobe of the human brain, involved in visual processing.
- (entomology) A wedge-shaped section of the forewing of certain heteropteran bugs.
- (architecture) One of a set of wedge-shaped divisions separated by stairways, found in the Ancient Roman theatre and in mediaeval architecture.
noun
- any shape that is triangular in cross section
- (golf) an iron with considerable loft and a broad sole
- something solid that is usable as an inclined plane (shaped like a V) that can be pushed between two things to separate them
- a diacritical mark (an inverted circumflex) placed above certain letters (such as the letter c) to indicate pronunciation
- a large sandwich made of a long crusty roll split lengthwise and filled with meats and cheese (and tomato and onion and lettuce and condiments); different names are used in different sections of the United States
- a heel that is an extension of the sole of the shoe
- a block of wood used to prevent the sliding or rolling of a heavy object
- One of the basic elements that make up cuneiform writing, a single triangular impression made with the corner of a reed stylus.
- One of the simple machines; a piece of material, such as metal or wood, thick at one edge and tapered to a thin edge at the other for insertion in a narrow crevice, used for splitting, tightening, securing, or levering.
- (meteorology) A barometric ridge; an elongated region of high atmospheric pressure between two low-pressure areas.
- (figurative) Something that creates a division, gap or distance between things.
- (music) A hairpin, an elongated horizontal V-shaped sign indicating a crescendo or decrescendo.
- (US, regional, especially Westchester, New York) A sandwich made on a long, cylindrical roll.
- (colloquial, British, countable, uncountable, by extension) A quantity of money.
- A piece (of food, metal, wood etc.) having this shape.
- (geometry) A five-sided polyhedron with a rectangular base, two rectangular or trapezoidal sides meeting in an edge, and two triangular ends.
- (typography, US) A háček.
- (finance) A market trend characterized by a contracting range in prices coupled with an upward trend in prices (a rising wedge) or a downward trend in prices (a falling wedge).
- (UK, Cambridge University slang) The person whose name stands lowest on the list of the classical tripos.
- (zoology, collective) A group of geese, swans, or other birds when they are in flight in a V formation.
- (meteorology) A wedge tornado.
- (architecture) A voussoir, one of the wedge-shaped blocks forming an arch or vault.
- (phonetics) The IPA character ʌ, which denotes an open-mid back unrounded vowel.
- (mathematics) The symbol ∧, denoting a meet (infimum) operation or logical conjunction.
- One of a pair of wedge-heeled shoes.
- (golf) A type of iron club used for short, high trajectories.
verb
- squeeze like a wedge into a tight space
- put, fix, force, or implant
- (computing, informal, intransitive) Of a computer program or system: to get stuck in an unresponsive state.
- (transitive) To shape into a wedge.
- (ambitransitive) To force into a narrow gap.
- (transitive) To support or secure using a wedge.
- (transitive) To work wet clay by cutting or kneading for the purpose of homogenizing the mass and expelling air bubbles.
- (transitive) To pack (people or animals) together tightly into a mass.
- (transitive) To force or drive with a wedge.
- (transitive) To cleave with a wedge.
noun
- Any vertical part of a structure.
- A word clued by the successive initial, middle, or final letters of the cross-lights in a double acrostic or triple acrostic.
- (informal) Short for upright piano
- Ellipsis of upright vacuum cleaner.
- (slang) A leg.
- (informal) Short for upright arcade game cabinet
- (sports) A goal post.
- a vertical structural member as a post or stake
- a piano with a vertical sounding board
adj
- (figuratively) Of good morals; practicing ethical values.
- Vertical; erect.
- (of a golf club) Having the head approximately at a right angle with the shaft.
- In its proper orientation; not overturned.
- Greater in height than breadth.
- upright in position or posture
- in a vertical position; not sloping
- of moral excellence
adv
verb
noun
verb
- become limp
- droop, sink, or settle from or as if from pressure or loss of tautness
- hang loosely or laxly
- (intransitive) To lose all energy, enthusiasm or happiness; to flag.
- (intransitive) To hang downward; to sag.
- (intransitive, figurative) To proceed downward, or toward a close; to decline.
- (transitive) To allow to droop or sink.
- (intransitive) To slowly become limp; to bend gradually.
noun
- a shape that sags
- A place where the surface (of a seat, the earth, etc) sinks or droops, like a depression or a dip in a ridge.
- The state of sinking or bending; a droop.
- The difference in height or depth between the vertex and the rim of a curved surface, specifically used for optical elements such as a mirror or lens.
- The difference in elevation of a wire, cable, chain or rope suspended between two consecutive points.
- Alternative form of saag.
verb
- droop, sink, or settle from or as if from pressure or loss of tautness
- cause to sag
- (transitive) To cause to bend or give way; to load.
- (by extension) To lean, give way, or settle from a vertical position.
- To loiter in walking; to idle along; to drag or droop heavily.
- (informal, Canada) To pull down someone else's pants as a prank.
- (informal) To wear one's trousers so that their top is well below the waist.
- (figuratively) To lose firmness, elasticity, vigor, or a thriving state; to sink; to droop; to flag; to bend; to yield, as the mind or spirits, under the pressure of care, trouble, doubt, or the like; to be unsettled or unbalanced.
- To sink, in the middle, by its weight or under applied pressure, below a horizontal line or plane.
noun
- any flat platelike body structure or part
- the positively charged electrode in a vacuum tube
- the thin under portion of the forequarter
- a shallow receptacle for collection in church
- a flat sheet of metal or glass on which a photographic image can be recorded
- a metal sheathing of uniform thickness (such as the shield attached to an artillery piece to protect the gunners)
- dish on which food is served or from which food is eaten
- a sheet of metal or wood or glass or plastic
- structural member consisting of a horizontal beam that provides bearing and anchorage
- a dental appliance that artificially replaces missing teeth
- a rigid layer of the Earth's crust that is believed to drift slowly
- (baseball) base consisting of a rubber slab where the batter stands; it must be touched by a base runner in order to score
- a full-page illustration (usually on slick paper)
- the quantity contained in a plate
- a main course served on a plate
- (geology) A tectonic plate.
- (hat-making) The fine nap (as of beaver, musquash, etc.) on a hat whose body is made from inferior material.
- (music) A record, usually vinyl.
- (dentistry) A shaped and fitted surface, usually ceramic or metal that fits into the mouth and in which teeth are implanted; a dental plate.
- A prize given to the winner in a contest.
- (printing, photography) An image or copy.
- Precious metal, especially silver.
- A material covered with such a layer.
- (printing, publishing) An illustration in a book, either black and white, or colour, usually on a page of paper of different quality from the text pages.
- The contents of such a dish.
- (chemistry) Any flat piece of material such as coated glass or plastic.
- (historical) Plate armor.
- (engineering, electricity) A flat electrode such as can be found in an accumulator battery, or in an electrolysis tank.
- A slightly curved but almost flat dish from which food is served or eaten.
- (Australia) A VIN plate, particularly with regard to the car's year of manufacture.
- (aviation, travel industry, by extension) The ability of a travel agent to issue tickets on behalf of a particular airline.
- (uncountable) Such dishes collectively.
- (construction) A horizontal framing member at the top or bottom of a group of vertical studs.
- (baseball) Home plate.
- (military) trauma plate.
- (heraldry) A roundel of silver or argent.
- (especially Australia; metonymic, plural only) Vehicle license plates, registration plates.
- One of the thin parts of the brisket of an animal.
- (figuratively) An agenda of tasks, problems, or responsibilities
- A taxi permit, especially of a metal disc.
- (printing) An engraved surface used to transfer an image to paper.
- (Cockney rhyming slang) A person's foot.
- (engineering, electricity) The anode of a vacuum tube.
- (herpetology) Any of various larger scales found in some reptiles.
- (weightlifting) A weighted disk, usually of metal, with a hole in the center for use with a barbell, dumbbell, or exercise machine.
- A flat object of uniform thickness.
- (slang, seduction community) Any of the potential romantic or sexual partners with whom a person keeps in touch as part of plate spinning.
- A course at a meal.
- (Lego building) A Lego piece that is thin, 1/3 the height of a brick, and has studs on top.
- (furriers' slang) Skins for fur linings of garments, sewn together and roughly shaped, but not finally cut or fitted.
- A layer of a material on the surface of something, usually qualified by the type of the material; plating
- A very light steel horseshoe for racehorses.
verb
- coat with a layer of metal
- (baseball) To score a run.
- (transitive) To beat into thin plates.
- (philately, particularly with early British stamps) To identify the printing plate used.
- (cooking, photography) To place the various elements of a meal on the diner's plate prior to serving.
- (transitive) To arm or defend with metal plates.
- (philately) to categorise stamps based on their position on the original sheet, in order to reconstruct an entire sheet.
- To cover the surface material of an object with a thin coat of another material, usually a metal.
- (aviation, travel industry) To specify which airline a ticket will be issued on behalf of.
noun
- a tortuous and twisted shape or position
- a twisting force
- (surgery) The stopping of arterial haemorrhage in certain cases, by twisting the cut end of the artery.
- (mathematics) An element of a homology or cohomology group for which there exists a non-zero integer that, when the element is multiplied by that integer, yields zero.
- The act of turning or twisting, or the state of being twisted; the twisting or wrenching of a body by the exertion of a lateral force tending to turn one end or part of it about a longitudinal axis, while the other is held fast or turned in the opposite direction.
- (mechanics) That force with which a thread, wire, or rod of any material returns, or tends to return, to a state of rest after it has been twisted; torsibility.
- (mathematics) A finite order element of a group that, when raised to a positive integer power results in the identity element of the group.
- (medicine) A type of holistic complimentary medicine that involves balancing theoretical energy fields through energy healing, meditation, and similar practices.
verb
noun
- A shape.
- A person or thing representing a certain consciousness.
- The representation of any form, as by drawing, painting, modelling, carving, embroidering, etc.; especially, a representation of the human body.
- The appearance or impression made by the conduct or career of a person.
- A number, an amount.
- (astrology) A horoscope; the diagram of the aspects of the astrological houses.
- (music) A form of melody or accompaniment kept up through a strain or passage; a motif; a florid embellishment.
- Any complex dance moveᵂ.
- (logic) The form of a syllogism with respect to the relative position of the middle term.
- A human figure, which dress or corset must fit to; the shape of a human body.
- A numeral.
- A drawing or diagram conveying information.
- A figure of speech.
- (music) Any short succession of notes, either as melody or as a group of chords, which produce a single complete and distinct impression.
- A visible pattern as in wood or cloth.
- a predetermined set of movements in dancing or skating
- a diagram or picture illustrating textual material
- language used in a figurative or nonliteral sense
- a well-known or notable person
- a decorative or artistic work
- the property possessed by a sum or total or indefinite quantity of units or individuals
- alternative names for the body of a human being
- a unitary percept having structure and coherence that is the object of attention and that stands out against a ground
- an amount of money expressed numerically
- the impression produced by a person
- one of the elements that collectively form a system of numeration
- a combination of points and lines and planes that form a visible palpable shape
- a model of a bodily form (especially of a person)
verb
- (music) To embellish.
- (intransitive) To enter into; to be a part of.
- (chiefly US, intransitive) To be reasonable or predictable.
- To represent by a metaphor; to signify or symbolize.
- (chiefly US) To calculate, to solve a mathematical problem.
- (transitive) To represent in a picture or drawing.
- (chiefly US) To come to understand.
- To think, to assume, to suppose, to reckon.
- (music) To write over or under the bass, as figures or other characters, in order to indicate the accompanying chords.
- To embellish with design; to adorn with figures.
- understand
- make a mathematical calculation or computation
- imagine; conceive of; see in one's mind
- be or play a part of or in
- judge to be probable
verb
noun
adj
- resembling a tail
- constituting or relating to a tail
- situated in or directed toward the part of the body from which the tail arises
- (anatomical terms of location and direction) Toward the tail end (hind end) of the body; in bipeds such as humans, this direction corresponds to inferior.
- (zoology) Pertaining to the tail or posterior or hind part of a body.
adv
noun
adj
noun
adj
- having the shape of
- shaped to fit by or as if by altering the contours of a pliable mass (as by work or effort)
- (in compounds) Having a particular shape (sharing the appearance of something in space, especially its outline – often a basic geometric two-dimensional figure).
- (in compounds) Designed for a particular person or thing.
- Having been given a shape, especially a curved shape.
verb
adj
- having no definite form or distinct shape
- without real or apparent crystalline form
- lacking the system or structure characteristic of living bodies
- unclear because vague or badly organized
- (of a group of people or an organization) unorganized or unfocused
- Lacking a definite form or clear shape.
- (by extension) Being without definite character or nature.
- (physics) In the non-crystalline solid state of, or being a non-crystalline counterpart to, a crystalline solid.
- (set theory, of a set) Infinite and not the disjoint union of two infinite subsets.
- (by extension) Lacking organization or unity.