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verb
noun
- An instance of flying.
- a flock of flying birds
- The act of flying.
- a formation of aircraft in flight
- a scheduled trip by plane between designated airports
- the act of escaping physically
- passing above and beyond ordinary bounds
- a stairway (set of steps) between one floor or landing and the next
- an instance of traveling by air
- an air force unit smaller than a squadron
- the path followed by an object moving through space
- The act of fleeing.
- (collective) A collective term for doves or swallows.
- An aerodynamic surface designed to guide such a projectile's trajectory.
- (engineering) The shaped material forming the thread of a screw.
- (cricket) The movement of a spinning ball through the air, with its speed, trajectory and drift.
- The feathers on an arrow or dart used to help it follow an even path.
- A floor which is reached by stairs or escalators.
- A group of canal locks with a short distance between them
- Several sample glasses of a specific wine varietal or other beverage. The pours are smaller than a full glass and the flight will generally include three to five different samples.
- The ballistic trajectory of an arrow or other projectile.
- A trip made by an aircraft, particularly one between two cities or countries, which is often planned or reserved in advance.
- (by extension) A comparable sample of beers or other drinks.
- (US, naval) A numbered subclass of a given class of warship, denoting incremental modernizations to the original design.
- An episode of imaginative thinking or dreaming.
- A paper airplane.
- An air force unit.
- A series of stairs between landings.
- (advertising, broadcasting) An advertising campaign of fixed length.
noun
verb
noun
- young bird that has just fledged or become capable of flying
- A young bird which has just developed its flight feathers (notably wings).
- any new participant in some activity
- (figuratively) An immature, naïve or inexperienced person.
- An insect that has just fledged, i.e. undergone its final moult to become an adult or imago.
adj
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- (falconry) The flight of a hawk.
- The course, evolution, and ongoing advancement of one's working life, especially in one particular field.
- One’s calling in life; one's working occupation or profession, especially when pursued seriously or over a long period of time.
- The general course of one's action or conduct in life, or in a particular area of life.
- A jouster's path during a joust.
- the particular occupation for which you are trained
- the general progression of your working or professional life
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verb
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- a small bird that resembles a swallow and is noted for its rapid flight
- common western lizard; seen on logs or rocks
- (textiles) A light, collapsible reel used to hold a hank of yarn in order to wind off skeins or balls.
- A small plain-colored bird of the family Apodidae that resembles a swallow and is noted for its rapid flight.
- (entomology) Any of various fast-flying hesperiid butterflies.
- The main cylinder of a carding-machine.
- (entomology) A moth of the family Hepialidae, swift moth, ghost moth.
- Any of certain lizards of the genus Sceloporus.
adj
noun
- That which flies, as a bird or insect.
- A machine that flies.
- A risky investment or other venture.
- (music) Synonym of flying cymbal.
- A leap or jump.
- (architecture) An arch that connects a flying buttress into the structure it supports.
- A person who travels by airplane.
- (firearms) A stray shot away from the group on a target.
- (sports) A false start
- A leaflet, often for advertising.
- (informal) A fast-moving person or thing.
- (acrobatics, cheerleading, synchronized swimming) A person who is lifted and/or thrown by another person or persons.
- A female kangaroo; a roo; a doe; a jill.
- The part of a spinning machine that twists the thread as it takes it to and winds it on the bobbin
- A standard rectangular step of a staircase (as opposed to a winder).
- an advertisement (usually printed on a page or in a leaflet) intended for wide distribution
- someone who operates an aircraft
- someone who travels by air
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verb
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- The height a bird reaches in flight, especially a bird of prey preparing to swoop down on its prey.
- (sports, UK, Australia, New Zealand) The field on which cricket, soccer, rugby, gridiron or field hockey is played. (In cricket, the pitch is in the centre of the field; see cricket pitch.) (Not often used in the US or Canada, where "field" is the preferred word.)
- An effort to sell or promote something.
- (geology) Pitchstone.
- The point where a declivity begins; hence, the declivity itself; a descending slope; the degree or rate of descent or slope; slant.
- The angle at which an object sits.
- (golf) A short, high, lofty shot that lands with backspin.
- An area on a campsite intended for occupation by a single tent, caravan or similar.
- A dark, extremely viscous material still remaining after distilling crude oil or natural tar.
- The distance between evenly spaced objects, e.g. the teeth of a saw or gear, the turns of a screw thread, the centres of holes, or letters in a monospace font.
- Prominence; importance.
- (nautical, aviation) The degree to which a vehicle, especially a ship or aircraft, rotates on such an axis, tilting its bow or nose up or down.
- (music) In an a cappella group, the singer responsible for singing a note for the other members to tune themselves by.
- (by extension) The place where a busker performs, a prostitute solicits clients, or an illegal gambling game etc. is set up before the public.
- (cricket) That point of the ground on which the ball pitches or lights when bowled.
- (mining) The limit of ground set to a miner who receives a share of the ore taken out.
- (climbing) A section of a climb or rock face; specifically, the climbing distance between belays or stances.
- A throw; a toss; a cast, as of something from the hand.
- (now British, regional) A person's or animal's height.
- A descent; a fall; a thrusting down.
- (music, phonetics) The perceived frequency of a sound, note or electromagnetic wave.
- A point or peak; the extreme point of elevation or depression.
- (music) The standard to which a group of musical instruments are tuned or in which a piece is performed, usually by reference to the frequency to which the musical note A above middle C is tuned.
- (baseball) The act of pitching a baseball.
- A level or degree, or (by extension), a peak or highest degree.
- A sticky, gummy substance secreted by trees; sap.
- An area in a market (or similar) allocated to a particular trader.
- (aviation) A measure of the angle of attack of a propeller.
- (caving) A vertical cave passage, only negotiable by using rope or ladders.
- (rare) The field of battle.
- The most thrust-out point of a headland or cape.
- promotion by means of an argument and demonstration
- abrupt up-and-down motion (as caused by a ship or other conveyance)
- a sports field with predetermined dimensions for playing soccer
- the property of sound that varies with variation in the frequency of vibration
- a high approach shot in golf
- a vendor's position (especially on the sidewalk)
- any of various dark heavy viscid substances obtained as a residue
- the act of throwing a baseball or softball by the pitcher towards home plate, which initiates play by giving the batter a chance to hit it
- an all-fours game in which the first card led is a trump
- degree of deviation from a horizontal plane
- the action or manner of throwing something
adj
verb
- To cover or smear with pitch.
- (transitive) To set or fix (a price or value).
- (transitive) To fix or set the tone of.
- (brewing) To add yeast as a step while making beer
- (transitive) To assemble or erect (a tent). Also used figuratively.
- (with on or upon) To fix one's choice.
- (intransitive, Bristol, of snow) To settle and build up, without melting.
- (intransitive) To plunge or fall; especially, to fall forward; to decline or slope.
- (transitive) To set at an angle, especially a downwards one; to cause to tilt.
- (intransitive, baseball) To play baseball in the position of pitcher.
- (intransitive, cricket) To bounce on the playing surface.
- (transitive) To set, face, or pave (an embankment or roadway) with rubble or undressed stones.
- (transitive) To throw away; discard.
- (transitive, golf) To play a short, high, lofty shot that lands with backspin.
- To darken; to blacken; to obscure.
- (intransitive) To fix or place a tent or temporary habitation; to encamp.
- (transitive) To deliver in a certain tone or style, or with a certain audience in mind.
- (transitive or intransitive, baseball) To throw (the ball) toward a batter at home plate.
- (transitive) To promote, advertise, or attempt to sell.
- (intransitive) To produce a note of a given pitch.
- (transitive) To throw.
- (transitive, card games, slang) To discard (a card) for some gain.
- To attack, or position or assemble for attack.
- (ambitransitive, aviation or nautical) To move so that the front of an aircraft or boat goes alternately up and down.
- heel over
- set to a certain pitch
- sell or offer for sale from place to place
- move abruptly
- fall or plunge forward
- throw or hurl from the mound to the batter, as in baseball
- be at an angle
- set the level or character of
- throw or toss with a light motion
- erect and fasten
- lead (a card) and establish the trump suit
- hit (a golf ball) in a high arc with a backspin
noun
- pigeon that executes backward somersaults in flight or on the ground
- Old World bird that tumbles or rolls in flight; related to kingfishers
- a long heavy sea wave as it advances towards the shore
- a cylinder that revolves
- a mechanical device consisting of a cylindrical tube around which the hair is wound to curl it
- a small wheel without spokes (as on a roller skate)
- a grounder that rolls along the infield
- Any insect whose larva rolls up leaves, especially those in family Tortricidae.
- One of a set of small cylindrical tubes used to curl hair.
- (slang, music) A type break that consists of drum rolls; a drum and bass track made with such breaks.
- (television, film) A roll of titles or (especially) credits played over film or video; television or film credits.
- A rolling pin
- A dung beetle that rolls dung into balls.
- A cylindrical tool for applying paint or ink.
- A large, wide, curling wave that falls back on itself as it breaks on a coast.
- A person who rolls something, such as cigars or molten metal.
- A police patrol car or patrolman (rather than an unmarked police car or a detective)
- A padded surcingle that is used on horses for training and vaulting.
- (cycling) One of a set of rolling cylinders allowing a rider to practise balance while training indoors.
- A small wheel, as of a caster, a roller skate, etc.
- A large rolling device used to flatten a grass surface; commonly in relation to a cricket pitch.
- Any rotating cylindrical device that is part of a machine, especially one used to apply or reduce pressure.
- (slang) A wheelchair user.
- Any of various aggressive birds, of the family Coraciidae, having bright blue wings and hooked beaks.
- A rolling element inside a roller bearing: a small cylinder or sphere of metal.
- A long wide bandage used in surgery.
- A breed or variety of roller pigeon that rolls (i.e. tumbles or somersaults) backwards (compare Penson roller, Birmingham roller, tumbler).
- (disc golf) A throw which involves the player throwing the disc in a way that makes it roll, by that being able to travel further than if thrown in the air. Only used on holes with open areas with short or no grass.
- (slang, informal) A Rolls-Royce motorcar.
- A cylinder snakes, small ground snakes of the genus Cylindrophis.
- A roller towel.
- An agricultural machine used for flattening land and breaking up lumps of earth.
- A cylindrical (or approximately cylindrical) item used under a heavy object to facilitate moving it; usually several are needed.
verb
noun
- pigeon that executes backward somersaults in flight or on the ground
- A variety of the domestic pigeon remarkable for its habit of tumbling, or turning somersaults, during its flight.
- a movable obstruction in a lock that must be adjusted to a given position (as by a key) before the bolt can be thrown
- a gymnast who performs rolls and somersaults and twists etc.
- a glass with a flat bottom but no handle or stem; originally had a round bottom
- A piece attached to, or forming part of, the hammer of a gunlock, upon which the mainspring acts and in which are the notches for sear point to enter.
- (cryptocurrencies) A service that mixes potentially identifiable or 'tainted' cryptocurrency funds with others, so as to obscure the audit trail; used for money laundering.
- A movable obstruction in a lock, consisting of a lever, latch, wheel, slide, or the like, which must be adjusted to a particular position by a key or other means before the bolt can be thrown in locking or unlocking.
- A drinking glass that has no stem, foot, or handle — so called because such glasses originally had a pointed or convex base and could not be set down without spilling. This compelled the drinker to finish their measure.
- Something that causes something else to tumble.
- (entomology) The pupa of a mosquito.
- One of a set of levers from which the heddles hang in some looms.
- A rotating device for smoothing and polishing rough objects, placed inside it, on relatively small parts.
- A beverage cup, typically made of stainless steel, that is broad at the top and narrow at the bottom commonly used in India.
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- one of the main flight feathers projecting along the outer edge of a bird's wing
- coil forming the part of an electrical circuit such that changing current in it induces a current in a neighboring circuit
- a preliminary election where delegates or nominees are chosen
- (astronomy) a celestial body (especially a star) relative to other objects in orbit around it
- (aviation) A radar return from an aircraft (or other object) produced solely by the reflection of the radar beam from the aircraft's skin, without additional information from the aircraft's transponder.
- The most massive component of a gravitationally bound system, such as a planet in relation to its satellites.
- (military) The first stage of a thermonuclear weapon, which sets off a fission explosion to help trigger a fusion reaction in the weapon's secondary stage.
- A primary colour.
- The first year of grade school.
- (ornithology) Any flight feather attached to the manus (hand) of a bird.
- (electronics) A directly driven inductive coil, as in a transformer or induction motor that is magnetically coupled to a secondary.
- A base or fundamental component; something that is irreducible.
- (medicine) The primary site of a disease; the original location or source of the disease.
- (political science) A primary election; a preliminary election to select a political candidate of a political party, or the first round of a two-round election.
- A primary school.
adj
- not derived from or reducible to something else; basic
- of first rank or importance or value; direct and immediate rather than secondary
- most important element
- of or being the essential or basic part
- (medicine) Relating to day-to-day care provided by health professionals such as nurses, general practitioners, dentists etc.
- (medicine) Relating to the place where a disorder or disease started to occur.
- (chemistry) Illustrating, possessing, or characterized by, some quality or property in the first degree; having undergone the first stage of substitution or replacement.
- (geology) Earliest formed; fundamental.
- First or earliest in a group or series.
- Main; principal; chief; placed ahead of others.
verb
- (US, politics, transitive, intransitive) To challenge (an incumbent sitting politician) for their political party's nomination to run for re-election, through running a challenger campaign in a primary election, especially one that is more ideologically extreme.
- (US, intransitive, transitive) To take part in a primary election.
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- wing of a bird
- a gear with a small number of teeth designed to mesh with a larger wheel or rack
- any of the larger wing or tail feathers of a bird
- A wing.
- (mechanical engineering) The smallest gear in a gear train.
- A moth of the genus Lithophane.
- (ornithology) Any of the outermost primary feathers on a bird's wing.
- (ornithology) The joint of a bird's wing farthest from the body.
verb
- cut the wings off (of birds)
- bind the arms of
- To bind the arms of someone, so as to deprive him of their use; to disable by so binding.
- (transferred sense, figurative) To restrain; to limit.
- To cut off the pinion of a bird’s wing, or otherwise disable or bind its wings, in order to prevent it from flying.
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noun
- A frit fly.
- Any of many black enamel dots baked in a graded pattern onto the glass around the edge of a windshield.
- (UK politics, derogatory) A politician who does not perform some action (for example answering a question or calling a vote) out of fear of losing.
- A fused mixture of materials used to make glass.
- (archaeology) A similar material used in the manufacture of ceramic beads and small ornaments. (eastern Mediterranean; Bronze and Iron Age)
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verb
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- flap the wings wildly or frantically; used of falcons
- soak in a special solution to soften and remove chemicals used in previous treatments
- moderate or restrain; lessen the force of
- (transitive) To soak leather so as to remove chemicals used in tanning; to steep in bate.
- (intransitive, falconry) Of a falcon: To flap the wings vigorously; to bait.
- To allow by way of abatement or deduction.
- (intransitive) To contend or strive with blows or arguments.
- (transitive, sometimes figuratively) To cut off, remove, take away.
- To waste away.
- (intransitive, slang) Clipping of masturbate.
- (transitive) To restrain, usually with the sense of being in anticipation
- (transitive) To reduce the force of something; to abate.
- To lessen by retrenching, deducting, or reducing; to abate; to beat down; to lower.
- To deprive of.
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- An act of flying.
- (often plural) A strip of material (sometimes hiding zippers or buttons) at the front of a pair of trousers, pants, underpants, bootees, etc.
- The pair of arms revolving around the bobbin, in a spinning wheel or spinning frame, to twist the yarn.
- A vibrating frame with fingers, attached to a power printing press for doing the same work.
- The horizontal length of a flag.
- A piece of canvas that covers the opening at the front of a tent.
- (weightlifting) A chest exercise performed by moving extended arms from the sides to in front of the chest. (also flye)
- (weaving) A shuttle driven through the shed by a blow or jerk.
- (historical) A type of small, light, fast horse-drawn carriage that can be hired for transportation (sometimes pluralised flys).
- (preceded by definite article) A simple dance in which the hands are shaken in the air, popular in the 1960s.
- (American football) Ellipsis of fly route.
- The person who took the printed sheets from the press.
- The moving portion of an extendable ladder.
- Alternative form of vly (“swamp (in New York)”).
- Two or more vanes set on a revolving axis, to act as a fanner, or to equalize or impede the motion of machinery by the resistance of the air, as in the striking part of a clock.
- (weightlifting) An exercise that involves wide opening and closing of the arms perpendicular to the shoulders.
- (nautical) That part of a compass on which the points are marked; the compass card.
- (fishing) A lightweight fishing lure resembling an insect.
- Any similar but not closely related insect, such as a dragonfly, butterfly, or gallfly.
- (cotton manufacture) Waste cotton.
- (finance) A butterfly (combination of four options).
- One of the upper screens of a stage in a theatre.
- (baseball) A fly ball.
- (rustic, Scotland, Northern England) A wing.
- The part of a weather vane pointing the direction from which the wind blows.
- (swimming) The butterfly stroke (plural is normally flys).
- In a knitting machine, the piece hinged to the needle, which holds the engaged loop in position while the needle is penetrating another loop; a latch.
- (zoology) Any insect of the order Diptera; characterized by having two wings (except for some wingless species), also called true flies.
- Ellipsis of flywheel.
- The free edge of a flag.
- (non-technical) Especially, any of the insects of the family Muscidae, such as the common housefly (other families of Diptera include mosquitoes and midges).
- fisherman's lure consisting of a fishhook decorated to look like an insect
- an opening in a garment that is closed by a zipper or by buttons concealed under a fold of cloth
- (baseball) a hit that flies up in the air
- flap consisting of a piece of canvas that can be drawn back to provide entrance to a tent
- two-winged insects characterized by active flight
adj
verb
- (transitive, ergative) To display (a flag) on a flagpole.
- (intransitive, entomology, of a type of moth or butterfly) To be in the winged adult stage.
- (intransitive, baseball) To hit a fly ball; to hit a fly ball that is caught for an out. Compare ground (verb) and line (verb).
- (intransitive) To travel through the air, another gas, or a vacuum, without being in contact with a grounded surface.
- (intransitive) To travel or proceed very fast; to hasten.
- (transitive, ergative) To cause to fly (travel or float in the air): to transport via air or the like.
- (intransitive) To move suddenly, or with violence; to do an act suddenly or swiftly.
- (intransitive, colloquial, of a proposal, project or idea) To be accepted, come about or work out.
- (intransitive) To proceed with great success.
- (transitive) To hunt with a hawk.
- be dispersed or disseminated
- pass away rapidly
- display in the air or cause to float
- move quickly or suddenly
- change quickly from one emotional state to another
- hit a fly
- travel over (an area of land or sea) in an aircraft
- cause to fly or float
- travel in an airplane
- run away quickly
- decrease rapidly and disappear
- operate an airplane
- transport by aeroplane
- travel through the air; be airborne
verb
- (falconry, of a hawk) To fly above its master, waiting till game is sprung.
- To be in store for (someone).
- (colloquial) To wait for (a thing, or an event to take place).
- (colloquial) To wait for (a person).
- To provide a service to (someone); to act as a servant to (someone); to serve (someone) as a waiter or waitress in a restaurant.
- work for, or be a servant to
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- fly around
- fall down, as if collapsing
- suffer a sudden downfall, overthrow, or defeat
- throw together in a confused mass
- put clothes in a tumbling barrel, where they are whirled about in hot air, usually with the purpose of drying
- roll over and over, back and forth
- fall suddenly and sharply
- understand, usually after some initial difficulty
- fall apart
- do gymnastics, roll and turn skillfully
- cause to topple or tumble by pushing
- (cryptocurrencies) To obscure the audit trail of funds by means of a tumbler.
- (transitive) To smooth and polish (e.g. gemstones or pebbles) by means of a rotating tumbler.
- (transitive) To throw headlong.
- (intransitive) To drop rapidly.
- (intransitive, informal) To have sexual intercourse.
- (intransitive) To fall end over end; to roll over and over.
- (intransitive) To move or rush in a headlong or uncontrolled way.
- To muss, to make disorderly; to tousle or rumple.
- (intransitive) To perform gymnastics such as somersaults, rolls, and handsprings.
noun
verb
- fly around
- flow in a circular current, of liquids
- revolve quickly and repeatedly around one's own axis
- turn in a twisting or spinning motion
- cause to spin
- (intransitive) To rotate, revolve, spin or turn rapidly.
- (transitive) To make something or someone whirl.
- (transitive) To remove or carry quickly with, or as with, a revolving motion; to snatch.
- (intransitive) To have a sensation of spinning or reeling.
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- (Australia) A flying fox.
- A hidden radio transmitter, finding which is the goal of radiosport.
- (cartomancy) The fourteenth Lenormand card.
- The gemmeous dragonet, a fish, Callionymus lyra, so called from its yellow color.
- (mechanics) A wedge driven into the split end of a bolt to tighten it.
- Any member of the genus Vulpes; a true fox.
- (uncountable) The fur of a fox.
- (in particular) The red fox, a small carnivore (Vulpes vulpes) with red or silver fur.
- (nautical) A small strand of rope made by twisting several rope-yarns together. Used for seizings, mats, sennits, and gaskets.
- (figurative) A cunning person.
- A fox terrier.
- (slang, figurative) A person with reddish brown hair, typically a woman.
- (chiefly philosophy) Someone who fuses many different influences and concepts in their philosophy or worldview.
- (slang, figurative) A physically attractive person, typically a woman.
- Other canines that resemble true foxes, of the genera Cerdocyon, Lycalopex, Otocyon, and Urocyon.
- (military, aviation) Air-to-air weapon launched.
- alert carnivorous mammal with pointed muzzle and ears and a bushy tail; most are predators that do not hunt in packs
- a shifty deceptive person
- the grey or reddish-brown fur of a fox
verb
- (intransitive) To turn sour; said of beer, etc., when it sours in fermenting.
- (transitive) To confuse or baffle (someone).
- (intransitive) To act slyly or craftily.
- (transitive) To trick, fool or outwit (someone) by cunning or ingenuity.
- (transitive) To repair (boots) with new front upper leather, or to piece the upper fronts of.
- (intransitive) To discolour paper. Fox marks are spots on paper caused by humidity. (See foxing.)
- (transitive) To make sour, as beer, by causing it to ferment.
- (transitive) To intoxicate; to stupefy with drink.
- become discolored with, or as if with, mildew spots
- deceive somebody
- be confusing or perplexing to; cause to be unable to think clearly
noun
- A bird, the glede or kite.
- the activity of flying a glider
- The joining of two sounds without a break.
- A smooth and sliding step in dancing the waltz.
- The act of gliding.
- (fencing) An attack or preparatory movement made by sliding down the opponent’s blade, keeping it in constant contact.
- A kind of cap affixed to the base of the legs of furniture to prevent it from damaging the floor while being moved.
- (phonology) A transitional sound, especially a semivowel.
- the act of moving smoothly along a surface while remaining in contact with it
- a vowellike sound that serves as a consonant
verb
- (transitive) To cause to glide.
- (phonetics) To pass with a glide, as the voice.
- (intransitive) To fly unpowered, as of an aircraft. Also relates to gliding birds and flying fish.
- (intransitive) To move softly, smoothly, or effortlessly.
- cause to move or pass silently, smoothly, or imperceptibly
- move smoothly and effortlessly
- fly in or as if in a glider plane
noun
- A gressorial bird.
- A walking frame or baby walker.
- Alternative form of waulker.
- The agent noun of to walk: a person who walks or a thing which walks, especially a pedestrian or a participant in a walking race.
- (rare) One who walks (takes for a walk).
- A male escort who accompanies a woman to an event.
- (law) A forester.
- (science fiction) A kind of military robot or mecha with legs for locomotion.
- (fiction) A zombie.
- (cricket) A batsman or batswoman who directly walks off the field when out without waiting for the umpire's decision.
- (often in the plural) A shoe designed for comfortable walking.
- (Philippines) A prostitute, streetwalker.
- a person who travels by foot
- a shoe designed for comfortable walking
- an enclosing framework on casters or wheels; helps babies learn to walk
- a light enclosing framework (trade name Zimmer) with rubber castors or wheels and handles; helps invalids or the handicapped or the aged to walk
verb
- flap the wings rapidly or fly with flapping movements
- move along rapidly and lightly; skim or dart
- move back and forth very rapidly
- beat rapidly
- wink briefly
- (transitive) To drive into disorder; to throw into confusion.
- (transitive) To cause something to flap.
- (intransitive, aerodynamics) To undergo divergent oscillations (potentially to the point of causing structural failure) due to a positive feedback loop between elastic deformation and aerodynamic forces.
- (intransitive) To be in a state of agitation or uncertainty.
- (intransitive) Of a winged animal: to flap the wings without flying; to fly with a light flapping of the wings.
- (intransitive) To flap or wave quickly but irregularly.
- (espionage, slang) To subject to a lie detector test.
noun
- abnormally rapid beating of the auricles of the heart (especially in a regular rhythm); can result in heart block
- the act of moving back and forth
- the motion made by flapping up and down
- a disorderly outburst or tumult
- The act of fluttering; quick and irregular motion.
- A state of agitation.
- An abnormal rapid pulsation of the heart.
- (audio, electronics) The rapid variation of signal parameters, such as amplitude, phase, and frequency.
- (uncountable, aerodynamics) An extremely dangerous divergent oscillation caused by a positive feedback loop between the elastic deformation of an object and the aerodynamic forces acting on it, potentially resulting in rapid structural failure.
- A hasty game of cards or similar.
- (British) A small bet or risky investment.
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verb
noun
- young bird that has just fledged or become capable of flying
- A young bird which has just developed its flight feathers (notably wings).
- any new participant in some activity
- (figuratively) An immature, naïve or inexperienced person.
- An insect that has just fledged, i.e. undergone its final moult to become an adult or imago.
adj
noun
- (falconry) The flight of a hawk.
- The course, evolution, and ongoing advancement of one's working life, especially in one particular field.
- One’s calling in life; one's working occupation or profession, especially when pursued seriously or over a long period of time.
- The general course of one's action or conduct in life, or in a particular area of life.
- A jouster's path during a joust.
- the particular occupation for which you are trained
- the general progression of your working or professional life
adj
verb
verb
noun
- An instance of flying.
- a flock of flying birds
- The act of flying.
- a formation of aircraft in flight
- a scheduled trip by plane between designated airports
- the act of escaping physically
- passing above and beyond ordinary bounds
- a stairway (set of steps) between one floor or landing and the next
- an instance of traveling by air
- an air force unit smaller than a squadron
- the path followed by an object moving through space
- The act of fleeing.
- (collective) A collective term for doves or swallows.
- An aerodynamic surface designed to guide such a projectile's trajectory.
- (engineering) The shaped material forming the thread of a screw.
- (cricket) The movement of a spinning ball through the air, with its speed, trajectory and drift.
- The feathers on an arrow or dart used to help it follow an even path.
- A floor which is reached by stairs or escalators.
- A group of canal locks with a short distance between them
- Several sample glasses of a specific wine varietal or other beverage. The pours are smaller than a full glass and the flight will generally include three to five different samples.
- The ballistic trajectory of an arrow or other projectile.
- A trip made by an aircraft, particularly one between two cities or countries, which is often planned or reserved in advance.
- (by extension) A comparable sample of beers or other drinks.
- (US, naval) A numbered subclass of a given class of warship, denoting incremental modernizations to the original design.
- An episode of imaginative thinking or dreaming.
- A paper airplane.
- An air force unit.
- A series of stairs between landings.
- (advertising, broadcasting) An advertising campaign of fixed length.
noun
- a small bird that resembles a swallow and is noted for its rapid flight
- common western lizard; seen on logs or rocks
- (textiles) A light, collapsible reel used to hold a hank of yarn in order to wind off skeins or balls.
- A small plain-colored bird of the family Apodidae that resembles a swallow and is noted for its rapid flight.
- (entomology) Any of various fast-flying hesperiid butterflies.
- The main cylinder of a carding-machine.
- (entomology) A moth of the family Hepialidae, swift moth, ghost moth.
- Any of certain lizards of the genus Sceloporus.
adj
noun
- That which flies, as a bird or insect.
- A machine that flies.
- A risky investment or other venture.
- (music) Synonym of flying cymbal.
- A leap or jump.
- (architecture) An arch that connects a flying buttress into the structure it supports.
- A person who travels by airplane.
- (firearms) A stray shot away from the group on a target.
- (sports) A false start
- A leaflet, often for advertising.
- (informal) A fast-moving person or thing.
- (acrobatics, cheerleading, synchronized swimming) A person who is lifted and/or thrown by another person or persons.
- A female kangaroo; a roo; a doe; a jill.
- The part of a spinning machine that twists the thread as it takes it to and winds it on the bobbin
- A standard rectangular step of a staircase (as opposed to a winder).
- an advertisement (usually printed on a page or in a leaflet) intended for wide distribution
- someone who operates an aircraft
- someone who travels by air
adj
verb
noun
- The height a bird reaches in flight, especially a bird of prey preparing to swoop down on its prey.
- (sports, UK, Australia, New Zealand) The field on which cricket, soccer, rugby, gridiron or field hockey is played. (In cricket, the pitch is in the centre of the field; see cricket pitch.) (Not often used in the US or Canada, where "field" is the preferred word.)
- An effort to sell or promote something.
- (geology) Pitchstone.
- The point where a declivity begins; hence, the declivity itself; a descending slope; the degree or rate of descent or slope; slant.
- The angle at which an object sits.
- (golf) A short, high, lofty shot that lands with backspin.
- An area on a campsite intended for occupation by a single tent, caravan or similar.
- A dark, extremely viscous material still remaining after distilling crude oil or natural tar.
- The distance between evenly spaced objects, e.g. the teeth of a saw or gear, the turns of a screw thread, the centres of holes, or letters in a monospace font.
- Prominence; importance.
- (nautical, aviation) The degree to which a vehicle, especially a ship or aircraft, rotates on such an axis, tilting its bow or nose up or down.
- (music) In an a cappella group, the singer responsible for singing a note for the other members to tune themselves by.
- (by extension) The place where a busker performs, a prostitute solicits clients, or an illegal gambling game etc. is set up before the public.
- (cricket) That point of the ground on which the ball pitches or lights when bowled.
- (mining) The limit of ground set to a miner who receives a share of the ore taken out.
- (climbing) A section of a climb or rock face; specifically, the climbing distance between belays or stances.
- A throw; a toss; a cast, as of something from the hand.
- (now British, regional) A person's or animal's height.
- A descent; a fall; a thrusting down.
- (music, phonetics) The perceived frequency of a sound, note or electromagnetic wave.
- A point or peak; the extreme point of elevation or depression.
- (music) The standard to which a group of musical instruments are tuned or in which a piece is performed, usually by reference to the frequency to which the musical note A above middle C is tuned.
- (baseball) The act of pitching a baseball.
- A level or degree, or (by extension), a peak or highest degree.
- A sticky, gummy substance secreted by trees; sap.
- An area in a market (or similar) allocated to a particular trader.
- (aviation) A measure of the angle of attack of a propeller.
- (caving) A vertical cave passage, only negotiable by using rope or ladders.
- (rare) The field of battle.
- The most thrust-out point of a headland or cape.
- promotion by means of an argument and demonstration
- abrupt up-and-down motion (as caused by a ship or other conveyance)
- a sports field with predetermined dimensions for playing soccer
- the property of sound that varies with variation in the frequency of vibration
- a high approach shot in golf
- a vendor's position (especially on the sidewalk)
- any of various dark heavy viscid substances obtained as a residue
- the act of throwing a baseball or softball by the pitcher towards home plate, which initiates play by giving the batter a chance to hit it
- an all-fours game in which the first card led is a trump
- degree of deviation from a horizontal plane
- the action or manner of throwing something
adj
verb
- To cover or smear with pitch.
- (transitive) To set or fix (a price or value).
- (transitive) To fix or set the tone of.
- (brewing) To add yeast as a step while making beer
- (transitive) To assemble or erect (a tent). Also used figuratively.
- (with on or upon) To fix one's choice.
- (intransitive, Bristol, of snow) To settle and build up, without melting.
- (intransitive) To plunge or fall; especially, to fall forward; to decline or slope.
- (transitive) To set at an angle, especially a downwards one; to cause to tilt.
- (intransitive, baseball) To play baseball in the position of pitcher.
- (intransitive, cricket) To bounce on the playing surface.
- (transitive) To set, face, or pave (an embankment or roadway) with rubble or undressed stones.
- (transitive) To throw away; discard.
- (transitive, golf) To play a short, high, lofty shot that lands with backspin.
- To darken; to blacken; to obscure.
- (intransitive) To fix or place a tent or temporary habitation; to encamp.
- (transitive) To deliver in a certain tone or style, or with a certain audience in mind.
- (transitive or intransitive, baseball) To throw (the ball) toward a batter at home plate.
- (transitive) To promote, advertise, or attempt to sell.
- (intransitive) To produce a note of a given pitch.
- (transitive) To throw.
- (transitive, card games, slang) To discard (a card) for some gain.
- To attack, or position or assemble for attack.
- (ambitransitive, aviation or nautical) To move so that the front of an aircraft or boat goes alternately up and down.
- heel over
- set to a certain pitch
- sell or offer for sale from place to place
- move abruptly
- fall or plunge forward
- throw or hurl from the mound to the batter, as in baseball
- be at an angle
- set the level or character of
- throw or toss with a light motion
- erect and fasten
- lead (a card) and establish the trump suit
- hit (a golf ball) in a high arc with a backspin
noun
- pigeon that executes backward somersaults in flight or on the ground
- Old World bird that tumbles or rolls in flight; related to kingfishers
- a long heavy sea wave as it advances towards the shore
- a cylinder that revolves
- a mechanical device consisting of a cylindrical tube around which the hair is wound to curl it
- a small wheel without spokes (as on a roller skate)
- a grounder that rolls along the infield
- Any insect whose larva rolls up leaves, especially those in family Tortricidae.
- One of a set of small cylindrical tubes used to curl hair.
- (slang, music) A type break that consists of drum rolls; a drum and bass track made with such breaks.
- (television, film) A roll of titles or (especially) credits played over film or video; television or film credits.
- A rolling pin
- A dung beetle that rolls dung into balls.
- A cylindrical tool for applying paint or ink.
- A large, wide, curling wave that falls back on itself as it breaks on a coast.
- A person who rolls something, such as cigars or molten metal.
- A police patrol car or patrolman (rather than an unmarked police car or a detective)
- A padded surcingle that is used on horses for training and vaulting.
- (cycling) One of a set of rolling cylinders allowing a rider to practise balance while training indoors.
- A small wheel, as of a caster, a roller skate, etc.
- A large rolling device used to flatten a grass surface; commonly in relation to a cricket pitch.
- Any rotating cylindrical device that is part of a machine, especially one used to apply or reduce pressure.
- (slang) A wheelchair user.
- Any of various aggressive birds, of the family Coraciidae, having bright blue wings and hooked beaks.
- A rolling element inside a roller bearing: a small cylinder or sphere of metal.
- A long wide bandage used in surgery.
- A breed or variety of roller pigeon that rolls (i.e. tumbles or somersaults) backwards (compare Penson roller, Birmingham roller, tumbler).
- (disc golf) A throw which involves the player throwing the disc in a way that makes it roll, by that being able to travel further than if thrown in the air. Only used on holes with open areas with short or no grass.
- (slang, informal) A Rolls-Royce motorcar.
- A cylinder snakes, small ground snakes of the genus Cylindrophis.
- A roller towel.
- An agricultural machine used for flattening land and breaking up lumps of earth.
- A cylindrical (or approximately cylindrical) item used under a heavy object to facilitate moving it; usually several are needed.
verb
noun
- pigeon that executes backward somersaults in flight or on the ground
- A variety of the domestic pigeon remarkable for its habit of tumbling, or turning somersaults, during its flight.
- a movable obstruction in a lock that must be adjusted to a given position (as by a key) before the bolt can be thrown
- a gymnast who performs rolls and somersaults and twists etc.
- a glass with a flat bottom but no handle or stem; originally had a round bottom
- A piece attached to, or forming part of, the hammer of a gunlock, upon which the mainspring acts and in which are the notches for sear point to enter.
- (cryptocurrencies) A service that mixes potentially identifiable or 'tainted' cryptocurrency funds with others, so as to obscure the audit trail; used for money laundering.
- A movable obstruction in a lock, consisting of a lever, latch, wheel, slide, or the like, which must be adjusted to a particular position by a key or other means before the bolt can be thrown in locking or unlocking.
- A drinking glass that has no stem, foot, or handle — so called because such glasses originally had a pointed or convex base and could not be set down without spilling. This compelled the drinker to finish their measure.
- Something that causes something else to tumble.
- (entomology) The pupa of a mosquito.
- One of a set of levers from which the heddles hang in some looms.
- A rotating device for smoothing and polishing rough objects, placed inside it, on relatively small parts.
- A beverage cup, typically made of stainless steel, that is broad at the top and narrow at the bottom commonly used in India.
noun
noun
- one of the main flight feathers projecting along the outer edge of a bird's wing
- coil forming the part of an electrical circuit such that changing current in it induces a current in a neighboring circuit
- a preliminary election where delegates or nominees are chosen
- (astronomy) a celestial body (especially a star) relative to other objects in orbit around it
- (aviation) A radar return from an aircraft (or other object) produced solely by the reflection of the radar beam from the aircraft's skin, without additional information from the aircraft's transponder.
- The most massive component of a gravitationally bound system, such as a planet in relation to its satellites.
- (military) The first stage of a thermonuclear weapon, which sets off a fission explosion to help trigger a fusion reaction in the weapon's secondary stage.
- A primary colour.
- The first year of grade school.
- (ornithology) Any flight feather attached to the manus (hand) of a bird.
- (electronics) A directly driven inductive coil, as in a transformer or induction motor that is magnetically coupled to a secondary.
- A base or fundamental component; something that is irreducible.
- (medicine) The primary site of a disease; the original location or source of the disease.
- (political science) A primary election; a preliminary election to select a political candidate of a political party, or the first round of a two-round election.
- A primary school.
adj
- not derived from or reducible to something else; basic
- of first rank or importance or value; direct and immediate rather than secondary
- most important element
- of or being the essential or basic part
- (medicine) Relating to day-to-day care provided by health professionals such as nurses, general practitioners, dentists etc.
- (medicine) Relating to the place where a disorder or disease started to occur.
- (chemistry) Illustrating, possessing, or characterized by, some quality or property in the first degree; having undergone the first stage of substitution or replacement.
- (geology) Earliest formed; fundamental.
- First or earliest in a group or series.
- Main; principal; chief; placed ahead of others.
verb
- (US, politics, transitive, intransitive) To challenge (an incumbent sitting politician) for their political party's nomination to run for re-election, through running a challenger campaign in a primary election, especially one that is more ideologically extreme.
- (US, intransitive, transitive) To take part in a primary election.
noun
noun
- wing of a bird
- a gear with a small number of teeth designed to mesh with a larger wheel or rack
- any of the larger wing or tail feathers of a bird
- A wing.
- (mechanical engineering) The smallest gear in a gear train.
- A moth of the genus Lithophane.
- (ornithology) Any of the outermost primary feathers on a bird's wing.
- (ornithology) The joint of a bird's wing farthest from the body.
verb
- cut the wings off (of birds)
- bind the arms of
- To bind the arms of someone, so as to deprive him of their use; to disable by so binding.
- (transferred sense, figurative) To restrain; to limit.
- To cut off the pinion of a bird’s wing, or otherwise disable or bind its wings, in order to prevent it from flying.
noun
- A frit fly.
- Any of many black enamel dots baked in a graded pattern onto the glass around the edge of a windshield.
- (UK politics, derogatory) A politician who does not perform some action (for example answering a question or calling a vote) out of fear of losing.
- A fused mixture of materials used to make glass.
- (archaeology) A similar material used in the manufacture of ceramic beads and small ornaments. (eastern Mediterranean; Bronze and Iron Age)
adj
verb
noun
- An act of flying.
- (often plural) A strip of material (sometimes hiding zippers or buttons) at the front of a pair of trousers, pants, underpants, bootees, etc.
- The pair of arms revolving around the bobbin, in a spinning wheel or spinning frame, to twist the yarn.
- A vibrating frame with fingers, attached to a power printing press for doing the same work.
- The horizontal length of a flag.
- A piece of canvas that covers the opening at the front of a tent.
- (weightlifting) A chest exercise performed by moving extended arms from the sides to in front of the chest. (also flye)
- (weaving) A shuttle driven through the shed by a blow or jerk.
- (historical) A type of small, light, fast horse-drawn carriage that can be hired for transportation (sometimes pluralised flys).
- (preceded by definite article) A simple dance in which the hands are shaken in the air, popular in the 1960s.
- (American football) Ellipsis of fly route.
- The person who took the printed sheets from the press.
- The moving portion of an extendable ladder.
- Alternative form of vly (“swamp (in New York)”).
- Two or more vanes set on a revolving axis, to act as a fanner, or to equalize or impede the motion of machinery by the resistance of the air, as in the striking part of a clock.
- (weightlifting) An exercise that involves wide opening and closing of the arms perpendicular to the shoulders.
- (nautical) That part of a compass on which the points are marked; the compass card.
- (fishing) A lightweight fishing lure resembling an insect.
- Any similar but not closely related insect, such as a dragonfly, butterfly, or gallfly.
- (cotton manufacture) Waste cotton.
- (finance) A butterfly (combination of four options).
- One of the upper screens of a stage in a theatre.
- (baseball) A fly ball.
- (rustic, Scotland, Northern England) A wing.
- The part of a weather vane pointing the direction from which the wind blows.
- (swimming) The butterfly stroke (plural is normally flys).
- In a knitting machine, the piece hinged to the needle, which holds the engaged loop in position while the needle is penetrating another loop; a latch.
- (zoology) Any insect of the order Diptera; characterized by having two wings (except for some wingless species), also called true flies.
- Ellipsis of flywheel.
- The free edge of a flag.
- (non-technical) Especially, any of the insects of the family Muscidae, such as the common housefly (other families of Diptera include mosquitoes and midges).
- fisherman's lure consisting of a fishhook decorated to look like an insect
- an opening in a garment that is closed by a zipper or by buttons concealed under a fold of cloth
- (baseball) a hit that flies up in the air
- flap consisting of a piece of canvas that can be drawn back to provide entrance to a tent
- two-winged insects characterized by active flight
adj
verb
- (transitive, ergative) To display (a flag) on a flagpole.
- (intransitive, entomology, of a type of moth or butterfly) To be in the winged adult stage.
- (intransitive, baseball) To hit a fly ball; to hit a fly ball that is caught for an out. Compare ground (verb) and line (verb).
- (intransitive) To travel through the air, another gas, or a vacuum, without being in contact with a grounded surface.
- (intransitive) To travel or proceed very fast; to hasten.
- (transitive, ergative) To cause to fly (travel or float in the air): to transport via air or the like.
- (intransitive) To move suddenly, or with violence; to do an act suddenly or swiftly.
- (intransitive, colloquial, of a proposal, project or idea) To be accepted, come about or work out.
- (intransitive) To proceed with great success.
- (transitive) To hunt with a hawk.
- be dispersed or disseminated
- pass away rapidly
- display in the air or cause to float
- move quickly or suddenly
- change quickly from one emotional state to another
- hit a fly
- travel over (an area of land or sea) in an aircraft
- cause to fly or float
- travel in an airplane
- run away quickly
- decrease rapidly and disappear
- operate an airplane
- transport by aeroplane
- travel through the air; be airborne
noun
noun
- (Australia) A flying fox.
- A hidden radio transmitter, finding which is the goal of radiosport.
- (cartomancy) The fourteenth Lenormand card.
- The gemmeous dragonet, a fish, Callionymus lyra, so called from its yellow color.
- (mechanics) A wedge driven into the split end of a bolt to tighten it.
- Any member of the genus Vulpes; a true fox.
- (uncountable) The fur of a fox.
- (in particular) The red fox, a small carnivore (Vulpes vulpes) with red or silver fur.
- (nautical) A small strand of rope made by twisting several rope-yarns together. Used for seizings, mats, sennits, and gaskets.
- (figurative) A cunning person.
- A fox terrier.
- (slang, figurative) A person with reddish brown hair, typically a woman.
- (chiefly philosophy) Someone who fuses many different influences and concepts in their philosophy or worldview.
- (slang, figurative) A physically attractive person, typically a woman.
- Other canines that resemble true foxes, of the genera Cerdocyon, Lycalopex, Otocyon, and Urocyon.
- (military, aviation) Air-to-air weapon launched.
- alert carnivorous mammal with pointed muzzle and ears and a bushy tail; most are predators that do not hunt in packs
- a shifty deceptive person
- the grey or reddish-brown fur of a fox
verb
- (intransitive) To turn sour; said of beer, etc., when it sours in fermenting.
- (transitive) To confuse or baffle (someone).
- (intransitive) To act slyly or craftily.
- (transitive) To trick, fool or outwit (someone) by cunning or ingenuity.
- (transitive) To repair (boots) with new front upper leather, or to piece the upper fronts of.
- (intransitive) To discolour paper. Fox marks are spots on paper caused by humidity. (See foxing.)
- (transitive) To make sour, as beer, by causing it to ferment.
- (transitive) To intoxicate; to stupefy with drink.
- become discolored with, or as if with, mildew spots
- deceive somebody
- be confusing or perplexing to; cause to be unable to think clearly
noun
- A bird, the glede or kite.
- the activity of flying a glider
- The joining of two sounds without a break.
- A smooth and sliding step in dancing the waltz.
- The act of gliding.
- (fencing) An attack or preparatory movement made by sliding down the opponent’s blade, keeping it in constant contact.
- A kind of cap affixed to the base of the legs of furniture to prevent it from damaging the floor while being moved.
- (phonology) A transitional sound, especially a semivowel.
- the act of moving smoothly along a surface while remaining in contact with it
- a vowellike sound that serves as a consonant
verb
- (transitive) To cause to glide.
- (phonetics) To pass with a glide, as the voice.
- (intransitive) To fly unpowered, as of an aircraft. Also relates to gliding birds and flying fish.
- (intransitive) To move softly, smoothly, or effortlessly.
- cause to move or pass silently, smoothly, or imperceptibly
- move smoothly and effortlessly
- fly in or as if in a glider plane
noun
- A gressorial bird.
- A walking frame or baby walker.
- Alternative form of waulker.
- The agent noun of to walk: a person who walks or a thing which walks, especially a pedestrian or a participant in a walking race.
- (rare) One who walks (takes for a walk).
- A male escort who accompanies a woman to an event.
- (law) A forester.
- (science fiction) A kind of military robot or mecha with legs for locomotion.
- (fiction) A zombie.
- (cricket) A batsman or batswoman who directly walks off the field when out without waiting for the umpire's decision.
- (often in the plural) A shoe designed for comfortable walking.
- (Philippines) A prostitute, streetwalker.
- a person who travels by foot
- a shoe designed for comfortable walking
- an enclosing framework on casters or wheels; helps babies learn to walk
- a light enclosing framework (trade name Zimmer) with rubber castors or wheels and handles; helps invalids or the handicapped or the aged to walk
verb
noun
- An instance of flying.
- a flock of flying birds
- The act of flying.
- a formation of aircraft in flight
- a scheduled trip by plane between designated airports
- the act of escaping physically
- passing above and beyond ordinary bounds
- a stairway (set of steps) between one floor or landing and the next
- an instance of traveling by air
- an air force unit smaller than a squadron
- the path followed by an object moving through space
- The act of fleeing.
- (collective) A collective term for doves or swallows.
- An aerodynamic surface designed to guide such a projectile's trajectory.
- (engineering) The shaped material forming the thread of a screw.
- (cricket) The movement of a spinning ball through the air, with its speed, trajectory and drift.
- The feathers on an arrow or dart used to help it follow an even path.
- A floor which is reached by stairs or escalators.
- A group of canal locks with a short distance between them
- Several sample glasses of a specific wine varietal or other beverage. The pours are smaller than a full glass and the flight will generally include three to five different samples.
- The ballistic trajectory of an arrow or other projectile.
- A trip made by an aircraft, particularly one between two cities or countries, which is often planned or reserved in advance.
- (by extension) A comparable sample of beers or other drinks.
- (US, naval) A numbered subclass of a given class of warship, denoting incremental modernizations to the original design.
- An episode of imaginative thinking or dreaming.
- A paper airplane.
- An air force unit.
- A series of stairs between landings.
- (advertising, broadcasting) An advertising campaign of fixed length.
verb
- flap the wings wildly or frantically; used of falcons
- soak in a special solution to soften and remove chemicals used in previous treatments
- moderate or restrain; lessen the force of
- (transitive) To soak leather so as to remove chemicals used in tanning; to steep in bate.
- (intransitive, falconry) Of a falcon: To flap the wings vigorously; to bait.
- To allow by way of abatement or deduction.
- (intransitive) To contend or strive with blows or arguments.
- (transitive, sometimes figuratively) To cut off, remove, take away.
- To waste away.
- (intransitive, slang) Clipping of masturbate.
- (transitive) To restrain, usually with the sense of being in anticipation
- (transitive) To reduce the force of something; to abate.
- To lessen by retrenching, deducting, or reducing; to abate; to beat down; to lower.
- To deprive of.
noun
verb
- (falconry, of a hawk) To fly above its master, waiting till game is sprung.
- To be in store for (someone).
- (colloquial) To wait for (a thing, or an event to take place).
- (colloquial) To wait for (a person).
- To provide a service to (someone); to act as a servant to (someone); to serve (someone) as a waiter or waitress in a restaurant.
- work for, or be a servant to
verb
- fly around
- fall down, as if collapsing
- suffer a sudden downfall, overthrow, or defeat
- throw together in a confused mass
- put clothes in a tumbling barrel, where they are whirled about in hot air, usually with the purpose of drying
- roll over and over, back and forth
- fall suddenly and sharply
- understand, usually after some initial difficulty
- fall apart
- do gymnastics, roll and turn skillfully
- cause to topple or tumble by pushing
- (cryptocurrencies) To obscure the audit trail of funds by means of a tumbler.
- (transitive) To smooth and polish (e.g. gemstones or pebbles) by means of a rotating tumbler.
- (transitive) To throw headlong.
- (intransitive) To drop rapidly.
- (intransitive, informal) To have sexual intercourse.
- (intransitive) To fall end over end; to roll over and over.
- (intransitive) To move or rush in a headlong or uncontrolled way.
- To muss, to make disorderly; to tousle or rumple.
- (intransitive) To perform gymnastics such as somersaults, rolls, and handsprings.
noun
verb
- fly around
- flow in a circular current, of liquids
- revolve quickly and repeatedly around one's own axis
- turn in a twisting or spinning motion
- cause to spin
- (intransitive) To rotate, revolve, spin or turn rapidly.
- (transitive) To make something or someone whirl.
- (transitive) To remove or carry quickly with, or as with, a revolving motion; to snatch.
- (intransitive) To have a sensation of spinning or reeling.
noun
verb
verb
- flap the wings rapidly or fly with flapping movements
- move along rapidly and lightly; skim or dart
- move back and forth very rapidly
- beat rapidly
- wink briefly
- (transitive) To drive into disorder; to throw into confusion.
- (transitive) To cause something to flap.
- (intransitive, aerodynamics) To undergo divergent oscillations (potentially to the point of causing structural failure) due to a positive feedback loop between elastic deformation and aerodynamic forces.
- (intransitive) To be in a state of agitation or uncertainty.
- (intransitive) Of a winged animal: to flap the wings without flying; to fly with a light flapping of the wings.
- (intransitive) To flap or wave quickly but irregularly.
- (espionage, slang) To subject to a lie detector test.
noun
- abnormally rapid beating of the auricles of the heart (especially in a regular rhythm); can result in heart block
- the act of moving back and forth
- the motion made by flapping up and down
- a disorderly outburst or tumult
- The act of fluttering; quick and irregular motion.
- A state of agitation.
- An abnormal rapid pulsation of the heart.
- (audio, electronics) The rapid variation of signal parameters, such as amplitude, phase, and frequency.
- (uncountable, aerodynamics) An extremely dangerous divergent oscillation caused by a positive feedback loop between the elastic deformation of an object and the aerodynamic forces acting on it, potentially resulting in rapid structural failure.
- A hasty game of cards or similar.
- (British) A small bet or risky investment.
noun
- young bird that has just fledged or become capable of flying
- A young bird which has just developed its flight feathers (notably wings).
- any new participant in some activity
- (figuratively) An immature, naïve or inexperienced person.
- An insect that has just fledged, i.e. undergone its final moult to become an adult or imago.