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noun
- a former monetary unit in Great Britain
- a hanging weight, especially a metal ball on a string
- a long racing sled (for 2 or more people) with a steering mechanism
- a short or shortened tail of certain animals
- a small float usually made of cork; attached to a fishing line
- a hair style for women and children; a short haircut all around
- a short abrupt inclination (as of the head)
- (slang) An unspecified amount of money.
- A blow; a shake or jog; a rap, as with the fist.
- A bobbing motion; a quick up and down movement.
- The docked tail of a horse.
- A bobsleigh.
- A curtsy.
- Clipping of shishkabob.
- Any of various hesperiid butterflies.
- A bob haircut.
- The short runner of a sled.
- A short line ending a stanza of a poem.
- A particular style of ringing changes on bells.
- A small wheel, made of leather, with rounded edges, used in polishing spoons, etc.
- Any round object attached loosely to a flexible line, a rod, a body part etc., so that it may swing when hanging from it.
- A bobber (buoyant fishing device).
- The dangling mass of a pendulum or plumb line.
- A working beam in a steam engine.
- (computer graphics, demoscene) A graphical element, resembling a hardware sprite, that can be blitted around the screen in large numbers.
verb
- remove or shorten the tail of an animal
- ride a bobsled
- cut hair in the style of a bob
- make a curtsy; usually done only by girls and women; as a sign of respect
- move up and down repeatedly in a quick, short movement
- (transitive) To shorten by cutting; to dock; to crop.
- (transitive) To cut (hair) into a bob haircut.
- To bobsleigh.
- (intransitive) Synonym of blob (“catch eels using worms strung on thread”).
- To strike with a quick, light blow; to tap.
- (intransitive) To move gently and vertically, in either a single motion or repeatedly up and down, at or near the surface of a body of water, or similar medium.
- (transitive) To move (something) as though it were bobbing in water.
- (with on) To perform oral sex on someone.
- To curtsy.
noun
- a former monetary unit in Great Britain
- the basic unit of money in Tanzania; equal to 100 cents
- the basic unit of money in Somalia; equal to 100 cents
- the basic unit of money in Kenya; equal to 100 cents
- the basic unit of money in Uganda; equal to 100 cents
- an English coin worth one twentieth of a pound
- (US, historical, New York and some other states) The Spanish real, formerly having the value of one eighth of a dollar.
- (historical) Alternative form of schilling, a coin formely used in Germany and German states, worth twelve pfennig.
- (historical) A coin formerly used in the United Kingdom, Ireland, Malta, Australia, New Zealand and many other Commonwealth countries worth twelve old pence, or one twentieth of a pound sterling.
- (historical) Alternative form of skilling, a coin formely used in Denmark, Norway or Sweden, worth twelve penning.
- (US, historical) A currency in the United States, differing in value between states.
- The currency of Kenya, Somalia, Tanzania and Uganda.
verb
noun
- British money; especially the pound sterling as the basic monetary unit of the UK
- (uncountable) The currency of the United Kingdom, based on the pound sterling; hence, genuine English or British currency, as contrasted with foreign currency.
- (countable) A penny issued in other countries, such as Scotland.
- (countable, obsolete except historical) An English silver penny first introduced by the Normans.
- (uncountable, historical) Former British gold or silver coinage of a standard fineness (0.91666 for gold and 0.925 for silver).
- (uncountable) Short for sterling silver (“an alloy containing not less than 92.5 percent silver, the remainder usually being copper; articles made from this alloy collectively”).
adj
- Of or relating to the currency of the United Kingdom, or former types of English or British coinage.
- highest in quality
- Of acknowledged influence; authoritative; also, of high or excellent quality; of proven worth.
- Of silver: being of standard quality.
- Of a thing: of or relating to, or made from, sterling silver.
noun
- the basic unit of money in Great Britain and Northern Ireland; equal to 100 pence
- The unit of currency used in the United Kingdom and its dependencies. It is divided into 100 pence.
- formerly the basic unit of money in Ireland; equal to 100 pence
- a symbol for a unit of currency (especially for the pound sterling in Great Britain)
- the basic unit of money in Egypt; equal to 100 piasters
- 16 ounces avoirdupois
- a unit of apothecary weight equal to 12 ounces troy
- the basic unit of money in Syria; equal to 100 piasters
- a nontechnical unit of force equal to the mass of 1 pound with an acceleration of free fall equal to 32 feet/sec/sec
- a public enclosure for stray or unlicensed dogs
- the basic unit of money in the Sudan; equal to 100 piasters
- the act of pounding (delivering repeated heavy blows)
- the basic unit of money in Cyprus; equal to 100 cents
- the basic unit of money in Lebanon; equal to 100 piasters
- Ellipsis of pound force.
- Ellipsis of pound weight.
- (UK) A place for the detention of automobiles that have been illegally parked, abandoned, etc.
- A hard blow.
- A section of a canal between two adjacent locks.
- Any of various units of currency formerly used in the United States.
- (informal) Various non-English units of currency not officially called pounds.
- Ellipsis of pound mass.
- A unit of mass equal to 16 avoirdupois ounces (= 453.592 g). Today this value is the most common meaning of "pound" as a unit of weight.
- A unit of weight in various measurement systems.
- A kind of fishing net, having a large enclosure with a narrow entrance into which fish are directed by wings spreading outward.
- A unit of mass equal to 12 troy ounces (≈ 373.242 g). Today, this is a common unit of mass when measuring precious metals, and is little used elsewhere.
- (metonymic) The people who work for the pound.
- A place for the detention of stray or wandering animals.
- (Newfoundland) A division inside a fishing stage where cod is cured in salt brine.
- Various non-English units of measure.
- Any of various units of currency used in Egypt, Lebanon, Sudan, and Syria, and formerly in the Republic of Ireland, Cyprus, Nigeria, Israel, and South Africa.
- (US) The symbol #.
- (informal, non-scientific) Ellipsis of pound-force.
verb
- move rhythmically
- break down and crush by beating, as with a pestle
- place or shut up in a pound
- hit hard with the hand, fist, or some heavy instrument
- shut up or confine in any enclosure or within any bounds or limits
- move heavily or clumsily
- strike or drive against with a heavy impact
- partition off into compartments
- (transitive, vulgar, slang) To penetrate sexually, with vigour.
- (engineering) To make a jarring noise, as when running.
- To advance heavily with measured steps.
- (transitive, slang) To eat or drink very quickly.
- (slang, UK regional, transitive) To wager a pound on.
- To confine in, or as in, a pound; to impound.
- (transitive) To strike hard, usually repeatedly.
- (intransitive, of a body part, generally heart, blood, or head) To beat strongly or throb.
- (transitive, baseball, slang) To pitch consistently to a certain location.
- (transitive) To crush to pieces; to pulverize.
noun
- the basic unit of money in Great Britain and Northern Ireland; equal to 100 pence
- something for something; that which a party receives (or is promised) in return for something they do or give or promise
- a wad of something chewable as tobacco
- (UK, colloquial) Pound sterling. (usually only used with a whole number of pounds)
- (historical) A sovereign or guinea, that is, a certain coin or amount of money.
- A piece of material for chewing, especially chewing tobacco.
- (US, colloquial) The act of chewing such tobacco.
- (Commonwealth, colloquial, by extension, rare) Dollar, dollars.
- (Ireland, colloquial, by extension) Euro.
- (Ireland, Commonwealth, colloquial, historical) Various national currencies typically known by the name "pound".
- Paired with quo, in reference to the phrase quid pro quo (“this for that”): something offered in exchange for something else.
- The inherent nature of something.
- (US, historical) A member of a section of the Democratic-Republican Party between 1805 and 1811, following John Randolph of Roanoke. (From tertium quid.)
verb
noun
- a fractional monetary unit of Ireland and the United Kingdom; equal to one hundredth of a pound
- In the United Kingdom, a unit of currency worth ¹⁄₁₀₀ of a pound sterling, or a copper coin worth this amount. Abbreviation: p.
- (historical) In the United Kingdom and Ireland and many other countries, a unit of currency worth ¹⁄₂₄₀ of a pound sterling or Irish pound before decimalisation, or a copper coin worth this amount. Abbreviation: d.
- a coin worth one-hundredth of the value of the basic unit
- In the US and (formerly) Canada, a one-cent coin, worth ¹⁄₁₀₀ of a dollar. Abbreviation: ¢.
- In various countries, a small-denomination copper or brass coin.
- Money in general.
- (historical) In Ireland, a coin worth ¹⁄₁₀₀ of an Irish pound before the introduction of the euro. Abbreviation: p.
- A unit of nail size, said to be either the cost per 100 nails, or the number of nails per penny. Abbreviation: d.
verb
- (Oxbridge slang) During a meal or as part of a drinking game, to drop a penny in a person's drink with the expectation that they finish it (or some such variation thereof); commonly associated with crewdates at Oxford and swaps at Cambridge.
- (electronics) To circumvent the tripping of an electrical circuit breaker by the dangerous practice of inserting a coin in place of a fuse in a fuse socket.
- (slang) To jam a door shut by inserting pennies between the doorframe and the door.
noun
- (finance) The currency pair British Pound against United States Dollar.
- (television) Ellipsis of cable television, broadcast over the above network, not by antenna.
- (nautical) A unit of length equal to one tenth of a nautical mile.
- (nautical) A strong rope or chain used to moor or anchor a ship.
- A strong, large-diameter wire or rope, or something resembling such a rope.
- An assembly of two or more cable-laid ropes.
- (architecture) A moulding, shaft of a column, or any other member of convex, rounded section, made to resemble the spiral twist of a rope.
- (unit, chiefly nautical) 100 fathoms, 600 imperial feet, approximately 185 m.
- (communication) A system for transmitting television or Internet services over a network of coaxial or fibreoptic cables.
- A telegram, notably when sent by (submarine) telegraph cable.
- (knitting) A textural pattern achieved by passing groups of stitches over one another.
- An assembly of two or more wires, used for electrical power or data circuits; one or more and/or the whole may be insulated.
- a television system that transmits over cables
- a very strong thick rope made of twisted hemp or steel wire
- a conductor for transmitting electrical or optical signals or electric power
- television that is transmitted over cable directly to the receiver
- a nautical unit of depth
- a telegram sent abroad
verb
- (transitive) To wrap (wires) to form a cable.
- (intransitive, knitting) To create cable stitches.
- (intransitive) To communicate by cable.
- (transitive) To send (a telegram, news, etc.) by cable.
- (transitive) To fasten (something) (as if) with cable(s).
- (transitive, architecture) To ornament (something) with cabling.
- (transitive) To provide (something) with cable(s).
- fasten with a cable
- send cables, wires, or telegrams
noun
- (UK) An amount of money that the English (later British) coin was worth.
- (UK) A discontinued English (later British) coin worth half of one penny (old or new).
- (philately, historical) A postage stamp worth half of one penny.
- (by extension, Ireland, Scotland) An amount of money that the Irish or Scottish coin was worth.
- (by extension, Ireland, Scotland) A similar coin formerly used in Ireland and Scotland.
- an English coin worth half a penny
noun
- A unit of currency used in England around the 10th to 12th centuries.
- (historical) A type of fine wool, especially of the type historically produced in the market town of Leominster, Herefordshire.
- Rock or other material that contains valuable or utilitarian materials; primarily a rock containing metals or gems for which it is typically mined and processed.
- Alternative form of öre.
- a mineral that contains metal that is valuable enough to be mined
- a monetary subunit in Denmark and Norway and Sweden; 100 ore equal 1 krona
noun
- (British, Ireland) The monetary system used in the United Kingdom and Ireland before decimalisation in 1971 and consisting of pounds, shillings, pence and farthings.
- (idiomatic, often derogatory) Families that have been wealthy for generations or members of such families.
- (humorous, UK, Ireland) The imperial system of measurement or Fahrenheit, as opposed to the metric system or Celsius.
- the inherited wealth of established upper-class families
noun
- formerly the basic unit of money in Ireland; equal to 100 pence
- (football) a kick in which the football is dropped from the hands and kicked before it touches the ground
- an open flat-bottomed boat used in shallow waters and propelled by a long pole
- (nautical) A narrow shallow boat, square at both ends, traditionally propelled by a pole.
- The indentation in the base of a wine bottle.
- A wild guess.
- A bet or wager.
- (glassblowing) A thin glass rod which is temporarily attached to a larger piece in order to better manipulate the larger piece.
- The Irish pound, used as the unit of currency of Ireland until it was replaced by the euro in 2002.
- A highly speculative investment or other commitment.
- (rugby, American football, soccer) A kick made by a player who drops the ball and kicks it before it hits the ground.
- (Australia) Gambling, as a pastime, especially betting on horseraces or the dogs.
verb
- place a bet on
- propel with a pole
- kick the ball
- (colloquial, transitive) To eject; to kick out of a place.
- To dropkick; to kick something a considerable distance.
- (colloquial, intransitive) To equivocate and delay or put off (answering a question, addressing an issue, etc).
- (soccer) To kick a bouncing ball far and high.
- (nautical) To propel a punt or similar craft by means of a pole.
- (figuratively) To make a highly speculative investment or other commitment, or take a wild guess.
- Of a fish, to walk along the seafloor using its fins as limbs.
- (Australia, Ireland, New Zealand, UK) To stake against the bank, to back a horse, to gamble or take a chance more generally
- (rugby, American football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, soccer, transitive, intransitive) To kick a ball dropped from the hands before it hits the ground. (This puts the ball farther from the goal across which the opposing team is attempting to score, so improves the chances of the team punting.)
- To play basset, baccara, faro, etc.
- To retreat from one's objective; to abandon an effort one still notionally supports.
- (colloquial, intransitive) To make the best choice from a set of non-ideal alternatives.
noun
- the basic monetary unit in many countries; equal to 100 cents
- a piece of paper money worth one dollar
- a symbol of commercialism or greed
- a United States coin worth one dollar
- Official designation for currency in some parts of the world, including Canada, the United States, Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, Hong Kong, and elsewhere. Its symbol is $.
- (attributive, historical) Imported from the United States, and paid for in U.S. dollars. (Note: distinguish "dollar wheat", North American farmers' slogan, meaning a market price of one dollar per bushel.)
- (nuclear physics) A unit of reactivity equal to the interval between delayed criticality and prompt criticality.
- (by extension) Money generally.
- (by extension, Malaysia, colloquial) A ringgit, a unit of currency in Malaysia.
- (UK, colloquial, historical) A quarter of a pound or one crown, historically minted as a coin of approximately the same size and composition as a then-contemporary dollar coin of the United States, and worth slightly more.
noun
- a fractional monetary unit of several countries
- a coin worth one-hundredth of the value of the basic unit
- (money) A subunit of currency equal to one-hundredth of the euro.
- (money) A coin having face value of one cent (in either of the above senses).
- Abbreviation of centigrade.
- (music) A hundredth of a semitone or half step.
- (money) A subunit of currency equal to one-hundredth of the main unit of currency in many countries. Symbol: ¢.
- Abbreviation of century.
- (nuclear physics) A unit of reactivity equal to one hundredth of a dollar.
- Abbreviation of center.
- (informal) A small sum of money.
noun
- the basic unit of money in Norway
- the basic unit of money in Denmark
- The currency of Iceland, Denmark (including Greenland and the Faroe Islands) and Norway, divided into 100 øre, except in Iceland where 1 króna = 100 aurar.
- (historical) The currency of German-Austria and Liechtenstein after the dissolution of the Austro-Hungarian Empire (1919) until the introduction of the Austrian schilling and, in Liechtenstein, the Swiss franc.
noun
- formerly the basic unit of money in Germany
- (historical) A half pound, a former English and Scottish currency equivalent to 13 shillings and fourpence and notionally equivalent to a mark of sterling silver.
- a reference point to shoot at
- a number or letter indicating quality (especially of a student's performance)
- a written or printed symbol (as for punctuation)
- a perceptible indication of something not immediately apparent (as a visible clue that something has happened)
- a visible indication made on a surface
- an indication of damage
- the impression created by doing something unusual or extraordinary that people notice and remember
- a person who is gullible and easy to take advantage of
- a symbol of disgrace or infamy
- something that exactly succeeds in achieving its goal
- a marking that consists of lines that cross each other
- a distinguishing symbol
- Importance, noteworthiness. (Generally in postmodifier “of mark”.)
- An omen; a symptomatic indicator of something.
- (cooking) A specified level on a scale denoting gas-powered oven temperatures.
- A particular design or make of an item (now usually with following numeral).
- (historical) Similar half-pound units in other measurement systems, chiefly used for gold and silver.
- (product design/engineering) The model number of a device; a device model.
- (sports) The line indicating an athlete's starting-point.
- Badge or sign of honour, rank, or official station.
- (informal) The target or intended victim of a swindle, fixed game or con game; a gullible person; a professional wrestling fan who believes matches are legitimate contests rather than scripted or predetermined
- (historical) A former currency of Germany and West Germany.
- A stamp or other indication of provenance, quality etc.
- A visible impression or sign; a blemish, scratch, or stain, whether accidental or intentional.
- (nautical) One of the bits of leather or coloured bunting placed upon a sounding line at intervals of from two to five fathoms. (The unmarked fathoms are called "deeps".)
- (historical) A half pound, a traditional unit of mass equivalent to 226.8 g.
- An official note that is added to a record kept about someone's behavior or performance.
- A stone or post used to indicate position and guide travellers.
- (Commonwealth) A score for finding the correct answer, or other academic achievement; the sum of such points gained as out of a possible total.
- (heading) Attention.
- An indication or sign used for reference or measurement.
- (historical) A common, or area of common land, especially among early Germanic peoples.
- (logic) A characteristic or essential attribute; a differential.
- A sign or brand on a person.
- A score for a sporting achievement.
- A written character or sign.
- Limit or standard of action or fact.
- A target for shooting at with a projectile.
- A characteristic feature.
- (Rugby football, Australian rules football) A catch of the ball directly from a kick of 10 metres or more without having been touched in transit, resulting in a free kick.
- (historical) Other similar currencies notionally equal to a mark of silver or gold.
verb
- remove from a list
- notice or perceive
- insert punctuation marks into
- put a check mark on or near or next to
- assign a grade or rank to, according to one's evaluation
- make underscoring marks
- be a distinctive feature, attribute, or trait; sometimes in a very positive sense
- mark with a scar
- celebrate by some ceremony or observation
- attach a tag or label to
- to accuse or condemn or openly or formally or brand as disgraceful
- make or leave a mark on
- establish as the highest level or best performance
- make small marks into the surface of
- designate as if by a mark
- (of people) To assign (someone) to a particular category or class.
- To hold (someone) in one's line of sight.
- (imperative, marching) Alternative form of march.
- To create an indication of (a location).
- To be a point in time or space at which something takes place; to accompany or be accompanied by (an event, action, etc.); to coincide with.
- To create (a mark) on a surface.
- (of people) To choose or intend (someone) for a particular end or purpose.
- (sports) To follow a player not in possession of the ball when defending, to prevent them receiving a pass easily.
- (figurative) To have a long-lasting negative impact on (someone or something).
- To indicate (something) in writing or by other symbols.
- (Australian rules football) To catch the ball directly from a kick of 15 metres or more without having been touched in transit, resulting in a free kick.
- (Canada, UK) To indicate the correctness of and give a score to (a school assignment, exam answers, etc.).
- (singing) To sing softly, sometimes an octave lower than usual, in order to protect one's voice during a rehearsal.
- To be typical or characteristic of (something).
- To leave a mark (often an undesirable or unwanted one) on (something).
- (golf) To put a marker in the place of one's ball.
- (dated except in the phrase "mark my words") To focus one's attention on (something or someone); to pay attention to, to take note of.
- To put a mark on (something); to make (something) recognizable by a mark; to label or write on (something).
- (transitive, intransitive) To keep account of; to enumerate and register; to keep score.
- To distinguish (one person or thing from another).
- To be an indication of (something); to show where (something) is located.
- (of things) To identify (someone as a particular type of person or as having a particular role).
- To record that (someone) has a particular status.
- To celebrate or acknowledge (an event) through an action of some kind.
noun
- the value behind the money in a monetary system
- a board measure = 1980 board feet
- the ideal in terms of which something can be judged
- an upright pole or beam (especially one used as a support)
- a basis for comparison; a reference point against which other things can be evaluated
- any distinctive flag
- One of the upright members that supports the horizontal axis of a transit or theodolite.
- A measure for timber.
- A level of quality or attainment.
- A sturdy, woody plant whose upright stem is used to graft a less hardy ornamental flowering plant on, rather then actually planting it.
- Something used as a measure for comparative evaluations; a model.
- Any upright support, such as one of the poles of a scaffold.
- A bottle of wine containing 0.750 liters of fluid.
- The flag or ensign carried by a military unit.
- a hill with a cairn or tumulus at its summit
- A tree of natural size supported by its own stem, and not dwarfed by grafting on the stock of a smaller species nor trained upon a wall or trellis.
- (shipbuilding) An inverted knee timber placed upon the deck instead of beneath it, with its vertical branch turned upward from that which lies horizontally.
- An object supported in an upright position, such as a lamp standard.
- The proportion of weights of fine metal and alloy established for coinage.
- (India) Grade level in primary education.
- The sheth of a plough.
- Ellipsis of standard poodle.
- A manual transmission vehicle.
- (sociolinguistics) standard idiom, a prestigious or standardized language variety; standard language
- (botany) The upper petal or banner of a papilionaceous corolla.
- A rule or set of rules or requirements which are widely agreed upon or imposed by government.
- A large drinking cup.
- (in place names, chiefly Northern England, Scotland) a cairn or tumulus
- A musical work of established popularity.
- (historical) A collar of mail protecting the neck.
adj
- commonly used or supplied
- established or well-known or widely recognized as a model of authority or excellence
- conforming to or constituting a standard of measurement or value; or of the usual or regularized or accepted kind
- regularly and widely used or sold
- conforming to the established language usage of educated native speakers
- Falling within an accepted range of size, amount, power, quality, etc.
- Of a usable or serviceable grade or quality.
- As normally supplied (not optional).
- Having recognized excellence or authority.
- (linguistics) Conforming to the standard variety.
- (not comparable, of a motor vehicle) Having a manual transmission.
- (of a tree or shrub) Growing alone as a free-standing plant; not trained on a post etc.
intj
noun
- a former monetary unit in Great Britain
- a hanging weight, especially a metal ball on a string
- a long racing sled (for 2 or more people) with a steering mechanism
- a short or shortened tail of certain animals
- a small float usually made of cork; attached to a fishing line
- a hair style for women and children; a short haircut all around
- a short abrupt inclination (as of the head)
- (slang) An unspecified amount of money.
- A blow; a shake or jog; a rap, as with the fist.
- A bobbing motion; a quick up and down movement.
- The docked tail of a horse.
- A bobsleigh.
- A curtsy.
- Clipping of shishkabob.
- Any of various hesperiid butterflies.
- A bob haircut.
- The short runner of a sled.
- A short line ending a stanza of a poem.
- A particular style of ringing changes on bells.
- A small wheel, made of leather, with rounded edges, used in polishing spoons, etc.
- Any round object attached loosely to a flexible line, a rod, a body part etc., so that it may swing when hanging from it.
- A bobber (buoyant fishing device).
- The dangling mass of a pendulum or plumb line.
- A working beam in a steam engine.
- (computer graphics, demoscene) A graphical element, resembling a hardware sprite, that can be blitted around the screen in large numbers.
verb
- remove or shorten the tail of an animal
- ride a bobsled
- cut hair in the style of a bob
- make a curtsy; usually done only by girls and women; as a sign of respect
- move up and down repeatedly in a quick, short movement
- (transitive) To shorten by cutting; to dock; to crop.
- (transitive) To cut (hair) into a bob haircut.
- To bobsleigh.
- (intransitive) Synonym of blob (“catch eels using worms strung on thread”).
- To strike with a quick, light blow; to tap.
- (intransitive) To move gently and vertically, in either a single motion or repeatedly up and down, at or near the surface of a body of water, or similar medium.
- (transitive) To move (something) as though it were bobbing in water.
- (with on) To perform oral sex on someone.
- To curtsy.
noun
- a former monetary unit in Great Britain
- the basic unit of money in Tanzania; equal to 100 cents
- the basic unit of money in Somalia; equal to 100 cents
- the basic unit of money in Kenya; equal to 100 cents
- the basic unit of money in Uganda; equal to 100 cents
- an English coin worth one twentieth of a pound
- (US, historical, New York and some other states) The Spanish real, formerly having the value of one eighth of a dollar.
- (historical) Alternative form of schilling, a coin formely used in Germany and German states, worth twelve pfennig.
- (historical) A coin formerly used in the United Kingdom, Ireland, Malta, Australia, New Zealand and many other Commonwealth countries worth twelve old pence, or one twentieth of a pound sterling.
- (historical) Alternative form of skilling, a coin formely used in Denmark, Norway or Sweden, worth twelve penning.
- (US, historical) A currency in the United States, differing in value between states.
- The currency of Kenya, Somalia, Tanzania and Uganda.
verb
noun
- British money; especially the pound sterling as the basic monetary unit of the UK
- (uncountable) The currency of the United Kingdom, based on the pound sterling; hence, genuine English or British currency, as contrasted with foreign currency.
- (countable) A penny issued in other countries, such as Scotland.
- (countable, obsolete except historical) An English silver penny first introduced by the Normans.
- (uncountable, historical) Former British gold or silver coinage of a standard fineness (0.91666 for gold and 0.925 for silver).
- (uncountable) Short for sterling silver (“an alloy containing not less than 92.5 percent silver, the remainder usually being copper; articles made from this alloy collectively”).
adj
- Of or relating to the currency of the United Kingdom, or former types of English or British coinage.
- highest in quality
- Of acknowledged influence; authoritative; also, of high or excellent quality; of proven worth.
- Of silver: being of standard quality.
- Of a thing: of or relating to, or made from, sterling silver.
noun
- the basic unit of money in Great Britain and Northern Ireland; equal to 100 pence
- The unit of currency used in the United Kingdom and its dependencies. It is divided into 100 pence.
- formerly the basic unit of money in Ireland; equal to 100 pence
- a symbol for a unit of currency (especially for the pound sterling in Great Britain)
- the basic unit of money in Egypt; equal to 100 piasters
- 16 ounces avoirdupois
- a unit of apothecary weight equal to 12 ounces troy
- the basic unit of money in Syria; equal to 100 piasters
- a nontechnical unit of force equal to the mass of 1 pound with an acceleration of free fall equal to 32 feet/sec/sec
- a public enclosure for stray or unlicensed dogs
- the basic unit of money in the Sudan; equal to 100 piasters
- the act of pounding (delivering repeated heavy blows)
- the basic unit of money in Cyprus; equal to 100 cents
- the basic unit of money in Lebanon; equal to 100 piasters
- Ellipsis of pound force.
- Ellipsis of pound weight.
- (UK) A place for the detention of automobiles that have been illegally parked, abandoned, etc.
- A hard blow.
- A section of a canal between two adjacent locks.
- Any of various units of currency formerly used in the United States.
- (informal) Various non-English units of currency not officially called pounds.
- Ellipsis of pound mass.
- A unit of mass equal to 16 avoirdupois ounces (= 453.592 g). Today this value is the most common meaning of "pound" as a unit of weight.
- A unit of weight in various measurement systems.
- A kind of fishing net, having a large enclosure with a narrow entrance into which fish are directed by wings spreading outward.
- A unit of mass equal to 12 troy ounces (≈ 373.242 g). Today, this is a common unit of mass when measuring precious metals, and is little used elsewhere.
- (metonymic) The people who work for the pound.
- A place for the detention of stray or wandering animals.
- (Newfoundland) A division inside a fishing stage where cod is cured in salt brine.
- Various non-English units of measure.
- Any of various units of currency used in Egypt, Lebanon, Sudan, and Syria, and formerly in the Republic of Ireland, Cyprus, Nigeria, Israel, and South Africa.
- (US) The symbol #.
- (informal, non-scientific) Ellipsis of pound-force.
verb
- move rhythmically
- break down and crush by beating, as with a pestle
- place or shut up in a pound
- hit hard with the hand, fist, or some heavy instrument
- shut up or confine in any enclosure or within any bounds or limits
- move heavily or clumsily
- strike or drive against with a heavy impact
- partition off into compartments
- (transitive, vulgar, slang) To penetrate sexually, with vigour.
- (engineering) To make a jarring noise, as when running.
- To advance heavily with measured steps.
- (transitive, slang) To eat or drink very quickly.
- (slang, UK regional, transitive) To wager a pound on.
- To confine in, or as in, a pound; to impound.
- (transitive) To strike hard, usually repeatedly.
- (intransitive, of a body part, generally heart, blood, or head) To beat strongly or throb.
- (transitive, baseball, slang) To pitch consistently to a certain location.
- (transitive) To crush to pieces; to pulverize.
noun
- the basic unit of money in Great Britain and Northern Ireland; equal to 100 pence
- something for something; that which a party receives (or is promised) in return for something they do or give or promise
- a wad of something chewable as tobacco
- (UK, colloquial) Pound sterling. (usually only used with a whole number of pounds)
- (historical) A sovereign or guinea, that is, a certain coin or amount of money.
- A piece of material for chewing, especially chewing tobacco.
- (US, colloquial) The act of chewing such tobacco.
- (Commonwealth, colloquial, by extension, rare) Dollar, dollars.
- (Ireland, colloquial, by extension) Euro.
- (Ireland, Commonwealth, colloquial, historical) Various national currencies typically known by the name "pound".
- Paired with quo, in reference to the phrase quid pro quo (“this for that”): something offered in exchange for something else.
- The inherent nature of something.
- (US, historical) A member of a section of the Democratic-Republican Party between 1805 and 1811, following John Randolph of Roanoke. (From tertium quid.)
verb
noun
- a fractional monetary unit of Ireland and the United Kingdom; equal to one hundredth of a pound
- In the United Kingdom, a unit of currency worth ¹⁄₁₀₀ of a pound sterling, or a copper coin worth this amount. Abbreviation: p.
- (historical) In the United Kingdom and Ireland and many other countries, a unit of currency worth ¹⁄₂₄₀ of a pound sterling or Irish pound before decimalisation, or a copper coin worth this amount. Abbreviation: d.
- a coin worth one-hundredth of the value of the basic unit
- In the US and (formerly) Canada, a one-cent coin, worth ¹⁄₁₀₀ of a dollar. Abbreviation: ¢.
- In various countries, a small-denomination copper or brass coin.
- Money in general.
- (historical) In Ireland, a coin worth ¹⁄₁₀₀ of an Irish pound before the introduction of the euro. Abbreviation: p.
- A unit of nail size, said to be either the cost per 100 nails, or the number of nails per penny. Abbreviation: d.
verb
- (Oxbridge slang) During a meal or as part of a drinking game, to drop a penny in a person's drink with the expectation that they finish it (or some such variation thereof); commonly associated with crewdates at Oxford and swaps at Cambridge.
- (electronics) To circumvent the tripping of an electrical circuit breaker by the dangerous practice of inserting a coin in place of a fuse in a fuse socket.
- (slang) To jam a door shut by inserting pennies between the doorframe and the door.
noun
- (finance) The currency pair British Pound against United States Dollar.
- (television) Ellipsis of cable television, broadcast over the above network, not by antenna.
- (nautical) A unit of length equal to one tenth of a nautical mile.
- (nautical) A strong rope or chain used to moor or anchor a ship.
- A strong, large-diameter wire or rope, or something resembling such a rope.
- An assembly of two or more cable-laid ropes.
- (architecture) A moulding, shaft of a column, or any other member of convex, rounded section, made to resemble the spiral twist of a rope.
- (unit, chiefly nautical) 100 fathoms, 600 imperial feet, approximately 185 m.
- (communication) A system for transmitting television or Internet services over a network of coaxial or fibreoptic cables.
- A telegram, notably when sent by (submarine) telegraph cable.
- (knitting) A textural pattern achieved by passing groups of stitches over one another.
- An assembly of two or more wires, used for electrical power or data circuits; one or more and/or the whole may be insulated.
- a television system that transmits over cables
- a very strong thick rope made of twisted hemp or steel wire
- a conductor for transmitting electrical or optical signals or electric power
- television that is transmitted over cable directly to the receiver
- a nautical unit of depth
- a telegram sent abroad
verb
- (transitive) To wrap (wires) to form a cable.
- (intransitive, knitting) To create cable stitches.
- (intransitive) To communicate by cable.
- (transitive) To send (a telegram, news, etc.) by cable.
- (transitive) To fasten (something) (as if) with cable(s).
- (transitive, architecture) To ornament (something) with cabling.
- (transitive) To provide (something) with cable(s).
- fasten with a cable
- send cables, wires, or telegrams
noun
- (UK) An amount of money that the English (later British) coin was worth.
- (UK) A discontinued English (later British) coin worth half of one penny (old or new).
- (philately, historical) A postage stamp worth half of one penny.
- (by extension, Ireland, Scotland) An amount of money that the Irish or Scottish coin was worth.
- (by extension, Ireland, Scotland) A similar coin formerly used in Ireland and Scotland.
- an English coin worth half a penny
noun
- A unit of currency used in England around the 10th to 12th centuries.
- (historical) A type of fine wool, especially of the type historically produced in the market town of Leominster, Herefordshire.
- Rock or other material that contains valuable or utilitarian materials; primarily a rock containing metals or gems for which it is typically mined and processed.
- Alternative form of öre.
- a mineral that contains metal that is valuable enough to be mined
- a monetary subunit in Denmark and Norway and Sweden; 100 ore equal 1 krona
noun
- (British, Ireland) The monetary system used in the United Kingdom and Ireland before decimalisation in 1971 and consisting of pounds, shillings, pence and farthings.
- (idiomatic, often derogatory) Families that have been wealthy for generations or members of such families.
- (humorous, UK, Ireland) The imperial system of measurement or Fahrenheit, as opposed to the metric system or Celsius.
- the inherited wealth of established upper-class families
noun
- formerly the basic unit of money in Ireland; equal to 100 pence
- (football) a kick in which the football is dropped from the hands and kicked before it touches the ground
- an open flat-bottomed boat used in shallow waters and propelled by a long pole
- (nautical) A narrow shallow boat, square at both ends, traditionally propelled by a pole.
- The indentation in the base of a wine bottle.
- A wild guess.
- A bet or wager.
- (glassblowing) A thin glass rod which is temporarily attached to a larger piece in order to better manipulate the larger piece.
- The Irish pound, used as the unit of currency of Ireland until it was replaced by the euro in 2002.
- A highly speculative investment or other commitment.
- (rugby, American football, soccer) A kick made by a player who drops the ball and kicks it before it hits the ground.
- (Australia) Gambling, as a pastime, especially betting on horseraces or the dogs.
verb
- place a bet on
- propel with a pole
- kick the ball
- (colloquial, transitive) To eject; to kick out of a place.
- To dropkick; to kick something a considerable distance.
- (colloquial, intransitive) To equivocate and delay or put off (answering a question, addressing an issue, etc).
- (soccer) To kick a bouncing ball far and high.
- (nautical) To propel a punt or similar craft by means of a pole.
- (figuratively) To make a highly speculative investment or other commitment, or take a wild guess.
- Of a fish, to walk along the seafloor using its fins as limbs.
- (Australia, Ireland, New Zealand, UK) To stake against the bank, to back a horse, to gamble or take a chance more generally
- (rugby, American football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, soccer, transitive, intransitive) To kick a ball dropped from the hands before it hits the ground. (This puts the ball farther from the goal across which the opposing team is attempting to score, so improves the chances of the team punting.)
- To play basset, baccara, faro, etc.
- To retreat from one's objective; to abandon an effort one still notionally supports.
- (colloquial, intransitive) To make the best choice from a set of non-ideal alternatives.
noun
- the basic monetary unit in many countries; equal to 100 cents
- a piece of paper money worth one dollar
- a symbol of commercialism or greed
- a United States coin worth one dollar
- Official designation for currency in some parts of the world, including Canada, the United States, Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, Hong Kong, and elsewhere. Its symbol is $.
- (attributive, historical) Imported from the United States, and paid for in U.S. dollars. (Note: distinguish "dollar wheat", North American farmers' slogan, meaning a market price of one dollar per bushel.)
- (nuclear physics) A unit of reactivity equal to the interval between delayed criticality and prompt criticality.
- (by extension) Money generally.
- (by extension, Malaysia, colloquial) A ringgit, a unit of currency in Malaysia.
- (UK, colloquial, historical) A quarter of a pound or one crown, historically minted as a coin of approximately the same size and composition as a then-contemporary dollar coin of the United States, and worth slightly more.
noun
- a fractional monetary unit of several countries
- a coin worth one-hundredth of the value of the basic unit
- (money) A subunit of currency equal to one-hundredth of the euro.
- (money) A coin having face value of one cent (in either of the above senses).
- Abbreviation of centigrade.
- (music) A hundredth of a semitone or half step.
- (money) A subunit of currency equal to one-hundredth of the main unit of currency in many countries. Symbol: ¢.
- Abbreviation of century.
- (nuclear physics) A unit of reactivity equal to one hundredth of a dollar.
- Abbreviation of center.
- (informal) A small sum of money.
noun
- the basic unit of money in Norway
- the basic unit of money in Denmark
- The currency of Iceland, Denmark (including Greenland and the Faroe Islands) and Norway, divided into 100 øre, except in Iceland where 1 króna = 100 aurar.
- (historical) The currency of German-Austria and Liechtenstein after the dissolution of the Austro-Hungarian Empire (1919) until the introduction of the Austrian schilling and, in Liechtenstein, the Swiss franc.
noun
- formerly the basic unit of money in Germany
- (historical) A half pound, a former English and Scottish currency equivalent to 13 shillings and fourpence and notionally equivalent to a mark of sterling silver.
- a reference point to shoot at
- a number or letter indicating quality (especially of a student's performance)
- a written or printed symbol (as for punctuation)
- a perceptible indication of something not immediately apparent (as a visible clue that something has happened)
- a visible indication made on a surface
- an indication of damage
- the impression created by doing something unusual or extraordinary that people notice and remember
- a person who is gullible and easy to take advantage of
- a symbol of disgrace or infamy
- something that exactly succeeds in achieving its goal
- a marking that consists of lines that cross each other
- a distinguishing symbol
- Importance, noteworthiness. (Generally in postmodifier “of mark”.)
- An omen; a symptomatic indicator of something.
- (cooking) A specified level on a scale denoting gas-powered oven temperatures.
- A particular design or make of an item (now usually with following numeral).
- (historical) Similar half-pound units in other measurement systems, chiefly used for gold and silver.
- (product design/engineering) The model number of a device; a device model.
- (sports) The line indicating an athlete's starting-point.
- Badge or sign of honour, rank, or official station.
- (informal) The target or intended victim of a swindle, fixed game or con game; a gullible person; a professional wrestling fan who believes matches are legitimate contests rather than scripted or predetermined
- (historical) A former currency of Germany and West Germany.
- A stamp or other indication of provenance, quality etc.
- A visible impression or sign; a blemish, scratch, or stain, whether accidental or intentional.
- (nautical) One of the bits of leather or coloured bunting placed upon a sounding line at intervals of from two to five fathoms. (The unmarked fathoms are called "deeps".)
- (historical) A half pound, a traditional unit of mass equivalent to 226.8 g.
- An official note that is added to a record kept about someone's behavior or performance.
- A stone or post used to indicate position and guide travellers.
- (Commonwealth) A score for finding the correct answer, or other academic achievement; the sum of such points gained as out of a possible total.
- (heading) Attention.
- An indication or sign used for reference or measurement.
- (historical) A common, or area of common land, especially among early Germanic peoples.
- (logic) A characteristic or essential attribute; a differential.
- A sign or brand on a person.
- A score for a sporting achievement.
- A written character or sign.
- Limit or standard of action or fact.
- A target for shooting at with a projectile.
- A characteristic feature.
- (Rugby football, Australian rules football) A catch of the ball directly from a kick of 10 metres or more without having been touched in transit, resulting in a free kick.
- (historical) Other similar currencies notionally equal to a mark of silver or gold.
verb
- remove from a list
- notice or perceive
- insert punctuation marks into
- put a check mark on or near or next to
- assign a grade or rank to, according to one's evaluation
- make underscoring marks
- be a distinctive feature, attribute, or trait; sometimes in a very positive sense
- mark with a scar
- celebrate by some ceremony or observation
- attach a tag or label to
- to accuse or condemn or openly or formally or brand as disgraceful
- make or leave a mark on
- establish as the highest level or best performance
- make small marks into the surface of
- designate as if by a mark
- (of people) To assign (someone) to a particular category or class.
- To hold (someone) in one's line of sight.
- (imperative, marching) Alternative form of march.
- To create an indication of (a location).
- To be a point in time or space at which something takes place; to accompany or be accompanied by (an event, action, etc.); to coincide with.
- To create (a mark) on a surface.
- (of people) To choose or intend (someone) for a particular end or purpose.
- (sports) To follow a player not in possession of the ball when defending, to prevent them receiving a pass easily.
- (figurative) To have a long-lasting negative impact on (someone or something).
- To indicate (something) in writing or by other symbols.
- (Australian rules football) To catch the ball directly from a kick of 15 metres or more without having been touched in transit, resulting in a free kick.
- (Canada, UK) To indicate the correctness of and give a score to (a school assignment, exam answers, etc.).
- (singing) To sing softly, sometimes an octave lower than usual, in order to protect one's voice during a rehearsal.
- To be typical or characteristic of (something).
- To leave a mark (often an undesirable or unwanted one) on (something).
- (golf) To put a marker in the place of one's ball.
- (dated except in the phrase "mark my words") To focus one's attention on (something or someone); to pay attention to, to take note of.
- To put a mark on (something); to make (something) recognizable by a mark; to label or write on (something).
- (transitive, intransitive) To keep account of; to enumerate and register; to keep score.
- To distinguish (one person or thing from another).
- To be an indication of (something); to show where (something) is located.
- (of things) To identify (someone as a particular type of person or as having a particular role).
- To record that (someone) has a particular status.
- To celebrate or acknowledge (an event) through an action of some kind.
noun
- the value behind the money in a monetary system
- a board measure = 1980 board feet
- the ideal in terms of which something can be judged
- an upright pole or beam (especially one used as a support)
- a basis for comparison; a reference point against which other things can be evaluated
- any distinctive flag
- One of the upright members that supports the horizontal axis of a transit or theodolite.
- A measure for timber.
- A level of quality or attainment.
- A sturdy, woody plant whose upright stem is used to graft a less hardy ornamental flowering plant on, rather then actually planting it.
- Something used as a measure for comparative evaluations; a model.
- Any upright support, such as one of the poles of a scaffold.
- A bottle of wine containing 0.750 liters of fluid.
- The flag or ensign carried by a military unit.
- a hill with a cairn or tumulus at its summit
- A tree of natural size supported by its own stem, and not dwarfed by grafting on the stock of a smaller species nor trained upon a wall or trellis.
- (shipbuilding) An inverted knee timber placed upon the deck instead of beneath it, with its vertical branch turned upward from that which lies horizontally.
- An object supported in an upright position, such as a lamp standard.
- The proportion of weights of fine metal and alloy established for coinage.
- (India) Grade level in primary education.
- The sheth of a plough.
- Ellipsis of standard poodle.
- A manual transmission vehicle.
- (sociolinguistics) standard idiom, a prestigious or standardized language variety; standard language
- (botany) The upper petal or banner of a papilionaceous corolla.
- A rule or set of rules or requirements which are widely agreed upon or imposed by government.
- A large drinking cup.
- (in place names, chiefly Northern England, Scotland) a cairn or tumulus
- A musical work of established popularity.
- (historical) A collar of mail protecting the neck.
adj
- commonly used or supplied
- established or well-known or widely recognized as a model of authority or excellence
- conforming to or constituting a standard of measurement or value; or of the usual or regularized or accepted kind
- regularly and widely used or sold
- conforming to the established language usage of educated native speakers
- Falling within an accepted range of size, amount, power, quality, etc.
- Of a usable or serviceable grade or quality.
- As normally supplied (not optional).
- Having recognized excellence or authority.
- (linguistics) Conforming to the standard variety.
- (not comparable, of a motor vehicle) Having a manual transmission.
- (of a tree or shrub) Growing alone as a free-standing plant; not trained on a post etc.
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noun
- British money; especially the pound sterling as the basic monetary unit of the UK
- (uncountable) The currency of the United Kingdom, based on the pound sterling; hence, genuine English or British currency, as contrasted with foreign currency.
- (countable) A penny issued in other countries, such as Scotland.
- (countable, obsolete except historical) An English silver penny first introduced by the Normans.
- (uncountable, historical) Former British gold or silver coinage of a standard fineness (0.91666 for gold and 0.925 for silver).
- (uncountable) Short for sterling silver (“an alloy containing not less than 92.5 percent silver, the remainder usually being copper; articles made from this alloy collectively”).
adj
- Of or relating to the currency of the United Kingdom, or former types of English or British coinage.
- highest in quality
- Of acknowledged influence; authoritative; also, of high or excellent quality; of proven worth.
- Of silver: being of standard quality.
- Of a thing: of or relating to, or made from, sterling silver.