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- worry unnecessarily or excessively
- care for like a mother
- (transitive) To pet.
- (transitive) To disturb (a person)
- (intransitive, US, especially of babies) To cry or be ill-humoured.
- (intransitive) To be very worried or excited about something, often too much.
- (intransitive) To fiddle; fidget; wiggle, or adjust
- (intransitive, with over) To show affection for, especially animals.
noun
- a quarrel about petty points
- A brief argument, falling out, quarrel.
- a young oyster or other bivalve
- a cloth covering (a legging) that covers the instep and ankles
- An obsolete unit of distance in astronomy (symbol S), equal to one billion kilometres.
- (automotive, UK, Australia) A piece of bodywork that covers the upper portions of the rear tyres of a car.
- A light blow with something flat.
- The spawn of shellfish, especially oysters and similar molluscs.
- (aviation) A drag-reducing aerodynamic fairing covering the upper portions of the tyres of an aeroplane equipped with non-retractable landing gear.
- (often in the plural) A covering or decorative covering worn over a shoe.
- A juvenile shellfish which has attached to a hard surface.
verb
- engage in a brief and petty quarrel
- clap one's hands together
- become permanently attached
- come down like raindrops
- strike with a sound like that of falling rain
- spawn
- clap one's hands or shout after performances to indicate approval
- (transitive and intransitive) To strike with a spattering sound.
- (intransitive, originally US) To quarrel or argue pettily briefly.
- simple past and past participle of spit
- (US, dialect) To slap, as with the open hand; to clap together, as the hands.
- (ambitransitive) To spawn, used of shellfish as above.
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verb
noun
noun
verb
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- have an argument about something
- (intransitive) To have an argument, a quarrel.
- give evidence of
- present reasons and arguments
- (intransitive) To debate, disagree, or discuss opposing or differing viewpoints; to controvert; to wrangle.
- (transitive) To present (a viewpoint or an argument therefor).
- To show grounds for concluding (that); to indicate, imply.
verb
- have an argument about something
- succeed in doing, achieving, or producing (something) with the limited or inadequate means available
- to make the subject of dispute, contention, or litigation
- be engaged in a fight; carry on a fight
- compete for something; engage in a contest; measure oneself against others
- maintain or assert
- (intransitive) To believe (something is reasonable) and argue (for it); to advocate.
- (intransitive) To be in opposition; to contest; to dispute; to vie; to quarrel; to fight.
- (intransitive) To be in debate; to engage in discussion; to dispute; to argue.
- (intransitive) To struggle or exert oneself to obtain or retain possession of, or to defend.
- To try to cope with a difficulty or problem. [with with]
verb
noun
- the formal presentation of a stated proposition and the opposition to it (usually followed by a vote)
- a discussion in which reasons are advanced for and against some proposition or proposal
- An argument, or discussion, usually in an ordered or formal setting, often with more than two people, generally ending with a vote or other decision.
- (uncountable) Discussion of opposing views.
- An informal and spirited but generally civil discussion of opposing views.
- (frequently in the French form débat) A type of literary composition, taking the form of a discussion or disputation, commonly found in the vernacular medieval poetry of many European countries, as well as in medieval Latin.
verb
- have an argument about something
- enclose with a fence
- receive stolen goods
- fight with fencing swords
- surround with a wall in order to fortify
- (intransitive, equestrianism) To jump over a fence.
- (transitive) To defend or guard.
- (transitive) To engage in the selling or buying of stolen goods.
- (intransitive) To conceal the truth by giving equivocal answers; to hedge; to be evasive.
- (transitive) To enclose, contain or separate by building fence.
- (intransitive, sports) To engage in the sport of fencing.
noun
- a barrier that serves to enclose an area
- a dealer in stolen property
- (by extension) The place whence such a middleman operates.
- A thin artificial barrier that separates two pieces of land or forms a perimeter enclosing the lands of a house, building, etc.
- Skill in oral debate.
- (informal) Someone who hides or buys and sells stolen goods, a criminal middleman for transactions of stolen goods.
- A guard or guide on machinery.
- (cricket) The boundary.
- (programming) A memory barrier.
- (figuratively) A barrier, for example an emotional barrier.
noun
- a disagreement or argument about something important
- opposition in a work of drama or fiction between characters or forces (especially an opposition that motivates the development of the plot)
- opposition between two simultaneous but incompatible feelings
- an open clash between two opposing groups (or individuals)
- an incompatibility of dates or events
- a state of opposition between persons or ideas or interests
- a hostile meeting of opposing military forces in the course of a war
- An incompatibility, as of two things that cannot be simultaneously fulfilled.
- A clash or disagreement, often violent, between two or more opposing groups or individuals.
verb
noun
- a disagreement or argument about something important
- (countable) A disagreement or argument.
- a significant change
- a variation that deviates from the standard or norm
- the quality of being unlike or dissimilar
- the number that remains after subtraction; the number that when added to the subtrahend gives the minuend
- (logic circuits) A Boolean operation which is true when the two input variables are different but is otherwise false; the XOR operation ( scriptstyle A◌̅B+◌̅AB).
- (countable) The result of a subtraction; sometimes the absolute value of this result.
- (countable) A characteristic of something that makes it different from something else.
- (relational algebra) The set of elements that are in one set but not another ( scriptstyle A◌̅B).
- (heraldry) An addition to a coat of arms to distinguish two people's bearings which would otherwise be the same. See augmentation and cadency.
- (countable, uncountable) Significant change in or effect on a situation or state.
- (logic) The quality or attribute which is added to those of the genus to constitute a species; a differentia.
- (uncountable) The quality of being different.
noun
verb
- have a disagreement over something
- take exception to
- to strive or contend about; to contest
- to oppose by argument or assertion; to controvert; to express dissent or opposition to; to call in question; to deny the truth or validity of
- (intransitive) to contend in argument; to argue against something maintained, upheld, or claimed, by another.
- (transitive) to make a subject of disputation; to argue pro and con; to discuss
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noun
- An angry argument.
- (sports) match; a game between two sides.
- (onomatopoeia) A loud sound, like the crashing together of metal objects; a crash.
- Opposition; contradiction; such as between differing or contending interests, views, purposes etc.
- (hurling) An instance of restarting the game after a "dead ball", where it is dropped between two opposing players, who can fight for possession.
- (Scotland) Chatter; gossip; idle talk.
- A skirmish, a hostile encounter.
- A combination of garments that do not look good together, especially because of conflicting colours.
- a state of conflict between colors
- a state of conflict between persons
- a minor short-term fight
- a loud resonant repeating noise
verb
- (intransitive, of clothes, decor, colours) To fail to look good together; to contrast unattractively; to fail to harmonize.
- (intransitive, slang, video games) To play Clash Royale or Clash of Clans.
- (transitive) To cause to make a clashing sound.
- (intransitive, of events) To coincide, to happen at the same time, thereby rendering it impossible to attend all.
- (intransitive) To make a clashing sound.
- (intransitive, Scotland) To chatter or gossip.
- (intransitive) To come into violent conflict.
- (intransitive, in games or sports) To face each other in an important game.
- (intransitive) To argue angrily.
- be incompatible; be or come into conflict
- disagree violently
- crash together with violent impact
verb
noun
- the lean flesh of a fish that is often farmed; can be baked or braised
- any of various freshwater fish of the family Cyprinidae
- An instance of, or speech, complaining or criticizing about a fault, especially for frivolous or petty reasons; a cavil.
- Any of various freshwater fish of the family Cyprinidae; specifically the common carp, Cyprinus carpio.
verb
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- a movable barrier used in motor racing; sometimes placed before a dangerous corner to reduce speed as cars pass in single file
- a bridge hand that is void of trumps
- the use of tricks to deceive someone (usually to extract money from them)
- (card games, chiefly bridge) The holding of a hand without trumps, or the hand itself.
- The use of dishonest means or subterfuge to achieve one's (especially political) goals; chicanery, trickery.
- (road transport) A raised area or other obstacle around which vehicles must drive, especially designed to reduce speed.
- (motor racing) A sharp double bend on a racecourse, designed to prevent unsafe speeds; an obstacle creating a curve.
- A quibble, a pedantic or dishonest objection; an act of deception.
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- A noisy argument.
- an angry dispute
- (slang, chiefly in the plural) Clipping of cornrow.
- An act or instance of rowing.
- A line of objects, often regularly spaced, such as seats in a theatre, vegetable plants in a garden, etc.
- (weightlifting) Any of several thematically similar exercise movements performed with a pulling motion of the arms towards the back.
- A horizontal line of entries in a table, etc., going from left to right, as opposed to a column going from top to bottom.
- A continual loud noise.
- the act of rowing as a sport
- a long continuous strip (usually running horizontally)
- an arrangement of objects or people side by side in a line
- a linear array of numbers, letters, or symbols side by side
- a continuous chronological succession without an interruption
- (construction) a layer of masonry
verb
noun
- a petty disparagement
- the act of discrediting or detracting from someone's reputation (especially by slander)
- The act of detracting something, or something detracted; taking away; diminution.
- (Roman Catholicism) The act of revealing previously unknown faults of another person to a third person.
- A derogatory or malicious statement; a disparagement, misrepresentation or slander.
noun
- An argument or controversy.
- A person who writes in support of one opinion, doctrine, or system, in opposition to another; one skilled in polemics; a controversialist; a disputant.
- A strong verbal or written attack on someone or something.
- a writer who argues in opposition to others (especially in theology)
- a controversy (especially over a belief or dogma)
adj
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- Of an argument, explanation, etc.: ill-founded, unconvincing, weak; also, unimportant; paltry, trivial.
- Likely to bend or break under pressure; easily damaged; frail, unsubstantial.
- Of clothing: very light and thin.
- Of a person: lacking depth of character or understanding; frivolous, superficial.
- lacking solidity or strength
- not convincing
- lacking substance or significance
noun
adj
- striving to overcome in argument
- of or relating to the athletic contests held in ancient Greece
- struggling for effect
- (pharmacology, biochemistry) Pertaining to an agonist.
- (zoology, anthropology) Characterised by conflict or hostility.
- (rhetoric) Argumentative; combative.
- Of or relating to contests that were originally participated in by the Ancient Greeks; athletic.
- Struggling to achieve an effect; strained and contrived.
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verb
- (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.
- soak in a special solution to soften and remove chemicals used in previous treatments
- flap the wings wildly or frantically; used of falcons
- moderate or restrain; lessen the force of
verb
- To argue about (something).
- To interrogate in order to arrive at a deeper understanding.
- To owe money to (someone); to become involved in something unsavory.
- To enter (an unfavourable state).
- To reach into or interact with (an object).
- To become involved or interested in (a discussion, issue, or activity); to come to enjoy (something).
- To penetrate (someone) sexually.
- To cause to behave uncharacteristically; to possess.
- To put on (an item of clothing).
- To move into (an object), such that one ends up inside it.
- get involved in or with
- familiarize oneself thoroughly with
- put clothing on one's body
- to come or go into
- secure a place in a college, university, etc.
noun
- an angry dispute
- an arrow that is shot from a crossbow; has a head with four edges
- (rare, uncountable) A propensity to quarrel; quarrelsomeness.
- (countable, architecture) A diamond- or square-shaped piece of glass forming part of a lattice window.
- (countable) Often preceded by a form of to have: a basis or ground of dispute or objection; a complaint; also, a feeling or situation of ill will and unhappiness caused by this.
- (countable, Northern England, architecture) A square tile; a quarry tile; (uncountable) such tiles collectively.
- (countable) A dispute or heated argument (especially one that is verbal).
- (countable, archery, historical) An arrow or bolt for a crossbow or an arbalest (“a late, large type of crossbow”), traditionally with the head square in its cross section.
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- herd and care for
- to quarrel noisily, angrily or disruptively
- Followed by out of: to elicit (something) from a person by arguing or bargaining.
- To convince or influence (someone) by arguing or contending.
- (figuratively) To gather and organize (data, facts, information, etc.), especially in a way which requires sentience rather than automated methods alone, as in data wrangling.
- (by extension, humorous) To manage or supervise (people).
- (Western US) To herd (horses or other livestock).
- To make harsh noises as if quarrelling.
- (also figuratively) To quarrel angrily and noisily; to bicker.
- (generally, also figuratively) To argue, to debate; also (dated), to debate or discuss publicly, especially about a thesis at a university.
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- (intransitive) To raise unrelated complaints and other matters during an argument.
- To raise to (someone) unrelated complaints and other matters during an argument.
- To make (something) overly complicated or elaborate; to overcomplicate, to overwork.
- (business) To release (a large amount of information about the poor financial results of a company) in one go, in the hope that there will be less impact.
adj
- (by extension, drama, fiction, film, television, originally derogatory) Of or pertaining to a mid-20th-century (especially 1950s–1960s) genre of drama, fiction, etc., in Britain depicting the harsh lives of working-class people; also, of or pertaining to a film, novel, play, etc., of this genre.
- (painting) Of or pertaining to a mid-20th-century realist style of painting in Britain characterized by scenes of dull or untidy domestic interiors such as kitchens in the homes of urban working-class people; also, of or pertaining to an artist or group of artists painting in this style.
noun
- (also attributive) A miscellaneous item or a miscellany, especially exemplifying an indiscriminate profusion.
- (metonymic) In chained or tied to the kitchen sink, etc.: domestic chores or housework, especially when regarded as menial and tedious.
- A sink in a kitchen used for washing crockery, cutlery, utensils, food, etc., and disposing of waste.
- a sink in a kitchen
noun
- an evasion of the point of an argument by raising irrelevant distinctions or objections
- the essence that makes something the kind of thing it is and makes it different from any other
- (philosophy) The essence or inherent nature of a person or thing.
- (law) A trifle; a nicety or quibble.
- An eccentricity; an odd feature.
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noun
noun
verb
- worry unnecessarily or excessively
- care for like a mother
- (transitive) To pet.
- (transitive) To disturb (a person)
- (intransitive, US, especially of babies) To cry or be ill-humoured.
- (intransitive) To be very worried or excited about something, often too much.
- (intransitive) To fiddle; fidget; wiggle, or adjust
- (intransitive, with over) To show affection for, especially animals.
noun
- a quarrel about petty points
- A brief argument, falling out, quarrel.
- a young oyster or other bivalve
- a cloth covering (a legging) that covers the instep and ankles
- An obsolete unit of distance in astronomy (symbol S), equal to one billion kilometres.
- (automotive, UK, Australia) A piece of bodywork that covers the upper portions of the rear tyres of a car.
- A light blow with something flat.
- The spawn of shellfish, especially oysters and similar molluscs.
- (aviation) A drag-reducing aerodynamic fairing covering the upper portions of the tyres of an aeroplane equipped with non-retractable landing gear.
- (often in the plural) A covering or decorative covering worn over a shoe.
- A juvenile shellfish which has attached to a hard surface.
verb
- engage in a brief and petty quarrel
- clap one's hands together
- become permanently attached
- come down like raindrops
- strike with a sound like that of falling rain
- spawn
- clap one's hands or shout after performances to indicate approval
- (transitive and intransitive) To strike with a spattering sound.
- (intransitive, originally US) To quarrel or argue pettily briefly.
- simple past and past participle of spit
- (US, dialect) To slap, as with the open hand; to clap together, as the hands.
- (ambitransitive) To spawn, used of shellfish as above.
noun
verb
noun
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- a disagreement or argument about something important
- opposition in a work of drama or fiction between characters or forces (especially an opposition that motivates the development of the plot)
- opposition between two simultaneous but incompatible feelings
- an open clash between two opposing groups (or individuals)
- an incompatibility of dates or events
- a state of opposition between persons or ideas or interests
- a hostile meeting of opposing military forces in the course of a war
- An incompatibility, as of two things that cannot be simultaneously fulfilled.
- A clash or disagreement, often violent, between two or more opposing groups or individuals.
verb
noun
- a disagreement or argument about something important
- (countable) A disagreement or argument.
- a significant change
- a variation that deviates from the standard or norm
- the quality of being unlike or dissimilar
- the number that remains after subtraction; the number that when added to the subtrahend gives the minuend
- (logic circuits) A Boolean operation which is true when the two input variables are different but is otherwise false; the XOR operation ( scriptstyle A◌̅B+◌̅AB).
- (countable) The result of a subtraction; sometimes the absolute value of this result.
- (countable) A characteristic of something that makes it different from something else.
- (relational algebra) The set of elements that are in one set but not another ( scriptstyle A◌̅B).
- (heraldry) An addition to a coat of arms to distinguish two people's bearings which would otherwise be the same. See augmentation and cadency.
- (countable, uncountable) Significant change in or effect on a situation or state.
- (logic) The quality or attribute which is added to those of the genus to constitute a species; a differentia.
- (uncountable) The quality of being different.
noun
verb
- have a disagreement over something
- take exception to
- to strive or contend about; to contest
- to oppose by argument or assertion; to controvert; to express dissent or opposition to; to call in question; to deny the truth or validity of
- (intransitive) to contend in argument; to argue against something maintained, upheld, or claimed, by another.
- (transitive) to make a subject of disputation; to argue pro and con; to discuss
noun
- An angry argument.
- (sports) match; a game between two sides.
- (onomatopoeia) A loud sound, like the crashing together of metal objects; a crash.
- Opposition; contradiction; such as between differing or contending interests, views, purposes etc.
- (hurling) An instance of restarting the game after a "dead ball", where it is dropped between two opposing players, who can fight for possession.
- (Scotland) Chatter; gossip; idle talk.
- A skirmish, a hostile encounter.
- A combination of garments that do not look good together, especially because of conflicting colours.
- a state of conflict between colors
- a state of conflict between persons
- a minor short-term fight
- a loud resonant repeating noise
verb
- (intransitive, of clothes, decor, colours) To fail to look good together; to contrast unattractively; to fail to harmonize.
- (intransitive, slang, video games) To play Clash Royale or Clash of Clans.
- (transitive) To cause to make a clashing sound.
- (intransitive, of events) To coincide, to happen at the same time, thereby rendering it impossible to attend all.
- (intransitive) To make a clashing sound.
- (intransitive, Scotland) To chatter or gossip.
- (intransitive) To come into violent conflict.
- (intransitive, in games or sports) To face each other in an important game.
- (intransitive) To argue angrily.
- be incompatible; be or come into conflict
- disagree violently
- crash together with violent impact
verb
noun
noun
verb
noun
- A noisy argument.
- an angry dispute
- (slang, chiefly in the plural) Clipping of cornrow.
- An act or instance of rowing.
- A line of objects, often regularly spaced, such as seats in a theatre, vegetable plants in a garden, etc.
- (weightlifting) Any of several thematically similar exercise movements performed with a pulling motion of the arms towards the back.
- A horizontal line of entries in a table, etc., going from left to right, as opposed to a column going from top to bottom.
- A continual loud noise.
- the act of rowing as a sport
- a long continuous strip (usually running horizontally)
- an arrangement of objects or people side by side in a line
- a linear array of numbers, letters, or symbols side by side
- a continuous chronological succession without an interruption
- (construction) a layer of masonry
verb
noun
- a petty disparagement
- the act of discrediting or detracting from someone's reputation (especially by slander)
- The act of detracting something, or something detracted; taking away; diminution.
- (Roman Catholicism) The act of revealing previously unknown faults of another person to a third person.
- A derogatory or malicious statement; a disparagement, misrepresentation or slander.
noun
- An argument or controversy.
- A person who writes in support of one opinion, doctrine, or system, in opposition to another; one skilled in polemics; a controversialist; a disputant.
- A strong verbal or written attack on someone or something.
- a writer who argues in opposition to others (especially in theology)
- a controversy (especially over a belief or dogma)
adj
noun
verb
- (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.
- soak in a special solution to soften and remove chemicals used in previous treatments
- flap the wings wildly or frantically; used of falcons
- moderate or restrain; lessen the force of
noun
- an angry dispute
- an arrow that is shot from a crossbow; has a head with four edges
- (rare, uncountable) A propensity to quarrel; quarrelsomeness.
- (countable, architecture) A diamond- or square-shaped piece of glass forming part of a lattice window.
- (countable) Often preceded by a form of to have: a basis or ground of dispute or objection; a complaint; also, a feeling or situation of ill will and unhappiness caused by this.
- (countable, Northern England, architecture) A square tile; a quarry tile; (uncountable) such tiles collectively.
- (countable) A dispute or heated argument (especially one that is verbal).
- (countable, archery, historical) An arrow or bolt for a crossbow or an arbalest (“a late, large type of crossbow”), traditionally with the head square in its cross section.
verb
noun
adj
noun
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noun
verb
- herd and care for
- to quarrel noisily, angrily or disruptively
- Followed by out of: to elicit (something) from a person by arguing or bargaining.
- To convince or influence (someone) by arguing or contending.
- (figuratively) To gather and organize (data, facts, information, etc.), especially in a way which requires sentience rather than automated methods alone, as in data wrangling.
- (by extension, humorous) To manage or supervise (people).
- (Western US) To herd (horses or other livestock).
- To make harsh noises as if quarrelling.
- (also figuratively) To quarrel angrily and noisily; to bicker.
- (generally, also figuratively) To argue, to debate; also (dated), to debate or discuss publicly, especially about a thesis at a university.
noun
- an evasion of the point of an argument by raising irrelevant distinctions or objections
- the essence that makes something the kind of thing it is and makes it different from any other
- (philosophy) The essence or inherent nature of a person or thing.
- (law) A trifle; a nicety or quibble.
- An eccentricity; an odd feature.
verb
noun
verb
noun
verb
- have an argument about something
- (intransitive) To have an argument, a quarrel.
- give evidence of
- present reasons and arguments
- (intransitive) To debate, disagree, or discuss opposing or differing viewpoints; to controvert; to wrangle.
- (transitive) To present (a viewpoint or an argument therefor).
- To show grounds for concluding (that); to indicate, imply.
verb
- have an argument about something
- succeed in doing, achieving, or producing (something) with the limited or inadequate means available
- to make the subject of dispute, contention, or litigation
- be engaged in a fight; carry on a fight
- compete for something; engage in a contest; measure oneself against others
- maintain or assert
- (intransitive) To believe (something is reasonable) and argue (for it); to advocate.
- (intransitive) To be in opposition; to contest; to dispute; to vie; to quarrel; to fight.
- (intransitive) To be in debate; to engage in discussion; to dispute; to argue.
- (intransitive) To struggle or exert oneself to obtain or retain possession of, or to defend.
- To try to cope with a difficulty or problem. [with with]
verb
noun
- the formal presentation of a stated proposition and the opposition to it (usually followed by a vote)
- a discussion in which reasons are advanced for and against some proposition or proposal
- An argument, or discussion, usually in an ordered or formal setting, often with more than two people, generally ending with a vote or other decision.
- (uncountable) Discussion of opposing views.
- An informal and spirited but generally civil discussion of opposing views.
- (frequently in the French form débat) A type of literary composition, taking the form of a discussion or disputation, commonly found in the vernacular medieval poetry of many European countries, as well as in medieval Latin.
verb
- have an argument about something
- enclose with a fence
- receive stolen goods
- fight with fencing swords
- surround with a wall in order to fortify
- (intransitive, equestrianism) To jump over a fence.
- (transitive) To defend or guard.
- (transitive) To engage in the selling or buying of stolen goods.
- (intransitive) To conceal the truth by giving equivocal answers; to hedge; to be evasive.
- (transitive) To enclose, contain or separate by building fence.
- (intransitive, sports) To engage in the sport of fencing.
noun
- a barrier that serves to enclose an area
- a dealer in stolen property
- (by extension) The place whence such a middleman operates.
- A thin artificial barrier that separates two pieces of land or forms a perimeter enclosing the lands of a house, building, etc.
- Skill in oral debate.
- (informal) Someone who hides or buys and sells stolen goods, a criminal middleman for transactions of stolen goods.
- A guard or guide on machinery.
- (cricket) The boundary.
- (programming) A memory barrier.
- (figuratively) A barrier, for example an emotional barrier.
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adj
noun
verb
noun
- the lean flesh of a fish that is often farmed; can be baked or braised
- any of various freshwater fish of the family Cyprinidae
- An instance of, or speech, complaining or criticizing about a fault, especially for frivolous or petty reasons; a cavil.
- Any of various freshwater fish of the family Cyprinidae; specifically the common carp, Cyprinus carpio.
verb
noun
- a movable barrier used in motor racing; sometimes placed before a dangerous corner to reduce speed as cars pass in single file
- a bridge hand that is void of trumps
- the use of tricks to deceive someone (usually to extract money from them)
- (card games, chiefly bridge) The holding of a hand without trumps, or the hand itself.
- The use of dishonest means or subterfuge to achieve one's (especially political) goals; chicanery, trickery.
- (road transport) A raised area or other obstacle around which vehicles must drive, especially designed to reduce speed.
- (motor racing) A sharp double bend on a racecourse, designed to prevent unsafe speeds; an obstacle creating a curve.
- A quibble, a pedantic or dishonest objection; an act of deception.
noun
- a quarrel about petty points
- A brief argument, falling out, quarrel.
- a young oyster or other bivalve
- a cloth covering (a legging) that covers the instep and ankles
- An obsolete unit of distance in astronomy (symbol S), equal to one billion kilometres.
- (automotive, UK, Australia) A piece of bodywork that covers the upper portions of the rear tyres of a car.
- A light blow with something flat.
- The spawn of shellfish, especially oysters and similar molluscs.
- (aviation) A drag-reducing aerodynamic fairing covering the upper portions of the tyres of an aeroplane equipped with non-retractable landing gear.
- (often in the plural) A covering or decorative covering worn over a shoe.
- A juvenile shellfish which has attached to a hard surface.
verb
- engage in a brief and petty quarrel
- clap one's hands together
- become permanently attached
- come down like raindrops
- strike with a sound like that of falling rain
- spawn
- clap one's hands or shout after performances to indicate approval
- (transitive and intransitive) To strike with a spattering sound.
- (intransitive, originally US) To quarrel or argue pettily briefly.
- simple past and past participle of spit
- (US, dialect) To slap, as with the open hand; to clap together, as the hands.
- (ambitransitive) To spawn, used of shellfish as above.
verb
- To argue about (something).
- To interrogate in order to arrive at a deeper understanding.
- To owe money to (someone); to become involved in something unsavory.
- To enter (an unfavourable state).
- To reach into or interact with (an object).
- To become involved or interested in (a discussion, issue, or activity); to come to enjoy (something).
- To penetrate (someone) sexually.
- To cause to behave uncharacteristically; to possess.
- To put on (an item of clothing).
- To move into (an object), such that one ends up inside it.
- get involved in or with
- familiarize oneself thoroughly with
- put clothing on one's body
- to come or go into
- secure a place in a college, university, etc.
noun
- A noisy argument.
- an angry dispute
- (slang, chiefly in the plural) Clipping of cornrow.
- An act or instance of rowing.
- A line of objects, often regularly spaced, such as seats in a theatre, vegetable plants in a garden, etc.
- (weightlifting) Any of several thematically similar exercise movements performed with a pulling motion of the arms towards the back.
- A horizontal line of entries in a table, etc., going from left to right, as opposed to a column going from top to bottom.
- A continual loud noise.
- the act of rowing as a sport
- a long continuous strip (usually running horizontally)
- an arrangement of objects or people side by side in a line
- a linear array of numbers, letters, or symbols side by side
- a continuous chronological succession without an interruption
- (construction) a layer of masonry
verb
verb
- (intransitive) To raise unrelated complaints and other matters during an argument.
- To raise to (someone) unrelated complaints and other matters during an argument.
- To make (something) overly complicated or elaborate; to overcomplicate, to overwork.
- (business) To release (a large amount of information about the poor financial results of a company) in one go, in the hope that there will be less impact.
adj
- (by extension, drama, fiction, film, television, originally derogatory) Of or pertaining to a mid-20th-century (especially 1950s–1960s) genre of drama, fiction, etc., in Britain depicting the harsh lives of working-class people; also, of or pertaining to a film, novel, play, etc., of this genre.
- (painting) Of or pertaining to a mid-20th-century realist style of painting in Britain characterized by scenes of dull or untidy domestic interiors such as kitchens in the homes of urban working-class people; also, of or pertaining to an artist or group of artists painting in this style.
noun
- (also attributive) A miscellaneous item or a miscellany, especially exemplifying an indiscriminate profusion.
- (metonymic) In chained or tied to the kitchen sink, etc.: domestic chores or housework, especially when regarded as menial and tedious.
- A sink in a kitchen used for washing crockery, cutlery, utensils, food, etc., and disposing of waste.
- a sink in a kitchen
adj
- Of an argument, explanation, etc.: ill-founded, unconvincing, weak; also, unimportant; paltry, trivial.
- Likely to bend or break under pressure; easily damaged; frail, unsubstantial.
- Of clothing: very light and thin.
- Of a person: lacking depth of character or understanding; frivolous, superficial.
- lacking solidity or strength
- not convincing
- lacking substance or significance
noun
adj
- striving to overcome in argument
- of or relating to the athletic contests held in ancient Greece
- struggling for effect
- (pharmacology, biochemistry) Pertaining to an agonist.
- (zoology, anthropology) Characterised by conflict or hostility.
- (rhetoric) Argumentative; combative.
- Of or relating to contests that were originally participated in by the Ancient Greeks; athletic.
- Struggling to achieve an effect; strained and contrived.