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verb
- be or become preserved
- make (substances) hard and improve their usability
- provide a cure for, make healthy again
- prepare by drying, salting, or chemical processing in order to preserve
- (intransitive) To undergo a chemical or physical process for preservation or use.
- (transitive) To cause to be rid of (a defect).
- (transitive) To prepare or alter, especially by chemical or physical processing for keeping or use.
- (intransitive) To bring about a cure of any kind.
- (transitive) To bring (a disease or its bad effects) to an end.
- (intransitive) To solidify or gel.
- (transitive) To restore to health.
- To preserve (food), typically by salting.
noun
- a medicine or therapy that cures disease or relieve pain
- A process of preservation, as by smoking.
- Cured fish.
- (figurative) A solution to a problem.
- An act of healing or state of being healed; restoration to health after a disease, or to soundness after injury.
- Spiritual charge; care of soul; the office of a parish priest or of a curate.
- A process of solidification or gelling.
- (engineering) A process whereby a material is caused to form permanent molecular linkages by exposure to chemicals, heat, pressure or weathering.
- A method, device or medication that restores good health.
- That which is committed to the charge of a parish priest or of a curate.
noun
- in a decomposed state
- the analysis of a vector field
- (biology) the process of decay caused by bacterial or fungal action
- (chemistry) separation of a substance into two or more substances that may differ from each other and from the original substance
- the organic phenomenon of rotting
- The act of taking something apart, e.g. for analysis.
- The splitting (of e.g. a matrix, an atom, or a compound) into constituent parts.
- A biological process through which organic material is reduced to e.g. compost.
noun
- in a decomposed state
- a loss (or serious disruption) of organization in some system
- separation into component parts
- the spontaneous disintegration of a radioactive substance along with the emission of ionizing radiation
- total destruction
- (nuclear physics) The process of radioactive decay.
- The radioactive decay of a single atom.
- A process by which anything disintegrates.
- The condition of anything which has disintegrated.
- (geology) The wearing away or falling to pieces of rocks or strata, produced by atmospheric action, frost, ice, etc.
noun
- The state of being preserved, how something has survived.
- the condition of being (well or ill) preserved
- The act of preserving; care to preserve; act of keeping from destruction, decay or any ill.
- a process that saves organic substances from decay
- the activity of protecting something from loss or danger
- an occurrence of improvement by virtue of preventing loss or injury or other change
noun
- the state of being decayed or destroyed
- The state of being desolated or laid waste
- sadness resulting from being forsaken or abandoned
- an event that results in total destruction
- a bleak and desolate atmosphere
- The act of desolating or laying waste; destruction of inhabitants; depopulation.
- A place or country wasted and forsaken.
noun
- the state of being decayed or destroyed
- the feeling of being confounded or overwhelmed
- the termination of something by causing so much damage to it that it cannot be repaired or no longer exists
- an event that results in total destruction
- plundering with excessive damage and destruction
- The act of devastating, or the state of being devastated; a laying waste.
- (law) Waste or misapplication of the assets of a deceased person by an executor or administrator; devastavit.
noun
- the act of retaining something
- something owned; any tangible or intangible possession that is owned by someone
- (sports) A foul consisting of impermissibly restricting the movement of an opposing player with the hands or stick.
- Something that one owns, especially stocks and bonds.
- (in texts about Russia, nonstandard) A holding company, or other kind of company (by back-translation from Russian холдинг (xolding)).
- A tenure; a farm or other estate held of another.
- A determination of law made by a court.
verb
noun
- the act of retaining something
- the power of retaining liquid
- the power of retaining and recalling past experience
- (law) The right to withhold a debt, or of retaining property until a debt due to the person claiming the right is duly paid; a lien.
- Memory; what is retained in the mind.
- The act of retaining or something retained.
- (insurance) The portion of a potential damage that must be paid for by the holder of an insurance policy.
- The act or power of remembering things.
- (medicine) The length of time a patient remains in treatment.
- (medicine) The involuntary withholding of urine and faeces.
noun
- the freezing of a seriously ill or recently deceased person to stop tissues from decomposing; the body is preserved until new medical cures are developed that might bring the person back to life
- The cryopreservation of a person with medical needs that cannot be met by available medicine until resuscitation and healing by future medicine is possible.
verb
- To destroy (something) gradually by an ongoing process.
- To physically corrode or erode (something) gradually.
- (specifically) Chiefly followed by at: of a circumstance, incident, etc.: to cause (someone) to feel guilty, troubled, or worried; to bother (see eat away at).
- wear away or erode
- remove soil or rock
verb
noun
adj
- damaged by decay; hence unsound and useless
- having decayed or disintegrated; usually implies foulness
- very bad
- Bad or terrible.
- (UK, Ireland, Australia, slang) Very drunk, intoxicated.
- Of perishable items, overridden with bacteria and other infectious agents.
- Cruel, mean or immoral.
- Of stone or rock, crumbling or friable; in a loose or disintegrated state.
- In a state of decay.
adv
noun
- Decaying matter.
- (uncountable) Verbal nonsense.
- (chiefly in compounds) Any of several diseases in which breakdown of tissue occurs.
- The process of becoming rotten; putrefaction.
- unacceptable behavior (especially ludicrously false statements)
- (biology) the process of decay caused by bacterial or fungal action
- a state of decay usually accompanied by an offensive odor
verb
- (transitive) To make putrid; to cause to be wholly or partially decomposed by natural processes.
- (intransitive) To suffer decomposition due to biological action, especially by fungi or bacteria.
- (intransitive) To decline in function or utility.
- (ambitransitive) To (cause to) deteriorate in any way, as in morals; to corrupt.
- (transitive) To expose, as flax, to a process of maceration, etc., for the purpose of separating the fiber; to ret.
- (intransitive, figurative) To spend a long period of time (in an unpleasant place or state).
- break down
- become physically weaker
adj
- resistant to destruction or fading
- hurried and brief
- unrestrained by convention or morality
- (of a photographic lens or emulsion) causing a shortening of exposure time
- securely fixed in place
- (of surfaces) conducive to rapid speeds
- at a rapid tempo
- (used of timepieces) indicating a time ahead of or later than the correct time
- acting or moving or capable of acting or moving quickly
- unwavering in devotion to friend or vow or cause
- Of a place, characterised by business, hustle and bustle, etc.
- Firm against attack; fortified by nature or art; impregnable; strong.
- Causing unusual rapidity of play or action.
- (computing, of a piece of hardware) Able to transfer data in a short period of time.
- Deep or sound (of sleep); fast asleep (of people).
- Moving with great speed, or capable of doing so; swift, rapid; light.
- (nuclear physics, of a neutron) Having a kinetic energy between 1 million and 20 million electron volts; often used to describe the energy state of free neutrons at the moment of their release by a nuclear fission or nuclear fusion reaction (i.e., before the neutrons have been slowed down by anything).
- (of dyes or colours) Not running or fading when subjected to detrimental conditions such as wetness or intense light; permanent.
- (of photographic film) More sensitive to light than average.
- Ahead of the correct time or schedule.
- (of people) Steadfast, with unwavering feeling. (Now mostly in set phrases like fast friend(s).)
noun
adv
- quickly or rapidly (often used as a combining form)
- firmly or closely
- Immediately following in place or time; close, very near .
- Quickly, with great speed; within a short time .
- In a firm or secure manner, securely; in such a way as not to be moved; safe, sound .
- Ahead of the correct time or schedule.
- (of sleeping) Deeply or soundly .
verb
- abstain from certain foods, as for religious or medical reasons
- abstain from eating
- (transitive, sciences) To cause (a person or animal) to abstain, especially from eating.
- (intransitive) To practice religious abstinence, especially from food.
- (intransitive) To reduce or limit one's nutrition intake for medical or health reasons, to diet.
intj
adj
noun
- That which remains; that which is left after loss or decay; a remaining portion.
- (religion) A part of the body of a saint, or an ancient religious object, kept for veneration.
- Something old and outdated, possibly kept for sentimental reasons.
- (cosmology) A particle or entity that has existed since the Big Bang.
- something of sentimental value
- an antiquity that has survived from the distant past
adj
verb
noun
- That which persists or remains following the removal or elimination of other elements.
- (modular arithmetic) A representative element of an equivalence class modulo some base, conventionally in the half-open interval from zero to the base; the nonnegative remainder after dividing a number by a base.
- (biochemistry) A molecule that is released from a polymer after bonds between neighbouring monomers are broken, such as an amino acid in a polypeptide chain.
- (law) Whatever property or effects are left in an estate after payment of all debts, other charges and deduction of what is specifically bequeathed by the testator.
- (chemistry) The substance that remains after evaporation, distillation, filtration or any similar process.
- (complex analysis) A form of complex number, proportional to the contour integral of a meromorphic function along a path enclosing one of its singularities.
- something left after other parts have been taken away
- matter that remains after something has been removed
adj
noun
- (chiefly UK, Ireland) A glass-walled and -roofed room in a house
- A large greenhouse or hothouse for the display of plants
- A storehouse.
- A music school or a drama school
- a greenhouse in which plants are arranged in a pleasing manner
- the faculty and students of a school specializing in one of the fine arts
- a schoolhouse with special facilities for fine arts
noun
- a means of preserving from harm or unpleasantness
- saving someone or something from harm or from an unpleasant situation
- (theology) the act of delivering from sin or saving from evil
- the state of being saved or preserved from harm
- (often with allusion to the previous sense) The act of saving, rescuing (in any context), providing needed safety or liberation; something that does this.
- (religion) The process of being saved, the state of having been saved (from hell).
- The process of being restored or made new for the purpose of becoming saved; the process of being rid of the old poor quality conditions and becoming improved.
verb
noun
- The process of preserving something by cooling.
- The process of transferring heat from an object in order to cool it.
- (medicine) The cooling of the body for therapeutic purposes.
- deliberately lowering the body's temperature for therapeutic purposes
- the process of cooling or freezing (e.g., food) for preservative purposes
verb
adj
noun
noun
- the inanimate property of something that has died
- the physical property of something that has lost its elasticity
- the quality of being unresponsive; not reacting; as a quality of people, it is marked by a failure to respond quickly or with emotion to people or events
- A lack of animation in a person.
- (philosophy) The state of not being alive; lifelessness.
- A lack of elasticity.
- A lack of sparkle in a fizzy drink.
noun
- the process of wasting
- anything lost by wear or waste
- (uncountable) The amount or proportion of something that is wasted or lost by deterioration or other natural process.
- (countable) Anything lost by wear or waste.
- (uncountable) The periodical turnover of personnel in an organisation by death, retirement or resignation, as perceived by those aspiring to promotion or appointment in the organisation.
- (hunting, countable) The act of abandoning animal carcasses or parts, usually illegal.
- (uncountable) Goods that are damaged, out of date, reduced, or generally unsaleable, which are destined to be thrown away and which are written off as a loss.
verb
- undergo decay or decomposition
- fall into decay or ruin
- lose a stored charge, magnetic flux, or current
- (transitive) To cause to rot or deteriorate.
- (intransitive, electronics, of storage media or the data on them) To undergo bit rot, that is, gradual degradation.
- (intransitive, computing, of software) To undergo software rot, that is, to fail to be updated in a changing environment, so as to eventually become legacy or obsolete.
- (intransitive, aviation) Loss of airspeed due to drag.
- (intransitive, transitive, physics, of a quantum system) To undergo optical decay, that is, to relax to a less excited state, usually by emitting a photon or phonon.
- (intransitive) To deteriorate, to get worse, to lose strength or health, to decline in quality.
- (intransitive, of organic material) To rot, to go bad.
- (programming, intransitive) Of an array: to lose its type and dimensions and be reduced to a pointer, for example when passed to a function.
- (intransitive, physics, of a satellite's orbit) To undergo prolonged reduction in altitude (above the orbited body).
- (intransitive, transitive, physics, chemistry, of an unstable atom) To change by undergoing fission, by emitting radiation, or by capturing or losing one or more electrons; to undergo radioactive decay.
noun
- the spontaneous disintegration of a radioactive substance along with the emission of ionizing radiation
- the organic phenomenon of rotting
- a gradual decrease; as of stored charge or current
- the process of gradually becoming inferior
- an inferior state resulting from the process of decaying
- (physics) Radioactive decay; decomposition of an atom or its nucleus.
- (programming) Array decay.
- Deterioration of condition; loss of status, quality, strength, or fortune.
- Continuous decrease of a quantity.
- (biology) Rot; any processes or result of organic matter being gradually decomposed, especially by microbial action.
- (physics) Particle decay; decomposition of a sub-atomic particle.
verb
- keep or lay aside for future use
- simple past of lie in
- (transitive, art) To add (something) to a painting, especially directly onto the blank canvas in the early stages of the work.
- (transitive) To put (something) aside for future use.
- (prison) To give a lay-in; to allow or require one to remain in one's cell, rather than work, due to injury or illness.
verb
- keep or lay aside for future use
- place, fit, or thrust (something) into another thing
- to insert between other elements
- make an application as for a job or funding
- set up for use
- break into a conversation
- (transitive) To place inside.
- (transitive) To fill in on a form or questionnaire; to use as an answer on a form or questionnaire.
- (transitive) To contribute.
- (transitive) To declare or make official
- (intransitive) To apply, request, or submit.
- (transitive) To install or deliver.
- (transitive) To plant a crop.
- (transitive) To make (a telephone call).
- (transitive, ditransitive) To imprison or place in a prison cell.
- (transitive, slang, African-American Vernacular) To injure the body of (someone).
verb
- keep or lay aside for future use
- find a place for and put away for storage
- (transitive, computing) To write (something) into memory or registers.
- (transitive) To stock, to fill (a container, repository, etc.) with things.
- To contain.
- Have the capacity and capability to contain.
- (transitive) To keep (something) while not in use, generally in a place meant for that purpose.
noun
- an electronic memory device
- a mercantile establishment for the retail sale of goods or services
- a supply of something available for future use
- a depository for goods
- A great quantity or number; abundance.
- A supply held in storage.
- A place where items may be accumulated or routinely kept.
- Ellipsis of store cattle beast: a head of store cattle (feeder cattle to be sold to others for finishing).
- (mainly North American) A building (or portion thereof) where items may be purchased.
adj
- having ceased to exist or live
- no longer in force or use; inactive
- (linguistics) (of a language) No longer spoken.
- (business) No longer in business or service, nor expected to be again; out of business.
- (computing) Specifically, of a process: having terminated but not having been reaped (by its parent or an inheritor), and thus still occupying a process slot. See also zombie, zombie process.
- No longer in use or active, nor expected to be again.
noun
verb
verb
- To perish; to cease to exist; to become lost or extinct.
- followed by of as an indication of direct cause; general use:
- (intransitive) To stop living; to become dead; to undergo death.
- (intransitive, of a machine) To stop working; to break down or otherwise lose "vitality".
- (intransitive, figuratively) To yearn intensely.
- (intransitive, uncommon, idiomatic) To be or become hated or utterly ignored or cut off, as if dead.
- (intransitive, colloquial, hyperbolic) To be mortified or shocked by a situation.
- (video games, slang) To lose or be eliminated from a game, particularly with a deathlike animation.
- (intransitive, figuratively) To become spiritually dead; to lose hope.
- (in bare form) to die in a certain form.
- To sink; to faint; to pine; to languish, with weakness, discouragement, love, etc.
- To become vapid, flat, or spiritless, as liquor.
- (now sometimes proscribed) followed by to as an indication of direct cause (like from):
- (still current) followed by with as an indication of manner:
- (transitive) To (stop living and) undergo (a specified death).
- (intransitive, of a legislative bill or resolution) To expire at the end of the session of a legislature without having been brought to a vote.
- (intransitive, figurative, hyperbolic) To be so overcome with emotion or laughter as to be incapacitated.
- followed by for; often expressing wider contextual motivations, though sometimes indicating direct causes:
- (of a stand-up comedian or a joke, slang) To fail to evoke laughter from the audience.
- (often with "to") To become indifferent; to cease to be subject.
- followed by from as an indication of direct cause; general use, though somewhat more common in the context of medicine or the sciences:
- (intransitive, of a computer program) To abort, to terminate (as an error condition).
- (architecture) To disappear gradually in another surface, as where mouldings are lost in a sloped or curved face.
- be brought to or as if to the point of death by an intense emotion such as embarrassment, amusement, or shame
- lose sparkle or bouquet
- pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life
- suffer or face the pain of death
- suffer spiritual death; be damned (in the religious sense)
- stop operating or functioning
- languish as with love or desire
- feel indifferent towards
- disappear or come to an end
- to be on base at the end of an inning, of a player
- cut or shape with a die
adv
noun
- (semiconductors, plural also dice) An oblong chip fractured from a semiconductor wafer engineered to perform as an independent device or integrated circuit.
- A device used to cut an external screw thread. (Internal screw threads are cut with a tap.)
- A mold for forming metal or plastic objects.
- An embossed device used in stamping coins and medals.
- An isohedral polyhedron, usually a cube, with numbers or symbols on each side and thrown in games of chance.
- The cubical part of a pedestal; a plinth.
- A device for cutting into a specified shape.
- Any small cubical or square body.
- a small cube with 1 to 6 spots on the six faces; used in gambling to generate random numbers
- a device used for shaping metal
- a cutting tool that is fitted into a diestock and used for cutting male (external) screw threads on screws or bolts or pipes or rods
noun
- The action of erasing; deletion; obliteration.
- The state of having been erased; total blankness.
- The place where something has been erased.
- (sociology) A tendency to ignore or conceal an element of society.
- a correction made by erasing
- deletion by an act of expunging or erasing
- a surface area where something has been erased
verb
- To destroy or render something no longer usable or operable.
- To make something less enjoyable or likeable.
- (BDSM) To make (someone) have a ruined orgasm.
- To reveal the ending of (a story); to spoil.
- (transitive) To cause the fiscal ruin of; to bankrupt or drive out of business.
- (transitive, historical) To seduce or debauch, and thus harm the social standing of.
- To upset or overturn the plans or progress of, or to have a disastrous effect on something.
- To destroy (e.g. a city) so as to leave ruins.
- fall into ruin
- deprive of virginity
- reduce to ruins
- destroy or cause to fail
- destroy completely; damage irreparably
- reduce to bankruptcy
noun
- (uncountable) Complete financial loss; bankruptcy.
- (countable, sometimes in the plural) The remains of a destroyed or dilapidated construction, such as a house or castle.
- (uncountable) The state of being a ruin, destroyed or decayed.
- (BDSM) Clipping of ruined orgasm
- The act of ruining something.
- (uncountable) Something that leads to serious trouble or destruction.
- A change that destroys or defeats something; destruction; overthrow.
- failure that results in a loss of position or reputation
- an irrecoverable state of devastation and destruction
- an event that results in destruction
- destruction achieved by causing something to be wrecked or ruined
- the process of becoming dilapidated
- a ruined building
noun
- The decomposition of biological matter.
- The act of corrupting or making putrid, or state of being corrupt or putrid; decomposition or disorganization, in the process of putrefaction; putrefaction; deterioration.
- The act of corrupting or of impairing integrity, virtue, or moral principle; the state of being corrupted or debased; loss of purity or integrity.
- (computing) The destruction of data by manipulation of parts of it, either by deliberate or accidental human action or by imperfections in storage or transmission media.
- The product of corruption; putrid matter.
- (metalanguage) A nonstandard form of a word, expression, or text, especially when resulting from misunderstanding, transcription error, or mishearing. (See a usage note about this sense.)
- The act of changing, or of being changed, for the worse; departure from what is pure, simple, or correct.
- Something originally good or pure that has turned evil or impure; a perversion.
- Unethical administrative or executive practices (in government or business), including bribery (offering or receiving bribes), conflicts of interest, nepotism, embezzlement, and so on.
- lack of integrity or honesty (especially susceptibility to bribery); use of a position of trust for dishonest gain
- decay of matter (as by rot or oxidation)
- moral perversion; impairment of virtue and moral principles
- inducement (as of a public official) by improper means (as bribery) to violate duty (as by committing a felony)
- in a state of progressive putrefaction
- destroying someone's (or some group's) honesty or loyalty; undermining moral integrity
verb
noun
- (uncountable) The meat from this bird eaten as food.
- Any of various small game birds of the genera Coturnix, Anurophasis or Perdicula in the Old World family Phasianidae or of the New World family Odontophoridae.
- small gallinaceous game birds
- flesh of quail; suitable for roasting or broiling if young; otherwise must be braised
verb
adj
noun
adj
verb
noun
- in a decomposed state
- the analysis of a vector field
- (biology) the process of decay caused by bacterial or fungal action
- (chemistry) separation of a substance into two or more substances that may differ from each other and from the original substance
- the organic phenomenon of rotting
- The act of taking something apart, e.g. for analysis.
- The splitting (of e.g. a matrix, an atom, or a compound) into constituent parts.
- A biological process through which organic material is reduced to e.g. compost.
noun
- in a decomposed state
- a loss (or serious disruption) of organization in some system
- separation into component parts
- the spontaneous disintegration of a radioactive substance along with the emission of ionizing radiation
- total destruction
- (nuclear physics) The process of radioactive decay.
- The radioactive decay of a single atom.
- A process by which anything disintegrates.
- The condition of anything which has disintegrated.
- (geology) The wearing away or falling to pieces of rocks or strata, produced by atmospheric action, frost, ice, etc.
noun
- The state of being preserved, how something has survived.
- the condition of being (well or ill) preserved
- The act of preserving; care to preserve; act of keeping from destruction, decay or any ill.
- a process that saves organic substances from decay
- the activity of protecting something from loss or danger
- an occurrence of improvement by virtue of preventing loss or injury or other change
noun
- the state of being decayed or destroyed
- The state of being desolated or laid waste
- sadness resulting from being forsaken or abandoned
- an event that results in total destruction
- a bleak and desolate atmosphere
- The act of desolating or laying waste; destruction of inhabitants; depopulation.
- A place or country wasted and forsaken.
noun
- the state of being decayed or destroyed
- the feeling of being confounded or overwhelmed
- the termination of something by causing so much damage to it that it cannot be repaired or no longer exists
- an event that results in total destruction
- plundering with excessive damage and destruction
- The act of devastating, or the state of being devastated; a laying waste.
- (law) Waste or misapplication of the assets of a deceased person by an executor or administrator; devastavit.
noun
- the act of retaining something
- something owned; any tangible or intangible possession that is owned by someone
- (sports) A foul consisting of impermissibly restricting the movement of an opposing player with the hands or stick.
- Something that one owns, especially stocks and bonds.
- (in texts about Russia, nonstandard) A holding company, or other kind of company (by back-translation from Russian холдинг (xolding)).
- A tenure; a farm or other estate held of another.
- A determination of law made by a court.
verb
noun
- the act of retaining something
- the power of retaining liquid
- the power of retaining and recalling past experience
- (law) The right to withhold a debt, or of retaining property until a debt due to the person claiming the right is duly paid; a lien.
- Memory; what is retained in the mind.
- The act of retaining or something retained.
- (insurance) The portion of a potential damage that must be paid for by the holder of an insurance policy.
- The act or power of remembering things.
- (medicine) The length of time a patient remains in treatment.
- (medicine) The involuntary withholding of urine and faeces.
noun
- the freezing of a seriously ill or recently deceased person to stop tissues from decomposing; the body is preserved until new medical cures are developed that might bring the person back to life
- The cryopreservation of a person with medical needs that cannot be met by available medicine until resuscitation and healing by future medicine is possible.
noun
- Decaying matter.
- (uncountable) Verbal nonsense.
- (chiefly in compounds) Any of several diseases in which breakdown of tissue occurs.
- The process of becoming rotten; putrefaction.
- unacceptable behavior (especially ludicrously false statements)
- (biology) the process of decay caused by bacterial or fungal action
- a state of decay usually accompanied by an offensive odor
verb
- (transitive) To make putrid; to cause to be wholly or partially decomposed by natural processes.
- (intransitive) To suffer decomposition due to biological action, especially by fungi or bacteria.
- (intransitive) To decline in function or utility.
- (ambitransitive) To (cause to) deteriorate in any way, as in morals; to corrupt.
- (transitive) To expose, as flax, to a process of maceration, etc., for the purpose of separating the fiber; to ret.
- (intransitive, figurative) To spend a long period of time (in an unpleasant place or state).
- break down
- become physically weaker
noun
- That which remains; that which is left after loss or decay; a remaining portion.
- (religion) A part of the body of a saint, or an ancient religious object, kept for veneration.
- Something old and outdated, possibly kept for sentimental reasons.
- (cosmology) A particle or entity that has existed since the Big Bang.
- something of sentimental value
- an antiquity that has survived from the distant past
adj
verb
noun
- That which persists or remains following the removal or elimination of other elements.
- (modular arithmetic) A representative element of an equivalence class modulo some base, conventionally in the half-open interval from zero to the base; the nonnegative remainder after dividing a number by a base.
- (biochemistry) A molecule that is released from a polymer after bonds between neighbouring monomers are broken, such as an amino acid in a polypeptide chain.
- (law) Whatever property or effects are left in an estate after payment of all debts, other charges and deduction of what is specifically bequeathed by the testator.
- (chemistry) The substance that remains after evaporation, distillation, filtration or any similar process.
- (complex analysis) A form of complex number, proportional to the contour integral of a meromorphic function along a path enclosing one of its singularities.
- something left after other parts have been taken away
- matter that remains after something has been removed
noun
- a means of preserving from harm or unpleasantness
- saving someone or something from harm or from an unpleasant situation
- (theology) the act of delivering from sin or saving from evil
- the state of being saved or preserved from harm
- (often with allusion to the previous sense) The act of saving, rescuing (in any context), providing needed safety or liberation; something that does this.
- (religion) The process of being saved, the state of having been saved (from hell).
- The process of being restored or made new for the purpose of becoming saved; the process of being rid of the old poor quality conditions and becoming improved.
verb
noun
- The process of preserving something by cooling.
- The process of transferring heat from an object in order to cool it.
- (medicine) The cooling of the body for therapeutic purposes.
- deliberately lowering the body's temperature for therapeutic purposes
- the process of cooling or freezing (e.g., food) for preservative purposes
noun
- the inanimate property of something that has died
- the physical property of something that has lost its elasticity
- the quality of being unresponsive; not reacting; as a quality of people, it is marked by a failure to respond quickly or with emotion to people or events
- A lack of animation in a person.
- (philosophy) The state of not being alive; lifelessness.
- A lack of elasticity.
- A lack of sparkle in a fizzy drink.
noun
- the process of wasting
- anything lost by wear or waste
- (uncountable) The amount or proportion of something that is wasted or lost by deterioration or other natural process.
- (countable) Anything lost by wear or waste.
- (uncountable) The periodical turnover of personnel in an organisation by death, retirement or resignation, as perceived by those aspiring to promotion or appointment in the organisation.
- (hunting, countable) The act of abandoning animal carcasses or parts, usually illegal.
- (uncountable) Goods that are damaged, out of date, reduced, or generally unsaleable, which are destined to be thrown away and which are written off as a loss.
noun
- The action of erasing; deletion; obliteration.
- The state of having been erased; total blankness.
- The place where something has been erased.
- (sociology) A tendency to ignore or conceal an element of society.
- a correction made by erasing
- deletion by an act of expunging or erasing
- a surface area where something has been erased
noun
- The decomposition of biological matter.
- The act of corrupting or making putrid, or state of being corrupt or putrid; decomposition or disorganization, in the process of putrefaction; putrefaction; deterioration.
- The act of corrupting or of impairing integrity, virtue, or moral principle; the state of being corrupted or debased; loss of purity or integrity.
- (computing) The destruction of data by manipulation of parts of it, either by deliberate or accidental human action or by imperfections in storage or transmission media.
- The product of corruption; putrid matter.
- (metalanguage) A nonstandard form of a word, expression, or text, especially when resulting from misunderstanding, transcription error, or mishearing. (See a usage note about this sense.)
- The act of changing, or of being changed, for the worse; departure from what is pure, simple, or correct.
- Something originally good or pure that has turned evil or impure; a perversion.
- Unethical administrative or executive practices (in government or business), including bribery (offering or receiving bribes), conflicts of interest, nepotism, embezzlement, and so on.
- lack of integrity or honesty (especially susceptibility to bribery); use of a position of trust for dishonest gain
- decay of matter (as by rot or oxidation)
- moral perversion; impairment of virtue and moral principles
- inducement (as of a public official) by improper means (as bribery) to violate duty (as by committing a felony)
- in a state of progressive putrefaction
- destroying someone's (or some group's) honesty or loyalty; undermining moral integrity
noun
adj
verb
verb
- be or become preserved
- make (substances) hard and improve their usability
- provide a cure for, make healthy again
- prepare by drying, salting, or chemical processing in order to preserve
- (intransitive) To undergo a chemical or physical process for preservation or use.
- (transitive) To cause to be rid of (a defect).
- (transitive) To prepare or alter, especially by chemical or physical processing for keeping or use.
- (intransitive) To bring about a cure of any kind.
- (transitive) To bring (a disease or its bad effects) to an end.
- (intransitive) To solidify or gel.
- (transitive) To restore to health.
- To preserve (food), typically by salting.
noun
- a medicine or therapy that cures disease or relieve pain
- A process of preservation, as by smoking.
- Cured fish.
- (figurative) A solution to a problem.
- An act of healing or state of being healed; restoration to health after a disease, or to soundness after injury.
- Spiritual charge; care of soul; the office of a parish priest or of a curate.
- A process of solidification or gelling.
- (engineering) A process whereby a material is caused to form permanent molecular linkages by exposure to chemicals, heat, pressure or weathering.
- A method, device or medication that restores good health.
- That which is committed to the charge of a parish priest or of a curate.
verb
- To destroy (something) gradually by an ongoing process.
- To physically corrode or erode (something) gradually.
- (specifically) Chiefly followed by at: of a circumstance, incident, etc.: to cause (someone) to feel guilty, troubled, or worried; to bother (see eat away at).
- wear away or erode
- remove soil or rock
verb
noun
verb
adj
noun
verb
- undergo decay or decomposition
- fall into decay or ruin
- lose a stored charge, magnetic flux, or current
- (transitive) To cause to rot or deteriorate.
- (intransitive, electronics, of storage media or the data on them) To undergo bit rot, that is, gradual degradation.
- (intransitive, computing, of software) To undergo software rot, that is, to fail to be updated in a changing environment, so as to eventually become legacy or obsolete.
- (intransitive, aviation) Loss of airspeed due to drag.
- (intransitive, transitive, physics, of a quantum system) To undergo optical decay, that is, to relax to a less excited state, usually by emitting a photon or phonon.
- (intransitive) To deteriorate, to get worse, to lose strength or health, to decline in quality.
- (intransitive, of organic material) To rot, to go bad.
- (programming, intransitive) Of an array: to lose its type and dimensions and be reduced to a pointer, for example when passed to a function.
- (intransitive, physics, of a satellite's orbit) To undergo prolonged reduction in altitude (above the orbited body).
- (intransitive, transitive, physics, chemistry, of an unstable atom) To change by undergoing fission, by emitting radiation, or by capturing or losing one or more electrons; to undergo radioactive decay.
noun
- the spontaneous disintegration of a radioactive substance along with the emission of ionizing radiation
- the organic phenomenon of rotting
- a gradual decrease; as of stored charge or current
- the process of gradually becoming inferior
- an inferior state resulting from the process of decaying
- (physics) Radioactive decay; decomposition of an atom or its nucleus.
- (programming) Array decay.
- Deterioration of condition; loss of status, quality, strength, or fortune.
- Continuous decrease of a quantity.
- (biology) Rot; any processes or result of organic matter being gradually decomposed, especially by microbial action.
- (physics) Particle decay; decomposition of a sub-atomic particle.
verb
- keep or lay aside for future use
- simple past of lie in
- (transitive, art) To add (something) to a painting, especially directly onto the blank canvas in the early stages of the work.
- (transitive) To put (something) aside for future use.
- (prison) To give a lay-in; to allow or require one to remain in one's cell, rather than work, due to injury or illness.
verb
- keep or lay aside for future use
- place, fit, or thrust (something) into another thing
- to insert between other elements
- make an application as for a job or funding
- set up for use
- break into a conversation
- (transitive) To place inside.
- (transitive) To fill in on a form or questionnaire; to use as an answer on a form or questionnaire.
- (transitive) To contribute.
- (transitive) To declare or make official
- (intransitive) To apply, request, or submit.
- (transitive) To install or deliver.
- (transitive) To plant a crop.
- (transitive) To make (a telephone call).
- (transitive, ditransitive) To imprison or place in a prison cell.
- (transitive, slang, African-American Vernacular) To injure the body of (someone).
verb
- keep or lay aside for future use
- find a place for and put away for storage
- (transitive, computing) To write (something) into memory or registers.
- (transitive) To stock, to fill (a container, repository, etc.) with things.
- To contain.
- Have the capacity and capability to contain.
- (transitive) To keep (something) while not in use, generally in a place meant for that purpose.
noun
- an electronic memory device
- a mercantile establishment for the retail sale of goods or services
- a supply of something available for future use
- a depository for goods
- A great quantity or number; abundance.
- A supply held in storage.
- A place where items may be accumulated or routinely kept.
- Ellipsis of store cattle beast: a head of store cattle (feeder cattle to be sold to others for finishing).
- (mainly North American) A building (or portion thereof) where items may be purchased.
verb
- To perish; to cease to exist; to become lost or extinct.
- followed by of as an indication of direct cause; general use:
- (intransitive) To stop living; to become dead; to undergo death.
- (intransitive, of a machine) To stop working; to break down or otherwise lose "vitality".
- (intransitive, figuratively) To yearn intensely.
- (intransitive, uncommon, idiomatic) To be or become hated or utterly ignored or cut off, as if dead.
- (intransitive, colloquial, hyperbolic) To be mortified or shocked by a situation.
- (video games, slang) To lose or be eliminated from a game, particularly with a deathlike animation.
- (intransitive, figuratively) To become spiritually dead; to lose hope.
- (in bare form) to die in a certain form.
- To sink; to faint; to pine; to languish, with weakness, discouragement, love, etc.
- To become vapid, flat, or spiritless, as liquor.
- (now sometimes proscribed) followed by to as an indication of direct cause (like from):
- (still current) followed by with as an indication of manner:
- (transitive) To (stop living and) undergo (a specified death).
- (intransitive, of a legislative bill or resolution) To expire at the end of the session of a legislature without having been brought to a vote.
- (intransitive, figurative, hyperbolic) To be so overcome with emotion or laughter as to be incapacitated.
- followed by for; often expressing wider contextual motivations, though sometimes indicating direct causes:
- (of a stand-up comedian or a joke, slang) To fail to evoke laughter from the audience.
- (often with "to") To become indifferent; to cease to be subject.
- followed by from as an indication of direct cause; general use, though somewhat more common in the context of medicine or the sciences:
- (intransitive, of a computer program) To abort, to terminate (as an error condition).
- (architecture) To disappear gradually in another surface, as where mouldings are lost in a sloped or curved face.
- be brought to or as if to the point of death by an intense emotion such as embarrassment, amusement, or shame
- lose sparkle or bouquet
- pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life
- suffer or face the pain of death
- suffer spiritual death; be damned (in the religious sense)
- stop operating or functioning
- languish as with love or desire
- feel indifferent towards
- disappear or come to an end
- to be on base at the end of an inning, of a player
- cut or shape with a die
adv
noun
- (semiconductors, plural also dice) An oblong chip fractured from a semiconductor wafer engineered to perform as an independent device or integrated circuit.
- A device used to cut an external screw thread. (Internal screw threads are cut with a tap.)
- A mold for forming metal or plastic objects.
- An embossed device used in stamping coins and medals.
- An isohedral polyhedron, usually a cube, with numbers or symbols on each side and thrown in games of chance.
- The cubical part of a pedestal; a plinth.
- A device for cutting into a specified shape.
- Any small cubical or square body.
- a small cube with 1 to 6 spots on the six faces; used in gambling to generate random numbers
- a device used for shaping metal
- a cutting tool that is fitted into a diestock and used for cutting male (external) screw threads on screws or bolts or pipes or rods
verb
- To destroy or render something no longer usable or operable.
- To make something less enjoyable or likeable.
- (BDSM) To make (someone) have a ruined orgasm.
- To reveal the ending of (a story); to spoil.
- (transitive) To cause the fiscal ruin of; to bankrupt or drive out of business.
- (transitive, historical) To seduce or debauch, and thus harm the social standing of.
- To upset or overturn the plans or progress of, or to have a disastrous effect on something.
- To destroy (e.g. a city) so as to leave ruins.
- fall into ruin
- deprive of virginity
- reduce to ruins
- destroy or cause to fail
- destroy completely; damage irreparably
- reduce to bankruptcy
noun
- (uncountable) Complete financial loss; bankruptcy.
- (countable, sometimes in the plural) The remains of a destroyed or dilapidated construction, such as a house or castle.
- (uncountable) The state of being a ruin, destroyed or decayed.
- (BDSM) Clipping of ruined orgasm
- The act of ruining something.
- (uncountable) Something that leads to serious trouble or destruction.
- A change that destroys or defeats something; destruction; overthrow.
- failure that results in a loss of position or reputation
- an irrecoverable state of devastation and destruction
- an event that results in destruction
- destruction achieved by causing something to be wrecked or ruined
- the process of becoming dilapidated
- a ruined building
verb
noun
- (uncountable) The meat from this bird eaten as food.
- Any of various small game birds of the genera Coturnix, Anurophasis or Perdicula in the Old World family Phasianidae or of the New World family Odontophoridae.
- small gallinaceous game birds
- flesh of quail; suitable for roasting or broiling if young; otherwise must be braised
verb
adj
adj
- damaged by decay; hence unsound and useless
- having decayed or disintegrated; usually implies foulness
- very bad
- Bad or terrible.
- (UK, Ireland, Australia, slang) Very drunk, intoxicated.
- Of perishable items, overridden with bacteria and other infectious agents.
- Cruel, mean or immoral.
- Of stone or rock, crumbling or friable; in a loose or disintegrated state.
- In a state of decay.
adv
adj
- resistant to destruction or fading
- hurried and brief
- unrestrained by convention or morality
- (of a photographic lens or emulsion) causing a shortening of exposure time
- securely fixed in place
- (of surfaces) conducive to rapid speeds
- at a rapid tempo
- (used of timepieces) indicating a time ahead of or later than the correct time
- acting or moving or capable of acting or moving quickly
- unwavering in devotion to friend or vow or cause
- Of a place, characterised by business, hustle and bustle, etc.
- Firm against attack; fortified by nature or art; impregnable; strong.
- Causing unusual rapidity of play or action.
- (computing, of a piece of hardware) Able to transfer data in a short period of time.
- Deep or sound (of sleep); fast asleep (of people).
- Moving with great speed, or capable of doing so; swift, rapid; light.
- (nuclear physics, of a neutron) Having a kinetic energy between 1 million and 20 million electron volts; often used to describe the energy state of free neutrons at the moment of their release by a nuclear fission or nuclear fusion reaction (i.e., before the neutrons have been slowed down by anything).
- (of dyes or colours) Not running or fading when subjected to detrimental conditions such as wetness or intense light; permanent.
- (of photographic film) More sensitive to light than average.
- Ahead of the correct time or schedule.
- (of people) Steadfast, with unwavering feeling. (Now mostly in set phrases like fast friend(s).)
noun
adv
- quickly or rapidly (often used as a combining form)
- firmly or closely
- Immediately following in place or time; close, very near .
- Quickly, with great speed; within a short time .
- In a firm or secure manner, securely; in such a way as not to be moved; safe, sound .
- Ahead of the correct time or schedule.
- (of sleeping) Deeply or soundly .
verb
- abstain from certain foods, as for religious or medical reasons
- abstain from eating
- (transitive, sciences) To cause (a person or animal) to abstain, especially from eating.
- (intransitive) To practice religious abstinence, especially from food.
- (intransitive) To reduce or limit one's nutrition intake for medical or health reasons, to diet.
intj
adj
adj
noun
- (chiefly UK, Ireland) A glass-walled and -roofed room in a house
- A large greenhouse or hothouse for the display of plants
- A storehouse.
- A music school or a drama school
- a greenhouse in which plants are arranged in a pleasing manner
- the faculty and students of a school specializing in one of the fine arts
- a schoolhouse with special facilities for fine arts
adj
- having ceased to exist or live
- no longer in force or use; inactive
- (linguistics) (of a language) No longer spoken.
- (business) No longer in business or service, nor expected to be again; out of business.
- (computing) Specifically, of a process: having terminated but not having been reaped (by its parent or an inheritor), and thus still occupying a process slot. See also zombie, zombie process.
- No longer in use or active, nor expected to be again.