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verb
- provide with a key
- To fit (a lock) with a key.
- vandalize a car by scratching the sides with a key
- identify as in botany or biology, for example
- regulate the musical pitch of
- harmonize with or adjust to
- To fit (pieces of a mechanical assembly) with a key to maintain the orientation between them.
- To provide an arch with a keystone.
- (advertising, transitive) To modify (an advertisement) so as to target a particular group or demographic.
- To fasten or secure firmly; to fasten or tighten with keys or wedges.
- To link (as one might do with a key or legend).
- (computing) (more usually to key in) To enter (information) by typing on a keyboard or keypad.
- To attune to; to set at; to pitch.
- (radio) To operate (the transmitter switch of a two-way radio).
- (telegraphy and radio telegraphy) To depress (a telegraph key).
- (intransitive, biology, chiefly taxonomy) To be identified as a certain taxon when using a key.
- To mark or indicate with a symbol indicating membership in a class.
- To prepare for plastering by adding the key (that part of the plastering which is forced through between the laths and holds the rest in place).
- (colloquial) To vandalize (a car, etc.) by scratching with an implement such as a key.
- Clipping of chromakey.
adj
noun
- a winged often one-seed indehiscent fruit as of the ash or elm or maple
- any of 24 major or minor diatonic scales that provide the tonal framework for a piece of music
- something crucial for explaining
- a kilogram of a narcotic drug
- a coral reef off the southern coast of Florida
- a lever (as in a keyboard) that actuates a mechanism when depressed
- a list of answers to a test
- pitch of the voice
- a generic term for any device whose possession entitles the holder to a means of access
- (basketball) a space (including the foul line) in front of the basket at each end of a basketball court; usually painted a different color from the rest of the court
- a list of words or phrases that explain symbols or abbreviations
- mechanical device used to wind another device that is driven by a spring (as a clock)
- metal device shaped in such a way that when it is inserted into the appropriate lock the lock's mechanism can be rotated
- the central building block at the top of an arch or vault
- (computing) One of several small, usually square buttons on a typewriter or computer keyboard, mostly corresponding to text characters.
- (historical) A manual electrical switching device primarily used for the transmission of Morse code.
- (cartomancy) The thirty-third card of the Lenormand deck.
- (architecture) A piece of wood used as a wedge.
- (figurative) The general pitch or tone of a sentence or utterance.
- In musical theory and notation, the tonality centering in a given tone, or the several tones taken collectively, of a given scale, major or minor.
- In musical instruments, one of the valve levers used to select notes, such as a lever opening a hole on a woodwind.
- (biology) A series of logically organized groups of discriminating information which aims to allow the user to correctly identify a taxon.
- In instruments with a keyboard such as an organ or piano, one of the levers, or especially the exposed front end of it, which are depressed to cause a particular sound or note to be produced.
- (print and film) The black ink layer, especially in relation to the three color layers of cyan, magenta, and yellow. See also CMYK.
- (computer graphics, television) A color to be masked or made transparent.
- (Internet) A password restricting access to an IRC channel.
- A guide to the correct answers of a worksheet or test.
- (countable) An object designed to open and close a lock.
- (music) A scale or group of pitches constituting the basis of a musical composition.
- (slang) A kilogram, especially of a recreational drug.
- In musical theory, the total melodic and harmonic relations, which exist between the tones of an ideal scale, major or minor; tonality.
- A crucial step or requirement.
- (databases) In a relational database, a field used as an index into another table (not necessarily unique).
- (masonry) A keystone.
- In musical notation, a sign at the head of a staff indicating the musical key.
- That part of the plastering which is forced through between the laths and holds the rest in place.
- (basketball) The free-throw lane together with the circle surrounding the free-throw line, the free-throw lane having formerly been narrower, giving the area the shape of a skeleton key hole.
- (cryptography) A piece of information (e.g., a password or passphrase) used to encode or decode a message or messages.
- (computing) A value that uniquely identifies an entry in a container.
- Any of various tools comparable to a wrench (spanner) or driver, or, in some cases, also called a wrench or driver.
- An object designed to fit between two other objects (such as a shaft and a wheel) in a mechanism and maintain their relative orientation.
- Alternative form of quay.
- A small guide explaining symbols or terminology, especially the legend on a map or chart.
- The degree of roughness, or retention ability of a surface to have applied a liquid such as paint, or glue.
- (advertising) A modification of an advertisement so as to target a particular group or demographic.
- The lowest note of a scale; keynote.
- (rail transport) A wooden wedge, driven sideways between a bullhead rail and a cast-iron chair, to keep the rail securely in position.
- (Australian rules football) A key position player (a tall forward or defender).
- One of a string of small islands.
- (architecture) The last board of a floor when laid down.
- (botany) An indehiscent, one-seeded fruit furnished with a wing, such as the fruit of the ash and maple; a samara.
noun
verb
- change key
- put (a piece of music) into another key
- cause to change places
- change the order or arrangement of
- transfer a quantity from one side of an equation to the other side reversing its sign, in order to maintain equality
- transfer from one place or period to another
- exchange positions without a change in value
- (transitive, algebra) To move (a term) from one side of an algebraic equation to the other, reversing the sign of the term.
- (transitive, graph theory) To reverse the direction of every edge of (a graph).
- (transitive, law, chiefly of the European Union) To give force to a directive by passing appropriate implementation measures.
- (intransitive, chess) To reach a position that may also be obtained from a different move order.
- (transitive, music) To rewrite or perform (a piece) in another key.
- (transitive) To reverse or change the order of (two or more things); to swap or interchange.
- (transitive, linear algebra) To rearrange elements in a matrix, by interchanging their respective row and column positional indicators.
noun
- a matrix formed by interchanging the rows and columns of a given matrix
- (graph theory) A graph whose every edge has had its direction reversed.
- (linear algebra) The matrix derived from performing a transpose operation on a given matrix.
- (linear algebra) The process of rearranging elements in a matrix, by interchanging their respective row and column positional indicators.
adj
noun
- A master key.
- A key that has parts filed away so that it will open a range of locks.
- a passkey with much of the bit filed away so that it can open different locks
- A very simple design of key that usually has a cylindrical shaft (sometimes called a "shank") and a single, minimal flat, rectangular tooth or "bit".
noun
noun
adj
- fitted with or secured by a key
- set to a key or tone
- (Internet slang, originally 4chan slang) Praiseworthy and admirable, often through exhibiting independence and security; based.
- (mechanics, engineering, of a joint between components) Having a key, mated to a keyseat and/or keyway, to either control or prevent movement.
- (slang, African-American Vernacular) Intoxicated by recreational or illegal drugs; drunk or high.
verb
verb
- change the key of, in music
- adjust the pitch, tone, or volume of
- vary the pitch of one's speech
- vary the frequency, amplitude, phase, or other characteristic of (electromagnetic waves)
- fix or adjust the time, amount, degree, or rate of
- (transitive) To change the pitch, intensity or tone of one's voice or of a musical instrument
- (intransitive, music) to move from one key or tonality to another, especially by using a chord progression
- (transitive, electronics) to vary the amplitude, frequency or phase of a carrier wave in proportion to the amplitude etc of a source wave (such as speech or music)
noun
- Ellipsis of master key.
- key that secures entrance everywhere
- An expert at something.
- The original of a document or of a recording.
- (by extension, music) The copyright in a sound recording.
- (Freemasonry) A person holding an office of authority, especially the presiding officer.
- The owner of an animal or slave.
- Someone who employs others.
- Someone who has control over something or someone.
- (nautical) The captain of a merchant ship; a master mariner.
- (law) A parajudicial officer (such as a referee, an auditor, an examiner, or an assessor) specially appointed to help a court with its proceedings.
- A skilled artist.
- A person holding such a degree.
- (nautical, in combination) A vessel having a specified number of masts.
- A tradesman who is qualified to teach apprentices.
- (by extension) A person holding a similar office in other civic societies.
- (engineering, computing) A device that is controlling other devices or is an authoritative source.
- A master's degree; a type of postgraduate degree, usually undertaken after a bachelor degree.
- (film) The primary wide shot of a scene, into which the closeups will be edited later.
- (BDSM) A male dominant.
- a person who has general authority over others
- an original creation (i.e., an audio recording) from which copies can be made
- someone who holds a master's degree from academic institution
- an authority qualified to teach apprentices
- directs the work of others
- presiding officer of a school
- a combatant who is able to defeat rivals
- an artist of consummate skill
- an officer who is licensed to command a merchant ship
adj
verb
- (transitive) To become the master of; to subject to one's will, control, or authority; to conquer; to overpower; to subdue.
- (intransitive) To be a master.
- (transitive) To learn to a high degree of proficiency.
- (intransitive, usually with in) To earn a Master's degree.
- (transitive, especially of a musical performance) To make a master copy of.
- have a firm understanding or knowledge of; be on top of
- be or become completely proficient or skilled in
- have dominance or the power to defeat over
- get on top of; deal with successfully
noun
- The bit of a key.
- The thin, sharp part of a colter.
- (architecture) A section of a groin vault, separated by ribs.
- A plot or scheme.
- (usually with "spin", "weave", or similar verbs) A tall tale with more complexity than a myth or legend.
- (manufacturing) A continuous strip of material carried by rollers during processing.
- (rail transport) The thinner vertical section of a railway rail between the top (head) and bottom (foot) of the rail.
- (lithography) A long sheet of paper which is fed from a roll into a printing press, as opposed to individual sheets of paper.
- A thin metal sheet, plate, or strip, as of lead.
- The series of barbs implanted on each side of the shaft of a feather, whether stiff and united together by barbules, as in ordinary feathers, or soft and separate, as in downy feathers.
- (by extension) Any interconnected set of persons, places, or things, which, when diagrammed, resembles a spider's web.
- (baseball) The part of a baseball mitt between the forefinger and thumb, the webbing.
- The blade of a sword.
- A latticed or woven structure.
- The silken structure which a spider builds using silk secreted from the spinnerets at the caudal tip of its abdomen; a spiderweb.
- The interconnection between flanges in structural members, increasing the effective lever arm and so the load capacity of the member.
- The blade of a saw.
- A fold of tissue connecting the toes of certain birds, or of other animals.
- computer network consisting of a collection of internet sites that offer text and graphics and sound and animation resources through the hypertext transfer protocol
- an intricate network suggesting something that was formed by weaving or interweaving
- the flattened weblike part of a feather consisting of a series of barbs on either side of the shaft
- an interconnected system of things or people
- a fabric (especially a fabric in the process of being woven)
- membrane connecting the toes of some aquatic birds and mammals
- an intricate trap that entangles or ensnares its victim
name
verb
noun
- (computing) escape key
- (programming) The text character represented by 27 (decimal) or 1B (hexadecimal).
- (botany) A cultivated plant found growing as though wild, dispersed by some agency.
- (snooker) A successful shot from a snooker position.
- A holiday, viewed as time away from the vicissitudes of life.
- Something that has escaped; an escapee.
- Leakage or outflow, as of steam or a liquid, or an electric current through defective insulation.
- The act of leaving a dangerous or unpleasant situation.
- (architecture) An apophyge.
- (manufacturing) A defective product that is allowed to leave a manufacturing facility.
- nonperformance of something distasteful (as by deceit or trickery) that you are supposed to do
- the discharge of a fluid from some container
- the act of escaping physically
- an inclination to retreat from unpleasant realities through diversion or fantasy
- an avoidance of danger or difficulty
- a plant originally cultivated but now growing wild
- a means or way of escaping
- a valve in a container in which pressure can build up (as a steam boiler); it opens automatically when the pressure reaches a dangerous level
verb
- (transitive) To avoid (any unpleasant person or thing); to elude, get away from.
- (transitive) To elude the observation or notice of; to not be seen or remembered by.
- (transitive, computing) To cause (a single character, or all such characters in a string) to be interpreted literally, instead of with any special meaning it would usually have in the same context, often by prefixing with another character.
- (intransitive) To get free; to free oneself.
- (computing) To halt a program or command by pressing a key (such as the "Esc" key) or combination of keys.
- (intransitive) To avoid capture; to get away with something, avoid punishment.
- be incomprehensible to; escape understanding by
- flee; take to one's heels; cut and run
- escape potentially unpleasant consequences; get away with a forbidden action
- fail to experience
- remove oneself from a familiar environment, usually for pleasure or diversion
- run away from confinement
- issue or leak, as from a small opening
noun
- A device or component for holding a key.
- (BDSM) A dominant partner who locks their submissive partner in a chastity belt or chastity cage, or otherwise controls whether the submissive partner is able or allowed to receive orgasms or sexual stimulation.
- One who holds the key for security reasons.
- (cryptography) The individual or organization with access to a cryptographic key.
noun
noun
- The part of a key that is not inserted into the lock and that is used to turn the key.
- (music) A rod with horsehair (or an artificial substitute) stretched between the ends, used for playing various stringed musical instruments.
- A stringed instrument (chordophone), consisting of a stick with a single taut cord stretched between the ends, most often played by plucking.
- (nautical) A crude sort of quadrant formerly used for taking the sun's altitude at sea.
- A type of knot with two loops, used to tie together two cords such as shoelaces or apron strings, and frequently used as decoration, such as in gift-wrapping.
- (nautical) The front of a boat or ship.
- (saddlery) Two pieces of wood which form the arched forward part of a saddle tree.
- Alternative form of bao; any of several Chinese buns and breads
- (archery) A weapon made of a curved piece of wood or other flexible material whose ends are connected by a string, used for shooting arrows.
- Either of the two handles of a pair of scissors.
- Either of the arms of a pair of spectacles, running from the side of the lens to behind the wearer's ear.
- Anything bent or curved, such as a rainbow.
- Any instrument consisting of an elastic rod, with ends connected by a string, employed for giving reciprocating motion to a drill, or for preparing and arranging hair, fur, etc., used by hatters.
- Ellipsis of bow-wow
- The U-shaped piece which goes around the neck of an ox and fastens it to the yoke.
- A curved bend in a rod or planar surface, or in a linear formation such as a river (see oxbow).
- A gesture, usually showing respect, made by inclining the head or bending forward at the waist; a reverence
- (rowing) The rower that sits in the seat closest to the bow of the boat.
- something curved in shape
- a decorative interlacing of ribbons
- a weapon for shooting arrows, composed of a curved piece of resilient wood with a taut cord to propel the arrow
- a slightly curved piece of resilient wood with taut horsehair strands; used in playing certain stringed instruments
- a stroke with a curved piece of wood with taut horsehair strands that is used in playing stringed instruments
- a knot with two loops and loose ends; used to tie shoelaces
- an appearance by actors or performers at the end of the concert or play in order to acknowledge the applause of the audience
- bending the head or body or knee as a sign of reverence or submission or shame or greeting
- front part of a vessel or aircraft
intj
verb
- (intransitive) To bend oneself as a gesture of respect or deference.
- (ergative) To bend or curve, particularly downward.
- (transitive and intransitive) To debut.
- (transitive, figurative) To exercise powerful or controlling influence over; to bend or incline, figuratively; to humble or subdue.
- about to
- (transitive) To give a direction, indication, or command to by bowing.
- Ellipsis of bow-wow
- (intransitive) To defer (to something).
- To play music on (a stringed) instrument using a bow.
- bend one's back forward from the waist on down
- bend one's knee or body, or lower one's head
- yield to another's wish or opinion
- bend the head or the upper part of the body in a gesture of respect or greeting
- play on a stringed instrument with a bow
noun
- key that secures entrance everywhere
- A key, especially in a hotel, that allows someone in authority to open any door.
- (computing, especially since the 2020s) A cryptographic key that is tied to specific devices or cloud accounts and is meant to be used instead of a password.
- A key for entering a house or other building.
noun
- The part of a key that is inserted into the lock.
- Ellipsis of razor blade.
- (sailing) The rudder, daggerboard, or centerboard of a vessel.
- Thin plate, foil.
- (mathematics) An exterior product of vectors. (The product may have more than two factors. Also, a scalar counts as a 0-blade, a vector as a 1-blade; an exterior product of k vectors may be called a k-blade.)
- (climbing) Synonym of knifeblade.
- (ultimate frisbee) A throw characterized by a tight parabolic trajectory due to a steep lateral attitude.
- (athletics, informal) An artificial foot used by amputee athletes, shaped like an upside-down question mark.
- A bulldozer or surface-grading machine with mechanically adjustable blade that is nominally perpendicular to the forward motion of the vehicle.
- The (typically sharp-edged) part of a knife, sword, razor, or other tool with which it cuts.
- (archaeology) A piece of prepared, sharp-edged stone, often flint, at least twice as long as it is wide; a long flake of ground-edge stone or knapped vitreous stone.
- (architecture, in the plural) The principal rafters of a roof.
- (uncountable, music) The quality of singing with a pure, resonant sound; especially of a countertenor.
- (botany) The thin, flat part of a plant leaf, attached to a stem (petiole).
- A cut of beef from near the shoulder blade (part of the chuck).
- (slang, chiefly US) A homosexual, usually male.
- (computing) Ellipsis of blade server.
- (metonymic) A sword or knife.
- (photography) One of a series of small plates that make up the aperture or the shutter of a camera.
- (slang, chiefly US) An area of a city which is commonly known for prostitution.
- (biology) The four large shell plates on the sides, and the five large ones of the middle, of the carapace of the sea turtle, which yield the best tortoise shell.
- The flat functional end or piece of a propeller, oar, hockey stick, chisel, screwdriver, skate, etc.
- A flat bone, especially the shoulder blade.
- (chiefly phonetics, phonology) The part of the tongue just behind the tip, used to make laminal consonants.
- The narrow leaf of a grass or cereal.
- something long and thin resembling a blade of grass
- a cutting or thrusting weapon that has a long metal blade and a hilt with a hand guard
- flat surface that rotates and pushes against air or water
- a cut of beef from the shoulder blade
- a broad flat body part (as of the shoulder or tongue)
- especially a leaf of grass or the broad portion of a leaf as distinct from the petiole
- the flat part of a tool or weapon that (usually) has a cutting edge
- a dashing young man
- the part of the skate that slides on the ice
verb
verb
- use a shift key on a keyboard
- change gears
- change place or direction
- move around
- make a shift in or exchange of
- change in quality
- move very slightly
- move and exchange for another
- move abruptly
- move sideways or in an unsteady way
- lay aside, abandon, or leave for another
- change phonetically as part of a systematic historical change
- move from one setting or context to another
- (transitive, sometimes figurative) To move from one place to another; to redistribute.
- (typewriters) To move the keys of a typewriter over in order to type capital letters or special characters.
- (ergative, figurative) To change in form or character; switch.
- (computer keyboards) To switch to a character entry mode for capital letters or special characters.
- (intransitive) To use meditation or other means to change the reality that one's consciousness resides in.
- (intransitive, India) To change residence; to leave and live elsewhere.
- (transitive, computing) To manipulate a binary number by moving all of its digits left or right; compare rotate.
- (Ireland, vulgar, slang, transitive) To engage in sexual petting with.
- (intransitive) To practice indirect or evasive methods; to contrive.
- (intransitive) To hurry; to move quickly.
- (intransitive) To change gears (in an automobile).
- (Minecraft, video games) To crouch in game, especially if the shift key is pressed to initiate crouching.
- (Nigeria, slang) To steal or kidnap.
- (transitive, computing) To remove (the first value from an array).
- (transitive) To dispose of, remove.
- (intransitive, sometimes reflexive and figurative) To change position; to move.
- (intransitive, music) In violin-playing, to move the left hand from its original position next to the nut.
noun
- a qualitative change
- the act of moving from one place to another
- an event in which something is displaced without rotation
- a woman's sleeveless undergarment
- the act of changing one thing or position for another
- (geology) a crack in the earth's crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other
- a crew of workers who work for a specific period of time
- the key on the typewriter keyboard that shifts from lower-case letters to upper-case letters
- a loose-fitting dress hanging straight from the shoulders without a waist
- the time period during which you are at work
- (historical) A type of women's undergarment of dress length worn under dresses or skirts, a slip or chemise.
- (music) In violin-playing, any position of the left hand except that nearest the nut.
- (computing) A control code or character used to change between different character sets.
- An act of shifting; a slight movement or change.
- (baseball) An infield shift.
- A movement to do something, a beginning.
- (construction) The extent, or arrangement, of the overlapping of plank, brick, stones, etc., that are placed in courses so as to break joints.
- (computing) An instance of the use of such a code or character.
- A simple straight-hanging, loose-fitting dress.
- (US) The gear mechanism in a motor vehicle.
- A period of time in which one's consciousness resides in another reality, usually achieved through meditation or other means.
- Alternative spelling of Shift (“a modifier button of computer keyboards”).
- (British slang) be done; ruined
- (Ireland, crude slang, often with the definite article, usually uncountable) The act of kissing passionately.
- (genetics) A mutation in which the DNA or RNA from two different sources (such as viruses or bacteria) combine.
- A change of workers, now specifically a set group of workers or period of working time.
- (mining) A breaking off and dislocation of a seam; a fault.
- (computing) A bit shift.
adj
noun
verb
verb
noun
- An outward appearance.
- An impersonation, an imitation of the mannerisms of another individual.
- A vague recalling of an event, a belief.
- (painting) The first coat of colour, such as the priming in house-painting etc.
- (printing) set of copies of a publication printed at one time having the same content, layout, pagination, etc.
- (engraving) A print on paper from a wood block, metal plate, etc.
- The overall effect of something, e.g., on a person.
- (philosophy) The vivid perception of something as it is experienced, in contrast to ideas or thoughts drawn from memory or the imagination.
- The indentation or depression made by the pressure of one object on or into another.
- (Internet) A performance metric representing an instance where a post or ad is shown once.
- a vague idea in which some confidence is placed
- all the copies of a work printed at one time
- a concavity in a surface produced by pressing
- (dentistry) an imprint of the teeth and gums in wax or plaster
- the act of pressing one thing on or into the surface of another
- a symbol that is the result of printing or engraving
- an impressionistic portrayal of a person
- a clear and telling mental image
- an outward appearance
noun
- (databases) A primary key.
- A guidebook that helps determine the specific class of an object (such as a mushroom, herb, fish, bird, drug, or mineral), or its individual identity (such as that of a star).
- (programming, operating systems) A formal name used in source code to refer to a variable, function, procedure, package, etc. or in an operating system to refer to a process, user, group, etc.
- (HTML) A code that distinguishes a particular element from all other elements in a document.
- One who identifies as a particular type or role; one who says and believes that they are a certain thing.
- Someone who identifies; a person who establishes the identity of someone or something.
- Something that identifies or uniquely points to something or someone else.
- a symbol that establishes the identity of the one bearing it
name
- A key in Florida Keys, Caribbean, Florida, United States.
- Ellipsis of Boca Chica Highway: a highway in Cameron, Texas, United States.
- Ellipsis of Boca Chica Peninsula: a peninsula in Greater Brownsville, Cameron, Texas, United States.
- Ellipsis of Boca Chica Spaceport: a spaceport in Greater Brownsville, Cameron, Texas, United States.
- An unincorporated community in Boca Chica, Greater Brownsville, Cameron, Texas, United States; in full, Boca Chica Village.
- A corregimiento in San Lorenzo district, Chiriquí, Panama.
- Ellipsis of Boca Chica Beach: a beach in Boca Chica, Greater Brownsville, Cameron, Texas, United States.
- A region of Tamaulipas, Mexico.
- Ellipsis of Boca Chica Boulevard: a street in Brownsville, Cameron, Texas, United States.
- Ellipsis of Boca Chica State Park: a park in Greater Brownsville, Cameron, Texas, United States.
- A municipality of the Dominican Republic.
- A village in Boca Chica, San Lorenzo district, Chiriqui, Panama.
verb
- To type by searching for each key individually.
- To do something in small, intermittent pieces.
- To lurch forward; especially, of a horse, to stumble after hitting the ground with the toe instead of the flat of the foot.
- (ambitransitive) To strike or pierce with the beak or bill (of a bird).
- (regional) To throw.
- (rare) To type in general.
- To strike, pick, thrust against, or dig into, with a pointed instrument, especially with repeated quick movements.
- To kiss briefly.
- (transitive) To form by striking with the beak or a pointed instrument.
- To seize and pick up with the beak, or as if with the beak; to bite; to eat; often with up.
- eat like a bird
- kiss lightly
- bother persistently with trivial complaints
- eat by pecking at, like a bird
- hit lightly with a picking motion
noun
- A great deal; a large or excessive quantity.
- Discoloration caused by fungus growth or insects.
- Similar units in other systems of measure, such as the Roman modius or Chinese dou.
- Misspelling of pec.
- One quarter of a bushel; a dry measure of eight quarts; equal to approximately 9092 cubic centimeters in the imperial system or 8810 cubic centimeters in the U.S. system.
- A small kiss.
- An act of striking with a beak.
- a United States dry measure equal to 8 quarts or 537.605 cubic inches
- a light kiss
- a British imperial capacity measure (liquid or dry) equal to 2 gallons
- bite by a bird
- (often followed by ‘of’) a large number or amount or extent
noun
noun
- A master key.
- A key that has parts filed away so that it will open a range of locks.
- a passkey with much of the bit filed away so that it can open different locks
- A very simple design of key that usually has a cylindrical shaft (sometimes called a "shank") and a single, minimal flat, rectangular tooth or "bit".
noun
noun
noun
- Ellipsis of master key.
- key that secures entrance everywhere
- An expert at something.
- The original of a document or of a recording.
- (by extension, music) The copyright in a sound recording.
- (Freemasonry) A person holding an office of authority, especially the presiding officer.
- The owner of an animal or slave.
- Someone who employs others.
- Someone who has control over something or someone.
- (nautical) The captain of a merchant ship; a master mariner.
- (law) A parajudicial officer (such as a referee, an auditor, an examiner, or an assessor) specially appointed to help a court with its proceedings.
- A skilled artist.
- A person holding such a degree.
- (nautical, in combination) A vessel having a specified number of masts.
- A tradesman who is qualified to teach apprentices.
- (by extension) A person holding a similar office in other civic societies.
- (engineering, computing) A device that is controlling other devices or is an authoritative source.
- A master's degree; a type of postgraduate degree, usually undertaken after a bachelor degree.
- (film) The primary wide shot of a scene, into which the closeups will be edited later.
- (BDSM) A male dominant.
- a person who has general authority over others
- an original creation (i.e., an audio recording) from which copies can be made
- someone who holds a master's degree from academic institution
- an authority qualified to teach apprentices
- directs the work of others
- presiding officer of a school
- a combatant who is able to defeat rivals
- an artist of consummate skill
- an officer who is licensed to command a merchant ship
adj
verb
- (transitive) To become the master of; to subject to one's will, control, or authority; to conquer; to overpower; to subdue.
- (intransitive) To be a master.
- (transitive) To learn to a high degree of proficiency.
- (intransitive, usually with in) To earn a Master's degree.
- (transitive, especially of a musical performance) To make a master copy of.
- have a firm understanding or knowledge of; be on top of
- be or become completely proficient or skilled in
- have dominance or the power to defeat over
- get on top of; deal with successfully
noun
- The bit of a key.
- The thin, sharp part of a colter.
- (architecture) A section of a groin vault, separated by ribs.
- A plot or scheme.
- (usually with "spin", "weave", or similar verbs) A tall tale with more complexity than a myth or legend.
- (manufacturing) A continuous strip of material carried by rollers during processing.
- (rail transport) The thinner vertical section of a railway rail between the top (head) and bottom (foot) of the rail.
- (lithography) A long sheet of paper which is fed from a roll into a printing press, as opposed to individual sheets of paper.
- A thin metal sheet, plate, or strip, as of lead.
- The series of barbs implanted on each side of the shaft of a feather, whether stiff and united together by barbules, as in ordinary feathers, or soft and separate, as in downy feathers.
- (by extension) Any interconnected set of persons, places, or things, which, when diagrammed, resembles a spider's web.
- (baseball) The part of a baseball mitt between the forefinger and thumb, the webbing.
- The blade of a sword.
- A latticed or woven structure.
- The silken structure which a spider builds using silk secreted from the spinnerets at the caudal tip of its abdomen; a spiderweb.
- The interconnection between flanges in structural members, increasing the effective lever arm and so the load capacity of the member.
- The blade of a saw.
- A fold of tissue connecting the toes of certain birds, or of other animals.
- computer network consisting of a collection of internet sites that offer text and graphics and sound and animation resources through the hypertext transfer protocol
- an intricate network suggesting something that was formed by weaving or interweaving
- the flattened weblike part of a feather consisting of a series of barbs on either side of the shaft
- an interconnected system of things or people
- a fabric (especially a fabric in the process of being woven)
- membrane connecting the toes of some aquatic birds and mammals
- an intricate trap that entangles or ensnares its victim
name
verb
noun
- (computing) escape key
- (programming) The text character represented by 27 (decimal) or 1B (hexadecimal).
- (botany) A cultivated plant found growing as though wild, dispersed by some agency.
- (snooker) A successful shot from a snooker position.
- A holiday, viewed as time away from the vicissitudes of life.
- Something that has escaped; an escapee.
- Leakage or outflow, as of steam or a liquid, or an electric current through defective insulation.
- The act of leaving a dangerous or unpleasant situation.
- (architecture) An apophyge.
- (manufacturing) A defective product that is allowed to leave a manufacturing facility.
- nonperformance of something distasteful (as by deceit or trickery) that you are supposed to do
- the discharge of a fluid from some container
- the act of escaping physically
- an inclination to retreat from unpleasant realities through diversion or fantasy
- an avoidance of danger or difficulty
- a plant originally cultivated but now growing wild
- a means or way of escaping
- a valve in a container in which pressure can build up (as a steam boiler); it opens automatically when the pressure reaches a dangerous level
verb
- (transitive) To avoid (any unpleasant person or thing); to elude, get away from.
- (transitive) To elude the observation or notice of; to not be seen or remembered by.
- (transitive, computing) To cause (a single character, or all such characters in a string) to be interpreted literally, instead of with any special meaning it would usually have in the same context, often by prefixing with another character.
- (intransitive) To get free; to free oneself.
- (computing) To halt a program or command by pressing a key (such as the "Esc" key) or combination of keys.
- (intransitive) To avoid capture; to get away with something, avoid punishment.
- be incomprehensible to; escape understanding by
- flee; take to one's heels; cut and run
- escape potentially unpleasant consequences; get away with a forbidden action
- fail to experience
- remove oneself from a familiar environment, usually for pleasure or diversion
- run away from confinement
- issue or leak, as from a small opening
noun
- A device or component for holding a key.
- (BDSM) A dominant partner who locks their submissive partner in a chastity belt or chastity cage, or otherwise controls whether the submissive partner is able or allowed to receive orgasms or sexual stimulation.
- One who holds the key for security reasons.
- (cryptography) The individual or organization with access to a cryptographic key.
noun
noun
- The part of a key that is not inserted into the lock and that is used to turn the key.
- (music) A rod with horsehair (or an artificial substitute) stretched between the ends, used for playing various stringed musical instruments.
- A stringed instrument (chordophone), consisting of a stick with a single taut cord stretched between the ends, most often played by plucking.
- (nautical) A crude sort of quadrant formerly used for taking the sun's altitude at sea.
- A type of knot with two loops, used to tie together two cords such as shoelaces or apron strings, and frequently used as decoration, such as in gift-wrapping.
- (nautical) The front of a boat or ship.
- (saddlery) Two pieces of wood which form the arched forward part of a saddle tree.
- Alternative form of bao; any of several Chinese buns and breads
- (archery) A weapon made of a curved piece of wood or other flexible material whose ends are connected by a string, used for shooting arrows.
- Either of the two handles of a pair of scissors.
- Either of the arms of a pair of spectacles, running from the side of the lens to behind the wearer's ear.
- Anything bent or curved, such as a rainbow.
- Any instrument consisting of an elastic rod, with ends connected by a string, employed for giving reciprocating motion to a drill, or for preparing and arranging hair, fur, etc., used by hatters.
- Ellipsis of bow-wow
- The U-shaped piece which goes around the neck of an ox and fastens it to the yoke.
- A curved bend in a rod or planar surface, or in a linear formation such as a river (see oxbow).
- A gesture, usually showing respect, made by inclining the head or bending forward at the waist; a reverence
- (rowing) The rower that sits in the seat closest to the bow of the boat.
- something curved in shape
- a decorative interlacing of ribbons
- a weapon for shooting arrows, composed of a curved piece of resilient wood with a taut cord to propel the arrow
- a slightly curved piece of resilient wood with taut horsehair strands; used in playing certain stringed instruments
- a stroke with a curved piece of wood with taut horsehair strands that is used in playing stringed instruments
- a knot with two loops and loose ends; used to tie shoelaces
- an appearance by actors or performers at the end of the concert or play in order to acknowledge the applause of the audience
- bending the head or body or knee as a sign of reverence or submission or shame or greeting
- front part of a vessel or aircraft
intj
verb
- (intransitive) To bend oneself as a gesture of respect or deference.
- (ergative) To bend or curve, particularly downward.
- (transitive and intransitive) To debut.
- (transitive, figurative) To exercise powerful or controlling influence over; to bend or incline, figuratively; to humble or subdue.
- about to
- (transitive) To give a direction, indication, or command to by bowing.
- Ellipsis of bow-wow
- (intransitive) To defer (to something).
- To play music on (a stringed) instrument using a bow.
- bend one's back forward from the waist on down
- bend one's knee or body, or lower one's head
- yield to another's wish or opinion
- bend the head or the upper part of the body in a gesture of respect or greeting
- play on a stringed instrument with a bow
noun
- key that secures entrance everywhere
- A key, especially in a hotel, that allows someone in authority to open any door.
- (computing, especially since the 2020s) A cryptographic key that is tied to specific devices or cloud accounts and is meant to be used instead of a password.
- A key for entering a house or other building.
noun
- The part of a key that is inserted into the lock.
- Ellipsis of razor blade.
- (sailing) The rudder, daggerboard, or centerboard of a vessel.
- Thin plate, foil.
- (mathematics) An exterior product of vectors. (The product may have more than two factors. Also, a scalar counts as a 0-blade, a vector as a 1-blade; an exterior product of k vectors may be called a k-blade.)
- (climbing) Synonym of knifeblade.
- (ultimate frisbee) A throw characterized by a tight parabolic trajectory due to a steep lateral attitude.
- (athletics, informal) An artificial foot used by amputee athletes, shaped like an upside-down question mark.
- A bulldozer or surface-grading machine with mechanically adjustable blade that is nominally perpendicular to the forward motion of the vehicle.
- The (typically sharp-edged) part of a knife, sword, razor, or other tool with which it cuts.
- (archaeology) A piece of prepared, sharp-edged stone, often flint, at least twice as long as it is wide; a long flake of ground-edge stone or knapped vitreous stone.
- (architecture, in the plural) The principal rafters of a roof.
- (uncountable, music) The quality of singing with a pure, resonant sound; especially of a countertenor.
- (botany) The thin, flat part of a plant leaf, attached to a stem (petiole).
- A cut of beef from near the shoulder blade (part of the chuck).
- (slang, chiefly US) A homosexual, usually male.
- (computing) Ellipsis of blade server.
- (metonymic) A sword or knife.
- (photography) One of a series of small plates that make up the aperture or the shutter of a camera.
- (slang, chiefly US) An area of a city which is commonly known for prostitution.
- (biology) The four large shell plates on the sides, and the five large ones of the middle, of the carapace of the sea turtle, which yield the best tortoise shell.
- The flat functional end or piece of a propeller, oar, hockey stick, chisel, screwdriver, skate, etc.
- A flat bone, especially the shoulder blade.
- (chiefly phonetics, phonology) The part of the tongue just behind the tip, used to make laminal consonants.
- The narrow leaf of a grass or cereal.
- something long and thin resembling a blade of grass
- a cutting or thrusting weapon that has a long metal blade and a hilt with a hand guard
- flat surface that rotates and pushes against air or water
- a cut of beef from the shoulder blade
- a broad flat body part (as of the shoulder or tongue)
- especially a leaf of grass or the broad portion of a leaf as distinct from the petiole
- the flat part of a tool or weapon that (usually) has a cutting edge
- a dashing young man
- the part of the skate that slides on the ice
verb
adj
noun
verb
noun
- (databases) A primary key.
- A guidebook that helps determine the specific class of an object (such as a mushroom, herb, fish, bird, drug, or mineral), or its individual identity (such as that of a star).
- (programming, operating systems) A formal name used in source code to refer to a variable, function, procedure, package, etc. or in an operating system to refer to a process, user, group, etc.
- (HTML) A code that distinguishes a particular element from all other elements in a document.
- One who identifies as a particular type or role; one who says and believes that they are a certain thing.
- Someone who identifies; a person who establishes the identity of someone or something.
- Something that identifies or uniquely points to something or someone else.
- a symbol that establishes the identity of the one bearing it
verb
- provide with a key
- To fit (a lock) with a key.
- vandalize a car by scratching the sides with a key
- identify as in botany or biology, for example
- regulate the musical pitch of
- harmonize with or adjust to
- To fit (pieces of a mechanical assembly) with a key to maintain the orientation between them.
- To provide an arch with a keystone.
- (advertising, transitive) To modify (an advertisement) so as to target a particular group or demographic.
- To fasten or secure firmly; to fasten or tighten with keys or wedges.
- To link (as one might do with a key or legend).
- (computing) (more usually to key in) To enter (information) by typing on a keyboard or keypad.
- To attune to; to set at; to pitch.
- (radio) To operate (the transmitter switch of a two-way radio).
- (telegraphy and radio telegraphy) To depress (a telegraph key).
- (intransitive, biology, chiefly taxonomy) To be identified as a certain taxon when using a key.
- To mark or indicate with a symbol indicating membership in a class.
- To prepare for plastering by adding the key (that part of the plastering which is forced through between the laths and holds the rest in place).
- (colloquial) To vandalize (a car, etc.) by scratching with an implement such as a key.
- Clipping of chromakey.
adj
noun
- a winged often one-seed indehiscent fruit as of the ash or elm or maple
- any of 24 major or minor diatonic scales that provide the tonal framework for a piece of music
- something crucial for explaining
- a kilogram of a narcotic drug
- a coral reef off the southern coast of Florida
- a lever (as in a keyboard) that actuates a mechanism when depressed
- a list of answers to a test
- pitch of the voice
- a generic term for any device whose possession entitles the holder to a means of access
- (basketball) a space (including the foul line) in front of the basket at each end of a basketball court; usually painted a different color from the rest of the court
- a list of words or phrases that explain symbols or abbreviations
- mechanical device used to wind another device that is driven by a spring (as a clock)
- metal device shaped in such a way that when it is inserted into the appropriate lock the lock's mechanism can be rotated
- the central building block at the top of an arch or vault
- (computing) One of several small, usually square buttons on a typewriter or computer keyboard, mostly corresponding to text characters.
- (historical) A manual electrical switching device primarily used for the transmission of Morse code.
- (cartomancy) The thirty-third card of the Lenormand deck.
- (architecture) A piece of wood used as a wedge.
- (figurative) The general pitch or tone of a sentence or utterance.
- In musical theory and notation, the tonality centering in a given tone, or the several tones taken collectively, of a given scale, major or minor.
- In musical instruments, one of the valve levers used to select notes, such as a lever opening a hole on a woodwind.
- (biology) A series of logically organized groups of discriminating information which aims to allow the user to correctly identify a taxon.
- In instruments with a keyboard such as an organ or piano, one of the levers, or especially the exposed front end of it, which are depressed to cause a particular sound or note to be produced.
- (print and film) The black ink layer, especially in relation to the three color layers of cyan, magenta, and yellow. See also CMYK.
- (computer graphics, television) A color to be masked or made transparent.
- (Internet) A password restricting access to an IRC channel.
- A guide to the correct answers of a worksheet or test.
- (countable) An object designed to open and close a lock.
- (music) A scale or group of pitches constituting the basis of a musical composition.
- (slang) A kilogram, especially of a recreational drug.
- In musical theory, the total melodic and harmonic relations, which exist between the tones of an ideal scale, major or minor; tonality.
- A crucial step or requirement.
- (databases) In a relational database, a field used as an index into another table (not necessarily unique).
- (masonry) A keystone.
- In musical notation, a sign at the head of a staff indicating the musical key.
- That part of the plastering which is forced through between the laths and holds the rest in place.
- (basketball) The free-throw lane together with the circle surrounding the free-throw line, the free-throw lane having formerly been narrower, giving the area the shape of a skeleton key hole.
- (cryptography) A piece of information (e.g., a password or passphrase) used to encode or decode a message or messages.
- (computing) A value that uniquely identifies an entry in a container.
- Any of various tools comparable to a wrench (spanner) or driver, or, in some cases, also called a wrench or driver.
- An object designed to fit between two other objects (such as a shaft and a wheel) in a mechanism and maintain their relative orientation.
- Alternative form of quay.
- A small guide explaining symbols or terminology, especially the legend on a map or chart.
- The degree of roughness, or retention ability of a surface to have applied a liquid such as paint, or glue.
- (advertising) A modification of an advertisement so as to target a particular group or demographic.
- The lowest note of a scale; keynote.
- (rail transport) A wooden wedge, driven sideways between a bullhead rail and a cast-iron chair, to keep the rail securely in position.
- (Australian rules football) A key position player (a tall forward or defender).
- One of a string of small islands.
- (architecture) The last board of a floor when laid down.
- (botany) An indehiscent, one-seeded fruit furnished with a wing, such as the fruit of the ash and maple; a samara.
verb
- change key
- put (a piece of music) into another key
- cause to change places
- change the order or arrangement of
- transfer a quantity from one side of an equation to the other side reversing its sign, in order to maintain equality
- transfer from one place or period to another
- exchange positions without a change in value
- (transitive, algebra) To move (a term) from one side of an algebraic equation to the other, reversing the sign of the term.
- (transitive, graph theory) To reverse the direction of every edge of (a graph).
- (transitive, law, chiefly of the European Union) To give force to a directive by passing appropriate implementation measures.
- (intransitive, chess) To reach a position that may also be obtained from a different move order.
- (transitive, music) To rewrite or perform (a piece) in another key.
- (transitive) To reverse or change the order of (two or more things); to swap or interchange.
- (transitive, linear algebra) To rearrange elements in a matrix, by interchanging their respective row and column positional indicators.
noun
- a matrix formed by interchanging the rows and columns of a given matrix
- (graph theory) A graph whose every edge has had its direction reversed.
- (linear algebra) The matrix derived from performing a transpose operation on a given matrix.
- (linear algebra) The process of rearranging elements in a matrix, by interchanging their respective row and column positional indicators.
adj
verb
- change the key of, in music
- adjust the pitch, tone, or volume of
- vary the pitch of one's speech
- vary the frequency, amplitude, phase, or other characteristic of (electromagnetic waves)
- fix or adjust the time, amount, degree, or rate of
- (transitive) To change the pitch, intensity or tone of one's voice or of a musical instrument
- (intransitive, music) to move from one key or tonality to another, especially by using a chord progression
- (transitive, electronics) to vary the amplitude, frequency or phase of a carrier wave in proportion to the amplitude etc of a source wave (such as speech or music)
verb
- use a shift key on a keyboard
- change gears
- change place or direction
- move around
- make a shift in or exchange of
- change in quality
- move very slightly
- move and exchange for another
- move abruptly
- move sideways or in an unsteady way
- lay aside, abandon, or leave for another
- change phonetically as part of a systematic historical change
- move from one setting or context to another
- (transitive, sometimes figurative) To move from one place to another; to redistribute.
- (typewriters) To move the keys of a typewriter over in order to type capital letters or special characters.
- (ergative, figurative) To change in form or character; switch.
- (computer keyboards) To switch to a character entry mode for capital letters or special characters.
- (intransitive) To use meditation or other means to change the reality that one's consciousness resides in.
- (intransitive, India) To change residence; to leave and live elsewhere.
- (transitive, computing) To manipulate a binary number by moving all of its digits left or right; compare rotate.
- (Ireland, vulgar, slang, transitive) To engage in sexual petting with.
- (intransitive) To practice indirect or evasive methods; to contrive.
- (intransitive) To hurry; to move quickly.
- (intransitive) To change gears (in an automobile).
- (Minecraft, video games) To crouch in game, especially if the shift key is pressed to initiate crouching.
- (Nigeria, slang) To steal or kidnap.
- (transitive, computing) To remove (the first value from an array).
- (transitive) To dispose of, remove.
- (intransitive, sometimes reflexive and figurative) To change position; to move.
- (intransitive, music) In violin-playing, to move the left hand from its original position next to the nut.
noun
- a qualitative change
- the act of moving from one place to another
- an event in which something is displaced without rotation
- a woman's sleeveless undergarment
- the act of changing one thing or position for another
- (geology) a crack in the earth's crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other
- a crew of workers who work for a specific period of time
- the key on the typewriter keyboard that shifts from lower-case letters to upper-case letters
- a loose-fitting dress hanging straight from the shoulders without a waist
- the time period during which you are at work
- (historical) A type of women's undergarment of dress length worn under dresses or skirts, a slip or chemise.
- (music) In violin-playing, any position of the left hand except that nearest the nut.
- (computing) A control code or character used to change between different character sets.
- An act of shifting; a slight movement or change.
- (baseball) An infield shift.
- A movement to do something, a beginning.
- (construction) The extent, or arrangement, of the overlapping of plank, brick, stones, etc., that are placed in courses so as to break joints.
- (computing) An instance of the use of such a code or character.
- A simple straight-hanging, loose-fitting dress.
- (US) The gear mechanism in a motor vehicle.
- A period of time in which one's consciousness resides in another reality, usually achieved through meditation or other means.
- Alternative spelling of Shift (“a modifier button of computer keyboards”).
- (British slang) be done; ruined
- (Ireland, crude slang, often with the definite article, usually uncountable) The act of kissing passionately.
- (genetics) A mutation in which the DNA or RNA from two different sources (such as viruses or bacteria) combine.
- A change of workers, now specifically a set group of workers or period of working time.
- (mining) A breaking off and dislocation of a seam; a fault.
- (computing) A bit shift.
verb
noun
- An outward appearance.
- An impersonation, an imitation of the mannerisms of another individual.
- A vague recalling of an event, a belief.
- (painting) The first coat of colour, such as the priming in house-painting etc.
- (printing) set of copies of a publication printed at one time having the same content, layout, pagination, etc.
- (engraving) A print on paper from a wood block, metal plate, etc.
- The overall effect of something, e.g., on a person.
- (philosophy) The vivid perception of something as it is experienced, in contrast to ideas or thoughts drawn from memory or the imagination.
- The indentation or depression made by the pressure of one object on or into another.
- (Internet) A performance metric representing an instance where a post or ad is shown once.
- a vague idea in which some confidence is placed
- all the copies of a work printed at one time
- a concavity in a surface produced by pressing
- (dentistry) an imprint of the teeth and gums in wax or plaster
- the act of pressing one thing on or into the surface of another
- a symbol that is the result of printing or engraving
- an impressionistic portrayal of a person
- a clear and telling mental image
- an outward appearance
verb
- To type by searching for each key individually.
- To do something in small, intermittent pieces.
- To lurch forward; especially, of a horse, to stumble after hitting the ground with the toe instead of the flat of the foot.
- (ambitransitive) To strike or pierce with the beak or bill (of a bird).
- (regional) To throw.
- (rare) To type in general.
- To strike, pick, thrust against, or dig into, with a pointed instrument, especially with repeated quick movements.
- To kiss briefly.
- (transitive) To form by striking with the beak or a pointed instrument.
- To seize and pick up with the beak, or as if with the beak; to bite; to eat; often with up.
- eat like a bird
- kiss lightly
- bother persistently with trivial complaints
- eat by pecking at, like a bird
- hit lightly with a picking motion
noun
- A great deal; a large or excessive quantity.
- Discoloration caused by fungus growth or insects.
- Similar units in other systems of measure, such as the Roman modius or Chinese dou.
- Misspelling of pec.
- One quarter of a bushel; a dry measure of eight quarts; equal to approximately 9092 cubic centimeters in the imperial system or 8810 cubic centimeters in the U.S. system.
- A small kiss.
- An act of striking with a beak.
- a United States dry measure equal to 8 quarts or 537.605 cubic inches
- a light kiss
- a British imperial capacity measure (liquid or dry) equal to 2 gallons
- bite by a bird
- (often followed by ‘of’) a large number or amount or extent
adj
- fitted with or secured by a key
- set to a key or tone
- (Internet slang, originally 4chan slang) Praiseworthy and admirable, often through exhibiting independence and security; based.
- (mechanics, engineering, of a joint between components) Having a key, mated to a keyseat and/or keyway, to either control or prevent movement.
- (slang, African-American Vernacular) Intoxicated by recreational or illegal drugs; drunk or high.