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verb
- put a girdle on or around
- bind with something round or circular
- prepare oneself for a military confrontation
- (transitive) To encircle with, or as if with a belt.
- (intransitive) To jeer.
- (transitive) To bind with a flexible rope or cord.
- (transitive, chiefly reflexive) To prepare (oneself) for an action.
- (nautical, intransitive) (of a vessel towing another) To be pulled on sideways by its towline, putting it at risk of capsizing.
- (transitive) To jeer at.
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- a band of material around the waist that strengthens a skirt or trousers
- a woman's close-fitting foundation garment
- an encircling or ringlike structure
- The removal or inversion of a ring of bark in order to kill or stunt a tree.
- A belt or sash at the waist, often used to support stockings or hosiery.
- That which girds, encircles, or encloses; a circumference.
- A garment used to hold the abdomen, hips, buttocks, and/or thighs in a particular shape.
- The clitellum of an earthworm.
- (Scotland, Northern English) Alternative form of griddle.
- The line of greatest circumference of a brilliant-cut diamond, at which it is grasped by the setting.
- (mining) A thin bed or stratum of stone.
verb
- To girdle.
- (intransitive) To make a short, loud, explosive noise with the vocal organs (said of animals, especially dogs).
- To strip the bark from; to peel.
- (transitive) To speak sharply.
- To cover or inclose with bark, or as with bark.
- (intransitive) To make a clamor; to make importunate outcries.
- To abrade or rub off any outer covering from.
- remove the bark of a tree
- tan (a skin) with bark tannins
- make barking sounds
- cover with bark
- speak in an unfriendly tone
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- The short, loud, explosive sound uttered by a dog, a fox, and some other animals.
- The envelopment or outer covering of anything.
- (figuratively) An abrupt loud vocal utterance.
- The crust formed on barbecued meat that has had a rub applied to it.
- Hard candy made in flat sheets, for instance out of chocolate, peanut butter, toffee or peppermint.
- (medicine) Peruvian bark or Jesuit's bark, the bark of the cinchona from which quinine is produced.
- (music) The quick opening of the hi-hat cymbal as it is hit, followed by its timely closing.
- (countable, uncountable) The exterior covering of the trunk and branches of a tree.
- (poetic) A sailing vessel or boat of any kind.
- (nautical) A vessel, typically with three (or more) masts, with the foremasts (or fore- and mainmasts) square-rigged, and mizzenmast schooner-rigged.
- tough protective covering of the woody stems and roots of trees and other woody plants
- the sound made by a dog
- a sailing ship with 3 (or more) masts
- a noise resembling the bark of a dog
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noun
- A male cat; a tomcat.
- A strip, wedge, or bolt made from metal or wood and used for holding a machine part in place; usually with features (such as a taper and/or set screws) that allow for fine adjustment of the part's position.
- (New Zealand) plasterboard.
- A castrated male cat or ferret.
- The lower lip of a horse.
- A hooked prolongation on the lower jaw of a male salmon or trout.
- (video games, rare) An instance of gibbing something.
- (video games, usually plural) A piece of a fragged character, most often in first-person shooters.
- a castrated tomcat
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- A small horizontal brace or girder.
- The distance measured around an object; the circumference.
- (graph theory) The length of the shortest cycle in a graph.
- (informal) One's waistline circumference, most often a large one.
- A band passed under the belly of an animal, which holds a saddle or a harness saddle in place.
- The part of an animal around which the girth fits.
- the distance around a person's body
- stable gear consisting of a band around a horse's belly that holds the saddle in place
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- Gist.
- (uncountable, transport) Unpackaged goods when transported in large volumes, e.g. coal, ore, or grain.
- (bodybuilding) Excess body mass, especially muscle.
- Majority, balance.
- (countable) A cargo or any items moved or communicated in the manner of cargo.
- The major part of something.
- Size, specifically, volume.
- (brane cosmology) A hypothetical higher-dimensional space within which our own four-dimensional universe may exist.
- Any huge body or structure.
- Dietary fibre.
- (bodybuilding) A period where one tries to gain muscle.
- the property resulting from being or relating to the greater in number of two parts; the main part
- the property of something that is great in magnitude
- the property possessed by a large mass
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- (intransitive) To appear or seem to be, as to bulk or extent.
- (intransitive) To gain body mass by means of diet, exercise, etc.
- (intransitive) To grow in size; to swell or expand.
- (transitive) To put or hold in bulk.
- cause to bulge or swell outwards
- stick out or up
- to gain size and weight by means of exercise and diet
noun
- a restraint put around something to hold it together
- A strip of material wrapped around things to hold them together.
- a strip of material attached to the leg of a bird to identify it (as in studies of bird migration)
- an unofficial association of people or groups
- instrumentalists not including string players
- a group of musicians playing popular music for dancing
- a cord-like tissue connecting two larger parts of an anatomical structure
- a stripe or stripes of contrasting color
- an adornment consisting of a strip of a contrasting color or material
- a thin flat strip of flexible material that is worn around the body or one of the limbs (especially to decorate the body)
- a thin flat strip or loop of flexible material that goes around or over something else, typically to hold it together or as a decoration
- jewelry consisting of a circlet of precious metal (often set with jewels) worn on the finger
- a driving belt in machinery
- a range of frequencies between two limits
- (telecommunications) A designated range of radio frequencies used for wireless communication.
- A continuous tablet, stripe, or series of ornaments, as of carved foliage, of colour, or of brickwork.
- (sciences) Any distinguishing line formed by chromatography, electrophoresis etc
- A narrow strip of cloth or other material on clothing, to bind, strengthen, or ornament it.
- (Canada) Ellipsis of band government.
- A linen collar or ruff worn in the 16th and 17th centuries.
- (in the plural) Two strips of linen hanging from the neck in front as part of a clerical, legal, or academic dress.
- (physics) A group of energy levels in a solid state material.
- A type of orchestra originally playing janissary music; an instance of this type.
- (slang, hiphop, often in the plural) A wad of money totaling $1K, held together by a band; (by extension) $1000, a grand; (by extension) money
- A group of musicians who perform together as an ensemble; sometimes, such a group working for a professional recording artist.
- A long strip of material, color, etc, that is different from the surrounding area.
- (physics) A part of the electromagnetic spectrum.
- (medicine) Ellipsis of band cell.
- That which serves as the means of union or connection between persons; a tie.
- Ellipsis of marching band.
- A strip along the spine of a book where the pages are attached.
- (anthropology) A small group of people living in a simple society, contrasted with tribes, chiefdoms, and nations.
- (especially US) A ring, such as a wedding ring (wedding band), or a ring put on a bird's leg to identify it.
- In Gothic architecture, the moulding, or suite of mouldings, which encircles the pillars and small shafts.
- A group of people loosely united for a common purpose, such as a band of thieves.
- A belt or strap that is part of a machine.
verb
- attach a ring to the foot of, in order to identify
- bind or tie together, as with a band
- (transitive) To fasten with a band.
- (transitive, ornithology) To fasten an identifying band around the leg of (a bird).
- (transitive, education) To group (students) together by perceived ability; to stream.
- (intransitive) To group together for a common purpose; to confederate.
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noun
- A rope with a noose, for hanging criminals; the gallows rope.
- Alternative form of haltere.
- A bitless headpiece of rope or straps, placed on the head of animals such as cattle or horses to lead or tie them.
- One who halts or limps; a cripple.
- A halter top.
- either of the rudimentary hind wings of dipterous insects; used for maintaining equilibrium during flight
- a rope that is used by a hangman to execute persons who have been condemned to death by hanging
- rope or canvas headgear for a horse, with a rope for leading
- a woman's top that fastens behind the back and neck leaving the back and arms uncovered
noun
- The girdle of an alb.
- (zoology) The clitellus of earthworms.
- (zoology) A distinct girdle or band of color; a raised spiral line as seen on certain univalve shells.
- (neuroanatomy) A collection of white matter fibers projecting from the cingulate gyrus to the entorhinal cortex in the brain, allowing for communication between components of the limbic system.
- (anatomy) A ridge that girdles the base of an upper molar tooth.
- (anatomy) an encircling structure (as the ridge around the base of a tooth)
verb
- To attach a limber.
- (intransitive, figuratively) To prepare; to make oneself ready.
- (transitive) To make (someone or something) more limber or flexible.
- (intransitive) To stretch one's muscles to make them more limber, usually as a preparation for physical exercise.
- make one's body limber or suppler by stretching, as if to prepare for strenuous physical activity
- attach the limber
noun
- A protrusion used to hang things on.
- (figurative) A support; a reason; a pretext.
- Ellipsis of clothes peg.
- (journalism) A topic of interest, such as an ongoing event or an anniversary, around which various features can be developed.
- A cylindrical wooden or metal object used to fasten or as a bearing between objects.
- (psychology) An easily recalled image that a person mentally visualizes with something else, in order to remember that other thing. See mnemonic peg system.
- (UK) A small quantity of a strong alcoholic beverage.
- A step; a degree.
- A place formally allotted for fishing
- (cribbage) A peg moved on a crib board to keep score.
- (finance) A fixed exchange rate, where a currency's value is matched to the value of another currency or measure such as gold.
- (slang) The penetration during anal sex using a strap-on dildo.
- (India) A serving of any hard spirit, particularly whisky.
- (cricket, slang) A stump.
- One of the pins of a musical instrument, on which the strings are strained.
- a prosthesis that replaces a missing leg
- a holder attached to the gunwale of a boat that holds the oar in place and acts as a fulcrum for rowing
- regulator that can be turned to regulate the pitch of the strings of a stringed instrument
- small markers inserted into a surface to mark scores or define locations etc.
- informal terms for the leg
- a wooden pin pushed or driven into a surface
verb
- (transitive, slang) To indicate or ascribe an attribute to.
- (slang, transitive) To engage in anal sex by penetrating with a strap-on dildo.
- (transitive) To fix a value or price.
- (transitive) To narrow the cuff openings of a pair of pants so that the legs take on a peg shape.
- (intransitive) To keep working hard at something; to peg away.
- (transitive, slang) To reach or exceed the maximum value on (a scale or gauge).
- (cribbage) To move one's pegs to indicate points scored; to score with a peg.
- (transitive, slang) To throw.
- (transitive) To affix or pin.
- (transitive) To fasten using a peg.
- (transitive, kickball) To throw a ball at (someone), to hit (someone) with a ball.
- succeed in obtaining a position
- fasten or secure with a wooden pin
- stabilize (the price of a commodity or an exchange rate) by legislation or market operations
- pierce with a wooden pin or knock or thrust a wooden pin into
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noun
- a support consisting of an arrangement of straps for holding something to the body (especially one supporting a person suspended from a parachute)
- stable gear consisting of an arrangement of leather straps fitted to a draft animal so that it can be attached to and pull a cart
- Equipment for any kind of labour.
- The part of a loom comprising the heddles, with their means of support and motion, by which the threads of the warp are alternately raised and depressed for the passage of the shuttle.
- (countable) A collection of wires or cables bundled and routed according to their function: a wiring harness.
- (countable) A restraint or support, especially one consisting of a loop or network of rope or straps, and especially one worn by a working animal such as a horse pulling a carriage or farm implement.
verb
- put a harness
- accept as a challenge
- seize and throw down an opponent player, who usually carries the ball
- (rugby, American football) To bring a ball carrier to the ground.
- (Singapore, colloquial) To "hit on" or pursue a person that one is interested in.
- To face or deal with, attempting to overcome or fight down.
- (sports) To attempt to take away a ball.
- To force a person to the ground with the weight of one's own body, usually by jumping on top or slamming one's weight into them.
noun
- gear used in fishing
- gear consisting of ropes etc. supporting a ship's masts and sails
- (American football) a position on the line of scrimmage, typically opposite one of the offensive guards
- (American football) grasping an opposing player with the intention of stopping by throwing to the ground
- the person who plays offensive or defensive tackle on a football team
- A device for grasping an object and an attached means of moving it, as a rope and hook.
- (rugby, American football, countable) A play where a defender brings the ball carrier to the ground.
- (sports, countable) A play where a player attempts to take control over the ball from an opponent, as in rugby or football.
- (uncountable, informal, by extension) Equipment, gear, gadgetry.
- (slang) The penis.
- (American football) An offensive line position between a guard and an end: offensive tackle; a person playing that position.
- (nautical, slang, uncountable) Clothing.
- (American football) A defensive position between two defensive ends: defensive tackle; a person playing that position.
- A block and tackle.
- (countable) Any instance in which one person intercepts another and forces them to the ground.
- (fishing, uncountable) Equipment (rod, reel, line, lure, etc.) used when angling.
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- (medicine) A sheath that surrounds a limb and which is used under a cast.
- (fishing) An optional wrap that goes under the guide wrap on a fishing rod.
- (sewing) The portion of a garment that is overlapped by another portion, such as the hidden part of a wrap skirt or the edge that holds buttons which is hidden when a garment is buttoned up.
- (medicine) A lightweight foam that is applied to the skin to reduce irritation before wrapping with supportive tape.
- An undergarment that consists of a cloth wrapped around the body.
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noun
- a raised mark on the skin (as produced by the blow of a whip); characteristic of many allergic reactions
- a raised or strengthened seam
- In carpentry, a strip of wood fastened over a flush seam or joint, or an angle, to strengthen it.
- A strip, especially one around the edge of something (for example, in some old heraldry).
- (shoemaking) A strip of leather set into the seam between the outsole of a shoe and the upper, through which these parts are joined by stitching or stapling.
- A ridge or lump on the skin, as caused by a blow.
- In machine-made stockings, a strip, or flap, of which the heel is formed.
- A strip of material or covered cord applied to a seam or garment edge to strengthen or cover it.
- In steam boilers and sheet-iron work, a strip riveted upon the edges of plates that form a butt joint.
verb
- put something in a resting position, as for support or steadying
- have a place in relation to something else
- take a short break from one's activities in order to relax
- rest on or as if on a pillow
- stay the same; remain in a certain state
- be inherent or innate in
- not move; be in a resting position
- sit, as on a branch
- give a rest to
- be at rest
- be inactive, refrain from acting
- (transitive, intransitive, reflexive) To lean, lie, or lay.
- (intransitive) To come to a pause or an end; end.
- (no object, with complement) To continue to be, remain, be left in a certain way.
- To be satisfied; to acquiesce.
- (intransitive) To sleep; slumber.
- (intransitive) To stay, remain, be situated, or belong to.
- (intransitive) To lie dormant.
- (intransitive) To be free from that which harasses or disturbs; be quiet or still; be undisturbed.
- (intransitive) To cease from action, motion, work, or performance of any kind; stop; desist; be without motion.
- (intransitive) To rely or depend on.
- (intransitive) To sleep the final sleep; sleep in death; die; be dead.
- (transitive, reflexive, copulative) To put into a state of rest.
- (intransitive, transitive, law, US) To complete one's active advocacy in a trial or other proceeding, and thus to wait for the outcome (however, one is still generally available to answer questions, etc.)
noun
- a state of inaction
- something left after other parts have been taken away
- a support on which things can be put
- a pause for relaxation
- freedom from activity (work or strain or responsibility)
- a musical notation indicating a silence of a specified duration
- euphemisms for death (based on an analogy between lying in a bed and in a tomb)
- A projection from the right side of the cuirass of armour, serving to support the lance.
- (uncountable) That which remains.
- (uncountable, of a person or animal) Relief from work or activity by sleeping; sleep.
- (snooker, countable) A stick with a U-, V- or X-shaped head used to support the tip of a cue when the cue ball is otherwise out of reach.
- Those not included in a proposition or description; the remainder; others.
- A place where one may rest, either temporarily, as in an inn, or permanently, as, in an abode.
- (euphemistic, uncountable) A final position after death. Also, death itself: "Not alone, not alone would I go to my rest in the heart of the love..." -- George William Russell ("Love")
- (music, countable) A written symbol indicating such a pause in a musical score such as in sheet music.
- (countable) Any relief from exertion; a state of quiet and relaxation.
- (uncountable) Peace; freedom from worry, anxiety, annoyances; tranquility.
- (physics, uncountable) Absence of motion.
- (UK, finance) A surplus held as a reserved fund by a bank to equalize its dividends, etc.; in the Bank of England, the balance of assets above liabilities.
- (countable) Any object designed to be used to support something else.
- (uncountable, of an object or concept) A state of inactivity; a state of little or no motion; a state of completion.
- (music, countable) A pause of a specified length in a piece of music.
- The striking of a balance at regular intervals in a running account. Often, specifically, the intervals after which compound interest is added to capital.
- (poetry) A short pause in reading poetry; a caesura.
noun
- A strap hung to the girdle, by which a dagger or sword is suspended.
- A bridle iron.
- A person who attempts suicide by hanging.
- A clothes hanger.
- (now historical) A short and broad backsword, worn so to hang at the side, especially popular in the 18th century.
- (cycling) Ellipsis of derailleur hanger
- (slang) Hunger and anger, especially when the anger is induced by the hunger.
- (UK) A steep, wooded slope.
- One who hangs, or causes to be hanged; a hangman, paper hanger, etc.
- (baseball, slang) A hanging pitch; a pitch (typically a breaking ball or slider) that is poorly executed, hence easy to hit.
- (Australian rules football, informal) Synonym of spectacular mark.
- (climbing) A device secured by a bolt and used to attach a carabiner.
- anything from which something can be hung
- a worker who hangs something
noun
- (engineering) A piece, usually a plate, applied to a sliding piece, to receive wear and permit adjustment; a gib.
- (euphemistic) The plimsoll or gym shoe used in this form of punishment.
- (footwear) A low soft shoe intended for indoor use; a bedroom slipper or house slipper.
- (footwear, US, Hawaii, India, Philippines, Malaysia, Singapore) A flip-flop (type of rubber sandal).
- A kind of brake or shoe for a wagon wheel.
- A kind of apron or pinafore for children.
- A form of corporal punishment where the buttocks are repeatedly struck with a plimsoll; "the slipper".
- A person or creature that slips.
- (medicine) A kind of bedpan urinal shaped somewhat like a slipper.
- (footwear) A low soft shoe that can be slipped on and off easily.
- a person who slips or slides because of loss of traction
- low footwear that can be slipped on and off easily; usually worn indoors
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- (carpentry) A girder.
- One who twists.
- (colloquial) A tornado.
- An instrument used in twisting or making twists.
- The party game Twister, usually capitalized, or a variant.
- One whose occupation is to twist or join the threads of one warp to those of another, in weaving.
- Any of species Tholymis tillarga of libellulid dragonfly, of tropical West Africa to Asia, Australia, and the Pacific Islands.
- (British, colloquial) A crook, a villain.
- A ball delivered with a twist, as in cricket or billiards.
- small friedcake formed into twisted strips and fried; richer than doughnuts
- a localized and violently destructive windstorm occurring over land characterized by a funnel-shaped cloud extending toward the ground
noun
- A clasp or brooch for a belt, etc.
- (geology) A small dislocation in beds of rock along a line of fissure.
- A lever that can be moved in two directions.
- (Australia, informal) Removable rank insignia worn on epaulettes of army uniform.
- Synonym of slider (“movable part of a zip fastener that opens or closes the row of teeth”).
- A pocket in one's pants (trousers).
- (sciences) A flat, usually rectangular piece of glass or similar material on which a prepared sample may be viewed through a microscope Generally referred to as a microscope slide.
- (phonetics) A sound which, by a gradual change in the position of the vocal organs, passes imperceptibly into another sound.
- (baseball) The act of dropping down and skidding into a base
- (photography) A transparent plate bearing an image to be projected to a screen.
- (footwear) A sandal that is backless and open-toed.
- A valve that works by sliding, such as in a trombone.
- (by extension, computing) A page of a computer presentation package such as PowerPoint.
- An inclined plane on which heavy bodies slide by the force of gravity, especially one constructed on a mountainside for conveying logs by sliding them down.
- An item of play equipment that children can climb up and then slide down again.
- (music, guitar) A hand-held device made of smooth, hard material, used in the practice of slide guitar.
- A surface of ice, snow, butter, etc. on which someone can slide for amusement or as a practical joke.
- The act of sliding; smooth, even passage or progress.
- (music) A grace consisting of two or more small notes moving by conjoint degrees, and leading to a principal note either above or below.
- (traditional Irish music and dance) A lively dance from County Kerry, in 12/8 time.
- (vulgar slang) A promiscuous woman, slut.
- The falling of large amounts of rubble, earth and stones down the slope of a hill or mountain; avalanche.
- A mechanism, or portion of one, consisting of a part which slides on or against a guide.
- (speech therapy) A voluntary stutter used as a technique to control stuttering in one's speech.
- a transparency mounted in a frame; viewed with a slide projector
- (music) rapid sliding up or down the musical scale
- a small flat rectangular piece of glass on which specimens can be mounted for microscopic study
- (geology) the descent of a large mass of earth or rocks or snow etc.
- plaything consisting of a sloping chute down which children can slide
- sloping channel through which things can descend
- the act of moving smoothly along a surface while remaining in contact with it
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- (transitive) To subtly direct a facial expression at (someone).
- (intransitive) To pass along smoothly or unobservedly; to move gently onward without friction or hindrance.
- (intransitive) To move on a low-friction surface.
- (intransitive, finance) To decrease in amount or value.
- (music) To smoothly pass from one note to another by bending the pitch upwards or downwards.
- (regional) To ride down snowy hills upon a toboggan or similar object for recreation.
- (intransitive, slang) To go; to move from one place or to another.
- (intransitive, baseball) To drop down and skid into a base.
- (transitive) To pass or put imperceptibly; to slip.
- (intransitive) To lose one’s balance on a slippery surface.
- (soccer) To kick so that the ball slides along the ground with little or no turning.
- (ergative) To (cause to) move in continuous contact with a surface.
- to pass or move unobtrusively or smoothly
- move smoothly along a surface
- move obliquely or sideways, usually in an uncontrolled manner
noun
- The end of a connecting rod or other like piece, to which the boxing is attached by the strap, cotter, and gib.
- (leather trades) The thickest and stoutest part of tanned oxhides, used for soles of boots, harness, trunks.
- A wooden cask for storing wine, usually containing 126 gallons.
- The end of a firearm opposite to that from which a bullet is fired.
- (Canada, US, Cumbria, Philippines, slang) The buttocks or anus (used as a minced oath in idiomatic expressions; less objectionable than arse/ass).
- (dialectal) The entire ground (range) on which archers' target practice takes place.
- The blunt back part of an axehead or large blade. Also called the poll.
- A push, thrust, or sudden blow, given by the head; a head butt.
- A mark to be shot at; a target.
- The hut or shelter of the person who attends to the targets in rifle practice.
- (colloquial, Wales) Synonym of butty (“a friend or buddy”).
- (usually as "butt of (a) joke") A person at whom ridicule, jest, or contempt is directed.
- (Northern England) Any of various flatfish such as sole, plaice or turbot
- (lacrosse) The plastic or rubber cap used to cover the open end of a lacrosse stick's shaft in order to reduce injury.
- (slang, metonymic) Body; self.
- (slang) The whole buttocks and pelvic region that includes one's private parts.
- A piece of land left unplowed at the end of a field.
- (mechanical) A joint where the ends of two objects come squarely together without scarfing or chamfering.
- (US) A crust end-piece of a loaf of bread.
- (countable) A limit; a bound; a goal; the extreme bound; the end.
- The shoulder of an animal, especially the portion above the picnic, as a cut of meat.
- (carpentry) A kind of hinge used in hanging doors, etc., so named because it is attached to the inside edge of the door and butts against the casing, instead of on its face, like the strap hinge; also called butt hinge.
- The portion of a half-coupling fastened to the end of a hose.
- A thrust in fencing.
- (shipbuilding) The joint where two planks in a strake meet.
- (English units) An English measure of capacity for liquids, containing 126 wine gallons which is one-half tun.
- (slang) A used cigarette.
- the part of a plant from which the roots spring or the part of a stalk or trunk nearest the roots
- a joint made by fastening ends together without overlapping
- finely ground tobacco wrapped in paper; for smoking
- the small unused part of something (especially the end of a cigarette that is left after smoking)
- a large cask (especially one holding a volume equivalent to 2 hogsheads or 126 gallons)
- thick end of the handle
- a victim of ridicule or pranks
- the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on
- sports equipment consisting of an object set up for a marksman or archer to aim at
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- (transitive, intransitive, eastern Canada, parts of the northeastern US) To cut in line (in front of someone).
- (transitive) To strike bluntly, particularly with the head.
- To join at the butt, end, or outward extremity; to terminate; to be bounded; to abut.
- (intransitive) To strike bluntly with the head.
- to strike, thrust or shove against
- lie adjacent to another or share a boundary
- place end to end without overlapping
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- To fasten with a clip.
- (slang) To collect signatures, generally with the use of a clipboard.
- (computer graphics, video games, ambitransitive) To move (through or into) (a rendered object or barrier).
- (slang, transitive) To cheat, swindle, or fleece.
- To curtail; to cut short.
- (dialectal, informal) To strike with the hand.
- To cut, especially with scissors or shears as opposed to a knife etc.
- (slang, transitive) to grab or take stealthily.
- (computer graphics) To discard (an occluded part of a model or scene) rather than waste resources on rendering it.
- To make a clip; to cut a section of video from a film, broadcast, or other longer video.
- To grip tightly.
- (signal processing) To cut off a signal level at a certain maximum value.
- (surgery, transitive) To treat (an aneurysm) by closing it off with a physical clip.
- To hit or strike, especially in passing.
- (slang) To assassinate; to bump off.
- (American football) To perform an illegal tackle, throwing the body across the back of an opponent's leg or hitting him from the back below the waist while moving up from behind unless the opponent is a runner or the action is in close line play.
- run at a moderately swift pace
- cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of
- sever or remove by pinching or snipping
- terminate or abbreviate before its intended or proper end or its full extent
- attach with a clip
noun
- A short piece of audio (shortened version of audio clip, or alternatively clipping of audio).
- (military, colloquial) A removable magazine of a firearm.
- Something which clips or grasps; a device for attaching one object to another.
- A newspaper clipping.
- (uncountable, Geordie) The condition of something, its state.
- (military) A frame containing a number of rounds of ammunition which is intended to be inserted into an internal magazine of a firearm to allow for rapid reloading.
- Something which has been clipped from a larger whole:
- The product of a single shearing of sheep.
- An act of clipping, such as a haircut.
- A section of video taken from a film, broadcast, or other longer video.
- A projecting flange on the upper edge of a horseshoe, turned up so as to embrace the lower part of the hoof; a toe clip or beak.
- (fishing, UK, Scotland) A gaff or hook for landing the fish, as in salmon fishing.
- An unspecified, but normally understood as rapid, speed or pace.
- A season's crop of wool.
- (informal) A blow with the hand (often in the set phrase clip round the ear)
- a sharp slanting blow
- an article of jewelry that can be clipped onto a hat or dress
- a metal frame or container holding cartridges; can be inserted into an automatic gun
- the act of clipping or snipping
- an instance or single occasion for some event
- any of various small fasteners used to hold loose articles together
adj
noun
noun
- Gimp; a narrow flat braid or reinforced cord of fabric used for ornamental trimming.
- A kind of short, high-necked blouse with sleeves of the late Victorian era, designed to be worn under a low-cut dress, jumper, or pinafore dress.
- A kind of short chemisette or yoke insert made of lace, embroidery, or the like, worn with a low-necked dress.
- A wimple; a wide, stiffly starched cloth that covers the neck and shoulders, as part of the habit of nuns of certain orders.
- a piece of starched cloth covering the shoulders of a nun's habit
- a short blouse with sleeves that is worn under a jumper or pinafore dress
verb
noun
- A cover on a handle that makes it easier to grip.
- (graphical user interface) A visual component on a window etc. enabling it to be resized and/or moved.
- (rail transport, slang) A ticket collector.
- (slang, usually in the plural) A foot.
- (curling) A rubber or other material attached to a curling shoe to improve traction on the ice.
- A person who or thing which grips something.
noun
- (nautical) A grommet or ring of rope lashed to a spar for convenience in handling.
- A circular or linear decoration, especially one of plaited flowers or leaves, worn on the body or draped as a decoration.
- (mining) A metal gutter placed round a mineshaft on the inside, to catch water running down inside the shaft and run it into a drainpipe.
- An accolade or mark of honour.
- The crown of a monarch.
- The top; the thing most prized.
- (nautical) A sort of netted bag used by sailors to keep provisions in.
- flower arrangement consisting of a circular band of foliage or flowers for ornamental purposes
- an anthology of short literary pieces and poems and ballads etc.
verb
noun
verb
noun
- Gist.
- (uncountable, transport) Unpackaged goods when transported in large volumes, e.g. coal, ore, or grain.
- (bodybuilding) Excess body mass, especially muscle.
- Majority, balance.
- (countable) A cargo or any items moved or communicated in the manner of cargo.
- The major part of something.
- Size, specifically, volume.
- (brane cosmology) A hypothetical higher-dimensional space within which our own four-dimensional universe may exist.
- Any huge body or structure.
- Dietary fibre.
- (bodybuilding) A period where one tries to gain muscle.
- the property resulting from being or relating to the greater in number of two parts; the main part
- the property of something that is great in magnitude
- the property possessed by a large mass
adj
verb
- (intransitive) To appear or seem to be, as to bulk or extent.
- (intransitive) To gain body mass by means of diet, exercise, etc.
- (intransitive) To grow in size; to swell or expand.
- (transitive) To put or hold in bulk.
- cause to bulge or swell outwards
- stick out or up
- to gain size and weight by means of exercise and diet
noun
- a restraint put around something to hold it together
- A strip of material wrapped around things to hold them together.
- a strip of material attached to the leg of a bird to identify it (as in studies of bird migration)
- an unofficial association of people or groups
- instrumentalists not including string players
- a group of musicians playing popular music for dancing
- a cord-like tissue connecting two larger parts of an anatomical structure
- a stripe or stripes of contrasting color
- an adornment consisting of a strip of a contrasting color or material
- a thin flat strip of flexible material that is worn around the body or one of the limbs (especially to decorate the body)
- a thin flat strip or loop of flexible material that goes around or over something else, typically to hold it together or as a decoration
- jewelry consisting of a circlet of precious metal (often set with jewels) worn on the finger
- a driving belt in machinery
- a range of frequencies between two limits
- (telecommunications) A designated range of radio frequencies used for wireless communication.
- A continuous tablet, stripe, or series of ornaments, as of carved foliage, of colour, or of brickwork.
- (sciences) Any distinguishing line formed by chromatography, electrophoresis etc
- A narrow strip of cloth or other material on clothing, to bind, strengthen, or ornament it.
- (Canada) Ellipsis of band government.
- A linen collar or ruff worn in the 16th and 17th centuries.
- (in the plural) Two strips of linen hanging from the neck in front as part of a clerical, legal, or academic dress.
- (physics) A group of energy levels in a solid state material.
- A type of orchestra originally playing janissary music; an instance of this type.
- (slang, hiphop, often in the plural) A wad of money totaling $1K, held together by a band; (by extension) $1000, a grand; (by extension) money
- A group of musicians who perform together as an ensemble; sometimes, such a group working for a professional recording artist.
- A long strip of material, color, etc, that is different from the surrounding area.
- (physics) A part of the electromagnetic spectrum.
- (medicine) Ellipsis of band cell.
- That which serves as the means of union or connection between persons; a tie.
- Ellipsis of marching band.
- A strip along the spine of a book where the pages are attached.
- (anthropology) A small group of people living in a simple society, contrasted with tribes, chiefdoms, and nations.
- (especially US) A ring, such as a wedding ring (wedding band), or a ring put on a bird's leg to identify it.
- In Gothic architecture, the moulding, or suite of mouldings, which encircles the pillars and small shafts.
- A group of people loosely united for a common purpose, such as a band of thieves.
- A belt or strap that is part of a machine.
verb
- attach a ring to the foot of, in order to identify
- bind or tie together, as with a band
- (transitive) To fasten with a band.
- (transitive, ornithology) To fasten an identifying band around the leg of (a bird).
- (transitive, education) To group (students) together by perceived ability; to stream.
- (intransitive) To group together for a common purpose; to confederate.
noun
- The girdle of an alb.
- (zoology) The clitellus of earthworms.
- (zoology) A distinct girdle or band of color; a raised spiral line as seen on certain univalve shells.
- (neuroanatomy) A collection of white matter fibers projecting from the cingulate gyrus to the entorhinal cortex in the brain, allowing for communication between components of the limbic system.
- (anatomy) A ridge that girdles the base of an upper molar tooth.
- (anatomy) an encircling structure (as the ridge around the base of a tooth)
verb
noun
- A small horizontal brace or girder.
- The distance measured around an object; the circumference.
- (graph theory) The length of the shortest cycle in a graph.
- (informal) One's waistline circumference, most often a large one.
- A band passed under the belly of an animal, which holds a saddle or a harness saddle in place.
- The part of an animal around which the girth fits.
- the distance around a person's body
- stable gear consisting of a band around a horse's belly that holds the saddle in place
noun
- A protrusion used to hang things on.
- (figurative) A support; a reason; a pretext.
- Ellipsis of clothes peg.
- (journalism) A topic of interest, such as an ongoing event or an anniversary, around which various features can be developed.
- A cylindrical wooden or metal object used to fasten or as a bearing between objects.
- (psychology) An easily recalled image that a person mentally visualizes with something else, in order to remember that other thing. See mnemonic peg system.
- (UK) A small quantity of a strong alcoholic beverage.
- A step; a degree.
- A place formally allotted for fishing
- (cribbage) A peg moved on a crib board to keep score.
- (finance) A fixed exchange rate, where a currency's value is matched to the value of another currency or measure such as gold.
- (slang) The penetration during anal sex using a strap-on dildo.
- (India) A serving of any hard spirit, particularly whisky.
- (cricket, slang) A stump.
- One of the pins of a musical instrument, on which the strings are strained.
- a prosthesis that replaces a missing leg
- a holder attached to the gunwale of a boat that holds the oar in place and acts as a fulcrum for rowing
- regulator that can be turned to regulate the pitch of the strings of a stringed instrument
- small markers inserted into a surface to mark scores or define locations etc.
- informal terms for the leg
- a wooden pin pushed or driven into a surface
verb
- (transitive, slang) To indicate or ascribe an attribute to.
- (slang, transitive) To engage in anal sex by penetrating with a strap-on dildo.
- (transitive) To fix a value or price.
- (transitive) To narrow the cuff openings of a pair of pants so that the legs take on a peg shape.
- (intransitive) To keep working hard at something; to peg away.
- (transitive, slang) To reach or exceed the maximum value on (a scale or gauge).
- (cribbage) To move one's pegs to indicate points scored; to score with a peg.
- (transitive, slang) To throw.
- (transitive) To affix or pin.
- (transitive) To fasten using a peg.
- (transitive, kickball) To throw a ball at (someone), to hit (someone) with a ball.
- succeed in obtaining a position
- fasten or secure with a wooden pin
- stabilize (the price of a commodity or an exchange rate) by legislation or market operations
- pierce with a wooden pin or knock or thrust a wooden pin into
noun
verb
noun
verb
noun
- A strap hung to the girdle, by which a dagger or sword is suspended.
- A bridle iron.
- A person who attempts suicide by hanging.
- A clothes hanger.
- (now historical) A short and broad backsword, worn so to hang at the side, especially popular in the 18th century.
- (cycling) Ellipsis of derailleur hanger
- (slang) Hunger and anger, especially when the anger is induced by the hunger.
- (UK) A steep, wooded slope.
- One who hangs, or causes to be hanged; a hangman, paper hanger, etc.
- (baseball, slang) A hanging pitch; a pitch (typically a breaking ball or slider) that is poorly executed, hence easy to hit.
- (Australian rules football, informal) Synonym of spectacular mark.
- (climbing) A device secured by a bolt and used to attach a carabiner.
- anything from which something can be hung
- a worker who hangs something
noun
- (engineering) A piece, usually a plate, applied to a sliding piece, to receive wear and permit adjustment; a gib.
- (euphemistic) The plimsoll or gym shoe used in this form of punishment.
- (footwear) A low soft shoe intended for indoor use; a bedroom slipper or house slipper.
- (footwear, US, Hawaii, India, Philippines, Malaysia, Singapore) A flip-flop (type of rubber sandal).
- A kind of brake or shoe for a wagon wheel.
- A kind of apron or pinafore for children.
- A form of corporal punishment where the buttocks are repeatedly struck with a plimsoll; "the slipper".
- A person or creature that slips.
- (medicine) A kind of bedpan urinal shaped somewhat like a slipper.
- (footwear) A low soft shoe that can be slipped on and off easily.
- a person who slips or slides because of loss of traction
- low footwear that can be slipped on and off easily; usually worn indoors
verb
noun
- (carpentry) A girder.
- One who twists.
- (colloquial) A tornado.
- An instrument used in twisting or making twists.
- The party game Twister, usually capitalized, or a variant.
- One whose occupation is to twist or join the threads of one warp to those of another, in weaving.
- Any of species Tholymis tillarga of libellulid dragonfly, of tropical West Africa to Asia, Australia, and the Pacific Islands.
- (British, colloquial) A crook, a villain.
- A ball delivered with a twist, as in cricket or billiards.
- small friedcake formed into twisted strips and fried; richer than doughnuts
- a localized and violently destructive windstorm occurring over land characterized by a funnel-shaped cloud extending toward the ground
noun
- A clasp or brooch for a belt, etc.
- (geology) A small dislocation in beds of rock along a line of fissure.
- A lever that can be moved in two directions.
- (Australia, informal) Removable rank insignia worn on epaulettes of army uniform.
- Synonym of slider (“movable part of a zip fastener that opens or closes the row of teeth”).
- A pocket in one's pants (trousers).
- (sciences) A flat, usually rectangular piece of glass or similar material on which a prepared sample may be viewed through a microscope Generally referred to as a microscope slide.
- (phonetics) A sound which, by a gradual change in the position of the vocal organs, passes imperceptibly into another sound.
- (baseball) The act of dropping down and skidding into a base
- (photography) A transparent plate bearing an image to be projected to a screen.
- (footwear) A sandal that is backless and open-toed.
- A valve that works by sliding, such as in a trombone.
- (by extension, computing) A page of a computer presentation package such as PowerPoint.
- An inclined plane on which heavy bodies slide by the force of gravity, especially one constructed on a mountainside for conveying logs by sliding them down.
- An item of play equipment that children can climb up and then slide down again.
- (music, guitar) A hand-held device made of smooth, hard material, used in the practice of slide guitar.
- A surface of ice, snow, butter, etc. on which someone can slide for amusement or as a practical joke.
- The act of sliding; smooth, even passage or progress.
- (music) A grace consisting of two or more small notes moving by conjoint degrees, and leading to a principal note either above or below.
- (traditional Irish music and dance) A lively dance from County Kerry, in 12/8 time.
- (vulgar slang) A promiscuous woman, slut.
- The falling of large amounts of rubble, earth and stones down the slope of a hill or mountain; avalanche.
- A mechanism, or portion of one, consisting of a part which slides on or against a guide.
- (speech therapy) A voluntary stutter used as a technique to control stuttering in one's speech.
- a transparency mounted in a frame; viewed with a slide projector
- (music) rapid sliding up or down the musical scale
- a small flat rectangular piece of glass on which specimens can be mounted for microscopic study
- (geology) the descent of a large mass of earth or rocks or snow etc.
- plaything consisting of a sloping chute down which children can slide
- sloping channel through which things can descend
- the act of moving smoothly along a surface while remaining in contact with it
verb
- (transitive) To subtly direct a facial expression at (someone).
- (intransitive) To pass along smoothly or unobservedly; to move gently onward without friction or hindrance.
- (intransitive) To move on a low-friction surface.
- (intransitive, finance) To decrease in amount or value.
- (music) To smoothly pass from one note to another by bending the pitch upwards or downwards.
- (regional) To ride down snowy hills upon a toboggan or similar object for recreation.
- (intransitive, slang) To go; to move from one place or to another.
- (intransitive, baseball) To drop down and skid into a base.
- (transitive) To pass or put imperceptibly; to slip.
- (intransitive) To lose one’s balance on a slippery surface.
- (soccer) To kick so that the ball slides along the ground with little or no turning.
- (ergative) To (cause to) move in continuous contact with a surface.
- to pass or move unobtrusively or smoothly
- move smoothly along a surface
- move obliquely or sideways, usually in an uncontrolled manner
noun
- The end of a connecting rod or other like piece, to which the boxing is attached by the strap, cotter, and gib.
- (leather trades) The thickest and stoutest part of tanned oxhides, used for soles of boots, harness, trunks.
- A wooden cask for storing wine, usually containing 126 gallons.
- The end of a firearm opposite to that from which a bullet is fired.
- (Canada, US, Cumbria, Philippines, slang) The buttocks or anus (used as a minced oath in idiomatic expressions; less objectionable than arse/ass).
- (dialectal) The entire ground (range) on which archers' target practice takes place.
- The blunt back part of an axehead or large blade. Also called the poll.
- A push, thrust, or sudden blow, given by the head; a head butt.
- A mark to be shot at; a target.
- The hut or shelter of the person who attends to the targets in rifle practice.
- (colloquial, Wales) Synonym of butty (“a friend or buddy”).
- (usually as "butt of (a) joke") A person at whom ridicule, jest, or contempt is directed.
- (Northern England) Any of various flatfish such as sole, plaice or turbot
- (lacrosse) The plastic or rubber cap used to cover the open end of a lacrosse stick's shaft in order to reduce injury.
- (slang, metonymic) Body; self.
- (slang) The whole buttocks and pelvic region that includes one's private parts.
- A piece of land left unplowed at the end of a field.
- (mechanical) A joint where the ends of two objects come squarely together without scarfing or chamfering.
- (US) A crust end-piece of a loaf of bread.
- (countable) A limit; a bound; a goal; the extreme bound; the end.
- The shoulder of an animal, especially the portion above the picnic, as a cut of meat.
- (carpentry) A kind of hinge used in hanging doors, etc., so named because it is attached to the inside edge of the door and butts against the casing, instead of on its face, like the strap hinge; also called butt hinge.
- The portion of a half-coupling fastened to the end of a hose.
- A thrust in fencing.
- (shipbuilding) The joint where two planks in a strake meet.
- (English units) An English measure of capacity for liquids, containing 126 wine gallons which is one-half tun.
- (slang) A used cigarette.
- the part of a plant from which the roots spring or the part of a stalk or trunk nearest the roots
- a joint made by fastening ends together without overlapping
- finely ground tobacco wrapped in paper; for smoking
- the small unused part of something (especially the end of a cigarette that is left after smoking)
- a large cask (especially one holding a volume equivalent to 2 hogsheads or 126 gallons)
- thick end of the handle
- a victim of ridicule or pranks
- the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on
- sports equipment consisting of an object set up for a marksman or archer to aim at
verb
- (transitive, intransitive, eastern Canada, parts of the northeastern US) To cut in line (in front of someone).
- (transitive) To strike bluntly, particularly with the head.
- To join at the butt, end, or outward extremity; to terminate; to be bounded; to abut.
- (intransitive) To strike bluntly with the head.
- to strike, thrust or shove against
- lie adjacent to another or share a boundary
- place end to end without overlapping
noun
- Gimp; a narrow flat braid or reinforced cord of fabric used for ornamental trimming.
- A kind of short, high-necked blouse with sleeves of the late Victorian era, designed to be worn under a low-cut dress, jumper, or pinafore dress.
- A kind of short chemisette or yoke insert made of lace, embroidery, or the like, worn with a low-necked dress.
- A wimple; a wide, stiffly starched cloth that covers the neck and shoulders, as part of the habit of nuns of certain orders.
- a piece of starched cloth covering the shoulders of a nun's habit
- a short blouse with sleeves that is worn under a jumper or pinafore dress
verb
noun
- A cover on a handle that makes it easier to grip.
- (graphical user interface) A visual component on a window etc. enabling it to be resized and/or moved.
- (rail transport, slang) A ticket collector.
- (slang, usually in the plural) A foot.
- (curling) A rubber or other material attached to a curling shoe to improve traction on the ice.
- A person who or thing which grips something.
noun
- (nautical) A grommet or ring of rope lashed to a spar for convenience in handling.
- A circular or linear decoration, especially one of plaited flowers or leaves, worn on the body or draped as a decoration.
- (mining) A metal gutter placed round a mineshaft on the inside, to catch water running down inside the shaft and run it into a drainpipe.
- An accolade or mark of honour.
- The crown of a monarch.
- The top; the thing most prized.
- (nautical) A sort of netted bag used by sailors to keep provisions in.
- flower arrangement consisting of a circular band of foliage or flowers for ornamental purposes
- an anthology of short literary pieces and poems and ballads etc.
verb
verb
- put a girdle on or around
- bind with something round or circular
- prepare oneself for a military confrontation
- (transitive) To encircle with, or as if with a belt.
- (intransitive) To jeer.
- (transitive) To bind with a flexible rope or cord.
- (transitive, chiefly reflexive) To prepare (oneself) for an action.
- (nautical, intransitive) (of a vessel towing another) To be pulled on sideways by its towline, putting it at risk of capsizing.
- (transitive) To jeer at.
noun
verb
noun
- a band of material around the waist that strengthens a skirt or trousers
- a woman's close-fitting foundation garment
- an encircling or ringlike structure
- The removal or inversion of a ring of bark in order to kill or stunt a tree.
- A belt or sash at the waist, often used to support stockings or hosiery.
- That which girds, encircles, or encloses; a circumference.
- A garment used to hold the abdomen, hips, buttocks, and/or thighs in a particular shape.
- The clitellum of an earthworm.
- (Scotland, Northern English) Alternative form of griddle.
- The line of greatest circumference of a brilliant-cut diamond, at which it is grasped by the setting.
- (mining) A thin bed or stratum of stone.
verb
- To girdle.
- (intransitive) To make a short, loud, explosive noise with the vocal organs (said of animals, especially dogs).
- To strip the bark from; to peel.
- (transitive) To speak sharply.
- To cover or inclose with bark, or as with bark.
- (intransitive) To make a clamor; to make importunate outcries.
- To abrade or rub off any outer covering from.
- remove the bark of a tree
- tan (a skin) with bark tannins
- make barking sounds
- cover with bark
- speak in an unfriendly tone
intj
noun
- The short, loud, explosive sound uttered by a dog, a fox, and some other animals.
- The envelopment or outer covering of anything.
- (figuratively) An abrupt loud vocal utterance.
- The crust formed on barbecued meat that has had a rub applied to it.
- Hard candy made in flat sheets, for instance out of chocolate, peanut butter, toffee or peppermint.
- (medicine) Peruvian bark or Jesuit's bark, the bark of the cinchona from which quinine is produced.
- (music) The quick opening of the hi-hat cymbal as it is hit, followed by its timely closing.
- (countable, uncountable) The exterior covering of the trunk and branches of a tree.
- (poetic) A sailing vessel or boat of any kind.
- (nautical) A vessel, typically with three (or more) masts, with the foremasts (or fore- and mainmasts) square-rigged, and mizzenmast schooner-rigged.
- tough protective covering of the woody stems and roots of trees and other woody plants
- the sound made by a dog
- a sailing ship with 3 (or more) masts
- a noise resembling the bark of a dog
verb
noun
- A male cat; a tomcat.
- A strip, wedge, or bolt made from metal or wood and used for holding a machine part in place; usually with features (such as a taper and/or set screws) that allow for fine adjustment of the part's position.
- (New Zealand) plasterboard.
- A castrated male cat or ferret.
- The lower lip of a horse.
- A hooked prolongation on the lower jaw of a male salmon or trout.
- (video games, rare) An instance of gibbing something.
- (video games, usually plural) A piece of a fragged character, most often in first-person shooters.
- a castrated tomcat
verb
adj
noun
verb
noun
- A small horizontal brace or girder.
- The distance measured around an object; the circumference.
- (graph theory) The length of the shortest cycle in a graph.
- (informal) One's waistline circumference, most often a large one.
- A band passed under the belly of an animal, which holds a saddle or a harness saddle in place.
- The part of an animal around which the girth fits.
- the distance around a person's body
- stable gear consisting of a band around a horse's belly that holds the saddle in place
verb
noun
verb
noun
- A rope with a noose, for hanging criminals; the gallows rope.
- Alternative form of haltere.
- A bitless headpiece of rope or straps, placed on the head of animals such as cattle or horses to lead or tie them.
- One who halts or limps; a cripple.
- A halter top.
- either of the rudimentary hind wings of dipterous insects; used for maintaining equilibrium during flight
- a rope that is used by a hangman to execute persons who have been condemned to death by hanging
- rope or canvas headgear for a horse, with a rope for leading
- a woman's top that fastens behind the back and neck leaving the back and arms uncovered
verb
- To attach a limber.
- (intransitive, figuratively) To prepare; to make oneself ready.
- (transitive) To make (someone or something) more limber or flexible.
- (intransitive) To stretch one's muscles to make them more limber, usually as a preparation for physical exercise.
- make one's body limber or suppler by stretching, as if to prepare for strenuous physical activity
- attach the limber
verb
noun
- a support consisting of an arrangement of straps for holding something to the body (especially one supporting a person suspended from a parachute)
- stable gear consisting of an arrangement of leather straps fitted to a draft animal so that it can be attached to and pull a cart
- Equipment for any kind of labour.
- The part of a loom comprising the heddles, with their means of support and motion, by which the threads of the warp are alternately raised and depressed for the passage of the shuttle.
- (countable) A collection of wires or cables bundled and routed according to their function: a wiring harness.
- (countable) A restraint or support, especially one consisting of a loop or network of rope or straps, and especially one worn by a working animal such as a horse pulling a carriage or farm implement.
verb
- put a harness
- accept as a challenge
- seize and throw down an opponent player, who usually carries the ball
- (rugby, American football) To bring a ball carrier to the ground.
- (Singapore, colloquial) To "hit on" or pursue a person that one is interested in.
- To face or deal with, attempting to overcome or fight down.
- (sports) To attempt to take away a ball.
- To force a person to the ground with the weight of one's own body, usually by jumping on top or slamming one's weight into them.
noun
- gear used in fishing
- gear consisting of ropes etc. supporting a ship's masts and sails
- (American football) a position on the line of scrimmage, typically opposite one of the offensive guards
- (American football) grasping an opposing player with the intention of stopping by throwing to the ground
- the person who plays offensive or defensive tackle on a football team
- A device for grasping an object and an attached means of moving it, as a rope and hook.
- (rugby, American football, countable) A play where a defender brings the ball carrier to the ground.
- (sports, countable) A play where a player attempts to take control over the ball from an opponent, as in rugby or football.
- (uncountable, informal, by extension) Equipment, gear, gadgetry.
- (slang) The penis.
- (American football) An offensive line position between a guard and an end: offensive tackle; a person playing that position.
- (nautical, slang, uncountable) Clothing.
- (American football) A defensive position between two defensive ends: defensive tackle; a person playing that position.
- A block and tackle.
- (countable) Any instance in which one person intercepts another and forces them to the ground.
- (fishing, uncountable) Equipment (rod, reel, line, lure, etc.) used when angling.
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- (medicine) A sheath that surrounds a limb and which is used under a cast.
- (fishing) An optional wrap that goes under the guide wrap on a fishing rod.
- (sewing) The portion of a garment that is overlapped by another portion, such as the hidden part of a wrap skirt or the edge that holds buttons which is hidden when a garment is buttoned up.
- (medicine) A lightweight foam that is applied to the skin to reduce irritation before wrapping with supportive tape.
- An undergarment that consists of a cloth wrapped around the body.
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- a raised mark on the skin (as produced by the blow of a whip); characteristic of many allergic reactions
- a raised or strengthened seam
- In carpentry, a strip of wood fastened over a flush seam or joint, or an angle, to strengthen it.
- A strip, especially one around the edge of something (for example, in some old heraldry).
- (shoemaking) A strip of leather set into the seam between the outsole of a shoe and the upper, through which these parts are joined by stitching or stapling.
- A ridge or lump on the skin, as caused by a blow.
- In machine-made stockings, a strip, or flap, of which the heel is formed.
- A strip of material or covered cord applied to a seam or garment edge to strengthen or cover it.
- In steam boilers and sheet-iron work, a strip riveted upon the edges of plates that form a butt joint.
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- put something in a resting position, as for support or steadying
- have a place in relation to something else
- take a short break from one's activities in order to relax
- rest on or as if on a pillow
- stay the same; remain in a certain state
- be inherent or innate in
- not move; be in a resting position
- sit, as on a branch
- give a rest to
- be at rest
- be inactive, refrain from acting
- (transitive, intransitive, reflexive) To lean, lie, or lay.
- (intransitive) To come to a pause or an end; end.
- (no object, with complement) To continue to be, remain, be left in a certain way.
- To be satisfied; to acquiesce.
- (intransitive) To sleep; slumber.
- (intransitive) To stay, remain, be situated, or belong to.
- (intransitive) To lie dormant.
- (intransitive) To be free from that which harasses or disturbs; be quiet or still; be undisturbed.
- (intransitive) To cease from action, motion, work, or performance of any kind; stop; desist; be without motion.
- (intransitive) To rely or depend on.
- (intransitive) To sleep the final sleep; sleep in death; die; be dead.
- (transitive, reflexive, copulative) To put into a state of rest.
- (intransitive, transitive, law, US) To complete one's active advocacy in a trial or other proceeding, and thus to wait for the outcome (however, one is still generally available to answer questions, etc.)
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- a state of inaction
- something left after other parts have been taken away
- a support on which things can be put
- a pause for relaxation
- freedom from activity (work or strain or responsibility)
- a musical notation indicating a silence of a specified duration
- euphemisms for death (based on an analogy between lying in a bed and in a tomb)
- A projection from the right side of the cuirass of armour, serving to support the lance.
- (uncountable) That which remains.
- (uncountable, of a person or animal) Relief from work or activity by sleeping; sleep.
- (snooker, countable) A stick with a U-, V- or X-shaped head used to support the tip of a cue when the cue ball is otherwise out of reach.
- Those not included in a proposition or description; the remainder; others.
- A place where one may rest, either temporarily, as in an inn, or permanently, as, in an abode.
- (euphemistic, uncountable) A final position after death. Also, death itself: "Not alone, not alone would I go to my rest in the heart of the love..." -- George William Russell ("Love")
- (music, countable) A written symbol indicating such a pause in a musical score such as in sheet music.
- (countable) Any relief from exertion; a state of quiet and relaxation.
- (uncountable) Peace; freedom from worry, anxiety, annoyances; tranquility.
- (physics, uncountable) Absence of motion.
- (UK, finance) A surplus held as a reserved fund by a bank to equalize its dividends, etc.; in the Bank of England, the balance of assets above liabilities.
- (countable) Any object designed to be used to support something else.
- (uncountable, of an object or concept) A state of inactivity; a state of little or no motion; a state of completion.
- (music, countable) A pause of a specified length in a piece of music.
- The striking of a balance at regular intervals in a running account. Often, specifically, the intervals after which compound interest is added to capital.
- (poetry) A short pause in reading poetry; a caesura.
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- To fasten with a clip.
- (slang) To collect signatures, generally with the use of a clipboard.
- (computer graphics, video games, ambitransitive) To move (through or into) (a rendered object or barrier).
- (slang, transitive) To cheat, swindle, or fleece.
- To curtail; to cut short.
- (dialectal, informal) To strike with the hand.
- To cut, especially with scissors or shears as opposed to a knife etc.
- (slang, transitive) to grab or take stealthily.
- (computer graphics) To discard (an occluded part of a model or scene) rather than waste resources on rendering it.
- To make a clip; to cut a section of video from a film, broadcast, or other longer video.
- To grip tightly.
- (signal processing) To cut off a signal level at a certain maximum value.
- (surgery, transitive) To treat (an aneurysm) by closing it off with a physical clip.
- To hit or strike, especially in passing.
- (slang) To assassinate; to bump off.
- (American football) To perform an illegal tackle, throwing the body across the back of an opponent's leg or hitting him from the back below the waist while moving up from behind unless the opponent is a runner or the action is in close line play.
- run at a moderately swift pace
- cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of
- sever or remove by pinching or snipping
- terminate or abbreviate before its intended or proper end or its full extent
- attach with a clip
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- A short piece of audio (shortened version of audio clip, or alternatively clipping of audio).
- (military, colloquial) A removable magazine of a firearm.
- Something which clips or grasps; a device for attaching one object to another.
- A newspaper clipping.
- (uncountable, Geordie) The condition of something, its state.
- (military) A frame containing a number of rounds of ammunition which is intended to be inserted into an internal magazine of a firearm to allow for rapid reloading.
- Something which has been clipped from a larger whole:
- The product of a single shearing of sheep.
- An act of clipping, such as a haircut.
- A section of video taken from a film, broadcast, or other longer video.
- A projecting flange on the upper edge of a horseshoe, turned up so as to embrace the lower part of the hoof; a toe clip or beak.
- (fishing, UK, Scotland) A gaff or hook for landing the fish, as in salmon fishing.
- An unspecified, but normally understood as rapid, speed or pace.
- A season's crop of wool.
- (informal) A blow with the hand (often in the set phrase clip round the ear)
- a sharp slanting blow
- an article of jewelry that can be clipped onto a hat or dress
- a metal frame or container holding cartridges; can be inserted into an automatic gun
- the act of clipping or snipping
- an instance or single occasion for some event
- any of various small fasteners used to hold loose articles together
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