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verb
- To make progress or win easily.
- (slang, chiefly newspapers) To engage in playful or illicit sex.
- (with adverb) To move with little effort relatively quickly.
- (transitive, US) (Often used with down) To press forcefully, to encourage vehemently, to oppress.
- (intransitive) To play about roughly, energetically or boisterously.
- play boisterously
- run easily and fairly fast
- win easily
noun
- An enjoyable, fast-paced but essentially inconsequential film, play, or other piece of entertainment.
- (chiefly sports) A decisive victory; a game, match etc. which is won easily.
- A period of boisterous play, a frolic; now especially, a bout of sexual activity, especially when illicit.
- a girl who behaves in a boyish manner
- an easy victory
- gay or light-hearted recreational activity for diversion or amusement
noun
- a person or thing that is a resource that helps make something easier or possible to do
- the activity of contributing to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose
- gift of money or other material help to support a person or cause
- the work of providing treatment for or attending to someone or something
- (countable, chiefly in the plural, horse racing) The rider's use of hands, legs, voice, etc. to control the horse.
- (countable) A helper; an assistant.
- (countable, British) An exchequer loan.
- (countable, law) A pecuniary tribute paid by a vassal to his feudal lord on special occasions.
- (countable) Alternative form of aide (“an aide-de-camp”).
- (uncountable) Help; assistance; succor, relief.
- (countable) Something which helps; a material source of help.
- (countable, British) An historical subsidy granted to the crown by Parliament for an extraordinary purpose, such as a war effort.
verb
noun
- a person or thing that is a resource that helps make something easier or possible to do
- Something or someone which provides assistance with a task.
- a means of serving
- a person who contributes to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose
- the activity of contributing to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose
- (usually uncountable) One or more people employed to help in the maintenance of a house or the operation of a farm or enterprise.
- (countable) A study aid.
- (uncountable) Action given to provide assistance; aid.
- (computing) Documentation provided with computer software that could be accessed using the computer.
- (uncountable) Correction of deficits, as by psychological counseling or medication or social support or remedial training.
verb
- abstain from doing; always used with a negative
- give help or assistance; be of service
- take or use
- improve the condition of
- improve; change for the better
- contribute to the furtherance of
- be of use
- help to some food; help with food or drink
- (Hong Kong, Singapore) To do something on the behalf of someone.
- (Singapore, Singlish, imperative) To assist or sympathize with (the speaker); used to express displeasure, disappointment or exasperation.
- (transitive) To avoid; to prevent; to refrain from; to restrain (oneself). Usually used in nonassertive contexts with can.
- (transitive) To assist (a person) in getting something, especially food or drink at table; used with to.
- (intransitive) To provide assistance.
- (transitive) To provide assistance to (someone or something).
- (transitive) To contribute in some way to.
intj
noun
- act of assisting or making easier the progress or improvement of something
- The act of facilitating or making easy.
- the condition of being made easy (or easier)
- (neurophysiology) phenomenon that occurs when two or more neural impulses that alone are not enough to trigger a response in a neuron combine to trigger an action potential
- (physiology) The process of synapses becoming more capable of transmitting the same type of signal each time certain types of sensory signals pass through sequences of these synapses.
verb
- To help the progress of (something); to further.
- (intransitive) To make progress; to do well, to succeed.
- To provide (money or other value) before it is due, or in expectation of some work; to lend.
- To increase (a number or amount).
- (intransitive) To move forward in time; to progress towards completion.
- To raise (someone) in rank or office; to prefer, to promote.
- To raise or increase (a price, rate).
- To put forward (an idea, argument etc.); to propose.
- To make (something) happen at an earlier time or date; to bring forward, to hasten.
- To move or push (something) forwards, especially forcefully.
- (intransitive) To make a higher bid at an auction.
- (intransitive) To move forwards; to approach.
- move forward, also in the metaphorical sense
- increase or raise
- give a promotion to or assign to a higher position
- develop further
- bring forward for consideration or acceptance
- move forward
- cause to move forward
- rise in rate or price
- develop in a positive way
- pay in advance
- obtain advantages, such as points, etc.
- contribute to the progress or growth of
adj
noun
- An addition to the price; rise in price or value.
- An amount of money or credit, especially given as a loan, or paid before it is due; an advancement.
- (often in the plural) An opening approach or overture, now especially of an unwelcome or sexual nature.
- A forward move; improvement or progression.
- an amount paid before it is earned
- a movement forward
- increase in price or value
- the act of moving forward (as toward a goal)
- a change for the better; progress in development
- a tentative suggestion designed to elicit the reactions of others
noun
- One who succeeds while making only a minimal effort.
- (Philippines) A minibus; small bus (especially Toyota Coaster or in general resembling such regardless of brand name)
- A sailor (especially the master or pilot of a vessel) who travels only in coastal waters.
- (Australia, slang) An itinerant person who shirks work but still seeks food and lodging; a loafer, a sundowner.
- (computing, slang) A useless compact disc or DVD, such as one that was burned incorrectly or has become corrupted.
- (Canada, US) Ellipsis of coaster trout (“the brook trout (Salvelinus fontinalis) in Lake Superior and Maine”).
- (US) A cow from the coastal part of Texas.
- A small, flat or tray-like object on which a bottle, cup, glass, mug, etc., is placed to protect a table surface from drink spills, heat, or water condensation.
- A merchant vessel that stays in coastal waters, especially one that travels between ports of the same country.
- (US, winter sports) A sled or toboggan.
- (US, winter sports) A person who uses a sled or toboggan to slide down a slope covered with ice or snow; a sledder, a tobogganist.
- (US, informal) Ellipsis of rollercoaster.
- A person who originates from or inhabits a coastal area.
- a covering (plate or mat) that protects the surface of a table (i.e., from the condensation on a cold glass or bottle)
- a resident of a coastal area
- someone who coasts
noun
- A person who shows initiative and resourcefulness.
- A mechanism (usually one operated by electricity, compressed air, a spring, or an explosive gas), attached to an internal-combustion engine, as on an automobile, and used as a means of starting the engine without cranking it by hand.
- An engine so equipped, or the vehicle that it powers.
- an energetic person with unusual initiative
- an electric starting motor that automatically starts an internal-combustion engine
noun
- a person who acts and gets things done
- a theatrical performer
- A person who acts a part in a theatrical play or (later) in film or television; a dramatic performer.
- (software engineering) The entity that performs a role (in use case analysis).
- (grammar) The subject performing the action of a verb.
- Someone or something that takes part in some action; a doer, an agent.
noun
- a person who acts and gets things done
- sterile member of a colony of social insects that forages for food and cares for the larvae
- a member of the working class (not necessarily employed)
- a person who works at a specific occupation
- One who works: a person who performs labor for a living; traditionally, especially, manual labor.
- (rare) A female ant, bee, termite or wasp.
- A nonreproductive social insect, such as ant, bee, termite, or wasp.
- (computing) A thread performing one instance of a particular task within a program.
noun
- an efficient person
- any mechanical or electrical device that transmits or modifies energy to perform or assist in the performance of human tasks
- a motor vehicle with four wheels; usually propelled by an internal combustion engine
- an intricate organization that accomplishes its goals efficiently
- a device for overcoming resistance at one point by applying force at some other point
- a group that controls the activities of a political party
- (politics, chiefly US) The system of special interest groups that supports a political party, especially in urban areas.
- Especially, the group that controls a political or similar organization; a combination of persons acting together for a common purpose, with the agencies which they use.
- (poetry) Supernatural agency in a poem, or a superhuman being introduced to perform some exploit.
- (computing) A computer.
- A device that directs and controls energy, often in the form of movement or electricity, to produce a certain effect.
- (historical) A contrivance in the Ancient Greek theatre for indicating a change of scene, by means of which a god might cross the stage or deliver a divine message; the deus ex machina.
- (figuratively) A person or organisation that seemingly acts like a machine, being particularly efficient, single-minded, or unemotional.
- (telephony, abbreviation) An answering machine or, by extension, voice mail.
verb
noun
- Something that, or someone who, improves something.
- One who performs improv; an improviser.
- A substance added to cause improvement (especially to a foodstuff).
- (historical) A pad worn by women to make the dress hang properly.
- One who improves his or her performance, one who shows improvement (of individuals or groups).
- someone devoted to the promotion of human welfare and to social reforms
- a component that is added to something to improve it
noun
adj
verb
- To make one's way or move with some difficulty or effort.
- (figurative) To engage in (a contest or struggle).
- Sometimes followed by down: to contend with or move (someone) into or out of a position by grappling; also, to overcome (someone) by grappling.
- Followed by with: to move or manipulate something using physical effort, usually with some difficulty or opposition.
- Followed by against or with: to contend, to struggle; to exert effort, to strive.
- To take part in (a wrestling bout or match).
- (Western US) To throw down (a calf or other livestock animal) for branding.
- To move or manipulate (something) using physical effort, usually with some difficulty or opposition.
- To grapple or otherwise contend with an opponent in order to throw or force them to the ground, chiefly as a sport or in unarmed combat.
- to move in a twisting or contorted motion, (especially when struggling)
- combat to overcome an opposing tendency or force
- engage in deep thought, consideration, or debate
- engage in a wrestling match
noun
- (figurative) A situation in which people compete with each other; a contest, a struggle.
- (uncountable, also figurative) The action of contending or struggling.
- A fight or struggle between people during which they grapple or otherwise contend with each other in order to throw or force their opponent to the ground, chiefly as a sport or in unarmed combat.
- the act of engaging in close hand-to-hand combat
adj
noun
- Any major progress; such as a great innovation or discovery that overcomes a significant obstacle.
- (sports) The penetration of the opposition's defence.
- (construction) The penetration of a separating wall or the remaining distance to an adjacent hollow (a crosscut in mining) or between two parts of a tunnel build from both ends; knockthrough.
- (medicine, sometimes attributive) The emergence or one or more symptoms of a condition despite medication or other medical treatment.
- (military) An advance through and past enemy lines.
- a penetration of a barrier such as an enemy's defense
- making an important discovery
- a productive insight
verb
- (intransitive) To progress with difficulty.
- (of the sun or moon) To gleam intermittently through clouds or mist.
- (intransitive) To walk through water or something that impedes progress.
- (intransitive) To enter recklessly.
- (transitive) To walk through (water or similar impediment); to pass through by wading.
- walk (through relatively shallow water)
noun
noun
- a person of great ability and ambition
- A person who or a type of aircraft that flies at high elevations.
- (figurative) An ambitious person, especially one who takes risks or has an extravagant lifestyle.
- (fishing) A vertical pole used in commercial fishing to locate the beginning and end of a long fishing line.
- A type of phaeton carriage.
- A swingboat.
- (finance) A glamorous stock that potentially offers high returns to investors.
noun
- someone who pushes
- a small vehicle with four wheels in which a baby or child is pushed around
- one who intrudes or pushes themself forward
- an unlicensed dealer in illegal drugs
- a sandal attached to the foot by a thong over the toes
- (aeronautics) An aircraft with the propeller behind the fuselage.
- (colloquial) A drug dealer.
- A device that one pushes in order to transport a baby while on foot, such as a stroller or pram (as opposed to a carrier such as a front or back pack).
- (tennis) A defensive player who does not attempt to hit winners, instead playing slower shots into the opponent's court.
- A device in a coke oven for levelling the coal, traditionally operated by a pusherman.
- Someone or something that pushes.
- (military slang) A girl or woman.
- (rail transport) Synonym of banker (“type of railway locomotive”).
- Synonym of toolpusher.
- A person employed to push passengers onto trains at busy times, so they can depart on schedule.
- (historical, informal) A tolkach.
noun
- someone whose task is to see that work goes harmoniously
- (grammar) A member of a lexical class of words that joins two or more items (such as words, phrases, or clauses) of equal syntactic importance.
- (sports, chiefly American football) An assistant coach responsible for a particular facet of the game, such as defense.
noun
- An instance of accomplishing a tricky idea or overcoming a difficult obstacle.
- An instance of publicly tricking someone or exposing them to ridicule, especially by means of an elaborate deception.
- A potential problem or source of trouble.
- (computing) A feature of a system or a program that works in the way it is documented but is counter-intuitive and almost invites mistake or non-function.
- An attempt to disprove or refute someone's argument, usually (but not necessarily) in a deceptive or disingenuous way.
contraction
intj
- I got you by surprise (indicating a successful trick or prank).
- I understand you or what you said.
- I caught you (as when successfully bringing someone to reckoning or effecting some form of retribution).
- I have got you covered, I've got your back (said by a speaker who has an advantage or responsibility over someone).
noun
- any maneuver made as part of progress toward a goal
- measuring instrument having a sequence of marks at regular intervals; used as a reference in making measurements
- the act or process of assigning numbers to phenomena according to a rule
- musical notation for a repeating pattern of musical beats
- a container of some standard capacity that is used to obtain fixed amounts of a substance
- (prosody) the accent in a metrical foot of verse
- a basis for comparison; a reference point against which other things can be evaluated
- how much there is or how many there are of something that you can quantify
- a statute in draft before it becomes law
- A standard against which something can be judged; a criterion.
- The size of someone or something, as ascertained by measuring. (Now chiefly in make to measure.)
- (poetry) The manner of ordering and combining the quantities, or long and short syllables; meter; rhythm; hence, a metrical foot.
- Any of various standard units of capacity.
- (now chiefly cooking) A receptacle or vessel of a standard size, capacity etc. as used to deal out specific quantities of some substance.
- (in the plural) Actions designed to achieve some purpose; plans.
- A piece of legislation.
- (mathematics, measure theory) A function which obeys a particular set of formal conditions, created to generalize and rigorize the notions of length, volume, and probability. Formally, a non-negative, countably additive set function on a sigma-algebra; see Measure (mathematics) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- A ruler, measuring stick, or graduated tape used to take measurements.
- An (unspecified) portion or quantity.
- (geology) A bed or stratum.
- A unit of measurement.
- A limit that cannot be exceeded; a bound. (Now chiefly in set phrases.)
- (music) A musical designation consisting of all notes and or rests delineated by two vertical bars; an equal and regular division of the whole of a composition; a bar.
verb
- determine the measurements of something or somebody, take measurements of
- have certain dimensions
- evaluate or estimate the nature, quality, ability, extent, or significance of
- express as a number or measure or quantity
- (rare) To traverse, cross, pass along; to travel over.
- To obtain or set apart; to mark in even increments.
- To judge, value, or appraise.
- (often with out or off) To allot or distribute by measure; to set off or apart by measure; often with.
- (stative) To be of (a certain size), to have (a certain measurement)
- To estimate the unit size of something.
- (transitive) To regulate or control (one's actions, speech, etc.), as if one were carefully measuring their length or quantity.
- To ascertain the quantity of a unit of material via calculated comparison with respect to a standard.
- To adjust by a rule or standard.
noun
- any maneuver made as part of progress toward a goal
- a sequence of foot movements that make up a particular dance
- a musical interval of two semitones
- the distance covered by a step
- a mark of a foot or shoe on a surface
- relative position in a graded series
- support consisting of a place to rest the foot while ascending or descending a stairway
- the sound of a step of someone walking
- the act of changing location by raising the foot and setting it down
- a short distance
- a solid block joined to the beams in which the heel of a ship's mast or capstan is fixed
- (colloquial) A stepchild.
- (glassblowing) The button joining a glass's stem to its foot.
- Stepping (style of dance)
- (machines) One of a series of offsets, or parts, resembling the steps of stairs, as one of the series of parts of a cone pulley on which the belt runs.
- (nautical) A framing in wood or iron which is intended to receive an upright shaft; specifically, a block of wood, or a solid platform upon the keelson, supporting the heel of the mast.
- (in the plural) A walk; passage.
- A distinct part of a process; stage; phase.
- An advance or movement made from one foot to the other; a pace.
- Proceeding; measure; action; act.
- (in the plural) A portable framework of stairs, much used indoors in reaching to a high position.
- The part of a spade, digging stick or similar tool that a digger's foot rests against and presses on when digging; an ear, a foot-rest.
- (kinematics) A change of position effected by a motion of translation.
- (slang, primarily Netherlands) Kick scooter.
- A print of the foot; a footstep; a footprint; track.
- A gait; manner of walking.
- (machines) A bearing in which the lower extremity of a spindle or a vertical shaft revolves.
- The space passed over by one movement of the foot in walking or running.
- A small space or distance.
- (colloquial) A stepsibling.
- A rest, or one of a set of rests, for the foot in ascending or descending, as a stair, or a rung of a ladder.
- A running board where passengers step to get on and off the bus.
- (programming) A constant difference between consecutive values in a series.
- (music) The interval between two contiguous degrees of the scale.
verb
- place (a ship's mast) in its step
- put down or press the foot, place the foot
- move with one's feet in a specific manner
- treat badly
- measure (distances) by pacing
- shift or move by taking a step
- walk a short distance to a specified place or in a specified manner
- furnish with steps
- move or proceed as if by steps into a new situation
- cause (a computer) to execute a single command
- (transitive, nautical) To fix the foot of (a mast) in its step; to erect.
- To dance.
- (intransitive) To walk; to go on foot; especially, to walk a little distance.
- (intransitive, slang) To be confrontational.
- (intransitive) To walk slowly, gravely, or resolutely.
- (transitive) To set, as the foot.
- (intransitive, slang, African-American Vernacular) To depart.
- (transitive) To advance a process gradually, one step at a time.
- (intransitive, figuratively) To move mentally; to go in imagination.
- (intransitive) To move the foot in walking; to advance or recede by raising and moving one of the feet to another resting place, or by moving both feet in succession.
adj
- Of a person, having skills or knowledge that are practical.
- Being likely to be effective and applicable to a real situation; able to be put to use.
- Relating to, or based on, practice or action rather than theory or hypothesis.
- (film) Light fixtures used for set lighting and seen in the frame of a shot as part of the scenery.
- (theater, not comparable) Of a prop: having some degree of functionality, rather than being a mere imitation.
- concerned with actual use or practice
- being actually such in almost every respect
- having or put to a practical purpose or use
- guided by practical experience and observation rather than theory
noun
- (British) A part of an exam or series of exams in which the candidate has to demonstrate their practical ability
- (theater) A prop that has some degree of functionality, rather than being a mere imitation.
- Laboratory experiment, test or investigation
- (film) A light fixture used for set lighting and seen in the frame of a shot as part of the scenery.
noun
- ascending stages by which somebody or something can progress
- steps consisting of two parallel members connected by rungs; for climbing up or down
- a row of unravelled stitches
- A frame, usually portable, of wood, metal, or rope, used for ascent and descent, consisting of two side pieces to which are fastened rungs (cross strips or rounds acting as steps).
- (figuratively) The hierarchy or ranking system within an organization, such as the corporate ladder.
- (go) A sequence of moves following a zigzag pattern and ultimately leading to the capture of the attacked stones.
- (Australia, New Zealand, sports) A league table.
- (chiefly British) A length of unravelled fabric in a knitted garment, especially in nylon stockings; a run.
- (figuratively) A series of stages by which one progresses to a better position.
verb
- come unraveled or undone as if by snagging
- (chiefly firefighting) To ascend (a building, a wall, etc.) using a ladder.
- Of a knitted garment: to develop a ladder as a result of a broken thread.
- (UK, naval slang) To close in on a target with successive salvos, increasing or decreasing the shot range as necessary.
- (UK, law enforcement, of a police officer) To corruptly coerce a convicted offender to admit to offences to be taken into consideration which they do not actually believe they committed, as a way to artificially increase the rate of solved crimes.
- To arrange or form into a shape of a ladder.
verb
- (intransitive) To push forward in a certain direction with laborious effort.
- (intransitive) To make a hole with, or as if with, a boring instrument; to cut a circular hole by the rotary motion of a tool.
- (transitive, sports, slang) To push or drive (a boxer into the ropes, a boat out of its course, etc.).
- (transitive) To form or enlarge (something) by means of a boring instrument or apparatus.
- simple past of bear
- (intransitive) To glare (as if to drill a hole with the eyes).
- (intransitive) To be pierced or penetrated by an instrument that cuts as it turns.
- (transitive) To make (a passage) by laborious effort, as in boring; to force a narrow and difficult passage through.
- (colloquial) past participle of bear
- (proscribed) simple past of bare
- (transitive) To inspire boredom in somebody.
- (transitive) To make a hole through something.
- make a hole, especially with a pointed power or hand tool
- cause to be bored
noun
- Something dull or uninteresting.
- A hole drilled or milled through something, or (by extension) its diameter.
- A sudden and rapid flow of tide occurring in certain rivers and estuaries which rolls up as a wave.
- A tool, such as an auger, for making a hole by boring.
- The place where such a well exists.
- The tunnel inside of a gun's barrel through which the bullet travels when fired, or (by extension) its diameter.
- A capped well drilled to tap artesian water.
- One who inspires boredom or lack of interest; an uninteresting person.
- Calibre; importance.
- diameter of a tube or gun barrel
- a person who evokes boredom
- a hole or passage made by a drill; usually made for exploratory purposes
- a high wave (often dangerous) caused by tidal flow (as by colliding tidal currents or in a narrow estuary)
verb
- (intransitive) To progress.
- (transitive) To overtake.
- (transitive) To jump over some obstacle, as in the game of leapfrog.
- (transitive, military) To advance by engaging the enemy with one unit while another moves further forward.
- (transitive, chiefly British, law) To appeal or allow to be appealed (a case) directly to a supreme court, bypassing an intermediate appellate court.
- to vault
- progress by large jumps instead of small increments
noun
- (chiefly British, law, usually attributive) The process by which a case is appealed or allowed to be appealed directly to a supreme court, bypassing an intermediate appellate court.
- (games) A game, often played by children, in which a player leaps like a frog over the back of another person who has stooped over. One variation of the game involves a number of people lining up in a row and bending over. The last person in the line then vaults forward over each of the others until they reach the front of the line, whereupon they also bend over. The process is then repeated.
- a game in which one child bends down and another leaps over
- advancing as if in the child's game, by leaping over obstacles or competitors
verb
- To alternate working with someone else in order to accomplish a task directed at (someone).
- (professional wrestling) To wrestle as part of a tag team (sense 1).
- (slang, vulgar) To have sex with (someone) in a group with one or more other people.
- (by extension) To alternate working with someone else in order to accomplish a task.
adj
verb
- (intransitive) To change with a specific direction, progress.
- (transitive) To create.
- (mathematics) To change the form of (an algebraic expression, etc.) by executing certain indicated operations without changing the value.
- (transitive) To acquire something usually over a period of time.
- (ambitransitive) To progress through a sequence of stages.
- (snooker, pool) To cause a ball to become more open and available to be played on later. Usually by moving it away from the cushion, or by opening a pack.
- (transitive) To bring out images latent in photographic film.
- (transitive) To advance; to further; to promote the growth of.
- (chess, transitive) To place one's pieces actively.
- superimpose a three-dimensional surface on a plane without stretching, in geometry
- make visible by means of chemical solutions
- change the use of and make available or usable
- work out
- come into existence; take on form or shape
- cause to grow and differentiate in ways conforming to its natural development
- grow, progress, unfold, or evolve through a process of evolution, natural growth, differentiation, or a conducive environment
- elaborate, as of theories and hypotheses
- grow emotionally or mature
- create by training and teaching
- make something new, such as a product or a mental or artistic creation
- become technologically advanced
- expand in the form of a series
- happen
- be gradually disclosed or unfolded; become manifest
- move one's pieces into strategically more advantageous positions
- gain through experience
- generate gradually
- come to have or undergo a change of (physical features and attributes)
- elaborate by the unfolding of a musical idea and by the working out of the rhythmic and harmonic changes in the theme
- move into a strategically more advantageous position
verb
- make steady progress; be at the high point in one's career or reach a high point in historical significance or importance
- grow vigorously
- move or swing back and forth
- (intransitive) To be known to have been alive at a particular time or in a particular period, where one's birth and death dates are not known; to have been active during a specified period; floruit.
- (intransitive) To prosper or fare well.
- (intransitive) To be in a period of greatest influence.
- (intransitive) To execute an irregular or fanciful strain of music, by way of ornament or prelude.
- (intransitive) To thrive or grow well.
- (intransitive) To make ornamental strokes with the pen; to write graceful, decorative figures.
- (transitive) To develop; to make thrive; to expand.
- (intransitive) To make bold and sweeping, fanciful, or wanton movements, by way of ornament, parade, bravado, etc.; to play with fantastic and irregular motion.
- (transitive) To adorn with beautiful figures or rhetoric; to ornament with anything showy; to embellish.
- (intransitive) To use florid language; to indulge in rhetorical figures and lofty expressions.
- (transitive) To make bold, sweeping movements with.
noun
- (music) a short lively tune played on brass instruments
- a display of ornamental speech or language
- an ornamental embellishment in writing
- the act of waving
- a showy gesture
- An ornamentation.
- A dramatic gesture such as the waving of a flag.
- (architecture) A decorative embellishment on a building.
- (music) A ceremonious passage such as a fanfare.
verb
- make steady progress; be at the high point in one's career or reach a high point in historical significance or importance
- grow vigorously
- (intransitive) To increase in wealth or success; to prosper, be profitable.
- (intransitive) To grow or increase stature; to grow vigorously or luxuriantly; to enjoy a state of excellent health and well-being; to flourish.
adj
- Favouring or promoting progress; advanced.
- (of an income tax or other tax) Increasing in rate as the taxable amount increases.
- (politics) Liberal.
- (education) Of or relating to progressive education.
- Promoting or favoring progress towards improved conditions or new policies, ideas, or methods.
- Advancing in severity.
- (grammar) Continuous.
- Gradually advancing in extent; increasing.
- (of a card game or a dance) involving a series of sections for which the participants successively change place or relative position
- advancing in severity
- favoring or promoting reform (often by government action)
- gradually advancing in extent
- favoring or promoting progress
- (of taxes) adjusted so that the rate increases as the amount of income increases
noun
- (grammar) A progressive verb; a verb used in the progressive tense and (in English) generally conjugated to end in -ing.
- One with liberal or progressive political beliefs.
- A person who actively favors or strives for progress towards improved conditions, as in society or government.
- Clipping of progressive dinner
- a tense of verbs used in describing action that is on-going
- a person who favors a political philosophy of progress and reform and the protection of civil liberties
noun
- (by extension) Any small advantage which allows one to make significant progress; a slight footing or foothold.
- (climbing) A foothold small enough to support just the toe.
- (wrestling) A hold in which the aggressor bends back the opponent's foot.
- a wrestling hold in which the toe is held and the leg is twisted against the joints
- a small foothold used in climbing
- a relatively insignificant position from which future progress might be made
noun
- An ambitious, driven person; a go-getter.
- (nautical) A bow thruster or a stern thruster.
- (surfing) A surfboard (usually a shortboard) with three fins of approximately equal size, one centred at the back, one on each side about 25cm forward and out near the rails.
- One who thrusts, who pushes or stabs.
- A device for propelling an object, especially a spacecraft or a ship (marine vessel).
- a small rocket engine that provides the thrust needed to maneuver a spacecraft
- one who intrudes or pushes themself forward
noun
- a person or thing that is a resource that helps make something easier or possible to do
- the activity of contributing to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose
- gift of money or other material help to support a person or cause
- the work of providing treatment for or attending to someone or something
- (countable, chiefly in the plural, horse racing) The rider's use of hands, legs, voice, etc. to control the horse.
- (countable) A helper; an assistant.
- (countable, British) An exchequer loan.
- (countable, law) A pecuniary tribute paid by a vassal to his feudal lord on special occasions.
- (countable) Alternative form of aide (“an aide-de-camp”).
- (uncountable) Help; assistance; succor, relief.
- (countable) Something which helps; a material source of help.
- (countable, British) An historical subsidy granted to the crown by Parliament for an extraordinary purpose, such as a war effort.
verb
noun
- a person or thing that is a resource that helps make something easier or possible to do
- Something or someone which provides assistance with a task.
- a means of serving
- a person who contributes to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose
- the activity of contributing to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose
- (usually uncountable) One or more people employed to help in the maintenance of a house or the operation of a farm or enterprise.
- (countable) A study aid.
- (uncountable) Action given to provide assistance; aid.
- (computing) Documentation provided with computer software that could be accessed using the computer.
- (uncountable) Correction of deficits, as by psychological counseling or medication or social support or remedial training.
verb
- abstain from doing; always used with a negative
- give help or assistance; be of service
- take or use
- improve the condition of
- improve; change for the better
- contribute to the furtherance of
- be of use
- help to some food; help with food or drink
- (Hong Kong, Singapore) To do something on the behalf of someone.
- (Singapore, Singlish, imperative) To assist or sympathize with (the speaker); used to express displeasure, disappointment or exasperation.
- (transitive) To avoid; to prevent; to refrain from; to restrain (oneself). Usually used in nonassertive contexts with can.
- (transitive) To assist (a person) in getting something, especially food or drink at table; used with to.
- (intransitive) To provide assistance.
- (transitive) To provide assistance to (someone or something).
- (transitive) To contribute in some way to.
intj
noun
- act of assisting or making easier the progress or improvement of something
- The act of facilitating or making easy.
- the condition of being made easy (or easier)
- (neurophysiology) phenomenon that occurs when two or more neural impulses that alone are not enough to trigger a response in a neuron combine to trigger an action potential
- (physiology) The process of synapses becoming more capable of transmitting the same type of signal each time certain types of sensory signals pass through sequences of these synapses.
noun
- One who succeeds while making only a minimal effort.
- (Philippines) A minibus; small bus (especially Toyota Coaster or in general resembling such regardless of brand name)
- A sailor (especially the master or pilot of a vessel) who travels only in coastal waters.
- (Australia, slang) An itinerant person who shirks work but still seeks food and lodging; a loafer, a sundowner.
- (computing, slang) A useless compact disc or DVD, such as one that was burned incorrectly or has become corrupted.
- (Canada, US) Ellipsis of coaster trout (“the brook trout (Salvelinus fontinalis) in Lake Superior and Maine”).
- (US) A cow from the coastal part of Texas.
- A small, flat or tray-like object on which a bottle, cup, glass, mug, etc., is placed to protect a table surface from drink spills, heat, or water condensation.
- A merchant vessel that stays in coastal waters, especially one that travels between ports of the same country.
- (US, winter sports) A sled or toboggan.
- (US, winter sports) A person who uses a sled or toboggan to slide down a slope covered with ice or snow; a sledder, a tobogganist.
- (US, informal) Ellipsis of rollercoaster.
- A person who originates from or inhabits a coastal area.
- a covering (plate or mat) that protects the surface of a table (i.e., from the condensation on a cold glass or bottle)
- a resident of a coastal area
- someone who coasts
noun
- A person who shows initiative and resourcefulness.
- A mechanism (usually one operated by electricity, compressed air, a spring, or an explosive gas), attached to an internal-combustion engine, as on an automobile, and used as a means of starting the engine without cranking it by hand.
- An engine so equipped, or the vehicle that it powers.
- an energetic person with unusual initiative
- an electric starting motor that automatically starts an internal-combustion engine
noun
- a person who acts and gets things done
- a theatrical performer
- A person who acts a part in a theatrical play or (later) in film or television; a dramatic performer.
- (software engineering) The entity that performs a role (in use case analysis).
- (grammar) The subject performing the action of a verb.
- Someone or something that takes part in some action; a doer, an agent.
noun
- a person who acts and gets things done
- sterile member of a colony of social insects that forages for food and cares for the larvae
- a member of the working class (not necessarily employed)
- a person who works at a specific occupation
- One who works: a person who performs labor for a living; traditionally, especially, manual labor.
- (rare) A female ant, bee, termite or wasp.
- A nonreproductive social insect, such as ant, bee, termite, or wasp.
- (computing) A thread performing one instance of a particular task within a program.
noun
- an efficient person
- any mechanical or electrical device that transmits or modifies energy to perform or assist in the performance of human tasks
- a motor vehicle with four wheels; usually propelled by an internal combustion engine
- an intricate organization that accomplishes its goals efficiently
- a device for overcoming resistance at one point by applying force at some other point
- a group that controls the activities of a political party
- (politics, chiefly US) The system of special interest groups that supports a political party, especially in urban areas.
- Especially, the group that controls a political or similar organization; a combination of persons acting together for a common purpose, with the agencies which they use.
- (poetry) Supernatural agency in a poem, or a superhuman being introduced to perform some exploit.
- (computing) A computer.
- A device that directs and controls energy, often in the form of movement or electricity, to produce a certain effect.
- (historical) A contrivance in the Ancient Greek theatre for indicating a change of scene, by means of which a god might cross the stage or deliver a divine message; the deus ex machina.
- (figuratively) A person or organisation that seemingly acts like a machine, being particularly efficient, single-minded, or unemotional.
- (telephony, abbreviation) An answering machine or, by extension, voice mail.
verb
noun
- Something that, or someone who, improves something.
- One who performs improv; an improviser.
- A substance added to cause improvement (especially to a foodstuff).
- (historical) A pad worn by women to make the dress hang properly.
- One who improves his or her performance, one who shows improvement (of individuals or groups).
- someone devoted to the promotion of human welfare and to social reforms
- a component that is added to something to improve it
noun
adj
noun
- a person of great ability and ambition
- A person who or a type of aircraft that flies at high elevations.
- (figurative) An ambitious person, especially one who takes risks or has an extravagant lifestyle.
- (fishing) A vertical pole used in commercial fishing to locate the beginning and end of a long fishing line.
- A type of phaeton carriage.
- A swingboat.
- (finance) A glamorous stock that potentially offers high returns to investors.
noun
- someone who pushes
- a small vehicle with four wheels in which a baby or child is pushed around
- one who intrudes or pushes themself forward
- an unlicensed dealer in illegal drugs
- a sandal attached to the foot by a thong over the toes
- (aeronautics) An aircraft with the propeller behind the fuselage.
- (colloquial) A drug dealer.
- A device that one pushes in order to transport a baby while on foot, such as a stroller or pram (as opposed to a carrier such as a front or back pack).
- (tennis) A defensive player who does not attempt to hit winners, instead playing slower shots into the opponent's court.
- A device in a coke oven for levelling the coal, traditionally operated by a pusherman.
- Someone or something that pushes.
- (military slang) A girl or woman.
- (rail transport) Synonym of banker (“type of railway locomotive”).
- Synonym of toolpusher.
- A person employed to push passengers onto trains at busy times, so they can depart on schedule.
- (historical, informal) A tolkach.
noun
- someone whose task is to see that work goes harmoniously
- (grammar) A member of a lexical class of words that joins two or more items (such as words, phrases, or clauses) of equal syntactic importance.
- (sports, chiefly American football) An assistant coach responsible for a particular facet of the game, such as defense.
noun
- An instance of accomplishing a tricky idea or overcoming a difficult obstacle.
- An instance of publicly tricking someone or exposing them to ridicule, especially by means of an elaborate deception.
- A potential problem or source of trouble.
- (computing) A feature of a system or a program that works in the way it is documented but is counter-intuitive and almost invites mistake or non-function.
- An attempt to disprove or refute someone's argument, usually (but not necessarily) in a deceptive or disingenuous way.
contraction
intj
- I got you by surprise (indicating a successful trick or prank).
- I understand you or what you said.
- I caught you (as when successfully bringing someone to reckoning or effecting some form of retribution).
- I have got you covered, I've got your back (said by a speaker who has an advantage or responsibility over someone).
noun
- any maneuver made as part of progress toward a goal
- measuring instrument having a sequence of marks at regular intervals; used as a reference in making measurements
- the act or process of assigning numbers to phenomena according to a rule
- musical notation for a repeating pattern of musical beats
- a container of some standard capacity that is used to obtain fixed amounts of a substance
- (prosody) the accent in a metrical foot of verse
- a basis for comparison; a reference point against which other things can be evaluated
- how much there is or how many there are of something that you can quantify
- a statute in draft before it becomes law
- A standard against which something can be judged; a criterion.
- The size of someone or something, as ascertained by measuring. (Now chiefly in make to measure.)
- (poetry) The manner of ordering and combining the quantities, or long and short syllables; meter; rhythm; hence, a metrical foot.
- Any of various standard units of capacity.
- (now chiefly cooking) A receptacle or vessel of a standard size, capacity etc. as used to deal out specific quantities of some substance.
- (in the plural) Actions designed to achieve some purpose; plans.
- A piece of legislation.
- (mathematics, measure theory) A function which obeys a particular set of formal conditions, created to generalize and rigorize the notions of length, volume, and probability. Formally, a non-negative, countably additive set function on a sigma-algebra; see Measure (mathematics) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- A ruler, measuring stick, or graduated tape used to take measurements.
- An (unspecified) portion or quantity.
- (geology) A bed or stratum.
- A unit of measurement.
- A limit that cannot be exceeded; a bound. (Now chiefly in set phrases.)
- (music) A musical designation consisting of all notes and or rests delineated by two vertical bars; an equal and regular division of the whole of a composition; a bar.
verb
- determine the measurements of something or somebody, take measurements of
- have certain dimensions
- evaluate or estimate the nature, quality, ability, extent, or significance of
- express as a number or measure or quantity
- (rare) To traverse, cross, pass along; to travel over.
- To obtain or set apart; to mark in even increments.
- To judge, value, or appraise.
- (often with out or off) To allot or distribute by measure; to set off or apart by measure; often with.
- (stative) To be of (a certain size), to have (a certain measurement)
- To estimate the unit size of something.
- (transitive) To regulate or control (one's actions, speech, etc.), as if one were carefully measuring their length or quantity.
- To ascertain the quantity of a unit of material via calculated comparison with respect to a standard.
- To adjust by a rule or standard.
noun
- any maneuver made as part of progress toward a goal
- a sequence of foot movements that make up a particular dance
- a musical interval of two semitones
- the distance covered by a step
- a mark of a foot or shoe on a surface
- relative position in a graded series
- support consisting of a place to rest the foot while ascending or descending a stairway
- the sound of a step of someone walking
- the act of changing location by raising the foot and setting it down
- a short distance
- a solid block joined to the beams in which the heel of a ship's mast or capstan is fixed
- (colloquial) A stepchild.
- (glassblowing) The button joining a glass's stem to its foot.
- Stepping (style of dance)
- (machines) One of a series of offsets, or parts, resembling the steps of stairs, as one of the series of parts of a cone pulley on which the belt runs.
- (nautical) A framing in wood or iron which is intended to receive an upright shaft; specifically, a block of wood, or a solid platform upon the keelson, supporting the heel of the mast.
- (in the plural) A walk; passage.
- A distinct part of a process; stage; phase.
- An advance or movement made from one foot to the other; a pace.
- Proceeding; measure; action; act.
- (in the plural) A portable framework of stairs, much used indoors in reaching to a high position.
- The part of a spade, digging stick or similar tool that a digger's foot rests against and presses on when digging; an ear, a foot-rest.
- (kinematics) A change of position effected by a motion of translation.
- (slang, primarily Netherlands) Kick scooter.
- A print of the foot; a footstep; a footprint; track.
- A gait; manner of walking.
- (machines) A bearing in which the lower extremity of a spindle or a vertical shaft revolves.
- The space passed over by one movement of the foot in walking or running.
- A small space or distance.
- (colloquial) A stepsibling.
- A rest, or one of a set of rests, for the foot in ascending or descending, as a stair, or a rung of a ladder.
- A running board where passengers step to get on and off the bus.
- (programming) A constant difference between consecutive values in a series.
- (music) The interval between two contiguous degrees of the scale.
verb
- place (a ship's mast) in its step
- put down or press the foot, place the foot
- move with one's feet in a specific manner
- treat badly
- measure (distances) by pacing
- shift or move by taking a step
- walk a short distance to a specified place or in a specified manner
- furnish with steps
- move or proceed as if by steps into a new situation
- cause (a computer) to execute a single command
- (transitive, nautical) To fix the foot of (a mast) in its step; to erect.
- To dance.
- (intransitive) To walk; to go on foot; especially, to walk a little distance.
- (intransitive, slang) To be confrontational.
- (intransitive) To walk slowly, gravely, or resolutely.
- (transitive) To set, as the foot.
- (intransitive, slang, African-American Vernacular) To depart.
- (transitive) To advance a process gradually, one step at a time.
- (intransitive, figuratively) To move mentally; to go in imagination.
- (intransitive) To move the foot in walking; to advance or recede by raising and moving one of the feet to another resting place, or by moving both feet in succession.
noun
- ascending stages by which somebody or something can progress
- steps consisting of two parallel members connected by rungs; for climbing up or down
- a row of unravelled stitches
- A frame, usually portable, of wood, metal, or rope, used for ascent and descent, consisting of two side pieces to which are fastened rungs (cross strips or rounds acting as steps).
- (figuratively) The hierarchy or ranking system within an organization, such as the corporate ladder.
- (go) A sequence of moves following a zigzag pattern and ultimately leading to the capture of the attacked stones.
- (Australia, New Zealand, sports) A league table.
- (chiefly British) A length of unravelled fabric in a knitted garment, especially in nylon stockings; a run.
- (figuratively) A series of stages by which one progresses to a better position.
verb
- come unraveled or undone as if by snagging
- (chiefly firefighting) To ascend (a building, a wall, etc.) using a ladder.
- Of a knitted garment: to develop a ladder as a result of a broken thread.
- (UK, naval slang) To close in on a target with successive salvos, increasing or decreasing the shot range as necessary.
- (UK, law enforcement, of a police officer) To corruptly coerce a convicted offender to admit to offences to be taken into consideration which they do not actually believe they committed, as a way to artificially increase the rate of solved crimes.
- To arrange or form into a shape of a ladder.
noun
- (by extension) Any small advantage which allows one to make significant progress; a slight footing or foothold.
- (climbing) A foothold small enough to support just the toe.
- (wrestling) A hold in which the aggressor bends back the opponent's foot.
- a wrestling hold in which the toe is held and the leg is twisted against the joints
- a small foothold used in climbing
- a relatively insignificant position from which future progress might be made
noun
- An ambitious, driven person; a go-getter.
- (nautical) A bow thruster or a stern thruster.
- (surfing) A surfboard (usually a shortboard) with three fins of approximately equal size, one centred at the back, one on each side about 25cm forward and out near the rails.
- One who thrusts, who pushes or stabs.
- A device for propelling an object, especially a spacecraft or a ship (marine vessel).
- a small rocket engine that provides the thrust needed to maneuver a spacecraft
- one who intrudes or pushes themself forward
verb
- To make progress or win easily.
- (slang, chiefly newspapers) To engage in playful or illicit sex.
- (with adverb) To move with little effort relatively quickly.
- (transitive, US) (Often used with down) To press forcefully, to encourage vehemently, to oppress.
- (intransitive) To play about roughly, energetically or boisterously.
- play boisterously
- run easily and fairly fast
- win easily
noun
- An enjoyable, fast-paced but essentially inconsequential film, play, or other piece of entertainment.
- (chiefly sports) A decisive victory; a game, match etc. which is won easily.
- A period of boisterous play, a frolic; now especially, a bout of sexual activity, especially when illicit.
- a girl who behaves in a boyish manner
- an easy victory
- gay or light-hearted recreational activity for diversion or amusement
verb
- To help the progress of (something); to further.
- (intransitive) To make progress; to do well, to succeed.
- To provide (money or other value) before it is due, or in expectation of some work; to lend.
- To increase (a number or amount).
- (intransitive) To move forward in time; to progress towards completion.
- To raise (someone) in rank or office; to prefer, to promote.
- To raise or increase (a price, rate).
- To put forward (an idea, argument etc.); to propose.
- To make (something) happen at an earlier time or date; to bring forward, to hasten.
- To move or push (something) forwards, especially forcefully.
- (intransitive) To make a higher bid at an auction.
- (intransitive) To move forwards; to approach.
- move forward, also in the metaphorical sense
- increase or raise
- give a promotion to or assign to a higher position
- develop further
- bring forward for consideration or acceptance
- move forward
- cause to move forward
- rise in rate or price
- develop in a positive way
- pay in advance
- obtain advantages, such as points, etc.
- contribute to the progress or growth of
adj
noun
- An addition to the price; rise in price or value.
- An amount of money or credit, especially given as a loan, or paid before it is due; an advancement.
- (often in the plural) An opening approach or overture, now especially of an unwelcome or sexual nature.
- A forward move; improvement or progression.
- an amount paid before it is earned
- a movement forward
- increase in price or value
- the act of moving forward (as toward a goal)
- a change for the better; progress in development
- a tentative suggestion designed to elicit the reactions of others
verb
- To make one's way or move with some difficulty or effort.
- (figurative) To engage in (a contest or struggle).
- Sometimes followed by down: to contend with or move (someone) into or out of a position by grappling; also, to overcome (someone) by grappling.
- Followed by with: to move or manipulate something using physical effort, usually with some difficulty or opposition.
- Followed by against or with: to contend, to struggle; to exert effort, to strive.
- To take part in (a wrestling bout or match).
- (Western US) To throw down (a calf or other livestock animal) for branding.
- To move or manipulate (something) using physical effort, usually with some difficulty or opposition.
- To grapple or otherwise contend with an opponent in order to throw or force them to the ground, chiefly as a sport or in unarmed combat.
- to move in a twisting or contorted motion, (especially when struggling)
- combat to overcome an opposing tendency or force
- engage in deep thought, consideration, or debate
- engage in a wrestling match
noun
- (figurative) A situation in which people compete with each other; a contest, a struggle.
- (uncountable, also figurative) The action of contending or struggling.
- A fight or struggle between people during which they grapple or otherwise contend with each other in order to throw or force their opponent to the ground, chiefly as a sport or in unarmed combat.
- the act of engaging in close hand-to-hand combat
verb
- (intransitive) To progress with difficulty.
- (of the sun or moon) To gleam intermittently through clouds or mist.
- (intransitive) To walk through water or something that impedes progress.
- (intransitive) To enter recklessly.
- (transitive) To walk through (water or similar impediment); to pass through by wading.
- walk (through relatively shallow water)
noun
verb
- (intransitive) To push forward in a certain direction with laborious effort.
- (intransitive) To make a hole with, or as if with, a boring instrument; to cut a circular hole by the rotary motion of a tool.
- (transitive, sports, slang) To push or drive (a boxer into the ropes, a boat out of its course, etc.).
- (transitive) To form or enlarge (something) by means of a boring instrument or apparatus.
- simple past of bear
- (intransitive) To glare (as if to drill a hole with the eyes).
- (intransitive) To be pierced or penetrated by an instrument that cuts as it turns.
- (transitive) To make (a passage) by laborious effort, as in boring; to force a narrow and difficult passage through.
- (colloquial) past participle of bear
- (proscribed) simple past of bare
- (transitive) To inspire boredom in somebody.
- (transitive) To make a hole through something.
- make a hole, especially with a pointed power or hand tool
- cause to be bored
noun
- Something dull or uninteresting.
- A hole drilled or milled through something, or (by extension) its diameter.
- A sudden and rapid flow of tide occurring in certain rivers and estuaries which rolls up as a wave.
- A tool, such as an auger, for making a hole by boring.
- The place where such a well exists.
- The tunnel inside of a gun's barrel through which the bullet travels when fired, or (by extension) its diameter.
- A capped well drilled to tap artesian water.
- One who inspires boredom or lack of interest; an uninteresting person.
- Calibre; importance.
- diameter of a tube or gun barrel
- a person who evokes boredom
- a hole or passage made by a drill; usually made for exploratory purposes
- a high wave (often dangerous) caused by tidal flow (as by colliding tidal currents or in a narrow estuary)
verb
- (intransitive) To progress.
- (transitive) To overtake.
- (transitive) To jump over some obstacle, as in the game of leapfrog.
- (transitive, military) To advance by engaging the enemy with one unit while another moves further forward.
- (transitive, chiefly British, law) To appeal or allow to be appealed (a case) directly to a supreme court, bypassing an intermediate appellate court.
- to vault
- progress by large jumps instead of small increments
noun
- (chiefly British, law, usually attributive) The process by which a case is appealed or allowed to be appealed directly to a supreme court, bypassing an intermediate appellate court.
- (games) A game, often played by children, in which a player leaps like a frog over the back of another person who has stooped over. One variation of the game involves a number of people lining up in a row and bending over. The last person in the line then vaults forward over each of the others until they reach the front of the line, whereupon they also bend over. The process is then repeated.
- a game in which one child bends down and another leaps over
- advancing as if in the child's game, by leaping over obstacles or competitors
verb
- To alternate working with someone else in order to accomplish a task directed at (someone).
- (professional wrestling) To wrestle as part of a tag team (sense 1).
- (slang, vulgar) To have sex with (someone) in a group with one or more other people.
- (by extension) To alternate working with someone else in order to accomplish a task.
adj
verb
- (intransitive) To change with a specific direction, progress.
- (transitive) To create.
- (mathematics) To change the form of (an algebraic expression, etc.) by executing certain indicated operations without changing the value.
- (transitive) To acquire something usually over a period of time.
- (ambitransitive) To progress through a sequence of stages.
- (snooker, pool) To cause a ball to become more open and available to be played on later. Usually by moving it away from the cushion, or by opening a pack.
- (transitive) To bring out images latent in photographic film.
- (transitive) To advance; to further; to promote the growth of.
- (chess, transitive) To place one's pieces actively.
- superimpose a three-dimensional surface on a plane without stretching, in geometry
- make visible by means of chemical solutions
- change the use of and make available or usable
- work out
- come into existence; take on form or shape
- cause to grow and differentiate in ways conforming to its natural development
- grow, progress, unfold, or evolve through a process of evolution, natural growth, differentiation, or a conducive environment
- elaborate, as of theories and hypotheses
- grow emotionally or mature
- create by training and teaching
- make something new, such as a product or a mental or artistic creation
- become technologically advanced
- expand in the form of a series
- happen
- be gradually disclosed or unfolded; become manifest
- move one's pieces into strategically more advantageous positions
- gain through experience
- generate gradually
- come to have or undergo a change of (physical features and attributes)
- elaborate by the unfolding of a musical idea and by the working out of the rhythmic and harmonic changes in the theme
- move into a strategically more advantageous position
verb
- make steady progress; be at the high point in one's career or reach a high point in historical significance or importance
- grow vigorously
- move or swing back and forth
- (intransitive) To be known to have been alive at a particular time or in a particular period, where one's birth and death dates are not known; to have been active during a specified period; floruit.
- (intransitive) To prosper or fare well.
- (intransitive) To be in a period of greatest influence.
- (intransitive) To execute an irregular or fanciful strain of music, by way of ornament or prelude.
- (intransitive) To thrive or grow well.
- (intransitive) To make ornamental strokes with the pen; to write graceful, decorative figures.
- (transitive) To develop; to make thrive; to expand.
- (intransitive) To make bold and sweeping, fanciful, or wanton movements, by way of ornament, parade, bravado, etc.; to play with fantastic and irregular motion.
- (transitive) To adorn with beautiful figures or rhetoric; to ornament with anything showy; to embellish.
- (intransitive) To use florid language; to indulge in rhetorical figures and lofty expressions.
- (transitive) To make bold, sweeping movements with.
noun
- (music) a short lively tune played on brass instruments
- a display of ornamental speech or language
- an ornamental embellishment in writing
- the act of waving
- a showy gesture
- An ornamentation.
- A dramatic gesture such as the waving of a flag.
- (architecture) A decorative embellishment on a building.
- (music) A ceremonious passage such as a fanfare.
verb
- make steady progress; be at the high point in one's career or reach a high point in historical significance or importance
- grow vigorously
- (intransitive) To increase in wealth or success; to prosper, be profitable.
- (intransitive) To grow or increase stature; to grow vigorously or luxuriantly; to enjoy a state of excellent health and well-being; to flourish.
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adj
noun
- Any major progress; such as a great innovation or discovery that overcomes a significant obstacle.
- (sports) The penetration of the opposition's defence.
- (construction) The penetration of a separating wall or the remaining distance to an adjacent hollow (a crosscut in mining) or between two parts of a tunnel build from both ends; knockthrough.
- (medicine, sometimes attributive) The emergence or one or more symptoms of a condition despite medication or other medical treatment.
- (military) An advance through and past enemy lines.
- a penetration of a barrier such as an enemy's defense
- making an important discovery
- a productive insight
adj
- Of a person, having skills or knowledge that are practical.
- Being likely to be effective and applicable to a real situation; able to be put to use.
- Relating to, or based on, practice or action rather than theory or hypothesis.
- (film) Light fixtures used for set lighting and seen in the frame of a shot as part of the scenery.
- (theater, not comparable) Of a prop: having some degree of functionality, rather than being a mere imitation.
- concerned with actual use or practice
- being actually such in almost every respect
- having or put to a practical purpose or use
- guided by practical experience and observation rather than theory
noun
- (British) A part of an exam or series of exams in which the candidate has to demonstrate their practical ability
- (theater) A prop that has some degree of functionality, rather than being a mere imitation.
- Laboratory experiment, test or investigation
- (film) A light fixture used for set lighting and seen in the frame of a shot as part of the scenery.
adj
- Favouring or promoting progress; advanced.
- (of an income tax or other tax) Increasing in rate as the taxable amount increases.
- (politics) Liberal.
- (education) Of or relating to progressive education.
- Promoting or favoring progress towards improved conditions or new policies, ideas, or methods.
- Advancing in severity.
- (grammar) Continuous.
- Gradually advancing in extent; increasing.
- (of a card game or a dance) involving a series of sections for which the participants successively change place or relative position
- advancing in severity
- favoring or promoting reform (often by government action)
- gradually advancing in extent
- favoring or promoting progress
- (of taxes) adjusted so that the rate increases as the amount of income increases
noun
- (grammar) A progressive verb; a verb used in the progressive tense and (in English) generally conjugated to end in -ing.
- One with liberal or progressive political beliefs.
- A person who actively favors or strives for progress towards improved conditions, as in society or government.
- Clipping of progressive dinner
- a tense of verbs used in describing action that is on-going
- a person who favors a political philosophy of progress and reform and the protection of civil liberties