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noun
noun
- A mixture of clay and loam.
- A hipped gable.
- (UK, dialect, childish) A cow.
- A light-weight harvest rake.
- (UK, dialect) A mule.
- A giant Asian catfish, Wallagonia Attu found in India, Sri Lanka, Burma, Indochina, Thailand, Java, and Sumatra.
- (US) A hornless or polled animal.
- An upright crank-driven saw with no gate or sash.
adj
noun
noun
- (ceramics) A thin, slippery mix of clay and water.
- potter's clay that is thinned and used for coating or decorating ceramics
- A mistake or error.
- A twig or shoot; a cutting.
- (engineering) The motion of the centre of resistance of the float of a paddle wheel, or the blade of an oar, through the water horizontally, or the difference between a vessel's actual speed and the speed it would have if the propelling instrument acted upon a solid; also, the velocity, relatively to still water, of the backward current of water produced by the propeller.
- (medicine) A one-time return to previous maladaptive behavior after cure.
- A young person (now usually with of introducing descriptive qualifier).
- (mining) A dislocation of a lead, destroying continuity.
- An outside covering or case.
- A leash or string by which a dog is held; so called from its being made in such a manner as to slip, or become loose, by relaxation of the hand.
- (nautical, aviation) A difference between the theoretical distance traveled per revolution of the propeller and the actual advance of the vessel.
- (cricket) Any of several fielding positions to the off side of the wicket keeper, designed to catch the ball after being deflected from the bat; a fielder in that position (See first slip, second slip, third slip, fourth slip and fifth slip.)
- (marine insurance) A memorandum of the particulars of a risk for which a policy is to be executed. It usually bears the broker's name and is initiated by the underwriters.
- Either side of the gallery in a theater.
- A fish, the sole.
- (nautical) A berth; a space for a ship to moor.
- (US) A long seat or narrow pew in churches, often without a door.
- A woman's undergarment worn under a skirt or dress to conceal unwanted nudity that may otherwise be revealed by the skirt or dress itself; a shift.
- A slipdress.
- An escape; a secret or unexpected desertion.
- Matter found in troughs of grindstones after the grinding of edge tools.
- (electricity) The difference between the actual and synchronous speeds of an induction motor.
- A long, thin piece of something.
- A particular quantity of yarn.
- (nautical) A slipway.
- (crosswording) A newsletter produced by the setter of a cryptic clue-writing competition, containing a full list of winners and commentary on the clues.
- A number between 0 and 1 that is the difference between the angular speed of a rotating magnetic field and the angular speed of its rotor, divided by the angular speed of the magnetic field.
- An act or instance of slipping.
- (telecommunications) The positional displacement in a sequence of transmitted symbols that causes the loss or insertion of one or more symbols.
- (aviation) Clipping of sideslip.
- A small piece of paper, especially one longer than it is wide, typically a form for writing on or one giving printed information.
- a place where a craft can be made fast
- a slippery smoothness
- bed linen consisting of a cover for a pillow
- a part (sometimes a root or leaf or bud) removed from a plant to propagate a new plant through rooting or grafting
- the act of avoiding capture (especially by cunning)
- a young and slender person
- artifact consisting of a narrow flat piece of material
- a woman's sleeveless undergarment
- an accidental misstep threatening (or causing) a fall
- an unexpected slide
- a minor inadvertent mistake usually observed in speech or writing or in small accidents or memory lapses etc.
- a small sheet of paper
- a flight maneuver; aircraft slides sideways in the air
- a socially awkward or tactless act
verb
- (transitive) To cut slips from; to cut; to take off; to make a slip or slips of.
- (intransitive, aviation, of an aircraft) Clipping of sideslip (“to fly with the longitudinal axis misaligned with the relative wind”).
- (transitive) To elude or evade by smooth movement.
- (transitive) To cause to slip or slide off, or out of place.
- (transitive, hunting, falconry) To release (a dog, a bird of prey, etc.) to go after a quarry.
- (transitive) To pass (a note, money, etc.), often covertly.
- (intransitive) To err.
- (intransitive) To move quickly and often secretively; to depart, withdraw, enter, appear, intrude, or escape as if by sliding.
- (transitive) To cause to move smoothly and quickly; to slide; to convey gently or secretly.
- (intransitive) To lose one’s traction on a slippery surface; to slide due to a lack of friction.
- (intransitive, figuratively) To move down; to slide.
- (intransitive) To move or fly (out of place); to shoot; often with out, off, etc.
- To bring forth (young) prematurely; to slink.
- (intransitive) To accidentally reveal a secret or otherwise say something unintentionally.
- (transitive, business) To cause (a schedule or release, etc.) to go, or let it go, beyond the allotted deadline.
- (transitive, cooking) To remove the skin of a soft fruit, such as a tomato or peach, by blanching briefly in boiling water, then transferring to cold water so that the skin peels, or slips, off easily.
- fall to a lower standard
- move smoothly and easily
- move out of position
- pass out of one's memory
- cause to move with a smooth or sliding motion
- insert inconspicuously or quickly or quietly
- move obliquely or sideways, usually in an uncontrolled manner
- move stealthily
- to make a mistake or be incorrect
- pass on stealthily
- move easily
noun
noun
- (mining) Hard, indurated clay; bind.
- (in the plural, medicine, underwater diving, with the) A severe condition caused by excessively quick decompression, causing bubbles of nitrogen to form in the blood; decompression sickness.
- (nautical, in the plural) The thickest and strongest planks in a ship's sides, more generally called wales, which have the beams, knees, and futtocks bolted to them.
- A curve.
- (nautical, in the plural) The frames or ribs that form the ship's body from the keel to the top of the sides.
- (music) A glissando, or glide between one pitch and another, especially one accomplished by bending a string (such as on guitar).
- In the leather trade, the best quality of sole leather; a butt; sometimes, half a butt cut lengthwise.
- (heraldry) One of the honourable ordinaries formed by two diagonal lines drawn from the dexter chief to the sinister base; it generally occupies a fifth part of the shield if uncharged, but if charged one third.
- Any of the various knots which join the ends of two lines.
- an angular or rounded shape made by folding
- a circular segment of a curve
- curved segment (of a road or river or railroad track etc.)
- movement that causes the formation of a curve
- diagonal line traversing a shield from the upper right corner to the lower left
verb
- (intransitive) To be inclined; to direct itself.
- (transitive, music) To smoothly change the pitch of a note.
- (transitive) To force to submit.
- (transitive) To adapt or interpret to for a purpose or beneficiary.
- (transitive) To cause to change direction.
- (transitive, nautical) To tie, as in securing a line to a cleat; to shackle a chain to an anchor; make fast.
- (intransitive) To become curved.
- (intransitive) To change direction.
- (intransitive) To bow in prayer, or in token of submission.
- (transitive) To apply to a task or purpose.
- (intransitive, usually with "down") To stoop.
- (transitive) To cause (something) to change its shape into a curve, by physical force, chemical action, or any other means.
- (intransitive) To submit.
- (intransitive) To apply oneself to a task or purpose.
- (intransitive, nautical) To swing the body when rowing.
- bend one's back forward from the waist on down
- change direction
- bend a joint
- form a curve
- cause (an object) to assume a crooked or angular form
- turn from a straight course, fixed direction, or line of interest
noun
- A paste of clay or loam.
- (cricket) Any player selected for his or her team principally to bat, as opposed to a bowler.
- (architecture) An incline on the outer face of a built wall.
- (countable, printing) A bruise on the face of a plate or of type in the form.
- (cricket) The player now receiving strike; the striker.
- (countable, slang) A binge; a heavy drinking session.
- (cooking, countable, uncountable) A beaten mixture of flour and liquid (usually egg and milk), used for baking (e.g. pancakes, cake, or Yorkshire pudding) or to coat food (e.g. fish) prior to frying.
- (baseball) The player attempting to hit the ball with a bat.
- (cricket) A player of the batting side now on the field.
- (baseball) a ballplayer who is batting
- a liquid or semiliquid mixture, as of flour, eggs, and milk, used in cooking
verb
- (cooking) To coat with batter (the food ingredient).
- To hit or strike violently and repeatedly.
- (UK, slang, usually in the passive) To intoxicate.
- (architecture) To slope (of walls, buildings etc.).
- (figurative) To defeat soundly; to thrash.
- (metalworking) To flatten (metal) by hammering, so as to compress it inwardly and spread it outwardly.
- strike violently and repeatedly
- make a dent or impression in
- strike against forcefully
noun
- (ceramics) A long thin segment of soft clay, either extruded or formed by hand.
- (Jainism) A unit of distance equivalent to the distance covered in six months by a god flying at ten million miles per second.
- (rhythmic gymnastics, countable) An apparatus, currently with limited use by the senior contestants and not used in world-wide tournaments.
- (nautical) Cordage of at least one inch in diameter, or a length of such cordage.
- (military, uncountable) A kind of chaff (material dropped to interfere with radar) consisting of foil strips with paper chutes attached.
- (uncountable) Thick strings, yarn, monofilaments, metal wires, or strands of other cordage that are twisted together to form a stronger line.
- (with "the") Death by hanging.
- (rhythmic gymnastics, metonymic) An apparatus program with a rope.
- (computer science) A data structure resembling a string, using a concatenation tree in which each leaf represents a character.
- (jewelry) A necklace of at least one meter in length.
- A cohesive strand of something.
- (slang, usually in the plural) Semen being ejaculated.
- (in the plural) The small intestines.
- (countable) An individual length of such material.
- (slang) Rohypnol.
- (baseball) A hard line drive.
- street names for flunitrazepam
- a strong line
verb
- (intransitive) To be formed into rope; to draw out or extend into a filament or thread.
- (transitive) To pull or restrain (the horse one is riding) to prevent it from winning a race.
- (transitive) To throw a rope (or something similar, e.g. a lasso, cable, wire, etc.) around (something).
- (Internet slang, originally incel slang, intransitive) To commit suicide, particularly by hanging.
- (transitive) To tie (something) with rope.
- (intransitive) To climb by means of a rope or ropes.
- catch with a lasso
- fasten with a rope
noun
noun
- A cylinder of clay.
- (electronics) A coil of electrically conductive wire through which electricity can flow.
- (now obsolete except in phrases) A noise, tumult, bustle, or turmoil.
- (figurative) Entanglement; perplexity.
- Something wound in the form of a helix or spiral.
- (informal, slang) A wad of cash.
- Any intrauterine device (abbreviation: IUD)—the first IUDs were coil-shaped.
- tubing that is wound in a spiral
- a transformer that supplies high voltage to spark plugs in a gasoline engine
- reactor consisting of a spiral of insulated wire that introduces inductance into a circuit
- a contraceptive device placed inside a woman's womb
- a structure consisting of something wound in a continuous series of loops
- a round shape formed by a series of concentric circles (as formed by leaves or flower petals)
verb
- To build a pot (etc) with clay coils.
- To wind cylindrically or spirally.
- To wind into loops (roughly) around a common center.
- To wind or reel e.g. a wire or rope into regular rings, often around a centerpiece.
- wind around something in coils or loops
- make without a potter's wheel
- to wind or move in a spiral course
verb
- form in clay, wax, etc
- display (clothes) as a mannequin
- create a representation or simulation of
- construct a model in the likeness of
- plan or create according to a model or models
- assume a posture as for artistic purposes
- (intransitive) To work as a model in art or fashion.
- (transitive) To devise a model of (some original), especially to better understand or forecast the original.
- (intransitive) To make a model or models.
- (transitive) To make a miniature model of.
- (transitive) To create from a substance such as clay.
- (transitive) To display an item on one's body for others to see the potential effect on their own bodies, especially in regard to wearing clothing while performing the role of a fashion model.
adj
noun
- a hypothetical description of a complex entity or process
- a person who poses for a photographer or painter or sculptor
- something to be imitated
- someone worthy of imitation
- a woman who wears clothes to display fashions
- the act of representing something (usually on a smaller scale)
- representation of something (sometimes on a smaller scale)
- a representative form or pattern
- a type of product
- (software architecture) In software applications using the model-view-controller design pattern, the part or parts of the application that manage the data.
- (biology, medicine) An organism or species that is used to study an aspect of physiology or pathophysiology or a particular disease; often, a nonhuman one used to approximate processes in humans.
- A style, type, or design.
- A successful example to be copied, with or without modifications.
- Any copy, or resemblance, more or less exact.
- The structural design of a complex system.
- (logic) An interpretation which makes a set of sentences true, in which case that interpretation is called a model of that set.
- A representation of a physical object.
- (logic) An interpretation function which assigns a truth value to each atomic proposition.
- A person, usually attractive, who is hired to show items or goods to the public, such as items that are given away as prizes on a TV game show.
- A person who serves as a human template for artwork or fashion.
- A simulation used to analyze the workings of a real world system or event.
verb
- form in clay, wax, etc
- form by pouring (e.g., wax or hot metal) into a cast or mold
- become moldy; spoil due to humidity
- fit tightly, follow the contours of
- shape or influence; give direction to
- make something, usually for a specific function
- (intransitive) To be shaped in or as if in a mold.
- (transitive) To fit closely by following the contours of.
- (transitive) To cause to become moldy; to cause mold to grow upon.
- (transitive) To ornament with moldings.
- (transitive) To shape in or on a mold; to form into a particular shape; to give shape to.
- (transitive) To guide or determine the growth or development of; influence
- To cover with mold or soil.
- (intransitive) To become moldy; to be covered or filled, in whole or in part, with a mold.
- (transitive) To make a mold of or from (molten metal, for example) before casting.
noun
- a dish or dessert that is formed in or on a mold
- a distinctive nature, character, or type
- the process of becoming mildewed
- container into which liquid is poured to create a given shape when it hardens
- sculpture produced by molding
- loose soil rich in organic matter
- the distinctive form in which a thing is made
- a fungus that produces a superficial growth on various kinds of damp or decaying organic matter
- (architecture) A group of moldings.
- A frame or model around or on which something is formed or shaped.
- (anatomy) A fontanelle.
- A fungus that creates such furry growths.
- The shape or pattern of a mold.
- General shape or form.
- A natural substance in the form of a furry or woolly growth of tiny fungi that appears when organic material lies for a long time exposed to (usually warm and moist) air.
- Loose friable soil, rich in humus and fit for planting.
- (UK, dialectal, chiefly plural) Earth, ground.
- Something that is made in or shaped on a mold.
- Distinctive character or type.
- A hollow form or matrix for shaping a fluid or plastic substance.
- A fixed or restrictive pattern or form.
verb
- form in clay, wax, etc
- form by pouring (e.g., wax or hot metal) into a cast or mold
- become moldy; spoil due to humidity
- fit tightly, follow the contours of
- shape or influence; give direction to
- make something, usually for a specific function
- Commonwealth standard spelling of mold.
- Commonwealth spelling of mold (“to cause to become mouldy”).
noun
- a dish or dessert that is formed in or on a mold
- a distinctive nature, character, or type
- the process of becoming mildewed
- container into which liquid is poured to create a given shape when it hardens
- sculpture produced by molding
- loose soil rich in organic matter
- the distinctive form in which a thing is made
- a fungus that produces a superficial growth on various kinds of damp or decaying organic matter
- Commonwealth spelling of mold (“loose soil”).
- Commonwealth spelling of mold (“top of the head”).
- Commonwealth standard spelling of mold.
- Commonwealth spelling of mold (“growth of tiny fungi”).
noun
verb
noun
- A layer of hard clay subsoil or sedimentary rock; hardpan.
- (mineralogy) A crude form of sodium nitrate from South America; used as a fertilizer.
- crust or layer of hard subsoil encrusted with calcium-carbonate occurring in arid or semiarid regions
- nitrate-bearing rock or gravel of the sodium nitrate deposits of Chile and Peru
noun
- The depression in the upper face of a pressed or handmade clay brick.
- (music) The part of a violin bow (or that of other similar string instruments such as the viola, cello and contrabass) located at the end held by the player, to which the horsehair is attached.
- (Canada, offensive) A French-speaking person from Quebec.
- (rail transport) The part of a railroad overhead wire used to redirect a trolley pole from one wire to another at switches.
- (derogatory, ethnic slur) A French person.
- A device used to secure stems in a floral arrangement, also called a flower frog or kenzan.
- (politics, slang, derogatory, Malaysia) Defector: politician who switches to a different political party.
- An ornate fastener for clothing consisting of an oblong button, toggle, or knot, that fits through a loop.
- (fishing) A type of fishing lure that resembles a frog.
- (Cockney rhyming slang) Synonym of road; clipping of less common frog and toad.
- Any of a class of small tailless amphibians of the order Anura that typically hop.
- (rail transport) The part of a railway switch or turnout where the running rails cross (from the resemblance to the frog in a horse’s hoof).
- An organ on the bottom of a horse’s hoof that assists in the circulation of blood.
- A leather or fabric loop used to attach a sword or bayonet, or its scabbard, to a waist or shoulder belt.
- a decorative loop of braid or cord
- a person of French descent
- any of various tailless stout-bodied amphibians with long hind limbs for leaping; semiaquatic and terrestrial species
verb
- (ambitransitive, slang, mildly vulgar) To have sex with; fuck.
- (intransitive) To lie sprawled out like a frog; sploot.
- To hunt or trap frogs.
- (transitive, biology) To use a pronged plater to transfer (cells) to another plate.
- (ambitransitive) To unravel part of (a knitted garment), either to correct a mistake or to reclaim the thread or yarn.
- (transitive, cooking) To spatchcock (a chicken).
- To ornament or fasten a coat, etc. with frogs.
- hunt frogs for food
noun
- (pottery) A type of fine clay slip produced by mixing clay-water mixture with deflocculant and decanting the resulting water.
- A type of astringent earth or clay originally from the Greek islands, formerly used as a medicine and antidote.
- (archaeology) A type of fine, red Roman pottery made from the first to the third centuries AD in Gaul.
- earthenware made from the reddish-brown clay found on the Aegean island of Lemnos
noun
- The compressed clay of coal strata.
- A small group of trees or plants.
- A thick group or bunch, especially of bushes or hair.
- (historical) A thick addition to the sole of a shoe.
- A cluster or lump; an unshaped piece or mass.
- A dull thud.
- a grouping of a number of similar things
- a heavy dull sound (as made by impact of heavy objects)
- a compact mass
verb
- (ambitransitive) To gather in dense groups.
- (transitive, UK, regional) To strike; to beat.
- (ambitransitive) To form clusters or lumps.
- (intransitive) To walk with heavy footfalls.
- come together as in a cluster or flock
- gather or cause to gather into a cluster
- make or move along with a sound as of a horse's hooves striking the ground
- walk clumsily
noun
- Pottery produced by pressing clay into moulds.
- (metalwork) The act or process of pressing or drawing with dies or presses; or the product of such work.
- Printed material.
- (cabinet-making) Work consisting of a series of cross-grained veneers united by glue, heat, and pressure.
- The operation of a printing press.
noun
noun
- (uncountable) Such hardened mud, clay, etc. considered collectively, as a building material.
- (countable) A hardened rectangular block of mud, clay etc., used for building.
- (collectible card games) A card in a player's hand that is currently unplayable.
- (slang) A kilogram of cocaine.
- (countable) Something shaped like a brick.
- (UK, naval, slang) A projectile.
- The colour brick red.
- (poker slang) A community card (usually the turn or the river) which does not improve a player's hand.
- (social media, slang) A reel or short video.
- (LGBTQ slang, derogatory, offensive) A trans woman who does not pass.
- (informal) A power brick; an external power supply consisting of a small box with an integral male plug and an attached cord terminating in another plug.
- (firearms) A carton of 500 rimfire cartridges, which forms the approximate size and shape of a brick.
- (basketball, slang) A shot which misses, particularly one which bounces directly out of the basket because of a too-flat trajectory, as if the ball were a heavier object.
- (computing slang, figurative) An electronic device, especially a heavy box-shaped one, that has become non-functional or obsolete.
- rectangular block of clay baked by the sun or in a kiln; used as a building or paving material
- a good fellow; helpful and trustworthy
adj
verb
- (transitive) To make into bricks.
- (transitive, computing slang) To make (an electronic device) non-functional and usually beyond repair, as a result of software or configuration issues.
- (transitive, slang) To hit someone or something with a brick.
- (intransitive, slang) To blunder; to screw up.
- (transitive) To build, line, or form with bricks.
- (intransitive, computing slang) Of an electronic device, to become non-functional, especially in a way beyond repair, as a result of software or configuration issues.
- To stop working (of an electronic device)
verb
- (construction, pottery) To mix and work (wet clay) until flexible, soft, and free from air pockets and suitable for making bricks, pottery, etc.
- (intransitive) Followed by at: to pull or tug.
- To pull or tug (something).
- (construction) To fill or stop up (a space) with pug (noun etymology 5 sense 1), clay, sawdust, or other material by tamping; (specifically) to fill in (the space between joists of a floor, a partition, etc.) with some material to deaden sound, make fireproof, etc.
- (rare) To hit or punch (someone or something); also, to poke (someone or something).
noun
- Clay, soil, or other material which has been mixed and worked until flexible, soft, and free from air pockets and thus suitable for making bricks, pottery, etc.; also, any other material with a similar consistency or function, especially (Australia) auriferous (“gold-bearing”) clay.
- (originally British India) The footprint or pawprint of an animal; a pugmark.
- (UK, historical) Chiefly used by servants: A senior or upper servant in a household.
- In full pug dog: a small dog of an ancient breed originating in China, having a snub nose, wrinkled face, squarish body, short smooth hair, and curled tail.
- (clothing, historical) In full pug hood: a hood, sometimes with a short cloak attached, worn by women around the middle of the 18th century.
- (UK, regional, rare) A person or thing that is squat (“broad and short”).
- (informal) Clipping of pugilist (“one who fights with their fists, especially a professional prize fighter; a boxer”).
- Ellipsis of pug mill (“kind of mill for grinding, mixing, and working clay”).
- (rail transport) In full pug engine: a small locomotive chiefly used for shunting (“moving trains from one track to another, or carriages from one train to another”).
- In full pug moth, often with a descriptive word: any geometrid moth of the tribe Eupitheciini, especially the genus Eupithecia; a geometer moth.
- (online gaming) Alternative letter-case form of PuG (“a group of players who are unknown to each other, grouped together to work toward a short-term goal such as completing a dungeon or a raid”).
- (US, regional) A bun or knot of hair; also, a piece of cloth or snood for holding this in place.
- small compact smooth-coated breed of Asiatic origin having a tightly curled tail and broad flat wrinkled muzzle
noun
noun
- A mixture of clay and loam.
- A hipped gable.
- (UK, dialect, childish) A cow.
- A light-weight harvest rake.
- (UK, dialect) A mule.
- A giant Asian catfish, Wallagonia Attu found in India, Sri Lanka, Burma, Indochina, Thailand, Java, and Sumatra.
- (US) A hornless or polled animal.
- An upright crank-driven saw with no gate or sash.
adj
noun
noun
- (ceramics) A thin, slippery mix of clay and water.
- potter's clay that is thinned and used for coating or decorating ceramics
- A mistake or error.
- A twig or shoot; a cutting.
- (engineering) The motion of the centre of resistance of the float of a paddle wheel, or the blade of an oar, through the water horizontally, or the difference between a vessel's actual speed and the speed it would have if the propelling instrument acted upon a solid; also, the velocity, relatively to still water, of the backward current of water produced by the propeller.
- (medicine) A one-time return to previous maladaptive behavior after cure.
- A young person (now usually with of introducing descriptive qualifier).
- (mining) A dislocation of a lead, destroying continuity.
- An outside covering or case.
- A leash or string by which a dog is held; so called from its being made in such a manner as to slip, or become loose, by relaxation of the hand.
- (nautical, aviation) A difference between the theoretical distance traveled per revolution of the propeller and the actual advance of the vessel.
- (cricket) Any of several fielding positions to the off side of the wicket keeper, designed to catch the ball after being deflected from the bat; a fielder in that position (See first slip, second slip, third slip, fourth slip and fifth slip.)
- (marine insurance) A memorandum of the particulars of a risk for which a policy is to be executed. It usually bears the broker's name and is initiated by the underwriters.
- Either side of the gallery in a theater.
- A fish, the sole.
- (nautical) A berth; a space for a ship to moor.
- (US) A long seat or narrow pew in churches, often without a door.
- A woman's undergarment worn under a skirt or dress to conceal unwanted nudity that may otherwise be revealed by the skirt or dress itself; a shift.
- A slipdress.
- An escape; a secret or unexpected desertion.
- Matter found in troughs of grindstones after the grinding of edge tools.
- (electricity) The difference between the actual and synchronous speeds of an induction motor.
- A long, thin piece of something.
- A particular quantity of yarn.
- (nautical) A slipway.
- (crosswording) A newsletter produced by the setter of a cryptic clue-writing competition, containing a full list of winners and commentary on the clues.
- A number between 0 and 1 that is the difference between the angular speed of a rotating magnetic field and the angular speed of its rotor, divided by the angular speed of the magnetic field.
- An act or instance of slipping.
- (telecommunications) The positional displacement in a sequence of transmitted symbols that causes the loss or insertion of one or more symbols.
- (aviation) Clipping of sideslip.
- A small piece of paper, especially one longer than it is wide, typically a form for writing on or one giving printed information.
- a place where a craft can be made fast
- a slippery smoothness
- bed linen consisting of a cover for a pillow
- a part (sometimes a root or leaf or bud) removed from a plant to propagate a new plant through rooting or grafting
- the act of avoiding capture (especially by cunning)
- a young and slender person
- artifact consisting of a narrow flat piece of material
- a woman's sleeveless undergarment
- an accidental misstep threatening (or causing) a fall
- an unexpected slide
- a minor inadvertent mistake usually observed in speech or writing or in small accidents or memory lapses etc.
- a small sheet of paper
- a flight maneuver; aircraft slides sideways in the air
- a socially awkward or tactless act
verb
- (transitive) To cut slips from; to cut; to take off; to make a slip or slips of.
- (intransitive, aviation, of an aircraft) Clipping of sideslip (“to fly with the longitudinal axis misaligned with the relative wind”).
- (transitive) To elude or evade by smooth movement.
- (transitive) To cause to slip or slide off, or out of place.
- (transitive, hunting, falconry) To release (a dog, a bird of prey, etc.) to go after a quarry.
- (transitive) To pass (a note, money, etc.), often covertly.
- (intransitive) To err.
- (intransitive) To move quickly and often secretively; to depart, withdraw, enter, appear, intrude, or escape as if by sliding.
- (transitive) To cause to move smoothly and quickly; to slide; to convey gently or secretly.
- (intransitive) To lose one’s traction on a slippery surface; to slide due to a lack of friction.
- (intransitive, figuratively) To move down; to slide.
- (intransitive) To move or fly (out of place); to shoot; often with out, off, etc.
- To bring forth (young) prematurely; to slink.
- (intransitive) To accidentally reveal a secret or otherwise say something unintentionally.
- (transitive, business) To cause (a schedule or release, etc.) to go, or let it go, beyond the allotted deadline.
- (transitive, cooking) To remove the skin of a soft fruit, such as a tomato or peach, by blanching briefly in boiling water, then transferring to cold water so that the skin peels, or slips, off easily.
- fall to a lower standard
- move smoothly and easily
- move out of position
- pass out of one's memory
- cause to move with a smooth or sliding motion
- insert inconspicuously or quickly or quietly
- move obliquely or sideways, usually in an uncontrolled manner
- move stealthily
- to make a mistake or be incorrect
- pass on stealthily
- move easily
noun
noun
- (mining) Hard, indurated clay; bind.
- (in the plural, medicine, underwater diving, with the) A severe condition caused by excessively quick decompression, causing bubbles of nitrogen to form in the blood; decompression sickness.
- (nautical, in the plural) The thickest and strongest planks in a ship's sides, more generally called wales, which have the beams, knees, and futtocks bolted to them.
- A curve.
- (nautical, in the plural) The frames or ribs that form the ship's body from the keel to the top of the sides.
- (music) A glissando, or glide between one pitch and another, especially one accomplished by bending a string (such as on guitar).
- In the leather trade, the best quality of sole leather; a butt; sometimes, half a butt cut lengthwise.
- (heraldry) One of the honourable ordinaries formed by two diagonal lines drawn from the dexter chief to the sinister base; it generally occupies a fifth part of the shield if uncharged, but if charged one third.
- Any of the various knots which join the ends of two lines.
- an angular or rounded shape made by folding
- a circular segment of a curve
- curved segment (of a road or river or railroad track etc.)
- movement that causes the formation of a curve
- diagonal line traversing a shield from the upper right corner to the lower left
verb
- (intransitive) To be inclined; to direct itself.
- (transitive, music) To smoothly change the pitch of a note.
- (transitive) To force to submit.
- (transitive) To adapt or interpret to for a purpose or beneficiary.
- (transitive) To cause to change direction.
- (transitive, nautical) To tie, as in securing a line to a cleat; to shackle a chain to an anchor; make fast.
- (intransitive) To become curved.
- (intransitive) To change direction.
- (intransitive) To bow in prayer, or in token of submission.
- (transitive) To apply to a task or purpose.
- (intransitive, usually with "down") To stoop.
- (transitive) To cause (something) to change its shape into a curve, by physical force, chemical action, or any other means.
- (intransitive) To submit.
- (intransitive) To apply oneself to a task or purpose.
- (intransitive, nautical) To swing the body when rowing.
- bend one's back forward from the waist on down
- change direction
- bend a joint
- form a curve
- cause (an object) to assume a crooked or angular form
- turn from a straight course, fixed direction, or line of interest
noun
- A paste of clay or loam.
- (cricket) Any player selected for his or her team principally to bat, as opposed to a bowler.
- (architecture) An incline on the outer face of a built wall.
- (countable, printing) A bruise on the face of a plate or of type in the form.
- (cricket) The player now receiving strike; the striker.
- (countable, slang) A binge; a heavy drinking session.
- (cooking, countable, uncountable) A beaten mixture of flour and liquid (usually egg and milk), used for baking (e.g. pancakes, cake, or Yorkshire pudding) or to coat food (e.g. fish) prior to frying.
- (baseball) The player attempting to hit the ball with a bat.
- (cricket) A player of the batting side now on the field.
- (baseball) a ballplayer who is batting
- a liquid or semiliquid mixture, as of flour, eggs, and milk, used in cooking
verb
- (cooking) To coat with batter (the food ingredient).
- To hit or strike violently and repeatedly.
- (UK, slang, usually in the passive) To intoxicate.
- (architecture) To slope (of walls, buildings etc.).
- (figurative) To defeat soundly; to thrash.
- (metalworking) To flatten (metal) by hammering, so as to compress it inwardly and spread it outwardly.
- strike violently and repeatedly
- make a dent or impression in
- strike against forcefully
noun
- (ceramics) A long thin segment of soft clay, either extruded or formed by hand.
- (Jainism) A unit of distance equivalent to the distance covered in six months by a god flying at ten million miles per second.
- (rhythmic gymnastics, countable) An apparatus, currently with limited use by the senior contestants and not used in world-wide tournaments.
- (nautical) Cordage of at least one inch in diameter, or a length of such cordage.
- (military, uncountable) A kind of chaff (material dropped to interfere with radar) consisting of foil strips with paper chutes attached.
- (uncountable) Thick strings, yarn, monofilaments, metal wires, or strands of other cordage that are twisted together to form a stronger line.
- (with "the") Death by hanging.
- (rhythmic gymnastics, metonymic) An apparatus program with a rope.
- (computer science) A data structure resembling a string, using a concatenation tree in which each leaf represents a character.
- (jewelry) A necklace of at least one meter in length.
- A cohesive strand of something.
- (slang, usually in the plural) Semen being ejaculated.
- (in the plural) The small intestines.
- (countable) An individual length of such material.
- (slang) Rohypnol.
- (baseball) A hard line drive.
- street names for flunitrazepam
- a strong line
verb
- (intransitive) To be formed into rope; to draw out or extend into a filament or thread.
- (transitive) To pull or restrain (the horse one is riding) to prevent it from winning a race.
- (transitive) To throw a rope (or something similar, e.g. a lasso, cable, wire, etc.) around (something).
- (Internet slang, originally incel slang, intransitive) To commit suicide, particularly by hanging.
- (transitive) To tie (something) with rope.
- (intransitive) To climb by means of a rope or ropes.
- catch with a lasso
- fasten with a rope
noun
noun
- A cylinder of clay.
- (electronics) A coil of electrically conductive wire through which electricity can flow.
- (now obsolete except in phrases) A noise, tumult, bustle, or turmoil.
- (figurative) Entanglement; perplexity.
- Something wound in the form of a helix or spiral.
- (informal, slang) A wad of cash.
- Any intrauterine device (abbreviation: IUD)—the first IUDs were coil-shaped.
- tubing that is wound in a spiral
- a transformer that supplies high voltage to spark plugs in a gasoline engine
- reactor consisting of a spiral of insulated wire that introduces inductance into a circuit
- a contraceptive device placed inside a woman's womb
- a structure consisting of something wound in a continuous series of loops
- a round shape formed by a series of concentric circles (as formed by leaves or flower petals)
verb
- To build a pot (etc) with clay coils.
- To wind cylindrically or spirally.
- To wind into loops (roughly) around a common center.
- To wind or reel e.g. a wire or rope into regular rings, often around a centerpiece.
- wind around something in coils or loops
- make without a potter's wheel
- to wind or move in a spiral course
noun
verb
noun
- A layer of hard clay subsoil or sedimentary rock; hardpan.
- (mineralogy) A crude form of sodium nitrate from South America; used as a fertilizer.
- crust or layer of hard subsoil encrusted with calcium-carbonate occurring in arid or semiarid regions
- nitrate-bearing rock or gravel of the sodium nitrate deposits of Chile and Peru
noun
- The depression in the upper face of a pressed or handmade clay brick.
- (music) The part of a violin bow (or that of other similar string instruments such as the viola, cello and contrabass) located at the end held by the player, to which the horsehair is attached.
- (Canada, offensive) A French-speaking person from Quebec.
- (rail transport) The part of a railroad overhead wire used to redirect a trolley pole from one wire to another at switches.
- (derogatory, ethnic slur) A French person.
- A device used to secure stems in a floral arrangement, also called a flower frog or kenzan.
- (politics, slang, derogatory, Malaysia) Defector: politician who switches to a different political party.
- An ornate fastener for clothing consisting of an oblong button, toggle, or knot, that fits through a loop.
- (fishing) A type of fishing lure that resembles a frog.
- (Cockney rhyming slang) Synonym of road; clipping of less common frog and toad.
- Any of a class of small tailless amphibians of the order Anura that typically hop.
- (rail transport) The part of a railway switch or turnout where the running rails cross (from the resemblance to the frog in a horse’s hoof).
- An organ on the bottom of a horse’s hoof that assists in the circulation of blood.
- A leather or fabric loop used to attach a sword or bayonet, or its scabbard, to a waist or shoulder belt.
- a decorative loop of braid or cord
- a person of French descent
- any of various tailless stout-bodied amphibians with long hind limbs for leaping; semiaquatic and terrestrial species
verb
- (ambitransitive, slang, mildly vulgar) To have sex with; fuck.
- (intransitive) To lie sprawled out like a frog; sploot.
- To hunt or trap frogs.
- (transitive, biology) To use a pronged plater to transfer (cells) to another plate.
- (ambitransitive) To unravel part of (a knitted garment), either to correct a mistake or to reclaim the thread or yarn.
- (transitive, cooking) To spatchcock (a chicken).
- To ornament or fasten a coat, etc. with frogs.
- hunt frogs for food
noun
- (pottery) A type of fine clay slip produced by mixing clay-water mixture with deflocculant and decanting the resulting water.
- A type of astringent earth or clay originally from the Greek islands, formerly used as a medicine and antidote.
- (archaeology) A type of fine, red Roman pottery made from the first to the third centuries AD in Gaul.
- earthenware made from the reddish-brown clay found on the Aegean island of Lemnos
noun
- The compressed clay of coal strata.
- A small group of trees or plants.
- A thick group or bunch, especially of bushes or hair.
- (historical) A thick addition to the sole of a shoe.
- A cluster or lump; an unshaped piece or mass.
- A dull thud.
- a grouping of a number of similar things
- a heavy dull sound (as made by impact of heavy objects)
- a compact mass
verb
- (ambitransitive) To gather in dense groups.
- (transitive, UK, regional) To strike; to beat.
- (ambitransitive) To form clusters or lumps.
- (intransitive) To walk with heavy footfalls.
- come together as in a cluster or flock
- gather or cause to gather into a cluster
- make or move along with a sound as of a horse's hooves striking the ground
- walk clumsily
noun
- Pottery produced by pressing clay into moulds.
- (metalwork) The act or process of pressing or drawing with dies or presses; or the product of such work.
- Printed material.
- (cabinet-making) Work consisting of a series of cross-grained veneers united by glue, heat, and pressure.
- The operation of a printing press.
noun
noun
- (uncountable) Such hardened mud, clay, etc. considered collectively, as a building material.
- (countable) A hardened rectangular block of mud, clay etc., used for building.
- (collectible card games) A card in a player's hand that is currently unplayable.
- (slang) A kilogram of cocaine.
- (countable) Something shaped like a brick.
- (UK, naval, slang) A projectile.
- The colour brick red.
- (poker slang) A community card (usually the turn or the river) which does not improve a player's hand.
- (social media, slang) A reel or short video.
- (LGBTQ slang, derogatory, offensive) A trans woman who does not pass.
- (informal) A power brick; an external power supply consisting of a small box with an integral male plug and an attached cord terminating in another plug.
- (firearms) A carton of 500 rimfire cartridges, which forms the approximate size and shape of a brick.
- (basketball, slang) A shot which misses, particularly one which bounces directly out of the basket because of a too-flat trajectory, as if the ball were a heavier object.
- (computing slang, figurative) An electronic device, especially a heavy box-shaped one, that has become non-functional or obsolete.
- rectangular block of clay baked by the sun or in a kiln; used as a building or paving material
- a good fellow; helpful and trustworthy
adj
verb
- (transitive) To make into bricks.
- (transitive, computing slang) To make (an electronic device) non-functional and usually beyond repair, as a result of software or configuration issues.
- (transitive, slang) To hit someone or something with a brick.
- (intransitive, slang) To blunder; to screw up.
- (transitive) To build, line, or form with bricks.
- (intransitive, computing slang) Of an electronic device, to become non-functional, especially in a way beyond repair, as a result of software or configuration issues.
- To stop working (of an electronic device)
verb
- (construction, pottery) To mix and work (wet clay) until flexible, soft, and free from air pockets and suitable for making bricks, pottery, etc.
- (intransitive) Followed by at: to pull or tug.
- To pull or tug (something).
- (construction) To fill or stop up (a space) with pug (noun etymology 5 sense 1), clay, sawdust, or other material by tamping; (specifically) to fill in (the space between joists of a floor, a partition, etc.) with some material to deaden sound, make fireproof, etc.
- (rare) To hit or punch (someone or something); also, to poke (someone or something).
noun
- Clay, soil, or other material which has been mixed and worked until flexible, soft, and free from air pockets and thus suitable for making bricks, pottery, etc.; also, any other material with a similar consistency or function, especially (Australia) auriferous (“gold-bearing”) clay.
- (originally British India) The footprint or pawprint of an animal; a pugmark.
- (UK, historical) Chiefly used by servants: A senior or upper servant in a household.
- In full pug dog: a small dog of an ancient breed originating in China, having a snub nose, wrinkled face, squarish body, short smooth hair, and curled tail.
- (clothing, historical) In full pug hood: a hood, sometimes with a short cloak attached, worn by women around the middle of the 18th century.
- (UK, regional, rare) A person or thing that is squat (“broad and short”).
- (informal) Clipping of pugilist (“one who fights with their fists, especially a professional prize fighter; a boxer”).
- Ellipsis of pug mill (“kind of mill for grinding, mixing, and working clay”).
- (rail transport) In full pug engine: a small locomotive chiefly used for shunting (“moving trains from one track to another, or carriages from one train to another”).
- In full pug moth, often with a descriptive word: any geometrid moth of the tribe Eupitheciini, especially the genus Eupithecia; a geometer moth.
- (online gaming) Alternative letter-case form of PuG (“a group of players who are unknown to each other, grouped together to work toward a short-term goal such as completing a dungeon or a raid”).
- (US, regional) A bun or knot of hair; also, a piece of cloth or snood for holding this in place.
- small compact smooth-coated breed of Asiatic origin having a tightly curled tail and broad flat wrinkled muzzle
verb
- form in clay, wax, etc
- display (clothes) as a mannequin
- create a representation or simulation of
- construct a model in the likeness of
- plan or create according to a model or models
- assume a posture as for artistic purposes
- (intransitive) To work as a model in art or fashion.
- (transitive) To devise a model of (some original), especially to better understand or forecast the original.
- (intransitive) To make a model or models.
- (transitive) To make a miniature model of.
- (transitive) To create from a substance such as clay.
- (transitive) To display an item on one's body for others to see the potential effect on their own bodies, especially in regard to wearing clothing while performing the role of a fashion model.
adj
noun
- a hypothetical description of a complex entity or process
- a person who poses for a photographer or painter or sculptor
- something to be imitated
- someone worthy of imitation
- a woman who wears clothes to display fashions
- the act of representing something (usually on a smaller scale)
- representation of something (sometimes on a smaller scale)
- a representative form or pattern
- a type of product
- (software architecture) In software applications using the model-view-controller design pattern, the part or parts of the application that manage the data.
- (biology, medicine) An organism or species that is used to study an aspect of physiology or pathophysiology or a particular disease; often, a nonhuman one used to approximate processes in humans.
- A style, type, or design.
- A successful example to be copied, with or without modifications.
- Any copy, or resemblance, more or less exact.
- The structural design of a complex system.
- (logic) An interpretation which makes a set of sentences true, in which case that interpretation is called a model of that set.
- A representation of a physical object.
- (logic) An interpretation function which assigns a truth value to each atomic proposition.
- A person, usually attractive, who is hired to show items or goods to the public, such as items that are given away as prizes on a TV game show.
- A person who serves as a human template for artwork or fashion.
- A simulation used to analyze the workings of a real world system or event.
verb
- form in clay, wax, etc
- form by pouring (e.g., wax or hot metal) into a cast or mold
- become moldy; spoil due to humidity
- fit tightly, follow the contours of
- shape or influence; give direction to
- make something, usually for a specific function
- (intransitive) To be shaped in or as if in a mold.
- (transitive) To fit closely by following the contours of.
- (transitive) To cause to become moldy; to cause mold to grow upon.
- (transitive) To ornament with moldings.
- (transitive) To shape in or on a mold; to form into a particular shape; to give shape to.
- (transitive) To guide or determine the growth or development of; influence
- To cover with mold or soil.
- (intransitive) To become moldy; to be covered or filled, in whole or in part, with a mold.
- (transitive) To make a mold of or from (molten metal, for example) before casting.
noun
- a dish or dessert that is formed in or on a mold
- a distinctive nature, character, or type
- the process of becoming mildewed
- container into which liquid is poured to create a given shape when it hardens
- sculpture produced by molding
- loose soil rich in organic matter
- the distinctive form in which a thing is made
- a fungus that produces a superficial growth on various kinds of damp or decaying organic matter
- (architecture) A group of moldings.
- A frame or model around or on which something is formed or shaped.
- (anatomy) A fontanelle.
- A fungus that creates such furry growths.
- The shape or pattern of a mold.
- General shape or form.
- A natural substance in the form of a furry or woolly growth of tiny fungi that appears when organic material lies for a long time exposed to (usually warm and moist) air.
- Loose friable soil, rich in humus and fit for planting.
- (UK, dialectal, chiefly plural) Earth, ground.
- Something that is made in or shaped on a mold.
- Distinctive character or type.
- A hollow form or matrix for shaping a fluid or plastic substance.
- A fixed or restrictive pattern or form.
verb
- form in clay, wax, etc
- form by pouring (e.g., wax or hot metal) into a cast or mold
- become moldy; spoil due to humidity
- fit tightly, follow the contours of
- shape or influence; give direction to
- make something, usually for a specific function
- Commonwealth standard spelling of mold.
- Commonwealth spelling of mold (“to cause to become mouldy”).
noun
- a dish or dessert that is formed in or on a mold
- a distinctive nature, character, or type
- the process of becoming mildewed
- container into which liquid is poured to create a given shape when it hardens
- sculpture produced by molding
- loose soil rich in organic matter
- the distinctive form in which a thing is made
- a fungus that produces a superficial growth on various kinds of damp or decaying organic matter
- Commonwealth spelling of mold (“loose soil”).
- Commonwealth spelling of mold (“top of the head”).
- Commonwealth standard spelling of mold.
- Commonwealth spelling of mold (“growth of tiny fungi”).
noun
- A cylinder of clay.
- (electronics) A coil of electrically conductive wire through which electricity can flow.
- (now obsolete except in phrases) A noise, tumult, bustle, or turmoil.
- (figurative) Entanglement; perplexity.
- Something wound in the form of a helix or spiral.
- (informal, slang) A wad of cash.
- Any intrauterine device (abbreviation: IUD)—the first IUDs were coil-shaped.
- tubing that is wound in a spiral
- a transformer that supplies high voltage to spark plugs in a gasoline engine
- reactor consisting of a spiral of insulated wire that introduces inductance into a circuit
- a contraceptive device placed inside a woman's womb
- a structure consisting of something wound in a continuous series of loops
- a round shape formed by a series of concentric circles (as formed by leaves or flower petals)
verb
- To build a pot (etc) with clay coils.
- To wind cylindrically or spirally.
- To wind into loops (roughly) around a common center.
- To wind or reel e.g. a wire or rope into regular rings, often around a centerpiece.
- wind around something in coils or loops
- make without a potter's wheel
- to wind or move in a spiral course
verb
- (construction, pottery) To mix and work (wet clay) until flexible, soft, and free from air pockets and suitable for making bricks, pottery, etc.
- (intransitive) Followed by at: to pull or tug.
- To pull or tug (something).
- (construction) To fill or stop up (a space) with pug (noun etymology 5 sense 1), clay, sawdust, or other material by tamping; (specifically) to fill in (the space between joists of a floor, a partition, etc.) with some material to deaden sound, make fireproof, etc.
- (rare) To hit or punch (someone or something); also, to poke (someone or something).
noun
- Clay, soil, or other material which has been mixed and worked until flexible, soft, and free from air pockets and thus suitable for making bricks, pottery, etc.; also, any other material with a similar consistency or function, especially (Australia) auriferous (“gold-bearing”) clay.
- (originally British India) The footprint or pawprint of an animal; a pugmark.
- (UK, historical) Chiefly used by servants: A senior or upper servant in a household.
- In full pug dog: a small dog of an ancient breed originating in China, having a snub nose, wrinkled face, squarish body, short smooth hair, and curled tail.
- (clothing, historical) In full pug hood: a hood, sometimes with a short cloak attached, worn by women around the middle of the 18th century.
- (UK, regional, rare) A person or thing that is squat (“broad and short”).
- (informal) Clipping of pugilist (“one who fights with their fists, especially a professional prize fighter; a boxer”).
- Ellipsis of pug mill (“kind of mill for grinding, mixing, and working clay”).
- (rail transport) In full pug engine: a small locomotive chiefly used for shunting (“moving trains from one track to another, or carriages from one train to another”).
- In full pug moth, often with a descriptive word: any geometrid moth of the tribe Eupitheciini, especially the genus Eupithecia; a geometer moth.
- (online gaming) Alternative letter-case form of PuG (“a group of players who are unknown to each other, grouped together to work toward a short-term goal such as completing a dungeon or a raid”).
- (US, regional) A bun or knot of hair; also, a piece of cloth or snood for holding this in place.
- small compact smooth-coated breed of Asiatic origin having a tightly curled tail and broad flat wrinkled muzzle
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