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noun
verb
- move effortlessly; by force of gravity
- (US, Canada, dialect) To slide downhill; to slide on a sled upon snow or ice.
- (intransitive, figurative) To make a minimal effort; to continue to do something in a routine way, without initiative or effort.
- (intransitive, nautical) To sail along a coast.
- (intransitive) To glide along without adding energy; to allow a vehicle to continue moving forward after disengaging the engine or ceasing to apply motive power.
noun
- A vantage point with a view of the surrounding area.
- A session of watching for an approaching enemy, police, etc.
- One's perspective, outlook; hence, one's responsibility. (used with a possessive pronoun or a noun in a possessive form).
- A person on watch for approaching enemy, police, danger, etc.
- A subject for observation; a prospect or view.
- An observation window.
- (construction) A joist that extends in cantilever out from the exterior wall (or wall plate) of a building, supporting the roof sheathing and providing a nailing surface for the fascia boards.
- a structure commanding a wide view of its surroundings
- a person employed to keep watch for some anticipated event
- an elevated post affording a wide view
- the act of looking out
name
- The surrounding area.
- A community in Central Frontenac, Frontenac County, Ontario, Canada.
- Piccadilly, a street running from Hyde Park Corner to Piccadilly Circus.
- A village in Kingsbury parish, North Warwickshire district, Warwickshire, England, named after Piccadilly in London (OS grid ref SP2298).
- (rail transport) Manchester Piccadilly station, the main railway station in Manchester.
- A community in Piccadilly Slant-Abraham's Cove, Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
- A suburb of Swinton, Metropolitan Borough of Rotherham, South Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SK4598).
- A small town in Adelaide Hills council area, South Australia.
- (rail transport) The Piccadilly Line of the London Underground, originally known as the Great Northern, Piccadilly and Brompton Railway.
- A hamlet in Beechingstoke parish, Wiltshire, England (OS grid ref SU0959).
- A suburb of Kalgoorlie, City of Kalgoorlie-Boulder, Western Australia.
adv
- throughout an area
- beyond the top or upper surface or edge; forward from an upright position
- at or to a point across intervening space etc.
- throughout a period of time
- over the entire area
- Beyond or in excess of what is correct or expected.
- Up one side of something, across, and then down the other side.
- So as to reverse up/down orientation, or otherwise change orientation by rotating.
- From an upright position to a horizontal one.
- On top of something, or so as to cover something.
- (often in compounds) To a high or excessive degree; overly; see also over-.
- Overnight (throughout the night).
- Across from one side of something to the other.
- Expressing figurative movement from one position or state across to another.
- Thoroughly; completely; from beginning to end.
- Indicating a direction or location away from the speaker, usually roughly horizontally or visualised as such.
- So as to pass above.
- (US, usually with do) Again; another time; once more; over again.
- So as to fold towards or onto itself.
- From one position or location to another, horizontally or approximately so, or along a route visualised as "across".
- See also individual entries for phrasal verbs: go over, hand over, run over, take over, win over, etc.
- So as to reverse or exchange position(s).
- Used for rhetorical effect to reinforce that something was done the stated number of times.
- Across something, such as an edge, and then downwards.
- To a future time.
adj
- having come or been brought to a conclusion
- (professional wrestling slang) Of a wrestler: generating a reaction from fans.
- (informal) Visiting one's home or other location.
- (botany) Of a flower: wilting or withering.
- Having surmounted an obstacle.
- Surplus to requirements.
- Finished; ended; concluded.
- (informal, of an ongoing situation) Hopeless; irrecoverable.
- (informal) Having an excess in a particular respect.
noun
- (cricket) the division of play during which six balls are bowled at the batsman by one player from the other team from the same end of the pitch
- (gambling) A bet that a particular sporting statistic, such a points scored in a game, will be above a certain stated value.
- (informal) Something having an excess of a particular property.
- Any surplus amount of money, goods delivered, etc.
- (cricket) A set of six legal balls bowled.
intj
prep
- While doing an activity involving (something), especially while consuming.
- (informal, for 'over at/in/on') At or near (a location seen as 'across' from the speaker's location).
- Indicating relative status, authority, or power
- Across, from one side to the other.
- Expressing causation: due to, as the result of.
- Above, implying superiority after a contest; in spite of; notwithstanding.
- To a greater degree than.
- On the other side of.
- From one physical position to another via an obstacle that must be traversed vertically, first upwards and then downwards.
- In a position of having overcome (a problem or issue); past; finished with; from one state to another via a hindrance that must be solved or defeated; or via a third state that represents a significant difference from the first two.
- Through or around all the parts of.
- Across (something) and then downwards.
- (mathematics) Divided by.
- Concerning or regarding.
- Above; higher than; further up than.
- (poker) Separates the three of a kind from the pair in a full house.
- (music, more common in speech) Separates the primary chord of a slash chord from the bass note
- During or throughout (a time period).
- More than (a given value, amount, limit etc.); beyond; past; exceeding.
- On top of; in such a way as to cover.
- (in certain collocations) As compared to.
- Across, so as to pass above.
- Through or via (a particular transmission medium).
noun
- A place from which something can be viewed.
- The view from such a place.
- (Hong Kong, colloquial) look; appearance
- An attitude or point of view.
- Expectation for the future.
- belief about (or mental picture of) the future
- a habitual or characteristic mental attitude that determines how you will interpret and respond to situations
- the act of looking out
noun
- an area where everything is visible
- a circular prison with cells distributed around a central surveillance station; proposed by Jeremy Bentham in 1791
- A room for the exhibition of novelties.
- A type of prison where all the cells are visible from the center, particularly if it is not possible for those in a cell to know if they are being watched.
- (figurative, by extension) A place in which people are subject to constant surveillance at totalitarian command.
- (historical) A kind of projector in the 18th and 19th centuries.
noun
verb
- To fail to notice; to look over and beyond (anything) without seeing it.
- To offer a view (of something) from a higher position.
- To pretend not to have noticed (something, especially a mistake or flaw); to pass over (something) without censure or punishment.
- To look down upon from above or from a higher location.
- look past, fail to notice
- look down on
- leave undone or leave out
- be oriented in a certain direction
- watch over
noun
- an expanse of scenery that can be seen in a single view
- A portion of land which the eye can comprehend in a single view, including all the objects thus seen.
- an extensive mental viewpoint
- painting depicting an expanse of natural scenery
- a genre of art dealing with the depiction of natural scenery
- (figuratively) a situation that is presented, a scenario
- (computing, printing, uncountable) a mode of printing where the horizontal sides are longer than the vertical sides
- A sociological aspect of a physical area.
- A picture representing a real or imaginary scene by land or sea, the main subject being the general aspect of nature, as fields, hills, forests, water, etc.
- The pictorial aspect of a country.
- A space, indoor or outdoor and natural or man-made (as in "designed landscape")
- A portion of land or territory as defined by its landform, its geographical (and architectural) features.
verb
noun
- the surrounding environment
- an occupation for which you are especially well suited
- someone who serves as an intermediary between the living and the dead
- a means or instrumentality for storing or communicating information
- (biology) a substance in which specimens are preserved or displayed
- (usually plural) transmissions that are disseminated widely to the public
- an intervening substance through which signals can travel as a means for communication
- (bacteriology) a nutrient substance (solid or liquid) that is used to cultivate micro-organisms
- a state that is intermediate between extremes; a middle position
- an intervening substance through which something is achieved
- a liquid with which pigment is mixed by a painter
- (uncountable, especially clothing, food or drink) One of several common sizes to which an item may be manufactured, smaller than a large but larger than a small.
- The material of the surrounding environment, e.g. solid, liquid, gas, vacuum, or a specific substance such as a solvent.
- (countable, especially clothing, food or drink) An item labelled or denoted as being that size.
- (countable, plural mediums or media) A liquid base which carries pigment in paint.
- (microbiology) A nutrient substance, commonly a solution or solid, for the growth of cells in vitro.
- (biology, horticulture, etc.) A substance, structure, or environment in which living organisms subsist, grow or are cultured.
- (painting) A means of expression, in the arts, such as a material (oil, pastel, clay, etc) or method or style (expressionism, jazz, etc).
- Anything of a middle rank or position.
- (countable, logic) The mean or middle term of a syllogism, that by which the extremes are brought into connection.
- (countable, especially with respect to clothing) One who fits an item of that size.
- A means, channel, agency or go-between through which communication, commerce, etc is conveyed or carried on, or by which an aim is achieved.
- A format for communicating or presenting information.
- The materials or empty space through which signals, waves, or forces pass.
- (engineering) The materials used to finish a workpiece using a mass finishing or abrasive blasting process.
- (countable, plural mediums or (rare, nonstandard) media) Someone who supposedly conveys information from the spirit world.
- (countable) A middle place or degree.
adj
- (meat) cooked until there is just a little pink meat inside
- around the middle of a scale of evaluation
- Of meat, cooked to a point greater than rare but less than well done; typically, so the meat is still red in the centre.
- (especially clothing, food or drink) That is medium (the manufactured size).
- Of intermediate size, degree, amount etc.
adv
noun
- The region which the eye overlooks at one time; view; scene; outlook.
- A position affording a fine view; a lookout.
- (sales) A potential client or customer.
- The potential things that may come to pass, often favorable.
- A hope; a hopeful.
- Relative position of the front of a building or other structure; face; relative aspect.
- A picturesque or panoramic view; a landscape; hence, a sketch of a landscape.
- (sports) Any player whose rights are owned by a top-level professional team, but who has yet to play a game for said team.
- The act of looking forward; foresight; anticipation.
- (music) The façade of an organ.
- belief about (or mental picture of) the future
- someone who is considered for something (for an office or prize or honor etc.)
- a prediction of the course of a disease
- the possibility of future success
- the visual percept of a region
verb
noun
- the region above the ground
- a mixture of gases (especially oxygen) required for breathing; the stuff that the wind consists of
- the mass of air surrounding the Earth
- medium for radio and television broadcasting
- a distinctive but intangible quality surrounding a person or thing
- a succession of notes forming a distinctive sequence
- a slight wind (usually refreshing)
- travel via aircraft
- once thought to be one of four elements composing the universe (Empedocles), associated with the humour blood
- (uncountable, usually with the) The apparently open space above the ground which this substance fills, (historical) formerly thought to be limited by the firmament but (meteorology) now considered to be surrounded by the near-vacuum of outer space.
- (uncountable, loosely) The substance of the atmosphere on a planet other than Earth.
- (uncountable) The substance constituting Earth's atmosphere: a gaseous mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and various trace gases.
- A breeze; a gentle wind.
- The substance of the atmosphere seen as an agency of freshness.
- (historical, philosophy, alchemy) One of the four elements of the ancient Greeks and Romans.
- (countable, uncountable) An air conditioning system.
- (uncountable, snowboarding, skateboarding, motor sports) The state of being briefly airborne during a jump.
- A feeling or sense.
- (informal) Nothing; absence of anything.
- A sense of poise, graciousness, or quality.
- (music) A melody or song, especially a solo; an aria.
- (uncountable) Publicity.
- (historical, medicine) A local environment or atmosphere, in the context of its effects on behavior, health, weather, etc.
- (usually in the plural) Pretension; snobbishness; pretence that one is better than others.
- A television or radio signal; (by extension) media broadcasts in general.
verb
- expose to cool or cold air so as to cool or freshen
- expose to warm or heated air, so as to dry
- broadcast over the airwaves, as in radio or television
- be broadcast
- make public
- expose to fresh air
- Pronunciation spelling of are.
- (transitive) To make public (an opinion, concern, issue, secret, differences, etc); to present to public view (and sometimes discussion).
- (transitive) To bring (something) into contact with the air, so as to freshen or dry it.
- (transitive, British, MLE, slang) To ignore (a person).
- (transitive) To broadcast (a television show etc.).
- (transitive) To let fresh air into (a room or a building), to ventilate.
- (intransitive) To be broadcast.
noun
- A place or position affording a good view; a vantage point.
- A superior or more favorable situation or opportunity; gain; profit; advantage.
- place or situation affording some advantage (especially a comprehensive view or commanding perspective)
- the quality of having a superior or more favorable position
noun
- A surrounding.
- (also parapsychology) A supposed emanation from and surrounding a living person or thing, regarded by mystics as consisting of the essence of the individual.
- (pathology) A subjective sensation experienced at the onset of a neurological condition, especially a migraine headache or epileptic seizure.
- (figurative, with about, of) A distinctive atmosphere or quality surrounding or associated with something or someone.
- A subtle emanation or exhalation of any substance, such as an aroma or odour.
- (uncountable, Internet slang) The charisma or suave excellence of a person, especially implying their vibe or energy.
- an indication of radiant light drawn around the head of a saint
- a sensation (as of a cold breeze or bright light) that precedes the onset of certain disorders such as a migraine attack or epileptic seizure
- a distinctive but intangible quality surrounding a person or thing
verb
- To overlook from a height.
- To exert an overwhelming guiding influence over something or someone
- To govern, rule or control by superior authority or power
- (computing, graph theory, linguistics) To precede another node of a directed graph in all paths from the start of the graph to the other node.
- To enjoy a commanding position in some field
- be larger in number, quantity, power, status or importance
- look down on
- be greater in significance than
- have dominance or the power to defeat over
- be in control
adj
noun
noun
- a relatively narrow strip of land projecting from some larger area
- the handle of a pan
- (aviation) The handle that activates an ejector seat.
- (cartography, US) An area within a nation or subnational division that appears to stick out or project when viewed on a map; an especially elongated salient.
- The handle of a pan.
verb
- beg by accosting people in the street and asking for money
- (intransitive, US) To beg for money, especially with a container in hand for receiving loose change, especially on the street, and particularly, as a homeless or vagrant person.
- (transitive, figuratively, uncommon) To elicit; to attempt to obtain or provoke a certain response or answer.
noun
- The edge of a high spot of land.
- (botany) A distinctive lower-appearing of the three true petals of an orchid.
- (zoology) One of the edges of the aperture of a univalve shell.
- (botany) One of the two opposite divisions of a labiate corolla.
- (music, colloquial) Embouchure: the condition or strength of a wind instrumentalist's lips.
- (countable) A part of the body that resembles a lip, such as the edge of a wound or the labia.
- (slang, uncountable) Backtalk; verbal impertinence.
- (colloquial) Clipping of lipstick.
- (countable) Either of the two fleshy protrusions around the opening of the mouth.
- The sharp cutting edge on the end of an auger.
- (by extension, countable) The projecting rim of an open container or a bell, etc.; a short open spout.
- (botany) either of the two parts of a bilabiate corolla or calyx
- either the outer margin or the inner margin of the aperture of a gastropod's shell
- an impudent or insolent rejoinder
- either of two fleshy folds of tissue that surround the mouth and play a role in speaking
- the top edge of a vessel or other container
verb
- (transitive) To touch or grasp with the lips; to kiss; to lap the lips against (something).
- (intransitive) To rise or flow up to or over the edge of something.
- (transitive, music) To change the sound of (a musical note played on a wind instrument) by moving or tensing the lips.
- (transitive) To simulate speech by moving the lips without making any sound; to mouth.
- (intransitive, transitive) To wash against a surface, lap.
- (sports) To make a golf ball hit the lip of the cup, without dropping in.
- (transitive) To utter verbally.
- (transitive, figuratively, of an object) To touch lightly.
- (transitive) To form the rim, edge or margin of something.
noun
- A view, vista or outlook.
- A sound recording technique to adjust and integrate sound sources seemingly naturally.
- The ability to consider things in such relative perspective.
- (figuratively) The choice of a single angle or point of view from which to sense, categorize, measure or codify experience.
- A perspective glass.
- The technique of representing three-dimensional objects on a two-dimensional surface.
- The appearance of depth in objects, especially as perceived using binocular vision.
- a way of regarding situations or topics etc.
- the appearance of things relative to one another as determined by their distance from the viewer
adj
adj
noun
noun
- A tract of land enclosed.
- The beginning of a contraction or narrowing in a tube or cylinder.
- (linguistics, language learning) The part of language input that is actually processed by a learner.
- The place where water, air or other fluid is taken into a pipe or conduit; opposed to outlet.
- An act or instance of taking in.
- The people taken into an organization or establishment at a particular time.
- The process of screening a juvenile offender to decide upon release or referral.
- (UK, dialect) Any kind of cheat or imposition; the act of taking someone in.
- The quantity taken in.
- (slang, derogatory) A nostril, especially a large one.
- an opening through which fluid is admitted to a tube or container
- the process of taking food into the body through the mouth (as by eating)
- the act of inhaling; the drawing in of air (or other gases) as in breathing
verb
noun
- An open space in the fog etc.
- The act or process of making or becoming clear.
- An area of land within a wood or forest devoid of trees.
- (British, education) The period in which remaining university places are allocated to remaining students.
- (telecommunications) A sequence of events used to disconnect a call, and return to the ready state.
- (banking, finance) A process of exchanging transaction information and authorisation through a central institution or system to complete and settle those transactions.
- (soccer) The act of removing the ball from one's own goal area by kicking it.
- the act of freeing from suspicion
- the act of removing solid particles from a liquid
- a tract of land with few or no trees in the middle of a wooded area
verb
noun
- An area of cutover land.
- (by extension) Any process of quickly replacing a machine or system so as to minimize downtime.
- The discontinuity that occurs when switching from the Julian calendar to the Gregorian calendar.
- (telecommunications) The process of quickly replacing a telephone switchboard, in which the connections are duplicated to the new machine and the original connections are then suddenly disconnected.
adj
noun
adj
noun
- the region that is outside of something
- the outer side or surface of something
- The side of a curved road, racetrack etc. that has the longer arc length; the side of a racetrack furthest from the interior of the course or some other point of reference.
- The space beyond some limit or boundary.
- The furthest limit, as to number, quantity, extent, etc.
- (surfing) The outer part of the sea, away from the peak of a wave.
- The part of a road towards the central division: towards the right if one drives on the left, or towards the left if one drives on the right.
- The external appearance of someone or something.
- The part of something that faces out; the outer surface.
adj
- from or between other countries
- relating to or being on or near the outer side or limit
- on or toward an outer edge
- unlikely to occur
- coming from the outside
- originating or belonging beyond some bounds
- functioning outside the boundaries or precincts of an organized unit
- leading to or from the outside
- located, suited for, or taking place in the open air
- (of a baseball pitch) on the far side of home plate from the batter
- (baseball, of a pitch) Away (far) from the batter as it crosses home plate.
- Of, pertaining to or originating from beyond the outer surface, limit or boundary.
- Reaching the extreme or farthest limit, as to extent, quantity, etc; maximum.
- Extending or going beyond the borders or scope of an organization, group, etc.
- (chiefly UK) Positioned towards the central division of a road: towards the right-hand side if one drives on the left, or left-hand side if one drives on the right.
- (chiefly US) Positioned towards the shoulder of a road: towards the left-hand side if one drives on the left, or right-hand side if one drives on the right.
- Originating from, arranged by, or being someone outside an organization, group, etc.
- (of a person) Not legally married to or related to (e.g. not born in wedlock to), and/or not residing with, a specified other person (parent, child, or partner); (of a marriage, relationship, etc) existing between two such people. (Compare out of wedlock, nonresidential.)
- Away from the interior or center of something.
- Of or pertaining to the outer surface, limit or boundary.
adv
prep
verb
adv
adj
noun
noun
- the area taken up by some object
- a mark of a foot or shoe on a surface
- a trace suggesting that something was once present or felt or otherwise important
- (cartography) A polygon representing the shape of an item.
- Availability of a satellite from the ground.
- (figurative, in the plural) What a person has done before, as a profession or lifestyle, serving as a model for others.
- The surface space occupied by a structure.
- (ecology) The ecological impact of a human activity, machine, etc.
- A company's geographic market presence.
- (computing) The amount of hard drive space required for a program.
- The impression of the foot in a soft substance such as sand or snow.
- Space required by a piece of equipment.
- (computing) The audit trail left by a crashed program.
- A trace left behind that gives evidence of some action having occurred.
adj
adv
verb
noun
- a wilderness at the edge of a settled area of a country
- an undeveloped field of study; a topic inviting research and development
- an international boundary or the area (often fortified) immediately inside the boundary
- The part of a country which borders or faces another country or unsettled region.
- The most advanced or recent version of something; the leading edge.
verb
noun
- an area outside of cities and towns
- the territory occupied by a nation
- a politically organized body of people under a single government
- a particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography)
- the people who live in a nation or country
- The territory of a nation; a sovereign state or a region once independent and still distinct in institutions, language, etc.
- (especially British, uncountable, countable) An area of land of undefined extent; a region, a district.
- (uncountable, usually preceded by “the”) A rural area, as opposed to a town or city; the countryside.
- (informal) The spirit of the country (rural places): the spirit of country folkways; those folkways.
- The inhabitants or people of a district, region, or nation; the populace, the public.
- (mining) The rock through which a vein of ore or coal runs.
- (Australia, usually capitalised) Traditional lands of Indigenous people with embedded cultural, spiritual, cosmological, ecological, and physical attributes and values.
- Ellipsis of country music.
- (uncountable, countable) An area of land of indefinite extent or of more or less definite extent in relation to human occupation, especially characterized by its particular physical features, or its suitability for a particular activity or connected with its population (by race, dialect, culture, etc.) or a person, especially a writer, or their works.
adj
noun
- a surrounding or nearby region
- (geography) A built-up area, i.e. a city, town or village
- The fact or quality of having a position in space.
- The situation or position of an object.
- Limitation to a county, district, or place.
- The features or surroundings of a particular place.
- (uncountable, mathematics, computing) The condition of being local.
- An area or district considered as the site of certain activities; a neighbourhood.
noun
- a surrounding or nearby region
- people living near one another
- the approximate amount of something (usually used prepositionally as in ‘in the region of’)
- an area within a city or town that has some distinctive features (especially one forming a community)
- The inhabitants of a residential area.
- An approximate amount.
- Alternatively: An open ball which contains some specified point.
- The quality of physical proximity.
- (topology) The infinitesimal open set of all points that may be reached directly from a given point.
- Alternatively: An open set which contains some specified point.
- The residential area near one's home.
- A set containing an open ball which contains a specified point.
- (cellular automata) The set of all cells near a given cell used to determine that cell's state in the next generation.
- A set containing an open set which contains some specified point.
- A formal or informal division of a municipality or region.
- (graph theory) The set of all the vertices adjacent to a given vertex.
noun
- A piece of land that juts out towards the sea; a promontory.
- (when not otherwise specified) An agricultural and horticultural hand tool consisting of a long handle with a flat blade fixed perpendicular to it at the end, used for digging rows or removing weeds by hand.
- (Orkney, Shetland) The horned or piked dogfish, Squalus acanthias.
- Any of several implements or machines usually called by their more specific names, for example, backhoe.
- (slang, derogatory) Alternative spelling of ho (“whore, prostitute”).
- A sexually loose woman
- a tool with a flat blade attached at right angles to a long handle
verb
noun
verb
- move effortlessly; by force of gravity
- (US, Canada, dialect) To slide downhill; to slide on a sled upon snow or ice.
- (intransitive, figurative) To make a minimal effort; to continue to do something in a routine way, without initiative or effort.
- (intransitive, nautical) To sail along a coast.
- (intransitive) To glide along without adding energy; to allow a vehicle to continue moving forward after disengaging the engine or ceasing to apply motive power.
noun
- A vantage point with a view of the surrounding area.
- A session of watching for an approaching enemy, police, etc.
- One's perspective, outlook; hence, one's responsibility. (used with a possessive pronoun or a noun in a possessive form).
- A person on watch for approaching enemy, police, danger, etc.
- A subject for observation; a prospect or view.
- An observation window.
- (construction) A joist that extends in cantilever out from the exterior wall (or wall plate) of a building, supporting the roof sheathing and providing a nailing surface for the fascia boards.
- a structure commanding a wide view of its surroundings
- a person employed to keep watch for some anticipated event
- an elevated post affording a wide view
- the act of looking out
noun
- A place from which something can be viewed.
- The view from such a place.
- (Hong Kong, colloquial) look; appearance
- An attitude or point of view.
- Expectation for the future.
- belief about (or mental picture of) the future
- a habitual or characteristic mental attitude that determines how you will interpret and respond to situations
- the act of looking out
noun
- an area where everything is visible
- a circular prison with cells distributed around a central surveillance station; proposed by Jeremy Bentham in 1791
- A room for the exhibition of novelties.
- A type of prison where all the cells are visible from the center, particularly if it is not possible for those in a cell to know if they are being watched.
- (figurative, by extension) A place in which people are subject to constant surveillance at totalitarian command.
- (historical) A kind of projector in the 18th and 19th centuries.
noun
verb
- To fail to notice; to look over and beyond (anything) without seeing it.
- To offer a view (of something) from a higher position.
- To pretend not to have noticed (something, especially a mistake or flaw); to pass over (something) without censure or punishment.
- To look down upon from above or from a higher location.
- look past, fail to notice
- look down on
- leave undone or leave out
- be oriented in a certain direction
- watch over
noun
- an expanse of scenery that can be seen in a single view
- A portion of land which the eye can comprehend in a single view, including all the objects thus seen.
- an extensive mental viewpoint
- painting depicting an expanse of natural scenery
- a genre of art dealing with the depiction of natural scenery
- (figuratively) a situation that is presented, a scenario
- (computing, printing, uncountable) a mode of printing where the horizontal sides are longer than the vertical sides
- A sociological aspect of a physical area.
- A picture representing a real or imaginary scene by land or sea, the main subject being the general aspect of nature, as fields, hills, forests, water, etc.
- The pictorial aspect of a country.
- A space, indoor or outdoor and natural or man-made (as in "designed landscape")
- A portion of land or territory as defined by its landform, its geographical (and architectural) features.
verb
noun
- the surrounding environment
- an occupation for which you are especially well suited
- someone who serves as an intermediary between the living and the dead
- a means or instrumentality for storing or communicating information
- (biology) a substance in which specimens are preserved or displayed
- (usually plural) transmissions that are disseminated widely to the public
- an intervening substance through which signals can travel as a means for communication
- (bacteriology) a nutrient substance (solid or liquid) that is used to cultivate micro-organisms
- a state that is intermediate between extremes; a middle position
- an intervening substance through which something is achieved
- a liquid with which pigment is mixed by a painter
- (uncountable, especially clothing, food or drink) One of several common sizes to which an item may be manufactured, smaller than a large but larger than a small.
- The material of the surrounding environment, e.g. solid, liquid, gas, vacuum, or a specific substance such as a solvent.
- (countable, especially clothing, food or drink) An item labelled or denoted as being that size.
- (countable, plural mediums or media) A liquid base which carries pigment in paint.
- (microbiology) A nutrient substance, commonly a solution or solid, for the growth of cells in vitro.
- (biology, horticulture, etc.) A substance, structure, or environment in which living organisms subsist, grow or are cultured.
- (painting) A means of expression, in the arts, such as a material (oil, pastel, clay, etc) or method or style (expressionism, jazz, etc).
- Anything of a middle rank or position.
- (countable, logic) The mean or middle term of a syllogism, that by which the extremes are brought into connection.
- (countable, especially with respect to clothing) One who fits an item of that size.
- A means, channel, agency or go-between through which communication, commerce, etc is conveyed or carried on, or by which an aim is achieved.
- A format for communicating or presenting information.
- The materials or empty space through which signals, waves, or forces pass.
- (engineering) The materials used to finish a workpiece using a mass finishing or abrasive blasting process.
- (countable, plural mediums or (rare, nonstandard) media) Someone who supposedly conveys information from the spirit world.
- (countable) A middle place or degree.
adj
- (meat) cooked until there is just a little pink meat inside
- around the middle of a scale of evaluation
- Of meat, cooked to a point greater than rare but less than well done; typically, so the meat is still red in the centre.
- (especially clothing, food or drink) That is medium (the manufactured size).
- Of intermediate size, degree, amount etc.
adv
noun
- The region which the eye overlooks at one time; view; scene; outlook.
- A position affording a fine view; a lookout.
- (sales) A potential client or customer.
- The potential things that may come to pass, often favorable.
- A hope; a hopeful.
- Relative position of the front of a building or other structure; face; relative aspect.
- A picturesque or panoramic view; a landscape; hence, a sketch of a landscape.
- (sports) Any player whose rights are owned by a top-level professional team, but who has yet to play a game for said team.
- The act of looking forward; foresight; anticipation.
- (music) The façade of an organ.
- belief about (or mental picture of) the future
- someone who is considered for something (for an office or prize or honor etc.)
- a prediction of the course of a disease
- the possibility of future success
- the visual percept of a region
verb
noun
- the region above the ground
- a mixture of gases (especially oxygen) required for breathing; the stuff that the wind consists of
- the mass of air surrounding the Earth
- medium for radio and television broadcasting
- a distinctive but intangible quality surrounding a person or thing
- a succession of notes forming a distinctive sequence
- a slight wind (usually refreshing)
- travel via aircraft
- once thought to be one of four elements composing the universe (Empedocles), associated with the humour blood
- (uncountable, usually with the) The apparently open space above the ground which this substance fills, (historical) formerly thought to be limited by the firmament but (meteorology) now considered to be surrounded by the near-vacuum of outer space.
- (uncountable, loosely) The substance of the atmosphere on a planet other than Earth.
- (uncountable) The substance constituting Earth's atmosphere: a gaseous mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and various trace gases.
- A breeze; a gentle wind.
- The substance of the atmosphere seen as an agency of freshness.
- (historical, philosophy, alchemy) One of the four elements of the ancient Greeks and Romans.
- (countable, uncountable) An air conditioning system.
- (uncountable, snowboarding, skateboarding, motor sports) The state of being briefly airborne during a jump.
- A feeling or sense.
- (informal) Nothing; absence of anything.
- A sense of poise, graciousness, or quality.
- (music) A melody or song, especially a solo; an aria.
- (uncountable) Publicity.
- (historical, medicine) A local environment or atmosphere, in the context of its effects on behavior, health, weather, etc.
- (usually in the plural) Pretension; snobbishness; pretence that one is better than others.
- A television or radio signal; (by extension) media broadcasts in general.
verb
- expose to cool or cold air so as to cool or freshen
- expose to warm or heated air, so as to dry
- broadcast over the airwaves, as in radio or television
- be broadcast
- make public
- expose to fresh air
- Pronunciation spelling of are.
- (transitive) To make public (an opinion, concern, issue, secret, differences, etc); to present to public view (and sometimes discussion).
- (transitive) To bring (something) into contact with the air, so as to freshen or dry it.
- (transitive, British, MLE, slang) To ignore (a person).
- (transitive) To broadcast (a television show etc.).
- (transitive) To let fresh air into (a room or a building), to ventilate.
- (intransitive) To be broadcast.
noun
- A place or position affording a good view; a vantage point.
- A superior or more favorable situation or opportunity; gain; profit; advantage.
- place or situation affording some advantage (especially a comprehensive view or commanding perspective)
- the quality of having a superior or more favorable position
noun
- A surrounding.
- (also parapsychology) A supposed emanation from and surrounding a living person or thing, regarded by mystics as consisting of the essence of the individual.
- (pathology) A subjective sensation experienced at the onset of a neurological condition, especially a migraine headache or epileptic seizure.
- (figurative, with about, of) A distinctive atmosphere or quality surrounding or associated with something or someone.
- A subtle emanation or exhalation of any substance, such as an aroma or odour.
- (uncountable, Internet slang) The charisma or suave excellence of a person, especially implying their vibe or energy.
- an indication of radiant light drawn around the head of a saint
- a sensation (as of a cold breeze or bright light) that precedes the onset of certain disorders such as a migraine attack or epileptic seizure
- a distinctive but intangible quality surrounding a person or thing
noun
- a relatively narrow strip of land projecting from some larger area
- the handle of a pan
- (aviation) The handle that activates an ejector seat.
- (cartography, US) An area within a nation or subnational division that appears to stick out or project when viewed on a map; an especially elongated salient.
- The handle of a pan.
verb
- beg by accosting people in the street and asking for money
- (intransitive, US) To beg for money, especially with a container in hand for receiving loose change, especially on the street, and particularly, as a homeless or vagrant person.
- (transitive, figuratively, uncommon) To elicit; to attempt to obtain or provoke a certain response or answer.
noun
- The edge of a high spot of land.
- (botany) A distinctive lower-appearing of the three true petals of an orchid.
- (zoology) One of the edges of the aperture of a univalve shell.
- (botany) One of the two opposite divisions of a labiate corolla.
- (music, colloquial) Embouchure: the condition or strength of a wind instrumentalist's lips.
- (countable) A part of the body that resembles a lip, such as the edge of a wound or the labia.
- (slang, uncountable) Backtalk; verbal impertinence.
- (colloquial) Clipping of lipstick.
- (countable) Either of the two fleshy protrusions around the opening of the mouth.
- The sharp cutting edge on the end of an auger.
- (by extension, countable) The projecting rim of an open container or a bell, etc.; a short open spout.
- (botany) either of the two parts of a bilabiate corolla or calyx
- either the outer margin or the inner margin of the aperture of a gastropod's shell
- an impudent or insolent rejoinder
- either of two fleshy folds of tissue that surround the mouth and play a role in speaking
- the top edge of a vessel or other container
verb
- (transitive) To touch or grasp with the lips; to kiss; to lap the lips against (something).
- (intransitive) To rise or flow up to or over the edge of something.
- (transitive, music) To change the sound of (a musical note played on a wind instrument) by moving or tensing the lips.
- (transitive) To simulate speech by moving the lips without making any sound; to mouth.
- (intransitive, transitive) To wash against a surface, lap.
- (sports) To make a golf ball hit the lip of the cup, without dropping in.
- (transitive) To utter verbally.
- (transitive, figuratively, of an object) To touch lightly.
- (transitive) To form the rim, edge or margin of something.
noun
- A view, vista or outlook.
- A sound recording technique to adjust and integrate sound sources seemingly naturally.
- The ability to consider things in such relative perspective.
- (figuratively) The choice of a single angle or point of view from which to sense, categorize, measure or codify experience.
- A perspective glass.
- The technique of representing three-dimensional objects on a two-dimensional surface.
- The appearance of depth in objects, especially as perceived using binocular vision.
- a way of regarding situations or topics etc.
- the appearance of things relative to one another as determined by their distance from the viewer
adj
noun
- A tract of land enclosed.
- The beginning of a contraction or narrowing in a tube or cylinder.
- (linguistics, language learning) The part of language input that is actually processed by a learner.
- The place where water, air or other fluid is taken into a pipe or conduit; opposed to outlet.
- An act or instance of taking in.
- The people taken into an organization or establishment at a particular time.
- The process of screening a juvenile offender to decide upon release or referral.
- (UK, dialect) Any kind of cheat or imposition; the act of taking someone in.
- The quantity taken in.
- (slang, derogatory) A nostril, especially a large one.
- an opening through which fluid is admitted to a tube or container
- the process of taking food into the body through the mouth (as by eating)
- the act of inhaling; the drawing in of air (or other gases) as in breathing
verb
noun
- An open space in the fog etc.
- The act or process of making or becoming clear.
- An area of land within a wood or forest devoid of trees.
- (British, education) The period in which remaining university places are allocated to remaining students.
- (telecommunications) A sequence of events used to disconnect a call, and return to the ready state.
- (banking, finance) A process of exchanging transaction information and authorisation through a central institution or system to complete and settle those transactions.
- (soccer) The act of removing the ball from one's own goal area by kicking it.
- the act of freeing from suspicion
- the act of removing solid particles from a liquid
- a tract of land with few or no trees in the middle of a wooded area
verb
noun
- An area of cutover land.
- (by extension) Any process of quickly replacing a machine or system so as to minimize downtime.
- The discontinuity that occurs when switching from the Julian calendar to the Gregorian calendar.
- (telecommunications) The process of quickly replacing a telephone switchboard, in which the connections are duplicated to the new machine and the original connections are then suddenly disconnected.
adj
noun
adj
noun
- the region that is outside of something
- the outer side or surface of something
- The side of a curved road, racetrack etc. that has the longer arc length; the side of a racetrack furthest from the interior of the course or some other point of reference.
- The space beyond some limit or boundary.
- The furthest limit, as to number, quantity, extent, etc.
- (surfing) The outer part of the sea, away from the peak of a wave.
- The part of a road towards the central division: towards the right if one drives on the left, or towards the left if one drives on the right.
- The external appearance of someone or something.
- The part of something that faces out; the outer surface.
adj
- from or between other countries
- relating to or being on or near the outer side or limit
- on or toward an outer edge
- unlikely to occur
- coming from the outside
- originating or belonging beyond some bounds
- functioning outside the boundaries or precincts of an organized unit
- leading to or from the outside
- located, suited for, or taking place in the open air
- (of a baseball pitch) on the far side of home plate from the batter
- (baseball, of a pitch) Away (far) from the batter as it crosses home plate.
- Of, pertaining to or originating from beyond the outer surface, limit or boundary.
- Reaching the extreme or farthest limit, as to extent, quantity, etc; maximum.
- Extending or going beyond the borders or scope of an organization, group, etc.
- (chiefly UK) Positioned towards the central division of a road: towards the right-hand side if one drives on the left, or left-hand side if one drives on the right.
- (chiefly US) Positioned towards the shoulder of a road: towards the left-hand side if one drives on the left, or right-hand side if one drives on the right.
- Originating from, arranged by, or being someone outside an organization, group, etc.
- (of a person) Not legally married to or related to (e.g. not born in wedlock to), and/or not residing with, a specified other person (parent, child, or partner); (of a marriage, relationship, etc) existing between two such people. (Compare out of wedlock, nonresidential.)
- Away from the interior or center of something.
- Of or pertaining to the outer surface, limit or boundary.
adv
prep
verb
noun
- the area taken up by some object
- a mark of a foot or shoe on a surface
- a trace suggesting that something was once present or felt or otherwise important
- (cartography) A polygon representing the shape of an item.
- Availability of a satellite from the ground.
- (figurative, in the plural) What a person has done before, as a profession or lifestyle, serving as a model for others.
- The surface space occupied by a structure.
- (ecology) The ecological impact of a human activity, machine, etc.
- A company's geographic market presence.
- (computing) The amount of hard drive space required for a program.
- The impression of the foot in a soft substance such as sand or snow.
- Space required by a piece of equipment.
- (computing) The audit trail left by a crashed program.
- A trace left behind that gives evidence of some action having occurred.
noun
- a wilderness at the edge of a settled area of a country
- an undeveloped field of study; a topic inviting research and development
- an international boundary or the area (often fortified) immediately inside the boundary
- The part of a country which borders or faces another country or unsettled region.
- The most advanced or recent version of something; the leading edge.
verb
noun
- an area outside of cities and towns
- the territory occupied by a nation
- a politically organized body of people under a single government
- a particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography)
- the people who live in a nation or country
- The territory of a nation; a sovereign state or a region once independent and still distinct in institutions, language, etc.
- (especially British, uncountable, countable) An area of land of undefined extent; a region, a district.
- (uncountable, usually preceded by “the”) A rural area, as opposed to a town or city; the countryside.
- (informal) The spirit of the country (rural places): the spirit of country folkways; those folkways.
- The inhabitants or people of a district, region, or nation; the populace, the public.
- (mining) The rock through which a vein of ore or coal runs.
- (Australia, usually capitalised) Traditional lands of Indigenous people with embedded cultural, spiritual, cosmological, ecological, and physical attributes and values.
- Ellipsis of country music.
- (uncountable, countable) An area of land of indefinite extent or of more or less definite extent in relation to human occupation, especially characterized by its particular physical features, or its suitability for a particular activity or connected with its population (by race, dialect, culture, etc.) or a person, especially a writer, or their works.
adj
noun
- a surrounding or nearby region
- (geography) A built-up area, i.e. a city, town or village
- The fact or quality of having a position in space.
- The situation or position of an object.
- Limitation to a county, district, or place.
- The features or surroundings of a particular place.
- (uncountable, mathematics, computing) The condition of being local.
- An area or district considered as the site of certain activities; a neighbourhood.
noun
- a surrounding or nearby region
- people living near one another
- the approximate amount of something (usually used prepositionally as in ‘in the region of’)
- an area within a city or town that has some distinctive features (especially one forming a community)
- The inhabitants of a residential area.
- An approximate amount.
- Alternatively: An open ball which contains some specified point.
- The quality of physical proximity.
- (topology) The infinitesimal open set of all points that may be reached directly from a given point.
- Alternatively: An open set which contains some specified point.
- The residential area near one's home.
- A set containing an open ball which contains a specified point.
- (cellular automata) The set of all cells near a given cell used to determine that cell's state in the next generation.
- A set containing an open set which contains some specified point.
- A formal or informal division of a municipality or region.
- (graph theory) The set of all the vertices adjacent to a given vertex.
noun
- A piece of land that juts out towards the sea; a promontory.
- (when not otherwise specified) An agricultural and horticultural hand tool consisting of a long handle with a flat blade fixed perpendicular to it at the end, used for digging rows or removing weeds by hand.
- (Orkney, Shetland) The horned or piked dogfish, Squalus acanthias.
- Any of several implements or machines usually called by their more specific names, for example, backhoe.
- (slang, derogatory) Alternative spelling of ho (“whore, prostitute”).
- A sexually loose woman
- a tool with a flat blade attached at right angles to a long handle
verb
verb
- To overlook from a height.
- To exert an overwhelming guiding influence over something or someone
- To govern, rule or control by superior authority or power
- (computing, graph theory, linguistics) To precede another node of a directed graph in all paths from the start of the graph to the other node.
- To enjoy a commanding position in some field
- be larger in number, quantity, power, status or importance
- look down on
- be greater in significance than
- have dominance or the power to defeat over
- be in control
adj
noun
adv
- throughout an area
- beyond the top or upper surface or edge; forward from an upright position
- at or to a point across intervening space etc.
- throughout a period of time
- over the entire area
- Beyond or in excess of what is correct or expected.
- Up one side of something, across, and then down the other side.
- So as to reverse up/down orientation, or otherwise change orientation by rotating.
- From an upright position to a horizontal one.
- On top of something, or so as to cover something.
- (often in compounds) To a high or excessive degree; overly; see also over-.
- Overnight (throughout the night).
- Across from one side of something to the other.
- Expressing figurative movement from one position or state across to another.
- Thoroughly; completely; from beginning to end.
- Indicating a direction or location away from the speaker, usually roughly horizontally or visualised as such.
- So as to pass above.
- (US, usually with do) Again; another time; once more; over again.
- So as to fold towards or onto itself.
- From one position or location to another, horizontally or approximately so, or along a route visualised as "across".
- See also individual entries for phrasal verbs: go over, hand over, run over, take over, win over, etc.
- So as to reverse or exchange position(s).
- Used for rhetorical effect to reinforce that something was done the stated number of times.
- Across something, such as an edge, and then downwards.
- To a future time.
adj
- having come or been brought to a conclusion
- (professional wrestling slang) Of a wrestler: generating a reaction from fans.
- (informal) Visiting one's home or other location.
- (botany) Of a flower: wilting or withering.
- Having surmounted an obstacle.
- Surplus to requirements.
- Finished; ended; concluded.
- (informal, of an ongoing situation) Hopeless; irrecoverable.
- (informal) Having an excess in a particular respect.
noun
- (cricket) the division of play during which six balls are bowled at the batsman by one player from the other team from the same end of the pitch
- (gambling) A bet that a particular sporting statistic, such a points scored in a game, will be above a certain stated value.
- (informal) Something having an excess of a particular property.
- Any surplus amount of money, goods delivered, etc.
- (cricket) A set of six legal balls bowled.
intj
prep
- While doing an activity involving (something), especially while consuming.
- (informal, for 'over at/in/on') At or near (a location seen as 'across' from the speaker's location).
- Indicating relative status, authority, or power
- Across, from one side to the other.
- Expressing causation: due to, as the result of.
- Above, implying superiority after a contest; in spite of; notwithstanding.
- To a greater degree than.
- On the other side of.
- From one physical position to another via an obstacle that must be traversed vertically, first upwards and then downwards.
- In a position of having overcome (a problem or issue); past; finished with; from one state to another via a hindrance that must be solved or defeated; or via a third state that represents a significant difference from the first two.
- Through or around all the parts of.
- Across (something) and then downwards.
- (mathematics) Divided by.
- Concerning or regarding.
- Above; higher than; further up than.
- (poker) Separates the three of a kind from the pair in a full house.
- (music, more common in speech) Separates the primary chord of a slash chord from the bass note
- During or throughout (a time period).
- More than (a given value, amount, limit etc.); beyond; past; exceeding.
- On top of; in such a way as to cover.
- (in certain collocations) As compared to.
- Across, so as to pass above.
- Through or via (a particular transmission medium).