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verb
- write a legal document or paper
- move or pull so as to cover or uncover something
- allow a draft
- pull (a person) apart with four horses tied to their extremities, so as to execute them
- remove the entrails of
- cause to move in a certain direction by exerting a force upon, either physically or in an abstract sense
- suck in or take (air)
- make a mark or lines on a surface
- engage in drawing
- thread on or as if on a string
- remove (a commodity) from (a supply source)
- move or go steadily or gradually
- steep; pass through a strainer
- to obtain a liquid from somewhere
- bring, take, or pull out of a container or from under a cover
- elicit responses, such as objections, criticism, applause, etc.
- choose at random
- make, formulate, or derive in the mind
- bring or lead someone to a certain action or condition
- cause to localize at one point
- flatten, stretch, or mold metal or glass, by rolling or by pulling it through a die or by stretching
- shrink
- direct toward itself or oneself by means of some psychological power or physical attributes
- represent by making a drawing of, as with a pencil, chalk, etc. on a surface
- get or derive
- pass over, across, or through
- finish a game with an equal number of points, goals, etc.
- reduce the diameter of (a wire or metal rod) by pulling it through a die
- select or take in from a given group or region
- require a specified depth for floating
- give a description of
- cause to move by pulling
- take in, also metaphorically
- stretch back a bowstring (on an archer's bow)
- earn or achieve a base by being walked by the pitcher
- take liquid out of a container or well
- (transitive) To remove the contents of (something, especially a kiln or oven); to empty.
- (intransitive) To take up water from a well or other source, especially by lifting it in a container or pumping it.
- (transitive) To make (straw straight for thatching by pulling it through the hands.
- (intransitive, archery) To pull back an arrow or bowstring in preparation for shooting the arrow; also, to cause a bow to bend by pulling back the bowstring.
- (transitive, manufacturing, historical) To separate (a length of lace made by machine) into sections by removing the threads connecting the sections.
- Of a channel, drain, etc.: to carry (water) away.
- (transitive) Often followed by tight: to pull (something, such as a belt or string) so that it tightens or wraps around something more closely.
- (transitive) To cause (something) to occur as a consequence; to bring about.
- To call forth (something) from a person, to elicit.
- (intransitive) To be made larger or longer; to be elongated or stretched.
- To deduce or infer (a conclusion); to make (a deduction).
- To extract (a tooth); to pull.
- To extract (a small amount of liquid, especially blood) by puncturing a surface, or by using a pipette, syringe, or other suction device.
- (transitive) To produce (a figure, line, picture, representation of something, etc.) with a piece of chalk, a crayon, a pen, a pencil, or other instrument.
- (transitive) To make (a comparison or contrast) between two or more things; to compare; to contrast, to distinguish.
- (transitive) To attract (something) by means of a physical force, especially gravity or magnetism.
- (billiards) To strike (the cue ball) below the centre so as to give it a backward rotation which causes it to move backwards on striking another ball.
- (transitive, reflexive) To assume a specific attitude or position, either by pulling in or stretching out one's body or limbs.
- (analogous) To consume (power).
- (transitive) To move (a body part) in a particular direction.
- (intransitive) To pull out a firearm, sword, or other weapon from a holster, sheath, etc.
- (intransitive) Of blinds, a curtain, etc.: to be pulled open or closed.
- (bowls) Of a bowl: to move in a curve to a certain place.
- To extract (juice, oil, or some other fluid) from something by osmosis, pressure, or another process.
- (transitive) Followed by on or upon: to bring (disaster or misfortune) on oneself.
- (intransitive, card games) To be dealt or to take a playing card from the deck.
- To come to, towards (a particular moment in time); to approach (a time).
- (transitive) To drag (something), especially along the ground.
- (intransitive) To attract or influence a person or group of people; to be an inducement or enticement.
- (intransitive) To leave tea temporarily in water to allow the flavour to increase; to infuse, to steep; also, of a teapot: to cause tea to infuse.
- To pull out (a firearm, sword, or other weapon) from a holster, sheath, etc.; to unsheathe.
- To take (a beverage) from a cask or keg using a pump or tap; to tap.
- (transitive) Followed by out: to flatten (a piece of metal), usually by hammering.
- (transitive) To cause (air) to be sucked into a duct, a room, etc.
- To drag (someone) by tying behind a horse or on a frame as a form of punishment or torture, or to bring to a place of execution.
- (intransitive) To select one or more things at random from a collection of similar things to decide which of a group of people will receive or undergo something.
- (intransitive) Chiefly followed by about or around: of a group of people: to come together; to assemble, to congregate, to gather.
- (intransitive, used with prepositions and adverbs) To move steadily in a particular direction or into a specific position.
- (golf) To hit (the ball) with the toe of the club so that it is deflected toward the left (or, for a left-handed player, toward the right, originally in an uncontrolled and now a controlled manner.
- (transitive, sports) To end (a game or match) with neither side winning, that is, in a draw.
- (transitive, UK, regional) To carry (a load) in a vehicle; to cart, to haul.
- (transitive) To pull (blinds, a curtain, etc.) open or closed.
- (transitive, agriculture) To create (a furrow) by pulling a plough through soil.
- (transitive) To select (one or more things) at random from a collection of similar things to decide which of a group of people will receive something such as a prize, or undergo something such as an assignment; also, to select (someone) by this process; to win (a prize) in a lottery or lucky draw.
- (transitive) To attract or provoke (a particular reaction or response) from someone.
- (intransitive) Of a channel, drain, etc.: to carry water away.
- (transitive, fishing) To fish by dragging a fishing net along (a shore) or in (a body of water).
- (transitive, hunting) To search (a covert, a wood, etc.) for game or a quarry.
- (nautical) Followed by an adverb, such as deep or shallow: of a vessel: to require a depth of water of a certain characteristic to float in.
- (intransitive) To produce an image of something with a piece of chalk, a crayon, a pen, a pencil, or other instrument; to make a drawing or drawings.
- (transitive) Chiefly followed by aside or to one side: to move (someone) away from a group of people in order to speak to them privately.
- (transitive) To receive (a particular prison sentence).
- (historical) Chiefly in draw and quarter and hang, draw and quarter: to disembowel (someone), especially after hanging as a punishment for high treason.
- (transitive) To attract or cause (someone) to come to a particular place or to take a particular course of action; also, to cause (someone) to turn away from a particular condition or course of action.
- (transitive, cricket) In a match scheduled to last for a certain period of time: to end (a match) with neither side winning because the team batting last has not completed its innings when the playing time concludes.
- (transitive) To carve or shape (something) by cutting off thin pieces.
- (transitive) To pull out (a bolt or latch) to unlock a door, gate, etc.; also, to push in (a bolt or latch) to lock a door, gate, etc.
- (transitive) To take (air, smoke, etc.) into the lungs; to breathe in, to inhale.
- (transitive, archery) To pull back (an arrow or bowstring) in preparation for shooting the arrow; also, to cause (a bow) to bend by pulling back the bowstring.
- (intransitive) Of a liquid: to drain away, to percolate.
- (transitive, often formal) To pull (someone or something) in a particular direction or manner.
- (transitive, northern Scotland) To take milk from (a cow); to milk.
- (transitive) Often followed by on or upon and the person or institution providing the money: to write (a bill, cheque, or draft) to authorize payment of money.
- (transitive) To fill a bathtub with (water for a bath); to run (a bath).
- To leave (tea) temporarily in water to allow the flavour to increase; to infuse, to steep.
- (intransitive) Of a bathtub: to be filled with water for a bath; to be run.
- (intransitive) To take a drink of a beverage, especially an alcoholic one; to swig.
- (transitive) To conduct, or select the winning numbers, tickets, etc., for, (a lottery).
- (cooking) To remove the viscera from (an animal, especially a bird) before cooking.
- (bowls) To cause (a bowl) to move in a curve to a certain place.
- To take up (water) from a well or other source, especially by lifting in a container or pumping.
- (transitive, originally and chiefly military) To attract or provoke gunfire, either intentionally or unintentionally.
- To take (something) from a particular source, especially of information; to derive.
- To soak up (a liquid, etc.); to absorb; specifically, of an organism (especially a plant) or one of its parts: to take in (nutrients, water, etc.).
- (intransitive) Followed by at or on: to drag or suck deeply on a cigarette, pipe, or other smoking implement.
- (transitive) To make (something) larger or longer; to elongate, to stretch.
- (transitive, fishing) to haul in (a fishing net) which has been cast; also, to drag (a fishing net) alongside a boat.
- (intransitive, dominoes) To take a domino from the stock.
- (intransitive) To be (able to be) pulled in a particular direction or manner.
- (intransitive) Of a duct, smoking implement, etc.: to allow air to be passed through it in order that combustion can occur.
- (intransitive) To make straw straight for thatching by pulling it through the hands.
- (intransitive, sports) To end a game or match with neither side winning, that is, in a draw; to tie.
- (transitive, figurative) To depict (something) linguistically; to portray (something) in words; to describe.
- (transitive, agriculture) To separate (sheep) from a flock for a particular purpose, such as breeding or selling.
- (transitive) Now chiefly in the form draw up: to compose or write (a piece of text, especially a formal document).
- (transitive, card games) To be dealt or to take (a playing card) from the deck; also, to have (a particular hand) as a result of this.
- (transitive) To induce (the attention, the eyes or mind, etc.) to be directed at or focused on something.
- (transitive) To make (wire) by pulling a rod or other piece of metal through one or more apertures; also, to stretch (a rod or other piece of metal) into a wire.
- (curling) To play (a shot or a stone) that lands in the house (“circular target”).
- (mining) To raise (coal or ore) from an underground mine to the surface.
- To elicit information from (someone); to induce (a person) to speak on some subject. (Now frequently in passive.)
- (nautical) Of a vessel: to require (a certain depth of water) to float in.
- (transitive, arithmetic) To subject (a number) to an arithmetic operation.
- To receive (a salary); to withdraw (money) from a bank etc.
- To cause (a body part) to contract or shrink; also, to pull (the mouth, the face or features, etc.) out of shape from emotion, etc.; to distort.
- (intransitive, nautical) Of a sail: to fill with wind and become taut.
- (curling) To make a shot that lands in the house.
- To kill someone as a form of punishment or torture by tearing apart (their body) by tying their limbs to horses which run in different directions; also, to tear (the limbs) from someone's body in this manner.
noun
- a playing card or cards dealt or taken from the pack
- a golf shot that curves to the left for a right-handed golfer
- anything (straws or pebbles etc.) taken or chosen at random
- an entertainer who attracts large audiences
- (American football) the quarterback moves back as if to pass and then hands the ball to the fullback who is running toward the line of scrimmage
- the finish of a contest in which the score is tied and the winner is undecided
- poker in which a player can discard cards and receive substitutes from the dealer
- a gully that is shallower than a ravine
- the act of drawing or hauling something
- (slang, countable) A bag of cannabis.
- (sports) The spin or twist imparted to a ball etc. by a drawing stroke.
- (curling) A shot that is intended to land gently in the house (the circular target) without knocking out other stones; cf. takeout.
- (archery) The act of pulling back the strings in preparation of firing; the distance the strings are pulled back.
- (poker) A situation in which one or more players has four cards of the same suit or four out of five necessary cards for a straight and requires a further card to make their flush or straight.
- The result of a contest that neither side has won.
- (golf) A golf shot that (for the right-handed player) curves intentionally to the left. See hook, slice, fade.
- (cricket) The result of a two-innings match in which at least one side did not complete all their innings before time ran out (as distinguished from a tie).
- Draft: flow through a flue of gasses (smoke) resulting from a combustion process, possibly adjustable with a damper.
- (slang, uncountable) Cannabis.
- That which is drawn (e.g. funds from an account).
- The procedure by which the result of a lottery is determined.
- The act of drawing a gun from a holster, etc.
- In a commission-based job, an advance on future (potential) commissions given to an employee by the employer.
- That which draws: that which attracts e.g. a crowd.
- (geography) A dry stream bed that drains surface water only during periods of heavy rain or flooding.
- (horse racing) The stall from which a horse begins the race.
intj
verb
noun
- the means whereby some act is accomplished
- a device that requires skill for proper use
- a person used by another to gain an end
- any of various devices or contrivances that can be used to produce musical tones or sounds
- the semantic role of the entity (usually inanimate) that the agent uses to perform an action or start a process
- (law) a document that states some contractual relationship or grants some right
- (law) A legal document, such as a contract, deed, trust, mortgage, power, indenture, or will.
- A device used to produce music.
- A means or agency for achieving an aspect.
- A tool, implement used for manipulation or measurement.
- A measuring or displaying device.
- (figuratively) A person used as a mere tool for achieving a goal.
- (aviation, usually in the plural) Ellipsis of flight instrument.
noun
- A legal document.
- A surveying reference point marked by a permanently fixed marker (a survey monument).
- (surveying) A natural or artificial object used as a reference point.
- (British) a registered archaeological site or other structure, deemed historic or otherwise worthy of protection.
- A surviving record.
- A pile of stones left by a prospector to claim ownership of ore etc. found in a mine.
- An important site owned by the community as a whole.
- An important burial vault or tomb.
- Any grave marker.
- (cycling) Alternative spelling of Monument (“prestigious one-day race”).
- A sign of exceptional achievement.
- A structure built for commemorative or symbolic reasons, or as a memorial; a commemoration.
- an important site that is marked and preserved as public property
- a burial vault (usually for some famous person)
- a structure erected to commemorate persons or events
verb
verb
- make a summary or abstract of a legal document and inscribe it in a list
- place on the docket for legal action
- (transitive) To make a brief abstract of and inscribe in a book.
- (transitive) To make a brief abstract of (a writing) and endorse it on the back of the paper, or to endorse the title or contents on the back of; to summarize.
- (transitive) To enter or inscribe in a docket, or list of causes for trial.
- (transitive) To label a parcel, etc.
noun
- a temporally organized plan for matters to be attended to
- (law) the calendar of a court; the list of cases to be tried or a summary of the court's activities
- (law) A short entry of the proceedings of a court; the register containing them; the office containing the register.
- (Australia) A receipt.
- A ticket or label fixed to something, showing its contents or directions to its use.
- (law) A schedule of cases awaiting action in a court.
- An agenda of things to be done.
verb
- To write a law.
- (transitive, sports, US) To select a rookie player onto a professional sports team.
- (gaming) To play a collectible card game by selecting from a shared pool of cards.
- To select (someone or something) for a particular role or purpose.
- (transitive, US) To conscript (a person); to force (a person) to serve in some capacity, especially in the military.
- (ambitransitive) To follow very closely (behind another vehicle), thereby providing an aerodynamic advantage to both lead and follower and conserving energy or increasing speed.
- To select and separate an animal or animals from a group.
- To draw fibers out of a clump, for spinning in the production of yarn.
- (transitive) To write a first version; to make a preliminary sketch.
- To draw in outline; to make a draught, sketch, or plan of, as in architectural and mechanical drawing.
- To draw out; to call forth.
- make a blueprint of
- draw up an outline or sketch for something
- engage somebody to enter the army
adj
noun
- A current of air, usually coming into a room or vehicle.
- (especially Virginia, West Virginia, Pennsylvania) A ravine or narrow valley, especially one through which a stream (at least intermittently) flows.
- (nautical) The depth of water needed to float a particular ship; the depth from the waterline to the bottom of a vessel's hull; the depth of water drawn by a vessel.
- (American spelling, rail transport) The pulling force (tension) on couplers and draft gear during a slack (stretched) condition.
- An unsent e-mail.
- (sports, US) A system of assigning rookie players to professional sports teams.
- Liquid, especially beer or other alcohol, drawn from a cask or keg rather than a bottle or can.
- A person who has been drafted; a conscript or draftee.
- The quantity of liquid (such as water, alcohol, or medicine) drunk in one swallow.
- A small stream or tributary.
- (politics, US) A system of forcing or convincing people to take an elected position.
- An act of drinking.
- (gaming) A style of play in collectible card games, where players select from a shared pool of cards.
- A preliminary sketch or outline for a plan.
- The bevel given to the pattern for a casting, so that it can be drawn from the sand without damaging the mould.
- A dose (of medicine, alcohol, etc.).
- (US, Canada, usually with the) Conscription; the system of forcing people to serve in the military.
- A version of a written work (such as a book or paper) or drawing.
- The draw through a flue of gasses or smoke resulting from a combustion process.
- a current of air (usually coming into a chimney or room or vehicle)
- a dose of liquid medicine
- the act of moving a load by drawing or pulling
- a large and hurried swallow
- a preliminary sketch of a design or picture
- the depth of a vessel's keel below the surface (especially when loaded)
- a serving of drink (usually alcoholic) drawn from a keg
- a regulator for controlling the flow of air in a fireplace
- any of the various versions in the development of a written work
- a document ordering the payment of money; drawn by one person or bank on another
- compulsory military service
verb
- (transitive) To submit official papers to (a law court, etc.).
- (transitive) To sandpaper.
- (transitive) To enfold in paper.
- To paste the endpapers and flyleaves at the beginning and end of a book before fitting it into its covers.
- (transitive) To give public notice (typically by displaying posters) that a person is wanted by the police or other authority.
- (transitive) To fill (a theatre or other paid event) with complimentary seats.
- (transitive) To document; to memorialize.
- (transitive) To apply paper to.
- (Northeastern US) To cover someone's house with toilet paper. Otherwise known as toilet papering or TPing.
- cover with wallpaper
- cover with paper
noun
- A written document, generally shorter than a book; usually written as a school assignment or a government report.
- (uncountable) Ellipsis of wrapping paper.
- Ellipsis of newspaper; anything used as such (such as a newsletter or listing magazine).
- (rock paper scissors) An open hand (a handshape resembling a sheet of paper), that beats rock and loses to scissors. It loses to lizard and beats Spock in rock-paper-scissors-lizard-Spock.
- (uncountable) Ellipsis of wallpaper.
- A paper packet containing a quantity of items.
- (New Zealand, countable) A university course.
- A medicinal preparation spread upon paper, intended for external application.
- A substance resembling paper secreted by certain invertebrates as protection for their nests and eggs.
- (British, Hong Kong) A set of examination questions to be answered at one session.
- (finance, uncountable) Any financial assets other than specie, including paper money, commercial paper, and others.
- A sheet material typically used for writing on or printing on (or as a non-waterproof container), usually made by draining cellulose fibres from a suspension in water.
- (slang) Money.
- A written document that reports scientific or academic research and is usually subjected to peer review before publication in a scientific journal (as a journal article or the manuscript for one) or in the proceedings of a scientific or academic meeting (such as a conference, workshop, or symposium).
- a daily or weekly publication on folded sheets; contains news and articles and advertisements
- an essay (especially one written as an assignment)
- a material made of cellulose pulp derived mainly from wood or rags or certain grasses
- a medium for written communication
- a business firm that publishes newspapers
- the physical object that is the product of a newspaper publisher
- a scholarly article describing the results of observations or stating hypotheses
adj
verb
- To edit a legal document.
- To veto a portion of a budget.
- To check the bluelines before printing material.
- To create the bluelines for material that is about to be printed.
- (US, Canada) To designate a certain area as representing one in which investment is risky.
- (surgery) To mark on a patient's body where the surgical incision is to be made.
noun
noun
- putting something (as a literary work or a legislative bill) into acceptable form
- the act of putting something in writing
- (countable) The change or changes made while editing.
- (uncountable) The process of editing or censoring.
- (countable) An edited or censored version of a document; a product resulting from the process of editing or censoring.
verb
- (law) To file a document in response to a complaint.
- (ambitransitive) To respond to a call by someone at a door or telephone, or other similar piece of equipment.
- (ambitransitive) To make a reply or response to.
- To be or act in conformity, or by way of accommodation, correspondence, relation, or proportion; to conform; to correspond; to suit; usually with to.
- To be accountable or responsible; to make amends.
- To correspond to; to be in harmony with; to be in agreement with.
- (ambitransitive) To suit a need or purpose satisfactorily.
- To respond to satisfactorily; to meet successfully by way of explanation, argument, or justification; to refute.
- (transitive) To speak in defence against; to reply to in defence.
- To be or act in compliance with, in fulfillment or satisfaction of, as an order, obligation, or demand.
- To be opposite, or to act in opposition.
- react to a stimulus or command
- understand the meaning of
- give a defence or refutation of (a charge) or in (an argument)
- give the correct answer or solution to
- be sufficient; be adequate, either in quality or quantity
- be satisfactory for; meet the requirements of or serve the purpose of
- respond to a signal
- match or correspond
- be liable or accountable
- react verbally
noun
- A solution to a problem.
- (law) A document filed in response to a complaint, responding to each point raised in the complaint and raising counterpoints.
- (after a possessive, with to) Someone or something that fills a similar role or position.
- A response or reply; something said or done in reaction to a statement or question.
- a statement that solves a problem or explains how to solve the problem
- the speech act of replying to a question
- the principal pleading by the defendant in response to plaintiff's complaint; in criminal law it consists of the defendant's plea of ‘guilty’ or ‘not guilty’ (or nolo contendere); in civil law it must contain denials of all allegations in the plaintiff's complaint that the defendant hopes to controvert and it can contain affirmative defenses or counterclaims
- a nonverbal reaction
- a statement (either spoken or written) that is made to reply to a question or request or criticism or accusation
noun
- someone who writes a new law or plan
- A person who writes a new law.
- someone who makes frames (as for pictures)
- A person who frames another, attempting to have them convicted of a crime they did not commit.
- A person who makes frames for paintings.
- A person who assembles the frame of a ship.
- (US) A person who assembles the timbers of a wood-framed building.
- (Internet) A person who embeds another person's web pages in an HTML frame, so that they misleadingly appear to be part of the framing site.
- (historical, US politics, sometimes capitalized, usually in the plural) Any of the delegates to the Constitutional Convention that drafted the United States Constitution and the Bill of Rights.
verb
- (transitive) To record in writing; to make a memorandum of.
- make a written note of
- (transitive) To notice with care; to observe; to remark; to heed.
- (transitive) To denote; to designate.
- (transitive, law) To record on the back of (a bill, draft, etc.) a refusal of acceptance, as the ground of a protest, which is done officially by a notary.
- (transitive) To annotate.
- (transitive) To set down in musical characters.
- notice or perceive
- make mention of
- observe with care or pay close attention to
noun
- (finance) A written or printed paper (or digital equivalent) acknowledging a debt, and promising payment.
- (uncountable) Observation; notice; heed.
- (extension) A small size of paper used for writing letters or notes.
- (UK dialectal, Northern England, Ireland, Scotland) The giving of milk by a cow or sow; the period following calving or farrowing during which a cow or sow is at her most useful (i.e. gives milk); the milk given by a cow or sow during such a period.
- A diplomatic missive or written communication.
- (uncountable, UK dialectal, Northern England, Ireland, Scotland) That which is needed or necessary; business; duty; work.
- (by extension) A call or song of a bird.
- A piece of paper or polymer money; a banknote.
- (uncountable) Reputation; distinction.
- (rhythm games) An indication which players have to click, type, hit, tap or do other actions if it appears
- A brief piece of writing intended to assist the memory; a memorandum; a minute.
- A musical sound; a tone; an utterance; a tune; a beat of a drum.
- A short informal letter; a billet.
- (perfumery) An element of a scent, fragrance, or perfume, especially as a descriptor or category.
- A critical comment.
- (by extension) A key of the piano or organ.
- A mark or token by which a thing may be known; a visible sign; a character; a distinctive mark or feature; a characteristic quality.
- A mark, or sign, made to call attention, to point out something to notice, or the like; a sign, or token, proving or giving evidence.
- A character, variously formed, to indicate the length of a tone, and variously placed upon the staff to indicate its pitch.
- A symbol or annotation.
- (academic) An academic treatise (often without regard to length); a treatment; a discussion paper; (loosely) any contribution to an academic discourse.
- A brief remark; a marginal comment or explanation; hence, an annotation on a text or author; a comment; a critical, explanatory, or illustrative observation.
- high status importance owing to marked superiority
- a brief written record
- a notation representing the pitch and duration of a musical sound
- a piece of paper money (especially one issued by a central bank)
- a promise to pay a specified amount on demand or at a certain time
- a comment or instruction (usually added)
- a short personal letter
- a characteristic emotional quality
- a tone of voice that shows what the speaker is feeling
noun
- a formal document written for a prosecuting attorney charging a person with some offense
- an accusation of wrongdoing
- (countable, uncountable) An accusation of wrongdoing; a criticism or condemnation.
- Evidence of failure or poor performance.
- (law) An official formal accusation for a criminal offence, or the process by which it is brought to a jury.
- (law) The official legal document outlining the charges concerned; bill of indictment.
adj
verb
verb
noun
- writing that provides information (especially information of an official nature)
- An original or official paper used as the basis, proof, or support of anything else, including any writing, book, or other instrument conveying information pertinent to such proof or support.
- Any material substance on which the information is represented by writing.
- (information science) An object conveying information by whatever means, capable of being indexed alongside other similar objects.
- (computing) A file that contains text.
- anything serving as a representation of a person's thinking by means of symbolic marks
- a written account of ownership or obligation
- (computer science) a computer file that contains text (and possibly formatting instructions) using seven-bit ASCII characters
verb
- (rare) To draw up or frame a decree, statement, etc.
- (usually transitive) To censor, to black out or remove parts of a document while leaving the remainder.
- To reduce to form, as literary matter; to digest and put in shape (matter for publication); to edit.
- (law) To black out legally protected sections of text in a document provided to opposing counsel, typically as part of the discovery process.
- prepare for publication or presentation by correcting, revising, or adapting
- formulate in a particular style or language
noun
verb
- bring out an official document (such as a warrant)
- prepare and issue for public distribution or sale
- circulate or distribute or equip with
- come out of
- make out and issue
- (intransitive) To turn out in a certain way, to result in.
- (law) To come to a point in fact or law on which the parties join issue.
- (transitive) To deliver for use.
- (transitive) To deliver by authority.
- (intransitive) To rush out, to sally forth.
- (transitive) To send out; to put into circulation.
- (intransitive) To extend into, to open onto.
- (intransitive) To flow out, to proceed from, to come out or from.
noun
- the immediate descendants of a person
- some situation or event that is thought about
- a phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon
- the becoming visible
- supplies (as food or clothing or ammunition) issued by the government
- the act of providing an item for general use or for official purposes (usually in quantity)
- one of a series published periodically
- an opening that permits escape or release
- an important question that is in dispute and must be settled
- the income or profit arising from such transactions as the sale of land or other property
- the act of issuing printed materials
- The means or opportunity by which something flows or comes out, particularly:
- Any question or situation to be resolved, particularly:
- (historical medicine) A small incision, tear, or artificial ulcer, used to drain fluid and usually held open with a pea or other small object.
- The end result of an event or events, any result or outcome, particularly:
- The loan of a book etc. from a library to a patron; all such loans by a given library during a given period.
- The production or distribution of something for general use.
- (figuratively, originally World War I military slang, usually with definite article) The entire set of something; all of something.
- (law) A point of law or fact in dispute or question in a legal action presented for resolution by the court.
- (figuratively) Anything in dispute, an area of disagreement whose resolution is being debated or decided.
- (finance) Any financial instrument issued by a company.
- (figuratively) Progeny: all one's lineal descendants.
- (finance) The action or an instance of a company selling bonds, stock, or other securities.
- (medicine) The outflow of a bodily fluid, particularly (now rare) in abnormal amounts.
- (historical or rare law) Income derived from fines levied by a court or law-enforcement officer; the fines themselves.
- The action or an instance of sending something out, particularly:
- The distribution of something (particularly rations or standardized provisions) to someone or some group.
- (publishing) A single edition of a newspaper or other periodical publication.
- The entire set of some item printed and disseminated during a certain period, particularly (publishing) a single printing of a particular edition of a work when contrasted with other print runs.
- (now usually historical or law) Offspring: one's natural child or children.
- (US, originally psychology, usually in the plural) A psychological or emotional difficulty, (now informal, figurative and usually euphemistic) any problem or concern considered as a vague and intractable difficulty.
noun
- (countable) A brief writing of any kind, especially a declaration, bill, certificate, request, supplication, etc.
- (countable) A written or pictorial false statement which unjustly seeks to damage someone's reputation.
- (countable) Any defamatory writing; a lampoon; a satire.
- (uncountable) The act or tort of displaying such a statement publicly.
- (law, countable) A written declaration or statement by the plaintiff of their cause of action, and of the relief they seek.
- the written statement of a plaintiff explaining the cause of action (the defamation) and any relief they seek
- a false and malicious publication printed for the purpose of defaming a living person
verb
verb
- make a written note of
- move something or somebody to a lower position
- reduce in worth or character, usually verbally
- tear down so as to make flat with the ground
- To defeat; to destroy or kill (a person).
- To write down as a note, especially to record something spoken.
- (intransitive, colloquial) To collapse or become incapacitated from illness or fatigue.
- To remove a temporary structure such as scaffolding.
- To remove something from a wall or similar vertical surface to which it is fixed.
- To lower an item of clothing without removing it.
- To arrest someone or to place them in detention.
- To remove something from a hanging position.
- To remove something from a website.
- (transitive) To reduce.
- (combat sports) To force one’s opponent off their feet in order to transition from striking to grappling in jujitsu, mixed martial arts, etc.
- To swallow.
verb
- To write.
- (carpentry) To cut (something) in order to fit it closely to an irregular surface, as a baseboard to a floor which is out of level, a board to the curves of a moulding, etc.
- To record, as a scribe.
- To write or draw with a scribe.
- To write, engrave, or mark upon; to inscribe.
- To score or mark with compasses or a scribing iron.
- score a line on with a pointed instrument, as in metalworking
noun
- A person who writes books or documents by hand as a profession.ᵂ
- A very sharp, steel drawing implement used in engraving and etching, a scriber.
- (informal) A journalist.
- Someone who writes; a draughtsperson; a writer for another; especially, an official or public writer; an amanuensis, secretary, notary, or copyist.
- a sharp-pointed awl for marking wood or metal to be cut
- someone employed to make written copies of documents and manuscripts
- informal terms for journalists
noun
- (law) Documents issued by a court in the course of a lawsuit or action at law, such as a summons, mandate, or writ.
- A series of events leading to a result or product.
- (biology) Successive physiological responses to keep or restore health.
- The centre mark that players aim at in the game of squails.
- (anatomy) An outgrowth of tissue arising above a surface, such as might form part of a joint or the attachment point for a muscle.
- A path or succession of states through which a system passes.
- (manufacturing) The set of procedures used in the manufacture of a product, especially in the food and chemical industries.
- (computing) An executable task or program.
- a natural prolongation or projection from a part of an organism either animal or plant
- a mental process that you are not directly aware of
- a sustained phenomenon or one marked by gradual changes through a series of states
- (psychology) the performance of some composite cognitive activity; an operation that affects mental contents
- a writ issued by authority of law; usually compels the defendant's attendance in a civil suit; failure to appear results in a default judgment against the defendant
- a particular course of action intended to achieve a result
verb
- (transitive, law) To take legal proceedings against.
- (transitive) To perform a particular process on a thing.
- (transitive) To retrieve, store, classify, manipulate, transmit etc. (data, signals, etc.), especially using computer techniques.
- (transitive, figurative) To think about a piece of information, or a concept, in order to assimilate it, and perhaps accept it in a modified state.
- To walk in a procession, especially in a liturgical context.
- (transitive, photography, film) To develop photographic film.
- subject to a process or treatment, with the aim of readying for some purpose, improving, or remedying a condition
- deliver a warrant or summons to someone
- deal with in a routine way
- shape, form, or improve a material
- perform mathematical and logical operations on (data) according to programmed instructions in order to obtain the required information
- institute legal proceedings against; file a suit against
- march in a procession
adv
- On paper (or in a durable record).
- At or towards any place that is visualised as 'down' by virtue of local features or local convention, or arbitrarily, irrespective of direction or elevation change.
- Away from the city (regardless of direction).
- (crosswords, in relation to a numbered clued word) In a downwards direction; vertically.
- To the south (as south is at the bottom of typical maps).
- (sentence substitute, imperative) Get down.
- Forward, straight ahead.
- To a subordinate or less prestigious position or rank.
- So as to be cowed into silence.
- Into a state of non-operation.
- (comparable) From a higher position to a lower one; downwards.
- From less to greater detail.
- Used with verbs to indicate that the action of the verb was carried to some state of completion, permanence, or success rather than being of indefinite duration.
- (comparable) At a lower or further place or position along a set path.
- To or towards what is considered the bottom of something, irrespective of whether this is presently physically lower.
- So as to lessen quantity, level or intensity.
- (sports) Towards the opponent's side (in ball-sports).
- From a remoter or higher antiquity.
- (rail transport) In the direction leading away from the principal terminus, away from milepost zero.
- As a down payment.
- So as to reduce size, weight or volume.
- So as to secure or compress something to the floor, ground, or other (usually horizontal) surface.
- away from a more central or a more northerly place
- from an earlier time
- in an inactive or inoperative state
- to a lower intensity
- spatially or metaphorically from a higher to a lower level or position
- paid in cash at time of purchase
adj
- (baseball, cricket, colloquial, following the noun modified) Out.
- (not comparable, military, law enforcement, slang, of a person) Wounded and unable to move normally, or killed.
- (not comparable) Inoperable; out of order; out of service.
- Having a lower score than an opponent.
- (veterinary medicine, of a cow) Stranded in a recumbent position; unable to stand.
- (rail transport, of a train) Travelling in the direction leading away from the principal terminus, away from milepost zero.
- Finished (of a task); defeated or dealt with (of an opponent or obstacle); elapsed (of time). Often coupled with to go (remaining).
- (normally in the combination 'down with') Sick or ill.
- (informal) Sad, unhappy, depressed, feeling low.
- (slang) In prison.
- (of a tree, limb, etc) Fallen or felled.
- At a lower level than before.
- (colloquial, with "on") Negative about; hostile to.
- (Canada, US, slang) Comfortable [with]; accepting [of]; okay [with].
- Facing downwards.
- Thoroughly practiced, learned or memorised; mastered. (Compare down pat.)
- (not comparable, military, aviation, slang, of an aircraft) Mechanically failed, collided, shot down, or otherwise suddenly unable to fly.
- (African-American Vernacular, slang) Accepted, respected, or loyally participating in the (thug) community.
- being put out in a game of baseball
- lower than previously
- extending or moving from a higher to a lower place
- filled with melancholy and despondency
- understood perfectly
- becoming progressively lower
- shut
- not functioning (temporarily or permanently)
- being or moving lower in position or less in some value
noun
- Soft, fluffy immature feathers which grow on young birds. Used as insulating material in duvets, sleeping bags and jackets.
- The lightest quark with a charge number of −¹⁄₃.
- (usually in the plural) A field, especially one used for horse racing.
- (UK, chiefly in the plural) A tract of poor, sandy, undulating or hilly land near the sea, covered with fine turf which serves chiefly for the grazing of sheep.
- (gambling) The shift or period of time during which a dealer manages a given table before rotating to the next table at a casino or cardroom, which is often 30 minutes.
- (American football) A single play, from the time the ball is snapped (the start) to the time the whistle is blown (the end) when the ball is down, or is downed.
- A downstairs room of a two-story house.
- The soft hair of the face when beginning to appear.
- A negative aspect; a downer, a downside.
- That which is made of down, as a bed or pillow; that which affords ease and repose, like a bed of down.
- (especially Southern England, also Australia, often plural, often in place names) A hill; in England, especially a chalk hill.
- (crosswording) A clue whose solution runs vertically in the grid.
- (botany) The pubescence of plants; the hairy crown or envelope of the seeds of certain plants, such as the thistle.
- Down payment.
- A downer, depressant.
- An act of swallowing an entire drink at once.
- fine soft dense hair (as the fine short hair of cattle or deer or the wool of sheep or the undercoat of certain dogs)
- soft fine feathers
- (usually plural) a rolling treeless highland with little soil
- (American football) a complete play to advance the football
prep
- From one end to another of (in any direction); along.
- Towards the mouth of (a river); in the direction of flow of.
- (UK, Ireland) To (a given place that is seen as removed from one's present location or other point of reference).
- From north to south of.
- (UK, Ireland) At (a given place that is seen as removed from one's present location or other point of reference).
- From the higher end to the lower of.
verb
- (transitive, golf, pocket billiards) To sink (a ball) into a hole or pocket.
- (transitive) To knock (someone or something) down; to cause to come down; to fell.
- (transitive, colloquial) To drink or swallow, especially without stopping before the vessel containing the liquid is empty.
- (transitive) Specifically, to cause (something in the air) to fall to the ground; to bring down (with a missile etc.).
- (transitive, colloquial) To disparage; to put down.
- (transitive, American football, Canadian football) To render (the ball) dead, typically by touching the ground while in possession.
- (transitive, figurative) To defeat; to overpower.
- (transitive) To cover, ornament, line, or stuff with down.
- (transitive) To lower; to put (something) down.
- eat up completely, as with great appetite
- shoot at and force to come down
- improve or perfect by pruning or polishing
- bring down or defeat (an opponent)
- drink down entirely
- cause to come or go down
noun
- a legal document codifying the result of deliberations of a committee or society or legislative body
- something that people do or cause to happen
- a short performance that is part of a longer program
- a subdivision of a play or opera or ballet
- a manifestation of insincerity
- (law) Ellipsis of act of parliament.
- (countable) A performer or performers in a show.
- (countable) A display of behaviour.
- (countable) A display of behaviour meant to deceive.
- (law, countable) (In the United States) A legislative proposal, a bill that has not yet become law.
- (countable) A formal or official record of something done.
- The process of doing something.
- (countable) Something done, a deed.
- (theology) Something done once and for all, as distinguished from a work.
- (countable) Any organized activity.
- (countable, drama) A division of a theatrical performance.
- (law, countable) A product of a legislative body, a statute.
- A thesis maintained in public, in some English universities, by a candidate for a degree, or to show the proficiency of a student.
verb
- have an effect or outcome; often the one desired or expected
- perform an action, or work out or perform (an action)
- pretend to have certain qualities or state of mind
- behave in a certain manner; show a certain behavior; conduct or comport oneself
- play a role or part
- discharge one's duties
- behave unnaturally or affectedly
- perform on a stage or theater
- be suitable for theatrical performance
- (transitive) To feign.
- (intransitive, law) To carry out work as a legal representative in relation to a particular legal matter.
- (intransitive) To do something.
- (intransitive) To behave in a certain manner for an indefinite length of time.
- (intransitive, construed with on or upon) To have an effect (on).
- (intransitive) To perform a theatrical role.
- (intransitive) To do something that causes a change binding on the doer.
- (intransitive) Of a play: to be acted out (well or badly).
- (copulative) To convey an appearance of being.
- (transitive) To play (a role).
- (intransitive, mathematics, construed with on or upon, of an algebraic structure) To possess an action onto (some other structure). Examples include the group action of a group on a set, the action of a ring on a module by scalar multiplication, and the action of a group or algebra on a vector space via a representation.
adv
noun
- a legal document codifying the result of deliberations of a committee or society or legislative body
- acting the part of a character on stage; dramatically representing the character by speech and action and gesture
- the passing of a law by a legislative body
- (law) A piece of legislation that has been properly authorized by a legislative body.
- (law) The act of making (a bill) into law.
- The act of playing the part of.
adj
verb
verb
noun
- a formal message requesting something that is submitted to an authority
- reverent petition to a deity
- A prayer or supplication, especially of which is formal or humble and made to a deity, a sovereign, or an authority.
- (law, by extension) A formal written application made to a magistrate or court for an order or a suit for divorce.
- A formal written request made by an individual or a group of people to a sovereign or political authority, often containing many signatures, soliciting some grace, right, mercy, or the redress of some wrong or grievance.
noun
- the activity of putting something in written form
- (countable) Something written, such as a document, article or book.
- letters or symbols that are written or imprinted on a surface to represent the sounds or words of a language
- the act of creating written works
- (usually plural) the collected work of an author
- the work of a writer; anything expressed in letters of the alphabet (especially when considered from the point of view of style and effect)
- (countable) A work of an author.
- (countable) The style of writing of a person.
- (uncountable) Graphism of symbols such as letters that express some meaning.
- (uncountable) The process of representing a language with symbols or letters.
- (as a modifier) Intended for or used in writing.
verb
verb
- (transitive, law) To create a written record of a meeting or conversation.
- (transitive) To provide a memorial for someone; to commemorate.
- (transitive, social media) To convert (someone’s profile) into a memorial site/page (e.g. on Facebook).
- be or provide a memorial to a person or an event
- address in a memorial
noun
- A written deed; a charter.
- A ranked listing of competitors, as of recorded music.
- A map illustrating the geography of a specific phenomenon.
- A diagram.
- A graph.
- (differential geometry, topology) Synonym of coordinate chart.
- A tabular presentation of data; a table.
- A navigator's map.
- A record of a patient's diagnosis, care instructions, and recent history.
- (usually plural) a listing of best-selling recorded music
- a visual display of information
- a map designed to assist navigation by air or sea
verb
- To enter (medical information) into a medical record.
- (transitive) To draw a chart or map of.
- (transitive) To draw or figure out (a route or plan).
- (intransitive, of a record or artist) To appear on a hit-recording chart.
- (transitive) To record systematically.
- make a chart of
- plan in detail
- represent by means of a graph
verb
noun
- a document stating the facts and points of law of a client's case
- (law) A writ summoning one to answer; an official letter or mandate.
- (law) An attorney's legal argument in written form for submission to a court.
- (usually in the plural) Underwear briefs.
- (law) A memorandum of points of fact or of law for use in conducting a case.
- (usually in the plural) Swimming briefs.
- (English law, slang) A barrister who is counsel for a party in a legal action.
- (by extension, figurative) A position of interest or advocacy.
- (UK, historical) A letter patent, from proper authority, authorizing a collection or charitable contribution of money in churches, for any public or private purpose.
- A short news story or report.
- (law) An answer to any action.
- (slang) A ticket of any type.
- (Roman Catholicism) A short papal letter.
- (English law) The material relevant to a case, delivered by a solicitor to the barrister who is counsel for the case.
- a condensed written summary or abstract
adj
verb
- put into writing; write in complete form
- make out and issue
- To exclude from a narrative or history.
- (chiefly television or radio) To remove (a character in a fictional series such as a TV show) by writing the script so as to explain their disappearance (through death, moving away, etc.).
- (intransitive) To exhaust one's mental capacity by too much writing.
- (transitive) To write or fill out (a ticket or citation).
- (transitive) To write at full length or in expanded form.
verb
- put into writing; write in complete form
- bring to public notice by writing, with praise or condemnation
- To produce by writing.
- (philately) To annotate a stamp album page with details about the stamp, such as die used or colour variety.
- To write about positively; to praise in writing.
- (accounting) To make an upward adjustment in the value of an asset.
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see write, up.
- To document officially the faults, offenses, or wrongdoing of.
noun
noun
- The document on which such a thing is written.
- (law) The offer by a party of what they have in view as to an intended business transaction, which, with acceptance, constitutes a contract.
- A scheme or design.
- The terms or conditions proposed.
- The act of asking someone to be one's spouse; an offer of marriage.
- an offer of marriage
- the act of making a proposal
- something proposed (such as a plan or assumption)
noun
- A blank paper that is signed by some authority and given to a person to fill as they please.
- Unlimited discretionary power to act; unrestricted authority.
- (card games) A hand with no court cards.
- (banking, historical) A chargecard issued by Diners Club International.
- complete freedom or authority to act
adv
noun
- A document made on such material.
- Stiff paper imitating that material.
- The envelope of the coffee grains, inside the pulp.
- The creamy to tanned color of parchment.
- Material, made from the polished skin of a calf, sheep, goat or other animal, used like paper for writing.
- A diploma (traditionally written on parchment).
- a superior paper resembling sheepskin
- skin of a sheep or goat prepared for writing on
verb
- To write (something).
- (banking, commerce) Of money as deposit, to pay.
- (idiomatic) To drop someone off, or let them out of a vehicle.
- (UK, Ireland) To make prices, or taxes, lower.
- (slang, US) To drink.
- (idiomatic) To place a baby somewhere to sleep.
- (aviation, idiomatic) Of an aircraft, to land.
- To terminate a call on (a telephone); to hang up.
- To add a name to a list.
- (idiomatic) To cease, temporarily or permanently, reading (a book).
- (idiomatic) To insult, belittle, or demean.
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see put, down.
- To halt, eliminate, stop, or squelch, often by force.
- (euphemistic) To euthanize (an animal).
- (euphemistic) To execute (a person), especially extrajudicially.
- (idiomatic) To give something as a reason for something else.
- put (an animal) to death
- cause to sit or seat or be in a settled position or place
- remove (cargo, people, etc.) from and leave
- cause to come to the ground
- reduce in worth or character, usually verbally
- put in a horizontal position
- put down in writing; of texts, musical compositions, etc.
- make a record of; set down in permanent form
noun
verb
noun
noun
- A document that acts as the legal record of a transaction.
- (anatomy) A lobe on a branching structure.
- A leaf-like protrusion or lobule on one of the vermes of the cerebellum.
- A thin sheet or plate of a foliated rock or mineral.
- (especially real estate) A certificate of title.
- (uncountable) Synonym of turnsole (“purple dye”).
- (zoology) A symmetric pattern on the abdomen of some spiders.
- (rare) A leaf.
- (geometry) A curve of the third order, consisting of two infinite branches having a common asymptote. The curve has a double point, and a leaf-shaped loop.
- A leaf (2 pages) of a codex or manuscript.
- a thin layer or stratum of (especially metamorphic) rock
noun
- legal document setting forth rules governing a particular kind of activity
- a rule or body of rules of conduct inherent in human nature and essential to or binding upon human society
- the collection of rules imposed by authority
- the force of policemen and officers
- the branch of philosophy concerned with the law and the principles that lead courts to make the decisions they do
- a generalization that describes recurring facts or events in nature
- the learned profession that is mastered by graduate study in a law school and that is responsible for the judicial system
- The body of such rules that pertain to a particular topic.
- The control and order brought about by the observance of such rules.
- Litigation; legal action (as a means of maintaining or restoring order, redressing wrongs, etc).
- Jurisprudence, the field of knowledge which encompasses these rules.
- (now uncommon) An allowance of distance or time (a head start) given to a weaker (human or animal) competitor in a race, to make the race more fair.
- The profession that deals with such rules (as lawyers, judges, police officers, etc).
- Any statement of the relation of acts and conditions to their consequences.
- A binding regulation or custom established in a community in this way.
- A statement (in physics, etc) of an (observed, established) order or sequence or relationship of phenomena which is invariable under certain conditions. (Compare theory.)
- (aviation) A mode of operation of the flight controls of a fly-by-wire aircraft.
- Common law, as contrasted with equity.
- (usually with "the") The body of binding rules and regulations, customs, and standards established in a community by its legislative and judicial authorities.
- (mathematics, logic) A statement (of relation) that is true under specified conditions; a mathematical or logical rule.
- (informal) A person or group that act(s) with authority to uphold such rules and order (for example, one or more police officers).
- (linguistics) A sound law; a regular change in the pronunciation of a language.
- (cricket) One of the official rules of cricket as codified by the its (former) governing body, the MCC.
- (law, chiefly historical) An oath sworn before a court, especially disclaiming a debt. (Chiefly in the phrases "wager of law", "wage one's law", "perform one's law", "lose one's law".)
- A rule or principle regarding the construction of language or art.
- Any rule that must or should be obeyed, concerning behaviours and their consequences. (Compare mores.)
- (fantasy) One of two metaphysical forces ruling the world in some fantasy settings, also called order, and opposed to chaos.
verb
noun
- A document authorizing such an action.
- Relief from pain etc., especially temporary.
- A cancellation or postponement of a proposed event undesired by many.
- The cancellation or postponement of a punishment.
- a (temporary) relief from harm or discomfort
- an interruption in the intensity or amount of something
- the act of reprieving; postponing or remitting punishment
- a warrant granting postponement (usually to postpone the execution of the death sentence)
verb
noun
verb
noun
- (law) a legal document issued by a court or judicial officer
- (uncountable) Authority, power to enforce compliance.
- (countable, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, UK) A document ordering that an election be conducted.
- (countable, UK) An order issued by the House of Lords summoning peers to the Chamber.
- (countable, law) A written order, issued by a court, ordering someone to do (or stop doing) something.
noun
- A legal document giving official permission to do something; a permit.
- Ellipsis of driver's license.
- The legal terms under which a person is allowed to use a product, especially software.
- Freedom to deviate deliberately from normally applicable rules or practices (especially in behaviour or speech).
- Excessive freedom; lack of due restraint.
- excessive freedom; lack of due restraint
- freedom to deviate deliberately from normally applicable rules or practices (especially in behavior or speech)
- the act of giving a formal (usually written) authorization
- a legal document giving official permission to do something
verb
verb
- send documents or materials to appropriate destinations
- divert in a specified direction
- send via a specific route
- (transitive) To direct or divert along a particular course.
- (computing, transitive) To send (information) through a router.
- (Internet) to connect two local area networks, thereby forming an internet.
- Eye dialect spelling of root.
noun
- an established line of travel or access
- an open way (generally public) for travel or transportation
- (historical) One of the major provinces of imperial China from the Later Jin to the Song, corresponding to the Tang and early Yuan circuits.
- A road or path; often specifically a highway.
- A regular itinerary of stops, or the path followed between these stops, such as for delivery or passenger transportation.
- (horse racing) A race longer than one mile.
- (computing) A specific entry in a router that tells the router how to transmit the data it receives.
- A course or way which is traveled or passed.
- (rail transport) A path that has been secured by a railway signalling system for the passage of a train and locked to prevent any conflicting train movements from taking place.
- (figuratively) One of multiple methods or approaches to doing something.
verb
- (law) To require (a document or other evidence) to be produced before a court, or at a deposition or some other legal proceeding.
- (figurative) To compel or summon (someone or something); to demand.
- (law) To summon (someone) with a subpoena (noun sense 1) to appear in court, or at a deposition or some other legal proceeding, as a witness to give testimony or to produce evidence; to serve a subpoena on (someone).
- serve or summon with a subpoena
noun
- (figurative) A motive or thing which can compel or demand something, or summon someone.
- (law) A writ (“written order”) requiring someone to appear in court, or at a deposition or some other legal proceeding, as a witness to give testimony (a subpoena ad testificandum) or to produce evidence (subpoena duces tecum), in default of which the person may be punished.
- (historical, law) A writ requiring a defendant to appear in court to answer a plaintiff's claim (a subpoena ad respondendum); in England and Wales, and Ireland, this writ was formerly issued by the Court of Chancery at the plaintiff's request to commence a suit, but the procedure was abolished in 1852.
- a writ issued by court authority to compel the attendance of a witness at a judicial proceeding; disobedience may be punishable as a contempt of court
noun
- handwritten book or document
- the intermediate photograph (or photographic record) that contains information for reproducing a three-dimensional image by holography
- A hologram.
- (law, textual criticism) A handwritten document that is solely the work of the person whose signature it bears, especially a letter, deed, or will; an original manuscript, a protograph.
adj
verb
noun
- handwritten book or document
- the form of a literary work submitted for publication
- A single, original copy of a book, article, composition etc, written by hand or even printed, submitted as original for (copy-editing and) reproductive publication.
- A book, composition or any other document, written by hand (or manually typewritten), not mechanically reproduced.
adj
noun
- a document that can serve as legal evidence of a transaction
- a list of crimes for which an accused person has been previously convicted
- anything (such as a document or a phonograph record or a photograph) providing permanent evidence of or information about past events
- the number of wins versus losses and ties a team has had
- the sum of recognized accomplishments
- a compilation of the known facts regarding something or someone
- sound recording consisting of a disk with a continuous groove; used to reproduce music by rotating while a phonograph needle tracks in the groove
- an extreme attainment; the best (or worst) performance ever attested (as in a sport)
- Ellipsis of phonograph record (“a disc, usually made from vinyl, on which sound is recorded and may be replayed on a phonograph”).
- (programming) A data structure similar to a struct, in some programming languages such as C and Java based on classes and designed for storing immutable data.
- Any instance of a physical medium on which information was put for the purpose of preserving it and making it available for future reference.
- An item of information put into a temporary or permanent physical medium.
- (computing) A set of data relating to a single individual or item.
- The most extreme known value of some variable, particularly that of an achievement in competitive events.
verb
- indicate a certain reading; of gauges and instruments
- register electronically
- make a record of; set down in permanent form
- be aware of
- (transitive) To make a record of information.
- (transitive, law) To give legal status to by making an official public record.
- (transitive) To make an audio or video recording of.
- (intransitive) To fix in a medium, usually in a tangible medium.
- (intransitive) To make an audio, video, or multimedia recording.
adj
verb
- To specify by writing as a required procedure or ritual; to lay down authoritatively as a guide, direction, or rule of action.
- (law) To develop or assert a right; to make a claim (by prescription).
- (medicine) To order (a drug or medical device) for use by a particular patient (under licensed authority).
- (law) To become invalidated or unenforceable by prescription, to lapse
- issue commands or orders for
- recommend as beneficial
- (medicine) order the use of (a treatment, medicine, etc.), usually by written prescription
noun
verb
det
- (particularly used in formal documents) Any.
- (degree) Used as an intensifier roughly equivalent to very much (of), quite or rather.
- (exclamative) Used with gradable noun phrases to form exclamations.
- (demonstrative) Like this, that, these, those; used to make a comparison with something implied by context.
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pron
adj
adv
noun
- A legal document.
- A surveying reference point marked by a permanently fixed marker (a survey monument).
- (surveying) A natural or artificial object used as a reference point.
- (British) a registered archaeological site or other structure, deemed historic or otherwise worthy of protection.
- A surviving record.
- A pile of stones left by a prospector to claim ownership of ore etc. found in a mine.
- An important site owned by the community as a whole.
- An important burial vault or tomb.
- Any grave marker.
- (cycling) Alternative spelling of Monument (“prestigious one-day race”).
- A sign of exceptional achievement.
- A structure built for commemorative or symbolic reasons, or as a memorial; a commemoration.
- an important site that is marked and preserved as public property
- a burial vault (usually for some famous person)
- a structure erected to commemorate persons or events
verb
noun
- putting something (as a literary work or a legislative bill) into acceptable form
- the act of putting something in writing
- (countable) The change or changes made while editing.
- (uncountable) The process of editing or censoring.
- (countable) An edited or censored version of a document; a product resulting from the process of editing or censoring.
noun
- someone who writes a new law or plan
- A person who writes a new law.
- someone who makes frames (as for pictures)
- A person who frames another, attempting to have them convicted of a crime they did not commit.
- A person who makes frames for paintings.
- A person who assembles the frame of a ship.
- (US) A person who assembles the timbers of a wood-framed building.
- (Internet) A person who embeds another person's web pages in an HTML frame, so that they misleadingly appear to be part of the framing site.
- (historical, US politics, sometimes capitalized, usually in the plural) Any of the delegates to the Constitutional Convention that drafted the United States Constitution and the Bill of Rights.
noun
- a formal document written for a prosecuting attorney charging a person with some offense
- an accusation of wrongdoing
- (countable, uncountable) An accusation of wrongdoing; a criticism or condemnation.
- Evidence of failure or poor performance.
- (law) An official formal accusation for a criminal offence, or the process by which it is brought to a jury.
- (law) The official legal document outlining the charges concerned; bill of indictment.
noun
- (countable) A brief writing of any kind, especially a declaration, bill, certificate, request, supplication, etc.
- (countable) A written or pictorial false statement which unjustly seeks to damage someone's reputation.
- (countable) Any defamatory writing; a lampoon; a satire.
- (uncountable) The act or tort of displaying such a statement publicly.
- (law, countable) A written declaration or statement by the plaintiff of their cause of action, and of the relief they seek.
- the written statement of a plaintiff explaining the cause of action (the defamation) and any relief they seek
- a false and malicious publication printed for the purpose of defaming a living person
verb
noun
- (law) Documents issued by a court in the course of a lawsuit or action at law, such as a summons, mandate, or writ.
- A series of events leading to a result or product.
- (biology) Successive physiological responses to keep or restore health.
- The centre mark that players aim at in the game of squails.
- (anatomy) An outgrowth of tissue arising above a surface, such as might form part of a joint or the attachment point for a muscle.
- A path or succession of states through which a system passes.
- (manufacturing) The set of procedures used in the manufacture of a product, especially in the food and chemical industries.
- (computing) An executable task or program.
- a natural prolongation or projection from a part of an organism either animal or plant
- a mental process that you are not directly aware of
- a sustained phenomenon or one marked by gradual changes through a series of states
- (psychology) the performance of some composite cognitive activity; an operation that affects mental contents
- a writ issued by authority of law; usually compels the defendant's attendance in a civil suit; failure to appear results in a default judgment against the defendant
- a particular course of action intended to achieve a result
verb
- (transitive, law) To take legal proceedings against.
- (transitive) To perform a particular process on a thing.
- (transitive) To retrieve, store, classify, manipulate, transmit etc. (data, signals, etc.), especially using computer techniques.
- (transitive, figurative) To think about a piece of information, or a concept, in order to assimilate it, and perhaps accept it in a modified state.
- To walk in a procession, especially in a liturgical context.
- (transitive, photography, film) To develop photographic film.
- subject to a process or treatment, with the aim of readying for some purpose, improving, or remedying a condition
- deliver a warrant or summons to someone
- deal with in a routine way
- shape, form, or improve a material
- perform mathematical and logical operations on (data) according to programmed instructions in order to obtain the required information
- institute legal proceedings against; file a suit against
- march in a procession
noun
- a legal document codifying the result of deliberations of a committee or society or legislative body
- something that people do or cause to happen
- a short performance that is part of a longer program
- a subdivision of a play or opera or ballet
- a manifestation of insincerity
- (law) Ellipsis of act of parliament.
- (countable) A performer or performers in a show.
- (countable) A display of behaviour.
- (countable) A display of behaviour meant to deceive.
- (law, countable) (In the United States) A legislative proposal, a bill that has not yet become law.
- (countable) A formal or official record of something done.
- The process of doing something.
- (countable) Something done, a deed.
- (theology) Something done once and for all, as distinguished from a work.
- (countable) Any organized activity.
- (countable, drama) A division of a theatrical performance.
- (law, countable) A product of a legislative body, a statute.
- A thesis maintained in public, in some English universities, by a candidate for a degree, or to show the proficiency of a student.
verb
- have an effect or outcome; often the one desired or expected
- perform an action, or work out or perform (an action)
- pretend to have certain qualities or state of mind
- behave in a certain manner; show a certain behavior; conduct or comport oneself
- play a role or part
- discharge one's duties
- behave unnaturally or affectedly
- perform on a stage or theater
- be suitable for theatrical performance
- (transitive) To feign.
- (intransitive, law) To carry out work as a legal representative in relation to a particular legal matter.
- (intransitive) To do something.
- (intransitive) To behave in a certain manner for an indefinite length of time.
- (intransitive, construed with on or upon) To have an effect (on).
- (intransitive) To perform a theatrical role.
- (intransitive) To do something that causes a change binding on the doer.
- (intransitive) Of a play: to be acted out (well or badly).
- (copulative) To convey an appearance of being.
- (transitive) To play (a role).
- (intransitive, mathematics, construed with on or upon, of an algebraic structure) To possess an action onto (some other structure). Examples include the group action of a group on a set, the action of a ring on a module by scalar multiplication, and the action of a group or algebra on a vector space via a representation.
adv
noun
- a legal document codifying the result of deliberations of a committee or society or legislative body
- acting the part of a character on stage; dramatically representing the character by speech and action and gesture
- the passing of a law by a legislative body
- (law) A piece of legislation that has been properly authorized by a legislative body.
- (law) The act of making (a bill) into law.
- The act of playing the part of.
noun
- the activity of putting something in written form
- (countable) Something written, such as a document, article or book.
- letters or symbols that are written or imprinted on a surface to represent the sounds or words of a language
- the act of creating written works
- (usually plural) the collected work of an author
- the work of a writer; anything expressed in letters of the alphabet (especially when considered from the point of view of style and effect)
- (countable) A work of an author.
- (countable) The style of writing of a person.
- (uncountable) Graphism of symbols such as letters that express some meaning.
- (uncountable) The process of representing a language with symbols or letters.
- (as a modifier) Intended for or used in writing.
verb
noun
- A written deed; a charter.
- A ranked listing of competitors, as of recorded music.
- A map illustrating the geography of a specific phenomenon.
- A diagram.
- A graph.
- (differential geometry, topology) Synonym of coordinate chart.
- A tabular presentation of data; a table.
- A navigator's map.
- A record of a patient's diagnosis, care instructions, and recent history.
- (usually plural) a listing of best-selling recorded music
- a visual display of information
- a map designed to assist navigation by air or sea
verb
- To enter (medical information) into a medical record.
- (transitive) To draw a chart or map of.
- (transitive) To draw or figure out (a route or plan).
- (intransitive, of a record or artist) To appear on a hit-recording chart.
- (transitive) To record systematically.
- make a chart of
- plan in detail
- represent by means of a graph
verb
noun
- a document stating the facts and points of law of a client's case
- (law) A writ summoning one to answer; an official letter or mandate.
- (law) An attorney's legal argument in written form for submission to a court.
- (usually in the plural) Underwear briefs.
- (law) A memorandum of points of fact or of law for use in conducting a case.
- (usually in the plural) Swimming briefs.
- (English law, slang) A barrister who is counsel for a party in a legal action.
- (by extension, figurative) A position of interest or advocacy.
- (UK, historical) A letter patent, from proper authority, authorizing a collection or charitable contribution of money in churches, for any public or private purpose.
- A short news story or report.
- (law) An answer to any action.
- (slang) A ticket of any type.
- (Roman Catholicism) A short papal letter.
- (English law) The material relevant to a case, delivered by a solicitor to the barrister who is counsel for the case.
- a condensed written summary or abstract
adj
noun
- The document on which such a thing is written.
- (law) The offer by a party of what they have in view as to an intended business transaction, which, with acceptance, constitutes a contract.
- A scheme or design.
- The terms or conditions proposed.
- The act of asking someone to be one's spouse; an offer of marriage.
- an offer of marriage
- the act of making a proposal
- something proposed (such as a plan or assumption)
noun
- A blank paper that is signed by some authority and given to a person to fill as they please.
- Unlimited discretionary power to act; unrestricted authority.
- (card games) A hand with no court cards.
- (banking, historical) A chargecard issued by Diners Club International.
- complete freedom or authority to act
adv
noun
- A document made on such material.
- Stiff paper imitating that material.
- The envelope of the coffee grains, inside the pulp.
- The creamy to tanned color of parchment.
- Material, made from the polished skin of a calf, sheep, goat or other animal, used like paper for writing.
- A diploma (traditionally written on parchment).
- a superior paper resembling sheepskin
- skin of a sheep or goat prepared for writing on
noun
- A document that acts as the legal record of a transaction.
- (anatomy) A lobe on a branching structure.
- A leaf-like protrusion or lobule on one of the vermes of the cerebellum.
- A thin sheet or plate of a foliated rock or mineral.
- (especially real estate) A certificate of title.
- (uncountable) Synonym of turnsole (“purple dye”).
- (zoology) A symmetric pattern on the abdomen of some spiders.
- (rare) A leaf.
- (geometry) A curve of the third order, consisting of two infinite branches having a common asymptote. The curve has a double point, and a leaf-shaped loop.
- A leaf (2 pages) of a codex or manuscript.
- a thin layer or stratum of (especially metamorphic) rock
noun
- legal document setting forth rules governing a particular kind of activity
- a rule or body of rules of conduct inherent in human nature and essential to or binding upon human society
- the collection of rules imposed by authority
- the force of policemen and officers
- the branch of philosophy concerned with the law and the principles that lead courts to make the decisions they do
- a generalization that describes recurring facts or events in nature
- the learned profession that is mastered by graduate study in a law school and that is responsible for the judicial system
- The body of such rules that pertain to a particular topic.
- The control and order brought about by the observance of such rules.
- Litigation; legal action (as a means of maintaining or restoring order, redressing wrongs, etc).
- Jurisprudence, the field of knowledge which encompasses these rules.
- (now uncommon) An allowance of distance or time (a head start) given to a weaker (human or animal) competitor in a race, to make the race more fair.
- The profession that deals with such rules (as lawyers, judges, police officers, etc).
- Any statement of the relation of acts and conditions to their consequences.
- A binding regulation or custom established in a community in this way.
- A statement (in physics, etc) of an (observed, established) order or sequence or relationship of phenomena which is invariable under certain conditions. (Compare theory.)
- (aviation) A mode of operation of the flight controls of a fly-by-wire aircraft.
- Common law, as contrasted with equity.
- (usually with "the") The body of binding rules and regulations, customs, and standards established in a community by its legislative and judicial authorities.
- (mathematics, logic) A statement (of relation) that is true under specified conditions; a mathematical or logical rule.
- (informal) A person or group that act(s) with authority to uphold such rules and order (for example, one or more police officers).
- (linguistics) A sound law; a regular change in the pronunciation of a language.
- (cricket) One of the official rules of cricket as codified by the its (former) governing body, the MCC.
- (law, chiefly historical) An oath sworn before a court, especially disclaiming a debt. (Chiefly in the phrases "wager of law", "wage one's law", "perform one's law", "lose one's law".)
- A rule or principle regarding the construction of language or art.
- Any rule that must or should be obeyed, concerning behaviours and their consequences. (Compare mores.)
- (fantasy) One of two metaphysical forces ruling the world in some fantasy settings, also called order, and opposed to chaos.
verb
noun
- A document authorizing such an action.
- Relief from pain etc., especially temporary.
- A cancellation or postponement of a proposed event undesired by many.
- The cancellation or postponement of a punishment.
- a (temporary) relief from harm or discomfort
- an interruption in the intensity or amount of something
- the act of reprieving; postponing or remitting punishment
- a warrant granting postponement (usually to postpone the execution of the death sentence)
verb
verb
noun
- writing that provides information (especially information of an official nature)
- An original or official paper used as the basis, proof, or support of anything else, including any writing, book, or other instrument conveying information pertinent to such proof or support.
- Any material substance on which the information is represented by writing.
- (information science) An object conveying information by whatever means, capable of being indexed alongside other similar objects.
- (computing) A file that contains text.
- anything serving as a representation of a person's thinking by means of symbolic marks
- a written account of ownership or obligation
- (computer science) a computer file that contains text (and possibly formatting instructions) using seven-bit ASCII characters
noun
verb
noun
- (law) a legal document issued by a court or judicial officer
- (uncountable) Authority, power to enforce compliance.
- (countable, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, UK) A document ordering that an election be conducted.
- (countable, UK) An order issued by the House of Lords summoning peers to the Chamber.
- (countable, law) A written order, issued by a court, ordering someone to do (or stop doing) something.
verb
- (transitive) To submit official papers to (a law court, etc.).
- (transitive) To sandpaper.
- (transitive) To enfold in paper.
- To paste the endpapers and flyleaves at the beginning and end of a book before fitting it into its covers.
- (transitive) To give public notice (typically by displaying posters) that a person is wanted by the police or other authority.
- (transitive) To fill (a theatre or other paid event) with complimentary seats.
- (transitive) To document; to memorialize.
- (transitive) To apply paper to.
- (Northeastern US) To cover someone's house with toilet paper. Otherwise known as toilet papering or TPing.
- cover with wallpaper
- cover with paper
noun
- A written document, generally shorter than a book; usually written as a school assignment or a government report.
- (uncountable) Ellipsis of wrapping paper.
- Ellipsis of newspaper; anything used as such (such as a newsletter or listing magazine).
- (rock paper scissors) An open hand (a handshape resembling a sheet of paper), that beats rock and loses to scissors. It loses to lizard and beats Spock in rock-paper-scissors-lizard-Spock.
- (uncountable) Ellipsis of wallpaper.
- A paper packet containing a quantity of items.
- (New Zealand, countable) A university course.
- A medicinal preparation spread upon paper, intended for external application.
- A substance resembling paper secreted by certain invertebrates as protection for their nests and eggs.
- (British, Hong Kong) A set of examination questions to be answered at one session.
- (finance, uncountable) Any financial assets other than specie, including paper money, commercial paper, and others.
- A sheet material typically used for writing on or printing on (or as a non-waterproof container), usually made by draining cellulose fibres from a suspension in water.
- (slang) Money.
- A written document that reports scientific or academic research and is usually subjected to peer review before publication in a scientific journal (as a journal article or the manuscript for one) or in the proceedings of a scientific or academic meeting (such as a conference, workshop, or symposium).
- a daily or weekly publication on folded sheets; contains news and articles and advertisements
- an essay (especially one written as an assignment)
- a material made of cellulose pulp derived mainly from wood or rags or certain grasses
- a medium for written communication
- a business firm that publishes newspapers
- the physical object that is the product of a newspaper publisher
- a scholarly article describing the results of observations or stating hypotheses
adj
noun
- A legal document giving official permission to do something; a permit.
- Ellipsis of driver's license.
- The legal terms under which a person is allowed to use a product, especially software.
- Freedom to deviate deliberately from normally applicable rules or practices (especially in behaviour or speech).
- Excessive freedom; lack of due restraint.
- excessive freedom; lack of due restraint
- freedom to deviate deliberately from normally applicable rules or practices (especially in behavior or speech)
- the act of giving a formal (usually written) authorization
- a legal document giving official permission to do something
verb
noun
- handwritten book or document
- the intermediate photograph (or photographic record) that contains information for reproducing a three-dimensional image by holography
- A hologram.
- (law, textual criticism) A handwritten document that is solely the work of the person whose signature it bears, especially a letter, deed, or will; an original manuscript, a protograph.
adj
verb
noun
- handwritten book or document
- the form of a literary work submitted for publication
- A single, original copy of a book, article, composition etc, written by hand or even printed, submitted as original for (copy-editing and) reproductive publication.
- A book, composition or any other document, written by hand (or manually typewritten), not mechanically reproduced.
adj
noun
- a document that can serve as legal evidence of a transaction
- a list of crimes for which an accused person has been previously convicted
- anything (such as a document or a phonograph record or a photograph) providing permanent evidence of or information about past events
- the number of wins versus losses and ties a team has had
- the sum of recognized accomplishments
- a compilation of the known facts regarding something or someone
- sound recording consisting of a disk with a continuous groove; used to reproduce music by rotating while a phonograph needle tracks in the groove
- an extreme attainment; the best (or worst) performance ever attested (as in a sport)
- Ellipsis of phonograph record (“a disc, usually made from vinyl, on which sound is recorded and may be replayed on a phonograph”).
- (programming) A data structure similar to a struct, in some programming languages such as C and Java based on classes and designed for storing immutable data.
- Any instance of a physical medium on which information was put for the purpose of preserving it and making it available for future reference.
- An item of information put into a temporary or permanent physical medium.
- (computing) A set of data relating to a single individual or item.
- The most extreme known value of some variable, particularly that of an achievement in competitive events.
verb
- indicate a certain reading; of gauges and instruments
- register electronically
- make a record of; set down in permanent form
- be aware of
- (transitive) To make a record of information.
- (transitive, law) To give legal status to by making an official public record.
- (transitive) To make an audio or video recording of.
- (intransitive) To fix in a medium, usually in a tangible medium.
- (intransitive) To make an audio, video, or multimedia recording.
adj
noun
verb
verb
- write a legal document or paper
- move or pull so as to cover or uncover something
- allow a draft
- pull (a person) apart with four horses tied to their extremities, so as to execute them
- remove the entrails of
- cause to move in a certain direction by exerting a force upon, either physically or in an abstract sense
- suck in or take (air)
- make a mark or lines on a surface
- engage in drawing
- thread on or as if on a string
- remove (a commodity) from (a supply source)
- move or go steadily or gradually
- steep; pass through a strainer
- to obtain a liquid from somewhere
- bring, take, or pull out of a container or from under a cover
- elicit responses, such as objections, criticism, applause, etc.
- choose at random
- make, formulate, or derive in the mind
- bring or lead someone to a certain action or condition
- cause to localize at one point
- flatten, stretch, or mold metal or glass, by rolling or by pulling it through a die or by stretching
- shrink
- direct toward itself or oneself by means of some psychological power or physical attributes
- represent by making a drawing of, as with a pencil, chalk, etc. on a surface
- get or derive
- pass over, across, or through
- finish a game with an equal number of points, goals, etc.
- reduce the diameter of (a wire or metal rod) by pulling it through a die
- select or take in from a given group or region
- require a specified depth for floating
- give a description of
- cause to move by pulling
- take in, also metaphorically
- stretch back a bowstring (on an archer's bow)
- earn or achieve a base by being walked by the pitcher
- take liquid out of a container or well
- (transitive) To remove the contents of (something, especially a kiln or oven); to empty.
- (intransitive) To take up water from a well or other source, especially by lifting it in a container or pumping it.
- (transitive) To make (straw straight for thatching by pulling it through the hands.
- (intransitive, archery) To pull back an arrow or bowstring in preparation for shooting the arrow; also, to cause a bow to bend by pulling back the bowstring.
- (transitive, manufacturing, historical) To separate (a length of lace made by machine) into sections by removing the threads connecting the sections.
- Of a channel, drain, etc.: to carry (water) away.
- (transitive) Often followed by tight: to pull (something, such as a belt or string) so that it tightens or wraps around something more closely.
- (transitive) To cause (something) to occur as a consequence; to bring about.
- To call forth (something) from a person, to elicit.
- (intransitive) To be made larger or longer; to be elongated or stretched.
- To deduce or infer (a conclusion); to make (a deduction).
- To extract (a tooth); to pull.
- To extract (a small amount of liquid, especially blood) by puncturing a surface, or by using a pipette, syringe, or other suction device.
- (transitive) To produce (a figure, line, picture, representation of something, etc.) with a piece of chalk, a crayon, a pen, a pencil, or other instrument.
- (transitive) To make (a comparison or contrast) between two or more things; to compare; to contrast, to distinguish.
- (transitive) To attract (something) by means of a physical force, especially gravity or magnetism.
- (billiards) To strike (the cue ball) below the centre so as to give it a backward rotation which causes it to move backwards on striking another ball.
- (transitive, reflexive) To assume a specific attitude or position, either by pulling in or stretching out one's body or limbs.
- (analogous) To consume (power).
- (transitive) To move (a body part) in a particular direction.
- (intransitive) To pull out a firearm, sword, or other weapon from a holster, sheath, etc.
- (intransitive) Of blinds, a curtain, etc.: to be pulled open or closed.
- (bowls) Of a bowl: to move in a curve to a certain place.
- To extract (juice, oil, or some other fluid) from something by osmosis, pressure, or another process.
- (transitive) Followed by on or upon: to bring (disaster or misfortune) on oneself.
- (intransitive, card games) To be dealt or to take a playing card from the deck.
- To come to, towards (a particular moment in time); to approach (a time).
- (transitive) To drag (something), especially along the ground.
- (intransitive) To attract or influence a person or group of people; to be an inducement or enticement.
- (intransitive) To leave tea temporarily in water to allow the flavour to increase; to infuse, to steep; also, of a teapot: to cause tea to infuse.
- To pull out (a firearm, sword, or other weapon) from a holster, sheath, etc.; to unsheathe.
- To take (a beverage) from a cask or keg using a pump or tap; to tap.
- (transitive) Followed by out: to flatten (a piece of metal), usually by hammering.
- (transitive) To cause (air) to be sucked into a duct, a room, etc.
- To drag (someone) by tying behind a horse or on a frame as a form of punishment or torture, or to bring to a place of execution.
- (intransitive) To select one or more things at random from a collection of similar things to decide which of a group of people will receive or undergo something.
- (intransitive) Chiefly followed by about or around: of a group of people: to come together; to assemble, to congregate, to gather.
- (intransitive, used with prepositions and adverbs) To move steadily in a particular direction or into a specific position.
- (golf) To hit (the ball) with the toe of the club so that it is deflected toward the left (or, for a left-handed player, toward the right, originally in an uncontrolled and now a controlled manner.
- (transitive, sports) To end (a game or match) with neither side winning, that is, in a draw.
- (transitive, UK, regional) To carry (a load) in a vehicle; to cart, to haul.
- (transitive) To pull (blinds, a curtain, etc.) open or closed.
- (transitive, agriculture) To create (a furrow) by pulling a plough through soil.
- (transitive) To select (one or more things) at random from a collection of similar things to decide which of a group of people will receive something such as a prize, or undergo something such as an assignment; also, to select (someone) by this process; to win (a prize) in a lottery or lucky draw.
- (transitive) To attract or provoke (a particular reaction or response) from someone.
- (intransitive) Of a channel, drain, etc.: to carry water away.
- (transitive, fishing) To fish by dragging a fishing net along (a shore) or in (a body of water).
- (transitive, hunting) To search (a covert, a wood, etc.) for game or a quarry.
- (nautical) Followed by an adverb, such as deep or shallow: of a vessel: to require a depth of water of a certain characteristic to float in.
- (intransitive) To produce an image of something with a piece of chalk, a crayon, a pen, a pencil, or other instrument; to make a drawing or drawings.
- (transitive) Chiefly followed by aside or to one side: to move (someone) away from a group of people in order to speak to them privately.
- (transitive) To receive (a particular prison sentence).
- (historical) Chiefly in draw and quarter and hang, draw and quarter: to disembowel (someone), especially after hanging as a punishment for high treason.
- (transitive) To attract or cause (someone) to come to a particular place or to take a particular course of action; also, to cause (someone) to turn away from a particular condition or course of action.
- (transitive, cricket) In a match scheduled to last for a certain period of time: to end (a match) with neither side winning because the team batting last has not completed its innings when the playing time concludes.
- (transitive) To carve or shape (something) by cutting off thin pieces.
- (transitive) To pull out (a bolt or latch) to unlock a door, gate, etc.; also, to push in (a bolt or latch) to lock a door, gate, etc.
- (transitive) To take (air, smoke, etc.) into the lungs; to breathe in, to inhale.
- (transitive, archery) To pull back (an arrow or bowstring) in preparation for shooting the arrow; also, to cause (a bow) to bend by pulling back the bowstring.
- (intransitive) Of a liquid: to drain away, to percolate.
- (transitive, often formal) To pull (someone or something) in a particular direction or manner.
- (transitive, northern Scotland) To take milk from (a cow); to milk.
- (transitive) Often followed by on or upon and the person or institution providing the money: to write (a bill, cheque, or draft) to authorize payment of money.
- (transitive) To fill a bathtub with (water for a bath); to run (a bath).
- To leave (tea) temporarily in water to allow the flavour to increase; to infuse, to steep.
- (intransitive) Of a bathtub: to be filled with water for a bath; to be run.
- (intransitive) To take a drink of a beverage, especially an alcoholic one; to swig.
- (transitive) To conduct, or select the winning numbers, tickets, etc., for, (a lottery).
- (cooking) To remove the viscera from (an animal, especially a bird) before cooking.
- (bowls) To cause (a bowl) to move in a curve to a certain place.
- To take up (water) from a well or other source, especially by lifting in a container or pumping.
- (transitive, originally and chiefly military) To attract or provoke gunfire, either intentionally or unintentionally.
- To take (something) from a particular source, especially of information; to derive.
- To soak up (a liquid, etc.); to absorb; specifically, of an organism (especially a plant) or one of its parts: to take in (nutrients, water, etc.).
- (intransitive) Followed by at or on: to drag or suck deeply on a cigarette, pipe, or other smoking implement.
- (transitive) To make (something) larger or longer; to elongate, to stretch.
- (transitive, fishing) to haul in (a fishing net) which has been cast; also, to drag (a fishing net) alongside a boat.
- (intransitive, dominoes) To take a domino from the stock.
- (intransitive) To be (able to be) pulled in a particular direction or manner.
- (intransitive) Of a duct, smoking implement, etc.: to allow air to be passed through it in order that combustion can occur.
- (intransitive) To make straw straight for thatching by pulling it through the hands.
- (intransitive, sports) To end a game or match with neither side winning, that is, in a draw; to tie.
- (transitive, figurative) To depict (something) linguistically; to portray (something) in words; to describe.
- (transitive, agriculture) To separate (sheep) from a flock for a particular purpose, such as breeding or selling.
- (transitive) Now chiefly in the form draw up: to compose or write (a piece of text, especially a formal document).
- (transitive, card games) To be dealt or to take (a playing card) from the deck; also, to have (a particular hand) as a result of this.
- (transitive) To induce (the attention, the eyes or mind, etc.) to be directed at or focused on something.
- (transitive) To make (wire) by pulling a rod or other piece of metal through one or more apertures; also, to stretch (a rod or other piece of metal) into a wire.
- (curling) To play (a shot or a stone) that lands in the house (“circular target”).
- (mining) To raise (coal or ore) from an underground mine to the surface.
- To elicit information from (someone); to induce (a person) to speak on some subject. (Now frequently in passive.)
- (nautical) Of a vessel: to require (a certain depth of water) to float in.
- (transitive, arithmetic) To subject (a number) to an arithmetic operation.
- To receive (a salary); to withdraw (money) from a bank etc.
- To cause (a body part) to contract or shrink; also, to pull (the mouth, the face or features, etc.) out of shape from emotion, etc.; to distort.
- (intransitive, nautical) Of a sail: to fill with wind and become taut.
- (curling) To make a shot that lands in the house.
- To kill someone as a form of punishment or torture by tearing apart (their body) by tying their limbs to horses which run in different directions; also, to tear (the limbs) from someone's body in this manner.
noun
- a playing card or cards dealt or taken from the pack
- a golf shot that curves to the left for a right-handed golfer
- anything (straws or pebbles etc.) taken or chosen at random
- an entertainer who attracts large audiences
- (American football) the quarterback moves back as if to pass and then hands the ball to the fullback who is running toward the line of scrimmage
- the finish of a contest in which the score is tied and the winner is undecided
- poker in which a player can discard cards and receive substitutes from the dealer
- a gully that is shallower than a ravine
- the act of drawing or hauling something
- (slang, countable) A bag of cannabis.
- (sports) The spin or twist imparted to a ball etc. by a drawing stroke.
- (curling) A shot that is intended to land gently in the house (the circular target) without knocking out other stones; cf. takeout.
- (archery) The act of pulling back the strings in preparation of firing; the distance the strings are pulled back.
- (poker) A situation in which one or more players has four cards of the same suit or four out of five necessary cards for a straight and requires a further card to make their flush or straight.
- The result of a contest that neither side has won.
- (golf) A golf shot that (for the right-handed player) curves intentionally to the left. See hook, slice, fade.
- (cricket) The result of a two-innings match in which at least one side did not complete all their innings before time ran out (as distinguished from a tie).
- Draft: flow through a flue of gasses (smoke) resulting from a combustion process, possibly adjustable with a damper.
- (slang, uncountable) Cannabis.
- That which is drawn (e.g. funds from an account).
- The procedure by which the result of a lottery is determined.
- The act of drawing a gun from a holster, etc.
- In a commission-based job, an advance on future (potential) commissions given to an employee by the employer.
- That which draws: that which attracts e.g. a crowd.
- (geography) A dry stream bed that drains surface water only during periods of heavy rain or flooding.
- (horse racing) The stall from which a horse begins the race.
intj
verb
noun
- the means whereby some act is accomplished
- a device that requires skill for proper use
- a person used by another to gain an end
- any of various devices or contrivances that can be used to produce musical tones or sounds
- the semantic role of the entity (usually inanimate) that the agent uses to perform an action or start a process
- (law) a document that states some contractual relationship or grants some right
- (law) A legal document, such as a contract, deed, trust, mortgage, power, indenture, or will.
- A device used to produce music.
- A means or agency for achieving an aspect.
- A tool, implement used for manipulation or measurement.
- A measuring or displaying device.
- (figuratively) A person used as a mere tool for achieving a goal.
- (aviation, usually in the plural) Ellipsis of flight instrument.
verb
- make a summary or abstract of a legal document and inscribe it in a list
- place on the docket for legal action
- (transitive) To make a brief abstract of and inscribe in a book.
- (transitive) To make a brief abstract of (a writing) and endorse it on the back of the paper, or to endorse the title or contents on the back of; to summarize.
- (transitive) To enter or inscribe in a docket, or list of causes for trial.
- (transitive) To label a parcel, etc.
noun
- a temporally organized plan for matters to be attended to
- (law) the calendar of a court; the list of cases to be tried or a summary of the court's activities
- (law) A short entry of the proceedings of a court; the register containing them; the office containing the register.
- (Australia) A receipt.
- A ticket or label fixed to something, showing its contents or directions to its use.
- (law) A schedule of cases awaiting action in a court.
- An agenda of things to be done.
verb
- To write a law.
- (transitive, sports, US) To select a rookie player onto a professional sports team.
- (gaming) To play a collectible card game by selecting from a shared pool of cards.
- To select (someone or something) for a particular role or purpose.
- (transitive, US) To conscript (a person); to force (a person) to serve in some capacity, especially in the military.
- (ambitransitive) To follow very closely (behind another vehicle), thereby providing an aerodynamic advantage to both lead and follower and conserving energy or increasing speed.
- To select and separate an animal or animals from a group.
- To draw fibers out of a clump, for spinning in the production of yarn.
- (transitive) To write a first version; to make a preliminary sketch.
- To draw in outline; to make a draught, sketch, or plan of, as in architectural and mechanical drawing.
- To draw out; to call forth.
- make a blueprint of
- draw up an outline or sketch for something
- engage somebody to enter the army
adj
noun
- A current of air, usually coming into a room or vehicle.
- (especially Virginia, West Virginia, Pennsylvania) A ravine or narrow valley, especially one through which a stream (at least intermittently) flows.
- (nautical) The depth of water needed to float a particular ship; the depth from the waterline to the bottom of a vessel's hull; the depth of water drawn by a vessel.
- (American spelling, rail transport) The pulling force (tension) on couplers and draft gear during a slack (stretched) condition.
- An unsent e-mail.
- (sports, US) A system of assigning rookie players to professional sports teams.
- Liquid, especially beer or other alcohol, drawn from a cask or keg rather than a bottle or can.
- A person who has been drafted; a conscript or draftee.
- The quantity of liquid (such as water, alcohol, or medicine) drunk in one swallow.
- A small stream or tributary.
- (politics, US) A system of forcing or convincing people to take an elected position.
- An act of drinking.
- (gaming) A style of play in collectible card games, where players select from a shared pool of cards.
- A preliminary sketch or outline for a plan.
- The bevel given to the pattern for a casting, so that it can be drawn from the sand without damaging the mould.
- A dose (of medicine, alcohol, etc.).
- (US, Canada, usually with the) Conscription; the system of forcing people to serve in the military.
- A version of a written work (such as a book or paper) or drawing.
- The draw through a flue of gasses or smoke resulting from a combustion process.
- a current of air (usually coming into a chimney or room or vehicle)
- a dose of liquid medicine
- the act of moving a load by drawing or pulling
- a large and hurried swallow
- a preliminary sketch of a design or picture
- the depth of a vessel's keel below the surface (especially when loaded)
- a serving of drink (usually alcoholic) drawn from a keg
- a regulator for controlling the flow of air in a fireplace
- any of the various versions in the development of a written work
- a document ordering the payment of money; drawn by one person or bank on another
- compulsory military service
verb
- (transitive) To submit official papers to (a law court, etc.).
- (transitive) To sandpaper.
- (transitive) To enfold in paper.
- To paste the endpapers and flyleaves at the beginning and end of a book before fitting it into its covers.
- (transitive) To give public notice (typically by displaying posters) that a person is wanted by the police or other authority.
- (transitive) To fill (a theatre or other paid event) with complimentary seats.
- (transitive) To document; to memorialize.
- (transitive) To apply paper to.
- (Northeastern US) To cover someone's house with toilet paper. Otherwise known as toilet papering or TPing.
- cover with wallpaper
- cover with paper
noun
- A written document, generally shorter than a book; usually written as a school assignment or a government report.
- (uncountable) Ellipsis of wrapping paper.
- Ellipsis of newspaper; anything used as such (such as a newsletter or listing magazine).
- (rock paper scissors) An open hand (a handshape resembling a sheet of paper), that beats rock and loses to scissors. It loses to lizard and beats Spock in rock-paper-scissors-lizard-Spock.
- (uncountable) Ellipsis of wallpaper.
- A paper packet containing a quantity of items.
- (New Zealand, countable) A university course.
- A medicinal preparation spread upon paper, intended for external application.
- A substance resembling paper secreted by certain invertebrates as protection for their nests and eggs.
- (British, Hong Kong) A set of examination questions to be answered at one session.
- (finance, uncountable) Any financial assets other than specie, including paper money, commercial paper, and others.
- A sheet material typically used for writing on or printing on (or as a non-waterproof container), usually made by draining cellulose fibres from a suspension in water.
- (slang) Money.
- A written document that reports scientific or academic research and is usually subjected to peer review before publication in a scientific journal (as a journal article or the manuscript for one) or in the proceedings of a scientific or academic meeting (such as a conference, workshop, or symposium).
- a daily or weekly publication on folded sheets; contains news and articles and advertisements
- an essay (especially one written as an assignment)
- a material made of cellulose pulp derived mainly from wood or rags or certain grasses
- a medium for written communication
- a business firm that publishes newspapers
- the physical object that is the product of a newspaper publisher
- a scholarly article describing the results of observations or stating hypotheses
adj
verb
- To edit a legal document.
- To veto a portion of a budget.
- To check the bluelines before printing material.
- To create the bluelines for material that is about to be printed.
- (US, Canada) To designate a certain area as representing one in which investment is risky.
- (surgery) To mark on a patient's body where the surgical incision is to be made.
noun
verb
- (law) To file a document in response to a complaint.
- (ambitransitive) To respond to a call by someone at a door or telephone, or other similar piece of equipment.
- (ambitransitive) To make a reply or response to.
- To be or act in conformity, or by way of accommodation, correspondence, relation, or proportion; to conform; to correspond; to suit; usually with to.
- To be accountable or responsible; to make amends.
- To correspond to; to be in harmony with; to be in agreement with.
- (ambitransitive) To suit a need or purpose satisfactorily.
- To respond to satisfactorily; to meet successfully by way of explanation, argument, or justification; to refute.
- (transitive) To speak in defence against; to reply to in defence.
- To be or act in compliance with, in fulfillment or satisfaction of, as an order, obligation, or demand.
- To be opposite, or to act in opposition.
- react to a stimulus or command
- understand the meaning of
- give a defence or refutation of (a charge) or in (an argument)
- give the correct answer or solution to
- be sufficient; be adequate, either in quality or quantity
- be satisfactory for; meet the requirements of or serve the purpose of
- respond to a signal
- match or correspond
- be liable or accountable
- react verbally
noun
- A solution to a problem.
- (law) A document filed in response to a complaint, responding to each point raised in the complaint and raising counterpoints.
- (after a possessive, with to) Someone or something that fills a similar role or position.
- A response or reply; something said or done in reaction to a statement or question.
- a statement that solves a problem or explains how to solve the problem
- the speech act of replying to a question
- the principal pleading by the defendant in response to plaintiff's complaint; in criminal law it consists of the defendant's plea of ‘guilty’ or ‘not guilty’ (or nolo contendere); in civil law it must contain denials of all allegations in the plaintiff's complaint that the defendant hopes to controvert and it can contain affirmative defenses or counterclaims
- a nonverbal reaction
- a statement (either spoken or written) that is made to reply to a question or request or criticism or accusation
verb
- (transitive) To record in writing; to make a memorandum of.
- make a written note of
- (transitive) To notice with care; to observe; to remark; to heed.
- (transitive) To denote; to designate.
- (transitive, law) To record on the back of (a bill, draft, etc.) a refusal of acceptance, as the ground of a protest, which is done officially by a notary.
- (transitive) To annotate.
- (transitive) To set down in musical characters.
- notice or perceive
- make mention of
- observe with care or pay close attention to
noun
- (finance) A written or printed paper (or digital equivalent) acknowledging a debt, and promising payment.
- (uncountable) Observation; notice; heed.
- (extension) A small size of paper used for writing letters or notes.
- (UK dialectal, Northern England, Ireland, Scotland) The giving of milk by a cow or sow; the period following calving or farrowing during which a cow or sow is at her most useful (i.e. gives milk); the milk given by a cow or sow during such a period.
- A diplomatic missive or written communication.
- (uncountable, UK dialectal, Northern England, Ireland, Scotland) That which is needed or necessary; business; duty; work.
- (by extension) A call or song of a bird.
- A piece of paper or polymer money; a banknote.
- (uncountable) Reputation; distinction.
- (rhythm games) An indication which players have to click, type, hit, tap or do other actions if it appears
- A brief piece of writing intended to assist the memory; a memorandum; a minute.
- A musical sound; a tone; an utterance; a tune; a beat of a drum.
- A short informal letter; a billet.
- (perfumery) An element of a scent, fragrance, or perfume, especially as a descriptor or category.
- A critical comment.
- (by extension) A key of the piano or organ.
- A mark or token by which a thing may be known; a visible sign; a character; a distinctive mark or feature; a characteristic quality.
- A mark, or sign, made to call attention, to point out something to notice, or the like; a sign, or token, proving or giving evidence.
- A character, variously formed, to indicate the length of a tone, and variously placed upon the staff to indicate its pitch.
- A symbol or annotation.
- (academic) An academic treatise (often without regard to length); a treatment; a discussion paper; (loosely) any contribution to an academic discourse.
- A brief remark; a marginal comment or explanation; hence, an annotation on a text or author; a comment; a critical, explanatory, or illustrative observation.
- high status importance owing to marked superiority
- a brief written record
- a notation representing the pitch and duration of a musical sound
- a piece of paper money (especially one issued by a central bank)
- a promise to pay a specified amount on demand or at a certain time
- a comment or instruction (usually added)
- a short personal letter
- a characteristic emotional quality
- a tone of voice that shows what the speaker is feeling
verb
noun
- writing that provides information (especially information of an official nature)
- An original or official paper used as the basis, proof, or support of anything else, including any writing, book, or other instrument conveying information pertinent to such proof or support.
- Any material substance on which the information is represented by writing.
- (information science) An object conveying information by whatever means, capable of being indexed alongside other similar objects.
- (computing) A file that contains text.
- anything serving as a representation of a person's thinking by means of symbolic marks
- a written account of ownership or obligation
- (computer science) a computer file that contains text (and possibly formatting instructions) using seven-bit ASCII characters
verb
- (rare) To draw up or frame a decree, statement, etc.
- (usually transitive) To censor, to black out or remove parts of a document while leaving the remainder.
- To reduce to form, as literary matter; to digest and put in shape (matter for publication); to edit.
- (law) To black out legally protected sections of text in a document provided to opposing counsel, typically as part of the discovery process.
- prepare for publication or presentation by correcting, revising, or adapting
- formulate in a particular style or language
noun
verb
- bring out an official document (such as a warrant)
- prepare and issue for public distribution or sale
- circulate or distribute or equip with
- come out of
- make out and issue
- (intransitive) To turn out in a certain way, to result in.
- (law) To come to a point in fact or law on which the parties join issue.
- (transitive) To deliver for use.
- (transitive) To deliver by authority.
- (intransitive) To rush out, to sally forth.
- (transitive) To send out; to put into circulation.
- (intransitive) To extend into, to open onto.
- (intransitive) To flow out, to proceed from, to come out or from.
noun
- the immediate descendants of a person
- some situation or event that is thought about
- a phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon
- the becoming visible
- supplies (as food or clothing or ammunition) issued by the government
- the act of providing an item for general use or for official purposes (usually in quantity)
- one of a series published periodically
- an opening that permits escape or release
- an important question that is in dispute and must be settled
- the income or profit arising from such transactions as the sale of land or other property
- the act of issuing printed materials
- The means or opportunity by which something flows or comes out, particularly:
- Any question or situation to be resolved, particularly:
- (historical medicine) A small incision, tear, or artificial ulcer, used to drain fluid and usually held open with a pea or other small object.
- The end result of an event or events, any result or outcome, particularly:
- The loan of a book etc. from a library to a patron; all such loans by a given library during a given period.
- The production or distribution of something for general use.
- (figuratively, originally World War I military slang, usually with definite article) The entire set of something; all of something.
- (law) A point of law or fact in dispute or question in a legal action presented for resolution by the court.
- (figuratively) Anything in dispute, an area of disagreement whose resolution is being debated or decided.
- (finance) Any financial instrument issued by a company.
- (figuratively) Progeny: all one's lineal descendants.
- (finance) The action or an instance of a company selling bonds, stock, or other securities.
- (medicine) The outflow of a bodily fluid, particularly (now rare) in abnormal amounts.
- (historical or rare law) Income derived from fines levied by a court or law-enforcement officer; the fines themselves.
- The action or an instance of sending something out, particularly:
- The distribution of something (particularly rations or standardized provisions) to someone or some group.
- (publishing) A single edition of a newspaper or other periodical publication.
- The entire set of some item printed and disseminated during a certain period, particularly (publishing) a single printing of a particular edition of a work when contrasted with other print runs.
- (now usually historical or law) Offspring: one's natural child or children.
- (US, originally psychology, usually in the plural) A psychological or emotional difficulty, (now informal, figurative and usually euphemistic) any problem or concern considered as a vague and intractable difficulty.
verb
- make a written note of
- move something or somebody to a lower position
- reduce in worth or character, usually verbally
- tear down so as to make flat with the ground
- To defeat; to destroy or kill (a person).
- To write down as a note, especially to record something spoken.
- (intransitive, colloquial) To collapse or become incapacitated from illness or fatigue.
- To remove a temporary structure such as scaffolding.
- To remove something from a wall or similar vertical surface to which it is fixed.
- To lower an item of clothing without removing it.
- To arrest someone or to place them in detention.
- To remove something from a hanging position.
- To remove something from a website.
- (transitive) To reduce.
- (combat sports) To force one’s opponent off their feet in order to transition from striking to grappling in jujitsu, mixed martial arts, etc.
- To swallow.
verb
- To write.
- (carpentry) To cut (something) in order to fit it closely to an irregular surface, as a baseboard to a floor which is out of level, a board to the curves of a moulding, etc.
- To record, as a scribe.
- To write or draw with a scribe.
- To write, engrave, or mark upon; to inscribe.
- To score or mark with compasses or a scribing iron.
- score a line on with a pointed instrument, as in metalworking
noun
- A person who writes books or documents by hand as a profession.ᵂ
- A very sharp, steel drawing implement used in engraving and etching, a scriber.
- (informal) A journalist.
- Someone who writes; a draughtsperson; a writer for another; especially, an official or public writer; an amanuensis, secretary, notary, or copyist.
- a sharp-pointed awl for marking wood or metal to be cut
- someone employed to make written copies of documents and manuscripts
- informal terms for journalists
verb
noun
- a formal message requesting something that is submitted to an authority
- reverent petition to a deity
- A prayer or supplication, especially of which is formal or humble and made to a deity, a sovereign, or an authority.
- (law, by extension) A formal written application made to a magistrate or court for an order or a suit for divorce.
- A formal written request made by an individual or a group of people to a sovereign or political authority, often containing many signatures, soliciting some grace, right, mercy, or the redress of some wrong or grievance.
verb
- (transitive, law) To create a written record of a meeting or conversation.
- (transitive) To provide a memorial for someone; to commemorate.
- (transitive, social media) To convert (someone’s profile) into a memorial site/page (e.g. on Facebook).
- be or provide a memorial to a person or an event
- address in a memorial
verb
noun
- a document stating the facts and points of law of a client's case
- (law) A writ summoning one to answer; an official letter or mandate.
- (law) An attorney's legal argument in written form for submission to a court.
- (usually in the plural) Underwear briefs.
- (law) A memorandum of points of fact or of law for use in conducting a case.
- (usually in the plural) Swimming briefs.
- (English law, slang) A barrister who is counsel for a party in a legal action.
- (by extension, figurative) A position of interest or advocacy.
- (UK, historical) A letter patent, from proper authority, authorizing a collection or charitable contribution of money in churches, for any public or private purpose.
- A short news story or report.
- (law) An answer to any action.
- (slang) A ticket of any type.
- (Roman Catholicism) A short papal letter.
- (English law) The material relevant to a case, delivered by a solicitor to the barrister who is counsel for the case.
- a condensed written summary or abstract
adj
verb
- put into writing; write in complete form
- make out and issue
- To exclude from a narrative or history.
- (chiefly television or radio) To remove (a character in a fictional series such as a TV show) by writing the script so as to explain their disappearance (through death, moving away, etc.).
- (intransitive) To exhaust one's mental capacity by too much writing.
- (transitive) To write or fill out (a ticket or citation).
- (transitive) To write at full length or in expanded form.
verb
- put into writing; write in complete form
- bring to public notice by writing, with praise or condemnation
- To produce by writing.
- (philately) To annotate a stamp album page with details about the stamp, such as die used or colour variety.
- To write about positively; to praise in writing.
- (accounting) To make an upward adjustment in the value of an asset.
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see write, up.
- To document officially the faults, offenses, or wrongdoing of.
noun
verb
- To write (something).
- (banking, commerce) Of money as deposit, to pay.
- (idiomatic) To drop someone off, or let them out of a vehicle.
- (UK, Ireland) To make prices, or taxes, lower.
- (slang, US) To drink.
- (idiomatic) To place a baby somewhere to sleep.
- (aviation, idiomatic) Of an aircraft, to land.
- To terminate a call on (a telephone); to hang up.
- To add a name to a list.
- (idiomatic) To cease, temporarily or permanently, reading (a book).
- (idiomatic) To insult, belittle, or demean.
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see put, down.
- To halt, eliminate, stop, or squelch, often by force.
- (euphemistic) To euthanize (an animal).
- (euphemistic) To execute (a person), especially extrajudicially.
- (idiomatic) To give something as a reason for something else.
- put (an animal) to death
- cause to sit or seat or be in a settled position or place
- remove (cargo, people, etc.) from and leave
- cause to come to the ground
- reduce in worth or character, usually verbally
- put in a horizontal position
- put down in writing; of texts, musical compositions, etc.
- make a record of; set down in permanent form
noun
verb
noun
verb
- send documents or materials to appropriate destinations
- divert in a specified direction
- send via a specific route
- (transitive) To direct or divert along a particular course.
- (computing, transitive) To send (information) through a router.
- (Internet) to connect two local area networks, thereby forming an internet.
- Eye dialect spelling of root.
noun
- an established line of travel or access
- an open way (generally public) for travel or transportation
- (historical) One of the major provinces of imperial China from the Later Jin to the Song, corresponding to the Tang and early Yuan circuits.
- A road or path; often specifically a highway.
- A regular itinerary of stops, or the path followed between these stops, such as for delivery or passenger transportation.
- (horse racing) A race longer than one mile.
- (computing) A specific entry in a router that tells the router how to transmit the data it receives.
- A course or way which is traveled or passed.
- (rail transport) A path that has been secured by a railway signalling system for the passage of a train and locked to prevent any conflicting train movements from taking place.
- (figuratively) One of multiple methods or approaches to doing something.
verb
- (law) To require (a document or other evidence) to be produced before a court, or at a deposition or some other legal proceeding.
- (figurative) To compel or summon (someone or something); to demand.
- (law) To summon (someone) with a subpoena (noun sense 1) to appear in court, or at a deposition or some other legal proceeding, as a witness to give testimony or to produce evidence; to serve a subpoena on (someone).
- serve or summon with a subpoena
noun
- (figurative) A motive or thing which can compel or demand something, or summon someone.
- (law) A writ (“written order”) requiring someone to appear in court, or at a deposition or some other legal proceeding, as a witness to give testimony (a subpoena ad testificandum) or to produce evidence (subpoena duces tecum), in default of which the person may be punished.
- (historical, law) A writ requiring a defendant to appear in court to answer a plaintiff's claim (a subpoena ad respondendum); in England and Wales, and Ireland, this writ was formerly issued by the Court of Chancery at the plaintiff's request to commence a suit, but the procedure was abolished in 1852.
- a writ issued by court authority to compel the attendance of a witness at a judicial proceeding; disobedience may be punishable as a contempt of court
verb
- To specify by writing as a required procedure or ritual; to lay down authoritatively as a guide, direction, or rule of action.
- (law) To develop or assert a right; to make a claim (by prescription).
- (medicine) To order (a drug or medical device) for use by a particular patient (under licensed authority).
- (law) To become invalidated or unenforceable by prescription, to lapse
- issue commands or orders for
- recommend as beneficial
- (medicine) order the use of (a treatment, medicine, etc.), usually by written prescription
adv
- On paper (or in a durable record).
- At or towards any place that is visualised as 'down' by virtue of local features or local convention, or arbitrarily, irrespective of direction or elevation change.
- Away from the city (regardless of direction).
- (crosswords, in relation to a numbered clued word) In a downwards direction; vertically.
- To the south (as south is at the bottom of typical maps).
- (sentence substitute, imperative) Get down.
- Forward, straight ahead.
- To a subordinate or less prestigious position or rank.
- So as to be cowed into silence.
- Into a state of non-operation.
- (comparable) From a higher position to a lower one; downwards.
- From less to greater detail.
- Used with verbs to indicate that the action of the verb was carried to some state of completion, permanence, or success rather than being of indefinite duration.
- (comparable) At a lower or further place or position along a set path.
- To or towards what is considered the bottom of something, irrespective of whether this is presently physically lower.
- So as to lessen quantity, level or intensity.
- (sports) Towards the opponent's side (in ball-sports).
- From a remoter or higher antiquity.
- (rail transport) In the direction leading away from the principal terminus, away from milepost zero.
- As a down payment.
- So as to reduce size, weight or volume.
- So as to secure or compress something to the floor, ground, or other (usually horizontal) surface.
- away from a more central or a more northerly place
- from an earlier time
- in an inactive or inoperative state
- to a lower intensity
- spatially or metaphorically from a higher to a lower level or position
- paid in cash at time of purchase
adj
- (baseball, cricket, colloquial, following the noun modified) Out.
- (not comparable, military, law enforcement, slang, of a person) Wounded and unable to move normally, or killed.
- (not comparable) Inoperable; out of order; out of service.
- Having a lower score than an opponent.
- (veterinary medicine, of a cow) Stranded in a recumbent position; unable to stand.
- (rail transport, of a train) Travelling in the direction leading away from the principal terminus, away from milepost zero.
- Finished (of a task); defeated or dealt with (of an opponent or obstacle); elapsed (of time). Often coupled with to go (remaining).
- (normally in the combination 'down with') Sick or ill.
- (informal) Sad, unhappy, depressed, feeling low.
- (slang) In prison.
- (of a tree, limb, etc) Fallen or felled.
- At a lower level than before.
- (colloquial, with "on") Negative about; hostile to.
- (Canada, US, slang) Comfortable [with]; accepting [of]; okay [with].
- Facing downwards.
- Thoroughly practiced, learned or memorised; mastered. (Compare down pat.)
- (not comparable, military, aviation, slang, of an aircraft) Mechanically failed, collided, shot down, or otherwise suddenly unable to fly.
- (African-American Vernacular, slang) Accepted, respected, or loyally participating in the (thug) community.
- being put out in a game of baseball
- lower than previously
- extending or moving from a higher to a lower place
- filled with melancholy and despondency
- understood perfectly
- becoming progressively lower
- shut
- not functioning (temporarily or permanently)
- being or moving lower in position or less in some value
noun
- Soft, fluffy immature feathers which grow on young birds. Used as insulating material in duvets, sleeping bags and jackets.
- The lightest quark with a charge number of −¹⁄₃.
- (usually in the plural) A field, especially one used for horse racing.
- (UK, chiefly in the plural) A tract of poor, sandy, undulating or hilly land near the sea, covered with fine turf which serves chiefly for the grazing of sheep.
- (gambling) The shift or period of time during which a dealer manages a given table before rotating to the next table at a casino or cardroom, which is often 30 minutes.
- (American football) A single play, from the time the ball is snapped (the start) to the time the whistle is blown (the end) when the ball is down, or is downed.
- A downstairs room of a two-story house.
- The soft hair of the face when beginning to appear.
- A negative aspect; a downer, a downside.
- That which is made of down, as a bed or pillow; that which affords ease and repose, like a bed of down.
- (especially Southern England, also Australia, often plural, often in place names) A hill; in England, especially a chalk hill.
- (crosswording) A clue whose solution runs vertically in the grid.
- (botany) The pubescence of plants; the hairy crown or envelope of the seeds of certain plants, such as the thistle.
- Down payment.
- A downer, depressant.
- An act of swallowing an entire drink at once.
- fine soft dense hair (as the fine short hair of cattle or deer or the wool of sheep or the undercoat of certain dogs)
- soft fine feathers
- (usually plural) a rolling treeless highland with little soil
- (American football) a complete play to advance the football
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- From one end to another of (in any direction); along.
- Towards the mouth of (a river); in the direction of flow of.
- (UK, Ireland) To (a given place that is seen as removed from one's present location or other point of reference).
- From north to south of.
- (UK, Ireland) At (a given place that is seen as removed from one's present location or other point of reference).
- From the higher end to the lower of.
verb
- (transitive, golf, pocket billiards) To sink (a ball) into a hole or pocket.
- (transitive) To knock (someone or something) down; to cause to come down; to fell.
- (transitive, colloquial) To drink or swallow, especially without stopping before the vessel containing the liquid is empty.
- (transitive) Specifically, to cause (something in the air) to fall to the ground; to bring down (with a missile etc.).
- (transitive, colloquial) To disparage; to put down.
- (transitive, American football, Canadian football) To render (the ball) dead, typically by touching the ground while in possession.
- (transitive, figurative) To defeat; to overpower.
- (transitive) To cover, ornament, line, or stuff with down.
- (transitive) To lower; to put (something) down.
- eat up completely, as with great appetite
- shoot at and force to come down
- improve or perfect by pruning or polishing
- bring down or defeat (an opponent)
- drink down entirely
- cause to come or go down