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noun
- One set of competitors in a game.
- One surface of a sheet of paper (used instead of "page", which can mean one or both surfaces.)
- The portion of the human torso usually covered by the arms when they are not raised; the areas on the left and right between the belly or chest and the back.
- One half (left or right, top or bottom, front or back, etc.) of something or someone.
- A bounding straight edge of a two-dimensional shape.
- A group having a particular allegiance in a conflict or competition.
- (sports, billiards, snooker, pool) Sidespin; english
- (LGBTQ, slang) A man who prefers not to engage in anal sex during same-sex sexual activity.
- A flat surface of a three-dimensional object; a face.
- (music) A recorded piece of music; a record, especially in jazz.
- One possible aspect of a concept, person, or thing.
- A group of morris dancers who perform together.
- (baseball) The batters faced in an inning by a particular pitcher.
- (drama) A written monologue or part of a scene to be read by an actor at an audition.
- A line of descent traced through a particular relative, usually a parent or spouse, as distinguished from that traced through another.
- A region in a specified position with respect to something.
- (UK, Australia, Ireland) A sports team.
- (US, Canada, Philippines, colloquial) A dish that accompanies the main course; a side dish.
- a lengthwise dressed half of an animal's carcass used for food
- a place within a region identified relative to a center or reference location
- a surface forming part of the outside of an object
- an elevated geological formation
- either the left or right half of a body
- one of two or more contesting groups
- an aspect of something (as contrasted with some other implied aspect)
- a family line of descent
- an opinion that is held in opposition to another in an argument or dispute
- a line segment forming part of the perimeter of a plane figure
- (sports) the spin given to a ball by striking it on one side or releasing it with a sharp twist
- an extended outer surface of an object
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- To lean on one side.
- (transitive, shipbuilding) To work (a timber or rib) to a certain thickness by trimming the sides.
- (intransitive) To ally oneself, be in an alliance, usually with "with" or rarely "in with"
- (transitive, cooking) To provide with, as a side or accompaniment.
- (transitive) To furnish with a siding.
- To clear, tidy or sort.
- take sides for or against
noun
- The players occupying this area.
- (soccer, US) The area behind either the offensive or defensive line.
- (American football) The area behind the line of scrimmage occupied before the snap by the team on offense.
- (baseball, rare) Synonym of outfield.
- the offensive football players who line up behind the linemen
noun
- (sports) A match between two opposing sides.
- A hostile, often violent meeting; a confrontation, skirmish, or clash, as between combatants.
- (sexuality) A sexual encounter; sexual activity, especially unplanned or unexpected, between two people who have not already established a sexual relationship with each other. In many cases, it does not lead to a relationship, and thus is utterly transient. A sexual encounter can be consensual or non-consensual; in the latter case, it is known as sexual assault. A consensual sexual encounter that happens only once is commonly known as a one-night stand.
- A meeting, especially one that is unplanned or unexpected.
- (India) An extrajudicial killing or execution.
- (sciences) The period of a space mission during which it carries out its data-gathering objectives.
- a casual meeting with a person or thing
- a hostile disagreement face-to-face
- a casual or unexpected convergence
- a minor short-term fight
verb
- (intransitive) To engage in conflict, as with an enemy.
- (transitive, euphemistic, India) To kill or execute someone extrajudicially.
- (transitive) To confront (someone or something) face to face.
- (intransitive, rare) To meet one another.
- (transitive) To meet (someone) or find (something), especially unexpectedly.
- experience as a reaction
- come together
- contend against an opponent in a sport, game, or battle
- come upon, as if by accident; meet with
- be beset by
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- (sports) Involving one attacker and one defender.
- (mathematics) bijective or injective
- (chiefly Canada, US, Australia) Involving direct communication or competition between two people.
- directly between two individuals
- being a system of play in which an individual defensive player guards an individual offensive player
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- The playing of a game.
- (Internet slang) Used in noun compounds to describe anything that is decorated in rainbow colors, in a parody of LED-equipped peripherals marketed as "gaming mice", etc.
- Ellipsis of videogaming.
- Synonym of gambling.
- Careful, strategic use of rules to achieve one's purposes, as one would use the rules of a game.
- the act of playing for stakes in the hope of winning (including the payment of a price for a chance to win a prize)
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- One's chance to make a move in a game having two or more players.
- A fit or a period of giddiness.
- A movement of an object about its own axis in one direction that continues until the object returns to its initial orientation.
- (geometry) A unit of plane angle measurement based on this movement.
- A change in temperament or circumstance.
- A change of direction or orientation.
- A deed done to another; an act of kindness or malice.
- The transition from one period or era to another.
- A walk to and fro.
- (soccer) An instance of going past an opposition player with the ball in one's control.
- (UK, finance, historical) The profit made by a stockjobber, being the difference between the buying and selling prices.
- A chance to use (something) shared in sequence with others.
- A figure in music, often denoted ~, consisting of the note above the one indicated, the note itself, the note below the one indicated, and the note itself again.
- (rope) A pass behind or through an object.
- A single loop of a coil.
- (poker) The fourth communal card in Texas hold 'em.
- Character; personality; nature.
- A spell of work, especially the time allotted to a person in a rota or schedule.
- (cricket) A sideways movement of the ball when it bounces (caused by rotation in flight).
- The time required to complete a project.
- (circus, theater, especially physical comedy) A short skit, act, or routine.
- a time period for working (after which you will be relieved by someone else)
- (sports) a division of a game during which one team is on the offensive
- a movement in a new direction
- a short performance that is part of a longer program
- (game) the activity of doing something in an agreed succession
- a circular segment of a curve
- the act of turning away or in the opposite direction
- the act of changing or reversing the direction of the course
- a favor for someone
- taking a short walk out and back
- an unforeseen development
- turning or twisting around (in place)
verb
- (transitive, roleplaying games) To magically or divinely repel undead.
- (intransitive) To change the color of the leaves in the autumn.
- To change fundamentally; to metamorphose.
- (transitive, fantasy) To change (a person) into a vampire, werewolf, zombie, etc.
- (by extension) To give form to; to shape or mould; to adapt.
- (intransitive, fantasy) To transform into a vampire, werewolf, zombie, etc.
- (professional wrestling) To change personalities, such as from being a face (good guy) to heel (bad guy) or vice versa.
- To undergo the process of turning on a lathe.
- To be nauseated; said of the stomach.
- (transitive) To shape (something) symmetrically by rotating it against a stationary cutting tool, as on a lathe.
- (ambitransitive) To make or become giddy; said of the head or brain.
- (transitive, usually with over) To complete.
- (transitive, soccer) Of a player, to go past an opposition player with the ball in one's control.
- (intransitive) To change one's direction of travel.
- To sicken; to nauseate.
- (transitive) To direct or impel (something) into a place.
- (transitive) To twist or sprain.
- (obstetrics) To bring down the feet of a child in the womb, in order to facilitate delivery.
- (transitive, cricket) Of a bowler, to make (the ball) move sideways off the pitch when it bounces.
- (intransitive) To sour or spoil; to go bad.
- (intransitive, of a body, person, etc) To move about an axis through itself.
- (transitive, figuratively) To navigate through a book or other printed material.
- (transitive) To position (something) by folding it, or using its folds.
- To hinge; to depend.
- (transitive) To make acid or sour; to ferment; to curdle.
- (reflexive) To change one's course of action; to take a new approach.
- To rebel; to go against something formerly tolerated.
- (intransitive, cricket) Of a ball, to move sideways off the pitch when it bounces.
- (copulative) To become (often used with colors, clear sudden changes, weather and ages).
- (transitive, slang, sometimes offensive) To change the sexual orientation or gender of another person, or otherwise awaken a sexual preference.
- (transitive) To make (money); turn a profit.
- (transitive) To change the direction or orientation of, especially by rotation.
- accomplish by rotating
- to break and turn over earth especially with a plow
- to send or let go
- pass to the other side of
- twist suddenly so as to sprain
- to change orientation or direction
- move around an axis or a center
- get by buying and selling
- channel one's attention, interest, thought, or attention toward or away from something
- let (something) fall or spill from a container
- alter the functioning or setting of
- undergo a transformation or a change of position or action
- cause to change or turn into something different;assume new characteristics
- shape by rotating on a lathe or cutting device or a wheel
- cause to move around or rotate
- pass into a condition gradually, take on a specific property or attribute; become
- become officially one year older
- go sour or spoil
- change to the contrary
- cause to move around a center so as to show another side of
- have recourse to or make an appeal or request for help or information to
- change color
- undergo a change or development
- cause (an object) to assume a crooked or angular form
- cause to move along an axis or into a new direction
- direct at someone
noun
- (sports) A challenge between two opposing players, where both have an equal chance of taking possession.
- (snowboarding) Ellipsis of fifty-fifty slide, a rail slide where the snowboard is longitudinally aligned with the direction of the slide, down the centerline.
- (skateboarding) Ellipsis of fifty-fifty grind, a rail or edge grind, using both trucks to grind along, longitudinally aligned.
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- badminton played with two players on each side
- tennis played with two players on each side
- plural of double
- A sandwich of Trinidad and Tobago, made with two bara (flat fried bread) filled with curried chickpeas.
- (campanology, plural only) bell changes rung on five bells
- (sports, plural only) a game between pairs of players
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- cover with two defensive players
- (transitive, by extension) To deal with or handle a task or individual person by using a team of two people.
- (transitive, sports) In sports involving offensive and defensive teams, to use two defensive players to guard against the movements of a single offensive player.
- (transitive, slang, of two people) To double penetrate someone.
- (transitive, slang) To gang up on someone, as a group of two.
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- A set of players in quadrille etc.
- A localized glow of light.
- A small amount of liquid on a surface.
- Any small body of standing or stagnant water; a puddle.
- A number of people when considered as a resource.
- (games, uncountable) A game at billiards, in which each of the players stakes a certain sum, the winner taking the whole; also, in public billiard rooms, a game in which the loser pays the entrance fee for all who engage in the game.
- (by extension) Any group of like things.
- (rugby union) A set of teams playing each other in the same division, while not during the same period playing any teams that belong to other sets in the division.
- (law) An aggregation of properties or rights, belonging to different people in a community, in a common fund, to be charged with common liabilities.
- (rail transport) A mutual arrangement between competing lines, by which the receipts of all are aggregated, and then distributed pro rata according to agreement.
- (fencing) A group of fencers taking part in a competition.
- Any gambling or commercial venture in which several persons join.
- A supply of resources.
- A combination of persons contributing money to be used for the purpose of increasing or depressing the market price of stocks, grain, or other commodities; also, the aggregate of the sums so contributed.
- Ellipsis of swimming pool.
- (sports) A cue sport played on a pool table. There are 15 balls, 7 of one colour or solids, 7 of another color or stripes, and the black ball (also called the 8 ball). A player must pocket all their own colour balls and then the black ball in order to win.
- The stake played for in certain games of cards, billiards, etc.; an aggregated stake to which each player has contributed a share; also, the receptacle for the stakes.
- In rifle shooting, a contest in which each competitor pays a certain sum for every shot he makes, the net proceeds being divided among the winners.
- A small and rather deep area of (usually) fresh water, as one supplied by a spring, or occurring in the course of a stream or river; a reservoir for water.
- (by extension, computing) A set of resources that are kept ready to use.
- something resembling a pool of liquid
- any communal combination of funds
- a small lake
- the combined stakes of the betters
- an excavation that is (usually) filled with water
- a small body of standing water (rainwater) or other liquid
- an association of companies for some definite purpose
- an organization of people or resources that can be shared
- any of various games played on a pool table having 6 pockets
verb
- (transitive) To put together; contribute to a common fund, on the basis of a mutual division of profits or losses; to make a common interest of.
- (intransitive, of a liquid) To form a pool.
- (intransitive) To combine or contribute with others, as for a commercial, speculative, or gambling transaction.
- join or form a pool of people
- combine into a common fund
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- the reserve players on a team
- a long seat for more than one person
- a strong worktable for a carpenter or mechanic
- the magistrate or judge or judges sitting in court in judicial capacity to compose the court collectively
- a level shelf of land interrupting a declivity (with steep slopes above and below)
- (law) the seat for judges in a courtroom
- persons who administer justice
- (Australia, New Zealand) A bathroom surface which holds the washbasin, a vanity.
- (law, figuratively) The people who decide on the verdict, collectively; the judiciary.
- (weightlifting) The weight one is able to bench press, especially the maximum weight capable of being pressed.
- A place where assembly or hand work is performed; a workbench.
- (geology) A thin strip of relatively flat land bounded by steeper slopes above and below.
- (Australia, New Zealand) A kitchen surface on which to prepare food, a counter.
- (sports, politics, figuratively) The number of players on a team able to participate, often expressed in terms of length.
- (government) A long seat for politicians in a parliamentary chamber.
- A flat ledge in the slope of an earthwork, work of masonry, or similar.
- (figuratively) The dignity of holding an official seat.
- (surveying) A bracket used to mount land surveying equipment onto a stone or a wall.
- A long seat with or without a back, found for example in parks and schools.
- A collection or group of dogs exhibited to the public, traditionally on benches or raised platforms.
- (sports) The place where players (substitutes) and coaches sit when not playing.
- A horizontal padded surface, usually adjustable in height and inclination and often with attached weight rack, used for proper posture during exercise.
- (figuratively) The people who hold a certain type of official seat, collectively; a group of officeholders.
- (law, figuratively) The office or dignity of a judge.
verb
- take out of a game; of players
- exhibit on a bench
- To exercise using a bench press
- To lift a weight using a bench press
- (transitive) To place on a bench or seat of honour.
- Alternative spelling of bentsh.
- (transitive, sports) To remove a player from play.
- (transitive, figuratively) To remove someone from a position of responsibility temporarily.
- (transitive and intransitive, colloquial) To lift by bench pressing
- (transitive) To furnish with benches.
- (slang) To push a person backward against a conspirator behind them who is on their hands and knees, causing them to fall over.
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- (sports) A player on whom another is playing, with the intent of limiting their attacking impact.
- A person, usually male, who has duties or skills associated with a specified thing.
- An adult or adolescent male servant. Anyone from a right-hand man (high-ranking assistant) to a low-ranking servant.
- (historical) A vassal; a subject.
- An adult male who has, to an eminent degree, qualities considered masculine, such as strength, integrity, and devotion to family; a mensch.
- A male enthusiast or devotee; a male who is very fond of or devoted to a specified kind of thing.
- (anthropology, archaeology, paleontology) A member of the genus Homo, especially of the species Homo sapiens.
- A term of familiar address often implying on the part of the speaker some degree of authority, impatience, or haste.
- A term of familiar address usually reserved for other adult males. It works both with ones whose name is known and ones whose name is unknown.
- A person, usually male, who can fulfill one's requirements with regard to a specified matter.
- An adult male human.
- A piece or token used in board games such as backgammon.
- A husband.
- (military slang) A soldier below the rank of a non-commissioned officer.
- A male person, usually an adult; a (generally adult male) sentient being, whether human, supernatural, elf, alien, etc.
- (video games) One of the player's chances to play, lost when the player's character dies or when certain mistakes are made.
- (collective) All human males collectively: mankind.
- An adult male who belongs to a particular group: an employee, a representative, etc.
- A male lover; a boyfriend.
- an adult male person who has a manly character (virile and courageous competent)
- a manservant who acts as a personal attendant to their employer
- a male person who plays a significant role (husband or lover or boyfriend) in the life of a particular woman
- game equipment consisting of an object used in playing certain board games
- an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)
- all of the living human inhabitants of the earth
- the generic use of the word to refer to any human being
- a man who serves in the armed forces; a member of a military force
- a male subordinate
- any living or extinct member of the family Hominidae characterized by superior intelligence, articulate speech, and erect carriage
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- one of the players on the line of scrimmage
- (American football) the position of a player on a football team who is stationed on the line of scrimmage
- a male surveyor who marks positions with a range pole
- a male person who installs or repairs electrical or telephone lines
- Someone who repairs railway tracks.
- A person who installs and repairs overhead cables (either power or telephone); a linesman.
- (American football) A player who specializes in play at the line of scrimmage.
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- (sports, video games, of a team) Having many skilled players.
- (slang) Having large muscles; buff.
- (slang) Unfairly constructed; rigged.
- (of volumes of materials) Measured stacked or organized (such as of firewood when in neat stacks), but with gaps between individual pieces.
- Arranged in a stack.
- (video games) Having a large advantage as a result of accumulating many items and upgrades.
- (slang) Having large breasts.
- (slang) Wealthy.
- (of a woman's body) having a large bosom and pleasing curves
- arranged in a stack
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- (sports) Still in active play.
- (only used attributively) Having life; that is alive.
- Outstanding, top-notch, exhilarating.
- (entertainment, performing) Recorded from a performance in front of an audience.
- (broadcasting) Being broadcast ("on the air"), as it happens.
- (of a performance or speech) In person.
- (engineering) Imparting power; having motion.
- Being in a state of ignition; burning.
- (programming) Of an object or value: that may potentially be used in the future execution of a program.
- Having active properties; being energized.
- (film) Featuring humans; not animated, in the phrases “live actors” or “live action”.
- Operational; in actual use rather than in testing etc.
- (poker) Being a bet which can be raised by the bettor, usually in reference to a blind or straddle.
- Taken from a living animal.
- Being in existence; actual.
- Able to fire or explode (of firearms or explosives).
- (linguistics) Of a syllable in languages such as Thai and Burmese: resonating, not ending abruptly.
- Of an environment where sound is recorded: having noticeable reverberation.
- (card games) Of a card: not yet dealt or played.
- (circuitry) Electrically charged or energized, usually indicating that the item may cause electrocution if touched.
- highly reverberant
- elastic; rebounds readily
- possessing life
- charged or energized with electricity
- in current use or ready for use
- capable of erupting
- abounding with life and energy
- charged with an explosive
- of current relevance
- actually being performed at the time of hearing or viewing
- exerting force or containing energy
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- (transitive) To act habitually in conformity with; to practice; to exemplify in one's way of life.
- (intransitive, informal) (of an object) to have its proper place; to normally be stored.
- (intransitive, followed by on, upon, or by) To maintain or support one's existence; to provide for oneself; to feed; to subsist.
- (intransitive) To be alive; to have life.
- (intransitive) To have permanent residence somewhere, to inhabit, to reside.
- (intransitive) To outlast danger; (of a ship or boat) to float.
- (intransitive, hyperbolic) To cope.
- (intransitive) To pass life in a specified manner.
- (transitive) To spend, as one's life; to pass; to maintain; to continue in, constantly or habitually.
- (intransitive, informal) To make the most of life; to experience a full, rich life.
- (intransitive) To survive; to persevere; to continue.
- (intransitive) To endure in memory; to escape oblivion.
- pursue a positive and satisfying existence
- support oneself
- be an inhabitant of or reside in
- have life, be alive
- have firsthand knowledge of states, situations, emotions, or sensations
- lead a certain kind of life; live in a certain style
- continue to live and avoid dying
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- (sports) match; a game between two sides.
- (onomatopoeia) A loud sound, like the crashing together of metal objects; a crash.
- Opposition; contradiction; such as between differing or contending interests, views, purposes etc.
- (hurling) An instance of restarting the game after a "dead ball", where it is dropped between two opposing players, who can fight for possession.
- (Scotland) Chatter; gossip; idle talk.
- A skirmish, a hostile encounter.
- A combination of garments that do not look good together, especially because of conflicting colours.
- An angry argument.
- a state of conflict between colors
- a state of conflict between persons
- a minor short-term fight
- a loud resonant repeating noise
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- (intransitive, in games or sports) To face each other in an important game.
- (intransitive, of clothes, decor, colours) To fail to look good together; to contrast unattractively; to fail to harmonize.
- (intransitive, slang, video games) To play Clash Royale or Clash of Clans.
- (transitive) To cause to make a clashing sound.
- (intransitive, of events) To coincide, to happen at the same time, thereby rendering it impossible to attend all.
- (intransitive) To make a clashing sound.
- (intransitive, Scotland) To chatter or gossip.
- (intransitive) To come into violent conflict.
- (intransitive) To argue angrily.
- be incompatible; be or come into conflict
- disagree violently
- crash together with violent impact
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- (sports) An arrangement of players designed to facilitate certain plays.
- (category theory) A structure made of two categories, two functors from the first to the second category, and a transformation from one of the functors to the other.
- (geology) A layer of rock of common origin. [from 19th c.]
- Something possessing structure or form. [from 17th c.]
- (military) A grouping of military units or smaller formations under a command, such as a brigade, division, wing, etc. [from 18th c.]
- The process of influencing or guiding a person to a deeper understanding of a particular vocation.
- The act of assembling a group or structure. [from 14th c.]
- (military) An arrangement of moving troops, ships, or aircraft, such as a wedge, line abreast, or echelon. Often "in formation".
- The process during which something comes into being and gains its characteristics. [from 18th c.]
- an arrangement of people or things acting as a unit
- creation by mental activity
- the act of forming or establishing something
- (geology) the geological features of the earth
- natural process that causes something to form
- the act of fabricating something in a particular shape
- a particular spatial arrangement
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- (sports) the act of enabling another player to make a good play
- the activity of contributing to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose
- (soccer) A decisive pass made to the goal scorer
- (baseball) A defensive play, allowing a teammate to record a putout.
- A helpful action or an act of giving.
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- (bridge) The opponents of the side which is keeping score.
- (US dialectal) There (especially as an expletive subject of be).
- (the third-person singular nominative, occasionally proscribed) A single person, previously mentioned, whose gender is unknown, irrelevant, or (since 20th c.) non-binary.
- (indefinite pronoun, vague meaning) People; some people; people in general; someone, excluding the speaker.
- (the third-person plural nominative) A group of entities previously mentioned.
- (indefinite pronoun) The authorities, the (power) elites, the powers that be, the establishment, the man, the system: government, police, employers, etc.
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- (sports) A pair of games played one after another between the same teams.
- (rail transport) A train pulled by two locomotives.
- (numismatics) A double-headed coin.
- (slang) Double penetration
- A pair of sporting events, one after the other, at a single venue.
- (fishing) The catching of a single fish simultaneously by two fishermen when fishing together.
- A pair of sporting events, one after the other, broadcast on the same television channel.
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- (attributive) A newborn animal that is indifferent to stimulus and does not voluntarily move.
- (sports, chiefly rugby, soccer) A feigned pass or kick or play in order to deceive an opponent.
- (African-American Vernacular, Baltimore, slang) A term of address.
- Something constructed with the size and form of a human, to be used in place of a person.
- (linguistics) A word serving only to make a construction grammatical.
- (Australia, New Zealand, UK, Ireland) A pacifier; a plastic or rubber teat used to soothe or comfort a baby.
- (sports, UK) A bodily gesture meant to fool an opposing player; a feint.
- (chess) A fairy chess piece that cannot move or capture, but can be captured and used to skip moving another piece.
- A person who is the mere tool of another; a man of straw.
- (programming) An unused parameter or value.
- A figure of a person or animal used by a ventriloquist; a puppet.
- A deliberately nonfunctional device or tool used in place of a functional one.
- (card games, chiefly bridge) A player whose hand is shown and is to be played from by another player.
- A stupid person.
- a cartridge containing an explosive charge but no bullet
- an ignorant or foolish person
- a person who does not talk
- a figure representing the human form
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- A position on a field of play.
- An assigned place for a person in (chiefly historical) a horse-drawn coach or other means of transportation, or (military) in a barracks.
- (by extension) A room in a vessel in which the officers or company mess (“eat together”) and reside; also, a room or other place in a vessel for storage.
- (road transport) A place for a vehicle on land to park.
- Chiefly in wide berth: a sufficient space for manoeuvring or safety.
- A bunk or other bed for sleeping on in a caravan, a train, etc.
- (by extension) A place on a vessel to sleep, especially a bed on the side of a cabin.
- (chiefly nautical, slang) A proper place for a thing.
- A position or seed in a tournament bracket.
- (by extension) A place for a vessel to lie at anchor or to moor.
- An appointment, job, or position, especially one regarded as comfortable or good.
- (by extension) A job or position on a vessel.
- a place where a craft can be made fast
- a bed on a ship or train; usually in tiers
- a job in an organization
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- (by extension) Of a person: to occupy a berth.
- (reflexive, nautical) Of a vessel: to move into a berth.
- (nautical) To bring (a ship or other vessel) into a berth (noun etymology 1 sense 1.1); also, to provide a berth for (a vessel).
- (by extension, chiefly passive voice) To assign (someone) a berth (noun etymology 1 sense 1.3 or etymology 1 sense 2.2) or place to sleep on a vessel, a train, etc.
- (figurative) To provide (someone) with a berth (noun etymology 1 sense 3.1) or appointment, job, or position.
- (specifically, astronautics) To use a device to bring (a spacecraft) into its berth or dock.
- come into or dock at a wharf
- provide with a berth
- secure in or as if in a berth or dock
noun
- (sports) An offside play.
- The right-hand side of a working animal such as a horse or bullock, especially when in harness.
- (British) The side of a canal opposite the towpath.
- (British, Australia) The side of a road vehicle furthest from the kerb: the right side if one drives on the left of the road.
- (sport) the mistake of occupying an illegal position on the playing field (in football, soccer, ice hockey, field hockey, etc.)
adj
- (sports) In an illegal position ahead of the ball, puck, etc.
- (bridge) Unfavourably located, from the point of view of the player taking a finesse.
- (by extension, slang) Out of bounds.
- To the side of a boat, opposite the primary side on which one paddles.
- (US) To the side of the road, past the curb and sidewalk.
- illegally beyond a prescribed line or area or ahead of the ball or puck
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- (comparable) Exhibiting sportsmanship.
- (comparable) Fair, generous; game.
- (not comparable) Pertaining to sports
- relating to or used in sports
- exhibiting or calling for sportsmanship or fair play
- involving risk or willingness to take a risk
- preoccupied with the pursuit of pleasure and especially games of chance
verb
noun
- (sports) A match in which both teams score highly.
- (ice hockey) A series of penalty shots during which a tied game is resolved.
- A decisive battle, especially a gunfight.
- (poker) A multitable poker tournament in which only the last player on a table goes on to the next.
- (soccer) A penalty shootout.
- a fight involving shooting small arms with the intent to kill or frighten
noun
- a game with two players who use rackets to strike a ball that is tethered to the top of a pole; the object is to wrap the string around the pole
- A two-person sport where players hit a ball on the end of a tether attached to the top of a pole in opposite directions, and the winner is the one who manages to make the tether wrap all the way round the pole.
- The ball in the sport of tetherball.
noun
- (rugby) The player on either side of the hooker in a scrum.
- An object placed against or under another, to support it; anything that supports.
- (US politics) A proposition, especially on an election-day ballot.
- (gambling, informal) Clipping of proposition player.
- (astronautics) Clipping of propellant (“rocket fuel”).
- An item placed within an advertisement in order to suggest a style of living etc.
- (bodybuilding slang) Testosterone propionate.
- The propeller of an aircraft or boat.
- Any of the seashells in the game of props.
- (Internet slang) A part of a plant reared for its multiplication.
- (theater, film) An item placed on a stage or set to create a scene or scenario in which actors perform.
- a propeller that rotates to push against air
- any movable articles or objects used on the set of a play or movie
- a support placed beneath or against something to keep it from shaking or falling
verb
- (transitive, usually with "up" - see prop up) To position the feet of (a person) while sitting, lying down, or reclining so that the knees are elevated at a higher level.
- (intransitive, Australia, New Zealand) To stop suddenly or unexpectedly; derived from the situation where a horse might suddenly halt of its own accord, digging its front hooves into the ground to brace itself from forward movement, potentially unseating its rider.
- (transitive, sometimes figurative) To support or shore up something.
- (intransitive) To play rugby in the prop position.
- To manually start the engine of a propeller-driven aircraft with no electric starter by pulling vigorously on one of the propeller blades using the hands, so that the propeller can catch ignition.
- support by placing against something solid or rigid
noun
- One set of competitors in a game.
- One surface of a sheet of paper (used instead of "page", which can mean one or both surfaces.)
- The portion of the human torso usually covered by the arms when they are not raised; the areas on the left and right between the belly or chest and the back.
- One half (left or right, top or bottom, front or back, etc.) of something or someone.
- A bounding straight edge of a two-dimensional shape.
- A group having a particular allegiance in a conflict or competition.
- (sports, billiards, snooker, pool) Sidespin; english
- (LGBTQ, slang) A man who prefers not to engage in anal sex during same-sex sexual activity.
- A flat surface of a three-dimensional object; a face.
- (music) A recorded piece of music; a record, especially in jazz.
- One possible aspect of a concept, person, or thing.
- A group of morris dancers who perform together.
- (baseball) The batters faced in an inning by a particular pitcher.
- (drama) A written monologue or part of a scene to be read by an actor at an audition.
- A line of descent traced through a particular relative, usually a parent or spouse, as distinguished from that traced through another.
- A region in a specified position with respect to something.
- (UK, Australia, Ireland) A sports team.
- (US, Canada, Philippines, colloquial) A dish that accompanies the main course; a side dish.
- a lengthwise dressed half of an animal's carcass used for food
- a place within a region identified relative to a center or reference location
- a surface forming part of the outside of an object
- an elevated geological formation
- either the left or right half of a body
- one of two or more contesting groups
- an aspect of something (as contrasted with some other implied aspect)
- a family line of descent
- an opinion that is held in opposition to another in an argument or dispute
- a line segment forming part of the perimeter of a plane figure
- (sports) the spin given to a ball by striking it on one side or releasing it with a sharp twist
- an extended outer surface of an object
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- To lean on one side.
- (transitive, shipbuilding) To work (a timber or rib) to a certain thickness by trimming the sides.
- (intransitive) To ally oneself, be in an alliance, usually with "with" or rarely "in with"
- (transitive, cooking) To provide with, as a side or accompaniment.
- (transitive) To furnish with a siding.
- To clear, tidy or sort.
- take sides for or against
noun
- The players occupying this area.
- (soccer, US) The area behind either the offensive or defensive line.
- (American football) The area behind the line of scrimmage occupied before the snap by the team on offense.
- (baseball, rare) Synonym of outfield.
- the offensive football players who line up behind the linemen
noun
- (sports) A match between two opposing sides.
- A hostile, often violent meeting; a confrontation, skirmish, or clash, as between combatants.
- (sexuality) A sexual encounter; sexual activity, especially unplanned or unexpected, between two people who have not already established a sexual relationship with each other. In many cases, it does not lead to a relationship, and thus is utterly transient. A sexual encounter can be consensual or non-consensual; in the latter case, it is known as sexual assault. A consensual sexual encounter that happens only once is commonly known as a one-night stand.
- A meeting, especially one that is unplanned or unexpected.
- (India) An extrajudicial killing or execution.
- (sciences) The period of a space mission during which it carries out its data-gathering objectives.
- a casual meeting with a person or thing
- a hostile disagreement face-to-face
- a casual or unexpected convergence
- a minor short-term fight
verb
- (intransitive) To engage in conflict, as with an enemy.
- (transitive, euphemistic, India) To kill or execute someone extrajudicially.
- (transitive) To confront (someone or something) face to face.
- (intransitive, rare) To meet one another.
- (transitive) To meet (someone) or find (something), especially unexpectedly.
- experience as a reaction
- come together
- contend against an opponent in a sport, game, or battle
- come upon, as if by accident; meet with
- be beset by
noun
- The playing of a game.
- (Internet slang) Used in noun compounds to describe anything that is decorated in rainbow colors, in a parody of LED-equipped peripherals marketed as "gaming mice", etc.
- Ellipsis of videogaming.
- Synonym of gambling.
- Careful, strategic use of rules to achieve one's purposes, as one would use the rules of a game.
- the act of playing for stakes in the hope of winning (including the payment of a price for a chance to win a prize)
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noun
- One's chance to make a move in a game having two or more players.
- A fit or a period of giddiness.
- A movement of an object about its own axis in one direction that continues until the object returns to its initial orientation.
- (geometry) A unit of plane angle measurement based on this movement.
- A change in temperament or circumstance.
- A change of direction or orientation.
- A deed done to another; an act of kindness or malice.
- The transition from one period or era to another.
- A walk to and fro.
- (soccer) An instance of going past an opposition player with the ball in one's control.
- (UK, finance, historical) The profit made by a stockjobber, being the difference between the buying and selling prices.
- A chance to use (something) shared in sequence with others.
- A figure in music, often denoted ~, consisting of the note above the one indicated, the note itself, the note below the one indicated, and the note itself again.
- (rope) A pass behind or through an object.
- A single loop of a coil.
- (poker) The fourth communal card in Texas hold 'em.
- Character; personality; nature.
- A spell of work, especially the time allotted to a person in a rota or schedule.
- (cricket) A sideways movement of the ball when it bounces (caused by rotation in flight).
- The time required to complete a project.
- (circus, theater, especially physical comedy) A short skit, act, or routine.
- a time period for working (after which you will be relieved by someone else)
- (sports) a division of a game during which one team is on the offensive
- a movement in a new direction
- a short performance that is part of a longer program
- (game) the activity of doing something in an agreed succession
- a circular segment of a curve
- the act of turning away or in the opposite direction
- the act of changing or reversing the direction of the course
- a favor for someone
- taking a short walk out and back
- an unforeseen development
- turning or twisting around (in place)
verb
- (transitive, roleplaying games) To magically or divinely repel undead.
- (intransitive) To change the color of the leaves in the autumn.
- To change fundamentally; to metamorphose.
- (transitive, fantasy) To change (a person) into a vampire, werewolf, zombie, etc.
- (by extension) To give form to; to shape or mould; to adapt.
- (intransitive, fantasy) To transform into a vampire, werewolf, zombie, etc.
- (professional wrestling) To change personalities, such as from being a face (good guy) to heel (bad guy) or vice versa.
- To undergo the process of turning on a lathe.
- To be nauseated; said of the stomach.
- (transitive) To shape (something) symmetrically by rotating it against a stationary cutting tool, as on a lathe.
- (ambitransitive) To make or become giddy; said of the head or brain.
- (transitive, usually with over) To complete.
- (transitive, soccer) Of a player, to go past an opposition player with the ball in one's control.
- (intransitive) To change one's direction of travel.
- To sicken; to nauseate.
- (transitive) To direct or impel (something) into a place.
- (transitive) To twist or sprain.
- (obstetrics) To bring down the feet of a child in the womb, in order to facilitate delivery.
- (transitive, cricket) Of a bowler, to make (the ball) move sideways off the pitch when it bounces.
- (intransitive) To sour or spoil; to go bad.
- (intransitive, of a body, person, etc) To move about an axis through itself.
- (transitive, figuratively) To navigate through a book or other printed material.
- (transitive) To position (something) by folding it, or using its folds.
- To hinge; to depend.
- (transitive) To make acid or sour; to ferment; to curdle.
- (reflexive) To change one's course of action; to take a new approach.
- To rebel; to go against something formerly tolerated.
- (intransitive, cricket) Of a ball, to move sideways off the pitch when it bounces.
- (copulative) To become (often used with colors, clear sudden changes, weather and ages).
- (transitive, slang, sometimes offensive) To change the sexual orientation or gender of another person, or otherwise awaken a sexual preference.
- (transitive) To make (money); turn a profit.
- (transitive) To change the direction or orientation of, especially by rotation.
- accomplish by rotating
- to break and turn over earth especially with a plow
- to send or let go
- pass to the other side of
- twist suddenly so as to sprain
- to change orientation or direction
- move around an axis or a center
- get by buying and selling
- channel one's attention, interest, thought, or attention toward or away from something
- let (something) fall or spill from a container
- alter the functioning or setting of
- undergo a transformation or a change of position or action
- cause to change or turn into something different;assume new characteristics
- shape by rotating on a lathe or cutting device or a wheel
- cause to move around or rotate
- pass into a condition gradually, take on a specific property or attribute; become
- become officially one year older
- go sour or spoil
- change to the contrary
- cause to move around a center so as to show another side of
- have recourse to or make an appeal or request for help or information to
- change color
- undergo a change or development
- cause (an object) to assume a crooked or angular form
- cause to move along an axis or into a new direction
- direct at someone
noun
- (sports) A challenge between two opposing players, where both have an equal chance of taking possession.
- (snowboarding) Ellipsis of fifty-fifty slide, a rail slide where the snowboard is longitudinally aligned with the direction of the slide, down the centerline.
- (skateboarding) Ellipsis of fifty-fifty grind, a rail or edge grind, using both trucks to grind along, longitudinally aligned.
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- badminton played with two players on each side
- tennis played with two players on each side
- plural of double
- A sandwich of Trinidad and Tobago, made with two bara (flat fried bread) filled with curried chickpeas.
- (campanology, plural only) bell changes rung on five bells
- (sports, plural only) a game between pairs of players
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noun
- A set of players in quadrille etc.
- A localized glow of light.
- A small amount of liquid on a surface.
- Any small body of standing or stagnant water; a puddle.
- A number of people when considered as a resource.
- (games, uncountable) A game at billiards, in which each of the players stakes a certain sum, the winner taking the whole; also, in public billiard rooms, a game in which the loser pays the entrance fee for all who engage in the game.
- (by extension) Any group of like things.
- (rugby union) A set of teams playing each other in the same division, while not during the same period playing any teams that belong to other sets in the division.
- (law) An aggregation of properties or rights, belonging to different people in a community, in a common fund, to be charged with common liabilities.
- (rail transport) A mutual arrangement between competing lines, by which the receipts of all are aggregated, and then distributed pro rata according to agreement.
- (fencing) A group of fencers taking part in a competition.
- Any gambling or commercial venture in which several persons join.
- A supply of resources.
- A combination of persons contributing money to be used for the purpose of increasing or depressing the market price of stocks, grain, or other commodities; also, the aggregate of the sums so contributed.
- Ellipsis of swimming pool.
- (sports) A cue sport played on a pool table. There are 15 balls, 7 of one colour or solids, 7 of another color or stripes, and the black ball (also called the 8 ball). A player must pocket all their own colour balls and then the black ball in order to win.
- The stake played for in certain games of cards, billiards, etc.; an aggregated stake to which each player has contributed a share; also, the receptacle for the stakes.
- In rifle shooting, a contest in which each competitor pays a certain sum for every shot he makes, the net proceeds being divided among the winners.
- A small and rather deep area of (usually) fresh water, as one supplied by a spring, or occurring in the course of a stream or river; a reservoir for water.
- (by extension, computing) A set of resources that are kept ready to use.
- something resembling a pool of liquid
- any communal combination of funds
- a small lake
- the combined stakes of the betters
- an excavation that is (usually) filled with water
- a small body of standing water (rainwater) or other liquid
- an association of companies for some definite purpose
- an organization of people or resources that can be shared
- any of various games played on a pool table having 6 pockets
verb
- (transitive) To put together; contribute to a common fund, on the basis of a mutual division of profits or losses; to make a common interest of.
- (intransitive, of a liquid) To form a pool.
- (intransitive) To combine or contribute with others, as for a commercial, speculative, or gambling transaction.
- join or form a pool of people
- combine into a common fund
noun
- the reserve players on a team
- a long seat for more than one person
- a strong worktable for a carpenter or mechanic
- the magistrate or judge or judges sitting in court in judicial capacity to compose the court collectively
- a level shelf of land interrupting a declivity (with steep slopes above and below)
- (law) the seat for judges in a courtroom
- persons who administer justice
- (Australia, New Zealand) A bathroom surface which holds the washbasin, a vanity.
- (law, figuratively) The people who decide on the verdict, collectively; the judiciary.
- (weightlifting) The weight one is able to bench press, especially the maximum weight capable of being pressed.
- A place where assembly or hand work is performed; a workbench.
- (geology) A thin strip of relatively flat land bounded by steeper slopes above and below.
- (Australia, New Zealand) A kitchen surface on which to prepare food, a counter.
- (sports, politics, figuratively) The number of players on a team able to participate, often expressed in terms of length.
- (government) A long seat for politicians in a parliamentary chamber.
- A flat ledge in the slope of an earthwork, work of masonry, or similar.
- (figuratively) The dignity of holding an official seat.
- (surveying) A bracket used to mount land surveying equipment onto a stone or a wall.
- A long seat with or without a back, found for example in parks and schools.
- A collection or group of dogs exhibited to the public, traditionally on benches or raised platforms.
- (sports) The place where players (substitutes) and coaches sit when not playing.
- A horizontal padded surface, usually adjustable in height and inclination and often with attached weight rack, used for proper posture during exercise.
- (figuratively) The people who hold a certain type of official seat, collectively; a group of officeholders.
- (law, figuratively) The office or dignity of a judge.
verb
- take out of a game; of players
- exhibit on a bench
- To exercise using a bench press
- To lift a weight using a bench press
- (transitive) To place on a bench or seat of honour.
- Alternative spelling of bentsh.
- (transitive, sports) To remove a player from play.
- (transitive, figuratively) To remove someone from a position of responsibility temporarily.
- (transitive and intransitive, colloquial) To lift by bench pressing
- (transitive) To furnish with benches.
- (slang) To push a person backward against a conspirator behind them who is on their hands and knees, causing them to fall over.
noun
- (sports) A player on whom another is playing, with the intent of limiting their attacking impact.
- A person, usually male, who has duties or skills associated with a specified thing.
- An adult or adolescent male servant. Anyone from a right-hand man (high-ranking assistant) to a low-ranking servant.
- (historical) A vassal; a subject.
- An adult male who has, to an eminent degree, qualities considered masculine, such as strength, integrity, and devotion to family; a mensch.
- A male enthusiast or devotee; a male who is very fond of or devoted to a specified kind of thing.
- (anthropology, archaeology, paleontology) A member of the genus Homo, especially of the species Homo sapiens.
- A term of familiar address often implying on the part of the speaker some degree of authority, impatience, or haste.
- A term of familiar address usually reserved for other adult males. It works both with ones whose name is known and ones whose name is unknown.
- A person, usually male, who can fulfill one's requirements with regard to a specified matter.
- An adult male human.
- A piece or token used in board games such as backgammon.
- A husband.
- (military slang) A soldier below the rank of a non-commissioned officer.
- A male person, usually an adult; a (generally adult male) sentient being, whether human, supernatural, elf, alien, etc.
- (video games) One of the player's chances to play, lost when the player's character dies or when certain mistakes are made.
- (collective) All human males collectively: mankind.
- An adult male who belongs to a particular group: an employee, a representative, etc.
- A male lover; a boyfriend.
- an adult male person who has a manly character (virile and courageous competent)
- a manservant who acts as a personal attendant to their employer
- a male person who plays a significant role (husband or lover or boyfriend) in the life of a particular woman
- game equipment consisting of an object used in playing certain board games
- an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)
- all of the living human inhabitants of the earth
- the generic use of the word to refer to any human being
- a man who serves in the armed forces; a member of a military force
- a male subordinate
- any living or extinct member of the family Hominidae characterized by superior intelligence, articulate speech, and erect carriage
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- one of the players on the line of scrimmage
- (American football) the position of a player on a football team who is stationed on the line of scrimmage
- a male surveyor who marks positions with a range pole
- a male person who installs or repairs electrical or telephone lines
- Someone who repairs railway tracks.
- A person who installs and repairs overhead cables (either power or telephone); a linesman.
- (American football) A player who specializes in play at the line of scrimmage.
noun
- (sports) match; a game between two sides.
- (onomatopoeia) A loud sound, like the crashing together of metal objects; a crash.
- Opposition; contradiction; such as between differing or contending interests, views, purposes etc.
- (hurling) An instance of restarting the game after a "dead ball", where it is dropped between two opposing players, who can fight for possession.
- (Scotland) Chatter; gossip; idle talk.
- A skirmish, a hostile encounter.
- A combination of garments that do not look good together, especially because of conflicting colours.
- An angry argument.
- a state of conflict between colors
- a state of conflict between persons
- a minor short-term fight
- a loud resonant repeating noise
verb
- (intransitive, in games or sports) To face each other in an important game.
- (intransitive, of clothes, decor, colours) To fail to look good together; to contrast unattractively; to fail to harmonize.
- (intransitive, slang, video games) To play Clash Royale or Clash of Clans.
- (transitive) To cause to make a clashing sound.
- (intransitive, of events) To coincide, to happen at the same time, thereby rendering it impossible to attend all.
- (intransitive) To make a clashing sound.
- (intransitive, Scotland) To chatter or gossip.
- (intransitive) To come into violent conflict.
- (intransitive) To argue angrily.
- be incompatible; be or come into conflict
- disagree violently
- crash together with violent impact
noun
- (sports) An arrangement of players designed to facilitate certain plays.
- (category theory) A structure made of two categories, two functors from the first to the second category, and a transformation from one of the functors to the other.
- (geology) A layer of rock of common origin. [from 19th c.]
- Something possessing structure or form. [from 17th c.]
- (military) A grouping of military units or smaller formations under a command, such as a brigade, division, wing, etc. [from 18th c.]
- The process of influencing or guiding a person to a deeper understanding of a particular vocation.
- The act of assembling a group or structure. [from 14th c.]
- (military) An arrangement of moving troops, ships, or aircraft, such as a wedge, line abreast, or echelon. Often "in formation".
- The process during which something comes into being and gains its characteristics. [from 18th c.]
- an arrangement of people or things acting as a unit
- creation by mental activity
- the act of forming or establishing something
- (geology) the geological features of the earth
- natural process that causes something to form
- the act of fabricating something in a particular shape
- a particular spatial arrangement
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- (sports) the act of enabling another player to make a good play
- the activity of contributing to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose
- (soccer) A decisive pass made to the goal scorer
- (baseball) A defensive play, allowing a teammate to record a putout.
- A helpful action or an act of giving.
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noun
- (sports) A pair of games played one after another between the same teams.
- (rail transport) A train pulled by two locomotives.
- (numismatics) A double-headed coin.
- (slang) Double penetration
- A pair of sporting events, one after the other, at a single venue.
- (fishing) The catching of a single fish simultaneously by two fishermen when fishing together.
- A pair of sporting events, one after the other, broadcast on the same television channel.
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- A position on a field of play.
- An assigned place for a person in (chiefly historical) a horse-drawn coach or other means of transportation, or (military) in a barracks.
- (by extension) A room in a vessel in which the officers or company mess (“eat together”) and reside; also, a room or other place in a vessel for storage.
- (road transport) A place for a vehicle on land to park.
- Chiefly in wide berth: a sufficient space for manoeuvring or safety.
- A bunk or other bed for sleeping on in a caravan, a train, etc.
- (by extension) A place on a vessel to sleep, especially a bed on the side of a cabin.
- (chiefly nautical, slang) A proper place for a thing.
- A position or seed in a tournament bracket.
- (by extension) A place for a vessel to lie at anchor or to moor.
- An appointment, job, or position, especially one regarded as comfortable or good.
- (by extension) A job or position on a vessel.
- a place where a craft can be made fast
- a bed on a ship or train; usually in tiers
- a job in an organization
verb
- (by extension) Of a person: to occupy a berth.
- (reflexive, nautical) Of a vessel: to move into a berth.
- (nautical) To bring (a ship or other vessel) into a berth (noun etymology 1 sense 1.1); also, to provide a berth for (a vessel).
- (by extension, chiefly passive voice) To assign (someone) a berth (noun etymology 1 sense 1.3 or etymology 1 sense 2.2) or place to sleep on a vessel, a train, etc.
- (figurative) To provide (someone) with a berth (noun etymology 1 sense 3.1) or appointment, job, or position.
- (specifically, astronautics) To use a device to bring (a spacecraft) into its berth or dock.
- come into or dock at a wharf
- provide with a berth
- secure in or as if in a berth or dock
noun
- (sports) An offside play.
- The right-hand side of a working animal such as a horse or bullock, especially when in harness.
- (British) The side of a canal opposite the towpath.
- (British, Australia) The side of a road vehicle furthest from the kerb: the right side if one drives on the left of the road.
- (sport) the mistake of occupying an illegal position on the playing field (in football, soccer, ice hockey, field hockey, etc.)
adj
- (sports) In an illegal position ahead of the ball, puck, etc.
- (bridge) Unfavourably located, from the point of view of the player taking a finesse.
- (by extension, slang) Out of bounds.
- To the side of a boat, opposite the primary side on which one paddles.
- (US) To the side of the road, past the curb and sidewalk.
- illegally beyond a prescribed line or area or ahead of the ball or puck
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- (comparable) Exhibiting sportsmanship.
- (comparable) Fair, generous; game.
- (not comparable) Pertaining to sports
- relating to or used in sports
- exhibiting or calling for sportsmanship or fair play
- involving risk or willingness to take a risk
- preoccupied with the pursuit of pleasure and especially games of chance
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- (sports) A match in which both teams score highly.
- (ice hockey) A series of penalty shots during which a tied game is resolved.
- A decisive battle, especially a gunfight.
- (poker) A multitable poker tournament in which only the last player on a table goes on to the next.
- (soccer) A penalty shootout.
- a fight involving shooting small arms with the intent to kill or frighten
noun
- a game with two players who use rackets to strike a ball that is tethered to the top of a pole; the object is to wrap the string around the pole
- A two-person sport where players hit a ball on the end of a tether attached to the top of a pole in opposite directions, and the winner is the one who manages to make the tether wrap all the way round the pole.
- The ball in the sport of tetherball.
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- (rugby) The player on either side of the hooker in a scrum.
- An object placed against or under another, to support it; anything that supports.
- (US politics) A proposition, especially on an election-day ballot.
- (gambling, informal) Clipping of proposition player.
- (astronautics) Clipping of propellant (“rocket fuel”).
- An item placed within an advertisement in order to suggest a style of living etc.
- (bodybuilding slang) Testosterone propionate.
- The propeller of an aircraft or boat.
- Any of the seashells in the game of props.
- (Internet slang) A part of a plant reared for its multiplication.
- (theater, film) An item placed on a stage or set to create a scene or scenario in which actors perform.
- a propeller that rotates to push against air
- any movable articles or objects used on the set of a play or movie
- a support placed beneath or against something to keep it from shaking or falling
verb
- (transitive, usually with "up" - see prop up) To position the feet of (a person) while sitting, lying down, or reclining so that the knees are elevated at a higher level.
- (intransitive, Australia, New Zealand) To stop suddenly or unexpectedly; derived from the situation where a horse might suddenly halt of its own accord, digging its front hooves into the ground to brace itself from forward movement, potentially unseating its rider.
- (transitive, sometimes figurative) To support or shore up something.
- (intransitive) To play rugby in the prop position.
- To manually start the engine of a propeller-driven aircraft with no electric starter by pulling vigorously on one of the propeller blades using the hands, so that the propeller can catch ignition.
- support by placing against something solid or rigid
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- cover with two defensive players
- (transitive, by extension) To deal with or handle a task or individual person by using a team of two people.
- (transitive, sports) In sports involving offensive and defensive teams, to use two defensive players to guard against the movements of a single offensive player.
- (transitive, slang, of two people) To double penetrate someone.
- (transitive, slang) To gang up on someone, as a group of two.
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- (sports) match; a game between two sides.
- (onomatopoeia) A loud sound, like the crashing together of metal objects; a crash.
- Opposition; contradiction; such as between differing or contending interests, views, purposes etc.
- (hurling) An instance of restarting the game after a "dead ball", where it is dropped between two opposing players, who can fight for possession.
- (Scotland) Chatter; gossip; idle talk.
- A skirmish, a hostile encounter.
- A combination of garments that do not look good together, especially because of conflicting colours.
- An angry argument.
- a state of conflict between colors
- a state of conflict between persons
- a minor short-term fight
- a loud resonant repeating noise
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- (intransitive, in games or sports) To face each other in an important game.
- (intransitive, of clothes, decor, colours) To fail to look good together; to contrast unattractively; to fail to harmonize.
- (intransitive, slang, video games) To play Clash Royale or Clash of Clans.
- (transitive) To cause to make a clashing sound.
- (intransitive, of events) To coincide, to happen at the same time, thereby rendering it impossible to attend all.
- (intransitive) To make a clashing sound.
- (intransitive, Scotland) To chatter or gossip.
- (intransitive) To come into violent conflict.
- (intransitive) To argue angrily.
- be incompatible; be or come into conflict
- disagree violently
- crash together with violent impact
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- (attributive) A newborn animal that is indifferent to stimulus and does not voluntarily move.
- (sports, chiefly rugby, soccer) A feigned pass or kick or play in order to deceive an opponent.
- (African-American Vernacular, Baltimore, slang) A term of address.
- Something constructed with the size and form of a human, to be used in place of a person.
- (linguistics) A word serving only to make a construction grammatical.
- (Australia, New Zealand, UK, Ireland) A pacifier; a plastic or rubber teat used to soothe or comfort a baby.
- (sports, UK) A bodily gesture meant to fool an opposing player; a feint.
- (chess) A fairy chess piece that cannot move or capture, but can be captured and used to skip moving another piece.
- A person who is the mere tool of another; a man of straw.
- (programming) An unused parameter or value.
- A figure of a person or animal used by a ventriloquist; a puppet.
- A deliberately nonfunctional device or tool used in place of a functional one.
- (card games, chiefly bridge) A player whose hand is shown and is to be played from by another player.
- A stupid person.
- a cartridge containing an explosive charge but no bullet
- an ignorant or foolish person
- a person who does not talk
- a figure representing the human form
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noun
- the reserve players on a team
- a long seat for more than one person
- a strong worktable for a carpenter or mechanic
- the magistrate or judge or judges sitting in court in judicial capacity to compose the court collectively
- a level shelf of land interrupting a declivity (with steep slopes above and below)
- (law) the seat for judges in a courtroom
- persons who administer justice
- (Australia, New Zealand) A bathroom surface which holds the washbasin, a vanity.
- (law, figuratively) The people who decide on the verdict, collectively; the judiciary.
- (weightlifting) The weight one is able to bench press, especially the maximum weight capable of being pressed.
- A place where assembly or hand work is performed; a workbench.
- (geology) A thin strip of relatively flat land bounded by steeper slopes above and below.
- (Australia, New Zealand) A kitchen surface on which to prepare food, a counter.
- (sports, politics, figuratively) The number of players on a team able to participate, often expressed in terms of length.
- (government) A long seat for politicians in a parliamentary chamber.
- A flat ledge in the slope of an earthwork, work of masonry, or similar.
- (figuratively) The dignity of holding an official seat.
- (surveying) A bracket used to mount land surveying equipment onto a stone or a wall.
- A long seat with or without a back, found for example in parks and schools.
- A collection or group of dogs exhibited to the public, traditionally on benches or raised platforms.
- (sports) The place where players (substitutes) and coaches sit when not playing.
- A horizontal padded surface, usually adjustable in height and inclination and often with attached weight rack, used for proper posture during exercise.
- (figuratively) The people who hold a certain type of official seat, collectively; a group of officeholders.
- (law, figuratively) The office or dignity of a judge.
verb
- take out of a game; of players
- exhibit on a bench
- To exercise using a bench press
- To lift a weight using a bench press
- (transitive) To place on a bench or seat of honour.
- Alternative spelling of bentsh.
- (transitive, sports) To remove a player from play.
- (transitive, figuratively) To remove someone from a position of responsibility temporarily.
- (transitive and intransitive, colloquial) To lift by bench pressing
- (transitive) To furnish with benches.
- (slang) To push a person backward against a conspirator behind them who is on their hands and knees, causing them to fall over.
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- (sports) Involving one attacker and one defender.
- (mathematics) bijective or injective
- (chiefly Canada, US, Australia) Involving direct communication or competition between two people.
- directly between two individuals
- being a system of play in which an individual defensive player guards an individual offensive player
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- (sports, video games, of a team) Having many skilled players.
- (slang) Having large muscles; buff.
- (slang) Unfairly constructed; rigged.
- (of volumes of materials) Measured stacked or organized (such as of firewood when in neat stacks), but with gaps between individual pieces.
- Arranged in a stack.
- (video games) Having a large advantage as a result of accumulating many items and upgrades.
- (slang) Having large breasts.
- (slang) Wealthy.
- (of a woman's body) having a large bosom and pleasing curves
- arranged in a stack
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adj
- (sports) Still in active play.
- (only used attributively) Having life; that is alive.
- Outstanding, top-notch, exhilarating.
- (entertainment, performing) Recorded from a performance in front of an audience.
- (broadcasting) Being broadcast ("on the air"), as it happens.
- (of a performance or speech) In person.
- (engineering) Imparting power; having motion.
- Being in a state of ignition; burning.
- (programming) Of an object or value: that may potentially be used in the future execution of a program.
- Having active properties; being energized.
- (film) Featuring humans; not animated, in the phrases “live actors” or “live action”.
- Operational; in actual use rather than in testing etc.
- (poker) Being a bet which can be raised by the bettor, usually in reference to a blind or straddle.
- Taken from a living animal.
- Being in existence; actual.
- Able to fire or explode (of firearms or explosives).
- (linguistics) Of a syllable in languages such as Thai and Burmese: resonating, not ending abruptly.
- Of an environment where sound is recorded: having noticeable reverberation.
- (card games) Of a card: not yet dealt or played.
- (circuitry) Electrically charged or energized, usually indicating that the item may cause electrocution if touched.
- highly reverberant
- elastic; rebounds readily
- possessing life
- charged or energized with electricity
- in current use or ready for use
- capable of erupting
- abounding with life and energy
- charged with an explosive
- of current relevance
- actually being performed at the time of hearing or viewing
- exerting force or containing energy
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- (transitive) To act habitually in conformity with; to practice; to exemplify in one's way of life.
- (intransitive, informal) (of an object) to have its proper place; to normally be stored.
- (intransitive, followed by on, upon, or by) To maintain or support one's existence; to provide for oneself; to feed; to subsist.
- (intransitive) To be alive; to have life.
- (intransitive) To have permanent residence somewhere, to inhabit, to reside.
- (intransitive) To outlast danger; (of a ship or boat) to float.
- (intransitive, hyperbolic) To cope.
- (intransitive) To pass life in a specified manner.
- (transitive) To spend, as one's life; to pass; to maintain; to continue in, constantly or habitually.
- (intransitive, informal) To make the most of life; to experience a full, rich life.
- (intransitive) To survive; to persevere; to continue.
- (intransitive) To endure in memory; to escape oblivion.
- pursue a positive and satisfying existence
- support oneself
- be an inhabitant of or reside in
- have life, be alive
- have firsthand knowledge of states, situations, emotions, or sensations
- lead a certain kind of life; live in a certain style
- continue to live and avoid dying
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- (sports) An offside play.
- The right-hand side of a working animal such as a horse or bullock, especially when in harness.
- (British) The side of a canal opposite the towpath.
- (British, Australia) The side of a road vehicle furthest from the kerb: the right side if one drives on the left of the road.
- (sport) the mistake of occupying an illegal position on the playing field (in football, soccer, ice hockey, field hockey, etc.)
adj
- (sports) In an illegal position ahead of the ball, puck, etc.
- (bridge) Unfavourably located, from the point of view of the player taking a finesse.
- (by extension, slang) Out of bounds.
- To the side of a boat, opposite the primary side on which one paddles.
- (US) To the side of the road, past the curb and sidewalk.
- illegally beyond a prescribed line or area or ahead of the ball or puck