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noun
- The shape of a drop of liquid about to fall. (Note that once detached from a surface, a drop changes shape to become spherical).
- a single tear (clear, salty liquid secreted by the eye).
- anything shaped like a falling drop (as a pendant gem on an earring)
- a drop of the clear salty saline solution secreted by the lacrimal glands
verb
- scatter in a mass or jet of droplets
- be discharged in sprays of liquid
- cover by spraying with a liquid
- (transitive, soccer) To pass (a ball), usually laterally across the field and often a long distance.
- (transitive, Australian rules football) To kick (a ball) poorly and in an unintended direction.
- (transitive, figurative) To project many small items dispersively.
- (ergative) To project in a dispersive manner.
- (transitive, computing, computer security) To allocate blocks of memory from (a heap, etc.), and fill them with the same byte sequence, hoping to establish that sequence in a certain predetermined location as part of an exploit.
- (transitive) To project a liquid in a dispersive manner toward something.
- (climbing, slang, derogatory) To give unwanted advice.
- (intransitive, zoology) To urinate in order to mark territory.
- (Nigeria) To shower guests dancing at a function with money.
noun
- water in small drops in the atmosphere; blown from waves or thrown up by a waterfall
- a quantity of small objects flying through the air
- a dispenser that turns a liquid (such as perfume) into a fine mist
- flower arrangement consisting of a single branch or shoot bearing flowers and foliage
- a pesticide in suspension or solution; intended for spraying
- a jet of vapor
- (metalworking, countable) A side channel or branch of the runner of a flask, made to distribute the metal to all parts of the mold.
- (uncountable) Branches and twigs collectively; foliage.
- (Australia) A loud scolding or reprimand, usually delivered by a sports coach or similar figure.
- (countable) A collective body of small branches.
- (countable) A pressurized container; an atomizer.
- A fine, gentle, dispersed mist of liquid.
- (metalworking, countable) A group of castings made in the same mold and connected by sprues formed in the runner and its branches.
- (computing, countable) The allocation and filling of blocks of memory with the same byte sequence, hoping to establish that sequence in a certain predetermined location as part of an exploit.
- (countable) A small branch of flowers or berries.
- (countable) An ornament or design that resembles a branch.
- (figuratively) Something resembling a spray of liquid.
- (medicine, countable) A jet of fine medicated vapour, used either as an application to a diseased part or to charge the air of a room with a disinfectant or a deodorizer.
- (countable) Any of numerous commercial products, including paints, cosmetics, and insecticides, that are dispensed from containers in this manner.
verb
- (intransitive, of a liquid) To bead; to form droplets.
- (transitive, sometimes figurative) To set or adorn with pearls, or with mother-of-pearl.
- (intransitive) To hunt for pearls
- (transitive) To cause to resemble pearls in shape; to make into small round grains.
- (Minecraft) To use an ender pearl to teleport by throwing it.
- (intransitive) To resemble pearl or pearls.
- (transitive) To cause to resemble pearls in lustre or iridescence.
- (intransitive, surfing) Of the nose of the surfboard: to sink in this manner.
- (intransitive, botany) Of aquatic plants: to produce visible bubbles on the stems and leaves during photosynthesis, usually in a simulated environment like an aquarium.
- (intransitive, surfing) To sink the nose of one's surfboard into the water, often on takeoff.
- gather pearls, from oysters in the ocean
noun
- (figuratively) Something precious.
- A light-colored tern.
- A fringe or border.
- A fish allied to the turbot; the brill.
- One of the circle of tubercles which form the bur on a deer's antler.
- Ellipsis of pearl tapioca.
- A whitish speck or film on the eye.
- (heraldry) Argent, in blazoning by precious stones.
- (literally) A shelly concretion, usually rounded, and having a brilliant luster, with varying tints, found in the mantle, or between the mantle and shell, of certain bivalve mollusks, especially in the pearl oysters and river mussels, and sometimes in certain univalves. It is usually due to a secretion of shelly substance around some irritating foreign particle. Its substance is the same as nacre, or mother-of-pearl. Round lustrous pearls are used in jewellery.
- (figuratively) A valuable little nugget of information; especially, an aphorism or tip that is operationally useful for decision-making.
- (figuratively, euphemistic or vulgar slang) The clitoris.
- A capsule of gelatin or similar substance containing liquid for, e.g., medicinal application.
- Nacre; mother-of-pearl.
- a shape that is spherical and small
- a shade of white the color of bleached bones
- a smooth lustrous round structure inside the shell of a clam or oyster; much valued as a jewel
noun
- A visible mass of water droplets suspended in the air.
- A group or swarm, especially suspended above the ground or flying.
- (cloud computing, with "the") The Internet, regarded as an abstract amorphous omnipresent space for processing and storage, the focus of cloud computing.
- (figurative) Anything unsubstantial.
- (telecommunications) A telecom network (from their representation in engineering drawings).
- (slang) Crystal methamphetamine.
- (figuratively) A negative or foreboding aspect of something positive: see every cloud has a silver lining or every silver lining has a cloud.
- Anything which makes things foggy or gloomy.
- Any mass of dust, steam or smoke resembling such a mass.
- A large, loosely-knitted headscarf worn by women.
- (Internet slang, humorous, endearing) A white cat.
- An elliptical shape or symbol whose outline is a series of semicircles, supposed to resemble a cloud.
- A dark spot on a lighter material or background.
- a visible mass of water or ice particles suspended at a considerable altitude
- a group of many things in the air or on the ground
- a cause of worry or gloom or trouble
- any collection of particles (e.g., smoke or dust) or gases that is visible
- suspicion affecting your reputation
- out of touch with reality
verb
- (intransitive) To become foggy or gloomy, or obscured from sight.
- Of the breath, to become cloud; to turn into mist.
- (transitive) To mark with, or darken in, veins or sports; to variegate with colors.
- (transitive) To blacken; to sully; to stain; to tarnish (reputation or character).
- (transitive) To make obscure.
- (transitive) To make less acute or perceptive.
- (intransitive) To become marked, darkened or variegated in this way.
- (transitive) To overspread or hide with a cloud or clouds.
- (transitive) To make gloomy or sullen.
- make less clear
- place under suspicion or cast doubt upon
- make overcast or cloudy
- billow up in the form of a cloud
- make gloomy or depressed
- colour with streaks or blotches of different shades
- make milky or dull
- make less visible or unclear
noun
- flowing in drops; the formation and falling of drops of liquid
- saliva spilling from the mouth
- the propulsion of a ball by repeated taps or kicks
- (countable) A weak, unsteady stream; a trickle.
- (countable) A card flourish in which the cards fall smoothly from one's hand.
- (countable) A small amount of a liquid.
- (countable, sports) The act of moving (with) a ball by kicking or bouncing it.
- (uncountable) Drool; saliva.
- (uncountable, colloquial) Rubbish; worthless matter.
verb
- let saliva drivel from the mouth
- run or flow slowly, as in drops or in an unsteady stream
- let or cause to fall in drops
- propel
- (intransitive) To move or roll slowly.
- To perform a card flourish in which the cards fall smoothly from one's hand.
- (basketball, soccer) In various ball games, to move (with) the ball, controlling its path by kicking or bouncing it repeatedly.
- To fall in drops or an unsteady stream; to trickle.
- (transitive) To let something fall in drips.
- To let saliva drip from the mouth; to drool.
noun
- flowing in drops; the formation and falling of drops of liquid
- A drop of a liquid.
- the sound of a liquid falling drop by drop
- (architecture) a projection from a cornice or sill designed to protect the area below from rainwater (as over a window or doorway)
- A falling or letting fall in drops; act of dripping.
- (architecture) That part of a cornice, sill course, or other horizontal member that projects beyond the rest, and has a section designed to throw off rainwater.
- (colloquial, derogatory) A limp, ineffectual, or uninteresting person.
- (medicine) An apparatus that slowly releases a liquid, especially one that intravenously releases drugs into a patient's bloodstream.
- (slang, uncountable) Style; swagger; fashionable and/or expensive clothing.
- (finance) Alternative letter-case form of DRIP (“dividend reinvestment plan”)
verb
- fall in drops
- let or cause to fall in drops
- (impersonal, of the weather) To rain lightly; to drizzle.
- (transitive) To let fall in drops.
- (UK, naval slang, intransitive) To whine or complain consistently; to grumble.
- (intransitive, usually with with) To have a superabundance of (something).
- (stative, slang) Be impressive or attractive.
- (intransitive) To be wet, to be soaked.
- (intransitive) To fall one drop at a time.
- (intransitive) To leak slowly.
noun
verb
noun
- (figuratively) A collection of objects scattered like droplets splashed onto a surface.
- The sound of droplets hitting a surface.
- A spray or shower of droplets hitting a surface.
- (figuratively) A burst or series of sounds resembling the sound of droplets hitting a surface.
- A spot or spots of a substance spattered on a surface.
- the noise of something spattering or sputtering explosively
- the act of splashing a (liquid) substance on a surface
verb
- (transitive) To splash (someone or something) with small droplets.
- (transitive, figurative) To send out or disperse (something) as if in droplets.
- (transitive, figuratively) To cover, or lie upon (something) by having been scattered, as if by splashing.
- (intransitive) To send out small droplets; to splash in small droplets (on or against something).
- (transitive) To distribute (a liquid) by sprinkling; to sprinkle around.
- dash a liquid upon or against
- spot, splash, or soil
- rain gently
verb
- form into flakes
- cover with flakes or as if with flakes
- come off in flakes or thin small pieces
- To lay out on a flake for drying.
- (US, law enforcement, slang) To plant evidence to facilitate a corrupt arrest.
- (Ireland, slang) To hit (another person).
- (technical) To store an item such as rope or sail in layers
- To break or chip off in a flake.
- (colloquial) To prove unreliable or impractical; to abandon or desert, to fail to follow through.
noun
- a crystal of snow
- a small fragment of something broken off from the whole
- a person with an unusual or odd personality
- A scale of a fish or similar animal
- A platform of hurdles, or small sticks made fast or interwoven, supported by stanchions, for drying codfish and other things.
- (archaeology) A prehistoric tool chipped out of stone.
- (nautical) A small stage hung over a vessel's side, for workmen to stand on while calking, etc.
- (UK, dialect) A paling; a hurdle.
- (UK) Dogfish.
- (US, law enforcement, slang) A corrupt arrest, e.g. to extort money for release or merely to fulfil a quota.
- (informal) A person who is impractical, flighty, unreliable, or inconsistent; especially with maintaining a living.
- (Australia) The meat of the gummy shark.
- A loose filmy mass or a thin chiplike layer of anything
- A wire rack for drying fish.
- A carnation with only two colours in the flower, the petals having large stripes.
- (nautical) Alternative form of fake (“turn or coil of cable or hawser”).
- A flat turn or tier of rope.
noun
- A mixture of fine solid particles or liquid droplets suspended in a gaseous medium.
- An aerosol can.
- The payload (e.g. insecticide, paint, oil, cosmetics) and propellant contained by an aerosol can.
- (physics) A colloidal system in which the dispersed phase is composed of either solid or liquid particles and in which the dispersal medium is some gas, usually air.
- a cloud of solid or liquid particles in a gas
- a dispenser that holds a substance under pressure and that can release it as a fine spray (usually by means of a propellant gas)
verb
noun
verb
- (intransitive) To rain in very fine droplets.
- (printing, of ink) To disperse into a mist, accompanying operation of equipment at high speeds.
- (transitive, of the eyes) To be covered by tears.
- (transitive) To cover with a mist.
- (intransitive) To form mist.
- (transitive) To spray fine droplets on, particularly of water.
- spray finely or cover with mist
- become covered with mist
- make less visible or unclear
noun
- Something in the form of a transparent drop of fluid matter; also, a solid, transparent, tear-shaped drop, as of some balsams or resins.
- (glass manufacture) A partially vitrified bit of clay in glass.
- (slang) A rampage.
- A drop of clear, salty liquid produced from the eyes by crying or irritation.
- That which causes or accompanies tears; a lament; a dirge.
- A hole or break caused by tearing.
- a drop of the clear salty saline solution secreted by the lacrimal glands
- the act of tearing
- an opening made forcibly as by pulling apart
- an occasion for excessive eating or drinking
verb
- (intransitive) To produce tears.
- (intransitive) To smash or enter something with great force.
- (transitive) To injure as if by pulling apart.
- (transitive) To destroy or reduce abstract unity or coherence, such as social, political or emotional.
- (transitive) To make (an opening) with force or energy.
- (transitive, of structures, with down) To demolish.
- (transitive) To rend (a solid material) by holding or restraining in two places and pulling apart, whether intentionally or not; to destroy or separate.
- (intransitive) To become torn, especially accidentally.
- (computing, intransitive) To be interrupted midway through.
- (intransitive) To move or act with great speed, energy, or violence.
- (transitive, often with off or out) To remove by tearing, or with sudden great force.
- move quickly and violently
- separate or cause to separate abruptly
- to separate or be separated by force
- strip of feathers
- fill with tears or shed tears
noun
noun
- droplets of water vapor suspended in the air near the ground
- confusion characterized by lack of clarity
- an atmosphere in which visibility is reduced because of a cloud of some substance
- (uncountable) A thick cloud that forms near the ground; the obscurity of such a cloud.
- (Scotland) Moss.
- (UK, dialect) Tall and decaying grass left standing after the cutting or grazing season.
- A new growth of grass appearing on a field that has been mowed or grazed.
- (uncountable) A mist or film clouding a surface.
- (photography) A silver deposit or other blur on a negative or developed photographic image.
- (figurative) A state of mind characterized by lethargy and confusion.
- (computer graphics) Distance fog.
verb
- make less visible or unclear
- (transitive, photography) To make dim or obscure.
- (transitive) To cover with or as if with fog.
- (transitive) To disperse insecticide into (a forest canopy) so as to collect organisms.
- (transitive, photography) To spoil (film) via exposure to light other than in the normal process of taking a photograph.
- (intransitive) To become obscured in condensation or water.
- (intransitive) To become covered with or as if with fog.
- (transitive) To obscure in condensation or water.
- (transitive) To make confusing or obscure.
- (intransitive) To become covered with the kind of grass called fog.
- (transitive) To pasture cattle on the fog (of), or aftergrass, of; to eat off the fog from (a field).
- (intransitive, photography) To become dim or obscure.
verb
- (intransitive) Of a liquid: to fall in drops or droplets.
- (cooking) To cook (food, especially fast food), particularly by lowering into hot oil to deep-fry, or by grilling.
- (transitive, music) To tune (a guitar string, etc.) to a lower note.
- (transitive) To cease concerning oneself over (someone or something); to have nothing more to do with (a discussion, subject, etc.).
- (intransitive, computing) To enter a more basic interface.
- (transitive) To make (someone or something) fall to the ground from a blow, gunshot, etc.; to bring down, to shoot down; to kill.
- (intransitive, physiology, informal) Of the testicles: to hang further away from the body and begin producing sperm due to puberty.
- (transitive) To reduce; to make smaller.
- Especially in drop acid: to swallow (a drug, particularly LSD).
- (intransitive) Of a voice: to lower in timbre, often due to puberty.
- (transitive, computing, music, television, colloquial) To release (a programme, software, a music album or song, etc.) to the public.
- (intransitive) To decrease, diminish, or lessen in condition, degree, value, etc.
- (intransitive, computing, music, television, colloquial) Of a programme, software, a music album or song, etc.: to enter public distribution.
- (transitive) To drip (a liquid) in drops or small amounts.
- (originally US) To (unexpectedly) lose (a competition, game, etc.).
- To lose, spend, or otherwise part with (money).
- (intransitive, also figuratively) To fall (straight down) under the influence of gravity, like a drop of liquid.
- (intransitive) To come to an end (by not being kept up); to lapse, to stop.
- (intransitive) To fall into a particular condition or state.
- (intransitive, online gaming, video games) Of an item: To appear for the player to pick up, usually after an enemy has been defeated.
- To impart (something).
- (intransitive) Usually followed by by, in, or into: of a person: to visit someone or somewhere informally or without a prior appointment.
- (intransitive) To fall or sink quickly or suddenly to the ground.
- (rugby) To score (a goal) by means of a drop kick.
- (transitive) To cancel or cease to participate in (a scheduled course, event, or project).
- To perform (rap music).
- (transitive) To mention (something) casually or incidentally, usually in conversation.
- (transitive) To set down (someone or something) from a vehicle; to stop and deliver or deposit (someone or something); to drop off.
- (transitive) To lower (a sound, a voice, etc.) in pitch or volume.
- (transitive, computing) To present (the user) with a more basic interface.
- (transitive) To cease to include (something), as if on a list; to dismiss, to eject, to expel.
- To quickly lower or take down (one's trousers), especially in public.
- (cricket) Of a fielder: to fail to dismiss (a batsman) by accidentally dropping a batted ball that had initially been caught.
- (transitive, linguistics) To fail to write, or (especially) to pronounce (a syllable, letter, etc.).
- To pass or use (counterfeit cheques, money, etc.).
- (intransitive) To collapse in exhaustion or injury; also, to fall dead, or to fall in death.
- (transitive, ergative, also figuratively) To let (something) fall; to allow (something) to fall (either by releasing hold of, or losing one's grip on).
- (transitive) To move to a lower position; to allow to hang downwards; to lower.
- (intransitive) Of a song or sound: to lower in key, pitch, tempo, or other quality.
- (transitive, online gaming, video games) Of a defeated enemy or container: To leave behind an item that the player can collect.
- To play (a portion of music) in the manner of a disc jockey.
- (intransitive, gambling) To drop out of the betting.
- (transitive) Of an animal (usually a sheep): to give birth to (young); of a bird: to lay (an egg).
- (transitive) To let (a letter, etc.) fall into a postbox; hence, to send (a letter, email, or other message) in an offhand manner.
- (transitive) To dispose or get rid of (something); to lose, to remove.
- (US, Singapore, ergative, military, slang) To make someone, or be made to do push-ups or some other form of exercise on the ground as punishment.
- (intransitive) To fall behind or to the rear of a group of people, etc., as a result of not keeping up with those at the front.
- pay out
- utter with seeming casualness
- take (a drug, especially LSD), by mouth
- change from one level to another
- remove (cargo, people, etc.) from and leave
- lower the pitch of (musical notes)
- fall or descend to a lower place or level
- stop pursuing or acting
- to fall vertically
- let fall to the ground
- cause to fall by or as if by delivering a blow
- fall or sink into a state of exhaustion or death
- grow progressively worse
- stop associating with
- leave undone or leave out
- let or cause to fall in drops
- to remove
- go down in value
- lose (a game)
- omit (a letter or syllable) in speaking or writing
- give birth; used for animals
- hang loosely
- terminate an association with
noun
- Of women's clothes: the difference between the bust circumference and hip circumference.
- (online gaming, video games) An item made available for the player to pick up from the remains of a defeated enemy.
- (pinball) Ellipsis of drop target.
- (rugby) Ellipsis of drop kick.
- (pharmacology, chiefly in the plural) A liquid medicine that is intended to be administered in drops (sense 1).
- (agriculture) A fruit which has fallen off a tree, etc., or has been knocked off accidentally, rather than picked.
- (informal) Only used in get the drop on, have the drop on: an advantage.
- A decline in degree, quality, quantity, or rate.
- (nautical) The depth of a (square) sail (generally applied to the courses only); the vertical dimension of a sail.
- (electrics, telecommunications) An overhead electrical line running from a utility pole to a customer's building or other premises.
- (American football) A dropped pass.
- Usually preceded by the: relegation from one division to a lower one.
- (law enforcement) The distance that a person drops when being executed by hanging.
- Often preceded by a defining word: a small, round piece of hard candy, such as a lemon drop; a lozenge.
- (theater) A curtain which falls in front of a theatrical stage; also, a section of (cloth) scenery lowered on to the stage like a curtain.
- (slang, US) An automobile with a drop-top roof, a convertible.
- Licorice in confectionery form.
- Ellipsis of drop hammer or drop press.
- The distance below a cliff or other high position through which someone or something could fall; hence, a steep slope.
- (also figuratively) A small quantity of liquid, just large enough to hold its own rounded shape through surface tension, especially one that falls from a source of liquid.
- (law enforcement, informal) Preceded by the: execution by hanging.
- (music) A point in a song, usually electronic music such as dubstep, house, trance, or trap, where there is a very noticeable and pleasing change in bass, tempo, and/or overall tone; a climax, a highlight.
- A release (of music, a video game, etc).
- (Ireland, informal) A single measure of whisky.
- Of men's clothes: the difference between the chest circumference and waist circumference.
- (figuratively) A very small quantity of liquid, or (by extension) of anything.
- (law enforcement) A trapdoor (“hinged platform”) on a gallows; a gallows itself.
- An act of moving downwards under the force of gravity; a descent, a fall.
- The vertical length of a hanging curtain.
- A mechanism for lowering something, such as a machine for lowering heavy weights on to a ship's deck, or a device for temporarily lowering a gas jet, etc.
- (pharmacology) A dose of liquid medicine in the form of a drop (sense 1).
- (engineering) The distance of the axis of a shaft below the base of a hanger.
- (surfing) A near vertical decent down the face of a breaking wave.
- (cricket) A place (specified by an ordinal) in the batting order after the openers.
- (architecture) An ornament resembling a pendant; a gutta.
- (American football) Ellipsis of drop-back.
- (gambling) The amount of money that a gambler exchanges for chips in a casino.
- (chiefly British) Usually preceded by the: alcoholic spirits in general.
- (golf) Ellipsis of drop shot.
- The cover mounted on a swivel over a keyhole that rests over the keyhole when not in use to keep out debris, but is swiveled out of the way before inserting the key.
- (chiefly Australia, British) A small amount of an alcoholic beverage.
- A place where items or supplies may be left for others to collect, whether openly (as with a mail drop), or secretly or illegally (as in crime or espionage); a drop-off point.
- An instance of making a delivery of people, supplies, or things, especially by parachute out of an aircraft (an airdrop), but also by truck, etc.
- a shape that is spherical and small
- a central depository where things can be left or picked up
- a steep high face of rock
- a free and rapid descent by the force of gravity
- a predetermined hiding place for the deposit and distribution of illicit goods (such as drugs or stolen property)
- the act of dropping something
- a curtain that can be lowered and raised onto a stage from the flies; often used as background scenery
- a sudden sharp decrease in some quantity
- a small indefinite quantity (especially of a liquid)
verb
- To fall or trickle down in small drops; to exude, to ooze out; also, to come out as a vapour which condenses in small drops.
- To exude (a liquid) in small drops; also, to give off (a vapour) which condenses in small drops.
- undergo condensation; change from a gaseous to a liquid state and fall in drops
- (by extension, figuratively) To impart (information, etc.) in small quantities; to infuse.
- Followed by off or out: to expel (a volatile substance) from something by distillation.
- To extract the essence of (something) by, or as if by, distillation; to concentrate, to purify.
- To turn into a vapour and then condense back into a liquid; to undergo or be produced by distillation.
- (machine learning) To transform a complex large language model into a smaller one.
- To transform a thing (into something else) by distillation.
- To flow or pass gently or slowly; hence (figuratively) to be manifested gently or gradually.
- To heat (a substance, usually a liquid) so that a vapour is produced, and then to cool the vapour so that it condenses back into a liquid, either to purify the original substance or to obtain one of its components; to subject to distillation.
- To drip or be wet with some liquid.
- (also figuratively) To make (something, especially spirits such as gin and whisky) by distillation.
- remove impurities from, increase the concentration of, and separate through the process of distillation
- undergo the process of distillation
- extract by the process of distillation
- give off (a liquid)
verb
- pour out in drops or small quantities or as if in drops or small quantities
- cause or allow (a solid substance) to flow or run out or over
- cast off hair, skin, horn, or feathers
- to remove
- (ambitransitive) To part with, separate from, leave off; cast off, cast, let fall, be divested of.
- To sprinkle; to intersperse; to cover.
- (transitive, UK, dialectal) To part, separate or divide.
- (transitive) To radiate, cast, give off (light).
- (weaving) To divide, as the warp threads, so as to form a shed, or passageway, for the shuttle.
- (transitive) To allow to flow or fall.
- (transitive) To place or allocate a vehicle, such as a locomotive, in or to a depot or shed.
- (transitive, music) To woodshed.
adj
noun
- an outbuilding with a single story; used for shelter or storage
- A slight or temporary structure built to shade or shelter something; a structure usually open in front; an outbuilding, especially a smallish one; a hut.
- (obsolete outside of compounds) An area of land as distinguished from those around it.
- (music, slang) Alternative form of woodshed.
- (British, rail transport, informal) A British Rail Class 66 locomotive.
- (weaving) An area between upper and lower warp yarns through which the weft is woven.
- (British, derogatory, informal) An automobile which is old, worn-out, slow, or otherwise of poor quality.
- (nuclear physics) A unit of area equivalent to 10⁻⁵² square meters.
- A large temporary open structure for reception of goods.
verb
- pour out in drops or small quantities or as if in drops or small quantities
- reduce the pressure of wind on (a sail)
- cause or allow (a liquid substance) to run or flow from a container
- cause or allow (a solid substance) to flow or run out or over
- reveal information
- flow, run or fall out and become lost
- (intransitive, of a crowd or people within a crowd) To overflow out of a designated area.
- To mar; to damage; to destroy by misuse; to waste.
- (ambitransitive) To reveal information to an uninformed party.
- (transitive) To express (something), especially repeatedly or floridly; to be expressed.
- (of a knot) To come undone.
- (transitive, Australian politics) To open the leadership of a parliamentary party for re-election.
- (intransitive) To spread out or fall out, as above.
- (transitive) To drop something so that it spreads out or makes a mess; to accidentally pour.
- (intransitive, also figurative) To overflow or flow out, over or off something.
- To cover or decorate with slender pieces of wood, metal, ivory, etc.; to inlay.
- (nautical) To relieve a sail from the pressure of the wind, so that it can be more easily reefed or furled, or to lessen the strain.
- (transitive) To drop something that was intended to be caught.
- (transitive) To cause or flow out and be lost or wasted; to shed.
noun
- a channel that carries excess water over or around a dam or other obstruction
- a sudden drop from an upright position
- the act of allowing a fluid to escape
- liquid that is spilled
- (mining) One of the thick laths or poles driven horizontally ahead of the main timbering in advancing a level in loose ground.
- A small stick or piece of paper used to light a candle, cigarette etc by the transfer of a flame from a fire.
- (countable) A mess of something that has been dropped.
- A peg or pin for plugging a hole, as in a cask'; a spile.
- A spillikin.
- (sound recording) The situation where sound is picked up by a microphone from a source other than that which is intended.
- (Shropshire, Herefordshire) A splinter caught in the skin.
- A metallic rod or pin.
- (Australian politics) A declaration that the leadership of a parliamentary party is vacant, and open for re-election. Short form of leadership spill.
- A fall or stumble.
noun
- water falling in drops from vapor condensed in the atmosphere
- drops of fresh water that fall as precipitation from clouds
- anything happening rapidly or in quick successive
- (meteorology) Condensed water falling from a cloud.
- (figuratively) Any matter moving or falling, usually through air, and especially if liquid or otherwise figuratively identifiable with raindrops.
- (figuratively) An instance of particles or larger pieces of matter moving or falling through air.
verb
verb
noun
verb
- To form a puddle.
- make into a puddle
- To line a canal with puddle (clay).
- To collect ideas, especially abstract concepts, into rough subtopics or categories, as in study, research or conversation.
- To play or splash in a puddle.
- To process iron, gold, etc., by means of puddling.
- To make (clay, loam, etc.) dense or close, by working it when wet, so as to render impervious to water.
- (entomology) Of butterflies, to congregate on a puddle or moist substance to pick up nutrients.
- To make foul or muddy; to pollute with dirt; to mix dirt with (water).
- make a puddle by splashing water
- eliminate urine
- subject to puddling or form by puddling
- dip into mud before planting
- wade or dabble in a puddle
- mix up or confuse
- work a wet mixture, such as concrete or mud
- mess around, as in a liquid or paste
noun
- A homogeneous mixture of clay, water, and sometimes grit, used to line a canal or pond to make it watertight.
- (now dialectal) Stagnant or polluted water.
- (rowing) The ripple left by the withdrawal of an oar from the water.
- A small, often temporary, pool of water, usually on a path or road.
- something resembling a pool of liquid
- a mixture of wet clay and sand that can be used to line a pond and that is impervious to water when dry
- a small body of standing water (rainwater) or other liquid
noun
- That which falls in drops.
- The act of falling in drops, or the act of pouring out in drops.
- (machine learning) The transformation of a complex large language model into a smaller one.
- The substance extracted by distilling.
- (petrochemistry) Separation of petroleum into specific hydrocarbon groups; fractionation.
- Purification through repeated or continuous distilling; rectification.
- a purified liquid produced by condensation from a vapor during distilling; the product of distilling
- the process of purifying a liquid by boiling it and condensing its vapors
verb
noun
- a thin fragment or slice (especially of wood) that has been shaved from something
- a small thin sharp bit of wood or glass or metal
- (US, New York) A narrow high-rise apartment building.
- A long piece cut or rent off; a sharp, slender fragment.
- A strand, or slender roll, of cotton or other fiber in a loose, untwisted state, produced by a carding machine and ready for the roving or slubbing which precedes spinning.
- A small amount of something; a drop in the bucket; a shred.
- (Suffolk, Cambridgeshire, Essex, Kent, Sussex, Upper Midwestern US, Canada) Specifically, a splinter caught under the skin.
- (fishing) Bait made of pieces of small fish.
noun
- a small loosely aggregated mass of flocculent material suspended in or precipitated from a liquid
- A floccule; a soft or fluffy particle suspended in a liquid, or the fluffy mass of suspended particles so formed.
- (informal) A flocculant, as used in swimming pools to make particles clump together so they are trapped by the filter.
verb
noun
- Any flowable suspension of small particles in liquid.
- (cooking) A thickener.
- (agriculture) A mixture of animal waste, other organic material and sometimes water, stored in a slurry pit and used as fertilizer; also used in combination, as pig slurry, etc.
- (mining) Liquid waste from some types of mining, such as mountain top removal mining, usually very toxic and stored nearby in large dams.
- a suspension of insoluble particles (as plaster of Paris or lime or clay etc.) usually in water
adj
verb
verb
adj
- Not moving; calm.
- Not effervescing; not sparkling.
- Uttering no sound; silent.
- Comparatively quiet or silent; soft; gentle; low.
- (not comparable) Having the same stated quality continuously from a past time
- free from noticeable current
- used of pictures; of a single or static photograph not presented so as to create the illusion of motion; or representing objects not capable of motion
- not in physical motion
- not sparkling
- (of a body of water) free from disturbance by heavy waves
- marked by absence of sound
adv
- (conjunctive) Nevertheless.
- Alternative spelling of styll.
- (extensive) Even, yet.
- (degree) To an even greater degree. Used to modify comparative adjectives or adverbs.
- Without motion.
- (aspect) Up to a time, as in the preceding time.
- despite anything to the contrary (usually preceding a concession)
- to a greater degree or extent; used with comparisons
- with reference to action or condition; without change, interruption, or cessation
- without moving or making a sound
noun
- A building where liquors are distilled; a distillery.
- (slang) A resident of the Falkland Islands.
- (catering) A large water boiler used to make tea and coffee.
- A device for distilling liquids.
- (photography) A photograph, as opposed to movie footage.
- (cinematography) A single frame from a film.
- (catering) The area in a restaurant used to make tea and coffee, separate from the main kitchen.
- A period of calm or silence.
- a static photograph (especially one taken from a movie and used for advertising purposes)
- an apparatus used for the distillation of liquids; consists of a vessel in which a substance is vaporized by heat and a condenser where the vapor is condensed
- a plant and works where alcoholic drinks are made by distillation
- (poetic) tranquil silence
verb
- make into a puddle
- mix up or confuse
- To cloud or stupefy; to render stupid with liquor; to intoxicate partially.
- To dabble in mud.
- To make turbid or muddy.
- To think and act in a confused, aimless way.
- To mix together, to mix up; to confuse.
- To waste or misuse, as one does who is stupid or intoxicated.
- To mash slightly for use in a cocktail.
noun
verb
- scatter with liquid; wet lightly
- cause (a liquid) to spatter about, especially with force
- distribute loosely
- rain gently
- (intransitive) To drip in fine drops, sometimes sporadically.
- (transitive) To cover (an object) by sprinkling a substance on to it.
- (transitive) To baptize by the application of a few drops, or a small quantity, of water; hence, to cleanse; to purify.
- (transitive) To cause (a substance) to fall in fine drops (for a liquid substance) or small pieces (for a solid substance).
- (intransitive) To rain very lightly outside.
noun
verb
noun
- A small drop of water or other liquid.
- a shape that is spherical and small
- a small ball with a hole through the middle
- a beaded molding for edging or decorating furniture
- Each in a string of small balls making up the rosary or paternoster.
- A bubble, in spirits.
- A small, round object with a hole to allow it to be threaded on a cord or wire, particularly for decorative purposes.
- Various small, round solid objects.
- (by extension) Knowledge sufficient to direct one's activities to a purpose.
- A small, round ball at the end of a barrel of a gun used for aiming.
- (architecture) A narrow molding with semicircular section.
- A rigid edge of a tire that mounts it on a wheel; tire bead.
noun
- the coalescing of small particles that are suspended in solution; these larger masses are then (usually) precipitated
- the building of words from component morphemes that retain their form and meaning in the process of combining
- a clumping of bacteria or red cells when held together by antibodies (agglutinins)
- (linguistics) Combination in which root words are united with little or no change of form or loss of meaning. See agglutinative.
- The clumping together of red blood cells or bacteria, usually in response to a particular antibody.
- The act of uniting by glue or other tenacious substance; the state of being thus united; adhesion of parts.
verb
- become encrusted with crystals due to evaporation
- assume crystalline form; become crystallized
- come into or as if into flower
- Of the surface of a material: to become covered with a powdery salt (as described in sense 3.2).
- (intransitive, figuratively) Of something hidden: to come forth, to emerge; also, to reach full glory or power.
- Of a substance: to change from being crystalline to powdery by losing water of crystallization.
- Of a salt: to seep through some material (bricks, concrete, earth, rock, etc.) in a dissolved state, and then crystallize on a surface in a powdery form.
- (intransitive, obsolete except figuratively) To burst into bloom; to flower.
noun
- Solids separated from suspension in a liquid.
- A residual semi-solid material left from industrial, water treatment, or wastewater treatment processes.
- (uncountable, music) Ellipsis of sludge metal.
- (behavioral science) Institutional policies that introduce tedium and inefficiency in processes.
- A mass of small pieces of ice on the surface of a water body.
- A sediment of accumulated minerals in a steam boiler.
- the precipitate produced by sewage treatment
- any thick, viscous matter
verb
verb
- undergo condensation; change from a gaseous to a liquid state and fall in drops
- compress or concentrate
- develop due to condensation
- become more compact or concentrated
- make more concise
- concentrate by removing water from
- cause a gas or vapor to change into a liquid
- (intransitive, chemistry) To be transformed from a gaseous state into a liquid state.
- (transitive, chemistry) To transform from a gaseous state into a liquid state via condensation.
- (transitive) To concentrate toward the essence by making more close, compact, or dense, thereby decreasing size or volume.
verb
- undergo condensation; change from a gaseous to a liquid state and fall in drops
- remove impurities from, increase the concentration of, and separate through the process of distillation
- undergo the process of distillation
- extract by the process of distillation
- give off (a liquid)
- US standard spelling of distil.
noun
- The shape of a drop of liquid about to fall. (Note that once detached from a surface, a drop changes shape to become spherical).
- a single tear (clear, salty liquid secreted by the eye).
- anything shaped like a falling drop (as a pendant gem on an earring)
- a drop of the clear salty saline solution secreted by the lacrimal glands
noun
- A visible mass of water droplets suspended in the air.
- A group or swarm, especially suspended above the ground or flying.
- (cloud computing, with "the") The Internet, regarded as an abstract amorphous omnipresent space for processing and storage, the focus of cloud computing.
- (figurative) Anything unsubstantial.
- (telecommunications) A telecom network (from their representation in engineering drawings).
- (slang) Crystal methamphetamine.
- (figuratively) A negative or foreboding aspect of something positive: see every cloud has a silver lining or every silver lining has a cloud.
- Anything which makes things foggy or gloomy.
- Any mass of dust, steam or smoke resembling such a mass.
- A large, loosely-knitted headscarf worn by women.
- (Internet slang, humorous, endearing) A white cat.
- An elliptical shape or symbol whose outline is a series of semicircles, supposed to resemble a cloud.
- A dark spot on a lighter material or background.
- a visible mass of water or ice particles suspended at a considerable altitude
- a group of many things in the air or on the ground
- a cause of worry or gloom or trouble
- any collection of particles (e.g., smoke or dust) or gases that is visible
- suspicion affecting your reputation
- out of touch with reality
verb
- (intransitive) To become foggy or gloomy, or obscured from sight.
- Of the breath, to become cloud; to turn into mist.
- (transitive) To mark with, or darken in, veins or sports; to variegate with colors.
- (transitive) To blacken; to sully; to stain; to tarnish (reputation or character).
- (transitive) To make obscure.
- (transitive) To make less acute or perceptive.
- (intransitive) To become marked, darkened or variegated in this way.
- (transitive) To overspread or hide with a cloud or clouds.
- (transitive) To make gloomy or sullen.
- make less clear
- place under suspicion or cast doubt upon
- make overcast or cloudy
- billow up in the form of a cloud
- make gloomy or depressed
- colour with streaks or blotches of different shades
- make milky or dull
- make less visible or unclear
noun
- flowing in drops; the formation and falling of drops of liquid
- saliva spilling from the mouth
- the propulsion of a ball by repeated taps or kicks
- (countable) A weak, unsteady stream; a trickle.
- (countable) A card flourish in which the cards fall smoothly from one's hand.
- (countable) A small amount of a liquid.
- (countable, sports) The act of moving (with) a ball by kicking or bouncing it.
- (uncountable) Drool; saliva.
- (uncountable, colloquial) Rubbish; worthless matter.
verb
- let saliva drivel from the mouth
- run or flow slowly, as in drops or in an unsteady stream
- let or cause to fall in drops
- propel
- (intransitive) To move or roll slowly.
- To perform a card flourish in which the cards fall smoothly from one's hand.
- (basketball, soccer) In various ball games, to move (with) the ball, controlling its path by kicking or bouncing it repeatedly.
- To fall in drops or an unsteady stream; to trickle.
- (transitive) To let something fall in drips.
- To let saliva drip from the mouth; to drool.
noun
- flowing in drops; the formation and falling of drops of liquid
- A drop of a liquid.
- the sound of a liquid falling drop by drop
- (architecture) a projection from a cornice or sill designed to protect the area below from rainwater (as over a window or doorway)
- A falling or letting fall in drops; act of dripping.
- (architecture) That part of a cornice, sill course, or other horizontal member that projects beyond the rest, and has a section designed to throw off rainwater.
- (colloquial, derogatory) A limp, ineffectual, or uninteresting person.
- (medicine) An apparatus that slowly releases a liquid, especially one that intravenously releases drugs into a patient's bloodstream.
- (slang, uncountable) Style; swagger; fashionable and/or expensive clothing.
- (finance) Alternative letter-case form of DRIP (“dividend reinvestment plan”)
verb
- fall in drops
- let or cause to fall in drops
- (impersonal, of the weather) To rain lightly; to drizzle.
- (transitive) To let fall in drops.
- (UK, naval slang, intransitive) To whine or complain consistently; to grumble.
- (intransitive, usually with with) To have a superabundance of (something).
- (stative, slang) Be impressive or attractive.
- (intransitive) To be wet, to be soaked.
- (intransitive) To fall one drop at a time.
- (intransitive) To leak slowly.
noun
verb
noun
- (figuratively) A collection of objects scattered like droplets splashed onto a surface.
- The sound of droplets hitting a surface.
- A spray or shower of droplets hitting a surface.
- (figuratively) A burst or series of sounds resembling the sound of droplets hitting a surface.
- A spot or spots of a substance spattered on a surface.
- the noise of something spattering or sputtering explosively
- the act of splashing a (liquid) substance on a surface
verb
- (transitive) To splash (someone or something) with small droplets.
- (transitive, figurative) To send out or disperse (something) as if in droplets.
- (transitive, figuratively) To cover, or lie upon (something) by having been scattered, as if by splashing.
- (intransitive) To send out small droplets; to splash in small droplets (on or against something).
- (transitive) To distribute (a liquid) by sprinkling; to sprinkle around.
- dash a liquid upon or against
- spot, splash, or soil
- rain gently
noun
- A mixture of fine solid particles or liquid droplets suspended in a gaseous medium.
- An aerosol can.
- The payload (e.g. insecticide, paint, oil, cosmetics) and propellant contained by an aerosol can.
- (physics) A colloidal system in which the dispersed phase is composed of either solid or liquid particles and in which the dispersal medium is some gas, usually air.
- a cloud of solid or liquid particles in a gas
- a dispenser that holds a substance under pressure and that can release it as a fine spray (usually by means of a propellant gas)
verb
noun
verb
- (intransitive) To rain in very fine droplets.
- (printing, of ink) To disperse into a mist, accompanying operation of equipment at high speeds.
- (transitive, of the eyes) To be covered by tears.
- (transitive) To cover with a mist.
- (intransitive) To form mist.
- (transitive) To spray fine droplets on, particularly of water.
- spray finely or cover with mist
- become covered with mist
- make less visible or unclear
noun
- Something in the form of a transparent drop of fluid matter; also, a solid, transparent, tear-shaped drop, as of some balsams or resins.
- (glass manufacture) A partially vitrified bit of clay in glass.
- (slang) A rampage.
- A drop of clear, salty liquid produced from the eyes by crying or irritation.
- That which causes or accompanies tears; a lament; a dirge.
- A hole or break caused by tearing.
- a drop of the clear salty saline solution secreted by the lacrimal glands
- the act of tearing
- an opening made forcibly as by pulling apart
- an occasion for excessive eating or drinking
verb
- (intransitive) To produce tears.
- (intransitive) To smash or enter something with great force.
- (transitive) To injure as if by pulling apart.
- (transitive) To destroy or reduce abstract unity or coherence, such as social, political or emotional.
- (transitive) To make (an opening) with force or energy.
- (transitive, of structures, with down) To demolish.
- (transitive) To rend (a solid material) by holding or restraining in two places and pulling apart, whether intentionally or not; to destroy or separate.
- (intransitive) To become torn, especially accidentally.
- (computing, intransitive) To be interrupted midway through.
- (intransitive) To move or act with great speed, energy, or violence.
- (transitive, often with off or out) To remove by tearing, or with sudden great force.
- move quickly and violently
- separate or cause to separate abruptly
- to separate or be separated by force
- strip of feathers
- fill with tears or shed tears
noun
noun
- droplets of water vapor suspended in the air near the ground
- confusion characterized by lack of clarity
- an atmosphere in which visibility is reduced because of a cloud of some substance
- (uncountable) A thick cloud that forms near the ground; the obscurity of such a cloud.
- (Scotland) Moss.
- (UK, dialect) Tall and decaying grass left standing after the cutting or grazing season.
- A new growth of grass appearing on a field that has been mowed or grazed.
- (uncountable) A mist or film clouding a surface.
- (photography) A silver deposit or other blur on a negative or developed photographic image.
- (figurative) A state of mind characterized by lethargy and confusion.
- (computer graphics) Distance fog.
verb
- make less visible or unclear
- (transitive, photography) To make dim or obscure.
- (transitive) To cover with or as if with fog.
- (transitive) To disperse insecticide into (a forest canopy) so as to collect organisms.
- (transitive, photography) To spoil (film) via exposure to light other than in the normal process of taking a photograph.
- (intransitive) To become obscured in condensation or water.
- (intransitive) To become covered with or as if with fog.
- (transitive) To obscure in condensation or water.
- (transitive) To make confusing or obscure.
- (intransitive) To become covered with the kind of grass called fog.
- (transitive) To pasture cattle on the fog (of), or aftergrass, of; to eat off the fog from (a field).
- (intransitive, photography) To become dim or obscure.
noun
- water falling in drops from vapor condensed in the atmosphere
- drops of fresh water that fall as precipitation from clouds
- anything happening rapidly or in quick successive
- (meteorology) Condensed water falling from a cloud.
- (figuratively) Any matter moving or falling, usually through air, and especially if liquid or otherwise figuratively identifiable with raindrops.
- (figuratively) An instance of particles or larger pieces of matter moving or falling through air.
verb
noun
- That which falls in drops.
- The act of falling in drops, or the act of pouring out in drops.
- (machine learning) The transformation of a complex large language model into a smaller one.
- The substance extracted by distilling.
- (petrochemistry) Separation of petroleum into specific hydrocarbon groups; fractionation.
- Purification through repeated or continuous distilling; rectification.
- a purified liquid produced by condensation from a vapor during distilling; the product of distilling
- the process of purifying a liquid by boiling it and condensing its vapors
noun
- a small loosely aggregated mass of flocculent material suspended in or precipitated from a liquid
- A floccule; a soft or fluffy particle suspended in a liquid, or the fluffy mass of suspended particles so formed.
- (informal) A flocculant, as used in swimming pools to make particles clump together so they are trapped by the filter.
verb
noun
- Any flowable suspension of small particles in liquid.
- (cooking) A thickener.
- (agriculture) A mixture of animal waste, other organic material and sometimes water, stored in a slurry pit and used as fertilizer; also used in combination, as pig slurry, etc.
- (mining) Liquid waste from some types of mining, such as mountain top removal mining, usually very toxic and stored nearby in large dams.
- a suspension of insoluble particles (as plaster of Paris or lime or clay etc.) usually in water
adj
verb
noun
- the coalescing of small particles that are suspended in solution; these larger masses are then (usually) precipitated
- the building of words from component morphemes that retain their form and meaning in the process of combining
- a clumping of bacteria or red cells when held together by antibodies (agglutinins)
- (linguistics) Combination in which root words are united with little or no change of form or loss of meaning. See agglutinative.
- The clumping together of red blood cells or bacteria, usually in response to a particular antibody.
- The act of uniting by glue or other tenacious substance; the state of being thus united; adhesion of parts.
noun
- Solids separated from suspension in a liquid.
- A residual semi-solid material left from industrial, water treatment, or wastewater treatment processes.
- (uncountable, music) Ellipsis of sludge metal.
- (behavioral science) Institutional policies that introduce tedium and inefficiency in processes.
- A mass of small pieces of ice on the surface of a water body.
- A sediment of accumulated minerals in a steam boiler.
- the precipitate produced by sewage treatment
- any thick, viscous matter
verb
verb
- scatter in a mass or jet of droplets
- be discharged in sprays of liquid
- cover by spraying with a liquid
- (transitive, soccer) To pass (a ball), usually laterally across the field and often a long distance.
- (transitive, Australian rules football) To kick (a ball) poorly and in an unintended direction.
- (transitive, figurative) To project many small items dispersively.
- (ergative) To project in a dispersive manner.
- (transitive, computing, computer security) To allocate blocks of memory from (a heap, etc.), and fill them with the same byte sequence, hoping to establish that sequence in a certain predetermined location as part of an exploit.
- (transitive) To project a liquid in a dispersive manner toward something.
- (climbing, slang, derogatory) To give unwanted advice.
- (intransitive, zoology) To urinate in order to mark territory.
- (Nigeria) To shower guests dancing at a function with money.
noun
- water in small drops in the atmosphere; blown from waves or thrown up by a waterfall
- a quantity of small objects flying through the air
- a dispenser that turns a liquid (such as perfume) into a fine mist
- flower arrangement consisting of a single branch or shoot bearing flowers and foliage
- a pesticide in suspension or solution; intended for spraying
- a jet of vapor
- (metalworking, countable) A side channel or branch of the runner of a flask, made to distribute the metal to all parts of the mold.
- (uncountable) Branches and twigs collectively; foliage.
- (Australia) A loud scolding or reprimand, usually delivered by a sports coach or similar figure.
- (countable) A collective body of small branches.
- (countable) A pressurized container; an atomizer.
- A fine, gentle, dispersed mist of liquid.
- (metalworking, countable) A group of castings made in the same mold and connected by sprues formed in the runner and its branches.
- (computing, countable) The allocation and filling of blocks of memory with the same byte sequence, hoping to establish that sequence in a certain predetermined location as part of an exploit.
- (countable) A small branch of flowers or berries.
- (countable) An ornament or design that resembles a branch.
- (figuratively) Something resembling a spray of liquid.
- (medicine, countable) A jet of fine medicated vapour, used either as an application to a diseased part or to charge the air of a room with a disinfectant or a deodorizer.
- (countable) Any of numerous commercial products, including paints, cosmetics, and insecticides, that are dispensed from containers in this manner.
verb
noun
- A small drop of water or other liquid.
- a shape that is spherical and small
- a small ball with a hole through the middle
- a beaded molding for edging or decorating furniture
- Each in a string of small balls making up the rosary or paternoster.
- A bubble, in spirits.
- A small, round object with a hole to allow it to be threaded on a cord or wire, particularly for decorative purposes.
- Various small, round solid objects.
- (by extension) Knowledge sufficient to direct one's activities to a purpose.
- A small, round ball at the end of a barrel of a gun used for aiming.
- (architecture) A narrow molding with semicircular section.
- A rigid edge of a tire that mounts it on a wheel; tire bead.
verb
- scatter in a mass or jet of droplets
- be discharged in sprays of liquid
- cover by spraying with a liquid
- (transitive, soccer) To pass (a ball), usually laterally across the field and often a long distance.
- (transitive, Australian rules football) To kick (a ball) poorly and in an unintended direction.
- (transitive, figurative) To project many small items dispersively.
- (ergative) To project in a dispersive manner.
- (transitive, computing, computer security) To allocate blocks of memory from (a heap, etc.), and fill them with the same byte sequence, hoping to establish that sequence in a certain predetermined location as part of an exploit.
- (transitive) To project a liquid in a dispersive manner toward something.
- (climbing, slang, derogatory) To give unwanted advice.
- (intransitive, zoology) To urinate in order to mark territory.
- (Nigeria) To shower guests dancing at a function with money.
noun
- water in small drops in the atmosphere; blown from waves or thrown up by a waterfall
- a quantity of small objects flying through the air
- a dispenser that turns a liquid (such as perfume) into a fine mist
- flower arrangement consisting of a single branch or shoot bearing flowers and foliage
- a pesticide in suspension or solution; intended for spraying
- a jet of vapor
- (metalworking, countable) A side channel or branch of the runner of a flask, made to distribute the metal to all parts of the mold.
- (uncountable) Branches and twigs collectively; foliage.
- (Australia) A loud scolding or reprimand, usually delivered by a sports coach or similar figure.
- (countable) A collective body of small branches.
- (countable) A pressurized container; an atomizer.
- A fine, gentle, dispersed mist of liquid.
- (metalworking, countable) A group of castings made in the same mold and connected by sprues formed in the runner and its branches.
- (computing, countable) The allocation and filling of blocks of memory with the same byte sequence, hoping to establish that sequence in a certain predetermined location as part of an exploit.
- (countable) A small branch of flowers or berries.
- (countable) An ornament or design that resembles a branch.
- (figuratively) Something resembling a spray of liquid.
- (medicine, countable) A jet of fine medicated vapour, used either as an application to a diseased part or to charge the air of a room with a disinfectant or a deodorizer.
- (countable) Any of numerous commercial products, including paints, cosmetics, and insecticides, that are dispensed from containers in this manner.
verb
- (intransitive, of a liquid) To bead; to form droplets.
- (transitive, sometimes figurative) To set or adorn with pearls, or with mother-of-pearl.
- (intransitive) To hunt for pearls
- (transitive) To cause to resemble pearls in shape; to make into small round grains.
- (Minecraft) To use an ender pearl to teleport by throwing it.
- (intransitive) To resemble pearl or pearls.
- (transitive) To cause to resemble pearls in lustre or iridescence.
- (intransitive, surfing) Of the nose of the surfboard: to sink in this manner.
- (intransitive, botany) Of aquatic plants: to produce visible bubbles on the stems and leaves during photosynthesis, usually in a simulated environment like an aquarium.
- (intransitive, surfing) To sink the nose of one's surfboard into the water, often on takeoff.
- gather pearls, from oysters in the ocean
noun
- (figuratively) Something precious.
- A light-colored tern.
- A fringe or border.
- A fish allied to the turbot; the brill.
- One of the circle of tubercles which form the bur on a deer's antler.
- Ellipsis of pearl tapioca.
- A whitish speck or film on the eye.
- (heraldry) Argent, in blazoning by precious stones.
- (literally) A shelly concretion, usually rounded, and having a brilliant luster, with varying tints, found in the mantle, or between the mantle and shell, of certain bivalve mollusks, especially in the pearl oysters and river mussels, and sometimes in certain univalves. It is usually due to a secretion of shelly substance around some irritating foreign particle. Its substance is the same as nacre, or mother-of-pearl. Round lustrous pearls are used in jewellery.
- (figuratively) A valuable little nugget of information; especially, an aphorism or tip that is operationally useful for decision-making.
- (figuratively, euphemistic or vulgar slang) The clitoris.
- A capsule of gelatin or similar substance containing liquid for, e.g., medicinal application.
- Nacre; mother-of-pearl.
- a shape that is spherical and small
- a shade of white the color of bleached bones
- a smooth lustrous round structure inside the shell of a clam or oyster; much valued as a jewel
verb
- form into flakes
- cover with flakes or as if with flakes
- come off in flakes or thin small pieces
- To lay out on a flake for drying.
- (US, law enforcement, slang) To plant evidence to facilitate a corrupt arrest.
- (Ireland, slang) To hit (another person).
- (technical) To store an item such as rope or sail in layers
- To break or chip off in a flake.
- (colloquial) To prove unreliable or impractical; to abandon or desert, to fail to follow through.
noun
- a crystal of snow
- a small fragment of something broken off from the whole
- a person with an unusual or odd personality
- A scale of a fish or similar animal
- A platform of hurdles, or small sticks made fast or interwoven, supported by stanchions, for drying codfish and other things.
- (archaeology) A prehistoric tool chipped out of stone.
- (nautical) A small stage hung over a vessel's side, for workmen to stand on while calking, etc.
- (UK, dialect) A paling; a hurdle.
- (UK) Dogfish.
- (US, law enforcement, slang) A corrupt arrest, e.g. to extort money for release or merely to fulfil a quota.
- (informal) A person who is impractical, flighty, unreliable, or inconsistent; especially with maintaining a living.
- (Australia) The meat of the gummy shark.
- A loose filmy mass or a thin chiplike layer of anything
- A wire rack for drying fish.
- A carnation with only two colours in the flower, the petals having large stripes.
- (nautical) Alternative form of fake (“turn or coil of cable or hawser”).
- A flat turn or tier of rope.
verb
- (intransitive) Of a liquid: to fall in drops or droplets.
- (cooking) To cook (food, especially fast food), particularly by lowering into hot oil to deep-fry, or by grilling.
- (transitive, music) To tune (a guitar string, etc.) to a lower note.
- (transitive) To cease concerning oneself over (someone or something); to have nothing more to do with (a discussion, subject, etc.).
- (intransitive, computing) To enter a more basic interface.
- (transitive) To make (someone or something) fall to the ground from a blow, gunshot, etc.; to bring down, to shoot down; to kill.
- (intransitive, physiology, informal) Of the testicles: to hang further away from the body and begin producing sperm due to puberty.
- (transitive) To reduce; to make smaller.
- Especially in drop acid: to swallow (a drug, particularly LSD).
- (intransitive) Of a voice: to lower in timbre, often due to puberty.
- (transitive, computing, music, television, colloquial) To release (a programme, software, a music album or song, etc.) to the public.
- (intransitive) To decrease, diminish, or lessen in condition, degree, value, etc.
- (intransitive, computing, music, television, colloquial) Of a programme, software, a music album or song, etc.: to enter public distribution.
- (transitive) To drip (a liquid) in drops or small amounts.
- (originally US) To (unexpectedly) lose (a competition, game, etc.).
- To lose, spend, or otherwise part with (money).
- (intransitive, also figuratively) To fall (straight down) under the influence of gravity, like a drop of liquid.
- (intransitive) To come to an end (by not being kept up); to lapse, to stop.
- (intransitive) To fall into a particular condition or state.
- (intransitive, online gaming, video games) Of an item: To appear for the player to pick up, usually after an enemy has been defeated.
- To impart (something).
- (intransitive) Usually followed by by, in, or into: of a person: to visit someone or somewhere informally or without a prior appointment.
- (intransitive) To fall or sink quickly or suddenly to the ground.
- (rugby) To score (a goal) by means of a drop kick.
- (transitive) To cancel or cease to participate in (a scheduled course, event, or project).
- To perform (rap music).
- (transitive) To mention (something) casually or incidentally, usually in conversation.
- (transitive) To set down (someone or something) from a vehicle; to stop and deliver or deposit (someone or something); to drop off.
- (transitive) To lower (a sound, a voice, etc.) in pitch or volume.
- (transitive, computing) To present (the user) with a more basic interface.
- (transitive) To cease to include (something), as if on a list; to dismiss, to eject, to expel.
- To quickly lower or take down (one's trousers), especially in public.
- (cricket) Of a fielder: to fail to dismiss (a batsman) by accidentally dropping a batted ball that had initially been caught.
- (transitive, linguistics) To fail to write, or (especially) to pronounce (a syllable, letter, etc.).
- To pass or use (counterfeit cheques, money, etc.).
- (intransitive) To collapse in exhaustion or injury; also, to fall dead, or to fall in death.
- (transitive, ergative, also figuratively) To let (something) fall; to allow (something) to fall (either by releasing hold of, or losing one's grip on).
- (transitive) To move to a lower position; to allow to hang downwards; to lower.
- (intransitive) Of a song or sound: to lower in key, pitch, tempo, or other quality.
- (transitive, online gaming, video games) Of a defeated enemy or container: To leave behind an item that the player can collect.
- To play (a portion of music) in the manner of a disc jockey.
- (intransitive, gambling) To drop out of the betting.
- (transitive) Of an animal (usually a sheep): to give birth to (young); of a bird: to lay (an egg).
- (transitive) To let (a letter, etc.) fall into a postbox; hence, to send (a letter, email, or other message) in an offhand manner.
- (transitive) To dispose or get rid of (something); to lose, to remove.
- (US, Singapore, ergative, military, slang) To make someone, or be made to do push-ups or some other form of exercise on the ground as punishment.
- (intransitive) To fall behind or to the rear of a group of people, etc., as a result of not keeping up with those at the front.
- pay out
- utter with seeming casualness
- take (a drug, especially LSD), by mouth
- change from one level to another
- remove (cargo, people, etc.) from and leave
- lower the pitch of (musical notes)
- fall or descend to a lower place or level
- stop pursuing or acting
- to fall vertically
- let fall to the ground
- cause to fall by or as if by delivering a blow
- fall or sink into a state of exhaustion or death
- grow progressively worse
- stop associating with
- leave undone or leave out
- let or cause to fall in drops
- to remove
- go down in value
- lose (a game)
- omit (a letter or syllable) in speaking or writing
- give birth; used for animals
- hang loosely
- terminate an association with
noun
- Of women's clothes: the difference between the bust circumference and hip circumference.
- (online gaming, video games) An item made available for the player to pick up from the remains of a defeated enemy.
- (pinball) Ellipsis of drop target.
- (rugby) Ellipsis of drop kick.
- (pharmacology, chiefly in the plural) A liquid medicine that is intended to be administered in drops (sense 1).
- (agriculture) A fruit which has fallen off a tree, etc., or has been knocked off accidentally, rather than picked.
- (informal) Only used in get the drop on, have the drop on: an advantage.
- A decline in degree, quality, quantity, or rate.
- (nautical) The depth of a (square) sail (generally applied to the courses only); the vertical dimension of a sail.
- (electrics, telecommunications) An overhead electrical line running from a utility pole to a customer's building or other premises.
- (American football) A dropped pass.
- Usually preceded by the: relegation from one division to a lower one.
- (law enforcement) The distance that a person drops when being executed by hanging.
- Often preceded by a defining word: a small, round piece of hard candy, such as a lemon drop; a lozenge.
- (theater) A curtain which falls in front of a theatrical stage; also, a section of (cloth) scenery lowered on to the stage like a curtain.
- (slang, US) An automobile with a drop-top roof, a convertible.
- Licorice in confectionery form.
- Ellipsis of drop hammer or drop press.
- The distance below a cliff or other high position through which someone or something could fall; hence, a steep slope.
- (also figuratively) A small quantity of liquid, just large enough to hold its own rounded shape through surface tension, especially one that falls from a source of liquid.
- (law enforcement, informal) Preceded by the: execution by hanging.
- (music) A point in a song, usually electronic music such as dubstep, house, trance, or trap, where there is a very noticeable and pleasing change in bass, tempo, and/or overall tone; a climax, a highlight.
- A release (of music, a video game, etc).
- (Ireland, informal) A single measure of whisky.
- Of men's clothes: the difference between the chest circumference and waist circumference.
- (figuratively) A very small quantity of liquid, or (by extension) of anything.
- (law enforcement) A trapdoor (“hinged platform”) on a gallows; a gallows itself.
- An act of moving downwards under the force of gravity; a descent, a fall.
- The vertical length of a hanging curtain.
- A mechanism for lowering something, such as a machine for lowering heavy weights on to a ship's deck, or a device for temporarily lowering a gas jet, etc.
- (pharmacology) A dose of liquid medicine in the form of a drop (sense 1).
- (engineering) The distance of the axis of a shaft below the base of a hanger.
- (surfing) A near vertical decent down the face of a breaking wave.
- (cricket) A place (specified by an ordinal) in the batting order after the openers.
- (architecture) An ornament resembling a pendant; a gutta.
- (American football) Ellipsis of drop-back.
- (gambling) The amount of money that a gambler exchanges for chips in a casino.
- (chiefly British) Usually preceded by the: alcoholic spirits in general.
- (golf) Ellipsis of drop shot.
- The cover mounted on a swivel over a keyhole that rests over the keyhole when not in use to keep out debris, but is swiveled out of the way before inserting the key.
- (chiefly Australia, British) A small amount of an alcoholic beverage.
- A place where items or supplies may be left for others to collect, whether openly (as with a mail drop), or secretly or illegally (as in crime or espionage); a drop-off point.
- An instance of making a delivery of people, supplies, or things, especially by parachute out of an aircraft (an airdrop), but also by truck, etc.
- a shape that is spherical and small
- a central depository where things can be left or picked up
- a steep high face of rock
- a free and rapid descent by the force of gravity
- a predetermined hiding place for the deposit and distribution of illicit goods (such as drugs or stolen property)
- the act of dropping something
- a curtain that can be lowered and raised onto a stage from the flies; often used as background scenery
- a sudden sharp decrease in some quantity
- a small indefinite quantity (especially of a liquid)
verb
- To fall or trickle down in small drops; to exude, to ooze out; also, to come out as a vapour which condenses in small drops.
- To exude (a liquid) in small drops; also, to give off (a vapour) which condenses in small drops.
- undergo condensation; change from a gaseous to a liquid state and fall in drops
- (by extension, figuratively) To impart (information, etc.) in small quantities; to infuse.
- Followed by off or out: to expel (a volatile substance) from something by distillation.
- To extract the essence of (something) by, or as if by, distillation; to concentrate, to purify.
- To turn into a vapour and then condense back into a liquid; to undergo or be produced by distillation.
- (machine learning) To transform a complex large language model into a smaller one.
- To transform a thing (into something else) by distillation.
- To flow or pass gently or slowly; hence (figuratively) to be manifested gently or gradually.
- To heat (a substance, usually a liquid) so that a vapour is produced, and then to cool the vapour so that it condenses back into a liquid, either to purify the original substance or to obtain one of its components; to subject to distillation.
- To drip or be wet with some liquid.
- (also figuratively) To make (something, especially spirits such as gin and whisky) by distillation.
- remove impurities from, increase the concentration of, and separate through the process of distillation
- undergo the process of distillation
- extract by the process of distillation
- give off (a liquid)
verb
- pour out in drops or small quantities or as if in drops or small quantities
- cause or allow (a solid substance) to flow or run out or over
- cast off hair, skin, horn, or feathers
- to remove
- (ambitransitive) To part with, separate from, leave off; cast off, cast, let fall, be divested of.
- To sprinkle; to intersperse; to cover.
- (transitive, UK, dialectal) To part, separate or divide.
- (transitive) To radiate, cast, give off (light).
- (weaving) To divide, as the warp threads, so as to form a shed, or passageway, for the shuttle.
- (transitive) To allow to flow or fall.
- (transitive) To place or allocate a vehicle, such as a locomotive, in or to a depot or shed.
- (transitive, music) To woodshed.
adj
noun
- an outbuilding with a single story; used for shelter or storage
- A slight or temporary structure built to shade or shelter something; a structure usually open in front; an outbuilding, especially a smallish one; a hut.
- (obsolete outside of compounds) An area of land as distinguished from those around it.
- (music, slang) Alternative form of woodshed.
- (British, rail transport, informal) A British Rail Class 66 locomotive.
- (weaving) An area between upper and lower warp yarns through which the weft is woven.
- (British, derogatory, informal) An automobile which is old, worn-out, slow, or otherwise of poor quality.
- (nuclear physics) A unit of area equivalent to 10⁻⁵² square meters.
- A large temporary open structure for reception of goods.
verb
- pour out in drops or small quantities or as if in drops or small quantities
- reduce the pressure of wind on (a sail)
- cause or allow (a liquid substance) to run or flow from a container
- cause or allow (a solid substance) to flow or run out or over
- reveal information
- flow, run or fall out and become lost
- (intransitive, of a crowd or people within a crowd) To overflow out of a designated area.
- To mar; to damage; to destroy by misuse; to waste.
- (ambitransitive) To reveal information to an uninformed party.
- (transitive) To express (something), especially repeatedly or floridly; to be expressed.
- (of a knot) To come undone.
- (transitive, Australian politics) To open the leadership of a parliamentary party for re-election.
- (intransitive) To spread out or fall out, as above.
- (transitive) To drop something so that it spreads out or makes a mess; to accidentally pour.
- (intransitive, also figurative) To overflow or flow out, over or off something.
- To cover or decorate with slender pieces of wood, metal, ivory, etc.; to inlay.
- (nautical) To relieve a sail from the pressure of the wind, so that it can be more easily reefed or furled, or to lessen the strain.
- (transitive) To drop something that was intended to be caught.
- (transitive) To cause or flow out and be lost or wasted; to shed.
noun
- a channel that carries excess water over or around a dam or other obstruction
- a sudden drop from an upright position
- the act of allowing a fluid to escape
- liquid that is spilled
- (mining) One of the thick laths or poles driven horizontally ahead of the main timbering in advancing a level in loose ground.
- A small stick or piece of paper used to light a candle, cigarette etc by the transfer of a flame from a fire.
- (countable) A mess of something that has been dropped.
- A peg or pin for plugging a hole, as in a cask'; a spile.
- A spillikin.
- (sound recording) The situation where sound is picked up by a microphone from a source other than that which is intended.
- (Shropshire, Herefordshire) A splinter caught in the skin.
- A metallic rod or pin.
- (Australian politics) A declaration that the leadership of a parliamentary party is vacant, and open for re-election. Short form of leadership spill.
- A fall or stumble.
noun
verb
- (intransitive) To rain in very fine droplets.
- (printing, of ink) To disperse into a mist, accompanying operation of equipment at high speeds.
- (transitive, of the eyes) To be covered by tears.
- (transitive) To cover with a mist.
- (intransitive) To form mist.
- (transitive) To spray fine droplets on, particularly of water.
- spray finely or cover with mist
- become covered with mist
- make less visible or unclear
verb
noun
verb
- To form a puddle.
- make into a puddle
- To line a canal with puddle (clay).
- To collect ideas, especially abstract concepts, into rough subtopics or categories, as in study, research or conversation.
- To play or splash in a puddle.
- To process iron, gold, etc., by means of puddling.
- To make (clay, loam, etc.) dense or close, by working it when wet, so as to render impervious to water.
- (entomology) Of butterflies, to congregate on a puddle or moist substance to pick up nutrients.
- To make foul or muddy; to pollute with dirt; to mix dirt with (water).
- make a puddle by splashing water
- eliminate urine
- subject to puddling or form by puddling
- dip into mud before planting
- wade or dabble in a puddle
- mix up or confuse
- work a wet mixture, such as concrete or mud
- mess around, as in a liquid or paste
noun
- A homogeneous mixture of clay, water, and sometimes grit, used to line a canal or pond to make it watertight.
- (now dialectal) Stagnant or polluted water.
- (rowing) The ripple left by the withdrawal of an oar from the water.
- A small, often temporary, pool of water, usually on a path or road.
- something resembling a pool of liquid
- a mixture of wet clay and sand that can be used to line a pond and that is impervious to water when dry
- a small body of standing water (rainwater) or other liquid
verb
noun
- a thin fragment or slice (especially of wood) that has been shaved from something
- a small thin sharp bit of wood or glass or metal
- (US, New York) A narrow high-rise apartment building.
- A long piece cut or rent off; a sharp, slender fragment.
- A strand, or slender roll, of cotton or other fiber in a loose, untwisted state, produced by a carding machine and ready for the roving or slubbing which precedes spinning.
- A small amount of something; a drop in the bucket; a shred.
- (Suffolk, Cambridgeshire, Essex, Kent, Sussex, Upper Midwestern US, Canada) Specifically, a splinter caught under the skin.
- (fishing) Bait made of pieces of small fish.
verb
adj
- Not moving; calm.
- Not effervescing; not sparkling.
- Uttering no sound; silent.
- Comparatively quiet or silent; soft; gentle; low.
- (not comparable) Having the same stated quality continuously from a past time
- free from noticeable current
- used of pictures; of a single or static photograph not presented so as to create the illusion of motion; or representing objects not capable of motion
- not in physical motion
- not sparkling
- (of a body of water) free from disturbance by heavy waves
- marked by absence of sound
adv
- (conjunctive) Nevertheless.
- Alternative spelling of styll.
- (extensive) Even, yet.
- (degree) To an even greater degree. Used to modify comparative adjectives or adverbs.
- Without motion.
- (aspect) Up to a time, as in the preceding time.
- despite anything to the contrary (usually preceding a concession)
- to a greater degree or extent; used with comparisons
- with reference to action or condition; without change, interruption, or cessation
- without moving or making a sound
noun
- A building where liquors are distilled; a distillery.
- (slang) A resident of the Falkland Islands.
- (catering) A large water boiler used to make tea and coffee.
- A device for distilling liquids.
- (photography) A photograph, as opposed to movie footage.
- (cinematography) A single frame from a film.
- (catering) The area in a restaurant used to make tea and coffee, separate from the main kitchen.
- A period of calm or silence.
- a static photograph (especially one taken from a movie and used for advertising purposes)
- an apparatus used for the distillation of liquids; consists of a vessel in which a substance is vaporized by heat and a condenser where the vapor is condensed
- a plant and works where alcoholic drinks are made by distillation
- (poetic) tranquil silence
verb
- make into a puddle
- mix up or confuse
- To cloud or stupefy; to render stupid with liquor; to intoxicate partially.
- To dabble in mud.
- To make turbid or muddy.
- To think and act in a confused, aimless way.
- To mix together, to mix up; to confuse.
- To waste or misuse, as one does who is stupid or intoxicated.
- To mash slightly for use in a cocktail.
noun
verb
- scatter with liquid; wet lightly
- cause (a liquid) to spatter about, especially with force
- distribute loosely
- rain gently
- (intransitive) To drip in fine drops, sometimes sporadically.
- (transitive) To cover (an object) by sprinkling a substance on to it.
- (transitive) To baptize by the application of a few drops, or a small quantity, of water; hence, to cleanse; to purify.
- (transitive) To cause (a substance) to fall in fine drops (for a liquid substance) or small pieces (for a solid substance).
- (intransitive) To rain very lightly outside.
noun
verb
noun
- A small drop of water or other liquid.
- a shape that is spherical and small
- a small ball with a hole through the middle
- a beaded molding for edging or decorating furniture
- Each in a string of small balls making up the rosary or paternoster.
- A bubble, in spirits.
- A small, round object with a hole to allow it to be threaded on a cord or wire, particularly for decorative purposes.
- Various small, round solid objects.
- (by extension) Knowledge sufficient to direct one's activities to a purpose.
- A small, round ball at the end of a barrel of a gun used for aiming.
- (architecture) A narrow molding with semicircular section.
- A rigid edge of a tire that mounts it on a wheel; tire bead.
verb
- become encrusted with crystals due to evaporation
- assume crystalline form; become crystallized
- come into or as if into flower
- Of the surface of a material: to become covered with a powdery salt (as described in sense 3.2).
- (intransitive, figuratively) Of something hidden: to come forth, to emerge; also, to reach full glory or power.
- Of a substance: to change from being crystalline to powdery by losing water of crystallization.
- Of a salt: to seep through some material (bricks, concrete, earth, rock, etc.) in a dissolved state, and then crystallize on a surface in a powdery form.
- (intransitive, obsolete except figuratively) To burst into bloom; to flower.
verb
- undergo condensation; change from a gaseous to a liquid state and fall in drops
- compress or concentrate
- develop due to condensation
- become more compact or concentrated
- make more concise
- concentrate by removing water from
- cause a gas or vapor to change into a liquid
- (intransitive, chemistry) To be transformed from a gaseous state into a liquid state.
- (transitive, chemistry) To transform from a gaseous state into a liquid state via condensation.
- (transitive) To concentrate toward the essence by making more close, compact, or dense, thereby decreasing size or volume.
verb
- undergo condensation; change from a gaseous to a liquid state and fall in drops
- remove impurities from, increase the concentration of, and separate through the process of distillation
- undergo the process of distillation
- extract by the process of distillation
- give off (a liquid)
- US standard spelling of distil.