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verb
- have a reducing effect
- penetrate injuriously
- function as a cutting instrument
- divide a deck of cards at random into two parts to make selection difficult
- form by probing, penetrating, or digging
- fell by sawing; hew
- refuse to acknowledge
- discharge from a group
- allow incision or separation
- record a performance on (a medium)
- hit (a ball) with a spin so that it turns in the opposite direction
- pass directly and often in haste
- stop filming
- intentionally fail to attend
- grow through the gums
- cut and assemble the components of
- lessen the strength or flavor of a solution or mixture
- give the appearance or impression of
- make an incision or separation
- make an abrupt change of image or sound
- cut off the testicles (of male animals such as horses)
- style and tailor in a certain fashion
- form or shape by cutting or incising
- cause to stop operating by disengaging a switch
- separate with or as if with an instrument
- reduce in scope while retaining essential elements
- pass through or across
- cut down on; make a reduction in
- make out and issue
- be able to manage or manage successfully
- turn sharply; change direction abruptly
- weed out unwanted or unnecessary things
- make a recording of
- reap or harvest
- create by duplicating data
- move (one's fist)
- shorten as if by severing the edges or ends of
- cease, stop
- dissolve by breaking down the fat of
- perform or carry out
- have grow through the gums
- To absent oneself from (a class, an appointment, etc.).
- (intransitive) To enter a queue in the wrong place.
- (transitive, cricket) To make the ball spin sideways by running one's fingers down the side of the ball while bowling it.
- (intransitive, slang) To leave abruptly.
- (intransitive) To engage in self-harm by making cuts in one's own skin.
- To perform an incision on, for example with a knife.
- To abridge or shorten a work; to remove a portion of a recording during editing.
- (slang) To wound with a knife.
- To wound or hurt deeply the sensibilities of; to pierce.
- (transitive, film) To edit a film by selecting takes from original footage.
- (intransitive) To change direction suddenly.
- To separate or omit, in a situation where one was previously associated.
- (transitive, social) To ignore as a social rebuff or snub.
- To perform (an elaborate dancing movement etc.).
- (transitive) To exhibit (a figure having some trait).
- To reduce, especially intentionally.
- (ambitransitive) To deliver a stroke with a whip or like instrument to.
- (bodybuilding) To lose body mass, aiming to keep muscle but lose body fat.
- (transitive, cricket) To deflect (a bowled ball) to the off, with a chopping movement of the bat.
- (transitive, computing) To remove (text, a picture, etc.) and place in memory in order to paste at a later time.
- (sports) To drive (a ball) to one side, as by (in billiards or croquet) hitting it fine with another ball, or (in tennis) striking it with the racket inclined.
- To castrate or geld.
- (intransitive) To intersect or cross in such a way as to divide in half or nearly so.
- (slang, intransitive) To run or hurry.
- (transitive, slang) To dilute or adulterate something, especially a recreational drug.
- (intransitive, film) To make an abrupt transition from one scene or image to another.
- (transitive, slang) To make, negotiate; to finalise, conclude; to issue.
- (transitive, intransitive) To divide a pack of playing cards into two parts, often followed by placing the two parts back together in the opposite order.
- To form or shape by cutting.
- (intransitive) To admit of incision or severance; to yield to a cutting instrument.
- (transitive) To renounce or give up.
- To interfere, as a horse; to strike one foot against the opposite foot or ankle in using the legs.
- To divide with a knife, scissors, or another sharp instrument.
- (transitive) To stop, disengage, or cease.
adj
- (used of grass or vegetation) cut down with a hand implement or machine
- (of pages of a book) having the folds of the leaves trimmed or slit
- mixed with water
- separated into parts or laid open or penetrated with a sharp edge or instrument
- (of a male animal) having the testicles removed
- (used of rates or prices) reduced usually sharply
- with parts removed
- made neat and tidy by trimming
- fashioned or shaped by cutting
- (of a gem) Carved into a shape; not raw.
- (bodybuilding) Having muscular definition in which individual groups of muscle fibers stand out among larger muscles.
- (slang, New Zealand, formerly UK) Intoxicated as a result of drugs or alcohol.
- (participial adjective) Having been cut.
- (cricket, of a shot) Played with a horizontal bat to hit the ball backward of point.
- Reduced.
- (informal) Circumcised or having been the subject of female genital mutilation.
- (Australia, New Zealand, slang) Upset, angry; emotionally hurt.
noun
- a wound made by cutting
- in baseball; a batter's attempt to hit a pitched ball
- the omission that is made when an editorial change shortens a written passage
- a refusal to recognize someone you know
- (sports) a stroke that puts reverse spin on the ball
- a distinct selection of music from a recording or a compact disc
- a remark capable of wounding mentally
- a canal made by erosion or excavation
- a share of the profits
- the act of shortening something by chopping off the ends
- the act of penetrating or opening open with a sharp edge
- the act of cutting something into parts
- a piece of meat that has been cut from an animal carcass
- (film) an immediate transition from one shot to the next
- the style in which a garment is cut
- a step on some scale
- the act of reducing the amount or number
- an unexcused absence from class
- the division of a deck of cards before dealing
- a trench resembling a furrow that was made by erosion or excavation
- (slang, uncountable) That which is used to dilute or adulterate a recreational drug.
- (card games) The act or right of dividing a deck of playing cards.
- (slang) An insult.
- An opening of a living body resulting from cutting; an incision or wound.
- (slang) A hidden, secluded, or secure place.
- An engraved block or plate; the impression from such an engraving.
- (card games) The card obtained by dividing the pack.
- The manner or style in which a garment, other article of clothing, or sail is fashioned.
- A decrease or deletion.
- (archaeology) A truncation, a context that represents a moment in time when other archaeological deposits were removed for the creation of some feature such as a ditch or pit.
- (Internet) A dividing line in a Tumblr post, the content below which is hidden until the reader reveals it.
- A haircut.
- (bodybuilding) A time period when one attempts to lose fat while retaining muscle mass.
- (literal, figurative) The act of cutting.
- Such a wound through human skin.
- A sleeveless vest worn by members of a motorcycle club.
- (fashion) A notch shaved into an eyebrow.
- (fencing) An attack made with a chopping motion of the blade, landing with its edge or point.
- (especially theater, film) A passage omitted or to be omitted from a play, movie script, speech, etc.
- (cricket) A batsman's shot played with a swinging motion of the bat, to hit the ball backward of point.
- (graph theory) The partition of a graph’s vertices into two subgroups.
- A skein of yarn.
- Such a passage dug for a roadway for a paved road or railroad, a canal, a runway, etc.
- A notch, passage, or channel made by cutting or digging; a furrow; a groove.
- (golf) In a stroke play competition, the early elimination of those players who have not then attained a preannounced score, so that the rest of the competition is less pressed for time and more entertaining for spectators.
- A deliberate snub, typically a refusal to return a bow or other acknowledgement of acquaintance.
- A definable part, such as an individual song, of a recording, particularly of commercial records, audio tapes, CDs, etc.
- (literal, figurative) The result of cutting.
- (film) A particular version or edit of a film.
- (sports) In lawn tennis, etc., a slanting stroke causing the ball to spin and bound irregularly; also, the spin thus given to the ball.
- A slab or slice, especially of meat.
- (rail transport) A string of railway cars coupled together, shorter than a train.
- (cricket) Sideways movement of the ball through the air caused by a fast bowler imparting spin to the ball.
- An unkind act; a cruelty.
- A share or portion of profits.
- An artificial channel for marine navigation, as distinguished from a navigable river.
- (petrochemistry) The range of temperatures used to distill a particular mixture of hydrocarbons from crude oil.
intj
adj
adj
- Performed so as to minimise risk.
- (cricket) Of a bowling or fielding tactic designed to prevent the other side from scoring runs; of a batting tactic designed to prevent being out.
- (chiefly sports) Pertaining to defense, as opposed to attack.
- Intended to deter attack.
- In a state or posture of defense.
- Intended for defence; protective.
- Displaying an inordinate sensitivity to criticism or intrusion; oversensitive; thin-skinned.
- attempting to justify or defend in speech or writing
- intended or appropriate for defending against or deterring aggression or attack
noun
adj
noun
adj
- works well as a means or remedy
- exerting force or influence
- ready for service
- producing or capable of producing an intended result or having a striking effect
- existing in fact; not theoretical; real
- able to accomplish a purpose; functioning effectively
- (physics, for any effective theory) approximate; Not describing the fundamental dynamic changes in some system as they happen.
- (algebra, of a group action) Such that no group element acts trivially.
- Having the power to produce a required effect or effects.
- Actually in effect.
- Producing a decided or decisive effect.
- Efficient, serviceable, or operative, available for useful work.
- (geometry, of a cycle or divisor) Having no negative coefficients.
noun
verb
- (transitive) To avoid the undesirable consequences of; to prevent.
- (transitive) To intercept.
- (intransitive) To begin moving away.
- (nautical) To turn away from the wind.
- (intransitive) To start out.
- prevent the occurrence of; prevent from happening; to protect from or to keep away anything undesirable; to ward off
noun
- Something that prevents, hampers, or hinders.
- (sports) An allowance of a certain amount of time or distance in starting, granted in a race (or other contest of skill) to the competitor possessing disadvantages; or an additional weight or other hindrance imposed upon the one possessing advantages, in order to equalize, as much as possible, the chances of success.
- A race or similar contest in which there is an allowance of time, distance, weight, or other advantage, to equalize the chances of the competitors.
- (sometimes considered offensive) The disadvantage itself, in particular physical or mental disadvantages of people.
- advantage given to a competitor to equalize chances of winning
- the condition of being unable to perform as a consequence of physical or mental unfitness
- something immaterial that interferes with or delays action or progress
verb
noun
- Something that corrects or counteracts.
- The accepted tolerance or deviation in fineness or weight in the production of gold coins etc.
- (law) The legal means to recover a right or to prevent or obtain redress for a wrong.
- A medicine, application, or treatment that relieves or cures a disease.
- act of correcting an error or a fault or an evil
- a medicine or therapy that cures disease or relieve pain
verb
verb
noun
- The lemon balm, Melissa officinalis.
- Any of various aromatic resins exuded from certain plants, especially trees of the genus Commiphora of Africa, Arabia and India and Myroxylon of South America.
- Any of a number of other aromatic herbs with a similar citrus-like scent, such as bee balm and horsebalm.
- (figuratively) Something soothing.
- An aromatic preparation for embalming the dead.
- Any soothing oil or lotion, especially an aromatic one.
- A plant or tree yielding such substance.
- semisolid preparation (usually containing a medicine) applied externally as a remedy or for soothing an irritation
- any of various aromatic resinous substances used for healing and soothing
verb
adj
noun
- (slang, uncountable) The drug dextromethorphan.
- (slang, uncountable) Money acquired by gambling.
- (rare, countable) A female chinchilla; a sow.
- A closely woven fabric (originally of silk, now also of cotton or man-made fibres) with a thick short pile on one side.
- Very fine fur, including the skin and fur on a deer's antlers.
- a silky densely piled fabric with a plain back
noun
- A curtailment or reduction.
- (specifically) An act of terminating the employment of a worker or making an employee redundant, often to reduce expenses; a layoff.
- (especially politics) The adoption of a defensive and hostile posture; refusal to compromise, radicalization.
- (by extension) Withdrawal.
- (specifically) An act of reducing expenses; economizing.
- the reduction of expenditures in order to become financially stable
- entrenchment consisting of an additional interior fortification to prolong the defense
noun
- Anything that acts as counterbalance; a compensating equivalent.
- (architecture) A terrace on a hillside.
- An abrupt bend in an object, such as a rod, by which one part is turned aside out of line, but nearly parallel, with the rest; the part thus bent aside.
- (surveying) A short distance measured at right angles from a line actually run to some point in an irregular boundary, or to some object.
- The distance by which one thing is out of alignment with another.
- (botany) A short prostrate shoot that takes root and produces a tuft of leaves, etc.
- (programming) The difference between a target memory address and a base address.
- (c. 1555) A time at which something begins; outset.
- (international trade) A form of countertrade arrangement, in which the seller agrees to purchase within a set time frame products of a certain value from the buying country. This kind of agreement may be used in large international public sector contracts such as arms sales.
- A spur from a range of hills or mountains.
- (signal analysis) The displacement between the base level of a measurement and the signal's real base level.
- (architecture) A horizontal ledge on the face of a wall, formed by a diminution of its thickness, or by the weathering or upper surface of a part built out from it; a set-off.
- (printing, often attributive) The offset printing process, in which ink is carried from a metal plate to a rubber blanket and from there to the printing surface.
- the time at which something is supposed to begin
- a horizontal branch from the base of plant that produces new plants from buds at its tips
- a natural consequence of development
- structure where a wall or building narrows abruptly
- a compensating equivalent
- a plate makes an inked impression on a rubber-blanketed cylinder, which in turn transfers it to the paper
adj
adv
verb
- (transitive) To counteract or compensate for, by applying a change in the opposite direction.
- (transitive) To place out of line.
- (transitive) To form an offset in (a wall, rod, pipe, etc.).
- make up for
- create an offset in
- cause (printed matter) to transfer or smear onto another surface
- compensate for or counterbalance
- produce by offset printing
adj
noun
noun
- Something that prevents, hampers, or hinders.
- (sports) An allowance of a certain amount of time or distance in starting, granted in a race (or other contest of skill) to the competitor possessing disadvantages; or an additional weight or other hindrance imposed upon the one possessing advantages, in order to equalize, as much as possible, the chances of success.
- A race or similar contest in which there is an allowance of time, distance, weight, or other advantage, to equalize the chances of the competitors.
- (sometimes considered offensive) The disadvantage itself, in particular physical or mental disadvantages of people.
- advantage given to a competitor to equalize chances of winning
- the condition of being unable to perform as a consequence of physical or mental unfitness
- something immaterial that interferes with or delays action or progress
verb
noun
- Something that corrects or counteracts.
- The accepted tolerance or deviation in fineness or weight in the production of gold coins etc.
- (law) The legal means to recover a right or to prevent or obtain redress for a wrong.
- A medicine, application, or treatment that relieves or cures a disease.
- act of correcting an error or a fault or an evil
- a medicine or therapy that cures disease or relieve pain
verb
noun
- A curtailment or reduction.
- (specifically) An act of terminating the employment of a worker or making an employee redundant, often to reduce expenses; a layoff.
- (especially politics) The adoption of a defensive and hostile posture; refusal to compromise, radicalization.
- (by extension) Withdrawal.
- (specifically) An act of reducing expenses; economizing.
- the reduction of expenditures in order to become financially stable
- entrenchment consisting of an additional interior fortification to prolong the defense
noun
- Anything that acts as counterbalance; a compensating equivalent.
- (architecture) A terrace on a hillside.
- An abrupt bend in an object, such as a rod, by which one part is turned aside out of line, but nearly parallel, with the rest; the part thus bent aside.
- (surveying) A short distance measured at right angles from a line actually run to some point in an irregular boundary, or to some object.
- The distance by which one thing is out of alignment with another.
- (botany) A short prostrate shoot that takes root and produces a tuft of leaves, etc.
- (programming) The difference between a target memory address and a base address.
- (c. 1555) A time at which something begins; outset.
- (international trade) A form of countertrade arrangement, in which the seller agrees to purchase within a set time frame products of a certain value from the buying country. This kind of agreement may be used in large international public sector contracts such as arms sales.
- A spur from a range of hills or mountains.
- (signal analysis) The displacement between the base level of a measurement and the signal's real base level.
- (architecture) A horizontal ledge on the face of a wall, formed by a diminution of its thickness, or by the weathering or upper surface of a part built out from it; a set-off.
- (printing, often attributive) The offset printing process, in which ink is carried from a metal plate to a rubber blanket and from there to the printing surface.
- the time at which something is supposed to begin
- a horizontal branch from the base of plant that produces new plants from buds at its tips
- a natural consequence of development
- structure where a wall or building narrows abruptly
- a compensating equivalent
- a plate makes an inked impression on a rubber-blanketed cylinder, which in turn transfers it to the paper
adj
adv
verb
- (transitive) To counteract or compensate for, by applying a change in the opposite direction.
- (transitive) To place out of line.
- (transitive) To form an offset in (a wall, rod, pipe, etc.).
- make up for
- create an offset in
- cause (printed matter) to transfer or smear onto another surface
- compensate for or counterbalance
- produce by offset printing
verb
- have a reducing effect
- penetrate injuriously
- function as a cutting instrument
- divide a deck of cards at random into two parts to make selection difficult
- form by probing, penetrating, or digging
- fell by sawing; hew
- refuse to acknowledge
- discharge from a group
- allow incision or separation
- record a performance on (a medium)
- hit (a ball) with a spin so that it turns in the opposite direction
- pass directly and often in haste
- stop filming
- intentionally fail to attend
- grow through the gums
- cut and assemble the components of
- lessen the strength or flavor of a solution or mixture
- give the appearance or impression of
- make an incision or separation
- make an abrupt change of image or sound
- cut off the testicles (of male animals such as horses)
- style and tailor in a certain fashion
- form or shape by cutting or incising
- cause to stop operating by disengaging a switch
- separate with or as if with an instrument
- reduce in scope while retaining essential elements
- pass through or across
- cut down on; make a reduction in
- make out and issue
- be able to manage or manage successfully
- turn sharply; change direction abruptly
- weed out unwanted or unnecessary things
- make a recording of
- reap or harvest
- create by duplicating data
- move (one's fist)
- shorten as if by severing the edges or ends of
- cease, stop
- dissolve by breaking down the fat of
- perform or carry out
- have grow through the gums
- To absent oneself from (a class, an appointment, etc.).
- (intransitive) To enter a queue in the wrong place.
- (transitive, cricket) To make the ball spin sideways by running one's fingers down the side of the ball while bowling it.
- (intransitive, slang) To leave abruptly.
- (intransitive) To engage in self-harm by making cuts in one's own skin.
- To perform an incision on, for example with a knife.
- To abridge or shorten a work; to remove a portion of a recording during editing.
- (slang) To wound with a knife.
- To wound or hurt deeply the sensibilities of; to pierce.
- (transitive, film) To edit a film by selecting takes from original footage.
- (intransitive) To change direction suddenly.
- To separate or omit, in a situation where one was previously associated.
- (transitive, social) To ignore as a social rebuff or snub.
- To perform (an elaborate dancing movement etc.).
- (transitive) To exhibit (a figure having some trait).
- To reduce, especially intentionally.
- (ambitransitive) To deliver a stroke with a whip or like instrument to.
- (bodybuilding) To lose body mass, aiming to keep muscle but lose body fat.
- (transitive, cricket) To deflect (a bowled ball) to the off, with a chopping movement of the bat.
- (transitive, computing) To remove (text, a picture, etc.) and place in memory in order to paste at a later time.
- (sports) To drive (a ball) to one side, as by (in billiards or croquet) hitting it fine with another ball, or (in tennis) striking it with the racket inclined.
- To castrate or geld.
- (intransitive) To intersect or cross in such a way as to divide in half or nearly so.
- (slang, intransitive) To run or hurry.
- (transitive, slang) To dilute or adulterate something, especially a recreational drug.
- (intransitive, film) To make an abrupt transition from one scene or image to another.
- (transitive, slang) To make, negotiate; to finalise, conclude; to issue.
- (transitive, intransitive) To divide a pack of playing cards into two parts, often followed by placing the two parts back together in the opposite order.
- To form or shape by cutting.
- (intransitive) To admit of incision or severance; to yield to a cutting instrument.
- (transitive) To renounce or give up.
- To interfere, as a horse; to strike one foot against the opposite foot or ankle in using the legs.
- To divide with a knife, scissors, or another sharp instrument.
- (transitive) To stop, disengage, or cease.
adj
- (used of grass or vegetation) cut down with a hand implement or machine
- (of pages of a book) having the folds of the leaves trimmed or slit
- mixed with water
- separated into parts or laid open or penetrated with a sharp edge or instrument
- (of a male animal) having the testicles removed
- (used of rates or prices) reduced usually sharply
- with parts removed
- made neat and tidy by trimming
- fashioned or shaped by cutting
- (of a gem) Carved into a shape; not raw.
- (bodybuilding) Having muscular definition in which individual groups of muscle fibers stand out among larger muscles.
- (slang, New Zealand, formerly UK) Intoxicated as a result of drugs or alcohol.
- (participial adjective) Having been cut.
- (cricket, of a shot) Played with a horizontal bat to hit the ball backward of point.
- Reduced.
- (informal) Circumcised or having been the subject of female genital mutilation.
- (Australia, New Zealand, slang) Upset, angry; emotionally hurt.
noun
- a wound made by cutting
- in baseball; a batter's attempt to hit a pitched ball
- the omission that is made when an editorial change shortens a written passage
- a refusal to recognize someone you know
- (sports) a stroke that puts reverse spin on the ball
- a distinct selection of music from a recording or a compact disc
- a remark capable of wounding mentally
- a canal made by erosion or excavation
- a share of the profits
- the act of shortening something by chopping off the ends
- the act of penetrating or opening open with a sharp edge
- the act of cutting something into parts
- a piece of meat that has been cut from an animal carcass
- (film) an immediate transition from one shot to the next
- the style in which a garment is cut
- a step on some scale
- the act of reducing the amount or number
- an unexcused absence from class
- the division of a deck of cards before dealing
- a trench resembling a furrow that was made by erosion or excavation
- (slang, uncountable) That which is used to dilute or adulterate a recreational drug.
- (card games) The act or right of dividing a deck of playing cards.
- (slang) An insult.
- An opening of a living body resulting from cutting; an incision or wound.
- (slang) A hidden, secluded, or secure place.
- An engraved block or plate; the impression from such an engraving.
- (card games) The card obtained by dividing the pack.
- The manner or style in which a garment, other article of clothing, or sail is fashioned.
- A decrease or deletion.
- (archaeology) A truncation, a context that represents a moment in time when other archaeological deposits were removed for the creation of some feature such as a ditch or pit.
- (Internet) A dividing line in a Tumblr post, the content below which is hidden until the reader reveals it.
- A haircut.
- (bodybuilding) A time period when one attempts to lose fat while retaining muscle mass.
- (literal, figurative) The act of cutting.
- Such a wound through human skin.
- A sleeveless vest worn by members of a motorcycle club.
- (fashion) A notch shaved into an eyebrow.
- (fencing) An attack made with a chopping motion of the blade, landing with its edge or point.
- (especially theater, film) A passage omitted or to be omitted from a play, movie script, speech, etc.
- (cricket) A batsman's shot played with a swinging motion of the bat, to hit the ball backward of point.
- (graph theory) The partition of a graph’s vertices into two subgroups.
- A skein of yarn.
- Such a passage dug for a roadway for a paved road or railroad, a canal, a runway, etc.
- A notch, passage, or channel made by cutting or digging; a furrow; a groove.
- (golf) In a stroke play competition, the early elimination of those players who have not then attained a preannounced score, so that the rest of the competition is less pressed for time and more entertaining for spectators.
- A deliberate snub, typically a refusal to return a bow or other acknowledgement of acquaintance.
- A definable part, such as an individual song, of a recording, particularly of commercial records, audio tapes, CDs, etc.
- (literal, figurative) The result of cutting.
- (film) A particular version or edit of a film.
- (sports) In lawn tennis, etc., a slanting stroke causing the ball to spin and bound irregularly; also, the spin thus given to the ball.
- A slab or slice, especially of meat.
- (rail transport) A string of railway cars coupled together, shorter than a train.
- (cricket) Sideways movement of the ball through the air caused by a fast bowler imparting spin to the ball.
- An unkind act; a cruelty.
- A share or portion of profits.
- An artificial channel for marine navigation, as distinguished from a navigable river.
- (petrochemistry) The range of temperatures used to distill a particular mixture of hydrocarbons from crude oil.
intj
verb
- (transitive) To avoid the undesirable consequences of; to prevent.
- (transitive) To intercept.
- (intransitive) To begin moving away.
- (nautical) To turn away from the wind.
- (intransitive) To start out.
- prevent the occurrence of; prevent from happening; to protect from or to keep away anything undesirable; to ward off
verb
noun
- The lemon balm, Melissa officinalis.
- Any of various aromatic resins exuded from certain plants, especially trees of the genus Commiphora of Africa, Arabia and India and Myroxylon of South America.
- Any of a number of other aromatic herbs with a similar citrus-like scent, such as bee balm and horsebalm.
- (figuratively) Something soothing.
- An aromatic preparation for embalming the dead.
- Any soothing oil or lotion, especially an aromatic one.
- A plant or tree yielding such substance.
- semisolid preparation (usually containing a medicine) applied externally as a remedy or for soothing an irritation
- any of various aromatic resinous substances used for healing and soothing
verb
adj
noun
- (slang, uncountable) The drug dextromethorphan.
- (slang, uncountable) Money acquired by gambling.
- (rare, countable) A female chinchilla; a sow.
- A closely woven fabric (originally of silk, now also of cotton or man-made fibres) with a thick short pile on one side.
- Very fine fur, including the skin and fur on a deer's antlers.
- a silky densely piled fabric with a plain back
adj
adj
- Performed so as to minimise risk.
- (cricket) Of a bowling or fielding tactic designed to prevent the other side from scoring runs; of a batting tactic designed to prevent being out.
- (chiefly sports) Pertaining to defense, as opposed to attack.
- Intended to deter attack.
- In a state or posture of defense.
- Intended for defence; protective.
- Displaying an inordinate sensitivity to criticism or intrusion; oversensitive; thin-skinned.
- attempting to justify or defend in speech or writing
- intended or appropriate for defending against or deterring aggression or attack
noun
adj
noun
adj
- works well as a means or remedy
- exerting force or influence
- ready for service
- producing or capable of producing an intended result or having a striking effect
- existing in fact; not theoretical; real
- able to accomplish a purpose; functioning effectively
- (physics, for any effective theory) approximate; Not describing the fundamental dynamic changes in some system as they happen.
- (algebra, of a group action) Such that no group element acts trivially.
- Having the power to produce a required effect or effects.
- Actually in effect.
- Producing a decided or decisive effect.
- Efficient, serviceable, or operative, available for useful work.
- (geometry, of a cycle or divisor) Having no negative coefficients.