Palabras en English para 'To sacrifice something valuable.'
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noun
- That which has been offered; a sacrifice.
- An oblation or presentation made as a religious act.
- The act by which something is offered.
- Something put forth, bid, proffered or tendered, such as for sale
- A contribution given at a religious service.
- money contributed to a religious organization; item or items contributed to a religious organization for religious purposes
- the verbal act of offering
- the act of contributing to the funds of a church or charity
- something offered (as a proposal or bid)
verb
verb
- To sacrifice, especially in the phrase "to lay down one's life."
- To stock, store (e.g. wine) for the future. See also lay by.
- (transitive) To specify, institute, enact, assert firmly, state authoritatively, establish or formulate (rules or policies).
- (euphemistic, transitive) To euthanize an animal.
- (intransitive, proscribed) To lie down.
- To place on the ground, e.g. a railway on a trackbed.
- simple past of lie down
- (transitive) To intentionally take a fall while riding a motorcycle, in order to prevent a more serious collision.
- (transitive) To give up, surrender, or yield (e.g. a weapon), usually by placing it on the ground.
- institute, enact, or establish
verb
- require to lose, suffer, or sacrifice
- be priced at
- To require to be borne or suffered; to cause.
- To calculate or estimate a price.
- (transitive, ditransitive) To incur a charge of; to require payment of a (specified) price.
- (transitive, ditransitive) To cause something to be lost; to cause the expenditure or relinquishment of.
- (transitive, colloquial) To cost (a person) a great deal of money or suffering.
noun
- value measured by what must be given or done or undergone to obtain something
- the property of having material worth (often indicated by the amount of money something would bring if sold)
- the total spent for goods or services including money and time and labor
- (heraldry) A cottise.
- Amount of money, time, etc. that is required or used.
- Quality; condition; property; value; worth; a wont or habit; disposition; nature; kind; characteristic.
- A negative consequence or loss that occurs or is required to occur.
noun
- the act of giving something up
- withdrawing support or help despite allegiance or responsibility
- the voluntary surrender of property (or a right to property) without attempting to reclaim it or give it away
- An abandoned building or structure.
- The cessation of service on a particular segment of the lines of a common carrier, as granted by a government agency.
- Abandon; careless freedom or ease; surrender to one's emotions.
- The voluntary leaving of a person to whom one is bound by a special relation, as a wife, husband or child; desertion.
- (law) The relinquishment of a right, claim, or privilege; relinquishment of right to secure a patent by an inventor; relinquishment of copyright by an author.
- The act of abandoning, or the state of being abandoned; total desertion; relinquishment.
- The self-surrender to an outside influence.
- A refusal to receive freight so damaged in transit as to be worthless and render carrier liable for its value.
- (law) The relinquishment by the insured to the underwriters of what may remain of the property insured after a loss or damage by a peril insured against.
verb
- give up for a price or reward
- persuade somebody to accept something
- exchange or deliver for money or its equivalent
- deliver to an enemy by treachery
- be approved of or gain acceptance
- be responsible for the sale of
- do business; offer for sale as for one's livelihood
- be sold at a certain price or in a certain way
- (ergative) To be sold.
- (transitive) To promote (a product or service) although not being paid in any direct way or at all.
- (transitive) To promote (a particular viewpoint).
- (transitive, slang) To trick, cheat, or manipulate someone.
- (transitive, professional wrestling, slang) To pretend that an opponent's blows or maneuvers are causing legitimate injury; to act.
- (transitive, ditransitive, intransitive) To transfer goods or provide services in exchange for money.
- (Australia, slang, intransitive) To throw under the bus; to let down one's own team in an endeavour, especially in a sport or a game.
- (transitive) To betray for money or other things.
noun
noun
- The act of ceding something back.
- A period of low temperatures that causes a reduction in species; ice age.
- (surgery) A procedure in which an extraocular muscle is detached from the globe of the eye and reattached posteriorly.
- The act or an instance of receding or withdrawing.
- (economics) A period of reduced economic activity.
- The ceremonial filing out of clergy and/or choir at the end of a church service.
- the state of the economy declines; a widespread decline in the GDP and employment and trade lasting from six months to a year
- the act of ceding back
- a small concavity
- the act of becoming more distant
- the withdrawal of the clergy and choir from the chancel to the vestry at the end of a church service
verb
- To destroy or surrender (something) for the sake of something else regarded as more urgent or valuable.
- (Christianity) To celebrate Holy Communion or Mass.
- (religion) To offer (a human being or an animal, or an object) to a deity.
- (bridge) To make a bid of a contract which is unlikely to be fulfilled, in the hope that that the player will incur fewer penalty points than the points likely to be gained by opponents in making their contract.
- (baseball) Of a batter: to advance (one or more runners on base) by batting the ball so it can be fielded, placing the batter out but with insufficient time to put the runner(s) out.
- (chess) To intentionally allow (a piece) to be captured by the opponent in order to improve one's position in the game.
- (baseball) Of a batter: to bat the ball so that it can be fielded, placing the batter out but allowing one or more runners on base to advance.
- To destroy or kill (a human being or an animal); specifically (sciences), to kill (an animal) for a scientific experiment or test.
- (religion) To offer a human being or an animal, or an object, to a deity.
- sell at a loss
- endure the loss of
- make a sacrifice of; in religious rituals
- kill or destroy
noun
- The destruction or surrender of anything for the sake of something else regarded as more urgent or valuable; also, the thing destroyed or surrendered for this purpose.
- personnel that are sacrificed (e.g., surrendered or lost in order to gain an objective)
- A human being or an animal, or a physical object or immaterial thing (see etymology 1 sense 1.3), offered to a deity.
- Originally, the killing (and often burning) of a human being or an animal as an offering to a deity; later, also the offering of an object to a deity.
- (by extension) The rite of Holy Communion or the Mass, regarded as (Protestantism) an offering of thanksgiving to God for Christ's crucifixion, or (Roman Catholicism) a perpetual re-presentation of Christ's sacrificial offering.
- Jesus Christ's voluntary offering of himself to God the Father to be crucified as atonement for the sins of humankind.
- (baseball) Ellipsis of sacrifice bunt or sacrifice hit (“a play in which the batter intentionally hits the ball softly with a hands-spread batting stance at the cost of an out to advance one or more runners”).
- (bridge) In full sacrifice bid: a bid of a contract which is unlikely to be fulfilled, that a player makes in the hope that they will incur fewer penalty points than the points likely to be gained by opponents in making their contract.
- (chess) An act of intentionally allowing one's piece to be captured by the opponent in order to improve one's position in the game.
- (figurative) The offering of devotion, penitence, prayer, thanksgiving, etc., to a deity.
- a loss entailed by giving up or selling something at less than its value
- the act of killing (an animal or person) in order to propitiate a deity
- the act of losing or surrendering something as a penalty for a mistake or fault or failure to perform etc.
- (baseball) an out that advances the base runners
verb
- compromise oneself for money or other gains
- work as a prostitute
- have unlawful sex with a whore
- (intransitive) To engage the services of a prostitute.
- (intransitive) To pursue false gods.
- (transitive, slang, video games, derogatory) To overuse something.
- (intransitive) To prostitute oneself.
- (transitive) To pimp; to pander.
- (transitive) To promote shamelessly.
- (intransitive) To pursue false goals.
noun
- a woman who engages in sexual intercourse for money
- A person who is sexually promiscuous; a slut.
- A person who is unscrupulous, especially one who compromises their principles for gain.
- Synonym of prostitute: a person (especially a woman) who offers sexual services for payment.
- A person who will violate behavioral standards to achieve something desired.
- A contemptible person.
verb
- to surrender someone or something to another
- To hand over or surrender (someone or something) to another.
- free from harm or evil
- carry out or perform
- throw or hurl from the mound to the batter, as in baseball
- utter (an exclamation, noise, etc.)
- hand over to the authorities of another country
- deliver (a speech, oration, or idea)
- bring to a destination, make a delivery
- cause to be born
- save from sins
- relinquish possession or control over
- pass down
- To free from or disburden of anything.
- (intransitive, transitive, informal) To produce what is expected or required.
- To give forth in action or exercise; to discharge.
- (formal, with "of") To assist (a female) in bearing, that is, in bringing forth (a child).
- To set free from restraint or danger.
- To give birth to.
- To discover; to show.
- To assist in the birth of.
- To bring or transport something to its destination.
- (medicine) To administer a drug.
- To express in words or vocalizations, declare, utter, or vocalize.
adj
verb
- to surrender someone or something to another
- cause to become
- give back
- coat with plastic or cement
- make over as a return
- show in, or as in, a picture
- give an interpretation or rendition of
- bestow
- give something useful or necessary to
- melt (fat or lard) in order to separate out impurities
- restate (words) from one language into another language
- give or supply
- pass down
- (transitive, computer graphics) To transform (a model) into a display on the screen or other media.
- (transitive) To pass down.
- (transitive) To interpret, give an interpretation or rendition of.
- (intransitive, cooking) To have fat melt off meat from cooking.
- (nautical) To pass; to run; said of the passage of a rope through a block, eyelet, etc.
- (transitive) To give; to give back; to deliver.
- (nautical) To yield or give way.
- (transitive) To translate into another language.
- (transitive, art, by extension) To apply realistic coloring and shading.
- (transitive) To make over as a return.
- (transitive) To capture and turn over to another country secretly and extrajudicially.
- (ditransitive) To cause to become.
- (transitive) To convert waste animal tissue into a usable byproduct.
- (construction) To cover a wall with a layer of plaster.
noun
verb
- to surrender someone or something to another
- make an entrance by turning from a road
- prepare for sleep
- carry out (performances)
- (weaving) To reverse the ends of threads and insert them back into the piece being woven so they do not protrude and eventually unravel.
- (transitive, idiomatic) To relinquish; give up; to tell on someone to the authorities (especially to turn someone in).
- (transitive, idiomatic) To submit something; to give.
- (soccer) To convert a goal using a turning motion of the body.
- (intransitive, idiomatic) To go to bed; to retire to bed.
noun
- a detriment or sacrifice
- money spent to perform work and usually reimbursed by an employer
- amounts paid for goods and services that may be currently tax deductible (as opposed to capital expenditures)
- A spending or consuming, often a disbursement of funds.
- The elimination or consumption of something, sometimes with the notion of loss or damage to the thing eliminated.
verb
verb
- To do or give a thing in return for (something).
- To retaliate, to seek revenge.
- To retaliate or seek revenge for (an insult, a wrong, etc.).; to avenge.
- To repay (a debt owed); specifically, to recompense or reward someone for (a favour, a service rendered, etc.)
- To recompense, to repay.
- To respond to or reciprocate (feelings, especially affection or love which has been shown).
- To retaliate or seek revenge against (someone) for an insult, a wrong, etc.; also (reflexive, rare), to seek revenge for (oneself).
- To repay (someone) a debt owed; specifically, to recompense or reward (someone) for a favour, a service rendered, etc.
- make repayment for or return something
noun
verb
- concede the loss or worthlessness of something or somebody
- reduce the estimated value of something
- cancel (a debt)
- write something fluently, and without hesitation
- (accounting, transitive) To reduce the book value of (an asset) to zero.
- (accounting, transitive) To record (an expenditure) as an expense.
- (figurative, transitive) To assign a low value to (somebody or something).
- (accounting) To record a notional expense such as amortization or depreciation.
- (accounting, transitive) To remove a portion of a debt or an amount of an account owed, counting it as a loss (as a gesture of goodwill for example).
- (transitive) To treat as a write-off, a total loss, especially something damaged beyond economic repair.
name
noun
prep_phrase
prep
- In exchange for.
- In opposition to.
- In front of; before (a background).
- In physical opposition to; in collision with.
- As protection from.
- (Hollywood) To be paid now in contrast to the following amount to be paid later under specified circumstances, usually that a movie is made or has started filming.
- In contrast or comparison with.
- As a charge on.
- In physical contact with, so as to abut or be supported by.
- In competition with, versus.
- Contrary to; in conflict with.
- In anticipation of; in preparation for (a particular time, event etc.).
- As counterbalance to.
- Of betting odds, denoting a worse-than-even chance.
- Close to, alongside.
- In a contrary direction to.
verb
- (transitive, ditransitive) To obtain, especially by some sacrifice.
- (transitive) To bribe.
- (transitive, informal) to accept as true; to believe
- (intransitive) To make a purchase or purchases, to treat (for a drink, meal or gift)
- (transitive, ditransitive) To obtain (something) in exchange for money or goods.
- (poker slang, transitive) To make a bluff, usually a large one.
- (transitive) To be equivalent to in value.
- obtain by purchase; acquire by means of a financial transaction
- be worth or be capable of buying
- acquire by trade or sacrifice or exchange
- accept as true
- make illegal payments to in exchange for favors or influence
noun
noun
- An act of donating or giving generously.
- Often preceded by do, give, or make: the generous or liberal giving of gifts or money, especially by someone of high standing on a special occasion; also, excessive or wasteful giving.
- The trait of being willing to donate money, resources, or time; generosity, liberality.
- (also figuratively) A specific gift of money, etc., given in this way, specifically (historical) at harvest time; a donation, a gratuity.
- Money, etc., given in this way.
- (figuratively) Abundance of something (chiefly beneficial), regarded as having been given generously.
- a gift or money given (as for service or out of benevolence); usually given ostentatiously
- liberality in bestowing gifts; extremely liberal and generous of spirit
verb
- To spare (somebody) from effort, or from something undesirable.
- (baseball) To preserve, as a relief pitcher, (a win of another pitcher's on one's team) by defending the lead held when the other pitcher left the game.
- (transitive, intransitive, computing, video games) To write a file to disk or other storage medium.
- To keep (something) safe; to safeguard.
- (informal) To avoid saying something.
- (intransitive) To economize or avoid waste.
- (transitive) To obviate or make unnecessary.
- (transitive) To conserve or prevent the wasting of.
- (reflexive, often with "for") To refrain from romantic or (especially in later use) sexual relationships until one is married or is with a suitable partner.
- (transitive and intransitive) To accumulate money or valuables.
- (transitive) To store for future use.
- (Christianity) To redeem or protect someone from eternal damnation.
- (sports) To catch or deflect (a shot at goal).
- To help (somebody) to survive, or rescue (somebody or something) from harm.
- accumulate money for future use
- retain rights to
- refrain from harming
- spend sparingly, avoid the waste of
- spend less; buy at a reduced price
- make unnecessary an expenditure or effort
- save from ruin, destruction, or harm
- to keep up and reserve for personal or special use
- save from sins
- record data on a computer
- bring into safety
conj
noun
- (roleplaying games) A saving throw.
- An instance of preventing (further) harm or difficulty.
- (baseball) A successful attempt by a relief pitcher to preserve the win of another pitcher on one's team.
- (professional wrestling, slang) A point in a professional wrestling match when one or more wrestlers run to the ring to aid a fellow wrestler who is being beaten.
- In various sports, a block that prevents an opponent from scoring.
- (informal) An action that brings one back out of an awkward situation.
- (computing) The act, process, or result of saving data to a storage medium.
- (sports) the act of preventing the opposition from scoring
prep
verb
- be able to spare or give up
- be the cause or source of
- have the financial means to do something or buy something
- (rare) To give forth; to supply, yield, or produce as the natural result, fruit, or issue.
- To give, grant, or confer, with a remoter reference to its being the natural result; to provide; to furnish.
- To incur, stand, or bear without serious detriment, as an act which might under other circumstances be injurious; (usually after an expression of ability, as could, able, difficult) to be able or rich enough; to spare.
adj
noun
verb
- give, especially as an honor or reward
- give as judged due or on the basis of merit
- (transitive) To give (a person) an award.
- (transitive) To give (an award).
- (intransitive) To determine; to make or grant an award.
- (transitive, law) To give by sentence or judicial determination; to assign or apportion, after careful regard to the nature of the case.
- (transitive, British, education) (in an examination) To give marks for a correct answer.
noun
- something given for victory or superiority in a contest or competition or for winning a lottery
- a grant made by a law court
- a tangible symbol signifying approval or distinction
- (law) The paper containing the decision of arbitrators; that which is warded.
- (law) A judgment, sentence, or final decision. Specifically: The decision of arbitrators in a case submitted.
- (Australia, NZ, industrial relations) A negotiated set of employment conditions and minimum wages for a particular trade or industry; an industrial award.
- A trophy or medal; something that denotes an accomplishment, especially in a competition. A prize or honor based on merit.
- (academia) Funding that has been granted for the conduct of a research project.
verb
- give, especially as an honor or reward
- present somebody with something, usually to accuse or criticize
- cause to come to know personally
- represent abstractly, for example in a painting, drawing, or sculpture
- perform (a play), especially on a stage
- formally present a debutante, a representative of a country, etc.
- offer for others to consider
- give as a present; make a gift of
- bring forward and present to the mind
- give an exhibition of to an interested audience
- recognize with a gesture prescribed by a military regulation; assume a prescribed position
- deliver (a speech, oration, or idea)
- hand over formally
- (transitive) To give a gift or presentation to (someone).
- (intransitive, zoology) To display one's female genitalia in a way that signals to others that one is ready for copulation. Also referred to as lordosis behaviour.
- (intransitive) To appear or represent oneself outwardly.
- simple past and past participle of presend
- (transitive) To nominate (a member of the clergy) for an ecclesiastical benefice; to offer to the bishop or ordinary as a candidate for institution.
- (transitive) To put (something) forward in order for it to be seen; to show, exhibit.
- (reflexive) To come forward, appear in a particular place or before a particular person, especially formally.
- (intransitive, with "as") To appear or represent oneself (as having a certain gender).
- (transitive) To hand over (a bill etc.) to be paid.
- (transitive, military) To point (a firearm) at something, to hold (a weapon) in a position ready to fire.
- (transitive) To act as presenter on (a radio, television programme etc.).
- (transitive) To offer (a problem, complaint) to a court or other authority for consideration.
- (transitive) To put on, stage (a play etc.).
- (reflexive) To offer oneself for mental consideration; to occur to the mind.
- (intransitive, medicine) To appear (in a specific way) for delivery (of a fetus); to appear first at the mouth of the uterus during childbirth.
- To bring (someone) into the presence of (a person); to introduce formally.
- (transitive) To make clear to one's mind or intelligence; to put forward for consideration.
- (intransitive, medicine) To come to the attention of medical staff, especially with a specific symptom.
- (fandom slang) In omegaverse fiction, to have one's secondary sex (alpha, omega, or beta) become apparent, typically at puberty.
- (transitive) To deliver (something abstract) as though as a gift; to offer.
adj
- temporal sense; intermediate between past and future; now existing or happening or in consideration
- being or existing in a specified place
- Relating to now, for the time being; current.
- Located in the immediate vicinity.
- Attentive; alert; focused.
- (politics) Neither for or against (used in voting to express abstention)
- Relating to something a person is referring to in the very context, with a deictic use similar to the demonstrative adjective this.
noun
- a verb tense that expresses actions or states at the time of speaking
- something presented as a gift
- the period of time that is happening now; any continuous stretch of time including the moment of speech
- (grammar) The present tense.
- (military) The position of a soldier in presenting arms.
- The current moment or period of time.
- A gift, especially one given for birthdays, Christmas, anniversaries, graduations, weddings, or any other special occasions.
- (colloquial, euphemistic, endearing) poo; feces
verb
- do or give something to somebody in return
- adjust for
- make up for shortcomings or a feeling of inferiority by exaggerating good qualities
- make reparations or amends for
- make payment to; compensate
- make amends for; pay compensation for
- To pay or reward someone in exchange for work done or some other consideration.
- To do (something good) after (something bad) happens.
- To adjust or adapt to a change, often a harm or deprivation.
- (ambitransitive) To make up for; to do something in place of something else; to correct, satisfy; to reach an agreement such that the scales are literally or (metaphorically) balanced; to equalize or make even.
verb
- do or give something to somebody in return
- make up work that was missed due to absence at a later point
- adjust for
- come to terms
- concoct something artificial or untrue
- devise or compose
- form or compose
- apply make-up or cosmetics to one's face to appear prettier
- put in order or neaten
- To apply cosmetics.
- (transitive, intransitive, reflexive) To prepare (someone) for a theatrical performance by means of costume, cosmetics, etc.
- (intransitive) To compensate (for).
- To compile or draw up (a list, document, etc.).
- To draw near to, approach to.
- To invent, to imagine, to concoct
- (transitive, intransitive, reflexive) To apply cosmetics or makeup to (a face, facial feature).
- (transitive) To constitute the components of a whole.
- To invent or fabricate (a story, claim, etc.).
- (transitive, intransitive) To resolve or settle an argument, dispute, conflict, or fight (e.g., with someone).
- To constitute, to compose.
- To put together (a substance, material, garment, medicine, etc.) into a specific form; to assemble.
- To make peace, to settle a dispute.
- (transitive) To compensate for (a deficiency, defect, etc.); to supply (something missing).
- To make social or romantic advances to; to pay court to.
noun
verb
- do or give something to somebody in return
- dedicate
- cancel or discharge a debt
- be worth it
- make a compensation for
- convey, as of a compliment, regards, attention, etc.; bestow
- bring in
- bear (a cost or penalty), in recompense for some action
- render
- give money, usually in exchange for goods or services
- discharge or settle
- (ambitransitive) To discharge, as a debt or other obligation, by giving or doing what is due or required.
- (intransitive) To suffer consequences.
- (transitive) To be profitable for.
- (transitive) To admit that a joke, punchline, etc., was funny.
- (transitive) To give (something else than money).
- (transitive) To yield as a benefit.
- (intransitive) To be profitable or worth the effort.
- (intransitive) To discharge an obligation or debt.
- (ambitransitive) To give money or other compensation to in exchange for goods or services.
- (nautical, transitive) To cover (the bottom of a vessel, a seam, a spar, etc.) with tar or pitch, or a waterproof composition of tallow, resin, etc.; to smear.
noun
adj
verb
- do or give something to somebody in return
- yield a profit or result
- eliminate by paying off (debts)
- take vengeance on or get even
- pay someone with influence in order to receive a favor
- pay off (loans or promissory notes)
- (transitive) To pay back; to repay.
- (transitive) To pay and discharge (an employee).
- (nautical) To fall to leeward, as the head of a vessel under sail.
- (transitive) To pay back (repay) the entirety of a loan, thereby effecting the release of a lien on (the thing that was financed).
- (intransitive) To become worthwhile; to produce a net benefit.
- (transitive, informal) To bribe, especially to deter oversight.
verb
adj
verb
- To yield or suffer; to surrender; to grant
- To grant, as a right or privilege; to make concession of.
- (cricket) (of a bowler) to have runs scored off of one's bowling.
- (sports) To have a goal or point scored against
- To admit or agree to be true; to acknowledge
- To yield or make concession.
- be willing to concede
- acknowledge defeat
- give over; surrender or relinquish to the physical control of another
- admit (to a wrongdoing)
noun
- That which has been offered; a sacrifice.
- An oblation or presentation made as a religious act.
- The act by which something is offered.
- Something put forth, bid, proffered or tendered, such as for sale
- A contribution given at a religious service.
- money contributed to a religious organization; item or items contributed to a religious organization for religious purposes
- the verbal act of offering
- the act of contributing to the funds of a church or charity
- something offered (as a proposal or bid)
verb
noun
- the act of giving something up
- withdrawing support or help despite allegiance or responsibility
- the voluntary surrender of property (or a right to property) without attempting to reclaim it or give it away
- An abandoned building or structure.
- The cessation of service on a particular segment of the lines of a common carrier, as granted by a government agency.
- Abandon; careless freedom or ease; surrender to one's emotions.
- The voluntary leaving of a person to whom one is bound by a special relation, as a wife, husband or child; desertion.
- (law) The relinquishment of a right, claim, or privilege; relinquishment of right to secure a patent by an inventor; relinquishment of copyright by an author.
- The act of abandoning, or the state of being abandoned; total desertion; relinquishment.
- The self-surrender to an outside influence.
- A refusal to receive freight so damaged in transit as to be worthless and render carrier liable for its value.
- (law) The relinquishment by the insured to the underwriters of what may remain of the property insured after a loss or damage by a peril insured against.
noun
- The act of ceding something back.
- A period of low temperatures that causes a reduction in species; ice age.
- (surgery) A procedure in which an extraocular muscle is detached from the globe of the eye and reattached posteriorly.
- The act or an instance of receding or withdrawing.
- (economics) A period of reduced economic activity.
- The ceremonial filing out of clergy and/or choir at the end of a church service.
- the state of the economy declines; a widespread decline in the GDP and employment and trade lasting from six months to a year
- the act of ceding back
- a small concavity
- the act of becoming more distant
- the withdrawal of the clergy and choir from the chancel to the vestry at the end of a church service
noun
- a detriment or sacrifice
- money spent to perform work and usually reimbursed by an employer
- amounts paid for goods and services that may be currently tax deductible (as opposed to capital expenditures)
- A spending or consuming, often a disbursement of funds.
- The elimination or consumption of something, sometimes with the notion of loss or damage to the thing eliminated.
verb
verb
- To destroy or surrender (something) for the sake of something else regarded as more urgent or valuable.
- (Christianity) To celebrate Holy Communion or Mass.
- (religion) To offer (a human being or an animal, or an object) to a deity.
- (bridge) To make a bid of a contract which is unlikely to be fulfilled, in the hope that that the player will incur fewer penalty points than the points likely to be gained by opponents in making their contract.
- (baseball) Of a batter: to advance (one or more runners on base) by batting the ball so it can be fielded, placing the batter out but with insufficient time to put the runner(s) out.
- (chess) To intentionally allow (a piece) to be captured by the opponent in order to improve one's position in the game.
- (baseball) Of a batter: to bat the ball so that it can be fielded, placing the batter out but allowing one or more runners on base to advance.
- To destroy or kill (a human being or an animal); specifically (sciences), to kill (an animal) for a scientific experiment or test.
- (religion) To offer a human being or an animal, or an object, to a deity.
- sell at a loss
- endure the loss of
- make a sacrifice of; in religious rituals
- kill or destroy
noun
- The destruction or surrender of anything for the sake of something else regarded as more urgent or valuable; also, the thing destroyed or surrendered for this purpose.
- personnel that are sacrificed (e.g., surrendered or lost in order to gain an objective)
- A human being or an animal, or a physical object or immaterial thing (see etymology 1 sense 1.3), offered to a deity.
- Originally, the killing (and often burning) of a human being or an animal as an offering to a deity; later, also the offering of an object to a deity.
- (by extension) The rite of Holy Communion or the Mass, regarded as (Protestantism) an offering of thanksgiving to God for Christ's crucifixion, or (Roman Catholicism) a perpetual re-presentation of Christ's sacrificial offering.
- Jesus Christ's voluntary offering of himself to God the Father to be crucified as atonement for the sins of humankind.
- (baseball) Ellipsis of sacrifice bunt or sacrifice hit (“a play in which the batter intentionally hits the ball softly with a hands-spread batting stance at the cost of an out to advance one or more runners”).
- (bridge) In full sacrifice bid: a bid of a contract which is unlikely to be fulfilled, that a player makes in the hope that they will incur fewer penalty points than the points likely to be gained by opponents in making their contract.
- (chess) An act of intentionally allowing one's piece to be captured by the opponent in order to improve one's position in the game.
- (figurative) The offering of devotion, penitence, prayer, thanksgiving, etc., to a deity.
- a loss entailed by giving up or selling something at less than its value
- the act of killing (an animal or person) in order to propitiate a deity
- the act of losing or surrendering something as a penalty for a mistake or fault or failure to perform etc.
- (baseball) an out that advances the base runners
noun
- An act of donating or giving generously.
- Often preceded by do, give, or make: the generous or liberal giving of gifts or money, especially by someone of high standing on a special occasion; also, excessive or wasteful giving.
- The trait of being willing to donate money, resources, or time; generosity, liberality.
- (also figuratively) A specific gift of money, etc., given in this way, specifically (historical) at harvest time; a donation, a gratuity.
- Money, etc., given in this way.
- (figuratively) Abundance of something (chiefly beneficial), regarded as having been given generously.
- a gift or money given (as for service or out of benevolence); usually given ostentatiously
- liberality in bestowing gifts; extremely liberal and generous of spirit
verb
- To sacrifice, especially in the phrase "to lay down one's life."
- To stock, store (e.g. wine) for the future. See also lay by.
- (transitive) To specify, institute, enact, assert firmly, state authoritatively, establish or formulate (rules or policies).
- (euphemistic, transitive) To euthanize an animal.
- (intransitive, proscribed) To lie down.
- To place on the ground, e.g. a railway on a trackbed.
- simple past of lie down
- (transitive) To intentionally take a fall while riding a motorcycle, in order to prevent a more serious collision.
- (transitive) To give up, surrender, or yield (e.g. a weapon), usually by placing it on the ground.
- institute, enact, or establish
verb
- require to lose, suffer, or sacrifice
- be priced at
- To require to be borne or suffered; to cause.
- To calculate or estimate a price.
- (transitive, ditransitive) To incur a charge of; to require payment of a (specified) price.
- (transitive, ditransitive) To cause something to be lost; to cause the expenditure or relinquishment of.
- (transitive, colloquial) To cost (a person) a great deal of money or suffering.
noun
- value measured by what must be given or done or undergone to obtain something
- the property of having material worth (often indicated by the amount of money something would bring if sold)
- the total spent for goods or services including money and time and labor
- (heraldry) A cottise.
- Amount of money, time, etc. that is required or used.
- Quality; condition; property; value; worth; a wont or habit; disposition; nature; kind; characteristic.
- A negative consequence or loss that occurs or is required to occur.
verb
- give up for a price or reward
- persuade somebody to accept something
- exchange or deliver for money or its equivalent
- deliver to an enemy by treachery
- be approved of or gain acceptance
- be responsible for the sale of
- do business; offer for sale as for one's livelihood
- be sold at a certain price or in a certain way
- (ergative) To be sold.
- (transitive) To promote (a product or service) although not being paid in any direct way or at all.
- (transitive) To promote (a particular viewpoint).
- (transitive, slang) To trick, cheat, or manipulate someone.
- (transitive, professional wrestling, slang) To pretend that an opponent's blows or maneuvers are causing legitimate injury; to act.
- (transitive, ditransitive, intransitive) To transfer goods or provide services in exchange for money.
- (Australia, slang, intransitive) To throw under the bus; to let down one's own team in an endeavour, especially in a sport or a game.
- (transitive) To betray for money or other things.
noun
verb
- To destroy or surrender (something) for the sake of something else regarded as more urgent or valuable.
- (Christianity) To celebrate Holy Communion or Mass.
- (religion) To offer (a human being or an animal, or an object) to a deity.
- (bridge) To make a bid of a contract which is unlikely to be fulfilled, in the hope that that the player will incur fewer penalty points than the points likely to be gained by opponents in making their contract.
- (baseball) Of a batter: to advance (one or more runners on base) by batting the ball so it can be fielded, placing the batter out but with insufficient time to put the runner(s) out.
- (chess) To intentionally allow (a piece) to be captured by the opponent in order to improve one's position in the game.
- (baseball) Of a batter: to bat the ball so that it can be fielded, placing the batter out but allowing one or more runners on base to advance.
- To destroy or kill (a human being or an animal); specifically (sciences), to kill (an animal) for a scientific experiment or test.
- (religion) To offer a human being or an animal, or an object, to a deity.
- sell at a loss
- endure the loss of
- make a sacrifice of; in religious rituals
- kill or destroy
noun
- The destruction or surrender of anything for the sake of something else regarded as more urgent or valuable; also, the thing destroyed or surrendered for this purpose.
- personnel that are sacrificed (e.g., surrendered or lost in order to gain an objective)
- A human being or an animal, or a physical object or immaterial thing (see etymology 1 sense 1.3), offered to a deity.
- Originally, the killing (and often burning) of a human being or an animal as an offering to a deity; later, also the offering of an object to a deity.
- (by extension) The rite of Holy Communion or the Mass, regarded as (Protestantism) an offering of thanksgiving to God for Christ's crucifixion, or (Roman Catholicism) a perpetual re-presentation of Christ's sacrificial offering.
- Jesus Christ's voluntary offering of himself to God the Father to be crucified as atonement for the sins of humankind.
- (baseball) Ellipsis of sacrifice bunt or sacrifice hit (“a play in which the batter intentionally hits the ball softly with a hands-spread batting stance at the cost of an out to advance one or more runners”).
- (bridge) In full sacrifice bid: a bid of a contract which is unlikely to be fulfilled, that a player makes in the hope that they will incur fewer penalty points than the points likely to be gained by opponents in making their contract.
- (chess) An act of intentionally allowing one's piece to be captured by the opponent in order to improve one's position in the game.
- (figurative) The offering of devotion, penitence, prayer, thanksgiving, etc., to a deity.
- a loss entailed by giving up or selling something at less than its value
- the act of killing (an animal or person) in order to propitiate a deity
- the act of losing or surrendering something as a penalty for a mistake or fault or failure to perform etc.
- (baseball) an out that advances the base runners
verb
- compromise oneself for money or other gains
- work as a prostitute
- have unlawful sex with a whore
- (intransitive) To engage the services of a prostitute.
- (intransitive) To pursue false gods.
- (transitive, slang, video games, derogatory) To overuse something.
- (intransitive) To prostitute oneself.
- (transitive) To pimp; to pander.
- (transitive) To promote shamelessly.
- (intransitive) To pursue false goals.
noun
- a woman who engages in sexual intercourse for money
- A person who is sexually promiscuous; a slut.
- A person who is unscrupulous, especially one who compromises their principles for gain.
- Synonym of prostitute: a person (especially a woman) who offers sexual services for payment.
- A person who will violate behavioral standards to achieve something desired.
- A contemptible person.
verb
- to surrender someone or something to another
- To hand over or surrender (someone or something) to another.
- free from harm or evil
- carry out or perform
- throw or hurl from the mound to the batter, as in baseball
- utter (an exclamation, noise, etc.)
- hand over to the authorities of another country
- deliver (a speech, oration, or idea)
- bring to a destination, make a delivery
- cause to be born
- save from sins
- relinquish possession or control over
- pass down
- To free from or disburden of anything.
- (intransitive, transitive, informal) To produce what is expected or required.
- To give forth in action or exercise; to discharge.
- (formal, with "of") To assist (a female) in bearing, that is, in bringing forth (a child).
- To set free from restraint or danger.
- To give birth to.
- To discover; to show.
- To assist in the birth of.
- To bring or transport something to its destination.
- (medicine) To administer a drug.
- To express in words or vocalizations, declare, utter, or vocalize.
adj
verb
- to surrender someone or something to another
- cause to become
- give back
- coat with plastic or cement
- make over as a return
- show in, or as in, a picture
- give an interpretation or rendition of
- bestow
- give something useful or necessary to
- melt (fat or lard) in order to separate out impurities
- restate (words) from one language into another language
- give or supply
- pass down
- (transitive, computer graphics) To transform (a model) into a display on the screen or other media.
- (transitive) To pass down.
- (transitive) To interpret, give an interpretation or rendition of.
- (intransitive, cooking) To have fat melt off meat from cooking.
- (nautical) To pass; to run; said of the passage of a rope through a block, eyelet, etc.
- (transitive) To give; to give back; to deliver.
- (nautical) To yield or give way.
- (transitive) To translate into another language.
- (transitive, art, by extension) To apply realistic coloring and shading.
- (transitive) To make over as a return.
- (transitive) To capture and turn over to another country secretly and extrajudicially.
- (ditransitive) To cause to become.
- (transitive) To convert waste animal tissue into a usable byproduct.
- (construction) To cover a wall with a layer of plaster.
noun
verb
- to surrender someone or something to another
- make an entrance by turning from a road
- prepare for sleep
- carry out (performances)
- (weaving) To reverse the ends of threads and insert them back into the piece being woven so they do not protrude and eventually unravel.
- (transitive, idiomatic) To relinquish; give up; to tell on someone to the authorities (especially to turn someone in).
- (transitive, idiomatic) To submit something; to give.
- (soccer) To convert a goal using a turning motion of the body.
- (intransitive, idiomatic) To go to bed; to retire to bed.
verb
- To do or give a thing in return for (something).
- To retaliate, to seek revenge.
- To retaliate or seek revenge for (an insult, a wrong, etc.).; to avenge.
- To repay (a debt owed); specifically, to recompense or reward someone for (a favour, a service rendered, etc.)
- To recompense, to repay.
- To respond to or reciprocate (feelings, especially affection or love which has been shown).
- To retaliate or seek revenge against (someone) for an insult, a wrong, etc.; also (reflexive, rare), to seek revenge for (oneself).
- To repay (someone) a debt owed; specifically, to recompense or reward (someone) for a favour, a service rendered, etc.
- make repayment for or return something
noun
verb
- concede the loss or worthlessness of something or somebody
- reduce the estimated value of something
- cancel (a debt)
- write something fluently, and without hesitation
- (accounting, transitive) To reduce the book value of (an asset) to zero.
- (accounting, transitive) To record (an expenditure) as an expense.
- (figurative, transitive) To assign a low value to (somebody or something).
- (accounting) To record a notional expense such as amortization or depreciation.
- (accounting, transitive) To remove a portion of a debt or an amount of an account owed, counting it as a loss (as a gesture of goodwill for example).
- (transitive) To treat as a write-off, a total loss, especially something damaged beyond economic repair.
verb
- (transitive, ditransitive) To obtain, especially by some sacrifice.
- (transitive) To bribe.
- (transitive, informal) to accept as true; to believe
- (intransitive) To make a purchase or purchases, to treat (for a drink, meal or gift)
- (transitive, ditransitive) To obtain (something) in exchange for money or goods.
- (poker slang, transitive) To make a bluff, usually a large one.
- (transitive) To be equivalent to in value.
- obtain by purchase; acquire by means of a financial transaction
- be worth or be capable of buying
- acquire by trade or sacrifice or exchange
- accept as true
- make illegal payments to in exchange for favors or influence
noun
verb
- To spare (somebody) from effort, or from something undesirable.
- (baseball) To preserve, as a relief pitcher, (a win of another pitcher's on one's team) by defending the lead held when the other pitcher left the game.
- (transitive, intransitive, computing, video games) To write a file to disk or other storage medium.
- To keep (something) safe; to safeguard.
- (informal) To avoid saying something.
- (intransitive) To economize or avoid waste.
- (transitive) To obviate or make unnecessary.
- (transitive) To conserve or prevent the wasting of.
- (reflexive, often with "for") To refrain from romantic or (especially in later use) sexual relationships until one is married or is with a suitable partner.
- (transitive and intransitive) To accumulate money or valuables.
- (transitive) To store for future use.
- (Christianity) To redeem or protect someone from eternal damnation.
- (sports) To catch or deflect (a shot at goal).
- To help (somebody) to survive, or rescue (somebody or something) from harm.
- accumulate money for future use
- retain rights to
- refrain from harming
- spend sparingly, avoid the waste of
- spend less; buy at a reduced price
- make unnecessary an expenditure or effort
- save from ruin, destruction, or harm
- to keep up and reserve for personal or special use
- save from sins
- record data on a computer
- bring into safety
conj
noun
- (roleplaying games) A saving throw.
- An instance of preventing (further) harm or difficulty.
- (baseball) A successful attempt by a relief pitcher to preserve the win of another pitcher on one's team.
- (professional wrestling, slang) A point in a professional wrestling match when one or more wrestlers run to the ring to aid a fellow wrestler who is being beaten.
- In various sports, a block that prevents an opponent from scoring.
- (informal) An action that brings one back out of an awkward situation.
- (computing) The act, process, or result of saving data to a storage medium.
- (sports) the act of preventing the opposition from scoring
prep
verb
- be able to spare or give up
- be the cause or source of
- have the financial means to do something or buy something
- (rare) To give forth; to supply, yield, or produce as the natural result, fruit, or issue.
- To give, grant, or confer, with a remoter reference to its being the natural result; to provide; to furnish.
- To incur, stand, or bear without serious detriment, as an act which might under other circumstances be injurious; (usually after an expression of ability, as could, able, difficult) to be able or rich enough; to spare.
verb
- give, especially as an honor or reward
- give as judged due or on the basis of merit
- (transitive) To give (a person) an award.
- (transitive) To give (an award).
- (intransitive) To determine; to make or grant an award.
- (transitive, law) To give by sentence or judicial determination; to assign or apportion, after careful regard to the nature of the case.
- (transitive, British, education) (in an examination) To give marks for a correct answer.
noun
- something given for victory or superiority in a contest or competition or for winning a lottery
- a grant made by a law court
- a tangible symbol signifying approval or distinction
- (law) The paper containing the decision of arbitrators; that which is warded.
- (law) A judgment, sentence, or final decision. Specifically: The decision of arbitrators in a case submitted.
- (Australia, NZ, industrial relations) A negotiated set of employment conditions and minimum wages for a particular trade or industry; an industrial award.
- A trophy or medal; something that denotes an accomplishment, especially in a competition. A prize or honor based on merit.
- (academia) Funding that has been granted for the conduct of a research project.
verb
- give, especially as an honor or reward
- present somebody with something, usually to accuse or criticize
- cause to come to know personally
- represent abstractly, for example in a painting, drawing, or sculpture
- perform (a play), especially on a stage
- formally present a debutante, a representative of a country, etc.
- offer for others to consider
- give as a present; make a gift of
- bring forward and present to the mind
- give an exhibition of to an interested audience
- recognize with a gesture prescribed by a military regulation; assume a prescribed position
- deliver (a speech, oration, or idea)
- hand over formally
- (transitive) To give a gift or presentation to (someone).
- (intransitive, zoology) To display one's female genitalia in a way that signals to others that one is ready for copulation. Also referred to as lordosis behaviour.
- (intransitive) To appear or represent oneself outwardly.
- simple past and past participle of presend
- (transitive) To nominate (a member of the clergy) for an ecclesiastical benefice; to offer to the bishop or ordinary as a candidate for institution.
- (transitive) To put (something) forward in order for it to be seen; to show, exhibit.
- (reflexive) To come forward, appear in a particular place or before a particular person, especially formally.
- (intransitive, with "as") To appear or represent oneself (as having a certain gender).
- (transitive) To hand over (a bill etc.) to be paid.
- (transitive, military) To point (a firearm) at something, to hold (a weapon) in a position ready to fire.
- (transitive) To act as presenter on (a radio, television programme etc.).
- (transitive) To offer (a problem, complaint) to a court or other authority for consideration.
- (transitive) To put on, stage (a play etc.).
- (reflexive) To offer oneself for mental consideration; to occur to the mind.
- (intransitive, medicine) To appear (in a specific way) for delivery (of a fetus); to appear first at the mouth of the uterus during childbirth.
- To bring (someone) into the presence of (a person); to introduce formally.
- (transitive) To make clear to one's mind or intelligence; to put forward for consideration.
- (intransitive, medicine) To come to the attention of medical staff, especially with a specific symptom.
- (fandom slang) In omegaverse fiction, to have one's secondary sex (alpha, omega, or beta) become apparent, typically at puberty.
- (transitive) To deliver (something abstract) as though as a gift; to offer.
adj
- temporal sense; intermediate between past and future; now existing or happening or in consideration
- being or existing in a specified place
- Relating to now, for the time being; current.
- Located in the immediate vicinity.
- Attentive; alert; focused.
- (politics) Neither for or against (used in voting to express abstention)
- Relating to something a person is referring to in the very context, with a deictic use similar to the demonstrative adjective this.
noun
- a verb tense that expresses actions or states at the time of speaking
- something presented as a gift
- the period of time that is happening now; any continuous stretch of time including the moment of speech
- (grammar) The present tense.
- (military) The position of a soldier in presenting arms.
- The current moment or period of time.
- A gift, especially one given for birthdays, Christmas, anniversaries, graduations, weddings, or any other special occasions.
- (colloquial, euphemistic, endearing) poo; feces
verb
- do or give something to somebody in return
- adjust for
- make up for shortcomings or a feeling of inferiority by exaggerating good qualities
- make reparations or amends for
- make payment to; compensate
- make amends for; pay compensation for
- To pay or reward someone in exchange for work done or some other consideration.
- To do (something good) after (something bad) happens.
- To adjust or adapt to a change, often a harm or deprivation.
- (ambitransitive) To make up for; to do something in place of something else; to correct, satisfy; to reach an agreement such that the scales are literally or (metaphorically) balanced; to equalize or make even.
verb
- do or give something to somebody in return
- make up work that was missed due to absence at a later point
- adjust for
- come to terms
- concoct something artificial or untrue
- devise or compose
- form or compose
- apply make-up or cosmetics to one's face to appear prettier
- put in order or neaten
- To apply cosmetics.
- (transitive, intransitive, reflexive) To prepare (someone) for a theatrical performance by means of costume, cosmetics, etc.
- (intransitive) To compensate (for).
- To compile or draw up (a list, document, etc.).
- To draw near to, approach to.
- To invent, to imagine, to concoct
- (transitive, intransitive, reflexive) To apply cosmetics or makeup to (a face, facial feature).
- (transitive) To constitute the components of a whole.
- To invent or fabricate (a story, claim, etc.).
- (transitive, intransitive) To resolve or settle an argument, dispute, conflict, or fight (e.g., with someone).
- To constitute, to compose.
- To put together (a substance, material, garment, medicine, etc.) into a specific form; to assemble.
- To make peace, to settle a dispute.
- (transitive) To compensate for (a deficiency, defect, etc.); to supply (something missing).
- To make social or romantic advances to; to pay court to.
noun
verb
- do or give something to somebody in return
- dedicate
- cancel or discharge a debt
- be worth it
- make a compensation for
- convey, as of a compliment, regards, attention, etc.; bestow
- bring in
- bear (a cost or penalty), in recompense for some action
- render
- give money, usually in exchange for goods or services
- discharge or settle
- (ambitransitive) To discharge, as a debt or other obligation, by giving or doing what is due or required.
- (intransitive) To suffer consequences.
- (transitive) To be profitable for.
- (transitive) To admit that a joke, punchline, etc., was funny.
- (transitive) To give (something else than money).
- (transitive) To yield as a benefit.
- (intransitive) To be profitable or worth the effort.
- (intransitive) To discharge an obligation or debt.
- (ambitransitive) To give money or other compensation to in exchange for goods or services.
- (nautical, transitive) To cover (the bottom of a vessel, a seam, a spar, etc.) with tar or pitch, or a waterproof composition of tallow, resin, etc.; to smear.
noun
adj
verb
- do or give something to somebody in return
- yield a profit or result
- eliminate by paying off (debts)
- take vengeance on or get even
- pay someone with influence in order to receive a favor
- pay off (loans or promissory notes)
- (transitive) To pay back; to repay.
- (transitive) To pay and discharge (an employee).
- (nautical) To fall to leeward, as the head of a vessel under sail.
- (transitive) To pay back (repay) the entirety of a loan, thereby effecting the release of a lien on (the thing that was financed).
- (intransitive) To become worthwhile; to produce a net benefit.
- (transitive, informal) To bribe, especially to deter oversight.
verb
adj
verb
- To yield or suffer; to surrender; to grant
- To grant, as a right or privilege; to make concession of.
- (cricket) (of a bowler) to have runs scored off of one's bowling.
- (sports) To have a goal or point scored against
- To admit or agree to be true; to acknowledge
- To yield or make concession.
- be willing to concede
- acknowledge defeat
- give over; surrender or relinquish to the physical control of another
- admit (to a wrongdoing)