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noun
- an expression whose meaning cannot be determined from its context
- unclearness by virtue of having more than one meaning
- (countable) An instance of this state: words or statements that are open to more than one interpretation, explanation or meaning, especially if that meaning cannot be determined from the context.
- (uncountable) The state of being ambiguous; the state of leaving room for more than one interpretation.
noun
- an expression whose meanings cannot be inferred from the meanings of the words that make it up
- An established phrasal expression whose meaning may not be deducible from the literal meanings of its component words.
- the style of a particular artist or school or movement
- the usage or vocabulary that is characteristic of a specific group of people
- a manner of speaking that is natural to native speakers of a language
- A manner of speaking, a mode of expression peculiar to a language, language family, or group of people.
- (programming) A programming construct or phraseology that is characteristic of the language.
- A language or language variety; specifically, a restricted dialect used in a given historical period, context etc.
- An artistic style (for example, in art, architecture, or music); an instance of such a style.
noun
- an expression whose meanings cannot be inferred from the meanings of the words that make it up
- a short musical passage
- an expression consisting of one or more words forming a grammatical constituent of a sentence
- dance movements that are linked in a single choreographic sequence
- (music) A small section of music in a larger piece.
- A short written or spoken expression.
- (grammar) A word or, more commonly, a group of words that functions as a single unit in the syntax of a sentence, always containing an expressed or implied head (the principal word or subgroup, with core importance) and often consisting of a head plus some other elaborating words.
- (dance) A short individual motion forming part of a choreographed dance.
verb
noun
- a meaning that is not expressly stated but can be inferred
- something that is inferred (deduced or entailed or implied)
- a relation implicated by virtue of involvement or close connection (especially an incriminating involvement)
- a logical relation between propositions p and q of the form ‘if p then q’; if p is true then q cannot be false
- an accusation that brings into intimate and usually incriminating connection
- (countable, uncountable) An implying, or that which is implied, but not expressed; an inference, or something which may fairly be understood, though not expressed in words.
- (uncountable) The state of being implicated.
- (countable, logic) The connective in propositional calculus that, when joining two predicates A and B in that order, has the meaning "if A is true, then B is true".
- (uncountable) The act of implicating.
- (countable) A possible, or indirect, effect or result of a decision or action.
- Logical consequence.
noun
- a meaning that is not expressly stated but can be inferred
- commodities (goods or services) bought from a foreign country
- the message that is intended or expressed or signified
- having important effects or influence
- an imported person brought from a foreign country
- (uncountable) The practice of importing.
- (uncountable) Clipping of importance.
- (countable, Philippines) A foreigner playing in a sports league.
- (countable) Something brought in from an exterior source, especially for sale or trade.
verb
- indicate or signify
- bring in from abroad
- transfer (electronic data) into a database or document
- (transitive) To be of importance to (someone or something).
- (intransitive) To be important; to be significant; to be of consequence.
- (transitive) To bring (something) in from a foreign country, especially for sale or trade.
- (transitive) To mean, signify.
- (transitive) To be incumbent on (someone to do something).
- (transitive, computing) To load a file into a software application from another version or system.
- (transitive) To be important or crucial to (that something happen).
noun
- the meaning of a word or expression; the way in which a word or expression or situation can be interpreted
- a natural appreciation or ability
- sound practical judgment
- the faculty through which the external world is apprehended
- a general conscious awareness
- Sound practical or moral judgment.
- (mathematics) One of two opposite directions in which a vector (especially of motion) may point. See also polarity.
- (semantics, lexicography) A single conventional use of a word; one of the entries or definitions for a word in a dictionary.
- Any of the manners by which living beings perceive the physical world: for humans sight, smell, hearing, touch, taste.
- A natural appreciation or ability.
- Perception through the intellect; apprehension; awareness.
- A meaning of a term (word or expression), among its various meanings.
- (pragmatics) The way that a referent is presented.
- The meaning, reason, or value of something.
- (biochemistry) referring to the strand of a nucleic acid that directly specifies the product.
- (mathematics) One of two opposite directions of rotation, clockwise versus anti-clockwise.
verb
noun
- (grammar, rhetoric) The omission of a word or phrase that can be inferred from the context.
- (typography, mathematics) A mark consisting of multiple full stops (with or without spaces), used to indicate omitted, missing, or illegible words; or (in mathematics) that a pattern continues.
- (film) The omission of scenes in a film that do not advance the plot.
- omission or suppression of parts of words or sentences
noun
- Signification, meaning, for example of a word or phrase.
- That which designates; a distinguishing mark or name; distinctive title; appellation.
- An act or instance of designating
- Selection and appointment for a purpose or office.
- the act of designating or identifying something
- identifying word or words by which someone or something is called and classified or distinguished from others
- the act of putting a person into a non-elective position
adj
- (figuratively) Unclear, unintelligible, hard to get or explain the meaning of.
- Allowing little light to pass through, not translucent or transparent.
- (computing) Describes a type for which higher-level callers have no knowledge of data values or their representations; all operations are carried out by the type's defined abstract operators.
- Neither reflecting nor emitting light.
- (figuratively) Obtuse, stupid.
- hard or impossible to understand
- not transmitting or reflecting light or radiant energy; impenetrable to sight
noun
verb
adj
- Not having a precise meaning.
- Wandering; vagrant; vagabond.
- Not clearly felt or sensed; somewhat subconscious.
- Not thinking or expressing one’s thoughts clearly or precisely.
- Not clearly expressed; stated in indefinite terms.
- Not clearly defined, grasped, or understood; indistinct; slight.
- Not sharply outlined; hazy.
- Lacking expression; vacant.
- not precisely limited, determined, or distinguished
- lacking clarity or distinctness
- not clearly expressed or understood
noun
verb
adj
- (figurative) Without expression, usually because of incomprehension.
- (military) Of ammunition: having propellant but no bullets; unbulleted.
- Free from writing, printing, or marks; having an empty space to be filled in.
- Empty; void; without result; fruitless; futile.
- Devoid of thoughts, memory, or inspiration.
- (figurative) Lacking characteristics which give variety; uniform.
- Abject; absolute; complete; downright; sheer; utter.
- Utterly confounded or discomfited.
- not charged with a bullet
- complete and absolute
- without comprehension
- (of a surface) not written or printed on
noun
- A space to be filled in on a form or template.
- (literature) Blank verse .
- (chemistry) A sample for a control experiment that does not contain any of the analyte of interest, in order to deliberately produce a non-detection to verify that a detection is distinguishable from it.
- (slang) Infertile semen.
- The ¹ / ₂₃₀₄₀₀ of a grain [17th century].
- The space character; the character resulting from pressing the space bar on a keyboard.
- A lot by which nothing is gained; a ticket in a lottery on which no prize is indicated [since the 16th century].
- An unprinted leaf of a book [20th century].
- (dominoes) A domino without points on one or both of its divisions.
- Provisional words printed in italics (instead of blank spaces) in a bill before Parliament, being matters of practical detail, of which the final form is to be settled in committee .
- (firearms) Ellipsis of blank cartridge [since the 19th century].
- An empty form without substance; anything insignificant; nothing at all .
- Any article of glass on which subsequent processing is required [since the 19th century].
- (Scrabble, Words With Friends) A tile that can be played as any letter and having a point value of zero.
- A dash written in place of an omitted letter or word [since the 18th century]
- (figurative) A vacant space, place, or period; a void [since the 17th century].
- (now chiefly US) A document, paper, or form with spaces left blank to be filled in at the pleasure of the person to whom it is given (e.g. a blank charter, ballot, form, contract, etc.), or as the event may determine; a blank form .
- An empty space in one's memory; a forgotten item or memory [since the 18th century].
- (electric recording) The shaved wax ready for placing on a recording machine for making wax records with a stylus [20th century].
- The white spot in the centre of a target; hence (figuratively) the object to which anything is directed or aimed, the range of such aim .
- a blank gap or missing part
- a cartridge containing an explosive charge but no bullet
- a piece of material ready to be made into something
- a blank character used to separate successive words in writing or printing
verb
- (transitive) To prevent from scoring; for example, in a sporting event.
- (intransitive) To become blank.
- (transitive, slang) To ignore (a person) deliberately.
- (transitive, aviation, of a control surface) To render ineffective by blanketing with turbulent airflow, such as from aircraft wake or reverse thrust.
- (transitive) To make void; to erase.
- (intransitive, informal) To experience a temporary lapse of memory; to be temporarily unable to remember a particular fact. (Commonly used in the first person, present progressive tense, and commonly followed by on to create a transitive phrasal verb.)
- keep the opposing (baseball) team from winning
adj
- defying expression or description
- too sacred to be uttered
- exceptionally bad or displeasing
- Extremely bad or objectionable.
- (programming, not comparable) That cannot be referenced in source code, due to having no usable name.
- Impossible to speak about.
- Incapable of being spoken or uttered.
- Unfit or not permitted to be spoken or described.
noun
adj
- defying expression or description
- very difficult to pronounce correctly
- too sacred to be uttered
- Not allowed to be spoken; taboo, unspeakable.
- Not utterable; incapable of being physically spoken or voiced; unpronounceable.
- (figuratively) Extremely bad or objectionable; unspeakable.
- Incapable of being articulated or expressed; indescribable, inexpressible.
noun
adj
- implied though not directly expressed; inherent in the nature of something
- being without doubt or reserve
- Suggested indirectly, without being directly expressed.
- Contained in the essential nature of something but not openly shown.
- Having no reservations or doubts; unquestioning or unconditional; usually said of faith or trust.
verb
- (transitive) To impart meaning where it is not obvious or does not exist.
- (transitive, law, of a court or ruling) To establish that a legislative text should be understood to include certain words or concepts not explicitly found there, by necessary implication and/or to obey constitutional imperatives or similar.
- (transitive) To reveal a non-obvious or hidden aspect of a plan or situation to (a person).
adj
noun
adj
- (of words) Having the intended meaning altered or misrepresented; misunderstood.
- having an intended meaning altered or misrepresented
- Consisting of two or more threads, strands or the like intertwined; formed by twisting or twining.
- (of a person, also with up) Mentally or emotionally distorted or unsound; perverted.
- (of the stem of a wine glass) Having a spiral ornament inside.
- (originally Colorado) Under heavy influence of intoxicants, usually alcohol and marijuana; very intoxicated.
- (of facial expressions) Distorted or contorted by tensing the facial muscles.
verb
adj
- (of a word or expression) not agreeing with grammatical principles
- not in accord with established usage or procedure
- not correct; not in conformity with fact or truth
- characterized by errors; not agreeing with a model or not following established rules
- Faulty or defective.
- Inappropriate or improper.
- Not correct; erroneous or wrong.
noun
adj
noun
- ornamental objects of no great value
- a message that seems to convey no meaning
- Something foolish.
- Letters or words, in writing or speech, that have no meaning or pattern or seem to have no meaning.
- (literature) A type of poetry that contains strange or surreal ideas, as, for example, that written by Edward Lear.
- That which is silly, illogical and lacks any meaning, reason or value; that which does not make sense.
- (biology) A damaged DNA sequence whose products are not biologically active, that is, that does nothing.
- An untrue statement.
intj
verb
noun
- something that is inferred (deduced or entailed or implied)
- a reduction in the gross amount on which a tax is calculated; reduces taxes by the percentage fixed for the taxpayer's income bracket
- the act of reducing the selling price of merchandise
- the act of subtracting (removing a part from the whole)
- reasoning from the general to the particular (or from cause to effect)
- an amount or percentage deducted
- That which is deducted; that which is subtracted or removed.
- (law, finance) A sum withheld from an employee's pay for the purpose of paying tax.
- A sum that can be removed in tax calculations, usually from the taxable amount; something that is written off.
- A conclusion; that which is deduced, concluded or figured out.
- The ability or skill to deduce or figure out; the power of reason
adj
- having an intended meaning altered or misrepresented
- deviating from what is considered moral or right or proper or good
- (used of sexual behavior) showing or appealing to bizarre or deviant tastes
- Deviating from what is normally considered right, normal or correct.
- (sometimes derogatory) Of, relating to, or practicing unusual or "kinky" sex.
- Misrepresented, altered or distorted.
verb
noun
- A misunderstanding or misinterpretation resulting from a different meaning than intended of a word that has multiple meanings.
- (grammar, linguistics) An ungrammatical phrase; a misformed word.
- (uncommon) The act of misbuilding; an instance of it.
- Other misconstrual or misinterpretation not necessarily hinging on missense of any particular word.
- a kind of misinterpretation resulting from putting a wrong construction on words or actions (often deliberately)
- an ungrammatical constituent
noun
- (figuratively) Anything vague or ill-defined, especially something that is ill understood.
- The rural territory surrounding an urban area, especially a port.
- A remote or undeveloped area.
- (figuratively) That which is unknown or unexplored about someone.
- The land immediately next to, and inland from, a coast.
- An area of land far from the sea.
- a remote and undeveloped area
adj
- based on interpretation; not directly expressed
- relating to or having the nature of illation or inference
- of reasoning; proceeding from general premisses to a necessary and specific conclusion
- resembling or dependent on or arrived at by inference
- derived or capable of being derived by inference
- Of, pertaining to, or derived using inference.
adj
- Not straightforward; indirect; by implication; (sometimes even) obscure, ambiguous, or confusing.
- (grammar) Pertaining to the oblique case (non-nominative).
- Disingenuous; underhand; morally corrupt.
- (botany, of branches or roots) Growing at an angle that is neither vertical nor horizontal.
- (music) Employing oblique motion, motion or progression in which one part (voice) stays on the same note while another ascends or descends.
- Not direct in descent; not following the line of father and son; collateral.
- Not erect or perpendicular; not parallel to, or at right angles from, the base.
- (botany, of leaves) Having the base of the blade asymmetrical, with one side lower than the other.
- (grammar, of speech or narration) Indirect; employing the actual words of the speaker but as related by a third person, having the first person in pronoun and verb converted into the third person and adverbs of present time into the past, etc.
- slanting or inclined in direction or course or position — neither parallel nor perpendicular nor right-angled
- indirect in departing from the accepted or proper way; misleading
noun
verb
- (military) To march in a direction oblique to the line of the column or platoon; — formerly accomplished by oblique steps, now by direct steps, the men half-facing either to the right or left.
- (intransitive) To deviate from a perpendicular line; to become askew.
- (transitive, computing) To slant (text, etc.) at an angle.
noun
- Ambiguous or meaningless language.
- (informal) Something presenting itself in a fanciful and showy, often unrealistic manner, especially when intended to impress and confuse.
- Empty and tiresome speculation.
- (rare) A long and imposing series of mindless but necessary tasks.
- any exciting and complex play intended to confuse (dazzle) the opponent
noun
- The connotation associated with a word, expression, or symbol.
- (of a person's actions) Intention.
- The denotation, referent, or idea connected with a word, expression, or symbol.
- The purpose, value, or significance (of something) beyond the fact of that thing's existence.
- the message that is intended or expressed or signified
- the idea that is intended
adj
verb
noun
- an expression whose meaning cannot be determined from its context
- unclearness by virtue of having more than one meaning
- (countable) An instance of this state: words or statements that are open to more than one interpretation, explanation or meaning, especially if that meaning cannot be determined from the context.
- (uncountable) The state of being ambiguous; the state of leaving room for more than one interpretation.
noun
- an expression whose meanings cannot be inferred from the meanings of the words that make it up
- An established phrasal expression whose meaning may not be deducible from the literal meanings of its component words.
- the style of a particular artist or school or movement
- the usage or vocabulary that is characteristic of a specific group of people
- a manner of speaking that is natural to native speakers of a language
- A manner of speaking, a mode of expression peculiar to a language, language family, or group of people.
- (programming) A programming construct or phraseology that is characteristic of the language.
- A language or language variety; specifically, a restricted dialect used in a given historical period, context etc.
- An artistic style (for example, in art, architecture, or music); an instance of such a style.
noun
- an expression whose meanings cannot be inferred from the meanings of the words that make it up
- a short musical passage
- an expression consisting of one or more words forming a grammatical constituent of a sentence
- dance movements that are linked in a single choreographic sequence
- (music) A small section of music in a larger piece.
- A short written or spoken expression.
- (grammar) A word or, more commonly, a group of words that functions as a single unit in the syntax of a sentence, always containing an expressed or implied head (the principal word or subgroup, with core importance) and often consisting of a head plus some other elaborating words.
- (dance) A short individual motion forming part of a choreographed dance.
verb
noun
- a meaning that is not expressly stated but can be inferred
- something that is inferred (deduced or entailed or implied)
- a relation implicated by virtue of involvement or close connection (especially an incriminating involvement)
- a logical relation between propositions p and q of the form ‘if p then q’; if p is true then q cannot be false
- an accusation that brings into intimate and usually incriminating connection
- (countable, uncountable) An implying, or that which is implied, but not expressed; an inference, or something which may fairly be understood, though not expressed in words.
- (uncountable) The state of being implicated.
- (countable, logic) The connective in propositional calculus that, when joining two predicates A and B in that order, has the meaning "if A is true, then B is true".
- (uncountable) The act of implicating.
- (countable) A possible, or indirect, effect or result of a decision or action.
- Logical consequence.
noun
- a meaning that is not expressly stated but can be inferred
- commodities (goods or services) bought from a foreign country
- the message that is intended or expressed or signified
- having important effects or influence
- an imported person brought from a foreign country
- (uncountable) The practice of importing.
- (uncountable) Clipping of importance.
- (countable, Philippines) A foreigner playing in a sports league.
- (countable) Something brought in from an exterior source, especially for sale or trade.
verb
- indicate or signify
- bring in from abroad
- transfer (electronic data) into a database or document
- (transitive) To be of importance to (someone or something).
- (intransitive) To be important; to be significant; to be of consequence.
- (transitive) To bring (something) in from a foreign country, especially for sale or trade.
- (transitive) To mean, signify.
- (transitive) To be incumbent on (someone to do something).
- (transitive, computing) To load a file into a software application from another version or system.
- (transitive) To be important or crucial to (that something happen).
noun
- the meaning of a word or expression; the way in which a word or expression or situation can be interpreted
- a natural appreciation or ability
- sound practical judgment
- the faculty through which the external world is apprehended
- a general conscious awareness
- Sound practical or moral judgment.
- (mathematics) One of two opposite directions in which a vector (especially of motion) may point. See also polarity.
- (semantics, lexicography) A single conventional use of a word; one of the entries or definitions for a word in a dictionary.
- Any of the manners by which living beings perceive the physical world: for humans sight, smell, hearing, touch, taste.
- A natural appreciation or ability.
- Perception through the intellect; apprehension; awareness.
- A meaning of a term (word or expression), among its various meanings.
- (pragmatics) The way that a referent is presented.
- The meaning, reason, or value of something.
- (biochemistry) referring to the strand of a nucleic acid that directly specifies the product.
- (mathematics) One of two opposite directions of rotation, clockwise versus anti-clockwise.
verb
noun
- (grammar, rhetoric) The omission of a word or phrase that can be inferred from the context.
- (typography, mathematics) A mark consisting of multiple full stops (with or without spaces), used to indicate omitted, missing, or illegible words; or (in mathematics) that a pattern continues.
- (film) The omission of scenes in a film that do not advance the plot.
- omission or suppression of parts of words or sentences
noun
- Signification, meaning, for example of a word or phrase.
- That which designates; a distinguishing mark or name; distinctive title; appellation.
- An act or instance of designating
- Selection and appointment for a purpose or office.
- the act of designating or identifying something
- identifying word or words by which someone or something is called and classified or distinguished from others
- the act of putting a person into a non-elective position
noun
- something that is inferred (deduced or entailed or implied)
- a reduction in the gross amount on which a tax is calculated; reduces taxes by the percentage fixed for the taxpayer's income bracket
- the act of reducing the selling price of merchandise
- the act of subtracting (removing a part from the whole)
- reasoning from the general to the particular (or from cause to effect)
- an amount or percentage deducted
- That which is deducted; that which is subtracted or removed.
- (law, finance) A sum withheld from an employee's pay for the purpose of paying tax.
- A sum that can be removed in tax calculations, usually from the taxable amount; something that is written off.
- A conclusion; that which is deduced, concluded or figured out.
- The ability or skill to deduce or figure out; the power of reason
noun
- A misunderstanding or misinterpretation resulting from a different meaning than intended of a word that has multiple meanings.
- (grammar, linguistics) An ungrammatical phrase; a misformed word.
- (uncommon) The act of misbuilding; an instance of it.
- Other misconstrual or misinterpretation not necessarily hinging on missense of any particular word.
- a kind of misinterpretation resulting from putting a wrong construction on words or actions (often deliberately)
- an ungrammatical constituent
noun
- (figuratively) Anything vague or ill-defined, especially something that is ill understood.
- The rural territory surrounding an urban area, especially a port.
- A remote or undeveloped area.
- (figuratively) That which is unknown or unexplored about someone.
- The land immediately next to, and inland from, a coast.
- An area of land far from the sea.
- a remote and undeveloped area
noun
- Ambiguous or meaningless language.
- (informal) Something presenting itself in a fanciful and showy, often unrealistic manner, especially when intended to impress and confuse.
- Empty and tiresome speculation.
- (rare) A long and imposing series of mindless but necessary tasks.
- any exciting and complex play intended to confuse (dazzle) the opponent
noun
- The connotation associated with a word, expression, or symbol.
- (of a person's actions) Intention.
- The denotation, referent, or idea connected with a word, expression, or symbol.
- The purpose, value, or significance (of something) beyond the fact of that thing's existence.
- the message that is intended or expressed or signified
- the idea that is intended
adj
verb
verb
- (transitive) To impart meaning where it is not obvious or does not exist.
- (transitive, law, of a court or ruling) To establish that a legislative text should be understood to include certain words or concepts not explicitly found there, by necessary implication and/or to obey constitutional imperatives or similar.
- (transitive) To reveal a non-obvious or hidden aspect of a plan or situation to (a person).
adj
- (figuratively) Unclear, unintelligible, hard to get or explain the meaning of.
- Allowing little light to pass through, not translucent or transparent.
- (computing) Describes a type for which higher-level callers have no knowledge of data values or their representations; all operations are carried out by the type's defined abstract operators.
- Neither reflecting nor emitting light.
- (figuratively) Obtuse, stupid.
- hard or impossible to understand
- not transmitting or reflecting light or radiant energy; impenetrable to sight
noun
verb
adj
- Not having a precise meaning.
- Wandering; vagrant; vagabond.
- Not clearly felt or sensed; somewhat subconscious.
- Not thinking or expressing one’s thoughts clearly or precisely.
- Not clearly expressed; stated in indefinite terms.
- Not clearly defined, grasped, or understood; indistinct; slight.
- Not sharply outlined; hazy.
- Lacking expression; vacant.
- not precisely limited, determined, or distinguished
- lacking clarity or distinctness
- not clearly expressed or understood
noun
verb
adj
- (figurative) Without expression, usually because of incomprehension.
- (military) Of ammunition: having propellant but no bullets; unbulleted.
- Free from writing, printing, or marks; having an empty space to be filled in.
- Empty; void; without result; fruitless; futile.
- Devoid of thoughts, memory, or inspiration.
- (figurative) Lacking characteristics which give variety; uniform.
- Abject; absolute; complete; downright; sheer; utter.
- Utterly confounded or discomfited.
- not charged with a bullet
- complete and absolute
- without comprehension
- (of a surface) not written or printed on
noun
- A space to be filled in on a form or template.
- (literature) Blank verse .
- (chemistry) A sample for a control experiment that does not contain any of the analyte of interest, in order to deliberately produce a non-detection to verify that a detection is distinguishable from it.
- (slang) Infertile semen.
- The ¹ / ₂₃₀₄₀₀ of a grain [17th century].
- The space character; the character resulting from pressing the space bar on a keyboard.
- A lot by which nothing is gained; a ticket in a lottery on which no prize is indicated [since the 16th century].
- An unprinted leaf of a book [20th century].
- (dominoes) A domino without points on one or both of its divisions.
- Provisional words printed in italics (instead of blank spaces) in a bill before Parliament, being matters of practical detail, of which the final form is to be settled in committee .
- (firearms) Ellipsis of blank cartridge [since the 19th century].
- An empty form without substance; anything insignificant; nothing at all .
- Any article of glass on which subsequent processing is required [since the 19th century].
- (Scrabble, Words With Friends) A tile that can be played as any letter and having a point value of zero.
- A dash written in place of an omitted letter or word [since the 18th century]
- (figurative) A vacant space, place, or period; a void [since the 17th century].
- (now chiefly US) A document, paper, or form with spaces left blank to be filled in at the pleasure of the person to whom it is given (e.g. a blank charter, ballot, form, contract, etc.), or as the event may determine; a blank form .
- An empty space in one's memory; a forgotten item or memory [since the 18th century].
- (electric recording) The shaved wax ready for placing on a recording machine for making wax records with a stylus [20th century].
- The white spot in the centre of a target; hence (figuratively) the object to which anything is directed or aimed, the range of such aim .
- a blank gap or missing part
- a cartridge containing an explosive charge but no bullet
- a piece of material ready to be made into something
- a blank character used to separate successive words in writing or printing
verb
- (transitive) To prevent from scoring; for example, in a sporting event.
- (intransitive) To become blank.
- (transitive, slang) To ignore (a person) deliberately.
- (transitive, aviation, of a control surface) To render ineffective by blanketing with turbulent airflow, such as from aircraft wake or reverse thrust.
- (transitive) To make void; to erase.
- (intransitive, informal) To experience a temporary lapse of memory; to be temporarily unable to remember a particular fact. (Commonly used in the first person, present progressive tense, and commonly followed by on to create a transitive phrasal verb.)
- keep the opposing (baseball) team from winning
adj
- defying expression or description
- too sacred to be uttered
- exceptionally bad or displeasing
- Extremely bad or objectionable.
- (programming, not comparable) That cannot be referenced in source code, due to having no usable name.
- Impossible to speak about.
- Incapable of being spoken or uttered.
- Unfit or not permitted to be spoken or described.
noun
adj
- defying expression or description
- very difficult to pronounce correctly
- too sacred to be uttered
- Not allowed to be spoken; taboo, unspeakable.
- Not utterable; incapable of being physically spoken or voiced; unpronounceable.
- (figuratively) Extremely bad or objectionable; unspeakable.
- Incapable of being articulated or expressed; indescribable, inexpressible.
noun
adj
- implied though not directly expressed; inherent in the nature of something
- being without doubt or reserve
- Suggested indirectly, without being directly expressed.
- Contained in the essential nature of something but not openly shown.
- Having no reservations or doubts; unquestioning or unconditional; usually said of faith or trust.
adj
noun
adj
- (of words) Having the intended meaning altered or misrepresented; misunderstood.
- having an intended meaning altered or misrepresented
- Consisting of two or more threads, strands or the like intertwined; formed by twisting or twining.
- (of a person, also with up) Mentally or emotionally distorted or unsound; perverted.
- (of the stem of a wine glass) Having a spiral ornament inside.
- (originally Colorado) Under heavy influence of intoxicants, usually alcohol and marijuana; very intoxicated.
- (of facial expressions) Distorted or contorted by tensing the facial muscles.
verb
adj
- (of a word or expression) not agreeing with grammatical principles
- not in accord with established usage or procedure
- not correct; not in conformity with fact or truth
- characterized by errors; not agreeing with a model or not following established rules
- Faulty or defective.
- Inappropriate or improper.
- Not correct; erroneous or wrong.
noun
adj
noun
- ornamental objects of no great value
- a message that seems to convey no meaning
- Something foolish.
- Letters or words, in writing or speech, that have no meaning or pattern or seem to have no meaning.
- (literature) A type of poetry that contains strange or surreal ideas, as, for example, that written by Edward Lear.
- That which is silly, illogical and lacks any meaning, reason or value; that which does not make sense.
- (biology) A damaged DNA sequence whose products are not biologically active, that is, that does nothing.
- An untrue statement.
intj
verb
adj
- having an intended meaning altered or misrepresented
- deviating from what is considered moral or right or proper or good
- (used of sexual behavior) showing or appealing to bizarre or deviant tastes
- Deviating from what is normally considered right, normal or correct.
- (sometimes derogatory) Of, relating to, or practicing unusual or "kinky" sex.
- Misrepresented, altered or distorted.
verb
adj
- based on interpretation; not directly expressed
- relating to or having the nature of illation or inference
- of reasoning; proceeding from general premisses to a necessary and specific conclusion
- resembling or dependent on or arrived at by inference
- derived or capable of being derived by inference
- Of, pertaining to, or derived using inference.
adj
- Not straightforward; indirect; by implication; (sometimes even) obscure, ambiguous, or confusing.
- (grammar) Pertaining to the oblique case (non-nominative).
- Disingenuous; underhand; morally corrupt.
- (botany, of branches or roots) Growing at an angle that is neither vertical nor horizontal.
- (music) Employing oblique motion, motion or progression in which one part (voice) stays on the same note while another ascends or descends.
- Not direct in descent; not following the line of father and son; collateral.
- Not erect or perpendicular; not parallel to, or at right angles from, the base.
- (botany, of leaves) Having the base of the blade asymmetrical, with one side lower than the other.
- (grammar, of speech or narration) Indirect; employing the actual words of the speaker but as related by a third person, having the first person in pronoun and verb converted into the third person and adverbs of present time into the past, etc.
- slanting or inclined in direction or course or position — neither parallel nor perpendicular nor right-angled
- indirect in departing from the accepted or proper way; misleading
noun
verb
- (military) To march in a direction oblique to the line of the column or platoon; — formerly accomplished by oblique steps, now by direct steps, the men half-facing either to the right or left.
- (intransitive) To deviate from a perpendicular line; to become askew.
- (transitive, computing) To slant (text, etc.) at an angle.