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verb
- assail
- go to certain places as for sightseeing
- stay with as a guest
- talk socially without exchanging too much information
- pay a brief visit
- impose something unpleasant
- go to see a place, as for entertainment
- come to see in an official or professional capacity
- (transitive) To go to (a place) for pleasure, on an errand, etc.
- (transitive) To inflict punishment, vengeance for (an offense) on or upon someone.
- (transitive) To go to (a shrine, temple etc.) for worship. (Now generally merged into later senses, below.)
- (transitive) To habitually go to (someone in distress, sickness etc.) to comfort them. (Now generally merged into later senses, below.)
- (transitive) Of God: to appear to (someone) to comfort, bless, or chastise or punish them. (Now generally merged into later senses, below.)
- (transitive) Of a sickness, misfortune etc.: to afflict (someone).
- (transitive, intransitive) To go and meet (a person) as an act of friendliness or sociability.
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- the act of going to see some person in a professional capacity
- a meeting arranged by the visitor to see someone (such as a doctor or lawyer) for treatment or advice
- the act of going to see some person or place or thing for a short time
- a temporary stay (e.g., as a guest)
- the act of visiting in an official capacity (as for an inspection)
- A single act of visiting.
- (medicine, insurance) A meeting with a doctor at their surgery or the doctor's at one's home.
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- To attack again or anew.
- (transitive) To charge an electric battery after its power has been consumed.
- (intransitive) To invigorate and revitalize one's energy level by removing stressful agents for a period of time.
- (transitive) To reload a gun with ammunition.
- To charge or accuse in return.
- (transitive) To request payment again from.
- (transitive) To add or restore water to an aquifer.
- charge anew
- load anew
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- A counterattack.
- (US, law) A document written by a party specifically replying to a responsive declaration and in some cases an answer.
- (music) The answer of a figure.
- Something given in reply.
- A written or spoken response; part of a conversation.
- the speech act of continuing a conversational exchange
- a statement (either spoken or written) that is made to reply to a question or request or criticism or accusation
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- counterattack
- The breast of a horse; that part of a horse between the shoulders and under the neck.
- A telltale; a contrivance attached to an engine, printing press, or other machine, for the purpose of counting the revolutions or the pulsations.
- Something opposite or contrary to something else.
- A table or board on which money is counted and over which business is transacted.
- A shop tabletop on which goods are examined, weighed or measured.
- An object (now especially a small disc) used in counting or keeping count, or as a marker in games, etc.
- (typography) The enclosed or partly closed negative space of a glyph.
- The piece of a shoe or a boot around the heel of the foot (above the heel of the shoe/boot).
- (nautical) The overhanging stern of a vessel above the waterline, below and somewhat forward of the stern proper.
- (grammar) A class of word used along with numbers to count objects and events, typically mass nouns. Although rare and optional in English (e.g. "20 head of cattle"), they are numerous and required in Chinese, Japanese, and Korean.
- In a bathroom, a surface, often built into the wall and above a cabinet, which holds the washbasin.
- A reckoner; someone who collects data by counting; an enumerator.
- (programming) A variable, memory location, etc. whose contents are incremented to keep a count.
- In a kitchen, a surface, often built into the wall and above a cabinet, designed to be used for food preparation.
- (historical) The prison attached to a city court; a compter.
- (martial arts) A proactive defensive hold or move in reaction to a hold or move by one's opponent.
- (music) Alternative form of contra Formerly used to designate any under part which served for contrast to a principal part, but now used as equivalent to countertenor.
- (Internet) A hit counter.
- One who counts.
- (curling) Any stone lying closer to the center than any of the opponent's stones.
- game equipment (as a piece of wood, plastic, or ivory) used for keeping a count or reserving a space in various card or board games
- (computer science) a register whose contents go through a regular series of states (usually states indicating consecutive integers)
- a piece of leather forming the back of a shoe or boot
- table consisting of a horizontal surface over which business is transacted
- a calculator that keeps a record of the number of times something happens
- a person who counts things
- a piece of furniture that stands at the side of a dining room; has shelves and drawers
- a quick reply to a question or remark (especially a witty or critical one)
- a return punch (especially by a boxer)
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- attack
- aqua
- annus (a year)
- acre; acres
- army
- application
- adjutant
- air
- associate; association
- age; aged
- ambassador
- academy; academician
- automobile
- answer
- Americanization
- air branch
- accumulator
- artillery
- adult
- artificer
- aircraft; airplane
- apprentice
- atomic weight
- amplitude
- absolute temperature
- article
- acid
- alto
- anode
- amphibian
- administration
- ana; anna
- admiral
- (military) assault, as on a badge
- alfa
- airman
- address
- Angstrom
- accusative case
- accommodation
- amateur
- absorbance; absorbancy
- arctic
- author
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- strike violently and repeatedly
- cover with liquid before cooking
- sew together loosely, with large stitches
- (transitive) To mark (sheep, etc.) with tar.
- (transitive) To sew with long or loose stitches, as for temporary use, or in preparation for gathering the fabric.
- (transitive) To sprinkle flour and salt and drip butter or fat on, as on meat in roasting.
- (transitive, by extension) To coat over something.
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- strike violently and repeatedly
- strike against forcefully
- make a dent or impression in
- (cooking) To coat with batter (the food ingredient).
- To hit or strike violently and repeatedly.
- (UK, slang, usually in the passive) To intoxicate.
- (architecture) To slope (of walls, buildings etc.).
- (figurative) To defeat soundly; to thrash.
- (metalworking) To flatten (metal) by hammering, so as to compress it inwardly and spread it outwardly.
noun
- (baseball) a ballplayer who is batting
- a liquid or semiliquid mixture, as of flour, eggs, and milk, used in cooking
- A paste of clay or loam.
- (cricket) Any player selected for his or her team principally to bat, as opposed to a bowler.
- (architecture) An incline on the outer face of a built wall.
- (countable, printing) A bruise on the face of a plate or of type in the form.
- (cricket) The player now receiving strike; the striker.
- (countable, slang) A binge; a heavy drinking session.
- (cooking, countable, uncountable) A beaten mixture of flour and liquid (usually egg and milk), used for baking (e.g. pancakes, cake, or Yorkshire pudding) or to coat food (e.g. fish) prior to frying.
- (baseball) The player attempting to hit the ball with a bat.
- (cricket) A player of the batting side now on the field.
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- attack suddenly
- act at high speed
- move hurridly
- run with the ball, in football
- cause to occur rapidly
- urge to an unnatural speed
- cause to move fast or to rush or race
- (transitive or intransitive, university slang) To attempt to join a fraternity or sorority, often involving a hazing or initiation process.
- (intransitive) To flow or move forward rapidly or noisily.
- (transitive) To cause to move or act with unusual haste.
- (intransitive, music) To play at a faster tempo than one is supposed to or than the other musicians one is playing with, or to inadvertently gradually increase tempo while one is playing.
- (transitive or intransitive, contact sports) To run directly at another player in order to block or disrupt play.
- (video games, slang, transitive) To attack (an opponent) with a large swarm of units.
- (intransitive, soccer) To dribble rapidly.
- (transitive or intransitive, croquet) To roquet an object ball to a particular location on the lawn.
- (transitive) To transport or carry quickly.
- (transitive or intransitive) To hurry; to perform a task with great haste, often not properly or without thinking carefully.
- (transitive, military) To swiftly attack without warning.
- (intransitive, military, video games) To make a swift or sudden attack.
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- grasslike plants growing in wet places and having cylindrical often hollow stems
- a sudden forceful flow
- a sudden burst of activity
- (American football) an attempt to advance the ball by running into the line
- the swift release of a store of affective force
- the act of moving hurriedly and in a careless manner
- (university slang) A regulated period of recruitment in fraternities and sororities.
- (croquet) A roquet in which the object ball is sent to a particular location on the lawn.
- (contact sports) The act of running at another player to block or disrupt play.
- A rapid, noisy flow.
- General haste.
- Any of several stiff plants of the genus Juncus, or the family Juncaceae, having hollow or pithy stems and small flowers, and often growing in marshes or near water.
- (military, video games) A sudden attack; an onslaught.
- A wick.
- The merest trifle; a straw.
- The stem of such plants used in making baskets, mats, the seats of chairs, etc.
- A surge.
- A sudden, brief exhilaration, for instance the pleasurable sensation produced by a stimulant.
- A sudden forward motion.
- (university slang) A person attempting to join a fraternity or sorority as part of a rush.
- (video games) The strategy of attacking an opponent with a large swarm of weak units, rather than spending time developing their abilities.
verb
- To assault.
- (transitive) To serve as an example for.
- To have sex with.
- To teach someone a lesson.
- (hunting, transitive) To observe an animal closely over time in order to discern its habitual movements and behaviours.
- To do or perform an activity
- To follow an example.
- To make or design (anything) by, from, or after, something that serves as a pattern; to copy; to model; to imitate.
- To fit into a pattern.
- To apply a pattern.
- (MLE) To arrange, to organise, to fix.
- To arrange the sale or supply of something, especially illegal drugs.
- form a pattern
- plan or create according to a model or models
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- (Singapore, informal) A wont or habit to cause an annoyance or bother; to stir up trouble
- (linguistics) An intelligible arrangement in a given area of language.
- (computing, music) A sequence of notes, percussion etc. in a tracker module, usable once or many times within the song.
- A design, motif or decoration, especially formed from regular repeated elements.
- (cellular automata) A configuration of cells in a cellular automaton universe.
- The given spread, range etc. of shot fired from a gun.
- Something from which a copy is made; a model or outline.
- (textiles) The paper or cardboard template from which the parts of a garment are traced onto fabric prior to cutting out and assembling.
- A particular sequence of events, facts etc. which can be understood, used to predict the future, or seen to have a mathematical, geometric, statistical etc. relationship.
- (US) The material needed to make a piece of clothing.
- (now only numismatics) A sample; of coins, an example which was struck but never minted.
- A naturally-occurring or random arrangement of shapes, colours etc. which have a regular or decorative effect.
- (computing) A text string containing wildcards, used for matching.
- A representative example.
- Someone or something seen as an example to be imitated; an exemplar.
- (software engineering, in compounds) A design pattern.
- (Ireland, Roman Catholicism) The devotions that take place within a parish on the feast day of the patron saint of that parish.
- (MLE) Any arrangement or agreement, or way of conducting business.
- something intended as a guide for making something else
- graphical representation (in polar or Cartesian coordinates) of the spatial distribution of radiation from an antenna as a function of angle
- the path that is prescribed for an airplane that is preparing to land at an airport
- a decorative or artistic work
- a model considered worthy of imitation
- a perceptual structure
- a customary way of operation or behavior
- something regarded as a normative example
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- attack forcefully
- propel or hit with force
- beat with force
- (informal, transitive) To throw with a rapid slamming motion.
- (chiefly of an object) To make a noise like something moving quickly through the air.
- (US, Scotland, British, dialect, slang) To whack or beat.
- (Scotland) To slice, especially into large pieces; to chop.
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- hit repeatedly
- move rhythmically
- move with or as if with a regular alternating motion
- strike (a part of one's own body) repeatedly, as in great emotion or in accompaniment to music
- make a rhythmic sound
- move with a thrashing motion
- produce a rhythm by striking repeatedly
- wear out completely
- stir vigorously
- avoid paying
- be superior
- make a sound like a clock or a timer
- shape by beating
- be a mystery or bewildering to
- indicate by beating, as with the fingers or drumsticks
- glare or strike with great intensity
- come out better in a competition, race, or conflict
- make by pounding or trampling
- sail with much tacking or with difficulty
- strike (water or bushes) repeatedly to rouse animals for hunting
- give a beating to; subject to a beating, either as a punishment or as an act of aggression
- beat through cleverness and wit
- move with a flapping motion
- (intransitive, nautical) To sail to windward using a series of alternate tacks across the wind.
- To make a sound when struck.
- To be in agitation or doubt.
- To mix food in a rapid fashion. Compare whip.
- simple past tense of beat
- (military, intransitive) To make a succession of strokes on a drum.
- (intransitive, MLE, MTE, slang, vulgar) To have sexual intercourse.
- (transitive, slang) To rob; to cheat or scam.
- (transitive) To arrive at a place before someone.
- (intransitive) To strike repeatedly; to inflict repeated blows; to knock vigorously or loudly.
- (intransitive) To move with pulsation or throbbing.
- (transitive) To strike or pound repeatedly, usually in some sort of rhythm.
- (especially colloquial) past participle of beat
- To tread, as a path.
- To exercise severely; to perplex; to trouble.
- To sound with more or less rapid alternations of greater and lesser intensity, so as to produce a pulsating effect; said of instruments, tones, or vibrations not perfectly in unison.
- (transitive) To win against; to defeat or overcome; to do or be better than (someone); to excel in a particular, competitive event.
- (transitive) To indicate by beating or drumming.
- (transitive) To strike (water, foliage etc.) in order to drive out game; to travel through (a forest etc.) for hunting.
- (transitive) To hit; to strike.
- (transitive, UK, in haggling for a price of a buyer) To persuade the seller to reduce a price.
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- the sound of stroke or blow
- a member of the beat generation; a nonconformist in dress and behavior
- a regular route for a sentry or policeman
- the rhythmic contraction and expansion of the arteries with each beat of the heart
- a single pulsation of an oscillation produced by adding two waves of different frequencies; has a frequency equal to the difference between the two oscillations
- the act of beating to windward; sailing as close as possible to the direction from which the wind is blowing
- (prosody) the accent in a metrical foot of verse
- a regular rate of repetition
- a stroke or blow
- the basic rhythmic unit in a piece of music
- (music) The rhythm signalled by a conductor or other musician to the members of a group of musicians.
- (slang) A makeup look; compare beat one's face.
- The instrumental portion of a piece of hip-hop music.
- A rhythm.
- A pulsation or throb.
- (journalism) The primary focus of a reporter's stories (such as police/courts, education, city government, business etc.).
- (authorship) A short pause in a play, screenplay, or teleplay, for dramatic or comedic effect.
- (music) A pulse on the beat level, the metric level at which pulses are heard as the basic unit. Thus a beat is the basic time unit of a piece.
- The interference between two tones of almost equal frequency
- (hunting) The act of scouring, or ranging over, a tract of land to rouse or drive out game; also, those so engaged, collectively.
- A stroke; a blow.
- (fencing) A smart tap on the adversary's blade.
- The route patrolled by a police officer or a guard.
- A beatnik.
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- exhaust by attacking repeatedly
- annoy continually or chronically
- (specifically) To persistently bother (someone, or a group of people) physically or psychologically when such behaviour is illegal and/or unwanted, especially over an extended period.
- To trouble (someone, or a group of people) through repeated military-style attacks.
- To put excessive burdens upon (someone); to subject (someone) to anxieties.
- To annoy (someone) frequently or systematically; to pester.
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- To challenge again.
- (medicine, pharmacology) To try a therapeutic pharmaceutical drug, suspected allergen, or medical treatment on a patient a second or subsequent time, to see if the suspected effects of the treatment occur again. This is typically performed to confirm allergic or adverse reactions to allergens or medications, but may also be used to confirm beneficial treatments or to retry a probable beneficial treatment which did not appear to be effective previously.
- To challenge in return.
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- strike against forcefully
- strike, beat repeatedly
- (transitive, figurative) To aggressively challenge, denounce, or criticise.
- (transitive) To strike with a buffet; to cuff; to slap.
- (intransitive) To struggle, contend; also in figurative or extended use: to move as if driven by force.
- To deaden the sound of (bells) by muffling the clapper.
- To affect as with blows; to strike repeatedly; to strive with or contend against.
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- usually inexpensive bar
- a meal set out on a buffet at which guests help themselves
- a piece of furniture that stands at the side of a dining room; has shelves and drawers
- Food laid out in this way, to which diners serve themselves.
- (aviation, uncountable) The vibration of an aircraft when flying in or approaching a stall, caused by separation of airflow from the aircraft's wings.
- (countable) A blow or cuff with or as if with the hand, or by any other solid object or the wind.
- A small low stool; a hassock.
- A counter or sideboard from which food and drinks are served or may be bought.
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- strike against forcefully
- be around; be alive or active
- (by extension) Often followed by with: to spend time companionably; to hang around.
- To move or roam around aimlessly.
- (by extension, usually in present participial form) To be mislaid in a place.
- (by extension) To engage in a relaxing activity in a place; to hang around in.
- (transitive) To hit (someone or something) all over repeatedly; hence, to behave violently towards or mistreat (someone or something).
- To be present at or inhabit a certain place.
- (by extension) To live an unconventional life.
- (transitive) To knock back a drink; to finish a drink.
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- make a counterattack and return like for like, especially evil for evil
- take revenge for a perceived wrong
- (transitive) To repay or requite by an act of the same kind.
- (intransitive) To do something harmful or negative to get revenge for some harm; to fight back or respond in kind to an injury or affront.
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- attack viciously and ferociously
- throw a steer by seizing the horns and twisting the neck, as in a rodeo
- (intransitive, often with into or through) To force oneself (in a particular direction).
- (transitive) To chase (a steer) on horseback and wrestle it to the ground by twisting its horns (as a rodeo performance).
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- a sturdy thickset short-haired breed with a large head and strong undershot lower jaw; developed originally in England for bull baiting
- A refractory material used as a furnace lining, obtained by calcining the cinder or slag from the puddling furnace of a rolling mill.
- A breed of dog developed in England by the crossing of the bullbaiting dog and the Pug to produce a ladies' companion dog, having a very smooth coat, a flattened face, wrinkly cheeks, powerful front legs, and smaller hind legs.
- (chiefly UK, sometimes capitalized) The children's game of British Bulldog or Red Rover.
- (UK, Oxford University slang) One of the proctors' officers.
- Any of various species of African freshwater fish in the genus Marcusenius, a type of elephantfish.
- A stubborn or determined person.
- (US, publishing) A bulldog edition.
- The original form of this breed, the British bulldog.
- (professional wrestling) Any move in which the wrestler grabs an opponent's head and jumps forward, so that the wrestler lands, often in a sitting position, and drives the opponent's face into the mat.
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- To press again.
- (transitive) To forcefully prevent an upheaval from developing further.
- (transitive, by extension) To check; to keep back.
- block the action of
- suppress in order to conceal or hide
- put out of one's consciousness
- impede or hinder the natural development or self-expression of
- put down by force or intimidation
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- strike, beat repeatedly
- To strike.
- polish and make shiny
- To polish and make shiny by rubbing.
- (graffiti slang) To remove (graffiti), particularly when done by someone who is not a graffiti writer.
- (video games, roleplaying games) To make a character or an item stronger.
- (medical slang) To modify a medical chart, especially in a dishonest manner.
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- bare skin
- a medium to dark tan color
- a soft thick undyed leather from the skins of e.g. buffalo or oxen
- an implement consisting of soft material mounted on a block; used for polishing (as in manicuring)
- an ardent follower and admirer
- (informal) A buffalo, or the meat of a buffalo.
- (informal) A person who is very interested in a particular subject.
- A tool, often one covered with buff leather, used for polishing.
- A brownish yellow colour.
- (video games) A change introduced in a patch that makes a character, item, or attack stronger.
- (uncommon) Alternative form of buffe (“face armor”).
- Any substance used to dilute (street) drugs in order to increase profits.
- Undyed leather from the skin of buffalo or similar animals.
- (video games, roleplaying games) An effect that makes a character or item stronger.
- The greyish viscid substance constituting the buffy coat.
- (colloquial) The bare skin.
- (rail transport) Compressive coupler force that occurs during a slack bunched condition.
- A military coat made of buff leather.
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- To lay siege to.
- To commit money or capital in the hope of financial gain.
- To formally give (power or authority).
- (intransitive) To cause to be involved in; to cause to form strong attachments to.
- To formally give (someone) some power or authority.
- (metallurgy) To prepare for lost wax casting by creating an investment mold (a mixture of a silica sand and plaster).
- To surround, accompany, or attend.
- (Spanish politics) To inaugurate the Prime Minister of Spain after a successful parliamentary vote.
- (intransitive) To make investments.
- To ceremonially install someone in some office.
- To spend money, time, or energy on something, especially for some benefit or purpose; used with in.
- To envelop, wrap, cover.
- make an investment
- furnish with power or authority; of kings or emperors
- place ceremoniously or formally in an office or position
- provide with power and authority
- give qualities or abilities to
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- the act of attacking
- intense adverse criticism
- an offensive move in a sport or game
- the onset of a corrosive or destructive process (as by a chemical agent)
- (military) an offensive against an enemy (using weapons)
- a decisive manner of beginning a musical tone or phrase
- a sudden occurrence of an uncontrollable condition
- ideas or actions intended to deal with a problem or situation
- strong criticism
- (music) The onset of a musical note, particularly with respect to the strength (and duration) of that onset.
- (gaming) Any of several specific maneuvers, skills, or special abilities that a character can use to inflict damage against opponents.
- (cricket) Collectively, the bowlers of a cricket side.
- (audio) The amount of time taken for the volume of an audio signal to go from zero to maximum level (e.g. an audio waveform representing a snare drum hit would feature a very fast attack, whereas that of a wave washing to shore would feature a slow attack).
- (lacrosse) The three attackmen on the field or all the attackmen of a team.
- (informal, by extension) The beginning of active operations on anything.
- A time in which one attacks; the offence of a battle.
- An attempt to detract from the worth or credibility of, a person, position, idea, object, or thing, by physical, verbal, emotional, or other assault.
- (computing) An attempt to exploit a vulnerability in a computer system.
- An active episode of a chronic or recurrent disease.
- (South India) Short for heart attack.
- An attempt to cause damage, injury to, or death of an opponent or enemy.
- (medicine) The sudden onset of a disease or condition.
- (wine) The initial sensory impact of a wine.
- (volleyball) Any contact with the ball other than a serve or block which sends the ball across the plane of the net.
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- take the initiative and go on the offensive
- attack someone physically or emotionally
- launch an attack or assault on; begin hostilities or start warfare with
- begin to injure
- set to work upon; turn one's energies vigorously to a task
- attack in speech or writing
- (intransitive, cricket) To bat aggressively, so as to score runs quickly.
- (soccer) To move forward in an active attempt to score a point, as opposed to trying not to concede.
- (transitive) To aggressively challenge a person, idea, etc., with words (particularly in newspaper headlines, because it typesets into less space than "criticize" or similar).
- (transitive) To apply violent force to someone or something.
- (cycling) To accelerate quickly in an attempt to get ahead of the other riders.
- (physical chemistry) (Of a chemical species) To approach a chemical species or bond in order to form a bond with it.
- (transitive, cricket) To aim balls at the batsman’s wicket.
- (transitive) To begin to affect; to act upon injuriously or destructively; to begin to decompose or waste.
- (intransitive, cricket) To set a field, or bowl in a manner designed to get wickets.
- (transitive) To deal with something in a direct way; to set to work upon.
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- A counterattack.
- (US, law) A document written by a party specifically replying to a responsive declaration and in some cases an answer.
- (music) The answer of a figure.
- Something given in reply.
- A written or spoken response; part of a conversation.
- the speech act of continuing a conversational exchange
- a statement (either spoken or written) that is made to reply to a question or request or criticism or accusation
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- counterattack
- The breast of a horse; that part of a horse between the shoulders and under the neck.
- A telltale; a contrivance attached to an engine, printing press, or other machine, for the purpose of counting the revolutions or the pulsations.
- Something opposite or contrary to something else.
- A table or board on which money is counted and over which business is transacted.
- A shop tabletop on which goods are examined, weighed or measured.
- An object (now especially a small disc) used in counting or keeping count, or as a marker in games, etc.
- (typography) The enclosed or partly closed negative space of a glyph.
- The piece of a shoe or a boot around the heel of the foot (above the heel of the shoe/boot).
- (nautical) The overhanging stern of a vessel above the waterline, below and somewhat forward of the stern proper.
- (grammar) A class of word used along with numbers to count objects and events, typically mass nouns. Although rare and optional in English (e.g. "20 head of cattle"), they are numerous and required in Chinese, Japanese, and Korean.
- In a bathroom, a surface, often built into the wall and above a cabinet, which holds the washbasin.
- A reckoner; someone who collects data by counting; an enumerator.
- (programming) A variable, memory location, etc. whose contents are incremented to keep a count.
- In a kitchen, a surface, often built into the wall and above a cabinet, designed to be used for food preparation.
- (historical) The prison attached to a city court; a compter.
- (martial arts) A proactive defensive hold or move in reaction to a hold or move by one's opponent.
- (music) Alternative form of contra Formerly used to designate any under part which served for contrast to a principal part, but now used as equivalent to countertenor.
- (Internet) A hit counter.
- One who counts.
- (curling) Any stone lying closer to the center than any of the opponent's stones.
- game equipment (as a piece of wood, plastic, or ivory) used for keeping a count or reserving a space in various card or board games
- (computer science) a register whose contents go through a regular series of states (usually states indicating consecutive integers)
- a piece of leather forming the back of a shoe or boot
- table consisting of a horizontal surface over which business is transacted
- a calculator that keeps a record of the number of times something happens
- a person who counts things
- a piece of furniture that stands at the side of a dining room; has shelves and drawers
- a quick reply to a question or remark (especially a witty or critical one)
- a return punch (especially by a boxer)
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- attack
- aqua
- annus (a year)
- acre; acres
- army
- application
- adjutant
- air
- associate; association
- age; aged
- ambassador
- academy; academician
- automobile
- answer
- Americanization
- air branch
- accumulator
- artillery
- adult
- artificer
- aircraft; airplane
- apprentice
- atomic weight
- amplitude
- absolute temperature
- article
- acid
- alto
- anode
- amphibian
- administration
- ana; anna
- admiral
- (military) assault, as on a badge
- alfa
- airman
- address
- Angstrom
- accusative case
- accommodation
- amateur
- absorbance; absorbancy
- arctic
- author
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- the act of attacking
- intense adverse criticism
- an offensive move in a sport or game
- the onset of a corrosive or destructive process (as by a chemical agent)
- (military) an offensive against an enemy (using weapons)
- a decisive manner of beginning a musical tone or phrase
- a sudden occurrence of an uncontrollable condition
- ideas or actions intended to deal with a problem or situation
- strong criticism
- (music) The onset of a musical note, particularly with respect to the strength (and duration) of that onset.
- (gaming) Any of several specific maneuvers, skills, or special abilities that a character can use to inflict damage against opponents.
- (cricket) Collectively, the bowlers of a cricket side.
- (audio) The amount of time taken for the volume of an audio signal to go from zero to maximum level (e.g. an audio waveform representing a snare drum hit would feature a very fast attack, whereas that of a wave washing to shore would feature a slow attack).
- (lacrosse) The three attackmen on the field or all the attackmen of a team.
- (informal, by extension) The beginning of active operations on anything.
- A time in which one attacks; the offence of a battle.
- An attempt to detract from the worth or credibility of, a person, position, idea, object, or thing, by physical, verbal, emotional, or other assault.
- (computing) An attempt to exploit a vulnerability in a computer system.
- An active episode of a chronic or recurrent disease.
- (South India) Short for heart attack.
- An attempt to cause damage, injury to, or death of an opponent or enemy.
- (medicine) The sudden onset of a disease or condition.
- (wine) The initial sensory impact of a wine.
- (volleyball) Any contact with the ball other than a serve or block which sends the ball across the plane of the net.
verb
- take the initiative and go on the offensive
- attack someone physically or emotionally
- launch an attack or assault on; begin hostilities or start warfare with
- begin to injure
- set to work upon; turn one's energies vigorously to a task
- attack in speech or writing
- (intransitive, cricket) To bat aggressively, so as to score runs quickly.
- (soccer) To move forward in an active attempt to score a point, as opposed to trying not to concede.
- (transitive) To aggressively challenge a person, idea, etc., with words (particularly in newspaper headlines, because it typesets into less space than "criticize" or similar).
- (transitive) To apply violent force to someone or something.
- (cycling) To accelerate quickly in an attempt to get ahead of the other riders.
- (physical chemistry) (Of a chemical species) To approach a chemical species or bond in order to form a bond with it.
- (transitive, cricket) To aim balls at the batsman’s wicket.
- (transitive) To begin to affect; to act upon injuriously or destructively; to begin to decompose or waste.
- (intransitive, cricket) To set a field, or bowl in a manner designed to get wickets.
- (transitive) To deal with something in a direct way; to set to work upon.
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- assail
- go to certain places as for sightseeing
- stay with as a guest
- talk socially without exchanging too much information
- pay a brief visit
- impose something unpleasant
- go to see a place, as for entertainment
- come to see in an official or professional capacity
- (transitive) To go to (a place) for pleasure, on an errand, etc.
- (transitive) To inflict punishment, vengeance for (an offense) on or upon someone.
- (transitive) To go to (a shrine, temple etc.) for worship. (Now generally merged into later senses, below.)
- (transitive) To habitually go to (someone in distress, sickness etc.) to comfort them. (Now generally merged into later senses, below.)
- (transitive) Of God: to appear to (someone) to comfort, bless, or chastise or punish them. (Now generally merged into later senses, below.)
- (transitive) Of a sickness, misfortune etc.: to afflict (someone).
- (transitive, intransitive) To go and meet (a person) as an act of friendliness or sociability.
noun
- the act of going to see some person in a professional capacity
- a meeting arranged by the visitor to see someone (such as a doctor or lawyer) for treatment or advice
- the act of going to see some person or place or thing for a short time
- a temporary stay (e.g., as a guest)
- the act of visiting in an official capacity (as for an inspection)
- A single act of visiting.
- (medicine, insurance) A meeting with a doctor at their surgery or the doctor's at one's home.
verb
- To attack again or anew.
- (transitive) To charge an electric battery after its power has been consumed.
- (intransitive) To invigorate and revitalize one's energy level by removing stressful agents for a period of time.
- (transitive) To reload a gun with ammunition.
- To charge or accuse in return.
- (transitive) To request payment again from.
- (transitive) To add or restore water to an aquifer.
- charge anew
- load anew
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- strike violently and repeatedly
- cover with liquid before cooking
- sew together loosely, with large stitches
- (transitive) To mark (sheep, etc.) with tar.
- (transitive) To sew with long or loose stitches, as for temporary use, or in preparation for gathering the fabric.
- (transitive) To sprinkle flour and salt and drip butter or fat on, as on meat in roasting.
- (transitive, by extension) To coat over something.
noun
verb
- strike violently and repeatedly
- strike against forcefully
- make a dent or impression in
- (cooking) To coat with batter (the food ingredient).
- To hit or strike violently and repeatedly.
- (UK, slang, usually in the passive) To intoxicate.
- (architecture) To slope (of walls, buildings etc.).
- (figurative) To defeat soundly; to thrash.
- (metalworking) To flatten (metal) by hammering, so as to compress it inwardly and spread it outwardly.
noun
- (baseball) a ballplayer who is batting
- a liquid or semiliquid mixture, as of flour, eggs, and milk, used in cooking
- A paste of clay or loam.
- (cricket) Any player selected for his or her team principally to bat, as opposed to a bowler.
- (architecture) An incline on the outer face of a built wall.
- (countable, printing) A bruise on the face of a plate or of type in the form.
- (cricket) The player now receiving strike; the striker.
- (countable, slang) A binge; a heavy drinking session.
- (cooking, countable, uncountable) A beaten mixture of flour and liquid (usually egg and milk), used for baking (e.g. pancakes, cake, or Yorkshire pudding) or to coat food (e.g. fish) prior to frying.
- (baseball) The player attempting to hit the ball with a bat.
- (cricket) A player of the batting side now on the field.
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- attack suddenly
- act at high speed
- move hurridly
- run with the ball, in football
- cause to occur rapidly
- urge to an unnatural speed
- cause to move fast or to rush or race
- (transitive or intransitive, university slang) To attempt to join a fraternity or sorority, often involving a hazing or initiation process.
- (intransitive) To flow or move forward rapidly or noisily.
- (transitive) To cause to move or act with unusual haste.
- (intransitive, music) To play at a faster tempo than one is supposed to or than the other musicians one is playing with, or to inadvertently gradually increase tempo while one is playing.
- (transitive or intransitive, contact sports) To run directly at another player in order to block or disrupt play.
- (video games, slang, transitive) To attack (an opponent) with a large swarm of units.
- (intransitive, soccer) To dribble rapidly.
- (transitive or intransitive, croquet) To roquet an object ball to a particular location on the lawn.
- (transitive) To transport or carry quickly.
- (transitive or intransitive) To hurry; to perform a task with great haste, often not properly or without thinking carefully.
- (transitive, military) To swiftly attack without warning.
- (intransitive, military, video games) To make a swift or sudden attack.
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- grasslike plants growing in wet places and having cylindrical often hollow stems
- a sudden forceful flow
- a sudden burst of activity
- (American football) an attempt to advance the ball by running into the line
- the swift release of a store of affective force
- the act of moving hurriedly and in a careless manner
- (university slang) A regulated period of recruitment in fraternities and sororities.
- (croquet) A roquet in which the object ball is sent to a particular location on the lawn.
- (contact sports) The act of running at another player to block or disrupt play.
- A rapid, noisy flow.
- General haste.
- Any of several stiff plants of the genus Juncus, or the family Juncaceae, having hollow or pithy stems and small flowers, and often growing in marshes or near water.
- (military, video games) A sudden attack; an onslaught.
- A wick.
- The merest trifle; a straw.
- The stem of such plants used in making baskets, mats, the seats of chairs, etc.
- A surge.
- A sudden, brief exhilaration, for instance the pleasurable sensation produced by a stimulant.
- A sudden forward motion.
- (university slang) A person attempting to join a fraternity or sorority as part of a rush.
- (video games) The strategy of attacking an opponent with a large swarm of weak units, rather than spending time developing their abilities.
verb
- To assault.
- (transitive) To serve as an example for.
- To have sex with.
- To teach someone a lesson.
- (hunting, transitive) To observe an animal closely over time in order to discern its habitual movements and behaviours.
- To do or perform an activity
- To follow an example.
- To make or design (anything) by, from, or after, something that serves as a pattern; to copy; to model; to imitate.
- To fit into a pattern.
- To apply a pattern.
- (MLE) To arrange, to organise, to fix.
- To arrange the sale or supply of something, especially illegal drugs.
- form a pattern
- plan or create according to a model or models
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- (Singapore, informal) A wont or habit to cause an annoyance or bother; to stir up trouble
- (linguistics) An intelligible arrangement in a given area of language.
- (computing, music) A sequence of notes, percussion etc. in a tracker module, usable once or many times within the song.
- A design, motif or decoration, especially formed from regular repeated elements.
- (cellular automata) A configuration of cells in a cellular automaton universe.
- The given spread, range etc. of shot fired from a gun.
- Something from which a copy is made; a model or outline.
- (textiles) The paper or cardboard template from which the parts of a garment are traced onto fabric prior to cutting out and assembling.
- A particular sequence of events, facts etc. which can be understood, used to predict the future, or seen to have a mathematical, geometric, statistical etc. relationship.
- (US) The material needed to make a piece of clothing.
- (now only numismatics) A sample; of coins, an example which was struck but never minted.
- A naturally-occurring or random arrangement of shapes, colours etc. which have a regular or decorative effect.
- (computing) A text string containing wildcards, used for matching.
- A representative example.
- Someone or something seen as an example to be imitated; an exemplar.
- (software engineering, in compounds) A design pattern.
- (Ireland, Roman Catholicism) The devotions that take place within a parish on the feast day of the patron saint of that parish.
- (MLE) Any arrangement or agreement, or way of conducting business.
- something intended as a guide for making something else
- graphical representation (in polar or Cartesian coordinates) of the spatial distribution of radiation from an antenna as a function of angle
- the path that is prescribed for an airplane that is preparing to land at an airport
- a decorative or artistic work
- a model considered worthy of imitation
- a perceptual structure
- a customary way of operation or behavior
- something regarded as a normative example
verb
- attack forcefully
- propel or hit with force
- beat with force
- (informal, transitive) To throw with a rapid slamming motion.
- (chiefly of an object) To make a noise like something moving quickly through the air.
- (US, Scotland, British, dialect, slang) To whack or beat.
- (Scotland) To slice, especially into large pieces; to chop.
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- hit repeatedly
- move rhythmically
- move with or as if with a regular alternating motion
- strike (a part of one's own body) repeatedly, as in great emotion or in accompaniment to music
- make a rhythmic sound
- move with a thrashing motion
- produce a rhythm by striking repeatedly
- wear out completely
- stir vigorously
- avoid paying
- be superior
- make a sound like a clock or a timer
- shape by beating
- be a mystery or bewildering to
- indicate by beating, as with the fingers or drumsticks
- glare or strike with great intensity
- come out better in a competition, race, or conflict
- make by pounding or trampling
- sail with much tacking or with difficulty
- strike (water or bushes) repeatedly to rouse animals for hunting
- give a beating to; subject to a beating, either as a punishment or as an act of aggression
- beat through cleverness and wit
- move with a flapping motion
- (intransitive, nautical) To sail to windward using a series of alternate tacks across the wind.
- To make a sound when struck.
- To be in agitation or doubt.
- To mix food in a rapid fashion. Compare whip.
- simple past tense of beat
- (military, intransitive) To make a succession of strokes on a drum.
- (intransitive, MLE, MTE, slang, vulgar) To have sexual intercourse.
- (transitive, slang) To rob; to cheat or scam.
- (transitive) To arrive at a place before someone.
- (intransitive) To strike repeatedly; to inflict repeated blows; to knock vigorously or loudly.
- (intransitive) To move with pulsation or throbbing.
- (transitive) To strike or pound repeatedly, usually in some sort of rhythm.
- (especially colloquial) past participle of beat
- To tread, as a path.
- To exercise severely; to perplex; to trouble.
- To sound with more or less rapid alternations of greater and lesser intensity, so as to produce a pulsating effect; said of instruments, tones, or vibrations not perfectly in unison.
- (transitive) To win against; to defeat or overcome; to do or be better than (someone); to excel in a particular, competitive event.
- (transitive) To indicate by beating or drumming.
- (transitive) To strike (water, foliage etc.) in order to drive out game; to travel through (a forest etc.) for hunting.
- (transitive) To hit; to strike.
- (transitive, UK, in haggling for a price of a buyer) To persuade the seller to reduce a price.
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- the sound of stroke or blow
- a member of the beat generation; a nonconformist in dress and behavior
- a regular route for a sentry or policeman
- the rhythmic contraction and expansion of the arteries with each beat of the heart
- a single pulsation of an oscillation produced by adding two waves of different frequencies; has a frequency equal to the difference between the two oscillations
- the act of beating to windward; sailing as close as possible to the direction from which the wind is blowing
- (prosody) the accent in a metrical foot of verse
- a regular rate of repetition
- a stroke or blow
- the basic rhythmic unit in a piece of music
- (music) The rhythm signalled by a conductor or other musician to the members of a group of musicians.
- (slang) A makeup look; compare beat one's face.
- The instrumental portion of a piece of hip-hop music.
- A rhythm.
- A pulsation or throb.
- (journalism) The primary focus of a reporter's stories (such as police/courts, education, city government, business etc.).
- (authorship) A short pause in a play, screenplay, or teleplay, for dramatic or comedic effect.
- (music) A pulse on the beat level, the metric level at which pulses are heard as the basic unit. Thus a beat is the basic time unit of a piece.
- The interference between two tones of almost equal frequency
- (hunting) The act of scouring, or ranging over, a tract of land to rouse or drive out game; also, those so engaged, collectively.
- A stroke; a blow.
- (fencing) A smart tap on the adversary's blade.
- The route patrolled by a police officer or a guard.
- A beatnik.
verb
verb
- exhaust by attacking repeatedly
- annoy continually or chronically
- (specifically) To persistently bother (someone, or a group of people) physically or psychologically when such behaviour is illegal and/or unwanted, especially over an extended period.
- To trouble (someone, or a group of people) through repeated military-style attacks.
- To put excessive burdens upon (someone); to subject (someone) to anxieties.
- To annoy (someone) frequently or systematically; to pester.
verb
verb
- To challenge again.
- (medicine, pharmacology) To try a therapeutic pharmaceutical drug, suspected allergen, or medical treatment on a patient a second or subsequent time, to see if the suspected effects of the treatment occur again. This is typically performed to confirm allergic or adverse reactions to allergens or medications, but may also be used to confirm beneficial treatments or to retry a probable beneficial treatment which did not appear to be effective previously.
- To challenge in return.
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- strike against forcefully
- strike, beat repeatedly
- (transitive, figurative) To aggressively challenge, denounce, or criticise.
- (transitive) To strike with a buffet; to cuff; to slap.
- (intransitive) To struggle, contend; also in figurative or extended use: to move as if driven by force.
- To deaden the sound of (bells) by muffling the clapper.
- To affect as with blows; to strike repeatedly; to strive with or contend against.
noun
- usually inexpensive bar
- a meal set out on a buffet at which guests help themselves
- a piece of furniture that stands at the side of a dining room; has shelves and drawers
- Food laid out in this way, to which diners serve themselves.
- (aviation, uncountable) The vibration of an aircraft when flying in or approaching a stall, caused by separation of airflow from the aircraft's wings.
- (countable) A blow or cuff with or as if with the hand, or by any other solid object or the wind.
- A small low stool; a hassock.
- A counter or sideboard from which food and drinks are served or may be bought.
verb
- strike against forcefully
- be around; be alive or active
- (by extension) Often followed by with: to spend time companionably; to hang around.
- To move or roam around aimlessly.
- (by extension, usually in present participial form) To be mislaid in a place.
- (by extension) To engage in a relaxing activity in a place; to hang around in.
- (transitive) To hit (someone or something) all over repeatedly; hence, to behave violently towards or mistreat (someone or something).
- To be present at or inhabit a certain place.
- (by extension) To live an unconventional life.
- (transitive) To knock back a drink; to finish a drink.
verb
- make a counterattack and return like for like, especially evil for evil
- take revenge for a perceived wrong
- (transitive) To repay or requite by an act of the same kind.
- (intransitive) To do something harmful or negative to get revenge for some harm; to fight back or respond in kind to an injury or affront.
verb
verb
- attack viciously and ferociously
- throw a steer by seizing the horns and twisting the neck, as in a rodeo
- (intransitive, often with into or through) To force oneself (in a particular direction).
- (transitive) To chase (a steer) on horseback and wrestle it to the ground by twisting its horns (as a rodeo performance).
noun
- a sturdy thickset short-haired breed with a large head and strong undershot lower jaw; developed originally in England for bull baiting
- A refractory material used as a furnace lining, obtained by calcining the cinder or slag from the puddling furnace of a rolling mill.
- A breed of dog developed in England by the crossing of the bullbaiting dog and the Pug to produce a ladies' companion dog, having a very smooth coat, a flattened face, wrinkly cheeks, powerful front legs, and smaller hind legs.
- (chiefly UK, sometimes capitalized) The children's game of British Bulldog or Red Rover.
- (UK, Oxford University slang) One of the proctors' officers.
- Any of various species of African freshwater fish in the genus Marcusenius, a type of elephantfish.
- A stubborn or determined person.
- (US, publishing) A bulldog edition.
- The original form of this breed, the British bulldog.
- (professional wrestling) Any move in which the wrestler grabs an opponent's head and jumps forward, so that the wrestler lands, often in a sitting position, and drives the opponent's face into the mat.
verb
verb
- To press again.
- (transitive) To forcefully prevent an upheaval from developing further.
- (transitive, by extension) To check; to keep back.
- block the action of
- suppress in order to conceal or hide
- put out of one's consciousness
- impede or hinder the natural development or self-expression of
- put down by force or intimidation
noun
verb
- strike, beat repeatedly
- To strike.
- polish and make shiny
- To polish and make shiny by rubbing.
- (graffiti slang) To remove (graffiti), particularly when done by someone who is not a graffiti writer.
- (video games, roleplaying games) To make a character or an item stronger.
- (medical slang) To modify a medical chart, especially in a dishonest manner.
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noun
- bare skin
- a medium to dark tan color
- a soft thick undyed leather from the skins of e.g. buffalo or oxen
- an implement consisting of soft material mounted on a block; used for polishing (as in manicuring)
- an ardent follower and admirer
- (informal) A buffalo, or the meat of a buffalo.
- (informal) A person who is very interested in a particular subject.
- A tool, often one covered with buff leather, used for polishing.
- A brownish yellow colour.
- (video games) A change introduced in a patch that makes a character, item, or attack stronger.
- (uncommon) Alternative form of buffe (“face armor”).
- Any substance used to dilute (street) drugs in order to increase profits.
- Undyed leather from the skin of buffalo or similar animals.
- (video games, roleplaying games) An effect that makes a character or item stronger.
- The greyish viscid substance constituting the buffy coat.
- (colloquial) The bare skin.
- (rail transport) Compressive coupler force that occurs during a slack bunched condition.
- A military coat made of buff leather.
verb
- To lay siege to.
- To commit money or capital in the hope of financial gain.
- To formally give (power or authority).
- (intransitive) To cause to be involved in; to cause to form strong attachments to.
- To formally give (someone) some power or authority.
- (metallurgy) To prepare for lost wax casting by creating an investment mold (a mixture of a silica sand and plaster).
- To surround, accompany, or attend.
- (Spanish politics) To inaugurate the Prime Minister of Spain after a successful parliamentary vote.
- (intransitive) To make investments.
- To ceremonially install someone in some office.
- To spend money, time, or energy on something, especially for some benefit or purpose; used with in.
- To envelop, wrap, cover.
- make an investment
- furnish with power or authority; of kings or emperors
- place ceremoniously or formally in an office or position
- provide with power and authority
- give qualities or abilities to