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verb
adj
verb
- fuse or cause to grow together
- mix together different elements
- (of separate groups or persons) To merge, to intermingle freely.
- (of separate elements) To join into a single mass or whole.
- (engineering) To bond pieces of metal into a continuous whole by liquefying parts of each piece, bringing the liquids into contact, and allowing the combined liquid to solidify.
- (of a whole or a unit) To form from different pieces or elements.
- (databases, SQL) To convert a null value to a defined value.
verb
- (intransitive) To grow together.
- (ambitransitive) To create a stitch by pulling the working yarn through an existing stitch from back to front.
- (transitive) To form into a knot, or into knots; to tie together, as cord; to fasten by tying.
- (transitive) To draw together; to contract into wrinkles.
- (intransitive) To become closely and firmly joined; become compacted.
- (ambitransitive) To turn thread or yarn into a piece of fabric by forming loops that are pulled through each other. This can be done by hand with needles or by machine.
- (figuratively, transitive) To join closely and firmly together.
- (intransitive, of bones) To heal following a fracture.
- (transitive) To combine from various elements.
- to gather something into small wrinkles or folds
- make (textiles) by knitting
- tie or link together
noun
adj
noun
noun
- the process of putting forth roots and beginning to grow
- A system of roots; a secure attachment (in something); a firm grounding.
- The process of forming roots or taking roots.
- A method of creating a new plant by getting part of an existing plant to form roots.
- The reflex a baby makes when hungry and seeking milk.
- A hole formed by a pig when it roots in the ground.
verb
verb
- To grow, to sprout.
- To come upon and flush out.
- (figurative) To arise, to come into existence.
- (ambitransitive, nautical, usually perfective) To crack.
- (transitive) To cause to spring (all senses).
- (transitive, US, dialectal) Alternative form of strain.
- (sometimes figurative) To enliven.
- (transitive, slang, US) To free from imprisonment, especially by facilitating an illegal escape.
- (intransitive) To move or burst forth.
- (intransitive) To spend the springtime somewhere.
- (UK dialectal) To mature.
- (transitive) To leap over.
- (of mechanisms) To cause to work or open by sudden application of pressure.
- (of animals) To find or get enough food during springtime.
- (transitive, nautical) To turn a vessel using a spring attached to its anchor cable.
- (intransitive, slang, rare) To be free of imprisonment, especially by illegal escape.
- (transitive) To pay or spend a certain sum, to yield.
- (ambitransitive) To deform owing to excessive pressure, to become warped; to intentionally deform in order to position and then straighten in place.
- (Australia, slang) To catch in an illegal act or compromising position.
- To appear.
- (intransitive, UK, dialectal, chiefly of cows) To swell with milk or pregnancy.
- (intransitive, now usually with "apart" or "open") To burst into pieces, to explode, to shatter.
- (transitive, US, dialectal) Alternative form of sprain.
- To tell, to share.
- (transitive, rare) To equip with springs, especially (of vehicles) to equip with a suspension.
- (transitive, architecture, of arches) To build, to form the initial curve of.
- (figurative, usually with cardinal adverbs) To move with great speed and energy.
- (intransitive, architecture, of arches, with "from") To extend, to curve.
- (usually with from) To be born, descend, or originate from
- develop into a distinctive entity
- move forward by leaps and bounds
- develop suddenly
- produce or disclose suddenly or unexpectedly
- spring back; spring away from an impact
noun
- A grove of trees; a forest.
- (countable, slang) An erection of the penis.
- (countable, uncountable) The season of the year in temperate regions in which temperatures and daylight hours rise, and plants spring from the ground and into bloom and dormant animals spring to life.
- (nautical) A line from a vessel's end or side to its anchor cable used to diminish or control its movement.
- (figurative) A race, a lineage.
- A shoot, a young tree.
- (figurative) A youth.
- Elastic energy, power, or force.
- (countable, fashion) Someone with ivory or peach skin tone and eyes and hair that are not extremely dark, seen as best suited to certain colors of clothing.
- (meteorology) The three months of March, April, and May in the Northern Hemisphere and September, October, and November in the Southern Hemisphere.
- (countable) The source from which an action or supply of something springs.
- (astronomy) The period from the moment of vernal equinox (around March 21 in the Northern Hemisphere) to the moment of the summer solstice (around June 21); the equivalent periods reckoned in other cultures and calendars.
- Elasticity: the property of a body springing back to its original form after compression, stretching, etc.
- An elastic mechanical part or device in any shape (e.g., flat, curved, coiled), made of flexible material (usually spring steel) that exerts force and attempts to spring back when bent, compressed, or stretched.
- (uncountable, figurative) The time of something's growth; the early stages of some process.
- (figurative, politics) a period of political liberalization and democratization
- (oceanography) Ellipsis of spring tide, the especially high tide shortly after full and new moons.
- A cause, a motive, etc.
- (nautical) A line laid out from a vessel's end to the opposite end of an adjacent vessel or mooring to diminish or control its movement.
- (countable) An act of springing: a leap, a jump.
- (geology) A spray or body of water springing from the ground.
- a metal elastic device that returns to its shape or position when pushed or pulled or pressed
- a point at which water issues forth
- a natural flow of ground water
- the elasticity of something that can be stretched and returns to its original length
- a light, self-propelled movement upwards or forwards
- the season of growth; spring; the beginning of spring
noun
- a growing together of parts or structures
- an abnormal adhesion of two or more structures
- (medicine) A line, discernable on an X-ray, showing such fusion.
- (anatomy) The process of two originally separate bones growing together as the subject matures, as with the pubic bones or lower jawbones in humans.
- (anatomy) The cartilaginous material that adjoins and facilitates the junction of such bones, without a synovial membrane.
verb
- develop and grow
- bolster or strengthen
- improve the cleansing action of
- give form to, according to a plan
- order, supervise, or finance the construction of
- form or accumulate steadily
- make by combining materials and parts
- be engaged in building
- build or establish something abstract
- found or ground
- (transitive, computing) To construct (software) by compiling its source code.
- (transitive) To establish a basis for (something).
- (intransitive, computing, of source code) To be converted into software by compilation, usually with minimal human intervention.
- (intransitive) To form by combining materials or parts.
- (transitive) To develop or give form to (something) according to a plan or process.
- (intransitive) To develop in magnitude or extent.
- (transitive) To form (something) by combining materials or parts.
- (transitive) To increase or strengthen (something) by adding gradually to.
noun
- constitution of the human body
- alternative names for the body of a human being
- (countable, uncountable) The physique of a human or animal body, or other object; constitution or structure.
- (gaming, slang, countable) A structure, such as a building, statue, pool or forest created by the player.
- (countable) The process or period of constructing a physical object.
- (computing, countable) Any of various versions of a software product as it is being developed for release to users.
- (gaming, slang, countable) A configuration of a character's items or skills created by the player.
noun
- something grown or growing
- the gradual beginning or coming forth
- a progression from simpler to more complex forms
- a process of becoming larger or longer or more numerous or more important
- (biology) the process of an individual organism growing organically; a purely biological unfolding of events involved in an organism changing gradually from a simple to a more complex level
- (pathology) an abnormal proliferation of tissue (as in a tumor)
- vegetation that has grown
- An increase in psychological strength or resilience; an increased ability to overcome adversity.
- (biology) The act of growing, getting bigger or higher.
- An increase in size, number, value, or strength.
- (pathology) An abnormal mass such as a tumor.
- (economics) Ellipsis of economic growth.
- (biology) Something that grows or has grown.
verb
- To germinate; to bud; to sprout.
- (wrestling) To lunge.
- To protrude; to jut; to project; to extend.
- (transitive, intransitive, analogous) To photograph.
- (intransitive) To move very quickly and suddenly.
- (transitive) To fire (a projectile).
- (professional wrestling) To deviate from kayfabe, either intentionally or accidentally; to actually connect with unchoreographed fighting blows and maneuvers, or speak one's mind (instead of an agreed script).
- To variegate as if by sprinkling or intermingling; to color in spots or patches. (See shot silk on Wikipedia)
- (surfing) To ride a wave.
- (intransitive) To cause a weapon to discharge a projectile.
- (intransitive) To hunt birds, etc. with a gun.
- (carpentry) To plane straight; to fit by planing.
- (aviation) To carry out, or attempt to carry out (an approach to an airport runway).
- To drink (a shot of an alcoholic beverage).
- (transitive, intransitive, colloquial) To inject a drug (such as heroin) intravenously.
- (transitive, slang) To ejaculate.
- To go over or pass quickly through.
- (nautical) To move ahead by force of momentum, as a sailing vessel when the helm is put hard alee.
- (surveying) To measure the distance and direction to (a point).
- (intransitive, usually, as imperative) To begin to speak.
- (transitive) To hunt on (a piece of land); to kill game in or on.
- (transitive) To fire a projectile at (a person or target).
- (transitive) To tip (something, especially coal) down a chute.
- To grow; to advance.
- (transitive) To penetrate, like a missile; to dart with a piercing sensation.
- (transitive) To push or thrust a bolt quickly; hence, to open a lock.
- To push or thrust forward; to project; to protrude; often with out.
- To send out or forth, especially with a rapid or sudden motion; to cast with the hand; to hurl; to discharge; to emit.
- (transitive) To travel or ride on (breaking waves) rowards the shore.
- To carry out a seismic survey with geophones in an attempt to detect oil.
- (intransitive) To discharge a missile; said of a weapon.
- (informal, ditransitive) To send to someone.
- (transitive) To fire (a weapon that releases a projectile).
- To make the stated score.
- (transitive, intransitive, analogous, film, television) To film.
- (transitive, figurative) To dismiss or do away with.
- (card games) To shoot the moon.
- (gambling) To throw dice.
- kill by firing a missile
- variegate by interweaving weft threads of different colors
- record on photographic film
- send forth suddenly, intensely, swiftly
- move quickly and violently
- throw dice, as in a crap game
- spend frivolously and unwisely
- measure the altitude of by using a sextant
- force or drive (a fluid or gas) into by piercing
- utter fast and forcefully
- run or move very quickly or hastily
- hit with a missile from a weapon
- give an injection to
- cause a sharp and sudden pain in
- produce buds, branches, or germinate
- make a film or photograph of something
- throw or propel in a specific direction or towards a specific objective
- emit (as light, flame, or fumes) suddenly and forcefully
- fire a shot; release
- score
intj
noun
- A rush of water; a rapid.
- An inclined plane, either artificial or natural, down which timber, coal, ore, etc., are caused to slide; a chute.
- A seismic survey carried out with geophones in an attempt to detect oil.
- The emerging stem and embryonic leaves of a new plant.
- (card games) The act of taking all point cards in one hand.
- A hunt or shooting competition.
- The act of shooting; the discharge of a missile; a shot.
- (mining) A vein of ore running in the same general direction as the lode.
- (professional wrestling, slang) An event that is unscripted or legitimate.
- A shoat; a young pig.
- A photography session.
- (weaving) A weft thread shot through the shed by the shuttle; a pick.
- the act of shooting at targets
- a new branch
adj
- (of plants) growing in groups that are close together
- instinctively or temperamentally seeking and enjoying the company of others
- (of animals) tending to form a group with others of the same species
- (botany) Growing in open clusters or colonies; not matted together.
- Pertaining to a flock or crowd.
- (of a person) Who enjoys being in crowds and socializing.
- (zoology) Of animals that travel in herds or packs.
noun
- The process of becoming fasciculate, of growing together in clusters of fascicles.
- A cluster of fascicles.
- (anatomy, anatomy) (toxicology, venoms) An involuntary muscle twitch, usually localised and temporary, but that may be intensified and prolonged fatally by particular poisons and venoms such as acetylcholinesterase inhibitors.
- muscular twitching of contiguous groups of muscle fibers
verb
- grow as twins
- bring two objects, ideas, or people together
- give birth to twins
- duplicate or match
- (usually in the passive) To join, unite; to form links between (now especially of two places in different countries); to pair with.
- (intransitive) To be, or be like, a pair of twins (for example, to dress identically); to be paired or suited.
- (transitive) To be, or be like, a twin to (someone else); to match in some way.
- (intransitive, obsolete outside Scotland) To split, part; to go away, depart.
- (intransitive) To give birth to twins.
- (transitive, obsolete outside Scotland) To separate, divide.
adj
noun
- either of two offspring born at the same time from the same pregnancy
- a duplicate copy
- (US) A twin size mattress; or a bed designed for such a mattress.
- Either of two people (or, less commonly, animals) who shared the same uterus at the same time; one who was born at the same birth as a sibling.
- A room in a hotel, guesthouse, etc. with two beds; a twin room.
- Either of two similar or closely related objects, entities etc.
- (aviation) A two-engine aircraft.
- (African-American Vernacular, slang) A friendly term of address, typically for men.
- (crystallography) A twin crystal.
prefix
- Together: the root is done together.
- To do the root.
- hypothetical, fictional
- Uniform, or made to be the same as.
- A fellow kind of the root.
- Synchronous or simultaneous with the root.
- Found with. What is found with the root.
- Intensifying the root.
- Belonging to the same group indicated by the root.
- Mutuality, indicating a reciprocal relationship or influence
- related to conlangs, conworlds, etc.
- To surround or adorn with
- From, coming from the root.
- When one entity is put into another, or one entity affects the other.
- constructed, artificial
- Having commonality, having the same property indicated by the root.
- Unite: to unite into a collection indicated by the root word.
adj
noun
verb
noun
- (figurative) The origin or earliest version of an idea or project.
- A pathogen: a pathogenic microorganism, such as a bacterium or virus.
- (biology) The small mass of cells from which a part of an organism develops, or a macroscopic but immature form of that part; a bud.
- (mathematics) An equivalence class that includes a specified function defined in an open neighborhood.
- The embryo of a seed, especially of a seed used as a cereal or grain. See Wikipedia article on cereal germ.
- a minute life form (especially a disease-causing bacterium); the term is not in technical use
- anything that provides inspiration for later work
- a small apparently simple structure (as a fertilized egg) from which new tissue can develop into a complete organism
noun
- a profusion of growth on or over something else
- excessive size; usually caused by excessive secretion of growth hormone from the pituitary gland
- Excessive size; usually caused by over-production of growth hormone from the pituitary gland.
- A usually abundant, luxuriant growth over or on something else.
- A tangle of growth occurring at the top of trees involving vines and branches, common in jungles.
- An excessive growth or increase in numbers, as in a population of weeds or microbes.
verb
- develop buds
- start to grow or develop
- (intransitive) To begin to grow, or to issue from a stock in the manner of a bud, as a horn.
- (transitive) To graft by inserting a bud under the bark of another tree.
- (intransitive) To reproduce by splitting off buds.
- (transitive) To put forth as a bud.
- (intransitive) To form buds.
- (intransitive) To be like a bud in respect to youth and freshness, or growth and promise.
noun
- a swelling on a plant stem consisting of overlapping immature leaves or petals
- a partially opened flower
- (informal, rare) Brother.
- (US, Canada, Australia, slang, usually in the plural) Cannabis that has been taken from the flowering part of the plant intended to be smoked.
- A small rounded body in the process of splitting from an organism, which may grow into a genetically identical new organism.
- A weaned calf in its first year, so called because the horns are then beginning to bud.
- (figuratively) Something that has begun to develop.
- (informal, chiefly Canada) Synonym of guy, term of address for a man or person.
- (US, Canada, Australia, slang, uncountable) Marijuana.
- (informal, Canada, US) Buddy, friend.
- A newly sprouted leaf or blossom that has not yet unfolded.
verb
- cause to grow together parts from different plants
- place the organ of a donor into the body of a recipient
- (transitive) To join (one thing) to another as if by grafting, so as to bring about a close union.
- (transitive) To insert (a graft) in a branch or stem of another tree; to propagate by insertion in another stock; also, to insert a graft upon.
- (intransitive) To insert scions (grafts) from one tree, or kind of tree, etc., into another; to practice grafting.
- To obtain illegal gain from bribery or similar corrupt practices.
- (chemistry) To form a graft polymer
- (transitive, surgery) To implant a portion of (living flesh or akin) in a lesion so as to form an organic union.
- (transitive, nautical) To cover, as a ring bolt, block strap, splicing, etc., with a weaving of small cord or rope yarns.
- (colloquial, intransitive) To work hard.
noun
- (surgery) tissue or organ transplanted from a donor to a recipient; in some cases the patient can be both donor and recipient
- the act of grafting something onto something else
- the practice of offering something (usually money) in order to gain an illicit advantage
- (horticulture) A branch or portion of a tree growing from such a shoot.
- (uncountable) Illicit profit by corrupt means, especially in public life.
- (horticulture) A small shoot or scion of a tree inserted in another tree, the stock of which is to support and nourish it. The two unite and become one tree, but the graft determines the kind of fruit.
- A narrow spade used in digging drainage trenches.
- (uncountable, slang) A criminal’s special branch of practice.
- (uncountable, British, colloquial) Work; labor requiring effort.
- (countable, slang) A cut of the take (money).
- (uncountable, US, politics) A bribe, especially on an ongoing basis.
- (countable) A con job.
- (uncountable) Corruption in official life.
- (surgery) A portion of living tissue used in the operation of autoplasty.
- The depth of the blade of a digging tool such as a spade or shovel.
- (countable, British, colloquial) A job or trade.
adj
noun
- (biology) Growing together of normally distinct parts of a plant.
- State of cohering, or of working together.
- (linguistics) Grammatical or lexical relationship between different parts of the same text.
- (physics, chemistry) Various intermolecular forces that hold solids and liquids together.
- (software engineering) Degree to which functionally related elements in a system belong together.
- (physics) the intermolecular force that holds together the molecules in a solid or liquid
- the state of cohering or sticking together
- (linguistics) the grammatical and lexical linking within a text or sentence that holds a text together and gives it meaning.
- (botany) the process in some plants of parts growing together that are usually separate (such as petals)
noun
- (rare) The process of growing.
- Beeswax.
- (US, slang) Any of a class of drugs with weed oil and butane as main ingredients; hash oil.
- (US, dialect) A thick syrup made by boiling down the sap of the sugar maple and then cooling it.
- Any preparation containing wax, used as a polish.
- Any oily, water-resistant, solid or semisolid substance; normally long-chain hydrocarbons, alcohols or esters.
- Earwax.
- (uncountable, music, informal) The phonograph record format for music.
- any of various substances of either mineral origin or plant or animal origin; they are solid at normal temperatures and insoluble in water
adj
verb
- (intransitive, of the moon) To appear larger each night as a progression from a new moon to a full moon.
- (intransitive, literary) To greaten.
- (transitive, informal) To defeat utterly.
- (slang) To spout so much nonsense that the other person starts doubting which of you two is insane.
- (transitive, slang) To kill, especially to murder a person.
- (intransitive, copulative, literary) To increasingly assume the specified characteristic.
- (transitive) To coat with wax or a similar material.
- (intransitive) To form a wax (a thick maple syrup).
- (transitive) To remove hair at the roots from (a part of the body) by coating the skin with a film of wax that is then pulled away sharply.
- (transitive) To apply wax to (something, such as a shoe, a floor, a car, or an apple), usually to make it shiny.
- (intransitive, of the tide) To move from low tide to high tide.
- increase in phase
- go up or advance
- cover with wax
noun
- the process of fostering the growth of something
- socialization through training and education to develop one's mind or manners
- the act of raising or growing plants (especially on a large scale)
- a highly developed state of perfection; having a flawless or impeccable quality
- (agriculture) production of food by preparing the land to grow crops (especially on a large scale)
- Tillage: plowing, sowing and raising crops.
- The state of being cultivated or used for agriculture
- Advancement or refinement in physical, intellectual, or moral condition
- Devotion of time or attention to the improvement of (something)
- Light tillage: turning or stirring the soil, especially for weed control.
adj
- (biology) Cooperating or growing in groups.
- (Internet) Relating to social media or social networks.
- Being extroverted or outgoing.
- Of or relating to society.
- (rare) Relating to a nation's allies.
- tending to move or live together in groups or colonies of the same kind
- composed of sociable people or formed for the purpose of sociability
- living together or enjoying life in communities or organized groups
- marked by friendly companionship with others
- relating to human society and its members
- relating to or belonging to or characteristic of high society
noun
- (US, colloquial) Ellipsis of social security number.
- A festive gathering to foster introductions.
- (Canadian Prairies) A dance held to raise money, often held for a couple to be married.
- (Internet, informal, countable) A social media account; the username or handle thereof, or a link thereto.
- (Canada) Ellipsis of social studies.
- (British, colloquial, with definite article) Ellipsis of social security.
- (Internet, informal, uncountable) Ellipsis of social media.
- a party of people assembled to promote sociability and communal activity
noun
- A group of similar things, either growing together, or in a cluster or clump, usually fastened together.
- (cycling) The peloton; the main group of riders formed during a race.
- (US, informal) A considerable amount.
- (forestry) A group of logs tied together for skidding.
- (geology, mining) An unusual concentration of ore in a lode or a small, discontinuous occurrence or patch of ore in the wallrock.
- (informal) An unmentioned amount; a number.
- An informal body of friends.
- (textiles) The reserve yarn on the filling bobbin to allow continuous weaving between the time of indication from the midget feeler until a new bobbin is put in the shuttle.
- (smoking) An unfinished cigar, before the wrapper leaf is added.
- A protuberance; a hunch; a knob or lump; a hump.
- a grouping of a number of similar things
- any collection in its entirety
- an informal body of friends
verb
verb
- grow vigorously
- hit with great force
- make a deep hollow sound
- be the case that thunder is being heard
- make a resonant sound, like artillery
- (transitive, figuratively, of speech) To exclaim with force, to shout, to thunder.
- (of a Eurasian bittern) To make a deep, resonant, territorial vocalisation.
- (of a vehicle) To rush forwards with such violent intensity that it generates a sustained, overwhelming, roaring noise; especially from the perspective of a bystander who has been suddenly subjected to it.
- To make a loud, hollow, resonant sound.
- (usually with "up" or "down") To raise or lower with a crane boom.
- To extend, or push, with a boom or pole.
- (computer chess, slang) To rapidly adjust the evaluation of a position away from zero, indicating a likely win or loss.
- (intransitive) To cause a sonic boom.
- (transitive, slang) To subject (someone or something) to a sonic boom.
- (transitive) To make (something) boom.
- (intransitive) To flourish, grow, or progress.
noun
- a pole carrying an overhead microphone projected over a film or tv set
- a state of economic prosperity
- a deep prolonged loud noise
- a sudden happening that brings good fortune (as a sudden opportunity to make money)
- any of various more-or-less horizontal spars or poles used to extend the foot of a sail or for handling cargo or in mooring
- The section of the arm on a backhoe closest to the tractor.
- (economics, business) A period of prosperity, growth, progress, or high market activity.
- (by extension) Ellipsis of boom microphone (a microphone supported on such a pole).
- (sailing) A spar extending the foot of a sail; a spar rigged outboard from a ship's side to which boats are secured in harbour.
- (electronics) The longest element of a Yagi-Uda antenna, on which the other, smaller antennae are transversally mounted.
- A wishbone-shaped piece of windsurfing equipment.
- (aviation) Ellipsis of sonic boom.
- One of the calls of certain monkeys or birds.
- A low-pitched, resonant sound, such as of an explosion.
- (gymnastics) A gymnastics apparatus, similar to a balance beam, which must be traversed as part of an obstacle course, typically as a training exercise in school or as part of basic training for new military recruits.
- A horizontal member of a crane or derrick, used for lifting.
- A floating barrier used to obstruct navigation, for military or other purposes; or used for the containment of an oil spill or to control the flow of logs from logging operations.
- (computer chess, slang) An instance of booming.
- A specially-designed, movable pole, used to suspend a microphone or camera high above the ground during filming or recording.
- A rapid expansion or increase.
intj
verb
- grow vigorously
- become larger in size or volume or quantity
- extend in one or more directions
- expand the influence of
- make bigger or wider in size, volume, or quantity
- exaggerate or make bigger
- add details, as to an account or idea; clarify the meaning of and discourse in a learned way, usually in writing
- (transitive) To express (something) at length and/or in detail.
- (transitive) To change (something) from a smaller form or size to a larger one; to spread out or lay open.
- (transitive, computing) In a hierarchical list (such as a directory tree or table of contents), to show the subentries of (an entry).
- (intransitive) To increase in extent, number, volume or scope.
- (transitive, algebra) To rewrite (an expression) as a longer, yet equivalent, sum of terms.
- (transitive, arithmetic) To multiply both the numerator and the denominator of a fraction by the same (non-zero) number (which yields a fraction of equal value).
- (transitive) To increase the extent, number, volume or scope of (something).
- (intransitive) To feel generous or optimistic.
- (intransitive) To speak or write at length or in detail.
- (intransitive, algebra, of an expression) To become, by rewriting, a longer, yet equivalent, sum of terms.
- (intransitive) To change or grow from smaller to larger in form, number, or size.
verb
- grow vigorously
- make steady progress; be at the high point in one's career or reach a high point in historical significance or importance
- move or swing back and forth
- (intransitive) To be known to have been alive at a particular time or in a particular period, where one's birth and death dates are not known; to have been active during a specified period; floruit.
- (intransitive) To prosper or fare well.
- (intransitive) To be in a period of greatest influence.
- (intransitive) To execute an irregular or fanciful strain of music, by way of ornament or prelude.
- (intransitive) To thrive or grow well.
- (intransitive) To make ornamental strokes with the pen; to write graceful, decorative figures.
- (transitive) To develop; to make thrive; to expand.
- (intransitive) To make bold and sweeping, fanciful, or wanton movements, by way of ornament, parade, bravado, etc.; to play with fantastic and irregular motion.
- (transitive) To adorn with beautiful figures or rhetoric; to ornament with anything showy; to embellish.
- (intransitive) To use florid language; to indulge in rhetorical figures and lofty expressions.
- (transitive) To make bold, sweeping movements with.
noun
- (music) a short lively tune played on brass instruments
- a display of ornamental speech or language
- an ornamental embellishment in writing
- the act of waving
- a showy gesture
- An ornamentation.
- A dramatic gesture such as the waving of a flag.
- (architecture) A decorative embellishment on a building.
- (music) A ceremonious passage such as a fanfare.
verb
- grow vigorously
- make steady progress; be at the high point in one's career or reach a high point in historical significance or importance
- (intransitive) To increase in wealth or success; to prosper, be profitable.
- (intransitive) To grow or increase stature; to grow vigorously or luxuriantly; to enjoy a state of excellent health and well-being; to flourish.
noun
verb
- join together as by twisting, weaving, or molding
- wield vigorously
- use diligently
- apply oneself diligently
- give what is desired or needed, especially support, food or sustenance
- travel a route regularly
- (intransitive) To bend, to flex; to be bent by something, to give way or yield (to a force, etc.).
- (transitive) To work at (something) diligently.
- (transitive) To persist in offering something to, especially for the purpose of inducement or persuasion.
- (transitive) To press upon; to urge persistently.
- (ambitransitive, transport) To travel over (a route) regularly.
- (transitive) To wield or use (a tool, a weapon, etc.) steadily or vigorously.
noun
- one of the strands twisted together to make yarn or rope or thread; often used in combination
- (usually in combinations) one of several layers of cloth or paper or wood as in plywood
- (artificial intelligence, combinatorial game theory) In two-player sequential games, a "half-turn" or a move made by one of the players.
- (now chiefly Scotland) A condition, a state.
- A layer of material.
- (colloquial) Clipping of plywood.
- A bent; a direction.
- A strand that, twisted together with other strands, makes up rope or yarn.
verb
- grow by addition
- come into the possession of
- (intransitive) To reach or come to by way of increase; to arise or spring up because of growth or result, especially as the produce of money lent.
- (transitive) To accumulate.
- (intransitive, law) To become an enforceable and permanent right.
- (intransitive, accounting) To be incurred as a result of the passage of time.
- (intransitive) To increase, to rise
noun
- Growth on the outside or near the surface.
- Influence by external forces.
- (botany) A division of woody plants whose stem is formed by successive accretions to the outside of the wood under the bark
- (anatomy) A phase in the life cycle of a hair follicle in which a hair exits the follicle.
- (anthropology) Exogamy.
noun
- the process of putting forth roots and beginning to grow
- A system of roots; a secure attachment (in something); a firm grounding.
- The process of forming roots or taking roots.
- A method of creating a new plant by getting part of an existing plant to form roots.
- The reflex a baby makes when hungry and seeking milk.
- A hole formed by a pig when it roots in the ground.
verb
noun
- a growing together of parts or structures
- an abnormal adhesion of two or more structures
- (medicine) A line, discernable on an X-ray, showing such fusion.
- (anatomy) The process of two originally separate bones growing together as the subject matures, as with the pubic bones or lower jawbones in humans.
- (anatomy) The cartilaginous material that adjoins and facilitates the junction of such bones, without a synovial membrane.
noun
- something grown or growing
- the gradual beginning or coming forth
- a progression from simpler to more complex forms
- a process of becoming larger or longer or more numerous or more important
- (biology) the process of an individual organism growing organically; a purely biological unfolding of events involved in an organism changing gradually from a simple to a more complex level
- (pathology) an abnormal proliferation of tissue (as in a tumor)
- vegetation that has grown
- An increase in psychological strength or resilience; an increased ability to overcome adversity.
- (biology) The act of growing, getting bigger or higher.
- An increase in size, number, value, or strength.
- (pathology) An abnormal mass such as a tumor.
- (economics) Ellipsis of economic growth.
- (biology) Something that grows or has grown.
noun
- The process of becoming fasciculate, of growing together in clusters of fascicles.
- A cluster of fascicles.
- (anatomy, anatomy) (toxicology, venoms) An involuntary muscle twitch, usually localised and temporary, but that may be intensified and prolonged fatally by particular poisons and venoms such as acetylcholinesterase inhibitors.
- muscular twitching of contiguous groups of muscle fibers
noun
- a profusion of growth on or over something else
- excessive size; usually caused by excessive secretion of growth hormone from the pituitary gland
- Excessive size; usually caused by over-production of growth hormone from the pituitary gland.
- A usually abundant, luxuriant growth over or on something else.
- A tangle of growth occurring at the top of trees involving vines and branches, common in jungles.
- An excessive growth or increase in numbers, as in a population of weeds or microbes.
noun
- (biology) Growing together of normally distinct parts of a plant.
- State of cohering, or of working together.
- (linguistics) Grammatical or lexical relationship between different parts of the same text.
- (physics, chemistry) Various intermolecular forces that hold solids and liquids together.
- (software engineering) Degree to which functionally related elements in a system belong together.
- (physics) the intermolecular force that holds together the molecules in a solid or liquid
- the state of cohering or sticking together
- (linguistics) the grammatical and lexical linking within a text or sentence that holds a text together and gives it meaning.
- (botany) the process in some plants of parts growing together that are usually separate (such as petals)
noun
- (rare) The process of growing.
- Beeswax.
- (US, slang) Any of a class of drugs with weed oil and butane as main ingredients; hash oil.
- (US, dialect) A thick syrup made by boiling down the sap of the sugar maple and then cooling it.
- Any preparation containing wax, used as a polish.
- Any oily, water-resistant, solid or semisolid substance; normally long-chain hydrocarbons, alcohols or esters.
- Earwax.
- (uncountable, music, informal) The phonograph record format for music.
- any of various substances of either mineral origin or plant or animal origin; they are solid at normal temperatures and insoluble in water
adj
verb
- (intransitive, of the moon) To appear larger each night as a progression from a new moon to a full moon.
- (intransitive, literary) To greaten.
- (transitive, informal) To defeat utterly.
- (slang) To spout so much nonsense that the other person starts doubting which of you two is insane.
- (transitive, slang) To kill, especially to murder a person.
- (intransitive, copulative, literary) To increasingly assume the specified characteristic.
- (transitive) To coat with wax or a similar material.
- (intransitive) To form a wax (a thick maple syrup).
- (transitive) To remove hair at the roots from (a part of the body) by coating the skin with a film of wax that is then pulled away sharply.
- (transitive) To apply wax to (something, such as a shoe, a floor, a car, or an apple), usually to make it shiny.
- (intransitive, of the tide) To move from low tide to high tide.
- increase in phase
- go up or advance
- cover with wax
noun
- the process of fostering the growth of something
- socialization through training and education to develop one's mind or manners
- the act of raising or growing plants (especially on a large scale)
- a highly developed state of perfection; having a flawless or impeccable quality
- (agriculture) production of food by preparing the land to grow crops (especially on a large scale)
- Tillage: plowing, sowing and raising crops.
- The state of being cultivated or used for agriculture
- Advancement or refinement in physical, intellectual, or moral condition
- Devotion of time or attention to the improvement of (something)
- Light tillage: turning or stirring the soil, especially for weed control.
noun
- A group of similar things, either growing together, or in a cluster or clump, usually fastened together.
- (cycling) The peloton; the main group of riders formed during a race.
- (US, informal) A considerable amount.
- (forestry) A group of logs tied together for skidding.
- (geology, mining) An unusual concentration of ore in a lode or a small, discontinuous occurrence or patch of ore in the wallrock.
- (informal) An unmentioned amount; a number.
- An informal body of friends.
- (textiles) The reserve yarn on the filling bobbin to allow continuous weaving between the time of indication from the midget feeler until a new bobbin is put in the shuttle.
- (smoking) An unfinished cigar, before the wrapper leaf is added.
- A protuberance; a hunch; a knob or lump; a hump.
- a grouping of a number of similar things
- any collection in its entirety
- an informal body of friends
verb
noun
noun
- Growth on the outside or near the surface.
- Influence by external forces.
- (botany) A division of woody plants whose stem is formed by successive accretions to the outside of the wood under the bark
- (anatomy) A phase in the life cycle of a hair follicle in which a hair exits the follicle.
- (anthropology) Exogamy.
verb
adj
verb
- fuse or cause to grow together
- mix together different elements
- (of separate groups or persons) To merge, to intermingle freely.
- (of separate elements) To join into a single mass or whole.
- (engineering) To bond pieces of metal into a continuous whole by liquefying parts of each piece, bringing the liquids into contact, and allowing the combined liquid to solidify.
- (of a whole or a unit) To form from different pieces or elements.
- (databases, SQL) To convert a null value to a defined value.
verb
- (intransitive) To grow together.
- (ambitransitive) To create a stitch by pulling the working yarn through an existing stitch from back to front.
- (transitive) To form into a knot, or into knots; to tie together, as cord; to fasten by tying.
- (transitive) To draw together; to contract into wrinkles.
- (intransitive) To become closely and firmly joined; become compacted.
- (ambitransitive) To turn thread or yarn into a piece of fabric by forming loops that are pulled through each other. This can be done by hand with needles or by machine.
- (figuratively, transitive) To join closely and firmly together.
- (intransitive, of bones) To heal following a fracture.
- (transitive) To combine from various elements.
- to gather something into small wrinkles or folds
- make (textiles) by knitting
- tie or link together
noun
verb
- To grow, to sprout.
- To come upon and flush out.
- (figurative) To arise, to come into existence.
- (ambitransitive, nautical, usually perfective) To crack.
- (transitive) To cause to spring (all senses).
- (transitive, US, dialectal) Alternative form of strain.
- (sometimes figurative) To enliven.
- (transitive, slang, US) To free from imprisonment, especially by facilitating an illegal escape.
- (intransitive) To move or burst forth.
- (intransitive) To spend the springtime somewhere.
- (UK dialectal) To mature.
- (transitive) To leap over.
- (of mechanisms) To cause to work or open by sudden application of pressure.
- (of animals) To find or get enough food during springtime.
- (transitive, nautical) To turn a vessel using a spring attached to its anchor cable.
- (intransitive, slang, rare) To be free of imprisonment, especially by illegal escape.
- (transitive) To pay or spend a certain sum, to yield.
- (ambitransitive) To deform owing to excessive pressure, to become warped; to intentionally deform in order to position and then straighten in place.
- (Australia, slang) To catch in an illegal act or compromising position.
- To appear.
- (intransitive, UK, dialectal, chiefly of cows) To swell with milk or pregnancy.
- (intransitive, now usually with "apart" or "open") To burst into pieces, to explode, to shatter.
- (transitive, US, dialectal) Alternative form of sprain.
- To tell, to share.
- (transitive, rare) To equip with springs, especially (of vehicles) to equip with a suspension.
- (transitive, architecture, of arches) To build, to form the initial curve of.
- (figurative, usually with cardinal adverbs) To move with great speed and energy.
- (intransitive, architecture, of arches, with "from") To extend, to curve.
- (usually with from) To be born, descend, or originate from
- develop into a distinctive entity
- move forward by leaps and bounds
- develop suddenly
- produce or disclose suddenly or unexpectedly
- spring back; spring away from an impact
noun
- A grove of trees; a forest.
- (countable, slang) An erection of the penis.
- (countable, uncountable) The season of the year in temperate regions in which temperatures and daylight hours rise, and plants spring from the ground and into bloom and dormant animals spring to life.
- (nautical) A line from a vessel's end or side to its anchor cable used to diminish or control its movement.
- (figurative) A race, a lineage.
- A shoot, a young tree.
- (figurative) A youth.
- Elastic energy, power, or force.
- (countable, fashion) Someone with ivory or peach skin tone and eyes and hair that are not extremely dark, seen as best suited to certain colors of clothing.
- (meteorology) The three months of March, April, and May in the Northern Hemisphere and September, October, and November in the Southern Hemisphere.
- (countable) The source from which an action or supply of something springs.
- (astronomy) The period from the moment of vernal equinox (around March 21 in the Northern Hemisphere) to the moment of the summer solstice (around June 21); the equivalent periods reckoned in other cultures and calendars.
- Elasticity: the property of a body springing back to its original form after compression, stretching, etc.
- An elastic mechanical part or device in any shape (e.g., flat, curved, coiled), made of flexible material (usually spring steel) that exerts force and attempts to spring back when bent, compressed, or stretched.
- (uncountable, figurative) The time of something's growth; the early stages of some process.
- (figurative, politics) a period of political liberalization and democratization
- (oceanography) Ellipsis of spring tide, the especially high tide shortly after full and new moons.
- A cause, a motive, etc.
- (nautical) A line laid out from a vessel's end to the opposite end of an adjacent vessel or mooring to diminish or control its movement.
- (countable) An act of springing: a leap, a jump.
- (geology) A spray or body of water springing from the ground.
- a metal elastic device that returns to its shape or position when pushed or pulled or pressed
- a point at which water issues forth
- a natural flow of ground water
- the elasticity of something that can be stretched and returns to its original length
- a light, self-propelled movement upwards or forwards
- the season of growth; spring; the beginning of spring
verb
- develop and grow
- bolster or strengthen
- improve the cleansing action of
- give form to, according to a plan
- order, supervise, or finance the construction of
- form or accumulate steadily
- make by combining materials and parts
- be engaged in building
- build or establish something abstract
- found or ground
- (transitive, computing) To construct (software) by compiling its source code.
- (transitive) To establish a basis for (something).
- (intransitive, computing, of source code) To be converted into software by compilation, usually with minimal human intervention.
- (intransitive) To form by combining materials or parts.
- (transitive) To develop or give form to (something) according to a plan or process.
- (intransitive) To develop in magnitude or extent.
- (transitive) To form (something) by combining materials or parts.
- (transitive) To increase or strengthen (something) by adding gradually to.
noun
- constitution of the human body
- alternative names for the body of a human being
- (countable, uncountable) The physique of a human or animal body, or other object; constitution or structure.
- (gaming, slang, countable) A structure, such as a building, statue, pool or forest created by the player.
- (countable) The process or period of constructing a physical object.
- (computing, countable) Any of various versions of a software product as it is being developed for release to users.
- (gaming, slang, countable) A configuration of a character's items or skills created by the player.
verb
- To germinate; to bud; to sprout.
- (wrestling) To lunge.
- To protrude; to jut; to project; to extend.
- (transitive, intransitive, analogous) To photograph.
- (intransitive) To move very quickly and suddenly.
- (transitive) To fire (a projectile).
- (professional wrestling) To deviate from kayfabe, either intentionally or accidentally; to actually connect with unchoreographed fighting blows and maneuvers, or speak one's mind (instead of an agreed script).
- To variegate as if by sprinkling or intermingling; to color in spots or patches. (See shot silk on Wikipedia)
- (surfing) To ride a wave.
- (intransitive) To cause a weapon to discharge a projectile.
- (intransitive) To hunt birds, etc. with a gun.
- (carpentry) To plane straight; to fit by planing.
- (aviation) To carry out, or attempt to carry out (an approach to an airport runway).
- To drink (a shot of an alcoholic beverage).
- (transitive, intransitive, colloquial) To inject a drug (such as heroin) intravenously.
- (transitive, slang) To ejaculate.
- To go over or pass quickly through.
- (nautical) To move ahead by force of momentum, as a sailing vessel when the helm is put hard alee.
- (surveying) To measure the distance and direction to (a point).
- (intransitive, usually, as imperative) To begin to speak.
- (transitive) To hunt on (a piece of land); to kill game in or on.
- (transitive) To fire a projectile at (a person or target).
- (transitive) To tip (something, especially coal) down a chute.
- To grow; to advance.
- (transitive) To penetrate, like a missile; to dart with a piercing sensation.
- (transitive) To push or thrust a bolt quickly; hence, to open a lock.
- To push or thrust forward; to project; to protrude; often with out.
- To send out or forth, especially with a rapid or sudden motion; to cast with the hand; to hurl; to discharge; to emit.
- (transitive) To travel or ride on (breaking waves) rowards the shore.
- To carry out a seismic survey with geophones in an attempt to detect oil.
- (intransitive) To discharge a missile; said of a weapon.
- (informal, ditransitive) To send to someone.
- (transitive) To fire (a weapon that releases a projectile).
- To make the stated score.
- (transitive, intransitive, analogous, film, television) To film.
- (transitive, figurative) To dismiss or do away with.
- (card games) To shoot the moon.
- (gambling) To throw dice.
- kill by firing a missile
- variegate by interweaving weft threads of different colors
- record on photographic film
- send forth suddenly, intensely, swiftly
- move quickly and violently
- throw dice, as in a crap game
- spend frivolously and unwisely
- measure the altitude of by using a sextant
- force or drive (a fluid or gas) into by piercing
- utter fast and forcefully
- run or move very quickly or hastily
- hit with a missile from a weapon
- give an injection to
- cause a sharp and sudden pain in
- produce buds, branches, or germinate
- make a film or photograph of something
- throw or propel in a specific direction or towards a specific objective
- emit (as light, flame, or fumes) suddenly and forcefully
- fire a shot; release
- score
intj
noun
- A rush of water; a rapid.
- An inclined plane, either artificial or natural, down which timber, coal, ore, etc., are caused to slide; a chute.
- A seismic survey carried out with geophones in an attempt to detect oil.
- The emerging stem and embryonic leaves of a new plant.
- (card games) The act of taking all point cards in one hand.
- A hunt or shooting competition.
- The act of shooting; the discharge of a missile; a shot.
- (mining) A vein of ore running in the same general direction as the lode.
- (professional wrestling, slang) An event that is unscripted or legitimate.
- A shoat; a young pig.
- A photography session.
- (weaving) A weft thread shot through the shed by the shuttle; a pick.
- the act of shooting at targets
- a new branch
verb
- grow as twins
- bring two objects, ideas, or people together
- give birth to twins
- duplicate or match
- (usually in the passive) To join, unite; to form links between (now especially of two places in different countries); to pair with.
- (intransitive) To be, or be like, a pair of twins (for example, to dress identically); to be paired or suited.
- (transitive) To be, or be like, a twin to (someone else); to match in some way.
- (intransitive, obsolete outside Scotland) To split, part; to go away, depart.
- (intransitive) To give birth to twins.
- (transitive, obsolete outside Scotland) To separate, divide.
adj
noun
- either of two offspring born at the same time from the same pregnancy
- a duplicate copy
- (US) A twin size mattress; or a bed designed for such a mattress.
- Either of two people (or, less commonly, animals) who shared the same uterus at the same time; one who was born at the same birth as a sibling.
- A room in a hotel, guesthouse, etc. with two beds; a twin room.
- Either of two similar or closely related objects, entities etc.
- (aviation) A two-engine aircraft.
- (African-American Vernacular, slang) A friendly term of address, typically for men.
- (crystallography) A twin crystal.
verb
noun
- (figurative) The origin or earliest version of an idea or project.
- A pathogen: a pathogenic microorganism, such as a bacterium or virus.
- (biology) The small mass of cells from which a part of an organism develops, or a macroscopic but immature form of that part; a bud.
- (mathematics) An equivalence class that includes a specified function defined in an open neighborhood.
- The embryo of a seed, especially of a seed used as a cereal or grain. See Wikipedia article on cereal germ.
- a minute life form (especially a disease-causing bacterium); the term is not in technical use
- anything that provides inspiration for later work
- a small apparently simple structure (as a fertilized egg) from which new tissue can develop into a complete organism
verb
- develop buds
- start to grow or develop
- (intransitive) To begin to grow, or to issue from a stock in the manner of a bud, as a horn.
- (transitive) To graft by inserting a bud under the bark of another tree.
- (intransitive) To reproduce by splitting off buds.
- (transitive) To put forth as a bud.
- (intransitive) To form buds.
- (intransitive) To be like a bud in respect to youth and freshness, or growth and promise.
noun
- a swelling on a plant stem consisting of overlapping immature leaves or petals
- a partially opened flower
- (informal, rare) Brother.
- (US, Canada, Australia, slang, usually in the plural) Cannabis that has been taken from the flowering part of the plant intended to be smoked.
- A small rounded body in the process of splitting from an organism, which may grow into a genetically identical new organism.
- A weaned calf in its first year, so called because the horns are then beginning to bud.
- (figuratively) Something that has begun to develop.
- (informal, chiefly Canada) Synonym of guy, term of address for a man or person.
- (US, Canada, Australia, slang, uncountable) Marijuana.
- (informal, Canada, US) Buddy, friend.
- A newly sprouted leaf or blossom that has not yet unfolded.
verb
- cause to grow together parts from different plants
- place the organ of a donor into the body of a recipient
- (transitive) To join (one thing) to another as if by grafting, so as to bring about a close union.
- (transitive) To insert (a graft) in a branch or stem of another tree; to propagate by insertion in another stock; also, to insert a graft upon.
- (intransitive) To insert scions (grafts) from one tree, or kind of tree, etc., into another; to practice grafting.
- To obtain illegal gain from bribery or similar corrupt practices.
- (chemistry) To form a graft polymer
- (transitive, surgery) To implant a portion of (living flesh or akin) in a lesion so as to form an organic union.
- (transitive, nautical) To cover, as a ring bolt, block strap, splicing, etc., with a weaving of small cord or rope yarns.
- (colloquial, intransitive) To work hard.
noun
- (surgery) tissue or organ transplanted from a donor to a recipient; in some cases the patient can be both donor and recipient
- the act of grafting something onto something else
- the practice of offering something (usually money) in order to gain an illicit advantage
- (horticulture) A branch or portion of a tree growing from such a shoot.
- (uncountable) Illicit profit by corrupt means, especially in public life.
- (horticulture) A small shoot or scion of a tree inserted in another tree, the stock of which is to support and nourish it. The two unite and become one tree, but the graft determines the kind of fruit.
- A narrow spade used in digging drainage trenches.
- (uncountable, slang) A criminal’s special branch of practice.
- (uncountable, British, colloquial) Work; labor requiring effort.
- (countable, slang) A cut of the take (money).
- (uncountable, US, politics) A bribe, especially on an ongoing basis.
- (countable) A con job.
- (uncountable) Corruption in official life.
- (surgery) A portion of living tissue used in the operation of autoplasty.
- The depth of the blade of a digging tool such as a spade or shovel.
- (countable, British, colloquial) A job or trade.
verb
- grow vigorously
- hit with great force
- make a deep hollow sound
- be the case that thunder is being heard
- make a resonant sound, like artillery
- (transitive, figuratively, of speech) To exclaim with force, to shout, to thunder.
- (of a Eurasian bittern) To make a deep, resonant, territorial vocalisation.
- (of a vehicle) To rush forwards with such violent intensity that it generates a sustained, overwhelming, roaring noise; especially from the perspective of a bystander who has been suddenly subjected to it.
- To make a loud, hollow, resonant sound.
- (usually with "up" or "down") To raise or lower with a crane boom.
- To extend, or push, with a boom or pole.
- (computer chess, slang) To rapidly adjust the evaluation of a position away from zero, indicating a likely win or loss.
- (intransitive) To cause a sonic boom.
- (transitive, slang) To subject (someone or something) to a sonic boom.
- (transitive) To make (something) boom.
- (intransitive) To flourish, grow, or progress.
noun
- a pole carrying an overhead microphone projected over a film or tv set
- a state of economic prosperity
- a deep prolonged loud noise
- a sudden happening that brings good fortune (as a sudden opportunity to make money)
- any of various more-or-less horizontal spars or poles used to extend the foot of a sail or for handling cargo or in mooring
- The section of the arm on a backhoe closest to the tractor.
- (economics, business) A period of prosperity, growth, progress, or high market activity.
- (by extension) Ellipsis of boom microphone (a microphone supported on such a pole).
- (sailing) A spar extending the foot of a sail; a spar rigged outboard from a ship's side to which boats are secured in harbour.
- (electronics) The longest element of a Yagi-Uda antenna, on which the other, smaller antennae are transversally mounted.
- A wishbone-shaped piece of windsurfing equipment.
- (aviation) Ellipsis of sonic boom.
- One of the calls of certain monkeys or birds.
- A low-pitched, resonant sound, such as of an explosion.
- (gymnastics) A gymnastics apparatus, similar to a balance beam, which must be traversed as part of an obstacle course, typically as a training exercise in school or as part of basic training for new military recruits.
- A horizontal member of a crane or derrick, used for lifting.
- A floating barrier used to obstruct navigation, for military or other purposes; or used for the containment of an oil spill or to control the flow of logs from logging operations.
- (computer chess, slang) An instance of booming.
- A specially-designed, movable pole, used to suspend a microphone or camera high above the ground during filming or recording.
- A rapid expansion or increase.
intj
verb
- grow vigorously
- become larger in size or volume or quantity
- extend in one or more directions
- expand the influence of
- make bigger or wider in size, volume, or quantity
- exaggerate or make bigger
- add details, as to an account or idea; clarify the meaning of and discourse in a learned way, usually in writing
- (transitive) To express (something) at length and/or in detail.
- (transitive) To change (something) from a smaller form or size to a larger one; to spread out or lay open.
- (transitive, computing) In a hierarchical list (such as a directory tree or table of contents), to show the subentries of (an entry).
- (intransitive) To increase in extent, number, volume or scope.
- (transitive, algebra) To rewrite (an expression) as a longer, yet equivalent, sum of terms.
- (transitive, arithmetic) To multiply both the numerator and the denominator of a fraction by the same (non-zero) number (which yields a fraction of equal value).
- (transitive) To increase the extent, number, volume or scope of (something).
- (intransitive) To feel generous or optimistic.
- (intransitive) To speak or write at length or in detail.
- (intransitive, algebra, of an expression) To become, by rewriting, a longer, yet equivalent, sum of terms.
- (intransitive) To change or grow from smaller to larger in form, number, or size.
verb
- grow vigorously
- make steady progress; be at the high point in one's career or reach a high point in historical significance or importance
- move or swing back and forth
- (intransitive) To be known to have been alive at a particular time or in a particular period, where one's birth and death dates are not known; to have been active during a specified period; floruit.
- (intransitive) To prosper or fare well.
- (intransitive) To be in a period of greatest influence.
- (intransitive) To execute an irregular or fanciful strain of music, by way of ornament or prelude.
- (intransitive) To thrive or grow well.
- (intransitive) To make ornamental strokes with the pen; to write graceful, decorative figures.
- (transitive) To develop; to make thrive; to expand.
- (intransitive) To make bold and sweeping, fanciful, or wanton movements, by way of ornament, parade, bravado, etc.; to play with fantastic and irregular motion.
- (transitive) To adorn with beautiful figures or rhetoric; to ornament with anything showy; to embellish.
- (intransitive) To use florid language; to indulge in rhetorical figures and lofty expressions.
- (transitive) To make bold, sweeping movements with.
noun
- (music) a short lively tune played on brass instruments
- a display of ornamental speech or language
- an ornamental embellishment in writing
- the act of waving
- a showy gesture
- An ornamentation.
- A dramatic gesture such as the waving of a flag.
- (architecture) A decorative embellishment on a building.
- (music) A ceremonious passage such as a fanfare.
verb
- grow vigorously
- make steady progress; be at the high point in one's career or reach a high point in historical significance or importance
- (intransitive) To increase in wealth or success; to prosper, be profitable.
- (intransitive) To grow or increase stature; to grow vigorously or luxuriantly; to enjoy a state of excellent health and well-being; to flourish.
verb
- join together as by twisting, weaving, or molding
- wield vigorously
- use diligently
- apply oneself diligently
- give what is desired or needed, especially support, food or sustenance
- travel a route regularly
- (intransitive) To bend, to flex; to be bent by something, to give way or yield (to a force, etc.).
- (transitive) To work at (something) diligently.
- (transitive) To persist in offering something to, especially for the purpose of inducement or persuasion.
- (transitive) To press upon; to urge persistently.
- (ambitransitive, transport) To travel over (a route) regularly.
- (transitive) To wield or use (a tool, a weapon, etc.) steadily or vigorously.
noun
- one of the strands twisted together to make yarn or rope or thread; often used in combination
- (usually in combinations) one of several layers of cloth or paper or wood as in plywood
- (artificial intelligence, combinatorial game theory) In two-player sequential games, a "half-turn" or a move made by one of the players.
- (now chiefly Scotland) A condition, a state.
- A layer of material.
- (colloquial) Clipping of plywood.
- A bent; a direction.
- A strand that, twisted together with other strands, makes up rope or yarn.
verb
- grow by addition
- come into the possession of
- (intransitive) To reach or come to by way of increase; to arise or spring up because of growth or result, especially as the produce of money lent.
- (transitive) To accumulate.
- (intransitive, law) To become an enforceable and permanent right.
- (intransitive, accounting) To be incurred as a result of the passage of time.
- (intransitive) To increase, to rise
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adj
- (of plants) growing in groups that are close together
- instinctively or temperamentally seeking and enjoying the company of others
- (of animals) tending to form a group with others of the same species
- (botany) Growing in open clusters or colonies; not matted together.
- Pertaining to a flock or crowd.
- (of a person) Who enjoys being in crowds and socializing.
- (zoology) Of animals that travel in herds or packs.
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- (biology) Cooperating or growing in groups.
- (Internet) Relating to social media or social networks.
- Being extroverted or outgoing.
- Of or relating to society.
- (rare) Relating to a nation's allies.
- tending to move or live together in groups or colonies of the same kind
- composed of sociable people or formed for the purpose of sociability
- living together or enjoying life in communities or organized groups
- marked by friendly companionship with others
- relating to human society and its members
- relating to or belonging to or characteristic of high society
noun
- (US, colloquial) Ellipsis of social security number.
- A festive gathering to foster introductions.
- (Canadian Prairies) A dance held to raise money, often held for a couple to be married.
- (Internet, informal, countable) A social media account; the username or handle thereof, or a link thereto.
- (Canada) Ellipsis of social studies.
- (British, colloquial, with definite article) Ellipsis of social security.
- (Internet, informal, uncountable) Ellipsis of social media.
- a party of people assembled to promote sociability and communal activity