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verb
adj
- Specifically, moderate in temperature.
- Dependent on life in a temperate climate.
- Proceeding from temperance.
- Moderate in the indulgence of the natural appetites or passions
- Moderate; not excessive.
- not extreme
- (of weather or climate) free from extremes; mild; or characteristic of such weather or climate
- not extreme in behavior
verb
- make more temperate, acceptable, or suitable by adding something else
- make less fast or intense
- preside over
- make less strong or intense; soften
- lessen the intensity of; temper; hold in restraint; hold or keep within limits
- make less severe or harsh
- (intransitive) To become less excessive.
- (transitive) To preside over (something) as a moderator.
- (transitive, physics) To supply with a moderator (substance that decreases the speed of neutrons in a nuclear reactor and hence increases likelihood of fission).
- (transitive) To reduce the excessiveness of (something).
- (intransitive) To act as a moderator; to assist in bringing to compromise.
adj
- being within reasonable or average limits; not excessive or extreme
- marked by avoidance of extravagance or extremes
- not extreme
- Mediocre
- Not violent or rigorous; temperate; mild; gentle.
- (pathology) more than mild, less than severe
- Average priced; standard-deal
- (US, politics) Having an intermediate position between liberal and conservative.
- Not excessive; acting in moderation
noun
- a person who takes a position in the political center
- (Christianity, historical) One of a party in Scottish Church history dominant in the 18th century, lax in doctrine and discipline, but intolerant of evangelicalism and popular rights. It caused the secessions of 1733 and 1761, and its final resultant was the Disruption of 1843.
- One who holds an intermediate position between extremes, as in politics.
verb
- make more temperate, acceptable, or suitable by adding something else
- cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of
- make less rigid or softer
- To ease a burden, particularly to ease a worry; make less painful; to comfort.
- To soften; to make tender.
- To appease anger, pacify, gain the good will of.
verb
- make more temperate, acceptable, or suitable by adding something else
- lend flavor to
- make healthy
- (transitive) To mingle: to moderate, temper, or qualify by admixture.
- (transitive, by extension) To prepare by drying or hardening, or removal of natural juices.
- (intransitive) To become mature; to grow fit for use; to become adapted to a climate.
- (transitive) To habituate, accustom, or inure (someone or something) to a particular use, purpose, or circumstance.
- (intransitive) To become dry and hard, by the escape of the natural juices, or by being penetrated with other substance.
- (transitive) To flavour food with spices, herbs or salt.
noun
- a period of the year marked by special events or activities in some field
- a recurrent time marked by major holidays
- one of the natural periods into which the year is divided by the equinoxes and solstices or atmospheric conditions
- (Canada, US, Australia, broadcasting) A group of episodes of a television or radio program broadcast in regular intervals with a long break between each group, usually with one year between the beginning of each.
- (video games) The full set of downloadable content for a game, which can be purchased with a season pass.
- (Evangelical Christianity) A period of time in one’s life characterized by a particular emotion of situation.
- A period of the year in which a place is most busy or frequented for business, amusement, etc.
- (video games) A fixed period of time in a massively multiplayer online game in which new content (themes, rules, modes, etc.) becomes available, sometimes replacing earlier content.
- A period of the year when something particular happens.
- (cricket) The period over which a series of Test matches are played.
- Each of the four divisions of a year: spring, summer, autumn (fall) and winter
verb
- make more temperate, acceptable, or suitable by adding something else
- To moderate or control.
- change by restraining or moderating
- harden by reheating and cooling in oil
- adjust the pitch (of pianos)
- bring to a desired consistency, texture, or hardness by a process of gradually heating and cooling
- (cooking) To adjust the temperature of an ingredient (e.g. eggs or chocolate) gradually so that it remains smooth and pleasing.
- To mix clay, plaster or mortar with water to obtain the proper consistency.
- (music) To adjust, as the mathematical scale to the actual scale, or to that in actual use.
- To sauté spices in ghee or oil to release essential oils for flavouring a dish in South Asian cuisine.
- To strengthen or toughen a material, especially metal, by heat treatment; anneal.
noun
- the elasticity and hardness of a metal object; its ability to absorb considerable energy before cracking
- a sudden outburst of anger
- a disposition to exhibit uncontrolled anger
- a characteristic (habitual or relatively temporary) state of feeling
- A general tendency or orientation towards a certain type of mood, a volatile state; a habitual way of thinking, behaving or reacting.
- State of mind; mood.
- Middle state or course; mean; medium.
- A tendency to become angry.
- The state of a metal or other substance, especially as to its hardness, produced by some process of heating or cooling.
- Calmness of mind; moderation; equanimity; composure.
- Anger; a fit of anger.
- (sugar manufacture, historical) Milk of lime, or other substance, employed in the process formerly used to clarify sugar.
- The heat treatment to which a metal or other material has been subjected; a material that has undergone a particular heat treatment.
- (pottery, architecture) A non-plastic material, such as sand, added to clay to prevent shrinkage and cracking during drying or firing; tempering.
- The state of any compound substance which results from the mixture of various ingredients; due mixture of different qualities.
adj
- Moderately warm.
- (slang, Caribbean, Jamaica) Vulgar; sexually explicit, especially in dancehall music.
- Excess; surplus to requirements.
- Weak; not holding fast.
- Not active or busy, successful, or violent.
- (linguistics) Lax.
- Moderate in speed.
- Lacking diligence or care; not earnest or eager.
- (normally said of a rope) Lax; not tense; not firmly extended.
- not tense or taut
- flowing with little speed as e.g. at the turning of the tide
- lacking in rigor or strictness
adv
noun
- (rail transport) A temporary speed restriction where track maintenance or engineering work is being carried out at a particular place.
- (mining) Small coal; coal dust.
- (uncountable, psychotherapy) Unconditional listening attention given by client to patient.
- In particular, a shallow dell or hollow; a dip in the surface of terrain, such as between hills.
- (countable) A low-lying marsh or a pool, especially a tidal or intermittent one which periodically fills and drains.
- (uncountable) The part of anything that hangs loose, having no strain upon it.
- (countable) A valley, or small, shallow dell; a sag or saddle in a ridge.
- A flat-bottomed, hollow zone within a sand-dune system that has developed over impervious strata, sometimes due to erosion or blow-out of the dune system; its flat base level is therefore close to or at the permanent water-table level, and therefore has rich, marshy flora, with Salix species (willows) as typical woody colonisers.
- Attributive form of slacks (“semi-formal trousers”).
- A dip in a surface.
- dust consisting of a mixture of small coal fragments and coal dust and dirt that sifts out when coal is passed over a sieve
- a stretch of water without current or movement
- a noticeable deterioration in performance or quality
- a cord or rope or cable that is hanging loosely
- a soft wet area of low-lying land that sinks underfoot
- the quality of being loose (not taut)
verb
- To refuse to work as hard as one is supposed to.
- (ambitransitive) To slacken.
- To lose cohesion or solidity by a chemical combination with water; to slake.
- become less in amount or intensity
- make less active or intense
- be inattentive to, or neglect
- avoid responsibilities and work, be idle
- become slow or slower
- cause to heat and crumble by treatment with water
- make less active or fast
- release tension on
adj
noun
- a person who announces the changes of steps during a dance
- the bettor in a card game who matches the bet and calls for a show of hands
- a social or business visitor
- someone who proclaims or summons in a loud voice
- the person who convenes a meeting
- an investor who buys a call option
- the person initiating a telephone call
- A visitor.
- (dance) The person who directs dancers in certain dances, such as American line dances and square dances.
- (bingo) The person who stands at the front of the hall and announces the numbers.
- (telephony) The person who makes a telephone call.
- (programming) A function that calls another (the callee).
- A whistle or similar item used to call foxes.
verb
- To soften in tempering.
- (transitive) To allow to descend.
- (cooking) To thin; to reduce the thickness or viscosity of.
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see let, down.
- (transitive, clothing) To lengthen by undoing and resewing a hem.
- (transitive, idiomatic) To disappoint; to betray or fail somebody.
- (intransitive) To reduce one's level of effort.
- move something or somebody to a lower position
- fail to meet the hopes or expectations of
verb
- (transitive) To lower the temperature of something; to cool.
- (intransitive, slang) To smoke marijuana.
- (intransitive, metallurgy) To become hard by rapid cooling.
- (transitive, figurative) To discourage, depress.
- (intransitive, slang) To "hang", hang out; to spend time with another person or group.
- (transitive, metallurgy) To harden a metal surface by sudden cooling.
- (intransitive) To become cold.
- (intransitive, slang) To relax; to lie back; to take things easy.
- make cool or cooler
- depress or discourage
- loose heat
adj
noun
- A sense of style; trendiness; savoir faire.
- A lack of warmth and cordiality; unfriendliness.
- A moderate, but uncomfortable and penetrating coldness.
- An uncomfortable and numbing sense of fear, dread, anxiety, or alarm, often one that is sudden and usually accompanied by a trembling nerve response resembling the body's response to biting cold.
- Calmness; equanimity.
- The hardened part of a casting, such as the tread of a carriage wheel.
- An iron mould or portion of a mould, serving to cool rapidly, and so to harden, the surface of molten iron brought in contact with it.
- A chilling effect; an atmosphere of this.
- A sudden penetrating sense of cold, especially one that causes a brief trembling nerve response through the body; the trembling response itself; often associated with illness: fevers and chills, or susceptibility to illness.
- coldness due to a cold environment
- a sensation of cold that often marks the start of an infection and the development of a fever
- an almost pleasurable sensation of fright
- a sudden numbing dread
verb
- get used to a certain climate
- (transitive) To make used to a new climate or one that is different from that which is natural; to inure or habituate to other circumstances; to adapt to the peculiarities of a foreign or strange climate.
- (intransitive) To get used to a new climate, or to a new situation.
noun
- the quality of having a moderate degree of heat
- the trait of being intensely emotional
- a quality proceeding from feelings of affection or love
- the sensation caused by heat energy
- a warmhearted feeling
- Friendliness, kindness or affection.
- A moderate degree of heat; the sensation of being warm.
- (art) The effect of using mostly red and yellow hues.
- Fervor, intensity of emotion or expression.
noun
- (chemistry) Initialism of temperature-programmed reduction.
- (chemistry) Initialism of thermoplastic rubber.
- (education) Initialism of total physical response.
- (medicine) Initialism of temperature, pulse, respiration.
- (baseball) Initialism of total player rating.
- (physiology) Initialism of total peripheral resistance.
verb
- make warm or warmer
- get warm or warmer
- (transitive) To give emotional warmth to a person.
- (transitive, colloquial) To beat or spank.
- (transitive) To make or keep warm.
- (transitive, colloquial) To scold or abuse verbally.
- (intransitive) To become ardent or animated.
- (Internet, transitive) To send electronic mail from (a domain) to improve its reputation for mail sending.
- (ditransitive with to) To cause (someone) to favour (something) increasingly.
- (intransitive) To become warm, to heat up.
- (computing, transitive) To prepopulate (a cache) so that its contents are ready for other users.
- (intransitive) (sometimes in the form warm up) To favour increasingly. [with to]
- (transitive) To make engaged or earnest; to interest; to engage; to excite ardor or zeal in; to enliven.
adj
- easily aroused or excited
- having or producing a comfortable and agreeable degree of heat or imparting or maintaining heat
- inducing the impression of warmth; used especially of reds and oranges and yellows when referring to color
- characterized by strong enthusiasm
- psychologically warm; friendly and responsive
- uncomfortable because of possible danger or trouble
- freshly made or left
- characterized by liveliness or excitement or disagreement
- of a seeker; near to the object sought
- Fresh, of a scent; still able to be traced.
- Friendly and with affection.
- (informal) Close to a goal or correct answer.
- Having a color in the part of the visible electromagnetic spectrum between red and yellow-green.
- Of a somewhat high temperature, often but not always connoting that the high temperature is pleasant rather than uncomfortable.
- (figurative) Communicating a sense of comfort, ease, or pleasantness.
adv
noun
adj
- Allowing or suggesting heat relief.
- (informal, of a person) Knowing what to do and how to behave; behaving with effortless and enviable style and panache; considered popular by others.
- (informal, originally African-American Vernacular) Fashionable; trendy; hip.
- (of a person) Not showing emotion; calm and in control of oneself.
- (informal) Very interesting or exciting.
- (informal) Followed by with: able to tolerate.
- Unenthusiastic; lukewarm; skeptical.
- (informal) Of a pair of people, Having good relations.
- Of a color, in the range of violet to green.
- (informal) All right; acceptable; good.
- Of a mildly low temperature.
- Applied facetiously to a sum of money, commonly as if to give emphasis to the largeness of the amount.
- fashionable and attractive at the time; often skilled or socially adept
- being satisfactory or in satisfactory condition
- neither warm nor very cold; giving relief from heat
- psychologically cool and unenthusiastic; unfriendly or unresponsive or showing dislike
- marked by calm self-control (especially in trying circumstances); unemotional
- used of a quantity or amount (especially of money) for emphasis
- inducing the impression of coolness; used especially of greens and blues and violets when referring to color
verb
- (transitive, literally) To make cooler, less warm.
- (intransitive, figuratively) To become less intense, e.g. less amicable or passionate.
- (intransitive, African-American Vernacular, slang) To relax, hang out.
- (transitive, figuratively) To make less intense, e.g. less amicable or passionate.
- (intransitive, literally) To lose heat, to get colder.
- make cool or cooler
- loose heat
- lose intensity
noun
noun
- deliberately lowering the body's temperature for therapeutic purposes
- the process of cooling or freezing (e.g., food) for preservative purposes
- The process of transferring heat from an object in order to cool it.
- (medicine) The cooling of the body for therapeutic purposes.
- The process of preserving something by cooling.
adj
- (of weather) Moderately warm, especially less cold than expected.
- (of a rule or punishment) Of only moderate severity; not strict.
- (of an illness or pain) Not serious or dangerous.
- (of food, drink, or a drug) Not sharp or bitter; not strong in flavor.
- Gentle and not easily angered.
- Not overly felt or seriously intended.
- (of a medicine or cosmetic) Acting gently and without causing harm.
- mild and pleasant
- humble in spirit or manner; suggesting retiring mildness or even cowed submissiveness
- moderate in type or degree or effect or force; far from extreme
noun
verb
- To cool glass slowly, to minimize internal stress.
- Alternative form of anele (“anoint”).
- (genetics, ambitransitive) To make a double-stranded nucleic acid by pairing a single strand with a complementary strand.
- (metallurgy) To subject to great heat and then (often slow) cooling, and sometimes reheating and further cooling, for the purpose of rendering less brittle; to temper; to toughen.
- bring to a desired consistency, texture, or hardness by a process of gradually heating and cooling
noun
noun
- An instance of moderating: bringing something away from extremes, especially in a beneficial way
- quality of being moderate and avoiding extremes
- The process of moderating a discussion
- Usage of neutron moderator to slow down neutrons in a nuclear reactor.
- The state or quality of being moderate; avoidance of extremes
- the action of lessening in severity or intensity
- the trait of avoiding excesses
- a change for the better
noun
- maintaining something at the most favorable temperature for its development
- (pathology) the phase in the development of an infection between the time a pathogen enters the body and the time the first symptoms appear
- sitting on eggs so as to hatch them by the warmth of the body
- (pathology) The development of a disease from its causes, or the period of such development.
- Sleeping in a temple or other holy place in order to have oracular dreams or to receive healing.
- (chemistry) A period of little reaction which is followed by more rapid reaction.
- Sitting on eggs for the purpose of hatching young; a brooding on, or keeping warm, to develop the life within, by any process.
- (psychology) One of the four proposed stages of creativity (preparation, incubation, illumination, and verification): the unconscious recombination of thought elements that were stimulated through conscious work at one point in time, resulting in novel ideas at a later point.
noun
adj
verb
noun
- An offset to the temperature setting of a thermostat to cover a period when more or less heating is required than usual.
- (by extension) Any adverse event, defeat, or impediment of progress.
- (US) The required distance between a structure and a road.
- (architecture) A step-like recession in a wall.
- An obstacle, delay, disadvantage, or blow (an adverse event which slows down, or prevents progress towards a desired outcome).
- an unfortunate happening that hinders or impedes; something that is thwarting or frustrating
noun
- Moderate chilliness.
- (often slang) Social advantage or enviability, typically due to traits like popularity, confidence, skill, or fashion.
- Indifference or an instance of indifference; lack of friendliness or interest not necessarily rising to hostility.
- Calmness, confidence, or level-headedness.
- fearless self-possession in the face of danger
- a lack of affection or enthusiasm
- calm and unruffled self-assurance
- the property of being moderately cold
noun
- the quality of having a moderate degree of heat
- the trait of being intensely emotional
- a quality proceeding from feelings of affection or love
- the sensation caused by heat energy
- a warmhearted feeling
- Friendliness, kindness or affection.
- A moderate degree of heat; the sensation of being warm.
- (art) The effect of using mostly red and yellow hues.
- Fervor, intensity of emotion or expression.
noun
- (chemistry) Initialism of temperature-programmed reduction.
- (chemistry) Initialism of thermoplastic rubber.
- (education) Initialism of total physical response.
- (medicine) Initialism of temperature, pulse, respiration.
- (baseball) Initialism of total player rating.
- (physiology) Initialism of total peripheral resistance.
noun
- deliberately lowering the body's temperature for therapeutic purposes
- the process of cooling or freezing (e.g., food) for preservative purposes
- The process of transferring heat from an object in order to cool it.
- (medicine) The cooling of the body for therapeutic purposes.
- The process of preserving something by cooling.
noun
- An instance of moderating: bringing something away from extremes, especially in a beneficial way
- quality of being moderate and avoiding extremes
- The process of moderating a discussion
- Usage of neutron moderator to slow down neutrons in a nuclear reactor.
- The state or quality of being moderate; avoidance of extremes
- the action of lessening in severity or intensity
- the trait of avoiding excesses
- a change for the better
noun
- maintaining something at the most favorable temperature for its development
- (pathology) the phase in the development of an infection between the time a pathogen enters the body and the time the first symptoms appear
- sitting on eggs so as to hatch them by the warmth of the body
- (pathology) The development of a disease from its causes, or the period of such development.
- Sleeping in a temple or other holy place in order to have oracular dreams or to receive healing.
- (chemistry) A period of little reaction which is followed by more rapid reaction.
- Sitting on eggs for the purpose of hatching young; a brooding on, or keeping warm, to develop the life within, by any process.
- (psychology) One of the four proposed stages of creativity (preparation, incubation, illumination, and verification): the unconscious recombination of thought elements that were stimulated through conscious work at one point in time, resulting in novel ideas at a later point.
noun
adj
verb
adj
- Allowing or suggesting heat relief.
- (informal, of a person) Knowing what to do and how to behave; behaving with effortless and enviable style and panache; considered popular by others.
- (informal, originally African-American Vernacular) Fashionable; trendy; hip.
- (of a person) Not showing emotion; calm and in control of oneself.
- (informal) Very interesting or exciting.
- (informal) Followed by with: able to tolerate.
- Unenthusiastic; lukewarm; skeptical.
- (informal) Of a pair of people, Having good relations.
- Of a color, in the range of violet to green.
- (informal) All right; acceptable; good.
- Of a mildly low temperature.
- Applied facetiously to a sum of money, commonly as if to give emphasis to the largeness of the amount.
- fashionable and attractive at the time; often skilled or socially adept
- being satisfactory or in satisfactory condition
- neither warm nor very cold; giving relief from heat
- psychologically cool and unenthusiastic; unfriendly or unresponsive or showing dislike
- marked by calm self-control (especially in trying circumstances); unemotional
- used of a quantity or amount (especially of money) for emphasis
- inducing the impression of coolness; used especially of greens and blues and violets when referring to color
verb
- (transitive, literally) To make cooler, less warm.
- (intransitive, figuratively) To become less intense, e.g. less amicable or passionate.
- (intransitive, African-American Vernacular, slang) To relax, hang out.
- (transitive, figuratively) To make less intense, e.g. less amicable or passionate.
- (intransitive, literally) To lose heat, to get colder.
- make cool or cooler
- loose heat
- lose intensity
noun
noun
- An offset to the temperature setting of a thermostat to cover a period when more or less heating is required than usual.
- (by extension) Any adverse event, defeat, or impediment of progress.
- (US) The required distance between a structure and a road.
- (architecture) A step-like recession in a wall.
- An obstacle, delay, disadvantage, or blow (an adverse event which slows down, or prevents progress towards a desired outcome).
- an unfortunate happening that hinders or impedes; something that is thwarting or frustrating
noun
- Moderate chilliness.
- (often slang) Social advantage or enviability, typically due to traits like popularity, confidence, skill, or fashion.
- Indifference or an instance of indifference; lack of friendliness or interest not necessarily rising to hostility.
- Calmness, confidence, or level-headedness.
- fearless self-possession in the face of danger
- a lack of affection or enthusiasm
- calm and unruffled self-assurance
- the property of being moderately cold
verb
- make more temperate, acceptable, or suitable by adding something else
- make less fast or intense
- preside over
- make less strong or intense; soften
- lessen the intensity of; temper; hold in restraint; hold or keep within limits
- make less severe or harsh
- (intransitive) To become less excessive.
- (transitive) To preside over (something) as a moderator.
- (transitive, physics) To supply with a moderator (substance that decreases the speed of neutrons in a nuclear reactor and hence increases likelihood of fission).
- (transitive) To reduce the excessiveness of (something).
- (intransitive) To act as a moderator; to assist in bringing to compromise.
adj
- being within reasonable or average limits; not excessive or extreme
- marked by avoidance of extravagance or extremes
- not extreme
- Mediocre
- Not violent or rigorous; temperate; mild; gentle.
- (pathology) more than mild, less than severe
- Average priced; standard-deal
- (US, politics) Having an intermediate position between liberal and conservative.
- Not excessive; acting in moderation
noun
- a person who takes a position in the political center
- (Christianity, historical) One of a party in Scottish Church history dominant in the 18th century, lax in doctrine and discipline, but intolerant of evangelicalism and popular rights. It caused the secessions of 1733 and 1761, and its final resultant was the Disruption of 1843.
- One who holds an intermediate position between extremes, as in politics.
verb
- make more temperate, acceptable, or suitable by adding something else
- cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of
- make less rigid or softer
- To ease a burden, particularly to ease a worry; make less painful; to comfort.
- To soften; to make tender.
- To appease anger, pacify, gain the good will of.
verb
- make more temperate, acceptable, or suitable by adding something else
- lend flavor to
- make healthy
- (transitive) To mingle: to moderate, temper, or qualify by admixture.
- (transitive, by extension) To prepare by drying or hardening, or removal of natural juices.
- (intransitive) To become mature; to grow fit for use; to become adapted to a climate.
- (transitive) To habituate, accustom, or inure (someone or something) to a particular use, purpose, or circumstance.
- (intransitive) To become dry and hard, by the escape of the natural juices, or by being penetrated with other substance.
- (transitive) To flavour food with spices, herbs or salt.
noun
- a period of the year marked by special events or activities in some field
- a recurrent time marked by major holidays
- one of the natural periods into which the year is divided by the equinoxes and solstices or atmospheric conditions
- (Canada, US, Australia, broadcasting) A group of episodes of a television or radio program broadcast in regular intervals with a long break between each group, usually with one year between the beginning of each.
- (video games) The full set of downloadable content for a game, which can be purchased with a season pass.
- (Evangelical Christianity) A period of time in one’s life characterized by a particular emotion of situation.
- A period of the year in which a place is most busy or frequented for business, amusement, etc.
- (video games) A fixed period of time in a massively multiplayer online game in which new content (themes, rules, modes, etc.) becomes available, sometimes replacing earlier content.
- A period of the year when something particular happens.
- (cricket) The period over which a series of Test matches are played.
- Each of the four divisions of a year: spring, summer, autumn (fall) and winter
verb
- make more temperate, acceptable, or suitable by adding something else
- To moderate or control.
- change by restraining or moderating
- harden by reheating and cooling in oil
- adjust the pitch (of pianos)
- bring to a desired consistency, texture, or hardness by a process of gradually heating and cooling
- (cooking) To adjust the temperature of an ingredient (e.g. eggs or chocolate) gradually so that it remains smooth and pleasing.
- To mix clay, plaster or mortar with water to obtain the proper consistency.
- (music) To adjust, as the mathematical scale to the actual scale, or to that in actual use.
- To sauté spices in ghee or oil to release essential oils for flavouring a dish in South Asian cuisine.
- To strengthen or toughen a material, especially metal, by heat treatment; anneal.
noun
- the elasticity and hardness of a metal object; its ability to absorb considerable energy before cracking
- a sudden outburst of anger
- a disposition to exhibit uncontrolled anger
- a characteristic (habitual or relatively temporary) state of feeling
- A general tendency or orientation towards a certain type of mood, a volatile state; a habitual way of thinking, behaving or reacting.
- State of mind; mood.
- Middle state or course; mean; medium.
- A tendency to become angry.
- The state of a metal or other substance, especially as to its hardness, produced by some process of heating or cooling.
- Calmness of mind; moderation; equanimity; composure.
- Anger; a fit of anger.
- (sugar manufacture, historical) Milk of lime, or other substance, employed in the process formerly used to clarify sugar.
- The heat treatment to which a metal or other material has been subjected; a material that has undergone a particular heat treatment.
- (pottery, architecture) A non-plastic material, such as sand, added to clay to prevent shrinkage and cracking during drying or firing; tempering.
- The state of any compound substance which results from the mixture of various ingredients; due mixture of different qualities.
verb
- To soften in tempering.
- (transitive) To allow to descend.
- (cooking) To thin; to reduce the thickness or viscosity of.
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see let, down.
- (transitive, clothing) To lengthen by undoing and resewing a hem.
- (transitive, idiomatic) To disappoint; to betray or fail somebody.
- (intransitive) To reduce one's level of effort.
- move something or somebody to a lower position
- fail to meet the hopes or expectations of
verb
- (transitive) To lower the temperature of something; to cool.
- (intransitive, slang) To smoke marijuana.
- (intransitive, metallurgy) To become hard by rapid cooling.
- (transitive, figurative) To discourage, depress.
- (intransitive, slang) To "hang", hang out; to spend time with another person or group.
- (transitive, metallurgy) To harden a metal surface by sudden cooling.
- (intransitive) To become cold.
- (intransitive, slang) To relax; to lie back; to take things easy.
- make cool or cooler
- depress or discourage
- loose heat
adj
noun
- A sense of style; trendiness; savoir faire.
- A lack of warmth and cordiality; unfriendliness.
- A moderate, but uncomfortable and penetrating coldness.
- An uncomfortable and numbing sense of fear, dread, anxiety, or alarm, often one that is sudden and usually accompanied by a trembling nerve response resembling the body's response to biting cold.
- Calmness; equanimity.
- The hardened part of a casting, such as the tread of a carriage wheel.
- An iron mould or portion of a mould, serving to cool rapidly, and so to harden, the surface of molten iron brought in contact with it.
- A chilling effect; an atmosphere of this.
- A sudden penetrating sense of cold, especially one that causes a brief trembling nerve response through the body; the trembling response itself; often associated with illness: fevers and chills, or susceptibility to illness.
- coldness due to a cold environment
- a sensation of cold that often marks the start of an infection and the development of a fever
- an almost pleasurable sensation of fright
- a sudden numbing dread
verb
- get used to a certain climate
- (transitive) To make used to a new climate or one that is different from that which is natural; to inure or habituate to other circumstances; to adapt to the peculiarities of a foreign or strange climate.
- (intransitive) To get used to a new climate, or to a new situation.
verb
- make warm or warmer
- get warm or warmer
- (transitive) To give emotional warmth to a person.
- (transitive, colloquial) To beat or spank.
- (transitive) To make or keep warm.
- (transitive, colloquial) To scold or abuse verbally.
- (intransitive) To become ardent or animated.
- (Internet, transitive) To send electronic mail from (a domain) to improve its reputation for mail sending.
- (ditransitive with to) To cause (someone) to favour (something) increasingly.
- (intransitive) To become warm, to heat up.
- (computing, transitive) To prepopulate (a cache) so that its contents are ready for other users.
- (intransitive) (sometimes in the form warm up) To favour increasingly. [with to]
- (transitive) To make engaged or earnest; to interest; to engage; to excite ardor or zeal in; to enliven.
adj
- easily aroused or excited
- having or producing a comfortable and agreeable degree of heat or imparting or maintaining heat
- inducing the impression of warmth; used especially of reds and oranges and yellows when referring to color
- characterized by strong enthusiasm
- psychologically warm; friendly and responsive
- uncomfortable because of possible danger or trouble
- freshly made or left
- characterized by liveliness or excitement or disagreement
- of a seeker; near to the object sought
- Fresh, of a scent; still able to be traced.
- Friendly and with affection.
- (informal) Close to a goal or correct answer.
- Having a color in the part of the visible electromagnetic spectrum between red and yellow-green.
- Of a somewhat high temperature, often but not always connoting that the high temperature is pleasant rather than uncomfortable.
- (figurative) Communicating a sense of comfort, ease, or pleasantness.
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noun
verb
- To cool glass slowly, to minimize internal stress.
- Alternative form of anele (“anoint”).
- (genetics, ambitransitive) To make a double-stranded nucleic acid by pairing a single strand with a complementary strand.
- (metallurgy) To subject to great heat and then (often slow) cooling, and sometimes reheating and further cooling, for the purpose of rendering less brittle; to temper; to toughen.
- bring to a desired consistency, texture, or hardness by a process of gradually heating and cooling
noun
adj
- Allowing or suggesting heat relief.
- (informal, of a person) Knowing what to do and how to behave; behaving with effortless and enviable style and panache; considered popular by others.
- (informal, originally African-American Vernacular) Fashionable; trendy; hip.
- (of a person) Not showing emotion; calm and in control of oneself.
- (informal) Very interesting or exciting.
- (informal) Followed by with: able to tolerate.
- Unenthusiastic; lukewarm; skeptical.
- (informal) Of a pair of people, Having good relations.
- Of a color, in the range of violet to green.
- (informal) All right; acceptable; good.
- Of a mildly low temperature.
- Applied facetiously to a sum of money, commonly as if to give emphasis to the largeness of the amount.
- fashionable and attractive at the time; often skilled or socially adept
- being satisfactory or in satisfactory condition
- neither warm nor very cold; giving relief from heat
- psychologically cool and unenthusiastic; unfriendly or unresponsive or showing dislike
- marked by calm self-control (especially in trying circumstances); unemotional
- used of a quantity or amount (especially of money) for emphasis
- inducing the impression of coolness; used especially of greens and blues and violets when referring to color
verb
- (transitive, literally) To make cooler, less warm.
- (intransitive, figuratively) To become less intense, e.g. less amicable or passionate.
- (intransitive, African-American Vernacular, slang) To relax, hang out.
- (transitive, figuratively) To make less intense, e.g. less amicable or passionate.
- (intransitive, literally) To lose heat, to get colder.
- make cool or cooler
- loose heat
- lose intensity
noun
adj
noun
verb
adj
- Specifically, moderate in temperature.
- Dependent on life in a temperate climate.
- Proceeding from temperance.
- Moderate in the indulgence of the natural appetites or passions
- Moderate; not excessive.
- not extreme
- (of weather or climate) free from extremes; mild; or characteristic of such weather or climate
- not extreme in behavior
adj
- Moderately warm.
- (slang, Caribbean, Jamaica) Vulgar; sexually explicit, especially in dancehall music.
- Excess; surplus to requirements.
- Weak; not holding fast.
- Not active or busy, successful, or violent.
- (linguistics) Lax.
- Moderate in speed.
- Lacking diligence or care; not earnest or eager.
- (normally said of a rope) Lax; not tense; not firmly extended.
- not tense or taut
- flowing with little speed as e.g. at the turning of the tide
- lacking in rigor or strictness
adv
noun
- (rail transport) A temporary speed restriction where track maintenance or engineering work is being carried out at a particular place.
- (mining) Small coal; coal dust.
- (uncountable, psychotherapy) Unconditional listening attention given by client to patient.
- In particular, a shallow dell or hollow; a dip in the surface of terrain, such as between hills.
- (countable) A low-lying marsh or a pool, especially a tidal or intermittent one which periodically fills and drains.
- (uncountable) The part of anything that hangs loose, having no strain upon it.
- (countable) A valley, or small, shallow dell; a sag or saddle in a ridge.
- A flat-bottomed, hollow zone within a sand-dune system that has developed over impervious strata, sometimes due to erosion or blow-out of the dune system; its flat base level is therefore close to or at the permanent water-table level, and therefore has rich, marshy flora, with Salix species (willows) as typical woody colonisers.
- Attributive form of slacks (“semi-formal trousers”).
- A dip in a surface.
- dust consisting of a mixture of small coal fragments and coal dust and dirt that sifts out when coal is passed over a sieve
- a stretch of water without current or movement
- a noticeable deterioration in performance or quality
- a cord or rope or cable that is hanging loosely
- a soft wet area of low-lying land that sinks underfoot
- the quality of being loose (not taut)
verb
- To refuse to work as hard as one is supposed to.
- (ambitransitive) To slacken.
- To lose cohesion or solidity by a chemical combination with water; to slake.
- become less in amount or intensity
- make less active or intense
- be inattentive to, or neglect
- avoid responsibilities and work, be idle
- become slow or slower
- cause to heat and crumble by treatment with water
- make less active or fast
- release tension on
adj
noun
- a person who announces the changes of steps during a dance
- the bettor in a card game who matches the bet and calls for a show of hands
- a social or business visitor
- someone who proclaims or summons in a loud voice
- the person who convenes a meeting
- an investor who buys a call option
- the person initiating a telephone call
- A visitor.
- (dance) The person who directs dancers in certain dances, such as American line dances and square dances.
- (bingo) The person who stands at the front of the hall and announces the numbers.
- (telephony) The person who makes a telephone call.
- (programming) A function that calls another (the callee).
- A whistle or similar item used to call foxes.
adj
- Allowing or suggesting heat relief.
- (informal, of a person) Knowing what to do and how to behave; behaving with effortless and enviable style and panache; considered popular by others.
- (informal, originally African-American Vernacular) Fashionable; trendy; hip.
- (of a person) Not showing emotion; calm and in control of oneself.
- (informal) Very interesting or exciting.
- (informal) Followed by with: able to tolerate.
- Unenthusiastic; lukewarm; skeptical.
- (informal) Of a pair of people, Having good relations.
- Of a color, in the range of violet to green.
- (informal) All right; acceptable; good.
- Of a mildly low temperature.
- Applied facetiously to a sum of money, commonly as if to give emphasis to the largeness of the amount.
- fashionable and attractive at the time; often skilled or socially adept
- being satisfactory or in satisfactory condition
- neither warm nor very cold; giving relief from heat
- psychologically cool and unenthusiastic; unfriendly or unresponsive or showing dislike
- marked by calm self-control (especially in trying circumstances); unemotional
- used of a quantity or amount (especially of money) for emphasis
- inducing the impression of coolness; used especially of greens and blues and violets when referring to color
verb
- (transitive, literally) To make cooler, less warm.
- (intransitive, figuratively) To become less intense, e.g. less amicable or passionate.
- (intransitive, African-American Vernacular, slang) To relax, hang out.
- (transitive, figuratively) To make less intense, e.g. less amicable or passionate.
- (intransitive, literally) To lose heat, to get colder.
- make cool or cooler
- loose heat
- lose intensity
noun
adj
- (of weather) Moderately warm, especially less cold than expected.
- (of a rule or punishment) Of only moderate severity; not strict.
- (of an illness or pain) Not serious or dangerous.
- (of food, drink, or a drug) Not sharp or bitter; not strong in flavor.
- Gentle and not easily angered.
- Not overly felt or seriously intended.
- (of a medicine or cosmetic) Acting gently and without causing harm.
- mild and pleasant
- humble in spirit or manner; suggesting retiring mildness or even cowed submissiveness
- moderate in type or degree or effect or force; far from extreme