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noun
- (computing) A file that contains text.
- (computer science) a computer file that contains text (and possibly formatting instructions) using seven-bit ASCII characters
- An original or official paper used as the basis, proof, or support of anything else, including any writing, book, or other instrument conveying information pertinent to such proof or support.
- Any material substance on which the information is represented by writing.
- (information science) An object conveying information by whatever means, capable of being indexed alongside other similar objects.
- anything serving as a representation of a person's thinking by means of symbolic marks
- a written account of ownership or obligation
- writing that provides information (especially information of an official nature)
verb
noun
- (computing) A file produced by such a program.
- (computing) A program for archiving files, common on Unix systems.
- A Persian long-necked, waisted string instrument, shared by many cultures and countries in the Middle East and the Caucasus.
- A single-headed round frame drum originating in North Africa and the Middle East.
- Coal tar.
- Alternative form of tara (“Indian coin”).
- (uncountable) A solid residual byproduct of tobacco smoke.
- (uncountable) Black tar, a form of heroin.
- a man who serves as a sailor
- any of various dark heavy viscid substances obtained as a residue
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- (computing) A datafile in a character encoding that allows it to be read in a nonspecialized text editor.
- (computing) A datafile containing only plain, human-readable text, distinct from documents with embedded formatting.
- (computer science) a computer file that contains text (and possibly formatting instructions) using seven-bit ASCII characters
noun
- (computing) A program that displays the contents of a file.
- (mining, historical) The manager of a colliery, who directs its workings and ventilation.
- Someone who watches television.
- (now historical) An appointed inspector or examiner:
- Someone who views a spectacle; an onlooker or spectator.
- Any optical device used to view photographic slides.
- a close observer; someone who looks at something (such as an exhibition of some kind)
- an optical device for viewing photographic transparencies
noun
- (computing) A file type.
- (by extension) The form of presentation of something.
- (radio) The type of programming that a radio station broadcasts; such as a certain genre of music, news, sports, talk, etc.
- The layout of a publication or document.
- the general appearance of a publication
- the organization of information according to preset specifications (usually for computer processing)
verb
- To create or edit the layout of a document.
- Change a document so it will fit onto a different type of page.
- (computing) To prepare a mass storage medium for initial use, erasing any existing data in the process.
- divide (a disk) into marked sectors so that it may store data
- determine the arrangement of (data) for storage and display (in computer science)
- set (printed matter) into a specific format
noun
- (computing) A program for creating and making changes to files, especially text files.
- A machine used for editing (cutting and splicing) movie film
- A person who edits or makes changes to documents.
- A person at a newspaper, publisher or similar institution who edits stories and/or decides which ones to publish.
- (television, cinematography) Someone who manipulates video footage and assembles it into the correct order etc for broadcast; a picture editor.
- A person who edited a specific document.
- A copy editor.
- a person responsible for the editorial aspects of publication; the person who determines the final content of a text (especially of a newspaper or magazine)
- (computer science) a program designed to perform such editorial functions as rearrangement or modification or deletion of data
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- (intransitive) To become manifest; to be revealed.
- (transitive) To show plainly; to make to appear distinctly, usually to the mind; to put beyond question or doubt; to display; to exhibit.
- (transitive) To exhibit the manifests or prepared invoices of; to declare at the customhouse.
- (transitive, originally New Thought, now also slang) To will something to exist.
- provide evidence for; stand as proof of; show by one's behavior, attitude, or external attributes
- reveal its presence or make an appearance
- record in a ship's manifest
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- (computing, figuratively) The collection of many small linked files created when a document is saved in HTML format by some word processors and web site creation software.
- A dense, but generally small, growth of shrubs, bushes or small trees; a copse.
- (figuratively) A dense aggregation of other things, concrete or abstract.
- a dense growth of bushes
noun
- (computing) A file sent along with a message, usually an email.
- (meteorology) The act or process by which any (downward) leader connects to any available (upward) streamer in a lightning flash.
- The means by which something is physically attached.
- A dependence, especially a strong one.
- (law) Taking a person's property to satisfy a court-ordered debt.
- A strong bonding with or fondness for someone or something.
- A device attached to a piece of equipment or a tool.
- The act or process of (physically or figuratively) attaching.
- a feeling of affection for a person or an institution
- faithful support for a cause or political party or religion
- a writ authorizing the seizure of property that may be needed for the payment of a judgment in a judicial proceeding
- the act of attaching or affixing something
- a supplementary part or accessory
- a connection that fastens things together
- the act of fastening things together
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- (computing) A computer program running in a text terminal, used to view (but not modify) the contents of a text file moving down the file one line or one screen at a time.
- (bookbinding) One who makes up type into pages of a book; one who binds or sorts pages into a book.
- (in combination) Something (a document, book etc.) that has a specified number of pages.
- (telecommunications) A wireless telecommunications device that receives text or voice messages.
- an electronic device that generates a series of beeps when the person carrying it is being paged
noun
- (computing) A file stored within an archive file.
- Part of an animal capable of performing a distinct office; an organ; a limb.
- (Australia, law) the judge or adjudicator in a consumer court.
- (object-oriented programming) A function or piece of data associated with each separate instance of a class.
- (mathematics) Either of the two parts of an algebraic equation, connected by the equality sign.
- (set theory) An element of a set.
- (euphemistic) The penis.
- One who belongs to a group.
- A part of a whole.
- A part of a discourse or of a period, sentence, or verse; a clause.
- (logic) One of the propositions making up a syllogism.
- the male sex organ
- one of the persons who compose a social group (especially individuals who have joined and participate in a group organization)
- an external body part that projects from the body
- anything that belongs to a set or class
- an organization that is a member of another organization (especially a state that belongs to a group of nations)
noun
- (computing) A program and command in Unix that reads one or more files and directs their content to the standard output.
- (slang) A street name of the drug methcathinone.
- A strong tackle used to hoist an anchor to the cathead of a ship.
- Abbreviation of category.
- Abbreviation of computed axial tomography; often used attributively, as in “CAT scan” or “CT scan”.
- (uncountable) The flesh of this animal eaten as food.
- (countable) A mammal of the family Felidae.
- (chiefly nautical) Ellipsis of cat-o'-nine-tails.
- Abbreviation of catalytic converter.
- (US, slang) Synonym of itinerant worker.
- (African-American Vernacular, slang, vulgar) A vagina or vulva.
- Abbreviation of catamaran.
- Abbreviation of catapult.
- Abbreviation of catfish.
- A double tripod for holding a plate, etc., with six feet, of which three rest on the ground in whatever position it is placed.
- (derogatory, offensive) An angry or spiteful person, especially a woman.
- (military, historical) A wheeled shelter, used in the Middle Ages to protect assailants approaching besieged enemy defences; a cathouse.
- (originally US, jazz, slang) A jazz musician; also, an enthusiast of jazz music.
- A carnivorous, four-legged, generally furry domesticated species (Felis catus) of feline animal, commonly kept as a house pet.
- (countable, by extension) Chiefly with a descriptive word: an animal not of the family Felidae which (somewhat) resembles a domestic feline (etymology 1 sense 1.1.1).
- Any similar, chiefly non-domesticated, carnivorous mammal of the family Felidae, which includes bobcats, caracals, cheetahs, cougars, leopards, lions, lynxes, tigers, and other such species.
- A ground vehicle which uses caterpillar tracks, especially tractors, trucks, minibuses, and snow groomers.
- (slang) Any of a variety of earth-moving machines. (from their manufacturer Caterpillar Inc.)
- feline mammal usually having thick soft fur and no ability to roar
- a whip with nine knotted cords
- a spiteful woman gossip
- the leaves of the shrub Catha edulis which are chewed like tobacco or used to make tea; has the effect of a euphoric stimulant
- any of several large cats typically able to roar and living in the wild
- an informal term for a youth or man
- a large tracked vehicle that is propelled by two endless metal belts; frequently used for moving earth in construction and farm work
- any of various lithe-bodied roundheaded fissiped mammals, many with retractile claws
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- (nautical, transitive) To flog with a cat-o'-nine-tails.
- (nautical, transitive) To hoist (an anchor) by its ring so that it hangs at the cathead.
- (computing, transitive) To apply the cat command to (one or more files).
- To go wandering at night.
- To gossip in a catty manner.
- (computing, slang) To dump large amounts of data on (an unprepared target), usually with no intention of browsing it carefully.
- beat with a cat-o'-nine-tails
- eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth
noun
- (countable, computing) One of the basic elements making up a text file or string: a code representing a printing character or a control character.
- (countable) Quality, position, rank, or capacity; quality or conduct with respect to a certain office or duty.
- (countable) A unique or extraordinary individual; a person characterized by peculiar or notable traits, especially charisma.
- (countable) A written or printed symbol, or letter.
- (countable) A distinguishing feature; characteristic; trait; nature; phene.
- (countable, informal) A person or individual, especially one who is unknown.
- (uncountable, countable) A complex of traits marking a person, group, breed, or type.
- (uncountable) Strength of mind; resolution; independence; individuality; moral strength.
- (countable) A being involved in the action of a story; a persona.
- (countable, mathematics) An assignment of complex numbers to each element of a group, in particular a finite abelian group. More precisely, a group homomorphism into the group of units of a field (usually ℂ).
- a person of a specified kind (usually with many eccentricities)
- good repute
- an imaginary person represented in a work of fiction (play or film or story)
- a written symbol that is used to represent speech
- (genetics) an attribute (structural or functional) that is determined by a gene or group of genes
- the inherent complex of attributes that determines a persons moral and ethical actions and reactions
- an actor's portrayal of someone in a play
- a characteristic property that defines the apparent individual nature of something
- a formal recommendation by a former employer to a potential future employer describing the person's qualifications and dependability
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- (computing) A file or document serving as a basis for others.
- (weaving) Synonym of temple.
- A generic model or pattern from which other objects are based or derived.
- A physical object whose shape is used as a guide to make other objects.
- (object-oriented programming) A partially defined class or function, that can be instantiated in a variety of ways depending on the instantiation arguments.
- A strip of metal used in boiler-making, pierced with a series of holes, and serving as a guide in marking out a line of rivet-holes.
- (molecular biology) A macromolecule which provides a pattern for the synthesis of another molecule.
- a model or standard for making comparisons
verb
noun
- (computer science) an application that can be used to create and view and edit text files
- (computing) A program which allows a user to edit the contents of a text file, usually in an interactive way with immediate visual feedback.
- an editor who prepares text for publication
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see text, editor.
noun
- (file format) Human readable text which consists only of a string of characters, represented using a character encoding such as ASCII or Unicode. In the file format sense, plain text may represent structured data in a human readable format such as XML.
- (computing) Data which consists only of human-readable unformatted text, as opposed to machine-readable binary data or formatted/structured text. In this sense, the character data in between XML tags may be called "plain text".
- (cryptography) Text or any data that is to be encrypted (as opposed to ciphertext).
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- (computing) A printout of a program or data set.
- The act of ploughing with a lister.
- The action of the verb to list.
- An entry on a register of securities accepted for trading and quotation on a securities exchange or similar system.
- An entry in a list or directory.
- A physical manifestation of a single item in a list.
- a database containing an ordered array of items (names or topics)
- the act of making a list of items
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- an application that provides the user with tools needed to write and edit and format text and to send it to a printer
- A device similar to a simple computer, designed for word processing.
- Software that provides word processing functions on a computer, typically including typeface selection, line justification and other formatting, pagination, and numerous other features.
noun
- (computing) A group of related files in a source control system, including for example source code, build scripts, and media such as images.
- (graph theory) A path of vertices of degree 2, ending at vertices whose degree is not 2.
- An area in business or of knowledge, research.
- (nautical) A certificate given by Trinity House to a pilot qualified to take navigational control of a ship in British waters.
- (computing) A sequence of code that is conditionally executed.
- The woody part of a tree arising from the trunk and usually dividing.
- A line of family descent, in distinction from some other line or lines from the same stock; any descendant in such a line.
- A location of an organization with several locations.
- (chiefly Southern US) A creek or stream which flows into a larger river.
- Any of the parts of something that divides like the branch of a tree.
- (Mormonism) A local congregation of the LDS Church that is not large enough to form a ward; see Wikipedia article on ward in LDS church.
- (geometry) One of the portions of a curve that extends outwards to an indefinitely great distance.
- (rail transport) A branch line.
- a natural consequence of development
- a division of a stem, or secondary stem arising from the main stem of a plant
- a division of some larger or more complex organization
- any projection that is thought to resemble a human arm
- a stream or river connected to a larger one
- a part of a forked or branching shape
verb
- (intransitive) To arise from the trunk or a larger branch of a tree.
- (transitive, colloquial) To discipline (a union member) at a branch meeting.
- (intransitive, computing) To jump to a different location in a program, especially as the result of a conditional statement.
- (transitive) To strip of branches.
- (ambitransitive) To (cause to) divide into separate parts or subdivisions.
- (intransitive) To produce branches.
- grow and send out branches or branch-like structures
- divide into two or more branches so as to form a fork
noun
- (computing) The export and eventual reimport of a file, data, etc. without loss of fidelity.
- In an oil-drilling operation, the raising, disassembly and replacement of the drilling equipment.
- (finance) The investment of a borrowed overdraft in order to make a profit in the same market.
- (often figurative, travel) A trip from one destination to another and then returning to the starting location.
- (finance) A form of barter that involves the sale of an unused asset and the purchase of the same asset back again, or a similar one, typically used in accounting fraud.
- a trip to some place and back again
noun
- (computing) A copy of a file or record.
- (theater) An understudy.
- (attributive, in names of species) Transparent or translucent.
- (attributive, in names of species) White or pale.
- (cleaning) A faint image that remains after an attempt to remove graffiti.
- (quantum mechanics) An unphysical state in a gauge theory.
- Someone whose identity cannot be established because there are no records of such a person.
- (attributive) Of a cryptid, supernatural or extraterrestrial nature.
- (espionage) A covert (and deniable) agent.
- A disembodied soul; a soul or spirit of a deceased person; a spirit appearing after death.
- (Internet) An unresponsive user on IRC, resulting from the user's client disconnecting without notifying the server.
- (attributive) Perceived or listed but not real.
- A nonexistent person invented to obtain some (typically fraudulent) benefit.
- (writing) Ellipsis of ghostwriter.
- (uncountable, often capitalized) A game in which players take turns to add a letter to a possible word, trying not to complete a word.
- (attributive) Abandoned.
- (computing, linguistics, attributive) A formerly nonexistent character that was at some point mistakenly encoded into a character set standard, which might have since become used opportunistically for some genuine purpose.
- (by extension) Any faint shadowy semblance; an unsubstantial image.
- A dead person whose identity is stolen by another (see ghosting).
- A false image, for example in a photographic print or negative, or on a television screen or radar display, or in a telescope, caused by poor or double reception or reflection (from a lens or screen).
- (countable) Ellipsis of ghost pepper.
- (video games) An opponent in a racing game that follows a previously recorded route, allowing players to compete against previous best times.
- (attributive) Remnant; remains.
- (attributive) Substitute.
- a writer who gives the credit of authorship to someone else
- the visible disembodied soul of a dead person
- a mental representation of some haunting experience
- a suggestion of some quality
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- (chiefly social media, slang) To stop communicating with (someone) on social media, though text messages, etc., without explanation, especially as a way of ending a relationship; hence, to end a relationship with (someone) by stopping all communication without explanation.
- Synonym of ghostwrite (“to write (a literary work or speech), or produce (an artistic work)), in the place of someone”); also, to carry out (an artistic performance) in the place of someone.
- (Internet) To forcibly disconnect (an IRC user) who is using one's reserved nickname.
- (graphical user interface) To gray out (a visual element) to indicate that it is unavailable.
- To appear suddenly or move like a disembodied soul; specifically (often sports); also (transitive, dated) followed by the dummy subject it: to move easily and quietly without anyone noticing; to slip.
- Of a disembodied soul: to appear (somewhere or to someone) in the form of an apparition; to haunt.
- Followed by for: synonym of ghostwrite (“to write a literary work or speech, or produce an artistic work, in the place of someone”); also, to carry out an artistic performance in the place of someone.
- To imbue (something) with a ghost-like effect or hue.
- To continuously cause (someone or something) trouble; specifically, to continuously be in the thoughts of (someone) in a disturbing manner; to perturb, to trouble.
- (slang) To kill (someone).
- (nautical) Of a sailing vessel: to sail seemingly with very little or no wind.
- (chiefly UK, law enforcement) To transfer (a prisoner) to another prison, usually without first informing the prisoner.
- haunt like a ghost; pursue
- move like a ghost
- write for someone else
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- (computing) Files and data comprising material viewable by humans, but usually not plain text; audiovisual material.
- (rare, nonstandard) plural of medium (“someone who supposedly conveys information from the spirit world”)
- (entomology) One of the major veins of the insect wing, between the radius and the cubitus.
- (zoology) An ant specialized as a forager in a leaf-cutter ant colony.
- (usually with a definite article; often treated as uncountable) The journalists and other professionals who comprise the mass communication industry.
- (anatomy) The middle layer of the wall of a blood vessel or lymph vessel which is composed of connective and muscular tissue.
- (often treated as uncountable) The means and institutions for publishing and broadcasting information.
- (often treated as uncountable) The totality of content items (television shows, films, books, photographs, etc.) which are broadcast or published.
- plural of medium (only in certain senses)
- (historical) Synonym of cuarto: a half-fanega, a traditional Spanish unit of dry measure equivalent to about 27.8 L
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- (computing) Ellipsis of file extension.
- That property of a body by which it occupies a portion of space (or time, e.g. "spatiotemporal extension").
- The act of extending; a stretching out; enlargement in length, breadth, or time; an increase.
- (weightlifting) An exercise in which an arm or leg is straightened against resistance.
- (fencing) A simple offensive action, consisting of extending the weapon arm forward.
- (logic) The set of tuples of values that, used as arguments, satisfy the predicate.
- (mathematics, group theory, of a group G by a group H) A short exact sequence 1→H→E→G→1, or the group E therein.
- (medicine) The operation of stretching a broken bone so as to bring the fragments into the same straight line.
- A part of a building that has been added onto the original.
- (ring theory, of an ideal in the domain of a ring homomorphism) The ideal in the codomain generated by the image of the given ideal under the given homomorphism.
- (telecommunications) A numerical code used to indicate a specific telephone in a telecommunication network.
- (computing) An optional software component that adds functionality to an application.
- (linguistics, semantics) semantic widening, broadening of meaning
- An outgrowth; a part of something that extends its capabilities.
- (education) University programs that are targeted at the broader (usually adults) community whose participants are not full-time enrolled students.
- (mathematics, homological algebra, of an object A by an object B in an abelian category) A short exact sequence 0→B→E→A→0, or the object E therein.
- The state of being extended.
- (semantics) Capacity of a concept or general term to include a greater or smaller number of objects; — correlative of intension.
- (cosmetics, chiefly in the plural) Clipping of hair extension, nail extension, or eyelash extension.
- (banking, finance) A written engagement on the part of a creditor, allowing a debtor further time to pay a debt.
- (grammar) A kind of derivative morpheme applied to verbs in Bantu languages.
- the spreading of something (a belief or practice) into new regions
- a string of characters beginning with a period and followed by one or more letters; the optional second part of a PC computer filename
- an addition that extends a main building
- act of stretching or straightening out a flexed limb
- the most direct or specific meaning of a word or expression; the class of objects that an expression refers to
- an additional telephone set that is connected to the same telephone line
- an addition to the length of something
- the ability to raise the working leg high in the air
- amount or degree or range to which something extends
- a mutually agreed delay in the date set for the completion of a job or payment of a debt
- act of expanding in scope; making more widely available
- an educational opportunity provided by colleges and universities to people who are not enrolled as regular students
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- (computing) A file that contains text.
- (computer science) a computer file that contains text (and possibly formatting instructions) using seven-bit ASCII characters
- An original or official paper used as the basis, proof, or support of anything else, including any writing, book, or other instrument conveying information pertinent to such proof or support.
- Any material substance on which the information is represented by writing.
- (information science) An object conveying information by whatever means, capable of being indexed alongside other similar objects.
- anything serving as a representation of a person's thinking by means of symbolic marks
- a written account of ownership or obligation
- writing that provides information (especially information of an official nature)
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- (computing) A file produced by such a program.
- (computing) A program for archiving files, common on Unix systems.
- A Persian long-necked, waisted string instrument, shared by many cultures and countries in the Middle East and the Caucasus.
- A single-headed round frame drum originating in North Africa and the Middle East.
- Coal tar.
- Alternative form of tara (“Indian coin”).
- (uncountable) A solid residual byproduct of tobacco smoke.
- (uncountable) Black tar, a form of heroin.
- a man who serves as a sailor
- any of various dark heavy viscid substances obtained as a residue
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- (computing) A datafile in a character encoding that allows it to be read in a nonspecialized text editor.
- (computing) A datafile containing only plain, human-readable text, distinct from documents with embedded formatting.
- (computer science) a computer file that contains text (and possibly formatting instructions) using seven-bit ASCII characters
noun
- (computing) A program that displays the contents of a file.
- (mining, historical) The manager of a colliery, who directs its workings and ventilation.
- Someone who watches television.
- (now historical) An appointed inspector or examiner:
- Someone who views a spectacle; an onlooker or spectator.
- Any optical device used to view photographic slides.
- a close observer; someone who looks at something (such as an exhibition of some kind)
- an optical device for viewing photographic transparencies
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- (computing) A file type.
- (by extension) The form of presentation of something.
- (radio) The type of programming that a radio station broadcasts; such as a certain genre of music, news, sports, talk, etc.
- The layout of a publication or document.
- the general appearance of a publication
- the organization of information according to preset specifications (usually for computer processing)
verb
- To create or edit the layout of a document.
- Change a document so it will fit onto a different type of page.
- (computing) To prepare a mass storage medium for initial use, erasing any existing data in the process.
- divide (a disk) into marked sectors so that it may store data
- determine the arrangement of (data) for storage and display (in computer science)
- set (printed matter) into a specific format
noun
- (computing) A program for creating and making changes to files, especially text files.
- A machine used for editing (cutting and splicing) movie film
- A person who edits or makes changes to documents.
- A person at a newspaper, publisher or similar institution who edits stories and/or decides which ones to publish.
- (television, cinematography) Someone who manipulates video footage and assembles it into the correct order etc for broadcast; a picture editor.
- A person who edited a specific document.
- A copy editor.
- a person responsible for the editorial aspects of publication; the person who determines the final content of a text (especially of a newspaper or magazine)
- (computer science) a program designed to perform such editorial functions as rearrangement or modification or deletion of data
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- (intransitive) To become manifest; to be revealed.
- (transitive) To show plainly; to make to appear distinctly, usually to the mind; to put beyond question or doubt; to display; to exhibit.
- (transitive) To exhibit the manifests or prepared invoices of; to declare at the customhouse.
- (transitive, originally New Thought, now also slang) To will something to exist.
- provide evidence for; stand as proof of; show by one's behavior, attitude, or external attributes
- reveal its presence or make an appearance
- record in a ship's manifest
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- (computing, figuratively) The collection of many small linked files created when a document is saved in HTML format by some word processors and web site creation software.
- A dense, but generally small, growth of shrubs, bushes or small trees; a copse.
- (figuratively) A dense aggregation of other things, concrete or abstract.
- a dense growth of bushes
noun
- (computing) A file sent along with a message, usually an email.
- (meteorology) The act or process by which any (downward) leader connects to any available (upward) streamer in a lightning flash.
- The means by which something is physically attached.
- A dependence, especially a strong one.
- (law) Taking a person's property to satisfy a court-ordered debt.
- A strong bonding with or fondness for someone or something.
- A device attached to a piece of equipment or a tool.
- The act or process of (physically or figuratively) attaching.
- a feeling of affection for a person or an institution
- faithful support for a cause or political party or religion
- a writ authorizing the seizure of property that may be needed for the payment of a judgment in a judicial proceeding
- the act of attaching or affixing something
- a supplementary part or accessory
- a connection that fastens things together
- the act of fastening things together
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- (computing) A computer program running in a text terminal, used to view (but not modify) the contents of a text file moving down the file one line or one screen at a time.
- (bookbinding) One who makes up type into pages of a book; one who binds or sorts pages into a book.
- (in combination) Something (a document, book etc.) that has a specified number of pages.
- (telecommunications) A wireless telecommunications device that receives text or voice messages.
- an electronic device that generates a series of beeps when the person carrying it is being paged
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- (computing) A file stored within an archive file.
- Part of an animal capable of performing a distinct office; an organ; a limb.
- (Australia, law) the judge or adjudicator in a consumer court.
- (object-oriented programming) A function or piece of data associated with each separate instance of a class.
- (mathematics) Either of the two parts of an algebraic equation, connected by the equality sign.
- (set theory) An element of a set.
- (euphemistic) The penis.
- One who belongs to a group.
- A part of a whole.
- A part of a discourse or of a period, sentence, or verse; a clause.
- (logic) One of the propositions making up a syllogism.
- the male sex organ
- one of the persons who compose a social group (especially individuals who have joined and participate in a group organization)
- an external body part that projects from the body
- anything that belongs to a set or class
- an organization that is a member of another organization (especially a state that belongs to a group of nations)
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- (computing) A program and command in Unix that reads one or more files and directs their content to the standard output.
- (slang) A street name of the drug methcathinone.
- A strong tackle used to hoist an anchor to the cathead of a ship.
- Abbreviation of category.
- Abbreviation of computed axial tomography; often used attributively, as in “CAT scan” or “CT scan”.
- (uncountable) The flesh of this animal eaten as food.
- (countable) A mammal of the family Felidae.
- (chiefly nautical) Ellipsis of cat-o'-nine-tails.
- Abbreviation of catalytic converter.
- (US, slang) Synonym of itinerant worker.
- (African-American Vernacular, slang, vulgar) A vagina or vulva.
- Abbreviation of catamaran.
- Abbreviation of catapult.
- Abbreviation of catfish.
- A double tripod for holding a plate, etc., with six feet, of which three rest on the ground in whatever position it is placed.
- (derogatory, offensive) An angry or spiteful person, especially a woman.
- (military, historical) A wheeled shelter, used in the Middle Ages to protect assailants approaching besieged enemy defences; a cathouse.
- (originally US, jazz, slang) A jazz musician; also, an enthusiast of jazz music.
- A carnivorous, four-legged, generally furry domesticated species (Felis catus) of feline animal, commonly kept as a house pet.
- (countable, by extension) Chiefly with a descriptive word: an animal not of the family Felidae which (somewhat) resembles a domestic feline (etymology 1 sense 1.1.1).
- Any similar, chiefly non-domesticated, carnivorous mammal of the family Felidae, which includes bobcats, caracals, cheetahs, cougars, leopards, lions, lynxes, tigers, and other such species.
- A ground vehicle which uses caterpillar tracks, especially tractors, trucks, minibuses, and snow groomers.
- (slang) Any of a variety of earth-moving machines. (from their manufacturer Caterpillar Inc.)
- feline mammal usually having thick soft fur and no ability to roar
- a whip with nine knotted cords
- a spiteful woman gossip
- the leaves of the shrub Catha edulis which are chewed like tobacco or used to make tea; has the effect of a euphoric stimulant
- any of several large cats typically able to roar and living in the wild
- an informal term for a youth or man
- a large tracked vehicle that is propelled by two endless metal belts; frequently used for moving earth in construction and farm work
- any of various lithe-bodied roundheaded fissiped mammals, many with retractile claws
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- (nautical, transitive) To flog with a cat-o'-nine-tails.
- (nautical, transitive) To hoist (an anchor) by its ring so that it hangs at the cathead.
- (computing, transitive) To apply the cat command to (one or more files).
- To go wandering at night.
- To gossip in a catty manner.
- (computing, slang) To dump large amounts of data on (an unprepared target), usually with no intention of browsing it carefully.
- beat with a cat-o'-nine-tails
- eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth
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- (countable, computing) One of the basic elements making up a text file or string: a code representing a printing character or a control character.
- (countable) Quality, position, rank, or capacity; quality or conduct with respect to a certain office or duty.
- (countable) A unique or extraordinary individual; a person characterized by peculiar or notable traits, especially charisma.
- (countable) A written or printed symbol, or letter.
- (countable) A distinguishing feature; characteristic; trait; nature; phene.
- (countable, informal) A person or individual, especially one who is unknown.
- (uncountable, countable) A complex of traits marking a person, group, breed, or type.
- (uncountable) Strength of mind; resolution; independence; individuality; moral strength.
- (countable) A being involved in the action of a story; a persona.
- (countable, mathematics) An assignment of complex numbers to each element of a group, in particular a finite abelian group. More precisely, a group homomorphism into the group of units of a field (usually ℂ).
- a person of a specified kind (usually with many eccentricities)
- good repute
- an imaginary person represented in a work of fiction (play or film or story)
- a written symbol that is used to represent speech
- (genetics) an attribute (structural or functional) that is determined by a gene or group of genes
- the inherent complex of attributes that determines a persons moral and ethical actions and reactions
- an actor's portrayal of someone in a play
- a characteristic property that defines the apparent individual nature of something
- a formal recommendation by a former employer to a potential future employer describing the person's qualifications and dependability
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- (computing) A file or document serving as a basis for others.
- (weaving) Synonym of temple.
- A generic model or pattern from which other objects are based or derived.
- A physical object whose shape is used as a guide to make other objects.
- (object-oriented programming) A partially defined class or function, that can be instantiated in a variety of ways depending on the instantiation arguments.
- A strip of metal used in boiler-making, pierced with a series of holes, and serving as a guide in marking out a line of rivet-holes.
- (molecular biology) A macromolecule which provides a pattern for the synthesis of another molecule.
- a model or standard for making comparisons
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- (computer science) an application that can be used to create and view and edit text files
- (computing) A program which allows a user to edit the contents of a text file, usually in an interactive way with immediate visual feedback.
- an editor who prepares text for publication
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see text, editor.
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- (file format) Human readable text which consists only of a string of characters, represented using a character encoding such as ASCII or Unicode. In the file format sense, plain text may represent structured data in a human readable format such as XML.
- (computing) Data which consists only of human-readable unformatted text, as opposed to machine-readable binary data or formatted/structured text. In this sense, the character data in between XML tags may be called "plain text".
- (cryptography) Text or any data that is to be encrypted (as opposed to ciphertext).
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- (computing) A printout of a program or data set.
- The act of ploughing with a lister.
- The action of the verb to list.
- An entry on a register of securities accepted for trading and quotation on a securities exchange or similar system.
- An entry in a list or directory.
- A physical manifestation of a single item in a list.
- a database containing an ordered array of items (names or topics)
- the act of making a list of items
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- an application that provides the user with tools needed to write and edit and format text and to send it to a printer
- A device similar to a simple computer, designed for word processing.
- Software that provides word processing functions on a computer, typically including typeface selection, line justification and other formatting, pagination, and numerous other features.
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- (computing) A group of related files in a source control system, including for example source code, build scripts, and media such as images.
- (graph theory) A path of vertices of degree 2, ending at vertices whose degree is not 2.
- An area in business or of knowledge, research.
- (nautical) A certificate given by Trinity House to a pilot qualified to take navigational control of a ship in British waters.
- (computing) A sequence of code that is conditionally executed.
- The woody part of a tree arising from the trunk and usually dividing.
- A line of family descent, in distinction from some other line or lines from the same stock; any descendant in such a line.
- A location of an organization with several locations.
- (chiefly Southern US) A creek or stream which flows into a larger river.
- Any of the parts of something that divides like the branch of a tree.
- (Mormonism) A local congregation of the LDS Church that is not large enough to form a ward; see Wikipedia article on ward in LDS church.
- (geometry) One of the portions of a curve that extends outwards to an indefinitely great distance.
- (rail transport) A branch line.
- a natural consequence of development
- a division of a stem, or secondary stem arising from the main stem of a plant
- a division of some larger or more complex organization
- any projection that is thought to resemble a human arm
- a stream or river connected to a larger one
- a part of a forked or branching shape
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- (intransitive) To arise from the trunk or a larger branch of a tree.
- (transitive, colloquial) To discipline (a union member) at a branch meeting.
- (intransitive, computing) To jump to a different location in a program, especially as the result of a conditional statement.
- (transitive) To strip of branches.
- (ambitransitive) To (cause to) divide into separate parts or subdivisions.
- (intransitive) To produce branches.
- grow and send out branches or branch-like structures
- divide into two or more branches so as to form a fork
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- (computing) The export and eventual reimport of a file, data, etc. without loss of fidelity.
- In an oil-drilling operation, the raising, disassembly and replacement of the drilling equipment.
- (finance) The investment of a borrowed overdraft in order to make a profit in the same market.
- (often figurative, travel) A trip from one destination to another and then returning to the starting location.
- (finance) A form of barter that involves the sale of an unused asset and the purchase of the same asset back again, or a similar one, typically used in accounting fraud.
- a trip to some place and back again
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- (computing) A copy of a file or record.
- (theater) An understudy.
- (attributive, in names of species) Transparent or translucent.
- (attributive, in names of species) White or pale.
- (cleaning) A faint image that remains after an attempt to remove graffiti.
- (quantum mechanics) An unphysical state in a gauge theory.
- Someone whose identity cannot be established because there are no records of such a person.
- (attributive) Of a cryptid, supernatural or extraterrestrial nature.
- (espionage) A covert (and deniable) agent.
- A disembodied soul; a soul or spirit of a deceased person; a spirit appearing after death.
- (Internet) An unresponsive user on IRC, resulting from the user's client disconnecting without notifying the server.
- (attributive) Perceived or listed but not real.
- A nonexistent person invented to obtain some (typically fraudulent) benefit.
- (writing) Ellipsis of ghostwriter.
- (uncountable, often capitalized) A game in which players take turns to add a letter to a possible word, trying not to complete a word.
- (attributive) Abandoned.
- (computing, linguistics, attributive) A formerly nonexistent character that was at some point mistakenly encoded into a character set standard, which might have since become used opportunistically for some genuine purpose.
- (by extension) Any faint shadowy semblance; an unsubstantial image.
- A dead person whose identity is stolen by another (see ghosting).
- A false image, for example in a photographic print or negative, or on a television screen or radar display, or in a telescope, caused by poor or double reception or reflection (from a lens or screen).
- (countable) Ellipsis of ghost pepper.
- (video games) An opponent in a racing game that follows a previously recorded route, allowing players to compete against previous best times.
- (attributive) Remnant; remains.
- (attributive) Substitute.
- a writer who gives the credit of authorship to someone else
- the visible disembodied soul of a dead person
- a mental representation of some haunting experience
- a suggestion of some quality
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- (chiefly social media, slang) To stop communicating with (someone) on social media, though text messages, etc., without explanation, especially as a way of ending a relationship; hence, to end a relationship with (someone) by stopping all communication without explanation.
- Synonym of ghostwrite (“to write (a literary work or speech), or produce (an artistic work)), in the place of someone”); also, to carry out (an artistic performance) in the place of someone.
- (Internet) To forcibly disconnect (an IRC user) who is using one's reserved nickname.
- (graphical user interface) To gray out (a visual element) to indicate that it is unavailable.
- To appear suddenly or move like a disembodied soul; specifically (often sports); also (transitive, dated) followed by the dummy subject it: to move easily and quietly without anyone noticing; to slip.
- Of a disembodied soul: to appear (somewhere or to someone) in the form of an apparition; to haunt.
- Followed by for: synonym of ghostwrite (“to write a literary work or speech, or produce an artistic work, in the place of someone”); also, to carry out an artistic performance in the place of someone.
- To imbue (something) with a ghost-like effect or hue.
- To continuously cause (someone or something) trouble; specifically, to continuously be in the thoughts of (someone) in a disturbing manner; to perturb, to trouble.
- (slang) To kill (someone).
- (nautical) Of a sailing vessel: to sail seemingly with very little or no wind.
- (chiefly UK, law enforcement) To transfer (a prisoner) to another prison, usually without first informing the prisoner.
- haunt like a ghost; pursue
- move like a ghost
- write for someone else
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- (computing) Files and data comprising material viewable by humans, but usually not plain text; audiovisual material.
- (rare, nonstandard) plural of medium (“someone who supposedly conveys information from the spirit world”)
- (entomology) One of the major veins of the insect wing, between the radius and the cubitus.
- (zoology) An ant specialized as a forager in a leaf-cutter ant colony.
- (usually with a definite article; often treated as uncountable) The journalists and other professionals who comprise the mass communication industry.
- (anatomy) The middle layer of the wall of a blood vessel or lymph vessel which is composed of connective and muscular tissue.
- (often treated as uncountable) The means and institutions for publishing and broadcasting information.
- (often treated as uncountable) The totality of content items (television shows, films, books, photographs, etc.) which are broadcast or published.
- plural of medium (only in certain senses)
- (historical) Synonym of cuarto: a half-fanega, a traditional Spanish unit of dry measure equivalent to about 27.8 L
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- (computing) Ellipsis of file extension.
- That property of a body by which it occupies a portion of space (or time, e.g. "spatiotemporal extension").
- The act of extending; a stretching out; enlargement in length, breadth, or time; an increase.
- (weightlifting) An exercise in which an arm or leg is straightened against resistance.
- (fencing) A simple offensive action, consisting of extending the weapon arm forward.
- (logic) The set of tuples of values that, used as arguments, satisfy the predicate.
- (mathematics, group theory, of a group G by a group H) A short exact sequence 1→H→E→G→1, or the group E therein.
- (medicine) The operation of stretching a broken bone so as to bring the fragments into the same straight line.
- A part of a building that has been added onto the original.
- (ring theory, of an ideal in the domain of a ring homomorphism) The ideal in the codomain generated by the image of the given ideal under the given homomorphism.
- (telecommunications) A numerical code used to indicate a specific telephone in a telecommunication network.
- (computing) An optional software component that adds functionality to an application.
- (linguistics, semantics) semantic widening, broadening of meaning
- An outgrowth; a part of something that extends its capabilities.
- (education) University programs that are targeted at the broader (usually adults) community whose participants are not full-time enrolled students.
- (mathematics, homological algebra, of an object A by an object B in an abelian category) A short exact sequence 0→B→E→A→0, or the object E therein.
- The state of being extended.
- (semantics) Capacity of a concept or general term to include a greater or smaller number of objects; — correlative of intension.
- (cosmetics, chiefly in the plural) Clipping of hair extension, nail extension, or eyelash extension.
- (banking, finance) A written engagement on the part of a creditor, allowing a debtor further time to pay a debt.
- (grammar) A kind of derivative morpheme applied to verbs in Bantu languages.
- the spreading of something (a belief or practice) into new regions
- a string of characters beginning with a period and followed by one or more letters; the optional second part of a PC computer filename
- an addition that extends a main building
- act of stretching or straightening out a flexed limb
- the most direct or specific meaning of a word or expression; the class of objects that an expression refers to
- an additional telephone set that is connected to the same telephone line
- an addition to the length of something
- the ability to raise the working leg high in the air
- amount or degree or range to which something extends
- a mutually agreed delay in the date set for the completion of a job or payment of a debt
- act of expanding in scope; making more widely available
- an educational opportunity provided by colleges and universities to people who are not enrolled as regular students
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- (computing) A file produced by such a program.
- (computing) A program for archiving files, common on Unix systems.
- A Persian long-necked, waisted string instrument, shared by many cultures and countries in the Middle East and the Caucasus.
- A single-headed round frame drum originating in North Africa and the Middle East.
- Coal tar.
- Alternative form of tara (“Indian coin”).
- (uncountable) A solid residual byproduct of tobacco smoke.
- (uncountable) Black tar, a form of heroin.
- a man who serves as a sailor
- any of various dark heavy viscid substances obtained as a residue