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verb
- (intransitive) To commit adultery.
- (intransitive) To stray; stray from one's course; err.
- (intransitive) To go somewhere indirectly or at varying speeds; to move in a curved path.
- (intransitive) To move without purpose or specified destination; often in search of livelihood.
- (intransitive) Of the mind, to lose focus or clarity of argument or attention.
- to move or cause to move in a sinuous, spiral, or circular course
- move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment
- be sexually unfaithful to one's partner in marriage
- lose clarity or turn aside especially from the main subject of attention or course of argument in writing, thinking, or speaking
- go via an indirect route or at no set pace
noun
adj
noun
verb
- (intransitive) To have clandestine or illicit intercourse.
- (transitive) To arouse the interest of; to fascinate.
- (transitive) To fill with artifice and duplicity; to complicate.
- (intransitive) To conceive or carry out a secret plan intended to harm; to form a plot or scheme.
- form intrigues (for) in an underhand manner
- cause to be interested or curious
noun
- The plot of a play, poem or romance; the series of complications in which a writer involves their imaginary characters.
- A complicated or clandestine plot or scheme intended to affect some purpose by secret artifice; conspiracy; stratagem.
- Clandestine intercourse between persons; illicit intimacy; a liaison or affair.
- a clandestine love affair
- a crafty and involved plot to achieve your (usually sinister) ends
verb
- (intransitive) To behave in an adulterous manner.
- (intransitive) To come to believe an untruth.
- (intransitive) To develop bad habits; to behave improperly or illegally.
- (intransitive, chiefly in the negative) To be undesirable or unhelpful.
- (intransitive, of an object) To become lost or mislaid.
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see go, astray.
verb
- (intransitive) To be unfaithful to one's spouse or partner; to commit adultery, or to engage in sexual or romantic conduct with a person other than one's partner in contravention of the rules of society or agreement in the relationship.
- (intransitive) To violate rules in order to gain, or attempt to gain, advantage from a situation.
- (informal, intransitive) To disregard self-imposed restrictions or commitments in favour of resting or indulging oneself.
- (transitive) To deceive; to fool; to trick.
- (transitive) To avoid a seemingly inevitable thing.
- engage in deceitful behavior; practice trickery or fraud
- be sexually unfaithful to one's partner in marriage
- defeat someone through trickery or deceit
- deprive somebody of something by deceit
noun
- (uncountable) The weed cheatgrass.
- (countable) Someone who cheats.
- (card games, uncountable) A card game where the goal is to have no cards remaining in a hand, often by telling lies.
- (countable) An act of deception or fraud; that which is the means of fraud or deception.
- (video games, countable) A hidden means of gaining an unfair advantage in a video game, often by entering a cheat code.
- someone who leads you to believe something that is not true
- weedy annual native to Europe but widely distributed as a weed especially in wheat
- the act of swindling by some fraudulent scheme
- a deception for profit to yourself
- weedy annual grass often occurs in grainfields and other cultivated land; seeds sometimes considered poisonous
verb
noun
- Sexual relations between close relatives, especially immediate family members and sometimes first cousins, usually considered taboo.
- (loosely) Romantic relationships between close relatives, also widely taboo.
- sexual intercourse between persons too closely related to marry (as between a parent and a child)
adj
noun
verb
verb
noun
- (sports) sin bin
- A flaw or mistake.
- A sin offering; a sacrifice for sin.
- An embodiment of sin; a very wicked person.
- A misdeed or wrong.
- Sinfulness, depravity, iniquity.
- Alternative form of sinh (“tube skirt”).
- A letter of the Arabic alphabet; س
- (theology) A violation of divine will or religious law.
- A letter of the Hebrew alphabet; שׂ
- ratio of the length of the side opposite the given angle to the length of the hypotenuse of a right-angled triangle
- estrangement from god
- an act that is regarded by theologians as a transgression of God's will
- the 21st letter of the Hebrew alphabet
verb
- (transitive) To lead astray; to seduce (as under promise of marriage) and then abandon.
- (transitive) To mislead; to expose to inconvenience not foreseen; to lead into error or sin.
- (transitive) To deliver into the hands of an enemy by treachery or fraud, in violation of trust; to give up treacherously or faithlessly.
- (transitive) To disclose (a secret, etc.) in deliberate violation of someone’s confidence.
- (transitive) To prove faithless or treacherous to, as to a trust or one who trusts; to be false to; to deceive.
- (transitive) To violate the confidence of, by disclosing a secret, or that which one is bound in honor not to make known.
- (transitive) To disclose or indicate, for example something which prudence would conceal; to reveal unintentionally.
- give away information about somebody
- cause someone to believe an untruth
- deliver to an enemy by treachery
- be sexually unfaithful to one's partner in marriage
- disappoint, prove undependable to; abandon, forsake
- reveal unintentionally
noun
noun
- a man whose wife committed adultery
- A man married to an adulterous spouse, especially when he is unaware or unaccepting of the fact.
- A West Indian plectognath fish, Rhinesomus triqueter.
- Synonym of fringed filefish.
- A man who is attracted to or aroused by the sexual infidelity of a partner.
- The scrawled cowfish, Acanthostracion quadricornis and allied species.
verb
verb
- (intransitive) To prostitute oneself.
- (intransitive) To engage the services of a prostitute.
- (intransitive) To pursue false gods.
- (transitive, slang, video games, derogatory) To overuse something.
- (transitive) To pimp; to pander.
- (transitive) To promote shamelessly.
- (intransitive) To pursue false goals.
- work as a prostitute
- have unlawful sex with a whore
- compromise oneself for money or other gains
noun
- A person who is sexually promiscuous; a slut.
- A person who is unscrupulous, especially one who compromises their principles for gain.
- Synonym of prostitute: a person (especially a woman) who offers sexual services for payment.
- A person who will violate behavioral standards to achieve something desired.
- A contemptible person.
- a woman who engages in sexual intercourse for money
verb
- (intransitive) To commit sodomy; to engage in anal sex.
- (transitive, figurative) To cause great humiliation or harm to (someone or something); to cause great damage to (something, especially from behind).
- (transitive) To engage in sodomy with (someone); to engage in anal (or, rarely, oral) sex as the penetrator (especially without consent).
- (transitive) To engage in sexual intercourse with (an animal), to engage in bestiality.
- copulate with an animal
- practice anal sex upon
verb
- (intransitive) To have an intimate or sexual relationship with a forbidden party.
- (intransitive) To socialize in confidentiality.
- (intransitive) To associate as friends with an enemy, in violation of duty.
- (intransitive) To associate with others in a brotherly or friendly manner.
- be on friendly terms with someone, as if with a brother, especially with an enemy
noun
- A state of immorality or sin; especially the weakness of the flesh: inchastity.
- A component or additive that renders something else impure.
- The condition of being impure; because of contamination, pollution, adulteration or insufficient purification.
- the condition of being impure
- worthless or dangerous material that should be removed
adj
- Having given oneself up to vice; immoral; extremely wicked, or sinning without restraint; irreclaimably wicked.
- Free from constraint; uninhibited.
- (geology) No longer being acted upon by the geologic forces that formed it.
- No longer maintained by its former owners, residents, or caretakers; forsaken, deserted.
- unrestrained and uninhibited
- forsaken by owner or inhabitants
verb
verb
- (intransitive) To join in sexual intercourse; to copulate.
- (transitive) To join (two things) together, or (one thing) to (another).
- (horse racing, transitive) To enter (multiple horses with the same owner) into a race so that a single bet can be placed on any of them winning.
- (transitive) To cause (two animals) to copulate, to bring (two animals) together for mating.
- bring two objects, ideas, or people together
- form a pair or pairs
- engage in sexual intercourse
- link together
adj
det
noun
- That which joins or links two things together; a bond or tie; a coupler.
- One of the pairs of plates of two metals which compose a voltaic battery, called a voltaic couple or galvanic couple.
- Two of the same kind connected or considered together.
- Two partners in a romantic or sexual relationship.
- (architecture) A couple-close.
- (informal) A small number.
- (physics) A turning effect created by forces that produce a non-zero external torque.
- (physics) something joined by two equal and opposite forces that act along parallel lines
- a pair of people who live together
- a small indefinite number
- a pair who associate with one another
- two items of the same kind
verb
- (intransitive) To take part in amorous activity; to make love; see also play around.
- (intransitive, of a musical instrument) To produce music.
- (transitive) To keep in play, as a hooked fish in order to land it.
- (intransitive, of a theatrical performance, film or music) To be performed, reproduced, or shown.
- (transitive, colloquial) To manipulate, deceive, or swindle.
- (transitive) To handle or deal with (something) in a calculating manner intended to achieve profit or gain.
- (transitive) To act as (the indicated role).
- (transitive, intransitive) To perform in (a sport); to participate in (a game).
- (intransitive, copulative) To act or behave in a stated way.
- To give a false appearance of being; to pretend to be.
- To move so as to fall upon or sweep across something, or to direct or operate (something) in such a manner.
- (intransitive) To be received or accepted (in a given way); to go down.
- (intransitive) To contend or fight using weapons, both as practice or in real life-or-death combats; to engage in martial games; to joust; to fence
- (transitive) To handle or deal with (a matter or situation) in a stated way.
- (transitive) To bring into action or motion; to exhibit in action; to execute or deploy.
- To portray (a character) in (a film or theatre).
- (transitive) To compete against, in a game.
- To gamble.
- To move in a light or brisk manner.
- (African-American Vernacular, intransitive) To kid; to joke; to say something for amusement; to act, or to treat something, unseriously.
- (transitive) To act or perform (a play).
- For additional senses in various idiomatic phrases, see the individual entries, such as play along, play at, play down, play off, play on, play out, play to, play up, etc.
- (transitive, intransitive, of a device, media, broadcast, etc.) To emit or relay sound (especially music) or moving pictures; (of a device) to operate media.
- (transitive, of a person) To operate (a device or media) so as to cause sound (especially music) or moving pictures to be produced.
- To move in an alternating or reciprocal manner; to move to and fro.
- (transitive, of a theatrical company or band, etc.) To perform or give performances in or at (a venue or location).
- (intransitive, especially with 'with'; see also play with) To toy or trifle; to act with levity or thoughtlessness; to be careless.
- (intransitive) To act in a manner such that one has fun; to engage in activities expressly for the purpose of recreation or entertainment.
- Specifying a particular sporting role or position.
- (transitive, intransitive, especially of a person) To produce music using a musical instrument.
- (transitive, usually of a person) To render (a musical title, compositional style, film title, etc.) using a musical instrument or device.
- (transitive, in the scoring of games and sports) To be the opposing score to.
- exhaust by allowing to pull on the line
- engage in recreational activities rather than work; occupy oneself in a diversion
- consider not very seriously
- discharge or direct or be discharged or directed as if in a continuous stream
- cause to move or operate freely within a bounded space
- use to one's advantage
- emit recorded sound
- pretend to have certain qualities or state of mind
- behave in a certain way
- play a role or part
- be performed or presented for public viewing
- stake on the outcome of an issue
- cause to happen or to occur as a consequence
- put (a card or piece) into play during a game, or act strategically as if in a card game
- make bets
- employ in a game or in a specific position
- play on an instrument
- move or seem to move quickly, lightly, or irregularly
- pretend to be somebody in the framework of a game or playful activity
- act or have an effect in a specified way or with a specific effect or outcome
- be at play; be engaged in playful activity; amuse oneself in a way characteristic of children
- behave carelessly or indifferently
- bet or wager (money)
- be received or accepted or interpreted in a specific way
- use or move
- perform on a certain location
- contend against an opponent in a sport, game, or battle
- manipulate manually or in one's mind or imagination
- cause to emit recorded audio or video
- perform on a stage or theater
- engage in an activity as if it were a game rather than take it seriously
- participate in games or sport
- shoot or hit in a particular manner
- perform music on (a musical instrument)
- replay (as a melody)
noun
- (turn-based games) An action carried out when it is one's turn to play.
- (uncountable, formerly countable) Activity for amusement only, especially among the young.
- (uncountable) Movement (of a pattern of light etc.)
- (countable, uncountable) An instance or instances of causing media to be watched or heard, such as by broadcasting.
- The extent to which a part of a mechanism can move freely, as for example lash, backlash, or slack.
- (countable) A literary composition, intended to be represented by actors impersonating the characters and speaking the dialogue.
- (uncountable, informal) Sexual activity or sexual role-playing.
- (uncountable) Freedom to move.
- (countable) A geological formation that contains an accumulation or prospect of hydrocarbons or other resources.
- (countable) An instance of watching or listening to media.
- (countable) A theatrical performance featuring actors.
- (uncountable) An individual's performance in a sport or game.
- (uncountable) The conduct, or course, of a game.
- (countable) A short sequence of action within a game.
- (countable) An instance of wordplay.
- (uncountable) Similar activity in young animals, as they explore their environment and learn new skills.
- (countable) An attempt to move forward, as in a plan or strategy, for example by a business, investor, or political party.
- (countable) A button that, when pressed, causes media to be played.
- (uncountable, sports, with certain prepositions, also figurative) The sphere or circumstance in which a playing implement, such as a ball, is available to be played (see also in play, out of play).
- (in games or plays or other performances) the time during which play proceeds
- a preset plan of action in team sports
- the removal of constraints
- verbal wit or mockery (often at another's expense but not to be taken seriously)
- activity by children that is guided more by imagination than by fixed rules
- a deliberate coordinated movement requiring dexterity and skill
- movement or space for movement
- (game) the activity of doing something in an agreed succession
- the act of playing for stakes in the hope of winning (including the payment of a price for a chance to win a prize)
- the act using a sword (or other weapon) vigorously and skillfully
- a weak and tremulous light
- a state in which action is feasible
- a theatrical performance of a drama
- gay or light-hearted recreational activity for diversion or amusement
- a dramatic work intended for performance by actors on a stage
- an attempt to get something
- utilization or exercise
verb
- To violate sexually; to debauch; to dishonour.
- To corrupt or profane
- (transitive) To make something or somewhere less suitable for some activity, especially by the introduction of some unnatural factor.
- (transitive) To make something harmful, especially by the addition of some unwanted product.
- make impure
adj
adj
noun
verb
- (intransitive) To fall into sin; stray.
- (nautical) To change the direction of the sail so as to point in a direction that is more down wind; to bring the bow leeward.
- (transitive and intransitive) To become detached or to drop from.
- (intransitive) To diminish in size, value, etc. To get worse (in quality).
- fall heavily or suddenly; decline markedly
- diminish in size or intensity
- come off
noun
verb
- (intransitive) To take a spouse.
- (figuratively, transitive) To join or commit to, more or less permanently, as if in marriage.
- (transitive) To take as one's spouse.
- (figurative, intransitive) To take to oneself and support; to espouse.
- (transitive) To perform the marriage ceremony for; to join in matrimony.
- (Northern England, Scotland) To wager, stake, bet, place a bet, make a wager.
- (reciprocal) To take each other as a spouse.
- perform a marriage ceremony
- take in marriage; married
adj
verb
- (slang) To cheat; to be unfaithful to a romantic partner.
- (tennis, of a forehand or a backhand) To change one's position on the court to hit a forehand rather than a backhand, or vice versa.
- (rail transport, of a locomotive) To move from one end of the consist to the other, so as to pull the train in the opposite direction.
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see run, around.
- (idiomatic, intransitive) To go from place to place.
- (idiomatic, intransitive) To be very busy doing many different things.
- play boisterously
noun
adj
- suggestive of sexual impropriety
- filled with melancholy and despondency
- morally rigorous and strict
- used to signify the Union forces in the American Civil War (who wore blue uniforms)
- characterized by profanity or cursing
- of the color intermediate between green and violet; having a color similar to that of a clear unclouded sky
- causing dejection
- belonging to or characteristic of the nobility or aristocracy
- (UK politics) Supportive of or related to the Conservative Party.
- (informal) Depressed, melancholic, sad.
- (informal) Risqué; obscene; profane; pornographic.
- (US politics) Supportive of, run by (a member of), pertaining to, or dominated by the Democratic Party.
- (of a dog or cat) Having a coat of fur of a slaty gray shade.
- (particle physics) Having a colour charge of blue.
- (astronomy) Of, dominated by, or shifted toward the higher-frequency, or "bluer", end of the electromagnetic spectrum.
- Of a blue hue.
- (of steak) Extra rare; left very raw and cold.
- Having a bluish or purplish shade to the skin due to a lack of oxygen to the normally deep-red red blood cells; cyanotic.
- (of a flame) Pale, without redness or glare.
- (Australian politics) Supportive of or related to the Liberal Party.
noun
- used to whiten laundry or hair or give it a bluish tinge
- the sky as viewed during daylight
- the sodium salt of amobarbital that is used as a barbiturate; used as a sedative and a hypnotic
- any organization or party whose uniforms or badges are blue
- any of numerous small butterflies of the family Lycaenidae
- blue color or pigment; resembling the color of the clear sky in the daytime
- blue clothing
- Any of several processes to protect metal against rust.
- The ocean; deep waters.
- A blue dye or pigment.
- A bluefish.
- A blue cheese.
- Sporting colours awarded by a university or other institution for sporting achievement, such as representing one's university, especially and originally at Oxford and Cambridge Universities in England. See also full blue, half blue.
- The far distance; a remote or distant place.
- Anything coloured blue, especially to distinguish it from similar objects differing only in colour.
- (particle physics) One of the three colour charges for quarks.
- A member of a sports team that wears blue colours; (in the plural) a nickname for the team as a whole. See also blues.
- A person who has received such sporting colours.
- (countable and uncountable) The colour of the clear sky or the deep sea; the colour midway between green and violet in the visible spectrum and one of the primary additive colours.
- A liquid with an intense blue colour, added to a laundry wash to prevent yellowing of white clothes.
- (UK politics) A member or supporter of the Conservative Party.
- (baseball, slang) An umpire, in reference to the typical dark-blue colour of the umpire's uniform. Sometimes perceived by umpires as derogatory when used by players or coaches while disputing a call.
- (slang) A member of law enforcement.
- The sky, literally or figuratively.
- (British) A type of firecracker.
- (entomology) Any of the butterflies of the subfamily Polyommatinae in the family Lycaenidae, most of which have blue on their wings.
- (now historical) A bluestocking.
- A dog or cat with a slaty gray coat.
- (slang, uncountable) Risqué or pornographic material.
- (snooker) One of the colour balls used in snooker, with a value of five points.
- (uncountable) Blue clothing.
- (in the plural) A blue uniform. See blues.
- (Australia, colloquial) An argument or brawl.
verb
- turn blue
- (transitive, laundry) To brighten by treating with blue (laundry aid).
- (ergative) To make or become blue; to turn blue.
- (transitive, metallurgy) To treat the surface of steel so that it is passivated chemically and becomes more resistant to rust.
- (intransitive, Australia, slang) To fight, brawl, or argue.
adj
- suggestive of sexual impropriety
- willing to face danger
- (used of the smell of meat) smelling spoiled or tainted
- Having the smell, taste and texture of game meat.
- Plucky, spirited or gritty.
- Risque, sordid or sexually suggestive.
- (gaming) Involving in-game actions or behaviour that break immersion or contradict common sense in favour of exploiting game mechanics.
adj
- suggestive of sexual impropriety
- marked by richness and fullness of flavor
- full of zest or vigor
- designed or suitable for competing in a race
- Mildly risqué.
- Having a strong flavor indicating origin; of distinct characteristic taste; tasting of the soil.
- (programming) Involving a data race or a race condition.
- (figurative, by extension) Exciting to the mind by a strong or distinctive character of thought or language; peculiar and piquant; fresh and lively.
adj
- suggestive of sexual impropriety
- producing a burning sensation on the taste nerves
- Of a food, flavor, or odor, tangy, zesty, or pungent.
- (Internet slang) Risky; mildly aggressive or dangerous.
- Of, pertaining to, or containing spice.
- (Internet slang) Risqué, sexy, racy; mildly pornographic.
- (informal, idiomatic) Scandalous.
- Of a flavor, provoking a burning sensation due to the presence of capsaicin or a similar chemical.
- Of an expression or behavior, vigorous; colorful; stimulating.
verb
- (intransitive) To have sex
- (idiomatic, reciprocal, transitive) To start dating; to start being a couple.
- (transitive, intransitive) To accumulate, to gather.
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see get, together.
- (transitive, intransitive) To meet, to gather together, to congregate.
- (intransitive) To agree.
- get people together
- become part of; become a member of a group or organization
- get together socially or for a specific purpose
noun
noun
- The act of cheating a person.
- Anything that is particularly foul, unhygienic or unpleasant.
- A dance performed to ska, dub, or reggae music.
- (derogatory, slang) A lewd and disreputable person, often female, especially an unattractive person with an air of tawdry promiscuity.
- (music) A style of rhythmic guitar strumming in ska, reggae, and punk.
- a rhythmic dance to reggae music performed by bending forward and extending the hands while bending the knees
- any substance considered disgustingly foul or unpleasant
adj
verb
noun
- (figuratively) An illicit sexual relationship or affair.
- Communication between two parties or groups.
- A relayer of information between two forces in an army or during war.
- A tryst; a romantic meeting.
- (cooking) A thickening for sauces, typically based on egg yolks.
- Any person who relays information between two groups or organizations.
- (phonology) The pronunciation of a normally silent final consonant when the next word begins with a vowel.
- (phonology) Fusion of two consecutive words and the manner in which this occurs.
- Cooperation, working together.
- a channel for communication between groups
- a usually secretive or illicit sexual relationship
verb
adj
verb
noun
noun
- a man whose wife committed adultery
- A man married to an adulterous spouse, especially when he is unaware or unaccepting of the fact.
- A West Indian plectognath fish, Rhinesomus triqueter.
- Synonym of fringed filefish.
- A man who is attracted to or aroused by the sexual infidelity of a partner.
- The scrawled cowfish, Acanthostracion quadricornis and allied species.
verb
noun
- A state of immorality or sin; especially the weakness of the flesh: inchastity.
- A component or additive that renders something else impure.
- The condition of being impure; because of contamination, pollution, adulteration or insufficient purification.
- the condition of being impure
- worthless or dangerous material that should be removed
adj
noun
verb
noun
- The act of cheating a person.
- Anything that is particularly foul, unhygienic or unpleasant.
- A dance performed to ska, dub, or reggae music.
- (derogatory, slang) A lewd and disreputable person, often female, especially an unattractive person with an air of tawdry promiscuity.
- (music) A style of rhythmic guitar strumming in ska, reggae, and punk.
- a rhythmic dance to reggae music performed by bending forward and extending the hands while bending the knees
- any substance considered disgustingly foul or unpleasant
adj
verb
noun
- (figuratively) An illicit sexual relationship or affair.
- Communication between two parties or groups.
- A relayer of information between two forces in an army or during war.
- A tryst; a romantic meeting.
- (cooking) A thickening for sauces, typically based on egg yolks.
- Any person who relays information between two groups or organizations.
- (phonology) The pronunciation of a normally silent final consonant when the next word begins with a vowel.
- (phonology) Fusion of two consecutive words and the manner in which this occurs.
- Cooperation, working together.
- a channel for communication between groups
- a usually secretive or illicit sexual relationship
verb
verb
- (intransitive) To commit adultery.
- (intransitive) To stray; stray from one's course; err.
- (intransitive) To go somewhere indirectly or at varying speeds; to move in a curved path.
- (intransitive) To move without purpose or specified destination; often in search of livelihood.
- (intransitive) Of the mind, to lose focus or clarity of argument or attention.
- to move or cause to move in a sinuous, spiral, or circular course
- move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment
- be sexually unfaithful to one's partner in marriage
- lose clarity or turn aside especially from the main subject of attention or course of argument in writing, thinking, or speaking
- go via an indirect route or at no set pace
noun
verb
- (intransitive) To have clandestine or illicit intercourse.
- (transitive) To arouse the interest of; to fascinate.
- (transitive) To fill with artifice and duplicity; to complicate.
- (intransitive) To conceive or carry out a secret plan intended to harm; to form a plot or scheme.
- form intrigues (for) in an underhand manner
- cause to be interested or curious
noun
- The plot of a play, poem or romance; the series of complications in which a writer involves their imaginary characters.
- A complicated or clandestine plot or scheme intended to affect some purpose by secret artifice; conspiracy; stratagem.
- Clandestine intercourse between persons; illicit intimacy; a liaison or affair.
- a clandestine love affair
- a crafty and involved plot to achieve your (usually sinister) ends
verb
- (intransitive) To behave in an adulterous manner.
- (intransitive) To come to believe an untruth.
- (intransitive) To develop bad habits; to behave improperly or illegally.
- (intransitive, chiefly in the negative) To be undesirable or unhelpful.
- (intransitive, of an object) To become lost or mislaid.
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see go, astray.
verb
- (intransitive) To be unfaithful to one's spouse or partner; to commit adultery, or to engage in sexual or romantic conduct with a person other than one's partner in contravention of the rules of society or agreement in the relationship.
- (intransitive) To violate rules in order to gain, or attempt to gain, advantage from a situation.
- (informal, intransitive) To disregard self-imposed restrictions or commitments in favour of resting or indulging oneself.
- (transitive) To deceive; to fool; to trick.
- (transitive) To avoid a seemingly inevitable thing.
- engage in deceitful behavior; practice trickery or fraud
- be sexually unfaithful to one's partner in marriage
- defeat someone through trickery or deceit
- deprive somebody of something by deceit
noun
- (uncountable) The weed cheatgrass.
- (countable) Someone who cheats.
- (card games, uncountable) A card game where the goal is to have no cards remaining in a hand, often by telling lies.
- (countable) An act of deception or fraud; that which is the means of fraud or deception.
- (video games, countable) A hidden means of gaining an unfair advantage in a video game, often by entering a cheat code.
- someone who leads you to believe something that is not true
- weedy annual native to Europe but widely distributed as a weed especially in wheat
- the act of swindling by some fraudulent scheme
- a deception for profit to yourself
- weedy annual grass often occurs in grainfields and other cultivated land; seeds sometimes considered poisonous
verb
noun
- Sexual relations between close relatives, especially immediate family members and sometimes first cousins, usually considered taboo.
- (loosely) Romantic relationships between close relatives, also widely taboo.
- sexual intercourse between persons too closely related to marry (as between a parent and a child)
verb
noun
- (sports) sin bin
- A flaw or mistake.
- A sin offering; a sacrifice for sin.
- An embodiment of sin; a very wicked person.
- A misdeed or wrong.
- Sinfulness, depravity, iniquity.
- Alternative form of sinh (“tube skirt”).
- A letter of the Arabic alphabet; س
- (theology) A violation of divine will or religious law.
- A letter of the Hebrew alphabet; שׂ
- ratio of the length of the side opposite the given angle to the length of the hypotenuse of a right-angled triangle
- estrangement from god
- an act that is regarded by theologians as a transgression of God's will
- the 21st letter of the Hebrew alphabet
verb
- (transitive) To lead astray; to seduce (as under promise of marriage) and then abandon.
- (transitive) To mislead; to expose to inconvenience not foreseen; to lead into error or sin.
- (transitive) To deliver into the hands of an enemy by treachery or fraud, in violation of trust; to give up treacherously or faithlessly.
- (transitive) To disclose (a secret, etc.) in deliberate violation of someone’s confidence.
- (transitive) To prove faithless or treacherous to, as to a trust or one who trusts; to be false to; to deceive.
- (transitive) To violate the confidence of, by disclosing a secret, or that which one is bound in honor not to make known.
- (transitive) To disclose or indicate, for example something which prudence would conceal; to reveal unintentionally.
- give away information about somebody
- cause someone to believe an untruth
- deliver to an enemy by treachery
- be sexually unfaithful to one's partner in marriage
- disappoint, prove undependable to; abandon, forsake
- reveal unintentionally
verb
- (intransitive) To prostitute oneself.
- (intransitive) To engage the services of a prostitute.
- (intransitive) To pursue false gods.
- (transitive, slang, video games, derogatory) To overuse something.
- (transitive) To pimp; to pander.
- (transitive) To promote shamelessly.
- (intransitive) To pursue false goals.
- work as a prostitute
- have unlawful sex with a whore
- compromise oneself for money or other gains
noun
- A person who is sexually promiscuous; a slut.
- A person who is unscrupulous, especially one who compromises their principles for gain.
- Synonym of prostitute: a person (especially a woman) who offers sexual services for payment.
- A person who will violate behavioral standards to achieve something desired.
- A contemptible person.
- a woman who engages in sexual intercourse for money
verb
- (intransitive) To commit sodomy; to engage in anal sex.
- (transitive, figurative) To cause great humiliation or harm to (someone or something); to cause great damage to (something, especially from behind).
- (transitive) To engage in sodomy with (someone); to engage in anal (or, rarely, oral) sex as the penetrator (especially without consent).
- (transitive) To engage in sexual intercourse with (an animal), to engage in bestiality.
- copulate with an animal
- practice anal sex upon
verb
- (intransitive) To have an intimate or sexual relationship with a forbidden party.
- (intransitive) To socialize in confidentiality.
- (intransitive) To associate as friends with an enemy, in violation of duty.
- (intransitive) To associate with others in a brotherly or friendly manner.
- be on friendly terms with someone, as if with a brother, especially with an enemy
noun
- a man whose wife committed adultery
- A man married to an adulterous spouse, especially when he is unaware or unaccepting of the fact.
- A West Indian plectognath fish, Rhinesomus triqueter.
- Synonym of fringed filefish.
- A man who is attracted to or aroused by the sexual infidelity of a partner.
- The scrawled cowfish, Acanthostracion quadricornis and allied species.
verb
verb
- (intransitive) To join in sexual intercourse; to copulate.
- (transitive) To join (two things) together, or (one thing) to (another).
- (horse racing, transitive) To enter (multiple horses with the same owner) into a race so that a single bet can be placed on any of them winning.
- (transitive) To cause (two animals) to copulate, to bring (two animals) together for mating.
- bring two objects, ideas, or people together
- form a pair or pairs
- engage in sexual intercourse
- link together
adj
det
noun
- That which joins or links two things together; a bond or tie; a coupler.
- One of the pairs of plates of two metals which compose a voltaic battery, called a voltaic couple or galvanic couple.
- Two of the same kind connected or considered together.
- Two partners in a romantic or sexual relationship.
- (architecture) A couple-close.
- (informal) A small number.
- (physics) A turning effect created by forces that produce a non-zero external torque.
- (physics) something joined by two equal and opposite forces that act along parallel lines
- a pair of people who live together
- a small indefinite number
- a pair who associate with one another
- two items of the same kind
verb
- (intransitive) To take part in amorous activity; to make love; see also play around.
- (intransitive, of a musical instrument) To produce music.
- (transitive) To keep in play, as a hooked fish in order to land it.
- (intransitive, of a theatrical performance, film or music) To be performed, reproduced, or shown.
- (transitive, colloquial) To manipulate, deceive, or swindle.
- (transitive) To handle or deal with (something) in a calculating manner intended to achieve profit or gain.
- (transitive) To act as (the indicated role).
- (transitive, intransitive) To perform in (a sport); to participate in (a game).
- (intransitive, copulative) To act or behave in a stated way.
- To give a false appearance of being; to pretend to be.
- To move so as to fall upon or sweep across something, or to direct or operate (something) in such a manner.
- (intransitive) To be received or accepted (in a given way); to go down.
- (intransitive) To contend or fight using weapons, both as practice or in real life-or-death combats; to engage in martial games; to joust; to fence
- (transitive) To handle or deal with (a matter or situation) in a stated way.
- (transitive) To bring into action or motion; to exhibit in action; to execute or deploy.
- To portray (a character) in (a film or theatre).
- (transitive) To compete against, in a game.
- To gamble.
- To move in a light or brisk manner.
- (African-American Vernacular, intransitive) To kid; to joke; to say something for amusement; to act, or to treat something, unseriously.
- (transitive) To act or perform (a play).
- For additional senses in various idiomatic phrases, see the individual entries, such as play along, play at, play down, play off, play on, play out, play to, play up, etc.
- (transitive, intransitive, of a device, media, broadcast, etc.) To emit or relay sound (especially music) or moving pictures; (of a device) to operate media.
- (transitive, of a person) To operate (a device or media) so as to cause sound (especially music) or moving pictures to be produced.
- To move in an alternating or reciprocal manner; to move to and fro.
- (transitive, of a theatrical company or band, etc.) To perform or give performances in or at (a venue or location).
- (intransitive, especially with 'with'; see also play with) To toy or trifle; to act with levity or thoughtlessness; to be careless.
- (intransitive) To act in a manner such that one has fun; to engage in activities expressly for the purpose of recreation or entertainment.
- Specifying a particular sporting role or position.
- (transitive, intransitive, especially of a person) To produce music using a musical instrument.
- (transitive, usually of a person) To render (a musical title, compositional style, film title, etc.) using a musical instrument or device.
- (transitive, in the scoring of games and sports) To be the opposing score to.
- exhaust by allowing to pull on the line
- engage in recreational activities rather than work; occupy oneself in a diversion
- consider not very seriously
- discharge or direct or be discharged or directed as if in a continuous stream
- cause to move or operate freely within a bounded space
- use to one's advantage
- emit recorded sound
- pretend to have certain qualities or state of mind
- behave in a certain way
- play a role or part
- be performed or presented for public viewing
- stake on the outcome of an issue
- cause to happen or to occur as a consequence
- put (a card or piece) into play during a game, or act strategically as if in a card game
- make bets
- employ in a game or in a specific position
- play on an instrument
- move or seem to move quickly, lightly, or irregularly
- pretend to be somebody in the framework of a game or playful activity
- act or have an effect in a specified way or with a specific effect or outcome
- be at play; be engaged in playful activity; amuse oneself in a way characteristic of children
- behave carelessly or indifferently
- bet or wager (money)
- be received or accepted or interpreted in a specific way
- use or move
- perform on a certain location
- contend against an opponent in a sport, game, or battle
- manipulate manually or in one's mind or imagination
- cause to emit recorded audio or video
- perform on a stage or theater
- engage in an activity as if it were a game rather than take it seriously
- participate in games or sport
- shoot or hit in a particular manner
- perform music on (a musical instrument)
- replay (as a melody)
noun
- (turn-based games) An action carried out when it is one's turn to play.
- (uncountable, formerly countable) Activity for amusement only, especially among the young.
- (uncountable) Movement (of a pattern of light etc.)
- (countable, uncountable) An instance or instances of causing media to be watched or heard, such as by broadcasting.
- The extent to which a part of a mechanism can move freely, as for example lash, backlash, or slack.
- (countable) A literary composition, intended to be represented by actors impersonating the characters and speaking the dialogue.
- (uncountable, informal) Sexual activity or sexual role-playing.
- (uncountable) Freedom to move.
- (countable) A geological formation that contains an accumulation or prospect of hydrocarbons or other resources.
- (countable) An instance of watching or listening to media.
- (countable) A theatrical performance featuring actors.
- (uncountable) An individual's performance in a sport or game.
- (uncountable) The conduct, or course, of a game.
- (countable) A short sequence of action within a game.
- (countable) An instance of wordplay.
- (uncountable) Similar activity in young animals, as they explore their environment and learn new skills.
- (countable) An attempt to move forward, as in a plan or strategy, for example by a business, investor, or political party.
- (countable) A button that, when pressed, causes media to be played.
- (uncountable, sports, with certain prepositions, also figurative) The sphere or circumstance in which a playing implement, such as a ball, is available to be played (see also in play, out of play).
- (in games or plays or other performances) the time during which play proceeds
- a preset plan of action in team sports
- the removal of constraints
- verbal wit or mockery (often at another's expense but not to be taken seriously)
- activity by children that is guided more by imagination than by fixed rules
- a deliberate coordinated movement requiring dexterity and skill
- movement or space for movement
- (game) the activity of doing something in an agreed succession
- the act of playing for stakes in the hope of winning (including the payment of a price for a chance to win a prize)
- the act using a sword (or other weapon) vigorously and skillfully
- a weak and tremulous light
- a state in which action is feasible
- a theatrical performance of a drama
- gay or light-hearted recreational activity for diversion or amusement
- a dramatic work intended for performance by actors on a stage
- an attempt to get something
- utilization or exercise
verb
- To violate sexually; to debauch; to dishonour.
- To corrupt or profane
- (transitive) To make something or somewhere less suitable for some activity, especially by the introduction of some unnatural factor.
- (transitive) To make something harmful, especially by the addition of some unwanted product.
- make impure
adj
verb
- (intransitive) To fall into sin; stray.
- (nautical) To change the direction of the sail so as to point in a direction that is more down wind; to bring the bow leeward.
- (transitive and intransitive) To become detached or to drop from.
- (intransitive) To diminish in size, value, etc. To get worse (in quality).
- fall heavily or suddenly; decline markedly
- diminish in size or intensity
- come off
noun
verb
- (intransitive) To take a spouse.
- (figuratively, transitive) To join or commit to, more or less permanently, as if in marriage.
- (transitive) To take as one's spouse.
- (figurative, intransitive) To take to oneself and support; to espouse.
- (transitive) To perform the marriage ceremony for; to join in matrimony.
- (Northern England, Scotland) To wager, stake, bet, place a bet, make a wager.
- (reciprocal) To take each other as a spouse.
- perform a marriage ceremony
- take in marriage; married
adj
verb
- (slang) To cheat; to be unfaithful to a romantic partner.
- (tennis, of a forehand or a backhand) To change one's position on the court to hit a forehand rather than a backhand, or vice versa.
- (rail transport, of a locomotive) To move from one end of the consist to the other, so as to pull the train in the opposite direction.
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see run, around.
- (idiomatic, intransitive) To go from place to place.
- (idiomatic, intransitive) To be very busy doing many different things.
- play boisterously
noun
verb
- (intransitive) To have sex
- (idiomatic, reciprocal, transitive) To start dating; to start being a couple.
- (transitive, intransitive) To accumulate, to gather.
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see get, together.
- (transitive, intransitive) To meet, to gather together, to congregate.
- (intransitive) To agree.
- get people together
- become part of; become a member of a group or organization
- get together socially or for a specific purpose
noun
adj
noun
adj
noun
verb
adj
- Having given oneself up to vice; immoral; extremely wicked, or sinning without restraint; irreclaimably wicked.
- Free from constraint; uninhibited.
- (geology) No longer being acted upon by the geologic forces that formed it.
- No longer maintained by its former owners, residents, or caretakers; forsaken, deserted.
- unrestrained and uninhibited
- forsaken by owner or inhabitants
verb
adj
noun
adj
- suggestive of sexual impropriety
- filled with melancholy and despondency
- morally rigorous and strict
- used to signify the Union forces in the American Civil War (who wore blue uniforms)
- characterized by profanity or cursing
- of the color intermediate between green and violet; having a color similar to that of a clear unclouded sky
- causing dejection
- belonging to or characteristic of the nobility or aristocracy
- (UK politics) Supportive of or related to the Conservative Party.
- (informal) Depressed, melancholic, sad.
- (informal) Risqué; obscene; profane; pornographic.
- (US politics) Supportive of, run by (a member of), pertaining to, or dominated by the Democratic Party.
- (of a dog or cat) Having a coat of fur of a slaty gray shade.
- (particle physics) Having a colour charge of blue.
- (astronomy) Of, dominated by, or shifted toward the higher-frequency, or "bluer", end of the electromagnetic spectrum.
- Of a blue hue.
- (of steak) Extra rare; left very raw and cold.
- Having a bluish or purplish shade to the skin due to a lack of oxygen to the normally deep-red red blood cells; cyanotic.
- (of a flame) Pale, without redness or glare.
- (Australian politics) Supportive of or related to the Liberal Party.
noun
- used to whiten laundry or hair or give it a bluish tinge
- the sky as viewed during daylight
- the sodium salt of amobarbital that is used as a barbiturate; used as a sedative and a hypnotic
- any organization or party whose uniforms or badges are blue
- any of numerous small butterflies of the family Lycaenidae
- blue color or pigment; resembling the color of the clear sky in the daytime
- blue clothing
- Any of several processes to protect metal against rust.
- The ocean; deep waters.
- A blue dye or pigment.
- A bluefish.
- A blue cheese.
- Sporting colours awarded by a university or other institution for sporting achievement, such as representing one's university, especially and originally at Oxford and Cambridge Universities in England. See also full blue, half blue.
- The far distance; a remote or distant place.
- Anything coloured blue, especially to distinguish it from similar objects differing only in colour.
- (particle physics) One of the three colour charges for quarks.
- A member of a sports team that wears blue colours; (in the plural) a nickname for the team as a whole. See also blues.
- A person who has received such sporting colours.
- (countable and uncountable) The colour of the clear sky or the deep sea; the colour midway between green and violet in the visible spectrum and one of the primary additive colours.
- A liquid with an intense blue colour, added to a laundry wash to prevent yellowing of white clothes.
- (UK politics) A member or supporter of the Conservative Party.
- (baseball, slang) An umpire, in reference to the typical dark-blue colour of the umpire's uniform. Sometimes perceived by umpires as derogatory when used by players or coaches while disputing a call.
- (slang) A member of law enforcement.
- The sky, literally or figuratively.
- (British) A type of firecracker.
- (entomology) Any of the butterflies of the subfamily Polyommatinae in the family Lycaenidae, most of which have blue on their wings.
- (now historical) A bluestocking.
- A dog or cat with a slaty gray coat.
- (slang, uncountable) Risqué or pornographic material.
- (snooker) One of the colour balls used in snooker, with a value of five points.
- (uncountable) Blue clothing.
- (in the plural) A blue uniform. See blues.
- (Australia, colloquial) An argument or brawl.
verb
- turn blue
- (transitive, laundry) To brighten by treating with blue (laundry aid).
- (ergative) To make or become blue; to turn blue.
- (transitive, metallurgy) To treat the surface of steel so that it is passivated chemically and becomes more resistant to rust.
- (intransitive, Australia, slang) To fight, brawl, or argue.
adj
- suggestive of sexual impropriety
- willing to face danger
- (used of the smell of meat) smelling spoiled or tainted
- Having the smell, taste and texture of game meat.
- Plucky, spirited or gritty.
- Risque, sordid or sexually suggestive.
- (gaming) Involving in-game actions or behaviour that break immersion or contradict common sense in favour of exploiting game mechanics.
adj
- suggestive of sexual impropriety
- marked by richness and fullness of flavor
- full of zest or vigor
- designed or suitable for competing in a race
- Mildly risqué.
- Having a strong flavor indicating origin; of distinct characteristic taste; tasting of the soil.
- (programming) Involving a data race or a race condition.
- (figurative, by extension) Exciting to the mind by a strong or distinctive character of thought or language; peculiar and piquant; fresh and lively.
adj
- suggestive of sexual impropriety
- producing a burning sensation on the taste nerves
- Of a food, flavor, or odor, tangy, zesty, or pungent.
- (Internet slang) Risky; mildly aggressive or dangerous.
- Of, pertaining to, or containing spice.
- (Internet slang) Risqué, sexy, racy; mildly pornographic.
- (informal, idiomatic) Scandalous.
- Of a flavor, provoking a burning sensation due to the presence of capsaicin or a similar chemical.
- Of an expression or behavior, vigorous; colorful; stimulating.