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verb
noun
- A programmable electronic device that performs mathematical calculations and logical operations, especially one that can process, store and retrieve large amounts of data very quickly; now especially, a small one for personal or home use employed for manipulating text or graphics, accessing the Internet, or playing games or media.
- an expert at calculation (or at operating calculating machines)
- a machine for performing calculations automatically
verb
- (intransitive) To become computerlike.
- (transitive, computing) To equip with a computer or a computer system.
- (transitive, computing) To enter data into such a system.
- (transitive, computing) To convert a manual function or system into a computer system.
- store in a computer
- provide with computers
- control a function, process, or creation by a computer
noun
- The use of a computer or computers.
- The study of computers and computer programming.
- (literally) The process or act of calculation.
- the branch of engineering science that studies (with the aid of computers) computable processes and structures
- the procedure of calculating; determining something by mathematical or logical methods
verb
verb
- (intransitive, computing) To stop responding to manual input devices such as the keyboard and mouse.
- (intransitive) To veer in one direction.
- (intransitive) To be or remain suspended.
- (intransitive, chess) To be vulnerable to capture.
- (transitive, computing) To cause (a program or computer) to stop responding.
- (transitive, baseball, slang, of a pitcher) To throw a hittable off-speed pitch.
- (intransitive, law) To be executed by suspension by one's neck from a gallows, a tree, or other raised bar, attached by a rope tied into a noose.
- (intransitive, figuratively) To remain persistently in one's thoughts.
- (transitive) To cause (something) to be suspended, as from a hook, hanger, hinges, or the like.
- (intransitive, of a ball in cricket, tennis, etc.) To rebound unexpectedly or unusually slowly, due to backward spin on the ball or imperfections of the ground.
- (transitive, figurative) To attach or cause to stick (a charge or accusation, etc.).
- (transitive) To prevent from reaching a decision, especially by refusing to join in a verdict that must be unanimous.
- (transitive) To apply (wallpaper or drywall to a wall).
- (transitive) To hold or bear in a suspended or inclined manner or position instead of erect.
- (transitive, law) To kill (someone) by suspension from the neck, usually as a form of execution or suicide.
- (transitive) To exhibit (an object) by hanging.
- (intransitive) To float, as if suspended.
- (intransitive, informal) To loiter; to hang around; to spend time idly.
- (transitive, chess) To cause (a piece) to become vulnerable to capture.
- (transitive, informal) (used in maledictions) To damn.
- (transitive) To decorate (something) with hanging objects.
- be exhibited
- hold on tightly or tenaciously
- decorate or furnish with something suspended
- be suspended or poised
- be suspended or hanging
- be menacing, burdensome, or oppressive
- give heed (to)
- be placed in position as by a hinge
- let drop or droop
- suspend (meat) in order to get a gamey taste
- fall or flow in a certain way
- prevent from reaching a verdict, of a jury
- kill by hanging
- cause to be hanging or suspended
- place in position as by a hinge so as to allow free movement in one direction
noun
- (colloquial) The smallest amount of concern or consideration; a damn.
- (computing) An instance of ceasing to respond to input.
- (Ireland, informal, derogatory) Cheap processed ham (cured pork), often made specially for sandwiches.
- A slackening of motion.
- The way in which something hangs.
- A hangout.
- A sharp or steep declivity or slope.
- A person that someone hangs out with.
- Alternative spelling of Hang (“musical instrument”).
- A mass of hanging material.
- (informal, figuratively) A grip, understanding.
- a gymnastic exercise performed on the rings or horizontal bar or parallel bars when the gymnast's weight is supported by the arms
- a special way of doing something
- the way a garment hangs
verb
- (intransitive) Of a machine, including computer programs, to be operating or working normally.
- (transitive) To encounter or incur (a danger or risk).
- To tend, as to an effect or consequence; to incline.
- (transitive) To complete a running course or event in (a given time).
- (figurative, transitive) To pass (without stopping), typically a stop signal, stop sign, or duty to yield the right of way.
- (transitive) To execute or carry out a plan, procedure, or program.
- To fuse; to shape; to mould; to cast.
- (transitive) To transit (a length of a river), as in whitewater rafting.
- (intransitive) Of stitches or stitched clothing, to unravel.
- To cause to be drawn; to mark out; to indicate; to determine.
- (golf) To strike (the ball) in such a way as to cause it to run along the ground, as when approaching a hole.
- (intransitive) To flee from a danger or towards help.
- To press (a bank, etc.) with immediate demands for payment.
- (intransitive) To become liquid; to melt.
- (intransitive) To be a candidate in an election.
- (transitive, agriculture) To sort through a large volume of produce in quality control.
- (transitive) To transport (someone or something), notionally at a brisk pace.
- (copulative) To become different in a way mentioned (usually to become worse).
- To have a legal course; to be attached; to continue in force, effect, or operation; to follow; to go in company.
- (transitive) To cover (a course or a distance) by running.
- (intransitive) To leak or spread in an undesirable fashion; to bleed (especially used of dye or paint).
- past participle of rin
- (intransitive) To move briskly or smoothly with a motion of sliding, rolling, sweeping etc.
- (transitive) To make (something) extend in space.
- (sports, especially baseball) To eject from a game or match.
- To pass or go quickly in thought or conversation.
- (transitive) To cause to move quickly or lightly.
- (intransitive) To move forward quickly upon two feet by alternately making a short jump off either foot.
- (intransitive) To extend in time, to last, to continue (usually with a measure phrase).
- (intransitive) Of fish, to migrate for spawning.
- To drive or force; to cause, or permit, to be driven.
- (transitive or intransitive) To compete in a race.
- (transitive, intransitive) Of a means of transportation: to travel (a route).
- (intransitive) To be presented in the media.
- (transitive) To make stand in an election.
- To exert continuous activity; to proceed.
- (transitive) To cause (a vehicle) to travel a route.
- (intransitive) To extend in space or through a range (often with a measure phrase).
- (American football, transitive or intransitive) To carry (a football) down the field, as opposed to passing or kicking.
- To pursue in thought; to carry in contemplation.
- (transitive) To make a liquid or electric current flow from or into an object.
- (transitive) To smuggle (illegal goods).
- (transitive) To control or manage; to be in charge of.
- (intransitive) To go at a fast pace; to move quickly.
- (transitive) To make a machine operate.
- To have growth or development.
- (transitive) To cost an amount of money.
- (intransitive, figuratively) To move or spread quickly.
- (nautical, of a vessel) To sail before the wind, in distinction from reaching or sailing close-hauled.
- (intransitive) Of a liquid or electric current, to flow.
- (transitive) To print or broadcast in the media.
- To control or have precedence in a card game.
- (transitive, juggling, colloquial) To juggle a pattern continuously, as opposed to starting and stopping quickly.
- To be in form thus, as a combination of words.
- (intransitive) Of an object, to have a liquid flowing from it.
- (video games, rare) To speedrun.
- (transitive) To cause stitched clothing to unravel.
- To cause to enter; to thrust.
- (transitive) To make enter a race.
- To encounter or suffer (a particular, usually bad, fate or misfortune).
- To sew (a seam) by passing the needle through material in a continuous line, generally taking a series of stitches on the needle at the same time.
- cover by running; run a certain distance
- deal in illegally, such as arms or liquor
- include as the content; broadcast or publicize
- travel rapidly, by any (unspecified) means
- run with the ball; in such sports as football
- occur persistently
- flee; take to one's heels; cut and run
- reduce or cause to be reduced from a solid to a liquid state, usually by heating
- run, stand, or compete for an office or a position
- be diffused
- change from one state to another
- pursue for food or sport (as of wild animals)
- carry out a process or program, as on a computer or a machine
- become undone
- be affected by; be subjected to
- move along, of liquids
- progress by being changed
- cause something to pass or lead somewhere
- change or be different within limits
- be operating, running or functioning
- continue to exist
- move about freely and without restraint, or act as if running around in an uncontrolled way
- make without a miss
- sail before the wind
- cause to perform
- have a tendency or disposition to do or be something; be inclined
- conduct to completion
- cause to emit recorded audio or video
- compete in a race
- direct or control; projects, businesses, etc.
- come unraveled or undone as if by snagging
- pass over, across, or through
- set animals loose to graze
- keep company
- move fast by using one's feet, with one foot off the ground at any given time
- perform as expected when applied
- extend or continue for a certain period of time
- cause an animal to move fast
- travel a route regularly
- have a particular form
- stretch out over a distance, space, time, or scope; run or extend between two points or beyond a certain point
adj
noun
- A production quantity (such as in a factory).
- (mining) The horizontal distance to which a drift may be carried, either by licence of the proprietor of a mine or by the nature of the formation; also, the direction which a vein of ore or other substance takes.
- A trial.
- One’s gait while running; the way one runs.
- (construction) Horizontal dimension of a slope.
- A flow of liquid; a leak.
- (cricket) The act of passing from one wicket to another; the point scored for this.
- (chiefly eastern North Midland US, especially Ohio, Pennsylvania, West Virginia) A small creek or part thereof. (Compare Southern US branch and New York and New England brook.)
- Migration of fish.
- The top of a step on a staircase, also called a tread, as opposed to the rise.
- (video games, speedrunning) A playthrough, or attempted playthrough; a session of play.
- (skiing, bobsledding) A single trip down a hill, as in skiing and bobsledding.
- Any sudden large demand for something.
- (banking) A sudden series of demands on a bank or other financial institution, especially characterised by great withdrawals.
- An enclosure for an animal; a track or path along which something can travel.
- (slang) A period of extended (usually daily) drug use.
- A standard or unexceptional group or category.
- The horizontal length of a set of stairs
- (music) A rapid passage in music, especially along a scale.
- (golf) The movement communicated to a golf ball by running it.
- (American football) A running play.
- The distance drilled with a bit, in oil drilling.
- State of being current; currency; popularity.
- The period of showing of a play, film, TV series, etc.
- A quick pace, faster than a walk.
- A line of knit stitches that have unravelled, particularly in a nylon stocking.
- (card games) A sequence of cards in a suit in a card game.
- (baseball) A score when a runner touches all bases legally; the act of a runner scoring.
- (golf) The distance a ball travels after touching the ground from a stroke.
- (mathematics, computing) The execution of a program or model
- A pair or set of millstones.
- A series of tries in a game that were successful.
- (Australia, New Zealand) A rural landholding for farming, usually for running sheep, and operated by a runholder.
- Act or instance of hurrying (to or from a place) (not necessarily on foot); dash or errand, trip.
- Flight, instance or period of fleeing.
- (nautical) The stern of the underwater body of a ship from where it begins to curve upward and inward.
- (of horses) A fast gallop.
- Act or instance of running, of moving rapidly using the feet.
- Unrestricted use. Only used in have the run of.
- A continuous period (of time) marked by a trend; a period marked by a continuing trend.
- A (regular) trip or route.
- The route taken while running or skiing.
- The distance sailed by a ship.
- A group of fish that migrate, or ascend a river for the purpose of spawning.
- A pleasure trip.
- A voyage.
- a small stream
- the pouring forth of a fluid
- a regular trip
- unrestricted freedom to use
- an unbroken chronological sequence
- (American football) a play in which a player attempts to carry the ball through or past the opposing team
- the production achieved during a continuous period of operation (of a machine or factory etc.)
- the act of testing something
- the continuous period of time during which something (a machine or a factory) operates or continues in operation
- a race between candidates for elective office
- a race run on foot
- a short trip
- an unbroken series of events
- the act of running; traveling on foot at a fast pace
- a score in baseball made by a runner touching all four bases safely
- a row of unravelled stitches
adj
- Of a computer: actively connected to the Internet or to some other communications service.
- connected to a computer network or accessible by computer
- Of a generator or power plant: connected to the grid.
- Of a system: active, particularly building facilities (such as power) or a factory or power plant.
- (slang) Immersed in Internet culture. (Usually modified by an intensifier such as extremely or terminally)
- Connected to the Internet.
- Available over, or delivered from, the Internet.
- Available on a computer system, even if not networked.
- being in progress now
- on a regular route of a railroad or bus or airline system
adv
verb
noun
- (slang) A computer.
- (cellular automata) A finite pattern that reappears after a certain number of generations in the same orientation but in a different position.
- (astronautics) A manned vehicle that flies through space.
- (programming) The operator <=> in certain programming languages, which compares two values and indicates whether the first is lesser than, greater than, or equal to the second.
- a spacecraft designed to carry a crew into interstellar space (especially in science fiction)
verb
- (transitive, computing) To request (a user) to provide input or do something on a computer.
- (transitive, theater and television) To show or tell (an actor/person) the words they should be saying, or actions they should be doing.
- (transitive, machine learning) To provide textual input in the form of ordinary language to (an artificial intelligence or language model) to have it generate a desired output.
- (transitive) To initiate; to cause or lead to.
- (transitive) To lead (someone) toward what they should say or do.
- (transitive) To say (something) in order to help or encourage someone to speak.
- assist (somebody acting or reciting) by suggesting the next words of something forgotten or imperfectly learned
- serve as the inciting cause of
- give an incentive for action
adj
noun
- (computing) A sequence of characters that is displayed to indicate that a computer is ready to receive input.
- (machine learning) Textual input given to a large language model or image model in order to have it generate a desired output.
- (theater) A word, phrase or line supplied by a prompter to an actor who has forgotten the script.
- (writing) A suggestion for inspiration given to an author.
- (computer science) a symbol that appears on the computer screen to indicate that the computer is ready to receive a command
- a cue given to a performer (usually the beginning of the next line to be spoken)
verb
noun
- (music) A component of many instruments, including the piano, organ, and harpsichord, consisting of usually black and white keys that cause different tones to be produced when struck.
- (computing, etc.) A set of keys laid out in a grid-like pattern, used for typing on a typewriter, computer etc.
- (music) An electronic device containing a keyboard (preceding sense), especially one that is capable of producing musical sounds when the keys are played.
- holder consisting of an arrangement of hooks on which keys or locks can be hung
- device consisting of a set of keys on a piano or organ or typewriter or typesetting machine or computer or the like
verb
- (intransitive, computing) To navigate by means of a computer mouse.
- (intransitive) To hunt or catch mice (the rodents), usually of cats. [from 12th c.]
- (intransitive) To move cautiously or furtively, in the manner of a mouse (the rodent) (frequently used in the phrasal verb to mouse around).
- (transitive, nautical) To close the mouth of a hook by a careful binding of marline or wire.
- manipulate the mouse of a computer
- to go stealthily or furtively
noun
- (set theory) A small model of (a fragment of) Zermelo-Fraenkel set theory with desirable properties (depending on the context).
- (historical) A small cushion for a woman's hair.
- A quiet or shy person.
- A match used in firing guns or blasting.
- (computing) An input device that is moved over a pad or other flat surface to produce a corresponding movement of a pointer on a graphical display.
- (nautical) A turn or lashing of spun yarn or small stuff, or a metallic clasp or fastening, uniting the point and shank of a hook to prevent its unhooking or straightening out.
- Part of a hind leg of beef, next to the round.
- (computing) A pointer.
- A rodent, typically having a small body, dark fur, and a long tail.
- Any small rodent of the genus Mus.
- (boxing) A facial hematoma or black eye.
- a hand-operated electronic device that controls the coordinates of a cursor on your computer screen as you move it around on a pad; on the bottom of the device is a ball that rolls on the surface of the pad
- person who is quiet or timid
- a swollen bruise caused by a blow to the eye
- any of numerous small rodents typically resembling diminutive rats having pointed snouts and small ears on elongated bodies with slender usually hairless tails
verb
- (transitive) To type (something) into a computer; to input.
- (law, intransitive) To become effective; to come into effect.
- (intransitive, formal) To begin (a regular activity or job); to undertake; to take up. [with on or upon]
- (transitive) To record (something) in an account, ledger, etc.
- (transitive) To cause to go (into), or to be received (into); to put in; to insert; to cause to be admitted.
- (figuratively) To go or come into (a state or profession).
- (transitive, law) To place in regular form before the court, usually in writing; to put upon record in proper from and order
- (law) To go into or upon, as lands, and take actual possession of them.
- (intransitive) To go or come into an enclosed or partially enclosed space.
- To deposit for copyright the title or description of (a book, picture, map, etc.).
- To make report of (a vessel or its cargo) at the custom house; to submit a statement of (imported goods), with the original invoices, to the proper customs officer for estimating the duties. See entry.
- (intransitive, law) To become a party to an agreement, treaty, etc.
- set out on (an enterprise or subject of study)
- become a participant; be involved in
- to come or go into
- put or introduce into something
- take on duties or office
- make a record of; set down in permanent form
- be or play a part of or in
- come on stage
- register formally as a participant or member
noun
verb
- (transitive, computing, programming) To use; to connect to.
- (backgammon) To take up, or replace by a piece belonging to the opposing player; said of a single unprotected piece on a point.
- (transitive) To affect negatively.
- (transitive, US, slang) To have sex with.
- (figurative, ambitransitive) To affect someone, as if dealing a blow to that person.
- (figuratively) To attack.
- (transitive, slang) To kill a person, usually on the instructions of a third party.
- To guess; to light upon or discover.
- (intransitive, baseball) To come up to bat.
- (intransitive) To meet or reach what was aimed at or desired; to succeed, often by luck.
- (transitive, colloquial) To switch on or switch off (lights).
- (transitive, informal) To reach or achieve.
- (transitive) To activate a button or key by pressing and releasing it.
- (transitive) To administer a blow to, directly or with a weapon or missile.
- (transitive) To come into contact with forcefully and suddenly.
- (transitive, military) To attack, especially amphibiously.
- (transitive, informal) To encounter an obstacle or other difficulty.
- (transitive) To manage to touch (a target) in the right place.
- (transitive, US, slang) To inhale an amount of smoke from a narcotic substance, particularly marijuana.
- (transitive, music, informal) To commence playing.
- (transitive, card games) In blackjack, to deal a card to.
- (transitive, colloquial) To briefly visit.
- (transitive, bodybuilding) To work out.
- (intransitive) To strike against something.
- (transitive, bodybuilding) (of an exercise) to affect, to work a body part.
- reach a destination, either real or abstract
- cause to experience suddenly
- hit against; come into sudden contact with
- hit the intended target or goal
- affect or afflict suddenly, usually adversely
- make a strategic, offensive, assault against an enemy, opponent, or a target
- deal a blow to, either with the hand or with an instrument
- drive something violently into a location
- cause to move by striking
- kill intentionally and with premeditation
- hit with a missile from a weapon
- produce by manipulating keys or strings of musical instruments
- pay unsolicited and usually unwanted sexual attention to
- encounter by chance
- reach a point in time, or a certain state or level
adj
noun
- (Internet) A measured visit to a web site, a request for a single file from a web server.
- Something very successful, such as a song, film, or video game, that receives widespread recognition and acclaim.
- (baseball) The complete play, when the batter reaches base without the benefit of a walk, error, or fielder’s choice.
- (backgammon) A game won after the adversary has removed some of his men. It counts for less than a gammon.
- A premeditated murder done for criminal or political purposes.
- (backgammon) A move that throws one of the opponent's men back to the entering point.
- In the game of Battleship, a correct guess at where one's opponent ship is.
- An attack on a location, person or people.
- (figuratively) A blow; a calamitous or damaging occurrence.
- A collision of a projectile with the target.
- (computing, Internet) A match found by searching a computer system or search engine
- An approximately correct answer in a test set.
- A blow; a punch; a striking against; the collision of one body against another; the stroke that touches anything.
- (colloquial) A dose of an illegal or addictive drug.
- the act of contacting one thing with another
- a connection made via the internet to another website
- a conspicuous success
- (physics) a brief event in which two or more bodies come together
- a dose of a narcotic drug
- a murder carried out by an underworld syndicate
- (baseball) when a batter strikes a pitched ball into fair territory and arrives safely on base (without an error or a fielder's choice being made by the defense)
pron
verb
- (transitive, intransitive, computing, graphical user interface) To interact with a touch screen by drawing one's finger rapidly across it.
- (transitive) To scan or register by sliding (a swipecard etc.) through a reader.
- (transitive, informal) To swipe right on (someone) on a dating application.
- (transitive, informal) To steal or snatch.
- (intransitive) To grab or bat quickly.
- (transitive) To strike with a strong blow in a sweeping motion.
- strike with a swiping motion
- make off with belongings of others
noun
- (countable, informal) A rough guess; an estimate or swag.
- (uncountable) Poor, weak beer or other inferior alcoholic beverage; rotgut.
- (countable, graphical user interface) An act of interacting with a touch screen by drawing the finger rapidly across it.
- (countable) A strong blow given with a sweeping motion, as with a bat or club.
- (countable, informal) An attack, insult or critical remark.
- (countable) A quick grab, bat, or other motion with the hand or paw; a sweep.
- (countable) An act of passing a swipecard through a card reader.
- a sweeping stroke or blow
verb
- (intransitive, computing, engineering) To stop functioning, to go offline.
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see go, down.
- (intransitive, UK, colloquial) To be pleasant, etc., when eaten or drunk.
- (nautical, of a ship or boat) To sink.
- (intransitive, slang, African-American Vernacular, of a gang) To attack another gang.
- (intransitive, slang) To take place, happen.
- (intransitive) To be received or accepted.
- (intransitive) To be blamed for something; to be the scapegoat; to go to prison.
- (intransitive, of a heavenly body) Synonym of set, to disappear below the horizon.
- (aviation, intransitive) To crash.
- To descend; to move from a higher place to a lower one.
- (intransitive) To fall (down); to fall to the floor.
- (intransitive) To decrease; to change from a greater value to a lesser one.
- (intransitive, slang) To be soundly defeated.
- (intransitive) To be recorded or remembered (as).
- (intransitive, with on) To perform oral sex.
- stop operating
- move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way
- disappear beyond the horizon
- be recorded or remembered
- be defeated
- go under
- be ingested
- grow smaller
verb
- (transitive) To stop using a piece of equipment, such as a telephone or computer.
- (intransitive) To escape serious or severe consequences; to receive only mild or no punishment (or injuries, etc) for something one has done or been accused of.
- (transitive) To help someone to escape serious or severe consequences and receive only mild or no punishment.
- (intransitive, slang) To experience great pleasure, especially sexual pleasure; in particular, to experience an orgasm.
- (transitive, especially in an interrogative sentence) To find enjoyment (in behaving in a presumptuous, rude, or intrusive manner).
- (intransitive) To stop touching or physically interfering with something or someone.
- (transitive) To make or help someone be ready to leave a place (especially to go to another place).
- (intransitive) Indicates annoyance or dismissiveness.
- (transitive) To move (something) from being on top of (something else) to not being on top of it.
- (intransitive, slang, UK) To kiss; to smooch.
- (transitive) To cause (something) to stop touching or interfering with (something else).
- (transitive, UK) To make (someone) fall asleep.
- (intransitive, slang) To get high (on a drug).
- (transitive) To acquire (something) from (someone).
- (transitive, slang) To masturbate.
- (transitive, intransitive) To disembark, especially from mass transportation such as a bus or train; to depart from (a path, highway, etc).
- (intransitive, UK) To fall asleep.
- (transitive) To reserve or have a period of time as a vacation from work.
- (transitive, intransitive) To move from being on top of (something) to not being on top of it.
- (transitive, intransitive) To leave one's job, or leave school, as scheduled or with permission.
- (transitive, slang) To excite or arouse, especially in a sexual manner, as to cause to experience orgasm.
- (transitive) To (write and) send (something); to discharge.
- (transitive, slang) To quit using a drug.
- transfer
- escape potentially unpleasant consequences; get away with a forbidden action
- alight from (a horse)
- cause to be acquitted; get off the hook; in a legal case
- get high, stoned, or drugged
- leave a vehicle, aircraft, etc.
- be relieved of one's duties temporarily
- get out of quickly
- send via the postal service
- deliver verbally
- enjoy in a sexual way
verb
- (intransitive) To navigate (to a file or folder on a computer, a site on the internet, a memory, etc).
- To apply oneself; to undertake; to have as one's goal or intention. (Compare be going to.)
- (intransitive) To move or travel in order to do something, or to do something while moving.
- (transitive) To make the (specified) sound.
- (copulative, rather informal, followed by an adjective) To become (often used with colors and negative states).
- To come (to a certain condition or state).
- To be expressed or composed (a certain way).
- (intransitive) To collapse or give way, to break apart.
- (intransitive) To make an effort, to subject oneself (to something).
- (transitive) To yield or weigh.
- (intransitive) To die.
- (transitive, intransitive) To survive or get by; to last or persist for a stated length of time.
- (intransitive) To take a turn, especially in a game.
- To contribute to a (specified) end product or result.
- (imperative) Expressing encouragement or approval.
- (transitive) To take (a particular part or share); to participate in to the extent of.
- (intransitive) To be valid or applicable.
- (intransitive) To leave; to move away.
- (intransitive, colloquial, euphemistic) To fight, usually with the fists.
- To travel or pass along.
- (intransitive, colloquial, with another verb, sometimes linked by and) To proceed (especially to do something foolish).
- (intransitive, of time) To elapse, to pass; to slip away. (Compare go by.)
- (intransitive) To fight or attack.
- (intransitive) To extend (from one point in time or space to another).
- (in phrases with 'as') Used to express how some category of things generally is, as a reference for, contrast to, or comparison with, a particular example.
- (intransitive) To be accepted.
- (intransitive, cricket, of a wicket) To be lost.
- To move to (a position or state).
- (intransitive) To start; to begin (an action or process).
- (intransitive, snooker) Of a ball, to be capable of being potted, not having its path to the pocket obstructed by other balls.
- (intransitive) To extend along.
- (intransitive, usually followed by with) To pass (a specified time) in gestation; to be pregnant.
- (transitive, colloquial) To say (something, aloud or to oneself).
- (transitive, colloquial) To enjoy. (Compare go for.)
- (intransitive, chiefly of a machine) To work or function (properly); to move or perform (as required).
- (intransitive, often followed by a preposition) To fit.
- (transitive, Australian slang) To attack.
- (intransitive) To date.
- (transitive, sports) To have a certain record.
- (intransitive) To sound; to make a noise.
- (intransitive) To be given, especially to be assigned or allotted.
- (intransitive) To belong (somewhere).
- (intransitive) To be spent or used up.
- (intransitive, cricket, of a batsman) To be out.
- (intransitive) To be compatible, especially of colors or food and drink.
- (intransitive, colloquial) To go to the toilet; to urinate or defecate.
- (intransitive) Of an opinion or instruction, to have (final) authority; to be authoritative.
- (intransitive) To move through space (especially to or through a place). (May be used of tangible things such as people or cars, or intangible things such as moods or information.)
- (intransitive) To work (through or over), especially mentally.
- (intransitive) To be sold.
- To assume the obligation or function of; to be, to serve as.
- (intransitive) To break down or decay.
- (intransitive) To be discarded or disposed of.
- To move (a particular distance, or in a particular fashion).
- (intransitive) To proceed (often in a specified manner, indicating the perceived quality of an event or state).
- (intransitive) To tend (toward a result)
- To turn out, to result; to come to (a certain result).
- (intransitive) To end or disappear. (Compare go away.)
- (intransitive) To attend.
- (intransitive, copulative) To continuously or habitually be in a state.
- (intransitive) To lead (to a place); to give access (to).
- To follow or proceed according to (a course or path).
- (transitive) To (begin to) date or have sex with (a particular race).
- (UK, especially MLE, Australia, Singapore, intransitive, colloquial) Clipping of go to the.
- (intransitive) To resort (to).
- (intransitive) To move or travel through time (either literally—in a fictional or hypothetical situation in which time travel is possible—or in one's mind or knowledge of the historical record). (See also go back.)
- (transitive, intransitive) To offer, bid or bet an amount; to pay; to sell for.
- be sounded, played, or expressed
- lead, extend, or afford access
- change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
- be spent
- go through in search of something; search through someone's belongings in an unauthorized way
- pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life
- to be spent or finished
- be or continue to be in a certain condition
- be the right size or shape; fit correctly or as desired
- progress by being changed
- be abolished or discarded
- begin or set in motion
- be contained in
- stop operating or functioning
- have a turn; make one's move in a game
- pass, fare, or elapse; of a certain state of affairs or action
- follow a procedure or take a course
- enter or assume a certain state or condition
- be ranked or compare
- be awarded; be allotted
- move away from a place into another direction
- blend or harmonize
- make a certain noise or sound
- be in the right place or situation
- follow a certain course
- perform as expected when applied
- give support (to) or make a choice (of) one out of a group or number
- continue to live and avoid dying
- have a particular form
- stretch out over a distance, space, time, or scope; run or extend between two points or beyond a certain point
adj
noun
- An attempt, a try.
- An act; the working or operation.
- (uncountable) Power of going or doing; energy; vitality; perseverance.
- (cribbage) The situation where a player cannot play a card which will not carry the aggregate count above thirty-one.
- A period of activity.
- A turn at something, or in something (e.g. a game).
- (uncommon) The act of going.
- (board games) A strategic board game, originally from China and today also popular in Japan and Korea, in which two players (black and white) attempt to control the largest area of the board with their counters.
- A time; an experience.
- An approval or permission to do something, or that which has been approved.
- street names for methylenedioxymethamphetamine
- a time period for working (after which you will be relieved by someone else)
- a usually brief attempt
- a board game for two players who place counters on a grid; the object is to surround and so capture the opponent's counters
noun
- (computing) A type of activity on a computer that is not normally visible to the user.
- Information relevant to the current situation about past events; history.
- (film) An extra who appears in the background, with no speaking role.
- A less important feature of scenery (as opposed to foreground).
- A part of the picture that depicts scenery to the rear or behind the main subject; context.
- (physics) Ellipsis of background radiation.
- One's social heritage, or previous life; what one did in the past.
- (computing) The image or color over which a computer's desktop items are shown (e.g. icons or application windows).
- (computer science) the area of the screen in graphical user interfaces against which icons and windows appear
- information that is essential to understanding a situation or problem
- extraneous signals that can be confused with the phenomenon to be observed or measured
- relatively unimportant or inconspicuous accompanying situation
- scenery hung at back of stage
- a person's social heritage: previous experience or training
- the state of the environment in which a situation exists
- the part of a scene (or picture) that lies behind objects in the foreground
adj
verb
- (journalism) To gather and provide background information (on).
- (transitive) To increase the weight and immunity of (a calf) by feeding with forage and grains, as an intermediate stage in cattle production, between weaning and placement in a feedlot.
- simple past and past participle of backgrind
- (transitive, figurative) To put in a position that is not prominent.
- (transitive) To place in the background.
- understate the importance or quality of
adj
- Operating using a computer and/or online rather than physically present.
- (quantum mechanics) Of a quantum state: having an intermediate, short-lived, and unobservable nature.
- In effect or essence, rather than in fact or reality; also, imitated, simulated.
- (object-oriented programming) Of a class member: capable of being overridden with a different implementation in a subclass.
- (particle physics) Pertaining to particles in temporary existence due to the Heisenberg uncertainty principle.
- (mechanics) Pertaining to a theoretical infinitesimal velocity in a mechanical system that does not violate the system's constraints; also, of other physical quantities: resulting from such a velocity.
- (optics) Chiefly in virtual focus: of a focus or point: from which light or other radiation apparently emanates; also, of an image: produced by light that appears to diverge from a point beyond the reflecting or refracting surface.
- For practical purposes, though not technically; almost complete, very near.
- Simulated in a computer and/or online.
- Pertaining to a theoretical quality of something which would produce an observable effect if counteracting factors such as friction are disregarded; specifically, of a head of water: producing a certain pressure if friction, etc., is disregarded.
- being actually such in almost every respect
- existing in essence or effect though not in actual fact
noun
- (uncountable) Preceded by the: that which is imitated or simulated rather than existing in fact or reality; (countable) an instance of this.
- (countable, programming) A virtual (adjective adjective sense 3.3) member function of a class.
- (uncountable) That which is simulated in a computer and/or online; virtual reality; (countable) an instance of this; specifically (gambling), a computer simulation of a real-world sport such as horse racing.
noun
- Initialism of personal computer.
- Initialism of professional corporation.
- Initialism of privy council.
- Initialism of press conference.
- (computing) Initialism of program counter.
- (law enforcement) Initialism of police constable, a police rank used in Commonwealth countries.
- (organic chemistry) Initialism of polycarbonate.
- Initialism of political correctness.
- Initialism of protective custody.
- Initialism of Probate Court.
- (gambling) Abbreviation of percentage.
- (US) Initialism of probable cause.
- (anatomy) Initialism of posterior commissure.
- Initialism of patrol cutter.
- (organic chemistry) Abbreviation of propylene carbonate.
- (South Korean idol fandom) Initialism of photocard.
- Initialism of patrol, coastal, a coastal patrol boat.
- Initialism of photocopy.
- Initialism of progressive contextualization.
- (gaming) Initialism of player character.
- (film) Initialism of Production Code.
- (Canadian politics, by extension) A member of the Conservative Party of Canada.
- (UK, law enforcement) Initialism of previous conviction.
- Initialism of parsec.
- (anatomy) Initialism of pubococcygeus muscle.
- Initialism of patrol craft.
- Initialism of public convenience.
- Initialism of private chat.
- (bingo) forty-nine (an allusion to a cartoon character, Police Constable 49)
- Initialism of privy councillor and postnominal.
- Initialism of personnel carrier.
- A personal computer, especially one similar to an IBM PC that runs Microsoft Windows (or, originally, DOS), usually as opposed to (say) an Apple Mac.
- (medicine) Initialism of presenting complaint.
- a small digital computer based on a microprocessor and designed to be used by one person at a time
adj
name
- Initialism of Phrozen Crew.
- Initialism of Penn Central.
- (Canada, politics) Initialism of Progressive Canadian Party.
- (US) Initialism of Presbyterian Church.
- (US, navy) Initialism of Coastal Patrol.
- (UK politics) Initialism of Plaid Cymru.
- Initialism of Proto-Celtic.
- (Philippines, law enforcement, historical) Initialism of Philippine Constabulary.
verb
verb
- (transitive, intransitive, computing) To extract data from a computer by the use of a keyboard.
- (transitive, baseball) To rule (by an umpire) that a pitch is a called third strike, often done emphatically.
- (transitive) To hit a person so that they become unconscious (knocked out).
- (intransitive, US) To leave a workplace by punching a timecard.
- (transitive) To use a punch to remove a piece of material or to remove a piece already scored.
- (intransitive) To leave a workplace.
- (transitive, baseball, of a pitcher) To throw a called third strike; to strike (someone) out.
- (intransitive, aviation) To eject from an airplane.
- (transitive) To repeatedly hit a person.
- register one's departure from work
noun
noun
- (computing) A computer.
- (politics, chiefly US) The system of special interest groups that supports a political party, especially in urban areas.
- Especially, the group that controls a political or similar organization; a combination of persons acting together for a common purpose, with the agencies which they use.
- (poetry) Supernatural agency in a poem, or a superhuman being introduced to perform some exploit.
- A device that directs and controls energy, often in the form of movement or electricity, to produce a certain effect.
- (historical) A contrivance in the Ancient Greek theatre for indicating a change of scene, by means of which a god might cross the stage or deliver a divine message; the deus ex machina.
- (figuratively) A person or organisation that seemingly acts like a machine, being particularly efficient, single-minded, or unemotional.
- (telephony, abbreviation) An answering machine or, by extension, voice mail.
- any mechanical or electrical device that transmits or modifies energy to perform or assist in the performance of human tasks
- an efficient person
- a motor vehicle with four wheels; usually propelled by an internal combustion engine
- an intricate organization that accomplishes its goals efficiently
- a device for overcoming resistance at one point by applying force at some other point
- a group that controls the activities of a political party
verb
verb
- (intransitive, computing) To run, usually successfully.
- (transitive) To perform.
- (transitive) To carry out; to put into effect.
- (transitive, law) To carry out, to perform an act; to put into effect or cause to become legally binding or valid (as a contract) by so doing.
- (transitive, computing) To start, launch, or run.
- (transitive) To kill, especially as punishment for a capital crime.
- put in effect
- carry out the legalities of
- murder in a planned fashion
- carry out or perform an action
- carry out a process or program, as on a computer or a machine
- kill as a means of socially sanctioned punishment
- sign in the presence of witnesses
verb
- (intransitive, computing, of a program) To start to operate.
- (transitive) To cause (a rocket, balloon, etc., or the payload thereof) to begin its flight upward from the ground.
- (intransitive, often with out) To move with force and swiftness like a sliding from the stocks into the water; to plunge; to begin.
- (transitive) To throw (a projectile such as a lance, dart or ball); to hurl; to propel with force.
- (intransitive) Of a ship, rocket, balloon, etc.: to depart on a voyage; to take off.
- (transitive) To send out; to start (someone) on a mission or project; to give a start to (something); to put in operation
- (transitive, computing) To start (a program or feature); to execute or bring into operation.
- (transitive) To release; to put onto the market for sale
- (transitive) To cause (a vessel) to move or slide from the land or a larger vessel into the water; to set afloat.
- set up or found
- launch for the first time; launch on a maiden voyage
- propel with force
- smoothen the surface of
- begin with vigor
- get going; give impetus to
noun
- An event held to celebrate the launch of a ship/vessel, project, a new book, etc.; a launch party.
- The act or fact of launching (a ship/vessel, a project, a new book, etc.).
- (nautical) The boat of the largest size and/or of most importance belonging to a ship of war, and often called the "captain's boat" or "captain's launch".
- (nautical) An open boat of any size powered by steam, petrol, electricity, etc.
- The movement of a vessel from land into the water; especially, the sliding on ways from the stocks on which it is built. (Compare: to splash a ship.)
- (nautical) A boat used to convey guests to and from a yacht.
- the act of propelling with force
- a motorboat with an open deck or a half deck
noun
- (computing) A personal computer, as opposed to computers for business or server purposes.
- (computing) A desktop computer.
- The top surface of a desk.
- (computing, graphical user interface) The main graphical user interface of an operating system, usually displaying icons, windows and background wallpaper.
- (computing, graphical user interface, synecdochic) The wallpaper of this interface.
- (computer science) the area of the screen in graphical user interfaces against which icons and windows appear
- the top of a desk
adj
adj
verb
- (intransitive, computing) To enter a more basic interface.
- (cooking) To cook (food, especially fast food), particularly by lowering into hot oil to deep-fry, or by grilling.
- (transitive, music) To tune (a guitar string, etc.) to a lower note.
- (intransitive) Of a liquid: to fall in drops or droplets.
- (transitive) To cease concerning oneself over (someone or something); to have nothing more to do with (a discussion, subject, etc.).
- (transitive) To make (someone or something) fall to the ground from a blow, gunshot, etc.; to bring down, to shoot down; to kill.
- (intransitive, physiology, informal) Of the testicles: to hang further away from the body and begin producing sperm due to puberty.
- (transitive) To reduce; to make smaller.
- Especially in drop acid: to swallow (a drug, particularly LSD).
- (intransitive) Of a voice: to lower in timbre, often due to puberty.
- (transitive, computing, music, television, colloquial) To release (a programme, software, a music album or song, etc.) to the public.
- (intransitive) To decrease, diminish, or lessen in condition, degree, value, etc.
- (intransitive, computing, music, television, colloquial) Of a programme, software, a music album or song, etc.: to enter public distribution.
- (transitive) To drip (a liquid) in drops or small amounts.
- (originally US) To (unexpectedly) lose (a competition, game, etc.).
- To lose, spend, or otherwise part with (money).
- (intransitive, also figuratively) To fall (straight down) under the influence of gravity, like a drop of liquid.
- (intransitive) To come to an end (by not being kept up); to lapse, to stop.
- (intransitive) To fall into a particular condition or state.
- (intransitive, online gaming, video games) Of an item: To appear for the player to pick up, usually after an enemy has been defeated.
- To impart (something).
- (intransitive) Usually followed by by, in, or into: of a person: to visit someone or somewhere informally or without a prior appointment.
- (intransitive) To fall or sink quickly or suddenly to the ground.
- (rugby) To score (a goal) by means of a drop kick.
- (transitive) To cancel or cease to participate in (a scheduled course, event, or project).
- To perform (rap music).
- (transitive) To mention (something) casually or incidentally, usually in conversation.
- (transitive) To set down (someone or something) from a vehicle; to stop and deliver or deposit (someone or something); to drop off.
- (transitive) To lower (a sound, a voice, etc.) in pitch or volume.
- (transitive, computing) To present (the user) with a more basic interface.
- (transitive) To cease to include (something), as if on a list; to dismiss, to eject, to expel.
- To quickly lower or take down (one's trousers), especially in public.
- (cricket) Of a fielder: to fail to dismiss (a batsman) by accidentally dropping a batted ball that had initially been caught.
- (transitive, linguistics) To fail to write, or (especially) to pronounce (a syllable, letter, etc.).
- To pass or use (counterfeit cheques, money, etc.).
- (intransitive) To collapse in exhaustion or injury; also, to fall dead, or to fall in death.
- (transitive, ergative, also figuratively) To let (something) fall; to allow (something) to fall (either by releasing hold of, or losing one's grip on).
- (transitive) To move to a lower position; to allow to hang downwards; to lower.
- (intransitive) Of a song or sound: to lower in key, pitch, tempo, or other quality.
- (transitive, online gaming, video games) Of a defeated enemy or container: To leave behind an item that the player can collect.
- To play (a portion of music) in the manner of a disc jockey.
- (intransitive, gambling) To drop out of the betting.
- (transitive) Of an animal (usually a sheep): to give birth to (young); of a bird: to lay (an egg).
- (transitive) To let (a letter, etc.) fall into a postbox; hence, to send (a letter, email, or other message) in an offhand manner.
- (transitive) To dispose or get rid of (something); to lose, to remove.
- (US, Singapore, ergative, military, slang) To make someone, or be made to do push-ups or some other form of exercise on the ground as punishment.
- (intransitive) To fall behind or to the rear of a group of people, etc., as a result of not keeping up with those at the front.
- pay out
- utter with seeming casualness
- take (a drug, especially LSD), by mouth
- change from one level to another
- remove (cargo, people, etc.) from and leave
- lower the pitch of (musical notes)
- fall or descend to a lower place or level
- stop pursuing or acting
- to fall vertically
- let fall to the ground
- cause to fall by or as if by delivering a blow
- fall or sink into a state of exhaustion or death
- grow progressively worse
- stop associating with
- leave undone or leave out
- let or cause to fall in drops
- to remove
- go down in value
- lose (a game)
- omit (a letter or syllable) in speaking or writing
- give birth; used for animals
- hang loosely
- terminate an association with
noun
- Of women's clothes: the difference between the bust circumference and hip circumference.
- (online gaming, video games) An item made available for the player to pick up from the remains of a defeated enemy.
- (pinball) Ellipsis of drop target.
- (rugby) Ellipsis of drop kick.
- (pharmacology, chiefly in the plural) A liquid medicine that is intended to be administered in drops (sense 1).
- (agriculture) A fruit which has fallen off a tree, etc., or has been knocked off accidentally, rather than picked.
- (informal) Only used in get the drop on, have the drop on: an advantage.
- A decline in degree, quality, quantity, or rate.
- (nautical) The depth of a (square) sail (generally applied to the courses only); the vertical dimension of a sail.
- (electrics, telecommunications) An overhead electrical line running from a utility pole to a customer's building or other premises.
- (American football) A dropped pass.
- Usually preceded by the: relegation from one division to a lower one.
- (law enforcement) The distance that a person drops when being executed by hanging.
- Often preceded by a defining word: a small, round piece of hard candy, such as a lemon drop; a lozenge.
- (theater) A curtain which falls in front of a theatrical stage; also, a section of (cloth) scenery lowered on to the stage like a curtain.
- (slang, US) An automobile with a drop-top roof, a convertible.
- Licorice in confectionery form.
- Ellipsis of drop hammer or drop press.
- The distance below a cliff or other high position through which someone or something could fall; hence, a steep slope.
- (also figuratively) A small quantity of liquid, just large enough to hold its own rounded shape through surface tension, especially one that falls from a source of liquid.
- (law enforcement, informal) Preceded by the: execution by hanging.
- (music) A point in a song, usually electronic music such as dubstep, house, trance, or trap, where there is a very noticeable and pleasing change in bass, tempo, and/or overall tone; a climax, a highlight.
- A release (of music, a video game, etc).
- (Ireland, informal) A single measure of whisky.
- Of men's clothes: the difference between the chest circumference and waist circumference.
- (figuratively) A very small quantity of liquid, or (by extension) of anything.
- (law enforcement) A trapdoor (“hinged platform”) on a gallows; a gallows itself.
- An act of moving downwards under the force of gravity; a descent, a fall.
- The vertical length of a hanging curtain.
- A mechanism for lowering something, such as a machine for lowering heavy weights on to a ship's deck, or a device for temporarily lowering a gas jet, etc.
- (pharmacology) A dose of liquid medicine in the form of a drop (sense 1).
- (engineering) The distance of the axis of a shaft below the base of a hanger.
- (surfing) A near vertical decent down the face of a breaking wave.
- (cricket) A place (specified by an ordinal) in the batting order after the openers.
- (architecture) An ornament resembling a pendant; a gutta.
- (American football) Ellipsis of drop-back.
- (gambling) The amount of money that a gambler exchanges for chips in a casino.
- (chiefly British) Usually preceded by the: alcoholic spirits in general.
- (golf) Ellipsis of drop shot.
- The cover mounted on a swivel over a keyhole that rests over the keyhole when not in use to keep out debris, but is swiveled out of the way before inserting the key.
- (chiefly Australia, British) A small amount of an alcoholic beverage.
- A place where items or supplies may be left for others to collect, whether openly (as with a mail drop), or secretly or illegally (as in crime or espionage); a drop-off point.
- An instance of making a delivery of people, supplies, or things, especially by parachute out of an aircraft (an airdrop), but also by truck, etc.
- a shape that is spherical and small
- a central depository where things can be left or picked up
- a steep high face of rock
- a free and rapid descent by the force of gravity
- a predetermined hiding place for the deposit and distribution of illicit goods (such as drugs or stolen property)
- the act of dropping something
- a curtain that can be lowered and raised onto a stage from the flies; often used as background scenery
- a sudden sharp decrease in some quantity
- a small indefinite quantity (especially of a liquid)
noun
- (computing) A computer dedicated to running such programs.
- A waitress or waiter.
- A tray for dishes.
- (tennis, volleyball) The player who serves the ball.
- (Christianity) A priest's attendant at the celebration of the Eucharist.
- A spoon for serving food.
- (computing) A program that provides services to other programs or devices, either in the same computer or over a computer network.
- (social media) A community space where only those who joined it can communicate in channels.
- (computer science) a computer that provides client stations with access to files and printers as shared resources to a computer network
- (court games) the player who serves to start a point
- utensil used in serving food or drink
- a person whose occupation is to serve at table (as in a restaurant)
verb
- (transitive) To connect two or more computers or other computerized devices.
- (transitive, broadcasting) To broadcast across an entire network of stations and affiliates at the same time.
- (transitive) To interconnect a group or system.
- (intransitive) To interact socially for the purpose of getting connections or personal advancement.
- communicate with and within a group
noun
- A set of people with sociocultural connections to one another; especially, such a set consisting of occupational or business connections.
- Any interconnected group or system.
- (broadcasting) A group of affiliated television stations that broadcast common programs from a parent company.
- (literal) A fabric or structure of fibrous elements attached to each other at regular intervals; the act or process of making such an object.
- (computing, Internet) A computer network: multiple computers and other devices connected together to share information.
- (broadcasting) a communication system consisting of a group of broadcasting stations that all transmit the same programs
- (electronics) a system of interconnected electronic components or circuits
- an open fabric of string or rope or wire woven together at regular intervals
- a system of intersecting lines or channels
- an interconnected system of things or people
verb
noun
- (computing) An indicator, often a blinking line or bar, indicating where the next insertion or other edit will take place.
- (programming) A design pattern in object oriented methodology in which a collection is iterated uniformly.
- A part of any of several scientific or measuring instruments that moves back and forth to indicate a position.
- (databases) A reference to a row of data in a table, which moves from row to row as data is retrieved by way of it.
- (graphical user interface) A moving icon or other representation, usually called a pointer, of the position of the pointing device.
- (computer science) indicator consisting of a movable spot of light (an icon) on a visual display; moving it allows the user to point to commands or screen positions
verb
- (intransitive, computing) To navigate through a data stream.
- (transitive) To try to reach or come to; to go to; to resort to.
- (transitive) To ask for; to solicit; to beseech.
- (transitive) To try to acquire or gain; to strive after; to aim at.
- (intransitive, sometimes proscribed) To attempt, endeavour, try
- (ambitransitive) To try to find; to look for; to search for.
- try to get or reach
- try to locate or discover, or try to establish the existence of
- inquire for
- go to or towards
- make an effort or attempt
noun
verb
- (ambitransitive) To browse the Internet, television, etc.
- To ride a wave on a surfboard; to pursue or take part in the sport of surfing.
- To surf at a specified place.
- To bodysurf; to swim in the surf at a beach.
- switch channels, on television
- ride the waves of the sea with a surfboard
- look around casually and randomly, without seeking anything in particular
noun
verb
noun
- (uncountable, Scotland) Complicity or assent.
- (countable) An outburst of an emotion; a paroxysm; a fit of passion.
- (uncountable) Admission to sexual intercourse.
- (uncountable) The quality of being easy to approach or enter.
- (uncountable, law) The right of a noncustodial parent to visit their child.
- (uncountable) The act of approaching or entering; an advance.
- (uncountable) The right or ability of approaching or entering; admittance; admission; accessibility.
- (uncountable, networking) Connection to or communication with a computer program or to the Internet.
- (uncountable) A way or means of approaching or entering; an entrance; a passage.
- (countable, computing) The process of locating data in memory.
- (countable) An onset, attack, or fit of disease; an ague fit.
- (computer science) the operation of reading or writing stored information
- the right to obtain or make use of or take advantage of something (as services or membership)
- a way of entering or leaving
- a code (a series of characters or digits) that must be entered in some way (typed or dialed or spoken) to get the use of something (a telephone line or a computer or a local area network etc.)
- the act of approaching or entering
- the right to enter
verb
adj
noun
- (computing) A source control repository hosted on a remote machine, rather than locally.
- (broadcasting) An element of broadcast programming originating away from the station's or show's control room.
- Ellipsis of remote control.
- a device that can be used to control a machine or apparatus from a distance
verb
- (computing, transitive) To read with an electronic device.
- (computing, transitive) To inspect, analyse or go over, often to find something.
- (computing, transitive) To perform lexical analysis; to tokenize.
- (poetry, intransitive) To conform to a metrical structure.
- (poetry, transitive) To read or mark so as to show a specific metre.
- (transitive) To look about for; to look over quickly.
- (computing, medicine, transitive) To create an image of something with the use of a scanner.
- (transitive) To examine sequentially, carefully, or critically; to scrutinize; to behold closely.
- examine hastily
- obtain data from magnetic tapes or other digital sources
- read metrically
- move a light beam over; in electronics, to reproduce an image
- examine minutely or intensely
- make a wide, sweeping search of
- conform to a metrical pattern
noun
- Of written things, a careful reading.
- (computing) An instance of scanning.
- Of written things, a cursory reading: a skim.
- (functional programming) A higher-order function that applies a binary operation to a sequence of values, starting with an accumulator, and returns a new sequence with the results.
- (computing) The result or output of a scanning process.
- the act of scanning; systematic examination of a prescribed region
- an image produced by scanning
verb
- (transitive) To make (something) more efficient, such as a computer program.
- (transitive) To make (something) optimal.
- (intransitive) To become optimal.
- (originally intransitive) To act optimistically or as an optimist.
- act as an optimist and take a sunny view of the world
- make optimal; get the most out of; use best
- modify to achieve maximum efficiency in storage capacity or time or cost
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verb
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- (object-oriented programming) The connection between parts of software; also the public or published sections of an object or module.
- (chemistry, physics) A thin layer or boundary between different substances or two phases of a single substance.
- (computing) The point of interconnection between systems or subsystems.
- (biochemistry) The internal surface of a coiled protein (compare exoface).
- (object-oriented programming) In some languages, a block of code declaring the interface (point of interconnection) between a class and code that interacts with it.
- The point of interconnection or contact between entities.
- (computing) The connection between a user and a machine.
- (object-oriented programming) In object-oriented programming, a piece of code defining a set of operations that other code must implement.
- the overlap where two theories or phenomena affect each other or have links with each other
- (computer science) a program that controls a display for the user (usually on a computer monitor) and that allows the user to interact with the system
- (chemistry) a surface forming a common boundary between two things (two objects or liquids or chemical phases)
- (computer science) computer circuit consisting of the hardware and associated circuitry that links one device with another (especially a computer and a hard disk drive or other peripherals)
noun
- The use of a computer or computers.
- The study of computers and computer programming.
- (literally) The process or act of calculation.
- the branch of engineering science that studies (with the aid of computers) computable processes and structures
- the procedure of calculating; determining something by mathematical or logical methods
verb
noun
- (slang) A computer.
- (cellular automata) A finite pattern that reappears after a certain number of generations in the same orientation but in a different position.
- (astronautics) A manned vehicle that flies through space.
- (programming) The operator <=> in certain programming languages, which compares two values and indicates whether the first is lesser than, greater than, or equal to the second.
- a spacecraft designed to carry a crew into interstellar space (especially in science fiction)
noun
- (computing) A type of activity on a computer that is not normally visible to the user.
- Information relevant to the current situation about past events; history.
- (film) An extra who appears in the background, with no speaking role.
- A less important feature of scenery (as opposed to foreground).
- A part of the picture that depicts scenery to the rear or behind the main subject; context.
- (physics) Ellipsis of background radiation.
- One's social heritage, or previous life; what one did in the past.
- (computing) The image or color over which a computer's desktop items are shown (e.g. icons or application windows).
- (computer science) the area of the screen in graphical user interfaces against which icons and windows appear
- information that is essential to understanding a situation or problem
- extraneous signals that can be confused with the phenomenon to be observed or measured
- relatively unimportant or inconspicuous accompanying situation
- scenery hung at back of stage
- a person's social heritage: previous experience or training
- the state of the environment in which a situation exists
- the part of a scene (or picture) that lies behind objects in the foreground
adj
verb
- (journalism) To gather and provide background information (on).
- (transitive) To increase the weight and immunity of (a calf) by feeding with forage and grains, as an intermediate stage in cattle production, between weaning and placement in a feedlot.
- simple past and past participle of backgrind
- (transitive, figurative) To put in a position that is not prominent.
- (transitive) To place in the background.
- understate the importance or quality of
noun
- Initialism of personal computer.
- Initialism of professional corporation.
- Initialism of privy council.
- Initialism of press conference.
- (computing) Initialism of program counter.
- (law enforcement) Initialism of police constable, a police rank used in Commonwealth countries.
- (organic chemistry) Initialism of polycarbonate.
- Initialism of political correctness.
- Initialism of protective custody.
- Initialism of Probate Court.
- (gambling) Abbreviation of percentage.
- (US) Initialism of probable cause.
- (anatomy) Initialism of posterior commissure.
- Initialism of patrol cutter.
- (organic chemistry) Abbreviation of propylene carbonate.
- (South Korean idol fandom) Initialism of photocard.
- Initialism of patrol, coastal, a coastal patrol boat.
- Initialism of photocopy.
- Initialism of progressive contextualization.
- (gaming) Initialism of player character.
- (film) Initialism of Production Code.
- (Canadian politics, by extension) A member of the Conservative Party of Canada.
- (UK, law enforcement) Initialism of previous conviction.
- Initialism of parsec.
- (anatomy) Initialism of pubococcygeus muscle.
- Initialism of patrol craft.
- Initialism of public convenience.
- Initialism of private chat.
- (bingo) forty-nine (an allusion to a cartoon character, Police Constable 49)
- Initialism of privy councillor and postnominal.
- Initialism of personnel carrier.
- A personal computer, especially one similar to an IBM PC that runs Microsoft Windows (or, originally, DOS), usually as opposed to (say) an Apple Mac.
- (medicine) Initialism of presenting complaint.
- a small digital computer based on a microprocessor and designed to be used by one person at a time
adj
name
- Initialism of Phrozen Crew.
- Initialism of Penn Central.
- (Canada, politics) Initialism of Progressive Canadian Party.
- (US) Initialism of Presbyterian Church.
- (US, navy) Initialism of Coastal Patrol.
- (UK politics) Initialism of Plaid Cymru.
- Initialism of Proto-Celtic.
- (Philippines, law enforcement, historical) Initialism of Philippine Constabulary.
verb
noun
- (computing) A computer.
- (politics, chiefly US) The system of special interest groups that supports a political party, especially in urban areas.
- Especially, the group that controls a political or similar organization; a combination of persons acting together for a common purpose, with the agencies which they use.
- (poetry) Supernatural agency in a poem, or a superhuman being introduced to perform some exploit.
- A device that directs and controls energy, often in the form of movement or electricity, to produce a certain effect.
- (historical) A contrivance in the Ancient Greek theatre for indicating a change of scene, by means of which a god might cross the stage or deliver a divine message; the deus ex machina.
- (figuratively) A person or organisation that seemingly acts like a machine, being particularly efficient, single-minded, or unemotional.
- (telephony, abbreviation) An answering machine or, by extension, voice mail.
- any mechanical or electrical device that transmits or modifies energy to perform or assist in the performance of human tasks
- an efficient person
- a motor vehicle with four wheels; usually propelled by an internal combustion engine
- an intricate organization that accomplishes its goals efficiently
- a device for overcoming resistance at one point by applying force at some other point
- a group that controls the activities of a political party
verb
noun
- (computing) A personal computer, as opposed to computers for business or server purposes.
- (computing) A desktop computer.
- The top surface of a desk.
- (computing, graphical user interface) The main graphical user interface of an operating system, usually displaying icons, windows and background wallpaper.
- (computing, graphical user interface, synecdochic) The wallpaper of this interface.
- (computer science) the area of the screen in graphical user interfaces against which icons and windows appear
- the top of a desk
adj
noun
- (computing) A computer dedicated to running such programs.
- A waitress or waiter.
- A tray for dishes.
- (tennis, volleyball) The player who serves the ball.
- (Christianity) A priest's attendant at the celebration of the Eucharist.
- A spoon for serving food.
- (computing) A program that provides services to other programs or devices, either in the same computer or over a computer network.
- (social media) A community space where only those who joined it can communicate in channels.
- (computer science) a computer that provides client stations with access to files and printers as shared resources to a computer network
- (court games) the player who serves to start a point
- utensil used in serving food or drink
- a person whose occupation is to serve at table (as in a restaurant)
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adj
verb
noun
- A programmable electronic device that performs mathematical calculations and logical operations, especially one that can process, store and retrieve large amounts of data very quickly; now especially, a small one for personal or home use employed for manipulating text or graphics, accessing the Internet, or playing games or media.
- an expert at calculation (or at operating calculating machines)
- a machine for performing calculations automatically
verb
- (intransitive) To become computerlike.
- (transitive, computing) To equip with a computer or a computer system.
- (transitive, computing) To enter data into such a system.
- (transitive, computing) To convert a manual function or system into a computer system.
- store in a computer
- provide with computers
- control a function, process, or creation by a computer
verb
- (intransitive, computing) To stop responding to manual input devices such as the keyboard and mouse.
- (intransitive) To veer in one direction.
- (intransitive) To be or remain suspended.
- (intransitive, chess) To be vulnerable to capture.
- (transitive, computing) To cause (a program or computer) to stop responding.
- (transitive, baseball, slang, of a pitcher) To throw a hittable off-speed pitch.
- (intransitive, law) To be executed by suspension by one's neck from a gallows, a tree, or other raised bar, attached by a rope tied into a noose.
- (intransitive, figuratively) To remain persistently in one's thoughts.
- (transitive) To cause (something) to be suspended, as from a hook, hanger, hinges, or the like.
- (intransitive, of a ball in cricket, tennis, etc.) To rebound unexpectedly or unusually slowly, due to backward spin on the ball or imperfections of the ground.
- (transitive, figurative) To attach or cause to stick (a charge or accusation, etc.).
- (transitive) To prevent from reaching a decision, especially by refusing to join in a verdict that must be unanimous.
- (transitive) To apply (wallpaper or drywall to a wall).
- (transitive) To hold or bear in a suspended or inclined manner or position instead of erect.
- (transitive, law) To kill (someone) by suspension from the neck, usually as a form of execution or suicide.
- (transitive) To exhibit (an object) by hanging.
- (intransitive) To float, as if suspended.
- (intransitive, informal) To loiter; to hang around; to spend time idly.
- (transitive, chess) To cause (a piece) to become vulnerable to capture.
- (transitive, informal) (used in maledictions) To damn.
- (transitive) To decorate (something) with hanging objects.
- be exhibited
- hold on tightly or tenaciously
- decorate or furnish with something suspended
- be suspended or poised
- be suspended or hanging
- be menacing, burdensome, or oppressive
- give heed (to)
- be placed in position as by a hinge
- let drop or droop
- suspend (meat) in order to get a gamey taste
- fall or flow in a certain way
- prevent from reaching a verdict, of a jury
- kill by hanging
- cause to be hanging or suspended
- place in position as by a hinge so as to allow free movement in one direction
noun
- (colloquial) The smallest amount of concern or consideration; a damn.
- (computing) An instance of ceasing to respond to input.
- (Ireland, informal, derogatory) Cheap processed ham (cured pork), often made specially for sandwiches.
- A slackening of motion.
- The way in which something hangs.
- A hangout.
- A sharp or steep declivity or slope.
- A person that someone hangs out with.
- Alternative spelling of Hang (“musical instrument”).
- A mass of hanging material.
- (informal, figuratively) A grip, understanding.
- a gymnastic exercise performed on the rings or horizontal bar or parallel bars when the gymnast's weight is supported by the arms
- a special way of doing something
- the way a garment hangs
verb
- (intransitive) Of a machine, including computer programs, to be operating or working normally.
- (transitive) To encounter or incur (a danger or risk).
- To tend, as to an effect or consequence; to incline.
- (transitive) To complete a running course or event in (a given time).
- (figurative, transitive) To pass (without stopping), typically a stop signal, stop sign, or duty to yield the right of way.
- (transitive) To execute or carry out a plan, procedure, or program.
- To fuse; to shape; to mould; to cast.
- (transitive) To transit (a length of a river), as in whitewater rafting.
- (intransitive) Of stitches or stitched clothing, to unravel.
- To cause to be drawn; to mark out; to indicate; to determine.
- (golf) To strike (the ball) in such a way as to cause it to run along the ground, as when approaching a hole.
- (intransitive) To flee from a danger or towards help.
- To press (a bank, etc.) with immediate demands for payment.
- (intransitive) To become liquid; to melt.
- (intransitive) To be a candidate in an election.
- (transitive, agriculture) To sort through a large volume of produce in quality control.
- (transitive) To transport (someone or something), notionally at a brisk pace.
- (copulative) To become different in a way mentioned (usually to become worse).
- To have a legal course; to be attached; to continue in force, effect, or operation; to follow; to go in company.
- (transitive) To cover (a course or a distance) by running.
- (intransitive) To leak or spread in an undesirable fashion; to bleed (especially used of dye or paint).
- past participle of rin
- (intransitive) To move briskly or smoothly with a motion of sliding, rolling, sweeping etc.
- (transitive) To make (something) extend in space.
- (sports, especially baseball) To eject from a game or match.
- To pass or go quickly in thought or conversation.
- (transitive) To cause to move quickly or lightly.
- (intransitive) To move forward quickly upon two feet by alternately making a short jump off either foot.
- (intransitive) To extend in time, to last, to continue (usually with a measure phrase).
- (intransitive) Of fish, to migrate for spawning.
- To drive or force; to cause, or permit, to be driven.
- (transitive or intransitive) To compete in a race.
- (transitive, intransitive) Of a means of transportation: to travel (a route).
- (intransitive) To be presented in the media.
- (transitive) To make stand in an election.
- To exert continuous activity; to proceed.
- (transitive) To cause (a vehicle) to travel a route.
- (intransitive) To extend in space or through a range (often with a measure phrase).
- (American football, transitive or intransitive) To carry (a football) down the field, as opposed to passing or kicking.
- To pursue in thought; to carry in contemplation.
- (transitive) To make a liquid or electric current flow from or into an object.
- (transitive) To smuggle (illegal goods).
- (transitive) To control or manage; to be in charge of.
- (intransitive) To go at a fast pace; to move quickly.
- (transitive) To make a machine operate.
- To have growth or development.
- (transitive) To cost an amount of money.
- (intransitive, figuratively) To move or spread quickly.
- (nautical, of a vessel) To sail before the wind, in distinction from reaching or sailing close-hauled.
- (intransitive) Of a liquid or electric current, to flow.
- (transitive) To print or broadcast in the media.
- To control or have precedence in a card game.
- (transitive, juggling, colloquial) To juggle a pattern continuously, as opposed to starting and stopping quickly.
- To be in form thus, as a combination of words.
- (intransitive) Of an object, to have a liquid flowing from it.
- (video games, rare) To speedrun.
- (transitive) To cause stitched clothing to unravel.
- To cause to enter; to thrust.
- (transitive) To make enter a race.
- To encounter or suffer (a particular, usually bad, fate or misfortune).
- To sew (a seam) by passing the needle through material in a continuous line, generally taking a series of stitches on the needle at the same time.
- cover by running; run a certain distance
- deal in illegally, such as arms or liquor
- include as the content; broadcast or publicize
- travel rapidly, by any (unspecified) means
- run with the ball; in such sports as football
- occur persistently
- flee; take to one's heels; cut and run
- reduce or cause to be reduced from a solid to a liquid state, usually by heating
- run, stand, or compete for an office or a position
- be diffused
- change from one state to another
- pursue for food or sport (as of wild animals)
- carry out a process or program, as on a computer or a machine
- become undone
- be affected by; be subjected to
- move along, of liquids
- progress by being changed
- cause something to pass or lead somewhere
- change or be different within limits
- be operating, running or functioning
- continue to exist
- move about freely and without restraint, or act as if running around in an uncontrolled way
- make without a miss
- sail before the wind
- cause to perform
- have a tendency or disposition to do or be something; be inclined
- conduct to completion
- cause to emit recorded audio or video
- compete in a race
- direct or control; projects, businesses, etc.
- come unraveled or undone as if by snagging
- pass over, across, or through
- set animals loose to graze
- keep company
- move fast by using one's feet, with one foot off the ground at any given time
- perform as expected when applied
- extend or continue for a certain period of time
- cause an animal to move fast
- travel a route regularly
- have a particular form
- stretch out over a distance, space, time, or scope; run or extend between two points or beyond a certain point
adj
noun
- A production quantity (such as in a factory).
- (mining) The horizontal distance to which a drift may be carried, either by licence of the proprietor of a mine or by the nature of the formation; also, the direction which a vein of ore or other substance takes.
- A trial.
- One’s gait while running; the way one runs.
- (construction) Horizontal dimension of a slope.
- A flow of liquid; a leak.
- (cricket) The act of passing from one wicket to another; the point scored for this.
- (chiefly eastern North Midland US, especially Ohio, Pennsylvania, West Virginia) A small creek or part thereof. (Compare Southern US branch and New York and New England brook.)
- Migration of fish.
- The top of a step on a staircase, also called a tread, as opposed to the rise.
- (video games, speedrunning) A playthrough, or attempted playthrough; a session of play.
- (skiing, bobsledding) A single trip down a hill, as in skiing and bobsledding.
- Any sudden large demand for something.
- (banking) A sudden series of demands on a bank or other financial institution, especially characterised by great withdrawals.
- An enclosure for an animal; a track or path along which something can travel.
- (slang) A period of extended (usually daily) drug use.
- A standard or unexceptional group or category.
- The horizontal length of a set of stairs
- (music) A rapid passage in music, especially along a scale.
- (golf) The movement communicated to a golf ball by running it.
- (American football) A running play.
- The distance drilled with a bit, in oil drilling.
- State of being current; currency; popularity.
- The period of showing of a play, film, TV series, etc.
- A quick pace, faster than a walk.
- A line of knit stitches that have unravelled, particularly in a nylon stocking.
- (card games) A sequence of cards in a suit in a card game.
- (baseball) A score when a runner touches all bases legally; the act of a runner scoring.
- (golf) The distance a ball travels after touching the ground from a stroke.
- (mathematics, computing) The execution of a program or model
- A pair or set of millstones.
- A series of tries in a game that were successful.
- (Australia, New Zealand) A rural landholding for farming, usually for running sheep, and operated by a runholder.
- Act or instance of hurrying (to or from a place) (not necessarily on foot); dash or errand, trip.
- Flight, instance or period of fleeing.
- (nautical) The stern of the underwater body of a ship from where it begins to curve upward and inward.
- (of horses) A fast gallop.
- Act or instance of running, of moving rapidly using the feet.
- Unrestricted use. Only used in have the run of.
- A continuous period (of time) marked by a trend; a period marked by a continuing trend.
- A (regular) trip or route.
- The route taken while running or skiing.
- The distance sailed by a ship.
- A group of fish that migrate, or ascend a river for the purpose of spawning.
- A pleasure trip.
- A voyage.
- a small stream
- the pouring forth of a fluid
- a regular trip
- unrestricted freedom to use
- an unbroken chronological sequence
- (American football) a play in which a player attempts to carry the ball through or past the opposing team
- the production achieved during a continuous period of operation (of a machine or factory etc.)
- the act of testing something
- the continuous period of time during which something (a machine or a factory) operates or continues in operation
- a race between candidates for elective office
- a race run on foot
- a short trip
- an unbroken series of events
- the act of running; traveling on foot at a fast pace
- a score in baseball made by a runner touching all four bases safely
- a row of unravelled stitches
verb
- (transitive, computing) To request (a user) to provide input or do something on a computer.
- (transitive, theater and television) To show or tell (an actor/person) the words they should be saying, or actions they should be doing.
- (transitive, machine learning) To provide textual input in the form of ordinary language to (an artificial intelligence or language model) to have it generate a desired output.
- (transitive) To initiate; to cause or lead to.
- (transitive) To lead (someone) toward what they should say or do.
- (transitive) To say (something) in order to help or encourage someone to speak.
- assist (somebody acting or reciting) by suggesting the next words of something forgotten or imperfectly learned
- serve as the inciting cause of
- give an incentive for action
adj
noun
- (computing) A sequence of characters that is displayed to indicate that a computer is ready to receive input.
- (machine learning) Textual input given to a large language model or image model in order to have it generate a desired output.
- (theater) A word, phrase or line supplied by a prompter to an actor who has forgotten the script.
- (writing) A suggestion for inspiration given to an author.
- (computer science) a symbol that appears on the computer screen to indicate that the computer is ready to receive a command
- a cue given to a performer (usually the beginning of the next line to be spoken)
verb
noun
- (music) A component of many instruments, including the piano, organ, and harpsichord, consisting of usually black and white keys that cause different tones to be produced when struck.
- (computing, etc.) A set of keys laid out in a grid-like pattern, used for typing on a typewriter, computer etc.
- (music) An electronic device containing a keyboard (preceding sense), especially one that is capable of producing musical sounds when the keys are played.
- holder consisting of an arrangement of hooks on which keys or locks can be hung
- device consisting of a set of keys on a piano or organ or typewriter or typesetting machine or computer or the like
verb
- (intransitive, computing) To navigate by means of a computer mouse.
- (intransitive) To hunt or catch mice (the rodents), usually of cats. [from 12th c.]
- (intransitive) To move cautiously or furtively, in the manner of a mouse (the rodent) (frequently used in the phrasal verb to mouse around).
- (transitive, nautical) To close the mouth of a hook by a careful binding of marline or wire.
- manipulate the mouse of a computer
- to go stealthily or furtively
noun
- (set theory) A small model of (a fragment of) Zermelo-Fraenkel set theory with desirable properties (depending on the context).
- (historical) A small cushion for a woman's hair.
- A quiet or shy person.
- A match used in firing guns or blasting.
- (computing) An input device that is moved over a pad or other flat surface to produce a corresponding movement of a pointer on a graphical display.
- (nautical) A turn or lashing of spun yarn or small stuff, or a metallic clasp or fastening, uniting the point and shank of a hook to prevent its unhooking or straightening out.
- Part of a hind leg of beef, next to the round.
- (computing) A pointer.
- A rodent, typically having a small body, dark fur, and a long tail.
- Any small rodent of the genus Mus.
- (boxing) A facial hematoma or black eye.
- a hand-operated electronic device that controls the coordinates of a cursor on your computer screen as you move it around on a pad; on the bottom of the device is a ball that rolls on the surface of the pad
- person who is quiet or timid
- a swollen bruise caused by a blow to the eye
- any of numerous small rodents typically resembling diminutive rats having pointed snouts and small ears on elongated bodies with slender usually hairless tails
verb
- (transitive) To type (something) into a computer; to input.
- (law, intransitive) To become effective; to come into effect.
- (intransitive, formal) To begin (a regular activity or job); to undertake; to take up. [with on or upon]
- (transitive) To record (something) in an account, ledger, etc.
- (transitive) To cause to go (into), or to be received (into); to put in; to insert; to cause to be admitted.
- (figuratively) To go or come into (a state or profession).
- (transitive, law) To place in regular form before the court, usually in writing; to put upon record in proper from and order
- (law) To go into or upon, as lands, and take actual possession of them.
- (intransitive) To go or come into an enclosed or partially enclosed space.
- To deposit for copyright the title or description of (a book, picture, map, etc.).
- To make report of (a vessel or its cargo) at the custom house; to submit a statement of (imported goods), with the original invoices, to the proper customs officer for estimating the duties. See entry.
- (intransitive, law) To become a party to an agreement, treaty, etc.
- set out on (an enterprise or subject of study)
- become a participant; be involved in
- to come or go into
- put or introduce into something
- take on duties or office
- make a record of; set down in permanent form
- be or play a part of or in
- come on stage
- register formally as a participant or member
noun
verb
- (transitive, computing, programming) To use; to connect to.
- (backgammon) To take up, or replace by a piece belonging to the opposing player; said of a single unprotected piece on a point.
- (transitive) To affect negatively.
- (transitive, US, slang) To have sex with.
- (figurative, ambitransitive) To affect someone, as if dealing a blow to that person.
- (figuratively) To attack.
- (transitive, slang) To kill a person, usually on the instructions of a third party.
- To guess; to light upon or discover.
- (intransitive, baseball) To come up to bat.
- (intransitive) To meet or reach what was aimed at or desired; to succeed, often by luck.
- (transitive, colloquial) To switch on or switch off (lights).
- (transitive, informal) To reach or achieve.
- (transitive) To activate a button or key by pressing and releasing it.
- (transitive) To administer a blow to, directly or with a weapon or missile.
- (transitive) To come into contact with forcefully and suddenly.
- (transitive, military) To attack, especially amphibiously.
- (transitive, informal) To encounter an obstacle or other difficulty.
- (transitive) To manage to touch (a target) in the right place.
- (transitive, US, slang) To inhale an amount of smoke from a narcotic substance, particularly marijuana.
- (transitive, music, informal) To commence playing.
- (transitive, card games) In blackjack, to deal a card to.
- (transitive, colloquial) To briefly visit.
- (transitive, bodybuilding) To work out.
- (intransitive) To strike against something.
- (transitive, bodybuilding) (of an exercise) to affect, to work a body part.
- reach a destination, either real or abstract
- cause to experience suddenly
- hit against; come into sudden contact with
- hit the intended target or goal
- affect or afflict suddenly, usually adversely
- make a strategic, offensive, assault against an enemy, opponent, or a target
- deal a blow to, either with the hand or with an instrument
- drive something violently into a location
- cause to move by striking
- kill intentionally and with premeditation
- hit with a missile from a weapon
- produce by manipulating keys or strings of musical instruments
- pay unsolicited and usually unwanted sexual attention to
- encounter by chance
- reach a point in time, or a certain state or level
adj
noun
- (Internet) A measured visit to a web site, a request for a single file from a web server.
- Something very successful, such as a song, film, or video game, that receives widespread recognition and acclaim.
- (baseball) The complete play, when the batter reaches base without the benefit of a walk, error, or fielder’s choice.
- (backgammon) A game won after the adversary has removed some of his men. It counts for less than a gammon.
- A premeditated murder done for criminal or political purposes.
- (backgammon) A move that throws one of the opponent's men back to the entering point.
- In the game of Battleship, a correct guess at where one's opponent ship is.
- An attack on a location, person or people.
- (figuratively) A blow; a calamitous or damaging occurrence.
- A collision of a projectile with the target.
- (computing, Internet) A match found by searching a computer system or search engine
- An approximately correct answer in a test set.
- A blow; a punch; a striking against; the collision of one body against another; the stroke that touches anything.
- (colloquial) A dose of an illegal or addictive drug.
- the act of contacting one thing with another
- a connection made via the internet to another website
- a conspicuous success
- (physics) a brief event in which two or more bodies come together
- a dose of a narcotic drug
- a murder carried out by an underworld syndicate
- (baseball) when a batter strikes a pitched ball into fair territory and arrives safely on base (without an error or a fielder's choice being made by the defense)
pron
verb
- (transitive, intransitive, computing, graphical user interface) To interact with a touch screen by drawing one's finger rapidly across it.
- (transitive) To scan or register by sliding (a swipecard etc.) through a reader.
- (transitive, informal) To swipe right on (someone) on a dating application.
- (transitive, informal) To steal or snatch.
- (intransitive) To grab or bat quickly.
- (transitive) To strike with a strong blow in a sweeping motion.
- strike with a swiping motion
- make off with belongings of others
noun
- (countable, informal) A rough guess; an estimate or swag.
- (uncountable) Poor, weak beer or other inferior alcoholic beverage; rotgut.
- (countable, graphical user interface) An act of interacting with a touch screen by drawing the finger rapidly across it.
- (countable) A strong blow given with a sweeping motion, as with a bat or club.
- (countable, informal) An attack, insult or critical remark.
- (countable) A quick grab, bat, or other motion with the hand or paw; a sweep.
- (countable) An act of passing a swipecard through a card reader.
- a sweeping stroke or blow
verb
- (intransitive, computing, engineering) To stop functioning, to go offline.
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see go, down.
- (intransitive, UK, colloquial) To be pleasant, etc., when eaten or drunk.
- (nautical, of a ship or boat) To sink.
- (intransitive, slang, African-American Vernacular, of a gang) To attack another gang.
- (intransitive, slang) To take place, happen.
- (intransitive) To be received or accepted.
- (intransitive) To be blamed for something; to be the scapegoat; to go to prison.
- (intransitive, of a heavenly body) Synonym of set, to disappear below the horizon.
- (aviation, intransitive) To crash.
- To descend; to move from a higher place to a lower one.
- (intransitive) To fall (down); to fall to the floor.
- (intransitive) To decrease; to change from a greater value to a lesser one.
- (intransitive, slang) To be soundly defeated.
- (intransitive) To be recorded or remembered (as).
- (intransitive, with on) To perform oral sex.
- stop operating
- move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way
- disappear beyond the horizon
- be recorded or remembered
- be defeated
- go under
- be ingested
- grow smaller
verb
- (transitive) To stop using a piece of equipment, such as a telephone or computer.
- (intransitive) To escape serious or severe consequences; to receive only mild or no punishment (or injuries, etc) for something one has done or been accused of.
- (transitive) To help someone to escape serious or severe consequences and receive only mild or no punishment.
- (intransitive, slang) To experience great pleasure, especially sexual pleasure; in particular, to experience an orgasm.
- (transitive, especially in an interrogative sentence) To find enjoyment (in behaving in a presumptuous, rude, or intrusive manner).
- (intransitive) To stop touching or physically interfering with something or someone.
- (transitive) To make or help someone be ready to leave a place (especially to go to another place).
- (intransitive) Indicates annoyance or dismissiveness.
- (transitive) To move (something) from being on top of (something else) to not being on top of it.
- (intransitive, slang, UK) To kiss; to smooch.
- (transitive) To cause (something) to stop touching or interfering with (something else).
- (transitive, UK) To make (someone) fall asleep.
- (intransitive, slang) To get high (on a drug).
- (transitive) To acquire (something) from (someone).
- (transitive, slang) To masturbate.
- (transitive, intransitive) To disembark, especially from mass transportation such as a bus or train; to depart from (a path, highway, etc).
- (intransitive, UK) To fall asleep.
- (transitive) To reserve or have a period of time as a vacation from work.
- (transitive, intransitive) To move from being on top of (something) to not being on top of it.
- (transitive, intransitive) To leave one's job, or leave school, as scheduled or with permission.
- (transitive, slang) To excite or arouse, especially in a sexual manner, as to cause to experience orgasm.
- (transitive) To (write and) send (something); to discharge.
- (transitive, slang) To quit using a drug.
- transfer
- escape potentially unpleasant consequences; get away with a forbidden action
- alight from (a horse)
- cause to be acquitted; get off the hook; in a legal case
- get high, stoned, or drugged
- leave a vehicle, aircraft, etc.
- be relieved of one's duties temporarily
- get out of quickly
- send via the postal service
- deliver verbally
- enjoy in a sexual way
verb
- (intransitive) To navigate (to a file or folder on a computer, a site on the internet, a memory, etc).
- To apply oneself; to undertake; to have as one's goal or intention. (Compare be going to.)
- (intransitive) To move or travel in order to do something, or to do something while moving.
- (transitive) To make the (specified) sound.
- (copulative, rather informal, followed by an adjective) To become (often used with colors and negative states).
- To come (to a certain condition or state).
- To be expressed or composed (a certain way).
- (intransitive) To collapse or give way, to break apart.
- (intransitive) To make an effort, to subject oneself (to something).
- (transitive) To yield or weigh.
- (intransitive) To die.
- (transitive, intransitive) To survive or get by; to last or persist for a stated length of time.
- (intransitive) To take a turn, especially in a game.
- To contribute to a (specified) end product or result.
- (imperative) Expressing encouragement or approval.
- (transitive) To take (a particular part or share); to participate in to the extent of.
- (intransitive) To be valid or applicable.
- (intransitive) To leave; to move away.
- (intransitive, colloquial, euphemistic) To fight, usually with the fists.
- To travel or pass along.
- (intransitive, colloquial, with another verb, sometimes linked by and) To proceed (especially to do something foolish).
- (intransitive, of time) To elapse, to pass; to slip away. (Compare go by.)
- (intransitive) To fight or attack.
- (intransitive) To extend (from one point in time or space to another).
- (in phrases with 'as') Used to express how some category of things generally is, as a reference for, contrast to, or comparison with, a particular example.
- (intransitive) To be accepted.
- (intransitive, cricket, of a wicket) To be lost.
- To move to (a position or state).
- (intransitive) To start; to begin (an action or process).
- (intransitive, snooker) Of a ball, to be capable of being potted, not having its path to the pocket obstructed by other balls.
- (intransitive) To extend along.
- (intransitive, usually followed by with) To pass (a specified time) in gestation; to be pregnant.
- (transitive, colloquial) To say (something, aloud or to oneself).
- (transitive, colloquial) To enjoy. (Compare go for.)
- (intransitive, chiefly of a machine) To work or function (properly); to move or perform (as required).
- (intransitive, often followed by a preposition) To fit.
- (transitive, Australian slang) To attack.
- (intransitive) To date.
- (transitive, sports) To have a certain record.
- (intransitive) To sound; to make a noise.
- (intransitive) To be given, especially to be assigned or allotted.
- (intransitive) To belong (somewhere).
- (intransitive) To be spent or used up.
- (intransitive, cricket, of a batsman) To be out.
- (intransitive) To be compatible, especially of colors or food and drink.
- (intransitive, colloquial) To go to the toilet; to urinate or defecate.
- (intransitive) Of an opinion or instruction, to have (final) authority; to be authoritative.
- (intransitive) To move through space (especially to or through a place). (May be used of tangible things such as people or cars, or intangible things such as moods or information.)
- (intransitive) To work (through or over), especially mentally.
- (intransitive) To be sold.
- To assume the obligation or function of; to be, to serve as.
- (intransitive) To break down or decay.
- (intransitive) To be discarded or disposed of.
- To move (a particular distance, or in a particular fashion).
- (intransitive) To proceed (often in a specified manner, indicating the perceived quality of an event or state).
- (intransitive) To tend (toward a result)
- To turn out, to result; to come to (a certain result).
- (intransitive) To end or disappear. (Compare go away.)
- (intransitive) To attend.
- (intransitive, copulative) To continuously or habitually be in a state.
- (intransitive) To lead (to a place); to give access (to).
- To follow or proceed according to (a course or path).
- (transitive) To (begin to) date or have sex with (a particular race).
- (UK, especially MLE, Australia, Singapore, intransitive, colloquial) Clipping of go to the.
- (intransitive) To resort (to).
- (intransitive) To move or travel through time (either literally—in a fictional or hypothetical situation in which time travel is possible—or in one's mind or knowledge of the historical record). (See also go back.)
- (transitive, intransitive) To offer, bid or bet an amount; to pay; to sell for.
- be sounded, played, or expressed
- lead, extend, or afford access
- change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
- be spent
- go through in search of something; search through someone's belongings in an unauthorized way
- pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life
- to be spent or finished
- be or continue to be in a certain condition
- be the right size or shape; fit correctly or as desired
- progress by being changed
- be abolished or discarded
- begin or set in motion
- be contained in
- stop operating or functioning
- have a turn; make one's move in a game
- pass, fare, or elapse; of a certain state of affairs or action
- follow a procedure or take a course
- enter or assume a certain state or condition
- be ranked or compare
- be awarded; be allotted
- move away from a place into another direction
- blend or harmonize
- make a certain noise or sound
- be in the right place or situation
- follow a certain course
- perform as expected when applied
- give support (to) or make a choice (of) one out of a group or number
- continue to live and avoid dying
- have a particular form
- stretch out over a distance, space, time, or scope; run or extend between two points or beyond a certain point
adj
noun
- An attempt, a try.
- An act; the working or operation.
- (uncountable) Power of going or doing; energy; vitality; perseverance.
- (cribbage) The situation where a player cannot play a card which will not carry the aggregate count above thirty-one.
- A period of activity.
- A turn at something, or in something (e.g. a game).
- (uncommon) The act of going.
- (board games) A strategic board game, originally from China and today also popular in Japan and Korea, in which two players (black and white) attempt to control the largest area of the board with their counters.
- A time; an experience.
- An approval or permission to do something, or that which has been approved.
- street names for methylenedioxymethamphetamine
- a time period for working (after which you will be relieved by someone else)
- a usually brief attempt
- a board game for two players who place counters on a grid; the object is to surround and so capture the opponent's counters
verb
- (transitive, intransitive, computing) To extract data from a computer by the use of a keyboard.
- (transitive, baseball) To rule (by an umpire) that a pitch is a called third strike, often done emphatically.
- (transitive) To hit a person so that they become unconscious (knocked out).
- (intransitive, US) To leave a workplace by punching a timecard.
- (transitive) To use a punch to remove a piece of material or to remove a piece already scored.
- (intransitive) To leave a workplace.
- (transitive, baseball, of a pitcher) To throw a called third strike; to strike (someone) out.
- (intransitive, aviation) To eject from an airplane.
- (transitive) To repeatedly hit a person.
- register one's departure from work
noun
verb
- (intransitive, computing) To run, usually successfully.
- (transitive) To perform.
- (transitive) To carry out; to put into effect.
- (transitive, law) To carry out, to perform an act; to put into effect or cause to become legally binding or valid (as a contract) by so doing.
- (transitive, computing) To start, launch, or run.
- (transitive) To kill, especially as punishment for a capital crime.
- put in effect
- carry out the legalities of
- murder in a planned fashion
- carry out or perform an action
- carry out a process or program, as on a computer or a machine
- kill as a means of socially sanctioned punishment
- sign in the presence of witnesses
verb
- (intransitive, computing, of a program) To start to operate.
- (transitive) To cause (a rocket, balloon, etc., or the payload thereof) to begin its flight upward from the ground.
- (intransitive, often with out) To move with force and swiftness like a sliding from the stocks into the water; to plunge; to begin.
- (transitive) To throw (a projectile such as a lance, dart or ball); to hurl; to propel with force.
- (intransitive) Of a ship, rocket, balloon, etc.: to depart on a voyage; to take off.
- (transitive) To send out; to start (someone) on a mission or project; to give a start to (something); to put in operation
- (transitive, computing) To start (a program or feature); to execute or bring into operation.
- (transitive) To release; to put onto the market for sale
- (transitive) To cause (a vessel) to move or slide from the land or a larger vessel into the water; to set afloat.
- set up or found
- launch for the first time; launch on a maiden voyage
- propel with force
- smoothen the surface of
- begin with vigor
- get going; give impetus to
noun
- An event held to celebrate the launch of a ship/vessel, project, a new book, etc.; a launch party.
- The act or fact of launching (a ship/vessel, a project, a new book, etc.).
- (nautical) The boat of the largest size and/or of most importance belonging to a ship of war, and often called the "captain's boat" or "captain's launch".
- (nautical) An open boat of any size powered by steam, petrol, electricity, etc.
- The movement of a vessel from land into the water; especially, the sliding on ways from the stocks on which it is built. (Compare: to splash a ship.)
- (nautical) A boat used to convey guests to and from a yacht.
- the act of propelling with force
- a motorboat with an open deck or a half deck
verb
- (intransitive, computing) To enter a more basic interface.
- (cooking) To cook (food, especially fast food), particularly by lowering into hot oil to deep-fry, or by grilling.
- (transitive, music) To tune (a guitar string, etc.) to a lower note.
- (intransitive) Of a liquid: to fall in drops or droplets.
- (transitive) To cease concerning oneself over (someone or something); to have nothing more to do with (a discussion, subject, etc.).
- (transitive) To make (someone or something) fall to the ground from a blow, gunshot, etc.; to bring down, to shoot down; to kill.
- (intransitive, physiology, informal) Of the testicles: to hang further away from the body and begin producing sperm due to puberty.
- (transitive) To reduce; to make smaller.
- Especially in drop acid: to swallow (a drug, particularly LSD).
- (intransitive) Of a voice: to lower in timbre, often due to puberty.
- (transitive, computing, music, television, colloquial) To release (a programme, software, a music album or song, etc.) to the public.
- (intransitive) To decrease, diminish, or lessen in condition, degree, value, etc.
- (intransitive, computing, music, television, colloquial) Of a programme, software, a music album or song, etc.: to enter public distribution.
- (transitive) To drip (a liquid) in drops or small amounts.
- (originally US) To (unexpectedly) lose (a competition, game, etc.).
- To lose, spend, or otherwise part with (money).
- (intransitive, also figuratively) To fall (straight down) under the influence of gravity, like a drop of liquid.
- (intransitive) To come to an end (by not being kept up); to lapse, to stop.
- (intransitive) To fall into a particular condition or state.
- (intransitive, online gaming, video games) Of an item: To appear for the player to pick up, usually after an enemy has been defeated.
- To impart (something).
- (intransitive) Usually followed by by, in, or into: of a person: to visit someone or somewhere informally or without a prior appointment.
- (intransitive) To fall or sink quickly or suddenly to the ground.
- (rugby) To score (a goal) by means of a drop kick.
- (transitive) To cancel or cease to participate in (a scheduled course, event, or project).
- To perform (rap music).
- (transitive) To mention (something) casually or incidentally, usually in conversation.
- (transitive) To set down (someone or something) from a vehicle; to stop and deliver or deposit (someone or something); to drop off.
- (transitive) To lower (a sound, a voice, etc.) in pitch or volume.
- (transitive, computing) To present (the user) with a more basic interface.
- (transitive) To cease to include (something), as if on a list; to dismiss, to eject, to expel.
- To quickly lower or take down (one's trousers), especially in public.
- (cricket) Of a fielder: to fail to dismiss (a batsman) by accidentally dropping a batted ball that had initially been caught.
- (transitive, linguistics) To fail to write, or (especially) to pronounce (a syllable, letter, etc.).
- To pass or use (counterfeit cheques, money, etc.).
- (intransitive) To collapse in exhaustion or injury; also, to fall dead, or to fall in death.
- (transitive, ergative, also figuratively) To let (something) fall; to allow (something) to fall (either by releasing hold of, or losing one's grip on).
- (transitive) To move to a lower position; to allow to hang downwards; to lower.
- (intransitive) Of a song or sound: to lower in key, pitch, tempo, or other quality.
- (transitive, online gaming, video games) Of a defeated enemy or container: To leave behind an item that the player can collect.
- To play (a portion of music) in the manner of a disc jockey.
- (intransitive, gambling) To drop out of the betting.
- (transitive) Of an animal (usually a sheep): to give birth to (young); of a bird: to lay (an egg).
- (transitive) To let (a letter, etc.) fall into a postbox; hence, to send (a letter, email, or other message) in an offhand manner.
- (transitive) To dispose or get rid of (something); to lose, to remove.
- (US, Singapore, ergative, military, slang) To make someone, or be made to do push-ups or some other form of exercise on the ground as punishment.
- (intransitive) To fall behind or to the rear of a group of people, etc., as a result of not keeping up with those at the front.
- pay out
- utter with seeming casualness
- take (a drug, especially LSD), by mouth
- change from one level to another
- remove (cargo, people, etc.) from and leave
- lower the pitch of (musical notes)
- fall or descend to a lower place or level
- stop pursuing or acting
- to fall vertically
- let fall to the ground
- cause to fall by or as if by delivering a blow
- fall or sink into a state of exhaustion or death
- grow progressively worse
- stop associating with
- leave undone or leave out
- let or cause to fall in drops
- to remove
- go down in value
- lose (a game)
- omit (a letter or syllable) in speaking or writing
- give birth; used for animals
- hang loosely
- terminate an association with
noun
- Of women's clothes: the difference between the bust circumference and hip circumference.
- (online gaming, video games) An item made available for the player to pick up from the remains of a defeated enemy.
- (pinball) Ellipsis of drop target.
- (rugby) Ellipsis of drop kick.
- (pharmacology, chiefly in the plural) A liquid medicine that is intended to be administered in drops (sense 1).
- (agriculture) A fruit which has fallen off a tree, etc., or has been knocked off accidentally, rather than picked.
- (informal) Only used in get the drop on, have the drop on: an advantage.
- A decline in degree, quality, quantity, or rate.
- (nautical) The depth of a (square) sail (generally applied to the courses only); the vertical dimension of a sail.
- (electrics, telecommunications) An overhead electrical line running from a utility pole to a customer's building or other premises.
- (American football) A dropped pass.
- Usually preceded by the: relegation from one division to a lower one.
- (law enforcement) The distance that a person drops when being executed by hanging.
- Often preceded by a defining word: a small, round piece of hard candy, such as a lemon drop; a lozenge.
- (theater) A curtain which falls in front of a theatrical stage; also, a section of (cloth) scenery lowered on to the stage like a curtain.
- (slang, US) An automobile with a drop-top roof, a convertible.
- Licorice in confectionery form.
- Ellipsis of drop hammer or drop press.
- The distance below a cliff or other high position through which someone or something could fall; hence, a steep slope.
- (also figuratively) A small quantity of liquid, just large enough to hold its own rounded shape through surface tension, especially one that falls from a source of liquid.
- (law enforcement, informal) Preceded by the: execution by hanging.
- (music) A point in a song, usually electronic music such as dubstep, house, trance, or trap, where there is a very noticeable and pleasing change in bass, tempo, and/or overall tone; a climax, a highlight.
- A release (of music, a video game, etc).
- (Ireland, informal) A single measure of whisky.
- Of men's clothes: the difference between the chest circumference and waist circumference.
- (figuratively) A very small quantity of liquid, or (by extension) of anything.
- (law enforcement) A trapdoor (“hinged platform”) on a gallows; a gallows itself.
- An act of moving downwards under the force of gravity; a descent, a fall.
- The vertical length of a hanging curtain.
- A mechanism for lowering something, such as a machine for lowering heavy weights on to a ship's deck, or a device for temporarily lowering a gas jet, etc.
- (pharmacology) A dose of liquid medicine in the form of a drop (sense 1).
- (engineering) The distance of the axis of a shaft below the base of a hanger.
- (surfing) A near vertical decent down the face of a breaking wave.
- (cricket) A place (specified by an ordinal) in the batting order after the openers.
- (architecture) An ornament resembling a pendant; a gutta.
- (American football) Ellipsis of drop-back.
- (gambling) The amount of money that a gambler exchanges for chips in a casino.
- (chiefly British) Usually preceded by the: alcoholic spirits in general.
- (golf) Ellipsis of drop shot.
- The cover mounted on a swivel over a keyhole that rests over the keyhole when not in use to keep out debris, but is swiveled out of the way before inserting the key.
- (chiefly Australia, British) A small amount of an alcoholic beverage.
- A place where items or supplies may be left for others to collect, whether openly (as with a mail drop), or secretly or illegally (as in crime or espionage); a drop-off point.
- An instance of making a delivery of people, supplies, or things, especially by parachute out of an aircraft (an airdrop), but also by truck, etc.
- a shape that is spherical and small
- a central depository where things can be left or picked up
- a steep high face of rock
- a free and rapid descent by the force of gravity
- a predetermined hiding place for the deposit and distribution of illicit goods (such as drugs or stolen property)
- the act of dropping something
- a curtain that can be lowered and raised onto a stage from the flies; often used as background scenery
- a sudden sharp decrease in some quantity
- a small indefinite quantity (especially of a liquid)
verb
- (transitive) To connect two or more computers or other computerized devices.
- (transitive, broadcasting) To broadcast across an entire network of stations and affiliates at the same time.
- (transitive) To interconnect a group or system.
- (intransitive) To interact socially for the purpose of getting connections or personal advancement.
- communicate with and within a group
noun
- A set of people with sociocultural connections to one another; especially, such a set consisting of occupational or business connections.
- Any interconnected group or system.
- (broadcasting) A group of affiliated television stations that broadcast common programs from a parent company.
- (literal) A fabric or structure of fibrous elements attached to each other at regular intervals; the act or process of making such an object.
- (computing, Internet) A computer network: multiple computers and other devices connected together to share information.
- (broadcasting) a communication system consisting of a group of broadcasting stations that all transmit the same programs
- (electronics) a system of interconnected electronic components or circuits
- an open fabric of string or rope or wire woven together at regular intervals
- a system of intersecting lines or channels
- an interconnected system of things or people
verb
noun
- (computing) An indicator, often a blinking line or bar, indicating where the next insertion or other edit will take place.
- (programming) A design pattern in object oriented methodology in which a collection is iterated uniformly.
- A part of any of several scientific or measuring instruments that moves back and forth to indicate a position.
- (databases) A reference to a row of data in a table, which moves from row to row as data is retrieved by way of it.
- (graphical user interface) A moving icon or other representation, usually called a pointer, of the position of the pointing device.
- (computer science) indicator consisting of a movable spot of light (an icon) on a visual display; moving it allows the user to point to commands or screen positions
verb
- (intransitive, computing) To navigate through a data stream.
- (transitive) To try to reach or come to; to go to; to resort to.
- (transitive) To ask for; to solicit; to beseech.
- (transitive) To try to acquire or gain; to strive after; to aim at.
- (intransitive, sometimes proscribed) To attempt, endeavour, try
- (ambitransitive) To try to find; to look for; to search for.
- try to get or reach
- try to locate or discover, or try to establish the existence of
- inquire for
- go to or towards
- make an effort or attempt
noun
verb
- (ambitransitive) To browse the Internet, television, etc.
- To ride a wave on a surfboard; to pursue or take part in the sport of surfing.
- To surf at a specified place.
- To bodysurf; to swim in the surf at a beach.
- switch channels, on television
- ride the waves of the sea with a surfboard
- look around casually and randomly, without seeking anything in particular
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verb
noun
- (uncountable, Scotland) Complicity or assent.
- (countable) An outburst of an emotion; a paroxysm; a fit of passion.
- (uncountable) Admission to sexual intercourse.
- (uncountable) The quality of being easy to approach or enter.
- (uncountable, law) The right of a noncustodial parent to visit their child.
- (uncountable) The act of approaching or entering; an advance.
- (uncountable) The right or ability of approaching or entering; admittance; admission; accessibility.
- (uncountable, networking) Connection to or communication with a computer program or to the Internet.
- (uncountable) A way or means of approaching or entering; an entrance; a passage.
- (countable, computing) The process of locating data in memory.
- (countable) An onset, attack, or fit of disease; an ague fit.
- (computer science) the operation of reading or writing stored information
- the right to obtain or make use of or take advantage of something (as services or membership)
- a way of entering or leaving
- a code (a series of characters or digits) that must be entered in some way (typed or dialed or spoken) to get the use of something (a telephone line or a computer or a local area network etc.)
- the act of approaching or entering
- the right to enter
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adj
noun
- (computing) A source control repository hosted on a remote machine, rather than locally.
- (broadcasting) An element of broadcast programming originating away from the station's or show's control room.
- Ellipsis of remote control.
- a device that can be used to control a machine or apparatus from a distance
verb
- (computing, transitive) To read with an electronic device.
- (computing, transitive) To inspect, analyse or go over, often to find something.
- (computing, transitive) To perform lexical analysis; to tokenize.
- (poetry, intransitive) To conform to a metrical structure.
- (poetry, transitive) To read or mark so as to show a specific metre.
- (transitive) To look about for; to look over quickly.
- (computing, medicine, transitive) To create an image of something with the use of a scanner.
- (transitive) To examine sequentially, carefully, or critically; to scrutinize; to behold closely.
- examine hastily
- obtain data from magnetic tapes or other digital sources
- read metrically
- move a light beam over; in electronics, to reproduce an image
- examine minutely or intensely
- make a wide, sweeping search of
- conform to a metrical pattern
noun
- Of written things, a careful reading.
- (computing) An instance of scanning.
- Of written things, a cursory reading: a skim.
- (functional programming) A higher-order function that applies a binary operation to a sequence of values, starting with an accumulator, and returns a new sequence with the results.
- (computing) The result or output of a scanning process.
- the act of scanning; systematic examination of a prescribed region
- an image produced by scanning
verb
- (transitive) To make (something) more efficient, such as a computer program.
- (transitive) To make (something) optimal.
- (intransitive) To become optimal.
- (originally intransitive) To act optimistically or as an optimist.
- act as an optimist and take a sunny view of the world
- make optimal; get the most out of; use best
- modify to achieve maximum efficiency in storage capacity or time or cost
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- (object-oriented programming) The connection between parts of software; also the public or published sections of an object or module.
- (chemistry, physics) A thin layer or boundary between different substances or two phases of a single substance.
- (computing) The point of interconnection between systems or subsystems.
- (biochemistry) The internal surface of a coiled protein (compare exoface).
- (object-oriented programming) In some languages, a block of code declaring the interface (point of interconnection) between a class and code that interacts with it.
- The point of interconnection or contact between entities.
- (computing) The connection between a user and a machine.
- (object-oriented programming) In object-oriented programming, a piece of code defining a set of operations that other code must implement.
- the overlap where two theories or phenomena affect each other or have links with each other
- (computer science) a program that controls a display for the user (usually on a computer monitor) and that allows the user to interact with the system
- (chemistry) a surface forming a common boundary between two things (two objects or liquids or chemical phases)
- (computer science) computer circuit consisting of the hardware and associated circuitry that links one device with another (especially a computer and a hard disk drive or other peripherals)
adj
- Of a computer: actively connected to the Internet or to some other communications service.
- connected to a computer network or accessible by computer
- Of a generator or power plant: connected to the grid.
- Of a system: active, particularly building facilities (such as power) or a factory or power plant.
- (slang) Immersed in Internet culture. (Usually modified by an intensifier such as extremely or terminally)
- Connected to the Internet.
- Available over, or delivered from, the Internet.
- Available on a computer system, even if not networked.
- being in progress now
- on a regular route of a railroad or bus or airline system
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- Operating using a computer and/or online rather than physically present.
- (quantum mechanics) Of a quantum state: having an intermediate, short-lived, and unobservable nature.
- In effect or essence, rather than in fact or reality; also, imitated, simulated.
- (object-oriented programming) Of a class member: capable of being overridden with a different implementation in a subclass.
- (particle physics) Pertaining to particles in temporary existence due to the Heisenberg uncertainty principle.
- (mechanics) Pertaining to a theoretical infinitesimal velocity in a mechanical system that does not violate the system's constraints; also, of other physical quantities: resulting from such a velocity.
- (optics) Chiefly in virtual focus: of a focus or point: from which light or other radiation apparently emanates; also, of an image: produced by light that appears to diverge from a point beyond the reflecting or refracting surface.
- For practical purposes, though not technically; almost complete, very near.
- Simulated in a computer and/or online.
- Pertaining to a theoretical quality of something which would produce an observable effect if counteracting factors such as friction are disregarded; specifically, of a head of water: producing a certain pressure if friction, etc., is disregarded.
- being actually such in almost every respect
- existing in essence or effect though not in actual fact
noun
- (uncountable) Preceded by the: that which is imitated or simulated rather than existing in fact or reality; (countable) an instance of this.
- (countable, programming) A virtual (adjective adjective sense 3.3) member function of a class.
- (uncountable) That which is simulated in a computer and/or online; virtual reality; (countable) an instance of this; specifically (gambling), a computer simulation of a real-world sport such as horse racing.