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adj
- Deviating only slightly or within acceptable limits.
- Telling the truth or giving a true result; exact; not defective or faulty.
- On course to hit, or successful in hitting, a target; well-aimed.
- Capable of consistently hitting a target, especially using some weapon or tool.
- (of ideas, images, representations, expressions) characterized by perfect conformity to fact or truth; strictly correct
- conforming exactly or almost exactly to fact or to a standard or performing with total accuracy
noun
- a slight amount or degree of difference
- relative darkness caused by light rays being intercepted by an opaque body
- protective covering that protects something from direct sunlight
- a subtle difference in meaning or opinion or attitude
- a representation of the effect of shadows in a picture or drawing (as by shading or darker pigment)
- a mental representation of some haunting experience
- a position of relative inferiority
- a protective ornamental covering for a lamp, used to screen a light bulb from direct view
- a quality of a given color that differs slightly from another color
- (figuratively, in the plural) An aspect that is reminiscent of something.
- (countable) A postage stamp showing an obvious difference in colour/color to the original printing and needing a separate catalogue/catalog entry.
- (uncountable) Darkness where light, particularly sunlight, is blocked.
- (historical) A candle-shade.
- (countable) A cover around or above a light bulb, a lampshade.
- A very small degree of a quantity, or variety of meaning
- (figuratively) A subtle variation in a concept.
- (countable) Something that blocks light, particularly in a window.
- (chiefly literary and fantasy) A ghost or specter; a spirit.
- (countable) A variety of a color, in particular one obtained by adding black (compare tint).
- (uncountable, originally LGBTQ slang) Subtle insults.
verb
- represent the effect of shade or shadow on
- protect from light, heat, or view
- vary slightly
- pass from one quality such as color to another by a slight degree
- cast a shadow over
- (transitive, slang) To throw shade, to subtly insult someone.
- (transitive) To darken, particularly in drawing.
- (intransitive, rare) To shield oneself from light.
- (intransitive, baseball, of a defensive player) To move slightly from one's normal fielding position.
- To win by a narrow margin.
- (intransitive) To vary or approach something slightly, particularly in color.
- (transitive, graphical user interface) To reduce (a window) so that only its title bar is visible.
- (transitive) To shield (someone or something) from light.
- (transitive) To alter slightly.
verb
adj
- (meteorology) Of a cloud ceiling, limiting vision to 50 feet (15 meters) or less.
- (linguistics) Present at an abstract level, but not realized in the surface form.
- (meteorology) Of horizontal visibility, limited to 165 feet (50.3 meters) or less.
- (postpositive) Used in the names of foodstuffs, especially beverages, to indicate a version with no calories
- of or relating to the null set (a set with no members)
- having no measurable or otherwise determinable value
- indicating the absence of any or all units under consideration
- indicating an initial point or origin
det
noun
- (mathematics) A value of the independent variables of a function, for which the function is equal to zero.
- The value of a magnitude corresponding to the cardinal number zero.
- (informal, uncountable) Nothing, or none.
- The numeric symbol that represents the cardinal number zero.
- The point on a scale at which numbering or measurement originates.
- (mathematics, algebra) The additive identity element of a monoid or greater algebraic structure, particularly a group or ring.
- (slang) A person dismissed as unimportant.
- (finance) A security which has a zero coupon (paying no periodic interest).
- The digit 0 in the decimal, binary, and all other base numbering systems.
- (military, usually capitalized) A Mitsubishi A6M Zero, a long range fighter aircraft operated by the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service from 1940 to 1945.
- A setting of calibrated instruments such as a firearm, corresponding to a zero value.
- a quantity of no importance; thing (object:), singular, negative pronoun; pronoun, thing, singular; quantifier: negative existential
- the point on a scale from which positive or negative numerical quantities can be measured
- the sight setting that will cause a projectile to hit the center of the target with no wind blowing
- a mathematical element that when added to another number yields the same number
num
noun
- a small margin
- the property of being narrow; having little width
- an inclination to criticize opposing opinions or shocking behavior
- a restriction of range or scope
- (uncountable) The state of being narrow.
- (countable) A constriction; a narrow passage or place; an instance or aspect of being narrow, or having a limited scope or extent.
noun
noun
- a lower limit
- lowest support of a structure
- (electronics) the part of a transistor that separates the emitter from the collector
- the fundamental assumptions from which something is begun or developed or calculated or explained
- the place where you are stationed and from which missions start and end
- (numeration system) the positive integer that is equivalent to one in the next higher counting place
- a phosphoric ester of a nucleoside; the basic structural unit of nucleic acids (DNA or RNA)
- the stock of basic facilities and capital equipment needed for the functioning of a country or area
- the bottom or lowest part
- a place that the runner must touch before scoring
- a support or foundation
- the principal ingredient of a mixture
- any of various water-soluble compounds capable of turning litmus blue and reacting with an acid to form a salt and water
- installation from which a military force initiates operations
- (linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed
- the most important or necessary part of something
- (anatomy) the part of an organ nearest its point of attachment
- the bottom side of a geometric figure from which the altitude can be constructed
- a flat bottom on which something is intended to sit
- (electronics) The name of the controlling terminal of a bipolar transistor (BJT).
- (acrobatics, cheerleading) In hand-to-hand balance, the person who supports the flyer; the person that remains in contact with the ground.
- The starting point of a logical deduction or thought; basis.
- (architecture) The lowermost part of a column, between the shaft and the pedestal or pavement.
- (group theory) A sequence of elements not jointly stabilized by any nontrivial group element.
- (topology) The set of sets from which a topology is generated.
- (heraldry) The lowest third of a shield (or field), or an ordinary occupying this space, the champagne. (Compare terrace.)
- The place where decisions for an organization are made; headquarters.
- (cooking, painting, pharmacy) A basic but essential component or ingredient.
- A line in a survey which, being accurately determined in length and position, serves as the origin from which to compute the distances and positions of any points or objects connected with it by a system of triangles.
- (chemistry) Any of a class of generally water-soluble compounds that turn red litmus blue and react with acids to form salts.
- (aviation) Ellipsis of base leg.
- A site, structure, or both, usually durable and often permanent, for housing military personnel and materiel.
- (botany) The end of a leaf, petal or similar organ where it is attached to its support.
- (topology) A topological space, looked at in relation to one of its covering spaces, fibrations, or bundles.
- (mathematics) A number raised to the power of an exponent.
- (military, historical) The smallest kind of cannon.
- (historical, sometimes in the plural) A kind of skirt (often of velvet or brocade) which hung from the middle to about the knees, or lower.
- (biology, biochemistry) A nucleotide's nucleobase in the context of a DNA or RNA biopolymer.
- (historical, sometimes in the plural) A kind of armour skirt, of mail or plate, imitating the preceding civilian skirt.
- A safe zone in the children's games of tag and hide-and-go-seek.
- (slang, uncountable) freebase cocaine
- (cosmetics) Foundation: a cosmetic cream to make the face appear uniform.
- (geometry) The lowest side of a triangle or other polygon, or the lowest face of a cone, pyramid or other polyhedron laid flat.
- (linguistics) A morpheme (or morphemes) that serves as a basic foundation on which affixes can be attached.
- (politics) A group of voters who almost always support a single party's candidates for elected office.
- Something from which other things extend; a foundation.
- (baseball) One of the four places that a runner can stand without being subject to being tagged out when the ball is in play.
- (mathematics) Synonym of radix.
- A material that holds paint or other materials together; a binder.
- A supporting, lower or bottom component of a structure or object.
- Alternative form of BASE.
- (now chiefly US, historical) The game of prisoners' bars.
- (Marxism) The forces and relations of production that produce the necessities and amenities of life.
- A substance used as a mordant in dyeing.
adj
- (used of metals) consisting of or alloyed with inferior metal
- of low birth or station (‘base’ is archaic in this sense)
- illegitimate
- serving as or forming a base
- not adhering to ethical or moral principles
- debased; not genuine
- having or showing an ignoble lack of honor or morality
- Not classical or correct.
- Morally reprehensible, immoral; cowardly.
- Low in place or position.
- Alloyed with inferior metal; debased.
- (law) Relating to feudal land tenure held by a tenant from a lord in exchange for services that are seen as unworthy for noblemen to perform, such as villeinage.
- (of a metal) Not considered precious or noble.
verb
- situate as a center of operations
- use (purified cocaine) by burning it and inhaling the fumes
- use as a basis for; found on
- (transitive) To give as its foundation or starting point; to lay the foundation of.
- (slang) To freebase.
- (acrobatics, cheerleading) To act as a base; to be the person supporting the flyer.
- (transitive) To be located (at a particular place).
noun
- a lower limit
- the inside lower horizontal surface (as of a room, hallway, tent, or other structure)
- the lower inside surface of any hollow structure
- the occupants of a floor
- a large room in a exchange where the trading is done
- the bottom surface of any lake or other body of water
- the legislative hall where members debate and vote and conduct other business
- the parliamentary right to address an assembly
- the ground on which people and animals move about
- a structure consisting of a room or set of rooms at a single position along a vertical scale
- In a parliament, the part of the house assigned to the members, as opposed to the viewing gallery.
- (by extension) The right to speak at a given time during a debate or other public event.
- (nautical) That part of the bottom of a vessel on each side of the keelson which is most nearly horizontal.
- (gymnastics) An event performed on a floor-like carpeted surface; floor exercise
- (mining) The bottom of a pit, pothole or mine.
- (geology, biology, chiefly with a modifier) The bottom surface of a natural structure, entity, or space (e.g. cave, forest, ocean, desert, etc.); the ground (surface of the Earth).
- (mining) A horizontal, flat ore body; the rock underlying a stratified or nearly horizontal deposit.
- (mathematics) The largest integer less than or equal to a given number.
- (finance) A lower limit or minimum on a price or rate, a price floor. Opposite of a cap or ceiling.
- (construction, architecture) A structure formed of beams, girders, etc, with proper covering, which divides a building horizontally into storeys/stories.
- (gymnastics) A floor-like carpeted surface for performing gymnastic movements.
- The trading floor of a stock exchange, pit; the area in which business is conducted at a convention or exhibition.
- (UK, dialectal, colloquial) The ground.
- The supporting surface or platform of a structure such as a bridge.
- (architecture, countable) A storey/story of a building.
- The area of a casino where gambling occurs.
- (countable) The interior bottom or surface of a house or building; the supporting surface of a room.
- A dance floor.
- The area of an establishment where food and drink are served to customers.
verb
- knock down with force
- surprise greatly; knock someone's socks off
- (driving, transitive, slang) To push (a pedal) down to the floor, especially to accelerate.
- (informal, transitive, usually passive voice) To amaze or greatly surprise.
- (informal, transitive) To silence by a conclusive answer or retort.
- (mathematics) To set a lower bound.
- (colloquial, transitive) To finish or make an end of.
- To strike down or lay level with the floor; to knock down.
- (transitive) To cover or furnish with a floor.
adj
noun
- (ice hockey) the person who plays center on a hockey team
- politically moderate persons; centrists
- the position on a hockey team of the player who participates in the face off at the beginning of the game
- (football) the person who plays center on the line of scrimmage and snaps the ball to the quarterback
- mercantile establishment consisting of a carefully landscaped complex of shops representing leading merchandisers; usually includes restaurants and a convenient parking area; a modern version of the traditional marketplace
- a place where some particular activity is concentrated
- the middle of a military or naval formation
- a position on a basketball team of the player who participates in the jump that starts the game
- the piece of ground in the outfield directly ahead of the catcher
- the object upon which interest and attention focuses
- (American football) the position of the player on the line of scrimmage who puts the ball in play
- a point equidistant from the ends of a line or the extremities of a figure
- (basketball) the person who plays center on a basketball team
- the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience
- a building dedicated to a particular activity
- an area that is approximately central within some larger region
- a cluster of nerve cells governing a specific bodily process
- the sweet central portion of a piece of candy that is enclosed in chocolate or some other covering
- A place, especially a building or complex, set aside for some specified function or activity.
- (engineering) A conical recess or indentation in the end of a shaft or other work, to receive the point of a center, on which the work can turn, as in a lathe.
- (American football, Canadian football) The person who holds the ball at the beginning of each play.
- (geometry) The point in the interior of any figure of any number of dimensions that has as its coordinates the arithmetic mean of the coordinates of all points on the perimeter of the figure (or of all points in the interior for a center of volume).
- (basketball) The player, generally the tallest, who plays closest to the basket.
- (ice hockey) The forward that generally plays between the left wing and right wing and usually takes the faceoffs.
- (geometry) A point on a triangle's plane that is in some sense in its middle.
- The point in the interior of a sphere that is equidistant from all points on the circumference.
- The point in the interior of a circle that is equidistant from all points on the circumference.
- The middle portion of something; the part well away from the edges.
- (netball) A player who can go all over the court, except the shooting circles.
- (Australia, New Zealand) The ring in the gambling game two-up in which the spinner operates.
- (soccer) A pass played into the centre of the pitch.
- (rugby) One of the backs operating in a central area of the pitch, either the inside centre or outside centre.
- A topic that is particularly important in a given context, the element in a subject of cognition, volition or discussion that is perceived as decisive.
- (geometry) The point on a line that is midway between the ends.
- (engineering) One of the two conical steel pins in a lathe, etc., upon which the work is held, and about which it revolves.
- The venue in which the head of government in a centralized state is situated.
- (politics) The ensemble of moderate or centrist political parties.
- (algebra, group theory, ring theory) The set of those elements (of a given algebraic structure) that commute with every other element, usually denoted Z(G). In the case of (semi-)groups, it is required that they commute under the (semi-)group operation; in the case of rings and (Lie) algebras, under multiplication (i.e. the bracket for Lie algebras)
- (architecture) A temporary structure upon which the materials of a vault or arch are supported in position until the work becomes self-supporting.
verb
- direct one's attention on something
- center upon
- move into the center
- (transitive) To give (something) a central basis.
- (intransitive) To concentrate on (something), to pay close attention to (something).
- (transitive) To cause (some attribute, such as a mood or voltage) to be adjusted to a value which is midway between the extremes.
- (transitive) To cause (an object) to occupy the center of an area.
- (engineering) To form a recess or indentation for the reception of a center.
adj
noun
- (ice hockey) the person who plays center on a hockey team
- politically moderate persons; centrists
- the position on a hockey team of the player who participates in the face off at the beginning of the game
- (football) the person who plays center on the line of scrimmage and snaps the ball to the quarterback
- mercantile establishment consisting of a carefully landscaped complex of shops representing leading merchandisers; usually includes restaurants and a convenient parking area; a modern version of the traditional marketplace
- a place where some particular activity is concentrated
- the middle of a military or naval formation
- a position on a basketball team of the player who participates in the jump that starts the game
- the piece of ground in the outfield directly ahead of the catcher
- the object upon which interest and attention focuses
- (American football) the position of the player on the line of scrimmage who puts the ball in play
- a point equidistant from the ends of a line or the extremities of a figure
- (basketball) the person who plays center on a basketball team
- the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience
- a building dedicated to a particular activity
- an area that is approximately central within some larger region
- a cluster of nerve cells governing a specific bodily process
- the sweet central portion of a piece of candy that is enclosed in chocolate or some other covering
- Australia, British, Canada, Ireland, New Zealand, and South Africa standard spelling of center.
verb
adj
- equally distant from the extremes
- being neither at the beginning nor at the end in a series
- of a stage in the development of a language or literature between earlier and later stages
- between an earlier and a later period of time
- Central.
- (grammar) Pertaining to the middle voice.
- Located in the middle; in between.
noun
- an intermediate part or section
- the middle area of the human torso (usually in front)
- the point between the beginning and the end of a temporal period or process
- an area that is approximately central within some larger region
- A centre, midpoint.
- The part between the beginning and the end.
- (politics) the center of the political spectrum.
- (grammar) The middle voice.
- (cricket) The middle stump.
- The central part of a human body; the waist.
verb
adj
noun
- the place at a fair or carnival where sideshows and similar amusements are located
- A middle way or manner; a mean or middle path between extremes.
- (US) The part of a fair or circus where rides, entertainments, and booths are concentrated.
- The middle; the midst.
- (US) The widest aisle in the middle of an industrial complex (such as railroad shops or a coach yard) along which various buildings are aligned.
adv
noun
- (sciences) The degree of fineness of such a separation.
- A strong will; the state of being resolute.
- A statement of intent, a vow.
- (narratology) The moment in which the conflict ends and the outcome of the action is clear.
- (mathematics) The act or process of resolving: solving.
- (homological algebra, of a given module (or, generally, object in an abelian category) M) An exact sequence of modules (or, objects in the same category as M) either terminating in M or such that M is the homology at degree zero. See Resolution (algebra).
- (medicine) In a pathological process, the phase during which pathogens and damaged tissues are removed by macrophages.
- (computing) The number of pixels in an image being stored or displayed.
- (sciences) The separation of the constituent parts (of a spectrum etc).
- The act of discerning detail.
- (music) Progression from dissonance to consonance; a chord to which such progression is made.
- (computing) The process of determining the meaning of a symbol or address; the process of executing a link to it.
- A formal statement adopted by an assembly, or during any other formal meeting.
- (computing, photography) The degree of fineness with which an image can be recorded or produced, often expressed as the number of pixels per unit of length (typically an inch).
- A firm decision or an official decision.
- the trait of being resolute
- analysis into clear-cut components
- the subsidence of swelling or other signs of inflammation (especially in a lung)
- a statement that solves a problem or explains how to solve the problem
- a decision to do something or to behave in a certain manner
- a formal expression by a meeting; agreed to by a vote
- (music) a dissonant chord is followed by a consonant chord
- (computer science) the number of pixels per square inch on a computer-generated display; the greater the resolution, the better the picture
- finding a solution to a problem
- the ability of a microscope or telescope to measure the angular separation of images that are close together
- something settled or resolved; the outcome of decision making
adj
- Without great variation.
- (colloquial) On equal terms of a moral sort; quits.
- Equal in proportion, quantity, size, etc.
- Parallel; on a level; reaching the same limit.
- (informal) Of a number, convenient for rounding other numbers to; for example, ending in a zero.
- On equal monetary terms; neither owing nor being owed.
- (mathematics, not comparable) Of an integer, divisible by two.
- Flat and level.
- being level or straight or regular and without variation as e.g. in shape or texture; or being in the same plane or at the same height as something else (i.e. even with)
- symmetrically arranged
- equal in degree or extent or amount; or equally matched or balanced
- divisible by two
- of the score in a contest
- occurring at fixed intervals
adv
- Used to emphasise a comparative.
- Used to indicate a further degree of comparison.
- Rather; that is (used to signal a correction of a previous utterance).
- In reality (used to imply an extreme example in the case mentioned).
- to a greater degree or extent; used with comparisons
- to the full extent
- used as an intensive especially to indicate something unexpected
- in spite of; notwithstanding
noun
verb
prep_phrase
prep_phrase
adv
- below some quantity or limit
- below the horizon
- further down
- down to defeat, death, or ruin
- down below
- in or into a state of subordination or subjugation
- through a range downward
- into unconsciousness
- Down to defeat, ruin, or death.
- In or to a lower or subordinate position, or a position beneath or below something, physically or figuratively.
- (informal) In or into an unconscious state.
- So as to pass beneath something.
- (usually in compounds) Less than what is necessary to be adequate or suitable; insufficient.
adj
- located below or beneath something else
- lower in rank, power, or authority
- Lower; beneath something.
- In a state of subordination, submission or defeat.
- (informal) Having a particular property that is low, especially so as to be insufficient or lacking in a particular respect.
- (medicine, colloquial) Under anesthesia, especially general anesthesia; sedated.
noun
prep
- Within the category, classification or heading of.
- Using or adopting (a name, identity, etc.).
- Beneath; below; at or to the bottom of, or the area covered or surmounted by.
- Less than.
- (figuratively) In the face of; in response to (some attacking force).
- Subordinate to; subject to the control of; in accordance with; in compliance with.
- Below the surface of.
- Subject to.
- From one side of to the other, passing beneath.
noun
- The lowest limit.
- (astronomy) A period of minimum brightness or energy intensity (of a star).
- (mathematical analysis) A lower bound of a set which is also an element of that set.
- (statistics) The smallest member of a batch or sample or the lower bound of a probability distribution.
- The smallest amount.
- the smallest possible quantity
- the point on a curve where the tangent changes from negative on the left to positive on the right
adj
adv
adj
- straightforward in means or manner or behavior or language or action
- in precisely the same words used by a writer or speaker
- being an immediate result or consequence
- in a straight unbroken line of descent from parent to child
- moving from west to east on the celestial sphere; or — for planets — around the sun in the same direction as the Earth
- similar in nature or effect or relation to another quantity
- direct in spatial dimensions; proceeding without deviation or interruption; straight and short
- having no intervening persons, agents, conditions
- lacking compromising or mitigating elements
- (of a current) flowing in one direction only
- In the line of descent; not collateral.
- Proceeding without deviation or interruption.
- Straightforward; sincere.
- Straight; not crooked, oblique, or circuitous; leading by the short or shortest way to a point or end.
- (astronomy) In the direction of the general planetary motion, or from west to east; in the order of the signs; not retrograde; said of the motion of a celestial body.
- (mathematics, logic, of a proof) Not employing the law of the excluded middle or argument by contradiction.
- (aviation, travel) Having a single flight number.
- (political science) Pertaining to, or effected immediately by, action of the people through their votes instead of through one or more representatives or delegates.
- Immediate; express; plain; unambiguous.
verb
- direct the course; determine the direction of travelling
- guide the actors in (plays and films)
- plan and direct (a complex undertaking)
- specifically design a product, event, or activity for a certain public
- take somebody somewhere
- govern or manage
- point or cause to go (blows, weapons, or objects such as photographic equipment) towards
- lead, as in the performance of a composition
- cause to go somewhere
- command with authority
- put an address on (an envelope)
- intend (something) to move towards a certain goal
- give directions to; point somebody into a certain direction
- To aim (something) at (something else).
- To manage, control, steer.
- To point out to or show (somebody) the right course or way; to guide, as by pointing out the way; to refer.
- To point out to with authority; to instruct as a superior; to order.
adv
- without deviation
- without delay or hesitation; with no time intervening
- without anyone or anything intervening
- in a forthright manner; candidly or frankly
- In a direct manner; in a straight line or course.
- In a straightforward way; without anything intervening; not by secondary but by direct means.
- Exactly; just; at the shortest possible distance.
- Plainly, without circumlocution or ambiguity; absolutely; in express terms.
- Straightforwardly; honestly.
conj
adv
- without deviation
- in a straight line; in a direct course
- in a forthright manner; candidly or frankly
- Of a direction relative to the subject, precisely; as if following a direct line.
- Directly; without pause, delay or detour.
- Continuously; without interruption or pause.
- Of speech or information, without prevarication or holding back; directly; straightforwardly; plainly.
adj
- in keeping with the facts
- not homosexual
- (of hair) having no waves or curls
- neatly arranged; not disorderly
- rigidly conventional or old-fashioned
- free from curves or angles
- without evasion or compromise
- no longer coiled
- erect in posture
- (of an alcoholic drink) without water
- following a correct or logical method
- having no deviations
- successive (without a break)
- characterized by honesty and fairness
- accurately fitted; level
- Perfectly horizontal or vertical; not diagonal or oblique.
- (telegraphy, historical, of a telegram) Sent at a full rate for immediate delivery; being a fast telegram.
- (informal, of people, reciprocal) On good terms.
- Free from dishonesty; honest, law-abiding.
- (tennis) Describing the sets in a match of which the winner did not lose a single set.
- (colloquial) Conventional; mainstream; socially acceptable.
- Of spirits: undiluted, unmixed; neat.
- (engineering, of an internal-combustion engine) Having all cylinders in a single straight line; in-line.
- In a row, in unbroken sequence; consecutive.
- (cricket) Describing the bat as held so as not to incline to either side; on, or near a line running between the two wickets.
- (colloquial) Not using alcohol, drugs, etc.
- (of a path, trajectory, etc.) Direct, undeviating.
- Not crooked, curly, or bent; having a constant direction throughout its length.
- (slang) Thorough; utter; unqualified.
- (colloquial) Heterosexual.
- Direct in communication; unevasive, straightforward.
- (informal, of a person) OK, all right, fine; in a good state or situation.
- (fashion) Not plus size; thin.
- In proper order; as it should be.
- (colloquial, of a romantic or sexual relation) Occurring between people of opposite sex (sometimes, but not always, specifically between heterosexual people).
- (rare, now chiefly religion) Strait; narrow.
- (sciences, mathematics) Concerning the property allowing the parallel transport of vectors along a course that keeps tangent vectors remain as such throughout that course (a course which is straight, a straight curve, is a geodesic).
- Serious rather than comedic.
- (slang, sex work) Related to conventional sexual intercourse.
- (US, politics) Making no exceptions or deviations in one's support of the organization and candidates of a political party.
- (US, politics) Containing the names of all the regularly nominated candidates of a single party and no others.
noun
- a person having a sexual orientation to persons of the opposite sex
- a poker hand with 5 consecutive cards (regardless of suit)
- a straight segment of a roadway or racecourse
- A chiropractor who relies solely on spinal adjustment, with no other treatments.
- (slang) A normal person; someone in mainstream society.
- (slang) A cigarette, particularly one containing tobacco instead of marijuana.
- (colloquial) A heterosexual.
- A cat that has straight ears despite belonging to a breed that often has folded ears.
- (poker) Five cards in sequence.
- Something that is not crooked or bent such as a part of a road or track.
verb
noun
- The minimum distance between the two bodies in such a system.
- (astronomy, astrophysics) The point of a body's (elliptical) orbit in a 2-body gravitational system such that the distance between the two bodies (measured from their respective centres of mass) is at its minimum.
- (astronomy) the point in an orbit closest to the body being orbited
adj
- The smallest possible amount, quantity, or degree.
- (music) Characterised by the repetition and gradual alteration of short phrases.
- (art) Characterised by the use of simple form or structures.
- (mathematics, technical) Among elements of some collection, such that no other element is greater (with respect to some given partial order).
- the least possible
noun
adj
- Slight; minimal.
- (of a being) Lacking strength; weak; languid; inclined to lose consciousness
- Lacking courage, spirit, or energy; cowardly; dejected.
- Performed, done, or acted, weakly; not exhibiting vigor, strength, or energy.
- Barely perceptible; not bright, or loud, or sharp.
- lacking strength or vigor
- weak and likely to lose consciousness
- lacking clarity or distinctness
- lacking conviction or boldness or courage
- indistinctly understood or felt or perceived
- deficient in magnitude; barely perceptible; lacking clarity or brightness or loudness etc
noun
verb
- (intransitive) To lose courage or spirit; to become depressed or despondent.
- (intransitive) To lose consciousness through a lack of oxygen or nutrients to the brain, usually as a result of suddenly reduced blood flow (may be caused by emotional trauma, loss of blood or various medical conditions).
- (intransitive) To decay; to disappear; to vanish.
- pass out from weakness, physical or emotional distress due to a loss of blood supply to the brain
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conj
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prep
verb
adj
noun
- An approximate range.
- (figuratively) The inhabitants of a region or district of a country.
- A subprovincial region of Quebec; the primary level subdivision; a prefecture.
- A subnational region of Chile; equivalent to province.
- (Ontario) Ellipsis of regional municipality, a county-level municipality.
- (anatomy) A place in or a part of the body in any way indicated.
- Ellipsis of administrative region.
- (historical) Such a division of the city of Rome and of the territory about Rome, of which the number varied at different times; a district, quarter, or ward.
- Any considerable and connected part of a space or surface; specifically, a tract of land or sea of considerable but indefinite extent; a country; a district; in a broad sense, a place without special reference to location or extent but viewed as an entity for geographical, social or cultural reasons.
- An administrative subdivision of the European Union.
- a knowledge domain that you are interested in or are communicating about
- a large indefinite location on the surface of the Earth
- a part of an animal that has a special function or is supplied by a given artery or nerve
- the approximate amount of something (usually used prepositionally as in ‘in the region of’)
- the extended spatial location of something
adj
- just barely adequate or within a lower limit
- Minimal; that is or are just sufficient.
- not having a protective covering
- lacking embellishment or ornamentation
- having everything extraneous removed including contents
- providing no shelter or sustenance
- lacking its natural or customary covering
- apart from anything else; without additions or modifications
- having no clothes on the body
- lacking a surface finish such as paint
- lacking in magnitude or quantity
- (MLE, MTE, Yorkshire, slang, not comparable) A lot or lots of.
- Having no supplies.
- Threadbare, very worn.
- Without anything to cover up or conceal one's thoughts or actions; open to view; exposed.
- Having no decoration.
- Naked, uncovered.
- Having had what usually covers (something) removed.
- Not insured.
- With head uncovered; bareheaded.
- (figuratively) Mere; without embellishment.
verb
adv
noun
adj
- just barely adequate or within a lower limit
- producing at a rate that barely covers production costs
- at or constituting a border or edge
- of questionable or minimal quality
- (economics, not comparable) Pertaining to changes resulting from a unit increase in production or consumption of a good.
- (of land) Barely productive.
- Of a value, or having a characteristic that is of a value, that is close to being unacceptable or leading to exclusion from a group or category.
- (not comparable) Of, relating to, or located at or near a margin or edge; also figurative usages of location and margin (edge).
- (sociology) Marginalized.
- (geography) Sharing a border; geographically adjacent.
- (politics, chiefly UK, Australia, New Zealand, of a constituency) Subject to a change in sitting member with only a small change in voting behaviour, this usually being inferred from the small winning margin of the previous election.
- Written in the margin of a book.
noun
verb
- narrow or limit
- to remove oxygen from a compound, or cause to react with hydrogen or form a hydride, or to undergo an increase in the number of electrons
- cook until very little liquid is left
- lessen and make more modest
- be cooked until very little liquid is left
- reduce in size; reduce physically
- lessen the strength or flavor of a solution or mixture
- reposition (a broken bone after surgery) back to its normal site
- reduce in scope while retaining essential elements
- be the essential element
- cut down on; make a reduction in
- make smaller
- lower in grade or rank or force somebody into an undignified situation
- make less complex
- simplify the form of a mathematical equation of expression by substituting one term for another
- undergo meiosis
- put down by force or intimidation
- bring to humbler or weaker state or condition
- destress and thus weaken a sound when pronouncing it
- take off weight
- (transitive) To bring to an inferior rank; to degrade, to demote.
- (intransitive) To lose weight.
- (transitive, Scots law) To annul by legal means.
- (transitive, military) To reform a line or column from (a square).
- (transitive) To be forced by circumstances (into something one considers unworthy).
- (transitive, metallurgy) To produce metal from ore by removing nonmetallic elements in a smelter.
- (transitive) To bring down the size, quantity, quality, value or intensity of something; to diminish, to lower.
- (transitive, medicine) To perform a reduction; to restore a fracture or dislocation to the correct alignment.
- (transitive, law) To convert to written form. (Usage note: this verb almost always appears as "reduce to writing".)
- (transitive) To humble; to conquer; to subdue; to capture.
- (transitive) To bring to an inferior state or condition.
- (transitive, computer science) To express the solution of a problem in terms of another (known) algorithm.
- (transitive, military) To strike off the payroll.
- (transitive, phonetics, phonology) To pronounce (a sound or word) with less effort.
- (transitive, mathematics) To simplify an equation or formula without changing its value.
- (transitive, chemistry) To add electrons / hydrogen or to remove oxygen.
- (transitive, cooking) To decrease the liquid content of (a food) by boiling much of its water off.
- (transitive, logic) To convert a syllogism to a clearer or simpler form.
noun
- A deviation or difference.
- A specific variation of something.
- (cybernetics) The total number of distinct states of a system; also, the logarithm to the base 2 of the total number of distinct states of a system.
- (radio, television, theater) Ellipsis of variety performance or variety show (“a type of entertainment featuring a succession of short, unrelated performances by various artistes such as (depending on the medium) acrobats, comedians, dancers, magicians, singers, etc.”).
- (linguistics) A specific form of a language, neutral to whether that form is an accent, dialect, register, etc., and to its prestige level; an isolect or lect.
- (radio, television, theater) The kind of entertainment given in variety performances or shows; also, the production of, or performance in, variety performances or shows.
- (algebraic geometry) Ellipsis of algebraic variety (“the set of solutions of a given system of polynomial equations over the real or complex numbers; any of certain generalisations of such a set that preserves the geometric intuition implicit in the original definition”).
- (botany, taxonomy) A rank in a taxonomic classification below species and (if present) subspecies, and above form; hence, an organism of that rank.
- A collection or number of different things.
- In universal algebra: an equational class; the class of all algebraic structures of a given signature, satisfying a given set of identities.
- The quality of being varied; diversity.
- (philately) A stamp, or set of stamps, which has one or more characteristics (such as colour, paper, etc.) differing from other stamps in the same issue, especially if such differences are intentionally introduced.
- (biology, loosely) An animal or plant (or a group of such animals or plants) with characteristics causing it to differ from other animals or plants of the same species; a strain or cultivar.
- (biology) a taxonomic category consisting of members of a species that differ from others of the same species in minor but heritable characteristics
- a category of things distinguished by some common characteristic or quality
- noticeable heterogeneity
- a difference that is usually pleasant
- a collection containing a variety of sorts of things
- a show consisting of a series of short unrelated performances
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verb
adj
- Having a small margin or degree.
- Scrutinizing in detail; close; accurate; exact.
- (figuratively) Restrictive; without flexibility or latitude.
- Parsimonious; niggardly; covetous; selfish.
- (phonetics) Formed (as a vowel) by a close position of some part of the tongue in relation to the palate; or (according to Bell) by a tense condition of the pharynx; distinguished from wide.
- Of little extent; very limited; circumscribed.
- Having a small width; not wide; having opposite edges or sides that are close, especially by comparison to length or depth.
- Contracted; of limited scope; bigoted
- (computing) Of or supporting only those text characters that can fit into the traditional 8-bit representation.
- lacking tolerance or flexibility or breadth of view
- not wide
- very limited in degree
- characterized by painstaking care and detailed examination
- limited in extent or scope
noun
verb
- (transitive, programming) To convert to a data type that cannot hold as many distinct values.
- (of a person or eyes) To partially lower one's eyelids in a way usually taken to suggest a defensive, aggressive or penetrating look.
- (intransitive) To get narrower.
- (knitting) To contract the size of, as a stocking, by taking two stitches into one.
- (transitive) To reduce in width or extent; to contract.
- define clearly
- become tight or as if tight
- become more focused on an area of activity or field of study
- make or become more narrow or restricted
verb
- cover a certain distance
- proceed or get along
- come from; be connected by a relationship of blood, for example
- to be the product or result
- to measure up to in kind or quality
- be found or available
- exist or occur in a certain point in a series
- extend or reach
- come to one's mind; suggest itself
- happen as a result
- have a certain priority
- come under, be classified or included
- move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
- be received
- come forth
- reach a destination; arrive by movement or progress
- reach or enter a state, relation, condition, use, or position
- come to pass; arrive, as in due course
- add up in number or quantity
- experience orgasm
- be a native of
- To move toward the listener.
- To begin (at a certain location); to radiate or stem (from).
- (intransitive) To take a position relative to something else in a sequence.
- (intransitive, often vulgar, slang) To achieve orgasm; to cum; to ejaculate.
- (intransitive, of grain) To germinate.
- To move toward an unstated agent.
- To have been brought up by or employed by.
- (intransitive, of milk) To become butter by being churned.
- (transitive, informal) To pretend to be; to behave in the manner of; to assume the role of.
- (copulative, figuratively) To approach or reach a state of being or accomplishment.
- (intransitive) To happen.
- To move toward the object that is the focus of the sentence.
- (with an infinitive) To begin (to have an opinion or feeling).
- To move toward the speaker.
- (slang) To carry through; to succeed in.
- (figuratively, with to) To take a particular approach or point of view in regard to something.
- (with an infinitive) To do something by chance or unintentionally.
- (intransitive) To be supplied, or made available; to exist.
- To have a certain social background.
- (intransitive) To appear; to manifest itself; to cause a reaction by manifesting.
- To be or have been a resident or native.
- (intransitive) To move nearer to the point of perspective.
- (in subordinate clauses and gerunds) To move toward the agent or subject of the main clause.
- (intransitive) To arrive.
noun
prep
noun
- an amount beyond the minimum necessary
- a permissible difference; allowing some freedom to move within limits
- (finance) the net sales minus the cost of goods and services sold
- the blank space that surrounds the text on a page
- the boundary line or the area immediately inside the boundary
- the amount of collateral a customer deposits with a broker when borrowing from the broker to buy securities
- (figuratively) The edge defining inclusion in or exclusion from a set or group.
- (finance) The yield or profit; the selling price minus the cost of production.
- (botany) The shape of the edge of a leaf.
- That which is ancillary; periphery.
- The edge or border of any flat surface.
- A permissible difference; allowing some freedom to move within limits.
- (finance) Collateral security deposited with a broker, to compensate the broker in the event of loss in the speculative buying and selling of stocks, commodities, etc.
- A difference or ratio between results, characteristics, scores.
- (typography) The edge of the paper, typically left blank when printing but sometimes used for annotations etc.
verb
noun
- a slight amount or degree of difference
- relative darkness caused by light rays being intercepted by an opaque body
- protective covering that protects something from direct sunlight
- a subtle difference in meaning or opinion or attitude
- a representation of the effect of shadows in a picture or drawing (as by shading or darker pigment)
- a mental representation of some haunting experience
- a position of relative inferiority
- a protective ornamental covering for a lamp, used to screen a light bulb from direct view
- a quality of a given color that differs slightly from another color
- (figuratively, in the plural) An aspect that is reminiscent of something.
- (countable) A postage stamp showing an obvious difference in colour/color to the original printing and needing a separate catalogue/catalog entry.
- (uncountable) Darkness where light, particularly sunlight, is blocked.
- (historical) A candle-shade.
- (countable) A cover around or above a light bulb, a lampshade.
- A very small degree of a quantity, or variety of meaning
- (figuratively) A subtle variation in a concept.
- (countable) Something that blocks light, particularly in a window.
- (chiefly literary and fantasy) A ghost or specter; a spirit.
- (countable) A variety of a color, in particular one obtained by adding black (compare tint).
- (uncountable, originally LGBTQ slang) Subtle insults.
verb
- represent the effect of shade or shadow on
- protect from light, heat, or view
- vary slightly
- pass from one quality such as color to another by a slight degree
- cast a shadow over
- (transitive, slang) To throw shade, to subtly insult someone.
- (transitive) To darken, particularly in drawing.
- (intransitive, rare) To shield oneself from light.
- (intransitive, baseball, of a defensive player) To move slightly from one's normal fielding position.
- To win by a narrow margin.
- (intransitive) To vary or approach something slightly, particularly in color.
- (transitive, graphical user interface) To reduce (a window) so that only its title bar is visible.
- (transitive) To shield (someone or something) from light.
- (transitive) To alter slightly.
noun
- a small margin
- the property of being narrow; having little width
- an inclination to criticize opposing opinions or shocking behavior
- a restriction of range or scope
- (uncountable) The state of being narrow.
- (countable) A constriction; a narrow passage or place; an instance or aspect of being narrow, or having a limited scope or extent.
noun
noun
- a lower limit
- lowest support of a structure
- (electronics) the part of a transistor that separates the emitter from the collector
- the fundamental assumptions from which something is begun or developed or calculated or explained
- the place where you are stationed and from which missions start and end
- (numeration system) the positive integer that is equivalent to one in the next higher counting place
- a phosphoric ester of a nucleoside; the basic structural unit of nucleic acids (DNA or RNA)
- the stock of basic facilities and capital equipment needed for the functioning of a country or area
- the bottom or lowest part
- a place that the runner must touch before scoring
- a support or foundation
- the principal ingredient of a mixture
- any of various water-soluble compounds capable of turning litmus blue and reacting with an acid to form a salt and water
- installation from which a military force initiates operations
- (linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed
- the most important or necessary part of something
- (anatomy) the part of an organ nearest its point of attachment
- the bottom side of a geometric figure from which the altitude can be constructed
- a flat bottom on which something is intended to sit
- (electronics) The name of the controlling terminal of a bipolar transistor (BJT).
- (acrobatics, cheerleading) In hand-to-hand balance, the person who supports the flyer; the person that remains in contact with the ground.
- The starting point of a logical deduction or thought; basis.
- (architecture) The lowermost part of a column, between the shaft and the pedestal or pavement.
- (group theory) A sequence of elements not jointly stabilized by any nontrivial group element.
- (topology) The set of sets from which a topology is generated.
- (heraldry) The lowest third of a shield (or field), or an ordinary occupying this space, the champagne. (Compare terrace.)
- The place where decisions for an organization are made; headquarters.
- (cooking, painting, pharmacy) A basic but essential component or ingredient.
- A line in a survey which, being accurately determined in length and position, serves as the origin from which to compute the distances and positions of any points or objects connected with it by a system of triangles.
- (chemistry) Any of a class of generally water-soluble compounds that turn red litmus blue and react with acids to form salts.
- (aviation) Ellipsis of base leg.
- A site, structure, or both, usually durable and often permanent, for housing military personnel and materiel.
- (botany) The end of a leaf, petal or similar organ where it is attached to its support.
- (topology) A topological space, looked at in relation to one of its covering spaces, fibrations, or bundles.
- (mathematics) A number raised to the power of an exponent.
- (military, historical) The smallest kind of cannon.
- (historical, sometimes in the plural) A kind of skirt (often of velvet or brocade) which hung from the middle to about the knees, or lower.
- (biology, biochemistry) A nucleotide's nucleobase in the context of a DNA or RNA biopolymer.
- (historical, sometimes in the plural) A kind of armour skirt, of mail or plate, imitating the preceding civilian skirt.
- A safe zone in the children's games of tag and hide-and-go-seek.
- (slang, uncountable) freebase cocaine
- (cosmetics) Foundation: a cosmetic cream to make the face appear uniform.
- (geometry) The lowest side of a triangle or other polygon, or the lowest face of a cone, pyramid or other polyhedron laid flat.
- (linguistics) A morpheme (or morphemes) that serves as a basic foundation on which affixes can be attached.
- (politics) A group of voters who almost always support a single party's candidates for elected office.
- Something from which other things extend; a foundation.
- (baseball) One of the four places that a runner can stand without being subject to being tagged out when the ball is in play.
- (mathematics) Synonym of radix.
- A material that holds paint or other materials together; a binder.
- A supporting, lower or bottom component of a structure or object.
- Alternative form of BASE.
- (now chiefly US, historical) The game of prisoners' bars.
- (Marxism) The forces and relations of production that produce the necessities and amenities of life.
- A substance used as a mordant in dyeing.
adj
- (used of metals) consisting of or alloyed with inferior metal
- of low birth or station (‘base’ is archaic in this sense)
- illegitimate
- serving as or forming a base
- not adhering to ethical or moral principles
- debased; not genuine
- having or showing an ignoble lack of honor or morality
- Not classical or correct.
- Morally reprehensible, immoral; cowardly.
- Low in place or position.
- Alloyed with inferior metal; debased.
- (law) Relating to feudal land tenure held by a tenant from a lord in exchange for services that are seen as unworthy for noblemen to perform, such as villeinage.
- (of a metal) Not considered precious or noble.
verb
- situate as a center of operations
- use (purified cocaine) by burning it and inhaling the fumes
- use as a basis for; found on
- (transitive) To give as its foundation or starting point; to lay the foundation of.
- (slang) To freebase.
- (acrobatics, cheerleading) To act as a base; to be the person supporting the flyer.
- (transitive) To be located (at a particular place).
noun
- a lower limit
- the inside lower horizontal surface (as of a room, hallway, tent, or other structure)
- the lower inside surface of any hollow structure
- the occupants of a floor
- a large room in a exchange where the trading is done
- the bottom surface of any lake or other body of water
- the legislative hall where members debate and vote and conduct other business
- the parliamentary right to address an assembly
- the ground on which people and animals move about
- a structure consisting of a room or set of rooms at a single position along a vertical scale
- In a parliament, the part of the house assigned to the members, as opposed to the viewing gallery.
- (by extension) The right to speak at a given time during a debate or other public event.
- (nautical) That part of the bottom of a vessel on each side of the keelson which is most nearly horizontal.
- (gymnastics) An event performed on a floor-like carpeted surface; floor exercise
- (mining) The bottom of a pit, pothole or mine.
- (geology, biology, chiefly with a modifier) The bottom surface of a natural structure, entity, or space (e.g. cave, forest, ocean, desert, etc.); the ground (surface of the Earth).
- (mining) A horizontal, flat ore body; the rock underlying a stratified or nearly horizontal deposit.
- (mathematics) The largest integer less than or equal to a given number.
- (finance) A lower limit or minimum on a price or rate, a price floor. Opposite of a cap or ceiling.
- (construction, architecture) A structure formed of beams, girders, etc, with proper covering, which divides a building horizontally into storeys/stories.
- (gymnastics) A floor-like carpeted surface for performing gymnastic movements.
- The trading floor of a stock exchange, pit; the area in which business is conducted at a convention or exhibition.
- (UK, dialectal, colloquial) The ground.
- The supporting surface or platform of a structure such as a bridge.
- (architecture, countable) A storey/story of a building.
- The area of a casino where gambling occurs.
- (countable) The interior bottom or surface of a house or building; the supporting surface of a room.
- A dance floor.
- The area of an establishment where food and drink are served to customers.
verb
- knock down with force
- surprise greatly; knock someone's socks off
- (driving, transitive, slang) To push (a pedal) down to the floor, especially to accelerate.
- (informal, transitive, usually passive voice) To amaze or greatly surprise.
- (informal, transitive) To silence by a conclusive answer or retort.
- (mathematics) To set a lower bound.
- (colloquial, transitive) To finish or make an end of.
- To strike down or lay level with the floor; to knock down.
- (transitive) To cover or furnish with a floor.
noun
- (sciences) The degree of fineness of such a separation.
- A strong will; the state of being resolute.
- A statement of intent, a vow.
- (narratology) The moment in which the conflict ends and the outcome of the action is clear.
- (mathematics) The act or process of resolving: solving.
- (homological algebra, of a given module (or, generally, object in an abelian category) M) An exact sequence of modules (or, objects in the same category as M) either terminating in M or such that M is the homology at degree zero. See Resolution (algebra).
- (medicine) In a pathological process, the phase during which pathogens and damaged tissues are removed by macrophages.
- (computing) The number of pixels in an image being stored or displayed.
- (sciences) The separation of the constituent parts (of a spectrum etc).
- The act of discerning detail.
- (music) Progression from dissonance to consonance; a chord to which such progression is made.
- (computing) The process of determining the meaning of a symbol or address; the process of executing a link to it.
- A formal statement adopted by an assembly, or during any other formal meeting.
- (computing, photography) The degree of fineness with which an image can be recorded or produced, often expressed as the number of pixels per unit of length (typically an inch).
- A firm decision or an official decision.
- the trait of being resolute
- analysis into clear-cut components
- the subsidence of swelling or other signs of inflammation (especially in a lung)
- a statement that solves a problem or explains how to solve the problem
- a decision to do something or to behave in a certain manner
- a formal expression by a meeting; agreed to by a vote
- (music) a dissonant chord is followed by a consonant chord
- (computer science) the number of pixels per square inch on a computer-generated display; the greater the resolution, the better the picture
- finding a solution to a problem
- the ability of a microscope or telescope to measure the angular separation of images that are close together
- something settled or resolved; the outcome of decision making
noun
- The lowest limit.
- (astronomy) A period of minimum brightness or energy intensity (of a star).
- (mathematical analysis) A lower bound of a set which is also an element of that set.
- (statistics) The smallest member of a batch or sample or the lower bound of a probability distribution.
- The smallest amount.
- the smallest possible quantity
- the point on a curve where the tangent changes from negative on the left to positive on the right
adj
noun
- The minimum distance between the two bodies in such a system.
- (astronomy, astrophysics) The point of a body's (elliptical) orbit in a 2-body gravitational system such that the distance between the two bodies (measured from their respective centres of mass) is at its minimum.
- (astronomy) the point in an orbit closest to the body being orbited
noun
noun
- An approximate range.
- (figuratively) The inhabitants of a region or district of a country.
- A subprovincial region of Quebec; the primary level subdivision; a prefecture.
- A subnational region of Chile; equivalent to province.
- (Ontario) Ellipsis of regional municipality, a county-level municipality.
- (anatomy) A place in or a part of the body in any way indicated.
- Ellipsis of administrative region.
- (historical) Such a division of the city of Rome and of the territory about Rome, of which the number varied at different times; a district, quarter, or ward.
- Any considerable and connected part of a space or surface; specifically, a tract of land or sea of considerable but indefinite extent; a country; a district; in a broad sense, a place without special reference to location or extent but viewed as an entity for geographical, social or cultural reasons.
- An administrative subdivision of the European Union.
- a knowledge domain that you are interested in or are communicating about
- a large indefinite location on the surface of the Earth
- a part of an animal that has a special function or is supplied by a given artery or nerve
- the approximate amount of something (usually used prepositionally as in ‘in the region of’)
- the extended spatial location of something
noun
- A deviation or difference.
- A specific variation of something.
- (cybernetics) The total number of distinct states of a system; also, the logarithm to the base 2 of the total number of distinct states of a system.
- (radio, television, theater) Ellipsis of variety performance or variety show (“a type of entertainment featuring a succession of short, unrelated performances by various artistes such as (depending on the medium) acrobats, comedians, dancers, magicians, singers, etc.”).
- (linguistics) A specific form of a language, neutral to whether that form is an accent, dialect, register, etc., and to its prestige level; an isolect or lect.
- (radio, television, theater) The kind of entertainment given in variety performances or shows; also, the production of, or performance in, variety performances or shows.
- (algebraic geometry) Ellipsis of algebraic variety (“the set of solutions of a given system of polynomial equations over the real or complex numbers; any of certain generalisations of such a set that preserves the geometric intuition implicit in the original definition”).
- (botany, taxonomy) A rank in a taxonomic classification below species and (if present) subspecies, and above form; hence, an organism of that rank.
- A collection or number of different things.
- In universal algebra: an equational class; the class of all algebraic structures of a given signature, satisfying a given set of identities.
- The quality of being varied; diversity.
- (philately) A stamp, or set of stamps, which has one or more characteristics (such as colour, paper, etc.) differing from other stamps in the same issue, especially if such differences are intentionally introduced.
- (biology, loosely) An animal or plant (or a group of such animals or plants) with characteristics causing it to differ from other animals or plants of the same species; a strain or cultivar.
- (biology) a taxonomic category consisting of members of a species that differ from others of the same species in minor but heritable characteristics
- a category of things distinguished by some common characteristic or quality
- noticeable heterogeneity
- a difference that is usually pleasant
- a collection containing a variety of sorts of things
- a show consisting of a series of short unrelated performances
noun
noun
adj
verb
noun
- an amount beyond the minimum necessary
- a permissible difference; allowing some freedom to move within limits
- (finance) the net sales minus the cost of goods and services sold
- the blank space that surrounds the text on a page
- the boundary line or the area immediately inside the boundary
- the amount of collateral a customer deposits with a broker when borrowing from the broker to buy securities
- (figuratively) The edge defining inclusion in or exclusion from a set or group.
- (finance) The yield or profit; the selling price minus the cost of production.
- (botany) The shape of the edge of a leaf.
- That which is ancillary; periphery.
- The edge or border of any flat surface.
- A permissible difference; allowing some freedom to move within limits.
- (finance) Collateral security deposited with a broker, to compensate the broker in the event of loss in the speculative buying and selling of stocks, commodities, etc.
- A difference or ratio between results, characteristics, scores.
- (typography) The edge of the paper, typically left blank when printing but sometimes used for annotations etc.
verb
verb
adj
- (meteorology) Of a cloud ceiling, limiting vision to 50 feet (15 meters) or less.
- (linguistics) Present at an abstract level, but not realized in the surface form.
- (meteorology) Of horizontal visibility, limited to 165 feet (50.3 meters) or less.
- (postpositive) Used in the names of foodstuffs, especially beverages, to indicate a version with no calories
- of or relating to the null set (a set with no members)
- having no measurable or otherwise determinable value
- indicating the absence of any or all units under consideration
- indicating an initial point or origin
det
noun
- (mathematics) A value of the independent variables of a function, for which the function is equal to zero.
- The value of a magnitude corresponding to the cardinal number zero.
- (informal, uncountable) Nothing, or none.
- The numeric symbol that represents the cardinal number zero.
- The point on a scale at which numbering or measurement originates.
- (mathematics, algebra) The additive identity element of a monoid or greater algebraic structure, particularly a group or ring.
- (slang) A person dismissed as unimportant.
- (finance) A security which has a zero coupon (paying no periodic interest).
- The digit 0 in the decimal, binary, and all other base numbering systems.
- (military, usually capitalized) A Mitsubishi A6M Zero, a long range fighter aircraft operated by the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service from 1940 to 1945.
- A setting of calibrated instruments such as a firearm, corresponding to a zero value.
- a quantity of no importance; thing (object:), singular, negative pronoun; pronoun, thing, singular; quantifier: negative existential
- the point on a scale from which positive or negative numerical quantities can be measured
- the sight setting that will cause a projectile to hit the center of the target with no wind blowing
- a mathematical element that when added to another number yields the same number
num
verb
- narrow or limit
- to remove oxygen from a compound, or cause to react with hydrogen or form a hydride, or to undergo an increase in the number of electrons
- cook until very little liquid is left
- lessen and make more modest
- be cooked until very little liquid is left
- reduce in size; reduce physically
- lessen the strength or flavor of a solution or mixture
- reposition (a broken bone after surgery) back to its normal site
- reduce in scope while retaining essential elements
- be the essential element
- cut down on; make a reduction in
- make smaller
- lower in grade or rank or force somebody into an undignified situation
- make less complex
- simplify the form of a mathematical equation of expression by substituting one term for another
- undergo meiosis
- put down by force or intimidation
- bring to humbler or weaker state or condition
- destress and thus weaken a sound when pronouncing it
- take off weight
- (transitive) To bring to an inferior rank; to degrade, to demote.
- (intransitive) To lose weight.
- (transitive, Scots law) To annul by legal means.
- (transitive, military) To reform a line or column from (a square).
- (transitive) To be forced by circumstances (into something one considers unworthy).
- (transitive, metallurgy) To produce metal from ore by removing nonmetallic elements in a smelter.
- (transitive) To bring down the size, quantity, quality, value or intensity of something; to diminish, to lower.
- (transitive, medicine) To perform a reduction; to restore a fracture or dislocation to the correct alignment.
- (transitive, law) To convert to written form. (Usage note: this verb almost always appears as "reduce to writing".)
- (transitive) To humble; to conquer; to subdue; to capture.
- (transitive) To bring to an inferior state or condition.
- (transitive, computer science) To express the solution of a problem in terms of another (known) algorithm.
- (transitive, military) To strike off the payroll.
- (transitive, phonetics, phonology) To pronounce (a sound or word) with less effort.
- (transitive, mathematics) To simplify an equation or formula without changing its value.
- (transitive, chemistry) To add electrons / hydrogen or to remove oxygen.
- (transitive, cooking) To decrease the liquid content of (a food) by boiling much of its water off.
- (transitive, logic) To convert a syllogism to a clearer or simpler form.
verb
- cover a certain distance
- proceed or get along
- come from; be connected by a relationship of blood, for example
- to be the product or result
- to measure up to in kind or quality
- be found or available
- exist or occur in a certain point in a series
- extend or reach
- come to one's mind; suggest itself
- happen as a result
- have a certain priority
- come under, be classified or included
- move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
- be received
- come forth
- reach a destination; arrive by movement or progress
- reach or enter a state, relation, condition, use, or position
- come to pass; arrive, as in due course
- add up in number or quantity
- experience orgasm
- be a native of
- To move toward the listener.
- To begin (at a certain location); to radiate or stem (from).
- (intransitive) To take a position relative to something else in a sequence.
- (intransitive, often vulgar, slang) To achieve orgasm; to cum; to ejaculate.
- (intransitive, of grain) To germinate.
- To move toward an unstated agent.
- To have been brought up by or employed by.
- (intransitive, of milk) To become butter by being churned.
- (transitive, informal) To pretend to be; to behave in the manner of; to assume the role of.
- (copulative, figuratively) To approach or reach a state of being or accomplishment.
- (intransitive) To happen.
- To move toward the object that is the focus of the sentence.
- (with an infinitive) To begin (to have an opinion or feeling).
- To move toward the speaker.
- (slang) To carry through; to succeed in.
- (figuratively, with to) To take a particular approach or point of view in regard to something.
- (with an infinitive) To do something by chance or unintentionally.
- (intransitive) To be supplied, or made available; to exist.
- To have a certain social background.
- (intransitive) To appear; to manifest itself; to cause a reaction by manifesting.
- To be or have been a resident or native.
- (intransitive) To move nearer to the point of perspective.
- (in subordinate clauses and gerunds) To move toward the agent or subject of the main clause.
- (intransitive) To arrive.
noun
prep
adv
- below some quantity or limit
- below the horizon
- further down
- down to defeat, death, or ruin
- down below
- in or into a state of subordination or subjugation
- through a range downward
- into unconsciousness
- Down to defeat, ruin, or death.
- In or to a lower or subordinate position, or a position beneath or below something, physically or figuratively.
- (informal) In or into an unconscious state.
- So as to pass beneath something.
- (usually in compounds) Less than what is necessary to be adequate or suitable; insufficient.
adj
- located below or beneath something else
- lower in rank, power, or authority
- Lower; beneath something.
- In a state of subordination, submission or defeat.
- (informal) Having a particular property that is low, especially so as to be insufficient or lacking in a particular respect.
- (medicine, colloquial) Under anesthesia, especially general anesthesia; sedated.
noun
prep
- Within the category, classification or heading of.
- Using or adopting (a name, identity, etc.).
- Beneath; below; at or to the bottom of, or the area covered or surmounted by.
- Less than.
- (figuratively) In the face of; in response to (some attacking force).
- Subordinate to; subject to the control of; in accordance with; in compliance with.
- Below the surface of.
- Subject to.
- From one side of to the other, passing beneath.
adv
adj
- straightforward in means or manner or behavior or language or action
- in precisely the same words used by a writer or speaker
- being an immediate result or consequence
- in a straight unbroken line of descent from parent to child
- moving from west to east on the celestial sphere; or — for planets — around the sun in the same direction as the Earth
- similar in nature or effect or relation to another quantity
- direct in spatial dimensions; proceeding without deviation or interruption; straight and short
- having no intervening persons, agents, conditions
- lacking compromising or mitigating elements
- (of a current) flowing in one direction only
- In the line of descent; not collateral.
- Proceeding without deviation or interruption.
- Straightforward; sincere.
- Straight; not crooked, oblique, or circuitous; leading by the short or shortest way to a point or end.
- (astronomy) In the direction of the general planetary motion, or from west to east; in the order of the signs; not retrograde; said of the motion of a celestial body.
- (mathematics, logic, of a proof) Not employing the law of the excluded middle or argument by contradiction.
- (aviation, travel) Having a single flight number.
- (political science) Pertaining to, or effected immediately by, action of the people through their votes instead of through one or more representatives or delegates.
- Immediate; express; plain; unambiguous.
verb
- direct the course; determine the direction of travelling
- guide the actors in (plays and films)
- plan and direct (a complex undertaking)
- specifically design a product, event, or activity for a certain public
- take somebody somewhere
- govern or manage
- point or cause to go (blows, weapons, or objects such as photographic equipment) towards
- lead, as in the performance of a composition
- cause to go somewhere
- command with authority
- put an address on (an envelope)
- intend (something) to move towards a certain goal
- give directions to; point somebody into a certain direction
- To aim (something) at (something else).
- To manage, control, steer.
- To point out to or show (somebody) the right course or way; to guide, as by pointing out the way; to refer.
- To point out to with authority; to instruct as a superior; to order.
adv
- without deviation
- without delay or hesitation; with no time intervening
- without anyone or anything intervening
- in a forthright manner; candidly or frankly
- In a direct manner; in a straight line or course.
- In a straightforward way; without anything intervening; not by secondary but by direct means.
- Exactly; just; at the shortest possible distance.
- Plainly, without circumlocution or ambiguity; absolutely; in express terms.
- Straightforwardly; honestly.
conj
adv
- without deviation
- in a straight line; in a direct course
- in a forthright manner; candidly or frankly
- Of a direction relative to the subject, precisely; as if following a direct line.
- Directly; without pause, delay or detour.
- Continuously; without interruption or pause.
- Of speech or information, without prevarication or holding back; directly; straightforwardly; plainly.
adj
- in keeping with the facts
- not homosexual
- (of hair) having no waves or curls
- neatly arranged; not disorderly
- rigidly conventional or old-fashioned
- free from curves or angles
- without evasion or compromise
- no longer coiled
- erect in posture
- (of an alcoholic drink) without water
- following a correct or logical method
- having no deviations
- successive (without a break)
- characterized by honesty and fairness
- accurately fitted; level
- Perfectly horizontal or vertical; not diagonal or oblique.
- (telegraphy, historical, of a telegram) Sent at a full rate for immediate delivery; being a fast telegram.
- (informal, of people, reciprocal) On good terms.
- Free from dishonesty; honest, law-abiding.
- (tennis) Describing the sets in a match of which the winner did not lose a single set.
- (colloquial) Conventional; mainstream; socially acceptable.
- Of spirits: undiluted, unmixed; neat.
- (engineering, of an internal-combustion engine) Having all cylinders in a single straight line; in-line.
- In a row, in unbroken sequence; consecutive.
- (cricket) Describing the bat as held so as not to incline to either side; on, or near a line running between the two wickets.
- (colloquial) Not using alcohol, drugs, etc.
- (of a path, trajectory, etc.) Direct, undeviating.
- Not crooked, curly, or bent; having a constant direction throughout its length.
- (slang) Thorough; utter; unqualified.
- (colloquial) Heterosexual.
- Direct in communication; unevasive, straightforward.
- (informal, of a person) OK, all right, fine; in a good state or situation.
- (fashion) Not plus size; thin.
- In proper order; as it should be.
- (colloquial, of a romantic or sexual relation) Occurring between people of opposite sex (sometimes, but not always, specifically between heterosexual people).
- (rare, now chiefly religion) Strait; narrow.
- (sciences, mathematics) Concerning the property allowing the parallel transport of vectors along a course that keeps tangent vectors remain as such throughout that course (a course which is straight, a straight curve, is a geodesic).
- Serious rather than comedic.
- (slang, sex work) Related to conventional sexual intercourse.
- (US, politics) Making no exceptions or deviations in one's support of the organization and candidates of a political party.
- (US, politics) Containing the names of all the regularly nominated candidates of a single party and no others.
noun
- a person having a sexual orientation to persons of the opposite sex
- a poker hand with 5 consecutive cards (regardless of suit)
- a straight segment of a roadway or racecourse
- A chiropractor who relies solely on spinal adjustment, with no other treatments.
- (slang) A normal person; someone in mainstream society.
- (slang) A cigarette, particularly one containing tobacco instead of marijuana.
- (colloquial) A heterosexual.
- A cat that has straight ears despite belonging to a breed that often has folded ears.
- (poker) Five cards in sequence.
- Something that is not crooked or bent such as a part of a road or track.
verb
adv
conj
det
noun
prep
verb
adj
adj
- Deviating only slightly or within acceptable limits.
- Telling the truth or giving a true result; exact; not defective or faulty.
- On course to hit, or successful in hitting, a target; well-aimed.
- Capable of consistently hitting a target, especially using some weapon or tool.
- (of ideas, images, representations, expressions) characterized by perfect conformity to fact or truth; strictly correct
- conforming exactly or almost exactly to fact or to a standard or performing with total accuracy
adj
noun
- (ice hockey) the person who plays center on a hockey team
- politically moderate persons; centrists
- the position on a hockey team of the player who participates in the face off at the beginning of the game
- (football) the person who plays center on the line of scrimmage and snaps the ball to the quarterback
- mercantile establishment consisting of a carefully landscaped complex of shops representing leading merchandisers; usually includes restaurants and a convenient parking area; a modern version of the traditional marketplace
- a place where some particular activity is concentrated
- the middle of a military or naval formation
- a position on a basketball team of the player who participates in the jump that starts the game
- the piece of ground in the outfield directly ahead of the catcher
- the object upon which interest and attention focuses
- (American football) the position of the player on the line of scrimmage who puts the ball in play
- a point equidistant from the ends of a line or the extremities of a figure
- (basketball) the person who plays center on a basketball team
- the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience
- a building dedicated to a particular activity
- an area that is approximately central within some larger region
- a cluster of nerve cells governing a specific bodily process
- the sweet central portion of a piece of candy that is enclosed in chocolate or some other covering
- A place, especially a building or complex, set aside for some specified function or activity.
- (engineering) A conical recess or indentation in the end of a shaft or other work, to receive the point of a center, on which the work can turn, as in a lathe.
- (American football, Canadian football) The person who holds the ball at the beginning of each play.
- (geometry) The point in the interior of any figure of any number of dimensions that has as its coordinates the arithmetic mean of the coordinates of all points on the perimeter of the figure (or of all points in the interior for a center of volume).
- (basketball) The player, generally the tallest, who plays closest to the basket.
- (ice hockey) The forward that generally plays between the left wing and right wing and usually takes the faceoffs.
- (geometry) A point on a triangle's plane that is in some sense in its middle.
- The point in the interior of a sphere that is equidistant from all points on the circumference.
- The point in the interior of a circle that is equidistant from all points on the circumference.
- The middle portion of something; the part well away from the edges.
- (netball) A player who can go all over the court, except the shooting circles.
- (Australia, New Zealand) The ring in the gambling game two-up in which the spinner operates.
- (soccer) A pass played into the centre of the pitch.
- (rugby) One of the backs operating in a central area of the pitch, either the inside centre or outside centre.
- A topic that is particularly important in a given context, the element in a subject of cognition, volition or discussion that is perceived as decisive.
- (geometry) The point on a line that is midway between the ends.
- (engineering) One of the two conical steel pins in a lathe, etc., upon which the work is held, and about which it revolves.
- The venue in which the head of government in a centralized state is situated.
- (politics) The ensemble of moderate or centrist political parties.
- (algebra, group theory, ring theory) The set of those elements (of a given algebraic structure) that commute with every other element, usually denoted Z(G). In the case of (semi-)groups, it is required that they commute under the (semi-)group operation; in the case of rings and (Lie) algebras, under multiplication (i.e. the bracket for Lie algebras)
- (architecture) A temporary structure upon which the materials of a vault or arch are supported in position until the work becomes self-supporting.
verb
- direct one's attention on something
- center upon
- move into the center
- (transitive) To give (something) a central basis.
- (intransitive) To concentrate on (something), to pay close attention to (something).
- (transitive) To cause (some attribute, such as a mood or voltage) to be adjusted to a value which is midway between the extremes.
- (transitive) To cause (an object) to occupy the center of an area.
- (engineering) To form a recess or indentation for the reception of a center.
adj
noun
- (ice hockey) the person who plays center on a hockey team
- politically moderate persons; centrists
- the position on a hockey team of the player who participates in the face off at the beginning of the game
- (football) the person who plays center on the line of scrimmage and snaps the ball to the quarterback
- mercantile establishment consisting of a carefully landscaped complex of shops representing leading merchandisers; usually includes restaurants and a convenient parking area; a modern version of the traditional marketplace
- a place where some particular activity is concentrated
- the middle of a military or naval formation
- a position on a basketball team of the player who participates in the jump that starts the game
- the piece of ground in the outfield directly ahead of the catcher
- the object upon which interest and attention focuses
- (American football) the position of the player on the line of scrimmage who puts the ball in play
- a point equidistant from the ends of a line or the extremities of a figure
- (basketball) the person who plays center on a basketball team
- the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience
- a building dedicated to a particular activity
- an area that is approximately central within some larger region
- a cluster of nerve cells governing a specific bodily process
- the sweet central portion of a piece of candy that is enclosed in chocolate or some other covering
- Australia, British, Canada, Ireland, New Zealand, and South Africa standard spelling of center.
verb
adj
- equally distant from the extremes
- being neither at the beginning nor at the end in a series
- of a stage in the development of a language or literature between earlier and later stages
- between an earlier and a later period of time
- Central.
- (grammar) Pertaining to the middle voice.
- Located in the middle; in between.
noun
- an intermediate part or section
- the middle area of the human torso (usually in front)
- the point between the beginning and the end of a temporal period or process
- an area that is approximately central within some larger region
- A centre, midpoint.
- The part between the beginning and the end.
- (politics) the center of the political spectrum.
- (grammar) The middle voice.
- (cricket) The middle stump.
- The central part of a human body; the waist.
verb
adj
noun
- the place at a fair or carnival where sideshows and similar amusements are located
- A middle way or manner; a mean or middle path between extremes.
- (US) The part of a fair or circus where rides, entertainments, and booths are concentrated.
- The middle; the midst.
- (US) The widest aisle in the middle of an industrial complex (such as railroad shops or a coach yard) along which various buildings are aligned.
adv
adj
- Without great variation.
- (colloquial) On equal terms of a moral sort; quits.
- Equal in proportion, quantity, size, etc.
- Parallel; on a level; reaching the same limit.
- (informal) Of a number, convenient for rounding other numbers to; for example, ending in a zero.
- On equal monetary terms; neither owing nor being owed.
- (mathematics, not comparable) Of an integer, divisible by two.
- Flat and level.
- being level or straight or regular and without variation as e.g. in shape or texture; or being in the same plane or at the same height as something else (i.e. even with)
- symmetrically arranged
- equal in degree or extent or amount; or equally matched or balanced
- divisible by two
- of the score in a contest
- occurring at fixed intervals
adv
- Used to emphasise a comparative.
- Used to indicate a further degree of comparison.
- Rather; that is (used to signal a correction of a previous utterance).
- In reality (used to imply an extreme example in the case mentioned).
- to a greater degree or extent; used with comparisons
- to the full extent
- used as an intensive especially to indicate something unexpected
- in spite of; notwithstanding
noun
verb
adj
- The smallest possible amount, quantity, or degree.
- (music) Characterised by the repetition and gradual alteration of short phrases.
- (art) Characterised by the use of simple form or structures.
- (mathematics, technical) Among elements of some collection, such that no other element is greater (with respect to some given partial order).
- the least possible
noun
adj
- Slight; minimal.
- (of a being) Lacking strength; weak; languid; inclined to lose consciousness
- Lacking courage, spirit, or energy; cowardly; dejected.
- Performed, done, or acted, weakly; not exhibiting vigor, strength, or energy.
- Barely perceptible; not bright, or loud, or sharp.
- lacking strength or vigor
- weak and likely to lose consciousness
- lacking clarity or distinctness
- lacking conviction or boldness or courage
- indistinctly understood or felt or perceived
- deficient in magnitude; barely perceptible; lacking clarity or brightness or loudness etc
noun
verb
- (intransitive) To lose courage or spirit; to become depressed or despondent.
- (intransitive) To lose consciousness through a lack of oxygen or nutrients to the brain, usually as a result of suddenly reduced blood flow (may be caused by emotional trauma, loss of blood or various medical conditions).
- (intransitive) To decay; to disappear; to vanish.
- pass out from weakness, physical or emotional distress due to a loss of blood supply to the brain
adj
- just barely adequate or within a lower limit
- Minimal; that is or are just sufficient.
- not having a protective covering
- lacking embellishment or ornamentation
- having everything extraneous removed including contents
- providing no shelter or sustenance
- lacking its natural or customary covering
- apart from anything else; without additions or modifications
- having no clothes on the body
- lacking a surface finish such as paint
- lacking in magnitude or quantity
- (MLE, MTE, Yorkshire, slang, not comparable) A lot or lots of.
- Having no supplies.
- Threadbare, very worn.
- Without anything to cover up or conceal one's thoughts or actions; open to view; exposed.
- Having no decoration.
- Naked, uncovered.
- Having had what usually covers (something) removed.
- Not insured.
- With head uncovered; bareheaded.
- (figuratively) Mere; without embellishment.
verb
adv
noun
adj
- just barely adequate or within a lower limit
- producing at a rate that barely covers production costs
- at or constituting a border or edge
- of questionable or minimal quality
- (economics, not comparable) Pertaining to changes resulting from a unit increase in production or consumption of a good.
- (of land) Barely productive.
- Of a value, or having a characteristic that is of a value, that is close to being unacceptable or leading to exclusion from a group or category.
- (not comparable) Of, relating to, or located at or near a margin or edge; also figurative usages of location and margin (edge).
- (sociology) Marginalized.
- (geography) Sharing a border; geographically adjacent.
- (politics, chiefly UK, Australia, New Zealand, of a constituency) Subject to a change in sitting member with only a small change in voting behaviour, this usually being inferred from the small winning margin of the previous election.
- Written in the margin of a book.
noun
adj
- Having a small margin or degree.
- Scrutinizing in detail; close; accurate; exact.
- (figuratively) Restrictive; without flexibility or latitude.
- Parsimonious; niggardly; covetous; selfish.
- (phonetics) Formed (as a vowel) by a close position of some part of the tongue in relation to the palate; or (according to Bell) by a tense condition of the pharynx; distinguished from wide.
- Of little extent; very limited; circumscribed.
- Having a small width; not wide; having opposite edges or sides that are close, especially by comparison to length or depth.
- Contracted; of limited scope; bigoted
- (computing) Of or supporting only those text characters that can fit into the traditional 8-bit representation.
- lacking tolerance or flexibility or breadth of view
- not wide
- very limited in degree
- characterized by painstaking care and detailed examination
- limited in extent or scope
noun
verb
- (transitive, programming) To convert to a data type that cannot hold as many distinct values.
- (of a person or eyes) To partially lower one's eyelids in a way usually taken to suggest a defensive, aggressive or penetrating look.
- (intransitive) To get narrower.
- (knitting) To contract the size of, as a stocking, by taking two stitches into one.
- (transitive) To reduce in width or extent; to contract.
- define clearly
- become tight or as if tight
- become more focused on an area of activity or field of study
- make or become more narrow or restricted