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noun
- (aviation) A flight path used by aeroplanes.
- (anatomy) The trachea.
- (mining) A roadway used for ventilation.
- a commercial enterprise that provides scheduled flights for passengers
- a designated route followed by airplanes in flying from one airport to another
- the passages through which air enters and leaves the body
- a duct that provides ventilation (as in mines)
noun
verb
- (intransitive) To become successful, to flourish.
- (ambitransitive) To absent oneself from (work or other responsibility), especially with permission.
- (intransitive) To depart.
- (transitive) To quantify.
- (surfing) To stand up on a surfboard and begin to surf a breaking wave.
- (transitive) To remove.
- (usually transitive) To imitate (somebody), often in a satirical manner.
- (intransitive) To leave the ground and ascend into the air or into flight.
- prove fatal
- get started or set in motion, used figuratively
- remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract
- mimic or imitate in an amusing or satirical manner
- make a subtraction
- depart for someplace
- remove clothes or shoes
- take time off from work; stop working temporarily
- depart from the ground
adj
- (aviation) Of a route: relatively little used.
- Scarce; not close, crowded, or numerous; not filling the space.
- (golf) Describing a poorly played golf shot where the ball is struck by the bottom part of the club head. See fat, shank, toe.
- Lacking body or volume; small; feeble; not full.
- Of low viscosity or low specific gravity.
- Very narrow in all diameters; having a cross section that is small in all directions.
- Having little thickness or extent from one surface to its opposite.
- Poor; scanty; without money or success.
- Having little body fat or flesh; slim; slender; lean; gaunt.
- Slight; small; slender; flimsy; superficial; inadequate; not sufficient for a covering.
- very narrow
- not dense
- (of sound) lacking resonance or volume
- of relatively small extent from one surface to the opposite or in cross section
- lacking spirit or sincere effort
- relatively thin in consistency or low in density; not viscous
- lacking substance or significance
- lacking excess flesh
adv
noun
verb
- To remove some plants or parts of plants in order to improve the growth of what remains.
- To dilute.
- (intransitive) To become thin or thinner.
- (transitive) To make thin or thinner.
- make thin or thinner
- lessen the strength or flavor of a solution or mixture
- lose thickness; become thin or thinner
- take off weight
noun
- (aviation) Flight path angle; the angle by which an aircraft's flight path deviates from the horizontal plane.
- (mathematics) The Gamma function, symbolized by Γ.
- (industries) Slope of log-log plot of video input and luminance output.
- The third letter of the Greek alphabet (Γ, γ), preceded by beta (Β, β) and followed by delta, (Δ, δ).
- (physics) A non-SI unit of measure of magnetic flux density, equal to 1 nT.
- (computer graphics) Synonym of gamma correction.
- (finance) A second-order measure of derivative price sensitivity, expressed as the rate of change in delta with respect to changes in the underlying asset price.
- (phonetics) The letter Ɣɣ, used in the alphabets of several African languages, and in lowercase form in the IPA to represent a voiced velar fricative.
- (physics) A non-SI unit of measure of mass, equal to 1 microgramme.
- (physics) A gamma ray or gamma-ray photon.
- (mathematics) A constant approximately equal to 0.57721566, symbolized by γ (also known as the Euler–Mascheroni constant).
- the 3rd letter of the Greek alphabet
- a unit of magnetic field strength equal to one-hundred-thousandth of an oersted
noun
noun
- (aviation) A detour to one side of the originally-planned flightpath (for instance, to avoid weather); the act of making such a detour.
- A departure from the correct way of acting.
- (metrology) The signed difference between a value and its reference value.
- (statistics) For interval variables and ratio variables, a measure of difference between the observed value and the mean.
- (contract law) The voluntary and unnecessary departure of a ship from, or delay in, the regular and usual course of the specific voyage insured, thus releasing the underwriters from their responsibility.
- (Absolute Deviation) The shortest distance between the center of the target and the point where a projectile hits or bursts.
- The act of deviating; wandering off the correct or true path or road.
- A detour in a road or railway.
- The state or result of having deviated; a transgression; an act of sin; an error; an offense.
- the difference between an observed value and the expected value of a variable or function
- a turning aside (of your course or attention or concern)
- deviate behavior
- a variation that deviates from the standard or norm
- the error of a compass due to local magnetic disturbances
noun
- (aviation) A chosen course or direction for motion, as of an aircraft.
- (computer graphics, attributive) A graphical representation using outlines; vector graphics.
- (mathematics) Any member of a (generalized) vector space.
- (history) Forces, developments, phenomena, processes, systems, etc. which influence the trajectory of history (e.g. imperialism)
- (programming) A kind of dynamically resizable array.
- (psychology) A recurring psychosocial issue that stimulates growth and development in the personality.
- (sociology) A person or entity that passes along an urban legend or other meme.
- (mathematics, computing) An ordered tuple, originally one representing a directed quantity, but by extension any one-dimensional matrix.
- (mathematics, physics) A directed quantity, one with both magnitude and direction; the signed difference between two points.
- (molecular biology) A DNA molecule used to carry genetic information from one organism into another.
- (computing, operating systems) A memory address containing the address of a code entry point, usually one which is part of a table and often one that is dereferenced and jumped to during the execution of an interrupt.
- a straight line segment whose length is magnitude and whose orientation in space is direction
- (genetics) a virus or other agent that is used to deliver DNA to a cell
- any agent (person or animal or microorganism) that carries and transmits a disease
- a variable quantity that can be resolved into components
verb
noun
- (aviation) The path of an aircraft as it lands under low power; especially, such a path advised to a pilot by radar assistance from the ground.
- (economics, by extension) The pattern of systematic withdrawal of money from a retirement portfolio.
- (figuratively, by extension) A course that leads smoothly to a particular outcome.
- the final path followed by an aircraft as it is landing
verb
- yaw back and forth about a flight path
- oscillate about a desired speed, position, or state to an undesirable extent
- pursue for food or sport (as of wild animals)
- pursue or chase relentlessly
- chase away, with as with force
- search (an area) for prey
- seek, search for
- (engineering, intransitive) To be in a state of instability of movement or forced oscillation, as a governor which has a large movement of the balls for small change of load, an arc-lamp clutch mechanism which moves rapidly up and down with variations of current, etc.; also, to seesaw, as a pair of alternators working in parallel.
- (transitive) To use or manage (dogs, horses, etc.) in hunting.
- (ambitransitive) To find or search for an animal in the wild with the intention of killing the animal for its meat or for sport.
- (bell-ringing, transitive) To move or shift the order of (a bell) in a regular course of changes.
- (ambitransitive) To try to find something; search (for).
- (transitive) To use or traverse in pursuit of game.
- (transitive) To drive; to chase; with down, from, away, etc.
- (bell-ringing, intransitive) To shift up and down in order regularly.
noun
- an instance of searching for something
- the pursuit and killing or capture of wild animals regarded as a sport
- the activity of looking thoroughly in order to find something or someone
- an association of huntsmen who hunt for sport
- the work of finding and killing or capturing animals for food or pelts
- An organization devoted to hunting, or the people belonging to it.
- A hunting expedition.
- The act of hunting.
- A pack of hunting dogs.
adj
- (aviation) Designating such an airplane flight.
- (aviation) Designating an airport that serves passenger and/or cargo flights.
- Of or pertaining to commerce.
- profit oriented
- of or relating to commercialism
- connected with or engaged in or sponsored by or used in commerce or commercial enterprises
- of the kind or quality used in commerce; average or inferior
noun
noun
- Passage by flying; flight.
- (zootomy) An appendage of an animal's (bird, bat, insect) body that enables it to fly.
- A cosmetic effect where eyeliner curves outward and ends at a point.
- (in the plural) The insignia of a qualified pilot or aircrew member.
- One of the longer sides of crownworks or hornworks in fortification.
- A portable shelter consisting of a fabric roof on a frame, like a tent without sides.
- A part of something that is lesser in size than the main body, and located at the side, such as an extension from the main building.
- (typography, informal, rare) A háček.
- (sports) A position in several field games on either side of the field.
- Anything that agitates the air as a wing does, or is put in winglike motion by the action of the air, such as a fan or vane for winnowing grain, the vane or sail of a windmill, the sail of a ship, etc.
- (nautical) That part of the hold or orlop of a vessel which is nearest the sides. In a fleet, one of the extremities when the ships are drawn up in line, or when forming the two sides of a triangle.
- (botany) Either of the two side petals of a papilionaceous flower.
- One of the broad, thin, anterior lobes of the foot of a pteropod, used as an organ in swimming.
- A fin at the side of a ray or similar fish.
- (British) A panel of a car which encloses the wheel area, especially the front wheels.
- An ornament worn on the shoulder; a small epaulet or shoulder knot.
- Limb or instrument of flight; means of flight or of rapid motion.
- (sports) A player occupying such a position, also called a winger
- A side shoot of a tree or plant; a branch growing up by the side of another.
- (slang, MLE) Ellipsis of prison wing, a cellblock; or prison or doing time by extension.
- (botany) Any membranaceous expansion, such as that along the sides of certain stems, or one of the bracts on a dragon fruit, or of a fruit of the kind called samara.
- A faction of a political movement. Usually implies a position apart from the mainstream center position.
- (US) A larger formation of two or more groups, which in turn control two or more squadrons.
- (British) A unit of command consisting of two or more squadrons and itself being a sub-unit of a group or station.
- (theater) One of the unseen areas on the side of the stage in a theatre.
- On the enneagram, one of the two adjacent types to an enneatype that forms an individual's subtype of his or her enneatype.
- (slang) Human arm.
- A protruding piece of material on a menstrual pad or diaper to hold it in place and prevent leakage.
- (nautical) A platform on either side of the bridge of a vessel, normally found in pairs.
- (aviation) Part of an aircraft that produces the lift for rising into the air.
- One of the large pectoral fins of a flying fish.
- (in flight formation) a position to the side and just to the rear of another aircraft
- a hockey player stationed in a forward position on either side
- a unit of military aircraft
- a movable organ for flying (one of a pair)
- one of the horizontal airfoils on either side of the fuselage of an airplane
- a stage area out of sight of the audience
- an addition that extends a main building
- the side of military or naval formation
- a group within a political party or legislature or other organization that holds distinct views or has a particular function
- the wing of a fowl
- a barrier that surrounds the wheels of a vehicle to block splashing water or mud
verb
- (intransitive) To fly.
- (transitive, of a building) To add a wing (extra part) to.
- (transitive) To act or speak extemporaneously; to improvise; to wing it.
- (transitive) To traverse by flying.
- (transitive) To injure slightly (as with a gunshot), especially in the wing or arm.
- (transitive) To transport with, or as if with, wings; to bear in flight, or speedily.
- (transitive) To throw.
- (transitive) To furnish with wings.
- travel through the air; be airborne
noun
- Abbreviation of aviation; aviator.
- Abbreviation of atmosphere.
- Abbreviation of axis.
- Abbreviation of accommodation.
- Abbreviation of age.
- Abbreviation of aunt.
- Abbreviation of argent.
- Abbreviation of area.
- Abbreviation of altitude; altitude intercept.
- Abbreviation of act; acting.
- Abbreviation of abbreviation.
- Abbreviation of annealing.
- Abbreviation of afternoon.
- Abbreviation of audit; auditor.
- Abbreviation of adjutant.
- Abbreviation of adult.
- Abbreviation of account.
- Abbreviation of answer.
- Abbreviation of attendance.
- Abbreviation of alto.
- Abbreviation of arc.
- Abbreviation of anthracite.
- Abbreviation of anode.
- Abbreviation of assist; assists.
- Abbreviation of adjective.
- Abbreviation of acceleration (in feet per second).
- Abbreviation of activity.
- Abbreviation of amateur.
- Abbreviation of are or ares.
- Abbreviation of ampere.
- Abbreviation of acre; acres; acreage.
- Abbreviation of acronym.
- Abbreviation of apprentice.
adj
- Abbreviation of artery; arterial blood.
- (linguistics, by extension) Abbreviation of transitive.
- Abbreviation of acting.
- Abbreviation of argent.
- Abbreviation of accidental.
- Abbreviation of absent.
- Abbreviation of abundant.
- Abbreviation of ante (“before”).
- Abbreviation of anterior.
- Abbreviation of annus (“a year”).
- Abbreviation of aerial.
- Abbreviation of accepted.
- Abbreviation of alto.
- Abbreviation of anonymous.
- Abbreviation of aqua.
- Abbreviation of available.
- Abbreviation of active.
- Abbreviation of amateur.
- Abbreviation of automatic.
- Abbreviation of absolute.
adv
conj
prep
verb
- (transitive, aviation) To navigate (an aircraft, e.g. a glider) sideways against an air current in order to maintain a straight-line course.
- (rare) To back out of something.
- (zoology, of sugar gliders) To make a loud, rapid rattling sound when scared, stressed, or agitated.
- (transitive, US, slang) To ruin.
- (transitive) To complain about.
- (British dialect) To cudgel or beat, as with a crabstick
- (intransitive) To fish for crabs.
- (intransitive) To complain.
- To be ill-tempered; to complain or find fault.
- (intransitive) To drift or move sideways or to leeward (by analogy with the movement of a crab).
- To move in a manner that involves keeping low and clinging to surfaces.
- (transitive, film, television) To move (a camera) sideways.
- scurry sideways like a crab
- complain
- fish for crab
- direct (an aircraft) into a crosswind
noun
- (Singapore, military, slang) On an insignia, a coat of arms symbol representing a senior rank.
- (uncountable, aviation) Ellipsis of crab angle.
- (poker slang) A playing card with the rank of three.
- (rowing) A position in rowing where the oar is pushed under the rigger by the force of the water.
- (informal) Clipping of carabiner, modified based on likening the shape of a carabiner to a crab's claw.
- A claw for anchoring a portable machine.
- The crab apple or wild apple.
- (uncountable) The meat of this crustacean, served as food; crabmeat.
- The tree species Carapa guianensis, native to South America.
- A form of windlass, or geared capstan, for hauling ships into dock, etc.
- Any crustacean of the infraorder Brachyura, having five pairs of legs, the foremost of which are in the form of claws, and a carapace.
- Any of various crustacean in the infraorder Anomura, usually excluding squat lobsters.
- A movable winch or windlass with powerful gearing, used with derricks, etc.
- (in plural crabs, informal) An infestation of pubic lice (Pthirus pubis).
- (derogatory, Blood slang) A member of the Crips.
- A cudgel made of the wood of the crab tree; a crabstick.
- A horseshoe crab.
- A defect in an outwardly normal object that may render it inconvenient and troublesome to use.
- A machine used in ropewalks to stretch the yarn.
- The tree bearing crab apples, which has a dogbane-like bitter bark with medical use.
- A bad-tempered person.
- decapod having eyes on short stalks and a broad flattened carapace with a small abdomen folded under the thorax and pincers
- a quarrelsome grouch
- the edible flesh of any of various crabs
- a louse that infests the pubic region of the human body
- a stroke of the oar that either misses the water or digs too deeply
adj
noun
- fuel, oxidizer, reaction mass or mixture for one or more engines (especially internal combustion engines or jet engines) that is carried within a vehicle prior to use
- the explosive (cordite, gunpowder, etc) found in ammunition cartridges
- the compressed gas in a pressurised container (especially an aerosol can) that is used to expel its content
- any substance that propels
verb
noun
verb
noun
- (chiefly US, Canada, Philippines) A game to encourage small children to eat, in which the parent or carer pretends a spoonful of food is an aircraft flying into the child's mouth.
- (chiefly US, Canada, Philippines) A powered heavier-than-air aircraft with fixed wings.
- an aircraft that has a fixed wing and is powered by propellers or jets
noun
- (aviation, navigation) Initialism of aerotriangulation.
- (firefighting, aviation) Abbreviation of air tanker.
- (US, sports) Initialism of anaerobic threshold.
- Initialism of appropriate technology.
- (US, Navy) Initialism of auxiliary tugboat.
- (fan fiction) Initialism of alternate timeline.
- Initialism of activity theory.
- (software) Initialism of assistive technology.
- (business, law) Ukrainian initialism of акціонерне товариство (akcionerne tovarystvo, “JSC”)
adj
verb
- (aviation) To taxi down an active runway in the opposite direction to that being used for takeoff.
- To retrace one's steps.
- To repeat or review work already done.
- To exercise a racehorse around the racetrack in the opposite direction to that in which races are run.
- To go back on or withdraw a statement.
- retrace one's course
noun
noun
- (aviation, usually in the plural) Ellipsis of flight instrument.
- (law) A legal document, such as a contract, deed, trust, mortgage, power, indenture, or will.
- A device used to produce music.
- A means or agency for achieving an aspect.
- A tool, implement used for manipulation or measurement.
- A measuring or displaying device.
- (figuratively) A person used as a mere tool for achieving a goal.
- the means whereby some act is accomplished
- a device that requires skill for proper use
- a person used by another to gain an end
- any of various devices or contrivances that can be used to produce musical tones or sounds
- the semantic role of the entity (usually inanimate) that the agent uses to perform an action or start a process
- (law) a document that states some contractual relationship or grants some right
verb
noun
- (aviation) A flight path used by aeroplanes.
- (anatomy) The trachea.
- (mining) A roadway used for ventilation.
- a commercial enterprise that provides scheduled flights for passengers
- a designated route followed by airplanes in flying from one airport to another
- the passages through which air enters and leaves the body
- a duct that provides ventilation (as in mines)
noun
verb
- (intransitive) To become successful, to flourish.
- (ambitransitive) To absent oneself from (work or other responsibility), especially with permission.
- (intransitive) To depart.
- (transitive) To quantify.
- (surfing) To stand up on a surfboard and begin to surf a breaking wave.
- (transitive) To remove.
- (usually transitive) To imitate (somebody), often in a satirical manner.
- (intransitive) To leave the ground and ascend into the air or into flight.
- prove fatal
- get started or set in motion, used figuratively
- remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract
- mimic or imitate in an amusing or satirical manner
- make a subtraction
- depart for someplace
- remove clothes or shoes
- take time off from work; stop working temporarily
- depart from the ground
noun
- (aviation) Flight path angle; the angle by which an aircraft's flight path deviates from the horizontal plane.
- (mathematics) The Gamma function, symbolized by Γ.
- (industries) Slope of log-log plot of video input and luminance output.
- The third letter of the Greek alphabet (Γ, γ), preceded by beta (Β, β) and followed by delta, (Δ, δ).
- (physics) A non-SI unit of measure of magnetic flux density, equal to 1 nT.
- (computer graphics) Synonym of gamma correction.
- (finance) A second-order measure of derivative price sensitivity, expressed as the rate of change in delta with respect to changes in the underlying asset price.
- (phonetics) The letter Ɣɣ, used in the alphabets of several African languages, and in lowercase form in the IPA to represent a voiced velar fricative.
- (physics) A non-SI unit of measure of mass, equal to 1 microgramme.
- (physics) A gamma ray or gamma-ray photon.
- (mathematics) A constant approximately equal to 0.57721566, symbolized by γ (also known as the Euler–Mascheroni constant).
- the 3rd letter of the Greek alphabet
- a unit of magnetic field strength equal to one-hundred-thousandth of an oersted
noun
noun
- (aviation) A detour to one side of the originally-planned flightpath (for instance, to avoid weather); the act of making such a detour.
- A departure from the correct way of acting.
- (metrology) The signed difference between a value and its reference value.
- (statistics) For interval variables and ratio variables, a measure of difference between the observed value and the mean.
- (contract law) The voluntary and unnecessary departure of a ship from, or delay in, the regular and usual course of the specific voyage insured, thus releasing the underwriters from their responsibility.
- (Absolute Deviation) The shortest distance between the center of the target and the point where a projectile hits or bursts.
- The act of deviating; wandering off the correct or true path or road.
- A detour in a road or railway.
- The state or result of having deviated; a transgression; an act of sin; an error; an offense.
- the difference between an observed value and the expected value of a variable or function
- a turning aside (of your course or attention or concern)
- deviate behavior
- a variation that deviates from the standard or norm
- the error of a compass due to local magnetic disturbances
noun
- (aviation) A chosen course or direction for motion, as of an aircraft.
- (computer graphics, attributive) A graphical representation using outlines; vector graphics.
- (mathematics) Any member of a (generalized) vector space.
- (history) Forces, developments, phenomena, processes, systems, etc. which influence the trajectory of history (e.g. imperialism)
- (programming) A kind of dynamically resizable array.
- (psychology) A recurring psychosocial issue that stimulates growth and development in the personality.
- (sociology) A person or entity that passes along an urban legend or other meme.
- (mathematics, computing) An ordered tuple, originally one representing a directed quantity, but by extension any one-dimensional matrix.
- (mathematics, physics) A directed quantity, one with both magnitude and direction; the signed difference between two points.
- (molecular biology) A DNA molecule used to carry genetic information from one organism into another.
- (computing, operating systems) A memory address containing the address of a code entry point, usually one which is part of a table and often one that is dereferenced and jumped to during the execution of an interrupt.
- a straight line segment whose length is magnitude and whose orientation in space is direction
- (genetics) a virus or other agent that is used to deliver DNA to a cell
- any agent (person or animal or microorganism) that carries and transmits a disease
- a variable quantity that can be resolved into components
verb
noun
- (aviation) The path of an aircraft as it lands under low power; especially, such a path advised to a pilot by radar assistance from the ground.
- (economics, by extension) The pattern of systematic withdrawal of money from a retirement portfolio.
- (figuratively, by extension) A course that leads smoothly to a particular outcome.
- the final path followed by an aircraft as it is landing
noun
- Passage by flying; flight.
- (zootomy) An appendage of an animal's (bird, bat, insect) body that enables it to fly.
- A cosmetic effect where eyeliner curves outward and ends at a point.
- (in the plural) The insignia of a qualified pilot or aircrew member.
- One of the longer sides of crownworks or hornworks in fortification.
- A portable shelter consisting of a fabric roof on a frame, like a tent without sides.
- A part of something that is lesser in size than the main body, and located at the side, such as an extension from the main building.
- (typography, informal, rare) A háček.
- (sports) A position in several field games on either side of the field.
- Anything that agitates the air as a wing does, or is put in winglike motion by the action of the air, such as a fan or vane for winnowing grain, the vane or sail of a windmill, the sail of a ship, etc.
- (nautical) That part of the hold or orlop of a vessel which is nearest the sides. In a fleet, one of the extremities when the ships are drawn up in line, or when forming the two sides of a triangle.
- (botany) Either of the two side petals of a papilionaceous flower.
- One of the broad, thin, anterior lobes of the foot of a pteropod, used as an organ in swimming.
- A fin at the side of a ray or similar fish.
- (British) A panel of a car which encloses the wheel area, especially the front wheels.
- An ornament worn on the shoulder; a small epaulet or shoulder knot.
- Limb or instrument of flight; means of flight or of rapid motion.
- (sports) A player occupying such a position, also called a winger
- A side shoot of a tree or plant; a branch growing up by the side of another.
- (slang, MLE) Ellipsis of prison wing, a cellblock; or prison or doing time by extension.
- (botany) Any membranaceous expansion, such as that along the sides of certain stems, or one of the bracts on a dragon fruit, or of a fruit of the kind called samara.
- A faction of a political movement. Usually implies a position apart from the mainstream center position.
- (US) A larger formation of two or more groups, which in turn control two or more squadrons.
- (British) A unit of command consisting of two or more squadrons and itself being a sub-unit of a group or station.
- (theater) One of the unseen areas on the side of the stage in a theatre.
- On the enneagram, one of the two adjacent types to an enneatype that forms an individual's subtype of his or her enneatype.
- (slang) Human arm.
- A protruding piece of material on a menstrual pad or diaper to hold it in place and prevent leakage.
- (nautical) A platform on either side of the bridge of a vessel, normally found in pairs.
- (aviation) Part of an aircraft that produces the lift for rising into the air.
- One of the large pectoral fins of a flying fish.
- (in flight formation) a position to the side and just to the rear of another aircraft
- a hockey player stationed in a forward position on either side
- a unit of military aircraft
- a movable organ for flying (one of a pair)
- one of the horizontal airfoils on either side of the fuselage of an airplane
- a stage area out of sight of the audience
- an addition that extends a main building
- the side of military or naval formation
- a group within a political party or legislature or other organization that holds distinct views or has a particular function
- the wing of a fowl
- a barrier that surrounds the wheels of a vehicle to block splashing water or mud
verb
- (intransitive) To fly.
- (transitive, of a building) To add a wing (extra part) to.
- (transitive) To act or speak extemporaneously; to improvise; to wing it.
- (transitive) To traverse by flying.
- (transitive) To injure slightly (as with a gunshot), especially in the wing or arm.
- (transitive) To transport with, or as if with, wings; to bear in flight, or speedily.
- (transitive) To throw.
- (transitive) To furnish with wings.
- travel through the air; be airborne
noun
- Abbreviation of aviation; aviator.
- Abbreviation of atmosphere.
- Abbreviation of axis.
- Abbreviation of accommodation.
- Abbreviation of age.
- Abbreviation of aunt.
- Abbreviation of argent.
- Abbreviation of area.
- Abbreviation of altitude; altitude intercept.
- Abbreviation of act; acting.
- Abbreviation of abbreviation.
- Abbreviation of annealing.
- Abbreviation of afternoon.
- Abbreviation of audit; auditor.
- Abbreviation of adjutant.
- Abbreviation of adult.
- Abbreviation of account.
- Abbreviation of answer.
- Abbreviation of attendance.
- Abbreviation of alto.
- Abbreviation of arc.
- Abbreviation of anthracite.
- Abbreviation of anode.
- Abbreviation of assist; assists.
- Abbreviation of adjective.
- Abbreviation of acceleration (in feet per second).
- Abbreviation of activity.
- Abbreviation of amateur.
- Abbreviation of are or ares.
- Abbreviation of ampere.
- Abbreviation of acre; acres; acreage.
- Abbreviation of acronym.
- Abbreviation of apprentice.
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- Abbreviation of artery; arterial blood.
- (linguistics, by extension) Abbreviation of transitive.
- Abbreviation of acting.
- Abbreviation of argent.
- Abbreviation of accidental.
- Abbreviation of absent.
- Abbreviation of abundant.
- Abbreviation of ante (“before”).
- Abbreviation of anterior.
- Abbreviation of annus (“a year”).
- Abbreviation of aerial.
- Abbreviation of accepted.
- Abbreviation of alto.
- Abbreviation of anonymous.
- Abbreviation of aqua.
- Abbreviation of available.
- Abbreviation of active.
- Abbreviation of amateur.
- Abbreviation of automatic.
- Abbreviation of absolute.
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noun
- (aviation, navigation) Initialism of aerotriangulation.
- (firefighting, aviation) Abbreviation of air tanker.
- (US, sports) Initialism of anaerobic threshold.
- Initialism of appropriate technology.
- (US, Navy) Initialism of auxiliary tugboat.
- (fan fiction) Initialism of alternate timeline.
- Initialism of activity theory.
- (software) Initialism of assistive technology.
- (business, law) Ukrainian initialism of акціонерне товариство (akcionerne tovarystvo, “JSC”)
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- (aviation, usually in the plural) Ellipsis of flight instrument.
- (law) A legal document, such as a contract, deed, trust, mortgage, power, indenture, or will.
- A device used to produce music.
- A means or agency for achieving an aspect.
- A tool, implement used for manipulation or measurement.
- A measuring or displaying device.
- (figuratively) A person used as a mere tool for achieving a goal.
- the means whereby some act is accomplished
- a device that requires skill for proper use
- a person used by another to gain an end
- any of various devices or contrivances that can be used to produce musical tones or sounds
- the semantic role of the entity (usually inanimate) that the agent uses to perform an action or start a process
- (law) a document that states some contractual relationship or grants some right
verb
verb
- yaw back and forth about a flight path
- oscillate about a desired speed, position, or state to an undesirable extent
- pursue for food or sport (as of wild animals)
- pursue or chase relentlessly
- chase away, with as with force
- search (an area) for prey
- seek, search for
- (engineering, intransitive) To be in a state of instability of movement or forced oscillation, as a governor which has a large movement of the balls for small change of load, an arc-lamp clutch mechanism which moves rapidly up and down with variations of current, etc.; also, to seesaw, as a pair of alternators working in parallel.
- (transitive) To use or manage (dogs, horses, etc.) in hunting.
- (ambitransitive) To find or search for an animal in the wild with the intention of killing the animal for its meat or for sport.
- (bell-ringing, transitive) To move or shift the order of (a bell) in a regular course of changes.
- (ambitransitive) To try to find something; search (for).
- (transitive) To use or traverse in pursuit of game.
- (transitive) To drive; to chase; with down, from, away, etc.
- (bell-ringing, intransitive) To shift up and down in order regularly.
noun
- an instance of searching for something
- the pursuit and killing or capture of wild animals regarded as a sport
- the activity of looking thoroughly in order to find something or someone
- an association of huntsmen who hunt for sport
- the work of finding and killing or capturing animals for food or pelts
- An organization devoted to hunting, or the people belonging to it.
- A hunting expedition.
- The act of hunting.
- A pack of hunting dogs.
verb
- (transitive, aviation) To navigate (an aircraft, e.g. a glider) sideways against an air current in order to maintain a straight-line course.
- (rare) To back out of something.
- (zoology, of sugar gliders) To make a loud, rapid rattling sound when scared, stressed, or agitated.
- (transitive, US, slang) To ruin.
- (transitive) To complain about.
- (British dialect) To cudgel or beat, as with a crabstick
- (intransitive) To fish for crabs.
- (intransitive) To complain.
- To be ill-tempered; to complain or find fault.
- (intransitive) To drift or move sideways or to leeward (by analogy with the movement of a crab).
- To move in a manner that involves keeping low and clinging to surfaces.
- (transitive, film, television) To move (a camera) sideways.
- scurry sideways like a crab
- complain
- fish for crab
- direct (an aircraft) into a crosswind
noun
- (Singapore, military, slang) On an insignia, a coat of arms symbol representing a senior rank.
- (uncountable, aviation) Ellipsis of crab angle.
- (poker slang) A playing card with the rank of three.
- (rowing) A position in rowing where the oar is pushed under the rigger by the force of the water.
- (informal) Clipping of carabiner, modified based on likening the shape of a carabiner to a crab's claw.
- A claw for anchoring a portable machine.
- The crab apple or wild apple.
- (uncountable) The meat of this crustacean, served as food; crabmeat.
- The tree species Carapa guianensis, native to South America.
- A form of windlass, or geared capstan, for hauling ships into dock, etc.
- Any crustacean of the infraorder Brachyura, having five pairs of legs, the foremost of which are in the form of claws, and a carapace.
- Any of various crustacean in the infraorder Anomura, usually excluding squat lobsters.
- A movable winch or windlass with powerful gearing, used with derricks, etc.
- (in plural crabs, informal) An infestation of pubic lice (Pthirus pubis).
- (derogatory, Blood slang) A member of the Crips.
- A cudgel made of the wood of the crab tree; a crabstick.
- A horseshoe crab.
- A defect in an outwardly normal object that may render it inconvenient and troublesome to use.
- A machine used in ropewalks to stretch the yarn.
- The tree bearing crab apples, which has a dogbane-like bitter bark with medical use.
- A bad-tempered person.
- decapod having eyes on short stalks and a broad flattened carapace with a small abdomen folded under the thorax and pincers
- a quarrelsome grouch
- the edible flesh of any of various crabs
- a louse that infests the pubic region of the human body
- a stroke of the oar that either misses the water or digs too deeply
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verb
noun
- (chiefly US, Canada, Philippines) A game to encourage small children to eat, in which the parent or carer pretends a spoonful of food is an aircraft flying into the child's mouth.
- (chiefly US, Canada, Philippines) A powered heavier-than-air aircraft with fixed wings.
- an aircraft that has a fixed wing and is powered by propellers or jets
verb
- (aviation) To taxi down an active runway in the opposite direction to that being used for takeoff.
- To retrace one's steps.
- To repeat or review work already done.
- To exercise a racehorse around the racetrack in the opposite direction to that in which races are run.
- To go back on or withdraw a statement.
- retrace one's course
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adj
- (aviation) Of a route: relatively little used.
- Scarce; not close, crowded, or numerous; not filling the space.
- (golf) Describing a poorly played golf shot where the ball is struck by the bottom part of the club head. See fat, shank, toe.
- Lacking body or volume; small; feeble; not full.
- Of low viscosity or low specific gravity.
- Very narrow in all diameters; having a cross section that is small in all directions.
- Having little thickness or extent from one surface to its opposite.
- Poor; scanty; without money or success.
- Having little body fat or flesh; slim; slender; lean; gaunt.
- Slight; small; slender; flimsy; superficial; inadequate; not sufficient for a covering.
- very narrow
- not dense
- (of sound) lacking resonance or volume
- of relatively small extent from one surface to the opposite or in cross section
- lacking spirit or sincere effort
- relatively thin in consistency or low in density; not viscous
- lacking substance or significance
- lacking excess flesh
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noun
verb
- To remove some plants or parts of plants in order to improve the growth of what remains.
- To dilute.
- (intransitive) To become thin or thinner.
- (transitive) To make thin or thinner.
- make thin or thinner
- lessen the strength or flavor of a solution or mixture
- lose thickness; become thin or thinner
- take off weight
adj
- (aviation) Designating such an airplane flight.
- (aviation) Designating an airport that serves passenger and/or cargo flights.
- Of or pertaining to commerce.
- profit oriented
- of or relating to commercialism
- connected with or engaged in or sponsored by or used in commerce or commercial enterprises
- of the kind or quality used in commerce; average or inferior
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adj
noun
- fuel, oxidizer, reaction mass or mixture for one or more engines (especially internal combustion engines or jet engines) that is carried within a vehicle prior to use
- the explosive (cordite, gunpowder, etc) found in ammunition cartridges
- the compressed gas in a pressurised container (especially an aerosol can) that is used to expel its content
- any substance that propels