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- Said carving.
- A mountain in Appalachians, DeKalb County, Georgia, United States, a quartz monzonite dome monadnock former pluton igneous intrusion, containing the world's largest bas relief, of three Confederate leaders on horseback.
- A city in DeKalb, Georgia, United States. Ellipsis of Stone Mountain Village. Named after the mountain.
- An unincorporated region of DeKalb and Gwinnett, Georgia, United States, surrounding the mountain.
- A mountain in Descartes Highlands, Moon.
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- form by carving
- engrave or cut by chipping away at a surface
- To shape to sculptural effect; to produce (a work) by cutting, or to cut (a material) into a finished work, especially with cuts that are curved rather than only straight slices.
- (figuratively) To take or make, as by cutting; to provide.
- To cut meat in order to serve it.
- To lay out; to contrive; to design; to plan.
- (snowboarding) To perform a series of turns without pivoting, so that the tip and tail of the snowboard take the same path.
- cut to pieces
verb
- carve with a chisel
- (intransitive) To use a chisel.
- engage in deceitful behavior; practice trickery or fraud
- deprive somebody of something by deceit
- (transitive, figurative) To make small changes to (something), bit by bit, resulting in change over time.
- (ambitransitive, informal) To beg or pressure somebody into giving up (something); to haggle excessively; to cheat; to obtain something from (someone) by cheating.
- (transitive) To work something with a chisel.
noun
- an edge tool with a flat steel blade with a cutting edge
- A part of some ploughs, next to the ploughshare, that helps cut into the soil and deal with obstructions such as rocks, roots, and stems.
- Gravel.
- (usually in the plural) Coarse flour; bran; the coarser part of bran or flour.
- A cutting tool used to remove parts of stone, wood or metal by pushing or pounding the back when the sharp edge is against the material. It consists of a slim, oblong block of metal with a sharp wedge or bevel formed on one end and sometimes a handle at the other end; there are hand tool versions (the original type) and versions as bits for power tools.
- A part of any of various tools or devices that has an analogous purpose, cutting raw material or a workpiece during the process that the tool or device performs.
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- The art of carving shapes out of raw wood using a knife.
- (usually in the plural) A chip or shaving whittled from some larger substance.
- (figurative, by extension) The reducing of something by degrees, especially at the expense of some effort.
- A process of repeatedly shaving slivers from a piece of wood (non-artistic).
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- (architecture) A roughly cut stone set in place for later carving.
- A person in charge of a business or company.
- (geology) A lump-like mass of rock, especially one projecting through a stratum of different rock.
- (humorous) One's wife.
- (mechanics) A protrusion; frequently a cylinder of material that extends beyond a hole.
- (archery) A target block, made of foam but historically made of hay bales, to which a target face is attached.
- A head or reservoir of water.
- A leader, the head of an organized group or team.
- (informal, especially India, MLE and Philippines) A term of address to a man, especially a customer, but also sometimes to a friend or acquaintance of equal standing.
- A person who oversees and directs the work of others; a supervisor.
- The head of a political party in a given region or district.
- A wooden vessel for the mortar used in tiling or masonry, hung by a hook from the laths, or from the rounds of a ladder.
- (Australia) The male owner or man in charge of a large rural property.
- (video games) An enemy, often at the end of a level, that is particularly challenging and must be beaten in order to progress.
- A convex protuberance in hammered work, especially the rounded projection in the centre of a shield.
- (architecture) A knob or projection, usually at the intersection of ribs in a vault.
- a person responsible for hiring workers
- a leader in a political party who controls votes and dictates appointments
- a person who exercises control and makes decisions
- a circular rounded projection or protuberance
- a person who exercises control over workers
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- To carve or engrave (ornamental designs) on bone, ivory, or other materials.
- To carve or engrave (bone, ivory, or other materials) with ornamental designs.
- (intransitive) To make a handicraft of scrimshaw.
- To create (a small ornamental handicraft also called a scrimshaw) by carving or engraving on bone (originally whalebone or whales' teeth), ivory, or other materials.
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- (countable) A small ornamental handicraft created by carving or engraving bone (originally whalebone or whales' teeth), ivory, or other materials, formerly produced by sailors on whaling ships to pass the time on long voyages.
- (uncountable) The manufacture of small ornamental handicrafts by carving or engraving bone, ivory, or other materials, formerly by sailors on whaling ships to pass the time on long voyages.
- a carving (or engraving) on whalebone, whale ivory, walrus tusk, etc., usually by American whalers
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- (masonry) To give a finely fluted surface to (stone) by carving it with a tool.
- To draw the horizontal line across the upright part (of the letter t).
- To act as the stroke (“rower who is nearest the stern of the boat, the movement of whose oar sets the rowing rhythm for the other rowers”) of (a boat or its crew).
- To move one's hand or an object (such as a broom or brush) along (a surface) in one direction, touching it lightly; to caress.
- (poetic, rare) Of a bell or clock: to chime or sound to indicate (the hour, the time, etc.).
- (agriculture) To milk (a cow or other animal); especially, to squeeze the teat of (a cow, etc.) to extract the last bit of milk from the udder; to strap (dialectal), to strip.
- (swimming) To strike (the water) with one's arms and legs when swimming.
- (by extension, chiefly US, politics) To influence (someone) by convincing or flattering them.
- (ball games) To hit or kick (the ball) with a flowing or smooth motion; also, to score (a goal, a point, etc.) by doing so.
- (also figuratively) To bring (something) to a certain condition by stroking (sense 1).
- Of a rower or a crew: to row at (a rate of a certain number of strokes (“movements of the oar through water”) per minute).
- (swimming) To swim by making co-ordinated movements with the arms and legs.
- (rare) To mark (something) with lines or stripes; to stripe.
- (especially psychoanalysis) To give assurance to (someone) through encouragement.
- (medicine) Chiefly followed by out: to suffer loss of brain function when the blood supply to the brain is suddenly interrupted; to have a stroke (noun sense 4).
- Followed by out or through: to draw a line or lines through (text) to indicate that it is deleted; to cancel, to strike or strike out.
- (by extension, vulgar, uncommon, intransitive) To masturbate.
- touch lightly and repeatedly, as with brushing motions
- treat gingerly or carefully
- row at a particular rate
- strike a ball with a smooth blow
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- (by extension) The rower nearest the stern of the boat, the movement of whose oar sets the rhythm for the other rowers; the position in the boat occupied by this rower.
- An amount of work; specifically, a large amount of business or work.
- (sciences) An individual discharge of lightning, particularly if causing damage.
- An act of moving one's hand or an object along a surface in one direction, touching it lightly; a caress.
- (by extension) A thrust of the penis during sexual intercourse.
- One of a series of beats or movements against a resisting medium, by means of which movement through or upon it is accomplished.
- (swimming) A movement of the arms and legs which propels a swimmer through the water; a specific combination of such movements, constituting a swimming style.
- An act of striking with a weapon; a blow.
- A single movement of a paintbrush, chisel, pen, pencil, or similar implement; a line or mark made by such an implement.
- A gesture of assurance given as encouragement; specifically (psychoanalysis) in transactional analysis: a (generally positive) reaction expressed to a person which fulfils their desires or needs.
- A beat or throb, as of the heart or pulse.
- (linguistics, calligraphy, typography) A line making up a written character.
- (cricket) The action of hitting the ball with the bat; a shot.
- A powerful or sudden effort by which something is done or produced; also, something accomplished by such an effort; an achievement, a feat.
- (chiefly US) A flattering or friendly act, comment, etc., done or made to a person to influence them.
- (technology) A single movement or thrust of a reciprocating device (such as a piston or connecting rod); the length of this movement.
- An act causing hurt or death, especially when seen as divine punishment.
- (turn-based games) A masterful or effective action.
- A distinctive expression in a written composition; a touch.
- (golf) A single act of striking at the ball with a club; also, at matchplay, a shot deducted from a player's score at a hole as a result of a handicapping system.
- (computing) In Unicode: the formal name of the individual horizontal strikethroughs (as in "A̶").
- An act of hitting; a blow, a hit.
- (UK, Ireland, Commonwealth) The oblique, slash, or virgule ("/").
- The movement of an oar or paddle through water: either the cycle of movement as a whole, or the propelling phase (as opposed to the return); the manner in which such movements are made; a rowing style.
- (medicine) A sudden interruption of blood supply to the brain, causing minor to major brain damage and possible death.
- (squash) A point awarded to a player in case of interference or obstruction by the opponent.
- The hitting of a bell or similar by the clapper or hammer of a clock; the sound thereof; the time when this occurs.
- A damaging occurrence, especially if sudden; a blow, a calamity.
- A single movement with a tool; also, an impact of a tool on an object.
- An individual social interaction whereby one gives another attention or recognition.
- (tennis) The hitting of a ball with a racket; also, the movement of the racket and arm that produces that impact.
- any one of the repeated movements of the limbs and body used for locomotion in swimming or rowing
- a sudden loss of consciousness resulting when the rupture or occlusion of a blood vessel leads to oxygen lack in the brain
- a single complete movement
- (sports) the act of swinging or striking at a ball with a club or racket or bat or cue or hand
- a punctuation mark (‘/’) used to separate related items of information
- the oarsman nearest the stern of the shell who sets the pace for the rest of the crew
- a light touch with the hands
- anything that happens suddenly or by chance without an apparent cause
- the maximum movement available to a pivoted or reciprocating piece by a cam
- (golf) the unit of scoring in golf is the act of hitting the ball with a club
- a light touch
- a mark made on a surface by a pen, pencil, or paintbrush
verb
- carve, cut, or etch into a material or surface
- carve or cut a design or letters into
- carve or cut into a block used for printing or print from such a block
- impress or affect deeply
- (transitive) To carve text or symbols into (something), usually for the purposes of identification or art.
- (transitive) To carve (something) into a material.
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- of great gravity or crucial import; requiring serious thought
- dignified and somber in manner or character and committed to keeping promises
- causing fear or anxiety by threatening great harm
- Low in pitch, tone etc.
- Characterised by a dignified sense of seriousness; not cheerful.
- Serious, in a negative sense; important, formidable.
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- death of a person
- a mark (‘) placed above a vowel to indicate pronunciation
- a place for the burial of a corpse (especially beneath the ground and marked by a tombstone)
- (historical) A count, prefect, or person holding office.
- (loosely) Any place of interment.
- (by extension, uncountable) Deceased people; the dead.
- (uncountable, by extension) Death, destruction.
- (strictly) An excavation in the earth as a place of burial.
- (very loosely) Any place containing one or more corpses.
- A grave accent, the diacritic mark `.
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- carve, cut, or etch into a material or surface
- draw within a figure so as to touch in as many places as possible
- mark with one's signature
- convert ordinary language into code
- address, (a work of literature) in a style less formal than a dedication
- write, engrave, or print as a lasting record
- register formally as a participant or member
- (transitive) To enter on a document or list; to enroll.
- (transitive) To dedicate to someone.
- (geometry) To draw a circle, sphere, etc. inside a polygon, polyhedron, etc. and tangent to all its sides.
- (transitive) To write or cut (words) onto (something, especially a hard surface, or a book to be given to another person); to engrave.
verb
- carve, cut, or etch into a material or surface
- scrape or rub as if to relieve itching
- postpone indefinitely or annul something that was scheduled
- gather (money or other resources) together over time
- cause friction
- remove by erasing or crossing out or as if by drawing a line
- cut the surface of; wear away the surface of
- (music) To produce a distinctive sound on a turntable by moving a vinyl record back and forth while manipulating the crossfader (see also scratching).
- (ambitransitive) To dig or excavate with the claws.
- (of a surface) To get such scratches.
- To write or draw hastily or awkwardly; scrawl.
- To rub a surface with a sharp object, especially by a living creature to remove itching with nails, claws, etc.
- Hence, to remove, ignore, or delete.
- To dig or scrape (a person's skin) with claws or fingernails in self-defense or with the intention to injure.
- To cross out, strike out, strike through some text on a page.
- To mark a surface with a sharp object, thereby leaving a scratch (noun).
- (billiards) To commit a foul in pool, as where the cue ball is put into a pocket or jumps off the table.
- (swimming, athletics) To announce one's non-participation in a race or sports event part of a larger sports meeting that one was previously signed up for, usually in lieu of another event at the same meeting.
- To rub the skin with rough material causing a sensation of irritation; to cause itching.
- To irritate someone's skin with one's unshaven beard when kissing.
noun
- a harsh noise made by scraping
- a line indicating the location of the start of a race or a game
- an abraded area where the skin is torn or worn off
- informal terms for money
- (golf) a handicap of zero strokes
- a competitor who has withdrawn from competition
- an indication of damage
- a depression scratched or carved into a surface
- dry mash for poultry
- poor handwriting
- A foul in pool, as where the cue ball is put into a pocket or jumps off the table.
- Poor handwriting; especially, illegibly so.
- (music) A genre of Virgin Islander music, better known as fungi.
- A feed, usually a mixture of a few common grains, given to chickens.
- A starting line (originally and simply, a line scratched in the ground), as in boxing.
- A technical error of touching or surpassing the starting mark prior to the official start signal in the sporting events of long jump, discus, hammer throw, shot put, and similar. Originally the starting mark was a scratch on the ground but is now a board or precisely indicated mark.
- (in the plural) Minute, but tender and troublesome, excoriations, covered with scabs, upon the heels of horses which have been used where it is very wet or muddy.
- (meiosis) A minor injury.
- A disruption, mark or shallow cut on a surface made by scratching.
- (cycling) The last riders to depart in a handicap race.
- An act of scratching the skin to alleviate an itch or irritation.
- Nothing, zero. Used especially in card games or sports, but also expressions like "from scatch".
- (now historical) A scratch wig.
- (horse racing) A horse withdrawn from a race prior to the start.
- (slang) Money; especially, cash.
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- (sports) (of a player) Of a standard high enough to play without a handicap, i.e. to compete without the benefit of a variation in scoring based on ability.
- (computing) Relating to a scratchpad, a data structure or recording medium attached to a machine for testing or temporary use.
- For or consisting of preliminary or tentative, incomplete, etc. work.
- Hastily assembled, arranged or constructed, from whatever materials are to hand, with little or no preparation
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- (countable) A decoration made on wood by carving.
- (countable) A carved wooden object.
- (uncountable) The art of carving wood to make decorative objects.
- a form of working wood by means of a cutting tool (knife) in one hand or a chisel by two hands or with one hand on a chisel and one hand on a mallet, resulting in a wooden figure or figurine, or in the sculptural ornamentation of a wooden object.
noun
- skill in carving or fashioning objects from wood
- skill and experience in matters relating to the woods (as hunting or fishing or camping)
- Any of the skills related to a woodland habitat, especially those relating to outdoor survival; these skills collectively.
- (uncountable) The art or skill of wood carving.
verb
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- To engrave a surface.
- To sketch; to delineate.
- To cut into a surface with an acid or other corrosive substance in order to make a pattern. Best known as a technique for creating printing plates, but also used for decoration on metal, and, in modern industry, to make circuit boards.
- (figuratively) To make a lasting impression.
- carve or cut a design or letters into
- cause to stand out or be clearly defined or visible
- carve or cut into a block used for printing or print from such a block
- make an etching of
- selectively dissolve the surface of (a semiconductor or printed circuit) with a solvent, laser, or stream of electrons
noun
- A tool used by engravers.
- (computing) A program or process that scrapes data, such as a screen-scraper.
- One who scrapes horns.
- An instrument drawn by oxen, horses or a tractor, similar to a plow, that is used for scraping up earth in making or repairing roads, digging cellars, building canals, etc.
- Clipping of bellyscraper.
- One who plays a violin incompetently, producing cacophonous sounds.
- An instrument having two or three sharp sides or edges for cleaning the planks, masts, or decks of a ship.
- One who acquires avariciously and saves penuriously.
- In the printing press, a board or blade, the edge of which is made to rub over the tympan sheet, thus producing an impression.
- (slang, Bay Area) A modified automobile, typically with oversized wheelrims.
- A hoe.
- A freshwater fish of the carp family, genus Capoeta.
- An instrument by which the soles of shoes are cleaned from mud by drawing them across it.
- (archaeology) A prehistoric unifacial tool thought to have been used for hideworking and woodworking.
- any of various hand tools for scraping
noun
- The grooved surface of stone finished by the drove chisel.
- A broad chisel used to bring stone to a nearly smooth surface.
- (figuratively, by extension, usually in the plural) A large number of people on the move.
- (collective) A group of hares.
- A cattle drive or the herd being driven by it; thus, a number of cattle driven to market or new pastures.
- A narrow drain or channel used in the irrigation of land.
- A road or track along which cattle are habitually, used to be or could be driven; a droveway.
- a stonemason's chisel with a broad edge for dressing stone
- a moving crowd
- a group of animals (a herd or flock) moving together
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- sculpture produced by molding
- a preliminary sculpture in wax or clay from which a finished work can be copied
- the act of representing something (usually on a smaller scale)
- (mathematics) The construction and use of a computer model of a physical system.
- The profession of someone who models clothes.
- The representation of depth in a two-dimensional image.
- The art of sculpting models from clay etc. to create a representation of something.
- The learning of a new skill by copying other people.
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noun
- sculpture produced by molding
- a dish or dessert that is formed in or on a mold
- a distinctive nature, character, or type
- the process of becoming mildewed
- container into which liquid is poured to create a given shape when it hardens
- loose soil rich in organic matter
- the distinctive form in which a thing is made
- a fungus that produces a superficial growth on various kinds of damp or decaying organic matter
- (architecture) A group of moldings.
- A frame or model around or on which something is formed or shaped.
- (anatomy) A fontanelle.
- A fungus that creates such furry growths.
- The shape or pattern of a mold.
- General shape or form.
- A natural substance in the form of a furry or woolly growth of tiny fungi that appears when organic material lies for a long time exposed to (usually warm and moist) air.
- Loose friable soil, rich in humus and fit for planting.
- (UK, dialectal, chiefly plural) Earth, ground.
- Something that is made in or shaped on a mold.
- Distinctive character or type.
- A hollow form or matrix for shaping a fluid or plastic substance.
- A fixed or restrictive pattern or form.
verb
- form by pouring (e.g., wax or hot metal) into a cast or mold
- become moldy; spoil due to humidity
- fit tightly, follow the contours of
- shape or influence; give direction to
- form in clay, wax, etc
- make something, usually for a specific function
- (intransitive) To be shaped in or as if in a mold.
- (transitive) To fit closely by following the contours of.
- (transitive) To cause to become moldy; to cause mold to grow upon.
- (transitive) To ornament with moldings.
- (transitive) To shape in or on a mold; to form into a particular shape; to give shape to.
- (transitive) To guide or determine the growth or development of; influence
- To cover with mold or soil.
- (intransitive) To become moldy; to be covered or filled, in whole or in part, with a mold.
- (transitive) To make a mold of or from (molten metal, for example) before casting.
noun
- sculpture produced by molding
- Anything cast in a mold, or which appears to be so, as grooved or ornamental bars of wood or metal.
- the act of creating something by casting it in a mold
- a decorative strip used for ornamentation or finishing
- a preliminary sculpture in wax or clay from which a finished work can be copied
- a decorative recessed or relieved surface on an edge
- (milling) A mill for shaping timber.
- (woodwork) A planing machine for making moldings.
- The act or process of shaping in or on a mold, or of making molds; the art or occupation of a molder.
- (architecture) A plane, or curved, narrow surface, either sunk or projecting, used for decoration by means of the lights and shades upon its surface and to conceal joints, especially between unlike materials.
- (founding) A kind of sand containing clay, used in making molds.
- (founding) A machine to assist in making molds for castings.
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noun
- sculpture produced by molding
- a dish or dessert that is formed in or on a mold
- a distinctive nature, character, or type
- the process of becoming mildewed
- container into which liquid is poured to create a given shape when it hardens
- loose soil rich in organic matter
- the distinctive form in which a thing is made
- a fungus that produces a superficial growth on various kinds of damp or decaying organic matter
- Commonwealth spelling of mold (“loose soil”).
- Commonwealth spelling of mold (“top of the head”).
- Commonwealth standard spelling of mold.
- Commonwealth spelling of mold (“growth of tiny fungi”).
verb
- form by pouring (e.g., wax or hot metal) into a cast or mold
- become moldy; spoil due to humidity
- fit tightly, follow the contours of
- shape or influence; give direction to
- form in clay, wax, etc
- make something, usually for a specific function
- Commonwealth standard spelling of mold.
- Commonwealth spelling of mold (“to cause to become mouldy”).
noun
verb
adj
- Capable of being molded into the shape of an artifact or art work
- (figuratively) Capable of being led or directed
- (of an art work or artifact) Molded of clay or earth
- (pottery) Of or relating to earthenware
- susceptible to being led or directed
- of or relating to the craft of pottery
- capable of being molded or modeled (especially of earth or clay or other soft material)
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noun
- A form of etching with acid on a plate partially covered with varnish that produces a print somewhat resembling a watercolour.
- An etching or print made using this method.
- an etching made by a process that makes it resemble a water color
- a method of etching that imitates the broad washes of a water color
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noun
- a bout of drinking or drug taking
- a slit in a garment that exposes material of a different color underneath; used in Renaissance clothing
- a sharp projection on an edge or surface
- a flap along the edge of a garment; used in medieval clothing
- (Western Pennsylvania, dialectal, derogatory) Ellipsis of jagoff (“an irritating, inept, or repugnant person”).
- (Western Pennsylvania, dialectal) A thorn from a bush (see jaggerbush).
- A flap, a tear in a clothing
- A binge or period of overindulgence; a spree.
- A sharp projection.
- (Scotland) A medical injection, a jab.
- A fit, spell, outburst.
- Enough liquor to make a person noticeably drunk; a skinful.
- (botany) A cleft or division.
- A part broken off; a fragment.
- A one-horse cart load, or, in modern times, a truck load, of hay or wood.
noun
- someone who cuts or carves stone
- a boat for communication between ship and shore
- someone who carves the meat
- a cutting implement; a tool for cutting
- someone whose work is cutting (as e.g. cutting cloth for garments)
- a sailing vessel with a single mast set further back than the mast of a sloop
- (television) A flag or similar instrument for blocking light.
- An animal yielding inferior meat, with little or no external fat and marbling.
- (Maine) An active child.
- (cricket) A ball that moves sideways in the air, or off the pitch, because it has been cut.
- (MLE) A knife.
- (informal) A person who practices self-injury by making cuts in the flesh.
- A light sleigh drawn by one horse.
- A foretooth; an incisor.
- A motorized vessel used in law enforcement purpose
- (wrestling) A three-quarters facelock bulldog move in which the attacker drives the opponent's head into the mat while falling onto their back.
- (medicine, colloquial, slang, humorous or derogatory) A surgeon.
- (slang) A ten-pence piece. So named because it is the coin most often sharpened by prison inmates to use as a weapon.
- (nautical) A ship's boat, used for transport ship-to-ship or ship-to-shore.
- (nautical) A single-masted, fore-and-aft rigged, sailing vessel with at least two headsails, and a mast set further aft than that of a sloop.
- (intactivism, derogatory) A supporter of infant circumcision or female genital mutilation; pro-circumcisionist.
- A person or device that cuts (in various senses).
- (baseball) A cut fastball.
noun
verb
- form by carving
- engrave or cut by chipping away at a surface
- To shape to sculptural effect; to produce (a work) by cutting, or to cut (a material) into a finished work, especially with cuts that are curved rather than only straight slices.
- (figuratively) To take or make, as by cutting; to provide.
- To cut meat in order to serve it.
- To lay out; to contrive; to design; to plan.
- (snowboarding) To perform a series of turns without pivoting, so that the tip and tail of the snowboard take the same path.
- cut to pieces
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verb
noun
- The art of carving shapes out of raw wood using a knife.
- (usually in the plural) A chip or shaving whittled from some larger substance.
- (figurative, by extension) The reducing of something by degrees, especially at the expense of some effort.
- A process of repeatedly shaving slivers from a piece of wood (non-artistic).
verb
noun
noun
- (architecture) A roughly cut stone set in place for later carving.
- A person in charge of a business or company.
- (geology) A lump-like mass of rock, especially one projecting through a stratum of different rock.
- (humorous) One's wife.
- (mechanics) A protrusion; frequently a cylinder of material that extends beyond a hole.
- (archery) A target block, made of foam but historically made of hay bales, to which a target face is attached.
- A head or reservoir of water.
- A leader, the head of an organized group or team.
- (informal, especially India, MLE and Philippines) A term of address to a man, especially a customer, but also sometimes to a friend or acquaintance of equal standing.
- A person who oversees and directs the work of others; a supervisor.
- The head of a political party in a given region or district.
- A wooden vessel for the mortar used in tiling or masonry, hung by a hook from the laths, or from the rounds of a ladder.
- (Australia) The male owner or man in charge of a large rural property.
- (video games) An enemy, often at the end of a level, that is particularly challenging and must be beaten in order to progress.
- A convex protuberance in hammered work, especially the rounded projection in the centre of a shield.
- (architecture) A knob or projection, usually at the intersection of ribs in a vault.
- a person responsible for hiring workers
- a leader in a political party who controls votes and dictates appointments
- a person who exercises control and makes decisions
- a circular rounded projection or protuberance
- a person who exercises control over workers
adj
verb
noun
- (countable) A decoration made on wood by carving.
- (countable) A carved wooden object.
- (uncountable) The art of carving wood to make decorative objects.
- a form of working wood by means of a cutting tool (knife) in one hand or a chisel by two hands or with one hand on a chisel and one hand on a mallet, resulting in a wooden figure or figurine, or in the sculptural ornamentation of a wooden object.
noun
- skill in carving or fashioning objects from wood
- skill and experience in matters relating to the woods (as hunting or fishing or camping)
- Any of the skills related to a woodland habitat, especially those relating to outdoor survival; these skills collectively.
- (uncountable) The art or skill of wood carving.
verb
noun
- A tool used by engravers.
- (computing) A program or process that scrapes data, such as a screen-scraper.
- One who scrapes horns.
- An instrument drawn by oxen, horses or a tractor, similar to a plow, that is used for scraping up earth in making or repairing roads, digging cellars, building canals, etc.
- Clipping of bellyscraper.
- One who plays a violin incompetently, producing cacophonous sounds.
- An instrument having two or three sharp sides or edges for cleaning the planks, masts, or decks of a ship.
- One who acquires avariciously and saves penuriously.
- In the printing press, a board or blade, the edge of which is made to rub over the tympan sheet, thus producing an impression.
- (slang, Bay Area) A modified automobile, typically with oversized wheelrims.
- A hoe.
- A freshwater fish of the carp family, genus Capoeta.
- An instrument by which the soles of shoes are cleaned from mud by drawing them across it.
- (archaeology) A prehistoric unifacial tool thought to have been used for hideworking and woodworking.
- any of various hand tools for scraping
noun
- The grooved surface of stone finished by the drove chisel.
- A broad chisel used to bring stone to a nearly smooth surface.
- (figuratively, by extension, usually in the plural) A large number of people on the move.
- (collective) A group of hares.
- A cattle drive or the herd being driven by it; thus, a number of cattle driven to market or new pastures.
- A narrow drain or channel used in the irrigation of land.
- A road or track along which cattle are habitually, used to be or could be driven; a droveway.
- a stonemason's chisel with a broad edge for dressing stone
- a moving crowd
- a group of animals (a herd or flock) moving together
verb
noun
- sculpture produced by molding
- a preliminary sculpture in wax or clay from which a finished work can be copied
- the act of representing something (usually on a smaller scale)
- (mathematics) The construction and use of a computer model of a physical system.
- The profession of someone who models clothes.
- The representation of depth in a two-dimensional image.
- The art of sculpting models from clay etc. to create a representation of something.
- The learning of a new skill by copying other people.
verb
noun
- sculpture produced by molding
- a dish or dessert that is formed in or on a mold
- a distinctive nature, character, or type
- the process of becoming mildewed
- container into which liquid is poured to create a given shape when it hardens
- loose soil rich in organic matter
- the distinctive form in which a thing is made
- a fungus that produces a superficial growth on various kinds of damp or decaying organic matter
- (architecture) A group of moldings.
- A frame or model around or on which something is formed or shaped.
- (anatomy) A fontanelle.
- A fungus that creates such furry growths.
- The shape or pattern of a mold.
- General shape or form.
- A natural substance in the form of a furry or woolly growth of tiny fungi that appears when organic material lies for a long time exposed to (usually warm and moist) air.
- Loose friable soil, rich in humus and fit for planting.
- (UK, dialectal, chiefly plural) Earth, ground.
- Something that is made in or shaped on a mold.
- Distinctive character or type.
- A hollow form or matrix for shaping a fluid or plastic substance.
- A fixed or restrictive pattern or form.
verb
- form by pouring (e.g., wax or hot metal) into a cast or mold
- become moldy; spoil due to humidity
- fit tightly, follow the contours of
- shape or influence; give direction to
- form in clay, wax, etc
- make something, usually for a specific function
- (intransitive) To be shaped in or as if in a mold.
- (transitive) To fit closely by following the contours of.
- (transitive) To cause to become moldy; to cause mold to grow upon.
- (transitive) To ornament with moldings.
- (transitive) To shape in or on a mold; to form into a particular shape; to give shape to.
- (transitive) To guide or determine the growth or development of; influence
- To cover with mold or soil.
- (intransitive) To become moldy; to be covered or filled, in whole or in part, with a mold.
- (transitive) To make a mold of or from (molten metal, for example) before casting.
noun
- sculpture produced by molding
- Anything cast in a mold, or which appears to be so, as grooved or ornamental bars of wood or metal.
- the act of creating something by casting it in a mold
- a decorative strip used for ornamentation or finishing
- a preliminary sculpture in wax or clay from which a finished work can be copied
- a decorative recessed or relieved surface on an edge
- (milling) A mill for shaping timber.
- (woodwork) A planing machine for making moldings.
- The act or process of shaping in or on a mold, or of making molds; the art or occupation of a molder.
- (architecture) A plane, or curved, narrow surface, either sunk or projecting, used for decoration by means of the lights and shades upon its surface and to conceal joints, especially between unlike materials.
- (founding) A kind of sand containing clay, used in making molds.
- (founding) A machine to assist in making molds for castings.
verb
noun
- sculpture produced by molding
- a dish or dessert that is formed in or on a mold
- a distinctive nature, character, or type
- the process of becoming mildewed
- container into which liquid is poured to create a given shape when it hardens
- loose soil rich in organic matter
- the distinctive form in which a thing is made
- a fungus that produces a superficial growth on various kinds of damp or decaying organic matter
- Commonwealth spelling of mold (“loose soil”).
- Commonwealth spelling of mold (“top of the head”).
- Commonwealth standard spelling of mold.
- Commonwealth spelling of mold (“growth of tiny fungi”).
verb
- form by pouring (e.g., wax or hot metal) into a cast or mold
- become moldy; spoil due to humidity
- fit tightly, follow the contours of
- shape or influence; give direction to
- form in clay, wax, etc
- make something, usually for a specific function
- Commonwealth standard spelling of mold.
- Commonwealth spelling of mold (“to cause to become mouldy”).
noun
verb
noun
- someone who cuts or carves stone
- a boat for communication between ship and shore
- someone who carves the meat
- a cutting implement; a tool for cutting
- someone whose work is cutting (as e.g. cutting cloth for garments)
- a sailing vessel with a single mast set further back than the mast of a sloop
- (television) A flag or similar instrument for blocking light.
- An animal yielding inferior meat, with little or no external fat and marbling.
- (Maine) An active child.
- (cricket) A ball that moves sideways in the air, or off the pitch, because it has been cut.
- (MLE) A knife.
- (informal) A person who practices self-injury by making cuts in the flesh.
- A light sleigh drawn by one horse.
- A foretooth; an incisor.
- A motorized vessel used in law enforcement purpose
- (wrestling) A three-quarters facelock bulldog move in which the attacker drives the opponent's head into the mat while falling onto their back.
- (medicine, colloquial, slang, humorous or derogatory) A surgeon.
- (slang) A ten-pence piece. So named because it is the coin most often sharpened by prison inmates to use as a weapon.
- (nautical) A ship's boat, used for transport ship-to-ship or ship-to-shore.
- (nautical) A single-masted, fore-and-aft rigged, sailing vessel with at least two headsails, and a mast set further aft than that of a sloop.
- (intactivism, derogatory) A supporter of infant circumcision or female genital mutilation; pro-circumcisionist.
- A person or device that cuts (in various senses).
- (baseball) A cut fastball.
verb
- carve with a chisel
- (intransitive) To use a chisel.
- engage in deceitful behavior; practice trickery or fraud
- deprive somebody of something by deceit
- (transitive, figurative) To make small changes to (something), bit by bit, resulting in change over time.
- (ambitransitive, informal) To beg or pressure somebody into giving up (something); to haggle excessively; to cheat; to obtain something from (someone) by cheating.
- (transitive) To work something with a chisel.
noun
- an edge tool with a flat steel blade with a cutting edge
- A part of some ploughs, next to the ploughshare, that helps cut into the soil and deal with obstructions such as rocks, roots, and stems.
- Gravel.
- (usually in the plural) Coarse flour; bran; the coarser part of bran or flour.
- A cutting tool used to remove parts of stone, wood or metal by pushing or pounding the back when the sharp edge is against the material. It consists of a slim, oblong block of metal with a sharp wedge or bevel formed on one end and sometimes a handle at the other end; there are hand tool versions (the original type) and versions as bits for power tools.
- A part of any of various tools or devices that has an analogous purpose, cutting raw material or a workpiece during the process that the tool or device performs.
noun
verb
- form by carving
- engrave or cut by chipping away at a surface
- To shape to sculptural effect; to produce (a work) by cutting, or to cut (a material) into a finished work, especially with cuts that are curved rather than only straight slices.
- (figuratively) To take or make, as by cutting; to provide.
- To cut meat in order to serve it.
- To lay out; to contrive; to design; to plan.
- (snowboarding) To perform a series of turns without pivoting, so that the tip and tail of the snowboard take the same path.
- cut to pieces
verb
- To carve or engrave (ornamental designs) on bone, ivory, or other materials.
- To carve or engrave (bone, ivory, or other materials) with ornamental designs.
- (intransitive) To make a handicraft of scrimshaw.
- To create (a small ornamental handicraft also called a scrimshaw) by carving or engraving on bone (originally whalebone or whales' teeth), ivory, or other materials.
noun
- (countable) A small ornamental handicraft created by carving or engraving bone (originally whalebone or whales' teeth), ivory, or other materials, formerly produced by sailors on whaling ships to pass the time on long voyages.
- (uncountable) The manufacture of small ornamental handicrafts by carving or engraving bone, ivory, or other materials, formerly by sailors on whaling ships to pass the time on long voyages.
- a carving (or engraving) on whalebone, whale ivory, walrus tusk, etc., usually by American whalers
verb
noun
verb
- (masonry) To give a finely fluted surface to (stone) by carving it with a tool.
- To draw the horizontal line across the upright part (of the letter t).
- To act as the stroke (“rower who is nearest the stern of the boat, the movement of whose oar sets the rowing rhythm for the other rowers”) of (a boat or its crew).
- To move one's hand or an object (such as a broom or brush) along (a surface) in one direction, touching it lightly; to caress.
- (poetic, rare) Of a bell or clock: to chime or sound to indicate (the hour, the time, etc.).
- (agriculture) To milk (a cow or other animal); especially, to squeeze the teat of (a cow, etc.) to extract the last bit of milk from the udder; to strap (dialectal), to strip.
- (swimming) To strike (the water) with one's arms and legs when swimming.
- (by extension, chiefly US, politics) To influence (someone) by convincing or flattering them.
- (ball games) To hit or kick (the ball) with a flowing or smooth motion; also, to score (a goal, a point, etc.) by doing so.
- (also figuratively) To bring (something) to a certain condition by stroking (sense 1).
- Of a rower or a crew: to row at (a rate of a certain number of strokes (“movements of the oar through water”) per minute).
- (swimming) To swim by making co-ordinated movements with the arms and legs.
- (rare) To mark (something) with lines or stripes; to stripe.
- (especially psychoanalysis) To give assurance to (someone) through encouragement.
- (medicine) Chiefly followed by out: to suffer loss of brain function when the blood supply to the brain is suddenly interrupted; to have a stroke (noun sense 4).
- Followed by out or through: to draw a line or lines through (text) to indicate that it is deleted; to cancel, to strike or strike out.
- (by extension, vulgar, uncommon, intransitive) To masturbate.
- touch lightly and repeatedly, as with brushing motions
- treat gingerly or carefully
- row at a particular rate
- strike a ball with a smooth blow
noun
- (by extension) The rower nearest the stern of the boat, the movement of whose oar sets the rhythm for the other rowers; the position in the boat occupied by this rower.
- An amount of work; specifically, a large amount of business or work.
- (sciences) An individual discharge of lightning, particularly if causing damage.
- An act of moving one's hand or an object along a surface in one direction, touching it lightly; a caress.
- (by extension) A thrust of the penis during sexual intercourse.
- One of a series of beats or movements against a resisting medium, by means of which movement through or upon it is accomplished.
- (swimming) A movement of the arms and legs which propels a swimmer through the water; a specific combination of such movements, constituting a swimming style.
- An act of striking with a weapon; a blow.
- A single movement of a paintbrush, chisel, pen, pencil, or similar implement; a line or mark made by such an implement.
- A gesture of assurance given as encouragement; specifically (psychoanalysis) in transactional analysis: a (generally positive) reaction expressed to a person which fulfils their desires or needs.
- A beat or throb, as of the heart or pulse.
- (linguistics, calligraphy, typography) A line making up a written character.
- (cricket) The action of hitting the ball with the bat; a shot.
- A powerful or sudden effort by which something is done or produced; also, something accomplished by such an effort; an achievement, a feat.
- (chiefly US) A flattering or friendly act, comment, etc., done or made to a person to influence them.
- (technology) A single movement or thrust of a reciprocating device (such as a piston or connecting rod); the length of this movement.
- An act causing hurt or death, especially when seen as divine punishment.
- (turn-based games) A masterful or effective action.
- A distinctive expression in a written composition; a touch.
- (golf) A single act of striking at the ball with a club; also, at matchplay, a shot deducted from a player's score at a hole as a result of a handicapping system.
- (computing) In Unicode: the formal name of the individual horizontal strikethroughs (as in "A̶").
- An act of hitting; a blow, a hit.
- (UK, Ireland, Commonwealth) The oblique, slash, or virgule ("/").
- The movement of an oar or paddle through water: either the cycle of movement as a whole, or the propelling phase (as opposed to the return); the manner in which such movements are made; a rowing style.
- (medicine) A sudden interruption of blood supply to the brain, causing minor to major brain damage and possible death.
- (squash) A point awarded to a player in case of interference or obstruction by the opponent.
- The hitting of a bell or similar by the clapper or hammer of a clock; the sound thereof; the time when this occurs.
- A damaging occurrence, especially if sudden; a blow, a calamity.
- A single movement with a tool; also, an impact of a tool on an object.
- An individual social interaction whereby one gives another attention or recognition.
- (tennis) The hitting of a ball with a racket; also, the movement of the racket and arm that produces that impact.
- any one of the repeated movements of the limbs and body used for locomotion in swimming or rowing
- a sudden loss of consciousness resulting when the rupture or occlusion of a blood vessel leads to oxygen lack in the brain
- a single complete movement
- (sports) the act of swinging or striking at a ball with a club or racket or bat or cue or hand
- a punctuation mark (‘/’) used to separate related items of information
- the oarsman nearest the stern of the shell who sets the pace for the rest of the crew
- a light touch with the hands
- anything that happens suddenly or by chance without an apparent cause
- the maximum movement available to a pivoted or reciprocating piece by a cam
- (golf) the unit of scoring in golf is the act of hitting the ball with a club
- a light touch
- a mark made on a surface by a pen, pencil, or paintbrush
verb
- carve, cut, or etch into a material or surface
- carve or cut a design or letters into
- carve or cut into a block used for printing or print from such a block
- impress or affect deeply
- (transitive) To carve text or symbols into (something), usually for the purposes of identification or art.
- (transitive) To carve (something) into a material.
verb
adj
- of great gravity or crucial import; requiring serious thought
- dignified and somber in manner or character and committed to keeping promises
- causing fear or anxiety by threatening great harm
- Low in pitch, tone etc.
- Characterised by a dignified sense of seriousness; not cheerful.
- Serious, in a negative sense; important, formidable.
noun
- death of a person
- a mark (‘) placed above a vowel to indicate pronunciation
- a place for the burial of a corpse (especially beneath the ground and marked by a tombstone)
- (historical) A count, prefect, or person holding office.
- (loosely) Any place of interment.
- (by extension, uncountable) Deceased people; the dead.
- (uncountable, by extension) Death, destruction.
- (strictly) An excavation in the earth as a place of burial.
- (very loosely) Any place containing one or more corpses.
- A grave accent, the diacritic mark `.
verb
- carve, cut, or etch into a material or surface
- draw within a figure so as to touch in as many places as possible
- mark with one's signature
- convert ordinary language into code
- address, (a work of literature) in a style less formal than a dedication
- write, engrave, or print as a lasting record
- register formally as a participant or member
- (transitive) To enter on a document or list; to enroll.
- (transitive) To dedicate to someone.
- (geometry) To draw a circle, sphere, etc. inside a polygon, polyhedron, etc. and tangent to all its sides.
- (transitive) To write or cut (words) onto (something, especially a hard surface, or a book to be given to another person); to engrave.
verb
- carve, cut, or etch into a material or surface
- scrape or rub as if to relieve itching
- postpone indefinitely or annul something that was scheduled
- gather (money or other resources) together over time
- cause friction
- remove by erasing or crossing out or as if by drawing a line
- cut the surface of; wear away the surface of
- (music) To produce a distinctive sound on a turntable by moving a vinyl record back and forth while manipulating the crossfader (see also scratching).
- (ambitransitive) To dig or excavate with the claws.
- (of a surface) To get such scratches.
- To write or draw hastily or awkwardly; scrawl.
- To rub a surface with a sharp object, especially by a living creature to remove itching with nails, claws, etc.
- Hence, to remove, ignore, or delete.
- To dig or scrape (a person's skin) with claws or fingernails in self-defense or with the intention to injure.
- To cross out, strike out, strike through some text on a page.
- To mark a surface with a sharp object, thereby leaving a scratch (noun).
- (billiards) To commit a foul in pool, as where the cue ball is put into a pocket or jumps off the table.
- (swimming, athletics) To announce one's non-participation in a race or sports event part of a larger sports meeting that one was previously signed up for, usually in lieu of another event at the same meeting.
- To rub the skin with rough material causing a sensation of irritation; to cause itching.
- To irritate someone's skin with one's unshaven beard when kissing.
noun
- a harsh noise made by scraping
- a line indicating the location of the start of a race or a game
- an abraded area where the skin is torn or worn off
- informal terms for money
- (golf) a handicap of zero strokes
- a competitor who has withdrawn from competition
- an indication of damage
- a depression scratched or carved into a surface
- dry mash for poultry
- poor handwriting
- A foul in pool, as where the cue ball is put into a pocket or jumps off the table.
- Poor handwriting; especially, illegibly so.
- (music) A genre of Virgin Islander music, better known as fungi.
- A feed, usually a mixture of a few common grains, given to chickens.
- A starting line (originally and simply, a line scratched in the ground), as in boxing.
- A technical error of touching or surpassing the starting mark prior to the official start signal in the sporting events of long jump, discus, hammer throw, shot put, and similar. Originally the starting mark was a scratch on the ground but is now a board or precisely indicated mark.
- (in the plural) Minute, but tender and troublesome, excoriations, covered with scabs, upon the heels of horses which have been used where it is very wet or muddy.
- (meiosis) A minor injury.
- A disruption, mark or shallow cut on a surface made by scratching.
- (cycling) The last riders to depart in a handicap race.
- An act of scratching the skin to alleviate an itch or irritation.
- Nothing, zero. Used especially in card games or sports, but also expressions like "from scatch".
- (now historical) A scratch wig.
- (horse racing) A horse withdrawn from a race prior to the start.
- (slang) Money; especially, cash.
adj
- (sports) (of a player) Of a standard high enough to play without a handicap, i.e. to compete without the benefit of a variation in scoring based on ability.
- (computing) Relating to a scratchpad, a data structure or recording medium attached to a machine for testing or temporary use.
- For or consisting of preliminary or tentative, incomplete, etc. work.
- Hastily assembled, arranged or constructed, from whatever materials are to hand, with little or no preparation
noun
- skill in carving or fashioning objects from wood
- skill and experience in matters relating to the woods (as hunting or fishing or camping)
- Any of the skills related to a woodland habitat, especially those relating to outdoor survival; these skills collectively.
- (uncountable) The art or skill of wood carving.
verb
verb
- To engrave a surface.
- To sketch; to delineate.
- To cut into a surface with an acid or other corrosive substance in order to make a pattern. Best known as a technique for creating printing plates, but also used for decoration on metal, and, in modern industry, to make circuit boards.
- (figuratively) To make a lasting impression.
- carve or cut a design or letters into
- cause to stand out or be clearly defined or visible
- carve or cut into a block used for printing or print from such a block
- make an etching of
- selectively dissolve the surface of (a semiconductor or printed circuit) with a solvent, laser, or stream of electrons
verb
noun
- A form of etching with acid on a plate partially covered with varnish that produces a print somewhat resembling a watercolour.
- An etching or print made using this method.
- an etching made by a process that makes it resemble a water color
- a method of etching that imitates the broad washes of a water color
verb
noun
- a bout of drinking or drug taking
- a slit in a garment that exposes material of a different color underneath; used in Renaissance clothing
- a sharp projection on an edge or surface
- a flap along the edge of a garment; used in medieval clothing
- (Western Pennsylvania, dialectal, derogatory) Ellipsis of jagoff (“an irritating, inept, or repugnant person”).
- (Western Pennsylvania, dialectal) A thorn from a bush (see jaggerbush).
- A flap, a tear in a clothing
- A binge or period of overindulgence; a spree.
- A sharp projection.
- (Scotland) A medical injection, a jab.
- A fit, spell, outburst.
- Enough liquor to make a person noticeably drunk; a skinful.
- (botany) A cleft or division.
- A part broken off; a fragment.
- A one-horse cart load, or, in modern times, a truck load, of hay or wood.
adj
- Capable of being molded into the shape of an artifact or art work
- (figuratively) Capable of being led or directed
- (of an art work or artifact) Molded of clay or earth
- (pottery) Of or relating to earthenware
- susceptible to being led or directed
- of or relating to the craft of pottery
- capable of being molded or modeled (especially of earth or clay or other soft material)