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verb
- To consist of certain text.
- (transitive, telecommunications) To be able to hear what another person is saying over a radio connection.
- (computing, transitive) To fetch data from (a storage medium, etc.).
- (ergative) To substitute a corrected piece of text in place of an erroneous one; used to introduce an emendation of a text.
- (by extension, ironic or humorous, usually imperative) Used to introduce a blunter, actually intended meaning.
- (go) To imagine sequences of potential moves and responses without actually placing stones.
- (transitive or intransitive) To speak aloud words or other information that is written. (often construed with a to phrase or an indirect object)
- (transitive, Commonwealth, except Scotland) To study (a subject) at a high level, especially at university.
- (at first especially in the black LGBTQ community) To call attention to the flaws of (someone) in a playful, taunting, or insulting way.
- (transitive) To interpret, or infer a meaning, significance, thought, intention, etc., from.
- simple past and past participle of read
- (transitive, LGBTQ) To recognise (someone) as being transgender.
- (transitive, rail transport) To observe and comprehend (a displayed signal).
- (transitive, metonymic) To read a work or works written by the named author.
- (ergative, of text) To be understood or physically read in a specific way.
- (transitive or intransitive) To look at and interpret letters or other information that is written.
- have or contain a certain wording or form
- make sense of a language
- be a student of a certain subject
- obtain data from magnetic tapes or other digital sources
- indicate a certain reading; of gauges and instruments
- look at, interpret, and say out loud something that is written or printed
- interpret the significance of, as of palms, tea leaves, intestines, the sky; also of human behavior
- interpret something in a certain way; convey a particular meaning or impression
- audition for a stage role by reading parts of a role
- interpret something that is written or printed
- to hear and understand
noun
- (at first especially in the black LGBTQ community) An instance of reading (“calling attention to someone's flaws; a taunt or insult”).
- (biochemistry) The identification of a specific sequence of genes in a genome or bases in a nucleic acid string.
- (in combination) Something to be read; a written work.
- A person's interpretation or impression of something.
- A reading or an act of reading, especially of an actor's part of a play or a piece of stored data.
- something that is read
noun
- Any text that continues on from another text.
- (by restriction) Synonym of postquel; a narrative work that follows-on and is set after an prior existing work.
- (Scotland, historical) Thirlage.
- (narratology) A narrative that is written after another narrative set in the same universe, especially a narrative that is chronologically set after its predecessors, or (perhaps improper usage) any narrative that has a preceding narrative of its own.
- (mathematics) The remainder of the text; what follows. Used exclusively in the set phrase "in the sequel".
- something that follows something else
- a part added to a book or play that continues and extends it
noun
- A body of text meant to be read line by line, especially in printed material that has multiple adjacent such on a single page.
- (architecture) A solid upright structure designed usually to support a larger structure above it, such as a roof or horizontal beam, but sometimes for decoration.
- A body of troops or army vehicles, usually strung out along a road.
- A vertical line of entries in a table, usually read from top to bottom.
- (by extension) A recurring feature in a periodical, especially an opinion piece, especially by a single author or small rotating group of authors, or on a single theme.
- (botany) The gynostemium
- Something having similar vertical form or structure to the things mentioned above, such as a spinal column.
- (chemistry) An instrument used to separate the different components of a liquid or to purify chemical compounds.
- A unit of width, especially of advertisements, in a periodical, equivalent to the width of a usual column of text.
- an article giving opinions or perspectives
- a vertical array of numbers or other information
- anything that approximates the shape of a column or tower
- a page or text that is vertically divided
- a vertical cylindrical structure standing alone and not supporting anything (such as a monument)
- a vertical glass tube used in column chromatography; a mixture is poured in the top and washed through a stationary substance where components of the mixture are adsorbed selectively to form colored bands
- (architecture) a tall vertical cylindrical structure standing upright and used to support a structure
- a line of units following one after another
- any tubular or pillar-like supporting structure in the body
noun
adj
- (of speech or a sound) Having a single unvaried pitch.
- (printing) Synonym of monochrome.
- (mathematics) Of a function: that is always nonincreasing or nondecreasing on an interval.
- sounded or spoken in a tone unvarying in pitch
- of a sequence or function; consistently increasing and never decreasing or consistently decreasing and never increasing in value
verb
noun
- One of the many pieces of paper bound together within a book or similar document.
- (typography) The type set up for printing a page.
- (in libraries) An employee whose main purpose is to replace materials that have either been checked out or otherwise moved, back to their shelves.
- A track along which pallets carrying newly molded bricks are conveyed to the hack.
- (computing) A block of contiguous memory of a fixed length.
- (British) A youth employed for doing errands, waiting on the door, and similar service in households.
- (entomology) Any one of several species of colorful South American moths of the genus Urania.
- (computing) A screenful of text and possibly other content; especially, the digital simulation of one side of a paper leaf.
- (historical) A serving boy; a youth attending a person of high degree, especially at courts, often as a position of honor and education.
- (computing) Clipping of memory page.
- A contrivance, such as a band, pin, snap, or the like, to hold the skirt of a woman’s dress from the ground.
- (Internet) A web page.
- (figurative) A collective memory; noteworthy event; memorable episode.
- (US, Canada) A boy or girl employed to wait upon the members of a legislative body.
- One side of a paper leaf in a bound document.
- a youthful attendant at official functions or ceremonies such as legislative functions and weddings
- a boy who is employed to run errands
- one side of one leaf (of a book or magazine or newspaper or letter etc.) or the written or pictorial matter it contains
- in medieval times a youth acting as a knight's attendant as the first stage in training for knighthood
verb
- (transitive) To mark or number the pages of, as a book or manuscript.
- (transitive) To attend (someone) as a page.
- (transitive) To furnish with folios.
- (intransitive, often with “through”) To turn several pages of a publication.
- (transitive) To call (somebody) using a public address system to find them.
- work as a page
- number the pages of a book or manuscript
- contact, as with a pager or by calling somebody's name over a P.A. system
adj
noun
- A section of a document.
- A section of land; an area of a country or other territory; region.
- (US) The dividing line formed by combing the hair in different directions.
- (Judaism) In the Hebrew lunisolar calendar, a unit of time equivalent to 3⅓ seconds.
- A unit of relative proportion in a mixture.
- A distinct element of something larger.
- Share, especially of a profit.
- Position or role (especially in a play).
- A group inside a larger group.
- (US) A room in a public building, especially a courtroom.
- A constituent of character or capacity; quality; faculty; talent; usually in the plural with a collective sense.
- (music) The melody played or sung by a particular instrument, voice, or group of instruments or voices, within a polyphonic piece.
- Each of two contrasting sides of an argument, debate etc.; "hand".
- 3.5 centiliters of one ingredient in a mixed drink.
- (colloquial, euphemistic) A private part; genitalia.
- A fraction of a whole.
- Duty; responsibility.
- the effort contributed by a person in bringing about a result
- a portion of a natural object
- assets belonging to or due to or contributed by an individual person or group
- something determined in relation to something that includes it
- the actions and activities assigned to or required or expected of a person or group
- one of the portions into which something is regarded as divided and which together constitute a whole
- the melody carried by a particular voice or instrument in polyphonic music
- that which concerns a person with regard to a particular role or situation
- something less than the whole of a human artifact
- an actor's portrayal of someone in a play
- the extended spatial location of something
- a line of scalp that can be seen when sections of hair are combed in opposite directions
- an item that is an instance of some type
adj
adv
verb
- (intransitive) To be divided in two or separated.
- (intransitive) To leave the company of.
- To separate by a process of extraction, elimination, or secretion.
- (transitive) To divide in two.
- To separate or disunite; to remove from contact or contiguity; to sunder.
- To cut hair with a parting.
- (transitive, Internet) To leave (an IRC channel).
- force, take, or pull apart
- discontinue an association or relation; go different ways
- go one's own way; move apart
- depart for someplace
- move or break apart
adj
- composed of more than one part
- composed of many distinct individuals united to form a whole or colony
- consisting of two or more substances or ingredients or elements or parts
- (mathematics) Dealing with numbers of various denominations of quantity, or with processes more complex than the simple process.
- (music) An octave higher than originally (i.e. a compound major second is equivalent to a major ninth).
- Composed of elements; not simple.
noun
- an enclosure of residences and other building (especially in the Orient)
- (chemistry) a substance formed by chemical union of two or more elements or ingredients in definite proportion by weight
- a word (as anthropology, kilocycle, builder) consisting of any of various combinations of words, combining forms, or affixes.
- a whole formed by a union of two or more elements or parts
- (chemistry) A substance formed by chemical bonding of two or more elements in definite proportions by weight.
- (linguistics) A lexeme that consists of more than one stem.
- Anything made by combining several things.
- An enclosure within which workers, prisoners, or soldiers are confined.
- (linguistics) A lexeme that consists of more than one stem or affix, e.g. "bookshop", "high school" or "non-standard".
- Ellipsis of compound exercise.
- (rail transport) A compound locomotive, a steam locomotive with both high-pressure and low-pressure cylinders.
- An enclosure for secure storage.
- (law) A legal procedure whereby a criminal or delinquent avoids prosecution in a court in exchange for his payment to the authorities of a financial penalty or fine.
- (by extension, Philippines) A group of buildings where members of the same extended family live together.
- A group of buildings situated close together, e.g. for a school or block of offices.
verb
- put or add together
- make more intense, stronger, or more marked
- calculate principal and interest
- create by mixing or combining
- combine so as to form a whole; mix
- (intransitive, finance) To increase in value with interest, where the interest is earned on both the principal sum and prior earned interest.
- (intransitive) To come to terms of agreement; to settle by a compromise.
- (transitive) To settle amicably; to adjust by agreement.
- (transitive) To form (a resulting mixture) by combining different elements, ingredients, or parts; to mingle with something else.
- (horse racing, intransitive) Of a horse: to fail to maintain speed.
- (transitive, see usage notes) To worsen a situation.
- (transitive, law) To settle by agreeing on less than the claim, or on different terms than those stipulated.
verb
- contain as a part
- have as a necessary feature
- connect closely and often incriminatingly
- make complex or intricate or complicated
- require as useful, just, or proper
- occupy or engage the interest of
- engage as a participant
- (figuratively) To entangle, intertwine, or mingle (something with one or more other things, or several things together); especially, to entangle (someone or something) in a confusing or troublesome situation.
- To have (something) as a component or a related part; to comprise, to include.
- To cause or engage (someone or something) to become connected or implicated, or to participate, in some activity or situation.
- (specifically, also reflexive, chiefly passive voice) Chiefly followed by with: to engage (someone or oneself) in an emotional or sexual relationship.
- (specifically) To include (something) as a logical or natural, or necessary component, or consequence or effect of something else; to entail, to imply.
noun
- (countable) An extensive commentary on some text.
- (countable) A brief explanatory note or translation of a foreign, archaic, technical, difficult, complex, or uncommon expression, inserted after the original, in the margin of a document, or between lines of a text.
- (countable) Synonym of glossary, a collection of such notes.
- A surface shine or luster.
- (figuratively) A superficially or deceptively attractive appearance.
- (lexicography) A definition or explanation of a word sense.
- (countable, law, US) An interpretation by a court of a specific point within a statute or case law.
- an outward or token appearance or form that is deliberately misleading
- the property of being smooth and shiny
- an explanation or definition of an obscure word in a text
- an alphabetical list of technical terms in some specialized field of knowledge; usually published as an appendix to a text on that field
verb
- (transitive, idiomatic) Used in a phrasal verb: gloss over (“to cover up a mistake or crime, to treat something with less care than it deserves”).
- (transitive) To make (something) attractive by deception
- (transitive) To give a gloss or sheen to.
- (intransitive) To become shiny.
- (transitive) To add a gloss to (a text).
- provide an interlinear translation of a word or phrase
- give a deceptive explanation or excuse for
- give a shine or gloss to, usually by rubbing
- provide interlinear explanations for words or phrases
noun
- A portion of text or other material within a book, newspaper, web page, etc. set apart from the main body or separated by a border.
- (masonry) One of the faces of a hewn stone.
- (law) The whole jury.
- A soft pad beneath a saddletree to prevent chafing.
- (medicine) A group of tests or assays, a battery.
- A portion of a framed structure between adjacent posts or struts, as in a bridge truss.
- (law) A document containing the names of persons summoned as jurors by the sheriff.
- A (usually) rectangular section of a surface, or of a covering or of a wall, fence etc.
- (dressmaking) A plain strip or band, as of velvet or plush, placed at intervals lengthwise on the skirt of a dress, for ornament.
- (mining) A heap of dressed ore.
- (architecture) A sunken compartment with raised margins, moulded or otherwise, as in ceilings, wainscotings, etc.
- (graphical user interface) A type of GUI widget, such as a control panel.
- (Scots law) A prisoner arraigned for trial at the bar of a criminal court.
- (masonry) A slab or plank of wood used instead of a canvas for painting on.
- (joinery) A board having its edges inserted in the groove of a surrounding frame.
- (mining) One of the districts divided by pillars of extra size, into which a mine is laid off in one system of extracting coal.
- (British, historical) A list of doctors who could provide limited free healthcare prior to the introduction of the NHS.
- A group of people gathered to judge, interview, discuss etc. as on a television or radio broadcast for example.
- (comics) An individual frame or drawing in a comic.
- sheet that forms a distinct (usually flat and rectangular) section or component of something
- (computer science) a small temporary window in a graphical user interface that appears in order to request information from the user; after the information has been provided the user dismisses the box with ‘okay’ or ‘cancel’
- a committee appointed to judge a competition
- a group of people gathered for a special purpose as to plan or discuss an issue or judge a contest etc
- a piece of cloth that is generally triangular or tapering; used in making garments or umbrellas or sails
- a soft pad placed under a saddle
- electrical device consisting of a flat insulated surface that contains switches and dials and meters for controlling other electrical devices
- (law) a group of people summoned for jury service (from whom a jury will be chosen)
verb
adj
noun
- A cineplex.
- A kind of stereoscopic mapmaking instrument.
- A building or a place where several activities occur in multiple units concurrently or different times.
- (television) A grouping of program services as interleaved data packets for broadcast over a network or modulated multiplexed medium.
- (juggling) A throwing motion where more than one ball is thrown with one hand at the same time.
- communicates two or more signals over a common channel
- a movie theater that has several different auditoriums in the same building
verb
noun
- text consisting of a row of words written across a page or computer screen
- the road consisting of railroad track and roadbed
- a slight depression or fold in the smoothness of a surface
- a pipe used to transport liquids or gases
- (often plural) a means of communication or access
- a commercial organization serving as a common carrier
- a formation of people or things one beside another
- a fortified position (especially one marking the most forward position of troops)
- the hereditary derivation of an individual
- a conceptual separation or distinction
- the principal activity in your life that you do to earn money
- persuasive but insincere talk that is usually intended to deceive or impress
- a particular kind of product or merchandise
- a mark that is long relative to its width
- a conductor for transmitting electrical or optical signals or electric power
- a succession of notes forming a distinctive sequence
- the maximum credit that a customer is allowed
- mechanical system in a factory whereby an article is conveyed through sites at which successive operations are performed on it
- a spatial location defined by a real or imaginary unidimensional extent
- a course of reasoning aimed at demonstrating a truth or falsehood; the methodical process of logical reasoning
- a single frequency (or very narrow band) of radiation in a spectrum
- space for one line of print (one column wide and 1/14 inch deep) used to measure advertising
- a connected series of events or actions or developments
- acting in conformity
- in games or sports; a mark indicating positions or bounds of the playing area
- a short personal letter
- something (as a cord or rope) that is long and thin and flexible
- a length (straight or curved) without breadth or thickness; the trace of a moving point
- a formation of people or things one behind another
- a telephone connection
- A sentence of dialogue, especially in a play, movie, or the like.
- (geometry) An infinitely extending one-dimensional figure that has no curvature; one that has length but not breadth or thickness.
- A procession, either physical or conceptual, which results from the application or effect of a given rationale or other controlling principles of belief, opinion, practice, or phenomenon.
- A written or printed row of letters, words, numbers, or other text, especially a row of words extending across a page or column, or a blank in place of such text.
- The longer fiber(s) of flax.
- (geography) A circle of latitude or of longitude, as represented on a map.
- A long tape or ribbon marked with units for measuring; a tape measure.
- (graph theory) An edge of a graph.
- (cricket) The horizontal path of a ball towards the batsman (see also length).
- (genetics) A population of cells derived from a single cell and containing the same genetic makeup.
- A verse (in poetry).
- (geography, 'the line' or 'equinoctial line') The equator.
- Course of conduct, thought, occupation, or policy; method of argument; department of industry, trade, or intellectual activity.
- A rope, cord, string, thread, or cable, of any thickness.
- Any of an ill-defined set of units of length, varying according to the country, discipline, industry, and date of application, commonly with no indication of the intended magnitude:
- A path through two or more points (compare ‘segment’); a continuous mark, including as made by a pen; any path, curved or straight.
- (soccer) The goal line.
- (South Korean idol fandom) A group of people born in a certain year (liners).
- (fencing) The position in which the fencers hold their swords.
- One fortieth of an inch.
- The exterior limit of a figure or territory: a boundary, contour, or outline; a demarcation.
- (music) One of the straight horizontal and parallel prolonged strokes on and between which the notes are placed.
- (geometry, informal) A line segment; a continuous finite segment of such a figure.
- A set of products or services sold by a business, or by extension, the business itself.
- (Australian rules football) A set of positions in a team which play in a similar position on the field; in a traditional team, consisting of three players and acting as one of six such sets in the team.
- A hose, tube, or pipe, of any size.
- A threadlike crease or wrinkle marking the face, hand, or body; hence, a characteristic mark.
- (historical) A maxwell, a unit of magnetic flux.
- (engineering) Proper relative position or adjustment (of parts, not as to design or proportion, but with reference to smooth working).
- (military, nautical) Ellipsis of line of battle.
- (perfusion line) a set composed of a spike, a drip chamber, a clamp, a Y-injection site, a three-way stopcock and a catheter.
- One sixteenth of an inch.
- The official, stated position (or set of positions) of an individual or group, particularly a political or religious faction.
- A more-or-less straight sequence of people, objects, etc., either arranged as a queue or column and often waiting to be processed or dealt with, or arranged abreast of one another in a row (and contrasted with a column), as in a military formation.
- The wire connecting one telegraphic station with another, a telephone or internet cable between two points: a telephone or network connection.
- (informal) A portion or serving of a powdery recreational drug, especially cocaine, formed into a line on a flat surface in preparation for snorting.
- (stock exchange) A number of shares taken by a jobber.
- A letter, a written form of communication.
- (slang) Information about or understanding of something. (Mostly restricted to the expressions get a line on, have a line on, and give a line on.)
- (baseball, slang, 1800s, with "the") The batter's box.
- A series or succession of ancestors or descendants of a given person; a family or race; compare lineage.
- (historical) A tsarist-era Russian unit of measure, approximately equal to one tenth of an English inch, used especially when measuring the calibre of firearms.
- (medicine, colloquial) A vascular catheter.
- (advertising) Ellipsis of agate line (one fourteenth of an inch).
- One twelfth of an inch.
- (especially military) A trench or rampart, or the non-physical demarcation of the extent of the territory occupied by specified forces.
- That which was measured by a line, such as a field or any piece of land set apart; hence, allotted place of abode.
- A clothesline.
- (automotive) A particular path taken by a vehicle when driving a bend or corner in the road.
- Lineament; feature; figure (of one's body).
- (music) A series of notes forming a certain part (such as the bass or melody) of a greater work.
- (ice hockey) A group of forwards that play together.
- A lie or exaggeration, especially one told to gain another's approval or prevent losing it.
- Direction, path.
- (military) The regular infantry of an army, as distinguished from militia, guards, volunteer corps, cavalry, artillery, etc.
- A connected series of public conveyances, as a roadbed or railway track; and hence, an established arrangement for forwarding merchandise, etc.; a railroad line, railway line, Elizabeth Line etc.
verb
- fill plentifully
- make a mark or lines on a surface
- cover the interior of
- mark with lines
- reinforce with fabric
- be in line with; form a line along
- (transitive) To fill or supply (something), as a purse with money.
- (transitive) To form a line along.
- (rail transport) To align (one or more switches) to direct a train onto a particular track.
- (transitive) To track (wild bees) to their nest by following their line of flight.
- (transitive) To place (objects) into a line (usually used with "up"); to form into a line; to align.
- (transitive) To place persons or things along the side of for security or defense; to strengthen by adding; to fortify.
- (transitive) To mark with a line or lines; to cover with lines.
- (transitive) To measure.
- (transitive) To cover the inner surface of (something), originally especially with linen.
- (intransitive, baseball) To hit a line drive; to hit a line drive which is caught for an out. Compare fly and ground.
verb
noun
- agreement of opinions
- a harmonious state of things in general and of their properties (as of colors and sounds); congruity of parts with one another and with the whole
- the determination of grammatical inflection on the basis of word relations
- (probably influenced by chord, music) An agreeable combination of tones simultaneously heard; a consonant chord; a consonance; a harmony.
- A state of agreement; harmony; union.
- A variety of sweet American grape, with large dark blue (almost black) grapes in compact clusters; a Concord grape.
- (grammar) Agreement of words with one another, in gender, number, person, or case.
noun
- A text with several layers of meaning, especially pertaining to different points in time.
- Something bearing the traces of an earlier, erased form.
- (astronomy) Circular features believed to be lunar craters that have been obliterated by later volcanic activity.
- (cultural studies) The partial erasure of or superimposition on an older society or culture by a newer one.
- A manuscript or document that has been erased or scraped clean, for reuse of the paper, parchment, vellum, or other medium on which it was written.
- (computing) Memory that has been erased and re-written.
- (geology) Geological features thought to be related to features or effects below the surface.
- a manuscript (usually written on papyrus or parchment) on which more than one text has been written with the earlier writing incompletely erased and still visible
verb
noun
adj
adv
- (in writing) at an earlier place
- in or to a place that is higher
- Higher in rank, power, or position.
- (biology) On the upper half or the dorsal surface of an animal.
- Into or from heaven; in the sky.
- In a higher place; upstairs; farther upstream.
- Above zero; above freezing.
- Higher in the same page; earlier in the order as far as writing products go.
- Directly overhead; vertically on top of.
- More in number.
prep
- Physically over; on top of; worn on top of, said of clothing.
- (figuratively) Higher than; superior to in any respect; surpassing; higher in measure, degree, volume, or pitch, etc. than; out of reach; not exposed to; not likely to be affected by; incapable of negative actions or thoughts.
- Rising; appearing out of reach height-wise.
- Too proud to stoop to; averse to; disinclined towards;
- In or to a higher place; higher than; on or over the upper surface.
- Higher in rank, status, or position.
- Farther north than.
- (Scotland) In addition to; besides.
- (theater) Upstage of.
- Surpassing in number or quantity; more than.
- Beyond; on the other side.
- In preference to.
noun
- Ellipsis of alt text.
- (Internet slang, art) An alternate version of a piece of art, especially without much changes beyond a specific thing.
- (finance) An alternative investment or alternative fund.
- Synonym of altbier.
- (music) Of a voice or instrument, high pitch; especially, the octave above the top line of the treble stave.
- (Internet slang, gaming) An alternate or secondary account.
- (Internet slang) An alternate account.
- Clipping of altitude.
adj
verb
noun
- a long piece of writing
- a long monotonous harangue
- an accurately levelled strip of material placed on a wall or floor as guide for the even application of plaster or concrete
- (by extension) A speech or piece of writing which contains angry and extended criticism.
- A tool, usually a long strip of wood or other material, placed on a floor to be covered with concrete, a wall to be plastered, etc., as a guide for producing a smooth, flat surface.
- Chiefly in the plural form screeds: a large quantity.
- A smooth, flat layer of concrete, plaster, or similar material, especially if acting as a base for paving stones, tiles, wooden planks, etc.
- The sound of something scratching or tearing.
- A piece of writing (such as an article, letter, or list) or a speech, especially if long.
- A tool such as a long strip of wood or other material which is drawn over a wet layer of concrete, plaster, etc., to make it smooth and flat; also, a machine that achieves this effect; a screeder.
- (chiefly humorous) A (discordant) sound or tune played on bagpipes, a fiddle, or a pipe.
adj
verb
- (transitive, construction, masonry) To use a screed to produce a smooth, flat surface of concrete, plaster, or similar material; also (generally) to put down a layer of concrete, plaster, etc.
- (intransitive) To make a discordant or harsh scratching or tearing sound.
- (intransitive, Scotland) To become rent or torn.
- (intransitive, chiefly humorous) To play bagpipes, a fiddle, or a pipe.
verb
noun
- (law) A subpart of a legal document such as law.
- (taxonomy, botany) A taxonomic rank below section and above species.
- A defined part of a section.
- (taxonomy, zoology) An informal taxonomic category below section and above family.
- a section of a section; a part of a part; i.e., a part of something already divided
adv
noun
adj
- (chemistry, of a dye) Not needing the use of a mordant to be made fast to that which is being dyed.
- (grammar) Of or pertaining to a substantive.
- (military, of a rank or appointment) Actually and legally held, as distinct from an acting, temporary or honorary rank or appointment.
- Of the essence or essential element of a thing.
- Depending on itself; independent.
- Having substance; enduring; solid; firm; substantial.
- (law) Applying to essential legal principles and rules of right.
- (by extension) Constituting the substance of content rather than its style, and thus always nontrivial.
- being on topic and prompting thought
- defining rights and duties as opposed to giving the rules by which rights and duties are established
- of or relating to the real nature or essential elements of something
verb
noun
- textual matter that is added onto a publication; usually at the end
- A postscript.
- (engineering) The height by which the tooth of a gear projects beyond (outside for external, or inside for internal) the standard pitch circle or pitch line.
- Something to be added; especially text added as an appendix or supplement to a document.
noun
verb
noun
- textual matter that is added onto a publication; usually at the end
- a supplementary component that improves capability
- a quantity added (e.g. to make up for a deficiency)
- (grammar) An adjunct that is nonessential, especially a supplementary relative clause.
- (geometry) An angle that, when added to a given angle, makes 180°; a supplementary angle.
- Something added; especially, such an addition added to make up for a deficiency.
- A surcharge, additional cost, especially for food in a restaurant.
- An extension to a document or publication that adds information, corrects errors, or brings up to date.
- (nutrition, bodybuilding) A vitamin, herbal extract, or chemical compound ingested to meet dietary deficiencies or enhance muscular development; the dosage form that conveys or embodies it (e.g., tablet, capsule, pill, powder, beverage).
- (journalism, scientific literature) An additional section of a newspaper devoted to a specific subject; an additional section of a journal issue, or an additional issue, for a similar purpose.
verb
noun
- A document made on such material.
- Stiff paper imitating that material.
- The envelope of the coffee grains, inside the pulp.
- The creamy to tanned color of parchment.
- Material, made from the polished skin of a calf, sheep, goat or other animal, used like paper for writing.
- A diploma (traditionally written on parchment).
- a superior paper resembling sheepskin
- skin of a sheep or goat prepared for writing on
adj
noun
adj
- (of a text) Capable of being read in more than one way.
- Of or relating to polyphony.
- (music) Having two or more independent but harmonic melodies.
- (of an electronic device) Able to play more than one musical note at the same time.
- having two or more independent but harmonically related melodic parts sounding together
- of or relating to or characterized by polyphony
- having two or more phonetic values
adj
- written or printed above and to one side of another character
- having a higher rank
- of or characteristic of high rank or importance
- (often followed by ‘to’) above being affected or influenced by
- of high or superior quality or performance
- (sometimes followed by ‘to’) not subject to or influenced by
- having an orbit farther from the sun than the Earth's orbit
- Of high standard or quality.
- Affecting or assuming an air of superiority.
- (astronomy, of a planet in the Solar System) Having a wider orbit around the Sun; typically with respect to the Earth.
- (anatomy, medicine) Located above or higher, a direction that in humans corresponds to cephalad.
- (botany) Belonging to the part of an axillary flower which is toward the main stem.
- (taxonomy) More comprehensive.
- (botany) (of a calyx) Above the ovary; said of parts of the flower which, although normally below the ovary, adhere to it, and so appear to originate from its upper part.
- (superior to) Beyond the power or influence of; too great or firm to be subdued or affected by.
- Greater or better than average.
- (botany) (of an ovary) Above and free from the other floral organs.
- Courageously or serenely indifferent (as to something painful or disheartening).
- Greater in size or power.
- (botany) (of the radicle) Pointing toward the apex of the fruit.
- (typography) Printed in superscript.
- Located above or out; higher in position.
- Higher in rank, status, or quality.
noun
- one of greater rank or station or quality
- a character or symbol set or printed or written above and immediately to one side of another character
- the head of a religious community
- a combatant who is able to defeat rivals
- The head of certain religious institutions and colleges.
- (Scots law, historical) One who has made an original grant of heritable property to a tenant or vassal, on condition of a certain annual payment (feu duty) or of the performance of certain services.
- The senior person in a monastic community.
- (printing) A superior letter, figure, or symbol.
noun
- Any text that continues on from another text.
- (by restriction) Synonym of postquel; a narrative work that follows-on and is set after an prior existing work.
- (Scotland, historical) Thirlage.
- (narratology) A narrative that is written after another narrative set in the same universe, especially a narrative that is chronologically set after its predecessors, or (perhaps improper usage) any narrative that has a preceding narrative of its own.
- (mathematics) The remainder of the text; what follows. Used exclusively in the set phrase "in the sequel".
- something that follows something else
- a part added to a book or play that continues and extends it
noun
- A body of text meant to be read line by line, especially in printed material that has multiple adjacent such on a single page.
- (architecture) A solid upright structure designed usually to support a larger structure above it, such as a roof or horizontal beam, but sometimes for decoration.
- A body of troops or army vehicles, usually strung out along a road.
- A vertical line of entries in a table, usually read from top to bottom.
- (by extension) A recurring feature in a periodical, especially an opinion piece, especially by a single author or small rotating group of authors, or on a single theme.
- (botany) The gynostemium
- Something having similar vertical form or structure to the things mentioned above, such as a spinal column.
- (chemistry) An instrument used to separate the different components of a liquid or to purify chemical compounds.
- A unit of width, especially of advertisements, in a periodical, equivalent to the width of a usual column of text.
- an article giving opinions or perspectives
- a vertical array of numbers or other information
- anything that approximates the shape of a column or tower
- a page or text that is vertically divided
- a vertical cylindrical structure standing alone and not supporting anything (such as a monument)
- a vertical glass tube used in column chromatography; a mixture is poured in the top and washed through a stationary substance where components of the mixture are adsorbed selectively to form colored bands
- (architecture) a tall vertical cylindrical structure standing upright and used to support a structure
- a line of units following one after another
- any tubular or pillar-like supporting structure in the body
noun
adj
- (of speech or a sound) Having a single unvaried pitch.
- (printing) Synonym of monochrome.
- (mathematics) Of a function: that is always nonincreasing or nondecreasing on an interval.
- sounded or spoken in a tone unvarying in pitch
- of a sequence or function; consistently increasing and never decreasing or consistently decreasing and never increasing in value
verb
noun
- One of the many pieces of paper bound together within a book or similar document.
- (typography) The type set up for printing a page.
- (in libraries) An employee whose main purpose is to replace materials that have either been checked out or otherwise moved, back to their shelves.
- A track along which pallets carrying newly molded bricks are conveyed to the hack.
- (computing) A block of contiguous memory of a fixed length.
- (British) A youth employed for doing errands, waiting on the door, and similar service in households.
- (entomology) Any one of several species of colorful South American moths of the genus Urania.
- (computing) A screenful of text and possibly other content; especially, the digital simulation of one side of a paper leaf.
- (historical) A serving boy; a youth attending a person of high degree, especially at courts, often as a position of honor and education.
- (computing) Clipping of memory page.
- A contrivance, such as a band, pin, snap, or the like, to hold the skirt of a woman’s dress from the ground.
- (Internet) A web page.
- (figurative) A collective memory; noteworthy event; memorable episode.
- (US, Canada) A boy or girl employed to wait upon the members of a legislative body.
- One side of a paper leaf in a bound document.
- a youthful attendant at official functions or ceremonies such as legislative functions and weddings
- a boy who is employed to run errands
- one side of one leaf (of a book or magazine or newspaper or letter etc.) or the written or pictorial matter it contains
- in medieval times a youth acting as a knight's attendant as the first stage in training for knighthood
verb
- (transitive) To mark or number the pages of, as a book or manuscript.
- (transitive) To attend (someone) as a page.
- (transitive) To furnish with folios.
- (intransitive, often with “through”) To turn several pages of a publication.
- (transitive) To call (somebody) using a public address system to find them.
- work as a page
- number the pages of a book or manuscript
- contact, as with a pager or by calling somebody's name over a P.A. system
noun
- A section of a document.
- A section of land; an area of a country or other territory; region.
- (US) The dividing line formed by combing the hair in different directions.
- (Judaism) In the Hebrew lunisolar calendar, a unit of time equivalent to 3⅓ seconds.
- A unit of relative proportion in a mixture.
- A distinct element of something larger.
- Share, especially of a profit.
- Position or role (especially in a play).
- A group inside a larger group.
- (US) A room in a public building, especially a courtroom.
- A constituent of character or capacity; quality; faculty; talent; usually in the plural with a collective sense.
- (music) The melody played or sung by a particular instrument, voice, or group of instruments or voices, within a polyphonic piece.
- Each of two contrasting sides of an argument, debate etc.; "hand".
- 3.5 centiliters of one ingredient in a mixed drink.
- (colloquial, euphemistic) A private part; genitalia.
- A fraction of a whole.
- Duty; responsibility.
- the effort contributed by a person in bringing about a result
- a portion of a natural object
- assets belonging to or due to or contributed by an individual person or group
- something determined in relation to something that includes it
- the actions and activities assigned to or required or expected of a person or group
- one of the portions into which something is regarded as divided and which together constitute a whole
- the melody carried by a particular voice or instrument in polyphonic music
- that which concerns a person with regard to a particular role or situation
- something less than the whole of a human artifact
- an actor's portrayal of someone in a play
- the extended spatial location of something
- a line of scalp that can be seen when sections of hair are combed in opposite directions
- an item that is an instance of some type
adj
adv
verb
- (intransitive) To be divided in two or separated.
- (intransitive) To leave the company of.
- To separate by a process of extraction, elimination, or secretion.
- (transitive) To divide in two.
- To separate or disunite; to remove from contact or contiguity; to sunder.
- To cut hair with a parting.
- (transitive, Internet) To leave (an IRC channel).
- force, take, or pull apart
- discontinue an association or relation; go different ways
- go one's own way; move apart
- depart for someplace
- move or break apart
noun
- (countable) An extensive commentary on some text.
- (countable) A brief explanatory note or translation of a foreign, archaic, technical, difficult, complex, or uncommon expression, inserted after the original, in the margin of a document, or between lines of a text.
- (countable) Synonym of glossary, a collection of such notes.
- A surface shine or luster.
- (figuratively) A superficially or deceptively attractive appearance.
- (lexicography) A definition or explanation of a word sense.
- (countable, law, US) An interpretation by a court of a specific point within a statute or case law.
- an outward or token appearance or form that is deliberately misleading
- the property of being smooth and shiny
- an explanation or definition of an obscure word in a text
- an alphabetical list of technical terms in some specialized field of knowledge; usually published as an appendix to a text on that field
verb
- (transitive, idiomatic) Used in a phrasal verb: gloss over (“to cover up a mistake or crime, to treat something with less care than it deserves”).
- (transitive) To make (something) attractive by deception
- (transitive) To give a gloss or sheen to.
- (intransitive) To become shiny.
- (transitive) To add a gloss to (a text).
- provide an interlinear translation of a word or phrase
- give a deceptive explanation or excuse for
- give a shine or gloss to, usually by rubbing
- provide interlinear explanations for words or phrases
noun
- A portion of text or other material within a book, newspaper, web page, etc. set apart from the main body or separated by a border.
- (masonry) One of the faces of a hewn stone.
- (law) The whole jury.
- A soft pad beneath a saddletree to prevent chafing.
- (medicine) A group of tests or assays, a battery.
- A portion of a framed structure between adjacent posts or struts, as in a bridge truss.
- (law) A document containing the names of persons summoned as jurors by the sheriff.
- A (usually) rectangular section of a surface, or of a covering or of a wall, fence etc.
- (dressmaking) A plain strip or band, as of velvet or plush, placed at intervals lengthwise on the skirt of a dress, for ornament.
- (mining) A heap of dressed ore.
- (architecture) A sunken compartment with raised margins, moulded or otherwise, as in ceilings, wainscotings, etc.
- (graphical user interface) A type of GUI widget, such as a control panel.
- (Scots law) A prisoner arraigned for trial at the bar of a criminal court.
- (masonry) A slab or plank of wood used instead of a canvas for painting on.
- (joinery) A board having its edges inserted in the groove of a surrounding frame.
- (mining) One of the districts divided by pillars of extra size, into which a mine is laid off in one system of extracting coal.
- (British, historical) A list of doctors who could provide limited free healthcare prior to the introduction of the NHS.
- A group of people gathered to judge, interview, discuss etc. as on a television or radio broadcast for example.
- (comics) An individual frame or drawing in a comic.
- sheet that forms a distinct (usually flat and rectangular) section or component of something
- (computer science) a small temporary window in a graphical user interface that appears in order to request information from the user; after the information has been provided the user dismisses the box with ‘okay’ or ‘cancel’
- a committee appointed to judge a competition
- a group of people gathered for a special purpose as to plan or discuss an issue or judge a contest etc
- a piece of cloth that is generally triangular or tapering; used in making garments or umbrellas or sails
- a soft pad placed under a saddle
- electrical device consisting of a flat insulated surface that contains switches and dials and meters for controlling other electrical devices
- (law) a group of people summoned for jury service (from whom a jury will be chosen)
verb
noun
- text consisting of a row of words written across a page or computer screen
- the road consisting of railroad track and roadbed
- a slight depression or fold in the smoothness of a surface
- a pipe used to transport liquids or gases
- (often plural) a means of communication or access
- a commercial organization serving as a common carrier
- a formation of people or things one beside another
- a fortified position (especially one marking the most forward position of troops)
- the hereditary derivation of an individual
- a conceptual separation or distinction
- the principal activity in your life that you do to earn money
- persuasive but insincere talk that is usually intended to deceive or impress
- a particular kind of product or merchandise
- a mark that is long relative to its width
- a conductor for transmitting electrical or optical signals or electric power
- a succession of notes forming a distinctive sequence
- the maximum credit that a customer is allowed
- mechanical system in a factory whereby an article is conveyed through sites at which successive operations are performed on it
- a spatial location defined by a real or imaginary unidimensional extent
- a course of reasoning aimed at demonstrating a truth or falsehood; the methodical process of logical reasoning
- a single frequency (or very narrow band) of radiation in a spectrum
- space for one line of print (one column wide and 1/14 inch deep) used to measure advertising
- a connected series of events or actions or developments
- acting in conformity
- in games or sports; a mark indicating positions or bounds of the playing area
- a short personal letter
- something (as a cord or rope) that is long and thin and flexible
- a length (straight or curved) without breadth or thickness; the trace of a moving point
- a formation of people or things one behind another
- a telephone connection
- A sentence of dialogue, especially in a play, movie, or the like.
- (geometry) An infinitely extending one-dimensional figure that has no curvature; one that has length but not breadth or thickness.
- A procession, either physical or conceptual, which results from the application or effect of a given rationale or other controlling principles of belief, opinion, practice, or phenomenon.
- A written or printed row of letters, words, numbers, or other text, especially a row of words extending across a page or column, or a blank in place of such text.
- The longer fiber(s) of flax.
- (geography) A circle of latitude or of longitude, as represented on a map.
- A long tape or ribbon marked with units for measuring; a tape measure.
- (graph theory) An edge of a graph.
- (cricket) The horizontal path of a ball towards the batsman (see also length).
- (genetics) A population of cells derived from a single cell and containing the same genetic makeup.
- A verse (in poetry).
- (geography, 'the line' or 'equinoctial line') The equator.
- Course of conduct, thought, occupation, or policy; method of argument; department of industry, trade, or intellectual activity.
- A rope, cord, string, thread, or cable, of any thickness.
- Any of an ill-defined set of units of length, varying according to the country, discipline, industry, and date of application, commonly with no indication of the intended magnitude:
- A path through two or more points (compare ‘segment’); a continuous mark, including as made by a pen; any path, curved or straight.
- (soccer) The goal line.
- (South Korean idol fandom) A group of people born in a certain year (liners).
- (fencing) The position in which the fencers hold their swords.
- One fortieth of an inch.
- The exterior limit of a figure or territory: a boundary, contour, or outline; a demarcation.
- (music) One of the straight horizontal and parallel prolonged strokes on and between which the notes are placed.
- (geometry, informal) A line segment; a continuous finite segment of such a figure.
- A set of products or services sold by a business, or by extension, the business itself.
- (Australian rules football) A set of positions in a team which play in a similar position on the field; in a traditional team, consisting of three players and acting as one of six such sets in the team.
- A hose, tube, or pipe, of any size.
- A threadlike crease or wrinkle marking the face, hand, or body; hence, a characteristic mark.
- (historical) A maxwell, a unit of magnetic flux.
- (engineering) Proper relative position or adjustment (of parts, not as to design or proportion, but with reference to smooth working).
- (military, nautical) Ellipsis of line of battle.
- (perfusion line) a set composed of a spike, a drip chamber, a clamp, a Y-injection site, a three-way stopcock and a catheter.
- One sixteenth of an inch.
- The official, stated position (or set of positions) of an individual or group, particularly a political or religious faction.
- A more-or-less straight sequence of people, objects, etc., either arranged as a queue or column and often waiting to be processed or dealt with, or arranged abreast of one another in a row (and contrasted with a column), as in a military formation.
- The wire connecting one telegraphic station with another, a telephone or internet cable between two points: a telephone or network connection.
- (informal) A portion or serving of a powdery recreational drug, especially cocaine, formed into a line on a flat surface in preparation for snorting.
- (stock exchange) A number of shares taken by a jobber.
- A letter, a written form of communication.
- (slang) Information about or understanding of something. (Mostly restricted to the expressions get a line on, have a line on, and give a line on.)
- (baseball, slang, 1800s, with "the") The batter's box.
- A series or succession of ancestors or descendants of a given person; a family or race; compare lineage.
- (historical) A tsarist-era Russian unit of measure, approximately equal to one tenth of an English inch, used especially when measuring the calibre of firearms.
- (medicine, colloquial) A vascular catheter.
- (advertising) Ellipsis of agate line (one fourteenth of an inch).
- One twelfth of an inch.
- (especially military) A trench or rampart, or the non-physical demarcation of the extent of the territory occupied by specified forces.
- That which was measured by a line, such as a field or any piece of land set apart; hence, allotted place of abode.
- A clothesline.
- (automotive) A particular path taken by a vehicle when driving a bend or corner in the road.
- Lineament; feature; figure (of one's body).
- (music) A series of notes forming a certain part (such as the bass or melody) of a greater work.
- (ice hockey) A group of forwards that play together.
- A lie or exaggeration, especially one told to gain another's approval or prevent losing it.
- Direction, path.
- (military) The regular infantry of an army, as distinguished from militia, guards, volunteer corps, cavalry, artillery, etc.
- A connected series of public conveyances, as a roadbed or railway track; and hence, an established arrangement for forwarding merchandise, etc.; a railroad line, railway line, Elizabeth Line etc.
verb
- fill plentifully
- make a mark or lines on a surface
- cover the interior of
- mark with lines
- reinforce with fabric
- be in line with; form a line along
- (transitive) To fill or supply (something), as a purse with money.
- (transitive) To form a line along.
- (rail transport) To align (one or more switches) to direct a train onto a particular track.
- (transitive) To track (wild bees) to their nest by following their line of flight.
- (transitive) To place (objects) into a line (usually used with "up"); to form into a line; to align.
- (transitive) To place persons or things along the side of for security or defense; to strengthen by adding; to fortify.
- (transitive) To mark with a line or lines; to cover with lines.
- (transitive) To measure.
- (transitive) To cover the inner surface of (something), originally especially with linen.
- (intransitive, baseball) To hit a line drive; to hit a line drive which is caught for an out. Compare fly and ground.
noun
- A text with several layers of meaning, especially pertaining to different points in time.
- Something bearing the traces of an earlier, erased form.
- (astronomy) Circular features believed to be lunar craters that have been obliterated by later volcanic activity.
- (cultural studies) The partial erasure of or superimposition on an older society or culture by a newer one.
- A manuscript or document that has been erased or scraped clean, for reuse of the paper, parchment, vellum, or other medium on which it was written.
- (computing) Memory that has been erased and re-written.
- (geology) Geological features thought to be related to features or effects below the surface.
- a manuscript (usually written on papyrus or parchment) on which more than one text has been written with the earlier writing incompletely erased and still visible
verb
noun
adj
adv
- (in writing) at an earlier place
- in or to a place that is higher
- Higher in rank, power, or position.
- (biology) On the upper half or the dorsal surface of an animal.
- Into or from heaven; in the sky.
- In a higher place; upstairs; farther upstream.
- Above zero; above freezing.
- Higher in the same page; earlier in the order as far as writing products go.
- Directly overhead; vertically on top of.
- More in number.
prep
- Physically over; on top of; worn on top of, said of clothing.
- (figuratively) Higher than; superior to in any respect; surpassing; higher in measure, degree, volume, or pitch, etc. than; out of reach; not exposed to; not likely to be affected by; incapable of negative actions or thoughts.
- Rising; appearing out of reach height-wise.
- Too proud to stoop to; averse to; disinclined towards;
- In or to a higher place; higher than; on or over the upper surface.
- Higher in rank, status, or position.
- Farther north than.
- (Scotland) In addition to; besides.
- (theater) Upstage of.
- Surpassing in number or quantity; more than.
- Beyond; on the other side.
- In preference to.
noun
- Ellipsis of alt text.
- (Internet slang, art) An alternate version of a piece of art, especially without much changes beyond a specific thing.
- (finance) An alternative investment or alternative fund.
- Synonym of altbier.
- (music) Of a voice or instrument, high pitch; especially, the octave above the top line of the treble stave.
- (Internet slang, gaming) An alternate or secondary account.
- (Internet slang) An alternate account.
- Clipping of altitude.
adj
verb
noun
- a long piece of writing
- a long monotonous harangue
- an accurately levelled strip of material placed on a wall or floor as guide for the even application of plaster or concrete
- (by extension) A speech or piece of writing which contains angry and extended criticism.
- A tool, usually a long strip of wood or other material, placed on a floor to be covered with concrete, a wall to be plastered, etc., as a guide for producing a smooth, flat surface.
- Chiefly in the plural form screeds: a large quantity.
- A smooth, flat layer of concrete, plaster, or similar material, especially if acting as a base for paving stones, tiles, wooden planks, etc.
- The sound of something scratching or tearing.
- A piece of writing (such as an article, letter, or list) or a speech, especially if long.
- A tool such as a long strip of wood or other material which is drawn over a wet layer of concrete, plaster, etc., to make it smooth and flat; also, a machine that achieves this effect; a screeder.
- (chiefly humorous) A (discordant) sound or tune played on bagpipes, a fiddle, or a pipe.
adj
verb
- (transitive, construction, masonry) To use a screed to produce a smooth, flat surface of concrete, plaster, or similar material; also (generally) to put down a layer of concrete, plaster, etc.
- (intransitive) To make a discordant or harsh scratching or tearing sound.
- (intransitive, Scotland) To become rent or torn.
- (intransitive, chiefly humorous) To play bagpipes, a fiddle, or a pipe.
noun
adj
- (chemistry, of a dye) Not needing the use of a mordant to be made fast to that which is being dyed.
- (grammar) Of or pertaining to a substantive.
- (military, of a rank or appointment) Actually and legally held, as distinct from an acting, temporary or honorary rank or appointment.
- Of the essence or essential element of a thing.
- Depending on itself; independent.
- Having substance; enduring; solid; firm; substantial.
- (law) Applying to essential legal principles and rules of right.
- (by extension) Constituting the substance of content rather than its style, and thus always nontrivial.
- being on topic and prompting thought
- defining rights and duties as opposed to giving the rules by which rights and duties are established
- of or relating to the real nature or essential elements of something
verb
noun
- textual matter that is added onto a publication; usually at the end
- A postscript.
- (engineering) The height by which the tooth of a gear projects beyond (outside for external, or inside for internal) the standard pitch circle or pitch line.
- Something to be added; especially text added as an appendix or supplement to a document.
noun
verb
noun
- textual matter that is added onto a publication; usually at the end
- a supplementary component that improves capability
- a quantity added (e.g. to make up for a deficiency)
- (grammar) An adjunct that is nonessential, especially a supplementary relative clause.
- (geometry) An angle that, when added to a given angle, makes 180°; a supplementary angle.
- Something added; especially, such an addition added to make up for a deficiency.
- A surcharge, additional cost, especially for food in a restaurant.
- An extension to a document or publication that adds information, corrects errors, or brings up to date.
- (nutrition, bodybuilding) A vitamin, herbal extract, or chemical compound ingested to meet dietary deficiencies or enhance muscular development; the dosage form that conveys or embodies it (e.g., tablet, capsule, pill, powder, beverage).
- (journalism, scientific literature) An additional section of a newspaper devoted to a specific subject; an additional section of a journal issue, or an additional issue, for a similar purpose.
verb
noun
- A document made on such material.
- Stiff paper imitating that material.
- The envelope of the coffee grains, inside the pulp.
- The creamy to tanned color of parchment.
- Material, made from the polished skin of a calf, sheep, goat or other animal, used like paper for writing.
- A diploma (traditionally written on parchment).
- a superior paper resembling sheepskin
- skin of a sheep or goat prepared for writing on
verb
- To consist of certain text.
- (transitive, telecommunications) To be able to hear what another person is saying over a radio connection.
- (computing, transitive) To fetch data from (a storage medium, etc.).
- (ergative) To substitute a corrected piece of text in place of an erroneous one; used to introduce an emendation of a text.
- (by extension, ironic or humorous, usually imperative) Used to introduce a blunter, actually intended meaning.
- (go) To imagine sequences of potential moves and responses without actually placing stones.
- (transitive or intransitive) To speak aloud words or other information that is written. (often construed with a to phrase or an indirect object)
- (transitive, Commonwealth, except Scotland) To study (a subject) at a high level, especially at university.
- (at first especially in the black LGBTQ community) To call attention to the flaws of (someone) in a playful, taunting, or insulting way.
- (transitive) To interpret, or infer a meaning, significance, thought, intention, etc., from.
- simple past and past participle of read
- (transitive, LGBTQ) To recognise (someone) as being transgender.
- (transitive, rail transport) To observe and comprehend (a displayed signal).
- (transitive, metonymic) To read a work or works written by the named author.
- (ergative, of text) To be understood or physically read in a specific way.
- (transitive or intransitive) To look at and interpret letters or other information that is written.
- have or contain a certain wording or form
- make sense of a language
- be a student of a certain subject
- obtain data from magnetic tapes or other digital sources
- indicate a certain reading; of gauges and instruments
- look at, interpret, and say out loud something that is written or printed
- interpret the significance of, as of palms, tea leaves, intestines, the sky; also of human behavior
- interpret something in a certain way; convey a particular meaning or impression
- audition for a stage role by reading parts of a role
- interpret something that is written or printed
- to hear and understand
noun
- (at first especially in the black LGBTQ community) An instance of reading (“calling attention to someone's flaws; a taunt or insult”).
- (biochemistry) The identification of a specific sequence of genes in a genome or bases in a nucleic acid string.
- (in combination) Something to be read; a written work.
- A person's interpretation or impression of something.
- A reading or an act of reading, especially of an actor's part of a play or a piece of stored data.
- something that is read
verb
- contain as a part
- have as a necessary feature
- connect closely and often incriminatingly
- make complex or intricate or complicated
- require as useful, just, or proper
- occupy or engage the interest of
- engage as a participant
- (figuratively) To entangle, intertwine, or mingle (something with one or more other things, or several things together); especially, to entangle (someone or something) in a confusing or troublesome situation.
- To have (something) as a component or a related part; to comprise, to include.
- To cause or engage (someone or something) to become connected or implicated, or to participate, in some activity or situation.
- (specifically, also reflexive, chiefly passive voice) Chiefly followed by with: to engage (someone or oneself) in an emotional or sexual relationship.
- (specifically) To include (something) as a logical or natural, or necessary component, or consequence or effect of something else; to entail, to imply.
verb
noun
- agreement of opinions
- a harmonious state of things in general and of their properties (as of colors and sounds); congruity of parts with one another and with the whole
- the determination of grammatical inflection on the basis of word relations
- (probably influenced by chord, music) An agreeable combination of tones simultaneously heard; a consonant chord; a consonance; a harmony.
- A state of agreement; harmony; union.
- A variety of sweet American grape, with large dark blue (almost black) grapes in compact clusters; a Concord grape.
- (grammar) Agreement of words with one another, in gender, number, person, or case.
verb
noun
- (law) A subpart of a legal document such as law.
- (taxonomy, botany) A taxonomic rank below section and above species.
- A defined part of a section.
- (taxonomy, zoology) An informal taxonomic category below section and above family.
- a section of a section; a part of a part; i.e., a part of something already divided
adv
adj
adj
- composed of more than one part
- composed of many distinct individuals united to form a whole or colony
- consisting of two or more substances or ingredients or elements or parts
- (mathematics) Dealing with numbers of various denominations of quantity, or with processes more complex than the simple process.
- (music) An octave higher than originally (i.e. a compound major second is equivalent to a major ninth).
- Composed of elements; not simple.
noun
- an enclosure of residences and other building (especially in the Orient)
- (chemistry) a substance formed by chemical union of two or more elements or ingredients in definite proportion by weight
- a word (as anthropology, kilocycle, builder) consisting of any of various combinations of words, combining forms, or affixes.
- a whole formed by a union of two or more elements or parts
- (chemistry) A substance formed by chemical bonding of two or more elements in definite proportions by weight.
- (linguistics) A lexeme that consists of more than one stem.
- Anything made by combining several things.
- An enclosure within which workers, prisoners, or soldiers are confined.
- (linguistics) A lexeme that consists of more than one stem or affix, e.g. "bookshop", "high school" or "non-standard".
- Ellipsis of compound exercise.
- (rail transport) A compound locomotive, a steam locomotive with both high-pressure and low-pressure cylinders.
- An enclosure for secure storage.
- (law) A legal procedure whereby a criminal or delinquent avoids prosecution in a court in exchange for his payment to the authorities of a financial penalty or fine.
- (by extension, Philippines) A group of buildings where members of the same extended family live together.
- A group of buildings situated close together, e.g. for a school or block of offices.
verb
- put or add together
- make more intense, stronger, or more marked
- calculate principal and interest
- create by mixing or combining
- combine so as to form a whole; mix
- (intransitive, finance) To increase in value with interest, where the interest is earned on both the principal sum and prior earned interest.
- (intransitive) To come to terms of agreement; to settle by a compromise.
- (transitive) To settle amicably; to adjust by agreement.
- (transitive) To form (a resulting mixture) by combining different elements, ingredients, or parts; to mingle with something else.
- (horse racing, intransitive) Of a horse: to fail to maintain speed.
- (transitive, see usage notes) To worsen a situation.
- (transitive, law) To settle by agreeing on less than the claim, or on different terms than those stipulated.
adj
noun
- A cineplex.
- A kind of stereoscopic mapmaking instrument.
- A building or a place where several activities occur in multiple units concurrently or different times.
- (television) A grouping of program services as interleaved data packets for broadcast over a network or modulated multiplexed medium.
- (juggling) A throwing motion where more than one ball is thrown with one hand at the same time.
- communicates two or more signals over a common channel
- a movie theater that has several different auditoriums in the same building
verb
adj
noun
adj
- (of a text) Capable of being read in more than one way.
- Of or relating to polyphony.
- (music) Having two or more independent but harmonic melodies.
- (of an electronic device) Able to play more than one musical note at the same time.
- having two or more independent but harmonically related melodic parts sounding together
- of or relating to or characterized by polyphony
- having two or more phonetic values
adj
- written or printed above and to one side of another character
- having a higher rank
- of or characteristic of high rank or importance
- (often followed by ‘to’) above being affected or influenced by
- of high or superior quality or performance
- (sometimes followed by ‘to’) not subject to or influenced by
- having an orbit farther from the sun than the Earth's orbit
- Of high standard or quality.
- Affecting or assuming an air of superiority.
- (astronomy, of a planet in the Solar System) Having a wider orbit around the Sun; typically with respect to the Earth.
- (anatomy, medicine) Located above or higher, a direction that in humans corresponds to cephalad.
- (botany) Belonging to the part of an axillary flower which is toward the main stem.
- (taxonomy) More comprehensive.
- (botany) (of a calyx) Above the ovary; said of parts of the flower which, although normally below the ovary, adhere to it, and so appear to originate from its upper part.
- (superior to) Beyond the power or influence of; too great or firm to be subdued or affected by.
- Greater or better than average.
- (botany) (of an ovary) Above and free from the other floral organs.
- Courageously or serenely indifferent (as to something painful or disheartening).
- Greater in size or power.
- (botany) (of the radicle) Pointing toward the apex of the fruit.
- (typography) Printed in superscript.
- Located above or out; higher in position.
- Higher in rank, status, or quality.
noun
- one of greater rank or station or quality
- a character or symbol set or printed or written above and immediately to one side of another character
- the head of a religious community
- a combatant who is able to defeat rivals
- The head of certain religious institutions and colleges.
- (Scots law, historical) One who has made an original grant of heritable property to a tenant or vassal, on condition of a certain annual payment (feu duty) or of the performance of certain services.
- The senior person in a monastic community.
- (printing) A superior letter, figure, or symbol.