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noun
- A mechanism or machinery; the means by which something happens.
- (with "the") Drastic treatment; abuse; the axe (dismissal).
- (slang) A heroin or other drug addict's equipment: syringes, needles, etc.
- plural of work in its countable senses
- A factory or factories, or a similar collection(s) of industrial facilities.
- (with "the") Everything or everything that is available or possible; especially, all available toppings on food.
- buildings for carrying on industrial labor
- the internal mechanism of a device
- everything available; usually preceded by ‘the’
- performance of moral or religious acts
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noun
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- a process or series of acts especially of a practical or mechanical nature involved in a particular form of work
- process or manner of functioning or operating
- (mathematics) calculation by mathematical methods
- activity by a military or naval force (as a maneuver or campaign)
- a planned activity involving many people performing various actions
- the activity of operating something (a machine or business etc.)
- a medical procedure involving an incision with instruments; performed to repair damage or arrest disease in a living body
- (computer science) data processing in which the result is completely specified by a rule (especially the processing that results from a single instruction)
- a business especially one run on a large scale
- (psychology) the performance of some composite cognitive activity; an operation that affects mental contents
- the state of being in effect or being operative
- (countable) A planned undertaking.
- (countable, medicine) A surgical procedure.
- (uncountable) The method or practice by which actions are done.
- (computing, logic, mathematics, countable) A procedure for generating a value from one or more other values (the operands).
- (military, countable) A military campaign (e.g. Operation Desert Storm).
- (mathematics, more formally, countable) A function which maps zero or more (but typically two) operands to a single output value.
- (uncountable) The act or process of operating (verb): agency; the exertion of power, physical, mechanical, or moral.
- (countable) A business or organization.
- (uncountable) The method by which a device performs its function.
noun
- a process or series of acts especially of a practical or mechanical nature involved in a particular form of work
- a mode of conducting legal and parliamentary proceedings
- a set sequence of steps, part of larger computer program
- a particular course of action intended to achieve a result
- A series of small tasks or steps taken to accomplish an end.
- (uncountable) The set of established forms or methods of an organized body for accomplishing a certain task or tasks.
- A particular method for performing a task.
- (computing) A subroutine or function coded to perform a specific task, but does not return a value.
- The steps taken in an action or other legal proceeding.
- (medicine) A surgical operation.
noun
- The working motion of a piece of machinery; the length of a mechanical stroke.
- The act of traveling; passage from place to place.
- (in the plural) An account of one's travels.
- The activity or traffic along a route or through a given point.
- (in the plural) A series of journeys.
- Distance that a keyboard's key moves vertically when depressed.
- a movement through space that changes the location of something
- self-propelled movement
- the act of going from one place to another
verb
- (intransitive) To pass from one place to another; to move or transmit.
- (transitive) To force to journey.
- (transitive) To travel throughout (a place).
- (intransitive, basketball) To move illegally by walking or running without dribbling the ball.
- (intransitive) To be on a journey, often for pleasure or business and with luggage; to go from one place to another.
- undertake a journey or trip
- change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
- travel upon or across
- travel from place to place, as for the purpose of finding work, preaching, or acting as a judge
- undergo transportation as in a vehicle
- make a trip for pleasure
adj
noun
- someone whose occupation is repairing and maintaining automobiles
- a craftsman skilled in operating machine tools
- (gambling) A cheat who manipulates the cards or dice.
- (now chiefly historical) A manual worker; a labourer or artisan.
- (video games, tabletop games) A function, rule or other implementation that dictates gameplay; a ludeme, a feature.
- A device, method or means; a function.
- Someone who builds or repairs machinery, a technician; now specifically, someone who works with and repairs the mechanical parts of a motor vehicle, aircraft or similar.
- (slang) A hitman.
noun
- The machines constituting a production apparatus, in a plant etc., collectively.
- The collective parts of something which allow it to function.
- (figuratively) The literary devices used in a work, notably for dramatic effect.
- The working parts of a machine as a group.
- machines or machine systems collectively
- a system of means and activities whereby a social institution functions
adj
- Related to mechanics (the design and construction of machines).
- relating to or concerned with machinery or tools
- Using mechanics (the design and construction of machines): being a machine.
- (of a person) Acting as if one were a machine: lifeless or mindless.
- Related to mechanics (the branch of physics that deals with forces acting on matter).
- (figurative) As if performed by a machine: lifeless, mindless, thoughtless, automatic.
- Relating to the mechanics of a game.
- Done by machine.
- (informal) Handy with machines.
- relating to or governed by or in accordance with mechanics
- using (or as if using) mechanisms or tools or devices
noun
- (science fiction) A robot or mechanical creature.
- One who does manual labor, especially one who is similar to Shakespeare's rude mechanicals
- (cycling) An instance of equipment failure.
- (music) A stop on an organ that is operated by a hand or foot control rather than having to be manually set up in advance.
- (advertising) Manually created layout of artwork that is camera ready for photographic reproduction.
- (engineering) A mechanical engineer.
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verb
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- A system of beltwork, as in a conveyor or other mechanical device.
- A beating with a belt.
- The material from which belts for machinery are made.
- (music, uncountable) The act of singing in chest voice above one's vocal break in a higher range typically sung in head voice.
- (figuratively) A thorough defeat; a thrashing.
- the material of which belts are made
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verb
noun
- A mechanical arrangement for regulating motion in a machine, or producing equality of effect.
- (Ireland) At the University of Dublin, either the first (senior) or second (junior) in rank in an examination for the degree of Bachelor of Arts.
- (nuclear physics) A substance (often water or graphite) used to decrease the speed of fast neutrons in a nuclear reactor and hence increase likelihood of fission.
- (UK) Someone who supervises and monitors the setting and marking of examinations by different people to ensure consistency of standards.
- (UK) An examiner at Oxford and Cambridge universities.
- (historical) A kind of lamp in which the flow of the oil to the wick is regulated.
- Someone who moderates.
- The chair or president of a meeting, etc.
- The person who presides over a synod of a Presbyterian church.
- (Internet) A person who enforces the rules of a discussion forum by deleting posts, banning users, etc.
- An arbitrator or mediator.
- A device used to deaden some of the noise from a firearm, although not to the same extent as a suppressor or silencer.
- in the Presbyterian church, the officer who presides over a synod or general assembly
- someone who presides over a forum or debate
- someone who mediates disputes and attempts to avoid violence
- any substance used to slow down neutrons in nuclear reactors
noun
- (mechanical engineering) Backlash in a mechanical system.
- (systems theory) In the domain of a transfer function, the band of input values where the output is zero. "(the output is 'dead' - no action occurs)"
- The range through which an input can be varied without initiating an observable response. Deadband is usually expressed in percent of span.
noun
- the branch of engineering science that studies (with the aid of computers) computable processes and structures
- the procedure of calculating; determining something by mathematical or logical methods
- The study of computers and computer programming.
- (literally) The process or act of calculation.
- The use of a computer or computers.
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- The action of the verb to drive in any sense.
- In particular, the action of operating a motor vehicle.
- (golf) The act of driving the ball; hitting the ball a long distance, especially from the tee to the putting green.
- the act of controlling and steering the movement of a vehicle or animal
- hitting a golf ball off of a tee with a driver
verb
noun
- machinery and equipment developed from engineering or other applied sciences
- the discipline dealing with the art or science of applying scientific knowledge to practical problems
- the application of the knowledge and usage of tools (such as machines or utensils) and techniques to control one's environment
- The combined application of science and art in practical ways in industry, as for example in designing new machines.
- (uncountable, academic) The study of or a collection of techniques.
- Machines or equipment thus designed.
- (countable) Any useful skill or mechanism that humans have developed or invented (including in prescientific eras).
- (countable, figurative) Any useful trait that has evolved in any organism.
adj
- relating to or concerned with machinery or tools
- of or relating to technique or proficiency in a practical skill
- characterizing or showing skill in or specialized knowledge of applied arts and sciences
- of or relating to or requiring special knowledge to be understood
- resulting from or dependent on market factors rather than fundamental economic considerations
- according to strict interpretation of the law or set of rules
- of or relating to a practical subject that is organized according to scientific principles
- (of a person) Technically minded; adept with science and technology.
- Specifically related to a particular discipline.
- (by extension) difficult to understand for those not specialized in this discipline.
- Of or related to technology.
- In the strictest sense, but not practically or meaningfully.
- (securities and other markets) Relating to the internal mechanics of a market rather than more basic factors.
- Relating to, or requiring, technique.
- Requiring advanced techniques for successful completion.
noun
- (basketball) a foul that can be assessed on a player or a coach or a team for unsportsmanlike conduct; does not usually involve physical contact during play
- a pickup truck with a gun mounted on it
- Ellipsis of technical examination.
- (basketball) Ellipsis of technical foul.
- (video games) A special move in certain fighting games that cancels out the effect of an opponent's attack.
- A pickup truck with a gun mounted on it.
- (informal, countable, uncountable) Ellipsis of technical rehearsal.
- Ellipsis of technical school.
- Ellipsis of technical course.
noun
- a mechanism that controls the operation of a machine
- (physiology) regulation or maintenance of a function or action or reflex etc
- power to direct or determine
- the activity of managing or exerting control over something
- the economic policy of controlling or limiting or curbing prices or wages etc.
- a relation of constraint of one entity (thing or person or group) by another
- great skillfulness and knowledge of some subject or activity
- a standard against which other conditions can be compared in a scientific experiment
- a spiritual agency that is assumed to assist the medium during a seance
- the state that exists when one person or group has power over another
- discipline in personal and social activities
- (climatology) Any of the physical factors determining the climate of a place, such as latitude, distribution of land and water, altitude, exposure, prevailing winds, permanent high- or low-barometric-pressure areas, ocean currents, mountain barriers, soil, and vegetation.
- A duplicate book, register, or account, kept to correct or check another account or register.
- (linguistics) A construction in which the understood subject of a given predicate is determined by an expression in context. See control.
- (countable, uncountable) An influence or authority over something.
- A security mechanism, policy, or procedure that can counter system attack, reduce risks, and resolve vulnerabilities; a safeguard or countermeasure.
- (project management) A means of monitoring for, and triggering intervention in, activities that are not going according to plan.
- (cycling, countable) A checkpoint along an audax route.
- A control group or control experiment.
- The method and means of governing the performance of any apparatus, machine or system, such as a lever, handle or button.
- (parapsychology) A spirit that takes possession of a psychic or medium and allows other spirits to communicate with the living.
- Restraint or ability to contain one's movements or emotions, or self-control.
- (graphical user interface) An interface element that a computer user interacts with, such as a window or a text box.
verb
- check or regulate (a scientific experiment) by conducting a parallel experiment or comparing with another standard
- place under restrictions; limit access to by law
- exercise authoritative control or power over
- have a firm understanding or knowledge of; be on top of
- be careful or certain to do something; make certain of something
- maintain influence over (others or oneself) skillfully, usually to one's advantage
- verify by using a duplicate register for comparison
- handle and cause to function
- lessen the intensity of; temper; hold in restraint; hold or keep within limits
- (transitive) To exercise influence over; to suggest or dictate the behavior of.
- (transitive) To hold in check, to curb, to restrain.
- (transitive, statistics) (construed with for) To design (an experiment) so that the effects of one or more variables are reduced or eliminated.
noun
- a mechanism that controls the operation of a machine
- someone who maintains and audits business accounts
- a person who directs and restrains
- (nautical) An iron block, usually bolted to a ship's deck, for controlling the running out of a chain cable. The links of the cable tend to drop into hollows in the block, and thus hold fast until disengaged.
- (computer hardware) A mechanism that controls or regulates the operation of a machine, especially a peripheral device in a computer.
- (linguistics) The subject of a control verb. See Control (linguistics)
- (software architecture) In software applications using the model-view-controller design pattern, the part or parts of the application that treat input and output, forming an interface between models and views.
- (espionage) The person who supervises and handles communication with an agent in the field.
- (business) The chief accounting officer which audits, and manages the financial affairs of a company or government; a comptroller.
- (video games) A hardware device designed to allow the user to play video games.
- One who controls something.
- (electronics) Any electric or mechanical device for controlling a circuit or system.
noun
- (mechanical engineering) A piece of moving mechanism, such as on a steam locomotive.
- (countable) A parliamentary action to propose something. A similar procedure in any official or business meeting.
- (philosophy) from κίνησις (kinesis); any change. Traditionally of four types: generation and corruption, alteration, augmentation and diminution, and change of place.
- (euphemistic) A movement of the bowels; the product of such movement.
- Movement of the mind, desires, or passions; mental act, or impulse to any action; internal activity.
- (physics) A change whereby something goes from one place to another; a state of progression from one place to another; a change of position with respect to time.
- (music) Change of pitch in successive sounds, whether in the same part or in groups of parts. (Conjunct motion is that by single degrees of the scale. Contrary motion is when parts move in opposite directions. Disjunct motion is motion by skips. Oblique motion is when one part is stationary while another moves. Similar or direct motion is when parts move in the same direction.)
- (law) A formal request, oral or written, made to a judge or court of law to obtain an official court ruling or order for a legal action to be taken by, or on behalf of, the movant.
- (slang, uncountable) Success; achievements, especially those that others cannot match.
- a state of change
- an optical illusion of motion produced by viewing a rapid succession of still pictures of a moving object
- the use of movements (especially of the hands) to communicate familiar or prearranged signals
- a formal proposal for action made to a deliberative assembly for discussion and vote
- a natural event that involves a change in the position or location of something
- the act of changing location from one place to another
- a change of position that does not entail a change of location
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noun
- mechanical system in a factory whereby an article is conveyed through sites at which successive operations are performed on it
- (manufacturing) A system of workers and machinery in which a product is assembled in a series of consecutive operations; typically the product is conveyed by a continuously moving belt.
noun
- mechanical system in a factory whereby an article is conveyed through sites at which successive operations are performed on it
- 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
- text consisting of a row of words written across a page or computer screen
- 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
- 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
- mechanical system in a factory whereby an article is conveyed through sites at which successive operations are performed on it
- (manufacturing) A set of sequential operations established in a factory whereby materials are put through a refining process or components are assembled to make a finished article.
verb
- (transitive) To make a machine operate.
- (transitive) To encounter or incur (a danger or risk).
- To tend, as to an effect or consequence; to incline.
- (transitive) To complete a running course or event in (a given time).
- (figurative, transitive) To pass (without stopping), typically a stop signal, stop sign, or duty to yield the right of way.
- (transitive) To execute or carry out a plan, procedure, or program.
- To fuse; to shape; to mould; to cast.
- (transitive) To transit (a length of a river), as in whitewater rafting.
- (intransitive) Of stitches or stitched clothing, to unravel.
- To cause to be drawn; to mark out; to indicate; to determine.
- (golf) To strike (the ball) in such a way as to cause it to run along the ground, as when approaching a hole.
- (intransitive) To flee from a danger or towards help.
- To press (a bank, etc.) with immediate demands for payment.
- (intransitive) To become liquid; to melt.
- (intransitive) To be a candidate in an election.
- (transitive, agriculture) To sort through a large volume of produce in quality control.
- (transitive) To transport (someone or something), notionally at a brisk pace.
- (copulative) To become different in a way mentioned (usually to become worse).
- To have a legal course; to be attached; to continue in force, effect, or operation; to follow; to go in company.
- (transitive) To cover (a course or a distance) by running.
- (intransitive) To leak or spread in an undesirable fashion; to bleed (especially used of dye or paint).
- past participle of rin
- (intransitive) To move briskly or smoothly with a motion of sliding, rolling, sweeping etc.
- (transitive) To make (something) extend in space.
- (sports, especially baseball) To eject from a game or match.
- To pass or go quickly in thought or conversation.
- (transitive) To cause to move quickly or lightly.
- (intransitive) To move forward quickly upon two feet by alternately making a short jump off either foot.
- (intransitive) To extend in time, to last, to continue (usually with a measure phrase).
- (intransitive) Of fish, to migrate for spawning.
- To drive or force; to cause, or permit, to be driven.
- (transitive or intransitive) To compete in a race.
- (transitive, intransitive) Of a means of transportation: to travel (a route).
- (intransitive) To be presented in the media.
- (transitive) To make stand in an election.
- To exert continuous activity; to proceed.
- (transitive) To cause (a vehicle) to travel a route.
- (intransitive) To extend in space or through a range (often with a measure phrase).
- (American football, transitive or intransitive) To carry (a football) down the field, as opposed to passing or kicking.
- To pursue in thought; to carry in contemplation.
- (transitive) To make a liquid or electric current flow from or into an object.
- (transitive) To smuggle (illegal goods).
- (transitive) To control or manage; to be in charge of.
- (intransitive) To go at a fast pace; to move quickly.
- To have growth or development.
- (transitive) To cost an amount of money.
- (intransitive, figuratively) To move or spread quickly.
- (nautical, of a vessel) To sail before the wind, in distinction from reaching or sailing close-hauled.
- (intransitive) Of a liquid or electric current, to flow.
- (transitive) To print or broadcast in the media.
- To control or have precedence in a card game.
- (transitive, juggling, colloquial) To juggle a pattern continuously, as opposed to starting and stopping quickly.
- To be in form thus, as a combination of words.
- (intransitive) Of an object, to have a liquid flowing from it.
- (video games, rare) To speedrun.
- (transitive) To cause stitched clothing to unravel.
- To cause to enter; to thrust.
- (transitive) To make enter a race.
- To encounter or suffer (a particular, usually bad, fate or misfortune).
- (intransitive) Of a machine, including computer programs, to be operating or working normally.
- To sew (a seam) by passing the needle through material in a continuous line, generally taking a series of stitches on the needle at the same time.
- cover by running; run a certain distance
- deal in illegally, such as arms or liquor
- include as the content; broadcast or publicize
- travel rapidly, by any (unspecified) means
- run with the ball; in such sports as football
- occur persistently
- flee; take to one's heels; cut and run
- reduce or cause to be reduced from a solid to a liquid state, usually by heating
- run, stand, or compete for an office or a position
- be diffused
- change from one state to another
- pursue for food or sport (as of wild animals)
- carry out a process or program, as on a computer or a machine
- become undone
- be affected by; be subjected to
- move along, of liquids
- progress by being changed
- cause something to pass or lead somewhere
- change or be different within limits
- be operating, running or functioning
- continue to exist
- move about freely and without restraint, or act as if running around in an uncontrolled way
- make without a miss
- sail before the wind
- cause to perform
- have a tendency or disposition to do or be something; be inclined
- conduct to completion
- cause to emit recorded audio or video
- compete in a race
- direct or control; projects, businesses, etc.
- come unraveled or undone as if by snagging
- pass over, across, or through
- set animals loose to graze
- keep company
- move fast by using one's feet, with one foot off the ground at any given time
- perform as expected when applied
- extend or continue for a certain period of time
- cause an animal to move fast
- travel a route regularly
- have a particular form
- stretch out over a distance, space, time, or scope; run or extend between two points or beyond a certain point
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- A production quantity (such as in a factory).
- (mining) The horizontal distance to which a drift may be carried, either by licence of the proprietor of a mine or by the nature of the formation; also, the direction which a vein of ore or other substance takes.
- A trial.
- One’s gait while running; the way one runs.
- (construction) Horizontal dimension of a slope.
- A flow of liquid; a leak.
- (cricket) The act of passing from one wicket to another; the point scored for this.
- (chiefly eastern North Midland US, especially Ohio, Pennsylvania, West Virginia) A small creek or part thereof. (Compare Southern US branch and New York and New England brook.)
- Migration of fish.
- The top of a step on a staircase, also called a tread, as opposed to the rise.
- (video games, speedrunning) A playthrough, or attempted playthrough; a session of play.
- (skiing, bobsledding) A single trip down a hill, as in skiing and bobsledding.
- Any sudden large demand for something.
- (banking) A sudden series of demands on a bank or other financial institution, especially characterised by great withdrawals.
- An enclosure for an animal; a track or path along which something can travel.
- (slang) A period of extended (usually daily) drug use.
- A standard or unexceptional group or category.
- The horizontal length of a set of stairs
- (music) A rapid passage in music, especially along a scale.
- (golf) The movement communicated to a golf ball by running it.
- (American football) A running play.
- The distance drilled with a bit, in oil drilling.
- State of being current; currency; popularity.
- The period of showing of a play, film, TV series, etc.
- A quick pace, faster than a walk.
- A line of knit stitches that have unravelled, particularly in a nylon stocking.
- (card games) A sequence of cards in a suit in a card game.
- (baseball) A score when a runner touches all bases legally; the act of a runner scoring.
- (golf) The distance a ball travels after touching the ground from a stroke.
- (mathematics, computing) The execution of a program or model
- A pair or set of millstones.
- A series of tries in a game that were successful.
- (Australia, New Zealand) A rural landholding for farming, usually for running sheep, and operated by a runholder.
- Act or instance of hurrying (to or from a place) (not necessarily on foot); dash or errand, trip.
- Flight, instance or period of fleeing.
- (nautical) The stern of the underwater body of a ship from where it begins to curve upward and inward.
- (of horses) A fast gallop.
- Act or instance of running, of moving rapidly using the feet.
- Unrestricted use. Only used in have the run of.
- A continuous period (of time) marked by a trend; a period marked by a continuing trend.
- A (regular) trip or route.
- The route taken while running or skiing.
- The distance sailed by a ship.
- A group of fish that migrate, or ascend a river for the purpose of spawning.
- A pleasure trip.
- A voyage.
- a small stream
- the pouring forth of a fluid
- a regular trip
- unrestricted freedom to use
- an unbroken chronological sequence
- (American football) a play in which a player attempts to carry the ball through or past the opposing team
- the production achieved during a continuous period of operation (of a machine or factory etc.)
- the act of testing something
- the continuous period of time during which something (a machine or a factory) operates or continues in operation
- a race between candidates for elective office
- a race run on foot
- a short trip
- an unbroken series of events
- the act of running; traveling on foot at a fast pace
- a score in baseball made by a runner touching all four bases safely
- a row of unravelled stitches
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- (engineering) One of the series of disks or pistons in the chain pump.
- A wooden implement, often oval or round, used by potters, crucible makers, etc., for forming, beating, and rounding their works.
- (music) In the organ, a valve between the wind chest and the mouth of a pipe or row of pipes.
- (heraldry) A narrow vertical stripe, narrower than a pale. Diminutive of pale.
- (engineering) A click or pawl for driving a ratchet wheel.
- (gilding) A tool for gilding the backs of books over the bands.
- (horology) One of the pieces or levers connected with the pendulum of a clock, or the balance of a watch, which receive the immediate impulse of the scape-wheel, or balance wheel.
- (brickmaking) A board on which a newly moulded brick is conveyed to the hack.
- (zoology) One of a pair of shelly plates that protect the siphon tubes of certain bivalves, such as the Teredo.
- (historical, rare) A Parisian measure of blood let; a cup containing three ounces, formerly used by surgeons.
- A bed of loose straw.
- A portable platform, usually designed to be easily moved by a forklift, on which goods can be stacked, for transport or storage.
- (by extension) Any makeshift bedding place.
- (gilding) An instrument used to take up gold leaf from the pillow, and to apply it.
- A potter's wheel.
- board that provides a flat surface on which artists mix paints and the range of colors used
- a hand tool with a flat blade used by potters for mixing and shaping clay
- a portable platform for storing or moving goods that are stacked on it
- a mattress filled with straw or a pad made of quilts; used as a bed
- the range of colour characteristic of a particular artist or painting or school of art
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- The design and construction of machines.
- (physics) The branch of physics that deals with the action of forces on material objects with mass
- plural of mechanic
- (writing) Spelling and punctuation.
- Operation in general; workings.
- the technical aspects of doing something
- the branch of physics concerned with the motion of bodies in a frame of reference
noun
- The action or process of making goods systematically or on a large scale.
- Anything made, formed or produced; product.
- (horology) A watch manufacturer that makes its own parts, rather than assembling watches from parts obtained from other firms.
- (figuratively) The process of such production; generation, creation.
- the act of making something (a product) from raw materials
- the organized action of making of goods and services for sale
verb
- (transitive) To work (raw or partly wrought materials) into suitable forms for use.
- (derogatory) To fabricate; to create false evidence to support a point.
- To make things, usually on a large scale, with tools and either physical labor or machinery.
- concoct something artificial or untrue
- produce naturally
- put together out of artificial or natural components or parts
- create or produce in a mechanical way
noun
- A set of conditions and parameters of an industrial process to obtain a given result.
- Now especially, a set of instructions for making or preparing food dishes.
- (by extension) A plan or procedure to obtain a given end result; a prescription.
- Any set of instructions for preparing a mixture of ingredients.
- directions for making something
noun
- machine that converts other forms of energy into mechanical energy and so imparts motion
- a nonspecific agent that imparts motion
- (figuratively) A source of power for something; an inspiration; a driving force.
- (prison slang) The fermenting mass of fruit that is the basis of pruno, or "prison wine".
- (now colloquial outside attributive use) A motor car, or automobile, sometimes extended to other powered vehicles, such as goods vehicles.
- Any protein capable of converting chemical energy into mechanical work.
- A machine or device that converts other energy forms into mechanical energy, or imparts motion.
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- process or manner of functioning or operating
- a dramatic or musical entertainment
- any recognized accomplishment
- the act of presenting a play or a piece of music or other entertainment
- the act of performing; of doing something successfully; using knowledge as distinguished from merely possessing it
- That which is performed or accomplished; a thing done or carried through; an achievement; a deed; an act; a feat; especially, an action of an elaborate or public character.
- The amount of useful work accomplished estimated in terms of time needed, resources used, etc.
- The act of performing; carrying into execution or action; execution; achievement; accomplishment; representation by action.
- (linguistics) The actual use of language in concrete situations by native speakers of a language, as opposed to the system of linguistic knowledge they possess (competence), cf. linguistic performance.
- (art) A live show or concert.
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- A mechanical mixture of more than one phase.
- (roofing) Crushed stone, crushed slag or water-worn gravel used for surfacing a built-up roof system.
- A mass, assemblage, or sum of particulars; something consisting of elements but considered as a whole.
- (music) The full chromatic scale of twelve equal tempered pitches.
- Solid particles of low aspect ratio added to a composite material, as distinguished from the matrix and any fibers or reinforcements; especially the gravel and sand added to concrete.
- A mass formed by the union of homogeneous particles; – in distinction from a compound, formed by the union of heterogeneous particles.
- (Buddhism) Any of the five attributes that constitute the sentient being.
- (sports) The total score in a set of games between teams or competitors, usually the combination of the home and away scores.
- material such as sand or gravel used with cement and water to make concrete, mortar, or plaster
- the whole amount
- a sum total of many heterogenous things taken together
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- United into a common organized mass; said of certain compound animals.
- Having the several component parts adherent to each other only to such a degree as to be separable by mechanical means.
- (botany) Composed of several florets within a common involucre, as in the daisy; or of several carpels formed from one flower, as in the raspberry.
- Formed by a collection of particulars into a whole mass or sum; collective; combined; added up.
- Consisting or formed of smaller objects or parts.
- Formed into clusters or groups of lobules.
- composed of a dense cluster of separate units such as carpels or florets or drupelets
- formed of separate units gathered into a mass or whole
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- the act of constructing something (as a piece of machinery)
- a group of machine parts that fit together to form a self-contained unit
- a group of persons who are gathered together for a common purpose
- the social act of assembling
- a public facility to meet for open discussion
- a unit consisting of components that have been fitted together
- A set of pieces that work together in unison as a mechanism or device.
- (computing) Ellipsis of assembly language.
- (military) A beat of the drum or sound of the bugle as a signal to troops to assemble.
- A congregation of people in one place for a purpose.
- (computing, Microsoft .NET) A building block of an application, similar to a DLL, but containing both executable code and information normally found in a DLL's type library. The type library information in an assembly, called a manifest, describes public functions, data, classes, and version information.
- (politics) A legislative body.
- The act or process of putting together a set of pieces, fragments, or elements.
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- the act of constructing something (as a piece of machinery)
- the act of making something (a product) from raw materials
- a deliberately false or improbable account
- writing in a fictional form
- the deliberate act of deviating from the truth
- (countable) That which is fabricated; a falsehood.
- (cooking) The act of cutting up an animal carcass as preparation for cooking; butchery.
- (uncountable) The act of fabricating, framing, or constructing; construction; manufacture
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- A mechanism or machinery; the means by which something happens.
- (with "the") Drastic treatment; abuse; the axe (dismissal).
- (slang) A heroin or other drug addict's equipment: syringes, needles, etc.
- plural of work in its countable senses
- A factory or factories, or a similar collection(s) of industrial facilities.
- (with "the") Everything or everything that is available or possible; especially, all available toppings on food.
- buildings for carrying on industrial labor
- the internal mechanism of a device
- everything available; usually preceded by ‘the’
- performance of moral or religious acts
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- a process or series of acts especially of a practical or mechanical nature involved in a particular form of work
- process or manner of functioning or operating
- (mathematics) calculation by mathematical methods
- activity by a military or naval force (as a maneuver or campaign)
- a planned activity involving many people performing various actions
- the activity of operating something (a machine or business etc.)
- a medical procedure involving an incision with instruments; performed to repair damage or arrest disease in a living body
- (computer science) data processing in which the result is completely specified by a rule (especially the processing that results from a single instruction)
- a business especially one run on a large scale
- (psychology) the performance of some composite cognitive activity; an operation that affects mental contents
- the state of being in effect or being operative
- (countable) A planned undertaking.
- (countable, medicine) A surgical procedure.
- (uncountable) The method or practice by which actions are done.
- (computing, logic, mathematics, countable) A procedure for generating a value from one or more other values (the operands).
- (military, countable) A military campaign (e.g. Operation Desert Storm).
- (mathematics, more formally, countable) A function which maps zero or more (but typically two) operands to a single output value.
- (uncountable) The act or process of operating (verb): agency; the exertion of power, physical, mechanical, or moral.
- (countable) A business or organization.
- (uncountable) The method by which a device performs its function.
noun
- a process or series of acts especially of a practical or mechanical nature involved in a particular form of work
- a mode of conducting legal and parliamentary proceedings
- a set sequence of steps, part of larger computer program
- a particular course of action intended to achieve a result
- A series of small tasks or steps taken to accomplish an end.
- (uncountable) The set of established forms or methods of an organized body for accomplishing a certain task or tasks.
- A particular method for performing a task.
- (computing) A subroutine or function coded to perform a specific task, but does not return a value.
- The steps taken in an action or other legal proceeding.
- (medicine) A surgical operation.
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- The working motion of a piece of machinery; the length of a mechanical stroke.
- The act of traveling; passage from place to place.
- (in the plural) An account of one's travels.
- The activity or traffic along a route or through a given point.
- (in the plural) A series of journeys.
- Distance that a keyboard's key moves vertically when depressed.
- a movement through space that changes the location of something
- self-propelled movement
- the act of going from one place to another
verb
- (intransitive) To pass from one place to another; to move or transmit.
- (transitive) To force to journey.
- (transitive) To travel throughout (a place).
- (intransitive, basketball) To move illegally by walking or running without dribbling the ball.
- (intransitive) To be on a journey, often for pleasure or business and with luggage; to go from one place to another.
- undertake a journey or trip
- change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
- travel upon or across
- travel from place to place, as for the purpose of finding work, preaching, or acting as a judge
- undergo transportation as in a vehicle
- make a trip for pleasure
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- The machines constituting a production apparatus, in a plant etc., collectively.
- The collective parts of something which allow it to function.
- (figuratively) The literary devices used in a work, notably for dramatic effect.
- The working parts of a machine as a group.
- machines or machine systems collectively
- a system of means and activities whereby a social institution functions
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- A system of beltwork, as in a conveyor or other mechanical device.
- A beating with a belt.
- The material from which belts for machinery are made.
- (music, uncountable) The act of singing in chest voice above one's vocal break in a higher range typically sung in head voice.
- (figuratively) A thorough defeat; a thrashing.
- the material of which belts are made
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- A mechanical arrangement for regulating motion in a machine, or producing equality of effect.
- (Ireland) At the University of Dublin, either the first (senior) or second (junior) in rank in an examination for the degree of Bachelor of Arts.
- (nuclear physics) A substance (often water or graphite) used to decrease the speed of fast neutrons in a nuclear reactor and hence increase likelihood of fission.
- (UK) Someone who supervises and monitors the setting and marking of examinations by different people to ensure consistency of standards.
- (UK) An examiner at Oxford and Cambridge universities.
- (historical) A kind of lamp in which the flow of the oil to the wick is regulated.
- Someone who moderates.
- The chair or president of a meeting, etc.
- The person who presides over a synod of a Presbyterian church.
- (Internet) A person who enforces the rules of a discussion forum by deleting posts, banning users, etc.
- An arbitrator or mediator.
- A device used to deaden some of the noise from a firearm, although not to the same extent as a suppressor or silencer.
- in the Presbyterian church, the officer who presides over a synod or general assembly
- someone who presides over a forum or debate
- someone who mediates disputes and attempts to avoid violence
- any substance used to slow down neutrons in nuclear reactors
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- (mechanical engineering) Backlash in a mechanical system.
- (systems theory) In the domain of a transfer function, the band of input values where the output is zero. "(the output is 'dead' - no action occurs)"
- The range through which an input can be varied without initiating an observable response. Deadband is usually expressed in percent of span.
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- the branch of engineering science that studies (with the aid of computers) computable processes and structures
- the procedure of calculating; determining something by mathematical or logical methods
- The study of computers and computer programming.
- (literally) The process or act of calculation.
- The use of a computer or computers.
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- machinery and equipment developed from engineering or other applied sciences
- the discipline dealing with the art or science of applying scientific knowledge to practical problems
- the application of the knowledge and usage of tools (such as machines or utensils) and techniques to control one's environment
- The combined application of science and art in practical ways in industry, as for example in designing new machines.
- (uncountable, academic) The study of or a collection of techniques.
- Machines or equipment thus designed.
- (countable) Any useful skill or mechanism that humans have developed or invented (including in prescientific eras).
- (countable, figurative) Any useful trait that has evolved in any organism.
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- a mechanism that controls the operation of a machine
- (physiology) regulation or maintenance of a function or action or reflex etc
- power to direct or determine
- the activity of managing or exerting control over something
- the economic policy of controlling or limiting or curbing prices or wages etc.
- a relation of constraint of one entity (thing or person or group) by another
- great skillfulness and knowledge of some subject or activity
- a standard against which other conditions can be compared in a scientific experiment
- a spiritual agency that is assumed to assist the medium during a seance
- the state that exists when one person or group has power over another
- discipline in personal and social activities
- (climatology) Any of the physical factors determining the climate of a place, such as latitude, distribution of land and water, altitude, exposure, prevailing winds, permanent high- or low-barometric-pressure areas, ocean currents, mountain barriers, soil, and vegetation.
- A duplicate book, register, or account, kept to correct or check another account or register.
- (linguistics) A construction in which the understood subject of a given predicate is determined by an expression in context. See control.
- (countable, uncountable) An influence or authority over something.
- A security mechanism, policy, or procedure that can counter system attack, reduce risks, and resolve vulnerabilities; a safeguard or countermeasure.
- (project management) A means of monitoring for, and triggering intervention in, activities that are not going according to plan.
- (cycling, countable) A checkpoint along an audax route.
- A control group or control experiment.
- The method and means of governing the performance of any apparatus, machine or system, such as a lever, handle or button.
- (parapsychology) A spirit that takes possession of a psychic or medium and allows other spirits to communicate with the living.
- Restraint or ability to contain one's movements or emotions, or self-control.
- (graphical user interface) An interface element that a computer user interacts with, such as a window or a text box.
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- check or regulate (a scientific experiment) by conducting a parallel experiment or comparing with another standard
- place under restrictions; limit access to by law
- exercise authoritative control or power over
- have a firm understanding or knowledge of; be on top of
- be careful or certain to do something; make certain of something
- maintain influence over (others or oneself) skillfully, usually to one's advantage
- verify by using a duplicate register for comparison
- handle and cause to function
- lessen the intensity of; temper; hold in restraint; hold or keep within limits
- (transitive) To exercise influence over; to suggest or dictate the behavior of.
- (transitive) To hold in check, to curb, to restrain.
- (transitive, statistics) (construed with for) To design (an experiment) so that the effects of one or more variables are reduced or eliminated.
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- a mechanism that controls the operation of a machine
- someone who maintains and audits business accounts
- a person who directs and restrains
- (nautical) An iron block, usually bolted to a ship's deck, for controlling the running out of a chain cable. The links of the cable tend to drop into hollows in the block, and thus hold fast until disengaged.
- (computer hardware) A mechanism that controls or regulates the operation of a machine, especially a peripheral device in a computer.
- (linguistics) The subject of a control verb. See Control (linguistics)
- (software architecture) In software applications using the model-view-controller design pattern, the part or parts of the application that treat input and output, forming an interface between models and views.
- (espionage) The person who supervises and handles communication with an agent in the field.
- (business) The chief accounting officer which audits, and manages the financial affairs of a company or government; a comptroller.
- (video games) A hardware device designed to allow the user to play video games.
- One who controls something.
- (electronics) Any electric or mechanical device for controlling a circuit or system.
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- (mechanical engineering) A piece of moving mechanism, such as on a steam locomotive.
- (countable) A parliamentary action to propose something. A similar procedure in any official or business meeting.
- (philosophy) from κίνησις (kinesis); any change. Traditionally of four types: generation and corruption, alteration, augmentation and diminution, and change of place.
- (euphemistic) A movement of the bowels; the product of such movement.
- Movement of the mind, desires, or passions; mental act, or impulse to any action; internal activity.
- (physics) A change whereby something goes from one place to another; a state of progression from one place to another; a change of position with respect to time.
- (music) Change of pitch in successive sounds, whether in the same part or in groups of parts. (Conjunct motion is that by single degrees of the scale. Contrary motion is when parts move in opposite directions. Disjunct motion is motion by skips. Oblique motion is when one part is stationary while another moves. Similar or direct motion is when parts move in the same direction.)
- (law) A formal request, oral or written, made to a judge or court of law to obtain an official court ruling or order for a legal action to be taken by, or on behalf of, the movant.
- (slang, uncountable) Success; achievements, especially those that others cannot match.
- a state of change
- an optical illusion of motion produced by viewing a rapid succession of still pictures of a moving object
- the use of movements (especially of the hands) to communicate familiar or prearranged signals
- a formal proposal for action made to a deliberative assembly for discussion and vote
- a natural event that involves a change in the position or location of something
- the act of changing location from one place to another
- a change of position that does not entail a change of location
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- mechanical system in a factory whereby an article is conveyed through sites at which successive operations are performed on it
- (manufacturing) A system of workers and machinery in which a product is assembled in a series of consecutive operations; typically the product is conveyed by a continuously moving belt.
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- mechanical system in a factory whereby an article is conveyed through sites at which successive operations are performed on it
- 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
- text consisting of a row of words written across a page or computer screen
- 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
- 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.
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- mechanical system in a factory whereby an article is conveyed through sites at which successive operations are performed on it
- (manufacturing) A set of sequential operations established in a factory whereby materials are put through a refining process or components are assembled to make a finished article.
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- (engineering) One of the series of disks or pistons in the chain pump.
- A wooden implement, often oval or round, used by potters, crucible makers, etc., for forming, beating, and rounding their works.
- (music) In the organ, a valve between the wind chest and the mouth of a pipe or row of pipes.
- (heraldry) A narrow vertical stripe, narrower than a pale. Diminutive of pale.
- (engineering) A click or pawl for driving a ratchet wheel.
- (gilding) A tool for gilding the backs of books over the bands.
- (horology) One of the pieces or levers connected with the pendulum of a clock, or the balance of a watch, which receive the immediate impulse of the scape-wheel, or balance wheel.
- (brickmaking) A board on which a newly moulded brick is conveyed to the hack.
- (zoology) One of a pair of shelly plates that protect the siphon tubes of certain bivalves, such as the Teredo.
- (historical, rare) A Parisian measure of blood let; a cup containing three ounces, formerly used by surgeons.
- A bed of loose straw.
- A portable platform, usually designed to be easily moved by a forklift, on which goods can be stacked, for transport or storage.
- (by extension) Any makeshift bedding place.
- (gilding) An instrument used to take up gold leaf from the pillow, and to apply it.
- A potter's wheel.
- board that provides a flat surface on which artists mix paints and the range of colors used
- a hand tool with a flat blade used by potters for mixing and shaping clay
- a portable platform for storing or moving goods that are stacked on it
- a mattress filled with straw or a pad made of quilts; used as a bed
- the range of colour characteristic of a particular artist or painting or school of art
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- The design and construction of machines.
- (physics) The branch of physics that deals with the action of forces on material objects with mass
- plural of mechanic
- (writing) Spelling and punctuation.
- Operation in general; workings.
- the technical aspects of doing something
- the branch of physics concerned with the motion of bodies in a frame of reference
noun
- The action or process of making goods systematically or on a large scale.
- Anything made, formed or produced; product.
- (horology) A watch manufacturer that makes its own parts, rather than assembling watches from parts obtained from other firms.
- (figuratively) The process of such production; generation, creation.
- the act of making something (a product) from raw materials
- the organized action of making of goods and services for sale
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- (transitive) To work (raw or partly wrought materials) into suitable forms for use.
- (derogatory) To fabricate; to create false evidence to support a point.
- To make things, usually on a large scale, with tools and either physical labor or machinery.
- concoct something artificial or untrue
- produce naturally
- put together out of artificial or natural components or parts
- create or produce in a mechanical way
noun
- A set of conditions and parameters of an industrial process to obtain a given result.
- Now especially, a set of instructions for making or preparing food dishes.
- (by extension) A plan or procedure to obtain a given end result; a prescription.
- Any set of instructions for preparing a mixture of ingredients.
- directions for making something
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- machine that converts other forms of energy into mechanical energy and so imparts motion
- a nonspecific agent that imparts motion
- (figuratively) A source of power for something; an inspiration; a driving force.
- (prison slang) The fermenting mass of fruit that is the basis of pruno, or "prison wine".
- (now colloquial outside attributive use) A motor car, or automobile, sometimes extended to other powered vehicles, such as goods vehicles.
- Any protein capable of converting chemical energy into mechanical work.
- A machine or device that converts other energy forms into mechanical energy, or imparts motion.
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- process or manner of functioning or operating
- a dramatic or musical entertainment
- any recognized accomplishment
- the act of presenting a play or a piece of music or other entertainment
- the act of performing; of doing something successfully; using knowledge as distinguished from merely possessing it
- That which is performed or accomplished; a thing done or carried through; an achievement; a deed; an act; a feat; especially, an action of an elaborate or public character.
- The amount of useful work accomplished estimated in terms of time needed, resources used, etc.
- The act of performing; carrying into execution or action; execution; achievement; accomplishment; representation by action.
- (linguistics) The actual use of language in concrete situations by native speakers of a language, as opposed to the system of linguistic knowledge they possess (competence), cf. linguistic performance.
- (art) A live show or concert.
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- A mechanical mixture of more than one phase.
- (roofing) Crushed stone, crushed slag or water-worn gravel used for surfacing a built-up roof system.
- A mass, assemblage, or sum of particulars; something consisting of elements but considered as a whole.
- (music) The full chromatic scale of twelve equal tempered pitches.
- Solid particles of low aspect ratio added to a composite material, as distinguished from the matrix and any fibers or reinforcements; especially the gravel and sand added to concrete.
- A mass formed by the union of homogeneous particles; – in distinction from a compound, formed by the union of heterogeneous particles.
- (Buddhism) Any of the five attributes that constitute the sentient being.
- (sports) The total score in a set of games between teams or competitors, usually the combination of the home and away scores.
- material such as sand or gravel used with cement and water to make concrete, mortar, or plaster
- the whole amount
- a sum total of many heterogenous things taken together
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- United into a common organized mass; said of certain compound animals.
- Having the several component parts adherent to each other only to such a degree as to be separable by mechanical means.
- (botany) Composed of several florets within a common involucre, as in the daisy; or of several carpels formed from one flower, as in the raspberry.
- Formed by a collection of particulars into a whole mass or sum; collective; combined; added up.
- Consisting or formed of smaller objects or parts.
- Formed into clusters or groups of lobules.
- composed of a dense cluster of separate units such as carpels or florets or drupelets
- formed of separate units gathered into a mass or whole
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- the act of constructing something (as a piece of machinery)
- a group of machine parts that fit together to form a self-contained unit
- a group of persons who are gathered together for a common purpose
- the social act of assembling
- a public facility to meet for open discussion
- a unit consisting of components that have been fitted together
- A set of pieces that work together in unison as a mechanism or device.
- (computing) Ellipsis of assembly language.
- (military) A beat of the drum or sound of the bugle as a signal to troops to assemble.
- A congregation of people in one place for a purpose.
- (computing, Microsoft .NET) A building block of an application, similar to a DLL, but containing both executable code and information normally found in a DLL's type library. The type library information in an assembly, called a manifest, describes public functions, data, classes, and version information.
- (politics) A legislative body.
- The act or process of putting together a set of pieces, fragments, or elements.
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- the act of constructing something (as a piece of machinery)
- the act of making something (a product) from raw materials
- a deliberately false or improbable account
- writing in a fictional form
- the deliberate act of deviating from the truth
- (countable) That which is fabricated; a falsehood.
- (cooking) The act of cutting up an animal carcass as preparation for cooking; butchery.
- (uncountable) The act of fabricating, framing, or constructing; construction; manufacture
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- (transitive) To make a machine operate.
- (transitive) To encounter or incur (a danger or risk).
- To tend, as to an effect or consequence; to incline.
- (transitive) To complete a running course or event in (a given time).
- (figurative, transitive) To pass (without stopping), typically a stop signal, stop sign, or duty to yield the right of way.
- (transitive) To execute or carry out a plan, procedure, or program.
- To fuse; to shape; to mould; to cast.
- (transitive) To transit (a length of a river), as in whitewater rafting.
- (intransitive) Of stitches or stitched clothing, to unravel.
- To cause to be drawn; to mark out; to indicate; to determine.
- (golf) To strike (the ball) in such a way as to cause it to run along the ground, as when approaching a hole.
- (intransitive) To flee from a danger or towards help.
- To press (a bank, etc.) with immediate demands for payment.
- (intransitive) To become liquid; to melt.
- (intransitive) To be a candidate in an election.
- (transitive, agriculture) To sort through a large volume of produce in quality control.
- (transitive) To transport (someone or something), notionally at a brisk pace.
- (copulative) To become different in a way mentioned (usually to become worse).
- To have a legal course; to be attached; to continue in force, effect, or operation; to follow; to go in company.
- (transitive) To cover (a course or a distance) by running.
- (intransitive) To leak or spread in an undesirable fashion; to bleed (especially used of dye or paint).
- past participle of rin
- (intransitive) To move briskly or smoothly with a motion of sliding, rolling, sweeping etc.
- (transitive) To make (something) extend in space.
- (sports, especially baseball) To eject from a game or match.
- To pass or go quickly in thought or conversation.
- (transitive) To cause to move quickly or lightly.
- (intransitive) To move forward quickly upon two feet by alternately making a short jump off either foot.
- (intransitive) To extend in time, to last, to continue (usually with a measure phrase).
- (intransitive) Of fish, to migrate for spawning.
- To drive or force; to cause, or permit, to be driven.
- (transitive or intransitive) To compete in a race.
- (transitive, intransitive) Of a means of transportation: to travel (a route).
- (intransitive) To be presented in the media.
- (transitive) To make stand in an election.
- To exert continuous activity; to proceed.
- (transitive) To cause (a vehicle) to travel a route.
- (intransitive) To extend in space or through a range (often with a measure phrase).
- (American football, transitive or intransitive) To carry (a football) down the field, as opposed to passing or kicking.
- To pursue in thought; to carry in contemplation.
- (transitive) To make a liquid or electric current flow from or into an object.
- (transitive) To smuggle (illegal goods).
- (transitive) To control or manage; to be in charge of.
- (intransitive) To go at a fast pace; to move quickly.
- To have growth or development.
- (transitive) To cost an amount of money.
- (intransitive, figuratively) To move or spread quickly.
- (nautical, of a vessel) To sail before the wind, in distinction from reaching or sailing close-hauled.
- (intransitive) Of a liquid or electric current, to flow.
- (transitive) To print or broadcast in the media.
- To control or have precedence in a card game.
- (transitive, juggling, colloquial) To juggle a pattern continuously, as opposed to starting and stopping quickly.
- To be in form thus, as a combination of words.
- (intransitive) Of an object, to have a liquid flowing from it.
- (video games, rare) To speedrun.
- (transitive) To cause stitched clothing to unravel.
- To cause to enter; to thrust.
- (transitive) To make enter a race.
- To encounter or suffer (a particular, usually bad, fate or misfortune).
- (intransitive) Of a machine, including computer programs, to be operating or working normally.
- To sew (a seam) by passing the needle through material in a continuous line, generally taking a series of stitches on the needle at the same time.
- cover by running; run a certain distance
- deal in illegally, such as arms or liquor
- include as the content; broadcast or publicize
- travel rapidly, by any (unspecified) means
- run with the ball; in such sports as football
- occur persistently
- flee; take to one's heels; cut and run
- reduce or cause to be reduced from a solid to a liquid state, usually by heating
- run, stand, or compete for an office or a position
- be diffused
- change from one state to another
- pursue for food or sport (as of wild animals)
- carry out a process or program, as on a computer or a machine
- become undone
- be affected by; be subjected to
- move along, of liquids
- progress by being changed
- cause something to pass or lead somewhere
- change or be different within limits
- be operating, running or functioning
- continue to exist
- move about freely and without restraint, or act as if running around in an uncontrolled way
- make without a miss
- sail before the wind
- cause to perform
- have a tendency or disposition to do or be something; be inclined
- conduct to completion
- cause to emit recorded audio or video
- compete in a race
- direct or control; projects, businesses, etc.
- come unraveled or undone as if by snagging
- pass over, across, or through
- set animals loose to graze
- keep company
- move fast by using one's feet, with one foot off the ground at any given time
- perform as expected when applied
- extend or continue for a certain period of time
- cause an animal to move fast
- travel a route regularly
- have a particular form
- stretch out over a distance, space, time, or scope; run or extend between two points or beyond a certain point
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- A production quantity (such as in a factory).
- (mining) The horizontal distance to which a drift may be carried, either by licence of the proprietor of a mine or by the nature of the formation; also, the direction which a vein of ore or other substance takes.
- A trial.
- One’s gait while running; the way one runs.
- (construction) Horizontal dimension of a slope.
- A flow of liquid; a leak.
- (cricket) The act of passing from one wicket to another; the point scored for this.
- (chiefly eastern North Midland US, especially Ohio, Pennsylvania, West Virginia) A small creek or part thereof. (Compare Southern US branch and New York and New England brook.)
- Migration of fish.
- The top of a step on a staircase, also called a tread, as opposed to the rise.
- (video games, speedrunning) A playthrough, or attempted playthrough; a session of play.
- (skiing, bobsledding) A single trip down a hill, as in skiing and bobsledding.
- Any sudden large demand for something.
- (banking) A sudden series of demands on a bank or other financial institution, especially characterised by great withdrawals.
- An enclosure for an animal; a track or path along which something can travel.
- (slang) A period of extended (usually daily) drug use.
- A standard or unexceptional group or category.
- The horizontal length of a set of stairs
- (music) A rapid passage in music, especially along a scale.
- (golf) The movement communicated to a golf ball by running it.
- (American football) A running play.
- The distance drilled with a bit, in oil drilling.
- State of being current; currency; popularity.
- The period of showing of a play, film, TV series, etc.
- A quick pace, faster than a walk.
- A line of knit stitches that have unravelled, particularly in a nylon stocking.
- (card games) A sequence of cards in a suit in a card game.
- (baseball) A score when a runner touches all bases legally; the act of a runner scoring.
- (golf) The distance a ball travels after touching the ground from a stroke.
- (mathematics, computing) The execution of a program or model
- A pair or set of millstones.
- A series of tries in a game that were successful.
- (Australia, New Zealand) A rural landholding for farming, usually for running sheep, and operated by a runholder.
- Act or instance of hurrying (to or from a place) (not necessarily on foot); dash or errand, trip.
- Flight, instance or period of fleeing.
- (nautical) The stern of the underwater body of a ship from where it begins to curve upward and inward.
- (of horses) A fast gallop.
- Act or instance of running, of moving rapidly using the feet.
- Unrestricted use. Only used in have the run of.
- A continuous period (of time) marked by a trend; a period marked by a continuing trend.
- A (regular) trip or route.
- The route taken while running or skiing.
- The distance sailed by a ship.
- A group of fish that migrate, or ascend a river for the purpose of spawning.
- A pleasure trip.
- A voyage.
- a small stream
- the pouring forth of a fluid
- a regular trip
- unrestricted freedom to use
- an unbroken chronological sequence
- (American football) a play in which a player attempts to carry the ball through or past the opposing team
- the production achieved during a continuous period of operation (of a machine or factory etc.)
- the act of testing something
- the continuous period of time during which something (a machine or a factory) operates or continues in operation
- a race between candidates for elective office
- a race run on foot
- a short trip
- an unbroken series of events
- the act of running; traveling on foot at a fast pace
- a score in baseball made by a runner touching all four bases safely
- a row of unravelled stitches
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- someone whose occupation is repairing and maintaining automobiles
- a craftsman skilled in operating machine tools
- (gambling) A cheat who manipulates the cards or dice.
- (now chiefly historical) A manual worker; a labourer or artisan.
- (video games, tabletop games) A function, rule or other implementation that dictates gameplay; a ludeme, a feature.
- A device, method or means; a function.
- Someone who builds or repairs machinery, a technician; now specifically, someone who works with and repairs the mechanical parts of a motor vehicle, aircraft or similar.
- (slang) A hitman.
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- Related to mechanics (the design and construction of machines).
- relating to or concerned with machinery or tools
- Using mechanics (the design and construction of machines): being a machine.
- (of a person) Acting as if one were a machine: lifeless or mindless.
- Related to mechanics (the branch of physics that deals with forces acting on matter).
- (figurative) As if performed by a machine: lifeless, mindless, thoughtless, automatic.
- Relating to the mechanics of a game.
- Done by machine.
- (informal) Handy with machines.
- relating to or governed by or in accordance with mechanics
- using (or as if using) mechanisms or tools or devices
noun
- (science fiction) A robot or mechanical creature.
- One who does manual labor, especially one who is similar to Shakespeare's rude mechanicals
- (cycling) An instance of equipment failure.
- (music) A stop on an organ that is operated by a hand or foot control rather than having to be manually set up in advance.
- (advertising) Manually created layout of artwork that is camera ready for photographic reproduction.
- (engineering) A mechanical engineer.
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- The action of the verb to drive in any sense.
- In particular, the action of operating a motor vehicle.
- (golf) The act of driving the ball; hitting the ball a long distance, especially from the tee to the putting green.
- the act of controlling and steering the movement of a vehicle or animal
- hitting a golf ball off of a tee with a driver
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- relating to or concerned with machinery or tools
- of or relating to technique or proficiency in a practical skill
- characterizing or showing skill in or specialized knowledge of applied arts and sciences
- of or relating to or requiring special knowledge to be understood
- resulting from or dependent on market factors rather than fundamental economic considerations
- according to strict interpretation of the law or set of rules
- of or relating to a practical subject that is organized according to scientific principles
- (of a person) Technically minded; adept with science and technology.
- Specifically related to a particular discipline.
- (by extension) difficult to understand for those not specialized in this discipline.
- Of or related to technology.
- In the strictest sense, but not practically or meaningfully.
- (securities and other markets) Relating to the internal mechanics of a market rather than more basic factors.
- Relating to, or requiring, technique.
- Requiring advanced techniques for successful completion.
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- (basketball) a foul that can be assessed on a player or a coach or a team for unsportsmanlike conduct; does not usually involve physical contact during play
- a pickup truck with a gun mounted on it
- Ellipsis of technical examination.
- (basketball) Ellipsis of technical foul.
- (video games) A special move in certain fighting games that cancels out the effect of an opponent's attack.
- A pickup truck with a gun mounted on it.
- (informal, countable, uncountable) Ellipsis of technical rehearsal.
- Ellipsis of technical school.
- Ellipsis of technical course.