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noun
- Material for any structure.
- (uncountable) Trees in a forest regarded as a source of wood.
- (outside Canada, US, uncountable) Wood that has been pre-cut and is ready for use in construction.
- (countable) A heavy wooden beam, generally a whole log that has been squared off and used to provide heavy support for something such as a roof.
- (cricket, slang) The stumps.
- (firearms, informal) The wooden stock of a rifle or shotgun.
- a beam made of wood
- (music) the distinctive property of a complex sound (a voice or noise or musical sound)
- a post made of wood
- the wood of trees cut and prepared for use as building material
- land that is covered with trees and shrubs
intj
verb
noun
- construction of something by whatever material are available
- (countable) Something constructed with whatever materials were available at the time.
- (uncountable) Construction using whatever materials were available at the time.
- (countable) An instance of this rhetorical style's use, or a work produced with its use.
- (uncountable) A rhetorical style that brings together excerpts or samples of others' rhetoric in some constructive way (to produce, for example, synthesis, extension, or beauty).
noun
- A block of any various dense materials.
- A small mass of baked dough, especially a thin loaf from unleavened dough.
- (slang) A pair of buttocks, especially one that is exceptionally plump or full.
- (pyrotechnics) A multishot fireworks assembly comprising several tubes, each with a fireworks effect, lit by a single fuse.
- (slang) Ellipsis of piece of cake: a trivially easy task or responsibility.
- A rich, sweet dessert food, typically made of flour, sugar, and eggs and baked in an oven, and often covered in icing.
- Used to describe the doctrine of having one's cake and eating it too.
- (slang) Money.
- A thin wafer-shaped mass of fried batter; a griddlecake or pancake.
- small flat mass of chopped or ground food
- food made from or based on a mixture of flour, sugar, eggs, and fat, typically cooked in an oven
- a block of solid substance (such as soap or wax)
verb
noun
- material suitable for manufacture or use or finishing
- a short U-shaped wire nail
- paper fastener consisting of a short length of U-shaped wire that can fasten papers together
- a natural fiber (raw cotton, wool, hemp, flax) that can be twisted to form yarn
- (usually in the plural) a necessary commodity for which demand is constant
- A basic or essential supply.
- A wire fastener, made of thin wire, used to secure stacks of paper by penetrating all the sheets and curling around.
- A wire fastener, in any of various sizes, used to secure something else by penetrating and curling.
- One of a set of U-shaped metal rods hammered into a structure, such as a piling or wharf, which serve as a ladder.
- A recurring topic, character, or item.
- A U-shaped wire fastener, made of thick wire, used to attach fence wire or other material to posts or structures.
- Unmanufactured material; raw material.
- a type of two-pronged fastener, usually metal, used for joining, gathering, or binding materials together.
- A small pit.
- (now historical) A town containing merchants who have exclusive right, under royal authority, to purchase or produce certain goods for export; also, the body of such merchants seen as a group.
- (mining) A shaft, smaller and shorter than the principal one, joining different levels.
- (by extension) Place of supply; source.
- The principal commodity produced in a town or region.
- Short fiber, as of cotton, sheep’s wool, or the like, which can be spun into yarn or thread.
- A district granted to an abbey.
adj
- necessary or important, especially regarding food or commodities
- Fit to be sold; marketable.
- Regularly produced or manufactured in large quantities; belonging to wholesale traffic; principal; chief.
- Relating to, or being market of staple for, commodities.
- Established in commerce; occupying the markets; settled.
verb
noun
- any material that fills a space or container
- Inexpensive material used to occupy empty spaces, especially in construction.
- a quantity sufficient to satisfy
- The filling of a container or area.
- (archaeology) Soil and/or human-created debris discovered within a cavity or cut in the layers and exposed by excavation; fill soil.
- (music) A short passage, riff, or rhythmic sound that helps to keep the listener's attention during a break between the phrases of a melody.
- An amount that fills a container.
- (film, television) Ellipsis of fill light.
- (after a possessive) A sufficient or more than sufficient amount.
- (weaving) The weft yarn.
- (crosswording) The answers in a crossword puzzle that are not part of the theme.
- An embankment, as in railroad construction, to fill a hollow or ravine; also, the place which is to be filled.
- One of the thills or shafts of a carriage.
verb
- appoint someone to (a position or a job)
- become full
- assume, as of positions or roles
- plug with a substance
- fill to satisfaction
- eat until one is sated
- occupy the whole of
- make full, also in a metaphorical sense
- fill, satisfy or meet a want or need or condition or restriction
- To enter (something), making it full.
- (transitive) To block, obstruct
- To occupy fully, to take up all of.
- (of containers, cavities, or the like)
- (transitive, slang, vulgar, of a male) To have sexual intercourse with (a female).
- (transitive, slang, vulgar, of a male) To ejaculate inside someone or something.
- (transitive) To satisfy or obey (an order, request, or requirement).
- (transitive) To install someone, or be installed, in (a position or office), eliminating a vacancy.
- To become pervaded with something.
- (transitive) To supply fully with food; to feed; to satisfy.
- (transitive) To treat (a tooth) by adding a dental filling to it.
- To add contents to (a container, cavity, or the like) so that it is full.
- (transitive, nautical) To trim (a yard) so that the wind blows on the after side of the sails.
noun
- any material that fills a space or container
- flow into something (as a container)
- (dentistry) a dental appliance consisting of any of various substances (as metal or plastic) inserted into a prepared cavity in a tooth
- the yarn woven across the warp yarn in weaving
- a food mixture used to fill pastry or sandwiches etc.
- the act of filling something
- Prepared wort added to ale to cleanse it.
- The contents of a pie, etc.
- Anything that is used to fill something.
- (dentistry) Any material used to fill a cavity in a tooth or the result of using such material.
- (Protestantism) A religious experience attributed to the Holy Ghost "filling" a believer.
- The woof in woven fabrics.
adj
verb
prep
- From a given material as means of construction.
- Not in (a given state, condition).
- Taken from among; expressing a fraction of (a larger number);
- Not within a given space, area etc.
- (nautical) Stating the port in which a boat has been registered.
- So as no longer to be in a given condition or state.
- Without; no longer in possession of.
- (now chiefly horse breeding) Born from a given mother.
- (informal) In a manner based in but not always in (a certain place); (loosely) in.
- From the inside to the outside of.
- From a given cause or motivation.
- (often informal) expression of how distant a person, an event or object is.
- (informal) From a thing or place as a source, place of origin etc.
adv
verb
- To install certain building materials, laying one thing on top of another.
- (law) To state; to allege.
- (military) To point; to aim.
- To present or offer.
- simple past of lie (“to be oriented in a horizontal position, situated”)
- (printing) To place (new type) properly in the cases.
- (nautical) To take a position; to come or go.
- To place down in a position of rest, or in a horizontal position.
- To deposit (a stake) as a wager; to stake; to risk.
- To produce and deposit an egg or eggs.
- To impose (a burden, punishment, command, tax, etc.).
- (of e.g. wind) To subside or abate.
- To bet (that something is or is not the case).
- To prepare (a plan, project etc.); to set out, establish (a law, principle).
- (proscribed, see usage notes) To lie: to rest in a horizontal position on a surface.
- To impute; to charge; to allege.
- To produce and deposit (an egg or eggs).
- (slang) To have sex with.
- (Judaism, transitive) To don or put on (tefillin (phylacteries)).
- To apply; to put.
- (ropemaking) To put the strands of (a rope, a cable, etc.) in their proper places and twist or unite them.
- (printing) To place and arrange (pages) for a form upon the imposing stone.
- put in a horizontal position
- put into a certain place or abstract location
- prepare or position for action or operation
- impose as a duty, burden, or punishment
- lay eggs
adj
noun
- A share of the profits in a business.
- A ballad or sung poem; a short poem or narrative, usually intended to be sung.
- Arrangement or relationship; layout.
- (colloquial) A casual sexual partner.
- A lyrical, narrative poem written in octosyllabic couplets that often deals with tales of adventure and romance.
- The laying of eggs.
- (colloquial) An act of sexual intercourse.
- A lake.
- The direction a rope is twisted.
- a narrative song with a recurrent refrain
- a narrative poem of popular origin
noun
- building material consisting of a piece of rock hewn in a definite shape for a special purpose
- a lack of feeling or expression or movement
- the hard inner (usually woody) layer of the pericarp of some fruits (as peaches or plums or cherries or olives) that contains the seed
- an avoirdupois unit used to measure the weight of a human body; equal to 14 pounds
- a lump or mass of hard consolidated mineral matter
- a crystalline rock that can be cut and polished for jewelry
- material consisting of the aggregate of minerals like those making up the Earth's crust
- (medicine) A hard, stone-like deposit.
- (botany) The central part of some fruits, particularly drupes; consisting of the seed and a hard endocarp layer.
- A monument to the dead; a gravestone or tombstone.
- (countable, geology) A piece of such material: a rock or a pebble.
- (uncountable, geology) A hard earthen substance that can form rocks; especially, such substance when regarded as a building material.
- (British) A unit of weight equal to 14 pounds (≈6.3503 kilograms), formerly used for various commodities (wool, cheese, etc.), but now principally used for personal weight. Abbreviated as st.
- (curling) A 42-pound, precisely shaped piece of granite with a handle attached, which is bowled down the ice.
- A dull light grey or beige, like that of some stones.
- (board games) A playing piece made of any hard material, used in various board games such as backgammon and go.
- (printing, historical) A stand or table with a smooth, flat top of stone, commonly marble, on which to arrange the pages of a book, newspaper, etc. before printing.
- A gemstone, a jewel, especially a diamond.
adj
verb
- kill by throwing stones at
- remove the pits from
- (intransitive) To form a stone during growth, with reference to fruit etc.
- (transitive) To wall or wall up with stones.
- (intransitive, Singapore, slang) To do nothing, to stare blankly into space and not pay attention when relaxing or when bored.
- (transitive, slang) Especially of cannabis or narcotics: To intoxicate. (Usually in passive)
- (transitive) To lap with an abrasive stone to remove surface irregularities.
- (transitive) To remove a stone from (fruit etc.).
- (transitive) To pelt with stones; especially, to kill by pelting with stones.
adv
noun
- Similar supporting material used for construction work, or in film, theater, etc.
- Dress; tackle; especially (nautical), the ropes, chains, etc., that support the masts and spars of a sailing vessel, and serve as purchases for adjusting the sails, etc.
- (Japanese fiction, moe anthropomorphism) The shiplike mechanical components and weaponry attached to a shipgirl.
- gear consisting of ropes etc. supporting a ship's masts and sails
- formation of masts, spars, sails, etc., on a vessel
verb
noun
verb
noun
- Anything that has been constructed.
- The meaning or interpretation of a text, action etc.; the way something is viewed by an observer or onlooker.
- The act or result of construing the meaning of something.
- A building, model or some other structure.
- The trade of building structures.
- The manner in which something is built.
- The process of constructing.
- (art) A (usually non-representational) structure, such as a collage etc.
- (grammar) A group of words arranged to form a meaningful phrase.
- (geometry) A geometric figure of arcs and line segments that is drawable with a straightedge and compass.
- the creation of a construct; the process of combining ideas into a congruous object of thought
- the commercial activity involved in repairing old structures or constructing new ones
- a group of words that form a constituent of a sentence and are considered as a single unit
- a thing constructed; a complex entity constructed of many parts
- drawing a figure satisfying certain conditions as part of solving a problem or proving a theorem
- an interpretation of a text or action
- the act of constructing something
noun
- (countable) A specific grade or type of this construction material.
- (uncountable) Construction material supplied in sheets, and made of three or more layers of wood veneer glued together, laid up with alternating layers having their grain perpendicular to each other.
- a laminate made of thin layers of wood
verb
adj
- capable of being molded or modeled (especially of earth or clay or other soft material)
- susceptible to being led or directed
- of or relating to the craft of pottery
- (figuratively) Capable of being led or directed
- (of an art work or artifact) Molded of clay or earth
- Capable of being molded into the shape of an artifact or art work
- (pottery) Of or relating to earthenware
adj
- capable of being molded or modeled (especially of earth or clay or other soft material)
- capable of being influenced or formed
- forming or capable of forming or molding or fashioning
- (figurative, derogatory) Inferior or not the real thing.
- Of or pertaining to the inelastic, non-brittle, deformation of a material.
- Made of plastic.
- (informal, birdwatching, of a species or individual bird) Introduced, rather than native or naturally vagrant.
- (biology) Capable of adapting to varying conditions; characterized by environmental adaptability.
- (figurative, informal, of a person) Fake, insincere, especially in a shallow and conformist way pretending to smoothness and glossy flawlessness.
- (informal, birdwatching, of an individual bird) Escaped from captivity, rather than wild.
- Capable of being moulded; malleable, flexible, pliant.
noun
- a card (usually plastic) that assures a seller that the person using it has sufficient means of payment and that the issuer will see to it that the seller receives payment for the merchandise delivered
- generic name for certain synthetic or semisynthetic materials that can be molded or extruded into objects or films or filaments or used for making e.g. coatings and adhesives
- (slang, countable) An instance of plastic surgery.
- (slang) Synonym of Plastic Paddy.
- (colloquial, metonymic) Credit or debit cards used in place of cash to buy goods and services.
- A synthetic, solid, hydrocarbon-based polymer, whether thermoplastic or thermosetting.
- (figurative, slang) Insincerity; fakeness; a person who is fake or arrogant, or believes that they are better than the rest of the population; a narcissistic, affected person.
noun
- providing something with a surface of a different material
- a lining applied to the edge of a garment for ornamentation or strengthening
- an ornamental coating to a building
- a protective covering that protects the outside of a building
- (military, usually in the plural) The movement of soldiers by turning on their heels to the right, left, or about.
- (military, in the plural) The collar and cuffs of a military coat, commonly of a different colour from the rest of the coat.
- (metalworking) A powdered substance, such as charcoal or bituminous coal, applied to the face of a mould, or mixed with the sand that forms it, to give a fine smooth surface to the casting.
- (sewing) Fabric applied to a garment edge on the underside.
- The most external portion of exterior siding.
adj
verb
noun
- providing something with a surface of a different material
- the act of attaching an inside lining (to a garment or curtain etc.)
- a protective covering that protects an inside surface
- a piece of cloth that is used as the inside surface of a garment
- The material used for such a covering.
- A covering for the inside surface of something.
- The act of attaching such a covering.
verb
noun
- Any material structure or edifice built on something else; that which is raised on a foundation or basis.
- (British, railroad) The sleepers and fastenings, in distinction from the roadbed.
- (sometimes figurative) All that part of a building above the basement.
- (Marxism) The social sphere of ideology which includes religion, art, politics, law and all traditional values.
- (nautical) Any structure built above the top full deck (FM 55-501).
- structure consisting of the part of a ship above the main deck
noun
- Any vertical part of a structure.
- A word clued by the successive initial, middle, or final letters of the cross-lights in a double acrostic or triple acrostic.
- (informal) Short for upright piano
- Ellipsis of upright vacuum cleaner.
- (slang) A leg.
- (informal) Short for upright arcade game cabinet
- (sports) A goal post.
- a vertical structural member as a post or stake
- a piano with a vertical sounding board
adj
- (figuratively) Of good morals; practicing ethical values.
- Vertical; erect.
- (of a golf club) Having the head approximately at a right angle with the shaft.
- In its proper orientation; not overturned.
- Greater in height than breadth.
- upright in position or posture
- in a vertical position; not sloping
- of moral excellence
adv
verb
noun
- Anything composed of parts fitted and united together; a fabric; a structure.
- A rigid, generally rectangular mounting for paper, canvas or other flexible material.
- a structure supporting or containing something
- (Internet) An individually scrollable region of a webpage.
- (mathematics) A complete lattice in which meets distribute over arbitrary joins.
- A piece of photographic film containing an image.
- A context for understanding or interpretation.
- (genetics, "reading frame") A way of dividing nucleotide sequences into a set of consecutive triplets.
- (computing) A form of knowledge representation in artificial intelligence.
- (electronics, film, animation, video games) A division of time on a multimedia timeline, such as 1/30 or 1/60 of a second.
- (snooker) A complete game of snooker, from break-off until all the balls (or as many as necessary to win) have been potted.
- (philately) The outer circle of a cancellation mark.
- (baseball, slang) An inning.
- (crime) A conspiracy to falsely incriminate an innocent person.
- (operating systems) Clipping of page frame or memory frame.
- (philately) The outer decorated portion of a stamp's image, often repeated on several issues although the inner picture may change.
- (bowling) A set of balls whose results are added together for scoring purposes. Usually two balls, but only one ball in the case of a strike, and three balls in the case of a strike or a spare in the last frame of a game.
- A human body or the structure thereof; the size, shape, sturdiness etc. of a person's body as described in a certain way; one's build.
- (horticulture) A movable structure used for the cultivation or the sheltering of plants.
- The structural elements of a building or other constructed object.
- (networking) An independent chunk of data sent over a network.
- (bowling) The complete set of pins to be knocked down in their starting configuration.
- an application that divides the user's display into two or more windows that can be scrolled independently
- (baseball) one of nine divisions of play during which each team has a turn at bat
- a single drawing in a comic strip
- a single one of a series of still transparent pictures forming a cinema, television or video film
- alternative names for the body of a human being
- a system of assumptions and standards that sanction behavior and give it meaning
- a framework that supports and protects a picture or a mirror
- the hard structure (bones and cartilages) that provides a frame for the body of an animal
- the framework for a pair of eyeglasses
- the internal supporting structure that gives an artifact its shape
- one of the ten divisions into which bowling is divided
verb
- (transitive) To fit, as for a specific end or purpose; make suitable or comfortable; adapt; adjust.
- (transitive) To construct by fitting together or uniting various parts; fabricate by union of constituent parts.
- (transitive) Of a constructed object such as a building, to put together the structural elements.
- (intransitive, dialectal) To move.
- (tennis) To hit (the ball) with the frame of the racquet rather than the strings (normally a mishit).
- (transitive) Of a picture such as a painting or photograph, to place inside a decorative border.
- (intransitive, dialectal, mining) To wash ore with the aid of a frame.
- (transitive, criminology) Conspire to falsely incriminate an innocent person.
- (transitive) To bring or put into form or order; adjust the parts or elements of; compose; contrive; plan; devise.
- (transitive) To position visually within a fixed boundary.
- (transitive) To construct in words so as to establish a context for understanding or interpretation.
- construct by fitting or uniting parts together
- formulate in a particular style or language
- take or catch as if in a snare or trap
- make up plans or basic details for
- enclose in or as if in a frame
- enclose in a frame, as of a picture
noun
- a sheet of metal or wood or glass or plastic
- the positively charged electrode in a vacuum tube
- the thin under portion of the forequarter
- a shallow receptacle for collection in church
- any flat platelike body structure or part
- a flat sheet of metal or glass on which a photographic image can be recorded
- a metal sheathing of uniform thickness (such as the shield attached to an artillery piece to protect the gunners)
- dish on which food is served or from which food is eaten
- structural member consisting of a horizontal beam that provides bearing and anchorage
- a dental appliance that artificially replaces missing teeth
- a rigid layer of the Earth's crust that is believed to drift slowly
- (baseball) base consisting of a rubber slab where the batter stands; it must be touched by a base runner in order to score
- a full-page illustration (usually on slick paper)
- the quantity contained in a plate
- a main course served on a plate
- (geology) A tectonic plate.
- (hat-making) The fine nap (as of beaver, musquash, etc.) on a hat whose body is made from inferior material.
- (music) A record, usually vinyl.
- (dentistry) A shaped and fitted surface, usually ceramic or metal that fits into the mouth and in which teeth are implanted; a dental plate.
- A prize given to the winner in a contest.
- (printing, photography) An image or copy.
- Precious metal, especially silver.
- A material covered with such a layer.
- (printing, publishing) An illustration in a book, either black and white, or colour, usually on a page of paper of different quality from the text pages.
- The contents of such a dish.
- (chemistry) Any flat piece of material such as coated glass or plastic.
- (historical) Plate armor.
- (engineering, electricity) A flat electrode such as can be found in an accumulator battery, or in an electrolysis tank.
- A slightly curved but almost flat dish from which food is served or eaten.
- (Australia) A VIN plate, particularly with regard to the car's year of manufacture.
- (aviation, travel industry, by extension) The ability of a travel agent to issue tickets on behalf of a particular airline.
- (uncountable) Such dishes collectively.
- (construction) A horizontal framing member at the top or bottom of a group of vertical studs.
- (baseball) Home plate.
- (military) trauma plate.
- (heraldry) A roundel of silver or argent.
- (especially Australia; metonymic, plural only) Vehicle license plates, registration plates.
- One of the thin parts of the brisket of an animal.
- (figuratively) An agenda of tasks, problems, or responsibilities
- A taxi permit, especially of a metal disc.
- (printing) An engraved surface used to transfer an image to paper.
- (Cockney rhyming slang) A person's foot.
- (engineering, electricity) The anode of a vacuum tube.
- (herpetology) Any of various larger scales found in some reptiles.
- (weightlifting) A weighted disk, usually of metal, with a hole in the center for use with a barbell, dumbbell, or exercise machine.
- A flat object of uniform thickness.
- (slang, seduction community) Any of the potential romantic or sexual partners with whom a person keeps in touch as part of plate spinning.
- A course at a meal.
- (Lego building) A Lego piece that is thin, 1/3 the height of a brick, and has studs on top.
- (furriers' slang) Skins for fur linings of garments, sewn together and roughly shaped, but not finally cut or fitted.
- A layer of a material on the surface of something, usually qualified by the type of the material; plating
- A very light steel horseshoe for racehorses.
verb
- coat with a layer of metal
- (baseball) To score a run.
- (transitive) To beat into thin plates.
- (philately, particularly with early British stamps) To identify the printing plate used.
- (cooking, photography) To place the various elements of a meal on the diner's plate prior to serving.
- (transitive) To arm or defend with metal plates.
- (philately) to categorise stamps based on their position on the original sheet, in order to reconstruct an entire sheet.
- To cover the surface material of an object with a thin coat of another material, usually a metal.
- (aviation, travel industry) To specify which airline a ticket will be issued on behalf of.
noun
verb
adj
- Of a building or other thing, capable of being constructed.
- Of a land, suitable or allowable for constructing a building on.
- (geometry, of a regular polygon) That can be constructed in a plane using only a pair of compasses and a straightedge.
- (mathematics, of a complex number) Such that the line segment joining it to the origin can be constructed using only a pair of compasses and a straightedge.
- (algebraic geometry, of a subset of the spectrum of a noetherian ring) Admitting description as a finite union of locally closed (with respect to the Zariski topology) sets.
noun
- (countable) Anything erected or built.
- (countable) A penis or clitoris that is erect.
- (uncountable or countable, ecclesiastical) Formal approval and official establishment of an institution such as a society or a monastery by higher church authorities.
- (uncountable, physiology, of a penis or clitoris) The state or quality of being erect from engorgement with blood.
- (uncountable, physiology) The physiological process by which erectile tissue, such as a penis or clitoris, becomes erect by being engorged with blood.
- (uncountable) The act of building or putting up or together of something.
- an erect penis
- the act of building or putting up
- a structure that has been erected
verb
noun
verb
noun
- creating figures or designs in three dimensions
- a three-dimensional work of plastic art
- Works of art created by sculpting, as a group.
- (countable) A three-dimensional work of art created by shaping malleable objects and letting them harden or by chipping away pieces from a rock (sculpting).
- (zoology) The three-dimensional ornamentation on the outer surface of a shell.
- (countable) More generally (since modernism), a three-dimensional work of art of any material or of mixed materials, whether sculpted, assembled, found, constructed or created using multiple techniques.
noun
- Any bulky piece as cut from the above, used as timber, fuel etc.
- (nautical) A floating device, usually of wood, used in navigation to estimate the speed of a vessel through water.
- Synonym of logarithm.
- A unit of length equivalent to 16 feet, used for measuring timber, especially the trunk of a tree.
- (figuratively) A blockhead; a very stupid person.
- A logbook, or journal of a vessel's (or aircraft's) progress.
- (vulgar) A piece of feces, especially a relatively long, solid one, resembling a tree log.
- (mining) A weight or block near the free end of a hoisting rope to prevent it from being drawn through the sheave.
- The trunk of a dead tree, cleared of branches.
- (vulgar) A penis.
- (surfing slang) A heavy longboard.
- A chronological record of actions, performances, computer/network usage, etc.
- Anything shaped like a log; a cylinder.
- (sciences) A difference of one in the logarithm, usually in base 10; an order of magnitude.
- (computer science) Specifically, an append-only sequential record of events written to a file, display, or other data stream.
- (figuratively) A rolled cake with filling.
- (historical units of measure) A Hebrew unit of liquid volume (about ¹⁄₃ liter).
- a segment of the trunk of a tree when stripped of branches
- a written record of events on a voyage (of a ship or plane)
- measuring instrument that consists of a float that trails from a ship by a knotted line in order to measure the ship's speed through the water
- the exponent required to produce a given number
- a written record of messages sent or received
verb
- (intransitive) To cut down trees in an area, harvesting and transporting the logs as wood.
- (transitive) To cut trees into logs.
- (transitive) To travel (a distance) as shown in a logbook.
- (transitive) To make, to add an entry (or more) in a log or logbook.
- (transitive) To cut down (trees).
- (video games) To log out; to disconnect from an online video game.
- (transitive) To travel at a specified speed, as ascertained by a chip log.
- cut lumber, as in woods and forests
- enter into a log, as on ships and planes
verb
- To shape, form, or improve a material.
- shape, form, or improve a material
- (intransitive) To do a specific task by employing physical or mental powers.
- To force to work.
- (transitive) To move or progress slowly [with one's way].
- (intransitive, figuratively) To influence.
- Said of one's job title [with as].
- General use, said of either fellow employees or instruments or clients [with with].
- (intransitive) To ferment.
- (transitive) To cause to ferment.
- (transitive) To embroider with thread.
- (transitive) To work or operate in, through, or by means of.
- (transitive) To cause to move slowly or with difficulty.
- (ditransitive, poetic) To cause (someone) to feel (something); to do unto somebody (something, whether good or bad).
- (law) To cause to happen or to occur as a consequence.
- (intransitive) To function correctly; to act as intended; to achieve the goal designed for.
- (intransitive) To move in an agitated manner.
- (intransitive) To behave in a certain way when handled
- Said of a company or individual who employs [with for].
- To set into action.
- To exhaust, by working.
- To provoke or excite; to influence.
- Said of one's workplace (building), or one's department, or one's trade (sphere of business) [with in or at].
- (slang, transitive) To pull off; to wear, perform, etc. successfully or to advantage.
- (LGBTQ slang, intransitive) To perform with a confident attitude, particularly as a drag queen.
- (intransitive) To move or progress slowly or with difficulty; to proceed with effort.
- (transitive) To work or operate in a certain place, area, or speciality.
- To use or manipulate to one’s advantage.
- provoke or excite
- have an effect or outcome; often the one desired or expected
- prepare for crops
- arrive at a certain condition through repeated motion
- operate in or through
- to mix into a homogeneous mass
- behave in a certain way when handled
- move in an agitated manner
- move into or onto
- proceed towards a goal or along a path or through an activity
- operate in a certain place, area, or specialty
- cause to work
- cause to happen or to occur as a consequence
- use or manipulate to one's advantage
- exert oneself by doing mental or physical work for a purpose or out of necessity; work
- find the solution to (a problem or question) or understand the meaning of
- proceed along a path
- make something, usually for a specific function
- give a workout to
- cause to operate or function
- go sour or spoil
- gratify and charm, usually in order to influence
- perform as expected when applied
- be employed
- have and exert influence or effect
- cause to undergo fermentation
noun
- (mining) Ore before it is dressed.
- Effort expended on a particular task.
- (physics, more generally) A measure of energy that is usefully extracted from a process: applied productively.
- (uncountable, often in combination) The result of a particular manner of production.
- The place where one is employed.
- (LGBTQ slang) The confident attitude of a drag queen.
- Labour, occupation, job.
- (countable) A fortification.
- (slang, plural only) The equipment needed to inject a drug (syringes, needles, swabs etc.)
- Something on which effort is expended.
- (prison slang) Prison gang violence.
- (uncountable, slang, professional wrestling) The staging of events to appear as real.
- Sustained effort to overcome obstacles and achieve a result.
- (uncountable, often in combination) Something produced using the specified material or tool.
- (physics) A measure of energy expended in moving an object; most commonly, force times distance. No work is done if the object does not move.
- (euphemistic) Cosmetic surgery.
- (countable) A literary, artistic, or intellectual production; a creative work.
- (by extension) One's employer.
- the occupation for which you are paid
- a place where work is done
- applying the mind to learning and understanding a subject (especially by reading)
- activity directed toward making or doing something
- a product produced or accomplished through the effort or activity or agency of a person or thing
- (physics) a manifestation of energy; the transfer of energy from one physical system to another expressed as the product of a force and the distance through which it moves a body in the direction of that force
- the total output of a writer or artist (or a substantial part of it)
noun
- Material used for making boxes or casing.
- (construction) Casing.
- (object-oriented programming) Automatic conversion of value types to objects by wrapping them within a heap-allocated reference type.
- (sports) A sport where two opponents punch each other with gloved fists to head and torso; the object being to score more points by the end of the match or by knockout, or technical knockout.
- the enclosure of something in a package or box
- fighting with the fists
verb
noun
- (figurative) Any composite structure made from diverse elements.
- A piece of artwork created by placing colored squares (usually tiles) in a pattern so as to create a picture.
- A composite picture made from overlapping photographs.
- Pixelization. (a method of censorship)
- (phytopathology) Any of several viral diseases that cause mosaic-like patterns to appear on leaves.
- (genetics) An individual composed of two or more cell lines of different genetic or chromosomal constitution, but from the same zygote.
- viral disease in solanaceous plants (tomatoes, potatoes, tobacco) resulting in mottling and often shriveling of the leaves
- art consisting of a design made of small pieces of colored stone or glass
- transducer formed by the light-sensitive surface on a television camera tube
- a pattern resembling a mosaic
- arrangement of aerial photographs forming a composite picture
adj
verb
noun
- A structural material that gains its strength from a combination of complementary materials.
- (chiefly law enforcement) A drawing, photograph, etc. that combines several separate pictures or images.
- A mixture of different components.
- (fraternities) A framed photo board composed of many individual photos of fraternity or sorority members.
- (school yearbook) The separate pages of individual student photos that form the main section.
- (mathematics) A function of a function.
- (mathematics) Clipping of composite number.
- (uncommon) A segment, subset.
- (botany) A plant belonging to the family Asteraceae, syn. Compositae.
- (rail transport, UK) A railway carriage with compartments for two different classes of travel; see Composite Corridor.
- a conceptual whole made up of complicated and related parts
- considered the most highly evolved dicotyledonous plants, characterized by florets arranged in dense heads that resemble single flowers
adj
- (botany) Belonging to the Asteraceae family (formerly known as Compositae), bearing involucrate heads of many small florets.
- (mathematics) Having factors other than itself and one; not prime and not one.
- (architecture) Being a mixture of Ionic and Corinthian styles.
- (photography, historical) Employing multiple exposures on a single plate, so as to create an average view of something, such as faces in physiognomy.
- Made up of multiple components; compound or complex.
- of or relating to or belonging to the plant family Compositae
- consisting of separate interconnected parts
verb
noun
adj
verb
noun
- A similar material used for exterior walls.
- (uncountable) A paste applied to the skin for healing or cosmetic purposes.
- (uncountable) A mixture of lime or gypsum, sand, and water, sometimes with the addition of fibres, that hardens to a smooth solid and is used for coating walls and ceilings.
- (countable, British, New Zealand, Canada) A small adhesive bandage to cover a minor wound; a sticking plaster.
- (by ellipsis, uncountable) Plaster of Paris.
- (countable) A cast made of plaster of Paris and gauze; a plaster cast.
- a medical dressing consisting of a soft heated mass of meal or clay that is spread on a cloth and applied to the skin to treat inflamed areas or improve circulation etc.
- a surface of hardened plaster (as on a wall or ceiling)
- a mixture of lime or gypsum with sand and water; hardens into a smooth solid; used to cover walls and ceilings
- adhesive tape used in dressing wounds
- any of several gypsum cements; a white powder (a form of calcium sulphate) that forms a paste when mixed with water and hardens into a solid; used in making molds and sculptures and casts for broken limbs
verb
- (transitive, figurative) To smooth over.
- (transitive) To smear with some viscous or liquid substance.
- (transitive) To cover or coat something with plaster; to render.
- (transitive) To apply a plaster to.
- (transitive, figurative) To bombard heavily or overwhelmingly; to overwhelm (with weapons fire).
- (transitive) To hide or cover up, as if with plaster; to cover thickly.
- affix conspicuously
- apply a plaster cast to
- dress by covering with a therapeutic substance
- coat with plaster
- cover conspicuously or thickly, as by pasting something on
- apply a heavy coat to
noun
- a prefabricated structure
- A prefabricated section of a building.
- (British) A single-storey prefabricated home built in many British cities immediately after World War II, intended to have a short life, but in a few cases still in use.
- (programming) A reusable object in a video game world.
- A prefabricated building.
adj
verb
noun
- Any surface, especially a front or outer one.
- (anatomy) The front part of the head of a human or other animal, featuring the eyes, nose, and mouth, and the surrounding area.
- (geometry) Any of the flat bounding surfaces of a polyhedron; more generally, any of the bounding pieces of a polytope of any dimension.
- Good reputation; standing, in the eyes of others; dignity; prestige.
- Shameless confidence; boldness; effrontery.
- (card games) The side of the card that shows its value (as opposed to the back side, which looks the same on all cards of the deck).
- Public image; outward appearance.
- (golf) The part of a golf club that hits the ball.
- (typography) A typeface.
- A mode of regard, whether favourable or unfavourable; favour or anger.
- (synecdochic) A person; the self; (reflexively) oneself.
- (mining) The exposed surface of the mineral deposit where it is being mined. Also the exposed end surface of a tunnel where digging may still be in progress.
- The directed force of something.
- (heraldry) The head of a lion, shown face-on and cut off immediately behind the ears.
- (mechanics) The width of a pulley, or the length of a cog from end to end.
- (slang) The mouth.
- (slang) Makeup; one's complete facial cosmetic application.
- (professional wrestling, slang) A headlining wrestler with a persona embodying heroic or virtuous traits and who is regarded as a "good guy", especially one who is handsome and well-conditioned; a baby face.
- (video games, TCGs, uncountable) The player character, especially as opposed to minions or other entities which might absorb damage instead of the player character.
- The frontal aspect of something.
- (informal) A familiar or well-known person; a member of a particular scene, such as the music or fashion scene.
- (figurative) Presence; sight; front.
- The numbered dial of a clock or watch; the clock face.
- (informal) The amount expressed on a bill, note, bond, etc., without any interest or discount; face value.
- (cricket) The front surface of a bat.
- An aspect of the character or nature of someone or something.
- (in expressions such as make a face) A distorted facial expression; an expression of displeasure, insult, etc.
- One's facial expression.
- a part of a person that is used to refer to a person
- the general outward appearance of something
- a surface forming part of the outside of an object
- status in the eyes of others
- a vertical surface of a building or cliff
- impudent aggressiveness
- the feelings expressed on a person's face
- the part of an animal corresponding to the human face
- the front of the human head from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear
- the striking or working surface of an implement
- a specific size and style of type within a type family
- the side upon which the use of a thing depends (usually the most prominent surface of an object)
- a contorted facial expression
verb
- (transitive, of a person or animal) To position oneself or itself so as to have one's face closest to (something).
- (intransitive, cricket) To be the batsman on strike.
- (engineering) To make the surface of (anything) flat or smooth; to dress the face of (a stone, a casting, etc.); especially, in turning, to shape or smooth the flat (transverse) surface of, as distinguished from the cylindrical (axial) surface.
- (transitive, retail) To improve the display of stock by ensuring items aren't upside down or back to front and are pulled forwards.
- (transitive) To line near the edge, especially with a different material.
- (transitive) To cover in front, for ornament, protection, etc.; to put a facing upon.
- To cover with better, or better appearing, material than the mass consists of, for purpose of deception, as the surface of a box of tea, a barrel of sugar, etc.
- (intransitive) To have the front in a certain direction.
- (transitive) To have as an opponent.
- (transitive) To deal with (a difficult situation or person); to accept (facts, reality, etc.) even when undesirable.
- (transitive, of an object) To have its front closest to, or in the direction of (something else).
- (transitive) To cause (something) to turn or present a face or front, as in a particular direction.
- (transitive) To be presented or confronted with; to have in prospect.
- present somebody with something, usually to accuse or criticize
- line the edge (of a garment) with a different material
- be opposite
- deal with (something unpleasant) head on
- cover the front or surface of
- oppose, as in hostility or a competition
- turn so as to expose the face
- be oriented in a certain direction, often with respect to another reference point; be opposite to
- turn so as to face; turn the face in a certain direction
noun
- The physical material of a building.
- A material made of fibers; especially, a woven one.
- (computing) Interconnected nodes that look like a textile fabric when diagrammed.
- (figurative) The framework underlying a structure.
- (archaeology) The fired clay material of pottery artifacts.
- (petrology) The appearance of crystalline grains in a rock.
- The texture of a cloth.
- artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers
- the underlying structure
verb
noun
- A structural support comprising a length of wood, steel, or other construction material.
- (ironworking) The process of building up, heating, and working fagots or piles to form bars, etc.
- The act of heaping up.
- a column of wood or steel or concrete that is driven into the ground to provide support for a structure
verb
verb
- To form by the accumulation of materials or constituent parts; to build up; to erect.
- (figurative) To cause (a dead person) to live again; to resurrect.
- (metalworking, transitive) To emboss (sheet metal), or to form it into cup-shaped or hollow articles, by hammering, stamping, or spinning.
- To cause something to come to the surface of water.
- Misspelling of raze.
- (law) To create; to constitute (a use, or a beneficial interest in property).
- To establish contact with (e.g., by telephone or radio).
- To bring into being; to produce; to cause to arise, come forth, or appear.
- (arithmetic) To exponentiate, to involute.
- (physical) To cause to rise; to lift or elevate.
- (nautical) To cause (the land or any other object) to seem higher by drawing nearer to it.
- To collect or amass.
- (linguistics, transitive, of a vowel) To produce a vowel with the tongue positioned closer to the roof of the mouth.
- To increase the nominal value of (a cheque, money order, etc.) by fraudulently changing the writing or printing in which the sum payable is specified.
- (India, transitive) To open, initiate.
- To promote.
- (military, transitive) To relinquish (a siege), or cause this to be done.
- (poker, intransitive) To respond to a bet by increasing the amount required to continue in the hand.
- To mention (a question, issue) for discussion.
- (linguistics, transitive, of a verb) To extract (a subject or other verb argument) out of an inner clause.
- (transitive) To create, increase or develop.
- (military) To remove or break up (a blockade), either by withdrawing the ships or forces employed in enforcing it, or by driving them away or dispersing them.
- To bring up; to grow.
- (programming, transitive) To instantiate and transmit (an exception, by throwing it, or an event).
- To make (bread, etc.) light, as by yeast or leaven.
- raise in rank or condition
- summon into action or bring into existence, often as if by magic
- put forward for consideration or discussion
- give a promotion to or assign to a higher position
- increase the level of
- put an end to a situation
- bid (one's partner's suit) at a higher level
- bring (a surface or a design) into relief and cause to project
- bet more than the previous player
- create a disturbance, especially by making a great noise
- collect funds for a specific purpose
- cause to be heard or known; express or utter
- move upwards
- call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses)
- cause to become alive again
- cause to puff up with a leaven
- raise the level or amount of something
- activate or stir up
- multiply (a number) by itself a specified number of times: 8 is 2 raised to the power 3
- invigorate or heighten
- establish radio communications with
- raise from a lower to a higher position
- construct, build, or erect
- cultivate by growing, often involving improvements by means of agricultural techniques
- pronounce (vowels) by bringing the tongue closer to the roof of the mouth
- register formally as a participant or member
- look after a child until it is an adult
- cause to assemble or enlist in military
noun
- (curling) A shot in which the delivered stone bumps another stone forward.
- (weightlifting) A shoulder exercise in which the arms are elevated against resistance.
- (mining) A shaft or a winze that is dug from below, for purposes such as ventilation, local extraction of ore, or exploration.
- A cairn or pile of stones.
- (poker) A bet that increases the previous bet.
- (US) Ellipsis of pay raise (“an increase in wages or salary”).
- increasing the size of a bet (as in poker)
- the act of raising something
- an upward slope or grade (as in a road)
- the amount a salary is increased
noun
- A quantification, especially of building materials.
- The spot from which one takes off; specifically, the place from which a jumper rises in leaping.
- (printing, UK, historical) The removal of sheets from the press.
- (surfing) The initial movement a surfer makes to start riding a wave.
- A parody or lampoon of someone or something.
- A launch or ascent into the air or into flight, such as of an aircraft, rocket, bird, high-jumper etc.
- a composition that imitates or misrepresents somebody's style, usually in a humorous way
- the initial ascent of an airplane as it becomes airborne
- a departure; especially of airplanes
- humorous or satirical mimicry
noun
- a block of material used in construction work
- a single undivided natural thing occurring in the composition of something else
- (literally) A component that is part of a larger construction, such as a brick or a stone.
- (figuratively) A component that is part of a larger system.
- A block made of wood or plastic that is used as a children's toy and can be stacked or joined to form a larger structure.
noun
- Any flat, normally rectangular piece of stiff paper, plastic, etc.
- A business card.
- (in the plural) Any game using playing cards; a card game.
- (nautical) Ellipsis of compass card.
- A roll or sliver of fibre (as of wool) delivered from a carding machine.
- (Philippines, education) Ellipsis of report card.
- A test card.
- A bank card.
- (textiles) A hand-held tool formed similarly to a hairbrush but with bristles of wire or other rigid material. It is used principally with raw cotton, wool, hair, or other natural fibers to prepare these materials for spinning into yarn or thread on a spinning wheel, with a whorl or other hand-held spindle. The card serves to untangle, clean, remove debris from, and lay the fibers straight.
- (computing) A removable electronic device that may be inserted into a powered electronic device to provide additional capability.
- (uncountable) Paper that is thicker and more durable than normal writing or printing paper, but thinner and more flexible than paperboard, used for postcards, playing cards, etc.; card stock.
- (computing) Any of a set of pages or forms that the user can navigate between, and fill with data, in certain user interfaces.
- A list of scheduled events or of performers or contestants; chiefly used in professional wrestling.
- In formal debating, a verbatim citation used as evidence for a point.
- (graph theory) A graph formed from a given graph by deleting one vertex.
- (television) A title card or intertitle: a piece of filmed, printed text edited into the midst of the photographed action at various points, generally to convey character dialogue or descriptive narrative material related to the plot.
- A greeting card.
- Abbreviation of cardinal (“songbird”).
- Any electronic payment (rather than a cash payment using notes, bills or coins).
- (informal) An amusing or entertaining person, often slightly eccentric.
- (cricket) A tabular presentation of the key statistics of an innings or match: batsmen’s scores and how they were dismissed, extras, total score and bowling figures.
- An indicator card.
- A playing card.
- A resource or argument, used to achieve a purpose. (See play the something card.)
- (weaving) A perforated pasteboard or sheet-metal plate for warp threads, making part of the Jacquard apparatus of a loom.
- a printed circuit that can be inserted into expansion slots in a computer to increase the computer's capabilities
- a card certifying the identity of the bearer
- a sign posted in a public place as an advertisement
- a list of dishes available at a restaurant
- a printed or written greeting that is left to indicate that you have visited
- a rectangular piece of stiff paper used to send messages (may have printed greetings or pictures)
- thin cardboard, usually rectangular
- (golf) a record of scores (as in golf)
- one of a set of small pieces of stiff paper marked in various ways and used for playing games or for telling fortunes
- a witty amusing person who makes jokes
- (baseball) a list of batters in the order in which they will bat
verb
- (transitive, US) To check IDs, especially against a minimum age requirement.
- To scrape or tear someone’s flesh using a metal comb, as a form of torture.
- (transitive, golf) To make (a stated score), as recorded on a scoring card.
- (textiles) To use a carding device to disentangle the fibres of wool prior to spinning.
- (transitive) To comb with a card; to cleanse or disentangle by carding.
- ask someone for identification to determine whether he or she is old enough to consume liquor
- separate the fibers of
noun
- building material consisting of plaster and hair; used to cover external surfaces of temporary structure (as at an exposition) or for decoration
- the body of teachers and administrators at a school
- a rod carried as a symbol
- (music) the system of five horizontal lines on which the musical notes are written
- a strong rod or stick with a specialized utilitarian purpose
- personnel who assist their superior in carrying out an assigned task
- (music, plural staffs or staves) A series of horizontal lines on which musical notes are written; a stave.
- A pole upon which a flag is supported and displayed.
- (military) An establishment of officers in various departments attached to an army, to a section of an army, or to the commander of an army. The general's staff consists of those officers about his person who are employed in carrying his commands into execution.
- A series of verses so disposed that, when it is concluded, the same order begins again; a stanza; a stave.
- A pole, stick, or wand borne as an ensign of authority; a badge of office.
- (engineering) An arbor, as of a wheel or a pinion of a watch.
- (plural staffs or staves) A long, straight, thick wooden rod or stick, especially one used to assist in walking.
- (surgery) The grooved director for the gorget, or knife, used in cutting for stone in the bladder.
- (uncountable) A mixture of plaster and fibre used as a temporary exterior wall covering.ᵂ
- (plural staff or staffs) The employees of a business.
- Misspelling of staph.
verb
adj
- Hastily assembled, arranged or constructed, from whatever materials are to hand, with little or no preparation
- (sports) (of a player) Of a standard high enough to play without a handicap, i.e. to compete without the benefit of a variation in scoring based on ability.
- (computing) Relating to a scratchpad, a data structure or recording medium attached to a machine for testing or temporary use.
- For or consisting of preliminary or tentative, incomplete, etc. work.
noun
- A foul in pool, as where the cue ball is put into a pocket or jumps off the table.
- Poor handwriting; especially, illegibly so.
- (music) A genre of Virgin Islander music, better known as fungi.
- A feed, usually a mixture of a few common grains, given to chickens.
- A starting line (originally and simply, a line scratched in the ground), as in boxing.
- A technical error of touching or surpassing the starting mark prior to the official start signal in the sporting events of long jump, discus, hammer throw, shot put, and similar. Originally the starting mark was a scratch on the ground but is now a board or precisely indicated mark.
- (in the plural) Minute, but tender and troublesome, excoriations, covered with scabs, upon the heels of horses which have been used where it is very wet or muddy.
- (meiosis) A minor injury.
- A disruption, mark or shallow cut on a surface made by scratching.
- (cycling) The last riders to depart in a handicap race.
- An act of scratching the skin to alleviate an itch or irritation.
- Nothing, zero. Used especially in card games or sports, but also expressions like "from scatch".
- (now historical) A scratch wig.
- (horse racing) A horse withdrawn from a race prior to the start.
- (slang) Money; especially, cash.
- a harsh noise made by scraping
- a line indicating the location of the start of a race or a game
- an abraded area where the skin is torn or worn off
- informal terms for money
- (golf) a handicap of zero strokes
- a competitor who has withdrawn from competition
- an indication of damage
- a depression scratched or carved into a surface
- dry mash for poultry
- poor handwriting
verb
- (music) To produce a distinctive sound on a turntable by moving a vinyl record back and forth while manipulating the crossfader (see also scratching).
- (ambitransitive) To dig or excavate with the claws.
- (of a surface) To get such scratches.
- To write or draw hastily or awkwardly; scrawl.
- To rub a surface with a sharp object, especially by a living creature to remove itching with nails, claws, etc.
- Hence, to remove, ignore, or delete.
- To dig or scrape (a person's skin) with claws or fingernails in self-defense or with the intention to injure.
- To cross out, strike out, strike through some text on a page.
- To mark a surface with a sharp object, thereby leaving a scratch (noun).
- (billiards) To commit a foul in pool, as where the cue ball is put into a pocket or jumps off the table.
- (swimming, athletics) To announce one's non-participation in a race or sports event part of a larger sports meeting that one was previously signed up for, usually in lieu of another event at the same meeting.
- To rub the skin with rough material causing a sensation of irritation; to cause itching.
- To irritate someone's skin with one's unshaven beard when kissing.
- scrape or rub as if to relieve itching
- postpone indefinitely or annul something that was scheduled
- gather (money or other resources) together over time
- cause friction
- remove by erasing or crossing out or as if by drawing a line
- cut the surface of; wear away the surface of
- carve, cut, or etch into a material or surface
noun
- Any of various substances designed to extend any of several properties of a material.
- Any substance added to food to bulk it out, with a higher protein content than a filler.
- (linguistics) A phrase that extends an expression to include further members of a set, e.g. "and stuff", "or something".
- Any of various components designed to extend the length of a device.
- (climbing) A runner, or quick-draw.
- One who extends.
noun
- Material for any structure.
- (uncountable) Trees in a forest regarded as a source of wood.
- (outside Canada, US, uncountable) Wood that has been pre-cut and is ready for use in construction.
- (countable) A heavy wooden beam, generally a whole log that has been squared off and used to provide heavy support for something such as a roof.
- (cricket, slang) The stumps.
- (firearms, informal) The wooden stock of a rifle or shotgun.
- a beam made of wood
- (music) the distinctive property of a complex sound (a voice or noise or musical sound)
- a post made of wood
- the wood of trees cut and prepared for use as building material
- land that is covered with trees and shrubs
intj
verb
noun
- construction of something by whatever material are available
- (countable) Something constructed with whatever materials were available at the time.
- (uncountable) Construction using whatever materials were available at the time.
- (countable) An instance of this rhetorical style's use, or a work produced with its use.
- (uncountable) A rhetorical style that brings together excerpts or samples of others' rhetoric in some constructive way (to produce, for example, synthesis, extension, or beauty).
noun
- A block of any various dense materials.
- A small mass of baked dough, especially a thin loaf from unleavened dough.
- (slang) A pair of buttocks, especially one that is exceptionally plump or full.
- (pyrotechnics) A multishot fireworks assembly comprising several tubes, each with a fireworks effect, lit by a single fuse.
- (slang) Ellipsis of piece of cake: a trivially easy task or responsibility.
- A rich, sweet dessert food, typically made of flour, sugar, and eggs and baked in an oven, and often covered in icing.
- Used to describe the doctrine of having one's cake and eating it too.
- (slang) Money.
- A thin wafer-shaped mass of fried batter; a griddlecake or pancake.
- small flat mass of chopped or ground food
- food made from or based on a mixture of flour, sugar, eggs, and fat, typically cooked in an oven
- a block of solid substance (such as soap or wax)
verb
noun
- material suitable for manufacture or use or finishing
- a short U-shaped wire nail
- paper fastener consisting of a short length of U-shaped wire that can fasten papers together
- a natural fiber (raw cotton, wool, hemp, flax) that can be twisted to form yarn
- (usually in the plural) a necessary commodity for which demand is constant
- A basic or essential supply.
- A wire fastener, made of thin wire, used to secure stacks of paper by penetrating all the sheets and curling around.
- A wire fastener, in any of various sizes, used to secure something else by penetrating and curling.
- One of a set of U-shaped metal rods hammered into a structure, such as a piling or wharf, which serve as a ladder.
- A recurring topic, character, or item.
- A U-shaped wire fastener, made of thick wire, used to attach fence wire or other material to posts or structures.
- Unmanufactured material; raw material.
- a type of two-pronged fastener, usually metal, used for joining, gathering, or binding materials together.
- A small pit.
- (now historical) A town containing merchants who have exclusive right, under royal authority, to purchase or produce certain goods for export; also, the body of such merchants seen as a group.
- (mining) A shaft, smaller and shorter than the principal one, joining different levels.
- (by extension) Place of supply; source.
- The principal commodity produced in a town or region.
- Short fiber, as of cotton, sheep’s wool, or the like, which can be spun into yarn or thread.
- A district granted to an abbey.
adj
- necessary or important, especially regarding food or commodities
- Fit to be sold; marketable.
- Regularly produced or manufactured in large quantities; belonging to wholesale traffic; principal; chief.
- Relating to, or being market of staple for, commodities.
- Established in commerce; occupying the markets; settled.
verb
noun
- any material that fills a space or container
- Inexpensive material used to occupy empty spaces, especially in construction.
- a quantity sufficient to satisfy
- The filling of a container or area.
- (archaeology) Soil and/or human-created debris discovered within a cavity or cut in the layers and exposed by excavation; fill soil.
- (music) A short passage, riff, or rhythmic sound that helps to keep the listener's attention during a break between the phrases of a melody.
- An amount that fills a container.
- (film, television) Ellipsis of fill light.
- (after a possessive) A sufficient or more than sufficient amount.
- (weaving) The weft yarn.
- (crosswording) The answers in a crossword puzzle that are not part of the theme.
- An embankment, as in railroad construction, to fill a hollow or ravine; also, the place which is to be filled.
- One of the thills or shafts of a carriage.
verb
- appoint someone to (a position or a job)
- become full
- assume, as of positions or roles
- plug with a substance
- fill to satisfaction
- eat until one is sated
- occupy the whole of
- make full, also in a metaphorical sense
- fill, satisfy or meet a want or need or condition or restriction
- To enter (something), making it full.
- (transitive) To block, obstruct
- To occupy fully, to take up all of.
- (of containers, cavities, or the like)
- (transitive, slang, vulgar, of a male) To have sexual intercourse with (a female).
- (transitive, slang, vulgar, of a male) To ejaculate inside someone or something.
- (transitive) To satisfy or obey (an order, request, or requirement).
- (transitive) To install someone, or be installed, in (a position or office), eliminating a vacancy.
- To become pervaded with something.
- (transitive) To supply fully with food; to feed; to satisfy.
- (transitive) To treat (a tooth) by adding a dental filling to it.
- To add contents to (a container, cavity, or the like) so that it is full.
- (transitive, nautical) To trim (a yard) so that the wind blows on the after side of the sails.
noun
- any material that fills a space or container
- flow into something (as a container)
- (dentistry) a dental appliance consisting of any of various substances (as metal or plastic) inserted into a prepared cavity in a tooth
- the yarn woven across the warp yarn in weaving
- a food mixture used to fill pastry or sandwiches etc.
- the act of filling something
- Prepared wort added to ale to cleanse it.
- The contents of a pie, etc.
- Anything that is used to fill something.
- (dentistry) Any material used to fill a cavity in a tooth or the result of using such material.
- (Protestantism) A religious experience attributed to the Holy Ghost "filling" a believer.
- The woof in woven fabrics.
adj
verb
noun
- building material consisting of a piece of rock hewn in a definite shape for a special purpose
- a lack of feeling or expression or movement
- the hard inner (usually woody) layer of the pericarp of some fruits (as peaches or plums or cherries or olives) that contains the seed
- an avoirdupois unit used to measure the weight of a human body; equal to 14 pounds
- a lump or mass of hard consolidated mineral matter
- a crystalline rock that can be cut and polished for jewelry
- material consisting of the aggregate of minerals like those making up the Earth's crust
- (medicine) A hard, stone-like deposit.
- (botany) The central part of some fruits, particularly drupes; consisting of the seed and a hard endocarp layer.
- A monument to the dead; a gravestone or tombstone.
- (countable, geology) A piece of such material: a rock or a pebble.
- (uncountable, geology) A hard earthen substance that can form rocks; especially, such substance when regarded as a building material.
- (British) A unit of weight equal to 14 pounds (≈6.3503 kilograms), formerly used for various commodities (wool, cheese, etc.), but now principally used for personal weight. Abbreviated as st.
- (curling) A 42-pound, precisely shaped piece of granite with a handle attached, which is bowled down the ice.
- A dull light grey or beige, like that of some stones.
- (board games) A playing piece made of any hard material, used in various board games such as backgammon and go.
- (printing, historical) A stand or table with a smooth, flat top of stone, commonly marble, on which to arrange the pages of a book, newspaper, etc. before printing.
- A gemstone, a jewel, especially a diamond.
adj
verb
- kill by throwing stones at
- remove the pits from
- (intransitive) To form a stone during growth, with reference to fruit etc.
- (transitive) To wall or wall up with stones.
- (intransitive, Singapore, slang) To do nothing, to stare blankly into space and not pay attention when relaxing or when bored.
- (transitive, slang) Especially of cannabis or narcotics: To intoxicate. (Usually in passive)
- (transitive) To lap with an abrasive stone to remove surface irregularities.
- (transitive) To remove a stone from (fruit etc.).
- (transitive) To pelt with stones; especially, to kill by pelting with stones.
adv
noun
- Similar supporting material used for construction work, or in film, theater, etc.
- Dress; tackle; especially (nautical), the ropes, chains, etc., that support the masts and spars of a sailing vessel, and serve as purchases for adjusting the sails, etc.
- (Japanese fiction, moe anthropomorphism) The shiplike mechanical components and weaponry attached to a shipgirl.
- gear consisting of ropes etc. supporting a ship's masts and sails
- formation of masts, spars, sails, etc., on a vessel
verb
noun
verb
noun
- Anything that has been constructed.
- The meaning or interpretation of a text, action etc.; the way something is viewed by an observer or onlooker.
- The act or result of construing the meaning of something.
- A building, model or some other structure.
- The trade of building structures.
- The manner in which something is built.
- The process of constructing.
- (art) A (usually non-representational) structure, such as a collage etc.
- (grammar) A group of words arranged to form a meaningful phrase.
- (geometry) A geometric figure of arcs and line segments that is drawable with a straightedge and compass.
- the creation of a construct; the process of combining ideas into a congruous object of thought
- the commercial activity involved in repairing old structures or constructing new ones
- a group of words that form a constituent of a sentence and are considered as a single unit
- a thing constructed; a complex entity constructed of many parts
- drawing a figure satisfying certain conditions as part of solving a problem or proving a theorem
- an interpretation of a text or action
- the act of constructing something
noun
- (countable) A specific grade or type of this construction material.
- (uncountable) Construction material supplied in sheets, and made of three or more layers of wood veneer glued together, laid up with alternating layers having their grain perpendicular to each other.
- a laminate made of thin layers of wood
verb
noun
- providing something with a surface of a different material
- a lining applied to the edge of a garment for ornamentation or strengthening
- an ornamental coating to a building
- a protective covering that protects the outside of a building
- (military, usually in the plural) The movement of soldiers by turning on their heels to the right, left, or about.
- (military, in the plural) The collar and cuffs of a military coat, commonly of a different colour from the rest of the coat.
- (metalworking) A powdered substance, such as charcoal or bituminous coal, applied to the face of a mould, or mixed with the sand that forms it, to give a fine smooth surface to the casting.
- (sewing) Fabric applied to a garment edge on the underside.
- The most external portion of exterior siding.
adj
verb
noun
- providing something with a surface of a different material
- the act of attaching an inside lining (to a garment or curtain etc.)
- a protective covering that protects an inside surface
- a piece of cloth that is used as the inside surface of a garment
- The material used for such a covering.
- A covering for the inside surface of something.
- The act of attaching such a covering.
verb
noun
- Any material structure or edifice built on something else; that which is raised on a foundation or basis.
- (British, railroad) The sleepers and fastenings, in distinction from the roadbed.
- (sometimes figurative) All that part of a building above the basement.
- (Marxism) The social sphere of ideology which includes religion, art, politics, law and all traditional values.
- (nautical) Any structure built above the top full deck (FM 55-501).
- structure consisting of the part of a ship above the main deck
noun
- Any vertical part of a structure.
- A word clued by the successive initial, middle, or final letters of the cross-lights in a double acrostic or triple acrostic.
- (informal) Short for upright piano
- Ellipsis of upright vacuum cleaner.
- (slang) A leg.
- (informal) Short for upright arcade game cabinet
- (sports) A goal post.
- a vertical structural member as a post or stake
- a piano with a vertical sounding board
adj
- (figuratively) Of good morals; practicing ethical values.
- Vertical; erect.
- (of a golf club) Having the head approximately at a right angle with the shaft.
- In its proper orientation; not overturned.
- Greater in height than breadth.
- upright in position or posture
- in a vertical position; not sloping
- of moral excellence
adv
verb
noun
- Anything composed of parts fitted and united together; a fabric; a structure.
- A rigid, generally rectangular mounting for paper, canvas or other flexible material.
- a structure supporting or containing something
- (Internet) An individually scrollable region of a webpage.
- (mathematics) A complete lattice in which meets distribute over arbitrary joins.
- A piece of photographic film containing an image.
- A context for understanding or interpretation.
- (genetics, "reading frame") A way of dividing nucleotide sequences into a set of consecutive triplets.
- (computing) A form of knowledge representation in artificial intelligence.
- (electronics, film, animation, video games) A division of time on a multimedia timeline, such as 1/30 or 1/60 of a second.
- (snooker) A complete game of snooker, from break-off until all the balls (or as many as necessary to win) have been potted.
- (philately) The outer circle of a cancellation mark.
- (baseball, slang) An inning.
- (crime) A conspiracy to falsely incriminate an innocent person.
- (operating systems) Clipping of page frame or memory frame.
- (philately) The outer decorated portion of a stamp's image, often repeated on several issues although the inner picture may change.
- (bowling) A set of balls whose results are added together for scoring purposes. Usually two balls, but only one ball in the case of a strike, and three balls in the case of a strike or a spare in the last frame of a game.
- A human body or the structure thereof; the size, shape, sturdiness etc. of a person's body as described in a certain way; one's build.
- (horticulture) A movable structure used for the cultivation or the sheltering of plants.
- The structural elements of a building or other constructed object.
- (networking) An independent chunk of data sent over a network.
- (bowling) The complete set of pins to be knocked down in their starting configuration.
- an application that divides the user's display into two or more windows that can be scrolled independently
- (baseball) one of nine divisions of play during which each team has a turn at bat
- a single drawing in a comic strip
- a single one of a series of still transparent pictures forming a cinema, television or video film
- alternative names for the body of a human being
- a system of assumptions and standards that sanction behavior and give it meaning
- a framework that supports and protects a picture or a mirror
- the hard structure (bones and cartilages) that provides a frame for the body of an animal
- the framework for a pair of eyeglasses
- the internal supporting structure that gives an artifact its shape
- one of the ten divisions into which bowling is divided
verb
- (transitive) To fit, as for a specific end or purpose; make suitable or comfortable; adapt; adjust.
- (transitive) To construct by fitting together or uniting various parts; fabricate by union of constituent parts.
- (transitive) Of a constructed object such as a building, to put together the structural elements.
- (intransitive, dialectal) To move.
- (tennis) To hit (the ball) with the frame of the racquet rather than the strings (normally a mishit).
- (transitive) Of a picture such as a painting or photograph, to place inside a decorative border.
- (intransitive, dialectal, mining) To wash ore with the aid of a frame.
- (transitive, criminology) Conspire to falsely incriminate an innocent person.
- (transitive) To bring or put into form or order; adjust the parts or elements of; compose; contrive; plan; devise.
- (transitive) To position visually within a fixed boundary.
- (transitive) To construct in words so as to establish a context for understanding or interpretation.
- construct by fitting or uniting parts together
- formulate in a particular style or language
- take or catch as if in a snare or trap
- make up plans or basic details for
- enclose in or as if in a frame
- enclose in a frame, as of a picture
noun
- a sheet of metal or wood or glass or plastic
- the positively charged electrode in a vacuum tube
- the thin under portion of the forequarter
- a shallow receptacle for collection in church
- any flat platelike body structure or part
- a flat sheet of metal or glass on which a photographic image can be recorded
- a metal sheathing of uniform thickness (such as the shield attached to an artillery piece to protect the gunners)
- dish on which food is served or from which food is eaten
- structural member consisting of a horizontal beam that provides bearing and anchorage
- a dental appliance that artificially replaces missing teeth
- a rigid layer of the Earth's crust that is believed to drift slowly
- (baseball) base consisting of a rubber slab where the batter stands; it must be touched by a base runner in order to score
- a full-page illustration (usually on slick paper)
- the quantity contained in a plate
- a main course served on a plate
- (geology) A tectonic plate.
- (hat-making) The fine nap (as of beaver, musquash, etc.) on a hat whose body is made from inferior material.
- (music) A record, usually vinyl.
- (dentistry) A shaped and fitted surface, usually ceramic or metal that fits into the mouth and in which teeth are implanted; a dental plate.
- A prize given to the winner in a contest.
- (printing, photography) An image or copy.
- Precious metal, especially silver.
- A material covered with such a layer.
- (printing, publishing) An illustration in a book, either black and white, or colour, usually on a page of paper of different quality from the text pages.
- The contents of such a dish.
- (chemistry) Any flat piece of material such as coated glass or plastic.
- (historical) Plate armor.
- (engineering, electricity) A flat electrode such as can be found in an accumulator battery, or in an electrolysis tank.
- A slightly curved but almost flat dish from which food is served or eaten.
- (Australia) A VIN plate, particularly with regard to the car's year of manufacture.
- (aviation, travel industry, by extension) The ability of a travel agent to issue tickets on behalf of a particular airline.
- (uncountable) Such dishes collectively.
- (construction) A horizontal framing member at the top or bottom of a group of vertical studs.
- (baseball) Home plate.
- (military) trauma plate.
- (heraldry) A roundel of silver or argent.
- (especially Australia; metonymic, plural only) Vehicle license plates, registration plates.
- One of the thin parts of the brisket of an animal.
- (figuratively) An agenda of tasks, problems, or responsibilities
- A taxi permit, especially of a metal disc.
- (printing) An engraved surface used to transfer an image to paper.
- (Cockney rhyming slang) A person's foot.
- (engineering, electricity) The anode of a vacuum tube.
- (herpetology) Any of various larger scales found in some reptiles.
- (weightlifting) A weighted disk, usually of metal, with a hole in the center for use with a barbell, dumbbell, or exercise machine.
- A flat object of uniform thickness.
- (slang, seduction community) Any of the potential romantic or sexual partners with whom a person keeps in touch as part of plate spinning.
- A course at a meal.
- (Lego building) A Lego piece that is thin, 1/3 the height of a brick, and has studs on top.
- (furriers' slang) Skins for fur linings of garments, sewn together and roughly shaped, but not finally cut or fitted.
- A layer of a material on the surface of something, usually qualified by the type of the material; plating
- A very light steel horseshoe for racehorses.
verb
- coat with a layer of metal
- (baseball) To score a run.
- (transitive) To beat into thin plates.
- (philately, particularly with early British stamps) To identify the printing plate used.
- (cooking, photography) To place the various elements of a meal on the diner's plate prior to serving.
- (transitive) To arm or defend with metal plates.
- (philately) to categorise stamps based on their position on the original sheet, in order to reconstruct an entire sheet.
- To cover the surface material of an object with a thin coat of another material, usually a metal.
- (aviation, travel industry) To specify which airline a ticket will be issued on behalf of.
noun
verb
noun
- (countable) Anything erected or built.
- (countable) A penis or clitoris that is erect.
- (uncountable or countable, ecclesiastical) Formal approval and official establishment of an institution such as a society or a monastery by higher church authorities.
- (uncountable, physiology, of a penis or clitoris) The state or quality of being erect from engorgement with blood.
- (uncountable, physiology) The physiological process by which erectile tissue, such as a penis or clitoris, becomes erect by being engorged with blood.
- (uncountable) The act of building or putting up or together of something.
- an erect penis
- the act of building or putting up
- a structure that has been erected
noun
- Any bulky piece as cut from the above, used as timber, fuel etc.
- (nautical) A floating device, usually of wood, used in navigation to estimate the speed of a vessel through water.
- Synonym of logarithm.
- A unit of length equivalent to 16 feet, used for measuring timber, especially the trunk of a tree.
- (figuratively) A blockhead; a very stupid person.
- A logbook, or journal of a vessel's (or aircraft's) progress.
- (vulgar) A piece of feces, especially a relatively long, solid one, resembling a tree log.
- (mining) A weight or block near the free end of a hoisting rope to prevent it from being drawn through the sheave.
- The trunk of a dead tree, cleared of branches.
- (vulgar) A penis.
- (surfing slang) A heavy longboard.
- A chronological record of actions, performances, computer/network usage, etc.
- Anything shaped like a log; a cylinder.
- (sciences) A difference of one in the logarithm, usually in base 10; an order of magnitude.
- (computer science) Specifically, an append-only sequential record of events written to a file, display, or other data stream.
- (figuratively) A rolled cake with filling.
- (historical units of measure) A Hebrew unit of liquid volume (about ¹⁄₃ liter).
- a segment of the trunk of a tree when stripped of branches
- a written record of events on a voyage (of a ship or plane)
- measuring instrument that consists of a float that trails from a ship by a knotted line in order to measure the ship's speed through the water
- the exponent required to produce a given number
- a written record of messages sent or received
verb
- (intransitive) To cut down trees in an area, harvesting and transporting the logs as wood.
- (transitive) To cut trees into logs.
- (transitive) To travel (a distance) as shown in a logbook.
- (transitive) To make, to add an entry (or more) in a log or logbook.
- (transitive) To cut down (trees).
- (video games) To log out; to disconnect from an online video game.
- (transitive) To travel at a specified speed, as ascertained by a chip log.
- cut lumber, as in woods and forests
- enter into a log, as on ships and planes
noun
- Material used for making boxes or casing.
- (construction) Casing.
- (object-oriented programming) Automatic conversion of value types to objects by wrapping them within a heap-allocated reference type.
- (sports) A sport where two opponents punch each other with gloved fists to head and torso; the object being to score more points by the end of the match or by knockout, or technical knockout.
- the enclosure of something in a package or box
- fighting with the fists
verb
noun
- (figurative) Any composite structure made from diverse elements.
- A piece of artwork created by placing colored squares (usually tiles) in a pattern so as to create a picture.
- A composite picture made from overlapping photographs.
- Pixelization. (a method of censorship)
- (phytopathology) Any of several viral diseases that cause mosaic-like patterns to appear on leaves.
- (genetics) An individual composed of two or more cell lines of different genetic or chromosomal constitution, but from the same zygote.
- viral disease in solanaceous plants (tomatoes, potatoes, tobacco) resulting in mottling and often shriveling of the leaves
- art consisting of a design made of small pieces of colored stone or glass
- transducer formed by the light-sensitive surface on a television camera tube
- a pattern resembling a mosaic
- arrangement of aerial photographs forming a composite picture
adj
verb
noun
- A structural material that gains its strength from a combination of complementary materials.
- (chiefly law enforcement) A drawing, photograph, etc. that combines several separate pictures or images.
- A mixture of different components.
- (fraternities) A framed photo board composed of many individual photos of fraternity or sorority members.
- (school yearbook) The separate pages of individual student photos that form the main section.
- (mathematics) A function of a function.
- (mathematics) Clipping of composite number.
- (uncommon) A segment, subset.
- (botany) A plant belonging to the family Asteraceae, syn. Compositae.
- (rail transport, UK) A railway carriage with compartments for two different classes of travel; see Composite Corridor.
- a conceptual whole made up of complicated and related parts
- considered the most highly evolved dicotyledonous plants, characterized by florets arranged in dense heads that resemble single flowers
adj
- (botany) Belonging to the Asteraceae family (formerly known as Compositae), bearing involucrate heads of many small florets.
- (mathematics) Having factors other than itself and one; not prime and not one.
- (architecture) Being a mixture of Ionic and Corinthian styles.
- (photography, historical) Employing multiple exposures on a single plate, so as to create an average view of something, such as faces in physiognomy.
- Made up of multiple components; compound or complex.
- of or relating to or belonging to the plant family Compositae
- consisting of separate interconnected parts
verb
noun
adj
verb
noun
- A similar material used for exterior walls.
- (uncountable) A paste applied to the skin for healing or cosmetic purposes.
- (uncountable) A mixture of lime or gypsum, sand, and water, sometimes with the addition of fibres, that hardens to a smooth solid and is used for coating walls and ceilings.
- (countable, British, New Zealand, Canada) A small adhesive bandage to cover a minor wound; a sticking plaster.
- (by ellipsis, uncountable) Plaster of Paris.
- (countable) A cast made of plaster of Paris and gauze; a plaster cast.
- a medical dressing consisting of a soft heated mass of meal or clay that is spread on a cloth and applied to the skin to treat inflamed areas or improve circulation etc.
- a surface of hardened plaster (as on a wall or ceiling)
- a mixture of lime or gypsum with sand and water; hardens into a smooth solid; used to cover walls and ceilings
- adhesive tape used in dressing wounds
- any of several gypsum cements; a white powder (a form of calcium sulphate) that forms a paste when mixed with water and hardens into a solid; used in making molds and sculptures and casts for broken limbs
verb
- (transitive, figurative) To smooth over.
- (transitive) To smear with some viscous or liquid substance.
- (transitive) To cover or coat something with plaster; to render.
- (transitive) To apply a plaster to.
- (transitive, figurative) To bombard heavily or overwhelmingly; to overwhelm (with weapons fire).
- (transitive) To hide or cover up, as if with plaster; to cover thickly.
- affix conspicuously
- apply a plaster cast to
- dress by covering with a therapeutic substance
- coat with plaster
- cover conspicuously or thickly, as by pasting something on
- apply a heavy coat to
noun
- a prefabricated structure
- A prefabricated section of a building.
- (British) A single-storey prefabricated home built in many British cities immediately after World War II, intended to have a short life, but in a few cases still in use.
- (programming) A reusable object in a video game world.
- A prefabricated building.
adj
verb
noun
- Any surface, especially a front or outer one.
- (anatomy) The front part of the head of a human or other animal, featuring the eyes, nose, and mouth, and the surrounding area.
- (geometry) Any of the flat bounding surfaces of a polyhedron; more generally, any of the bounding pieces of a polytope of any dimension.
- Good reputation; standing, in the eyes of others; dignity; prestige.
- Shameless confidence; boldness; effrontery.
- (card games) The side of the card that shows its value (as opposed to the back side, which looks the same on all cards of the deck).
- Public image; outward appearance.
- (golf) The part of a golf club that hits the ball.
- (typography) A typeface.
- A mode of regard, whether favourable or unfavourable; favour or anger.
- (synecdochic) A person; the self; (reflexively) oneself.
- (mining) The exposed surface of the mineral deposit where it is being mined. Also the exposed end surface of a tunnel where digging may still be in progress.
- The directed force of something.
- (heraldry) The head of a lion, shown face-on and cut off immediately behind the ears.
- (mechanics) The width of a pulley, or the length of a cog from end to end.
- (slang) The mouth.
- (slang) Makeup; one's complete facial cosmetic application.
- (professional wrestling, slang) A headlining wrestler with a persona embodying heroic or virtuous traits and who is regarded as a "good guy", especially one who is handsome and well-conditioned; a baby face.
- (video games, TCGs, uncountable) The player character, especially as opposed to minions or other entities which might absorb damage instead of the player character.
- The frontal aspect of something.
- (informal) A familiar or well-known person; a member of a particular scene, such as the music or fashion scene.
- (figurative) Presence; sight; front.
- The numbered dial of a clock or watch; the clock face.
- (informal) The amount expressed on a bill, note, bond, etc., without any interest or discount; face value.
- (cricket) The front surface of a bat.
- An aspect of the character or nature of someone or something.
- (in expressions such as make a face) A distorted facial expression; an expression of displeasure, insult, etc.
- One's facial expression.
- a part of a person that is used to refer to a person
- the general outward appearance of something
- a surface forming part of the outside of an object
- status in the eyes of others
- a vertical surface of a building or cliff
- impudent aggressiveness
- the feelings expressed on a person's face
- the part of an animal corresponding to the human face
- the front of the human head from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear
- the striking or working surface of an implement
- a specific size and style of type within a type family
- the side upon which the use of a thing depends (usually the most prominent surface of an object)
- a contorted facial expression
verb
- (transitive, of a person or animal) To position oneself or itself so as to have one's face closest to (something).
- (intransitive, cricket) To be the batsman on strike.
- (engineering) To make the surface of (anything) flat or smooth; to dress the face of (a stone, a casting, etc.); especially, in turning, to shape or smooth the flat (transverse) surface of, as distinguished from the cylindrical (axial) surface.
- (transitive, retail) To improve the display of stock by ensuring items aren't upside down or back to front and are pulled forwards.
- (transitive) To line near the edge, especially with a different material.
- (transitive) To cover in front, for ornament, protection, etc.; to put a facing upon.
- To cover with better, or better appearing, material than the mass consists of, for purpose of deception, as the surface of a box of tea, a barrel of sugar, etc.
- (intransitive) To have the front in a certain direction.
- (transitive) To have as an opponent.
- (transitive) To deal with (a difficult situation or person); to accept (facts, reality, etc.) even when undesirable.
- (transitive, of an object) To have its front closest to, or in the direction of (something else).
- (transitive) To cause (something) to turn or present a face or front, as in a particular direction.
- (transitive) To be presented or confronted with; to have in prospect.
- present somebody with something, usually to accuse or criticize
- line the edge (of a garment) with a different material
- be opposite
- deal with (something unpleasant) head on
- cover the front or surface of
- oppose, as in hostility or a competition
- turn so as to expose the face
- be oriented in a certain direction, often with respect to another reference point; be opposite to
- turn so as to face; turn the face in a certain direction
noun
- The physical material of a building.
- A material made of fibers; especially, a woven one.
- (computing) Interconnected nodes that look like a textile fabric when diagrammed.
- (figurative) The framework underlying a structure.
- (archaeology) The fired clay material of pottery artifacts.
- (petrology) The appearance of crystalline grains in a rock.
- The texture of a cloth.
- artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers
- the underlying structure
verb
noun
- A structural support comprising a length of wood, steel, or other construction material.
- (ironworking) The process of building up, heating, and working fagots or piles to form bars, etc.
- The act of heaping up.
- a column of wood or steel or concrete that is driven into the ground to provide support for a structure
verb
noun
- A quantification, especially of building materials.
- The spot from which one takes off; specifically, the place from which a jumper rises in leaping.
- (printing, UK, historical) The removal of sheets from the press.
- (surfing) The initial movement a surfer makes to start riding a wave.
- A parody or lampoon of someone or something.
- A launch or ascent into the air or into flight, such as of an aircraft, rocket, bird, high-jumper etc.
- a composition that imitates or misrepresents somebody's style, usually in a humorous way
- the initial ascent of an airplane as it becomes airborne
- a departure; especially of airplanes
- humorous or satirical mimicry
noun
- a block of material used in construction work
- a single undivided natural thing occurring in the composition of something else
- (literally) A component that is part of a larger construction, such as a brick or a stone.
- (figuratively) A component that is part of a larger system.
- A block made of wood or plastic that is used as a children's toy and can be stacked or joined to form a larger structure.
noun
- Any flat, normally rectangular piece of stiff paper, plastic, etc.
- A business card.
- (in the plural) Any game using playing cards; a card game.
- (nautical) Ellipsis of compass card.
- A roll or sliver of fibre (as of wool) delivered from a carding machine.
- (Philippines, education) Ellipsis of report card.
- A test card.
- A bank card.
- (textiles) A hand-held tool formed similarly to a hairbrush but with bristles of wire or other rigid material. It is used principally with raw cotton, wool, hair, or other natural fibers to prepare these materials for spinning into yarn or thread on a spinning wheel, with a whorl or other hand-held spindle. The card serves to untangle, clean, remove debris from, and lay the fibers straight.
- (computing) A removable electronic device that may be inserted into a powered electronic device to provide additional capability.
- (uncountable) Paper that is thicker and more durable than normal writing or printing paper, but thinner and more flexible than paperboard, used for postcards, playing cards, etc.; card stock.
- (computing) Any of a set of pages or forms that the user can navigate between, and fill with data, in certain user interfaces.
- A list of scheduled events or of performers or contestants; chiefly used in professional wrestling.
- In formal debating, a verbatim citation used as evidence for a point.
- (graph theory) A graph formed from a given graph by deleting one vertex.
- (television) A title card or intertitle: a piece of filmed, printed text edited into the midst of the photographed action at various points, generally to convey character dialogue or descriptive narrative material related to the plot.
- A greeting card.
- Abbreviation of cardinal (“songbird”).
- Any electronic payment (rather than a cash payment using notes, bills or coins).
- (informal) An amusing or entertaining person, often slightly eccentric.
- (cricket) A tabular presentation of the key statistics of an innings or match: batsmen’s scores and how they were dismissed, extras, total score and bowling figures.
- An indicator card.
- A playing card.
- A resource or argument, used to achieve a purpose. (See play the something card.)
- (weaving) A perforated pasteboard or sheet-metal plate for warp threads, making part of the Jacquard apparatus of a loom.
- a printed circuit that can be inserted into expansion slots in a computer to increase the computer's capabilities
- a card certifying the identity of the bearer
- a sign posted in a public place as an advertisement
- a list of dishes available at a restaurant
- a printed or written greeting that is left to indicate that you have visited
- a rectangular piece of stiff paper used to send messages (may have printed greetings or pictures)
- thin cardboard, usually rectangular
- (golf) a record of scores (as in golf)
- one of a set of small pieces of stiff paper marked in various ways and used for playing games or for telling fortunes
- a witty amusing person who makes jokes
- (baseball) a list of batters in the order in which they will bat
verb
- (transitive, US) To check IDs, especially against a minimum age requirement.
- To scrape or tear someone’s flesh using a metal comb, as a form of torture.
- (transitive, golf) To make (a stated score), as recorded on a scoring card.
- (textiles) To use a carding device to disentangle the fibres of wool prior to spinning.
- (transitive) To comb with a card; to cleanse or disentangle by carding.
- ask someone for identification to determine whether he or she is old enough to consume liquor
- separate the fibers of
noun
- building material consisting of plaster and hair; used to cover external surfaces of temporary structure (as at an exposition) or for decoration
- the body of teachers and administrators at a school
- a rod carried as a symbol
- (music) the system of five horizontal lines on which the musical notes are written
- a strong rod or stick with a specialized utilitarian purpose
- personnel who assist their superior in carrying out an assigned task
- (music, plural staffs or staves) A series of horizontal lines on which musical notes are written; a stave.
- A pole upon which a flag is supported and displayed.
- (military) An establishment of officers in various departments attached to an army, to a section of an army, or to the commander of an army. The general's staff consists of those officers about his person who are employed in carrying his commands into execution.
- A series of verses so disposed that, when it is concluded, the same order begins again; a stanza; a stave.
- A pole, stick, or wand borne as an ensign of authority; a badge of office.
- (engineering) An arbor, as of a wheel or a pinion of a watch.
- (plural staffs or staves) A long, straight, thick wooden rod or stick, especially one used to assist in walking.
- (surgery) The grooved director for the gorget, or knife, used in cutting for stone in the bladder.
- (uncountable) A mixture of plaster and fibre used as a temporary exterior wall covering.ᵂ
- (plural staff or staffs) The employees of a business.
- Misspelling of staph.
verb
noun
- Any of various substances designed to extend any of several properties of a material.
- Any substance added to food to bulk it out, with a higher protein content than a filler.
- (linguistics) A phrase that extends an expression to include further members of a set, e.g. "and stuff", "or something".
- Any of various components designed to extend the length of a device.
- (climbing) A runner, or quick-draw.
- One who extends.
verb
- To install certain building materials, laying one thing on top of another.
- (law) To state; to allege.
- (military) To point; to aim.
- To present or offer.
- simple past of lie (“to be oriented in a horizontal position, situated”)
- (printing) To place (new type) properly in the cases.
- (nautical) To take a position; to come or go.
- To place down in a position of rest, or in a horizontal position.
- To deposit (a stake) as a wager; to stake; to risk.
- To produce and deposit an egg or eggs.
- To impose (a burden, punishment, command, tax, etc.).
- (of e.g. wind) To subside or abate.
- To bet (that something is or is not the case).
- To prepare (a plan, project etc.); to set out, establish (a law, principle).
- (proscribed, see usage notes) To lie: to rest in a horizontal position on a surface.
- To impute; to charge; to allege.
- To produce and deposit (an egg or eggs).
- (slang) To have sex with.
- (Judaism, transitive) To don or put on (tefillin (phylacteries)).
- To apply; to put.
- (ropemaking) To put the strands of (a rope, a cable, etc.) in their proper places and twist or unite them.
- (printing) To place and arrange (pages) for a form upon the imposing stone.
- put in a horizontal position
- put into a certain place or abstract location
- prepare or position for action or operation
- impose as a duty, burden, or punishment
- lay eggs
adj
noun
- A share of the profits in a business.
- A ballad or sung poem; a short poem or narrative, usually intended to be sung.
- Arrangement or relationship; layout.
- (colloquial) A casual sexual partner.
- A lyrical, narrative poem written in octosyllabic couplets that often deals with tales of adventure and romance.
- The laying of eggs.
- (colloquial) An act of sexual intercourse.
- A lake.
- The direction a rope is twisted.
- a narrative song with a recurrent refrain
- a narrative poem of popular origin
verb
noun
verb
noun
- creating figures or designs in three dimensions
- a three-dimensional work of plastic art
- Works of art created by sculpting, as a group.
- (countable) A three-dimensional work of art created by shaping malleable objects and letting them harden or by chipping away pieces from a rock (sculpting).
- (zoology) The three-dimensional ornamentation on the outer surface of a shell.
- (countable) More generally (since modernism), a three-dimensional work of art of any material or of mixed materials, whether sculpted, assembled, found, constructed or created using multiple techniques.
verb
- To shape, form, or improve a material.
- shape, form, or improve a material
- (intransitive) To do a specific task by employing physical or mental powers.
- To force to work.
- (transitive) To move or progress slowly [with one's way].
- (intransitive, figuratively) To influence.
- Said of one's job title [with as].
- General use, said of either fellow employees or instruments or clients [with with].
- (intransitive) To ferment.
- (transitive) To cause to ferment.
- (transitive) To embroider with thread.
- (transitive) To work or operate in, through, or by means of.
- (transitive) To cause to move slowly or with difficulty.
- (ditransitive, poetic) To cause (someone) to feel (something); to do unto somebody (something, whether good or bad).
- (law) To cause to happen or to occur as a consequence.
- (intransitive) To function correctly; to act as intended; to achieve the goal designed for.
- (intransitive) To move in an agitated manner.
- (intransitive) To behave in a certain way when handled
- Said of a company or individual who employs [with for].
- To set into action.
- To exhaust, by working.
- To provoke or excite; to influence.
- Said of one's workplace (building), or one's department, or one's trade (sphere of business) [with in or at].
- (slang, transitive) To pull off; to wear, perform, etc. successfully or to advantage.
- (LGBTQ slang, intransitive) To perform with a confident attitude, particularly as a drag queen.
- (intransitive) To move or progress slowly or with difficulty; to proceed with effort.
- (transitive) To work or operate in a certain place, area, or speciality.
- To use or manipulate to one’s advantage.
- provoke or excite
- have an effect or outcome; often the one desired or expected
- prepare for crops
- arrive at a certain condition through repeated motion
- operate in or through
- to mix into a homogeneous mass
- behave in a certain way when handled
- move in an agitated manner
- move into or onto
- proceed towards a goal or along a path or through an activity
- operate in a certain place, area, or specialty
- cause to work
- cause to happen or to occur as a consequence
- use or manipulate to one's advantage
- exert oneself by doing mental or physical work for a purpose or out of necessity; work
- find the solution to (a problem or question) or understand the meaning of
- proceed along a path
- make something, usually for a specific function
- give a workout to
- cause to operate or function
- go sour or spoil
- gratify and charm, usually in order to influence
- perform as expected when applied
- be employed
- have and exert influence or effect
- cause to undergo fermentation
noun
- (mining) Ore before it is dressed.
- Effort expended on a particular task.
- (physics, more generally) A measure of energy that is usefully extracted from a process: applied productively.
- (uncountable, often in combination) The result of a particular manner of production.
- The place where one is employed.
- (LGBTQ slang) The confident attitude of a drag queen.
- Labour, occupation, job.
- (countable) A fortification.
- (slang, plural only) The equipment needed to inject a drug (syringes, needles, swabs etc.)
- Something on which effort is expended.
- (prison slang) Prison gang violence.
- (uncountable, slang, professional wrestling) The staging of events to appear as real.
- Sustained effort to overcome obstacles and achieve a result.
- (uncountable, often in combination) Something produced using the specified material or tool.
- (physics) A measure of energy expended in moving an object; most commonly, force times distance. No work is done if the object does not move.
- (euphemistic) Cosmetic surgery.
- (countable) A literary, artistic, or intellectual production; a creative work.
- (by extension) One's employer.
- the occupation for which you are paid
- a place where work is done
- applying the mind to learning and understanding a subject (especially by reading)
- activity directed toward making or doing something
- a product produced or accomplished through the effort or activity or agency of a person or thing
- (physics) a manifestation of energy; the transfer of energy from one physical system to another expressed as the product of a force and the distance through which it moves a body in the direction of that force
- the total output of a writer or artist (or a substantial part of it)
verb
- To form by the accumulation of materials or constituent parts; to build up; to erect.
- (figurative) To cause (a dead person) to live again; to resurrect.
- (metalworking, transitive) To emboss (sheet metal), or to form it into cup-shaped or hollow articles, by hammering, stamping, or spinning.
- To cause something to come to the surface of water.
- Misspelling of raze.
- (law) To create; to constitute (a use, or a beneficial interest in property).
- To establish contact with (e.g., by telephone or radio).
- To bring into being; to produce; to cause to arise, come forth, or appear.
- (arithmetic) To exponentiate, to involute.
- (physical) To cause to rise; to lift or elevate.
- (nautical) To cause (the land or any other object) to seem higher by drawing nearer to it.
- To collect or amass.
- (linguistics, transitive, of a vowel) To produce a vowel with the tongue positioned closer to the roof of the mouth.
- To increase the nominal value of (a cheque, money order, etc.) by fraudulently changing the writing or printing in which the sum payable is specified.
- (India, transitive) To open, initiate.
- To promote.
- (military, transitive) To relinquish (a siege), or cause this to be done.
- (poker, intransitive) To respond to a bet by increasing the amount required to continue in the hand.
- To mention (a question, issue) for discussion.
- (linguistics, transitive, of a verb) To extract (a subject or other verb argument) out of an inner clause.
- (transitive) To create, increase or develop.
- (military) To remove or break up (a blockade), either by withdrawing the ships or forces employed in enforcing it, or by driving them away or dispersing them.
- To bring up; to grow.
- (programming, transitive) To instantiate and transmit (an exception, by throwing it, or an event).
- To make (bread, etc.) light, as by yeast or leaven.
- raise in rank or condition
- summon into action or bring into existence, often as if by magic
- put forward for consideration or discussion
- give a promotion to or assign to a higher position
- increase the level of
- put an end to a situation
- bid (one's partner's suit) at a higher level
- bring (a surface or a design) into relief and cause to project
- bet more than the previous player
- create a disturbance, especially by making a great noise
- collect funds for a specific purpose
- cause to be heard or known; express or utter
- move upwards
- call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses)
- cause to become alive again
- cause to puff up with a leaven
- raise the level or amount of something
- activate or stir up
- multiply (a number) by itself a specified number of times: 8 is 2 raised to the power 3
- invigorate or heighten
- establish radio communications with
- raise from a lower to a higher position
- construct, build, or erect
- cultivate by growing, often involving improvements by means of agricultural techniques
- pronounce (vowels) by bringing the tongue closer to the roof of the mouth
- register formally as a participant or member
- look after a child until it is an adult
- cause to assemble or enlist in military
noun
- (curling) A shot in which the delivered stone bumps another stone forward.
- (weightlifting) A shoulder exercise in which the arms are elevated against resistance.
- (mining) A shaft or a winze that is dug from below, for purposes such as ventilation, local extraction of ore, or exploration.
- A cairn or pile of stones.
- (poker) A bet that increases the previous bet.
- (US) Ellipsis of pay raise (“an increase in wages or salary”).
- increasing the size of a bet (as in poker)
- the act of raising something
- an upward slope or grade (as in a road)
- the amount a salary is increased
adj
- capable of being molded or modeled (especially of earth or clay or other soft material)
- susceptible to being led or directed
- of or relating to the craft of pottery
- (figuratively) Capable of being led or directed
- (of an art work or artifact) Molded of clay or earth
- Capable of being molded into the shape of an artifact or art work
- (pottery) Of or relating to earthenware
adj
- capable of being molded or modeled (especially of earth or clay or other soft material)
- capable of being influenced or formed
- forming or capable of forming or molding or fashioning
- (figurative, derogatory) Inferior or not the real thing.
- Of or pertaining to the inelastic, non-brittle, deformation of a material.
- Made of plastic.
- (informal, birdwatching, of a species or individual bird) Introduced, rather than native or naturally vagrant.
- (biology) Capable of adapting to varying conditions; characterized by environmental adaptability.
- (figurative, informal, of a person) Fake, insincere, especially in a shallow and conformist way pretending to smoothness and glossy flawlessness.
- (informal, birdwatching, of an individual bird) Escaped from captivity, rather than wild.
- Capable of being moulded; malleable, flexible, pliant.
noun
- a card (usually plastic) that assures a seller that the person using it has sufficient means of payment and that the issuer will see to it that the seller receives payment for the merchandise delivered
- generic name for certain synthetic or semisynthetic materials that can be molded or extruded into objects or films or filaments or used for making e.g. coatings and adhesives
- (slang, countable) An instance of plastic surgery.
- (slang) Synonym of Plastic Paddy.
- (colloquial, metonymic) Credit or debit cards used in place of cash to buy goods and services.
- A synthetic, solid, hydrocarbon-based polymer, whether thermoplastic or thermosetting.
- (figurative, slang) Insincerity; fakeness; a person who is fake or arrogant, or believes that they are better than the rest of the population; a narcissistic, affected person.
adj
- Of a building or other thing, capable of being constructed.
- Of a land, suitable or allowable for constructing a building on.
- (geometry, of a regular polygon) That can be constructed in a plane using only a pair of compasses and a straightedge.
- (mathematics, of a complex number) Such that the line segment joining it to the origin can be constructed using only a pair of compasses and a straightedge.
- (algebraic geometry, of a subset of the spectrum of a noetherian ring) Admitting description as a finite union of locally closed (with respect to the Zariski topology) sets.
adj
- Hastily assembled, arranged or constructed, from whatever materials are to hand, with little or no preparation
- (sports) (of a player) Of a standard high enough to play without a handicap, i.e. to compete without the benefit of a variation in scoring based on ability.
- (computing) Relating to a scratchpad, a data structure or recording medium attached to a machine for testing or temporary use.
- For or consisting of preliminary or tentative, incomplete, etc. work.
noun
- A foul in pool, as where the cue ball is put into a pocket or jumps off the table.
- Poor handwriting; especially, illegibly so.
- (music) A genre of Virgin Islander music, better known as fungi.
- A feed, usually a mixture of a few common grains, given to chickens.
- A starting line (originally and simply, a line scratched in the ground), as in boxing.
- A technical error of touching or surpassing the starting mark prior to the official start signal in the sporting events of long jump, discus, hammer throw, shot put, and similar. Originally the starting mark was a scratch on the ground but is now a board or precisely indicated mark.
- (in the plural) Minute, but tender and troublesome, excoriations, covered with scabs, upon the heels of horses which have been used where it is very wet or muddy.
- (meiosis) A minor injury.
- A disruption, mark or shallow cut on a surface made by scratching.
- (cycling) The last riders to depart in a handicap race.
- An act of scratching the skin to alleviate an itch or irritation.
- Nothing, zero. Used especially in card games or sports, but also expressions like "from scatch".
- (now historical) A scratch wig.
- (horse racing) A horse withdrawn from a race prior to the start.
- (slang) Money; especially, cash.
- a harsh noise made by scraping
- a line indicating the location of the start of a race or a game
- an abraded area where the skin is torn or worn off
- informal terms for money
- (golf) a handicap of zero strokes
- a competitor who has withdrawn from competition
- an indication of damage
- a depression scratched or carved into a surface
- dry mash for poultry
- poor handwriting
verb
- (music) To produce a distinctive sound on a turntable by moving a vinyl record back and forth while manipulating the crossfader (see also scratching).
- (ambitransitive) To dig or excavate with the claws.
- (of a surface) To get such scratches.
- To write or draw hastily or awkwardly; scrawl.
- To rub a surface with a sharp object, especially by a living creature to remove itching with nails, claws, etc.
- Hence, to remove, ignore, or delete.
- To dig or scrape (a person's skin) with claws or fingernails in self-defense or with the intention to injure.
- To cross out, strike out, strike through some text on a page.
- To mark a surface with a sharp object, thereby leaving a scratch (noun).
- (billiards) To commit a foul in pool, as where the cue ball is put into a pocket or jumps off the table.
- (swimming, athletics) To announce one's non-participation in a race or sports event part of a larger sports meeting that one was previously signed up for, usually in lieu of another event at the same meeting.
- To rub the skin with rough material causing a sensation of irritation; to cause itching.
- To irritate someone's skin with one's unshaven beard when kissing.
- scrape or rub as if to relieve itching
- postpone indefinitely or annul something that was scheduled
- gather (money or other resources) together over time
- cause friction
- remove by erasing or crossing out or as if by drawing a line
- cut the surface of; wear away the surface of
- carve, cut, or etch into a material or surface