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noun
- one part in five equal parts
- position five in a countable series of things
- a quantity of liquor equal to one fifth of a United States gallon
- the musical interval between one note and another five notes away from it
- (music) The musical interval between one note and another five scale degrees higher (the fifth note in a scale)
- (ellipsis) The fifth gear of a transmission.
- (ellipsis or nominalization) The person or thing in the fifth position.
- The fifth voice in a polyphonic melody.
- (US) A quantity of liquor equal to one-fifth of an American gallon, or, more commonly, 750 milliliters (that is, three quarters of a liter).
- One of five equal parts of a whole: one-fifth.
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verb
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- A part; a portion.
- A wide receptacle in which gold grains are separated from gravel by washing the contents with water.
- (music) Ellipsis of steelpan.
- (rail transport, informal) Clipping of pantograph.
- A pond or lake, considered as the expanse of land upon which the water sits.
- A closed vessel for boiling or evaporating as part of manufacture; a vacuum pan.
- A bedpan.
- (South Africa) Synonym of playa lake: a temporary pond or lake in a playa.
- (firearms) The part of a matchlock, flintlock, or wheellock firearm that holds the priming.
- (figurative) The brain, seen as one's intellect.
- (Ireland) A deep plastic receptacle, used for washing or food preparation; a basin.
- (roofing) The bottom flat part of a roofing panel that is between the ribs of the panel.
- (especially South Africa) A dry lake or playa, especially a salt flat.
- A wide, flat receptacle used around the house, especially for cooking.
- A cylindrical receptacle about as tall as it is wide, with one long handle, usually made of metal, used for cooking in the home.
- A sequence in a film in which the camera pans over an area.
- (carpentry) A recess, or bed, for the leaf of a hinge.
- (slang) A human face, a mug.
- (chiefly Ireland) A loaf of bread; a pan-loaf.
- (fortifications) The distance comprised between the angle of the epaule and the flanked angle.
- Ellipsis of salt pan: a flat artificial pond used for collecting minerals from evaporated water.
- A leaf of gold or silver.
- The contents of such a receptacle.
- The skull, considered as a vessel containing the brain; the brainpan.
- Alternative form of paan.
- (geology) Ellipsis of hardpan: a hard substrate such as is formed in pans.
- Strong adverse criticism.
- cooking utensil consisting of a wide metal vessel
- shallow container made of metal
adj
verb
- (imaging, intransitive) To shift an image relative to the display window without changing the viewing scale.
- To join or fit together; to unite.
- (intransitive, with out, to pan out) To turn out well; to be successful.
- (sound engineering, intransitive) (of a sound) To move in the multichannel sound field.
- (photography, intransitive) To move the camera lens angle while continuing to expose the film, enabling a contiguous view and enrichment of context. In still-photography large-group portraits the film usually remains on a horizontal fixed plane as the lens and/or the film holder moves to expose the film laterally. The resulting image may extend a short distance laterally or as great as 360° from the point where the film first began to be exposed.
- (sound engineering, transitive) To spread a sound signal into a new stereo or multichannel sound field, typically giving the impression that it is moving across the sound stage.
- (intransitive) (of a camera) To turn horizontally.
- (transitive) To wash in a pan (of earth, sand etc. when searching for gold).
- (transitive, informal, of a contest) To beat one's opposition convincingly.
- (transitive) To disparage; to belittle; to put down; to harshly criticize, especially a work (book, movie, etc.)
- wash dirt in a pan to separate out the precious minerals
- express a totally negative opinion of
- make a sweeping movement
noun
- One of three equal parts of a whole.
- (uncountable) Ellipsis of third gear (of a gearbox).
- (baseball) third base
- A third-class degree, awarded to the lowest achievers in an honours degree programme
- (music) An interval consisting of the first and third notes in a scale.
- The person or thing in the third position.
- (golf) A handicap of one stroke every third hole.
- the base that must be touched third by a base runner in baseball
- following the second position in an ordering or series
- the third from the lowest forward ratio gear in the gear box of a motor vehicle
- the musical interval between one note and another three notes away from it
- the fielding position of the player on a baseball team who is stationed near the third of the bases in the infield (counting counterclockwise from home plate)
- one of three equal parts of a divisible whole
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noun
- (countable) A piece of this.
- (uncountable) The stratum of the surface of the soil which is filled with the roots of grass, or any portion of that surface; turf; sward.
- (uncountable) Turf grown and cut specifically for the establishment of lawns.
- The rock dove.
- (Australia, colloquial) A damper (bread) which has failed to rise, remaining a flat lump.
- (UK, Ireland, mildly vulgar) Any trifling amount, a bugger, a damn, a jot.
- (UK, Ireland, slang, mildly derogatory, formerly considered vulgar) A person; often qualified with an adjective.
- surface layer of ground containing a mat of grass and grass roots
- someone who engages in anal copulation (especially a male who engages in anal copulation with another male)
- an informal term for a youth or man
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- For one; apiece; per.
- Individually; separately; used in a sentence with a plural subject to indicate that the action or state described by the verb applies to all members of the described group individually, rather than collectively to the entire group.
- to or from every one of two or more (considered individually)
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- To separate (something) into small portions.
- To become separated into small portions.
- (music) Chiefly in rock and heavy metal: to play (a musical instrument (especially a guitar) or a piece of music) very fast and in a way that requires technical skill.
- (cooking) To cut (fruit peel, a vegetable, etc.) into thin strips that curl.
- To destroy (a document) by cutting or tearing into strips or small pieces that cannot easily be read, especially using a shredder.
- To reduce (something) by a large percentage; to slash.
- (bodybuilding) To reduce body weight due to fat and water before a competition.
- (originally US) To convincingly defeat (someone); to thrash, to trounce.
- (snowboarding, surfing) To cut through (snow, water, etc.) swiftly with one's snowboard, surfboard, etc.; (by extension) to move or ride along (a road, track, etc.) aggressively and rapidly.
- (snowboarding, surfing, etc.) To travel swiftly using a snowboard, surfboard, or vehicle.
- To cut or tear (something) into long, narrow pieces or strips.
- tear into shreds
adj
noun
- A fragment of something; a particle; a piece; also, a very small amount.
- (rare) A shard or sherd (“a piece of broken glass or pottery”).
- A long, narrow piece (especially of fabric) cut or torn off; a strip; specifically, a piece of cloth or clothing.
- (cooking) A thin strip of fruit peel, a vegetable, etc., cut so that it curls.
- (by extension) A thin strand or wisp, as of a cloud, mist, etc.
- a small piece of cloth
- a tiny or scarcely detectable amount
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adj
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adj
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verb
noun
- One of six equal parts of a whole.
- one part in six equal parts
- (music) The interval between one note and another, five notes higher in the scale; for example C to A, a major sixth, or C to A flat, a minor sixth.
- (not used in the plural) The person or thing in the sixth position.
- position six in a countable series of things
- the musical interval between one note and another six notes away from it
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verb
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- A portion of anything taken separately; a fragment of a whole; a part.
- A division of land bought and sold as a unit.
- An individual consignment of cargo for shipment, regardless of size and form.
- An indiscriminate or indefinite number, measure, or quantity; a collection; a group.
- A package wrapped for shipment.
- A small amount of food that has been wrapped up, for example a pastry.
- An individual item appearing on an invoice or receipt (only in the phrase bill of parcels).
- a wrapped container
- the allotment of some amount by dividing something
- an extended area of land
- a collection of things wrapped or boxed together
verb
adj
- involving only one part or side
- not reversible or capable of having either side out
- favoring one person or side over another
- (botany) Turned to one side.
- With one competitor dominant over the other.
- Out of proportion or lopsided.
- Partial or biased in favour of one faction or demographic group.
- (logic, of a modality) That is necessarily or absolutely different than the respective coordinate alethic or temporal modality, but not its opposite.
- Having only one side, like a Möbius strip.
noun
- Uma spp.
- especially, Lacerta agilis, a lizard distributed across most of Europe and eastwards to Mongolia.
- Mesalina spp.
- Meroles spp. (desert lizards)
- Pedioplanis spp.
- Heliobolus spp.
- Nucras spp.
- one of the most abundant lizards in the arid western United States
- a common and widely distributed lizard of Europe and central Asia
verb
- To take up a portion of.
- To intrude or interrupt.
- (surfing) To begin riding a wave in front of someone else whose legitimate turn it is.
- To pull in front of another vehicle in traffic, especially to do so dangerously or unfairly.
- To join a queue in the middle, as opposed to at the back.
- (transitive, slang) To include; to allow (someone) to participate in something.
- (transitive, slang) To give (someone) a share of something.
- When painting, to paint edges, corners, or trim in preparation for rolling larger areas.
- (intransitive, slang) To take a share of something; to push one's way into a project, game or plan.
- allow someone to have a share or profit
- interrupt a dancing couple in order to take one of them as one's own partner
- drive in front of another vehicle leaving too little space for that vehicle to maneuver comfortably
- mix in with cutting motions
- break into a conversation
noun
- A small portion
- A tenuous connection.
- Something small and unimportant.
- A distant kinship.
- (by extension) The tail-end or periphery of something.
- The single or split (then rather plural) bottom part of a shirt, below the waist, especially in the back, which, when not tucked into trousers or other vestment, hangs over the wearer's tail-end, like a tail.
- fabric forming the tail of a shirt
- a brief addendum at the end of a newspaper article
noun
- The proportion of different parts to make a whole.
- (printing) Typesetting.
- (mathematics) Applying a function to the result of another.
- (linguistics) The formation of compound words from separate words.
- Synthesis as opposed to analysis.
- A mixture or compound; the result of composing.
- A work of music, literature or art.
- The general makeup of a thing or person.
- (law) an agreement or compromise by which a creditor or group of creditors accepts partial payment from a debtor.
- (object-oriented programming) Way to combine simple objects or data types into more complex ones.
- The act of putting together; assembly.
- (physics) The compounding of two velocities or forces into a single equivalent velocity or force.
- (painting, photography) The arrangement and flow of elements in a picture.
- (chess) A puzzle created by the composer using chess pieces on a chessboard, which presents the solver with a particular task.
- An essay.
- an essay (especially one written as an assignment)
- something that is created by arranging several things to form a unified whole
- musical creation
- the act of creating written works
- art and technique of printing with movable type
- the way in which someone or something is composed
- the spatial property resulting from the arrangement of parts in relation to each other and to the whole
- a mixture of ingredients
- a musical work that has been created
noun
- An amount of work to be done at one time; a unit of piece work.
- (US, colloquial) A gun.
- An article published in the press.
- (US, slang) A cannabis pipe.
- (US, colloquial, mildly vulgar, short for piece of crap/piece of shit) A shoddy or worthless object (usually applied to consumer products like vehicles or appliances).
- (US, colloquial, vulgar) A sexual encounter; from piece of ass or piece of tail.
- (chess) One of the figures used in playing chess, specifically a higher-value figure as distinguished from a pawn; (by extension) those with which draughts, backgammon, and other similar board games are played.
- A part of a larger whole, usually in such a form that it is able to be separated from other parts.
- (Scotland, Ireland, UK, US, dialectal) A slice or other quantity of bread, eaten on its own; a sandwich or light snack.
- A coin, especially one valued at less than the principal unit of currency.
- A single item belonging to a class of similar items.
- An artistic creation, such as a painting, sculpture, musical composition, literary work, etc.
- (US, Canada, colloquial, short for hairpiece) A toupee or wig, especially when worn by a man.
- (military) An artillery gun.
- (US) A pacifier; a dummy.
- (slang) An ounce of a recreational drug.
- (colloquial) A distance.
- (baseball, uncountable) Used to describe a pitch that has been hit but not well, usually either being caught by the opposing team or going foul. Usually used in the past tense with get.
- (rowing) A structured practice row, often used for performance evaluation.
- a portion of a natural object
- a period of indeterminate length (usually short) marked by some action or condition
- game equipment consisting of an object used in playing certain board games
- a share of something
- a separate part of a whole
- a serving that has been cut from a larger portion
- a portable gun
- an instance of some kind
- an item that is an instance of some type
- an artistic or literary composition
- a distance
- a work of art of some artistic value
- a musical work that has been created
verb
- (transitive, usually with together) To assemble (something real or figurative).
- To make, enlarge, or repair, by the addition of a piece or pieces; to patch; often with out.
- (slang) To produce a work of graffiti more complex than a tag.
- eat intermittently; take small bites of
- to join or unite the pieces of
- create by putting components or members together
- join during spinning
- repair by adding pieces
noun
- (countable) Such a piece that has been divided.
- (Philippines) A gated community located within a barangay.
- (countable, uncountable) A division into smaller pieces of something that has already been divided.
- (countable) A group of houses created by the same builder or in the same general area.
- (countable) A parcel of land that has been divided into lots.
- the act of subdividing; division of something previously divided
- a section of a section; a part of a part; i.e., a part of something already divided
- a self-contained part of a larger composition (written or musical)
- a division of some larger or more complex organization
- an area composed of subdivided lots
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adj
noun
- A part; a fragment; a portion.
- Any of various similarly granular materials prepared from other sources, such as bones or wood.
- (countable) Food served or eaten as a repast.
- The ground-up edible part of various grains, used as a basis of food or feed; either flour or a coarser blend than flour (usage varies).
- (UK dialectal) A speck or spot.
- Any of various other granular or powdery materials, either ground by humans or occurring in nature, named figuratively after a resemblance to grain meal.
- (uncountable, informal) A break taken by a police officer in order to eat.
- (countable) Food that is prepared and eaten, usually at a specific time, and usually in a comparatively large quantity.
- any of the occasions for eating food that occur by custom or habit at more or less fixed times
- the food served and eaten at one time
- coarsely ground foodstuff; especially seeds of various cereal grasses or pulse
verb
noun
- one of four equal parts
- the musical interval between one note and another four notes away from it
- following the third position; number four in a countable series
- (chiefly US) A quarter, one of four equal parts of a whole.
- (astronomy, rare) One sixtieth of a third or tierce.
- (in the singular) The person or thing in the fourth position.
- (in the singular) The fourth gear of an engine.
- (music) A musical interval which spans four degrees of the diatonic scale, for example C to F (C D E F).
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- one of four equal parts
- piece of leather that comprises the part of a shoe or boot covering the heel and joining the vamp
- clemency or mercy shown to a defeated opponent
- an unspecified person
- the rear part of a ship
- one of four periods into which the school year is divided
- a fourth part of a year; three months
- a United States or Canadian coin worth one fourth of a dollar
- (football, professional basketball) one of four divisions into which some games are divided
- a quarter of a hundredweight (28 pounds)
- a district of a city having some distinguishing character
- one of the four major division of the compass
- a quarter of a hundredweight (25 pounds)
- a unit of time equal to 15 minutes or a quarter of an hour
- One's residence or dwelling-place; (in plural) rooms, lodgings, especially as allocated to soldiers or domestic staff.
- (farriery) The part on either side of a horse's hoof between the toe and heel, the side of its coffin.
- (now chiefly historical) A measure of capacity used chiefly for grain or coal, varying greatly in quantity by time and location.
- (in general sense) Each of four equal parts into which something can be divided; a fourth part.
- Each of four parts into which the earth or sky is divided, corresponding to the four cardinal points of the compass.
- (historical) A measure of length; originally a fourth part of an ell, now chiefly a fourth part of a yard.
- (now chiefly historical) A fourth part of a hundredweight.
- A division or section of a town or city, especially having a particular character of its own, or associated with a particular group etc.
- (often plural) A section (of a population), especially one having a particular set of values or interests.
- (Chester, historical) A quarter of an acre or 40 roods.
- Accommodation given to a defeated opponent; mercy; exemption from being killed.
- (now chiefly finance) A fourth part of the year; 3 months; a term or season.
- (nautical) The aftmost part of a vessel's side, roughly from the last mast to the stern.
- A quarterfinal.
- The back and sides of the upper of a shoe, extending around the wearer's heel to meet the vamp.
- (now historical) A fourth part of the night; one of the watches or divisions of the night.
- A fourth part of a pound; approximately 113 grams.
- (heraldry) A fourth part of a coat of arms, or the charge on it, larger than a canton and normally on the upper dexter side, formed by a perpendicular line from the top meeting a horizontal line from the side.
- A region or place.
- (sports) One of four equal periods into which a game is divided.
- (time) A fourth part of an hour; a period of fifteen minutes, especially with reference to the quarter before or after the hour.
- (Canada, US) A quarter-dollar, divided into 25 cents; the coin of that value minted in the United States or Canada.
verb
- pull (a person) apart with four horses tied to their extremities, so as to execute them
- divide into quarters
- provide housing for (military personnel)
- divide by four; divide into quarters
- (intransitive) To lodge; to have a temporary residence.
- (heraldry) To display different coats of arms in the quarters of a shield.
- (transitive) To provide housing for military personnel or other equipment.
- (transitive, historical) To execute (someone) by tying each limb to a different animal (such as a horse) and driving them in different directions.
- (transitive) To divide into quarters; to divide by four.
- (transitive) To range to and fro over an area; to move from point to point.
- (transitive) To quartersaw.
adj
noun
- one part in five equal parts
- position five in a countable series of things
- a quantity of liquor equal to one fifth of a United States gallon
- the musical interval between one note and another five notes away from it
- (music) The musical interval between one note and another five scale degrees higher (the fifth note in a scale)
- (ellipsis) The fifth gear of a transmission.
- (ellipsis or nominalization) The person or thing in the fifth position.
- The fifth voice in a polyphonic melody.
- (US) A quantity of liquor equal to one-fifth of an American gallon, or, more commonly, 750 milliliters (that is, three quarters of a liter).
- One of five equal parts of a whole: one-fifth.
adj
verb
noun
- A part; a portion.
- A wide receptacle in which gold grains are separated from gravel by washing the contents with water.
- (music) Ellipsis of steelpan.
- (rail transport, informal) Clipping of pantograph.
- A pond or lake, considered as the expanse of land upon which the water sits.
- A closed vessel for boiling or evaporating as part of manufacture; a vacuum pan.
- A bedpan.
- (South Africa) Synonym of playa lake: a temporary pond or lake in a playa.
- (firearms) The part of a matchlock, flintlock, or wheellock firearm that holds the priming.
- (figurative) The brain, seen as one's intellect.
- (Ireland) A deep plastic receptacle, used for washing or food preparation; a basin.
- (roofing) The bottom flat part of a roofing panel that is between the ribs of the panel.
- (especially South Africa) A dry lake or playa, especially a salt flat.
- A wide, flat receptacle used around the house, especially for cooking.
- A cylindrical receptacle about as tall as it is wide, with one long handle, usually made of metal, used for cooking in the home.
- A sequence in a film in which the camera pans over an area.
- (carpentry) A recess, or bed, for the leaf of a hinge.
- (slang) A human face, a mug.
- (chiefly Ireland) A loaf of bread; a pan-loaf.
- (fortifications) The distance comprised between the angle of the epaule and the flanked angle.
- Ellipsis of salt pan: a flat artificial pond used for collecting minerals from evaporated water.
- A leaf of gold or silver.
- The contents of such a receptacle.
- The skull, considered as a vessel containing the brain; the brainpan.
- Alternative form of paan.
- (geology) Ellipsis of hardpan: a hard substrate such as is formed in pans.
- Strong adverse criticism.
- cooking utensil consisting of a wide metal vessel
- shallow container made of metal
adj
verb
- (imaging, intransitive) To shift an image relative to the display window without changing the viewing scale.
- To join or fit together; to unite.
- (intransitive, with out, to pan out) To turn out well; to be successful.
- (sound engineering, intransitive) (of a sound) To move in the multichannel sound field.
- (photography, intransitive) To move the camera lens angle while continuing to expose the film, enabling a contiguous view and enrichment of context. In still-photography large-group portraits the film usually remains on a horizontal fixed plane as the lens and/or the film holder moves to expose the film laterally. The resulting image may extend a short distance laterally or as great as 360° from the point where the film first began to be exposed.
- (sound engineering, transitive) To spread a sound signal into a new stereo or multichannel sound field, typically giving the impression that it is moving across the sound stage.
- (intransitive) (of a camera) To turn horizontally.
- (transitive) To wash in a pan (of earth, sand etc. when searching for gold).
- (transitive, informal, of a contest) To beat one's opposition convincingly.
- (transitive) To disparage; to belittle; to put down; to harshly criticize, especially a work (book, movie, etc.)
- wash dirt in a pan to separate out the precious minerals
- express a totally negative opinion of
- make a sweeping movement
noun
- One of three equal parts of a whole.
- (uncountable) Ellipsis of third gear (of a gearbox).
- (baseball) third base
- A third-class degree, awarded to the lowest achievers in an honours degree programme
- (music) An interval consisting of the first and third notes in a scale.
- The person or thing in the third position.
- (golf) A handicap of one stroke every third hole.
- the base that must be touched third by a base runner in baseball
- following the second position in an ordering or series
- the third from the lowest forward ratio gear in the gear box of a motor vehicle
- the musical interval between one note and another three notes away from it
- the fielding position of the player on a baseball team who is stationed near the third of the bases in the infield (counting counterclockwise from home plate)
- one of three equal parts of a divisible whole
adj
verb
adv
noun
- (countable) A piece of this.
- (uncountable) The stratum of the surface of the soil which is filled with the roots of grass, or any portion of that surface; turf; sward.
- (uncountable) Turf grown and cut specifically for the establishment of lawns.
- The rock dove.
- (Australia, colloquial) A damper (bread) which has failed to rise, remaining a flat lump.
- (UK, Ireland, mildly vulgar) Any trifling amount, a bugger, a damn, a jot.
- (UK, Ireland, slang, mildly derogatory, formerly considered vulgar) A person; often qualified with an adjective.
- surface layer of ground containing a mat of grass and grass roots
- someone who engages in anal copulation (especially a male who engages in anal copulation with another male)
- an informal term for a youth or man
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adj
verb
noun
- One of six equal parts of a whole.
- one part in six equal parts
- (music) The interval between one note and another, five notes higher in the scale; for example C to A, a major sixth, or C to A flat, a minor sixth.
- (not used in the plural) The person or thing in the sixth position.
- position six in a countable series of things
- the musical interval between one note and another six notes away from it
adj
verb
noun
- A portion of anything taken separately; a fragment of a whole; a part.
- A division of land bought and sold as a unit.
- An individual consignment of cargo for shipment, regardless of size and form.
- An indiscriminate or indefinite number, measure, or quantity; a collection; a group.
- A package wrapped for shipment.
- A small amount of food that has been wrapped up, for example a pastry.
- An individual item appearing on an invoice or receipt (only in the phrase bill of parcels).
- a wrapped container
- the allotment of some amount by dividing something
- an extended area of land
- a collection of things wrapped or boxed together
verb
noun
- Uma spp.
- especially, Lacerta agilis, a lizard distributed across most of Europe and eastwards to Mongolia.
- Mesalina spp.
- Meroles spp. (desert lizards)
- Pedioplanis spp.
- Heliobolus spp.
- Nucras spp.
- one of the most abundant lizards in the arid western United States
- a common and widely distributed lizard of Europe and central Asia
noun
- A small portion
- A tenuous connection.
- Something small and unimportant.
- A distant kinship.
- (by extension) The tail-end or periphery of something.
- The single or split (then rather plural) bottom part of a shirt, below the waist, especially in the back, which, when not tucked into trousers or other vestment, hangs over the wearer's tail-end, like a tail.
- fabric forming the tail of a shirt
- a brief addendum at the end of a newspaper article
noun
- The proportion of different parts to make a whole.
- (printing) Typesetting.
- (mathematics) Applying a function to the result of another.
- (linguistics) The formation of compound words from separate words.
- Synthesis as opposed to analysis.
- A mixture or compound; the result of composing.
- A work of music, literature or art.
- The general makeup of a thing or person.
- (law) an agreement or compromise by which a creditor or group of creditors accepts partial payment from a debtor.
- (object-oriented programming) Way to combine simple objects or data types into more complex ones.
- The act of putting together; assembly.
- (physics) The compounding of two velocities or forces into a single equivalent velocity or force.
- (painting, photography) The arrangement and flow of elements in a picture.
- (chess) A puzzle created by the composer using chess pieces on a chessboard, which presents the solver with a particular task.
- An essay.
- an essay (especially one written as an assignment)
- something that is created by arranging several things to form a unified whole
- musical creation
- the act of creating written works
- art and technique of printing with movable type
- the way in which someone or something is composed
- the spatial property resulting from the arrangement of parts in relation to each other and to the whole
- a mixture of ingredients
- a musical work that has been created
noun
- An amount of work to be done at one time; a unit of piece work.
- (US, colloquial) A gun.
- An article published in the press.
- (US, slang) A cannabis pipe.
- (US, colloquial, mildly vulgar, short for piece of crap/piece of shit) A shoddy or worthless object (usually applied to consumer products like vehicles or appliances).
- (US, colloquial, vulgar) A sexual encounter; from piece of ass or piece of tail.
- (chess) One of the figures used in playing chess, specifically a higher-value figure as distinguished from a pawn; (by extension) those with which draughts, backgammon, and other similar board games are played.
- A part of a larger whole, usually in such a form that it is able to be separated from other parts.
- (Scotland, Ireland, UK, US, dialectal) A slice or other quantity of bread, eaten on its own; a sandwich or light snack.
- A coin, especially one valued at less than the principal unit of currency.
- A single item belonging to a class of similar items.
- An artistic creation, such as a painting, sculpture, musical composition, literary work, etc.
- (US, Canada, colloquial, short for hairpiece) A toupee or wig, especially when worn by a man.
- (military) An artillery gun.
- (US) A pacifier; a dummy.
- (slang) An ounce of a recreational drug.
- (colloquial) A distance.
- (baseball, uncountable) Used to describe a pitch that has been hit but not well, usually either being caught by the opposing team or going foul. Usually used in the past tense with get.
- (rowing) A structured practice row, often used for performance evaluation.
- a portion of a natural object
- a period of indeterminate length (usually short) marked by some action or condition
- game equipment consisting of an object used in playing certain board games
- a share of something
- a separate part of a whole
- a serving that has been cut from a larger portion
- a portable gun
- an instance of some kind
- an item that is an instance of some type
- an artistic or literary composition
- a distance
- a work of art of some artistic value
- a musical work that has been created
verb
- (transitive, usually with together) To assemble (something real or figurative).
- To make, enlarge, or repair, by the addition of a piece or pieces; to patch; often with out.
- (slang) To produce a work of graffiti more complex than a tag.
- eat intermittently; take small bites of
- to join or unite the pieces of
- create by putting components or members together
- join during spinning
- repair by adding pieces
noun
- (countable) Such a piece that has been divided.
- (Philippines) A gated community located within a barangay.
- (countable, uncountable) A division into smaller pieces of something that has already been divided.
- (countable) A group of houses created by the same builder or in the same general area.
- (countable) A parcel of land that has been divided into lots.
- the act of subdividing; division of something previously divided
- a section of a section; a part of a part; i.e., a part of something already divided
- a self-contained part of a larger composition (written or musical)
- a division of some larger or more complex organization
- an area composed of subdivided lots
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- A part; a fragment; a portion.
- Any of various similarly granular materials prepared from other sources, such as bones or wood.
- (countable) Food served or eaten as a repast.
- The ground-up edible part of various grains, used as a basis of food or feed; either flour or a coarser blend than flour (usage varies).
- (UK dialectal) A speck or spot.
- Any of various other granular or powdery materials, either ground by humans or occurring in nature, named figuratively after a resemblance to grain meal.
- (uncountable, informal) A break taken by a police officer in order to eat.
- (countable) Food that is prepared and eaten, usually at a specific time, and usually in a comparatively large quantity.
- any of the occasions for eating food that occur by custom or habit at more or less fixed times
- the food served and eaten at one time
- coarsely ground foodstuff; especially seeds of various cereal grasses or pulse
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- one of four equal parts
- the musical interval between one note and another four notes away from it
- following the third position; number four in a countable series
- (chiefly US) A quarter, one of four equal parts of a whole.
- (astronomy, rare) One sixtieth of a third or tierce.
- (in the singular) The person or thing in the fourth position.
- (in the singular) The fourth gear of an engine.
- (music) A musical interval which spans four degrees of the diatonic scale, for example C to F (C D E F).
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- one of four equal parts
- piece of leather that comprises the part of a shoe or boot covering the heel and joining the vamp
- clemency or mercy shown to a defeated opponent
- an unspecified person
- the rear part of a ship
- one of four periods into which the school year is divided
- a fourth part of a year; three months
- a United States or Canadian coin worth one fourth of a dollar
- (football, professional basketball) one of four divisions into which some games are divided
- a quarter of a hundredweight (28 pounds)
- a district of a city having some distinguishing character
- one of the four major division of the compass
- a quarter of a hundredweight (25 pounds)
- a unit of time equal to 15 minutes or a quarter of an hour
- One's residence or dwelling-place; (in plural) rooms, lodgings, especially as allocated to soldiers or domestic staff.
- (farriery) The part on either side of a horse's hoof between the toe and heel, the side of its coffin.
- (now chiefly historical) A measure of capacity used chiefly for grain or coal, varying greatly in quantity by time and location.
- (in general sense) Each of four equal parts into which something can be divided; a fourth part.
- Each of four parts into which the earth or sky is divided, corresponding to the four cardinal points of the compass.
- (historical) A measure of length; originally a fourth part of an ell, now chiefly a fourth part of a yard.
- (now chiefly historical) A fourth part of a hundredweight.
- A division or section of a town or city, especially having a particular character of its own, or associated with a particular group etc.
- (often plural) A section (of a population), especially one having a particular set of values or interests.
- (Chester, historical) A quarter of an acre or 40 roods.
- Accommodation given to a defeated opponent; mercy; exemption from being killed.
- (now chiefly finance) A fourth part of the year; 3 months; a term or season.
- (nautical) The aftmost part of a vessel's side, roughly from the last mast to the stern.
- A quarterfinal.
- The back and sides of the upper of a shoe, extending around the wearer's heel to meet the vamp.
- (now historical) A fourth part of the night; one of the watches or divisions of the night.
- A fourth part of a pound; approximately 113 grams.
- (heraldry) A fourth part of a coat of arms, or the charge on it, larger than a canton and normally on the upper dexter side, formed by a perpendicular line from the top meeting a horizontal line from the side.
- A region or place.
- (sports) One of four equal periods into which a game is divided.
- (time) A fourth part of an hour; a period of fifteen minutes, especially with reference to the quarter before or after the hour.
- (Canada, US) A quarter-dollar, divided into 25 cents; the coin of that value minted in the United States or Canada.
verb
- pull (a person) apart with four horses tied to their extremities, so as to execute them
- divide into quarters
- provide housing for (military personnel)
- divide by four; divide into quarters
- (intransitive) To lodge; to have a temporary residence.
- (heraldry) To display different coats of arms in the quarters of a shield.
- (transitive) To provide housing for military personnel or other equipment.
- (transitive, historical) To execute (someone) by tying each limb to a different animal (such as a horse) and driving them in different directions.
- (transitive) To divide into quarters; to divide by four.
- (transitive) To range to and fro over an area; to move from point to point.
- (transitive) To quartersaw.
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- To separate (something) into small portions.
- To become separated into small portions.
- (music) Chiefly in rock and heavy metal: to play (a musical instrument (especially a guitar) or a piece of music) very fast and in a way that requires technical skill.
- (cooking) To cut (fruit peel, a vegetable, etc.) into thin strips that curl.
- To destroy (a document) by cutting or tearing into strips or small pieces that cannot easily be read, especially using a shredder.
- To reduce (something) by a large percentage; to slash.
- (bodybuilding) To reduce body weight due to fat and water before a competition.
- (originally US) To convincingly defeat (someone); to thrash, to trounce.
- (snowboarding, surfing) To cut through (snow, water, etc.) swiftly with one's snowboard, surfboard, etc.; (by extension) to move or ride along (a road, track, etc.) aggressively and rapidly.
- (snowboarding, surfing, etc.) To travel swiftly using a snowboard, surfboard, or vehicle.
- To cut or tear (something) into long, narrow pieces or strips.
- tear into shreds
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noun
- A fragment of something; a particle; a piece; also, a very small amount.
- (rare) A shard or sherd (“a piece of broken glass or pottery”).
- A long, narrow piece (especially of fabric) cut or torn off; a strip; specifically, a piece of cloth or clothing.
- (cooking) A thin strip of fruit peel, a vegetable, etc., cut so that it curls.
- (by extension) A thin strand or wisp, as of a cloud, mist, etc.
- a small piece of cloth
- a tiny or scarcely detectable amount
verb
- To take up a portion of.
- To intrude or interrupt.
- (surfing) To begin riding a wave in front of someone else whose legitimate turn it is.
- To pull in front of another vehicle in traffic, especially to do so dangerously or unfairly.
- To join a queue in the middle, as opposed to at the back.
- (transitive, slang) To include; to allow (someone) to participate in something.
- (transitive, slang) To give (someone) a share of something.
- When painting, to paint edges, corners, or trim in preparation for rolling larger areas.
- (intransitive, slang) To take a share of something; to push one's way into a project, game or plan.
- allow someone to have a share or profit
- interrupt a dancing couple in order to take one of them as one's own partner
- drive in front of another vehicle leaving too little space for that vehicle to maneuver comfortably
- mix in with cutting motions
- break into a conversation
adv
- For one; apiece; per.
- Individually; separately; used in a sentence with a plural subject to indicate that the action or state described by the verb applies to all members of the described group individually, rather than collectively to the entire group.
- to or from every one of two or more (considered individually)
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- involving only one part or side
- not reversible or capable of having either side out
- favoring one person or side over another
- (botany) Turned to one side.
- With one competitor dominant over the other.
- Out of proportion or lopsided.
- Partial or biased in favour of one faction or demographic group.
- (logic, of a modality) That is necessarily or absolutely different than the respective coordinate alethic or temporal modality, but not its opposite.
- Having only one side, like a Möbius strip.