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noun
- a mechanism that controls the operation of a machine
- (physiology) regulation or maintenance of a function or action or reflex etc
- power to direct or determine
- the activity of managing or exerting control over something
- the economic policy of controlling or limiting or curbing prices or wages etc.
- a relation of constraint of one entity (thing or person or group) by another
- great skillfulness and knowledge of some subject or activity
- a standard against which other conditions can be compared in a scientific experiment
- a spiritual agency that is assumed to assist the medium during a seance
- the state that exists when one person or group has power over another
- discipline in personal and social activities
- (climatology) Any of the physical factors determining the climate of a place, such as latitude, distribution of land and water, altitude, exposure, prevailing winds, permanent high- or low-barometric-pressure areas, ocean currents, mountain barriers, soil, and vegetation.
- A duplicate book, register, or account, kept to correct or check another account or register.
- (linguistics) A construction in which the understood subject of a given predicate is determined by an expression in context. See control.
- (countable, uncountable) An influence or authority over something.
- A security mechanism, policy, or procedure that can counter system attack, reduce risks, and resolve vulnerabilities; a safeguard or countermeasure.
- (project management) A means of monitoring for, and triggering intervention in, activities that are not going according to plan.
- (cycling, countable) A checkpoint along an audax route.
- A control group or control experiment.
- The method and means of governing the performance of any apparatus, machine or system, such as a lever, handle or button.
- (parapsychology) A spirit that takes possession of a psychic or medium and allows other spirits to communicate with the living.
- Restraint or ability to contain one's movements or emotions, or self-control.
- (graphical user interface) An interface element that a computer user interacts with, such as a window or a text box.
verb
- check or regulate (a scientific experiment) by conducting a parallel experiment or comparing with another standard
- place under restrictions; limit access to by law
- exercise authoritative control or power over
- have a firm understanding or knowledge of; be on top of
- be careful or certain to do something; make certain of something
- maintain influence over (others or oneself) skillfully, usually to one's advantage
- verify by using a duplicate register for comparison
- handle and cause to function
- lessen the intensity of; temper; hold in restraint; hold or keep within limits
- (transitive) To exercise influence over; to suggest or dictate the behavior of.
- (transitive) To hold in check, to curb, to restrain.
- (transitive, statistics) (construed with for) To design (an experiment) so that the effects of one or more variables are reduced or eliminated.
noun
- a mechanism that controls the operation of a machine
- someone who maintains and audits business accounts
- a person who directs and restrains
- (nautical) An iron block, usually bolted to a ship's deck, for controlling the running out of a chain cable. The links of the cable tend to drop into hollows in the block, and thus hold fast until disengaged.
- (computer hardware) A mechanism that controls or regulates the operation of a machine, especially a peripheral device in a computer.
- (linguistics) The subject of a control verb. See Control (linguistics)
- (software architecture) In software applications using the model-view-controller design pattern, the part or parts of the application that treat input and output, forming an interface between models and views.
- (espionage) The person who supervises and handles communication with an agent in the field.
- (business) The chief accounting officer which audits, and manages the financial affairs of a company or government; a comptroller.
- (video games) A hardware device designed to allow the user to play video games.
- One who controls something.
- (electronics) Any electric or mechanical device for controlling a circuit or system.
verb
- operate simultaneously
- make (motion picture sound) exactly simultaneous with the action
- arrange or represent events so that they co-occur
- make synchronous and adjust in time or manner
- cause to indicate the same time or rate
- happen at the same time
- Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of synchronize.
verb
- operate simultaneously
- make (motion picture sound) exactly simultaneous with the action
- arrange or represent events so that they co-occur
- make synchronous and adjust in time or manner
- cause to indicate the same time or rate
- happen at the same time
- (transitive) To set (a clock or watch) to display the same time as another.
- (intransitive) To occur at the same time or with coordinated timing.
- (transitive) To coordinate or combine.
- (transitive) To cause (video and audio) to play in a coordinated way.
- (intransitive, of inanimate entities) To agree, be coordinated with, or complement well.
- (computing, ambitransitive) To cause (a set of files, data, or settings) on one computer or device to be (and try to remain) the same as on another.
noun
- A set of interconnected mechanical parts which operate each other in sequence.
- (sex, slang) An act wherein series of men line up and then penetrate a person, especially as a form of gang rape.
- A trail or line of something, especially gunpowder.
- A series of electrical pulses.
- A group of people following an important figure such as a king or noble; a retinue, a group of retainers.
- (figuratively, poetic) A group or class of people.
- The elongated back portion of a dress or skirt (or an ornamental piece of material added to similar effect), which drags along the ground.
- A series of specified vehicles (originally tramcars in a mine as usual, later especially railway carriages) coupled together.
- A long, heavy sleigh used in Canada for the transportation of merchandise, wood, etc.
- (computing) A software release schedule.
- A group of animals, vehicles, or people that follow one another in a line, such as a wagon train; a caravan or procession.
- (astronomy) A transient trail of glowing ions behind a large meteor as it falls through the atmosphere or accompanying a comet as it nears the sun; tail.
- A sequence of events or ideas which are interconnected; a course or procedure of something.
- (informal) A service on a railway line.
- The tail of a bird.
- (military) The men and vehicles following an army, which carry artillery and other equipment for battle or siege.
- A mechanical (originally steam-powered, now typically diesel or electrical) vehicle carrying a large number of passengers and freight along a designated track or path; a line of connected wagons considered overall as a mode of transport; (as uncountable noun) rail or road travel.
- A set of things, events, or circumstances that follow after or as a consequence; aftermath, wake.
- (poetic) The elongated body or form of something narrow and winding, such as the course of a river or the body of a snake.
- public transport provided by a line of railway cars coupled together and drawn by a locomotive
- wheelwork consisting of a connected set of rotating gears by which force is transmitted or motion or torque is changed
- piece of cloth forming the long back section of a gown that is drawn along the floor
- a series of consequences wrought by an event
- a procession (of wagons or mules or camels) traveling together in single file
- a sequentially ordered set of things or events or ideas in which each successive member is related to the preceding
verb
- (transitive) To move (a gun) laterally so that it points in a different direction.
- (intransitive) To proceed in sequence.
- (transitive, horticulture) To encourage (a plant or branch) to grow in a particular direction or shape, usually by pruning and bending.
- (transitive, machine learning) To feed data into an algorithm, usually based on a neural network, to create a machine learning model that can perform some task.
- (transitive, video games) To create a trainer (cheat patch) for; to apply cheats to (a game).
- (intransitive) To improve one's fitness.
- (intransitive) To practice an ability.
- (transitive) To teach and form (someone) by practice; to educate (someone).
- (transitive, mining) To trace (a lode or any mineral appearance) to its head.
- (transitive) To transport (something) by train.
- exercise in order to prepare for an event or competition
- develop (a child's or animal's) behavior by instruction and practice; especially to teach self-control
- undergo training or instruction in preparation for a particular role, function, or profession
- point or cause to go (blows, weapons, or objects such as photographic equipment) towards
- cause to grow in a certain way by tying and pruning it
- teach and supervise (someone); act as a trainer or coach (to), as in sports
- travel by rail or train
- create by training and teaching
- drag loosely along a surface; allow to sweep the ground
- teach or refine to be discriminative in taste or judgment
- educate for a future role or function
verb
- To adjust (a mechanism) for accurate and proper functioning.
- To control or direct according to rule, principle, or law.
- To dictate policy.
- To put or maintain in order.
- shape or influence; give direction to
- bring into conformity with rules or principles or usage; impose regulations
- fix or adjust the time, amount, degree, or rate of
- restrain the emission of (sound, fluid, etc.)
verb
- (transitive) To cause (a mechanism) to operate.
- (intransitive) To travel by operating a wheeled motorized vehicle.
- (transitive, slang, aviation) To operate (an aircraft); to pilot.
- (intransitive) To move forcefully.
- (transitive) To separate the lighter (feathers or down) from the heavier, by exposing them to a current of air.
- (transitive) (especially animals) To cause to flee out of.
- (transitive, intransitive) To direct a vehicle powered by a horse, ox or similar animal.
- (transitive) To compel, exert pressure, coerce (to do something).
- (intransitive, sports, cricket, tennis, baseball) To hit the ball with a drive.
- (transitive) To carry or to keep in motion; to conduct; to prosecute.
- (transitive) To displace either physically or non-physically, through the application of force.
- To be the dominant party in a sex act.
- (transitive) To convey (a person, etc.) in a wheeled motorized vehicle.
- (transitive) To urge, press, or bring to a point or state.
- (transitive) (especially of animals) To impel or urge onward by force; to push forward; to compel to move on.
- (transitive) To cause to become.
- (transitive, ergative) To operate (a wheeled motorized vehicle).
- (transitive) To motivate through the application or demonstration of force; to impel or urge onward in such a way.
- (transitive) To provide an impetus for motion or other physical change, to move an object by means of the provision of force thereto.
- (transitive) To motivate; to provide an incentive for.
- (mining) To dig horizontally; to cut a horizontal gallery or tunnel.
- (American football) To put together a drive (n.): to string together offensive plays and advance the ball down the field.
- (intransitive) To be moved or propelled forcefully (especially of a ship).
- (transitive) To clear, by forcing away what is contained.
- (transitive) To provide an impetus for a change in one's situation or state of mind.
- force into or from an action or state, either physically or metaphorically
- strive and make an effort to reach a goal
- cause to move rapidly by striking or throwing with force
- cause to move back by force or influence
- (hunting) chase from cover into more open ground
- cause someone or something to move by driving
- move by being propelled by a force
- operate or control a vehicle
- proceed along in a vehicle
- to compel or force or urge relentlessly or exert coercive pressure on, or motivate strongly
- (hunting) search for game
- move into a desired direction of discourse
- push, propel, or press with force
- work as a driver
- excavate horizontally
- cause to function by supplying the force or power for or by controlling
- urge forward
- travel or be transported in a vehicle
- strike with a driver, as in teeing off
- have certain properties when driven
- compel somebody to do something, often against their own will or judgment
- hit very hard, as by swinging a bat horizontally
noun
- (American football) An offensive possession, generally one consisting of several plays and/ or first downs, often leading to a scoring opportunity.
- (retail) A campaign aimed at selling more of a certain product or promoting a public service.
- (golf) A stroke made with a driver.
- (philanthropy) A charity event such as a fundraiser, bake sale, or toy drive.
- (soccer) A straight level shot or pass.
- (typography) An impression or matrix formed by a punch drift.
- An act of driving livestock animals forward, to transport a herd.
- (psychology) Desire or interest.
- A mechanism used to power or give motion to a vehicle or other machine or machine part.
- A collection of objects that are driven; a mass of logs to be floated down a river.
- A trip made in a vehicle (now generally in a motor vehicle).
- (automotive) The gear into which one usually shifts an automatic transmission when one is driving a car or truck. (Denoted with symbol D on a shifter's labeling.)
- Violent or rapid motion; a rushing onward or away; (especially) a forced or hurried dispatch of business.
- Planned, usually long-lasting, effort to achieve something; ability coupled with ambition, determination, and motivation.
- (computer hardware) An apparatus for reading and writing data to or from a mass storage device such as a disk.
- (military) A sustained advance in the face of the enemy to take an objective.
- (computer hardware) A mass storage device in which the mechanism for reading and writing data is integrated with the mechanism for storing data.
- A type of public roadway.
- (cricket) A type of shot played by swinging the bat in a vertical arc, through the line of the ball, and hitting it along the ground, normally between cover and midwicket.
- (baseball, tennis) A ball struck in a flat trajectory.
- An act of driving game animals forward, to be captured or hunted.
- A driveway.
- (UK, especially Bristol and Wales, slang) Friendly term of address for a bus driver.
- the act of applying force to propel something
- a mechanism by which force or power is transmitted in a machine
- hitting a golf ball off of a tee with a driver
- a series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end
- a wide scenic road planted with trees
- the act of driving a herd of animals overland
- the trait of being highly motivated
- a journey in a vehicle (usually an automobile)
- (computer science) a device that writes data onto or reads data from a storage medium
- a physiological state corresponding to a strong need or desire
- (sports) a hard straight return (as in tennis or squash)
- a road leading up to a private house
noun
- A mechanism or machinery; the means by which something happens.
- the internal mechanism of a device
- (with "the") Drastic treatment; abuse; the axe (dismissal).
- (slang) A heroin or other drug addict's equipment: syringes, needles, etc.
- plural of work in its countable senses
- A factory or factories, or a similar collection(s) of industrial facilities.
- (with "the") Everything or everything that is available or possible; especially, all available toppings on food.
- buildings for carrying on industrial labor
- everything available; usually preceded by ‘the’
- performance of moral or religious acts
verb
noun
- a mechanism that puts something into automatic action
- (electricity) A relay that controls the flow of electricity.
- Something that actuates something else.
- A usually electric device that causes a mechanical device (i.e., a mechanism) to be switched on or off. For example; an electric motor that opens and closes a valve.
- (computer hardware) The mechanism that moves the head assembly on a disk drive.
noun
- the operating part that transmits power to a mechanism
- something done (usually as opposed to something said)
- In firearms terminology, the mechanism that handles the ammunition (loads, locks, fires, and extracts the cartridges).
- the trait of being active and energetic and forceful
- the series of events that form a plot
- the most important or interesting work or activity in a specific area or field
- the state of being active
- a military engagement
- a judicial proceeding brought by one party against another; one party prosecutes another for a wrong done or for protection of a right or for prevention of a wrong
- an act by a government body or supranational organization
- a process existing in or produced by nature (rather than by the intent of human beings)
- (Misesian praxeology, Austrian economics) Purposeful behavior.
- (military) Combat.
- A way of motion or functioning.
- The effort of performing or doing something.
- (slang, typically with a quantifier) Sexual intercourse.
- (music, lutherie) The distance separating the strings and the fingerboard on a string instrument.
- A demonstration by activists.
- (mathematics) A way in which each element of some algebraic structure transforms some other structure or set, in a way which respects the structure of the first. Formally, this may be seen as a morphism from the first structure into some structure of endomorphisms of the second; for example, a group action of a group G on a set S can be seen as a group homomorphism from G into the set of bijections on S (which form a group under function composition), while a module M over a ring R can be defined as an abelian group together with a ring homomorphism from R into the ring of group endomorphisms of M (which is also called the action of R on M).
- Something done, often so as to accomplish a purpose.
- The way in which a mechanical device acts when used; especially a firearm.
- (law) A charge or other process in a law court (also called lawsuit and actio).
- (sciences) A process existing in or produced by nature (rather than by the intent of human beings).
- Fast-paced activity.
- (art, painting and sculpture) The attitude or position of the several parts of the body as expressive of the sentiment or passion depicted.
- (music) The mechanism, that is the set of moving mechanical parts, of a keyboard instrument, like a piano, which transfers the motion of the key to the sound-making device.
- (Christianity) A religious performance or solemn function, i.e. action sermon, a sacramental sermon in the Scots Presbyterian Church.
- (physics) The product of energy and time, especially the product of the Lagrangian and time.
- (bowling) spin put on the bowling ball.
- (firearms) The way in which cartridges are loaded, locked, and extracted from the mechanism.
- (literature) The event or connected series of events, either real or imaginary, forming the subject of a play, poem, or other composition; the unfolding of the drama of events.
verb
adj
intj
noun
- (computing) A process responsible for managing other processes.
- A person who monitors someone to make sure they comply with rules or other requirements set for them.
- (management) A person with the official task of overseeing the work of a person or group, or of other operations and activities.
- (US) In certain states, an elected member of the governing body for a county which is called the board of supervisors.
- one who supervises or has charge and direction of
- a program that controls the execution of other programs
adj
- of or relating to the simultaneous performance of multiple operations
- (computing) Involving the processing of multiple tasks at the same time.
- being everywhere equidistant and not intersecting
- (figuratively) Analogous, similar, comparable.
- Having the same overall direction; the comparison is indicated with "to".
- (science fiction, of realities, dimensions, timelines, etc.) Coexisting but normally not interacting with the regular reality.
- (hyperbolic geometry, said of a pair of lines) Either not intersecting, or coinciding.
- Equally distant from one another at all points.
noun
- (mathematics) one of a set of parallel geometric figures (parallel lines or planes)
- something having the property of being analogous to something else
- an imaginary line around the Earth parallel to the equator
- (printing) A character consisting of two parallel vertical lines, used in the text to direct attention to a similarly marked note in the margin or at the foot of a page.
- (military) One of a series of long trenches constructed before a besieged fortress, by the besieging force, as a cover for troops supporting the attacking batteries. They are roughly parallel to the line of outer defenses of the fortress.
- (geography) A line of latitude.
- Something identical or similar in essential respects.
- One of a set of parallel lines.
- Direction conformable to that of another line.
- A comparison made; elaborate tracing of similarity.
- An arrangement of electrical components such that a current flows along two or more paths; see in parallel.
verb
- make or place parallel to something
- duplicate or match
- be parallel to
- Of a path etc: To be parallel to something else.
- To compare or liken something to something else.
- To construct or place something parallel to something else.
- To make to conform to something else in character, motive, aim, etc.
- To equal; to match; to correspond to.
- To produce or adduce as a parallel.
- Of a process etc: To be analogous to something else.
adv
noun
adj
verb
noun
- process or manner of functioning or operating
- (mathematics) calculation by mathematical methods
- activity by a military or naval force (as a maneuver or campaign)
- a planned activity involving many people performing various actions
- the activity of operating something (a machine or business etc.)
- a medical procedure involving an incision with instruments; performed to repair damage or arrest disease in a living body
- a process or series of acts especially of a practical or mechanical nature involved in a particular form of work
- (computer science) data processing in which the result is completely specified by a rule (especially the processing that results from a single instruction)
- a business especially one run on a large scale
- (psychology) the performance of some composite cognitive activity; an operation that affects mental contents
- the state of being in effect or being operative
- (countable) A planned undertaking.
- (countable, medicine) A surgical procedure.
- (uncountable) The method or practice by which actions are done.
- (computing, logic, mathematics, countable) A procedure for generating a value from one or more other values (the operands).
- (military, countable) A military campaign (e.g. Operation Desert Storm).
- (mathematics, more formally, countable) A function which maps zero or more (but typically two) operands to a single output value.
- (uncountable) The act or process of operating (verb): agency; the exertion of power, physical, mechanical, or moral.
- (countable) A business or organization.
- (uncountable) The method by which a device performs its function.
noun
- process or manner of functioning or operating
- a dramatic or musical entertainment
- any recognized accomplishment
- the act of presenting a play or a piece of music or other entertainment
- the act of performing; of doing something successfully; using knowledge as distinguished from merely possessing it
- That which is performed or accomplished; a thing done or carried through; an achievement; a deed; an act; a feat; especially, an action of an elaborate or public character.
- The amount of useful work accomplished estimated in terms of time needed, resources used, etc.
- The act of performing; carrying into execution or action; execution; achievement; accomplishment; representation by action.
- (linguistics) The actual use of language in concrete situations by native speakers of a language, as opposed to the system of linguistic knowledge they possess (competence), cf. linguistic performance.
- (art) A live show or concert.
noun
- Method of operation.
- (usually in the plural) Operation; action.
- Fermentation.
- (countable) A train movement.
- (arithmetic) The incidental or subsidiary calculations performed in solving an overall problem.
- A place where work is carried on.
- (of bodies of water) Becoming full of a vegetable substance.
- a mine or quarry that is being or has been worked
adj
- Enough to allow one to use something.
- That suffices but requires additional work; provisional.
- In paid employment.
- Used in real life; practical.
- That is or are functioning.
- Of or relating to employment.
- serving to permit or facilitate further work or activity
- (of e.g. a machine) performing or capable of performing
- adequate for practical use; especially sufficient in strength or numbers to accomplish something
- actively engaged in paid work
- adopted as a temporary basis for further work
verb
noun
- the process in which part of the output of a system is returned to its input in order to regulate its further output
- response to an inquiry or experiment
- Critical assessment of a process or activity or of their results.
- (amplification) The high-pitched howling noise heard when there is a loop between a microphone and a speaker.
- (electronics, cybernetics, control theory) The part of an output signal that is looped back into the input to control or modify a system.
verb
verb
- manipulate by or as if by moving around components
- deal with simultaneously
- throw, catch, and keep in the air several things simultaneously
- influence by slyness
- hold with difficulty and balance insecurely
- To manipulate objects, such as balls, clubs, beanbags, rings, etc. in an artful or artistic manner. Juggling may also include assorted other circus skills such as the diabolo, devil sticks, hat, and cigar box manipulation as well.
- To handle or manage many tasks at once.
- (ambitransitive) To deceive by trick or artifice.
noun
noun
noun
- The process of adjusting a mechanism such that its parts are aligned; the condition of having its parts so adjusted.
- (astronomy) The conjunction of two celestial objects.
- (artificial intelligence) The goals and values of an artificial intelligence, considered relative to human ethical standards.
- (roleplaying games) One of a set number of moral positions or philosophies a character can take.
- An alliance of factions.
- (bioinformatics) A way of arranging DNA, RNA or protein sequences in order to identify regions of similarity.
- An arrangement of items in a line.
- (transport) The precise route or course taken by a linear way (road, railway, footpath, etc.) between two points.
- ground plan of a canal or road
- an organization of people (or countries) involved in a pact or treaty
- the spatial property possessed by an arrangement or position of things in a straight line or in parallel lines
- the act of adjusting or aligning the parts of a device in relation to each other
- (astronomy) apparent meeting or passing of two or more celestial bodies in the same degree of the zodiac
noun
- one complete cycle of operations (as by a computer)
- a document indicating permission to do something without restrictions
- a flight or run by an aircraft over a target
- a usually brief attempt
- a permit to enter or leave a military installation
- any authorization to pass or go somewhere
- an automatic advance to the next round in a tournament without playing an opponent
- the location in a range of mountains of a geological formation that is lower than the surrounding peaks
- (military) a written leave of absence
- success in satisfying a test or requirement
- a difficult juncture
- (sports) the act of throwing the ball to another member of your team
- (American football) a play that involves one player throwing the ball to a teammate
- a bad or difficult situation or state of affairs
- a complimentary ticket
- (baseball) an advance to first base by a batter who receives four balls
- (cooking) The area in a restaurant kitchen where the finished dishes are passed from the chefs to the waiting staff.
- An act of declining to play one's turn in a game, often by saying the word "pass".
- A single movement, especially of a hand, at, over, or along anything.
- An opening, road, or track, available for passing; especially, one through or over some dangerous or otherwise impracticable barrier such as a mountain range; a passageway; a defile; a ford.
- (fencing) A thrust or push; an attempt to stab or strike an adversary.
- A single passage of a tool over something, or of something over a tool.
- (computing, slang) A password (especially one for a restricted-access website).
- (computing) A run through a document as part of a translation, compilation or reformatting process.
- The state of things; condition; predicament; impasse.
- A channel connecting a river or body of water to the sea, for example at the mouth (delta) of a river.
- Success in an examination or similar test.
- (sports) The act of moving the ball or puck from one player to another.
- (rail transport) A passing of two trains in the same direction on a single track, when one is put into a siding to let the other overtake it.
- An attempt.
- A document granting permission to pass or to go and come; a passport; a ticket permitting free transit or admission
- (figuratively) A thrust; a sally of wit.
- A sexual advance (often in the phrase make a pass).
- (baseball) An intentional walk.
- Permission or license to pass, or to go and come.
- (sports) The act of overtaking; an overtaking manoeuvre.
adj
verb
- accept or judge as acceptable
- be superior or better than some standard
- transfer to another; of rights or property
- throw (a ball) to another player
- allow to go without comment or censure
- pass into a specified state or condition; sink into
- go unchallenged; be approved
- pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life
- eliminate from the body
- move past
- use up a period of time in a specific way
- for time to move forward
- travel past
- go successfully through a test or a selection process
- disappear gradually
- be inherited by
- grant authorization or clearance for
- transmit information
- go across or through
- pass over, across, or through
- cause to pass
- place into the hands or custody of
- make laws, bills, etc. or bring into effect by legislation
- come to pass
- stretch out over a distance, space, time, or scope; run or extend between two points or beyond a certain point
- (intransitive) To proceed without hindrance or opposition.
- (intransitive) To move or be moved from one place to another.
- (transitive) To transcend; to surpass; to excel; to exceed.
- (intransitive, stative, sociology) To be accepted by others as a member of a race, sex, or other group to which one does not belong or would not have originally appeared to belong; especially to be considered white although one has black ancestry, or a woman although one was assigned male at birth or vice versa.
- (intransitive) To continue.
- (intransitive, law) To make a judgment on or upon a person or case.
- (intransitive, American football) To throw the ball, generally downfield, towards a teammate.
- (transitive, of time) To spend.
- (intransitive, card games) In euchre, to decline to make the trump.
- (transitive) To go past, by, over, or through; to proceed from one side to the other of; to move past.
- (transitive) To cause to obtain entrance, admission, or conveyance.
- (transitive) To utter; to pronounce; to pledge.
- (intransitive, transitive) To achieve a successful outcome from.
- (transitive) To put in circulation; to give currency to.
- (intransitive) To happen.
- (intransitive) To change from one state to another (without the implication of progression).
- (intransitive, stative) To be tolerated as a substitute for something else, to "do".
- (transitive) To cause to advance by stages of progress; to carry on with success through an ordeal, examination, or action; specifically, to give legal or official sanction to; to ratify; to enact; to approve as valid and just.
- (transitive, nautical) To take a turn with (a line, gasket, etc.), as around a sail in furling, and make secure.
- (intransitive) To progress from one state to another; to advance.
- (transitive, cooking) To put through a sieve.
- (transitive) To allow to go by without noticing; to omit attention to; to take no note of; to disregard.
- (transitive, soccer) To kick (the ball) with precision rather than at full force.
- (ditransitive) To cause to move or go; to send; to transfer from one person, place, or condition to another.
- (intransitive, transitive) To advance through all the steps or stages necessary to become valid or effective; to obtain the formal sanction of (a legislative body).
- (intransitive, law) To be conveyed or transferred by will, deed, or other instrument of conveyance.
- (intransitive, of time) To elapse, to be spent.
- (intransitive, euphemistic) To die.
- (intransitive) To decline something that is offered or available.
- (intransitive) In turn-based games, to decline to play in one's turn.
- (transitive) To reject; to pass up.
- (intransitive, transitive, medicine) To eliminate (something) from the body by natural processes.
- (intransitive) To depart, to cease, to come to an end.
- (intransitive) To go from one person to another.
- (transitive) To live through; to have experience of; to undergo; to suffer.
- (intransitive) To decline or not attempt to answer a question.
- (transitive) To move (the ball or puck) to a teammate.
- (intransitive, fencing) To make a lunge or swipe.
noun
- a computer circuit with several inputs but only one output that can be activated by particular combinations of inputs
- total admission receipts at a sports event
- a movable barrier in a fence or wall
- passageway (as in an air terminal) where passengers can embark or disembark
- A location which serves as a conduit for transport, migration, or trade.
- A doorway, opening, or passage in a fence or wall.
- (slang) A place where drugs are illegally sold.
- The amount of money made by selling tickets to a concert or a sports event.
- (Scotland, Northern England) A street; now used especially as a combining form to make the name of a street e.g. "Briggate" (a common street name in the north of England meaning "Bridge Street") or Kirkgate meaning "Church Street".
- In a lock tumbler, the opening for the stump of the bolt to pass through or into.
- A passageway (as in an air terminal) where passengers can embark or disembark.
- (cinematography) A mechanism, in a film camera and projector, that holds each frame momentarily stationary behind the aperture.
- An individual theme park as part of a larger resort complex with multiple parks.
- A tally mark consisting of four vertical bars crossed by a diagonal, representing a count of five.
- (electronics) The controlling terminal of a field effect transistor (FET).
- The waste piece of metal cast in the opening; a sprue or sullage piece. Also written geat and git.
- (mining) A tunnel serving the coal face.
- (computing) A logical pathway made up of switches which turn on or off. Examples are and, or, nand, etc.
- (now Scotland, Northern England) A way, path.
- (cricket) The gap between a batsman's bat and pad.
- (metalworking) The channel or opening through which metal is poured into the mould; the ingate; tedge.
- (flow cytometry) A line that separates particle type-clusters on two-dimensional dot plots.
- A doorlike structure outside a house.
- A movable barrier.
verb
- supply with a gate
- control with a valve or other device that functions like a gate
- restrict (school boys') movement to the dormitory or campus as a means of punishment
- (transitive) To selectively regulate or restrict (access to something).
- (transitive) To keep something inside by means of a closed gate.
- (transitive) To turn (an image intensifier) on and off selectively, as needed or to avoid damage from excessive light exposure. See autogating.
- (transitive, biochemistry) To open (a closed ion channel).
- (transitive) To furnish with a gate.
noun
noun
- a mechanism that controls the operation of a machine
- (physiology) regulation or maintenance of a function or action or reflex etc
- power to direct or determine
- the activity of managing or exerting control over something
- the economic policy of controlling or limiting or curbing prices or wages etc.
- a relation of constraint of one entity (thing or person or group) by another
- great skillfulness and knowledge of some subject or activity
- a standard against which other conditions can be compared in a scientific experiment
- a spiritual agency that is assumed to assist the medium during a seance
- the state that exists when one person or group has power over another
- discipline in personal and social activities
- (climatology) Any of the physical factors determining the climate of a place, such as latitude, distribution of land and water, altitude, exposure, prevailing winds, permanent high- or low-barometric-pressure areas, ocean currents, mountain barriers, soil, and vegetation.
- A duplicate book, register, or account, kept to correct or check another account or register.
- (linguistics) A construction in which the understood subject of a given predicate is determined by an expression in context. See control.
- (countable, uncountable) An influence or authority over something.
- A security mechanism, policy, or procedure that can counter system attack, reduce risks, and resolve vulnerabilities; a safeguard or countermeasure.
- (project management) A means of monitoring for, and triggering intervention in, activities that are not going according to plan.
- (cycling, countable) A checkpoint along an audax route.
- A control group or control experiment.
- The method and means of governing the performance of any apparatus, machine or system, such as a lever, handle or button.
- (parapsychology) A spirit that takes possession of a psychic or medium and allows other spirits to communicate with the living.
- Restraint or ability to contain one's movements or emotions, or self-control.
- (graphical user interface) An interface element that a computer user interacts with, such as a window or a text box.
verb
- check or regulate (a scientific experiment) by conducting a parallel experiment or comparing with another standard
- place under restrictions; limit access to by law
- exercise authoritative control or power over
- have a firm understanding or knowledge of; be on top of
- be careful or certain to do something; make certain of something
- maintain influence over (others or oneself) skillfully, usually to one's advantage
- verify by using a duplicate register for comparison
- handle and cause to function
- lessen the intensity of; temper; hold in restraint; hold or keep within limits
- (transitive) To exercise influence over; to suggest or dictate the behavior of.
- (transitive) To hold in check, to curb, to restrain.
- (transitive, statistics) (construed with for) To design (an experiment) so that the effects of one or more variables are reduced or eliminated.
noun
- a mechanism that controls the operation of a machine
- someone who maintains and audits business accounts
- a person who directs and restrains
- (nautical) An iron block, usually bolted to a ship's deck, for controlling the running out of a chain cable. The links of the cable tend to drop into hollows in the block, and thus hold fast until disengaged.
- (computer hardware) A mechanism that controls or regulates the operation of a machine, especially a peripheral device in a computer.
- (linguistics) The subject of a control verb. See Control (linguistics)
- (software architecture) In software applications using the model-view-controller design pattern, the part or parts of the application that treat input and output, forming an interface between models and views.
- (espionage) The person who supervises and handles communication with an agent in the field.
- (business) The chief accounting officer which audits, and manages the financial affairs of a company or government; a comptroller.
- (video games) A hardware device designed to allow the user to play video games.
- One who controls something.
- (electronics) Any electric or mechanical device for controlling a circuit or system.
noun
- A set of interconnected mechanical parts which operate each other in sequence.
- (sex, slang) An act wherein series of men line up and then penetrate a person, especially as a form of gang rape.
- A trail or line of something, especially gunpowder.
- A series of electrical pulses.
- A group of people following an important figure such as a king or noble; a retinue, a group of retainers.
- (figuratively, poetic) A group or class of people.
- The elongated back portion of a dress or skirt (or an ornamental piece of material added to similar effect), which drags along the ground.
- A series of specified vehicles (originally tramcars in a mine as usual, later especially railway carriages) coupled together.
- A long, heavy sleigh used in Canada for the transportation of merchandise, wood, etc.
- (computing) A software release schedule.
- A group of animals, vehicles, or people that follow one another in a line, such as a wagon train; a caravan or procession.
- (astronomy) A transient trail of glowing ions behind a large meteor as it falls through the atmosphere or accompanying a comet as it nears the sun; tail.
- A sequence of events or ideas which are interconnected; a course or procedure of something.
- (informal) A service on a railway line.
- The tail of a bird.
- (military) The men and vehicles following an army, which carry artillery and other equipment for battle or siege.
- A mechanical (originally steam-powered, now typically diesel or electrical) vehicle carrying a large number of passengers and freight along a designated track or path; a line of connected wagons considered overall as a mode of transport; (as uncountable noun) rail or road travel.
- A set of things, events, or circumstances that follow after or as a consequence; aftermath, wake.
- (poetic) The elongated body or form of something narrow and winding, such as the course of a river or the body of a snake.
- public transport provided by a line of railway cars coupled together and drawn by a locomotive
- wheelwork consisting of a connected set of rotating gears by which force is transmitted or motion or torque is changed
- piece of cloth forming the long back section of a gown that is drawn along the floor
- a series of consequences wrought by an event
- a procession (of wagons or mules or camels) traveling together in single file
- a sequentially ordered set of things or events or ideas in which each successive member is related to the preceding
verb
- (transitive) To move (a gun) laterally so that it points in a different direction.
- (intransitive) To proceed in sequence.
- (transitive, horticulture) To encourage (a plant or branch) to grow in a particular direction or shape, usually by pruning and bending.
- (transitive, machine learning) To feed data into an algorithm, usually based on a neural network, to create a machine learning model that can perform some task.
- (transitive, video games) To create a trainer (cheat patch) for; to apply cheats to (a game).
- (intransitive) To improve one's fitness.
- (intransitive) To practice an ability.
- (transitive) To teach and form (someone) by practice; to educate (someone).
- (transitive, mining) To trace (a lode or any mineral appearance) to its head.
- (transitive) To transport (something) by train.
- exercise in order to prepare for an event or competition
- develop (a child's or animal's) behavior by instruction and practice; especially to teach self-control
- undergo training or instruction in preparation for a particular role, function, or profession
- point or cause to go (blows, weapons, or objects such as photographic equipment) towards
- cause to grow in a certain way by tying and pruning it
- teach and supervise (someone); act as a trainer or coach (to), as in sports
- travel by rail or train
- create by training and teaching
- drag loosely along a surface; allow to sweep the ground
- teach or refine to be discriminative in taste or judgment
- educate for a future role or function
noun
- A mechanism or machinery; the means by which something happens.
- the internal mechanism of a device
- (with "the") Drastic treatment; abuse; the axe (dismissal).
- (slang) A heroin or other drug addict's equipment: syringes, needles, etc.
- plural of work in its countable senses
- A factory or factories, or a similar collection(s) of industrial facilities.
- (with "the") Everything or everything that is available or possible; especially, all available toppings on food.
- buildings for carrying on industrial labor
- everything available; usually preceded by ‘the’
- performance of moral or religious acts
verb
noun
- a mechanism that puts something into automatic action
- (electricity) A relay that controls the flow of electricity.
- Something that actuates something else.
- A usually electric device that causes a mechanical device (i.e., a mechanism) to be switched on or off. For example; an electric motor that opens and closes a valve.
- (computer hardware) The mechanism that moves the head assembly on a disk drive.
noun
- the operating part that transmits power to a mechanism
- something done (usually as opposed to something said)
- In firearms terminology, the mechanism that handles the ammunition (loads, locks, fires, and extracts the cartridges).
- the trait of being active and energetic and forceful
- the series of events that form a plot
- the most important or interesting work or activity in a specific area or field
- the state of being active
- a military engagement
- a judicial proceeding brought by one party against another; one party prosecutes another for a wrong done or for protection of a right or for prevention of a wrong
- an act by a government body or supranational organization
- a process existing in or produced by nature (rather than by the intent of human beings)
- (Misesian praxeology, Austrian economics) Purposeful behavior.
- (military) Combat.
- A way of motion or functioning.
- The effort of performing or doing something.
- (slang, typically with a quantifier) Sexual intercourse.
- (music, lutherie) The distance separating the strings and the fingerboard on a string instrument.
- A demonstration by activists.
- (mathematics) A way in which each element of some algebraic structure transforms some other structure or set, in a way which respects the structure of the first. Formally, this may be seen as a morphism from the first structure into some structure of endomorphisms of the second; for example, a group action of a group G on a set S can be seen as a group homomorphism from G into the set of bijections on S (which form a group under function composition), while a module M over a ring R can be defined as an abelian group together with a ring homomorphism from R into the ring of group endomorphisms of M (which is also called the action of R on M).
- Something done, often so as to accomplish a purpose.
- The way in which a mechanical device acts when used; especially a firearm.
- (law) A charge or other process in a law court (also called lawsuit and actio).
- (sciences) A process existing in or produced by nature (rather than by the intent of human beings).
- Fast-paced activity.
- (art, painting and sculpture) The attitude or position of the several parts of the body as expressive of the sentiment or passion depicted.
- (music) The mechanism, that is the set of moving mechanical parts, of a keyboard instrument, like a piano, which transfers the motion of the key to the sound-making device.
- (Christianity) A religious performance or solemn function, i.e. action sermon, a sacramental sermon in the Scots Presbyterian Church.
- (physics) The product of energy and time, especially the product of the Lagrangian and time.
- (bowling) spin put on the bowling ball.
- (firearms) The way in which cartridges are loaded, locked, and extracted from the mechanism.
- (literature) The event or connected series of events, either real or imaginary, forming the subject of a play, poem, or other composition; the unfolding of the drama of events.
verb
adj
intj
noun
- (computing) A process responsible for managing other processes.
- A person who monitors someone to make sure they comply with rules or other requirements set for them.
- (management) A person with the official task of overseeing the work of a person or group, or of other operations and activities.
- (US) In certain states, an elected member of the governing body for a county which is called the board of supervisors.
- one who supervises or has charge and direction of
- a program that controls the execution of other programs
noun
adj
verb
noun
- process or manner of functioning or operating
- (mathematics) calculation by mathematical methods
- activity by a military or naval force (as a maneuver or campaign)
- a planned activity involving many people performing various actions
- the activity of operating something (a machine or business etc.)
- a medical procedure involving an incision with instruments; performed to repair damage or arrest disease in a living body
- a process or series of acts especially of a practical or mechanical nature involved in a particular form of work
- (computer science) data processing in which the result is completely specified by a rule (especially the processing that results from a single instruction)
- a business especially one run on a large scale
- (psychology) the performance of some composite cognitive activity; an operation that affects mental contents
- the state of being in effect or being operative
- (countable) A planned undertaking.
- (countable, medicine) A surgical procedure.
- (uncountable) The method or practice by which actions are done.
- (computing, logic, mathematics, countable) A procedure for generating a value from one or more other values (the operands).
- (military, countable) A military campaign (e.g. Operation Desert Storm).
- (mathematics, more formally, countable) A function which maps zero or more (but typically two) operands to a single output value.
- (uncountable) The act or process of operating (verb): agency; the exertion of power, physical, mechanical, or moral.
- (countable) A business or organization.
- (uncountable) The method by which a device performs its function.
noun
- process or manner of functioning or operating
- a dramatic or musical entertainment
- any recognized accomplishment
- the act of presenting a play or a piece of music or other entertainment
- the act of performing; of doing something successfully; using knowledge as distinguished from merely possessing it
- That which is performed or accomplished; a thing done or carried through; an achievement; a deed; an act; a feat; especially, an action of an elaborate or public character.
- The amount of useful work accomplished estimated in terms of time needed, resources used, etc.
- The act of performing; carrying into execution or action; execution; achievement; accomplishment; representation by action.
- (linguistics) The actual use of language in concrete situations by native speakers of a language, as opposed to the system of linguistic knowledge they possess (competence), cf. linguistic performance.
- (art) A live show or concert.
noun
- Method of operation.
- (usually in the plural) Operation; action.
- Fermentation.
- (countable) A train movement.
- (arithmetic) The incidental or subsidiary calculations performed in solving an overall problem.
- A place where work is carried on.
- (of bodies of water) Becoming full of a vegetable substance.
- a mine or quarry that is being or has been worked
adj
- Enough to allow one to use something.
- That suffices but requires additional work; provisional.
- In paid employment.
- Used in real life; practical.
- That is or are functioning.
- Of or relating to employment.
- serving to permit or facilitate further work or activity
- (of e.g. a machine) performing or capable of performing
- adequate for practical use; especially sufficient in strength or numbers to accomplish something
- actively engaged in paid work
- adopted as a temporary basis for further work
verb
noun
- the process in which part of the output of a system is returned to its input in order to regulate its further output
- response to an inquiry or experiment
- Critical assessment of a process or activity or of their results.
- (amplification) The high-pitched howling noise heard when there is a loop between a microphone and a speaker.
- (electronics, cybernetics, control theory) The part of an output signal that is looped back into the input to control or modify a system.
verb
noun
noun
- The process of adjusting a mechanism such that its parts are aligned; the condition of having its parts so adjusted.
- (astronomy) The conjunction of two celestial objects.
- (artificial intelligence) The goals and values of an artificial intelligence, considered relative to human ethical standards.
- (roleplaying games) One of a set number of moral positions or philosophies a character can take.
- An alliance of factions.
- (bioinformatics) A way of arranging DNA, RNA or protein sequences in order to identify regions of similarity.
- An arrangement of items in a line.
- (transport) The precise route or course taken by a linear way (road, railway, footpath, etc.) between two points.
- ground plan of a canal or road
- an organization of people (or countries) involved in a pact or treaty
- the spatial property possessed by an arrangement or position of things in a straight line or in parallel lines
- the act of adjusting or aligning the parts of a device in relation to each other
- (astronomy) apparent meeting or passing of two or more celestial bodies in the same degree of the zodiac
noun
- one complete cycle of operations (as by a computer)
- a document indicating permission to do something without restrictions
- a flight or run by an aircraft over a target
- a usually brief attempt
- a permit to enter or leave a military installation
- any authorization to pass or go somewhere
- an automatic advance to the next round in a tournament without playing an opponent
- the location in a range of mountains of a geological formation that is lower than the surrounding peaks
- (military) a written leave of absence
- success in satisfying a test or requirement
- a difficult juncture
- (sports) the act of throwing the ball to another member of your team
- (American football) a play that involves one player throwing the ball to a teammate
- a bad or difficult situation or state of affairs
- a complimentary ticket
- (baseball) an advance to first base by a batter who receives four balls
- (cooking) The area in a restaurant kitchen where the finished dishes are passed from the chefs to the waiting staff.
- An act of declining to play one's turn in a game, often by saying the word "pass".
- A single movement, especially of a hand, at, over, or along anything.
- An opening, road, or track, available for passing; especially, one through or over some dangerous or otherwise impracticable barrier such as a mountain range; a passageway; a defile; a ford.
- (fencing) A thrust or push; an attempt to stab or strike an adversary.
- A single passage of a tool over something, or of something over a tool.
- (computing, slang) A password (especially one for a restricted-access website).
- (computing) A run through a document as part of a translation, compilation or reformatting process.
- The state of things; condition; predicament; impasse.
- A channel connecting a river or body of water to the sea, for example at the mouth (delta) of a river.
- Success in an examination or similar test.
- (sports) The act of moving the ball or puck from one player to another.
- (rail transport) A passing of two trains in the same direction on a single track, when one is put into a siding to let the other overtake it.
- An attempt.
- A document granting permission to pass or to go and come; a passport; a ticket permitting free transit or admission
- (figuratively) A thrust; a sally of wit.
- A sexual advance (often in the phrase make a pass).
- (baseball) An intentional walk.
- Permission or license to pass, or to go and come.
- (sports) The act of overtaking; an overtaking manoeuvre.
adj
verb
- accept or judge as acceptable
- be superior or better than some standard
- transfer to another; of rights or property
- throw (a ball) to another player
- allow to go without comment or censure
- pass into a specified state or condition; sink into
- go unchallenged; be approved
- pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life
- eliminate from the body
- move past
- use up a period of time in a specific way
- for time to move forward
- travel past
- go successfully through a test or a selection process
- disappear gradually
- be inherited by
- grant authorization or clearance for
- transmit information
- go across or through
- pass over, across, or through
- cause to pass
- place into the hands or custody of
- make laws, bills, etc. or bring into effect by legislation
- come to pass
- stretch out over a distance, space, time, or scope; run or extend between two points or beyond a certain point
- (intransitive) To proceed without hindrance or opposition.
- (intransitive) To move or be moved from one place to another.
- (transitive) To transcend; to surpass; to excel; to exceed.
- (intransitive, stative, sociology) To be accepted by others as a member of a race, sex, or other group to which one does not belong or would not have originally appeared to belong; especially to be considered white although one has black ancestry, or a woman although one was assigned male at birth or vice versa.
- (intransitive) To continue.
- (intransitive, law) To make a judgment on or upon a person or case.
- (intransitive, American football) To throw the ball, generally downfield, towards a teammate.
- (transitive, of time) To spend.
- (intransitive, card games) In euchre, to decline to make the trump.
- (transitive) To go past, by, over, or through; to proceed from one side to the other of; to move past.
- (transitive) To cause to obtain entrance, admission, or conveyance.
- (transitive) To utter; to pronounce; to pledge.
- (intransitive, transitive) To achieve a successful outcome from.
- (transitive) To put in circulation; to give currency to.
- (intransitive) To happen.
- (intransitive) To change from one state to another (without the implication of progression).
- (intransitive, stative) To be tolerated as a substitute for something else, to "do".
- (transitive) To cause to advance by stages of progress; to carry on with success through an ordeal, examination, or action; specifically, to give legal or official sanction to; to ratify; to enact; to approve as valid and just.
- (transitive, nautical) To take a turn with (a line, gasket, etc.), as around a sail in furling, and make secure.
- (intransitive) To progress from one state to another; to advance.
- (transitive, cooking) To put through a sieve.
- (transitive) To allow to go by without noticing; to omit attention to; to take no note of; to disregard.
- (transitive, soccer) To kick (the ball) with precision rather than at full force.
- (ditransitive) To cause to move or go; to send; to transfer from one person, place, or condition to another.
- (intransitive, transitive) To advance through all the steps or stages necessary to become valid or effective; to obtain the formal sanction of (a legislative body).
- (intransitive, law) To be conveyed or transferred by will, deed, or other instrument of conveyance.
- (intransitive, of time) To elapse, to be spent.
- (intransitive, euphemistic) To die.
- (intransitive) To decline something that is offered or available.
- (intransitive) In turn-based games, to decline to play in one's turn.
- (transitive) To reject; to pass up.
- (intransitive, transitive, medicine) To eliminate (something) from the body by natural processes.
- (intransitive) To depart, to cease, to come to an end.
- (intransitive) To go from one person to another.
- (transitive) To live through; to have experience of; to undergo; to suffer.
- (intransitive) To decline or not attempt to answer a question.
- (transitive) To move (the ball or puck) to a teammate.
- (intransitive, fencing) To make a lunge or swipe.
noun
- a computer circuit with several inputs but only one output that can be activated by particular combinations of inputs
- total admission receipts at a sports event
- a movable barrier in a fence or wall
- passageway (as in an air terminal) where passengers can embark or disembark
- A location which serves as a conduit for transport, migration, or trade.
- A doorway, opening, or passage in a fence or wall.
- (slang) A place where drugs are illegally sold.
- The amount of money made by selling tickets to a concert or a sports event.
- (Scotland, Northern England) A street; now used especially as a combining form to make the name of a street e.g. "Briggate" (a common street name in the north of England meaning "Bridge Street") or Kirkgate meaning "Church Street".
- In a lock tumbler, the opening for the stump of the bolt to pass through or into.
- A passageway (as in an air terminal) where passengers can embark or disembark.
- (cinematography) A mechanism, in a film camera and projector, that holds each frame momentarily stationary behind the aperture.
- An individual theme park as part of a larger resort complex with multiple parks.
- A tally mark consisting of four vertical bars crossed by a diagonal, representing a count of five.
- (electronics) The controlling terminal of a field effect transistor (FET).
- The waste piece of metal cast in the opening; a sprue or sullage piece. Also written geat and git.
- (mining) A tunnel serving the coal face.
- (computing) A logical pathway made up of switches which turn on or off. Examples are and, or, nand, etc.
- (now Scotland, Northern England) A way, path.
- (cricket) The gap between a batsman's bat and pad.
- (metalworking) The channel or opening through which metal is poured into the mould; the ingate; tedge.
- (flow cytometry) A line that separates particle type-clusters on two-dimensional dot plots.
- A doorlike structure outside a house.
- A movable barrier.
verb
- supply with a gate
- control with a valve or other device that functions like a gate
- restrict (school boys') movement to the dormitory or campus as a means of punishment
- (transitive) To selectively regulate or restrict (access to something).
- (transitive) To keep something inside by means of a closed gate.
- (transitive) To turn (an image intensifier) on and off selectively, as needed or to avoid damage from excessive light exposure. See autogating.
- (transitive, biochemistry) To open (a closed ion channel).
- (transitive) To furnish with a gate.
noun
verb
- operate simultaneously
- make (motion picture sound) exactly simultaneous with the action
- arrange or represent events so that they co-occur
- make synchronous and adjust in time or manner
- cause to indicate the same time or rate
- happen at the same time
- Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of synchronize.
verb
- operate simultaneously
- make (motion picture sound) exactly simultaneous with the action
- arrange or represent events so that they co-occur
- make synchronous and adjust in time or manner
- cause to indicate the same time or rate
- happen at the same time
- (transitive) To set (a clock or watch) to display the same time as another.
- (intransitive) To occur at the same time or with coordinated timing.
- (transitive) To coordinate or combine.
- (transitive) To cause (video and audio) to play in a coordinated way.
- (intransitive, of inanimate entities) To agree, be coordinated with, or complement well.
- (computing, ambitransitive) To cause (a set of files, data, or settings) on one computer or device to be (and try to remain) the same as on another.
verb
- To adjust (a mechanism) for accurate and proper functioning.
- To control or direct according to rule, principle, or law.
- To dictate policy.
- To put or maintain in order.
- shape or influence; give direction to
- bring into conformity with rules or principles or usage; impose regulations
- fix or adjust the time, amount, degree, or rate of
- restrain the emission of (sound, fluid, etc.)
verb
- (transitive) To cause (a mechanism) to operate.
- (intransitive) To travel by operating a wheeled motorized vehicle.
- (transitive, slang, aviation) To operate (an aircraft); to pilot.
- (intransitive) To move forcefully.
- (transitive) To separate the lighter (feathers or down) from the heavier, by exposing them to a current of air.
- (transitive) (especially animals) To cause to flee out of.
- (transitive, intransitive) To direct a vehicle powered by a horse, ox or similar animal.
- (transitive) To compel, exert pressure, coerce (to do something).
- (intransitive, sports, cricket, tennis, baseball) To hit the ball with a drive.
- (transitive) To carry or to keep in motion; to conduct; to prosecute.
- (transitive) To displace either physically or non-physically, through the application of force.
- To be the dominant party in a sex act.
- (transitive) To convey (a person, etc.) in a wheeled motorized vehicle.
- (transitive) To urge, press, or bring to a point or state.
- (transitive) (especially of animals) To impel or urge onward by force; to push forward; to compel to move on.
- (transitive) To cause to become.
- (transitive, ergative) To operate (a wheeled motorized vehicle).
- (transitive) To motivate through the application or demonstration of force; to impel or urge onward in such a way.
- (transitive) To provide an impetus for motion or other physical change, to move an object by means of the provision of force thereto.
- (transitive) To motivate; to provide an incentive for.
- (mining) To dig horizontally; to cut a horizontal gallery or tunnel.
- (American football) To put together a drive (n.): to string together offensive plays and advance the ball down the field.
- (intransitive) To be moved or propelled forcefully (especially of a ship).
- (transitive) To clear, by forcing away what is contained.
- (transitive) To provide an impetus for a change in one's situation or state of mind.
- force into or from an action or state, either physically or metaphorically
- strive and make an effort to reach a goal
- cause to move rapidly by striking or throwing with force
- cause to move back by force or influence
- (hunting) chase from cover into more open ground
- cause someone or something to move by driving
- move by being propelled by a force
- operate or control a vehicle
- proceed along in a vehicle
- to compel or force or urge relentlessly or exert coercive pressure on, or motivate strongly
- (hunting) search for game
- move into a desired direction of discourse
- push, propel, or press with force
- work as a driver
- excavate horizontally
- cause to function by supplying the force or power for or by controlling
- urge forward
- travel or be transported in a vehicle
- strike with a driver, as in teeing off
- have certain properties when driven
- compel somebody to do something, often against their own will or judgment
- hit very hard, as by swinging a bat horizontally
noun
- (American football) An offensive possession, generally one consisting of several plays and/ or first downs, often leading to a scoring opportunity.
- (retail) A campaign aimed at selling more of a certain product or promoting a public service.
- (golf) A stroke made with a driver.
- (philanthropy) A charity event such as a fundraiser, bake sale, or toy drive.
- (soccer) A straight level shot or pass.
- (typography) An impression or matrix formed by a punch drift.
- An act of driving livestock animals forward, to transport a herd.
- (psychology) Desire or interest.
- A mechanism used to power or give motion to a vehicle or other machine or machine part.
- A collection of objects that are driven; a mass of logs to be floated down a river.
- A trip made in a vehicle (now generally in a motor vehicle).
- (automotive) The gear into which one usually shifts an automatic transmission when one is driving a car or truck. (Denoted with symbol D on a shifter's labeling.)
- Violent or rapid motion; a rushing onward or away; (especially) a forced or hurried dispatch of business.
- Planned, usually long-lasting, effort to achieve something; ability coupled with ambition, determination, and motivation.
- (computer hardware) An apparatus for reading and writing data to or from a mass storage device such as a disk.
- (military) A sustained advance in the face of the enemy to take an objective.
- (computer hardware) A mass storage device in which the mechanism for reading and writing data is integrated with the mechanism for storing data.
- A type of public roadway.
- (cricket) A type of shot played by swinging the bat in a vertical arc, through the line of the ball, and hitting it along the ground, normally between cover and midwicket.
- (baseball, tennis) A ball struck in a flat trajectory.
- An act of driving game animals forward, to be captured or hunted.
- A driveway.
- (UK, especially Bristol and Wales, slang) Friendly term of address for a bus driver.
- the act of applying force to propel something
- a mechanism by which force or power is transmitted in a machine
- hitting a golf ball off of a tee with a driver
- a series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end
- a wide scenic road planted with trees
- the act of driving a herd of animals overland
- the trait of being highly motivated
- a journey in a vehicle (usually an automobile)
- (computer science) a device that writes data onto or reads data from a storage medium
- a physiological state corresponding to a strong need or desire
- (sports) a hard straight return (as in tennis or squash)
- a road leading up to a private house
verb
- manipulate by or as if by moving around components
- deal with simultaneously
- throw, catch, and keep in the air several things simultaneously
- influence by slyness
- hold with difficulty and balance insecurely
- To manipulate objects, such as balls, clubs, beanbags, rings, etc. in an artful or artistic manner. Juggling may also include assorted other circus skills such as the diabolo, devil sticks, hat, and cigar box manipulation as well.
- To handle or manage many tasks at once.
- (ambitransitive) To deceive by trick or artifice.
noun
adj
- of or relating to the simultaneous performance of multiple operations
- (computing) Involving the processing of multiple tasks at the same time.
- being everywhere equidistant and not intersecting
- (figuratively) Analogous, similar, comparable.
- Having the same overall direction; the comparison is indicated with "to".
- (science fiction, of realities, dimensions, timelines, etc.) Coexisting but normally not interacting with the regular reality.
- (hyperbolic geometry, said of a pair of lines) Either not intersecting, or coinciding.
- Equally distant from one another at all points.
noun
- (mathematics) one of a set of parallel geometric figures (parallel lines or planes)
- something having the property of being analogous to something else
- an imaginary line around the Earth parallel to the equator
- (printing) A character consisting of two parallel vertical lines, used in the text to direct attention to a similarly marked note in the margin or at the foot of a page.
- (military) One of a series of long trenches constructed before a besieged fortress, by the besieging force, as a cover for troops supporting the attacking batteries. They are roughly parallel to the line of outer defenses of the fortress.
- (geography) A line of latitude.
- Something identical or similar in essential respects.
- One of a set of parallel lines.
- Direction conformable to that of another line.
- A comparison made; elaborate tracing of similarity.
- An arrangement of electrical components such that a current flows along two or more paths; see in parallel.
verb
- make or place parallel to something
- duplicate or match
- be parallel to
- Of a path etc: To be parallel to something else.
- To compare or liken something to something else.
- To construct or place something parallel to something else.
- To make to conform to something else in character, motive, aim, etc.
- To equal; to match; to correspond to.
- To produce or adduce as a parallel.
- Of a process etc: To be analogous to something else.