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adj
adj
noun
- the act of following prey stealthily
- a hunt for game carried on by following it stealthily or waiting in ambush
- a slender or elongated structure that supports a plant or fungus or a plant part or plant organ
- material consisting of seed coverings and small pieces of stem or leaves that have been separated from the seeds
- a stiff or threatening gait
- The hunting of a wild animal by stealthy approach.
- The peduncle of the eyes of decapod crustaceans.
- A particular episode of trying to follow or contact someone.
- One of the two upright pieces of a ladder.
- (metalworking) An iron bar with projections inserted in a core to strengthen it; a core arbor.
- (architecture) An ornament in the Corinthian capital resembling the stalk of a plant, from which the volutes and helices spring.
- (slang) The penis.
- The petiole, pedicel, or peduncle of a plant.
- Something resembling the stalk of a plant, such as the stem of a quill.
- (mathematics, sheaf theory) Informally, a construction which generalizes that of the notion of the ring of germs of functions near a point to the context of arbitrary sheaves. Formally, given a sheaf ℱ on a space X, and a point x in X, the direct limit of the sections of F on the open neighborhoods of x ordered by reverse inclusion. See Stalk (sheaf) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- The stem or main axis of a plant.
- A stem or peduncle, as in certain barnacles and crinoids.
- The narrow basal portion of the abdomen of a hymenopterous insect.
- A haughty style of walking.
verb
- walk stiffly
- go through (an area) in search of prey
- follow stealthily or recur constantly and spontaneously to
- (transitive) To approach slowly and quietly in order not to be discovered when getting closer.
- (intransitive) To walk haughtily.
- (intransitive) To walk slowly and cautiously; to walk in a stealthy, noiseless manner.
- (transitive) To (try to) follow or contact someone constantly, often resulting in harassment.ᵂᵖ
- (intransitive) To walk behind something, such as a screen, for the purpose of approaching game; to proceed under cover.
noun
- the act of following prey stealthily
- a hunt for game carried on by following it stealthily or waiting in ambush
- The crime of following or harassing another person, causing that person to fear death or injury.
- The act of going stealthily.
- Hunting for game by moving silently and stealthily or by waiting in ambush.
- The removal of stalks from bunches of grapes prior to winemaking.
verb
adj
- living by preying on other animals especially by catching living prey
- Living by preying on other living animals.
- living by or given to victimizing others for personal gain
- characterized by plundering or pillaging or marauding
- Of, or relating to a predator.
- (figuratively) Exploiting or victimizing others for personal gain.
adj
- living by preying on other animals especially by catching living prey
- (of an animal, usually a bird) Subsisting off live prey.
- devouring or craving food in great quantities
- excessively greedy and grasping
- Given to taking by force or plundering; aggressively greedy.
- (also figurative) Voracious; avaricious.
verb
- prey on or hunt for
- be earlier in time; go back further
- come before
- establish something as being earlier relative to something else
- (transitive) To exist or to occur before something else; to antedate.
- To designate a date earlier than the actual one; to move a date, appointment, event, or period of time to an earlier point (contrast "postdate".)
- (ambitransitive) To prey upon something.
noun
verb
noun
- animal hunted or caught for food
- a person who is the aim of an attack (especially a victim of ridicule or exploitation) by some hostile person or influence
- The victim of a disease.
- That which is or may be seized by animals to be devoured.
- A living thing, usually an animal, that is eaten by another living thing.
- A person or thing given up as a victim.
verb
- prey on or hunt for
- Sometimes followed by about or on: to move about searching for food or prey ravenously.
- obtain or seize by violence
- eat greedily
- feed greedily
- Followed by about, after, or for: to go after or seek for something, especially booty or spoils; to maraud, to plunder; also (generally), to move about wildly and cause damage; to rampage.
- To eat greedily; also, followed by on or upon: of an animal: to prey on.
- (figurative) To absorb or take in (something, such as information) greedily; also, to approach or pounce on (someone) like prey.
- Originally followed by with: to experience great hunger; to be ravenous.
- (figurative) To take and exploit or make use of greedily.
- (figurative) Sometimes followed by after or for: to have a strong craving or desire for, or to do, something; to crave, to desire, to yearn.
- Sometimes followed by after or for: to have a ravenous appetite or craving for food or prey.
noun
- large black bird with a straight bill and long wedge-shaped tail
- (uncountable) A jet-black, often glossy, colour, like that of the plumage of a raven (etymology 1 sense 1).
- (countable) Any of several, generally large, species of birds in the genus Corvus with lustrous black plumage; especially the common raven (Corvus corax).
- (historical, countable) A flag bearing a raven (etymology 1 sense 1), formerly used by some Viking leaders
- (uncountable, metonymic) preceded by the: Viking military power.
- (chiefly fiction, countable) A person, especially a man, with black hair.
- Alternative spelling of ravin.
adj
verb
noun
- the act of concealing yourself and lying in wait to attack by surprise
- The act of concealing oneself and lying in wait to attack or kill by surprise.
- The troops posted in a concealed place, for attacking by surprise; those who lie in wait.
- An attack launched from a concealed position.
- The concealed position or state from which a surprise attack is launched.
noun
- hawks that hunt over meadows and marshes and prey on small terrestrial animals
- a persistent attacker
- a hound that resembles a foxhound but is smaller; used to hunt rabbits
- One who harries.
- A runner, specifically, a cross country runner.
- A kind of dog used to hunt hares; a harehound.
- Any of several birds of prey in the genus Circus of the subfamily Circinae which fly low over meadows and marshes and hunt small mammals or birds.
noun
- any of various predatory carnivorous canine mammals of North America and Eurasia that usually hunt in packs
- a man who is aggressive in making amorous advances to women
- a cruelly rapacious person
- (countable) Canis lupus; the largest wild member of the canine subfamily.
- (figurative) Any very ravenous, rapacious, or destructive person or thing; especially, want; starvation.
- A man who makes amorous advances to many women.
- (music) A wolf tone or wolf note.
- Any of several related canines that resemble Canis lupus in appearance, especially those of the genus Canis.
- A white worm which infests granaries, the larva of Nemapogon granella, a tineid moth.
- A wolf spider.
- One of the destructive, and usually hairy, larvae of several species of beetles and grain moths.
- A willying machine, to cleanse wool or willow.
verb
verb
- abandon the intended prey, turn, and pursue an inferior prey
- place into check
- develop (a child's or animal's) behavior by instruction and practice; especially to teach self-control
- slow the growth or development of
- hold back, as of a danger or an enemy; check the expansion or influence of
- hand over something to somebody as for temporary safekeeping
- put a check mark on or near or next to
- stop for a moment, as if out of uncertainty or caution
- block or impede (a player from the opposing team) in ice hockey
- be careful or certain to do something; make certain of something
- consign for shipment on a vehicle
- find out, learn, or determine with certainty, usually by making an inquiry or other effort
- be compatible, similar or consistent; coincide in their characteristics
- stop in a chase especially when scent is lost
- make an examination or investigation
- verify by consulting a source or authority
- make cracks or chinks in
- examine so as to determine accuracy, quality, or condition
- lessen the intensity of; temper; hold in restraint; hold or keep within limits
- be verified or confirmed; pass inspection
- write out a check on a bank account
- become fractured; break or crack on the surface only
- mark into squares or draw squares on; draw crossed lines on
- decline to initiate betting
- arrest the motion (of something) abruptly
- (nautical) To slack or ease off, as a brace which is too stiffly extended.
- (intransitive) To check out, make sense or prove to be the case after verification or interrogation.
- (transitive) To leave with a shipping agent for shipping.
- (transitive) To make checks or chinks in; to cause to crack.
- To act as a curb or restraint.
- (informal, transitive) To scold or rebuke someone.
- (transitive) To mark with a check pattern.
- (poker, transitive) To announce that one is remaining in a hand without betting.
- (transitive) To verify the accuracy of a text or translation, usually making some corrections (proofread) or many (copyedit).
- (intransitive, with at) To make a stop; to pause.
- (transitive) To control, limit, or halt.
- (street basketball, transitive) To pass or bounce the ball to an opponent from behind the three-point line and have the opponent pass or bounce it back to start play.
- (chess, transitive) To make a move which puts an adversary's king in check; to put in check.
- (transitive, US, often used with "off") To mark items on a list (with a checkmark or by crossing them out) that have been chosen for keeping or removal or that have been dealt with (for example, completed or verified as correct or satisfactory).
- To crack or gape open, as wood in drying; or to crack in small checks, as varnish, paint, etc.
- (transitive) To chide, rebuke, or reprove.
- (falconry) To turn, when in pursuit of proper game, and fly after other birds.
- (sports, transitive) To disrupt another player with the stick or body to obtain possession of the ball or puck.
- (transitive) To verify or compare with a source of information.
- (transitive) To leave in safekeeping.
- (transitive) To inspect; to examine.
noun
- a textile pattern of squares or crossed lines (resembling a checkerboard)
- obstructing an opponent in ice hockey
- the act of inspecting or verifying
- a mark left after a small piece has been chopped or broken off of something
- the bill in a restaurant
- the state of inactivity following an interruption
- additional proof that something that was believed (some fact or hypothesis or theory) is correct
- something immaterial that interferes with or delays action or progress
- (chess) a direct attack on an opponent's king
- the act of restraining power or action or limiting excess
- an appraisal of the state of affairs
- a written order directing a bank to pay money
- a mark indicating that something has been noted or completed etc.
- An inspection or examination.
- (falconry) The forsaking by a hawk of its proper game to follow other birds. [from 15th c.]
- A lengthwise separation through the growth rings in wood.
- Any fabric woven with such a pattern.
- A small chink or crack.
- (US) An order to a bank to pay money to a named person or entity.
- A token used instead of cash in various contexts, including sign-out of company property or collection of rations (dated), in gaming machines, or in gambling generally.
- (chess) A situation in which the king is directly threatened by an opposing piece.
- (US) A bill, particularly in a restaurant.
- (textiles, usually pluralized) A pattern made up of a grid of squares of alternating colors; a checkered pattern.
- A control; a limit or stop.
- A mark, certificate, or token by which errors may be prevented, or a thing or person may be identified.
- (contact sports) A maneuver performed by a player to take another player out of the play.
- (US) A mark (especially a checkmark: ✓) used as an indicator.
adj
intj
verb
- (transitive) To target a pest species by laying baits.
- (transitive) To set dogs on (an animal etc.) to bite or worry; to attack with dogs, especially for sport.
- (intransitive) Of a horse or other animal: to take food, especially during a journey.
- (transitive) To intentionally annoy, torment, or threaten by constant rebukes or threats; to harass.
- (transitive) To affix bait to a trap or a fishing hook or fishing line.
- (transitive) To lay baits in an environment to control pest species.
- (transitive) To attract with bait; to entice.
- (intransitive) (of a person) To stop to take a portion of food and drink for refreshment during a journey.
- attack with dogs or set dogs upon
- harass with persistent criticism or carping
- lure, entice, or entrap with bait
adj
noun
- Food containing poison or a harmful additive to kill animals that are pests.
- A light or hasty luncheon.
- (as the head of a compound) Something that lures or entices a specified group.
- Anything which allures; something or someone used to lure or entice someone or something into doing something.
- Any substance, especially food, used in catching fish, or other animals, by alluring them to a hook, snare, trap, or net.
- A portion of food or drink, as a refreshment taken on a journey; also, a stop for rest and refreshment.
- (Internet slang) A post intended to elicit a, usually strong or negative, reaction from others.
- (Geordie, Durham) A packed lunch - the bite to eat a worker took with them to eat.
- (vulgar, sexuality) Someone that attracts or entices a specified sex act being done to them.
- (East Anglia) A small meal taken mid-morning while farming.
- (Northern England) A miner's packed meal.
- anything that serves as an enticement
- something used to lure fish or other animals into danger so they can be trapped or killed
noun
- the act of following prey stealthily
- a hunt for game carried on by following it stealthily or waiting in ambush
- a slender or elongated structure that supports a plant or fungus or a plant part or plant organ
- material consisting of seed coverings and small pieces of stem or leaves that have been separated from the seeds
- a stiff or threatening gait
- The hunting of a wild animal by stealthy approach.
- The peduncle of the eyes of decapod crustaceans.
- A particular episode of trying to follow or contact someone.
- One of the two upright pieces of a ladder.
- (metalworking) An iron bar with projections inserted in a core to strengthen it; a core arbor.
- (architecture) An ornament in the Corinthian capital resembling the stalk of a plant, from which the volutes and helices spring.
- (slang) The penis.
- The petiole, pedicel, or peduncle of a plant.
- Something resembling the stalk of a plant, such as the stem of a quill.
- (mathematics, sheaf theory) Informally, a construction which generalizes that of the notion of the ring of germs of functions near a point to the context of arbitrary sheaves. Formally, given a sheaf ℱ on a space X, and a point x in X, the direct limit of the sections of F on the open neighborhoods of x ordered by reverse inclusion. See Stalk (sheaf) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- The stem or main axis of a plant.
- A stem or peduncle, as in certain barnacles and crinoids.
- The narrow basal portion of the abdomen of a hymenopterous insect.
- A haughty style of walking.
verb
- walk stiffly
- go through (an area) in search of prey
- follow stealthily or recur constantly and spontaneously to
- (transitive) To approach slowly and quietly in order not to be discovered when getting closer.
- (intransitive) To walk haughtily.
- (intransitive) To walk slowly and cautiously; to walk in a stealthy, noiseless manner.
- (transitive) To (try to) follow or contact someone constantly, often resulting in harassment.ᵂᵖ
- (intransitive) To walk behind something, such as a screen, for the purpose of approaching game; to proceed under cover.
noun
- the act of following prey stealthily
- a hunt for game carried on by following it stealthily or waiting in ambush
- The crime of following or harassing another person, causing that person to fear death or injury.
- The act of going stealthily.
- Hunting for game by moving silently and stealthily or by waiting in ambush.
- The removal of stalks from bunches of grapes prior to winemaking.
verb
noun
- hawks that hunt over meadows and marshes and prey on small terrestrial animals
- a persistent attacker
- a hound that resembles a foxhound but is smaller; used to hunt rabbits
- One who harries.
- A runner, specifically, a cross country runner.
- A kind of dog used to hunt hares; a harehound.
- Any of several birds of prey in the genus Circus of the subfamily Circinae which fly low over meadows and marshes and hunt small mammals or birds.
noun
- any of various predatory carnivorous canine mammals of North America and Eurasia that usually hunt in packs
- a man who is aggressive in making amorous advances to women
- a cruelly rapacious person
- (countable) Canis lupus; the largest wild member of the canine subfamily.
- (figurative) Any very ravenous, rapacious, or destructive person or thing; especially, want; starvation.
- A man who makes amorous advances to many women.
- (music) A wolf tone or wolf note.
- Any of several related canines that resemble Canis lupus in appearance, especially those of the genus Canis.
- A white worm which infests granaries, the larva of Nemapogon granella, a tineid moth.
- A wolf spider.
- One of the destructive, and usually hairy, larvae of several species of beetles and grain moths.
- A willying machine, to cleanse wool or willow.
verb
verb
- prey on or hunt for
- be earlier in time; go back further
- come before
- establish something as being earlier relative to something else
- (transitive) To exist or to occur before something else; to antedate.
- To designate a date earlier than the actual one; to move a date, appointment, event, or period of time to an earlier point (contrast "postdate".)
- (ambitransitive) To prey upon something.
noun
verb
noun
- animal hunted or caught for food
- a person who is the aim of an attack (especially a victim of ridicule or exploitation) by some hostile person or influence
- The victim of a disease.
- That which is or may be seized by animals to be devoured.
- A living thing, usually an animal, that is eaten by another living thing.
- A person or thing given up as a victim.
verb
- prey on or hunt for
- Sometimes followed by about or on: to move about searching for food or prey ravenously.
- obtain or seize by violence
- eat greedily
- feed greedily
- Followed by about, after, or for: to go after or seek for something, especially booty or spoils; to maraud, to plunder; also (generally), to move about wildly and cause damage; to rampage.
- To eat greedily; also, followed by on or upon: of an animal: to prey on.
- (figurative) To absorb or take in (something, such as information) greedily; also, to approach or pounce on (someone) like prey.
- Originally followed by with: to experience great hunger; to be ravenous.
- (figurative) To take and exploit or make use of greedily.
- (figurative) Sometimes followed by after or for: to have a strong craving or desire for, or to do, something; to crave, to desire, to yearn.
- Sometimes followed by after or for: to have a ravenous appetite or craving for food or prey.
noun
- large black bird with a straight bill and long wedge-shaped tail
- (uncountable) A jet-black, often glossy, colour, like that of the plumage of a raven (etymology 1 sense 1).
- (countable) Any of several, generally large, species of birds in the genus Corvus with lustrous black plumage; especially the common raven (Corvus corax).
- (historical, countable) A flag bearing a raven (etymology 1 sense 1), formerly used by some Viking leaders
- (uncountable, metonymic) preceded by the: Viking military power.
- (chiefly fiction, countable) A person, especially a man, with black hair.
- Alternative spelling of ravin.
adj
verb
noun
- the act of concealing yourself and lying in wait to attack by surprise
- The act of concealing oneself and lying in wait to attack or kill by surprise.
- The troops posted in a concealed place, for attacking by surprise; those who lie in wait.
- An attack launched from a concealed position.
- The concealed position or state from which a surprise attack is launched.
verb
- abandon the intended prey, turn, and pursue an inferior prey
- place into check
- develop (a child's or animal's) behavior by instruction and practice; especially to teach self-control
- slow the growth or development of
- hold back, as of a danger or an enemy; check the expansion or influence of
- hand over something to somebody as for temporary safekeeping
- put a check mark on or near or next to
- stop for a moment, as if out of uncertainty or caution
- block or impede (a player from the opposing team) in ice hockey
- be careful or certain to do something; make certain of something
- consign for shipment on a vehicle
- find out, learn, or determine with certainty, usually by making an inquiry or other effort
- be compatible, similar or consistent; coincide in their characteristics
- stop in a chase especially when scent is lost
- make an examination or investigation
- verify by consulting a source or authority
- make cracks or chinks in
- examine so as to determine accuracy, quality, or condition
- lessen the intensity of; temper; hold in restraint; hold or keep within limits
- be verified or confirmed; pass inspection
- write out a check on a bank account
- become fractured; break or crack on the surface only
- mark into squares or draw squares on; draw crossed lines on
- decline to initiate betting
- arrest the motion (of something) abruptly
- (nautical) To slack or ease off, as a brace which is too stiffly extended.
- (intransitive) To check out, make sense or prove to be the case after verification or interrogation.
- (transitive) To leave with a shipping agent for shipping.
- (transitive) To make checks or chinks in; to cause to crack.
- To act as a curb or restraint.
- (informal, transitive) To scold or rebuke someone.
- (transitive) To mark with a check pattern.
- (poker, transitive) To announce that one is remaining in a hand without betting.
- (transitive) To verify the accuracy of a text or translation, usually making some corrections (proofread) or many (copyedit).
- (intransitive, with at) To make a stop; to pause.
- (transitive) To control, limit, or halt.
- (street basketball, transitive) To pass or bounce the ball to an opponent from behind the three-point line and have the opponent pass or bounce it back to start play.
- (chess, transitive) To make a move which puts an adversary's king in check; to put in check.
- (transitive, US, often used with "off") To mark items on a list (with a checkmark or by crossing them out) that have been chosen for keeping or removal or that have been dealt with (for example, completed or verified as correct or satisfactory).
- To crack or gape open, as wood in drying; or to crack in small checks, as varnish, paint, etc.
- (transitive) To chide, rebuke, or reprove.
- (falconry) To turn, when in pursuit of proper game, and fly after other birds.
- (sports, transitive) To disrupt another player with the stick or body to obtain possession of the ball or puck.
- (transitive) To verify or compare with a source of information.
- (transitive) To leave in safekeeping.
- (transitive) To inspect; to examine.
noun
- a textile pattern of squares or crossed lines (resembling a checkerboard)
- obstructing an opponent in ice hockey
- the act of inspecting or verifying
- a mark left after a small piece has been chopped or broken off of something
- the bill in a restaurant
- the state of inactivity following an interruption
- additional proof that something that was believed (some fact or hypothesis or theory) is correct
- something immaterial that interferes with or delays action or progress
- (chess) a direct attack on an opponent's king
- the act of restraining power or action or limiting excess
- an appraisal of the state of affairs
- a written order directing a bank to pay money
- a mark indicating that something has been noted or completed etc.
- An inspection or examination.
- (falconry) The forsaking by a hawk of its proper game to follow other birds. [from 15th c.]
- A lengthwise separation through the growth rings in wood.
- Any fabric woven with such a pattern.
- A small chink or crack.
- (US) An order to a bank to pay money to a named person or entity.
- A token used instead of cash in various contexts, including sign-out of company property or collection of rations (dated), in gaming machines, or in gambling generally.
- (chess) A situation in which the king is directly threatened by an opposing piece.
- (US) A bill, particularly in a restaurant.
- (textiles, usually pluralized) A pattern made up of a grid of squares of alternating colors; a checkered pattern.
- A control; a limit or stop.
- A mark, certificate, or token by which errors may be prevented, or a thing or person may be identified.
- (contact sports) A maneuver performed by a player to take another player out of the play.
- (US) A mark (especially a checkmark: ✓) used as an indicator.
adj
intj
verb
- (transitive) To target a pest species by laying baits.
- (transitive) To set dogs on (an animal etc.) to bite or worry; to attack with dogs, especially for sport.
- (intransitive) Of a horse or other animal: to take food, especially during a journey.
- (transitive) To intentionally annoy, torment, or threaten by constant rebukes or threats; to harass.
- (transitive) To affix bait to a trap or a fishing hook or fishing line.
- (transitive) To lay baits in an environment to control pest species.
- (transitive) To attract with bait; to entice.
- (intransitive) (of a person) To stop to take a portion of food and drink for refreshment during a journey.
- attack with dogs or set dogs upon
- harass with persistent criticism or carping
- lure, entice, or entrap with bait
adj
noun
- Food containing poison or a harmful additive to kill animals that are pests.
- A light or hasty luncheon.
- (as the head of a compound) Something that lures or entices a specified group.
- Anything which allures; something or someone used to lure or entice someone or something into doing something.
- Any substance, especially food, used in catching fish, or other animals, by alluring them to a hook, snare, trap, or net.
- A portion of food or drink, as a refreshment taken on a journey; also, a stop for rest and refreshment.
- (Internet slang) A post intended to elicit a, usually strong or negative, reaction from others.
- (Geordie, Durham) A packed lunch - the bite to eat a worker took with them to eat.
- (vulgar, sexuality) Someone that attracts or entices a specified sex act being done to them.
- (East Anglia) A small meal taken mid-morning while farming.
- (Northern England) A miner's packed meal.
- anything that serves as an enticement
- something used to lure fish or other animals into danger so they can be trapped or killed
adj
adj
adj
- living by preying on other animals especially by catching living prey
- Living by preying on other living animals.
- living by or given to victimizing others for personal gain
- characterized by plundering or pillaging or marauding
- Of, or relating to a predator.
- (figuratively) Exploiting or victimizing others for personal gain.
adj
- living by preying on other animals especially by catching living prey
- (of an animal, usually a bird) Subsisting off live prey.
- devouring or craving food in great quantities
- excessively greedy and grasping
- Given to taking by force or plundering; aggressively greedy.
- (also figurative) Voracious; avaricious.