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noun
- something that can be relied on when needed
- an actor able to replace a regular performer when required
- (electronics) Sleep mode.
- A state of readiness without immediate involvement; remaining in preparation for (a sudden or unforeseen event or situation).
- (travel) Waiting at the airport in the hope of getting a seat on a flight that is already booked out.
- Something that is standard, well-tested, or frequently used.
- A replacement kept on standby.
adj
verb
noun
- Something that is useful.
- (economics) The ability of a commodity to satisfy needs or wants; the satisfaction experienced by the consumer of that commodity.
- The state or condition of being useful; usefulness.
- (sports) The ability to play multiple positions.
- (Australia, New Zealand) A coupé utility, or ute; an automobile with an open tray or bed behind the passenger cabin.
- (computing) A software program designed to perform a single task or a small range of tasks, often to help manage and tune computer hardware, an operating system, or application software.
- (philosophy) Well-being, satisfaction, pleasure, or happiness.
- (business, finance, by extension) A natural or legal monopoly distributer of such a utility; or, the securities of such a provider.
- (computing) A software program other than a game; one that is useful or creative rather than merely entertaining.
- (business) A commodity or service provided on a continuous basis by a physical infrastructure network, such as electricity, water supply or sewerage.
- a company that performs a public service; subject to government regulation
- (economics) a measure that is to be maximized in any situation involving choice
- (computer science) a program designed for general support of the processes of a computer
- the service (electric power or water or transportation) provided by a public utility
- the quality of being of practical use
- a facility composed of one or more pieces of equipment connected to or part of a structure and designed to provide a service such as heat or electricity or water or sewage disposal
adj
- Having to do with, or owned by, a service provider.
- Functional rather than attractive.
- (Of a building or its components) containing or intended for any of a building’s often-utility-related commodity transport, such as pipes or wires, or converting equipment, such as furnaces, water tanks or heaters, circuit breakers, central air conditioning units, laundry facilities, etc.
- capable of substituting in any of several positions on a team
- used of beef; usable but inferior
noun
adj
verb
noun
- something kept back or saved for future use or a special purpose
- the large log at the back of a hearth fire
- an accumulation of jobs not done or materials not processed that are yet to be dealt with (especially unfilled customer orders for products or services)
- A log containing text previously read, as in text-based video games or chat rooms.
- A large log to burn at the back of a fire.
- An accumulation or buildup, especially of unfilled orders, unconsumed products or unfinished work.
- A reserve source or supply.
verb
noun
- something kept back or saved for future use or a special purpose
- formality and propriety of manner
- the trait of being uncommunicative; not volunteering anything more than necessary
- armed forces that are not on active duty but can be called in an emergency
- (medicine) potential capacity to respond in order to maintain vital functions
- a district that is reserved for particular purpose
- an athlete who plays only when a starter on the team is replaced
- In exhibitions, a distinction indicating that the recipient will get a prize in the event of another person being disqualified.
- A tract of land reserved, or set apart, for a particular purpose
- (calico printing) A resist.
- Wine held back and aged before being sold.
- Restraint of freedom in words or actions; backwardness; caution in personal behavior.
- (military) A body of troops kept in the rear of an army drawn up for battle, reserved to support the other lines as occasion may require; a force or body of troops kept for an exigency.
- The act of reserving or keeping back; reservation; exception.
- (ceramics) Absence of color or decoration; the state of being left plain.
- That which is reserved or kept back, as for future use.
- A preparation used on an object being electroplated to fix the limits of the deposit.
- (Canada) A tract of land set apart for the use of an Aboriginal group: Indian reserve.
- A reserve price in an auction.
- (finance, insurance) Funds kept on hand to meet planned or unplanned financial requirements.
- (sports) A member of a team who does not participate from the start of the game, but can be used to replace tired or injured team-mates.
- A natural resource known to exist but not currently exploited.
- (card games) A group or pile of cards dealt out at the beginning of a patience or solitaire game to be used during play.
verb
- hold back or set aside, especially for future use or contingency
- obtain or arrange (for oneself) in advance
- arrange for and reserve (something for someone else) in advance
- give or assign a resource to a particular person or cause
- (transitive) To keep back; to retain.
- To book in advance; to make a reservation for.
- To keep in store for future or special use.
noun
- something kept back or saved for future use or a special purpose
- a storage pile accumulated for future use
- (specifically, military, weaponry) A supply of nuclear weapons kept by a country; a nuclear stockpile.
- (mining) A pile of coal or ore heaped up on the ground after it has been mined.
- A supply (especially a large one) of something kept for future use, specifically in case the cost of the item increases or if there a shortage.
verb
adj
noun
noun
- Any object that makes life more convenient; a helpful item.
- The quality of being convenient.
- A convenient time.
- (chiefly British) Ellipsis of public convenience (“a public lavatory”).
- a device or control that is very useful for a particular job
- a toilet that is available to the public
- the quality of being useful and convenient
- the state of being suitable or opportune
verb
noun
- An object, such as a newspaper supplement, that can be pulled out from something else.
- (typography) Synonym of liftout (“quotation given special visual treatment”).
- A withdrawal, especially of armed forces.
- (surfing) The ending of a period of surfing by navigating the surfboard into or over the back of a wave.
- An area by the side of a road where vehicles may temporarily stop in safety. Typical pullouts allow drivers and passengers to safely exit the vehicle but rarely have additional amenities.
- The coitus interruptus method of birth control.
- The change of the flight of an aircraft from a dive to level or climbing flight.
- to break off a military action with an enemy
noun
adj
noun
adj
- Able to get along well.
- Capable of easy interaction.
- Consistent; congruous.
- capable of being used with or connected to other devices or components without modification
- capable of forming a homogeneous mixture that neither separates nor is altered by chemical interaction
- able to exist and perform in harmonious or agreeable combination
noun
- Something useful or valuable.
- (Marxism) Anything which has both a use value and an exchange value.
- (business) Anything movable (a good) that is bought and sold.
- (marketing) Undifferentiated goods characterized by a low profit margin and (usually) fungibility, as distinguished from branded products not wholly fungible.
- (economics) Raw materials, agricultural and other primary products as objects of large-scale trading in specialized exchanges.
- a raw material that is sold in large quantities, usually to other businesses for manufacturing or production purposes
noun
- a supply of something available for future use
- a reserve of money set aside for some purpose
- a financial institution that sells shares to individuals and invests in securities issued by other companies
- A money-management operation, such as a mutual fund.
- A sum or source of money.
- A large supply of something to be drawn upon.
- An organization managing such money.
verb
- furnish money for
- accumulate a fund for the discharge of a recurrent liability
- provide a fund for the redemption of principal or payment of interest
- invest money in government securities
- convert (short-term floating debt) into long-term debt that bears fixed interest and is represented by bonds
- place or store up in a fund for accumulation
- (transitive) To place (money) in a fund.
- (transitive) To pay or provide money for.
- (transitive) To form a debt into a stock charged with interest.
noun
- a supply of something available for future use
- A supply of anything, stored until used; especially, such a supply that is ready for use.
- persistent thickened stem of a herbaceous perennial plant
- the capital raised by a corporation through the issue of shares entitling holders to an ownership interest (equity)
- lumber used in the construction of something
- the handle end of some implements or tools
- any animals kept for use or profit
- the hereditary derivation of an individual
- a plant or stem onto which a graft is made; especially a plant grown specifically to provide the root part of grafted plants
- the merchandise that a shop has on hand
- any of several Old World plants cultivated for their brightly colored flowers
- a special variety of domesticated animals within a species
- any of various ornamental flowering plants of the genus Malcolmia
- liquid in which meat and vegetables are simmered; used as a basis for e.g. soups or sauces
- an ornamental white cravat
- the reputation and popularity a person has
- a certificate documenting the shareholder's ownership in the corporation
- the handle of a handgun or the butt end of a rifle or shotgun or part of the support of a machine gun or artillery gun
- (finance) The capital raised by a company through the issue of shares; the total of shares held by an individual shareholder.
- (nautical) A bar going through an anchor, perpendicular to the flukes.
- (biology) In tectology, an aggregate or colony of individuals, such as trees, chains of salpae, etc.
- The handle of a whip, fishing rod, etc.
- Plain soap before it is coloured and perfumed.
- (figurative) The measure of how highly a person or institution is valued.
- The type of paper used in printing.
- (UK, historical) The longest part of a split tally stick formerly struck in the exchequer, which was delivered to the person who had lent the king money on account, as the evidence of indebtedness.
- The trunk and woody main stems or limbs of a tree; the base from which something grows or branches.
- The headstock of a lathe, drill, etc.
- (geology) A pipe (vertical cylinder of ore)
- (shipbuilding, in the plural) The frame or timbers on which a ship rests during construction.
- (especially US) A share in a company.
- A thrust with a rapier; a stoccado.
- Any of several types of security that are similar to a stock, or marketed like one.
- Any of the several species of cruciferous flowers in the genus Matthiola.
- Stock theater, summer stock theater.
- Ellipsis of film stock.
- A piece of black cloth worn under a clerical collar.
- A store or supply.
- (UK, in the plural) Red and grey bricks, used for the exterior of walls and the front of buildings.
- A bed for infants; a crib, cot, or cradle
- The price or value of the stock of a company on the stock market.
- Railroad rolling stock.
- (cooking, uncountable, countable) Broth made from meat (originally bones) or vegetables, used as a basis for stew or soup.
- Farm or ranch animals; livestock.
- The beater of a fulling mill.
- A block of wood; something fixed and solid; a pillar; a firm support; a post.
- (operations) A store of goods ready for sale; inventory.
- (linguistics) A larger grouping of language families: a superfamily or macrofamily.
- The population of a given type of animal (especially fish) available to be captured from the wild for economic use.
- (folklore) A piece of wood magically made to be just like a real baby and substituted for it by magical beings.
- (horticulture) The plant upon which the scion is grafted.
- A ski pole.
- (firearms) The part of a rifle or shotgun that rests against the shooter's shoulder.
- (card games, in a card game) A stack of undealt cards made available to the players.
- The tailstock of a lathe.
- A necktie or cravat, particularly a wide necktie popular in the eighteenth century, often seen today as a part of formal wear for horse riding competitions.
- (nautical) The axle attached to the rudder, which transfers the movement of the helm to the rudder.
- (by extension) Lineage; family; ancestry.
verb
- To have on hand for sale.
- supply with fish
- put forth and grow sprouts or shoots
- equip with a stock
- provide or furnish with a stock of something
- amass so as to keep for future use or sale or for a particular occasion or use
- have on hand
- supply with livestock
- To allow (cows) to retain milk for twenty-four hours or more prior to sale.
- To provide with material requisites; to store; to fill; to supply.
- To put in the stocks as punishment.
- (nautical) To fit (an anchor) with a stock, or to fasten the stock firmly in place.
adj
- routine
- repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse
- regularly and widely used or sold
- (motor racing, of a race car) Having the same configuration as cars sold to the non-racing public, or having been modified from such a car.
- Of a type normally available for purchase/in stock.
- Straightforward, ordinary, just another, very basic.
noun
- a supply of something available for future use
- an electronic memory device
- a mercantile establishment for the retail sale of goods or services
- a depository for goods
- A great quantity or number; abundance.
- A supply held in storage.
- A place where items may be accumulated or routinely kept.
- Ellipsis of store cattle beast: a head of store cattle (feeder cattle to be sold to others for finishing).
- (mainly North American) A building (or portion thereof) where items may be purchased.
verb
- keep or lay aside for future use
- find a place for and put away for storage
- (transitive, computing) To write (something) into memory or registers.
- (transitive) To stock, to fill (a container, repository, etc.) with things.
- To contain.
- Have the capacity and capability to contain.
- (transitive) To keep (something) while not in use, generally in a place meant for that purpose.
adj
- convenient for use or disposal
- obtainable or accessible and ready for use or service
- not busy; not otherwise committed
- Such as one may avail oneself of; capable of being used for the accomplishment of a purpose.
- (law) Valid.
- Readily obtainable.
- Free to meet someone, speak on the telephone, enter a romantic relationship, or the like.
noun
- Something that is given away or handed out for free.
- An event at which things are given away for free.
- The act of giving something away for free.
- An indicator that makes something obvious or apparent.
- a gift of public land or resources for the private gain of a limited group
- an unintentional disclosure
- a television or radio program in which contestants compete for awards
adj
noun
- Whatever can be owned.
- (slang, euphemistic) A vulva or vagina.
- An individual object or distinct entity.
- (in the plural) Possessions or equipment; stuff; gear.
- (informal) A problem, dilemma, or complicating factor.
- (MLE) Alternative form of ting.
- (informal) A romantic couple.
- (MLE) Girl; attractive woman.
- (chiefly historical) A public assembly or judicial council in a Germanic country.
- (informal) A romantic relationship.
- (informal) A unit or container, usually containing consumable goods.
- (slang, euphemistic) A penis.
- (informal, used possessively, chiefly in the negative) That which is favoured; personal preference.
- (informal, with a) A genuine concept, entity or phenomenon; something that actually exists (often contrary to expectation or belief).
- Corporeal object.
- (informal) A custom or practice.
- (informal, used possessively, with "do") One's typical routine, habits, or manner.
- A word, symbol, sign, or other referent that can be used to refer to any entity.
- A living being or creature.
- That which is considered to exist as a separate entity, object, quality or concept.
- (informal, with the) The central point; the crux.
- Used after a noun to refer dismissively to the situation surrounding the noun's referent.
- a special situation
- a vaguely specified concern
- a persistent illogical feeling of desire or aversion
- an action
- a statement regarded as an object
- an entity that is not named specifically
- an artifact
- an event
- a separate and self-contained entity
- a special abstraction
- any attribute or quality considered as having its own existence
- a special objective
verb
noun
- A convenient collection, in a form resembling a book, of small paper items for individual use.
- (whist) Six tricks taken by one side.
- (sports, by extension) A list of all players who have been booked (received a warning) in a game.
- (historical) A package of silk.
- (horse racing) A list of the races that a jockey is scheduled to ride in.
- (poker slang) Four of a kind.
- (cartomancy) The twenty-sixth Lenormand card.
- A collection of sheets of paper bound together to hinge at one edge, containing printed or written material, pictures, etc.
- (figurative) Any source of instruction.
- A long work fit for publication, typically prose, such as a novel or textbook, and typically published as such a bound collection of sheets, but now sometimes electronically as an e-book.
- (law, colloquial) A book award, a recognition for receiving the highest grade in a class (traditionally an actual book, but recently more likely a letter or certificate acknowledging the achievement).
- (advertising, informal) A portfolio of one's previous work in the industry.
- (theater) The script of a musical or opera.
- (with "the") The accumulated body of knowledge passed down among black pimps.
- (gambling) A record of betting (from the use of a notebook to record what each person has bet).
- (usually in the plural) Records of the accounts of a business.
- (informal) A bookmaker (a person who takes bets on sporting events and similar); bookie; turf accountant.
- (horse racing) The list of mares that a stallion will breed in a given season.
- (sports) A document, held by the referee, of the incidents that happened in a game.
- (chess, uncountable) The sum of chess knowledge in the opening or endgame.
- A major division of a long work.
- a collection of playing cards satisfying the rules of a card game
- a written work or composition that has been published (printed on pages bound together)
- a number of sheets (ticket or stamps etc.) bound together on one edge
- a compilation of the known facts regarding something or someone
- a written version of a play or other dramatic composition; used in preparing for a performance
- physical objects consisting of a number of pages bound together
- a collection of rules or prescribed standards on the basis of which decisions are made
- a record in which commercial accounts are recorded
- a major division of a long written composition
verb
- (transitive) To write down, to register or record in a book or as in a book.
- (sports) To issue a caution to, usually a yellow card, or a red card if a yellow card has already been issued.
- (UK dialectal, Northern England) simple past of bake
- (transitive, law student slang) To receive the highest grade in a class.
- (transitive) To add a name to the list of people who are participating in something.
- (intransitive, slang) To travel very fast.
- (law enforcement, transitive) To record the name and other details of a suspected offender and the offence for later judicial action.
- (transitive) To reserve (something) for future use.
- To record bets as bookmaker.
- (intransitive, slang) To move or leave, often hurriedly and abruptly.
- record a charge in a police register
- engage for a performance
- register in a hotel booker
- arrange for and reserve (something for someone else) in advance
noun
- Something that is (easily) breakable.
- (usually in the plural, music) A set of customized hardware that is part of a drum kit. Breakables typically consist of: the drummer's cymbals including high-hats, the snare drum, the kick pedal and the drummer's stool.
- an article that is fragile and easily broken
adj
noun
- anything of material value or usefulness that is owned by a person or company
- (slang, vulgar, usually in the plural) Private parts; a woman's breasts or buttocks, or a man's genitalia.
- Any goods or property properly available for the payment of a bankrupt's or a deceased person's obligations or debts.
- (accounting) The left side of a balance sheet.
- (law) Sufficient estate; property sufficient in the hands of an executor or heir to pay the debts or legacies of the testator or ancestor to satisfy claims against it.
- (finance) Any property or object of value that one possesses, usually considered as applicable to the payment of one's debts.
- plural of asset
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noun
- (figuratively, uncommon) Anything that similarly stores or houses something.
- (figuratively) The building housing such a department.
- (figuratively) A governmental office or department in a monarchy which purchases, keeps, and cares for royal clothes.
- A tall built-in cupboard or closet for storing clothes, often including a rail for coat-hangers, and usually located in a bedroom.
- (figuratively) The department of a theater, movie studio, etc which purchases, keeps, and cares for costumes; its staff; its room(s) or building(s).
- (figuratively) Any collection of clothing.
- The contents of a wardrobe: an individual's entire collection of clothing.
- A room for keeping costumes and other property safe at a theater; a prop room.
- (figuratively, uncommon) Any collection of anything.
- A movable cupboard or cabinet designed for storing clothes, particularly as a large piece of bedroom furniture.
- a tall piece of furniture that provides storage space for clothes; has a door and rails or hooks for hanging clothes
- collection of costumes belonging to a theatrical company
- collection of clothing belonging to one person
verb
noun
- durable goods for home or office use
- a device or control that is very useful for a particular job
- An implement, an instrument or apparatus designed (or at least used) as a means to a specific end, especially:
- A non-manual apparatus or device, powered electrically or by another small motor, used in homes to perform domestic functions (household appliance) and/or in offices.
- An attachment, a piece of equipment to adapt another tool or machine to a specific purpose.
noun
- Something to play with, especially as intended for use by a child.
- A thing of little importance or value; a trifle.
- (graffiti slang, derogatory) An inferior graffiti artist.
- (euphemistic) Ellipsis of sex toy.
- Ellipsis of toy dog.
- (slang, MLE) A gun.
- A simple, light piece of music, written especially for the virginal.
- any of several breeds of very small dogs kept purely as pets
- a nonfunctional replica of something else (frequently used as a modifier)
- a device regarded as providing amusement
- an artifact designed to be played with
- a copy that reproduces a person or thing in greatly reduced size
adj
verb
- (intransitive) To ponder or consider.
- (intransitive) To play (with) in an idle or desultory way.
- (slang, transitive) To stimulate with a sex toy.
- behave carelessly or indifferently
- manipulate manually or in one's mind or imagination
- engage in an activity as if it were a game rather than take it seriously
noun
- A similar detachable item.
- (technology) Any encircling device or structure.
- (slang) An arrest.
- A ringlike part of a mollusk in connection with the esophagus.
- (mining) A curb, or a horizontal timbering, around the mouth of a shaft.
- (mathematics) A topological neighborhood around a submanifold that can be deformed to preserve a specified condition or structure.
- (in compounds) Of or pertaining to a certain category of professions as symbolized by typical clothing.
- A chain worn around the neck.
- A part of harness designed to distribute the load around the shoulders of a draft animal.
- (nautical) An eye formed in the bight or bend of a shroud or stay to go over the masthead; also, a rope to which certain parts of rigging, as dead-eyes, are secured.
- (finance) A trading strategy using options such that there is both an upper limit on profit and a lower limit on loss, constructed through taking equal but opposite positions in a put and a call with different strike prices.
- (botany) The neck or line of junction between the root of a plant and its stem
- A decorative band or other fabric around the neckline.
- A piece of meat from the neck of an animal.
- (architecture) A collar beam.
- (architecture) A ring or cincture.
- (rail transport) A physical lockout device to prevent operation of a mechanical signal lever.
- The part of an upper garment (shirt, jacket, etc.) that fits around the neck and throat, especially if sewn from a separate piece of fabric.
- A coloured ring round the neck of a bird or mammal.
- A band or chain around an animal's neck, used to restrain and/or identify it.
- a short ring fastened over a rod or shaft to limit, guide, or secure a machine part
- necklace that fits tightly around a woman's neck
- the stitching that forms the rim of a shoe or boot
- (zoology) an encircling band or marking around the neck of any animal
- a band of leather or rope that is placed around an animal's neck as a harness or to identify it
- a band that fits around the neck and is usually folded over
- the act of apprehending (especially apprehending a criminal)
- a figurative restraint
- anything worn or placed about the neck
verb
- (transitive) To place a collar on, to fit with one.
- (transitive) To grab or seize by the collar or neck.
- (transitive) To roll up (beef or other meat) and bind it with string preparatory to cooking.
- (law enforcement, transitive) To arrest.
- (transitive) To seize, capture or detain.
- (transitive, BDSM) To bind (a submissive) to a dominant under specific conditions or obligations.
- (transitive) To steal.
- (figuratively, transitive) To bind in conversation.
- (transitive) To preempt, control stringently and exclusively.
- To surround or encircle.
- take into custody
- furnish with a collar
- seize by the neck or collar
noun
- something that can be relied on when needed
- an actor able to replace a regular performer when required
- (electronics) Sleep mode.
- A state of readiness without immediate involvement; remaining in preparation for (a sudden or unforeseen event or situation).
- (travel) Waiting at the airport in the hope of getting a seat on a flight that is already booked out.
- Something that is standard, well-tested, or frequently used.
- A replacement kept on standby.
adj
verb
noun
- Something that is useful.
- (economics) The ability of a commodity to satisfy needs or wants; the satisfaction experienced by the consumer of that commodity.
- The state or condition of being useful; usefulness.
- (sports) The ability to play multiple positions.
- (Australia, New Zealand) A coupé utility, or ute; an automobile with an open tray or bed behind the passenger cabin.
- (computing) A software program designed to perform a single task or a small range of tasks, often to help manage and tune computer hardware, an operating system, or application software.
- (philosophy) Well-being, satisfaction, pleasure, or happiness.
- (business, finance, by extension) A natural or legal monopoly distributer of such a utility; or, the securities of such a provider.
- (computing) A software program other than a game; one that is useful or creative rather than merely entertaining.
- (business) A commodity or service provided on a continuous basis by a physical infrastructure network, such as electricity, water supply or sewerage.
- a company that performs a public service; subject to government regulation
- (economics) a measure that is to be maximized in any situation involving choice
- (computer science) a program designed for general support of the processes of a computer
- the service (electric power or water or transportation) provided by a public utility
- the quality of being of practical use
- a facility composed of one or more pieces of equipment connected to or part of a structure and designed to provide a service such as heat or electricity or water or sewage disposal
adj
- Having to do with, or owned by, a service provider.
- Functional rather than attractive.
- (Of a building or its components) containing or intended for any of a building’s often-utility-related commodity transport, such as pipes or wires, or converting equipment, such as furnaces, water tanks or heaters, circuit breakers, central air conditioning units, laundry facilities, etc.
- capable of substituting in any of several positions on a team
- used of beef; usable but inferior
noun
adj
verb
noun
- something kept back or saved for future use or a special purpose
- the large log at the back of a hearth fire
- an accumulation of jobs not done or materials not processed that are yet to be dealt with (especially unfilled customer orders for products or services)
- A log containing text previously read, as in text-based video games or chat rooms.
- A large log to burn at the back of a fire.
- An accumulation or buildup, especially of unfilled orders, unconsumed products or unfinished work.
- A reserve source or supply.
verb
noun
- something kept back or saved for future use or a special purpose
- formality and propriety of manner
- the trait of being uncommunicative; not volunteering anything more than necessary
- armed forces that are not on active duty but can be called in an emergency
- (medicine) potential capacity to respond in order to maintain vital functions
- a district that is reserved for particular purpose
- an athlete who plays only when a starter on the team is replaced
- In exhibitions, a distinction indicating that the recipient will get a prize in the event of another person being disqualified.
- A tract of land reserved, or set apart, for a particular purpose
- (calico printing) A resist.
- Wine held back and aged before being sold.
- Restraint of freedom in words or actions; backwardness; caution in personal behavior.
- (military) A body of troops kept in the rear of an army drawn up for battle, reserved to support the other lines as occasion may require; a force or body of troops kept for an exigency.
- The act of reserving or keeping back; reservation; exception.
- (ceramics) Absence of color or decoration; the state of being left plain.
- That which is reserved or kept back, as for future use.
- A preparation used on an object being electroplated to fix the limits of the deposit.
- (Canada) A tract of land set apart for the use of an Aboriginal group: Indian reserve.
- A reserve price in an auction.
- (finance, insurance) Funds kept on hand to meet planned or unplanned financial requirements.
- (sports) A member of a team who does not participate from the start of the game, but can be used to replace tired or injured team-mates.
- A natural resource known to exist but not currently exploited.
- (card games) A group or pile of cards dealt out at the beginning of a patience or solitaire game to be used during play.
verb
- hold back or set aside, especially for future use or contingency
- obtain or arrange (for oneself) in advance
- arrange for and reserve (something for someone else) in advance
- give or assign a resource to a particular person or cause
- (transitive) To keep back; to retain.
- To book in advance; to make a reservation for.
- To keep in store for future or special use.
noun
- something kept back or saved for future use or a special purpose
- a storage pile accumulated for future use
- (specifically, military, weaponry) A supply of nuclear weapons kept by a country; a nuclear stockpile.
- (mining) A pile of coal or ore heaped up on the ground after it has been mined.
- A supply (especially a large one) of something kept for future use, specifically in case the cost of the item increases or if there a shortage.
verb
noun
- Any object that makes life more convenient; a helpful item.
- The quality of being convenient.
- A convenient time.
- (chiefly British) Ellipsis of public convenience (“a public lavatory”).
- a device or control that is very useful for a particular job
- a toilet that is available to the public
- the quality of being useful and convenient
- the state of being suitable or opportune
verb
noun
- An object, such as a newspaper supplement, that can be pulled out from something else.
- (typography) Synonym of liftout (“quotation given special visual treatment”).
- A withdrawal, especially of armed forces.
- (surfing) The ending of a period of surfing by navigating the surfboard into or over the back of a wave.
- An area by the side of a road where vehicles may temporarily stop in safety. Typical pullouts allow drivers and passengers to safely exit the vehicle but rarely have additional amenities.
- The coitus interruptus method of birth control.
- The change of the flight of an aircraft from a dive to level or climbing flight.
- to break off a military action with an enemy
noun
adj
noun
adj
- Able to get along well.
- Capable of easy interaction.
- Consistent; congruous.
- capable of being used with or connected to other devices or components without modification
- capable of forming a homogeneous mixture that neither separates nor is altered by chemical interaction
- able to exist and perform in harmonious or agreeable combination
noun
- Something useful or valuable.
- (Marxism) Anything which has both a use value and an exchange value.
- (business) Anything movable (a good) that is bought and sold.
- (marketing) Undifferentiated goods characterized by a low profit margin and (usually) fungibility, as distinguished from branded products not wholly fungible.
- (economics) Raw materials, agricultural and other primary products as objects of large-scale trading in specialized exchanges.
- a raw material that is sold in large quantities, usually to other businesses for manufacturing or production purposes
noun
- a supply of something available for future use
- a reserve of money set aside for some purpose
- a financial institution that sells shares to individuals and invests in securities issued by other companies
- A money-management operation, such as a mutual fund.
- A sum or source of money.
- A large supply of something to be drawn upon.
- An organization managing such money.
verb
- furnish money for
- accumulate a fund for the discharge of a recurrent liability
- provide a fund for the redemption of principal or payment of interest
- invest money in government securities
- convert (short-term floating debt) into long-term debt that bears fixed interest and is represented by bonds
- place or store up in a fund for accumulation
- (transitive) To place (money) in a fund.
- (transitive) To pay or provide money for.
- (transitive) To form a debt into a stock charged with interest.
noun
- a supply of something available for future use
- A supply of anything, stored until used; especially, such a supply that is ready for use.
- persistent thickened stem of a herbaceous perennial plant
- the capital raised by a corporation through the issue of shares entitling holders to an ownership interest (equity)
- lumber used in the construction of something
- the handle end of some implements or tools
- any animals kept for use or profit
- the hereditary derivation of an individual
- a plant or stem onto which a graft is made; especially a plant grown specifically to provide the root part of grafted plants
- the merchandise that a shop has on hand
- any of several Old World plants cultivated for their brightly colored flowers
- a special variety of domesticated animals within a species
- any of various ornamental flowering plants of the genus Malcolmia
- liquid in which meat and vegetables are simmered; used as a basis for e.g. soups or sauces
- an ornamental white cravat
- the reputation and popularity a person has
- a certificate documenting the shareholder's ownership in the corporation
- the handle of a handgun or the butt end of a rifle or shotgun or part of the support of a machine gun or artillery gun
- (finance) The capital raised by a company through the issue of shares; the total of shares held by an individual shareholder.
- (nautical) A bar going through an anchor, perpendicular to the flukes.
- (biology) In tectology, an aggregate or colony of individuals, such as trees, chains of salpae, etc.
- The handle of a whip, fishing rod, etc.
- Plain soap before it is coloured and perfumed.
- (figurative) The measure of how highly a person or institution is valued.
- The type of paper used in printing.
- (UK, historical) The longest part of a split tally stick formerly struck in the exchequer, which was delivered to the person who had lent the king money on account, as the evidence of indebtedness.
- The trunk and woody main stems or limbs of a tree; the base from which something grows or branches.
- The headstock of a lathe, drill, etc.
- (geology) A pipe (vertical cylinder of ore)
- (shipbuilding, in the plural) The frame or timbers on which a ship rests during construction.
- (especially US) A share in a company.
- A thrust with a rapier; a stoccado.
- Any of several types of security that are similar to a stock, or marketed like one.
- Any of the several species of cruciferous flowers in the genus Matthiola.
- Stock theater, summer stock theater.
- Ellipsis of film stock.
- A piece of black cloth worn under a clerical collar.
- A store or supply.
- (UK, in the plural) Red and grey bricks, used for the exterior of walls and the front of buildings.
- A bed for infants; a crib, cot, or cradle
- The price or value of the stock of a company on the stock market.
- Railroad rolling stock.
- (cooking, uncountable, countable) Broth made from meat (originally bones) or vegetables, used as a basis for stew or soup.
- Farm or ranch animals; livestock.
- The beater of a fulling mill.
- A block of wood; something fixed and solid; a pillar; a firm support; a post.
- (operations) A store of goods ready for sale; inventory.
- (linguistics) A larger grouping of language families: a superfamily or macrofamily.
- The population of a given type of animal (especially fish) available to be captured from the wild for economic use.
- (folklore) A piece of wood magically made to be just like a real baby and substituted for it by magical beings.
- (horticulture) The plant upon which the scion is grafted.
- A ski pole.
- (firearms) The part of a rifle or shotgun that rests against the shooter's shoulder.
- (card games, in a card game) A stack of undealt cards made available to the players.
- The tailstock of a lathe.
- A necktie or cravat, particularly a wide necktie popular in the eighteenth century, often seen today as a part of formal wear for horse riding competitions.
- (nautical) The axle attached to the rudder, which transfers the movement of the helm to the rudder.
- (by extension) Lineage; family; ancestry.
verb
- To have on hand for sale.
- supply with fish
- put forth and grow sprouts or shoots
- equip with a stock
- provide or furnish with a stock of something
- amass so as to keep for future use or sale or for a particular occasion or use
- have on hand
- supply with livestock
- To allow (cows) to retain milk for twenty-four hours or more prior to sale.
- To provide with material requisites; to store; to fill; to supply.
- To put in the stocks as punishment.
- (nautical) To fit (an anchor) with a stock, or to fasten the stock firmly in place.
adj
- routine
- repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse
- regularly and widely used or sold
- (motor racing, of a race car) Having the same configuration as cars sold to the non-racing public, or having been modified from such a car.
- Of a type normally available for purchase/in stock.
- Straightforward, ordinary, just another, very basic.
noun
- a supply of something available for future use
- an electronic memory device
- a mercantile establishment for the retail sale of goods or services
- a depository for goods
- A great quantity or number; abundance.
- A supply held in storage.
- A place where items may be accumulated or routinely kept.
- Ellipsis of store cattle beast: a head of store cattle (feeder cattle to be sold to others for finishing).
- (mainly North American) A building (or portion thereof) where items may be purchased.
verb
- keep or lay aside for future use
- find a place for and put away for storage
- (transitive, computing) To write (something) into memory or registers.
- (transitive) To stock, to fill (a container, repository, etc.) with things.
- To contain.
- Have the capacity and capability to contain.
- (transitive) To keep (something) while not in use, generally in a place meant for that purpose.
noun
- Something that is given away or handed out for free.
- An event at which things are given away for free.
- The act of giving something away for free.
- An indicator that makes something obvious or apparent.
- a gift of public land or resources for the private gain of a limited group
- an unintentional disclosure
- a television or radio program in which contestants compete for awards
adj
noun
- Whatever can be owned.
- (slang, euphemistic) A vulva or vagina.
- An individual object or distinct entity.
- (in the plural) Possessions or equipment; stuff; gear.
- (informal) A problem, dilemma, or complicating factor.
- (MLE) Alternative form of ting.
- (informal) A romantic couple.
- (MLE) Girl; attractive woman.
- (chiefly historical) A public assembly or judicial council in a Germanic country.
- (informal) A romantic relationship.
- (informal) A unit or container, usually containing consumable goods.
- (slang, euphemistic) A penis.
- (informal, used possessively, chiefly in the negative) That which is favoured; personal preference.
- (informal, with a) A genuine concept, entity or phenomenon; something that actually exists (often contrary to expectation or belief).
- Corporeal object.
- (informal) A custom or practice.
- (informal, used possessively, with "do") One's typical routine, habits, or manner.
- A word, symbol, sign, or other referent that can be used to refer to any entity.
- A living being or creature.
- That which is considered to exist as a separate entity, object, quality or concept.
- (informal, with the) The central point; the crux.
- Used after a noun to refer dismissively to the situation surrounding the noun's referent.
- a special situation
- a vaguely specified concern
- a persistent illogical feeling of desire or aversion
- an action
- a statement regarded as an object
- an entity that is not named specifically
- an artifact
- an event
- a separate and self-contained entity
- a special abstraction
- any attribute or quality considered as having its own existence
- a special objective
verb
noun
- A convenient collection, in a form resembling a book, of small paper items for individual use.
- (whist) Six tricks taken by one side.
- (sports, by extension) A list of all players who have been booked (received a warning) in a game.
- (historical) A package of silk.
- (horse racing) A list of the races that a jockey is scheduled to ride in.
- (poker slang) Four of a kind.
- (cartomancy) The twenty-sixth Lenormand card.
- A collection of sheets of paper bound together to hinge at one edge, containing printed or written material, pictures, etc.
- (figurative) Any source of instruction.
- A long work fit for publication, typically prose, such as a novel or textbook, and typically published as such a bound collection of sheets, but now sometimes electronically as an e-book.
- (law, colloquial) A book award, a recognition for receiving the highest grade in a class (traditionally an actual book, but recently more likely a letter or certificate acknowledging the achievement).
- (advertising, informal) A portfolio of one's previous work in the industry.
- (theater) The script of a musical or opera.
- (with "the") The accumulated body of knowledge passed down among black pimps.
- (gambling) A record of betting (from the use of a notebook to record what each person has bet).
- (usually in the plural) Records of the accounts of a business.
- (informal) A bookmaker (a person who takes bets on sporting events and similar); bookie; turf accountant.
- (horse racing) The list of mares that a stallion will breed in a given season.
- (sports) A document, held by the referee, of the incidents that happened in a game.
- (chess, uncountable) The sum of chess knowledge in the opening or endgame.
- A major division of a long work.
- a collection of playing cards satisfying the rules of a card game
- a written work or composition that has been published (printed on pages bound together)
- a number of sheets (ticket or stamps etc.) bound together on one edge
- a compilation of the known facts regarding something or someone
- a written version of a play or other dramatic composition; used in preparing for a performance
- physical objects consisting of a number of pages bound together
- a collection of rules or prescribed standards on the basis of which decisions are made
- a record in which commercial accounts are recorded
- a major division of a long written composition
verb
- (transitive) To write down, to register or record in a book or as in a book.
- (sports) To issue a caution to, usually a yellow card, or a red card if a yellow card has already been issued.
- (UK dialectal, Northern England) simple past of bake
- (transitive, law student slang) To receive the highest grade in a class.
- (transitive) To add a name to the list of people who are participating in something.
- (intransitive, slang) To travel very fast.
- (law enforcement, transitive) To record the name and other details of a suspected offender and the offence for later judicial action.
- (transitive) To reserve (something) for future use.
- To record bets as bookmaker.
- (intransitive, slang) To move or leave, often hurriedly and abruptly.
- record a charge in a police register
- engage for a performance
- register in a hotel booker
- arrange for and reserve (something for someone else) in advance
noun
- Something that is (easily) breakable.
- (usually in the plural, music) A set of customized hardware that is part of a drum kit. Breakables typically consist of: the drummer's cymbals including high-hats, the snare drum, the kick pedal and the drummer's stool.
- an article that is fragile and easily broken
adj
noun
- anything of material value or usefulness that is owned by a person or company
- (slang, vulgar, usually in the plural) Private parts; a woman's breasts or buttocks, or a man's genitalia.
- Any goods or property properly available for the payment of a bankrupt's or a deceased person's obligations or debts.
- (accounting) The left side of a balance sheet.
- (law) Sufficient estate; property sufficient in the hands of an executor or heir to pay the debts or legacies of the testator or ancestor to satisfy claims against it.
- (finance) Any property or object of value that one possesses, usually considered as applicable to the payment of one's debts.
- plural of asset
noun
- (figuratively, uncommon) Anything that similarly stores or houses something.
- (figuratively) The building housing such a department.
- (figuratively) A governmental office or department in a monarchy which purchases, keeps, and cares for royal clothes.
- A tall built-in cupboard or closet for storing clothes, often including a rail for coat-hangers, and usually located in a bedroom.
- (figuratively) The department of a theater, movie studio, etc which purchases, keeps, and cares for costumes; its staff; its room(s) or building(s).
- (figuratively) Any collection of clothing.
- The contents of a wardrobe: an individual's entire collection of clothing.
- A room for keeping costumes and other property safe at a theater; a prop room.
- (figuratively, uncommon) Any collection of anything.
- A movable cupboard or cabinet designed for storing clothes, particularly as a large piece of bedroom furniture.
- a tall piece of furniture that provides storage space for clothes; has a door and rails or hooks for hanging clothes
- collection of costumes belonging to a theatrical company
- collection of clothing belonging to one person
verb
noun
- durable goods for home or office use
- a device or control that is very useful for a particular job
- An implement, an instrument or apparatus designed (or at least used) as a means to a specific end, especially:
- A non-manual apparatus or device, powered electrically or by another small motor, used in homes to perform domestic functions (household appliance) and/or in offices.
- An attachment, a piece of equipment to adapt another tool or machine to a specific purpose.
noun
- Something to play with, especially as intended for use by a child.
- A thing of little importance or value; a trifle.
- (graffiti slang, derogatory) An inferior graffiti artist.
- (euphemistic) Ellipsis of sex toy.
- Ellipsis of toy dog.
- (slang, MLE) A gun.
- A simple, light piece of music, written especially for the virginal.
- any of several breeds of very small dogs kept purely as pets
- a nonfunctional replica of something else (frequently used as a modifier)
- a device regarded as providing amusement
- an artifact designed to be played with
- a copy that reproduces a person or thing in greatly reduced size
adj
verb
- (intransitive) To ponder or consider.
- (intransitive) To play (with) in an idle or desultory way.
- (slang, transitive) To stimulate with a sex toy.
- behave carelessly or indifferently
- manipulate manually or in one's mind or imagination
- engage in an activity as if it were a game rather than take it seriously
noun
- A similar detachable item.
- (technology) Any encircling device or structure.
- (slang) An arrest.
- A ringlike part of a mollusk in connection with the esophagus.
- (mining) A curb, or a horizontal timbering, around the mouth of a shaft.
- (mathematics) A topological neighborhood around a submanifold that can be deformed to preserve a specified condition or structure.
- (in compounds) Of or pertaining to a certain category of professions as symbolized by typical clothing.
- A chain worn around the neck.
- A part of harness designed to distribute the load around the shoulders of a draft animal.
- (nautical) An eye formed in the bight or bend of a shroud or stay to go over the masthead; also, a rope to which certain parts of rigging, as dead-eyes, are secured.
- (finance) A trading strategy using options such that there is both an upper limit on profit and a lower limit on loss, constructed through taking equal but opposite positions in a put and a call with different strike prices.
- (botany) The neck or line of junction between the root of a plant and its stem
- A decorative band or other fabric around the neckline.
- A piece of meat from the neck of an animal.
- (architecture) A collar beam.
- (architecture) A ring or cincture.
- (rail transport) A physical lockout device to prevent operation of a mechanical signal lever.
- The part of an upper garment (shirt, jacket, etc.) that fits around the neck and throat, especially if sewn from a separate piece of fabric.
- A coloured ring round the neck of a bird or mammal.
- A band or chain around an animal's neck, used to restrain and/or identify it.
- a short ring fastened over a rod or shaft to limit, guide, or secure a machine part
- necklace that fits tightly around a woman's neck
- the stitching that forms the rim of a shoe or boot
- (zoology) an encircling band or marking around the neck of any animal
- a band of leather or rope that is placed around an animal's neck as a harness or to identify it
- a band that fits around the neck and is usually folded over
- the act of apprehending (especially apprehending a criminal)
- a figurative restraint
- anything worn or placed about the neck
verb
- (transitive) To place a collar on, to fit with one.
- (transitive) To grab or seize by the collar or neck.
- (transitive) To roll up (beef or other meat) and bind it with string preparatory to cooking.
- (law enforcement, transitive) To arrest.
- (transitive) To seize, capture or detain.
- (transitive, BDSM) To bind (a submissive) to a dominant under specific conditions or obligations.
- (transitive) To steal.
- (figuratively, transitive) To bind in conversation.
- (transitive) To preempt, control stringently and exclusively.
- To surround or encircle.
- take into custody
- furnish with a collar
- seize by the neck or collar
noun
- a supply of something available for future use
- A supply of anything, stored until used; especially, such a supply that is ready for use.
- persistent thickened stem of a herbaceous perennial plant
- the capital raised by a corporation through the issue of shares entitling holders to an ownership interest (equity)
- lumber used in the construction of something
- the handle end of some implements or tools
- any animals kept for use or profit
- the hereditary derivation of an individual
- a plant or stem onto which a graft is made; especially a plant grown specifically to provide the root part of grafted plants
- the merchandise that a shop has on hand
- any of several Old World plants cultivated for their brightly colored flowers
- a special variety of domesticated animals within a species
- any of various ornamental flowering plants of the genus Malcolmia
- liquid in which meat and vegetables are simmered; used as a basis for e.g. soups or sauces
- an ornamental white cravat
- the reputation and popularity a person has
- a certificate documenting the shareholder's ownership in the corporation
- the handle of a handgun or the butt end of a rifle or shotgun or part of the support of a machine gun or artillery gun
- (finance) The capital raised by a company through the issue of shares; the total of shares held by an individual shareholder.
- (nautical) A bar going through an anchor, perpendicular to the flukes.
- (biology) In tectology, an aggregate or colony of individuals, such as trees, chains of salpae, etc.
- The handle of a whip, fishing rod, etc.
- Plain soap before it is coloured and perfumed.
- (figurative) The measure of how highly a person or institution is valued.
- The type of paper used in printing.
- (UK, historical) The longest part of a split tally stick formerly struck in the exchequer, which was delivered to the person who had lent the king money on account, as the evidence of indebtedness.
- The trunk and woody main stems or limbs of a tree; the base from which something grows or branches.
- The headstock of a lathe, drill, etc.
- (geology) A pipe (vertical cylinder of ore)
- (shipbuilding, in the plural) The frame or timbers on which a ship rests during construction.
- (especially US) A share in a company.
- A thrust with a rapier; a stoccado.
- Any of several types of security that are similar to a stock, or marketed like one.
- Any of the several species of cruciferous flowers in the genus Matthiola.
- Stock theater, summer stock theater.
- Ellipsis of film stock.
- A piece of black cloth worn under a clerical collar.
- A store or supply.
- (UK, in the plural) Red and grey bricks, used for the exterior of walls and the front of buildings.
- A bed for infants; a crib, cot, or cradle
- The price or value of the stock of a company on the stock market.
- Railroad rolling stock.
- (cooking, uncountable, countable) Broth made from meat (originally bones) or vegetables, used as a basis for stew or soup.
- Farm or ranch animals; livestock.
- The beater of a fulling mill.
- A block of wood; something fixed and solid; a pillar; a firm support; a post.
- (operations) A store of goods ready for sale; inventory.
- (linguistics) A larger grouping of language families: a superfamily or macrofamily.
- The population of a given type of animal (especially fish) available to be captured from the wild for economic use.
- (folklore) A piece of wood magically made to be just like a real baby and substituted for it by magical beings.
- (horticulture) The plant upon which the scion is grafted.
- A ski pole.
- (firearms) The part of a rifle or shotgun that rests against the shooter's shoulder.
- (card games, in a card game) A stack of undealt cards made available to the players.
- The tailstock of a lathe.
- A necktie or cravat, particularly a wide necktie popular in the eighteenth century, often seen today as a part of formal wear for horse riding competitions.
- (nautical) The axle attached to the rudder, which transfers the movement of the helm to the rudder.
- (by extension) Lineage; family; ancestry.
verb
- To have on hand for sale.
- supply with fish
- put forth and grow sprouts or shoots
- equip with a stock
- provide or furnish with a stock of something
- amass so as to keep for future use or sale or for a particular occasion or use
- have on hand
- supply with livestock
- To allow (cows) to retain milk for twenty-four hours or more prior to sale.
- To provide with material requisites; to store; to fill; to supply.
- To put in the stocks as punishment.
- (nautical) To fit (an anchor) with a stock, or to fasten the stock firmly in place.
adj
- routine
- repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse
- regularly and widely used or sold
- (motor racing, of a race car) Having the same configuration as cars sold to the non-racing public, or having been modified from such a car.
- Of a type normally available for purchase/in stock.
- Straightforward, ordinary, just another, very basic.
adj
noun
adj
- convenient for use or disposal
- obtainable or accessible and ready for use or service
- not busy; not otherwise committed
- Such as one may avail oneself of; capable of being used for the accomplishment of a purpose.
- (law) Valid.
- Readily obtainable.
- Free to meet someone, speak on the telephone, enter a romantic relationship, or the like.