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noun
adj
- abounding in rocks or stones
- Abounding in, or full of, rocks; consisting of rocks.
- liable to rock
- causing or characterized by jolts and irregular movements
- full of hardship or trials
- Like a rock; rigid, solid.
- In the style of rock music.
- (originally US) Of a person: ill, or unsteady (for example, as a result of a shock).
- Encountering many problems; difficult, troubled; also, in danger or distress.
- Easily rocked; unstable.
- (Of an animal or plant) Having a habitat around or on rocks.
adj
- abounding in rocks or stones
- hard as granite
- showing unfeeling resistance to tender feelings
- As hard as stone.
- (figuratively, of a person) Lacking warmth and emotion.
- (figuratively, of an action or expression such as a look) Showing no warmth of emotion; (usually also) emotionally cold, silent, and motionless or nearly so.
- (UK and Australia, slang) Ellipsis of stony broke: without any money.
- Containing or made up of stones.
noun
adj
noun
- A cliff or rock outcrop.
- A bare rocky place on the side of a hill or mountain.
- (by extension) A permanent negative effect on someone's mind, caused by a traumatic experience.
- Any permanent mark resulting from damage.
- A permanent mark on the skin, sometimes caused by the healing of a wound.
- A rock in the sea breaking out from the surface of the water.
- A marine food fish, the scarus or parrotfish (family Scaridae).
- a mark left (usually on the skin) by the healing of injured tissue
- an indication of damage
verb
noun
- a steep high face of rock
- a shape that is spherical and small
- a central depository where things can be left or picked up
- a free and rapid descent by the force of gravity
- a predetermined hiding place for the deposit and distribution of illicit goods (such as drugs or stolen property)
- the act of dropping something
- a curtain that can be lowered and raised onto a stage from the flies; often used as background scenery
- a sudden sharp decrease in some quantity
- a small indefinite quantity (especially of a liquid)
- Of women's clothes: the difference between the bust circumference and hip circumference.
- (online gaming, video games) An item made available for the player to pick up from the remains of a defeated enemy.
- (pinball) Ellipsis of drop target.
- (rugby) Ellipsis of drop kick.
- (pharmacology, chiefly in the plural) A liquid medicine that is intended to be administered in drops (sense 1).
- (agriculture) A fruit which has fallen off a tree, etc., or has been knocked off accidentally, rather than picked.
- (informal) Only used in get the drop on, have the drop on: an advantage.
- A decline in degree, quality, quantity, or rate.
- (nautical) The depth of a (square) sail (generally applied to the courses only); the vertical dimension of a sail.
- (electrics, telecommunications) An overhead electrical line running from a utility pole to a customer's building or other premises.
- (American football) A dropped pass.
- Usually preceded by the: relegation from one division to a lower one.
- (law enforcement) The distance that a person drops when being executed by hanging.
- Often preceded by a defining word: a small, round piece of hard candy, such as a lemon drop; a lozenge.
- (theater) A curtain which falls in front of a theatrical stage; also, a section of (cloth) scenery lowered on to the stage like a curtain.
- (slang, US) An automobile with a drop-top roof, a convertible.
- Licorice in confectionery form.
- Ellipsis of drop hammer or drop press.
- The distance below a cliff or other high position through which someone or something could fall; hence, a steep slope.
- (also figuratively) A small quantity of liquid, just large enough to hold its own rounded shape through surface tension, especially one that falls from a source of liquid.
- (law enforcement, informal) Preceded by the: execution by hanging.
- (music) A point in a song, usually electronic music such as dubstep, house, trance, or trap, where there is a very noticeable and pleasing change in bass, tempo, and/or overall tone; a climax, a highlight.
- A release (of music, a video game, etc).
- (Ireland, informal) A single measure of whisky.
- Of men's clothes: the difference between the chest circumference and waist circumference.
- (figuratively) A very small quantity of liquid, or (by extension) of anything.
- (law enforcement) A trapdoor (“hinged platform”) on a gallows; a gallows itself.
- An act of moving downwards under the force of gravity; a descent, a fall.
- The vertical length of a hanging curtain.
- A mechanism for lowering something, such as a machine for lowering heavy weights on to a ship's deck, or a device for temporarily lowering a gas jet, etc.
- (pharmacology) A dose of liquid medicine in the form of a drop (sense 1).
- (engineering) The distance of the axis of a shaft below the base of a hanger.
- (surfing) A near vertical decent down the face of a breaking wave.
- (cricket) A place (specified by an ordinal) in the batting order after the openers.
- (architecture) An ornament resembling a pendant; a gutta.
- (American football) Ellipsis of drop-back.
- (gambling) The amount of money that a gambler exchanges for chips in a casino.
- (chiefly British) Usually preceded by the: alcoholic spirits in general.
- (golf) Ellipsis of drop shot.
- The cover mounted on a swivel over a keyhole that rests over the keyhole when not in use to keep out debris, but is swiveled out of the way before inserting the key.
- (chiefly Australia, British) A small amount of an alcoholic beverage.
- A place where items or supplies may be left for others to collect, whether openly (as with a mail drop), or secretly or illegally (as in crime or espionage); a drop-off point.
- An instance of making a delivery of people, supplies, or things, especially by parachute out of an aircraft (an airdrop), but also by truck, etc.
verb
- pay out
- utter with seeming casualness
- take (a drug, especially LSD), by mouth
- change from one level to another
- remove (cargo, people, etc.) from and leave
- lower the pitch of (musical notes)
- fall or descend to a lower place or level
- stop pursuing or acting
- to fall vertically
- let fall to the ground
- cause to fall by or as if by delivering a blow
- fall or sink into a state of exhaustion or death
- grow progressively worse
- stop associating with
- leave undone or leave out
- let or cause to fall in drops
- to remove
- go down in value
- lose (a game)
- omit (a letter or syllable) in speaking or writing
- give birth; used for animals
- hang loosely
- terminate an association with
- (cooking) To cook (food, especially fast food), particularly by lowering into hot oil to deep-fry, or by grilling.
- (transitive, music) To tune (a guitar string, etc.) to a lower note.
- (intransitive) Of a liquid: to fall in drops or droplets.
- (transitive) To cease concerning oneself over (someone or something); to have nothing more to do with (a discussion, subject, etc.).
- (intransitive, computing) To enter a more basic interface.
- (transitive) To make (someone or something) fall to the ground from a blow, gunshot, etc.; to bring down, to shoot down; to kill.
- (intransitive, physiology, informal) Of the testicles: to hang further away from the body and begin producing sperm due to puberty.
- (transitive) To reduce; to make smaller.
- Especially in drop acid: to swallow (a drug, particularly LSD).
- (intransitive) Of a voice: to lower in timbre, often due to puberty.
- (transitive, computing, music, television, colloquial) To release (a programme, software, a music album or song, etc.) to the public.
- (intransitive) To decrease, diminish, or lessen in condition, degree, value, etc.
- (intransitive, computing, music, television, colloquial) Of a programme, software, a music album or song, etc.: to enter public distribution.
- (transitive) To drip (a liquid) in drops or small amounts.
- (originally US) To (unexpectedly) lose (a competition, game, etc.).
- To lose, spend, or otherwise part with (money).
- (intransitive, also figuratively) To fall (straight down) under the influence of gravity, like a drop of liquid.
- (intransitive) To come to an end (by not being kept up); to lapse, to stop.
- (intransitive) To fall into a particular condition or state.
- (intransitive, online gaming, video games) Of an item: To appear for the player to pick up, usually after an enemy has been defeated.
- To impart (something).
- (intransitive) Usually followed by by, in, or into: of a person: to visit someone or somewhere informally or without a prior appointment.
- (intransitive) To fall or sink quickly or suddenly to the ground.
- (rugby) To score (a goal) by means of a drop kick.
- (transitive) To cancel or cease to participate in (a scheduled course, event, or project).
- To perform (rap music).
- (transitive) To mention (something) casually or incidentally, usually in conversation.
- (transitive) To set down (someone or something) from a vehicle; to stop and deliver or deposit (someone or something); to drop off.
- (transitive) To lower (a sound, a voice, etc.) in pitch or volume.
- (transitive, computing) To present (the user) with a more basic interface.
- (transitive) To cease to include (something), as if on a list; to dismiss, to eject, to expel.
- To quickly lower or take down (one's trousers), especially in public.
- (cricket) Of a fielder: to fail to dismiss (a batsman) by accidentally dropping a batted ball that had initially been caught.
- (transitive, linguistics) To fail to write, or (especially) to pronounce (a syllable, letter, etc.).
- To pass or use (counterfeit cheques, money, etc.).
- (intransitive) To collapse in exhaustion or injury; also, to fall dead, or to fall in death.
- (transitive, ergative, also figuratively) To let (something) fall; to allow (something) to fall (either by releasing hold of, or losing one's grip on).
- (transitive) To move to a lower position; to allow to hang downwards; to lower.
- (intransitive) Of a song or sound: to lower in key, pitch, tempo, or other quality.
- (transitive, online gaming, video games) Of a defeated enemy or container: To leave behind an item that the player can collect.
- To play (a portion of music) in the manner of a disc jockey.
- (intransitive, gambling) To drop out of the betting.
- (transitive) Of an animal (usually a sheep): to give birth to (young); of a bird: to lay (an egg).
- (transitive) To let (a letter, etc.) fall into a postbox; hence, to send (a letter, email, or other message) in an offhand manner.
- (transitive) To dispose or get rid of (something); to lose, to remove.
- (US, Singapore, ergative, military, slang) To make someone, or be made to do push-ups or some other form of exercise on the ground as punishment.
- (intransitive) To fall behind or to the rear of a group of people, etc., as a result of not keeping up with those at the front.
noun
- a steep high face of rock
- a noticeable deterioration in performance or quality
- a change downward
- A time during which passengers, such as school children, are dropped off; the event or act of dropping them off.
- A delivery; the act of leaving a package, etc.
- The precipitous outer side of a coral reef, facing the open sea.
- (Internet) A visitor to a website who ceases to continue using and navigating around the site after reaching some specified page; or such an act of cessation.
- A decrease; especially, a sudden one.
- A sudden downward slope or cliff.
- (especially US) A space reserved outside a bus or railway station for vehicles stopping to drop off passengers for onward transit.
noun
noun
noun
- (geology, countable) A rock of that type.
- (geology, uncountable) The rock type, resembling pillows, typically formed when lava emerges from an underwater volcanic vent or a lava flow enters the ocean.
- lava that hardened in rounded shapes suggestive of pillows; believed to result from underwater eruptions
noun
- A rocky outcrop.
- A short haircut.
- The lashing end of a whip.
- (figurative) A group, cluster, or collection of things occurring at the same time.
- A group of vesicles at the same stage of development in a disease.
- A photograph or other image that has been reduced by removing the outer parts.
- (mining) An outcrop of a vein or seam at the surface.
- (agriculture) A plant, grown for it, or its fruits or seeds, to be harvested as food, livestock fodder, or fuel or for any other economic purpose.
- (mining) Tin ore prepared for smelting.
- (architecture) The foliate part of a finial.
- An entire short whip, especially as used in horse-riding.
- The act of cropping.
- The production amount of such an output for a specific season or year, particularly of plants.
- (slang, in the plural) Marijuana.
- (anatomy) A pouch-like part of the alimentary tract of some birds (and some other animals), used to store food before digestion or for regurgitation.
- An entire oxhide.
- the yield from plants in a single growing season
- a cultivated plant that is grown commercially on a large scale
- the stock or handle of a whip
- a collection of people or things appearing together
- a pouch in many birds and some lower animals that resembles a stomach for storage and preliminary maceration of food
- the output of something in a season
verb
- (transitive) To remove the outer parts of a photograph or other image, typically in order to frame the subject better.
- (transitive) To mow, reap or gather.
- (transitive) To beat with a crop, or riding-whip.
- (transitive) To remove the top end of something, especially a plant.
- (intransitive) To yield harvest.
- (transitive) To cause to bear a crop.
- (transitive) To cut (especially hair or an animal's tail or ears) short.
- prepare for crops
- cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of
- yield crops
- feed as in a meadow or pasture
- let feed in a field or pasture or meadow
- cut short
noun
- rock fragments and pebbles
- (uncountable, geology) A particle from 2 to 64 mm in diameter, following the Wentworth scale.
- (slang) The stimulant drug alpha-pyrrolidinopentiophenone.
- (uncountable, cycling) Gravel cycling, a discipline in cycling different from road cycling, mountain biking or cyclocross, for a large part on gravel roads, typically with a dedicated gravel bike.
- (uncountable) Small fragments of rock, used for laying on the beds of roads and railways, and as ballast.
- A lameness in the foot of a horse, usually caused by an abscess.
- A type or grade of small rocks, differentiated by mineral type, size range, or other characteristics.
- (rare) Inability to see at night; night blindness.
verb
- cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations
- be a mystery or bewildering to
- cover with gravel
- (transitive) To hurt or lame (a horse) by gravel lodged between the shoe and foot.
- (transitive) To puzzle or annoy.
- (transitive) To run (as a ship) upon the gravel or beach; to run aground; to cause to stick fast in gravel or sand.
- (transitive) To check or stop; to confound; to perplex.
- (transitive) To apply a layer of gravel to the surface of a road, etc.
noun
- The part of a rock formation that appears at the surface of the ground.
- A coming out of bedrock or of an unconsolidated deposit to the surface of the ground.
- A piece of land that stands out (usually into water) from the land surrounding.
- the part of a rock formation that appears above the surface of the surrounding land
verb
noun
- a sloping mass of loose rocks at the base of a cliff
- (countable) A slope made up of scree at the base of a cliff, mountain, etc.
- (uncountable) Loose stony debris on a slope.
- (uncountable, by extension) Similar debris made up of broken building material such as bricks, concrete, etc.
- A harsh, high-pitched sound or cry (as of a hawk).
- (Scotland) A coarse sieve.
verb
noun
- a sloping mass of loose rocks at the base of a cliff
- (geology) A sloping heap of fragments of rock lying at the foot of a precipice.
- the bone in the ankle that articulates with the leg bones to form the ankle joint
- (architecture) The slope of an embankment wall, which is thicker at the bottom than at the top.
- (anatomy) The bone of the ankle.
noun
adj
- Changed or affected by the heat of a volcano.
- Of or pertaining to a volcano or volcanoes.
- (figurative) Reminiscent of a volcano; explosive, violent, full of suppressed anger, energy etc.
- Produced by a volcano, or, more generally, by igneous agencies.
- explosively unstable
- relating to or produced by or consisting of volcanoes
- igneous rock produced by eruption and solidified on or near the earth's surface; rhyolite or andesite or basalt
noun
verb
adj
- Covered in loose rocks or crumbling soil.
- Characterised by scrabbling, or digging around.
- Rough, poor and uncultured.
- Scribbly.
- Impoverished, hardscrabble
- Having a rough texture; scratchy.
- Stunted.
- Of poor quality; poorly maintained.
- Sparse and scraggly.
- Thrown together; disorganized or slapdash.
- Characterized by sparse, stunted vegetation, infertile.
- Difficult to negotiate; requiring scrambling.
- sparsely covered with stunted trees or vegetation and underbrush
adj
- Of rock or stone, existing in its original state and place.
- Used as an intensifier.
- True to life.
- Continually updated; not static
- Having life; alive.
- In use or existing.
- (used of minerals or stone) in its natural state and place; not mined or quarried
- true to life; lifelike
- still in active use
- pertaining to living persons
- still in existence
- (informal) absolute
noun
- Financial means; a means of maintaining life; livelihood
- (with "the") Those who are alive: living people.
- A style of life.
- (canon law) A position in a church (usually the Church of England) that has attached to it a source of income; an ecclesiastical benefice.
- (uncountable) The state of being alive.
- the experience of being alive; the course of human events and activities
- people who are still living
- the condition of living or the state of being alive
- the financial means whereby one lives
verb
noun
- (mining) The plane between two adjacent bodies of dissimilar rock.
- Someone who can be contacted, or with whom one is in communication.
- A nodule designed to connect a device with something else.
- The situation of being within sight of something; visual contact.
- (by extension) A means of communication with a person, especially in the form of a telephone number.
- The act of touching physically; being in close association.
- (informal) A contact lens.
- (informal, by ellipsis) Contact juggling.
- The establishment of communication (with).
- (electricity) A device designed for repetitive connections.
- close interaction
- the physical coming together of two or more things
- a thin curved glass or plastic lens designed to fit over the cornea in order to correct vision or to deliver medication
- the state or condition of touching or of being in immediate proximity
- a communicative interaction
- a person who is in a position to give you special assistance
- the act of touching physically
- a channel for communication between groups
- (electronics) a junction where things (as two electrical conductors) touch or are in physical contact
verb
noun
noun
noun
- a layer of ore between layers of rock
- one of the horny ribs that stiffen and support the wing of an insect
- a distinctive style or manner
- any of the vascular bundles or ribs that form the branching framework of conducting and supporting tissues in a leaf or other plant organ
- a blood vessel that carries blood from the capillaries toward the heart
- (anatomy) A blood vessel that transports blood from the capillaries back to the heart.
- (zoology) The nervure of an insect’s wing.
- (botany) In leaves, a thickened portion of the leaf containing the vascular bundle.
- A stripe or streak of a different colour or composition in materials such as wood, cheese, marble or other rocks.
- (in the plural) The entrails of a shrimp.
- (geology) A sheetlike body of crystallized minerals within a rock.
- A fissure, cleft, or cavity, as in the earth or other substance.
- (figurative) A topic of discussion; a train of association, thoughts, emotions, etc.
- (figurative) A style, tendency, or quality.
verb
noun
adj
verb
noun
- a deposit of valuable ore occurring within definite boundaries separating it from surrounding rocks
- weight to be borne or conveyed
- a quantity that can be processed or transported at one time
- electrical device to which electrical power is delivered
- an onerous or difficult concern
- the power output of a generator or power plant
- the front part of a guided missile or rocket or torpedo that carries the nuclear or explosive charge or the chemical or biological agents
- an amount of alcohol sufficient to intoxicate
- goods carried by a large vehicle
- A very small explosive inserted as a gag into a cigarette or cigar.
- (engineering) The force exerted on a structural component such as a beam, girder, cable etc.
- (vulgar, slang) The contents (e.g. semen) of an ejaculation.
- (in combination) Used to form nouns that indicate a large quantity, often corresponding to the capacity of a vehicle
- The charge of powder for a firearm; a loaded cartridge or round of ammunition.
- A unit of measure for various quantities.
- (computing) The process of loading something, i.e. transferring it into memory or over a network, etc.
- (euphemistic) Nonsense; rubbish.
- Ellipsis of viral load.
- A burden; a weight to be carried.
- (engineering) A resistive force encountered by a prime mover when performing work.
- The volume of work required to be performed.
- (figuratively) A worry or concern to be endured, especially in the phrase a load off one's mind.
- A certain number of articles or quantity of material that can be transported or processed at one time.
- A quantity of washing put into a washing machine for a wash cycle.
- (electrical engineering) Any component that draws current or power from an electrical circuit.
- (Philippines) prepaid phone credit
- (often in the plural, colloquial) A large number or amount.
- (vulgar, slang) defecation
- (electrical engineering) The electrical current or power delivered by a device.
verb
- corrupt, debase, or make impure by adding a foreign or inferior substance; often by replacing valuable ingredients with inferior ones
- transfer from a storage device to a computer's memory
- put (something) on a structure or conveyance
- fill or place a load on
- provide (a device) with something necessary
- (intransitive) To be placed into storage or conveyance.
- (transitive) To fill (a firearm or artillery) with munition.
- (intransitive) To be put into use in an apparatus.
- (transitive) To provide in abundance.
- (transitive) To place in or on a conveyance or a place of storage.
- (intransitive) To receive a load.
- (transitive) To fill (an apparatus) with raw material.
- (transitive) To encumber with something negative, to place as an encumbrance.
- (transitive, computing) To read (data or a program) from a storage medium into computer memory.
- (Philippines) to top up or purchase phone credits
- (transitive) To put a load on or in (a means of conveyance or a place of storage).
- (intransitive, computing) To transfer from a storage medium into computer memory.
- (transitive) To tamper with so as to produce a biased outcome.
- (intransitive) To put a load on something.
- (transitive) To insert (an item or items) into an apparatus so as to ready it for operation, such as a reel of film into a camera, sheets of paper into a printer etc.
- (transitive) To ask or adapt a question so that it will be more likely to be answered in a certain way.
- (transitive) To weight (a cane, whip, etc.) with lead or similar.
- (transitive, baseball) To put runners on first, second and third bases
noun
- (uncountable) Rock that is carved in situ.
- Pyura chilensis, a tunicate that resembles a mass of organs inside a rock.
- A trovant.
- Synonym of living stone (“plant that resembles a rock”).
- usually unbranched usually spineless cactus covered with warty tubercles and having magenta flowers and white or green fruit; resembles the related mescal; northeastern Mexico and southwestern United States
- highly succulent stemless clump-forming plants with grey-green leaves similar in texture to lumps of granite; South Africa
noun
noun
noun
- A cliff or rock outcrop.
- A bare rocky place on the side of a hill or mountain.
- (by extension) A permanent negative effect on someone's mind, caused by a traumatic experience.
- Any permanent mark resulting from damage.
- A permanent mark on the skin, sometimes caused by the healing of a wound.
- A rock in the sea breaking out from the surface of the water.
- A marine food fish, the scarus or parrotfish (family Scaridae).
- a mark left (usually on the skin) by the healing of injured tissue
- an indication of damage
verb
noun
- a steep high face of rock
- a shape that is spherical and small
- a central depository where things can be left or picked up
- a free and rapid descent by the force of gravity
- a predetermined hiding place for the deposit and distribution of illicit goods (such as drugs or stolen property)
- the act of dropping something
- a curtain that can be lowered and raised onto a stage from the flies; often used as background scenery
- a sudden sharp decrease in some quantity
- a small indefinite quantity (especially of a liquid)
- Of women's clothes: the difference between the bust circumference and hip circumference.
- (online gaming, video games) An item made available for the player to pick up from the remains of a defeated enemy.
- (pinball) Ellipsis of drop target.
- (rugby) Ellipsis of drop kick.
- (pharmacology, chiefly in the plural) A liquid medicine that is intended to be administered in drops (sense 1).
- (agriculture) A fruit which has fallen off a tree, etc., or has been knocked off accidentally, rather than picked.
- (informal) Only used in get the drop on, have the drop on: an advantage.
- A decline in degree, quality, quantity, or rate.
- (nautical) The depth of a (square) sail (generally applied to the courses only); the vertical dimension of a sail.
- (electrics, telecommunications) An overhead electrical line running from a utility pole to a customer's building or other premises.
- (American football) A dropped pass.
- Usually preceded by the: relegation from one division to a lower one.
- (law enforcement) The distance that a person drops when being executed by hanging.
- Often preceded by a defining word: a small, round piece of hard candy, such as a lemon drop; a lozenge.
- (theater) A curtain which falls in front of a theatrical stage; also, a section of (cloth) scenery lowered on to the stage like a curtain.
- (slang, US) An automobile with a drop-top roof, a convertible.
- Licorice in confectionery form.
- Ellipsis of drop hammer or drop press.
- The distance below a cliff or other high position through which someone or something could fall; hence, a steep slope.
- (also figuratively) A small quantity of liquid, just large enough to hold its own rounded shape through surface tension, especially one that falls from a source of liquid.
- (law enforcement, informal) Preceded by the: execution by hanging.
- (music) A point in a song, usually electronic music such as dubstep, house, trance, or trap, where there is a very noticeable and pleasing change in bass, tempo, and/or overall tone; a climax, a highlight.
- A release (of music, a video game, etc).
- (Ireland, informal) A single measure of whisky.
- Of men's clothes: the difference between the chest circumference and waist circumference.
- (figuratively) A very small quantity of liquid, or (by extension) of anything.
- (law enforcement) A trapdoor (“hinged platform”) on a gallows; a gallows itself.
- An act of moving downwards under the force of gravity; a descent, a fall.
- The vertical length of a hanging curtain.
- A mechanism for lowering something, such as a machine for lowering heavy weights on to a ship's deck, or a device for temporarily lowering a gas jet, etc.
- (pharmacology) A dose of liquid medicine in the form of a drop (sense 1).
- (engineering) The distance of the axis of a shaft below the base of a hanger.
- (surfing) A near vertical decent down the face of a breaking wave.
- (cricket) A place (specified by an ordinal) in the batting order after the openers.
- (architecture) An ornament resembling a pendant; a gutta.
- (American football) Ellipsis of drop-back.
- (gambling) The amount of money that a gambler exchanges for chips in a casino.
- (chiefly British) Usually preceded by the: alcoholic spirits in general.
- (golf) Ellipsis of drop shot.
- The cover mounted on a swivel over a keyhole that rests over the keyhole when not in use to keep out debris, but is swiveled out of the way before inserting the key.
- (chiefly Australia, British) A small amount of an alcoholic beverage.
- A place where items or supplies may be left for others to collect, whether openly (as with a mail drop), or secretly or illegally (as in crime or espionage); a drop-off point.
- An instance of making a delivery of people, supplies, or things, especially by parachute out of an aircraft (an airdrop), but also by truck, etc.
verb
- pay out
- utter with seeming casualness
- take (a drug, especially LSD), by mouth
- change from one level to another
- remove (cargo, people, etc.) from and leave
- lower the pitch of (musical notes)
- fall or descend to a lower place or level
- stop pursuing or acting
- to fall vertically
- let fall to the ground
- cause to fall by or as if by delivering a blow
- fall or sink into a state of exhaustion or death
- grow progressively worse
- stop associating with
- leave undone or leave out
- let or cause to fall in drops
- to remove
- go down in value
- lose (a game)
- omit (a letter or syllable) in speaking or writing
- give birth; used for animals
- hang loosely
- terminate an association with
- (cooking) To cook (food, especially fast food), particularly by lowering into hot oil to deep-fry, or by grilling.
- (transitive, music) To tune (a guitar string, etc.) to a lower note.
- (intransitive) Of a liquid: to fall in drops or droplets.
- (transitive) To cease concerning oneself over (someone or something); to have nothing more to do with (a discussion, subject, etc.).
- (intransitive, computing) To enter a more basic interface.
- (transitive) To make (someone or something) fall to the ground from a blow, gunshot, etc.; to bring down, to shoot down; to kill.
- (intransitive, physiology, informal) Of the testicles: to hang further away from the body and begin producing sperm due to puberty.
- (transitive) To reduce; to make smaller.
- Especially in drop acid: to swallow (a drug, particularly LSD).
- (intransitive) Of a voice: to lower in timbre, often due to puberty.
- (transitive, computing, music, television, colloquial) To release (a programme, software, a music album or song, etc.) to the public.
- (intransitive) To decrease, diminish, or lessen in condition, degree, value, etc.
- (intransitive, computing, music, television, colloquial) Of a programme, software, a music album or song, etc.: to enter public distribution.
- (transitive) To drip (a liquid) in drops or small amounts.
- (originally US) To (unexpectedly) lose (a competition, game, etc.).
- To lose, spend, or otherwise part with (money).
- (intransitive, also figuratively) To fall (straight down) under the influence of gravity, like a drop of liquid.
- (intransitive) To come to an end (by not being kept up); to lapse, to stop.
- (intransitive) To fall into a particular condition or state.
- (intransitive, online gaming, video games) Of an item: To appear for the player to pick up, usually after an enemy has been defeated.
- To impart (something).
- (intransitive) Usually followed by by, in, or into: of a person: to visit someone or somewhere informally or without a prior appointment.
- (intransitive) To fall or sink quickly or suddenly to the ground.
- (rugby) To score (a goal) by means of a drop kick.
- (transitive) To cancel or cease to participate in (a scheduled course, event, or project).
- To perform (rap music).
- (transitive) To mention (something) casually or incidentally, usually in conversation.
- (transitive) To set down (someone or something) from a vehicle; to stop and deliver or deposit (someone or something); to drop off.
- (transitive) To lower (a sound, a voice, etc.) in pitch or volume.
- (transitive, computing) To present (the user) with a more basic interface.
- (transitive) To cease to include (something), as if on a list; to dismiss, to eject, to expel.
- To quickly lower or take down (one's trousers), especially in public.
- (cricket) Of a fielder: to fail to dismiss (a batsman) by accidentally dropping a batted ball that had initially been caught.
- (transitive, linguistics) To fail to write, or (especially) to pronounce (a syllable, letter, etc.).
- To pass or use (counterfeit cheques, money, etc.).
- (intransitive) To collapse in exhaustion or injury; also, to fall dead, or to fall in death.
- (transitive, ergative, also figuratively) To let (something) fall; to allow (something) to fall (either by releasing hold of, or losing one's grip on).
- (transitive) To move to a lower position; to allow to hang downwards; to lower.
- (intransitive) Of a song or sound: to lower in key, pitch, tempo, or other quality.
- (transitive, online gaming, video games) Of a defeated enemy or container: To leave behind an item that the player can collect.
- To play (a portion of music) in the manner of a disc jockey.
- (intransitive, gambling) To drop out of the betting.
- (transitive) Of an animal (usually a sheep): to give birth to (young); of a bird: to lay (an egg).
- (transitive) To let (a letter, etc.) fall into a postbox; hence, to send (a letter, email, or other message) in an offhand manner.
- (transitive) To dispose or get rid of (something); to lose, to remove.
- (US, Singapore, ergative, military, slang) To make someone, or be made to do push-ups or some other form of exercise on the ground as punishment.
- (intransitive) To fall behind or to the rear of a group of people, etc., as a result of not keeping up with those at the front.
noun
- a steep high face of rock
- a noticeable deterioration in performance or quality
- a change downward
- A time during which passengers, such as school children, are dropped off; the event or act of dropping them off.
- A delivery; the act of leaving a package, etc.
- The precipitous outer side of a coral reef, facing the open sea.
- (Internet) A visitor to a website who ceases to continue using and navigating around the site after reaching some specified page; or such an act of cessation.
- A decrease; especially, a sudden one.
- A sudden downward slope or cliff.
- (especially US) A space reserved outside a bus or railway station for vehicles stopping to drop off passengers for onward transit.
noun
noun
noun
- (geology, countable) A rock of that type.
- (geology, uncountable) The rock type, resembling pillows, typically formed when lava emerges from an underwater volcanic vent or a lava flow enters the ocean.
- lava that hardened in rounded shapes suggestive of pillows; believed to result from underwater eruptions
noun
- A rocky outcrop.
- A short haircut.
- The lashing end of a whip.
- (figurative) A group, cluster, or collection of things occurring at the same time.
- A group of vesicles at the same stage of development in a disease.
- A photograph or other image that has been reduced by removing the outer parts.
- (mining) An outcrop of a vein or seam at the surface.
- (agriculture) A plant, grown for it, or its fruits or seeds, to be harvested as food, livestock fodder, or fuel or for any other economic purpose.
- (mining) Tin ore prepared for smelting.
- (architecture) The foliate part of a finial.
- An entire short whip, especially as used in horse-riding.
- The act of cropping.
- The production amount of such an output for a specific season or year, particularly of plants.
- (slang, in the plural) Marijuana.
- (anatomy) A pouch-like part of the alimentary tract of some birds (and some other animals), used to store food before digestion or for regurgitation.
- An entire oxhide.
- the yield from plants in a single growing season
- a cultivated plant that is grown commercially on a large scale
- the stock or handle of a whip
- a collection of people or things appearing together
- a pouch in many birds and some lower animals that resembles a stomach for storage and preliminary maceration of food
- the output of something in a season
verb
- (transitive) To remove the outer parts of a photograph or other image, typically in order to frame the subject better.
- (transitive) To mow, reap or gather.
- (transitive) To beat with a crop, or riding-whip.
- (transitive) To remove the top end of something, especially a plant.
- (intransitive) To yield harvest.
- (transitive) To cause to bear a crop.
- (transitive) To cut (especially hair or an animal's tail or ears) short.
- prepare for crops
- cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of
- yield crops
- feed as in a meadow or pasture
- let feed in a field or pasture or meadow
- cut short
noun
- rock fragments and pebbles
- (uncountable, geology) A particle from 2 to 64 mm in diameter, following the Wentworth scale.
- (slang) The stimulant drug alpha-pyrrolidinopentiophenone.
- (uncountable, cycling) Gravel cycling, a discipline in cycling different from road cycling, mountain biking or cyclocross, for a large part on gravel roads, typically with a dedicated gravel bike.
- (uncountable) Small fragments of rock, used for laying on the beds of roads and railways, and as ballast.
- A lameness in the foot of a horse, usually caused by an abscess.
- A type or grade of small rocks, differentiated by mineral type, size range, or other characteristics.
- (rare) Inability to see at night; night blindness.
verb
- cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations
- be a mystery or bewildering to
- cover with gravel
- (transitive) To hurt or lame (a horse) by gravel lodged between the shoe and foot.
- (transitive) To puzzle or annoy.
- (transitive) To run (as a ship) upon the gravel or beach; to run aground; to cause to stick fast in gravel or sand.
- (transitive) To check or stop; to confound; to perplex.
- (transitive) To apply a layer of gravel to the surface of a road, etc.
noun
- The part of a rock formation that appears at the surface of the ground.
- A coming out of bedrock or of an unconsolidated deposit to the surface of the ground.
- A piece of land that stands out (usually into water) from the land surrounding.
- the part of a rock formation that appears above the surface of the surrounding land
verb
noun
- a sloping mass of loose rocks at the base of a cliff
- (countable) A slope made up of scree at the base of a cliff, mountain, etc.
- (uncountable) Loose stony debris on a slope.
- (uncountable, by extension) Similar debris made up of broken building material such as bricks, concrete, etc.
- A harsh, high-pitched sound or cry (as of a hawk).
- (Scotland) A coarse sieve.
verb
noun
- a sloping mass of loose rocks at the base of a cliff
- (geology) A sloping heap of fragments of rock lying at the foot of a precipice.
- the bone in the ankle that articulates with the leg bones to form the ankle joint
- (architecture) The slope of an embankment wall, which is thicker at the bottom than at the top.
- (anatomy) The bone of the ankle.
noun
adj
- Changed or affected by the heat of a volcano.
- Of or pertaining to a volcano or volcanoes.
- (figurative) Reminiscent of a volcano; explosive, violent, full of suppressed anger, energy etc.
- Produced by a volcano, or, more generally, by igneous agencies.
- explosively unstable
- relating to or produced by or consisting of volcanoes
- igneous rock produced by eruption and solidified on or near the earth's surface; rhyolite or andesite or basalt
noun
verb
noun
- (mining) The plane between two adjacent bodies of dissimilar rock.
- Someone who can be contacted, or with whom one is in communication.
- A nodule designed to connect a device with something else.
- The situation of being within sight of something; visual contact.
- (by extension) A means of communication with a person, especially in the form of a telephone number.
- The act of touching physically; being in close association.
- (informal) A contact lens.
- (informal, by ellipsis) Contact juggling.
- The establishment of communication (with).
- (electricity) A device designed for repetitive connections.
- close interaction
- the physical coming together of two or more things
- a thin curved glass or plastic lens designed to fit over the cornea in order to correct vision or to deliver medication
- the state or condition of touching or of being in immediate proximity
- a communicative interaction
- a person who is in a position to give you special assistance
- the act of touching physically
- a channel for communication between groups
- (electronics) a junction where things (as two electrical conductors) touch or are in physical contact
verb
noun
noun
noun
- a layer of ore between layers of rock
- one of the horny ribs that stiffen and support the wing of an insect
- a distinctive style or manner
- any of the vascular bundles or ribs that form the branching framework of conducting and supporting tissues in a leaf or other plant organ
- a blood vessel that carries blood from the capillaries toward the heart
- (anatomy) A blood vessel that transports blood from the capillaries back to the heart.
- (zoology) The nervure of an insect’s wing.
- (botany) In leaves, a thickened portion of the leaf containing the vascular bundle.
- A stripe or streak of a different colour or composition in materials such as wood, cheese, marble or other rocks.
- (in the plural) The entrails of a shrimp.
- (geology) A sheetlike body of crystallized minerals within a rock.
- A fissure, cleft, or cavity, as in the earth or other substance.
- (figurative) A topic of discussion; a train of association, thoughts, emotions, etc.
- (figurative) A style, tendency, or quality.
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noun
adj
verb
noun
- a deposit of valuable ore occurring within definite boundaries separating it from surrounding rocks
- weight to be borne or conveyed
- a quantity that can be processed or transported at one time
- electrical device to which electrical power is delivered
- an onerous or difficult concern
- the power output of a generator or power plant
- the front part of a guided missile or rocket or torpedo that carries the nuclear or explosive charge or the chemical or biological agents
- an amount of alcohol sufficient to intoxicate
- goods carried by a large vehicle
- A very small explosive inserted as a gag into a cigarette or cigar.
- (engineering) The force exerted on a structural component such as a beam, girder, cable etc.
- (vulgar, slang) The contents (e.g. semen) of an ejaculation.
- (in combination) Used to form nouns that indicate a large quantity, often corresponding to the capacity of a vehicle
- The charge of powder for a firearm; a loaded cartridge or round of ammunition.
- A unit of measure for various quantities.
- (computing) The process of loading something, i.e. transferring it into memory or over a network, etc.
- (euphemistic) Nonsense; rubbish.
- Ellipsis of viral load.
- A burden; a weight to be carried.
- (engineering) A resistive force encountered by a prime mover when performing work.
- The volume of work required to be performed.
- (figuratively) A worry or concern to be endured, especially in the phrase a load off one's mind.
- A certain number of articles or quantity of material that can be transported or processed at one time.
- A quantity of washing put into a washing machine for a wash cycle.
- (electrical engineering) Any component that draws current or power from an electrical circuit.
- (Philippines) prepaid phone credit
- (often in the plural, colloquial) A large number or amount.
- (vulgar, slang) defecation
- (electrical engineering) The electrical current or power delivered by a device.
verb
- corrupt, debase, or make impure by adding a foreign or inferior substance; often by replacing valuable ingredients with inferior ones
- transfer from a storage device to a computer's memory
- put (something) on a structure or conveyance
- fill or place a load on
- provide (a device) with something necessary
- (intransitive) To be placed into storage or conveyance.
- (transitive) To fill (a firearm or artillery) with munition.
- (intransitive) To be put into use in an apparatus.
- (transitive) To provide in abundance.
- (transitive) To place in or on a conveyance or a place of storage.
- (intransitive) To receive a load.
- (transitive) To fill (an apparatus) with raw material.
- (transitive) To encumber with something negative, to place as an encumbrance.
- (transitive, computing) To read (data or a program) from a storage medium into computer memory.
- (Philippines) to top up or purchase phone credits
- (transitive) To put a load on or in (a means of conveyance or a place of storage).
- (intransitive, computing) To transfer from a storage medium into computer memory.
- (transitive) To tamper with so as to produce a biased outcome.
- (intransitive) To put a load on something.
- (transitive) To insert (an item or items) into an apparatus so as to ready it for operation, such as a reel of film into a camera, sheets of paper into a printer etc.
- (transitive) To ask or adapt a question so that it will be more likely to be answered in a certain way.
- (transitive) To weight (a cane, whip, etc.) with lead or similar.
- (transitive, baseball) To put runners on first, second and third bases
noun
- (uncountable) Rock that is carved in situ.
- Pyura chilensis, a tunicate that resembles a mass of organs inside a rock.
- A trovant.
- Synonym of living stone (“plant that resembles a rock”).
- usually unbranched usually spineless cactus covered with warty tubercles and having magenta flowers and white or green fruit; resembles the related mescal; northeastern Mexico and southwestern United States
- highly succulent stemless clump-forming plants with grey-green leaves similar in texture to lumps of granite; South Africa
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adj
- abounding in rocks or stones
- Abounding in, or full of, rocks; consisting of rocks.
- liable to rock
- causing or characterized by jolts and irregular movements
- full of hardship or trials
- Like a rock; rigid, solid.
- In the style of rock music.
- (originally US) Of a person: ill, or unsteady (for example, as a result of a shock).
- Encountering many problems; difficult, troubled; also, in danger or distress.
- Easily rocked; unstable.
- (Of an animal or plant) Having a habitat around or on rocks.
adj
- abounding in rocks or stones
- hard as granite
- showing unfeeling resistance to tender feelings
- As hard as stone.
- (figuratively, of a person) Lacking warmth and emotion.
- (figuratively, of an action or expression such as a look) Showing no warmth of emotion; (usually also) emotionally cold, silent, and motionless or nearly so.
- (UK and Australia, slang) Ellipsis of stony broke: without any money.
- Containing or made up of stones.
adj
adj
- Covered in loose rocks or crumbling soil.
- Characterised by scrabbling, or digging around.
- Rough, poor and uncultured.
- Scribbly.
- Impoverished, hardscrabble
- Having a rough texture; scratchy.
- Stunted.
- Of poor quality; poorly maintained.
- Sparse and scraggly.
- Thrown together; disorganized or slapdash.
- Characterized by sparse, stunted vegetation, infertile.
- Difficult to negotiate; requiring scrambling.
- sparsely covered with stunted trees or vegetation and underbrush
adj
- Of rock or stone, existing in its original state and place.
- Used as an intensifier.
- True to life.
- Continually updated; not static
- Having life; alive.
- In use or existing.
- (used of minerals or stone) in its natural state and place; not mined or quarried
- true to life; lifelike
- still in active use
- pertaining to living persons
- still in existence
- (informal) absolute
noun
- Financial means; a means of maintaining life; livelihood
- (with "the") Those who are alive: living people.
- A style of life.
- (canon law) A position in a church (usually the Church of England) that has attached to it a source of income; an ecclesiastical benefice.
- (uncountable) The state of being alive.
- the experience of being alive; the course of human events and activities
- people who are still living
- the condition of living or the state of being alive
- the financial means whereby one lives