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noun
- The process of making something level.
- (linguistics) Ellipsis of paradigm leveling, the replacement of irregular forms by regular forms.
- (surveying, archaeology) The process of measuring levels to establish heights and altitudes.
- changing the ground level to a smooth horizontal or gently sloping surface
- the act of making equal or uniform
- complete destruction of a building
verb
adj
verb
- make more complex, intricate, or richer
- work out in detail
- produce from basic elements or sources; change into a more developed product
- add details, as to an account or idea; clarify the meaning of and discourse in a learned way, usually in writing
- (intransitive, sometimes followed by the prepositions on or upon) To expand/enlarge in detail.
- (transitive) Тo develop in detail or complexity.
noun
- the act of making something perfect
- the state of being without a flaw or defect
- an ideal instance; a perfect embodiment of a concept
- A quality, endowment, or acquirement completely excellent; an ideal; faultlessness; especially, the divine attribute of complete excellence.
- The quality or state of being perfect or complete, so that nothing substandard remains; the highest attainable state or degree of excellence.
- (law) The process or act of establishing official recognition for a legal claim, generally in the context of security interests.
verb
noun
- Act of being exact and accurate.
- (countable) Something that is true; a truthful statement; a truth.
- (uncountable, of a person) The quality of speaking or stating the truth; truthfulness.
- (uncountable) Agreement with the facts; accordance with the truth; accuracy or precision.
- Correctness and carefulness in one's plan of action.
- unwillingness to tell lies
noun
- The process or the result of becoming more definite or precise.
- The body formed by crystallizing.
- The act or process by which a substance in solidifying assumes the form and structure of a crystal, or becomes crystallized.
- The formation of a solid from a solution, melt, vapour or from a different solid phase
- the formation of crystals
- a rock formed by the solidification of a substance; has regularly repeating internal structure; external plane faces
- a mental synthesis that becomes fixed or concrete by a process resembling crystal formation
noun
- The process of doing something.
- (law) Ellipsis of act of parliament.
- (countable) A performer or performers in a show.
- (countable) A display of behaviour.
- (countable) A display of behaviour meant to deceive.
- (law, countable) (In the United States) A legislative proposal, a bill that has not yet become law.
- (countable) A formal or official record of something done.
- (countable) Something done, a deed.
- (theology) Something done once and for all, as distinguished from a work.
- (countable) Any organized activity.
- (countable, drama) A division of a theatrical performance.
- (law, countable) A product of a legislative body, a statute.
- A thesis maintained in public, in some English universities, by a candidate for a degree, or to show the proficiency of a student.
- something that people do or cause to happen
- a short performance that is part of a longer program
- a subdivision of a play or opera or ballet
- a manifestation of insincerity
- a legal document codifying the result of deliberations of a committee or society or legislative body
adv
verb
- (transitive) To feign.
- (intransitive, law) To carry out work as a legal representative in relation to a particular legal matter.
- (intransitive) To do something.
- (intransitive) To behave in a certain manner for an indefinite length of time.
- (intransitive, construed with on or upon) To have an effect (on).
- (intransitive) To perform a theatrical role.
- (intransitive) To do something that causes a change binding on the doer.
- (intransitive) Of a play: to be acted out (well or badly).
- (copulative) To convey an appearance of being.
- (transitive) To play (a role).
- (intransitive, mathematics, construed with on or upon, of an algebraic structure) To possess an action onto (some other structure). Examples include the group action of a group on a set, the action of a ring on a module by scalar multiplication, and the action of a group or algebra on a vector space via a representation.
- have an effect or outcome; often the one desired or expected
- perform an action, or work out or perform (an action)
- pretend to have certain qualities or state of mind
- behave in a certain manner; show a certain behavior; conduct or comport oneself
- play a role or part
- discharge one's duties
- behave unnaturally or affectedly
- perform on a stage or theater
- be suitable for theatrical performance
noun
verb
verb
noun
adj
- Of an action, task, etc., requiring precise accuracy, great care, effort, or attention.
- requiring precise accuracy
- Of a person or organization, characterized by exaction.
- Making great demands; difficult to satisfy.
- having complicated nutritional requirements; especially growing only in special artificial cultures
- severe and unremitting in making demands
verb
noun
- The process of creating something new.
- (countable, lexicography) Something which has been made or invented, especially a coined word; a neologism.
- (uncountable) Coins taken collectively; currency.
- (uncountable, lexicography) The creation of new words, neologizing.
- The process of coining money.
- a newly invented word or phrase
- the act of inventing a word or phrase
- coins collectively
verb
- work hard on something
- To form a felt-like texture, similar to the way beaver fur is used for felt-making.
- (backgammon) After being doubled, to immediately double the stakes again, a move that keeps the doubling cube on one’s own side of the board.
- To work hard.
- (slang) To spot a beard in a game of beaver.
- (logging, slang) To cut a continuous ring around a tree that one is felling.
noun
- a movable piece of armor on a medieval helmet used to protect the lower face
- the soft brown fur of the beaver
- a hat made with the fur of a beaver (or similar material)
- a full beard
- large semiaquatic rodent with webbed hind feet and a broad flat tail; construct complex dams and underwater lodges
- a man's hat with a tall crown; usually covered with silk or with beaver fur
- (countable, backgammon) A move in response to being doubled, in which one immediately doubles the stakes again, keeping the doubling cube on one’s own side of the board.
- Butter.
- Alternative letter-case form of Beaver (“member of the youngest wing of the Scout movement”).
- Beaver cloth, a heavy felted woollen cloth, used chiefly for making overcoats.
- Alternative spelling of bevor (“part of a helmet”).
- A brown colour, like that of a beaver.
- (chiefly Canada, US, slang, countable) The pubic hair near a vulva or a vulva itself; (attributively) denoting films or literature featuring nude women.
- (Canada, US) Beaver pelts as an article of exchange or as a standard of value.
- (US, offensive, slang) A woman, especially one who is sexually attractive.
- (countable) A semiaquatic rodent of the genus Castor, having a wide, flat tail and webbed feet, native to the Northern Hemisphere.
- (countable, slang) A beard or a bearded person.
- (countable) A hat, of various shapes, made from a felted beaver fur (or later of silk), fashionable in Europe between 1550 and 1850.
- The fur of the beaver.
- (uncountable, historical, slang) A game, in which points are scored by spotting beards.
noun
- The act of making copies.
- (computing) A method for reproducing a bug or problem.
- A copy of something, as in a piece of art; a duplicate.
- The act of reproducing new individuals biologically.
- the process of generating offspring
- recall that is hypothesized to work by storing the original stimulus input and reproducing it during recall
- the sexual activity of conceiving and bearing offspring
- copy that is not the original; something that has been copied
- the act of making copies
adj
noun
- (informal) A short but unspecified time period.
- An old coin, a half farthing.
- A unit of time which is one sixtieth of an hour (sixty seconds).
- A unit of purchase on a telephone or other similar network, especially a cell phone network, roughly equivalent in gross form to sixty seconds' use of the network.
- A point in time; a moment.
- A unit of angle equal to one-sixtieth of a degree.
- (architecture) A fixed part of a module.
- (chiefly in the plural, minutes) A (usually formal) written record of a meeting or a part of a meeting.
- A nautical or a geographic mile.
- (slang, US, Canada, dialectal) A while or a long unspecified period of time.
- a short note
- a unit of time equal to 60 seconds or 1/60th of an hour
- a unit of angular distance equal to a 60th of a degree
- a particular point in time
- an indefinitely short time
- distance measured by the time taken to cover it
verb
verb
- To complete, to bring to perfection, to make whole.
- To change a voltage, number, color, etc. to its complement.
- To provide what the partner lacks and lack what the partner provides, thus forming part of a whole.
- Obsolete spelling or misspelling of compliment.
- make complete or perfect; supply what is wanting or form the complement to
noun
- (grammar, linguistics) A word or group of words that completes a grammatical construction in the predicate and that describes or is identified with the subject or object.
- (economics) Abbreviation of complementary good.
- (electronics) A voltage level with the opposite logical sense to the given one.
- (biochemistry) Synonym of alexin.
- Something which completes, something which combines with something else to make up a complete whole; loosely, something perceived to be a harmonious or desirable partner or addition.
- (immunology) One of several blood proteins that work with antibodies during an immune response.
- (astronomy, geometry) An angle which, together with a given angle, makes a right angle.
- (music) An interval which, together with the given interval, makes an octave.
- (palaeography, phonetics) A phonetic complement is a graphic element that modifies another, such as (in Linear B script) a small syllabogram that is attached to a logogram as an abbreviation of its reading (as opposed to an adjunct that abbreviates an adjective that modifies that logogram).
- (genetics) A nucleotide sequence in which each base is replaced by the complementary base of the given sequence: adenine (A) by thymine (T) or uracil (U), cytosine (C) by guanine (G), and vice versa.
- The totality, the full amount or number which completes something.
- (computing, mathematics) The diminished radix complement of a number; the nines' complement of a decimal number; the ones' complement of a binary number.
- (nautical) The whole working force of a vessel.
- (computing, mathematics) The numeric complement of a number.
- (set theory) Given two sets, the set containing one set's elements that are not members of the other set (whether a relative complement or an absolute complement).
- (logic) An expression related to some other expression such that it is true under the same conditions that make other false, and vice versa.
- (optics) The color which, when mixed with the given color, gives black (for mixing pigments) or white (for mixing light).
- (computing) A bit with the opposite value to the given one; the logical complement of a number.
- (computing, mathematics) The radix complement of a number; the two's complement of a binary number.
- Obsolete spelling or misspelling of compliment.
- number needed to make up a whole force
- either of two parts that mutually complete each other
- a word or phrase used to complete a grammatical construction
- a complete number or quantity
- one of a series of enzymes in the blood serum that are part of the immune response
- something added to complete or embellish or make perfect
adj
- extremely precise with great attention to details
- of or relating to or used in microscopy
- so small as to be invisible without a microscope
- visible under a microscope; using a microscope
- Very small; minute
- Able to see extremely minute objects.
- Of, or relating to microscopes or microscopy; microscopal
- So small that it can only be seen with the aid of a microscope.
- (figurative) Carried out with great attention to detail.
noun
- developing in intricate and painstaking detail
- the result of improving something
- a discussion that provides additional information
- addition of extra material or illustration or clarifying detail
- marked by elaborately complex detail
- (electronics) The process of taking a parsed tree of an abstract integrated circuit definition in a language such as Verilog and creating a hierarchy of module instances that ends with primitive (atomic) gates and statements.
- (psychology) The level of processing of a message or argument.
- The natural process of formation or assimilation, performed by the living organs in animals and vegetables, by which a crude substance is changed into something of a higher order
- The act or process of producing or refining with labor; improvement by successive operations; refinement.
- (computing) Setting up a hierarchy of calculated constants in a language such as Ada so that the values of one or more of them determine others further down in the hierarchy.
noun
- the act of creating something by casting it in a mold
- the act of throwing a fishing line out over the water by means of a rod and reel
- object formed by a mold
- the choice of actors to play particular roles in a play or movie
- (countable) An object made in a mold.
- (programming) The act of converting between data types.
- The act or process of selecting actors, singers, dancers, models, etc.
- A manufacturing process using a mold.
- The excreta of an earthworm or similar creature.
- (hunting) Of hounds, the act of spreading out and searching for a scent.
- The regurgitation of fur, feathers, and other undigestible material by hawks, to clean and empty their crops.^([W])
verb
noun
- the act of creating something by casting it in a mold
- a decorative strip used for ornamentation or finishing
- a preliminary sculpture in wax or clay from which a finished work can be copied
- a decorative recessed or relieved surface on an edge
- sculpture produced by molding
- Anything cast in a mold, or which appears to be so, as grooved or ornamental bars of wood or metal.
- (milling) A mill for shaping timber.
- (woodwork) A planing machine for making moldings.
- The act or process of shaping in or on a mold, or of making molds; the art or occupation of a molder.
- (architecture) A plane, or curved, narrow surface, either sunk or projecting, used for decoration by means of the lights and shades upon its surface and to conceal joints, especially between unlike materials.
- (founding) A kind of sand containing clay, used in making molds.
- (founding) A machine to assist in making molds for castings.
verb
adj
noun
- (mathematics) The number of significant digits to which a value may be measured reliably.
- (loosely) The state of being precise or exact; especially, both exact and accurate.
- (bridge) A bidding system that makes use of many artificial bids to describe a hand quite precisely.
- (strictly) The ability of a measurement to be reproduced consistently.
- the quality of being reproducible in amount or performance
noun
- the work of applying something
- a verbal or written request for assistance or employment or admission to a school
- liquid preparation having a soothing or antiseptic or medicinal action when applied to the skin
- the action of putting something into operation
- a program that gives a computer instructions that provide the user with tools to accomplish a task
- a diligent effort
- the act of bringing something to bear; using it for a particular purpose
- (bureaucracy, law) A petition, entreaty, or other request, with the adposition for denoting the subject matter.
- A verbal or written request for assistance or employment or admission to a school, course or similar.
- The substance applied.
- The act of requesting, claiming, or petitioning something.
- (computing theory) The substitution of a specific value for the parameter in the abstraction, in lambda calculus.
- The act of applying as a means; the employment of means to accomplish an end; specific use.
- The act of directing or referring something to a particular case, to discover or illustrate agreement or disagreement, fitness, or correspondence.
- A kind of needlework; appliqué.
- Diligence; close thought or attention.
- (computing) A computer program or the set of software that the end user perceives as a single entity as a tool for a well-defined purpose. (Also called: application program; application software.)
- The act of physically applying or laying on.
noun
verb
noun
- the work of applying something
- the act of concealing the existence of something by obstructing the view of it
- a natural object that covers or envelops
- the act of protecting something by covering it
- an artifact that covers something else (usually to protect or shelter or conceal it)
- (countable) That which covers or conceals; a cover; something spread or laid over or wrapped about another.
- (topology, of a given open set U) A collection of sets U_i such that their union contains U; such a collection with the additional property that every U_i is open; such a collection with the additional property that every U_i is contained in U.
- (uncountable) Action of the verb to cover.
- (topology) A special kind of map that establishes a relationship between two topological spaces in the sense that, under the action of the map, the one looks locally like several copies of the second: Formally, a continuous map π:E→X between topological spaces such that there exists, for every point x in X, a discrete space D_x and an open neighborhood U of x such that π⁻¹(U)= displaystyle ⨆_(d∈D_x)V_d and π|_(V_d):V_d→U is a homeomorphism for every d∈D_x. See Covering space on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
verb
verb
- make perfect; bring to perfection
- fulfill sexually
- (transitive) To make perfect, achieve, give the finishing touch.
- (transitive) To bring (a task, project, goal etc.) to completion; to accomplish.
- (intransitive) To become perfected, receive the finishing touch.
- (transitive) To make (a marriage) complete by engaging in first sexual intercourse.
adj
- without qualification; used informally as (often pejorative) intensifiers
- perfect and complete in every respect; having all necessary qualities
- having or revealing supreme mastery or skill
- Supremely skilled and experienced; highly accomplished; fully qualified.
- Complete in every detail, perfect, absolute.
adj
- Carefully done, detailed.
- (archaic outside certain phrases) Physically narrow or confined.
- At little distance; near in space or time.
- Intimate or immediate in personal relationship.
- Nearly equal; almost evenly balanced; almost exactly matching.
- Accurate; precise.
- (Ireland, UK, weather) Hot, humid, with no wind.
- Tight, with little space separating components or elements.
- (linguistics, phonetics, of a vowel) Articulated with the tongue body relatively close to the hard palate.
- Strictly confined; carefully guarded.
- Tightly restricted in availability.
- Almost, but not quite (getting to an answer, goal, or other state); near.
- (law) Of a corporation or other business entity, closely held.
- Attentive; undeviating; strict.
- (in particular) Almost resulting in disaster.
- (heraldry, of a bird) With its wings at its side, closed, held near to its body (typically also statant); (of wings) in this posture.
- Short.
- Oppressive; without motion or ventilation; causing a feeling of lassitude.
- Involving a tight connection; involving frequent communication, shared or cooperative activity, etc.
- Marked, evident.
- Adhering strictly to a standard or original; exact or nearly so.
- not far distant in time or space or degree or circumstances
- close in relevance or relationship
- confined to specific persons
- crowded
- strictly confined or guarded
- at or within a short distance in space or time or having elements near each other
- lacking fresh air
- inclined to secrecy or reticence about divulging information
- (of a contest or contestants) evenly matched
- of textiles
- marked by fidelity to an original
- used of hair or haircuts
- fitting closely but comfortably
- rigorously attentive; strict and thorough
- giving or spending with reluctance
adv
noun
- (chiefly British) A street that ends in a dead end.
- A cathedral close.
- (music) The conclusion of a strain of music; cadence.
- An end or conclusion.
- (aviation, travel) The time when check-in staff will no longer accept passengers for a flight.
- The manner of shutting; the union of parts; junction.
- (Scotland) The common staircase in a tenement.
- (music) A double bar marking the end.
- (sales) The point at the end of a sales pitch when the consumer is asked to buy.
- (Scotland) A very narrow alley between two buildings, often overhung by one of the buildings above the ground floor.
- (law) The interest which one may have in a piece of ground, even though it is not enclosed
- A grapple in wrestling.
- the last section of a communication
- the temporal end; the concluding time
- the concluding part of any performance
verb
- (intransitive) To become denser or more crowded with objects.
- (intransitive) To finish; to come to an end.
- To grapple; to engage in close combat.
- (ambitransitive) To move a thing, or part of a thing, nearer to another so that the gap or opening between the two is removed.
- (Philippines, Quebec, Greece, Cyprus) To turn off; to switch off.
- (transitive) To obstruct or block.
- (transitive) To perform as the final act at (a show etc.).
- (transitive) To put out of use or operation.
- (transitive, baseball, pitching) To make the final outs, usually three, of a game.
- (transitive, intransitive, especially sports) To angle (a club, bat or other hitting implement) downwards and/or (for a right-hander) anticlockwise of straight.
- (intransitive) To cease operation or cease to be available.
- (transitive, intransitive, electricity, of a switch, fuse or circuit breaker) To move to a position allowing electricity to flow.
- (transitive, intransitive, engineering, gas and liquid flow, of valve or damper) To move to a position preventing fluid from flowing.
- (surveying) To have a vector sum of 0; that is, to form a closed polygon.
- (figuratively, transitive, intransitive) To make or become unreceptive.
- (ergative, marketing) To conclude (a sale).
- (intransitive) To do the tasks (putting things away, locking doors, etc.) required to prepare a store or other establishment to shut down for the night.
- (ergative, computing) To terminate an application, window, file or database connection, etc.
- (intransitive, of a business, market etc.) To cease trading for the day, or permanently.
- (transitive, finance) To cancel or reverse (a trading position).
- (chiefly figurative) To come or gather around; to enclose.
- (transitive) To end or conclude.
- come to a close
- draw near
- change one's body stance so that the forward shoulder and foot are closer to the intended point of impact
- be priced or listed when trading stops
- unite or bring into contact or bring together the edges of
- cease to operate or cause to cease operating
- move so that an opening or passage is obstructed; make shut
- complete a business deal, negotiation, or an agreement
- cause a window or an application to disappear on a computer desktop
- fill or stop up
- come together, as if in an embrace
- become closed
- bar access to
- finish a game in baseball by protecting a lead
- finish or terminate (meetings, speeches, etc.)
- engage at close quarters
- bring together all the elements or parts of
verb
noun
- what is produced in a given time period
- the quantity of something (as a commodity) that is created (usually within a given period of time)
- signal that comes out of an electronic system
- final product; the things produced
- production of a certain amount
- (medicine) The flow rate of body liquids such as blood and urine.
- (computing) Data sent out of the computer, as to output device such as a monitor or printer, or data sent from one program on the computer to another.
- (computing, electrical engineering) The terminal through which the data or power is delivered from the source, output terminal.
- (electrical engineering) The amount of power produced by a particular system.
- (economics) Production; quantity produced, created, or completed.
adj
- Requiring advanced techniques for successful completion.
- (of a person) Technically minded; adept with science and technology.
- Specifically related to a particular discipline.
- (by extension) difficult to understand for those not specialized in this discipline.
- Of or related to technology.
- In the strictest sense, but not practically or meaningfully.
- (securities and other markets) Relating to the internal mechanics of a market rather than more basic factors.
- Relating to, or requiring, technique.
- of or relating to technique or proficiency in a practical skill
- characterizing or showing skill in or specialized knowledge of applied arts and sciences
- of or relating to or requiring special knowledge to be understood
- resulting from or dependent on market factors rather than fundamental economic considerations
- relating to or concerned with machinery or tools
- according to strict interpretation of the law or set of rules
- of or relating to a practical subject that is organized according to scientific principles
noun
- Ellipsis of technical examination.
- (basketball) Ellipsis of technical foul.
- (video games) A special move in certain fighting games that cancels out the effect of an opponent's attack.
- A pickup truck with a gun mounted on it.
- (informal, countable, uncountable) Ellipsis of technical rehearsal.
- Ellipsis of technical school.
- Ellipsis of technical course.
- (basketball) a foul that can be assessed on a player or a coach or a team for unsportsmanlike conduct; does not usually involve physical contact during play
- a pickup truck with a gun mounted on it
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noun
noun
- The science and techniques used to enact this process.
- Any process for transmitting arbitrarily long messages over a long distance using a code, especially by means of electrified wires or radio waves using Morse code.
- The devices and networks used to enact this process.
- apparatus used to communicate at a distance over a wire (usually in Morse code)
- communicating at a distance by electric transmission over wire
verb
noun
- That which is real, in a deeper sense; spiritual or ‘genuine’ reality.
- The state or quality of being true to someone or something.
- True facts, genuine depiction or statements of reality.
- (games) In the game truth or dare, the choice to truthfully answer a question put forth.
- Conformity to fact or reality; correctness, accuracy.
- Conformity to rule; exactness; close correspondence with an example, mood, model, etc.
- (countable) Something acknowledged to be true; a true statement or axiom.
- conformity to reality or actuality
- a fact that has been verified
- a true statement
- the quality of being near to the true value
noun
- The process of making something level.
- (linguistics) Ellipsis of paradigm leveling, the replacement of irregular forms by regular forms.
- (surveying, archaeology) The process of measuring levels to establish heights and altitudes.
- changing the ground level to a smooth horizontal or gently sloping surface
- the act of making equal or uniform
- complete destruction of a building
verb
noun
- the act of making something perfect
- the state of being without a flaw or defect
- an ideal instance; a perfect embodiment of a concept
- A quality, endowment, or acquirement completely excellent; an ideal; faultlessness; especially, the divine attribute of complete excellence.
- The quality or state of being perfect or complete, so that nothing substandard remains; the highest attainable state or degree of excellence.
- (law) The process or act of establishing official recognition for a legal claim, generally in the context of security interests.
verb
noun
- Act of being exact and accurate.
- (countable) Something that is true; a truthful statement; a truth.
- (uncountable, of a person) The quality of speaking or stating the truth; truthfulness.
- (uncountable) Agreement with the facts; accordance with the truth; accuracy or precision.
- Correctness and carefulness in one's plan of action.
- unwillingness to tell lies
noun
- The process or the result of becoming more definite or precise.
- The body formed by crystallizing.
- The act or process by which a substance in solidifying assumes the form and structure of a crystal, or becomes crystallized.
- The formation of a solid from a solution, melt, vapour or from a different solid phase
- the formation of crystals
- a rock formed by the solidification of a substance; has regularly repeating internal structure; external plane faces
- a mental synthesis that becomes fixed or concrete by a process resembling crystal formation
noun
- The process of doing something.
- (law) Ellipsis of act of parliament.
- (countable) A performer or performers in a show.
- (countable) A display of behaviour.
- (countable) A display of behaviour meant to deceive.
- (law, countable) (In the United States) A legislative proposal, a bill that has not yet become law.
- (countable) A formal or official record of something done.
- (countable) Something done, a deed.
- (theology) Something done once and for all, as distinguished from a work.
- (countable) Any organized activity.
- (countable, drama) A division of a theatrical performance.
- (law, countable) A product of a legislative body, a statute.
- A thesis maintained in public, in some English universities, by a candidate for a degree, or to show the proficiency of a student.
- something that people do or cause to happen
- a short performance that is part of a longer program
- a subdivision of a play or opera or ballet
- a manifestation of insincerity
- a legal document codifying the result of deliberations of a committee or society or legislative body
adv
verb
- (transitive) To feign.
- (intransitive, law) To carry out work as a legal representative in relation to a particular legal matter.
- (intransitive) To do something.
- (intransitive) To behave in a certain manner for an indefinite length of time.
- (intransitive, construed with on or upon) To have an effect (on).
- (intransitive) To perform a theatrical role.
- (intransitive) To do something that causes a change binding on the doer.
- (intransitive) Of a play: to be acted out (well or badly).
- (copulative) To convey an appearance of being.
- (transitive) To play (a role).
- (intransitive, mathematics, construed with on or upon, of an algebraic structure) To possess an action onto (some other structure). Examples include the group action of a group on a set, the action of a ring on a module by scalar multiplication, and the action of a group or algebra on a vector space via a representation.
- have an effect or outcome; often the one desired or expected
- perform an action, or work out or perform (an action)
- pretend to have certain qualities or state of mind
- behave in a certain manner; show a certain behavior; conduct or comport oneself
- play a role or part
- discharge one's duties
- behave unnaturally or affectedly
- perform on a stage or theater
- be suitable for theatrical performance
noun
verb
noun
- The process of creating something new.
- (countable, lexicography) Something which has been made or invented, especially a coined word; a neologism.
- (uncountable) Coins taken collectively; currency.
- (uncountable, lexicography) The creation of new words, neologizing.
- The process of coining money.
- a newly invented word or phrase
- the act of inventing a word or phrase
- coins collectively
noun
- The act of making copies.
- (computing) A method for reproducing a bug or problem.
- A copy of something, as in a piece of art; a duplicate.
- The act of reproducing new individuals biologically.
- the process of generating offspring
- recall that is hypothesized to work by storing the original stimulus input and reproducing it during recall
- the sexual activity of conceiving and bearing offspring
- copy that is not the original; something that has been copied
- the act of making copies
noun
- developing in intricate and painstaking detail
- the result of improving something
- a discussion that provides additional information
- addition of extra material or illustration or clarifying detail
- marked by elaborately complex detail
- (electronics) The process of taking a parsed tree of an abstract integrated circuit definition in a language such as Verilog and creating a hierarchy of module instances that ends with primitive (atomic) gates and statements.
- (psychology) The level of processing of a message or argument.
- The natural process of formation or assimilation, performed by the living organs in animals and vegetables, by which a crude substance is changed into something of a higher order
- The act or process of producing or refining with labor; improvement by successive operations; refinement.
- (computing) Setting up a hierarchy of calculated constants in a language such as Ada so that the values of one or more of them determine others further down in the hierarchy.
noun
- the act of creating something by casting it in a mold
- the act of throwing a fishing line out over the water by means of a rod and reel
- object formed by a mold
- the choice of actors to play particular roles in a play or movie
- (countable) An object made in a mold.
- (programming) The act of converting between data types.
- The act or process of selecting actors, singers, dancers, models, etc.
- A manufacturing process using a mold.
- The excreta of an earthworm or similar creature.
- (hunting) Of hounds, the act of spreading out and searching for a scent.
- The regurgitation of fur, feathers, and other undigestible material by hawks, to clean and empty their crops.^([W])
verb
noun
- the act of creating something by casting it in a mold
- a decorative strip used for ornamentation or finishing
- a preliminary sculpture in wax or clay from which a finished work can be copied
- a decorative recessed or relieved surface on an edge
- sculpture produced by molding
- Anything cast in a mold, or which appears to be so, as grooved or ornamental bars of wood or metal.
- (milling) A mill for shaping timber.
- (woodwork) A planing machine for making moldings.
- The act or process of shaping in or on a mold, or of making molds; the art or occupation of a molder.
- (architecture) A plane, or curved, narrow surface, either sunk or projecting, used for decoration by means of the lights and shades upon its surface and to conceal joints, especially between unlike materials.
- (founding) A kind of sand containing clay, used in making molds.
- (founding) A machine to assist in making molds for castings.
verb
noun
- the work of applying something
- a verbal or written request for assistance or employment or admission to a school
- liquid preparation having a soothing or antiseptic or medicinal action when applied to the skin
- the action of putting something into operation
- a program that gives a computer instructions that provide the user with tools to accomplish a task
- a diligent effort
- the act of bringing something to bear; using it for a particular purpose
- (bureaucracy, law) A petition, entreaty, or other request, with the adposition for denoting the subject matter.
- A verbal or written request for assistance or employment or admission to a school, course or similar.
- The substance applied.
- The act of requesting, claiming, or petitioning something.
- (computing theory) The substitution of a specific value for the parameter in the abstraction, in lambda calculus.
- The act of applying as a means; the employment of means to accomplish an end; specific use.
- The act of directing or referring something to a particular case, to discover or illustrate agreement or disagreement, fitness, or correspondence.
- A kind of needlework; appliqué.
- Diligence; close thought or attention.
- (computing) A computer program or the set of software that the end user perceives as a single entity as a tool for a well-defined purpose. (Also called: application program; application software.)
- The act of physically applying or laying on.
noun
verb
noun
- the work of applying something
- the act of concealing the existence of something by obstructing the view of it
- a natural object that covers or envelops
- the act of protecting something by covering it
- an artifact that covers something else (usually to protect or shelter or conceal it)
- (countable) That which covers or conceals; a cover; something spread or laid over or wrapped about another.
- (topology, of a given open set U) A collection of sets U_i such that their union contains U; such a collection with the additional property that every U_i is open; such a collection with the additional property that every U_i is contained in U.
- (uncountable) Action of the verb to cover.
- (topology) A special kind of map that establishes a relationship between two topological spaces in the sense that, under the action of the map, the one looks locally like several copies of the second: Formally, a continuous map π:E→X between topological spaces such that there exists, for every point x in X, a discrete space D_x and an open neighborhood U of x such that π⁻¹(U)= displaystyle ⨆_(d∈D_x)V_d and π|_(V_d):V_d→U is a homeomorphism for every d∈D_x. See Covering space on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
verb
noun
- The science and techniques used to enact this process.
- Any process for transmitting arbitrarily long messages over a long distance using a code, especially by means of electrified wires or radio waves using Morse code.
- The devices and networks used to enact this process.
- apparatus used to communicate at a distance over a wire (usually in Morse code)
- communicating at a distance by electric transmission over wire
verb
noun
verb
- work hard on something
- To form a felt-like texture, similar to the way beaver fur is used for felt-making.
- (backgammon) After being doubled, to immediately double the stakes again, a move that keeps the doubling cube on one’s own side of the board.
- To work hard.
- (slang) To spot a beard in a game of beaver.
- (logging, slang) To cut a continuous ring around a tree that one is felling.
noun
- a movable piece of armor on a medieval helmet used to protect the lower face
- the soft brown fur of the beaver
- a hat made with the fur of a beaver (or similar material)
- a full beard
- large semiaquatic rodent with webbed hind feet and a broad flat tail; construct complex dams and underwater lodges
- a man's hat with a tall crown; usually covered with silk or with beaver fur
- (countable, backgammon) A move in response to being doubled, in which one immediately doubles the stakes again, keeping the doubling cube on one’s own side of the board.
- Butter.
- Alternative letter-case form of Beaver (“member of the youngest wing of the Scout movement”).
- Beaver cloth, a heavy felted woollen cloth, used chiefly for making overcoats.
- Alternative spelling of bevor (“part of a helmet”).
- A brown colour, like that of a beaver.
- (chiefly Canada, US, slang, countable) The pubic hair near a vulva or a vulva itself; (attributively) denoting films or literature featuring nude women.
- (Canada, US) Beaver pelts as an article of exchange or as a standard of value.
- (US, offensive, slang) A woman, especially one who is sexually attractive.
- (countable) A semiaquatic rodent of the genus Castor, having a wide, flat tail and webbed feet, native to the Northern Hemisphere.
- (countable, slang) A beard or a bearded person.
- (countable) A hat, of various shapes, made from a felted beaver fur (or later of silk), fashionable in Europe between 1550 and 1850.
- The fur of the beaver.
- (uncountable, historical, slang) A game, in which points are scored by spotting beards.
verb
- To complete, to bring to perfection, to make whole.
- To change a voltage, number, color, etc. to its complement.
- To provide what the partner lacks and lack what the partner provides, thus forming part of a whole.
- Obsolete spelling or misspelling of compliment.
- make complete or perfect; supply what is wanting or form the complement to
noun
- (grammar, linguistics) A word or group of words that completes a grammatical construction in the predicate and that describes or is identified with the subject or object.
- (economics) Abbreviation of complementary good.
- (electronics) A voltage level with the opposite logical sense to the given one.
- (biochemistry) Synonym of alexin.
- Something which completes, something which combines with something else to make up a complete whole; loosely, something perceived to be a harmonious or desirable partner or addition.
- (immunology) One of several blood proteins that work with antibodies during an immune response.
- (astronomy, geometry) An angle which, together with a given angle, makes a right angle.
- (music) An interval which, together with the given interval, makes an octave.
- (palaeography, phonetics) A phonetic complement is a graphic element that modifies another, such as (in Linear B script) a small syllabogram that is attached to a logogram as an abbreviation of its reading (as opposed to an adjunct that abbreviates an adjective that modifies that logogram).
- (genetics) A nucleotide sequence in which each base is replaced by the complementary base of the given sequence: adenine (A) by thymine (T) or uracil (U), cytosine (C) by guanine (G), and vice versa.
- The totality, the full amount or number which completes something.
- (computing, mathematics) The diminished radix complement of a number; the nines' complement of a decimal number; the ones' complement of a binary number.
- (nautical) The whole working force of a vessel.
- (computing, mathematics) The numeric complement of a number.
- (set theory) Given two sets, the set containing one set's elements that are not members of the other set (whether a relative complement or an absolute complement).
- (logic) An expression related to some other expression such that it is true under the same conditions that make other false, and vice versa.
- (optics) The color which, when mixed with the given color, gives black (for mixing pigments) or white (for mixing light).
- (computing) A bit with the opposite value to the given one; the logical complement of a number.
- (computing, mathematics) The radix complement of a number; the two's complement of a binary number.
- Obsolete spelling or misspelling of compliment.
- number needed to make up a whole force
- either of two parts that mutually complete each other
- a word or phrase used to complete a grammatical construction
- a complete number or quantity
- one of a series of enzymes in the blood serum that are part of the immune response
- something added to complete or embellish or make perfect
verb
- make perfect; bring to perfection
- fulfill sexually
- (transitive) To make perfect, achieve, give the finishing touch.
- (transitive) To bring (a task, project, goal etc.) to completion; to accomplish.
- (intransitive) To become perfected, receive the finishing touch.
- (transitive) To make (a marriage) complete by engaging in first sexual intercourse.
adj
- without qualification; used informally as (often pejorative) intensifiers
- perfect and complete in every respect; having all necessary qualities
- having or revealing supreme mastery or skill
- Supremely skilled and experienced; highly accomplished; fully qualified.
- Complete in every detail, perfect, absolute.
verb
noun
- what is produced in a given time period
- the quantity of something (as a commodity) that is created (usually within a given period of time)
- signal that comes out of an electronic system
- final product; the things produced
- production of a certain amount
- (medicine) The flow rate of body liquids such as blood and urine.
- (computing) Data sent out of the computer, as to output device such as a monitor or printer, or data sent from one program on the computer to another.
- (computing, electrical engineering) The terminal through which the data or power is delivered from the source, output terminal.
- (electrical engineering) The amount of power produced by a particular system.
- (economics) Production; quantity produced, created, or completed.
verb
noun
- That which is real, in a deeper sense; spiritual or ‘genuine’ reality.
- The state or quality of being true to someone or something.
- True facts, genuine depiction or statements of reality.
- (games) In the game truth or dare, the choice to truthfully answer a question put forth.
- Conformity to fact or reality; correctness, accuracy.
- Conformity to rule; exactness; close correspondence with an example, mood, model, etc.
- (countable) Something acknowledged to be true; a true statement or axiom.
- conformity to reality or actuality
- a fact that has been verified
- a true statement
- the quality of being near to the true value
adj
verb
- make more complex, intricate, or richer
- work out in detail
- produce from basic elements or sources; change into a more developed product
- add details, as to an account or idea; clarify the meaning of and discourse in a learned way, usually in writing
- (intransitive, sometimes followed by the prepositions on or upon) To expand/enlarge in detail.
- (transitive) Тo develop in detail or complexity.
adj
- Of an action, task, etc., requiring precise accuracy, great care, effort, or attention.
- requiring precise accuracy
- Of a person or organization, characterized by exaction.
- Making great demands; difficult to satisfy.
- having complicated nutritional requirements; especially growing only in special artificial cultures
- severe and unremitting in making demands
verb
adj
noun
- (informal) A short but unspecified time period.
- An old coin, a half farthing.
- A unit of time which is one sixtieth of an hour (sixty seconds).
- A unit of purchase on a telephone or other similar network, especially a cell phone network, roughly equivalent in gross form to sixty seconds' use of the network.
- A point in time; a moment.
- A unit of angle equal to one-sixtieth of a degree.
- (architecture) A fixed part of a module.
- (chiefly in the plural, minutes) A (usually formal) written record of a meeting or a part of a meeting.
- A nautical or a geographic mile.
- (slang, US, Canada, dialectal) A while or a long unspecified period of time.
- a short note
- a unit of time equal to 60 seconds or 1/60th of an hour
- a unit of angular distance equal to a 60th of a degree
- a particular point in time
- an indefinitely short time
- distance measured by the time taken to cover it
verb
adj
- extremely precise with great attention to details
- of or relating to or used in microscopy
- so small as to be invisible without a microscope
- visible under a microscope; using a microscope
- Very small; minute
- Able to see extremely minute objects.
- Of, or relating to microscopes or microscopy; microscopal
- So small that it can only be seen with the aid of a microscope.
- (figurative) Carried out with great attention to detail.
adj
noun
- (mathematics) The number of significant digits to which a value may be measured reliably.
- (loosely) The state of being precise or exact; especially, both exact and accurate.
- (bridge) A bidding system that makes use of many artificial bids to describe a hand quite precisely.
- (strictly) The ability of a measurement to be reproduced consistently.
- the quality of being reproducible in amount or performance
adj
- Carefully done, detailed.
- (archaic outside certain phrases) Physically narrow or confined.
- At little distance; near in space or time.
- Intimate or immediate in personal relationship.
- Nearly equal; almost evenly balanced; almost exactly matching.
- Accurate; precise.
- (Ireland, UK, weather) Hot, humid, with no wind.
- Tight, with little space separating components or elements.
- (linguistics, phonetics, of a vowel) Articulated with the tongue body relatively close to the hard palate.
- Strictly confined; carefully guarded.
- Tightly restricted in availability.
- Almost, but not quite (getting to an answer, goal, or other state); near.
- (law) Of a corporation or other business entity, closely held.
- Attentive; undeviating; strict.
- (in particular) Almost resulting in disaster.
- (heraldry, of a bird) With its wings at its side, closed, held near to its body (typically also statant); (of wings) in this posture.
- Short.
- Oppressive; without motion or ventilation; causing a feeling of lassitude.
- Involving a tight connection; involving frequent communication, shared or cooperative activity, etc.
- Marked, evident.
- Adhering strictly to a standard or original; exact or nearly so.
- not far distant in time or space or degree or circumstances
- close in relevance or relationship
- confined to specific persons
- crowded
- strictly confined or guarded
- at or within a short distance in space or time or having elements near each other
- lacking fresh air
- inclined to secrecy or reticence about divulging information
- (of a contest or contestants) evenly matched
- of textiles
- marked by fidelity to an original
- used of hair or haircuts
- fitting closely but comfortably
- rigorously attentive; strict and thorough
- giving or spending with reluctance
adv
noun
- (chiefly British) A street that ends in a dead end.
- A cathedral close.
- (music) The conclusion of a strain of music; cadence.
- An end or conclusion.
- (aviation, travel) The time when check-in staff will no longer accept passengers for a flight.
- The manner of shutting; the union of parts; junction.
- (Scotland) The common staircase in a tenement.
- (music) A double bar marking the end.
- (sales) The point at the end of a sales pitch when the consumer is asked to buy.
- (Scotland) A very narrow alley between two buildings, often overhung by one of the buildings above the ground floor.
- (law) The interest which one may have in a piece of ground, even though it is not enclosed
- A grapple in wrestling.
- the last section of a communication
- the temporal end; the concluding time
- the concluding part of any performance
verb
- (intransitive) To become denser or more crowded with objects.
- (intransitive) To finish; to come to an end.
- To grapple; to engage in close combat.
- (ambitransitive) To move a thing, or part of a thing, nearer to another so that the gap or opening between the two is removed.
- (Philippines, Quebec, Greece, Cyprus) To turn off; to switch off.
- (transitive) To obstruct or block.
- (transitive) To perform as the final act at (a show etc.).
- (transitive) To put out of use or operation.
- (transitive, baseball, pitching) To make the final outs, usually three, of a game.
- (transitive, intransitive, especially sports) To angle (a club, bat or other hitting implement) downwards and/or (for a right-hander) anticlockwise of straight.
- (intransitive) To cease operation or cease to be available.
- (transitive, intransitive, electricity, of a switch, fuse or circuit breaker) To move to a position allowing electricity to flow.
- (transitive, intransitive, engineering, gas and liquid flow, of valve or damper) To move to a position preventing fluid from flowing.
- (surveying) To have a vector sum of 0; that is, to form a closed polygon.
- (figuratively, transitive, intransitive) To make or become unreceptive.
- (ergative, marketing) To conclude (a sale).
- (intransitive) To do the tasks (putting things away, locking doors, etc.) required to prepare a store or other establishment to shut down for the night.
- (ergative, computing) To terminate an application, window, file or database connection, etc.
- (intransitive, of a business, market etc.) To cease trading for the day, or permanently.
- (transitive, finance) To cancel or reverse (a trading position).
- (chiefly figurative) To come or gather around; to enclose.
- (transitive) To end or conclude.
- come to a close
- draw near
- change one's body stance so that the forward shoulder and foot are closer to the intended point of impact
- be priced or listed when trading stops
- unite or bring into contact or bring together the edges of
- cease to operate or cause to cease operating
- move so that an opening or passage is obstructed; make shut
- complete a business deal, negotiation, or an agreement
- cause a window or an application to disappear on a computer desktop
- fill or stop up
- come together, as if in an embrace
- become closed
- bar access to
- finish a game in baseball by protecting a lead
- finish or terminate (meetings, speeches, etc.)
- engage at close quarters
- bring together all the elements or parts of
adj
- Requiring advanced techniques for successful completion.
- (of a person) Technically minded; adept with science and technology.
- Specifically related to a particular discipline.
- (by extension) difficult to understand for those not specialized in this discipline.
- Of or related to technology.
- In the strictest sense, but not practically or meaningfully.
- (securities and other markets) Relating to the internal mechanics of a market rather than more basic factors.
- Relating to, or requiring, technique.
- of or relating to technique or proficiency in a practical skill
- characterizing or showing skill in or specialized knowledge of applied arts and sciences
- of or relating to or requiring special knowledge to be understood
- resulting from or dependent on market factors rather than fundamental economic considerations
- relating to or concerned with machinery or tools
- according to strict interpretation of the law or set of rules
- of or relating to a practical subject that is organized according to scientific principles
noun
- Ellipsis of technical examination.
- (basketball) Ellipsis of technical foul.
- (video games) A special move in certain fighting games that cancels out the effect of an opponent's attack.
- A pickup truck with a gun mounted on it.
- (informal, countable, uncountable) Ellipsis of technical rehearsal.
- Ellipsis of technical school.
- Ellipsis of technical course.
- (basketball) a foul that can be assessed on a player or a coach or a team for unsportsmanlike conduct; does not usually involve physical contact during play
- a pickup truck with a gun mounted on it