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verb
- To express one's opinion openly.
- To make a debut in a new field; to start off a career or reputation.
- (intransitive) To be published or released; to be issued; to be broadcast for the first time.
- (intransitive) To begin with something.
- (intransitive) To emerge from or reach the end of an era, event or process.
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see come, out.
- To protest or go on strike, especially out of solidarity with other workers.
- (idiomatic, informal) To come out of the closet.
- (of the sun, moon or stars) To become visible in the sky as a result of clouds clearing away.
- (intransitive, slang) To join a church; to convert to a religion.
- (copulative) To end up or result; to turn out to be.
- (intransitive, of a stain) To be removed.
- (intransitive) To be discovered; to be revealed.
- (cricket, of a batsman) To walk onto the field at the beginning of an innings.
- To originate in; to derive from; to be taken from out of or to have arrived from.
- result or end
- bulge outward
- come out of
- be issued or published
- be made known; be disclosed or revealed
- appear or become visible; make a showing
- make oneself visible; take action
- take a place in a competition; often followed by an ordinal
- to state openly and publicly one's homosexuality
- drop out
- break out
verb
- express one's opinion openly and without fear or hesitation
- expect, believe, or suppose
- (intransitive, transitive) To express an opinion; to state as an opinion; to suppose, consider (that).
- (intransitive) To give one's formal opinion (on or upon something).
- (intransitive, transitive) to suppose, consider as correct, or entertain, an opinion.
noun
verb
- express one's opinion openly and without fear or hesitation
- start playing
- express complaints, discontent, displeasure, or unhappiness
- (transitive, informal) To hold forth about something in an opinionated manner.
- (military) Command instructing a person to speak up or acknowledge something.
- (military) Command instructing a person to confirm that they are present or that some other objective has been met.
adj
- Expressing opinions or feelings freely, loudly, or insistently.
- given to expressing yourself freely or insistently
- Of, pertaining to, or resembling the human voice or speech.
- Synonym of expressive.
- (phonetics) Consisting of, or characterized by, voice, or tone produced in the larynx, which may be modified, either by resonance, as in the case of the vowels, or by obstructive action, as in certain consonants, such as v, l, etc., or by both, as in the nasals m, n, ng.
- Having or exercising the power of producing voice, speech, or sound.
- (phonetics) Synonym of vocalic.
- (music) Relating to, composed or arranged for, or sung by the human voice.
- Full of voices.
- Uttered or modulated by the voice; expressed in words.
- (anatomy) Used in the production of speech sounds.
- relating to or designed for or using the singing voice
- full of the sound of voices
- having or using the power to produce speech or sound
noun
- (phonetics) A vocal sound; specifically, a purely vocal element of speech, unmodified except by resonance; a vowel or a diphthong; a tonic element; a tonic.
- (music) A part of a piece of music that is sung.
- (acting) A musical performance involving singing.
- (Catholicism) A man in the Roman Catholic Church who has a right to vote in certain elections.
- a short musical composition with words
- music intended to be performed by one or more singers, usually with instrumental accompaniment
verb
noun
- A criticism done by ranting.
- A wild, emotional, and sometimes incoherent articulation.
- A type of dance step usually performed in clogs, and particularly (but not exclusively) associated with the English North West Morris tradition. The rant step consists of alternately bringing one foot across and in front of the other and striking the ground, with the other foot making a little hop.
- pompous or pretentious talk or writing
- a loud bombastic declamation expressed with strong emotion
verb
- express a choice or opinion
- be guided by in voting
- express one's preference for a candidate or for a measure or resolution; cast a vote
- express one's choice or preference by vote
- bring into existence or make available by vote
- (transitive) To exercise one's voting right upon (a ballot or a share of stock).
- (transitive) To choose or grant (some objective) by means of a vote, or by general consent.
- (intransitive) To cast a vote; to assert a formalized choice in an election.
noun
- the opinion of a group as determined by voting
- a legal right guaranteed by the 15th amendment to the US Constitution; guaranteed to women by the 19th amendment
- a choice that is made by counting the number of people in favor of each alternative
- the total number of voters who participated
- a body of voters who have the same interests
- An act or instance of participating in such a choice, e.g., by submitting a ballot.
- A formalized choice on legally relevant measures such as employment or appointment to office or a proceeding about a legal dispute.
- Any judgment of intellect leading not only to a formal opinion but also to a particular choice in a legally relevant measure, a point of view as published.
verb
noun
adj
- Without anything to cover up or conceal one's thoughts or actions; open to view; exposed.
- (MLE, MTE, Yorkshire, slang, not comparable) A lot or lots of.
- Minimal; that is or are just sufficient.
- Having no supplies.
- Threadbare, very worn.
- Having no decoration.
- Naked, uncovered.
- Having had what usually covers (something) removed.
- Not insured.
- With head uncovered; bareheaded.
- (figuratively) Mere; without embellishment.
- not having a protective covering
- lacking embellishment or ornamentation
- having everything extraneous removed including contents
- providing no shelter or sustenance
- lacking its natural or customary covering
- apart from anything else; without additions or modifications
- having no clothes on the body
- just barely adequate or within a lower limit
- lacking a surface finish such as paint
- lacking in magnitude or quantity
adv
noun
verb
verb
- To profess openly; to make pretensions.
- (transitive) To establish someone in a business or position.
- (transitive) To matchmake; to arrange a date between two people.
- (transitive) To found; to start (a business, scheme)
- (sports, transitive) To create a goalscoring opportunity (for).
- (informal, transitive, criminology) To trick or lure (someone) in order to entrap them.
- (transitive) To arrange for an outcome; to tamper or rig.
- (transitive) To arrange logically.
- (intransitive) To level to rise in one part of a body of water, especially a shallow one, because of a storm surge caused by persistent wind.
- (boxing) To deceive an opponent and capitalize on their reactions with a certain technique or maneuver.
- (transitive) To provide the money or other support that someone needs for an important task or activity.
- (intransitive) To gel or harden.
- (transitive) To trap or ensnare.
- (intransitive) To prepare or get ready.
- To cause to take flight; to flush into the air.
- (transitive) To make (someone) proud or conceited (often in passive).
- (transitive) To make ready for use.
- (transitive) To cause to happen.
- equip with sails or masts
- set up or found
- take or catch as if in a snare or trap
- put into a proper or systematic order
- place
- arrange thoughts, ideas, temporal events
- begin, or enable someone else to begin, a venture by providing the means, logistics, etc.
- make ready or suitable or equip in advance for a particular purpose or for some use, event, etc
- arrange the outcome of by means of deceit
- get ready for a particular purpose or event
- create by putting components or members together
- produce
- erect and fasten
- construct, build, or erect
- set up for use
adj
adj
- expressing yourself readily, clearly, effectively
- performing adroitly and without effort
- superficially impressive, but lacking depth and attention to the true complexities of a subject
- Lazy, simplistic, superficial (especially of explanations, discussions etc.).
- Effortless, fluent (of work, abilities etc.).
- (now usually derogatory) Easy; contemptibly easy.
- (chemistry) Of a reaction or other process, taking place readily.
adj
- expressing yourself readily, clearly, effectively
- made from or largely consisting of silver
- having the white lustrous sheen of silver
- of lustrous grey; covered with or tinged with the color of silver
- Made from silver.
- Denoting the twenty-fifth anniversary, especially of a wedding.
- Made from another white metal.
- Pertaining or relating to elderly persons.
- Having a color like silver: a shiny gray.
- Having the clear, musical tone of silver; soft and clear in sound.
- (of commercial services) Premium, but inferior to gold.
noun
- a soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal; occurs in argentite and in free form; used in coins and jewelry and tableware and photography
- silverware eating utensils
- coins made of silver
- a light shade of grey
- a trophy made of silver (or having the appearance of silver) that is usually awarded for winning second place in a competition
- (collectively) Cutlery and other eating utensils, whether silver or made from some other white metal.
- (collectively) Any items made from silver or any other white metal.
- (countable) a silver medal
- (uncountable) A lustrous, white, metallic element, atomic number 47, atomic weight 107.87, symbol Ag.
- (collectively) Coins made from silver or any similar white metal.
- (uncountable) A shiny gray color.
- Anything resembling silver; something shiny and white.
verb
verb
- To show openly; to disclose; to reveal.
- To remove a cover from.
- (reflexive, intransitive) To expose the genitalia.
- To reveal the identity of.
- (military, transitive) To expose (lines of formation of troops) successively by the wheeling to right or left of the lines in front.
- (reflexive, intransitive) To remove one's hat or cap as a mark of respect.
- make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret
- remove all or part of one's clothes to show one's body
- reveal to view as by removing a cover
verb
- To yield in one’s opinions or beliefs.
- (intransitive) To move; to be shifted from a fixed position.
- (Upper Midwestern US, Indiana, western Canada) To cut or butt (in line); to join the front or middle rather than the back of a queue.
- To try to improve the spot of a decision on a sports field.
- (transitive) To move; to shift from a fixed position.
- move very slightly
noun
noun
- the communication (in speech or writing) of your beliefs or opinions
- the style of expressing yourself
- the act of forcing something out by squeezing or pressing
- a word or phrase that particular people use in particular situations
- the feelings expressed on a person's face
- (genetics) the process of expressing a gene
- a group of words that form a constituent of a sentence and are considered as a single unit
- a group of symbols that make a mathematical statement
- expression without words
- A facial appearance usually associated with an emotion.
- (programming) A piece of code in a high-level language that returns a value.
- A specific blend of whisky.
- (music) The tone of voice or sound in music.
- (mathematics) An arrangement of symbols denoting values, operations performed on them, and grouping symbols.
- A particular way of phrasing an idea.
- A colloquialism or idiom.
- (biology, manufacturing) The act of pressing or squeezing out.
- The action of expressing thoughts, ideas, feelings, etc.
- (biology) The process of translating a gene into a protein.
- (mostly preceded by with) Emotional involvement or engagement in a text read aloud rendered by the voice of the reciter or the reader.
adj
noun
verb
adv
- in a forthright manner; candidly or frankly
- without deviation
- without delay or hesitation; with no time intervening
- without anyone or anything intervening
- In a direct manner; in a straight line or course.
- In a straightforward way; without anything intervening; not by secondary but by direct means.
- Exactly; just; at the shortest possible distance.
- Plainly, without circumlocution or ambiguity; absolutely; in express terms.
- Straightforwardly; honestly.
conj
adv
- in a forthright manner; candidly or frankly
- with flat sails
- Completely, firmly, or unequivocally.
- Directly; flatly.
- (with units of time, distance, etc) Used to emphasize the smallness of the measurement.
- (finance, slang) Without allowance for accrued interest.
- Completely.
- (of accurately measured timings) Exactly, precisely.
- So as to be flat.
- (of a sentence) Without parole.
adj
- sounded or spoken in a tone unvarying in pitch
- not reflecting light; not glossy
- having lost effervescence
- lacking contrast or shading between tones
- horizontally level
- stretched out and lying at full length along the ground
- having a relatively broad surface in relation to depth or thickness
- lacking taste or flavor or tang
- flattened laterally along the whole length (e.g., certain leafstalks or flatfishes)
- not modified or restricted by reservations
- commercially inactive
- lacking stimulating characteristics; uninteresting
- having a surface without slope, tilt in which no part is higher or lower than another
- (of a musical note) lowered in pitch by one chromatic semitone
- lacking the expected range or depth; not designed to give an illusion or depth
- (not comparable, commerce) Of fees, fares etc., fixed; unvarying.
- Smooth; having no protrusions, indentations or other surface irregularities, or relatively so.
- (golf, of a golf club) Having a head at a very obtuse angle to the shaft.
- At a consistently depressed level; consistently lacklustre.
- (of colours) Without variation in tone or hue (uniform), and dull (not glossy).
- (algebra, ring theory, of a ring homomorphism) Such that its target, regarded as a module over its source, is flat (as above).
- (music, note) Lowered by one semitone.
- In a horizontal line or plane; not sloping.
- (juggling, of a throw) Without spin; spinless.
- (algebraic geometry, scheme theory, of a morphism of schemes) Such that the induced map on every stalk is flat (as a map of rings).
- (authorship, figuratively, especially of a character) Lacking in depth, substance, or believability; underdeveloped; one-dimensional.
- (horticulture, of certain fruits) Flattening at the ends.
- (slang) Having small or invisible breasts and/or buttocks.
- (phonetics, of a vowel) Not diphthongal; without variation in height or backness.
- (of a tire or other inflated object) Deflated, especially because of a puncture.
- (homological algebra, of a module) Such that the tensor product preserves exact sequences. See Flat module on Wikipedia.Wikipedia.
- (of a battery) Unable to emit power; dead.
- (of measurements of time) Exact.
- Without variation in level, quantity, value, tone etc.
- Having no variations in height.
- (music) Of a note or voice, lower in pitch than it should be.
- (music, voice) Without variations in pitch.
- (figurative) Lacking liveliness or action; depressed; uninteresting; dull and boring.
- Absolute; downright; peremptory.
- (grammar) Not having an inflectional ending or sign, such as a noun used as an adjective, or an adjective as an adverb, without the addition of a formative suffix; or an infinitive without the sign "to".
- (wine) Lacking acidity without being sweet.
- (of coffee) Having little froth and little milk.
- (of a carbonated drink) With all or most of its carbon dioxide having come out of solution so that the drink no longer fizzes or contains any bubbles.
noun
- a shallow box in which seedlings are started
- a deflated pneumatic tire
- scenery consisting of a wooden frame covered with painted canvas; part of a stage setting
- a level tract of land
- a musical notation indicating one half step lower than the note named
- a suite of rooms usually on one floor of an apartment house
- freight car without permanent sides or roof
- (American football) The areas behind the line of scrimmage to either side of an offensive football formation.
- (rail transport) A flat spot on the wheel of a rail vehicle.
- (publishing) A flat, glossy children's book with few pages.
- An area of level ground (sometimes covered with shallow or tidal water).
- (technical, theatre, stagecraft) A rectangular wooden structure covered with masonite, lauan, or muslin, often produced in standard modules, that is used to build wall surfaces on stage. Flats can be painted and outfitted with doors and/or windows to depict a building or other part of a scene, and are a hard-surfaced alternative to a backcloth or backdrop.
- (entomology) Any of various hesperiid butterflies that spread their wings open when they land.
- A flat sheet for use on a bed.
- (horse racing, with 'the' or attributively, sometimes with capital) Level horse-racing ground, as contrasted with courses incorporating jumps, or the racing done on such ground.
- (postal) A large mail piece measuring at least 8 1/2 by 11 inches, such as catalogs, magazines, and unfolded paper enclosed in large envelopes.
- (music) A note played one chromatic semitone lower than a natural, denoted by the symbol ♭ placed after the letter representing the note (e.g., B♭) or in front of the note symbol (e.g. ♭♪).
- (in the plural) A type of ladies' shoe with a very low heel.
- (informal, automotive) A flat tyre/flat tire.
- (painting) A thin, broad brush used in oil and watercolour painting.
- (optics) A flat (i.e. plane) mirror
- Ellipsis of flat ride (“spinning amusement ride”).
- A wide, shallow container or pallet.
- (geometry) A subset of n-dimensional space that is congruent to a Euclidean space of lower dimension.
- (in the plural) A type of flat-soled running shoe without spikes.
- The most prominent flat part of something.
- A flat-bottomed boat, without keel, and of small draught.
- (swordfighting) The flat side of a blade, as opposed to the sharp edge.
- A straw hat, broad-brimmed and low-crowned.
- A platform on a wheel, upon which emblematic designs etc. are carried in processions.
- (Australia, horse racing, with 'the' or attributively, sometimes with capital) the area in the centre of a racecourse.
- (gambling, slang) A cheater's die with the edges shaved to make certain rolls more likely.
- (in the phrase 'the flat') Level ground in general.
- (historical) An early kind of toy soldier having a flat design.
- (US) Ellipsis of flat water (“nonfizzy drinking water”).
- (chiefly British, New England, South Africa, India, Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, archaic elsewhere) A complete domicile occupying only part of a building, especially one for rent
- (Canadian Prairies, British Columbia) A 24-case of beer.
- The palm of the hand, with the adjacent part of the fingers.
- (rail transport, US) A railroad car without a roof, and whose body is a platform without sides; a platform car or flatcar.
- (mining) A horizontal vein or ore deposit auxiliary to a main vein; also, any horizontal portion of a vein not elsewhere horizontal.
verb
- (transitive) To dash or throw
- (poker slang) To make a flat call; to call without raising.
- (intransitive) To become flat or flattened; to sink or fall to an even surface.
- (intransitive, music, colloquial) To fall from the pitch.
- (intransitive) To dash, rush
- (transitive, music) To depress in tone, as a musical note; especially, to lower in pitch by half a tone.
adv
- in a forthright manner; candidly or frankly
- without deviation
- in a straight line; in a direct course
- Of a direction relative to the subject, precisely; as if following a direct line.
- Directly; without pause, delay or detour.
- Continuously; without interruption or pause.
- Of speech or information, without prevarication or holding back; directly; straightforwardly; plainly.
adj
- in keeping with the facts
- not homosexual
- (of hair) having no waves or curls
- neatly arranged; not disorderly
- rigidly conventional or old-fashioned
- free from curves or angles
- without evasion or compromise
- no longer coiled
- erect in posture
- (of an alcoholic drink) without water
- following a correct or logical method
- having no deviations
- successive (without a break)
- characterized by honesty and fairness
- accurately fitted; level
- Perfectly horizontal or vertical; not diagonal or oblique.
- (telegraphy, historical, of a telegram) Sent at a full rate for immediate delivery; being a fast telegram.
- (informal, of people, reciprocal) On good terms.
- Free from dishonesty; honest, law-abiding.
- (tennis) Describing the sets in a match of which the winner did not lose a single set.
- (colloquial) Conventional; mainstream; socially acceptable.
- Of spirits: undiluted, unmixed; neat.
- (engineering, of an internal-combustion engine) Having all cylinders in a single straight line; in-line.
- In a row, in unbroken sequence; consecutive.
- (cricket) Describing the bat as held so as not to incline to either side; on, or near a line running between the two wickets.
- (colloquial) Not using alcohol, drugs, etc.
- (of a path, trajectory, etc.) Direct, undeviating.
- Not crooked, curly, or bent; having a constant direction throughout its length.
- (slang) Thorough; utter; unqualified.
- (colloquial) Heterosexual.
- Direct in communication; unevasive, straightforward.
- (informal, of a person) OK, all right, fine; in a good state or situation.
- (fashion) Not plus size; thin.
- In proper order; as it should be.
- (colloquial, of a romantic or sexual relation) Occurring between people of opposite sex (sometimes, but not always, specifically between heterosexual people).
- (rare, now chiefly religion) Strait; narrow.
- (sciences, mathematics) Concerning the property allowing the parallel transport of vectors along a course that keeps tangent vectors remain as such throughout that course (a course which is straight, a straight curve, is a geodesic).
- Serious rather than comedic.
- (slang, sex work) Related to conventional sexual intercourse.
- (US, politics) Making no exceptions or deviations in one's support of the organization and candidates of a political party.
- (US, politics) Containing the names of all the regularly nominated candidates of a single party and no others.
noun
- a person having a sexual orientation to persons of the opposite sex
- a poker hand with 5 consecutive cards (regardless of suit)
- a straight segment of a roadway or racecourse
- A chiropractor who relies solely on spinal adjustment, with no other treatments.
- (slang) A normal person; someone in mainstream society.
- (slang) A cigarette, particularly one containing tobacco instead of marijuana.
- (colloquial) A heterosexual.
- A cat that has straight ears despite belonging to a breed that often has folded ears.
- (poker) Five cards in sequence.
- Something that is not crooked or bent such as a part of a road or track.
verb
verb
noun
- a tangible and visible entity; an entity that can cast a shadow
- (grammar) a constituent that is acted upon
- the goal intended to be attained (and which is believed to be attainable)
- the focus of cognitions or feelings
- (computing) a discrete item that provides a description of virtually anything known to a computer
- A thing that has physical existence but is not alive.
- Objective; goal, end or purpose of something.
- (grammar) The noun phrase which is an internal complement of a verb phrase or a prepositional phrase. In a verb phrase with a transitive action verb, it is typically the receiver of the action.
- (chiefly in the negative) A cause for attention or concern.
- (object-oriented programming) An instantiation of a class or structure.
- A person or thing toward which an emotion is directed.
- (category theory) An instance of one of the two kinds of entities that form a category, the other kind being the arrows (also called morphisms).
verb
- (transitive) To declare openly and boldly, as something believed to be right; to own, acknowledge or confess frankly.
- (transitive) To bind or devote by a vow.
- (law) To acknowledge and justify, as an act done. See avowry.
- admit openly and bluntly; make no bones about
- to declare or affirm solemnly and formally as true
verb
- To hold up to public blame or reproach; to advertise opprobriously; to denounce by public proclamation.
- To assign to a station; to set; to place.
- (Internet) To publish (a message) to a newsgroup, forum, blog, etc.
- To travel quickly; to hurry.
- (law) To pay bail.
- To enter (a name) on a list, as for service, promotion, etc.
- (gambling) To pay (a stake or blind).
- (transitive) To hang (a notice) in a conspicuous manner for general review.
- (UK, Ireland, India, Australia, New Zealand) To send (an item of mail etc.) through the postal service.
- (transitive, by extension) To announce publicly; to publish.
- (horse-riding) To rise and sink in the saddle, in accordance with the motion of the horse, especially in trotting.
- To travel with relays of horses; to travel by post horses, originally as a courier.
- (accounting) To carry (an account) from the journal to the ledger.
- To inform; to give the news to; to make acquainted with the details of a subject; often with up.
- transfer (entries) from one account book to another
- place so as to be noticed
- cause to be directed or transmitted to another place
- To post a message on a social media website
- ride Western style and bob up and down in the saddle in rhythm with a horse's trotting gait
- affix in a public place or for public notice
- enter on a public list
- assign to a post; put into a post
- publicize with, or as if with, a poster
- assign to a station
- mark or expose as infamous
- mark with a stake
- display, as of records in sports games
adv
noun
- (film, informal) Post-production.
- (American football) A moderate to deep passing route in which a receiver runs 10-20 yards from the line of scrimmage straight down the field, then cuts toward the middle of the field (towards the facing goalposts) at a 45-degree angle.
- (vocal music, chiefly a cappella) A prolonged final melody note, among moving harmony notes.
- A military base; the place at which a soldier or a body of troops is stationed; also, the troops at such a station.
- An assigned station; a guard post.
- The vertical part of a crochet stitch.
- (sports) A goalpost.
- A location on a basketball court near the basket.
- (paper, printing) A printing paper size measuring 19.25 inches x 15.5 inches.
- (now historical) Someone who travels express along a set route carrying letters and dispatches; a courier.
- (dentistry) A long, narrow piece inserted into a root canal to provide retention for a crown.
- (construction) A stud; a two-by-four.
- A single delivery of letters; the letters or deliveries that make up a single batch delivered to one person or one address.
- An organisation for delivering letters, parcels etc., or the service provided by such an organisation.
- An appointed position in an organization, job.
- A message posted in an electronic or Internet forum, or on a blog, etc.
- A pole in a battery.
- A long dowel or plank protruding from the ground; a fencepost; a lightpost.
- (medicine, informal) A post mortem (an investigation of a body's cause of death).
- any particular collection of letters or packages that is delivered
- a pole or stake set up to mark something (as the start or end of a race track)
- military installation at which a body of troops is stationed
- an upright consisting of a piece of timber or metal fixed firmly in an upright position
- A message on a social media website
- the position where someone (as a guard or sentry) stands or is assigned to stand
- the system whereby messages are transmitted via the post office
- the delivery and collection of letters and packages
- a job in an organization
prep
noun
- An opinion, stand, or stance.
- A place or location.
- (electronics) A pin; a connector.
- A posture.
- A status or rank.
- (figurative) A situation suitable to perform some action.
- (chess) The full state of a chess game at any given turn.
- A post of employment; a job.
- (finance) A commitment, or a group of commitments, such as options or futures, to buy or sell a given amount of financial instruments, such as securities, currencies or commodities, for a given price.
- (team sports) A place on the playing field, together with a set of duties, assigned to a player.
- (poker) The order in which players are seated around the table.
- (arithmetic) A method of solving a problem by one or two suppositions; also called the rule of trial and error.
- (finance) An amount of securities, commodities, or other financial instruments held by a person, firm, or institution.
- the post or function properly or customarily occupied or served by another
- the arrangement of the body and its limbs
- a way of regarding situations or topics etc.
- an item on a list or in a sequence
- the act of putting something in a certain place
- the particular portion of space occupied by something
- (in team sports) the role assigned to an individual player
- an opinion that is held in opposition to another in an argument or dispute
- the relative position or standing of things or especially persons in a society
- a point occupied by troops for tactical reasons
- the act of positing; an assumption taken as a postulate or axiom
- the spatial property of a place where or way in which something is situated
- a rationalized mental attitude
- a job in an organization
- the appropriate or customary location
- a condition or position in which you find yourself
verb
verb
- To make one's voice heard, to speak up.
- (intransitive, cricket, of a wicket-keeper) To stand immediately behind the wicket so as to catch balls from a slow or spin bowler, and to attempt to stump the batsman.
- (US, military, transitive) To formally activate and commission (a unit, formation, etc.).
- (transitive) To launch, propel upwards
- (intransitive, of a thing) To last or endure over a period of time.
- (intransitive, of a person or narrative) To continue to be believable, consistent, or plausible.
- (transitive, idiomatic) (stand someone up) To avoid a prearranged meeting, especially a date, with (a person) without prior notification; to jilt or shirk.
- (transitive) To bring something up and set it into a standing position; to set something up.
- (intransitive) To rise from a lying or sitting position.
- (intransitive, formal) To serve in a role during a wedding ceremony.
- refuse to back down; remain solid under criticism or attack
- rise to one's feet
- be standing; be upright
- defend against attack or criticism
- resist or withstand wear, criticism, etc.
- put into an upright position
- rise up as in fear
adj
- (of a person) Having very strong opinions.
- (of a person) Holding to one's own opinion obstinately and unreasonably.
- (of statements or content) Infused with opinions rather than wholly objective.
- (software engineering) Enforcing one particular approach instead of offering options and flexibility.
- obstinate in your opinions
verb
noun
- a speaker who expresses or gives vent to a personal opinion or grievance
- the womb
- the region of the body of a vertebrate between the thorax and the pelvis
- a bulging body part (as the belly of a muscle)
- (botany) The swollen basal portion of an archegonium in which an egg develops.
- A broad, shallow concavity, notably of a bone.
- One who vents, who is vocal about feelings or problems.
- (zootomy) The undersurface of the abdomen of an arthropod.
- A woman with offspring.
noun
- the act of making a strong public expression of disagreement and disapproval
- a formal and solemn declaration of objection
- the act of protesting; a public (often organized) manifestation of dissent
- The noting by a notary public of an unpaid or unaccepted bill.
- A written declaration, usually by the master of a ship, stating the circumstances attending loss or damage of ship or cargo, etc.
- A formal objection, especially one by a group.
- A collective gesture of disapproval; a demonstration.
verb
- utter words of protest
- express opposition through action or words
- affirm or avow formally or solemnly
- To call as a witness in affirming or denying, or to prove an affirmation; to appeal to.
- To object to.
- (law, transitive) to make a solemn written declaration, in due form, on behalf of the holder, against all parties liable for any loss or damage to be sustained by non-acceptance or non-payment of (a bill or note). This should be made by a notary public, whose seal it is the usual practice to affix.
- (transitive) To affirm (something).
- (intransitive) To make a strong objection.
- (transitive, chiefly Canada, US) To publicly demonstrate against.
noun
- The freedom to make one's own judgements.
- The authority to exercise one's own judgement in making decisions that have effect.
- The quality of being discreet.
- The ability to make wise choices or decisions.
- freedom to act or judge on one's own
- refined taste; tact
- the power of making free choices unconstrained by external agencies
- knowing how to avoid embarrassment or distress
- the trait of judging wisely and objectively
noun
- the communication (in speech or writing) of your beliefs or opinions
- the style of expressing yourself
- the act of forcing something out by squeezing or pressing
- a word or phrase that particular people use in particular situations
- the feelings expressed on a person's face
- (genetics) the process of expressing a gene
- a group of words that form a constituent of a sentence and are considered as a single unit
- a group of symbols that make a mathematical statement
- expression without words
- A facial appearance usually associated with an emotion.
- (programming) A piece of code in a high-level language that returns a value.
- A specific blend of whisky.
- (music) The tone of voice or sound in music.
- (mathematics) An arrangement of symbols denoting values, operations performed on them, and grouping symbols.
- A particular way of phrasing an idea.
- A colloquialism or idiom.
- (biology, manufacturing) The act of pressing or squeezing out.
- The action of expressing thoughts, ideas, feelings, etc.
- (biology) The process of translating a gene into a protein.
- (mostly preceded by with) Emotional involvement or engagement in a text read aloud rendered by the voice of the reciter or the reader.
noun
- An opinion, stand, or stance.
- A place or location.
- (electronics) A pin; a connector.
- A posture.
- A status or rank.
- (figurative) A situation suitable to perform some action.
- (chess) The full state of a chess game at any given turn.
- A post of employment; a job.
- (finance) A commitment, or a group of commitments, such as options or futures, to buy or sell a given amount of financial instruments, such as securities, currencies or commodities, for a given price.
- (team sports) A place on the playing field, together with a set of duties, assigned to a player.
- (poker) The order in which players are seated around the table.
- (arithmetic) A method of solving a problem by one or two suppositions; also called the rule of trial and error.
- (finance) An amount of securities, commodities, or other financial instruments held by a person, firm, or institution.
- the post or function properly or customarily occupied or served by another
- the arrangement of the body and its limbs
- a way of regarding situations or topics etc.
- an item on a list or in a sequence
- the act of putting something in a certain place
- the particular portion of space occupied by something
- (in team sports) the role assigned to an individual player
- an opinion that is held in opposition to another in an argument or dispute
- the relative position or standing of things or especially persons in a society
- a point occupied by troops for tactical reasons
- the act of positing; an assumption taken as a postulate or axiom
- the spatial property of a place where or way in which something is situated
- a rationalized mental attitude
- a job in an organization
- the appropriate or customary location
- a condition or position in which you find yourself
verb
noun
- a speaker who expresses or gives vent to a personal opinion or grievance
- the womb
- the region of the body of a vertebrate between the thorax and the pelvis
- a bulging body part (as the belly of a muscle)
- (botany) The swollen basal portion of an archegonium in which an egg develops.
- A broad, shallow concavity, notably of a bone.
- One who vents, who is vocal about feelings or problems.
- (zootomy) The undersurface of the abdomen of an arthropod.
- A woman with offspring.
noun
- the act of making a strong public expression of disagreement and disapproval
- a formal and solemn declaration of objection
- the act of protesting; a public (often organized) manifestation of dissent
- The noting by a notary public of an unpaid or unaccepted bill.
- A written declaration, usually by the master of a ship, stating the circumstances attending loss or damage of ship or cargo, etc.
- A formal objection, especially one by a group.
- A collective gesture of disapproval; a demonstration.
verb
- utter words of protest
- express opposition through action or words
- affirm or avow formally or solemnly
- To call as a witness in affirming or denying, or to prove an affirmation; to appeal to.
- To object to.
- (law, transitive) to make a solemn written declaration, in due form, on behalf of the holder, against all parties liable for any loss or damage to be sustained by non-acceptance or non-payment of (a bill or note). This should be made by a notary public, whose seal it is the usual practice to affix.
- (transitive) To affirm (something).
- (intransitive) To make a strong objection.
- (transitive, chiefly Canada, US) To publicly demonstrate against.
noun
- The freedom to make one's own judgements.
- The authority to exercise one's own judgement in making decisions that have effect.
- The quality of being discreet.
- The ability to make wise choices or decisions.
- freedom to act or judge on one's own
- refined taste; tact
- the power of making free choices unconstrained by external agencies
- knowing how to avoid embarrassment or distress
- the trait of judging wisely and objectively
verb
- To express one's opinion openly.
- To make a debut in a new field; to start off a career or reputation.
- (intransitive) To be published or released; to be issued; to be broadcast for the first time.
- (intransitive) To begin with something.
- (intransitive) To emerge from or reach the end of an era, event or process.
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see come, out.
- To protest or go on strike, especially out of solidarity with other workers.
- (idiomatic, informal) To come out of the closet.
- (of the sun, moon or stars) To become visible in the sky as a result of clouds clearing away.
- (intransitive, slang) To join a church; to convert to a religion.
- (copulative) To end up or result; to turn out to be.
- (intransitive, of a stain) To be removed.
- (intransitive) To be discovered; to be revealed.
- (cricket, of a batsman) To walk onto the field at the beginning of an innings.
- To originate in; to derive from; to be taken from out of or to have arrived from.
- result or end
- bulge outward
- come out of
- be issued or published
- be made known; be disclosed or revealed
- appear or become visible; make a showing
- make oneself visible; take action
- take a place in a competition; often followed by an ordinal
- to state openly and publicly one's homosexuality
- drop out
- break out
verb
- express one's opinion openly and without fear or hesitation
- expect, believe, or suppose
- (intransitive, transitive) To express an opinion; to state as an opinion; to suppose, consider (that).
- (intransitive) To give one's formal opinion (on or upon something).
- (intransitive, transitive) to suppose, consider as correct, or entertain, an opinion.
noun
verb
- express one's opinion openly and without fear or hesitation
- start playing
- express complaints, discontent, displeasure, or unhappiness
- (transitive, informal) To hold forth about something in an opinionated manner.
- (military) Command instructing a person to speak up or acknowledge something.
- (military) Command instructing a person to confirm that they are present or that some other objective has been met.
verb
noun
- A criticism done by ranting.
- A wild, emotional, and sometimes incoherent articulation.
- A type of dance step usually performed in clogs, and particularly (but not exclusively) associated with the English North West Morris tradition. The rant step consists of alternately bringing one foot across and in front of the other and striking the ground, with the other foot making a little hop.
- pompous or pretentious talk or writing
- a loud bombastic declamation expressed with strong emotion
verb
- express a choice or opinion
- be guided by in voting
- express one's preference for a candidate or for a measure or resolution; cast a vote
- express one's choice or preference by vote
- bring into existence or make available by vote
- (transitive) To exercise one's voting right upon (a ballot or a share of stock).
- (transitive) To choose or grant (some objective) by means of a vote, or by general consent.
- (intransitive) To cast a vote; to assert a formalized choice in an election.
noun
- the opinion of a group as determined by voting
- a legal right guaranteed by the 15th amendment to the US Constitution; guaranteed to women by the 19th amendment
- a choice that is made by counting the number of people in favor of each alternative
- the total number of voters who participated
- a body of voters who have the same interests
- An act or instance of participating in such a choice, e.g., by submitting a ballot.
- A formalized choice on legally relevant measures such as employment or appointment to office or a proceeding about a legal dispute.
- Any judgment of intellect leading not only to a formal opinion but also to a particular choice in a legally relevant measure, a point of view as published.
verb
noun
verb
- To profess openly; to make pretensions.
- (transitive) To establish someone in a business or position.
- (transitive) To matchmake; to arrange a date between two people.
- (transitive) To found; to start (a business, scheme)
- (sports, transitive) To create a goalscoring opportunity (for).
- (informal, transitive, criminology) To trick or lure (someone) in order to entrap them.
- (transitive) To arrange for an outcome; to tamper or rig.
- (transitive) To arrange logically.
- (intransitive) To level to rise in one part of a body of water, especially a shallow one, because of a storm surge caused by persistent wind.
- (boxing) To deceive an opponent and capitalize on their reactions with a certain technique or maneuver.
- (transitive) To provide the money or other support that someone needs for an important task or activity.
- (intransitive) To gel or harden.
- (transitive) To trap or ensnare.
- (intransitive) To prepare or get ready.
- To cause to take flight; to flush into the air.
- (transitive) To make (someone) proud or conceited (often in passive).
- (transitive) To make ready for use.
- (transitive) To cause to happen.
- equip with sails or masts
- set up or found
- take or catch as if in a snare or trap
- put into a proper or systematic order
- place
- arrange thoughts, ideas, temporal events
- begin, or enable someone else to begin, a venture by providing the means, logistics, etc.
- make ready or suitable or equip in advance for a particular purpose or for some use, event, etc
- arrange the outcome of by means of deceit
- get ready for a particular purpose or event
- create by putting components or members together
- produce
- erect and fasten
- construct, build, or erect
- set up for use
adj
verb
- To show openly; to disclose; to reveal.
- To remove a cover from.
- (reflexive, intransitive) To expose the genitalia.
- To reveal the identity of.
- (military, transitive) To expose (lines of formation of troops) successively by the wheeling to right or left of the lines in front.
- (reflexive, intransitive) To remove one's hat or cap as a mark of respect.
- make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret
- remove all or part of one's clothes to show one's body
- reveal to view as by removing a cover
verb
- To yield in one’s opinions or beliefs.
- (intransitive) To move; to be shifted from a fixed position.
- (Upper Midwestern US, Indiana, western Canada) To cut or butt (in line); to join the front or middle rather than the back of a queue.
- To try to improve the spot of a decision on a sports field.
- (transitive) To move; to shift from a fixed position.
- move very slightly
noun
verb
noun
- a tangible and visible entity; an entity that can cast a shadow
- (grammar) a constituent that is acted upon
- the goal intended to be attained (and which is believed to be attainable)
- the focus of cognitions or feelings
- (computing) a discrete item that provides a description of virtually anything known to a computer
- A thing that has physical existence but is not alive.
- Objective; goal, end or purpose of something.
- (grammar) The noun phrase which is an internal complement of a verb phrase or a prepositional phrase. In a verb phrase with a transitive action verb, it is typically the receiver of the action.
- (chiefly in the negative) A cause for attention or concern.
- (object-oriented programming) An instantiation of a class or structure.
- A person or thing toward which an emotion is directed.
- (category theory) An instance of one of the two kinds of entities that form a category, the other kind being the arrows (also called morphisms).
verb
- (transitive) To declare openly and boldly, as something believed to be right; to own, acknowledge or confess frankly.
- (transitive) To bind or devote by a vow.
- (law) To acknowledge and justify, as an act done. See avowry.
- admit openly and bluntly; make no bones about
- to declare or affirm solemnly and formally as true
verb
- To hold up to public blame or reproach; to advertise opprobriously; to denounce by public proclamation.
- To assign to a station; to set; to place.
- (Internet) To publish (a message) to a newsgroup, forum, blog, etc.
- To travel quickly; to hurry.
- (law) To pay bail.
- To enter (a name) on a list, as for service, promotion, etc.
- (gambling) To pay (a stake or blind).
- (transitive) To hang (a notice) in a conspicuous manner for general review.
- (UK, Ireland, India, Australia, New Zealand) To send (an item of mail etc.) through the postal service.
- (transitive, by extension) To announce publicly; to publish.
- (horse-riding) To rise and sink in the saddle, in accordance with the motion of the horse, especially in trotting.
- To travel with relays of horses; to travel by post horses, originally as a courier.
- (accounting) To carry (an account) from the journal to the ledger.
- To inform; to give the news to; to make acquainted with the details of a subject; often with up.
- transfer (entries) from one account book to another
- place so as to be noticed
- cause to be directed or transmitted to another place
- To post a message on a social media website
- ride Western style and bob up and down in the saddle in rhythm with a horse's trotting gait
- affix in a public place or for public notice
- enter on a public list
- assign to a post; put into a post
- publicize with, or as if with, a poster
- assign to a station
- mark or expose as infamous
- mark with a stake
- display, as of records in sports games
adv
noun
- (film, informal) Post-production.
- (American football) A moderate to deep passing route in which a receiver runs 10-20 yards from the line of scrimmage straight down the field, then cuts toward the middle of the field (towards the facing goalposts) at a 45-degree angle.
- (vocal music, chiefly a cappella) A prolonged final melody note, among moving harmony notes.
- A military base; the place at which a soldier or a body of troops is stationed; also, the troops at such a station.
- An assigned station; a guard post.
- The vertical part of a crochet stitch.
- (sports) A goalpost.
- A location on a basketball court near the basket.
- (paper, printing) A printing paper size measuring 19.25 inches x 15.5 inches.
- (now historical) Someone who travels express along a set route carrying letters and dispatches; a courier.
- (dentistry) A long, narrow piece inserted into a root canal to provide retention for a crown.
- (construction) A stud; a two-by-four.
- A single delivery of letters; the letters or deliveries that make up a single batch delivered to one person or one address.
- An organisation for delivering letters, parcels etc., or the service provided by such an organisation.
- An appointed position in an organization, job.
- A message posted in an electronic or Internet forum, or on a blog, etc.
- A pole in a battery.
- A long dowel or plank protruding from the ground; a fencepost; a lightpost.
- (medicine, informal) A post mortem (an investigation of a body's cause of death).
- any particular collection of letters or packages that is delivered
- a pole or stake set up to mark something (as the start or end of a race track)
- military installation at which a body of troops is stationed
- an upright consisting of a piece of timber or metal fixed firmly in an upright position
- A message on a social media website
- the position where someone (as a guard or sentry) stands or is assigned to stand
- the system whereby messages are transmitted via the post office
- the delivery and collection of letters and packages
- a job in an organization
prep
verb
- To make one's voice heard, to speak up.
- (intransitive, cricket, of a wicket-keeper) To stand immediately behind the wicket so as to catch balls from a slow or spin bowler, and to attempt to stump the batsman.
- (US, military, transitive) To formally activate and commission (a unit, formation, etc.).
- (transitive) To launch, propel upwards
- (intransitive, of a thing) To last or endure over a period of time.
- (intransitive, of a person or narrative) To continue to be believable, consistent, or plausible.
- (transitive, idiomatic) (stand someone up) To avoid a prearranged meeting, especially a date, with (a person) without prior notification; to jilt or shirk.
- (transitive) To bring something up and set it into a standing position; to set something up.
- (intransitive) To rise from a lying or sitting position.
- (intransitive, formal) To serve in a role during a wedding ceremony.
- refuse to back down; remain solid under criticism or attack
- rise to one's feet
- be standing; be upright
- defend against attack or criticism
- resist or withstand wear, criticism, etc.
- put into an upright position
- rise up as in fear
adv
- in a forthright manner; candidly or frankly
- without deviation
- without delay or hesitation; with no time intervening
- without anyone or anything intervening
- In a direct manner; in a straight line or course.
- In a straightforward way; without anything intervening; not by secondary but by direct means.
- Exactly; just; at the shortest possible distance.
- Plainly, without circumlocution or ambiguity; absolutely; in express terms.
- Straightforwardly; honestly.
conj
adv
- in a forthright manner; candidly or frankly
- with flat sails
- Completely, firmly, or unequivocally.
- Directly; flatly.
- (with units of time, distance, etc) Used to emphasize the smallness of the measurement.
- (finance, slang) Without allowance for accrued interest.
- Completely.
- (of accurately measured timings) Exactly, precisely.
- So as to be flat.
- (of a sentence) Without parole.
adj
- sounded or spoken in a tone unvarying in pitch
- not reflecting light; not glossy
- having lost effervescence
- lacking contrast or shading between tones
- horizontally level
- stretched out and lying at full length along the ground
- having a relatively broad surface in relation to depth or thickness
- lacking taste or flavor or tang
- flattened laterally along the whole length (e.g., certain leafstalks or flatfishes)
- not modified or restricted by reservations
- commercially inactive
- lacking stimulating characteristics; uninteresting
- having a surface without slope, tilt in which no part is higher or lower than another
- (of a musical note) lowered in pitch by one chromatic semitone
- lacking the expected range or depth; not designed to give an illusion or depth
- (not comparable, commerce) Of fees, fares etc., fixed; unvarying.
- Smooth; having no protrusions, indentations or other surface irregularities, or relatively so.
- (golf, of a golf club) Having a head at a very obtuse angle to the shaft.
- At a consistently depressed level; consistently lacklustre.
- (of colours) Without variation in tone or hue (uniform), and dull (not glossy).
- (algebra, ring theory, of a ring homomorphism) Such that its target, regarded as a module over its source, is flat (as above).
- (music, note) Lowered by one semitone.
- In a horizontal line or plane; not sloping.
- (juggling, of a throw) Without spin; spinless.
- (algebraic geometry, scheme theory, of a morphism of schemes) Such that the induced map on every stalk is flat (as a map of rings).
- (authorship, figuratively, especially of a character) Lacking in depth, substance, or believability; underdeveloped; one-dimensional.
- (horticulture, of certain fruits) Flattening at the ends.
- (slang) Having small or invisible breasts and/or buttocks.
- (phonetics, of a vowel) Not diphthongal; without variation in height or backness.
- (of a tire or other inflated object) Deflated, especially because of a puncture.
- (homological algebra, of a module) Such that the tensor product preserves exact sequences. See Flat module on Wikipedia.Wikipedia.
- (of a battery) Unable to emit power; dead.
- (of measurements of time) Exact.
- Without variation in level, quantity, value, tone etc.
- Having no variations in height.
- (music) Of a note or voice, lower in pitch than it should be.
- (music, voice) Without variations in pitch.
- (figurative) Lacking liveliness or action; depressed; uninteresting; dull and boring.
- Absolute; downright; peremptory.
- (grammar) Not having an inflectional ending or sign, such as a noun used as an adjective, or an adjective as an adverb, without the addition of a formative suffix; or an infinitive without the sign "to".
- (wine) Lacking acidity without being sweet.
- (of coffee) Having little froth and little milk.
- (of a carbonated drink) With all or most of its carbon dioxide having come out of solution so that the drink no longer fizzes or contains any bubbles.
noun
- a shallow box in which seedlings are started
- a deflated pneumatic tire
- scenery consisting of a wooden frame covered with painted canvas; part of a stage setting
- a level tract of land
- a musical notation indicating one half step lower than the note named
- a suite of rooms usually on one floor of an apartment house
- freight car without permanent sides or roof
- (American football) The areas behind the line of scrimmage to either side of an offensive football formation.
- (rail transport) A flat spot on the wheel of a rail vehicle.
- (publishing) A flat, glossy children's book with few pages.
- An area of level ground (sometimes covered with shallow or tidal water).
- (technical, theatre, stagecraft) A rectangular wooden structure covered with masonite, lauan, or muslin, often produced in standard modules, that is used to build wall surfaces on stage. Flats can be painted and outfitted with doors and/or windows to depict a building or other part of a scene, and are a hard-surfaced alternative to a backcloth or backdrop.
- (entomology) Any of various hesperiid butterflies that spread their wings open when they land.
- A flat sheet for use on a bed.
- (horse racing, with 'the' or attributively, sometimes with capital) Level horse-racing ground, as contrasted with courses incorporating jumps, or the racing done on such ground.
- (postal) A large mail piece measuring at least 8 1/2 by 11 inches, such as catalogs, magazines, and unfolded paper enclosed in large envelopes.
- (music) A note played one chromatic semitone lower than a natural, denoted by the symbol ♭ placed after the letter representing the note (e.g., B♭) or in front of the note symbol (e.g. ♭♪).
- (in the plural) A type of ladies' shoe with a very low heel.
- (informal, automotive) A flat tyre/flat tire.
- (painting) A thin, broad brush used in oil and watercolour painting.
- (optics) A flat (i.e. plane) mirror
- Ellipsis of flat ride (“spinning amusement ride”).
- A wide, shallow container or pallet.
- (geometry) A subset of n-dimensional space that is congruent to a Euclidean space of lower dimension.
- (in the plural) A type of flat-soled running shoe without spikes.
- The most prominent flat part of something.
- A flat-bottomed boat, without keel, and of small draught.
- (swordfighting) The flat side of a blade, as opposed to the sharp edge.
- A straw hat, broad-brimmed and low-crowned.
- A platform on a wheel, upon which emblematic designs etc. are carried in processions.
- (Australia, horse racing, with 'the' or attributively, sometimes with capital) the area in the centre of a racecourse.
- (gambling, slang) A cheater's die with the edges shaved to make certain rolls more likely.
- (in the phrase 'the flat') Level ground in general.
- (historical) An early kind of toy soldier having a flat design.
- (US) Ellipsis of flat water (“nonfizzy drinking water”).
- (chiefly British, New England, South Africa, India, Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, archaic elsewhere) A complete domicile occupying only part of a building, especially one for rent
- (Canadian Prairies, British Columbia) A 24-case of beer.
- The palm of the hand, with the adjacent part of the fingers.
- (rail transport, US) A railroad car without a roof, and whose body is a platform without sides; a platform car or flatcar.
- (mining) A horizontal vein or ore deposit auxiliary to a main vein; also, any horizontal portion of a vein not elsewhere horizontal.
verb
- (transitive) To dash or throw
- (poker slang) To make a flat call; to call without raising.
- (intransitive) To become flat or flattened; to sink or fall to an even surface.
- (intransitive, music, colloquial) To fall from the pitch.
- (intransitive) To dash, rush
- (transitive, music) To depress in tone, as a musical note; especially, to lower in pitch by half a tone.
adv
- in a forthright manner; candidly or frankly
- without deviation
- in a straight line; in a direct course
- Of a direction relative to the subject, precisely; as if following a direct line.
- Directly; without pause, delay or detour.
- Continuously; without interruption or pause.
- Of speech or information, without prevarication or holding back; directly; straightforwardly; plainly.
adj
- in keeping with the facts
- not homosexual
- (of hair) having no waves or curls
- neatly arranged; not disorderly
- rigidly conventional or old-fashioned
- free from curves or angles
- without evasion or compromise
- no longer coiled
- erect in posture
- (of an alcoholic drink) without water
- following a correct or logical method
- having no deviations
- successive (without a break)
- characterized by honesty and fairness
- accurately fitted; level
- Perfectly horizontal or vertical; not diagonal or oblique.
- (telegraphy, historical, of a telegram) Sent at a full rate for immediate delivery; being a fast telegram.
- (informal, of people, reciprocal) On good terms.
- Free from dishonesty; honest, law-abiding.
- (tennis) Describing the sets in a match of which the winner did not lose a single set.
- (colloquial) Conventional; mainstream; socially acceptable.
- Of spirits: undiluted, unmixed; neat.
- (engineering, of an internal-combustion engine) Having all cylinders in a single straight line; in-line.
- In a row, in unbroken sequence; consecutive.
- (cricket) Describing the bat as held so as not to incline to either side; on, or near a line running between the two wickets.
- (colloquial) Not using alcohol, drugs, etc.
- (of a path, trajectory, etc.) Direct, undeviating.
- Not crooked, curly, or bent; having a constant direction throughout its length.
- (slang) Thorough; utter; unqualified.
- (colloquial) Heterosexual.
- Direct in communication; unevasive, straightforward.
- (informal, of a person) OK, all right, fine; in a good state or situation.
- (fashion) Not plus size; thin.
- In proper order; as it should be.
- (colloquial, of a romantic or sexual relation) Occurring between people of opposite sex (sometimes, but not always, specifically between heterosexual people).
- (rare, now chiefly religion) Strait; narrow.
- (sciences, mathematics) Concerning the property allowing the parallel transport of vectors along a course that keeps tangent vectors remain as such throughout that course (a course which is straight, a straight curve, is a geodesic).
- Serious rather than comedic.
- (slang, sex work) Related to conventional sexual intercourse.
- (US, politics) Making no exceptions or deviations in one's support of the organization and candidates of a political party.
- (US, politics) Containing the names of all the regularly nominated candidates of a single party and no others.
noun
- a person having a sexual orientation to persons of the opposite sex
- a poker hand with 5 consecutive cards (regardless of suit)
- a straight segment of a roadway or racecourse
- A chiropractor who relies solely on spinal adjustment, with no other treatments.
- (slang) A normal person; someone in mainstream society.
- (slang) A cigarette, particularly one containing tobacco instead of marijuana.
- (colloquial) A heterosexual.
- A cat that has straight ears despite belonging to a breed that often has folded ears.
- (poker) Five cards in sequence.
- Something that is not crooked or bent such as a part of a road or track.
verb
adj
- Expressing opinions or feelings freely, loudly, or insistently.
- given to expressing yourself freely or insistently
- Of, pertaining to, or resembling the human voice or speech.
- Synonym of expressive.
- (phonetics) Consisting of, or characterized by, voice, or tone produced in the larynx, which may be modified, either by resonance, as in the case of the vowels, or by obstructive action, as in certain consonants, such as v, l, etc., or by both, as in the nasals m, n, ng.
- Having or exercising the power of producing voice, speech, or sound.
- (phonetics) Synonym of vocalic.
- (music) Relating to, composed or arranged for, or sung by the human voice.
- Full of voices.
- Uttered or modulated by the voice; expressed in words.
- (anatomy) Used in the production of speech sounds.
- relating to or designed for or using the singing voice
- full of the sound of voices
- having or using the power to produce speech or sound
noun
- (phonetics) A vocal sound; specifically, a purely vocal element of speech, unmodified except by resonance; a vowel or a diphthong; a tonic element; a tonic.
- (music) A part of a piece of music that is sung.
- (acting) A musical performance involving singing.
- (Catholicism) A man in the Roman Catholic Church who has a right to vote in certain elections.
- a short musical composition with words
- music intended to be performed by one or more singers, usually with instrumental accompaniment
adj
- Without anything to cover up or conceal one's thoughts or actions; open to view; exposed.
- (MLE, MTE, Yorkshire, slang, not comparable) A lot or lots of.
- Minimal; that is or are just sufficient.
- Having no supplies.
- Threadbare, very worn.
- Having no decoration.
- Naked, uncovered.
- Having had what usually covers (something) removed.
- Not insured.
- With head uncovered; bareheaded.
- (figuratively) Mere; without embellishment.
- not having a protective covering
- lacking embellishment or ornamentation
- having everything extraneous removed including contents
- providing no shelter or sustenance
- lacking its natural or customary covering
- apart from anything else; without additions or modifications
- having no clothes on the body
- just barely adequate or within a lower limit
- lacking a surface finish such as paint
- lacking in magnitude or quantity
adv
noun
verb
adj
- expressing yourself readily, clearly, effectively
- performing adroitly and without effort
- superficially impressive, but lacking depth and attention to the true complexities of a subject
- Lazy, simplistic, superficial (especially of explanations, discussions etc.).
- Effortless, fluent (of work, abilities etc.).
- (now usually derogatory) Easy; contemptibly easy.
- (chemistry) Of a reaction or other process, taking place readily.
adj
- expressing yourself readily, clearly, effectively
- made from or largely consisting of silver
- having the white lustrous sheen of silver
- of lustrous grey; covered with or tinged with the color of silver
- Made from silver.
- Denoting the twenty-fifth anniversary, especially of a wedding.
- Made from another white metal.
- Pertaining or relating to elderly persons.
- Having a color like silver: a shiny gray.
- Having the clear, musical tone of silver; soft and clear in sound.
- (of commercial services) Premium, but inferior to gold.
noun
- a soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal; occurs in argentite and in free form; used in coins and jewelry and tableware and photography
- silverware eating utensils
- coins made of silver
- a light shade of grey
- a trophy made of silver (or having the appearance of silver) that is usually awarded for winning second place in a competition
- (collectively) Cutlery and other eating utensils, whether silver or made from some other white metal.
- (collectively) Any items made from silver or any other white metal.
- (countable) a silver medal
- (uncountable) A lustrous, white, metallic element, atomic number 47, atomic weight 107.87, symbol Ag.
- (collectively) Coins made from silver or any similar white metal.
- (uncountable) A shiny gray color.
- Anything resembling silver; something shiny and white.
verb
adj
noun
verb
adj
- (of a person) Having very strong opinions.
- (of a person) Holding to one's own opinion obstinately and unreasonably.
- (of statements or content) Infused with opinions rather than wholly objective.
- (software engineering) Enforcing one particular approach instead of offering options and flexibility.
- obstinate in your opinions