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verb
- To remove.
- (transitive) To obtain by application by a legal or other official process.
- (idiomatic, slang) To kill or destroy.
- (idiomatic, slang) To stun, amaze; to kill.
- (idiomatic) To immobilize with force; to subdue; to incapacitate.
- To escort someone on a date.
- (colloquial) To win a sporting event, competition, premiership, etc.
- remove from its packing
- take out of a literary work in order to cite or copy
- take out or remove
- purchase prepared food to be eaten at home
- remove (a commodity) from (a supply source)
- make a date
- prevent from being included or considered or accepted
- bring, take, or pull out of a container or from under a cover
- remove something from a container or an enclosed space
- cause to leave
- obtain by legal or official process
- buy and consume food from a restaurant or establishment that sells prepared food
- remove, usually with some force or effort; also used in an abstract sense
- take liquid out of a container or well
noun
verb
- 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.
- To show openly; to disclose; to reveal.
- (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
noun
- Removal, taking away.
- (philosophy) In Hegelian philosophy, the situation where a tension between contradictory opposites is resolved by the addition of a new term which pushes the old opposition into its relation.
- (chemistry) A flotation method in which the material to be separated is adsorbed on the surface of gas bubbles in a liquid and is collected on an upper layer of an immiscible liquid
noun
noun
noun
- the removal of covering
- (geology) The laying bare of rocks by the washing away of the overlying earth, etc.; or the excavation and removal of them by the action of running water.
- The act of stripping off covering, or removing the surface; a making bare.
- (medicine) The loss of the cellular covering of (the interior or exterior surface of an organ, etc.).
verb
- take off or remove
- tear down so as to make flat with the ground
- take apart into its constituent pieces
- (transitive, originally) To divest, strip of dress or covering.
- (transitive) To take apart; to disassemble; to take to pieces.
- (transitive) To remove fittings or furnishings from.
- (transitive) To disprove a discourse, claim or argument.
verb
- take off or remove
- remove the surface from
- draw the last milk (of cows)
- remove all contents or possession from, or empty completely
- lay bare
- remove (someone's or one's own) clothes
- get undressed
- remove the thread (of screws)
- remove a constituent from a liquid
- remove substances from by a percolating liquid
- take away possessions from someone
- strip the cured leaves from
- steal goods; take as spoils
- To pick the cured leaves from the stalks of (tobacco) and tie them into "hands".
- (intransitive) To perform a striptease.
- To remove fibre, flock, or lint from; said of the teeth of a card when it becomes partly clogged.
- (transitive) To take away something from (someone or something); to plunder; to divest.
- To remove the metal coating from (a plated article), as by acids or electrolytic action.
- (transitive) To fire (a bullet or ball) from a rifle such that it fails to pick up a spin from the rifling.
- To remove the insulation from a wire/cable.
- (intransitive) To fail to pick up a spin from the grooves in a rifle barrel.
- (transitive) To remove the overlying earth from (a deposit).
- (transitive, bridge) To remove all cards of a particular suit from another player. (See also strip-squeeze.)
- (transitive) To remove or take away, often in strips or stripes.
- (transitive) To milk a cow, especially by stroking and compressing the teats to draw out the last of the milk.
- (intransitive) To fail in the thread; to lose the thread, as a bolt, screw, or nut.
- (usually intransitive) To take off clothing.
- To press out the ripe roe or milt from fishes, for artificial fecundation.
- (transitive) To remove color from hair, cloth, etc. to prepare it to receive new color.
- (transitive, agriculture) To pare off the surface of (land) in strips.
- (television, transitive) To run a television series at the same time daily (or at least on Mondays to Fridays), so that it appears as a strip straight across the weekly schedule.
- (transitive) To remove (the thread or teeth) from a screw, nut, or gear, especially inadvertently by overtightening.
- (transitive) To empty (tubing) by applying pressure to the outside of (the tubing) and moving that pressure along (the tubing).
- To remove the midrib from (tobacco leaves).
- (transitive) To remove cargo from (a container).
noun
- an airfield without normal airport facilities
- thin piece of wood or metal
- a sequence of drawings telling a story in a newspaper or comic book
- a relatively long narrow piece of something
- a form of erotic entertainment in which a dancer gradually undresses to music
- artifact consisting of a narrow flat piece of material
- A landing strip.
- (fencing) The playing area, roughly 14 meters by 2 meters.
- (US) A street with multiple shopping or entertainment possibilities.
- (countable) A long, thin piece of land; any long, thin area.
- (slang) A strip club.
- (finance) An investment strategy involving simultaneous trade with one call and two put options on the same security at the same strike price, similar to but more bearish than a straddle.
- A strip steak.
- (mining) A trough for washing ore.
- The act of removing one's clothes; a striptease.
- A comic strip.
- (television) A television series aired at the same time daily (or at least on Mondays to Fridays), so that it appears as a strip straight across the weekly schedule.
- (UK, soccer) The uniform of a football team, or the same worn by supporters.
- The issuing of a projectile from a rifled gun without acquiring the spiral motion.
- (usually countable, sometimes uncountable) A long, thin piece of any material; any such material collectively.
- (attributively, of games) Denotes a version of a game in which losing players must progressively remove their clothes.
verb
- (more generally) To remove any masking materials that have been added to protect an area.
- (transitive) To clear etchant and maskant from a part being chemically etched or milled.
- To reveal something that was masked or hidden; to expose; to unmask.
- To make salient or conspicuous; to draw attention to or improve the perception of.
- (more specifically) To overcome ideological preconceptions and labels.
verb
- To deprive of.
- (transitive) To soak leather so as to remove chemicals used in tanning; to steep in bate.
- (intransitive, falconry) Of a falcon: To flap the wings vigorously; to bait.
- To allow by way of abatement or deduction.
- (intransitive) To contend or strive with blows or arguments.
- (transitive, sometimes figuratively) To cut off, remove, take away.
- To waste away.
- (intransitive, slang) Clipping of masturbate.
- (transitive) To restrain, usually with the sense of being in anticipation
- (transitive) To reduce the force of something; to abate.
- To lessen by retrenching, deducting, or reducing; to abate; to beat down; to lower.
- soak in a special solution to soften and remove chemicals used in previous treatments
- flap the wings wildly or frantically; used of falcons
- moderate or restrain; lessen the force of
noun
verb
- to remove
- form by pouring (e.g., wax or hot metal) into a cast or mold
- deposit
- formulate in a particular style or language
- assign the roles of (a movie or a play) to actors
- move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment
- choose at random
- eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth
- select to play,sing, or dance a part in a play, movie, musical, opera, or ballet
- put or send forth
- throw forcefully
- (nautical) To bring the bows of a sailing ship on to the required tack just as the anchor is weighed by use of the headsail; to bring (a ship) round.
- To turn (the balance or scale); to overbalance; hence, to make preponderate; to decide.
- (of an animal) To throw off (the skin) as a process of growth; to shed the hair or fur of the coat.
- To consider; to turn or revolve in the mind; to plan.
- To deposit (a ballot or voting paper); to formally register (one's vote).
- To throw forward (a fishing line, net etc.) into the sea.
- (botany) To shed leaves or fruit prematurely.
- (transitive) To assign (a role in a play or performance).
- (Wicca) To open a circle in order to begin a spell or meeting of witches.
- (hunting) Of dogs, hunters: to spread out and search for a scent.
- (medicine) To set (a bone etc.) in a cast.
- (dated outside accounting) To add up (a column of figures, accounts etc.); cross-cast refers to adding up a row of figures.
- To throw down or aside.
- (media) To broadcast (video) over the Internet or a local network, especially to one's television.
- (transitive) To describe in an opinionated way. Mostly used with a metaphor involving light.
- (computing) To change a variable type from, for example, integer to real, or integer to text.
- (obsolete except in set phrases) To remove, take off (clothes).
- To twist or warp (of fabric, timber etc.).
- (astrology) To calculate the astrological value of (a horoscope, birth etc.).
- (now somewhat literary) To throw.
- To direct (one's eyes, gaze etc.).
- To perform, bring forth (a magical spell or enchantment).
- To shape (molten metal etc.) by pouring into a mould; to make (an object) in such a way.
- To throw (light etc.) on or upon something, or in a given direction.
- (transitive) To assign a role in a play or performance to (an actor).
- (nautical) To heave the lead and line in order to ascertain the depth of water.
noun
- the act of throwing a fishing line out over the water by means of a rod and reel
- object formed by a mold
- the actors in a play
- container into which liquid is poured to create a given shape when it hardens
- the act of throwing dice
- the distinctive form in which a thing is made
- the visual appearance of something or someone
- a violent throw
- bandage consisting of a firm covering (often made of plaster of Paris) that immobilizes broken bones while they heal
- The casting procedure.
- (firearms) The measurement of the angle of a shotgun stock from a top-view center line, used to align the shotgun to the shooter's eye.
- Visual appearance.
- A small mass of earth "thrown off" or excreted by a worm.
- (art) The collective group of actors performing a play or production together. Contrasted with crew.
- (fishing) An instance of throwing out a fishing line.
- A supportive and immobilising device used to help mend broken bones.
- The form of one's thoughts, mind etc.
- (hawking) The number of hawks (or occasionally other birds) cast off at one time; a pair.
- The mould used to make cast objects.
- The number rolled on a die when it is thrown.
- An object made in a mould.
- An act of throwing.
- Animal and insect remains which have been regurgitated by a bird.
- Something which has been thrown, dispersed etc.
- A squint.
- A chance or attempt at something.
- A group of crabs.
adj
verb
- to remove
- make the last row of stitches when knitting
- (ambitransitive, nautical) To let go (a cable or rope securing a vessel to a buoy, wharf, etc.) so that the vessel may make way.
- (printing, historical) To estimate the amount of space required by the type used for the given copy.
- (transitive) To discard or reject something.
- (intransitive, knitting) To finish the last row of knitted stitches and remove them securely from the needle.
verb
- to remove
- pay out
- utter with seeming casualness
- take (a drug, especially LSD), by mouth
- change from one level to another
- remove (cargo, people, etc.) from and leave
- lower the pitch of (musical notes)
- fall or descend to a lower place or level
- stop pursuing or acting
- to fall vertically
- let fall to the ground
- cause to fall by or as if by delivering a blow
- fall or sink into a state of exhaustion or death
- grow progressively worse
- stop associating with
- leave undone or leave out
- let or cause to fall in drops
- go down in value
- lose (a game)
- omit (a letter or syllable) in speaking or writing
- give birth; used for animals
- hang loosely
- terminate an association with
- (cooking) To cook (food, especially fast food), particularly by lowering into hot oil to deep-fry, or by grilling.
- (transitive, music) To tune (a guitar string, etc.) to a lower note.
- (intransitive) Of a liquid: to fall in drops or droplets.
- (transitive) To cease concerning oneself over (someone or something); to have nothing more to do with (a discussion, subject, etc.).
- (intransitive, computing) To enter a more basic interface.
- (transitive) To make (someone or something) fall to the ground from a blow, gunshot, etc.; to bring down, to shoot down; to kill.
- (intransitive, physiology, informal) Of the testicles: to hang further away from the body and begin producing sperm due to puberty.
- (transitive) To reduce; to make smaller.
- Especially in drop acid: to swallow (a drug, particularly LSD).
- (intransitive) Of a voice: to lower in timbre, often due to puberty.
- (transitive, computing, music, television, colloquial) To release (a programme, software, a music album or song, etc.) to the public.
- (intransitive) To decrease, diminish, or lessen in condition, degree, value, etc.
- (intransitive, computing, music, television, colloquial) Of a programme, software, a music album or song, etc.: to enter public distribution.
- (transitive) To drip (a liquid) in drops or small amounts.
- (originally US) To (unexpectedly) lose (a competition, game, etc.).
- To lose, spend, or otherwise part with (money).
- (intransitive, also figuratively) To fall (straight down) under the influence of gravity, like a drop of liquid.
- (intransitive) To come to an end (by not being kept up); to lapse, to stop.
- (intransitive) To fall into a particular condition or state.
- (intransitive, online gaming, video games) Of an item: To appear for the player to pick up, usually after an enemy has been defeated.
- To impart (something).
- (intransitive) Usually followed by by, in, or into: of a person: to visit someone or somewhere informally or without a prior appointment.
- (intransitive) To fall or sink quickly or suddenly to the ground.
- (rugby) To score (a goal) by means of a drop kick.
- (transitive) To cancel or cease to participate in (a scheduled course, event, or project).
- To perform (rap music).
- (transitive) To mention (something) casually or incidentally, usually in conversation.
- (transitive) To set down (someone or something) from a vehicle; to stop and deliver or deposit (someone or something); to drop off.
- (transitive) To lower (a sound, a voice, etc.) in pitch or volume.
- (transitive, computing) To present (the user) with a more basic interface.
- (transitive) To cease to include (something), as if on a list; to dismiss, to eject, to expel.
- To quickly lower or take down (one's trousers), especially in public.
- (cricket) Of a fielder: to fail to dismiss (a batsman) by accidentally dropping a batted ball that had initially been caught.
- (transitive, linguistics) To fail to write, or (especially) to pronounce (a syllable, letter, etc.).
- To pass or use (counterfeit cheques, money, etc.).
- (intransitive) To collapse in exhaustion or injury; also, to fall dead, or to fall in death.
- (transitive, ergative, also figuratively) To let (something) fall; to allow (something) to fall (either by releasing hold of, or losing one's grip on).
- (transitive) To move to a lower position; to allow to hang downwards; to lower.
- (intransitive) Of a song or sound: to lower in key, pitch, tempo, or other quality.
- (transitive, online gaming, video games) Of a defeated enemy or container: To leave behind an item that the player can collect.
- To play (a portion of music) in the manner of a disc jockey.
- (intransitive, gambling) To drop out of the betting.
- (transitive) Of an animal (usually a sheep): to give birth to (young); of a bird: to lay (an egg).
- (transitive) To let (a letter, etc.) fall into a postbox; hence, to send (a letter, email, or other message) in an offhand manner.
- (transitive) To dispose or get rid of (something); to lose, to remove.
- (US, Singapore, ergative, military, slang) To make someone, or be made to do push-ups or some other form of exercise on the ground as punishment.
- (intransitive) To fall behind or to the rear of a group of people, etc., as a result of not keeping up with those at the front.
noun
- a shape that is spherical and small
- a central depository where things can be left or picked up
- a steep high face of rock
- a free and rapid descent by the force of gravity
- a predetermined hiding place for the deposit and distribution of illicit goods (such as drugs or stolen property)
- the act of dropping something
- a curtain that can be lowered and raised onto a stage from the flies; often used as background scenery
- a sudden sharp decrease in some quantity
- a small indefinite quantity (especially of a liquid)
- Of women's clothes: the difference between the bust circumference and hip circumference.
- (online gaming, video games) An item made available for the player to pick up from the remains of a defeated enemy.
- (pinball) Ellipsis of drop target.
- (rugby) Ellipsis of drop kick.
- (pharmacology, chiefly in the plural) A liquid medicine that is intended to be administered in drops (sense 1).
- (agriculture) A fruit which has fallen off a tree, etc., or has been knocked off accidentally, rather than picked.
- (informal) Only used in get the drop on, have the drop on: an advantage.
- A decline in degree, quality, quantity, or rate.
- (nautical) The depth of a (square) sail (generally applied to the courses only); the vertical dimension of a sail.
- (electrics, telecommunications) An overhead electrical line running from a utility pole to a customer's building or other premises.
- (American football) A dropped pass.
- Usually preceded by the: relegation from one division to a lower one.
- (law enforcement) The distance that a person drops when being executed by hanging.
- Often preceded by a defining word: a small, round piece of hard candy, such as a lemon drop; a lozenge.
- (theater) A curtain which falls in front of a theatrical stage; also, a section of (cloth) scenery lowered on to the stage like a curtain.
- (slang, US) An automobile with a drop-top roof, a convertible.
- Licorice in confectionery form.
- Ellipsis of drop hammer or drop press.
- The distance below a cliff or other high position through which someone or something could fall; hence, a steep slope.
- (also figuratively) A small quantity of liquid, just large enough to hold its own rounded shape through surface tension, especially one that falls from a source of liquid.
- (law enforcement, informal) Preceded by the: execution by hanging.
- (music) A point in a song, usually electronic music such as dubstep, house, trance, or trap, where there is a very noticeable and pleasing change in bass, tempo, and/or overall tone; a climax, a highlight.
- A release (of music, a video game, etc).
- (Ireland, informal) A single measure of whisky.
- Of men's clothes: the difference between the chest circumference and waist circumference.
- (figuratively) A very small quantity of liquid, or (by extension) of anything.
- (law enforcement) A trapdoor (“hinged platform”) on a gallows; a gallows itself.
- An act of moving downwards under the force of gravity; a descent, a fall.
- The vertical length of a hanging curtain.
- A mechanism for lowering something, such as a machine for lowering heavy weights on to a ship's deck, or a device for temporarily lowering a gas jet, etc.
- (pharmacology) A dose of liquid medicine in the form of a drop (sense 1).
- (engineering) The distance of the axis of a shaft below the base of a hanger.
- (surfing) A near vertical decent down the face of a breaking wave.
- (cricket) A place (specified by an ordinal) in the batting order after the openers.
- (architecture) An ornament resembling a pendant; a gutta.
- (American football) Ellipsis of drop-back.
- (gambling) The amount of money that a gambler exchanges for chips in a casino.
- (chiefly British) Usually preceded by the: alcoholic spirits in general.
- (golf) Ellipsis of drop shot.
- The cover mounted on a swivel over a keyhole that rests over the keyhole when not in use to keep out debris, but is swiveled out of the way before inserting the key.
- (chiefly Australia, British) A small amount of an alcoholic beverage.
- A place where items or supplies may be left for others to collect, whether openly (as with a mail drop), or secretly or illegally (as in crime or espionage); a drop-off point.
- An instance of making a delivery of people, supplies, or things, especially by parachute out of an aircraft (an airdrop), but also by truck, etc.
verb
- to remove
- pour out in drops or small quantities or as if in drops or small quantities
- cause or allow (a solid substance) to flow or run out or over
- cast off hair, skin, horn, or feathers
- (ambitransitive) To part with, separate from, leave off; cast off, cast, let fall, be divested of.
- To sprinkle; to intersperse; to cover.
- (transitive, UK, dialectal) To part, separate or divide.
- (transitive) To radiate, cast, give off (light).
- (weaving) To divide, as the warp threads, so as to form a shed, or passageway, for the shuttle.
- (transitive) To allow to flow or fall.
- (transitive) To place or allocate a vehicle, such as a locomotive, in or to a depot or shed.
- (transitive, music) To woodshed.
adj
noun
- an outbuilding with a single story; used for shelter or storage
- A slight or temporary structure built to shade or shelter something; a structure usually open in front; an outbuilding, especially a smallish one; a hut.
- (obsolete outside of compounds) An area of land as distinguished from those around it.
- (music, slang) Alternative form of woodshed.
- (British, rail transport, informal) A British Rail Class 66 locomotive.
- (weaving) An area between upper and lower warp yarns through which the weft is woven.
- (British, derogatory, informal) An automobile which is old, worn-out, slow, or otherwise of poor quality.
- (nuclear physics) A unit of area equivalent to 10⁻⁵² square meters.
- A large temporary open structure for reception of goods.
verb
- to remove
- cause to go on or to be engaged or set in operation
- to put into a state or activity hastily, suddenly, or carelessly
- make on a potter's wheel
- throw (a die) out onto a flat surface
- place or put with great energy
- move violently, energetically, or carelessly
- be confusing or perplexing to; cause to be unable to think clearly
- utter with force; utter vehemently
- convey or communicate; of a smile, a look, a physical gesture
- put or send forth
- cause to be confused emotionally
- cause to fall off
- organize or be responsible for
- propel through the air
- To twist two or more filaments of (silk, etc.) so as to form one thread; to twist together, as singles, in a direction contrary to the twist of the singles themselves; sometimes applied to the whole class of operations by which silk is prepared for the weaver.
- (baseball, slang, of a team, a manager, etc.) To select (a pitcher); to assign a pitcher to a given role (such as starter or reliever).
- (martial arts) To lift or unbalance one’s opponent and then bring him back down to the ground, especially into a position behind the thrower.
- (transitive) To show sudden emotion, especially anger.
- (transitive, informal) To confuse or mislead.
- (transitive, figuratively) To send hastily or desperately.
- (transitive) To imprison.
- (transitive, ceramics) To make (a pot) by shaping clay as it turns on a wheel.
- (transitive, computing) To send (an error) to an exception-handling mechanism in order to interrupt normal processing.
- (transitive, veterinary medicine) Of animals: to give birth to (young).
- (American football) Synonym of pass.
- (transitive) To project or send forth.
- (transitive) To organize an event, especially a party.
- (transitive) To change (one’s voice) in order to give the illusion that the voice is that of someone else, or coming from a different place.
- (transitive) To install (a bridge).
- (transitive) To cause a certain number on the die or dice to be shown after rolling it.
- (transitive) To move to another position or condition; to displace.
- To put on hastily; to spread carelessly.
- (transitive) To eject or cause to fall off.
- (transitive, cricket, of a bowler) To deliver (the ball) illegally by straightening the bowling arm during delivery.
- (ambitransitive) To roll (a die or dice).
- (transitive) To hurl; to release (an object) with some force from one’s hands, an apparatus, etc. so that it moves rapidly through the air.
- (transitive, bridge) To discard.
- (sports, video games) To intentionally lose a game.
- (sports, transitive) (of a game where one’s role is throwing something) To perform in a specified way in (a match).
- (transitive, of a punch or boxing combination) To deliver.
noun
- the act of throwing (propelling something with a rapid movement of the arm and wrist)
- the maximum movement available to a pivoted or reciprocating piece by a cam
- a single chance or instance
- casting an object in order to determine an outcome randomly
- bedclothes consisting of a lightweight cloth covering (an afghan or bedspread) that is casually thrown over something
- (informal) A single instance, occurrence, venture, or chance.
- One’s ability to throw.
- The act of throwing something.
- (historical) A hand-operated lathe, especially a small lathe used by clockmakers.
- The flight of a thrown object.
- A distance travelled in general; displacement.
- Any of the projections integral to a crankshaft that receive or impart cranking motion from a connecting rod or similar component.
- (martial arts) A move in which one lifts or unbalances one’s opponent and then brings him down to the ground.
- A piece of fabric used to cover a bed, sofa or other soft furnishing.
- The distance travelled by something thrown.
verb
- to remove
- get rid of
- To fling away.
- To deduct from a price in order to compensate for problems.
- (backgammon) Synonym of bear off.
- (slang, Australia) To insult or verbally abuse (someone).
- To give forth in an unpremeditated manner.
- (informal, transitive) To remove (clothing) haphazardly and tossing it on the floor.
- (idiomatic) To confuse; especially, to lose a pursuer.
- To split off.
- (transitive) Of a horse, to eject its rider.
- To expel, reject, or renounce.
- (idiomatic) To introduce errors or inaccuracies; to skew.
noun
verb
- To isolate or remove from contact.
- To stop the provision or supply of something, e.g. power, water.
- To swerve in front of (another car) while driving.
- (Southern US) To turn off or switch off (an electrical device).
- To move so as to block someone else's movement in a direction.
- To end abruptly.
- To remove by cutting.
- (of a boundary) To exclude (something) from the field of view.
- To interrupt (someone speaking).
- To stop providing funds or something else to (someone).
- make a break in
- remove surgically
- remove by or as if by cutting
- cease, stop
- break a small piece off from
- cut off and stop
noun
adj
verb
- remove the shucks from
- (transitive) To remove (any outer covering).
- remove from the shell
- (dialectal, of a horse) To walk at a slow trot.
- (transitive, intransitive, slang) To fool; to hoax.
- (dialectal) To shake; shiver.
- (dialectal) To do hurriedly or in a restless way.
- (dialectal) To slither or slip, move about, wriggle.
- (computing, slang, transitive) To remove (an external hard drive or solid-state drive) from its casing so that it can be used inside another device.
- (transitive) To remove the shuck from (walnuts, oysters, etc.).
- (dialectal) To avoid; baffle, outwit, shirk.
noun
- material consisting of seed coverings and small pieces of stem or leaves that have been separated from the seeds
- (slang, African-American Vernacular) A fraud; a scam.
- The shell or husk, especially of grains (e.g. corn/maize) or nuts (e.g. walnuts).
- (slang) A phony.
- (European folklore) A supernatural and generally malevolent black dog in English folklore.
verb
noun
- A fit of immoderate laughter or merriment.
- (anatomy, immunology) In vertebrates, including humans, a ductless vascular gland, located in the left upper abdomen near the stomach, which destroys old red blood cells, removes debris from the bloodstream, acts as a reservoir of blood, and produces lymphocytes.
- a large dark-red oval organ on the left side of the body between the stomach and the diaphragm; produces cells involved in immune responses
- a feeling of resentful anger
verb
- (transitive) To remove.
- (transitive, cricket) To catch the ball; especially as a wicket-keeper and after the batsman has missed or edged it.
- (transitive) To carry or lead (something or someone).
- (of a plant, etc.) To begin to grow after being grafted or planted; to (literally or figuratively) take root, take hold.
- (transitive) To bind oneself by.
- (transitive) To ascertain or determine by measurement, examination or inquiry.
- (transitive) To avail oneself of; to exploit.
- (transitive) To cause to change to a specified state or condition.
- (transitive) To experience or feel.
- (transitive) To receive or accept (something) as payment or compensation.
- (reflexive) To go.
- (transitive) To obtain money from, especially by swindling.
- (transitive) To come upon or catch (in a particular state or situation).
- (intransitive, dialectal, proscribed) An intensifier.
- (transitive) To receive or accept (something, especially something which was given).
- (transitive) To assume and undertake the duties of (a job, an office, etc.).
- (transitive) To assume (a form).
- (transitive) To conclude or form (a decision or an opinion) in the mind.
- (transitive) To fill or require: to last or expend (an amount of time).
- (transitive) To exact.
- (transitive) To proceed to fill.
- (transitive) To accept and follow (advice, etc.).
- (transitive) To write down; to get in, or as if in, writing.
- (transitive, mathematics, computing) To accept (zero or more arguments).
- (transitive) To get into one's hands, possession, or control, with or without force.
- (of ink, dye, etc.) To adhere or be absorbed properly.
- (transitive) To adopt (select) as one's own.
- (transitive) To go into, through, or along.
- (transitive) To believe, to accept the statements of.
- (transitive) To seize or capture.
- (transitive) To participate in.
- (transitive) To suffer; to endure (a hardship or damage).
- (transitive, of a ship) To let in (water).
- (transitive, baseball) To decline to swing at (a pitched ball); to refrain from hitting at, and allow to pass.
- (transitive) To perform (a role).
- (transitive) To receive into some relationship.
- (transitive) To catch or contract (an illness, etc.).
- (transitive) To receive (medicine or drugs) into one's body, e.g. by inhalation or swallowing; to ingest.
- (transitive) To assume or suppose; to reckon; to regard or consider.
- (transitive) To pass (or attempt to pass) through or around.
- (intransitive, copulative) To become; to be affected in a specified way.
- (transitive, of a material) To absorb or be impregnated by (dye, ink, etc.); to be susceptible to being treated by (polish, etc.).
- (transitive) To accept, be given (rightly or wrongly), or assume (especially as if by right).
- (transitive) To obtain or receive regularly by (paid) subscription.
- (transitive, especially of a vehicle) To transport or carry; to convey to another place.
- (transitive) To use as a means of transportation.
- (transitive) To submit to; to endure (without ill humor, resentment, or physical failure).
- (transitive) To obtain for use by payment or lease.
- (of a mechanical device) To catch; to engage.
- (transitive) To appropriate or transfer into one's own possession, sometimes by physically carrying off.
- (transitive, of a path, road, etc.) To lead (to a place); to serve as a means of reaching.
- (transitive, grammar) To have to be used with (a certain grammatical form, etc.).
- (transitive) To undergo; to put oneself into, to be subjected to.
- (transitive) To practice; perform; execute; carry out; do.
- (transitive) To have sex with.
- (transitive) To derive (as a title); to obtain from a source.
- (transitive) To remove or end by death; to kill.
- (transitive) To subtract.
- Used in phrasal verbs: take in, take off, take on, take out, take to, take something to, take up.
- (transitive) To go or move into.
- (transitive) To fill, occupy, require, or use up (space).
- (transitive) To understand (especially in a specified way).
- (transitive) To select or choose; to pick.
- (transitive) To require (a person, resource or thing in order to achieve an outcome).
- (transitive) To grasp or grip.
- (transitive) To make (a photograph, film, or other reproduction of something).
- (transitive) To capture or win (a piece or trick) in a game.
- (transitive) To deal with.
- (transitive) To defeat (someone or something) in a fight.
- (transitive) To consider in a particular way, or to consider as an example.
- (transitive) To draw, derive, or deduce (a meaning from something).
- (transitive, Greece, Cyprus, informal) To buy.
- (intransitive) To engage, take hold or have effect.
- (transitive, intransitive, law) To receive or acquire (property) by law (e.g. as an heir).
- (transitive) To regard in a specified way.
- (intransitive) To get or accept (something) into one's possession.
- (transitive) To escort or conduct (a person).
- (transitive, now chiefly by enrolling in a class or course) To apply oneself to the study of.
- (transitive) To captivate or charm; to gain or secure the interest or affection of.
- (transitive) To have and use one's recourse to.
- (transitive) To catch or get possession of (fish or game).
- admit into a group or community
- take into consideration for exemplifying purposes
- assume, as of positions or roles
- take somebody somewhere
- experience or feel or submit to
- develop a habit; apply oneself to a practice or occupation
- receive or obtain regularly
- serve oneself to, or consume regularly
- take on a certain form, attribute, or aspect
- proceed along in a vehicle
- be a student of a certain subject
- be seized or affected in a specified way
- point or cause to go (blows, weapons, or objects such as photographic equipment) towards
- take something or somebody with oneself somewhere
- accept or undergo, often unwillingly
- ascertain or determine by measuring, computing or take a reading from a dial
- make use of or accept for some purpose
- remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract
- get into one's hands, take physically
- be stricken by an illness, fall victim to an illness
- travel or go by means of a certain kind of transportation, or a certain route
- be designed to hold or take
- take into one's possession
- have with oneself; have on one's person
- require (time or space)
- interpret something in a certain way; convey a particular meaning or impression
- obtain by winning
- lay claim to; as of an idea
- occupy or take on
- require as useful, just, or proper
- buy, select
- head into a specified direction
- make a film or photograph of something
- to get into a position of having, e.g., safety, comfort
- receive willingly something given or offered
- carry out
- pick out, select, or choose from a number of alternatives
- take as an undesirable consequence of some event or state of affairs
- engage for service under a term of contract
- conquer by force
- have sex with; archaic use
- be capable of holding or containing
noun
- Money that is taken in, (legal or illegal) proceeds, income; (in particular) profits; takings.
- (medicine) An instance of successful inoculation/vaccination.
- (film) A scene recorded (filmed) at one time, without an interruption or break; a recording of such a scene.
- (music) A recording of a musical performance made during an uninterrupted single recording period.
- (rugby, cricket) A catch of the ball (in cricket, especially one by the wicket-keeper).
- A visible (facial) response to something, especially something unexpected; a facial gesture in response to an event.
- (printing) The quantity of copy given to a compositor at one time.
- The or an act of taking.
- An approach, a (distinct) treatment.
- An interpretation or view, opinion or assessment; perspective; a statement expressing such a position.
- The or a quantity of fish, game animals or pelts, etc which have been taken at one time; catch.
- the act of photographing a scene or part of a scene without interruption
- the income or profit arising from such transactions as the sale of land or other property
verb
- (transitive) To remove.
- (intransitive) To become successful, to flourish.
- (ambitransitive) To absent oneself from (work or other responsibility), especially with permission.
- (intransitive) To depart.
- (transitive) To quantify.
- (surfing) To stand up on a surfboard and begin to surf a breaking wave.
- (usually transitive) To imitate (somebody), often in a satirical manner.
- (intransitive) To leave the ground and ascend into the air or into flight.
- prove fatal
- get started or set in motion, used figuratively
- remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract
- mimic or imitate in an amusing or satirical manner
- make a subtraction
- depart for someplace
- remove clothes or shoes
- take time off from work; stop working temporarily
- depart from the ground
noun
verb
noun
- the act of removing
- dismissal from office
- (slang, euphemistic) Murder.
- The dismissal of someone from office.
- (Ireland) An evening funeral ritual in which the coffin holding the deceased is brought, usually from a funeral home, to the church where the funeral mass will be celebrated the following day. Prayers are said before and after the journey, after which mourners are typically received at the home of the deceased.
- The relocation of a business etc.
- The process of removing or the fact of being removed.
verb
- remove from the surface
- make creamy by beating
- put on cream, as on one's face or body
- beat thoroughly and conclusively in a competition or fight
- add cream to one's coffee, for example
- (transitive) To puree, to blend with a liquifying process.
- (transitive, cooking) To rub, stir, or beat (butter) into a light creamy consistency.
- (transitive, vulgar, slang) To ejaculate in (clothing or a bodily orifice).
- (intransitive, vulgar, slang) To ejaculate (used of either gender).
- (transitive) To furnish with, or as if with, cream.
- (transitive, slang) To obliterate, to defeat decisively.
- (transitive) To turn a yellowish white color; to give something the color of cream.
- (intransitive) To gather or form cream.
- (transitive) To skim, or take off by skimming, as cream.
- (transitive, figurative) To take off the best or choicest part of.
noun
- toiletry consisting of any of various substances in the form of a thick liquid that have a soothing and moisturizing effect when applied to the skin
- the part of milk containing the butterfat
- the best people or things in a group
- (informal) Frosting, custard, creamer, or another substance similar to the oily part of milk or to whipped cream.
- (medicine) A viscous aqueous oil or fat emulsion with a medicament added, used to apply that medicament to the skin. (compare with ointment)
- (slang, vulgar) Semen.
- (standards of identity, UK) The liquid separated from milk containing at least 18 percent milkfat (48% for double cream).
- The butterfat or milkfat part of milk which rises to the top; this part when separated from the remainder.
- A dish prepared through creaming, particularly cream of
- (tea and coffee) A portion of cream, such as the amount found in a creamer.
- A yellowish white color; the color of cream.
- (standards of identity, US) The liquid separated from milk, possibly with certain other milk products added, and with at least eighteen percent of it milkfat.
- (figuratively) The best part of something.
adj
verb
- remove from the surface
- examine hastily
- read superficially
- move or pass swiftly and lightly over the surface of
- travel on the surface of water
- coat (a liquid) with a layer
- cause to skip over a surface
- (intransitive) To become coated over.
- To put on a finishing coat of plaster.
- (transitive) To scrape off; to remove (something) from a surface
- (transitive) To clear (a liquid) from scum or substance floating or lying on it, by means of a utensil that passes just beneath the surface.
- (intransitive) To pass lightly; to glide along in an even, smooth course; to glide along near the surface.
- To surreptitiously scan a payment card in order to obtain its information for fraudulent purposes.
- To steal money from a business before the transaction has been recorded, thus avoiding detection.
- (intransitive) To ricochet.
- (transitive) To clear a liquid from (scum or substance floating or lying on it), especially the cream that floats on top of fresh milk.
- (transitive) To throw an object so it bounces on water.
- To hasten along with superficial attention.
- (transitive) To pass near the surface of; to brush the surface of; to glide swiftly along the surface of.
- (transitive) To read quickly or describe summarily, skipping some detail.
adj
noun
adj
- Disparaging.
- (usually with to) Tending to derogate:
- (law, of a clause in a testament) Being or pertaining to a derogatory clause.
- Lessening the worth of (a person, etc); expressing derogation; insulting.
- Reducing the power or value of (a governmental body, etc); detracting from.
- expressive of low opinion
noun
verb
- free or remove obstruction from
- let off the hook
- grant relief or an exemption from a rule or requirement to
- grant freedom to; free from confinement
- relieve from
- make (information) available for publication
- remove or force out from a position
- release (gas or energy) as a result of a chemical reaction or physical decomposition
- part with a possession or right
- free from obligations or duties
- make (assets) available
- (transitive, programming) To relinquish (previously allocated memory) to the system.
- (transitive) To rid of something that confines or oppresses. [with from]
- (transitive) To make free; set at liberty; release.
adj
- completely wanting or lacking
- not fixed in position
- costing nothing
- not occupied or in use
- not held in servitude
- not taken up by scheduled activities
- not limited or hampered; not under compulsion or restraint
- not literal
- unconstrained or not chemically bound in a molecule or not fixed and capable of relatively unrestricted motion
- Without obligations.
- Not currently in use; not taken; unoccupied.
- (logic, of a variable) Unconstrained by quantifiers.
- To be enjoyed by anyone freely.
- (military) Of a rocket or missile: not under the control of a guidance system after being launched.
- Generous; liberal.
- Not imprisoned or enslaved.
- (botany, mycology) Not attached; loose.
- (category theory, of a functor F) Left adjoint to a forgetful functor G; such that any map f:X→G(A) induces a universal map ̄f:F(X)→A.
- (group theory, of a group) Having a set of generators which satisfy no non-trivial relations; equivalently, being the group of reduced words on a set of generators.
- (law) Privileged or individual; proprietary.
- (social) Unconstrained.
- Obtainable without any payment.
- (software) Intended for release, and omitting debugging diagnostics, as opposed to a checked version.
- (by extension, chiefly used in advertising) Complimentary.
- (of a government, country) Upholding individual rights.
- Unattached or uncombined.
- (US, slang, motor racing) Having oversteer.
- (category theory, of an object) Belonging to the image of some free functor.
- Unobstructed, without blockages.
- (software) With no or only freedom-preserving limitations on distribution or modification.
- Without; not containing (what is specified); exempt; clear; liberated.
- (commutative algebra, of a module) Having a linearly independent set of generators (called a basis).
- (programming) Unconstrained of identifiers, not bound.
- (linguistics) (of a morpheme) That can be used by itself, unattached to another morpheme.
noun
- people who are free
- (soccer) A free transfer.
- (hurling) The usual means of restarting play after a foul is committed, where the non-offending team restarts from where the foul was committed.
- (swimming, informal) Abbreviation of freestyle.
- (Australian rules football, Gaelic football) Abbreviation of free kick.
adv
noun
- The act of removing something.
- (cooking, now chiefly historical) A dish served to replace an earlier one during a meal; a part of a new course.
- (British) (at some public schools) A division of the school, especially the form prior to last
- The act of resetting a horse's shoe.
- (figurative, by extension) Emotional distance or indifference.
- A step or gradation (as in the phrase "at one remove")
- (figurative, by extension) State of mind allowing for a certain degree of objectivity in evaluating things.
- Distance in time or space; interval.
- degree of figurative distance or separation
verb
- (transitive) To discard, set aside, especially something abstract (a thought, feeling, etc.).
- To dismiss or discharge from office.
- (transitive) To murder.
- (transitive) To move from one place to another, especially to take away.
- (transitive) To delete.
- (cricket, transitive) To dismiss a batsman.
- shift the position or location of, as for business, legal, educational, or military purposes
- remove from a position or an office
- dispose of
- remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract
- stay away or leave
- kill intentionally and with premeditation
- get rid of something abstract
- cause to leave
verb
- remove from a surface
- raise in rank or condition
- take illegally
- take off or away by decreasing
- call to stop the hunt or to retire, as of hunting dogs
- perform cosmetic surgery on someone's face
- raise or haul up with or as if with mechanical help
- put an end to a situation
- move upwards
- rise upward, as from pressure or moisture
- remove (hair) by scalping
- move upward
- pay off (a mortgage)
- take (root crops) out of the ground
- cancel officially
- rise up
- invigorate or heighten
- raise from a lower to a higher position
- take hold of something and move it to a different location
- take without referencing from someone else's writing or speech; of intellectual property
- remove from a seedbed or from a nursery
- fly people or goods to or from places not accessible by other means
- make audible
- make off with belongings of others
- To collect, as moneys due; to raise.
- To try to raise something; to exert the strength for raising or bearing.
- (transitive, slang) To steal.
- To elevate or improve in rank, condition, etc.; often with up.
- (category theory, transitive) Given morphisms f and g with the same target: To produce a morphism which the given morphism factors through (i.e. a morphism h such that f=g∘h; cf. lift n.etymology 1 18)
- (transitive) To cause to move upwards.
- (transitive, slang) To source directly without acknowledgement; to plagiarise.
- (ambitransitive) To raise or rise.
- (transitive, slang) To arrest (a person).
- (intransitive, especially Scotland) To disperse, to break up.
- (finance) To buy a security or other asset previously offered for sale.
- (transitive) To remove (a ban, restriction, etc.).
- (programming) To transform (a function) into a corresponding function in a different context.
- (hunting, transitive) To take (hounds) off the existing scent and move them to another spot.
- (transitive) To alleviate, to lighten (pressure, tension, stress, etc.)
- (informal, intransitive) To lift weights; to weight-lift.
noun
- the act of giving temporary assistance
- a wave that lifts the surface of the water or ground
- transportation of people or goods by air (especially when other means of access are unavailable)
- the act of raising something
- one of the layers forming the heel of a shoe or boot
- the component of the aerodynamic forces acting on an airfoil that opposes gravity
- a powered conveyance that carries skiers up a hill
- the event of something being raised upward
- a ride in a car
- plastic surgery to remove wrinkles and other signs of aging from your face; an incision is made near the hair line and skin is pulled back and excess tissue is excised
- lifting device consisting of a platform or cage that is raised and lowered mechanically in a vertical shaft in order to move people from one floor to another in a building
- a device worn in a shoe or boot to make the wearer look taller or to correct a shortened leg
- An act of lifting or raising.
- (measurement) The difference in elevation between the upper pool and lower pool of a waterway, separated by lock.
- (UK dialectal, chiefly Scotland) The sky; the heavens; firmament; atmosphere.
- (shoemaking) A layer of leather in the heel of a shoe.
- The amount or weight to be lifted.
- A rise; a degree of elevation.
- (historical slang) A thief.
- (UK, Australia, New Zealand, India, puristic elsewhere) Mechanical device for vertically transporting goods or people between floors in a building.
- (engineering) One of the steps of a cone pulley.
- (figurative) An improvement in mood.
- (UK dialectal, chiefly Scotland) Air.
- The space or distance through which anything is lifted.
- (nautical) A rope leading from the masthead to the extremity of a yard below, and used for raising or supporting the end of the yard.
- An upward force; especially, the force (generated by wings, rotary wings, or airfoils) that keeps aircraft aloft.
- (category theory) A morphism which some given morphism factors through; i.e. given a pair of morphisms f:X→Y and g:Z→Y, a morphism h such that f=g∘h. (In this case h is said to be a lift of f via Z or via g).
- Permanent construction with a built-in platform that is lifted vertically.
- (horology) That portion of the vibration of a balance during which the impulse is given.
- (broadcasting) A shorter extract from a commercial/advertisement, able to be used on its own.
- (dance) The lifting of a dance partner into the air.
- A liftgate.
- The act of transporting someone in a vehicle; a ride; a trip.
prep
- As protection from.
- In opposition to.
- In front of; before (a background).
- In physical opposition to; in collision with.
- (Hollywood) To be paid now in contrast to the following amount to be paid later under specified circumstances, usually that a movie is made or has started filming.
- In contrast or comparison with.
- As a charge on.
- In physical contact with, so as to abut or be supported by.
- In competition with, versus.
- Contrary to; in conflict with.
- In anticipation of; in preparation for (a particular time, event etc.).
- As counterbalance to.
- Of betting odds, denoting a worse-than-even chance.
- In exchange for.
- Close to, alongside.
- In a contrary direction to.
verb
- remove while making clean
- remove all contents or possession from, or empty completely
- clean and tidy up the house
- clean one's body or parts thereof, as by washing
- make clean by removing dirt, filth, or unwanted substances from
- be cleanable
- remove shells or husks from
- remove unwanted substances from, such as feathers or pits
- remove unwanted substances from
- deprive wholly of money in a gambling game, robbery, etc.
- (manga fandom slang) To purge a raw of any blemishes caused by the scanning process such as brown tinting and poor color contrast.
- (slang) To beat, to thrash; to defeat.
- (intransitive) To make things clean in general.
- (transitive) To tidy up, make a place neat.
- (transitive, computing) To remove unnecessary files, etc. from (a directory, etc.).
- (intransitive, curling) To brush the ice lightly in front of a moving rock to remove any debris and ensure a correct line; less vigorous than a sweep.
- (transitive, climbing) To remove equipment from a climbing route after it was previously lead climbed.
- (video games) Synonym of clean up.
- (transitive) To remove guts and/or scales of a butchered animal.
- (transitive) To remove dirt from a place or object.
adj
- thorough and without qualification
- (of a record) having no marks of discredit or offense
- ritually clean or pure
- free of restrictions or qualifications
- free from clumsiness; precisely or deftly executed
- free from impurities
- (of a surface) not written or printed on
- (of a manuscript) having few alterations or corrections
- exhibiting or calling for sportsmanship or fair play
- free of drugs
- (of sound or color) free from anything that dulls or dims
- morally pure
- free from sepsis or infection
- free from dirt or impurities; or having clean habits
- not carrying concealed weapons
- without difficulties or problems
- (of behavior or especially language) free from objectionable elements; fit for all observers
- not spreading pollution or contamination; especially radioactive contamination
- Free from that which is useless or injurious; without defects.
- Utter, complete, total; pure; free from restraint.
- (informal) Cool or neat.
- Empty.
- (aviation) Having the undercarriage and flaps in the up position.
- Pure, especially morally or religiously.
- Free of dirt, filth, or impurities (extraneous matter); not dirty, filthy, or soiled.
- (informal) Devoid of profanity.
- Free of infiltration by covert listening or recording devices (bugs), enemy spies, etc.
- Free of contamination, (unwanted) germs, infection, or disease.
- Well-proportioned; shapely.
- (sports, for example, professional wrestling, slang) Of a victory or performance: without any blemishes such as submission holds, disqualification, interference, etc.
- In an unmarked condition; blank.
- That does not damage the environment (as much as some alternative).
- (aerodynamics) Allowing an uninterrupted flow over surfaces, without protrusions such as racks or landing gear.
- Free from (or showing no signs of) corrupt, unlawful, and/or sinister conduct or connections (and (of criminal, driving, etc. records) therefore without restrictions or penalties).
- (informal) Not in possession of weapons or contraband such as drugs.
- Devoid of sexually transmitted diseases (STDs).
- (climbing, of a route) Ascended without falling.
- (of metal) Having relatively few impurities.
- Not using drugs or alcohol.
- Smooth, exact, and performed well.
noun
- a weightlift in which the barbell is lifted to shoulder height and then jerked overhead
- (in the plural, metal music) Clear vocals, contrasted with death growls and screams.
- (weightlifting) The first part of the event clean and jerk in which the weight is brought from the ground to the shoulders.
- Removal of dirt.
adv
noun
- protection from harm
- the defendant and their legal advisors collectively
- (sports) the team that is trying to prevent the other team from scoring
- a structure used to defend against attack
- the act of defending someone or something against attack or injury
- an organization of defenders that provides resistance against attack
- (military) military action or resources protecting a country against potential enemies
- a defendant's answer or plea denying the truth of the charges against them
- the justification for some act or belief
- the speech act of answering an attack on your assertions
- (psychiatry) an unconscious process that tries to reduce the anxiety associated with instinctive desires
- (team sports) The portion of a team dedicated to preventing the other team from scoring; contrasted with offence.
- (team sports) A strategy and tactics employed to prevent the other team from scoring; contrasted with offence.
- Something used to oppose attacks.
- The action of defending, of protecting from attack, danger or injury.
- An argument in support or justification of something.
- Government policy or (infra)structure related to the military.
noun
- protection from harm
- the defendant and their legal advisors collectively
- (sports) the team that is trying to prevent the other team from scoring
- a structure used to defend against attack
- the act of defending someone or something against attack or injury
- an organization of defenders that provides resistance against attack
- (military) military action or resources protecting a country against potential enemies
- a defendant's answer or plea denying the truth of the charges against them
- the justification for some act or belief
- the speech act of answering an attack on your assertions
- (psychiatry) an unconscious process that tries to reduce the anxiety associated with instinctive desires
- (law, by extension) The lawyer or team thereof who presents such a case.
- An argument in support or justification of something.
- (team sports) A strategy and tactics employed to prevent the other team from scoring; contrasted with offense.
- The action of defending or protecting from attack, danger, or injury.
- (law, by extension) The case presented by the defendant in a legal proceeding.
- (government, military, euphemistic) Government policy or (infra)structure related to the military.
- (team sports) The portion of a team dedicated to preventing the other team from scoring; contrasted with offense.
verb
verb
- eliminate
- empty (as of tobacco) by knocking out
- overwhelm with admiration
- knock unconscious or senseless
- destroy or break forcefully
- (transitive) To eliminate from a contest or similar.
- (intransitive, informal, idiomatic) To fall asleep, especially suddenly.
- (transitive) To communicate (a message) by knocking.
- (transitive, idiomatic) To cause a mechanism to become non-functional by damaging or destroying it.
- (transitive, slang) To defeat or kill (someone).
- (transitive, informal, idiomatic) To exhaust.
- (transitive, informal) To complete, especially in haste; knock off.
- (transitive, informal, idiomatic) To impress, surpass or overwhelm (someone).
- (transitive, informal, idiomatic) To put to sleep.
- (transitive, slang, UK) To sell.
- (transitive) To strike or bump (someone or something) out.
- (transitive, Australia) To obtain or earn (something, often money or food).
- To lose the scent of hounds in fox-hunting.
- (transitive, idiomatic) To render unconscious, as by a blow to the head.
verb
adj
noun
- (in Polynesia) Something which may not be used, approached or mentioned because it is sacred.
- An inhibition or ban that results from social custom or emotional aversion.
- an inhibition or ban resulting from social custom or emotional aversion
- a prejudice (especially in Polynesia and other South Pacific islands) that prohibits the use or mention of something because of its sacred nature
noun
verb
- To remove something, either material or abstract, so that a person no longer has it.
- To remove a person, usually a family member or other close friend or acquaintance, by kidnapping or killing the person.
- (of a person) To make someone leave a place and go somewhere else. Usually not with the person's consent.
- (of a person) To prevent, or limit, someone from being somewhere, or from doing something.
- To remove something and put it in a different place.
- To subtract or diminish something.
- To leave a memory or impression in one's mind that you think about later.
- take from a person or place
- take out or remove
- remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract
- take away a part from; diminish
- remove from a certain place, environment, or mental or emotional state; transport into a new location or state
- get rid of something abstract
- buy and consume food from a restaurant or establishment that sells prepared food
noun
prep
verb
noun
- (UK) Someone who ousts.
- (now chiefly US) The forceful removal of a politician or regime from power; a coup; an ousting.
- (property law) Action by a cotenant that prevents another cotenant from enjoying the use of jointly owned property.
- (historical) A putting out of possession; dispossession; ejection.
- a person who ousts or supplants someone else
- the act of ejecting someone or forcing them out
- a wrongful dispossession
prep
- Removed or subtracted from.
- Placed after a number (of products or parts, as if a unit), in commerce or engineering.
- Detached, separated, excluded or disconnected from; away from a position of attachment or connection to.
- (colloquial, more properly 'from') Out of the possession of.
- Outside the area or region of.
- Used to indicate the location or direction of one thing relative to another, implying adjacency or accessibility via.
- Used to express location at sea relative to land or mainland.
- Not positioned upon, or away from a position upon.
- No longer wanting or taking.
- Temporarily not attending (a usual place), especially owing to illness or holiday.
- (slang, drugs) Under the influence of.
- (informal) As a result of.
adj
- (by extension, Australia, slang) Disgusting, repulsive, abhorrent.
- Temporarily not attending a usual place, such as work or school, especially owing to illness or holiday.
- (predicative only) Inappropriate; untoward.
- Not correct; not properly formed; not logical, harmonious, etc.
- (British, in relation to a vehicle) On the side furthest from the kerb (the right-hand side if one drives on the left).
- (in phrases such as 'off day') Designating a time when one is not performing to the best of one's abilities.
- (chiefly UK) Rancid, rotten, gone bad.
- (predicative only) Presently unavailable. (of a dish on a menu)
- (predicative only) Inoperative, disabled.
- Less than normal, in temperament or in result.
- (poker slang) Offsuit.
- (predicative only) Cancelled; not happening.
- Designating a time when one is not strictly attentive to business or affairs, or is absent from a post, and, hence, a time when affairs are not urgent.
- Started on the way.
- (in phrases such as 'well off', 'poorly off', 'comfortably off', etc., and in 'how?' questions) Circumstanced.
- (cricket) In, or towards the half of the field away from the batsman's legs; the right side for a right-handed batsman.
- Not fitted; not being worn.
- Far; off to the side.
- below a satisfactory level
- (of events) no longer planned or scheduled
- not performing or scheduled for duties
- not in operation or operational
- in an unpalatable state
adv
- Used in various other ways specific to individual idiomatic phrases, e.g. bring off, show off, put off, tell off, etc. See the entry for the individual phrase.
- So as to remove or separate, or be removed or separated.
- Into a state of non-operation or non-existence.
- (theater) Offstage.
- In a direction away from the speaker or other reference point.
- at a distance in space or time
- from a particular thing or place or position (‘forth’ is obsolete)
- no longer on or in contact or attached
noun
verb
verb
noun
- A complete version of a recording or film that is dropped in favour of another version, reject.
- An opening for outward discharge; a vent.
- A portion of a recording (a take) that is not included in the final version of a film or a musical album, often because it contains a mistake.
- a scene that is filmed but is not used in the final editing of the film
verb
- remove from its shell or outer covering
- use explosives on
- create by using explosives
- fall out of the pod or husk
- come out better in a competition, race, or conflict
- look for and collect shells by the seashore
- remove the husks from
- hit the pitches of hard and regularly
- (topology) To form a shelling.
- To form shallow, irregular cracks (in a coating).
- (computing, intransitive) To switch to a shell or command line.
- (cricket, slang, transitive) To drop (the ball).
- (intransitive) To cast the shell, or exterior covering; to fall out of the pod or husk.
- (intransitive) To fall off, as a shell, crust, etc.
- (informal) To disburse or give up money, to pay. (Often used with out).
- To bombard, to fire projectiles at, especially with artillery.
- To remove the outer covering or shell of something.
noun
- a rigid covering that envelops an object
- the hard largely calcareous covering of a mollusc or a brachiopod
- a metal sheathing of uniform thickness (such as the shield attached to an artillery piece to protect the gunners)
- the hard usually fibrous outer layer of some fruits especially nuts
- hard outer covering or case of certain organisms such as arthropods and turtles
- the housing or outer covering of something
- the exterior covering of a bird's egg
- a very light narrow racing boat
- ammunition consisting of a cylindrical metal casing containing an explosive charge and a projectile; fired from a large gun
- the material that forms the hard outer covering of many animals
- The covering, or outside part, of a nut.
- (architecture) Any slight hollow structure; a framework, or exterior structure, regarded as not complete or filled in, as the shell of a house.
- The hard calcareous covering of a bird egg.
- A garment, usually worn by women, such as a shirt, blouse, or top, with short sleeves or no sleeves, that often fastens in the rear.
- (nautical, rigging) The outer frame or case of a block within which the sheaves revolve.
- (nautical) The watertight outer covering of the hull of a vessel, often made with planking or metal plating.
- A concave rough cast-iron tool in which a convex lens is ground to shape.
- (figuratively) The empty outward form of someone or something.
- (music) A string instrument, as a lyre, whose acoustical chamber is formed like a shell.
- In formal debating, a set of proposed rules to be followed, with set penalties for violating them.
- A psychological barrier to social interaction.
- (figuratively) The outward form independent of what is inside.
- (British, education) One or more school grades within secondary education, at certain public schools.
- The thin coating of copper on an electrotype.
- (chemistry) A set of atomic orbitals that have the same principal quantum number.
- (music) The body of a drum; the often wooden, often cylindrical acoustic chamber, with or without rims added for tuning and for attaching the drum head.
- One of the outer layers of skin of an onion.
- An engraved copper roller used in print works.
- The calcareous or chitinous external covering of mollusks, crustaceans, and some other invertebrates.
- The conjoined scutes that constitute the "shell" (carapace) of a tortoise or turtle.
- (UK, slang) A person's ear.
- (geology) The accreted mineral formed around a hollow geode.
- An emaciated person.
- (nautical) A light boat whose frame is covered with thin wood, impermeable fabric, or water-proofed paper; a racing shell or dragon boat.
- (computing) An operating system software user interface, whose primary purpose is to launch other programs and control their interactions; the user's command interpreter. Shell is a way to separate the internal complexity of the implementation of the command from the user. The internals can change while the user experience/interface remains the same.
- (weaponry) A hollow, usually spherical or cylindrical projectile fired from a siege mortar or a smoothbore cannon. It contains an explosive substance designed to be ignited by a fuse or by percussion at the target site so that it will burst and scatter at high velocity its contents and fragments. Formerly called a bomb.
- (business) A legal entity that has no operations.
- (in the plural) Husks of cacao seeds, a decoction of which is sometimes used as a substitute or adulterant for cocoa and its products such as chocolate.
- (by extension) Any mollusk having such a covering.
- (figuratively) A person otherwise diminished.
- The overlapping hard plates comprising the armor covering the armadillo's body.
- (weaponry) The casing of a self-contained single-unit artillery projectile.
- (weaponry) The cartridge of a breechloading firearm; a load; a bullet; a round.
- (phonology) The onset and coda of a syllable.
- A coarse or flimsy coffin; a thin interior coffin enclosed within a more substantial one.
- A pod containing the seeds of certain plants, such as the legume Phaseolus vulgaris.
- An unmarked vehicle for carrying corpses from a crime scene.
- (entomology) The exoskeleton or wing covers of certain insects.
- (engineering) A gouge bit or shell bit.
adj
verb
- remove from sight
- (transitive) To tidy up, to remove mess or obstacles from a place to make it neat.
- (transitive, figuratively) To dispose of, to get rid of, to remove.
- (intransitive) To leave, disappear.
- (nautical, transitive) To prepare some object for use by removing obstacles, untying or unfastening it.
noun
- Removal, taking away.
- (philosophy) In Hegelian philosophy, the situation where a tension between contradictory opposites is resolved by the addition of a new term which pushes the old opposition into its relation.
- (chemistry) A flotation method in which the material to be separated is adsorbed on the surface of gas bubbles in a liquid and is collected on an upper layer of an immiscible liquid
noun
noun
noun
- the removal of covering
- (geology) The laying bare of rocks by the washing away of the overlying earth, etc.; or the excavation and removal of them by the action of running water.
- The act of stripping off covering, or removing the surface; a making bare.
- (medicine) The loss of the cellular covering of (the interior or exterior surface of an organ, etc.).
noun
- the act of removing
- dismissal from office
- (slang, euphemistic) Murder.
- The dismissal of someone from office.
- (Ireland) An evening funeral ritual in which the coffin holding the deceased is brought, usually from a funeral home, to the church where the funeral mass will be celebrated the following day. Prayers are said before and after the journey, after which mourners are typically received at the home of the deceased.
- The relocation of a business etc.
- The process of removing or the fact of being removed.
noun
- The act of removing something.
- (cooking, now chiefly historical) A dish served to replace an earlier one during a meal; a part of a new course.
- (British) (at some public schools) A division of the school, especially the form prior to last
- The act of resetting a horse's shoe.
- (figurative, by extension) Emotional distance or indifference.
- A step or gradation (as in the phrase "at one remove")
- (figurative, by extension) State of mind allowing for a certain degree of objectivity in evaluating things.
- Distance in time or space; interval.
- degree of figurative distance or separation
verb
- (transitive) To discard, set aside, especially something abstract (a thought, feeling, etc.).
- To dismiss or discharge from office.
- (transitive) To murder.
- (transitive) To move from one place to another, especially to take away.
- (transitive) To delete.
- (cricket, transitive) To dismiss a batsman.
- shift the position or location of, as for business, legal, educational, or military purposes
- remove from a position or an office
- dispose of
- remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract
- stay away or leave
- kill intentionally and with premeditation
- get rid of something abstract
- cause to leave
noun
- protection from harm
- the defendant and their legal advisors collectively
- (sports) the team that is trying to prevent the other team from scoring
- a structure used to defend against attack
- the act of defending someone or something against attack or injury
- an organization of defenders that provides resistance against attack
- (military) military action or resources protecting a country against potential enemies
- a defendant's answer or plea denying the truth of the charges against them
- the justification for some act or belief
- the speech act of answering an attack on your assertions
- (psychiatry) an unconscious process that tries to reduce the anxiety associated with instinctive desires
- (team sports) The portion of a team dedicated to preventing the other team from scoring; contrasted with offence.
- (team sports) A strategy and tactics employed to prevent the other team from scoring; contrasted with offence.
- Something used to oppose attacks.
- The action of defending, of protecting from attack, danger or injury.
- An argument in support or justification of something.
- Government policy or (infra)structure related to the military.
noun
- protection from harm
- the defendant and their legal advisors collectively
- (sports) the team that is trying to prevent the other team from scoring
- a structure used to defend against attack
- the act of defending someone or something against attack or injury
- an organization of defenders that provides resistance against attack
- (military) military action or resources protecting a country against potential enemies
- a defendant's answer or plea denying the truth of the charges against them
- the justification for some act or belief
- the speech act of answering an attack on your assertions
- (psychiatry) an unconscious process that tries to reduce the anxiety associated with instinctive desires
- (law, by extension) The lawyer or team thereof who presents such a case.
- An argument in support or justification of something.
- (team sports) A strategy and tactics employed to prevent the other team from scoring; contrasted with offense.
- The action of defending or protecting from attack, danger, or injury.
- (law, by extension) The case presented by the defendant in a legal proceeding.
- (government, military, euphemistic) Government policy or (infra)structure related to the military.
- (team sports) The portion of a team dedicated to preventing the other team from scoring; contrasted with offense.
verb
noun
verb
- To remove.
- (transitive) To obtain by application by a legal or other official process.
- (idiomatic, slang) To kill or destroy.
- (idiomatic, slang) To stun, amaze; to kill.
- (idiomatic) To immobilize with force; to subdue; to incapacitate.
- To escort someone on a date.
- (colloquial) To win a sporting event, competition, premiership, etc.
- remove from its packing
- take out of a literary work in order to cite or copy
- take out or remove
- purchase prepared food to be eaten at home
- remove (a commodity) from (a supply source)
- make a date
- prevent from being included or considered or accepted
- bring, take, or pull out of a container or from under a cover
- remove something from a container or an enclosed space
- cause to leave
- obtain by legal or official process
- buy and consume food from a restaurant or establishment that sells prepared food
- remove, usually with some force or effort; also used in an abstract sense
- take liquid out of a container or well
noun
verb
- 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.
- To show openly; to disclose; to reveal.
- (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
- take off or remove
- tear down so as to make flat with the ground
- take apart into its constituent pieces
- (transitive, originally) To divest, strip of dress or covering.
- (transitive) To take apart; to disassemble; to take to pieces.
- (transitive) To remove fittings or furnishings from.
- (transitive) To disprove a discourse, claim or argument.
verb
- take off or remove
- remove the surface from
- draw the last milk (of cows)
- remove all contents or possession from, or empty completely
- lay bare
- remove (someone's or one's own) clothes
- get undressed
- remove the thread (of screws)
- remove a constituent from a liquid
- remove substances from by a percolating liquid
- take away possessions from someone
- strip the cured leaves from
- steal goods; take as spoils
- To pick the cured leaves from the stalks of (tobacco) and tie them into "hands".
- (intransitive) To perform a striptease.
- To remove fibre, flock, or lint from; said of the teeth of a card when it becomes partly clogged.
- (transitive) To take away something from (someone or something); to plunder; to divest.
- To remove the metal coating from (a plated article), as by acids or electrolytic action.
- (transitive) To fire (a bullet or ball) from a rifle such that it fails to pick up a spin from the rifling.
- To remove the insulation from a wire/cable.
- (intransitive) To fail to pick up a spin from the grooves in a rifle barrel.
- (transitive) To remove the overlying earth from (a deposit).
- (transitive, bridge) To remove all cards of a particular suit from another player. (See also strip-squeeze.)
- (transitive) To remove or take away, often in strips or stripes.
- (transitive) To milk a cow, especially by stroking and compressing the teats to draw out the last of the milk.
- (intransitive) To fail in the thread; to lose the thread, as a bolt, screw, or nut.
- (usually intransitive) To take off clothing.
- To press out the ripe roe or milt from fishes, for artificial fecundation.
- (transitive) To remove color from hair, cloth, etc. to prepare it to receive new color.
- (transitive, agriculture) To pare off the surface of (land) in strips.
- (television, transitive) To run a television series at the same time daily (or at least on Mondays to Fridays), so that it appears as a strip straight across the weekly schedule.
- (transitive) To remove (the thread or teeth) from a screw, nut, or gear, especially inadvertently by overtightening.
- (transitive) To empty (tubing) by applying pressure to the outside of (the tubing) and moving that pressure along (the tubing).
- To remove the midrib from (tobacco leaves).
- (transitive) To remove cargo from (a container).
noun
- an airfield without normal airport facilities
- thin piece of wood or metal
- a sequence of drawings telling a story in a newspaper or comic book
- a relatively long narrow piece of something
- a form of erotic entertainment in which a dancer gradually undresses to music
- artifact consisting of a narrow flat piece of material
- A landing strip.
- (fencing) The playing area, roughly 14 meters by 2 meters.
- (US) A street with multiple shopping or entertainment possibilities.
- (countable) A long, thin piece of land; any long, thin area.
- (slang) A strip club.
- (finance) An investment strategy involving simultaneous trade with one call and two put options on the same security at the same strike price, similar to but more bearish than a straddle.
- A strip steak.
- (mining) A trough for washing ore.
- The act of removing one's clothes; a striptease.
- A comic strip.
- (television) A television series aired at the same time daily (or at least on Mondays to Fridays), so that it appears as a strip straight across the weekly schedule.
- (UK, soccer) The uniform of a football team, or the same worn by supporters.
- The issuing of a projectile from a rifled gun without acquiring the spiral motion.
- (usually countable, sometimes uncountable) A long, thin piece of any material; any such material collectively.
- (attributively, of games) Denotes a version of a game in which losing players must progressively remove their clothes.
verb
- (more generally) To remove any masking materials that have been added to protect an area.
- (transitive) To clear etchant and maskant from a part being chemically etched or milled.
- To reveal something that was masked or hidden; to expose; to unmask.
- To make salient or conspicuous; to draw attention to or improve the perception of.
- (more specifically) To overcome ideological preconceptions and labels.
verb
- To deprive of.
- (transitive) To soak leather so as to remove chemicals used in tanning; to steep in bate.
- (intransitive, falconry) Of a falcon: To flap the wings vigorously; to bait.
- To allow by way of abatement or deduction.
- (intransitive) To contend or strive with blows or arguments.
- (transitive, sometimes figuratively) To cut off, remove, take away.
- To waste away.
- (intransitive, slang) Clipping of masturbate.
- (transitive) To restrain, usually with the sense of being in anticipation
- (transitive) To reduce the force of something; to abate.
- To lessen by retrenching, deducting, or reducing; to abate; to beat down; to lower.
- soak in a special solution to soften and remove chemicals used in previous treatments
- flap the wings wildly or frantically; used of falcons
- moderate or restrain; lessen the force of
noun
verb
- to remove
- form by pouring (e.g., wax or hot metal) into a cast or mold
- deposit
- formulate in a particular style or language
- assign the roles of (a movie or a play) to actors
- move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment
- choose at random
- eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth
- select to play,sing, or dance a part in a play, movie, musical, opera, or ballet
- put or send forth
- throw forcefully
- (nautical) To bring the bows of a sailing ship on to the required tack just as the anchor is weighed by use of the headsail; to bring (a ship) round.
- To turn (the balance or scale); to overbalance; hence, to make preponderate; to decide.
- (of an animal) To throw off (the skin) as a process of growth; to shed the hair or fur of the coat.
- To consider; to turn or revolve in the mind; to plan.
- To deposit (a ballot or voting paper); to formally register (one's vote).
- To throw forward (a fishing line, net etc.) into the sea.
- (botany) To shed leaves or fruit prematurely.
- (transitive) To assign (a role in a play or performance).
- (Wicca) To open a circle in order to begin a spell or meeting of witches.
- (hunting) Of dogs, hunters: to spread out and search for a scent.
- (medicine) To set (a bone etc.) in a cast.
- (dated outside accounting) To add up (a column of figures, accounts etc.); cross-cast refers to adding up a row of figures.
- To throw down or aside.
- (media) To broadcast (video) over the Internet or a local network, especially to one's television.
- (transitive) To describe in an opinionated way. Mostly used with a metaphor involving light.
- (computing) To change a variable type from, for example, integer to real, or integer to text.
- (obsolete except in set phrases) To remove, take off (clothes).
- To twist or warp (of fabric, timber etc.).
- (astrology) To calculate the astrological value of (a horoscope, birth etc.).
- (now somewhat literary) To throw.
- To direct (one's eyes, gaze etc.).
- To perform, bring forth (a magical spell or enchantment).
- To shape (molten metal etc.) by pouring into a mould; to make (an object) in such a way.
- To throw (light etc.) on or upon something, or in a given direction.
- (transitive) To assign a role in a play or performance to (an actor).
- (nautical) To heave the lead and line in order to ascertain the depth of water.
noun
- the act of throwing a fishing line out over the water by means of a rod and reel
- object formed by a mold
- the actors in a play
- container into which liquid is poured to create a given shape when it hardens
- the act of throwing dice
- the distinctive form in which a thing is made
- the visual appearance of something or someone
- a violent throw
- bandage consisting of a firm covering (often made of plaster of Paris) that immobilizes broken bones while they heal
- The casting procedure.
- (firearms) The measurement of the angle of a shotgun stock from a top-view center line, used to align the shotgun to the shooter's eye.
- Visual appearance.
- A small mass of earth "thrown off" or excreted by a worm.
- (art) The collective group of actors performing a play or production together. Contrasted with crew.
- (fishing) An instance of throwing out a fishing line.
- A supportive and immobilising device used to help mend broken bones.
- The form of one's thoughts, mind etc.
- (hawking) The number of hawks (or occasionally other birds) cast off at one time; a pair.
- The mould used to make cast objects.
- The number rolled on a die when it is thrown.
- An object made in a mould.
- An act of throwing.
- Animal and insect remains which have been regurgitated by a bird.
- Something which has been thrown, dispersed etc.
- A squint.
- A chance or attempt at something.
- A group of crabs.
adj
verb
- to remove
- make the last row of stitches when knitting
- (ambitransitive, nautical) To let go (a cable or rope securing a vessel to a buoy, wharf, etc.) so that the vessel may make way.
- (printing, historical) To estimate the amount of space required by the type used for the given copy.
- (transitive) To discard or reject something.
- (intransitive, knitting) To finish the last row of knitted stitches and remove them securely from the needle.
verb
- to remove
- pay out
- utter with seeming casualness
- take (a drug, especially LSD), by mouth
- change from one level to another
- remove (cargo, people, etc.) from and leave
- lower the pitch of (musical notes)
- fall or descend to a lower place or level
- stop pursuing or acting
- to fall vertically
- let fall to the ground
- cause to fall by or as if by delivering a blow
- fall or sink into a state of exhaustion or death
- grow progressively worse
- stop associating with
- leave undone or leave out
- let or cause to fall in drops
- go down in value
- lose (a game)
- omit (a letter or syllable) in speaking or writing
- give birth; used for animals
- hang loosely
- terminate an association with
- (cooking) To cook (food, especially fast food), particularly by lowering into hot oil to deep-fry, or by grilling.
- (transitive, music) To tune (a guitar string, etc.) to a lower note.
- (intransitive) Of a liquid: to fall in drops or droplets.
- (transitive) To cease concerning oneself over (someone or something); to have nothing more to do with (a discussion, subject, etc.).
- (intransitive, computing) To enter a more basic interface.
- (transitive) To make (someone or something) fall to the ground from a blow, gunshot, etc.; to bring down, to shoot down; to kill.
- (intransitive, physiology, informal) Of the testicles: to hang further away from the body and begin producing sperm due to puberty.
- (transitive) To reduce; to make smaller.
- Especially in drop acid: to swallow (a drug, particularly LSD).
- (intransitive) Of a voice: to lower in timbre, often due to puberty.
- (transitive, computing, music, television, colloquial) To release (a programme, software, a music album or song, etc.) to the public.
- (intransitive) To decrease, diminish, or lessen in condition, degree, value, etc.
- (intransitive, computing, music, television, colloquial) Of a programme, software, a music album or song, etc.: to enter public distribution.
- (transitive) To drip (a liquid) in drops or small amounts.
- (originally US) To (unexpectedly) lose (a competition, game, etc.).
- To lose, spend, or otherwise part with (money).
- (intransitive, also figuratively) To fall (straight down) under the influence of gravity, like a drop of liquid.
- (intransitive) To come to an end (by not being kept up); to lapse, to stop.
- (intransitive) To fall into a particular condition or state.
- (intransitive, online gaming, video games) Of an item: To appear for the player to pick up, usually after an enemy has been defeated.
- To impart (something).
- (intransitive) Usually followed by by, in, or into: of a person: to visit someone or somewhere informally or without a prior appointment.
- (intransitive) To fall or sink quickly or suddenly to the ground.
- (rugby) To score (a goal) by means of a drop kick.
- (transitive) To cancel or cease to participate in (a scheduled course, event, or project).
- To perform (rap music).
- (transitive) To mention (something) casually or incidentally, usually in conversation.
- (transitive) To set down (someone or something) from a vehicle; to stop and deliver or deposit (someone or something); to drop off.
- (transitive) To lower (a sound, a voice, etc.) in pitch or volume.
- (transitive, computing) To present (the user) with a more basic interface.
- (transitive) To cease to include (something), as if on a list; to dismiss, to eject, to expel.
- To quickly lower or take down (one's trousers), especially in public.
- (cricket) Of a fielder: to fail to dismiss (a batsman) by accidentally dropping a batted ball that had initially been caught.
- (transitive, linguistics) To fail to write, or (especially) to pronounce (a syllable, letter, etc.).
- To pass or use (counterfeit cheques, money, etc.).
- (intransitive) To collapse in exhaustion or injury; also, to fall dead, or to fall in death.
- (transitive, ergative, also figuratively) To let (something) fall; to allow (something) to fall (either by releasing hold of, or losing one's grip on).
- (transitive) To move to a lower position; to allow to hang downwards; to lower.
- (intransitive) Of a song or sound: to lower in key, pitch, tempo, or other quality.
- (transitive, online gaming, video games) Of a defeated enemy or container: To leave behind an item that the player can collect.
- To play (a portion of music) in the manner of a disc jockey.
- (intransitive, gambling) To drop out of the betting.
- (transitive) Of an animal (usually a sheep): to give birth to (young); of a bird: to lay (an egg).
- (transitive) To let (a letter, etc.) fall into a postbox; hence, to send (a letter, email, or other message) in an offhand manner.
- (transitive) To dispose or get rid of (something); to lose, to remove.
- (US, Singapore, ergative, military, slang) To make someone, or be made to do push-ups or some other form of exercise on the ground as punishment.
- (intransitive) To fall behind or to the rear of a group of people, etc., as a result of not keeping up with those at the front.
noun
- a shape that is spherical and small
- a central depository where things can be left or picked up
- a steep high face of rock
- a free and rapid descent by the force of gravity
- a predetermined hiding place for the deposit and distribution of illicit goods (such as drugs or stolen property)
- the act of dropping something
- a curtain that can be lowered and raised onto a stage from the flies; often used as background scenery
- a sudden sharp decrease in some quantity
- a small indefinite quantity (especially of a liquid)
- Of women's clothes: the difference between the bust circumference and hip circumference.
- (online gaming, video games) An item made available for the player to pick up from the remains of a defeated enemy.
- (pinball) Ellipsis of drop target.
- (rugby) Ellipsis of drop kick.
- (pharmacology, chiefly in the plural) A liquid medicine that is intended to be administered in drops (sense 1).
- (agriculture) A fruit which has fallen off a tree, etc., or has been knocked off accidentally, rather than picked.
- (informal) Only used in get the drop on, have the drop on: an advantage.
- A decline in degree, quality, quantity, or rate.
- (nautical) The depth of a (square) sail (generally applied to the courses only); the vertical dimension of a sail.
- (electrics, telecommunications) An overhead electrical line running from a utility pole to a customer's building or other premises.
- (American football) A dropped pass.
- Usually preceded by the: relegation from one division to a lower one.
- (law enforcement) The distance that a person drops when being executed by hanging.
- Often preceded by a defining word: a small, round piece of hard candy, such as a lemon drop; a lozenge.
- (theater) A curtain which falls in front of a theatrical stage; also, a section of (cloth) scenery lowered on to the stage like a curtain.
- (slang, US) An automobile with a drop-top roof, a convertible.
- Licorice in confectionery form.
- Ellipsis of drop hammer or drop press.
- The distance below a cliff or other high position through which someone or something could fall; hence, a steep slope.
- (also figuratively) A small quantity of liquid, just large enough to hold its own rounded shape through surface tension, especially one that falls from a source of liquid.
- (law enforcement, informal) Preceded by the: execution by hanging.
- (music) A point in a song, usually electronic music such as dubstep, house, trance, or trap, where there is a very noticeable and pleasing change in bass, tempo, and/or overall tone; a climax, a highlight.
- A release (of music, a video game, etc).
- (Ireland, informal) A single measure of whisky.
- Of men's clothes: the difference between the chest circumference and waist circumference.
- (figuratively) A very small quantity of liquid, or (by extension) of anything.
- (law enforcement) A trapdoor (“hinged platform”) on a gallows; a gallows itself.
- An act of moving downwards under the force of gravity; a descent, a fall.
- The vertical length of a hanging curtain.
- A mechanism for lowering something, such as a machine for lowering heavy weights on to a ship's deck, or a device for temporarily lowering a gas jet, etc.
- (pharmacology) A dose of liquid medicine in the form of a drop (sense 1).
- (engineering) The distance of the axis of a shaft below the base of a hanger.
- (surfing) A near vertical decent down the face of a breaking wave.
- (cricket) A place (specified by an ordinal) in the batting order after the openers.
- (architecture) An ornament resembling a pendant; a gutta.
- (American football) Ellipsis of drop-back.
- (gambling) The amount of money that a gambler exchanges for chips in a casino.
- (chiefly British) Usually preceded by the: alcoholic spirits in general.
- (golf) Ellipsis of drop shot.
- The cover mounted on a swivel over a keyhole that rests over the keyhole when not in use to keep out debris, but is swiveled out of the way before inserting the key.
- (chiefly Australia, British) A small amount of an alcoholic beverage.
- A place where items or supplies may be left for others to collect, whether openly (as with a mail drop), or secretly or illegally (as in crime or espionage); a drop-off point.
- An instance of making a delivery of people, supplies, or things, especially by parachute out of an aircraft (an airdrop), but also by truck, etc.
verb
- to remove
- pour out in drops or small quantities or as if in drops or small quantities
- cause or allow (a solid substance) to flow or run out or over
- cast off hair, skin, horn, or feathers
- (ambitransitive) To part with, separate from, leave off; cast off, cast, let fall, be divested of.
- To sprinkle; to intersperse; to cover.
- (transitive, UK, dialectal) To part, separate or divide.
- (transitive) To radiate, cast, give off (light).
- (weaving) To divide, as the warp threads, so as to form a shed, or passageway, for the shuttle.
- (transitive) To allow to flow or fall.
- (transitive) To place or allocate a vehicle, such as a locomotive, in or to a depot or shed.
- (transitive, music) To woodshed.
adj
noun
- an outbuilding with a single story; used for shelter or storage
- A slight or temporary structure built to shade or shelter something; a structure usually open in front; an outbuilding, especially a smallish one; a hut.
- (obsolete outside of compounds) An area of land as distinguished from those around it.
- (music, slang) Alternative form of woodshed.
- (British, rail transport, informal) A British Rail Class 66 locomotive.
- (weaving) An area between upper and lower warp yarns through which the weft is woven.
- (British, derogatory, informal) An automobile which is old, worn-out, slow, or otherwise of poor quality.
- (nuclear physics) A unit of area equivalent to 10⁻⁵² square meters.
- A large temporary open structure for reception of goods.
verb
- to remove
- cause to go on or to be engaged or set in operation
- to put into a state or activity hastily, suddenly, or carelessly
- make on a potter's wheel
- throw (a die) out onto a flat surface
- place or put with great energy
- move violently, energetically, or carelessly
- be confusing or perplexing to; cause to be unable to think clearly
- utter with force; utter vehemently
- convey or communicate; of a smile, a look, a physical gesture
- put or send forth
- cause to be confused emotionally
- cause to fall off
- organize or be responsible for
- propel through the air
- To twist two or more filaments of (silk, etc.) so as to form one thread; to twist together, as singles, in a direction contrary to the twist of the singles themselves; sometimes applied to the whole class of operations by which silk is prepared for the weaver.
- (baseball, slang, of a team, a manager, etc.) To select (a pitcher); to assign a pitcher to a given role (such as starter or reliever).
- (martial arts) To lift or unbalance one’s opponent and then bring him back down to the ground, especially into a position behind the thrower.
- (transitive) To show sudden emotion, especially anger.
- (transitive, informal) To confuse or mislead.
- (transitive, figuratively) To send hastily or desperately.
- (transitive) To imprison.
- (transitive, ceramics) To make (a pot) by shaping clay as it turns on a wheel.
- (transitive, computing) To send (an error) to an exception-handling mechanism in order to interrupt normal processing.
- (transitive, veterinary medicine) Of animals: to give birth to (young).
- (American football) Synonym of pass.
- (transitive) To project or send forth.
- (transitive) To organize an event, especially a party.
- (transitive) To change (one’s voice) in order to give the illusion that the voice is that of someone else, or coming from a different place.
- (transitive) To install (a bridge).
- (transitive) To cause a certain number on the die or dice to be shown after rolling it.
- (transitive) To move to another position or condition; to displace.
- To put on hastily; to spread carelessly.
- (transitive) To eject or cause to fall off.
- (transitive, cricket, of a bowler) To deliver (the ball) illegally by straightening the bowling arm during delivery.
- (ambitransitive) To roll (a die or dice).
- (transitive) To hurl; to release (an object) with some force from one’s hands, an apparatus, etc. so that it moves rapidly through the air.
- (transitive, bridge) To discard.
- (sports, video games) To intentionally lose a game.
- (sports, transitive) (of a game where one’s role is throwing something) To perform in a specified way in (a match).
- (transitive, of a punch or boxing combination) To deliver.
noun
- the act of throwing (propelling something with a rapid movement of the arm and wrist)
- the maximum movement available to a pivoted or reciprocating piece by a cam
- a single chance or instance
- casting an object in order to determine an outcome randomly
- bedclothes consisting of a lightweight cloth covering (an afghan or bedspread) that is casually thrown over something
- (informal) A single instance, occurrence, venture, or chance.
- One’s ability to throw.
- The act of throwing something.
- (historical) A hand-operated lathe, especially a small lathe used by clockmakers.
- The flight of a thrown object.
- A distance travelled in general; displacement.
- Any of the projections integral to a crankshaft that receive or impart cranking motion from a connecting rod or similar component.
- (martial arts) A move in which one lifts or unbalances one’s opponent and then brings him down to the ground.
- A piece of fabric used to cover a bed, sofa or other soft furnishing.
- The distance travelled by something thrown.
verb
- to remove
- get rid of
- To fling away.
- To deduct from a price in order to compensate for problems.
- (backgammon) Synonym of bear off.
- (slang, Australia) To insult or verbally abuse (someone).
- To give forth in an unpremeditated manner.
- (informal, transitive) To remove (clothing) haphazardly and tossing it on the floor.
- (idiomatic) To confuse; especially, to lose a pursuer.
- To split off.
- (transitive) Of a horse, to eject its rider.
- To expel, reject, or renounce.
- (idiomatic) To introduce errors or inaccuracies; to skew.
noun
verb
- To isolate or remove from contact.
- To stop the provision or supply of something, e.g. power, water.
- To swerve in front of (another car) while driving.
- (Southern US) To turn off or switch off (an electrical device).
- To move so as to block someone else's movement in a direction.
- To end abruptly.
- To remove by cutting.
- (of a boundary) To exclude (something) from the field of view.
- To interrupt (someone speaking).
- To stop providing funds or something else to (someone).
- make a break in
- remove surgically
- remove by or as if by cutting
- cease, stop
- break a small piece off from
- cut off and stop
noun
adj
verb
- remove the shucks from
- (transitive) To remove (any outer covering).
- remove from the shell
- (dialectal, of a horse) To walk at a slow trot.
- (transitive, intransitive, slang) To fool; to hoax.
- (dialectal) To shake; shiver.
- (dialectal) To do hurriedly or in a restless way.
- (dialectal) To slither or slip, move about, wriggle.
- (computing, slang, transitive) To remove (an external hard drive or solid-state drive) from its casing so that it can be used inside another device.
- (transitive) To remove the shuck from (walnuts, oysters, etc.).
- (dialectal) To avoid; baffle, outwit, shirk.
noun
- material consisting of seed coverings and small pieces of stem or leaves that have been separated from the seeds
- (slang, African-American Vernacular) A fraud; a scam.
- The shell or husk, especially of grains (e.g. corn/maize) or nuts (e.g. walnuts).
- (slang) A phony.
- (European folklore) A supernatural and generally malevolent black dog in English folklore.
verb
noun
- A fit of immoderate laughter or merriment.
- (anatomy, immunology) In vertebrates, including humans, a ductless vascular gland, located in the left upper abdomen near the stomach, which destroys old red blood cells, removes debris from the bloodstream, acts as a reservoir of blood, and produces lymphocytes.
- a large dark-red oval organ on the left side of the body between the stomach and the diaphragm; produces cells involved in immune responses
- a feeling of resentful anger
verb
- (transitive) To remove.
- (transitive, cricket) To catch the ball; especially as a wicket-keeper and after the batsman has missed or edged it.
- (transitive) To carry or lead (something or someone).
- (of a plant, etc.) To begin to grow after being grafted or planted; to (literally or figuratively) take root, take hold.
- (transitive) To bind oneself by.
- (transitive) To ascertain or determine by measurement, examination or inquiry.
- (transitive) To avail oneself of; to exploit.
- (transitive) To cause to change to a specified state or condition.
- (transitive) To experience or feel.
- (transitive) To receive or accept (something) as payment or compensation.
- (reflexive) To go.
- (transitive) To obtain money from, especially by swindling.
- (transitive) To come upon or catch (in a particular state or situation).
- (intransitive, dialectal, proscribed) An intensifier.
- (transitive) To receive or accept (something, especially something which was given).
- (transitive) To assume and undertake the duties of (a job, an office, etc.).
- (transitive) To assume (a form).
- (transitive) To conclude or form (a decision or an opinion) in the mind.
- (transitive) To fill or require: to last or expend (an amount of time).
- (transitive) To exact.
- (transitive) To proceed to fill.
- (transitive) To accept and follow (advice, etc.).
- (transitive) To write down; to get in, or as if in, writing.
- (transitive, mathematics, computing) To accept (zero or more arguments).
- (transitive) To get into one's hands, possession, or control, with or without force.
- (of ink, dye, etc.) To adhere or be absorbed properly.
- (transitive) To adopt (select) as one's own.
- (transitive) To go into, through, or along.
- (transitive) To believe, to accept the statements of.
- (transitive) To seize or capture.
- (transitive) To participate in.
- (transitive) To suffer; to endure (a hardship or damage).
- (transitive, of a ship) To let in (water).
- (transitive, baseball) To decline to swing at (a pitched ball); to refrain from hitting at, and allow to pass.
- (transitive) To perform (a role).
- (transitive) To receive into some relationship.
- (transitive) To catch or contract (an illness, etc.).
- (transitive) To receive (medicine or drugs) into one's body, e.g. by inhalation or swallowing; to ingest.
- (transitive) To assume or suppose; to reckon; to regard or consider.
- (transitive) To pass (or attempt to pass) through or around.
- (intransitive, copulative) To become; to be affected in a specified way.
- (transitive, of a material) To absorb or be impregnated by (dye, ink, etc.); to be susceptible to being treated by (polish, etc.).
- (transitive) To accept, be given (rightly or wrongly), or assume (especially as if by right).
- (transitive) To obtain or receive regularly by (paid) subscription.
- (transitive, especially of a vehicle) To transport or carry; to convey to another place.
- (transitive) To use as a means of transportation.
- (transitive) To submit to; to endure (without ill humor, resentment, or physical failure).
- (transitive) To obtain for use by payment or lease.
- (of a mechanical device) To catch; to engage.
- (transitive) To appropriate or transfer into one's own possession, sometimes by physically carrying off.
- (transitive, of a path, road, etc.) To lead (to a place); to serve as a means of reaching.
- (transitive, grammar) To have to be used with (a certain grammatical form, etc.).
- (transitive) To undergo; to put oneself into, to be subjected to.
- (transitive) To practice; perform; execute; carry out; do.
- (transitive) To have sex with.
- (transitive) To derive (as a title); to obtain from a source.
- (transitive) To remove or end by death; to kill.
- (transitive) To subtract.
- Used in phrasal verbs: take in, take off, take on, take out, take to, take something to, take up.
- (transitive) To go or move into.
- (transitive) To fill, occupy, require, or use up (space).
- (transitive) To understand (especially in a specified way).
- (transitive) To select or choose; to pick.
- (transitive) To require (a person, resource or thing in order to achieve an outcome).
- (transitive) To grasp or grip.
- (transitive) To make (a photograph, film, or other reproduction of something).
- (transitive) To capture or win (a piece or trick) in a game.
- (transitive) To deal with.
- (transitive) To defeat (someone or something) in a fight.
- (transitive) To consider in a particular way, or to consider as an example.
- (transitive) To draw, derive, or deduce (a meaning from something).
- (transitive, Greece, Cyprus, informal) To buy.
- (intransitive) To engage, take hold or have effect.
- (transitive, intransitive, law) To receive or acquire (property) by law (e.g. as an heir).
- (transitive) To regard in a specified way.
- (intransitive) To get or accept (something) into one's possession.
- (transitive) To escort or conduct (a person).
- (transitive, now chiefly by enrolling in a class or course) To apply oneself to the study of.
- (transitive) To captivate or charm; to gain or secure the interest or affection of.
- (transitive) To have and use one's recourse to.
- (transitive) To catch or get possession of (fish or game).
- admit into a group or community
- take into consideration for exemplifying purposes
- assume, as of positions or roles
- take somebody somewhere
- experience or feel or submit to
- develop a habit; apply oneself to a practice or occupation
- receive or obtain regularly
- serve oneself to, or consume regularly
- take on a certain form, attribute, or aspect
- proceed along in a vehicle
- be a student of a certain subject
- be seized or affected in a specified way
- point or cause to go (blows, weapons, or objects such as photographic equipment) towards
- take something or somebody with oneself somewhere
- accept or undergo, often unwillingly
- ascertain or determine by measuring, computing or take a reading from a dial
- make use of or accept for some purpose
- remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract
- get into one's hands, take physically
- be stricken by an illness, fall victim to an illness
- travel or go by means of a certain kind of transportation, or a certain route
- be designed to hold or take
- take into one's possession
- have with oneself; have on one's person
- require (time or space)
- interpret something in a certain way; convey a particular meaning or impression
- obtain by winning
- lay claim to; as of an idea
- occupy or take on
- require as useful, just, or proper
- buy, select
- head into a specified direction
- make a film or photograph of something
- to get into a position of having, e.g., safety, comfort
- receive willingly something given or offered
- carry out
- pick out, select, or choose from a number of alternatives
- take as an undesirable consequence of some event or state of affairs
- engage for service under a term of contract
- conquer by force
- have sex with; archaic use
- be capable of holding or containing
noun
- Money that is taken in, (legal or illegal) proceeds, income; (in particular) profits; takings.
- (medicine) An instance of successful inoculation/vaccination.
- (film) A scene recorded (filmed) at one time, without an interruption or break; a recording of such a scene.
- (music) A recording of a musical performance made during an uninterrupted single recording period.
- (rugby, cricket) A catch of the ball (in cricket, especially one by the wicket-keeper).
- A visible (facial) response to something, especially something unexpected; a facial gesture in response to an event.
- (printing) The quantity of copy given to a compositor at one time.
- The or an act of taking.
- An approach, a (distinct) treatment.
- An interpretation or view, opinion or assessment; perspective; a statement expressing such a position.
- The or a quantity of fish, game animals or pelts, etc which have been taken at one time; catch.
- the act of photographing a scene or part of a scene without interruption
- the income or profit arising from such transactions as the sale of land or other property
verb
- (transitive) To remove.
- (intransitive) To become successful, to flourish.
- (ambitransitive) To absent oneself from (work or other responsibility), especially with permission.
- (intransitive) To depart.
- (transitive) To quantify.
- (surfing) To stand up on a surfboard and begin to surf a breaking wave.
- (usually transitive) To imitate (somebody), often in a satirical manner.
- (intransitive) To leave the ground and ascend into the air or into flight.
- prove fatal
- get started or set in motion, used figuratively
- remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract
- mimic or imitate in an amusing or satirical manner
- make a subtraction
- depart for someplace
- remove clothes or shoes
- take time off from work; stop working temporarily
- depart from the ground
noun
verb
verb
- remove from the surface
- make creamy by beating
- put on cream, as on one's face or body
- beat thoroughly and conclusively in a competition or fight
- add cream to one's coffee, for example
- (transitive) To puree, to blend with a liquifying process.
- (transitive, cooking) To rub, stir, or beat (butter) into a light creamy consistency.
- (transitive, vulgar, slang) To ejaculate in (clothing or a bodily orifice).
- (intransitive, vulgar, slang) To ejaculate (used of either gender).
- (transitive) To furnish with, or as if with, cream.
- (transitive, slang) To obliterate, to defeat decisively.
- (transitive) To turn a yellowish white color; to give something the color of cream.
- (intransitive) To gather or form cream.
- (transitive) To skim, or take off by skimming, as cream.
- (transitive, figurative) To take off the best or choicest part of.
noun
- toiletry consisting of any of various substances in the form of a thick liquid that have a soothing and moisturizing effect when applied to the skin
- the part of milk containing the butterfat
- the best people or things in a group
- (informal) Frosting, custard, creamer, or another substance similar to the oily part of milk or to whipped cream.
- (medicine) A viscous aqueous oil or fat emulsion with a medicament added, used to apply that medicament to the skin. (compare with ointment)
- (slang, vulgar) Semen.
- (standards of identity, UK) The liquid separated from milk containing at least 18 percent milkfat (48% for double cream).
- The butterfat or milkfat part of milk which rises to the top; this part when separated from the remainder.
- A dish prepared through creaming, particularly cream of
- (tea and coffee) A portion of cream, such as the amount found in a creamer.
- A yellowish white color; the color of cream.
- (standards of identity, US) The liquid separated from milk, possibly with certain other milk products added, and with at least eighteen percent of it milkfat.
- (figuratively) The best part of something.
adj
verb
- remove from the surface
- examine hastily
- read superficially
- move or pass swiftly and lightly over the surface of
- travel on the surface of water
- coat (a liquid) with a layer
- cause to skip over a surface
- (intransitive) To become coated over.
- To put on a finishing coat of plaster.
- (transitive) To scrape off; to remove (something) from a surface
- (transitive) To clear (a liquid) from scum or substance floating or lying on it, by means of a utensil that passes just beneath the surface.
- (intransitive) To pass lightly; to glide along in an even, smooth course; to glide along near the surface.
- To surreptitiously scan a payment card in order to obtain its information for fraudulent purposes.
- To steal money from a business before the transaction has been recorded, thus avoiding detection.
- (intransitive) To ricochet.
- (transitive) To clear a liquid from (scum or substance floating or lying on it), especially the cream that floats on top of fresh milk.
- (transitive) To throw an object so it bounces on water.
- To hasten along with superficial attention.
- (transitive) To pass near the surface of; to brush the surface of; to glide swiftly along the surface of.
- (transitive) To read quickly or describe summarily, skipping some detail.
adj
noun
verb
- free or remove obstruction from
- let off the hook
- grant relief or an exemption from a rule or requirement to
- grant freedom to; free from confinement
- relieve from
- make (information) available for publication
- remove or force out from a position
- release (gas or energy) as a result of a chemical reaction or physical decomposition
- part with a possession or right
- free from obligations or duties
- make (assets) available
- (transitive, programming) To relinquish (previously allocated memory) to the system.
- (transitive) To rid of something that confines or oppresses. [with from]
- (transitive) To make free; set at liberty; release.
adj
- completely wanting or lacking
- not fixed in position
- costing nothing
- not occupied or in use
- not held in servitude
- not taken up by scheduled activities
- not limited or hampered; not under compulsion or restraint
- not literal
- unconstrained or not chemically bound in a molecule or not fixed and capable of relatively unrestricted motion
- Without obligations.
- Not currently in use; not taken; unoccupied.
- (logic, of a variable) Unconstrained by quantifiers.
- To be enjoyed by anyone freely.
- (military) Of a rocket or missile: not under the control of a guidance system after being launched.
- Generous; liberal.
- Not imprisoned or enslaved.
- (botany, mycology) Not attached; loose.
- (category theory, of a functor F) Left adjoint to a forgetful functor G; such that any map f:X→G(A) induces a universal map ̄f:F(X)→A.
- (group theory, of a group) Having a set of generators which satisfy no non-trivial relations; equivalently, being the group of reduced words on a set of generators.
- (law) Privileged or individual; proprietary.
- (social) Unconstrained.
- Obtainable without any payment.
- (software) Intended for release, and omitting debugging diagnostics, as opposed to a checked version.
- (by extension, chiefly used in advertising) Complimentary.
- (of a government, country) Upholding individual rights.
- Unattached or uncombined.
- (US, slang, motor racing) Having oversteer.
- (category theory, of an object) Belonging to the image of some free functor.
- Unobstructed, without blockages.
- (software) With no or only freedom-preserving limitations on distribution or modification.
- Without; not containing (what is specified); exempt; clear; liberated.
- (commutative algebra, of a module) Having a linearly independent set of generators (called a basis).
- (programming) Unconstrained of identifiers, not bound.
- (linguistics) (of a morpheme) That can be used by itself, unattached to another morpheme.
noun
- people who are free
- (soccer) A free transfer.
- (hurling) The usual means of restarting play after a foul is committed, where the non-offending team restarts from where the foul was committed.
- (swimming, informal) Abbreviation of freestyle.
- (Australian rules football, Gaelic football) Abbreviation of free kick.
adv
verb
- remove from a surface
- raise in rank or condition
- take illegally
- take off or away by decreasing
- call to stop the hunt or to retire, as of hunting dogs
- perform cosmetic surgery on someone's face
- raise or haul up with or as if with mechanical help
- put an end to a situation
- move upwards
- rise upward, as from pressure or moisture
- remove (hair) by scalping
- move upward
- pay off (a mortgage)
- take (root crops) out of the ground
- cancel officially
- rise up
- invigorate or heighten
- raise from a lower to a higher position
- take hold of something and move it to a different location
- take without referencing from someone else's writing or speech; of intellectual property
- remove from a seedbed or from a nursery
- fly people or goods to or from places not accessible by other means
- make audible
- make off with belongings of others
- To collect, as moneys due; to raise.
- To try to raise something; to exert the strength for raising or bearing.
- (transitive, slang) To steal.
- To elevate or improve in rank, condition, etc.; often with up.
- (category theory, transitive) Given morphisms f and g with the same target: To produce a morphism which the given morphism factors through (i.e. a morphism h such that f=g∘h; cf. lift n.etymology 1 18)
- (transitive) To cause to move upwards.
- (transitive, slang) To source directly without acknowledgement; to plagiarise.
- (ambitransitive) To raise or rise.
- (transitive, slang) To arrest (a person).
- (intransitive, especially Scotland) To disperse, to break up.
- (finance) To buy a security or other asset previously offered for sale.
- (transitive) To remove (a ban, restriction, etc.).
- (programming) To transform (a function) into a corresponding function in a different context.
- (hunting, transitive) To take (hounds) off the existing scent and move them to another spot.
- (transitive) To alleviate, to lighten (pressure, tension, stress, etc.)
- (informal, intransitive) To lift weights; to weight-lift.
noun
- the act of giving temporary assistance
- a wave that lifts the surface of the water or ground
- transportation of people or goods by air (especially when other means of access are unavailable)
- the act of raising something
- one of the layers forming the heel of a shoe or boot
- the component of the aerodynamic forces acting on an airfoil that opposes gravity
- a powered conveyance that carries skiers up a hill
- the event of something being raised upward
- a ride in a car
- plastic surgery to remove wrinkles and other signs of aging from your face; an incision is made near the hair line and skin is pulled back and excess tissue is excised
- lifting device consisting of a platform or cage that is raised and lowered mechanically in a vertical shaft in order to move people from one floor to another in a building
- a device worn in a shoe or boot to make the wearer look taller or to correct a shortened leg
- An act of lifting or raising.
- (measurement) The difference in elevation between the upper pool and lower pool of a waterway, separated by lock.
- (UK dialectal, chiefly Scotland) The sky; the heavens; firmament; atmosphere.
- (shoemaking) A layer of leather in the heel of a shoe.
- The amount or weight to be lifted.
- A rise; a degree of elevation.
- (historical slang) A thief.
- (UK, Australia, New Zealand, India, puristic elsewhere) Mechanical device for vertically transporting goods or people between floors in a building.
- (engineering) One of the steps of a cone pulley.
- (figurative) An improvement in mood.
- (UK dialectal, chiefly Scotland) Air.
- The space or distance through which anything is lifted.
- (nautical) A rope leading from the masthead to the extremity of a yard below, and used for raising or supporting the end of the yard.
- An upward force; especially, the force (generated by wings, rotary wings, or airfoils) that keeps aircraft aloft.
- (category theory) A morphism which some given morphism factors through; i.e. given a pair of morphisms f:X→Y and g:Z→Y, a morphism h such that f=g∘h. (In this case h is said to be a lift of f via Z or via g).
- Permanent construction with a built-in platform that is lifted vertically.
- (horology) That portion of the vibration of a balance during which the impulse is given.
- (broadcasting) A shorter extract from a commercial/advertisement, able to be used on its own.
- (dance) The lifting of a dance partner into the air.
- A liftgate.
- The act of transporting someone in a vehicle; a ride; a trip.
verb
- remove while making clean
- remove all contents or possession from, or empty completely
- clean and tidy up the house
- clean one's body or parts thereof, as by washing
- make clean by removing dirt, filth, or unwanted substances from
- be cleanable
- remove shells or husks from
- remove unwanted substances from, such as feathers or pits
- remove unwanted substances from
- deprive wholly of money in a gambling game, robbery, etc.
- (manga fandom slang) To purge a raw of any blemishes caused by the scanning process such as brown tinting and poor color contrast.
- (slang) To beat, to thrash; to defeat.
- (intransitive) To make things clean in general.
- (transitive) To tidy up, make a place neat.
- (transitive, computing) To remove unnecessary files, etc. from (a directory, etc.).
- (intransitive, curling) To brush the ice lightly in front of a moving rock to remove any debris and ensure a correct line; less vigorous than a sweep.
- (transitive, climbing) To remove equipment from a climbing route after it was previously lead climbed.
- (video games) Synonym of clean up.
- (transitive) To remove guts and/or scales of a butchered animal.
- (transitive) To remove dirt from a place or object.
adj
- thorough and without qualification
- (of a record) having no marks of discredit or offense
- ritually clean or pure
- free of restrictions or qualifications
- free from clumsiness; precisely or deftly executed
- free from impurities
- (of a surface) not written or printed on
- (of a manuscript) having few alterations or corrections
- exhibiting or calling for sportsmanship or fair play
- free of drugs
- (of sound or color) free from anything that dulls or dims
- morally pure
- free from sepsis or infection
- free from dirt or impurities; or having clean habits
- not carrying concealed weapons
- without difficulties or problems
- (of behavior or especially language) free from objectionable elements; fit for all observers
- not spreading pollution or contamination; especially radioactive contamination
- Free from that which is useless or injurious; without defects.
- Utter, complete, total; pure; free from restraint.
- (informal) Cool or neat.
- Empty.
- (aviation) Having the undercarriage and flaps in the up position.
- Pure, especially morally or religiously.
- Free of dirt, filth, or impurities (extraneous matter); not dirty, filthy, or soiled.
- (informal) Devoid of profanity.
- Free of infiltration by covert listening or recording devices (bugs), enemy spies, etc.
- Free of contamination, (unwanted) germs, infection, or disease.
- Well-proportioned; shapely.
- (sports, for example, professional wrestling, slang) Of a victory or performance: without any blemishes such as submission holds, disqualification, interference, etc.
- In an unmarked condition; blank.
- That does not damage the environment (as much as some alternative).
- (aerodynamics) Allowing an uninterrupted flow over surfaces, without protrusions such as racks or landing gear.
- Free from (or showing no signs of) corrupt, unlawful, and/or sinister conduct or connections (and (of criminal, driving, etc. records) therefore without restrictions or penalties).
- (informal) Not in possession of weapons or contraband such as drugs.
- Devoid of sexually transmitted diseases (STDs).
- (climbing, of a route) Ascended without falling.
- (of metal) Having relatively few impurities.
- Not using drugs or alcohol.
- Smooth, exact, and performed well.
noun
- a weightlift in which the barbell is lifted to shoulder height and then jerked overhead
- (in the plural, metal music) Clear vocals, contrasted with death growls and screams.
- (weightlifting) The first part of the event clean and jerk in which the weight is brought from the ground to the shoulders.
- Removal of dirt.
adv
verb
- eliminate
- empty (as of tobacco) by knocking out
- overwhelm with admiration
- knock unconscious or senseless
- destroy or break forcefully
- (transitive) To eliminate from a contest or similar.
- (intransitive, informal, idiomatic) To fall asleep, especially suddenly.
- (transitive) To communicate (a message) by knocking.
- (transitive, idiomatic) To cause a mechanism to become non-functional by damaging or destroying it.
- (transitive, slang) To defeat or kill (someone).
- (transitive, informal, idiomatic) To exhaust.
- (transitive, informal) To complete, especially in haste; knock off.
- (transitive, informal, idiomatic) To impress, surpass or overwhelm (someone).
- (transitive, informal, idiomatic) To put to sleep.
- (transitive, slang, UK) To sell.
- (transitive) To strike or bump (someone or something) out.
- (transitive, Australia) To obtain or earn (something, often money or food).
- To lose the scent of hounds in fox-hunting.
- (transitive, idiomatic) To render unconscious, as by a blow to the head.
verb
adj
noun
- (in Polynesia) Something which may not be used, approached or mentioned because it is sacred.
- An inhibition or ban that results from social custom or emotional aversion.
- an inhibition or ban resulting from social custom or emotional aversion
- a prejudice (especially in Polynesia and other South Pacific islands) that prohibits the use or mention of something because of its sacred nature
verb
- To remove something, either material or abstract, so that a person no longer has it.
- To remove a person, usually a family member or other close friend or acquaintance, by kidnapping or killing the person.
- (of a person) To make someone leave a place and go somewhere else. Usually not with the person's consent.
- (of a person) To prevent, or limit, someone from being somewhere, or from doing something.
- To remove something and put it in a different place.
- To subtract or diminish something.
- To leave a memory or impression in one's mind that you think about later.
- take from a person or place
- take out or remove
- remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract
- take away a part from; diminish
- remove from a certain place, environment, or mental or emotional state; transport into a new location or state
- get rid of something abstract
- buy and consume food from a restaurant or establishment that sells prepared food
noun
prep
verb
noun
- (UK) Someone who ousts.
- (now chiefly US) The forceful removal of a politician or regime from power; a coup; an ousting.
- (property law) Action by a cotenant that prevents another cotenant from enjoying the use of jointly owned property.
- (historical) A putting out of possession; dispossession; ejection.
- a person who ousts or supplants someone else
- the act of ejecting someone or forcing them out
- a wrongful dispossession
verb
noun
- A complete version of a recording or film that is dropped in favour of another version, reject.
- An opening for outward discharge; a vent.
- A portion of a recording (a take) that is not included in the final version of a film or a musical album, often because it contains a mistake.
- a scene that is filmed but is not used in the final editing of the film
verb
- remove from its shell or outer covering
- use explosives on
- create by using explosives
- fall out of the pod or husk
- come out better in a competition, race, or conflict
- look for and collect shells by the seashore
- remove the husks from
- hit the pitches of hard and regularly
- (topology) To form a shelling.
- To form shallow, irregular cracks (in a coating).
- (computing, intransitive) To switch to a shell or command line.
- (cricket, slang, transitive) To drop (the ball).
- (intransitive) To cast the shell, or exterior covering; to fall out of the pod or husk.
- (intransitive) To fall off, as a shell, crust, etc.
- (informal) To disburse or give up money, to pay. (Often used with out).
- To bombard, to fire projectiles at, especially with artillery.
- To remove the outer covering or shell of something.
noun
- a rigid covering that envelops an object
- the hard largely calcareous covering of a mollusc or a brachiopod
- a metal sheathing of uniform thickness (such as the shield attached to an artillery piece to protect the gunners)
- the hard usually fibrous outer layer of some fruits especially nuts
- hard outer covering or case of certain organisms such as arthropods and turtles
- the housing or outer covering of something
- the exterior covering of a bird's egg
- a very light narrow racing boat
- ammunition consisting of a cylindrical metal casing containing an explosive charge and a projectile; fired from a large gun
- the material that forms the hard outer covering of many animals
- The covering, or outside part, of a nut.
- (architecture) Any slight hollow structure; a framework, or exterior structure, regarded as not complete or filled in, as the shell of a house.
- The hard calcareous covering of a bird egg.
- A garment, usually worn by women, such as a shirt, blouse, or top, with short sleeves or no sleeves, that often fastens in the rear.
- (nautical, rigging) The outer frame or case of a block within which the sheaves revolve.
- (nautical) The watertight outer covering of the hull of a vessel, often made with planking or metal plating.
- A concave rough cast-iron tool in which a convex lens is ground to shape.
- (figuratively) The empty outward form of someone or something.
- (music) A string instrument, as a lyre, whose acoustical chamber is formed like a shell.
- In formal debating, a set of proposed rules to be followed, with set penalties for violating them.
- A psychological barrier to social interaction.
- (figuratively) The outward form independent of what is inside.
- (British, education) One or more school grades within secondary education, at certain public schools.
- The thin coating of copper on an electrotype.
- (chemistry) A set of atomic orbitals that have the same principal quantum number.
- (music) The body of a drum; the often wooden, often cylindrical acoustic chamber, with or without rims added for tuning and for attaching the drum head.
- One of the outer layers of skin of an onion.
- An engraved copper roller used in print works.
- The calcareous or chitinous external covering of mollusks, crustaceans, and some other invertebrates.
- The conjoined scutes that constitute the "shell" (carapace) of a tortoise or turtle.
- (UK, slang) A person's ear.
- (geology) The accreted mineral formed around a hollow geode.
- An emaciated person.
- (nautical) A light boat whose frame is covered with thin wood, impermeable fabric, or water-proofed paper; a racing shell or dragon boat.
- (computing) An operating system software user interface, whose primary purpose is to launch other programs and control their interactions; the user's command interpreter. Shell is a way to separate the internal complexity of the implementation of the command from the user. The internals can change while the user experience/interface remains the same.
- (weaponry) A hollow, usually spherical or cylindrical projectile fired from a siege mortar or a smoothbore cannon. It contains an explosive substance designed to be ignited by a fuse or by percussion at the target site so that it will burst and scatter at high velocity its contents and fragments. Formerly called a bomb.
- (business) A legal entity that has no operations.
- (in the plural) Husks of cacao seeds, a decoction of which is sometimes used as a substitute or adulterant for cocoa and its products such as chocolate.
- (by extension) Any mollusk having such a covering.
- (figuratively) A person otherwise diminished.
- The overlapping hard plates comprising the armor covering the armadillo's body.
- (weaponry) The casing of a self-contained single-unit artillery projectile.
- (weaponry) The cartridge of a breechloading firearm; a load; a bullet; a round.
- (phonology) The onset and coda of a syllable.
- A coarse or flimsy coffin; a thin interior coffin enclosed within a more substantial one.
- A pod containing the seeds of certain plants, such as the legume Phaseolus vulgaris.
- An unmarked vehicle for carrying corpses from a crime scene.
- (entomology) The exoskeleton or wing covers of certain insects.
- (engineering) A gouge bit or shell bit.
verb
- remove from sight
- (transitive) To tidy up, to remove mess or obstacles from a place to make it neat.
- (transitive, figuratively) To dispose of, to get rid of, to remove.
- (intransitive) To leave, disappear.
- (nautical, transitive) To prepare some object for use by removing obstacles, untying or unfastening it.
adj
- Disparaging.
- (usually with to) Tending to derogate:
- (law, of a clause in a testament) Being or pertaining to a derogatory clause.
- Lessening the worth of (a person, etc); expressing derogation; insulting.
- Reducing the power or value of (a governmental body, etc); detracting from.
- expressive of low opinion