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- The space beyond some limit or boundary.
- The side of a curved road, racetrack etc. that has the longer arc length; the side of a racetrack furthest from the interior of the course or some other point of reference.
- The furthest limit, as to number, quantity, extent, etc.
- (surfing) The outer part of the sea, away from the peak of a wave.
- The part of a road towards the central division: towards the right if one drives on the left, or towards the left if one drives on the right.
- The external appearance of someone or something.
- The part of something that faces out; the outer surface.
- the outer side or surface of something
- the region that is outside of something
adj
- (baseball, of a pitch) Away (far) from the batter as it crosses home plate.
- Of, pertaining to or originating from beyond the outer surface, limit or boundary.
- Reaching the extreme or farthest limit, as to extent, quantity, etc; maximum.
- Extending or going beyond the borders or scope of an organization, group, etc.
- (chiefly UK) Positioned towards the central division of a road: towards the right-hand side if one drives on the left, or left-hand side if one drives on the right.
- (chiefly US) Positioned towards the shoulder of a road: towards the left-hand side if one drives on the left, or right-hand side if one drives on the right.
- Originating from, arranged by, or being someone outside an organization, group, etc.
- (of a person) Not legally married to or related to (e.g. not born in wedlock to), and/or not residing with, a specified other person (parent, child, or partner); (of a marriage, relationship, etc) existing between two such people. (Compare out of wedlock, nonresidential.)
- Away from the interior or center of something.
- Of or pertaining to the outer surface, limit or boundary.
- from or between other countries
- relating to or being on or near the outer side or limit
- on or toward an outer edge
- unlikely to occur
- coming from the outside
- originating or belonging beyond some bounds
- functioning outside the boundaries or precincts of an organized unit
- leading to or from the outside
- located, suited for, or taking place in the open air
- (of a baseball pitch) on the far side of home plate from the batter
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adj
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- One who roams without any settled direction.
- A migratory animal found away from its usual range.
- Someone who goes against the direct or proper course, or from the company to which they belong.
- A roving vagabond.
- One who falls behind the rest, for example in a race.
- Something that shoots, or spreads out, beyond the rest, or too far; an exuberant growth.
- Something that stands alone or by itself.
- someone who strays or falls behind
verb
- (transitive) To go too far beyond (a limit); especially, to cross boundaries or exceed norms or conventions.
- pass beyond (limits or boundaries)
- To move with a gait such that the hind foot touches the ground forward of the point where the front foot touches the ground.
- To take a step in which the foot touches ground too far forward.
- be superior or better than some standard
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verb
noun
- (countable) The amount by which something goes too far.
- (countable, uncountable, typography, design) The portion of a letter extending above the capline of other letters of the same font, or the relative degree of such extent.
- (countable, uncountable, ecology) The situation where the population of a species exceeds its environment's carrying capacity.
- an approach that fails and gives way to another attempt
verb
- (intransitive) To wander from company or outside proper limits; to rove or roam at large; to go astray.
- (intransitive) To wander, as from a direct course; to deviate, or go out of the way.
- (intransitive) To wander from the path of duty or rectitude; to err.
- (transitive) To cause to stray; lead astray.
- move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment
- wander from a direct course or at random
- lose clarity or turn aside especially from the main subject of attention or course of argument in writing, thinking, or speaking
adj
noun
- (BDSM) A submissive that has not committed to submit to any particular dominant, particulary in petplay.
- (radio) An instance of atmospheric interference.
- (literally or figuratively) A person who is lost.
- (slang) A casual or offhand insult.
- Ellipsis of stray bullet.
- (historical) An area of common land for use by domestic animals.
- Any domestic animal that lacks an enclosure, proper place, or company, but that instead wanders at large or is lost; an estray.
- An act of wandering off or going astray.
- an animal that has strayed (especially a domestic animal)
verb
- stretch to the limits
- torment emotionally or mentally
- go at a rack
- work on a rack
- fly in high wind
- seize together, as of parallel ropes of a tackle in order to prevent running through the block
- place in a rack
- put on a rack and pinion
- torture on the rack
- run before a gale
- draw off from the lees
- obtain by coercion or intimidation
- (structural engineering) To tend to shear a structure (that is, force it to bend, lean, or move in different directions at different points).
- (nautical) To bind together, as two ropes, with cross turns of yarn, marline, etc.
- (slang, transitive) To strike in the testicles.
- To fly, as vapour or broken clouds.
- (figurative) To stretch or strain; to harass, or oppress by extortion.
- To cause (someone) to suffer pain.
- (of a horse) To amble fast, causing a rocking or swaying motion of the body; to pace.
- (slang) To shoplift (especially in a megastore), often by taking off of a rack.
- (billiards, snooker, pool) To put the balls into the triangular rack and set them in place on the table.
- (firearms) To (manually) load (a round of ammunition) from the magazine or belt into firing position in an automatic or semiautomatic firearm.
- To place in or hang on a rack.
- (firearms) To move the slide bar on a shotgun in order to chamber the next round.
- To torture (someone) on the rack.
- (mining) To wash (metals, ore, etc.) on a rack.
- (brewing) To clarify, and thereby deter further fermentation of, beer, wine or cider by draining or siphoning it from the dregs.
- (by extension) To take that which belongs to another, without regard of right or permission.
- To drive; move; go forward rapidly; stir.
noun
- an instrument of torture that stretches or disjoints or mutilates victims
- a form of torture in which pain is inflicted by stretching the body
- rib section of a forequarter of veal or pork or especially lamb or mutton
- the destruction or collapse of something
- a support for displaying or holding various articles
- a rapid gait of a horse in which each foot strikes the ground separately
- (slang, vulgar) A woman's breasts.
- (billiards, snooker) A hollow triangle used for aligning the balls at the start of a game.
- (climbing, slang) A climber's set of equipment for setting up protection and belays, consisting of runners, slings, carabiners, nuts, Friends, etc.
- (nautical) A piece or frame of wood, having several sheaves, through which the running rigging passes.
- A fast amble.
- A series of one or more shelves, stacked one above the other.
- A cranequin, a mechanism including a rack, pinion and pawl, providing both mechanical advantage and a ratchet, used to bend and cock a crossbow.
- A distaff.
- (algebra) A set with a distributive binary operation whose action on the set is invertible.
- A grate on which bacon is laid.
- Thin, flying, broken clouds, or any portion of floating vapour in the sky.
- (slang, especially nautical) A bunk.
- Alternative form of arak.
- (nautical, by extension, slang, uncountable) Sleep.
- (mechanical engineering, rail transport) A bar with teeth on its face or edge, to work with those of a gearwheel, pinion, or worm, which is to drive or be driven by it.
- (gambling) A plastic tray used for holding and moving chips.
- A set of antlers (as on deer, moose or elk).
- (climbing, caving) A friction device for abseiling, consisting of a frame with five or more metal bars, around which the rope is threaded.
- A cut of meat involving several adjacent ribs.
- (slang) A thousand dollars, especially if the proceeds are from a crime.
- Any of various kinds of frame for holding luggage or other objects on a vehicle or vessel.
- (historical) A device, incorporating a ratchet, used to torture victims by stretching them beyond their natural limits.
- (mechanical engineering) A bar with teeth on its face or edge, to work with a pawl as a ratchet allowing movement in one direction only, used for example in a handbrake or crossbow.
prefix
- To or on the other side of, beyond; outside of.
- Transgender or transsexual, or pertaining to those who are transgender or transsexual.
- (physical chemistry) A compound in which two atoms or groups are situated on opposite sides of some plane of symmetry passing through the compound. (Also used without the hyphen as an adjective; see trans.)
- Extending across, through, or over.
noun
- the action of going beyond or overstepping some boundary or limit
- An act that goes beyond generally accepted boundaries.
- the spreading of the sea over land as evidenced by the deposition of marine strata over terrestrial strata
- the act of transgressing; the violation of a law or a duty or moral principle
- A violation of a law, duty or commandment.
- (geology) A relative rise in sea level resulting in deposition of marine strata over terrestrial strata.
prefix
- beyond
- adjacent, next to
- avoiding or avoidant
- resembling
- around, surrounding
- incorrect
- (organic chemistry) In isomeric benzene derivatives, having the two substituents in opposite (1,4) positions (compare ortho- and meta-)
- across, through, throughout
- abnormal
- above, over
- opposite of, on the far side of
- near
- disability sport
- false
- between
- beside, alongside
- unrecognized, unauthorized, or unsanctioned
- parachute
- related or pertaining to
- affecting or concerning lower body
verb
- (intransitive) To wander without any particular aim or purpose.
- (intransitive) To be engaged exploring in any of the above senses.
- (transitive) To travel somewhere in search of discovery.
- (transitive) To examine or investigate something systematically.
- (transitive) To seek sexual variety, to sow one's wild oats.
- (transitive) To (seek) experience first hand.
- (intransitive, medicine) To examine diagnostically.
- inquire into
- inquire into a subject in detail
- travel to or penetrate into
- examine (organs) for diagnostic purposes
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- (intransitive) To stray, rove, or wander from a normal course and others of its kind.
- (intransitive) To act in a disorderly and irregular way.
- To move along slowly so as to remain some distance behind the person or people in front.
- go, come, or spread in a rambling or irregular way
- wander from a direct or straight course
verb
- (intransitive) To roam, or wander about at random, especially over a wide area.
- To plough into ridges by turning the earth of two furrows together.
- (transitive) To card wool or other fibres.
- simple past of reeve
- simple past of rive
- To twist slightly; to bring together, as slivers of wool or cotton, and twist slightly before spinning.
- To draw through an eye or aperture.
- To practice robbery on the seas; to voyage about on the seas as a pirate.
- (transitive) To roam or wander through.
- move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment
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- Beyond; on the other side.
- Physically over; on top of; worn on top of, said of clothing.
- (figuratively) Higher than; superior to in any respect; surpassing; higher in measure, degree, volume, or pitch, etc. than; out of reach; not exposed to; not likely to be affected by; incapable of negative actions or thoughts.
- Rising; appearing out of reach height-wise.
- Too proud to stoop to; averse to; disinclined towards;
- In or to a higher place; higher than; on or over the upper surface.
- Higher in rank, status, or position.
- Farther north than.
- (Scotland) In addition to; besides.
- (theater) Upstage of.
- Surpassing in number or quantity; more than.
- In preference to.
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adv
- Higher in rank, power, or position.
- (biology) On the upper half or the dorsal surface of an animal.
- Into or from heaven; in the sky.
- In a higher place; upstairs; farther upstream.
- Above zero; above freezing.
- Higher in the same page; earlier in the order as far as writing products go.
- Directly overhead; vertically on top of.
- More in number.
- (in writing) at an earlier place
- in or to a place that is higher
noun
noun
- someone who can find paths through unexplored territory
- something that offers basic information or instruction
- a structure or marking that serves to direct the motion or positioning of something
- someone employed to conduct others
- a model or standard for making comparisons
- someone who shows the way by leading or advising
- Synonym of legend, a key to symbols, abbreviations, and terms on a map, chart, etc.
- Someone who guides, especially someone hired to show people around a place or an institution and offer information and explanation, or to lead them through dangerous terrain.
- A document or book that offers information or instruction; guidebook.
- A sign that guides people; guidepost.
- A grooved director for a probe or knife in surgery.
- A blade or channel for directing the flow of water to the buckets in a water wheel.
- (occult) A spirit believed to speak through a medium.
- (military) A member of a group marching in formation who sets the pattern of movement or alignment for the rest.
- Any marking or object that catches the eye to provide quick reference.
verb
- direct the course; determine the direction of travelling
- take somebody somewhere
- be a guiding or motivating force or drive
- use as a guide
- pass over, across, or through
- To serve as a guide for someone or something; to lead or direct in a way; to conduct in a course or path.
- To steer or navigate, especially a ship or as a pilot.
- To supervise the education or training of someone.
- To exert control or influence over someone or something.
- (intransitive) To act as a guide.
noun
- someone who can find paths through unexplored territory
- One who discovers or makes a new path or way through an untraversed region.
- (finance) Ellipsis of pathfinder prospectus.
- (botany) Synonym of honey guide.
- (figurative) One who is the first to do something in a particular field; an innovator, a pioneer.
noun
- someone who can find paths through unexplored territory
- a person employed to keep watch for some anticipated event
- someone employed to discover and recruit talented persons (especially in the worlds of entertainment or sports)
- (informal) A term of address for a man or boy.
- (Oxford University, modern) A housekeeper or domestic cleaner, generally female, employed by one of the constituent colleges of Oxford University to clean rooms; generally equivalent to a modern bedder at Cambridge University.
- The guillemot.
- (historical, UK, up until 1920s) A fighter aircraft.
- A member of any number of youth organizations belonging to the international scout movement, such as the Boy Scouts of America or Girl Scouts of the United States.
- (radiography) A preliminary image that allows the technician to make adjustments before the actual diagnostic images.
- (UK, cricket) A fielder in a game for practice.
- (Oxford University, Harvard University, Yale University, historical) A domestic servant, generally male, who would attend (usually several) students in a variety of ways, including cleaning; generally equivalent to a gyp at Cambridge University or a skip at Trinity College, Dublin.
- A person employed to monitor rivals' activities in the petroleum industry.
- A person who assesses or recruits others; especially, one who identifies promising talent on behalf of a sports team.
- A person sent out to gather and bring back information; especially, one employed in war to gain information about the enemy and ground.
- An act of scouting or reconnoitering.
verb
- explore, often with the goal of finding something or somebody
- (transitive) To reject the ideas or beliefs of (a person).
- (Scotland) To pour forth a liquid forcibly, especially excrement; to cause a liquid to gush.
- (transitive, intransitive) To explore a wide terrain, as if on a search.
- (intransitive) To scoff.
- (transitive) To reject with contempt.
- (transitive) To observe, watch, or look for, as a scout; to follow for the purpose of observation, as a scout.
adj
noun
noun
- One who explores something
- (computing, graphical user interface) A visual representation of a file system etc. through which the user can navigate.
- A person who by means of travel (notably an expedition) searches out new information.
- Any of various hand tools, with sharp points, used in dentistry.
- someone who travels into little known regions (especially for some scientific purpose)
noun
verb
adj
- Situated beyond, or on the farther side.
- Being intentionally concealed so as to deceive.
- Beyond what is obvious or evident.
- beyond or outside an area of immediate interest; remote
- coming at a subsequent time or stage
- lying beyond what is openly revealed or avowed (especially being kept in the background or deliberately concealed)
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- (intransitive) To wander or travel freely and with no specific destination.
- (intransitive, computing, telecommunications) To use a network or service from different locations or devices.
- (transitive) To range or wander over.
- (transitive, computing, telecommunications) To transmit (resources) between different locations or devices, to allow comparable usage from any of them.
- move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment
verb
- (transitive) To undertake a risky or daring journey.
- (transitive) To put or send on a venture or chance.
- (transitive) To confide in; to rely on; to trust.
- (transitive) To risk or offer.
- (intransitive, with at or on) To dare to engage in; to attempt without any certainty of success.
- (transitive) To say something; to offer an opinion.
- proceed somewhere despite the risk of possible dangers
- put forward, of a guess, in spite of possible refutation
- put at risk
noun
- A risky or daring undertaking or journey.
- The thing risked; especially, something sent to sea in trade.
- An event that is not, or cannot be, foreseen.
- a commercial undertaking that risks a loss but promises a profit
- any venturesome undertaking especially one with an uncertain outcome
- an investment that is very risky but could yield great profits
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- The act of deviating; wandering off the correct or true path or road.
- A departure from the correct way of acting.
- (metrology) The signed difference between a value and its reference value.
- (statistics) For interval variables and ratio variables, a measure of difference between the observed value and the mean.
- (contract law) The voluntary and unnecessary departure of a ship from, or delay in, the regular and usual course of the specific voyage insured, thus releasing the underwriters from their responsibility.
- (Absolute Deviation) The shortest distance between the center of the target and the point where a projectile hits or bursts.
- A detour in a road or railway.
- (aviation) A detour to one side of the originally-planned flightpath (for instance, to avoid weather); the act of making such a detour.
- The state or result of having deviated; a transgression; an act of sin; an error; an offense.
- the difference between an observed value and the expected value of a variable or function
- a turning aside (of your course or attention or concern)
- deviate behavior
- a variation that deviates from the standard or norm
- the error of a compass due to local magnetic disturbances
verb
adj
- (UK, slang) Being out of the ordinary; unusual or unexpected; odd, strange, bizarre.
- (statistics) Involving an outcome which is impossible to predict, but which may be represented by a probability distribution; in the ideal case, involving outcomes which are equally likely.
- (computing) Pseudorandom; mimicking the result of random selection.
- (informal) Selected for no particular reason; arbitrary; unspecified.
- Occurring for no particular reason; haphazard, unpredictable.
- (informal) Of a person: characterized by or often saying random things; habitually using non sequiturs.
- (informal) Being (part of) a varied, unrelated, and apparently arbitrary collection of things; diverse, heterogeneous.
- (informal) Apropos of nothing; lacking context, relevance, or any connection to the previous situation; unexpected.
- lacking any definite plan or order or purpose; governed by or depending on chance
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verb
prefix
- Beyond, meta, transcending.
- (biology) Relating to epigenetics.
- Upon, atop, directly on top of in terms of position.
- Front or anterior in position.
- Entirety, a system being referred to as a whole.
- Mapping onto, passing along, resolving to.
- Upwards in direction or growth.
- Overlapping in position.
- Outside of in position.
- Secondary: a consequence, by-product, additional, or lesser version.
- Located on the surface.
- (chemistry) Denotes an epimeric form.
- (biology) Epidemiology
- Covering: the root entity is covered.
- After in time.
- (zoology) Epibiotic: an organism that lives on another organism.
- Near in position.
- Similar, in the same form of, resembling.
- Surrounding in position: the edges of the root entity.
- Top: a part that is positioned at the uppermost of multiple levels.
- Above in location or position.
- Outward in direction or projection.
- More, above a usual quantity, additional in quantity.
- A part or segment that is located on the upper part of an object.
- A part or location that is outer, particularly an outer layer.
- Outranked, above in rank.
- Shallow in depth.
verb
- pass beyond (limits or boundaries)
- spread over land, especially along a subsiding shoreline
- commit a sin; violate a law of God or a moral law
- act in disregard of laws, rules, contracts, or promises
- (intransitive, construed with against) To commit an offense; to sin.
- (intransitive, of the sea) To spread over land along a shoreline; to inundate.
- (transitive) To exceed or overstep some limit or boundary.
- (transitive) To act in violation of some law.
verb
- pass beyond (limits or boundaries)
- make excessive use of
- commit a sin; violate a law of God or a moral law
- break the law
- enter unlawfully on someone's property
- (law) To enter someone else's property illegally.
- (transitive, law, especially New Zealand) To subject [someone] to a trespass notice, formally notifying them that they are prohibited from entry to a property, such that any current or future presence there will constitute trespass, (especially) criminal trespass
- (intransitive) To go too far; to put someone to inconvenience by demand or importunity; to intrude.
noun
noun
- The process of exploring.
- The process of penetrating, or ranging over for purposes of (especially geographical) discovery.
- The (pre-)mining process of finding and determining commercially viable ore deposits (after prospecting), also called mineral exploration.
- (medicine) A physical examination of a patient.
- a systematic consideration
- a careful systematic search
- to travel for the purpose of discovery
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adj
verb
noun
- One who roams without any settled direction.
- A migratory animal found away from its usual range.
- Someone who goes against the direct or proper course, or from the company to which they belong.
- A roving vagabond.
- One who falls behind the rest, for example in a race.
- Something that shoots, or spreads out, beyond the rest, or too far; an exuberant growth.
- Something that stands alone or by itself.
- someone who strays or falls behind
noun
- the action of going beyond or overstepping some boundary or limit
- An act that goes beyond generally accepted boundaries.
- the spreading of the sea over land as evidenced by the deposition of marine strata over terrestrial strata
- the act of transgressing; the violation of a law or a duty or moral principle
- A violation of a law, duty or commandment.
- (geology) A relative rise in sea level resulting in deposition of marine strata over terrestrial strata.
noun
verb
- (intransitive) To stray, rove, or wander from a normal course and others of its kind.
- (intransitive) To act in a disorderly and irregular way.
- To move along slowly so as to remain some distance behind the person or people in front.
- go, come, or spread in a rambling or irregular way
- wander from a direct or straight course
noun
- someone who can find paths through unexplored territory
- something that offers basic information or instruction
- a structure or marking that serves to direct the motion or positioning of something
- someone employed to conduct others
- a model or standard for making comparisons
- someone who shows the way by leading or advising
- Synonym of legend, a key to symbols, abbreviations, and terms on a map, chart, etc.
- Someone who guides, especially someone hired to show people around a place or an institution and offer information and explanation, or to lead them through dangerous terrain.
- A document or book that offers information or instruction; guidebook.
- A sign that guides people; guidepost.
- A grooved director for a probe or knife in surgery.
- A blade or channel for directing the flow of water to the buckets in a water wheel.
- (occult) A spirit believed to speak through a medium.
- (military) A member of a group marching in formation who sets the pattern of movement or alignment for the rest.
- Any marking or object that catches the eye to provide quick reference.
verb
- direct the course; determine the direction of travelling
- take somebody somewhere
- be a guiding or motivating force or drive
- use as a guide
- pass over, across, or through
- To serve as a guide for someone or something; to lead or direct in a way; to conduct in a course or path.
- To steer or navigate, especially a ship or as a pilot.
- To supervise the education or training of someone.
- To exert control or influence over someone or something.
- (intransitive) To act as a guide.
noun
- someone who can find paths through unexplored territory
- One who discovers or makes a new path or way through an untraversed region.
- (finance) Ellipsis of pathfinder prospectus.
- (botany) Synonym of honey guide.
- (figurative) One who is the first to do something in a particular field; an innovator, a pioneer.
noun
- someone who can find paths through unexplored territory
- a person employed to keep watch for some anticipated event
- someone employed to discover and recruit talented persons (especially in the worlds of entertainment or sports)
- (informal) A term of address for a man or boy.
- (Oxford University, modern) A housekeeper or domestic cleaner, generally female, employed by one of the constituent colleges of Oxford University to clean rooms; generally equivalent to a modern bedder at Cambridge University.
- The guillemot.
- (historical, UK, up until 1920s) A fighter aircraft.
- A member of any number of youth organizations belonging to the international scout movement, such as the Boy Scouts of America or Girl Scouts of the United States.
- (radiography) A preliminary image that allows the technician to make adjustments before the actual diagnostic images.
- (UK, cricket) A fielder in a game for practice.
- (Oxford University, Harvard University, Yale University, historical) A domestic servant, generally male, who would attend (usually several) students in a variety of ways, including cleaning; generally equivalent to a gyp at Cambridge University or a skip at Trinity College, Dublin.
- A person employed to monitor rivals' activities in the petroleum industry.
- A person who assesses or recruits others; especially, one who identifies promising talent on behalf of a sports team.
- A person sent out to gather and bring back information; especially, one employed in war to gain information about the enemy and ground.
- An act of scouting or reconnoitering.
verb
- explore, often with the goal of finding something or somebody
- (transitive) To reject the ideas or beliefs of (a person).
- (Scotland) To pour forth a liquid forcibly, especially excrement; to cause a liquid to gush.
- (transitive, intransitive) To explore a wide terrain, as if on a search.
- (intransitive) To scoff.
- (transitive) To reject with contempt.
- (transitive) To observe, watch, or look for, as a scout; to follow for the purpose of observation, as a scout.
noun
- One who explores something
- (computing, graphical user interface) A visual representation of a file system etc. through which the user can navigate.
- A person who by means of travel (notably an expedition) searches out new information.
- Any of various hand tools, with sharp points, used in dentistry.
- someone who travels into little known regions (especially for some scientific purpose)
noun
verb
noun
noun
verb
- (intransitive) To wander or travel freely and with no specific destination.
- (intransitive, computing, telecommunications) To use a network or service from different locations or devices.
- (transitive) To range or wander over.
- (transitive, computing, telecommunications) To transmit (resources) between different locations or devices, to allow comparable usage from any of them.
- move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment
noun
adv
prep
noun
- The act of deviating; wandering off the correct or true path or road.
- A departure from the correct way of acting.
- (metrology) The signed difference between a value and its reference value.
- (statistics) For interval variables and ratio variables, a measure of difference between the observed value and the mean.
- (contract law) The voluntary and unnecessary departure of a ship from, or delay in, the regular and usual course of the specific voyage insured, thus releasing the underwriters from their responsibility.
- (Absolute Deviation) The shortest distance between the center of the target and the point where a projectile hits or bursts.
- A detour in a road or railway.
- (aviation) A detour to one side of the originally-planned flightpath (for instance, to avoid weather); the act of making such a detour.
- The state or result of having deviated; a transgression; an act of sin; an error; an offense.
- the difference between an observed value and the expected value of a variable or function
- a turning aside (of your course or attention or concern)
- deviate behavior
- a variation that deviates from the standard or norm
- the error of a compass due to local magnetic disturbances
noun
- The process of exploring.
- The process of penetrating, or ranging over for purposes of (especially geographical) discovery.
- The (pre-)mining process of finding and determining commercially viable ore deposits (after prospecting), also called mineral exploration.
- (medicine) A physical examination of a patient.
- a systematic consideration
- a careful systematic search
- to travel for the purpose of discovery
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- The space beyond some limit or boundary.
- The side of a curved road, racetrack etc. that has the longer arc length; the side of a racetrack furthest from the interior of the course or some other point of reference.
- The furthest limit, as to number, quantity, extent, etc.
- (surfing) The outer part of the sea, away from the peak of a wave.
- The part of a road towards the central division: towards the right if one drives on the left, or towards the left if one drives on the right.
- The external appearance of someone or something.
- The part of something that faces out; the outer surface.
- the outer side or surface of something
- the region that is outside of something
adj
- (baseball, of a pitch) Away (far) from the batter as it crosses home plate.
- Of, pertaining to or originating from beyond the outer surface, limit or boundary.
- Reaching the extreme or farthest limit, as to extent, quantity, etc; maximum.
- Extending or going beyond the borders or scope of an organization, group, etc.
- (chiefly UK) Positioned towards the central division of a road: towards the right-hand side if one drives on the left, or left-hand side if one drives on the right.
- (chiefly US) Positioned towards the shoulder of a road: towards the left-hand side if one drives on the left, or right-hand side if one drives on the right.
- Originating from, arranged by, or being someone outside an organization, group, etc.
- (of a person) Not legally married to or related to (e.g. not born in wedlock to), and/or not residing with, a specified other person (parent, child, or partner); (of a marriage, relationship, etc) existing between two such people. (Compare out of wedlock, nonresidential.)
- Away from the interior or center of something.
- Of or pertaining to the outer surface, limit or boundary.
- from or between other countries
- relating to or being on or near the outer side or limit
- on or toward an outer edge
- unlikely to occur
- coming from the outside
- originating or belonging beyond some bounds
- functioning outside the boundaries or precincts of an organized unit
- leading to or from the outside
- located, suited for, or taking place in the open air
- (of a baseball pitch) on the far side of home plate from the batter
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- (transitive) To go too far beyond (a limit); especially, to cross boundaries or exceed norms or conventions.
- pass beyond (limits or boundaries)
- To move with a gait such that the hind foot touches the ground forward of the point where the front foot touches the ground.
- To take a step in which the foot touches ground too far forward.
- be superior or better than some standard
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- (countable) The amount by which something goes too far.
- (countable, uncountable, typography, design) The portion of a letter extending above the capline of other letters of the same font, or the relative degree of such extent.
- (countable, uncountable, ecology) The situation where the population of a species exceeds its environment's carrying capacity.
- an approach that fails and gives way to another attempt
verb
- (intransitive) To wander from company or outside proper limits; to rove or roam at large; to go astray.
- (intransitive) To wander, as from a direct course; to deviate, or go out of the way.
- (intransitive) To wander from the path of duty or rectitude; to err.
- (transitive) To cause to stray; lead astray.
- move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment
- wander from a direct course or at random
- lose clarity or turn aside especially from the main subject of attention or course of argument in writing, thinking, or speaking
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- (BDSM) A submissive that has not committed to submit to any particular dominant, particulary in petplay.
- (radio) An instance of atmospheric interference.
- (literally or figuratively) A person who is lost.
- (slang) A casual or offhand insult.
- Ellipsis of stray bullet.
- (historical) An area of common land for use by domestic animals.
- Any domestic animal that lacks an enclosure, proper place, or company, but that instead wanders at large or is lost; an estray.
- An act of wandering off or going astray.
- an animal that has strayed (especially a domestic animal)
verb
- stretch to the limits
- torment emotionally or mentally
- go at a rack
- work on a rack
- fly in high wind
- seize together, as of parallel ropes of a tackle in order to prevent running through the block
- place in a rack
- put on a rack and pinion
- torture on the rack
- run before a gale
- draw off from the lees
- obtain by coercion or intimidation
- (structural engineering) To tend to shear a structure (that is, force it to bend, lean, or move in different directions at different points).
- (nautical) To bind together, as two ropes, with cross turns of yarn, marline, etc.
- (slang, transitive) To strike in the testicles.
- To fly, as vapour or broken clouds.
- (figurative) To stretch or strain; to harass, or oppress by extortion.
- To cause (someone) to suffer pain.
- (of a horse) To amble fast, causing a rocking or swaying motion of the body; to pace.
- (slang) To shoplift (especially in a megastore), often by taking off of a rack.
- (billiards, snooker, pool) To put the balls into the triangular rack and set them in place on the table.
- (firearms) To (manually) load (a round of ammunition) from the magazine or belt into firing position in an automatic or semiautomatic firearm.
- To place in or hang on a rack.
- (firearms) To move the slide bar on a shotgun in order to chamber the next round.
- To torture (someone) on the rack.
- (mining) To wash (metals, ore, etc.) on a rack.
- (brewing) To clarify, and thereby deter further fermentation of, beer, wine or cider by draining or siphoning it from the dregs.
- (by extension) To take that which belongs to another, without regard of right or permission.
- To drive; move; go forward rapidly; stir.
noun
- an instrument of torture that stretches or disjoints or mutilates victims
- a form of torture in which pain is inflicted by stretching the body
- rib section of a forequarter of veal or pork or especially lamb or mutton
- the destruction or collapse of something
- a support for displaying or holding various articles
- a rapid gait of a horse in which each foot strikes the ground separately
- (slang, vulgar) A woman's breasts.
- (billiards, snooker) A hollow triangle used for aligning the balls at the start of a game.
- (climbing, slang) A climber's set of equipment for setting up protection and belays, consisting of runners, slings, carabiners, nuts, Friends, etc.
- (nautical) A piece or frame of wood, having several sheaves, through which the running rigging passes.
- A fast amble.
- A series of one or more shelves, stacked one above the other.
- A cranequin, a mechanism including a rack, pinion and pawl, providing both mechanical advantage and a ratchet, used to bend and cock a crossbow.
- A distaff.
- (algebra) A set with a distributive binary operation whose action on the set is invertible.
- A grate on which bacon is laid.
- Thin, flying, broken clouds, or any portion of floating vapour in the sky.
- (slang, especially nautical) A bunk.
- Alternative form of arak.
- (nautical, by extension, slang, uncountable) Sleep.
- (mechanical engineering, rail transport) A bar with teeth on its face or edge, to work with those of a gearwheel, pinion, or worm, which is to drive or be driven by it.
- (gambling) A plastic tray used for holding and moving chips.
- A set of antlers (as on deer, moose or elk).
- (climbing, caving) A friction device for abseiling, consisting of a frame with five or more metal bars, around which the rope is threaded.
- A cut of meat involving several adjacent ribs.
- (slang) A thousand dollars, especially if the proceeds are from a crime.
- Any of various kinds of frame for holding luggage or other objects on a vehicle or vessel.
- (historical) A device, incorporating a ratchet, used to torture victims by stretching them beyond their natural limits.
- (mechanical engineering) A bar with teeth on its face or edge, to work with a pawl as a ratchet allowing movement in one direction only, used for example in a handbrake or crossbow.
verb
- (intransitive) To wander without any particular aim or purpose.
- (intransitive) To be engaged exploring in any of the above senses.
- (transitive) To travel somewhere in search of discovery.
- (transitive) To examine or investigate something systematically.
- (transitive) To seek sexual variety, to sow one's wild oats.
- (transitive) To (seek) experience first hand.
- (intransitive, medicine) To examine diagnostically.
- inquire into
- inquire into a subject in detail
- travel to or penetrate into
- examine (organs) for diagnostic purposes
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verb
- (intransitive) To roam, or wander about at random, especially over a wide area.
- To plough into ridges by turning the earth of two furrows together.
- (transitive) To card wool or other fibres.
- simple past of reeve
- simple past of rive
- To twist slightly; to bring together, as slivers of wool or cotton, and twist slightly before spinning.
- To draw through an eye or aperture.
- To practice robbery on the seas; to voyage about on the seas as a pirate.
- (transitive) To roam or wander through.
- move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment
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- (transitive) To undertake a risky or daring journey.
- (transitive) To put or send on a venture or chance.
- (transitive) To confide in; to rely on; to trust.
- (transitive) To risk or offer.
- (intransitive, with at or on) To dare to engage in; to attempt without any certainty of success.
- (transitive) To say something; to offer an opinion.
- proceed somewhere despite the risk of possible dangers
- put forward, of a guess, in spite of possible refutation
- put at risk
noun
- A risky or daring undertaking or journey.
- The thing risked; especially, something sent to sea in trade.
- An event that is not, or cannot be, foreseen.
- a commercial undertaking that risks a loss but promises a profit
- any venturesome undertaking especially one with an uncertain outcome
- an investment that is very risky but could yield great profits
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adj
- (UK, slang) Being out of the ordinary; unusual or unexpected; odd, strange, bizarre.
- (statistics) Involving an outcome which is impossible to predict, but which may be represented by a probability distribution; in the ideal case, involving outcomes which are equally likely.
- (computing) Pseudorandom; mimicking the result of random selection.
- (informal) Selected for no particular reason; arbitrary; unspecified.
- Occurring for no particular reason; haphazard, unpredictable.
- (informal) Of a person: characterized by or often saying random things; habitually using non sequiturs.
- (informal) Being (part of) a varied, unrelated, and apparently arbitrary collection of things; diverse, heterogeneous.
- (informal) Apropos of nothing; lacking context, relevance, or any connection to the previous situation; unexpected.
- lacking any definite plan or order or purpose; governed by or depending on chance
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verb
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- pass beyond (limits or boundaries)
- spread over land, especially along a subsiding shoreline
- commit a sin; violate a law of God or a moral law
- act in disregard of laws, rules, contracts, or promises
- (intransitive, construed with against) To commit an offense; to sin.
- (intransitive, of the sea) To spread over land along a shoreline; to inundate.
- (transitive) To exceed or overstep some limit or boundary.
- (transitive) To act in violation of some law.
verb
- pass beyond (limits or boundaries)
- make excessive use of
- commit a sin; violate a law of God or a moral law
- break the law
- enter unlawfully on someone's property
- (law) To enter someone else's property illegally.
- (transitive, law, especially New Zealand) To subject [someone] to a trespass notice, formally notifying them that they are prohibited from entry to a property, such that any current or future presence there will constitute trespass, (especially) criminal trespass
- (intransitive) To go too far; to put someone to inconvenience by demand or importunity; to intrude.
noun
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- someone who can find paths through unexplored territory
- a person employed to keep watch for some anticipated event
- someone employed to discover and recruit talented persons (especially in the worlds of entertainment or sports)
- (informal) A term of address for a man or boy.
- (Oxford University, modern) A housekeeper or domestic cleaner, generally female, employed by one of the constituent colleges of Oxford University to clean rooms; generally equivalent to a modern bedder at Cambridge University.
- The guillemot.
- (historical, UK, up until 1920s) A fighter aircraft.
- A member of any number of youth organizations belonging to the international scout movement, such as the Boy Scouts of America or Girl Scouts of the United States.
- (radiography) A preliminary image that allows the technician to make adjustments before the actual diagnostic images.
- (UK, cricket) A fielder in a game for practice.
- (Oxford University, Harvard University, Yale University, historical) A domestic servant, generally male, who would attend (usually several) students in a variety of ways, including cleaning; generally equivalent to a gyp at Cambridge University or a skip at Trinity College, Dublin.
- A person employed to monitor rivals' activities in the petroleum industry.
- A person who assesses or recruits others; especially, one who identifies promising talent on behalf of a sports team.
- A person sent out to gather and bring back information; especially, one employed in war to gain information about the enemy and ground.
- An act of scouting or reconnoitering.
verb
- explore, often with the goal of finding something or somebody
- (transitive) To reject the ideas or beliefs of (a person).
- (Scotland) To pour forth a liquid forcibly, especially excrement; to cause a liquid to gush.
- (transitive, intransitive) To explore a wide terrain, as if on a search.
- (intransitive) To scoff.
- (transitive) To reject with contempt.
- (transitive) To observe, watch, or look for, as a scout; to follow for the purpose of observation, as a scout.
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- Situated beyond, or on the farther side.
- Being intentionally concealed so as to deceive.
- Beyond what is obvious or evident.
- beyond or outside an area of immediate interest; remote
- coming at a subsequent time or stage
- lying beyond what is openly revealed or avowed (especially being kept in the background or deliberately concealed)