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noun
- a test sample of some substance
- (manufacturing) A small sample of a bulk material, prepared so that test failure will be representative.
- a negotiable certificate that can be detached and redeemed as needed
- (finance) Any interest payment made or due on a bond, debenture or similar (no longer by a physical coupon).
- (Scotland) A person's face.
- (UK politics, historical) The letter sent to parliamentary candidates at the 1918 general election, endorsing them as official representatives of the coalition government.
- A section of a ticket, showing the holder to be entitled to some specified accommodation or service, as to a passage over a designated line of travel, a particular seat in a theater, a discount, etc.
- A voucher issued by a manufacturer or retailer which offers a discount on a particular product.
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noun
- (chemistry) a small piece of paper impregnated with a chemical indicator for making qualitative tests
- paper impregnated with an indicator for use in chemical tests
- (law) An instrument admitted as a standard or comparison of handwriting in those jurisdictions in which comparison of hands is permitted as a mode of proving handwriting.
- a paper submitted by a student for academic examination
- a written examination
noun
- a substance that is undergoing an analysis of its components
- a written report of the results of an analysis of the composition of some substance
- a quantitative or qualitative test of a substance (especially an ore or a drug) to determine its components; frequently used to test for the presence or concentration of infectious agents or antibodies etc.
- an appraisal of the state of affairs
- The qualitative or quantitative chemical analysis of something.
- Trial, attempt.
- The alloy or metal to be assayed.
- The act or process of ascertaining the proportion of a particular metal in an ore or alloy; especially, the determination of the proportion of gold or silver in bullion or coin.
- Trial by danger or by affliction; adventure; risk; hardship; state of being tried.
- Examination and determination; test.
- Tested purity or value.
verb
verb
- take a sample of
- (transitive, signal processing) To reduce a continuous signal (such as a sound wave) to a discrete signal.
- (transitive, computer graphics) To make or show something similar to a sample.
- (music, transitive) To reuse a portion of (an existing sound recording) in a new piece of music.
- (transitive) To take or to test a sample or samples of.
noun
- items selected at random from a population and used to test hypotheses about the population
- all or part of a natural object that is collected and preserved as an example of its class
- a small part of something intended as representative of the whole
- (business) A small piece of some goods, for determining quality, colour, etc., typically given away for free.
- (music) A borrowing of easily recognised phases (or moments) from other music (or movies) in a recording.
- (cooking) A small quantity of food for tasting, typically given away for free.
- A part or snippet of something taken or presented for inspection, or shown as evidence of the quality of the whole; a specimen.
- (statistics) A subset or portion of a population that is systematically selected for measurement, observation, or questioning, with the objective of generating statistical information that accurately reflects the characteristics of the entire population.
verb
- take a sample of
- experience briefly
- perceive by the sense of taste
- distinguish flavors
- have flavor; taste of something
- have a distinctive or characteristic taste
- To try by eating a little; to eat a small quantity of.
- (transitive) To sample the flavor of something orally.
- (intransitive, copulative) To have a taste; to excite a particular sensation by which flavor is distinguished.
- (transitive) To identify (a flavor) by sampling something orally.
- To take sparingly.
- (transitive, figurative) To experience.
noun
- A small sample of food, drink, or recreational drugs.
- a strong liking
- delicate discrimination (especially of esthetic values)
- a brief experience of something
- the faculty of distinguishing sweet, sour, bitter, and salty properties in the mouth
- the sensation that results when taste buds in the tongue and throat convey information about the chemical composition of a soluble stimulus
- a small amount eaten or drunk
- a kind of sensing; distinguishing substances by means of the taste buds
- A kind of narrow and thin silk ribbon.
- The sense that consists in the perception and interpretation of this sensation.
- Personal preference; liking; predilection.
- (figuratively) A small amount of experience with something that gives a sense of its quality as a whole.
- (countable and uncountable) A person's implicit set of preferences, especially esthetic, though also culinary, sartorial, etc.
- One of the sensations produced by the tongue in response to certain chemicals; the quality of giving this sensation.
adj
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- take a sample of
- examine or hear (evidence or a case) by judicial process
- put on a garment in order to see whether it fits and looks nice
- give pain or trouble to
- melt (fat or lard) in order to separate out impurities
- put to the test, as for its quality, or give experimental use to
- test the limits of
- make an effort or attempt
- put on trial or hear a case and sit as the judge at the trial of
- To strain; to subject to excessive tests.
- To have or gain knowledge of by experience.
- (nautical) To lie to in heavy weather under just sufficient sail to head into the wind.
- (specifically) To test someone's patience.
- To settle; to decide; to determine; specifically, to decide by an appeal to arms.
- To put to test.
- (law) To put on trial.
- To work on something with one's best effort and focus.
- (with indirect interrogative clause) To attempt to determine (by experiment or effort).
- (slang, chiefly African-American Vernacular, used with another verb) To want, to desire.
- (figuratively, chiefly used in the imperative) To receive an imminent attack; to take.
- To prove by experiment; to apply a test to, for the purpose of determining the quality; to examine; to prove; to test.
- To taste, sample, etc.
- (euphemistic, of a couple) To attempt to conceive a child.
- To attempt; to endeavour. Followed by infinitive.
- To make an experiment. Usually followed by a present participle.
noun
- earnest and conscientious activity intended to do or accomplish something
- (programming) A block of code that may trigger exceptions the programmer expects to catch, usually demarcated by the keyword try.
- (American football) A field goal or extra point
- (rugby) A score in rugby league and rugby union, analogous to a touchdown in American football.
- An attempt.
- An act of tasting or sampling.
- (chess) A move that almost solves a chess problem, except that Black has a unique defense.
verb
- take a sample of
- perform in order to get a role
- try something new, as in order to gain experience
- put to the test, as for its quality, or give experimental use to
- (intransitive) To undergo a test before being selected; to audition.
- (transitive) To test (something) to see how it works or whether it is suitable.
verb
- determine the presence or properties of (a substance)
- test or examine for the presence of disease or infection
- show a certain characteristic when tested
- achieve a certain score or rating on a test
- undergo a test
- put to the test, as for its quality, or give experimental use to
- examine someone's knowledge of something
- To challenge, to put a strain on (something).
- (academics) To administer or assign an examination, often given during the academic term, to (somebody).
- (chemistry) To examine or try, as by the use of some reagent.
- (copulative) To be shown to be by test.
- To place a product or piece of equipment under everyday and/or extreme conditions and examine it for its durability, etc.
- (intransitive, transitive, slang) To challenge (someone) to a fight.
- To refine (gold, silver, etc.) in a test or cupel; to subject to cupellation.
- To put to the proof; to prove the truth, genuineness, or quality of by experiment, or by some principle or standard; to try.
noun
- any standardized procedure for measuring sensitivity or memory or intelligence or aptitude or personality etc
- the act of testing something
- the act of undergoing testing
- a set of questions or exercises evaluating skill or knowledge
- trying something to find out about it
- a hard outer covering as of some amoebas and sea urchins
- (botany) Testa; seed coat.
- (informal, slang, bodybuilding) Clipping of testosterone.
- (academia) An examination, given often during the academic term.
- A cupel or cupelling hearth in which precious metals are melted for trial and refinement.
- (marine biology) The external calciferous shell, or endoskeleton, of an echinoderm, e.g. sand dollars and sea urchins; testa.
- (cricket, normally "Test") A Test match.
- A challenge, trial.
- A session in which a product, piece of equipment, or system is examined under everyday or extreme conditions to evaluate its durability, etc.
noun
- (chemistry) A test involving the reaction of an acid with another chemical.
- (figuratively) A rigorous test or appraisal of the quality or worth of something.
- (by extension, historical) In the 1960s, a party based around the use and advocacy of the psychedelic drug LSD (known in slang as acid).
- a rigorous or crucial appraisal
noun
- (countable) A variety of this substance.
- (figuratively) Something sweet or desirable.
- (rare) Nectar.
- A spectrum of pale yellow to brownish-yellow color, like that of most types of (the sweet substance) honey.
- (African-American Vernacular, vulgar) Precum; pre-ejaculate.
- A term of affection.
- (countable, informal) A woman, especially an attractive one.
- (uncountable) A sweet, viscous, gold-colored fluid produced from plant nectar by bees, and often consumed by humans.
- a beloved person; used as terms of endearment
- a sweet yellow liquid produced by bees
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noun
- A sample, especially one used for diagnostic analysis.
- (numismatics) A banknote printed for distribution to central banks to aid in the recognition of banknotes from a country other than their own
- (philately) A postage stamp sent to postmasters and postal administrations so that they are able to identify valid stamps and to avoid forgeries
- (humorous, often preceded with “fine”) An eligible man.
- An individual instance that represents a class; an example.
- (derogatory) An unpleasant or contemptible person.
- a bit of tissue or blood or urine that is taken for diagnostic purposes
- an example regarded as typical of its class
noun
- A specimen prepared by injection.
- (internal combustion engines) Fuel injection: the pressurized introduction of fuel into a cylinder.
- (set theory) A function that maps distinct x in the domain to distinct y in the codomain; formally, a f: X → Y such that f(a) = f(b) implies a = b for any a, b in the domain.
- (computer security) The insertion of program code into an application, URL, hardware, etc.; especially when malicious or when the target is not designed for such insertion.
- (space science) The act of putting a spacecraft into a particular orbit, especially for changing a stable orbit into a transfer orbit, e.g. trans-lunar injection.
- The act of injecting, or something that is injected.
- (construction) The act of inserting materials like concrete grout or gravel by using high pressure pumps.
- (mathematics) A relation on sets (X,Y) that associates each element of Y with at most one element of X.
- (category theory) A morphism from either one of the two components of a coproduct to that coproduct.
- (figuratively) The supply of additional funding to a person or a business.
- (steam engines) The act of throwing cold water into a condenser to produce a vacuum.
- (medicine) Congestion (of a body part, with blood or other fluid), such as hyperemia.
- (steam engines) The cold water thrown into a condenser to produce a vacuum.
- (medicine) Something injected subcutaneously, intravenously, or intramuscularly by use of a syringe and a needle.
- the forceful insertion of a substance under pressure
- any solution that is injected (as into the skin)
- the act of putting a liquid into the body by means of a syringe
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- (figuratively) To precisely control.
- (analytical chemistry) To ascertain the amount of a constituent in a solution (or other mixture) by measuring the volume of a known concentration (the "standard solution") needed to complete a reaction.
- (medicine, intransitive) To adjust the amount of a drug consumed until the desired effects are achieved.
- measure by (the volume or concentration of solutions) by titration
noun
- Laboratory experiment, test or investigation
- (British) A part of an exam or series of exams in which the candidate has to demonstrate their practical ability
- (theater) A prop that has some degree of functionality, rather than being a mere imitation.
- (film) A light fixture used for set lighting and seen in the frame of a shot as part of the scenery.
adj
- Being likely to be effective and applicable to a real situation; able to be put to use.
- Of a person, having skills or knowledge that are practical.
- Relating to, or based on, practice or action rather than theory or hypothesis.
- (film) Light fixtures used for set lighting and seen in the frame of a shot as part of the scenery.
- (theater, not comparable) Of a prop: having some degree of functionality, rather than being a mere imitation.
- concerned with actual use or practice
- being actually such in almost every respect
- having or put to a practical purpose or use
- guided by practical experience and observation rather than theory
adj
- used of solid substances in contrast with liquid ones
- having no adornment or coloration
- having a large proportion of strong liquor
- unproductive especially of the expected results
- lacking moisture or volatile components
- not producing milk
- without a mucous or watery discharge
- free from liquid or moisture; lacking natural or normal moisture or depleted of water; or no longer wet
- (of food) eaten without a spread or sauce or other garnish
- lacking warmth or emotional involvement
- (of liquor) having a low residual sugar content because of decomposition of sugar during fermentation
- practicing complete abstinence from alcoholic beverages
- lacking interest or stimulation; dull and lifeless
- opposed to or prohibiting the production and sale of alcoholic beverages
- not shedding tears
- humorously sarcastic or mocking
- (Christianity) Of a mass, service, or rite: involving neither consecration nor communion.
- (figurative) Athirst, eager.
- (poker) Of a board or flop: Not permitting the creation of many or of strong hands.
- Free from or lacking alcohol or alcoholic beverages.
- (fine arts) Exhibiting precise execution lacking delicate contours or soft transitions of color.
- (aviation) Not using afterburners or water injection for increased thrust.
- Lacking interest, boring.
- (of a sound recording) Free from applied audio effects (especially reverb).
- In a dry spell (e.g., unemployed, slow).
- Of a bite from an animal: not containing the usual venom.
- Free from or lacking embellishment or sweetness, particularly:
- (law) Describing an area where sales of alcoholic or strong alcoholic beverages are banned.
- (wine and other alcoholic beverages, ginger ale) Low in sugar; lacking sugar; unsweetened.
- Unable to produce a liquid, as water, (petrochemistry) oil, or (agriculture) milk.
- (humor) Amusing without showing amusement.
- (chemistry) Anhydrous: free from or lacking water in any state, regardless of the presence of other liquids.
- (Malaysia, Singapore, of noodles) Mixed with sauce and not served in a soup.
- Without a usual complement or consummation; impotent.
- (masonry) Built without or lacking mortar.
- Free from or lacking moisture.
- (sciences, somewhat derogatory) Involving computations rather than work with biological or chemical matter.
noun
- a reformer who opposes the use of intoxicating beverages
- (Australia) An area of waterless country.
- (US) A prohibitionist (of alcoholic beverages).
- (British, UK politics) A radical or hard-line Conservative; especially, one who supported the policies of British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher in the 1980s.
- (chiefly Australia, with "the") The dry season.
- Unsweetened ginger ale; dry ginger.
- An area with little or no rain, or sheltered from it.
- The process by which something is dried.
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- a substance that contaminates
- the act of contaminating or polluting; including (either intentionally or accidentally) unwanted substances or factors
- the state of being contaminated
- (linguistics, etymology) The influence of one form (often from a foreign language) on the historical development of another form to which it may be related in meaning.
- (linguistics) A process whereby words with related meanings come to have similar sounds.
- The act or process of contaminating.
- (textual criticism) The intermingling of readings from multiple sources by a copyist.
- Something which contaminates.
noun
- a substance prepared according to a formula
- inventing or contriving an idea or explanation and formulating it mentally
- the style of expressing yourself
- The act, process, or result of formulating or reducing to a formula.
- (medicine) A medicinal preparation.
- A particular linguistic construction; a turn of phrase.
noun
- a substance prepared according to a formula
- A substance, especially a remedy, that is prepared.
- the act of preparing something (as food) by the application of heat
- the cognitive process of thinking about what you will do in the event of something happening
- preparatory school work done outside school (especially at home)
- the state of having been made ready or prepared for use or action (especially military action)
- (music) a note that produces a dissonant chord is first heard in a consonant chord
- the activity of putting or setting in order in advance of some act or purpose
- activity leading to skilled behavior
- (music) The previous introduction, as an integral part of a chord, of a note continued into a succeeding dissonance.
- (anatomy) A part of any animal body preserved as a specimen.
- Devotional exercises introducing an office.
- (uncountable) The state of being prepared; readiness.
- (uncountable) The act of preparing or getting ready.
- (music) Any of the objects placed between the strings of a prepared piano.
- (Judaism) The day before the Sabbath or other Jewish feast-day.
noun
- A piece of such a substance.
- (alchemy) A supposed substance able to turn base metals, such as lead or mercury, into gold or silver, also sometimes claimed to cure any illness (as panacea) or confer immortality (as elixir of life), among other functions.
- hypothetical substance that the alchemists believed to be capable of changing base metals into gold
noun
verb
- To reduce solids to small pieces (in a macerator).
- To soften (something) or separate it into pieces by soaking it in a heated or unheated liquid.
- soften, usually by steeping in liquid, and cause to disintegrate as a result
- separate into constituents by soaking
- cause to grow thin or weak
- become soft or separate and disintegrate as a result of excessive soaking
adj
- Having a high concentration of an essential or active ingredient.
- (specifically) Having a high alcoholic content.
- (chemistry) That completely ionizes into anions and cations in a solution.
- Having an offensive or intense odor or flavor.
- Capable of withstanding great physical force.
- (loosely) Possessing power, might, or strength.
- (military) Not easily subdued or taken.
- (slang, US) Impressive, good.
- Determined; unyielding.
- Highly stimulating to the senses.
- Having a specified number of people or units.
- (grammar) Inflecting in a different manner than the one called weak, such as Germanic verbs which change vowels.
- (of an argument) Convincing.
- Having wealth or resources.
- (of a disease or symptom) Severe; very bad or intense.
- Capable of producing great physical force.
- (mathematics, logic) Having a wide range of logical consequences; widely applicable. (Often contrasted with a weak statement which it implies.)
- having strength or power greater than average or expected
- strong and sure
- having a strong physiological or chemical effect
- being distilled rather than fermented; having a high alcoholic content
- immune to attack; incapable of being tampered with
- of verbs not having standard (or regular) inflection
- having or wielding force or authority
- freshly made or left
- not faint or feeble
- of good quality and condition; solidly built
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noun
- The substance applied.
- (bureaucracy, law) A petition, entreaty, or other request, with the adposition for denoting the subject matter.
- A verbal or written request for assistance or employment or admission to a school, course or similar.
- The act of requesting, claiming, or petitioning something.
- (computing theory) The substitution of a specific value for the parameter in the abstraction, in lambda calculus.
- The act of applying as a means; the employment of means to accomplish an end; specific use.
- The act of directing or referring something to a particular case, to discover or illustrate agreement or disagreement, fitness, or correspondence.
- A kind of needlework; appliqué.
- Diligence; close thought or attention.
- (computing) A computer program or the set of software that the end user perceives as a single entity as a tool for a well-defined purpose. (Also called: application program; application software.)
- The act of physically applying or laying on.
- a verbal or written request for assistance or employment or admission to a school
- liquid preparation having a soothing or antiseptic or medicinal action when applied to the skin
- the action of putting something into operation
- the work of applying something
- a program that gives a computer instructions that provide the user with tools to accomplish a task
- a diligent effort
- the act of bringing something to bear; using it for a particular purpose
noun
- A simple test of acidity in a liquid using litmus, usually in the form of litmus paper.
- A simple test of any attribute; a litmus test.
- (uncountable) A dyestuff extracted from certain lichens, that changes color when exposed to pH levels greater than or less than certain critical levels.
- a coloring material (obtained from lichens) that turns red in acid solutions and blue in alkaline solutions; used as a very rough acid-base indicator
noun
- a substance that is used as a medicine or narcotic
- Any commodity that lies on hand, or is not salable; an article of slow sale, or in no demand.
- (by extension) Anything, such as a substance, emotion, or action, to which one is addicted.
- (Canada, US, informal) Ellipsis of drugstore.
- A psychoactive substance, especially one which is illegal and addictive, ingested for recreational use, such as cocaine.
- (pharmacology) A substance used to treat an illness, relieve a symptom, or modify a chemical process in the body for a specific purpose.
verb
- administer a drug to
- use recreational drugs
- (dialectal, chiefly US) simple past and past participle of drag
- (transitive) To administer intoxicating drugs to, generally without the recipient's knowledge or consent.
- (intransitive) To prescribe or administer drugs or medicines.
- (transitive) To add intoxicating drugs to with the intention of drugging someone.
- (intransitive, rare) To use intoxicating drugs.
noun
- Any synthetic compound of similar properties.
- A viscous water-insoluble hydrocarbon exudate of certain plants, or such a substance as a component of a plant exudate; used in lacquers, varnishes and many other applications.
- any of a class of solid or semisolid viscous substances obtained either as exudations from certain plants or prepared by polymerization of simple molecules
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- (intransitive, of birds) To take a dust bath.
- (transitive, figurative) To crush or subdue; to overwhelm.
- To be powdery or granular.
- (transitive) To beat or reduce to powder or dust; to pulverise.
- (ambitransitive, agriculture) To break up soil or organic matter into a fine, powdery texture, often by means of a special plow.
noun
- A substance used as a primer.
- (firearms) The powder or other combustible used to communicate fire to a charge of gunpowder, as in a firearm.
- (media) A cognitive process in which media information increases temporarily the accessibility of knowledge units in the memory of an individual.
- (medicine, nursing) The process of flushing the tubing with IV fluid to remove air before connecting it to a patient.
- (psychology) The implicit memory effect in which exposure to a stimulus influences response to a subsequent stimulus.
- (microbiology) The effect that a nutrient has on the rate of organic matter decomposition
- (engineering) A harmful condition in which water is carried over from the boiler of a steam locomotive.
- (psycholinguistics) A form of positive priming that induces a tendency to repeat or more easily process a sentence that is similar in structure to one previously presented.
- (botany) A form of seed planting preparation in which the seeds are presoaked in a nanoparticle solution.
- (immunology) The first contact that an antigen-specific T helper cell precursors have with an antigen.
- the first or preliminary coat of paint or size applied to a surface
- any igniter that is used to initiate the burning of a propellant
- the act of making something ready
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noun
- A person who compounds (mixes ingredients, and tests the result)
- One who attempts to bring persons or parties to terms of agreement, or to accomplish ends by compromises.
- (UK, historical) A Jacobite who favoured the restoration of James II, on condition of a general amnesty and of guarantees for the security of the civil and ecclesiastical constitution of the realm.
- One who compounds a debt, obligation, or crime.
noun
- (chemistry) A simple, binary test for the acidity or alkalinity of a substance, using litmus paper.
- (figuratively, by extension) Any test which produces a binary, decisive result (for example, determining whether to appoint someone to a job) by measuring a single indicator.
- a test that relies on a single indicator
- a coloring material (obtained from lichens) that turns red in acid solutions and blue in alkaline solutions; used as a very rough acid-base indicator
noun
- (usually) The powder form of this drug, specifically.
- (countable) Any chemical derivative of this drug.
- (uncountable, organic chemistry, pharmacology) An addictive drug derived from coca (Erythroxylum) or prepared synthetically, used sometimes medicinally as a local anesthetic and, often illegally, as a stimulant.
- a narcotic (alkaloid) extracted from coca leaves; used as a surface anesthetic or taken for pleasure; can become powerfully addictive
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- any substance that facilitates the use of a drug or pigment or other material that is mixed with it
- any inanimate object (as a towel or money or clothing or dishes or books or toys etc.) that can transmit infectious agents from one person to another
- a conveyance that transports people or objects
- a medium for the expression or achievement of something
- A liquid content (e.g., oil) which acts as a binding and drying agent in paint.
- (Buddhism) A mode or method of spiritual practice; a yana.
- A medium for expression of talent or views.
- An entity to achieve an end.
- A guided or aimed mobile object or apparatus, especially if intended or used as a weapon.
- (pharmaceuticals) The main excipient (such as an oil or gel) that conveys the active ingredient of a drug.
- A conveyance: a spacious device for carrying or transporting substances, objects, people or animals.
- (Hinduism) An animal or (rarely) a plant on which a Hindu deity rides or sits.
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- A component or additive that renders something else impure.
- A state of immorality or sin; especially the weakness of the flesh: inchastity.
- The condition of being impure; because of contamination, pollution, adulteration or insufficient purification.
- the condition of being impure
- worthless or dangerous material that should be removed
noun
- A kind of substance.
- (physics) Matter made up of normal particles, not antiparticles.
- Printed material, especially in books or magazines.
- An approximate amount or extent.
- (physics) Anything with mass and volume.
- (countable, law) Legal services provided by a lawyer or firm to their client in relation to a particular issue.
- An affair, condition, or subject, especially one of concern or (especially when preceded by the) one that is problematic.
- (uncountable) Importance.
- (philosophy) Aristotelian: undeveloped potentiality subject to change and development; formlessness. Matter receives form, and becomes substance.
- some situation or event that is thought about
- written works (especially in books or magazines)
- a problem
- a vaguely specified concern
- (used with negation) having consequence
- that which has mass and occupies space
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- (chemistry) The determination of the amounts of an element or compound in a sample.
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see quantitative, analysis.
- (finance) The exploitation of mathematical observations to reach investment decisions.
- chemical analysis to determine the amounts of each element in the substance
noun
- any of various dark heavy viscid substances obtained as a residue
- promotion by means of an argument and demonstration
- abrupt up-and-down motion (as caused by a ship or other conveyance)
- a sports field with predetermined dimensions for playing soccer
- the property of sound that varies with variation in the frequency of vibration
- a high approach shot in golf
- a vendor's position (especially on the sidewalk)
- the act of throwing a baseball or softball by the pitcher towards home plate, which initiates play by giving the batter a chance to hit it
- an all-fours game in which the first card led is a trump
- degree of deviation from a horizontal plane
- the action or manner of throwing something
- (sports, UK, Australia, New Zealand) The field on which cricket, soccer, rugby, gridiron or field hockey is played. (In cricket, the pitch is in the centre of the field; see cricket pitch.) (Not often used in the US or Canada, where "field" is the preferred word.)
- An effort to sell or promote something.
- (geology) Pitchstone.
- The point where a declivity begins; hence, the declivity itself; a descending slope; the degree or rate of descent or slope; slant.
- The angle at which an object sits.
- (golf) A short, high, lofty shot that lands with backspin.
- An area on a campsite intended for occupation by a single tent, caravan or similar.
- A dark, extremely viscous material still remaining after distilling crude oil or natural tar.
- The distance between evenly spaced objects, e.g. the teeth of a saw or gear, the turns of a screw thread, the centres of holes, or letters in a monospace font.
- Prominence; importance.
- The height a bird reaches in flight, especially a bird of prey preparing to swoop down on its prey.
- (nautical, aviation) The degree to which a vehicle, especially a ship or aircraft, rotates on such an axis, tilting its bow or nose up or down.
- (music) In an a cappella group, the singer responsible for singing a note for the other members to tune themselves by.
- (by extension) The place where a busker performs, a prostitute solicits clients, or an illegal gambling game etc. is set up before the public.
- (cricket) That point of the ground on which the ball pitches or lights when bowled.
- (mining) The limit of ground set to a miner who receives a share of the ore taken out.
- (climbing) A section of a climb or rock face; specifically, the climbing distance between belays or stances.
- A throw; a toss; a cast, as of something from the hand.
- (now British, regional) A person's or animal's height.
- A descent; a fall; a thrusting down.
- (music, phonetics) The perceived frequency of a sound, note or electromagnetic wave.
- A point or peak; the extreme point of elevation or depression.
- (music) The standard to which a group of musical instruments are tuned or in which a piece is performed, usually by reference to the frequency to which the musical note A above middle C is tuned.
- (baseball) The act of pitching a baseball.
- A level or degree, or (by extension), a peak or highest degree.
- A sticky, gummy substance secreted by trees; sap.
- An area in a market (or similar) allocated to a particular trader.
- (aviation) A measure of the angle of attack of a propeller.
- (caving) A vertical cave passage, only negotiable by using rope or ladders.
- (rare) The field of battle.
- The most thrust-out point of a headland or cape.
verb
- heel over
- set to a certain pitch
- sell or offer for sale from place to place
- move abruptly
- fall or plunge forward
- throw or hurl from the mound to the batter, as in baseball
- be at an angle
- set the level or character of
- throw or toss with a light motion
- erect and fasten
- lead (a card) and establish the trump suit
- hit (a golf ball) in a high arc with a backspin
- To cover or smear with pitch.
- (transitive) To set or fix (a price or value).
- (transitive) To fix or set the tone of.
- (brewing) To add yeast as a step while making beer
- (transitive) To assemble or erect (a tent). Also used figuratively.
- (with on or upon) To fix one's choice.
- (intransitive, Bristol, of snow) To settle and build up, without melting.
- (intransitive) To plunge or fall; especially, to fall forward; to decline or slope.
- (transitive) To set at an angle, especially a downwards one; to cause to tilt.
- (intransitive, baseball) To play baseball in the position of pitcher.
- (intransitive, cricket) To bounce on the playing surface.
- (transitive) To set, face, or pave (an embankment or roadway) with rubble or undressed stones.
- (transitive) To throw away; discard.
- (transitive, golf) To play a short, high, lofty shot that lands with backspin.
- To darken; to blacken; to obscure.
- (intransitive) To fix or place a tent or temporary habitation; to encamp.
- (transitive) To deliver in a certain tone or style, or with a certain audience in mind.
- (transitive or intransitive, baseball) To throw (the ball) toward a batter at home plate.
- (transitive) To promote, advertise, or attempt to sell.
- (intransitive) To produce a note of a given pitch.
- (transitive) To throw.
- (transitive, card games, slang) To discard (a card) for some gain.
- To attack, or position or assemble for attack.
- (ambitransitive, aviation or nautical) To move so that the front of an aircraft or boat goes alternately up and down.
adj
noun
- any of various dark heavy viscid substances obtained as a residue
- a man who serves as a sailor
- (computing) A program for archiving files, common on Unix systems.
- A Persian long-necked, waisted string instrument, shared by many cultures and countries in the Middle East and the Caucasus.
- A single-headed round frame drum originating in North Africa and the Middle East.
- (computing) A file produced by such a program.
- Coal tar.
- Alternative form of tara (“Indian coin”).
- (uncountable) A solid residual byproduct of tobacco smoke.
- (uncountable) Black tar, a form of heroin.
verb
noun
- (slang) A specimen of a recreational drug with insufficient active ingredient.
- (nautical) A built-in bed on board ship, often erected in tiers one above the other.
- (Singapore, military, by extension) A dormitory or bunkroom where soldiers sleep.
- One of a series of berths or beds placed in tiers.
- (military) A cot.
- (US, dialect) A piece of wood placed on a lumberman's sled to sustain the end of heavy timbers.
- (US) A wooden case or box, which serves for a seat in the daytime and for a bed at night.
- beds built one above the other
- unacceptable behavior (especially ludicrously false statements)
- a message that seems to convey no meaning
- a bed on a ship or train; usually in tiers
- a rough bed (as at a campsite)
- a long trough for feeding cattle
adj
verb
noun
adv
intj
verb
- (transitive) To indicate in a written form.
- (informal, imperative, transitive) Suppose, assume; used to mark an example, supposition or hypothesis.
- (intransitive) To speak; to express an opinion; to make answer; to reply.
- (transitive, informal, of a possession, especially money) To bet as a wager on an outcome; by extension, used to express belief in an outcome by the speaker.
- (transitive) To pronounce.
- (transitive) To recite.
- (transitive) To tell, either verbally or in writing.
- To try; to assay.
- (impersonal, transitive) To have a common expression; used in singular passive voice or plural active voice to indicate a rumor or well-known fact.
- express a supposition
- speak, pronounce, or utter in a certain way
- give instructions to or direct somebody to do something with authority
- have or contain a certain wording or form
- indicate
- recite or repeat a fixed text
- state as one's opinion or judgement; declare
- report or maintain
- utter aloud
- express in words
- communicate or express nonverbally
noun
- a test sample of some substance
- (manufacturing) A small sample of a bulk material, prepared so that test failure will be representative.
- a negotiable certificate that can be detached and redeemed as needed
- (finance) Any interest payment made or due on a bond, debenture or similar (no longer by a physical coupon).
- (Scotland) A person's face.
- (UK politics, historical) The letter sent to parliamentary candidates at the 1918 general election, endorsing them as official representatives of the coalition government.
- A section of a ticket, showing the holder to be entitled to some specified accommodation or service, as to a passage over a designated line of travel, a particular seat in a theater, a discount, etc.
- A voucher issued by a manufacturer or retailer which offers a discount on a particular product.
verb
noun
- (chemistry) a small piece of paper impregnated with a chemical indicator for making qualitative tests
- paper impregnated with an indicator for use in chemical tests
- (law) An instrument admitted as a standard or comparison of handwriting in those jurisdictions in which comparison of hands is permitted as a mode of proving handwriting.
- a paper submitted by a student for academic examination
- a written examination
noun
- a substance that is undergoing an analysis of its components
- a written report of the results of an analysis of the composition of some substance
- a quantitative or qualitative test of a substance (especially an ore or a drug) to determine its components; frequently used to test for the presence or concentration of infectious agents or antibodies etc.
- an appraisal of the state of affairs
- The qualitative or quantitative chemical analysis of something.
- Trial, attempt.
- The alloy or metal to be assayed.
- The act or process of ascertaining the proportion of a particular metal in an ore or alloy; especially, the determination of the proportion of gold or silver in bullion or coin.
- Trial by danger or by affliction; adventure; risk; hardship; state of being tried.
- Examination and determination; test.
- Tested purity or value.
verb
noun
- (chemistry) A test involving the reaction of an acid with another chemical.
- (figuratively) A rigorous test or appraisal of the quality or worth of something.
- (by extension, historical) In the 1960s, a party based around the use and advocacy of the psychedelic drug LSD (known in slang as acid).
- a rigorous or crucial appraisal
noun
- (countable) A variety of this substance.
- (figuratively) Something sweet or desirable.
- (rare) Nectar.
- A spectrum of pale yellow to brownish-yellow color, like that of most types of (the sweet substance) honey.
- (African-American Vernacular, vulgar) Precum; pre-ejaculate.
- A term of affection.
- (countable, informal) A woman, especially an attractive one.
- (uncountable) A sweet, viscous, gold-colored fluid produced from plant nectar by bees, and often consumed by humans.
- a beloved person; used as terms of endearment
- a sweet yellow liquid produced by bees
adj
verb
noun
- A sample, especially one used for diagnostic analysis.
- (numismatics) A banknote printed for distribution to central banks to aid in the recognition of banknotes from a country other than their own
- (philately) A postage stamp sent to postmasters and postal administrations so that they are able to identify valid stamps and to avoid forgeries
- (humorous, often preceded with “fine”) An eligible man.
- An individual instance that represents a class; an example.
- (derogatory) An unpleasant or contemptible person.
- a bit of tissue or blood or urine that is taken for diagnostic purposes
- an example regarded as typical of its class
noun
- A specimen prepared by injection.
- (internal combustion engines) Fuel injection: the pressurized introduction of fuel into a cylinder.
- (set theory) A function that maps distinct x in the domain to distinct y in the codomain; formally, a f: X → Y such that f(a) = f(b) implies a = b for any a, b in the domain.
- (computer security) The insertion of program code into an application, URL, hardware, etc.; especially when malicious or when the target is not designed for such insertion.
- (space science) The act of putting a spacecraft into a particular orbit, especially for changing a stable orbit into a transfer orbit, e.g. trans-lunar injection.
- The act of injecting, or something that is injected.
- (construction) The act of inserting materials like concrete grout or gravel by using high pressure pumps.
- (mathematics) A relation on sets (X,Y) that associates each element of Y with at most one element of X.
- (category theory) A morphism from either one of the two components of a coproduct to that coproduct.
- (figuratively) The supply of additional funding to a person or a business.
- (steam engines) The act of throwing cold water into a condenser to produce a vacuum.
- (medicine) Congestion (of a body part, with blood or other fluid), such as hyperemia.
- (steam engines) The cold water thrown into a condenser to produce a vacuum.
- (medicine) Something injected subcutaneously, intravenously, or intramuscularly by use of a syringe and a needle.
- the forceful insertion of a substance under pressure
- any solution that is injected (as into the skin)
- the act of putting a liquid into the body by means of a syringe
noun
verb
- (figuratively) To precisely control.
- (analytical chemistry) To ascertain the amount of a constituent in a solution (or other mixture) by measuring the volume of a known concentration (the "standard solution") needed to complete a reaction.
- (medicine, intransitive) To adjust the amount of a drug consumed until the desired effects are achieved.
- measure by (the volume or concentration of solutions) by titration
noun
- Laboratory experiment, test or investigation
- (British) A part of an exam or series of exams in which the candidate has to demonstrate their practical ability
- (theater) A prop that has some degree of functionality, rather than being a mere imitation.
- (film) A light fixture used for set lighting and seen in the frame of a shot as part of the scenery.
adj
- Being likely to be effective and applicable to a real situation; able to be put to use.
- Of a person, having skills or knowledge that are practical.
- Relating to, or based on, practice or action rather than theory or hypothesis.
- (film) Light fixtures used for set lighting and seen in the frame of a shot as part of the scenery.
- (theater, not comparable) Of a prop: having some degree of functionality, rather than being a mere imitation.
- concerned with actual use or practice
- being actually such in almost every respect
- having or put to a practical purpose or use
- guided by practical experience and observation rather than theory
noun
- a substance that contaminates
- the act of contaminating or polluting; including (either intentionally or accidentally) unwanted substances or factors
- the state of being contaminated
- (linguistics, etymology) The influence of one form (often from a foreign language) on the historical development of another form to which it may be related in meaning.
- (linguistics) A process whereby words with related meanings come to have similar sounds.
- The act or process of contaminating.
- (textual criticism) The intermingling of readings from multiple sources by a copyist.
- Something which contaminates.
noun
- a substance prepared according to a formula
- inventing or contriving an idea or explanation and formulating it mentally
- the style of expressing yourself
- The act, process, or result of formulating or reducing to a formula.
- (medicine) A medicinal preparation.
- A particular linguistic construction; a turn of phrase.
noun
- a substance prepared according to a formula
- A substance, especially a remedy, that is prepared.
- the act of preparing something (as food) by the application of heat
- the cognitive process of thinking about what you will do in the event of something happening
- preparatory school work done outside school (especially at home)
- the state of having been made ready or prepared for use or action (especially military action)
- (music) a note that produces a dissonant chord is first heard in a consonant chord
- the activity of putting or setting in order in advance of some act or purpose
- activity leading to skilled behavior
- (music) The previous introduction, as an integral part of a chord, of a note continued into a succeeding dissonance.
- (anatomy) A part of any animal body preserved as a specimen.
- Devotional exercises introducing an office.
- (uncountable) The state of being prepared; readiness.
- (uncountable) The act of preparing or getting ready.
- (music) Any of the objects placed between the strings of a prepared piano.
- (Judaism) The day before the Sabbath or other Jewish feast-day.
noun
- A piece of such a substance.
- (alchemy) A supposed substance able to turn base metals, such as lead or mercury, into gold or silver, also sometimes claimed to cure any illness (as panacea) or confer immortality (as elixir of life), among other functions.
- hypothetical substance that the alchemists believed to be capable of changing base metals into gold
noun
verb
- To reduce solids to small pieces (in a macerator).
- To soften (something) or separate it into pieces by soaking it in a heated or unheated liquid.
- soften, usually by steeping in liquid, and cause to disintegrate as a result
- separate into constituents by soaking
- cause to grow thin or weak
- become soft or separate and disintegrate as a result of excessive soaking
noun
- The substance applied.
- (bureaucracy, law) A petition, entreaty, or other request, with the adposition for denoting the subject matter.
- A verbal or written request for assistance or employment or admission to a school, course or similar.
- The act of requesting, claiming, or petitioning something.
- (computing theory) The substitution of a specific value for the parameter in the abstraction, in lambda calculus.
- The act of applying as a means; the employment of means to accomplish an end; specific use.
- The act of directing or referring something to a particular case, to discover or illustrate agreement or disagreement, fitness, or correspondence.
- A kind of needlework; appliqué.
- Diligence; close thought or attention.
- (computing) A computer program or the set of software that the end user perceives as a single entity as a tool for a well-defined purpose. (Also called: application program; application software.)
- The act of physically applying or laying on.
- a verbal or written request for assistance or employment or admission to a school
- liquid preparation having a soothing or antiseptic or medicinal action when applied to the skin
- the action of putting something into operation
- the work of applying something
- a program that gives a computer instructions that provide the user with tools to accomplish a task
- a diligent effort
- the act of bringing something to bear; using it for a particular purpose
noun
- A simple test of acidity in a liquid using litmus, usually in the form of litmus paper.
- A simple test of any attribute; a litmus test.
- (uncountable) A dyestuff extracted from certain lichens, that changes color when exposed to pH levels greater than or less than certain critical levels.
- a coloring material (obtained from lichens) that turns red in acid solutions and blue in alkaline solutions; used as a very rough acid-base indicator
noun
- a substance that is used as a medicine or narcotic
- Any commodity that lies on hand, or is not salable; an article of slow sale, or in no demand.
- (by extension) Anything, such as a substance, emotion, or action, to which one is addicted.
- (Canada, US, informal) Ellipsis of drugstore.
- A psychoactive substance, especially one which is illegal and addictive, ingested for recreational use, such as cocaine.
- (pharmacology) A substance used to treat an illness, relieve a symptom, or modify a chemical process in the body for a specific purpose.
verb
- administer a drug to
- use recreational drugs
- (dialectal, chiefly US) simple past and past participle of drag
- (transitive) To administer intoxicating drugs to, generally without the recipient's knowledge or consent.
- (intransitive) To prescribe or administer drugs or medicines.
- (transitive) To add intoxicating drugs to with the intention of drugging someone.
- (intransitive, rare) To use intoxicating drugs.
noun
- Any synthetic compound of similar properties.
- A viscous water-insoluble hydrocarbon exudate of certain plants, or such a substance as a component of a plant exudate; used in lacquers, varnishes and many other applications.
- any of a class of solid or semisolid viscous substances obtained either as exudations from certain plants or prepared by polymerization of simple molecules
verb
verb
- take a sample of
- experience briefly
- perceive by the sense of taste
- distinguish flavors
- have flavor; taste of something
- have a distinctive or characteristic taste
- To try by eating a little; to eat a small quantity of.
- (transitive) To sample the flavor of something orally.
- (intransitive, copulative) To have a taste; to excite a particular sensation by which flavor is distinguished.
- (transitive) To identify (a flavor) by sampling something orally.
- To take sparingly.
- (transitive, figurative) To experience.
noun
- A small sample of food, drink, or recreational drugs.
- a strong liking
- delicate discrimination (especially of esthetic values)
- a brief experience of something
- the faculty of distinguishing sweet, sour, bitter, and salty properties in the mouth
- the sensation that results when taste buds in the tongue and throat convey information about the chemical composition of a soluble stimulus
- a small amount eaten or drunk
- a kind of sensing; distinguishing substances by means of the taste buds
- A kind of narrow and thin silk ribbon.
- The sense that consists in the perception and interpretation of this sensation.
- Personal preference; liking; predilection.
- (figuratively) A small amount of experience with something that gives a sense of its quality as a whole.
- (countable and uncountable) A person's implicit set of preferences, especially esthetic, though also culinary, sartorial, etc.
- One of the sensations produced by the tongue in response to certain chemicals; the quality of giving this sensation.
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noun
adj
verb
- (intransitive, of birds) To take a dust bath.
- (transitive, figurative) To crush or subdue; to overwhelm.
- To be powdery or granular.
- (transitive) To beat or reduce to powder or dust; to pulverise.
- (ambitransitive, agriculture) To break up soil or organic matter into a fine, powdery texture, often by means of a special plow.
noun
- A substance used as a primer.
- (firearms) The powder or other combustible used to communicate fire to a charge of gunpowder, as in a firearm.
- (media) A cognitive process in which media information increases temporarily the accessibility of knowledge units in the memory of an individual.
- (medicine, nursing) The process of flushing the tubing with IV fluid to remove air before connecting it to a patient.
- (psychology) The implicit memory effect in which exposure to a stimulus influences response to a subsequent stimulus.
- (microbiology) The effect that a nutrient has on the rate of organic matter decomposition
- (engineering) A harmful condition in which water is carried over from the boiler of a steam locomotive.
- (psycholinguistics) A form of positive priming that induces a tendency to repeat or more easily process a sentence that is similar in structure to one previously presented.
- (botany) A form of seed planting preparation in which the seeds are presoaked in a nanoparticle solution.
- (immunology) The first contact that an antigen-specific T helper cell precursors have with an antigen.
- the first or preliminary coat of paint or size applied to a surface
- any igniter that is used to initiate the burning of a propellant
- the act of making something ready
verb
noun
- A person who compounds (mixes ingredients, and tests the result)
- One who attempts to bring persons or parties to terms of agreement, or to accomplish ends by compromises.
- (UK, historical) A Jacobite who favoured the restoration of James II, on condition of a general amnesty and of guarantees for the security of the civil and ecclesiastical constitution of the realm.
- One who compounds a debt, obligation, or crime.
noun
- (chemistry) A simple, binary test for the acidity or alkalinity of a substance, using litmus paper.
- (figuratively, by extension) Any test which produces a binary, decisive result (for example, determining whether to appoint someone to a job) by measuring a single indicator.
- a test that relies on a single indicator
- a coloring material (obtained from lichens) that turns red in acid solutions and blue in alkaline solutions; used as a very rough acid-base indicator
noun
- (usually) The powder form of this drug, specifically.
- (countable) Any chemical derivative of this drug.
- (uncountable, organic chemistry, pharmacology) An addictive drug derived from coca (Erythroxylum) or prepared synthetically, used sometimes medicinally as a local anesthetic and, often illegally, as a stimulant.
- a narcotic (alkaloid) extracted from coca leaves; used as a surface anesthetic or taken for pleasure; can become powerfully addictive
verb
noun
verb
noun
- any substance that facilitates the use of a drug or pigment or other material that is mixed with it
- any inanimate object (as a towel or money or clothing or dishes or books or toys etc.) that can transmit infectious agents from one person to another
- a conveyance that transports people or objects
- a medium for the expression or achievement of something
- A liquid content (e.g., oil) which acts as a binding and drying agent in paint.
- (Buddhism) A mode or method of spiritual practice; a yana.
- A medium for expression of talent or views.
- An entity to achieve an end.
- A guided or aimed mobile object or apparatus, especially if intended or used as a weapon.
- (pharmaceuticals) The main excipient (such as an oil or gel) that conveys the active ingredient of a drug.
- A conveyance: a spacious device for carrying or transporting substances, objects, people or animals.
- (Hinduism) An animal or (rarely) a plant on which a Hindu deity rides or sits.
verb
noun
- A component or additive that renders something else impure.
- A state of immorality or sin; especially the weakness of the flesh: inchastity.
- The condition of being impure; because of contamination, pollution, adulteration or insufficient purification.
- the condition of being impure
- worthless or dangerous material that should be removed
noun
- A kind of substance.
- (physics) Matter made up of normal particles, not antiparticles.
- Printed material, especially in books or magazines.
- An approximate amount or extent.
- (physics) Anything with mass and volume.
- (countable, law) Legal services provided by a lawyer or firm to their client in relation to a particular issue.
- An affair, condition, or subject, especially one of concern or (especially when preceded by the) one that is problematic.
- (uncountable) Importance.
- (philosophy) Aristotelian: undeveloped potentiality subject to change and development; formlessness. Matter receives form, and becomes substance.
- some situation or event that is thought about
- written works (especially in books or magazines)
- a problem
- a vaguely specified concern
- (used with negation) having consequence
- that which has mass and occupies space
verb
noun
- (chemistry) The determination of the amounts of an element or compound in a sample.
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see quantitative, analysis.
- (finance) The exploitation of mathematical observations to reach investment decisions.
- chemical analysis to determine the amounts of each element in the substance
noun
- any of various dark heavy viscid substances obtained as a residue
- promotion by means of an argument and demonstration
- abrupt up-and-down motion (as caused by a ship or other conveyance)
- a sports field with predetermined dimensions for playing soccer
- the property of sound that varies with variation in the frequency of vibration
- a high approach shot in golf
- a vendor's position (especially on the sidewalk)
- the act of throwing a baseball or softball by the pitcher towards home plate, which initiates play by giving the batter a chance to hit it
- an all-fours game in which the first card led is a trump
- degree of deviation from a horizontal plane
- the action or manner of throwing something
- (sports, UK, Australia, New Zealand) The field on which cricket, soccer, rugby, gridiron or field hockey is played. (In cricket, the pitch is in the centre of the field; see cricket pitch.) (Not often used in the US or Canada, where "field" is the preferred word.)
- An effort to sell or promote something.
- (geology) Pitchstone.
- The point where a declivity begins; hence, the declivity itself; a descending slope; the degree or rate of descent or slope; slant.
- The angle at which an object sits.
- (golf) A short, high, lofty shot that lands with backspin.
- An area on a campsite intended for occupation by a single tent, caravan or similar.
- A dark, extremely viscous material still remaining after distilling crude oil or natural tar.
- The distance between evenly spaced objects, e.g. the teeth of a saw or gear, the turns of a screw thread, the centres of holes, or letters in a monospace font.
- Prominence; importance.
- The height a bird reaches in flight, especially a bird of prey preparing to swoop down on its prey.
- (nautical, aviation) The degree to which a vehicle, especially a ship or aircraft, rotates on such an axis, tilting its bow or nose up or down.
- (music) In an a cappella group, the singer responsible for singing a note for the other members to tune themselves by.
- (by extension) The place where a busker performs, a prostitute solicits clients, or an illegal gambling game etc. is set up before the public.
- (cricket) That point of the ground on which the ball pitches or lights when bowled.
- (mining) The limit of ground set to a miner who receives a share of the ore taken out.
- (climbing) A section of a climb or rock face; specifically, the climbing distance between belays or stances.
- A throw; a toss; a cast, as of something from the hand.
- (now British, regional) A person's or animal's height.
- A descent; a fall; a thrusting down.
- (music, phonetics) The perceived frequency of a sound, note or electromagnetic wave.
- A point or peak; the extreme point of elevation or depression.
- (music) The standard to which a group of musical instruments are tuned or in which a piece is performed, usually by reference to the frequency to which the musical note A above middle C is tuned.
- (baseball) The act of pitching a baseball.
- A level or degree, or (by extension), a peak or highest degree.
- A sticky, gummy substance secreted by trees; sap.
- An area in a market (or similar) allocated to a particular trader.
- (aviation) A measure of the angle of attack of a propeller.
- (caving) A vertical cave passage, only negotiable by using rope or ladders.
- (rare) The field of battle.
- The most thrust-out point of a headland or cape.
verb
- heel over
- set to a certain pitch
- sell or offer for sale from place to place
- move abruptly
- fall or plunge forward
- throw or hurl from the mound to the batter, as in baseball
- be at an angle
- set the level or character of
- throw or toss with a light motion
- erect and fasten
- lead (a card) and establish the trump suit
- hit (a golf ball) in a high arc with a backspin
- To cover or smear with pitch.
- (transitive) To set or fix (a price or value).
- (transitive) To fix or set the tone of.
- (brewing) To add yeast as a step while making beer
- (transitive) To assemble or erect (a tent). Also used figuratively.
- (with on or upon) To fix one's choice.
- (intransitive, Bristol, of snow) To settle and build up, without melting.
- (intransitive) To plunge or fall; especially, to fall forward; to decline or slope.
- (transitive) To set at an angle, especially a downwards one; to cause to tilt.
- (intransitive, baseball) To play baseball in the position of pitcher.
- (intransitive, cricket) To bounce on the playing surface.
- (transitive) To set, face, or pave (an embankment or roadway) with rubble or undressed stones.
- (transitive) To throw away; discard.
- (transitive, golf) To play a short, high, lofty shot that lands with backspin.
- To darken; to blacken; to obscure.
- (intransitive) To fix or place a tent or temporary habitation; to encamp.
- (transitive) To deliver in a certain tone or style, or with a certain audience in mind.
- (transitive or intransitive, baseball) To throw (the ball) toward a batter at home plate.
- (transitive) To promote, advertise, or attempt to sell.
- (intransitive) To produce a note of a given pitch.
- (transitive) To throw.
- (transitive, card games, slang) To discard (a card) for some gain.
- To attack, or position or assemble for attack.
- (ambitransitive, aviation or nautical) To move so that the front of an aircraft or boat goes alternately up and down.
adj
noun
- any of various dark heavy viscid substances obtained as a residue
- a man who serves as a sailor
- (computing) A program for archiving files, common on Unix systems.
- A Persian long-necked, waisted string instrument, shared by many cultures and countries in the Middle East and the Caucasus.
- A single-headed round frame drum originating in North Africa and the Middle East.
- (computing) A file produced by such a program.
- Coal tar.
- Alternative form of tara (“Indian coin”).
- (uncountable) A solid residual byproduct of tobacco smoke.
- (uncountable) Black tar, a form of heroin.
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noun
- (slang) A specimen of a recreational drug with insufficient active ingredient.
- (nautical) A built-in bed on board ship, often erected in tiers one above the other.
- (Singapore, military, by extension) A dormitory or bunkroom where soldiers sleep.
- One of a series of berths or beds placed in tiers.
- (military) A cot.
- (US, dialect) A piece of wood placed on a lumberman's sled to sustain the end of heavy timbers.
- (US) A wooden case or box, which serves for a seat in the daytime and for a bed at night.
- beds built one above the other
- unacceptable behavior (especially ludicrously false statements)
- a message that seems to convey no meaning
- a bed on a ship or train; usually in tiers
- a rough bed (as at a campsite)
- a long trough for feeding cattle
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- (transitive) To indicate in a written form.
- (informal, imperative, transitive) Suppose, assume; used to mark an example, supposition or hypothesis.
- (intransitive) To speak; to express an opinion; to make answer; to reply.
- (transitive, informal, of a possession, especially money) To bet as a wager on an outcome; by extension, used to express belief in an outcome by the speaker.
- (transitive) To pronounce.
- (transitive) To recite.
- (transitive) To tell, either verbally or in writing.
- To try; to assay.
- (impersonal, transitive) To have a common expression; used in singular passive voice or plural active voice to indicate a rumor or well-known fact.
- express a supposition
- speak, pronounce, or utter in a certain way
- give instructions to or direct somebody to do something with authority
- have or contain a certain wording or form
- indicate
- recite or repeat a fixed text
- state as one's opinion or judgement; declare
- report or maintain
- utter aloud
- express in words
- communicate or express nonverbally
verb
- take a sample of
- (transitive, signal processing) To reduce a continuous signal (such as a sound wave) to a discrete signal.
- (transitive, computer graphics) To make or show something similar to a sample.
- (music, transitive) To reuse a portion of (an existing sound recording) in a new piece of music.
- (transitive) To take or to test a sample or samples of.
noun
- items selected at random from a population and used to test hypotheses about the population
- all or part of a natural object that is collected and preserved as an example of its class
- a small part of something intended as representative of the whole
- (business) A small piece of some goods, for determining quality, colour, etc., typically given away for free.
- (music) A borrowing of easily recognised phases (or moments) from other music (or movies) in a recording.
- (cooking) A small quantity of food for tasting, typically given away for free.
- A part or snippet of something taken or presented for inspection, or shown as evidence of the quality of the whole; a specimen.
- (statistics) A subset or portion of a population that is systematically selected for measurement, observation, or questioning, with the objective of generating statistical information that accurately reflects the characteristics of the entire population.
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- take a sample of
- experience briefly
- perceive by the sense of taste
- distinguish flavors
- have flavor; taste of something
- have a distinctive or characteristic taste
- To try by eating a little; to eat a small quantity of.
- (transitive) To sample the flavor of something orally.
- (intransitive, copulative) To have a taste; to excite a particular sensation by which flavor is distinguished.
- (transitive) To identify (a flavor) by sampling something orally.
- To take sparingly.
- (transitive, figurative) To experience.
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- A small sample of food, drink, or recreational drugs.
- a strong liking
- delicate discrimination (especially of esthetic values)
- a brief experience of something
- the faculty of distinguishing sweet, sour, bitter, and salty properties in the mouth
- the sensation that results when taste buds in the tongue and throat convey information about the chemical composition of a soluble stimulus
- a small amount eaten or drunk
- a kind of sensing; distinguishing substances by means of the taste buds
- A kind of narrow and thin silk ribbon.
- The sense that consists in the perception and interpretation of this sensation.
- Personal preference; liking; predilection.
- (figuratively) A small amount of experience with something that gives a sense of its quality as a whole.
- (countable and uncountable) A person's implicit set of preferences, especially esthetic, though also culinary, sartorial, etc.
- One of the sensations produced by the tongue in response to certain chemicals; the quality of giving this sensation.
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- take a sample of
- examine or hear (evidence or a case) by judicial process
- put on a garment in order to see whether it fits and looks nice
- give pain or trouble to
- melt (fat or lard) in order to separate out impurities
- put to the test, as for its quality, or give experimental use to
- test the limits of
- make an effort or attempt
- put on trial or hear a case and sit as the judge at the trial of
- To strain; to subject to excessive tests.
- To have or gain knowledge of by experience.
- (nautical) To lie to in heavy weather under just sufficient sail to head into the wind.
- (specifically) To test someone's patience.
- To settle; to decide; to determine; specifically, to decide by an appeal to arms.
- To put to test.
- (law) To put on trial.
- To work on something with one's best effort and focus.
- (with indirect interrogative clause) To attempt to determine (by experiment or effort).
- (slang, chiefly African-American Vernacular, used with another verb) To want, to desire.
- (figuratively, chiefly used in the imperative) To receive an imminent attack; to take.
- To prove by experiment; to apply a test to, for the purpose of determining the quality; to examine; to prove; to test.
- To taste, sample, etc.
- (euphemistic, of a couple) To attempt to conceive a child.
- To attempt; to endeavour. Followed by infinitive.
- To make an experiment. Usually followed by a present participle.
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- earnest and conscientious activity intended to do or accomplish something
- (programming) A block of code that may trigger exceptions the programmer expects to catch, usually demarcated by the keyword try.
- (American football) A field goal or extra point
- (rugby) A score in rugby league and rugby union, analogous to a touchdown in American football.
- An attempt.
- An act of tasting or sampling.
- (chess) A move that almost solves a chess problem, except that Black has a unique defense.
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- take a sample of
- perform in order to get a role
- try something new, as in order to gain experience
- put to the test, as for its quality, or give experimental use to
- (intransitive) To undergo a test before being selected; to audition.
- (transitive) To test (something) to see how it works or whether it is suitable.
verb
- determine the presence or properties of (a substance)
- test or examine for the presence of disease or infection
- show a certain characteristic when tested
- achieve a certain score or rating on a test
- undergo a test
- put to the test, as for its quality, or give experimental use to
- examine someone's knowledge of something
- To challenge, to put a strain on (something).
- (academics) To administer or assign an examination, often given during the academic term, to (somebody).
- (chemistry) To examine or try, as by the use of some reagent.
- (copulative) To be shown to be by test.
- To place a product or piece of equipment under everyday and/or extreme conditions and examine it for its durability, etc.
- (intransitive, transitive, slang) To challenge (someone) to a fight.
- To refine (gold, silver, etc.) in a test or cupel; to subject to cupellation.
- To put to the proof; to prove the truth, genuineness, or quality of by experiment, or by some principle or standard; to try.
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- any standardized procedure for measuring sensitivity or memory or intelligence or aptitude or personality etc
- the act of testing something
- the act of undergoing testing
- a set of questions or exercises evaluating skill or knowledge
- trying something to find out about it
- a hard outer covering as of some amoebas and sea urchins
- (botany) Testa; seed coat.
- (informal, slang, bodybuilding) Clipping of testosterone.
- (academia) An examination, given often during the academic term.
- A cupel or cupelling hearth in which precious metals are melted for trial and refinement.
- (marine biology) The external calciferous shell, or endoskeleton, of an echinoderm, e.g. sand dollars and sea urchins; testa.
- (cricket, normally "Test") A Test match.
- A challenge, trial.
- A session in which a product, piece of equipment, or system is examined under everyday or extreme conditions to evaluate its durability, etc.
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- a substance that is undergoing an analysis of its components
- a written report of the results of an analysis of the composition of some substance
- a quantitative or qualitative test of a substance (especially an ore or a drug) to determine its components; frequently used to test for the presence or concentration of infectious agents or antibodies etc.
- an appraisal of the state of affairs
- The qualitative or quantitative chemical analysis of something.
- Trial, attempt.
- The alloy or metal to be assayed.
- The act or process of ascertaining the proportion of a particular metal in an ore or alloy; especially, the determination of the proportion of gold or silver in bullion or coin.
- Trial by danger or by affliction; adventure; risk; hardship; state of being tried.
- Examination and determination; test.
- Tested purity or value.
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adj
- used of solid substances in contrast with liquid ones
- having no adornment or coloration
- having a large proportion of strong liquor
- unproductive especially of the expected results
- lacking moisture or volatile components
- not producing milk
- without a mucous or watery discharge
- free from liquid or moisture; lacking natural or normal moisture or depleted of water; or no longer wet
- (of food) eaten without a spread or sauce or other garnish
- lacking warmth or emotional involvement
- (of liquor) having a low residual sugar content because of decomposition of sugar during fermentation
- practicing complete abstinence from alcoholic beverages
- lacking interest or stimulation; dull and lifeless
- opposed to or prohibiting the production and sale of alcoholic beverages
- not shedding tears
- humorously sarcastic or mocking
- (Christianity) Of a mass, service, or rite: involving neither consecration nor communion.
- (figurative) Athirst, eager.
- (poker) Of a board or flop: Not permitting the creation of many or of strong hands.
- Free from or lacking alcohol or alcoholic beverages.
- (fine arts) Exhibiting precise execution lacking delicate contours or soft transitions of color.
- (aviation) Not using afterburners or water injection for increased thrust.
- Lacking interest, boring.
- (of a sound recording) Free from applied audio effects (especially reverb).
- In a dry spell (e.g., unemployed, slow).
- Of a bite from an animal: not containing the usual venom.
- Free from or lacking embellishment or sweetness, particularly:
- (law) Describing an area where sales of alcoholic or strong alcoholic beverages are banned.
- (wine and other alcoholic beverages, ginger ale) Low in sugar; lacking sugar; unsweetened.
- Unable to produce a liquid, as water, (petrochemistry) oil, or (agriculture) milk.
- (humor) Amusing without showing amusement.
- (chemistry) Anhydrous: free from or lacking water in any state, regardless of the presence of other liquids.
- (Malaysia, Singapore, of noodles) Mixed with sauce and not served in a soup.
- Without a usual complement or consummation; impotent.
- (masonry) Built without or lacking mortar.
- Free from or lacking moisture.
- (sciences, somewhat derogatory) Involving computations rather than work with biological or chemical matter.
noun
- a reformer who opposes the use of intoxicating beverages
- (Australia) An area of waterless country.
- (US) A prohibitionist (of alcoholic beverages).
- (British, UK politics) A radical or hard-line Conservative; especially, one who supported the policies of British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher in the 1980s.
- (chiefly Australia, with "the") The dry season.
- Unsweetened ginger ale; dry ginger.
- An area with little or no rain, or sheltered from it.
- The process by which something is dried.
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- Having a high concentration of an essential or active ingredient.
- (specifically) Having a high alcoholic content.
- (chemistry) That completely ionizes into anions and cations in a solution.
- Having an offensive or intense odor or flavor.
- Capable of withstanding great physical force.
- (loosely) Possessing power, might, or strength.
- (military) Not easily subdued or taken.
- (slang, US) Impressive, good.
- Determined; unyielding.
- Highly stimulating to the senses.
- Having a specified number of people or units.
- (grammar) Inflecting in a different manner than the one called weak, such as Germanic verbs which change vowels.
- (of an argument) Convincing.
- Having wealth or resources.
- (of a disease or symptom) Severe; very bad or intense.
- Capable of producing great physical force.
- (mathematics, logic) Having a wide range of logical consequences; widely applicable. (Often contrasted with a weak statement which it implies.)
- having strength or power greater than average or expected
- strong and sure
- having a strong physiological or chemical effect
- being distilled rather than fermented; having a high alcoholic content
- immune to attack; incapable of being tampered with
- of verbs not having standard (or regular) inflection
- having or wielding force or authority
- freshly made or left
- not faint or feeble
- of good quality and condition; solidly built