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adj
- extremely sharp or severe
- Intense; sensitive; sharp.
- having or demonstrating ability to recognize or draw fine distinctions
- of critical importance and consequence
- of an angle; less than 90 degrees
- having or experiencing a rapid onset and short but severe course
- ending in a sharp point
- (linguistics, chiefly historical) Of an accent or tone: generally higher than others.
- High or shrill.
- (medicine) Of a short-lived condition, in contrast to a chronic condition; this sense also does not imply severity.
- (medicine) Of an abnormal condition of recent or sudden onset, in contrast to delayed onset; this sense does not imply severity, unlike the common usage.
- (geometry, of a triangle) Having all three interior angles measuring less than 90 degrees.
- (orthography, postpositive) Of a letter of the alphabet, having an acute accent.
- (geometry, of an angle) Less than 90 degrees.
- Brief, quick, short.
- (botany) With the sides meeting directly to form an acute angle (at an apex or base).
- Urgent.
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- extremely sharp or severe
- (of color) having the highest saturation
- possessing or displaying a distinctive feature to a heightened degree
- Of a characteristic: extreme or very high or strong in degree; severe; also, excessive, towering.
- Of feelings, thoughts, etc.: strongly focused; ardent, deep, earnest, passionate.
- Of a thing: possessing some characteristic to an extreme or very high or strong degree.
- Of a person: very emotional or passionate.
- (also figurative) Under tension; tightly drawn; strained, stressed, tense.
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- Acute, extreme, sharp.
- Produced or effected by force; not spontaneous; unnatural.
- Intensely vivid.
- Involving physical conflict.
- Involving extreme force or motion.
- Likely to use physical force.
- effected by force or injury rather than natural causes
- (of colors or sounds) intensely vivid or loud
- characterized by violence or bloodshed
- marked by extreme intensity of emotions or convictions; inclined to react violently; fervid
- acting with or marked by or resulting from great force or energy or emotional intensity
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- intense or sharp
- lavishly elegant and refined
- of extreme beauty
- delicately beautiful
- Of delicate perception or close and accurate discrimination; not easy to satisfy; exact; fastidious.
- Recherché; far-fetched; abstruse.
- Especially or extraordinarily fine or pleasing; exceptional.
- Of special beauty or rare excellence.
- Exceeding; extreme; keen, in a bad or a good sense.
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- intense or sharp
- painful as if caused by a sharp instrument
- Having a fine edge or point; sharp.
- having a sharp cutting edge or point
- having or demonstrating ability to recognize or draw fine distinctions
- excellent
- (British) Of prices, extremely low as to be competitive.
- (chiefly Commonwealth) Often with a prepositional phrase, or with to and an infinitive: showing a quick and ardent responsiveness or willingness; eager, enthusiastic, interested.
- Fierce, intense, vehement.
- Acrimonious, bitter, piercing.
- Acute of mind, having or expressing mental acuteness; penetrating, sharp.
- Of cold, wind, etc.: cutting, penetrating, piercing, sharp.
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- Sharp, caustic, severe.
- (medicine) Having the effect of drawing tissue together; styptic.
- Extremely sour, bitter.
- Causing a dry or puckering mouthfeel; characteristic of foods with high tannin content, such as certain kinds of berries and citrus fruits.
- sour or bitter in taste
- tending to draw together or constrict soft organic tissue
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- Harsh, piercing, acerbic or stinging.
- very difficult to accept or bear
- expressive of severe grief or regret
- proceeding from or exhibiting great hostility or animosity
- causing a sharp and acrid taste experience
- marked by strong resentment or cynicism
- causing a sharply painful or stinging sensation; used especially of cold
- harsh or corrosive in tone
- Cynical and resentful.
- Hateful or hostile.
- Having an acrid taste (usually from a basic substance).
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- the taste experience when quinine or coffee is taken into the mouth
- the property of having a harsh unpleasant taste
- English term for a dry sharp-tasting ale with strong flavor of hops (usually on draft)
- (usually in the plural bitters) A liquid or powder, made from bitter herbs, used in mixed drinks or as a tonic.
- A type of beer heavily flavored with hops.
- (nautical) A turn of a cable about the bitts.
- (computing, informal, in combination) A hardware system whose architecture is based around units of the specified number of bits (binary digits).
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- glare or strike with great intensity
- move rhythmically
- move with or as if with a regular alternating motion
- strike (a part of one's own body) repeatedly, as in great emotion or in accompaniment to music
- make a rhythmic sound
- move with a thrashing motion
- produce a rhythm by striking repeatedly
- wear out completely
- stir vigorously
- avoid paying
- hit repeatedly
- be superior
- make a sound like a clock or a timer
- shape by beating
- be a mystery or bewildering to
- indicate by beating, as with the fingers or drumsticks
- come out better in a competition, race, or conflict
- make by pounding or trampling
- sail with much tacking or with difficulty
- strike (water or bushes) repeatedly to rouse animals for hunting
- give a beating to; subject to a beating, either as a punishment or as an act of aggression
- beat through cleverness and wit
- move with a flapping motion
- (intransitive, nautical) To sail to windward using a series of alternate tacks across the wind.
- To make a sound when struck.
- To be in agitation or doubt.
- To mix food in a rapid fashion. Compare whip.
- simple past tense of beat
- (military, intransitive) To make a succession of strokes on a drum.
- (intransitive, MLE, MTE, slang, vulgar) To have sexual intercourse.
- (transitive, slang) To rob; to cheat or scam.
- (transitive) To arrive at a place before someone.
- (intransitive) To strike repeatedly; to inflict repeated blows; to knock vigorously or loudly.
- (intransitive) To move with pulsation or throbbing.
- (transitive) To strike or pound repeatedly, usually in some sort of rhythm.
- (especially colloquial) past participle of beat
- To tread, as a path.
- To exercise severely; to perplex; to trouble.
- To sound with more or less rapid alternations of greater and lesser intensity, so as to produce a pulsating effect; said of instruments, tones, or vibrations not perfectly in unison.
- (transitive) To win against; to defeat or overcome; to do or be better than (someone); to excel in a particular, competitive event.
- (transitive) To indicate by beating or drumming.
- (transitive) To strike (water, foliage etc.) in order to drive out game; to travel through (a forest etc.) for hunting.
- (transitive) To hit; to strike.
- (transitive, UK, in haggling for a price of a buyer) To persuade the seller to reduce a price.
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- the sound of stroke or blow
- a member of the beat generation; a nonconformist in dress and behavior
- a regular route for a sentry or policeman
- the rhythmic contraction and expansion of the arteries with each beat of the heart
- a single pulsation of an oscillation produced by adding two waves of different frequencies; has a frequency equal to the difference between the two oscillations
- the act of beating to windward; sailing as close as possible to the direction from which the wind is blowing
- (prosody) the accent in a metrical foot of verse
- a regular rate of repetition
- a stroke or blow
- the basic rhythmic unit in a piece of music
- (music) The rhythm signalled by a conductor or other musician to the members of a group of musicians.
- (slang) A makeup look; compare beat one's face.
- The instrumental portion of a piece of hip-hop music.
- A rhythm.
- A pulsation or throb.
- (journalism) The primary focus of a reporter's stories (such as police/courts, education, city government, business etc.).
- (authorship) A short pause in a play, screenplay, or teleplay, for dramatic or comedic effect.
- (music) A pulse on the beat level, the metric level at which pulses are heard as the basic unit. Thus a beat is the basic time unit of a piece.
- The interference between two tones of almost equal frequency
- (hunting) The act of scouring, or ranging over, a tract of land to rouse or drive out game; also, those so engaged, collectively.
- A stroke; a blow.
- (fencing) A smart tap on the adversary's blade.
- The route patrolled by a police officer or a guard.
- A beatnik.
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- (slang, derogatory, by extension) Any woman with loose sexual morals.
- A type of small open pie, or piece of pastry, now typically containing jelly (US) / jam (UK) or conserve, or sometimes other fillings (chocolate, custard, egg, butter, historically even meat or other savory fillings).
- (British, slang) A prostitute.
- A melt (block of wax for use in a tart burner).
- a small open pie with a fruit filling
- a pastry cup with a filling of fruit or custard and no top crust
- a woman who engages in sexual intercourse for money
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- become sharp or sharper
- make sharp or sharper
- put (an image) into focus
- make (images or sounds) sharp or sharper
- make (one's senses) more acute
- raise the pitch of (musical notes)
- make crisp or more crisp and precise
- give a point to
- (intransitive) To become sharp.
- (transitive, sometimes figurative) To make sharp.
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- Harsh; severe.
- Evil or mischievous by nature; morally reprehensible.
- (slang) Excellent; awesome; masterful.
- Alternative form of wick, as applying to inanimate objects only.
- (British, dialect, chiefly Yorkshire) Infested with maggots.
- Having a wick.
- morally bad in principle or practice
- intensely or extremely bad or unpleasant in degree or quality
- highly offensive; arousing aversion or disgust
- having committed unrighteous acts
- naughtily or annoyingly playful
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- Drastic, or of great severity.
- Of sports, difficult or dangerous; performed in a hazardous environment.
- In the greatest or highest degree; intense.
- Excessive, or far beyond the norm.
- Of a place, the most remote, farthest or outermost.
- of the greatest possible degree or extent or intensity
- beyond a norm in views or actions
- most distant in any direction
- far beyond a norm in quantity or amount or degree; to an utmost degree
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- A drastic expedient.
- (mathematics) Either of the two numbers at the ends of a proportion, as 1 and 6 in 1:2=3:6.
- Each of the things at opposite ends of a range or scale.
- The greatest or utmost point, degree, or condition.
- the point located farthest from the middle of something
- the furthest or highest degree of something
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- Intense; extreme in degree or extent.
- Very bad; lousy.
- (especially Ireland, with "for") Prone to a particular temptation.
- Dreadful; causing terror, alarm and fear; awesome
- Formidable, powerful.
- Very unpleasant; disagreeable.
- causing fear or dread or terror
- intensely or extremely bad or unpleasant in degree or quality
- extreme in degree or extent or amount or impact
- exceptionally bad or displeasing
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- Sharp; pungent; piquant.
- Mildly erotic.
- (figurative) Impertinent or disrespectful, often in a manner that is regarded as entertaining or amusing; smart.
- Impudently bold; pert.
- Similar to sauce; having the consistency or texture of sauce.
- characterized by a lightly pert and exuberant quality
- improperly forward or bold
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- Extreme severity or rigour.
- A government in which a single ruler (a tyrant) has absolute power, or this system of government; especially, one that acts cruelly and unjustly.
- A system of government in which power is exercised on behalf of the ruler or ruling class, without regard to the wishes of the governed.
- Absolute power, or its use.
- The office or jurisdiction of an absolute ruler.
- a form of government in which the ruler is an absolute dictator (not restricted by a constitution or laws or opposition etc.)
- dominance through threat of punishment and violence
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- (countable) The product or result of being sharp.
- the quality of being sharp and clear
- (of intelligence) acuteness or acuity.
- (uncountable) the cutting ability of an edge; keenness.
- (of an image) distinctness, focus.
- (of food etc) pungency or acidity.
- (uncountable) the fineness of the point a pointed object.
- a strong odor or taste property
- the attribute of urgency in tone of voice
- thinness of edge or fineness of point
- harshness of manner
- a quick and penetrating intelligence
- the quality of being keenly and painfully felt
adj
- Very bad or intense.
- Strict or harsh.
- Sober, plain in appearance, austere.
- very strong or vigorous
- intensely or extremely bad or unpleasant in degree or quality
- very bad in degree or extent
- unsparing and uncompromising in discipline or judgment
- causing fear or anxiety by threatening great harm
- severely simple
noun
- the quality of having a sharp edge or point
- a quick and penetrating intelligence
- a sensitivity that is keen and highly developed
- The quality of being acute or pointed.
- Of the senses or feelings: the faculty of precise discernment or perception; sensitiveness.
- Shrewdness, quickness of mind.
- Of sounds: shrillness; high pitch.
- (medicine) Violence of a disease, which brings it speedily to a crisis.
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- lash or flick about sharply
- bind with a rope, chain, or cord
- beat severely with a whip or rod
- strike as if by whipping
- Used in phrasal verbs: lash back, lash out.
- (transitive) To throw out with a jerk or quickly.
- (transitive) To scold; or to satirize; to censure with severity.
- (intransitive) To ply the whip; to strike.
- (transitive) To strike forcibly and quickly, as with a lash; to beat, or beat upon, with a motion like that of a lash.
- (transitive) To strike with a lash; to whip or scourge with a lash, or with something like one.
- (intransitive) To strike vigorously; to let fly.
- (intransitive) To utter censure or sarcastic language.
- (transitive) To bind with a rope, cord, thong, or chain, so as to fasten.
- (intransitive, of rain) To fall heavily, especially in the phrase lash down.
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- leather strip that forms the flexible part of a whip
- any of the short curved hairs that grow from the edges of the eyelids
- a quick blow delivered with a whip or whiplike object
- A quantity, a great number or amount (e.g. of rain or milk).
- In carpet weaving, a group of strings for lifting simultaneously certain yarns, to form the figure.
- A stroke of satire or sarcasm; an expression or retort that cuts or gives pain; a cut.
- A quick and violent sweeping movement, as of an animal's tail; a swish.
- (botany) Flowering plants of genus Blepharis.
- A hair growing from the edge of the eyelid; an eyelash.
- A stroke with a whip, or anything pliant and tough, often given as a punishment.
- (Australia, New Zealand, Ireland, informal) An attempt; a go at something.
- The thong or braided cord of a whip, with which the blow is given.
- (machining, mechanical) Looseness between fitted parts, either intentional (as allowance) or unintentional (from error or wear).
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- Rigorous; severe; afflictive.
- Having a lot of weight; heavy.
- (figurative) Important; serious; not trivial or petty.
- of great gravity or crucial import; requiring serious thought
- excessively fat
- having relatively great weight; heavy
- powerfully persuasive
- weighing heavily on the spirit; causing anxiety or worry
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- intense or extreme
- marked by depth of thinking
- having or denoting a low vocal or instrumental range
- with head or back bent low
- (of darkness) densely dark
- very distant in time or space
- exhibiting great cunning usually with secrecy
- relatively thick from top to bottom
- relatively deep or strong; affecting one deeply
- strong; intense
- of an obscure nature
- having great spatial extension or penetration downward or inward from an outer surface or backward or laterally or outward from a center; sometimes used in combination
- large in quantity or size
- extending relatively far inward
- difficult to penetrate; incomprehensible to one of ordinary understanding or knowledge
- Of penetrating or far-reaching intellect; not superficial; thoroughly skilled; sagacious; cunning.
- (anatomy, often with to) Further into the body.
- Positioned far from the surface or other reference point, especially down through something or into something.
- (sports such as soccer, tennis) Penetrating a long way, especially a long way forward.
- Inner, underlying, true; relating to one’s inner or private being rather than what is visible on the surface.
- In a (specified) number of rows or layers.
- (cricket, baseball, softball) Far from the center of the playing area, near to the boundary of the playing area, either in absolute terms or relative to a point of reference.
- (sound, voice) Low in pitch.
- Extending far down from the top, or surface, to the bottom, literally or figuratively.
- Far in extent in another (non-downwards, but generally also non-upwards) direction, especially front-to-back.
- Voluminous.
- (sleep) Sound, heavy (describing a state of sleep from which one is not easily awoken).
- Hard to penetrate or comprehend; profound; intricate; obscure.
- (of time) Distant in the past, ancient.
- Significant, not superficial, in extent.
- (in combination) Extending to a level or length equivalent to the stated thing.
- (sports such as soccer, American football, tennis) Positioned back, or downfield, towards one's own goal, or towards or behind one's baseline or similar reference point.
- (of a color or flavour) Highly saturated; rich.
- Profound, having great meaning or import, but possibly obscure or not obvious.
- Muddy; boggy; sandy; said of roads.
noun
- a long steep-sided depression in the ocean floor
- literary term for an ocean
- the central and most intense or profound part
- A deep or innermost part of something in general.
- (US, rare) The profound part of a problem.
- (literary, with "the") The deep part of a lake, sea, etc.
- (literary, with "the") A silent time; quiet isolation.
- (cricket) A fielding position near the boundary.
- A deep hole or pit, a water well; an abyss.
- (with "the") The sea, the ocean.
- (rare) A deep shade of colour.
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- to a great distance
- to an advanced time
- to a great depth; far down or in
- (also deeply) In a profound, not superficial, manner.
- (sports) Back towards one's own goal, baseline, or similar.
- (also deeply) In large volume.
- Far, especially far down through something or into something, physically or figuratively.
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- an excerpt cut from a newspaper or magazine
- the act of diluting something
- a part (sometimes a root or leaf or bud) removed from a plant to propagate a new plant through rooting or grafting
- removing parts from hard material to create a desired pattern or shape
- the act of shortening something by chopping off the ends
- the act of penetrating or opening open with a sharp edge
- the act of cutting something into parts
- the activity of selecting the scenes to be shown and putting them together to create a film
- a piece cut off from the main part of something
- the division of a deck of cards before dealing
- (countable, UK) An open passage at a level lower than the surrounding terrain, dug for a canal, railway, or road to go through.
- (countable) A newspaper clipping.
- (uncountable, cinematography, sound engineering) The editing of film or other recordings.
- (countable) An abridged selection of written work, often intended for performance.
- (countable) A section removed from a larger whole.
- (countable, horticulture) A leaf, stem, branch, or root removed from a plant and cultivated to grow a new plant.
- (uncountable, machining) The process of bringing metals to a desired shape by chipping away the unwanted material.
- (uncountable, psychology) The act of cutting one's own skin as a symptom of a mental disorder; self-harm.
- (countable, uncountable) The action of the verb to cut.
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- Piercing; keen; severe; painful.
- keenly and painfully felt; as if caused by a sharp edge or point
- harsh
- (mathematics, of a statement) Said of as extreme a value as possible.
- Eager or keen in pursuit; impatient for gratification.
- (chess) Tactical; risky.
- (colloquial) Illegal or dishonest.
- Forming a small or tight angle; especially, forming an angle of less than ninety degrees.
- Strongly distinguishing or differentiating; acute.
- (music) Higher in pitch than required.
- Having a strong acrid or acidic taste.
- Observant; alert; acute.
- Quick and alert.
- (colloquial) Stylish, smart or attractive.
- (colloquial) Intelligent.
- Terminating in a point or edge, especially one that can cut or pierce easily; not dull, obtuse, or rounded.
- Steep; precipitous; abrupt.
- (colloquial) Keenly or unduly attentive to one's own interests; shrewd, verging on dishonest.
- Exact, precise, accurate; keen.
- Composed of hard, angular grains; gritty.
- (music) Raised by one semitone (denoted by the symbol ♯ after the name of the note).
- Offensive, critical, or acrimonious; stern or harsh.
- Sudden, abrupt, intense, rapid.
- having or demonstrating ability to recognize or draw fine distinctions
- (of something seen or heard) clearly defined
- (of a musical note) raised in pitch by one chromatic semitone
- dangerously steep
- having or made by a thin edge or sharp point; suitable for cutting or piercing
- having or emitting a high-pitched and sharp tone or tones
- marked by practical hardheaded intelligence
- quick and forceful
- ending in a sharp point
- very sudden and in great amount or degree
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- (music) The symbol ♯, placed after the name of a note in the key signature or before a note on the staff to indicate that the note is to be played one chromatic semitone higher.
- (in the plural) Fine particles of husk mixed with coarse particle of flour of cereals; middlings.
- (psychiatry, healthcare) A sharp object; any item pointed enough to injure human skin.
- (music) A note that is sharp in a particular key.
- (usually in the plural) Something that is sharp.
- Alternative form of sharpie (“type of fishing boat”).
- (music) A note that is played one chromatic semitone higher than usual; denoted by the name of the note that is followed by the symbol ♯.
- (music) The scale having a particular sharp note as its tonic.
- (medicine) A hypodermic syringe.
- A sewing needle with a very slender point, more pointed than a blunt or a between.
- Part of a stream where the water runs very rapidly.
- A dishonest person; a cheater.
- A sharpie (member of Australian gangs of the 1960s and 1970s).
- a long thin sewing needle with a sharp point
- a musical notation indicating one half step higher than the note named
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- Sharp; having prominent edges.
- (Internet slang) Exhibiting behavior that is disconcerting or alarming, sometimes in an effort to impress or to troll others.
- (entertainment, advertising) Creatively challenging; cutting edge; leading edge.
- Nervous, apprehensive.
- (slang) Cool by virtue of being tough, dark, or badass.
- (art) Having some of the forms, such as drapery or the like, too sharply defined.
- (figurative) On the edge between acceptable and offensive; pushing the boundaries of good taste; risqué.
- being in a tense state
noun
- The extreme end of something, especially when pointed; e.g. the sharp end of a pencil.
- (Australia) A prediction of the winning team in a football game by a participant in a footy tipping competition.
- (music) The end of a bow of a stringed instrument that is not held.
- (African-American Vernacular) A kick or phase; one's current habits or behaviour.
- A piece of metal, fabric or other material used to cover the top of something for protection, utility or decoration.
- A thin, boarded brush made of camel's hair, used by gilders in lifting gold leaf.
- (UK, Ireland, Commonwealth, by extension) A recycling centre.
- The act of deflecting with one's fingers, especially the fingertips
- A piece of private or secret information, especially imparted by someone with expert knowledge about sporting odds, business performance etc.
- (UK, Ireland, Commonwealth) Rubbish thrown from a quarry.
- (slang) the glans penis
- An act of tipping up or tilting.
- (African-American Vernacular) A particular arena or sphere of interest; a front.
- (Australia) A prediction about the outcome of something.
- (UK, Ireland, Commonwealth) An area or a place for dumping something, such as rubbish or refuse, as from a mine; a heap (see tipple); a dump.
- (colloquial) A very untidy place.
- A gratuity; a small amount of money left for a bartender, waiter, taxi driver or other service worker as a token of appreciation, often calculated as a percentage of the bill.
- A piece of stiffened lining pasted on the inside of a hat crown.
- A piece of advice.
- Synonym of eartip (“part of earbuds”).
- A tram for expeditiously transferring coal.
- (chiefly in the plural) A small piece of meat.
- a relatively small amount of money given for services rendered (as by a waiter)
- the top or extreme point of something (usually a mountain or hill)
- an indication of potential opportunity
- a V shape
- the extreme end of something; especially something pointed
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- (Australia) To enter a prediction of the winning team of a football game, as part of a footy tipping competition.
- To cause the contents of a container to be emptied out by tilting it.
- (US, transitive) To pour a libation or a liquid from a container, particularly from a forty of malt liquor.
- (ergative) (To cause) to be, or come to be, in a tilted or sloping position; (to cause) to become unbalanced.
- (thieves' cant) To give, pass.
- (ergative) (To cause) to become knocked over, fall down or overturn.
- To give a small gratuity to, especially to an employee of someone who provides a service.
- (Australia) To predict something having a particular outcome.
- To give a piece of private information to; to inform (someone) of a clue, secret knowledge, etc.
- (transitive) To provide with a tip; to cover the tip of.
- (transitive) To dump (refuse).
- (transitive) To deflect with one′s fingers, especially one′s fingertips.
- cause to tilt
- walk on one's toes
- give insider information or advise to
- remove the tip from
- mark with a tip
- give a tip or gratuity to in return for a service, beyond the compensation agreed on
- cause to topple or tumble by pushing
- strike lightly
- to incline or bend from a vertical position
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- (by extension) Harsh and bright, especially blindingly so.
- Composed of actin.
- (chemistry, photography) Of or relating to actinism, the range of photochemical effects produced by exposure to electromagnetic radiation, particularly sunlight.
- (medicine) Caused by extensive exposure to ultraviolet light.
- Related to radiation; used most often in reference to light, especially in the ultraviolet range.
- relating to or exhibiting actinism
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- Any substance used to facilitate the fixing of a dye to a fibre; usually a metallic compound which reacts with the dye using chelation.
- A glutinous size used as a ground for gilding, to make the gold leaf adhere.
- Any corrosive substance used in etching.
- a substance used to treat leather or other materials before dyeing; aids in dyeing process
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- A sharp or tapering point.
- Any of various tall grasses, rushes, or sedges, such as the marram, the reed canary-grass, etc.
- The top, or uppermost point, of anything; the summit.
- A young shoot of a plant; a spear.
- (geometry) The part of a spiral generated in one revolution of the straight line about the pole.
- A spiral.
- (mining) A tube or fuse for communicating fire to the charge in blasting.
- One of the sinuous foldings of a serpent or other reptile; a coil.
- (architecture) A tapering structure built on a roof or tower, especially as one of the central architectural features of a church or cathedral roof.
- a tall tower that forms the superstructure of a building (usually a church or temple) and that tapers to a point at the top
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- serious or severe
- feeling physical discomfort or pain (‘tough’ is occasionally used colloquially for ‘bad’)
- not working properly
- (of foodstuffs) not in an edible or usable condition
- capable of harming
- reproduced fraudulently
- nonstandard
- not financially safe or secure
- not capable of being collected
- having undesirable or negative qualities
- characterized by wickedness or immorality
- feeling or expressing regret or sorrow or a sense of loss over something done or undone
- below average in quality or performance
- physically unsound or diseased
- False; counterfeit; illegitimate.
- (sometimes childish) Evil; wicked.
- Not appropriate, of manners etc.
- (often childish) Not behaving; behaving badly; misbehaving; mischievous or disobedient.
- Not worth it.
- Not suitable or fitting.
- (Internet slang, sarcastic) Used without a copula to mock people who oppose something without having any real understanding of it.
- (chiefly in "bad boy", "bad girl", and similar phrases) Attractive due to (one's) rebellious nature.
- (informal, of a draft/check) Not covered by funds on account.
- (semantic change, amelioration, contranymic) Good, superlative, excellent, cool.
- (of food) Spoiled, rotten, overripe.
- Harmful, especially unhealthy; liable to cause health problems.
- (US) Overly promiscuous, licentious.
- Bold, daring, and tough.
- (originally African-American Vernacular, of a woman) Very attractive; hot, sexy.
- (of a word, speech, or writing) Vulgar, obscene, or blasphemous.
- (of a need, want, or pain) Severe, urgent.
- Of poor physical appearance.
- Unskilled; of limited ability; not good.
- The injured or weak one of a pair of body parts, where the other one is healthy.
- (preceded by feel) Regretful, guilty, or ashamed.
- Of low quality.
- Tricky; stressful; unpleasant.
- Faulty; not functional.
- (of breath) Malodorous; foul.
- Inaccurate; incorrect
- (chiefly applied to a person's state of health) Sickly, unhealthy, unwell.
- Unfavorable; negative; not good.
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- serious or severe
- in an advanced stage of pregnancy
- exhibiting self-importance
- given or giving freely
- generous and understanding and tolerant
- prodigious
- above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent
- (of animals) fully developed
- feeling self-importance
- significant
- loud and firm
- marked by intense physical force
- conspicuous in position or importance
- Popular.
- Of great size, large.
- (of a city) Populous.
- (informal) Important or significant.
- Having large muscles, especially visible ones such as the chest and arm muscles.
- (informal) Mature, conscientious, principled; generous. [with of ‘someone’]
- (informal) Used as an intensifier, especially of negative-valence nouns
- (of an industry or other field, or institution(s) therein; often capitalized; sometimes humorous) Operating on a large scale, especially if therefore having undue or sinister influence.
- Specifically, big-breasted.
- (informal, slang, rare, of someone's age) Old, mature. Used to imply that someone is too old for something, or acting immaturely.
- Having a large penis.
- (informal) Enthusiastic (about). [with on ‘someone/something’]
- (informal) Fat.
- (sometimes figurative) Large with young; pregnant; swelling; ready to give birth or produce.
- (informal) Adult; (of a child) older.
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- (university slang) An initiated member of a sorority or fraternity who acts as a mentor to a new member (the little).
- (ageplay) The participant in age roleplay who acts out the older role.
- An important or powerful person; a celebrity; a big name.
- Someone or something that is large in stature.
- (in the plural) The big leagues, big time.
noun
- Extreme severity or rigour.
- A government in which a single ruler (a tyrant) has absolute power, or this system of government; especially, one that acts cruelly and unjustly.
- A system of government in which power is exercised on behalf of the ruler or ruling class, without regard to the wishes of the governed.
- Absolute power, or its use.
- The office or jurisdiction of an absolute ruler.
- a form of government in which the ruler is an absolute dictator (not restricted by a constitution or laws or opposition etc.)
- dominance through threat of punishment and violence
noun
- (countable) The product or result of being sharp.
- the quality of being sharp and clear
- (of intelligence) acuteness or acuity.
- (uncountable) the cutting ability of an edge; keenness.
- (of an image) distinctness, focus.
- (of food etc) pungency or acidity.
- (uncountable) the fineness of the point a pointed object.
- a strong odor or taste property
- the attribute of urgency in tone of voice
- thinness of edge or fineness of point
- harshness of manner
- a quick and penetrating intelligence
- the quality of being keenly and painfully felt
noun
- the quality of having a sharp edge or point
- a quick and penetrating intelligence
- a sensitivity that is keen and highly developed
- The quality of being acute or pointed.
- Of the senses or feelings: the faculty of precise discernment or perception; sensitiveness.
- Shrewdness, quickness of mind.
- Of sounds: shrillness; high pitch.
- (medicine) Violence of a disease, which brings it speedily to a crisis.
noun
- The extreme end of something, especially when pointed; e.g. the sharp end of a pencil.
- (Australia) A prediction of the winning team in a football game by a participant in a footy tipping competition.
- (music) The end of a bow of a stringed instrument that is not held.
- (African-American Vernacular) A kick or phase; one's current habits or behaviour.
- A piece of metal, fabric or other material used to cover the top of something for protection, utility or decoration.
- A thin, boarded brush made of camel's hair, used by gilders in lifting gold leaf.
- (UK, Ireland, Commonwealth, by extension) A recycling centre.
- The act of deflecting with one's fingers, especially the fingertips
- A piece of private or secret information, especially imparted by someone with expert knowledge about sporting odds, business performance etc.
- (UK, Ireland, Commonwealth) Rubbish thrown from a quarry.
- (slang) the glans penis
- An act of tipping up or tilting.
- (African-American Vernacular) A particular arena or sphere of interest; a front.
- (Australia) A prediction about the outcome of something.
- (UK, Ireland, Commonwealth) An area or a place for dumping something, such as rubbish or refuse, as from a mine; a heap (see tipple); a dump.
- (colloquial) A very untidy place.
- A gratuity; a small amount of money left for a bartender, waiter, taxi driver or other service worker as a token of appreciation, often calculated as a percentage of the bill.
- A piece of stiffened lining pasted on the inside of a hat crown.
- A piece of advice.
- Synonym of eartip (“part of earbuds”).
- A tram for expeditiously transferring coal.
- (chiefly in the plural) A small piece of meat.
- a relatively small amount of money given for services rendered (as by a waiter)
- the top or extreme point of something (usually a mountain or hill)
- an indication of potential opportunity
- a V shape
- the extreme end of something; especially something pointed
verb
- (Australia) To enter a prediction of the winning team of a football game, as part of a footy tipping competition.
- To cause the contents of a container to be emptied out by tilting it.
- (US, transitive) To pour a libation or a liquid from a container, particularly from a forty of malt liquor.
- (ergative) (To cause) to be, or come to be, in a tilted or sloping position; (to cause) to become unbalanced.
- (thieves' cant) To give, pass.
- (ergative) (To cause) to become knocked over, fall down or overturn.
- To give a small gratuity to, especially to an employee of someone who provides a service.
- (Australia) To predict something having a particular outcome.
- To give a piece of private information to; to inform (someone) of a clue, secret knowledge, etc.
- (transitive) To provide with a tip; to cover the tip of.
- (transitive) To dump (refuse).
- (transitive) To deflect with one′s fingers, especially one′s fingertips.
- cause to tilt
- walk on one's toes
- give insider information or advise to
- remove the tip from
- mark with a tip
- give a tip or gratuity to in return for a service, beyond the compensation agreed on
- cause to topple or tumble by pushing
- strike lightly
- to incline or bend from a vertical position
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noun
- A sharp or tapering point.
- Any of various tall grasses, rushes, or sedges, such as the marram, the reed canary-grass, etc.
- The top, or uppermost point, of anything; the summit.
- A young shoot of a plant; a spear.
- (geometry) The part of a spiral generated in one revolution of the straight line about the pole.
- A spiral.
- (mining) A tube or fuse for communicating fire to the charge in blasting.
- One of the sinuous foldings of a serpent or other reptile; a coil.
- (architecture) A tapering structure built on a roof or tower, especially as one of the central architectural features of a church or cathedral roof.
- a tall tower that forms the superstructure of a building (usually a church or temple) and that tapers to a point at the top
verb
verb
- glare or strike with great intensity
- move rhythmically
- move with or as if with a regular alternating motion
- strike (a part of one's own body) repeatedly, as in great emotion or in accompaniment to music
- make a rhythmic sound
- move with a thrashing motion
- produce a rhythm by striking repeatedly
- wear out completely
- stir vigorously
- avoid paying
- hit repeatedly
- be superior
- make a sound like a clock or a timer
- shape by beating
- be a mystery or bewildering to
- indicate by beating, as with the fingers or drumsticks
- come out better in a competition, race, or conflict
- make by pounding or trampling
- sail with much tacking or with difficulty
- strike (water or bushes) repeatedly to rouse animals for hunting
- give a beating to; subject to a beating, either as a punishment or as an act of aggression
- beat through cleverness and wit
- move with a flapping motion
- (intransitive, nautical) To sail to windward using a series of alternate tacks across the wind.
- To make a sound when struck.
- To be in agitation or doubt.
- To mix food in a rapid fashion. Compare whip.
- simple past tense of beat
- (military, intransitive) To make a succession of strokes on a drum.
- (intransitive, MLE, MTE, slang, vulgar) To have sexual intercourse.
- (transitive, slang) To rob; to cheat or scam.
- (transitive) To arrive at a place before someone.
- (intransitive) To strike repeatedly; to inflict repeated blows; to knock vigorously or loudly.
- (intransitive) To move with pulsation or throbbing.
- (transitive) To strike or pound repeatedly, usually in some sort of rhythm.
- (especially colloquial) past participle of beat
- To tread, as a path.
- To exercise severely; to perplex; to trouble.
- To sound with more or less rapid alternations of greater and lesser intensity, so as to produce a pulsating effect; said of instruments, tones, or vibrations not perfectly in unison.
- (transitive) To win against; to defeat or overcome; to do or be better than (someone); to excel in a particular, competitive event.
- (transitive) To indicate by beating or drumming.
- (transitive) To strike (water, foliage etc.) in order to drive out game; to travel through (a forest etc.) for hunting.
- (transitive) To hit; to strike.
- (transitive, UK, in haggling for a price of a buyer) To persuade the seller to reduce a price.
adj
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- the sound of stroke or blow
- a member of the beat generation; a nonconformist in dress and behavior
- a regular route for a sentry or policeman
- the rhythmic contraction and expansion of the arteries with each beat of the heart
- a single pulsation of an oscillation produced by adding two waves of different frequencies; has a frequency equal to the difference between the two oscillations
- the act of beating to windward; sailing as close as possible to the direction from which the wind is blowing
- (prosody) the accent in a metrical foot of verse
- a regular rate of repetition
- a stroke or blow
- the basic rhythmic unit in a piece of music
- (music) The rhythm signalled by a conductor or other musician to the members of a group of musicians.
- (slang) A makeup look; compare beat one's face.
- The instrumental portion of a piece of hip-hop music.
- A rhythm.
- A pulsation or throb.
- (journalism) The primary focus of a reporter's stories (such as police/courts, education, city government, business etc.).
- (authorship) A short pause in a play, screenplay, or teleplay, for dramatic or comedic effect.
- (music) A pulse on the beat level, the metric level at which pulses are heard as the basic unit. Thus a beat is the basic time unit of a piece.
- The interference between two tones of almost equal frequency
- (hunting) The act of scouring, or ranging over, a tract of land to rouse or drive out game; also, those so engaged, collectively.
- A stroke; a blow.
- (fencing) A smart tap on the adversary's blade.
- The route patrolled by a police officer or a guard.
- A beatnik.
verb
- become sharp or sharper
- make sharp or sharper
- put (an image) into focus
- make (images or sounds) sharp or sharper
- make (one's senses) more acute
- raise the pitch of (musical notes)
- make crisp or more crisp and precise
- give a point to
- (intransitive) To become sharp.
- (transitive, sometimes figurative) To make sharp.
verb
- lash or flick about sharply
- bind with a rope, chain, or cord
- beat severely with a whip or rod
- strike as if by whipping
- Used in phrasal verbs: lash back, lash out.
- (transitive) To throw out with a jerk or quickly.
- (transitive) To scold; or to satirize; to censure with severity.
- (intransitive) To ply the whip; to strike.
- (transitive) To strike forcibly and quickly, as with a lash; to beat, or beat upon, with a motion like that of a lash.
- (transitive) To strike with a lash; to whip or scourge with a lash, or with something like one.
- (intransitive) To strike vigorously; to let fly.
- (intransitive) To utter censure or sarcastic language.
- (transitive) To bind with a rope, cord, thong, or chain, so as to fasten.
- (intransitive, of rain) To fall heavily, especially in the phrase lash down.
noun
- leather strip that forms the flexible part of a whip
- any of the short curved hairs that grow from the edges of the eyelids
- a quick blow delivered with a whip or whiplike object
- A quantity, a great number or amount (e.g. of rain or milk).
- In carpet weaving, a group of strings for lifting simultaneously certain yarns, to form the figure.
- A stroke of satire or sarcasm; an expression or retort that cuts or gives pain; a cut.
- A quick and violent sweeping movement, as of an animal's tail; a swish.
- (botany) Flowering plants of genus Blepharis.
- A hair growing from the edge of the eyelid; an eyelash.
- A stroke with a whip, or anything pliant and tough, often given as a punishment.
- (Australia, New Zealand, Ireland, informal) An attempt; a go at something.
- The thong or braided cord of a whip, with which the blow is given.
- (machining, mechanical) Looseness between fitted parts, either intentional (as allowance) or unintentional (from error or wear).
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- Harsh, piercing, acerbic or stinging.
- very difficult to accept or bear
- expressive of severe grief or regret
- proceeding from or exhibiting great hostility or animosity
- causing a sharp and acrid taste experience
- marked by strong resentment or cynicism
- causing a sharply painful or stinging sensation; used especially of cold
- harsh or corrosive in tone
- Cynical and resentful.
- Hateful or hostile.
- Having an acrid taste (usually from a basic substance).
noun
- the taste experience when quinine or coffee is taken into the mouth
- the property of having a harsh unpleasant taste
- English term for a dry sharp-tasting ale with strong flavor of hops (usually on draft)
- (usually in the plural bitters) A liquid or powder, made from bitter herbs, used in mixed drinks or as a tonic.
- A type of beer heavily flavored with hops.
- (nautical) A turn of a cable about the bitts.
- (computing, informal, in combination) A hardware system whose architecture is based around units of the specified number of bits (binary digits).
verb
adj
- extremely sharp or severe
- Intense; sensitive; sharp.
- having or demonstrating ability to recognize or draw fine distinctions
- of critical importance and consequence
- of an angle; less than 90 degrees
- having or experiencing a rapid onset and short but severe course
- ending in a sharp point
- (linguistics, chiefly historical) Of an accent or tone: generally higher than others.
- High or shrill.
- (medicine) Of a short-lived condition, in contrast to a chronic condition; this sense also does not imply severity.
- (medicine) Of an abnormal condition of recent or sudden onset, in contrast to delayed onset; this sense does not imply severity, unlike the common usage.
- (geometry, of a triangle) Having all three interior angles measuring less than 90 degrees.
- (orthography, postpositive) Of a letter of the alphabet, having an acute accent.
- (geometry, of an angle) Less than 90 degrees.
- Brief, quick, short.
- (botany) With the sides meeting directly to form an acute angle (at an apex or base).
- Urgent.
noun
verb
adj
- extremely sharp or severe
- (of color) having the highest saturation
- possessing or displaying a distinctive feature to a heightened degree
- Of a characteristic: extreme or very high or strong in degree; severe; also, excessive, towering.
- Of feelings, thoughts, etc.: strongly focused; ardent, deep, earnest, passionate.
- Of a thing: possessing some characteristic to an extreme or very high or strong degree.
- Of a person: very emotional or passionate.
- (also figurative) Under tension; tightly drawn; strained, stressed, tense.
adj
- Acute, extreme, sharp.
- Produced or effected by force; not spontaneous; unnatural.
- Intensely vivid.
- Involving physical conflict.
- Involving extreme force or motion.
- Likely to use physical force.
- effected by force or injury rather than natural causes
- (of colors or sounds) intensely vivid or loud
- characterized by violence or bloodshed
- marked by extreme intensity of emotions or convictions; inclined to react violently; fervid
- acting with or marked by or resulting from great force or energy or emotional intensity
adj
- intense or sharp
- lavishly elegant and refined
- of extreme beauty
- delicately beautiful
- Of delicate perception or close and accurate discrimination; not easy to satisfy; exact; fastidious.
- Recherché; far-fetched; abstruse.
- Especially or extraordinarily fine or pleasing; exceptional.
- Of special beauty or rare excellence.
- Exceeding; extreme; keen, in a bad or a good sense.
noun
adj
- intense or sharp
- painful as if caused by a sharp instrument
- Having a fine edge or point; sharp.
- having a sharp cutting edge or point
- having or demonstrating ability to recognize or draw fine distinctions
- excellent
- (British) Of prices, extremely low as to be competitive.
- (chiefly Commonwealth) Often with a prepositional phrase, or with to and an infinitive: showing a quick and ardent responsiveness or willingness; eager, enthusiastic, interested.
- Fierce, intense, vehement.
- Acrimonious, bitter, piercing.
- Acute of mind, having or expressing mental acuteness; penetrating, sharp.
- Of cold, wind, etc.: cutting, penetrating, piercing, sharp.
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verb
adj
- Sharp, caustic, severe.
- (medicine) Having the effect of drawing tissue together; styptic.
- Extremely sour, bitter.
- Causing a dry or puckering mouthfeel; characteristic of foods with high tannin content, such as certain kinds of berries and citrus fruits.
- sour or bitter in taste
- tending to draw together or constrict soft organic tissue
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adj
noun
- (slang, derogatory, by extension) Any woman with loose sexual morals.
- A type of small open pie, or piece of pastry, now typically containing jelly (US) / jam (UK) or conserve, or sometimes other fillings (chocolate, custard, egg, butter, historically even meat or other savory fillings).
- (British, slang) A prostitute.
- A melt (block of wax for use in a tart burner).
- a small open pie with a fruit filling
- a pastry cup with a filling of fruit or custard and no top crust
- a woman who engages in sexual intercourse for money
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verb
adj
- Harsh; severe.
- Evil or mischievous by nature; morally reprehensible.
- (slang) Excellent; awesome; masterful.
- Alternative form of wick, as applying to inanimate objects only.
- (British, dialect, chiefly Yorkshire) Infested with maggots.
- Having a wick.
- morally bad in principle or practice
- intensely or extremely bad or unpleasant in degree or quality
- highly offensive; arousing aversion or disgust
- having committed unrighteous acts
- naughtily or annoyingly playful
verb
adj
- Drastic, or of great severity.
- Of sports, difficult or dangerous; performed in a hazardous environment.
- In the greatest or highest degree; intense.
- Excessive, or far beyond the norm.
- Of a place, the most remote, farthest or outermost.
- of the greatest possible degree or extent or intensity
- beyond a norm in views or actions
- most distant in any direction
- far beyond a norm in quantity or amount or degree; to an utmost degree
noun
- A drastic expedient.
- (mathematics) Either of the two numbers at the ends of a proportion, as 1 and 6 in 1:2=3:6.
- Each of the things at opposite ends of a range or scale.
- The greatest or utmost point, degree, or condition.
- the point located farthest from the middle of something
- the furthest or highest degree of something
adv
adj
- Harsh, piercing, acerbic or stinging.
- very difficult to accept or bear
- expressive of severe grief or regret
- proceeding from or exhibiting great hostility or animosity
- causing a sharp and acrid taste experience
- marked by strong resentment or cynicism
- causing a sharply painful or stinging sensation; used especially of cold
- harsh or corrosive in tone
- Cynical and resentful.
- Hateful or hostile.
- Having an acrid taste (usually from a basic substance).
noun
- the taste experience when quinine or coffee is taken into the mouth
- the property of having a harsh unpleasant taste
- English term for a dry sharp-tasting ale with strong flavor of hops (usually on draft)
- (usually in the plural bitters) A liquid or powder, made from bitter herbs, used in mixed drinks or as a tonic.
- A type of beer heavily flavored with hops.
- (nautical) A turn of a cable about the bitts.
- (computing, informal, in combination) A hardware system whose architecture is based around units of the specified number of bits (binary digits).
verb
adj
- Intense; extreme in degree or extent.
- Very bad; lousy.
- (especially Ireland, with "for") Prone to a particular temptation.
- Dreadful; causing terror, alarm and fear; awesome
- Formidable, powerful.
- Very unpleasant; disagreeable.
- causing fear or dread or terror
- intensely or extremely bad or unpleasant in degree or quality
- extreme in degree or extent or amount or impact
- exceptionally bad or displeasing
adv
adj
- Sharp; pungent; piquant.
- Mildly erotic.
- (figurative) Impertinent or disrespectful, often in a manner that is regarded as entertaining or amusing; smart.
- Impudently bold; pert.
- Similar to sauce; having the consistency or texture of sauce.
- characterized by a lightly pert and exuberant quality
- improperly forward or bold
adj
- Very bad or intense.
- Strict or harsh.
- Sober, plain in appearance, austere.
- very strong or vigorous
- intensely or extremely bad or unpleasant in degree or quality
- very bad in degree or extent
- unsparing and uncompromising in discipline or judgment
- causing fear or anxiety by threatening great harm
- severely simple
adj
- Rigorous; severe; afflictive.
- Having a lot of weight; heavy.
- (figurative) Important; serious; not trivial or petty.
- of great gravity or crucial import; requiring serious thought
- excessively fat
- having relatively great weight; heavy
- powerfully persuasive
- weighing heavily on the spirit; causing anxiety or worry
adj
- intense or extreme
- marked by depth of thinking
- having or denoting a low vocal or instrumental range
- with head or back bent low
- (of darkness) densely dark
- very distant in time or space
- exhibiting great cunning usually with secrecy
- relatively thick from top to bottom
- relatively deep or strong; affecting one deeply
- strong; intense
- of an obscure nature
- having great spatial extension or penetration downward or inward from an outer surface or backward or laterally or outward from a center; sometimes used in combination
- large in quantity or size
- extending relatively far inward
- difficult to penetrate; incomprehensible to one of ordinary understanding or knowledge
- Of penetrating or far-reaching intellect; not superficial; thoroughly skilled; sagacious; cunning.
- (anatomy, often with to) Further into the body.
- Positioned far from the surface or other reference point, especially down through something or into something.
- (sports such as soccer, tennis) Penetrating a long way, especially a long way forward.
- Inner, underlying, true; relating to one’s inner or private being rather than what is visible on the surface.
- In a (specified) number of rows or layers.
- (cricket, baseball, softball) Far from the center of the playing area, near to the boundary of the playing area, either in absolute terms or relative to a point of reference.
- (sound, voice) Low in pitch.
- Extending far down from the top, or surface, to the bottom, literally or figuratively.
- Far in extent in another (non-downwards, but generally also non-upwards) direction, especially front-to-back.
- Voluminous.
- (sleep) Sound, heavy (describing a state of sleep from which one is not easily awoken).
- Hard to penetrate or comprehend; profound; intricate; obscure.
- (of time) Distant in the past, ancient.
- Significant, not superficial, in extent.
- (in combination) Extending to a level or length equivalent to the stated thing.
- (sports such as soccer, American football, tennis) Positioned back, or downfield, towards one's own goal, or towards or behind one's baseline or similar reference point.
- (of a color or flavour) Highly saturated; rich.
- Profound, having great meaning or import, but possibly obscure or not obvious.
- Muddy; boggy; sandy; said of roads.
noun
- a long steep-sided depression in the ocean floor
- literary term for an ocean
- the central and most intense or profound part
- A deep or innermost part of something in general.
- (US, rare) The profound part of a problem.
- (literary, with "the") The deep part of a lake, sea, etc.
- (literary, with "the") A silent time; quiet isolation.
- (cricket) A fielding position near the boundary.
- A deep hole or pit, a water well; an abyss.
- (with "the") The sea, the ocean.
- (rare) A deep shade of colour.
adv
- to a great distance
- to an advanced time
- to a great depth; far down or in
- (also deeply) In a profound, not superficial, manner.
- (sports) Back towards one's own goal, baseline, or similar.
- (also deeply) In large volume.
- Far, especially far down through something or into something, physically or figuratively.
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adj
noun
- an excerpt cut from a newspaper or magazine
- the act of diluting something
- a part (sometimes a root or leaf or bud) removed from a plant to propagate a new plant through rooting or grafting
- removing parts from hard material to create a desired pattern or shape
- the act of shortening something by chopping off the ends
- the act of penetrating or opening open with a sharp edge
- the act of cutting something into parts
- the activity of selecting the scenes to be shown and putting them together to create a film
- a piece cut off from the main part of something
- the division of a deck of cards before dealing
- (countable, UK) An open passage at a level lower than the surrounding terrain, dug for a canal, railway, or road to go through.
- (countable) A newspaper clipping.
- (uncountable, cinematography, sound engineering) The editing of film or other recordings.
- (countable) An abridged selection of written work, often intended for performance.
- (countable) A section removed from a larger whole.
- (countable, horticulture) A leaf, stem, branch, or root removed from a plant and cultivated to grow a new plant.
- (uncountable, machining) The process of bringing metals to a desired shape by chipping away the unwanted material.
- (uncountable, psychology) The act of cutting one's own skin as a symptom of a mental disorder; self-harm.
- (countable, uncountable) The action of the verb to cut.
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adj
- Piercing; keen; severe; painful.
- keenly and painfully felt; as if caused by a sharp edge or point
- harsh
- (mathematics, of a statement) Said of as extreme a value as possible.
- Eager or keen in pursuit; impatient for gratification.
- (chess) Tactical; risky.
- (colloquial) Illegal or dishonest.
- Forming a small or tight angle; especially, forming an angle of less than ninety degrees.
- Strongly distinguishing or differentiating; acute.
- (music) Higher in pitch than required.
- Having a strong acrid or acidic taste.
- Observant; alert; acute.
- Quick and alert.
- (colloquial) Stylish, smart or attractive.
- (colloquial) Intelligent.
- Terminating in a point or edge, especially one that can cut or pierce easily; not dull, obtuse, or rounded.
- Steep; precipitous; abrupt.
- (colloquial) Keenly or unduly attentive to one's own interests; shrewd, verging on dishonest.
- Exact, precise, accurate; keen.
- Composed of hard, angular grains; gritty.
- (music) Raised by one semitone (denoted by the symbol ♯ after the name of the note).
- Offensive, critical, or acrimonious; stern or harsh.
- Sudden, abrupt, intense, rapid.
- having or demonstrating ability to recognize or draw fine distinctions
- (of something seen or heard) clearly defined
- (of a musical note) raised in pitch by one chromatic semitone
- dangerously steep
- having or made by a thin edge or sharp point; suitable for cutting or piercing
- having or emitting a high-pitched and sharp tone or tones
- marked by practical hardheaded intelligence
- quick and forceful
- ending in a sharp point
- very sudden and in great amount or degree
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- (music) The symbol ♯, placed after the name of a note in the key signature or before a note on the staff to indicate that the note is to be played one chromatic semitone higher.
- (in the plural) Fine particles of husk mixed with coarse particle of flour of cereals; middlings.
- (psychiatry, healthcare) A sharp object; any item pointed enough to injure human skin.
- (music) A note that is sharp in a particular key.
- (usually in the plural) Something that is sharp.
- Alternative form of sharpie (“type of fishing boat”).
- (music) A note that is played one chromatic semitone higher than usual; denoted by the name of the note that is followed by the symbol ♯.
- (music) The scale having a particular sharp note as its tonic.
- (medicine) A hypodermic syringe.
- A sewing needle with a very slender point, more pointed than a blunt or a between.
- Part of a stream where the water runs very rapidly.
- A dishonest person; a cheater.
- A sharpie (member of Australian gangs of the 1960s and 1970s).
- a long thin sewing needle with a sharp point
- a musical notation indicating one half step higher than the note named
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adj
noun
verb
adj
- Sharp; having prominent edges.
- (Internet slang) Exhibiting behavior that is disconcerting or alarming, sometimes in an effort to impress or to troll others.
- (entertainment, advertising) Creatively challenging; cutting edge; leading edge.
- Nervous, apprehensive.
- (slang) Cool by virtue of being tough, dark, or badass.
- (art) Having some of the forms, such as drapery or the like, too sharply defined.
- (figurative) On the edge between acceptable and offensive; pushing the boundaries of good taste; risqué.
- being in a tense state
adj
- (by extension) Harsh and bright, especially blindingly so.
- Composed of actin.
- (chemistry, photography) Of or relating to actinism, the range of photochemical effects produced by exposure to electromagnetic radiation, particularly sunlight.
- (medicine) Caused by extensive exposure to ultraviolet light.
- Related to radiation; used most often in reference to light, especially in the ultraviolet range.
- relating to or exhibiting actinism
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noun
- Any substance used to facilitate the fixing of a dye to a fibre; usually a metallic compound which reacts with the dye using chelation.
- A glutinous size used as a ground for gilding, to make the gold leaf adhere.
- Any corrosive substance used in etching.
- a substance used to treat leather or other materials before dyeing; aids in dyeing process
verb
adj
- serious or severe
- feeling physical discomfort or pain (‘tough’ is occasionally used colloquially for ‘bad’)
- not working properly
- (of foodstuffs) not in an edible or usable condition
- capable of harming
- reproduced fraudulently
- nonstandard
- not financially safe or secure
- not capable of being collected
- having undesirable or negative qualities
- characterized by wickedness or immorality
- feeling or expressing regret or sorrow or a sense of loss over something done or undone
- below average in quality or performance
- physically unsound or diseased
- False; counterfeit; illegitimate.
- (sometimes childish) Evil; wicked.
- Not appropriate, of manners etc.
- (often childish) Not behaving; behaving badly; misbehaving; mischievous or disobedient.
- Not worth it.
- Not suitable or fitting.
- (Internet slang, sarcastic) Used without a copula to mock people who oppose something without having any real understanding of it.
- (chiefly in "bad boy", "bad girl", and similar phrases) Attractive due to (one's) rebellious nature.
- (informal, of a draft/check) Not covered by funds on account.
- (semantic change, amelioration, contranymic) Good, superlative, excellent, cool.
- (of food) Spoiled, rotten, overripe.
- Harmful, especially unhealthy; liable to cause health problems.
- (US) Overly promiscuous, licentious.
- Bold, daring, and tough.
- (originally African-American Vernacular, of a woman) Very attractive; hot, sexy.
- (of a word, speech, or writing) Vulgar, obscene, or blasphemous.
- (of a need, want, or pain) Severe, urgent.
- Of poor physical appearance.
- Unskilled; of limited ability; not good.
- The injured or weak one of a pair of body parts, where the other one is healthy.
- (preceded by feel) Regretful, guilty, or ashamed.
- Of low quality.
- Tricky; stressful; unpleasant.
- Faulty; not functional.
- (of breath) Malodorous; foul.
- Inaccurate; incorrect
- (chiefly applied to a person's state of health) Sickly, unhealthy, unwell.
- Unfavorable; negative; not good.
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adv
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verb
adj
- serious or severe
- in an advanced stage of pregnancy
- exhibiting self-importance
- given or giving freely
- generous and understanding and tolerant
- prodigious
- above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent
- (of animals) fully developed
- feeling self-importance
- significant
- loud and firm
- marked by intense physical force
- conspicuous in position or importance
- Popular.
- Of great size, large.
- (of a city) Populous.
- (informal) Important or significant.
- Having large muscles, especially visible ones such as the chest and arm muscles.
- (informal) Mature, conscientious, principled; generous. [with of ‘someone’]
- (informal) Used as an intensifier, especially of negative-valence nouns
- (of an industry or other field, or institution(s) therein; often capitalized; sometimes humorous) Operating on a large scale, especially if therefore having undue or sinister influence.
- Specifically, big-breasted.
- (informal, slang, rare, of someone's age) Old, mature. Used to imply that someone is too old for something, or acting immaturely.
- Having a large penis.
- (informal) Enthusiastic (about). [with on ‘someone/something’]
- (informal) Fat.
- (sometimes figurative) Large with young; pregnant; swelling; ready to give birth or produce.
- (informal) Adult; (of a child) older.
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noun
- (university slang) An initiated member of a sorority or fraternity who acts as a mentor to a new member (the little).
- (ageplay) The participant in age roleplay who acts out the older role.
- An important or powerful person; a celebrity; a big name.
- Someone or something that is large in stature.
- (in the plural) The big leagues, big time.