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verb
- hold dear
- recognize with gratitude; be grateful for
- be fully aware of; realize fully
- increase the value of
- gain in value
- (transitive) To be grateful or thankful for.
- (transitive) To be fully conscious of; understand; be aware of; detect.
- (transitive) To view as valuable.
- (intransitive, transitive) To increase in value.
verb
adj
noun
- goods or money obtained illegally
- something given for victory or superiority in a contest or competition or for winning a lottery
- something given as a token of victory
- Anything worth striving for; a valuable possession held or in prospect.
- That which may be won by chance, as in a lottery.
- That which is taken from another; something captured; a thing seized by force, stratagem, or superior power.
- An honour or reward striven for in a competitive contest; anything offered to be competed for, or as an inducement to, or reward of, effort.
- A lever; a pry; also, the hold of a lever.
- (military, nautical) Anything captured by a belligerent using the rights of war; especially, property captured at sea in virtue of the rights of war, as a vessel.
verb
noun
- any possession that is highly valued by its owner
- a collection of precious things
- accumulated wealth in the form of money or jewels etc.
- art highly prized for its beauty or perfection
- A term of endearment.
- (literally, countable and uncountable) A collection of valuable things; accumulated wealth; a stock of money, jewels, etc.
- (figuratively, countable) Anything greatly valued.
- (in the plural, euphemistic or literary) The female genitals; pudenda.
verb
- hold dear
- To hold dear; to cherish.
- regard highly; think much of
- fix or determine the value of; assign a value to
- estimate the value of
- evaluate or estimate the nature, quality, ability, extent, or significance of
- To determine or estimate the value of; to judge the worth of.
- To regard highly; think much of; place importance upon.
noun
- a numerical quantity measured or assigned or computed
- the quality (positive or negative) that renders something desirable or valuable
- relative darkness or lightness of a color
- (music) the relative duration of a musical note
- the amount (of money or goods or services) that is considered to be a fair equivalent for something else
- an ideal accepted by some individual or group
- The quality that renders something desirable or valuable; worth.
- (art) The relative darkness or lightness of a color in (a specific area of) a painting etc.
- (uncountable) The degree of importance given to something.
- (mathematics, physics) Any definite numerical quantity or other mathematical object, determined by being measured, computed, or otherwise defined.
- (often plural) That which is valued or highly esteemed, such as one's morals, morality, or belief system.
- (in the plural) The valuable ingredients to be obtained by treating a mass or compound; specifically, the precious metals contained in rock, gravel, etc.
- (music) The relative duration of a musical note.
- The amount (of money or goods or services) that is considered to be a fair equivalent for something else.
- Precise meaning; import.
adj
noun
- a special loved one
- a beloved person; used as terms of endearment
- A person who is kind, sweet, etc., and thus lovable; a pet, a sweetheart; also, an animal or thing which is cute and lovable.
- A favourite.
- (by extension) A person (often a woman) or thing that is very popular with a certain group of people.
- Often used as an affectionate term of address: a person who is very dear to one.
- The favourite child in a family.
verb
adj
- dearly loved
- Loving, affectionate, heartfelt
- having a high price
- with or in a close or intimate relationship
- sincerely earnest
- Severe, or severely affected; sore.
- Loved; lovable.
- (Ireland, UK) High in price; expensive.
- Precious to or greatly valued by someone.
- A formal way to start (often after my) addressing somebody one likes or regards kindly.
- An ironic way to start (often after my) addressing an inferior or someone one dislikes.
- A formal way to start (possibly after my) addressing somebody at the beginning of a letter, memo etc.
- Lovely; kind.
adv
noun
intj
adv
adj
- Sensible to impression and pain; easily pained.
- Easily bruised or injured; not firm or hard; delicate.
- Fond, loving, gentle, or sweet.
- Physically weak; not able to endure hardship.
- Adapted to excite feeling or sympathy; expressive of the softer passions; pathetic.
- (of food) Soft and easily chewed.
- Apt to give pain; causing grief or pain; delicate.
- Young and inexperienced.
- (nautical) Heeling over too easily when under sail; said of a vessel.
- Sensitive or painful to the touch.
- easy to cut or chew
- given to sympathy or gentleness or sentimentality
- hurting
- young and immature
- (used of boats) inclined to heel over easily under sail
- (of plants) not hardy; easily killed by adverse growing condition
- having or displaying warmth or affection
- physically untoughened
noun
- Anything which is offered, proffered, put forth or bid with the expectation of a response, answer, or reply.
- (nautical) A smaller boat used for transportation between a large ship and the shore.
- Ellipsis of water tender (“firefighting apparatus”).
- (archaic outside certain compounds) Someone who tends or waits on something or someone.
- The inner flight muscle (pectoralis minor) of poultry.
- (rail transport) A railroad car towed behind a steam engine to carry fuel and water.
- A means of payment such as a check or cheque, cash or credit card.
- Any offer or proposal made for acceptance.
- (diving) A member of a diving team who assists a diver during a dive but does not themselves go underwater.
- (nautical) A naval ship that functions as a mobile base for other ships.
- (law) A formal offer to buy or sell something.
- something that can be used as an official medium of payment
- car attached to a locomotive to carry fuel and water
- a boat for communication between ship and shore
- someone who waits on or tends to or attends to the needs of another
- ship that usually provides supplies to other ships
- a formal proposal to buy at a specified price
verb
verb
noun
- the act of grasping
- a small slip noose made with seizing
- A tight grip.
- Alternative form of clinch (“the act of bending and hammering the point of a nail so it cannot be removed”).
- (engineering) A seal that is applied to formed thin-wall bushings.
- A local chapter of the Church of the SubGenius parody religion.
verb
- hold in a tight grasp
- embrace amorously
- secure or fasten by flattening the ends of nails or bolts
- flatten the ends (of nails and rivets)
- hold a boxing opponent with one or both arms so as to prevent punches
- settle conclusively
- To make certain; to finalize.
- To secure a spot (e.g., at the divisional championship) before the end of regular season play by having an insurmountable lead.
- To embrace passionately.
- To hold firmly; to clench
- To bend and hammer the point of (a nail) so it cannot be removed.
- To set closely together; to close tightly.
- To clasp; to interlock.
- To hold a boxing opponent with one or both arms so as to avoid being hit while resting momentarily
- To fasten securely or permanently.
noun
- a device (generally used by carpenters) that holds things firmly together
- the flattened part of a nail or bolt or rivet
- a tight or amorous embrace
- (boxing) the act of one boxer holding onto the other to avoid being hit and to rest momentarily
- a small slip noose made with seizing
- (wrestling, combat sports) The act of one or both fighters holding onto the other to prevent being hit or engage in standup grappling.
- The act or process of holding fast; that which serves to hold fast.
- The act of bending and hammering the point of a nail so it cannot be removed.
- (nautical) A hitch or bend by which a rope is made fast to the ring of an anchor, or the breeching of a ship's gun to the ringbolts.
- A passionate embrace.
- Any of several fastenings.
noun
adj
verb
noun
- a special loved one
- something regarded with special favor or liking
- a competitor thought likely to win
- A person or thing who enjoys special regard or favour.
- (in the plural) A short curl dangling over the temples, fashionable in the reign of Charles II.
- A contestant or competitor thought most likely to win.
- (Internet) A bookmark on a web browser or website.
- A person who is preferred or trusted above all others.
adj
verb
noun
- a special loved one
- a fit of petulance or sulkiness (especially at what is felt to be a slight)
- a domesticated animal kept for companionship or amusement
- An animal kept as a companion or otherwise for pleasure, rather than for some practical benefit or use.
- A fit of petulance, a sulk, arising from the impression that one has been offended or slighted.
- (Ireland, Geordie) A term of endearment usually applied to women and children.
- Any person or animal especially cherished and indulged; a darling.
- Abbreviation of petition.
- One who is excessively loyal to a superior and receives preferential treatment.
- (by extension) Something kept as a companion, including inanimate objects (pet rock, pet plant, etc.).
adj
verb
verb
- hold (a person or thing) close, as for affection, comfort, or warmth
- move or arrange oneself in a comfortable and cozy position
- To lie close or snug; to crouch; to nestle.
- (transitive) To cradle (e.g. a baby) in one's arms so as to give comfort, warmth.
- (US, intransitive, transitive) To lie together snugly (with someone), in an intimate physical embrace; to snuggle.
- (UK, intransitive, transitive) To embrace (someone) affectionately; to hug (someone) closely.
noun
- a close and affectionate (and often prolonged) embrace
- (US) An intimate physical embrace, typically while lying (or sitting): a snuggle, an instance of lying together snugly, as one might with a partner (more intimate than a hug, and typically of longer duration).
- (UK) An affectionate embrace, a hug, such as is given to family members and close friends (less intimate than a snuggle, and typically of shorter duration).
adj
- Emotionally moved; touched.
- Resulting from a mostly negative physical effect or transformation.
- Simulated in order to impress.
- Influenced or changed by something.
- speaking or behaving in an artificial way to make an impression
- being excited or provoked to the expression of an emotion
- acted upon; influenced
noun
verb
adj
noun
adj
- Affectionate.
- Having a benevolent, courteous, friendly, generous, gentle, liberal, sympathetic, or warm-hearted nature or disposition, marked by consideration for – and service to – others.
- Gentle; tractable; easily governed.
- Mild, gentle, forgiving
- Favorable.
- tolerant and forgiving under provocation
- agreeable, conducive to comfort
- having or showing a tender and considerate and helpful nature; used especially of persons and their behavior
noun
- (Caribbean, in compounds) Food in a particular category.
- A makeshift or otherwise atypical specimen.
- A type, race or category; a group of entities that have common characteristics such that they may be grouped together.
- (Christianity) Each of the two elements of the communion service, bread and wine.
- Goods or services used as payment, as e.g. in barter.
- Equivalent means used as response to an action.
- (type theory) The type of a type constructor or a higher-order type operator.
- a category of things distinguished by some common characteristic or quality
adj
- fond and affectionate
- being joined in close association
- associated in an exclusive sexual relationship
- used of buildings joined by common sidewalls
- In a romantic or sexual relationship.
- Connected; joined.
- Included as an attachment with a communication (especially an email or other electronic communication).
- Of a residential building, sharing walls with similar buildings on two, usually opposite, sides.
- Fond of (used with to).
- (botany, mycology) Broadly joined to a stem or stipe, but not decurrent.
verb
verb
- hold gently and carefully
- run with the stick
- bring up from infancy
- cut grain with a cradle scythe
- hold or place in or as if in a cradle
- wash in a cradle
- To nurse or train in infancy.
- To lull or quieten, as if by rocking.
- To put ribs across the back of (a picture), to prevent the panels from warping.
- (transitive) To contain in or as if in a cradle.
- To transport a vessel by means of a cradle.
- To cut and lay (grain) with a cradle.
- (transitive) To rock (a baby to sleep).
- (transitive) To wrap protectively, to hold gently and protectively.
- (lacrosse) To rock the lacrosse stick back and forth in order to keep the ball in the head by means of centrifugal force.
noun
- a baby bed with sides and rockers
- where something originated or was nurtured in its early existence
- birth of a person
- a trough that can be rocked back and forth; used by gold miners to shake auriferous earth in water in order to separate the gold
- A framework of timbers, or iron bars, moving upon ways or rollers, used to support, lift, or carry ships or other vessels, heavy guns, etc., as up an inclined plane, or across a strip of land, or in launching a ship.
- (carpentry) A ribbing for vaulted ceilings and arches intended to be covered with plaster.
- (contact juggling) A hand position allowing a contact ball to be held steadily on the back of the hand.
- A case for a broken or dislocated limb.
- (figuratively) Infancy, or very early life.
- (nautical) A basket or apparatus in which, when a line has been made fast to a wrecked ship from the shore, the people are brought off from the wreck.
- A rest for the receiver of a telephone, or for certain computer hardware.
- A tool used in mezzotint engraving, which, by a rocking motion, raises burrs on the surface of the plate, so as to prepare the ground.
- A bed or cot for a baby, oscillating on rockers or swinging on pivots.
- (mining) A suspended scaffold used in shafts.
- A mechanical device for tilting and decanting a bottle of wine.
- (figuratively) The place of origin, or in which anything is nurtured or protected in the earlier period of existence.
- (mining) A machine on rockers, used in washing out auriferous earth.
- A frame to keep the bedclothes from contact with the sensitive parts of an injured person.
- An implement consisting of a broad scythe for cutting grain, with a set of long fingers parallel to the scythe, designed to receive the grain, and to lay it evenly in a swath.
adj
- deeply felt
- providing abundant nourishment
- showing warm and heartfelt friendliness
- consuming abundantly and with gusto
- endowed with or exhibiting great bodily or mental health
- Warm and cordial towards another person.
- Cheerful; vivacious.
- Energetic, active or eager.
- Exhibiting strength; firm; courageous.
- Promoting strength; nourishing.
adj
- Held in high regard; treasured.
- (informal, often ironic) Excellent; fantastic; wonderful.
- (informal) Absurd; ridiculous.
- (by extension) So precious as not to be obtainable or sold at any price.
- (rare) Without a price assigned; unpriced.
- (informal) Very amusing; hilarious.
- having incalculable monetary, intellectual, or spiritual worth
verb
- be fond of
- to hope, to desire or to prefer to have something, or to do something
- want to have
- find enjoyable or agreeable
- feel about or towards; consider, evaluate, or regard
- (with 'would' and in certain other phrases) To want, desire. See also would like.
- To prefer and maintain (an action) as a regular habit or activity.
- To find attractive; to prefer the company of; to have mild romantic feelings for.
- (chiefly dialectal, intransitive) To be likely.
- (informal, chiefly in the negative) Of a computer or other system: to tolerate as an input; to accept.
- (Internet, social media, transitive) To show support for, or approval of, something posted on the Internet by marking it with a vote.
- To enjoy, be pleased by; favor; be in favor of.
- (informal, personification) To be prone to.
adj
- conforming in every respect
- having the same or similar characteristics
- resembling or similar; having the same or some of the same characteristics; often used in combination
- equal in amount or value
- (Scotland, Southern US, otherwise archaic; usually with to) inclined (to), prone (to).
- (Scotland, Southern US, otherwise archaic) Likely; probable.
- Similar.
noun
- a similar kind
- a kind of person
- (golf) The stroke that equalizes the number of strokes played by the opposing player or side.
- (Internet) An individual vote showing support for, approval of, or enjoyment of, something posted on the Internet.
- (sometimes as the likes of) Someone similar to a given person, or something similar to a given object; a comparative; a type; a sort.
- (chiefly in the plural) Something that a person likes (prefers).
conj
particle
- (colloquial) Used to precede an approximate quotation or paraphrase or an expression of something that happened.
- (colloquial) a discourse marker used to highlight or put focus on new information or a new development in a story
- (colloquial, Scotland, Ireland, Geordie, Teesside, Liverpool) A delayed filler.
- (colloquial) Indicating approximation or uncertainty.
prep
intj
noun
- A strong bonding with or fondness for someone or something.
- (computing) A file sent along with a message, usually an email.
- (meteorology) The act or process by which any (downward) leader connects to any available (upward) streamer in a lightning flash.
- The means by which something is physically attached.
- A dependence, especially a strong one.
- (law) Taking a person's property to satisfy a court-ordered debt.
- A device attached to a piece of equipment or a tool.
- The act or process of (physically or figuratively) attaching.
- a feeling of affection for a person or an institution
- faithful support for a cause or political party or religion
- a writ authorizing the seizure of property that may be needed for the payment of a judgment in a judicial proceeding
- the act of attaching or affixing something
- a supplementary part or accessory
- a connection that fastens things together
- the act of fastening things together
noun
- warm compassionate feelings
- a tendency to express warm and affectionate feeling
- a pain that is felt (as when the area is touched)
- a feeling of concern for the welfare of someone (especially someone defenseless)
- a positive feeling of liking
- (medicine, pathology) A pain or discomfort when an affected area is touched.
- A concern for the feelings or welfare of others.
- Quality, state or condition of being tender.
- A tendency to express warm, compassionate feelings.
verb
noun
- a fastener (as a buckle or hook) that is used to hold two things together
- the act of grasping
- (countable) A device with interlocking parts used for fastening things together, such as a fastener or a holder.
- (uncountable) An embrace, a grasp, or handshake.
- (countable) A bar or insignia on a medal ribbon, to either indicate an additional award of the medal, or the action or service for which it was awarded.
noun
- a personal letter to a loved one expressing affection
- (US, slang) A notice from the U.S. Customs and Border Protection informing about the seizure of a personal shipment as contraband.
- (figurative) A work that shows great passion or enthusiasm for something.
- A letter written to express the author's love for the intended reader.
- (Singapore, Malaysia) A thin crispy biscuit roll similar to the Spanish barquillo, Dutch kniepertjes, and Norwegian krumkake. Usually made from coconut milk, eggs, flour, sugar, and oil. This food item has many names: in Malay, kuih/kueh/kue kapit/sepit/sapit/semprong (literally "clamped/tongs/roll cake/snack"); in Chinese, 蛋卷 (literally "egg roll"). The name "love letter" probably arises from the flowery patterns, Chinese characters, animals, etc. (that were probably introduced by Peranakans). Usually eaten only around festivals such as Chinese New Year or Hari Raya Puasa. Sometimes also folded (rather than rolled). Note: while "egg roll" is a name sometimes used for this food item in Singapore and Malaysia, in the West, the name "egg roll" usually refers to a very different, savoury Chinese-American food item that is usually served hot and has little or no egg.
verb
- hold (someone) tightly in your arms, usually with fondness
- hide in one's bosom
- (intransitive) To belly; to billow, swell or bulge.
- To enclose or carry in the bosom; to keep with care; to take to heart; to cherish.
- To conceal; to hide from view; to embosom.
- (transitive) To belly; to cause to billow, swell or bulge.
noun
- a close affectionate and protective acceptance
- a person's breast or chest
- the chest considered as the place where secret thoughts are kept
- the locus of feelings and intuitions
- either of two soft fleshy milk-secreting glandular organs on the chest of a woman
- cloth that covers the chest or breasts
- A breast, one of a woman's breasts
- The protected interior or inner part of something; the area enclosed as by an embrace.
- A depression round the eye of a millstone.
- Any thing or place resembling the breast; a supporting surface; an inner recess; the interior.
- The seat of one's inner thoughts, feelings, etc.; one's secret feelings; desire.
- The part of a dress etc. covering the chest; a neckline.
adj
verb
- hold (someone) tightly in your arms, usually with fondness
- include in scope; include as part of something broader; have as one's sphere or territory
- take up the cause, ideology, practice, method, of someone and use it as one's own
- (transitive) To clasp (someone or each other) in the arms with affection; to take in the arms; to hug.
- (transitive, figuratively) To enfold, to include (ideas, principles, etc.); to encompass.
- (transitive, also figuratively) To encircle; to enclose, to encompass.
- (transitive, figuratively) To seize (something) eagerly or with alacrity; to accept or take up with cordiality; to welcome.
- (transitive, figuratively) To submit to; to undergo.
noun
- a close affectionate and protective acceptance
- the act of clasping another person in the arms (as in greeting or affection)
- the state of taking in or encircling
- (figuratively) An act of enfolding or including.
- An act of putting arms around someone and bringing the person close to the chest; a hug.
- (figuratively) An enclosure partially or fully surrounding someone or something.
- (figuratively) Full acceptance (of something).
verb
noun
- a tight or amorous embrace
- A close embrace, especially when charged with an emotion such as affection, joy, relief, lust, anger, aggression, compassion, and the like, as opposed to being characterized by formality, equivocation or ambivalence (a half-embrace or "little hug").
- A particular grip in wrestling.
verb
- hold (someone) tightly in your arms, usually with fondness
- to cause to do through pressure or necessity, by physical, moral or intellectual means
- press firmly
- press or force
- squeeze or press together
- to compress with violence, out of natural shape or condition
- squeeze tightly between the fingers
- squeeze like a wedge into a tight space
- obtain by coercion or intimidation
- (transitive) To remove something with difficulty, or apparent difficulty.
- (transitive, figurative) To oppress with hardships, burdens, or taxes; to harass.
- (transitive) To put in a difficult position by presenting two or more choices.
- (transitive) To apply pressure to from two or more sides at once.
- (transitive) To embrace closely; to give a tight hug to.
- (transitive, baseball) To attempt to score a runner from third by bunting.
- (ambitransitive) To fit into a tight place.
noun
- an aggressive attempt to compel acquiescence by the concentration or manipulation of power
- the act of forcing yourself (or being forced) into or through a restricted space
- a state in which there is a short supply of cash to lend to businesses and consumers and interest rates are high
- a situation in which increased costs cannot be passed on to the customer
- a tight or amorous embrace
- (slang) a person's girlfriend or boyfriend
- a twisting squeeze
- the act of gripping and pressing firmly
- An instance of squeezing.
- A hug or other affectionate grasp.
- (figuratively) A difficult position.
- A close or tight fit.
- A moulding, cast or other impression of an object, chiefly a design, inscription etc., especially by pressing wet paper onto the surface and peeling off when dry.
- (slang) A romantic partner.
- (slang) An illicit alcoholic drink made by squeezing Sterno through cheesecloth, etc., and mixing the result with fruit juice.
- (baseball) The act of bunting in an attempt to score a runner from third.
- (caving) A traversal of a narrow passage.
- (mining) The gradual closing of workings by the weight of the overlying strata.
- (card games) A play that forces an opponent to discard a card that gives up one or more tricks.
noun
- a cherished desire
- a strong drive for success
- (countable) An object of an ardent desire.
- (uncountable) A personal quality similar to motivation, not necessarily tied to a single goal.
- A desire, as in (sense 1), for another person to achieve these things.
- (uncountable, countable) Eager or inordinate desire for some object that confers distinction, as preferment, honor, superiority, political power, or fame; desire to distinguish one's self from other people.
verb
noun
- a cherished desire
- a will to succeed
- the act of inhaling; the drawing in of air (or other gases) as in breathing
- a manner of articulation involving an audible release of breath
- (medicine) The withdrawal of fluid, tissue, or other substance, usually through a hollow needle from a body cavity, cyst, or tumor.
- The action of aspirating.
- The act of aspiring or ardently desiring; an ardent wish or desire, chiefly after what is elevated or spiritual (with common adjunct adpositions being to and of).
- (Gaelic, linguistics) The process of lenition involving writing a digraph with h, especially at the beginning of a word.
- (French, linguistics) The silent breaking h beginning some French words, largely of Germanic origin.
- (phonetics) A burst of air that follows the release of some consonants.
noun
- a cherished desire
- a fantastic but vain hope (from fantasies induced by the opium pipe)
- imaginative thoughts indulged in while awake
- a series of mental images and emotions occurring during sleep
- someone or something wonderful
- a state of mind characterized by abstraction and release from reality
- (countable, figurative) A hope or wish.
- A visionary scheme; a wild conceit; an idle fancy.
- (countable) Imaginary events seen in the mind while sleeping.
verb
- experience while sleeping
- have a daydream; indulge in a fantasy
- (intransitive) To see imaginary events in one's mind while sleeping.
- (transitive) To envision as an imaginary experience (usually when asleep).
- (intransitive) To consider the possibility (of).
- (intransitive) To daydream.
- (intransitive) To hope, to wish.
adj
adj
- Of particular value or interest; dear; beloved.
- (by extension, derogatory, often offensive, comparable) Stupid, lacking intelligence.
- (euphemistic, not comparable) Of or related to disabilities, especially learning or intellectual disabilities.
- (military) Of or related to unconventional warfare.
- Distinguished by a unique, particular, or unusual quality.
- Infused with a drug, especially marijuana; being an edible.
- Constituting or relating to a species.
- Of, being, or pertaining to sexual intercourse or the genitals.
- (law) Appointed specifically to examine a single event or issue.
- surpassing what is common or usual or expected
- adapted to or reserved for a particular purpose
- for a special service or occasion
- first and most important
- having a specific function or scope
- added to a regular schedule
- unique or specific to a person or thing or category
noun
- (journalism) A journalist sent to the scene of an event to report back.
- A racehorse predicted to win; a sure thing.
- (broadcasting) Unusual or exceptional episode of a series.
- A meal offered only at a certain time by a restaurant, not as a standing fixture of the menu; often, one of a rotation of meals systematically offered for a lower price; also often a dish at a nondiscounted price that is seasonal or otherwise exciting or unusual.
- Anything that is not according to normal practice, plan, or schedule, as an unscheduled run of transportation that is normally scheduled.
- (pinball) An award, typically a free game, that is made available to the player upon reaching or completing a major objective in a pinball game.
- (British, colloquial) A special constable.
- (journalism) A dispatch sent back by a special correspondent.
- A reduction in consumer cost (usually for a limited time) for items or services rendered; the thing thus sold.
- Any unlicensed medicine produced or obtained for a specific individual patient.
- One of certain mixed-breed dogs.
- (theater) A light that illuminates a specific person or thing on the stage.
- a special offering (usually temporary and at a reduced price) that is featured in advertising
- a dish or meal given prominence in e.g. a restaurant
- a television production that features a particular person or work or topic
verb
verb
noun
verb
- hold firmly
- retain possession of
- be persistent, refuse to stop
- hold the phone line open
- stop and wait, as if awaiting further instructions or developments
- To grasp or grip firmly.
- (idiomatic) To retain an advantage.
- (idiomatic) Wait a short while.
- (idiomatic) To persist.
- (idiomatic) To keep; to store something for someone.
- (idiomatic) To remain loyal.
verb
- have affection for; feel tenderness for
- desire strongly or persistently
- have a desire for something or someone who is not present
- (transitive) Often followed by out: to perform (music) which conveys or say (words) which express strong desire or longing.
- (intransitive) Of music, words, etc.: to express strong desire or longing.
- Of cheese: to be made from curdled milk.
- (specifically) To long for something in the past with melancholy or nostalgia.
- (intransitive, also figuratively) To have a strong desire for something or to do something; to long for or to do something.
- To curdle (milk), especially in the cheesemaking process.
- Of milk: to curdle, especially in the cheesemaking process.
- To make (cheese) from curdled milk.
noun
verb
noun
- ornament consisting of a circular rounded protuberance (as on a vault or shield or belt)
- heavy pin having a head at one end and the other end being hammered flat after being passed through holes in the pieces that are fastened together
- (figuratively) Any fixed point or certain basis.
- A cylindrical mechanical fastener which is supplied with a factory head at one end and is used to attach multiple parts together by passing its bucktail through a hole and upsetting its end to form a field head.
adj
noun
- a special loved one
- a beloved person; used as terms of endearment
- A person who is kind, sweet, etc., and thus lovable; a pet, a sweetheart; also, an animal or thing which is cute and lovable.
- A favourite.
- (by extension) A person (often a woman) or thing that is very popular with a certain group of people.
- Often used as an affectionate term of address: a person who is very dear to one.
- The favourite child in a family.
verb
noun
adj
verb
noun
- a special loved one
- something regarded with special favor or liking
- a competitor thought likely to win
- A person or thing who enjoys special regard or favour.
- (in the plural) A short curl dangling over the temples, fashionable in the reign of Charles II.
- A contestant or competitor thought most likely to win.
- (Internet) A bookmark on a web browser or website.
- A person who is preferred or trusted above all others.
adj
verb
noun
- a special loved one
- a fit of petulance or sulkiness (especially at what is felt to be a slight)
- a domesticated animal kept for companionship or amusement
- An animal kept as a companion or otherwise for pleasure, rather than for some practical benefit or use.
- A fit of petulance, a sulk, arising from the impression that one has been offended or slighted.
- (Ireland, Geordie) A term of endearment usually applied to women and children.
- Any person or animal especially cherished and indulged; a darling.
- Abbreviation of petition.
- One who is excessively loyal to a superior and receives preferential treatment.
- (by extension) Something kept as a companion, including inanimate objects (pet rock, pet plant, etc.).
adj
verb
noun
- A strong bonding with or fondness for someone or something.
- (computing) A file sent along with a message, usually an email.
- (meteorology) The act or process by which any (downward) leader connects to any available (upward) streamer in a lightning flash.
- The means by which something is physically attached.
- A dependence, especially a strong one.
- (law) Taking a person's property to satisfy a court-ordered debt.
- A device attached to a piece of equipment or a tool.
- The act or process of (physically or figuratively) attaching.
- a feeling of affection for a person or an institution
- faithful support for a cause or political party or religion
- a writ authorizing the seizure of property that may be needed for the payment of a judgment in a judicial proceeding
- the act of attaching or affixing something
- a supplementary part or accessory
- a connection that fastens things together
- the act of fastening things together
noun
- warm compassionate feelings
- a tendency to express warm and affectionate feeling
- a pain that is felt (as when the area is touched)
- a feeling of concern for the welfare of someone (especially someone defenseless)
- a positive feeling of liking
- (medicine, pathology) A pain or discomfort when an affected area is touched.
- A concern for the feelings or welfare of others.
- Quality, state or condition of being tender.
- A tendency to express warm, compassionate feelings.
noun
- a personal letter to a loved one expressing affection
- (US, slang) A notice from the U.S. Customs and Border Protection informing about the seizure of a personal shipment as contraband.
- (figurative) A work that shows great passion or enthusiasm for something.
- A letter written to express the author's love for the intended reader.
- (Singapore, Malaysia) A thin crispy biscuit roll similar to the Spanish barquillo, Dutch kniepertjes, and Norwegian krumkake. Usually made from coconut milk, eggs, flour, sugar, and oil. This food item has many names: in Malay, kuih/kueh/kue kapit/sepit/sapit/semprong (literally "clamped/tongs/roll cake/snack"); in Chinese, 蛋卷 (literally "egg roll"). The name "love letter" probably arises from the flowery patterns, Chinese characters, animals, etc. (that were probably introduced by Peranakans). Usually eaten only around festivals such as Chinese New Year or Hari Raya Puasa. Sometimes also folded (rather than rolled). Note: while "egg roll" is a name sometimes used for this food item in Singapore and Malaysia, in the West, the name "egg roll" usually refers to a very different, savoury Chinese-American food item that is usually served hot and has little or no egg.
noun
- a cherished desire
- a strong drive for success
- (countable) An object of an ardent desire.
- (uncountable) A personal quality similar to motivation, not necessarily tied to a single goal.
- A desire, as in (sense 1), for another person to achieve these things.
- (uncountable, countable) Eager or inordinate desire for some object that confers distinction, as preferment, honor, superiority, political power, or fame; desire to distinguish one's self from other people.
verb
noun
- a cherished desire
- a will to succeed
- the act of inhaling; the drawing in of air (or other gases) as in breathing
- a manner of articulation involving an audible release of breath
- (medicine) The withdrawal of fluid, tissue, or other substance, usually through a hollow needle from a body cavity, cyst, or tumor.
- The action of aspirating.
- The act of aspiring or ardently desiring; an ardent wish or desire, chiefly after what is elevated or spiritual (with common adjunct adpositions being to and of).
- (Gaelic, linguistics) The process of lenition involving writing a digraph with h, especially at the beginning of a word.
- (French, linguistics) The silent breaking h beginning some French words, largely of Germanic origin.
- (phonetics) A burst of air that follows the release of some consonants.
noun
- a cherished desire
- a fantastic but vain hope (from fantasies induced by the opium pipe)
- imaginative thoughts indulged in while awake
- a series of mental images and emotions occurring during sleep
- someone or something wonderful
- a state of mind characterized by abstraction and release from reality
- (countable, figurative) A hope or wish.
- A visionary scheme; a wild conceit; an idle fancy.
- (countable) Imaginary events seen in the mind while sleeping.
verb
- experience while sleeping
- have a daydream; indulge in a fantasy
- (intransitive) To see imaginary events in one's mind while sleeping.
- (transitive) To envision as an imaginary experience (usually when asleep).
- (intransitive) To consider the possibility (of).
- (intransitive) To daydream.
- (intransitive) To hope, to wish.
adj
adj
- dearly loved
- Loving, affectionate, heartfelt
- having a high price
- with or in a close or intimate relationship
- sincerely earnest
- Severe, or severely affected; sore.
- Loved; lovable.
- (Ireland, UK) High in price; expensive.
- Precious to or greatly valued by someone.
- A formal way to start (often after my) addressing somebody one likes or regards kindly.
- An ironic way to start (often after my) addressing an inferior or someone one dislikes.
- A formal way to start (possibly after my) addressing somebody at the beginning of a letter, memo etc.
- Lovely; kind.
adv
noun
intj
verb
- hold (someone) tightly in your arms, usually with fondness
- hide in one's bosom
- (intransitive) To belly; to billow, swell or bulge.
- To enclose or carry in the bosom; to keep with care; to take to heart; to cherish.
- To conceal; to hide from view; to embosom.
- (transitive) To belly; to cause to billow, swell or bulge.
noun
- a close affectionate and protective acceptance
- a person's breast or chest
- the chest considered as the place where secret thoughts are kept
- the locus of feelings and intuitions
- either of two soft fleshy milk-secreting glandular organs on the chest of a woman
- cloth that covers the chest or breasts
- A breast, one of a woman's breasts
- The protected interior or inner part of something; the area enclosed as by an embrace.
- A depression round the eye of a millstone.
- Any thing or place resembling the breast; a supporting surface; an inner recess; the interior.
- The seat of one's inner thoughts, feelings, etc.; one's secret feelings; desire.
- The part of a dress etc. covering the chest; a neckline.
adj
verb
- hold (someone) tightly in your arms, usually with fondness
- include in scope; include as part of something broader; have as one's sphere or territory
- take up the cause, ideology, practice, method, of someone and use it as one's own
- (transitive) To clasp (someone or each other) in the arms with affection; to take in the arms; to hug.
- (transitive, figuratively) To enfold, to include (ideas, principles, etc.); to encompass.
- (transitive, also figuratively) To encircle; to enclose, to encompass.
- (transitive, figuratively) To seize (something) eagerly or with alacrity; to accept or take up with cordiality; to welcome.
- (transitive, figuratively) To submit to; to undergo.
noun
- a close affectionate and protective acceptance
- the act of clasping another person in the arms (as in greeting or affection)
- the state of taking in or encircling
- (figuratively) An act of enfolding or including.
- An act of putting arms around someone and bringing the person close to the chest; a hug.
- (figuratively) An enclosure partially or fully surrounding someone or something.
- (figuratively) Full acceptance (of something).
verb
- hold dear
- recognize with gratitude; be grateful for
- be fully aware of; realize fully
- increase the value of
- gain in value
- (transitive) To be grateful or thankful for.
- (transitive) To be fully conscious of; understand; be aware of; detect.
- (transitive) To view as valuable.
- (intransitive, transitive) To increase in value.
verb
adj
noun
- goods or money obtained illegally
- something given for victory or superiority in a contest or competition or for winning a lottery
- something given as a token of victory
- Anything worth striving for; a valuable possession held or in prospect.
- That which may be won by chance, as in a lottery.
- That which is taken from another; something captured; a thing seized by force, stratagem, or superior power.
- An honour or reward striven for in a competitive contest; anything offered to be competed for, or as an inducement to, or reward of, effort.
- A lever; a pry; also, the hold of a lever.
- (military, nautical) Anything captured by a belligerent using the rights of war; especially, property captured at sea in virtue of the rights of war, as a vessel.
verb
noun
- any possession that is highly valued by its owner
- a collection of precious things
- accumulated wealth in the form of money or jewels etc.
- art highly prized for its beauty or perfection
- A term of endearment.
- (literally, countable and uncountable) A collection of valuable things; accumulated wealth; a stock of money, jewels, etc.
- (figuratively, countable) Anything greatly valued.
- (in the plural, euphemistic or literary) The female genitals; pudenda.
verb
- hold dear
- To hold dear; to cherish.
- regard highly; think much of
- fix or determine the value of; assign a value to
- estimate the value of
- evaluate or estimate the nature, quality, ability, extent, or significance of
- To determine or estimate the value of; to judge the worth of.
- To regard highly; think much of; place importance upon.
noun
- a numerical quantity measured or assigned or computed
- the quality (positive or negative) that renders something desirable or valuable
- relative darkness or lightness of a color
- (music) the relative duration of a musical note
- the amount (of money or goods or services) that is considered to be a fair equivalent for something else
- an ideal accepted by some individual or group
- The quality that renders something desirable or valuable; worth.
- (art) The relative darkness or lightness of a color in (a specific area of) a painting etc.
- (uncountable) The degree of importance given to something.
- (mathematics, physics) Any definite numerical quantity or other mathematical object, determined by being measured, computed, or otherwise defined.
- (often plural) That which is valued or highly esteemed, such as one's morals, morality, or belief system.
- (in the plural) The valuable ingredients to be obtained by treating a mass or compound; specifically, the precious metals contained in rock, gravel, etc.
- (music) The relative duration of a musical note.
- The amount (of money or goods or services) that is considered to be a fair equivalent for something else.
- Precise meaning; import.
verb
noun
- the act of grasping
- a small slip noose made with seizing
- A tight grip.
- Alternative form of clinch (“the act of bending and hammering the point of a nail so it cannot be removed”).
- (engineering) A seal that is applied to formed thin-wall bushings.
- A local chapter of the Church of the SubGenius parody religion.
verb
- hold in a tight grasp
- embrace amorously
- secure or fasten by flattening the ends of nails or bolts
- flatten the ends (of nails and rivets)
- hold a boxing opponent with one or both arms so as to prevent punches
- settle conclusively
- To make certain; to finalize.
- To secure a spot (e.g., at the divisional championship) before the end of regular season play by having an insurmountable lead.
- To embrace passionately.
- To hold firmly; to clench
- To bend and hammer the point of (a nail) so it cannot be removed.
- To set closely together; to close tightly.
- To clasp; to interlock.
- To hold a boxing opponent with one or both arms so as to avoid being hit while resting momentarily
- To fasten securely or permanently.
noun
- a device (generally used by carpenters) that holds things firmly together
- the flattened part of a nail or bolt or rivet
- a tight or amorous embrace
- (boxing) the act of one boxer holding onto the other to avoid being hit and to rest momentarily
- a small slip noose made with seizing
- (wrestling, combat sports) The act of one or both fighters holding onto the other to prevent being hit or engage in standup grappling.
- The act or process of holding fast; that which serves to hold fast.
- The act of bending and hammering the point of a nail so it cannot be removed.
- (nautical) A hitch or bend by which a rope is made fast to the ring of an anchor, or the breeching of a ship's gun to the ringbolts.
- A passionate embrace.
- Any of several fastenings.
verb
- hold (a person or thing) close, as for affection, comfort, or warmth
- move or arrange oneself in a comfortable and cozy position
- To lie close or snug; to crouch; to nestle.
- (transitive) To cradle (e.g. a baby) in one's arms so as to give comfort, warmth.
- (US, intransitive, transitive) To lie together snugly (with someone), in an intimate physical embrace; to snuggle.
- (UK, intransitive, transitive) To embrace (someone) affectionately; to hug (someone) closely.
noun
- a close and affectionate (and often prolonged) embrace
- (US) An intimate physical embrace, typically while lying (or sitting): a snuggle, an instance of lying together snugly, as one might with a partner (more intimate than a hug, and typically of longer duration).
- (UK) An affectionate embrace, a hug, such as is given to family members and close friends (less intimate than a snuggle, and typically of shorter duration).
verb
- hold gently and carefully
- run with the stick
- bring up from infancy
- cut grain with a cradle scythe
- hold or place in or as if in a cradle
- wash in a cradle
- To nurse or train in infancy.
- To lull or quieten, as if by rocking.
- To put ribs across the back of (a picture), to prevent the panels from warping.
- (transitive) To contain in or as if in a cradle.
- To transport a vessel by means of a cradle.
- To cut and lay (grain) with a cradle.
- (transitive) To rock (a baby to sleep).
- (transitive) To wrap protectively, to hold gently and protectively.
- (lacrosse) To rock the lacrosse stick back and forth in order to keep the ball in the head by means of centrifugal force.
noun
- a baby bed with sides and rockers
- where something originated or was nurtured in its early existence
- birth of a person
- a trough that can be rocked back and forth; used by gold miners to shake auriferous earth in water in order to separate the gold
- A framework of timbers, or iron bars, moving upon ways or rollers, used to support, lift, or carry ships or other vessels, heavy guns, etc., as up an inclined plane, or across a strip of land, or in launching a ship.
- (carpentry) A ribbing for vaulted ceilings and arches intended to be covered with plaster.
- (contact juggling) A hand position allowing a contact ball to be held steadily on the back of the hand.
- A case for a broken or dislocated limb.
- (figuratively) Infancy, or very early life.
- (nautical) A basket or apparatus in which, when a line has been made fast to a wrecked ship from the shore, the people are brought off from the wreck.
- A rest for the receiver of a telephone, or for certain computer hardware.
- A tool used in mezzotint engraving, which, by a rocking motion, raises burrs on the surface of the plate, so as to prepare the ground.
- A bed or cot for a baby, oscillating on rockers or swinging on pivots.
- (mining) A suspended scaffold used in shafts.
- A mechanical device for tilting and decanting a bottle of wine.
- (figuratively) The place of origin, or in which anything is nurtured or protected in the earlier period of existence.
- (mining) A machine on rockers, used in washing out auriferous earth.
- A frame to keep the bedclothes from contact with the sensitive parts of an injured person.
- An implement consisting of a broad scythe for cutting grain, with a set of long fingers parallel to the scythe, designed to receive the grain, and to lay it evenly in a swath.
verb
- be fond of
- to hope, to desire or to prefer to have something, or to do something
- want to have
- find enjoyable or agreeable
- feel about or towards; consider, evaluate, or regard
- (with 'would' and in certain other phrases) To want, desire. See also would like.
- To prefer and maintain (an action) as a regular habit or activity.
- To find attractive; to prefer the company of; to have mild romantic feelings for.
- (chiefly dialectal, intransitive) To be likely.
- (informal, chiefly in the negative) Of a computer or other system: to tolerate as an input; to accept.
- (Internet, social media, transitive) To show support for, or approval of, something posted on the Internet by marking it with a vote.
- To enjoy, be pleased by; favor; be in favor of.
- (informal, personification) To be prone to.
adj
- conforming in every respect
- having the same or similar characteristics
- resembling or similar; having the same or some of the same characteristics; often used in combination
- equal in amount or value
- (Scotland, Southern US, otherwise archaic; usually with to) inclined (to), prone (to).
- (Scotland, Southern US, otherwise archaic) Likely; probable.
- Similar.
noun
- a similar kind
- a kind of person
- (golf) The stroke that equalizes the number of strokes played by the opposing player or side.
- (Internet) An individual vote showing support for, approval of, or enjoyment of, something posted on the Internet.
- (sometimes as the likes of) Someone similar to a given person, or something similar to a given object; a comparative; a type; a sort.
- (chiefly in the plural) Something that a person likes (prefers).
conj
particle
- (colloquial) Used to precede an approximate quotation or paraphrase or an expression of something that happened.
- (colloquial) a discourse marker used to highlight or put focus on new information or a new development in a story
- (colloquial, Scotland, Ireland, Geordie, Teesside, Liverpool) A delayed filler.
- (colloquial) Indicating approximation or uncertainty.
prep
verb
noun
- a fastener (as a buckle or hook) that is used to hold two things together
- the act of grasping
- (countable) A device with interlocking parts used for fastening things together, such as a fastener or a holder.
- (uncountable) An embrace, a grasp, or handshake.
- (countable) A bar or insignia on a medal ribbon, to either indicate an additional award of the medal, or the action or service for which it was awarded.
verb
- hold (someone) tightly in your arms, usually with fondness
- hide in one's bosom
- (intransitive) To belly; to billow, swell or bulge.
- To enclose or carry in the bosom; to keep with care; to take to heart; to cherish.
- To conceal; to hide from view; to embosom.
- (transitive) To belly; to cause to billow, swell or bulge.
noun
- a close affectionate and protective acceptance
- a person's breast or chest
- the chest considered as the place where secret thoughts are kept
- the locus of feelings and intuitions
- either of two soft fleshy milk-secreting glandular organs on the chest of a woman
- cloth that covers the chest or breasts
- A breast, one of a woman's breasts
- The protected interior or inner part of something; the area enclosed as by an embrace.
- A depression round the eye of a millstone.
- Any thing or place resembling the breast; a supporting surface; an inner recess; the interior.
- The seat of one's inner thoughts, feelings, etc.; one's secret feelings; desire.
- The part of a dress etc. covering the chest; a neckline.
adj
verb
- hold (someone) tightly in your arms, usually with fondness
- include in scope; include as part of something broader; have as one's sphere or territory
- take up the cause, ideology, practice, method, of someone and use it as one's own
- (transitive) To clasp (someone or each other) in the arms with affection; to take in the arms; to hug.
- (transitive, figuratively) To enfold, to include (ideas, principles, etc.); to encompass.
- (transitive, also figuratively) To encircle; to enclose, to encompass.
- (transitive, figuratively) To seize (something) eagerly or with alacrity; to accept or take up with cordiality; to welcome.
- (transitive, figuratively) To submit to; to undergo.
noun
- a close affectionate and protective acceptance
- the act of clasping another person in the arms (as in greeting or affection)
- the state of taking in or encircling
- (figuratively) An act of enfolding or including.
- An act of putting arms around someone and bringing the person close to the chest; a hug.
- (figuratively) An enclosure partially or fully surrounding someone or something.
- (figuratively) Full acceptance (of something).
verb
noun
- a tight or amorous embrace
- A close embrace, especially when charged with an emotion such as affection, joy, relief, lust, anger, aggression, compassion, and the like, as opposed to being characterized by formality, equivocation or ambivalence (a half-embrace or "little hug").
- A particular grip in wrestling.
verb
- hold (someone) tightly in your arms, usually with fondness
- to cause to do through pressure or necessity, by physical, moral or intellectual means
- press firmly
- press or force
- squeeze or press together
- to compress with violence, out of natural shape or condition
- squeeze tightly between the fingers
- squeeze like a wedge into a tight space
- obtain by coercion or intimidation
- (transitive) To remove something with difficulty, or apparent difficulty.
- (transitive, figurative) To oppress with hardships, burdens, or taxes; to harass.
- (transitive) To put in a difficult position by presenting two or more choices.
- (transitive) To apply pressure to from two or more sides at once.
- (transitive) To embrace closely; to give a tight hug to.
- (transitive, baseball) To attempt to score a runner from third by bunting.
- (ambitransitive) To fit into a tight place.
noun
- an aggressive attempt to compel acquiescence by the concentration or manipulation of power
- the act of forcing yourself (or being forced) into or through a restricted space
- a state in which there is a short supply of cash to lend to businesses and consumers and interest rates are high
- a situation in which increased costs cannot be passed on to the customer
- a tight or amorous embrace
- (slang) a person's girlfriend or boyfriend
- a twisting squeeze
- the act of gripping and pressing firmly
- An instance of squeezing.
- A hug or other affectionate grasp.
- (figuratively) A difficult position.
- A close or tight fit.
- A moulding, cast or other impression of an object, chiefly a design, inscription etc., especially by pressing wet paper onto the surface and peeling off when dry.
- (slang) A romantic partner.
- (slang) An illicit alcoholic drink made by squeezing Sterno through cheesecloth, etc., and mixing the result with fruit juice.
- (baseball) The act of bunting in an attempt to score a runner from third.
- (caving) A traversal of a narrow passage.
- (mining) The gradual closing of workings by the weight of the overlying strata.
- (card games) A play that forces an opponent to discard a card that gives up one or more tricks.
verb
noun
verb
- hold firmly
- retain possession of
- be persistent, refuse to stop
- hold the phone line open
- stop and wait, as if awaiting further instructions or developments
- To grasp or grip firmly.
- (idiomatic) To retain an advantage.
- (idiomatic) Wait a short while.
- (idiomatic) To persist.
- (idiomatic) To keep; to store something for someone.
- (idiomatic) To remain loyal.
verb
- have affection for; feel tenderness for
- desire strongly or persistently
- have a desire for something or someone who is not present
- (transitive) Often followed by out: to perform (music) which conveys or say (words) which express strong desire or longing.
- (intransitive) Of music, words, etc.: to express strong desire or longing.
- Of cheese: to be made from curdled milk.
- (specifically) To long for something in the past with melancholy or nostalgia.
- (intransitive, also figuratively) To have a strong desire for something or to do something; to long for or to do something.
- To curdle (milk), especially in the cheesemaking process.
- Of milk: to curdle, especially in the cheesemaking process.
- To make (cheese) from curdled milk.
noun
verb
noun
- ornament consisting of a circular rounded protuberance (as on a vault or shield or belt)
- heavy pin having a head at one end and the other end being hammered flat after being passed through holes in the pieces that are fastened together
- (figuratively) Any fixed point or certain basis.
- A cylindrical mechanical fastener which is supplied with a factory head at one end and is used to attach multiple parts together by passing its bucktail through a hole and upsetting its end to form a field head.
adv
adj
- Sensible to impression and pain; easily pained.
- Easily bruised or injured; not firm or hard; delicate.
- Fond, loving, gentle, or sweet.
- Physically weak; not able to endure hardship.
- Adapted to excite feeling or sympathy; expressive of the softer passions; pathetic.
- (of food) Soft and easily chewed.
- Apt to give pain; causing grief or pain; delicate.
- Young and inexperienced.
- (nautical) Heeling over too easily when under sail; said of a vessel.
- Sensitive or painful to the touch.
- easy to cut or chew
- given to sympathy or gentleness or sentimentality
- hurting
- young and immature
- (used of boats) inclined to heel over easily under sail
- (of plants) not hardy; easily killed by adverse growing condition
- having or displaying warmth or affection
- physically untoughened
noun
- Anything which is offered, proffered, put forth or bid with the expectation of a response, answer, or reply.
- (nautical) A smaller boat used for transportation between a large ship and the shore.
- Ellipsis of water tender (“firefighting apparatus”).
- (archaic outside certain compounds) Someone who tends or waits on something or someone.
- The inner flight muscle (pectoralis minor) of poultry.
- (rail transport) A railroad car towed behind a steam engine to carry fuel and water.
- A means of payment such as a check or cheque, cash or credit card.
- Any offer or proposal made for acceptance.
- (diving) A member of a diving team who assists a diver during a dive but does not themselves go underwater.
- (nautical) A naval ship that functions as a mobile base for other ships.
- (law) A formal offer to buy or sell something.
- something that can be used as an official medium of payment
- car attached to a locomotive to carry fuel and water
- a boat for communication between ship and shore
- someone who waits on or tends to or attends to the needs of another
- ship that usually provides supplies to other ships
- a formal proposal to buy at a specified price
verb
adj
- dearly loved
- Loving, affectionate, heartfelt
- having a high price
- with or in a close or intimate relationship
- sincerely earnest
- Severe, or severely affected; sore.
- Loved; lovable.
- (Ireland, UK) High in price; expensive.
- Precious to or greatly valued by someone.
- A formal way to start (often after my) addressing somebody one likes or regards kindly.
- An ironic way to start (often after my) addressing an inferior or someone one dislikes.
- A formal way to start (possibly after my) addressing somebody at the beginning of a letter, memo etc.
- Lovely; kind.
adv
noun
intj
adj
noun
- a special loved one
- a beloved person; used as terms of endearment
- A person who is kind, sweet, etc., and thus lovable; a pet, a sweetheart; also, an animal or thing which is cute and lovable.
- A favourite.
- (by extension) A person (often a woman) or thing that is very popular with a certain group of people.
- Often used as an affectionate term of address: a person who is very dear to one.
- The favourite child in a family.
verb
adj
- dearly loved
- Loving, affectionate, heartfelt
- having a high price
- with or in a close or intimate relationship
- sincerely earnest
- Severe, or severely affected; sore.
- Loved; lovable.
- (Ireland, UK) High in price; expensive.
- Precious to or greatly valued by someone.
- A formal way to start (often after my) addressing somebody one likes or regards kindly.
- An ironic way to start (often after my) addressing an inferior or someone one dislikes.
- A formal way to start (possibly after my) addressing somebody at the beginning of a letter, memo etc.
- Lovely; kind.
adv
noun
intj
adj
- Emotionally moved; touched.
- Resulting from a mostly negative physical effect or transformation.
- Simulated in order to impress.
- Influenced or changed by something.
- speaking or behaving in an artificial way to make an impression
- being excited or provoked to the expression of an emotion
- acted upon; influenced
noun
verb
adj
noun
adj
- Affectionate.
- Having a benevolent, courteous, friendly, generous, gentle, liberal, sympathetic, or warm-hearted nature or disposition, marked by consideration for – and service to – others.
- Gentle; tractable; easily governed.
- Mild, gentle, forgiving
- Favorable.
- tolerant and forgiving under provocation
- agreeable, conducive to comfort
- having or showing a tender and considerate and helpful nature; used especially of persons and their behavior
noun
- (Caribbean, in compounds) Food in a particular category.
- A makeshift or otherwise atypical specimen.
- A type, race or category; a group of entities that have common characteristics such that they may be grouped together.
- (Christianity) Each of the two elements of the communion service, bread and wine.
- Goods or services used as payment, as e.g. in barter.
- Equivalent means used as response to an action.
- (type theory) The type of a type constructor or a higher-order type operator.
- a category of things distinguished by some common characteristic or quality
adj
- fond and affectionate
- being joined in close association
- associated in an exclusive sexual relationship
- used of buildings joined by common sidewalls
- In a romantic or sexual relationship.
- Connected; joined.
- Included as an attachment with a communication (especially an email or other electronic communication).
- Of a residential building, sharing walls with similar buildings on two, usually opposite, sides.
- Fond of (used with to).
- (botany, mycology) Broadly joined to a stem or stipe, but not decurrent.
verb
adj
- deeply felt
- providing abundant nourishment
- showing warm and heartfelt friendliness
- consuming abundantly and with gusto
- endowed with or exhibiting great bodily or mental health
- Warm and cordial towards another person.
- Cheerful; vivacious.
- Energetic, active or eager.
- Exhibiting strength; firm; courageous.
- Promoting strength; nourishing.
adj
- Held in high regard; treasured.
- (informal, often ironic) Excellent; fantastic; wonderful.
- (informal) Absurd; ridiculous.
- (by extension) So precious as not to be obtainable or sold at any price.
- (rare) Without a price assigned; unpriced.
- (informal) Very amusing; hilarious.
- having incalculable monetary, intellectual, or spiritual worth
adj
- Of particular value or interest; dear; beloved.
- (by extension, derogatory, often offensive, comparable) Stupid, lacking intelligence.
- (euphemistic, not comparable) Of or related to disabilities, especially learning or intellectual disabilities.
- (military) Of or related to unconventional warfare.
- Distinguished by a unique, particular, or unusual quality.
- Infused with a drug, especially marijuana; being an edible.
- Constituting or relating to a species.
- Of, being, or pertaining to sexual intercourse or the genitals.
- (law) Appointed specifically to examine a single event or issue.
- surpassing what is common or usual or expected
- adapted to or reserved for a particular purpose
- for a special service or occasion
- first and most important
- having a specific function or scope
- added to a regular schedule
- unique or specific to a person or thing or category
noun
- (journalism) A journalist sent to the scene of an event to report back.
- A racehorse predicted to win; a sure thing.
- (broadcasting) Unusual or exceptional episode of a series.
- A meal offered only at a certain time by a restaurant, not as a standing fixture of the menu; often, one of a rotation of meals systematically offered for a lower price; also often a dish at a nondiscounted price that is seasonal or otherwise exciting or unusual.
- Anything that is not according to normal practice, plan, or schedule, as an unscheduled run of transportation that is normally scheduled.
- (pinball) An award, typically a free game, that is made available to the player upon reaching or completing a major objective in a pinball game.
- (British, colloquial) A special constable.
- (journalism) A dispatch sent back by a special correspondent.
- A reduction in consumer cost (usually for a limited time) for items or services rendered; the thing thus sold.
- Any unlicensed medicine produced or obtained for a specific individual patient.
- One of certain mixed-breed dogs.
- (theater) A light that illuminates a specific person or thing on the stage.
- a special offering (usually temporary and at a reduced price) that is featured in advertising
- a dish or meal given prominence in e.g. a restaurant
- a television production that features a particular person or work or topic