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noun
noun
- (genetics) attributes acquired via biological heredity from the parents
- hereditary succession to a title or an office or property
- any attribute or immaterial possession that is inherited from ancestors
- that which is inherited; a title or property or estate that passes by law to the heir on the death of the owner
- The passing of title to an estate upon death.
- (uncountable, especially linguistics, biology) The act or mechanism of inheriting; the state of having inherited.
- (programming, object-oriented programming) The mechanism whereby parts of a superclass are available to instances of its subclass.
- (biology, genetic algorithms) The biological attributes passed hereditarily from ancestors to their offspring.
- (countable) That which a person is entitled to inherit, by law or testament, such as the part of an estate (i.e., a portion).
adj
- occurring among members of a family usually by heredity
- Of or relating to origin (genesis).
- of or relating to the science of genetics
- of or relating to or produced by or being a gene
- pertaining to or referring to origin
- (linguistics) Based on shared membership in a linguistic family.
- (theology) Based on a shared membership in a religious family.
- Caused by genes.
- (genetics) Relating to genetics or genes.
adj
- occurring among members of a family usually by heredity
- inherited or inheritable by established rules (usually legal rules) of descent
- Of a person: holding a legally hereditary title or rank.
- (mathematics) Of a ring: such that all submodules of projective modules over the ring are also projective.
- Of a title, honor or right: legally granted to somebody's descendant after that person's death.
- Passed on as an inheritance, by last will or intestate.
- Of a disease or trait: passed from a parent to offspring in the genes.
noun
adj
- occurring among members of a family usually by heredity
- (of disease) capable of being transmitted by infection
- inherited or inheritable by established rules (usually legal rules) of descent
- (medicine, of a disease) Capable of being transmitted from one person to another.
- (radio communications or broadcasting, of a message or program) Capable of being transmitted from a transmitter to a receiver.
noun
- the physically discrete element that Darwin proposed as responsible for heredity
- (historical) In the obsolete theory of pangenesis propounded by the English scientist Charles Darwin (1809–1882): a hypothetical particle once thought to be the basis of heredity.
- (neurology) Synonym of dendritic spine (“a small membranous protrusion from the dendrite of a neuron that typically receives input from a single axon at the synapse”).
- (botany) Synonym of plumule (“the first bud, or growing point, of a plant embryo, situated above the cotyledons”).
noun
- Offspring, progeny.
- For a quantity, the act or process of becoming larger.
- (knitting, crochet) The creation of one or more new stitches; see Increase (knitting).
- An amount by which a quantity is increased.
- a change resulting in an increase
- a process of becoming larger or longer or more numerous or more important
- the act of increasing something
- a quantity that is added
- the amount by which something increases
verb
- (intransitive) (of a quantity, etc.) To become larger or greater, to greaten.
- (astronomy, intransitive) To become more nearly full; to show more of the surface; to wax.
- To multiply by the production of young; to be fertile, fruitful, or prolific.
- (transitive) To make (a quantity, etc.) larger.
- make bigger or more
- become bigger or greater in amount
adj
- Innate, inborn.
- Original to a geographical area.
- Native to a land, especially before colonization.
- In particular, of or relating to a people (or their language or culture) that inhabited a region prior to the arrival of people of other cultures which became dominant (e.g., through colonialism), and which maintains a distinct culture.
- originating where it is found
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adj
name
adj
noun
- (astrology) The intersection of the western (setting) horizon and the ecliptic, its ecliptical longitude; the astrological sign it corresponds to.
- (linguistics) A word or form in one language that is descended from a counterpart in an ancestor language.
- (figuratively) A thing that derives directly from a given precursor or source.
- (linguistics) A language that is descended from another.
- One of the progeny of a specified person, at any distance of time or through any number of generations.
- (biology) A later evolutionary type.
- a person considered as descended from some ancestor
noun
- the hereditary derivation of an individual
- a dissolute man in fashionable society
- temperament or disposition
- people viewed as members of a group
- the fluid (red in vertebrates) that is pumped through the body by the heart and contains plasma, blood cells, and platelets
- (poetic) The juice of anything, especially if red.
- A family relationship due to birth, such as that between siblings; contrasted with relationships due to marriage or adoption. See blood relative, blood relation.
- A temper of mind; a disposition; a mood.
- (medicine, informal, countable) A blood test or blood sample.
- A vital liquid flowing in the bodies of many types of animals that usually conveys nutrients and oxygen. In vertebrates, it is colored red by hemoglobin, is conveyed by arteries and veins, is pumped by the heart and is usually generated in bone marrow.
- (figurative) Bloodshed.
- (especially African-American Vernacular) A friend or acquaintance, especially one who is black and male.
- (historical) One of the four humours in the human body.
- The endometrial lining as it is shed in menstruation; menstrual fluid or period blood.
- (US slang) Lean, especially that is red.
- The sap or juice which flows in or from plants.
- A blood horse, one of good pedigree.
- (UK, MLE, slang) Alternative form of blud (“an informal address to a male.”).
- Alternative letter-case form of Blood (“a member of a certain gang”).
verb
- smear with blood, as in a hunting initiation rite, where the face of a person is smeared with the blood of the kill
- (transitive) To cause something to be covered with blood; to bloody.
- (transitive) To initiate into warfare or a blood sport, traditionally by smearing with the blood of the first kill witnessed.
- (medicine, historical) To let blood (from); to bleed.
noun
- the hereditary derivation of an individual
- Lineage or hereditary derivation.
- the act of changing your location in a downward direction
- a movement downward
- the kinship relation between an individual and the individual's progenitors
- properties attributable to your ancestry
- a downward slope or bend
- A way down.
- A falling upon or invasion.
- (topology) A particular extension of the idea of gluing.
- An instance of descending; act of coming down.
- A drop to a lower status or condition; decline.
- A sloping passage or incline.
noun
- the hereditary derivation of an individual
- the road consisting of railroad track and roadbed
- a slight depression or fold in the smoothness of a surface
- a pipe used to transport liquids or gases
- (often plural) a means of communication or access
- a commercial organization serving as a common carrier
- text consisting of a row of words written across a page or computer screen
- a formation of people or things one beside another
- a fortified position (especially one marking the most forward position of troops)
- a conceptual separation or distinction
- the principal activity in your life that you do to earn money
- persuasive but insincere talk that is usually intended to deceive or impress
- a particular kind of product or merchandise
- a mark that is long relative to its width
- a conductor for transmitting electrical or optical signals or electric power
- a succession of notes forming a distinctive sequence
- the maximum credit that a customer is allowed
- mechanical system in a factory whereby an article is conveyed through sites at which successive operations are performed on it
- a spatial location defined by a real or imaginary unidimensional extent
- a course of reasoning aimed at demonstrating a truth or falsehood; the methodical process of logical reasoning
- a single frequency (or very narrow band) of radiation in a spectrum
- space for one line of print (one column wide and 1/14 inch deep) used to measure advertising
- a connected series of events or actions or developments
- acting in conformity
- in games or sports; a mark indicating positions or bounds of the playing area
- a short personal letter
- something (as a cord or rope) that is long and thin and flexible
- a length (straight or curved) without breadth or thickness; the trace of a moving point
- a formation of people or things one behind another
- a telephone connection
- A sentence of dialogue, especially in a play, movie, or the like.
- (geometry) An infinitely extending one-dimensional figure that has no curvature; one that has length but not breadth or thickness.
- A procession, either physical or conceptual, which results from the application or effect of a given rationale or other controlling principles of belief, opinion, practice, or phenomenon.
- A written or printed row of letters, words, numbers, or other text, especially a row of words extending across a page or column, or a blank in place of such text.
- The longer fiber(s) of flax.
- (geography) A circle of latitude or of longitude, as represented on a map.
- A long tape or ribbon marked with units for measuring; a tape measure.
- (graph theory) An edge of a graph.
- (cricket) The horizontal path of a ball towards the batsman (see also length).
- (genetics) A population of cells derived from a single cell and containing the same genetic makeup.
- A verse (in poetry).
- (geography, 'the line' or 'equinoctial line') The equator.
- Course of conduct, thought, occupation, or policy; method of argument; department of industry, trade, or intellectual activity.
- A rope, cord, string, thread, or cable, of any thickness.
- Any of an ill-defined set of units of length, varying according to the country, discipline, industry, and date of application, commonly with no indication of the intended magnitude:
- A path through two or more points (compare ‘segment’); a continuous mark, including as made by a pen; any path, curved or straight.
- (soccer) The goal line.
- (South Korean idol fandom) A group of people born in a certain year (liners).
- (fencing) The position in which the fencers hold their swords.
- One fortieth of an inch.
- The exterior limit of a figure or territory: a boundary, contour, or outline; a demarcation.
- (music) One of the straight horizontal and parallel prolonged strokes on and between which the notes are placed.
- (geometry, informal) A line segment; a continuous finite segment of such a figure.
- A set of products or services sold by a business, or by extension, the business itself.
- (Australian rules football) A set of positions in a team which play in a similar position on the field; in a traditional team, consisting of three players and acting as one of six such sets in the team.
- A hose, tube, or pipe, of any size.
- A threadlike crease or wrinkle marking the face, hand, or body; hence, a characteristic mark.
- (historical) A maxwell, a unit of magnetic flux.
- (engineering) Proper relative position or adjustment (of parts, not as to design or proportion, but with reference to smooth working).
- (military, nautical) Ellipsis of line of battle.
- (perfusion line) a set composed of a spike, a drip chamber, a clamp, a Y-injection site, a three-way stopcock and a catheter.
- One sixteenth of an inch.
- The official, stated position (or set of positions) of an individual or group, particularly a political or religious faction.
- A more-or-less straight sequence of people, objects, etc., either arranged as a queue or column and often waiting to be processed or dealt with, or arranged abreast of one another in a row (and contrasted with a column), as in a military formation.
- The wire connecting one telegraphic station with another, a telephone or internet cable between two points: a telephone or network connection.
- (informal) A portion or serving of a powdery recreational drug, especially cocaine, formed into a line on a flat surface in preparation for snorting.
- (stock exchange) A number of shares taken by a jobber.
- A letter, a written form of communication.
- (slang) Information about or understanding of something. (Mostly restricted to the expressions get a line on, have a line on, and give a line on.)
- (baseball, slang, 1800s, with "the") The batter's box.
- A series or succession of ancestors or descendants of a given person; a family or race; compare lineage.
- (historical) A tsarist-era Russian unit of measure, approximately equal to one tenth of an English inch, used especially when measuring the calibre of firearms.
- (medicine, colloquial) A vascular catheter.
- (advertising) Ellipsis of agate line (one fourteenth of an inch).
- One twelfth of an inch.
- (especially military) A trench or rampart, or the non-physical demarcation of the extent of the territory occupied by specified forces.
- That which was measured by a line, such as a field or any piece of land set apart; hence, allotted place of abode.
- A clothesline.
- (automotive) A particular path taken by a vehicle when driving a bend or corner in the road.
- Lineament; feature; figure (of one's body).
- (music) A series of notes forming a certain part (such as the bass or melody) of a greater work.
- (ice hockey) A group of forwards that play together.
- A lie or exaggeration, especially one told to gain another's approval or prevent losing it.
- Direction, path.
- (military) The regular infantry of an army, as distinguished from militia, guards, volunteer corps, cavalry, artillery, etc.
- A connected series of public conveyances, as a roadbed or railway track; and hence, an established arrangement for forwarding merchandise, etc.; a railroad line, railway line, Elizabeth Line etc.
verb
- fill plentifully
- make a mark or lines on a surface
- cover the interior of
- mark with lines
- reinforce with fabric
- be in line with; form a line along
- (transitive) To fill or supply (something), as a purse with money.
- (transitive) To form a line along.
- (rail transport) To align (one or more switches) to direct a train onto a particular track.
- (transitive) To track (wild bees) to their nest by following their line of flight.
- (transitive) To place (objects) into a line (usually used with "up"); to form into a line; to align.
- (transitive) To place persons or things along the side of for security or defense; to strengthen by adding; to fortify.
- (transitive) To mark with a line or lines; to cover with lines.
- (transitive) To measure.
- (transitive) To cover the inner surface of (something), originally especially with linen.
- (intransitive, baseball) To hit a line drive; to hit a line drive which is caught for an out. Compare fly and ground.
noun
- the hereditary derivation of an individual
- inherited properties shared with others of your bloodline
- a rate of payment for written material that is measured according to the number of lines submitted
- the kinship relation between an individual and the individual's progenitors
- the number of lines in a piece of printed material
- (press) A number of lines of text in a column.
- A fee or rate paid per line of text.
- Descent in a line from a common progenitor; progeny; descending line of offspring or ascending line of parentage.
noun
- the hereditary derivation of an individual
- an event that is a beginning; a first part or stage of subsequent events
- the place where something begins, where it springs into being
- the source of something's existence or from which it derives or is derived
- the point of intersection of coordinate axes; where the values of the coordinates are all zero
- properties attributable to your ancestry
- (anatomy) The proximal end of attachment of a muscle to a bone that will not be moved by the action of that muscle.
- (mathematics) The point at which the axes of a coordinate system intersect.
- (cartography) An arbitrary point on Earth's surface, chosen as the zero for a system of coordinates.
- The beginning of something.
- (in the plural) Ancestry.
- The source of a river, information, goods, etc.
noun
- the hereditary derivation of an individual
- line of descent of a purebred animal
- ancestry of a purebred animal
- A person's ancestral history; ancestry, lineage.
- The history or provenance of an idea, custom etc.
- A chart, list, or record of ancestors, to show breeding, especially distinguished breeding.
- (uncountable) Good breeding or ancestry.
- The ancestry of a domesticated animal, especially a dog or horse.
adj
verb
noun
- the hereditary derivation of an individual
- an eye having a single lens
- a tree diagram showing a reconstruction of the transmission of manuscripts of a literary work
- One of the types of simple eyes in arthropods.
- A family tree or recorded genealogy.
- In the study of stemmatics, a diagram showing the relationship of a text to its manuscripts.
noun
- the hereditary derivation of an individual
- persistent thickened stem of a herbaceous perennial plant
- the capital raised by a corporation through the issue of shares entitling holders to an ownership interest (equity)
- lumber used in the construction of something
- the handle end of some implements or tools
- any animals kept for use or profit
- a plant or stem onto which a graft is made; especially a plant grown specifically to provide the root part of grafted plants
- the merchandise that a shop has on hand
- any of several Old World plants cultivated for their brightly colored flowers
- a special variety of domesticated animals within a species
- any of various ornamental flowering plants of the genus Malcolmia
- liquid in which meat and vegetables are simmered; used as a basis for e.g. soups or sauces
- a supply of something available for future use
- an ornamental white cravat
- the reputation and popularity a person has
- a certificate documenting the shareholder's ownership in the corporation
- the handle of a handgun or the butt end of a rifle or shotgun or part of the support of a machine gun or artillery gun
- (finance) The capital raised by a company through the issue of shares; the total of shares held by an individual shareholder.
- (nautical) A bar going through an anchor, perpendicular to the flukes.
- (biology) In tectology, an aggregate or colony of individuals, such as trees, chains of salpae, etc.
- The handle of a whip, fishing rod, etc.
- Plain soap before it is coloured and perfumed.
- (figurative) The measure of how highly a person or institution is valued.
- The type of paper used in printing.
- (UK, historical) The longest part of a split tally stick formerly struck in the exchequer, which was delivered to the person who had lent the king money on account, as the evidence of indebtedness.
- The trunk and woody main stems or limbs of a tree; the base from which something grows or branches.
- A supply of anything, stored until used; especially, such a supply that is ready for use.
- The headstock of a lathe, drill, etc.
- (geology) A pipe (vertical cylinder of ore)
- (shipbuilding, in the plural) The frame or timbers on which a ship rests during construction.
- (especially US) A share in a company.
- A thrust with a rapier; a stoccado.
- Any of several types of security that are similar to a stock, or marketed like one.
- Any of the several species of cruciferous flowers in the genus Matthiola.
- Stock theater, summer stock theater.
- Ellipsis of film stock.
- A piece of black cloth worn under a clerical collar.
- A store or supply.
- (UK, in the plural) Red and grey bricks, used for the exterior of walls and the front of buildings.
- A bed for infants; a crib, cot, or cradle
- The price or value of the stock of a company on the stock market.
- Railroad rolling stock.
- (cooking, uncountable, countable) Broth made from meat (originally bones) or vegetables, used as a basis for stew or soup.
- Farm or ranch animals; livestock.
- The beater of a fulling mill.
- A block of wood; something fixed and solid; a pillar; a firm support; a post.
- (operations) A store of goods ready for sale; inventory.
- (linguistics) A larger grouping of language families: a superfamily or macrofamily.
- The population of a given type of animal (especially fish) available to be captured from the wild for economic use.
- (folklore) A piece of wood magically made to be just like a real baby and substituted for it by magical beings.
- (horticulture) The plant upon which the scion is grafted.
- A ski pole.
- (firearms) The part of a rifle or shotgun that rests against the shooter's shoulder.
- (card games, in a card game) A stack of undealt cards made available to the players.
- The tailstock of a lathe.
- A necktie or cravat, particularly a wide necktie popular in the eighteenth century, often seen today as a part of formal wear for horse riding competitions.
- (nautical) The axle attached to the rudder, which transfers the movement of the helm to the rudder.
- (by extension) Lineage; family; ancestry.
adj
- routine
- repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse
- regularly and widely used or sold
- (motor racing, of a race car) Having the same configuration as cars sold to the non-racing public, or having been modified from such a car.
- Of a type normally available for purchase/in stock.
- Straightforward, ordinary, just another, very basic.
verb
- supply with fish
- put forth and grow sprouts or shoots
- equip with a stock
- provide or furnish with a stock of something
- amass so as to keep for future use or sale or for a particular occasion or use
- have on hand
- supply with livestock
- To allow (cows) to retain milk for twenty-four hours or more prior to sale.
- To have on hand for sale.
- To provide with material requisites; to store; to fill; to supply.
- To put in the stocks as punishment.
- (nautical) To fit (an anchor) with a stock, or to fasten the stock firmly in place.
adj
- Arising by birth; having an origin; born.
- belonging to one by birth
- Characteristic of or relating to people inhabiting a region from prehistoric times.
- Naturally related; cognate; connected (with).
- Born or grown in the region in which it lives or is found; not foreign or imported.
- Belonging to one by birth.
- (mineralogy) Occurring naturally in its pure or uncombined form.
- (biology, of a species) Which occurs of its own accord in a given locality, to be contrasted with a species introduced by humans.
- (computing, of software) Pertaining to the system or architecture in question.
- Alternative letter-case form of Native (of or relating to the native inhabitants of the Americas, or of Australia).
- Original; constituting the original substance of anything.
- as found in nature in the elemental form
- characteristic of or existing by virtue of geographic origin
- characteristic of or relating to people inhabiting a region from the beginning
noun
- A person who is native to a place; a person who was born in a place.
- An oyster of species Ostrea edulis.
- (in particular) A person of aboriginal descent, as distinguished from a person who was or whose ancestors were foreigners or settlers/colonizers. Alternative letter-case form of Native (aboriginal inhabitant of the Americas or Australia).
- A native speaker.
- A native plant or animal.
- a person born in a particular place or country
- indigenous plants and animals
- an indigenous person who was born in a particular place
adj
- Inborn.
- Of the same or a similar nature; proceeding from the same stock or root.
- (geology) Trapped within a rock at the time of its formation (especially of water or petroleum).
- (botany) United with other organs of the same kind (for example sepals connate with sepals, petals connate with petals, or stamens with stamens).
- related in nature
- of similar parts or organs; closely joined or united
adj
- of unmixed ancestry
- Experienced (especially in warfare).
- (zoology) Having a certain physiological characteristic, particularly in relation to blood or the circulatory system.
- (figurative, sometimes derogatory) Having a certain ancestry.
- (zoology, of horses, cattle, etc.) Derived from ancestors of good blood; having a good pedigree.
- (figurative) Having a certain kind of temperament or disposition.
- bloody, bleeding.
- (figurative, sometimes offensive in compounds that refer to purity or partial degrees) Having ancestry to a certain degree.
verb
noun
adj
verb
- come into existence, originate
- cheer for
- become settled or established and stable in one's residence or life style
- cause to take roots
- take root and begin to grow
- plant by the roots
- dig with the snout
- To fix firmly; to establish.
- (by extension) To seek favour or advancement by low arts or grovelling servility; to fawn.
- To grow roots; to enter the earth, as roots; to take root and begin to grow.
- (intransitive, with "for" or "on", US) To cheer (on); to show support (for) and hope for the success of. (See root for.)
- (transitive) To root out; to abolish.
- (intransitive) To rummage; to search as if by digging in soil.
- (computing slang, transitive) To get root or privileged access on (a computer system or mobile phone), often through bypassing some security mechanism.
- (Australia, New Zealand, Ireland, vulgar, slang) To sexually penetrate.
- (intransitive) Of a baby: to turn the head and open the mouth in search of food.
- (ambitransitive) To turn up or dig with the snout.
- (equestrianism, of a horse) To tug or pull at the reins aggressively by driving the head downwards while wearing a bit.
- To prepare, oversee, or otherwise cause the rooting of cuttings.
noun
- a number that, when multiplied by itself some number of times, equals a given number
- the place where something begins, where it springs into being
- (botany) the usually underground organ that lacks buds or leaves or nodes; absorbs water and mineral salts; usually it anchors the plant to the ground
- a simple form inferred as the common basis from which related words in several languages can be derived by linguistic processes
- the set of values that give a true statement when substituted into an equation
- (linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed
- the embedded part of a bodily structure such as a tooth, nail, or hair
- someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote than a grandparent)
- (slang) A penis, especially the base of a penis.
- The part of a plant, generally underground, that anchors and supports the plant body, absorbs and stores water and nutrients, and in some plants is able to perform vegetative reproduction.
- (arithmetic) Of a number or expression, a number which, when raised to a specified power, yields the specified number or expression.
- (computing) The highest directory of a directory structure which may contain both files and subdirectories.
- (Australia, New Zealand, vulgar, slang) An act of sexual intercourse.
- (aviation) The section of a wing immediately adjacent to the fuselage.
- (mathematical analysis) A zero (of an equation).
- (music) The fundamental tone of any chord; the tone from whose harmonics, or overtones, a chord is composed.
- (arithmetic) A square root (understood if no power is specified; in which case, "the root of" is often abbreviated to "root").
- The part of a hair near the skin that has not been dyed, permed, or otherwise treated.
- (figurative) The primary source; origin.
- (graph theory, computing) The single node of a tree that has no parent.
- (engineering) The bottom of the thread of a threaded object.
- (computing) In UNIX terminology, the first user account with complete access to the operating system and its configuration, found at the root of the directory structure; the person who manages accounts on a UNIX system.
- The part of a tooth extending into the bone holding the tooth in place.
- An act of rummaging or searching.
- (Australia, New Zealand, vulgar, slang) A sexual partner.
- A root vegetable.
- (linguistic morphology) The primary lexical unit of a word, which carries the most significant aspects of semantic content and cannot be reduced into smaller constituents. Inflectional stems often derive from roots.
- (linguistics) A word from which another word or words are derived.
- The part of a hair under the skin that holds the hair in place.
- The lowest place, position, or part.
adj
- produced by inbreeding
- normally existing at birth
- (figurative, of a group) Insular or self-contained, primarily interacting with and drawing upon one another.
- Bred within; innate.
- (often derogatory) Having an ancestry characterized by inbreeding.
- (genetics) Describing a strain produced through successive generations of inbreeding resulting in a population of genetically identical individuals which are homozygous at all genetic loci.
noun
verb
noun
- Ancestry; descent.
- A draft or copy of writing; a certified copy of the proceedings in an action and the judgment therein, with an order for execution.
- Something that is extracted or drawn out.
- A solid preparation obtained by evaporating a solution of a drug, etc., or the fresh juice of a plant (distinguished from an abstract).
- A portion of a book, document, recording etc. incorporated distinctly in another work (for written or spoken words, synoymous to a citation; a quotation).
- A decoction, solution, or infusion made by drawing out from any substance that which gives it its essential and characteristic virtue
- Any substance extracted is such a way, and characteristic of that from which it is obtained
- a solution obtained by steeping or soaking a substance (usually in water)
- a passage selected from a larger work
verb
- (transitive) To select parts of a whole
- (transitive) To pick out; to cite or reproduce a snippet of
- (transitive) To withdraw by squeezing, distillation, or other mechanical or chemical process. Compare abstract (transitive verb).
- (transitive, arithmetic) To determine (a root of a number).
- (transitive) To draw out; to pull out; to remove forcibly from a fixed position, as by traction or suction, etc.
- get despite difficulties or obstacles
- take out of a literary work in order to cite or copy
- extract by the process of distillation
- deduce (a principle) or construe (a meaning)
- separate (a metal) from an ore
- obtain from a substance, as by mechanical action
- remove, usually with some force or effort; also used in an abstract sense
- calculate the root of a number
noun
noun
- (genetics) attributes acquired via biological heredity from the parents
- hereditary succession to a title or an office or property
- any attribute or immaterial possession that is inherited from ancestors
- that which is inherited; a title or property or estate that passes by law to the heir on the death of the owner
- The passing of title to an estate upon death.
- (uncountable, especially linguistics, biology) The act or mechanism of inheriting; the state of having inherited.
- (programming, object-oriented programming) The mechanism whereby parts of a superclass are available to instances of its subclass.
- (biology, genetic algorithms) The biological attributes passed hereditarily from ancestors to their offspring.
- (countable) That which a person is entitled to inherit, by law or testament, such as the part of an estate (i.e., a portion).
noun
- the physically discrete element that Darwin proposed as responsible for heredity
- (historical) In the obsolete theory of pangenesis propounded by the English scientist Charles Darwin (1809–1882): a hypothetical particle once thought to be the basis of heredity.
- (neurology) Synonym of dendritic spine (“a small membranous protrusion from the dendrite of a neuron that typically receives input from a single axon at the synapse”).
- (botany) Synonym of plumule (“the first bud, or growing point, of a plant embryo, situated above the cotyledons”).
noun
- Offspring, progeny.
- For a quantity, the act or process of becoming larger.
- (knitting, crochet) The creation of one or more new stitches; see Increase (knitting).
- An amount by which a quantity is increased.
- a change resulting in an increase
- a process of becoming larger or longer or more numerous or more important
- the act of increasing something
- a quantity that is added
- the amount by which something increases
verb
- (intransitive) (of a quantity, etc.) To become larger or greater, to greaten.
- (astronomy, intransitive) To become more nearly full; to show more of the surface; to wax.
- To multiply by the production of young; to be fertile, fruitful, or prolific.
- (transitive) To make (a quantity, etc.) larger.
- make bigger or more
- become bigger or greater in amount
noun
adj
name
noun
- the hereditary derivation of an individual
- a dissolute man in fashionable society
- temperament or disposition
- people viewed as members of a group
- the fluid (red in vertebrates) that is pumped through the body by the heart and contains plasma, blood cells, and platelets
- (poetic) The juice of anything, especially if red.
- A family relationship due to birth, such as that between siblings; contrasted with relationships due to marriage or adoption. See blood relative, blood relation.
- A temper of mind; a disposition; a mood.
- (medicine, informal, countable) A blood test or blood sample.
- A vital liquid flowing in the bodies of many types of animals that usually conveys nutrients and oxygen. In vertebrates, it is colored red by hemoglobin, is conveyed by arteries and veins, is pumped by the heart and is usually generated in bone marrow.
- (figurative) Bloodshed.
- (especially African-American Vernacular) A friend or acquaintance, especially one who is black and male.
- (historical) One of the four humours in the human body.
- The endometrial lining as it is shed in menstruation; menstrual fluid or period blood.
- (US slang) Lean, especially that is red.
- The sap or juice which flows in or from plants.
- A blood horse, one of good pedigree.
- (UK, MLE, slang) Alternative form of blud (“an informal address to a male.”).
- Alternative letter-case form of Blood (“a member of a certain gang”).
verb
- smear with blood, as in a hunting initiation rite, where the face of a person is smeared with the blood of the kill
- (transitive) To cause something to be covered with blood; to bloody.
- (transitive) To initiate into warfare or a blood sport, traditionally by smearing with the blood of the first kill witnessed.
- (medicine, historical) To let blood (from); to bleed.
noun
- the hereditary derivation of an individual
- Lineage or hereditary derivation.
- the act of changing your location in a downward direction
- a movement downward
- the kinship relation between an individual and the individual's progenitors
- properties attributable to your ancestry
- a downward slope or bend
- A way down.
- A falling upon or invasion.
- (topology) A particular extension of the idea of gluing.
- An instance of descending; act of coming down.
- A drop to a lower status or condition; decline.
- A sloping passage or incline.
noun
- the hereditary derivation of an individual
- the road consisting of railroad track and roadbed
- a slight depression or fold in the smoothness of a surface
- a pipe used to transport liquids or gases
- (often plural) a means of communication or access
- a commercial organization serving as a common carrier
- text consisting of a row of words written across a page or computer screen
- a formation of people or things one beside another
- a fortified position (especially one marking the most forward position of troops)
- a conceptual separation or distinction
- the principal activity in your life that you do to earn money
- persuasive but insincere talk that is usually intended to deceive or impress
- a particular kind of product or merchandise
- a mark that is long relative to its width
- a conductor for transmitting electrical or optical signals or electric power
- a succession of notes forming a distinctive sequence
- the maximum credit that a customer is allowed
- mechanical system in a factory whereby an article is conveyed through sites at which successive operations are performed on it
- a spatial location defined by a real or imaginary unidimensional extent
- a course of reasoning aimed at demonstrating a truth or falsehood; the methodical process of logical reasoning
- a single frequency (or very narrow band) of radiation in a spectrum
- space for one line of print (one column wide and 1/14 inch deep) used to measure advertising
- a connected series of events or actions or developments
- acting in conformity
- in games or sports; a mark indicating positions or bounds of the playing area
- a short personal letter
- something (as a cord or rope) that is long and thin and flexible
- a length (straight or curved) without breadth or thickness; the trace of a moving point
- a formation of people or things one behind another
- a telephone connection
- A sentence of dialogue, especially in a play, movie, or the like.
- (geometry) An infinitely extending one-dimensional figure that has no curvature; one that has length but not breadth or thickness.
- A procession, either physical or conceptual, which results from the application or effect of a given rationale or other controlling principles of belief, opinion, practice, or phenomenon.
- A written or printed row of letters, words, numbers, or other text, especially a row of words extending across a page or column, or a blank in place of such text.
- The longer fiber(s) of flax.
- (geography) A circle of latitude or of longitude, as represented on a map.
- A long tape or ribbon marked with units for measuring; a tape measure.
- (graph theory) An edge of a graph.
- (cricket) The horizontal path of a ball towards the batsman (see also length).
- (genetics) A population of cells derived from a single cell and containing the same genetic makeup.
- A verse (in poetry).
- (geography, 'the line' or 'equinoctial line') The equator.
- Course of conduct, thought, occupation, or policy; method of argument; department of industry, trade, or intellectual activity.
- A rope, cord, string, thread, or cable, of any thickness.
- Any of an ill-defined set of units of length, varying according to the country, discipline, industry, and date of application, commonly with no indication of the intended magnitude:
- A path through two or more points (compare ‘segment’); a continuous mark, including as made by a pen; any path, curved or straight.
- (soccer) The goal line.
- (South Korean idol fandom) A group of people born in a certain year (liners).
- (fencing) The position in which the fencers hold their swords.
- One fortieth of an inch.
- The exterior limit of a figure or territory: a boundary, contour, or outline; a demarcation.
- (music) One of the straight horizontal and parallel prolonged strokes on and between which the notes are placed.
- (geometry, informal) A line segment; a continuous finite segment of such a figure.
- A set of products or services sold by a business, or by extension, the business itself.
- (Australian rules football) A set of positions in a team which play in a similar position on the field; in a traditional team, consisting of three players and acting as one of six such sets in the team.
- A hose, tube, or pipe, of any size.
- A threadlike crease or wrinkle marking the face, hand, or body; hence, a characteristic mark.
- (historical) A maxwell, a unit of magnetic flux.
- (engineering) Proper relative position or adjustment (of parts, not as to design or proportion, but with reference to smooth working).
- (military, nautical) Ellipsis of line of battle.
- (perfusion line) a set composed of a spike, a drip chamber, a clamp, a Y-injection site, a three-way stopcock and a catheter.
- One sixteenth of an inch.
- The official, stated position (or set of positions) of an individual or group, particularly a political or religious faction.
- A more-or-less straight sequence of people, objects, etc., either arranged as a queue or column and often waiting to be processed or dealt with, or arranged abreast of one another in a row (and contrasted with a column), as in a military formation.
- The wire connecting one telegraphic station with another, a telephone or internet cable between two points: a telephone or network connection.
- (informal) A portion or serving of a powdery recreational drug, especially cocaine, formed into a line on a flat surface in preparation for snorting.
- (stock exchange) A number of shares taken by a jobber.
- A letter, a written form of communication.
- (slang) Information about or understanding of something. (Mostly restricted to the expressions get a line on, have a line on, and give a line on.)
- (baseball, slang, 1800s, with "the") The batter's box.
- A series or succession of ancestors or descendants of a given person; a family or race; compare lineage.
- (historical) A tsarist-era Russian unit of measure, approximately equal to one tenth of an English inch, used especially when measuring the calibre of firearms.
- (medicine, colloquial) A vascular catheter.
- (advertising) Ellipsis of agate line (one fourteenth of an inch).
- One twelfth of an inch.
- (especially military) A trench or rampart, or the non-physical demarcation of the extent of the territory occupied by specified forces.
- That which was measured by a line, such as a field or any piece of land set apart; hence, allotted place of abode.
- A clothesline.
- (automotive) A particular path taken by a vehicle when driving a bend or corner in the road.
- Lineament; feature; figure (of one's body).
- (music) A series of notes forming a certain part (such as the bass or melody) of a greater work.
- (ice hockey) A group of forwards that play together.
- A lie or exaggeration, especially one told to gain another's approval or prevent losing it.
- Direction, path.
- (military) The regular infantry of an army, as distinguished from militia, guards, volunteer corps, cavalry, artillery, etc.
- A connected series of public conveyances, as a roadbed or railway track; and hence, an established arrangement for forwarding merchandise, etc.; a railroad line, railway line, Elizabeth Line etc.
verb
- fill plentifully
- make a mark or lines on a surface
- cover the interior of
- mark with lines
- reinforce with fabric
- be in line with; form a line along
- (transitive) To fill or supply (something), as a purse with money.
- (transitive) To form a line along.
- (rail transport) To align (one or more switches) to direct a train onto a particular track.
- (transitive) To track (wild bees) to their nest by following their line of flight.
- (transitive) To place (objects) into a line (usually used with "up"); to form into a line; to align.
- (transitive) To place persons or things along the side of for security or defense; to strengthen by adding; to fortify.
- (transitive) To mark with a line or lines; to cover with lines.
- (transitive) To measure.
- (transitive) To cover the inner surface of (something), originally especially with linen.
- (intransitive, baseball) To hit a line drive; to hit a line drive which is caught for an out. Compare fly and ground.
noun
- the hereditary derivation of an individual
- inherited properties shared with others of your bloodline
- a rate of payment for written material that is measured according to the number of lines submitted
- the kinship relation between an individual and the individual's progenitors
- the number of lines in a piece of printed material
- (press) A number of lines of text in a column.
- A fee or rate paid per line of text.
- Descent in a line from a common progenitor; progeny; descending line of offspring or ascending line of parentage.
noun
- the hereditary derivation of an individual
- an event that is a beginning; a first part or stage of subsequent events
- the place where something begins, where it springs into being
- the source of something's existence or from which it derives or is derived
- the point of intersection of coordinate axes; where the values of the coordinates are all zero
- properties attributable to your ancestry
- (anatomy) The proximal end of attachment of a muscle to a bone that will not be moved by the action of that muscle.
- (mathematics) The point at which the axes of a coordinate system intersect.
- (cartography) An arbitrary point on Earth's surface, chosen as the zero for a system of coordinates.
- The beginning of something.
- (in the plural) Ancestry.
- The source of a river, information, goods, etc.
noun
- the hereditary derivation of an individual
- line of descent of a purebred animal
- ancestry of a purebred animal
- A person's ancestral history; ancestry, lineage.
- The history or provenance of an idea, custom etc.
- A chart, list, or record of ancestors, to show breeding, especially distinguished breeding.
- (uncountable) Good breeding or ancestry.
- The ancestry of a domesticated animal, especially a dog or horse.
adj
verb
noun
- the hereditary derivation of an individual
- an eye having a single lens
- a tree diagram showing a reconstruction of the transmission of manuscripts of a literary work
- One of the types of simple eyes in arthropods.
- A family tree or recorded genealogy.
- In the study of stemmatics, a diagram showing the relationship of a text to its manuscripts.
noun
- the hereditary derivation of an individual
- persistent thickened stem of a herbaceous perennial plant
- the capital raised by a corporation through the issue of shares entitling holders to an ownership interest (equity)
- lumber used in the construction of something
- the handle end of some implements or tools
- any animals kept for use or profit
- a plant or stem onto which a graft is made; especially a plant grown specifically to provide the root part of grafted plants
- the merchandise that a shop has on hand
- any of several Old World plants cultivated for their brightly colored flowers
- a special variety of domesticated animals within a species
- any of various ornamental flowering plants of the genus Malcolmia
- liquid in which meat and vegetables are simmered; used as a basis for e.g. soups or sauces
- a supply of something available for future use
- an ornamental white cravat
- the reputation and popularity a person has
- a certificate documenting the shareholder's ownership in the corporation
- the handle of a handgun or the butt end of a rifle or shotgun or part of the support of a machine gun or artillery gun
- (finance) The capital raised by a company through the issue of shares; the total of shares held by an individual shareholder.
- (nautical) A bar going through an anchor, perpendicular to the flukes.
- (biology) In tectology, an aggregate or colony of individuals, such as trees, chains of salpae, etc.
- The handle of a whip, fishing rod, etc.
- Plain soap before it is coloured and perfumed.
- (figurative) The measure of how highly a person or institution is valued.
- The type of paper used in printing.
- (UK, historical) The longest part of a split tally stick formerly struck in the exchequer, which was delivered to the person who had lent the king money on account, as the evidence of indebtedness.
- The trunk and woody main stems or limbs of a tree; the base from which something grows or branches.
- A supply of anything, stored until used; especially, such a supply that is ready for use.
- The headstock of a lathe, drill, etc.
- (geology) A pipe (vertical cylinder of ore)
- (shipbuilding, in the plural) The frame or timbers on which a ship rests during construction.
- (especially US) A share in a company.
- A thrust with a rapier; a stoccado.
- Any of several types of security that are similar to a stock, or marketed like one.
- Any of the several species of cruciferous flowers in the genus Matthiola.
- Stock theater, summer stock theater.
- Ellipsis of film stock.
- A piece of black cloth worn under a clerical collar.
- A store or supply.
- (UK, in the plural) Red and grey bricks, used for the exterior of walls and the front of buildings.
- A bed for infants; a crib, cot, or cradle
- The price or value of the stock of a company on the stock market.
- Railroad rolling stock.
- (cooking, uncountable, countable) Broth made from meat (originally bones) or vegetables, used as a basis for stew or soup.
- Farm or ranch animals; livestock.
- The beater of a fulling mill.
- A block of wood; something fixed and solid; a pillar; a firm support; a post.
- (operations) A store of goods ready for sale; inventory.
- (linguistics) A larger grouping of language families: a superfamily or macrofamily.
- The population of a given type of animal (especially fish) available to be captured from the wild for economic use.
- (folklore) A piece of wood magically made to be just like a real baby and substituted for it by magical beings.
- (horticulture) The plant upon which the scion is grafted.
- A ski pole.
- (firearms) The part of a rifle or shotgun that rests against the shooter's shoulder.
- (card games, in a card game) A stack of undealt cards made available to the players.
- The tailstock of a lathe.
- A necktie or cravat, particularly a wide necktie popular in the eighteenth century, often seen today as a part of formal wear for horse riding competitions.
- (nautical) The axle attached to the rudder, which transfers the movement of the helm to the rudder.
- (by extension) Lineage; family; ancestry.
adj
- routine
- repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse
- regularly and widely used or sold
- (motor racing, of a race car) Having the same configuration as cars sold to the non-racing public, or having been modified from such a car.
- Of a type normally available for purchase/in stock.
- Straightforward, ordinary, just another, very basic.
verb
- supply with fish
- put forth and grow sprouts or shoots
- equip with a stock
- provide or furnish with a stock of something
- amass so as to keep for future use or sale or for a particular occasion or use
- have on hand
- supply with livestock
- To allow (cows) to retain milk for twenty-four hours or more prior to sale.
- To have on hand for sale.
- To provide with material requisites; to store; to fill; to supply.
- To put in the stocks as punishment.
- (nautical) To fit (an anchor) with a stock, or to fasten the stock firmly in place.
noun
adj
noun
- Ancestry; descent.
- A draft or copy of writing; a certified copy of the proceedings in an action and the judgment therein, with an order for execution.
- Something that is extracted or drawn out.
- A solid preparation obtained by evaporating a solution of a drug, etc., or the fresh juice of a plant (distinguished from an abstract).
- A portion of a book, document, recording etc. incorporated distinctly in another work (for written or spoken words, synoymous to a citation; a quotation).
- A decoction, solution, or infusion made by drawing out from any substance that which gives it its essential and characteristic virtue
- Any substance extracted is such a way, and characteristic of that from which it is obtained
- a solution obtained by steeping or soaking a substance (usually in water)
- a passage selected from a larger work
verb
- (transitive) To select parts of a whole
- (transitive) To pick out; to cite or reproduce a snippet of
- (transitive) To withdraw by squeezing, distillation, or other mechanical or chemical process. Compare abstract (transitive verb).
- (transitive, arithmetic) To determine (a root of a number).
- (transitive) To draw out; to pull out; to remove forcibly from a fixed position, as by traction or suction, etc.
- get despite difficulties or obstacles
- take out of a literary work in order to cite or copy
- extract by the process of distillation
- deduce (a principle) or construe (a meaning)
- separate (a metal) from an ore
- obtain from a substance, as by mechanical action
- remove, usually with some force or effort; also used in an abstract sense
- calculate the root of a number
verb
- come into existence, originate
- cheer for
- become settled or established and stable in one's residence or life style
- cause to take roots
- take root and begin to grow
- plant by the roots
- dig with the snout
- To fix firmly; to establish.
- (by extension) To seek favour or advancement by low arts or grovelling servility; to fawn.
- To grow roots; to enter the earth, as roots; to take root and begin to grow.
- (intransitive, with "for" or "on", US) To cheer (on); to show support (for) and hope for the success of. (See root for.)
- (transitive) To root out; to abolish.
- (intransitive) To rummage; to search as if by digging in soil.
- (computing slang, transitive) To get root or privileged access on (a computer system or mobile phone), often through bypassing some security mechanism.
- (Australia, New Zealand, Ireland, vulgar, slang) To sexually penetrate.
- (intransitive) Of a baby: to turn the head and open the mouth in search of food.
- (ambitransitive) To turn up or dig with the snout.
- (equestrianism, of a horse) To tug or pull at the reins aggressively by driving the head downwards while wearing a bit.
- To prepare, oversee, or otherwise cause the rooting of cuttings.
noun
- a number that, when multiplied by itself some number of times, equals a given number
- the place where something begins, where it springs into being
- (botany) the usually underground organ that lacks buds or leaves or nodes; absorbs water and mineral salts; usually it anchors the plant to the ground
- a simple form inferred as the common basis from which related words in several languages can be derived by linguistic processes
- the set of values that give a true statement when substituted into an equation
- (linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed
- the embedded part of a bodily structure such as a tooth, nail, or hair
- someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote than a grandparent)
- (slang) A penis, especially the base of a penis.
- The part of a plant, generally underground, that anchors and supports the plant body, absorbs and stores water and nutrients, and in some plants is able to perform vegetative reproduction.
- (arithmetic) Of a number or expression, a number which, when raised to a specified power, yields the specified number or expression.
- (computing) The highest directory of a directory structure which may contain both files and subdirectories.
- (Australia, New Zealand, vulgar, slang) An act of sexual intercourse.
- (aviation) The section of a wing immediately adjacent to the fuselage.
- (mathematical analysis) A zero (of an equation).
- (music) The fundamental tone of any chord; the tone from whose harmonics, or overtones, a chord is composed.
- (arithmetic) A square root (understood if no power is specified; in which case, "the root of" is often abbreviated to "root").
- The part of a hair near the skin that has not been dyed, permed, or otherwise treated.
- (figurative) The primary source; origin.
- (graph theory, computing) The single node of a tree that has no parent.
- (engineering) The bottom of the thread of a threaded object.
- (computing) In UNIX terminology, the first user account with complete access to the operating system and its configuration, found at the root of the directory structure; the person who manages accounts on a UNIX system.
- The part of a tooth extending into the bone holding the tooth in place.
- An act of rummaging or searching.
- (Australia, New Zealand, vulgar, slang) A sexual partner.
- A root vegetable.
- (linguistic morphology) The primary lexical unit of a word, which carries the most significant aspects of semantic content and cannot be reduced into smaller constituents. Inflectional stems often derive from roots.
- (linguistics) A word from which another word or words are derived.
- The part of a hair under the skin that holds the hair in place.
- The lowest place, position, or part.
adj
- occurring among members of a family usually by heredity
- Of or relating to origin (genesis).
- of or relating to the science of genetics
- of or relating to or produced by or being a gene
- pertaining to or referring to origin
- (linguistics) Based on shared membership in a linguistic family.
- (theology) Based on a shared membership in a religious family.
- Caused by genes.
- (genetics) Relating to genetics or genes.
adj
- occurring among members of a family usually by heredity
- inherited or inheritable by established rules (usually legal rules) of descent
- Of a person: holding a legally hereditary title or rank.
- (mathematics) Of a ring: such that all submodules of projective modules over the ring are also projective.
- Of a title, honor or right: legally granted to somebody's descendant after that person's death.
- Passed on as an inheritance, by last will or intestate.
- Of a disease or trait: passed from a parent to offspring in the genes.
noun
adj
- occurring among members of a family usually by heredity
- (of disease) capable of being transmitted by infection
- inherited or inheritable by established rules (usually legal rules) of descent
- (medicine, of a disease) Capable of being transmitted from one person to another.
- (radio communications or broadcasting, of a message or program) Capable of being transmitted from a transmitter to a receiver.
adj
- Innate, inborn.
- Original to a geographical area.
- Native to a land, especially before colonization.
- In particular, of or relating to a people (or their language or culture) that inhabited a region prior to the arrival of people of other cultures which became dominant (e.g., through colonialism), and which maintains a distinct culture.
- originating where it is found
adj
noun
- (astrology) The intersection of the western (setting) horizon and the ecliptic, its ecliptical longitude; the astrological sign it corresponds to.
- (linguistics) A word or form in one language that is descended from a counterpart in an ancestor language.
- (figuratively) A thing that derives directly from a given precursor or source.
- (linguistics) A language that is descended from another.
- One of the progeny of a specified person, at any distance of time or through any number of generations.
- (biology) A later evolutionary type.
- a person considered as descended from some ancestor
adj
- Arising by birth; having an origin; born.
- belonging to one by birth
- Characteristic of or relating to people inhabiting a region from prehistoric times.
- Naturally related; cognate; connected (with).
- Born or grown in the region in which it lives or is found; not foreign or imported.
- Belonging to one by birth.
- (mineralogy) Occurring naturally in its pure or uncombined form.
- (biology, of a species) Which occurs of its own accord in a given locality, to be contrasted with a species introduced by humans.
- (computing, of software) Pertaining to the system or architecture in question.
- Alternative letter-case form of Native (of or relating to the native inhabitants of the Americas, or of Australia).
- Original; constituting the original substance of anything.
- as found in nature in the elemental form
- characteristic of or existing by virtue of geographic origin
- characteristic of or relating to people inhabiting a region from the beginning
noun
- A person who is native to a place; a person who was born in a place.
- An oyster of species Ostrea edulis.
- (in particular) A person of aboriginal descent, as distinguished from a person who was or whose ancestors were foreigners or settlers/colonizers. Alternative letter-case form of Native (aboriginal inhabitant of the Americas or Australia).
- A native speaker.
- A native plant or animal.
- a person born in a particular place or country
- indigenous plants and animals
- an indigenous person who was born in a particular place
adj
- Inborn.
- Of the same or a similar nature; proceeding from the same stock or root.
- (geology) Trapped within a rock at the time of its formation (especially of water or petroleum).
- (botany) United with other organs of the same kind (for example sepals connate with sepals, petals connate with petals, or stamens with stamens).
- related in nature
- of similar parts or organs; closely joined or united
noun
- the hereditary derivation of an individual
- line of descent of a purebred animal
- ancestry of a purebred animal
- A person's ancestral history; ancestry, lineage.
- The history or provenance of an idea, custom etc.
- A chart, list, or record of ancestors, to show breeding, especially distinguished breeding.
- (uncountable) Good breeding or ancestry.
- The ancestry of a domesticated animal, especially a dog or horse.
adj
verb
adj
- of unmixed ancestry
- Experienced (especially in warfare).
- (zoology) Having a certain physiological characteristic, particularly in relation to blood or the circulatory system.
- (figurative, sometimes derogatory) Having a certain ancestry.
- (zoology, of horses, cattle, etc.) Derived from ancestors of good blood; having a good pedigree.
- (figurative) Having a certain kind of temperament or disposition.
- bloody, bleeding.
- (figurative, sometimes offensive in compounds that refer to purity or partial degrees) Having ancestry to a certain degree.
verb
adj
- produced by inbreeding
- normally existing at birth
- (figurative, of a group) Insular or self-contained, primarily interacting with and drawing upon one another.
- Bred within; innate.
- (often derogatory) Having an ancestry characterized by inbreeding.
- (genetics) Describing a strain produced through successive generations of inbreeding resulting in a population of genetically identical individuals which are homozygous at all genetic loci.