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noun
verb
- be suspended in the air, as if in defiance of gravity
- hang in the air; fly or be suspended above
- To remain stationary or float in the air.
- hang over, as of something threatening, dark, or menacing
- to hang about in a place beyond the proper or usual time
- be undecided about something; waver between conflicting positions or courses of action
- Of a bird: to shelter (chicks) under its body and wings; (by extension) of a thing: to cover or surround (something).
- (computing) Chiefly followed by over: to use a mouse or other device to place a cursor over something on a screen such as a hyperlink or icon without clicking, so as to produce a result (such as the appearance of a tooltip).
- To keep (something, such as an aircraft) in a stationary state in the air.
- Sometimes followed by over: to hang around or linger in a place, especially in an uncertain manner.
- To be indecisive or uncertain; to vacillate, to waver.
- (nautical) To travel in a hovercraft as it moves above a water surface.
noun
- An act, or the state, of remaining stationary in the air or some other place.
- (figuratively) An act, or the state, of being suspended; a suspension.
- A flock of birds fluttering in the air in one place.
- (chiefly Southern England) A cover; a protection; a shelter; specifically, an overhanging bank or stone under which fish can shelter; also, a shelter for hens brooding their eggs.
name
- A Levite (1 Chr. 9:16).
- A Levite (1 Chr. 24:6).
- A Levite (2 Chr. 29:14).
- A Levite (2 Chr. 35:9).
- A priest (Neh. 12:42).
- The father of Urijah the prophet (Jer. 26:20).
- A Levite appointed to "distribute the oblations of the Lord" (2 Chr. 31:15).
- A prince of Judah who assisted at the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem (Neh. 12:34-36).
- A false prophet who opposed Jeremiah (Jer. 29:24-32).
- One of the Levites whom Jehoshaphat appointed to teach the law (2 Chr. 17:8).
- Neh. 3:29.
- A false prophet who hindered the rebuilding of Jerusalem (Neh. 6:10).
- 1 Chr. 9:14; Neh. 11:15.
- The eldest son of Obed-edom (1 Chr. 26:4-8).
- A Simeonite (1 Chr. 4:37).
- A Levite in the time of David, who with 200 of his brethren took part in the bringing up of the ark from Obed-edom to Hebron (1 Chr. 15:8).
- A prophet in the reign of Rehoboam (1 Kings 12:22-24).
- A rabbinic sage who was leader of the Pharisees in 1st century BC.
- The father of a prince in the reign of Jehoiakim (Jer. 36:12).
noun
- the act of suspending something (hanging it from above so it moves freely)
- decoration that is hung (as a tapestry) on a wall or over a window
- a form of capital punishment; victim is suspended by the neck from a gallows or gibbet until dead
- (countable, uncountable) The act of hanging a person (or oneself) by the neck in order to kill that person (or to commit suicide).
- (countable) Anything that is hung as a decorative element (such as curtains, gobelins, or posters).
- (uncountable) The way in which hangings (decorations) are arranged.
adj
- (UK, slang, of a person, originally Manchester) Ugly; very unattractive; disgusting.
- Suspended.
- (typography, of a punctuation mark) Extending beyond the margins of a page.
- (baseball, slang, of an off-speed pitch) Hittable; poorly executed by the pitcher, hence relatively easy to hit.
- (chess, of a piece) Unprotected and exposed to capture.
verb
noun
- the act of suspending something (hanging it from above so it moves freely)
- a temporary debarment (from a privilege or position etc.)
- a mechanical system of springs or shock absorbers connecting the wheels and axles to the chassis of a wheeled vehicle
- a time interval during which there is a temporary cessation of something
- temporary cessation or suspension
- an interruption in the intensity or amount of something
- a mixture in which fine particles are suspended in a fluid where they are supported by buoyancy
- (Scots law) A stay or postponement of the execution of a sentence, usually by letters of suspension granted on application to the Lord Ordinary.
- A temporary or conditional delay, interruption or discontinuation.
- Thus a kind of silt or sludge.
- The temporary barring of a person from a workplace, society, etc. pending investigation into alleged misconduct.
- (chemistry, physics) The state of a solid or substance produced when its particles are mixed with, but not dissolved in, a fluid, and are capable of separation by straining.
- (topology) A function derived, in a standard way, from another, such that the instant function’s domain and codomain are suspensions of the original function’s.
- (education) The process of barring a student from school grounds as a form of punishment (particularly out-of-school suspension).
- (music) The act of or discord produced by prolonging one or more tones of a chord into the chord which follows, thus producing a momentary discord, suspending the concord which the ear expects.
- (vehicles) The system of springs and shock absorbers connected to the wheels in an automobile, which allows the vehicle to move smoothly with reduced shock to its occupants.
- (topology) A topological space derived from another by taking the product of the original space with an interval and collapsing each end of the product to a point.
- The act of keeping a person who is listening in doubt and expectation of what is to follow.
- The act of suspending, or the state of being suspended.
noun
- a hook that is imagined to be suspended from the sky
- A hook imagined to be suspended in midair.
- helicopter carrying a reel of steel cable that can be used to lift and transport heavy objects
- (slang) A CB radio antenna.
- A helicopter that lifts and transports heavy objects suspended by a heavy cable.
- An overhead winch.
- (climbing) A small hook for gripping small and slippery protrusions.
- (tennis) A form of the overhead smash in which the eastern grip is used to hit the ball farther behind the body than usually possible.
- (astronautics) A proposed momentum-exchange tether for launching payloads into low Earth orbit by hooking them to the end of a cable that reaches down from an orbiting station into the upper atmosphere.
- (board sports) A device covering the rider's boot and sometimes screwed to the board, to facilitate jumping and enhance stability.
adj
- held from above and hanging down
- addicted to a drug
- relying on or requiring a person or thing for support, supply, or what is needed
- (of a clause) unable to stand alone syntactically as a complete sentence
- contingent on something else
- being under the power or sovereignty of another or others
- Hanging down.
- Relying upon; depending upon.
- (of Irish/Manx/Scottish (Gaelic) verb forms) Used after a particle (with one or two exceptions), such as those which express questions, subordinate clauses, and negative sentences.
- (medicine) Of part of the body: positioned lower than the heart, like the legs while standing up, or the back while supine.
- (statistics) Having a probability that is affected by the outcome of a separate event.
noun
- a person who relies on another person for support (especially financial support)
- (grammar) An element in phrase or clause structure that is not the head. Includes complements, modifiers and determiners.
- A person who relies on another for support or sustenance, particularly financial support.
- (philosophy) dependent (origination), in Buddhism, the idea that the existence of everything is conditional and dependent on a cause, and that nothing happens fortuitously or by chance.
- (grammar) The aorist subjunctive or subjunctive perfective: a form of a verb not used independently but preceded by a particle to form the negative or a tense form. Found in Greek and in the Gaelic languages.
adj
noun
- branched lighting fixture; often ornate; hangs from the ceiling
- an adornment that hangs from a piece of jewelry (necklace or earring)
- The dangling part of an earring.
- A lamp hanging from the roof.
- (fine arts) One of a pair; a counterpart.
- (architecture) A supporting post attached to the main rafter.
- (nautical) A short rope hanging down, used to attach hooks for tackles; a pennant.
- A long narrow flag at the head of the principal mast in a royal ship.
- A piece of jewellery which hangs down as an ornament, especially worn on a chain around the neck.
- An ornament of wood or of stone hanging downwards from a roof.
- (US) The stem and ring of a watch, by which it is suspended.
adj
- held from above and hanging down
- Pending (in various senses).
- Dangling, drooping, hanging down or suspended.
- (architecture, of a structure) Either hanging in some sense, or constructed of multiple elements such as the voussoirs of an arch or the pendentives of a dome, none of which can stand on its own, but which in combination are stable.
- (heraldry) Hanging or pointed downward; (of a crescent) with its horns pointing downward.
- (grammar, of a sentence) Incomplete in some sense, such as lacking a finite verb.
noun
noun
- A prop or strut supporting some structure or weight above it.
- Land adjoining a non-flowing body of water, such as an ocean, lake or pond.
- (from the perspective of one on a body of water) Land, usually near a port.
- (obsolete except Scotland) A sewer.
- the land along the edge of a body of water
- a beam or timber that is propped against a structure to provide support
verb
noun
adj
noun
verb
- go or move upward
- fly by means of a hang glider
- rise rapidly
- fly a plane without an engine
- fly upwards or high in the sky
- To rise, especially rapidly or unusually high.
- To remain aloft by means of a glider or other unpowered aircraft.
- (figuratively) To rise in thought, spirits, or imagination; to be exalted in mood.
- To mount upward on wings, or as on wings, especially by gliding while employing rising air currents.
- (intransitive) To fly high with little effort, like a bird.
noun
verb
- move along very quickly
- move with a low humming noise
- rise rapidly
- (transitive) To check someone out; to investigate someone that one is interested in.
- (aviation) To zoom climb.
- To manipulate a display so as to magnify or shrink it.
- To move rapidly.
- To participate in a video teleconferencing call.
- (photography) To change the focal length of a zoom lens.
- To move fast with a humming noise.
- To go up sharply.
intj
noun
- an apparatus consisting of an object mounted so that it swings freely under the influence of gravity
- A lamp, etc. suspended from a ceiling.
- A watch's guard-ring by which it is attached to a chain.
- (by extension) The tendency of a situation to oscillate (between two extremes).
- (clocks, mechanics) A body suspended from a fixed support so that it swings freely back and forth under the influence of gravity, commonly used to regulate various devices such as clocks.
noun
adj
verb
noun
- A tethered object which deflects its position in a medium by obtaining lift and drag in reaction with its relative motion in the medium.
- (finance, slang) An accommodation bill (“a bill of exchange endorsed by a reputable third party acting as a guarantor, as a favour and without compensation”).
- (banking, slang) A blank cheque; a fraudulent cheque, such as one issued even though there are insufficient funds to honour it, or one that has been altered without authorization.
- A bird of prey of the family Accipitridae.
- (sailing, slang) A spinnaker (“supplementary sail to a mainsail”).
- A bird of the genus Elanus, having thin pointed wings, that preys on rodents and hunts by hovering; also, any bird of related genera in the subfamily Elaninae.
- Some species in the subfamily Perninae.
- (geometry) A polygon resembling the shape of a traditional toy kite (sense 3): a quadrilateral having two pairs of edges of equal length, the edges of each pair touching each other at one end.
- Any bird of the subfamily Milvinae, with long wings and weak legs, feeding mostly on carrion and spending long periods soaring; specifically, the red kite (Milvus milvus) and the black kite (Milvus migrans).
- (figuratively) A rapacious person.
- (astrology) A planetary configuration wherein one planet of a grand trine is in opposition to an additional fourth planet.
- (cycling, slang) A rider who is good at climbs but less good at descents.
- (military aviation, slang) An aeroplane or aircraft.
- (British, dialectal) The brill (Scophthalmus rhombus), a type of flatfish.
- (US, prison slang) A (usually concealed) letter or oral message, especially one passed illegally into, within, or out of a prison.
- (Egyptology) A measure of weight equivalent to ¹⁄₁₀ deben (about 0.32 ounces or 9.1 grams).
- (Northern England, Scotland, dialectal) The stomach; the belly.
- A lightweight toy or other device, traditionally flat and shaped like a triangle with a segment of a circle attached to its base or like a quadrilateral (see sense 9), carried on the wind and tethered and controlled from the ground by one or more lines.
- a bank check that has been fraudulently altered to increase its face value
- any of several small graceful hawks of the family Accipitridae having long pointed wings and feeding on insects and small animals
- a bank check drawn on insufficient funds at another bank in order to take advantage of the float
- plaything consisting of a light frame covered with tissue paper; flown in wind at end of a string
verb
- To keep ahead of (an enemy) and repeatedly attack it from a distance, without exposing oneself to danger.
- (transitive, slang) To tamper with a document or record by increasing the quantity of something beyond its proper amount so that the difference may be unlawfully retained; in particular, to alter a medical prescription for this purpose by increasing the number of pills or other items.
- (intransitive, engineering, nautical) To deflect sideways in the water.
- (ambitransitive, rare) To manipulate like a toy kite; also, usually preceded by an inflection of go: to fly a toy kite.
- (ambitransitive, US, slang, by extension) To steal.
- (ambitransitive, banking, slang) To write or present (a cheque) on an account with insufficient funds, either to defraud or expecting that funds will become available by the time the cheque clears.
- (transitive) To cause (something) to move upwards rapidly like a toy kite; also (chiefly US, figuratively) to cause (something, such as costs) to increase rapidly.
- (ambitransitive) To (cause to) glide in the manner of a kite (“bird”).
- (intransitive, figuratively) To move rapidly; to rush.
- (intransitive) To travel by kite, as when kitesurfing.
- (intransitive, US, prison slang) To pass a (usually concealed) letter or oral message, especially illegally, into, within, or out of a prison.
- To attack (an enemy) or otherwise cause it to give chase, so as to lead it somewhere (like a kite is led on a string), for example into a trap or ambush or away from its comrades or something it was protecting.
- get credit or money by using a bad check
- soar or fly like a kite
- increase the amount (of a check) fraudulently
- fly a kite
adj
- Hung from above.
- (law) suspended sentence
- (medicine) suspended animation
- (of coffee, food, etc.) Paid for but not consumed by a customer, so that it can be given to a less fortunate person.
- (botany, of an ovule) Attached slightly below the summit of the ovary.
- (chemistry) A chemical suspension
- (music, of a chord) Having had its third omitted and replaced with a major second or perfect fourth.
- (of undissolved particles in a fluid) supported or kept from sinking or falling by buoyancy and without apparent attachment
verb
noun
- The act of hoisting; a lift.
- The position of a flag (on a mast) or of a sail on a ship when lifted up to its highest level.
- Any member of certain classes of devices that hoist things.
- The triangular vertical position of a flag, as opposed to the flying state, or triangular vertical position of a sail, when flying from a mast.
- The position of a main fore-and-aft topsail on a ship and fore fore-and-aft topsail on a ship.
- lifting device for raising heavy or cumbersome objects
verb
- (transitive, sports, often figurative) To lift a trophy or similar prize into the air in celebration of a victory.
- (transitive, slang) To steal.
- (transitive, historical) To lift someone up to be flogged.
- (transitive, slang) To rob.
- (intransitive) To be lifted up.
- (transitive, computing theory) To extract (code) from a loop construct as part of optimization.
- (transitive) To raise; to lift; to elevate (especially, to raise or lift to a desired elevation, by means of tackle or pulley, said of a sail, a flag, a heavy package or weight).
- raise or haul up with or as if with mechanical help
- move from one place to another by lifting
- raise by using ropes and pulleys
noun
- the act of casting down or falling headlong from a height
- the falling to earth of any form of water (rain or snow or hail or sleet or mist)
- the quantity of water falling to earth at a specific place within a specified period of time
- the process of forming a chemical precipitate
- overly eager speed (and possible carelessness)
- an unexpected acceleration or hastening
- (figuratively) Unwise or rash rapidity; sudden haste.
- A hurried headlong fall.
- (meteorology) The amount of water precipitated in any form.
- (countable, uncountable, chemistry) A reaction that leads to the formation of a heavier, and often less soluble, solid in a lighter liquid; the precipitate so formed at the bottom of the container.
- (meteorology) Any or all of the forms of water particles, whether liquid or solid, that fall from the upper atmosphere (e.g., rain, hail, snow or sleet). It is a major class of hydrometeor, but it is distinguished from cloud, fog, dew, rime, frost, etc., in that it must fall. It is distinguished from cloud and virga in that it must reach the ground.
noun
- Anything not readily explainable appearing to move through or be suspended in the air.
- (especially and originally) Such things as seem to be discrete objects and comparable to aircraft.
- (colloquial) An alien spacecraft.
- an (apparently) flying object whose nature is unknown; especially those considered to have extraterrestrial origins
noun
- An instance of propelling oneself upwards.
- (film) Clipping of jump cut.
- (slang) Any abrupt increase; a sudden rise; a hike
- An instance of employing a parachute to leave an aircraft or elevated location.
- An instance of reacting to a sudden stimulus by jerking the body.
- (mining) A dislocation in a stratum; a fault.
- (sports, equestrianism) An obstacle that forms part of a showjumping course, and that the horse has to jump over cleanly.
- An instance of causing oneself to fall from an elevated location.
- (US, informal, automotive) Ellipsis of jump-start.
- (theater) Synonym of one-night stand (“single evening's performance”).
- A jumping move in a board game.
- A kind of loose jacket for men.
- The act of jumping; a leap; a spring; a bound.
- An effort; an attempt; a venture.
- An object which causes one to jump; a ramp.
- (architecture) An abrupt interruption of level in a piece of brickwork or masonry.
- (science fiction) An instance of faster-than-light travel, not observable from ordinary space.
- (with on) An early start or an advantage.
- (mathematics) A discontinuity in the graph of a function, where the function is continuous in a punctured interval of the discontinuity.
- A button (of a joypad, joystick or similar device) used to make a video game character jump (propel itself upwards).
- (programming) A change of the path of execution to a different location.
- (physics, hydrodynamics) An abrupt increase in the height of the surface of a flowing liquid at the location where the flow transitions from supercritical to subcritical, involving an abrupt reduction in flow speed and increase in turbulence.
- a sudden involuntary movement
- descent with a parachute
- an abrupt transition
- a sudden and decisive increase
- the act of jumping; propelling yourself off the ground
- (film) an abrupt transition from one scene to another
verb
- (transitive) To attack suddenly and violently.
- (intransitive, slang) To commit suicide.
- (intransitive, biology, of DNA) To switch locations on chromosomes.
- (transitive) To pass by means of a spring or leap; to overleap.
- (intransitive) To employ a move in certain board games where one game piece is moved from one legal position to another passing over the position of another piece.
- (transitive, smithwork) To join by a buttweld.
- (transitive) To move to a position (in a queue/line) that is further forward.
- (intransitive, figuratively) To increase sharply, to rise, to shoot up.
- (transitive, slang) To engage in sexual intercourse with (a person).
- (transitive) To cause to jump.
- (cycling, intransitive) To increase speed aggressively and without warning.
- (intransitive, programming) To start executing code from a different location, rather than following the program counter.
- (transitive) To move the distance between two opposing subjects.
- To thicken or enlarge by endwise blows; to upset.
- (transitive) To increase the height of a tower crane by inserting a section at the base of the tower and jacking up everything above it.
- To jump-start a car or other vehicle with a dead battery, as with jumper cables.
- (intransitive) To cause oneself to leave an elevated location and fall downward.
- (intransitive) To employ a parachute to leave an aircraft or elevated location.
- (transitive) To pass (a traffic light) when it is indicating that one should stop.
- (intransitive) To propel oneself rapidly upward, downward and/or in any horizontal direction such that momentum causes the body to become airborne.
- (quarrying) To bore with a jumper.
- (intransitive) To react to a sudden, often unexpected, stimulus (such as a sharp prick or a loud sound) by jerking the body violently.
- (intransitive, figurative) To shift one's position or attitude, especially suddenly and significantly.
- rise in rank or status
- move forward by leaps and bounds
- increase suddenly and significantly
- cause to jump or leap
- pass abruptly from one state or topic to another
- make a sudden physical attack on
- enter eagerly into
- jump from an airplane and descend with a parachute
- jump down from an elevated point
- be highly noticeable
- go back and forth; swing back and forth between two states or conditions
- start (a car engine whose battery is dead) by connecting it to another car's battery
- run off or leave the rails
- move or jump suddenly, as if in surprise or alarm
- bypass
verb
- (transitive) To propel high into the air.
- (intransitive) To fly or travel through the air, as though propelled
- (transitive) To furnish with a loft space.
- (bowling) To throw the ball erroneously through the air instead of releasing it on the lane's surface.
- (transitive) To raise (a bed) on tall supports so that the space beneath can be used for something else.
- kick or strike high in the air
- lay out a full-scale working drawing of the lines of a vessel's hull
- store in a loft
- propel through the air
noun
- Such an attic used as an atelier.
- An attic or similar space (often used for storage) in the roof of a house or other building.
- (cricket) A lofted drive.
- (textiles, countable, uncountable) The thickness of a soft object when not under pressure.
- (golf) The pitch or slope of the face of a golf club (tending to drive the ball upward).
- A gallery or raised apartment in a church, hall, etc.
- (chiefly US) A residential flat (apartment) on an upper floor of an apartment building.
- Ellipsis of pigeon loft.
- a raised shelter in which pigeons are kept
- floor consisting of open space at the top of a house just below roof; often used for storage
- (golf) the backward slant on the head of some golf clubs that is designed to drive the ball high in the air
- floor consisting of a large unpartitioned space over a factory or warehouse or other commercial space
noun
adj
noun
verb
- To hold up; to lift on high; to elevate.
- To support by approval or encouragement; to vindicate; to confirm (something which has been questioned)
- To keep erect; to support; to sustain; to keep from falling
- stand up for; stick up for; of causes, principles, or ideals
- support against an opponent
- keep or maintain in unaltered condition; cause to remain or last
noun
- The way in which something hangs.
- (colloquial) The smallest amount of concern or consideration; a damn.
- (computing) An instance of ceasing to respond to input.
- (Ireland, informal, derogatory) Cheap processed ham (cured pork), often made specially for sandwiches.
- A slackening of motion.
- A hangout.
- A sharp or steep declivity or slope.
- A person that someone hangs out with.
- Alternative spelling of Hang (“musical instrument”).
- A mass of hanging material.
- (informal, figuratively) A grip, understanding.
- a gymnastic exercise performed on the rings or horizontal bar or parallel bars when the gymnast's weight is supported by the arms
- a special way of doing something
- the way a garment hangs
verb
- (intransitive) To float, as if suspended.
- (intransitive) To veer in one direction.
- (intransitive) To be or remain suspended.
- (intransitive, chess) To be vulnerable to capture.
- (transitive, computing) To cause (a program or computer) to stop responding.
- (transitive, baseball, slang, of a pitcher) To throw a hittable off-speed pitch.
- (intransitive, law) To be executed by suspension by one's neck from a gallows, a tree, or other raised bar, attached by a rope tied into a noose.
- (intransitive, figuratively) To remain persistently in one's thoughts.
- (transitive) To cause (something) to be suspended, as from a hook, hanger, hinges, or the like.
- (intransitive, of a ball in cricket, tennis, etc.) To rebound unexpectedly or unusually slowly, due to backward spin on the ball or imperfections of the ground.
- (transitive, figurative) To attach or cause to stick (a charge or accusation, etc.).
- (transitive) To prevent from reaching a decision, especially by refusing to join in a verdict that must be unanimous.
- (transitive) To apply (wallpaper or drywall to a wall).
- (transitive) To hold or bear in a suspended or inclined manner or position instead of erect.
- (transitive, law) To kill (someone) by suspension from the neck, usually as a form of execution or suicide.
- (transitive) To exhibit (an object) by hanging.
- (intransitive, computing) To stop responding to manual input devices such as the keyboard and mouse.
- (intransitive, informal) To loiter; to hang around; to spend time idly.
- (transitive, chess) To cause (a piece) to become vulnerable to capture.
- (transitive, informal) (used in maledictions) To damn.
- (transitive) To decorate (something) with hanging objects.
- be exhibited
- hold on tightly or tenaciously
- decorate or furnish with something suspended
- be suspended or poised
- be suspended or hanging
- be menacing, burdensome, or oppressive
- give heed (to)
- be placed in position as by a hinge
- let drop or droop
- suspend (meat) in order to get a gamey taste
- fall or flow in a certain way
- prevent from reaching a verdict, of a jury
- kill by hanging
- cause to be hanging or suspended
- place in position as by a hinge so as to allow free movement in one direction
verb
- To come as if by dropping down.
- come as if by falling
- To move to a lower position under the effect of gravity.
- (intransitive) To collapse; to be overthrown or defeated.
- (intransitive) To become lower (in quantity, pitch, etc.).
- To come down, to drop or descend.
- (copulative, in idiomatic expressions) To become (chiefly used with negative states).
- (intransitive) To descend in character or reputation; to become degraded; to sink into vice, error, or sin.
- To occur (on a certain day of the week, date, or similar); to happen.
- To come to the ground deliberately, to prostrate oneself.
- (intransitive) To be dropped or uttered carelessly.
- (intransitive) To happen; to come to pass; to chance or light (upon).
- (intransitive) To become ensnared or entrapped; to be worse off than before.
- (intransitive) To begin with haste, ardour, or vehemence; to rush or hurry.
- (intransitive) To be allotted to; to arrive through chance, fate, or inheritance.
- (intransitive, formal, euphemistic) To die, especially in battle or by disease.
- (intransitive) To assume a look of shame or disappointment; to become or appear dejected; said of the face.
- To be brought to the ground.
- (intransitive, of a fabric) To hang down (under the influence of gravity).
- (intransitive, slang, African-American Vernacular) To visit; to go to a place.
- drop oneself to a lower or less erect position
- move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way
- assume a disappointed or sad expression
- slope downward
- pass suddenly and passively into a state of body or mind
- lose one's chastity
- yield to temptation or sin
- decrease in size, extent, or range
- lose an upright position suddenly
- move in a specified direction
- begin vigorously
- die, as in battle or in a hunt
- fall to somebody by assignment or lot; passed
- be due
- be inherited by
- come out; issue
- occur at a specified time or place
- be born, used chiefly of lambs
- lose office or power
- touch or seem as if touching visually or audibly
- come under, be classified or included
- come into the possession of
- fall or flow in a certain way
- descend in free fall under the influence of gravity
- fall from clouds
- be captured
- to be given by assignment or distribution
- be cast down
- to be given by right or inheritance
- suffer defeat, failure, or ruin
- go as if by falling
intj
noun
- (nautical) The chasing of a hunted whale.
- A hairpiece for women consisting of long strands of hair on a woven backing, intended primarily to cover hair loss.
- That which falls or cascades.
- The lid, on a piano, that covers the keyboard.
- (cricket, of a wicket) The action of a batsman being out.
- A loss of greatness or status.
- An old Scots unit of measure equal to six ells.
- The act of moving to a lower position under the effect of gravity.
- A reduction in quantity, pitch, etc.
- (wrestling) An instance of a wrestler being pinned to the mat.
- (nautical) The part of the rope of a tackle to which the power is applied in hoisting (usu. plural).
- A short, flexible piece of leather forming part of a bullwhip, placed between the thong and the cracker.
- The height of that which falls or cascades.
- (informal, US) Blame or punishment for a failure or misdeed.
- (curling) A defect in the ice which causes stones thrown into an area to drift in a given direction.
- a sudden drop from an upright position
- a sudden decline in strength or number or importance
- a free and rapid descent by the force of gravity
- the act of surrendering (usually under agreed conditions)
- when a wrestler's shoulders are forced to the mat
- the season when the leaves fall from the trees
- a movement downward
- a lapse into sin; a loss of innocence or of chastity
- a sudden sharp decrease in some quantity
- the time of day immediately following sunset
- a downward slope or bend
verb
noun
- Annular ligament of the finger.
- (engineering, countable) One of the simple machines; a sheave, a wheel with a grooved rim, in which a pulled rope or chain lifts an object (more useful when two or more pulleys are used together, as in a block and tackle arrangement, such that a small force moving through a greater distance can exert a larger force through a smaller distance).
- a simple machine consisting of a wheel with a groove in which a rope can run to change the direction or point of application of a force applied to the rope
verb
- come as if by falling
- come from; be connected by a relationship of blood, for example
- move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way
- do something that one considers to be below one's dignity
- (intransitive) To physically move or pass from a higher to a lower place or position; to come or go down in any way, such as by climbing, falling, flowing, walking, etc.; to move downwards; to fall, to sink.
- (transitive) Of a flight of stairs, a road, etc.: to lead down (a hill, a slope, etc.).
- (chiefly poetic or religion) Chiefly in the form descend into (or within) oneself: to mentally enter a state of (deep) meditation or thought; to retire.
- (transitive) To pass from a higher to a lower part of (something, such as a flight of stairs or a slope); to go down along or upon.
- Of a physical thing (such as a cloud or storm) or a (generally negative) immaterial thing (such as darkness, gloom, or silence): to settle upon and start to affect a person or place.
- Chiefly followed by on or upon: to make an attack or incursion, from or as if from a vantage ground; to come suddenly and with violence.
- In speech or writing: to proceed from one matter to another; especially, to pass from more general or important to specific or less important matters to be considered.
- (music) To pass from a higher to a lower note or tone; to fall in pitch.
- (mathematics) Of a sequence or series: to proceed from higher to lower values.
- To come or go down, or reduce, in intensity or some other quality.
- (intransitive, chiefly law) Of property, a right, etc.: to pass down to a generation, a person, etc., by inheritance.
- To come down to a humbler or less fortunate, or a worse or less virtuous, rank or state; to abase or lower oneself; to condescend or stoop to something.
- Chiefly followed by into or to: of a situation: to become worse; to decline, to deteriorate.
- (intransitive) To slope or stretch downwards.
- (astronomy) Of a celestial body: to move away from the zenith towards the horizon; to sink; also, to move towards the south.
- (intransitive) Of a characteristic: to be transmitted from a parent to a child.
- (intransitive, often passive voice) Chiefly followed by from or (obsolete) of: to come down or derive from an ancestor or ancestral stock, or a source; to originate, to stem.
- Chiefly followed by on or upon: to arrive suddenly or unexpectedly, especially in a manner that causes disruption or inconvenience.
- (biology, physiology) Of a body part: to move downwards, especially during development of the embryo; specifically, of the testes of a mammal: to move downwards from the abdominal cavity into the scrotum.
- (astrology) Of a zodiac sign: to move away from the zenith towards the horizon; to sink; also, of a planet: to move to a place where it has less astrological significance.
- (intransitive, chiefly historical) To alight from a carriage, a horse, etc.; also, to disembark from a vessel; to land.
verb
- come as if by falling
- settle into a position, usually on a surface or ground
- form a community
- come to terms
- sink down or precipitate
- end a legal dispute by arriving at a settlement
- become settled or established and stable in one's residence or life style
- bring to an end; settle conclusively
- accept despite lack of complete satisfaction
- arrange or fix in the desired order
- go under
- become resolved, fixed, established, or quiet
- make final; put the last touches on; put into final form
- take up residence and become established
- cause to become clear by forming a sediment (of liquids)
- fix firmly
- dispose of; make a financial settlement
- settle conclusively; come to terms
- become clear by the sinking of particles
- come to rest
- establish or develop as a residence
- get one's revenge for a wrong or an injury
- (transitive) To clear or purify (a liquid) of dregs and impurities by causing them to sink.
- (transitive) To render compact or solid; to cause to become packed down.
- (transitive) In particular, to terminate (a lawsuit), usually out of court, by agreement of all parties.
- (intransitive) To become clear due to the sinking of sediment. (Used especially of liquid. Also used figuratively.)
- (transitive) To determine (something which was exposed to doubt or question); to resolve conclusively; to set or fix (a time, an order of succession, etc).
- (transitive, in particular) To colonize (an area); to migrate to (a land, territory, site, etc).
- (transitive) To conclude, to cause (a dispute) to finish.
- (intransitive, with "in") To be established in a profession or in employment.
- (intransitive) To become compact due to sinking.
- (transitive) To put into (proper) place; to make sit or lie properly.
- (intransitive) To conclude a lawsuit by agreement of the parties rather than a decision of a court.
- (intransitive) To become firm, dry, and hard, like the ground after the effects of rain or frost have disappeared.
- (transitive) To cause to sink down or to be deposited (dregs, sediment, etc).
- (intransitive, usually with "down", "in", "on" or another preposition) To become stationary or fixed; to come to rest.
- (intransitive) To fix one's residence in a place; to establish a dwelling place, home, or colony. (Compare settle down.)
- (transitive) In particular, to establish in life; to fix in business, in a home, etc.
- (intransitive) To sink to the bottom of a body of liquid, as dregs of a liquid, or the sediment of a reservoir.
- (transitive) To bring or restore (ground, roads, etc) to a smooth, dry, or passable condition.
- (British, dialectal) To silence, especially by force.
- (transitive) To place in(to) a fixed or permanent condition or position or on(to) a permanent basis; to make firm, steady, or stable; to establish or fix.
- (transitive) To cause to no longer be in a disturbed, confused or stormy; to quiet; to calm (nerves, waters, a boisterous or rebellious child, etc).
- To kill.
- (intransitive) To sink gradually to a lower level; to subside, for example the foundation of a house, etc.
- (intransitive) To adjust differences or accounts; to come to an agreement on matters in dispute.
- (intransitive) To become married, or a householder.
- (transitive, colloquial) To pay (a bill).
- (ambitransitive) Of an animal: to make or become pregnant.
- (transitive) To close, liquidate or balance (an account) by payment, sometimes of less than is owed or due.
- (transitive) To place or arrange in(to) a desired (especially: calm) state, or make final disposition of (something).
- (transitive, law) To formally, legally secure (an annuity, property, title, etc) on (a person).
- (intransitive) To become calm, quiet, or orderly; to stop being agitated.
- (transitive) To move (people) to (a land or territory), so as to colonize it; to cause (people) to take residence in (a place).
noun
verb
verb
- (falconry) To rise in the air spirally.
- (transitive) To enclose or surround.
- (intransitive) to resound, reverberate, echo.
- (transitive) To attach a ring to, especially for identification.
- To ring up (enter into a cash register or till)
- (intransitive, figuratively) To produce the sound of a bell or a similar sound.
- (transitive, colloquial, British, Australia, New Zealand) To telephone (someone).
- (Australia, transitive) To ride around (a group of animals, especially cattle) to keep them milling in one place; hence (intransitive), to work as a drover, to muster cattle.
- (transitive, figuratively) To make an incision around; to girdle; to cut away a circular tract of bark from a tree in order to kill it.
- (transitive) To make (a bell, etc.) produce a resonant sound.
- (transitive) To surround or fit with a ring, or as if with a ring.
- (intransitive) Of a bell, etc., to produce a resonant sound.
- (transitive) To steal and change the identity of (cars) in order to resell them.
- (transitive) To produce (a sound) by ringing.
- (intransitive) To produce music with bells.
- (intransitive, figuratively) Of something spoken or written, to appear to be, to seem, to sound.
- sound loudly and sonorously
- ring or echo with sound
- attach a ring to the foot of, in order to identify
- get or try to get into communication (with someone) by telephone
- make (bells) ring, often for the purposes of musical edification
- extend on all sides of simultaneously; encircle
noun
- (colloquial) A telephone call.
- (typography) A diacritical mark in the shape of a hollow circle placed above or under the letter; a kroužek.
- Any loud sound; the sound of numerous voices; a sound continued, repeated, or reverberated.
- In a jack plug, the connector between the tip and the sleeve.
- (Internet) Ellipsis of webring.
- A circular group of people or objects.
- (astronomy) A formation of various pieces of material orbiting around a planet or young star.
- (vulgar) The rectum, anus, or anal sphincters.
- (historical) An instrument, formerly used for taking the sun's altitude, consisting of a brass ring suspended by a swivel, with a hole at one side through which a solar ray entering indicated the altitude on the graduated inner surface opposite.
- (chemistry) A group of atoms linked by bonds to form a closed chain in a molecule.
- A piece of food in the shape of a ring.
- An exclusive group of people, usually involving some unethical or illegal practices.
- (mathematical analysis, measure theory) A family of sets that is closed under finite unions and set-theoretic differences.
- (geometry) A planar geometrical figure included between two concentric circles.
- (historical) An old English measure of corn equal to the coomb or half a quarter.
- The resonant sound of a bell, or a sound resembling it.
- A chime, or set of bells harmonically tuned.
- (algebra) An algebraic structure as above, but only required to be a semigroup under the multiplicative operation, that is, there need not be a multiplicative identity element.
- (figuratively) A sound or appearance that is characteristic of something.
- A long stripe of contrastive material, colour, etc, that encircles something.
- (computing theory) A hierarchical level of privilege in a computer system, usually at hardware level, used to protect data and functionality (also protection ring).
- (British) A large circular prehistoric stone construction such as Stonehenge.
- A circumscribing object, (roughly) circular and hollow, looking like an annual ring, earring, finger ring etc.
- A place where some sports or exhibitions take place; notably a circular or comparable arena, such as a boxing ring or a circus ring; hence the field of a political contest.
- (jewelry) A round piece of (precious) metal worn around the finger or through the ear, nose, etc.
- (algebra) An algebraic structure which consists of a set with two binary operations: an additive operation and a multiplicative operation, such that the set is an abelian group under the additive operation, a monoid under the multiplicative operation, and such that the multiplicative operation is distributive with respect to the additive operation.
- (networking) A network topology where connected devices form a circular data channel. All computers on the ring can see every message, and there are no collisions, and a single point of failure will occur if any part of the ring breaks.
- (firearms) Either of the pair of clamps used to hold a telescopic sight to a rifle.
- (figuratively) A pleasant or correct sound.
- (UK) A burner on a kitchen stove.
- The open space in front of a racecourse stand, used for betting purposes.
- (cartomancy) The twenty-fifth Lenormand card.
- (botany) A flexible band partly or wholly encircling the spore cases of ferns.
- (UK) A bird band, a round piece of metal put around a bird's leg used for identification and studies of migration.
- (mathematics, order theory) A family of sets closed under finite union and finite intersection.
- a strip of material attached to the leg of a bird to identify it (as in studies of bird migration)
- a platform usually marked off by ropes in which contestants box or wrestle
- (chemistry) a chain of atoms in a molecule that forms a closed loop
- an association of criminals
- a rigid circular band of metal or wood or other material used for holding or fastening or hanging or pulling
- a characteristic sound
- jewelry consisting of a circlet of precious metal (often set with jewels) worn on the finger
- the sound of a bell ringing
- a toroidal shape
noun
- The act of gliding.
- The joining of two sounds without a break.
- A bird, the glede or kite.
- A smooth and sliding step in dancing the waltz.
- (fencing) An attack or preparatory movement made by sliding down the opponent’s blade, keeping it in constant contact.
- A kind of cap affixed to the base of the legs of furniture to prevent it from damaging the floor while being moved.
- (phonology) A transitional sound, especially a semivowel.
- the activity of flying a glider
- the act of moving smoothly along a surface while remaining in contact with it
- a vowellike sound that serves as a consonant
verb
- (transitive) To cause to glide.
- (phonetics) To pass with a glide, as the voice.
- (intransitive) To fly unpowered, as of an aircraft. Also relates to gliding birds and flying fish.
- (intransitive) To move softly, smoothly, or effortlessly.
- cause to move or pass silently, smoothly, or imperceptibly
- move smoothly and effortlessly
- fly in or as if in a glider plane
noun
noun
- the act of suspending something (hanging it from above so it moves freely)
- decoration that is hung (as a tapestry) on a wall or over a window
- a form of capital punishment; victim is suspended by the neck from a gallows or gibbet until dead
- (countable, uncountable) The act of hanging a person (or oneself) by the neck in order to kill that person (or to commit suicide).
- (countable) Anything that is hung as a decorative element (such as curtains, gobelins, or posters).
- (uncountable) The way in which hangings (decorations) are arranged.
adj
- (UK, slang, of a person, originally Manchester) Ugly; very unattractive; disgusting.
- Suspended.
- (typography, of a punctuation mark) Extending beyond the margins of a page.
- (baseball, slang, of an off-speed pitch) Hittable; poorly executed by the pitcher, hence relatively easy to hit.
- (chess, of a piece) Unprotected and exposed to capture.
verb
noun
- the act of suspending something (hanging it from above so it moves freely)
- a temporary debarment (from a privilege or position etc.)
- a mechanical system of springs or shock absorbers connecting the wheels and axles to the chassis of a wheeled vehicle
- a time interval during which there is a temporary cessation of something
- temporary cessation or suspension
- an interruption in the intensity or amount of something
- a mixture in which fine particles are suspended in a fluid where they are supported by buoyancy
- (Scots law) A stay or postponement of the execution of a sentence, usually by letters of suspension granted on application to the Lord Ordinary.
- A temporary or conditional delay, interruption or discontinuation.
- Thus a kind of silt or sludge.
- The temporary barring of a person from a workplace, society, etc. pending investigation into alleged misconduct.
- (chemistry, physics) The state of a solid or substance produced when its particles are mixed with, but not dissolved in, a fluid, and are capable of separation by straining.
- (topology) A function derived, in a standard way, from another, such that the instant function’s domain and codomain are suspensions of the original function’s.
- (education) The process of barring a student from school grounds as a form of punishment (particularly out-of-school suspension).
- (music) The act of or discord produced by prolonging one or more tones of a chord into the chord which follows, thus producing a momentary discord, suspending the concord which the ear expects.
- (vehicles) The system of springs and shock absorbers connected to the wheels in an automobile, which allows the vehicle to move smoothly with reduced shock to its occupants.
- (topology) A topological space derived from another by taking the product of the original space with an interval and collapsing each end of the product to a point.
- The act of keeping a person who is listening in doubt and expectation of what is to follow.
- The act of suspending, or the state of being suspended.
noun
- a hook that is imagined to be suspended from the sky
- A hook imagined to be suspended in midair.
- helicopter carrying a reel of steel cable that can be used to lift and transport heavy objects
- (slang) A CB radio antenna.
- A helicopter that lifts and transports heavy objects suspended by a heavy cable.
- An overhead winch.
- (climbing) A small hook for gripping small and slippery protrusions.
- (tennis) A form of the overhead smash in which the eastern grip is used to hit the ball farther behind the body than usually possible.
- (astronautics) A proposed momentum-exchange tether for launching payloads into low Earth orbit by hooking them to the end of a cable that reaches down from an orbiting station into the upper atmosphere.
- (board sports) A device covering the rider's boot and sometimes screwed to the board, to facilitate jumping and enhance stability.
noun
- A prop or strut supporting some structure or weight above it.
- Land adjoining a non-flowing body of water, such as an ocean, lake or pond.
- (from the perspective of one on a body of water) Land, usually near a port.
- (obsolete except Scotland) A sewer.
- the land along the edge of a body of water
- a beam or timber that is propped against a structure to provide support
verb
noun
noun
verb
- go or move upward
- fly by means of a hang glider
- rise rapidly
- fly a plane without an engine
- fly upwards or high in the sky
- To rise, especially rapidly or unusually high.
- To remain aloft by means of a glider or other unpowered aircraft.
- (figuratively) To rise in thought, spirits, or imagination; to be exalted in mood.
- To mount upward on wings, or as on wings, especially by gliding while employing rising air currents.
- (intransitive) To fly high with little effort, like a bird.
noun
verb
- move along very quickly
- move with a low humming noise
- rise rapidly
- (transitive) To check someone out; to investigate someone that one is interested in.
- (aviation) To zoom climb.
- To manipulate a display so as to magnify or shrink it.
- To move rapidly.
- To participate in a video teleconferencing call.
- (photography) To change the focal length of a zoom lens.
- To move fast with a humming noise.
- To go up sharply.
intj
noun
- an apparatus consisting of an object mounted so that it swings freely under the influence of gravity
- A lamp, etc. suspended from a ceiling.
- A watch's guard-ring by which it is attached to a chain.
- (by extension) The tendency of a situation to oscillate (between two extremes).
- (clocks, mechanics) A body suspended from a fixed support so that it swings freely back and forth under the influence of gravity, commonly used to regulate various devices such as clocks.
noun
adj
verb
noun
- A tethered object which deflects its position in a medium by obtaining lift and drag in reaction with its relative motion in the medium.
- (finance, slang) An accommodation bill (“a bill of exchange endorsed by a reputable third party acting as a guarantor, as a favour and without compensation”).
- (banking, slang) A blank cheque; a fraudulent cheque, such as one issued even though there are insufficient funds to honour it, or one that has been altered without authorization.
- A bird of prey of the family Accipitridae.
- (sailing, slang) A spinnaker (“supplementary sail to a mainsail”).
- A bird of the genus Elanus, having thin pointed wings, that preys on rodents and hunts by hovering; also, any bird of related genera in the subfamily Elaninae.
- Some species in the subfamily Perninae.
- (geometry) A polygon resembling the shape of a traditional toy kite (sense 3): a quadrilateral having two pairs of edges of equal length, the edges of each pair touching each other at one end.
- Any bird of the subfamily Milvinae, with long wings and weak legs, feeding mostly on carrion and spending long periods soaring; specifically, the red kite (Milvus milvus) and the black kite (Milvus migrans).
- (figuratively) A rapacious person.
- (astrology) A planetary configuration wherein one planet of a grand trine is in opposition to an additional fourth planet.
- (cycling, slang) A rider who is good at climbs but less good at descents.
- (military aviation, slang) An aeroplane or aircraft.
- (British, dialectal) The brill (Scophthalmus rhombus), a type of flatfish.
- (US, prison slang) A (usually concealed) letter or oral message, especially one passed illegally into, within, or out of a prison.
- (Egyptology) A measure of weight equivalent to ¹⁄₁₀ deben (about 0.32 ounces or 9.1 grams).
- (Northern England, Scotland, dialectal) The stomach; the belly.
- A lightweight toy or other device, traditionally flat and shaped like a triangle with a segment of a circle attached to its base or like a quadrilateral (see sense 9), carried on the wind and tethered and controlled from the ground by one or more lines.
- a bank check that has been fraudulently altered to increase its face value
- any of several small graceful hawks of the family Accipitridae having long pointed wings and feeding on insects and small animals
- a bank check drawn on insufficient funds at another bank in order to take advantage of the float
- plaything consisting of a light frame covered with tissue paper; flown in wind at end of a string
verb
- To keep ahead of (an enemy) and repeatedly attack it from a distance, without exposing oneself to danger.
- (transitive, slang) To tamper with a document or record by increasing the quantity of something beyond its proper amount so that the difference may be unlawfully retained; in particular, to alter a medical prescription for this purpose by increasing the number of pills or other items.
- (intransitive, engineering, nautical) To deflect sideways in the water.
- (ambitransitive, rare) To manipulate like a toy kite; also, usually preceded by an inflection of go: to fly a toy kite.
- (ambitransitive, US, slang, by extension) To steal.
- (ambitransitive, banking, slang) To write or present (a cheque) on an account with insufficient funds, either to defraud or expecting that funds will become available by the time the cheque clears.
- (transitive) To cause (something) to move upwards rapidly like a toy kite; also (chiefly US, figuratively) to cause (something, such as costs) to increase rapidly.
- (ambitransitive) To (cause to) glide in the manner of a kite (“bird”).
- (intransitive, figuratively) To move rapidly; to rush.
- (intransitive) To travel by kite, as when kitesurfing.
- (intransitive, US, prison slang) To pass a (usually concealed) letter or oral message, especially illegally, into, within, or out of a prison.
- To attack (an enemy) or otherwise cause it to give chase, so as to lead it somewhere (like a kite is led on a string), for example into a trap or ambush or away from its comrades or something it was protecting.
- get credit or money by using a bad check
- soar or fly like a kite
- increase the amount (of a check) fraudulently
- fly a kite
noun
- The act of hoisting; a lift.
- The position of a flag (on a mast) or of a sail on a ship when lifted up to its highest level.
- Any member of certain classes of devices that hoist things.
- The triangular vertical position of a flag, as opposed to the flying state, or triangular vertical position of a sail, when flying from a mast.
- The position of a main fore-and-aft topsail on a ship and fore fore-and-aft topsail on a ship.
- lifting device for raising heavy or cumbersome objects
verb
- (transitive, sports, often figurative) To lift a trophy or similar prize into the air in celebration of a victory.
- (transitive, slang) To steal.
- (transitive, historical) To lift someone up to be flogged.
- (transitive, slang) To rob.
- (intransitive) To be lifted up.
- (transitive, computing theory) To extract (code) from a loop construct as part of optimization.
- (transitive) To raise; to lift; to elevate (especially, to raise or lift to a desired elevation, by means of tackle or pulley, said of a sail, a flag, a heavy package or weight).
- raise or haul up with or as if with mechanical help
- move from one place to another by lifting
- raise by using ropes and pulleys
noun
- the act of casting down or falling headlong from a height
- the falling to earth of any form of water (rain or snow or hail or sleet or mist)
- the quantity of water falling to earth at a specific place within a specified period of time
- the process of forming a chemical precipitate
- overly eager speed (and possible carelessness)
- an unexpected acceleration or hastening
- (figuratively) Unwise or rash rapidity; sudden haste.
- A hurried headlong fall.
- (meteorology) The amount of water precipitated in any form.
- (countable, uncountable, chemistry) A reaction that leads to the formation of a heavier, and often less soluble, solid in a lighter liquid; the precipitate so formed at the bottom of the container.
- (meteorology) Any or all of the forms of water particles, whether liquid or solid, that fall from the upper atmosphere (e.g., rain, hail, snow or sleet). It is a major class of hydrometeor, but it is distinguished from cloud, fog, dew, rime, frost, etc., in that it must fall. It is distinguished from cloud and virga in that it must reach the ground.
noun
- Anything not readily explainable appearing to move through or be suspended in the air.
- (especially and originally) Such things as seem to be discrete objects and comparable to aircraft.
- (colloquial) An alien spacecraft.
- an (apparently) flying object whose nature is unknown; especially those considered to have extraterrestrial origins
noun
- An instance of propelling oneself upwards.
- (film) Clipping of jump cut.
- (slang) Any abrupt increase; a sudden rise; a hike
- An instance of employing a parachute to leave an aircraft or elevated location.
- An instance of reacting to a sudden stimulus by jerking the body.
- (mining) A dislocation in a stratum; a fault.
- (sports, equestrianism) An obstacle that forms part of a showjumping course, and that the horse has to jump over cleanly.
- An instance of causing oneself to fall from an elevated location.
- (US, informal, automotive) Ellipsis of jump-start.
- (theater) Synonym of one-night stand (“single evening's performance”).
- A jumping move in a board game.
- A kind of loose jacket for men.
- The act of jumping; a leap; a spring; a bound.
- An effort; an attempt; a venture.
- An object which causes one to jump; a ramp.
- (architecture) An abrupt interruption of level in a piece of brickwork or masonry.
- (science fiction) An instance of faster-than-light travel, not observable from ordinary space.
- (with on) An early start or an advantage.
- (mathematics) A discontinuity in the graph of a function, where the function is continuous in a punctured interval of the discontinuity.
- A button (of a joypad, joystick or similar device) used to make a video game character jump (propel itself upwards).
- (programming) A change of the path of execution to a different location.
- (physics, hydrodynamics) An abrupt increase in the height of the surface of a flowing liquid at the location where the flow transitions from supercritical to subcritical, involving an abrupt reduction in flow speed and increase in turbulence.
- a sudden involuntary movement
- descent with a parachute
- an abrupt transition
- a sudden and decisive increase
- the act of jumping; propelling yourself off the ground
- (film) an abrupt transition from one scene to another
verb
- (transitive) To attack suddenly and violently.
- (intransitive, slang) To commit suicide.
- (intransitive, biology, of DNA) To switch locations on chromosomes.
- (transitive) To pass by means of a spring or leap; to overleap.
- (intransitive) To employ a move in certain board games where one game piece is moved from one legal position to another passing over the position of another piece.
- (transitive, smithwork) To join by a buttweld.
- (transitive) To move to a position (in a queue/line) that is further forward.
- (intransitive, figuratively) To increase sharply, to rise, to shoot up.
- (transitive, slang) To engage in sexual intercourse with (a person).
- (transitive) To cause to jump.
- (cycling, intransitive) To increase speed aggressively and without warning.
- (intransitive, programming) To start executing code from a different location, rather than following the program counter.
- (transitive) To move the distance between two opposing subjects.
- To thicken or enlarge by endwise blows; to upset.
- (transitive) To increase the height of a tower crane by inserting a section at the base of the tower and jacking up everything above it.
- To jump-start a car or other vehicle with a dead battery, as with jumper cables.
- (intransitive) To cause oneself to leave an elevated location and fall downward.
- (intransitive) To employ a parachute to leave an aircraft or elevated location.
- (transitive) To pass (a traffic light) when it is indicating that one should stop.
- (intransitive) To propel oneself rapidly upward, downward and/or in any horizontal direction such that momentum causes the body to become airborne.
- (quarrying) To bore with a jumper.
- (intransitive) To react to a sudden, often unexpected, stimulus (such as a sharp prick or a loud sound) by jerking the body violently.
- (intransitive, figurative) To shift one's position or attitude, especially suddenly and significantly.
- rise in rank or status
- move forward by leaps and bounds
- increase suddenly and significantly
- cause to jump or leap
- pass abruptly from one state or topic to another
- make a sudden physical attack on
- enter eagerly into
- jump from an airplane and descend with a parachute
- jump down from an elevated point
- be highly noticeable
- go back and forth; swing back and forth between two states or conditions
- start (a car engine whose battery is dead) by connecting it to another car's battery
- run off or leave the rails
- move or jump suddenly, as if in surprise or alarm
- bypass
noun
adj
noun
noun
- The way in which something hangs.
- (colloquial) The smallest amount of concern or consideration; a damn.
- (computing) An instance of ceasing to respond to input.
- (Ireland, informal, derogatory) Cheap processed ham (cured pork), often made specially for sandwiches.
- A slackening of motion.
- A hangout.
- A sharp or steep declivity or slope.
- A person that someone hangs out with.
- Alternative spelling of Hang (“musical instrument”).
- A mass of hanging material.
- (informal, figuratively) A grip, understanding.
- a gymnastic exercise performed on the rings or horizontal bar or parallel bars when the gymnast's weight is supported by the arms
- a special way of doing something
- the way a garment hangs
verb
- (intransitive) To float, as if suspended.
- (intransitive) To veer in one direction.
- (intransitive) To be or remain suspended.
- (intransitive, chess) To be vulnerable to capture.
- (transitive, computing) To cause (a program or computer) to stop responding.
- (transitive, baseball, slang, of a pitcher) To throw a hittable off-speed pitch.
- (intransitive, law) To be executed by suspension by one's neck from a gallows, a tree, or other raised bar, attached by a rope tied into a noose.
- (intransitive, figuratively) To remain persistently in one's thoughts.
- (transitive) To cause (something) to be suspended, as from a hook, hanger, hinges, or the like.
- (intransitive, of a ball in cricket, tennis, etc.) To rebound unexpectedly or unusually slowly, due to backward spin on the ball or imperfections of the ground.
- (transitive, figurative) To attach or cause to stick (a charge or accusation, etc.).
- (transitive) To prevent from reaching a decision, especially by refusing to join in a verdict that must be unanimous.
- (transitive) To apply (wallpaper or drywall to a wall).
- (transitive) To hold or bear in a suspended or inclined manner or position instead of erect.
- (transitive, law) To kill (someone) by suspension from the neck, usually as a form of execution or suicide.
- (transitive) To exhibit (an object) by hanging.
- (intransitive, computing) To stop responding to manual input devices such as the keyboard and mouse.
- (intransitive, informal) To loiter; to hang around; to spend time idly.
- (transitive, chess) To cause (a piece) to become vulnerable to capture.
- (transitive, informal) (used in maledictions) To damn.
- (transitive) To decorate (something) with hanging objects.
- be exhibited
- hold on tightly or tenaciously
- decorate or furnish with something suspended
- be suspended or poised
- be suspended or hanging
- be menacing, burdensome, or oppressive
- give heed (to)
- be placed in position as by a hinge
- let drop or droop
- suspend (meat) in order to get a gamey taste
- fall or flow in a certain way
- prevent from reaching a verdict, of a jury
- kill by hanging
- cause to be hanging or suspended
- place in position as by a hinge so as to allow free movement in one direction
noun
- The act of gliding.
- The joining of two sounds without a break.
- A bird, the glede or kite.
- A smooth and sliding step in dancing the waltz.
- (fencing) An attack or preparatory movement made by sliding down the opponent’s blade, keeping it in constant contact.
- A kind of cap affixed to the base of the legs of furniture to prevent it from damaging the floor while being moved.
- (phonology) A transitional sound, especially a semivowel.
- the activity of flying a glider
- the act of moving smoothly along a surface while remaining in contact with it
- a vowellike sound that serves as a consonant
verb
- (transitive) To cause to glide.
- (phonetics) To pass with a glide, as the voice.
- (intransitive) To fly unpowered, as of an aircraft. Also relates to gliding birds and flying fish.
- (intransitive) To move softly, smoothly, or effortlessly.
- cause to move or pass silently, smoothly, or imperceptibly
- move smoothly and effortlessly
- fly in or as if in a glider plane
verb
- be suspended in the air, as if in defiance of gravity
- hang in the air; fly or be suspended above
- To remain stationary or float in the air.
- hang over, as of something threatening, dark, or menacing
- to hang about in a place beyond the proper or usual time
- be undecided about something; waver between conflicting positions or courses of action
- Of a bird: to shelter (chicks) under its body and wings; (by extension) of a thing: to cover or surround (something).
- (computing) Chiefly followed by over: to use a mouse or other device to place a cursor over something on a screen such as a hyperlink or icon without clicking, so as to produce a result (such as the appearance of a tooltip).
- To keep (something, such as an aircraft) in a stationary state in the air.
- Sometimes followed by over: to hang around or linger in a place, especially in an uncertain manner.
- To be indecisive or uncertain; to vacillate, to waver.
- (nautical) To travel in a hovercraft as it moves above a water surface.
noun
- An act, or the state, of remaining stationary in the air or some other place.
- (figuratively) An act, or the state, of being suspended; a suspension.
- A flock of birds fluttering in the air in one place.
- (chiefly Southern England) A cover; a protection; a shelter; specifically, an overhanging bank or stone under which fish can shelter; also, a shelter for hens brooding their eggs.
verb
- (transitive) To propel high into the air.
- (intransitive) To fly or travel through the air, as though propelled
- (transitive) To furnish with a loft space.
- (bowling) To throw the ball erroneously through the air instead of releasing it on the lane's surface.
- (transitive) To raise (a bed) on tall supports so that the space beneath can be used for something else.
- kick or strike high in the air
- lay out a full-scale working drawing of the lines of a vessel's hull
- store in a loft
- propel through the air
noun
- Such an attic used as an atelier.
- An attic or similar space (often used for storage) in the roof of a house or other building.
- (cricket) A lofted drive.
- (textiles, countable, uncountable) The thickness of a soft object when not under pressure.
- (golf) The pitch or slope of the face of a golf club (tending to drive the ball upward).
- A gallery or raised apartment in a church, hall, etc.
- (chiefly US) A residential flat (apartment) on an upper floor of an apartment building.
- Ellipsis of pigeon loft.
- a raised shelter in which pigeons are kept
- floor consisting of open space at the top of a house just below roof; often used for storage
- (golf) the backward slant on the head of some golf clubs that is designed to drive the ball high in the air
- floor consisting of a large unpartitioned space over a factory or warehouse or other commercial space
verb
- To hold up; to lift on high; to elevate.
- To support by approval or encouragement; to vindicate; to confirm (something which has been questioned)
- To keep erect; to support; to sustain; to keep from falling
- stand up for; stick up for; of causes, principles, or ideals
- support against an opponent
- keep or maintain in unaltered condition; cause to remain or last
verb
- To come as if by dropping down.
- come as if by falling
- To move to a lower position under the effect of gravity.
- (intransitive) To collapse; to be overthrown or defeated.
- (intransitive) To become lower (in quantity, pitch, etc.).
- To come down, to drop or descend.
- (copulative, in idiomatic expressions) To become (chiefly used with negative states).
- (intransitive) To descend in character or reputation; to become degraded; to sink into vice, error, or sin.
- To occur (on a certain day of the week, date, or similar); to happen.
- To come to the ground deliberately, to prostrate oneself.
- (intransitive) To be dropped or uttered carelessly.
- (intransitive) To happen; to come to pass; to chance or light (upon).
- (intransitive) To become ensnared or entrapped; to be worse off than before.
- (intransitive) To begin with haste, ardour, or vehemence; to rush or hurry.
- (intransitive) To be allotted to; to arrive through chance, fate, or inheritance.
- (intransitive, formal, euphemistic) To die, especially in battle or by disease.
- (intransitive) To assume a look of shame or disappointment; to become or appear dejected; said of the face.
- To be brought to the ground.
- (intransitive, of a fabric) To hang down (under the influence of gravity).
- (intransitive, slang, African-American Vernacular) To visit; to go to a place.
- drop oneself to a lower or less erect position
- move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way
- assume a disappointed or sad expression
- slope downward
- pass suddenly and passively into a state of body or mind
- lose one's chastity
- yield to temptation or sin
- decrease in size, extent, or range
- lose an upright position suddenly
- move in a specified direction
- begin vigorously
- die, as in battle or in a hunt
- fall to somebody by assignment or lot; passed
- be due
- be inherited by
- come out; issue
- occur at a specified time or place
- be born, used chiefly of lambs
- lose office or power
- touch or seem as if touching visually or audibly
- come under, be classified or included
- come into the possession of
- fall or flow in a certain way
- descend in free fall under the influence of gravity
- fall from clouds
- be captured
- to be given by assignment or distribution
- be cast down
- to be given by right or inheritance
- suffer defeat, failure, or ruin
- go as if by falling
intj
noun
- (nautical) The chasing of a hunted whale.
- A hairpiece for women consisting of long strands of hair on a woven backing, intended primarily to cover hair loss.
- That which falls or cascades.
- The lid, on a piano, that covers the keyboard.
- (cricket, of a wicket) The action of a batsman being out.
- A loss of greatness or status.
- An old Scots unit of measure equal to six ells.
- The act of moving to a lower position under the effect of gravity.
- A reduction in quantity, pitch, etc.
- (wrestling) An instance of a wrestler being pinned to the mat.
- (nautical) The part of the rope of a tackle to which the power is applied in hoisting (usu. plural).
- A short, flexible piece of leather forming part of a bullwhip, placed between the thong and the cracker.
- The height of that which falls or cascades.
- (informal, US) Blame or punishment for a failure or misdeed.
- (curling) A defect in the ice which causes stones thrown into an area to drift in a given direction.
- a sudden drop from an upright position
- a sudden decline in strength or number or importance
- a free and rapid descent by the force of gravity
- the act of surrendering (usually under agreed conditions)
- when a wrestler's shoulders are forced to the mat
- the season when the leaves fall from the trees
- a movement downward
- a lapse into sin; a loss of innocence or of chastity
- a sudden sharp decrease in some quantity
- the time of day immediately following sunset
- a downward slope or bend
verb
noun
- Annular ligament of the finger.
- (engineering, countable) One of the simple machines; a sheave, a wheel with a grooved rim, in which a pulled rope or chain lifts an object (more useful when two or more pulleys are used together, as in a block and tackle arrangement, such that a small force moving through a greater distance can exert a larger force through a smaller distance).
- a simple machine consisting of a wheel with a groove in which a rope can run to change the direction or point of application of a force applied to the rope
verb
- come as if by falling
- come from; be connected by a relationship of blood, for example
- move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way
- do something that one considers to be below one's dignity
- (intransitive) To physically move or pass from a higher to a lower place or position; to come or go down in any way, such as by climbing, falling, flowing, walking, etc.; to move downwards; to fall, to sink.
- (transitive) Of a flight of stairs, a road, etc.: to lead down (a hill, a slope, etc.).
- (chiefly poetic or religion) Chiefly in the form descend into (or within) oneself: to mentally enter a state of (deep) meditation or thought; to retire.
- (transitive) To pass from a higher to a lower part of (something, such as a flight of stairs or a slope); to go down along or upon.
- Of a physical thing (such as a cloud or storm) or a (generally negative) immaterial thing (such as darkness, gloom, or silence): to settle upon and start to affect a person or place.
- Chiefly followed by on or upon: to make an attack or incursion, from or as if from a vantage ground; to come suddenly and with violence.
- In speech or writing: to proceed from one matter to another; especially, to pass from more general or important to specific or less important matters to be considered.
- (music) To pass from a higher to a lower note or tone; to fall in pitch.
- (mathematics) Of a sequence or series: to proceed from higher to lower values.
- To come or go down, or reduce, in intensity or some other quality.
- (intransitive, chiefly law) Of property, a right, etc.: to pass down to a generation, a person, etc., by inheritance.
- To come down to a humbler or less fortunate, or a worse or less virtuous, rank or state; to abase or lower oneself; to condescend or stoop to something.
- Chiefly followed by into or to: of a situation: to become worse; to decline, to deteriorate.
- (intransitive) To slope or stretch downwards.
- (astronomy) Of a celestial body: to move away from the zenith towards the horizon; to sink; also, to move towards the south.
- (intransitive) Of a characteristic: to be transmitted from a parent to a child.
- (intransitive, often passive voice) Chiefly followed by from or (obsolete) of: to come down or derive from an ancestor or ancestral stock, or a source; to originate, to stem.
- Chiefly followed by on or upon: to arrive suddenly or unexpectedly, especially in a manner that causes disruption or inconvenience.
- (biology, physiology) Of a body part: to move downwards, especially during development of the embryo; specifically, of the testes of a mammal: to move downwards from the abdominal cavity into the scrotum.
- (astrology) Of a zodiac sign: to move away from the zenith towards the horizon; to sink; also, of a planet: to move to a place where it has less astrological significance.
- (intransitive, chiefly historical) To alight from a carriage, a horse, etc.; also, to disembark from a vessel; to land.
verb
- come as if by falling
- settle into a position, usually on a surface or ground
- form a community
- come to terms
- sink down or precipitate
- end a legal dispute by arriving at a settlement
- become settled or established and stable in one's residence or life style
- bring to an end; settle conclusively
- accept despite lack of complete satisfaction
- arrange or fix in the desired order
- go under
- become resolved, fixed, established, or quiet
- make final; put the last touches on; put into final form
- take up residence and become established
- cause to become clear by forming a sediment (of liquids)
- fix firmly
- dispose of; make a financial settlement
- settle conclusively; come to terms
- become clear by the sinking of particles
- come to rest
- establish or develop as a residence
- get one's revenge for a wrong or an injury
- (transitive) To clear or purify (a liquid) of dregs and impurities by causing them to sink.
- (transitive) To render compact or solid; to cause to become packed down.
- (transitive) In particular, to terminate (a lawsuit), usually out of court, by agreement of all parties.
- (intransitive) To become clear due to the sinking of sediment. (Used especially of liquid. Also used figuratively.)
- (transitive) To determine (something which was exposed to doubt or question); to resolve conclusively; to set or fix (a time, an order of succession, etc).
- (transitive, in particular) To colonize (an area); to migrate to (a land, territory, site, etc).
- (transitive) To conclude, to cause (a dispute) to finish.
- (intransitive, with "in") To be established in a profession or in employment.
- (intransitive) To become compact due to sinking.
- (transitive) To put into (proper) place; to make sit or lie properly.
- (intransitive) To conclude a lawsuit by agreement of the parties rather than a decision of a court.
- (intransitive) To become firm, dry, and hard, like the ground after the effects of rain or frost have disappeared.
- (transitive) To cause to sink down or to be deposited (dregs, sediment, etc).
- (intransitive, usually with "down", "in", "on" or another preposition) To become stationary or fixed; to come to rest.
- (intransitive) To fix one's residence in a place; to establish a dwelling place, home, or colony. (Compare settle down.)
- (transitive) In particular, to establish in life; to fix in business, in a home, etc.
- (intransitive) To sink to the bottom of a body of liquid, as dregs of a liquid, or the sediment of a reservoir.
- (transitive) To bring or restore (ground, roads, etc) to a smooth, dry, or passable condition.
- (British, dialectal) To silence, especially by force.
- (transitive) To place in(to) a fixed or permanent condition or position or on(to) a permanent basis; to make firm, steady, or stable; to establish or fix.
- (transitive) To cause to no longer be in a disturbed, confused or stormy; to quiet; to calm (nerves, waters, a boisterous or rebellious child, etc).
- To kill.
- (intransitive) To sink gradually to a lower level; to subside, for example the foundation of a house, etc.
- (intransitive) To adjust differences or accounts; to come to an agreement on matters in dispute.
- (intransitive) To become married, or a householder.
- (transitive, colloquial) To pay (a bill).
- (ambitransitive) Of an animal: to make or become pregnant.
- (transitive) To close, liquidate or balance (an account) by payment, sometimes of less than is owed or due.
- (transitive) To place or arrange in(to) a desired (especially: calm) state, or make final disposition of (something).
- (transitive, law) To formally, legally secure (an annuity, property, title, etc) on (a person).
- (intransitive) To become calm, quiet, or orderly; to stop being agitated.
- (transitive) To move (people) to (a land or territory), so as to colonize it; to cause (people) to take residence in (a place).
noun
verb
verb
- (falconry) To rise in the air spirally.
- (transitive) To enclose or surround.
- (intransitive) to resound, reverberate, echo.
- (transitive) To attach a ring to, especially for identification.
- To ring up (enter into a cash register or till)
- (intransitive, figuratively) To produce the sound of a bell or a similar sound.
- (transitive, colloquial, British, Australia, New Zealand) To telephone (someone).
- (Australia, transitive) To ride around (a group of animals, especially cattle) to keep them milling in one place; hence (intransitive), to work as a drover, to muster cattle.
- (transitive, figuratively) To make an incision around; to girdle; to cut away a circular tract of bark from a tree in order to kill it.
- (transitive) To make (a bell, etc.) produce a resonant sound.
- (transitive) To surround or fit with a ring, or as if with a ring.
- (intransitive) Of a bell, etc., to produce a resonant sound.
- (transitive) To steal and change the identity of (cars) in order to resell them.
- (transitive) To produce (a sound) by ringing.
- (intransitive) To produce music with bells.
- (intransitive, figuratively) Of something spoken or written, to appear to be, to seem, to sound.
- sound loudly and sonorously
- ring or echo with sound
- attach a ring to the foot of, in order to identify
- get or try to get into communication (with someone) by telephone
- make (bells) ring, often for the purposes of musical edification
- extend on all sides of simultaneously; encircle
noun
- (colloquial) A telephone call.
- (typography) A diacritical mark in the shape of a hollow circle placed above or under the letter; a kroužek.
- Any loud sound; the sound of numerous voices; a sound continued, repeated, or reverberated.
- In a jack plug, the connector between the tip and the sleeve.
- (Internet) Ellipsis of webring.
- A circular group of people or objects.
- (astronomy) A formation of various pieces of material orbiting around a planet or young star.
- (vulgar) The rectum, anus, or anal sphincters.
- (historical) An instrument, formerly used for taking the sun's altitude, consisting of a brass ring suspended by a swivel, with a hole at one side through which a solar ray entering indicated the altitude on the graduated inner surface opposite.
- (chemistry) A group of atoms linked by bonds to form a closed chain in a molecule.
- A piece of food in the shape of a ring.
- An exclusive group of people, usually involving some unethical or illegal practices.
- (mathematical analysis, measure theory) A family of sets that is closed under finite unions and set-theoretic differences.
- (geometry) A planar geometrical figure included between two concentric circles.
- (historical) An old English measure of corn equal to the coomb or half a quarter.
- The resonant sound of a bell, or a sound resembling it.
- A chime, or set of bells harmonically tuned.
- (algebra) An algebraic structure as above, but only required to be a semigroup under the multiplicative operation, that is, there need not be a multiplicative identity element.
- (figuratively) A sound or appearance that is characteristic of something.
- A long stripe of contrastive material, colour, etc, that encircles something.
- (computing theory) A hierarchical level of privilege in a computer system, usually at hardware level, used to protect data and functionality (also protection ring).
- (British) A large circular prehistoric stone construction such as Stonehenge.
- A circumscribing object, (roughly) circular and hollow, looking like an annual ring, earring, finger ring etc.
- A place where some sports or exhibitions take place; notably a circular or comparable arena, such as a boxing ring or a circus ring; hence the field of a political contest.
- (jewelry) A round piece of (precious) metal worn around the finger or through the ear, nose, etc.
- (algebra) An algebraic structure which consists of a set with two binary operations: an additive operation and a multiplicative operation, such that the set is an abelian group under the additive operation, a monoid under the multiplicative operation, and such that the multiplicative operation is distributive with respect to the additive operation.
- (networking) A network topology where connected devices form a circular data channel. All computers on the ring can see every message, and there are no collisions, and a single point of failure will occur if any part of the ring breaks.
- (firearms) Either of the pair of clamps used to hold a telescopic sight to a rifle.
- (figuratively) A pleasant or correct sound.
- (UK) A burner on a kitchen stove.
- The open space in front of a racecourse stand, used for betting purposes.
- (cartomancy) The twenty-fifth Lenormand card.
- (botany) A flexible band partly or wholly encircling the spore cases of ferns.
- (UK) A bird band, a round piece of metal put around a bird's leg used for identification and studies of migration.
- (mathematics, order theory) A family of sets closed under finite union and finite intersection.
- a strip of material attached to the leg of a bird to identify it (as in studies of bird migration)
- a platform usually marked off by ropes in which contestants box or wrestle
- (chemistry) a chain of atoms in a molecule that forms a closed loop
- an association of criminals
- a rigid circular band of metal or wood or other material used for holding or fastening or hanging or pulling
- a characteristic sound
- jewelry consisting of a circlet of precious metal (often set with jewels) worn on the finger
- the sound of a bell ringing
- a toroidal shape
noun
- The way in which something hangs.
- (colloquial) The smallest amount of concern or consideration; a damn.
- (computing) An instance of ceasing to respond to input.
- (Ireland, informal, derogatory) Cheap processed ham (cured pork), often made specially for sandwiches.
- A slackening of motion.
- A hangout.
- A sharp or steep declivity or slope.
- A person that someone hangs out with.
- Alternative spelling of Hang (“musical instrument”).
- A mass of hanging material.
- (informal, figuratively) A grip, understanding.
- a gymnastic exercise performed on the rings or horizontal bar or parallel bars when the gymnast's weight is supported by the arms
- a special way of doing something
- the way a garment hangs
verb
- (intransitive) To float, as if suspended.
- (intransitive) To veer in one direction.
- (intransitive) To be or remain suspended.
- (intransitive, chess) To be vulnerable to capture.
- (transitive, computing) To cause (a program or computer) to stop responding.
- (transitive, baseball, slang, of a pitcher) To throw a hittable off-speed pitch.
- (intransitive, law) To be executed by suspension by one's neck from a gallows, a tree, or other raised bar, attached by a rope tied into a noose.
- (intransitive, figuratively) To remain persistently in one's thoughts.
- (transitive) To cause (something) to be suspended, as from a hook, hanger, hinges, or the like.
- (intransitive, of a ball in cricket, tennis, etc.) To rebound unexpectedly or unusually slowly, due to backward spin on the ball or imperfections of the ground.
- (transitive, figurative) To attach or cause to stick (a charge or accusation, etc.).
- (transitive) To prevent from reaching a decision, especially by refusing to join in a verdict that must be unanimous.
- (transitive) To apply (wallpaper or drywall to a wall).
- (transitive) To hold or bear in a suspended or inclined manner or position instead of erect.
- (transitive, law) To kill (someone) by suspension from the neck, usually as a form of execution or suicide.
- (transitive) To exhibit (an object) by hanging.
- (intransitive, computing) To stop responding to manual input devices such as the keyboard and mouse.
- (intransitive, informal) To loiter; to hang around; to spend time idly.
- (transitive, chess) To cause (a piece) to become vulnerable to capture.
- (transitive, informal) (used in maledictions) To damn.
- (transitive) To decorate (something) with hanging objects.
- be exhibited
- hold on tightly or tenaciously
- decorate or furnish with something suspended
- be suspended or poised
- be suspended or hanging
- be menacing, burdensome, or oppressive
- give heed (to)
- be placed in position as by a hinge
- let drop or droop
- suspend (meat) in order to get a gamey taste
- fall or flow in a certain way
- prevent from reaching a verdict, of a jury
- kill by hanging
- cause to be hanging or suspended
- place in position as by a hinge so as to allow free movement in one direction
adj
- held from above and hanging down
- addicted to a drug
- relying on or requiring a person or thing for support, supply, or what is needed
- (of a clause) unable to stand alone syntactically as a complete sentence
- contingent on something else
- being under the power or sovereignty of another or others
- Hanging down.
- Relying upon; depending upon.
- (of Irish/Manx/Scottish (Gaelic) verb forms) Used after a particle (with one or two exceptions), such as those which express questions, subordinate clauses, and negative sentences.
- (medicine) Of part of the body: positioned lower than the heart, like the legs while standing up, or the back while supine.
- (statistics) Having a probability that is affected by the outcome of a separate event.
noun
- a person who relies on another person for support (especially financial support)
- (grammar) An element in phrase or clause structure that is not the head. Includes complements, modifiers and determiners.
- A person who relies on another for support or sustenance, particularly financial support.
- (philosophy) dependent (origination), in Buddhism, the idea that the existence of everything is conditional and dependent on a cause, and that nothing happens fortuitously or by chance.
- (grammar) The aorist subjunctive or subjunctive perfective: a form of a verb not used independently but preceded by a particle to form the negative or a tense form. Found in Greek and in the Gaelic languages.
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noun
- branched lighting fixture; often ornate; hangs from the ceiling
- an adornment that hangs from a piece of jewelry (necklace or earring)
- The dangling part of an earring.
- A lamp hanging from the roof.
- (fine arts) One of a pair; a counterpart.
- (architecture) A supporting post attached to the main rafter.
- (nautical) A short rope hanging down, used to attach hooks for tackles; a pennant.
- A long narrow flag at the head of the principal mast in a royal ship.
- A piece of jewellery which hangs down as an ornament, especially worn on a chain around the neck.
- An ornament of wood or of stone hanging downwards from a roof.
- (US) The stem and ring of a watch, by which it is suspended.
adj
- held from above and hanging down
- Pending (in various senses).
- Dangling, drooping, hanging down or suspended.
- (architecture, of a structure) Either hanging in some sense, or constructed of multiple elements such as the voussoirs of an arch or the pendentives of a dome, none of which can stand on its own, but which in combination are stable.
- (heraldry) Hanging or pointed downward; (of a crescent) with its horns pointing downward.
- (grammar, of a sentence) Incomplete in some sense, such as lacking a finite verb.
noun
adj
adj
- Hung from above.
- (law) suspended sentence
- (medicine) suspended animation
- (of coffee, food, etc.) Paid for but not consumed by a customer, so that it can be given to a less fortunate person.
- (botany, of an ovule) Attached slightly below the summit of the ovary.
- (chemistry) A chemical suspension
- (music, of a chord) Having had its third omitted and replaced with a major second or perfect fourth.
- (of undissolved particles in a fluid) supported or kept from sinking or falling by buoyancy and without apparent attachment