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verb
noun
- (countable) A living being; the fact of a particular individual being alive. (Chiefly when indicating individuals were lost (died) or saved.)
- The span of time during which an object operates.
- (uncountable, insurance) The life insurance industry.
- A particular phase or period of existence.
- The animating principle or force that keeps an inorganic thing or concept metaphorically alive (dynamic, relevant, etc) and makes it a "living document", "living constitution", etc.
- The period during which one (a person, an animal, a plant; a civilization, species; a star; etc) is alive.
- (informal) Social life.
- (colloquial) A life sentence; a period of imprisonment that lasts until the convict's death (or, sometimes, parole).
- The most lively component or participant.
- (uncountable) The state of organisms preceding their death, characterized by biological processes such as metabolism and reproduction and distinguishing them from inanimate objects; the state of being alive and living.
- An opportunity for existence.
- (countable) A life assured under a life assurance policy (equivalent to the policy itself for a single life contract).
- A period extending from a when a (positive or negative) office, punishment, etc is conferred on someone until that person dies (or, sometimes, reaches retirement age).
- A worthwhile existence.
- Animation; spirit; vivacity.
- (baseball, softball, cricket) A chance for the batter (or batting team) to bat again, given as a result of a misplay by a member of the fielding team.
- Something which is inherently part of a person's existence, such as job, family, a loved one, etc.
- Lifeforms, generally or collectively.
- A biography.
- Existence.
- A particular aspect of existence.
- (biology) The status possessed by any of a number of entities, including animals, plants, fungi, bacteria, and sometimes viruses, which have the properties of replication and metabolism.
- (video games) One of the player's chances to play, lost when the player's character dies or when certain mistakes are made.
- Nature, reality, and the forms that exist in it.
- The period of time during which an object is recognizable.
- One of a player's chances to play in various children's playground games, lost when a mistake is made, for example being struck by the ball in dodgeball.
- animation and energy in action or expression
- a characteristic state or mode of living
- a prison term lasting as long as the prisoner lives
- the period during which something is functional (as between birth and death)
- the experience of being alive; the course of human events and activities
- the course of existence of an individual; the actions and events that occur in living
- a living person
- living things collectively
- the condition of living or the state of being alive
- the organic phenomenon that distinguishes living organisms from nonliving ones
- a motive for living
- an account of the series of events making up a person's life
- the period from the present until death
- the period between birth and the present time
verb
- substitute new or modernized parts or equipment for older ones
- To supply (a device, structure, etc.) with new components or parts that were not previously available or installed; to modernize.
- provide with parts, devices, or equipment not available or in use at the time of the original manufacture
- fit in or on an existing structure, such as an older house
- (figuratively) To give new characteristics or make alterations (to someone or something) to suit them to changed circumstances.
- (intransitive) To supply a device, structure, etc., with new components or parts that were not previously available or installed.
- (computing) Synonym of backport (“to retroactively supply a fix or feature to a previous version of a software product at the same time or after supplying it to the current version.”).
- To add or substitute (new components or parts) that were not previously available for or installed in a device, structure, etc.
noun
- An act of supplying a device, structure, etc., with new components or parts that were not previously available or installed; a retrofitting.
- a component or accessory added to something after it has been manufactured
- the act of adding a component or accessory to something that did not have it when it was manufactured
- A change made to a device, structure, etc., by introducing components or parts that were not previously available or installed.
noun
- an airplane with a bad maintenance record
- (idiomatic, slang, aviation) An aircraft which requires a great deal of regular maintenance and has an unfavorable ratio of maintenance time to flight time.
- (idiomatic, slang, military, aviation) A grounded aircraft which is kept so that its parts can be used in other aircraft.
noun
- (aviation) The process of minimizing usage of electrical power by powering down nonessential equipment following an electrical generation failure, or to reduce the risk of an electrical fire in certain situations.
- The process by which an electric utility cuts power to some customers in response to a shortage of available electricity.
- The postponement of payment of less important bills because of financial problems.
noun
- (aviation) An issue or complaint related to aircraft maintenance.
- A shrill noise, especially made by a voice or bird. If made by a bird, it typically signals discomfort or anger; a yell, scream, or call.
- The American night heron.
- (programming, informal) A warning message indicating a possible error.
- (aviation) A four-digit transponder code used by aircraft for identification or transmission of emergency signals.
- (informal) A complaint or objection.
- informal terms for objecting
- the noise of squawking
verb
- (slang, intransitive) To speak out; to protest.
- To make a squawking noise; to yell, scream, or call out shrilly.
- (slang, intransitive) To report an infraction; to rat on or tattle; to disclose a secret.
- (aviation) To set or transmit a four-digit transponder code. (Normally followed by the specific code in question.)
- (programming, intransitive, informal) To produce a warning message, indicating a possible error.
- utter a harsh abrupt scream
- complain
adj
verb
verb
- operate an airplane
- be dispersed or disseminated
- pass away rapidly
- display in the air or cause to float
- move quickly or suddenly
- change quickly from one emotional state to another
- hit a fly
- travel over (an area of land or sea) in an aircraft
- cause to fly or float
- travel in an airplane
- run away quickly
- decrease rapidly and disappear
- transport by aeroplane
- travel through the air; be airborne
- (transitive, ergative) To display (a flag) on a flagpole.
- (intransitive, entomology, of a type of moth or butterfly) To be in the winged adult stage.
- (intransitive, baseball) To hit a fly ball; to hit a fly ball that is caught for an out. Compare ground (verb) and line (verb).
- (intransitive) To travel through the air, another gas, or a vacuum, without being in contact with a grounded surface.
- (intransitive) To travel or proceed very fast; to hasten.
- (transitive, ergative) To cause to fly (travel or float in the air): to transport via air or the like.
- (intransitive) To move suddenly, or with violence; to do an act suddenly or swiftly.
- (intransitive, colloquial, of a proposal, project or idea) To be accepted, come about or work out.
- (intransitive) To proceed with great success.
- (transitive) To hunt with a hawk.
adj
noun
- fisherman's lure consisting of a fishhook decorated to look like an insect
- an opening in a garment that is closed by a zipper or by buttons concealed under a fold of cloth
- (baseball) a hit that flies up in the air
- flap consisting of a piece of canvas that can be drawn back to provide entrance to a tent
- two-winged insects characterized by active flight
- (often plural) A strip of material (sometimes hiding zippers or buttons) at the front of a pair of trousers, pants, underpants, bootees, etc.
- The pair of arms revolving around the bobbin, in a spinning wheel or spinning frame, to twist the yarn.
- A vibrating frame with fingers, attached to a power printing press for doing the same work.
- The horizontal length of a flag.
- A piece of canvas that covers the opening at the front of a tent.
- (weightlifting) A chest exercise performed by moving extended arms from the sides to in front of the chest. (also flye)
- (weaving) A shuttle driven through the shed by a blow or jerk.
- An act of flying.
- (historical) A type of small, light, fast horse-drawn carriage that can be hired for transportation (sometimes pluralised flys).
- (preceded by definite article) A simple dance in which the hands are shaken in the air, popular in the 1960s.
- (American football) Ellipsis of fly route.
- The person who took the printed sheets from the press.
- The moving portion of an extendable ladder.
- Alternative form of vly (“swamp (in New York)”).
- Two or more vanes set on a revolving axis, to act as a fanner, or to equalize or impede the motion of machinery by the resistance of the air, as in the striking part of a clock.
- (weightlifting) An exercise that involves wide opening and closing of the arms perpendicular to the shoulders.
- (nautical) That part of a compass on which the points are marked; the compass card.
- (fishing) A lightweight fishing lure resembling an insect.
- Any similar but not closely related insect, such as a dragonfly, butterfly, or gallfly.
- (cotton manufacture) Waste cotton.
- (finance) A butterfly (combination of four options).
- One of the upper screens of a stage in a theatre.
- (baseball) A fly ball.
- (rustic, Scotland, Northern England) A wing.
- The part of a weather vane pointing the direction from which the wind blows.
- (swimming) The butterfly stroke (plural is normally flys).
- In a knitting machine, the piece hinged to the needle, which holds the engaged loop in position while the needle is penetrating another loop; a latch.
- (zoology) Any insect of the order Diptera; characterized by having two wings (except for some wingless species), also called true flies.
- Ellipsis of flywheel.
- The free edge of a flag.
- (non-technical) Especially, any of the insects of the family Muscidae, such as the common housefly (other families of Diptera include mosquitoes and midges).
verb
- operate an airplane
- act as the navigator in a car, plane, or vessel and plan, direct, plot the path and position of the conveyance
- (transitive) To guide (a vessel) through coastal waters.
- (transitive) To control (an aircraft or watercraft).
- (transitive) To guide or conduct (a person) somewhere.
- (rail transport, of a locomotive) To serve as the leading locomotive on a double-headed train.
- (transitive) To test or have a preliminary trial of (an idea, a new product, television show, etc.)
noun
- a person qualified to guide ships through difficult waters going into or out of a harbor
- small auxiliary gas burner that provides a flame to ignite a larger gas burner
- something that serves as a model or a basis for making copies
- an inclined metal frame at the front of a locomotive to clear the track
- a program exemplifying a contemplated series; intended to attract sponsors
- someone who is licensed to operate an aircraft in flight
- One who flies a kite.
- A pilot light.
- A short plug, sometimes made interchangeable, at the end of a counterbore to guide the tool.
- A person who steers a ship, a helmsman.
- (Australia, road transport, informal) A pilot vehicle.
- (aviation) A person who is in charge of the controls of an aircraft.
- Something serving as a test or trial.
- (mining) The heading or excavation of relatively small dimensions, first made in the driving of a larger tunnel.
- An instrument for detecting the compass error.
- (telecommunications, often attributive) A tone or signal, usually a single frequency, transmitted over a communications system for control or synchronization purposes.
- A guide book for maritime navigation.
- A person who knows well the depths, shoals, and currents of a harbor or coastal area, who is hired by a vessel to help navigate the harbor or coast.
- (television) A sample episode of a proposed TV series produced to decide if it should be made or not. If approved, typically the first episode of an actual TV series.
- (Australia, road transport) A person authorised to drive such a vehicle during an escort.
- (rail transport) A cowcatcher.
- A guide or escort through an unknown or dangerous area.
- (Europe, motor racing) A racing driver.
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verb
noun
- (aviation) A standard, modular fuselage component that can be added or removed.
- (geology) A body of once molten rock that hardened in a volcanic vent. Usually round or oval in shape.
- (fishing) A type of lure consisting of a rigid, buoyant or semi-buoyant body and one or more hooks.
- (slang) A drug dealer.
- A branch from a water-pipe to supply a hose.
- (jewelry) A short cylindrical piece of jewellery commonly worn in larger-gauge body piercings, especially in the ear.
- (US, slang) A high, tapering silk hat.
- Ellipsis of spark plug.
- (slang) A promotion (act of promoting) of a product (such as a book, film or play) or other thing, concept, etc, for example during an interview or a commercial.
- (loosely) An electric socket: wall plug.
- (US) A flat oblong cake of pressed tobacco.
- Any piece of wood, metal, or other substance used to stop or fill a hole.
- (horticulture) A small seedling grown in a tray from expanded polystyrene or polythene filled usually with a peat or compost substrate.
- A growth of protoplasm that closes the pore openings in the cells of certain algae.
- Ellipsis of fireplug (“fire hydrant”).
- (construction) A block of wood let into a wall to afford a hold for nails.
- (US, slang) A worthless horse.
- (electricity) A pronged connecting device which fits into a mating socket, especially an electrical one.
- blatant or sensational promotion
- an upright hydrant for drawing water to use in fighting a fire
- electrical device that fits into the cylinder head of an internal-combustion engine and ignites the gas by means of an electric spark
- an old or over-worked horse
- blockage consisting of an object designed to fill a hole tightly
- an electrical device with two or three pins that is inserted in a socket to make an electrical connection
- a wad of something chewable as tobacco
verb
- (transitive, slang) To ingest a drug rectally.
- (transitive, slang) To shoot (someone) with a bullet.
- (transitive, slang) To have sex with; to penetrate sexually.
- (intransitive, informal) To persist or continue with something.
- (transitive) To promote (something, especially a product or service); to mention (something) as if promoting or advertising it.
- (transitive) To stop with a plug; to make tight by stopping a hole.
- make a plug for; praise the qualities or in order to sell or promote
- persist in working hard
- deliver a quick blow to
- fill or close tightly with or as if with a plug
- replace the center of a coin with a baser metal
- insert as a plug
- insert a plug into
noun
- (aerospace) The shutoff of a rocket motor after exhausting its fuel or having been irreversibly throttled after the application of a planned delta-v.
- The failure of an electrical device, usually through overheating due to the application of excessive power.
- (psychology) The experience of long-term exhaustion and diminished interest, especially in one's career.
- (US, slang) Someone whose brains have figuratively been burned out by drugs.
- A person who has the experience of long-term exhaustion and diminished interest.
- (automotive) Use of the throttle to spin the wheels of a vehicle being held stationary, causing the spinning tires to produce smoke and burn rubber.
noun
- the art of operating aircraft
- Industry that produces aircraft.
- Flying, operating, or operation of aircraft.
- the operation of aircraft to provide transportation
- the aggregation of a country's military aircraft
- travel via aircraft
- (collectively, military) Aircraft.
- A cocktail made with gin, maraschino liqueur, crème de violette, and lemon juice.
- The art or science of making and flying aircraft.
noun
name
- (Internet) Initialism of Rich Site Summary / Really Simple Syndication (“mechanism to follow updates on other websites such as news, music, blogs, etc.”).
- (military, nautical, Singapore) Initialism of Republic of Singapore Ship (“prefix of Navy ships belonging to the Republic of Singapore Navy”).
- (Internet, deprecated) Initialism of RDF Site Summary.
- (Indian politics, Hindutva) Initialism of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (“Indian nationalist volunteer organization”).
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name
verb
noun
noun
adj
verb
noun
- aircraft; airplane
- aqua
- annus (a year)
- acre; acres
- army
- application
- adjutant
- air
- associate; association
- age; aged
- ambassador
- academy; academician
- automobile
- answer
- Americanization
- air branch
- accumulator
- artillery
- adult
- artificer
- apprentice
- atomic weight
- amplitude
- absolute temperature
- article
- acid
- alto
- anode
- attack
- amphibian
- administration
- ana; anna
- admiral
- (military) assault, as on a badge
- alfa
- airman
- address
- Angstrom
- accusative case
- accommodation
- amateur
- absorbance; absorbancy
- arctic
- author
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verb
noun
- A joiner's plane for making grooves.
- Alternative form of ploughland, an alternative name for a carucate or hide.
- A bookbinder's implement for trimming or shaving off the edges of books.
- (agriculture) A device pulled through the ground in order to break it open into furrows for planting.
- The use of a plough; tillage.
- Ellipsis of snowplough.
- (yoga) A yoga pose resembling a traditional plough, halāsana.
- Alternative form of Plough (Synonym of Ursa Major)
- a farm tool having one or more heavy blades to break the soil and cut a furrow prior to sowing
verb
- To move with force.
- (nautical) To run through, as in sailing.
- (transitive, colloquial) To knock over or run over (someone) without stopping.
- (joinery) To cut a groove in, as in a plank, or the edge of a board; especially, a rectangular groove to receive the end of a shelf or tread, the edge of a panel, a tongue, etc.
- (intransitive) To use a plough.
- (transitive, vulgar) To sexually penetrate, typically in a vigorous manner.
- (transitive) To use a plough on soil to prepare for planting.
- To furrow; to make furrows, grooves, or ridges in.
- (bookbinding) To trim, or shave off the edges of, as a book or paper, with a plough.
- to break and turn over earth especially with a plow
- move in a way resembling that of a plow cutting into or going through the soil
noun
- (aviation) Initialism of aerial refueling.
- (emergency medicine) Initialism of artificial respiration.
- (age regression) Initialism of age regression.
- (philately, postal) Initialism of acknowledgment of receipt.
- (sports, countable) Initialism of area record, best achievement among those by persons from a given continent.
- (meteorology) Initialism of atmospheric river.
- (uncountable, computing) Initialism of augmented reality.
- (countable, weaponry, informal) An assault rifle or automatic rifle.
- (countable) Initialism of aspect ratio.
- (biochemistry) Initialism of androgen receptor.
- Initialism of administrative rule or administrative regulation.
- (countable, sports, US) Initialism of American record, national record for the United States.
- (fandom slang) Initialism of alternate reality.
- (crime) Initialism of armed robbery.
- (uncountable or plural only, accounting) Initialism of accounts receivable.
- (law, politics) Initialism of assembly resolution.
- (countable, weaponry) An AR-15 personal semi-automatic rifle, M-16 assault rifle, M-4 carbine, derivative or related gun; the Armalite AR family and derivatives.
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- (aerospace) Initialism of sustainer engine.
- Initialism of second edition.
- (physics) Initialism of secondary electron.
- Initialism of sound effect.
- Initialism of special edition.
- (train control) Initialism of STM European.
- Abbreviation of southeast.
- (computing) Initialism of software engineering.
- (computing) Initialism of standard edition.
- the compass point midway between south and east; at 135 degrees
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noun
adj
verb
- To replace, on account of being superior to or more suitable than that which is being replaced.
- To move something, or someone, especially to forcibly move people from their homeland.
- (psychology) To repress.
- (of a floating ship) To have a weight equal to that of the water displaced.
- To put out of place; to disarrange.
- To supplant, or take the place of something or someone; to substitute.
- cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense
- take the place of or have precedence over
- terminate the employment of; discharge from an office or position
- cause to move, usually with force or pressure
phrase
name
- (US) Initialism of American Anthropological Association.
- Initialism of Agricultural Adjustment Association.
- Initialism of Access All Areas, Sony music project.
- Initialism of American Arbitration Association.
- (England) Initialism of Amateur Athletic Association of England.
- Initialism of American Airship Association.
- (US, historical, law) Initialism of Agricultural Adjustment Administration.
- Initialism of Allegheny Airlines.
- Initialism of Argentine Anticommunist Alliance.
- Initialism of Archives of American Art.
- (US, automotive) Initialism of American Automobile Association.
- (historical) Initialism of American Academy of Allergy; now the AAAAI.
- Initialism of Army Athletic Association.
- Initialism of Abortion Assistance Association.
- Initialism of ANSI Artists of America.
- Initialism of Allied Artists of America.
- (US, historical) Initialism of Actors and Artistes of America; now the AAAA or 4As.
- Initialism of Association of Accounting Administrators.
- Initialism of American Accounting Association.
- Initialism of Appraisers Association of America.
- Initialism of Agricultural Aviation Association.
- Initialism of Armenian Assembly of America.
- Initialism of American Association for Anatomy.
- Initialism of All American Aviation.
- Initialism of American Academy of Advertising.
- Initialism of American Abstract Artists.
- Initialism of American Accordionists' Association.
- Initialism of American Astronomers Association.
- Initialism of Associated Agents of America.
- Initialism of American Academy of Actuaries.
- Initialism of American Australian Association.
- Initialism of American Ambulance Association.
- Initialism of American Antarctic Association.
- (US, historical, law) Initialism of Agricultural Adjustment Act.
- (Australia, automotive) Initialism of Australian Automobile Association.
- Initialism of Association of Average Adjusters.
- Initialism of Antique Airplane Association.
- Initialism of Area-Agency on Aging.
- (UK, art, historical) Initialism of Allied Artists Association.
noun
- Initialism of airport airspace analysis.
- Initialism of Access Approval Authority.
- Initialism of astronaut-actuated abort.
- (organic chemistry) Initialism of aromatic amino acid.
- Initialism of authorization accounting activity; authorized accounting activity.
- Initialism of air avenue of approach.
- Initialism of Acquisition Approval Authority.
- Initialism of allocations, assessments, and analysis.
- Initialism of angle angle angle, a geometric proof.
- Initialism of arrival and assembly area.
- Initialism of aircraft alert area.
- Initialism of authentication, authorization and accounting.
- Initialism of aerospace engineering, applied mechanics, and aviation.
- Initialism of automated airlift analysis.
- (psychology) Initialism of animal-assisted activity.
- Initialism of AEGIS acquisition agent.
- (military) Initialism of anti-aircraft artillery.
- Initialism of adaptive array antenna.
- Initialism of alternate assembly area.
- (medicine) Initialism of abdominal aortic aneurysm.
- Initialism of attitude, awareness and accountability, a ski safety program.
- Initialism of adult album alternative.
- Initialism of accumulated adjustments account, in US Federal Income Tax.
- Initialism of airborne assault area.
- Initialism of advanced acoustic array.
- Initialism of airborne array aperture.
- Initialism of administration, authorization, and authentication, in software security.
- an aneurysm of the abdominal aorta associated with old age and hypertension
symbol
- A very narrow shoe size.
- (sports, Canada, US) The highest level of minor league baseball, often used by extension in other sports to indicate the highest level of minor league play in that sport as well.
- (video games) high-quality video game expected to sell well, typically with a large development budget.
- (finance) The highest credit rating given by debt analysis agencies such as Standard & Poor's, Moody's, and A.M. Best.
noun
- An improved component or replacement item, usually applied to technology.
- An upward grade or slope.
- An improvement.
- a reservation that is improved
- the property possessed by a slope or surface that rises
- software that provides better performance than an earlier version did
- an upward slope or grade (as in a road)
- hardware that provides better performance than an earlier version did
- the act of improving something (especially machinery) by raising it to a higher grade (as by adding or replacing components)
adv
verb
- (transitive) To improve the equipment or furnishings of or services rendered to.
- (transitive) To replace with something better.
- (transitive) To improve, usually applied to technology, generally by complete replacement of one or more components.
- (intransitive, transitive, computing) To replace a program with a later version of itself, a version having a higher version number or marketed under a more recent product name.
- (intransitive) To improve in condition or status.
- give better travel conditions to
- get better travel conditions
- give a promotion to or assign to a higher position
- rate higher; raise in value or esteem
- to improve what was old or outdated
noun
- an airplane with a bad maintenance record
- (idiomatic, slang, aviation) An aircraft which requires a great deal of regular maintenance and has an unfavorable ratio of maintenance time to flight time.
- (idiomatic, slang, military, aviation) A grounded aircraft which is kept so that its parts can be used in other aircraft.
noun
- (aviation) The process of minimizing usage of electrical power by powering down nonessential equipment following an electrical generation failure, or to reduce the risk of an electrical fire in certain situations.
- The process by which an electric utility cuts power to some customers in response to a shortage of available electricity.
- The postponement of payment of less important bills because of financial problems.
noun
- (aviation) An issue or complaint related to aircraft maintenance.
- A shrill noise, especially made by a voice or bird. If made by a bird, it typically signals discomfort or anger; a yell, scream, or call.
- The American night heron.
- (programming, informal) A warning message indicating a possible error.
- (aviation) A four-digit transponder code used by aircraft for identification or transmission of emergency signals.
- (informal) A complaint or objection.
- informal terms for objecting
- the noise of squawking
verb
- (slang, intransitive) To speak out; to protest.
- To make a squawking noise; to yell, scream, or call out shrilly.
- (slang, intransitive) To report an infraction; to rat on or tattle; to disclose a secret.
- (aviation) To set or transmit a four-digit transponder code. (Normally followed by the specific code in question.)
- (programming, intransitive, informal) To produce a warning message, indicating a possible error.
- utter a harsh abrupt scream
- complain
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verb
noun
- (aviation) A standard, modular fuselage component that can be added or removed.
- (geology) A body of once molten rock that hardened in a volcanic vent. Usually round or oval in shape.
- (fishing) A type of lure consisting of a rigid, buoyant or semi-buoyant body and one or more hooks.
- (slang) A drug dealer.
- A branch from a water-pipe to supply a hose.
- (jewelry) A short cylindrical piece of jewellery commonly worn in larger-gauge body piercings, especially in the ear.
- (US, slang) A high, tapering silk hat.
- Ellipsis of spark plug.
- (slang) A promotion (act of promoting) of a product (such as a book, film or play) or other thing, concept, etc, for example during an interview or a commercial.
- (loosely) An electric socket: wall plug.
- (US) A flat oblong cake of pressed tobacco.
- Any piece of wood, metal, or other substance used to stop or fill a hole.
- (horticulture) A small seedling grown in a tray from expanded polystyrene or polythene filled usually with a peat or compost substrate.
- A growth of protoplasm that closes the pore openings in the cells of certain algae.
- Ellipsis of fireplug (“fire hydrant”).
- (construction) A block of wood let into a wall to afford a hold for nails.
- (US, slang) A worthless horse.
- (electricity) A pronged connecting device which fits into a mating socket, especially an electrical one.
- blatant or sensational promotion
- an upright hydrant for drawing water to use in fighting a fire
- electrical device that fits into the cylinder head of an internal-combustion engine and ignites the gas by means of an electric spark
- an old or over-worked horse
- blockage consisting of an object designed to fill a hole tightly
- an electrical device with two or three pins that is inserted in a socket to make an electrical connection
- a wad of something chewable as tobacco
verb
- (transitive, slang) To ingest a drug rectally.
- (transitive, slang) To shoot (someone) with a bullet.
- (transitive, slang) To have sex with; to penetrate sexually.
- (intransitive, informal) To persist or continue with something.
- (transitive) To promote (something, especially a product or service); to mention (something) as if promoting or advertising it.
- (transitive) To stop with a plug; to make tight by stopping a hole.
- make a plug for; praise the qualities or in order to sell or promote
- persist in working hard
- deliver a quick blow to
- fill or close tightly with or as if with a plug
- replace the center of a coin with a baser metal
- insert as a plug
- insert a plug into
verb
- substitute new or modernized parts or equipment for older ones
- To supply (a device, structure, etc.) with new components or parts that were not previously available or installed; to modernize.
- provide with parts, devices, or equipment not available or in use at the time of the original manufacture
- fit in or on an existing structure, such as an older house
- (figuratively) To give new characteristics or make alterations (to someone or something) to suit them to changed circumstances.
- (intransitive) To supply a device, structure, etc., with new components or parts that were not previously available or installed.
- (computing) Synonym of backport (“to retroactively supply a fix or feature to a previous version of a software product at the same time or after supplying it to the current version.”).
- To add or substitute (new components or parts) that were not previously available for or installed in a device, structure, etc.
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- An act of supplying a device, structure, etc., with new components or parts that were not previously available or installed; a retrofitting.
- a component or accessory added to something after it has been manufactured
- the act of adding a component or accessory to something that did not have it when it was manufactured
- A change made to a device, structure, etc., by introducing components or parts that were not previously available or installed.
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- (aerospace) The shutoff of a rocket motor after exhausting its fuel or having been irreversibly throttled after the application of a planned delta-v.
- The failure of an electrical device, usually through overheating due to the application of excessive power.
- (psychology) The experience of long-term exhaustion and diminished interest, especially in one's career.
- (US, slang) Someone whose brains have figuratively been burned out by drugs.
- A person who has the experience of long-term exhaustion and diminished interest.
- (automotive) Use of the throttle to spin the wheels of a vehicle being held stationary, causing the spinning tires to produce smoke and burn rubber.
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- the art of operating aircraft
- Industry that produces aircraft.
- Flying, operating, or operation of aircraft.
- the operation of aircraft to provide transportation
- the aggregation of a country's military aircraft
- travel via aircraft
- (collectively, military) Aircraft.
- A cocktail made with gin, maraschino liqueur, crème de violette, and lemon juice.
- The art or science of making and flying aircraft.
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- (Internet) Initialism of Rich Site Summary / Really Simple Syndication (“mechanism to follow updates on other websites such as news, music, blogs, etc.”).
- (military, nautical, Singapore) Initialism of Republic of Singapore Ship (“prefix of Navy ships belonging to the Republic of Singapore Navy”).
- (Internet, deprecated) Initialism of RDF Site Summary.
- (Indian politics, Hindutva) Initialism of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (“Indian nationalist volunteer organization”).
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- aircraft; airplane
- aqua
- annus (a year)
- acre; acres
- army
- application
- adjutant
- air
- associate; association
- age; aged
- ambassador
- academy; academician
- automobile
- answer
- Americanization
- air branch
- accumulator
- artillery
- adult
- artificer
- apprentice
- atomic weight
- amplitude
- absolute temperature
- article
- acid
- alto
- anode
- attack
- amphibian
- administration
- ana; anna
- admiral
- (military) assault, as on a badge
- alfa
- airman
- address
- Angstrom
- accusative case
- accommodation
- amateur
- absorbance; absorbancy
- arctic
- author
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- A joiner's plane for making grooves.
- Alternative form of ploughland, an alternative name for a carucate or hide.
- A bookbinder's implement for trimming or shaving off the edges of books.
- (agriculture) A device pulled through the ground in order to break it open into furrows for planting.
- The use of a plough; tillage.
- Ellipsis of snowplough.
- (yoga) A yoga pose resembling a traditional plough, halāsana.
- Alternative form of Plough (Synonym of Ursa Major)
- a farm tool having one or more heavy blades to break the soil and cut a furrow prior to sowing
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- To move with force.
- (nautical) To run through, as in sailing.
- (transitive, colloquial) To knock over or run over (someone) without stopping.
- (joinery) To cut a groove in, as in a plank, or the edge of a board; especially, a rectangular groove to receive the end of a shelf or tread, the edge of a panel, a tongue, etc.
- (intransitive) To use a plough.
- (transitive, vulgar) To sexually penetrate, typically in a vigorous manner.
- (transitive) To use a plough on soil to prepare for planting.
- To furrow; to make furrows, grooves, or ridges in.
- (bookbinding) To trim, or shave off the edges of, as a book or paper, with a plough.
- to break and turn over earth especially with a plow
- move in a way resembling that of a plow cutting into or going through the soil
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- (aviation) Initialism of aerial refueling.
- (emergency medicine) Initialism of artificial respiration.
- (age regression) Initialism of age regression.
- (philately, postal) Initialism of acknowledgment of receipt.
- (sports, countable) Initialism of area record, best achievement among those by persons from a given continent.
- (meteorology) Initialism of atmospheric river.
- (uncountable, computing) Initialism of augmented reality.
- (countable, weaponry, informal) An assault rifle or automatic rifle.
- (countable) Initialism of aspect ratio.
- (biochemistry) Initialism of androgen receptor.
- Initialism of administrative rule or administrative regulation.
- (countable, sports, US) Initialism of American record, national record for the United States.
- (fandom slang) Initialism of alternate reality.
- (crime) Initialism of armed robbery.
- (uncountable or plural only, accounting) Initialism of accounts receivable.
- (law, politics) Initialism of assembly resolution.
- (countable, weaponry) An AR-15 personal semi-automatic rifle, M-16 assault rifle, M-4 carbine, derivative or related gun; the Armalite AR family and derivatives.
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- (aerospace) Initialism of sustainer engine.
- Initialism of second edition.
- (physics) Initialism of secondary electron.
- Initialism of sound effect.
- Initialism of special edition.
- (train control) Initialism of STM European.
- Abbreviation of southeast.
- (computing) Initialism of software engineering.
- (computing) Initialism of standard edition.
- the compass point midway between south and east; at 135 degrees
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- An improved component or replacement item, usually applied to technology.
- An upward grade or slope.
- An improvement.
- a reservation that is improved
- the property possessed by a slope or surface that rises
- software that provides better performance than an earlier version did
- an upward slope or grade (as in a road)
- hardware that provides better performance than an earlier version did
- the act of improving something (especially machinery) by raising it to a higher grade (as by adding or replacing components)
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- (transitive) To improve the equipment or furnishings of or services rendered to.
- (transitive) To replace with something better.
- (transitive) To improve, usually applied to technology, generally by complete replacement of one or more components.
- (intransitive, transitive, computing) To replace a program with a later version of itself, a version having a higher version number or marketed under a more recent product name.
- (intransitive) To improve in condition or status.
- give better travel conditions to
- get better travel conditions
- give a promotion to or assign to a higher position
- rate higher; raise in value or esteem
- to improve what was old or outdated
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- (countable) A living being; the fact of a particular individual being alive. (Chiefly when indicating individuals were lost (died) or saved.)
- The span of time during which an object operates.
- (uncountable, insurance) The life insurance industry.
- A particular phase or period of existence.
- The animating principle or force that keeps an inorganic thing or concept metaphorically alive (dynamic, relevant, etc) and makes it a "living document", "living constitution", etc.
- The period during which one (a person, an animal, a plant; a civilization, species; a star; etc) is alive.
- (informal) Social life.
- (colloquial) A life sentence; a period of imprisonment that lasts until the convict's death (or, sometimes, parole).
- The most lively component or participant.
- (uncountable) The state of organisms preceding their death, characterized by biological processes such as metabolism and reproduction and distinguishing them from inanimate objects; the state of being alive and living.
- An opportunity for existence.
- (countable) A life assured under a life assurance policy (equivalent to the policy itself for a single life contract).
- A period extending from a when a (positive or negative) office, punishment, etc is conferred on someone until that person dies (or, sometimes, reaches retirement age).
- A worthwhile existence.
- Animation; spirit; vivacity.
- (baseball, softball, cricket) A chance for the batter (or batting team) to bat again, given as a result of a misplay by a member of the fielding team.
- Something which is inherently part of a person's existence, such as job, family, a loved one, etc.
- Lifeforms, generally or collectively.
- A biography.
- Existence.
- A particular aspect of existence.
- (biology) The status possessed by any of a number of entities, including animals, plants, fungi, bacteria, and sometimes viruses, which have the properties of replication and metabolism.
- (video games) One of the player's chances to play, lost when the player's character dies or when certain mistakes are made.
- Nature, reality, and the forms that exist in it.
- The period of time during which an object is recognizable.
- One of a player's chances to play in various children's playground games, lost when a mistake is made, for example being struck by the ball in dodgeball.
- animation and energy in action or expression
- a characteristic state or mode of living
- a prison term lasting as long as the prisoner lives
- the period during which something is functional (as between birth and death)
- the experience of being alive; the course of human events and activities
- the course of existence of an individual; the actions and events that occur in living
- a living person
- living things collectively
- the condition of living or the state of being alive
- the organic phenomenon that distinguishes living organisms from nonliving ones
- a motive for living
- an account of the series of events making up a person's life
- the period from the present until death
- the period between birth and the present time
verb
- substitute new or modernized parts or equipment for older ones
- To supply (a device, structure, etc.) with new components or parts that were not previously available or installed; to modernize.
- provide with parts, devices, or equipment not available or in use at the time of the original manufacture
- fit in or on an existing structure, such as an older house
- (figuratively) To give new characteristics or make alterations (to someone or something) to suit them to changed circumstances.
- (intransitive) To supply a device, structure, etc., with new components or parts that were not previously available or installed.
- (computing) Synonym of backport (“to retroactively supply a fix or feature to a previous version of a software product at the same time or after supplying it to the current version.”).
- To add or substitute (new components or parts) that were not previously available for or installed in a device, structure, etc.
noun
- An act of supplying a device, structure, etc., with new components or parts that were not previously available or installed; a retrofitting.
- a component or accessory added to something after it has been manufactured
- the act of adding a component or accessory to something that did not have it when it was manufactured
- A change made to a device, structure, etc., by introducing components or parts that were not previously available or installed.
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- operate an airplane
- be dispersed or disseminated
- pass away rapidly
- display in the air or cause to float
- move quickly or suddenly
- change quickly from one emotional state to another
- hit a fly
- travel over (an area of land or sea) in an aircraft
- cause to fly or float
- travel in an airplane
- run away quickly
- decrease rapidly and disappear
- transport by aeroplane
- travel through the air; be airborne
- (transitive, ergative) To display (a flag) on a flagpole.
- (intransitive, entomology, of a type of moth or butterfly) To be in the winged adult stage.
- (intransitive, baseball) To hit a fly ball; to hit a fly ball that is caught for an out. Compare ground (verb) and line (verb).
- (intransitive) To travel through the air, another gas, or a vacuum, without being in contact with a grounded surface.
- (intransitive) To travel or proceed very fast; to hasten.
- (transitive, ergative) To cause to fly (travel or float in the air): to transport via air or the like.
- (intransitive) To move suddenly, or with violence; to do an act suddenly or swiftly.
- (intransitive, colloquial, of a proposal, project or idea) To be accepted, come about or work out.
- (intransitive) To proceed with great success.
- (transitive) To hunt with a hawk.
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- fisherman's lure consisting of a fishhook decorated to look like an insect
- an opening in a garment that is closed by a zipper or by buttons concealed under a fold of cloth
- (baseball) a hit that flies up in the air
- flap consisting of a piece of canvas that can be drawn back to provide entrance to a tent
- two-winged insects characterized by active flight
- (often plural) A strip of material (sometimes hiding zippers or buttons) at the front of a pair of trousers, pants, underpants, bootees, etc.
- The pair of arms revolving around the bobbin, in a spinning wheel or spinning frame, to twist the yarn.
- A vibrating frame with fingers, attached to a power printing press for doing the same work.
- The horizontal length of a flag.
- A piece of canvas that covers the opening at the front of a tent.
- (weightlifting) A chest exercise performed by moving extended arms from the sides to in front of the chest. (also flye)
- (weaving) A shuttle driven through the shed by a blow or jerk.
- An act of flying.
- (historical) A type of small, light, fast horse-drawn carriage that can be hired for transportation (sometimes pluralised flys).
- (preceded by definite article) A simple dance in which the hands are shaken in the air, popular in the 1960s.
- (American football) Ellipsis of fly route.
- The person who took the printed sheets from the press.
- The moving portion of an extendable ladder.
- Alternative form of vly (“swamp (in New York)”).
- Two or more vanes set on a revolving axis, to act as a fanner, or to equalize or impede the motion of machinery by the resistance of the air, as in the striking part of a clock.
- (weightlifting) An exercise that involves wide opening and closing of the arms perpendicular to the shoulders.
- (nautical) That part of a compass on which the points are marked; the compass card.
- (fishing) A lightweight fishing lure resembling an insect.
- Any similar but not closely related insect, such as a dragonfly, butterfly, or gallfly.
- (cotton manufacture) Waste cotton.
- (finance) A butterfly (combination of four options).
- One of the upper screens of a stage in a theatre.
- (baseball) A fly ball.
- (rustic, Scotland, Northern England) A wing.
- The part of a weather vane pointing the direction from which the wind blows.
- (swimming) The butterfly stroke (plural is normally flys).
- In a knitting machine, the piece hinged to the needle, which holds the engaged loop in position while the needle is penetrating another loop; a latch.
- (zoology) Any insect of the order Diptera; characterized by having two wings (except for some wingless species), also called true flies.
- Ellipsis of flywheel.
- The free edge of a flag.
- (non-technical) Especially, any of the insects of the family Muscidae, such as the common housefly (other families of Diptera include mosquitoes and midges).
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- operate an airplane
- act as the navigator in a car, plane, or vessel and plan, direct, plot the path and position of the conveyance
- (transitive) To guide (a vessel) through coastal waters.
- (transitive) To control (an aircraft or watercraft).
- (transitive) To guide or conduct (a person) somewhere.
- (rail transport, of a locomotive) To serve as the leading locomotive on a double-headed train.
- (transitive) To test or have a preliminary trial of (an idea, a new product, television show, etc.)
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- a person qualified to guide ships through difficult waters going into or out of a harbor
- small auxiliary gas burner that provides a flame to ignite a larger gas burner
- something that serves as a model or a basis for making copies
- an inclined metal frame at the front of a locomotive to clear the track
- a program exemplifying a contemplated series; intended to attract sponsors
- someone who is licensed to operate an aircraft in flight
- One who flies a kite.
- A pilot light.
- A short plug, sometimes made interchangeable, at the end of a counterbore to guide the tool.
- A person who steers a ship, a helmsman.
- (Australia, road transport, informal) A pilot vehicle.
- (aviation) A person who is in charge of the controls of an aircraft.
- Something serving as a test or trial.
- (mining) The heading or excavation of relatively small dimensions, first made in the driving of a larger tunnel.
- An instrument for detecting the compass error.
- (telecommunications, often attributive) A tone or signal, usually a single frequency, transmitted over a communications system for control or synchronization purposes.
- A guide book for maritime navigation.
- A person who knows well the depths, shoals, and currents of a harbor or coastal area, who is hired by a vessel to help navigate the harbor or coast.
- (television) A sample episode of a proposed TV series produced to decide if it should be made or not. If approved, typically the first episode of an actual TV series.
- (Australia, road transport) A person authorised to drive such a vehicle during an escort.
- (rail transport) A cowcatcher.
- A guide or escort through an unknown or dangerous area.
- (Europe, motor racing) A racing driver.
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- To replace, on account of being superior to or more suitable than that which is being replaced.
- To move something, or someone, especially to forcibly move people from their homeland.
- (psychology) To repress.
- (of a floating ship) To have a weight equal to that of the water displaced.
- To put out of place; to disarrange.
- To supplant, or take the place of something or someone; to substitute.
- cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense
- take the place of or have precedence over
- terminate the employment of; discharge from an office or position
- cause to move, usually with force or pressure