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- (computing) A processor's instruction set.
- The set of skills, abilities, experiences, etc., possessed by a person.
- An amount, body, or collection of something.
- (computing) An abstract set of characters, independent of their encoding.
- The set of vocalisations used by a bird.
- A list of dramas, operas, pieces, parts, etc., which a company or a person has rehearsed and is prepared to perform or display.
- the entire range of skills or aptitudes or devices used in a particular field or occupation
- a collection of works (plays, songs, operas, ballets) that an artist or company can perform and do perform for short intervals on a regular schedule
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- (Australia, euphemistic, countable) Bastard.
- The alternate or secondary part, such as the back side of a phonograph record. Contrasted with ‘A’, which is the primary part.
- (chess) Abbreviation of bishop.
- (cricket) The number of balls faced by a batsman.
- (music) The seventh note in the C major scale.
- The quantity one billion (1,000,000,000), usually used to signify a sum of money.
- (euphemistic, countable) Bitch.
- (music) Bass.
- A personality type describing people who are relaxed and easygoing and able to engage in leisure activities without worrying about work.
- Signifies a second-tier or second class of a given commodity, group, or category, as in B-movie, B-list, etc.
- (immunology, countable) A B cell.
- (British) The grade of pencil, “black”, that makes darker marks than grade HB but lighter marks than grade 2B; a pencil with soft lead.
- (chiefly African-American Vernacular, MLE) Abbreviation of blood or blud: used to address a friend, especially a male.
- An academic grade, better than a C and worse than an A.
- originally thought to be a single vitamin but now separated into several B vitamins
- aerobic rod-shaped spore-producing bacterium; often occurring in chainlike formations; found primarily in soil
- a trivalent metalloid element; occurs both in a hard black crystal and in the form of a yellow or brown powder
- a logarithmic unit of sound intensity equal to 10 decibels
- the 2nd letter of the Roman alphabet
- the blood group whose red cells carry the B antigen
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- (computing) A sequence of 12 adjacent bits, serving as a byte in some computers.
- (geometry) A region between two parallel lines in the Euclidean plane, or between two parallel planes in three-dimensional Euclidean space, or between two hyperplanes in higher dimensions.
- An outside piece taken from a log or timber when sawing it into boards, planks, etc.
- (construction) A poured-concrete foundation for a building.
- (physical geography) Ellipsis of slab avalanche.
- A paving stone; a flagstone.
- (geology) Part of a tectonic plate that is being, or has been, subducted.
- (programming) The amount by which a cache can grow or shrink, used in memory allocation.
- (US, slang) A large, luxury pre-1980 General Motors vehicle, particularly a Buick, Oldsmobile, or Cadillac.
- (nautical) The slack part of a sail.
- (Southern US, slang) A car that has been modified with equipment such as loudspeakers, lights, special paint, hydraulics, and other accessories.
- A flat, sealed plastic case that encloses a flat collector's item, such as a coin or a trading card.
- A large, flat piece of solid material; a solid object that is large and flat.
- (surfing) A very large wave.
- (Australia) A carton containing 24 cans (chiefly of beer).
- (taxation, especially India) Any of the several portions or tiers in a tax rate plan.
- block consisting of a thick piece of something
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- (computing) An incomplete portion of code.
- (biology) A split piece of an organism that has undergone the asexual reproduction process where the organism splits into one or more pieces, then those pieces become new individuals.
- A part broken off; a small, detached portion; an imperfect part, either physically or not
- (grammar) A sentence not containing a subject or a predicate; a sentence fragment.
- (Internet) A portion of a URL referring to a subordinate resource or anchor (such as a specific point on a web page), introduced by the # sign.
- an incomplete piece
- a broken piece of a brittle artifact
- a piece broken off or cut off of something else
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- (intransitive) To break apart.
- (transitive) To cause to be broken into pieces.
- (transitive, computing) To break up and disperse (a file) into non-contiguous areas of a disk.
- (intransitive, biology) Of an organism: to undergo the asexual reproduction process where an organism spilts into one or more pieces, then those pieces become new individuals.
- break or cause to break into pieces
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- (computing) The bit or digit that is carried in an addition operation.
- (golf) The distance travelled by the ball when struck, until it hits the ground.
- (finance) Carried interest.
- (UK, dialect) The sky; cloud-drift.
- A tract of land over which boats or goods are carried between two bodies of navigable water; a portage.
- (finance) The benefit or cost of owning an asset over time.
- A manner of transporting or lifting something; the grip or position in which something is carried.
- the act of carrying something
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- To contain; to comprise; have a particular aspect; to show or exhibit
- (transitive) To stock or supply (something); to have in store.
- To succeed in (e.g. a contest); to succeed in; to win.
- To hold the head; said of a horse.
- (transitive) To notionally transfer from one place (such as a country, book, or column) to another.
- (reflexive) To bear (oneself); to behave or conduct.
- (transitive) To convey by extension or continuance; to extend.
- (transitive) To adopt (something); take (something) over.
- (slang, transitive) To insult, to diss.
- (transitive) To have on one’s person.
- (Southern US) To physically transport (in the general sense, not necessarily by lifting)
- (intransitive) To have a weapon on one's person; to be armed.
- (Canada, US) To bear a firearm, such as a gun.
- (transitive) To adopt or resolve on, especially in a deliberative assembly
- (transitive) To have, hold, possess or maintain (something).
- (gaming, sports) (transitive or, rarely, intransitive) To be disproportionately responsible for a team's success or for counteracting teammates' underperformance.
- (transitive, nautical) To capture a ship by coming alongside and boarding.
- (transitive, sports) To transport (the ball) whilst maintaining possession.
- To bear or uphold successfully, especially through conflict, for example a leader or principle
- To bear the charges or burden of holding or having, as stocks, merchandise, etc., from one time to another.
- (transitive) To lead or guide.
- To have propulsive power; to propel.
- (hunting) To have earth or frost stick to the feet when running, as a hare.
- To be pregnant (with).
- (intransitive) To be transmitted; to travel.
- (intransitive, cricket) For the ball, having been hit in the air, to reach a fielder without touching the ground (whether or not the fielder catches it).
- (transitive) To lift (something) and take it to another place; to transport (something) by lifting.
- (transitive, arithmetic) In an addition, to transfer the quantity in excess of what is countable in the units in a column to the column immediately to the left in order to be added there.
- pursue a line of scent or be a bearer
- include as the content; broadcast or publicize
- include, as on a list
- support or hold in a certain manner
- have or possess something abstract
- sing or play against other voices or parts
- contain or hold; have within
- transmit or serve as the medium for transmission
- be able to feed
- behave in a certain manner; show a certain behavior; conduct or comport oneself
- secure the passage or adoption (of bills and motions)
- be pregnant with
- win approval or support for
- propel or give impetus to
- transfer (a number, cipher, or remainder) to the next column or unit's place before or after, in addition or multiplication
- have on the surface or on the skin
- transfer (entries) from one account book to another
- extend to a certain degree
- pass on a communication
- cover a certain distance or advance beyond
- have with oneself; have on one's person
- serve as a means for expressing something
- drink alcohol without showing ill effects
- be successful in
- have as an inherent or characteristic feature or have as a consequence
- be conveyed over a certain distance
- move while supporting, either in a vehicle or in one's hands or on one's body
- compensate for a weaker partner or member by one's own performance
- capture after a fight
- be necessarily associated with or result in or involve
- keep up with financial support
- win in an election
- be equipped with (a mast or sail)
- propel
- take further or advance
- have on hand
- continue or extend
- bear or be able to bear the weight, pressure,or responsibility of
- have a certain range
- bear (a crop)
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- (computing) A bit shift.
- (historical) A type of women's undergarment of dress length worn under dresses or skirts, a slip or chemise.
- (music) In violin-playing, any position of the left hand except that nearest the nut.
- (computing) A control code or character used to change between different character sets.
- An act of shifting; a slight movement or change.
- (baseball) An infield shift.
- A movement to do something, a beginning.
- (construction) The extent, or arrangement, of the overlapping of plank, brick, stones, etc., that are placed in courses so as to break joints.
- (computing) An instance of the use of such a code or character.
- A simple straight-hanging, loose-fitting dress.
- (US) The gear mechanism in a motor vehicle.
- A period of time in which one's consciousness resides in another reality, usually achieved through meditation or other means.
- Alternative spelling of Shift (“a modifier button of computer keyboards”).
- (British slang) be done; ruined
- (Ireland, crude slang, often with the definite article, usually uncountable) The act of kissing passionately.
- (genetics) A mutation in which the DNA or RNA from two different sources (such as viruses or bacteria) combine.
- A change of workers, now specifically a set group of workers or period of working time.
- (mining) A breaking off and dislocation of a seam; a fault.
- a qualitative change
- the act of moving from one place to another
- an event in which something is displaced without rotation
- a woman's sleeveless undergarment
- the act of changing one thing or position for another
- (geology) a crack in the earth's crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other
- a crew of workers who work for a specific period of time
- the key on the typewriter keyboard that shifts from lower-case letters to upper-case letters
- a loose-fitting dress hanging straight from the shoulders without a waist
- the time period during which you are at work
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- (transitive, sometimes figurative) To move from one place to another; to redistribute.
- (typewriters) To move the keys of a typewriter over in order to type capital letters or special characters.
- (ergative, figurative) To change in form or character; switch.
- (computer keyboards) To switch to a character entry mode for capital letters or special characters.
- (intransitive) To use meditation or other means to change the reality that one's consciousness resides in.
- (intransitive, India) To change residence; to leave and live elsewhere.
- (transitive, computing) To manipulate a binary number by moving all of its digits left or right; compare rotate.
- (Ireland, vulgar, slang, transitive) To engage in sexual petting with.
- (intransitive) To practice indirect or evasive methods; to contrive.
- (intransitive) To hurry; to move quickly.
- (intransitive) To change gears (in an automobile).
- (Minecraft, video games) To crouch in game, especially if the shift key is pressed to initiate crouching.
- (Nigeria, slang) To steal or kidnap.
- (transitive, computing) To remove (the first value from an array).
- (transitive) To dispose of, remove.
- (intransitive, sometimes reflexive and figurative) To change position; to move.
- (intransitive, music) In violin-playing, to move the left hand from its original position next to the nut.
- change gears
- change place or direction
- move around
- make a shift in or exchange of
- change in quality
- move very slightly
- move and exchange for another
- use a shift key on a keyboard
- move abruptly
- move sideways or in an unsteady way
- lay aside, abandon, or leave for another
- change phonetically as part of a systematic historical change
- move from one setting or context to another
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- (computing) An antipattern.
- (figurative) A potential, unsuspected, hidden problem, hazard, or danger that is easily encountered but not immediately obvious.
- (literal) A type of trap consisting of a concealed pit in the ground, which the victim is supposed to fall into and not be able to get out from.
- (mining) Subsidence below ground in a mine, which can cause the ground level above to drop.
- an unforeseen or unexpected or surprising difficulty
- a trap in the form of a concealed hole
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- (computing) A piece of clip art.
- A trusted middleman or intermediary, especially in espionage.
- (telegraphy) A switch that changes the current from one circuit to another, or for shortening a circuit.
- A free-standing, rigid print (usually life-sized), often displayed for promotional purposes; a standee.
- (US) A railway cutting.
- (electronics) Any of several devices that halt the flow of a current, especially an electric current; a trip-switch or trip.
- A hole or space produced when something is removed by cutting.
- (US, agriculture) The separation of a group of cattle from a herd; the place where they are collected.
- A piece cut out of something.
- A kind of cookie produced in a certain shape by use of a cookie cutter.
- An item of clothing, such as a dress or shoe, designed with portions cut away.
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- (computing) Initialism of processing unit.
- Initialism of penalty unit.
- Initialism of power unit.
- (broadcasting) Initialism of pickup.
- (Internet slang) Initialism of pickup (as in pickup artist).
- (organic chemistry) Initialism of polyurethane.
- (linguistics) Initialism of prosodic unit (IU for intonation unit is preferred).
- Abbreviation of Punjab: a state of India.
- any of various polymers containing the urethane radical; a wide variety of synthetic forms are made and used as adhesives or plastics or paints or rubber
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- (computer graphics, music, by extension, proscribed) Originating from or resembling the art or music of the 8-bit computer era and subsequent eras.
- (computer graphics, music) Originating from or resembling the art or music of the 8-bit computer era.
- (computing) Of a word size or an integer, represented using units of 8 bits (1 byte).
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- (computing) A rectangular graphic.
- Any of various flat cuboid playing pieces used in certain games, such as dominoes, Scrabble, or mahjong.
- A regularly-shaped slab of clay or other material, affixed to cover or decorate a surface, as in a roof-tile, glazed tile, stove tile, carpet tile, etc.
- (Lego building) A Lego piece that is 1/3 the height of a brick, and is smooth without studs on top.
- a flat thin rectangular slab (as of fired clay or rubber or linoleum) used to cover surfaces
- a thin flat slab of fired clay used for roofing
- game equipment consisting of a flat thin piece marked with characters and used in board games like Mah-Jong, Scrabble, etc.
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- To protect from the intrusion of the uninitiated.
- (transitive) To cover with tiles.
- (graphical user interface) To arrange in a regular pattern, with adjoining edges (applied to tile-like objects, graphics, windows in a computer interface).
- (computing theory) To optimize (a loop in program code) by means of the tiling technique.
- (Freemasonry) To seal a lodge against intrusions from unauthorised people.
- cover with tiles
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- (computing) A brief and simple program.
- (linguistics) A system of writing adapted to a particular language or set of languages.
- (psychology) Ellipsis of behavioral script, a sequence of actions in a given situation.
- (countable, law) An original instrument or document.
- (countable) The written document containing the dialogue and action for a drama; the text of a stage play, movie, or other performance. Especially, the final form used for the performance itself.
- (countable) A writing; a written document.
- (informal) Clipping of prescription (for drugs or medicine).
- (typography) Type made in imitation of handwriting.
- Written characters; style of writing.
- (computing) A file containing a list of user commands, allowing them to be invoked once to execute in sequence.
- a particular orthography or writing system
- a written version of a play or other dramatic composition; used in preparing for a performance
- something written by hand
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- (computing) Initialism of instruction pointer (CPU register).
- (computing) Initialism of insertion point (where text, etc. will be added in a document).
- (medicine) Initialism of incontinentia pigmenti.
- (US, military, slang) Initialism of Irish pennant.
- (law, countable, uncountable) Initialism of intellectual property.
- (cryptography) Initialism of initial permutation.
- (baseball, countable, invariant) Initialism of innings pitched (“the statistic reporting the number of innings pitched by a pitcher”).
- (law enforcement) Initialism of injured party.
- (biology, uncountable) Initialism of immunoprecipitation.
- (Internet) Ellipsis of IP address.
- (law, uncountable) Initialism of Indigenous peoples.
- (US, military, initialism, slang) An Iraqi police officer, or the Iraqi police as a whole.
- (motion picture, countable) Initialism of interpositive.
- (medicine) Abbreviation of inpatient.
- Initialism of instrument panel.
- (wiki jargon, chiefly Wikimedia jargon, metonymic) An unregistered user identified by their IP address.
- (grammar, X-bar theory) Initialism of inflectional phrase.
- the sciences concerned with gathering, manipulating, storing, retrieving, and classifying recorded information
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- (computing, programming) A pattern of bits used in bitwise operations; bitmask.
- A cover, or partial cover, for the face, used for disguise or protection.
- (UK dialectal) Mash.
- A festive entertainment of dancing or other diversions, where all wear masks; a masquerade.
- (heraldry) The head of a fox, shown face-on and cut off immediately behind the ears.
- (computer graphics) A two-color (black and white) bitmap generated from an image, used to create transparency in the image.
- (UK dialectal, Scotland) The mesh of a net; a net; net-bag.
- (zoology) The lower lip of the larva of a dragonfly, modified so as to form a prehensile organ.
- (fortification) In a permanent fortification, a redoubt which protects the caponiere.
- That which disguises; a pretext or subterfuge.
- Mesh.
- (poetic) Appearance, likeness.
- (publishing, film) A flat covering used to block off an unwanted portion of a scene or image.
- (fortification) A screen for a battery.
- (architecture) A grotesque head or face, used to adorn keystones and other prominent parts, to spout water in fountains, and the like.
- A person wearing a mask.
- a party of guests wearing costumes and masks
- a protective covering worn over the face
- a covering to disguise or conceal the face
- activity that tries to conceal something
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- (transitive, computing) To set or unset (certain bits, or binary digits, within a value) by means of a bitmask.
- (transitive, UK dialectal) To bewilder; confuse.
- (transitive, military) To conceal; also, to intervene in the line of.
- (UK dialectal, Scotland, Cumbria, Geordie, Northumbria, Durham) To prepare tea in a teapot; alternative to brew.
- (transitive, military) To cover or keep in check.
- (intransitive) To put on a mask; to wear a mask.
- (transitive, UK dialectal) (brewing) To mix malt with hot water to yield wort.
- (transitive) To conceal from view or knowledge; to cover; to hide.
- (transitive, Scotland, Cumbria, Geordie, Northumbria, Durham dialectal) To be infused or steeped.
- (intransitive) To take part as a masker in a masquerade.
- (transitive) To disguise as something else.
- (transitive) To cover or shield something, or a portion of something, so as to prevent reproduction or to safeguard the surface from the colors used when working with an air brush or painting.
- (transitive) To cover (the face or something else), in order to conceal the identity or protect against injury; to cover with a mask or visor.
- (transitive, computing) To disable (an interrupt, etc.) by setting or unsetting the associated bit.
- (Scotland, Northern England, rare, of clouds, the weather, a storm, etc) To prepare (to storm).
- (intransitive) To conceal or disguise one's autism; to learn, practice, and perform certain behaviors and suppress others in order to appear more neurotypical.
- (transitive, UK dialectal) To mash.
- hide under a false appearance
- make unrecognizable
- shield from light
- cover with a sauce
- put a mask on or cover with a mask
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- (computing) A computer program.
- (politics) A set of principal goals which someone, especially a political party or candidate, supports.
- (broadcasting) A performance of a show or other broadcast on radio or television.
- (especially in the phrase "get with the program") A particular mindset or method of doing things.
- (music, computing) A custom tracklist.
- A leaflet listing information about a play, game or other activity.
- A set of structured activities; a plan of action.
- an announcement of the events that will occur as part of a theatrical or sporting event
- a radio or television show
- a series of steps to be carried out or goals to be accomplished
- a performance (or series of performances) at a public presentation
- an integrated course of academic studies
- a system of projects or services intended to meet a public need
- (computer science) a sequence of instructions that a computer can interpret and execute
- a document stating the aims and principles of a political party
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- (transitive) To cause to automatically behave in a particular way.
- (broadcasting) To schedule the programming; to determine what will be broadcast.
- (transitive) To put together the schedule of an event.
- (transitive) To enter a program or other instructions into (a computer or other electronic device) to instruct it to do a particular task.
- (transitive) To develop (software) by writing program code.
- arrange a program of or for
- write a computer program
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- (computing) A kind of lightweight thread of execution.
- (countable) A single elongated piece of a given material, roughly round in cross-section, often twisted with other fibers to form thread.
- (figuratively) Moral strength and resolve.
- Dietary fiber.
- (mathematics) The preimage of a given point in the range of a map.
- (category theory) The pullback of a morphism along a global element (called the fiber of the morphism over the global element).
- (cytology) A long tubular cell found in bodily tissue.
- (textiles) A material whose length is at least 1000 times its width.
- (uncountable) A material in the form of fibers.
- a leatherlike material made by compressing layers of paper or cloth
- coarse, indigestible plant food low in nutrients; its bulk stimulates intestinal peristalsis
- the inherent complex of attributes that determines a persons moral and ethical actions and reactions
- a slender and greatly elongated substance capable of being spun into yarn
- any of several elongated, threadlike cells (especially a muscle fiber or a nerve fiber)
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- (computing) A kind of lightweight thread of execution.
- Moral strength and resolve.
- (mathematics) The preimage of a given point in the range of a map.
- (cytology) A long tubular cell found in bodily tissue.
- (category theory) Said to be of a morphism over a global element: The pullback of the said morphism along the said global element.
- (uncountable) Material in the form of fibres.
- Dietary fibre.
- (countable) A single piece of a given material, elongated and roughly round in cross-section, often twisted with other fibres to form thread.
- a leatherlike material made by compressing layers of paper or cloth
- coarse, indigestible plant food low in nutrients; its bulk stimulates intestinal peristalsis
- the inherent complex of attributes that determines a persons moral and ethical actions and reactions
- a slender and greatly elongated substance capable of being spun into yarn
- any of several elongated, threadlike cells (especially a muscle fiber or a nerve fiber)
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- (computing) A pointer.
- (set theory) A small model of (a fragment of) Zermelo-Fraenkel set theory with desirable properties (depending on the context).
- (historical) A small cushion for a woman's hair.
- A quiet or shy person.
- A match used in firing guns or blasting.
- (computing) An input device that is moved over a pad or other flat surface to produce a corresponding movement of a pointer on a graphical display.
- (nautical) A turn or lashing of spun yarn or small stuff, or a metallic clasp or fastening, uniting the point and shank of a hook to prevent its unhooking or straightening out.
- Part of a hind leg of beef, next to the round.
- A rodent, typically having a small body, dark fur, and a long tail.
- Any small rodent of the genus Mus.
- (boxing) A facial hematoma or black eye.
- a hand-operated electronic device that controls the coordinates of a cursor on your computer screen as you move it around on a pad; on the bottom of the device is a ball that rolls on the surface of the pad
- person who is quiet or timid
- a swollen bruise caused by a blow to the eye
- any of numerous small rodents typically resembling diminutive rats having pointed snouts and small ears on elongated bodies with slender usually hairless tails
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- (intransitive) To hunt or catch mice (the rodents), usually of cats. [from 12th c.]
- (intransitive, computing) To navigate by means of a computer mouse.
- (intransitive) To move cautiously or furtively, in the manner of a mouse (the rodent) (frequently used in the phrasal verb to mouse around).
- (transitive, nautical) To close the mouth of a hook by a careful binding of marline or wire.
- manipulate the mouse of a computer
- to go stealthily or furtively
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- (computing) A byte of eight bits. Abbreviation: o
- (computing, rare) A group of three bits, representing any of eight possible values.
- A group or set of eight of something.
- (music) A composition for such a group of musicians.
- (music) A group of eight musicians performing together.
- the cardinal number that is the sum of seven and one
- a musical composition written for eight performers
- a set of eight similar things considered as a unit
- eight performers or singers who perform together
- eight people considered as a unit
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- (computing) An instance of scanning.
- Of written things, a careful reading.
- Of written things, a cursory reading: a skim.
- (functional programming) A higher-order function that applies a binary operation to a sequence of values, starting with an accumulator, and returns a new sequence with the results.
- (computing) The result or output of a scanning process.
- the act of scanning; systematic examination of a prescribed region
- an image produced by scanning
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- (computing, transitive) To read with an electronic device.
- (computing, transitive) To inspect, analyse or go over, often to find something.
- (computing, transitive) To perform lexical analysis; to tokenize.
- (poetry, intransitive) To conform to a metrical structure.
- (poetry, transitive) To read or mark so as to show a specific metre.
- (transitive) To look about for; to look over quickly.
- (computing, medicine, transitive) To create an image of something with the use of a scanner.
- (transitive) To examine sequentially, carefully, or critically; to scrutinize; to behold closely.
- examine hastily
- obtain data from magnetic tapes or other digital sources
- read metrically
- move a light beam over; in electronics, to reproduce an image
- examine minutely or intensely
- make a wide, sweeping search of
- conform to a metrical pattern
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- a small byte
- gentle biting
- (figurative) A slight show of interest in something, such as a commercial opportunity or a proposal.
- An act of taking a small, quick bite, or several of such bites, especially with the front teeth; the bite or bites so taken.
- (computing) A unit of memory equal to half a byte, or chiefly four bits.
- A light bite of a person or animal, or part of their body, especially one which is loving or playful; a nip.
- An amount of food that is or can be taken into the mouth through a small bite; a small mouthful.
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- bite off very small pieces
- eat intermittently; take small bites of
- bite gently
- To make (a hole in something) through small bites.
- To make (one's way) through or while taking small bites.
- Chiefly followed by into or to: to cause (something) to be in a certain state through small bites.
- Chiefly followed by at, away, or on: to take a small, quick bite, or several of such bites; to eat (at frequent intervals) with small, quick bites.
- Chiefly followed by at: to show slight interest in something, such as a commercial opportunity or a proposal.
- To remove (small pieces) from glass, tile, etc., with a tool; also, to remove small pieces from (glass, tile, etc.) with a tool.
- To take a small, quick bite, or several of such bites, of (something).
- Followed by away at: to reduce or use up gradually; to eat.
- To lightly bite (a person or animal, or part of their body), especially in a loving or playful manner; to nip.
- (road transport) Synonym of tramline (“of a vehicle: to tend to follow the contours of the ground with its wheels”).
- (cricket, informal) Followed by at: of a batter: to make an indecisive attempt to bat a ball bowled outside the off stump.
- To lightly bite, especially in a loving or playful manner.
- Followed by away, off, etc.: to remove (something) through small bites.
noun
- (computing) A short sequence of bits (binary digits) that can be operated on as a unit by a computer; the smallest usable machine word.
- (computing, most commonly) A unit of computing storage equal to eight bits, which can represent any of 256 distinct values.
- a sequence of 8 bits (enough to represent one character of alphanumeric data) processed as a single unit of information
noun
- (computing) A processor's instruction set.
- The set of skills, abilities, experiences, etc., possessed by a person.
- An amount, body, or collection of something.
- (computing) An abstract set of characters, independent of their encoding.
- The set of vocalisations used by a bird.
- A list of dramas, operas, pieces, parts, etc., which a company or a person has rehearsed and is prepared to perform or display.
- the entire range of skills or aptitudes or devices used in a particular field or occupation
- a collection of works (plays, songs, operas, ballets) that an artist or company can perform and do perform for short intervals on a regular schedule
noun
- (computing) A sequence of 12 adjacent bits, serving as a byte in some computers.
- (geometry) A region between two parallel lines in the Euclidean plane, or between two parallel planes in three-dimensional Euclidean space, or between two hyperplanes in higher dimensions.
- An outside piece taken from a log or timber when sawing it into boards, planks, etc.
- (construction) A poured-concrete foundation for a building.
- (physical geography) Ellipsis of slab avalanche.
- A paving stone; a flagstone.
- (geology) Part of a tectonic plate that is being, or has been, subducted.
- (programming) The amount by which a cache can grow or shrink, used in memory allocation.
- (US, slang) A large, luxury pre-1980 General Motors vehicle, particularly a Buick, Oldsmobile, or Cadillac.
- (nautical) The slack part of a sail.
- (Southern US, slang) A car that has been modified with equipment such as loudspeakers, lights, special paint, hydraulics, and other accessories.
- A flat, sealed plastic case that encloses a flat collector's item, such as a coin or a trading card.
- A large, flat piece of solid material; a solid object that is large and flat.
- (surfing) A very large wave.
- (Australia) A carton containing 24 cans (chiefly of beer).
- (taxation, especially India) Any of the several portions or tiers in a tax rate plan.
- block consisting of a thick piece of something
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- (computing) An incomplete portion of code.
- (biology) A split piece of an organism that has undergone the asexual reproduction process where the organism splits into one or more pieces, then those pieces become new individuals.
- A part broken off; a small, detached portion; an imperfect part, either physically or not
- (grammar) A sentence not containing a subject or a predicate; a sentence fragment.
- (Internet) A portion of a URL referring to a subordinate resource or anchor (such as a specific point on a web page), introduced by the # sign.
- an incomplete piece
- a broken piece of a brittle artifact
- a piece broken off or cut off of something else
verb
- (intransitive) To break apart.
- (transitive) To cause to be broken into pieces.
- (transitive, computing) To break up and disperse (a file) into non-contiguous areas of a disk.
- (intransitive, biology) Of an organism: to undergo the asexual reproduction process where an organism spilts into one or more pieces, then those pieces become new individuals.
- break or cause to break into pieces
noun
- (computing) The bit or digit that is carried in an addition operation.
- (golf) The distance travelled by the ball when struck, until it hits the ground.
- (finance) Carried interest.
- (UK, dialect) The sky; cloud-drift.
- A tract of land over which boats or goods are carried between two bodies of navigable water; a portage.
- (finance) The benefit or cost of owning an asset over time.
- A manner of transporting or lifting something; the grip or position in which something is carried.
- the act of carrying something
verb
- To contain; to comprise; have a particular aspect; to show or exhibit
- (transitive) To stock or supply (something); to have in store.
- To succeed in (e.g. a contest); to succeed in; to win.
- To hold the head; said of a horse.
- (transitive) To notionally transfer from one place (such as a country, book, or column) to another.
- (reflexive) To bear (oneself); to behave or conduct.
- (transitive) To convey by extension or continuance; to extend.
- (transitive) To adopt (something); take (something) over.
- (slang, transitive) To insult, to diss.
- (transitive) To have on one’s person.
- (Southern US) To physically transport (in the general sense, not necessarily by lifting)
- (intransitive) To have a weapon on one's person; to be armed.
- (Canada, US) To bear a firearm, such as a gun.
- (transitive) To adopt or resolve on, especially in a deliberative assembly
- (transitive) To have, hold, possess or maintain (something).
- (gaming, sports) (transitive or, rarely, intransitive) To be disproportionately responsible for a team's success or for counteracting teammates' underperformance.
- (transitive, nautical) To capture a ship by coming alongside and boarding.
- (transitive, sports) To transport (the ball) whilst maintaining possession.
- To bear or uphold successfully, especially through conflict, for example a leader or principle
- To bear the charges or burden of holding or having, as stocks, merchandise, etc., from one time to another.
- (transitive) To lead or guide.
- To have propulsive power; to propel.
- (hunting) To have earth or frost stick to the feet when running, as a hare.
- To be pregnant (with).
- (intransitive) To be transmitted; to travel.
- (intransitive, cricket) For the ball, having been hit in the air, to reach a fielder without touching the ground (whether or not the fielder catches it).
- (transitive) To lift (something) and take it to another place; to transport (something) by lifting.
- (transitive, arithmetic) In an addition, to transfer the quantity in excess of what is countable in the units in a column to the column immediately to the left in order to be added there.
- pursue a line of scent or be a bearer
- include as the content; broadcast or publicize
- include, as on a list
- support or hold in a certain manner
- have or possess something abstract
- sing or play against other voices or parts
- contain or hold; have within
- transmit or serve as the medium for transmission
- be able to feed
- behave in a certain manner; show a certain behavior; conduct or comport oneself
- secure the passage or adoption (of bills and motions)
- be pregnant with
- win approval or support for
- propel or give impetus to
- transfer (a number, cipher, or remainder) to the next column or unit's place before or after, in addition or multiplication
- have on the surface or on the skin
- transfer (entries) from one account book to another
- extend to a certain degree
- pass on a communication
- cover a certain distance or advance beyond
- have with oneself; have on one's person
- serve as a means for expressing something
- drink alcohol without showing ill effects
- be successful in
- have as an inherent or characteristic feature or have as a consequence
- be conveyed over a certain distance
- move while supporting, either in a vehicle or in one's hands or on one's body
- compensate for a weaker partner or member by one's own performance
- capture after a fight
- be necessarily associated with or result in or involve
- keep up with financial support
- win in an election
- be equipped with (a mast or sail)
- propel
- take further or advance
- have on hand
- continue or extend
- bear or be able to bear the weight, pressure,or responsibility of
- have a certain range
- bear (a crop)
noun
- (computing) A bit shift.
- (historical) A type of women's undergarment of dress length worn under dresses or skirts, a slip or chemise.
- (music) In violin-playing, any position of the left hand except that nearest the nut.
- (computing) A control code or character used to change between different character sets.
- An act of shifting; a slight movement or change.
- (baseball) An infield shift.
- A movement to do something, a beginning.
- (construction) The extent, or arrangement, of the overlapping of plank, brick, stones, etc., that are placed in courses so as to break joints.
- (computing) An instance of the use of such a code or character.
- A simple straight-hanging, loose-fitting dress.
- (US) The gear mechanism in a motor vehicle.
- A period of time in which one's consciousness resides in another reality, usually achieved through meditation or other means.
- Alternative spelling of Shift (“a modifier button of computer keyboards”).
- (British slang) be done; ruined
- (Ireland, crude slang, often with the definite article, usually uncountable) The act of kissing passionately.
- (genetics) A mutation in which the DNA or RNA from two different sources (such as viruses or bacteria) combine.
- A change of workers, now specifically a set group of workers or period of working time.
- (mining) A breaking off and dislocation of a seam; a fault.
- a qualitative change
- the act of moving from one place to another
- an event in which something is displaced without rotation
- a woman's sleeveless undergarment
- the act of changing one thing or position for another
- (geology) a crack in the earth's crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other
- a crew of workers who work for a specific period of time
- the key on the typewriter keyboard that shifts from lower-case letters to upper-case letters
- a loose-fitting dress hanging straight from the shoulders without a waist
- the time period during which you are at work
verb
- (transitive, sometimes figurative) To move from one place to another; to redistribute.
- (typewriters) To move the keys of a typewriter over in order to type capital letters or special characters.
- (ergative, figurative) To change in form or character; switch.
- (computer keyboards) To switch to a character entry mode for capital letters or special characters.
- (intransitive) To use meditation or other means to change the reality that one's consciousness resides in.
- (intransitive, India) To change residence; to leave and live elsewhere.
- (transitive, computing) To manipulate a binary number by moving all of its digits left or right; compare rotate.
- (Ireland, vulgar, slang, transitive) To engage in sexual petting with.
- (intransitive) To practice indirect or evasive methods; to contrive.
- (intransitive) To hurry; to move quickly.
- (intransitive) To change gears (in an automobile).
- (Minecraft, video games) To crouch in game, especially if the shift key is pressed to initiate crouching.
- (Nigeria, slang) To steal or kidnap.
- (transitive, computing) To remove (the first value from an array).
- (transitive) To dispose of, remove.
- (intransitive, sometimes reflexive and figurative) To change position; to move.
- (intransitive, music) In violin-playing, to move the left hand from its original position next to the nut.
- change gears
- change place or direction
- move around
- make a shift in or exchange of
- change in quality
- move very slightly
- move and exchange for another
- use a shift key on a keyboard
- move abruptly
- move sideways or in an unsteady way
- lay aside, abandon, or leave for another
- change phonetically as part of a systematic historical change
- move from one setting or context to another
noun
- (computing) An antipattern.
- (figurative) A potential, unsuspected, hidden problem, hazard, or danger that is easily encountered but not immediately obvious.
- (literal) A type of trap consisting of a concealed pit in the ground, which the victim is supposed to fall into and not be able to get out from.
- (mining) Subsidence below ground in a mine, which can cause the ground level above to drop.
- an unforeseen or unexpected or surprising difficulty
- a trap in the form of a concealed hole
noun
- (computing) A piece of clip art.
- A trusted middleman or intermediary, especially in espionage.
- (telegraphy) A switch that changes the current from one circuit to another, or for shortening a circuit.
- A free-standing, rigid print (usually life-sized), often displayed for promotional purposes; a standee.
- (US) A railway cutting.
- (electronics) Any of several devices that halt the flow of a current, especially an electric current; a trip-switch or trip.
- A hole or space produced when something is removed by cutting.
- (US, agriculture) The separation of a group of cattle from a herd; the place where they are collected.
- A piece cut out of something.
- A kind of cookie produced in a certain shape by use of a cookie cutter.
- An item of clothing, such as a dress or shoe, designed with portions cut away.
noun
- (computing) Initialism of processing unit.
- Initialism of penalty unit.
- Initialism of power unit.
- (broadcasting) Initialism of pickup.
- (Internet slang) Initialism of pickup (as in pickup artist).
- (organic chemistry) Initialism of polyurethane.
- (linguistics) Initialism of prosodic unit (IU for intonation unit is preferred).
- Abbreviation of Punjab: a state of India.
- any of various polymers containing the urethane radical; a wide variety of synthetic forms are made and used as adhesives or plastics or paints or rubber
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noun
adj
- (computer graphics, music, by extension, proscribed) Originating from or resembling the art or music of the 8-bit computer era and subsequent eras.
- (computer graphics, music) Originating from or resembling the art or music of the 8-bit computer era.
- (computing) Of a word size or an integer, represented using units of 8 bits (1 byte).
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- (computing) A rectangular graphic.
- Any of various flat cuboid playing pieces used in certain games, such as dominoes, Scrabble, or mahjong.
- A regularly-shaped slab of clay or other material, affixed to cover or decorate a surface, as in a roof-tile, glazed tile, stove tile, carpet tile, etc.
- (Lego building) A Lego piece that is 1/3 the height of a brick, and is smooth without studs on top.
- a flat thin rectangular slab (as of fired clay or rubber or linoleum) used to cover surfaces
- a thin flat slab of fired clay used for roofing
- game equipment consisting of a flat thin piece marked with characters and used in board games like Mah-Jong, Scrabble, etc.
verb
- To protect from the intrusion of the uninitiated.
- (transitive) To cover with tiles.
- (graphical user interface) To arrange in a regular pattern, with adjoining edges (applied to tile-like objects, graphics, windows in a computer interface).
- (computing theory) To optimize (a loop in program code) by means of the tiling technique.
- (Freemasonry) To seal a lodge against intrusions from unauthorised people.
- cover with tiles
noun
- (computing) A brief and simple program.
- (linguistics) A system of writing adapted to a particular language or set of languages.
- (psychology) Ellipsis of behavioral script, a sequence of actions in a given situation.
- (countable, law) An original instrument or document.
- (countable) The written document containing the dialogue and action for a drama; the text of a stage play, movie, or other performance. Especially, the final form used for the performance itself.
- (countable) A writing; a written document.
- (informal) Clipping of prescription (for drugs or medicine).
- (typography) Type made in imitation of handwriting.
- Written characters; style of writing.
- (computing) A file containing a list of user commands, allowing them to be invoked once to execute in sequence.
- a particular orthography or writing system
- a written version of a play or other dramatic composition; used in preparing for a performance
- something written by hand
verb
noun
- (computing) Initialism of instruction pointer (CPU register).
- (computing) Initialism of insertion point (where text, etc. will be added in a document).
- (medicine) Initialism of incontinentia pigmenti.
- (US, military, slang) Initialism of Irish pennant.
- (law, countable, uncountable) Initialism of intellectual property.
- (cryptography) Initialism of initial permutation.
- (baseball, countable, invariant) Initialism of innings pitched (“the statistic reporting the number of innings pitched by a pitcher”).
- (law enforcement) Initialism of injured party.
- (biology, uncountable) Initialism of immunoprecipitation.
- (Internet) Ellipsis of IP address.
- (law, uncountable) Initialism of Indigenous peoples.
- (US, military, initialism, slang) An Iraqi police officer, or the Iraqi police as a whole.
- (motion picture, countable) Initialism of interpositive.
- (medicine) Abbreviation of inpatient.
- Initialism of instrument panel.
- (wiki jargon, chiefly Wikimedia jargon, metonymic) An unregistered user identified by their IP address.
- (grammar, X-bar theory) Initialism of inflectional phrase.
- the sciences concerned with gathering, manipulating, storing, retrieving, and classifying recorded information
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- (computing, programming) A pattern of bits used in bitwise operations; bitmask.
- A cover, or partial cover, for the face, used for disguise or protection.
- (UK dialectal) Mash.
- A festive entertainment of dancing or other diversions, where all wear masks; a masquerade.
- (heraldry) The head of a fox, shown face-on and cut off immediately behind the ears.
- (computer graphics) A two-color (black and white) bitmap generated from an image, used to create transparency in the image.
- (UK dialectal, Scotland) The mesh of a net; a net; net-bag.
- (zoology) The lower lip of the larva of a dragonfly, modified so as to form a prehensile organ.
- (fortification) In a permanent fortification, a redoubt which protects the caponiere.
- That which disguises; a pretext or subterfuge.
- Mesh.
- (poetic) Appearance, likeness.
- (publishing, film) A flat covering used to block off an unwanted portion of a scene or image.
- (fortification) A screen for a battery.
- (architecture) A grotesque head or face, used to adorn keystones and other prominent parts, to spout water in fountains, and the like.
- A person wearing a mask.
- a party of guests wearing costumes and masks
- a protective covering worn over the face
- a covering to disguise or conceal the face
- activity that tries to conceal something
verb
- (transitive, computing) To set or unset (certain bits, or binary digits, within a value) by means of a bitmask.
- (transitive, UK dialectal) To bewilder; confuse.
- (transitive, military) To conceal; also, to intervene in the line of.
- (UK dialectal, Scotland, Cumbria, Geordie, Northumbria, Durham) To prepare tea in a teapot; alternative to brew.
- (transitive, military) To cover or keep in check.
- (intransitive) To put on a mask; to wear a mask.
- (transitive, UK dialectal) (brewing) To mix malt with hot water to yield wort.
- (transitive) To conceal from view or knowledge; to cover; to hide.
- (transitive, Scotland, Cumbria, Geordie, Northumbria, Durham dialectal) To be infused or steeped.
- (intransitive) To take part as a masker in a masquerade.
- (transitive) To disguise as something else.
- (transitive) To cover or shield something, or a portion of something, so as to prevent reproduction or to safeguard the surface from the colors used when working with an air brush or painting.
- (transitive) To cover (the face or something else), in order to conceal the identity or protect against injury; to cover with a mask or visor.
- (transitive, computing) To disable (an interrupt, etc.) by setting or unsetting the associated bit.
- (Scotland, Northern England, rare, of clouds, the weather, a storm, etc) To prepare (to storm).
- (intransitive) To conceal or disguise one's autism; to learn, practice, and perform certain behaviors and suppress others in order to appear more neurotypical.
- (transitive, UK dialectal) To mash.
- hide under a false appearance
- make unrecognizable
- shield from light
- cover with a sauce
- put a mask on or cover with a mask
noun
- (computing) A computer program.
- (politics) A set of principal goals which someone, especially a political party or candidate, supports.
- (broadcasting) A performance of a show or other broadcast on radio or television.
- (especially in the phrase "get with the program") A particular mindset or method of doing things.
- (music, computing) A custom tracklist.
- A leaflet listing information about a play, game or other activity.
- A set of structured activities; a plan of action.
- an announcement of the events that will occur as part of a theatrical or sporting event
- a radio or television show
- a series of steps to be carried out or goals to be accomplished
- a performance (or series of performances) at a public presentation
- an integrated course of academic studies
- a system of projects or services intended to meet a public need
- (computer science) a sequence of instructions that a computer can interpret and execute
- a document stating the aims and principles of a political party
verb
- (transitive) To cause to automatically behave in a particular way.
- (broadcasting) To schedule the programming; to determine what will be broadcast.
- (transitive) To put together the schedule of an event.
- (transitive) To enter a program or other instructions into (a computer or other electronic device) to instruct it to do a particular task.
- (transitive) To develop (software) by writing program code.
- arrange a program of or for
- write a computer program
noun
- (computing) A kind of lightweight thread of execution.
- (countable) A single elongated piece of a given material, roughly round in cross-section, often twisted with other fibers to form thread.
- (figuratively) Moral strength and resolve.
- Dietary fiber.
- (mathematics) The preimage of a given point in the range of a map.
- (category theory) The pullback of a morphism along a global element (called the fiber of the morphism over the global element).
- (cytology) A long tubular cell found in bodily tissue.
- (textiles) A material whose length is at least 1000 times its width.
- (uncountable) A material in the form of fibers.
- a leatherlike material made by compressing layers of paper or cloth
- coarse, indigestible plant food low in nutrients; its bulk stimulates intestinal peristalsis
- the inherent complex of attributes that determines a persons moral and ethical actions and reactions
- a slender and greatly elongated substance capable of being spun into yarn
- any of several elongated, threadlike cells (especially a muscle fiber or a nerve fiber)
noun
- (computing) A kind of lightweight thread of execution.
- Moral strength and resolve.
- (mathematics) The preimage of a given point in the range of a map.
- (cytology) A long tubular cell found in bodily tissue.
- (category theory) Said to be of a morphism over a global element: The pullback of the said morphism along the said global element.
- (uncountable) Material in the form of fibres.
- Dietary fibre.
- (countable) A single piece of a given material, elongated and roughly round in cross-section, often twisted with other fibres to form thread.
- a leatherlike material made by compressing layers of paper or cloth
- coarse, indigestible plant food low in nutrients; its bulk stimulates intestinal peristalsis
- the inherent complex of attributes that determines a persons moral and ethical actions and reactions
- a slender and greatly elongated substance capable of being spun into yarn
- any of several elongated, threadlike cells (especially a muscle fiber or a nerve fiber)
noun
- (computing) A pointer.
- (set theory) A small model of (a fragment of) Zermelo-Fraenkel set theory with desirable properties (depending on the context).
- (historical) A small cushion for a woman's hair.
- A quiet or shy person.
- A match used in firing guns or blasting.
- (computing) An input device that is moved over a pad or other flat surface to produce a corresponding movement of a pointer on a graphical display.
- (nautical) A turn or lashing of spun yarn or small stuff, or a metallic clasp or fastening, uniting the point and shank of a hook to prevent its unhooking or straightening out.
- Part of a hind leg of beef, next to the round.
- A rodent, typically having a small body, dark fur, and a long tail.
- Any small rodent of the genus Mus.
- (boxing) A facial hematoma or black eye.
- a hand-operated electronic device that controls the coordinates of a cursor on your computer screen as you move it around on a pad; on the bottom of the device is a ball that rolls on the surface of the pad
- person who is quiet or timid
- a swollen bruise caused by a blow to the eye
- any of numerous small rodents typically resembling diminutive rats having pointed snouts and small ears on elongated bodies with slender usually hairless tails
verb
- (intransitive) To hunt or catch mice (the rodents), usually of cats. [from 12th c.]
- (intransitive, computing) To navigate by means of a computer mouse.
- (intransitive) To move cautiously or furtively, in the manner of a mouse (the rodent) (frequently used in the phrasal verb to mouse around).
- (transitive, nautical) To close the mouth of a hook by a careful binding of marline or wire.
- manipulate the mouse of a computer
- to go stealthily or furtively
noun
- (computing) A byte of eight bits. Abbreviation: o
- (computing, rare) A group of three bits, representing any of eight possible values.
- A group or set of eight of something.
- (music) A composition for such a group of musicians.
- (music) A group of eight musicians performing together.
- the cardinal number that is the sum of seven and one
- a musical composition written for eight performers
- a set of eight similar things considered as a unit
- eight performers or singers who perform together
- eight people considered as a unit
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noun
- (computing) An instance of scanning.
- Of written things, a careful reading.
- Of written things, a cursory reading: a skim.
- (functional programming) A higher-order function that applies a binary operation to a sequence of values, starting with an accumulator, and returns a new sequence with the results.
- (computing) The result or output of a scanning process.
- the act of scanning; systematic examination of a prescribed region
- an image produced by scanning
verb
- (computing, transitive) To read with an electronic device.
- (computing, transitive) To inspect, analyse or go over, often to find something.
- (computing, transitive) To perform lexical analysis; to tokenize.
- (poetry, intransitive) To conform to a metrical structure.
- (poetry, transitive) To read or mark so as to show a specific metre.
- (transitive) To look about for; to look over quickly.
- (computing, medicine, transitive) To create an image of something with the use of a scanner.
- (transitive) To examine sequentially, carefully, or critically; to scrutinize; to behold closely.
- examine hastily
- obtain data from magnetic tapes or other digital sources
- read metrically
- move a light beam over; in electronics, to reproduce an image
- examine minutely or intensely
- make a wide, sweeping search of
- conform to a metrical pattern
noun
- a small byte
- gentle biting
- (figurative) A slight show of interest in something, such as a commercial opportunity or a proposal.
- An act of taking a small, quick bite, or several of such bites, especially with the front teeth; the bite or bites so taken.
- (computing) A unit of memory equal to half a byte, or chiefly four bits.
- A light bite of a person or animal, or part of their body, especially one which is loving or playful; a nip.
- An amount of food that is or can be taken into the mouth through a small bite; a small mouthful.
verb
- bite off very small pieces
- eat intermittently; take small bites of
- bite gently
- To make (a hole in something) through small bites.
- To make (one's way) through or while taking small bites.
- Chiefly followed by into or to: to cause (something) to be in a certain state through small bites.
- Chiefly followed by at, away, or on: to take a small, quick bite, or several of such bites; to eat (at frequent intervals) with small, quick bites.
- Chiefly followed by at: to show slight interest in something, such as a commercial opportunity or a proposal.
- To remove (small pieces) from glass, tile, etc., with a tool; also, to remove small pieces from (glass, tile, etc.) with a tool.
- To take a small, quick bite, or several of such bites, of (something).
- Followed by away at: to reduce or use up gradually; to eat.
- To lightly bite (a person or animal, or part of their body), especially in a loving or playful manner; to nip.
- (road transport) Synonym of tramline (“of a vehicle: to tend to follow the contours of the ground with its wheels”).
- (cricket, informal) Followed by at: of a batter: to make an indecisive attempt to bat a ball bowled outside the off stump.
- To lightly bite, especially in a loving or playful manner.
- Followed by away, off, etc.: to remove (something) through small bites.
noun
- (computing) A short sequence of bits (binary digits) that can be operated on as a unit by a computer; the smallest usable machine word.
- (computing, most commonly) A unit of computing storage equal to eight bits, which can represent any of 256 distinct values.
- a sequence of 8 bits (enough to represent one character of alphanumeric data) processed as a single unit of information
noun
- (computing, programming) A pattern of bits used in bitwise operations; bitmask.
- A cover, or partial cover, for the face, used for disguise or protection.
- (UK dialectal) Mash.
- A festive entertainment of dancing or other diversions, where all wear masks; a masquerade.
- (heraldry) The head of a fox, shown face-on and cut off immediately behind the ears.
- (computer graphics) A two-color (black and white) bitmap generated from an image, used to create transparency in the image.
- (UK dialectal, Scotland) The mesh of a net; a net; net-bag.
- (zoology) The lower lip of the larva of a dragonfly, modified so as to form a prehensile organ.
- (fortification) In a permanent fortification, a redoubt which protects the caponiere.
- That which disguises; a pretext or subterfuge.
- Mesh.
- (poetic) Appearance, likeness.
- (publishing, film) A flat covering used to block off an unwanted portion of a scene or image.
- (fortification) A screen for a battery.
- (architecture) A grotesque head or face, used to adorn keystones and other prominent parts, to spout water in fountains, and the like.
- A person wearing a mask.
- a party of guests wearing costumes and masks
- a protective covering worn over the face
- a covering to disguise or conceal the face
- activity that tries to conceal something
verb
- (transitive, computing) To set or unset (certain bits, or binary digits, within a value) by means of a bitmask.
- (transitive, UK dialectal) To bewilder; confuse.
- (transitive, military) To conceal; also, to intervene in the line of.
- (UK dialectal, Scotland, Cumbria, Geordie, Northumbria, Durham) To prepare tea in a teapot; alternative to brew.
- (transitive, military) To cover or keep in check.
- (intransitive) To put on a mask; to wear a mask.
- (transitive, UK dialectal) (brewing) To mix malt with hot water to yield wort.
- (transitive) To conceal from view or knowledge; to cover; to hide.
- (transitive, Scotland, Cumbria, Geordie, Northumbria, Durham dialectal) To be infused or steeped.
- (intransitive) To take part as a masker in a masquerade.
- (transitive) To disguise as something else.
- (transitive) To cover or shield something, or a portion of something, so as to prevent reproduction or to safeguard the surface from the colors used when working with an air brush or painting.
- (transitive) To cover (the face or something else), in order to conceal the identity or protect against injury; to cover with a mask or visor.
- (transitive, computing) To disable (an interrupt, etc.) by setting or unsetting the associated bit.
- (Scotland, Northern England, rare, of clouds, the weather, a storm, etc) To prepare (to storm).
- (intransitive) To conceal or disguise one's autism; to learn, practice, and perform certain behaviors and suppress others in order to appear more neurotypical.
- (transitive, UK dialectal) To mash.
- hide under a false appearance
- make unrecognizable
- shield from light
- cover with a sauce
- put a mask on or cover with a mask