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- Initialism of Resident Magistrate.
- Initialism of Routemaster, a type of London bus.
- Abbreviation of room; often visible on moving boxes.
- (military) Initialism of radio material.
- (religion) Initialism of religious movement.
- Initialism of rural municipality.
- Initialism of regional municipality.
- (typography) Initialism of right margin.
- Initialism of ring modulation.
- (historical) Initialism of reichsmark.
- (historical) Initialism of Roman month.
- (Mormonism) Initialism of returned missionary.
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- (computing, transitive, humorous, slang) To remove a Windows operating system from (a computer).
- (transitive) To eject or throw (someone or something) from or through a window.
- (transitive) To throw out; to remove or dismiss (someone) from a position of power or authority.
- throw through or out of the window
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- A complete version of a recording or film that is dropped in favour of another version, reject.
- An opening for outward discharge; a vent.
- A portion of a recording (a take) that is not included in the final version of a film or a musical album, often because it contains a mistake.
- a scene that is filmed but is not used in the final editing of the film
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- Indicating removal or separation.
- Indicating exclusion.
- Originating at (a year, time, etc.)
- With reference to the location or position of a speaker or other observer or vantage point.
- Used to indicate causation; because of, as a result of.
- Used to indicate a starting point or initial reference.
- Indicating differentiation.
- (MLE) Indicates a starting state of the predicament of the subject. Synonym of since being.
- Indicating a starting point in time.
- Used to indicate source or provenance.
- (mathematics, chiefly British, not in formal use) Denoting a subtraction operation.
- Produced with or out of (a substance or material).
- Indicating a starting point on an array or gamut of conceptual variations.
- Indicating a starting point on a range or scale.
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- To change an uppercase letter to lowercase; to decapitalize.
- (military, chiefly nautical) To cause an armor-piercing shell to lose its hardened cap, degrading its ability to penetrate armor.
- (biology) To enzymatically remove a cap from mRNA.
- To remove an upper limit.
- To remove a cap.
- (hardware) To remove the epoxy from an integrated circuit.
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- (by extension, humorous, slang) An imaginary domain that accepts lost, discarded, or useless digital data that does not reach its intended destination, such as data lost in transmission or due to errors; the notional resting place of lost or missing digital information.
- (historical) A container for holding chad (“small punched-out pieces of paper”) from paper tape or punch cards used with teleprinters, early computers, and other machines.
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- (transitive) To remove, get rid of or erase, especially written or printed material, or data on a computer or other device.
- (transitive, slang) To kill or murder.
- (online gaming, slang) To defeat or dominate.
- cut or eliminate
- wipe out digitally or magnetically recorded information
- remove or make invisible
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- A person, usually male, who has duties or skills associated with a specified thing.
- An adult or adolescent male servant. Anyone from a right-hand man (high-ranking assistant) to a low-ranking servant.
- (historical) A vassal; a subject.
- An adult male who has, to an eminent degree, qualities considered masculine, such as strength, integrity, and devotion to family; a mensch.
- A male enthusiast or devotee; a male who is very fond of or devoted to a specified kind of thing.
- (anthropology, archaeology, paleontology) A member of the genus Homo, especially of the species Homo sapiens.
- A term of familiar address often implying on the part of the speaker some degree of authority, impatience, or haste.
- A term of familiar address usually reserved for other adult males. It works both with ones whose name is known and ones whose name is unknown.
- A person, usually male, who can fulfill one's requirements with regard to a specified matter.
- An adult male human.
- A piece or token used in board games such as backgammon.
- A husband.
- (sports) A player on whom another is playing, with the intent of limiting their attacking impact.
- (military slang) A soldier below the rank of a non-commissioned officer.
- A male person, usually an adult; a (generally adult male) sentient being, whether human, supernatural, elf, alien, etc.
- (video games) One of the player's chances to play, lost when the player's character dies or when certain mistakes are made.
- (collective) All human males collectively: mankind.
- An adult male who belongs to a particular group: an employee, a representative, etc.
- A male lover; a boyfriend.
- an adult male person who has a manly character (virile and courageous competent)
- a manservant who acts as a personal attendant to their employer
- a male person who plays a significant role (husband or lover or boyfriend) in the life of a particular woman
- game equipment consisting of an object used in playing certain board games
- an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)
- all of the living human inhabitants of the earth
- the generic use of the word to refer to any human being
- a man who serves in the armed forces; a member of a military force
- a male subordinate
- any living or extinct member of the family Hominidae characterized by superior intelligence, articulate speech, and erect carriage
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- a general-purpose programing language closely associated with the UNIX operating system
- a degree on the centigrade scale of temperature
- the 3rd letter of the Roman alphabet
- a unit of electrical charge equal to the amount of charge transferred by a current of 1 ampere in 1 second
- a vitamin found in fresh fruits (especially citrus fruits) and vegetables; prevents scurvy
- a base found in DNA and RNA and derived from pyrimidine; pairs with guanine
- nucleotide derived from cytosine with a deoxyribose sugar and a phosphate group
- an abundant nonmetallic tetravalent element occurring in three allotropic forms: amorphous carbon and graphite and diamond; occurs in all organic compounds
- street names for cocaine
- ten 10s
- (music) the keynote of the scale of C major
- (slang) Cocaine.
- Abbreviation of consonant.
- (US, slang) One hundred dollars; a c-note.
- (slang, vulgar) Cunt.
- (basketball) Abbreviation of center.
- Abbreviation of century.
- (Unicode) Canonical Decomposition, followed by Canonical Composition
- (education) An academic grade better than a D and worse than a B.
- (entomology) Abbreviation of costa.
- (UK politics, in election results) Abbreviation of Conservative.
- (music) The first note in the C chromatic and major scales.
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- (transitive) To remove.
- (transitive) To subtract.
- (transitive, cricket) To catch the ball; especially as a wicket-keeper and after the batsman has missed or edged it.
- (transitive) To carry or lead (something or someone).
- (of a plant, etc.) To begin to grow after being grafted or planted; to (literally or figuratively) take root, take hold.
- (transitive) To bind oneself by.
- (transitive) To ascertain or determine by measurement, examination or inquiry.
- (transitive) To avail oneself of; to exploit.
- (transitive) To cause to change to a specified state or condition.
- (transitive) To experience or feel.
- (transitive) To receive or accept (something) as payment or compensation.
- (reflexive) To go.
- (transitive) To obtain money from, especially by swindling.
- (transitive) To come upon or catch (in a particular state or situation).
- (intransitive, dialectal, proscribed) An intensifier.
- (transitive) To receive or accept (something, especially something which was given).
- (transitive) To assume and undertake the duties of (a job, an office, etc.).
- (transitive) To assume (a form).
- (transitive) To conclude or form (a decision or an opinion) in the mind.
- (transitive) To fill or require: to last or expend (an amount of time).
- (transitive) To exact.
- (transitive) To proceed to fill.
- (transitive) To accept and follow (advice, etc.).
- (transitive) To write down; to get in, or as if in, writing.
- (transitive, mathematics, computing) To accept (zero or more arguments).
- (transitive) To get into one's hands, possession, or control, with or without force.
- (of ink, dye, etc.) To adhere or be absorbed properly.
- (transitive) To adopt (select) as one's own.
- (transitive) To go into, through, or along.
- (transitive) To believe, to accept the statements of.
- (transitive) To seize or capture.
- (transitive) To participate in.
- (transitive) To suffer; to endure (a hardship or damage).
- (transitive, of a ship) To let in (water).
- (transitive, baseball) To decline to swing at (a pitched ball); to refrain from hitting at, and allow to pass.
- (transitive) To perform (a role).
- (transitive) To receive into some relationship.
- (transitive) To catch or contract (an illness, etc.).
- (transitive) To receive (medicine or drugs) into one's body, e.g. by inhalation or swallowing; to ingest.
- (transitive) To assume or suppose; to reckon; to regard or consider.
- (transitive) To pass (or attempt to pass) through or around.
- (intransitive, copulative) To become; to be affected in a specified way.
- (transitive, of a material) To absorb or be impregnated by (dye, ink, etc.); to be susceptible to being treated by (polish, etc.).
- (transitive) To accept, be given (rightly or wrongly), or assume (especially as if by right).
- (transitive) To obtain or receive regularly by (paid) subscription.
- (transitive, especially of a vehicle) To transport or carry; to convey to another place.
- (transitive) To use as a means of transportation.
- (transitive) To submit to; to endure (without ill humor, resentment, or physical failure).
- (transitive) To obtain for use by payment or lease.
- (of a mechanical device) To catch; to engage.
- (transitive) To appropriate or transfer into one's own possession, sometimes by physically carrying off.
- (transitive, of a path, road, etc.) To lead (to a place); to serve as a means of reaching.
- (transitive, grammar) To have to be used with (a certain grammatical form, etc.).
- (transitive) To undergo; to put oneself into, to be subjected to.
- (transitive) To practice; perform; execute; carry out; do.
- (transitive) To have sex with.
- (transitive) To derive (as a title); to obtain from a source.
- (transitive) To remove or end by death; to kill.
- Used in phrasal verbs: take in, take off, take on, take out, take to, take something to, take up.
- (transitive) To go or move into.
- (transitive) To fill, occupy, require, or use up (space).
- (transitive) To understand (especially in a specified way).
- (transitive) To select or choose; to pick.
- (transitive) To require (a person, resource or thing in order to achieve an outcome).
- (transitive) To grasp or grip.
- (transitive) To make (a photograph, film, or other reproduction of something).
- (transitive) To capture or win (a piece or trick) in a game.
- (transitive) To deal with.
- (transitive) To defeat (someone or something) in a fight.
- (transitive) To consider in a particular way, or to consider as an example.
- (transitive) To draw, derive, or deduce (a meaning from something).
- (transitive, Greece, Cyprus, informal) To buy.
- (intransitive) To engage, take hold or have effect.
- (transitive, intransitive, law) To receive or acquire (property) by law (e.g. as an heir).
- (transitive) To regard in a specified way.
- (intransitive) To get or accept (something) into one's possession.
- (transitive) To escort or conduct (a person).
- (transitive, now chiefly by enrolling in a class or course) To apply oneself to the study of.
- (transitive) To captivate or charm; to gain or secure the interest or affection of.
- (transitive) To have and use one's recourse to.
- (transitive) To catch or get possession of (fish or game).
- admit into a group or community
- take into consideration for exemplifying purposes
- assume, as of positions or roles
- take somebody somewhere
- experience or feel or submit to
- develop a habit; apply oneself to a practice or occupation
- receive or obtain regularly
- serve oneself to, or consume regularly
- take on a certain form, attribute, or aspect
- proceed along in a vehicle
- be a student of a certain subject
- be seized or affected in a specified way
- point or cause to go (blows, weapons, or objects such as photographic equipment) towards
- take something or somebody with oneself somewhere
- accept or undergo, often unwillingly
- ascertain or determine by measuring, computing or take a reading from a dial
- make use of or accept for some purpose
- remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract
- get into one's hands, take physically
- be stricken by an illness, fall victim to an illness
- travel or go by means of a certain kind of transportation, or a certain route
- be designed to hold or take
- take into one's possession
- have with oneself; have on one's person
- require (time or space)
- interpret something in a certain way; convey a particular meaning or impression
- obtain by winning
- lay claim to; as of an idea
- occupy or take on
- require as useful, just, or proper
- buy, select
- head into a specified direction
- make a film or photograph of something
- to get into a position of having, e.g., safety, comfort
- receive willingly something given or offered
- carry out
- pick out, select, or choose from a number of alternatives
- take as an undesirable consequence of some event or state of affairs
- engage for service under a term of contract
- conquer by force
- have sex with; archaic use
- be capable of holding or containing
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- Money that is taken in, (legal or illegal) proceeds, income; (in particular) profits; takings.
- (medicine) An instance of successful inoculation/vaccination.
- (film) A scene recorded (filmed) at one time, without an interruption or break; a recording of such a scene.
- (music) A recording of a musical performance made during an uninterrupted single recording period.
- (rugby, cricket) A catch of the ball (in cricket, especially one by the wicket-keeper).
- A visible (facial) response to something, especially something unexpected; a facial gesture in response to an event.
- (printing) The quantity of copy given to a compositor at one time.
- The or an act of taking.
- An approach, a (distinct) treatment.
- An interpretation or view, opinion or assessment; perspective; a statement expressing such a position.
- The or a quantity of fish, game animals or pelts, etc which have been taken at one time; catch.
- the act of photographing a scene or part of a scene without interruption
- the income or profit arising from such transactions as the sale of land or other property
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- (transitive) To remove.
- (intransitive) To become successful, to flourish.
- (ambitransitive) To absent oneself from (work or other responsibility), especially with permission.
- (intransitive) To depart.
- (transitive) To quantify.
- (surfing) To stand up on a surfboard and begin to surf a breaking wave.
- (usually transitive) To imitate (somebody), often in a satirical manner.
- (intransitive) To leave the ground and ascend into the air or into flight.
- prove fatal
- get started or set in motion, used figuratively
- remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract
- mimic or imitate in an amusing or satirical manner
- make a subtraction
- depart for someplace
- remove clothes or shoes
- take time off from work; stop working temporarily
- depart from the ground
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- Abbreviation of software.
- (electronics) Initialism of short wave.
- Initialism of social work.
- Initialism of search warrant.
- Initialism of street workout.
- Initialism of sex worker.
- Initialism of start weight.
- Initialism of sex work.
- Initialism of southwest.
- the compass point midway between south and west; at 225 degrees
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- (computing) An abbreviation that replaces a string of commands and thereby reduces typing when performing routine actions or tasks.
- (law) A second or further writ which is issued after a first writ has expired without effect.
- Another name; especially, an assumed name.
- (signal processing) An spurious signal generated as a technological artifact.
- a name that has been assumed
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- (computing) Synonym of delimiter.
- Any of various jobs that involve delineation, especially that of technical details.
- One who makes line drawings.
- Any of various devices that aid a person in copying the outlines of a drawing or object, including the ability to enlarge or shrink the image.
- (grammar) A suffix used in some Melanesian languages that acts like a determiner and signals that the noun to which it is attached can be used as an agent.
- A technical illustrator.
- One who makes architectural drawings.
- A road safety marker that indicates where traffic should go.
- A device to aid in the delineation of something.
- One who, or that which, delineates.
- A perambulator which records distances and delineates a profile, as of a road.
- One who assembles a complete technical description of wetlands.
- One who depicts or describes a character.
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- (transitive) To remove (something unnecessary) for the sake of cutting down or shortening that which it was previously part of.
- (transitive, Internet slang) To remove participation status from or contributed material attributed to users usually deemed inactive or undesirable from an interactive computer service or website for the sake of housekeeping.
- (transitive, figuratively) To cut down or shorten (by the removal of unnecessary material).
- (transitive, computer science) To remove unnecessary branches from a tree data structure.
- (intransitive, informal) To become wrinkled like a dried plum, as the fingers and toes do when kept submerged in water.
- (transitive, horticulture) To remove excess material from a tree or shrub; to trim, especially to make more healthy or productive.
- cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of
- weed out unwanted or unnecessary things
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- Removed or subtracted from.
- Placed after a number (of products or parts, as if a unit), in commerce or engineering.
- Detached, separated, excluded or disconnected from; away from a position of attachment or connection to.
- (colloquial, more properly 'from') Out of the possession of.
- Outside the area or region of.
- Used to indicate the location or direction of one thing relative to another, implying adjacency or accessibility via.
- Used to express location at sea relative to land or mainland.
- Not positioned upon, or away from a position upon.
- No longer wanting or taking.
- Temporarily not attending (a usual place), especially owing to illness or holiday.
- (slang, drugs) Under the influence of.
- (informal) As a result of.
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- So as to remove or separate, or be removed or separated.
- Used in various other ways specific to individual idiomatic phrases, e.g. bring off, show off, put off, tell off, etc. See the entry for the individual phrase.
- Into a state of non-operation or non-existence.
- (theater) Offstage.
- In a direction away from the speaker or other reference point.
- at a distance in space or time
- from a particular thing or place or position (‘forth’ is obsolete)
- no longer on or in contact or attached
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- (by extension, Australia, slang) Disgusting, repulsive, abhorrent.
- Temporarily not attending a usual place, such as work or school, especially owing to illness or holiday.
- (predicative only) Inappropriate; untoward.
- Not correct; not properly formed; not logical, harmonious, etc.
- (British, in relation to a vehicle) On the side furthest from the kerb (the right-hand side if one drives on the left).
- (in phrases such as 'off day') Designating a time when one is not performing to the best of one's abilities.
- (chiefly UK) Rancid, rotten, gone bad.
- (predicative only) Presently unavailable. (of a dish on a menu)
- (predicative only) Inoperative, disabled.
- Less than normal, in temperament or in result.
- (poker slang) Offsuit.
- (predicative only) Cancelled; not happening.
- Designating a time when one is not strictly attentive to business or affairs, or is absent from a post, and, hence, a time when affairs are not urgent.
- Started on the way.
- (in phrases such as 'well off', 'poorly off', 'comfortably off', etc., and in 'how?' questions) Circumstanced.
- (cricket) In, or towards the half of the field away from the batsman's legs; the right side for a right-handed batsman.
- Not fitted; not being worn.
- Far; off to the side.
- below a satisfactory level
- (of events) no longer planned or scheduled
- not performing or scheduled for duties
- not in operation or operational
- in an unpalatable state
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- (slang, transitive) To delete or discard (electronic media).
- To use a remote control to repeatedly fast-forward or change channels on a television.
- (slang, transitive) To move or transport (something) in a brief time frame.
- (slang, transitive) To enliven.
- (intransitive) To make a zap sound.
- (Singapore, informal, transitive) To photocopy.
- (slang, transitive) To do away with something.
- (slang, transitive) To further energize or charge (magnetic material).
- To strike (something or someone) with electricity or energy, as by shooting.
- (slang, transitive) To damage (especially electronics) with electrostatic discharge.
- To participate in a zap (protest) against.
- (US, military, slang, transitive) To kill; to eliminate.
- (slang, transitive) To heat (something) in a microwave oven.
- strike at with firepower or bombs
- cook or heat in a microwave oven
- strike suddenly and with force
- kill with or as if with a burst of gunfire or electric current or as if by shooting
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- A raucous public demonstration designed to embarrass a public figure or celebrity as a form of political activism.
- (slang) The act of heating something in a microwave oven.
- (colloquial) An electric shock.
- (colloquial) A sound made by a sudden release of electricity or some similar energy.
- a sudden event that imparts energy or excitement, usually with a dramatic impact
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- (transitive) To take away; to subtract.
- (intransitive) To taper.
- (intransitive) To disappear gradually.
- (transitive) To lessen the authority or dignity of; to put down; to degrade; to abase; to weaken; to nerf (in gaming).
- (intransitive) To become less or smaller.
- (transitive) To make appear smaller than in reality; to dismiss as unimportant.
- (transitive) To make smaller.
- decrease in size, extent, or range
- lessen the authority, dignity, or reputation of
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- (transitive) To dispose of, remove.
- (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).
- (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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- (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.
- (computing) A bit shift.
- 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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- Indicating removal, absence or separation, with resulting state indicated by an adjective.
- Indicating an ancestral source or origin of descent.
- (US, informal, considered incorrect by some) Used to link singular indefinite nouns (preceded by the indefinite article) and attributive adjectives modified by certain common adverbs of degree.
- Belonging to (a place) through having title, ownership or control over it.
- (after a verb expressing construction, making etc.) Used to indicate the material or substance used.
- (following an intransitive verb) Indicates the source or cause of the verb.
- (following an adjective) Indicates the subject or cause of the adjective.
- Indicating removal, absence or separation, with the action indicated by a transitive verb and the quality or substance by a grammatical object.
- From, away from (a position, number, distance etc.).
- (following an adjective) Introduces its subject matter.
- (following a noun (now chiefly nouns of knowledge, communication etc.)) Introduces its subject matter; about, concerning.
- Used to link a given class of things with a specific example of that class.
- (directly following a noun) Used to indicate the material of the just-mentioned object.
- (UK, dialectal, chiefly in the negative) For (a given length of time).
- Links an intransitive verb, or a transitive verb and its subject (especially verbs to do with thinking, feeling, expressing etc.), with its subject-matter; concerning, with regard to.
- (following a passive verb) Indicates the agent (for most verbs, now usually expressed with by).
- Indicating the composition of a given collective or quantitative noun.
- Follows an agent noun, verbal noun or noun of action.
- (informal) Often used without the hour
- (following an adjective) Used to indicate the agent of something described by the adjective.
- Forming the "objective genitive".
- (following a noun) Indicates a given part.
- Indicates a quality or characteristic; "characterized by".
- (after a noun) Indicates duration of a state, activity etc.
- Belonging to (someone or something) as something they possess or have as a characteristic; the "possessive genitive". (With abstract nouns, this intersects with the subjective genitive, above under "agency" senses.)
- (chiefly US) Before (the hour); to (the hour).
- Belonging to, existing in, or taking place in a given location, place or time. Compare "origin" senses, above.
- (obsolete except in phrases) Since, from (a given time, earlier state etc.).
- (following a number or other quantitive word) Introduces the whole for which is indicated only the specified part or segment; "from among".
- Used to introduce the "subjective genitive"; following a noun to form the head of a postmodifying noun phrase (see also 'Possession' senses below).
- Indicates quantity, age, price, etc.
- Links to a genitive noun or possessive pronoun, with partitive effect (though now often merged with possessive senses, below; see also double possessive).
- Introducing an epithet that indicates a birthplace, residence, dominion, or other place associated with the individual.
- (chiefly regional) During the course of (a set period of time, day of the week etc.), now specifically with implied repetition or regularity.
- Indicating a (non-physical) source of action or emotion; introducing a cause, instigation; from, out of, as an expression of.
- Links two nouns in near-apposition, with the first qualifying the second; "which is also".
verb
verb
- (transitive, informal) To shed, remove, discard, or eliminate.
- (transitive) To be unable to follow or trace (somebody or something) any longer.
- (transitive) Of a clock, to run slower than expected.
- (transitive) To be deprived of (some right or privileged access to something).
- (transitive) To experience the death of (someone to whom one has an attachment, such as a relative or friend).
- (transitive) To fail to catch with the mind or senses; to miss.
- (transitive) To become a defeated competitor in (a game, competition, trial, etc).
- (transitive) To cease exhibiting; to overcome (a behavior or emotion).
- (transitive) To wander from; to miss, so as not to be able to find; to go astray from.
- (transitive) To cause (somebody) to be unable to follow or trace one any longer.
- (ditransitive) To cause (someone) the loss of something; to deprive of.
- (transitive) To pay or owe (some wager) due from an unsuccessful bet or gamble.
- (transitive) To cease to have (something) in one's possession or capability.
- (transitive) To have (an organ) removed from one's body, especially by accident.
- (transitive) To shed (weight).
- (intransitive) To be defeated (in a game, competition, contest, etc.)
- suffer the loss of a person through death or removal
- withdraw, as from reality
- fail to perceive or to catch with the senses or the mind
- fail to keep or maintain (of a state)
- fail to win
- fail to get or obtain
- allow to go out of sight or mind
- be set at a disadvantage
- miss from one's possessions; lose sight of
- fail to make money in a business; make a loss or fail to profit
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noun
adj
verb
noun
verb
- (transitive) To remove, get rid of or erase, especially written or printed material, or data on a computer or other device.
- (transitive, slang) To kill or murder.
- (online gaming, slang) To defeat or dominate.
- cut or eliminate
- wipe out digitally or magnetically recorded information
- remove or make invisible
noun
- a general-purpose programing language closely associated with the UNIX operating system
- a degree on the centigrade scale of temperature
- the 3rd letter of the Roman alphabet
- a unit of electrical charge equal to the amount of charge transferred by a current of 1 ampere in 1 second
- a vitamin found in fresh fruits (especially citrus fruits) and vegetables; prevents scurvy
- a base found in DNA and RNA and derived from pyrimidine; pairs with guanine
- nucleotide derived from cytosine with a deoxyribose sugar and a phosphate group
- an abundant nonmetallic tetravalent element occurring in three allotropic forms: amorphous carbon and graphite and diamond; occurs in all organic compounds
- street names for cocaine
- ten 10s
- (music) the keynote of the scale of C major
- (slang) Cocaine.
- Abbreviation of consonant.
- (US, slang) One hundred dollars; a c-note.
- (slang, vulgar) Cunt.
- (basketball) Abbreviation of center.
- Abbreviation of century.
- (Unicode) Canonical Decomposition, followed by Canonical Composition
- (education) An academic grade better than a D and worse than a B.
- (entomology) Abbreviation of costa.
- (UK politics, in election results) Abbreviation of Conservative.
- (music) The first note in the C chromatic and major scales.
adj
character
name
num
symbol
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noun
noun
- Abbreviation of software.
- (electronics) Initialism of short wave.
- Initialism of social work.
- Initialism of search warrant.
- Initialism of street workout.
- Initialism of sex worker.
- Initialism of start weight.
- Initialism of sex work.
- Initialism of southwest.
- the compass point midway between south and west; at 225 degrees
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name
verb
noun
- (computing) An abbreviation that replaces a string of commands and thereby reduces typing when performing routine actions or tasks.
- (law) A second or further writ which is issued after a first writ has expired without effect.
- Another name; especially, an assumed name.
- (signal processing) An spurious signal generated as a technological artifact.
- a name that has been assumed
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verb
noun
adj
verb
noun
name
noun
- (computing) Synonym of delimiter.
- Any of various jobs that involve delineation, especially that of technical details.
- One who makes line drawings.
- Any of various devices that aid a person in copying the outlines of a drawing or object, including the ability to enlarge or shrink the image.
- (grammar) A suffix used in some Melanesian languages that acts like a determiner and signals that the noun to which it is attached can be used as an agent.
- A technical illustrator.
- One who makes architectural drawings.
- A road safety marker that indicates where traffic should go.
- A device to aid in the delineation of something.
- One who, or that which, delineates.
- A perambulator which records distances and delineates a profile, as of a road.
- One who assembles a complete technical description of wetlands.
- One who depicts or describes a character.
verb
name
noun
- Initialism of Resident Magistrate.
- Initialism of Routemaster, a type of London bus.
- Abbreviation of room; often visible on moving boxes.
- (military) Initialism of radio material.
- (religion) Initialism of religious movement.
- Initialism of rural municipality.
- Initialism of regional municipality.
- (typography) Initialism of right margin.
- Initialism of ring modulation.
- (historical) Initialism of reichsmark.
- (historical) Initialism of Roman month.
- (Mormonism) Initialism of returned missionary.
verb
- (computing, transitive, humorous, slang) To remove a Windows operating system from (a computer).
- (transitive) To eject or throw (someone or something) from or through a window.
- (transitive) To throw out; to remove or dismiss (someone) from a position of power or authority.
- throw through or out of the window
verb
noun
symbol
verb
noun
- A complete version of a recording or film that is dropped in favour of another version, reject.
- An opening for outward discharge; a vent.
- A portion of a recording (a take) that is not included in the final version of a film or a musical album, often because it contains a mistake.
- a scene that is filmed but is not used in the final editing of the film
verb
- To change an uppercase letter to lowercase; to decapitalize.
- (military, chiefly nautical) To cause an armor-piercing shell to lose its hardened cap, degrading its ability to penetrate armor.
- (biology) To enzymatically remove a cap from mRNA.
- To remove an upper limit.
- To remove a cap.
- (hardware) To remove the epoxy from an integrated circuit.
verb
noun
- (by extension, humorous, slang) An imaginary domain that accepts lost, discarded, or useless digital data that does not reach its intended destination, such as data lost in transmission or due to errors; the notional resting place of lost or missing digital information.
- (historical) A container for holding chad (“small punched-out pieces of paper”) from paper tape or punch cards used with teleprinters, early computers, and other machines.
verb
- (transitive) To remove.
- (transitive) To subtract.
- (transitive, cricket) To catch the ball; especially as a wicket-keeper and after the batsman has missed or edged it.
- (transitive) To carry or lead (something or someone).
- (of a plant, etc.) To begin to grow after being grafted or planted; to (literally or figuratively) take root, take hold.
- (transitive) To bind oneself by.
- (transitive) To ascertain or determine by measurement, examination or inquiry.
- (transitive) To avail oneself of; to exploit.
- (transitive) To cause to change to a specified state or condition.
- (transitive) To experience or feel.
- (transitive) To receive or accept (something) as payment or compensation.
- (reflexive) To go.
- (transitive) To obtain money from, especially by swindling.
- (transitive) To come upon or catch (in a particular state or situation).
- (intransitive, dialectal, proscribed) An intensifier.
- (transitive) To receive or accept (something, especially something which was given).
- (transitive) To assume and undertake the duties of (a job, an office, etc.).
- (transitive) To assume (a form).
- (transitive) To conclude or form (a decision or an opinion) in the mind.
- (transitive) To fill or require: to last or expend (an amount of time).
- (transitive) To exact.
- (transitive) To proceed to fill.
- (transitive) To accept and follow (advice, etc.).
- (transitive) To write down; to get in, or as if in, writing.
- (transitive, mathematics, computing) To accept (zero or more arguments).
- (transitive) To get into one's hands, possession, or control, with or without force.
- (of ink, dye, etc.) To adhere or be absorbed properly.
- (transitive) To adopt (select) as one's own.
- (transitive) To go into, through, or along.
- (transitive) To believe, to accept the statements of.
- (transitive) To seize or capture.
- (transitive) To participate in.
- (transitive) To suffer; to endure (a hardship or damage).
- (transitive, of a ship) To let in (water).
- (transitive, baseball) To decline to swing at (a pitched ball); to refrain from hitting at, and allow to pass.
- (transitive) To perform (a role).
- (transitive) To receive into some relationship.
- (transitive) To catch or contract (an illness, etc.).
- (transitive) To receive (medicine or drugs) into one's body, e.g. by inhalation or swallowing; to ingest.
- (transitive) To assume or suppose; to reckon; to regard or consider.
- (transitive) To pass (or attempt to pass) through or around.
- (intransitive, copulative) To become; to be affected in a specified way.
- (transitive, of a material) To absorb or be impregnated by (dye, ink, etc.); to be susceptible to being treated by (polish, etc.).
- (transitive) To accept, be given (rightly or wrongly), or assume (especially as if by right).
- (transitive) To obtain or receive regularly by (paid) subscription.
- (transitive, especially of a vehicle) To transport or carry; to convey to another place.
- (transitive) To use as a means of transportation.
- (transitive) To submit to; to endure (without ill humor, resentment, or physical failure).
- (transitive) To obtain for use by payment or lease.
- (of a mechanical device) To catch; to engage.
- (transitive) To appropriate or transfer into one's own possession, sometimes by physically carrying off.
- (transitive, of a path, road, etc.) To lead (to a place); to serve as a means of reaching.
- (transitive, grammar) To have to be used with (a certain grammatical form, etc.).
- (transitive) To undergo; to put oneself into, to be subjected to.
- (transitive) To practice; perform; execute; carry out; do.
- (transitive) To have sex with.
- (transitive) To derive (as a title); to obtain from a source.
- (transitive) To remove or end by death; to kill.
- Used in phrasal verbs: take in, take off, take on, take out, take to, take something to, take up.
- (transitive) To go or move into.
- (transitive) To fill, occupy, require, or use up (space).
- (transitive) To understand (especially in a specified way).
- (transitive) To select or choose; to pick.
- (transitive) To require (a person, resource or thing in order to achieve an outcome).
- (transitive) To grasp or grip.
- (transitive) To make (a photograph, film, or other reproduction of something).
- (transitive) To capture or win (a piece or trick) in a game.
- (transitive) To deal with.
- (transitive) To defeat (someone or something) in a fight.
- (transitive) To consider in a particular way, or to consider as an example.
- (transitive) To draw, derive, or deduce (a meaning from something).
- (transitive, Greece, Cyprus, informal) To buy.
- (intransitive) To engage, take hold or have effect.
- (transitive, intransitive, law) To receive or acquire (property) by law (e.g. as an heir).
- (transitive) To regard in a specified way.
- (intransitive) To get or accept (something) into one's possession.
- (transitive) To escort or conduct (a person).
- (transitive, now chiefly by enrolling in a class or course) To apply oneself to the study of.
- (transitive) To captivate or charm; to gain or secure the interest or affection of.
- (transitive) To have and use one's recourse to.
- (transitive) To catch or get possession of (fish or game).
- admit into a group or community
- take into consideration for exemplifying purposes
- assume, as of positions or roles
- take somebody somewhere
- experience or feel or submit to
- develop a habit; apply oneself to a practice or occupation
- receive or obtain regularly
- serve oneself to, or consume regularly
- take on a certain form, attribute, or aspect
- proceed along in a vehicle
- be a student of a certain subject
- be seized or affected in a specified way
- point or cause to go (blows, weapons, or objects such as photographic equipment) towards
- take something or somebody with oneself somewhere
- accept or undergo, often unwillingly
- ascertain or determine by measuring, computing or take a reading from a dial
- make use of or accept for some purpose
- remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract
- get into one's hands, take physically
- be stricken by an illness, fall victim to an illness
- travel or go by means of a certain kind of transportation, or a certain route
- be designed to hold or take
- take into one's possession
- have with oneself; have on one's person
- require (time or space)
- interpret something in a certain way; convey a particular meaning or impression
- obtain by winning
- lay claim to; as of an idea
- occupy or take on
- require as useful, just, or proper
- buy, select
- head into a specified direction
- make a film or photograph of something
- to get into a position of having, e.g., safety, comfort
- receive willingly something given or offered
- carry out
- pick out, select, or choose from a number of alternatives
- take as an undesirable consequence of some event or state of affairs
- engage for service under a term of contract
- conquer by force
- have sex with; archaic use
- be capable of holding or containing
noun
- Money that is taken in, (legal or illegal) proceeds, income; (in particular) profits; takings.
- (medicine) An instance of successful inoculation/vaccination.
- (film) A scene recorded (filmed) at one time, without an interruption or break; a recording of such a scene.
- (music) A recording of a musical performance made during an uninterrupted single recording period.
- (rugby, cricket) A catch of the ball (in cricket, especially one by the wicket-keeper).
- A visible (facial) response to something, especially something unexpected; a facial gesture in response to an event.
- (printing) The quantity of copy given to a compositor at one time.
- The or an act of taking.
- An approach, a (distinct) treatment.
- An interpretation or view, opinion or assessment; perspective; a statement expressing such a position.
- The or a quantity of fish, game animals or pelts, etc which have been taken at one time; catch.
- the act of photographing a scene or part of a scene without interruption
- the income or profit arising from such transactions as the sale of land or other property
verb
- (transitive) To remove.
- (intransitive) To become successful, to flourish.
- (ambitransitive) To absent oneself from (work or other responsibility), especially with permission.
- (intransitive) To depart.
- (transitive) To quantify.
- (surfing) To stand up on a surfboard and begin to surf a breaking wave.
- (usually transitive) To imitate (somebody), often in a satirical manner.
- (intransitive) To leave the ground and ascend into the air or into flight.
- prove fatal
- get started or set in motion, used figuratively
- remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract
- mimic or imitate in an amusing or satirical manner
- make a subtraction
- depart for someplace
- remove clothes or shoes
- take time off from work; stop working temporarily
- depart from the ground
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- (transitive) To remove (something unnecessary) for the sake of cutting down or shortening that which it was previously part of.
- (transitive, Internet slang) To remove participation status from or contributed material attributed to users usually deemed inactive or undesirable from an interactive computer service or website for the sake of housekeeping.
- (transitive, figuratively) To cut down or shorten (by the removal of unnecessary material).
- (transitive, computer science) To remove unnecessary branches from a tree data structure.
- (intransitive, informal) To become wrinkled like a dried plum, as the fingers and toes do when kept submerged in water.
- (transitive, horticulture) To remove excess material from a tree or shrub; to trim, especially to make more healthy or productive.
- cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of
- weed out unwanted or unnecessary things
noun
verb
- (slang, transitive) To delete or discard (electronic media).
- To use a remote control to repeatedly fast-forward or change channels on a television.
- (slang, transitive) To move or transport (something) in a brief time frame.
- (slang, transitive) To enliven.
- (intransitive) To make a zap sound.
- (Singapore, informal, transitive) To photocopy.
- (slang, transitive) To do away with something.
- (slang, transitive) To further energize or charge (magnetic material).
- To strike (something or someone) with electricity or energy, as by shooting.
- (slang, transitive) To damage (especially electronics) with electrostatic discharge.
- To participate in a zap (protest) against.
- (US, military, slang, transitive) To kill; to eliminate.
- (slang, transitive) To heat (something) in a microwave oven.
- strike at with firepower or bombs
- cook or heat in a microwave oven
- strike suddenly and with force
- kill with or as if with a burst of gunfire or electric current or as if by shooting
intj
noun
- A raucous public demonstration designed to embarrass a public figure or celebrity as a form of political activism.
- (slang) The act of heating something in a microwave oven.
- (colloquial) An electric shock.
- (colloquial) A sound made by a sudden release of electricity or some similar energy.
- a sudden event that imparts energy or excitement, usually with a dramatic impact
verb
- (transitive) To take away; to subtract.
- (intransitive) To taper.
- (intransitive) To disappear gradually.
- (transitive) To lessen the authority or dignity of; to put down; to degrade; to abase; to weaken; to nerf (in gaming).
- (intransitive) To become less or smaller.
- (transitive) To make appear smaller than in reality; to dismiss as unimportant.
- (transitive) To make smaller.
- decrease in size, extent, or range
- lessen the authority, dignity, or reputation of
verb
- (transitive) To dispose of, remove.
- (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).
- (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
- (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.
- (computing) A bit shift.
- 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, informal) To shed, remove, discard, or eliminate.
- (transitive) To be unable to follow or trace (somebody or something) any longer.
- (transitive) Of a clock, to run slower than expected.
- (transitive) To be deprived of (some right or privileged access to something).
- (transitive) To experience the death of (someone to whom one has an attachment, such as a relative or friend).
- (transitive) To fail to catch with the mind or senses; to miss.
- (transitive) To become a defeated competitor in (a game, competition, trial, etc).
- (transitive) To cease exhibiting; to overcome (a behavior or emotion).
- (transitive) To wander from; to miss, so as not to be able to find; to go astray from.
- (transitive) To cause (somebody) to be unable to follow or trace one any longer.
- (ditransitive) To cause (someone) the loss of something; to deprive of.
- (transitive) To pay or owe (some wager) due from an unsuccessful bet or gamble.
- (transitive) To cease to have (something) in one's possession or capability.
- (transitive) To have (an organ) removed from one's body, especially by accident.
- (transitive) To shed (weight).
- (intransitive) To be defeated (in a game, competition, contest, etc.)
- suffer the loss of a person through death or removal
- withdraw, as from reality
- fail to perceive or to catch with the senses or the mind
- fail to keep or maintain (of a state)
- fail to win
- fail to get or obtain
- allow to go out of sight or mind
- be set at a disadvantage
- miss from one's possessions; lose sight of
- fail to make money in a business; make a loss or fail to profit
noun
prep
- Removed or subtracted from.
- Placed after a number (of products or parts, as if a unit), in commerce or engineering.
- Detached, separated, excluded or disconnected from; away from a position of attachment or connection to.
- (colloquial, more properly 'from') Out of the possession of.
- Outside the area or region of.
- Used to indicate the location or direction of one thing relative to another, implying adjacency or accessibility via.
- Used to express location at sea relative to land or mainland.
- Not positioned upon, or away from a position upon.
- No longer wanting or taking.
- Temporarily not attending (a usual place), especially owing to illness or holiday.
- (slang, drugs) Under the influence of.
- (informal) As a result of.
adv
- So as to remove or separate, or be removed or separated.
- Used in various other ways specific to individual idiomatic phrases, e.g. bring off, show off, put off, tell off, etc. See the entry for the individual phrase.
- Into a state of non-operation or non-existence.
- (theater) Offstage.
- In a direction away from the speaker or other reference point.
- at a distance in space or time
- from a particular thing or place or position (‘forth’ is obsolete)
- no longer on or in contact or attached
adj
- (by extension, Australia, slang) Disgusting, repulsive, abhorrent.
- Temporarily not attending a usual place, such as work or school, especially owing to illness or holiday.
- (predicative only) Inappropriate; untoward.
- Not correct; not properly formed; not logical, harmonious, etc.
- (British, in relation to a vehicle) On the side furthest from the kerb (the right-hand side if one drives on the left).
- (in phrases such as 'off day') Designating a time when one is not performing to the best of one's abilities.
- (chiefly UK) Rancid, rotten, gone bad.
- (predicative only) Presently unavailable. (of a dish on a menu)
- (predicative only) Inoperative, disabled.
- Less than normal, in temperament or in result.
- (poker slang) Offsuit.
- (predicative only) Cancelled; not happening.
- Designating a time when one is not strictly attentive to business or affairs, or is absent from a post, and, hence, a time when affairs are not urgent.
- Started on the way.
- (in phrases such as 'well off', 'poorly off', 'comfortably off', etc., and in 'how?' questions) Circumstanced.
- (cricket) In, or towards the half of the field away from the batsman's legs; the right side for a right-handed batsman.
- Not fitted; not being worn.
- Far; off to the side.
- below a satisfactory level
- (of events) no longer planned or scheduled
- not performing or scheduled for duties
- not in operation or operational
- in an unpalatable state