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noun
- (countable) Anything that seems to be something that it is not.
- (uncountable) The state of being deceived or misled.
- (countable) A misapprehension; a belief in something that is in fact not true.
- (countable) A magician’s trick.
- an erroneous mental representation
- something many people believe that is false
- the act of deluding; deception by creating illusory ideas
- an illusory feat; considered magical by naive observers
noun
- (countable, figuratively) Something unprofitable or troublesome; anything useless.
- (Scotland) A sudden illness or relapse, often attended with fever, which befalls those who are about to give birth, are giving birth, or have recently given birth or miscarried or aborted.
- (countable, British, informal) A puny person; one who has little physical strength.
- (Scotland) Lymphangitis in a horse.
- (countable) Any plant unwanted at the place where and at the time when it is growing.
- (with the, uncountable, colloquial) Tobacco.
- (uncountable, informal, originally slang) Cannabis.
- Ellipsis of duckweed.
- (countable) A weak horse, which is therefore unfit to breed from.
- street names for marijuana
- any plant that crowds out cultivated plants
- a black band worn by a man (on the arm or hat) as a sign of mourning
verb
- (library science, transitive) To systematically remove materials from a library collection based on a set of criteria.
- (transitive) To remove unwanted vegetation from a cultivated area (especially grass).
- simple past and past participle of wee
- (figurative, transitive) To pilfer the best items from a collection.
- clear of weeds
noun
- (by extension, countable) Anything that numbs or stupefies.
- (uncountable) A yellow-brown, addictive narcotic drug obtained from the dried juice of unripe pods of the opium poppy, Papaver somniferum, and containing alkaloids such as morphine, codeine, and papaverine.
- an addictive narcotic extracted from seed capsules of the opium poppy
noun
- (countable) Something that is regarded as meaningless.
- (usually uncountable, politics) The rejection of non-proven or non-rationalized assertions in the social and political spheres of society.
- (countable, uncountable, philosophy) A doctrine grounded on the negation of one or more meaningful aspects of life; in particular, the view that nothing in the world actually exists.
- (uncountable, Russia, politics, historical) Alternative letter-case form of Nihilism (“a Russian movement of the 1860s that rejected all authority and promoted the use of violence for political change”).
- (usually uncountable) The rejection of, or opposition to, religious beliefs, (inherent or objective) moral principles, legal rules, etc., often due to the view that life is meaningless (sense 1).
- (uncountable, psychiatry) A delusion that oneself or the world, or parts thereof, have ceased to exist.
- (usually uncountable) The view that all endeavours are devoid of objective meaning.
- complete denial of all established authority and institutions
- the delusion that things (or everything, including the self) do not exist; a sense that everything is unreal
- a revolutionary doctrine that advocates destruction of the social system for its own sake
noun
- (countable) Something that is coarse.
- The quality or state of being coarse
- The property of being coarse, roughness or primitiveness, unrefined or unpolished.
- the quality of lacking taste and refinement
- the quality of being composed of relatively large particles
- language or humor that is down-to-earth
- looseness or roughness in texture (as of cloth)
noun
- (countable) Any physical object or material thing.
- The fleshly or corporeal nature of a human, as opposed to the spirit or soul.
- (architecture, of a church) nave.
- (geometry) A three-dimensional object, such as a cube or cone.
- (sociology) A human being, regarded as marginalized or oppressed.
- Main section.
- The largest or most important part of anything, as distinct from its appendages or accessories; (of vehicles, sometimes) the outer shell (as contrasted with the frame and powertrain).
- A unified collection of details, knowledge or information.
- An organisation, company or other authoritative group.
- (archaic or informal except in compounds) A person.
- (uncountable) Substance; physical presence.
- (countable) The physical structure of a human or animal seen as one single organism.
- The torso, the main structure of a human or animal frame excluding the extremities (limbs, head, tail).
- (programming) The code of a subroutine, contrasted to its signature and parameters.
- An agglomeration of some substance, especially one that would be otherwise uncountable.
- The content of a letter, message, or other printed or electronic document, as distinct from signatures, salutations, headers, and so on.
- (printing) The shank of a type, or the depth of the shank (by which the size is indicated).
- A group of people having a common purpose or opinion; a mass.
- (uncountable) Comparative viscosity, solidity or substance (in wine, colours etc.).
- (countable) A corpse.
- an individual 3-dimensional object that has mass and that is distinguishable from other objects
- the central message of a communication
- a natural object consisting of a dead animal or person
- a group of persons associated by some common tie or occupation and regarded as an entity
- a collection of particulars considered as a system
- the entire physical structure of an organism (an animal, plant, or human being)
- the external structure of a vehicle
- a resonating chamber in a musical instrument (as the body of a violin)
- the property of holding together and retaining its shape
- the main mass of a thing
- the body excluding the head and neck and limbs
verb
noun
- Specifically, one that is uncastrated.
- (UK) Clipping of bullseye.
- (uncountable, informal, euphemistic, slang) Clipping of bullshit.
- An adult male of certain large mammals, such as whales, elephants, camels and seals.
- (LGBTQ, slang) An elderly lesbian.
- (military, firearms) The central portion of a target, inside the inner and magpie.
- (slang, uncountable) Beef.
- A lie.
- (euphemistic, informal) Nonsense.
- A large, strong man.
- A papal bull, an official document or edict from the Pope.
- (finance) An investor who buys (commodities or securities) in anticipation of a rise in prices.
- A man who has sex with someone else's partner, with the consent of both.
- A seal affixed to a document, especially a document from the Pope.
- (Philadelphia, slang) A man or boy.
- A male of domesticated cattle or oxen of any age.
- Any adult male bovine.
- (loosely) Any bovine of an aggressive or long-horned breed regardless of age and sex.
- (US, slang) A policeman; a detective; a railroad security guard.
- a large and strong and heavyset man
- a serious and ludicrous blunder
- uncomplimentary terms for a policeman
- uncastrated adult male of domestic cattle
- an investor with an optimistic market outlook; an investor who expects prices to rise and so buys now for resale later
- mature male of various mammals of which the female is called ‘cow’; e.g. whales or elephants or especially cattle
- a formal proclamation issued by the pope (usually written in antiquated characters and sealed with a leaden bulla)
- the center of a target
- Obscene word for unacceptable behavior
adj
verb
- (intransitive, often with into or through) To force oneself (in a particular direction); to move aggressively.
- To mock; to cheat.
- (UK, military, transitive) To polish (boots) to a high shine.
- (finance, transitive) To endeavour to raise prices in.
- (agriculture, transitive, of a bull) To mate with (a cow or heifer).
- (finance, transitive) To endeavour to raise the market price of.
- (agriculture, intransitive, of a cow or heifer) To be in heat; to be ready for mating with a bull.
- (intransitive) To lie, to tell untruths.
- speak insincerely or without regard for facts or truths
- try to raise the price of stocks through speculative buying
- advance in price
- push or force
noun
- (uncountable, slang) Any of various recreational substances:
- (uncountable, slang) Information, usually from an inside source, originally in horse racing and other sports.
- (Appalachia) A soft drink.
- An opiate, now particularly heroin.
- (uncountable) An absorbent material used to hold a liquid.
- (uncountable, firearms) Ballistic data on previously fired rounds, used to calculate the required hold over a target.
- (US, Ohio) Dessert topping.
- Marijuana.
- (countable, slang, derogatory) A stupid person.
- (uncountable, aeronautics) Any varnish used to coat a part, such as an airplane wing or a hot-air balloon in order to waterproof, strengthen, etc.
- (uncountable) Any viscous liquid or paste, such as a lubricant, used in preparing a surface.
- slang terms for inside information
- street names for marijuana
- an ignorant or foolish person
- carbonated drink flavored with extract from kola nuts
adj
verb
- (transitive, electronics) To add a dopant such as arsenic to (a pure semiconductor such as silicon).
- (transitive, slang) To affect with drugs.
- (intransitive, now chiefly sports) To use drugs; especially, to use prohibited performance-enhancing drugs (PEDs) in sporting competitions.
- (transitive) To treat with dope (lubricant, etc.).
- take drugs to improve one's athletic performance
- give a narcotic to
- add impurities to (a semiconductor) in order to produce or modify its properties
noun
- (figurative) Anything unsubstantial.
- A group or swarm, especially suspended above the ground or flying.
- (cloud computing, with "the") The Internet, regarded as an abstract amorphous omnipresent space for processing and storage, the focus of cloud computing.
- A visible mass of water droplets suspended in the air.
- (telecommunications) A telecom network (from their representation in engineering drawings).
- (slang) Crystal methamphetamine.
- (figuratively) A negative or foreboding aspect of something positive: see every cloud has a silver lining or every silver lining has a cloud.
- Anything which makes things foggy or gloomy.
- Any mass of dust, steam or smoke resembling such a mass.
- A large, loosely-knitted headscarf worn by women.
- (Internet slang, humorous, endearing) A white cat.
- An elliptical shape or symbol whose outline is a series of semicircles, supposed to resemble a cloud.
- A dark spot on a lighter material or background.
- a visible mass of water or ice particles suspended at a considerable altitude
- a group of many things in the air or on the ground
- a cause of worry or gloom or trouble
- any collection of particles (e.g., smoke or dust) or gases that is visible
- suspicion affecting your reputation
- out of touch with reality
verb
- (intransitive) To become foggy or gloomy, or obscured from sight.
- Of the breath, to become cloud; to turn into mist.
- (transitive) To mark with, or darken in, veins or sports; to variegate with colors.
- (transitive) To blacken; to sully; to stain; to tarnish (reputation or character).
- (transitive) To make obscure.
- (transitive) To make less acute or perceptive.
- (intransitive) To become marked, darkened or variegated in this way.
- (transitive) To overspread or hide with a cloud or clouds.
- (transitive) To make gloomy or sullen.
- make less clear
- place under suspicion or cast doubt upon
- make overcast or cloudy
- billow up in the form of a cloud
- make gloomy or depressed
- colour with streaks or blotches of different shades
- make milky or dull
- make less visible or unclear
noun
- (countable) Anything foreign that is included in a material.
- (countable, mineralogy) Any material that is trapped inside a mineral during its formation, as a defect in a precious stone.
- (cytology) A nuclear or cytoplasmic aggregate of stainable substances.
- (uncountable) The act of including, i.e. adding or annexing, (something) to a group, set, or total.
- (countable) An addition or annex to a group, set, or total.
- (histology) An object completely inside a tissue, such as epidermal inclusion cyst, a cyst in the epidermis.
- (mathematics) A mapping where the domain is a subset of the image.
- the relation of comprising something
- any small intracellular body found within another (characteristic of certain diseases)
- the act of including
- the state of being included
noun
adj
- Having a substance; actually existing.
- Not imaginary; real; actual; true; veritable.
- Satisfying; having sufficient substance to be nourishing or filling.
- Corporeal; material; firm.
- Possessed of goods or an estate; moderately wealthy.
- Large in size, quantity, or value; ample; significant.
- Most important; essential.
- Having good substance; strong; stout; solid; firm.
- having an abundant supply of money or possessions of value
- providing abundant nourishment
- of considerable importance, size, or worth
- having substance or capable of being treated as fact; not imaginary
- of or relating to the real nature or essential elements of something
- of good quality and condition; solidly built
noun
- (uncountable) Light or frothy nonsense.
- (US) Chocolate fudge.
- (euphemistic, slang) Fecal matter; feces.
- (countable) A deliberately misleading or vague answer.
- (chiefly uncountable) A type of very sweet candy or confection, usually made from sugar, butter, and milk or cream.
- (countable) A less than perfect decision or solution; an attempt to fix an incorrect solution after the fact.
- soft creamy candy
intj
verb
- To cheat, especially in the game of marbles.
- (transitive) To alter something from its true state, as to hide a flaw or uncertainty, deliberately but not necessarily dishonestly or immorally.
- (intransitive) To try to avoid giving a direct answer.
- (colloquial, minced oath) Used in place of fuck.
- avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues)
- tamper, with the purpose of deception
noun
- (countable) Something that is not up to acceptable standards; something of low quality.
- (uncountable, music) Alternative form of rinky-tink (“a tinkling, tinny style of music; honky-tonk”).
- An amateur or someone who is underqualified.
- (countable) A miscellaneous object or thing; a thingy.
- Someone who operates unethically; specifically, a small-time conman or crook.
adj
noun
- (countable) Anything very thin and flat.
- In England, an often unleavened cake similar to a crepe.
- (uncountable, theater) A kind of makeup, consisting of a thick layer of a compressed powder.
- (uncountable) Composite leather made of scraps, glue and board, by extension of (4), material originally used for insoles, but later used also for heels and even soles.
- (countable, juggling) A type of throw, usually with a ring where the prop is thrown in such a way that it rotates round an axis of the diameter of the prop.
- (countable, film, slang) A box on which an actor stands to make them appear taller.
- In the US (and e.g. Scotland), a leavened, thicker, fluffier cake.
- (countable, volleyball) A defensive play in which the ball bounces off the top of a hand that has been pressed flat against the floor.
- a flat cake of thin batter fried on both sides on a griddle
verb
noun
- (uncountable, figurative) Something in broad circulation or use.
- (card games) One of the suits of minor arcana in tarot, or a card of that suit.
- (informal, cryptocurrencies) Ellipsis of cryptocoin; a cryptocurrency.
- A small circular slice of food.
- A token used in a special establishment like a casino.
- A corner or external angle.
- (figurative) That which serves for payment or recompense.
- (uncountable, slang, UK, US, African-American Vernacular) Money in general, not limited to coins.
- (money) A piece of currency, usually metallic and in the shape of a disc, but sometimes polygonal, or with a hole in the middle.
- a flat metal piece (usually a disc) used as money
verb
noun
- (colloquial, uncountable) Anything to smoke (e.g. cigarettes, marijuana, etc.)
- (uncountable, figuratively) A fleeting illusion; something insubstantial, evanescent, unreal, transitory, or without result.
- (uncountable) The visible vapor/vapour, gases, and fine particles given off by burning or smoldering material.
- (colloquial, countable, never plural) An instance of smoking a cigarette, cigar, etc.; the duration of this act.
- Pollen scattered by a plant.
- Mist, fog, or drizzle; water vapour, such as from exhalation into cold air.
- (uncountable, figuratively) Something used to obscure or conceal; an obscuring condition; see also smoke and mirrors.
- Opaque aerosol released on a battlefield, used e.g. to signal or to degrade enemy observation via smokescreen.
- (colloquial, countable) A cigarette.
- (baseball, slang) A fastball.
- (countable) A distinct column of smoke, such as indicating a burning area or fire.
- (uncountable, slang) Bother, trouble; problems; hassle.
- (uncountable) A light grey color tinted with blue.
- (baseball) a pitch thrown with maximum velocity
- street names for marijuana
- tobacco leaves that have been made into a cylinder
- something with no concrete substance
- a hot vapor containing fine particles of carbon being produced by combustion
- an indication of some hidden activity
- the act of smoking tobacco or other substances
- a cloud of fine particles suspended in a gas
verb
- (intransitive) To give off smoke.
- (intransitive) To inhale and exhale tobacco smoke.
- (intransitive, slang, chiefly as present participle) To perform (e.g. music) energetically or skillfully.
- To burn; to be kindled; to rage.
- (intransitive) Of tobacco: to give off or produce smoke (in a certain manner or of a certain type).
- To raise a dust or smoke by rapid motion.
- (transitive) To preserve or prepare (food) for consumption by treating with smoke.
- (slang) To beat someone at something.
- (transitive) To inhale and exhale the smoke from a burning cigarette, cigar, pipe, etc.
- To suffer severely; to be punished.
- (transitive, slang) To snuff out; to kill, especially with a gun.
- (intransitive) Of a fire in a fireplace: to emit smoke outward instead of up the chimney, owing to imperfect draught.
- (transitive) To cover (a key blank) with soot or carbon to aid in seeing the marks made by impressioning.
- (transitive) To dry or medicate by smoke.
- (transitive, US military slang) To punish (a person) for a minor offense by excessive physical exercise.
- emit a cloud of fine particles
- inhale and exhale smoke from cigarettes, cigars, pipes
noun
- Something imaginary or lacking substance.
- An imaginary magic dust or powder supposedly able to give one charisma or other positive qualities; hence, charisma or glamour, especially that possessed by a celebrity.
- Small fragments of dustlike material found in space; specifically, a type of cosmic dust that formed from cooling gases ejected from presolar stars, which was then incorporated into the cloud from which the Solar System condensed.
- An imaginary magic dust or powder that, when in one's eyes, supposedly causes one to view a person or thing favourably, even though this might not actually be warranted.
- a dreamy romantic or sentimental quality
noun
- (informal, uncountable) Nothing, or none.
- (mathematics) A value of the independent variables of a function, for which the function is equal to zero.
- The value of a magnitude corresponding to the cardinal number zero.
- The numeric symbol that represents the cardinal number zero.
- The point on a scale at which numbering or measurement originates.
- (mathematics, algebra) The additive identity element of a monoid or greater algebraic structure, particularly a group or ring.
- (slang) A person dismissed as unimportant.
- (finance) A security which has a zero coupon (paying no periodic interest).
- The digit 0 in the decimal, binary, and all other base numbering systems.
- (military, usually capitalized) A Mitsubishi A6M Zero, a long range fighter aircraft operated by the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service from 1940 to 1945.
- A setting of calibrated instruments such as a firearm, corresponding to a zero value.
- a quantity of no importance; thing (object:), singular, negative pronoun; pronoun, thing, singular; quantifier: negative existential
- the point on a scale from which positive or negative numerical quantities can be measured
- the sight setting that will cause a projectile to hit the center of the target with no wind blowing
- a mathematical element that when added to another number yields the same number
adj
- (meteorology) Of a cloud ceiling, limiting vision to 50 feet (15 meters) or less.
- (linguistics) Present at an abstract level, but not realized in the surface form.
- (meteorology) Of horizontal visibility, limited to 165 feet (50.3 meters) or less.
- (postpositive) Used in the names of foodstuffs, especially beverages, to indicate a version with no calories
- of or relating to the null set (a set with no members)
- having no measurable or otherwise determinable value
- indicating the absence of any or all units under consideration
- indicating an initial point or origin
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verb
noun
- (countable) Something which helps; a material source of help.
- (countable, chiefly in the plural, horse racing) The rider's use of hands, legs, voice, etc. to control the horse.
- (countable) A helper; an assistant.
- (countable, British) An exchequer loan.
- (countable, law) A pecuniary tribute paid by a vassal to his feudal lord on special occasions.
- (countable) Alternative form of aide (“an aide-de-camp”).
- (uncountable) Help; assistance; succor, relief.
- (countable, British) An historical subsidy granted to the crown by Parliament for an extraordinary purpose, such as a war effort.
- a person or thing that is a resource that helps make something easier or possible to do
- the activity of contributing to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose
- gift of money or other material help to support a person or cause
- the work of providing treatment for or attending to someone or something
verb
noun
- (uncountable, colloquial) (in negations) Anything.
- (uncountable, colloquial) Nonsense; bullshit.
- (uncountable, colloquial) Stuff, things.
- (uncountable, colloquial, slang, definite, US) (the shit) The best of its kind.
- (countable, colloquial) A nasty, despicable person, used particularly of men.
- (uncountable, slang) Genitalia, especially male.
- (uncountable, slang) Anything exceptional or remarkable.
- (countable, uncountable, colloquial, literally) Usually solid excretory product evacuated from the bowels; feces.
- (countable, informal, colloquial, literally) The act of shitting.
- (countable, colloquial) The smallest amount of concern or consideration.
- (uncountable, colloquial) Any recreational drug (e.g. cannabis, heroin, etc.).
- (uncountable, colloquial) A strong rebuke.
- (uncountable, colloquial) A problem or difficult situation.
- (uncountable, colloquial) Rubbish; worthless matter.
- a coarse term for defecation
- a small worthless amount
- obscene terms for feces
- insulting terms of address for people who are stupid or irritating or ridiculous
- something of little value
- Obscene word for unacceptable behavior
adj
intj
verb
- (transitive, reflexive, literally) To defecate on; to soil through defecating.
- (intransitive, literally) To defecate.
- (transitive) To fool or try to fool someone; to be deceitful.
- (ambitransitive, slang) To fart (especially a wet fart) or shart.
- (transitive, literally) To excrete (something) through the anus.
- (transitive, Australia, New Zealand, UK, Ireland) To annoy.
- give away information about somebody
- have a bowel movement
noun
- (usually countable, sometimes uncountable) A long, thin piece of any material; any such material collectively.
- A landing strip.
- (fencing) The playing area, roughly 14 meters by 2 meters.
- (US) A street with multiple shopping or entertainment possibilities.
- (countable) A long, thin piece of land; any long, thin area.
- (slang) A strip club.
- (finance) An investment strategy involving simultaneous trade with one call and two put options on the same security at the same strike price, similar to but more bearish than a straddle.
- A strip steak.
- (mining) A trough for washing ore.
- The act of removing one's clothes; a striptease.
- A comic strip.
- (television) A television series aired at the same time daily (or at least on Mondays to Fridays), so that it appears as a strip straight across the weekly schedule.
- (UK, soccer) The uniform of a football team, or the same worn by supporters.
- The issuing of a projectile from a rifled gun without acquiring the spiral motion.
- (attributively, of games) Denotes a version of a game in which losing players must progressively remove their clothes.
- an airfield without normal airport facilities
- thin piece of wood or metal
- a sequence of drawings telling a story in a newspaper or comic book
- a relatively long narrow piece of something
- a form of erotic entertainment in which a dancer gradually undresses to music
- artifact consisting of a narrow flat piece of material
verb
- To pick the cured leaves from the stalks of (tobacco) and tie them into "hands".
- (intransitive) To perform a striptease.
- To remove fibre, flock, or lint from; said of the teeth of a card when it becomes partly clogged.
- (transitive) To take away something from (someone or something); to plunder; to divest.
- To remove the metal coating from (a plated article), as by acids or electrolytic action.
- (transitive) To fire (a bullet or ball) from a rifle such that it fails to pick up a spin from the rifling.
- To remove the insulation from a wire/cable.
- (intransitive) To fail to pick up a spin from the grooves in a rifle barrel.
- (transitive) To remove the overlying earth from (a deposit).
- (transitive, bridge) To remove all cards of a particular suit from another player. (See also strip-squeeze.)
- (transitive) To remove or take away, often in strips or stripes.
- (transitive) To milk a cow, especially by stroking and compressing the teats to draw out the last of the milk.
- (intransitive) To fail in the thread; to lose the thread, as a bolt, screw, or nut.
- (usually intransitive) To take off clothing.
- To press out the ripe roe or milt from fishes, for artificial fecundation.
- (transitive) To remove color from hair, cloth, etc. to prepare it to receive new color.
- (transitive, agriculture) To pare off the surface of (land) in strips.
- (television, transitive) To run a television series at the same time daily (or at least on Mondays to Fridays), so that it appears as a strip straight across the weekly schedule.
- (transitive) To remove (the thread or teeth) from a screw, nut, or gear, especially inadvertently by overtightening.
- (transitive) To empty (tubing) by applying pressure to the outside of (the tubing) and moving that pressure along (the tubing).
- To remove the midrib from (tobacco leaves).
- (transitive) To remove cargo from (a container).
- remove the surface from
- draw the last milk (of cows)
- remove all contents or possession from, or empty completely
- lay bare
- remove (someone's or one's own) clothes
- get undressed
- remove the thread (of screws)
- remove a constituent from a liquid
- remove substances from by a percolating liquid
- take away possessions from someone
- take off or remove
- strip the cured leaves from
- steal goods; take as spoils
noun
adj
noun
- (countable) Something original.
- (uncountable) The original state or condition of a thing.
- (uncountable) The capacity to think independently or be inventive.
- (uncountable) The quality of being original or novel.
- the ability to think and act independently
- the quality of being new and original (not derived from something else)
noun
- (uncountable, figuratively) Anything that nourishes or sustains.
- (uncountable, MLE) Any illegal substance or illegal substances, drugs.
- (uncountable) Any solid substance that can be consumed by living organisms, especially by eating, in order to sustain life.
- (countable) A foodstuff, a type of food.
- anything that provides mental stimulus for thinking
- any substance that can be metabolized by an animal to give energy and build tissue
noun
adj
noun
- (figuratively, uncommon) Any collection of anything.
- (figuratively) The building housing such a department.
- (figuratively) A governmental office or department in a monarchy which purchases, keeps, and cares for royal clothes.
- A tall built-in cupboard or closet for storing clothes, often including a rail for coat-hangers, and usually located in a bedroom.
- (figuratively) The department of a theater, movie studio, etc which purchases, keeps, and cares for costumes; its staff; its room(s) or building(s).
- (figuratively) Any collection of clothing.
- The contents of a wardrobe: an individual's entire collection of clothing.
- A room for keeping costumes and other property safe at a theater; a prop room.
- (figuratively, uncommon) Anything that similarly stores or houses something.
- A movable cupboard or cabinet designed for storing clothes, particularly as a large piece of bedroom furniture.
- a tall piece of furniture that provides storage space for clothes; has a door and rails or hooks for hanging clothes
- collection of costumes belonging to a theatrical company
- collection of clothing belonging to one person
verb
noun
- anything immaterial that severely hinders or confines
- a garment similar to a jacket that is used to bind the arms tightly against the body as a means of restraining a violent person
- A jacket-like garment with very long sleeves which can be secured in place, thus preventing the wearer from moving his or her arms. Often used in psychiatric hospitals to prevent patients from injuring themselves or others.
- (figurative) Any situation seen as confining or restricting.
verb
noun
- (countable, uncountable) An item's composition.
- (countable, uncountable) Cosmetics; colorants and other substances applied to the skin to alter its appearance.
- (finance) In a NIMCRUT, an amount distributed from the trust's income in subsequent years to make up for a present shortfall.
- (education) A test given to students allowing them to repeat failed material.
- (manufacturing) Replacement; material used to make up for the amount that has been used up.
- cosmetics applied to the face to improve or change your appearance
- the way in which someone or something is composed
- an event that is substituted for a previously cancelled event
verb
noun
- (countable) An assortment of miscellaneous items.
- (uncountable) The condition of being miscellaneous, of being a hodgepodge.
- (countable) A collection of writings on various subjects or topics; an anthology.
- a collection containing a variety of sorts of things
- an anthology of short literary pieces and poems and ballads etc.
noun
- (uncountable) Supplies for consumption or pleasure.
- (countable) Money paid for a transport ticket.
- (countable, UK, crime, slang) A prostitute's client.
- (countable) A paying passenger, especially in a taxi.
- (uncountable) Food and drink.
- a paying (taxi) passenger
- an agenda of things to do
- the food and drink that are regularly served or consumed
- the sum charged for riding in a public conveyance
verb
noun
- (usually uncountable) That which is not science, or a specific non-scientific field
- A body, set, or system of information, methods, beliefs, and hypotheses (such as history, astrology or metaphysics) that does not use the scientific method or follow accepted scientific standards as a basis for observation, or development of a theory.
noun
- (countable, uncountable) A convenience, a fitting, something satisfying a need.
- (countable, uncountable) Willingness to accommodate; obligingness.
- (theology) An adaptation or method of interpretation which explains the special form in which the revelation is presented as unessential to its contents, or rather as often adopted by way of compromise with human ignorance or weakness.
- (countable, medicine) The adjustment of the eye to a change of the distance from an observed object.
- (countable, commerce) A loan of money.
- (countable, physiology, biology) The adaptation or adjustment of an organism, organ, or part.
- (countable, commerce) An accommodation bill or note.
- (countable, geology) The place where sediments can make, or have made, a sedimentation.
- (British, Australia, a mass noun) Lodging in a dwelling or similar living quarters afforded to travellers in hotels or on cruise ships, or students, etc.
- (countable, law) An offer of substitute goods to fulfill a contract, which will bind the purchaser if accepted.
- (countable, uncountable) Adjustment of differences; state of agreement; reconciliation; settlement; compromise.
- (linguistics, sociolinguistics) Modification(s) to make one's way of communicating similar to others involved in a conversation or discourse.
- (countable) The application of a writer's language, on the ground of analogy, to something not originally referred to or intended.
- (countable, uncountable, followed by to) The act of fitting or adapting, or the state of being fitted or adapted; adaptation; adjustment.
- in the theories of Jean Piaget: the modification of internal representations in order to accommodate a changing knowledge of reality
- a settlement of differences
- living quarters provided for public convenience
- (physiology) the automatic adjustment in focal length of the natural lens of the eye
- making or becoming suitable; adjusting to circumstances
- the act of providing something (lodging or seat or food) to meet a need
noun
- Something dull or uninteresting.
- A hole drilled or milled through something, or (by extension) its diameter.
- A sudden and rapid flow of tide occurring in certain rivers and estuaries which rolls up as a wave.
- A tool, such as an auger, for making a hole by boring.
- The place where such a well exists.
- The tunnel inside of a gun's barrel through which the bullet travels when fired, or (by extension) its diameter.
- A capped well drilled to tap artesian water.
- One who inspires boredom or lack of interest; an uninteresting person.
- Calibre; importance.
- diameter of a tube or gun barrel
- a person who evokes boredom
- a hole or passage made by a drill; usually made for exploratory purposes
- a high wave (often dangerous) caused by tidal flow (as by colliding tidal currents or in a narrow estuary)
verb
- (intransitive) To push forward in a certain direction with laborious effort.
- (intransitive) To make a hole with, or as if with, a boring instrument; to cut a circular hole by the rotary motion of a tool.
- (transitive, sports, slang) To push or drive (a boxer into the ropes, a boat out of its course, etc.).
- (transitive) To form or enlarge (something) by means of a boring instrument or apparatus.
- simple past of bear
- (intransitive) To glare (as if to drill a hole with the eyes).
- (intransitive) To be pierced or penetrated by an instrument that cuts as it turns.
- (transitive) To make (a passage) by laborious effort, as in boring; to force a narrow and difficult passage through.
- (colloquial) past participle of bear
- (proscribed) simple past of bare
- (transitive) To inspire boredom in somebody.
- (transitive) To make a hole through something.
- make a hole, especially with a pointed power or hand tool
- cause to be bored
noun
adj
- Incapable of being perceived by the senses; incorporeal.
- incapable of being perceived by the senses especially the sense of touch
- lacking substance or reality; incapable of being touched or seen
- hard to pin down or identify
- (of especially business assets) not having physical substance or intrinsic productive value
noun
- (uncountable, informal) Any semi-solid or liquid substance; especially one that is sticky, gummy or slippery, unpleasant, and of vague or unknown composition, such as slime or semen.
- A noise made by a baby trying to imitate speech.
- (figuratively) Excessive, showy sentimentality.
- any thick, viscous matter
verb
noun
- (countable) Anything that seems to be something that it is not.
- (uncountable) The state of being deceived or misled.
- (countable) A misapprehension; a belief in something that is in fact not true.
- (countable) A magician’s trick.
- an erroneous mental representation
- something many people believe that is false
- the act of deluding; deception by creating illusory ideas
- an illusory feat; considered magical by naive observers
noun
- (countable, figuratively) Something unprofitable or troublesome; anything useless.
- (Scotland) A sudden illness or relapse, often attended with fever, which befalls those who are about to give birth, are giving birth, or have recently given birth or miscarried or aborted.
- (countable, British, informal) A puny person; one who has little physical strength.
- (Scotland) Lymphangitis in a horse.
- (countable) Any plant unwanted at the place where and at the time when it is growing.
- (with the, uncountable, colloquial) Tobacco.
- (uncountable, informal, originally slang) Cannabis.
- Ellipsis of duckweed.
- (countable) A weak horse, which is therefore unfit to breed from.
- street names for marijuana
- any plant that crowds out cultivated plants
- a black band worn by a man (on the arm or hat) as a sign of mourning
verb
- (library science, transitive) To systematically remove materials from a library collection based on a set of criteria.
- (transitive) To remove unwanted vegetation from a cultivated area (especially grass).
- simple past and past participle of wee
- (figurative, transitive) To pilfer the best items from a collection.
- clear of weeds
noun
- (by extension, countable) Anything that numbs or stupefies.
- (uncountable) A yellow-brown, addictive narcotic drug obtained from the dried juice of unripe pods of the opium poppy, Papaver somniferum, and containing alkaloids such as morphine, codeine, and papaverine.
- an addictive narcotic extracted from seed capsules of the opium poppy
noun
- (countable) Something that is regarded as meaningless.
- (usually uncountable, politics) The rejection of non-proven or non-rationalized assertions in the social and political spheres of society.
- (countable, uncountable, philosophy) A doctrine grounded on the negation of one or more meaningful aspects of life; in particular, the view that nothing in the world actually exists.
- (uncountable, Russia, politics, historical) Alternative letter-case form of Nihilism (“a Russian movement of the 1860s that rejected all authority and promoted the use of violence for political change”).
- (usually uncountable) The rejection of, or opposition to, religious beliefs, (inherent or objective) moral principles, legal rules, etc., often due to the view that life is meaningless (sense 1).
- (uncountable, psychiatry) A delusion that oneself or the world, or parts thereof, have ceased to exist.
- (usually uncountable) The view that all endeavours are devoid of objective meaning.
- complete denial of all established authority and institutions
- the delusion that things (or everything, including the self) do not exist; a sense that everything is unreal
- a revolutionary doctrine that advocates destruction of the social system for its own sake
noun
- (countable) Something that is coarse.
- The quality or state of being coarse
- The property of being coarse, roughness or primitiveness, unrefined or unpolished.
- the quality of lacking taste and refinement
- the quality of being composed of relatively large particles
- language or humor that is down-to-earth
- looseness or roughness in texture (as of cloth)
noun
- (countable) Any physical object or material thing.
- The fleshly or corporeal nature of a human, as opposed to the spirit or soul.
- (architecture, of a church) nave.
- (geometry) A three-dimensional object, such as a cube or cone.
- (sociology) A human being, regarded as marginalized or oppressed.
- Main section.
- The largest or most important part of anything, as distinct from its appendages or accessories; (of vehicles, sometimes) the outer shell (as contrasted with the frame and powertrain).
- A unified collection of details, knowledge or information.
- An organisation, company or other authoritative group.
- (archaic or informal except in compounds) A person.
- (uncountable) Substance; physical presence.
- (countable) The physical structure of a human or animal seen as one single organism.
- The torso, the main structure of a human or animal frame excluding the extremities (limbs, head, tail).
- (programming) The code of a subroutine, contrasted to its signature and parameters.
- An agglomeration of some substance, especially one that would be otherwise uncountable.
- The content of a letter, message, or other printed or electronic document, as distinct from signatures, salutations, headers, and so on.
- (printing) The shank of a type, or the depth of the shank (by which the size is indicated).
- A group of people having a common purpose or opinion; a mass.
- (uncountable) Comparative viscosity, solidity or substance (in wine, colours etc.).
- (countable) A corpse.
- an individual 3-dimensional object that has mass and that is distinguishable from other objects
- the central message of a communication
- a natural object consisting of a dead animal or person
- a group of persons associated by some common tie or occupation and regarded as an entity
- a collection of particulars considered as a system
- the entire physical structure of an organism (an animal, plant, or human being)
- the external structure of a vehicle
- a resonating chamber in a musical instrument (as the body of a violin)
- the property of holding together and retaining its shape
- the main mass of a thing
- the body excluding the head and neck and limbs
verb
noun
- Specifically, one that is uncastrated.
- (UK) Clipping of bullseye.
- (uncountable, informal, euphemistic, slang) Clipping of bullshit.
- An adult male of certain large mammals, such as whales, elephants, camels and seals.
- (LGBTQ, slang) An elderly lesbian.
- (military, firearms) The central portion of a target, inside the inner and magpie.
- (slang, uncountable) Beef.
- A lie.
- (euphemistic, informal) Nonsense.
- A large, strong man.
- A papal bull, an official document or edict from the Pope.
- (finance) An investor who buys (commodities or securities) in anticipation of a rise in prices.
- A man who has sex with someone else's partner, with the consent of both.
- A seal affixed to a document, especially a document from the Pope.
- (Philadelphia, slang) A man or boy.
- A male of domesticated cattle or oxen of any age.
- Any adult male bovine.
- (loosely) Any bovine of an aggressive or long-horned breed regardless of age and sex.
- (US, slang) A policeman; a detective; a railroad security guard.
- a large and strong and heavyset man
- a serious and ludicrous blunder
- uncomplimentary terms for a policeman
- uncastrated adult male of domestic cattle
- an investor with an optimistic market outlook; an investor who expects prices to rise and so buys now for resale later
- mature male of various mammals of which the female is called ‘cow’; e.g. whales or elephants or especially cattle
- a formal proclamation issued by the pope (usually written in antiquated characters and sealed with a leaden bulla)
- the center of a target
- Obscene word for unacceptable behavior
adj
verb
- (intransitive, often with into or through) To force oneself (in a particular direction); to move aggressively.
- To mock; to cheat.
- (UK, military, transitive) To polish (boots) to a high shine.
- (finance, transitive) To endeavour to raise prices in.
- (agriculture, transitive, of a bull) To mate with (a cow or heifer).
- (finance, transitive) To endeavour to raise the market price of.
- (agriculture, intransitive, of a cow or heifer) To be in heat; to be ready for mating with a bull.
- (intransitive) To lie, to tell untruths.
- speak insincerely or without regard for facts or truths
- try to raise the price of stocks through speculative buying
- advance in price
- push or force
noun
- (uncountable, slang) Any of various recreational substances:
- (uncountable, slang) Information, usually from an inside source, originally in horse racing and other sports.
- (Appalachia) A soft drink.
- An opiate, now particularly heroin.
- (uncountable) An absorbent material used to hold a liquid.
- (uncountable, firearms) Ballistic data on previously fired rounds, used to calculate the required hold over a target.
- (US, Ohio) Dessert topping.
- Marijuana.
- (countable, slang, derogatory) A stupid person.
- (uncountable, aeronautics) Any varnish used to coat a part, such as an airplane wing or a hot-air balloon in order to waterproof, strengthen, etc.
- (uncountable) Any viscous liquid or paste, such as a lubricant, used in preparing a surface.
- slang terms for inside information
- street names for marijuana
- an ignorant or foolish person
- carbonated drink flavored with extract from kola nuts
adj
verb
- (transitive, electronics) To add a dopant such as arsenic to (a pure semiconductor such as silicon).
- (transitive, slang) To affect with drugs.
- (intransitive, now chiefly sports) To use drugs; especially, to use prohibited performance-enhancing drugs (PEDs) in sporting competitions.
- (transitive) To treat with dope (lubricant, etc.).
- take drugs to improve one's athletic performance
- give a narcotic to
- add impurities to (a semiconductor) in order to produce or modify its properties
noun
- (figurative) Anything unsubstantial.
- A group or swarm, especially suspended above the ground or flying.
- (cloud computing, with "the") The Internet, regarded as an abstract amorphous omnipresent space for processing and storage, the focus of cloud computing.
- A visible mass of water droplets suspended in the air.
- (telecommunications) A telecom network (from their representation in engineering drawings).
- (slang) Crystal methamphetamine.
- (figuratively) A negative or foreboding aspect of something positive: see every cloud has a silver lining or every silver lining has a cloud.
- Anything which makes things foggy or gloomy.
- Any mass of dust, steam or smoke resembling such a mass.
- A large, loosely-knitted headscarf worn by women.
- (Internet slang, humorous, endearing) A white cat.
- An elliptical shape or symbol whose outline is a series of semicircles, supposed to resemble a cloud.
- A dark spot on a lighter material or background.
- a visible mass of water or ice particles suspended at a considerable altitude
- a group of many things in the air or on the ground
- a cause of worry or gloom or trouble
- any collection of particles (e.g., smoke or dust) or gases that is visible
- suspicion affecting your reputation
- out of touch with reality
verb
- (intransitive) To become foggy or gloomy, or obscured from sight.
- Of the breath, to become cloud; to turn into mist.
- (transitive) To mark with, or darken in, veins or sports; to variegate with colors.
- (transitive) To blacken; to sully; to stain; to tarnish (reputation or character).
- (transitive) To make obscure.
- (transitive) To make less acute or perceptive.
- (intransitive) To become marked, darkened or variegated in this way.
- (transitive) To overspread or hide with a cloud or clouds.
- (transitive) To make gloomy or sullen.
- make less clear
- place under suspicion or cast doubt upon
- make overcast or cloudy
- billow up in the form of a cloud
- make gloomy or depressed
- colour with streaks or blotches of different shades
- make milky or dull
- make less visible or unclear
noun
- (countable) Anything foreign that is included in a material.
- (countable, mineralogy) Any material that is trapped inside a mineral during its formation, as a defect in a precious stone.
- (cytology) A nuclear or cytoplasmic aggregate of stainable substances.
- (uncountable) The act of including, i.e. adding or annexing, (something) to a group, set, or total.
- (countable) An addition or annex to a group, set, or total.
- (histology) An object completely inside a tissue, such as epidermal inclusion cyst, a cyst in the epidermis.
- (mathematics) A mapping where the domain is a subset of the image.
- the relation of comprising something
- any small intracellular body found within another (characteristic of certain diseases)
- the act of including
- the state of being included
noun
adj
- Having a substance; actually existing.
- Not imaginary; real; actual; true; veritable.
- Satisfying; having sufficient substance to be nourishing or filling.
- Corporeal; material; firm.
- Possessed of goods or an estate; moderately wealthy.
- Large in size, quantity, or value; ample; significant.
- Most important; essential.
- Having good substance; strong; stout; solid; firm.
- having an abundant supply of money or possessions of value
- providing abundant nourishment
- of considerable importance, size, or worth
- having substance or capable of being treated as fact; not imaginary
- of or relating to the real nature or essential elements of something
- of good quality and condition; solidly built
noun
- (uncountable) Light or frothy nonsense.
- (US) Chocolate fudge.
- (euphemistic, slang) Fecal matter; feces.
- (countable) A deliberately misleading or vague answer.
- (chiefly uncountable) A type of very sweet candy or confection, usually made from sugar, butter, and milk or cream.
- (countable) A less than perfect decision or solution; an attempt to fix an incorrect solution after the fact.
- soft creamy candy
intj
verb
- To cheat, especially in the game of marbles.
- (transitive) To alter something from its true state, as to hide a flaw or uncertainty, deliberately but not necessarily dishonestly or immorally.
- (intransitive) To try to avoid giving a direct answer.
- (colloquial, minced oath) Used in place of fuck.
- avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues)
- tamper, with the purpose of deception
noun
- (countable) Something that is not up to acceptable standards; something of low quality.
- (uncountable, music) Alternative form of rinky-tink (“a tinkling, tinny style of music; honky-tonk”).
- An amateur or someone who is underqualified.
- (countable) A miscellaneous object or thing; a thingy.
- Someone who operates unethically; specifically, a small-time conman or crook.
adj
noun
- (countable) Anything very thin and flat.
- In England, an often unleavened cake similar to a crepe.
- (uncountable, theater) A kind of makeup, consisting of a thick layer of a compressed powder.
- (uncountable) Composite leather made of scraps, glue and board, by extension of (4), material originally used for insoles, but later used also for heels and even soles.
- (countable, juggling) A type of throw, usually with a ring where the prop is thrown in such a way that it rotates round an axis of the diameter of the prop.
- (countable, film, slang) A box on which an actor stands to make them appear taller.
- In the US (and e.g. Scotland), a leavened, thicker, fluffier cake.
- (countable, volleyball) A defensive play in which the ball bounces off the top of a hand that has been pressed flat against the floor.
- a flat cake of thin batter fried on both sides on a griddle
verb
noun
- (uncountable, figurative) Something in broad circulation or use.
- (card games) One of the suits of minor arcana in tarot, or a card of that suit.
- (informal, cryptocurrencies) Ellipsis of cryptocoin; a cryptocurrency.
- A small circular slice of food.
- A token used in a special establishment like a casino.
- A corner or external angle.
- (figurative) That which serves for payment or recompense.
- (uncountable, slang, UK, US, African-American Vernacular) Money in general, not limited to coins.
- (money) A piece of currency, usually metallic and in the shape of a disc, but sometimes polygonal, or with a hole in the middle.
- a flat metal piece (usually a disc) used as money
verb
noun
- (colloquial, uncountable) Anything to smoke (e.g. cigarettes, marijuana, etc.)
- (uncountable, figuratively) A fleeting illusion; something insubstantial, evanescent, unreal, transitory, or without result.
- (uncountable) The visible vapor/vapour, gases, and fine particles given off by burning or smoldering material.
- (colloquial, countable, never plural) An instance of smoking a cigarette, cigar, etc.; the duration of this act.
- Pollen scattered by a plant.
- Mist, fog, or drizzle; water vapour, such as from exhalation into cold air.
- (uncountable, figuratively) Something used to obscure or conceal; an obscuring condition; see also smoke and mirrors.
- Opaque aerosol released on a battlefield, used e.g. to signal or to degrade enemy observation via smokescreen.
- (colloquial, countable) A cigarette.
- (baseball, slang) A fastball.
- (countable) A distinct column of smoke, such as indicating a burning area or fire.
- (uncountable, slang) Bother, trouble; problems; hassle.
- (uncountable) A light grey color tinted with blue.
- (baseball) a pitch thrown with maximum velocity
- street names for marijuana
- tobacco leaves that have been made into a cylinder
- something with no concrete substance
- a hot vapor containing fine particles of carbon being produced by combustion
- an indication of some hidden activity
- the act of smoking tobacco or other substances
- a cloud of fine particles suspended in a gas
verb
- (intransitive) To give off smoke.
- (intransitive) To inhale and exhale tobacco smoke.
- (intransitive, slang, chiefly as present participle) To perform (e.g. music) energetically or skillfully.
- To burn; to be kindled; to rage.
- (intransitive) Of tobacco: to give off or produce smoke (in a certain manner or of a certain type).
- To raise a dust or smoke by rapid motion.
- (transitive) To preserve or prepare (food) for consumption by treating with smoke.
- (slang) To beat someone at something.
- (transitive) To inhale and exhale the smoke from a burning cigarette, cigar, pipe, etc.
- To suffer severely; to be punished.
- (transitive, slang) To snuff out; to kill, especially with a gun.
- (intransitive) Of a fire in a fireplace: to emit smoke outward instead of up the chimney, owing to imperfect draught.
- (transitive) To cover (a key blank) with soot or carbon to aid in seeing the marks made by impressioning.
- (transitive) To dry or medicate by smoke.
- (transitive, US military slang) To punish (a person) for a minor offense by excessive physical exercise.
- emit a cloud of fine particles
- inhale and exhale smoke from cigarettes, cigars, pipes
noun
- Something imaginary or lacking substance.
- An imaginary magic dust or powder supposedly able to give one charisma or other positive qualities; hence, charisma or glamour, especially that possessed by a celebrity.
- Small fragments of dustlike material found in space; specifically, a type of cosmic dust that formed from cooling gases ejected from presolar stars, which was then incorporated into the cloud from which the Solar System condensed.
- An imaginary magic dust or powder that, when in one's eyes, supposedly causes one to view a person or thing favourably, even though this might not actually be warranted.
- a dreamy romantic or sentimental quality
noun
- (informal, uncountable) Nothing, or none.
- (mathematics) A value of the independent variables of a function, for which the function is equal to zero.
- The value of a magnitude corresponding to the cardinal number zero.
- The numeric symbol that represents the cardinal number zero.
- The point on a scale at which numbering or measurement originates.
- (mathematics, algebra) The additive identity element of a monoid or greater algebraic structure, particularly a group or ring.
- (slang) A person dismissed as unimportant.
- (finance) A security which has a zero coupon (paying no periodic interest).
- The digit 0 in the decimal, binary, and all other base numbering systems.
- (military, usually capitalized) A Mitsubishi A6M Zero, a long range fighter aircraft operated by the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service from 1940 to 1945.
- A setting of calibrated instruments such as a firearm, corresponding to a zero value.
- a quantity of no importance; thing (object:), singular, negative pronoun; pronoun, thing, singular; quantifier: negative existential
- the point on a scale from which positive or negative numerical quantities can be measured
- the sight setting that will cause a projectile to hit the center of the target with no wind blowing
- a mathematical element that when added to another number yields the same number
adj
- (meteorology) Of a cloud ceiling, limiting vision to 50 feet (15 meters) or less.
- (linguistics) Present at an abstract level, but not realized in the surface form.
- (meteorology) Of horizontal visibility, limited to 165 feet (50.3 meters) or less.
- (postpositive) Used in the names of foodstuffs, especially beverages, to indicate a version with no calories
- of or relating to the null set (a set with no members)
- having no measurable or otherwise determinable value
- indicating the absence of any or all units under consideration
- indicating an initial point or origin
det
num
verb
noun
- (countable) Something which helps; a material source of help.
- (countable, chiefly in the plural, horse racing) The rider's use of hands, legs, voice, etc. to control the horse.
- (countable) A helper; an assistant.
- (countable, British) An exchequer loan.
- (countable, law) A pecuniary tribute paid by a vassal to his feudal lord on special occasions.
- (countable) Alternative form of aide (“an aide-de-camp”).
- (uncountable) Help; assistance; succor, relief.
- (countable, British) An historical subsidy granted to the crown by Parliament for an extraordinary purpose, such as a war effort.
- a person or thing that is a resource that helps make something easier or possible to do
- the activity of contributing to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose
- gift of money or other material help to support a person or cause
- the work of providing treatment for or attending to someone or something
verb
noun
- (uncountable, colloquial) (in negations) Anything.
- (uncountable, colloquial) Nonsense; bullshit.
- (uncountable, colloquial) Stuff, things.
- (uncountable, colloquial, slang, definite, US) (the shit) The best of its kind.
- (countable, colloquial) A nasty, despicable person, used particularly of men.
- (uncountable, slang) Genitalia, especially male.
- (uncountable, slang) Anything exceptional or remarkable.
- (countable, uncountable, colloquial, literally) Usually solid excretory product evacuated from the bowels; feces.
- (countable, informal, colloquial, literally) The act of shitting.
- (countable, colloquial) The smallest amount of concern or consideration.
- (uncountable, colloquial) Any recreational drug (e.g. cannabis, heroin, etc.).
- (uncountable, colloquial) A strong rebuke.
- (uncountable, colloquial) A problem or difficult situation.
- (uncountable, colloquial) Rubbish; worthless matter.
- a coarse term for defecation
- a small worthless amount
- obscene terms for feces
- insulting terms of address for people who are stupid or irritating or ridiculous
- something of little value
- Obscene word for unacceptable behavior
adj
intj
verb
- (transitive, reflexive, literally) To defecate on; to soil through defecating.
- (intransitive, literally) To defecate.
- (transitive) To fool or try to fool someone; to be deceitful.
- (ambitransitive, slang) To fart (especially a wet fart) or shart.
- (transitive, literally) To excrete (something) through the anus.
- (transitive, Australia, New Zealand, UK, Ireland) To annoy.
- give away information about somebody
- have a bowel movement
noun
- (usually countable, sometimes uncountable) A long, thin piece of any material; any such material collectively.
- A landing strip.
- (fencing) The playing area, roughly 14 meters by 2 meters.
- (US) A street with multiple shopping or entertainment possibilities.
- (countable) A long, thin piece of land; any long, thin area.
- (slang) A strip club.
- (finance) An investment strategy involving simultaneous trade with one call and two put options on the same security at the same strike price, similar to but more bearish than a straddle.
- A strip steak.
- (mining) A trough for washing ore.
- The act of removing one's clothes; a striptease.
- A comic strip.
- (television) A television series aired at the same time daily (or at least on Mondays to Fridays), so that it appears as a strip straight across the weekly schedule.
- (UK, soccer) The uniform of a football team, or the same worn by supporters.
- The issuing of a projectile from a rifled gun without acquiring the spiral motion.
- (attributively, of games) Denotes a version of a game in which losing players must progressively remove their clothes.
- an airfield without normal airport facilities
- thin piece of wood or metal
- a sequence of drawings telling a story in a newspaper or comic book
- a relatively long narrow piece of something
- a form of erotic entertainment in which a dancer gradually undresses to music
- artifact consisting of a narrow flat piece of material
verb
- To pick the cured leaves from the stalks of (tobacco) and tie them into "hands".
- (intransitive) To perform a striptease.
- To remove fibre, flock, or lint from; said of the teeth of a card when it becomes partly clogged.
- (transitive) To take away something from (someone or something); to plunder; to divest.
- To remove the metal coating from (a plated article), as by acids or electrolytic action.
- (transitive) To fire (a bullet or ball) from a rifle such that it fails to pick up a spin from the rifling.
- To remove the insulation from a wire/cable.
- (intransitive) To fail to pick up a spin from the grooves in a rifle barrel.
- (transitive) To remove the overlying earth from (a deposit).
- (transitive, bridge) To remove all cards of a particular suit from another player. (See also strip-squeeze.)
- (transitive) To remove or take away, often in strips or stripes.
- (transitive) To milk a cow, especially by stroking and compressing the teats to draw out the last of the milk.
- (intransitive) To fail in the thread; to lose the thread, as a bolt, screw, or nut.
- (usually intransitive) To take off clothing.
- To press out the ripe roe or milt from fishes, for artificial fecundation.
- (transitive) To remove color from hair, cloth, etc. to prepare it to receive new color.
- (transitive, agriculture) To pare off the surface of (land) in strips.
- (television, transitive) To run a television series at the same time daily (or at least on Mondays to Fridays), so that it appears as a strip straight across the weekly schedule.
- (transitive) To remove (the thread or teeth) from a screw, nut, or gear, especially inadvertently by overtightening.
- (transitive) To empty (tubing) by applying pressure to the outside of (the tubing) and moving that pressure along (the tubing).
- To remove the midrib from (tobacco leaves).
- (transitive) To remove cargo from (a container).
- remove the surface from
- draw the last milk (of cows)
- remove all contents or possession from, or empty completely
- lay bare
- remove (someone's or one's own) clothes
- get undressed
- remove the thread (of screws)
- remove a constituent from a liquid
- remove substances from by a percolating liquid
- take away possessions from someone
- take off or remove
- strip the cured leaves from
- steal goods; take as spoils
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adj
noun
- (countable) Something original.
- (uncountable) The original state or condition of a thing.
- (uncountable) The capacity to think independently or be inventive.
- (uncountable) The quality of being original or novel.
- the ability to think and act independently
- the quality of being new and original (not derived from something else)
noun
- (uncountable, figuratively) Anything that nourishes or sustains.
- (uncountable, MLE) Any illegal substance or illegal substances, drugs.
- (uncountable) Any solid substance that can be consumed by living organisms, especially by eating, in order to sustain life.
- (countable) A foodstuff, a type of food.
- anything that provides mental stimulus for thinking
- any substance that can be metabolized by an animal to give energy and build tissue
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adj
noun
- (figuratively, uncommon) Any collection of anything.
- (figuratively) The building housing such a department.
- (figuratively) A governmental office or department in a monarchy which purchases, keeps, and cares for royal clothes.
- A tall built-in cupboard or closet for storing clothes, often including a rail for coat-hangers, and usually located in a bedroom.
- (figuratively) The department of a theater, movie studio, etc which purchases, keeps, and cares for costumes; its staff; its room(s) or building(s).
- (figuratively) Any collection of clothing.
- The contents of a wardrobe: an individual's entire collection of clothing.
- A room for keeping costumes and other property safe at a theater; a prop room.
- (figuratively, uncommon) Anything that similarly stores or houses something.
- A movable cupboard or cabinet designed for storing clothes, particularly as a large piece of bedroom furniture.
- a tall piece of furniture that provides storage space for clothes; has a door and rails or hooks for hanging clothes
- collection of costumes belonging to a theatrical company
- collection of clothing belonging to one person
verb
noun
- anything immaterial that severely hinders or confines
- a garment similar to a jacket that is used to bind the arms tightly against the body as a means of restraining a violent person
- A jacket-like garment with very long sleeves which can be secured in place, thus preventing the wearer from moving his or her arms. Often used in psychiatric hospitals to prevent patients from injuring themselves or others.
- (figurative) Any situation seen as confining or restricting.
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noun
- (countable, uncountable) An item's composition.
- (countable, uncountable) Cosmetics; colorants and other substances applied to the skin to alter its appearance.
- (finance) In a NIMCRUT, an amount distributed from the trust's income in subsequent years to make up for a present shortfall.
- (education) A test given to students allowing them to repeat failed material.
- (manufacturing) Replacement; material used to make up for the amount that has been used up.
- cosmetics applied to the face to improve or change your appearance
- the way in which someone or something is composed
- an event that is substituted for a previously cancelled event
verb
noun
- (countable) An assortment of miscellaneous items.
- (uncountable) The condition of being miscellaneous, of being a hodgepodge.
- (countable) A collection of writings on various subjects or topics; an anthology.
- a collection containing a variety of sorts of things
- an anthology of short literary pieces and poems and ballads etc.
noun
- (uncountable) Supplies for consumption or pleasure.
- (countable) Money paid for a transport ticket.
- (countable, UK, crime, slang) A prostitute's client.
- (countable) A paying passenger, especially in a taxi.
- (uncountable) Food and drink.
- a paying (taxi) passenger
- an agenda of things to do
- the food and drink that are regularly served or consumed
- the sum charged for riding in a public conveyance
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noun
- (usually uncountable) That which is not science, or a specific non-scientific field
- A body, set, or system of information, methods, beliefs, and hypotheses (such as history, astrology or metaphysics) that does not use the scientific method or follow accepted scientific standards as a basis for observation, or development of a theory.
noun
- (countable, uncountable) A convenience, a fitting, something satisfying a need.
- (countable, uncountable) Willingness to accommodate; obligingness.
- (theology) An adaptation or method of interpretation which explains the special form in which the revelation is presented as unessential to its contents, or rather as often adopted by way of compromise with human ignorance or weakness.
- (countable, medicine) The adjustment of the eye to a change of the distance from an observed object.
- (countable, commerce) A loan of money.
- (countable, physiology, biology) The adaptation or adjustment of an organism, organ, or part.
- (countable, commerce) An accommodation bill or note.
- (countable, geology) The place where sediments can make, or have made, a sedimentation.
- (British, Australia, a mass noun) Lodging in a dwelling or similar living quarters afforded to travellers in hotels or on cruise ships, or students, etc.
- (countable, law) An offer of substitute goods to fulfill a contract, which will bind the purchaser if accepted.
- (countable, uncountable) Adjustment of differences; state of agreement; reconciliation; settlement; compromise.
- (linguistics, sociolinguistics) Modification(s) to make one's way of communicating similar to others involved in a conversation or discourse.
- (countable) The application of a writer's language, on the ground of analogy, to something not originally referred to or intended.
- (countable, uncountable, followed by to) The act of fitting or adapting, or the state of being fitted or adapted; adaptation; adjustment.
- in the theories of Jean Piaget: the modification of internal representations in order to accommodate a changing knowledge of reality
- a settlement of differences
- living quarters provided for public convenience
- (physiology) the automatic adjustment in focal length of the natural lens of the eye
- making or becoming suitable; adjusting to circumstances
- the act of providing something (lodging or seat or food) to meet a need
noun
- Something dull or uninteresting.
- A hole drilled or milled through something, or (by extension) its diameter.
- A sudden and rapid flow of tide occurring in certain rivers and estuaries which rolls up as a wave.
- A tool, such as an auger, for making a hole by boring.
- The place where such a well exists.
- The tunnel inside of a gun's barrel through which the bullet travels when fired, or (by extension) its diameter.
- A capped well drilled to tap artesian water.
- One who inspires boredom or lack of interest; an uninteresting person.
- Calibre; importance.
- diameter of a tube or gun barrel
- a person who evokes boredom
- a hole or passage made by a drill; usually made for exploratory purposes
- a high wave (often dangerous) caused by tidal flow (as by colliding tidal currents or in a narrow estuary)
verb
- (intransitive) To push forward in a certain direction with laborious effort.
- (intransitive) To make a hole with, or as if with, a boring instrument; to cut a circular hole by the rotary motion of a tool.
- (transitive, sports, slang) To push or drive (a boxer into the ropes, a boat out of its course, etc.).
- (transitive) To form or enlarge (something) by means of a boring instrument or apparatus.
- simple past of bear
- (intransitive) To glare (as if to drill a hole with the eyes).
- (intransitive) To be pierced or penetrated by an instrument that cuts as it turns.
- (transitive) To make (a passage) by laborious effort, as in boring; to force a narrow and difficult passage through.
- (colloquial) past participle of bear
- (proscribed) simple past of bare
- (transitive) To inspire boredom in somebody.
- (transitive) To make a hole through something.
- make a hole, especially with a pointed power or hand tool
- cause to be bored
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adj
- Incapable of being perceived by the senses; incorporeal.
- incapable of being perceived by the senses especially the sense of touch
- lacking substance or reality; incapable of being touched or seen
- hard to pin down or identify
- (of especially business assets) not having physical substance or intrinsic productive value
noun
- (uncountable, informal) Any semi-solid or liquid substance; especially one that is sticky, gummy or slippery, unpleasant, and of vague or unknown composition, such as slime or semen.
- A noise made by a baby trying to imitate speech.
- (figuratively) Excessive, showy sentimentality.
- any thick, viscous matter
verb
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