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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
- (figurative) An easy or pleasant task.
- The meal eaten at such a gathering.
- A cut of pork from the shoulder area (above the front leg) of a pig.
- An informal social gathering, usually in a natural outdoor setting, to which the participants bring their own food and drink.
- any undertaking that is easy to do
- any informal meal eaten outside or on an excursion
- a day devoted to an outdoor social gathering
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- (figurative) One that is ineffectual.
- (historical) Such a man employed as harem guard or in certain (mainly Eastern) monarchies (e.g. late Roman and Chinese Empires) as court or state officials.
- (in translations of ancient texts) A man who is not inclined to marry and procreate.
- A castrated man.
- a man who has been castrated and is incapable of reproduction
verb
- (figurative) To render ineffective.
- (transitive) To remove the narcotine from.
- (figurative) To waken; to make aware.
- To deprive (an addict) of a narcotic drug until there is no longer a physical addiction.
- (by extension) To denature; to alter so as to cancel an intoxicating, addictive, or disagreeable effect.
- To administer a stimulant to (a person or animal under the influence of a narcotic) in order to counteract the effects of a narcotic drug.
- (by extension) To remove the issue of narcotics from (a relationship)
- To remove reliance on narcotics from (an organization)
verb
- (figuratively) To represent by an image or look.
- To play a role; to depict a character, person, situation, or event.
- To paint or draw the likeness of.
- (figuratively) To describe in words; to convey.
- make a portrait of
- represent abstractly, for example in a painting, drawing, or sculpture
- assume or act the character of
- portray in words
noun
- (figurative, by extension) Anything trivial and worthless.
- A club or sceptre carried by a jester.
- A cheap showy ornament or piece of jewellery; a gewgaw.
- A small shiny spherical decoration, commonly put on Christmas trees.
- a mock scepter carried by a court jester
- cheap showy jewelry or ornament on clothing
verb
- (figurative) To diminish, dull, or curtail.
- (intransitive) To become darker.
- To render dim, obscure, or dark; to make less bright or distinct.
- To deprive of distinct vision; to hinder from seeing clearly, either by dazzling or clouding the eyes; to darken the senses or understanding of.
- (transitive) To make something less bright.
- make dim or lusterless
- make dim by comparison or conceal
- become vague or indistinct
- become dim or lusterless
- switch (a car's headlights) from a higher to a lower beam
adj
- Indistinct, hazy or unclear.
- (colloquial) Not smart or intelligent.
- Disapproving, unfavorable: rarely used outside the phrase take a dim view of.
- Not bright or colorful.
- (music) Clipping of diminished.
- slow to learn or understand; lacking intellectual acuity
- made dim or less bright
- lacking clarity or distinctness
- lacking in light; not bright or harsh
- offering little or no hope
noun
- (figurative) Something that supports.
- (nautical) A distance that a sailing vessel does without changing the sails from one side to the other.
- A rod-like protrusion from an inanimate object, such as a piece of furniture, supporting it from underneath.
- (electricity) A branch circuit; one phase of a polyphase system.
- A part of garment, such as a pair of trousers/pants, that covers a leg.
- (nautical) One side of a multiple-sided (often triangular) course in a sailing race.
- Synonym of leg up (“forming a step for a person's feet with one's hands”).
- (cricket, attributive) Denotes the half of the field on the same side as the batsman's legs; the left side for a right-handed batsman.
- (usually in the plural) The ability of something to persist or succeed over a long period of time.
- A stage of a journey, race etc.
- (US, slang, military) An army soldier assigned to a paratrooper unit who has not yet been qualified as a paratrooper.
- (anatomy) The portion of the lower limb of a human that extends from the knee to the ankle.
- (sports) A single game or match played in a tournament or other sporting contest.
- (geometry) One of the two equal sides of an isosceles triangle.
- In a grain elevator, the case containing the lower part of the belt which carries the buckets.
- (geometry) One of the two sides of a right triangle that is not the hypotenuse.
- Alternative spelling of leg..
- In humans, the lower limb extending from the groin to the ankle.
- (finance) An underlying instrument of a derivatives strategy.
- (gambling) An individual bet in a parlay (a series of bets where the stake and winnings are cumulatively carried forward).
- (geometry) One of the branches of a hyperbola or other curve which extend outward indefinitely.
- A limb or appendage that an animal uses for support or locomotion on land.
- (telephony) A branch or lateral circuit connecting an instrument with the main line.
- (journalism) A column, as a unit of length of text as laid out.
- An extension of a steam boiler downward, in the form of a narrow space between vertical plates, sometimes nearly surrounding the furnace and ash pit, and serving to support the boiler; called also water leg.
- a section or portion of a journey or course
- a prosthesis that replaces a missing leg
- a structure in animals that is similar to a human leg and used for locomotion
- the limb of an animal used for food
- a cloth covering consisting of the part of a pair of trousers that covers a person's leg
- (nautical) the distance traveled by a sailing vessel on a single tack
- one of the supports for a piece of furniture
- a human limb; commonly used to refer to a whole limb but technically only the part of the limb between the knee and ankle
- a part of a forked or branching shape
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- (figurative) Something lacking substance.
- Any of various fungi, usually globose, that produce a cloud of brown dust-like spores from their mature fruiting bodies, especially in family Lycoperdaceae.
- (by extension) Any of various mushrooms with globose fruiting bodies.
- A dandelion flower that has gone to seed, a dandelion clock.
- any of various fungi of the family Lycoperdaceae whose round fruiting body discharges a cloud of spores when mature
- any of various fungi of the genus Scleroderma having hard-skinned subterranean fruiting bodies resembling truffles
verb
- (transitive) To deprive of the means or the disposition to harm; to render harmless or innocuous.
- (transitive) To deprive of weapons; to deprive of the means of attack or defense; to render defenseless.
- (intransitive) To reduce one's own military forces.
- (transitive) To render into a state in which something is no longer armed, or prepared for use (such as to disable the security systems on).
- (intransitive) To lay down arms; to stand down.
- make less hostile; win over
- remove offensive capability from
- take away the weapons from; render harmless
noun
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- (figurative) Something at one's disposal.
- A pale beige color tinted with grey or pink, like that of an oyster.
- (UK, slang) Ellipsis of Oyster card.
- (colloquial, by analogy) A person who keeps secrets.
- Any of certain marine bivalve mollusks, especially those of the family Ostreidae (the true oysters), usually found adhering to rocks or other fixed objects in shallow water along the seacoasts, or in brackish water in the mouth of rivers.
- (UK, slang) A shoplifter.
- The delicate oyster-shaped morsel of dark meat contained in a small cavity of the bone on each side of the lower part of the back of a fowl.
- a small muscle on each side of the back of a fowl
- marine mollusks having a rough irregular shell; found on the sea bed mostly in coastal waters
- edible body of any of numerous oysters
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- (figuratively) To give (something) a false or superficial attractiveness.
- (by extension) To deck out (a place or something) with showy but cheap ornaments; to make gaudy.
- (also figuratively) To ornament (fabric, etc.) by weaving into it thread of gold, silver, or some other shiny material.
- interweave with tinsel
- adorn with tinsel
- impart a cheap brightness to
adj
noun
- A thin, shiny foil for ornamental purposes which is of a material made of metal or resembling metal; especially, narrow glittering strips of such a material, often strung on to thread, and traditionally at Christmastime draped on Christmas trees, hung from balustrades or ceilings, or wrapped around objects as a decoration.
- (figuratively) Anything shining and gaudy; especially something superficially shiny and showy, or having a false lustre, and more pretty than valuable.
- a thread with glittering metal foil attached
- a showy decoration that is basically valueless
verb
- (figurative, transitive) To fabricate.
- (computing, intransitive, of a disk drive) To reach a sufficient spinning speed for reads and writes to take place.
- (figurative, intransitive) To be brought into full operation; to reach full potential or capacity; to spool up.
- (computing, transitive) To power up, launch, or instantiate.
verb
- (figurative) Of a thing: to produce (a noise or sound); to emit.
- (obsolete except UK, dialectal) To discharge or send out (something); to eject, to emit.
- To verbally express or report (a desire or emotion, an idea or thought, etc.).
- (law) To put (currency or other valuable items) into circulation; specifically, to pass off (counterfeit currency, etc.) as legal tender; to use (a forged cheque) as if genuine.
- Sometimes preceded by forth, out, etc.: to produce (a cry, speech, or other sounds) with the voice.
- Of words, etc.: to be spoken.
- (reflexive) To express (oneself) in speech or writing.
- (figurative) To pass off (something fake) as a genuine item.
- To speak.
- express in speech
- put into circulation
- express audibly; utter sounds (not necessarily words)
- articulate; either verbally or with a cry, shout, or noise
adj
- (originally Scotland) Of decisions, replies, etc.: made in an unconditional or unqualified manner; decisive, definite.
- To the furthest or most extreme extent; absolute, complete, total, unconditional.
- (rare) Of a substance: pure, unmixed.
- complete and absolute
- without qualification; used informally as (often pejorative) intensifiers
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- (also figurative) To shine light on (something).
- Of a person or their face: to show enlightenment, happiness, etc.
- To enlighten intellectually.
- To enlighten (someone) spiritually; to induce (someone) to adopt, or believe in the truth of, a religion, religious tenet, etc.
- (art) To decorate (a page of a manuscript book) with ornamental designs.
- (rare) To enlighten (someone) intellectually.
- (also figurative) To cause (something) to glow or shine with light.
- To cause (a person or their face) to show enlightenment, happiness, etc.
- To cause (the eyes) to see.
- To become bright; to light up.
- introduce light into
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- (figurative) Craving something immaterial.
- (slang, figurative) Craving or desiring sex.
- Needing to drink water or any liquid that can supply water.
- (euphemistic) Craving alcohol; especially, experiencing some alcohol withdrawal.
- (informal, uncommon) Causing thirst; giving one a need to drink.
- feeling a need or desire to drink
- able to take in large quantities of moisture
- needing moisture
- (usually followed by ‘for’) extremely desirous
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- (figurative) Anything that falls lightly and in a refreshing manner.
- (uncountable) Any moisture from the atmosphere condensed by cool bodies upon their surfaces.
- (figurative) An emblem of morning, or fresh vigour.
- (countable, but see usage notes) An instance of such moisture settling on plants, etc.
- (uncountable) Moisture in the air that settles on plants, etc in the morning or evening, resulting in drops.
- water that has condensed on a cool surface overnight from water vapor in the air
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- (transitive, figurative) To make meaningless; to divest of meaning; to make empty.
- (transitive) To treat with bleach, especially so as to whiten (fabric, paper, etc.) or lighten (hair).
- (intransitive) To be whitened or lightened (by the sun, for example).
- (intransitive, biology, of corals) To lose color due to stress-induced expulsion of symbiotic unicellular algae.
- make whiter or lighter
- cause to become white or lighter in color
noun
- (countable) A variety of bleach.
- (uncountable) A chemical, such as sodium hypochlorite or hydrogen peroxide, or a preparation of such a chemical, used for disinfecting or whitening.
- An act of bleaching; exposure to the sun.
- an agent that makes things white or colorless
- the whiteness that results from removing the color from something
- the act of whitening something by bleaching it (exposing it to sunlight or using a chemical bleaching agent)
verb
- (figurative) To create art, speak, or write in a manner which assumes affected, exaggerated, or unnatural attitudes.
- To assume an attitude or pose, especially one which is affected, exaggerated, or unnatural; to posture, to posturize; also, to excessively practise adopting attitudes or poses.
- To cause (someone or something) to assume an attitude or pose; to pose, to posture.
- To give the appearance of, or make a show of, (something) by assuming an affected or exaggerated attitude.
- assume certain affected attitudes
adj
- Perfunctory or merely symbolic; done or existing for appearance's sake, or to minimally comply with a requirement.
- (of people) Included in minimal numbers in order to create an impression or illusion of diversity, especially ethnic or gender diversity.
- Done as an indication or a pledge.
- insignificantly small; a matter of form only (‘tokenish’ is informal)
noun
- (computing) An atomic piece of data, such as a word, for which a meaning may be inferred during parsing.
- (grammar) A lexeme; a basic, grammatically indivisible unit of a language such as a keyword, operator or identifier.
- A seal guaranteeing the quality of an item.
- (weaving) In a loom, a colored signal to show the weaver which shuttle to use.
- Something serving as an expression of something else.
- (computing) A conceptual object that can be possessed by a computer, process, etc. in order to regulate a turn-taking system such as a token ring network.
- (Church of Scotland) A piece of metal given beforehand to each person in the congregation who is permitted to partake of the Lord's Supper.
- (rail transport) A physical object used for exchange between drivers and signalmen on single track lines.
- (mining) A thin bed of coal indicating the existence of a thicker seam at no great distance.
- (corpus linguistics) A single example of a certain word in a text or corpus.
- A keepsake.
- (philosophy) A particular thing to which a concept applies.
- Support for a belief; grounds for an opinion.
- (medicine) A characteristic sign of a disease or of a bodily disorder, a symptom; a sign of a bodily condition, recovery, or health.
- A piece of stamped metal or plastic, etc., used as a form of currency; a voucher that can be exchanged for goods or services.
- Something given or shown as a symbol or guarantee of authority or right; a sign of authenticity, of power, good faith.
- (computing) A meaningless placeholder used as a substitute for sensitive data.
- (printing) Ten and a half quires, or, commonly, 250 sheets, of paper printed on both sides; also, in some cases, the same number of sheets printed on one side, or half the number printed on both sides.
- An object or disclosure to attest or authenticate the bearer or an instruction.
- A minor attempt for appearance's sake, or to minimally comply with a requirement; a formality.
- A small physical object, often designed to give the appearance of a common thing, used to represent a person or character in a board game or other situation.
- (mining) A bit of leather having a peculiar mark designating a particular miner. Each hewer sent one of these with each corf or tub he had hewn.
- A tally.
- A member of a group of people that is included within a larger group to comply with a legal or social requirement.
- An extraordinary event serving as evidence of supernatural power.
- an individual instance of a type of symbol
- something of sentimental value
- a metal or plastic disk that can be redeemed or used in designated slot machines
- something serving as a sign of something else
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- (figurative) To make empty; to deprive.
- To cause (or help) to leave or withdraw from.
- To remove; to eject; to void; to discharge, as the contents of a vessel, or of the bladder or the bowels (to stool).
- To make empty; to empty out; to remove the contents of, including to create a vacuum.
- To make void; to nullify; to vacate.
- (transitive) To leave or withdraw from; to quit; to retire from.
- create a vacuum in (a bulb, flask, reaction vessel)
- move people from their homes or country
- move out of an unsafe location into safety
- excrete or discharge from the body
- remove content from
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- (computing) The archived older version of a file that immediately precedes the current version, and was itself derived from the grandfather.
- Something that is the greatest or most significant of its kind.
- A male who has sired a baby; this person in relation to his child or children.
- (Christianity) A member of a church council.
- A male ancestor more remote than a parent; a progenitor; especially, a first ancestor.
- Something inanimate that begets.
- A term of respectful address for a priest.
- A pioneering figure in a particular field.
- A term of respectful address for an elderly man.
- A male parent, especially of a human; a male who parents a child (which he has sired, adopted, fostered, taken as his own, etc.).
- A person who plays the role of a father in some way.
- a person who holds an important or distinguished position in some organization
- a male parent (also used as a term of address to your father)
- the head of an organized crime family
- the founder of a family
- a person who founds or establishes some institution
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- (transitive) To make (something) even, inactive or ineffective.
- (transitive, military, euphemistic) To kill.
- (transitive) To make (a territory, etc.) politically neutral.
- (transitive, chemistry) To make (an acidic or alkaline substance) chemically neutral.
- make politically neutral and thus inoffensive
- oppose and mitigate the effects of by contrary actions
- make ineffective by counterbalancing the effect of
- make chemically neutral
- get rid of (someone who may be a threat) by killing
- make incapable of military action
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- To represent something abstract or intangible as material; to embody.
- (economics) To direct to others, as costs or benefits.
- (psychology) To attribute emotions etc to external circumstances; to project.
- To make something external or objective.
- make external or objective, or give reality to
- regard as objective
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- An attractive appearance that covers or disguises one's true nature or feelings, the veneer of culture.
- A thin decorative covering of fine material (usually wood) applied to coarser wood or other material.
- an ornamental coating to a building
- coating consisting of a thin layer of superior wood glued to a base of inferior wood
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- (surgery) A similar looped instrument formerly used to remove tumours etc.
- (music) A set of stiff wires held under tension against the bottom head of a drum to create a rattling sound.
- A trap (especially one made from a loop of wire, string, or leather).
- (veterinary medicine) A loop of cord used in obstetric cases, to hold or to pull a fetus from the mother animal.
- (music) A snare drum.
- A mental or psychological trap.
- strings stretched across the lower head of a snare drum; they make a rattling sound when the drum is hit
- a small drum with two heads and a snare stretched across the lower head
- a trap for birds or small mammals; often has a slip noose
- a surgical instrument consisting of wire hoop that can be drawn tight around the base of polyps or small tumors to sever them; used especially in body cavities
- something (often something deceptively attractive) that catches you unawares
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- (figurative, by extension) Anything added to increase enjoyment.
- In diamond-cutting, the charging of the laps or wheels with diamond dust and oil.
- (cooking) Something used to add taste or flavour to food, such as salt and pepper or other condiment, herb or spice.
- The air drying of wood.
- A coat of polymerized oil inside a cooking vessel which renders the surface non-stick.
- something added to food primarily for the savor it imparts
- the act of adding a seasoning to food
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- (figurative) Useless or cumbrous material.
- (baseball, slang) A baseball bat.
- (Canada, US) Wood sawn into planks or otherwise prepared for sale or use, especially as a building material.
- (slang, vulgar) An erect penis.
- an implement used in baseball by the batter
- the wood of trees cut and prepared for use as building material
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- (figurative) Something which obscures.
- (by extension) A flood of water; specifically, steep rapids in a river.
- (figurative) An overwhelming downpour or rush; a flood.
- A (large) waterfall, specifically one flowing over the edge of a cliff.
- (mechanics, chiefly historical) A type of governor used in single-acting steam engines, where a flow of water through an opening regulates the stroke.
- (ophthalmology, pathology) A clouding of the lens in the eye leading to a decrease in vision.
- an eye disease that involves the clouding or opacification of the natural lens of the eye
- a large waterfall; violent rush of water over a precipice
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- (figuratively) Mere; without embellishment.
- (MLE, MTE, Yorkshire, slang, not comparable) A lot or lots of.
- Minimal; that is or are just sufficient.
- Having no supplies.
- Threadbare, very worn.
- Without anything to cover up or conceal one's thoughts or actions; open to view; exposed.
- Having no decoration.
- Naked, uncovered.
- Having had what usually covers (something) removed.
- Not insured.
- With head uncovered; bareheaded.
- not having a protective covering
- lacking embellishment or ornamentation
- having everything extraneous removed including contents
- providing no shelter or sustenance
- lacking its natural or customary covering
- apart from anything else; without additions or modifications
- having no clothes on the body
- just barely adequate or within a lower limit
- lacking a surface finish such as paint
- lacking in magnitude or quantity
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- (humorous, transitive) To render (a thing) compact or more compact.
- (mathematics, transitive) To enlarge (a topological space) in order to render it compact.
- (humorous, intransitive) To become compact or more compact.
- (physics, transitive) To adjust a theory so as to render finite or periodic (a theoretical space-time dimension).
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- (figurative) A thing that, figuratively speaking, performs a similar role explaining, revealing, or clarifying.
- (computing) A program that converts commands into machine language in real time rather than compiling it in advance.
- A person or thing that interprets the meaning of something for another, particularly:
- (computing, historical) A machine that reads the pattern of holes on a punch card and prints its meaning along the top of the card.
- (historical) An analyst of reconnaissance photographs.
- (now uncommon) Synonym of guide, one who explains a thing, person, or group of people.
- A person or thing that translates speech or signing, as opposed to texts.
- (music, theater) A performer who presents a piece of art in a distinct style, particularly so as to make older works relevant to their audience.
- (computer science) a program that translates and executes source language statements one line at a time
- an advocate who represents someone else's policy or purpose
- someone who mediates between speakers of different languages
- someone who uses art to represent something
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- (slang, uncountable) The drug dextromethorphan.
- (slang, uncountable) Money acquired by gambling.
- (rare, countable) A female chinchilla; a sow.
- A closely woven fabric (originally of silk, now also of cotton or man-made fibres) with a thick short pile on one side.
- Very fine fur, including the skin and fur on a deer's antlers.
- a silky densely piled fabric with a plain back
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- (figurative) Something worthless.
- (cryptocurrencies) Tiny amounts of cryptocurrency left over after a transaction due to rounding error.
- (countable) The act of cleaning by dusting.
- (uncountable, astronomy) Submicron particles in outer space, largely silicates and carbon compounds, that contribute greatly to extinction at visible wavelengths.
- (countable, figurative) A tumult, disturbance, commotion, uproar.
- (countable, mathematics) A totally disconnected set of points with a fractal structure.
- (British, colloquial) Rubbish, garbage, refuse.
- The earthly remains of bodies once alive; the remains of the human body.
- (figurative) A low or mean condition.
- (countable) A cloud of dust.
- (countable, colloquial) A fight or row.
- The earth as the resting place of the dead.
- (figurative) The substance of the human body or mortal frame.
- (uncountable) Fine, dry particles of matter found in the air and covering the surface of objects, typically consisting of soil lifted up by the wind, pollen, hair, etc.
- (uncountable) Any substance reduced to fine particles; powder.
- (poetic) Earth, ground, soil, sediment.
- (countable) The act of sprinkling dust, or a sprinkle of dust itself.
- (uncountable, occupational health) Disintegration of a solid, like silica.
- free microscopic particles of solid material
- fine powdery material such as dry earth or pollen that can be blown about in the air
- the remains of something that has been destroyed or broken up
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- (transitive) To spray or cover (something) with fine powder or liquid, to sprinkle.
- (transitive) To remove dust from.
- (transitive, chiefly US slang) To kill.
- (transitive, now colloquial or dialectal) To strike, beat, thrash.
- (transitive, chiefly US slang) To defeat badly, to thrash.
- (intransitive, chiefly US slang) To leave quickly; to rush off.
- (intransitive) To remove dust; to clean by removing dust.
- (transitive, baseball) To deliberately pitch a ball close to (a batter); to brush back.
- (intransitive or reflexive) Of a bird, to cover itself in sand or dry, dusty earth.
- (transitive) To sprinkle (a substance) in the form of dust.
- (cryptocurrencies) To attempt to identify the owner of (a cryptocurrency wallet) by sending tiny amounts of cryptocurrency.
- remove the dust from
- rub the dust over a surface so as to blur the outlines of a shape
- distribute loosely
- cover with a light dusting of a substance
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- (by extension) The circle of light shed by a spotlight.
- A bright, directional light or lamp, especially one used to illuminate the focus or center of attention on a stage.
- (figurative) The center of attention; the highlight or most important part.
- A showcase.
- a lamp that produces a strong beam of light to illuminate a restricted area; used to focus attention of a stage performer
- a focus of public attention
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- (intransitive, figuratively) To allude to something.
- (ambitransitive) To briefly incline the head downwards as a cursory greeting.
- (intransitive, slang) To fall asleep while under the influence of opiates.
- (ambitransitive) To sway, move up and down.
- (intransitive) To make a mistake by being temporarily inattentive or tired
- (transitive) To signify by a nod.
- (intransitive) To gradually fall asleep.
- (ambitransitive) To incline the head up and down, as to indicate agreement.
- (transitive, intransitive, soccer) To head; to strike the ball with one's head.
- express or signify by nodding
- lower and raise the head, as to indicate assent or agreement or confirmation
- be almost asleep
- sway gently back and forth, as in a nodding motion
- let the head fall forward through drowsiness
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- (figurative) Something which enables someone to do or achieve something.
- An identification document used by firefighters, collected when they enter a dangerous area and returned when they leave, to keep track of who is still in the area.
- An official document normally used for international journeys, which proves the identity and nationality of the person for whom it was issued.
- (by extension, informal) Any document that allows entry or passage.
- any authorization to pass or go somewhere
- a document issued by a country to a citizen allowing that person to travel abroad and re-enter the home country
- any quality or characteristic that gains a person a favorable reception or acceptance or admission
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- (also figuratively) To make (a drawing, text which is printed or written, etc.) indecipherable, either by erasing or obscuring it; to blot out, to efface, to delete.
- (philately) To cancel (a postage stamp) with a postmark so it cannot be reused.
- (biology, pathology, surgery, chiefly passive voice) To impair the function and/or structure of (a body cavity, vessel, etc.) by ablating or occluding it (in the latter case, chiefly by filling it with tissue).
- (biology, pathology) Of a body cavity, vessel, etc.: to close up or fill with tissue; of perfusion or a pulse: to cease owing to obstruction.
- To be destroyed completely, leaving no trace.
- To destroy (someone or something) completely, leaving no trace; to annihilate, to wipe out.
- To hide (something) by covering it; to conceal, to obscure.
- mark for deletion, rub off, or erase
- do away with completely, without leaving a trace
- make undecipherable or imperceptible by obscuring or concealing
- remove completely from recognition or memory
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- (also figuratively) To adorn or ornament (something).
- To arrange or style (someone's hair).
- (agriculture, horticulture) To cultivate or tend to (a garden, land, plants, etc.); especially, to add fertilizer or manure to (soil); to fertilize, to manure.
- To apply a dressing to or otherwise treat (a wound); (obsolete) to give (a wounded person) medical aid.
- (slang) Ellipsis of cross-dress.
- (also reflexive and figuratively) To put clothes (or, formerly, armour) on (oneself or someone, a doll, a mannequin, etc.); to clothe.
- (especially of ores) To prepare by any of many types of physical processing (e.g., breaking, crushing, sorting, sieving, controlled burning or heating).
- To prepare, treat, or curry (animal hide or leather).
- To put on clothes.
- To design, make, provide, or select clothes (for someone).
- (butchering) Of an animal carcass: to have a certain quantity or weight after removal of the internal organs and skin; also, to have a certain appearance after being cut up and prepared for cooking.
- (specifically) To attire (oneself or someone) for a particular (especially formal) occasion, or in a fashionable manner.
- (fishing) To prepare (an artificial fly) to be attached to a fish hook.
- To arrange a display of goods in, or to decorate (a shop or shop window).
- (euphemistic, chiefly in the tailoring context) To allow one's penis to fall to one side or the other within one's trousers.
- To fit or prepare (something) for use; to render (something) suitable for an intended purpose; to get ready.
- To prepare (a set) by installing the props, scenery, etc.
- (military, sometimes imperative as a drill command) Of soldiers or troops: to arrange into proper formation; especially, to form into straight lines and at a proper distance from each other.
- To prepare the surface of (a material, such as lumber or stone; a grindstone or grinding wheel).
- (sports) Of a sportsperson: to put on the uniform and have the equipment needed to play a sport.
- (butchering) To cut up (an animal or its flesh) for food.
- (cooking) To prepare (food) for cooking or eating, especially by seasoning it; specifically, to add a dressing or sauce (to food, especially a salad).
- (historical or England, regional) To remove chaff or impurities from (flour, grain, etc.) by bolting or sifting, winnowing, and other methods.
- (nautical) To ornament (a ship) by hoisting the national colours at the peak and mastheads, and setting the jack forward; when "dressed full", the signal flags and pennants are added.
- To design, make, or prepare costumes (for a play or other performance); also, to present (a production) in a particular costume style.
- (military) To arrange (soldiers or troops) into proper formation; especially, to adjust (soldiers or troops) into straight lines and at a proper distance from each other; to align.
- Of a thing: to attain a certain condition after undergoing some process or treatment to fit or prepare it for use.
- (specifically) To attire oneself for a particular (especially formal) occasion, or in a fashionable manner.
- cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of
- give a neat appearance to
- arrange attractively
- cut down rough-hewn (lumber) to standard thickness and width
- convert into leather
- provide with clothes or put clothes on
- dress or groom with elaborate care
- arrange in ranks
- decorate (food), as with parsley or other ornamental foods
- kill and prepare for market or consumption
- put a dressing on
- dress in a certain manner
- put on clothes
- apply a bandage or medication to
- provide with decoration
- put a finish on
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- (figuratively) The external appearance of something, especially if intended to give a positive impression; garb, guise.
- The appearance of an object after it has undergone some process or treatment to fit or prepare it for use; finish.
- (film, television, theater) Ellipsis of dress rehearsal.
- Apparel or clothing, especially when appropriate for a particular occasion, profession, etc.
- (archaic outside of India) An item of outer clothing or set of such clothes (worn by people of all sexes) which is generally decorative and appropriate for a particular occasion, profession, etc.
- The external covering of an animal (for example, the feathers of a bird) or an object.
- (by extension, India) Any item of clothing, or an outfit.
- (clothing) An item of clothing (usually worn by a woman or young girl) which both covers the upper part of the body and includes a skirt below the waist.
- clothing in general
- a one-piece garment for a woman; has skirt and bodice
- clothing of a distinctive style or for a particular occasion
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- (Greek philosophy) Any of the ten arguments used in skepticism to refute dogmatism.
- (Judaism) A cantillation pattern, or one of the marks that represents it.
- A tangent space meeting a quartic surface in a conic.
- A pair of complementary hexachords in twelve-tone technique.
- (rhetoric) A figure of speech in which words or phrases are used with a nonliteral or figurative meaning, such as a metaphor.
- (medieval Christianity) An addition (of dialogue, song, music, etc.) to a standard element of the liturgy, serving as an embellishment.
- A short cadence at the end of the melody in some early music.
- (metaphysics) A particular instance of a property (such as the specific redness of a rose), as contrasted with a universal.
- (art, literature) Something recurring across a genre or type of art or literature; a motif.
- language used in a figurative or nonliteral sense
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- (figuratively) The outward appearance of something.
- (loanword, especially in scientific works translated from German) An arrangement.
- The quality, colour, or appearance of the skin on the face.
- Outlook, attitude, or point of view.
- a point of view or general attitude or inclination
- (obsolete) a combination of elements (of dryness and warmth or of the four humors) that was once believed to determine a person's health and temperament
- the coloring of a person's face
- texture and appearance of the skin of the face
- a combination that results from coupling or interlinking
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- (figurative) A minor effect made upon something.
- A type of maize/corn with a relatively soft outer hull, and a soft type of starch that shrinks at maturity to leave an indentation in the surface of the kernel.
- (weaving) A slot or a wire in a reed
- (by extension, informal) A sudden negative change, such as loss, damage, weakening, consumption or diminution, especially one produced by an external force, event or action
- (engineering) A tooth, as of a card, a gear wheel, etc.
- A shallow deformation in the surface of an object, produced by an impact.
- an appreciable consequence (especially a lessening)
- a depression scratched or carved into a surface
- an impression in a surface (as made by a blow)
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- (transitive) To make a false display of, to affect, to feign, to simulate.
- (nautical) To coil (a rope, line, or hawser), by winding alternately in opposite directions, in layers usually of zigzag or figure of eight form, to prevent twisting when running out.
- (transitive) To make a counterfeit, to counterfeit, to forge, to falsify.
- (music, ambitransitive) To improvise, in jazz.
- speak insincerely or without regard for facts or truths
- make a copy of with the intent to deceive
- tamper, with the purpose of deception
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- (sports) A move meant to deceive an opposing player, used for gaining advantage for example when dribbling an opponent.
- Something which is not genuine, or is presented fraudulently.
- (nautical) One of the circles or windings of a cable or hawser, as it lies in a coil; a single turn or coil.
- something that is a counterfeit; not what it seems to be
- (football) a deceptive move made by a football player
- a person who makes deceitful pretenses
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- (figurative) Anything that partially obscures a clear view.
- (figurative, parapsychology) That which separates the living and the spirit world.
- (mycology) A thin layer of tissue which is attached to or covers a mushroom.
- A cover; disguise; a mask; a pretense.
- (biology) The calyptra of mosses.
- Something hung up or spread out to hide or protect the face, or hide an object from view; usually of gauze, crepe, or similar diaphanous material.
- An obscuration of the clearness of the tones in pronunciation.
- (mycology) A membrane connecting the margin of the pileus of a mushroom with the stalk; a velum.
- (zoology) velum (A circular membrane round the cap of a medusa).
- A covering for a person or thing; as, a caul (especially over the head)
- a vestment worn by a priest at High Mass in the Roman Catholic Church; a silk shawl
- a garment that covers the head and face
- a membranous covering attached to the immature fruiting body of certain mushrooms
- the inner membrane of embryos in higher vertebrates (especially when covering the head at birth)
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- (intransitive, figurative) To circulate.
- (transitive, finance) To allow (the exchange value of a currency) to be determined by the markets.
- (transitive, finance) To issue or sell shares in a company (or units in a trust) to members of the public, followed by listing on a stock exchange.
- (intransitive) To drift or wander aimlessly.
- (transitive) To propose (an idea) for consideration.
- (intransitive, electronics) To be not connected or referenced to a known reference voltage.
- (poker) To perform a float.
- (transitive) To spread plaster over (a surface), using the tool called a float.
- (intransitive, colloquial) Of an idea or scheme, to be viable.
- (transitive) To cause to drift gently through the air, to waft.
- (intransitive) To move in a fluid manner.
- (intransitive) To be capable of floating.
- (transitive) To transport by float (vehicular trailer).
- (intransitive, aviation) To remain airborne, without touching down, for an excessive length of time during landing, due to excessive airspeed during the landing flare.
- (transitive, retail) To prepare a till (cash register) for operation, either by putting a float (cash amount) in the cash drawer to provide change for customers making cash payments or (by extension) by recording the time a till starts being used for card payments if it is card-only
- (transitive, colloquial) To extend a short-term loan to.
- (intransitive) To drift gently through the air.
- To be supported by a liquid of greater density, such that part (of the object or substance) remains above the surface.
- (intransitive) To move in a particular direction with the liquid in which one is floating.
- (transitive) To use a float (rasp-like tool) upon.
- (transitive) To cause something to be suspended in a fluid of greater density.
- (computing, publishing, transitive) To cause (an element within a document) to float above or beside others.
- (intransitive)To automatically adjust a parameter as related parameters change.
- (intransitive, of an object or substance) To be supported by a fluid of greater density (than the object).
- (intransitive, finance) (of currencies) To have an exchange value determined by the markets, as opposed to by central fiat.
- move lightly, as if suspended
- allow (currencies) to fluctuate
- put into the water
- be in motion due to some air or water current
- be afloat either on or below a liquid surface and not sink to the bottom
- convert from a fixed point notation to a floating point notation
- set afloat
- make the surface of level or smooth
- circulate or discuss tentatively; test the waters with
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- (poker) A maneuver where a player calls on the flop or turn with a weak hand, with the intention of bluffing after a subsequent community card.
- A breakdancing move in which the body is held parallel to the floor while balancing on one or both hands.
- (biology) The gas-filled sac, bag, or body of a siphonophore; a pneumatophore.
- A polishing block used in marble working; a runner.
- (automotive) A car carrier or car transporter truck or truck-and-trailer combination.
- A small sum of money put in a cashier's till, or otherwise secured, at the start of business, to enable change to be made.
- (weaving) A weft thread that passes over two or more warp threads (or less commonly, warp over weft).
- (publishing, digital typesetting) Any object (element) whose location in composition (page makeup, pagination) does not flow within body text but rather floats outside of it, usually anchored loosely (in buoy metaphor) to spots within it (citations, callouts): a figure (image), table, box, pull quote, ornament, or other floated element.
- A tool similar to a rasp, used in various trades.
- An elaborately decorated trailer or vehicle, intended for display in a parade or pageant.
- (knitting) A loose strand of yarn that passes behind one or more stitches when knitting with multiple yarns.
- (transport) A lowboy trailer.
- (insurance) Premiums taken in but not yet paid out.
- A soft beverage with a scoop of ice cream floating in it.
- A buoyant device used to support something in water or another liquid.
- (computing) A visual style on a web page that causes the styled elements to float above or beside others.
- (basketry) A decorative rod that extends over the body of a basket without being attached for part of its length.
- (programming) A floating-point number, especially one that has lower precision than a double.
- (finance) Funds committed to be paid but not yet paid.
- A floating toy made of foam, used in swimming pools.
- A mass of timber or boards fastened together, and conveyed down a stream by the current; a raft.
- A sort of trowel used for finishing concrete surfaces or smoothing plaster.
- (banking) The total amount of checks/cheques or other drafts written against a bank account but not yet cleared and charged against the account.
- (finance, Australia, and other Commonwealth countries?) An offering of shares in a company (or units in a trust) to members of the public, normally followed by a listing on a stock exchange.
- A float board.
- (British) A small vehicle used for local deliveries, especially in the term milk float.
- the time interval between the deposit of a check in a bank and its payment
- an elaborate display mounted on a platform carried by a truck (or pulled by a truck) in a procession or parade
- the number of shares outstanding and available for trading by the public
- an air-filled sac near the spinal column in many fishes that helps maintain buoyancy
- a drink with ice cream floating in it
- something that floats on the surface of water
- a hand tool with a flat face used for smoothing and finishing the surface of plaster or cement or stucco
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- (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
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- (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
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- (figurative) An easy or pleasant task.
- The meal eaten at such a gathering.
- A cut of pork from the shoulder area (above the front leg) of a pig.
- An informal social gathering, usually in a natural outdoor setting, to which the participants bring their own food and drink.
- any undertaking that is easy to do
- any informal meal eaten outside or on an excursion
- a day devoted to an outdoor social gathering
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- (figurative) One that is ineffectual.
- (historical) Such a man employed as harem guard or in certain (mainly Eastern) monarchies (e.g. late Roman and Chinese Empires) as court or state officials.
- (in translations of ancient texts) A man who is not inclined to marry and procreate.
- A castrated man.
- a man who has been castrated and is incapable of reproduction
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- (figurative, by extension) Anything trivial and worthless.
- A club or sceptre carried by a jester.
- A cheap showy ornament or piece of jewellery; a gewgaw.
- A small shiny spherical decoration, commonly put on Christmas trees.
- a mock scepter carried by a court jester
- cheap showy jewelry or ornament on clothing
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- (figurative) Something that supports.
- (nautical) A distance that a sailing vessel does without changing the sails from one side to the other.
- A rod-like protrusion from an inanimate object, such as a piece of furniture, supporting it from underneath.
- (electricity) A branch circuit; one phase of a polyphase system.
- A part of garment, such as a pair of trousers/pants, that covers a leg.
- (nautical) One side of a multiple-sided (often triangular) course in a sailing race.
- Synonym of leg up (“forming a step for a person's feet with one's hands”).
- (cricket, attributive) Denotes the half of the field on the same side as the batsman's legs; the left side for a right-handed batsman.
- (usually in the plural) The ability of something to persist or succeed over a long period of time.
- A stage of a journey, race etc.
- (US, slang, military) An army soldier assigned to a paratrooper unit who has not yet been qualified as a paratrooper.
- (anatomy) The portion of the lower limb of a human that extends from the knee to the ankle.
- (sports) A single game or match played in a tournament or other sporting contest.
- (geometry) One of the two equal sides of an isosceles triangle.
- In a grain elevator, the case containing the lower part of the belt which carries the buckets.
- (geometry) One of the two sides of a right triangle that is not the hypotenuse.
- Alternative spelling of leg..
- In humans, the lower limb extending from the groin to the ankle.
- (finance) An underlying instrument of a derivatives strategy.
- (gambling) An individual bet in a parlay (a series of bets where the stake and winnings are cumulatively carried forward).
- (geometry) One of the branches of a hyperbola or other curve which extend outward indefinitely.
- A limb or appendage that an animal uses for support or locomotion on land.
- (telephony) A branch or lateral circuit connecting an instrument with the main line.
- (journalism) A column, as a unit of length of text as laid out.
- An extension of a steam boiler downward, in the form of a narrow space between vertical plates, sometimes nearly surrounding the furnace and ash pit, and serving to support the boiler; called also water leg.
- a section or portion of a journey or course
- a prosthesis that replaces a missing leg
- a structure in animals that is similar to a human leg and used for locomotion
- the limb of an animal used for food
- a cloth covering consisting of the part of a pair of trousers that covers a person's leg
- (nautical) the distance traveled by a sailing vessel on a single tack
- one of the supports for a piece of furniture
- a human limb; commonly used to refer to a whole limb but technically only the part of the limb between the knee and ankle
- a part of a forked or branching shape
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- (figurative) Something lacking substance.
- Any of various fungi, usually globose, that produce a cloud of brown dust-like spores from their mature fruiting bodies, especially in family Lycoperdaceae.
- (by extension) Any of various mushrooms with globose fruiting bodies.
- A dandelion flower that has gone to seed, a dandelion clock.
- any of various fungi of the family Lycoperdaceae whose round fruiting body discharges a cloud of spores when mature
- any of various fungi of the genus Scleroderma having hard-skinned subterranean fruiting bodies resembling truffles
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- (figurative) Something at one's disposal.
- A pale beige color tinted with grey or pink, like that of an oyster.
- (UK, slang) Ellipsis of Oyster card.
- (colloquial, by analogy) A person who keeps secrets.
- Any of certain marine bivalve mollusks, especially those of the family Ostreidae (the true oysters), usually found adhering to rocks or other fixed objects in shallow water along the seacoasts, or in brackish water in the mouth of rivers.
- (UK, slang) A shoplifter.
- The delicate oyster-shaped morsel of dark meat contained in a small cavity of the bone on each side of the lower part of the back of a fowl.
- a small muscle on each side of the back of a fowl
- marine mollusks having a rough irregular shell; found on the sea bed mostly in coastal waters
- edible body of any of numerous oysters
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- (figurative) Anything that falls lightly and in a refreshing manner.
- (uncountable) Any moisture from the atmosphere condensed by cool bodies upon their surfaces.
- (figurative) An emblem of morning, or fresh vigour.
- (countable, but see usage notes) An instance of such moisture settling on plants, etc.
- (uncountable) Moisture in the air that settles on plants, etc in the morning or evening, resulting in drops.
- water that has condensed on a cool surface overnight from water vapor in the air
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- (figurative, by extension) Anything added to increase enjoyment.
- In diamond-cutting, the charging of the laps or wheels with diamond dust and oil.
- (cooking) Something used to add taste or flavour to food, such as salt and pepper or other condiment, herb or spice.
- The air drying of wood.
- A coat of polymerized oil inside a cooking vessel which renders the surface non-stick.
- something added to food primarily for the savor it imparts
- the act of adding a seasoning to food
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- (figurative) Useless or cumbrous material.
- (baseball, slang) A baseball bat.
- (Canada, US) Wood sawn into planks or otherwise prepared for sale or use, especially as a building material.
- (slang, vulgar) An erect penis.
- an implement used in baseball by the batter
- the wood of trees cut and prepared for use as building material
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- (figurative) Something which obscures.
- (by extension) A flood of water; specifically, steep rapids in a river.
- (figurative) An overwhelming downpour or rush; a flood.
- A (large) waterfall, specifically one flowing over the edge of a cliff.
- (mechanics, chiefly historical) A type of governor used in single-acting steam engines, where a flow of water through an opening regulates the stroke.
- (ophthalmology, pathology) A clouding of the lens in the eye leading to a decrease in vision.
- an eye disease that involves the clouding or opacification of the natural lens of the eye
- a large waterfall; violent rush of water over a precipice
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- (figurative) A thing that, figuratively speaking, performs a similar role explaining, revealing, or clarifying.
- (computing) A program that converts commands into machine language in real time rather than compiling it in advance.
- A person or thing that interprets the meaning of something for another, particularly:
- (computing, historical) A machine that reads the pattern of holes on a punch card and prints its meaning along the top of the card.
- (historical) An analyst of reconnaissance photographs.
- (now uncommon) Synonym of guide, one who explains a thing, person, or group of people.
- A person or thing that translates speech or signing, as opposed to texts.
- (music, theater) A performer who presents a piece of art in a distinct style, particularly so as to make older works relevant to their audience.
- (computer science) a program that translates and executes source language statements one line at a time
- an advocate who represents someone else's policy or purpose
- someone who mediates between speakers of different languages
- someone who uses art to represent something
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- (figurative) Something worthless.
- (cryptocurrencies) Tiny amounts of cryptocurrency left over after a transaction due to rounding error.
- (countable) The act of cleaning by dusting.
- (uncountable, astronomy) Submicron particles in outer space, largely silicates and carbon compounds, that contribute greatly to extinction at visible wavelengths.
- (countable, figurative) A tumult, disturbance, commotion, uproar.
- (countable, mathematics) A totally disconnected set of points with a fractal structure.
- (British, colloquial) Rubbish, garbage, refuse.
- The earthly remains of bodies once alive; the remains of the human body.
- (figurative) A low or mean condition.
- (countable) A cloud of dust.
- (countable, colloquial) A fight or row.
- The earth as the resting place of the dead.
- (figurative) The substance of the human body or mortal frame.
- (uncountable) Fine, dry particles of matter found in the air and covering the surface of objects, typically consisting of soil lifted up by the wind, pollen, hair, etc.
- (uncountable) Any substance reduced to fine particles; powder.
- (poetic) Earth, ground, soil, sediment.
- (countable) The act of sprinkling dust, or a sprinkle of dust itself.
- (uncountable, occupational health) Disintegration of a solid, like silica.
- free microscopic particles of solid material
- fine powdery material such as dry earth or pollen that can be blown about in the air
- the remains of something that has been destroyed or broken up
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- (transitive) To spray or cover (something) with fine powder or liquid, to sprinkle.
- (transitive) To remove dust from.
- (transitive, chiefly US slang) To kill.
- (transitive, now colloquial or dialectal) To strike, beat, thrash.
- (transitive, chiefly US slang) To defeat badly, to thrash.
- (intransitive, chiefly US slang) To leave quickly; to rush off.
- (intransitive) To remove dust; to clean by removing dust.
- (transitive, baseball) To deliberately pitch a ball close to (a batter); to brush back.
- (intransitive or reflexive) Of a bird, to cover itself in sand or dry, dusty earth.
- (transitive) To sprinkle (a substance) in the form of dust.
- (cryptocurrencies) To attempt to identify the owner of (a cryptocurrency wallet) by sending tiny amounts of cryptocurrency.
- remove the dust from
- rub the dust over a surface so as to blur the outlines of a shape
- distribute loosely
- cover with a light dusting of a substance
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- (figurative) Something which enables someone to do or achieve something.
- An identification document used by firefighters, collected when they enter a dangerous area and returned when they leave, to keep track of who is still in the area.
- An official document normally used for international journeys, which proves the identity and nationality of the person for whom it was issued.
- (by extension, informal) Any document that allows entry or passage.
- any authorization to pass or go somewhere
- a document issued by a country to a citizen allowing that person to travel abroad and re-enter the home country
- any quality or characteristic that gains a person a favorable reception or acceptance or admission
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- (figuratively) The outward appearance of something.
- (loanword, especially in scientific works translated from German) An arrangement.
- The quality, colour, or appearance of the skin on the face.
- Outlook, attitude, or point of view.
- a point of view or general attitude or inclination
- (obsolete) a combination of elements (of dryness and warmth or of the four humors) that was once believed to determine a person's health and temperament
- the coloring of a person's face
- texture and appearance of the skin of the face
- a combination that results from coupling or interlinking
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- (figurative) A minor effect made upon something.
- A type of maize/corn with a relatively soft outer hull, and a soft type of starch that shrinks at maturity to leave an indentation in the surface of the kernel.
- (weaving) A slot or a wire in a reed
- (by extension, informal) A sudden negative change, such as loss, damage, weakening, consumption or diminution, especially one produced by an external force, event or action
- (engineering) A tooth, as of a card, a gear wheel, etc.
- A shallow deformation in the surface of an object, produced by an impact.
- an appreciable consequence (especially a lessening)
- a depression scratched or carved into a surface
- an impression in a surface (as made by a blow)
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- (also figuratively) To adorn or ornament (something).
- To arrange or style (someone's hair).
- (agriculture, horticulture) To cultivate or tend to (a garden, land, plants, etc.); especially, to add fertilizer or manure to (soil); to fertilize, to manure.
- To apply a dressing to or otherwise treat (a wound); (obsolete) to give (a wounded person) medical aid.
- (slang) Ellipsis of cross-dress.
- (also reflexive and figuratively) To put clothes (or, formerly, armour) on (oneself or someone, a doll, a mannequin, etc.); to clothe.
- (especially of ores) To prepare by any of many types of physical processing (e.g., breaking, crushing, sorting, sieving, controlled burning or heating).
- To prepare, treat, or curry (animal hide or leather).
- To put on clothes.
- To design, make, provide, or select clothes (for someone).
- (butchering) Of an animal carcass: to have a certain quantity or weight after removal of the internal organs and skin; also, to have a certain appearance after being cut up and prepared for cooking.
- (specifically) To attire (oneself or someone) for a particular (especially formal) occasion, or in a fashionable manner.
- (fishing) To prepare (an artificial fly) to be attached to a fish hook.
- To arrange a display of goods in, or to decorate (a shop or shop window).
- (euphemistic, chiefly in the tailoring context) To allow one's penis to fall to one side or the other within one's trousers.
- To fit or prepare (something) for use; to render (something) suitable for an intended purpose; to get ready.
- To prepare (a set) by installing the props, scenery, etc.
- (military, sometimes imperative as a drill command) Of soldiers or troops: to arrange into proper formation; especially, to form into straight lines and at a proper distance from each other.
- To prepare the surface of (a material, such as lumber or stone; a grindstone or grinding wheel).
- (sports) Of a sportsperson: to put on the uniform and have the equipment needed to play a sport.
- (butchering) To cut up (an animal or its flesh) for food.
- (cooking) To prepare (food) for cooking or eating, especially by seasoning it; specifically, to add a dressing or sauce (to food, especially a salad).
- (historical or England, regional) To remove chaff or impurities from (flour, grain, etc.) by bolting or sifting, winnowing, and other methods.
- (nautical) To ornament (a ship) by hoisting the national colours at the peak and mastheads, and setting the jack forward; when "dressed full", the signal flags and pennants are added.
- To design, make, or prepare costumes (for a play or other performance); also, to present (a production) in a particular costume style.
- (military) To arrange (soldiers or troops) into proper formation; especially, to adjust (soldiers or troops) into straight lines and at a proper distance from each other; to align.
- Of a thing: to attain a certain condition after undergoing some process or treatment to fit or prepare it for use.
- (specifically) To attire oneself for a particular (especially formal) occasion, or in a fashionable manner.
- cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of
- give a neat appearance to
- arrange attractively
- cut down rough-hewn (lumber) to standard thickness and width
- convert into leather
- provide with clothes or put clothes on
- dress or groom with elaborate care
- arrange in ranks
- decorate (food), as with parsley or other ornamental foods
- kill and prepare for market or consumption
- put a dressing on
- dress in a certain manner
- put on clothes
- apply a bandage or medication to
- provide with decoration
- put a finish on
noun
- (figuratively) The external appearance of something, especially if intended to give a positive impression; garb, guise.
- The appearance of an object after it has undergone some process or treatment to fit or prepare it for use; finish.
- (film, television, theater) Ellipsis of dress rehearsal.
- Apparel or clothing, especially when appropriate for a particular occasion, profession, etc.
- (archaic outside of India) An item of outer clothing or set of such clothes (worn by people of all sexes) which is generally decorative and appropriate for a particular occasion, profession, etc.
- The external covering of an animal (for example, the feathers of a bird) or an object.
- (by extension, India) Any item of clothing, or an outfit.
- (clothing) An item of clothing (usually worn by a woman or young girl) which both covers the upper part of the body and includes a skirt below the waist.
- clothing in general
- a one-piece garment for a woman; has skirt and bodice
- clothing of a distinctive style or for a particular occasion
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- (figurative) Anything that partially obscures a clear view.
- (figurative, parapsychology) That which separates the living and the spirit world.
- (mycology) A thin layer of tissue which is attached to or covers a mushroom.
- A cover; disguise; a mask; a pretense.
- (biology) The calyptra of mosses.
- Something hung up or spread out to hide or protect the face, or hide an object from view; usually of gauze, crepe, or similar diaphanous material.
- An obscuration of the clearness of the tones in pronunciation.
- (mycology) A membrane connecting the margin of the pileus of a mushroom with the stalk; a velum.
- (zoology) velum (A circular membrane round the cap of a medusa).
- A covering for a person or thing; as, a caul (especially over the head)
- a vestment worn by a priest at High Mass in the Roman Catholic Church; a silk shawl
- a garment that covers the head and face
- a membranous covering attached to the immature fruiting body of certain mushrooms
- the inner membrane of embryos in higher vertebrates (especially when covering the head at birth)
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- (figurative) To render ineffective.
- (transitive) To remove the narcotine from.
- (figurative) To waken; to make aware.
- To deprive (an addict) of a narcotic drug until there is no longer a physical addiction.
- (by extension) To denature; to alter so as to cancel an intoxicating, addictive, or disagreeable effect.
- To administer a stimulant to (a person or animal under the influence of a narcotic) in order to counteract the effects of a narcotic drug.
- (by extension) To remove the issue of narcotics from (a relationship)
- To remove reliance on narcotics from (an organization)
verb
- (figuratively) To represent by an image or look.
- To play a role; to depict a character, person, situation, or event.
- To paint or draw the likeness of.
- (figuratively) To describe in words; to convey.
- make a portrait of
- represent abstractly, for example in a painting, drawing, or sculpture
- assume or act the character of
- portray in words
verb
- (figurative) To diminish, dull, or curtail.
- (intransitive) To become darker.
- To render dim, obscure, or dark; to make less bright or distinct.
- To deprive of distinct vision; to hinder from seeing clearly, either by dazzling or clouding the eyes; to darken the senses or understanding of.
- (transitive) To make something less bright.
- make dim or lusterless
- make dim by comparison or conceal
- become vague or indistinct
- become dim or lusterless
- switch (a car's headlights) from a higher to a lower beam
adj
- Indistinct, hazy or unclear.
- (colloquial) Not smart or intelligent.
- Disapproving, unfavorable: rarely used outside the phrase take a dim view of.
- Not bright or colorful.
- (music) Clipping of diminished.
- slow to learn or understand; lacking intellectual acuity
- made dim or less bright
- lacking clarity or distinctness
- lacking in light; not bright or harsh
- offering little or no hope
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- (transitive) To deprive of the means or the disposition to harm; to render harmless or innocuous.
- (transitive) To deprive of weapons; to deprive of the means of attack or defense; to render defenseless.
- (intransitive) To reduce one's own military forces.
- (transitive) To render into a state in which something is no longer armed, or prepared for use (such as to disable the security systems on).
- (intransitive) To lay down arms; to stand down.
- make less hostile; win over
- remove offensive capability from
- take away the weapons from; render harmless
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- (figuratively) To give (something) a false or superficial attractiveness.
- (by extension) To deck out (a place or something) with showy but cheap ornaments; to make gaudy.
- (also figuratively) To ornament (fabric, etc.) by weaving into it thread of gold, silver, or some other shiny material.
- interweave with tinsel
- adorn with tinsel
- impart a cheap brightness to
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noun
- A thin, shiny foil for ornamental purposes which is of a material made of metal or resembling metal; especially, narrow glittering strips of such a material, often strung on to thread, and traditionally at Christmastime draped on Christmas trees, hung from balustrades or ceilings, or wrapped around objects as a decoration.
- (figuratively) Anything shining and gaudy; especially something superficially shiny and showy, or having a false lustre, and more pretty than valuable.
- a thread with glittering metal foil attached
- a showy decoration that is basically valueless
verb
- (figurative, transitive) To fabricate.
- (computing, intransitive, of a disk drive) To reach a sufficient spinning speed for reads and writes to take place.
- (figurative, intransitive) To be brought into full operation; to reach full potential or capacity; to spool up.
- (computing, transitive) To power up, launch, or instantiate.
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- (figurative) Of a thing: to produce (a noise or sound); to emit.
- (obsolete except UK, dialectal) To discharge or send out (something); to eject, to emit.
- To verbally express or report (a desire or emotion, an idea or thought, etc.).
- (law) To put (currency or other valuable items) into circulation; specifically, to pass off (counterfeit currency, etc.) as legal tender; to use (a forged cheque) as if genuine.
- Sometimes preceded by forth, out, etc.: to produce (a cry, speech, or other sounds) with the voice.
- Of words, etc.: to be spoken.
- (reflexive) To express (oneself) in speech or writing.
- (figurative) To pass off (something fake) as a genuine item.
- To speak.
- express in speech
- put into circulation
- express audibly; utter sounds (not necessarily words)
- articulate; either verbally or with a cry, shout, or noise
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- (originally Scotland) Of decisions, replies, etc.: made in an unconditional or unqualified manner; decisive, definite.
- To the furthest or most extreme extent; absolute, complete, total, unconditional.
- (rare) Of a substance: pure, unmixed.
- complete and absolute
- without qualification; used informally as (often pejorative) intensifiers
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- (also figurative) To shine light on (something).
- Of a person or their face: to show enlightenment, happiness, etc.
- To enlighten intellectually.
- To enlighten (someone) spiritually; to induce (someone) to adopt, or believe in the truth of, a religion, religious tenet, etc.
- (art) To decorate (a page of a manuscript book) with ornamental designs.
- (rare) To enlighten (someone) intellectually.
- (also figurative) To cause (something) to glow or shine with light.
- To cause (a person or their face) to show enlightenment, happiness, etc.
- To cause (the eyes) to see.
- To become bright; to light up.
- introduce light into
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- (transitive, figurative) To make meaningless; to divest of meaning; to make empty.
- (transitive) To treat with bleach, especially so as to whiten (fabric, paper, etc.) or lighten (hair).
- (intransitive) To be whitened or lightened (by the sun, for example).
- (intransitive, biology, of corals) To lose color due to stress-induced expulsion of symbiotic unicellular algae.
- make whiter or lighter
- cause to become white or lighter in color
noun
- (countable) A variety of bleach.
- (uncountable) A chemical, such as sodium hypochlorite or hydrogen peroxide, or a preparation of such a chemical, used for disinfecting or whitening.
- An act of bleaching; exposure to the sun.
- an agent that makes things white or colorless
- the whiteness that results from removing the color from something
- the act of whitening something by bleaching it (exposing it to sunlight or using a chemical bleaching agent)
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- (figurative) To create art, speak, or write in a manner which assumes affected, exaggerated, or unnatural attitudes.
- To assume an attitude or pose, especially one which is affected, exaggerated, or unnatural; to posture, to posturize; also, to excessively practise adopting attitudes or poses.
- To cause (someone or something) to assume an attitude or pose; to pose, to posture.
- To give the appearance of, or make a show of, (something) by assuming an affected or exaggerated attitude.
- assume certain affected attitudes
verb
- (figurative) To make empty; to deprive.
- To cause (or help) to leave or withdraw from.
- To remove; to eject; to void; to discharge, as the contents of a vessel, or of the bladder or the bowels (to stool).
- To make empty; to empty out; to remove the contents of, including to create a vacuum.
- To make void; to nullify; to vacate.
- (transitive) To leave or withdraw from; to quit; to retire from.
- create a vacuum in (a bulb, flask, reaction vessel)
- move people from their homes or country
- move out of an unsafe location into safety
- excrete or discharge from the body
- remove content from
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- (computing) The archived older version of a file that immediately precedes the current version, and was itself derived from the grandfather.
- Something that is the greatest or most significant of its kind.
- A male who has sired a baby; this person in relation to his child or children.
- (Christianity) A member of a church council.
- A male ancestor more remote than a parent; a progenitor; especially, a first ancestor.
- Something inanimate that begets.
- A term of respectful address for a priest.
- A pioneering figure in a particular field.
- A term of respectful address for an elderly man.
- A male parent, especially of a human; a male who parents a child (which he has sired, adopted, fostered, taken as his own, etc.).
- A person who plays the role of a father in some way.
- a person who holds an important or distinguished position in some organization
- a male parent (also used as a term of address to your father)
- the head of an organized crime family
- the founder of a family
- a person who founds or establishes some institution
verb
- (transitive) To make (something) even, inactive or ineffective.
- (transitive, military, euphemistic) To kill.
- (transitive) To make (a territory, etc.) politically neutral.
- (transitive, chemistry) To make (an acidic or alkaline substance) chemically neutral.
- make politically neutral and thus inoffensive
- oppose and mitigate the effects of by contrary actions
- make ineffective by counterbalancing the effect of
- make chemically neutral
- get rid of (someone who may be a threat) by killing
- make incapable of military action
verb
- To represent something abstract or intangible as material; to embody.
- (economics) To direct to others, as costs or benefits.
- (psychology) To attribute emotions etc to external circumstances; to project.
- To make something external or objective.
- make external or objective, or give reality to
- regard as objective
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noun
- An attractive appearance that covers or disguises one's true nature or feelings, the veneer of culture.
- A thin decorative covering of fine material (usually wood) applied to coarser wood or other material.
- an ornamental coating to a building
- coating consisting of a thin layer of superior wood glued to a base of inferior wood
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- (surgery) A similar looped instrument formerly used to remove tumours etc.
- (music) A set of stiff wires held under tension against the bottom head of a drum to create a rattling sound.
- A trap (especially one made from a loop of wire, string, or leather).
- (veterinary medicine) A loop of cord used in obstetric cases, to hold or to pull a fetus from the mother animal.
- (music) A snare drum.
- A mental or psychological trap.
- strings stretched across the lower head of a snare drum; they make a rattling sound when the drum is hit
- a small drum with two heads and a snare stretched across the lower head
- a trap for birds or small mammals; often has a slip noose
- a surgical instrument consisting of wire hoop that can be drawn tight around the base of polyps or small tumors to sever them; used especially in body cavities
- something (often something deceptively attractive) that catches you unawares
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- (humorous, transitive) To render (a thing) compact or more compact.
- (mathematics, transitive) To enlarge (a topological space) in order to render it compact.
- (humorous, intransitive) To become compact or more compact.
- (physics, transitive) To adjust a theory so as to render finite or periodic (a theoretical space-time dimension).
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- (slang, uncountable) The drug dextromethorphan.
- (slang, uncountable) Money acquired by gambling.
- (rare, countable) A female chinchilla; a sow.
- A closely woven fabric (originally of silk, now also of cotton or man-made fibres) with a thick short pile on one side.
- Very fine fur, including the skin and fur on a deer's antlers.
- a silky densely piled fabric with a plain back
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noun
- (by extension) The circle of light shed by a spotlight.
- A bright, directional light or lamp, especially one used to illuminate the focus or center of attention on a stage.
- (figurative) The center of attention; the highlight or most important part.
- A showcase.
- a lamp that produces a strong beam of light to illuminate a restricted area; used to focus attention of a stage performer
- a focus of public attention
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- (intransitive, figuratively) To allude to something.
- (ambitransitive) To briefly incline the head downwards as a cursory greeting.
- (intransitive, slang) To fall asleep while under the influence of opiates.
- (ambitransitive) To sway, move up and down.
- (intransitive) To make a mistake by being temporarily inattentive or tired
- (transitive) To signify by a nod.
- (intransitive) To gradually fall asleep.
- (ambitransitive) To incline the head up and down, as to indicate agreement.
- (transitive, intransitive, soccer) To head; to strike the ball with one's head.
- express or signify by nodding
- lower and raise the head, as to indicate assent or agreement or confirmation
- be almost asleep
- sway gently back and forth, as in a nodding motion
- let the head fall forward through drowsiness
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verb
- (also figuratively) To make (a drawing, text which is printed or written, etc.) indecipherable, either by erasing or obscuring it; to blot out, to efface, to delete.
- (philately) To cancel (a postage stamp) with a postmark so it cannot be reused.
- (biology, pathology, surgery, chiefly passive voice) To impair the function and/or structure of (a body cavity, vessel, etc.) by ablating or occluding it (in the latter case, chiefly by filling it with tissue).
- (biology, pathology) Of a body cavity, vessel, etc.: to close up or fill with tissue; of perfusion or a pulse: to cease owing to obstruction.
- To be destroyed completely, leaving no trace.
- To destroy (someone or something) completely, leaving no trace; to annihilate, to wipe out.
- To hide (something) by covering it; to conceal, to obscure.
- mark for deletion, rub off, or erase
- do away with completely, without leaving a trace
- make undecipherable or imperceptible by obscuring or concealing
- remove completely from recognition or memory
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verb
- (also figuratively) To adorn or ornament (something).
- To arrange or style (someone's hair).
- (agriculture, horticulture) To cultivate or tend to (a garden, land, plants, etc.); especially, to add fertilizer or manure to (soil); to fertilize, to manure.
- To apply a dressing to or otherwise treat (a wound); (obsolete) to give (a wounded person) medical aid.
- (slang) Ellipsis of cross-dress.
- (also reflexive and figuratively) To put clothes (or, formerly, armour) on (oneself or someone, a doll, a mannequin, etc.); to clothe.
- (especially of ores) To prepare by any of many types of physical processing (e.g., breaking, crushing, sorting, sieving, controlled burning or heating).
- To prepare, treat, or curry (animal hide or leather).
- To put on clothes.
- To design, make, provide, or select clothes (for someone).
- (butchering) Of an animal carcass: to have a certain quantity or weight after removal of the internal organs and skin; also, to have a certain appearance after being cut up and prepared for cooking.
- (specifically) To attire (oneself or someone) for a particular (especially formal) occasion, or in a fashionable manner.
- (fishing) To prepare (an artificial fly) to be attached to a fish hook.
- To arrange a display of goods in, or to decorate (a shop or shop window).
- (euphemistic, chiefly in the tailoring context) To allow one's penis to fall to one side or the other within one's trousers.
- To fit or prepare (something) for use; to render (something) suitable for an intended purpose; to get ready.
- To prepare (a set) by installing the props, scenery, etc.
- (military, sometimes imperative as a drill command) Of soldiers or troops: to arrange into proper formation; especially, to form into straight lines and at a proper distance from each other.
- To prepare the surface of (a material, such as lumber or stone; a grindstone or grinding wheel).
- (sports) Of a sportsperson: to put on the uniform and have the equipment needed to play a sport.
- (butchering) To cut up (an animal or its flesh) for food.
- (cooking) To prepare (food) for cooking or eating, especially by seasoning it; specifically, to add a dressing or sauce (to food, especially a salad).
- (historical or England, regional) To remove chaff or impurities from (flour, grain, etc.) by bolting or sifting, winnowing, and other methods.
- (nautical) To ornament (a ship) by hoisting the national colours at the peak and mastheads, and setting the jack forward; when "dressed full", the signal flags and pennants are added.
- To design, make, or prepare costumes (for a play or other performance); also, to present (a production) in a particular costume style.
- (military) To arrange (soldiers or troops) into proper formation; especially, to adjust (soldiers or troops) into straight lines and at a proper distance from each other; to align.
- Of a thing: to attain a certain condition after undergoing some process or treatment to fit or prepare it for use.
- (specifically) To attire oneself for a particular (especially formal) occasion, or in a fashionable manner.
- cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of
- give a neat appearance to
- arrange attractively
- cut down rough-hewn (lumber) to standard thickness and width
- convert into leather
- provide with clothes or put clothes on
- dress or groom with elaborate care
- arrange in ranks
- decorate (food), as with parsley or other ornamental foods
- kill and prepare for market or consumption
- put a dressing on
- dress in a certain manner
- put on clothes
- apply a bandage or medication to
- provide with decoration
- put a finish on
noun
- (figuratively) The external appearance of something, especially if intended to give a positive impression; garb, guise.
- The appearance of an object after it has undergone some process or treatment to fit or prepare it for use; finish.
- (film, television, theater) Ellipsis of dress rehearsal.
- Apparel or clothing, especially when appropriate for a particular occasion, profession, etc.
- (archaic outside of India) An item of outer clothing or set of such clothes (worn by people of all sexes) which is generally decorative and appropriate for a particular occasion, profession, etc.
- The external covering of an animal (for example, the feathers of a bird) or an object.
- (by extension, India) Any item of clothing, or an outfit.
- (clothing) An item of clothing (usually worn by a woman or young girl) which both covers the upper part of the body and includes a skirt below the waist.
- clothing in general
- a one-piece garment for a woman; has skirt and bodice
- clothing of a distinctive style or for a particular occasion
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- (Greek philosophy) Any of the ten arguments used in skepticism to refute dogmatism.
- (Judaism) A cantillation pattern, or one of the marks that represents it.
- A tangent space meeting a quartic surface in a conic.
- A pair of complementary hexachords in twelve-tone technique.
- (rhetoric) A figure of speech in which words or phrases are used with a nonliteral or figurative meaning, such as a metaphor.
- (medieval Christianity) An addition (of dialogue, song, music, etc.) to a standard element of the liturgy, serving as an embellishment.
- A short cadence at the end of the melody in some early music.
- (metaphysics) A particular instance of a property (such as the specific redness of a rose), as contrasted with a universal.
- (art, literature) Something recurring across a genre or type of art or literature; a motif.
- language used in a figurative or nonliteral sense
verb
- (transitive) To make a false display of, to affect, to feign, to simulate.
- (nautical) To coil (a rope, line, or hawser), by winding alternately in opposite directions, in layers usually of zigzag or figure of eight form, to prevent twisting when running out.
- (transitive) To make a counterfeit, to counterfeit, to forge, to falsify.
- (music, ambitransitive) To improvise, in jazz.
- speak insincerely or without regard for facts or truths
- make a copy of with the intent to deceive
- tamper, with the purpose of deception
adj
noun
- (sports) A move meant to deceive an opposing player, used for gaining advantage for example when dribbling an opponent.
- Something which is not genuine, or is presented fraudulently.
- (nautical) One of the circles or windings of a cable or hawser, as it lies in a coil; a single turn or coil.
- something that is a counterfeit; not what it seems to be
- (football) a deceptive move made by a football player
- a person who makes deceitful pretenses
verb
- (intransitive, figurative) To circulate.
- (transitive, finance) To allow (the exchange value of a currency) to be determined by the markets.
- (transitive, finance) To issue or sell shares in a company (or units in a trust) to members of the public, followed by listing on a stock exchange.
- (intransitive) To drift or wander aimlessly.
- (transitive) To propose (an idea) for consideration.
- (intransitive, electronics) To be not connected or referenced to a known reference voltage.
- (poker) To perform a float.
- (transitive) To spread plaster over (a surface), using the tool called a float.
- (intransitive, colloquial) Of an idea or scheme, to be viable.
- (transitive) To cause to drift gently through the air, to waft.
- (intransitive) To move in a fluid manner.
- (intransitive) To be capable of floating.
- (transitive) To transport by float (vehicular trailer).
- (intransitive, aviation) To remain airborne, without touching down, for an excessive length of time during landing, due to excessive airspeed during the landing flare.
- (transitive, retail) To prepare a till (cash register) for operation, either by putting a float (cash amount) in the cash drawer to provide change for customers making cash payments or (by extension) by recording the time a till starts being used for card payments if it is card-only
- (transitive, colloquial) To extend a short-term loan to.
- (intransitive) To drift gently through the air.
- To be supported by a liquid of greater density, such that part (of the object or substance) remains above the surface.
- (intransitive) To move in a particular direction with the liquid in which one is floating.
- (transitive) To use a float (rasp-like tool) upon.
- (transitive) To cause something to be suspended in a fluid of greater density.
- (computing, publishing, transitive) To cause (an element within a document) to float above or beside others.
- (intransitive)To automatically adjust a parameter as related parameters change.
- (intransitive, of an object or substance) To be supported by a fluid of greater density (than the object).
- (intransitive, finance) (of currencies) To have an exchange value determined by the markets, as opposed to by central fiat.
- move lightly, as if suspended
- allow (currencies) to fluctuate
- put into the water
- be in motion due to some air or water current
- be afloat either on or below a liquid surface and not sink to the bottom
- convert from a fixed point notation to a floating point notation
- set afloat
- make the surface of level or smooth
- circulate or discuss tentatively; test the waters with
noun
- (poker) A maneuver where a player calls on the flop or turn with a weak hand, with the intention of bluffing after a subsequent community card.
- A breakdancing move in which the body is held parallel to the floor while balancing on one or both hands.
- (biology) The gas-filled sac, bag, or body of a siphonophore; a pneumatophore.
- A polishing block used in marble working; a runner.
- (automotive) A car carrier or car transporter truck or truck-and-trailer combination.
- A small sum of money put in a cashier's till, or otherwise secured, at the start of business, to enable change to be made.
- (weaving) A weft thread that passes over two or more warp threads (or less commonly, warp over weft).
- (publishing, digital typesetting) Any object (element) whose location in composition (page makeup, pagination) does not flow within body text but rather floats outside of it, usually anchored loosely (in buoy metaphor) to spots within it (citations, callouts): a figure (image), table, box, pull quote, ornament, or other floated element.
- A tool similar to a rasp, used in various trades.
- An elaborately decorated trailer or vehicle, intended for display in a parade or pageant.
- (knitting) A loose strand of yarn that passes behind one or more stitches when knitting with multiple yarns.
- (transport) A lowboy trailer.
- (insurance) Premiums taken in but not yet paid out.
- A soft beverage with a scoop of ice cream floating in it.
- A buoyant device used to support something in water or another liquid.
- (computing) A visual style on a web page that causes the styled elements to float above or beside others.
- (basketry) A decorative rod that extends over the body of a basket without being attached for part of its length.
- (programming) A floating-point number, especially one that has lower precision than a double.
- (finance) Funds committed to be paid but not yet paid.
- A floating toy made of foam, used in swimming pools.
- A mass of timber or boards fastened together, and conveyed down a stream by the current; a raft.
- A sort of trowel used for finishing concrete surfaces or smoothing plaster.
- (banking) The total amount of checks/cheques or other drafts written against a bank account but not yet cleared and charged against the account.
- (finance, Australia, and other Commonwealth countries?) An offering of shares in a company (or units in a trust) to members of the public, normally followed by a listing on a stock exchange.
- A float board.
- (British) A small vehicle used for local deliveries, especially in the term milk float.
- the time interval between the deposit of a check in a bank and its payment
- an elaborate display mounted on a platform carried by a truck (or pulled by a truck) in a procession or parade
- the number of shares outstanding and available for trading by the public
- an air-filled sac near the spinal column in many fishes that helps maintain buoyancy
- a drink with ice cream floating in it
- something that floats on the surface of water
- a hand tool with a flat face used for smoothing and finishing the surface of plaster or cement or stucco
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- (figurative) Craving something immaterial.
- (slang, figurative) Craving or desiring sex.
- Needing to drink water or any liquid that can supply water.
- (euphemistic) Craving alcohol; especially, experiencing some alcohol withdrawal.
- (informal, uncommon) Causing thirst; giving one a need to drink.
- feeling a need or desire to drink
- able to take in large quantities of moisture
- needing moisture
- (usually followed by ‘for’) extremely desirous
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- Perfunctory or merely symbolic; done or existing for appearance's sake, or to minimally comply with a requirement.
- (of people) Included in minimal numbers in order to create an impression or illusion of diversity, especially ethnic or gender diversity.
- Done as an indication or a pledge.
- insignificantly small; a matter of form only (‘tokenish’ is informal)
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- (computing) An atomic piece of data, such as a word, for which a meaning may be inferred during parsing.
- (grammar) A lexeme; a basic, grammatically indivisible unit of a language such as a keyword, operator or identifier.
- A seal guaranteeing the quality of an item.
- (weaving) In a loom, a colored signal to show the weaver which shuttle to use.
- Something serving as an expression of something else.
- (computing) A conceptual object that can be possessed by a computer, process, etc. in order to regulate a turn-taking system such as a token ring network.
- (Church of Scotland) A piece of metal given beforehand to each person in the congregation who is permitted to partake of the Lord's Supper.
- (rail transport) A physical object used for exchange between drivers and signalmen on single track lines.
- (mining) A thin bed of coal indicating the existence of a thicker seam at no great distance.
- (corpus linguistics) A single example of a certain word in a text or corpus.
- A keepsake.
- (philosophy) A particular thing to which a concept applies.
- Support for a belief; grounds for an opinion.
- (medicine) A characteristic sign of a disease or of a bodily disorder, a symptom; a sign of a bodily condition, recovery, or health.
- A piece of stamped metal or plastic, etc., used as a form of currency; a voucher that can be exchanged for goods or services.
- Something given or shown as a symbol or guarantee of authority or right; a sign of authenticity, of power, good faith.
- (computing) A meaningless placeholder used as a substitute for sensitive data.
- (printing) Ten and a half quires, or, commonly, 250 sheets, of paper printed on both sides; also, in some cases, the same number of sheets printed on one side, or half the number printed on both sides.
- An object or disclosure to attest or authenticate the bearer or an instruction.
- A minor attempt for appearance's sake, or to minimally comply with a requirement; a formality.
- A small physical object, often designed to give the appearance of a common thing, used to represent a person or character in a board game or other situation.
- (mining) A bit of leather having a peculiar mark designating a particular miner. Each hewer sent one of these with each corf or tub he had hewn.
- A tally.
- A member of a group of people that is included within a larger group to comply with a legal or social requirement.
- An extraordinary event serving as evidence of supernatural power.
- an individual instance of a type of symbol
- something of sentimental value
- a metal or plastic disk that can be redeemed or used in designated slot machines
- something serving as a sign of something else
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- (figuratively) Mere; without embellishment.
- (MLE, MTE, Yorkshire, slang, not comparable) A lot or lots of.
- Minimal; that is or are just sufficient.
- Having no supplies.
- Threadbare, very worn.
- Without anything to cover up or conceal one's thoughts or actions; open to view; exposed.
- Having no decoration.
- Naked, uncovered.
- Having had what usually covers (something) removed.
- Not insured.
- With head uncovered; bareheaded.
- not having a protective covering
- lacking embellishment or ornamentation
- having everything extraneous removed including contents
- providing no shelter or sustenance
- lacking its natural or customary covering
- apart from anything else; without additions or modifications
- having no clothes on the body
- just barely adequate or within a lower limit
- lacking a surface finish such as paint
- lacking in magnitude or quantity