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verb
- (intransitive, figurative) To yield.
- (transitive) To apply pressure, or rub or massage with one's knuckles (noun sense 1).
- (transitive, slang) To strike or punch.
- (snowboarding, skiing) To land on the knuckle (noun sense 9) of a curve of a slope, after a jump off a ramp that precedes the slope.
- (intransitive) To touch one's forehead as a mark of respect.
- (intransitive) To bend the fingers.
- shoot a marble while keeping one's knuckles on the ground
- press or rub with the knuckles
noun
- (sports, billiards, snooker, pool) The curved part of the cushion at the entrance to the pockets on a cue sports table.
- (skiing, snowboarding) The rounded point where a flat changes to a slope on a piste.
- The kneejoint of a quadruped, especially of a calf; formerly, the kneejoint of a human being.
- A contrivance, usually of brass or iron, and furnished with points, worn to protect the hand, to add force to a blow, and to disfigure the person struck; a knuckle duster.
- (by extension) A mechanical joint.
- Any of the joints between the bones of the fingers.
- (shipbuilding) A convex portion of a vessel's figure where a sudden change of shape occurs, as in a canal boat, where a nearly vertical side joins a nearly flat bottom.
- A cut of meat of various kinds.
- a joint of a finger when the fist is closed
verb
noun
verb
- (intransitive) To yield or surrender.
- (of a fugitive or a person in hiding) To surrender; to turn oneself in.
- (of a broadcast, such as radio or television) To have a strong enough signal to be able to be received well.
- To finish a race or similar competition in a particular position, such as first place, second place, or the like.
- (informal) To enter a plan or group; to join in.
- To become available.
- To enter.
- To fully develop.
- To become fashionable.
- To arrive.
- To finish a race or similar competition in first place.
- To function in the indicated manner.
- (music) To join or enter; to begin playing with a group.
- To become relevant, applicable, or useful.
- (often imperative) To begin transmitting.
- (of the tide) To rise.
- (intransitive) To report to a workplace for a shift.
- come into fashion; become fashionable
- to come or go into
- to insert between other elements
- take a place in a competition; often followed by an ordinal
- be received
verb
- (intransitive) To yield or give way to another.
- (transitive) To yield (something) to another, as when defeated.
- (ambitransitive) To enter or put forward for approval, consideration, marking etc.
- (transitive, mixed martial arts, professional wrestling) To win a fight against (an opponent) by submission.
- (transitive) To subject; to put through a process.
- refer to another person for decision or judgment
- make over as a return
- refer for judgment or consideration
- yield to the control of another
- accept or undergo, often unwillingly
- yield to another's wish or opinion
- accept as inevitable
- put before
- make an application as for a job or funding
- hand over formally
verb
noun
verb
- (intransitive, idiomatic) To give in or give up: relent, concede, surrender.
- (ergative, figuratively) To render or to become weak and ineffective.
- (ergative) To digest.
- (transitive) To intentionally demolish; to pull down.
- (informal) Bust down or bust a move; the act of performing energetic, often freestyle or hip-hop moves, frequently during a song’s instrumental break where only drums or bass are playing.
- To separate into a number of parts.
- (ergative, figuratively) To render or to become unstable due to stress, to collapse physically or mentally.
- (ergative) To (cause to) decay, to decompose.
- (intransitive, of a machine, computer, vehicle, etc.) To stop functioning.
- (intransitive) To fail, especially socially or for political reasons.
- (intransitive) To unexpectedly collapse, physically or in structure.
- (ergative, figuratively) To divide into parts to give more details, to provide a more indepth analysis of.
- collapse due to fatigue, an illness, or a sudden attack
- make ineffective
- make a mathematical, chemical, or grammatical analysis of; break down into components or essential features
- separate (substances) into constituent elements or parts
- stop operating or functioning
- lose control of one's emotions
- cause to fall or collapse
- fall apart
noun
verb
- (transitive or intransitive) To give as demanded; to relinquish.
- (intransitive) To give way under force; to succumb to a force.
- (rare) To admit to be true; to concede; to allow.
- (transitive or intransitive, especially US) To give way so as to allow another to pass first.
- (engineering, materials science, of a material specimen) To pass the material's yield point and undergo plastic deformation.
- (mathematics) To produce as a result.
- To produce as return from an investment.
- (linguistics) To produce a particular sound as the result of a sound law.
- (computing, intransitive) Of a running process, to give control back to the operating system so that other processes can be allowed to run.
- To give as a result or outcome; to produce or render.
- cease opposition; stop fighting
- cause to happen or be responsible for
- be willing to concede
- consent reluctantly
- be flexible under stress of physical force
- be the cause or source of
- bring in
- give over; surrender or relinquish to the physical control of another
- move in order to make room for someone for something
- give in, as to influence or pressure
- give or supply
- end resistance, as under pressure or force
- be fatally overwhelmed
noun
- A product.
- (law) The current return as a percentage of the price of a stock or bond.
- (engineering, material science) yield strength of a material.
- (finance) Profit earned from an investment; return on investment.
- (forestry, fishery) The harvestable population growth of an ecosystem.
- The explosive energy value of a bomb, especially a nuclear weapon, usually expressed in tons of TNT equivalent.
- (programming) The situation where a thread relinquishes the processor to allow other threads to execute.
- (chemistry) The amount of product obtained in a chemical reaction.
- (hydrology) The volume of water escaping from a spring.
- (agriculture) Measurement of the amount of a crop harvested, or animal products such as wool, meat or milk produced, per unit area of land.
- an amount of a product
- the quantity of something (as a commodity) that is created (usually within a given period of time)
- the income or profit arising from such transactions as the sale of land or other property
- production of a certain amount
verb
- (intransitive, figurative) To collapse; to surrender.
- (intransitive) To become wrinkled.
- (transitive) To cause to collapse.
- (transitive) To rumple; to press into wrinkles by crushing together.
- become wrinkled or crumpled or creased
- fold or collapse
- to gather something into small wrinkles or folds
- fall apart
noun
verb
- (intransitive) To defer (to something).
- (intransitive) To bend oneself as a gesture of respect or deference.
- (ergative) To bend or curve, particularly downward.
- (transitive and intransitive) To debut.
- (transitive, figurative) To exercise powerful or controlling influence over; to bend or incline, figuratively; to humble or subdue.
- about to
- (transitive) To give a direction, indication, or command to by bowing.
- Ellipsis of bow-wow
- To play music on (a stringed) instrument using a bow.
- bend one's back forward from the waist on down
- bend one's knee or body, or lower one's head
- yield to another's wish or opinion
- bend the head or the upper part of the body in a gesture of respect or greeting
- play on a stringed instrument with a bow
intj
noun
- (music) A rod with horsehair (or an artificial substitute) stretched between the ends, used for playing various stringed musical instruments.
- A stringed instrument (chordophone), consisting of a stick with a single taut cord stretched between the ends, most often played by plucking.
- (nautical) A crude sort of quadrant formerly used for taking the sun's altitude at sea.
- A type of knot with two loops, used to tie together two cords such as shoelaces or apron strings, and frequently used as decoration, such as in gift-wrapping.
- (nautical) The front of a boat or ship.
- (saddlery) Two pieces of wood which form the arched forward part of a saddle tree.
- Alternative form of bao; any of several Chinese buns and breads
- (archery) A weapon made of a curved piece of wood or other flexible material whose ends are connected by a string, used for shooting arrows.
- Either of the two handles of a pair of scissors.
- Either of the arms of a pair of spectacles, running from the side of the lens to behind the wearer's ear.
- Anything bent or curved, such as a rainbow.
- Any instrument consisting of an elastic rod, with ends connected by a string, employed for giving reciprocating motion to a drill, or for preparing and arranging hair, fur, etc., used by hatters.
- Ellipsis of bow-wow
- The U-shaped piece which goes around the neck of an ox and fastens it to the yoke.
- The part of a key that is not inserted into the lock and that is used to turn the key.
- A curved bend in a rod or planar surface, or in a linear formation such as a river (see oxbow).
- A gesture, usually showing respect, made by inclining the head or bending forward at the waist; a reverence
- (rowing) The rower that sits in the seat closest to the bow of the boat.
- something curved in shape
- a decorative interlacing of ribbons
- a weapon for shooting arrows, composed of a curved piece of resilient wood with a taut cord to propel the arrow
- a slightly curved piece of resilient wood with taut horsehair strands; used in playing certain stringed instruments
- a stroke with a curved piece of wood with taut horsehair strands that is used in playing stringed instruments
- a knot with two loops and loose ends; used to tie shoelaces
- an appearance by actors or performers at the end of the concert or play in order to acknowledge the applause of the audience
- bending the head or body or knee as a sign of reverence or submission or shame or greeting
- front part of a vessel or aircraft
verb
- (intransitive, slang) To surrender, abandon or give up under pressure.
- (idiomatic, transitive) To make or become more compact by folding.
- (idiomatic, intransitive) To go out of business; to stop doing something.
- (idiomatic, intransitive, transitive) To move on, as in a traveling circus taking down its tents and attractions and moving to a new location.
- bend or lay so that one part covers the other
- become folded or folded up
verb
- (transitive, figuratively) To submit to; to undergo.
- (transitive) To clasp (someone or each other) in the arms with affection; to take in the arms; to hug.
- (transitive, figuratively) To enfold, to include (ideas, principles, etc.); to encompass.
- (transitive, also figuratively) To encircle; to enclose, to encompass.
- (transitive, figuratively) To seize (something) eagerly or with alacrity; to accept or take up with cordiality; to welcome.
- include in scope; include as part of something broader; have as one's sphere or territory
- hold (someone) tightly in your arms, usually with fondness
- take up the cause, ideology, practice, method, of someone and use it as one's own
noun
- (figuratively) An act of enfolding or including.
- An act of putting arms around someone and bringing the person close to the chest; a hug.
- (figuratively) An enclosure partially or fully surrounding someone or something.
- (figuratively) Full acceptance (of something).
- a close affectionate and protective acceptance
- the act of clasping another person in the arms (as in greeting or affection)
- the state of taking in or encircling
verb
- (transitive) To metaphorically surrender, yield control or possession.
- (transitive) To give up, abandon or retire from something; to trade away.
- (transitive) To let go (free, away), physically release.
- (transitive) To accept to give up, withdraw etc.
- part with a possession or right
- turn away from; give up
- do without or cease to hold or adhere to
- release, as from one's grip
verb
- (intransitive) To submit.
- (transitive) To force to submit.
- (intransitive) To be inclined; to direct itself.
- (transitive, music) To smoothly change the pitch of a note.
- (transitive) To adapt or interpret to for a purpose or beneficiary.
- (transitive) To cause to change direction.
- (transitive, nautical) To tie, as in securing a line to a cleat; to shackle a chain to an anchor; make fast.
- (intransitive) To become curved.
- (intransitive) To change direction.
- (intransitive) To bow in prayer, or in token of submission.
- (transitive) To apply to a task or purpose.
- (intransitive, usually with "down") To stoop.
- (transitive) To cause (something) to change its shape into a curve, by physical force, chemical action, or any other means.
- (intransitive) To apply oneself to a task or purpose.
- (intransitive, nautical) To swing the body when rowing.
- bend one's back forward from the waist on down
- change direction
- bend a joint
- form a curve
- cause (an object) to assume a crooked or angular form
- turn from a straight course, fixed direction, or line of interest
noun
- (in the plural, medicine, underwater diving, with the) A severe condition caused by excessively quick decompression, causing bubbles of nitrogen to form in the blood; decompression sickness.
- (nautical, in the plural) The thickest and strongest planks in a ship's sides, more generally called wales, which have the beams, knees, and futtocks bolted to them.
- A curve.
- (nautical, in the plural) The frames or ribs that form the ship's body from the keel to the top of the sides.
- (music) A glissando, or glide between one pitch and another, especially one accomplished by bending a string (such as on guitar).
- (mining) Hard, indurated clay; bind.
- In the leather trade, the best quality of sole leather; a butt; sometimes, half a butt cut lengthwise.
- (heraldry) One of the honourable ordinaries formed by two diagonal lines drawn from the dexter chief to the sinister base; it generally occupies a fifth part of the shield if uncharged, but if charged one third.
- Any of the various knots which join the ends of two lines.
- an angular or rounded shape made by folding
- a circular segment of a curve
- curved segment (of a road or river or railroad track etc.)
- movement that causes the formation of a curve
- diagonal line traversing a shield from the upper right corner to the lower left
verb
verb
- (intransitive, figurative) To accept something offered, often secretly or deceptively, to cause some action by the acceptor.
- (intransitive, of a fish) To bite a baited hook or other lure and thus be caught.
- (intransitive) To cause a smarting sensation; to have a property which causes such a sensation; to be pungent.
- (transitive, informal, vulgar) To perform oral sex on. Used in invective.
- (transitive) To hold something by clamping one's teeth.
- (intransitive) To cause sharp pain; to produce anguish; to hurt or injure; to have the property of so doing.
- (intransitive) To take or keep a firm hold.
- (transitive) To cut into something by clamping the teeth.
- (transitive) To take hold of; to hold fast; to adhere to.
- (intransitive) To have significant effect, often negative.
- (intransitive) To take hold; to establish firm contact with.
- (intransitive, African-American Vernacular, slang) To plagiarize, to imitate.
- (intransitive) To attack with the teeth.
- (stative, slang) To lack quality; to be worthy of derision; to suck.
- (intransitive, transitive, of an insect) To sting.
- (intransitive, chiefly in the negative) To behave aggressively; to reject advances.
- (transitive, sometimes figurative) To cause sharp pain or damage to; to hurt or injure.
- cause a sharp or stinging pain or discomfort
- to grip, cut off, or tear with or as if with the teeth or jaws
- penetrate or cut, as with a knife
- deliver a sting to
noun
- The act of biting.
- (printing) A blank on the edge or corner of a page, owing to a portion of the frisket, or something else, intervening between the type and paper.
- The hold which the short end of a lever has upon the thing to be lifted, or the hold which one part of a machine has upon another.
- (television) Ellipsis of sound bite.
- (slang) Something unpleasant.
- (slang) A cut, a proportion of profits; an amount of money.
- (figuratively, uncountable) incisiveness, provocativeness, exactness.
- A small meal or snack.
- (slang) An act of plagiarism.
- (figuratively, uncountable) Aggression.
- (cricket) The turn that a spin bowler imparts to a pitch.
- A piece of food of a size that would be produced by biting; a mouthful.
- The swelling of one's skin caused by an insect's mouthparts or sting.
- The wound left behind after having been bitten.
- a strong odor or taste property
- a small amount of solid food; a mouthful
- (angling) an instance of a fish taking the bait
- a painful wound caused by the thrust of an insect's stinger into skin
- a light informal meal
- a portion removed from the whole
- a wound resulting from biting by an animal or a person
- wit having a sharp and caustic quality
- the act of gripping or chewing off with the teeth and jaws
verb
verb
- (intransitive or transitive, usually followed by to) To give in to.
- To reinvest funds from a maturing financial security in the same or similar investment.
- (gambling) To reinvest funds from a lottery into a subsequent one, in the event that a prize was not won.
- (intransitive) To increment, especially back to an initial value.
- (transitive, computing) To move the cursor over.
- (transitive) To easily overwhelm; to steamroller; to brush aside.
- (intransitive) To make a rolling motion or turn.
- (transitive) To cause a rolling motion or turn.
- negociate to repay a loan at a later date for an additional fee
- re-invest (a previous investment) into a similar fund or security
- make a rolling motion or turn
noun
- The act of submitting or yielding; surrender.
- The act of submitting or giving e.g. a completed piece of work.
- The thing which has been submitted.
- A submission hold in wrestling, mixed martial arts, or other combat sports.
- A subset or component of a mission.
- the condition of having submitted to control by someone or something else
- something (manuscripts or architectural plans and models or estimates or works of art of all genres etc.) submitted for the judgment of others (as in a competition)
- an agreement between parties in a dispute to abide by the decision of an arbiter
- the act of submitting; usually surrendering power to another
- the feeling of patient, submissive humbleness
- a legal document summarizing an agreement between parties in a dispute to abide by the decision of an arbiter
- (law) a contention presented by a lawyer to a judge or jury as part of the case they are arguing
verb
- (intransitive) To temporise by assent, concession, flattery, or cajolery.
- (transitive) To keep in good humour; wheedle; cajole; flatter.
- (transitive, rare) To smooth over; render less obnoxious.
- (intransitive) To bring comfort or relief.
- (transitive) To allay; assuage; mitigate; soften.
- (transitive) To restore to ease, comfort, or tranquility; relieve; calm; quiet; refresh.
- (transitive) To ease or relieve pain or suffering.
- (transitive) To calm or placate someone or some situation.
- give moral or emotional strength to
- cause to feel better
verb
- (intransitive) To make or yield something.
- (transitive) To make (a thing) available to a person, an authority, etc.; to provide for inspection.
- (mathematics) To extend an area, or lengthen a line.
- (music) To alter using technology, as opposed to simply performing.
- (transitive) To bring forth, to yield, make, manufacture, or otherwise generate.
- (transitive, media) To sponsor and present (a motion picture, etc) to an audience or to the public.
- bring onto the market or release
- cause to happen, occur or exist
- bring out for display
- bring forth or yield
- cultivate by growing, often involving improvements by means of agricultural techniques
- come to have or undergo a change of (physical features and attributes)
- create or manufacture a man-made product
noun
verb
- To yield; to submit; to bend, as by compulsion; to assume a position of humility or subjection.
- (transitive) To cause to submit; to prostrate.
- To descend from rank or dignity; to condescend.
- (transitive) To cause to incline downward; to slant.
- To bend the upper part of the body forward and downward to a half-squatting position; crouch.
- (intransitive) Of a bird of prey: to swoop down on its prey.
- To lower oneself; to demean oneself in doing something below one's status, standards, or morals.
- sag, bend, bend over or down
- bend one's back forward from the waist on down
- carry oneself, often habitually, with head, shoulders, and upper back bent forward
- descend swiftly, as if on prey
- debase oneself morally, act in an undignified, unworthy, or dishonorable way
noun
- (architecture, chiefly New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, also Canada) The staircase and landing or porch leading to the entrance of a residence.
- (dialect) A post or pillar, especially a gatepost or a support in a mine.
- A stooping, bent position of the body.
- A vessel for holding liquids; like a flagon but without the spout.
- (architecture, US) The threshold of a doorway; a doorstep.
- An accelerated descent in flight, as that for an attack.
- small porch or set of steps at the front entrance of a house
- basin for holy water
- an inclination of the top half of the body forward and downward
verb
- To yield or make concession.
- To yield or suffer; to surrender; to grant
- To grant, as a right or privilege; to make concession of.
- (cricket) (of a bowler) to have runs scored off of one's bowling.
- (sports) To have a goal or point scored against
- To admit or agree to be true; to acknowledge
- be willing to concede
- acknowledge defeat
- give over; surrender or relinquish to the physical control of another
- admit (to a wrongdoing)
verb
- (figurative) To surrender.
- To collapse.
- To engage in the recreational exploration of caves.
- To hollow out or undermine.
- (mining) In room-and-pillar mining, to extract a deposit of rock by breaking down a pillar which had been holding it in place.
- explore natural caves
- hollow out as if making a cave or opening
intj
noun
- (programming) A code cave.
- (figuratively, also slang) The vagina.
- A large, naturally-occurring cavity formed underground or in the face of a cliff or a hillside.
- (caving) A naturally-occurring cavity in bedrock which is large enough to be entered by an adult.
- (nuclear physics) A shielded area where nuclear experiments can be carried out.
- (slang, politics, often "Cave") A group that breaks from a larger political party or faction on a particular issue.
- A place of retreat, such as a man cave.
- (drilling, uncountable) Debris, particularly broken rock, which falls into a drill hole and interferes with drilling.
- (mining) A collapse or cave-in.
- A storage cellar, especially for wine or cheese.
- A hole, depression, or gap in earth or rock, whether natural or man-made.
- a geological formation consisting of an underground enclosure with access from the surface of the ground or from the sea
verb
- (transitive) To submit passively; to give up as hopeless or inevitable.
- (transitive or intransitive) To voluntarily leave (a job or position), in particular a hard-fought position of high status.
- (transitive) To give up; to relinquish ownership of.
- (transitive) To hand over (something to someone), place into the care or control of another.
- (proscribed) Alternative spelling of re-sign.
- leave (a job, post, or position) voluntarily
- give up or retire from a position
- accept as inevitable
- part with a possession or right
verb
- (intransitive or reflexive) To give oneself up into the power of another, especially as a prisoner; to submit or give in.
- (ambitransitive, blackjack) To abandon (one's hand of cards) and recover half of the initial bet.
- (transitive) To give up possession of; to yield; to resign.
- (transitive, insurance) For a policyholder, to voluntarily terminate an insurance contract before the end of its term, usually with the expectation of receiving a surrender value.
- (military, by extension, transitive) To yield (a town, a fortification, etc.) to an enemy.
- (transitive) To give up into the power, control, or possession of another.
- (reflexive) To yield (oneself) to an influence, emotion, passion, etc.
- give up or agree to forgo to the power or possession of another
- relinquish possession or control over
noun
- (law, property law) The yielding of the leasehold estate by the lessee to the landlord, so that the tenancy for years merges in the reversion and no longer exists.
- An act of surrendering, submission into the possession of another; abandonment, resignation.
- The yielding or delivery of a possession in response to a demand.
- a verbal act of admitting defeat
- the delivery of a principal into lawful custody
- the act of surrendering (usually under agreed conditions)
- acceptance of despair
verb
- (intransitive) To receive something willingly.
- (transitive) To receive or admit to; to agree to; to assent to; to submit to.
- (Philippines) To do a service done by an establishment.
- (transitive) To admit to a place or a group.
- (transitive) To endure patiently.
- (transitive) To regard as proper, usual, true, or to believe in.
- (transitive) To receive as adequate or satisfactory.
- (transitive) To receive, especially with a consent, with favour, or with approval.
- (transitive, law, business) To agree to pay.
- (transitive) To acknowledge patiently without opposition or resistance.
- (transitive) To receive officially.
- tolerate or accommodate oneself to
- admit into a group or community
- be sexually responsive to, used of a female domesticated mammal
- take on as one's own the expenses or debts of another person
- consider or hold as true
- make use of or accept for some purpose
- receive (a report) officially, as from a committee
- be designed to hold or take
- react favorably to; consider right and proper
- receive willingly something given or offered
- give an affirmative reply to; respond favorably to
noun
verb
- (transitive, idiomatic) To relinquish; give back.
- (transitive) To cause extensive disturbance or disruption to (a room, storage place, etc.), e.g. while searching for an item, or ransacking a property.
- (transitive, idiomatic) To transfer.
- (transitive, sports) To give up control (of the ball and thus the ability to score).
- (transitive) To flip over; to rotate uppermost to bottom.
- (transitive) To mull, ponder
- (transitive, idiomatic) To produce, complete, or cycle through.
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see turn, over.
- (transitive, intransitive) To spin the crankshaft of an internal combustion engine using the starter or hand crank in an attempt to make it run.
- (transitive, business) To generate (a certain amount of money from sales).
- turn upside down, or throw so as to reverse
- turn up, loosen, or remove earth
- do business worth a certain amount of money
- move by turning over or rotating
- turn from an upright or normal position
- cause to overturn from an upright or normal position
- think about carefully; weigh
- cause to move around a center so as to show another side of
- place into the hands or custody of
noun
- the act of conceding or yielding
- a contract granting the right to operate a subsidiary business
- a point conceded or yielded
- A preferential tax rate.
- (chiefly US, usually in the plural) An item sold within a concession (see above) or from a concessions stand.
- (by extension) Any admission of the validity or rightness of a point; an instance of this.
- The act of conceding.
- (chiefly US) The premises granted to a business as a concession (see below)
- (originally US) An admission of defeat following an election.
- A gift freely given or act freely made as a token of respect or to curry favor.
- (chiefly US) A right to operate a quasi-independent business within another's premises, as with concessions stands.
- (historical) A territory—usually an enclave in a major port—yielded to the administration of a foreign power.
- (chiefly UK) A discounted price offered to certain classes of people, such as students or the elderly.
- (Canada) A concession road: a narrow road between tracts of farmland, especially in Ontario, from their origin during the granting of concessions (see above).
- (historical) A portion of a township, especially equal lots once granted to settlers in Canada.
- (chiefly US) A right to operate a quasi-independent franchise of a larger company.
- (chiefly UK) A person eligible for a concession price (see above).
- (rhetoric) An admission of the validity of an opponent's point in order to build an argument upon it or to move on to another of greater importance; an instance of this.
- (chiefly US) A franchise: a business operated as a concession (see above).
- A right to use land or an offshore area for a specific purpose, such as oil exploration.
- A compromise: a partial yielding to demands or requests.
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verb
verb
- (intransitive) To agree or assent [with to ‘a proposal, a request’]; to give way.
- (intransitive) To come to an office, state or dignity; to attain, assume (a position) [with to].
- (intransitive) To become a party to an agreement or a treaty [with to].
- to agree or express agreement
- yield to another's wish or opinion
- take on duties or office
verb
- (intransitive) To admit, concede, grant, allow; not to deny.
- (intransitive, UK dialectal) To confess.
- (transitive) To acknowledge.
- (transitive) To have recognized political sovereignty over a place, territory, as distinct from the ordinary connotation of property ownership.
- (transitive, computing, slang) To illicitly obtain administrative access to a computer system, thereby having full access to all the files thereon (including executables).
- (transitive) To virtually or figuratively enslave.
- (intransitive, slang) To be very good.
- (online gaming, slang) To defeat, dominate, or be above.
- (transitive) To proudly acknowledge; to not be ashamed or embarrassed of.
- (transitive) To claim as one's own.
- (transitive) To recognise.
- (transitive) To defeat or embarrass; to overwhelm.
- (transitive) To take responsibility for.
- (transitive) To have rightful possession of (property, goods or capital); to have legal title to; to acquire a property or asset.
- have ownership or possession of
adj
- Not shared.
- Belonging to; possessed; acquired; proper to; property of; titled to; held in one's name; under/using the name of. Often marks a possessive determiner as reflexive, referring back to the subject of the clause or sentence.
- belonging to or on behalf of a specified person (especially yourself); preceded by a possessive
noun
verb
- (intransitive) To undulate.
- (intransitive) To be irresolute; to waver.
- (transitive) To cause to vary irregularly.
- (intransitive) To vary irregularly; to swing.
- (rare, figuratively, also literally) To rise and fall as a wave; to be tossed up and down the waves.
- move or sway in a rising and falling or wavelike pattern
- be unstable
- cause to fluctuate or move in a wavelike pattern
verb
- (idiomatic, intransitive) To give in and do what is wanted or expected; to acquiesce to something.
- (figuratively) To change sides; to cross over to work for the opposition.
- (idiomatic, transitive) To find, usually by accident.
- (idiomatic, intransitive) To have sex; to give in to seduction.
- To produce what was desired; to come up with the goods. [with with]
- (idiomatic, intransitive) To confess to something.
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see come, across.
- (idiomatic) To give an appearance or impression; to project a certain image; to seem or appear (to be some way). [(often) with as; or (often) with like]
- be perceived in a certain way; make a certain impression
- come together
- find unexpectedly
- be received or understood
- communicate the intended meaning or impression
verb
- (intransitive, idiomatic, copulative) To end up; to result.
- (intransitive) To leave a road.
- (sex, transitive, prison slang) To rape; to coerce an otherwise heterosexual individual into performing a homosexual role.
- (transitive) To remove from a mould, bowl etc.
- (transitive, idiomatic) To extinguish a light or other device.
- (intransitive, by ellipsis) To succeed; work out; turn out well.
- (transitive) To put (cattle) out to pasture.
- (sex, transitive, slang) To convince a person (usually a woman) to become a prostitute.
- (intransitive) To leave one's work to take part in a strike.
- (transitive) To convince to vote
- (transitive, idiomatic) To produce; make.
- (transitive) To empty for inspection.
- (intransitive, idiomatic) To become apparent or known, especially (as) it turns out
- (intransitive, colloquial) To get out of bed; get up.
- (transitive, idiomatic) To refuse service or shelter; to eject or evict.
- (intransitive, idiomatic) To attend; show up.
- come and gather for a public event
- prove to be in the result or end
- result or end
- turn outward
- be shown or be found to be
- get up and out of bed
- bring forth
- cause to stop operating by disengaging a switch
- put out or expel from a place
- produce quickly or regularly, usually with machinery
- come, usually in answer to an invitation or summons
- outfit or equip, as with accessories
noun
- (by extension) Voluntary, utter submission; voluntary, utter deference.
- (music, slang) The fact of an artist's music heavily drawing influence from some other artist's work in a way that appears too obvious or unapologetic; a piece of music that does that.
- (Christianity, especially Catholicism) The adoration (or latria) owed to God alone, as greater than the hyperveneration / hyper-veneration (or hyperdulia) that is given to Saint Mary only and the veneration (or dulia) accorded to all other Roman Catholic saints.
- The religious ceremonies that express this devotion.
- The devotion accorded to a deity or to a sacred object.
- (also by extension) Ardent love.
- (chiefly British) Used as a title or term of address for various officials, including magistrates.
- An object of worship.
- a feeling of profound love and admiration
- the activity of worshipping
verb
- To touch, fondle, or kiss in an intensely sensual way.
- (intransitive) To participate in religious ceremonies.
- (transitive) To honour with extravagant love and extreme submission, as a lover; to adore; to idolize.
- (transitive) To reverence (a deity, etc.) with supreme respect and veneration; to perform religious exercises in honour of.
- show devotion to (a deity)
- attend religious services
- love unquestioningly and uncritically or to excess; venerate as an idol
verb
- (intransitive) To confer.
- (intransitive) To speak casually with; to chat.
- (ambitransitive, psychology) To fabricate memories in order to fill gaps in one's memory.
- have a conference in order to talk something over
- talk socially without exchanging too much information
- unconsciously replace fact with fantasy in one's memory
verb
- (intransitive) To make an effort, to subject oneself (to something).
- To apply oneself; to undertake; to have as one's goal or intention. (Compare be going to.)
- (intransitive) To move or travel in order to do something, or to do something while moving.
- (transitive) To make the (specified) sound.
- (copulative, rather informal, followed by an adjective) To become (often used with colors and negative states).
- To come (to a certain condition or state).
- To be expressed or composed (a certain way).
- (intransitive) To collapse or give way, to break apart.
- (transitive) To yield or weigh.
- (intransitive) To die.
- (transitive, intransitive) To survive or get by; to last or persist for a stated length of time.
- (intransitive) To take a turn, especially in a game.
- (intransitive) To navigate (to a file or folder on a computer, a site on the internet, a memory, etc).
- To contribute to a (specified) end product or result.
- (imperative) Expressing encouragement or approval.
- (transitive) To take (a particular part or share); to participate in to the extent of.
- (intransitive) To be valid or applicable.
- (intransitive) To leave; to move away.
- (intransitive, colloquial, euphemistic) To fight, usually with the fists.
- To travel or pass along.
- (intransitive, colloquial, with another verb, sometimes linked by and) To proceed (especially to do something foolish).
- (intransitive, of time) To elapse, to pass; to slip away. (Compare go by.)
- (intransitive) To fight or attack.
- (intransitive) To extend (from one point in time or space to another).
- (in phrases with 'as') Used to express how some category of things generally is, as a reference for, contrast to, or comparison with, a particular example.
- (intransitive) To be accepted.
- (intransitive, cricket, of a wicket) To be lost.
- To move to (a position or state).
- (intransitive) To start; to begin (an action or process).
- (intransitive, snooker) Of a ball, to be capable of being potted, not having its path to the pocket obstructed by other balls.
- (intransitive) To extend along.
- (intransitive, usually followed by with) To pass (a specified time) in gestation; to be pregnant.
- (transitive, colloquial) To say (something, aloud or to oneself).
- (transitive, colloquial) To enjoy. (Compare go for.)
- (intransitive, chiefly of a machine) To work or function (properly); to move or perform (as required).
- (intransitive, often followed by a preposition) To fit.
- (transitive, Australian slang) To attack.
- (intransitive) To date.
- (transitive, sports) To have a certain record.
- (intransitive) To sound; to make a noise.
- (intransitive) To be given, especially to be assigned or allotted.
- (intransitive) To belong (somewhere).
- (intransitive) To be spent or used up.
- (intransitive, cricket, of a batsman) To be out.
- (intransitive) To be compatible, especially of colors or food and drink.
- (intransitive, colloquial) To go to the toilet; to urinate or defecate.
- (intransitive) Of an opinion or instruction, to have (final) authority; to be authoritative.
- (intransitive) To move through space (especially to or through a place). (May be used of tangible things such as people or cars, or intangible things such as moods or information.)
- (intransitive) To work (through or over), especially mentally.
- (intransitive) To be sold.
- To assume the obligation or function of; to be, to serve as.
- (intransitive) To break down or decay.
- (intransitive) To be discarded or disposed of.
- To move (a particular distance, or in a particular fashion).
- (intransitive) To proceed (often in a specified manner, indicating the perceived quality of an event or state).
- (intransitive) To tend (toward a result)
- To turn out, to result; to come to (a certain result).
- (intransitive) To end or disappear. (Compare go away.)
- (intransitive) To attend.
- (intransitive, copulative) To continuously or habitually be in a state.
- (intransitive) To lead (to a place); to give access (to).
- To follow or proceed according to (a course or path).
- (transitive) To (begin to) date or have sex with (a particular race).
- (UK, especially MLE, Australia, Singapore, intransitive, colloquial) Clipping of go to the.
- (intransitive) To resort (to).
- (intransitive) To move or travel through time (either literally—in a fictional or hypothetical situation in which time travel is possible—or in one's mind or knowledge of the historical record). (See also go back.)
- (transitive, intransitive) To offer, bid or bet an amount; to pay; to sell for.
- be sounded, played, or expressed
- lead, extend, or afford access
- change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
- be spent
- go through in search of something; search through someone's belongings in an unauthorized way
- pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life
- to be spent or finished
- be or continue to be in a certain condition
- be the right size or shape; fit correctly or as desired
- progress by being changed
- be abolished or discarded
- begin or set in motion
- be contained in
- stop operating or functioning
- have a turn; make one's move in a game
- pass, fare, or elapse; of a certain state of affairs or action
- follow a procedure or take a course
- enter or assume a certain state or condition
- be ranked or compare
- be awarded; be allotted
- move away from a place into another direction
- blend or harmonize
- make a certain noise or sound
- be in the right place or situation
- follow a certain course
- perform as expected when applied
- give support (to) or make a choice (of) one out of a group or number
- continue to live and avoid dying
- have a particular form
- stretch out over a distance, space, time, or scope; run or extend between two points or beyond a certain point
adj
noun
- An attempt, a try.
- An act; the working or operation.
- (uncountable) Power of going or doing; energy; vitality; perseverance.
- (cribbage) The situation where a player cannot play a card which will not carry the aggregate count above thirty-one.
- A period of activity.
- A turn at something, or in something (e.g. a game).
- (uncommon) The act of going.
- (board games) A strategic board game, originally from China and today also popular in Japan and Korea, in which two players (black and white) attempt to control the largest area of the board with their counters.
- A time; an experience.
- An approval or permission to do something, or that which has been approved.
- street names for methylenedioxymethamphetamine
- a time period for working (after which you will be relieved by someone else)
- a usually brief attempt
- a board game for two players who place counters on a grid; the object is to surround and so capture the opponent's counters
verb
noun
verb
- (intransitive, transitive) To make a caveat or admission.
- (transitive) To completely renounce claims to; to deny ownership of or responsibility for
- (intransitive, transitive) (law) To relinquish or deny having a claim; to disavow another's claim; to decline accepting, as an estate, interest, or office.
- (transitive) To deny (e.g. claim); to refuse.
- renounce a legal claim or title to
- make a disclaimer about
verb
- (intransitive) To give way on a point or in an argument.
- (transitive) To bend (any thin material, such as paper) over so that it comes in contact with itself.
- (transitive) To double or lay together (one’s arms, hands, wings, etc.) so as to overlap with each other.
- (intransitive, poker) To withdraw from betting.
- (intransitive) To fail, to collapse, to disband.
- (transitive) To enclose within folded arms, to clasp, to embrace (see also enfold).
- (transitive, computing) To split (a line of text) across multiple lines, to obey line length limitations.
- (intransitive, business) Of a company, to cease to trade.
- (intransitive) To become folded; to form folds.
- (intransitive, informal) To fall over; to collapse or give way; to be crushed.
- (transitive) To make the proper arrangement (in a thin material) by bending.
- (transitive) To confine (animals) in a fold, to pen in.
- (transitive) To place sheep on (a piece of land) in order to manure it.
- (transitive, cooking) To stir (semisolid ingredients) gently, with an action as if folding over a solid.
- (transitive, figuratively) To cover up, to conceal.
- (transitive, figuratively) To include in a spiritual ‘flock’ or group of the saved, etc.
- (intransitive, by extension) To withdraw or quit in general.
- (transitive) To draw or coil (one’s arms, a snake’s body, etc.) around something so as to enclose or embrace it.
- (transitive) To enclose in a fold of material, to swathe, wrap up, cover, enwrap.
- bend or lay so that one part covers the other
- cease to operate or cause to cease operating
- become folded or folded up
- confine in a fold, like sheep
- incorporate a food ingredient into a mixture by repeatedly turning it over without stirring or beating
noun
- (Christianity) A church congregation, a group of people who adhere to a common faith and habitually attend a given church; also, the Christian church as a whole, the flock of Christ.
- (collective) A group of sheep or goats, particularly those kept in a given enclosure.
- (geology) The bending or curving of one or a stack of originally flat and planar surfaces, such as sedimentary strata, as a result of plastic (i.e. permanent) deformation.
- One individual part of something described as manifold, twofold, fourfold, etc.
- One of the doorleaves of a folding door.
- An enclosure or dwelling generally.
- (by extension, web design) The division between the part of a web page visible in a web browser window without scrolling; usually the fold.
- A pen or enclosure for sheep or other domestic animals.
- A gentle curve of the ground; gentle hill or valley.
- An act of folding.
- A clasp, embrace.
- Any enclosed piece of land belonging to a farm or mill; yard, farmyard.
- (functional programming) Any of a family of higher-order functions that process a data structure recursively to build up a value.
- A bend or crease.
- (newspapers) The division between the top and bottom halves of a broadsheet: headlines above the fold will be readable in a newsstand display; usually the fold.
- (figuratively) Home, family.
- (figuratively) A group of people with shared ideas or goals or who live or work together.
- (programming) A section of source code that can be collapsed out of view in an editor to aid readability.
- Any correct move in origami.
- A coil of a snake’s body.
- A layer, typically of folded or wrapped cloth.
- a group of sheep or goats
- the act of folding
- an angular or rounded shape made by folding
- a group of people who adhere to a common faith and habitually attend a given church
- a geological process that causes a bend in a stratum of rock
- a pen for sheep
- a folded part (as in skin or muscle)
verb
- (intransitive) To submit passively.
- (intransitive) To be lazy or remiss.
- (imperative) A standard command to a herding dog to assume this position, owing to its effect on the herd's movement.
- (intransitive) To assume a horizontal position.
- (with 'with', euphemistic) To have sexual intercourse (with).
- assume a reclining position
verb
- (transitive, idiomatic) To submit something; to give.
- (transitive, idiomatic) To relinquish; give up; to tell on someone to the authorities (especially to turn someone in).
- (weaving) To reverse the ends of threads and insert them back into the piece being woven so they do not protrude and eventually unravel.
- (soccer) To convert a goal using a turning motion of the body.
- (intransitive, idiomatic) To go to bed; to retire to bed.
- to surrender someone or something to another
- make an entrance by turning from a road
- prepare for sleep
- carry out (performances)
verb
- (intransitive) To surrender formally some right or trust.
- (intransitive) To make a renunciation of something.
- (transitive) To decline further association with someone or something, disown.
- (transitive) To abandon, forsake, discontinue (an action, habit, intention, etc), sometimes by open declaration.
- (intransitive, card games) To fail to follow suit; playing a card of a different suit when having no card of the suit led.
- (transitive) To cast off, repudiate.
- (transitive) To give up, resign, surrender.
- cast off
- leave (a job, post, or position) voluntarily
- give up, such as power, as of monarchs and emperors, or duties and obligations
- turn away from; give up
noun
verb
adj
noun
verb
noun
verb
- (intransitive) To turn out; to manifest.
- Alternative form of proof (“allow (dough) to rise; test the activeness of (yeast); pressure-test (a firearm)”).
- (copulative) To turn out to be.
- (homeopathy) To determine by experiment which effects a substance causes when ingested.
- (transitive) To ascertain or establish the genuineness or validity of; to verify.
- simple past of proove
- (transitive) To put to the test, to make trial of.
- (transitive) To demonstrate that something is true or viable; to give proof for; to bear out; to testify.
- prove formally; demonstrate by a mathematical, formal proof
- be shown or be found to be
- obtain probate of
- establish the validity of something, as by an example, explanation or experiment
- cause to puff up with a leaven
- provide evidence for
- put to the test, as for its quality, or give experimental use to
- take a trial impression of
- increase in volume
noun
verb
- To yield or result in.
- (sometimes as breed up) To educate; to instruct; to bring up.
- (transitive) To give birth to; to be the native place of.
- To take care of in infancy and through childhood; to bring up.
- (intransitive) To have birth; to be produced, developed, or multiplied.
- (transitive, slang, vulgar) To ejaculate inside (a person or a bodily orifice of same); to creampie.
- (transitive, often with to or with) To arrange the mating of (specific animals).
- (transitive) To keep (animals) and have (them) reproduce in a way that improves the next generation's qualities.
- (of animals) To mate.
- To produce or obtain by any natural process.
- To produce offspring sexually; to bear young.
- To propagate or grow (plants) in an effort to give (them) certain qualities.
- copulate with a female, used especially of horses
- call forth
- have young (animals) or reproduce (organisms)
- cause to procreate (animals)
noun
verb
- (figurative) Of a person: to (suddenly) cease resisting pressure or stress; to give in or give way, to yield.
- To apply oneself to or prepare for a task or work.
- (obsolete except British, dialectal) To participate in some contest or labour; to join in close fight; to contend.
- (British, dialectal (especially Scotland) or humorous) To unite with someone in marriage; to marry.
- (British, dialectal (especially Scotland) or humorous) To unite (people) in marriage; to marry.
- To fasten (something) using a buckle (noun etymology 1 sense 1); hence (obsolete), to fasten (something) in any way.
- To cause (something) to bend, or to become distorted.
- Of a thing (especially a slender structure under compression): to collapse or distort under physical pressure.
- (reflexive) To apply (oneself) to, or prepare (oneself) for, a task or work; also (obsolete), to equip (oneself) for a battle, expedition, etc.
- fold or collapse
- bend out of shape, as under pressure or from heat
- fasten with a buckle or buckles
noun
- A metal clasp with a hinged tongue or a spike through which a belt or strap is passed and penetrated by the tongue or spike, in order to fasten the ends of the belt together or to secure the strap to something else.
- (Canada, heraldry) An image of a clasp (etymology 1 sense 1) used as the brisure of an eighth daughter.
- (by extension) Some other form of clasp used to fasten two things together.
- (countable) A distortion; a bend, bulge, or kink.
- (countable, Canada, US, baking) Usually preceded by a descriptive word: a cake baked with fresh fruit (often blueberries) and a streusel topping.
- A great conflict or struggle.
- (roofing) An upward, elongated displacement of a roof membrane, frequently occurring over deck joints or insulation, which may indicate movement of the roof assembly.
- a shape distorted by twisting or folding
- fastener that fastens together two ends of a belt or strap; often has loose prong
verb
- (intransitive) To propose or express one's willingness (to do something).
- (transitive) To present (something) for sale.
- (transitive) To place at someone’s disposal; to present (something) to be either accepted or turned down.
- (transitive) To present (something) to God or gods, as a gesture of worship or as a sacrifice.
- (transitive, of a thing) To present (something) to the sight etc.; to provide for use, consideration etc.
- (transitive) To present in words; to proffer; to make a proposal of; to suggest.
- (transitive) To put in opposition to; to manifest in an offensive or defensive way; to threaten.
- (transitive) To bid, as a price, reward, or wages.
- (transitive, engineering) To place (something) in a position where it can be added to an existing mechanical assembly.
- (intransitive) To happen, to present itself.
- ask (someone) to marry you
- present for acceptance or rejection
- produce or introduce on the stage
- offer verbally
- propose a payment
- agree freely
- mount or put up
- threaten to do something
- give something useful or necessary to
- present as an act of worship
- make available for sale
- make available; provide
- put forward for consideration
noun
- Something put forth, bid, proffered or tendered.
- A proposal that has been made.
- (used in combinations from phrasal verbs) agent noun of off
- (law) An invitation to enter into a binding contract communicated to another party which contains terms sufficiently definite to create an enforceable contract if the other party accepts the invitation.
- a usually brief attempt
- the verbal act of offering
- something offered (as a proposal or bid)
verb
- (intransitive) To admit defeat, capitulate; to desist for that reason.
- (transitive, finance) To execute a trade on behalf of another broker.
- (transitive) To have someone obtain (something) to one's disadvantage; to concede.
- (transitive) To lose hope concerning (someone or something)
- (intransitive, US dialectal) To acknowledge, recognize as.
- (transitive) To stop or quit (an activity, etc.).
- (intransitive, US, slang) To reveal (something).
- (transitive) To relinquish (something)
- (transitive) To abandon (someone or something)
- (transitive) To surrender (someone or something); to inform on (someone).
- allow the other (baseball) team to score
- give up what is not strictly needed
- lose (something) or lose the right to (something) by some error, offense, or crime
- leave (a job, post, or position) voluntarily
- give up with the intent of never claiming again
- put an end to a state or an activity
- give up in the face of defeat of lacking hope; admit defeat
- part with a possession or right
- stop maintaining or insisting on; of ideas or claims
- give up or agree to forgo to the power or possession of another
- stop consuming
- relinquish possession or control over
adj
verb
- (transitive, figurative) To exude or yield.
- (transitive) To conceal.
- (physiology, transitive, of organs, glands, etc.) To extract a substance from blood, sap, or similar to produce and emit waste for excretion or for the fulfilling of a physiological function.
- place out of sight; keep secret
- generate and separate from cells or bodily fluids
verb
- (intransitive) To commit oneself (to an obligation, activity etc.).
- (transitive) To take upon oneself; to start, to embark on (a specific task etc.).
- (British, informal) To pass a slower moving vehicle on the curbside rather than on the side closest to oncoming traffic.
- promise to do or accomplish
- accept as a challenge
- accept as a charge
- enter upon an activity or enterprise
- enter into a contractual arrangement
noun
verb
- (intransitive, figuratively) To act in an obsequious or servile manner.
- (intransitive, figuratively) To experience an inward feeling of disgust, embarrassment, or fear; (by extension) to feel very embarrassed.
- (intransitive) To bow or crouch in servility.
- (intransitive) To cower, flinch, recoil, shrink, or tense, as in disgust, embarrassment, or fear.
- show submission or fear
- draw back, as with fear or pain
adj
intj
noun
- (countable, figuratively) An act or disposition of servile obeisance.
- (uncountable, slang, derogatory) Things, particularly online content, which would cause an onlooker to cringe from secondhand embarrassment.
- (countable, British, dialectal) A crick (“painful muscular cramp or spasm of some part of the body”).
- (countable) A gesture or posture of cringing (recoiling or shrinking).
- A posture or gesture of shrinking or recoiling.
- some event or object that causes embarrassment and shame
verb
- (intransitive, figurative) To behave in a servile manner; to grovel.
- (intransitive) To briefly enter a position that touches one knee to the ground in a manner that is typically associated with formal homage or religious worship.
- bend the knees and bow in church or before a religious superior or image
- bend the knees and bow in a servile manner
verb
noun
- (uncountable, rhetoric) The use of a word, phrase, concept, or set of concepts to refer to something other than its literal meaning, invoking an implicit similarity between the thing described and what is denoted by the word, etc., that is used.
- (countable, graphical user interface) The use of an everyday object or concept to represent an underlying facet of the computer and thus aid users in performing tasks.
- (countable, rhetoric) A word or phrase used in such implied comparison.
- a figure of speech in which an expression is used to refer to something that it does not literally denote in order to suggest a similarity
verb
- (transitive or intransitive) To concede as true; to acknowledge or assent to, as an allegation which it is impossible to deny (+ to).
- (transitive) To allow to enter; to grant entrance (to), whether into a place, into the mind, or into consideration
- (intransitive, with of) To give warrant or allowance, to grant opportunity or permission.
- (transitive) To allow to enter a hospital or similar facility for treatment.
- (transitive) To allow (someone) to enter a profession or to enjoy a privilege; to recognize as qualified for a franchise.
- (transitive) To be capable of; to permit. In this sense, "of" may be used after the verb, or may be omitted.
- admit into a group or community
- have room for; hold without crowding
- allow participation in or the right to be part of; permit to exercise the rights, functions, and responsibilities of
- allow to enter; grant entry to
- serve as a means of entrance
- declare to be true or admit the existence or reality or truth of
- afford possibility
- give access or entrance to
verb
- (intransitive, figuratively) To have recourse or resort to some physical means.
- (transitive, historical) To accuse or charge (someone) with wrongdoing (especially treason).
- (transitive, historical) To summon (someone) to defend their honour in a duel, or their innocence in a trial by combat; to challenge.
- (intransitive) Often followed by against (the inferior court's decision) or to (the superior court): to apply to a superior court or judge for a decision or order by an inferior court or judge to be reviewed and overturned.
- (intransitive, figuratively) To be attractive.
- (intransitive) To call upon a person or an authority to corroborate a statement, to decide a controverted question, or to vindicate one's rights; to entreat, to invoke.
- (transitive, historical) Of the accomplice of a felon: to make an accusation at common law against (the felon).
- (transitive, historical) Of a private person: to instituted legal proceedings (against another private person) for some heinous crime, demanding punishment for the particular injury suffered.
- (intransitive) To call upon someone for a favour, help, etc.
- (transitive, originally US) To apply to a superior court or judge to review and overturn (a decision or order by an inferior court or judge).
- (intransitive, cricket) Of a fielding side; to ask an umpire for a decision on whether a batsman is out or not, usually by saying "How's that?" or "Howzat?".
- take a court case to a higher court for review
- cite as an authority; resort to
- request earnestly (something from somebody); ask for aid or protection
- be attractive to
- challenge (a decision)
noun
- (cricket) The act, by the fielding side, of asking an umpire for a decision on whether a batsman is out or not.
- (rhetoric) a use of a principle or quality for purposes of persuasion.
- (historical) At common law, an accusation made against a felon by one of their accomplices (called an approver).
- (historical) A summons to defend one's honour in a duel, or one's innocence in a trial by combat; a challenge.
- A person's legal right to apply to court for such a review.
- (historical) A process which formerly might be instituted by one private person against another for some heinous crime demanding punishment for the particular injury suffered, rather than for the offence against the public; an accusation.
- (figuratively) A power to attract or interest.
- The legal document or form by which such an application is made; also, the court case in which the application is argued.
- (figuratively) A resort to some physical means; a recourse.
- A call to a person or an authority for a decision, help, or proof; an entreaty, an invocation.
- (historical) An accusation or charge against someone for wrongdoing (especially treason).
- An application to a superior court or judge for a decision or order by an inferior court or judge to be reviewed and overturned.
- (law) a legal proceeding in which the appellant resorts to a higher court for the purpose of obtaining a review of a lower court decision and a reversal of the lower court's judgment or the granting of a new trial
- earnest or urgent request
- attractiveness that interests or pleases or stimulates
- request for a sum of money
noun
- The act of submitting or yielding; surrender.
- The act of submitting or giving e.g. a completed piece of work.
- The thing which has been submitted.
- A submission hold in wrestling, mixed martial arts, or other combat sports.
- A subset or component of a mission.
- the condition of having submitted to control by someone or something else
- something (manuscripts or architectural plans and models or estimates or works of art of all genres etc.) submitted for the judgment of others (as in a competition)
- an agreement between parties in a dispute to abide by the decision of an arbiter
- the act of submitting; usually surrendering power to another
- the feeling of patient, submissive humbleness
- a legal document summarizing an agreement between parties in a dispute to abide by the decision of an arbiter
- (law) a contention presented by a lawyer to a judge or jury as part of the case they are arguing
noun
- the act of conceding or yielding
- a contract granting the right to operate a subsidiary business
- a point conceded or yielded
- A preferential tax rate.
- (chiefly US, usually in the plural) An item sold within a concession (see above) or from a concessions stand.
- (by extension) Any admission of the validity or rightness of a point; an instance of this.
- The act of conceding.
- (chiefly US) The premises granted to a business as a concession (see below)
- (originally US) An admission of defeat following an election.
- A gift freely given or act freely made as a token of respect or to curry favor.
- (chiefly US) A right to operate a quasi-independent business within another's premises, as with concessions stands.
- (historical) A territory—usually an enclave in a major port—yielded to the administration of a foreign power.
- (chiefly UK) A discounted price offered to certain classes of people, such as students or the elderly.
- (Canada) A concession road: a narrow road between tracts of farmland, especially in Ontario, from their origin during the granting of concessions (see above).
- (historical) A portion of a township, especially equal lots once granted to settlers in Canada.
- (chiefly US) A right to operate a quasi-independent franchise of a larger company.
- (chiefly UK) A person eligible for a concession price (see above).
- (rhetoric) An admission of the validity of an opponent's point in order to build an argument upon it or to move on to another of greater importance; an instance of this.
- (chiefly US) A franchise: a business operated as a concession (see above).
- A right to use land or an offshore area for a specific purpose, such as oil exploration.
- A compromise: a partial yielding to demands or requests.
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noun
- (by extension) Voluntary, utter submission; voluntary, utter deference.
- (music, slang) The fact of an artist's music heavily drawing influence from some other artist's work in a way that appears too obvious or unapologetic; a piece of music that does that.
- (Christianity, especially Catholicism) The adoration (or latria) owed to God alone, as greater than the hyperveneration / hyper-veneration (or hyperdulia) that is given to Saint Mary only and the veneration (or dulia) accorded to all other Roman Catholic saints.
- The religious ceremonies that express this devotion.
- The devotion accorded to a deity or to a sacred object.
- (also by extension) Ardent love.
- (chiefly British) Used as a title or term of address for various officials, including magistrates.
- An object of worship.
- a feeling of profound love and admiration
- the activity of worshipping
verb
- To touch, fondle, or kiss in an intensely sensual way.
- (intransitive) To participate in religious ceremonies.
- (transitive) To honour with extravagant love and extreme submission, as a lover; to adore; to idolize.
- (transitive) To reverence (a deity, etc.) with supreme respect and veneration; to perform religious exercises in honour of.
- show devotion to (a deity)
- attend religious services
- love unquestioningly and uncritically or to excess; venerate as an idol
verb
- (intransitive, figurative) To yield.
- (transitive) To apply pressure, or rub or massage with one's knuckles (noun sense 1).
- (transitive, slang) To strike or punch.
- (snowboarding, skiing) To land on the knuckle (noun sense 9) of a curve of a slope, after a jump off a ramp that precedes the slope.
- (intransitive) To touch one's forehead as a mark of respect.
- (intransitive) To bend the fingers.
- shoot a marble while keeping one's knuckles on the ground
- press or rub with the knuckles
noun
- (sports, billiards, snooker, pool) The curved part of the cushion at the entrance to the pockets on a cue sports table.
- (skiing, snowboarding) The rounded point where a flat changes to a slope on a piste.
- The kneejoint of a quadruped, especially of a calf; formerly, the kneejoint of a human being.
- A contrivance, usually of brass or iron, and furnished with points, worn to protect the hand, to add force to a blow, and to disfigure the person struck; a knuckle duster.
- (by extension) A mechanical joint.
- Any of the joints between the bones of the fingers.
- (shipbuilding) A convex portion of a vessel's figure where a sudden change of shape occurs, as in a canal boat, where a nearly vertical side joins a nearly flat bottom.
- A cut of meat of various kinds.
- a joint of a finger when the fist is closed
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noun
verb
- (intransitive) To yield or surrender.
- (of a fugitive or a person in hiding) To surrender; to turn oneself in.
- (of a broadcast, such as radio or television) To have a strong enough signal to be able to be received well.
- To finish a race or similar competition in a particular position, such as first place, second place, or the like.
- (informal) To enter a plan or group; to join in.
- To become available.
- To enter.
- To fully develop.
- To become fashionable.
- To arrive.
- To finish a race or similar competition in first place.
- To function in the indicated manner.
- (music) To join or enter; to begin playing with a group.
- To become relevant, applicable, or useful.
- (often imperative) To begin transmitting.
- (of the tide) To rise.
- (intransitive) To report to a workplace for a shift.
- come into fashion; become fashionable
- to come or go into
- to insert between other elements
- take a place in a competition; often followed by an ordinal
- be received
verb
- (intransitive) To yield or give way to another.
- (transitive) To yield (something) to another, as when defeated.
- (ambitransitive) To enter or put forward for approval, consideration, marking etc.
- (transitive, mixed martial arts, professional wrestling) To win a fight against (an opponent) by submission.
- (transitive) To subject; to put through a process.
- refer to another person for decision or judgment
- make over as a return
- refer for judgment or consideration
- yield to the control of another
- accept or undergo, often unwillingly
- yield to another's wish or opinion
- accept as inevitable
- put before
- make an application as for a job or funding
- hand over formally
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- (intransitive, idiomatic) To give in or give up: relent, concede, surrender.
- (ergative, figuratively) To render or to become weak and ineffective.
- (ergative) To digest.
- (transitive) To intentionally demolish; to pull down.
- (informal) Bust down or bust a move; the act of performing energetic, often freestyle or hip-hop moves, frequently during a song’s instrumental break where only drums or bass are playing.
- To separate into a number of parts.
- (ergative, figuratively) To render or to become unstable due to stress, to collapse physically or mentally.
- (ergative) To (cause to) decay, to decompose.
- (intransitive, of a machine, computer, vehicle, etc.) To stop functioning.
- (intransitive) To fail, especially socially or for political reasons.
- (intransitive) To unexpectedly collapse, physically or in structure.
- (ergative, figuratively) To divide into parts to give more details, to provide a more indepth analysis of.
- collapse due to fatigue, an illness, or a sudden attack
- make ineffective
- make a mathematical, chemical, or grammatical analysis of; break down into components or essential features
- separate (substances) into constituent elements or parts
- stop operating or functioning
- lose control of one's emotions
- cause to fall or collapse
- fall apart
noun
verb
- (transitive or intransitive) To give as demanded; to relinquish.
- (intransitive) To give way under force; to succumb to a force.
- (rare) To admit to be true; to concede; to allow.
- (transitive or intransitive, especially US) To give way so as to allow another to pass first.
- (engineering, materials science, of a material specimen) To pass the material's yield point and undergo plastic deformation.
- (mathematics) To produce as a result.
- To produce as return from an investment.
- (linguistics) To produce a particular sound as the result of a sound law.
- (computing, intransitive) Of a running process, to give control back to the operating system so that other processes can be allowed to run.
- To give as a result or outcome; to produce or render.
- cease opposition; stop fighting
- cause to happen or be responsible for
- be willing to concede
- consent reluctantly
- be flexible under stress of physical force
- be the cause or source of
- bring in
- give over; surrender or relinquish to the physical control of another
- move in order to make room for someone for something
- give in, as to influence or pressure
- give or supply
- end resistance, as under pressure or force
- be fatally overwhelmed
noun
- A product.
- (law) The current return as a percentage of the price of a stock or bond.
- (engineering, material science) yield strength of a material.
- (finance) Profit earned from an investment; return on investment.
- (forestry, fishery) The harvestable population growth of an ecosystem.
- The explosive energy value of a bomb, especially a nuclear weapon, usually expressed in tons of TNT equivalent.
- (programming) The situation where a thread relinquishes the processor to allow other threads to execute.
- (chemistry) The amount of product obtained in a chemical reaction.
- (hydrology) The volume of water escaping from a spring.
- (agriculture) Measurement of the amount of a crop harvested, or animal products such as wool, meat or milk produced, per unit area of land.
- an amount of a product
- the quantity of something (as a commodity) that is created (usually within a given period of time)
- the income or profit arising from such transactions as the sale of land or other property
- production of a certain amount
verb
- (intransitive, figurative) To collapse; to surrender.
- (intransitive) To become wrinkled.
- (transitive) To cause to collapse.
- (transitive) To rumple; to press into wrinkles by crushing together.
- become wrinkled or crumpled or creased
- fold or collapse
- to gather something into small wrinkles or folds
- fall apart
noun
verb
- (intransitive) To defer (to something).
- (intransitive) To bend oneself as a gesture of respect or deference.
- (ergative) To bend or curve, particularly downward.
- (transitive and intransitive) To debut.
- (transitive, figurative) To exercise powerful or controlling influence over; to bend or incline, figuratively; to humble or subdue.
- about to
- (transitive) To give a direction, indication, or command to by bowing.
- Ellipsis of bow-wow
- To play music on (a stringed) instrument using a bow.
- bend one's back forward from the waist on down
- bend one's knee or body, or lower one's head
- yield to another's wish or opinion
- bend the head or the upper part of the body in a gesture of respect or greeting
- play on a stringed instrument with a bow
intj
noun
- (music) A rod with horsehair (or an artificial substitute) stretched between the ends, used for playing various stringed musical instruments.
- A stringed instrument (chordophone), consisting of a stick with a single taut cord stretched between the ends, most often played by plucking.
- (nautical) A crude sort of quadrant formerly used for taking the sun's altitude at sea.
- A type of knot with two loops, used to tie together two cords such as shoelaces or apron strings, and frequently used as decoration, such as in gift-wrapping.
- (nautical) The front of a boat or ship.
- (saddlery) Two pieces of wood which form the arched forward part of a saddle tree.
- Alternative form of bao; any of several Chinese buns and breads
- (archery) A weapon made of a curved piece of wood or other flexible material whose ends are connected by a string, used for shooting arrows.
- Either of the two handles of a pair of scissors.
- Either of the arms of a pair of spectacles, running from the side of the lens to behind the wearer's ear.
- Anything bent or curved, such as a rainbow.
- Any instrument consisting of an elastic rod, with ends connected by a string, employed for giving reciprocating motion to a drill, or for preparing and arranging hair, fur, etc., used by hatters.
- Ellipsis of bow-wow
- The U-shaped piece which goes around the neck of an ox and fastens it to the yoke.
- The part of a key that is not inserted into the lock and that is used to turn the key.
- A curved bend in a rod or planar surface, or in a linear formation such as a river (see oxbow).
- A gesture, usually showing respect, made by inclining the head or bending forward at the waist; a reverence
- (rowing) The rower that sits in the seat closest to the bow of the boat.
- something curved in shape
- a decorative interlacing of ribbons
- a weapon for shooting arrows, composed of a curved piece of resilient wood with a taut cord to propel the arrow
- a slightly curved piece of resilient wood with taut horsehair strands; used in playing certain stringed instruments
- a stroke with a curved piece of wood with taut horsehair strands that is used in playing stringed instruments
- a knot with two loops and loose ends; used to tie shoelaces
- an appearance by actors or performers at the end of the concert or play in order to acknowledge the applause of the audience
- bending the head or body or knee as a sign of reverence or submission or shame or greeting
- front part of a vessel or aircraft
verb
- (intransitive, slang) To surrender, abandon or give up under pressure.
- (idiomatic, transitive) To make or become more compact by folding.
- (idiomatic, intransitive) To go out of business; to stop doing something.
- (idiomatic, intransitive, transitive) To move on, as in a traveling circus taking down its tents and attractions and moving to a new location.
- bend or lay so that one part covers the other
- become folded or folded up
verb
- (transitive, figuratively) To submit to; to undergo.
- (transitive) To clasp (someone or each other) in the arms with affection; to take in the arms; to hug.
- (transitive, figuratively) To enfold, to include (ideas, principles, etc.); to encompass.
- (transitive, also figuratively) To encircle; to enclose, to encompass.
- (transitive, figuratively) To seize (something) eagerly or with alacrity; to accept or take up with cordiality; to welcome.
- include in scope; include as part of something broader; have as one's sphere or territory
- hold (someone) tightly in your arms, usually with fondness
- take up the cause, ideology, practice, method, of someone and use it as one's own
noun
- (figuratively) An act of enfolding or including.
- An act of putting arms around someone and bringing the person close to the chest; a hug.
- (figuratively) An enclosure partially or fully surrounding someone or something.
- (figuratively) Full acceptance (of something).
- a close affectionate and protective acceptance
- the act of clasping another person in the arms (as in greeting or affection)
- the state of taking in or encircling
verb
- (transitive) To metaphorically surrender, yield control or possession.
- (transitive) To give up, abandon or retire from something; to trade away.
- (transitive) To let go (free, away), physically release.
- (transitive) To accept to give up, withdraw etc.
- part with a possession or right
- turn away from; give up
- do without or cease to hold or adhere to
- release, as from one's grip
verb
- (intransitive) To submit.
- (transitive) To force to submit.
- (intransitive) To be inclined; to direct itself.
- (transitive, music) To smoothly change the pitch of a note.
- (transitive) To adapt or interpret to for a purpose or beneficiary.
- (transitive) To cause to change direction.
- (transitive, nautical) To tie, as in securing a line to a cleat; to shackle a chain to an anchor; make fast.
- (intransitive) To become curved.
- (intransitive) To change direction.
- (intransitive) To bow in prayer, or in token of submission.
- (transitive) To apply to a task or purpose.
- (intransitive, usually with "down") To stoop.
- (transitive) To cause (something) to change its shape into a curve, by physical force, chemical action, or any other means.
- (intransitive) To apply oneself to a task or purpose.
- (intransitive, nautical) To swing the body when rowing.
- bend one's back forward from the waist on down
- change direction
- bend a joint
- form a curve
- cause (an object) to assume a crooked or angular form
- turn from a straight course, fixed direction, or line of interest
noun
- (in the plural, medicine, underwater diving, with the) A severe condition caused by excessively quick decompression, causing bubbles of nitrogen to form in the blood; decompression sickness.
- (nautical, in the plural) The thickest and strongest planks in a ship's sides, more generally called wales, which have the beams, knees, and futtocks bolted to them.
- A curve.
- (nautical, in the plural) The frames or ribs that form the ship's body from the keel to the top of the sides.
- (music) A glissando, or glide between one pitch and another, especially one accomplished by bending a string (such as on guitar).
- (mining) Hard, indurated clay; bind.
- In the leather trade, the best quality of sole leather; a butt; sometimes, half a butt cut lengthwise.
- (heraldry) One of the honourable ordinaries formed by two diagonal lines drawn from the dexter chief to the sinister base; it generally occupies a fifth part of the shield if uncharged, but if charged one third.
- Any of the various knots which join the ends of two lines.
- an angular or rounded shape made by folding
- a circular segment of a curve
- curved segment (of a road or river or railroad track etc.)
- movement that causes the formation of a curve
- diagonal line traversing a shield from the upper right corner to the lower left
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- (intransitive, figurative) To accept something offered, often secretly or deceptively, to cause some action by the acceptor.
- (intransitive, of a fish) To bite a baited hook or other lure and thus be caught.
- (intransitive) To cause a smarting sensation; to have a property which causes such a sensation; to be pungent.
- (transitive, informal, vulgar) To perform oral sex on. Used in invective.
- (transitive) To hold something by clamping one's teeth.
- (intransitive) To cause sharp pain; to produce anguish; to hurt or injure; to have the property of so doing.
- (intransitive) To take or keep a firm hold.
- (transitive) To cut into something by clamping the teeth.
- (transitive) To take hold of; to hold fast; to adhere to.
- (intransitive) To have significant effect, often negative.
- (intransitive) To take hold; to establish firm contact with.
- (intransitive, African-American Vernacular, slang) To plagiarize, to imitate.
- (intransitive) To attack with the teeth.
- (stative, slang) To lack quality; to be worthy of derision; to suck.
- (intransitive, transitive, of an insect) To sting.
- (intransitive, chiefly in the negative) To behave aggressively; to reject advances.
- (transitive, sometimes figurative) To cause sharp pain or damage to; to hurt or injure.
- cause a sharp or stinging pain or discomfort
- to grip, cut off, or tear with or as if with the teeth or jaws
- penetrate or cut, as with a knife
- deliver a sting to
noun
- The act of biting.
- (printing) A blank on the edge or corner of a page, owing to a portion of the frisket, or something else, intervening between the type and paper.
- The hold which the short end of a lever has upon the thing to be lifted, or the hold which one part of a machine has upon another.
- (television) Ellipsis of sound bite.
- (slang) Something unpleasant.
- (slang) A cut, a proportion of profits; an amount of money.
- (figuratively, uncountable) incisiveness, provocativeness, exactness.
- A small meal or snack.
- (slang) An act of plagiarism.
- (figuratively, uncountable) Aggression.
- (cricket) The turn that a spin bowler imparts to a pitch.
- A piece of food of a size that would be produced by biting; a mouthful.
- The swelling of one's skin caused by an insect's mouthparts or sting.
- The wound left behind after having been bitten.
- a strong odor or taste property
- a small amount of solid food; a mouthful
- (angling) an instance of a fish taking the bait
- a painful wound caused by the thrust of an insect's stinger into skin
- a light informal meal
- a portion removed from the whole
- a wound resulting from biting by an animal or a person
- wit having a sharp and caustic quality
- the act of gripping or chewing off with the teeth and jaws
verb
verb
- (intransitive or transitive, usually followed by to) To give in to.
- To reinvest funds from a maturing financial security in the same or similar investment.
- (gambling) To reinvest funds from a lottery into a subsequent one, in the event that a prize was not won.
- (intransitive) To increment, especially back to an initial value.
- (transitive, computing) To move the cursor over.
- (transitive) To easily overwhelm; to steamroller; to brush aside.
- (intransitive) To make a rolling motion or turn.
- (transitive) To cause a rolling motion or turn.
- negociate to repay a loan at a later date for an additional fee
- re-invest (a previous investment) into a similar fund or security
- make a rolling motion or turn
verb
- (intransitive) To temporise by assent, concession, flattery, or cajolery.
- (transitive) To keep in good humour; wheedle; cajole; flatter.
- (transitive, rare) To smooth over; render less obnoxious.
- (intransitive) To bring comfort or relief.
- (transitive) To allay; assuage; mitigate; soften.
- (transitive) To restore to ease, comfort, or tranquility; relieve; calm; quiet; refresh.
- (transitive) To ease or relieve pain or suffering.
- (transitive) To calm or placate someone or some situation.
- give moral or emotional strength to
- cause to feel better
verb
- (intransitive) To make or yield something.
- (transitive) To make (a thing) available to a person, an authority, etc.; to provide for inspection.
- (mathematics) To extend an area, or lengthen a line.
- (music) To alter using technology, as opposed to simply performing.
- (transitive) To bring forth, to yield, make, manufacture, or otherwise generate.
- (transitive, media) To sponsor and present (a motion picture, etc) to an audience or to the public.
- bring onto the market or release
- cause to happen, occur or exist
- bring out for display
- bring forth or yield
- cultivate by growing, often involving improvements by means of agricultural techniques
- come to have or undergo a change of (physical features and attributes)
- create or manufacture a man-made product
noun
verb
- To yield; to submit; to bend, as by compulsion; to assume a position of humility or subjection.
- (transitive) To cause to submit; to prostrate.
- To descend from rank or dignity; to condescend.
- (transitive) To cause to incline downward; to slant.
- To bend the upper part of the body forward and downward to a half-squatting position; crouch.
- (intransitive) Of a bird of prey: to swoop down on its prey.
- To lower oneself; to demean oneself in doing something below one's status, standards, or morals.
- sag, bend, bend over or down
- bend one's back forward from the waist on down
- carry oneself, often habitually, with head, shoulders, and upper back bent forward
- descend swiftly, as if on prey
- debase oneself morally, act in an undignified, unworthy, or dishonorable way
noun
- (architecture, chiefly New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, also Canada) The staircase and landing or porch leading to the entrance of a residence.
- (dialect) A post or pillar, especially a gatepost or a support in a mine.
- A stooping, bent position of the body.
- A vessel for holding liquids; like a flagon but without the spout.
- (architecture, US) The threshold of a doorway; a doorstep.
- An accelerated descent in flight, as that for an attack.
- small porch or set of steps at the front entrance of a house
- basin for holy water
- an inclination of the top half of the body forward and downward
verb
- To yield or make concession.
- To yield or suffer; to surrender; to grant
- To grant, as a right or privilege; to make concession of.
- (cricket) (of a bowler) to have runs scored off of one's bowling.
- (sports) To have a goal or point scored against
- To admit or agree to be true; to acknowledge
- be willing to concede
- acknowledge defeat
- give over; surrender or relinquish to the physical control of another
- admit (to a wrongdoing)
verb
- (figurative) To surrender.
- To collapse.
- To engage in the recreational exploration of caves.
- To hollow out or undermine.
- (mining) In room-and-pillar mining, to extract a deposit of rock by breaking down a pillar which had been holding it in place.
- explore natural caves
- hollow out as if making a cave or opening
intj
noun
- (programming) A code cave.
- (figuratively, also slang) The vagina.
- A large, naturally-occurring cavity formed underground or in the face of a cliff or a hillside.
- (caving) A naturally-occurring cavity in bedrock which is large enough to be entered by an adult.
- (nuclear physics) A shielded area where nuclear experiments can be carried out.
- (slang, politics, often "Cave") A group that breaks from a larger political party or faction on a particular issue.
- A place of retreat, such as a man cave.
- (drilling, uncountable) Debris, particularly broken rock, which falls into a drill hole and interferes with drilling.
- (mining) A collapse or cave-in.
- A storage cellar, especially for wine or cheese.
- A hole, depression, or gap in earth or rock, whether natural or man-made.
- a geological formation consisting of an underground enclosure with access from the surface of the ground or from the sea
verb
- (transitive) To submit passively; to give up as hopeless or inevitable.
- (transitive or intransitive) To voluntarily leave (a job or position), in particular a hard-fought position of high status.
- (transitive) To give up; to relinquish ownership of.
- (transitive) To hand over (something to someone), place into the care or control of another.
- (proscribed) Alternative spelling of re-sign.
- leave (a job, post, or position) voluntarily
- give up or retire from a position
- accept as inevitable
- part with a possession or right
verb
- (intransitive or reflexive) To give oneself up into the power of another, especially as a prisoner; to submit or give in.
- (ambitransitive, blackjack) To abandon (one's hand of cards) and recover half of the initial bet.
- (transitive) To give up possession of; to yield; to resign.
- (transitive, insurance) For a policyholder, to voluntarily terminate an insurance contract before the end of its term, usually with the expectation of receiving a surrender value.
- (military, by extension, transitive) To yield (a town, a fortification, etc.) to an enemy.
- (transitive) To give up into the power, control, or possession of another.
- (reflexive) To yield (oneself) to an influence, emotion, passion, etc.
- give up or agree to forgo to the power or possession of another
- relinquish possession or control over
noun
- (law, property law) The yielding of the leasehold estate by the lessee to the landlord, so that the tenancy for years merges in the reversion and no longer exists.
- An act of surrendering, submission into the possession of another; abandonment, resignation.
- The yielding or delivery of a possession in response to a demand.
- a verbal act of admitting defeat
- the delivery of a principal into lawful custody
- the act of surrendering (usually under agreed conditions)
- acceptance of despair
verb
- (intransitive) To receive something willingly.
- (transitive) To receive or admit to; to agree to; to assent to; to submit to.
- (Philippines) To do a service done by an establishment.
- (transitive) To admit to a place or a group.
- (transitive) To endure patiently.
- (transitive) To regard as proper, usual, true, or to believe in.
- (transitive) To receive as adequate or satisfactory.
- (transitive) To receive, especially with a consent, with favour, or with approval.
- (transitive, law, business) To agree to pay.
- (transitive) To acknowledge patiently without opposition or resistance.
- (transitive) To receive officially.
- tolerate or accommodate oneself to
- admit into a group or community
- be sexually responsive to, used of a female domesticated mammal
- take on as one's own the expenses or debts of another person
- consider or hold as true
- make use of or accept for some purpose
- receive (a report) officially, as from a committee
- be designed to hold or take
- react favorably to; consider right and proper
- receive willingly something given or offered
- give an affirmative reply to; respond favorably to
noun
verb
- (transitive, idiomatic) To relinquish; give back.
- (transitive) To cause extensive disturbance or disruption to (a room, storage place, etc.), e.g. while searching for an item, or ransacking a property.
- (transitive, idiomatic) To transfer.
- (transitive, sports) To give up control (of the ball and thus the ability to score).
- (transitive) To flip over; to rotate uppermost to bottom.
- (transitive) To mull, ponder
- (transitive, idiomatic) To produce, complete, or cycle through.
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see turn, over.
- (transitive, intransitive) To spin the crankshaft of an internal combustion engine using the starter or hand crank in an attempt to make it run.
- (transitive, business) To generate (a certain amount of money from sales).
- turn upside down, or throw so as to reverse
- turn up, loosen, or remove earth
- do business worth a certain amount of money
- move by turning over or rotating
- turn from an upright or normal position
- cause to overturn from an upright or normal position
- think about carefully; weigh
- cause to move around a center so as to show another side of
- place into the hands or custody of
verb
- (intransitive) To agree or assent [with to ‘a proposal, a request’]; to give way.
- (intransitive) To come to an office, state or dignity; to attain, assume (a position) [with to].
- (intransitive) To become a party to an agreement or a treaty [with to].
- to agree or express agreement
- yield to another's wish or opinion
- take on duties or office
verb
- (intransitive) To admit, concede, grant, allow; not to deny.
- (intransitive, UK dialectal) To confess.
- (transitive) To acknowledge.
- (transitive) To have recognized political sovereignty over a place, territory, as distinct from the ordinary connotation of property ownership.
- (transitive, computing, slang) To illicitly obtain administrative access to a computer system, thereby having full access to all the files thereon (including executables).
- (transitive) To virtually or figuratively enslave.
- (intransitive, slang) To be very good.
- (online gaming, slang) To defeat, dominate, or be above.
- (transitive) To proudly acknowledge; to not be ashamed or embarrassed of.
- (transitive) To claim as one's own.
- (transitive) To recognise.
- (transitive) To defeat or embarrass; to overwhelm.
- (transitive) To take responsibility for.
- (transitive) To have rightful possession of (property, goods or capital); to have legal title to; to acquire a property or asset.
- have ownership or possession of
adj
- Not shared.
- Belonging to; possessed; acquired; proper to; property of; titled to; held in one's name; under/using the name of. Often marks a possessive determiner as reflexive, referring back to the subject of the clause or sentence.
- belonging to or on behalf of a specified person (especially yourself); preceded by a possessive
noun
verb
- (intransitive) To undulate.
- (intransitive) To be irresolute; to waver.
- (transitive) To cause to vary irregularly.
- (intransitive) To vary irregularly; to swing.
- (rare, figuratively, also literally) To rise and fall as a wave; to be tossed up and down the waves.
- move or sway in a rising and falling or wavelike pattern
- be unstable
- cause to fluctuate or move in a wavelike pattern
verb
- (idiomatic, intransitive) To give in and do what is wanted or expected; to acquiesce to something.
- (figuratively) To change sides; to cross over to work for the opposition.
- (idiomatic, transitive) To find, usually by accident.
- (idiomatic, intransitive) To have sex; to give in to seduction.
- To produce what was desired; to come up with the goods. [with with]
- (idiomatic, intransitive) To confess to something.
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see come, across.
- (idiomatic) To give an appearance or impression; to project a certain image; to seem or appear (to be some way). [(often) with as; or (often) with like]
- be perceived in a certain way; make a certain impression
- come together
- find unexpectedly
- be received or understood
- communicate the intended meaning or impression
verb
- (intransitive, idiomatic, copulative) To end up; to result.
- (intransitive) To leave a road.
- (sex, transitive, prison slang) To rape; to coerce an otherwise heterosexual individual into performing a homosexual role.
- (transitive) To remove from a mould, bowl etc.
- (transitive, idiomatic) To extinguish a light or other device.
- (intransitive, by ellipsis) To succeed; work out; turn out well.
- (transitive) To put (cattle) out to pasture.
- (sex, transitive, slang) To convince a person (usually a woman) to become a prostitute.
- (intransitive) To leave one's work to take part in a strike.
- (transitive) To convince to vote
- (transitive, idiomatic) To produce; make.
- (transitive) To empty for inspection.
- (intransitive, idiomatic) To become apparent or known, especially (as) it turns out
- (intransitive, colloquial) To get out of bed; get up.
- (transitive, idiomatic) To refuse service or shelter; to eject or evict.
- (intransitive, idiomatic) To attend; show up.
- come and gather for a public event
- prove to be in the result or end
- result or end
- turn outward
- be shown or be found to be
- get up and out of bed
- bring forth
- cause to stop operating by disengaging a switch
- put out or expel from a place
- produce quickly or regularly, usually with machinery
- come, usually in answer to an invitation or summons
- outfit or equip, as with accessories
verb
- (intransitive) To confer.
- (intransitive) To speak casually with; to chat.
- (ambitransitive, psychology) To fabricate memories in order to fill gaps in one's memory.
- have a conference in order to talk something over
- talk socially without exchanging too much information
- unconsciously replace fact with fantasy in one's memory
verb
- (intransitive) To make an effort, to subject oneself (to something).
- To apply oneself; to undertake; to have as one's goal or intention. (Compare be going to.)
- (intransitive) To move or travel in order to do something, or to do something while moving.
- (transitive) To make the (specified) sound.
- (copulative, rather informal, followed by an adjective) To become (often used with colors and negative states).
- To come (to a certain condition or state).
- To be expressed or composed (a certain way).
- (intransitive) To collapse or give way, to break apart.
- (transitive) To yield or weigh.
- (intransitive) To die.
- (transitive, intransitive) To survive or get by; to last or persist for a stated length of time.
- (intransitive) To take a turn, especially in a game.
- (intransitive) To navigate (to a file or folder on a computer, a site on the internet, a memory, etc).
- To contribute to a (specified) end product or result.
- (imperative) Expressing encouragement or approval.
- (transitive) To take (a particular part or share); to participate in to the extent of.
- (intransitive) To be valid or applicable.
- (intransitive) To leave; to move away.
- (intransitive, colloquial, euphemistic) To fight, usually with the fists.
- To travel or pass along.
- (intransitive, colloquial, with another verb, sometimes linked by and) To proceed (especially to do something foolish).
- (intransitive, of time) To elapse, to pass; to slip away. (Compare go by.)
- (intransitive) To fight or attack.
- (intransitive) To extend (from one point in time or space to another).
- (in phrases with 'as') Used to express how some category of things generally is, as a reference for, contrast to, or comparison with, a particular example.
- (intransitive) To be accepted.
- (intransitive, cricket, of a wicket) To be lost.
- To move to (a position or state).
- (intransitive) To start; to begin (an action or process).
- (intransitive, snooker) Of a ball, to be capable of being potted, not having its path to the pocket obstructed by other balls.
- (intransitive) To extend along.
- (intransitive, usually followed by with) To pass (a specified time) in gestation; to be pregnant.
- (transitive, colloquial) To say (something, aloud or to oneself).
- (transitive, colloquial) To enjoy. (Compare go for.)
- (intransitive, chiefly of a machine) To work or function (properly); to move or perform (as required).
- (intransitive, often followed by a preposition) To fit.
- (transitive, Australian slang) To attack.
- (intransitive) To date.
- (transitive, sports) To have a certain record.
- (intransitive) To sound; to make a noise.
- (intransitive) To be given, especially to be assigned or allotted.
- (intransitive) To belong (somewhere).
- (intransitive) To be spent or used up.
- (intransitive, cricket, of a batsman) To be out.
- (intransitive) To be compatible, especially of colors or food and drink.
- (intransitive, colloquial) To go to the toilet; to urinate or defecate.
- (intransitive) Of an opinion or instruction, to have (final) authority; to be authoritative.
- (intransitive) To move through space (especially to or through a place). (May be used of tangible things such as people or cars, or intangible things such as moods or information.)
- (intransitive) To work (through or over), especially mentally.
- (intransitive) To be sold.
- To assume the obligation or function of; to be, to serve as.
- (intransitive) To break down or decay.
- (intransitive) To be discarded or disposed of.
- To move (a particular distance, or in a particular fashion).
- (intransitive) To proceed (often in a specified manner, indicating the perceived quality of an event or state).
- (intransitive) To tend (toward a result)
- To turn out, to result; to come to (a certain result).
- (intransitive) To end or disappear. (Compare go away.)
- (intransitive) To attend.
- (intransitive, copulative) To continuously or habitually be in a state.
- (intransitive) To lead (to a place); to give access (to).
- To follow or proceed according to (a course or path).
- (transitive) To (begin to) date or have sex with (a particular race).
- (UK, especially MLE, Australia, Singapore, intransitive, colloquial) Clipping of go to the.
- (intransitive) To resort (to).
- (intransitive) To move or travel through time (either literally—in a fictional or hypothetical situation in which time travel is possible—or in one's mind or knowledge of the historical record). (See also go back.)
- (transitive, intransitive) To offer, bid or bet an amount; to pay; to sell for.
- be sounded, played, or expressed
- lead, extend, or afford access
- change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
- be spent
- go through in search of something; search through someone's belongings in an unauthorized way
- pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life
- to be spent or finished
- be or continue to be in a certain condition
- be the right size or shape; fit correctly or as desired
- progress by being changed
- be abolished or discarded
- begin or set in motion
- be contained in
- stop operating or functioning
- have a turn; make one's move in a game
- pass, fare, or elapse; of a certain state of affairs or action
- follow a procedure or take a course
- enter or assume a certain state or condition
- be ranked or compare
- be awarded; be allotted
- move away from a place into another direction
- blend or harmonize
- make a certain noise or sound
- be in the right place or situation
- follow a certain course
- perform as expected when applied
- give support (to) or make a choice (of) one out of a group or number
- continue to live and avoid dying
- have a particular form
- stretch out over a distance, space, time, or scope; run or extend between two points or beyond a certain point
adj
noun
- An attempt, a try.
- An act; the working or operation.
- (uncountable) Power of going or doing; energy; vitality; perseverance.
- (cribbage) The situation where a player cannot play a card which will not carry the aggregate count above thirty-one.
- A period of activity.
- A turn at something, or in something (e.g. a game).
- (uncommon) The act of going.
- (board games) A strategic board game, originally from China and today also popular in Japan and Korea, in which two players (black and white) attempt to control the largest area of the board with their counters.
- A time; an experience.
- An approval or permission to do something, or that which has been approved.
- street names for methylenedioxymethamphetamine
- a time period for working (after which you will be relieved by someone else)
- a usually brief attempt
- a board game for two players who place counters on a grid; the object is to surround and so capture the opponent's counters
verb
noun
verb
- (intransitive, transitive) To make a caveat or admission.
- (transitive) To completely renounce claims to; to deny ownership of or responsibility for
- (intransitive, transitive) (law) To relinquish or deny having a claim; to disavow another's claim; to decline accepting, as an estate, interest, or office.
- (transitive) To deny (e.g. claim); to refuse.
- renounce a legal claim or title to
- make a disclaimer about
verb
- (intransitive) To give way on a point or in an argument.
- (transitive) To bend (any thin material, such as paper) over so that it comes in contact with itself.
- (transitive) To double or lay together (one’s arms, hands, wings, etc.) so as to overlap with each other.
- (intransitive, poker) To withdraw from betting.
- (intransitive) To fail, to collapse, to disband.
- (transitive) To enclose within folded arms, to clasp, to embrace (see also enfold).
- (transitive, computing) To split (a line of text) across multiple lines, to obey line length limitations.
- (intransitive, business) Of a company, to cease to trade.
- (intransitive) To become folded; to form folds.
- (intransitive, informal) To fall over; to collapse or give way; to be crushed.
- (transitive) To make the proper arrangement (in a thin material) by bending.
- (transitive) To confine (animals) in a fold, to pen in.
- (transitive) To place sheep on (a piece of land) in order to manure it.
- (transitive, cooking) To stir (semisolid ingredients) gently, with an action as if folding over a solid.
- (transitive, figuratively) To cover up, to conceal.
- (transitive, figuratively) To include in a spiritual ‘flock’ or group of the saved, etc.
- (intransitive, by extension) To withdraw or quit in general.
- (transitive) To draw or coil (one’s arms, a snake’s body, etc.) around something so as to enclose or embrace it.
- (transitive) To enclose in a fold of material, to swathe, wrap up, cover, enwrap.
- bend or lay so that one part covers the other
- cease to operate or cause to cease operating
- become folded or folded up
- confine in a fold, like sheep
- incorporate a food ingredient into a mixture by repeatedly turning it over without stirring or beating
noun
- (Christianity) A church congregation, a group of people who adhere to a common faith and habitually attend a given church; also, the Christian church as a whole, the flock of Christ.
- (collective) A group of sheep or goats, particularly those kept in a given enclosure.
- (geology) The bending or curving of one or a stack of originally flat and planar surfaces, such as sedimentary strata, as a result of plastic (i.e. permanent) deformation.
- One individual part of something described as manifold, twofold, fourfold, etc.
- One of the doorleaves of a folding door.
- An enclosure or dwelling generally.
- (by extension, web design) The division between the part of a web page visible in a web browser window without scrolling; usually the fold.
- A pen or enclosure for sheep or other domestic animals.
- A gentle curve of the ground; gentle hill or valley.
- An act of folding.
- A clasp, embrace.
- Any enclosed piece of land belonging to a farm or mill; yard, farmyard.
- (functional programming) Any of a family of higher-order functions that process a data structure recursively to build up a value.
- A bend or crease.
- (newspapers) The division between the top and bottom halves of a broadsheet: headlines above the fold will be readable in a newsstand display; usually the fold.
- (figuratively) Home, family.
- (figuratively) A group of people with shared ideas or goals or who live or work together.
- (programming) A section of source code that can be collapsed out of view in an editor to aid readability.
- Any correct move in origami.
- A coil of a snake’s body.
- A layer, typically of folded or wrapped cloth.
- a group of sheep or goats
- the act of folding
- an angular or rounded shape made by folding
- a group of people who adhere to a common faith and habitually attend a given church
- a geological process that causes a bend in a stratum of rock
- a pen for sheep
- a folded part (as in skin or muscle)
verb
- (intransitive) To submit passively.
- (intransitive) To be lazy or remiss.
- (imperative) A standard command to a herding dog to assume this position, owing to its effect on the herd's movement.
- (intransitive) To assume a horizontal position.
- (with 'with', euphemistic) To have sexual intercourse (with).
- assume a reclining position
verb
- (transitive, idiomatic) To submit something; to give.
- (transitive, idiomatic) To relinquish; give up; to tell on someone to the authorities (especially to turn someone in).
- (weaving) To reverse the ends of threads and insert them back into the piece being woven so they do not protrude and eventually unravel.
- (soccer) To convert a goal using a turning motion of the body.
- (intransitive, idiomatic) To go to bed; to retire to bed.
- to surrender someone or something to another
- make an entrance by turning from a road
- prepare for sleep
- carry out (performances)
verb
- (intransitive) To surrender formally some right or trust.
- (intransitive) To make a renunciation of something.
- (transitive) To decline further association with someone or something, disown.
- (transitive) To abandon, forsake, discontinue (an action, habit, intention, etc), sometimes by open declaration.
- (intransitive, card games) To fail to follow suit; playing a card of a different suit when having no card of the suit led.
- (transitive) To cast off, repudiate.
- (transitive) To give up, resign, surrender.
- cast off
- leave (a job, post, or position) voluntarily
- give up, such as power, as of monarchs and emperors, or duties and obligations
- turn away from; give up
noun
verb
adj
noun
verb
noun
verb
- (intransitive) To turn out; to manifest.
- Alternative form of proof (“allow (dough) to rise; test the activeness of (yeast); pressure-test (a firearm)”).
- (copulative) To turn out to be.
- (homeopathy) To determine by experiment which effects a substance causes when ingested.
- (transitive) To ascertain or establish the genuineness or validity of; to verify.
- simple past of proove
- (transitive) To put to the test, to make trial of.
- (transitive) To demonstrate that something is true or viable; to give proof for; to bear out; to testify.
- prove formally; demonstrate by a mathematical, formal proof
- be shown or be found to be
- obtain probate of
- establish the validity of something, as by an example, explanation or experiment
- cause to puff up with a leaven
- provide evidence for
- put to the test, as for its quality, or give experimental use to
- take a trial impression of
- increase in volume
noun
verb
- To yield or result in.
- (sometimes as breed up) To educate; to instruct; to bring up.
- (transitive) To give birth to; to be the native place of.
- To take care of in infancy and through childhood; to bring up.
- (intransitive) To have birth; to be produced, developed, or multiplied.
- (transitive, slang, vulgar) To ejaculate inside (a person or a bodily orifice of same); to creampie.
- (transitive, often with to or with) To arrange the mating of (specific animals).
- (transitive) To keep (animals) and have (them) reproduce in a way that improves the next generation's qualities.
- (of animals) To mate.
- To produce or obtain by any natural process.
- To produce offspring sexually; to bear young.
- To propagate or grow (plants) in an effort to give (them) certain qualities.
- copulate with a female, used especially of horses
- call forth
- have young (animals) or reproduce (organisms)
- cause to procreate (animals)
noun
verb
- (figurative) Of a person: to (suddenly) cease resisting pressure or stress; to give in or give way, to yield.
- To apply oneself to or prepare for a task or work.
- (obsolete except British, dialectal) To participate in some contest or labour; to join in close fight; to contend.
- (British, dialectal (especially Scotland) or humorous) To unite with someone in marriage; to marry.
- (British, dialectal (especially Scotland) or humorous) To unite (people) in marriage; to marry.
- To fasten (something) using a buckle (noun etymology 1 sense 1); hence (obsolete), to fasten (something) in any way.
- To cause (something) to bend, or to become distorted.
- Of a thing (especially a slender structure under compression): to collapse or distort under physical pressure.
- (reflexive) To apply (oneself) to, or prepare (oneself) for, a task or work; also (obsolete), to equip (oneself) for a battle, expedition, etc.
- fold or collapse
- bend out of shape, as under pressure or from heat
- fasten with a buckle or buckles
noun
- A metal clasp with a hinged tongue or a spike through which a belt or strap is passed and penetrated by the tongue or spike, in order to fasten the ends of the belt together or to secure the strap to something else.
- (Canada, heraldry) An image of a clasp (etymology 1 sense 1) used as the brisure of an eighth daughter.
- (by extension) Some other form of clasp used to fasten two things together.
- (countable) A distortion; a bend, bulge, or kink.
- (countable, Canada, US, baking) Usually preceded by a descriptive word: a cake baked with fresh fruit (often blueberries) and a streusel topping.
- A great conflict or struggle.
- (roofing) An upward, elongated displacement of a roof membrane, frequently occurring over deck joints or insulation, which may indicate movement of the roof assembly.
- a shape distorted by twisting or folding
- fastener that fastens together two ends of a belt or strap; often has loose prong
verb
- (intransitive) To propose or express one's willingness (to do something).
- (transitive) To present (something) for sale.
- (transitive) To place at someone’s disposal; to present (something) to be either accepted or turned down.
- (transitive) To present (something) to God or gods, as a gesture of worship or as a sacrifice.
- (transitive, of a thing) To present (something) to the sight etc.; to provide for use, consideration etc.
- (transitive) To present in words; to proffer; to make a proposal of; to suggest.
- (transitive) To put in opposition to; to manifest in an offensive or defensive way; to threaten.
- (transitive) To bid, as a price, reward, or wages.
- (transitive, engineering) To place (something) in a position where it can be added to an existing mechanical assembly.
- (intransitive) To happen, to present itself.
- ask (someone) to marry you
- present for acceptance or rejection
- produce or introduce on the stage
- offer verbally
- propose a payment
- agree freely
- mount or put up
- threaten to do something
- give something useful or necessary to
- present as an act of worship
- make available for sale
- make available; provide
- put forward for consideration
noun
- Something put forth, bid, proffered or tendered.
- A proposal that has been made.
- (used in combinations from phrasal verbs) agent noun of off
- (law) An invitation to enter into a binding contract communicated to another party which contains terms sufficiently definite to create an enforceable contract if the other party accepts the invitation.
- a usually brief attempt
- the verbal act of offering
- something offered (as a proposal or bid)
verb
- (intransitive) To admit defeat, capitulate; to desist for that reason.
- (transitive, finance) To execute a trade on behalf of another broker.
- (transitive) To have someone obtain (something) to one's disadvantage; to concede.
- (transitive) To lose hope concerning (someone or something)
- (intransitive, US dialectal) To acknowledge, recognize as.
- (transitive) To stop or quit (an activity, etc.).
- (intransitive, US, slang) To reveal (something).
- (transitive) To relinquish (something)
- (transitive) To abandon (someone or something)
- (transitive) To surrender (someone or something); to inform on (someone).
- allow the other (baseball) team to score
- give up what is not strictly needed
- lose (something) or lose the right to (something) by some error, offense, or crime
- leave (a job, post, or position) voluntarily
- give up with the intent of never claiming again
- put an end to a state or an activity
- give up in the face of defeat of lacking hope; admit defeat
- part with a possession or right
- stop maintaining or insisting on; of ideas or claims
- give up or agree to forgo to the power or possession of another
- stop consuming
- relinquish possession or control over
adj
verb
- (transitive, figurative) To exude or yield.
- (transitive) To conceal.
- (physiology, transitive, of organs, glands, etc.) To extract a substance from blood, sap, or similar to produce and emit waste for excretion or for the fulfilling of a physiological function.
- place out of sight; keep secret
- generate and separate from cells or bodily fluids
verb
- (intransitive) To commit oneself (to an obligation, activity etc.).
- (transitive) To take upon oneself; to start, to embark on (a specific task etc.).
- (British, informal) To pass a slower moving vehicle on the curbside rather than on the side closest to oncoming traffic.
- promise to do or accomplish
- accept as a challenge
- accept as a charge
- enter upon an activity or enterprise
- enter into a contractual arrangement
noun
verb
- (intransitive, figuratively) To act in an obsequious or servile manner.
- (intransitive, figuratively) To experience an inward feeling of disgust, embarrassment, or fear; (by extension) to feel very embarrassed.
- (intransitive) To bow or crouch in servility.
- (intransitive) To cower, flinch, recoil, shrink, or tense, as in disgust, embarrassment, or fear.
- show submission or fear
- draw back, as with fear or pain
adj
intj
noun
- (countable, figuratively) An act or disposition of servile obeisance.
- (uncountable, slang, derogatory) Things, particularly online content, which would cause an onlooker to cringe from secondhand embarrassment.
- (countable, British, dialectal) A crick (“painful muscular cramp or spasm of some part of the body”).
- (countable) A gesture or posture of cringing (recoiling or shrinking).
- A posture or gesture of shrinking or recoiling.
- some event or object that causes embarrassment and shame
verb
- (intransitive, figurative) To behave in a servile manner; to grovel.
- (intransitive) To briefly enter a position that touches one knee to the ground in a manner that is typically associated with formal homage or religious worship.
- bend the knees and bow in church or before a religious superior or image
- bend the knees and bow in a servile manner
verb
noun
- (uncountable, rhetoric) The use of a word, phrase, concept, or set of concepts to refer to something other than its literal meaning, invoking an implicit similarity between the thing described and what is denoted by the word, etc., that is used.
- (countable, graphical user interface) The use of an everyday object or concept to represent an underlying facet of the computer and thus aid users in performing tasks.
- (countable, rhetoric) A word or phrase used in such implied comparison.
- a figure of speech in which an expression is used to refer to something that it does not literally denote in order to suggest a similarity
verb
- (transitive or intransitive) To concede as true; to acknowledge or assent to, as an allegation which it is impossible to deny (+ to).
- (transitive) To allow to enter; to grant entrance (to), whether into a place, into the mind, or into consideration
- (intransitive, with of) To give warrant or allowance, to grant opportunity or permission.
- (transitive) To allow to enter a hospital or similar facility for treatment.
- (transitive) To allow (someone) to enter a profession or to enjoy a privilege; to recognize as qualified for a franchise.
- (transitive) To be capable of; to permit. In this sense, "of" may be used after the verb, or may be omitted.
- admit into a group or community
- have room for; hold without crowding
- allow participation in or the right to be part of; permit to exercise the rights, functions, and responsibilities of
- allow to enter; grant entry to
- serve as a means of entrance
- declare to be true or admit the existence or reality or truth of
- afford possibility
- give access or entrance to
verb
- (intransitive, figuratively) To have recourse or resort to some physical means.
- (transitive, historical) To accuse or charge (someone) with wrongdoing (especially treason).
- (transitive, historical) To summon (someone) to defend their honour in a duel, or their innocence in a trial by combat; to challenge.
- (intransitive) Often followed by against (the inferior court's decision) or to (the superior court): to apply to a superior court or judge for a decision or order by an inferior court or judge to be reviewed and overturned.
- (intransitive, figuratively) To be attractive.
- (intransitive) To call upon a person or an authority to corroborate a statement, to decide a controverted question, or to vindicate one's rights; to entreat, to invoke.
- (transitive, historical) Of the accomplice of a felon: to make an accusation at common law against (the felon).
- (transitive, historical) Of a private person: to instituted legal proceedings (against another private person) for some heinous crime, demanding punishment for the particular injury suffered.
- (intransitive) To call upon someone for a favour, help, etc.
- (transitive, originally US) To apply to a superior court or judge to review and overturn (a decision or order by an inferior court or judge).
- (intransitive, cricket) Of a fielding side; to ask an umpire for a decision on whether a batsman is out or not, usually by saying "How's that?" or "Howzat?".
- take a court case to a higher court for review
- cite as an authority; resort to
- request earnestly (something from somebody); ask for aid or protection
- be attractive to
- challenge (a decision)
noun
- (cricket) The act, by the fielding side, of asking an umpire for a decision on whether a batsman is out or not.
- (rhetoric) a use of a principle or quality for purposes of persuasion.
- (historical) At common law, an accusation made against a felon by one of their accomplices (called an approver).
- (historical) A summons to defend one's honour in a duel, or one's innocence in a trial by combat; a challenge.
- A person's legal right to apply to court for such a review.
- (historical) A process which formerly might be instituted by one private person against another for some heinous crime demanding punishment for the particular injury suffered, rather than for the offence against the public; an accusation.
- (figuratively) A power to attract or interest.
- The legal document or form by which such an application is made; also, the court case in which the application is argued.
- (figuratively) A resort to some physical means; a recourse.
- A call to a person or an authority for a decision, help, or proof; an entreaty, an invocation.
- (historical) An accusation or charge against someone for wrongdoing (especially treason).
- An application to a superior court or judge for a decision or order by an inferior court or judge to be reviewed and overturned.
- (law) a legal proceeding in which the appellant resorts to a higher court for the purpose of obtaining a review of a lower court decision and a reversal of the lower court's judgment or the granting of a new trial
- earnest or urgent request
- attractiveness that interests or pleases or stimulates
- request for a sum of money