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- (figuratively) A basis for creative work.
- (nautical) Sails in general.
- A tent.
- (Nigeria) Athletic shoes.
- A type of coarse cloth, woven from hemp (traditionally) or from cotton and polyesters, useful for making sails, tents, and overcoats or as a surface for paintings.
- A rough draft or model of a song, air, or other literary or musical composition; especially one to show a poet the measure of the verses he is to make.
- A mesh of loosely woven cotton strands or molded plastic to be decorated with needlepoint, cross-stitch, rug hooking, or other crafts.
- (painting) A piece of such cloth stretched across a frame on which one may paint an artwork.
- (computer graphics) A region on which graphics can be rendered.
- the setting for a narrative or fictional or dramatic account
- a heavy, closely woven fabric
- an oil painting on canvas fabric
- a large piece of fabric (usually canvas fabric) by means of which wind is used to propel a sailing vessel
- a tent made of canvas fabric
- the mat that forms the floor of the ring in which boxers or professional wrestlers compete
- (slang, medicine, somewhat derogatory) A urologist.
- (British, informal) In the Royal Navy, an apprentice, a boy aged 16 to 18, who is trained in technical skills at the Dockyard Schools to become an artificer.
- One who furnishes, fits, and repairs pipes and other apparatus for the conveyance of water, gas, or drainage.
- A person who investigates or prevents leaks of information.
- a craftsman who installs and repairs pipes and fixtures and appliances
- (transitive or intransitive) To construct by mental labor; to think up; particularly, to produce or create a literary or musical work.
- To settle (an argument, dispute etc.); to come to a settlement.
- (transitive) To make up the whole; to constitute.
- To arrange the elements of a photograph or other picture.
- To arrange in proper form; to reduce to order; to put in proper state or condition.
- (transitive) To make something by merging parts.
- (sometimes reflexive) To calm; to free from agitation.
- (transitive, nonstandard) To comprise.
- make up plans or basic details for
- put together out of existing material
- produce a literary work
- write music
- calm (someone, especially oneself); make quiet
- form the substance of
- (slang, idiomatic) To create or produce in a sudden or haphazard manner.
- (slang, idiomatic) To inject an illegal drug.
- (slang) To hit, send, or move forward or upward quickly or forcefully.
- (slang) To cut up or chop up.
- (slang, idiomatic) To control or dominate someone or something in a thorough or severe manner.
- (slang, idiomatic) To mess up.
- (slang, idiomatic) To gather together; to accumulate or come up with.
- (slang) To strike someone or something repeatedly or very forcefully.
- (slang, idiomatic) To divide into shares; divvy.
- (idiomatic) To increase or raise by a sizeable amount.
- (slang, idiomatic) To pay, especially reluctantly or with difficulty; to cough up; to shell out.
- (rhetoric, literature) Having an ingenious expression or metaphorical idea, especially in extended form or used as a literary or rhetorical device.
- Having an excessively favourable opinion of one's abilities, appearance, etc.; egotistical and vain.
- characteristic of false pride; having an exaggerated sense of self-importance
- (figurative) A work that shows great passion or enthusiasm for something.
- (US, slang) A notice from the U.S. Customs and Border Protection informing about the seizure of a personal shipment as contraband.
- A letter written to express the author's love for the intended reader.
- (Singapore, Malaysia) A thin crispy biscuit roll similar to the Spanish barquillo, Dutch kniepertjes, and Norwegian krumkake. Usually made from coconut milk, eggs, flour, sugar, and oil. This food item has many names: in Malay, kuih/kueh/kue kapit/sepit/sapit/semprong (literally "clamped/tongs/roll cake/snack"); in Chinese, 蛋卷 (literally "egg roll"). The name "love letter" probably arises from the flowery patterns, Chinese characters, animals, etc. (that were probably introduced by Peranakans). Usually eaten only around festivals such as Chinese New Year or Hari Raya Puasa. Sometimes also folded (rather than rolled). Note: while "egg roll" is a name sometimes used for this food item in Singapore and Malaysia, in the West, the name "egg roll" usually refers to a very different, savoury Chinese-American food item that is usually served hot and has little or no egg.
- a personal letter to a loved one expressing affection
- (transitive) To follow by dodging, or suddenly shifting from place to place.
- (ambitransitive) To avoid (something) by moving suddenly out of the way.
- (transitive) To elude.
- (transitive, figuratively) To avoid; to sidestep.
- (photography, videography) To make an area of an image lighter (when processing photographs in a darkroom, this is accomplished by decreasing the exposure of that area to light).
- make a sudden movement in a new direction so as to avoid
- move to and fro or from place to place usually in an irregular course
- avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues)
- (slang, idiomatic, transitive) To produce or perform (something) admirably or forcefully.
- (slang, idiomatic, intransitive, by extension) To accomplish or produce something in a grand, respectable, or successful manner; to "represent".
- (slang, idiomatic, intransitive) To fight; to make a stand.
- (slang, idiomatic, intransitive) To drink a large amount quickly.
- (transitive) To cause something one is holding to drop, often forcefully.
- (slang, idiomatic, intransitive) To make an individual contribution to a group effort (e.g. money pool, collaborative record album).
- (transitive, idiomatic) To produce; make.
- (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, idiomatic, copulative) To end up; to result.
- (intransitive) To leave one's work to take part in a strike.
- (transitive) To convince to vote
- (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
- (of a created thing) Original, expressive and imaginative.
- (set theory) A type of set of natural numbers, related to mathematical logic.
- Tending to create things, or having the ability to create; often, excellently, in a novel fashion, or any or all of these.
- (euphemistic, of art) bad, unartistic, busy.
- Designed or executed to deceive or mislead.
- promoting construction or creation
- having the ability or power to create
- (intransitive, figuratively) To work one's way by artful or devious means.
- (intransitive) To move with one's body dragging the ground.
- (transitive, figuratively, in “worm out of”) To drag out of, to get information that someone is reluctant or unwilling to give (through artful or devious means or by pleading or asking repeatedly).
- (transitive) To make (one's way) with a crawling motion.
- (transitive) To deworm (an animal).
- (transitive, nautical) To fill in the contlines of (a rope) before parcelling and serving.
- (often followed by out) To effect, remove, drive, draw, or the like, by slow and secret means.
- (transitive) To cut the worm, or lytta, from under the tongue of (a dog, etc.) for the purpose of checking a disposition to gnaw, and formerly supposed to guard against canine madness.
- (transitive) To clean by means of a worm; to draw a wad or cartridge from, as a firearm.
- (transitive, figuratively) To work (one's way or oneself) (into) gradually or slowly; to insinuate.
- to move in a twisting or contorted motion, (especially when struggling)
- (informal or poetic, loosely) A maggot or any other insect larva with similar shape and behavior.
- Anything helical, especially the thread of a screw.
- A short revolving screw whose threads drive, or are driven by, a worm wheel or rack by gearing into its teeth.
- A generally tubular invertebrate of the annelid phylum; an earthworm.
- (anatomy) A muscular band in the tongue of some animals, such as dogs; the lytta.
- The condensing tube of a still, often curved and wound to save space.
- More loosely, any of various tubular invertebrates resembling annelids but not closely related to them, such as velvet worms, acorn worms, flatworms, or roundworms.
- (figuratively) An internal tormentor; something that gnaws or afflicts one’s mind with remorse.
- (anatomy) The lytta.
- A contemptible or devious being.
- (cricket) A graphical representation of the total runs scored across a number of overs.
- (preceded by definite article) A dance, or dance move, in which the dancer lies on the floor and undulates the body horizontally thereby moving forwards.
- (computing) A self-replicating program that propagates through a network, differing from a virus in usually lacking any destructive effects.
- The spiral wire of a corkscrew.
- A spiral instrument or screw, often like a double corkscrew, used for drawing balls from firearms.
- (mathematics) A strip of linked tiles sharing parallel edges in a tiling.
- any of numerous relatively small elongated soft-bodied animals especially of the phyla Annelida and Chaetognatha and Nematoda and Nemertea and Platyhelminthes; also many insect larvae
- a person who has a nasty or unethical character undeserving of respect
- screw thread on a gear with the teeth of a worm wheel or rack
- a software program capable of reproducing itself that can spread from one computer to the next over a network
- (by extension) To regard (an artistic or written work or its creator) as one of a group that are representative of a particular field.
- (figurative) To regard as a saint; to glorify, to exalt to the highest honour.
- (Christianity) To formally declare (a piece of religious writing) to be part of the biblical canon.
- (chiefly Roman Catholicism) To declare (a deceased person) as a saint, and enter them into the canon of saints.
- (chiefly Christianity) Especially of a church: to give official approval to; to authorize, to sanction.
- treat as a sacred person
- declare (a dead person) to be a saint
- (creative writing) A manner of conveying a story, fictional or otherwise, in a body of work.
- A representation of an event or story in a way to promote a certain point of view.
- The systematic recitation of an event or series of events.
- That which is narrated.
- a message that tells the particulars of an act or occurrence or course of events; presented in writing or drama or cinema or as a radio or television program
- an artistic or literary composition
- An artistic creation, such as a painting, sculpture, musical composition, literary work, etc.
- a portion of a natural object
- a period of indeterminate length (usually short) marked by some action or condition
- game equipment consisting of an object used in playing certain board games
- a share of something
- a separate part of a whole
- a serving that has been cut from a larger portion
- a portable gun
- an instance of some kind
- an item that is an instance of some type
- a distance
- a work of art of some artistic value
- a musical work that has been created
- (US, colloquial) A gun.
- An article published in the press.
- (US, slang) A cannabis pipe.
- (US, colloquial, mildly vulgar, short for piece of crap/piece of shit) A shoddy or worthless object (usually applied to consumer products like vehicles or appliances).
- (US, colloquial, vulgar) A sexual encounter; from piece of ass or piece of tail.
- (chess) One of the figures used in playing chess, specifically a higher-value figure as distinguished from a pawn; (by extension) those with which draughts, backgammon, and other similar board games are played.
- A part of a larger whole, usually in such a form that it is able to be separated from other parts.
- (Scotland, Ireland, UK, US, dialectal) A slice or other quantity of bread, eaten on its own; a sandwich or light snack.
- A coin, especially one valued at less than the principal unit of currency.
- A single item belonging to a class of similar items.
- An amount of work to be done at one time; a unit of piece work.
- (US, Canada, colloquial, short for hairpiece) A toupee or wig, especially when worn by a man.
- (military) An artillery gun.
- (US) A pacifier; a dummy.
- (slang) An ounce of a recreational drug.
- (colloquial) A distance.
- (baseball, uncountable) Used to describe a pitch that has been hit but not well, usually either being caught by the opposing team or going foul. Usually used in the past tense with get.
- (rowing) A structured practice row, often used for performance evaluation.
- eat intermittently; take small bites of
- to join or unite the pieces of
- create by putting components or members together
- join during spinning
- repair by adding pieces
- (transitive, usually with together) To assemble (something real or figurative).
- To make, enlarge, or repair, by the addition of a piece or pieces; to patch; often with out.
- (slang) To produce a work of graffiti more complex than a tag.
- (by extension, sometimes proscribed) The overarching idea or theme of a work, particularly one perceived as highly artistic or intellectual.
- A style of work (such as a book, film, or television programme) characterized by appealing and easily communicable ideas.
- An appealing and easily communicable idea for a work (such as a book, film, or television programme).
- (by extension) A range of artistic or stylistic forms or techniques.
- The stock of words used in a particular field.
- The words of a language collectively; lexis.
- A usually alphabetized and explained collection of words e.g. of a particular field, or prepared for a specific purpose, often for learning.
- The collection of words a person knows and uses.
- the system of techniques or symbols serving as a means of expression (as in arts or crafts)
- a language user's knowledge of words
- a listing of the words used in some enterprise
- the act of inventing a word or phrase
- a newly invented word or phrase
- coins collectively
- (countable, lexicography) Something which has been made or invented, especially a coined word; a neologism.
- (uncountable) Coins taken collectively; currency.
- (uncountable, lexicography) The creation of new words, neologizing.
- The process of creating something new.
- The process of coining money.
- the act of inventing a word or phrase
- a newly invented word or phrase
- (linguistics, lexicography, countable) A word or phrase which has recently been coined; a new word or phrase.
- (linguistics, lexicography, countable, by extension) An existing word or phrase which has gained a new meaning.
- (theology, historical) Synonym of neology.
- (linguistics, uncountable) The act or instance of coining, or uttering a new word.
- (psychiatry) The newly coined, meaningless words or phrases of someone with a psychosis, usually schizophrenia.
- (intransitive) To be or do something creative, imaginative, originative.
- (transitive) To cause, to bring (a non-object) about by an action, behavior, or event, to occasion.
- (UK, intransitive, colloquial) To make a fuss, complain; to shout.
- To make or produce from other (e.g. raw, unrefined or scattered) materials or combinable elements or ideas; to design or invest with a new form, shape, function, etc.
- (especially of a god) To bring into existence out of nothing, without the prior existence of the materials or elements used.
- (transitive) In theatre, to be the first performer of a role; to originate a character.
- (transitive) To confer or invest with a rank or title of nobility, to appoint, ordain or constitute.
- (transitive) To bring into existence; (sometimes in particular:)
- create by artistic means
- invest with a new title, office, or rank
- make or cause to be or to become
- pursue a creative activity; be engaged in a creative activity
- bring into existence
- create or manufacture a man-made product
- (transitive) To form by art and labor; to manufacture; to produce.
- (transitive, cooking) To cut up an animal as preparation for cooking, particularly used in reference to fowl.
- (transitive) To invent and form; to forge; to devise falsely.
- (transitive) To form into a whole by uniting its parts; to construct; to build.
- concoct something artificial or untrue
- put together out of artificial or natural components or parts
- (Internet, colloquial) The potential of creative work for a content creator.
- (algebra, ring theory, of a polynomial with coefficients in a GCD domain) The greatest common divisor of the coefficients; (of a polynomial with coefficients in an integral domain) the common factor of the coefficients which, when removed, leaves the adjusted coefficients with no common factor that is noninvertible.
- The amount of material contained.
- Satisfaction, contentment; pleasure.
- (uncountable) That which is contained.
- (UK, House of Lords) An expression of assent to a bill or motion; an affirmative vote.
- That which contents or satisfies; that which if attained would make one happy.
- (UK, House of Lords, by metonymy) A member who votes in assent.
- Subject matter; semantic information (or a portion or body thereof); that which is contained in writing, speech, video, etc.
- (mathematics) The n-dimensional space contained by an n-dimensional polytope (called volume in the case of a polyhedron and area in the case of a polygon); length, area or volume, generalized to an arbitrary number of dimensions.
- (by extension, uncountable) One or more creative works.
- the amount that can be contained
- (usually plural) everything that is included in a collection and that is held or included in something
- content communicating a message; what something is about
- something (a person or object or scene) selected by an artist or photographer for graphic representation
- the sum or range of what has been perceived, discovered, or learned
- the proportion of a substance that is contained in a mixture or alloy etc.
- the state of being contented with your situation in life
- (usually plural) Apparatus for doing or making something.
- (rare) The materiel of an army.
- The elements, constituents or substance of which something physical or non-physical composed of or can be made of.
- (chess) All of a player's pieces and pawns on the chessboard, excluding the king.
- Something (as data, observations, perceptions or ideas) that may be incorporated, elaborated or otherwise reworked into a finished form or new form, or may serve as the basis for arriving at interpretations, judgments or conclusions.
- Fabric, which can be made into a garments, curtains, etc; especially, woven fabric (cloth).
- A basic matter (as metal, wood, plastic, fiber, etc.) from which the whole or the greater part of something physical (as a machine, tool, building, fabric, etc.) is made.
- (graphical user interface) An element of a design language associated with a certain style of rendering on the display.
- (sometimes collective, preceded by a qualifying word) A person, or people collectively, who are qualified or suited for a certain position or activity.
- the tangible substance that goes into the makeup of a physical object
- information (data or ideas or observations) that can be used or reworked into a finished form
- artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers
- a person judged suitable for admission or employment
- things needed for doing or making something
- (especially law) Having real importance or great consequences; significant; substantial.
- Of, relating to, or consisting of matter, especially physical.
- Relating to or concerned with what is purely physical rather than intellectual or spiritual, especially excessively so; materialistic.
- Of, relating to, or affecting physical well-being; corporeal; bodily.
- (logic) Of or relating to the matter of reasoning, as distinguished from the form of it, especially empirical.
- derived from or composed of matter
- directly relevant to a matter especially a law case
- concerned with worldly rather than spiritual interests
- having material or physical form or substance
- having substance or capable of being treated as fact; not imaginary
- concerned with or affecting physical as distinct from intellectual or psychological well-being
- (of objects or actions) Showing inventiveness or originality; witty.
- (UK, colloquial, chiefly in the negative) Fit and healthy; free from fatigue or illness.
- Nimble with hands or body; dexterous; skillful; adept.
- Smart, intelligent, or witty; mentally quick or sharp.
- (of objects or actions) Showing mental quickness and resourcefulness.
- Quick to understand, learn, and devise or apply ideas; intelligent.
- (anthropology, of an Aboriginal Australian) Possessing magical abilities.
- Mentally quick and resourceful; skilled at achieving what one wants in a mentally agile and inventive way.
- mentally quick and resourceful
- showing inventiveness and skill
- showing self-interest and shrewdness in dealing with others
- A work of outstanding creativity, skill or workmanship.
- A piece of work that has been given much critical praise, especially one that is considered the greatest work of a person's career.
- A work created in order to qualify as a master craftsman and member of a guild.
- an outstanding achievement
- the most outstanding work of a creative artist or craftsman
- (used of persons or artifacts) marked by independence and creativity in thought or action
- Purposely fictive.
- Possessed of a particular capacity for the design of new mechanisms or processes, creative or skilful at inventing.
- Of, or relating to invention; pertaining to the act of devising new mechanisms or processes.
- (countable) A literary, artistic, or intellectual production; a creative work.
- (mining) Ore before it is dressed.
- Effort expended on a particular task.
- (physics, more generally) A measure of energy that is usefully extracted from a process: applied productively.
- (uncountable, often in combination) The result of a particular manner of production.
- The place where one is employed.
- (LGBTQ slang) The confident attitude of a drag queen.
- Labour, occupation, job.
- (countable) A fortification.
- (slang, plural only) The equipment needed to inject a drug (syringes, needles, swabs etc.)
- Something on which effort is expended.
- (prison slang) Prison gang violence.
- (uncountable, slang, professional wrestling) The staging of events to appear as real.
- Sustained effort to overcome obstacles and achieve a result.
- (uncountable, often in combination) Something produced using the specified material or tool.
- (physics) A measure of energy expended in moving an object; most commonly, force times distance. No work is done if the object does not move.
- (euphemistic) Cosmetic surgery.
- (by extension) One's employer.
- the occupation for which you are paid
- a place where work is done
- applying the mind to learning and understanding a subject (especially by reading)
- activity directed toward making or doing something
- a product produced or accomplished through the effort or activity or agency of a person or thing
- (physics) a manifestation of energy; the transfer of energy from one physical system to another expressed as the product of a force and the distance through which it moves a body in the direction of that force
- the total output of a writer or artist (or a substantial part of it)
- (intransitive) To do a specific task by employing physical or mental powers.
- To force to work.
- (transitive) To move or progress slowly [with one's way].
- (intransitive, figuratively) To influence.
- Said of one's job title [with as].
- General use, said of either fellow employees or instruments or clients [with with].
- (intransitive) To ferment.
- (transitive) To cause to ferment.
- (transitive) To embroider with thread.
- (transitive) To work or operate in, through, or by means of.
- (transitive) To cause to move slowly or with difficulty.
- (ditransitive, poetic) To cause (someone) to feel (something); to do unto somebody (something, whether good or bad).
- (law) To cause to happen or to occur as a consequence.
- (intransitive) To function correctly; to act as intended; to achieve the goal designed for.
- (intransitive) To move in an agitated manner.
- (intransitive) To behave in a certain way when handled
- Said of a company or individual who employs [with for].
- To set into action.
- To exhaust, by working.
- To provoke or excite; to influence.
- To shape, form, or improve a material.
- Said of one's workplace (building), or one's department, or one's trade (sphere of business) [with in or at].
- (slang, transitive) To pull off; to wear, perform, etc. successfully or to advantage.
- (LGBTQ slang, intransitive) To perform with a confident attitude, particularly as a drag queen.
- (intransitive) To move or progress slowly or with difficulty; to proceed with effort.
- (transitive) To work or operate in a certain place, area, or speciality.
- To use or manipulate to one’s advantage.
- provoke or excite
- have an effect or outcome; often the one desired or expected
- prepare for crops
- arrive at a certain condition through repeated motion
- operate in or through
- to mix into a homogeneous mass
- behave in a certain way when handled
- move in an agitated manner
- move into or onto
- proceed towards a goal or along a path or through an activity
- operate in a certain place, area, or specialty
- cause to work
- cause to happen or to occur as a consequence
- use or manipulate to one's advantage
- exert oneself by doing mental or physical work for a purpose or out of necessity; work
- find the solution to (a problem or question) or understand the meaning of
- proceed along a path
- shape, form, or improve a material
- make something, usually for a specific function
- give a workout to
- cause to operate or function
- go sour or spoil
- gratify and charm, usually in order to influence
- perform as expected when applied
- be employed
- have and exert influence or effect
- cause to undergo fermentation
- (figuratively) Of one's imagination, etc.: active, productive, prolific.
- Capable of developing past the egg stage.
- Of land, etc.: capable of growing abundant crops; productive.
- (physics) Not itself fissile, but able to be converted into a fissile material by irradiation in a reactor.
- Capable of reproducing; fecund, fruitful.
- bearing in abundance especially offspring
- capable of reproducing
- marked by great fruitfulness
- intellectually productive
- a product of your creative thinking and work
- (theology) a special influence of a divinity on the minds of human beings
- arousal of the mind to special unusual activity or creativity
- a sudden intuition as part of solving a problem
- the act of inhaling; the drawing in of air (or other gases) as in breathing
- arousing to a particular emotion or action
- The act or process of an elevating or stimulating influence upon the intellect, emotions or creativity.
- (countable) A single inward breath (intake of air).
- (physiology, uncountable) The drawing of air into the lungs, accomplished in mammals by elevation of the chest walls and flattening of the diaphragm, as part of the act of breathing.
- A new idea, especially one which arises suddenly and is clever or creative.
- A supernatural divine influence on the prophets, apostles, or sacred writers, by which they were qualified to communicate moral or religious truth with authority; a supernatural influence which qualifies people to receive and communicate divine truth; also, the truth communicated.
- A person, object, or situation which quickens or stimulates an influence upon the intellect, emotions or creativity.
- (transitive) To compose creatively and intricately; to fabricate.
- (transitive) To form something by passing lengths or strands of material over and under one another.
- (transitive) To unite by close connection or intermixture.
- (transitive) To make (a path or way) by winding in and out or from side to side.
- (intransitive, of an animal) To move the head back and forth in a stereotyped pattern, typically as a symptom of stress.
- (transitive) To spin a cocoon or a web.
- (intransitive) To move by turning and twisting.
- interlace by or as if by weaving
- create a piece of cloth by interlacing strands of fabric, such as wool or cotton
- to move or cause to move in a sinuous, spiral, or circular course
- sway from side to side
- (by extension, sometimes proscribed) Based on an idea or theme, especially one regarded as highly artistic or intellectual.
- (film, literature, television, sometimes derogatory) Of a work such as a book, film, or television programme: based on an appealing and easily communicable idea; also, of or relating to such a work.
- (figurative) The act of discovering and exposing or developing (a quality).
- (countable) A site where an archaeological exploration is being carried out.
- (countable) A cavity formed by cutting, digging, or scooping.
- Especially, the trade of digging engineered holes for building foundations, roadbed preparations, and similar purposes.
- (countable) An uncovered cutting in the earth, in distinction from a covered cutting or tunnel.
- (countable) The material dug out in making a channel or cavity.
- (uncountable) Archaeological research that unearths buildings, tombs and objects of historical value.
- (countable) Something uncovered by archaeological excavation.
- (uncountable) The act of excavating, or of making hollow, by cutting, scooping, or digging out a part of a solid mass.
- the act of digging
- the site of an archeological exploration
- a hole in the ground made by excavating
- the act of extracting ores or coal etc. from the earth
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- (figuratively) A basis for creative work.
- (nautical) Sails in general.
- A tent.
- (Nigeria) Athletic shoes.
- A type of coarse cloth, woven from hemp (traditionally) or from cotton and polyesters, useful for making sails, tents, and overcoats or as a surface for paintings.
- A rough draft or model of a song, air, or other literary or musical composition; especially one to show a poet the measure of the verses he is to make.
- A mesh of loosely woven cotton strands or molded plastic to be decorated with needlepoint, cross-stitch, rug hooking, or other crafts.
- (painting) A piece of such cloth stretched across a frame on which one may paint an artwork.
- (computer graphics) A region on which graphics can be rendered.
- the setting for a narrative or fictional or dramatic account
- a heavy, closely woven fabric
- an oil painting on canvas fabric
- a large piece of fabric (usually canvas fabric) by means of which wind is used to propel a sailing vessel
- a tent made of canvas fabric
- the mat that forms the floor of the ring in which boxers or professional wrestlers compete
- (figurative) A work that shows great passion or enthusiasm for something.
- (US, slang) A notice from the U.S. Customs and Border Protection informing about the seizure of a personal shipment as contraband.
- A letter written to express the author's love for the intended reader.
- (Singapore, Malaysia) A thin crispy biscuit roll similar to the Spanish barquillo, Dutch kniepertjes, and Norwegian krumkake. Usually made from coconut milk, eggs, flour, sugar, and oil. This food item has many names: in Malay, kuih/kueh/kue kapit/sepit/sapit/semprong (literally "clamped/tongs/roll cake/snack"); in Chinese, 蛋卷 (literally "egg roll"). The name "love letter" probably arises from the flowery patterns, Chinese characters, animals, etc. (that were probably introduced by Peranakans). Usually eaten only around festivals such as Chinese New Year or Hari Raya Puasa. Sometimes also folded (rather than rolled). Note: while "egg roll" is a name sometimes used for this food item in Singapore and Malaysia, in the West, the name "egg roll" usually refers to a very different, savoury Chinese-American food item that is usually served hot and has little or no egg.
- a personal letter to a loved one expressing affection
- (transitive) To follow by dodging, or suddenly shifting from place to place.
- (ambitransitive) To avoid (something) by moving suddenly out of the way.
- (transitive) To elude.
- (transitive, figuratively) To avoid; to sidestep.
- (photography, videography) To make an area of an image lighter (when processing photographs in a darkroom, this is accomplished by decreasing the exposure of that area to light).
- make a sudden movement in a new direction so as to avoid
- move to and fro or from place to place usually in an irregular course
- avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues)
- (creative writing) A manner of conveying a story, fictional or otherwise, in a body of work.
- A representation of an event or story in a way to promote a certain point of view.
- The systematic recitation of an event or series of events.
- That which is narrated.
- a message that tells the particulars of an act or occurrence or course of events; presented in writing or drama or cinema or as a radio or television program
- an artistic or literary composition
- An artistic creation, such as a painting, sculpture, musical composition, literary work, etc.
- a portion of a natural object
- a period of indeterminate length (usually short) marked by some action or condition
- game equipment consisting of an object used in playing certain board games
- a share of something
- a separate part of a whole
- a serving that has been cut from a larger portion
- a portable gun
- an instance of some kind
- an item that is an instance of some type
- a distance
- a work of art of some artistic value
- a musical work that has been created
- (US, colloquial) A gun.
- An article published in the press.
- (US, slang) A cannabis pipe.
- (US, colloquial, mildly vulgar, short for piece of crap/piece of shit) A shoddy or worthless object (usually applied to consumer products like vehicles or appliances).
- (US, colloquial, vulgar) A sexual encounter; from piece of ass or piece of tail.
- (chess) One of the figures used in playing chess, specifically a higher-value figure as distinguished from a pawn; (by extension) those with which draughts, backgammon, and other similar board games are played.
- A part of a larger whole, usually in such a form that it is able to be separated from other parts.
- (Scotland, Ireland, UK, US, dialectal) A slice or other quantity of bread, eaten on its own; a sandwich or light snack.
- A coin, especially one valued at less than the principal unit of currency.
- A single item belonging to a class of similar items.
- An amount of work to be done at one time; a unit of piece work.
- (US, Canada, colloquial, short for hairpiece) A toupee or wig, especially when worn by a man.
- (military) An artillery gun.
- (US) A pacifier; a dummy.
- (slang) An ounce of a recreational drug.
- (colloquial) A distance.
- (baseball, uncountable) Used to describe a pitch that has been hit but not well, usually either being caught by the opposing team or going foul. Usually used in the past tense with get.
- (rowing) A structured practice row, often used for performance evaluation.
- eat intermittently; take small bites of
- to join or unite the pieces of
- create by putting components or members together
- join during spinning
- repair by adding pieces
- (transitive, usually with together) To assemble (something real or figurative).
- To make, enlarge, or repair, by the addition of a piece or pieces; to patch; often with out.
- (slang) To produce a work of graffiti more complex than a tag.
- (by extension, sometimes proscribed) The overarching idea or theme of a work, particularly one perceived as highly artistic or intellectual.
- A style of work (such as a book, film, or television programme) characterized by appealing and easily communicable ideas.
- An appealing and easily communicable idea for a work (such as a book, film, or television programme).
- (by extension) A range of artistic or stylistic forms or techniques.
- The stock of words used in a particular field.
- The words of a language collectively; lexis.
- A usually alphabetized and explained collection of words e.g. of a particular field, or prepared for a specific purpose, often for learning.
- The collection of words a person knows and uses.
- the system of techniques or symbols serving as a means of expression (as in arts or crafts)
- a language user's knowledge of words
- a listing of the words used in some enterprise
- the act of inventing a word or phrase
- a newly invented word or phrase
- coins collectively
- (countable, lexicography) Something which has been made or invented, especially a coined word; a neologism.
- (uncountable) Coins taken collectively; currency.
- (uncountable, lexicography) The creation of new words, neologizing.
- The process of creating something new.
- The process of coining money.
- the act of inventing a word or phrase
- a newly invented word or phrase
- (linguistics, lexicography, countable) A word or phrase which has recently been coined; a new word or phrase.
- (linguistics, lexicography, countable, by extension) An existing word or phrase which has gained a new meaning.
- (theology, historical) Synonym of neology.
- (linguistics, uncountable) The act or instance of coining, or uttering a new word.
- (psychiatry) The newly coined, meaningless words or phrases of someone with a psychosis, usually schizophrenia.
- (Internet, colloquial) The potential of creative work for a content creator.
- (algebra, ring theory, of a polynomial with coefficients in a GCD domain) The greatest common divisor of the coefficients; (of a polynomial with coefficients in an integral domain) the common factor of the coefficients which, when removed, leaves the adjusted coefficients with no common factor that is noninvertible.
- The amount of material contained.
- Satisfaction, contentment; pleasure.
- (uncountable) That which is contained.
- (UK, House of Lords) An expression of assent to a bill or motion; an affirmative vote.
- That which contents or satisfies; that which if attained would make one happy.
- (UK, House of Lords, by metonymy) A member who votes in assent.
- Subject matter; semantic information (or a portion or body thereof); that which is contained in writing, speech, video, etc.
- (mathematics) The n-dimensional space contained by an n-dimensional polytope (called volume in the case of a polyhedron and area in the case of a polygon); length, area or volume, generalized to an arbitrary number of dimensions.
- (by extension, uncountable) One or more creative works.
- the amount that can be contained
- (usually plural) everything that is included in a collection and that is held or included in something
- content communicating a message; what something is about
- something (a person or object or scene) selected by an artist or photographer for graphic representation
- the sum or range of what has been perceived, discovered, or learned
- the proportion of a substance that is contained in a mixture or alloy etc.
- the state of being contented with your situation in life
- (usually plural) Apparatus for doing or making something.
- (rare) The materiel of an army.
- The elements, constituents or substance of which something physical or non-physical composed of or can be made of.
- (chess) All of a player's pieces and pawns on the chessboard, excluding the king.
- Something (as data, observations, perceptions or ideas) that may be incorporated, elaborated or otherwise reworked into a finished form or new form, or may serve as the basis for arriving at interpretations, judgments or conclusions.
- Fabric, which can be made into a garments, curtains, etc; especially, woven fabric (cloth).
- A basic matter (as metal, wood, plastic, fiber, etc.) from which the whole or the greater part of something physical (as a machine, tool, building, fabric, etc.) is made.
- (graphical user interface) An element of a design language associated with a certain style of rendering on the display.
- (sometimes collective, preceded by a qualifying word) A person, or people collectively, who are qualified or suited for a certain position or activity.
- the tangible substance that goes into the makeup of a physical object
- information (data or ideas or observations) that can be used or reworked into a finished form
- artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers
- a person judged suitable for admission or employment
- things needed for doing or making something
- (especially law) Having real importance or great consequences; significant; substantial.
- Of, relating to, or consisting of matter, especially physical.
- Relating to or concerned with what is purely physical rather than intellectual or spiritual, especially excessively so; materialistic.
- Of, relating to, or affecting physical well-being; corporeal; bodily.
- (logic) Of or relating to the matter of reasoning, as distinguished from the form of it, especially empirical.
- derived from or composed of matter
- directly relevant to a matter especially a law case
- concerned with worldly rather than spiritual interests
- having material or physical form or substance
- having substance or capable of being treated as fact; not imaginary
- concerned with or affecting physical as distinct from intellectual or psychological well-being
- A work of outstanding creativity, skill or workmanship.
- A piece of work that has been given much critical praise, especially one that is considered the greatest work of a person's career.
- A work created in order to qualify as a master craftsman and member of a guild.
- an outstanding achievement
- the most outstanding work of a creative artist or craftsman
- (countable) A literary, artistic, or intellectual production; a creative work.
- (mining) Ore before it is dressed.
- Effort expended on a particular task.
- (physics, more generally) A measure of energy that is usefully extracted from a process: applied productively.
- (uncountable, often in combination) The result of a particular manner of production.
- The place where one is employed.
- (LGBTQ slang) The confident attitude of a drag queen.
- Labour, occupation, job.
- (countable) A fortification.
- (slang, plural only) The equipment needed to inject a drug (syringes, needles, swabs etc.)
- Something on which effort is expended.
- (prison slang) Prison gang violence.
- (uncountable, slang, professional wrestling) The staging of events to appear as real.
- Sustained effort to overcome obstacles and achieve a result.
- (uncountable, often in combination) Something produced using the specified material or tool.
- (physics) A measure of energy expended in moving an object; most commonly, force times distance. No work is done if the object does not move.
- (euphemistic) Cosmetic surgery.
- (by extension) One's employer.
- the occupation for which you are paid
- a place where work is done
- applying the mind to learning and understanding a subject (especially by reading)
- activity directed toward making or doing something
- a product produced or accomplished through the effort or activity or agency of a person or thing
- (physics) a manifestation of energy; the transfer of energy from one physical system to another expressed as the product of a force and the distance through which it moves a body in the direction of that force
- the total output of a writer or artist (or a substantial part of it)
- (intransitive) To do a specific task by employing physical or mental powers.
- To force to work.
- (transitive) To move or progress slowly [with one's way].
- (intransitive, figuratively) To influence.
- Said of one's job title [with as].
- General use, said of either fellow employees or instruments or clients [with with].
- (intransitive) To ferment.
- (transitive) To cause to ferment.
- (transitive) To embroider with thread.
- (transitive) To work or operate in, through, or by means of.
- (transitive) To cause to move slowly or with difficulty.
- (ditransitive, poetic) To cause (someone) to feel (something); to do unto somebody (something, whether good or bad).
- (law) To cause to happen or to occur as a consequence.
- (intransitive) To function correctly; to act as intended; to achieve the goal designed for.
- (intransitive) To move in an agitated manner.
- (intransitive) To behave in a certain way when handled
- Said of a company or individual who employs [with for].
- To set into action.
- To exhaust, by working.
- To provoke or excite; to influence.
- To shape, form, or improve a material.
- Said of one's workplace (building), or one's department, or one's trade (sphere of business) [with in or at].
- (slang, transitive) To pull off; to wear, perform, etc. successfully or to advantage.
- (LGBTQ slang, intransitive) To perform with a confident attitude, particularly as a drag queen.
- (intransitive) To move or progress slowly or with difficulty; to proceed with effort.
- (transitive) To work or operate in a certain place, area, or speciality.
- To use or manipulate to one’s advantage.
- provoke or excite
- have an effect or outcome; often the one desired or expected
- prepare for crops
- arrive at a certain condition through repeated motion
- operate in or through
- to mix into a homogeneous mass
- behave in a certain way when handled
- move in an agitated manner
- move into or onto
- proceed towards a goal or along a path or through an activity
- operate in a certain place, area, or specialty
- cause to work
- cause to happen or to occur as a consequence
- use or manipulate to one's advantage
- exert oneself by doing mental or physical work for a purpose or out of necessity; work
- find the solution to (a problem or question) or understand the meaning of
- proceed along a path
- shape, form, or improve a material
- make something, usually for a specific function
- give a workout to
- cause to operate or function
- go sour or spoil
- gratify and charm, usually in order to influence
- perform as expected when applied
- be employed
- have and exert influence or effect
- cause to undergo fermentation
- a product of your creative thinking and work
- (theology) a special influence of a divinity on the minds of human beings
- arousal of the mind to special unusual activity or creativity
- a sudden intuition as part of solving a problem
- the act of inhaling; the drawing in of air (or other gases) as in breathing
- arousing to a particular emotion or action
- The act or process of an elevating or stimulating influence upon the intellect, emotions or creativity.
- (countable) A single inward breath (intake of air).
- (physiology, uncountable) The drawing of air into the lungs, accomplished in mammals by elevation of the chest walls and flattening of the diaphragm, as part of the act of breathing.
- A new idea, especially one which arises suddenly and is clever or creative.
- A supernatural divine influence on the prophets, apostles, or sacred writers, by which they were qualified to communicate moral or religious truth with authority; a supernatural influence which qualifies people to receive and communicate divine truth; also, the truth communicated.
- A person, object, or situation which quickens or stimulates an influence upon the intellect, emotions or creativity.
- (figurative) The act of discovering and exposing or developing (a quality).
- (countable) A site where an archaeological exploration is being carried out.
- (countable) A cavity formed by cutting, digging, or scooping.
- Especially, the trade of digging engineered holes for building foundations, roadbed preparations, and similar purposes.
- (countable) An uncovered cutting in the earth, in distinction from a covered cutting or tunnel.
- (countable) The material dug out in making a channel or cavity.
- (uncountable) Archaeological research that unearths buildings, tombs and objects of historical value.
- (countable) Something uncovered by archaeological excavation.
- (uncountable) The act of excavating, or of making hollow, by cutting, scooping, or digging out a part of a solid mass.
- the act of digging
- the site of an archeological exploration
- a hole in the ground made by excavating
- the act of extracting ores or coal etc. from the earth
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- (slang, medicine, somewhat derogatory) A urologist.
- (British, informal) In the Royal Navy, an apprentice, a boy aged 16 to 18, who is trained in technical skills at the Dockyard Schools to become an artificer.
- One who furnishes, fits, and repairs pipes and other apparatus for the conveyance of water, gas, or drainage.
- A person who investigates or prevents leaks of information.
- a craftsman who installs and repairs pipes and fixtures and appliances
- (transitive or intransitive) To construct by mental labor; to think up; particularly, to produce or create a literary or musical work.
- To settle (an argument, dispute etc.); to come to a settlement.
- (transitive) To make up the whole; to constitute.
- To arrange the elements of a photograph or other picture.
- To arrange in proper form; to reduce to order; to put in proper state or condition.
- (transitive) To make something by merging parts.
- (sometimes reflexive) To calm; to free from agitation.
- (transitive, nonstandard) To comprise.
- make up plans or basic details for
- put together out of existing material
- produce a literary work
- write music
- calm (someone, especially oneself); make quiet
- form the substance of
- (slang, idiomatic) To create or produce in a sudden or haphazard manner.
- (slang, idiomatic) To inject an illegal drug.
- (slang) To hit, send, or move forward or upward quickly or forcefully.
- (slang) To cut up or chop up.
- (slang, idiomatic) To control or dominate someone or something in a thorough or severe manner.
- (slang, idiomatic) To mess up.
- (slang, idiomatic) To gather together; to accumulate or come up with.
- (slang) To strike someone or something repeatedly or very forcefully.
- (slang, idiomatic) To divide into shares; divvy.
- (idiomatic) To increase or raise by a sizeable amount.
- (slang, idiomatic) To pay, especially reluctantly or with difficulty; to cough up; to shell out.
- (slang, idiomatic, transitive) To produce or perform (something) admirably or forcefully.
- (slang, idiomatic, intransitive, by extension) To accomplish or produce something in a grand, respectable, or successful manner; to "represent".
- (slang, idiomatic, intransitive) To fight; to make a stand.
- (slang, idiomatic, intransitive) To drink a large amount quickly.
- (transitive) To cause something one is holding to drop, often forcefully.
- (slang, idiomatic, intransitive) To make an individual contribution to a group effort (e.g. money pool, collaborative record album).
- (transitive, idiomatic) To produce; make.
- (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, idiomatic, copulative) To end up; to result.
- (intransitive) To leave one's work to take part in a strike.
- (transitive) To convince to vote
- (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
- (intransitive, figuratively) To work one's way by artful or devious means.
- (intransitive) To move with one's body dragging the ground.
- (transitive, figuratively, in “worm out of”) To drag out of, to get information that someone is reluctant or unwilling to give (through artful or devious means or by pleading or asking repeatedly).
- (transitive) To make (one's way) with a crawling motion.
- (transitive) To deworm (an animal).
- (transitive, nautical) To fill in the contlines of (a rope) before parcelling and serving.
- (often followed by out) To effect, remove, drive, draw, or the like, by slow and secret means.
- (transitive) To cut the worm, or lytta, from under the tongue of (a dog, etc.) for the purpose of checking a disposition to gnaw, and formerly supposed to guard against canine madness.
- (transitive) To clean by means of a worm; to draw a wad or cartridge from, as a firearm.
- (transitive, figuratively) To work (one's way or oneself) (into) gradually or slowly; to insinuate.
- to move in a twisting or contorted motion, (especially when struggling)
- (informal or poetic, loosely) A maggot or any other insect larva with similar shape and behavior.
- Anything helical, especially the thread of a screw.
- A short revolving screw whose threads drive, or are driven by, a worm wheel or rack by gearing into its teeth.
- A generally tubular invertebrate of the annelid phylum; an earthworm.
- (anatomy) A muscular band in the tongue of some animals, such as dogs; the lytta.
- The condensing tube of a still, often curved and wound to save space.
- More loosely, any of various tubular invertebrates resembling annelids but not closely related to them, such as velvet worms, acorn worms, flatworms, or roundworms.
- (figuratively) An internal tormentor; something that gnaws or afflicts one’s mind with remorse.
- (anatomy) The lytta.
- A contemptible or devious being.
- (cricket) A graphical representation of the total runs scored across a number of overs.
- (preceded by definite article) A dance, or dance move, in which the dancer lies on the floor and undulates the body horizontally thereby moving forwards.
- (computing) A self-replicating program that propagates through a network, differing from a virus in usually lacking any destructive effects.
- The spiral wire of a corkscrew.
- A spiral instrument or screw, often like a double corkscrew, used for drawing balls from firearms.
- (mathematics) A strip of linked tiles sharing parallel edges in a tiling.
- any of numerous relatively small elongated soft-bodied animals especially of the phyla Annelida and Chaetognatha and Nematoda and Nemertea and Platyhelminthes; also many insect larvae
- a person who has a nasty or unethical character undeserving of respect
- screw thread on a gear with the teeth of a worm wheel or rack
- a software program capable of reproducing itself that can spread from one computer to the next over a network
- (by extension) To regard (an artistic or written work or its creator) as one of a group that are representative of a particular field.
- (figurative) To regard as a saint; to glorify, to exalt to the highest honour.
- (Christianity) To formally declare (a piece of religious writing) to be part of the biblical canon.
- (chiefly Roman Catholicism) To declare (a deceased person) as a saint, and enter them into the canon of saints.
- (chiefly Christianity) Especially of a church: to give official approval to; to authorize, to sanction.
- treat as a sacred person
- declare (a dead person) to be a saint
- (intransitive) To be or do something creative, imaginative, originative.
- (transitive) To cause, to bring (a non-object) about by an action, behavior, or event, to occasion.
- (UK, intransitive, colloquial) To make a fuss, complain; to shout.
- To make or produce from other (e.g. raw, unrefined or scattered) materials or combinable elements or ideas; to design or invest with a new form, shape, function, etc.
- (especially of a god) To bring into existence out of nothing, without the prior existence of the materials or elements used.
- (transitive) In theatre, to be the first performer of a role; to originate a character.
- (transitive) To confer or invest with a rank or title of nobility, to appoint, ordain or constitute.
- (transitive) To bring into existence; (sometimes in particular:)
- create by artistic means
- invest with a new title, office, or rank
- make or cause to be or to become
- pursue a creative activity; be engaged in a creative activity
- bring into existence
- create or manufacture a man-made product
- (transitive) To form by art and labor; to manufacture; to produce.
- (transitive, cooking) To cut up an animal as preparation for cooking, particularly used in reference to fowl.
- (transitive) To invent and form; to forge; to devise falsely.
- (transitive) To form into a whole by uniting its parts; to construct; to build.
- concoct something artificial or untrue
- put together out of artificial or natural components or parts
- (transitive) To compose creatively and intricately; to fabricate.
- (transitive) To form something by passing lengths or strands of material over and under one another.
- (transitive) To unite by close connection or intermixture.
- (transitive) To make (a path or way) by winding in and out or from side to side.
- (intransitive, of an animal) To move the head back and forth in a stereotyped pattern, typically as a symptom of stress.
- (transitive) To spin a cocoon or a web.
- (intransitive) To move by turning and twisting.
- interlace by or as if by weaving
- create a piece of cloth by interlacing strands of fabric, such as wool or cotton
- to move or cause to move in a sinuous, spiral, or circular course
- sway from side to side
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- (rhetoric, literature) Having an ingenious expression or metaphorical idea, especially in extended form or used as a literary or rhetorical device.
- Having an excessively favourable opinion of one's abilities, appearance, etc.; egotistical and vain.
- characteristic of false pride; having an exaggerated sense of self-importance
- (of a created thing) Original, expressive and imaginative.
- (set theory) A type of set of natural numbers, related to mathematical logic.
- Tending to create things, or having the ability to create; often, excellently, in a novel fashion, or any or all of these.
- (euphemistic, of art) bad, unartistic, busy.
- Designed or executed to deceive or mislead.
- promoting construction or creation
- having the ability or power to create
- (of objects or actions) Showing inventiveness or originality; witty.
- (UK, colloquial, chiefly in the negative) Fit and healthy; free from fatigue or illness.
- Nimble with hands or body; dexterous; skillful; adept.
- Smart, intelligent, or witty; mentally quick or sharp.
- (of objects or actions) Showing mental quickness and resourcefulness.
- Quick to understand, learn, and devise or apply ideas; intelligent.
- (anthropology, of an Aboriginal Australian) Possessing magical abilities.
- Mentally quick and resourceful; skilled at achieving what one wants in a mentally agile and inventive way.
- mentally quick and resourceful
- showing inventiveness and skill
- showing self-interest and shrewdness in dealing with others
- (used of persons or artifacts) marked by independence and creativity in thought or action
- Purposely fictive.
- Possessed of a particular capacity for the design of new mechanisms or processes, creative or skilful at inventing.
- Of, or relating to invention; pertaining to the act of devising new mechanisms or processes.
- (figuratively) Of one's imagination, etc.: active, productive, prolific.
- Capable of developing past the egg stage.
- Of land, etc.: capable of growing abundant crops; productive.
- (physics) Not itself fissile, but able to be converted into a fissile material by irradiation in a reactor.
- Capable of reproducing; fecund, fruitful.
- bearing in abundance especially offspring
- capable of reproducing
- marked by great fruitfulness
- intellectually productive
- (by extension, sometimes proscribed) Based on an idea or theme, especially one regarded as highly artistic or intellectual.
- (film, literature, television, sometimes derogatory) Of a work such as a book, film, or television programme: based on an appealing and easily communicable idea; also, of or relating to such a work.