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verb
noun
- In England, an often unleavened cake similar to a crepe.
- (uncountable, theater) A kind of makeup, consisting of a thick layer of a compressed powder.
- (uncountable) Composite leather made of scraps, glue and board, by extension of (4), material originally used for insoles, but later used also for heels and even soles.
- (countable) Anything very thin and flat.
- (countable, juggling) A type of throw, usually with a ring where the prop is thrown in such a way that it rotates round an axis of the diameter of the prop.
- (countable, film, slang) A box on which an actor stands to make them appear taller.
- In the US (and e.g. Scotland), a leavened, thicker, fluffier cake.
- (countable, volleyball) A defensive play in which the ball bounces off the top of a hand that has been pressed flat against the floor.
- a flat cake of thin batter fried on both sides on a griddle
verb
- (transitive) To reduce to a particular shape or form by pressure; to press, to flatten.
- (transitive) To make straightforward or easy.
- (transitive) To make smooth or even.
- (West Country) To stroke; especially to stroke an animal's fur.
- (transitive) To calm or palliate.
- (statistics, image processing, digital audio) To capture important patterns in the data, while leaving out noise.
- free from obstructions
- make smooth or smoother, as if by rubbing
- make (a surface) shine
adj
- (of muscles, medicine) Involuntary and non-striated.
- (of an action) Natural; unconstrained.
- (mathematics, of a function) Having derivatives of all finite orders at all points within the function’s domain.
- Bland; glib.
- (mathematics, of a number) That factors completely into small prime numbers.
- Having a texture that lacks friction. Not rough.
- (of a motion) Unbroken.
- (linguistics, classical studies, of a vowel) Lacking marked aspiration.
- (of food or drink) Not grainy; having an even texture.
- (of an edge) Lacking projections or indentations; not serrated.
- Without difficulty, problems, or unexpected consequences or incidents.
- (of a beverage) Having a pleasantly rounded flavor; neither rough nor astringent.
- Flowing or uttered without check, obstruction, or hesitation; not harsh; fluent.
- Suave; sophisticated.
- (chiefly of water) Placid, calm.
- smooth and unconstrained in movement
- of the margin of a leaf shape; not broken up into teeth
- smoothly agreeable and courteous with a degree of sophistication
- lacking obstructions or difficulties
- (of a body of water) free from disturbance by heavy waves
- having a surface free from roughness or bumps or ridges or irregularities
- of motion that runs or flows or proceeds without jolts or turbulence
- (music) without breaks between notes; smooth and connected
adv
noun
verb
- (transitive) To destroy violently or abruptly.
- (intransitive, board gaming) Of a die, to produce the highest face result and consequently reroll.
- (transitive, computing) To decompress (data) that was previously imploded.
- (transitive) To create an exploded view of.
- (intransitive, figuratively) To make a violent or emotional outburst; to suddenly give expression to powerful and often negative or unpleasant emotion, especially anger.
- (transitive) To open all doors and hatches on an automobile.
- (intransitive) To fly apart with sudden violent force; to blow up, to burst, to detonate, to go off.
- (transitive) To destroy with an explosion.
- (mathematics) To increase arbitrarily or boundlessly.
- (intransitive, figuratively) To increase suddenly.
- (slang, vulgar) To ejaculate.
- (computing, programming, PHP) To break (a delimited string of text) into several smaller strings by removing the separators.
- (intransitive, figuratively) To emerge suddenly.
- drive from the stage by noisy disapproval
- destroy by exploding
- show (a theory or claim) to be baseless, or refute and make obsolete
- show a violent emotional reaction
- burst outward, usually with noise
- cause to burst as a result of air pressure; of stop consonants like /p/, /t/, and /k/
- increase rapidly and in an uncontrolled manner
- be unleashed; emerge with violence or noise
- cause to burst with a violent release of energy
- burst and release energy as through a violent chemical or physical reaction
verb
- (transitive) To cause something to collapse.
- (intransitive) To cease to function due to a sudden breakdown; to fail suddenly and completely.
- (transitive, computing) In a hierarchical list (such as a directory tree or table of contents), to hide the subentries of (an entry).
- (intransitive, cricket) To suffer a batting collapse.
- (intransitive) To break apart and fall down suddenly; to cave in.
- (intransitive) To fold compactly.
- (intransitive) To pass out and fall to the floor or ground, as from exhaustion or other illness; to faint.
- collapse due to fatigue, an illness, or a sudden attack
- fold or close up
- cause to burst
- fall apart
- lose significance, effectiveness, or value
- break down, literally or metaphorically
- suffer a nervous breakdown
noun
- (cricket) Ellipsis of batting collapse.
- Constant function, one-valued function (in automata theory) (in particular application causing a reset).
- The act of collapsing.
- an abrupt failure of function or complete physical exhaustion
- the act of throwing yourself down; collapse; sink
- a sudden large decline of business or the prices of stocks (especially one that causes additional failures)
- a natural event caused by something suddenly falling down or caving in
verb
- (transitive) To intentionally demolish; to pull down.
- (ergative, figuratively) To render or to become weak and ineffective.
- (ergative) To digest.
- (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, idiomatic) To give in or give up: relent, concede, surrender.
- (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) To cause to drop heavily.
- (poker, transitive) To have (a hand) using the community cards dealt on the flop.
- (intransitive, slang) To stay, sleep or live in a place.
- (transitive) To flip; to reverse (an image).
- (intransitive) To fall heavily due to lack of energy.
- (intransitive, informal) To fail completely; not to be successful at all (of a movie, play, book, song etc.).
- (sports, intransitive) To pretend to be fouled in sports, such as basketball, hockey (the same as to dive in soccer)
- (transitive, prison slang) To deny someone parole.
- (intransitive) To strike about with something broad and flat, as a fish with its tail, or a bird with its wings; to rise and fall; to flap.
- fail utterly; collapse
- fall suddenly and abruptly
- fall loosely
adv
intj
noun
- A heavy, passive fall; a plopping down.
- (poker) The first three cards turned face-up by the dealer in a community card poker game.
- (by confusion, computing) One floating-point operation per second, a unit of measure of processor speed.
- Dung, as in cow-flop.
- A complete failure, especially in the entertainment industry.
- (slang) A flophouse.
- (computing) Abbreviation of floating-point operation.
- someone who is unsuccessful
- an arithmetic operation performed on floating-point numbers
- the act of throwing yourself down; collapse; sink
- a complete failure
verb
- (transitive) To cause to collapse or burst inward violently.
- (intransitive) To collapse or burst inward violently.
- (computing, programming, PHP) The opposite of explode, array to string conversion.
- (transitive, computing) To compress (data) with a particular algorithm.
- (politics, by extension) To suddenly lose support in all areas of a campaign simultaneously.
- burst inward
verb
- (transitive) To violently break something into pieces.
- (transitive) To destroy or disable something.
- (intransitive, of rain) To fall sometimes connoting hard, as if to smash something, other times light and dispersed.
- (intransitive) To smash, or break into tiny pieces.
- (transitive) To dispirit or emotionally defeat.
- (intransitive, agriculture) Of seeds: to disperse (become dispersed) upon ripening.
- break into many pieces
- cause to break into many pieces
- damage or destroy
noun
verb
- (transitive) To crush to pieces; to pulverize.
- (transitive) To strike hard, usually repeatedly.
- (transitive, vulgar, slang) To penetrate sexually, with vigour.
- (engineering) To make a jarring noise, as when running.
- To advance heavily with measured steps.
- (transitive, slang) To eat or drink very quickly.
- (slang, UK regional, transitive) To wager a pound on.
- To confine in, or as in, a pound; to impound.
- (intransitive, of a body part, generally heart, blood, or head) To beat strongly or throb.
- (transitive, baseball, slang) To pitch consistently to a certain location.
- move rhythmically
- break down and crush by beating, as with a pestle
- place or shut up in a pound
- hit hard with the hand, fist, or some heavy instrument
- shut up or confine in any enclosure or within any bounds or limits
- move heavily or clumsily
- strike or drive against with a heavy impact
- partition off into compartments
noun
- Ellipsis of pound force.
- Ellipsis of pound weight.
- (UK) A place for the detention of automobiles that have been illegally parked, abandoned, etc.
- A hard blow.
- A section of a canal between two adjacent locks.
- Any of various units of currency formerly used in the United States.
- (informal) Various non-English units of currency not officially called pounds.
- Ellipsis of pound mass.
- A unit of mass equal to 16 avoirdupois ounces (= 453.592 g). Today this value is the most common meaning of "pound" as a unit of weight.
- A unit of weight in various measurement systems.
- A kind of fishing net, having a large enclosure with a narrow entrance into which fish are directed by wings spreading outward.
- A unit of mass equal to 12 troy ounces (≈ 373.242 g). Today, this is a common unit of mass when measuring precious metals, and is little used elsewhere.
- (metonymic) The people who work for the pound.
- A place for the detention of stray or wandering animals.
- (Newfoundland) A division inside a fishing stage where cod is cured in salt brine.
- Various non-English units of measure.
- Any of various units of currency used in Egypt, Lebanon, Sudan, and Syria, and formerly in the Republic of Ireland, Cyprus, Nigeria, Israel, and South Africa.
- The unit of currency used in the United Kingdom and its dependencies. It is divided into 100 pence.
- (US) The symbol #.
- (informal, non-scientific) Ellipsis of pound-force.
- the basic unit of money in Egypt; equal to 100 piasters
- 16 ounces avoirdupois
- a unit of apothecary weight equal to 12 ounces troy
- the basic unit of money in Syria; equal to 100 piasters
- a nontechnical unit of force equal to the mass of 1 pound with an acceleration of free fall equal to 32 feet/sec/sec
- a public enclosure for stray or unlicensed dogs
- a symbol for a unit of currency (especially for the pound sterling in Great Britain)
- the basic unit of money in the Sudan; equal to 100 piasters
- the act of pounding (delivering repeated heavy blows)
- the basic unit of money in Cyprus; equal to 100 cents
- the basic unit of money in Lebanon; equal to 100 piasters
- formerly the basic unit of money in Ireland; equal to 100 pence
- the basic unit of money in Great Britain and Northern Ireland; equal to 100 pence
verb
- (transitive) To make something flat or flatter.
- (transitive) To knock down or lay low.
- (reflexive) To press one's body tightly against a surface, such as a wall or floor, especially in order to avoid being seen or harmed.
- (computer graphics, transitive) To combine (separate layers) into a single image.
- To make vapid or insipid; to render stale.
- (music) To lower by a semitone.
- (programming, transitive) To reduce (a data structure) to one that has fewer dimensions, e.g. a 2×2 array into a list of four elements.
- (intransitive) To be knocked down or laid low.
- (intransitive) To become flat or flatter; to plateau.
- lower the pitch of (musical notes)
- become flat or flatter
- make flat or flatter
verb
noun
verb
- (transitive) To flatter.
- (transitive) To trim up, as trees.
- (of people, intransitive, reflexive) To spend time making oneself attractive and admiring one's appearance, e.g. in front of a mirror.
- (intransitive) To show off, posture, or smarm.
- (transitive, more generally) To improve the appearance of; groom; prettify.
- (of birds, ambitransitive) To groom; to trim or dress the feathers with the beak.
- (transitive) To pin; fasten.
- (transitive) To comb; to make orderly.
- dress or groom with elaborate care
- pride or congratulate (oneself) for an achievement
- clean with one's bill
noun
verb
- (intransitive) To become flat or flattened; to sink or fall to an even surface.
- (transitive) To dash or throw
- (poker slang) To make a flat call; to call without raising.
- (intransitive, music, colloquial) To fall from the pitch.
- (intransitive) To dash, rush
- (transitive, music) To depress in tone, as a musical note; especially, to lower in pitch by half a tone.
adj
- (not comparable, commerce) Of fees, fares etc., fixed; unvarying.
- Smooth; having no protrusions, indentations or other surface irregularities, or relatively so.
- (golf, of a golf club) Having a head at a very obtuse angle to the shaft.
- At a consistently depressed level; consistently lacklustre.
- (of colours) Without variation in tone or hue (uniform), and dull (not glossy).
- (algebra, ring theory, of a ring homomorphism) Such that its target, regarded as a module over its source, is flat (as above).
- (music, note) Lowered by one semitone.
- In a horizontal line or plane; not sloping.
- (juggling, of a throw) Without spin; spinless.
- (algebraic geometry, scheme theory, of a morphism of schemes) Such that the induced map on every stalk is flat (as a map of rings).
- (authorship, figuratively, especially of a character) Lacking in depth, substance, or believability; underdeveloped; one-dimensional.
- (horticulture, of certain fruits) Flattening at the ends.
- (slang) Having small or invisible breasts and/or buttocks.
- (phonetics, of a vowel) Not diphthongal; without variation in height or backness.
- (of a tire or other inflated object) Deflated, especially because of a puncture.
- (homological algebra, of a module) Such that the tensor product preserves exact sequences. See Flat module on Wikipedia.Wikipedia.
- (of a battery) Unable to emit power; dead.
- (of measurements of time) Exact.
- Without variation in level, quantity, value, tone etc.
- Having no variations in height.
- (music) Of a note or voice, lower in pitch than it should be.
- (music, voice) Without variations in pitch.
- (figurative) Lacking liveliness or action; depressed; uninteresting; dull and boring.
- Absolute; downright; peremptory.
- (grammar) Not having an inflectional ending or sign, such as a noun used as an adjective, or an adjective as an adverb, without the addition of a formative suffix; or an infinitive without the sign "to".
- (wine) Lacking acidity without being sweet.
- (of coffee) Having little froth and little milk.
- (of a carbonated drink) With all or most of its carbon dioxide having come out of solution so that the drink no longer fizzes or contains any bubbles.
- sounded or spoken in a tone unvarying in pitch
- not reflecting light; not glossy
- having lost effervescence
- lacking contrast or shading between tones
- horizontally level
- stretched out and lying at full length along the ground
- having a relatively broad surface in relation to depth or thickness
- lacking taste or flavor or tang
- flattened laterally along the whole length (e.g., certain leafstalks or flatfishes)
- not modified or restricted by reservations
- commercially inactive
- lacking stimulating characteristics; uninteresting
- having a surface without slope, tilt in which no part is higher or lower than another
- (of a musical note) lowered in pitch by one chromatic semitone
- lacking the expected range or depth; not designed to give an illusion or depth
adv
- Completely, firmly, or unequivocally.
- Directly; flatly.
- (with units of time, distance, etc) Used to emphasize the smallness of the measurement.
- (finance, slang) Without allowance for accrued interest.
- Completely.
- (of accurately measured timings) Exactly, precisely.
- So as to be flat.
- (of a sentence) Without parole.
- with flat sails
- in a forthright manner; candidly or frankly
noun
- (American football) The areas behind the line of scrimmage to either side of an offensive football formation.
- (rail transport) A flat spot on the wheel of a rail vehicle.
- (publishing) A flat, glossy children's book with few pages.
- An area of level ground (sometimes covered with shallow or tidal water).
- (technical, theatre, stagecraft) A rectangular wooden structure covered with masonite, lauan, or muslin, often produced in standard modules, that is used to build wall surfaces on stage. Flats can be painted and outfitted with doors and/or windows to depict a building or other part of a scene, and are a hard-surfaced alternative to a backcloth or backdrop.
- (entomology) Any of various hesperiid butterflies that spread their wings open when they land.
- A flat sheet for use on a bed.
- (horse racing, with 'the' or attributively, sometimes with capital) Level horse-racing ground, as contrasted with courses incorporating jumps, or the racing done on such ground.
- (postal) A large mail piece measuring at least 8 1/2 by 11 inches, such as catalogs, magazines, and unfolded paper enclosed in large envelopes.
- (music) A note played one chromatic semitone lower than a natural, denoted by the symbol ♭ placed after the letter representing the note (e.g., B♭) or in front of the note symbol (e.g. ♭♪).
- (in the plural) A type of ladies' shoe with a very low heel.
- (informal, automotive) A flat tyre/flat tire.
- (painting) A thin, broad brush used in oil and watercolour painting.
- (optics) A flat (i.e. plane) mirror
- Ellipsis of flat ride (“spinning amusement ride”).
- A wide, shallow container or pallet.
- (geometry) A subset of n-dimensional space that is congruent to a Euclidean space of lower dimension.
- (in the plural) A type of flat-soled running shoe without spikes.
- The most prominent flat part of something.
- A flat-bottomed boat, without keel, and of small draught.
- (swordfighting) The flat side of a blade, as opposed to the sharp edge.
- A straw hat, broad-brimmed and low-crowned.
- A platform on a wheel, upon which emblematic designs etc. are carried in processions.
- (Australia, horse racing, with 'the' or attributively, sometimes with capital) the area in the centre of a racecourse.
- (gambling, slang) A cheater's die with the edges shaved to make certain rolls more likely.
- (in the phrase 'the flat') Level ground in general.
- (historical) An early kind of toy soldier having a flat design.
- (US) Ellipsis of flat water (“nonfizzy drinking water”).
- (chiefly British, New England, South Africa, India, Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, archaic elsewhere) A complete domicile occupying only part of a building, especially one for rent
- (Canadian Prairies, British Columbia) A 24-case of beer.
- The palm of the hand, with the adjacent part of the fingers.
- (rail transport, US) A railroad car without a roof, and whose body is a platform without sides; a platform car or flatcar.
- (mining) A horizontal vein or ore deposit auxiliary to a main vein; also, any horizontal portion of a vein not elsewhere horizontal.
- a shallow box in which seedlings are started
- a deflated pneumatic tire
- scenery consisting of a wooden frame covered with painted canvas; part of a stage setting
- a level tract of land
- a musical notation indicating one half step lower than the note named
- a suite of rooms usually on one floor of an apartment house
- freight car without permanent sides or roof
verb
- (transitive) To kick or strike so as to cause the object struck to collapse or fall inwards.
- (intransitive, idiomatic) To start, connect, or take effect, especially in a sudden way; to begin functioning.
- (slang) To join or begin.
- (transitive and intransitive, idiomatic) To contribute, especially to a collection of money; to hand over.
- (idiomatic) To die; to give up on something.
- (transitive, slang) To kick or strike (a person); to beat up.
- enter a particular state
- open violently
- contribute to some cause
verb
noun
- (UK, dialect, in the plural) The whole of the bran of wheat before it is sorted into pollard, bran, etc.
- (geology) A mass or stratum of fragments of rock lying under the alluvium and derived from the neighbouring rock.
- The broken remains of an object, usually rock or masonry.
- the remains of something that has been destroyed or broken up
verb
- (transitive) Followed by out: to flatten (a piece of metal), usually by hammering.
- (transitive) To remove the contents of (something, especially a kiln or oven); to empty.
- (intransitive) To take up water from a well or other source, especially by lifting it in a container or pumping it.
- (transitive) To make (straw straight for thatching by pulling it through the hands.
- (intransitive, archery) To pull back an arrow or bowstring in preparation for shooting the arrow; also, to cause a bow to bend by pulling back the bowstring.
- (transitive, manufacturing, historical) To separate (a length of lace made by machine) into sections by removing the threads connecting the sections.
- Of a channel, drain, etc.: to carry (water) away.
- (transitive) Often followed by tight: to pull (something, such as a belt or string) so that it tightens or wraps around something more closely.
- (transitive) To cause (something) to occur as a consequence; to bring about.
- To call forth (something) from a person, to elicit.
- (intransitive) To be made larger or longer; to be elongated or stretched.
- To deduce or infer (a conclusion); to make (a deduction).
- To extract (a tooth); to pull.
- To extract (a small amount of liquid, especially blood) by puncturing a surface, or by using a pipette, syringe, or other suction device.
- (transitive) To produce (a figure, line, picture, representation of something, etc.) with a piece of chalk, a crayon, a pen, a pencil, or other instrument.
- (transitive) To make (a comparison or contrast) between two or more things; to compare; to contrast, to distinguish.
- (transitive) To attract (something) by means of a physical force, especially gravity or magnetism.
- (billiards) To strike (the cue ball) below the centre so as to give it a backward rotation which causes it to move backwards on striking another ball.
- (transitive, reflexive) To assume a specific attitude or position, either by pulling in or stretching out one's body or limbs.
- (analogous) To consume (power).
- (transitive) To move (a body part) in a particular direction.
- (intransitive) To pull out a firearm, sword, or other weapon from a holster, sheath, etc.
- (intransitive) Of blinds, a curtain, etc.: to be pulled open or closed.
- (bowls) Of a bowl: to move in a curve to a certain place.
- To extract (juice, oil, or some other fluid) from something by osmosis, pressure, or another process.
- (transitive) Followed by on or upon: to bring (disaster or misfortune) on oneself.
- (intransitive, card games) To be dealt or to take a playing card from the deck.
- To come to, towards (a particular moment in time); to approach (a time).
- (transitive) To drag (something), especially along the ground.
- (intransitive) To attract or influence a person or group of people; to be an inducement or enticement.
- (intransitive) To leave tea temporarily in water to allow the flavour to increase; to infuse, to steep; also, of a teapot: to cause tea to infuse.
- To pull out (a firearm, sword, or other weapon) from a holster, sheath, etc.; to unsheathe.
- To take (a beverage) from a cask or keg using a pump or tap; to tap.
- (transitive) To cause (air) to be sucked into a duct, a room, etc.
- To drag (someone) by tying behind a horse or on a frame as a form of punishment or torture, or to bring to a place of execution.
- (intransitive) To select one or more things at random from a collection of similar things to decide which of a group of people will receive or undergo something.
- (intransitive) Chiefly followed by about or around: of a group of people: to come together; to assemble, to congregate, to gather.
- (intransitive, used with prepositions and adverbs) To move steadily in a particular direction or into a specific position.
- (golf) To hit (the ball) with the toe of the club so that it is deflected toward the left (or, for a left-handed player, toward the right, originally in an uncontrolled and now a controlled manner.
- (transitive, sports) To end (a game or match) with neither side winning, that is, in a draw.
- (transitive, UK, regional) To carry (a load) in a vehicle; to cart, to haul.
- (transitive) To pull (blinds, a curtain, etc.) open or closed.
- (transitive, agriculture) To create (a furrow) by pulling a plough through soil.
- (transitive) To select (one or more things) at random from a collection of similar things to decide which of a group of people will receive something such as a prize, or undergo something such as an assignment; also, to select (someone) by this process; to win (a prize) in a lottery or lucky draw.
- (transitive) To attract or provoke (a particular reaction or response) from someone.
- (intransitive) Of a channel, drain, etc.: to carry water away.
- (transitive, fishing) To fish by dragging a fishing net along (a shore) or in (a body of water).
- (transitive, hunting) To search (a covert, a wood, etc.) for game or a quarry.
- (nautical) Followed by an adverb, such as deep or shallow: of a vessel: to require a depth of water of a certain characteristic to float in.
- (intransitive) To produce an image of something with a piece of chalk, a crayon, a pen, a pencil, or other instrument; to make a drawing or drawings.
- (transitive) Chiefly followed by aside or to one side: to move (someone) away from a group of people in order to speak to them privately.
- (transitive) To receive (a particular prison sentence).
- (historical) Chiefly in draw and quarter and hang, draw and quarter: to disembowel (someone), especially after hanging as a punishment for high treason.
- (transitive) To attract or cause (someone) to come to a particular place or to take a particular course of action; also, to cause (someone) to turn away from a particular condition or course of action.
- (transitive, cricket) In a match scheduled to last for a certain period of time: to end (a match) with neither side winning because the team batting last has not completed its innings when the playing time concludes.
- (transitive) To carve or shape (something) by cutting off thin pieces.
- (transitive) To pull out (a bolt or latch) to unlock a door, gate, etc.; also, to push in (a bolt or latch) to lock a door, gate, etc.
- (transitive) To take (air, smoke, etc.) into the lungs; to breathe in, to inhale.
- (transitive, archery) To pull back (an arrow or bowstring) in preparation for shooting the arrow; also, to cause (a bow) to bend by pulling back the bowstring.
- (intransitive) Of a liquid: to drain away, to percolate.
- (transitive, often formal) To pull (someone or something) in a particular direction or manner.
- (transitive, northern Scotland) To take milk from (a cow); to milk.
- (transitive) Often followed by on or upon and the person or institution providing the money: to write (a bill, cheque, or draft) to authorize payment of money.
- (transitive) To fill a bathtub with (water for a bath); to run (a bath).
- To leave (tea) temporarily in water to allow the flavour to increase; to infuse, to steep.
- (intransitive) Of a bathtub: to be filled with water for a bath; to be run.
- (intransitive) To take a drink of a beverage, especially an alcoholic one; to swig.
- (transitive) To conduct, or select the winning numbers, tickets, etc., for, (a lottery).
- (cooking) To remove the viscera from (an animal, especially a bird) before cooking.
- (bowls) To cause (a bowl) to move in a curve to a certain place.
- To take up (water) from a well or other source, especially by lifting in a container or pumping.
- (transitive, originally and chiefly military) To attract or provoke gunfire, either intentionally or unintentionally.
- To take (something) from a particular source, especially of information; to derive.
- To soak up (a liquid, etc.); to absorb; specifically, of an organism (especially a plant) or one of its parts: to take in (nutrients, water, etc.).
- (intransitive) Followed by at or on: to drag or suck deeply on a cigarette, pipe, or other smoking implement.
- (transitive) To make (something) larger or longer; to elongate, to stretch.
- (transitive, fishing) to haul in (a fishing net) which has been cast; also, to drag (a fishing net) alongside a boat.
- (intransitive, dominoes) To take a domino from the stock.
- (intransitive) To be (able to be) pulled in a particular direction or manner.
- (intransitive) Of a duct, smoking implement, etc.: to allow air to be passed through it in order that combustion can occur.
- (intransitive) To make straw straight for thatching by pulling it through the hands.
- (intransitive, sports) To end a game or match with neither side winning, that is, in a draw; to tie.
- (transitive, figurative) To depict (something) linguistically; to portray (something) in words; to describe.
- (transitive, agriculture) To separate (sheep) from a flock for a particular purpose, such as breeding or selling.
- (transitive) Now chiefly in the form draw up: to compose or write (a piece of text, especially a formal document).
- (transitive, card games) To be dealt or to take (a playing card) from the deck; also, to have (a particular hand) as a result of this.
- (transitive) To induce (the attention, the eyes or mind, etc.) to be directed at or focused on something.
- (transitive) To make (wire) by pulling a rod or other piece of metal through one or more apertures; also, to stretch (a rod or other piece of metal) into a wire.
- (curling) To play (a shot or a stone) that lands in the house (“circular target”).
- (mining) To raise (coal or ore) from an underground mine to the surface.
- To elicit information from (someone); to induce (a person) to speak on some subject. (Now frequently in passive.)
- (nautical) Of a vessel: to require (a certain depth of water) to float in.
- (transitive, arithmetic) To subject (a number) to an arithmetic operation.
- To receive (a salary); to withdraw (money) from a bank etc.
- To cause (a body part) to contract or shrink; also, to pull (the mouth, the face or features, etc.) out of shape from emotion, etc.; to distort.
- (intransitive, nautical) Of a sail: to fill with wind and become taut.
- (curling) To make a shot that lands in the house.
- To kill someone as a form of punishment or torture by tearing apart (their body) by tying their limbs to horses which run in different directions; also, to tear (the limbs) from someone's body in this manner.
- move or pull so as to cover or uncover something
- allow a draft
- pull (a person) apart with four horses tied to their extremities, so as to execute them
- remove the entrails of
- cause to move in a certain direction by exerting a force upon, either physically or in an abstract sense
- suck in or take (air)
- make a mark or lines on a surface
- engage in drawing
- thread on or as if on a string
- remove (a commodity) from (a supply source)
- move or go steadily or gradually
- steep; pass through a strainer
- to obtain a liquid from somewhere
- bring, take, or pull out of a container or from under a cover
- elicit responses, such as objections, criticism, applause, etc.
- choose at random
- make, formulate, or derive in the mind
- bring or lead someone to a certain action or condition
- cause to localize at one point
- flatten, stretch, or mold metal or glass, by rolling or by pulling it through a die or by stretching
- shrink
- direct toward itself or oneself by means of some psychological power or physical attributes
- represent by making a drawing of, as with a pencil, chalk, etc. on a surface
- get or derive
- pass over, across, or through
- finish a game with an equal number of points, goals, etc.
- reduce the diameter of (a wire or metal rod) by pulling it through a die
- select or take in from a given group or region
- require a specified depth for floating
- give a description of
- cause to move by pulling
- take in, also metaphorically
- stretch back a bowstring (on an archer's bow)
- write a legal document or paper
- earn or achieve a base by being walked by the pitcher
- take liquid out of a container or well
intj
noun
- (slang, countable) A bag of cannabis.
- (sports) The spin or twist imparted to a ball etc. by a drawing stroke.
- (curling) A shot that is intended to land gently in the house (the circular target) without knocking out other stones; cf. takeout.
- (archery) The act of pulling back the strings in preparation of firing; the distance the strings are pulled back.
- (poker) A situation in which one or more players has four cards of the same suit or four out of five necessary cards for a straight and requires a further card to make their flush or straight.
- The result of a contest that neither side has won.
- (golf) A golf shot that (for the right-handed player) curves intentionally to the left. See hook, slice, fade.
- (cricket) The result of a two-innings match in which at least one side did not complete all their innings before time ran out (as distinguished from a tie).
- Draft: flow through a flue of gasses (smoke) resulting from a combustion process, possibly adjustable with a damper.
- (slang, uncountable) Cannabis.
- That which is drawn (e.g. funds from an account).
- The procedure by which the result of a lottery is determined.
- The act of drawing a gun from a holster, etc.
- In a commission-based job, an advance on future (potential) commissions given to an employee by the employer.
- That which draws: that which attracts e.g. a crowd.
- (geography) A dry stream bed that drains surface water only during periods of heavy rain or flooding.
- (horse racing) The stall from which a horse begins the race.
- a playing card or cards dealt or taken from the pack
- a golf shot that curves to the left for a right-handed golfer
- anything (straws or pebbles etc.) taken or chosen at random
- an entertainer who attracts large audiences
- (American football) the quarterback moves back as if to pass and then hands the ball to the fullback who is running toward the line of scrimmage
- the finish of a contest in which the score is tied and the winner is undecided
- poker in which a player can discard cards and receive substitutes from the dealer
- a gully that is shallower than a ravine
- the act of drawing or hauling something
verb
- (transitive) To destroy by reducing to ground level; to raze.
- (transitive, figurative) To bring to a common level or plane, in respect of rank, condition, character, privilege, etc.
- (intransitive) To speak honestly and openly [with with ‘someone’] (see: level with).
- (intransitive, roleplaying games, video games) To progress to the next level.
- (transitive) To adjust so as to make as flat or perpendicular to the ground as possible.
- (transitive) To direct or impose (a penalty, fine, etc) at or upon (someone) [with on or against or at].
- (transitive) To aim or direct (a weapon, a stare, an accusation, etc).
- (intransitive, sports) To make the score of a game equal.
- (transitive) To adjust or adapt to a certain level.
- direct into a position for use
- talk frankly with; lay it on the line
- tear down so as to make flat with the ground
- aim at
- make level or straight
- become level or even
adj
- The same height at all places; parallel to a flat ground.
- Unvaried in volume.
- Unvaried in frequency.
- Straightforward; direct; clear.
- (phonetics) Of even tone; without rising or falling inflection; monotonic.
- In the same position or rank.
- Well balanced; even; just; steady; impartial.
- (physics) Perpendicular to a gravitational force.
- At the same height as some reference; constructed as level with.
- Calm.
- being on a precise horizontal plane
- oriented at right angles to the plumb
- of the score in a contest
- having a surface without slope, tilt in which no part is higher or lower than another
- not showing abrupt variations
noun
- A tool for finding whether a surface is level, or for creating a horizontal or vertical line of reference.
- (computer science) Distance from the root node of a tree structure.
- (British) An area of almost perfectly flat land.
- (video games) One of several discrete segments of a game, generally increasing in difficulty and representing different locations in the game world.
- A distance relative to a given reference elevation.
- (Singapore, education) A school grade or year.
- Degree or amount.
- (statistics) One of the specific values which may be taken by a categorical variable.
- Achievement or qualification.
- A floor of a multi-storey building.
- (roleplaying games, video games) A numeric value given to a character (or other element of a game) that represents its relative power, challenge or eligibility to do things, used as a game mechanic to govern progression through a game.
- indicator that establishes the horizontal when a bubble is centered in a tube of liquid
- a specific identifiable position in a continuum or series or especially in a process
- a position on a scale of intensity or amount or quality
- height above ground
- an abstract place usually conceived as having depth
- a flat surface at right angles to a plumb line
- a relative position or degree of value in a graded group
- a structure consisting of a room or set of rooms at a single position along a vertical scale
verb
- (intransitive, informal) To release flatulence, generally in short rapid succession.
- (intransitive, slang) To perform extremely well (in a video game or other activity).
- (transitive) To thrust away, or put off promptly.
- (intransitive, informal, usually derogatory) To speak frankly.
- (intransitive, informal) To leave and return in a short time.
- (transitive) To fire or launch (a shot, projectile, or missile), especially singly or in small bursts.
- (transitive, informal) To kill someone.
- (intransitive, informal) To die suddenly.
- (transitive, informal, UK) To turn off.
- leave quickly
- pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life
verb
- (transitive) To cause to collapse.
- (intransitive) To become wrinkled.
- (intransitive, figurative) To collapse; to surrender.
- (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
noun
- (uncountable) A sport played in a walled court with a soft rubber ball and bats like tennis racquets.
- Cucurbita maxima, including hubbard squash, great winter squash, buttercup squash, and some varieties of pumpkins.
- (slang, professional wrestling) An extremely one-sided, usually short, match.
- Cucurbita argyrosperma (syn. Cucurbita mixta), cushaw squash.
- Cucurbita pepo, most pumpkins, acorn squash, summer squash, zucchini.
- (biology) A preparation made by placing material on a slide (flat, rectangular piece of glass), covering it and applying pressure.
- (cooking) The edible or decorative fruit of these plants, or this fruit prepared as a dish.
- A non-alcoholic drink made from a fruit-based concentrate diluted with water or milk.
- A place or a situation where people have limited space to move.
- Lagenaria siceraria (syn. Cucurbita verrucosa), calabash, long-neck squash.
- Cucurbita moschata, butternut squash, Barbary squash, China squash.
- (botany) Any other similar-looking plant of other genera.
- a game played in an enclosed court by two or four players who strike the ball with long-handled rackets
- any of numerous annual trailing plants of the genus Cucurbita grown for their fleshy edible fruits
- edible fruit of a squash plant; eaten as a vegetable
verb
- (transitive) To devastate; to destroy.
- (intransitive) To gradually lose weight, weaken, become frail.
- (transitive, slang) To kill; to murder.
- (transitive) To wear away by degrees; to impair gradually; to deteriorate; to diminish by constant loss; to use up; to consume; to spend; to wear out.
- (intransitive) To be diminished; to lose bulk, substance, strength, value etc. gradually.
- (law) To damage, impair, or injure (an estate, etc.) voluntarily, or by allowing the buildings, fences, etc., to fall into decay.
- (transitive) To squander (money or resources) uselessly; to spend (time) idly; to dissipate.
- spend thoughtlessly; throw away
- use inefficiently or inappropriately
- dispose of
- cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly
- cause to grow thin or weak
- run off as waste
- become physically weaker
- get rid of (someone who may be a threat) by killing
- spend extravagantly
- lose vigor, health, or flesh, as through grief
adj
noun
- Gradual loss or decay.
- (rare) Destruction or devastation caused by war or natural disasters; see "to lay waste".
- Large abundance of something, specifically without it being used.
- A wasteland; an uninhabited desolate region; a wilderness or desert.
- Excess of material, useless by-products, or damaged, unsaleable products; garbage; rubbish.
- The action or progress of wasting; extravagant consumption or ineffectual use.
- (law) A cause of action which may be brought by the owner of a future interest in property against the current owner of that property to prevent the current owner from degrading the value or character of the property, either intentionally or through neglect.
- Excrement or urine.
- A place that has been laid waste or destroyed.
- (geology) Material derived by mechanical and chemical erosion from the land, carried by streams to the sea.
- A decaying of the body by disease; atrophy; wasting away.
- A disused mine or part of one.
- A vast expanse of water.
- (historical) The part of the land of a manor (of whatever size) not used for cultivation or grazing, nowadays treated as common land.
- A large tract of uncultivated land.
- any materials unused and rejected as worthless or unwanted
- (law) reduction in the value of an estate caused by act or neglect
- an uninhabited wilderness that is worthless for cultivation
- the trait of wasting resources
- useless or profitless activity; using or expending or consuming thoughtlessly or carelessly
verb
- (transitive) To shatter, as if by an explosion.
- (transitive) To make an impression on, by making a loud blast or din.
- (bodybuilding, slang) To have a period of full dosage of PEDs as opposed to reducing them during a cruise period.
- (transitive) To blight or wither.
- (transitive) To curse; to damn.
- (transitive) To open up a hole in, usually by means of a sudden and imprecise method (such as an explosion).
- (transitive) To bring destruction or ruin on; to destroy.
- (transitive) To criticize or reprimand severely; to verbally discipline or punish.
- (transitive, informal) To play (music) very loudly out of a speaker.
- (transitive, intransitive, slang, African-American Vernacular) To shoot; to attack or shoot (someone or a place).
- (soccer) To shoot; kick the ball in hope of scoring a goal.
- (intransitive) To make a loud noise.
- (biology, informal, transitive) To run a nucleotide sequence (for nucleic acids) or an amino acid sequence (for proteins) through a BLAST (Basic Local Alignment Search Tool).
- (transitive, science fiction) To shoot, especially with an energy weapon (as opposed to one which fires projectiles).
- make a strident sound
- apply a draft or strong wind to to
- hit with great force
- use explosives on
- create by using explosives
- criticize harshly or violently
- shrivel or wither or mature imperfectly
- make with or as if with an explosion
- shatter as if by explosion
- fire a shot; release
intj
noun
- An explosive charge for blasting.
- (cytology) An immature or undifferentiated cell (e.g., lymphoblast, myeloblast).
- A verbal attack or punishment; a severe criticism or reprimand.
- (figuratively, informal) A good time; an enjoyable moment.
- An explosion, especially for the purpose of destroying a mass of rock, etc.
- A forcible stream of gas or liquid from an orifice, for example from a bellows, the tuyeres of a blast furnace, a person's mouth, etc.
- (countable) A loud, sudden sound.
- (marketing) A promotional message sent to an entire mailing list.
- The continuous blowing to which one charge of ore or metal is subjected in a furnace.
- A flatulent disease of sheep.
- A sudden pernicious effect, as if by a noxious wind, especially on animals and plants; a blight.
- A hit of a recreational drug from a pipe.
- The exhaust steam from an engine, driving a column of air out of a boiler chimney, and thus creating an intense draught through the fire; also, any draught produced by the blast.
- (bodybuilding, slang) A period of full dosage of PEDs as opposed to a period of reduced intake.
- A violent gust of wind (in windy weather) or apparent wind (around a moving vehicle).
- (uncountable, broadcasting) Unwanted noise from a microphone.
- intense adverse criticism
- a sudden very loud noise
- a strong current of air
- a very long fly ball
- a highly pleasurable or exciting experience
- an explosion (as of dynamite)
verb
- (transitive) To turn something inside out or upside down.
- (chemistry) To change the direction of a reaction such that the products become the reactants and vice-versa.
- (transitive) To turn something around so that it faces the opposite direction or runs in the opposite sequence.
- (transitive) To change totally; to alter to the opposite.
- (rail transport, intransitive, of points) To move from the normal position to the reverse position.
- (law) To revoke a law, or to change a decision into its opposite.
- (computing) Ellipsis of reverse-engineer.
- (transitive) To transpose the positions of two things.
- (aviation, transitive) To engage reverse thrust on (an engine).
- (rail transport, transitive) To place (a set of points) in the reverse position.
- (ergative, transport) To cause a mechanism to operate or move in the opposite direction to normal; to drive a vehicle in the direction the driver has the back.
- To overthrow; to subvert.
- turn inside out or upside down
- cancel officially
- change to the contrary
- rule against
- reverse the position, order, relation, or condition of
adj
- (rail transport, of points) To be in the non-default position; to be set for the lesser-used route.
- (botany) Reversed.
- Pertaining to engines, vehicle movement etc. moving in a direction opposite to the usual direction.
- Opposite, contrary; going in the opposite direction.
- Turned upside down; greatly disturbed.
- (genetics) In which cDNA synthetization is obtained from an RNA template.
- reversed (turned backward) in order or nature or effect
- directed or moving toward the rear
- of the transmission gear causing backward movement in a motor vehicle
noun
- (surgery) A turn or fold made in bandaging, by which the direction of the bandage is changed.
- The act of going backwards; a reversal.
- A piece of misfortune; a setback.
- (graph theory) Synonym of transpose.
- (numismatics) The tails side of a coin, or the side of a medal or badge that is opposite the obverse.
- The opposite of something.
- A thrust in fencing made with a backward turn of the hand; a backhanded stroke.
- The side of something facing away from a viewer, or from what is considered the front; the other side.
- The gear setting of an automobile that makes it travel backwards. (Denoted with symbol R on a shifter's labeling.)
- a relation of direct opposition
- the gears by which the motion of a machine can be reversed
- turning in the opposite direction
- (American football) a running play in which a back running in one direction hands the ball to a back running in the opposite direction
- an unfortunate happening that hinders or impedes; something that is thwarting or frustrating
- the side of a coin or medal that does not bear the principal design
verb
- (transitive) To cause to flatten, as grass or grain.
- (transitive) To drive (an animal) to covert.
- (transitive) To put money, jewellery, or other valuables for safety.
- (transitive) To firmly fix in a specified position.
- (intransitive) To become flattened, as grass or grain, when overgrown or beaten down by the wind.
- (intransitive) To stay in a boarding-house, paying rent to the resident landlord or landlady.
- (intransitive) To be firmly fixed in a specified position.
- (transitive, chiefly law, politics) To place (a statement, etc.) with the proper authorities (such as courts, etc.).
- (intransitive) To stay in any place or shelter.
- (transitive) To supply with a room or place to sleep in for a time.
- be a lodger; stay temporarily
- put, fix, force, or implant
- file a formal charge against
- provide housing for
noun
- (historical) A family of Native Americans, or the persons who usually occupy an Indian lodge; as a unit of enumeration, reckoned from four to six persons.
- A collection of objects lodged together.
- An indigenous American home, such as tipi or wigwam. By extension, the people who live in one such home; a household.
- A rural hotel or resort, an inn.
- Ellipsis of porter's lodge: a building or room near the entrance of an estate or building, especially (UK, Canada) as a college mailroom.
- A beaver's shelter constructed on a pond or lake.
- (US) A local chapter of a trade union.
- (mining) The space at the mouth of a level next to the shaft, widened to permit wagons to pass, or ore to be deposited for hoisting; called also platt.
- A local chapter of some fraternities, such as freemasons.
- A den or cave.
- A building for recreational use such as a hunting lodge or a summer cabin.
- The chamber of an abbot, prior, or head of a college.
- a hotel providing overnight lodging for travelers
- a small (rustic) house used as a temporary shelter
- small house at the entrance to the grounds of a country mansion; usually occupied by a gatekeeper or gardener
- a formal association of people with similar interests
- any of various Native American dwellings
verb
- (transitive, usually followed by up) To break, to destroy.
- Used in a phrasal verb: fuck with (“to play with, to tinker”).
- (transitive) To put in an extremely difficult or impossible situation.
- (transitive, usually derogatory) Used to express great displeasure with, or contemptuous dismissal of, someone or something.
- (transitive) To defraud, deface, or otherwise treat badly.
- (transitive) To have sexual intercourse with.
- (transitive) To insert one's penis, a dildo, etc., into a person or a specified orifice or cleft sexually; to penetrate.
- (intransitive, literally) To have sexual intercourse; to copulate.
- (transitive, reflexive) To masturbate.
- (transitive, military slang) To scold.
- (transitive, Ireland, UK) To throw, to lob something. (angrily)
- (intransitive or transitive) To have penetrative sex (as opposed to oral sex, etc.).
- (intransitive, slang) To be very good, to rule, go hard.
- have sexual intercourse with
adv
intj
noun
- (countable) A highly contemptible person.
- (countable, chiefly in the negative) The smallest amount of concern or consideration.
- (uncountable) Semen.
- (countable, literally) An act of sexual intercourse.
- (countable, literally) A sexual partner, especially a casual one.
- Strongly and emphatically all of something
- slang for sexual intercourse
particle
verb
- (transitive) To blow over or across.
- (intransitive, music) Of a wind instrument, to move from its lower to its higher register.
- (transitive) To exaggerate the significance of something.
- (transitive) To cover with blossoms or flowers.
- (transitive) To blow away; dissipate by or as by wind.
- (transitive, music) To blow a wind instrument (typically a whistle, recorder or flute) hard to produce a higher pitch than usual.
verb
- (transitive) To knock sharply
- (intransitive) To shake; to move with a series of jerks.
- (transitive) To shock emotionally.
- (transitive) To shock (someone) into taking action or being alert
- (transitive) To push or shake abruptly and roughly.
- move or cause to move with a sudden jerky motion
- disturb (someone's) composure
noun
verb
noun
- (by extension) A piece of material, especially rock and similar materials, reminding of a broken piece of glass or pottery.
- (online gaming) An instance of an MMORPG that is one of several independent and structurally identical virtual worlds, none of which has so many players as to exhaust a system's resources.
- (slang, in the singular or in the plural) A piece of crystal methamphetamine.
- The plant chard.
- A piece of broken glass or pottery, especially one found in an archaeological dig.
- (databases) A component of a sharded distributed database.
- A tough scale, sheath, or shell; especially an elytron of a beetle.
- a broken piece of a brittle artifact
verb
- (transitive) To destroy completely.
- (transitive) To absorb information, especially through the mass media.
- (transitive) To eat.
- (transitive) To completely occupy the thoughts or attention of.
- (transitive) To use up.
- (economics, transitive, intransitive) To trade money for good or services as an individual.
- destroy completely by means of consumption
- use up (resources or materials)
- eat up completely, as with great appetite
- engage fully
- serve oneself to, or consume regularly
- spend extravagantly
verb
- (transitive) To throw violently.
- (transitive) To draw or write quickly; jot.
- (intransitive) To run quickly or for a short distance.
- (transitive) To dishearten; to sadden.
- (intransitive, informal) To leave or depart.
- (ambitransitive, sometimes figurative) To sprinkle; to splatter.
- (transitive, of hopes or dreams) To ruin; to destroy.
- (transitive) To destroy by striking (against).
- (transitive, usually with down or off) To complete hastily.
- hurl or thrust violently
- break into pieces, as by striking or knocking over
- destroy or break
- add an enlivening or altering element to
- run or move very quickly or hastily
- cause to lose courage; to be daunted; to be scared away
intj
noun
- A small quantity of a liquid substance etc.; less than 1/8 of a teaspoon.
- Violent strike; a whack.
- (uncountable) Ostentatious vigor.
- (by extension) The longer of the two symbols of Morse code.
- A short run, flight.
- (figurative, by extension) A slight admixture.
- Ellipsis of dashboard.
- (typography) Any of the following symbols: ‒ (figure dash), – (en dash), — (em dash), or ― (horizontal bar).
- (Nigeria, Ghana, Liberia, countable, uncountable) A bribe or gratuity; a gift.
- (UK, India) A prime symbol.
- A rushing or violent onset.
- (computing) A hyphen or minus sign.
- (Internet, informal) The dashboard of a social media user.
- a quick run
- a punctuation mark (‘-’) used between parts of a compound word or between the syllables of a word when the word is divided at the end of a line of text
- the longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code
- distinctive and stylish elegance
- a footrace run at top speed
- the act of moving with great haste
verb
- (transitive) To cause something one is holding to drop, often forcefully.
- (slang, idiomatic, intransitive) To fight; to make a stand.
- (slang, idiomatic, intransitive) To drink a large amount quickly.
- (slang, idiomatic, intransitive) To make an individual contribution to a group effort (e.g. money pool, collaborative record album).
- (slang, idiomatic, intransitive, by extension) To accomplish or produce something in a grand, respectable, or successful manner; to "represent".
- (slang, idiomatic, transitive) To produce or perform (something) admirably or forcefully.
verb
- (transitive) To twist or turn (something) out of shape; to deform.
- (intransitive) To go astray or be deflected from a true, proper or moral course; to deviate.
- (ambitransitive, science fiction, video games) To travel or transport across a medium without passing through it normally, as by using a teleporter or time warp.
- (transitive, nautical) To move a vessel by hauling on a line or cable that is fastened to an anchor or pier; (especially) to move a sailing ship through a restricted place such as a harbour.
- (transitive) To deflect or turn (something) away from a true, proper or moral course; to pervert; to bias.
- (intransitive, nautical, of a ship) To move or be moved by this method.
- (intransitive) To become twisted out of shape; to deform.
- (ambitransitive, agriculture) To fertilize (low-lying land) by letting the tide, a river, or other water in upon it to deposit silt and alluvial matter.
- (transitive) To arrange (strands of thread, etc) so that they run lengthwise in weaving.
- make false by mutilation or addition; as of a message or story
- bend out of shape, as under pressure or from heat
noun
- The sediment which subsides from turbid water; the alluvial deposit of muddy water artificially introduced into low lands in order to enrich or fertilise them.
- A situation or place which is or seems to be from another era; a time warp.
- (weaving) The threads that run lengthwise in a woven fabric; crossed by the woof or weft.
- (countable) A distortion or twist, such as in a piece of wood (also used figuratively).
- (countable) A mental or moral distortion, deviation, or aberration.
- (figurative) The foundation, the basis, the undergirding.
- (uncountable) The state, quality, or condition of being deviant from what is right or proper morally or mentally.
- (uncountable) The state, quality, or condition of being physically bent or twisted out of shape.
- (nautical) A line or cable or rode as is used in warping (mooring or hauling) a ship, and sometimes for other purposes such as deploying a seine or creating drag.
- A theoretical construct that permits travel across a medium without passing through it normally, such as a teleporter or time warp.
- a shape distorted by twisting or folding
- a moral or mental distortion
- yarn arranged lengthways on a loom and crossed by the woof
- a twist or aberration; especially a perverse or abnormal way of judging or acting
verb
- (transitive) To break (something brittle) violently.
- (transitive) To hit extremely hard.
- (transitive, figuratively) To ruin completely and suddenly.
- (transitive, slang, vulgar) To have sex with.
- (transitive, figuratively) To defeat overwhelmingly; to gain a comprehensive success over.
- (transitive, US) To deform through continuous pressure.
- (intransitive) To be destroyed by being smashed.
- hit violently
- break into pieces, as by striking or knocking over
- hit with great force
- overthrow or destroy (something considered evil or harmful)
- collide or strike violently and suddenly
- break suddenly into pieces, as from a violent blow
- damage or destroy as if by violence
- humiliate or depress completely
- hit (a tennis ball) in a powerful overhead stroke
- reduce to bankruptcy
noun
- The sound of a violent impact; a violent striking together.
- (colloquial) Something very successful or popular (as music, food, fashion, etc).
- (aviation, informal) Airspeed; dynamic pressure.
- A kind of julep cocktail containing chunks of fresh fruit that can be eaten after finishing the drink.
- (UK, Ireland, colloquial) A traffic collision.
- (tennis) A very hard overhead shot hit sharply downward.
- A mashed foodstuff.
- a conspicuous success
- the act of colliding with something
- a hard return hitting the tennis ball above your head
- a vigorous blow
- a serious collision (especially of motor vehicles)
adv
verb
- (transitive) To reduce to a particular shape or form by pressure, especially flatten or smooth.
- (transitive, sewing) To flatten a selected area of fabric using an iron with an up-and-down, not sliding, motion, so as to avoid disturbing adjacent areas.
- (transitive) To clasp, hold in an embrace.
- To force into service, particularly into naval service.
- (transitive) To hasten, urge onward.
- (ambitransitive) To throng, crowd.
- (transitive, mechanics, electronics) To activate a button or key by exerting a downward or forward force on it, and then releasing it.
- (transitive) To force to a certain end or result; to urge strongly.
- (transitive) To compress, squeeze.
- (transitive) To urge, beseech, entreat.
- (transitive) To lay stress upon.
- (ambitransitive) To exert weight or force against, to act upon with force or weight; to exert pressure upon.
- (transitive) To drive or thrust by pressure, to force in a certain direction.
- To try to force (something upon someone).
- be urgent
- exert oneself continuously, vigorously, or obtrusively to gain an end or engage in a crusade for a certain cause or person; be an advocate for
- lift weights
- ask for or request earnestly
- to be oppressive or burdensome
- press and smooth with a heated iron
- make strenuous pushing movements during birth to expel the baby
- place between two surfaces and apply weight or pressure
- squeeze or press together
- force or impel in an indicated direction
- press from a plastic
- exert pressure or force to or upon
- create by pressing
- crowd closely
noun
- (countable) A printing machine.
- (countable, weightlifting) An exercise in which weight is forced away from the body by extension of the arms or legs.
- (countable, especially in Ireland and Scotland) An enclosed storage space (e.g. closet, cupboard).
- (uncountable) A crowd.
- (countable) A device used to apply pressure to an item.
- An instance of applying pressure; an instance of pressing.
- A commission to force men into public service, particularly into the navy.
- (countable) Pure, unfermented grape juice.
- (uncountable, collective) The print-based media (both the people and the newspapers).
- (countable) A publisher.
- (psychology) In personology, any environmental factor that arouses a need in the individual.
- (countable, golf, gambling) An additional bet in a golf match that duplicates an existing (usually losing) wager in value, but begins even at the time of the bet.
- a tall piece of furniture that provides storage space for clothes; has a door and rails or hooks for hanging clothes
- a dense crowd of people
- a weightlift in which the barbell is lifted to shoulder height and then smoothly lifted overhead
- clamp to prevent wooden rackets from warping when not in use
- the print media responsible for gathering and publishing news in the form of newspapers or magazines
- the act of pressing; the exertion of pressure
- any machine that exerts pressure to form or shape or cut materials or extract liquids or compress solids
- a machine used for printing
- the state of demanding notice or attention
verb
noun
verb
- (transitive) To interrupt suddenly in a violent or explosive manner; to shatter.
- (transitive) To produce as an effect of bursting.
- (intransitive) To erupt; to change state suddenly as if bursting.
- (intransitive) To enter or exit hurriedly and unexpectedly.
- (intransitive) To break from internal pressure.
- (transitive) To separate (printer paper) at perforation lines.
- (transitive) To cause to break from internal pressure.
- come open suddenly and violently, as if from internal pressure
- burst outward, usually with noise
- break open or apart suddenly and forcefully
- cause to burst
- emerge suddenly
- be in a state of movement or action
- force out or release suddenly and often violently something pent up
- move suddenly, energetically, or violently
noun
- An act or instance of bursting.
- A sudden, often intense, expression, manifestation or display.
- (military) The explosion of a bomb or missile.
- A series of shots fired from an automatic firearm.
- a sudden flurry of activity (often for no obvious reason)
- the act of exploding or bursting
- a sudden intense happening
- rapid simultaneous discharge of firearms
verb
- (transitive) To pull or twist violently.
- (transitive) To rack with pain; to make hurt or distressed.
- (transitive) To use a wrench; to twist with a wrench.
- (transitive) To distort the original meaning of; to misrepresent.
- (transitive) To injure (a joint) by pulling or twisting.
- (transitive) To deprive by means of a violent pull or twist.
- twist and compress, as if in pain or anguish
- twist suddenly so as to sprain
- twist or pull violently or suddenly, especially so as to remove (something) from that to which it is attached or from where it originates
- make a sudden twisting motion
noun
- (physics) In screw theory, a screw assembled from force and torque vectors arising from application of Newton's laws to a rigid body.
- (UK) An adjustable spanner used by plumbers.
- A violent emotional change caused by separation.
- (US, Canada, Philippines) A hand tool for making rotational adjustments, such as fitting nuts and bolts, or fitting pipes.
- An injury caused by a violent twisting or pulling of a limb; strain, sprain.
- A movement that twists or pulls violently; a tug.
- In coursing, the act of bringing the hare round at less than a right angle, worth half a point in the recognised code of points for judging.
- A distorting change from the original meaning.
- a hand tool that is used to hold or twist a nut or bolt
- a jerky pulling movement
- a sharp strain on muscles or ligaments
verb
noun
verb
- (slang) To flatulate.
- (slang) To go on a drinking binge.
- (social media) To post a message on a Mastodon instance.
- (intransitive) Of a queen bee, to make a high-pitched sound during certain stages of development.
- (slang) To snort (a recreational drug).
- To see; to spy.
- To cause a horn or whistle to produce a noise.
- To produce the noise of a horn or whistle.
- To stand out, or be prominent.
- To peep; to look narrowly.
- make a strident noise
noun
- (by extension, countable, informal) A fart; flatus.
- (countable, slang) A portion of cocaine that a person snorts.
- (countable) The noise of a horn or whistle.
- (uncountable, informal) Rubbish; tat.
- (informal) A spree of drunkenness.
- (countable, social media) A message on the social networking software Mastodon.
- (uncountable, slang) Cocaine.
- (Australia, slang) A toilet.
- revelry in drinking; a merry drinking party
- a blast of a horn
verb
- (intransitive) To drop rapidly.
- (cryptocurrencies) To obscure the audit trail of funds by means of a tumbler.
- (transitive) To smooth and polish (e.g. gemstones or pebbles) by means of a rotating tumbler.
- (transitive) To throw headlong.
- (intransitive, informal) To have sexual intercourse.
- (intransitive) To fall end over end; to roll over and over.
- (intransitive) To move or rush in a headlong or uncontrolled way.
- To muss, to make disorderly; to tousle or rumple.
- (intransitive) To perform gymnastics such as somersaults, rolls, and handsprings.
- fall down, as if collapsing
- suffer a sudden downfall, overthrow, or defeat
- throw together in a confused mass
- put clothes in a tumbling barrel, where they are whirled about in hot air, usually with the purpose of drying
- roll over and over, back and forth
- fall suddenly and sharply
- fly around
- understand, usually after some initial difficulty
- fall apart
- do gymnastics, roll and turn skillfully
- cause to topple or tumble by pushing
noun
verb
- (transitive) To destroy; to extinguish.
- (ergative, figuratively) To overwhelm, or be overwhelmed (by a person or issue), as though with oxygen deprivation.
- (ergative) To die due to, or kill someone by means of, insufficient oxygen supply to the body.
- (ergative) To suffer, or cause someone to suffer, from severely reduced oxygen intake to the body.
- become stultified, suppressed, or stifled
- suppress the development, creativity, or imagination of
- impair the respiration of or obstruct the air passage of
- struggle for breath; have insufficient oxygen intake
- be asphyxiated; die from lack of oxygen
- deprive of oxygen and prevent from breathing
- feel uncomfortable for lack of fresh air
verb
- (transitive) To destroy (someone or something) quickly and efficiently.
- (transitive) To dispose of speedily, as business; to execute quickly; to make a speedy end of; to finish; to perform.
- (transitive) To send (an important official message) promptly, by means of a diplomat or military officer.
- (transitive) To defeat
- (transitive) To rid; to free.
- (transitive) To send (a person) away hastily.
- (transitive) To send (a shipment) with promptness.
- (transitive) To send (a journalist) to a place in order to report.
- (transitive) To eat, especially quickly.
- (transitive, computing) To pass on for further processing, especially via a dispatch table (often with to).
- dispose of rapidly and without delay and efficiently
- send away towards a designated goal
- complete or carry out
- kill without delay
- kill intentionally and with premeditation
noun
- A mission by an emergency response service, typically involving attending to an emergency in the field.
- A message sent quickly, as a shipment, a prompt settlement of a business, or an important official message sent by a diplomat, government official, military officer, etc.
- The act of doing something quickly.
- (computing) The passing on of a message for further processing, especially through a dispatch table.
- the property of being prompt and efficient
- the act of sending off something
- an official report (usually sent in haste)
- killing a person or animal
verb
- (transitive, ergative) To shut with sudden force so as to produce a shock and noise.
- (transitive, sports slang) To defeat or overcome in a match.
- To compete in a poetry slam.
- (transitive, sex, slang, vulgar) To perform coitus upon forcefully; to rail.
- (transitive, ergative) To put in or on a particular place with force and loud noise. (Often followed by a preposition such as down, against or into.)
- (transitive) To drink off, to drink quickly.
- (intransitive, bridge) To make a slam bid.
- (ambitransitive, drugs, slang) To inject intravenously; shoot up.
- (transitive, colloquial, originally US) To speak badly of; to criticize forcefully.
- (intransitive) To strike against suddenly and heavily.
- (basketball) To dunk forcefully, to slam dunk.
- (transitive, card games) To defeat (opponents at cards) by winning all the tricks of a deal or a hand.
- (ambitransitive) To strike forcefully with some implement.
- (informal, US) To occupy and busy with a high workload.
- (transitive, telecommunications) To move a customer from one service provider to another without their consent.
- (transitive, slang) To strike and take the life of or at least incapacitate for some time.
- strike violently
- close violently
- dance the slam dance
- throw violently
noun
- (countable, sports) Winning all (or all but one) of the available, major or specified events in a given year or sports season.
- (uncountable, UK, dialect) The yellow iron silicate produced in alum works as a waste product.
- A card game, played all at once without separate turns, in which players attempt to get rid of their cards as quickly as possible according to certain rules.
- (countable, bridge) A bid of six (small slam) or seven (grand slam) in a suit or no trump.
- (countable, tennis) One of the competitions of the yearly Grand Slam events.
- (countable, card games) Losing or winning all the tricks in a game.
- (music, uncountable) A subgenre of death metal with elements of hardcore punk focusing on midtempo rhythms, breakdowns and palm-muted riffs.
- A slambook.
- (countable, colloquial, US) An insult.
- (countable) The shock and noise produced by violently closing a door or other object.
- (countable) A sudden impact or blow.
- A poetry slam.
- (countable, basketball) A slam dunk.
- an aggressive remark directed at a person like a missile and intended to have a telling effect
- winning all or all but one of the tricks in bridge
- the noise made by the forceful impact of two objects
- a forceful impact that makes a loud noise
verb
adj
noun
- An opening that goes all the way through a solid body, a fabric, etc.; a perforation; a rent.
- (slang) An undesirable place to live or visit.
- (slang, rail transport) A passing loop; a siding provided for trains traveling in opposite directions on a single-track line to pass each other.
- (baseball) The rear portion of the defensive team between the shortstop and the third baseman.
- (figuratively) A weakness; a flaw or ambiguity.
- (slang) Any bodily orifice, in particular the anus.
- (archaeology, slang) An excavation pit or trench.
- (figurative) Difficulty, in particular, debt.
- (slang, derogatory) A person's mouth.
- (informal, with "the") Solitary confinement, a high-security prison cell often used as punishment.
- (golf) A subsurface standard-size hole, also called cup, hitting the ball into which is the object of play. Each hole, of which there are usually eighteen as the standard on a full course, is located on a prepared surface, called the green, of a particular type grass.
- (Ireland, Scotland, vulgar) A vagina.
- (stud poker) A card (also called a hole card) dealt face down thus unknown to all but its holder; the status in which such a card is.
- (physics) In semiconductors, a lack of an electron in an occupied band behaving like a positively charged particle.
- (computing) A security vulnerability in software which can be taken advantage of by an exploit.
- A hollow place or cavity; an excavation; a pit; a dent; a depression; a fissure.
- In the game of fives, part of the floor of the court between the step and the pepperbox.
- (chess) A square on the board, with some positional significance, that a player does not, and cannot in the future, control with a friendly pawn.
- (graph theory) A chordless cycle in a graph.
- (Canada, US, historical) A mountain valley.
- (golf) The part of a game in which a player attempts to hit the ball into one of the holes.
- a depression hollowed out of solid matter
- informal terms for a difficult situation
- one playing period (from tee to green) on a golf course
- an unoccupied space
- an opening deliberately made in or through something
- a fault
- an opening into or through something
- informal terms for the mouth
verb
- (transitive) To level or tear down (a building, a town, etc.) to the ground; to demolish.
- Alternative spelling of raze.
- (transitive, figurative) To completely remove (someone or something), especially from a place, a situation, etc.; also, to remove from existence; to destroy, to obliterate.
- (transitive, archaic except UK, regional) To wound (someone or part of their body) superficially; to graze.
- (transitive, also figurative) To erase (a record, text, etc.), originally by scraping; to rub out, to scratch out.
- tear down so as to make flat with the ground
verb
- (transitive) To completely destroy, especially by crushing to fragments or a powder.
- (transitive, figurative) To defeat soundly, thrash.
- (intransitive) To become reduced to powder; to fall to dust.
- (transitive) To render into dust or powder.
- make into a powder by breaking up or cause to become dust
- destroy completely
- become powder or dust
verb
- (transitive) To destroy or degrade (something) quickly, especially inadvertently and prematurely; for example, to deflate (a tire) by puncturing it, to burn out a light bulb by overcurrent, or to injure a bodily joint.
- (slang) To spend a lot of money; to splurge.
- (transitive) To extinguish something, especially a flame, especially by means of a strong current of air or another gas.
- (transitive) To force open or out by the expansive force of a gas or vapour.
- (sports, transitive) In a sporting contest, to dominate and defeat an opposing team, especially by a large scoring margin.
- (intransitive) To be destroyed or degraded quickly, especially inadvertently and prematurely.
- (slang) To sing out, sing out loud.
- (intransitive) To be driven out by the expansive force of a gas or vapour.
- (transitive) To exhaust; to physically tire.
- put out, as of fires, flames, or lights
- erupt in an uncontrolled manner
- melt, break, or become otherwise unusable
verb
- (transitive) To bend downward; to bring down; to depress; to cause to bend, or fall.
- (intransitive) To move downwards, to fall, to drop.
- (by extension) To run through from first to last; to recite in order as though declining a noun.
- (transitive) To cause to decrease or diminish.
- (transitive) To choose not to do something; refuse, forbear, refrain.
- (transitive, grammar, usually of substantives, adjectives and pronouns) To inflect for case, number, gender, and the like.
- (American football, Canadian football) To reject a penalty against the opposing team, usually because the result of accepting it would benefit the non-penalized team less than the preceding play.
- (intransitive) To become weaker or worse.
- To turn or bend aside; to deviate; to stray; to withdraw.
- (transitive, grammar) To recite all the different declined forms of (a word): to recite its declension.
- go down
- not accept as true
- show unwillingness towards
- inflect for number, gender, case, etc.
- grow smaller
- fall in value
- grow worse
noun
- Downward movement, fall.
- A reduction or diminution of activity, prevalence or quantity.
- A deterioration of condition; a weakening or worsening.
- A sloping downward, e.g. of a hill or road.
- The act of declining or refusing something.
- a condition inferior to an earlier condition; a gradual falling off from a better state; decline
- change toward something smaller or lower
- a gradual decrease; as of stored charge or current
- a downward slope or bend
adj
- (specifically, of a person) Tending to release flatus; flatulent.
- (specifically, of a beverage) Containing dissolved gas (usually carbon dioxide); fizzy.
- (specifically, of a person) Tending to burp; burpy.
- Having the nature of, or containing, gas.
- (of food or drink) Tending to cause flatulence.
- (figuratively, informal) Tending to be long-winded or wordy, especially in a boastful and vain manner.
- suffering from excessive gas in the alimentary canal
- resembling gas
verb
- (transitive) To cause the sudden destruction of.
- (transitive, informal, idiomatic) To fail at; to mess up; to make a mistake in.
- (transitive) To make flyblown; to defile or spoil, especially with fly eggs.
- (ergative, of a fuse) To melt away because of overcurrent, creating a gap in a wire, thus stopping a circuit from operating.
- (transitive, historical, military) To blow from a gun (method of executing a person).
- (intransitive) To be propelled by an air current.
- (intransitive) To produce an air current.
- (intransitive, stative, slang, sometimes considered vulgar) To be very undesirable.
- To blossom; to cause to bloom or blossom.
- (Scientology, intransitive) To leave the Church of Scientology in an unauthorized manner.
- (intransitive) To suddenly fail or give way destructively.
- (intransitive, slang, informal, African-American Vernacular) To sing.
- (intransitive) To make a sound as a result of being blown.
- (intransitive) (of a fly) To lay eggs; to breed (in flesh or meat).
- (transitive, slang) To leave, especially suddenly or in a hurry.
- (transitive) To put out of breath; to cause to blow from fatigue.
- (transitive, vulgar) To perform oral sex on (someone); to fellate.
- (transitive) To clear of contents by forcing air through.
- (intransitive) To burst or explode; to occur suddenly
- (transitive) To cause to make sound by blowing (as a musical instrument).
- (transitive, with "up" or with prep phrase headed by "to") To cause to explode, shatter, or be utterly destroyed.
- (transitive) To force a current of air upon with the mouth, or by other means.
- (intransitive, of a cetacean) To exhale visibly through the spout the seawater which it has taken in while feeding.
- (transitive, slang) To recklessly squander.
- (transitive) To create or shape by blowing.
- (transitive) To propel by an air current (or, if under water, a water current), usually with the mouth.
- (transitive, figurative) To direct or move, usually of a person to a particular location.
- (intransitive) To breathe hard or quick; to pant; to puff.
- (intransitive, slang, colloquial) To flatulate or defecate.
- spend thoughtlessly; throw away
- cause to move by means of an air current
- cause air to go in, on, or through
- free of obstruction by blowing air through
- spout moist air from the blowhole
- be blowing or storming
- make a mess of, destroy or ruin
- shape by blowing
- melt, break, or become otherwise unusable
- be inadequate or objectionable
- play or sound a wind instrument
- deposit eggs (of insects)
- burst suddenly
- be in motion due to some air or water current
- sound by having air expelled through a tube
- exhale hard
- provide sexual gratification through oral stimulation
- show off
- make a sound as if blown
- spend lavishly or wastefully on
- leave; informal or rude
- cause to be revealed and jeopardized
- allow to regain its breath
adj
intj
noun
- A display or mass of flowers; a yield.
- (figurative) A display of anything bright or brilliant.
- A strong wind.
- An instance of the act of striking or hitting.
- (uncountable, UK, slang) Cannabis.
- (nautical) An instance of using high-pressure air to empty water from the ballast tanks of a submarine, increasing the submarine's buoyancy and causing it to surface.
- A sudden or forcible act or effort; an assault.
- (uncountable, Chicago dialectal, slang) Heroin.
- (informal) A chance to catch one's breath.
- (uncountable, US, slang) Powder cocaine.
- (informal, vulgar) A blowjob; fellatio.
- (television) Synonym of button (“the punchy or suspenseful line of dialogue that concludes a scene”).
- (Australia, New Zealand) An outcrop of quartz from surrounding rock, thought to indicate mineral deposits below.
- (Australia, shearing, historical) A cut made to a sheep's fleece by a shearer using hand-shears.
- A state of flowering; a bloom.
- A damaging occurrence.
- an impact (as from a collision)
- a strong current of air
- a powerful stroke with the fist or a weapon
- an unpleasant or disappointing surprise
- street names for cocaine
- an unfortunate happening that hinders or impedes; something that is thwarting or frustrating
- forceful exhalation through the nose or mouth
noun
- The process of causing something to become flat; the process of flattening something.
- (New Zealand) The practice of living, with others, in a flat.
- A method of preserving gilding unburnished, by touching with size.
- (countable) An instance of a musical note being flatter than intended.
- (countable) A flat part of something, a flattening.
- (countable) A type of paint that dries with a flat (matt) finish; a coating of such paint.
- The process of becoming flat.
- The process of forming metal into sheets by passing it between rollers.
- The process of applying a coating of flatting paint.
verb
verb
noun
verb
- (transitive) To cause something to flap.
- (transitive) To drive into disorder; to throw into confusion.
- (intransitive, aerodynamics) To undergo divergent oscillations (potentially to the point of causing structural failure) due to a positive feedback loop between elastic deformation and aerodynamic forces.
- (intransitive) To be in a state of agitation or uncertainty.
- (intransitive) Of a winged animal: to flap the wings without flying; to fly with a light flapping of the wings.
- (intransitive) To flap or wave quickly but irregularly.
- (espionage, slang) To subject to a lie detector test.
- move along rapidly and lightly; skim or dart
- move back and forth very rapidly
- beat rapidly
- wink briefly
- flap the wings rapidly or fly with flapping movements
noun
- The act of fluttering; quick and irregular motion.
- A state of agitation.
- An abnormal rapid pulsation of the heart.
- (audio, electronics) The rapid variation of signal parameters, such as amplitude, phase, and frequency.
- (uncountable, aerodynamics) An extremely dangerous divergent oscillation caused by a positive feedback loop between the elastic deformation of an object and the aerodynamic forces acting on it, potentially resulting in rapid structural failure.
- A hasty game of cards or similar.
- (British) A small bet or risky investment.
- abnormally rapid beating of the auricles of the heart (especially in a regular rhythm); can result in heart block
- the act of moving back and forth
- the motion made by flapping up and down
- a disorderly outburst or tumult
verb
- (transitive) To strike heavily, thrash soundly.
- (intransitive) To flounder, wallow.
- (transitive) To trounce, beat by a wide margin.
- To eat or drink with gusto.
- To move in a rolling, cumbersome manner; to waddle.
- (transitive) To wrap up temporarily.
- (intransitive) To rush hastily.
- To boil with a continued bubbling or heaving and rolling, with noise.
- (Internet) To send a message to all operators on an Internet Relay Chat server.
- defeat soundly and utterly
- strike hard
noun
- A person's ability to throw such punches.
- A heavy blow, a punch.
- A thrill, an emotionally excited reaction.
- (slang, uncountable) Anything produced by a process that involves boiling; beer, tea, or whitewash.
- (UK, Scotland, dialect) A quick rolling movement; a gallop.
- An emotional impact, a psychological force.
- a severe blow
- a forceful consequence; a strong effect
verb
- (transitive) To reduce the force of something; to abate.
- (transitive) To soak leather so as to remove chemicals used in tanning; to steep in bate.
- (intransitive, falconry) Of a falcon: To flap the wings vigorously; to bait.
- To allow by way of abatement or deduction.
- (intransitive) To contend or strive with blows or arguments.
- (transitive, sometimes figuratively) To cut off, remove, take away.
- To waste away.
- (intransitive, slang) Clipping of masturbate.
- (transitive) To restrain, usually with the sense of being in anticipation
- To lessen by retrenching, deducting, or reducing; to abate; to beat down; to lower.
- To deprive of.
- soak in a special solution to soften and remove chemicals used in previous treatments
- flap the wings wildly or frantically; used of falcons
- moderate or restrain; lessen the force of
noun
verb
- (intransitive) To fall violently or noisily.
- (ambitransitive) To swagger; to act with boldness or bluster (toward).
- (intransitive) To wade forcefully through liquid.
- (ambitransitive) To swirl through liquid; to swish.
- (ambitransitive) To dash or flow noisily; to splash.
- (ambitransitive) To swipe.
- To streak, to color in a swash.
- act in an arrogant, overly self-assured, or conceited manner
- make violent, noisy movements
- dash a liquid upon or against
- show off
adj
noun
- A swishing noise.
- A smooth stroke; a swish.
- A wet splashing sound.
- (typography) A long, protruding ornamental line or pen stroke found in some typefaces and styles of calligraphy.
- A streak or patch.
- (technical) The water that washes up on shore after an incoming wave has broken.
- A narrow sound or channel of water lying within a sand bank, or between a sand bank and the shore, or a bar over which the sea washes.
- (architecture) An oval figure, whose mouldings are oblique to the axis of the work.
- the movement or sound of water
verb
- (transitive) To strike (a person), originally with something flat or heavy, but now specifically in such a way as to discolour the skin without breaking it; to contuse.
- (intransitive) Of fruit or vegetables, to gain bruises through being handled roughly.
- (transitive, figurative) To harm or injure somebody's feelings or self-esteem.
- (intransitive) To become bruised.
- (transitive) To damage the skin of (fruit or vegetables), in an analogous way.
- (transitive) To impair (gin) by shaking rather than stirring.
- (intransitive) To fight with the fists; to box.
- hurt the feelings of
- injure the underlying soft tissue or bone of
- damage (plant tissue) by abrasion or pressure
- break up into small pieces for food preparation
noun
verb
- (transitive) To strike with a strong blow in a sweeping motion.
- (transitive) To scan or register by sliding (a swipecard etc.) through a reader.
- (transitive, informal) To swipe right on (someone) on a dating application.
- (transitive, informal) To steal or snatch.
- (intransitive) To grab or bat quickly.
- (transitive, intransitive, computing, graphical user interface) To interact with a touch screen by drawing one's finger rapidly across it.
- strike with a swiping motion
- make off with belongings of others
noun
- (countable, informal) A rough guess; an estimate or swag.
- (uncountable) Poor, weak beer or other inferior alcoholic beverage; rotgut.
- (countable, graphical user interface) An act of interacting with a touch screen by drawing the finger rapidly across it.
- (countable) A strong blow given with a sweeping motion, as with a bat or club.
- (countable, informal) An attack, insult or critical remark.
- (countable) A quick grab, bat, or other motion with the hand or paw; a sweep.
- (countable) An act of passing a swipecard through a card reader.
- a sweeping stroke or blow
verb
- (intransitive) To drop or fall suddenly or heavily, all at once.
- (intransitive) To favor or decide in favor of. [with for ‘something’]
- (transitive) To cast or let drop (something) all at once, suddenly and heavily.
- (transitive) To make plump; to fill (out) or support; often with up.
- (intransitive) To give a plumper (kind of vote).
- (intransitive) To grow plump; to swell out.
- (transitive) To give (a vote), as a plumper.
- drop sharply
- make fat or plump
- set (something or oneself) down with or as if with a noise
- give support (to) or make a choice (of) one out of a group or number
adj
adv
noun
noun
- The process of causing something to become flat; the process of flattening something.
- (New Zealand) The practice of living, with others, in a flat.
- A method of preserving gilding unburnished, by touching with size.
- (countable) An instance of a musical note being flatter than intended.
- (countable) A flat part of something, a flattening.
- (countable) A type of paint that dries with a flat (matt) finish; a coating of such paint.
- The process of becoming flat.
- The process of forming metal into sheets by passing it between rollers.
- The process of applying a coating of flatting paint.
verb
verb
noun
- In England, an often unleavened cake similar to a crepe.
- (uncountable, theater) A kind of makeup, consisting of a thick layer of a compressed powder.
- (uncountable) Composite leather made of scraps, glue and board, by extension of (4), material originally used for insoles, but later used also for heels and even soles.
- (countable) Anything very thin and flat.
- (countable, juggling) A type of throw, usually with a ring where the prop is thrown in such a way that it rotates round an axis of the diameter of the prop.
- (countable, film, slang) A box on which an actor stands to make them appear taller.
- In the US (and e.g. Scotland), a leavened, thicker, fluffier cake.
- (countable, volleyball) A defensive play in which the ball bounces off the top of a hand that has been pressed flat against the floor.
- a flat cake of thin batter fried on both sides on a griddle
verb
- (transitive) To reduce to a particular shape or form by pressure; to press, to flatten.
- (transitive) To make straightforward or easy.
- (transitive) To make smooth or even.
- (West Country) To stroke; especially to stroke an animal's fur.
- (transitive) To calm or palliate.
- (statistics, image processing, digital audio) To capture important patterns in the data, while leaving out noise.
- free from obstructions
- make smooth or smoother, as if by rubbing
- make (a surface) shine
adj
- (of muscles, medicine) Involuntary and non-striated.
- (of an action) Natural; unconstrained.
- (mathematics, of a function) Having derivatives of all finite orders at all points within the function’s domain.
- Bland; glib.
- (mathematics, of a number) That factors completely into small prime numbers.
- Having a texture that lacks friction. Not rough.
- (of a motion) Unbroken.
- (linguistics, classical studies, of a vowel) Lacking marked aspiration.
- (of food or drink) Not grainy; having an even texture.
- (of an edge) Lacking projections or indentations; not serrated.
- Without difficulty, problems, or unexpected consequences or incidents.
- (of a beverage) Having a pleasantly rounded flavor; neither rough nor astringent.
- Flowing or uttered without check, obstruction, or hesitation; not harsh; fluent.
- Suave; sophisticated.
- (chiefly of water) Placid, calm.
- smooth and unconstrained in movement
- of the margin of a leaf shape; not broken up into teeth
- smoothly agreeable and courteous with a degree of sophistication
- lacking obstructions or difficulties
- (of a body of water) free from disturbance by heavy waves
- having a surface free from roughness or bumps or ridges or irregularities
- of motion that runs or flows or proceeds without jolts or turbulence
- (music) without breaks between notes; smooth and connected
adv
noun
verb
- (transitive) To destroy violently or abruptly.
- (intransitive, board gaming) Of a die, to produce the highest face result and consequently reroll.
- (transitive, computing) To decompress (data) that was previously imploded.
- (transitive) To create an exploded view of.
- (intransitive, figuratively) To make a violent or emotional outburst; to suddenly give expression to powerful and often negative or unpleasant emotion, especially anger.
- (transitive) To open all doors and hatches on an automobile.
- (intransitive) To fly apart with sudden violent force; to blow up, to burst, to detonate, to go off.
- (transitive) To destroy with an explosion.
- (mathematics) To increase arbitrarily or boundlessly.
- (intransitive, figuratively) To increase suddenly.
- (slang, vulgar) To ejaculate.
- (computing, programming, PHP) To break (a delimited string of text) into several smaller strings by removing the separators.
- (intransitive, figuratively) To emerge suddenly.
- drive from the stage by noisy disapproval
- destroy by exploding
- show (a theory or claim) to be baseless, or refute and make obsolete
- show a violent emotional reaction
- burst outward, usually with noise
- cause to burst as a result of air pressure; of stop consonants like /p/, /t/, and /k/
- increase rapidly and in an uncontrolled manner
- be unleashed; emerge with violence or noise
- cause to burst with a violent release of energy
- burst and release energy as through a violent chemical or physical reaction
verb
- (transitive) To cause something to collapse.
- (intransitive) To cease to function due to a sudden breakdown; to fail suddenly and completely.
- (transitive, computing) In a hierarchical list (such as a directory tree or table of contents), to hide the subentries of (an entry).
- (intransitive, cricket) To suffer a batting collapse.
- (intransitive) To break apart and fall down suddenly; to cave in.
- (intransitive) To fold compactly.
- (intransitive) To pass out and fall to the floor or ground, as from exhaustion or other illness; to faint.
- collapse due to fatigue, an illness, or a sudden attack
- fold or close up
- cause to burst
- fall apart
- lose significance, effectiveness, or value
- break down, literally or metaphorically
- suffer a nervous breakdown
noun
- (cricket) Ellipsis of batting collapse.
- Constant function, one-valued function (in automata theory) (in particular application causing a reset).
- The act of collapsing.
- an abrupt failure of function or complete physical exhaustion
- the act of throwing yourself down; collapse; sink
- a sudden large decline of business or the prices of stocks (especially one that causes additional failures)
- a natural event caused by something suddenly falling down or caving in
verb
- (transitive) To intentionally demolish; to pull down.
- (ergative, figuratively) To render or to become weak and ineffective.
- (ergative) To digest.
- (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, idiomatic) To give in or give up: relent, concede, surrender.
- (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) To cause to drop heavily.
- (poker, transitive) To have (a hand) using the community cards dealt on the flop.
- (intransitive, slang) To stay, sleep or live in a place.
- (transitive) To flip; to reverse (an image).
- (intransitive) To fall heavily due to lack of energy.
- (intransitive, informal) To fail completely; not to be successful at all (of a movie, play, book, song etc.).
- (sports, intransitive) To pretend to be fouled in sports, such as basketball, hockey (the same as to dive in soccer)
- (transitive, prison slang) To deny someone parole.
- (intransitive) To strike about with something broad and flat, as a fish with its tail, or a bird with its wings; to rise and fall; to flap.
- fail utterly; collapse
- fall suddenly and abruptly
- fall loosely
adv
intj
noun
- A heavy, passive fall; a plopping down.
- (poker) The first three cards turned face-up by the dealer in a community card poker game.
- (by confusion, computing) One floating-point operation per second, a unit of measure of processor speed.
- Dung, as in cow-flop.
- A complete failure, especially in the entertainment industry.
- (slang) A flophouse.
- (computing) Abbreviation of floating-point operation.
- someone who is unsuccessful
- an arithmetic operation performed on floating-point numbers
- the act of throwing yourself down; collapse; sink
- a complete failure
verb
- (transitive) To cause to collapse or burst inward violently.
- (intransitive) To collapse or burst inward violently.
- (computing, programming, PHP) The opposite of explode, array to string conversion.
- (transitive, computing) To compress (data) with a particular algorithm.
- (politics, by extension) To suddenly lose support in all areas of a campaign simultaneously.
- burst inward
verb
- (transitive) To violently break something into pieces.
- (transitive) To destroy or disable something.
- (intransitive, of rain) To fall sometimes connoting hard, as if to smash something, other times light and dispersed.
- (intransitive) To smash, or break into tiny pieces.
- (transitive) To dispirit or emotionally defeat.
- (intransitive, agriculture) Of seeds: to disperse (become dispersed) upon ripening.
- break into many pieces
- cause to break into many pieces
- damage or destroy
noun
verb
- (transitive) To crush to pieces; to pulverize.
- (transitive) To strike hard, usually repeatedly.
- (transitive, vulgar, slang) To penetrate sexually, with vigour.
- (engineering) To make a jarring noise, as when running.
- To advance heavily with measured steps.
- (transitive, slang) To eat or drink very quickly.
- (slang, UK regional, transitive) To wager a pound on.
- To confine in, or as in, a pound; to impound.
- (intransitive, of a body part, generally heart, blood, or head) To beat strongly or throb.
- (transitive, baseball, slang) To pitch consistently to a certain location.
- move rhythmically
- break down and crush by beating, as with a pestle
- place or shut up in a pound
- hit hard with the hand, fist, or some heavy instrument
- shut up or confine in any enclosure or within any bounds or limits
- move heavily or clumsily
- strike or drive against with a heavy impact
- partition off into compartments
noun
- Ellipsis of pound force.
- Ellipsis of pound weight.
- (UK) A place for the detention of automobiles that have been illegally parked, abandoned, etc.
- A hard blow.
- A section of a canal between two adjacent locks.
- Any of various units of currency formerly used in the United States.
- (informal) Various non-English units of currency not officially called pounds.
- Ellipsis of pound mass.
- A unit of mass equal to 16 avoirdupois ounces (= 453.592 g). Today this value is the most common meaning of "pound" as a unit of weight.
- A unit of weight in various measurement systems.
- A kind of fishing net, having a large enclosure with a narrow entrance into which fish are directed by wings spreading outward.
- A unit of mass equal to 12 troy ounces (≈ 373.242 g). Today, this is a common unit of mass when measuring precious metals, and is little used elsewhere.
- (metonymic) The people who work for the pound.
- A place for the detention of stray or wandering animals.
- (Newfoundland) A division inside a fishing stage where cod is cured in salt brine.
- Various non-English units of measure.
- Any of various units of currency used in Egypt, Lebanon, Sudan, and Syria, and formerly in the Republic of Ireland, Cyprus, Nigeria, Israel, and South Africa.
- The unit of currency used in the United Kingdom and its dependencies. It is divided into 100 pence.
- (US) The symbol #.
- (informal, non-scientific) Ellipsis of pound-force.
- the basic unit of money in Egypt; equal to 100 piasters
- 16 ounces avoirdupois
- a unit of apothecary weight equal to 12 ounces troy
- the basic unit of money in Syria; equal to 100 piasters
- a nontechnical unit of force equal to the mass of 1 pound with an acceleration of free fall equal to 32 feet/sec/sec
- a public enclosure for stray or unlicensed dogs
- a symbol for a unit of currency (especially for the pound sterling in Great Britain)
- the basic unit of money in the Sudan; equal to 100 piasters
- the act of pounding (delivering repeated heavy blows)
- the basic unit of money in Cyprus; equal to 100 cents
- the basic unit of money in Lebanon; equal to 100 piasters
- formerly the basic unit of money in Ireland; equal to 100 pence
- the basic unit of money in Great Britain and Northern Ireland; equal to 100 pence
verb
- (transitive) To make something flat or flatter.
- (transitive) To knock down or lay low.
- (reflexive) To press one's body tightly against a surface, such as a wall or floor, especially in order to avoid being seen or harmed.
- (computer graphics, transitive) To combine (separate layers) into a single image.
- To make vapid or insipid; to render stale.
- (music) To lower by a semitone.
- (programming, transitive) To reduce (a data structure) to one that has fewer dimensions, e.g. a 2×2 array into a list of four elements.
- (intransitive) To be knocked down or laid low.
- (intransitive) To become flat or flatter; to plateau.
- lower the pitch of (musical notes)
- become flat or flatter
- make flat or flatter
verb
noun
verb
- (transitive) To flatter.
- (transitive) To trim up, as trees.
- (of people, intransitive, reflexive) To spend time making oneself attractive and admiring one's appearance, e.g. in front of a mirror.
- (intransitive) To show off, posture, or smarm.
- (transitive, more generally) To improve the appearance of; groom; prettify.
- (of birds, ambitransitive) To groom; to trim or dress the feathers with the beak.
- (transitive) To pin; fasten.
- (transitive) To comb; to make orderly.
- dress or groom with elaborate care
- pride or congratulate (oneself) for an achievement
- clean with one's bill
noun
verb
- (intransitive) To become flat or flattened; to sink or fall to an even surface.
- (transitive) To dash or throw
- (poker slang) To make a flat call; to call without raising.
- (intransitive, music, colloquial) To fall from the pitch.
- (intransitive) To dash, rush
- (transitive, music) To depress in tone, as a musical note; especially, to lower in pitch by half a tone.
adj
- (not comparable, commerce) Of fees, fares etc., fixed; unvarying.
- Smooth; having no protrusions, indentations or other surface irregularities, or relatively so.
- (golf, of a golf club) Having a head at a very obtuse angle to the shaft.
- At a consistently depressed level; consistently lacklustre.
- (of colours) Without variation in tone or hue (uniform), and dull (not glossy).
- (algebra, ring theory, of a ring homomorphism) Such that its target, regarded as a module over its source, is flat (as above).
- (music, note) Lowered by one semitone.
- In a horizontal line or plane; not sloping.
- (juggling, of a throw) Without spin; spinless.
- (algebraic geometry, scheme theory, of a morphism of schemes) Such that the induced map on every stalk is flat (as a map of rings).
- (authorship, figuratively, especially of a character) Lacking in depth, substance, or believability; underdeveloped; one-dimensional.
- (horticulture, of certain fruits) Flattening at the ends.
- (slang) Having small or invisible breasts and/or buttocks.
- (phonetics, of a vowel) Not diphthongal; without variation in height or backness.
- (of a tire or other inflated object) Deflated, especially because of a puncture.
- (homological algebra, of a module) Such that the tensor product preserves exact sequences. See Flat module on Wikipedia.Wikipedia.
- (of a battery) Unable to emit power; dead.
- (of measurements of time) Exact.
- Without variation in level, quantity, value, tone etc.
- Having no variations in height.
- (music) Of a note or voice, lower in pitch than it should be.
- (music, voice) Without variations in pitch.
- (figurative) Lacking liveliness or action; depressed; uninteresting; dull and boring.
- Absolute; downright; peremptory.
- (grammar) Not having an inflectional ending or sign, such as a noun used as an adjective, or an adjective as an adverb, without the addition of a formative suffix; or an infinitive without the sign "to".
- (wine) Lacking acidity without being sweet.
- (of coffee) Having little froth and little milk.
- (of a carbonated drink) With all or most of its carbon dioxide having come out of solution so that the drink no longer fizzes or contains any bubbles.
- sounded or spoken in a tone unvarying in pitch
- not reflecting light; not glossy
- having lost effervescence
- lacking contrast or shading between tones
- horizontally level
- stretched out and lying at full length along the ground
- having a relatively broad surface in relation to depth or thickness
- lacking taste or flavor or tang
- flattened laterally along the whole length (e.g., certain leafstalks or flatfishes)
- not modified or restricted by reservations
- commercially inactive
- lacking stimulating characteristics; uninteresting
- having a surface without slope, tilt in which no part is higher or lower than another
- (of a musical note) lowered in pitch by one chromatic semitone
- lacking the expected range or depth; not designed to give an illusion or depth
adv
- Completely, firmly, or unequivocally.
- Directly; flatly.
- (with units of time, distance, etc) Used to emphasize the smallness of the measurement.
- (finance, slang) Without allowance for accrued interest.
- Completely.
- (of accurately measured timings) Exactly, precisely.
- So as to be flat.
- (of a sentence) Without parole.
- with flat sails
- in a forthright manner; candidly or frankly
noun
- (American football) The areas behind the line of scrimmage to either side of an offensive football formation.
- (rail transport) A flat spot on the wheel of a rail vehicle.
- (publishing) A flat, glossy children's book with few pages.
- An area of level ground (sometimes covered with shallow or tidal water).
- (technical, theatre, stagecraft) A rectangular wooden structure covered with masonite, lauan, or muslin, often produced in standard modules, that is used to build wall surfaces on stage. Flats can be painted and outfitted with doors and/or windows to depict a building or other part of a scene, and are a hard-surfaced alternative to a backcloth or backdrop.
- (entomology) Any of various hesperiid butterflies that spread their wings open when they land.
- A flat sheet for use on a bed.
- (horse racing, with 'the' or attributively, sometimes with capital) Level horse-racing ground, as contrasted with courses incorporating jumps, or the racing done on such ground.
- (postal) A large mail piece measuring at least 8 1/2 by 11 inches, such as catalogs, magazines, and unfolded paper enclosed in large envelopes.
- (music) A note played one chromatic semitone lower than a natural, denoted by the symbol ♭ placed after the letter representing the note (e.g., B♭) or in front of the note symbol (e.g. ♭♪).
- (in the plural) A type of ladies' shoe with a very low heel.
- (informal, automotive) A flat tyre/flat tire.
- (painting) A thin, broad brush used in oil and watercolour painting.
- (optics) A flat (i.e. plane) mirror
- Ellipsis of flat ride (“spinning amusement ride”).
- A wide, shallow container or pallet.
- (geometry) A subset of n-dimensional space that is congruent to a Euclidean space of lower dimension.
- (in the plural) A type of flat-soled running shoe without spikes.
- The most prominent flat part of something.
- A flat-bottomed boat, without keel, and of small draught.
- (swordfighting) The flat side of a blade, as opposed to the sharp edge.
- A straw hat, broad-brimmed and low-crowned.
- A platform on a wheel, upon which emblematic designs etc. are carried in processions.
- (Australia, horse racing, with 'the' or attributively, sometimes with capital) the area in the centre of a racecourse.
- (gambling, slang) A cheater's die with the edges shaved to make certain rolls more likely.
- (in the phrase 'the flat') Level ground in general.
- (historical) An early kind of toy soldier having a flat design.
- (US) Ellipsis of flat water (“nonfizzy drinking water”).
- (chiefly British, New England, South Africa, India, Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, archaic elsewhere) A complete domicile occupying only part of a building, especially one for rent
- (Canadian Prairies, British Columbia) A 24-case of beer.
- The palm of the hand, with the adjacent part of the fingers.
- (rail transport, US) A railroad car without a roof, and whose body is a platform without sides; a platform car or flatcar.
- (mining) A horizontal vein or ore deposit auxiliary to a main vein; also, any horizontal portion of a vein not elsewhere horizontal.
- a shallow box in which seedlings are started
- a deflated pneumatic tire
- scenery consisting of a wooden frame covered with painted canvas; part of a stage setting
- a level tract of land
- a musical notation indicating one half step lower than the note named
- a suite of rooms usually on one floor of an apartment house
- freight car without permanent sides or roof
verb
- (transitive) To kick or strike so as to cause the object struck to collapse or fall inwards.
- (intransitive, idiomatic) To start, connect, or take effect, especially in a sudden way; to begin functioning.
- (slang) To join or begin.
- (transitive and intransitive, idiomatic) To contribute, especially to a collection of money; to hand over.
- (idiomatic) To die; to give up on something.
- (transitive, slang) To kick or strike (a person); to beat up.
- enter a particular state
- open violently
- contribute to some cause
verb
noun
- (UK, dialect, in the plural) The whole of the bran of wheat before it is sorted into pollard, bran, etc.
- (geology) A mass or stratum of fragments of rock lying under the alluvium and derived from the neighbouring rock.
- The broken remains of an object, usually rock or masonry.
- the remains of something that has been destroyed or broken up
verb
- (transitive) Followed by out: to flatten (a piece of metal), usually by hammering.
- (transitive) To remove the contents of (something, especially a kiln or oven); to empty.
- (intransitive) To take up water from a well or other source, especially by lifting it in a container or pumping it.
- (transitive) To make (straw straight for thatching by pulling it through the hands.
- (intransitive, archery) To pull back an arrow or bowstring in preparation for shooting the arrow; also, to cause a bow to bend by pulling back the bowstring.
- (transitive, manufacturing, historical) To separate (a length of lace made by machine) into sections by removing the threads connecting the sections.
- Of a channel, drain, etc.: to carry (water) away.
- (transitive) Often followed by tight: to pull (something, such as a belt or string) so that it tightens or wraps around something more closely.
- (transitive) To cause (something) to occur as a consequence; to bring about.
- To call forth (something) from a person, to elicit.
- (intransitive) To be made larger or longer; to be elongated or stretched.
- To deduce or infer (a conclusion); to make (a deduction).
- To extract (a tooth); to pull.
- To extract (a small amount of liquid, especially blood) by puncturing a surface, or by using a pipette, syringe, or other suction device.
- (transitive) To produce (a figure, line, picture, representation of something, etc.) with a piece of chalk, a crayon, a pen, a pencil, or other instrument.
- (transitive) To make (a comparison or contrast) between two or more things; to compare; to contrast, to distinguish.
- (transitive) To attract (something) by means of a physical force, especially gravity or magnetism.
- (billiards) To strike (the cue ball) below the centre so as to give it a backward rotation which causes it to move backwards on striking another ball.
- (transitive, reflexive) To assume a specific attitude or position, either by pulling in or stretching out one's body or limbs.
- (analogous) To consume (power).
- (transitive) To move (a body part) in a particular direction.
- (intransitive) To pull out a firearm, sword, or other weapon from a holster, sheath, etc.
- (intransitive) Of blinds, a curtain, etc.: to be pulled open or closed.
- (bowls) Of a bowl: to move in a curve to a certain place.
- To extract (juice, oil, or some other fluid) from something by osmosis, pressure, or another process.
- (transitive) Followed by on or upon: to bring (disaster or misfortune) on oneself.
- (intransitive, card games) To be dealt or to take a playing card from the deck.
- To come to, towards (a particular moment in time); to approach (a time).
- (transitive) To drag (something), especially along the ground.
- (intransitive) To attract or influence a person or group of people; to be an inducement or enticement.
- (intransitive) To leave tea temporarily in water to allow the flavour to increase; to infuse, to steep; also, of a teapot: to cause tea to infuse.
- To pull out (a firearm, sword, or other weapon) from a holster, sheath, etc.; to unsheathe.
- To take (a beverage) from a cask or keg using a pump or tap; to tap.
- (transitive) To cause (air) to be sucked into a duct, a room, etc.
- To drag (someone) by tying behind a horse or on a frame as a form of punishment or torture, or to bring to a place of execution.
- (intransitive) To select one or more things at random from a collection of similar things to decide which of a group of people will receive or undergo something.
- (intransitive) Chiefly followed by about or around: of a group of people: to come together; to assemble, to congregate, to gather.
- (intransitive, used with prepositions and adverbs) To move steadily in a particular direction or into a specific position.
- (golf) To hit (the ball) with the toe of the club so that it is deflected toward the left (or, for a left-handed player, toward the right, originally in an uncontrolled and now a controlled manner.
- (transitive, sports) To end (a game or match) with neither side winning, that is, in a draw.
- (transitive, UK, regional) To carry (a load) in a vehicle; to cart, to haul.
- (transitive) To pull (blinds, a curtain, etc.) open or closed.
- (transitive, agriculture) To create (a furrow) by pulling a plough through soil.
- (transitive) To select (one or more things) at random from a collection of similar things to decide which of a group of people will receive something such as a prize, or undergo something such as an assignment; also, to select (someone) by this process; to win (a prize) in a lottery or lucky draw.
- (transitive) To attract or provoke (a particular reaction or response) from someone.
- (intransitive) Of a channel, drain, etc.: to carry water away.
- (transitive, fishing) To fish by dragging a fishing net along (a shore) or in (a body of water).
- (transitive, hunting) To search (a covert, a wood, etc.) for game or a quarry.
- (nautical) Followed by an adverb, such as deep or shallow: of a vessel: to require a depth of water of a certain characteristic to float in.
- (intransitive) To produce an image of something with a piece of chalk, a crayon, a pen, a pencil, or other instrument; to make a drawing or drawings.
- (transitive) Chiefly followed by aside or to one side: to move (someone) away from a group of people in order to speak to them privately.
- (transitive) To receive (a particular prison sentence).
- (historical) Chiefly in draw and quarter and hang, draw and quarter: to disembowel (someone), especially after hanging as a punishment for high treason.
- (transitive) To attract or cause (someone) to come to a particular place or to take a particular course of action; also, to cause (someone) to turn away from a particular condition or course of action.
- (transitive, cricket) In a match scheduled to last for a certain period of time: to end (a match) with neither side winning because the team batting last has not completed its innings when the playing time concludes.
- (transitive) To carve or shape (something) by cutting off thin pieces.
- (transitive) To pull out (a bolt or latch) to unlock a door, gate, etc.; also, to push in (a bolt or latch) to lock a door, gate, etc.
- (transitive) To take (air, smoke, etc.) into the lungs; to breathe in, to inhale.
- (transitive, archery) To pull back (an arrow or bowstring) in preparation for shooting the arrow; also, to cause (a bow) to bend by pulling back the bowstring.
- (intransitive) Of a liquid: to drain away, to percolate.
- (transitive, often formal) To pull (someone or something) in a particular direction or manner.
- (transitive, northern Scotland) To take milk from (a cow); to milk.
- (transitive) Often followed by on or upon and the person or institution providing the money: to write (a bill, cheque, or draft) to authorize payment of money.
- (transitive) To fill a bathtub with (water for a bath); to run (a bath).
- To leave (tea) temporarily in water to allow the flavour to increase; to infuse, to steep.
- (intransitive) Of a bathtub: to be filled with water for a bath; to be run.
- (intransitive) To take a drink of a beverage, especially an alcoholic one; to swig.
- (transitive) To conduct, or select the winning numbers, tickets, etc., for, (a lottery).
- (cooking) To remove the viscera from (an animal, especially a bird) before cooking.
- (bowls) To cause (a bowl) to move in a curve to a certain place.
- To take up (water) from a well or other source, especially by lifting in a container or pumping.
- (transitive, originally and chiefly military) To attract or provoke gunfire, either intentionally or unintentionally.
- To take (something) from a particular source, especially of information; to derive.
- To soak up (a liquid, etc.); to absorb; specifically, of an organism (especially a plant) or one of its parts: to take in (nutrients, water, etc.).
- (intransitive) Followed by at or on: to drag or suck deeply on a cigarette, pipe, or other smoking implement.
- (transitive) To make (something) larger or longer; to elongate, to stretch.
- (transitive, fishing) to haul in (a fishing net) which has been cast; also, to drag (a fishing net) alongside a boat.
- (intransitive, dominoes) To take a domino from the stock.
- (intransitive) To be (able to be) pulled in a particular direction or manner.
- (intransitive) Of a duct, smoking implement, etc.: to allow air to be passed through it in order that combustion can occur.
- (intransitive) To make straw straight for thatching by pulling it through the hands.
- (intransitive, sports) To end a game or match with neither side winning, that is, in a draw; to tie.
- (transitive, figurative) To depict (something) linguistically; to portray (something) in words; to describe.
- (transitive, agriculture) To separate (sheep) from a flock for a particular purpose, such as breeding or selling.
- (transitive) Now chiefly in the form draw up: to compose or write (a piece of text, especially a formal document).
- (transitive, card games) To be dealt or to take (a playing card) from the deck; also, to have (a particular hand) as a result of this.
- (transitive) To induce (the attention, the eyes or mind, etc.) to be directed at or focused on something.
- (transitive) To make (wire) by pulling a rod or other piece of metal through one or more apertures; also, to stretch (a rod or other piece of metal) into a wire.
- (curling) To play (a shot or a stone) that lands in the house (“circular target”).
- (mining) To raise (coal or ore) from an underground mine to the surface.
- To elicit information from (someone); to induce (a person) to speak on some subject. (Now frequently in passive.)
- (nautical) Of a vessel: to require (a certain depth of water) to float in.
- (transitive, arithmetic) To subject (a number) to an arithmetic operation.
- To receive (a salary); to withdraw (money) from a bank etc.
- To cause (a body part) to contract or shrink; also, to pull (the mouth, the face or features, etc.) out of shape from emotion, etc.; to distort.
- (intransitive, nautical) Of a sail: to fill with wind and become taut.
- (curling) To make a shot that lands in the house.
- To kill someone as a form of punishment or torture by tearing apart (their body) by tying their limbs to horses which run in different directions; also, to tear (the limbs) from someone's body in this manner.
- move or pull so as to cover or uncover something
- allow a draft
- pull (a person) apart with four horses tied to their extremities, so as to execute them
- remove the entrails of
- cause to move in a certain direction by exerting a force upon, either physically or in an abstract sense
- suck in or take (air)
- make a mark or lines on a surface
- engage in drawing
- thread on or as if on a string
- remove (a commodity) from (a supply source)
- move or go steadily or gradually
- steep; pass through a strainer
- to obtain a liquid from somewhere
- bring, take, or pull out of a container or from under a cover
- elicit responses, such as objections, criticism, applause, etc.
- choose at random
- make, formulate, or derive in the mind
- bring or lead someone to a certain action or condition
- cause to localize at one point
- flatten, stretch, or mold metal or glass, by rolling or by pulling it through a die or by stretching
- shrink
- direct toward itself or oneself by means of some psychological power or physical attributes
- represent by making a drawing of, as with a pencil, chalk, etc. on a surface
- get or derive
- pass over, across, or through
- finish a game with an equal number of points, goals, etc.
- reduce the diameter of (a wire or metal rod) by pulling it through a die
- select or take in from a given group or region
- require a specified depth for floating
- give a description of
- cause to move by pulling
- take in, also metaphorically
- stretch back a bowstring (on an archer's bow)
- write a legal document or paper
- earn or achieve a base by being walked by the pitcher
- take liquid out of a container or well
intj
noun
- (slang, countable) A bag of cannabis.
- (sports) The spin or twist imparted to a ball etc. by a drawing stroke.
- (curling) A shot that is intended to land gently in the house (the circular target) without knocking out other stones; cf. takeout.
- (archery) The act of pulling back the strings in preparation of firing; the distance the strings are pulled back.
- (poker) A situation in which one or more players has four cards of the same suit or four out of five necessary cards for a straight and requires a further card to make their flush or straight.
- The result of a contest that neither side has won.
- (golf) A golf shot that (for the right-handed player) curves intentionally to the left. See hook, slice, fade.
- (cricket) The result of a two-innings match in which at least one side did not complete all their innings before time ran out (as distinguished from a tie).
- Draft: flow through a flue of gasses (smoke) resulting from a combustion process, possibly adjustable with a damper.
- (slang, uncountable) Cannabis.
- That which is drawn (e.g. funds from an account).
- The procedure by which the result of a lottery is determined.
- The act of drawing a gun from a holster, etc.
- In a commission-based job, an advance on future (potential) commissions given to an employee by the employer.
- That which draws: that which attracts e.g. a crowd.
- (geography) A dry stream bed that drains surface water only during periods of heavy rain or flooding.
- (horse racing) The stall from which a horse begins the race.
- a playing card or cards dealt or taken from the pack
- a golf shot that curves to the left for a right-handed golfer
- anything (straws or pebbles etc.) taken or chosen at random
- an entertainer who attracts large audiences
- (American football) the quarterback moves back as if to pass and then hands the ball to the fullback who is running toward the line of scrimmage
- the finish of a contest in which the score is tied and the winner is undecided
- poker in which a player can discard cards and receive substitutes from the dealer
- a gully that is shallower than a ravine
- the act of drawing or hauling something
verb
- (transitive) To destroy by reducing to ground level; to raze.
- (transitive, figurative) To bring to a common level or plane, in respect of rank, condition, character, privilege, etc.
- (intransitive) To speak honestly and openly [with with ‘someone’] (see: level with).
- (intransitive, roleplaying games, video games) To progress to the next level.
- (transitive) To adjust so as to make as flat or perpendicular to the ground as possible.
- (transitive) To direct or impose (a penalty, fine, etc) at or upon (someone) [with on or against or at].
- (transitive) To aim or direct (a weapon, a stare, an accusation, etc).
- (intransitive, sports) To make the score of a game equal.
- (transitive) To adjust or adapt to a certain level.
- direct into a position for use
- talk frankly with; lay it on the line
- tear down so as to make flat with the ground
- aim at
- make level or straight
- become level or even
adj
- The same height at all places; parallel to a flat ground.
- Unvaried in volume.
- Unvaried in frequency.
- Straightforward; direct; clear.
- (phonetics) Of even tone; without rising or falling inflection; monotonic.
- In the same position or rank.
- Well balanced; even; just; steady; impartial.
- (physics) Perpendicular to a gravitational force.
- At the same height as some reference; constructed as level with.
- Calm.
- being on a precise horizontal plane
- oriented at right angles to the plumb
- of the score in a contest
- having a surface without slope, tilt in which no part is higher or lower than another
- not showing abrupt variations
noun
- A tool for finding whether a surface is level, or for creating a horizontal or vertical line of reference.
- (computer science) Distance from the root node of a tree structure.
- (British) An area of almost perfectly flat land.
- (video games) One of several discrete segments of a game, generally increasing in difficulty and representing different locations in the game world.
- A distance relative to a given reference elevation.
- (Singapore, education) A school grade or year.
- Degree or amount.
- (statistics) One of the specific values which may be taken by a categorical variable.
- Achievement or qualification.
- A floor of a multi-storey building.
- (roleplaying games, video games) A numeric value given to a character (or other element of a game) that represents its relative power, challenge or eligibility to do things, used as a game mechanic to govern progression through a game.
- indicator that establishes the horizontal when a bubble is centered in a tube of liquid
- a specific identifiable position in a continuum or series or especially in a process
- a position on a scale of intensity or amount or quality
- height above ground
- an abstract place usually conceived as having depth
- a flat surface at right angles to a plumb line
- a relative position or degree of value in a graded group
- a structure consisting of a room or set of rooms at a single position along a vertical scale
verb
- (intransitive, informal) To release flatulence, generally in short rapid succession.
- (intransitive, slang) To perform extremely well (in a video game or other activity).
- (transitive) To thrust away, or put off promptly.
- (intransitive, informal, usually derogatory) To speak frankly.
- (intransitive, informal) To leave and return in a short time.
- (transitive) To fire or launch (a shot, projectile, or missile), especially singly or in small bursts.
- (transitive, informal) To kill someone.
- (intransitive, informal) To die suddenly.
- (transitive, informal, UK) To turn off.
- leave quickly
- pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life
verb
- (transitive) To cause to collapse.
- (intransitive) To become wrinkled.
- (intransitive, figurative) To collapse; to surrender.
- (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
noun
- (uncountable) A sport played in a walled court with a soft rubber ball and bats like tennis racquets.
- Cucurbita maxima, including hubbard squash, great winter squash, buttercup squash, and some varieties of pumpkins.
- (slang, professional wrestling) An extremely one-sided, usually short, match.
- Cucurbita argyrosperma (syn. Cucurbita mixta), cushaw squash.
- Cucurbita pepo, most pumpkins, acorn squash, summer squash, zucchini.
- (biology) A preparation made by placing material on a slide (flat, rectangular piece of glass), covering it and applying pressure.
- (cooking) The edible or decorative fruit of these plants, or this fruit prepared as a dish.
- A non-alcoholic drink made from a fruit-based concentrate diluted with water or milk.
- A place or a situation where people have limited space to move.
- Lagenaria siceraria (syn. Cucurbita verrucosa), calabash, long-neck squash.
- Cucurbita moschata, butternut squash, Barbary squash, China squash.
- (botany) Any other similar-looking plant of other genera.
- a game played in an enclosed court by two or four players who strike the ball with long-handled rackets
- any of numerous annual trailing plants of the genus Cucurbita grown for their fleshy edible fruits
- edible fruit of a squash plant; eaten as a vegetable
verb
- (transitive) To devastate; to destroy.
- (intransitive) To gradually lose weight, weaken, become frail.
- (transitive, slang) To kill; to murder.
- (transitive) To wear away by degrees; to impair gradually; to deteriorate; to diminish by constant loss; to use up; to consume; to spend; to wear out.
- (intransitive) To be diminished; to lose bulk, substance, strength, value etc. gradually.
- (law) To damage, impair, or injure (an estate, etc.) voluntarily, or by allowing the buildings, fences, etc., to fall into decay.
- (transitive) To squander (money or resources) uselessly; to spend (time) idly; to dissipate.
- spend thoughtlessly; throw away
- use inefficiently or inappropriately
- dispose of
- cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly
- cause to grow thin or weak
- run off as waste
- become physically weaker
- get rid of (someone who may be a threat) by killing
- spend extravagantly
- lose vigor, health, or flesh, as through grief
adj
noun
- Gradual loss or decay.
- (rare) Destruction or devastation caused by war or natural disasters; see "to lay waste".
- Large abundance of something, specifically without it being used.
- A wasteland; an uninhabited desolate region; a wilderness or desert.
- Excess of material, useless by-products, or damaged, unsaleable products; garbage; rubbish.
- The action or progress of wasting; extravagant consumption or ineffectual use.
- (law) A cause of action which may be brought by the owner of a future interest in property against the current owner of that property to prevent the current owner from degrading the value or character of the property, either intentionally or through neglect.
- Excrement or urine.
- A place that has been laid waste or destroyed.
- (geology) Material derived by mechanical and chemical erosion from the land, carried by streams to the sea.
- A decaying of the body by disease; atrophy; wasting away.
- A disused mine or part of one.
- A vast expanse of water.
- (historical) The part of the land of a manor (of whatever size) not used for cultivation or grazing, nowadays treated as common land.
- A large tract of uncultivated land.
- any materials unused and rejected as worthless or unwanted
- (law) reduction in the value of an estate caused by act or neglect
- an uninhabited wilderness that is worthless for cultivation
- the trait of wasting resources
- useless or profitless activity; using or expending or consuming thoughtlessly or carelessly
verb
- (transitive) To shatter, as if by an explosion.
- (transitive) To make an impression on, by making a loud blast or din.
- (bodybuilding, slang) To have a period of full dosage of PEDs as opposed to reducing them during a cruise period.
- (transitive) To blight or wither.
- (transitive) To curse; to damn.
- (transitive) To open up a hole in, usually by means of a sudden and imprecise method (such as an explosion).
- (transitive) To bring destruction or ruin on; to destroy.
- (transitive) To criticize or reprimand severely; to verbally discipline or punish.
- (transitive, informal) To play (music) very loudly out of a speaker.
- (transitive, intransitive, slang, African-American Vernacular) To shoot; to attack or shoot (someone or a place).
- (soccer) To shoot; kick the ball in hope of scoring a goal.
- (intransitive) To make a loud noise.
- (biology, informal, transitive) To run a nucleotide sequence (for nucleic acids) or an amino acid sequence (for proteins) through a BLAST (Basic Local Alignment Search Tool).
- (transitive, science fiction) To shoot, especially with an energy weapon (as opposed to one which fires projectiles).
- make a strident sound
- apply a draft or strong wind to to
- hit with great force
- use explosives on
- create by using explosives
- criticize harshly or violently
- shrivel or wither or mature imperfectly
- make with or as if with an explosion
- shatter as if by explosion
- fire a shot; release
intj
noun
- An explosive charge for blasting.
- (cytology) An immature or undifferentiated cell (e.g., lymphoblast, myeloblast).
- A verbal attack or punishment; a severe criticism or reprimand.
- (figuratively, informal) A good time; an enjoyable moment.
- An explosion, especially for the purpose of destroying a mass of rock, etc.
- A forcible stream of gas or liquid from an orifice, for example from a bellows, the tuyeres of a blast furnace, a person's mouth, etc.
- (countable) A loud, sudden sound.
- (marketing) A promotional message sent to an entire mailing list.
- The continuous blowing to which one charge of ore or metal is subjected in a furnace.
- A flatulent disease of sheep.
- A sudden pernicious effect, as if by a noxious wind, especially on animals and plants; a blight.
- A hit of a recreational drug from a pipe.
- The exhaust steam from an engine, driving a column of air out of a boiler chimney, and thus creating an intense draught through the fire; also, any draught produced by the blast.
- (bodybuilding, slang) A period of full dosage of PEDs as opposed to a period of reduced intake.
- A violent gust of wind (in windy weather) or apparent wind (around a moving vehicle).
- (uncountable, broadcasting) Unwanted noise from a microphone.
- intense adverse criticism
- a sudden very loud noise
- a strong current of air
- a very long fly ball
- a highly pleasurable or exciting experience
- an explosion (as of dynamite)
verb
- (transitive) To turn something inside out or upside down.
- (chemistry) To change the direction of a reaction such that the products become the reactants and vice-versa.
- (transitive) To turn something around so that it faces the opposite direction or runs in the opposite sequence.
- (transitive) To change totally; to alter to the opposite.
- (rail transport, intransitive, of points) To move from the normal position to the reverse position.
- (law) To revoke a law, or to change a decision into its opposite.
- (computing) Ellipsis of reverse-engineer.
- (transitive) To transpose the positions of two things.
- (aviation, transitive) To engage reverse thrust on (an engine).
- (rail transport, transitive) To place (a set of points) in the reverse position.
- (ergative, transport) To cause a mechanism to operate or move in the opposite direction to normal; to drive a vehicle in the direction the driver has the back.
- To overthrow; to subvert.
- turn inside out or upside down
- cancel officially
- change to the contrary
- rule against
- reverse the position, order, relation, or condition of
adj
- (rail transport, of points) To be in the non-default position; to be set for the lesser-used route.
- (botany) Reversed.
- Pertaining to engines, vehicle movement etc. moving in a direction opposite to the usual direction.
- Opposite, contrary; going in the opposite direction.
- Turned upside down; greatly disturbed.
- (genetics) In which cDNA synthetization is obtained from an RNA template.
- reversed (turned backward) in order or nature or effect
- directed or moving toward the rear
- of the transmission gear causing backward movement in a motor vehicle
noun
- (surgery) A turn or fold made in bandaging, by which the direction of the bandage is changed.
- The act of going backwards; a reversal.
- A piece of misfortune; a setback.
- (graph theory) Synonym of transpose.
- (numismatics) The tails side of a coin, or the side of a medal or badge that is opposite the obverse.
- The opposite of something.
- A thrust in fencing made with a backward turn of the hand; a backhanded stroke.
- The side of something facing away from a viewer, or from what is considered the front; the other side.
- The gear setting of an automobile that makes it travel backwards. (Denoted with symbol R on a shifter's labeling.)
- a relation of direct opposition
- the gears by which the motion of a machine can be reversed
- turning in the opposite direction
- (American football) a running play in which a back running in one direction hands the ball to a back running in the opposite direction
- an unfortunate happening that hinders or impedes; something that is thwarting or frustrating
- the side of a coin or medal that does not bear the principal design
verb
- (transitive) To cause to flatten, as grass or grain.
- (transitive) To drive (an animal) to covert.
- (transitive) To put money, jewellery, or other valuables for safety.
- (transitive) To firmly fix in a specified position.
- (intransitive) To become flattened, as grass or grain, when overgrown or beaten down by the wind.
- (intransitive) To stay in a boarding-house, paying rent to the resident landlord or landlady.
- (intransitive) To be firmly fixed in a specified position.
- (transitive, chiefly law, politics) To place (a statement, etc.) with the proper authorities (such as courts, etc.).
- (intransitive) To stay in any place or shelter.
- (transitive) To supply with a room or place to sleep in for a time.
- be a lodger; stay temporarily
- put, fix, force, or implant
- file a formal charge against
- provide housing for
noun
- (historical) A family of Native Americans, or the persons who usually occupy an Indian lodge; as a unit of enumeration, reckoned from four to six persons.
- A collection of objects lodged together.
- An indigenous American home, such as tipi or wigwam. By extension, the people who live in one such home; a household.
- A rural hotel or resort, an inn.
- Ellipsis of porter's lodge: a building or room near the entrance of an estate or building, especially (UK, Canada) as a college mailroom.
- A beaver's shelter constructed on a pond or lake.
- (US) A local chapter of a trade union.
- (mining) The space at the mouth of a level next to the shaft, widened to permit wagons to pass, or ore to be deposited for hoisting; called also platt.
- A local chapter of some fraternities, such as freemasons.
- A den or cave.
- A building for recreational use such as a hunting lodge or a summer cabin.
- The chamber of an abbot, prior, or head of a college.
- a hotel providing overnight lodging for travelers
- a small (rustic) house used as a temporary shelter
- small house at the entrance to the grounds of a country mansion; usually occupied by a gatekeeper or gardener
- a formal association of people with similar interests
- any of various Native American dwellings
verb
- (transitive, usually followed by up) To break, to destroy.
- Used in a phrasal verb: fuck with (“to play with, to tinker”).
- (transitive) To put in an extremely difficult or impossible situation.
- (transitive, usually derogatory) Used to express great displeasure with, or contemptuous dismissal of, someone or something.
- (transitive) To defraud, deface, or otherwise treat badly.
- (transitive) To have sexual intercourse with.
- (transitive) To insert one's penis, a dildo, etc., into a person or a specified orifice or cleft sexually; to penetrate.
- (intransitive, literally) To have sexual intercourse; to copulate.
- (transitive, reflexive) To masturbate.
- (transitive, military slang) To scold.
- (transitive, Ireland, UK) To throw, to lob something. (angrily)
- (intransitive or transitive) To have penetrative sex (as opposed to oral sex, etc.).
- (intransitive, slang) To be very good, to rule, go hard.
- have sexual intercourse with
adv
intj
noun
- (countable) A highly contemptible person.
- (countable, chiefly in the negative) The smallest amount of concern or consideration.
- (uncountable) Semen.
- (countable, literally) An act of sexual intercourse.
- (countable, literally) A sexual partner, especially a casual one.
- Strongly and emphatically all of something
- slang for sexual intercourse
particle
verb
- (transitive) To blow over or across.
- (intransitive, music) Of a wind instrument, to move from its lower to its higher register.
- (transitive) To exaggerate the significance of something.
- (transitive) To cover with blossoms or flowers.
- (transitive) To blow away; dissipate by or as by wind.
- (transitive, music) To blow a wind instrument (typically a whistle, recorder or flute) hard to produce a higher pitch than usual.
verb
- (transitive) To knock sharply
- (intransitive) To shake; to move with a series of jerks.
- (transitive) To shock emotionally.
- (transitive) To shock (someone) into taking action or being alert
- (transitive) To push or shake abruptly and roughly.
- move or cause to move with a sudden jerky motion
- disturb (someone's) composure
noun
verb
noun
- (by extension) A piece of material, especially rock and similar materials, reminding of a broken piece of glass or pottery.
- (online gaming) An instance of an MMORPG that is one of several independent and structurally identical virtual worlds, none of which has so many players as to exhaust a system's resources.
- (slang, in the singular or in the plural) A piece of crystal methamphetamine.
- The plant chard.
- A piece of broken glass or pottery, especially one found in an archaeological dig.
- (databases) A component of a sharded distributed database.
- A tough scale, sheath, or shell; especially an elytron of a beetle.
- a broken piece of a brittle artifact
verb
- (transitive) To destroy completely.
- (transitive) To absorb information, especially through the mass media.
- (transitive) To eat.
- (transitive) To completely occupy the thoughts or attention of.
- (transitive) To use up.
- (economics, transitive, intransitive) To trade money for good or services as an individual.
- destroy completely by means of consumption
- use up (resources or materials)
- eat up completely, as with great appetite
- engage fully
- serve oneself to, or consume regularly
- spend extravagantly
verb
- (transitive) To throw violently.
- (transitive) To draw or write quickly; jot.
- (intransitive) To run quickly or for a short distance.
- (transitive) To dishearten; to sadden.
- (intransitive, informal) To leave or depart.
- (ambitransitive, sometimes figurative) To sprinkle; to splatter.
- (transitive, of hopes or dreams) To ruin; to destroy.
- (transitive) To destroy by striking (against).
- (transitive, usually with down or off) To complete hastily.
- hurl or thrust violently
- break into pieces, as by striking or knocking over
- destroy or break
- add an enlivening or altering element to
- run or move very quickly or hastily
- cause to lose courage; to be daunted; to be scared away
intj
noun
- A small quantity of a liquid substance etc.; less than 1/8 of a teaspoon.
- Violent strike; a whack.
- (uncountable) Ostentatious vigor.
- (by extension) The longer of the two symbols of Morse code.
- A short run, flight.
- (figurative, by extension) A slight admixture.
- Ellipsis of dashboard.
- (typography) Any of the following symbols: ‒ (figure dash), – (en dash), — (em dash), or ― (horizontal bar).
- (Nigeria, Ghana, Liberia, countable, uncountable) A bribe or gratuity; a gift.
- (UK, India) A prime symbol.
- A rushing or violent onset.
- (computing) A hyphen or minus sign.
- (Internet, informal) The dashboard of a social media user.
- a quick run
- a punctuation mark (‘-’) used between parts of a compound word or between the syllables of a word when the word is divided at the end of a line of text
- the longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code
- distinctive and stylish elegance
- a footrace run at top speed
- the act of moving with great haste
verb
- (transitive) To cause something one is holding to drop, often forcefully.
- (slang, idiomatic, intransitive) To fight; to make a stand.
- (slang, idiomatic, intransitive) To drink a large amount quickly.
- (slang, idiomatic, intransitive) To make an individual contribution to a group effort (e.g. money pool, collaborative record album).
- (slang, idiomatic, intransitive, by extension) To accomplish or produce something in a grand, respectable, or successful manner; to "represent".
- (slang, idiomatic, transitive) To produce or perform (something) admirably or forcefully.
verb
- (transitive) To twist or turn (something) out of shape; to deform.
- (intransitive) To go astray or be deflected from a true, proper or moral course; to deviate.
- (ambitransitive, science fiction, video games) To travel or transport across a medium without passing through it normally, as by using a teleporter or time warp.
- (transitive, nautical) To move a vessel by hauling on a line or cable that is fastened to an anchor or pier; (especially) to move a sailing ship through a restricted place such as a harbour.
- (transitive) To deflect or turn (something) away from a true, proper or moral course; to pervert; to bias.
- (intransitive, nautical, of a ship) To move or be moved by this method.
- (intransitive) To become twisted out of shape; to deform.
- (ambitransitive, agriculture) To fertilize (low-lying land) by letting the tide, a river, or other water in upon it to deposit silt and alluvial matter.
- (transitive) To arrange (strands of thread, etc) so that they run lengthwise in weaving.
- make false by mutilation or addition; as of a message or story
- bend out of shape, as under pressure or from heat
noun
- The sediment which subsides from turbid water; the alluvial deposit of muddy water artificially introduced into low lands in order to enrich or fertilise them.
- A situation or place which is or seems to be from another era; a time warp.
- (weaving) The threads that run lengthwise in a woven fabric; crossed by the woof or weft.
- (countable) A distortion or twist, such as in a piece of wood (also used figuratively).
- (countable) A mental or moral distortion, deviation, or aberration.
- (figurative) The foundation, the basis, the undergirding.
- (uncountable) The state, quality, or condition of being deviant from what is right or proper morally or mentally.
- (uncountable) The state, quality, or condition of being physically bent or twisted out of shape.
- (nautical) A line or cable or rode as is used in warping (mooring or hauling) a ship, and sometimes for other purposes such as deploying a seine or creating drag.
- A theoretical construct that permits travel across a medium without passing through it normally, such as a teleporter or time warp.
- a shape distorted by twisting or folding
- a moral or mental distortion
- yarn arranged lengthways on a loom and crossed by the woof
- a twist or aberration; especially a perverse or abnormal way of judging or acting
verb
- (transitive) To break (something brittle) violently.
- (transitive) To hit extremely hard.
- (transitive, figuratively) To ruin completely and suddenly.
- (transitive, slang, vulgar) To have sex with.
- (transitive, figuratively) To defeat overwhelmingly; to gain a comprehensive success over.
- (transitive, US) To deform through continuous pressure.
- (intransitive) To be destroyed by being smashed.
- hit violently
- break into pieces, as by striking or knocking over
- hit with great force
- overthrow or destroy (something considered evil or harmful)
- collide or strike violently and suddenly
- break suddenly into pieces, as from a violent blow
- damage or destroy as if by violence
- humiliate or depress completely
- hit (a tennis ball) in a powerful overhead stroke
- reduce to bankruptcy
noun
- The sound of a violent impact; a violent striking together.
- (colloquial) Something very successful or popular (as music, food, fashion, etc).
- (aviation, informal) Airspeed; dynamic pressure.
- A kind of julep cocktail containing chunks of fresh fruit that can be eaten after finishing the drink.
- (UK, Ireland, colloquial) A traffic collision.
- (tennis) A very hard overhead shot hit sharply downward.
- A mashed foodstuff.
- a conspicuous success
- the act of colliding with something
- a hard return hitting the tennis ball above your head
- a vigorous blow
- a serious collision (especially of motor vehicles)
adv
verb
- (transitive) To reduce to a particular shape or form by pressure, especially flatten or smooth.
- (transitive, sewing) To flatten a selected area of fabric using an iron with an up-and-down, not sliding, motion, so as to avoid disturbing adjacent areas.
- (transitive) To clasp, hold in an embrace.
- To force into service, particularly into naval service.
- (transitive) To hasten, urge onward.
- (ambitransitive) To throng, crowd.
- (transitive, mechanics, electronics) To activate a button or key by exerting a downward or forward force on it, and then releasing it.
- (transitive) To force to a certain end or result; to urge strongly.
- (transitive) To compress, squeeze.
- (transitive) To urge, beseech, entreat.
- (transitive) To lay stress upon.
- (ambitransitive) To exert weight or force against, to act upon with force or weight; to exert pressure upon.
- (transitive) To drive or thrust by pressure, to force in a certain direction.
- To try to force (something upon someone).
- be urgent
- exert oneself continuously, vigorously, or obtrusively to gain an end or engage in a crusade for a certain cause or person; be an advocate for
- lift weights
- ask for or request earnestly
- to be oppressive or burdensome
- press and smooth with a heated iron
- make strenuous pushing movements during birth to expel the baby
- place between two surfaces and apply weight or pressure
- squeeze or press together
- force or impel in an indicated direction
- press from a plastic
- exert pressure or force to or upon
- create by pressing
- crowd closely
noun
- (countable) A printing machine.
- (countable, weightlifting) An exercise in which weight is forced away from the body by extension of the arms or legs.
- (countable, especially in Ireland and Scotland) An enclosed storage space (e.g. closet, cupboard).
- (uncountable) A crowd.
- (countable) A device used to apply pressure to an item.
- An instance of applying pressure; an instance of pressing.
- A commission to force men into public service, particularly into the navy.
- (countable) Pure, unfermented grape juice.
- (uncountable, collective) The print-based media (both the people and the newspapers).
- (countable) A publisher.
- (psychology) In personology, any environmental factor that arouses a need in the individual.
- (countable, golf, gambling) An additional bet in a golf match that duplicates an existing (usually losing) wager in value, but begins even at the time of the bet.
- a tall piece of furniture that provides storage space for clothes; has a door and rails or hooks for hanging clothes
- a dense crowd of people
- a weightlift in which the barbell is lifted to shoulder height and then smoothly lifted overhead
- clamp to prevent wooden rackets from warping when not in use
- the print media responsible for gathering and publishing news in the form of newspapers or magazines
- the act of pressing; the exertion of pressure
- any machine that exerts pressure to form or shape or cut materials or extract liquids or compress solids
- a machine used for printing
- the state of demanding notice or attention
verb
noun
verb
- (transitive) To interrupt suddenly in a violent or explosive manner; to shatter.
- (transitive) To produce as an effect of bursting.
- (intransitive) To erupt; to change state suddenly as if bursting.
- (intransitive) To enter or exit hurriedly and unexpectedly.
- (intransitive) To break from internal pressure.
- (transitive) To separate (printer paper) at perforation lines.
- (transitive) To cause to break from internal pressure.
- come open suddenly and violently, as if from internal pressure
- burst outward, usually with noise
- break open or apart suddenly and forcefully
- cause to burst
- emerge suddenly
- be in a state of movement or action
- force out or release suddenly and often violently something pent up
- move suddenly, energetically, or violently
noun
- An act or instance of bursting.
- A sudden, often intense, expression, manifestation or display.
- (military) The explosion of a bomb or missile.
- A series of shots fired from an automatic firearm.
- a sudden flurry of activity (often for no obvious reason)
- the act of exploding or bursting
- a sudden intense happening
- rapid simultaneous discharge of firearms
verb
- (transitive) To pull or twist violently.
- (transitive) To rack with pain; to make hurt or distressed.
- (transitive) To use a wrench; to twist with a wrench.
- (transitive) To distort the original meaning of; to misrepresent.
- (transitive) To injure (a joint) by pulling or twisting.
- (transitive) To deprive by means of a violent pull or twist.
- twist and compress, as if in pain or anguish
- twist suddenly so as to sprain
- twist or pull violently or suddenly, especially so as to remove (something) from that to which it is attached or from where it originates
- make a sudden twisting motion
noun
- (physics) In screw theory, a screw assembled from force and torque vectors arising from application of Newton's laws to a rigid body.
- (UK) An adjustable spanner used by plumbers.
- A violent emotional change caused by separation.
- (US, Canada, Philippines) A hand tool for making rotational adjustments, such as fitting nuts and bolts, or fitting pipes.
- An injury caused by a violent twisting or pulling of a limb; strain, sprain.
- A movement that twists or pulls violently; a tug.
- In coursing, the act of bringing the hare round at less than a right angle, worth half a point in the recognised code of points for judging.
- A distorting change from the original meaning.
- a hand tool that is used to hold or twist a nut or bolt
- a jerky pulling movement
- a sharp strain on muscles or ligaments
verb
noun
verb
- (slang) To flatulate.
- (slang) To go on a drinking binge.
- (social media) To post a message on a Mastodon instance.
- (intransitive) Of a queen bee, to make a high-pitched sound during certain stages of development.
- (slang) To snort (a recreational drug).
- To see; to spy.
- To cause a horn or whistle to produce a noise.
- To produce the noise of a horn or whistle.
- To stand out, or be prominent.
- To peep; to look narrowly.
- make a strident noise
noun
- (by extension, countable, informal) A fart; flatus.
- (countable, slang) A portion of cocaine that a person snorts.
- (countable) The noise of a horn or whistle.
- (uncountable, informal) Rubbish; tat.
- (informal) A spree of drunkenness.
- (countable, social media) A message on the social networking software Mastodon.
- (uncountable, slang) Cocaine.
- (Australia, slang) A toilet.
- revelry in drinking; a merry drinking party
- a blast of a horn
verb
- (intransitive) To drop rapidly.
- (cryptocurrencies) To obscure the audit trail of funds by means of a tumbler.
- (transitive) To smooth and polish (e.g. gemstones or pebbles) by means of a rotating tumbler.
- (transitive) To throw headlong.
- (intransitive, informal) To have sexual intercourse.
- (intransitive) To fall end over end; to roll over and over.
- (intransitive) To move or rush in a headlong or uncontrolled way.
- To muss, to make disorderly; to tousle or rumple.
- (intransitive) To perform gymnastics such as somersaults, rolls, and handsprings.
- fall down, as if collapsing
- suffer a sudden downfall, overthrow, or defeat
- throw together in a confused mass
- put clothes in a tumbling barrel, where they are whirled about in hot air, usually with the purpose of drying
- roll over and over, back and forth
- fall suddenly and sharply
- fly around
- understand, usually after some initial difficulty
- fall apart
- do gymnastics, roll and turn skillfully
- cause to topple or tumble by pushing
noun
verb
- (transitive) To destroy; to extinguish.
- (ergative, figuratively) To overwhelm, or be overwhelmed (by a person or issue), as though with oxygen deprivation.
- (ergative) To die due to, or kill someone by means of, insufficient oxygen supply to the body.
- (ergative) To suffer, or cause someone to suffer, from severely reduced oxygen intake to the body.
- become stultified, suppressed, or stifled
- suppress the development, creativity, or imagination of
- impair the respiration of or obstruct the air passage of
- struggle for breath; have insufficient oxygen intake
- be asphyxiated; die from lack of oxygen
- deprive of oxygen and prevent from breathing
- feel uncomfortable for lack of fresh air
verb
- (transitive) To destroy (someone or something) quickly and efficiently.
- (transitive) To dispose of speedily, as business; to execute quickly; to make a speedy end of; to finish; to perform.
- (transitive) To send (an important official message) promptly, by means of a diplomat or military officer.
- (transitive) To defeat
- (transitive) To rid; to free.
- (transitive) To send (a person) away hastily.
- (transitive) To send (a shipment) with promptness.
- (transitive) To send (a journalist) to a place in order to report.
- (transitive) To eat, especially quickly.
- (transitive, computing) To pass on for further processing, especially via a dispatch table (often with to).
- dispose of rapidly and without delay and efficiently
- send away towards a designated goal
- complete or carry out
- kill without delay
- kill intentionally and with premeditation
noun
- A mission by an emergency response service, typically involving attending to an emergency in the field.
- A message sent quickly, as a shipment, a prompt settlement of a business, or an important official message sent by a diplomat, government official, military officer, etc.
- The act of doing something quickly.
- (computing) The passing on of a message for further processing, especially through a dispatch table.
- the property of being prompt and efficient
- the act of sending off something
- an official report (usually sent in haste)
- killing a person or animal
verb
- (transitive, ergative) To shut with sudden force so as to produce a shock and noise.
- (transitive, sports slang) To defeat or overcome in a match.
- To compete in a poetry slam.
- (transitive, sex, slang, vulgar) To perform coitus upon forcefully; to rail.
- (transitive, ergative) To put in or on a particular place with force and loud noise. (Often followed by a preposition such as down, against or into.)
- (transitive) To drink off, to drink quickly.
- (intransitive, bridge) To make a slam bid.
- (ambitransitive, drugs, slang) To inject intravenously; shoot up.
- (transitive, colloquial, originally US) To speak badly of; to criticize forcefully.
- (intransitive) To strike against suddenly and heavily.
- (basketball) To dunk forcefully, to slam dunk.
- (transitive, card games) To defeat (opponents at cards) by winning all the tricks of a deal or a hand.
- (ambitransitive) To strike forcefully with some implement.
- (informal, US) To occupy and busy with a high workload.
- (transitive, telecommunications) To move a customer from one service provider to another without their consent.
- (transitive, slang) To strike and take the life of or at least incapacitate for some time.
- strike violently
- close violently
- dance the slam dance
- throw violently
noun
- (countable, sports) Winning all (or all but one) of the available, major or specified events in a given year or sports season.
- (uncountable, UK, dialect) The yellow iron silicate produced in alum works as a waste product.
- A card game, played all at once without separate turns, in which players attempt to get rid of their cards as quickly as possible according to certain rules.
- (countable, bridge) A bid of six (small slam) or seven (grand slam) in a suit or no trump.
- (countable, tennis) One of the competitions of the yearly Grand Slam events.
- (countable, card games) Losing or winning all the tricks in a game.
- (music, uncountable) A subgenre of death metal with elements of hardcore punk focusing on midtempo rhythms, breakdowns and palm-muted riffs.
- A slambook.
- (countable, colloquial, US) An insult.
- (countable) The shock and noise produced by violently closing a door or other object.
- (countable) A sudden impact or blow.
- A poetry slam.
- (countable, basketball) A slam dunk.
- an aggressive remark directed at a person like a missile and intended to have a telling effect
- winning all or all but one of the tricks in bridge
- the noise made by the forceful impact of two objects
- a forceful impact that makes a loud noise
verb
adj
noun
- An opening that goes all the way through a solid body, a fabric, etc.; a perforation; a rent.
- (slang) An undesirable place to live or visit.
- (slang, rail transport) A passing loop; a siding provided for trains traveling in opposite directions on a single-track line to pass each other.
- (baseball) The rear portion of the defensive team between the shortstop and the third baseman.
- (figuratively) A weakness; a flaw or ambiguity.
- (slang) Any bodily orifice, in particular the anus.
- (archaeology, slang) An excavation pit or trench.
- (figurative) Difficulty, in particular, debt.
- (slang, derogatory) A person's mouth.
- (informal, with "the") Solitary confinement, a high-security prison cell often used as punishment.
- (golf) A subsurface standard-size hole, also called cup, hitting the ball into which is the object of play. Each hole, of which there are usually eighteen as the standard on a full course, is located on a prepared surface, called the green, of a particular type grass.
- (Ireland, Scotland, vulgar) A vagina.
- (stud poker) A card (also called a hole card) dealt face down thus unknown to all but its holder; the status in which such a card is.
- (physics) In semiconductors, a lack of an electron in an occupied band behaving like a positively charged particle.
- (computing) A security vulnerability in software which can be taken advantage of by an exploit.
- A hollow place or cavity; an excavation; a pit; a dent; a depression; a fissure.
- In the game of fives, part of the floor of the court between the step and the pepperbox.
- (chess) A square on the board, with some positional significance, that a player does not, and cannot in the future, control with a friendly pawn.
- (graph theory) A chordless cycle in a graph.
- (Canada, US, historical) A mountain valley.
- (golf) The part of a game in which a player attempts to hit the ball into one of the holes.
- a depression hollowed out of solid matter
- informal terms for a difficult situation
- one playing period (from tee to green) on a golf course
- an unoccupied space
- an opening deliberately made in or through something
- a fault
- an opening into or through something
- informal terms for the mouth
verb
- (transitive) To level or tear down (a building, a town, etc.) to the ground; to demolish.
- Alternative spelling of raze.
- (transitive, figurative) To completely remove (someone or something), especially from a place, a situation, etc.; also, to remove from existence; to destroy, to obliterate.
- (transitive, archaic except UK, regional) To wound (someone or part of their body) superficially; to graze.
- (transitive, also figurative) To erase (a record, text, etc.), originally by scraping; to rub out, to scratch out.
- tear down so as to make flat with the ground
verb
- (transitive) To completely destroy, especially by crushing to fragments or a powder.
- (transitive, figurative) To defeat soundly, thrash.
- (intransitive) To become reduced to powder; to fall to dust.
- (transitive) To render into dust or powder.
- make into a powder by breaking up or cause to become dust
- destroy completely
- become powder or dust
verb
- (transitive) To destroy or degrade (something) quickly, especially inadvertently and prematurely; for example, to deflate (a tire) by puncturing it, to burn out a light bulb by overcurrent, or to injure a bodily joint.
- (slang) To spend a lot of money; to splurge.
- (transitive) To extinguish something, especially a flame, especially by means of a strong current of air or another gas.
- (transitive) To force open or out by the expansive force of a gas or vapour.
- (sports, transitive) In a sporting contest, to dominate and defeat an opposing team, especially by a large scoring margin.
- (intransitive) To be destroyed or degraded quickly, especially inadvertently and prematurely.
- (slang) To sing out, sing out loud.
- (intransitive) To be driven out by the expansive force of a gas or vapour.
- (transitive) To exhaust; to physically tire.
- put out, as of fires, flames, or lights
- erupt in an uncontrolled manner
- melt, break, or become otherwise unusable
verb
- (transitive) To bend downward; to bring down; to depress; to cause to bend, or fall.
- (intransitive) To move downwards, to fall, to drop.
- (by extension) To run through from first to last; to recite in order as though declining a noun.
- (transitive) To cause to decrease or diminish.
- (transitive) To choose not to do something; refuse, forbear, refrain.
- (transitive, grammar, usually of substantives, adjectives and pronouns) To inflect for case, number, gender, and the like.
- (American football, Canadian football) To reject a penalty against the opposing team, usually because the result of accepting it would benefit the non-penalized team less than the preceding play.
- (intransitive) To become weaker or worse.
- To turn or bend aside; to deviate; to stray; to withdraw.
- (transitive, grammar) To recite all the different declined forms of (a word): to recite its declension.
- go down
- not accept as true
- show unwillingness towards
- inflect for number, gender, case, etc.
- grow smaller
- fall in value
- grow worse
noun
- Downward movement, fall.
- A reduction or diminution of activity, prevalence or quantity.
- A deterioration of condition; a weakening or worsening.
- A sloping downward, e.g. of a hill or road.
- The act of declining or refusing something.
- a condition inferior to an earlier condition; a gradual falling off from a better state; decline
- change toward something smaller or lower
- a gradual decrease; as of stored charge or current
- a downward slope or bend
verb
- (transitive) To cause the sudden destruction of.
- (transitive, informal, idiomatic) To fail at; to mess up; to make a mistake in.
- (transitive) To make flyblown; to defile or spoil, especially with fly eggs.
- (ergative, of a fuse) To melt away because of overcurrent, creating a gap in a wire, thus stopping a circuit from operating.
- (transitive, historical, military) To blow from a gun (method of executing a person).
- (intransitive) To be propelled by an air current.
- (intransitive) To produce an air current.
- (intransitive, stative, slang, sometimes considered vulgar) To be very undesirable.
- To blossom; to cause to bloom or blossom.
- (Scientology, intransitive) To leave the Church of Scientology in an unauthorized manner.
- (intransitive) To suddenly fail or give way destructively.
- (intransitive, slang, informal, African-American Vernacular) To sing.
- (intransitive) To make a sound as a result of being blown.
- (intransitive) (of a fly) To lay eggs; to breed (in flesh or meat).
- (transitive, slang) To leave, especially suddenly or in a hurry.
- (transitive) To put out of breath; to cause to blow from fatigue.
- (transitive, vulgar) To perform oral sex on (someone); to fellate.
- (transitive) To clear of contents by forcing air through.
- (intransitive) To burst or explode; to occur suddenly
- (transitive) To cause to make sound by blowing (as a musical instrument).
- (transitive, with "up" or with prep phrase headed by "to") To cause to explode, shatter, or be utterly destroyed.
- (transitive) To force a current of air upon with the mouth, or by other means.
- (intransitive, of a cetacean) To exhale visibly through the spout the seawater which it has taken in while feeding.
- (transitive, slang) To recklessly squander.
- (transitive) To create or shape by blowing.
- (transitive) To propel by an air current (or, if under water, a water current), usually with the mouth.
- (transitive, figurative) To direct or move, usually of a person to a particular location.
- (intransitive) To breathe hard or quick; to pant; to puff.
- (intransitive, slang, colloquial) To flatulate or defecate.
- spend thoughtlessly; throw away
- cause to move by means of an air current
- cause air to go in, on, or through
- free of obstruction by blowing air through
- spout moist air from the blowhole
- be blowing or storming
- make a mess of, destroy or ruin
- shape by blowing
- melt, break, or become otherwise unusable
- be inadequate or objectionable
- play or sound a wind instrument
- deposit eggs (of insects)
- burst suddenly
- be in motion due to some air or water current
- sound by having air expelled through a tube
- exhale hard
- provide sexual gratification through oral stimulation
- show off
- make a sound as if blown
- spend lavishly or wastefully on
- leave; informal or rude
- cause to be revealed and jeopardized
- allow to regain its breath
adj
intj
noun
- A display or mass of flowers; a yield.
- (figurative) A display of anything bright or brilliant.
- A strong wind.
- An instance of the act of striking or hitting.
- (uncountable, UK, slang) Cannabis.
- (nautical) An instance of using high-pressure air to empty water from the ballast tanks of a submarine, increasing the submarine's buoyancy and causing it to surface.
- A sudden or forcible act or effort; an assault.
- (uncountable, Chicago dialectal, slang) Heroin.
- (informal) A chance to catch one's breath.
- (uncountable, US, slang) Powder cocaine.
- (informal, vulgar) A blowjob; fellatio.
- (television) Synonym of button (“the punchy or suspenseful line of dialogue that concludes a scene”).
- (Australia, New Zealand) An outcrop of quartz from surrounding rock, thought to indicate mineral deposits below.
- (Australia, shearing, historical) A cut made to a sheep's fleece by a shearer using hand-shears.
- A state of flowering; a bloom.
- A damaging occurrence.
- an impact (as from a collision)
- a strong current of air
- a powerful stroke with the fist or a weapon
- an unpleasant or disappointing surprise
- street names for cocaine
- an unfortunate happening that hinders or impedes; something that is thwarting or frustrating
- forceful exhalation through the nose or mouth
verb
noun
verb
- (transitive) To cause something to flap.
- (transitive) To drive into disorder; to throw into confusion.
- (intransitive, aerodynamics) To undergo divergent oscillations (potentially to the point of causing structural failure) due to a positive feedback loop between elastic deformation and aerodynamic forces.
- (intransitive) To be in a state of agitation or uncertainty.
- (intransitive) Of a winged animal: to flap the wings without flying; to fly with a light flapping of the wings.
- (intransitive) To flap or wave quickly but irregularly.
- (espionage, slang) To subject to a lie detector test.
- move along rapidly and lightly; skim or dart
- move back and forth very rapidly
- beat rapidly
- wink briefly
- flap the wings rapidly or fly with flapping movements
noun
- The act of fluttering; quick and irregular motion.
- A state of agitation.
- An abnormal rapid pulsation of the heart.
- (audio, electronics) The rapid variation of signal parameters, such as amplitude, phase, and frequency.
- (uncountable, aerodynamics) An extremely dangerous divergent oscillation caused by a positive feedback loop between the elastic deformation of an object and the aerodynamic forces acting on it, potentially resulting in rapid structural failure.
- A hasty game of cards or similar.
- (British) A small bet or risky investment.
- abnormally rapid beating of the auricles of the heart (especially in a regular rhythm); can result in heart block
- the act of moving back and forth
- the motion made by flapping up and down
- a disorderly outburst or tumult
verb
- (transitive) To strike heavily, thrash soundly.
- (intransitive) To flounder, wallow.
- (transitive) To trounce, beat by a wide margin.
- To eat or drink with gusto.
- To move in a rolling, cumbersome manner; to waddle.
- (transitive) To wrap up temporarily.
- (intransitive) To rush hastily.
- To boil with a continued bubbling or heaving and rolling, with noise.
- (Internet) To send a message to all operators on an Internet Relay Chat server.
- defeat soundly and utterly
- strike hard
noun
- A person's ability to throw such punches.
- A heavy blow, a punch.
- A thrill, an emotionally excited reaction.
- (slang, uncountable) Anything produced by a process that involves boiling; beer, tea, or whitewash.
- (UK, Scotland, dialect) A quick rolling movement; a gallop.
- An emotional impact, a psychological force.
- a severe blow
- a forceful consequence; a strong effect
verb
- (transitive) To reduce the force of something; to abate.
- (transitive) To soak leather so as to remove chemicals used in tanning; to steep in bate.
- (intransitive, falconry) Of a falcon: To flap the wings vigorously; to bait.
- To allow by way of abatement or deduction.
- (intransitive) To contend or strive with blows or arguments.
- (transitive, sometimes figuratively) To cut off, remove, take away.
- To waste away.
- (intransitive, slang) Clipping of masturbate.
- (transitive) To restrain, usually with the sense of being in anticipation
- To lessen by retrenching, deducting, or reducing; to abate; to beat down; to lower.
- To deprive of.
- soak in a special solution to soften and remove chemicals used in previous treatments
- flap the wings wildly or frantically; used of falcons
- moderate or restrain; lessen the force of
noun
verb
- (intransitive) To fall violently or noisily.
- (ambitransitive) To swagger; to act with boldness or bluster (toward).
- (intransitive) To wade forcefully through liquid.
- (ambitransitive) To swirl through liquid; to swish.
- (ambitransitive) To dash or flow noisily; to splash.
- (ambitransitive) To swipe.
- To streak, to color in a swash.
- act in an arrogant, overly self-assured, or conceited manner
- make violent, noisy movements
- dash a liquid upon or against
- show off
adj
noun
- A swishing noise.
- A smooth stroke; a swish.
- A wet splashing sound.
- (typography) A long, protruding ornamental line or pen stroke found in some typefaces and styles of calligraphy.
- A streak or patch.
- (technical) The water that washes up on shore after an incoming wave has broken.
- A narrow sound or channel of water lying within a sand bank, or between a sand bank and the shore, or a bar over which the sea washes.
- (architecture) An oval figure, whose mouldings are oblique to the axis of the work.
- the movement or sound of water
verb
- (transitive) To strike (a person), originally with something flat or heavy, but now specifically in such a way as to discolour the skin without breaking it; to contuse.
- (intransitive) Of fruit or vegetables, to gain bruises through being handled roughly.
- (transitive, figurative) To harm or injure somebody's feelings or self-esteem.
- (intransitive) To become bruised.
- (transitive) To damage the skin of (fruit or vegetables), in an analogous way.
- (transitive) To impair (gin) by shaking rather than stirring.
- (intransitive) To fight with the fists; to box.
- hurt the feelings of
- injure the underlying soft tissue or bone of
- damage (plant tissue) by abrasion or pressure
- break up into small pieces for food preparation
noun
verb
- (transitive) To strike with a strong blow in a sweeping motion.
- (transitive) To scan or register by sliding (a swipecard etc.) through a reader.
- (transitive, informal) To swipe right on (someone) on a dating application.
- (transitive, informal) To steal or snatch.
- (intransitive) To grab or bat quickly.
- (transitive, intransitive, computing, graphical user interface) To interact with a touch screen by drawing one's finger rapidly across it.
- strike with a swiping motion
- make off with belongings of others
noun
- (countable, informal) A rough guess; an estimate or swag.
- (uncountable) Poor, weak beer or other inferior alcoholic beverage; rotgut.
- (countable, graphical user interface) An act of interacting with a touch screen by drawing the finger rapidly across it.
- (countable) A strong blow given with a sweeping motion, as with a bat or club.
- (countable, informal) An attack, insult or critical remark.
- (countable) A quick grab, bat, or other motion with the hand or paw; a sweep.
- (countable) An act of passing a swipecard through a card reader.
- a sweeping stroke or blow
verb
- (intransitive) To drop or fall suddenly or heavily, all at once.
- (intransitive) To favor or decide in favor of. [with for ‘something’]
- (transitive) To cast or let drop (something) all at once, suddenly and heavily.
- (transitive) To make plump; to fill (out) or support; often with up.
- (intransitive) To give a plumper (kind of vote).
- (intransitive) To grow plump; to swell out.
- (transitive) To give (a vote), as a plumper.
- drop sharply
- make fat or plump
- set (something or oneself) down with or as if with a noise
- give support (to) or make a choice (of) one out of a group or number
adj
adv
noun
adj
- (specifically, of a person) Tending to release flatus; flatulent.
- (specifically, of a beverage) Containing dissolved gas (usually carbon dioxide); fizzy.
- (specifically, of a person) Tending to burp; burpy.
- Having the nature of, or containing, gas.
- (of food or drink) Tending to cause flatulence.
- (figuratively, informal) Tending to be long-winded or wordy, especially in a boastful and vain manner.
- suffering from excessive gas in the alimentary canal
- resembling gas