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verb
- (transitive) To release.
- (informal) Of sound, to emit.
- To rent out.
- To disclose.
- (of clothing) To enlarge by adjusting one or more seams.
- (Canada, US, intransitive) Of a school: to finish for the day or term, allowing the pupils to go home.
- (transitive) To begin to tell a story.
- To allow to operate at higher speed by adjusting controls.
- make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret
- bring out of a specific state
- express audibly; utter sounds (not necessarily words)
- make (clothes) larger
verb
- (transitive) To release; to put onto the market for sale
- (transitive) To cause (a rocket, balloon, etc., or the payload thereof) to begin its flight upward from the ground.
- (intransitive, often with out) To move with force and swiftness like a sliding from the stocks into the water; to plunge; to begin.
- (transitive) To throw (a projectile such as a lance, dart or ball); to hurl; to propel with force.
- (intransitive) Of a ship, rocket, balloon, etc.: to depart on a voyage; to take off.
- (transitive) To send out; to start (someone) on a mission or project; to give a start to (something); to put in operation
- (intransitive, computing, of a program) To start to operate.
- (transitive, computing) To start (a program or feature); to execute or bring into operation.
- (transitive) To cause (a vessel) to move or slide from the land or a larger vessel into the water; to set afloat.
- set up or found
- launch for the first time; launch on a maiden voyage
- propel with force
- smoothen the surface of
- begin with vigor
- get going; give impetus to
noun
- An event held to celebrate the launch of a ship/vessel, project, a new book, etc.; a launch party.
- The act or fact of launching (a ship/vessel, a project, a new book, etc.).
- (nautical) The boat of the largest size and/or of most importance belonging to a ship of war, and often called the "captain's boat" or "captain's launch".
- (nautical) An open boat of any size powered by steam, petrol, electricity, etc.
- The movement of a vessel from land into the water; especially, the sliding on ways from the stocks on which it is built. (Compare: to splash a ship.)
- (nautical) A boat used to convey guests to and from a yacht.
- the act of propelling with force
- a motorboat with an open deck or a half deck
verb
- (transitive) To make loose.
- (transitive) To disengage (a device that restrains).
- (transitive) To free from restraint; to set at liberty.
- (transitive) To relieve (the bowels) from constipation; to promote defecation.
- (intransitive) To become loose.
- (intransitive) To become unfastened or undone.
- make less dense
- become loose or looser or less tight
- make less severe or strict
- cause to become loose
- become less severe or strict
- make loose or looser
- disentangle and raise the fibers of
verb
- (transitive) To publish; announce publicly.
- (transitive) To cause to shine forth; exhibit vividly; be resplendent with.
- (transitive) To disclose; bewray; defame.
- (transitive, rare) To set in a blaze; burn.
- (transitive) To set a mark on (as a tree, usually by cutting off a piece of its bark).
- (transitive) To blow, as from a trumpet.
- (slang) To smoke marijuana.
- (intransitive) To send forth or reflect a bright light; shine like a flame.
- (transitive) To mark off or stake a claim to land.
- (transitive, figurative) To set a precedent for the taking-on of a challenge; lead by example.
- (transitive, only in the past participle) To mark with a white spot on the face (as a horse).
- (intransitive, poetic) To be conspicuous; shine brightly a brilliancy (of talents, deeds, etc.).
- (intransitive) To be on fire, especially producing bright flames.
- (transitive, heraldry) To blazon.
- (figurative) To be furiously angry; to speak or write in a rage.
- (transitive) To indicate or mark out (a trail, especially through vegetation) by a series of blazes.
- shoot rapidly and repeatedly
- move rapidly and as if blazing
- burn brightly and intensely
- shine brightly and intensively
- indicate by marking trees with blazes
noun
- A fire, especially a fast-burning fire producing a lot of flames and light.
- (hiking) A waymark: any marking as painted on trees, carvings, affixed markers, posts, flagging, or crosses placed to lead hikers on their trail.
- A bursting out, or active display of any quality.
- The white or lighter-coloured markings on a horse's face.
- A spot made on trees by chipping off a piece of the bark, usually as a surveyor's mark.
- Publication; the act of spreading widely by report.
- Intense, direct light accompanied with heat.
- A high-visibility orange colour, typically used in warning signs and hunters' clothing.
- (poker) A hand consisting of five face cards.
- noisy and unrestrained mischief
- a light within the field of vision that is brighter than the brightness to which the eyes are adapted
- a cause of difficulty and suffering
- a light-colored marking
- a strong flame that burns brightly
verb
noun
verb
- (transitive) To blurt out.
- (intransitive) To play at courtship; to talk with teasing affection, to insinuate sexual attraction in a playful (especially conversational) way.
- (intransitive) To experiment, or tentatively engage, with; to become involved in passing with.
- (intransitive) To dart about; to move with quick, jerky motions.
- (transitive) To throw (something) with a jerk or sudden movement; to fling.
- talk or behave amorously, without serious intentions
- behave carelessly or indifferently
adj
noun
- (with "the") Russula vesca, an edible woodland mushroom.
- A tentative or brief, passing engagement with something.
- An act of flirting.
- Someone who flirts a lot or enjoys flirting; a flirtatious person.
- A sudden jerk; a quick throw or cast; a darting motion
- (dialectal) A brief shower (of rain or snow).
- playful behavior intended to arouse sexual interest
- a seductive woman who uses her sex appeal to exploit men
verb
- (transitive) To disclose or reveal.
- (transitive, religion) To hear or receive such a confession of sins from.
- (intransitive, chiefly in the context of Japanese media) To profess one's love.
- (intransitive, transitive) To admit to the truth, particularly in the context of sins or crimes committed.
- (transitive) To acknowledge faith in; to profess belief in.
- (religion) To unburden (oneself) of sins to God or a priest, in order to receive absolution.
- confess to a punishable or reprehensible deed, usually under pressure
- confess to God in the presence of a priest, as in the Catholic faith
- admit (to a wrongdoing)
verb
- (transitive) To emit.
- (transitive) To cause or experience debilitating muscle or joint pain in (a body part).
- (idiomatic) To dismiss or expel someone from any longer performing duty or attending somewhere.
- (transitive) To put into a state of confusion.
- (idiomatic) To discard; to dispense with something; to throw away.
- (idiomatic) To offer an idea for consideration.
- (transitive) To cause to project.
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see throw, out.
- (transitive) To utter carelessly (a remark, suggestion, proposal, etc.).
- (transitive) To outdistance; to leave behind.
- To produce in a haphazard fashion.
- bring forward for consideration or acceptance
- remove from a position or office
- throw or cast away
- force to leave or move out
- cease to consider; put out of judicial consideration
noun
verb
- (transitive) To reveal.
- (intransitive) To show, be showing, be revealed.
- To pick up on a difference. (See tell apart for more.)
- (transitive) To instruct or inform.
- (transitive) To order; to direct, to say to someone.
- (transitive or intransitive) To notice, discern. (Roughly, "can tell" means "know" but with a sense of direct perception.)
- (intransitive, childish) To inform someone in authority about a wrongdoing.
- (transitive, ditransitive) To narrate, to recount.
- (intransitive) To have an effect, especially a noticeable one; to be apparent, to be demonstrated.
- (transitive, ditransitive) To convey by speech; to say.
- (transitive) To use (beads or similar objects) as an aid to prayer.
- (authorship, intransitive) To reveal information in prose through outright expository statement — contrasted with show.
- (transitive, archaic outside of idioms) To determine the number, amount, or value of [something].
- narrate or give a detailed account of
- give instructions to or direct somebody to do something with authority
- give evidence
- mark as different
- inform positively and with certainty and confidence
- express in words
- discern or comprehend
- let something be known
noun
- A reflexive, often habitual behavior, especially one occurring in a context that often features attempts at deception by persons under psychological stress (such as a poker game or police interrogation), that reveals information that the person exhibiting the behavior is attempting to withhold.
- (Internet) A private message to an individual in a chat room; a whisper.
- (archaeology) A hill or mound, originally and especially in the Middle East, over or consisting of the ruins of ancient settlements.
- (informal) A giveaway; something that unintentionally reveals or hints at a secret.
verb
- (transitive) To make free; set at liberty; release.
- (transitive, programming) To relinquish (previously allocated memory) to the system.
- (transitive) To rid of something that confines or oppresses. [with from]
- let off the hook
- grant relief or an exemption from a rule or requirement to
- grant freedom to; free from confinement
- relieve from
- make (information) available for publication
- remove or force out from a position
- release (gas or energy) as a result of a chemical reaction or physical decomposition
- part with a possession or right
- free from obligations or duties
- free or remove obstruction from
- make (assets) available
adj
- Without obligations.
- Not currently in use; not taken; unoccupied.
- (logic, of a variable) Unconstrained by quantifiers.
- To be enjoyed by anyone freely.
- (military) Of a rocket or missile: not under the control of a guidance system after being launched.
- Generous; liberal.
- Not imprisoned or enslaved.
- (botany, mycology) Not attached; loose.
- (category theory, of a functor F) Left adjoint to a forgetful functor G; such that any map f:X→G(A) induces a universal map ̄f:F(X)→A.
- (group theory, of a group) Having a set of generators which satisfy no non-trivial relations; equivalently, being the group of reduced words on a set of generators.
- (law) Privileged or individual; proprietary.
- (social) Unconstrained.
- Obtainable without any payment.
- (software) Intended for release, and omitting debugging diagnostics, as opposed to a checked version.
- (by extension, chiefly used in advertising) Complimentary.
- (of a government, country) Upholding individual rights.
- Unattached or uncombined.
- (US, slang, motor racing) Having oversteer.
- (category theory, of an object) Belonging to the image of some free functor.
- Unobstructed, without blockages.
- (software) With no or only freedom-preserving limitations on distribution or modification.
- Without; not containing (what is specified); exempt; clear; liberated.
- (commutative algebra, of a module) Having a linearly independent set of generators (called a basis).
- (programming) Unconstrained of identifiers, not bound.
- (linguistics) (of a morpheme) That can be used by itself, unattached to another morpheme.
- completely wanting or lacking
- not fixed in position
- costing nothing
- not occupied or in use
- not held in servitude
- not taken up by scheduled activities
- not limited or hampered; not under compulsion or restraint
- not literal
- unconstrained or not chemically bound in a molecule or not fixed and capable of relatively unrestricted motion
adv
noun
- (soccer) A free transfer.
- (hurling) The usual means of restarting play after a foul is committed, where the non-offending team restarts from where the foul was committed.
- (swimming, informal) Abbreviation of freestyle.
- (Australian rules football, Gaelic football) Abbreviation of free kick.
- people who are free
verb
noun
- (physics) A complete description of a system, consisting of parameters that determine all properties of the system.
- Condition of prosperity or grandeur; wealthy or prosperous circumstances; social importance.
- (sciences) The physical property of matter as solid, liquid, gas or plasma.
- A political division of a federation retaining a notable degree of autonomy, as in the United States, Mexico, Nigeria, or India.
- (grammar, semantics) The lexical aspect (aktionsart) of verbs or predicates that do not change over time.
- Rank; condition; quality.
- (computing) The set of all parameters relevant to a computation.
- (computing) The stable condition of a processor during a particular clock cycle.
- (colloquial, in the singular) A mess; disorder; a bad condition or set of circumstances.
- A condition; a set of circumstances applying at any given time.
- (computing) The values of all parameters at some point in a computation.
- (mathematics, stochastic processes) An element of the range of the random variables that define a random process.
- A chair with a canopy above it, often standing on a dais; a seat of dignity; also, the canopy itself.
- (anthropology) A society larger than a tribe. A society large enough to form a state in the sense of a government.
- Pomp, ceremony, or dignity.
- (historically often capitalized) A sovereign country or city state, with the central government acting as its visible instrument.
- (chemistry) the three traditional states of matter are solids (fixed shape and volume) and liquids (fixed volume and shaped by the container) and gases (filling the container)
- the territory occupied by a nation
- a politically organized body of people under a single government
- the way something is with respect to its main attributes
- the group of people comprising the government of a sovereign state
- a state of depression or agitation
- the territory occupied by one of the constituent administrative districts of a nation
verb
- (transitive) To publish or make available; to disseminate.
- (intransitive) To be released, especially from hospital or prison.
- (intransitive) To end.
- (transitive) To remove or eliminate (dirt or stains).
- (intransitive) To become known.
- (transitive) To help (someone) leave.
- (intransitive) To come out of a situation; to escape a fate.
- (intransitive) To spend free time out of the house.
- (intransitive) To leave the inside of a vehicle such as a car. (Note: for public transport, get off is more common.)
- (transitive) To take (something) from its container or storage place, so as to use or display it.
- (intransitive) To remove one's money from an investment; to end an investment.
- (transitive) To say with difficulty.
- (intransitive) To leave or escape.
- move out of or depart from
- escape potentially unpleasant consequences; get away with a forbidden action
- express with difficulty
- bring, take, or pull out of a container or from under a cover
- take out of a container or enclosed space
- move out or away
- be released or become known; of news
intj
verb
- (transitive) To let go (free, away), physically release.
- (transitive) To give up, abandon or retire from something; to trade away.
- (transitive) To metaphorically surrender, yield control or possession.
- (transitive) To accept to give up, withdraw etc.
- part with a possession or right
- turn away from; give up
- do without or cease to hold or adhere to
- release, as from one's grip
verb
- (transitive) To announce to the public.
- (Internet, transitive) To disseminate (a message) publicly via a newsgroup, forum, blog, etc.
- (intransitive) To have one's work accepted for a publication.
- (transitive) To issue the work of (an author).
- (intransitive, of content) To be made available in a printed publication or other medium.
- (Christianity) To preach (as a Jehovah's Witness).
- (intransitive) To issue a medium (e.g. publication).
- (programming) To make (information such as an event) available to components that wish to be notified (subscribers).
- (transitive) To issue (something, such as printed work) for distribution and/or sale.
- prepare and issue for public distribution or sale
- put into print
- have (one's work) issued for publication
verb
- release suddenly
- appear suddenly or unexpectedly; happen unexpectedly
- cause to burst with a loud, explosive sound
- put or thrust suddenly and forcefully
- burst open with a sharp, explosive sound
- hit or strike
- bulge outward
- fire a weapon with a loud explosive noise
- take drugs, especially orally
- drink down entirely
- cause to make a sharp explosive sound
- make a sharp explosive noise
- hit a pop-fly
- (intransitive, vulgar, slang) To ejaculate; to orgasm.
- (transitive, slang) To pawn (something) (to raise money).
- (transitive, slang) To shoot (usually somebody) with a firearm.
- (intransitive, slang) To give birth.
- (intransitive, with in, out, upon, etc.) To enter, or issue forth, with a quick, sudden movement; to move from place to place suddenly; to dart.
- (transitive, computing) To remove (a data item) from the top of a stack.
- (intransitive) To make a pop, or sharp, quick sound.
- (transitive, informal) To perform (a move or stunt) while riding a board or vehicle.
- (transitive, UK, Australia) To place (something) (somewhere); to move or position (something) with a short movement.
- (intransitive, of the ears) To undergo equalization of pressure when the Eustachian tubes open.
- (African-American Vernacular) To sexually penetrate.
- (ergative) To burst (something) with a popping sound.
- (transitive, slang) To arrest.
- (dance) To perform the popping style of dance.
- (intransitive) To stand out; to be distinctive to the senses.
- (music) To pull a string away from the fretboard and release it so that it snaps back.
- (transitive) To hit (something or someone).
- (intransitive, often with over, round, along, in, etc.) To make a short trip or visit.
- (transitive, slang) To swallow or consume (especially a tablet of a drug, sometimes extended to other small items such as sweets or candy).
- (African-American Vernacular, slang) To occur or happen.
adj
noun
- a sharp explosive sound as from a gunshot or drawing a cork
- an informal term for a father; probably derived from baby talk
- a sweet drink containing carbonated water and flavoring
- music of general appeal to teenagers; a bland watered-down version of rock'n'roll with more rhythm and harmony and an emphasis on romantic love
- (colloquial) A lollipop.
- (US, mostly in plural) A small, immature peanut, boiled as a snack.
- (colloquial, in the phrase "a pop") A quantity dispensed; a portion; apiece.
- (Russian Orthodoxy, uncommon) A Russian Orthodox parish priest.
- (physics) The sixth derivative of the position vector with respect to time (after velocity, acceleration, jerk, jounce, crackle), i.e. the rate of change of crackle.
- A bird, the European redwing.
- (computing) The removal of a data item from the top of a stack.
- (countable) A loud, sharp sound, as of a cork coming out of a bottle, especially when the contents are pressurized by fizziness.
- Population.
- (professional wrestling slang) A (usually very) loud audience reaction.
- Something that stands out or is distinctive to the mind or senses.
- Pop music.
- (colloquial) Ellipsis of freeze pop.
- (music) The pulling of a string away from the fretboard and releasing it so that it snaps back.
- (uncountable, regional, Midwestern US, Canada, Inland Northern American, Midlands, Northwestern US, Western Pennsylvania, Northern England) An effervescent or fizzy drink, most frequently nonalcoholic; soda pop.
- (colloquial, endearing) One's father.
- A pop shot: a quick, possibly unaimed, shot with a firearm.
- (countable, regional, Midwestern US, Inland Northern American, Northwestern US, Canada, Western Pennsylvania) A bottle, can, or serving of effervescent or fizzy drink, most frequently nonalcoholic; a soda pop.
adv
intj
verb
- (transitive, by extension) To announce publicly; to publish.
- To assign to a station; to set; to place.
- (Internet) To publish (a message) to a newsgroup, forum, blog, etc.
- To travel quickly; to hurry.
- (law) To pay bail.
- To hold up to public blame or reproach; to advertise opprobriously; to denounce by public proclamation.
- To enter (a name) on a list, as for service, promotion, etc.
- (gambling) To pay (a stake or blind).
- (transitive) To hang (a notice) in a conspicuous manner for general review.
- (UK, Ireland, India, Australia, New Zealand) To send (an item of mail etc.) through the postal service.
- (horse-riding) To rise and sink in the saddle, in accordance with the motion of the horse, especially in trotting.
- To travel with relays of horses; to travel by post horses, originally as a courier.
- (accounting) To carry (an account) from the journal to the ledger.
- To inform; to give the news to; to make acquainted with the details of a subject; often with up.
- transfer (entries) from one account book to another
- place so as to be noticed
- cause to be directed or transmitted to another place
- To post a message on a social media website
- ride Western style and bob up and down in the saddle in rhythm with a horse's trotting gait
- affix in a public place or for public notice
- enter on a public list
- assign to a post; put into a post
- publicize with, or as if with, a poster
- assign to a station
- mark or expose as infamous
- mark with a stake
- display, as of records in sports games
adv
noun
- (film, informal) Post-production.
- (American football) A moderate to deep passing route in which a receiver runs 10-20 yards from the line of scrimmage straight down the field, then cuts toward the middle of the field (towards the facing goalposts) at a 45-degree angle.
- (vocal music, chiefly a cappella) A prolonged final melody note, among moving harmony notes.
- A military base; the place at which a soldier or a body of troops is stationed; also, the troops at such a station.
- An assigned station; a guard post.
- The vertical part of a crochet stitch.
- (sports) A goalpost.
- A location on a basketball court near the basket.
- (paper, printing) A printing paper size measuring 19.25 inches x 15.5 inches.
- (now historical) Someone who travels express along a set route carrying letters and dispatches; a courier.
- (dentistry) A long, narrow piece inserted into a root canal to provide retention for a crown.
- (construction) A stud; a two-by-four.
- A single delivery of letters; the letters or deliveries that make up a single batch delivered to one person or one address.
- An organisation for delivering letters, parcels etc., or the service provided by such an organisation.
- An appointed position in an organization, job.
- A message posted in an electronic or Internet forum, or on a blog, etc.
- A pole in a battery.
- A long dowel or plank protruding from the ground; a fencepost; a lightpost.
- (medicine, informal) A post mortem (an investigation of a body's cause of death).
- any particular collection of letters or packages that is delivered
- a pole or stake set up to mark something (as the start or end of a race track)
- military installation at which a body of troops is stationed
- an upright consisting of a piece of timber or metal fixed firmly in an upright position
- A message on a social media website
- the position where someone (as a guard or sentry) stands or is assigned to stand
- the system whereby messages are transmitted via the post office
- the delivery and collection of letters and packages
- a job in an organization
prep
verb
- (transitive) To emit; to give off.
- (figuratively) To gush; to be excitedly talkative and enthusiastic about something.
- (intransitive) To pour out like a stream or freely; to cause to exude; to shed.
- (intransitive) To leak out through a small hole.
- flow or spill forth
- give out or emit (also metaphorically)
- pour out liberally
adj
verb
- (transitive) To discharge.
- (transitive) To let go of; to cease to hold or contain.
- (transitive) To make available to the public.
- (transitive, telephony) (of a call) To hang up.
- (biochemistry) To set free a chemical substance.
- (transitive) To loosen; to relax; to remove the obligation of.
- (transitive, law) To let go, quit (a legal claim); to discharge or relinquish a right to (lands or buildings) by conveying to another who has some right or estate in possession.
- (transitive) To lease again; to grant a new lease of; to let back.
- (transitive) To free or liberate; to set free.
- (intransitive) To launch; to come out; to become available.
- (transitive, soccer) To set up; to provide with a goalscoring opportunity.
- grant freedom to; free from confinement
- prepare and issue for public distribution or sale
- let (something) fall or spill from a container
- make (information) available for publication
- generate and separate from cells or bodily fluids
- release (gas or energy) as a result of a chemical reaction or physical decomposition
- part with a possession or right
- eliminate (a substance)
- release, as from one's grip
- make (assets) available
noun
- (railways, historical) In the block system, a printed card conveying information and instructions to be used at intermediate sidings without telegraphic stations.
- The catch on an electromagnetic circuit breaker for a motor, triggered in the event of an overload.
- Anything recently released or made available (as for sale).
- (phonetics, sound synthesis) The act or manner of ending a sound.
- (law) The giving up of a claim, especially a debt.
- (software) The distribution, either public or private, of an initial or new and upgraded version of a computer software product.
- The event of setting (someone or something) free (e.g. hostages, slaves, prisoners, caged animals, hooked or stuck mechanisms).
- Discharged semen
- The lever or button on a camera that opens the shutter to allow a photograph to be taken.
- Liberation from pain or suffering.
- A catch on a motor-starting rheostat, which automatically releases the rheostat arm and so stops the motor in case of a break in the field circuit.
- (biochemistry) The process by which a chemical substance is set free.
- (music) A kind of bridge used in jazz music.
- That which is released, untied or let go.
- Orgasm.
- a legal document evidencing the discharge of a debt or obligation
- the act of liberating someone or something
- the termination of someone's employment (leaving them free to depart)
- (music) the act or manner of terminating a musical phrase or tone
- a device that when pressed will release part of a mechanism
- a process that liberates or discharges something
- a formal written statement of relinquishment
- the act of allowing a fluid to escape
- merchandise issued for sale or public showing (especially a record or film)
- euphemistic expressions for death
- activity that frees or expresses creative energy or emotion
- an announcement distributed to members of the press in order to supplement or replace an oral presentation
verb
- (transitive) To free or make available.
- (transitive) To remove or clear a block or obstruction from.
- (transitive) To enable communication again, via telephone, instant messaging, etc., with (somebody previously blocked).
- (intransitive, card games) In whist, to throw away a high card so as not to interrupt one's partner's long suit.
- play the cards of (a suit) so that the last trick on which a hand can follow suit will be taken by a higher card in the hand of a partner who has the remaining cards of a combined holding
- clear or remove an obstruction from
- make (assets) available
noun
noun
- The time when something is released or sent out.
- (automotive, road transport) The amount of time elapsed between the moment when the actuating time for release commences and the moment when the braking force ceases.
- (education) A recess during school hours for students to pursue religious studies or activities.
- The time when a locked resource is released.
verb
- (transitive) To allow the release of (a fluid).
- (transitive) To allow to be or do without interference; to not disturb or meddle with; to leave alone.
- (transitive, obsolete except with know or be) To cause (+ bare infinitive).
- (auxiliary, transitive) Used to introduce a first or third person imperative verb construction.
- (transitive) To give, grant, or assign, as a work, privilege, or contract; often with out.
- (transitive) To allow to, not to prevent (+ infinitive, but usually without to).
- (transitive, chiefly British) To allow possession of (a property etc.) in exchange for rent.
- actively cause something to happen
- grant use or occupation of under a term of contract
- cause to move; cause to be in a certain position or condition
- make it possible through a specific action or lack of action for something to happen
- consent to, give permission; permit
- leave unchanged
noun
verb
- (transitive) To make available; to offer.
- (transitive) To place in a high location.
- Synonym of frame up (“falsely pin a crime on”).
- (US, Canada, transitive, sports, idiomatic) To score; to accumulate scoring. Ellipsis of to put up on the scoreboard.
- (transitive, idiomatic) To house; to shelter; to take in.
- (transitive, food and drink, idiomatic) To can (food) domestically; to preserve (meat, fruit or vegetables) by sterilizing and storing in a bottle, jar or can.
- (transitive, idiomatic) To present, especially in "put up a fight".
- (transitive, African-American Vernacular, slang) To kill (someone).
- (transitive) To endure; to put up with; to tolerate.
- (transitive) To style (the hair) up on the head, instead of letting it hang down.
- (transitive) To build a structure.
- (transitive, printing, historical) To set (matter) in capital letters; to switch text from lowercase to capital letters.
- (transitive, African-American Vernacular, slang) To compliment or respect (someone); to number (someone) among some greats.
- (transitive, idiomatic) To store away.
- (transitive) To hang; to mount.
- (hunting, transitive) To cause (wild game) to break cover.
- (transitive) To provide funds in advance.
- (transitive, idiomatic, used with "to") To cajole or dare (someone) to do (something).
- propose as a candidate for some honor
- put up with something or somebody unpleasant
- place so as to be noticed
- make available for sale at an auction
- mount or put up
- provide
- provide someone with accommodation
- construct, build, or erect
- preserve in a can or tin
adj
verb
- (transitive) To reveal, divulge, or make (something) known; disclose.
- (transitive) To expose or rat out (someone).
- (transitive) To reveal or disclose and show the presence or true character of, especially if unintentionally or incidentally, or else if perfidiously, prejudicially, or to one's discredit.
- reveal unintentionally
verb
- (transitive) To devise.
- To digest in the stomach.
- (cooking) To make an infusion.
- (figurative) To heat as if by boiling.
- (figurative) To reduce or diminish.
- (cooking) To reduce, or concentrate by boiling down.
- be cooked until very little liquid is left
- extract the essence of something by boiling it
- steep in hot water
verb
- (transitive) To allow to leave, or release from any obligation.
- (transitive) To forgive; to pardon; to overlook.
- To relieve of an imputation by apology or defense; to make apology for as not seriously evil; to ask pardon or indulgence for.
- (transitive) To provide an excuse for; to justify.
- accept an excuse for
- ask for permission to be released from an engagement
- defend, explain, clear away, or make excuses for by reasoning
- grant exemption or release to
- excuse, overlook, or make allowances for; be lenient with
- serve as a reason or cause or justification of
noun
- (often with preceding negative adjective, especially sorry, poor, or lame) An example of something that is substandard or of inferior quality.
- (countable, uncountable) An explanation designed to avoid or alleviate guilt or negative judgment; a plea offered in extenuation of a fault.
- (law) A defense to a criminal or civil charge wherein the accused party admits to doing acts for which legal consequences would normally be appropriate, but asserts that special circumstances relieve that party of culpability for having done those acts.
- a poor example
- a defense of some offensive behavior or some failure to keep a promise etc.
- a note explaining an absence
verb
- (transitive) To receive.
- (transitive, informal) To understand. (compare get it)
- (impersonal, informal) Used with a pronoun subject, usually you but sometimes one, to indicate that the object of the verb exists, can occur or is otherwise typical.
- (transitive) To cover (a certain distance) while travelling.
- (imperative, informal) Used with a personal pronoun to indicate that someone is being pretentious or grandiose.
- (intransitive, with various prepositions, such as into, over, or behind; for specific idiomatic senses see individual entries get into, get over, etc.) To adopt, assume, arrive at, or progress towards (a certain position, location, state).
- (transitive) To getter.
- (transitive) To cause to do.
- (transitive) To find as an answer.
- (transitive or ditransitive) To obtain; to acquire.
- (transitive, informal) To catch out, trick successfully.
- (transitive, informal) To perplex, stump.
- (transitive, informal) To bring to reckoning; to catch (usually as a criminal); to effect retribution.
- (intransitive, catenative) (with full infinitive) To be able, be permitted, or have the opportunity (to do something desirable or ironically implied to be desirable).
- (transitive) To cause to come or go or move.
- (copulative, rather informal, followed by an adjective) To become, or cause oneself to become (often with temporary states, past participle adjectives and comparatives).
- (transitive) To hear completely; catch.
- (transitive) To cause someone to laugh.
- (transitive) To measure.
- (transitive, in a perfect construction, with present-tense meaning) To have. See usage notes.
- (intransitive, catenative) (with full infinitive or gerund-participle) To begin (doing something or to do something).
- (transitive, informal) To be told; be the recipient of (a question, comparison, opinion, etc.).
- (transitive) To fetch, bring, take.
- (intransitive, informal, chiefly imperative) To go, to leave; to scram.
- (transitive) To respond to (a telephone call, a doorbell, etc).
- (auxiliary, informal) Used with the past participle to form the dynamic passive voice of a dynamic verb. Compared with static passive with to be, this emphasizes the commencement of an action or entry into a state.
- (transitive) To cause to become; to bring about.
- (transitive) To become ill with or catch (a disease).
- (euphemistic) To kill.
- (transitive) To take or catch (a scheduled transportation service).
- grasp with the mind or develop an understanding of
- receive as a retribution or punishment
- receive a specified treatment (abstract)
- achieve a point or goal
- suffer from the receipt of
- evoke an emotional response
- irritate
- cause to move; cause to be in a certain position or condition
- take vengeance on or get even
- acquire as a result of some effort or action
- perceive by hearing
- give certain properties to something
- overcome or destroy
- take the first step or steps in carrying out an action
- make (offspring) by reproduction
- cause to do; cause to act in a specified manner
- apprehend and reproduce accurately
- be stricken by an illness, fall victim to an illness
- move into a desired direction of discourse
- attract and fix
- come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
- undergo (as of injuries and illnesses)
- be a mystery or bewildering to
- leave immediately; used usually in the imperative form
- go or come after and bring or take back
- enter or assume a certain state or condition
- purchase
- succeed in catching or seizing, especially after a chase
- communicate with a place or person; establish communication with, as if by telephone
- reach a destination; arrive by movement or progress
- reach and board
- reach by calculation
- go through (mental or physical states or experiences)
- reach with a blow or hit in a particular spot
- come to have or undergo a change of (physical features and attributes)
- earn or achieve a base by being walked by the pitcher
noun
- (informal) Something gotten, something gained or won; an acquisition.
- (sports, tennis) A difficult return or block of a shot.
- (Judaism) A Jewish writ of divorce.
- (UK, Ireland, regional) Synonym of git (“contemptible person”).
- Lineage.
- (Internet slang) A message or post on an online platform, particularly imageboards, with a unique identifier deemed special or rare, usually due to patterns in the ID.
- a return on a shot that seemed impossible to reach and would normally have resulted in a point for the opponent
verb
- (transitive) To receive.
- (transitive) To allow a person or an animal to live in one's home.
- (nautical) To reef.
- (transitive, climbing) To tighten (a belaying rope).
- (transitive) To shorten (a garment) or make it smaller.
- (transitive) To receive and properly absorb or comprehend.
- (transitive) To enjoy or appreciate.
- To deceive; to hoodwink.
- (transitive) To arrest (a person).
- (transitive) To receive (goods) into one's home for the purpose of processing for a fee.
- (transitive) To attend a showing of.
- hear, usually without the knowledge of the speakers
- take into one's family
- serve oneself to, or consume regularly
- accept
- take up as if with a sponge
- fold up
- fool or hoax
- earn on some commercial or business transaction; earn as salary or wages
- express willingness to have in one's home or environs
- call for and obtain payment of
- make (clothes) smaller
- suck or take up or in
- take up mentally
- provide with shelter
- see or watch
- take in, also metaphorically
- visit for entertainment
verb
- (transitive, figurative) To make available.
- (transitive) To undo or open a lock or something locked by, for example, turning a key, or selecting a combination.
- (transitive, mobile telephony) To configure (a mobile phone) so that it is not bound to any particular carrier.
- (transitive) To undermine something that has control over a situation; to find a way to counter or oppose.
- (transitive) To disclose or reveal previously unknown knowledge or potential.
- (transitive) To obtain access to something; to meet the requirements of a security or protection system.
- (intransitive) To be or become unfastened or unrestrained.
- open the lock of
- set free or release
- become unlocked
noun
verb
- (transitive, intransitive) To unfold, open, or otherwise become ready for use.
- (transitive, ergative) To prepare and arrange (originally military unit or units, i.e., to array troops) for use.
- (computing) To install, test and implement a computer system or application.
- to distribute systematically or strategically
noun
verb
- (transitive) To deem.
- To mix audio tracks to produce a new sound; to remix.
- To clothe or invest; to ornament; to adorn.
- To make a noise by brisk drumbeats.
- To prepare (a gamecock) for fighting, by trimming the hackles and cutting off the comb and wattles.
- (transitive, now informal) To name, to entitle, to call.
- To strike cloth with teasels to raise a nap.
- To make a copy from an original or master audio tape.
- (golf) To execute a shot poorly.
- To dress with an adze.
- To rub or dress with grease, as leather in the process of currying it.
- (transitive, now historical or ceremonial) To confer knighthood; the conclusion of the ceremony was marked by a tap on the shoulder with a sword, the accolade.
- To add sound to film or change audio on film.
- To replace the original soundtrack of a film with a synchronized translation
- To do something badly.
- To dress a fishing fly.
- raise (someone) to knighthood
- provide (movies) with a soundtrack of a foreign language
- give a nickname to
noun
- (countable) The replacement of a voice part in a movie or cartoon, particularly with a translation; an instance of dubbing.
- (slang, countable) A piece of graffiti in metallic colour with a thick black outline.
- (slang) A twenty-dollar sack of marijuana.
- (UK, dialect) A pool or puddle.
- Clipping of double-u.
- (slang) A wheel rim measuring 20 inches or more.
- (music, countable) A mostly instrumental remix with all or part of the vocals removed.
- (India, historical) A small copper coin once used in India.
- (rare) A blow, thrust, or poke.
- (slang, now historical) An unskillful, awkward person.
- (music, uncountable) A style of reggae music involving mixing of different audio tracks.
- (golf) A poorly executed shot.
- (video games, Internet slang) A win.
- (music, uncountable) A trend in music starting in 2009, in which bass distortion is synced off timing to electronic dance music.
- the new sounds added by dubbing
verb
verb
- (transitive, UK dialectal) To release; let go; unloose.
- (transitive) To pick, select, pick out; to pick up.
- (computing, transitive) To accept such an assignment of (an IP address).
- (transitive) To gather.
- (intransitive) To glean, gather up leavings.
- (computing, transitive) To assign a temporary IP address to (a networked device).
- (transitive, informal) To hold a lease as a tenant; to rent.
- (ambitransitive, UK dialectal) To tell lies; tell lies about; slander; calumniate.
- (transitive) To glean.
- (transitive, formal, law) To grant a lease as a landlord; to let.
- grant use or occupation of under a term of contract
- let for money
- hold under a lease or rental agreement; of goods and services
- engage for service under a term of contract
noun
- The contract or deed under which such an interest is granted.
- An open pasture or common.
- (computing) The temporary assignment of an IP address to a networked device.
- An interest granting exclusive use of any thing, such as a car or boat.
- The place at which the warp-threads cross on a loom.
- The period of such an interest.
- (formal, law) An interest in land granting exclusive use or occupation of real estate for a limited period; a leasehold.
- The document containing such a contract or deed.
- a contract granting use or occupation of property during a specified time for a specified payment
- property that is leased or rented out or let
- the period of time during which a contract conveying property to a person is in effect
verb
- (transitive) To send out; to put into circulation.
- (intransitive) To turn out in a certain way, to result in.
- (law) To come to a point in fact or law on which the parties join issue.
- (transitive) To deliver for use.
- (transitive) To deliver by authority.
- (intransitive) To rush out, to sally forth.
- (intransitive) To extend into, to open onto.
- (intransitive) To flow out, to proceed from, to come out or from.
- prepare and issue for public distribution or sale
- circulate or distribute or equip with
- come out of
- make out and issue
- bring out an official document (such as a warrant)
noun
- The means or opportunity by which something flows or comes out, particularly:
- Any question or situation to be resolved, particularly:
- (historical medicine) A small incision, tear, or artificial ulcer, used to drain fluid and usually held open with a pea or other small object.
- The end result of an event or events, any result or outcome, particularly:
- The loan of a book etc. from a library to a patron; all such loans by a given library during a given period.
- The production or distribution of something for general use.
- (figuratively, originally World War I military slang, usually with definite article) The entire set of something; all of something.
- (law) A point of law or fact in dispute or question in a legal action presented for resolution by the court.
- (figuratively) Anything in dispute, an area of disagreement whose resolution is being debated or decided.
- (finance) Any financial instrument issued by a company.
- (figuratively) Progeny: all one's lineal descendants.
- (finance) The action or an instance of a company selling bonds, stock, or other securities.
- (medicine) The outflow of a bodily fluid, particularly (now rare) in abnormal amounts.
- (historical or rare law) Income derived from fines levied by a court or law-enforcement officer; the fines themselves.
- The action or an instance of sending something out, particularly:
- The distribution of something (particularly rations or standardized provisions) to someone or some group.
- (publishing) A single edition of a newspaper or other periodical publication.
- The entire set of some item printed and disseminated during a certain period, particularly (publishing) a single printing of a particular edition of a work when contrasted with other print runs.
- (now usually historical or law) Offspring: one's natural child or children.
- (US, originally psychology, usually in the plural) A psychological or emotional difficulty, (now informal, figurative and usually euphemistic) any problem or concern considered as a vague and intractable difficulty.
- the immediate descendants of a person
- some situation or event that is thought about
- a phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon
- the becoming visible
- supplies (as food or clothing or ammunition) issued by the government
- the act of providing an item for general use or for official purposes (usually in quantity)
- one of a series published periodically
- an opening that permits escape or release
- an important question that is in dispute and must be settled
- the income or profit arising from such transactions as the sale of land or other property
- the act of issuing printed materials
verb
- To set free; to deliver; to release.
- (Australia, New Zealand, usually with up) To keep (a traveller) detained in order to rob them; to corner (a wild animal); loosely, to detain, hold up.
- (intransitive, informal) To fail to meet a commitment (to a person). [with on ‘someone’]
- (nautical, transitive) To remove water from (a boat) by scooping it out.
- To secure the release of an arrested person by providing bail.
- To secure the head of a cow during milking.
- (Australia, New Zealand) To secure (a cow) by placing its head in a bail for milking.
- (law) To release a person under such guarantee.
- (law) To hand over personal property to be held temporarily by another as a bailment.
- (nautical, transitive, intransitive) To remove (water) from a boat by scooping it out.
- (rare) To confine.
- (intransitive, slang) To leave or exit abruptly.
- release after a security has been paid
- secure the release of (someone) by providing security
- remove (water) from a vessel with a container
- deliver something in trust to somebody for a special purpose and for a limited period
- empty (a vessel) by bailing
noun
- (law, UK) Release from imprisonment on payment of such money.
- A person who bails water out of a boat.
- A bucket or scoop used for removing water from a boat etc.
- A hoop, ring, or other object used to connect a pendant to a necklace.
- A stall for a cow (or other animal) (usually tethered with a semi-circular hoop).
- (furniture) Normally curved handle suspended between sockets as a drawer pull. This may also be on a kettle or pail.
- (countable, uncountable) Security, usually a sum of money, exchanged for the release of an arrested person as a guarantee of that person's appearance for trial.
- (chiefly Australia and New Zealand) A frame to restrain a cow during milking or feeding.
- A hinged bar as a restraint for animals, or on a typewriter.
- (law, UK) The person providing such payment.
- (cricket) One of the two wooden crosspieces that rest on top of the stumps to form a wicket.
- A hoop, ring or handle (especially of a kettle or bucket).
- the legal system that allows an accused person to be temporarily released from custody (usually on condition that a sum of money guarantees their appearance at trial)
- (criminal law) money that must be forfeited by the bondsman if an accused person fails to appear in court for trial
verb
- (transitive) To give utterance or expression to; to utter; to publish; to announce
- (television, film) To act as a voice actor to portray a character.
- (transitive) To fit for producing the proper sounds; to regulate the tone of
- (transitive, Internet, IRC) To assign the voice flag to a user on IRC, permitting them to send messages to the channel.
- (transitive, phonology) To utter audibly, with tone and not just breath.
- give voice to
- utter with vibrating vocal chords
noun
- (grammar) A particular way of inflecting or conjugating verbs, or a particular form of a verb, which indicates the relation of the subject of the verb to the action which the verb expresses.
- (literature) A particular style or way of writing that expresses a certain tone or feeling.
- (music) In harmony, an independent vocal or instrumental part in a piece of composition.
- Sound uttered by the mouth, especially by human beings in speech or song; sound thus uttered considered as possessing some special quality or character.
- One who speaks; a speaker.
- (Internet, IRC) A flag associated with a user on a channel, determining whether they can send messages to the channel.
- The tone or sound emitted by an object.
- (figurative) An expressed opinion, choice, will, desire, or wish; the right or ability to make such expression or to have it considered.
- (phonetics) Sound made through vibration of the vocal cords; sonant, or intonated, utterance; tone; — distinguished from mere breath sound as heard in whispering and voiceless consonants.
- The faculty or power of utterance.
- That which is communicated; message; meaning.
- expressing in coherent verbal form
- A term used in phonetics and phonology to characterize speech sounds, with sounds described as either voiceless (unvoiced) or voiced.
- a means or agency by which something is expressed or communicated
- the distinctive quality or pitch or condition of a person's speech
- something suggestive of speech in being a medium of expression
- an advocate who represents someone else's policy or purpose
- (metonymy) a singer
- the melody carried by a particular voice or instrument in polyphonic music
- a sound suggestive of a vocal utterance
- the sound made by the vibration of vocal folds modified by the resonance of the vocal tract
- (linguistics) the grammatical relation (active or passive) of the grammatical subject of a verb to the action that the verb denotes
- the ability to speak
verb
- (transitive) To launch or unleash in rapid succession.
- (intransitive) To move like the undulating surface of a body of water; to undulate.
- (transitive) To shape into a series of ripples.
- To remove the seeds from (the stalks of flax, etc.), by means of a ripple.
- (intransitive) To propagate like a moving wave.
- (transitive) To scratch, tear, or break slightly; graze
- (intransitive) To make a sound as of water running gently over a rough bottom, or the breaking of ripples on the shore.
- flow in an irregular current with a bubbling noise
- stir up (water) so as to form ripples
noun
- A style of ice cream in which flavors have been coarsely blended together.
- One of a series of corrugations in flat surface.
- (dialectal, historical) thripple, cart ladder (extension for cart or wagon)
- A sound similar to that of undulating water.
- (textiles) An implement, with teeth like those of a comb, for removing the seeds and seed vessels from flax, broom corn, etc.
- (figurative) A small spreading change, impact, or effect produced by a larger or more consequential action.
- A moving disturbance, or undulation, in the surface of a fluid.
- (electronics) A small oscillation of an otherwise steady signal.
- (electronics) an oscillation of small amplitude imposed on top of a steady value
- a small wave on the surface of a liquid
verb
- (transitive) To make something loose.
- (transitive) To make something less severe or tense.
- (intransitive, of codes and regulations) To become more lenient.
- (intransitive) To rest and become relieved of stress.
- (transitive) To make something (such as codes and regulations) more lenient.
- (intransitive) To become less severe or tense.
- (transitive) To relieve (someone or someone's mind) of stress; to enable to rest; to calm down.
- (intransitive) To become loose.
- become loose or looser or less tight
- make less severe or strict
- become less tense, less formal, or less restrained, and assume a friendlier manner
- make less taut
- become less severe or strict
- make less active or fast
- cause to feel relaxed
- become less tense, rest, or take one's ease
verb
- (transitive) To mention, specify.
- (transitive, of a person) To disclose the name of.
- (ditransitive) To give a name to.
- (transitive) To designate for a role.
- (transitive) To identify as relevant or important
- (transitive) To publicly implicate by name.
- (transitive, Westminster system politics) To initiate a process to temporarily remove a member of parliament who is breaking the rules of conduct.
- determine or distinguish the nature of a problem or an illness through a diagnostic analysis
- assign a specified (usually proper) name to
- give or make a list of; name individually; give the names of
- charge with a function; charge to be
- mention and identify by name
- give the name or identifying characteristics of; refer to by name or some other identifying characteristic property
- identify as in botany or biology, for example
- make reference to
- create and charge with a task or function
noun
- An abusive or insulting epithet.
- Any nounal word or phrase which indicates a particular person, place, class, or thing.
- A reputation.
- (computing) An identifier, generally a unique string of characters.
- (UK, finance) An investor in Lloyd's of London bearing unlimited liability.
- An authority; a behalf.
- Those of a certain name; a race; a family.
- Any of several types of true yam (Dioscorea) used in Caribbean Spanish cooking.
- A person (or legal person).
- a person's reputation
- a well-known or notable person
- by the sanction or authority of
- a defamatory or abusive word or phrase
- family based on male descent
- a language unit by which a person or thing is known
verb
- (transitive) To distribute.
- (bridge, transitive) To end (a round) by having passes as the first four bids.
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see pass, out.
- (of soldiers, police, fire-fighters, etc.) To graduate, usually marked by a ceremony at the end of training.
- (by extension) To become proficient in a particular job or task.
- (India) To graduate from university.
- (intransitive) To faint; to become unconscious.
- (slang) To fall asleep irrespective of wilful action, as a result of the consumption of alcohol or other drugs or another form of physiological exhaustion.
- pass out from weakness, physical or emotional distress due to a loss of blood supply to the brain
- give to several people
- lose consciousness due to a sudden trauma, for example
verb
- (transitive) To reveal, uncover, make visible, bring to light, introduce (to).
- (computing, transitive) To make available to other parts of a program, or to other programs.
- (transitive) To abandon, especially an unwanted baby in the wilderness.
- (transitive) To subject photographic film to light thereby recording an image.
- To submit to an active (mostly dangerous) substance like an allergen, ozone, nicotine, solvent, or to any other stress, in order to test the reaction, resistance, etc.
- make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret
- expose to light, of photographic film
- expose while ridiculing; especially of pretentious or false claims and ideas
- abandon by leaving out in the open air
- put in a dangerous, disadvantageous, or difficult position
- expose or make accessible to some action or influence
- to show, make visible or apparent
- remove all or part of one's clothes to show one's body
- reveal to view as by removing a cover
noun
verb
adj
verb
- (transitive) To release from a fold or pen.
- (transitive, computing) To reassemble a line of text that was split across multiple lines.
- (transitive) To undo a folding.
- (transitive) To lay open to view or contemplation; to bring out in all the details, or by successive development; to reveal.
- (intransitive) To turn out; to happen; to develop.
- (intransitive) To become unfolded.
- extend or stretch out to a greater or the full length
- develop or come to a promising stage
- spread out or open from a closed or folded state
- open to the view
noun
verb
- (transitive) To receive officially.
- (Philippines) To do a service done by an establishment.
- (transitive) To admit to a place or a group.
- (transitive) To endure patiently.
- (transitive) To regard as proper, usual, true, or to believe in.
- (transitive) To receive or admit to; to agree to; to assent to; to submit to.
- (transitive) To receive as adequate or satisfactory.
- (transitive) To receive, especially with a consent, with favour, or with approval.
- (transitive, law, business) To agree to pay.
- (intransitive) To receive something willingly.
- (transitive) To acknowledge patiently without opposition or resistance.
- tolerate or accommodate oneself to
- admit into a group or community
- be sexually responsive to, used of a female domesticated mammal
- take on as one's own the expenses or debts of another person
- consider or hold as true
- make use of or accept for some purpose
- receive (a report) officially, as from a committee
- be designed to hold or take
- react favorably to; consider right and proper
- receive willingly something given or offered
- give an affirmative reply to; respond favorably to
noun
noun
- The time when something is released or sent out.
- (automotive, road transport) The amount of time elapsed between the moment when the actuating time for release commences and the moment when the braking force ceases.
- (education) A recess during school hours for students to pursue religious studies or activities.
- The time when a locked resource is released.
verb
- (transitive) To release.
- (informal) Of sound, to emit.
- To rent out.
- To disclose.
- (of clothing) To enlarge by adjusting one or more seams.
- (Canada, US, intransitive) Of a school: to finish for the day or term, allowing the pupils to go home.
- (transitive) To begin to tell a story.
- To allow to operate at higher speed by adjusting controls.
- make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret
- bring out of a specific state
- express audibly; utter sounds (not necessarily words)
- make (clothes) larger
verb
- (transitive) To release; to put onto the market for sale
- (transitive) To cause (a rocket, balloon, etc., or the payload thereof) to begin its flight upward from the ground.
- (intransitive, often with out) To move with force and swiftness like a sliding from the stocks into the water; to plunge; to begin.
- (transitive) To throw (a projectile such as a lance, dart or ball); to hurl; to propel with force.
- (intransitive) Of a ship, rocket, balloon, etc.: to depart on a voyage; to take off.
- (transitive) To send out; to start (someone) on a mission or project; to give a start to (something); to put in operation
- (intransitive, computing, of a program) To start to operate.
- (transitive, computing) To start (a program or feature); to execute or bring into operation.
- (transitive) To cause (a vessel) to move or slide from the land or a larger vessel into the water; to set afloat.
- set up or found
- launch for the first time; launch on a maiden voyage
- propel with force
- smoothen the surface of
- begin with vigor
- get going; give impetus to
noun
- An event held to celebrate the launch of a ship/vessel, project, a new book, etc.; a launch party.
- The act or fact of launching (a ship/vessel, a project, a new book, etc.).
- (nautical) The boat of the largest size and/or of most importance belonging to a ship of war, and often called the "captain's boat" or "captain's launch".
- (nautical) An open boat of any size powered by steam, petrol, electricity, etc.
- The movement of a vessel from land into the water; especially, the sliding on ways from the stocks on which it is built. (Compare: to splash a ship.)
- (nautical) A boat used to convey guests to and from a yacht.
- the act of propelling with force
- a motorboat with an open deck or a half deck
verb
- (transitive) To make loose.
- (transitive) To disengage (a device that restrains).
- (transitive) To free from restraint; to set at liberty.
- (transitive) To relieve (the bowels) from constipation; to promote defecation.
- (intransitive) To become loose.
- (intransitive) To become unfastened or undone.
- make less dense
- become loose or looser or less tight
- make less severe or strict
- cause to become loose
- become less severe or strict
- make loose or looser
- disentangle and raise the fibers of
verb
- (transitive) To publish; announce publicly.
- (transitive) To cause to shine forth; exhibit vividly; be resplendent with.
- (transitive) To disclose; bewray; defame.
- (transitive, rare) To set in a blaze; burn.
- (transitive) To set a mark on (as a tree, usually by cutting off a piece of its bark).
- (transitive) To blow, as from a trumpet.
- (slang) To smoke marijuana.
- (intransitive) To send forth or reflect a bright light; shine like a flame.
- (transitive) To mark off or stake a claim to land.
- (transitive, figurative) To set a precedent for the taking-on of a challenge; lead by example.
- (transitive, only in the past participle) To mark with a white spot on the face (as a horse).
- (intransitive, poetic) To be conspicuous; shine brightly a brilliancy (of talents, deeds, etc.).
- (intransitive) To be on fire, especially producing bright flames.
- (transitive, heraldry) To blazon.
- (figurative) To be furiously angry; to speak or write in a rage.
- (transitive) To indicate or mark out (a trail, especially through vegetation) by a series of blazes.
- shoot rapidly and repeatedly
- move rapidly and as if blazing
- burn brightly and intensely
- shine brightly and intensively
- indicate by marking trees with blazes
noun
- A fire, especially a fast-burning fire producing a lot of flames and light.
- (hiking) A waymark: any marking as painted on trees, carvings, affixed markers, posts, flagging, or crosses placed to lead hikers on their trail.
- A bursting out, or active display of any quality.
- The white or lighter-coloured markings on a horse's face.
- A spot made on trees by chipping off a piece of the bark, usually as a surveyor's mark.
- Publication; the act of spreading widely by report.
- Intense, direct light accompanied with heat.
- A high-visibility orange colour, typically used in warning signs and hunters' clothing.
- (poker) A hand consisting of five face cards.
- noisy and unrestrained mischief
- a light within the field of vision that is brighter than the brightness to which the eyes are adapted
- a cause of difficulty and suffering
- a light-colored marking
- a strong flame that burns brightly
verb
noun
verb
- (transitive) To blurt out.
- (intransitive) To play at courtship; to talk with teasing affection, to insinuate sexual attraction in a playful (especially conversational) way.
- (intransitive) To experiment, or tentatively engage, with; to become involved in passing with.
- (intransitive) To dart about; to move with quick, jerky motions.
- (transitive) To throw (something) with a jerk or sudden movement; to fling.
- talk or behave amorously, without serious intentions
- behave carelessly or indifferently
adj
noun
- (with "the") Russula vesca, an edible woodland mushroom.
- A tentative or brief, passing engagement with something.
- An act of flirting.
- Someone who flirts a lot or enjoys flirting; a flirtatious person.
- A sudden jerk; a quick throw or cast; a darting motion
- (dialectal) A brief shower (of rain or snow).
- playful behavior intended to arouse sexual interest
- a seductive woman who uses her sex appeal to exploit men
verb
- (transitive) To disclose or reveal.
- (transitive, religion) To hear or receive such a confession of sins from.
- (intransitive, chiefly in the context of Japanese media) To profess one's love.
- (intransitive, transitive) To admit to the truth, particularly in the context of sins or crimes committed.
- (transitive) To acknowledge faith in; to profess belief in.
- (religion) To unburden (oneself) of sins to God or a priest, in order to receive absolution.
- confess to a punishable or reprehensible deed, usually under pressure
- confess to God in the presence of a priest, as in the Catholic faith
- admit (to a wrongdoing)
verb
- (transitive) To emit.
- (transitive) To cause or experience debilitating muscle or joint pain in (a body part).
- (idiomatic) To dismiss or expel someone from any longer performing duty or attending somewhere.
- (transitive) To put into a state of confusion.
- (idiomatic) To discard; to dispense with something; to throw away.
- (idiomatic) To offer an idea for consideration.
- (transitive) To cause to project.
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see throw, out.
- (transitive) To utter carelessly (a remark, suggestion, proposal, etc.).
- (transitive) To outdistance; to leave behind.
- To produce in a haphazard fashion.
- bring forward for consideration or acceptance
- remove from a position or office
- throw or cast away
- force to leave or move out
- cease to consider; put out of judicial consideration
noun
verb
- (transitive) To reveal.
- (intransitive) To show, be showing, be revealed.
- To pick up on a difference. (See tell apart for more.)
- (transitive) To instruct or inform.
- (transitive) To order; to direct, to say to someone.
- (transitive or intransitive) To notice, discern. (Roughly, "can tell" means "know" but with a sense of direct perception.)
- (intransitive, childish) To inform someone in authority about a wrongdoing.
- (transitive, ditransitive) To narrate, to recount.
- (intransitive) To have an effect, especially a noticeable one; to be apparent, to be demonstrated.
- (transitive, ditransitive) To convey by speech; to say.
- (transitive) To use (beads or similar objects) as an aid to prayer.
- (authorship, intransitive) To reveal information in prose through outright expository statement — contrasted with show.
- (transitive, archaic outside of idioms) To determine the number, amount, or value of [something].
- narrate or give a detailed account of
- give instructions to or direct somebody to do something with authority
- give evidence
- mark as different
- inform positively and with certainty and confidence
- express in words
- discern or comprehend
- let something be known
noun
- A reflexive, often habitual behavior, especially one occurring in a context that often features attempts at deception by persons under psychological stress (such as a poker game or police interrogation), that reveals information that the person exhibiting the behavior is attempting to withhold.
- (Internet) A private message to an individual in a chat room; a whisper.
- (archaeology) A hill or mound, originally and especially in the Middle East, over or consisting of the ruins of ancient settlements.
- (informal) A giveaway; something that unintentionally reveals or hints at a secret.
verb
- (transitive) To make free; set at liberty; release.
- (transitive, programming) To relinquish (previously allocated memory) to the system.
- (transitive) To rid of something that confines or oppresses. [with from]
- let off the hook
- grant relief or an exemption from a rule or requirement to
- grant freedom to; free from confinement
- relieve from
- make (information) available for publication
- remove or force out from a position
- release (gas or energy) as a result of a chemical reaction or physical decomposition
- part with a possession or right
- free from obligations or duties
- free or remove obstruction from
- make (assets) available
adj
- Without obligations.
- Not currently in use; not taken; unoccupied.
- (logic, of a variable) Unconstrained by quantifiers.
- To be enjoyed by anyone freely.
- (military) Of a rocket or missile: not under the control of a guidance system after being launched.
- Generous; liberal.
- Not imprisoned or enslaved.
- (botany, mycology) Not attached; loose.
- (category theory, of a functor F) Left adjoint to a forgetful functor G; such that any map f:X→G(A) induces a universal map ̄f:F(X)→A.
- (group theory, of a group) Having a set of generators which satisfy no non-trivial relations; equivalently, being the group of reduced words on a set of generators.
- (law) Privileged or individual; proprietary.
- (social) Unconstrained.
- Obtainable without any payment.
- (software) Intended for release, and omitting debugging diagnostics, as opposed to a checked version.
- (by extension, chiefly used in advertising) Complimentary.
- (of a government, country) Upholding individual rights.
- Unattached or uncombined.
- (US, slang, motor racing) Having oversteer.
- (category theory, of an object) Belonging to the image of some free functor.
- Unobstructed, without blockages.
- (software) With no or only freedom-preserving limitations on distribution or modification.
- Without; not containing (what is specified); exempt; clear; liberated.
- (commutative algebra, of a module) Having a linearly independent set of generators (called a basis).
- (programming) Unconstrained of identifiers, not bound.
- (linguistics) (of a morpheme) That can be used by itself, unattached to another morpheme.
- completely wanting or lacking
- not fixed in position
- costing nothing
- not occupied or in use
- not held in servitude
- not taken up by scheduled activities
- not limited or hampered; not under compulsion or restraint
- not literal
- unconstrained or not chemically bound in a molecule or not fixed and capable of relatively unrestricted motion
adv
noun
- (soccer) A free transfer.
- (hurling) The usual means of restarting play after a foul is committed, where the non-offending team restarts from where the foul was committed.
- (swimming, informal) Abbreviation of freestyle.
- (Australian rules football, Gaelic football) Abbreviation of free kick.
- people who are free
verb
noun
- (physics) A complete description of a system, consisting of parameters that determine all properties of the system.
- Condition of prosperity or grandeur; wealthy or prosperous circumstances; social importance.
- (sciences) The physical property of matter as solid, liquid, gas or plasma.
- A political division of a federation retaining a notable degree of autonomy, as in the United States, Mexico, Nigeria, or India.
- (grammar, semantics) The lexical aspect (aktionsart) of verbs or predicates that do not change over time.
- Rank; condition; quality.
- (computing) The set of all parameters relevant to a computation.
- (computing) The stable condition of a processor during a particular clock cycle.
- (colloquial, in the singular) A mess; disorder; a bad condition or set of circumstances.
- A condition; a set of circumstances applying at any given time.
- (computing) The values of all parameters at some point in a computation.
- (mathematics, stochastic processes) An element of the range of the random variables that define a random process.
- A chair with a canopy above it, often standing on a dais; a seat of dignity; also, the canopy itself.
- (anthropology) A society larger than a tribe. A society large enough to form a state in the sense of a government.
- Pomp, ceremony, or dignity.
- (historically often capitalized) A sovereign country or city state, with the central government acting as its visible instrument.
- (chemistry) the three traditional states of matter are solids (fixed shape and volume) and liquids (fixed volume and shaped by the container) and gases (filling the container)
- the territory occupied by a nation
- a politically organized body of people under a single government
- the way something is with respect to its main attributes
- the group of people comprising the government of a sovereign state
- a state of depression or agitation
- the territory occupied by one of the constituent administrative districts of a nation
verb
- (transitive) To publish or make available; to disseminate.
- (intransitive) To be released, especially from hospital or prison.
- (intransitive) To end.
- (transitive) To remove or eliminate (dirt or stains).
- (intransitive) To become known.
- (transitive) To help (someone) leave.
- (intransitive) To come out of a situation; to escape a fate.
- (intransitive) To spend free time out of the house.
- (intransitive) To leave the inside of a vehicle such as a car. (Note: for public transport, get off is more common.)
- (transitive) To take (something) from its container or storage place, so as to use or display it.
- (intransitive) To remove one's money from an investment; to end an investment.
- (transitive) To say with difficulty.
- (intransitive) To leave or escape.
- move out of or depart from
- escape potentially unpleasant consequences; get away with a forbidden action
- express with difficulty
- bring, take, or pull out of a container or from under a cover
- take out of a container or enclosed space
- move out or away
- be released or become known; of news
intj
verb
- (transitive) To let go (free, away), physically release.
- (transitive) To give up, abandon or retire from something; to trade away.
- (transitive) To metaphorically surrender, yield control or possession.
- (transitive) To accept to give up, withdraw etc.
- part with a possession or right
- turn away from; give up
- do without or cease to hold or adhere to
- release, as from one's grip
verb
- (transitive) To announce to the public.
- (Internet, transitive) To disseminate (a message) publicly via a newsgroup, forum, blog, etc.
- (intransitive) To have one's work accepted for a publication.
- (transitive) To issue the work of (an author).
- (intransitive, of content) To be made available in a printed publication or other medium.
- (Christianity) To preach (as a Jehovah's Witness).
- (intransitive) To issue a medium (e.g. publication).
- (programming) To make (information such as an event) available to components that wish to be notified (subscribers).
- (transitive) To issue (something, such as printed work) for distribution and/or sale.
- prepare and issue for public distribution or sale
- put into print
- have (one's work) issued for publication
verb
- release suddenly
- appear suddenly or unexpectedly; happen unexpectedly
- cause to burst with a loud, explosive sound
- put or thrust suddenly and forcefully
- burst open with a sharp, explosive sound
- hit or strike
- bulge outward
- fire a weapon with a loud explosive noise
- take drugs, especially orally
- drink down entirely
- cause to make a sharp explosive sound
- make a sharp explosive noise
- hit a pop-fly
- (intransitive, vulgar, slang) To ejaculate; to orgasm.
- (transitive, slang) To pawn (something) (to raise money).
- (transitive, slang) To shoot (usually somebody) with a firearm.
- (intransitive, slang) To give birth.
- (intransitive, with in, out, upon, etc.) To enter, or issue forth, with a quick, sudden movement; to move from place to place suddenly; to dart.
- (transitive, computing) To remove (a data item) from the top of a stack.
- (intransitive) To make a pop, or sharp, quick sound.
- (transitive, informal) To perform (a move or stunt) while riding a board or vehicle.
- (transitive, UK, Australia) To place (something) (somewhere); to move or position (something) with a short movement.
- (intransitive, of the ears) To undergo equalization of pressure when the Eustachian tubes open.
- (African-American Vernacular) To sexually penetrate.
- (ergative) To burst (something) with a popping sound.
- (transitive, slang) To arrest.
- (dance) To perform the popping style of dance.
- (intransitive) To stand out; to be distinctive to the senses.
- (music) To pull a string away from the fretboard and release it so that it snaps back.
- (transitive) To hit (something or someone).
- (intransitive, often with over, round, along, in, etc.) To make a short trip or visit.
- (transitive, slang) To swallow or consume (especially a tablet of a drug, sometimes extended to other small items such as sweets or candy).
- (African-American Vernacular, slang) To occur or happen.
adj
noun
- a sharp explosive sound as from a gunshot or drawing a cork
- an informal term for a father; probably derived from baby talk
- a sweet drink containing carbonated water and flavoring
- music of general appeal to teenagers; a bland watered-down version of rock'n'roll with more rhythm and harmony and an emphasis on romantic love
- (colloquial) A lollipop.
- (US, mostly in plural) A small, immature peanut, boiled as a snack.
- (colloquial, in the phrase "a pop") A quantity dispensed; a portion; apiece.
- (Russian Orthodoxy, uncommon) A Russian Orthodox parish priest.
- (physics) The sixth derivative of the position vector with respect to time (after velocity, acceleration, jerk, jounce, crackle), i.e. the rate of change of crackle.
- A bird, the European redwing.
- (computing) The removal of a data item from the top of a stack.
- (countable) A loud, sharp sound, as of a cork coming out of a bottle, especially when the contents are pressurized by fizziness.
- Population.
- (professional wrestling slang) A (usually very) loud audience reaction.
- Something that stands out or is distinctive to the mind or senses.
- Pop music.
- (colloquial) Ellipsis of freeze pop.
- (music) The pulling of a string away from the fretboard and releasing it so that it snaps back.
- (uncountable, regional, Midwestern US, Canada, Inland Northern American, Midlands, Northwestern US, Western Pennsylvania, Northern England) An effervescent or fizzy drink, most frequently nonalcoholic; soda pop.
- (colloquial, endearing) One's father.
- A pop shot: a quick, possibly unaimed, shot with a firearm.
- (countable, regional, Midwestern US, Inland Northern American, Northwestern US, Canada, Western Pennsylvania) A bottle, can, or serving of effervescent or fizzy drink, most frequently nonalcoholic; a soda pop.
adv
intj
verb
- (transitive, by extension) To announce publicly; to publish.
- To assign to a station; to set; to place.
- (Internet) To publish (a message) to a newsgroup, forum, blog, etc.
- To travel quickly; to hurry.
- (law) To pay bail.
- To hold up to public blame or reproach; to advertise opprobriously; to denounce by public proclamation.
- To enter (a name) on a list, as for service, promotion, etc.
- (gambling) To pay (a stake or blind).
- (transitive) To hang (a notice) in a conspicuous manner for general review.
- (UK, Ireland, India, Australia, New Zealand) To send (an item of mail etc.) through the postal service.
- (horse-riding) To rise and sink in the saddle, in accordance with the motion of the horse, especially in trotting.
- To travel with relays of horses; to travel by post horses, originally as a courier.
- (accounting) To carry (an account) from the journal to the ledger.
- To inform; to give the news to; to make acquainted with the details of a subject; often with up.
- transfer (entries) from one account book to another
- place so as to be noticed
- cause to be directed or transmitted to another place
- To post a message on a social media website
- ride Western style and bob up and down in the saddle in rhythm with a horse's trotting gait
- affix in a public place or for public notice
- enter on a public list
- assign to a post; put into a post
- publicize with, or as if with, a poster
- assign to a station
- mark or expose as infamous
- mark with a stake
- display, as of records in sports games
adv
noun
- (film, informal) Post-production.
- (American football) A moderate to deep passing route in which a receiver runs 10-20 yards from the line of scrimmage straight down the field, then cuts toward the middle of the field (towards the facing goalposts) at a 45-degree angle.
- (vocal music, chiefly a cappella) A prolonged final melody note, among moving harmony notes.
- A military base; the place at which a soldier or a body of troops is stationed; also, the troops at such a station.
- An assigned station; a guard post.
- The vertical part of a crochet stitch.
- (sports) A goalpost.
- A location on a basketball court near the basket.
- (paper, printing) A printing paper size measuring 19.25 inches x 15.5 inches.
- (now historical) Someone who travels express along a set route carrying letters and dispatches; a courier.
- (dentistry) A long, narrow piece inserted into a root canal to provide retention for a crown.
- (construction) A stud; a two-by-four.
- A single delivery of letters; the letters or deliveries that make up a single batch delivered to one person or one address.
- An organisation for delivering letters, parcels etc., or the service provided by such an organisation.
- An appointed position in an organization, job.
- A message posted in an electronic or Internet forum, or on a blog, etc.
- A pole in a battery.
- A long dowel or plank protruding from the ground; a fencepost; a lightpost.
- (medicine, informal) A post mortem (an investigation of a body's cause of death).
- any particular collection of letters or packages that is delivered
- a pole or stake set up to mark something (as the start or end of a race track)
- military installation at which a body of troops is stationed
- an upright consisting of a piece of timber or metal fixed firmly in an upright position
- A message on a social media website
- the position where someone (as a guard or sentry) stands or is assigned to stand
- the system whereby messages are transmitted via the post office
- the delivery and collection of letters and packages
- a job in an organization
prep
verb
- (transitive) To emit; to give off.
- (figuratively) To gush; to be excitedly talkative and enthusiastic about something.
- (intransitive) To pour out like a stream or freely; to cause to exude; to shed.
- (intransitive) To leak out through a small hole.
- flow or spill forth
- give out or emit (also metaphorically)
- pour out liberally
adj
verb
- (transitive) To discharge.
- (transitive) To let go of; to cease to hold or contain.
- (transitive) To make available to the public.
- (transitive, telephony) (of a call) To hang up.
- (biochemistry) To set free a chemical substance.
- (transitive) To loosen; to relax; to remove the obligation of.
- (transitive, law) To let go, quit (a legal claim); to discharge or relinquish a right to (lands or buildings) by conveying to another who has some right or estate in possession.
- (transitive) To lease again; to grant a new lease of; to let back.
- (transitive) To free or liberate; to set free.
- (intransitive) To launch; to come out; to become available.
- (transitive, soccer) To set up; to provide with a goalscoring opportunity.
- grant freedom to; free from confinement
- prepare and issue for public distribution or sale
- let (something) fall or spill from a container
- make (information) available for publication
- generate and separate from cells or bodily fluids
- release (gas or energy) as a result of a chemical reaction or physical decomposition
- part with a possession or right
- eliminate (a substance)
- release, as from one's grip
- make (assets) available
noun
- (railways, historical) In the block system, a printed card conveying information and instructions to be used at intermediate sidings without telegraphic stations.
- The catch on an electromagnetic circuit breaker for a motor, triggered in the event of an overload.
- Anything recently released or made available (as for sale).
- (phonetics, sound synthesis) The act or manner of ending a sound.
- (law) The giving up of a claim, especially a debt.
- (software) The distribution, either public or private, of an initial or new and upgraded version of a computer software product.
- The event of setting (someone or something) free (e.g. hostages, slaves, prisoners, caged animals, hooked or stuck mechanisms).
- Discharged semen
- The lever or button on a camera that opens the shutter to allow a photograph to be taken.
- Liberation from pain or suffering.
- A catch on a motor-starting rheostat, which automatically releases the rheostat arm and so stops the motor in case of a break in the field circuit.
- (biochemistry) The process by which a chemical substance is set free.
- (music) A kind of bridge used in jazz music.
- That which is released, untied or let go.
- Orgasm.
- a legal document evidencing the discharge of a debt or obligation
- the act of liberating someone or something
- the termination of someone's employment (leaving them free to depart)
- (music) the act or manner of terminating a musical phrase or tone
- a device that when pressed will release part of a mechanism
- a process that liberates or discharges something
- a formal written statement of relinquishment
- the act of allowing a fluid to escape
- merchandise issued for sale or public showing (especially a record or film)
- euphemistic expressions for death
- activity that frees or expresses creative energy or emotion
- an announcement distributed to members of the press in order to supplement or replace an oral presentation
verb
- (transitive) To free or make available.
- (transitive) To remove or clear a block or obstruction from.
- (transitive) To enable communication again, via telephone, instant messaging, etc., with (somebody previously blocked).
- (intransitive, card games) In whist, to throw away a high card so as not to interrupt one's partner's long suit.
- play the cards of (a suit) so that the last trick on which a hand can follow suit will be taken by a higher card in the hand of a partner who has the remaining cards of a combined holding
- clear or remove an obstruction from
- make (assets) available
noun
verb
- (transitive) To allow the release of (a fluid).
- (transitive) To allow to be or do without interference; to not disturb or meddle with; to leave alone.
- (transitive, obsolete except with know or be) To cause (+ bare infinitive).
- (auxiliary, transitive) Used to introduce a first or third person imperative verb construction.
- (transitive) To give, grant, or assign, as a work, privilege, or contract; often with out.
- (transitive) To allow to, not to prevent (+ infinitive, but usually without to).
- (transitive, chiefly British) To allow possession of (a property etc.) in exchange for rent.
- actively cause something to happen
- grant use or occupation of under a term of contract
- cause to move; cause to be in a certain position or condition
- make it possible through a specific action or lack of action for something to happen
- consent to, give permission; permit
- leave unchanged
noun
verb
- (transitive) To make available; to offer.
- (transitive) To place in a high location.
- Synonym of frame up (“falsely pin a crime on”).
- (US, Canada, transitive, sports, idiomatic) To score; to accumulate scoring. Ellipsis of to put up on the scoreboard.
- (transitive, idiomatic) To house; to shelter; to take in.
- (transitive, food and drink, idiomatic) To can (food) domestically; to preserve (meat, fruit or vegetables) by sterilizing and storing in a bottle, jar or can.
- (transitive, idiomatic) To present, especially in "put up a fight".
- (transitive, African-American Vernacular, slang) To kill (someone).
- (transitive) To endure; to put up with; to tolerate.
- (transitive) To style (the hair) up on the head, instead of letting it hang down.
- (transitive) To build a structure.
- (transitive, printing, historical) To set (matter) in capital letters; to switch text from lowercase to capital letters.
- (transitive, African-American Vernacular, slang) To compliment or respect (someone); to number (someone) among some greats.
- (transitive, idiomatic) To store away.
- (transitive) To hang; to mount.
- (hunting, transitive) To cause (wild game) to break cover.
- (transitive) To provide funds in advance.
- (transitive, idiomatic, used with "to") To cajole or dare (someone) to do (something).
- propose as a candidate for some honor
- put up with something or somebody unpleasant
- place so as to be noticed
- make available for sale at an auction
- mount or put up
- provide
- provide someone with accommodation
- construct, build, or erect
- preserve in a can or tin
adj
verb
- (transitive) To reveal, divulge, or make (something) known; disclose.
- (transitive) To expose or rat out (someone).
- (transitive) To reveal or disclose and show the presence or true character of, especially if unintentionally or incidentally, or else if perfidiously, prejudicially, or to one's discredit.
- reveal unintentionally
verb
- (transitive) To devise.
- To digest in the stomach.
- (cooking) To make an infusion.
- (figurative) To heat as if by boiling.
- (figurative) To reduce or diminish.
- (cooking) To reduce, or concentrate by boiling down.
- be cooked until very little liquid is left
- extract the essence of something by boiling it
- steep in hot water
verb
- (transitive) To allow to leave, or release from any obligation.
- (transitive) To forgive; to pardon; to overlook.
- To relieve of an imputation by apology or defense; to make apology for as not seriously evil; to ask pardon or indulgence for.
- (transitive) To provide an excuse for; to justify.
- accept an excuse for
- ask for permission to be released from an engagement
- defend, explain, clear away, or make excuses for by reasoning
- grant exemption or release to
- excuse, overlook, or make allowances for; be lenient with
- serve as a reason or cause or justification of
noun
- (often with preceding negative adjective, especially sorry, poor, or lame) An example of something that is substandard or of inferior quality.
- (countable, uncountable) An explanation designed to avoid or alleviate guilt or negative judgment; a plea offered in extenuation of a fault.
- (law) A defense to a criminal or civil charge wherein the accused party admits to doing acts for which legal consequences would normally be appropriate, but asserts that special circumstances relieve that party of culpability for having done those acts.
- a poor example
- a defense of some offensive behavior or some failure to keep a promise etc.
- a note explaining an absence
verb
- (transitive) To receive.
- (transitive, informal) To understand. (compare get it)
- (impersonal, informal) Used with a pronoun subject, usually you but sometimes one, to indicate that the object of the verb exists, can occur or is otherwise typical.
- (transitive) To cover (a certain distance) while travelling.
- (imperative, informal) Used with a personal pronoun to indicate that someone is being pretentious or grandiose.
- (intransitive, with various prepositions, such as into, over, or behind; for specific idiomatic senses see individual entries get into, get over, etc.) To adopt, assume, arrive at, or progress towards (a certain position, location, state).
- (transitive) To getter.
- (transitive) To cause to do.
- (transitive) To find as an answer.
- (transitive or ditransitive) To obtain; to acquire.
- (transitive, informal) To catch out, trick successfully.
- (transitive, informal) To perplex, stump.
- (transitive, informal) To bring to reckoning; to catch (usually as a criminal); to effect retribution.
- (intransitive, catenative) (with full infinitive) To be able, be permitted, or have the opportunity (to do something desirable or ironically implied to be desirable).
- (transitive) To cause to come or go or move.
- (copulative, rather informal, followed by an adjective) To become, or cause oneself to become (often with temporary states, past participle adjectives and comparatives).
- (transitive) To hear completely; catch.
- (transitive) To cause someone to laugh.
- (transitive) To measure.
- (transitive, in a perfect construction, with present-tense meaning) To have. See usage notes.
- (intransitive, catenative) (with full infinitive or gerund-participle) To begin (doing something or to do something).
- (transitive, informal) To be told; be the recipient of (a question, comparison, opinion, etc.).
- (transitive) To fetch, bring, take.
- (intransitive, informal, chiefly imperative) To go, to leave; to scram.
- (transitive) To respond to (a telephone call, a doorbell, etc).
- (auxiliary, informal) Used with the past participle to form the dynamic passive voice of a dynamic verb. Compared with static passive with to be, this emphasizes the commencement of an action or entry into a state.
- (transitive) To cause to become; to bring about.
- (transitive) To become ill with or catch (a disease).
- (euphemistic) To kill.
- (transitive) To take or catch (a scheduled transportation service).
- grasp with the mind or develop an understanding of
- receive as a retribution or punishment
- receive a specified treatment (abstract)
- achieve a point or goal
- suffer from the receipt of
- evoke an emotional response
- irritate
- cause to move; cause to be in a certain position or condition
- take vengeance on or get even
- acquire as a result of some effort or action
- perceive by hearing
- give certain properties to something
- overcome or destroy
- take the first step or steps in carrying out an action
- make (offspring) by reproduction
- cause to do; cause to act in a specified manner
- apprehend and reproduce accurately
- be stricken by an illness, fall victim to an illness
- move into a desired direction of discourse
- attract and fix
- come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
- undergo (as of injuries and illnesses)
- be a mystery or bewildering to
- leave immediately; used usually in the imperative form
- go or come after and bring or take back
- enter or assume a certain state or condition
- purchase
- succeed in catching or seizing, especially after a chase
- communicate with a place or person; establish communication with, as if by telephone
- reach a destination; arrive by movement or progress
- reach and board
- reach by calculation
- go through (mental or physical states or experiences)
- reach with a blow or hit in a particular spot
- come to have or undergo a change of (physical features and attributes)
- earn or achieve a base by being walked by the pitcher
noun
- (informal) Something gotten, something gained or won; an acquisition.
- (sports, tennis) A difficult return or block of a shot.
- (Judaism) A Jewish writ of divorce.
- (UK, Ireland, regional) Synonym of git (“contemptible person”).
- Lineage.
- (Internet slang) A message or post on an online platform, particularly imageboards, with a unique identifier deemed special or rare, usually due to patterns in the ID.
- a return on a shot that seemed impossible to reach and would normally have resulted in a point for the opponent
verb
- (transitive) To receive.
- (transitive) To allow a person or an animal to live in one's home.
- (nautical) To reef.
- (transitive, climbing) To tighten (a belaying rope).
- (transitive) To shorten (a garment) or make it smaller.
- (transitive) To receive and properly absorb or comprehend.
- (transitive) To enjoy or appreciate.
- To deceive; to hoodwink.
- (transitive) To arrest (a person).
- (transitive) To receive (goods) into one's home for the purpose of processing for a fee.
- (transitive) To attend a showing of.
- hear, usually without the knowledge of the speakers
- take into one's family
- serve oneself to, or consume regularly
- accept
- take up as if with a sponge
- fold up
- fool or hoax
- earn on some commercial or business transaction; earn as salary or wages
- express willingness to have in one's home or environs
- call for and obtain payment of
- make (clothes) smaller
- suck or take up or in
- take up mentally
- provide with shelter
- see or watch
- take in, also metaphorically
- visit for entertainment
verb
- (transitive, figurative) To make available.
- (transitive) To undo or open a lock or something locked by, for example, turning a key, or selecting a combination.
- (transitive, mobile telephony) To configure (a mobile phone) so that it is not bound to any particular carrier.
- (transitive) To undermine something that has control over a situation; to find a way to counter or oppose.
- (transitive) To disclose or reveal previously unknown knowledge or potential.
- (transitive) To obtain access to something; to meet the requirements of a security or protection system.
- (intransitive) To be or become unfastened or unrestrained.
- open the lock of
- set free or release
- become unlocked
noun
verb
- (transitive, intransitive) To unfold, open, or otherwise become ready for use.
- (transitive, ergative) To prepare and arrange (originally military unit or units, i.e., to array troops) for use.
- (computing) To install, test and implement a computer system or application.
- to distribute systematically or strategically
noun
verb
- (transitive) To deem.
- To mix audio tracks to produce a new sound; to remix.
- To clothe or invest; to ornament; to adorn.
- To make a noise by brisk drumbeats.
- To prepare (a gamecock) for fighting, by trimming the hackles and cutting off the comb and wattles.
- (transitive, now informal) To name, to entitle, to call.
- To strike cloth with teasels to raise a nap.
- To make a copy from an original or master audio tape.
- (golf) To execute a shot poorly.
- To dress with an adze.
- To rub or dress with grease, as leather in the process of currying it.
- (transitive, now historical or ceremonial) To confer knighthood; the conclusion of the ceremony was marked by a tap on the shoulder with a sword, the accolade.
- To add sound to film or change audio on film.
- To replace the original soundtrack of a film with a synchronized translation
- To do something badly.
- To dress a fishing fly.
- raise (someone) to knighthood
- provide (movies) with a soundtrack of a foreign language
- give a nickname to
noun
- (countable) The replacement of a voice part in a movie or cartoon, particularly with a translation; an instance of dubbing.
- (slang, countable) A piece of graffiti in metallic colour with a thick black outline.
- (slang) A twenty-dollar sack of marijuana.
- (UK, dialect) A pool or puddle.
- Clipping of double-u.
- (slang) A wheel rim measuring 20 inches or more.
- (music, countable) A mostly instrumental remix with all or part of the vocals removed.
- (India, historical) A small copper coin once used in India.
- (rare) A blow, thrust, or poke.
- (slang, now historical) An unskillful, awkward person.
- (music, uncountable) A style of reggae music involving mixing of different audio tracks.
- (golf) A poorly executed shot.
- (video games, Internet slang) A win.
- (music, uncountable) A trend in music starting in 2009, in which bass distortion is synced off timing to electronic dance music.
- the new sounds added by dubbing
verb
verb
- (transitive, UK dialectal) To release; let go; unloose.
- (transitive) To pick, select, pick out; to pick up.
- (computing, transitive) To accept such an assignment of (an IP address).
- (transitive) To gather.
- (intransitive) To glean, gather up leavings.
- (computing, transitive) To assign a temporary IP address to (a networked device).
- (transitive, informal) To hold a lease as a tenant; to rent.
- (ambitransitive, UK dialectal) To tell lies; tell lies about; slander; calumniate.
- (transitive) To glean.
- (transitive, formal, law) To grant a lease as a landlord; to let.
- grant use or occupation of under a term of contract
- let for money
- hold under a lease or rental agreement; of goods and services
- engage for service under a term of contract
noun
- The contract or deed under which such an interest is granted.
- An open pasture or common.
- (computing) The temporary assignment of an IP address to a networked device.
- An interest granting exclusive use of any thing, such as a car or boat.
- The place at which the warp-threads cross on a loom.
- The period of such an interest.
- (formal, law) An interest in land granting exclusive use or occupation of real estate for a limited period; a leasehold.
- The document containing such a contract or deed.
- a contract granting use or occupation of property during a specified time for a specified payment
- property that is leased or rented out or let
- the period of time during which a contract conveying property to a person is in effect
verb
- (transitive) To send out; to put into circulation.
- (intransitive) To turn out in a certain way, to result in.
- (law) To come to a point in fact or law on which the parties join issue.
- (transitive) To deliver for use.
- (transitive) To deliver by authority.
- (intransitive) To rush out, to sally forth.
- (intransitive) To extend into, to open onto.
- (intransitive) To flow out, to proceed from, to come out or from.
- prepare and issue for public distribution or sale
- circulate or distribute or equip with
- come out of
- make out and issue
- bring out an official document (such as a warrant)
noun
- The means or opportunity by which something flows or comes out, particularly:
- Any question or situation to be resolved, particularly:
- (historical medicine) A small incision, tear, or artificial ulcer, used to drain fluid and usually held open with a pea or other small object.
- The end result of an event or events, any result or outcome, particularly:
- The loan of a book etc. from a library to a patron; all such loans by a given library during a given period.
- The production or distribution of something for general use.
- (figuratively, originally World War I military slang, usually with definite article) The entire set of something; all of something.
- (law) A point of law or fact in dispute or question in a legal action presented for resolution by the court.
- (figuratively) Anything in dispute, an area of disagreement whose resolution is being debated or decided.
- (finance) Any financial instrument issued by a company.
- (figuratively) Progeny: all one's lineal descendants.
- (finance) The action or an instance of a company selling bonds, stock, or other securities.
- (medicine) The outflow of a bodily fluid, particularly (now rare) in abnormal amounts.
- (historical or rare law) Income derived from fines levied by a court or law-enforcement officer; the fines themselves.
- The action or an instance of sending something out, particularly:
- The distribution of something (particularly rations or standardized provisions) to someone or some group.
- (publishing) A single edition of a newspaper or other periodical publication.
- The entire set of some item printed and disseminated during a certain period, particularly (publishing) a single printing of a particular edition of a work when contrasted with other print runs.
- (now usually historical or law) Offspring: one's natural child or children.
- (US, originally psychology, usually in the plural) A psychological or emotional difficulty, (now informal, figurative and usually euphemistic) any problem or concern considered as a vague and intractable difficulty.
- the immediate descendants of a person
- some situation or event that is thought about
- a phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon
- the becoming visible
- supplies (as food or clothing or ammunition) issued by the government
- the act of providing an item for general use or for official purposes (usually in quantity)
- one of a series published periodically
- an opening that permits escape or release
- an important question that is in dispute and must be settled
- the income or profit arising from such transactions as the sale of land or other property
- the act of issuing printed materials
verb
- To set free; to deliver; to release.
- (Australia, New Zealand, usually with up) To keep (a traveller) detained in order to rob them; to corner (a wild animal); loosely, to detain, hold up.
- (intransitive, informal) To fail to meet a commitment (to a person). [with on ‘someone’]
- (nautical, transitive) To remove water from (a boat) by scooping it out.
- To secure the release of an arrested person by providing bail.
- To secure the head of a cow during milking.
- (Australia, New Zealand) To secure (a cow) by placing its head in a bail for milking.
- (law) To release a person under such guarantee.
- (law) To hand over personal property to be held temporarily by another as a bailment.
- (nautical, transitive, intransitive) To remove (water) from a boat by scooping it out.
- (rare) To confine.
- (intransitive, slang) To leave or exit abruptly.
- release after a security has been paid
- secure the release of (someone) by providing security
- remove (water) from a vessel with a container
- deliver something in trust to somebody for a special purpose and for a limited period
- empty (a vessel) by bailing
noun
- (law, UK) Release from imprisonment on payment of such money.
- A person who bails water out of a boat.
- A bucket or scoop used for removing water from a boat etc.
- A hoop, ring, or other object used to connect a pendant to a necklace.
- A stall for a cow (or other animal) (usually tethered with a semi-circular hoop).
- (furniture) Normally curved handle suspended between sockets as a drawer pull. This may also be on a kettle or pail.
- (countable, uncountable) Security, usually a sum of money, exchanged for the release of an arrested person as a guarantee of that person's appearance for trial.
- (chiefly Australia and New Zealand) A frame to restrain a cow during milking or feeding.
- A hinged bar as a restraint for animals, or on a typewriter.
- (law, UK) The person providing such payment.
- (cricket) One of the two wooden crosspieces that rest on top of the stumps to form a wicket.
- A hoop, ring or handle (especially of a kettle or bucket).
- the legal system that allows an accused person to be temporarily released from custody (usually on condition that a sum of money guarantees their appearance at trial)
- (criminal law) money that must be forfeited by the bondsman if an accused person fails to appear in court for trial
verb
- (transitive) To give utterance or expression to; to utter; to publish; to announce
- (television, film) To act as a voice actor to portray a character.
- (transitive) To fit for producing the proper sounds; to regulate the tone of
- (transitive, Internet, IRC) To assign the voice flag to a user on IRC, permitting them to send messages to the channel.
- (transitive, phonology) To utter audibly, with tone and not just breath.
- give voice to
- utter with vibrating vocal chords
noun
- (grammar) A particular way of inflecting or conjugating verbs, or a particular form of a verb, which indicates the relation of the subject of the verb to the action which the verb expresses.
- (literature) A particular style or way of writing that expresses a certain tone or feeling.
- (music) In harmony, an independent vocal or instrumental part in a piece of composition.
- Sound uttered by the mouth, especially by human beings in speech or song; sound thus uttered considered as possessing some special quality or character.
- One who speaks; a speaker.
- (Internet, IRC) A flag associated with a user on a channel, determining whether they can send messages to the channel.
- The tone or sound emitted by an object.
- (figurative) An expressed opinion, choice, will, desire, or wish; the right or ability to make such expression or to have it considered.
- (phonetics) Sound made through vibration of the vocal cords; sonant, or intonated, utterance; tone; — distinguished from mere breath sound as heard in whispering and voiceless consonants.
- The faculty or power of utterance.
- That which is communicated; message; meaning.
- expressing in coherent verbal form
- A term used in phonetics and phonology to characterize speech sounds, with sounds described as either voiceless (unvoiced) or voiced.
- a means or agency by which something is expressed or communicated
- the distinctive quality or pitch or condition of a person's speech
- something suggestive of speech in being a medium of expression
- an advocate who represents someone else's policy or purpose
- (metonymy) a singer
- the melody carried by a particular voice or instrument in polyphonic music
- a sound suggestive of a vocal utterance
- the sound made by the vibration of vocal folds modified by the resonance of the vocal tract
- (linguistics) the grammatical relation (active or passive) of the grammatical subject of a verb to the action that the verb denotes
- the ability to speak
verb
- (transitive) To launch or unleash in rapid succession.
- (intransitive) To move like the undulating surface of a body of water; to undulate.
- (transitive) To shape into a series of ripples.
- To remove the seeds from (the stalks of flax, etc.), by means of a ripple.
- (intransitive) To propagate like a moving wave.
- (transitive) To scratch, tear, or break slightly; graze
- (intransitive) To make a sound as of water running gently over a rough bottom, or the breaking of ripples on the shore.
- flow in an irregular current with a bubbling noise
- stir up (water) so as to form ripples
noun
- A style of ice cream in which flavors have been coarsely blended together.
- One of a series of corrugations in flat surface.
- (dialectal, historical) thripple, cart ladder (extension for cart or wagon)
- A sound similar to that of undulating water.
- (textiles) An implement, with teeth like those of a comb, for removing the seeds and seed vessels from flax, broom corn, etc.
- (figurative) A small spreading change, impact, or effect produced by a larger or more consequential action.
- A moving disturbance, or undulation, in the surface of a fluid.
- (electronics) A small oscillation of an otherwise steady signal.
- (electronics) an oscillation of small amplitude imposed on top of a steady value
- a small wave on the surface of a liquid
verb
- (transitive) To make something loose.
- (transitive) To make something less severe or tense.
- (intransitive, of codes and regulations) To become more lenient.
- (intransitive) To rest and become relieved of stress.
- (transitive) To make something (such as codes and regulations) more lenient.
- (intransitive) To become less severe or tense.
- (transitive) To relieve (someone or someone's mind) of stress; to enable to rest; to calm down.
- (intransitive) To become loose.
- become loose or looser or less tight
- make less severe or strict
- become less tense, less formal, or less restrained, and assume a friendlier manner
- make less taut
- become less severe or strict
- make less active or fast
- cause to feel relaxed
- become less tense, rest, or take one's ease
verb
- (transitive) To mention, specify.
- (transitive, of a person) To disclose the name of.
- (ditransitive) To give a name to.
- (transitive) To designate for a role.
- (transitive) To identify as relevant or important
- (transitive) To publicly implicate by name.
- (transitive, Westminster system politics) To initiate a process to temporarily remove a member of parliament who is breaking the rules of conduct.
- determine or distinguish the nature of a problem or an illness through a diagnostic analysis
- assign a specified (usually proper) name to
- give or make a list of; name individually; give the names of
- charge with a function; charge to be
- mention and identify by name
- give the name or identifying characteristics of; refer to by name or some other identifying characteristic property
- identify as in botany or biology, for example
- make reference to
- create and charge with a task or function
noun
- An abusive or insulting epithet.
- Any nounal word or phrase which indicates a particular person, place, class, or thing.
- A reputation.
- (computing) An identifier, generally a unique string of characters.
- (UK, finance) An investor in Lloyd's of London bearing unlimited liability.
- An authority; a behalf.
- Those of a certain name; a race; a family.
- Any of several types of true yam (Dioscorea) used in Caribbean Spanish cooking.
- A person (or legal person).
- a person's reputation
- a well-known or notable person
- by the sanction or authority of
- a defamatory or abusive word or phrase
- family based on male descent
- a language unit by which a person or thing is known
verb
- (transitive) To distribute.
- (bridge, transitive) To end (a round) by having passes as the first four bids.
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see pass, out.
- (of soldiers, police, fire-fighters, etc.) To graduate, usually marked by a ceremony at the end of training.
- (by extension) To become proficient in a particular job or task.
- (India) To graduate from university.
- (intransitive) To faint; to become unconscious.
- (slang) To fall asleep irrespective of wilful action, as a result of the consumption of alcohol or other drugs or another form of physiological exhaustion.
- pass out from weakness, physical or emotional distress due to a loss of blood supply to the brain
- give to several people
- lose consciousness due to a sudden trauma, for example
verb
- (transitive) To reveal, uncover, make visible, bring to light, introduce (to).
- (computing, transitive) To make available to other parts of a program, or to other programs.
- (transitive) To abandon, especially an unwanted baby in the wilderness.
- (transitive) To subject photographic film to light thereby recording an image.
- To submit to an active (mostly dangerous) substance like an allergen, ozone, nicotine, solvent, or to any other stress, in order to test the reaction, resistance, etc.
- make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret
- expose to light, of photographic film
- expose while ridiculing; especially of pretentious or false claims and ideas
- abandon by leaving out in the open air
- put in a dangerous, disadvantageous, or difficult position
- expose or make accessible to some action or influence
- to show, make visible or apparent
- remove all or part of one's clothes to show one's body
- reveal to view as by removing a cover
noun
verb
adj
verb
- (transitive) To release from a fold or pen.
- (transitive, computing) To reassemble a line of text that was split across multiple lines.
- (transitive) To undo a folding.
- (transitive) To lay open to view or contemplation; to bring out in all the details, or by successive development; to reveal.
- (intransitive) To turn out; to happen; to develop.
- (intransitive) To become unfolded.
- extend or stretch out to a greater or the full length
- develop or come to a promising stage
- spread out or open from a closed or folded state
- open to the view
noun
verb
- (transitive) To receive officially.
- (Philippines) To do a service done by an establishment.
- (transitive) To admit to a place or a group.
- (transitive) To endure patiently.
- (transitive) To regard as proper, usual, true, or to believe in.
- (transitive) To receive or admit to; to agree to; to assent to; to submit to.
- (transitive) To receive as adequate or satisfactory.
- (transitive) To receive, especially with a consent, with favour, or with approval.
- (transitive, law, business) To agree to pay.
- (intransitive) To receive something willingly.
- (transitive) To acknowledge patiently without opposition or resistance.
- tolerate or accommodate oneself to
- admit into a group or community
- be sexually responsive to, used of a female domesticated mammal
- take on as one's own the expenses or debts of another person
- consider or hold as true
- make use of or accept for some purpose
- receive (a report) officially, as from a committee
- be designed to hold or take
- react favorably to; consider right and proper
- receive willingly something given or offered
- give an affirmative reply to; respond favorably to