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noun
- A card of this suit.
- A suit in certain playing card decks, particularly those used in Spain and Italy, or those used for divination.
- (weaving) One of the end bars by which the lay of a hand loom is suspended.
- (countable) A long bladed weapon with a grip and typically a pommel and crossguard (together forming a hilt), which is designed to cut, stab, slash and/or hack.
- (figurative) Violence; military might.
- a cutting or thrusting weapon that has a long metal blade and a hilt with a hand guard
verb
noun
- a playing card in the major suit that has one or more black figures on it
- a sturdy hand shovel that can be pushed into the earth with the foot
- A garden tool with a handle and a flat blade for digging. Not to be confused with a shovel which is used for moving earth or other materials.
- (card games) A playing card marked with the symbol ♠.
- (electrical engineering) A device for terminating an electrical conductor resembling a small spade.
- (now offensive, ethnic slur) A black person.
- A cutting instrument used in flensing a whale.
verb
noun
- a playing card in the suit that has been declared trumps
- (card games) A playing card of that suit.
- (card games) the suit that has been declared to rank above all other suits for the duration of the hand
- a brass musical instrument with a brilliant tone; has a narrow tube and a flared bell and is played by means of valves
- An old card game, almost identical to whist; the game of ruff.
- The noise made by an elephant through its trunk.
- (UK, colloquial) A fart.
- A card of the major arcana of the tarot.
- (figuratively) Something that gives one an advantage, especially one held in reserve.
- (card games) The suit, in a game of cards, that outranks all others.
verb
- play a trump
- get the better of
- produce a sound as if from a trumpet
- proclaim or announce with or as if with a fanfare
- (transitive) To get the better of, or finesse, a competitor.
- To blow a trumpet.
- (intransitive, UK, colloquial) To fart.
- (transitive) To outweigh; be stronger, greater, bigger than or in other way superior to.
- (transitive) To supersede.
- (transitive, card games) To play on (a card of another suit) with a trump.
- (intransitive, card games) To play a trump, or to take a trick with a trump.
noun
- a playing card in the minor suit that has one or more black trefoils on it
- A playing card marked with such a symbol.
- stout stick that is larger at one end
- a team of professional baseball players who play and travel together
- a building that is occupied by a social club
- a spot that is open late at night and that provides entertainment (as singers or dancers) as well as dancing and food and drink
- golf equipment used by a golfer to hit a golf ball
- a formal association of people with similar interests
- A joint charge of expense, or any person's share of it; a contribution to a common fund.
- A club sandwich.
- (card games) A black clover shape (♣), one of the four symbols used to mark the suits of playing cards.
- (countable, golf) An implement to hit the ball in certain ball games, such as golf.
- (World War I– World War II, military slang) The propeller of an aeroplane.
- The slice of bread in the middle of a club sandwich.
- (humorous) Any set of people with a shared characteristic.
- An establishment that provides staged entertainment, often with food and drink, such as a nightclub.
- (countable, rhythmic gymnastics) An item used during routines, the apparatus consisting of a set of two clubs.
- (countable) An association of members joining together for some common purpose, especially sports or recreation.
- (countable) A heavy object, often a kind of stick, intended for use as a bludgeoning weapon or a plaything.
verb
- gather and spend time together
- gather into a club-like mass
- strike with a club or a bludgeon
- unite with a common purpose
- (transitive) To raise, or defray, by a proportional assessment.
- (military) To throw, or allow to fall, into confusion.
- To score a victory over by a large margin.
- (transitive) To hit with a club.
- (transitive, military) To turn the breech of (a musket) uppermost, so as to use it as a club.
- (intransitive) To pay an equal or proportionate share of a common charge or expense.
- (intransitive) To join together to form a group.
- (intransitive) To go to nightclubs.
- (nautical) To drift in a current with an anchor out.
- (transitive) To unite, or contribute, for the accomplishment of a common end.
- (intransitive, transitive) To combine into a club-shaped mass.
noun
- a playing card in the major suit that has one or more red hearts on it
- (card games) A playing card of the suit hearts featuring one or more heart-shaped symbols.
- a firm rather dry variety meat (usually beef or veal)
- the courage to carry on
- the hollow muscular organ located behind the sternum and between the lungs; its rhythmic contractions move the blood through the body
- the locus of feelings and intuitions
- the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience
- an area that is approximately central within some larger region
- a plane figure with rounded sides curving inward at the top and intersecting at the bottom; conventionally used on playing cards and valentines
- an inclination or tendency of a certain kind
- a positive feeling of liking
- (uncountable) One's feelings and emotions, especially considered as part of one's character.
- (anatomy) A muscular organ that pumps blood through the body, traditionally thought to be the seat of emotion.
- A conventional shape or symbol used to represent the heart, love, or emotion: ♥.
- (figurative) The centre, essence, or core.
- Emotional strength that allows one to continue in difficult situations; courage; spirit; a will to compete.
- (figurative) A wight or being.
- (chemistry) The main fraction or product of a distillation run.
- (cartomancy) The twenty-fourth Lenormand card.
- The seat of the affections or sensibilities, collectively or separately, as love, hate, joy, grief, courage, etc.; rarely, the seat of the understanding or will; usually in a good sense; personality.
- Vigorous and efficient activity; power of fertile production; condition of the soil, whether good or bad.
verb
- (intransitive, agriculture, botany) To form a dense cluster of leaves, a heart, especially of lettuce or cabbage.
- (transitive, masonry) To fill an interior with rubble, as a wall or a breakwater.
- (transitive) To mark a comment, post, reply, etc., with the heart symbol (❤).
- (transitive, humorous, informal) To be fond of. Often bracketed or abbreviated with a heart symbol.
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noun
- the playing card that is the only card in a suit held in a bridge hand as initially dealt
- (playing cards) A hand containing only one card of a certain suit.
- (playing cards) A playing card that is the only one of its suit in a hand, especially at bridge.
- a set containing a single member
- a single object (as distinguished from a pair)
- (education) A class offered only once within a school year.
- (mathematics) A set with exactly one element.
- A child or animal that is born singly, not as a twin or other multiple birth.
- A person without a dissociative identity.
- A person without a romantic partner.
- (phonetics) A single consonant, as opposed to a geminated consonant.
- (computing) A class that may not be instantiated more than once, i.e. that implements the singleton design pattern.
- (backgammon) Synonym of blot.
- A single object, especially one of a group.
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noun
adj
- (linguistics) Of or pertaining to a penult.
- (proscribed) pre-eminent, ultimate, best; par excellence, top-quality
- (mathematics, rare) Relating to or denoting an element of a related collection of curves that is arbitrarily close to a degenerate form.
- (UK, in US usually formal, literary or scholarly) Next to last, second to last; immediately preceding the end of a sequence, list, etc.
- second last
noun
- one of four face cards in a deck bearing a picture of a young prince
- game equipment consisting of one of several small six-pointed metal pieces that are picked up while bouncing a ball in the game of jacks
- a small worthless amount
- small flag indicating a ship's nationality
- male donkey
- any of several fast-swimming predacious fishes of tropical to warm temperate seas
- a small ball at which players aim in lawn bowling
- tool for exerting pressure or lifting
- immense East Indian fruit resembling breadfruit; it contains an edible pulp and nutritious seeds that are commonly roasted
- an electrical device consisting of a connector socket designed for the insertion of a plug
- someone who works with their hands; someone engaged in manual labor
- (slang, baseball) A home run.
- (US) A jackrabbit.
- (card games, originally colloquial) The lowest court card in a deck of standard playing cards, ranking between the 10 and queen, with an image of a knave or pageboy on it.
- (glassblowing) a tool used in manual production of glass objects (like bottles or wine glasses).
- (countable, now chiefly US) A man, a fellow; a typical man; men in general.
- (slang, chiefly US) Money, cash.
- (colloquial) A sailor.
- Any of the marine fish in the family Carangidae.
- A pike, especially when young.
- The edible fruit of the Asian tree (Artocarpus heterophyllus); also the tree itself.
- (India, historical, slang) A sepoy.
- (chiefly US) A male ass, especially when kept for breeding.
- (slang) A policeman or detective; (Australia) a military policeman.
- (apparently does not occur standalone for the genus per se) Plant of the genus Emex, also considered synonymous to Rumex, if not then containing two species lesser jack and little jack for Emex spinosa syn. Rumex spinosus, Australian English three-corner jack and prickly jack for Emex australis syn. Rumex hypogaeus.
- A device for turning a spit; a smokejack or roasting jack.
- (games) A small, six-pointed playing piece used in the game of jacks.
- (slang, euphemistic) Nothing, not anything, jack shit.
- Each of a series of blocks in a harpsichord or the earlier virginal, communicating the action of the key to the quill; sometime also, a hopper in a modern piano.
- (US) A torch or other light used in hunting to attract or dazzle game at night.
- A coarse medieval coat of defence, especially one made of leather.
- A large California rockfish, the bocaccio, Sebastes paucispinis.
- (Canada, US, colloquial) A lumberjack.
- A device used to hold a boot by the heel, to assist in removing the boot.
- (colloquial) Plant in the genus Arisaema, also known as Jack-in-the-pulpit, and capitalized Jack.
- (electronics) A switch for a jack plug, a jackknife switch; (more generally) a socket used to connect a device to a circuit, network etc.
- (chiefly capitalized) A name applied to a hypothetical or typical man.
- (Canada, US) A strong alcoholic liquor, especially home-distilled or illicit.
- (colloquial) Spadix of a plant (also capitalized Jack).
- (bowls) A small, typically white, ball used as the target ball in bowls; a jack-ball.
- (nautical) A small ship's flag used as a signal or identifying device; a small flag flown at the bow of the vessel.
- Any of various levers for raising or lowering the sinkers which push the loops down on the needles in a knitting machine or stocking frame.
- Mangifera caesia, related to the mango tree.
- (slang, Appalachians) A smooth often ovoid large gravel or small cobble in a natural water course.
- The related tree Mangifera caesia.
- (now historical, regional) A pitcher or other vessel for holding liquid, especially alcoholic drink; a black-jack.
- A mechanical device used to raise and (temporarily) support a heavy object, now especially to lift one side of a motor vehicle when (e.g.) changing a tyre.
- (cricket, slang) The eleventh batsman to come to the crease in an innings.
verb
- hunt with a jacklight
- lift with a special device
- (colloquial, vulgar) To jack off, to masturbate.
- (transitive, slang, baseball) To hit (the ball) hard; especially, to hit (the ball) out of the field, producing a home run.
- (intransitive or transitive, informal) To jerk or move by jerking; to remove or move (something).
- (Memphis African-American slang) To fight.
- (transitive) To raise or increase.
- (intransitive) To dance by moving the torso forward and backward in a rippling motion.
- (transitive, colloquial) To steal (something), typically an automobile; to rob (someone).
- (transitive) To physically raise using a jack.
- To increase the potency of an alcoholic beverage similarly to distillation by chilling it to below the freezing point of water, removing the water ice crystals that form, and leaving the still-liquid alcoholic portion.
adj
noun
- a playing card in the minor suit that has one or more red rhombuses on it
- (card games) A card of the diamonds suit.
- the area of a baseball field that is enclosed by 3 bases and home plate
- a parallelogram with four equal sides; an oblique-angled equilateral parallelogram
- a transparent piece of diamond that has been cut and polished and is valued as a precious gem
- the baseball playing field
- very hard native crystalline carbon valued as a gem
- (baseball) The infield of a baseball field.
- (geometry) A rhombus, especially when oriented so that its longer axis is vertical.
- (Western Pennsylvania) A town square.
- A very pale blue color.
- (geometry) A polyiamond consisting of two triangles.
- Something that resembles a diamond.
- A diamond ring.
- (baseball) The entire field of play used in the game.
- A gemstone made from this mineral.
- (heraldry) Sable, when blazoning by precious stones.
- (uncountable) A glimmering glass-like mineral that is an allotrope of carbon in which each atom is surrounded by four others in the form of a tetrahedron.
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noun
- A coat card.
- A coat of arms.
- The habit or vesture of an order of men, indicating the order or office; cloth.
- (countable) The fur or feathers covering an animal's skin.
- (countable) A covering of material, such as paint.
- (uncountable, nautical) Canvas painted with thick tar and secured round a mast or bowsprit to prevent water running down the sides into the hold (now made of rubber or leather).
- (countable, clothing) An outer garment covering the upper torso and arms.
- an outer garment that has sleeves and covers the body from shoulder down; worn outdoors
- growth of hair or wool or fur covering the body of an animal
- a thin layer covering something
verb
verb
- make a demand for (a card or suit)
- hit a two-base hit
- bend over or curl up, usually with laughter or pain
- increase twofold
- do double duty; serve two purposes or have two functions
- make or do or perform again
- (music, intransitive, usually followed by "on") To be capable of performing (upon an additional instrument).
- (intransitive) To serve a second role or have a second purpose. [with as]
- (intransitive) To increase by 100%, to become twice as large in size.
- (theater) To play (both one part and another, in the same play, etc).
- (transitive) To fold over so as to make two folds.
- (radio, informal, of a station) To transmit simultaneously on the same channel as another station, either unintentionally or deliberately, causing interference.
- (military) To unite, as ranks or files, so as to form one from each two.
- (nautical) To sail around (a headland or other point).
- (transitive) To repeat exactly; copy.
- (transitive, sometimes followed by up) To clench (a fist).
- To be the double of; to exceed by twofold; to contain or be worth twice as much as.
- (transitive, often followed by together or up) To join or couple.
- (espionage, intransitive) To operate as a double agent.
- (transitive) To multiply the strength or effect of by two.
- (music) To duplicate (a part) either in unison or at the octave above or below it.
- (ambitransitive, sometimes with "for") To act as substitute for (another theatrical performer in a certain role, etc).
- (card games, intransitive) To double down.
- (bridge) To make a call that will double certain scoring points if the preceding bid becomes the contract.
- (intransitive) To go or march at twice the normal speed.
- (transitive) To multiply by two.
- (baseball) To get a two-base hit.
- (billiards, snooker, pool) To cause (a ball) to rebound from a cushion before entering the pocket.
- (intransitive) To turn sharply, following a winding course.
adj
- having more than one decidedly dissimilar aspects or qualities
- twice as great or many
- consisting of or involving two parts or components usually in pairs
- used of homologous chromosomes associated in pairs in synapsis
- having two meanings with intent to deceive
- used of flowers having more than the usual number of petals in crowded or overlapping arrangements
- large enough for two
- (music) Of an instrument, sounding an octave lower.
- Of a family relationship, related on both the maternal and paternal sides of a family.
- Folded in two; composed of two layers.
- Having two aspects; ambiguous.
- Of twice the quantity.
- Of flowers, having more than the normal number of petals.
- False, deceitful, or hypocritical.
- Designed for two (people, cars, etc.).
- (music) Of time, twice as fast.
- Made up of two matching or complementary elements.
- Stooping; bent over.
noun
- someone who closely resembles a famous person (especially an actor)
- a base hit on which the batter stops safely at second base
- a stand-in for movie stars to perform dangerous stunts
- raising the stakes in a card game by a factor of 2
- a quantity that is twice as great as another
- (music) Playing the same part on two instruments, alternately.
- (cricket) The achievement of 1000 runs and 100 wickets taken in a single season.
- (Christianity) A double feast.
- (dominoes) A tile that has the same value (i.e., the same number of pips) on both sides.
- A drink with two portions of alcohol.
- (soccer) Two competitions, usually one league and one cup, won by the same team in a single season.
- (darts) The narrow outermost ring on a dartboard.
- (programming) A double-precision floating-point number.
- (historical) A former French coin worth one-sixth of a sou.
- (rowing) A boat for two scullers.
- (bridge) A call that increases certain scoring points if the last preceding bid becomes the contract.
- A ghostly apparition of a living person; a doppelgänger.
- Synonym of double-quick (“fast marching pace”).
- A bet on two horses in different races in which any winnings from the first race are placed on the horse in the later race.
- A redundant item for which an identical item already exists.
- (music) A secondary instrument with which a musician is skilled.
- A sharp turn, especially a return on one's own tracks.
- A person who resembles and stands in for another person, often for safety purposes
- (darts) A hit on this ring.
- (sports) The feat of scoring twice in one game.
- Twice the number, amount, size, etc.
- (sports, chiefly swimming and track) The feat of winning two events in a single meet or competition.
- (baseball) A two-base hit.
- (historical, Guernsey) A copper coin worth one-eighth of a penny.
- (billiards, snooker) A strike in which the object ball is struck so as to make it rebound against the cushion to an opposite pocket.
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noun
- (cribbage) A jack of the same suit as the card turned up by the dealer.
- (by extension, derogatory) A contemptible person; dick. (Also spelled knob.)
- (now only in slang) The head.
- (slang, chiefly UK, Ireland) A wealthy or influential person; a toff.
- (by extension) (vulgar, slang, chiefly UK, Ireland) The penis; dick. (Also spelled knob.)
- (slang) The glans penis, the sensitive bulbous structure at the end of the penis also known as the head of the penis. (Also spelled knob.)
- informal term for an upper-class or wealthy person
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noun
- A piece of a person's suit, beside trousers and, sometimes, waistcoat; coat (US)
- (Jamaica) A bastard child, in particular one whose father is unaware that he is not the child’s biological father.
- A protective or insulating cover for an object (e.g. a book, hot water tank, bullet.)
- A piece of clothing worn on the upper body outside a shirt or blouse, often waist length to thigh length.
- (military) In ordnance, a strengthening band surrounding and reinforcing the tube in which the charge is fired.
- (slang) A police record.
- The tough outer skin of a baked potato.
- (Appalachia) A vest (US); a waistcoat (UK).
- a short coat
- an outer wrapping or casing
- (dentistry) dental appliance consisting of an artificial crown for a broken or decayed tooth
- the tough metal shell casing for certain kinds of ammunition
- the outer skin of a potato
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noun
- (bridge) The lack of cards in a particular suit.
- (fluid mechanics) A pocket of vapour inside a fluid flow, created by cavitation.
- (Internet slang, humorous, endearing) A black cat.
- (medicine, urology) An instance of urination.
- An empty space; a vacuum.
- A cavity or empty space caused by water erosion.
- (astronomy) An extended region of space containing no galaxies.
- (materials science) A collection of adjacent vacancies inside a crystal lattice.
- (construction) An empty space between floors or walls, including false separations and planned gaps between a building and its facade.
- An empty place; a location that has nothing useful.
- an empty area or space
- the state of nonexistence
adj
- (programming) Of a function or method, that does not return a value; being a procedure rather than a function.
- Containing nothing; empty; not occupied or filled.
- Having no incumbent; unoccupied; said of offices etc.
- (bridge) Having no cards in a particular suit.
- (with of) Being without; destitute; devoid.
- Containing no immaterial quality; destitute of mind or soul.
- Of no legal force or effect, incapable of confirmation or ratification.
- Not producing any effect; ineffectual; vain.
- lacking any legal or binding force
- containing nothing
verb
- (transitive, medicine) Synonym of empty (verb).
- To throw or send out; to evacuate; to emit; to discharge.
- (transitive) To make invalid or worthless.
- clear (a room, house, place) of occupants or empty or clear (a place or receptacle) of something
- declare invalid
- take away the legal force of or render ineffective
- excrete or discharge from the body
noun
- a mark on a die or on a playing card (shape depending on the suit)
- a disease of poultry
- a radar echo displayed so as to show the position of a reflecting surface
- a minor nonspecific ailment
- a small hard seed found in some fruits
- Any of various respiratory diseases in birds, especially infectious coryza.
- One of a series of very short, electronically produced tones, used, for example, to count down the final few seconds before a given time or to indicate that a caller using a payphone needs to make further payment to continue the call.
- A spot of light or an inverted V indicative of a return of radar waves reflected from an object; a blip.
- (finance, currency trading) The smallest price increment between two currencies in foreign exchange (forex) trading.
- A spot; a speck.
- One of the spots or symbols on a playing card, domino, die, etc.
- (US, colloquial) Something or someone excellent, of high quality.
- A piece of rhizome with a dormant shoot of the lily of the valley plant, used for propagation
- (military, public service) One of the stylised version of the Bath star worn on the shoulder of a uniform to denote rank, e.g. of a soldier or a fireman.
verb
- defeat thoroughly
- kill by firing a missile
- hit with a missile from a weapon
- (ornithology) To make the initial hole during the process of hatching from an egg.
- (transitive) To get the better of; to defeat by a narrow margin.
- (transitive) To remove the pips from.
- (transitive) To hit with a gunshot.
- (intransitive) To peep, to chirp.
noun
- a mark on a die or on a playing card (shape depending on the suit)
- a lamp that produces a strong beam of light to illuminate a restricted area; used to focus attention of a stage performer
- a small piece or quantity of something
- a business establishment for entertainment
- a short section or illustration (as between radio or tv programs or in a magazine) that is often used for advertising
- a point located with respect to surface features of some region
- a blemish made by dirt
- a section of an entertainment that is assigned to a specific performer or performance
- a small contrasting part of something
- an act that brings discredit to the person who does it
- a slight attack of illness
- an outstanding characteristic
- a playing card with a specified number of pips on it to indicate its value
- (soccer) Penalty spot.
- The act of spotting or noticing something.
- (US, advertising) A brief advertisement or program segment on television.
- (sports) An official determination of placement.
- A bright lamp; a spotlight.
- A pimple, papule or pustule.
- A round or irregular patch on the surface of a thing having a different color, texture etc. and generally round in shape.
- A small, unspecified amount or quantity.
- A symbol on a playing card, domino, die, etc. indicating its value; a pip.
- Any of the balls marked with spots in the game of pool, which one player aims to pot, the other player taking the stripes.
- (finance) A decimal point; point.
- A parking space.
- (gymnastics, dance, weightlifting) One who spots (supports or assists a maneuver, or is prepared to assist if safety dictates); a spotter.
- (physics) An autosoliton.
- A location or area.
- Any of various points marked on the table, from which balls are played, in snooker, pool, billiards, etc.
- (slang, US) A bill of five-dollar or ten-dollar denomination in dollars.
- A food fish (Leiostomus xanthurus) of the Atlantic coast of the United States, with a black spot behind the shoulders and fifteen oblique dark bars on the sides.
- A difficult situation.
- A stain or disfiguring mark.
- A variety of the common domestic pigeon, so called from a spot on its head just above the beak.
- The southern redfish, or red horse (Sciaenops ocellatus), which has a spot on each side at the base of the tail.
verb
- catch sight of
- mar or impair with a flaw
- mark with a spot or spots so as to allow easy recognition
- detect with the senses
- become spotted
- make a spot or mark onto
- (transitive, gymnastics, dance, weightlifting, climbing) To support or assist a maneuver, or to be prepared to assist if safety dictates.
- (rail transport, transitive) To position (a locomotive or car) at a predetermined point, e.g., for loading or unloading.
- (dialectal) To rain slightly, in scattered, infrequent drops, for example when first beginning to rain.
- (ambitransitive) To stain; to leave a spot (on).
- (transitive) To remove, or attempt to remove, a stain.
- (transitive, dance) To keep the head and eyes pointing in a single direction while turning.
- (transitive) To stain; to blemish; to taint; to disgrace; to tarnish, as reputation.
- (transitive, chiefly snooker and billiards) To place (an object) at a location indicated by a spot.
- (US, slang, ditransitive) To loan a small amount of money to someone.
- To experience vaginal spotting; to expel blood from the vagina.
- (intransitive, snooker and billiards) Of a ball, to be capable of being placed on its own spot.
- (aviation, military, transitive) To position (an aircraft) on the deck of an aircraft carrier ready for launch by catapult.
- (transitive) To cut or chip (timber) in preparation for hewing.
- (transitive) To cover with spots, to speckle.
- (transitive) To retouch a photograph on film to remove minor flaws.
- (transitive) To see, find; to pick out, notice, locate, distinguish or identify.
adj
noun
- (poker) A hand consisting of all cards with the same suit.
- A suffusion of the face with blood, as from fear, shame, modesty, or intensity of feeling of any kind; a blush; a glow.
- A sudden flood or rush of feeling; a thrill of excitement, animation, etc.
- Particularly, such a cleansing of a toilet.
- A sudden flowing; a rush which fills or overflows, as of water for cleansing purposes.
- A group of birds that have suddenly started up from undergrowth, trees, etc.
- Any tinge of red color like that produced on the cheeks by a sudden rush of blood.
- (skiing) A line of poles or obstacles that a skier must weave between.
- A groundwater-fed marsh or peaty mire (which may be acidic or basic, nutrient-rich or poor); (originally especially Scotland and Northern England) a (marshy) pool or seep, as in a field.
- (computing) The process of clearing the contents of a buffer or cache.
- a poker hand with all 5 cards in the same suit
- the period of greatest prosperity or productivity
- the swift release of a store of affective force
- sudden reddening of the face (as from embarrassment or guilt or shame or modesty)
- a sudden rapid flow (as of water)
- sudden brief sensation of heat (associated with menopause and some mental disorders)
- a rosy color (especially in the cheeks) taken as a sign of good health
adj
- Wealthy or well off.
- (typography) Ellipsis of flush left and right: a body of text aligned with both its left and right margins.
- Full of vigor; fresh; glowing; bright.
- Smooth, even, aligned; not sticking out.
- Affluent; abounding; well furnished or supplied; hence, liberal; prodigal.
- having an abundant supply of money or possessions of value
- of a surface exactly even with an adjoining one, forming the same plane
adv
verb
- (intransitive) To take suddenly to flight, especially from cover.
- (transitive, computing) To clear (a buffer or cache) of its contents.
- To cause to be full; to flood; to overflow; to overwhelm with water.
- (intransitive) To become suffused with reddish color due to embarrassment, excitement, overheating, or other systemic disturbance, to blush.
- To flow and spread suddenly; to rush.
- (transitive) To cause to take flight from concealment.
- (intransitive, of a toilet) To be cleansed by being flooded with generous quantities of water.
- (mining, intransitive) To operate a placer mine, where the continuous supply of water is insufficient, by holding back the water, and releasing it periodically in a flood.
- (transitive) Particularly, to cleanse a toilet by introducing a large amount of water.
- (transitive) To cleanse by flooding with generous quantities of a fluid.
- (Singapore, chiefly military) To move, shift or align to one side.
- (transitive) To excite, inflame.
- (intransitive, transitive) To dispose or be disposed of by flushing down a toilet.
- (masonry) To fill in (joints); to point the level; to make them flush.
- To show red; to shine suddenly; to glow.
- (mining) To fill underground spaces, especially in coal mines, with material carried by water, which, after drainage, constitutes a compact mass.
- (transitive) To cause to blush.
- (transitive, computing, of data held in a buffer or cache) To write (the data) to primary storage, clearing it from the buffer or cache.
- cause to flow through something
- rinse, clean, or empty with a liquid
- cause to flow or flood with or as if with water
- make level or straight
- irrigate with water from a sluice
- glow or cause to glow with warm color or light
- turn red, as if in embarrassment or shame
noun
- The rhombus diamond, as one of the suits seen in a deck of playing cards ( or ).
- (geometry) A parallelogram having all sides of equal length.
- In early Greek religion, an instrument whirled on the end of a string similar to a bullroarer.
- a parallelogram with four equal sides; an oblique-angled equilateral parallelogram
noun
- A premium trading card with a glossy finish.
- (hunting) The track of an animal.
- (chiefly uncountable) Thin aluminium/aluminum (or, formerly, tin) used for wrapping food.
- (hydrodynamics, nautical) Clipping of hydrofoil.
- (heraldry) A stylized flower or leaf.
- (architecture) A small arc in the tracery of a window, etc.
- (figuratively) Anything that acts by contrast to emphasise the characteristics of something.
- (authorship, figuratively) In literature, theatre/theater, etc., a character who helps emphasize the traits of the main character and who usually acts as an opponent or antagonist, but can also serve as the sidekick of the protagonist.
- A thin layer of metal put between a jewel and its setting to make it seem more brilliant.
- Failure when on the point of attainment; defeat; frustration; miscarriage.
- (fencing) A very thin sword with a blunted (or foiled) tip
- A very thin sheet of metal or plastic.
- (aerodynamics, aviation) Clipping of aerofoil/airfoil.
- One of the incorrect answers presented in a multiple-choice test.
- A thin, transparent plastic material on which marks are made and projected for the purposes of presentation. See transparency.
- a device consisting of a flat or curved piece (as a metal plate) so that its surface reacts to the water it is passing through
- a light slender flexible sword tipped by a button
- picture consisting of a positive photograph or drawing on a transparent base; viewed with a projector
- anything that serves by contrast to call attention to another thing's good qualities
- a piece of thin and flexible sheet metal
verb
- (nautical) Clipping of hydrofoil.
- To prevent (something) from being accomplished.
- To blunt; to dull; to spoil.
- (transitive) To cover or wrap with foil.
- (mathematics) To expand a product of two or more algebraic expressions, typically binomials.
- To prevent (someone) from accomplishing something.
- cover or back with foil
- hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of
- enhance by contrast
noun
- (card games) One of the four suits of playing cards, in red, marked with the symbol ♥.
- plural of heart
- (card games) A trick-taking card game in which players are penalized for taking hearts and (especially) the queen of spades.
- a form of whist in which players avoid winning tricks containing hearts or the queen of spades
verb
noun
noun
verb
verb
- suit to a special purpose
- devote oneself to a special area of work
- evolve so as to lead to a new species or develop in a way most suited to the environment
- be specific about
- become more focused on an area of activity or field of study
- (usually derogatory) To be known or notorious for some specialty.
- (intransitive) To become distinct or separate from what is common, particularly:
- To focus one's study upon a particular skill, field, topic, or genre.
- (rare, transitive) To specify: to mention specifically.
- To focus one's business upon a particular item or service.
- (biology, transitive) To make distinct or separate due to form or function.
- (transitive) To train (someone) in a specialty.
- (uncommon, transitive) To narrow in scope.
noun
- A business card.
- (in the plural) Any game using playing cards; a card game.
- Any flat, normally rectangular piece of stiff paper, plastic, etc.
- (nautical) Ellipsis of compass card.
- A roll or sliver of fibre (as of wool) delivered from a carding machine.
- (Philippines, education) Ellipsis of report card.
- A test card.
- A bank card.
- (textiles) A hand-held tool formed similarly to a hairbrush but with bristles of wire or other rigid material. It is used principally with raw cotton, wool, hair, or other natural fibers to prepare these materials for spinning into yarn or thread on a spinning wheel, with a whorl or other hand-held spindle. The card serves to untangle, clean, remove debris from, and lay the fibers straight.
- (computing) A removable electronic device that may be inserted into a powered electronic device to provide additional capability.
- (uncountable) Paper that is thicker and more durable than normal writing or printing paper, but thinner and more flexible than paperboard, used for postcards, playing cards, etc.; card stock.
- (computing) Any of a set of pages or forms that the user can navigate between, and fill with data, in certain user interfaces.
- A list of scheduled events or of performers or contestants; chiefly used in professional wrestling.
- In formal debating, a verbatim citation used as evidence for a point.
- (graph theory) A graph formed from a given graph by deleting one vertex.
- (television) A title card or intertitle: a piece of filmed, printed text edited into the midst of the photographed action at various points, generally to convey character dialogue or descriptive narrative material related to the plot.
- A greeting card.
- Abbreviation of cardinal (“songbird”).
- Any electronic payment (rather than a cash payment using notes, bills or coins).
- (informal) An amusing or entertaining person, often slightly eccentric.
- (cricket) A tabular presentation of the key statistics of an innings or match: batsmen’s scores and how they were dismissed, extras, total score and bowling figures.
- An indicator card.
- A playing card.
- A resource or argument, used to achieve a purpose. (See play the something card.)
- (weaving) A perforated pasteboard or sheet-metal plate for warp threads, making part of the Jacquard apparatus of a loom.
- a printed circuit that can be inserted into expansion slots in a computer to increase the computer's capabilities
- a card certifying the identity of the bearer
- a sign posted in a public place as an advertisement
- a list of dishes available at a restaurant
- a printed or written greeting that is left to indicate that you have visited
- a rectangular piece of stiff paper used to send messages (may have printed greetings or pictures)
- thin cardboard, usually rectangular
- (golf) a record of scores (as in golf)
- one of a set of small pieces of stiff paper marked in various ways and used for playing games or for telling fortunes
- a witty amusing person who makes jokes
- (baseball) a list of batters in the order in which they will bat
verb
- (transitive, US) To check IDs, especially against a minimum age requirement.
- To scrape or tear someone’s flesh using a metal comb, as a form of torture.
- (transitive, golf) To make (a stated score), as recorded on a scoring card.
- (textiles) To use a carding device to disentangle the fibres of wool prior to spinning.
- (transitive) To comb with a card; to cleanse or disentangle by carding.
- ask someone for identification to determine whether he or she is old enough to consume liquor
- separate the fibers of
noun
- A vestment.
- (Canada, US) A sleeveless garment that buttons down the front, worn over a shirt, and often as part of a suit; a waistcoat.
- (British) A sleeveless garment, often with a low-cut neck, usually worn under a shirt or blouse.
- Clothing generally; array; garb.
- A sleeveless top, typically with identifying colours or logos, worn by an athlete or member of a sports team.
- Any sleeveless outer garment, often for a purpose such as identification, safety, or storage.
- a collarless men's undergarment for the upper part of the body
- a man's sleeveless garment worn underneath a coat
verb
- (finance, intransitive) To become vested, to become permanent.
- To clothe with authority, power, etc.; to put in possession; to invest; to furnish; to endow; followed by with and the thing conferred.
- (chiefly passive) To clothe with, or as with, a vestment, or garment; to dress; to robe; to cover, surround, or encompass closely.
- (law, intransitive) (of an inheritance or a trust fund) To devolve upon the person currently entitled when a prior interest has ended.
- (law) To clothe with possession; also, to give a person an immediate fixed right of present or future enjoyment of.
- To place or give into the possession or discretion of some person or authority; to commit to another; with in before the possessor.
- clothe oneself in ecclesiastical garments
- place (authority, property, or rights) in the control of a person or group of persons
- become legally vested
- provide with power and authority
- clothe formally; especially in ecclesiastical robes
noun
- (card games) A sequence of cards in a suit in a card game.
- A production quantity (such as in a factory).
- (mining) The horizontal distance to which a drift may be carried, either by licence of the proprietor of a mine or by the nature of the formation; also, the direction which a vein of ore or other substance takes.
- A trial.
- One’s gait while running; the way one runs.
- (construction) Horizontal dimension of a slope.
- A flow of liquid; a leak.
- (cricket) The act of passing from one wicket to another; the point scored for this.
- (chiefly eastern North Midland US, especially Ohio, Pennsylvania, West Virginia) A small creek or part thereof. (Compare Southern US branch and New York and New England brook.)
- Migration of fish.
- The top of a step on a staircase, also called a tread, as opposed to the rise.
- (video games, speedrunning) A playthrough, or attempted playthrough; a session of play.
- (skiing, bobsledding) A single trip down a hill, as in skiing and bobsledding.
- Any sudden large demand for something.
- (banking) A sudden series of demands on a bank or other financial institution, especially characterised by great withdrawals.
- An enclosure for an animal; a track or path along which something can travel.
- (slang) A period of extended (usually daily) drug use.
- A standard or unexceptional group or category.
- The horizontal length of a set of stairs
- (music) A rapid passage in music, especially along a scale.
- (golf) The movement communicated to a golf ball by running it.
- (American football) A running play.
- The distance drilled with a bit, in oil drilling.
- State of being current; currency; popularity.
- The period of showing of a play, film, TV series, etc.
- A quick pace, faster than a walk.
- A line of knit stitches that have unravelled, particularly in a nylon stocking.
- (baseball) A score when a runner touches all bases legally; the act of a runner scoring.
- (golf) The distance a ball travels after touching the ground from a stroke.
- (mathematics, computing) The execution of a program or model
- A pair or set of millstones.
- A series of tries in a game that were successful.
- (Australia, New Zealand) A rural landholding for farming, usually for running sheep, and operated by a runholder.
- Act or instance of hurrying (to or from a place) (not necessarily on foot); dash or errand, trip.
- Flight, instance or period of fleeing.
- (nautical) The stern of the underwater body of a ship from where it begins to curve upward and inward.
- (of horses) A fast gallop.
- Act or instance of running, of moving rapidly using the feet.
- Unrestricted use. Only used in have the run of.
- A continuous period (of time) marked by a trend; a period marked by a continuing trend.
- A (regular) trip or route.
- The route taken while running or skiing.
- The distance sailed by a ship.
- A group of fish that migrate, or ascend a river for the purpose of spawning.
- A pleasure trip.
- A voyage.
- a small stream
- the pouring forth of a fluid
- a regular trip
- unrestricted freedom to use
- an unbroken chronological sequence
- (American football) a play in which a player attempts to carry the ball through or past the opposing team
- the production achieved during a continuous period of operation (of a machine or factory etc.)
- the act of testing something
- the continuous period of time during which something (a machine or a factory) operates or continues in operation
- a race between candidates for elective office
- a race run on foot
- a short trip
- an unbroken series of events
- the act of running; traveling on foot at a fast pace
- a score in baseball made by a runner touching all four bases safely
- a row of unravelled stitches
adj
verb
- (transitive) To encounter or incur (a danger or risk).
- To tend, as to an effect or consequence; to incline.
- (transitive) To complete a running course or event in (a given time).
- (figurative, transitive) To pass (without stopping), typically a stop signal, stop sign, or duty to yield the right of way.
- (transitive) To execute or carry out a plan, procedure, or program.
- To fuse; to shape; to mould; to cast.
- (transitive) To transit (a length of a river), as in whitewater rafting.
- (intransitive) Of stitches or stitched clothing, to unravel.
- To cause to be drawn; to mark out; to indicate; to determine.
- (golf) To strike (the ball) in such a way as to cause it to run along the ground, as when approaching a hole.
- (intransitive) To flee from a danger or towards help.
- To press (a bank, etc.) with immediate demands for payment.
- (intransitive) To become liquid; to melt.
- (intransitive) To be a candidate in an election.
- (transitive, agriculture) To sort through a large volume of produce in quality control.
- (transitive) To transport (someone or something), notionally at a brisk pace.
- (copulative) To become different in a way mentioned (usually to become worse).
- To have a legal course; to be attached; to continue in force, effect, or operation; to follow; to go in company.
- (transitive) To cover (a course or a distance) by running.
- (intransitive) To leak or spread in an undesirable fashion; to bleed (especially used of dye or paint).
- past participle of rin
- (intransitive) To move briskly or smoothly with a motion of sliding, rolling, sweeping etc.
- (transitive) To make (something) extend in space.
- (sports, especially baseball) To eject from a game or match.
- To pass or go quickly in thought or conversation.
- (transitive) To cause to move quickly or lightly.
- (intransitive) To move forward quickly upon two feet by alternately making a short jump off either foot.
- (intransitive) To extend in time, to last, to continue (usually with a measure phrase).
- (intransitive) Of fish, to migrate for spawning.
- To drive or force; to cause, or permit, to be driven.
- (transitive or intransitive) To compete in a race.
- (transitive, intransitive) Of a means of transportation: to travel (a route).
- (intransitive) To be presented in the media.
- (transitive) To make stand in an election.
- To exert continuous activity; to proceed.
- (transitive) To cause (a vehicle) to travel a route.
- (intransitive) To extend in space or through a range (often with a measure phrase).
- (American football, transitive or intransitive) To carry (a football) down the field, as opposed to passing or kicking.
- To pursue in thought; to carry in contemplation.
- (transitive) To make a liquid or electric current flow from or into an object.
- (transitive) To smuggle (illegal goods).
- (transitive) To control or manage; to be in charge of.
- (intransitive) To go at a fast pace; to move quickly.
- (transitive) To make a machine operate.
- To have growth or development.
- (transitive) To cost an amount of money.
- (intransitive, figuratively) To move or spread quickly.
- (nautical, of a vessel) To sail before the wind, in distinction from reaching or sailing close-hauled.
- (intransitive) Of a liquid or electric current, to flow.
- (transitive) To print or broadcast in the media.
- To control or have precedence in a card game.
- (transitive, juggling, colloquial) To juggle a pattern continuously, as opposed to starting and stopping quickly.
- To be in form thus, as a combination of words.
- (intransitive) Of an object, to have a liquid flowing from it.
- (video games, rare) To speedrun.
- (transitive) To cause stitched clothing to unravel.
- To cause to enter; to thrust.
- (transitive) To make enter a race.
- To encounter or suffer (a particular, usually bad, fate or misfortune).
- (intransitive) Of a machine, including computer programs, to be operating or working normally.
- To sew (a seam) by passing the needle through material in a continuous line, generally taking a series of stitches on the needle at the same time.
- cover by running; run a certain distance
- deal in illegally, such as arms or liquor
- include as the content; broadcast or publicize
- travel rapidly, by any (unspecified) means
- run with the ball; in such sports as football
- occur persistently
- flee; take to one's heels; cut and run
- reduce or cause to be reduced from a solid to a liquid state, usually by heating
- run, stand, or compete for an office or a position
- be diffused
- change from one state to another
- pursue for food or sport (as of wild animals)
- carry out a process or program, as on a computer or a machine
- become undone
- be affected by; be subjected to
- move along, of liquids
- progress by being changed
- cause something to pass or lead somewhere
- change or be different within limits
- be operating, running or functioning
- continue to exist
- move about freely and without restraint, or act as if running around in an uncontrolled way
- make without a miss
- sail before the wind
- cause to perform
- have a tendency or disposition to do or be something; be inclined
- conduct to completion
- cause to emit recorded audio or video
- compete in a race
- direct or control; projects, businesses, etc.
- come unraveled or undone as if by snagging
- pass over, across, or through
- set animals loose to graze
- keep company
- move fast by using one's feet, with one foot off the ground at any given time
- perform as expected when applied
- extend or continue for a certain period of time
- cause an animal to move fast
- travel a route regularly
- have a particular form
- stretch out over a distance, space, time, or scope; run or extend between two points or beyond a certain point
noun
- one of the twelve cards in a deck bearing a picture of a face
- (Internet slang) The figurative photocard of a person’s face, typically one that is attractive, premium, praiseworthy.
- (US, card games) A playing card with a face, properly a jack, queen, or king but (inexact, sometimes proscribed) sometimes also an ace or joker.
noun
- (bridge) Ellipsis of major suit.
- Ellipsis of major premise.
- Ellipsis of major key.
- (Canadian football) A touchdown, or major score.
- (military) A rank of officer in the army and the US air force, between captain and lieutenant colonel.
- An officer in charge of a section of band instruments, used with a modifier.
- (education, Canada, US, Australia, New Zealand) The principal subject or course of a student working toward a degree at a college or university.
- (campanology) A system of change-ringing using eight bells.
- (Australian rules football) A goal.
- Ellipsis of major scale.
- A large, commercially successful company, especially a record label that is bigger than an indie.
- A student at a college or university specializing on a given area of study.
- Ellipsis of major term.
- Ellipsis of major interval.
- (entomology) A large leaf-cutter ant that acts as a soldier, defending the nest.
- A person of legal age.
- a commissioned military officer in the United States Army or Air Force or Marines; below lieutenant colonel and above captain
- the principal field of study of a student at a university
- a university student who is studying a particular field as the principal subject
adj
- Containing the major term in a categorical syllogism. (of a premise)
- Having intervals of a semitone between the third and fourth, and seventh and eighth degrees. (of a scale)
- Greater in dignity, rank, importance, significance, or interest.
- Greater in number, quantity, or extent.
- (postpositive) (of a key) Based on a major scale, tending to produce a bright or joyful effect.
- Prominent or significant in size, amount, or degree.
- (campanology) Bell changes rung on eight bells.
- Having a major third above the root.
- Notable or conspicuous in effect or scope.
- Of full legal age, having attained majority.
- Equivalent to that between the tonic and another note of a major scale, and greater by a semitone than the corresponding minor interval. (of an interval)
- (medicine) Involving great risk, serious, life-threatening.
- (education) Of or relating to a subject of academic study chosen as a field of specialization.
- Occurring as the predicate in the conclusion of a categorical syllogism. (of a term)
- greater in scope or effect
- (of a scale or mode) having half steps between the third and fourth degrees and the seventh and eighth degrees
- of the elder of two boys with the same family name
- of greater seriousness or danger
- greater in number or size or amount
- of full legal age
- of the field of academic study in which one concentrates or specializes
- of greater importance or stature or rank
verb
noun
- (bridge) The number of cards held in a particular suit.
- (mathematics) Distance between the two ends of a line segment.
- (horse racing) The length of a horse, used to indicate the distance between horses at the end of a race.
- (theater) A unit of script length, comprising 42 lines.
- Part of something that is long; a physical piece of something.
- Duration.
- (cricket) The distance down the pitch that the ball bounces on its way to the batsman.
- (figuratively) Total extent.
- The distance measured along the longest dimension of an object.
- (wine) The amount of time for which the taste of wine lingers on the palate after swallowing or spitting it out, measured in caudilies.
- (slang) A penis.
- a section of something that is long and narrow
- the linear extent in space from one end to the other; the longest dimension of something that is fixed in place
- size of the gap between two places
- continuance in time
- the property of being the extent of something from beginning to end
noun
noun
- one of four face cards in a deck bearing a picture of a queen
- the only fertile female in a colony of social insects such as bees and ants and termites; its function is to lay eggs
- the wife or widow of a king
- offensive term for a homosexual man
- (chess) the most powerful piece
- an especially large mole rat and the only member of a colony of naked mole rats to bear offspring which are sired by only a few males
- a female competitor who holds a preeminent position
- a female sovereign ruler
- something personified as a woman who is considered the best or most important of her kind
- female cat
- (originally UK) A queen scallop.
- A woman pre-eminent in a particular group or field.
- (LGBTQ slang, sometimes derogatory) A homosexual man, especially one who is effeminate or flaming.
- A female monarch.
- (card games) A playing card with a depiction of a queen on it, generally ranking next below the king and above the jack in a given suit.
- (rare) A queen apple.
- (chess) A chess piece that, under contemporary rules, is the most powerful, able to move any number of spaces horizontally, vertically, or diagonally.
- (LGBTQ, slang) Ellipsis of drag queen.
- Something regarded as the greatest of its kind or as having pre-eminence or power comparable to that of a queen over a given area.
- The wife, consort, or widow of a king.
- (slang, originally US) An attractive woman; a female partner in a romantic relationship.
- (Christianity) The Virgin Mary (especially in formulations such as Queen of Heaven, Queen of Glory).
- A monarch butterfly (Danaus spp., especially Danaus gilippus).
- A red disk that is the most valuable piece in the Asian game of carrom.
- Ellipsis of queen olive.
- (attributive, originally Canada, US) Pertaining to a queen-size bed or queen-size bedding.
- An adult female cat capable of breeding.
- A reproductive female insect in a hive, such as an ant, bee, termite or wasp.
- (now chiefly historical) A type of large roofing slate.
- An excellent woman.
- A girl or woman chosen to preside in an honorary or ceremonial manner over a specified festivity or occasion, as May Queen, Homecoming Queen, prom queen, pearly queen.
verb
- become a queen
- promote to a queen, as of a pawn in chess
- (BDSM, slang, transitive, usually of a woman) To sit on a person’s face to receive oral sex, typically while straddling the person’s head.
- (transitive) To make a queen or (figuratively) to give the status of a queen.
- (beekeeping) To provide with a new queen bee.
- (chess) To promote a pawn to a queen.
- (beekeeping) To be the queen bee of a colony.
verb
- lead (a card) and establish the trump suit
- heel over
- set to a certain pitch
- sell or offer for sale from place to place
- move abruptly
- fall or plunge forward
- throw or hurl from the mound to the batter, as in baseball
- be at an angle
- set the level or character of
- throw or toss with a light motion
- erect and fasten
- hit (a golf ball) in a high arc with a backspin
- To cover or smear with pitch.
- (transitive) To set or fix (a price or value).
- (transitive) To fix or set the tone of.
- (brewing) To add yeast as a step while making beer
- (transitive) To assemble or erect (a tent). Also used figuratively.
- (with on or upon) To fix one's choice.
- (intransitive, Bristol, of snow) To settle and build up, without melting.
- (intransitive) To plunge or fall; especially, to fall forward; to decline or slope.
- (transitive) To set at an angle, especially a downwards one; to cause to tilt.
- (intransitive, baseball) To play baseball in the position of pitcher.
- (intransitive, cricket) To bounce on the playing surface.
- (transitive) To set, face, or pave (an embankment or roadway) with rubble or undressed stones.
- (transitive) To throw away; discard.
- (transitive, golf) To play a short, high, lofty shot that lands with backspin.
- To darken; to blacken; to obscure.
- (intransitive) To fix or place a tent or temporary habitation; to encamp.
- (transitive) To deliver in a certain tone or style, or with a certain audience in mind.
- (transitive or intransitive, baseball) To throw (the ball) toward a batter at home plate.
- (transitive) To promote, advertise, or attempt to sell.
- (intransitive) To produce a note of a given pitch.
- (transitive) To throw.
- (transitive, card games, slang) To discard (a card) for some gain.
- To attack, or position or assemble for attack.
- (ambitransitive, aviation or nautical) To move so that the front of an aircraft or boat goes alternately up and down.
noun
- promotion by means of an argument and demonstration
- abrupt up-and-down motion (as caused by a ship or other conveyance)
- a sports field with predetermined dimensions for playing soccer
- the property of sound that varies with variation in the frequency of vibration
- a high approach shot in golf
- a vendor's position (especially on the sidewalk)
- any of various dark heavy viscid substances obtained as a residue
- the act of throwing a baseball or softball by the pitcher towards home plate, which initiates play by giving the batter a chance to hit it
- an all-fours game in which the first card led is a trump
- degree of deviation from a horizontal plane
- the action or manner of throwing something
- (sports, UK, Australia, New Zealand) The field on which cricket, soccer, rugby, gridiron or field hockey is played. (In cricket, the pitch is in the centre of the field; see cricket pitch.) (Not often used in the US or Canada, where "field" is the preferred word.)
- An effort to sell or promote something.
- (geology) Pitchstone.
- The point where a declivity begins; hence, the declivity itself; a descending slope; the degree or rate of descent or slope; slant.
- The angle at which an object sits.
- (golf) A short, high, lofty shot that lands with backspin.
- An area on a campsite intended for occupation by a single tent, caravan or similar.
- A dark, extremely viscous material still remaining after distilling crude oil or natural tar.
- The distance between evenly spaced objects, e.g. the teeth of a saw or gear, the turns of a screw thread, the centres of holes, or letters in a monospace font.
- Prominence; importance.
- The height a bird reaches in flight, especially a bird of prey preparing to swoop down on its prey.
- (nautical, aviation) The degree to which a vehicle, especially a ship or aircraft, rotates on such an axis, tilting its bow or nose up or down.
- (music) In an a cappella group, the singer responsible for singing a note for the other members to tune themselves by.
- (by extension) The place where a busker performs, a prostitute solicits clients, or an illegal gambling game etc. is set up before the public.
- (cricket) That point of the ground on which the ball pitches or lights when bowled.
- (mining) The limit of ground set to a miner who receives a share of the ore taken out.
- (climbing) A section of a climb or rock face; specifically, the climbing distance between belays or stances.
- A throw; a toss; a cast, as of something from the hand.
- (now British, regional) A person's or animal's height.
- A descent; a fall; a thrusting down.
- (music, phonetics) The perceived frequency of a sound, note or electromagnetic wave.
- A point or peak; the extreme point of elevation or depression.
- (music) The standard to which a group of musical instruments are tuned or in which a piece is performed, usually by reference to the frequency to which the musical note A above middle C is tuned.
- (baseball) The act of pitching a baseball.
- A level or degree, or (by extension), a peak or highest degree.
- A sticky, gummy substance secreted by trees; sap.
- An area in a market (or similar) allocated to a particular trader.
- (aviation) A measure of the angle of attack of a propeller.
- (caving) A vertical cave passage, only negotiable by using rope or ladders.
- (rare) The field of battle.
- The most thrust-out point of a headland or cape.
adj
noun
adj
name
noun
- A semi-formal jacket.
- A con or swindle.
- (slang, UK) An older member of a sporting club, often with old-fashioned or conservative views.
- Anything that blazes or glows, as with heat or flame.
- A person or thing that blazes (marks or cuts a route).
- (slang, US) One who smokes cannabis; a stoner.
- The dish used when cooking directly over the flame of a chafing-dish lamp, or the coals of a brazier.
- lightweight single-breasted jacket; often striped in the colors of a club or school
noun
- A card of this suit.
- A suit in certain playing card decks, particularly those used in Spain and Italy, or those used for divination.
- (weaving) One of the end bars by which the lay of a hand loom is suspended.
- (countable) A long bladed weapon with a grip and typically a pommel and crossguard (together forming a hilt), which is designed to cut, stab, slash and/or hack.
- (figurative) Violence; military might.
- a cutting or thrusting weapon that has a long metal blade and a hilt with a hand guard
verb
noun
- a playing card in the major suit that has one or more black figures on it
- a sturdy hand shovel that can be pushed into the earth with the foot
- A garden tool with a handle and a flat blade for digging. Not to be confused with a shovel which is used for moving earth or other materials.
- (card games) A playing card marked with the symbol ♠.
- (electrical engineering) A device for terminating an electrical conductor resembling a small spade.
- (now offensive, ethnic slur) A black person.
- A cutting instrument used in flensing a whale.
verb
noun
- a playing card in the suit that has been declared trumps
- (card games) A playing card of that suit.
- (card games) the suit that has been declared to rank above all other suits for the duration of the hand
- a brass musical instrument with a brilliant tone; has a narrow tube and a flared bell and is played by means of valves
- An old card game, almost identical to whist; the game of ruff.
- The noise made by an elephant through its trunk.
- (UK, colloquial) A fart.
- A card of the major arcana of the tarot.
- (figuratively) Something that gives one an advantage, especially one held in reserve.
- (card games) The suit, in a game of cards, that outranks all others.
verb
- play a trump
- get the better of
- produce a sound as if from a trumpet
- proclaim or announce with or as if with a fanfare
- (transitive) To get the better of, or finesse, a competitor.
- To blow a trumpet.
- (intransitive, UK, colloquial) To fart.
- (transitive) To outweigh; be stronger, greater, bigger than or in other way superior to.
- (transitive) To supersede.
- (transitive, card games) To play on (a card of another suit) with a trump.
- (intransitive, card games) To play a trump, or to take a trick with a trump.
noun
- a playing card in the minor suit that has one or more black trefoils on it
- A playing card marked with such a symbol.
- stout stick that is larger at one end
- a team of professional baseball players who play and travel together
- a building that is occupied by a social club
- a spot that is open late at night and that provides entertainment (as singers or dancers) as well as dancing and food and drink
- golf equipment used by a golfer to hit a golf ball
- a formal association of people with similar interests
- A joint charge of expense, or any person's share of it; a contribution to a common fund.
- A club sandwich.
- (card games) A black clover shape (♣), one of the four symbols used to mark the suits of playing cards.
- (countable, golf) An implement to hit the ball in certain ball games, such as golf.
- (World War I– World War II, military slang) The propeller of an aeroplane.
- The slice of bread in the middle of a club sandwich.
- (humorous) Any set of people with a shared characteristic.
- An establishment that provides staged entertainment, often with food and drink, such as a nightclub.
- (countable, rhythmic gymnastics) An item used during routines, the apparatus consisting of a set of two clubs.
- (countable) An association of members joining together for some common purpose, especially sports or recreation.
- (countable) A heavy object, often a kind of stick, intended for use as a bludgeoning weapon or a plaything.
verb
- gather and spend time together
- gather into a club-like mass
- strike with a club or a bludgeon
- unite with a common purpose
- (transitive) To raise, or defray, by a proportional assessment.
- (military) To throw, or allow to fall, into confusion.
- To score a victory over by a large margin.
- (transitive) To hit with a club.
- (transitive, military) To turn the breech of (a musket) uppermost, so as to use it as a club.
- (intransitive) To pay an equal or proportionate share of a common charge or expense.
- (intransitive) To join together to form a group.
- (intransitive) To go to nightclubs.
- (nautical) To drift in a current with an anchor out.
- (transitive) To unite, or contribute, for the accomplishment of a common end.
- (intransitive, transitive) To combine into a club-shaped mass.
noun
- a playing card in the major suit that has one or more red hearts on it
- (card games) A playing card of the suit hearts featuring one or more heart-shaped symbols.
- a firm rather dry variety meat (usually beef or veal)
- the courage to carry on
- the hollow muscular organ located behind the sternum and between the lungs; its rhythmic contractions move the blood through the body
- the locus of feelings and intuitions
- the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience
- an area that is approximately central within some larger region
- a plane figure with rounded sides curving inward at the top and intersecting at the bottom; conventionally used on playing cards and valentines
- an inclination or tendency of a certain kind
- a positive feeling of liking
- (uncountable) One's feelings and emotions, especially considered as part of one's character.
- (anatomy) A muscular organ that pumps blood through the body, traditionally thought to be the seat of emotion.
- A conventional shape or symbol used to represent the heart, love, or emotion: ♥.
- (figurative) The centre, essence, or core.
- Emotional strength that allows one to continue in difficult situations; courage; spirit; a will to compete.
- (figurative) A wight or being.
- (chemistry) The main fraction or product of a distillation run.
- (cartomancy) The twenty-fourth Lenormand card.
- The seat of the affections or sensibilities, collectively or separately, as love, hate, joy, grief, courage, etc.; rarely, the seat of the understanding or will; usually in a good sense; personality.
- Vigorous and efficient activity; power of fertile production; condition of the soil, whether good or bad.
verb
- (intransitive, agriculture, botany) To form a dense cluster of leaves, a heart, especially of lettuce or cabbage.
- (transitive, masonry) To fill an interior with rubble, as a wall or a breakwater.
- (transitive) To mark a comment, post, reply, etc., with the heart symbol (❤).
- (transitive, humorous, informal) To be fond of. Often bracketed or abbreviated with a heart symbol.
noun
noun
- the playing card that is the only card in a suit held in a bridge hand as initially dealt
- (playing cards) A hand containing only one card of a certain suit.
- (playing cards) A playing card that is the only one of its suit in a hand, especially at bridge.
- a set containing a single member
- a single object (as distinguished from a pair)
- (education) A class offered only once within a school year.
- (mathematics) A set with exactly one element.
- A child or animal that is born singly, not as a twin or other multiple birth.
- A person without a dissociative identity.
- A person without a romantic partner.
- (phonetics) A single consonant, as opposed to a geminated consonant.
- (computing) A class that may not be instantiated more than once, i.e. that implements the singleton design pattern.
- (backgammon) Synonym of blot.
- A single object, especially one of a group.
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noun
adj
- (linguistics) Of or pertaining to a penult.
- (proscribed) pre-eminent, ultimate, best; par excellence, top-quality
- (mathematics, rare) Relating to or denoting an element of a related collection of curves that is arbitrarily close to a degenerate form.
- (UK, in US usually formal, literary or scholarly) Next to last, second to last; immediately preceding the end of a sequence, list, etc.
- second last
noun
- one of four face cards in a deck bearing a picture of a young prince
- game equipment consisting of one of several small six-pointed metal pieces that are picked up while bouncing a ball in the game of jacks
- a small worthless amount
- small flag indicating a ship's nationality
- male donkey
- any of several fast-swimming predacious fishes of tropical to warm temperate seas
- a small ball at which players aim in lawn bowling
- tool for exerting pressure or lifting
- immense East Indian fruit resembling breadfruit; it contains an edible pulp and nutritious seeds that are commonly roasted
- an electrical device consisting of a connector socket designed for the insertion of a plug
- someone who works with their hands; someone engaged in manual labor
- (slang, baseball) A home run.
- (US) A jackrabbit.
- (card games, originally colloquial) The lowest court card in a deck of standard playing cards, ranking between the 10 and queen, with an image of a knave or pageboy on it.
- (glassblowing) a tool used in manual production of glass objects (like bottles or wine glasses).
- (countable, now chiefly US) A man, a fellow; a typical man; men in general.
- (slang, chiefly US) Money, cash.
- (colloquial) A sailor.
- Any of the marine fish in the family Carangidae.
- A pike, especially when young.
- The edible fruit of the Asian tree (Artocarpus heterophyllus); also the tree itself.
- (India, historical, slang) A sepoy.
- (chiefly US) A male ass, especially when kept for breeding.
- (slang) A policeman or detective; (Australia) a military policeman.
- (apparently does not occur standalone for the genus per se) Plant of the genus Emex, also considered synonymous to Rumex, if not then containing two species lesser jack and little jack for Emex spinosa syn. Rumex spinosus, Australian English three-corner jack and prickly jack for Emex australis syn. Rumex hypogaeus.
- A device for turning a spit; a smokejack or roasting jack.
- (games) A small, six-pointed playing piece used in the game of jacks.
- (slang, euphemistic) Nothing, not anything, jack shit.
- Each of a series of blocks in a harpsichord or the earlier virginal, communicating the action of the key to the quill; sometime also, a hopper in a modern piano.
- (US) A torch or other light used in hunting to attract or dazzle game at night.
- A coarse medieval coat of defence, especially one made of leather.
- A large California rockfish, the bocaccio, Sebastes paucispinis.
- (Canada, US, colloquial) A lumberjack.
- A device used to hold a boot by the heel, to assist in removing the boot.
- (colloquial) Plant in the genus Arisaema, also known as Jack-in-the-pulpit, and capitalized Jack.
- (electronics) A switch for a jack plug, a jackknife switch; (more generally) a socket used to connect a device to a circuit, network etc.
- (chiefly capitalized) A name applied to a hypothetical or typical man.
- (Canada, US) A strong alcoholic liquor, especially home-distilled or illicit.
- (colloquial) Spadix of a plant (also capitalized Jack).
- (bowls) A small, typically white, ball used as the target ball in bowls; a jack-ball.
- (nautical) A small ship's flag used as a signal or identifying device; a small flag flown at the bow of the vessel.
- Any of various levers for raising or lowering the sinkers which push the loops down on the needles in a knitting machine or stocking frame.
- Mangifera caesia, related to the mango tree.
- (slang, Appalachians) A smooth often ovoid large gravel or small cobble in a natural water course.
- The related tree Mangifera caesia.
- (now historical, regional) A pitcher or other vessel for holding liquid, especially alcoholic drink; a black-jack.
- A mechanical device used to raise and (temporarily) support a heavy object, now especially to lift one side of a motor vehicle when (e.g.) changing a tyre.
- (cricket, slang) The eleventh batsman to come to the crease in an innings.
verb
- hunt with a jacklight
- lift with a special device
- (colloquial, vulgar) To jack off, to masturbate.
- (transitive, slang, baseball) To hit (the ball) hard; especially, to hit (the ball) out of the field, producing a home run.
- (intransitive or transitive, informal) To jerk or move by jerking; to remove or move (something).
- (Memphis African-American slang) To fight.
- (transitive) To raise or increase.
- (intransitive) To dance by moving the torso forward and backward in a rippling motion.
- (transitive, colloquial) To steal (something), typically an automobile; to rob (someone).
- (transitive) To physically raise using a jack.
- To increase the potency of an alcoholic beverage similarly to distillation by chilling it to below the freezing point of water, removing the water ice crystals that form, and leaving the still-liquid alcoholic portion.
adj
noun
- a playing card in the minor suit that has one or more red rhombuses on it
- (card games) A card of the diamonds suit.
- the area of a baseball field that is enclosed by 3 bases and home plate
- a parallelogram with four equal sides; an oblique-angled equilateral parallelogram
- a transparent piece of diamond that has been cut and polished and is valued as a precious gem
- the baseball playing field
- very hard native crystalline carbon valued as a gem
- (baseball) The infield of a baseball field.
- (geometry) A rhombus, especially when oriented so that its longer axis is vertical.
- (Western Pennsylvania) A town square.
- A very pale blue color.
- (geometry) A polyiamond consisting of two triangles.
- Something that resembles a diamond.
- A diamond ring.
- (baseball) The entire field of play used in the game.
- A gemstone made from this mineral.
- (heraldry) Sable, when blazoning by precious stones.
- (uncountable) A glimmering glass-like mineral that is an allotrope of carbon in which each atom is surrounded by four others in the form of a tetrahedron.
adj
verb
noun
- A coat card.
- A coat of arms.
- The habit or vesture of an order of men, indicating the order or office; cloth.
- (countable) The fur or feathers covering an animal's skin.
- (countable) A covering of material, such as paint.
- (uncountable, nautical) Canvas painted with thick tar and secured round a mast or bowsprit to prevent water running down the sides into the hold (now made of rubber or leather).
- (countable, clothing) An outer garment covering the upper torso and arms.
- an outer garment that has sleeves and covers the body from shoulder down; worn outdoors
- growth of hair or wool or fur covering the body of an animal
- a thin layer covering something
verb
noun
- (cribbage) A jack of the same suit as the card turned up by the dealer.
- (by extension, derogatory) A contemptible person; dick. (Also spelled knob.)
- (now only in slang) The head.
- (slang, chiefly UK, Ireland) A wealthy or influential person; a toff.
- (by extension) (vulgar, slang, chiefly UK, Ireland) The penis; dick. (Also spelled knob.)
- (slang) The glans penis, the sensitive bulbous structure at the end of the penis also known as the head of the penis. (Also spelled knob.)
- informal term for an upper-class or wealthy person
verb
noun
- A piece of a person's suit, beside trousers and, sometimes, waistcoat; coat (US)
- (Jamaica) A bastard child, in particular one whose father is unaware that he is not the child’s biological father.
- A protective or insulating cover for an object (e.g. a book, hot water tank, bullet.)
- A piece of clothing worn on the upper body outside a shirt or blouse, often waist length to thigh length.
- (military) In ordnance, a strengthening band surrounding and reinforcing the tube in which the charge is fired.
- (slang) A police record.
- The tough outer skin of a baked potato.
- (Appalachia) A vest (US); a waistcoat (UK).
- a short coat
- an outer wrapping or casing
- (dentistry) dental appliance consisting of an artificial crown for a broken or decayed tooth
- the tough metal shell casing for certain kinds of ammunition
- the outer skin of a potato
verb
noun
- (bridge) The lack of cards in a particular suit.
- (fluid mechanics) A pocket of vapour inside a fluid flow, created by cavitation.
- (Internet slang, humorous, endearing) A black cat.
- (medicine, urology) An instance of urination.
- An empty space; a vacuum.
- A cavity or empty space caused by water erosion.
- (astronomy) An extended region of space containing no galaxies.
- (materials science) A collection of adjacent vacancies inside a crystal lattice.
- (construction) An empty space between floors or walls, including false separations and planned gaps between a building and its facade.
- An empty place; a location that has nothing useful.
- an empty area or space
- the state of nonexistence
adj
- (programming) Of a function or method, that does not return a value; being a procedure rather than a function.
- Containing nothing; empty; not occupied or filled.
- Having no incumbent; unoccupied; said of offices etc.
- (bridge) Having no cards in a particular suit.
- (with of) Being without; destitute; devoid.
- Containing no immaterial quality; destitute of mind or soul.
- Of no legal force or effect, incapable of confirmation or ratification.
- Not producing any effect; ineffectual; vain.
- lacking any legal or binding force
- containing nothing
verb
- (transitive, medicine) Synonym of empty (verb).
- To throw or send out; to evacuate; to emit; to discharge.
- (transitive) To make invalid or worthless.
- clear (a room, house, place) of occupants or empty or clear (a place or receptacle) of something
- declare invalid
- take away the legal force of or render ineffective
- excrete or discharge from the body
noun
- a mark on a die or on a playing card (shape depending on the suit)
- a disease of poultry
- a radar echo displayed so as to show the position of a reflecting surface
- a minor nonspecific ailment
- a small hard seed found in some fruits
- Any of various respiratory diseases in birds, especially infectious coryza.
- One of a series of very short, electronically produced tones, used, for example, to count down the final few seconds before a given time or to indicate that a caller using a payphone needs to make further payment to continue the call.
- A spot of light or an inverted V indicative of a return of radar waves reflected from an object; a blip.
- (finance, currency trading) The smallest price increment between two currencies in foreign exchange (forex) trading.
- A spot; a speck.
- One of the spots or symbols on a playing card, domino, die, etc.
- (US, colloquial) Something or someone excellent, of high quality.
- A piece of rhizome with a dormant shoot of the lily of the valley plant, used for propagation
- (military, public service) One of the stylised version of the Bath star worn on the shoulder of a uniform to denote rank, e.g. of a soldier or a fireman.
verb
- defeat thoroughly
- kill by firing a missile
- hit with a missile from a weapon
- (ornithology) To make the initial hole during the process of hatching from an egg.
- (transitive) To get the better of; to defeat by a narrow margin.
- (transitive) To remove the pips from.
- (transitive) To hit with a gunshot.
- (intransitive) To peep, to chirp.
noun
- a mark on a die or on a playing card (shape depending on the suit)
- a lamp that produces a strong beam of light to illuminate a restricted area; used to focus attention of a stage performer
- a small piece or quantity of something
- a business establishment for entertainment
- a short section or illustration (as between radio or tv programs or in a magazine) that is often used for advertising
- a point located with respect to surface features of some region
- a blemish made by dirt
- a section of an entertainment that is assigned to a specific performer or performance
- a small contrasting part of something
- an act that brings discredit to the person who does it
- a slight attack of illness
- an outstanding characteristic
- a playing card with a specified number of pips on it to indicate its value
- (soccer) Penalty spot.
- The act of spotting or noticing something.
- (US, advertising) A brief advertisement or program segment on television.
- (sports) An official determination of placement.
- A bright lamp; a spotlight.
- A pimple, papule or pustule.
- A round or irregular patch on the surface of a thing having a different color, texture etc. and generally round in shape.
- A small, unspecified amount or quantity.
- A symbol on a playing card, domino, die, etc. indicating its value; a pip.
- Any of the balls marked with spots in the game of pool, which one player aims to pot, the other player taking the stripes.
- (finance) A decimal point; point.
- A parking space.
- (gymnastics, dance, weightlifting) One who spots (supports or assists a maneuver, or is prepared to assist if safety dictates); a spotter.
- (physics) An autosoliton.
- A location or area.
- Any of various points marked on the table, from which balls are played, in snooker, pool, billiards, etc.
- (slang, US) A bill of five-dollar or ten-dollar denomination in dollars.
- A food fish (Leiostomus xanthurus) of the Atlantic coast of the United States, with a black spot behind the shoulders and fifteen oblique dark bars on the sides.
- A difficult situation.
- A stain or disfiguring mark.
- A variety of the common domestic pigeon, so called from a spot on its head just above the beak.
- The southern redfish, or red horse (Sciaenops ocellatus), which has a spot on each side at the base of the tail.
verb
- catch sight of
- mar or impair with a flaw
- mark with a spot or spots so as to allow easy recognition
- detect with the senses
- become spotted
- make a spot or mark onto
- (transitive, gymnastics, dance, weightlifting, climbing) To support or assist a maneuver, or to be prepared to assist if safety dictates.
- (rail transport, transitive) To position (a locomotive or car) at a predetermined point, e.g., for loading or unloading.
- (dialectal) To rain slightly, in scattered, infrequent drops, for example when first beginning to rain.
- (ambitransitive) To stain; to leave a spot (on).
- (transitive) To remove, or attempt to remove, a stain.
- (transitive, dance) To keep the head and eyes pointing in a single direction while turning.
- (transitive) To stain; to blemish; to taint; to disgrace; to tarnish, as reputation.
- (transitive, chiefly snooker and billiards) To place (an object) at a location indicated by a spot.
- (US, slang, ditransitive) To loan a small amount of money to someone.
- To experience vaginal spotting; to expel blood from the vagina.
- (intransitive, snooker and billiards) Of a ball, to be capable of being placed on its own spot.
- (aviation, military, transitive) To position (an aircraft) on the deck of an aircraft carrier ready for launch by catapult.
- (transitive) To cut or chip (timber) in preparation for hewing.
- (transitive) To cover with spots, to speckle.
- (transitive) To retouch a photograph on film to remove minor flaws.
- (transitive) To see, find; to pick out, notice, locate, distinguish or identify.
adj
noun
- (poker) A hand consisting of all cards with the same suit.
- A suffusion of the face with blood, as from fear, shame, modesty, or intensity of feeling of any kind; a blush; a glow.
- A sudden flood or rush of feeling; a thrill of excitement, animation, etc.
- Particularly, such a cleansing of a toilet.
- A sudden flowing; a rush which fills or overflows, as of water for cleansing purposes.
- A group of birds that have suddenly started up from undergrowth, trees, etc.
- Any tinge of red color like that produced on the cheeks by a sudden rush of blood.
- (skiing) A line of poles or obstacles that a skier must weave between.
- A groundwater-fed marsh or peaty mire (which may be acidic or basic, nutrient-rich or poor); (originally especially Scotland and Northern England) a (marshy) pool or seep, as in a field.
- (computing) The process of clearing the contents of a buffer or cache.
- a poker hand with all 5 cards in the same suit
- the period of greatest prosperity or productivity
- the swift release of a store of affective force
- sudden reddening of the face (as from embarrassment or guilt or shame or modesty)
- a sudden rapid flow (as of water)
- sudden brief sensation of heat (associated with menopause and some mental disorders)
- a rosy color (especially in the cheeks) taken as a sign of good health
adj
- Wealthy or well off.
- (typography) Ellipsis of flush left and right: a body of text aligned with both its left and right margins.
- Full of vigor; fresh; glowing; bright.
- Smooth, even, aligned; not sticking out.
- Affluent; abounding; well furnished or supplied; hence, liberal; prodigal.
- having an abundant supply of money or possessions of value
- of a surface exactly even with an adjoining one, forming the same plane
adv
verb
- (intransitive) To take suddenly to flight, especially from cover.
- (transitive, computing) To clear (a buffer or cache) of its contents.
- To cause to be full; to flood; to overflow; to overwhelm with water.
- (intransitive) To become suffused with reddish color due to embarrassment, excitement, overheating, or other systemic disturbance, to blush.
- To flow and spread suddenly; to rush.
- (transitive) To cause to take flight from concealment.
- (intransitive, of a toilet) To be cleansed by being flooded with generous quantities of water.
- (mining, intransitive) To operate a placer mine, where the continuous supply of water is insufficient, by holding back the water, and releasing it periodically in a flood.
- (transitive) Particularly, to cleanse a toilet by introducing a large amount of water.
- (transitive) To cleanse by flooding with generous quantities of a fluid.
- (Singapore, chiefly military) To move, shift or align to one side.
- (transitive) To excite, inflame.
- (intransitive, transitive) To dispose or be disposed of by flushing down a toilet.
- (masonry) To fill in (joints); to point the level; to make them flush.
- To show red; to shine suddenly; to glow.
- (mining) To fill underground spaces, especially in coal mines, with material carried by water, which, after drainage, constitutes a compact mass.
- (transitive) To cause to blush.
- (transitive, computing, of data held in a buffer or cache) To write (the data) to primary storage, clearing it from the buffer or cache.
- cause to flow through something
- rinse, clean, or empty with a liquid
- cause to flow or flood with or as if with water
- make level or straight
- irrigate with water from a sluice
- glow or cause to glow with warm color or light
- turn red, as if in embarrassment or shame
noun
- The rhombus diamond, as one of the suits seen in a deck of playing cards ( or ).
- (geometry) A parallelogram having all sides of equal length.
- In early Greek religion, an instrument whirled on the end of a string similar to a bullroarer.
- a parallelogram with four equal sides; an oblique-angled equilateral parallelogram
noun
- A premium trading card with a glossy finish.
- (hunting) The track of an animal.
- (chiefly uncountable) Thin aluminium/aluminum (or, formerly, tin) used for wrapping food.
- (hydrodynamics, nautical) Clipping of hydrofoil.
- (heraldry) A stylized flower or leaf.
- (architecture) A small arc in the tracery of a window, etc.
- (figuratively) Anything that acts by contrast to emphasise the characteristics of something.
- (authorship, figuratively) In literature, theatre/theater, etc., a character who helps emphasize the traits of the main character and who usually acts as an opponent or antagonist, but can also serve as the sidekick of the protagonist.
- A thin layer of metal put between a jewel and its setting to make it seem more brilliant.
- Failure when on the point of attainment; defeat; frustration; miscarriage.
- (fencing) A very thin sword with a blunted (or foiled) tip
- A very thin sheet of metal or plastic.
- (aerodynamics, aviation) Clipping of aerofoil/airfoil.
- One of the incorrect answers presented in a multiple-choice test.
- A thin, transparent plastic material on which marks are made and projected for the purposes of presentation. See transparency.
- a device consisting of a flat or curved piece (as a metal plate) so that its surface reacts to the water it is passing through
- a light slender flexible sword tipped by a button
- picture consisting of a positive photograph or drawing on a transparent base; viewed with a projector
- anything that serves by contrast to call attention to another thing's good qualities
- a piece of thin and flexible sheet metal
verb
- (nautical) Clipping of hydrofoil.
- To prevent (something) from being accomplished.
- To blunt; to dull; to spoil.
- (transitive) To cover or wrap with foil.
- (mathematics) To expand a product of two or more algebraic expressions, typically binomials.
- To prevent (someone) from accomplishing something.
- cover or back with foil
- hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of
- enhance by contrast
noun
- (card games) One of the four suits of playing cards, in red, marked with the symbol ♥.
- plural of heart
- (card games) A trick-taking card game in which players are penalized for taking hearts and (especially) the queen of spades.
- a form of whist in which players avoid winning tricks containing hearts or the queen of spades
verb
noun
noun
verb
noun
- A business card.
- (in the plural) Any game using playing cards; a card game.
- Any flat, normally rectangular piece of stiff paper, plastic, etc.
- (nautical) Ellipsis of compass card.
- A roll or sliver of fibre (as of wool) delivered from a carding machine.
- (Philippines, education) Ellipsis of report card.
- A test card.
- A bank card.
- (textiles) A hand-held tool formed similarly to a hairbrush but with bristles of wire or other rigid material. It is used principally with raw cotton, wool, hair, or other natural fibers to prepare these materials for spinning into yarn or thread on a spinning wheel, with a whorl or other hand-held spindle. The card serves to untangle, clean, remove debris from, and lay the fibers straight.
- (computing) A removable electronic device that may be inserted into a powered electronic device to provide additional capability.
- (uncountable) Paper that is thicker and more durable than normal writing or printing paper, but thinner and more flexible than paperboard, used for postcards, playing cards, etc.; card stock.
- (computing) Any of a set of pages or forms that the user can navigate between, and fill with data, in certain user interfaces.
- A list of scheduled events or of performers or contestants; chiefly used in professional wrestling.
- In formal debating, a verbatim citation used as evidence for a point.
- (graph theory) A graph formed from a given graph by deleting one vertex.
- (television) A title card or intertitle: a piece of filmed, printed text edited into the midst of the photographed action at various points, generally to convey character dialogue or descriptive narrative material related to the plot.
- A greeting card.
- Abbreviation of cardinal (“songbird”).
- Any electronic payment (rather than a cash payment using notes, bills or coins).
- (informal) An amusing or entertaining person, often slightly eccentric.
- (cricket) A tabular presentation of the key statistics of an innings or match: batsmen’s scores and how they were dismissed, extras, total score and bowling figures.
- An indicator card.
- A playing card.
- A resource or argument, used to achieve a purpose. (See play the something card.)
- (weaving) A perforated pasteboard or sheet-metal plate for warp threads, making part of the Jacquard apparatus of a loom.
- a printed circuit that can be inserted into expansion slots in a computer to increase the computer's capabilities
- a card certifying the identity of the bearer
- a sign posted in a public place as an advertisement
- a list of dishes available at a restaurant
- a printed or written greeting that is left to indicate that you have visited
- a rectangular piece of stiff paper used to send messages (may have printed greetings or pictures)
- thin cardboard, usually rectangular
- (golf) a record of scores (as in golf)
- one of a set of small pieces of stiff paper marked in various ways and used for playing games or for telling fortunes
- a witty amusing person who makes jokes
- (baseball) a list of batters in the order in which they will bat
verb
- (transitive, US) To check IDs, especially against a minimum age requirement.
- To scrape or tear someone’s flesh using a metal comb, as a form of torture.
- (transitive, golf) To make (a stated score), as recorded on a scoring card.
- (textiles) To use a carding device to disentangle the fibres of wool prior to spinning.
- (transitive) To comb with a card; to cleanse or disentangle by carding.
- ask someone for identification to determine whether he or she is old enough to consume liquor
- separate the fibers of
noun
- A vestment.
- (Canada, US) A sleeveless garment that buttons down the front, worn over a shirt, and often as part of a suit; a waistcoat.
- (British) A sleeveless garment, often with a low-cut neck, usually worn under a shirt or blouse.
- Clothing generally; array; garb.
- A sleeveless top, typically with identifying colours or logos, worn by an athlete or member of a sports team.
- Any sleeveless outer garment, often for a purpose such as identification, safety, or storage.
- a collarless men's undergarment for the upper part of the body
- a man's sleeveless garment worn underneath a coat
verb
- (finance, intransitive) To become vested, to become permanent.
- To clothe with authority, power, etc.; to put in possession; to invest; to furnish; to endow; followed by with and the thing conferred.
- (chiefly passive) To clothe with, or as with, a vestment, or garment; to dress; to robe; to cover, surround, or encompass closely.
- (law, intransitive) (of an inheritance or a trust fund) To devolve upon the person currently entitled when a prior interest has ended.
- (law) To clothe with possession; also, to give a person an immediate fixed right of present or future enjoyment of.
- To place or give into the possession or discretion of some person or authority; to commit to another; with in before the possessor.
- clothe oneself in ecclesiastical garments
- place (authority, property, or rights) in the control of a person or group of persons
- become legally vested
- provide with power and authority
- clothe formally; especially in ecclesiastical robes
noun
- (card games) A sequence of cards in a suit in a card game.
- A production quantity (such as in a factory).
- (mining) The horizontal distance to which a drift may be carried, either by licence of the proprietor of a mine or by the nature of the formation; also, the direction which a vein of ore or other substance takes.
- A trial.
- One’s gait while running; the way one runs.
- (construction) Horizontal dimension of a slope.
- A flow of liquid; a leak.
- (cricket) The act of passing from one wicket to another; the point scored for this.
- (chiefly eastern North Midland US, especially Ohio, Pennsylvania, West Virginia) A small creek or part thereof. (Compare Southern US branch and New York and New England brook.)
- Migration of fish.
- The top of a step on a staircase, also called a tread, as opposed to the rise.
- (video games, speedrunning) A playthrough, or attempted playthrough; a session of play.
- (skiing, bobsledding) A single trip down a hill, as in skiing and bobsledding.
- Any sudden large demand for something.
- (banking) A sudden series of demands on a bank or other financial institution, especially characterised by great withdrawals.
- An enclosure for an animal; a track or path along which something can travel.
- (slang) A period of extended (usually daily) drug use.
- A standard or unexceptional group or category.
- The horizontal length of a set of stairs
- (music) A rapid passage in music, especially along a scale.
- (golf) The movement communicated to a golf ball by running it.
- (American football) A running play.
- The distance drilled with a bit, in oil drilling.
- State of being current; currency; popularity.
- The period of showing of a play, film, TV series, etc.
- A quick pace, faster than a walk.
- A line of knit stitches that have unravelled, particularly in a nylon stocking.
- (baseball) A score when a runner touches all bases legally; the act of a runner scoring.
- (golf) The distance a ball travels after touching the ground from a stroke.
- (mathematics, computing) The execution of a program or model
- A pair or set of millstones.
- A series of tries in a game that were successful.
- (Australia, New Zealand) A rural landholding for farming, usually for running sheep, and operated by a runholder.
- Act or instance of hurrying (to or from a place) (not necessarily on foot); dash or errand, trip.
- Flight, instance or period of fleeing.
- (nautical) The stern of the underwater body of a ship from where it begins to curve upward and inward.
- (of horses) A fast gallop.
- Act or instance of running, of moving rapidly using the feet.
- Unrestricted use. Only used in have the run of.
- A continuous period (of time) marked by a trend; a period marked by a continuing trend.
- A (regular) trip or route.
- The route taken while running or skiing.
- The distance sailed by a ship.
- A group of fish that migrate, or ascend a river for the purpose of spawning.
- A pleasure trip.
- A voyage.
- a small stream
- the pouring forth of a fluid
- a regular trip
- unrestricted freedom to use
- an unbroken chronological sequence
- (American football) a play in which a player attempts to carry the ball through or past the opposing team
- the production achieved during a continuous period of operation (of a machine or factory etc.)
- the act of testing something
- the continuous period of time during which something (a machine or a factory) operates or continues in operation
- a race between candidates for elective office
- a race run on foot
- a short trip
- an unbroken series of events
- the act of running; traveling on foot at a fast pace
- a score in baseball made by a runner touching all four bases safely
- a row of unravelled stitches
adj
verb
- (transitive) To encounter or incur (a danger or risk).
- To tend, as to an effect or consequence; to incline.
- (transitive) To complete a running course or event in (a given time).
- (figurative, transitive) To pass (without stopping), typically a stop signal, stop sign, or duty to yield the right of way.
- (transitive) To execute or carry out a plan, procedure, or program.
- To fuse; to shape; to mould; to cast.
- (transitive) To transit (a length of a river), as in whitewater rafting.
- (intransitive) Of stitches or stitched clothing, to unravel.
- To cause to be drawn; to mark out; to indicate; to determine.
- (golf) To strike (the ball) in such a way as to cause it to run along the ground, as when approaching a hole.
- (intransitive) To flee from a danger or towards help.
- To press (a bank, etc.) with immediate demands for payment.
- (intransitive) To become liquid; to melt.
- (intransitive) To be a candidate in an election.
- (transitive, agriculture) To sort through a large volume of produce in quality control.
- (transitive) To transport (someone or something), notionally at a brisk pace.
- (copulative) To become different in a way mentioned (usually to become worse).
- To have a legal course; to be attached; to continue in force, effect, or operation; to follow; to go in company.
- (transitive) To cover (a course or a distance) by running.
- (intransitive) To leak or spread in an undesirable fashion; to bleed (especially used of dye or paint).
- past participle of rin
- (intransitive) To move briskly or smoothly with a motion of sliding, rolling, sweeping etc.
- (transitive) To make (something) extend in space.
- (sports, especially baseball) To eject from a game or match.
- To pass or go quickly in thought or conversation.
- (transitive) To cause to move quickly or lightly.
- (intransitive) To move forward quickly upon two feet by alternately making a short jump off either foot.
- (intransitive) To extend in time, to last, to continue (usually with a measure phrase).
- (intransitive) Of fish, to migrate for spawning.
- To drive or force; to cause, or permit, to be driven.
- (transitive or intransitive) To compete in a race.
- (transitive, intransitive) Of a means of transportation: to travel (a route).
- (intransitive) To be presented in the media.
- (transitive) To make stand in an election.
- To exert continuous activity; to proceed.
- (transitive) To cause (a vehicle) to travel a route.
- (intransitive) To extend in space or through a range (often with a measure phrase).
- (American football, transitive or intransitive) To carry (a football) down the field, as opposed to passing or kicking.
- To pursue in thought; to carry in contemplation.
- (transitive) To make a liquid or electric current flow from or into an object.
- (transitive) To smuggle (illegal goods).
- (transitive) To control or manage; to be in charge of.
- (intransitive) To go at a fast pace; to move quickly.
- (transitive) To make a machine operate.
- To have growth or development.
- (transitive) To cost an amount of money.
- (intransitive, figuratively) To move or spread quickly.
- (nautical, of a vessel) To sail before the wind, in distinction from reaching or sailing close-hauled.
- (intransitive) Of a liquid or electric current, to flow.
- (transitive) To print or broadcast in the media.
- To control or have precedence in a card game.
- (transitive, juggling, colloquial) To juggle a pattern continuously, as opposed to starting and stopping quickly.
- To be in form thus, as a combination of words.
- (intransitive) Of an object, to have a liquid flowing from it.
- (video games, rare) To speedrun.
- (transitive) To cause stitched clothing to unravel.
- To cause to enter; to thrust.
- (transitive) To make enter a race.
- To encounter or suffer (a particular, usually bad, fate or misfortune).
- (intransitive) Of a machine, including computer programs, to be operating or working normally.
- To sew (a seam) by passing the needle through material in a continuous line, generally taking a series of stitches on the needle at the same time.
- cover by running; run a certain distance
- deal in illegally, such as arms or liquor
- include as the content; broadcast or publicize
- travel rapidly, by any (unspecified) means
- run with the ball; in such sports as football
- occur persistently
- flee; take to one's heels; cut and run
- reduce or cause to be reduced from a solid to a liquid state, usually by heating
- run, stand, or compete for an office or a position
- be diffused
- change from one state to another
- pursue for food or sport (as of wild animals)
- carry out a process or program, as on a computer or a machine
- become undone
- be affected by; be subjected to
- move along, of liquids
- progress by being changed
- cause something to pass or lead somewhere
- change or be different within limits
- be operating, running or functioning
- continue to exist
- move about freely and without restraint, or act as if running around in an uncontrolled way
- make without a miss
- sail before the wind
- cause to perform
- have a tendency or disposition to do or be something; be inclined
- conduct to completion
- cause to emit recorded audio or video
- compete in a race
- direct or control; projects, businesses, etc.
- come unraveled or undone as if by snagging
- pass over, across, or through
- set animals loose to graze
- keep company
- move fast by using one's feet, with one foot off the ground at any given time
- perform as expected when applied
- extend or continue for a certain period of time
- cause an animal to move fast
- travel a route regularly
- have a particular form
- stretch out over a distance, space, time, or scope; run or extend between two points or beyond a certain point
noun
- one of the twelve cards in a deck bearing a picture of a face
- (Internet slang) The figurative photocard of a person’s face, typically one that is attractive, premium, praiseworthy.
- (US, card games) A playing card with a face, properly a jack, queen, or king but (inexact, sometimes proscribed) sometimes also an ace or joker.
noun
- (bridge) Ellipsis of major suit.
- Ellipsis of major premise.
- Ellipsis of major key.
- (Canadian football) A touchdown, or major score.
- (military) A rank of officer in the army and the US air force, between captain and lieutenant colonel.
- An officer in charge of a section of band instruments, used with a modifier.
- (education, Canada, US, Australia, New Zealand) The principal subject or course of a student working toward a degree at a college or university.
- (campanology) A system of change-ringing using eight bells.
- (Australian rules football) A goal.
- Ellipsis of major scale.
- A large, commercially successful company, especially a record label that is bigger than an indie.
- A student at a college or university specializing on a given area of study.
- Ellipsis of major term.
- Ellipsis of major interval.
- (entomology) A large leaf-cutter ant that acts as a soldier, defending the nest.
- A person of legal age.
- a commissioned military officer in the United States Army or Air Force or Marines; below lieutenant colonel and above captain
- the principal field of study of a student at a university
- a university student who is studying a particular field as the principal subject
adj
- Containing the major term in a categorical syllogism. (of a premise)
- Having intervals of a semitone between the third and fourth, and seventh and eighth degrees. (of a scale)
- Greater in dignity, rank, importance, significance, or interest.
- Greater in number, quantity, or extent.
- (postpositive) (of a key) Based on a major scale, tending to produce a bright or joyful effect.
- Prominent or significant in size, amount, or degree.
- (campanology) Bell changes rung on eight bells.
- Having a major third above the root.
- Notable or conspicuous in effect or scope.
- Of full legal age, having attained majority.
- Equivalent to that between the tonic and another note of a major scale, and greater by a semitone than the corresponding minor interval. (of an interval)
- (medicine) Involving great risk, serious, life-threatening.
- (education) Of or relating to a subject of academic study chosen as a field of specialization.
- Occurring as the predicate in the conclusion of a categorical syllogism. (of a term)
- greater in scope or effect
- (of a scale or mode) having half steps between the third and fourth degrees and the seventh and eighth degrees
- of the elder of two boys with the same family name
- of greater seriousness or danger
- greater in number or size or amount
- of full legal age
- of the field of academic study in which one concentrates or specializes
- of greater importance or stature or rank
verb
noun
- (bridge) The number of cards held in a particular suit.
- (mathematics) Distance between the two ends of a line segment.
- (horse racing) The length of a horse, used to indicate the distance between horses at the end of a race.
- (theater) A unit of script length, comprising 42 lines.
- Part of something that is long; a physical piece of something.
- Duration.
- (cricket) The distance down the pitch that the ball bounces on its way to the batsman.
- (figuratively) Total extent.
- The distance measured along the longest dimension of an object.
- (wine) The amount of time for which the taste of wine lingers on the palate after swallowing or spitting it out, measured in caudilies.
- (slang) A penis.
- a section of something that is long and narrow
- the linear extent in space from one end to the other; the longest dimension of something that is fixed in place
- size of the gap between two places
- continuance in time
- the property of being the extent of something from beginning to end
noun
noun
- one of four face cards in a deck bearing a picture of a queen
- the only fertile female in a colony of social insects such as bees and ants and termites; its function is to lay eggs
- the wife or widow of a king
- offensive term for a homosexual man
- (chess) the most powerful piece
- an especially large mole rat and the only member of a colony of naked mole rats to bear offspring which are sired by only a few males
- a female competitor who holds a preeminent position
- a female sovereign ruler
- something personified as a woman who is considered the best or most important of her kind
- female cat
- (originally UK) A queen scallop.
- A woman pre-eminent in a particular group or field.
- (LGBTQ slang, sometimes derogatory) A homosexual man, especially one who is effeminate or flaming.
- A female monarch.
- (card games) A playing card with a depiction of a queen on it, generally ranking next below the king and above the jack in a given suit.
- (rare) A queen apple.
- (chess) A chess piece that, under contemporary rules, is the most powerful, able to move any number of spaces horizontally, vertically, or diagonally.
- (LGBTQ, slang) Ellipsis of drag queen.
- Something regarded as the greatest of its kind or as having pre-eminence or power comparable to that of a queen over a given area.
- The wife, consort, or widow of a king.
- (slang, originally US) An attractive woman; a female partner in a romantic relationship.
- (Christianity) The Virgin Mary (especially in formulations such as Queen of Heaven, Queen of Glory).
- A monarch butterfly (Danaus spp., especially Danaus gilippus).
- A red disk that is the most valuable piece in the Asian game of carrom.
- Ellipsis of queen olive.
- (attributive, originally Canada, US) Pertaining to a queen-size bed or queen-size bedding.
- An adult female cat capable of breeding.
- A reproductive female insect in a hive, such as an ant, bee, termite or wasp.
- (now chiefly historical) A type of large roofing slate.
- An excellent woman.
- A girl or woman chosen to preside in an honorary or ceremonial manner over a specified festivity or occasion, as May Queen, Homecoming Queen, prom queen, pearly queen.
verb
- become a queen
- promote to a queen, as of a pawn in chess
- (BDSM, slang, transitive, usually of a woman) To sit on a person’s face to receive oral sex, typically while straddling the person’s head.
- (transitive) To make a queen or (figuratively) to give the status of a queen.
- (beekeeping) To provide with a new queen bee.
- (chess) To promote a pawn to a queen.
- (beekeeping) To be the queen bee of a colony.
noun
adj
name
noun
- A semi-formal jacket.
- A con or swindle.
- (slang, UK) An older member of a sporting club, often with old-fashioned or conservative views.
- Anything that blazes or glows, as with heat or flame.
- A person or thing that blazes (marks or cuts a route).
- (slang, US) One who smokes cannabis; a stoner.
- The dish used when cooking directly over the flame of a chafing-dish lamp, or the coals of a brazier.
- lightweight single-breasted jacket; often striped in the colors of a club or school
verb
- make a demand for (a card or suit)
- hit a two-base hit
- bend over or curl up, usually with laughter or pain
- increase twofold
- do double duty; serve two purposes or have two functions
- make or do or perform again
- (music, intransitive, usually followed by "on") To be capable of performing (upon an additional instrument).
- (intransitive) To serve a second role or have a second purpose. [with as]
- (intransitive) To increase by 100%, to become twice as large in size.
- (theater) To play (both one part and another, in the same play, etc).
- (transitive) To fold over so as to make two folds.
- (radio, informal, of a station) To transmit simultaneously on the same channel as another station, either unintentionally or deliberately, causing interference.
- (military) To unite, as ranks or files, so as to form one from each two.
- (nautical) To sail around (a headland or other point).
- (transitive) To repeat exactly; copy.
- (transitive, sometimes followed by up) To clench (a fist).
- To be the double of; to exceed by twofold; to contain or be worth twice as much as.
- (transitive, often followed by together or up) To join or couple.
- (espionage, intransitive) To operate as a double agent.
- (transitive) To multiply the strength or effect of by two.
- (music) To duplicate (a part) either in unison or at the octave above or below it.
- (ambitransitive, sometimes with "for") To act as substitute for (another theatrical performer in a certain role, etc).
- (card games, intransitive) To double down.
- (bridge) To make a call that will double certain scoring points if the preceding bid becomes the contract.
- (intransitive) To go or march at twice the normal speed.
- (transitive) To multiply by two.
- (baseball) To get a two-base hit.
- (billiards, snooker, pool) To cause (a ball) to rebound from a cushion before entering the pocket.
- (intransitive) To turn sharply, following a winding course.
adj
- having more than one decidedly dissimilar aspects or qualities
- twice as great or many
- consisting of or involving two parts or components usually in pairs
- used of homologous chromosomes associated in pairs in synapsis
- having two meanings with intent to deceive
- used of flowers having more than the usual number of petals in crowded or overlapping arrangements
- large enough for two
- (music) Of an instrument, sounding an octave lower.
- Of a family relationship, related on both the maternal and paternal sides of a family.
- Folded in two; composed of two layers.
- Having two aspects; ambiguous.
- Of twice the quantity.
- Of flowers, having more than the normal number of petals.
- False, deceitful, or hypocritical.
- Designed for two (people, cars, etc.).
- (music) Of time, twice as fast.
- Made up of two matching or complementary elements.
- Stooping; bent over.
noun
- someone who closely resembles a famous person (especially an actor)
- a base hit on which the batter stops safely at second base
- a stand-in for movie stars to perform dangerous stunts
- raising the stakes in a card game by a factor of 2
- a quantity that is twice as great as another
- (music) Playing the same part on two instruments, alternately.
- (cricket) The achievement of 1000 runs and 100 wickets taken in a single season.
- (Christianity) A double feast.
- (dominoes) A tile that has the same value (i.e., the same number of pips) on both sides.
- A drink with two portions of alcohol.
- (soccer) Two competitions, usually one league and one cup, won by the same team in a single season.
- (darts) The narrow outermost ring on a dartboard.
- (programming) A double-precision floating-point number.
- (historical) A former French coin worth one-sixth of a sou.
- (rowing) A boat for two scullers.
- (bridge) A call that increases certain scoring points if the last preceding bid becomes the contract.
- A ghostly apparition of a living person; a doppelgänger.
- Synonym of double-quick (“fast marching pace”).
- A bet on two horses in different races in which any winnings from the first race are placed on the horse in the later race.
- A redundant item for which an identical item already exists.
- (music) A secondary instrument with which a musician is skilled.
- A sharp turn, especially a return on one's own tracks.
- A person who resembles and stands in for another person, often for safety purposes
- (darts) A hit on this ring.
- (sports) The feat of scoring twice in one game.
- Twice the number, amount, size, etc.
- (sports, chiefly swimming and track) The feat of winning two events in a single meet or competition.
- (baseball) A two-base hit.
- (historical, Guernsey) A copper coin worth one-eighth of a penny.
- (billiards, snooker) A strike in which the object ball is struck so as to make it rebound against the cushion to an opposite pocket.
adv
verb
- suit to a special purpose
- devote oneself to a special area of work
- evolve so as to lead to a new species or develop in a way most suited to the environment
- be specific about
- become more focused on an area of activity or field of study
- (usually derogatory) To be known or notorious for some specialty.
- (intransitive) To become distinct or separate from what is common, particularly:
- To focus one's study upon a particular skill, field, topic, or genre.
- (rare, transitive) To specify: to mention specifically.
- To focus one's business upon a particular item or service.
- (biology, transitive) To make distinct or separate due to form or function.
- (transitive) To train (someone) in a specialty.
- (uncommon, transitive) To narrow in scope.
verb
- lead (a card) and establish the trump suit
- heel over
- set to a certain pitch
- sell or offer for sale from place to place
- move abruptly
- fall or plunge forward
- throw or hurl from the mound to the batter, as in baseball
- be at an angle
- set the level or character of
- throw or toss with a light motion
- erect and fasten
- hit (a golf ball) in a high arc with a backspin
- To cover or smear with pitch.
- (transitive) To set or fix (a price or value).
- (transitive) To fix or set the tone of.
- (brewing) To add yeast as a step while making beer
- (transitive) To assemble or erect (a tent). Also used figuratively.
- (with on or upon) To fix one's choice.
- (intransitive, Bristol, of snow) To settle and build up, without melting.
- (intransitive) To plunge or fall; especially, to fall forward; to decline or slope.
- (transitive) To set at an angle, especially a downwards one; to cause to tilt.
- (intransitive, baseball) To play baseball in the position of pitcher.
- (intransitive, cricket) To bounce on the playing surface.
- (transitive) To set, face, or pave (an embankment or roadway) with rubble or undressed stones.
- (transitive) To throw away; discard.
- (transitive, golf) To play a short, high, lofty shot that lands with backspin.
- To darken; to blacken; to obscure.
- (intransitive) To fix or place a tent or temporary habitation; to encamp.
- (transitive) To deliver in a certain tone or style, or with a certain audience in mind.
- (transitive or intransitive, baseball) To throw (the ball) toward a batter at home plate.
- (transitive) To promote, advertise, or attempt to sell.
- (intransitive) To produce a note of a given pitch.
- (transitive) To throw.
- (transitive, card games, slang) To discard (a card) for some gain.
- To attack, or position or assemble for attack.
- (ambitransitive, aviation or nautical) To move so that the front of an aircraft or boat goes alternately up and down.
noun
- promotion by means of an argument and demonstration
- abrupt up-and-down motion (as caused by a ship or other conveyance)
- a sports field with predetermined dimensions for playing soccer
- the property of sound that varies with variation in the frequency of vibration
- a high approach shot in golf
- a vendor's position (especially on the sidewalk)
- any of various dark heavy viscid substances obtained as a residue
- the act of throwing a baseball or softball by the pitcher towards home plate, which initiates play by giving the batter a chance to hit it
- an all-fours game in which the first card led is a trump
- degree of deviation from a horizontal plane
- the action or manner of throwing something
- (sports, UK, Australia, New Zealand) The field on which cricket, soccer, rugby, gridiron or field hockey is played. (In cricket, the pitch is in the centre of the field; see cricket pitch.) (Not often used in the US or Canada, where "field" is the preferred word.)
- An effort to sell or promote something.
- (geology) Pitchstone.
- The point where a declivity begins; hence, the declivity itself; a descending slope; the degree or rate of descent or slope; slant.
- The angle at which an object sits.
- (golf) A short, high, lofty shot that lands with backspin.
- An area on a campsite intended for occupation by a single tent, caravan or similar.
- A dark, extremely viscous material still remaining after distilling crude oil or natural tar.
- The distance between evenly spaced objects, e.g. the teeth of a saw or gear, the turns of a screw thread, the centres of holes, or letters in a monospace font.
- Prominence; importance.
- The height a bird reaches in flight, especially a bird of prey preparing to swoop down on its prey.
- (nautical, aviation) The degree to which a vehicle, especially a ship or aircraft, rotates on such an axis, tilting its bow or nose up or down.
- (music) In an a cappella group, the singer responsible for singing a note for the other members to tune themselves by.
- (by extension) The place where a busker performs, a prostitute solicits clients, or an illegal gambling game etc. is set up before the public.
- (cricket) That point of the ground on which the ball pitches or lights when bowled.
- (mining) The limit of ground set to a miner who receives a share of the ore taken out.
- (climbing) A section of a climb or rock face; specifically, the climbing distance between belays or stances.
- A throw; a toss; a cast, as of something from the hand.
- (now British, regional) A person's or animal's height.
- A descent; a fall; a thrusting down.
- (music, phonetics) The perceived frequency of a sound, note or electromagnetic wave.
- A point or peak; the extreme point of elevation or depression.
- (music) The standard to which a group of musical instruments are tuned or in which a piece is performed, usually by reference to the frequency to which the musical note A above middle C is tuned.
- (baseball) The act of pitching a baseball.
- A level or degree, or (by extension), a peak or highest degree.
- A sticky, gummy substance secreted by trees; sap.
- An area in a market (or similar) allocated to a particular trader.
- (aviation) A measure of the angle of attack of a propeller.
- (caving) A vertical cave passage, only negotiable by using rope or ladders.
- (rare) The field of battle.
- The most thrust-out point of a headland or cape.
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