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noun
- (sometimes attributive) A mark left by scuffing or scraping.
- A scurf; a scale.
- (Scotland, uncommon) A (sudden) shower of rain or mist.
- (Australia, New Zealand) A slipper.
- The back part of the neck; the scruff.
- The sound of a scuff or scrape.
- a slipper that has no fitting around the heel
- the act of scuffing (scraping or dragging the feet)
verb
noun
- The action of marking with a stria.
- The result of being marked with a stria.
- (roofing) a parallel series of small grooves, channels, or impressions typically within a metal roof panel used to help reduce the potential for oil-canning.
- (countable, mineralogy) One of a number of parallel grooves and ridges in a rock or rocky deposit, formed by repeated twinning or cleaving of crystals.
- (countable, geomorphology) One of a number of parallel scratch lines in rock outcrops, formed when glaciers dragged rocks across the landscape.
- a stripe or stripes of contrasting color
- any of a number of tiny parallel grooves such as: the scratches left by a glacier on rocks or the streaks or ridges in muscle tissue
noun
- A mark.
- The action of marking.
- a pattern of marks
- (graph theory) Any configuration of a Petri net with a number of marks or tokens distributed across it.
- The characteristic colouration and patterning of an animal.
- A symbol or set of letters used to identify the type or identity of an object.
- the act of making a visible mark on a surface
- evaluation of performance by assigning a grade or score
- a distinguishing symbol
verb
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- A mark made by smearing.
- (medicine) A Pap smear (screening test for cervical cancer).
- (climbing) A maneuver in which the shoe is placed onto the holdless rock, and the friction from the shoe keeps it in contact
- (music) A rough glissando in jazz music.
- (radio, television, uncountable) Any of various forms of distortion that make a signal harder to see or hear.
- (biology) A preparation to be examined under a microscope, made by spreading a thin layer of a substance (such as blood, bacterial culture) on a slide.
- (countable, uncountable) A false or unsupported, malicious statement intended to injure a person's reputation.
- slanderous defamation
- a thin tissue or blood sample spread on a glass slide and stained for cytologic examination and diagnosis under a microscope
- a blemish made by dirt
- an act that brings discredit to the person who does it
verb
- (transitive) To spread (a substance, especially one that colours or is dirty) across a surface by rubbing.
- (transitive) To rub (a body part, etc.) across a surface.
- (transitive) To make something dirty.
- (transitive) To write or draw (something) by spreading a substance on a surface.
- (transitive) To cause (something) to be a particular colour by covering with a substance.
- (transitive) To cover (a surface with a layer of some substance) by rubbing.
- (transitive) (of a substance, etc.) To make a surface dirty by covering it.
- (transitive) To cause (something) to be messy or not clear by rubbing and spreading it.
- (climbing) To climb without using footholds, using the friction from the shoe to stay on the wall.
- (transitive) To attempt to remove (a substance) from a surface by rubbing.
- (intransitive) To become messy or not clear by being spread.
- (transitive, derogatory) To damage someone's reputation by slandering, misrepresenting, or otherwise making false accusations about them, their statements, or their actions.
- make a smudge on; soil by smudging
- cover (a surface) by smearing (a substance) over it
- charge falsely or with malicious intent; attack the good name and reputation of someone
- stain by smearing or daubing with a dirty substance
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- Marked with a check mark.
- (phonology) Of syllables, having a coda.
- (phonology) Of consonants, glottalized.
- Verified or validated in some way.
- (Canada, US) Having a pattern of checks; checkered.
- (aviation or other transport, of baggage) Delivered to the airline (or train line, ferry, etc.) during check-in to be stored in an inaccessible area to the passenger (the hold) during the flight (or other journey).
- (crosswording) Of a letter square in a crossword grid, part of both an across word and a down word.
- patterned with alternating squares of color
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adj
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- (by extension) A speech or piece of writing which contains angry and extended criticism.
- A tool, usually a long strip of wood or other material, placed on a floor to be covered with concrete, a wall to be plastered, etc., as a guide for producing a smooth, flat surface.
- Chiefly in the plural form screeds: a large quantity.
- A smooth, flat layer of concrete, plaster, or similar material, especially if acting as a base for paving stones, tiles, wooden planks, etc.
- The sound of something scratching or tearing.
- A piece of writing (such as an article, letter, or list) or a speech, especially if long.
- A tool such as a long strip of wood or other material which is drawn over a wet layer of concrete, plaster, etc., to make it smooth and flat; also, a machine that achieves this effect; a screeder.
- (chiefly humorous) A (discordant) sound or tune played on bagpipes, a fiddle, or a pipe.
- a long monotonous harangue
- an accurately levelled strip of material placed on a wall or floor as guide for the even application of plaster or concrete
- a long piece of writing
verb
- (transitive, construction, masonry) To use a screed to produce a smooth, flat surface of concrete, plaster, or similar material; also (generally) to put down a layer of concrete, plaster, etc.
- (intransitive) To make a discordant or harsh scratching or tearing sound.
- (intransitive, Scotland) To become rent or torn.
- (intransitive, chiefly humorous) To play bagpipes, a fiddle, or a pipe.
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- (computing, databases) To pass a set of instructions to a database to retrieve information from it.
- (intransitive, publishing) To send out a query letter.
- (intransitive) To ask a question.
- (transitive) To ask, inquire.
- (transitive) To question or call into doubt.
- (transitive, Internet) To send a private message to (a user on IRC).
- pose a question
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- A stretch mark.
- A stripe, usually one of a set of parallel stripes.
- (architecture) One of the fillets between the flutes of columns, etc.
- a stripe or stripes of contrasting color
- any of a number of tiny parallel grooves such as: the scratches left by a glacier on rocks or the streaks or ridges in muscle tissue
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- Having a visible or identifying mark.
- (linguistics, of a word, form, or phoneme) Distinguished by a positive feature.
- Singled out; suspicious; treated with hostility; the object of vengeance.
- In police livery, as opposed to unmarked. (of a police vehicle)
- (of a playing card) Having a secret mark on the back for cheating.
- Clearly evident; noticeable; conspicuous.
- having or as if having an identifying mark or a mark as specified; often used in combination
- singled out for notice or especially for a dire fate
- strongly marked; easily noticeable
verb
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- a mark of bastardy; lines from top right to bottom left
- the status of being born to parents who were not married
- (heraldry, considered nonstandard) A bend sinister or baton sinister in a coat of arms.
- (idiomatic, by extension) A state or characteristic which is dishonorable or shameful; a stigma.
- (idiomatic, euphemistic) The state or characteristic of having been born out of wedlock; illegitimacy; bastardy.
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- A streak or patch.
- A swishing noise.
- A smooth stroke; a swish.
- A wet splashing sound.
- (typography) A long, protruding ornamental line or pen stroke found in some typefaces and styles of calligraphy.
- (technical) The water that washes up on shore after an incoming wave has broken.
- A narrow sound or channel of water lying within a sand bank, or between a sand bank and the shore, or a bar over which the sea washes.
- (architecture) An oval figure, whose mouldings are oblique to the axis of the work.
- the movement or sound of water
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- (ambitransitive) To swagger; to act with boldness or bluster (toward).
- (intransitive) To wade forcefully through liquid.
- (ambitransitive) To swirl through liquid; to swish.
- (ambitransitive) To dash or flow noisily; to splash.
- (ambitransitive) To swipe.
- (intransitive) To fall violently or noisily.
- To streak, to color in a swash.
- act in an arrogant, overly self-assured, or conceited manner
- make violent, noisy movements
- dash a liquid upon or against
- show off
noun
- A disfiguring or unwanted mark or adjunct.
- Something, usually abnormal, which grows out of something else.
- (phonetics) The epenthesis of a consonant, e.g., warmth as [ˈwɔrmpθ] (adding a [p] between [m] and [θ]), or -t (Etymology 2).
- something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings
- (pathology) an abnormal outgrowth or enlargement of some part of the body
verb
- To mark a surface with a sharp object, thereby leaving a scratch (noun).
- (music) To produce a distinctive sound on a turntable by moving a vinyl record back and forth while manipulating the crossfader (see also scratching).
- (ambitransitive) To dig or excavate with the claws.
- (of a surface) To get such scratches.
- To write or draw hastily or awkwardly; scrawl.
- To rub a surface with a sharp object, especially by a living creature to remove itching with nails, claws, etc.
- Hence, to remove, ignore, or delete.
- To dig or scrape (a person's skin) with claws or fingernails in self-defense or with the intention to injure.
- To cross out, strike out, strike through some text on a page.
- (billiards) To commit a foul in pool, as where the cue ball is put into a pocket or jumps off the table.
- (swimming, athletics) To announce one's non-participation in a race or sports event part of a larger sports meeting that one was previously signed up for, usually in lieu of another event at the same meeting.
- To rub the skin with rough material causing a sensation of irritation; to cause itching.
- To irritate someone's skin with one's unshaven beard when kissing.
- scrape or rub as if to relieve itching
- postpone indefinitely or annul something that was scheduled
- gather (money or other resources) together over time
- cause friction
- remove by erasing or crossing out or as if by drawing a line
- cut the surface of; wear away the surface of
- carve, cut, or etch into a material or surface
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- (sports) (of a player) Of a standard high enough to play without a handicap, i.e. to compete without the benefit of a variation in scoring based on ability.
- (computing) Relating to a scratchpad, a data structure or recording medium attached to a machine for testing or temporary use.
- For or consisting of preliminary or tentative, incomplete, etc. work.
- Hastily assembled, arranged or constructed, from whatever materials are to hand, with little or no preparation
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- A foul in pool, as where the cue ball is put into a pocket or jumps off the table.
- Poor handwriting; especially, illegibly so.
- (music) A genre of Virgin Islander music, better known as fungi.
- A feed, usually a mixture of a few common grains, given to chickens.
- A starting line (originally and simply, a line scratched in the ground), as in boxing.
- A technical error of touching or surpassing the starting mark prior to the official start signal in the sporting events of long jump, discus, hammer throw, shot put, and similar. Originally the starting mark was a scratch on the ground but is now a board or precisely indicated mark.
- (in the plural) Minute, but tender and troublesome, excoriations, covered with scabs, upon the heels of horses which have been used where it is very wet or muddy.
- (meiosis) A minor injury.
- A disruption, mark or shallow cut on a surface made by scratching.
- (cycling) The last riders to depart in a handicap race.
- An act of scratching the skin to alleviate an itch or irritation.
- Nothing, zero. Used especially in card games or sports, but also expressions like "from scatch".
- (now historical) A scratch wig.
- (horse racing) A horse withdrawn from a race prior to the start.
- (slang) Money; especially, cash.
- a harsh noise made by scraping
- a line indicating the location of the start of a race or a game
- an abraded area where the skin is torn or worn off
- informal terms for money
- (golf) a handicap of zero strokes
- a competitor who has withdrawn from competition
- an indication of damage
- a depression scratched or carved into a surface
- dry mash for poultry
- poor handwriting
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- (ornithology) scapular
- A form of brace or suspender for keeping a belt or body bandage in place; it is made of a broad roller bandage split half way, the undivided part being in front, the divided ends passing over the shoulders and down the back.
- garment consisting of a long wide piece of woolen cloth worn over the shoulders with an opening for the head; part of a monastic habit
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- mark with a tip
- cause to tilt
- walk on one's toes
- give insider information or advise to
- remove the tip from
- give a tip or gratuity to in return for a service, beyond the compensation agreed on
- cause to topple or tumble by pushing
- strike lightly
- to incline or bend from a vertical position
- (Australia) To enter a prediction of the winning team of a football game, as part of a footy tipping competition.
- To cause the contents of a container to be emptied out by tilting it.
- (US, transitive) To pour a libation or a liquid from a container, particularly from a forty of malt liquor.
- (ergative) (To cause) to be, or come to be, in a tilted or sloping position; (to cause) to become unbalanced.
- (thieves' cant) To give, pass.
- (ergative) (To cause) to become knocked over, fall down or overturn.
- To give a small gratuity to, especially to an employee of someone who provides a service.
- (Australia) To predict something having a particular outcome.
- To give a piece of private information to; to inform (someone) of a clue, secret knowledge, etc.
- (transitive) To provide with a tip; to cover the tip of.
- (transitive) To dump (refuse).
- (transitive) To deflect with one′s fingers, especially one′s fingertips.
noun
- a relatively small amount of money given for services rendered (as by a waiter)
- the top or extreme point of something (usually a mountain or hill)
- an indication of potential opportunity
- a V shape
- the extreme end of something; especially something pointed
- (Australia) A prediction of the winning team in a football game by a participant in a footy tipping competition.
- (music) The end of a bow of a stringed instrument that is not held.
- (African-American Vernacular) A kick or phase; one's current habits or behaviour.
- A piece of metal, fabric or other material used to cover the top of something for protection, utility or decoration.
- A thin, boarded brush made of camel's hair, used by gilders in lifting gold leaf.
- (UK, Ireland, Commonwealth, by extension) A recycling centre.
- The act of deflecting with one's fingers, especially the fingertips
- A piece of private or secret information, especially imparted by someone with expert knowledge about sporting odds, business performance etc.
- (UK, Ireland, Commonwealth) Rubbish thrown from a quarry.
- (slang) the glans penis
- The extreme end of something, especially when pointed; e.g. the sharp end of a pencil.
- An act of tipping up or tilting.
- (African-American Vernacular) A particular arena or sphere of interest; a front.
- (Australia) A prediction about the outcome of something.
- (UK, Ireland, Commonwealth) An area or a place for dumping something, such as rubbish or refuse, as from a mine; a heap (see tipple); a dump.
- (colloquial) A very untidy place.
- A gratuity; a small amount of money left for a bartender, waiter, taxi driver or other service worker as a token of appreciation, often calculated as a percentage of the bill.
- A piece of stiffened lining pasted on the inside of a hat crown.
- A piece of advice.
- Synonym of eartip (“part of earbuds”).
- A tram for expeditiously transferring coal.
- (chiefly in the plural) A small piece of meat.
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- A mark of dishonour; a blight or stain.
- Any instance of separate things gradually blending together, such as heartbeats in some medical disorders.
- (music) A set of notes that are played legato, without separate articulation.
- An act of running one's words together; poor verbal articulation.
- (music) The symbol indicating a legato passage, written as an arc over the slurred notes (not to be confused with a tie).
- An insult or slight, especially one that is muttered incoherently under one's breath.
- An extremely offensive and socially unacceptable term targeted at a group of people (such as an ethnicity, sexual orientation, etc.).
- a disparaging remark
- a blemish made by dirt
- (music) a curved line spanning notes that are to be played legato
verb
- To cheat, as by sliding a die; to trick.
- To cover over; to disguise; to conceal; to pass over lightly or with little notice.
- (music) To play legato or without separate articulation; to connect (notes) smoothly.
- To soil; to sully; to contaminate; to disgrace.
- To insult or slight.
- To run together; to articulate poorly.
- speak disparagingly of; e.g., make a racial slur
- utter indistinctly
- become vague or indistinct
- play smoothly or legato
noun
- A stain; a tache.
- (nautical) The lower corner on the leading edge of a sail relative to the direction of the wind.
- A thumbtack.
- (nautical) A rope used to hold in place the foremost lower corners of the courses when the vessel is close-hauled; also, a rope employed to pull the lower corner of a studding sail to the boom.
- (law, Scotland and Northern England) A contract by which the use of a thing is set, or let, for hire; a lease.
- (nautical) The maneuver by which a sailing vessel turns its bow through the wind so that the wind changes from one side to the other.
- (nautical) A course or heading that enables a sailing vessel to head upwind.
- That which is attached; a supplement; an appendix.
- (figurative) A direction or course of action, especially a new one; a method or approach to solving a problem.
- A small nail with a flat head.
- (sewing) A loose seam used to temporarily fasten pieces of cloth.
- Food generally; fare, especially of the hard bread or breadlike kind.
- (manufacturing, construction, chemistry) The stickiness of a compound, related to its cohesive and adhesive properties.
- (nautical) The distance a sailing vessel runs between these maneuvers when working to windward; a board.
- Any of the various equipment and accessories worn by horses in the course of their use as domesticated animals.
- (colloquial) That which is tacky; something cheap and gaudy.
- a short nail with a sharp point and a large head
- gear for a horse
- sailing a zigzag course
- (nautical) a line (rope or chain) that regulates the angle at which a sail is set in relation to the wind
- (nautical) the act of changing tack
- the heading or position of a vessel relative to the trim of its sails
verb
- (intransitive, nautical) To sail to windward using a series of alternate tacks across the wind.
- (nautical) To maneuver a sailing vessel so that its bow turns through the wind, i.e. the wind changes from one side of the vessel to the other.
- To sew/stitch with a tack (loose seam used to temporarily fasten pieces of cloth).
- (transitive) To nail (something) with a tack (small nail with a flat head).
- To add something as an extra item.
- To weld with initial small welds to temporarily fasten in preparation for full welding.
- Synonym of tack up (“to prepare a horse for riding by equipping it with a tack”).
- sew together loosely, with large stitches
- fasten with tacks
- turn into the wind
- create by putting components or members together
- fix to; attach
- reverse (a direction, attitude, or course of action)
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- (sometimes attributive) A mark left by scuffing or scraping.
- A scurf; a scale.
- (Scotland, uncommon) A (sudden) shower of rain or mist.
- (Australia, New Zealand) A slipper.
- The back part of the neck; the scruff.
- The sound of a scuff or scrape.
- a slipper that has no fitting around the heel
- the act of scuffing (scraping or dragging the feet)
verb
noun
- The action of marking with a stria.
- The result of being marked with a stria.
- (roofing) a parallel series of small grooves, channels, or impressions typically within a metal roof panel used to help reduce the potential for oil-canning.
- (countable, mineralogy) One of a number of parallel grooves and ridges in a rock or rocky deposit, formed by repeated twinning or cleaving of crystals.
- (countable, geomorphology) One of a number of parallel scratch lines in rock outcrops, formed when glaciers dragged rocks across the landscape.
- a stripe or stripes of contrasting color
- any of a number of tiny parallel grooves such as: the scratches left by a glacier on rocks or the streaks or ridges in muscle tissue
noun
- A mark.
- The action of marking.
- a pattern of marks
- (graph theory) Any configuration of a Petri net with a number of marks or tokens distributed across it.
- The characteristic colouration and patterning of an animal.
- A symbol or set of letters used to identify the type or identity of an object.
- the act of making a visible mark on a surface
- evaluation of performance by assigning a grade or score
- a distinguishing symbol
verb
noun
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- A mark made by smearing.
- (medicine) A Pap smear (screening test for cervical cancer).
- (climbing) A maneuver in which the shoe is placed onto the holdless rock, and the friction from the shoe keeps it in contact
- (music) A rough glissando in jazz music.
- (radio, television, uncountable) Any of various forms of distortion that make a signal harder to see or hear.
- (biology) A preparation to be examined under a microscope, made by spreading a thin layer of a substance (such as blood, bacterial culture) on a slide.
- (countable, uncountable) A false or unsupported, malicious statement intended to injure a person's reputation.
- slanderous defamation
- a thin tissue or blood sample spread on a glass slide and stained for cytologic examination and diagnosis under a microscope
- a blemish made by dirt
- an act that brings discredit to the person who does it
verb
- (transitive) To spread (a substance, especially one that colours or is dirty) across a surface by rubbing.
- (transitive) To rub (a body part, etc.) across a surface.
- (transitive) To make something dirty.
- (transitive) To write or draw (something) by spreading a substance on a surface.
- (transitive) To cause (something) to be a particular colour by covering with a substance.
- (transitive) To cover (a surface with a layer of some substance) by rubbing.
- (transitive) (of a substance, etc.) To make a surface dirty by covering it.
- (transitive) To cause (something) to be messy or not clear by rubbing and spreading it.
- (climbing) To climb without using footholds, using the friction from the shoe to stay on the wall.
- (transitive) To attempt to remove (a substance) from a surface by rubbing.
- (intransitive) To become messy or not clear by being spread.
- (transitive, derogatory) To damage someone's reputation by slandering, misrepresenting, or otherwise making false accusations about them, their statements, or their actions.
- make a smudge on; soil by smudging
- cover (a surface) by smearing (a substance) over it
- charge falsely or with malicious intent; attack the good name and reputation of someone
- stain by smearing or daubing with a dirty substance
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verb
- (computing, databases) To pass a set of instructions to a database to retrieve information from it.
- (intransitive, publishing) To send out a query letter.
- (intransitive) To ask a question.
- (transitive) To ask, inquire.
- (transitive) To question or call into doubt.
- (transitive, Internet) To send a private message to (a user on IRC).
- pose a question
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- A stretch mark.
- A stripe, usually one of a set of parallel stripes.
- (architecture) One of the fillets between the flutes of columns, etc.
- a stripe or stripes of contrasting color
- any of a number of tiny parallel grooves such as: the scratches left by a glacier on rocks or the streaks or ridges in muscle tissue
noun
- a mark of bastardy; lines from top right to bottom left
- the status of being born to parents who were not married
- (heraldry, considered nonstandard) A bend sinister or baton sinister in a coat of arms.
- (idiomatic, by extension) A state or characteristic which is dishonorable or shameful; a stigma.
- (idiomatic, euphemistic) The state or characteristic of having been born out of wedlock; illegitimacy; bastardy.
noun
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- A streak or patch.
- A swishing noise.
- A smooth stroke; a swish.
- A wet splashing sound.
- (typography) A long, protruding ornamental line or pen stroke found in some typefaces and styles of calligraphy.
- (technical) The water that washes up on shore after an incoming wave has broken.
- A narrow sound or channel of water lying within a sand bank, or between a sand bank and the shore, or a bar over which the sea washes.
- (architecture) An oval figure, whose mouldings are oblique to the axis of the work.
- the movement or sound of water
adj
verb
- (ambitransitive) To swagger; to act with boldness or bluster (toward).
- (intransitive) To wade forcefully through liquid.
- (ambitransitive) To swirl through liquid; to swish.
- (ambitransitive) To dash or flow noisily; to splash.
- (ambitransitive) To swipe.
- (intransitive) To fall violently or noisily.
- To streak, to color in a swash.
- act in an arrogant, overly self-assured, or conceited manner
- make violent, noisy movements
- dash a liquid upon or against
- show off
noun
- A disfiguring or unwanted mark or adjunct.
- Something, usually abnormal, which grows out of something else.
- (phonetics) The epenthesis of a consonant, e.g., warmth as [ˈwɔrmpθ] (adding a [p] between [m] and [θ]), or -t (Etymology 2).
- something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings
- (pathology) an abnormal outgrowth or enlargement of some part of the body
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verb
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- A mark of dishonour; a blight or stain.
- Any instance of separate things gradually blending together, such as heartbeats in some medical disorders.
- (music) A set of notes that are played legato, without separate articulation.
- An act of running one's words together; poor verbal articulation.
- (music) The symbol indicating a legato passage, written as an arc over the slurred notes (not to be confused with a tie).
- An insult or slight, especially one that is muttered incoherently under one's breath.
- An extremely offensive and socially unacceptable term targeted at a group of people (such as an ethnicity, sexual orientation, etc.).
- a disparaging remark
- a blemish made by dirt
- (music) a curved line spanning notes that are to be played legato
verb
- To cheat, as by sliding a die; to trick.
- To cover over; to disguise; to conceal; to pass over lightly or with little notice.
- (music) To play legato or without separate articulation; to connect (notes) smoothly.
- To soil; to sully; to contaminate; to disgrace.
- To insult or slight.
- To run together; to articulate poorly.
- speak disparagingly of; e.g., make a racial slur
- utter indistinctly
- become vague or indistinct
- play smoothly or legato
noun
- A stain; a tache.
- (nautical) The lower corner on the leading edge of a sail relative to the direction of the wind.
- A thumbtack.
- (nautical) A rope used to hold in place the foremost lower corners of the courses when the vessel is close-hauled; also, a rope employed to pull the lower corner of a studding sail to the boom.
- (law, Scotland and Northern England) A contract by which the use of a thing is set, or let, for hire; a lease.
- (nautical) The maneuver by which a sailing vessel turns its bow through the wind so that the wind changes from one side to the other.
- (nautical) A course or heading that enables a sailing vessel to head upwind.
- That which is attached; a supplement; an appendix.
- (figurative) A direction or course of action, especially a new one; a method or approach to solving a problem.
- A small nail with a flat head.
- (sewing) A loose seam used to temporarily fasten pieces of cloth.
- Food generally; fare, especially of the hard bread or breadlike kind.
- (manufacturing, construction, chemistry) The stickiness of a compound, related to its cohesive and adhesive properties.
- (nautical) The distance a sailing vessel runs between these maneuvers when working to windward; a board.
- Any of the various equipment and accessories worn by horses in the course of their use as domesticated animals.
- (colloquial) That which is tacky; something cheap and gaudy.
- a short nail with a sharp point and a large head
- gear for a horse
- sailing a zigzag course
- (nautical) a line (rope or chain) that regulates the angle at which a sail is set in relation to the wind
- (nautical) the act of changing tack
- the heading or position of a vessel relative to the trim of its sails
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- (intransitive, nautical) To sail to windward using a series of alternate tacks across the wind.
- (nautical) To maneuver a sailing vessel so that its bow turns through the wind, i.e. the wind changes from one side of the vessel to the other.
- To sew/stitch with a tack (loose seam used to temporarily fasten pieces of cloth).
- (transitive) To nail (something) with a tack (small nail with a flat head).
- To add something as an extra item.
- To weld with initial small welds to temporarily fasten in preparation for full welding.
- Synonym of tack up (“to prepare a horse for riding by equipping it with a tack”).
- sew together loosely, with large stitches
- fasten with tacks
- turn into the wind
- create by putting components or members together
- fix to; attach
- reverse (a direction, attitude, or course of action)
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- To mark a surface with a sharp object, thereby leaving a scratch (noun).
- (music) To produce a distinctive sound on a turntable by moving a vinyl record back and forth while manipulating the crossfader (see also scratching).
- (ambitransitive) To dig or excavate with the claws.
- (of a surface) To get such scratches.
- To write or draw hastily or awkwardly; scrawl.
- To rub a surface with a sharp object, especially by a living creature to remove itching with nails, claws, etc.
- Hence, to remove, ignore, or delete.
- To dig or scrape (a person's skin) with claws or fingernails in self-defense or with the intention to injure.
- To cross out, strike out, strike through some text on a page.
- (billiards) To commit a foul in pool, as where the cue ball is put into a pocket or jumps off the table.
- (swimming, athletics) To announce one's non-participation in a race or sports event part of a larger sports meeting that one was previously signed up for, usually in lieu of another event at the same meeting.
- To rub the skin with rough material causing a sensation of irritation; to cause itching.
- To irritate someone's skin with one's unshaven beard when kissing.
- scrape or rub as if to relieve itching
- postpone indefinitely or annul something that was scheduled
- gather (money or other resources) together over time
- cause friction
- remove by erasing or crossing out or as if by drawing a line
- cut the surface of; wear away the surface of
- carve, cut, or etch into a material or surface
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- (sports) (of a player) Of a standard high enough to play without a handicap, i.e. to compete without the benefit of a variation in scoring based on ability.
- (computing) Relating to a scratchpad, a data structure or recording medium attached to a machine for testing or temporary use.
- For or consisting of preliminary or tentative, incomplete, etc. work.
- Hastily assembled, arranged or constructed, from whatever materials are to hand, with little or no preparation
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- A foul in pool, as where the cue ball is put into a pocket or jumps off the table.
- Poor handwriting; especially, illegibly so.
- (music) A genre of Virgin Islander music, better known as fungi.
- A feed, usually a mixture of a few common grains, given to chickens.
- A starting line (originally and simply, a line scratched in the ground), as in boxing.
- A technical error of touching or surpassing the starting mark prior to the official start signal in the sporting events of long jump, discus, hammer throw, shot put, and similar. Originally the starting mark was a scratch on the ground but is now a board or precisely indicated mark.
- (in the plural) Minute, but tender and troublesome, excoriations, covered with scabs, upon the heels of horses which have been used where it is very wet or muddy.
- (meiosis) A minor injury.
- A disruption, mark or shallow cut on a surface made by scratching.
- (cycling) The last riders to depart in a handicap race.
- An act of scratching the skin to alleviate an itch or irritation.
- Nothing, zero. Used especially in card games or sports, but also expressions like "from scatch".
- (now historical) A scratch wig.
- (horse racing) A horse withdrawn from a race prior to the start.
- (slang) Money; especially, cash.
- a harsh noise made by scraping
- a line indicating the location of the start of a race or a game
- an abraded area where the skin is torn or worn off
- informal terms for money
- (golf) a handicap of zero strokes
- a competitor who has withdrawn from competition
- an indication of damage
- a depression scratched or carved into a surface
- dry mash for poultry
- poor handwriting
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- (sometimes attributive) A mark left by scuffing or scraping.
- A scurf; a scale.
- (Scotland, uncommon) A (sudden) shower of rain or mist.
- (Australia, New Zealand) A slipper.
- The back part of the neck; the scruff.
- The sound of a scuff or scrape.
- a slipper that has no fitting around the heel
- the act of scuffing (scraping or dragging the feet)
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- mark with a tip
- cause to tilt
- walk on one's toes
- give insider information or advise to
- remove the tip from
- give a tip or gratuity to in return for a service, beyond the compensation agreed on
- cause to topple or tumble by pushing
- strike lightly
- to incline or bend from a vertical position
- (Australia) To enter a prediction of the winning team of a football game, as part of a footy tipping competition.
- To cause the contents of a container to be emptied out by tilting it.
- (US, transitive) To pour a libation or a liquid from a container, particularly from a forty of malt liquor.
- (ergative) (To cause) to be, or come to be, in a tilted or sloping position; (to cause) to become unbalanced.
- (thieves' cant) To give, pass.
- (ergative) (To cause) to become knocked over, fall down or overturn.
- To give a small gratuity to, especially to an employee of someone who provides a service.
- (Australia) To predict something having a particular outcome.
- To give a piece of private information to; to inform (someone) of a clue, secret knowledge, etc.
- (transitive) To provide with a tip; to cover the tip of.
- (transitive) To dump (refuse).
- (transitive) To deflect with one′s fingers, especially one′s fingertips.
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- a relatively small amount of money given for services rendered (as by a waiter)
- the top or extreme point of something (usually a mountain or hill)
- an indication of potential opportunity
- a V shape
- the extreme end of something; especially something pointed
- (Australia) A prediction of the winning team in a football game by a participant in a footy tipping competition.
- (music) The end of a bow of a stringed instrument that is not held.
- (African-American Vernacular) A kick or phase; one's current habits or behaviour.
- A piece of metal, fabric or other material used to cover the top of something for protection, utility or decoration.
- A thin, boarded brush made of camel's hair, used by gilders in lifting gold leaf.
- (UK, Ireland, Commonwealth, by extension) A recycling centre.
- The act of deflecting with one's fingers, especially the fingertips
- A piece of private or secret information, especially imparted by someone with expert knowledge about sporting odds, business performance etc.
- (UK, Ireland, Commonwealth) Rubbish thrown from a quarry.
- (slang) the glans penis
- The extreme end of something, especially when pointed; e.g. the sharp end of a pencil.
- An act of tipping up or tilting.
- (African-American Vernacular) A particular arena or sphere of interest; a front.
- (Australia) A prediction about the outcome of something.
- (UK, Ireland, Commonwealth) An area or a place for dumping something, such as rubbish or refuse, as from a mine; a heap (see tipple); a dump.
- (colloquial) A very untidy place.
- A gratuity; a small amount of money left for a bartender, waiter, taxi driver or other service worker as a token of appreciation, often calculated as a percentage of the bill.
- A piece of stiffened lining pasted on the inside of a hat crown.
- A piece of advice.
- Synonym of eartip (“part of earbuds”).
- A tram for expeditiously transferring coal.
- (chiefly in the plural) A small piece of meat.
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- Marked with a check mark.
- (phonology) Of syllables, having a coda.
- (phonology) Of consonants, glottalized.
- Verified or validated in some way.
- (Canada, US) Having a pattern of checks; checkered.
- (aviation or other transport, of baggage) Delivered to the airline (or train line, ferry, etc.) during check-in to be stored in an inaccessible area to the passenger (the hold) during the flight (or other journey).
- (crosswording) Of a letter square in a crossword grid, part of both an across word and a down word.
- patterned with alternating squares of color
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- (by extension) A speech or piece of writing which contains angry and extended criticism.
- A tool, usually a long strip of wood or other material, placed on a floor to be covered with concrete, a wall to be plastered, etc., as a guide for producing a smooth, flat surface.
- Chiefly in the plural form screeds: a large quantity.
- A smooth, flat layer of concrete, plaster, or similar material, especially if acting as a base for paving stones, tiles, wooden planks, etc.
- The sound of something scratching or tearing.
- A piece of writing (such as an article, letter, or list) or a speech, especially if long.
- A tool such as a long strip of wood or other material which is drawn over a wet layer of concrete, plaster, etc., to make it smooth and flat; also, a machine that achieves this effect; a screeder.
- (chiefly humorous) A (discordant) sound or tune played on bagpipes, a fiddle, or a pipe.
- a long monotonous harangue
- an accurately levelled strip of material placed on a wall or floor as guide for the even application of plaster or concrete
- a long piece of writing
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- (transitive, construction, masonry) To use a screed to produce a smooth, flat surface of concrete, plaster, or similar material; also (generally) to put down a layer of concrete, plaster, etc.
- (intransitive) To make a discordant or harsh scratching or tearing sound.
- (intransitive, Scotland) To become rent or torn.
- (intransitive, chiefly humorous) To play bagpipes, a fiddle, or a pipe.
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- Having a visible or identifying mark.
- (linguistics, of a word, form, or phoneme) Distinguished by a positive feature.
- Singled out; suspicious; treated with hostility; the object of vengeance.
- In police livery, as opposed to unmarked. (of a police vehicle)
- (of a playing card) Having a secret mark on the back for cheating.
- Clearly evident; noticeable; conspicuous.
- having or as if having an identifying mark or a mark as specified; often used in combination
- singled out for notice or especially for a dire fate
- strongly marked; easily noticeable
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- (ornithology) scapular
- A form of brace or suspender for keeping a belt or body bandage in place; it is made of a broad roller bandage split half way, the undivided part being in front, the divided ends passing over the shoulders and down the back.
- garment consisting of a long wide piece of woolen cloth worn over the shoulders with an opening for the head; part of a monastic habit