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verb
- To lay siege to.
- To commit money or capital in the hope of financial gain.
- To formally give (power or authority).
- (intransitive) To cause to be involved in; to cause to form strong attachments to.
- To formally give (someone) some power or authority.
- (metallurgy) To prepare for lost wax casting by creating an investment mold (a mixture of a silica sand and plaster).
- To surround, accompany, or attend.
- (Spanish politics) To inaugurate the Prime Minister of Spain after a successful parliamentary vote.
- (intransitive) To make investments.
- To ceremonially install someone in some office.
- To spend money, time, or energy on something, especially for some benefit or purpose; used with in.
- To envelop, wrap, cover.
- make an investment
- furnish with power or authority; of kings or emperors
- place ceremoniously or formally in an office or position
- provide with power and authority
- give qualities or abilities to
noun
verb
- To raise, as a siege.
- To raise; to collect; said of troops, to form into an army by enrollment, conscription. etc.
- To raise or collect by assessment; to exact by authority.
- To draft someone into military service.
- (transitive) To impose (a tax or fine) to collect monies due, or to confiscate property.
- (law) To erect, build, or set up; to make or construct; to raise or cast up.
- To wage war.
- impose and collect
- cause to assemble or enlist in military
noun
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- An attack made by troops from a besieged position; a sally.
- a military action in which besieged troops burst forth from their position
- An act of trying to enter a new field of activity.
- (sports) An attacking move.
- (military) Synonym of sally port (“an entry to or opening into a fortification to enable a sally”).
- (aviation) An operational flight carried out by a single military aircraft.
- An act of venturing out to do a task, etc.
- (photography) A series of aerial photographs taken during the flight of an aircraft; (by extension) a photography session.
- (astronautics) An operational flight carried out by a spacecraft involving a return to Earth.
- (military) an operational flight by a single aircraft (as in a military operation)
verb
verb
- To recover forcibly, especially from a siege.
- To fix a mistake made while preparing something, especially in cooking.
- To free or liberate from confinement or other physical restraint.
- (figuratively) To remove or withdraw from a state of exposure to evil and sin.
- (figuratively) To achieve something positive under difficult conditions.
- To adopt (an animal).
- To salvage and restore something that has been discarded.
- (biology, genetics) To restore a particular trait in an organism that was lost or altered, especially where this loss was as the consequence of some experimental manipulation.
- To save from any violence, danger or evil.
- free from harm or evil
- take forcibly from legal custody
noun
- The forcible ending of a siege; liberation from similar military peril.
- A special airliner flight to bring home passengers who are stranded.
- A liberation, freeing.
- A rescuee.
- (law, largely obsolete) The act of unlawfully freeing a person, or confiscated goods, from custody.
- An act or episode of rescuing, saving.
- recovery or preservation from loss or danger
noun
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noun
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- a direct and violent assault on a stronghold
- (military) A violent assault on a fortified position or stronghold.
- a violent commotion or disturbance
- a violent weather condition with winds 64-72 knots (11 on the Beaufort scale) and precipitation and thunder and lightning
- A heavy expulsion or fall of things (as blows, objects which are thrown, etc.).
- (Canada, US, chiefly in the plural) Ellipsis of storm window (“a second window (originally detachable) attached on the exterior side of a window in climates with harsh winters, to add an insulating layer of still air between the outside and inside”).
- A violent agitation of human society; a domestic, civil, or political commotion.
- (pathology) Chiefly with a qualifying word: a violent attack of diease, pain, physiological reactions, symptoms, etc.; a paroxysm.
- (by extension) Synonym of cyclone (“a weather phenomenon consisting of a system of winds rotating around a centre of low atmospheric pressure”).
- (meteorology) A disturbed state of the atmosphere between a severe or strong gale and a hurricane on the modern Beaufort scale, with a wind speed of between 89 and 102 kilometres per hour (55–63 miles per hour; 10 on the scale, known as a "storm" or whole gale), or of between 103 and 117 kilometres per hour (64–72 miles per hour; 11 on the scale, known as a "violent storm").
- (by extension) A heavy fall of precipitation (hail, rain, or snow) or bout of lightning and thunder without strong winds; a hail storm, rainstorm, snowstorm, or thunderstorm.
- A violent commotion or outbreak of sounds, speech, thoughts, etc.; also, an outpouring of emotion.
- Any disturbed state of the atmosphere causing destructive or unpleasant weather, especially one affecting the earth's surface involving strong winds (leading to high waves at sea) and usually lightning, thunder, and precipitation.
verb
- behave violently, as if in state of a great anger
- rain, hail, or snow hard and be very windy, often with thunder or lightning
- take by force
- blow hard
- attack by storm; attack suddenly
- (figurative, often poetic) To assault or gain control or power over (someone's heart, mind, etc.).
- To be exposed to harsh (especially cold) weather.
- (chiefly military) To violently assault (a fortified position or stronghold, a building, etc.) with the aim of gaining control of it.
- (British, dialectal, agriculture) To protect (seed-hay) from stormy weather by putting sheaves of them into small stacks.
- (by extension, especially in command economies) To catch up (on production output) by making frenzied or herculean efforts.
- To be in a violent temper; to use harsh language; to fume, to rage.
- To disturb or trouble (someone).
- (by extension, chiefly military) To move quickly in the course of an assault on a fortified position or stronghold, a building, etc.
- To move noisily and quickly like a storm (noun etymology 1 sense 1), usually in a state of anger or uproar.
- Of the weather: to be violent, with strong winds and usually lightning and thunder, and/or hail, rain, or snow.
- To use (harsh language).
- To make (someone or something) stormy; to agitate (someone or something) violently.
- (impersonal, chiefly US) Preceded by the dummy subject it: to have strong winds and usually lightning and thunder, and/or hail, rain, or snow.
verb
noun
- a fencelike structure around a deck
- an embankment built around a space for defensive purposes
- a protective structure of stone or concrete; extends from shore into the water to prevent a beach from washing away
- A defense or safeguard.
- (figurative) Any means of defence or security.
- A breakwater.
- (nautical) The planking or plating along the sides of a nautical vessel above her gunwale that reduces the likelihood of seas washing over the gunwales and people being washed overboard.
- A defensive wall or rampart.
noun
- (historical, military) A siege tower; a movable building, of a square form, consisting of ten or even twenty stories and sometimes one hundred and twenty cubits high, usually moved on wheels, and employed in approaching a fortified place, for carrying soldiers, engines, ladders, casting bridges, and other necessaries.
- (machining, manufacturing) A turret head.
- (electronics) A tower-like solder post on a turret board (a circuit board with posts instead of holes).
- (gambling) The central conical ornament atop a spinning roulette wheel.
- (rail transport) The elevated central portion of the roof of a passenger car, with sides that are pierced for light and ventilation.
- (military) An armoured, rotating gun installation on a fort, ship, aircraft, or armoured fighting vehicle.
- (architecture) A little tower, frequently a merely ornamental structure at one of the corners of a building or castle.
- a small tower extending above a building
- a self-contained weapons platform housing guns and capable of rotation
noun
- a stronghold
- a state of being confined (usually for a short time)
- time during which some action is awaited
- the appendage to an object that is designed to be held in order to use or move it
- a cell in a jail or prison
- power by which something or someone is affected or dominated
- the act of grasping
- the space in a ship or aircraft for storing cargo
- understanding of the nature or meaning or quality or magnitude of something
- A fruit machine feature allowing one or more of the reels to remain fixed while the others spin.
- (exercise) An exercise involving holding a position for a set time
- The property of maintaining the shape of styled hair.
- An act or instance of holding.
- A place where animals are held for safety
- Something reserved or kept.
- (tennis) An instance of holding one's service game, as opposed to being broken.
- The queueing system on telephones and similar communication systems which maintains a connection when all lines are busy.
- The ability to persist.
- An order that something is to be reserved or delayed, limiting or preventing how it can be dealt with.
- (baseball) A statistic awarded to a relief pitcher who is not still pitching at the end of the game and who records at least one out and maintains a lead for his team.
- (gambling) The percentage the house wins on a gamble, the house or bookmaker's hold.
- (gambling) The wager amount, the total hold.
- (aviation) A region of airspace reserved for aircraft being kept in a holding pattern.
- A grasp or grip.
- Power over someone or something.
- The part of an object one is intended to grasp, or anything one can use for grasping with hands or feet.
- (nautical, aviation) The cargo area of a ship or aircraft (often holds or cargo hold).
- (wrestling, self-defense) A position or grip used to control the opponent.
verb
- secure and keep for possible future use or application
- keep from exhaling or expelling
- resist or confront with resistance
- be the physical support of; carry the weight of
- maintain (a theory, thoughts, or feelings)
- aim, point, or direct
- support or hold in a certain manner
- have room for; hold without crowding
- have rightfully; of rights, titles, and offices
- remain committed to
- be pertinent or relevant or applicable
- contain or hold; have within
- be valid, applicable, or true
- be in accord; be in agreement
- have or possess, either in a concrete or an abstract sense
- hold the attention of
- have or hold in one's hands or grip
- assert or affirm
- keep from departing
- to close within bounds, or otherwise limit or deprive of free movement
- remain in a certain state, position, or condition
- keep in mind or convey as a conviction or view
- drink alcohol without showing ill effects
- lessen the intensity of; temper; hold in restraint; hold or keep within limits
- cause to come to an abrupt stop
- protect against a challenge or attack
- take and maintain control over, often by violent means
- cause to continue in a certain state, position, or activity
- bind by an obligation; cause to be indebted
- arrange for and reserve (something for someone else) in advance
- declare to be
- cover as for protection against noise or smell
- stop dealing with
- organize or be responsible for
- have as a major characteristic
- be capable of holding or containing
- (transitive) To impose restraint upon; to limit in motion or action; to bind legally or morally; to confine; to restrain.
- To maintain in being or action; to carry on; to prosecute, as a course of conduct or an argument; to continue; to sustain.
- (imperative) In a food or drink order at an informal restaurant etc., requesting that a component normally included in that order be omitted.
- To organise an event or meeting (usually in passive voice).
- (transitive) To reserve.
- (transitive) To bear, carry, or manage.
- (transitive) To have and keep possession of something.
- (transitive) To contain or store.
- (intransitive, copulative) To keep oneself in a particular state.
- (slang, intransitive) To be in possession of illicit drugs for sale.
- (intransitive, chiefly imperative) Not to move; to halt; to stop.
- (transitive) To bind (someone) to a consequence of his or her actions.
- To accept, as an opinion; to be the adherent of, openly or privately; to persist in, as a purpose; to maintain; to sustain.
- (transitive) To detain.
- (transitive) To maintain, to consider, to opine.
- To take place, to occur.
- To remain continent; to control an excretory bodily function.
- (intransitive) Not to give way; not to part or become separated; to remain unbroken or unsubdued.
- (tennis, ambitransitive) To win one's own service game.
- (transitive) To grasp or grip.
- (intransitive, copulative) To be or remain valid; to apply (usually in the third person).
- (transitive) To cause to wait or delay.
noun
- the action of an armed force that surrounds a fortified place and isolates it while continuing to attack
- (military) A prolonged military assault or a blockade of a city or fortress with the intent of conquering by force or attrition.
- (figuratively) A prolonged assault or attack.
- The seat of a heron while looking out for prey.
- (US) A period of struggle or difficulty, especially from illness.
- A flock of herons.
verb
noun
- (military) Military assistance to break a siege or an encirclement.
- the act of freeing a city or town that has been besieged
- Release from a post or duty, as when replaced by another.
- The difference of elevations on a surface.
- (countable) A sculpture or other artwork made with such a method.
- The removal of stress or discomfort.
- A certain fine or composition paid by the heir of a tenant upon the death of the ancestor.
- (heraldry) The supposed projection of a charge from the surface of a field, indicated by shading on the sinister and lower sides.
- The feeling associated with the removal of stress or discomfort.
- (uncountable) A method of sculpture or other artwork in which shapes or figures protrude from a flat background.
- Relative distinctness, perceived difference due to contrast.
- (golf) Permission for a player to move their ball to a more convenient spot before taking a shot, under certain circumstances.
- (law) Court-ordered compensation, aid, or protection, a redress.
- Aid or assistance offered in time of need.
- The apparent difference in elevation in the surface of a painting or drawing made noticeable by a variation in light or color.
- A lowering of a tax through special provisions; tax relief.
- (Australia, New Zealand, colloquial) Ellipsis of relief teacher.
- The person who takes over a shift for another.
- someone who takes the place of another (as when things get dangerous or difficult)
- aid for the aged or indigent or handicapped
- the act of reducing something unpleasant (as pain or annoyance)
- assistance in time of difficulty
- a pause for relaxation
- the feeling that comes when something burdensome is removed or reduced
- (law) redress awarded by a court
- sculpture consisting of shapes carved on a surface so as to stand out from the surrounding background
- the condition of being comfortable or relieved (especially after being relieved of distress)
- a change for the better
adj
adj
- Of a place: strengthened so as to withstand attacks; fortified.
- Of a place: occupied or surrounded by armed troops (also figuratively).
- (figuratively) Subject to or troubled by attacks, controversy, or pressure.
- (architecture) Of a fortress or other building, a wall, etc.: having battlements or crenellations; battlemented, crenellated.
- Armed or prepared for battle (literally or figuratively).
- (by extension, heraldry) Having an upper edge or outline of alternating square indentations and extensions like battlements, unless the embattled item is a pale, cross or saltire, in which case it has the crenelations on all sides.
- (of a person) beset by difficulties or conflict
- prepared for battle
- having or resembling repeated square indentations like those in a battlement
verb
noun
- A counterattack.
- (US, law) A document written by a party specifically replying to a responsive declaration and in some cases an answer.
- (music) The answer of a figure.
- Something given in reply.
- A written or spoken response; part of a conversation.
- the speech act of continuing a conversational exchange
- a statement (either spoken or written) that is made to reply to a question or request or criticism or accusation
verb
verb
noun
- (chess) The act of preventing an opponent's pawn moving by placing a piece in front of it.
- The physical blocking or surrounding of a place, especially a port, in order to prevent commerce and traffic in or out.
- (biology, medicine) Inhibition of the activity (function) of chemical messengers or their receptors, such as (often) receptor antagonism.
- (backgammon) Synonym of prime.
- (nautical) The ships or other forces used to effect a naval blockade.
- (by extension) Any form of formal isolation or inhibition of something, especially with the force of law or arms.
- a war measure that isolates some area of importance to the enemy
- prevents access or progress
verb
- (transitive) To bring military help to (a besieged town); to lift the siege on.
- (transitive) To alleviate (pain, distress, mental discomfort etc.).
- (reflexive, euphemistic) To ease one's own desire to orgasm, often through masturbation to orgasm.
- (originally military) To free (someone) from their post, task etc. by taking their place.
- (transitive) To ease (someone, a part of the body etc.) or give relief from physical pain or discomfort.
- (transitive) To ease (a person, person's thoughts etc.) from mental distress; to stop (someone) feeling anxious or worried, to alleviate the distress of.
- (reflexive, euphemistic) To urinate or defecate.
- (law) To free (someone) from debt or legal obligations; to give legal relief to.
- (transitive) To provide comfort or assistance to (someone in need, especially in poverty).
- To release (someone) from or of a difficulty, unwanted task, responsibility etc.
- free someone temporarily from his or her obligations
- grant relief or an exemption from a rule or requirement to
- alleviate or remove (pressure or stress) or make less oppressive
- free from a burden, evil, or distress
- provide relief for
- save from ruin, destruction, or harm
- grant exemption or release to
- lessen the intensity of or calm
- relieve oneself of troubling information
- provide physical relief, as from pain
- take by stealing
noun
adj
verb
verb
- assail
- go to certain places as for sightseeing
- stay with as a guest
- talk socially without exchanging too much information
- pay a brief visit
- impose something unpleasant
- go to see a place, as for entertainment
- come to see in an official or professional capacity
- (transitive) To go to (a place) for pleasure, on an errand, etc.
- (transitive) To inflict punishment, vengeance for (an offense) on or upon someone.
- (transitive) To go to (a shrine, temple etc.) for worship. (Now generally merged into later senses, below.)
- (transitive) To habitually go to (someone in distress, sickness etc.) to comfort them. (Now generally merged into later senses, below.)
- (transitive) Of God: to appear to (someone) to comfort, bless, or chastise or punish them. (Now generally merged into later senses, below.)
- (transitive) Of a sickness, misfortune etc.: to afflict (someone).
- (transitive, intransitive) To go and meet (a person) as an act of friendliness or sociability.
noun
- the act of going to see some person in a professional capacity
- a meeting arranged by the visitor to see someone (such as a doctor or lawyer) for treatment or advice
- the act of going to see some person or place or thing for a short time
- a temporary stay (e.g., as a guest)
- the act of visiting in an official capacity (as for an inspection)
- A single act of visiting.
- (medicine, insurance) A meeting with a doctor at their surgery or the doctor's at one's home.
noun
- Something used to oppose attacks.
- (team sports) The portion of a team dedicated to preventing the other team from scoring; contrasted with offence.
- (team sports) A strategy and tactics employed to prevent the other team from scoring; contrasted with offence.
- The action of defending, of protecting from attack, danger or injury.
- An argument in support or justification of something.
- Government policy or (infra)structure related to the military.
- the defendant and their legal advisors collectively
- (sports) the team that is trying to prevent the other team from scoring
- a structure used to defend against attack
- the act of defending someone or something against attack or injury
- an organization of defenders that provides resistance against attack
- protection from harm
- (military) military action or resources protecting a country against potential enemies
- a defendant's answer or plea denying the truth of the charges against them
- the justification for some act or belief
- the speech act of answering an attack on your assertions
- (psychiatry) an unconscious process that tries to reduce the anxiety associated with instinctive desires
noun
verb
verb
noun
- A defensive structure; a protective barrier; a bulwark.
- A defensive mound of earth or a wall with a broad top and usually a stone parapet; a wall-like ridge of earth, stones or debris; an embankment for defensive purpose.
- That which defends against intrusion from outside; a protection.
- (usually in the plural) A steep bank of a river or gorge.
- an embankment built around a space for defensive purposes
noun
- An ambush.
- (computing) Ellipsis of wait state.
- A delay.
- (in the plural, UK) Musicians who sing or play at night or in the early morning, especially at Christmas time; serenaders; musical watchmen. [formerly waites, wayghtes.]
- the act of waiting (remaining inactive in one place while expecting something)
- time during which some action is awaited
intj
verb
- (intransitive) To delay movement or action until some event or time; to remain neglected or in readiness.
- (intransitive) To remain faithful to one’s partner or betrothed during a prolonged period of absence.
- (intransitive, stative, US) To wait tables; to serve customers in a restaurant or other eating establishment.
- stay in one place and anticipate or expect something
- look forward to the probable occurrence of
- serve as a waiter or waitress in a restaurant
- wait before acting
noun
- (fencing) A renewal of a failed attack, after going back into the en garde position.
- A taking by way of retaliation.
- A recurrence or resumption of an action.
- (music) A repetition of a phrase, a return to an earlier theme, or a second rendition or version of a song in a programme or musical.
- (construction) In masonry, the return of a moulding in an internal angle.
- (law, in the plural) Deductions and duties paid yearly out of a manor and lands, as rent charge, pensions, annuities, etc.; also spelled reprizes.
- A ship recaptured from an enemy or from a pirate.
verb
noun
- a military action in which besieged troops burst forth from their position
- a venture off the beaten path
- witty remark
- (slang, drugs, Canada, US) The crystalline or powdered form of MDA.
- (New Zealand, slang) A member of the Salvation Army.
- A kind of stonefly.
- A wren.
- A willow.
- An object made from the wood of a willow.
- Any tree that resembles a willow.
- A tufted woollen part of a bellrope, used to provide grip when ringing a bell.
- A sortie of troops from a besieged place against an enemy.
- An excursion or side trip.
- A sudden rushing forth.
- (figuratively) A witty statement or quip, usually at the expense of one's interlocutor.
verb
noun
- A falling upon or invasion.
- A way down.
- (topology) A particular extension of the idea of gluing.
- An instance of descending; act of coming down.
- A drop to a lower status or condition; decline.
- Lineage or hereditary derivation.
- A sloping passage or incline.
- the act of changing your location in a downward direction
- the hereditary derivation of an individual
- a movement downward
- the kinship relation between an individual and the individual's progenitors
- properties attributable to your ancestry
- a downward slope or bend
noun
noun
- An attack made by troops from a besieged position; a sally.
- a military action in which besieged troops burst forth from their position
- An act of trying to enter a new field of activity.
- (sports) An attacking move.
- (military) Synonym of sally port (“an entry to or opening into a fortification to enable a sally”).
- (aviation) An operational flight carried out by a single military aircraft.
- An act of venturing out to do a task, etc.
- (photography) A series of aerial photographs taken during the flight of an aircraft; (by extension) a photography session.
- (astronautics) An operational flight carried out by a spacecraft involving a return to Earth.
- (military) an operational flight by a single aircraft (as in a military operation)
verb
noun
noun
noun
noun
- a direct and violent assault on a stronghold
- (military) A violent assault on a fortified position or stronghold.
- a violent commotion or disturbance
- a violent weather condition with winds 64-72 knots (11 on the Beaufort scale) and precipitation and thunder and lightning
- A heavy expulsion or fall of things (as blows, objects which are thrown, etc.).
- (Canada, US, chiefly in the plural) Ellipsis of storm window (“a second window (originally detachable) attached on the exterior side of a window in climates with harsh winters, to add an insulating layer of still air between the outside and inside”).
- A violent agitation of human society; a domestic, civil, or political commotion.
- (pathology) Chiefly with a qualifying word: a violent attack of diease, pain, physiological reactions, symptoms, etc.; a paroxysm.
- (by extension) Synonym of cyclone (“a weather phenomenon consisting of a system of winds rotating around a centre of low atmospheric pressure”).
- (meteorology) A disturbed state of the atmosphere between a severe or strong gale and a hurricane on the modern Beaufort scale, with a wind speed of between 89 and 102 kilometres per hour (55–63 miles per hour; 10 on the scale, known as a "storm" or whole gale), or of between 103 and 117 kilometres per hour (64–72 miles per hour; 11 on the scale, known as a "violent storm").
- (by extension) A heavy fall of precipitation (hail, rain, or snow) or bout of lightning and thunder without strong winds; a hail storm, rainstorm, snowstorm, or thunderstorm.
- A violent commotion or outbreak of sounds, speech, thoughts, etc.; also, an outpouring of emotion.
- Any disturbed state of the atmosphere causing destructive or unpleasant weather, especially one affecting the earth's surface involving strong winds (leading to high waves at sea) and usually lightning, thunder, and precipitation.
verb
- behave violently, as if in state of a great anger
- rain, hail, or snow hard and be very windy, often with thunder or lightning
- take by force
- blow hard
- attack by storm; attack suddenly
- (figurative, often poetic) To assault or gain control or power over (someone's heart, mind, etc.).
- To be exposed to harsh (especially cold) weather.
- (chiefly military) To violently assault (a fortified position or stronghold, a building, etc.) with the aim of gaining control of it.
- (British, dialectal, agriculture) To protect (seed-hay) from stormy weather by putting sheaves of them into small stacks.
- (by extension, especially in command economies) To catch up (on production output) by making frenzied or herculean efforts.
- To be in a violent temper; to use harsh language; to fume, to rage.
- To disturb or trouble (someone).
- (by extension, chiefly military) To move quickly in the course of an assault on a fortified position or stronghold, a building, etc.
- To move noisily and quickly like a storm (noun etymology 1 sense 1), usually in a state of anger or uproar.
- Of the weather: to be violent, with strong winds and usually lightning and thunder, and/or hail, rain, or snow.
- To use (harsh language).
- To make (someone or something) stormy; to agitate (someone or something) violently.
- (impersonal, chiefly US) Preceded by the dummy subject it: to have strong winds and usually lightning and thunder, and/or hail, rain, or snow.
noun
- (historical, military) A siege tower; a movable building, of a square form, consisting of ten or even twenty stories and sometimes one hundred and twenty cubits high, usually moved on wheels, and employed in approaching a fortified place, for carrying soldiers, engines, ladders, casting bridges, and other necessaries.
- (machining, manufacturing) A turret head.
- (electronics) A tower-like solder post on a turret board (a circuit board with posts instead of holes).
- (gambling) The central conical ornament atop a spinning roulette wheel.
- (rail transport) The elevated central portion of the roof of a passenger car, with sides that are pierced for light and ventilation.
- (military) An armoured, rotating gun installation on a fort, ship, aircraft, or armoured fighting vehicle.
- (architecture) A little tower, frequently a merely ornamental structure at one of the corners of a building or castle.
- a small tower extending above a building
- a self-contained weapons platform housing guns and capable of rotation
noun
- a stronghold
- a state of being confined (usually for a short time)
- time during which some action is awaited
- the appendage to an object that is designed to be held in order to use or move it
- a cell in a jail or prison
- power by which something or someone is affected or dominated
- the act of grasping
- the space in a ship or aircraft for storing cargo
- understanding of the nature or meaning or quality or magnitude of something
- A fruit machine feature allowing one or more of the reels to remain fixed while the others spin.
- (exercise) An exercise involving holding a position for a set time
- The property of maintaining the shape of styled hair.
- An act or instance of holding.
- A place where animals are held for safety
- Something reserved or kept.
- (tennis) An instance of holding one's service game, as opposed to being broken.
- The queueing system on telephones and similar communication systems which maintains a connection when all lines are busy.
- The ability to persist.
- An order that something is to be reserved or delayed, limiting or preventing how it can be dealt with.
- (baseball) A statistic awarded to a relief pitcher who is not still pitching at the end of the game and who records at least one out and maintains a lead for his team.
- (gambling) The percentage the house wins on a gamble, the house or bookmaker's hold.
- (gambling) The wager amount, the total hold.
- (aviation) A region of airspace reserved for aircraft being kept in a holding pattern.
- A grasp or grip.
- Power over someone or something.
- The part of an object one is intended to grasp, or anything one can use for grasping with hands or feet.
- (nautical, aviation) The cargo area of a ship or aircraft (often holds or cargo hold).
- (wrestling, self-defense) A position or grip used to control the opponent.
verb
- secure and keep for possible future use or application
- keep from exhaling or expelling
- resist or confront with resistance
- be the physical support of; carry the weight of
- maintain (a theory, thoughts, or feelings)
- aim, point, or direct
- support or hold in a certain manner
- have room for; hold without crowding
- have rightfully; of rights, titles, and offices
- remain committed to
- be pertinent or relevant or applicable
- contain or hold; have within
- be valid, applicable, or true
- be in accord; be in agreement
- have or possess, either in a concrete or an abstract sense
- hold the attention of
- have or hold in one's hands or grip
- assert or affirm
- keep from departing
- to close within bounds, or otherwise limit or deprive of free movement
- remain in a certain state, position, or condition
- keep in mind or convey as a conviction or view
- drink alcohol without showing ill effects
- lessen the intensity of; temper; hold in restraint; hold or keep within limits
- cause to come to an abrupt stop
- protect against a challenge or attack
- take and maintain control over, often by violent means
- cause to continue in a certain state, position, or activity
- bind by an obligation; cause to be indebted
- arrange for and reserve (something for someone else) in advance
- declare to be
- cover as for protection against noise or smell
- stop dealing with
- organize or be responsible for
- have as a major characteristic
- be capable of holding or containing
- (transitive) To impose restraint upon; to limit in motion or action; to bind legally or morally; to confine; to restrain.
- To maintain in being or action; to carry on; to prosecute, as a course of conduct or an argument; to continue; to sustain.
- (imperative) In a food or drink order at an informal restaurant etc., requesting that a component normally included in that order be omitted.
- To organise an event or meeting (usually in passive voice).
- (transitive) To reserve.
- (transitive) To bear, carry, or manage.
- (transitive) To have and keep possession of something.
- (transitive) To contain or store.
- (intransitive, copulative) To keep oneself in a particular state.
- (slang, intransitive) To be in possession of illicit drugs for sale.
- (intransitive, chiefly imperative) Not to move; to halt; to stop.
- (transitive) To bind (someone) to a consequence of his or her actions.
- To accept, as an opinion; to be the adherent of, openly or privately; to persist in, as a purpose; to maintain; to sustain.
- (transitive) To detain.
- (transitive) To maintain, to consider, to opine.
- To take place, to occur.
- To remain continent; to control an excretory bodily function.
- (intransitive) Not to give way; not to part or become separated; to remain unbroken or unsubdued.
- (tennis, ambitransitive) To win one's own service game.
- (transitive) To grasp or grip.
- (intransitive, copulative) To be or remain valid; to apply (usually in the third person).
- (transitive) To cause to wait or delay.
noun
- the action of an armed force that surrounds a fortified place and isolates it while continuing to attack
- (military) A prolonged military assault or a blockade of a city or fortress with the intent of conquering by force or attrition.
- (figuratively) A prolonged assault or attack.
- The seat of a heron while looking out for prey.
- (US) A period of struggle or difficulty, especially from illness.
- A flock of herons.
verb
noun
- (military) Military assistance to break a siege or an encirclement.
- the act of freeing a city or town that has been besieged
- Release from a post or duty, as when replaced by another.
- The difference of elevations on a surface.
- (countable) A sculpture or other artwork made with such a method.
- The removal of stress or discomfort.
- A certain fine or composition paid by the heir of a tenant upon the death of the ancestor.
- (heraldry) The supposed projection of a charge from the surface of a field, indicated by shading on the sinister and lower sides.
- The feeling associated with the removal of stress or discomfort.
- (uncountable) A method of sculpture or other artwork in which shapes or figures protrude from a flat background.
- Relative distinctness, perceived difference due to contrast.
- (golf) Permission for a player to move their ball to a more convenient spot before taking a shot, under certain circumstances.
- (law) Court-ordered compensation, aid, or protection, a redress.
- Aid or assistance offered in time of need.
- The apparent difference in elevation in the surface of a painting or drawing made noticeable by a variation in light or color.
- A lowering of a tax through special provisions; tax relief.
- (Australia, New Zealand, colloquial) Ellipsis of relief teacher.
- The person who takes over a shift for another.
- someone who takes the place of another (as when things get dangerous or difficult)
- aid for the aged or indigent or handicapped
- the act of reducing something unpleasant (as pain or annoyance)
- assistance in time of difficulty
- a pause for relaxation
- the feeling that comes when something burdensome is removed or reduced
- (law) redress awarded by a court
- sculpture consisting of shapes carved on a surface so as to stand out from the surrounding background
- the condition of being comfortable or relieved (especially after being relieved of distress)
- a change for the better
adj
noun
- A counterattack.
- (US, law) A document written by a party specifically replying to a responsive declaration and in some cases an answer.
- (music) The answer of a figure.
- Something given in reply.
- A written or spoken response; part of a conversation.
- the speech act of continuing a conversational exchange
- a statement (either spoken or written) that is made to reply to a question or request or criticism or accusation
verb
verb
- To recover forcibly, especially from a siege.
- To fix a mistake made while preparing something, especially in cooking.
- To free or liberate from confinement or other physical restraint.
- (figuratively) To remove or withdraw from a state of exposure to evil and sin.
- (figuratively) To achieve something positive under difficult conditions.
- To adopt (an animal).
- To salvage and restore something that has been discarded.
- (biology, genetics) To restore a particular trait in an organism that was lost or altered, especially where this loss was as the consequence of some experimental manipulation.
- To save from any violence, danger or evil.
- free from harm or evil
- take forcibly from legal custody
noun
- The forcible ending of a siege; liberation from similar military peril.
- A special airliner flight to bring home passengers who are stranded.
- A liberation, freeing.
- A rescuee.
- (law, largely obsolete) The act of unlawfully freeing a person, or confiscated goods, from custody.
- An act or episode of rescuing, saving.
- recovery or preservation from loss or danger
noun
adj
verb
noun
- Something used to oppose attacks.
- (team sports) The portion of a team dedicated to preventing the other team from scoring; contrasted with offence.
- (team sports) A strategy and tactics employed to prevent the other team from scoring; contrasted with offence.
- The action of defending, of protecting from attack, danger or injury.
- An argument in support or justification of something.
- Government policy or (infra)structure related to the military.
- the defendant and their legal advisors collectively
- (sports) the team that is trying to prevent the other team from scoring
- a structure used to defend against attack
- the act of defending someone or something against attack or injury
- an organization of defenders that provides resistance against attack
- protection from harm
- (military) military action or resources protecting a country against potential enemies
- a defendant's answer or plea denying the truth of the charges against them
- the justification for some act or belief
- the speech act of answering an attack on your assertions
- (psychiatry) an unconscious process that tries to reduce the anxiety associated with instinctive desires
noun
verb
noun
- An ambush.
- (computing) Ellipsis of wait state.
- A delay.
- (in the plural, UK) Musicians who sing or play at night or in the early morning, especially at Christmas time; serenaders; musical watchmen. [formerly waites, wayghtes.]
- the act of waiting (remaining inactive in one place while expecting something)
- time during which some action is awaited
intj
verb
- (intransitive) To delay movement or action until some event or time; to remain neglected or in readiness.
- (intransitive) To remain faithful to one’s partner or betrothed during a prolonged period of absence.
- (intransitive, stative, US) To wait tables; to serve customers in a restaurant or other eating establishment.
- stay in one place and anticipate or expect something
- look forward to the probable occurrence of
- serve as a waiter or waitress in a restaurant
- wait before acting
noun
- (fencing) A renewal of a failed attack, after going back into the en garde position.
- A taking by way of retaliation.
- A recurrence or resumption of an action.
- (music) A repetition of a phrase, a return to an earlier theme, or a second rendition or version of a song in a programme or musical.
- (construction) In masonry, the return of a moulding in an internal angle.
- (law, in the plural) Deductions and duties paid yearly out of a manor and lands, as rent charge, pensions, annuities, etc.; also spelled reprizes.
- A ship recaptured from an enemy or from a pirate.
verb
noun
- a military action in which besieged troops burst forth from their position
- a venture off the beaten path
- witty remark
- (slang, drugs, Canada, US) The crystalline or powdered form of MDA.
- (New Zealand, slang) A member of the Salvation Army.
- A kind of stonefly.
- A wren.
- A willow.
- An object made from the wood of a willow.
- Any tree that resembles a willow.
- A tufted woollen part of a bellrope, used to provide grip when ringing a bell.
- A sortie of troops from a besieged place against an enemy.
- An excursion or side trip.
- A sudden rushing forth.
- (figuratively) A witty statement or quip, usually at the expense of one's interlocutor.
verb
noun
- A falling upon or invasion.
- A way down.
- (topology) A particular extension of the idea of gluing.
- An instance of descending; act of coming down.
- A drop to a lower status or condition; decline.
- Lineage or hereditary derivation.
- A sloping passage or incline.
- the act of changing your location in a downward direction
- the hereditary derivation of an individual
- a movement downward
- the kinship relation between an individual and the individual's progenitors
- properties attributable to your ancestry
- a downward slope or bend
verb
- To lay siege to.
- To commit money or capital in the hope of financial gain.
- To formally give (power or authority).
- (intransitive) To cause to be involved in; to cause to form strong attachments to.
- To formally give (someone) some power or authority.
- (metallurgy) To prepare for lost wax casting by creating an investment mold (a mixture of a silica sand and plaster).
- To surround, accompany, or attend.
- (Spanish politics) To inaugurate the Prime Minister of Spain after a successful parliamentary vote.
- (intransitive) To make investments.
- To ceremonially install someone in some office.
- To spend money, time, or energy on something, especially for some benefit or purpose; used with in.
- To envelop, wrap, cover.
- make an investment
- furnish with power or authority; of kings or emperors
- place ceremoniously or formally in an office or position
- provide with power and authority
- give qualities or abilities to
noun
verb
- To raise, as a siege.
- To raise; to collect; said of troops, to form into an army by enrollment, conscription. etc.
- To raise or collect by assessment; to exact by authority.
- To draft someone into military service.
- (transitive) To impose (a tax or fine) to collect monies due, or to confiscate property.
- (law) To erect, build, or set up; to make or construct; to raise or cast up.
- To wage war.
- impose and collect
- cause to assemble or enlist in military
noun
verb
- To recover forcibly, especially from a siege.
- To fix a mistake made while preparing something, especially in cooking.
- To free or liberate from confinement or other physical restraint.
- (figuratively) To remove or withdraw from a state of exposure to evil and sin.
- (figuratively) To achieve something positive under difficult conditions.
- To adopt (an animal).
- To salvage and restore something that has been discarded.
- (biology, genetics) To restore a particular trait in an organism that was lost or altered, especially where this loss was as the consequence of some experimental manipulation.
- To save from any violence, danger or evil.
- free from harm or evil
- take forcibly from legal custody
noun
- The forcible ending of a siege; liberation from similar military peril.
- A special airliner flight to bring home passengers who are stranded.
- A liberation, freeing.
- A rescuee.
- (law, largely obsolete) The act of unlawfully freeing a person, or confiscated goods, from custody.
- An act or episode of rescuing, saving.
- recovery or preservation from loss or danger
verb
noun
- a fencelike structure around a deck
- an embankment built around a space for defensive purposes
- a protective structure of stone or concrete; extends from shore into the water to prevent a beach from washing away
- A defense or safeguard.
- (figurative) Any means of defence or security.
- A breakwater.
- (nautical) The planking or plating along the sides of a nautical vessel above her gunwale that reduces the likelihood of seas washing over the gunwales and people being washed overboard.
- A defensive wall or rampart.
verb
noun
- (chess) The act of preventing an opponent's pawn moving by placing a piece in front of it.
- The physical blocking or surrounding of a place, especially a port, in order to prevent commerce and traffic in or out.
- (biology, medicine) Inhibition of the activity (function) of chemical messengers or their receptors, such as (often) receptor antagonism.
- (backgammon) Synonym of prime.
- (nautical) The ships or other forces used to effect a naval blockade.
- (by extension) Any form of formal isolation or inhibition of something, especially with the force of law or arms.
- a war measure that isolates some area of importance to the enemy
- prevents access or progress
verb
- (transitive) To bring military help to (a besieged town); to lift the siege on.
- (transitive) To alleviate (pain, distress, mental discomfort etc.).
- (reflexive, euphemistic) To ease one's own desire to orgasm, often through masturbation to orgasm.
- (originally military) To free (someone) from their post, task etc. by taking their place.
- (transitive) To ease (someone, a part of the body etc.) or give relief from physical pain or discomfort.
- (transitive) To ease (a person, person's thoughts etc.) from mental distress; to stop (someone) feeling anxious or worried, to alleviate the distress of.
- (reflexive, euphemistic) To urinate or defecate.
- (law) To free (someone) from debt or legal obligations; to give legal relief to.
- (transitive) To provide comfort or assistance to (someone in need, especially in poverty).
- To release (someone) from or of a difficulty, unwanted task, responsibility etc.
- free someone temporarily from his or her obligations
- grant relief or an exemption from a rule or requirement to
- alleviate or remove (pressure or stress) or make less oppressive
- free from a burden, evil, or distress
- provide relief for
- save from ruin, destruction, or harm
- grant exemption or release to
- lessen the intensity of or calm
- relieve oneself of troubling information
- provide physical relief, as from pain
- take by stealing
verb
- assail
- go to certain places as for sightseeing
- stay with as a guest
- talk socially without exchanging too much information
- pay a brief visit
- impose something unpleasant
- go to see a place, as for entertainment
- come to see in an official or professional capacity
- (transitive) To go to (a place) for pleasure, on an errand, etc.
- (transitive) To inflict punishment, vengeance for (an offense) on or upon someone.
- (transitive) To go to (a shrine, temple etc.) for worship. (Now generally merged into later senses, below.)
- (transitive) To habitually go to (someone in distress, sickness etc.) to comfort them. (Now generally merged into later senses, below.)
- (transitive) Of God: to appear to (someone) to comfort, bless, or chastise or punish them. (Now generally merged into later senses, below.)
- (transitive) Of a sickness, misfortune etc.: to afflict (someone).
- (transitive, intransitive) To go and meet (a person) as an act of friendliness or sociability.
noun
- the act of going to see some person in a professional capacity
- a meeting arranged by the visitor to see someone (such as a doctor or lawyer) for treatment or advice
- the act of going to see some person or place or thing for a short time
- a temporary stay (e.g., as a guest)
- the act of visiting in an official capacity (as for an inspection)
- A single act of visiting.
- (medicine, insurance) A meeting with a doctor at their surgery or the doctor's at one's home.
verb
noun
- A defensive structure; a protective barrier; a bulwark.
- A defensive mound of earth or a wall with a broad top and usually a stone parapet; a wall-like ridge of earth, stones or debris; an embankment for defensive purpose.
- That which defends against intrusion from outside; a protection.
- (usually in the plural) A steep bank of a river or gorge.
- an embankment built around a space for defensive purposes
adj
- Of a place: strengthened so as to withstand attacks; fortified.
- Of a place: occupied or surrounded by armed troops (also figuratively).
- (figuratively) Subject to or troubled by attacks, controversy, or pressure.
- (architecture) Of a fortress or other building, a wall, etc.: having battlements or crenellations; battlemented, crenellated.
- Armed or prepared for battle (literally or figuratively).
- (by extension, heraldry) Having an upper edge or outline of alternating square indentations and extensions like battlements, unless the embattled item is a pale, cross or saltire, in which case it has the crenelations on all sides.
- (of a person) beset by difficulties or conflict
- prepared for battle
- having or resembling repeated square indentations like those in a battlement