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noun
- A very high level of intensity.
- (cricket) A cricket team of eleven players. Hence first eleven - the team of best cricket players (at a school), second eleven - the "B" team, etc.
- (soccer, American football) A football team of eleven players; the starting lineup.
- (Internet, slang, sarcastic) Deliberate misspelling of !!, used to amplify an exclamation, imitating someone who forgets to press the shift key while typing exclamation points.
- An exceptional specimen, (particularly) a physically attractive person.
- a team that plays football
- the cardinal number that is the sum of ten and one
num
adj
adj
- intensely focused
- (of light) transmitted directly from a pointed light source
- of or relating to a solution whose dilution has been reduced
- being the most concentrated solution possible at a given temperature; unable to dissolve still more of a substance
- gathered together or made less diffuse
- Intense; directed towards a specific location.
- Not dilute; having a high concentration.
verb
noun
- (uncountable) Concentration of attention.
- (countable, seismology) The exact point of where an earthquake occurs, in three dimensions (underneath the epicentre).
- (countable, optics) A point at which reflected or refracted rays of light converge.
- (ichthyology) The centre of an older fish's scale, which is the point where a younger fish's scale starts to grow from.
- (countable, geometry) A point of a conic at which rays reflected from a curve or surface converge.
- (countable) Something to which activity, attention or interest is primarily directed.
- (linguistics) The most important word or phrase in a sentence or passage, or the one that imparts information.
- An object used in casting a magic spell.
- (uncountable, photography, cinematography) The quality of the convergence of light on the photographic medium.
- (graphical user interface) The status of being the currently active element in a user interface, often indicated by a visual highlight.
- (uncountable, photography, cinematography) The fact of the convergence of light on the photographic medium.
- maximum clarity or distinctness of an image rendered by an optical system
- a point of convergence of light (or other radiation) or a point from which it diverges
- special emphasis attached to something
- a fixed reference point on the concave side of a conic section
- maximum clarity or distinctness of an idea
- a central point or locus of an infection in an organism
- the concentration of attention or energy on something
verb
- (transitive, optics) To adjust (a lens, an optical instrument) in order to position an image with respect to the focal plane.
- (computing, graphical user interface, transitive) To transfer the input focus to (a visual element), so that it receives subsequent input.
- (transitive) To cause (rays of light, etc) to converge at a single point.
- (transitive) To direct attention, effort, or energy to a particular audience or task.
- (intransitive) To concentrate one’s attention.
- (accounting, formerly) To aggregate figures of accounts.
- (intransitive, optics, of a lens, optical instrument, etc.) To adjust itself or be adjusted such that light from a scene converges appropriately to create a clear image.
- (intransitive, followed by on or upon) To concentrate one's attention on something; to have as one's central point of interest, concern, etc.
- put (an image) into focus
- direct one's attention on something
- bring into focus or alignment; to converge or cause to converge; of ideas or emotions
- cause to converge on or toward a central point
- become focussed or come into focus
adj
- Intense; extremely intense.
- Beyond hope, leaving little reason for hope; causing despair; extremely perilous.
- Being filled with, or in a state of, despair; hopeless.
- In dire need (of something); having a dire need or desire.
- Extremely bad; outrageous, shocking; intolerable.
- Involving or employing extreme measures, without regard to danger or safety; reckless due to hopelessness.
- showing extreme urgency or intensity especially because of great need or desire
- (of persons) dangerously reckless or violent as from urgency or despair
- fraught with extreme danger; nearly hopeless
- desperately determined
- arising from or marked by despair or loss of hope
- showing extreme courage; especially of actions courageously undertaken in desperation as a last resort
adv
noun
noun
- The quality of being intense.
- high level or degree; the property of being intense
- (astronomy) Synonym of radiance.
- (geology) The severity of an earthquake in terms of its effects on the earth's surface, and buildings. The value depends on the distance from the epicentre, and is not to be confused with the magnitude.
- (physics) Time-averaged energy flux (the ratio of average power to the area through which the power "flows"); irradiance.
- The degree of strength.
- (optics) Can mean any of radiant intensity, luminous intensity or irradiance.
- chromatic purity: freedom from dilution with white and hence vivid in hue
- the magnitude of sound (usually in a specified direction)
- the amount of energy transmitted (as by acoustic or electromagnetic radiation)
adj
- Intent; focused; showing a lot of concentration.
- Strenuous; diligent.
- (said of an action or an utterance) Serious, sincere, ingenuous.
- (with a positive sense) Focused in the pursuit of an objective; honestly eager to obtain or do.
- (said of a person or a person's character) Possessing or characterised by seriousness.
- Serious; weighty; of a serious, weighty, or important nature; important.
- characterized by a firm and humorless belief in the validity of your opinions
- not distracted by anything unrelated to the goal
- sincerely earnest
noun
verb
noun
- complete attention; intense mental effort
- the process of absorbing nutrients into the body after digestion
- the mental state of being preoccupied by something
- the social process of absorbing one cultural group into harmony with another
- (chemistry) a process in which one substance permeates another; a fluid permeates or is dissolved by a liquid or solid
- (physics) the process in which incident radiated energy is retained without reflection or transmission on passing through a medium
- Mental assimilation.
- Entire engrossment or occupation of the mind.
- (meteorology) The process in which incident radiant energy is retained by a substance (such as an air mass) by conversion to some other form of energy (such as heat).
- (physical chemistry, physics) the imbibing or reception by molecular or chemical action, of radiant energy; the process of being neutrons being absorbed by the nucleus; interception.
- (physiology) in living organisms, the process by which the materials of growth and nutrition are absorbed and conveyed to the tissues and organs; taking in by various means, such as by osmosis.
- The act or process of absorbing or of being absorbed as,
- assimilation; incorporation.
- (electrical engineering) The retaining of electrical energy for a short time after it has been introduced to the dielectric.
noun
- complete attention; intense mental effort
- bringing together military forces
- the spatial property of being crowded together
- increase in density
- great and constant diligence and attention
- strengthening the concentration (as of a solute in a mixture) by removing diluting material
- the strength of a solution; number of molecules of a substance in a given volume
- The direction of attention to a specific object.
- (physical chemistry) The amount of solute in a solution measured in suitable units (e.g., parts per million (ppm))
- The matching game pelmanism.
- The act, process or product of reducing the volume of a liquid, as by evaporation.
- The act or process of removing the dress of ore and of reducing the valuable part to smaller compass, as by currents of air or water.
- A field or course of study on which one focuses, especially as a student in a college or university.
- The act, process or ability of concentrating; the process of becoming concentrated, or the state of being concentrated.
- The proportion of a substance in a whole.
noun
- complete attention; intense mental effort
- the quality of being intent and concentrated
- the mental state of being preoccupied by something
- (uncountable) The state of being engrossed; concentration or preoccupation.
- (countable, law, informal) Such document that has not yet been executed or completed.
- (countable, law) The fact or instance of preparing the final draft legal document for execution or completion.
noun
- complete attention; intense mental effort
- a form of baptism in which part or all of a person's body is submerged
- (astronomy) the disappearance of a celestial body prior to an eclipse
- the act of wetting something by submerging it
- sinking until covered completely with water
- (mathematics) A smooth map whose differential is everywhere injective, related to the mathematical concept of an embedding.
- (art) A creative relationship with one's social and ecological environment as practiced by the Brooklyn Immersionists.
- Deep engagement in something.
- (education) A form of foreign-language teaching where the language is used intensively to teach other subjects to a student.
- The total submerging of a person in water as an act of baptism.
- (astronomy) The disappearance of a celestial body, by passing either behind another, as in the occultation of a star, or into its shadow, as in the eclipse of a satellite.
- (British, Ireland, informal) An immersion heater.
- One's suspension of disbelief while reading, playing a video game, etc. The experience of losing oneself in a fictional world.
adj
- In the greatest or highest degree; intense.
- Of sports, difficult or dangerous; performed in a hazardous environment.
- Drastic, or of great severity.
- Excessive, or far beyond the norm.
- Of a place, the most remote, farthest or outermost.
- of the greatest possible degree or extent or intensity
- beyond a norm in views or actions
- most distant in any direction
- far beyond a norm in quantity or amount or degree; to an utmost degree
noun
- A drastic expedient.
- (mathematics) Either of the two numbers at the ends of a proportion, as 1 and 6 in 1:2=3:6.
- Each of the things at opposite ends of a range or scale.
- The greatest or utmost point, degree, or condition.
- the point located farthest from the middle of something
- the furthest or highest degree of something
adj
noun
verb
adj
- Having an extreme dedication to a certain activity.
- Resistant to change.
- So hard as to require extreme dedication to complete.
- Obscene or explicit.
- (pornography) Depicting penetration and abnormal sexual activity.
- (music) Faster or more intense than the regular style.
- (colloquial) Particularly intense; thrillingly dangerous or erratic; desirably violent in appearance; pleasing or "cool" due to intensity or danger.
- intensely loyal
- extremely explicit
adv
noun
adv
intj
adj
noun
- The act by which something is stretched.
- A form of physical exercise in which a specific skeletal muscle (or muscle group) is deliberately elongated to its fullest length in order to improve the muscle's felt elasticity and reaffirm comfortable muscle tone.
- act of expanding by lengthening or widening
- exercise designed to extend the limbs and muscles to their full extent
verb
adj
noun
noun
- One who concentrates.
- (firearms) A frame or ring of wire or hard paper fitting into the cartridge case used in some shotguns, and holding the shot together when discharged, to secure close shooting; also, a device for slightly narrowing the bore at the muzzle for the same purpose.
- (telecommunications) A hub.
- (mining) An apparatus for the separation of dry comminuted ore, by exposing it to intermittent puffs of air.
adj
- rigorously attentive; strict and thorough
- not far distant in time or space or degree or circumstances
- close in relevance or relationship
- confined to specific persons
- crowded
- strictly confined or guarded
- at or within a short distance in space or time or having elements near each other
- lacking fresh air
- inclined to secrecy or reticence about divulging information
- (of a contest or contestants) evenly matched
- of textiles
- marked by fidelity to an original
- used of hair or haircuts
- fitting closely but comfortably
- giving or spending with reluctance
- (archaic outside certain phrases) Physically narrow or confined.
- At little distance; near in space or time.
- Intimate or immediate in personal relationship.
- Nearly equal; almost evenly balanced; almost exactly matching.
- Carefully done, detailed.
- Accurate; precise.
- (Ireland, UK, weather) Hot, humid, with no wind.
- Tight, with little space separating components or elements.
- (linguistics, phonetics, of a vowel) Articulated with the tongue body relatively close to the hard palate.
- Strictly confined; carefully guarded.
- Tightly restricted in availability.
- Almost, but not quite (getting to an answer, goal, or other state); near.
- (law) Of a corporation or other business entity, closely held.
- Attentive; undeviating; strict.
- (in particular) Almost resulting in disaster.
- (heraldry, of a bird) With its wings at its side, closed, held near to its body (typically also statant); (of wings) in this posture.
- Short.
- Oppressive; without motion or ventilation; causing a feeling of lassitude.
- Involving a tight connection; involving frequent communication, shared or cooperative activity, etc.
- Marked, evident.
- Adhering strictly to a standard or original; exact or nearly so.
noun
- the last section of a communication
- the temporal end; the concluding time
- the concluding part of any performance
- (chiefly British) A street that ends in a dead end.
- A cathedral close.
- (music) The conclusion of a strain of music; cadence.
- An end or conclusion.
- (aviation, travel) The time when check-in staff will no longer accept passengers for a flight.
- The manner of shutting; the union of parts; junction.
- (Scotland) The common staircase in a tenement.
- (music) A double bar marking the end.
- (sales) The point at the end of a sales pitch when the consumer is asked to buy.
- (Scotland) A very narrow alley between two buildings, often overhung by one of the buildings above the ground floor.
- (law) The interest which one may have in a piece of ground, even though it is not enclosed
- A grapple in wrestling.
adv
verb
- come to a close
- draw near
- change one's body stance so that the forward shoulder and foot are closer to the intended point of impact
- be priced or listed when trading stops
- unite or bring into contact or bring together the edges of
- cease to operate or cause to cease operating
- move so that an opening or passage is obstructed; make shut
- complete a business deal, negotiation, or an agreement
- cause a window or an application to disappear on a computer desktop
- fill or stop up
- come together, as if in an embrace
- become closed
- bar access to
- finish a game in baseball by protecting a lead
- finish or terminate (meetings, speeches, etc.)
- engage at close quarters
- bring together all the elements or parts of
- (intransitive) To become denser or more crowded with objects.
- (intransitive) To finish; to come to an end.
- To grapple; to engage in close combat.
- (ambitransitive) To move a thing, or part of a thing, nearer to another so that the gap or opening between the two is removed.
- (Philippines, Quebec, Greece, Cyprus) To turn off; to switch off.
- (transitive) To obstruct or block.
- (transitive) To perform as the final act at (a show etc.).
- (transitive) To put out of use or operation.
- (transitive, baseball, pitching) To make the final outs, usually three, of a game.
- (transitive, intransitive, especially sports) To angle (a club, bat or other hitting implement) downwards and/or (for a right-hander) anticlockwise of straight.
- (intransitive) To cease operation or cease to be available.
- (transitive, intransitive, electricity, of a switch, fuse or circuit breaker) To move to a position allowing electricity to flow.
- (transitive, intransitive, engineering, gas and liquid flow, of valve or damper) To move to a position preventing fluid from flowing.
- (surveying) To have a vector sum of 0; that is, to form a closed polygon.
- (figuratively, transitive, intransitive) To make or become unreceptive.
- (ergative, marketing) To conclude (a sale).
- (intransitive) To do the tasks (putting things away, locking doors, etc.) required to prepare a store or other establishment to shut down for the night.
- (ergative, computing) To terminate an application, window, file or database connection, etc.
- (intransitive, of a business, market etc.) To cease trading for the day, or permanently.
- (transitive, finance) To cancel or reverse (a trading position).
- (chiefly figurative) To come or gather around; to enclose.
- (transitive) To end or conclude.
adj
- Severe in discipline.
- (set theory, order theory) Irreflexive; if the described object is defined to be reflexive, that condition is overridden and replaced with irreflexive.
- Tense; not relaxed.
- (botany) Upright, or straight and narrow; — said of the shape of the plants or their flower clusters.
- Strained; drawn close; tight.
- Exact; accurate; precise; rigorously particular.
- Governed or governing by exact rules; observing exact rules; severe; rigorous.
- Rigidly interpreted; exactly limited; confined; restricted.
- (of rules) stringently enforced
- severe and unremitting in making demands
- characterized by strictness, severity, or restraint
- incapable of compromise or flexibility
- rigidly accurate; allowing no deviation from a standard
noun
- A very high level of intensity.
- (cricket) A cricket team of eleven players. Hence first eleven - the team of best cricket players (at a school), second eleven - the "B" team, etc.
- (soccer, American football) A football team of eleven players; the starting lineup.
- (Internet, slang, sarcastic) Deliberate misspelling of !!, used to amplify an exclamation, imitating someone who forgets to press the shift key while typing exclamation points.
- An exceptional specimen, (particularly) a physically attractive person.
- a team that plays football
- the cardinal number that is the sum of ten and one
num
adj
noun
- (uncountable) Concentration of attention.
- (countable, seismology) The exact point of where an earthquake occurs, in three dimensions (underneath the epicentre).
- (countable, optics) A point at which reflected or refracted rays of light converge.
- (ichthyology) The centre of an older fish's scale, which is the point where a younger fish's scale starts to grow from.
- (countable, geometry) A point of a conic at which rays reflected from a curve or surface converge.
- (countable) Something to which activity, attention or interest is primarily directed.
- (linguistics) The most important word or phrase in a sentence or passage, or the one that imparts information.
- An object used in casting a magic spell.
- (uncountable, photography, cinematography) The quality of the convergence of light on the photographic medium.
- (graphical user interface) The status of being the currently active element in a user interface, often indicated by a visual highlight.
- (uncountable, photography, cinematography) The fact of the convergence of light on the photographic medium.
- maximum clarity or distinctness of an image rendered by an optical system
- a point of convergence of light (or other radiation) or a point from which it diverges
- special emphasis attached to something
- a fixed reference point on the concave side of a conic section
- maximum clarity or distinctness of an idea
- a central point or locus of an infection in an organism
- the concentration of attention or energy on something
verb
- (transitive, optics) To adjust (a lens, an optical instrument) in order to position an image with respect to the focal plane.
- (computing, graphical user interface, transitive) To transfer the input focus to (a visual element), so that it receives subsequent input.
- (transitive) To cause (rays of light, etc) to converge at a single point.
- (transitive) To direct attention, effort, or energy to a particular audience or task.
- (intransitive) To concentrate one’s attention.
- (accounting, formerly) To aggregate figures of accounts.
- (intransitive, optics, of a lens, optical instrument, etc.) To adjust itself or be adjusted such that light from a scene converges appropriately to create a clear image.
- (intransitive, followed by on or upon) To concentrate one's attention on something; to have as one's central point of interest, concern, etc.
- put (an image) into focus
- direct one's attention on something
- bring into focus or alignment; to converge or cause to converge; of ideas or emotions
- cause to converge on or toward a central point
- become focussed or come into focus
noun
- The quality of being intense.
- high level or degree; the property of being intense
- (astronomy) Synonym of radiance.
- (geology) The severity of an earthquake in terms of its effects on the earth's surface, and buildings. The value depends on the distance from the epicentre, and is not to be confused with the magnitude.
- (physics) Time-averaged energy flux (the ratio of average power to the area through which the power "flows"); irradiance.
- The degree of strength.
- (optics) Can mean any of radiant intensity, luminous intensity or irradiance.
- chromatic purity: freedom from dilution with white and hence vivid in hue
- the magnitude of sound (usually in a specified direction)
- the amount of energy transmitted (as by acoustic or electromagnetic radiation)
noun
- complete attention; intense mental effort
- the process of absorbing nutrients into the body after digestion
- the mental state of being preoccupied by something
- the social process of absorbing one cultural group into harmony with another
- (chemistry) a process in which one substance permeates another; a fluid permeates or is dissolved by a liquid or solid
- (physics) the process in which incident radiated energy is retained without reflection or transmission on passing through a medium
- Mental assimilation.
- Entire engrossment or occupation of the mind.
- (meteorology) The process in which incident radiant energy is retained by a substance (such as an air mass) by conversion to some other form of energy (such as heat).
- (physical chemistry, physics) the imbibing or reception by molecular or chemical action, of radiant energy; the process of being neutrons being absorbed by the nucleus; interception.
- (physiology) in living organisms, the process by which the materials of growth and nutrition are absorbed and conveyed to the tissues and organs; taking in by various means, such as by osmosis.
- The act or process of absorbing or of being absorbed as,
- assimilation; incorporation.
- (electrical engineering) The retaining of electrical energy for a short time after it has been introduced to the dielectric.
noun
- complete attention; intense mental effort
- bringing together military forces
- the spatial property of being crowded together
- increase in density
- great and constant diligence and attention
- strengthening the concentration (as of a solute in a mixture) by removing diluting material
- the strength of a solution; number of molecules of a substance in a given volume
- The direction of attention to a specific object.
- (physical chemistry) The amount of solute in a solution measured in suitable units (e.g., parts per million (ppm))
- The matching game pelmanism.
- The act, process or product of reducing the volume of a liquid, as by evaporation.
- The act or process of removing the dress of ore and of reducing the valuable part to smaller compass, as by currents of air or water.
- A field or course of study on which one focuses, especially as a student in a college or university.
- The act, process or ability of concentrating; the process of becoming concentrated, or the state of being concentrated.
- The proportion of a substance in a whole.
noun
- complete attention; intense mental effort
- the quality of being intent and concentrated
- the mental state of being preoccupied by something
- (uncountable) The state of being engrossed; concentration or preoccupation.
- (countable, law, informal) Such document that has not yet been executed or completed.
- (countable, law) The fact or instance of preparing the final draft legal document for execution or completion.
noun
- complete attention; intense mental effort
- a form of baptism in which part or all of a person's body is submerged
- (astronomy) the disappearance of a celestial body prior to an eclipse
- the act of wetting something by submerging it
- sinking until covered completely with water
- (mathematics) A smooth map whose differential is everywhere injective, related to the mathematical concept of an embedding.
- (art) A creative relationship with one's social and ecological environment as practiced by the Brooklyn Immersionists.
- Deep engagement in something.
- (education) A form of foreign-language teaching where the language is used intensively to teach other subjects to a student.
- The total submerging of a person in water as an act of baptism.
- (astronomy) The disappearance of a celestial body, by passing either behind another, as in the occultation of a star, or into its shadow, as in the eclipse of a satellite.
- (British, Ireland, informal) An immersion heater.
- One's suspension of disbelief while reading, playing a video game, etc. The experience of losing oneself in a fictional world.
noun
- One who concentrates.
- (firearms) A frame or ring of wire or hard paper fitting into the cartridge case used in some shotguns, and holding the shot together when discharged, to secure close shooting; also, a device for slightly narrowing the bore at the muzzle for the same purpose.
- (telecommunications) A hub.
- (mining) An apparatus for the separation of dry comminuted ore, by exposing it to intermittent puffs of air.
adv
intj
adj
- intensely focused
- (of light) transmitted directly from a pointed light source
- of or relating to a solution whose dilution has been reduced
- being the most concentrated solution possible at a given temperature; unable to dissolve still more of a substance
- gathered together or made less diffuse
- Intense; directed towards a specific location.
- Not dilute; having a high concentration.
verb
adj
- Intense; extremely intense.
- Beyond hope, leaving little reason for hope; causing despair; extremely perilous.
- Being filled with, or in a state of, despair; hopeless.
- In dire need (of something); having a dire need or desire.
- Extremely bad; outrageous, shocking; intolerable.
- Involving or employing extreme measures, without regard to danger or safety; reckless due to hopelessness.
- showing extreme urgency or intensity especially because of great need or desire
- (of persons) dangerously reckless or violent as from urgency or despair
- fraught with extreme danger; nearly hopeless
- desperately determined
- arising from or marked by despair or loss of hope
- showing extreme courage; especially of actions courageously undertaken in desperation as a last resort
adv
noun
adj
- Intent; focused; showing a lot of concentration.
- Strenuous; diligent.
- (said of an action or an utterance) Serious, sincere, ingenuous.
- (with a positive sense) Focused in the pursuit of an objective; honestly eager to obtain or do.
- (said of a person or a person's character) Possessing or characterised by seriousness.
- Serious; weighty; of a serious, weighty, or important nature; important.
- characterized by a firm and humorless belief in the validity of your opinions
- not distracted by anything unrelated to the goal
- sincerely earnest
noun
verb
adj
- In the greatest or highest degree; intense.
- Of sports, difficult or dangerous; performed in a hazardous environment.
- Drastic, or of great severity.
- Excessive, or far beyond the norm.
- Of a place, the most remote, farthest or outermost.
- of the greatest possible degree or extent or intensity
- beyond a norm in views or actions
- most distant in any direction
- far beyond a norm in quantity or amount or degree; to an utmost degree
noun
- A drastic expedient.
- (mathematics) Either of the two numbers at the ends of a proportion, as 1 and 6 in 1:2=3:6.
- Each of the things at opposite ends of a range or scale.
- The greatest or utmost point, degree, or condition.
- the point located farthest from the middle of something
- the furthest or highest degree of something
adj
noun
verb
adj
- Having an extreme dedication to a certain activity.
- Resistant to change.
- So hard as to require extreme dedication to complete.
- Obscene or explicit.
- (pornography) Depicting penetration and abnormal sexual activity.
- (music) Faster or more intense than the regular style.
- (colloquial) Particularly intense; thrillingly dangerous or erratic; desirably violent in appearance; pleasing or "cool" due to intensity or danger.
- intensely loyal
- extremely explicit
adv
noun
adj
noun
- The act by which something is stretched.
- A form of physical exercise in which a specific skeletal muscle (or muscle group) is deliberately elongated to its fullest length in order to improve the muscle's felt elasticity and reaffirm comfortable muscle tone.
- act of expanding by lengthening or widening
- exercise designed to extend the limbs and muscles to their full extent
verb
adj
noun
adj
- rigorously attentive; strict and thorough
- not far distant in time or space or degree or circumstances
- close in relevance or relationship
- confined to specific persons
- crowded
- strictly confined or guarded
- at or within a short distance in space or time or having elements near each other
- lacking fresh air
- inclined to secrecy or reticence about divulging information
- (of a contest or contestants) evenly matched
- of textiles
- marked by fidelity to an original
- used of hair or haircuts
- fitting closely but comfortably
- giving or spending with reluctance
- (archaic outside certain phrases) Physically narrow or confined.
- At little distance; near in space or time.
- Intimate or immediate in personal relationship.
- Nearly equal; almost evenly balanced; almost exactly matching.
- Carefully done, detailed.
- Accurate; precise.
- (Ireland, UK, weather) Hot, humid, with no wind.
- Tight, with little space separating components or elements.
- (linguistics, phonetics, of a vowel) Articulated with the tongue body relatively close to the hard palate.
- Strictly confined; carefully guarded.
- Tightly restricted in availability.
- Almost, but not quite (getting to an answer, goal, or other state); near.
- (law) Of a corporation or other business entity, closely held.
- Attentive; undeviating; strict.
- (in particular) Almost resulting in disaster.
- (heraldry, of a bird) With its wings at its side, closed, held near to its body (typically also statant); (of wings) in this posture.
- Short.
- Oppressive; without motion or ventilation; causing a feeling of lassitude.
- Involving a tight connection; involving frequent communication, shared or cooperative activity, etc.
- Marked, evident.
- Adhering strictly to a standard or original; exact or nearly so.
noun
- the last section of a communication
- the temporal end; the concluding time
- the concluding part of any performance
- (chiefly British) A street that ends in a dead end.
- A cathedral close.
- (music) The conclusion of a strain of music; cadence.
- An end or conclusion.
- (aviation, travel) The time when check-in staff will no longer accept passengers for a flight.
- The manner of shutting; the union of parts; junction.
- (Scotland) The common staircase in a tenement.
- (music) A double bar marking the end.
- (sales) The point at the end of a sales pitch when the consumer is asked to buy.
- (Scotland) A very narrow alley between two buildings, often overhung by one of the buildings above the ground floor.
- (law) The interest which one may have in a piece of ground, even though it is not enclosed
- A grapple in wrestling.
adv
verb
- come to a close
- draw near
- change one's body stance so that the forward shoulder and foot are closer to the intended point of impact
- be priced or listed when trading stops
- unite or bring into contact or bring together the edges of
- cease to operate or cause to cease operating
- move so that an opening or passage is obstructed; make shut
- complete a business deal, negotiation, or an agreement
- cause a window or an application to disappear on a computer desktop
- fill or stop up
- come together, as if in an embrace
- become closed
- bar access to
- finish a game in baseball by protecting a lead
- finish or terminate (meetings, speeches, etc.)
- engage at close quarters
- bring together all the elements or parts of
- (intransitive) To become denser or more crowded with objects.
- (intransitive) To finish; to come to an end.
- To grapple; to engage in close combat.
- (ambitransitive) To move a thing, or part of a thing, nearer to another so that the gap or opening between the two is removed.
- (Philippines, Quebec, Greece, Cyprus) To turn off; to switch off.
- (transitive) To obstruct or block.
- (transitive) To perform as the final act at (a show etc.).
- (transitive) To put out of use or operation.
- (transitive, baseball, pitching) To make the final outs, usually three, of a game.
- (transitive, intransitive, especially sports) To angle (a club, bat or other hitting implement) downwards and/or (for a right-hander) anticlockwise of straight.
- (intransitive) To cease operation or cease to be available.
- (transitive, intransitive, electricity, of a switch, fuse or circuit breaker) To move to a position allowing electricity to flow.
- (transitive, intransitive, engineering, gas and liquid flow, of valve or damper) To move to a position preventing fluid from flowing.
- (surveying) To have a vector sum of 0; that is, to form a closed polygon.
- (figuratively, transitive, intransitive) To make or become unreceptive.
- (ergative, marketing) To conclude (a sale).
- (intransitive) To do the tasks (putting things away, locking doors, etc.) required to prepare a store or other establishment to shut down for the night.
- (ergative, computing) To terminate an application, window, file or database connection, etc.
- (intransitive, of a business, market etc.) To cease trading for the day, or permanently.
- (transitive, finance) To cancel or reverse (a trading position).
- (chiefly figurative) To come or gather around; to enclose.
- (transitive) To end or conclude.
adj
- Severe in discipline.
- (set theory, order theory) Irreflexive; if the described object is defined to be reflexive, that condition is overridden and replaced with irreflexive.
- Tense; not relaxed.
- (botany) Upright, or straight and narrow; — said of the shape of the plants or their flower clusters.
- Strained; drawn close; tight.
- Exact; accurate; precise; rigorously particular.
- Governed or governing by exact rules; observing exact rules; severe; rigorous.
- Rigidly interpreted; exactly limited; confined; restricted.
- (of rules) stringently enforced
- severe and unremitting in making demands
- characterized by strictness, severity, or restraint
- incapable of compromise or flexibility
- rigidly accurate; allowing no deviation from a standard