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- A chimney pot.
- (childish or vulgar, slang, Canada, US) Buttocks.
- (slang) Jail or prison.
- (US, slang) An ounce (or sometimes, two ounces) of marijuana.
- A protective cover for the fuel element in a nuclear reactor.
- (slang, in the plural) An E-meter used in Scientology auditing.
- (vulgar, slang, Canada, US) The breasts of a woman.
- (slang, in the plural) Headphones.
- A sealed metal container, cylindrical or cuboid in form, typically used to store preserved foods.
- A container used to carry and dispense water for plants (a watering can).
- A container or vessel, especially for liquids, usually made of metal.
- (nautical) A cylindrical buoy or marker used to denote a port-side lateral mark
- a room or building equipped with one or more toilets
- a buoy with a round bottom and conical top
- airtight sealed metal container for food or drink or paint etc.
- the quantity contained in a can
- the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on
- a plumbing fixture for defecation and urination
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- (transitive) To seal in a can.
- (Manglish, Singlish, intransitive) To be fine or acceptable; to be possible; (with liao or already) to be enough. Often used in conjunction with a variety of clause-final particles, e.g., lah, meh or one, to express different attitudes towards the subject matter.
- (transitive) To preserve by heating and sealing in a jar or can.
- (modal auxiliary verb, defective, informal) Used to form requests, typically polite.
- (modal auxiliary verb, defective) To have the potential to; to be possible for (someone or something) to.
- (transitive) To cover (the fuel element in a nuclear reactor) with a protective cover.
- (auxiliary verb, defective) To know how to.
- (transitive) To discard, scrap or terminate (an idea, project, etc.).
- (India, nonstandard, proscribed) To be (followed by a word like able, possible, allowed). third-person singular simple present indicative of can
- (golf, slang, transitive) To hole the ball.
- (auxiliary verb, defective) To be able to.
- (Manglish, Singlish, auxiliary or intransitive) To be able to or know how to (do something); an accompanying verb is not required if it is already inferable from context.
- (US, euphemistic, transitive) To fire or dismiss an employee.
- (modal auxiliary verb, defective, informal) May; to be permitted or enabled to.
- (transitive, slang) To shut up.
- terminate the employment of; discharge from an office or position
- preserve in a can or tin
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- (of a chimney) The lower edge of a fire-clay lining piece.
- The setting about of an action; development; progress.
- (dialectal) A heavy fall of rain or snow; cloudburst.
- The commencement or initial stages of a business, especially of one which requires great exertion.
- (dialectal) A mysterious disease or ailment.
- An attack; an attack or onset of a disease, fit, or episode.
- Advent, arrival, approach; onset.
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- A cap or cowl for a chimney or ventilation pipe.
- A gusset in sewing, etc.
- A mitre shell
- (historical, numismatics) A 13th-century coin minted in Europe which circulated in Ireland as a debased counterfeit sterling penny, outlawed under Edward I.
- A covering for the head, worn on solemn occasions by church dignitaries, which has been made in many forms, mostly recently a tall cap with two points or peaks.
- (geometry, rare) A square with one triangular quarter missing from the outside.
- The surface forming the bevelled end or edge of a piece where a miter joint is made; also, a joint formed or a junction effected by two beveled ends or edges; a miter joint.
- the surface of a beveled end of a piece where a miter joint is made
- joint that forms a corner; usually both sides are bevelled at a 45-degree angle to form a 90-degree corner
- a liturgical headdress worn by bishops on formal occasions
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- The opening of a chimney for the passage of smoke; a flue.
- (mining) A level passage driven across the measures, or at right angles to veins which it is desired to reach; distinguished from the drift, or gangway, which is led along the vein when reached by the tunnel.
- A vessel with a broad mouth at one end, a pipe or tube at the other, for conveying liquor, fluids, etc., into casks, bottles, or other vessels; a funnel.
- A hole in the ground made by an animal, a burrow.
- (figurative) Anything that resembles a tunnel.
- An underground or underwater passage.
- (computing, networking) A wrapper for a protocol that cannot otherwise be used because it is unsupported, blocked, or insecure.
- A passage through or under some obstacle.
- a hole made by an animal, usually for shelter
- a passageway through or under something, usually underground (especially one for trains or cars)
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- (physics) To undergo the quantum-mechanical phenomenon where a particle penetrates through a barrier that it classically cannot surmount.
- (transitive) To make a tunnel through or under something; to burrow.
- (transitive, medicine) To insert a catheter into a vein to allow long-term use.
- (intransitive) To dig a tunnel.
- (computing, networking) To transmit something through a tunnel (wrapper for an insecure or unsupported protocol).
- move through by or as by digging
- force a way through
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- A long sheet-metal pipe for a chimney top.
- (US) A tall beer can, either 16 or 24 ounces (473 or 710ml).
- (furniture) A tall chest of drawers, or combination of chest on chest, or chest with a small wardrobe on top. Usually with low bracket feet but always resulting in a tall piece of furniture.
- A kind of long-stemmed wineglass or cup.
- (nautical) A kind of sail, a spanker.
- a tall chest of drawers divided into two sections and supported on four legs
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- chimney consisting of a metal pipe of large diameter that is used to connect a stove to a flue
- Sheet-metal tubing used as a chimney for a stove or furnace.
- a man's hat with a tall crown; usually covered with silk or with beaver fur
- (military slang, World War I– World War II) A trench mortar such as the Stokes mortar.
- A channel for information which is compartmentalized in such a manner that some parties who might be interested in its use or able to make use of it are restricted from accessing it.
- (clothing) A stovepipe hat.
- (firearms) A type of malfunction affecting breechloading firearms, where a spent cartridge casing fails to eject completely, instead becoming stuck in the firearm's ejection port, usually oriented vertically or nearly so.
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- (transitive, idiomatic) To collect or store (information) in a compartmentalized manner, so that some parties who might be interested in its use or able to make use of it are restricted from accessing it.
- (intransitive, firearms) Of a cartridge case, to become wedged vertically in the ejection port of a breechloading firearm, rather than ejecting completely from the weapon.
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- A usually hood-shaped covering used to increase the draft of a chimney and prevent backflow.
- (nautical) A vertical projection of a ship's funnel that directs the smoke away from the bridge.
- A monk's hood that can be pulled forward to cover the face; a robe with such a hood attached to it.
- (metonymic) A monk.
- (nautical) A ship's ventilator with a bell-shaped top which can be swivelled to catch the wind and force it below.
- A mask that covers the majority of the head.
- A caul (the amnion which encloses the foetus before birth, especially that part of it which sometimes shrouds a baby’s head at birth).
- A thin protective covering over all or part of an engine; also cowling.
- a loose hood or hooded robe (as worn by a monk)
- protective covering consisting of a metal part that covers the engine
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- A kind of wooden vane or cowl in a chimney which revolves according to the direction of the wind and prevents smoking.
- An oblique or sideways movement.
- A squint or sidelong glance.
- A bias or distortion in a particular direction.
- Something that has an oblique or slanted position.
- (chiefly Scotland, architecture) The coping of a gable.
- (statistics) A state of asymmetry in a distribution; skewness.
- (chiefly Cornwall) A thick drizzling rain or driving mist.
- (electronics) A phenomenon in synchronous digital circuit systems (such as computers) in which the same sourced clock signal arrives at different components at different times.
- (architecture) A stone at the foot of the slope of a gable, the offset of a buttress, etc., cut with a sloping surface and with a check to receive the coping stones and retain them in place; a skew-corbel.
- A piece of rock lying in a slanting position and tapering upwards which overhangs a working-place in a mine and is liable to fall.
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- (not comparable) Neither parallel nor perpendicular to a certain line; askew.
- (comparable, statistics) Of a distribution: asymmetrical about its mean.
- (not comparable, geometry) Of two lines in three-dimensional space: neither intersecting nor parallel.
- having an oblique or slanting direction or position
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- (statistics) To cause (a distribution) to be asymmetrical.
- (intransitive) To look at obliquely; to squint; hence, to look slightingly or suspiciously.
- (transitive) To form or shape in an oblique way; to cause to take an oblique position.
- (transitive, Northumbria, Yorkshire) To hurl or throw.
- (transitive) To bias or distort in a particular direction.
- (intransitive) To move obliquely; to move sideways, to sidle; to lie obliquely.
- (intransitive) To jump back or sideways in fear or surprise; to shy, as a horse.
- turn or place at an angle
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- A metallic canopy, or projection, over an opening, as a fireplace, or a cowl or hood to increase the draught of a chimney, etc.
- (mycology) A mushroom of the genus Mycena.
- (Commonwealth, automotive) The hinged cover over the engine of a motor car.
- A small defence work at a salient angle; or a part of a parapet elevated to screen the other part from enfilade fire.
- (by extension) The polishing head of a power buffer, often made of wool.
- A traditional Scottish woollen brimless cap; a bunnet.
- (historical) A ducat, an old Scottish coin worth 40 shillings.
- A type of hat, once worn by women or children, held in place by ribbons tied under the chin.
- A roofing over the cage of a mine, to protect its occupants from objects falling down the shaft.
- The second stomach of a ruminant.
- A frame of wire netting over a locomotive chimney, to prevent escape of sparks.
- (nautical) A length of canvas attached to a fore-and-aft sail to increase the pulling power.
- In pumps, a metal covering for the openings in the valve chambers.
- a hat tied under the chin
- protective covering consisting of a metal part that covers the engine
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- A pot-shaped metal or earthenware extension of a flue above the top of a chimney: a chimney pot.
- (UK, horse-racing, slang) A favorite: a heavily-backed horse.
- (historical) Any of various traditional units of volume notionally based on the capacity of a pot.
- (slang, uncountable) Ruin or deterioration.
- A vessel used for brewing or serving drinks: a coffeepot or teapot.
- A crucible: a melting pot.
- A flat-bottomed vessel (usually metal) used for cooking food, possibly excluding saucepans (see usage notes).
- (slang, electronics) A simple electromechanical device used to control resistance or voltage (often to adjust sound volume) in an electronic device by rotating or sliding when manipulated by a human thumb, screwdriver, etc.
- (slang, uncountable) Marijuana.
- (chiefly East Midlands, Yorkshire) A plaster cast.
- (rail transport) A pot-shaped non-conducting (usually ceramic) stand that supports an electrified rail while insulating it from the ground.
- (roleplaying games, video games) Clipping of potion.
- (slang) Clipping of potbelly (“a pot-shaped belly, a paunch”).
- A perforated cask for draining sugar.
- A vessel (usually earthenware) used with a seal for storing food, such as a honeypot.
- (Maine) A pot-shaped trap used for catching lobsters or other seafood: a lobster pot.
- (archaic except in place names) Pothole, sinkhole, vertical cave.
- An allocation of money for a particular purpose.
- (historical) Alternative form of pott: a former size of paper, 12.5 × 15 inches.
- A shallow hole used in certain games played with marbles. The marbles placed in it are called potsies.
- (Australia, Queensland, Victoria, Tasmania) A glass of beer in Australia whose size varies regionally but is typically around 10 fl oz (285 mL).
- (historical) An iron hat with a broad brim worn as a helmet.
- (gambling, poker) The money available to be won in a hand of poker or a round of other games of chance; (figuratively) any sum of money being used as an enticement.
- (slang) Clipping of potshot (“a haphazard shot; an easy or cheap shot”).
- A vessel used to hold soil for growing plants, particularly flowers: a flowerpot.
- the quantity contained in a pot
- the cumulative amount involved in a game (such as poker)
- a container in which plants are cultivated
- street names for marijuana
- slang for a paunch
- metal or earthenware cooking vessel that is usually round and deep; often has a handle and lid
- a plumbing fixture for defecation and urination
- a resistor with three terminals, the third being an adjustable center terminal; used to adjust voltages in radios and TV sets
- (often followed by ‘of’) a large number or amount or extent
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- (electronics) To package a circuit by encasing it in resin.
- To put (something) into a pot.
- (transitive, British) To seat a person, usually a young child, on a potty or toilet, typically during toilet teaching.
- (transitive) To drain (e.g. sugar of the molasses) in a perforated cask.
- (snooker, pool, billiards, transitive) To cause a ball to fall into a pocket.
- (chiefly East Midlands) To apply a plaster cast to a broken limb.
- (rugby, transitive) To score (a drop goal).
- (transitive) To shoot with a firearm.
- To preserve by bottling or canning.
- (transitive, colloquial) To secure; gain; win; bag.
- (British) To send someone to jail, expeditiously.
- To catch (a fish, eel, etc) via a pot.
- (snooker, pool, billiards, intransitive) To be capable of being potted.
- (slang, broadcasting) To fade volume in or out by means of a potentiometer.
- plant in a pot
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- an open recess in a wall at the base of a chimney where a fire can be built
- A hearthstone, either as standalone or as the floor of an enclosed fireplace or oven.
- A fireplace: an open recess in a wall at the base of a chimney where a fire may be built.
- home symbolized as a part of the fireplace
- an area near a fireplace (usually paved and extending out into a room)
- (Germanic paganism) A household or group in some forms of the modern pagan faith Heathenry.
- The place in a home where a fire is or was traditionally kept for home heating and for cooking, usually constituted by at least a hearthstone and often enclosed to varying degrees by any combination of reredos, fireplace, oven, smoke hood, or chimney.
- (figurative) Home or family life.
- A brazier, chafing dish, or firebox.
- The lowest part of a metallurgical furnace.
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- a low metal framework in front of a fireplace, intended to catch hot coals, soot, and ash
- (US) a shield, usually of plastic or metal, on a bicycle that protects the rider from mud or water
- (nautical) any shaped cushion-like object normally made from polymers, rubber or wood that is placed along the sides of a boat to prevent damage when moored alongside another vessel or jetty, or when using a lock, etc. Modern variations are cylindrical although older wooden version and rubbing strips can still be found; old tyres are used as a cheap substitute
- (US) panel of a car which encloses the wheel area, especially the front wheels.
- a cushion-like device that reduces shock due to an impact
- an inclined metal frame at the front of a locomotive to clear the track
- a barrier that surrounds the wheels of a vehicle to block splashing water or mud
- a low metal guard to confine falling coals to a hearth
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- A furnace or heat source for a building.
- (rail transport) An overheated axle box, bearing and bearing enclosure.
- A cold frame containing compost that provides a limited amount of warmth.
- A container maintained at elevated temperatures in order to heat or cook its contents.
- A room or house that becomes unbearably hot inside when the weather is hot.
- A small, hot, enclosure, used as a punishment for slaves or prisoners.
- (slang) A sexy woman.
- A room or compartment that is kept artificially warm for some purpose.
- A gas manifold that diverts hot gasses into a heat exchanger.
- A storage container for personal belongings of employees who are hot desking.
- A small, airtight space where people smoke marijuana in order to intensify the high.
- An oven.
- A location where controversial ideas are discussed or practiced.
- An incubator.
- (engineering) An overheated shaft bearing.
- (graphical user interface) A context-sensitive dialog that duplicates many of the commands on the menu for users of the Maya Embedded Language.
- A box for hot composting.
- A soundproof box used to hold a camera in order to prevent the sound of its operation interfering with the recording of a film.
- a journal bearing (as of a railroad car) that has overheated
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- (slang) To put out a cigarette just before entering a vehicle, then expel smoke in the vehicle.
- (slang) To fart in a small confined area, such as the inside of a car.
- (slang) To smoke a cigarette vigorously and rapidly.
- (transitive, slang) To smoke marijuana in a small confined area, such as the inside of a car, until it is full of smoke, thereby intensifying the drug's effects.
noun
- A conduit through which exhaust gases are conducted to a chimney.
- (nautical) A rope used to secure a cannon.
- (slang) A beating or flogging.
- (historical) The ceremony of dressing a boy in trousers for the first time.
- (equestrianism) A component of horse harness or tack, enabling the horse to hold back a vehicle.
noun
- a large tall chimney through which combustion gases and smoke can be evacuated
- an orderly pile
- a storage device that handles data so that the next item to be retrieved is the item most recently stored (LIFO)
- a list in which the next item to be removed is the item most recently stored (LIFO)
- (often followed by ‘of’) a large number or amount or extent
- (video games) The quantity of a given item which fills up an inventory slot or bag.
- A smokestack.
- (military) A pile of rifles or muskets in a cone shape.
- (poker) The amount of money a player has on the table.
- (bodybuilding) A blend of various dietary supplements or anabolic steroids with supposed synergistic benefits.
- (geology) A coastal landform, consisting of a large vertical column of rock in the sea.
- A pile of wood containing 108 cubic feet. (~3 m³)
- (UK) A pile of poles or wood, indefinite in quantity.
- (computing, often with "the") A stack data structure stored in main memory that is manipulated during machine language procedure call related instructions.
- (Australia, slang) A fall or crash, a prang.
- A vertical drainpipe.
- A pile of similar objects, each directly on top of the last.
- (figuratively) A large amount of an object.
- (programming) A linear data structure in which items inserted are removed in reverse order (the last item inserted is the first one to be removed).
- (mathematics) A generalization of schemes in algebraic geometry and of sheaves.
- (aviation) A holding pattern, with aircraft circling one above the other as they wait to land.
- An extensive collection
- (library) Compactly spaced bookshelves used to house large collections of books.
- A large pile of hay, grain, straw, or the like, larger at the bottom than the top, sometimes covered with thatch.
- A combination of interdependent, yet individually replaceable, software components or technologies used together on a system.
- A number of flues embodied in one structure, rising above the roof.
- (networking) An implementation of a protocol suite (set of protocols forming a layered architecture).
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- load or cover with stacks
- arrange in stacks
- arrange the order of so as to increase one's winning chances
- (transitive, US, Australia, slang) To crash; to fall.
- (transitive, card games) To arrange the cards in a deck in a particular manner, especially for cheating.
- (transitive, by extension) To arrange or fix to obtain an advantage; to deliberately distort the composition of (an assembly, committee, etc.).
- (gaming) To operate cumulatively.
- (aviation, transitive) To place (aircraft) into a holding pattern.
- (transitive) To arrange in a stack, or to add to an existing stack.
- (transitive, poker) To take all the money another player currently has on the table.
- (printing) To have excessive ink transfer.
- (informal, intransitive) To collect precious metal in the form of various small objects such as coins and bars.
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- A covering of non-conducting material on the outside of a boiler, or steam chamber, to prevent radiation of heat.
- Any of a wide variety of articles, usually made of fabrics, animal hair, animal skin, or some combination thereof, used to cover the human body for warmth, to preserve modesty, or for fashion.
- An act or instance of putting clothes on.
- a covering designed to be worn on a person's body
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- metal supports for logs in a fireplace
- A metal support for logs in a fireplace.
- a hinged catch that fits into a notch of a ratchet to move a wheel forward or prevent it from moving backward
- someone who is morally reprehensible
- a member of the genus Canis (probably descended from the common wolf) that has been domesticated by man since prehistoric times; occurs in many breeds
- a dull unattractive unpleasant girl or woman
- informal term for a man
- a smooth-textured sausage of minced beef or pork usually smoked; often served on a bread roll
- (Cockney rhyming slang) (from "dog and bone") Phone or mobile phone.
- (preceded by definite article) A dance having a brief vogue in the 1960s in which the actions of a dog were mimicked.
- Any member of the family Canidae, including domestic dogs, wolves, coyotes, jackals, and their relatives (extant and extinct).
- (often attributive) A male dog, wolf, or fox, as opposed to a bitch or vixen.
- One of the cones used to divide up a racetrack when training horses.
- (slang, derogatory) A dull, unattractive girl or woman.
- (derogatory) Someone who is cowardly, worthless, or morally reprehensible.
- A hot dog: a frankfurter, wiener, or similar sausage; or a sandwich made from this.
- (informal) Something that performs poorly.
- (slang, chiefly in the plural) Foot; toe.
- (transport, historical) A double-ended side spike driven through a hole in the flange of a rail on a tramway.
- A click or pallet adapted to engage the teeth of a ratchet wheel, to restrain the back action.
- The species Canis familiaris (sometimes designated Canis lupus familiaris), domesticated for thousands of years and of highly variable appearance because of human breeding.
- Any of various mechanical devices for holding, gripping, or fastening something, particularly with a tooth-like projection.
- (film) A flop; a film that performs poorly at the box office.
- (poker slang) An underdog.
- (cartomancy) The eighteenth Lenormand card.
- (slang) A sexually aggressive man.
- (slang) A man, guy, chap.
- (uncountable) The meat of this animal, eaten as food.
verb
- go after with the intent to catch
- (transitive, nautical) To fasten a hatch securely.
- (transitive, slang) To criticize.
- (intransitive, transitive) To intentionally restrict one's productivity as employee; to work at the slowest rate that goes unpunished.
- (transitive, military) To divide (a watch) with a comrade.
- (transitive) To pursue with the intent to catch.
- (transitive) To follow in an annoying or harassing way.
- (intransitive, emerging usage in British) To watch, or participate, in sexual activity in a public place.
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- Arranged in a stack.
- (slang) Having large muscles; buff.
- (slang) Unfairly constructed; rigged.
- (of volumes of materials) Measured stacked or organized (such as of firewood when in neat stacks), but with gaps between individual pieces.
- (video games) Having a large advantage as a result of accumulating many items and upgrades.
- (slang) Having large breasts.
- (slang) Wealthy.
- (sports, video games, of a team) Having many skilled players.
- (of a woman's body) having a large bosom and pleasing curves
- arranged in a stack
verb
noun
- A pile of materials to be heated in a controlled way, stacked or heaped together with fuel so that the fire permeates the pile; the material of interest may be bricks to be fired, ore for roasting, coal for coking, or wood to be charcoalized.
- (medicine) An instrument used to temporarily shut off blood vessels, etc.
- (electronics) An electronic circuit that fixes either the positive or the negative peak excursions of a signal to a defined value by shifting its DC value.
- A piece of wood (batten) across the grain of a board end to keep it flat, as in a breadboard.
- A brace, band, or clasp for strengthening or holding things that are apart together.
- (agriculture) A compact pile of agricultural produce (such as root vegetables or silage) used for temporary storage (often covered with straw, earth, or both).
- (UK) A parking enforcement device used to immobilise a car until it can be towed or a fine is paid; a wheel clamp.
- a device (generally used by carpenters) that holds things firmly together
verb
- (transitive) To hold or grip tightly.
- (transitive, intransitive) To fasten in place or together with (or as if with) a clamp.
- (transitive) To modify (a numeric value) so it lies within a specific range by replacing values outside the range with the closest value within the range.
- (transitive) To immobilise (a vehicle) by means of a wheel clamp.
- impose or inflict forcefully
- fasten or fix with a clamp
noun
- A chimney sweep.
- (martial arts) A throw or takedown that primarily uses the legs to attack an opponent's legs.
- A large oar used in small vessels, partly to propel them and partly to steer them.
- The compass of any turning body or of any motion.
- (rowing, attributive) A rowing style in which each rower rows with oar on either the port or starboard side.
- (possibly US, regional) The act of police removing a homeless encampment from a public space.
- A long pole, or piece of timber, moved on a horizontal fulcrum fixed to a tall post and used to raise and lower a bucket in a well for drawing water.
- Direction or departure of a curve, a road, an arch, etc. away from a rectilinear line.
- (card games) In the game casino, the act of capturing all face-up cards from the table.
- (aviation) The degree to which an aircraft's wings are angled backwards (or, occasionally, forwards) from their attachments to the fuselage.
- A flow of water parallel to shore caused by wave action at an ocean beach or at a point or headland.
- (cricket) A batsman's shot, played from a kneeling position with a swinging horizontal bat.
- The person who steers a dragon boat.
- (US, television) singular of sweeps (“viewership ratings”)
- An expanse or a swath, a strip of land.
- Any of several sea chubs in the family Kyphosidae (subfamily Scorpidinae).
- Violent and general destruction.
- (in the plural) The sweepings of workshops where precious metals are worked, containing filings, etc.
- A single action of sweeping.
- A lottery, usually on the results of a sporting event, where players win if their randomly chosen team wins.
- A person who stands at the stern of a surf boat, steering with a steering oar and commanding the crew.
- Any of the blades of a windmill.
- (metalworking) A movable template for making moulds, in loam moulding.
- A methodical search, typically for bugs (electronic listening devices).
- someone who cleans soot from chimneys
- winning all or all but one of the tricks in bridge
- a wide scope
- a movement in an arc
- (American football) an attempt to advance the ball by running around the end of the line
- a long oar used in an open boat
verb
- To carry with a long, swinging, or dragging motion; hence, to carry in a stately or proud fashion.
- (curling) To brush the ice in front of a moving stone, causing it to travel farther and to curl less.
- (intransitive, figuratively) To travel quickly.
- (cricket) To play a sweep shot.
- (sports, transitive) To defeat (a team) in a series without drawing or losing any of the games in that series.
- To brush against or over; to rub lightly along.
- To strike with a long stroke.
- (sports, transitive) To win (a series) without drawing or losing any of the games in that series.
- (rowing) To row with one oar to either the port or starboard side.
- To pass over, or traverse, with the eye or with an instrument of observation.
- (transitive, ergative) To move something in a long sweeping motion, as a broom.
- (nautical) To draw or drag something over.
- (Western Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana) To vacuum a carpet or rug.
- (military) To clear (a body of water or part thereof) of mines.
- (transitive) To remove something abruptly and thoroughly.
- (intransitive) To move through a (horizontal) arc or similar long stroke.
- (transitive) To clean (a surface) by means of a stroking motion of a broom or brush.
- (transitive) To search (a place) methodically.
- make a big sweeping gesture or movement
- move with sweeping, effortless, gliding motions
- to cover or extend over an area or time period
- cover the entire range of
- clean by sweeping
- win an overwhelming victory in or on
- sweep across or over
- sweep with a broom or as if with a broom
- force into some kind of situation, condition, or course of action
noun
- A low wall or vertical partition in the fire chamber of a furnace, for deflecting flame, etc.; a bridge wall.
- (electronics) An unintended solder connection between two or more components or pins.
- (networking) A system which connects two or more local area networks at layer 2 of OSI model.
- (usually) A card game played with four players playing as two teams of two players each.
- (cycling) The situation where a lone rider or small group of riders closes the space between them and the rider or group in front.
- (anatomy) The upper bony ridge of the human nose.
- (nautical) An elevated platform above the upper deck of a mechanically propelled ship from which it is navigated and from which all activities on deck can be seen and controlled by the captain, etc; smaller ships have a wheelhouse, and sailing ships were controlled from a quarterdeck.
- (music, lutherie) The piece, on string instruments, that supports the strings from the sounding board.
- (medicine) A rudimentary procedure before definite solution
- (gymnastics) A similar position in gymnastics.
- (poetry) A point in a line where a break in a word unit cannot occur.
- (bowling) The gap between the holes on a bowling ball
- (electronics) Any of several electrical devices that measure characteristics such as impedance and inductance by balancing different parts of a circuit
- Anything supported at the ends and serving to keep some other thing from resting upon the object spanned, as in engraving, watchmaking, etc., or which forms a platform or staging over which something passes or is conveyed.
- (dentistry) A prosthesis replacing one or several adjacent teeth.
- (physical chemistry) An intramolecular valence bond, atom or chain of atoms that connects two different parts of a molecule; the atoms so connected being bridgeheads.
- (billiards, snooker, pool) A cue modified with a convex arch-shaped notched head attached to the narrow end, used to support a player's (shooter's) cue for extended or tedious shots. Also called a spider.
- (biology) In turtles, the connection between the plastron and the carapace.
- (graph theory) An edge which, if removed, changes a connected graph to one that is not connected.
- A construction spanning a waterway, ravine, or valley from a height, allowing for the passage of vehicles, pedestrians, trains, etc.
- The part of a pair of glasses that connects the lenses.
- (billiards, snooker, pool) A particular form of one hand placed on the table to support the cue when making a shot in cue sports.
- (card games) Any of a certain family of trick-taking card games.
- (programming) A software component connecting two or more separate systems.
- (roller derby) An elongated chain of teammates, connected to the pack, for improved blocking potential.
- (computing) A device which connects two or more computer buses, typically in a transparent manner.
- (music) A contrasting section within a song that prepares for the return of the original material section.
- A solid crust of undissolved salt in a water softener.
- (wrestling) A defensive position in which the wrestler is supported by his feet and head, belly-up, in order to prevent touch-down of the shoulders and eventually to dislodge an opponent who has established a position on top.
- A day falling between two public holidays and consequently designated as an additional holiday.
- (card games) A form of cheating by which a card is cut by previously curving it by pressure of the hand.
- (diplomacy) A statement, such as an offer, that signals a possibility of accord.
- A connection, real or abstract.
- a denture anchored to teeth on either side of missing teeth
- something resembling a bridge in form or function
- the link between two lenses; rests on the nose
- a structure that allows people or vehicles to cross an obstacle such as a river or canal or railway etc.
- a wooden support that holds the strings up
- an upper deck where a ship is steered and the captain stands
- any of various card games based on whist for four players
- a circuit consisting of two branches (4 arms arranged in a diamond configuration) across which a meter is connected
- the hard ridge that forms the upper part of the nose
verb
- (music) To transition from one piece or section of music to another without stopping.
- To be or make a bridge over something.
- (roller derby) To employ the bridge tactic. (See Noun section.)
- (wrestling) To go to the bridge position.
- To span as if with a bridge.
- (computing, communication) To connect two or more computer buses, networks etc. with a bridge.
- connect or reduce the distance between
- make a bridge across
- cross over on a bridge
verb
noun
noun
- a vertical flue that provides a path through which smoke from a fire is carried away through the wall or roof of a building
- a glass flue surrounding the wick of an oil lamp
- A narrow cleft in a rock face; a narrow vertical cave passage.
- The glass flue surrounding the flame of an oil lamp.
- (vulgar, euphemistic) A vagina.
- (Northern Ireland, slang) A black eye; a shiner.
- (British) The smokestack of a steam locomotive.
- A vertical tube or hollow column used to emit environmentally polluting gaseous and solid matter (including but not limited to by-products of burning carbon- or hydrocarbon-based fuels); a flue.
verb
noun
adj
verb
noun
verb
noun
noun
- A chimney pot.
- (childish or vulgar, slang, Canada, US) Buttocks.
- (slang) Jail or prison.
- (US, slang) An ounce (or sometimes, two ounces) of marijuana.
- A protective cover for the fuel element in a nuclear reactor.
- (slang, in the plural) An E-meter used in Scientology auditing.
- (vulgar, slang, Canada, US) The breasts of a woman.
- (slang, in the plural) Headphones.
- A sealed metal container, cylindrical or cuboid in form, typically used to store preserved foods.
- A container used to carry and dispense water for plants (a watering can).
- A container or vessel, especially for liquids, usually made of metal.
- (nautical) A cylindrical buoy or marker used to denote a port-side lateral mark
- a room or building equipped with one or more toilets
- a buoy with a round bottom and conical top
- airtight sealed metal container for food or drink or paint etc.
- the quantity contained in a can
- the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on
- a plumbing fixture for defecation and urination
intj
particle
verb
- (transitive) To seal in a can.
- (Manglish, Singlish, intransitive) To be fine or acceptable; to be possible; (with liao or already) to be enough. Often used in conjunction with a variety of clause-final particles, e.g., lah, meh or one, to express different attitudes towards the subject matter.
- (transitive) To preserve by heating and sealing in a jar or can.
- (modal auxiliary verb, defective, informal) Used to form requests, typically polite.
- (modal auxiliary verb, defective) To have the potential to; to be possible for (someone or something) to.
- (transitive) To cover (the fuel element in a nuclear reactor) with a protective cover.
- (auxiliary verb, defective) To know how to.
- (transitive) To discard, scrap or terminate (an idea, project, etc.).
- (India, nonstandard, proscribed) To be (followed by a word like able, possible, allowed). third-person singular simple present indicative of can
- (golf, slang, transitive) To hole the ball.
- (auxiliary verb, defective) To be able to.
- (Manglish, Singlish, auxiliary or intransitive) To be able to or know how to (do something); an accompanying verb is not required if it is already inferable from context.
- (US, euphemistic, transitive) To fire or dismiss an employee.
- (modal auxiliary verb, defective, informal) May; to be permitted or enabled to.
- (transitive, slang) To shut up.
- terminate the employment of; discharge from an office or position
- preserve in a can or tin
noun
- (of a chimney) The lower edge of a fire-clay lining piece.
- The setting about of an action; development; progress.
- (dialectal) A heavy fall of rain or snow; cloudburst.
- The commencement or initial stages of a business, especially of one which requires great exertion.
- (dialectal) A mysterious disease or ailment.
- An attack; an attack or onset of a disease, fit, or episode.
- Advent, arrival, approach; onset.
verb
noun
- A cap or cowl for a chimney or ventilation pipe.
- A gusset in sewing, etc.
- A mitre shell
- (historical, numismatics) A 13th-century coin minted in Europe which circulated in Ireland as a debased counterfeit sterling penny, outlawed under Edward I.
- A covering for the head, worn on solemn occasions by church dignitaries, which has been made in many forms, mostly recently a tall cap with two points or peaks.
- (geometry, rare) A square with one triangular quarter missing from the outside.
- The surface forming the bevelled end or edge of a piece where a miter joint is made; also, a joint formed or a junction effected by two beveled ends or edges; a miter joint.
- the surface of a beveled end of a piece where a miter joint is made
- joint that forms a corner; usually both sides are bevelled at a 45-degree angle to form a 90-degree corner
- a liturgical headdress worn by bishops on formal occasions
verb
noun
- The opening of a chimney for the passage of smoke; a flue.
- (mining) A level passage driven across the measures, or at right angles to veins which it is desired to reach; distinguished from the drift, or gangway, which is led along the vein when reached by the tunnel.
- A vessel with a broad mouth at one end, a pipe or tube at the other, for conveying liquor, fluids, etc., into casks, bottles, or other vessels; a funnel.
- A hole in the ground made by an animal, a burrow.
- (figurative) Anything that resembles a tunnel.
- An underground or underwater passage.
- (computing, networking) A wrapper for a protocol that cannot otherwise be used because it is unsupported, blocked, or insecure.
- A passage through or under some obstacle.
- a hole made by an animal, usually for shelter
- a passageway through or under something, usually underground (especially one for trains or cars)
verb
- (physics) To undergo the quantum-mechanical phenomenon where a particle penetrates through a barrier that it classically cannot surmount.
- (transitive) To make a tunnel through or under something; to burrow.
- (transitive, medicine) To insert a catheter into a vein to allow long-term use.
- (intransitive) To dig a tunnel.
- (computing, networking) To transmit something through a tunnel (wrapper for an insecure or unsupported protocol).
- move through by or as by digging
- force a way through
noun
- A long sheet-metal pipe for a chimney top.
- (US) A tall beer can, either 16 or 24 ounces (473 or 710ml).
- (furniture) A tall chest of drawers, or combination of chest on chest, or chest with a small wardrobe on top. Usually with low bracket feet but always resulting in a tall piece of furniture.
- A kind of long-stemmed wineglass or cup.
- (nautical) A kind of sail, a spanker.
- a tall chest of drawers divided into two sections and supported on four legs
noun
intj
verb
noun
- chimney consisting of a metal pipe of large diameter that is used to connect a stove to a flue
- Sheet-metal tubing used as a chimney for a stove or furnace.
- a man's hat with a tall crown; usually covered with silk or with beaver fur
- (military slang, World War I– World War II) A trench mortar such as the Stokes mortar.
- A channel for information which is compartmentalized in such a manner that some parties who might be interested in its use or able to make use of it are restricted from accessing it.
- (clothing) A stovepipe hat.
- (firearms) A type of malfunction affecting breechloading firearms, where a spent cartridge casing fails to eject completely, instead becoming stuck in the firearm's ejection port, usually oriented vertically or nearly so.
verb
- (transitive, idiomatic) To collect or store (information) in a compartmentalized manner, so that some parties who might be interested in its use or able to make use of it are restricted from accessing it.
- (intransitive, firearms) Of a cartridge case, to become wedged vertically in the ejection port of a breechloading firearm, rather than ejecting completely from the weapon.
noun
- A usually hood-shaped covering used to increase the draft of a chimney and prevent backflow.
- (nautical) A vertical projection of a ship's funnel that directs the smoke away from the bridge.
- A monk's hood that can be pulled forward to cover the face; a robe with such a hood attached to it.
- (metonymic) A monk.
- (nautical) A ship's ventilator with a bell-shaped top which can be swivelled to catch the wind and force it below.
- A mask that covers the majority of the head.
- A caul (the amnion which encloses the foetus before birth, especially that part of it which sometimes shrouds a baby’s head at birth).
- A thin protective covering over all or part of an engine; also cowling.
- a loose hood or hooded robe (as worn by a monk)
- protective covering consisting of a metal part that covers the engine
adj
verb
noun
- A kind of wooden vane or cowl in a chimney which revolves according to the direction of the wind and prevents smoking.
- An oblique or sideways movement.
- A squint or sidelong glance.
- A bias or distortion in a particular direction.
- Something that has an oblique or slanted position.
- (chiefly Scotland, architecture) The coping of a gable.
- (statistics) A state of asymmetry in a distribution; skewness.
- (chiefly Cornwall) A thick drizzling rain or driving mist.
- (electronics) A phenomenon in synchronous digital circuit systems (such as computers) in which the same sourced clock signal arrives at different components at different times.
- (architecture) A stone at the foot of the slope of a gable, the offset of a buttress, etc., cut with a sloping surface and with a check to receive the coping stones and retain them in place; a skew-corbel.
- A piece of rock lying in a slanting position and tapering upwards which overhangs a working-place in a mine and is liable to fall.
adj
- (not comparable) Neither parallel nor perpendicular to a certain line; askew.
- (comparable, statistics) Of a distribution: asymmetrical about its mean.
- (not comparable, geometry) Of two lines in three-dimensional space: neither intersecting nor parallel.
- having an oblique or slanting direction or position
adv
verb
- (statistics) To cause (a distribution) to be asymmetrical.
- (intransitive) To look at obliquely; to squint; hence, to look slightingly or suspiciously.
- (transitive) To form or shape in an oblique way; to cause to take an oblique position.
- (transitive, Northumbria, Yorkshire) To hurl or throw.
- (transitive) To bias or distort in a particular direction.
- (intransitive) To move obliquely; to move sideways, to sidle; to lie obliquely.
- (intransitive) To jump back or sideways in fear or surprise; to shy, as a horse.
- turn or place at an angle
noun
- A metallic canopy, or projection, over an opening, as a fireplace, or a cowl or hood to increase the draught of a chimney, etc.
- (mycology) A mushroom of the genus Mycena.
- (Commonwealth, automotive) The hinged cover over the engine of a motor car.
- A small defence work at a salient angle; or a part of a parapet elevated to screen the other part from enfilade fire.
- (by extension) The polishing head of a power buffer, often made of wool.
- A traditional Scottish woollen brimless cap; a bunnet.
- (historical) A ducat, an old Scottish coin worth 40 shillings.
- A type of hat, once worn by women or children, held in place by ribbons tied under the chin.
- A roofing over the cage of a mine, to protect its occupants from objects falling down the shaft.
- The second stomach of a ruminant.
- A frame of wire netting over a locomotive chimney, to prevent escape of sparks.
- (nautical) A length of canvas attached to a fore-and-aft sail to increase the pulling power.
- In pumps, a metal covering for the openings in the valve chambers.
- a hat tied under the chin
- protective covering consisting of a metal part that covers the engine
verb
noun
- A pot-shaped metal or earthenware extension of a flue above the top of a chimney: a chimney pot.
- (UK, horse-racing, slang) A favorite: a heavily-backed horse.
- (historical) Any of various traditional units of volume notionally based on the capacity of a pot.
- (slang, uncountable) Ruin or deterioration.
- A vessel used for brewing or serving drinks: a coffeepot or teapot.
- A crucible: a melting pot.
- A flat-bottomed vessel (usually metal) used for cooking food, possibly excluding saucepans (see usage notes).
- (slang, electronics) A simple electromechanical device used to control resistance or voltage (often to adjust sound volume) in an electronic device by rotating or sliding when manipulated by a human thumb, screwdriver, etc.
- (slang, uncountable) Marijuana.
- (chiefly East Midlands, Yorkshire) A plaster cast.
- (rail transport) A pot-shaped non-conducting (usually ceramic) stand that supports an electrified rail while insulating it from the ground.
- (roleplaying games, video games) Clipping of potion.
- (slang) Clipping of potbelly (“a pot-shaped belly, a paunch”).
- A perforated cask for draining sugar.
- A vessel (usually earthenware) used with a seal for storing food, such as a honeypot.
- (Maine) A pot-shaped trap used for catching lobsters or other seafood: a lobster pot.
- (archaic except in place names) Pothole, sinkhole, vertical cave.
- An allocation of money for a particular purpose.
- (historical) Alternative form of pott: a former size of paper, 12.5 × 15 inches.
- A shallow hole used in certain games played with marbles. The marbles placed in it are called potsies.
- (Australia, Queensland, Victoria, Tasmania) A glass of beer in Australia whose size varies regionally but is typically around 10 fl oz (285 mL).
- (historical) An iron hat with a broad brim worn as a helmet.
- (gambling, poker) The money available to be won in a hand of poker or a round of other games of chance; (figuratively) any sum of money being used as an enticement.
- (slang) Clipping of potshot (“a haphazard shot; an easy or cheap shot”).
- A vessel used to hold soil for growing plants, particularly flowers: a flowerpot.
- the quantity contained in a pot
- the cumulative amount involved in a game (such as poker)
- a container in which plants are cultivated
- street names for marijuana
- slang for a paunch
- metal or earthenware cooking vessel that is usually round and deep; often has a handle and lid
- a plumbing fixture for defecation and urination
- a resistor with three terminals, the third being an adjustable center terminal; used to adjust voltages in radios and TV sets
- (often followed by ‘of’) a large number or amount or extent
verb
- (electronics) To package a circuit by encasing it in resin.
- To put (something) into a pot.
- (transitive, British) To seat a person, usually a young child, on a potty or toilet, typically during toilet teaching.
- (transitive) To drain (e.g. sugar of the molasses) in a perforated cask.
- (snooker, pool, billiards, transitive) To cause a ball to fall into a pocket.
- (chiefly East Midlands) To apply a plaster cast to a broken limb.
- (rugby, transitive) To score (a drop goal).
- (transitive) To shoot with a firearm.
- To preserve by bottling or canning.
- (transitive, colloquial) To secure; gain; win; bag.
- (British) To send someone to jail, expeditiously.
- To catch (a fish, eel, etc) via a pot.
- (snooker, pool, billiards, intransitive) To be capable of being potted.
- (slang, broadcasting) To fade volume in or out by means of a potentiometer.
- plant in a pot
noun
- an open recess in a wall at the base of a chimney where a fire can be built
- A hearthstone, either as standalone or as the floor of an enclosed fireplace or oven.
- A fireplace: an open recess in a wall at the base of a chimney where a fire may be built.
- home symbolized as a part of the fireplace
- an area near a fireplace (usually paved and extending out into a room)
- (Germanic paganism) A household or group in some forms of the modern pagan faith Heathenry.
- The place in a home where a fire is or was traditionally kept for home heating and for cooking, usually constituted by at least a hearthstone and often enclosed to varying degrees by any combination of reredos, fireplace, oven, smoke hood, or chimney.
- (figurative) Home or family life.
- A brazier, chafing dish, or firebox.
- The lowest part of a metallurgical furnace.
noun
- a low metal framework in front of a fireplace, intended to catch hot coals, soot, and ash
- (US) a shield, usually of plastic or metal, on a bicycle that protects the rider from mud or water
- (nautical) any shaped cushion-like object normally made from polymers, rubber or wood that is placed along the sides of a boat to prevent damage when moored alongside another vessel or jetty, or when using a lock, etc. Modern variations are cylindrical although older wooden version and rubbing strips can still be found; old tyres are used as a cheap substitute
- (US) panel of a car which encloses the wheel area, especially the front wheels.
- a cushion-like device that reduces shock due to an impact
- an inclined metal frame at the front of a locomotive to clear the track
- a barrier that surrounds the wheels of a vehicle to block splashing water or mud
- a low metal guard to confine falling coals to a hearth
verb
noun
- A furnace or heat source for a building.
- (rail transport) An overheated axle box, bearing and bearing enclosure.
- A cold frame containing compost that provides a limited amount of warmth.
- A container maintained at elevated temperatures in order to heat or cook its contents.
- A room or house that becomes unbearably hot inside when the weather is hot.
- A small, hot, enclosure, used as a punishment for slaves or prisoners.
- (slang) A sexy woman.
- A room or compartment that is kept artificially warm for some purpose.
- A gas manifold that diverts hot gasses into a heat exchanger.
- A storage container for personal belongings of employees who are hot desking.
- A small, airtight space where people smoke marijuana in order to intensify the high.
- An oven.
- A location where controversial ideas are discussed or practiced.
- An incubator.
- (engineering) An overheated shaft bearing.
- (graphical user interface) A context-sensitive dialog that duplicates many of the commands on the menu for users of the Maya Embedded Language.
- A box for hot composting.
- A soundproof box used to hold a camera in order to prevent the sound of its operation interfering with the recording of a film.
- a journal bearing (as of a railroad car) that has overheated
verb
- (slang) To put out a cigarette just before entering a vehicle, then expel smoke in the vehicle.
- (slang) To fart in a small confined area, such as the inside of a car.
- (slang) To smoke a cigarette vigorously and rapidly.
- (transitive, slang) To smoke marijuana in a small confined area, such as the inside of a car, until it is full of smoke, thereby intensifying the drug's effects.
noun
- A conduit through which exhaust gases are conducted to a chimney.
- (nautical) A rope used to secure a cannon.
- (slang) A beating or flogging.
- (historical) The ceremony of dressing a boy in trousers for the first time.
- (equestrianism) A component of horse harness or tack, enabling the horse to hold back a vehicle.
noun
- a large tall chimney through which combustion gases and smoke can be evacuated
- an orderly pile
- a storage device that handles data so that the next item to be retrieved is the item most recently stored (LIFO)
- a list in which the next item to be removed is the item most recently stored (LIFO)
- (often followed by ‘of’) a large number or amount or extent
- (video games) The quantity of a given item which fills up an inventory slot or bag.
- A smokestack.
- (military) A pile of rifles or muskets in a cone shape.
- (poker) The amount of money a player has on the table.
- (bodybuilding) A blend of various dietary supplements or anabolic steroids with supposed synergistic benefits.
- (geology) A coastal landform, consisting of a large vertical column of rock in the sea.
- A pile of wood containing 108 cubic feet. (~3 m³)
- (UK) A pile of poles or wood, indefinite in quantity.
- (computing, often with "the") A stack data structure stored in main memory that is manipulated during machine language procedure call related instructions.
- (Australia, slang) A fall or crash, a prang.
- A vertical drainpipe.
- A pile of similar objects, each directly on top of the last.
- (figuratively) A large amount of an object.
- (programming) A linear data structure in which items inserted are removed in reverse order (the last item inserted is the first one to be removed).
- (mathematics) A generalization of schemes in algebraic geometry and of sheaves.
- (aviation) A holding pattern, with aircraft circling one above the other as they wait to land.
- An extensive collection
- (library) Compactly spaced bookshelves used to house large collections of books.
- A large pile of hay, grain, straw, or the like, larger at the bottom than the top, sometimes covered with thatch.
- A combination of interdependent, yet individually replaceable, software components or technologies used together on a system.
- A number of flues embodied in one structure, rising above the roof.
- (networking) An implementation of a protocol suite (set of protocols forming a layered architecture).
verb
- load or cover with stacks
- arrange in stacks
- arrange the order of so as to increase one's winning chances
- (transitive, US, Australia, slang) To crash; to fall.
- (transitive, card games) To arrange the cards in a deck in a particular manner, especially for cheating.
- (transitive, by extension) To arrange or fix to obtain an advantage; to deliberately distort the composition of (an assembly, committee, etc.).
- (gaming) To operate cumulatively.
- (aviation, transitive) To place (aircraft) into a holding pattern.
- (transitive) To arrange in a stack, or to add to an existing stack.
- (transitive, poker) To take all the money another player currently has on the table.
- (printing) To have excessive ink transfer.
- (informal, intransitive) To collect precious metal in the form of various small objects such as coins and bars.
noun
- A covering of non-conducting material on the outside of a boiler, or steam chamber, to prevent radiation of heat.
- Any of a wide variety of articles, usually made of fabrics, animal hair, animal skin, or some combination thereof, used to cover the human body for warmth, to preserve modesty, or for fashion.
- An act or instance of putting clothes on.
- a covering designed to be worn on a person's body
verb
noun
- metal supports for logs in a fireplace
- A metal support for logs in a fireplace.
- a hinged catch that fits into a notch of a ratchet to move a wheel forward or prevent it from moving backward
- someone who is morally reprehensible
- a member of the genus Canis (probably descended from the common wolf) that has been domesticated by man since prehistoric times; occurs in many breeds
- a dull unattractive unpleasant girl or woman
- informal term for a man
- a smooth-textured sausage of minced beef or pork usually smoked; often served on a bread roll
- (Cockney rhyming slang) (from "dog and bone") Phone or mobile phone.
- (preceded by definite article) A dance having a brief vogue in the 1960s in which the actions of a dog were mimicked.
- Any member of the family Canidae, including domestic dogs, wolves, coyotes, jackals, and their relatives (extant and extinct).
- (often attributive) A male dog, wolf, or fox, as opposed to a bitch or vixen.
- One of the cones used to divide up a racetrack when training horses.
- (slang, derogatory) A dull, unattractive girl or woman.
- (derogatory) Someone who is cowardly, worthless, or morally reprehensible.
- A hot dog: a frankfurter, wiener, or similar sausage; or a sandwich made from this.
- (informal) Something that performs poorly.
- (slang, chiefly in the plural) Foot; toe.
- (transport, historical) A double-ended side spike driven through a hole in the flange of a rail on a tramway.
- A click or pallet adapted to engage the teeth of a ratchet wheel, to restrain the back action.
- The species Canis familiaris (sometimes designated Canis lupus familiaris), domesticated for thousands of years and of highly variable appearance because of human breeding.
- Any of various mechanical devices for holding, gripping, or fastening something, particularly with a tooth-like projection.
- (film) A flop; a film that performs poorly at the box office.
- (poker slang) An underdog.
- (cartomancy) The eighteenth Lenormand card.
- (slang) A sexually aggressive man.
- (slang) A man, guy, chap.
- (uncountable) The meat of this animal, eaten as food.
verb
- go after with the intent to catch
- (transitive, nautical) To fasten a hatch securely.
- (transitive, slang) To criticize.
- (intransitive, transitive) To intentionally restrict one's productivity as employee; to work at the slowest rate that goes unpunished.
- (transitive, military) To divide (a watch) with a comrade.
- (transitive) To pursue with the intent to catch.
- (transitive) To follow in an annoying or harassing way.
- (intransitive, emerging usage in British) To watch, or participate, in sexual activity in a public place.
adj
noun
- A pile of materials to be heated in a controlled way, stacked or heaped together with fuel so that the fire permeates the pile; the material of interest may be bricks to be fired, ore for roasting, coal for coking, or wood to be charcoalized.
- (medicine) An instrument used to temporarily shut off blood vessels, etc.
- (electronics) An electronic circuit that fixes either the positive or the negative peak excursions of a signal to a defined value by shifting its DC value.
- A piece of wood (batten) across the grain of a board end to keep it flat, as in a breadboard.
- A brace, band, or clasp for strengthening or holding things that are apart together.
- (agriculture) A compact pile of agricultural produce (such as root vegetables or silage) used for temporary storage (often covered with straw, earth, or both).
- (UK) A parking enforcement device used to immobilise a car until it can be towed or a fine is paid; a wheel clamp.
- a device (generally used by carpenters) that holds things firmly together
verb
- (transitive) To hold or grip tightly.
- (transitive, intransitive) To fasten in place or together with (or as if with) a clamp.
- (transitive) To modify (a numeric value) so it lies within a specific range by replacing values outside the range with the closest value within the range.
- (transitive) To immobilise (a vehicle) by means of a wheel clamp.
- impose or inflict forcefully
- fasten or fix with a clamp
noun
- A chimney sweep.
- (martial arts) A throw or takedown that primarily uses the legs to attack an opponent's legs.
- A large oar used in small vessels, partly to propel them and partly to steer them.
- The compass of any turning body or of any motion.
- (rowing, attributive) A rowing style in which each rower rows with oar on either the port or starboard side.
- (possibly US, regional) The act of police removing a homeless encampment from a public space.
- A long pole, or piece of timber, moved on a horizontal fulcrum fixed to a tall post and used to raise and lower a bucket in a well for drawing water.
- Direction or departure of a curve, a road, an arch, etc. away from a rectilinear line.
- (card games) In the game casino, the act of capturing all face-up cards from the table.
- (aviation) The degree to which an aircraft's wings are angled backwards (or, occasionally, forwards) from their attachments to the fuselage.
- A flow of water parallel to shore caused by wave action at an ocean beach or at a point or headland.
- (cricket) A batsman's shot, played from a kneeling position with a swinging horizontal bat.
- The person who steers a dragon boat.
- (US, television) singular of sweeps (“viewership ratings”)
- An expanse or a swath, a strip of land.
- Any of several sea chubs in the family Kyphosidae (subfamily Scorpidinae).
- Violent and general destruction.
- (in the plural) The sweepings of workshops where precious metals are worked, containing filings, etc.
- A single action of sweeping.
- A lottery, usually on the results of a sporting event, where players win if their randomly chosen team wins.
- A person who stands at the stern of a surf boat, steering with a steering oar and commanding the crew.
- Any of the blades of a windmill.
- (metalworking) A movable template for making moulds, in loam moulding.
- A methodical search, typically for bugs (electronic listening devices).
- someone who cleans soot from chimneys
- winning all or all but one of the tricks in bridge
- a wide scope
- a movement in an arc
- (American football) an attempt to advance the ball by running around the end of the line
- a long oar used in an open boat
verb
- To carry with a long, swinging, or dragging motion; hence, to carry in a stately or proud fashion.
- (curling) To brush the ice in front of a moving stone, causing it to travel farther and to curl less.
- (intransitive, figuratively) To travel quickly.
- (cricket) To play a sweep shot.
- (sports, transitive) To defeat (a team) in a series without drawing or losing any of the games in that series.
- To brush against or over; to rub lightly along.
- To strike with a long stroke.
- (sports, transitive) To win (a series) without drawing or losing any of the games in that series.
- (rowing) To row with one oar to either the port or starboard side.
- To pass over, or traverse, with the eye or with an instrument of observation.
- (transitive, ergative) To move something in a long sweeping motion, as a broom.
- (nautical) To draw or drag something over.
- (Western Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana) To vacuum a carpet or rug.
- (military) To clear (a body of water or part thereof) of mines.
- (transitive) To remove something abruptly and thoroughly.
- (intransitive) To move through a (horizontal) arc or similar long stroke.
- (transitive) To clean (a surface) by means of a stroking motion of a broom or brush.
- (transitive) To search (a place) methodically.
- make a big sweeping gesture or movement
- move with sweeping, effortless, gliding motions
- to cover or extend over an area or time period
- cover the entire range of
- clean by sweeping
- win an overwhelming victory in or on
- sweep across or over
- sweep with a broom or as if with a broom
- force into some kind of situation, condition, or course of action
noun
- A low wall or vertical partition in the fire chamber of a furnace, for deflecting flame, etc.; a bridge wall.
- (electronics) An unintended solder connection between two or more components or pins.
- (networking) A system which connects two or more local area networks at layer 2 of OSI model.
- (usually) A card game played with four players playing as two teams of two players each.
- (cycling) The situation where a lone rider or small group of riders closes the space between them and the rider or group in front.
- (anatomy) The upper bony ridge of the human nose.
- (nautical) An elevated platform above the upper deck of a mechanically propelled ship from which it is navigated and from which all activities on deck can be seen and controlled by the captain, etc; smaller ships have a wheelhouse, and sailing ships were controlled from a quarterdeck.
- (music, lutherie) The piece, on string instruments, that supports the strings from the sounding board.
- (medicine) A rudimentary procedure before definite solution
- (gymnastics) A similar position in gymnastics.
- (poetry) A point in a line where a break in a word unit cannot occur.
- (bowling) The gap between the holes on a bowling ball
- (electronics) Any of several electrical devices that measure characteristics such as impedance and inductance by balancing different parts of a circuit
- Anything supported at the ends and serving to keep some other thing from resting upon the object spanned, as in engraving, watchmaking, etc., or which forms a platform or staging over which something passes or is conveyed.
- (dentistry) A prosthesis replacing one or several adjacent teeth.
- (physical chemistry) An intramolecular valence bond, atom or chain of atoms that connects two different parts of a molecule; the atoms so connected being bridgeheads.
- (billiards, snooker, pool) A cue modified with a convex arch-shaped notched head attached to the narrow end, used to support a player's (shooter's) cue for extended or tedious shots. Also called a spider.
- (biology) In turtles, the connection between the plastron and the carapace.
- (graph theory) An edge which, if removed, changes a connected graph to one that is not connected.
- A construction spanning a waterway, ravine, or valley from a height, allowing for the passage of vehicles, pedestrians, trains, etc.
- The part of a pair of glasses that connects the lenses.
- (billiards, snooker, pool) A particular form of one hand placed on the table to support the cue when making a shot in cue sports.
- (card games) Any of a certain family of trick-taking card games.
- (programming) A software component connecting two or more separate systems.
- (roller derby) An elongated chain of teammates, connected to the pack, for improved blocking potential.
- (computing) A device which connects two or more computer buses, typically in a transparent manner.
- (music) A contrasting section within a song that prepares for the return of the original material section.
- A solid crust of undissolved salt in a water softener.
- (wrestling) A defensive position in which the wrestler is supported by his feet and head, belly-up, in order to prevent touch-down of the shoulders and eventually to dislodge an opponent who has established a position on top.
- A day falling between two public holidays and consequently designated as an additional holiday.
- (card games) A form of cheating by which a card is cut by previously curving it by pressure of the hand.
- (diplomacy) A statement, such as an offer, that signals a possibility of accord.
- A connection, real or abstract.
- a denture anchored to teeth on either side of missing teeth
- something resembling a bridge in form or function
- the link between two lenses; rests on the nose
- a structure that allows people or vehicles to cross an obstacle such as a river or canal or railway etc.
- a wooden support that holds the strings up
- an upper deck where a ship is steered and the captain stands
- any of various card games based on whist for four players
- a circuit consisting of two branches (4 arms arranged in a diamond configuration) across which a meter is connected
- the hard ridge that forms the upper part of the nose
verb
- (music) To transition from one piece or section of music to another without stopping.
- To be or make a bridge over something.
- (roller derby) To employ the bridge tactic. (See Noun section.)
- (wrestling) To go to the bridge position.
- To span as if with a bridge.
- (computing, communication) To connect two or more computer buses, networks etc. with a bridge.
- connect or reduce the distance between
- make a bridge across
- cross over on a bridge
noun
- a vertical flue that provides a path through which smoke from a fire is carried away through the wall or roof of a building
- a glass flue surrounding the wick of an oil lamp
- A narrow cleft in a rock face; a narrow vertical cave passage.
- The glass flue surrounding the flame of an oil lamp.
- (vulgar, euphemistic) A vagina.
- (Northern Ireland, slang) A black eye; a shiner.
- (British) The smokestack of a steam locomotive.
- A vertical tube or hollow column used to emit environmentally polluting gaseous and solid matter (including but not limited to by-products of burning carbon- or hydrocarbon-based fuels); a flue.
verb
verb
noun
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adj
- Arranged in a stack.
- (slang) Having large muscles; buff.
- (slang) Unfairly constructed; rigged.
- (of volumes of materials) Measured stacked or organized (such as of firewood when in neat stacks), but with gaps between individual pieces.
- (video games) Having a large advantage as a result of accumulating many items and upgrades.
- (slang) Having large breasts.
- (slang) Wealthy.
- (sports, video games, of a team) Having many skilled players.
- (of a woman's body) having a large bosom and pleasing curves
- arranged in a stack