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verb
- (transitive) To decorate (something).
- (transitive) To dress (someone) in fancy clothes.
- (intransitive, climbing) To fall off a mountain or climbing wall and hit the ground.
- (intransitive, card games) To forfeit by running out of cards in a deck.
- put on special clothes to appear particularly appealing and attractive
noun
- An element of decoration; that which embellishes or adorns.
- (music) A musical flourish that is unnecessary to the overall melodic or harmonic line, but serves to decorate that line.
- (Christianity, in the plural) The articles used in church services.
- (by extension) Ellipsis of Christmas ornament; a Christmas tree decoration.
- (biology) A characteristic that has a decorative function (typically in order to attract a mate)
- something used to beautify
verb
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- (transitive) To furnish with decorations.
- provide with decoration
- (By putting paint or wallpaper on the walls.)
- (By adding adornments to the interior space.)
- (programming, transitive) To extend a method, etc. by attaching some further code item.
- (transitive) To honor by providing a medal, ribbon, or other adornment.
- award a mark of honor, such as a medal, to
- make more attractive by adding ornament, colour, etc.
- be beautiful to look at
verb
- (transitive) To decorate; to prettify.
- (intransitive) To put on special or fancy clothes.
- (transitive) To present in a favorable light.
- (intransitive, often with 'as') To put on a costume portraying oneself as a particular type of character or well-known person.
- (transitive, often with 'as') To put a costume on (someone) portraying them as a particular type of character or well-known person.
- put on special clothes to appear particularly appealing and attractive
- dress in a certain manner
- make something appear superficially attractive
- put a caparison on
- dress in a costume
noun
- A decoration or design so produced.
- The freehanded art of decorating wood, leather or other materials with burn marks (resulting in surface burned designs) from the controlled application of a heated object or tool such as a poker.
- the act of producing drawings on wood or leather by using heated tools or a fine flame
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- (transitive) To adorn.
- (transitive) To give a bright or pleasing aspect to.
- (transitive) To give a brilliant colour or flush to one's face; (also) to make appear drunk.
- (transitive, cooking) To decorate with a golden surface appearance.
- (transitive) To cover with a thin layer of gold; to cover with gold leaf.
- decorate with, or as if with, gold leaf or liquid gold
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- A speckle or spot, especially on the body of an animal.
- A shiny particle of a mineral.
- A point of light; also (rare), a glitter, a sparkle.
- (figuratively) A star.
- A small, flat piece of sparkling metallic or metal-like material with a hole which is sewn on to a garment, etc., for decoration; a sequin.
- Any small sparkling object.
- Any of a number of swallowtail butterflies (genus Papilio); specifically Papilio protenor.
- adornment consisting of a small piece of shiny material used to decorate clothing
noun
- (figuratively) Something that decorates, embellishes, or ornaments; a finishing touch.
- (music) A musical note, indicated on a score in smaller type with or without a slash through it, played to ornament the melody rather than as part of it. Its note value does not count as part of the total time value of the measure it appears in.
- an embellishing note usually written in smaller size
noun
- (informal) Something which is elaborately decorated.
- (aviation, nautical, slang) A panel of indicator lights in an aircraft or a submarine.
- (soccer) A 4-3-2-1 formation, with four defenders, three centre midfielders, two attacking midfielders and a striker in a triangular pattern.
- (by extension) A Christmas party, especially one organized for (underprivileged) children by a charity, a school, etc.
- (New Zealand) Synonym of pohutukawa (“a coastal evergreen tree, Metrosideros excelsa, native to New Zealand and producing a brilliant display of red flowers with prominent stamens around Christmastime”)
- An evergreen tree (usually a conifer), or an artificial tree made to resemble this, which is typically decorated with lights and ornaments and often an angel or star at its tip, and used as a decoration during the Christmas holiday season.
- (US, aviation, historical) An alert area at an air base with aircraft parked in stubs arranged at a 45-degree angle to a central taxiway to enable them to move rapidly to a runway; these were constructed by the Strategic Air Command of the United States Air Force during the Cold War (generally 1947–1991).
- (bodybuilding) A pattern of muscles visible in the lower back, resembling in outline the shape of a conifer.
- (oil industry, slang) A collection of gauges, valves, and other components installed at the top of wellhead to control the flow of gas or oil.
- (motor racing) A pole with lights, similar to a traffic signal, used for signalling the start of an automobile race.
- (Australia) Often with a descriptive word: any of several shrubs or trees native to Australia which bloom in summer at the end of the year around Christmastime, and so may be used as a Christmas decoration; especially the fire tree or moodjar (Nuytsia floribunda).
- a terrestrial evergreen shrub or small tree of western Australia having brilliant yellow-orange flowers; parasitic on roots of grasses
- an ornamented evergreen used as a Christmas decoration
- Australian tree or shrub with red flowers; often used in Christmas decoration
- tall timber tree of central and southern Europe having a regular crown and grey bark
- medium to tall fir of western North America having a conic crown and branches in tiers; leaves smell of orange when crushed
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- The material placed within a different material in the form of a decoration.
- The piece of paper or the booklet inside the case of a compact disc, DVD, or cassette.
- (dentistry) A filling for a tooth, made of ceramic or gold to fit the cavity and shape of tooth and cemented into place.
- (dentistry) a filling consisting of a solid substance (as gold or porcelain) fitted to a cavity in a tooth and cemented into place
- a decoration made by fitting pieces of wood into prepared slots in a surface
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- (botany) The peristome or fringe-like appendage of the capsules of most mosses.
- (by extension) A border or edging.
- A decorative border.
- (UK) Synonym of bangs: hair hanging over the forehead, especially a hairstyle where it is cut straight across.
- (golf) The area around the green
- Non-mainstream theatre.
- (also attributive) Those members of a political party, or any social group, holding extremist or unorthodox views.
- The periphery of an area, especially a town or city.
- A group of people situated on the periphery of a larger community.
- (television, radio) A daypart that precedes or follows prime time.
- (Australia) Used attributively with reference to Aboriginal people living on the edge of towns etc.
- (also figurative) A marginal or peripheral part.
- (physics) A light or dark band formed by the diffraction of light.
- a social group holding marginal or extreme views
- one of the light or dark bands produced by the interference and diffraction of light
- a part of the city far removed from the center
- the outside boundary or surface of something
- a border of hair that is cut short and hangs across the forehead
- an ornamental border consisting of short lengths of hanging threads or tassels
adj
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- a predisposition to like something
- something many people believe that is false
- imagination or fantasy; held by Coleridge to be more casual and superficial than true imagination
- A bite-sized sponge cake, with a layer of cream, covered in icing.
- A diamond with a distinctive colour.
- The object of inclination or liking.
- The enthusiasts of such a pursuit.
- Any sport or hobby pursued by a group.
- In the game of jacks, a style of play involving additional actions (contrasted with plainsies).
- Love or amorous attachment.
- An image or representation of anything formed in the mind.
- An opinion or notion formed without much reflection.
- A whim.
- That which pleases or entertains the taste or caprice without much use or value.
- The imagination.
verb
- imagine; conceive of; see in one's mind
- have a fancy or particular liking or desire for
- (British) Would like; have a desire for.
- (transitive) To breed (animals) as a hobby.
- (British, informal) To be sexually, aesthetically or romantically attracted to.
- To have a fancy for; to like; to be pleased with, particularly on account of external appearance or manners.
- To form a conception of; to portray in the mind.
- (formal) To appreciate without jealousy or greed.
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- (transitive) To decorate (something) with hanging objects.
- (intransitive) To veer in one direction.
- (intransitive) To be or remain suspended.
- (intransitive, chess) To be vulnerable to capture.
- (transitive, computing) To cause (a program or computer) to stop responding.
- (transitive, baseball, slang, of a pitcher) To throw a hittable off-speed pitch.
- (intransitive, law) To be executed by suspension by one's neck from a gallows, a tree, or other raised bar, attached by a rope tied into a noose.
- (intransitive, figuratively) To remain persistently in one's thoughts.
- (transitive) To cause (something) to be suspended, as from a hook, hanger, hinges, or the like.
- (intransitive, of a ball in cricket, tennis, etc.) To rebound unexpectedly or unusually slowly, due to backward spin on the ball or imperfections of the ground.
- (transitive, figurative) To attach or cause to stick (a charge or accusation, etc.).
- (transitive) To prevent from reaching a decision, especially by refusing to join in a verdict that must be unanimous.
- (transitive) To apply (wallpaper or drywall to a wall).
- (transitive) To hold or bear in a suspended or inclined manner or position instead of erect.
- (transitive, law) To kill (someone) by suspension from the neck, usually as a form of execution or suicide.
- (transitive) To exhibit (an object) by hanging.
- (intransitive, computing) To stop responding to manual input devices such as the keyboard and mouse.
- (intransitive) To float, as if suspended.
- (intransitive, informal) To loiter; to hang around; to spend time idly.
- (transitive, chess) To cause (a piece) to become vulnerable to capture.
- (transitive, informal) (used in maledictions) To damn.
- be exhibited
- hold on tightly or tenaciously
- decorate or furnish with something suspended
- be suspended or poised
- be suspended or hanging
- be menacing, burdensome, or oppressive
- give heed (to)
- be placed in position as by a hinge
- let drop or droop
- suspend (meat) in order to get a gamey taste
- fall or flow in a certain way
- prevent from reaching a verdict, of a jury
- kill by hanging
- cause to be hanging or suspended
- place in position as by a hinge so as to allow free movement in one direction
noun
- (colloquial) The smallest amount of concern or consideration; a damn.
- (computing) An instance of ceasing to respond to input.
- (Ireland, informal, derogatory) Cheap processed ham (cured pork), often made specially for sandwiches.
- A slackening of motion.
- The way in which something hangs.
- A hangout.
- A sharp or steep declivity or slope.
- A person that someone hangs out with.
- Alternative spelling of Hang (“musical instrument”).
- A mass of hanging material.
- (informal, figuratively) A grip, understanding.
- a gymnastic exercise performed on the rings or horizontal bar or parallel bars when the gymnast's weight is supported by the arms
- a special way of doing something
- the way a garment hangs
verb
- decorate, as with ornaments
- adjust (sails on a ship) so that the wind is optimally used
- cut closely
- cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of
- decorate (food), as with parsley or other ornamental foods
- be in equilibrium during a flight
- balance in flight by regulating the control surfaces
- cut down on; make a reduction in
- remove the edges from and cut down to the desired size
- (transitive, aviation, of an aircraft) To adjust the positions of control surfaces, sometimes using trim tabs, so as to modify or eliminate the aircraft's tendency to pitch, roll, or yaw when the cockpit controls are released.
- (transitive, nautical, of a vessel's sails) To modify the angle (of the sails) relative to the wind, especially to set them at the most advantageous angle.
- (transitive, nautical, of a vessel) To modify the angle relative to the water by shifting cargo or ballast; to adjust for sailing; to assume, or cause to assume a certain position, or trim, in the water.
- (transitive) To decorate or adorn; especially of a Christmas tree.
- (transitive, historical) To cut back the wick of (a lamp) to maintain a clean, bright flame.
- (transitive) To make trim; to put in due order for any purpose; to make right, neat, or pleasing; to adjust.
- (transitive) To reduce slightly; to cut; especially, to remove excess.
- (transitive, carpentry, of timber) To dress; to make smooth.
- (transitive, by extension) To change the carbon rods of (an arc lamp).
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- cutting down to the desired size or shape
- attitude of an aircraft in flight when allowed to take its own orientation
- a state of arrangement or appearance
- a decoration or adornment typically on the edge of a garment
- (uncountable, underwater diving) The horizontal position of an underwater water
- (printing, binding, publishing) Any of the three cut edges of book pages, trimmed with a shear after binding.
- Dress; gear; ornaments.
- (by extension, uncountable, slang, mildly vulgar) Sexual intercourse with a woman.
- (especially automotive) Features optionally available on a vehicle; an established configuration of such features within a model (a trim level).
- (nautical) The arrangement of the sails with reference to the wind.
- (uncountable, aviation, of an aircraft) The state of adjustment of control surfaces such that the desired attitude can be maintained without requiring the continuous application of force to the cockpit controls.
- (nautical) The fore-and-aft angle of the vessel to the water, with reference to the cargo and ballast; the manner in which a vessel floats on the water, whether on an even keel or down by the head or stern.
- (countable) A haircut, especially a moderate one to touch up an existing style.
- (countable) The manner in which something is equipped or adorned; order; disposition.
- (uncountable, aviation, by extension) The mechanism(s) used to trim an aircraft in roll, pitch, and/or yaw.
- (uncountable, slang, mildly vulgar) The female genitalia.
- (uncountable) Decoration; especially, decoration placed along edges or borders.
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- (architecture) A decorative element applied at the topmost part of the wall of a room, as with a crown molding.
- (furniture) A decorative element at the topmost portion of certain pieces of furniture, as with a highboy.
- (architecture) A horizontal architectural element of a building, projecting forward from the main walls, originally used as a means of directing rainwater away from the building's walls.
- (geography, mountaineering) An overhanging edge of snow on a ridge or the crest of a mountain and along the sides of gullies.
- a decorative framework to conceal curtain fixtures at the top of a window casing
- the topmost projecting part of an entablature
- a molding at the corner between the ceiling and the top of a wall
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- (transitive) To adorn; to decorate; to embellish and dignify.
- (transitive) To supply with heavenly grace.
- (transitive) To dignify or raise by an act of favour; to honour.
- (transitive, music) To add grace notes, cadenzas, etc., to.
- make more attractive by adding ornament, colour, etc.
- be beautiful to look at
noun
- (countable, music) A grace note.
- (uncountable, finance) An allowance of time granted to a debtor during which they are free of at least part of their normal obligations towards the creditor.
- (countable) A short prayer of thanks before or after a meal.
- (countable, uncountable) Charming, pleasing qualities.
- (countable, card games) In the games of patience or solitaire: a special move that is normally against the rules.
- (uncountable) Elegant movement; elegance of movement; balance or poise.
- An act or decree of the governing body of an English university.
- (uncountable, theology) Free and undeserved favour, especially of God; unmerited divine assistance given to humans for their regeneration or sanctification, or for resisting sin.
- elegance and beauty of movement or expression
- (Christian theology) the free and unmerited favor or beneficence of God
- (Christian theology) a state of sanctification by God; the state of one who is under such divine influence
- a sense of propriety and consideration for others
- a short prayer of thanks before a meal
- a period of time past the deadline for fulfilling an obligation during which a penalty that would be imposed for being late is waived, especially an extended period granted as a special favor
- a disposition to kindness and compassion
verb
- (transitive) To cover thinly with something scattered; to ornament with seedlike decorations.
- (reflexive) To shed seeds (refers to plants)
- (transitive) To start; to provide, assign or determine the initial resources for, position of, state of.
- (slang, vulgar) To ejaculate inside the penetratee during intercourse, especially in the rectum.
- (meteorology) To scatter small particles within (a cloud or airmass) in order to trigger the formation of rain.
- (intransitive) To produce seed.
- (intransitive) To grow to maturity.
- (dialectal) simple past and past participle of see
- (intransitive) To be qualified to compete, especially in a quarter-final, semi-final, or final.
- (sports, gaming) To allocate a seeding to a competitor.
- (Internet, transitive) To leave (files) available for others to download through peer-to-peer file sharing protocols (e.g. BitTorrent).
- (transitive) To plant or sow an area with seeds.
- bear seeds
- help (an enterprise) in its early stages of development by providing seed money
- place (seeds) in or on the ground for future growth
- distribute (players or teams) so that outstanding teams or players will not meet in the early rounds
- remove the seeds from
- inoculate with microorganisms
- go to seed; shed seeds
- sprinkle with silver iodide particles to disperse and cause rain
noun
- (countable) Any small seed-like fruit.
- (countable) A fragment of coral.
- (US slang) A child.
- (sports) The initial position of a competitor or team in a tournament. (seed position)
- (physics) A small particle, bubble, or imperfection that serves as a nucleation point for some process.
- (Internet marketing) A commercial message in a creative format placed on relevant sites on the Internet. (seed idea or seed message)
- The competitor or team occupying a given seed (position).
- (uncountable, collective) An amount of seeds that cannot be readily counted.
- (countable, agriculture) Any propagative portion of a plant which may be sown, such as true seeds, seed-like fruits, tubers, or bulbs.
- A small bubble formed in imperfectly fused glass.
- (countable, figurative) A precursor.
- (uncountable) Semen.
- Race; generation; birth.
- (cryptography, computing) The initialization state of a pseudorandom number generator or similar system.
- (countable, botany) A fertilized and ripened ovule, containing an embryonic plant.
- (video games) (by extension) A unique code that acts as a blueprint for generating a specific game world, determining terrain, structures, and resource placement.
- a small hard fruit
- the thick white fluid containing spermatozoa that is ejaculated by the male genital tract
- anything that provides inspiration for later work
- one of the outstanding players in a tournament
- a mature fertilized plant ovule consisting of an embryo and its food source and having a protective coat or testa
verb
- To decorate with ornaments; to adorn; to embellish.
- (cooking) To ornament with something placed around it.
- (law) To warn by garnishment; to give notice to.
- (law) To have (money) set aside by court order (particularly for the payment of alleged debts); to garnishee.
- decorate (food), as with parsley or other ornamental foods
- take a debtor's wages on legal orders, such as for child support
noun
- (slang, historical, uncountable) A fee; specifically, in English jails, formerly an unauthorized fee demanded from a newcomer by the older prisoners.
- (cooking) Something set round or upon a dish as an embellishment.
- Clothes; garments, especially when showy or decorative.
- A set of dishes, often pewter, containing a dozen pieces of several types.
- (US, slang) Cash.
- Pewter vessels in general.
- Something added for embellishment.
- something (such as parsley) added to a dish for flavor or decoration
- any decoration added as a trimming or adornment
adj
- (figurative) Adorned, ornamented.
- (of an object, often in compounds) Covered, enveloped in, or surrounded by a cladding, or a specified material or substance.
- (of a person, preceded by a garment type) Wearing clothing or some other covering (for example, an armour) on the body; clothed, dressed.
- having an outer covering especially of thin metal
- wearing or provided with clothing; sometimes used in combination
verb
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- decorate
- knock down with force
- be beautiful to look at
- (uncommon) To furnish with a deck, as a vessel.
- (transitive) To cover; to overspread.
- (informal) To knock someone to the floor, especially with a single punch.
- (collectible card games) To cause a player to run out of cards to draw, usually making them lose the game.
noun
- a porch that resembles the deck on a ship
- street name for a packet of illegal drugs
- any of various platforms built into a vessel
- a pack of 52 playing cards
- (graph theory) The multiset of graphs formed from a single graph by deleting a single vertex in all possible ways.
- (slang) A folded paper used for distributing illicit drugs.
- Any raised flat surface that can be walked on: a balcony; a porch; a raised patio; a flat rooftop.
- (aviation) A main aeroplane surface, especially of a biplane or multiplane.
- (card games) A pack or set of playing cards.
- (colloquial) The floor.
- (nautical) The floorlike covering of the horizontal sections, or compartments, of a ship or boat. Small vessels have only one deck; larger ships have two or three decks.
- (computing) A collection of cards (pages or forms) in systems such as WML (Wireless Markup Language) and HyperCard.
- (British, fishing) The bottom of a water body.
- (card games, by extension) A set of cards owned by each individual player and from which they draw when playing.
- Ellipsis of slide deck: a set of slides for a presentation.
- (theater) The stage.
- (journalism) A headline consisting of one or more full lines of text; especially, a subheadline.
- Ellipsis of tape deck.
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noun
- decorating with a design
- representing figuratively as by emblem or allegory
- The act of giving figure or determinate form.
- (sociology) A structure through which people are joined, or the process of constructing such structures.
- (art) Representation through visual forms.
- Form, outline or boundaries.
- Mixture of concords and discords.
- Ornamentation or decoration, especially by the addition of figures.
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- To make more beautiful and attractive by adding ornamentation; to decorate.
- To make something sound or look better or more acceptable than it is in reality; to distort, embroider, or even misrepresent or lie.
- (by extension) To enhance by adding something not strictly integral or necessary.
- make more beautiful
- make more attractive by adding ornament, colour, etc.
- be beautiful to look at
- add details to
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noun
- A coating that dries to a hard, glossy finish.
- An opaque, glassy coating baked onto metal or ceramic objects.
- A cosmetic intended to give the appearance of a smooth and beautiful complexion.
- The hard covering on the exposed part of a tooth.
- any smooth glossy coating that resembles ceramic glaze
- a colored glassy compound (opaque or partially opaque) that is fused to the surface of metal or glass or pottery for decoration or protection
- hard white substance covering the crown of a tooth
- a paint that dries to a hard glossy finish
verb
noun
- A material with binder and aggregate that is used to coat interior walls or to make interior mouldings.
- A work made of stucco; stuccowork.
- A material with binder and aggregate that is used to coat exterior walls or to make exterior mouldings.
- a plaster now made mostly from Portland cement and sand and lime; applied while soft to cover exterior walls or surfaces
verb
- provide with decoration
- cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of
- give a neat appearance to
- arrange attractively
- cut down rough-hewn (lumber) to standard thickness and width
- convert into leather
- provide with clothes or put clothes on
- dress or groom with elaborate care
- arrange in ranks
- decorate (food), as with parsley or other ornamental foods
- kill and prepare for market or consumption
- put a dressing on
- dress in a certain manner
- put on clothes
- apply a bandage or medication to
- put a finish on
- To arrange or style (someone's hair).
- (agriculture, horticulture) To cultivate or tend to (a garden, land, plants, etc.); especially, to add fertilizer or manure to (soil); to fertilize, to manure.
- To apply a dressing to or otherwise treat (a wound); (obsolete) to give (a wounded person) medical aid.
- (slang) Ellipsis of cross-dress.
- (also reflexive and figuratively) To put clothes (or, formerly, armour) on (oneself or someone, a doll, a mannequin, etc.); to clothe.
- (especially of ores) To prepare by any of many types of physical processing (e.g., breaking, crushing, sorting, sieving, controlled burning or heating).
- To prepare, treat, or curry (animal hide or leather).
- To put on clothes.
- To design, make, provide, or select clothes (for someone).
- (also figuratively) To adorn or ornament (something).
- (butchering) Of an animal carcass: to have a certain quantity or weight after removal of the internal organs and skin; also, to have a certain appearance after being cut up and prepared for cooking.
- (specifically) To attire (oneself or someone) for a particular (especially formal) occasion, or in a fashionable manner.
- (fishing) To prepare (an artificial fly) to be attached to a fish hook.
- To arrange a display of goods in, or to decorate (a shop or shop window).
- (euphemistic, chiefly in the tailoring context) To allow one's penis to fall to one side or the other within one's trousers.
- To fit or prepare (something) for use; to render (something) suitable for an intended purpose; to get ready.
- To prepare (a set) by installing the props, scenery, etc.
- (military, sometimes imperative as a drill command) Of soldiers or troops: to arrange into proper formation; especially, to form into straight lines and at a proper distance from each other.
- To prepare the surface of (a material, such as lumber or stone; a grindstone or grinding wheel).
- (sports) Of a sportsperson: to put on the uniform and have the equipment needed to play a sport.
- (butchering) To cut up (an animal or its flesh) for food.
- (cooking) To prepare (food) for cooking or eating, especially by seasoning it; specifically, to add a dressing or sauce (to food, especially a salad).
- (historical or England, regional) To remove chaff or impurities from (flour, grain, etc.) by bolting or sifting, winnowing, and other methods.
- (nautical) To ornament (a ship) by hoisting the national colours at the peak and mastheads, and setting the jack forward; when "dressed full", the signal flags and pennants are added.
- To design, make, or prepare costumes (for a play or other performance); also, to present (a production) in a particular costume style.
- (military) To arrange (soldiers or troops) into proper formation; especially, to adjust (soldiers or troops) into straight lines and at a proper distance from each other; to align.
- Of a thing: to attain a certain condition after undergoing some process or treatment to fit or prepare it for use.
- (specifically) To attire oneself for a particular (especially formal) occasion, or in a fashionable manner.
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- clothing in general
- a one-piece garment for a woman; has skirt and bodice
- clothing of a distinctive style or for a particular occasion
- (figuratively) The external appearance of something, especially if intended to give a positive impression; garb, guise.
- The appearance of an object after it has undergone some process or treatment to fit or prepare it for use; finish.
- (film, television, theater) Ellipsis of dress rehearsal.
- Apparel or clothing, especially when appropriate for a particular occasion, profession, etc.
- (archaic outside of India) An item of outer clothing or set of such clothes (worn by people of all sexes) which is generally decorative and appropriate for a particular occasion, profession, etc.
- The external covering of an animal (for example, the feathers of a bird) or an object.
- (by extension, India) Any item of clothing, or an outfit.
- (clothing) An item of clothing (usually worn by a woman or young girl) which both covers the upper part of the body and includes a skirt below the waist.
noun
- An element of decoration; that which embellishes or adorns.
- (music) A musical flourish that is unnecessary to the overall melodic or harmonic line, but serves to decorate that line.
- (Christianity, in the plural) The articles used in church services.
- (by extension) Ellipsis of Christmas ornament; a Christmas tree decoration.
- (biology) A characteristic that has a decorative function (typically in order to attract a mate)
- something used to beautify
verb
noun
- A decoration or design so produced.
- The freehanded art of decorating wood, leather or other materials with burn marks (resulting in surface burned designs) from the controlled application of a heated object or tool such as a poker.
- the act of producing drawings on wood or leather by using heated tools or a fine flame
noun
- (figuratively) Something that decorates, embellishes, or ornaments; a finishing touch.
- (music) A musical note, indicated on a score in smaller type with or without a slash through it, played to ornament the melody rather than as part of it. Its note value does not count as part of the total time value of the measure it appears in.
- an embellishing note usually written in smaller size
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- (informal) Something which is elaborately decorated.
- (aviation, nautical, slang) A panel of indicator lights in an aircraft or a submarine.
- (soccer) A 4-3-2-1 formation, with four defenders, three centre midfielders, two attacking midfielders and a striker in a triangular pattern.
- (by extension) A Christmas party, especially one organized for (underprivileged) children by a charity, a school, etc.
- (New Zealand) Synonym of pohutukawa (“a coastal evergreen tree, Metrosideros excelsa, native to New Zealand and producing a brilliant display of red flowers with prominent stamens around Christmastime”)
- An evergreen tree (usually a conifer), or an artificial tree made to resemble this, which is typically decorated with lights and ornaments and often an angel or star at its tip, and used as a decoration during the Christmas holiday season.
- (US, aviation, historical) An alert area at an air base with aircraft parked in stubs arranged at a 45-degree angle to a central taxiway to enable them to move rapidly to a runway; these were constructed by the Strategic Air Command of the United States Air Force during the Cold War (generally 1947–1991).
- (bodybuilding) A pattern of muscles visible in the lower back, resembling in outline the shape of a conifer.
- (oil industry, slang) A collection of gauges, valves, and other components installed at the top of wellhead to control the flow of gas or oil.
- (motor racing) A pole with lights, similar to a traffic signal, used for signalling the start of an automobile race.
- (Australia) Often with a descriptive word: any of several shrubs or trees native to Australia which bloom in summer at the end of the year around Christmastime, and so may be used as a Christmas decoration; especially the fire tree or moodjar (Nuytsia floribunda).
- a terrestrial evergreen shrub or small tree of western Australia having brilliant yellow-orange flowers; parasitic on roots of grasses
- an ornamented evergreen used as a Christmas decoration
- Australian tree or shrub with red flowers; often used in Christmas decoration
- tall timber tree of central and southern Europe having a regular crown and grey bark
- medium to tall fir of western North America having a conic crown and branches in tiers; leaves smell of orange when crushed
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- The material placed within a different material in the form of a decoration.
- The piece of paper or the booklet inside the case of a compact disc, DVD, or cassette.
- (dentistry) A filling for a tooth, made of ceramic or gold to fit the cavity and shape of tooth and cemented into place.
- (dentistry) a filling consisting of a solid substance (as gold or porcelain) fitted to a cavity in a tooth and cemented into place
- a decoration made by fitting pieces of wood into prepared slots in a surface
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- decorating with a design
- representing figuratively as by emblem or allegory
- The act of giving figure or determinate form.
- (sociology) A structure through which people are joined, or the process of constructing such structures.
- (art) Representation through visual forms.
- Form, outline or boundaries.
- Mixture of concords and discords.
- Ornamentation or decoration, especially by the addition of figures.
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- (transitive) To decorate (something).
- (transitive) To dress (someone) in fancy clothes.
- (intransitive, climbing) To fall off a mountain or climbing wall and hit the ground.
- (intransitive, card games) To forfeit by running out of cards in a deck.
- put on special clothes to appear particularly appealing and attractive
verb
- (transitive) To furnish with decorations.
- provide with decoration
- (By putting paint or wallpaper on the walls.)
- (By adding adornments to the interior space.)
- (programming, transitive) To extend a method, etc. by attaching some further code item.
- (transitive) To honor by providing a medal, ribbon, or other adornment.
- award a mark of honor, such as a medal, to
- make more attractive by adding ornament, colour, etc.
- be beautiful to look at
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- (transitive) To decorate; to prettify.
- (intransitive) To put on special or fancy clothes.
- (transitive) To present in a favorable light.
- (intransitive, often with 'as') To put on a costume portraying oneself as a particular type of character or well-known person.
- (transitive, often with 'as') To put a costume on (someone) portraying them as a particular type of character or well-known person.
- put on special clothes to appear particularly appealing and attractive
- dress in a certain manner
- make something appear superficially attractive
- put a caparison on
- dress in a costume
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- (transitive) To adorn.
- (transitive) To give a bright or pleasing aspect to.
- (transitive) To give a brilliant colour or flush to one's face; (also) to make appear drunk.
- (transitive, cooking) To decorate with a golden surface appearance.
- (transitive) To cover with a thin layer of gold; to cover with gold leaf.
- decorate with, or as if with, gold leaf or liquid gold
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- A speckle or spot, especially on the body of an animal.
- A shiny particle of a mineral.
- A point of light; also (rare), a glitter, a sparkle.
- (figuratively) A star.
- A small, flat piece of sparkling metallic or metal-like material with a hole which is sewn on to a garment, etc., for decoration; a sequin.
- Any small sparkling object.
- Any of a number of swallowtail butterflies (genus Papilio); specifically Papilio protenor.
- adornment consisting of a small piece of shiny material used to decorate clothing
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- (botany) The peristome or fringe-like appendage of the capsules of most mosses.
- (by extension) A border or edging.
- A decorative border.
- (UK) Synonym of bangs: hair hanging over the forehead, especially a hairstyle where it is cut straight across.
- (golf) The area around the green
- Non-mainstream theatre.
- (also attributive) Those members of a political party, or any social group, holding extremist or unorthodox views.
- The periphery of an area, especially a town or city.
- A group of people situated on the periphery of a larger community.
- (television, radio) A daypart that precedes or follows prime time.
- (Australia) Used attributively with reference to Aboriginal people living on the edge of towns etc.
- (also figurative) A marginal or peripheral part.
- (physics) A light or dark band formed by the diffraction of light.
- a social group holding marginal or extreme views
- one of the light or dark bands produced by the interference and diffraction of light
- a part of the city far removed from the center
- the outside boundary or surface of something
- a border of hair that is cut short and hangs across the forehead
- an ornamental border consisting of short lengths of hanging threads or tassels
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- (transitive) To decorate (something) with hanging objects.
- (intransitive) To veer in one direction.
- (intransitive) To be or remain suspended.
- (intransitive, chess) To be vulnerable to capture.
- (transitive, computing) To cause (a program or computer) to stop responding.
- (transitive, baseball, slang, of a pitcher) To throw a hittable off-speed pitch.
- (intransitive, law) To be executed by suspension by one's neck from a gallows, a tree, or other raised bar, attached by a rope tied into a noose.
- (intransitive, figuratively) To remain persistently in one's thoughts.
- (transitive) To cause (something) to be suspended, as from a hook, hanger, hinges, or the like.
- (intransitive, of a ball in cricket, tennis, etc.) To rebound unexpectedly or unusually slowly, due to backward spin on the ball or imperfections of the ground.
- (transitive, figurative) To attach or cause to stick (a charge or accusation, etc.).
- (transitive) To prevent from reaching a decision, especially by refusing to join in a verdict that must be unanimous.
- (transitive) To apply (wallpaper or drywall to a wall).
- (transitive) To hold or bear in a suspended or inclined manner or position instead of erect.
- (transitive, law) To kill (someone) by suspension from the neck, usually as a form of execution or suicide.
- (transitive) To exhibit (an object) by hanging.
- (intransitive, computing) To stop responding to manual input devices such as the keyboard and mouse.
- (intransitive) To float, as if suspended.
- (intransitive, informal) To loiter; to hang around; to spend time idly.
- (transitive, chess) To cause (a piece) to become vulnerable to capture.
- (transitive, informal) (used in maledictions) To damn.
- be exhibited
- hold on tightly or tenaciously
- decorate or furnish with something suspended
- be suspended or poised
- be suspended or hanging
- be menacing, burdensome, or oppressive
- give heed (to)
- be placed in position as by a hinge
- let drop or droop
- suspend (meat) in order to get a gamey taste
- fall or flow in a certain way
- prevent from reaching a verdict, of a jury
- kill by hanging
- cause to be hanging or suspended
- place in position as by a hinge so as to allow free movement in one direction
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- (colloquial) The smallest amount of concern or consideration; a damn.
- (computing) An instance of ceasing to respond to input.
- (Ireland, informal, derogatory) Cheap processed ham (cured pork), often made specially for sandwiches.
- A slackening of motion.
- The way in which something hangs.
- A hangout.
- A sharp or steep declivity or slope.
- A person that someone hangs out with.
- Alternative spelling of Hang (“musical instrument”).
- A mass of hanging material.
- (informal, figuratively) A grip, understanding.
- a gymnastic exercise performed on the rings or horizontal bar or parallel bars when the gymnast's weight is supported by the arms
- a special way of doing something
- the way a garment hangs
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- decorate, as with ornaments
- adjust (sails on a ship) so that the wind is optimally used
- cut closely
- cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of
- decorate (food), as with parsley or other ornamental foods
- be in equilibrium during a flight
- balance in flight by regulating the control surfaces
- cut down on; make a reduction in
- remove the edges from and cut down to the desired size
- (transitive, aviation, of an aircraft) To adjust the positions of control surfaces, sometimes using trim tabs, so as to modify or eliminate the aircraft's tendency to pitch, roll, or yaw when the cockpit controls are released.
- (transitive, nautical, of a vessel's sails) To modify the angle (of the sails) relative to the wind, especially to set them at the most advantageous angle.
- (transitive, nautical, of a vessel) To modify the angle relative to the water by shifting cargo or ballast; to adjust for sailing; to assume, or cause to assume a certain position, or trim, in the water.
- (transitive) To decorate or adorn; especially of a Christmas tree.
- (transitive, historical) To cut back the wick of (a lamp) to maintain a clean, bright flame.
- (transitive) To make trim; to put in due order for any purpose; to make right, neat, or pleasing; to adjust.
- (transitive) To reduce slightly; to cut; especially, to remove excess.
- (transitive, carpentry, of timber) To dress; to make smooth.
- (transitive, by extension) To change the carbon rods of (an arc lamp).
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- cutting down to the desired size or shape
- attitude of an aircraft in flight when allowed to take its own orientation
- a state of arrangement or appearance
- a decoration or adornment typically on the edge of a garment
- (uncountable, underwater diving) The horizontal position of an underwater water
- (printing, binding, publishing) Any of the three cut edges of book pages, trimmed with a shear after binding.
- Dress; gear; ornaments.
- (by extension, uncountable, slang, mildly vulgar) Sexual intercourse with a woman.
- (especially automotive) Features optionally available on a vehicle; an established configuration of such features within a model (a trim level).
- (nautical) The arrangement of the sails with reference to the wind.
- (uncountable, aviation, of an aircraft) The state of adjustment of control surfaces such that the desired attitude can be maintained without requiring the continuous application of force to the cockpit controls.
- (nautical) The fore-and-aft angle of the vessel to the water, with reference to the cargo and ballast; the manner in which a vessel floats on the water, whether on an even keel or down by the head or stern.
- (countable) A haircut, especially a moderate one to touch up an existing style.
- (countable) The manner in which something is equipped or adorned; order; disposition.
- (uncountable, aviation, by extension) The mechanism(s) used to trim an aircraft in roll, pitch, and/or yaw.
- (uncountable, slang, mildly vulgar) The female genitalia.
- (uncountable) Decoration; especially, decoration placed along edges or borders.
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- (architecture) A decorative element applied at the topmost part of the wall of a room, as with a crown molding.
- (furniture) A decorative element at the topmost portion of certain pieces of furniture, as with a highboy.
- (architecture) A horizontal architectural element of a building, projecting forward from the main walls, originally used as a means of directing rainwater away from the building's walls.
- (geography, mountaineering) An overhanging edge of snow on a ridge or the crest of a mountain and along the sides of gullies.
- a decorative framework to conceal curtain fixtures at the top of a window casing
- the topmost projecting part of an entablature
- a molding at the corner between the ceiling and the top of a wall
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- An element of decoration; that which embellishes or adorns.
- (music) A musical flourish that is unnecessary to the overall melodic or harmonic line, but serves to decorate that line.
- (Christianity, in the plural) The articles used in church services.
- (by extension) Ellipsis of Christmas ornament; a Christmas tree decoration.
- (biology) A characteristic that has a decorative function (typically in order to attract a mate)
- something used to beautify
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- (transitive) To adorn; to decorate; to embellish and dignify.
- (transitive) To supply with heavenly grace.
- (transitive) To dignify or raise by an act of favour; to honour.
- (transitive, music) To add grace notes, cadenzas, etc., to.
- make more attractive by adding ornament, colour, etc.
- be beautiful to look at
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- (countable, music) A grace note.
- (uncountable, finance) An allowance of time granted to a debtor during which they are free of at least part of their normal obligations towards the creditor.
- (countable) A short prayer of thanks before or after a meal.
- (countable, uncountable) Charming, pleasing qualities.
- (countable, card games) In the games of patience or solitaire: a special move that is normally against the rules.
- (uncountable) Elegant movement; elegance of movement; balance or poise.
- An act or decree of the governing body of an English university.
- (uncountable, theology) Free and undeserved favour, especially of God; unmerited divine assistance given to humans for their regeneration or sanctification, or for resisting sin.
- elegance and beauty of movement or expression
- (Christian theology) the free and unmerited favor or beneficence of God
- (Christian theology) a state of sanctification by God; the state of one who is under such divine influence
- a sense of propriety and consideration for others
- a short prayer of thanks before a meal
- a period of time past the deadline for fulfilling an obligation during which a penalty that would be imposed for being late is waived, especially an extended period granted as a special favor
- a disposition to kindness and compassion
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- (transitive) To cover thinly with something scattered; to ornament with seedlike decorations.
- (reflexive) To shed seeds (refers to plants)
- (transitive) To start; to provide, assign or determine the initial resources for, position of, state of.
- (slang, vulgar) To ejaculate inside the penetratee during intercourse, especially in the rectum.
- (meteorology) To scatter small particles within (a cloud or airmass) in order to trigger the formation of rain.
- (intransitive) To produce seed.
- (intransitive) To grow to maturity.
- (dialectal) simple past and past participle of see
- (intransitive) To be qualified to compete, especially in a quarter-final, semi-final, or final.
- (sports, gaming) To allocate a seeding to a competitor.
- (Internet, transitive) To leave (files) available for others to download through peer-to-peer file sharing protocols (e.g. BitTorrent).
- (transitive) To plant or sow an area with seeds.
- bear seeds
- help (an enterprise) in its early stages of development by providing seed money
- place (seeds) in or on the ground for future growth
- distribute (players or teams) so that outstanding teams or players will not meet in the early rounds
- remove the seeds from
- inoculate with microorganisms
- go to seed; shed seeds
- sprinkle with silver iodide particles to disperse and cause rain
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- (countable) Any small seed-like fruit.
- (countable) A fragment of coral.
- (US slang) A child.
- (sports) The initial position of a competitor or team in a tournament. (seed position)
- (physics) A small particle, bubble, or imperfection that serves as a nucleation point for some process.
- (Internet marketing) A commercial message in a creative format placed on relevant sites on the Internet. (seed idea or seed message)
- The competitor or team occupying a given seed (position).
- (uncountable, collective) An amount of seeds that cannot be readily counted.
- (countable, agriculture) Any propagative portion of a plant which may be sown, such as true seeds, seed-like fruits, tubers, or bulbs.
- A small bubble formed in imperfectly fused glass.
- (countable, figurative) A precursor.
- (uncountable) Semen.
- Race; generation; birth.
- (cryptography, computing) The initialization state of a pseudorandom number generator or similar system.
- (countable, botany) A fertilized and ripened ovule, containing an embryonic plant.
- (video games) (by extension) A unique code that acts as a blueprint for generating a specific game world, determining terrain, structures, and resource placement.
- a small hard fruit
- the thick white fluid containing spermatozoa that is ejaculated by the male genital tract
- anything that provides inspiration for later work
- one of the outstanding players in a tournament
- a mature fertilized plant ovule consisting of an embryo and its food source and having a protective coat or testa
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- To decorate with ornaments; to adorn; to embellish.
- (cooking) To ornament with something placed around it.
- (law) To warn by garnishment; to give notice to.
- (law) To have (money) set aside by court order (particularly for the payment of alleged debts); to garnishee.
- decorate (food), as with parsley or other ornamental foods
- take a debtor's wages on legal orders, such as for child support
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- (slang, historical, uncountable) A fee; specifically, in English jails, formerly an unauthorized fee demanded from a newcomer by the older prisoners.
- (cooking) Something set round or upon a dish as an embellishment.
- Clothes; garments, especially when showy or decorative.
- A set of dishes, often pewter, containing a dozen pieces of several types.
- (US, slang) Cash.
- Pewter vessels in general.
- Something added for embellishment.
- something (such as parsley) added to a dish for flavor or decoration
- any decoration added as a trimming or adornment
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- decorate
- knock down with force
- be beautiful to look at
- (uncommon) To furnish with a deck, as a vessel.
- (transitive) To cover; to overspread.
- (informal) To knock someone to the floor, especially with a single punch.
- (collectible card games) To cause a player to run out of cards to draw, usually making them lose the game.
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- a porch that resembles the deck on a ship
- street name for a packet of illegal drugs
- any of various platforms built into a vessel
- a pack of 52 playing cards
- (graph theory) The multiset of graphs formed from a single graph by deleting a single vertex in all possible ways.
- (slang) A folded paper used for distributing illicit drugs.
- Any raised flat surface that can be walked on: a balcony; a porch; a raised patio; a flat rooftop.
- (aviation) A main aeroplane surface, especially of a biplane or multiplane.
- (card games) A pack or set of playing cards.
- (colloquial) The floor.
- (nautical) The floorlike covering of the horizontal sections, or compartments, of a ship or boat. Small vessels have only one deck; larger ships have two or three decks.
- (computing) A collection of cards (pages or forms) in systems such as WML (Wireless Markup Language) and HyperCard.
- (British, fishing) The bottom of a water body.
- (card games, by extension) A set of cards owned by each individual player and from which they draw when playing.
- Ellipsis of slide deck: a set of slides for a presentation.
- (theater) The stage.
- (journalism) A headline consisting of one or more full lines of text; especially, a subheadline.
- Ellipsis of tape deck.
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- To make more beautiful and attractive by adding ornamentation; to decorate.
- To make something sound or look better or more acceptable than it is in reality; to distort, embroider, or even misrepresent or lie.
- (by extension) To enhance by adding something not strictly integral or necessary.
- make more beautiful
- make more attractive by adding ornament, colour, etc.
- be beautiful to look at
- add details to
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- A coating that dries to a hard, glossy finish.
- An opaque, glassy coating baked onto metal or ceramic objects.
- A cosmetic intended to give the appearance of a smooth and beautiful complexion.
- The hard covering on the exposed part of a tooth.
- any smooth glossy coating that resembles ceramic glaze
- a colored glassy compound (opaque or partially opaque) that is fused to the surface of metal or glass or pottery for decoration or protection
- hard white substance covering the crown of a tooth
- a paint that dries to a hard glossy finish
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- The material placed within a different material in the form of a decoration.
- The piece of paper or the booklet inside the case of a compact disc, DVD, or cassette.
- (dentistry) A filling for a tooth, made of ceramic or gold to fit the cavity and shape of tooth and cemented into place.
- (dentistry) a filling consisting of a solid substance (as gold or porcelain) fitted to a cavity in a tooth and cemented into place
- a decoration made by fitting pieces of wood into prepared slots in a surface
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- A material with binder and aggregate that is used to coat interior walls or to make interior mouldings.
- A work made of stucco; stuccowork.
- A material with binder and aggregate that is used to coat exterior walls or to make exterior mouldings.
- a plaster now made mostly from Portland cement and sand and lime; applied while soft to cover exterior walls or surfaces
verb
- provide with decoration
- cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of
- give a neat appearance to
- arrange attractively
- cut down rough-hewn (lumber) to standard thickness and width
- convert into leather
- provide with clothes or put clothes on
- dress or groom with elaborate care
- arrange in ranks
- decorate (food), as with parsley or other ornamental foods
- kill and prepare for market or consumption
- put a dressing on
- dress in a certain manner
- put on clothes
- apply a bandage or medication to
- put a finish on
- To arrange or style (someone's hair).
- (agriculture, horticulture) To cultivate or tend to (a garden, land, plants, etc.); especially, to add fertilizer or manure to (soil); to fertilize, to manure.
- To apply a dressing to or otherwise treat (a wound); (obsolete) to give (a wounded person) medical aid.
- (slang) Ellipsis of cross-dress.
- (also reflexive and figuratively) To put clothes (or, formerly, armour) on (oneself or someone, a doll, a mannequin, etc.); to clothe.
- (especially of ores) To prepare by any of many types of physical processing (e.g., breaking, crushing, sorting, sieving, controlled burning or heating).
- To prepare, treat, or curry (animal hide or leather).
- To put on clothes.
- To design, make, provide, or select clothes (for someone).
- (also figuratively) To adorn or ornament (something).
- (butchering) Of an animal carcass: to have a certain quantity or weight after removal of the internal organs and skin; also, to have a certain appearance after being cut up and prepared for cooking.
- (specifically) To attire (oneself or someone) for a particular (especially formal) occasion, or in a fashionable manner.
- (fishing) To prepare (an artificial fly) to be attached to a fish hook.
- To arrange a display of goods in, or to decorate (a shop or shop window).
- (euphemistic, chiefly in the tailoring context) To allow one's penis to fall to one side or the other within one's trousers.
- To fit or prepare (something) for use; to render (something) suitable for an intended purpose; to get ready.
- To prepare (a set) by installing the props, scenery, etc.
- (military, sometimes imperative as a drill command) Of soldiers or troops: to arrange into proper formation; especially, to form into straight lines and at a proper distance from each other.
- To prepare the surface of (a material, such as lumber or stone; a grindstone or grinding wheel).
- (sports) Of a sportsperson: to put on the uniform and have the equipment needed to play a sport.
- (butchering) To cut up (an animal or its flesh) for food.
- (cooking) To prepare (food) for cooking or eating, especially by seasoning it; specifically, to add a dressing or sauce (to food, especially a salad).
- (historical or England, regional) To remove chaff or impurities from (flour, grain, etc.) by bolting or sifting, winnowing, and other methods.
- (nautical) To ornament (a ship) by hoisting the national colours at the peak and mastheads, and setting the jack forward; when "dressed full", the signal flags and pennants are added.
- To design, make, or prepare costumes (for a play or other performance); also, to present (a production) in a particular costume style.
- (military) To arrange (soldiers or troops) into proper formation; especially, to adjust (soldiers or troops) into straight lines and at a proper distance from each other; to align.
- Of a thing: to attain a certain condition after undergoing some process or treatment to fit or prepare it for use.
- (specifically) To attire oneself for a particular (especially formal) occasion, or in a fashionable manner.
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- clothing in general
- a one-piece garment for a woman; has skirt and bodice
- clothing of a distinctive style or for a particular occasion
- (figuratively) The external appearance of something, especially if intended to give a positive impression; garb, guise.
- The appearance of an object after it has undergone some process or treatment to fit or prepare it for use; finish.
- (film, television, theater) Ellipsis of dress rehearsal.
- Apparel or clothing, especially when appropriate for a particular occasion, profession, etc.
- (archaic outside of India) An item of outer clothing or set of such clothes (worn by people of all sexes) which is generally decorative and appropriate for a particular occasion, profession, etc.
- The external covering of an animal (for example, the feathers of a bird) or an object.
- (by extension, India) Any item of clothing, or an outfit.
- (clothing) An item of clothing (usually worn by a woman or young girl) which both covers the upper part of the body and includes a skirt below the waist.
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- a predisposition to like something
- something many people believe that is false
- imagination or fantasy; held by Coleridge to be more casual and superficial than true imagination
- A bite-sized sponge cake, with a layer of cream, covered in icing.
- A diamond with a distinctive colour.
- The object of inclination or liking.
- The enthusiasts of such a pursuit.
- Any sport or hobby pursued by a group.
- In the game of jacks, a style of play involving additional actions (contrasted with plainsies).
- Love or amorous attachment.
- An image or representation of anything formed in the mind.
- An opinion or notion formed without much reflection.
- A whim.
- That which pleases or entertains the taste or caprice without much use or value.
- The imagination.
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- imagine; conceive of; see in one's mind
- have a fancy or particular liking or desire for
- (British) Would like; have a desire for.
- (transitive) To breed (animals) as a hobby.
- (British, informal) To be sexually, aesthetically or romantically attracted to.
- To have a fancy for; to like; to be pleased with, particularly on account of external appearance or manners.
- To form a conception of; to portray in the mind.
- (formal) To appreciate without jealousy or greed.
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- (figurative) Adorned, ornamented.
- (of an object, often in compounds) Covered, enveloped in, or surrounded by a cladding, or a specified material or substance.
- (of a person, preceded by a garment type) Wearing clothing or some other covering (for example, an armour) on the body; clothed, dressed.
- having an outer covering especially of thin metal
- wearing or provided with clothing; sometimes used in combination