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noun
- temporary fortification like a detached bastion
- oval or circular opening; to allow light into a dome or vault
- (in the plural) See lunettes.
- (architecture) A crescent-shaped recess or void in the space above a window or door.
- (Christianity) A luna: a crescent-shaped receptacle, often glass, for holding the (consecrated) host (the bread of communion) upright when exposed in the monstrance.
- A piece of felt to cover the eye of a vicious horse.
- The circular hole in the guillotine in which the victim's neck is placed.
- (farriery) A half horseshoe, lacking the sponge.
- (geology) A type of crescent-shaped dune blown up along a lake basin, especially in dry areas of Australia.
- (architecture) A small opening in a vaulted roof of a circular or crescent shape.
- An iron shoe at the end of the stock of a gun carriage.
- (fortifications) A field work consisting of two projecting faces forming a wedge each of which extends from one of two parallel flanks.
- A type of flattened glass used in watch-making.
verb
noun
- A well-fortified position; a stronghold or citadel.
- a stronghold into which people could go for shelter during a battle
- Any large prominence; something that resembles a bastion in size and form.
- (figuratively) A person, group, or thing, that strongly defends some principle.
- (architecture) A projecting part of a rampart or other fortification.
- projecting part of a rampart or other fortification
- a group that defends a principle
noun
verb
noun
- (military) A fortified position for a weapon.
- (card games) A fixed number of cards in some bidding games awarded to the highest bidder allowing him to exchange any or all with cards in his hand.
- A collection of boxes, cases, or the like, of graduated size, each put within the one next larger.
- A compact group of pulleys, gears, springs, etc., working together or collectively.
- A circular bed of pasta, rice, etc. to be topped or filled with other foods.
- (computing) A structure consisting of nested structures, such as nested loops or nested subroutine calls.
- A structure built by a bird as a place to incubate eggs and rear young.
- A retreat, or place of habitual resort.
- (geology) An aggregated mass of any ore or mineral, in an isolated state, within a rock.
- A place used by a monotreme, fish, amphibian or insect, for depositing eggs and hatching young.
- A snug, comfortable, or cosy residence or job situation.
- (vulgar, slang, now US) The pubic hair near a vulva or a vulva itself.
- A home that a child or young adult shares with a parent or guardian.
- A hideout for bad people to frequent or haunt; a den.
- a structure in which animals lay eggs or give birth to their young
- a cosy or secluded retreat
- a kind of gun emplacement
- a gang of people (criminals or spies or terrorists) assembled in one locality
- furniture pieces made to fit close together
verb
- (intransitive) To successively neatly fit inside another.
- (intransitive) To settle into a home.
- (intransitive) To hunt for birds' nests or their contents (usually "go nesting").
- (intransitive, of animals) To build or settle into a nest.
- (transitive) To place one thing neatly inside another, and both inside yet another (and so on).
- (transitive) To place in, or as if in, a nest.
- move or arrange oneself in a comfortable and cozy position
- inhabit a nest, usually after building
- fit together or fit inside
- gather nests
verb
noun
- a fortified defensive structure
- A fortified place; a large and permanent fortification, sometimes including a town; for example a fort, a castle; a stronghold; a place of defense or security.
- (chess) A position that, if obtained by the weaker side, will prevent penetration by the opposing side, generally achieving a draw.
noun
- (fortification) One of a bundle of fascines to cover besiegers.
- A little roll; a roll of coins put up in paper, or something resembling such a roll.
- (textiles) A decorative technique that involves creating patterns with piping, cording or bias tape. A rouleau loop uses the same cord or piping as a way of fastening buttons, most notably down the back of bridal gowns.
- (medicine, chiefly in the plural) A stack of aggregated red blood cells, as seen in certain haematological and other diseases.
- a roll of coins wrapped in paper
- a roll of ribbon
noun
- (countable) A fortification.
- (mining) Ore before it is dressed.
- Effort expended on a particular task.
- (physics, more generally) A measure of energy that is usefully extracted from a process: applied productively.
- (uncountable, often in combination) The result of a particular manner of production.
- The place where one is employed.
- (LGBTQ slang) The confident attitude of a drag queen.
- Labour, occupation, job.
- (slang, plural only) The equipment needed to inject a drug (syringes, needles, swabs etc.)
- Something on which effort is expended.
- (prison slang) Prison gang violence.
- (uncountable, slang, professional wrestling) The staging of events to appear as real.
- Sustained effort to overcome obstacles and achieve a result.
- (uncountable, often in combination) Something produced using the specified material or tool.
- (physics) A measure of energy expended in moving an object; most commonly, force times distance. No work is done if the object does not move.
- (euphemistic) Cosmetic surgery.
- (countable) A literary, artistic, or intellectual production; a creative work.
- (by extension) One's employer.
- the occupation for which you are paid
- a place where work is done
- applying the mind to learning and understanding a subject (especially by reading)
- activity directed toward making or doing something
- a product produced or accomplished through the effort or activity or agency of a person or thing
- (physics) a manifestation of energy; the transfer of energy from one physical system to another expressed as the product of a force and the distance through which it moves a body in the direction of that force
- the total output of a writer or artist (or a substantial part of it)
verb
- (intransitive) To do a specific task by employing physical or mental powers.
- To force to work.
- (transitive) To move or progress slowly [with one's way].
- (intransitive, figuratively) To influence.
- Said of one's job title [with as].
- General use, said of either fellow employees or instruments or clients [with with].
- (intransitive) To ferment.
- (transitive) To cause to ferment.
- (transitive) To embroider with thread.
- (transitive) To work or operate in, through, or by means of.
- (transitive) To cause to move slowly or with difficulty.
- (ditransitive, poetic) To cause (someone) to feel (something); to do unto somebody (something, whether good or bad).
- (law) To cause to happen or to occur as a consequence.
- (intransitive) To function correctly; to act as intended; to achieve the goal designed for.
- (intransitive) To move in an agitated manner.
- (intransitive) To behave in a certain way when handled
- Said of a company or individual who employs [with for].
- To set into action.
- To exhaust, by working.
- To provoke or excite; to influence.
- To shape, form, or improve a material.
- Said of one's workplace (building), or one's department, or one's trade (sphere of business) [with in or at].
- (slang, transitive) To pull off; to wear, perform, etc. successfully or to advantage.
- (LGBTQ slang, intransitive) To perform with a confident attitude, particularly as a drag queen.
- (intransitive) To move or progress slowly or with difficulty; to proceed with effort.
- (transitive) To work or operate in a certain place, area, or speciality.
- To use or manipulate to one’s advantage.
- provoke or excite
- have an effect or outcome; often the one desired or expected
- prepare for crops
- arrive at a certain condition through repeated motion
- operate in or through
- to mix into a homogeneous mass
- behave in a certain way when handled
- move in an agitated manner
- move into or onto
- proceed towards a goal or along a path or through an activity
- operate in a certain place, area, or specialty
- cause to work
- cause to happen or to occur as a consequence
- use or manipulate to one's advantage
- exert oneself by doing mental or physical work for a purpose or out of necessity; work
- find the solution to (a problem or question) or understand the meaning of
- proceed along a path
- shape, form, or improve a material
- make something, usually for a specific function
- give a workout to
- cause to operate or function
- go sour or spoil
- gratify and charm, usually in order to influence
- perform as expected when applied
- be employed
- have and exert influence or effect
- cause to undergo fermentation
noun
- (countable, rare) A temporary fortification built by troops in the field; a defensive earthwork in the field.
- a temporary fortification built by troops in the field
- (uncountable, agriculture) Work done out in the fields as opposed to that done elsewhere on the farm (e.g., barn, house, outbuildings, office).
- (in scientific research) The collection of raw data in the field, field research, field study, field studies.
- (uncountable) Work done out in the real world rather than in controlled conditions.
- an investigation carried out in the field rather than in a laboratory or headquarters
noun
- a fortified defensive structure
- A fortified defensive structure stationed with troops.
- a fortified military post where troops are stationed
- A structure improvised from furniture, bedding, etc., for playing games.
- Any permanent army post.
- (historical) An outlying trading-station, as in British North America.
verb
noun
- defensive structure consisting of walls or mounds built around a stronghold to strengthen it
- The act of fortifying; the art or science of fortifying places to strengthen defence against an enemy.
- the addition of an ingredient for the purpose of enrichment (as the addition of alcohol to wine or the addition of vitamins to food)
- the art or science of strengthening defenses
- An increase in effectiveness, as by adding ingredients.
- That which fortifies; especially, a work or works erected to defend a place against attack; a fortified place; a fortress; a fort; a castle.
- A jagged pattern sometimes seen during an attack of migraine.
noun
- defensive structure consisting of walls or mounds built around a stronghold to strengthen it
- weapons considered collectively
- military supplies
- (chiefly in the plural) Materials of war: armaments, weapons and ammunition.
- (chiefly in the plural, military, NATO) Bombs, rockets, missiles (complete explosive devices, in contrast to e.g. guns).
verb
verb
- (transitive, military) To furnish with a retrenchment (a defensive work within a fortification).
- (intransitive) To live less expensively; to economize.
- (intransitive) To take up a new defensive position.
- (intransitive) To abridge; to curtail.
- (transitive) To dig or redig a trench where one already exists.
- (transitive) To cut down or reduce.
- (transitive, specifically) To terminate the employment of a worker to reduce the size of a workforce; to make redundant.
- (transitive) To confine; to limit; to restrict.
- tighten one's belt; use resources carefully
- make a reduction, as in one's workforce
verb
- fortify by furnishing with battlements for defense
- prepare for battle or conflict
- (intransitive) To be arrayed for battle.
- To prepare or arm for battle; to equip as for battle.
- (transitive) To arrange in order of battle; to array for battle.
- (transitive) To furnish with battlements; to give the form of battlements to.
noun
noun
- (military) The sides of a bastion perpendicular to the wall from which the bastion projects.
- (politics) An ideological faction within a political party.
- (clothing) Either of the two pockets located on the seat of a pair of pants.
- (military) The extreme left or right edge of a military formation, army etc.
- The outermost strip of a road.
- That part of the acting surface of a gear wheel tooth that lies within the pitch line.
- (soccer) The wing, one side of the pitch.
- The side of something, in general senses.
- (cooking) A cut of meat from the flank of an animal.
- (anatomy) The lateral flesh between the last rib and the hip.
- a subfigure consisting of a side of something
- a cut from the fleshy part of an animal's side between the ribs and the leg
- the side of military or naval formation
- the side between ribs and hipbone
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verb
noun
- (military) A fortification around the end of a bridge.
- An area around the end of a bridge.
- (military) An area of ground on the enemy's side of a river or other obstacle, especially one that needs to be taken and defended in order to secure an advance.
- (physical chemistry) Either of the two atoms in different parts of a molecule that are connected by a bridge of two or more other atoms
- a defensive post at the end of a bridge nearest to the enemy
- an area in hostile territory that has been captured and is held awaiting further troops and supplies
verb
- To secure and strengthen (a place, its walls, etc.) by installing fortifications or other military works.
- (military) To install fortifications or other military works; also (sometimes figurative), to put up a defensive position.
- enclose by or as if by a fortification
- To impart fortitude or moral strength to (someone or their determination, or something); to encourage.
- (wine) To add spirits to (wine) to increase the alcohol content.
- To make (something) defensible against attack by hostile forces.
- To give power, strength, or vigour to (oneself or someone, or to something); to strengthen.
- To support (one's or someone's opinion, statement, etc.) by producing evidence, etc.; to confirm, to corroborate.
- (ambitransitive, linguistics) To undergo, or cause to undergo, fortition.
- To increase the nutritional value of (food) by adding ingredients, especially minerals or vitamins.
- To increase the defences of (an army, soldiers, etc.), or put (it or them) in a defensive position.
- add nutrients to
- add alcohol to (beverages)
- make strong or stronger
- prepare oneself for a military confrontation
adj
- Of a place: strengthened so as to withstand attacks; fortified.
- Of a place: occupied or surrounded by armed troops (also figuratively).
- (figuratively) Subject to or troubled by attacks, controversy, or pressure.
- (architecture) Of a fortress or other building, a wall, etc.: having battlements or crenellations; battlemented, crenellated.
- Armed or prepared for battle (literally or figuratively).
- (by extension, heraldry) Having an upper edge or outline of alternating square indentations and extensions like battlements, unless the embattled item is a pale, cross or saltire, in which case it has the crenelations on all sides.
- (of a person) beset by difficulties or conflict
- prepared for battle
- having or resembling repeated square indentations like those in a battlement
verb
noun
- (military) One of a series of long trenches constructed before a besieged fortress, by the besieging force, as a cover for troops supporting the attacking batteries. They are roughly parallel to the line of outer defenses of the fortress.
- (printing) A character consisting of two parallel vertical lines, used in the text to direct attention to a similarly marked note in the margin or at the foot of a page.
- (geography) A line of latitude.
- Something identical or similar in essential respects.
- One of a set of parallel lines.
- Direction conformable to that of another line.
- A comparison made; elaborate tracing of similarity.
- An arrangement of electrical components such that a current flows along two or more paths; see in parallel.
- (mathematics) one of a set of parallel geometric figures (parallel lines or planes)
- something having the property of being analogous to something else
- an imaginary line around the Earth parallel to the equator
adj
- (figuratively) Analogous, similar, comparable.
- Having the same overall direction; the comparison is indicated with "to".
- (computing) Involving the processing of multiple tasks at the same time.
- (science fiction, of realities, dimensions, timelines, etc.) Coexisting but normally not interacting with the regular reality.
- (hyperbolic geometry, said of a pair of lines) Either not intersecting, or coinciding.
- Equally distant from one another at all points.
- being everywhere equidistant and not intersecting
- of or relating to the simultaneous performance of multiple operations
adv
verb
- Of a path etc: To be parallel to something else.
- To compare or liken something to something else.
- To construct or place something parallel to something else.
- To make to conform to something else in character, motive, aim, etc.
- To equal; to match; to correspond to.
- To produce or adduce as a parallel.
- Of a process etc: To be analogous to something else.
- make or place parallel to something
- duplicate or match
- be parallel to
verb
- To surround or guard.
- (by extension, mining) To seal off an area of the mine in which a fire has started.
- simple past of stink
- To dam up; to block the flow of water or other liquid.
- (Cornwall) To stumble or lurch.
- To stink; to smell bad.
- (dairying) To cause (the udders) to become blocked and inflamed from lack of milking.
- To cause to smell bad.
- (by extension) To pack in tightly.
- (Cornwall) To trample.
adj
noun
- (African-American Vernacular, slang, derogatory) A stink; a foul smell.
- (UK, dialect) A dam or mound to stop water.
- (UK, dialect) Water retained by an embankment; a pool of water.
- (slang, music) A certain quality, especially to jazz music, which is often desirable and can be achieved by, among other things, crunchy harmonies, blue notes and groovy rhythm
- A smell of genitals or sex
noun
- (military, fortifications) A fort surrounded on the exterior with projecting angles.
- (science fiction) A military starbase, space station
- a fortification composed of many projecting triangular bastions (usually from five to eight), specifically designed to cover each other; first seen in the mid-15th century in Italy.
noun
adj
noun
- (military) A type of encirclement.
- Alternative form of kiddle (“kind of fishweir”).
- (rail transport, slang) A steam locomotive.
- A bucket for holding a quantity of paint during the painting process.
- (ornithology, collective) A group of raptors riding a thermal, especially when migrating.
- (cooking) A vessel for boiling a liquid or cooking food, usually metal and equipped with a lid.
- An instance of kettling; a group of protesters or rioters confined in a limited area.
- (music) A kettledrum.
- The quantity held by a kettle.
- (slang) A watch (timepiece).
- (geology) A kettle hole, sometimes any pothole.
- (figurative) Ellipsis of kettle of fish.
- A vessel or appliance used to boil water for the preparation of hot beverages and other foodstuffs.
- the quantity a kettle will hold
- (geology) a hollow (typically filled by a lake) that results from the melting of a mass of ice trapped in glacial deposits
- a large hemispherical brass or copper percussion instrument with a drumhead that can be tuned by adjusting the tension on it
- a metal pot for stewing or boiling; usually has a lid
verb
verb
- (transitive, military) To enclose (a field, etc.) for combat.
- To give a building of architectural or historical interest listed status; see also the adjective listed.
- (transitive) To cover with list, or with strips of cloth; to put list on; to stripe as if with list.
- (transitive, nautical) To cause (something) to tilt to one side.
- (transitive) To create or recite a list.
- (transitive) To place in listings.
- (intransitive, nautical) To tilt to one side.
- (intransitive, of a business) To trade on a particular stock exchange.
- (transitive) To sew together, as strips of cloth, so as to make a show of colours, or to form a border.
- (transitive, agriculture, chiefly Southern US) To prepare (land) for a cotton crop by making alternating beds and alleys with a hoe.
- (intransitive, poetic) To listen.
- (transitive, agriculture) To plough and plant with a lister.
- (transitive, carpentry) To cut away a narrow strip, as of sapwood, from the edge of.
- (transitive, poetic) To listen to.
- give or make a list of; name individually; give the names of
- cause to lean to the side
- tilt to one side
- include in a list
- enumerate
noun
- (computing, programming) A codified representation of a list used to store data or in processing; especially, in the Lisp programming language, a data structure consisting of a sequence of zero or more items.
- (tin-plate manufacture) The first thin coating of tin; a wire-like rim of tin left on an edge of the plate after it is coated.
- (in the plural, historical) The barriers or palisades used to fence off a space for jousting or tilting tournaments.
- A strip of fabric, especially from the edge of a piece of cloth.
- Material used for cloth selvage.
- A register or roll of paper consisting of a compilation or enumeration of a set of possible items; the compilation or enumeration itself.
- (ropemaking) A piece of woollen cloth with which the yarns are grasped by a worker.
- (nautical) A careening or tilting to one side, usually not intentionally or under a vessel's own power.
- (architecture) A tilt to a building.
- (architecture) A little square moulding; a fillet or listel.
- (in the plural, military, historical) The scene of a military contest; the ground or field of combat; an enclosed space that serves as a battlefield; the site of a pitched battle.
- (carpentry) A narrow strip of wood, especially sapwood, cut from the edge of a board or plank.
- a database containing an ordered array of items (names or topics)
- the property possessed by a line or surface that departs from the vertical
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verb
noun
- A defensive wall or rampart.
- A defense or safeguard.
- (figurative) Any means of defence or security.
- A breakwater.
- (nautical) The planking or plating along the sides of a nautical vessel above her gunwale that reduces the likelihood of seas washing over the gunwales and people being washed overboard.
- a fencelike structure around a deck
- an embankment built around a space for defensive purposes
- a protective structure of stone or concrete; extends from shore into the water to prevent a beach from washing away
verb
verb
noun
- A defensive structure; a protective barrier; a bulwark.
- A defensive mound of earth or a wall with a broad top and usually a stone parapet; a wall-like ridge of earth, stones or debris; an embankment for defensive purpose.
- That which defends against intrusion from outside; a protection.
- (usually in the plural) A steep bank of a river or gorge.
- an embankment built around a space for defensive purposes
noun
- (architecture) A defensive work rising from a bastion, etc., and overlooking the surrounding area.
- (historical) A gallant: a sprightly young dashing military man.
- (historical) A courtesan or noble under Charles I of England, particularly a royalist partisan during the English Civil War which ended his reign.
- (slang) Someone with an uncircumcised penis.
- (historical) A military man serving on horse, (chiefly) early modern cavalry officers who had abandoned the heavy armor of medieval knights.
- A gentleman of the class of such officers, particularly:
- a gallant or courtly gentleman
adj
noun
- (figurative) A strong refuge; a defence.
- A very tall open-framed structure on which communications devices are installed.
- A control tower.
- One who tows.
- (historical) A tall fashionable headdress worn in the time of King William III and Queen Anne.
- (cartomancy) The nineteenth Lenormand card, representing structure, bureaucracy, stability and loneliness.
- (collective) A group of giraffes.
- (cartomancy) The sixteenth named (trump or Major Arcana) card in many Tarot decks, usually deemed an ill omen.
- (glassblowing) A metal stand used as a pivot to support a punty at a furnace.
- (figuratively) An item of various kinds, such as a computer case, that is higher than it is wide.
- A similarly framed structure with a platform or enclosed area on top.
- A skyscraper.
- A tall, narrow structure (significantly taller than it is wide, either standing alone or forming part of a larger structure.
- (business) Each of a set of information technology concerns within a business, which are treated separately so that they can be handled by different providers.
- a structure taller than its diameter; can stand alone or be attached to a larger building
- anything that approximates the shape of a column or tower
- a powerful small boat designed to pull or push larger ships
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noun
- A type of fortification consisting of a pair of demi-bastions with a curtain wall connecting them and with two long sides directed upon the faces of the bastions, or ravelins of the inner fortifications, so as to be defended by them.
- an element of the trace italienne system of fortification that consists of a pair of demi-bastions.
noun
- (British military) Initialism of confined to barracks.
- Initialism of continental breakfast.
- Initialism of competition best or championship best.
- (soccer) Initialism of centre-back, a defensive position.
- Abbreviation of citizens' band radio.
- (textiles, sewing) Initialism of center back, a line marking the center on the back side of a piece of clothing.
- (cytology) Initialism of Cajal body.
- Abbreviation of Companion of The Most Honourable Order of the Bath.
- (Singapore) Initialism of circuit breaker.
- (American football, Gaelic football, hurling) Initialism of cornerback.
- (military, historical) The United States Navy hull classification symbol for a large cruiser.
- (speedrunning) Initialism of cruise boost.
- (physics) Initialism of centre of buoyancy.
- Initialism of conduction band.
- (Singapore, Malaysia) Initialism of cheebai.
- Initialism of citizens' band.
- (military) Initialism of construction battalion.
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noun
- (also figuratively) A fortified or secure place; a fortress, a stronghold.
- The quality or state of being strongly attached; firmness, secureness, tenacity.
- (obsolete except British, regional) Something used to fasten or tie; a fastener or fastening.
- The quality or state of moving quickly; quickness, rapidity, swiftness.
- (specifically) The ability of a dye to withstand fading.
- The quality or state of having an extravagant lifestyle or immoral habits.
- a rate (usually rapid) at which something happens
- a strongly fortified defensive structure
- the quality of being fixed in place as by some firm attachment
noun
- (by extension) A camp of troops employing such an enclosure.
- (by extension) An improvised stockade, particularly those similarly located and constructed.
- (by extension) Any wild and barbed barrier, evocative of a briar or thorn patch.
- (historical) A fence of the type once commonly improvised in northeastern Africa from thornbushes.
verb
noun
- A type of small fort or other fortification, especially as built to defend a pass or ford.
- (architecture) A squinch.
- A poll tax; a mulct or fine.
- A fragment of a floe of ice.
- A head or a skull.
- A fixed seat or shelf.
- A candlestick (holder for a candle, especially a circular tube, with a brim, into which a candle is inserted), either with a handle for carrying, or with a bracket for attaching to a wall.
- A fixture for a light, which holds it and provides a screen against wind or against a naked flame or lightbulb.
- (Oxford University slang) An act of sconcing; very similar to a fine at Cambridge University, though a sconce is the act of issuing a penalty rather than the penalty itself.
- a shelter or screen providing protection from enemy fire or from the weather
- a decorative wall bracket for holding candles or other sources of light
- a small fort or earthwork defending a ford, pass, or castle gate
- a candle or flaming torch secured in a sconce
verb
noun
- (fortification) The keep of a castle; a guardhouse or building in a fortress where such a body of troops is lodged.
- (military) A body of troops comprising the chief guard units, especially a unit of cavalry on the wing of a camp towards the enemy, or a group of soldiers in a fortress responsible for dealing with disturbers of the peace.
noun
- (military, rare) A barrier or fortification formed by pickets; a stockade.
- (military) A boundary guarded by a picket (unit of soldiers).
- (rare) A line or rope held by one or many pickets, chiefly one used for tethering horses.
- A boundary created by workers participating in a strike, generally at the workplace entrance, which other workers are asked not to pass.
- a line of people acting as pickets
noun
- (specifically, military fortification) A similar bundle of sticks of wood or plastic pipes used for filling in ditches for armoured fighting vehicles to drive over, and for making parapets, raising batteries, and strengthening ramparts.
- (chiefly construction) Originally a cylindrical bundle of small sticks of wood, and now often a bundle of plastic pipes, bound together, and used for strengthening purposes, such as in revetments for riverbanks, and in mats for dams, jetties, etc.
- (figuratively, rare) Something which is used for defensive purposes.
verb
noun
- (military, historical) The fortified encampment of an army besieging a place; also, any of the buildings in such an encampment.
- (British, derogatory) Synonym of workhouse (“an institution for homeless poor people funded by the local parish, where the able-bodied were required to work”).
- Chiefly in French contexts: a bastion (“projecting part of a rampart or other fortification”) or tower of a castle; also, a fortified tower or other building; or a small citadel or fortress.
- A jail or prison, especially one regarded as mistreating its prisoners.
- a jail or prison (especially one that is run in a tyrannical manner)
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noun
- (military) A wall of wooden stakes, used as a defensive barrier.
- A line of cliffs, especially one showing basaltic columns.
- A long, strong stake, one end of which is set firmly in the ground, and the other sharpened.
- (biology) An even row of cells, e.g., palisade mesophyll cells.
- fortification consisting of a strong fence made of stakes driven into the ground
verb
noun
- temporary fortification like a detached bastion
- oval or circular opening; to allow light into a dome or vault
- (in the plural) See lunettes.
- (architecture) A crescent-shaped recess or void in the space above a window or door.
- (Christianity) A luna: a crescent-shaped receptacle, often glass, for holding the (consecrated) host (the bread of communion) upright when exposed in the monstrance.
- A piece of felt to cover the eye of a vicious horse.
- The circular hole in the guillotine in which the victim's neck is placed.
- (farriery) A half horseshoe, lacking the sponge.
- (geology) A type of crescent-shaped dune blown up along a lake basin, especially in dry areas of Australia.
- (architecture) A small opening in a vaulted roof of a circular or crescent shape.
- An iron shoe at the end of the stock of a gun carriage.
- (fortifications) A field work consisting of two projecting faces forming a wedge each of which extends from one of two parallel flanks.
- A type of flattened glass used in watch-making.
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verb
noun
- A well-fortified position; a stronghold or citadel.
- a stronghold into which people could go for shelter during a battle
- Any large prominence; something that resembles a bastion in size and form.
- (figuratively) A person, group, or thing, that strongly defends some principle.
- (architecture) A projecting part of a rampart or other fortification.
- projecting part of a rampart or other fortification
- a group that defends a principle
noun
- (military) A fortified position for a weapon.
- (card games) A fixed number of cards in some bidding games awarded to the highest bidder allowing him to exchange any or all with cards in his hand.
- A collection of boxes, cases, or the like, of graduated size, each put within the one next larger.
- A compact group of pulleys, gears, springs, etc., working together or collectively.
- A circular bed of pasta, rice, etc. to be topped or filled with other foods.
- (computing) A structure consisting of nested structures, such as nested loops or nested subroutine calls.
- A structure built by a bird as a place to incubate eggs and rear young.
- A retreat, or place of habitual resort.
- (geology) An aggregated mass of any ore or mineral, in an isolated state, within a rock.
- A place used by a monotreme, fish, amphibian or insect, for depositing eggs and hatching young.
- A snug, comfortable, or cosy residence or job situation.
- (vulgar, slang, now US) The pubic hair near a vulva or a vulva itself.
- A home that a child or young adult shares with a parent or guardian.
- A hideout for bad people to frequent or haunt; a den.
- a structure in which animals lay eggs or give birth to their young
- a cosy or secluded retreat
- a kind of gun emplacement
- a gang of people (criminals or spies or terrorists) assembled in one locality
- furniture pieces made to fit close together
verb
- (intransitive) To successively neatly fit inside another.
- (intransitive) To settle into a home.
- (intransitive) To hunt for birds' nests or their contents (usually "go nesting").
- (intransitive, of animals) To build or settle into a nest.
- (transitive) To place one thing neatly inside another, and both inside yet another (and so on).
- (transitive) To place in, or as if in, a nest.
- move or arrange oneself in a comfortable and cozy position
- inhabit a nest, usually after building
- fit together or fit inside
- gather nests
noun
- (fortification) One of a bundle of fascines to cover besiegers.
- A little roll; a roll of coins put up in paper, or something resembling such a roll.
- (textiles) A decorative technique that involves creating patterns with piping, cording or bias tape. A rouleau loop uses the same cord or piping as a way of fastening buttons, most notably down the back of bridal gowns.
- (medicine, chiefly in the plural) A stack of aggregated red blood cells, as seen in certain haematological and other diseases.
- a roll of coins wrapped in paper
- a roll of ribbon
noun
- (countable) A fortification.
- (mining) Ore before it is dressed.
- Effort expended on a particular task.
- (physics, more generally) A measure of energy that is usefully extracted from a process: applied productively.
- (uncountable, often in combination) The result of a particular manner of production.
- The place where one is employed.
- (LGBTQ slang) The confident attitude of a drag queen.
- Labour, occupation, job.
- (slang, plural only) The equipment needed to inject a drug (syringes, needles, swabs etc.)
- Something on which effort is expended.
- (prison slang) Prison gang violence.
- (uncountable, slang, professional wrestling) The staging of events to appear as real.
- Sustained effort to overcome obstacles and achieve a result.
- (uncountable, often in combination) Something produced using the specified material or tool.
- (physics) A measure of energy expended in moving an object; most commonly, force times distance. No work is done if the object does not move.
- (euphemistic) Cosmetic surgery.
- (countable) A literary, artistic, or intellectual production; a creative work.
- (by extension) One's employer.
- the occupation for which you are paid
- a place where work is done
- applying the mind to learning and understanding a subject (especially by reading)
- activity directed toward making or doing something
- a product produced or accomplished through the effort or activity or agency of a person or thing
- (physics) a manifestation of energy; the transfer of energy from one physical system to another expressed as the product of a force and the distance through which it moves a body in the direction of that force
- the total output of a writer or artist (or a substantial part of it)
verb
- (intransitive) To do a specific task by employing physical or mental powers.
- To force to work.
- (transitive) To move or progress slowly [with one's way].
- (intransitive, figuratively) To influence.
- Said of one's job title [with as].
- General use, said of either fellow employees or instruments or clients [with with].
- (intransitive) To ferment.
- (transitive) To cause to ferment.
- (transitive) To embroider with thread.
- (transitive) To work or operate in, through, or by means of.
- (transitive) To cause to move slowly or with difficulty.
- (ditransitive, poetic) To cause (someone) to feel (something); to do unto somebody (something, whether good or bad).
- (law) To cause to happen or to occur as a consequence.
- (intransitive) To function correctly; to act as intended; to achieve the goal designed for.
- (intransitive) To move in an agitated manner.
- (intransitive) To behave in a certain way when handled
- Said of a company or individual who employs [with for].
- To set into action.
- To exhaust, by working.
- To provoke or excite; to influence.
- To shape, form, or improve a material.
- Said of one's workplace (building), or one's department, or one's trade (sphere of business) [with in or at].
- (slang, transitive) To pull off; to wear, perform, etc. successfully or to advantage.
- (LGBTQ slang, intransitive) To perform with a confident attitude, particularly as a drag queen.
- (intransitive) To move or progress slowly or with difficulty; to proceed with effort.
- (transitive) To work or operate in a certain place, area, or speciality.
- To use or manipulate to one’s advantage.
- provoke or excite
- have an effect or outcome; often the one desired or expected
- prepare for crops
- arrive at a certain condition through repeated motion
- operate in or through
- to mix into a homogeneous mass
- behave in a certain way when handled
- move in an agitated manner
- move into or onto
- proceed towards a goal or along a path or through an activity
- operate in a certain place, area, or specialty
- cause to work
- cause to happen or to occur as a consequence
- use or manipulate to one's advantage
- exert oneself by doing mental or physical work for a purpose or out of necessity; work
- find the solution to (a problem or question) or understand the meaning of
- proceed along a path
- shape, form, or improve a material
- make something, usually for a specific function
- give a workout to
- cause to operate or function
- go sour or spoil
- gratify and charm, usually in order to influence
- perform as expected when applied
- be employed
- have and exert influence or effect
- cause to undergo fermentation
noun
- (countable, rare) A temporary fortification built by troops in the field; a defensive earthwork in the field.
- a temporary fortification built by troops in the field
- (uncountable, agriculture) Work done out in the fields as opposed to that done elsewhere on the farm (e.g., barn, house, outbuildings, office).
- (in scientific research) The collection of raw data in the field, field research, field study, field studies.
- (uncountable) Work done out in the real world rather than in controlled conditions.
- an investigation carried out in the field rather than in a laboratory or headquarters
verb
noun
- a fortified defensive structure
- A fortified place; a large and permanent fortification, sometimes including a town; for example a fort, a castle; a stronghold; a place of defense or security.
- (chess) A position that, if obtained by the weaker side, will prevent penetration by the opposing side, generally achieving a draw.
noun
- a fortified defensive structure
- A fortified defensive structure stationed with troops.
- a fortified military post where troops are stationed
- A structure improvised from furniture, bedding, etc., for playing games.
- Any permanent army post.
- (historical) An outlying trading-station, as in British North America.
verb
noun
- defensive structure consisting of walls or mounds built around a stronghold to strengthen it
- The act of fortifying; the art or science of fortifying places to strengthen defence against an enemy.
- the addition of an ingredient for the purpose of enrichment (as the addition of alcohol to wine or the addition of vitamins to food)
- the art or science of strengthening defenses
- An increase in effectiveness, as by adding ingredients.
- That which fortifies; especially, a work or works erected to defend a place against attack; a fortified place; a fortress; a fort; a castle.
- A jagged pattern sometimes seen during an attack of migraine.
noun
- defensive structure consisting of walls or mounds built around a stronghold to strengthen it
- weapons considered collectively
- military supplies
- (chiefly in the plural) Materials of war: armaments, weapons and ammunition.
- (chiefly in the plural, military, NATO) Bombs, rockets, missiles (complete explosive devices, in contrast to e.g. guns).
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noun
- (military) The sides of a bastion perpendicular to the wall from which the bastion projects.
- (politics) An ideological faction within a political party.
- (clothing) Either of the two pockets located on the seat of a pair of pants.
- (military) The extreme left or right edge of a military formation, army etc.
- The outermost strip of a road.
- That part of the acting surface of a gear wheel tooth that lies within the pitch line.
- (soccer) The wing, one side of the pitch.
- The side of something, in general senses.
- (cooking) A cut of meat from the flank of an animal.
- (anatomy) The lateral flesh between the last rib and the hip.
- a subfigure consisting of a side of something
- a cut from the fleshy part of an animal's side between the ribs and the leg
- the side of military or naval formation
- the side between ribs and hipbone
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verb
noun
- (military) A fortification around the end of a bridge.
- An area around the end of a bridge.
- (military) An area of ground on the enemy's side of a river or other obstacle, especially one that needs to be taken and defended in order to secure an advance.
- (physical chemistry) Either of the two atoms in different parts of a molecule that are connected by a bridge of two or more other atoms
- a defensive post at the end of a bridge nearest to the enemy
- an area in hostile territory that has been captured and is held awaiting further troops and supplies
noun
- (military) One of a series of long trenches constructed before a besieged fortress, by the besieging force, as a cover for troops supporting the attacking batteries. They are roughly parallel to the line of outer defenses of the fortress.
- (printing) A character consisting of two parallel vertical lines, used in the text to direct attention to a similarly marked note in the margin or at the foot of a page.
- (geography) A line of latitude.
- Something identical or similar in essential respects.
- One of a set of parallel lines.
- Direction conformable to that of another line.
- A comparison made; elaborate tracing of similarity.
- An arrangement of electrical components such that a current flows along two or more paths; see in parallel.
- (mathematics) one of a set of parallel geometric figures (parallel lines or planes)
- something having the property of being analogous to something else
- an imaginary line around the Earth parallel to the equator
adj
- (figuratively) Analogous, similar, comparable.
- Having the same overall direction; the comparison is indicated with "to".
- (computing) Involving the processing of multiple tasks at the same time.
- (science fiction, of realities, dimensions, timelines, etc.) Coexisting but normally not interacting with the regular reality.
- (hyperbolic geometry, said of a pair of lines) Either not intersecting, or coinciding.
- Equally distant from one another at all points.
- being everywhere equidistant and not intersecting
- of or relating to the simultaneous performance of multiple operations
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verb
- Of a path etc: To be parallel to something else.
- To compare or liken something to something else.
- To construct or place something parallel to something else.
- To make to conform to something else in character, motive, aim, etc.
- To equal; to match; to correspond to.
- To produce or adduce as a parallel.
- Of a process etc: To be analogous to something else.
- make or place parallel to something
- duplicate or match
- be parallel to
noun
- (military, fortifications) A fort surrounded on the exterior with projecting angles.
- (science fiction) A military starbase, space station
- a fortification composed of many projecting triangular bastions (usually from five to eight), specifically designed to cover each other; first seen in the mid-15th century in Italy.
noun
adj
noun
- (military) A type of encirclement.
- Alternative form of kiddle (“kind of fishweir”).
- (rail transport, slang) A steam locomotive.
- A bucket for holding a quantity of paint during the painting process.
- (ornithology, collective) A group of raptors riding a thermal, especially when migrating.
- (cooking) A vessel for boiling a liquid or cooking food, usually metal and equipped with a lid.
- An instance of kettling; a group of protesters or rioters confined in a limited area.
- (music) A kettledrum.
- The quantity held by a kettle.
- (slang) A watch (timepiece).
- (geology) A kettle hole, sometimes any pothole.
- (figurative) Ellipsis of kettle of fish.
- A vessel or appliance used to boil water for the preparation of hot beverages and other foodstuffs.
- the quantity a kettle will hold
- (geology) a hollow (typically filled by a lake) that results from the melting of a mass of ice trapped in glacial deposits
- a large hemispherical brass or copper percussion instrument with a drumhead that can be tuned by adjusting the tension on it
- a metal pot for stewing or boiling; usually has a lid
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noun
verb
noun
- A defensive wall or rampart.
- A defense or safeguard.
- (figurative) Any means of defence or security.
- A breakwater.
- (nautical) The planking or plating along the sides of a nautical vessel above her gunwale that reduces the likelihood of seas washing over the gunwales and people being washed overboard.
- a fencelike structure around a deck
- an embankment built around a space for defensive purposes
- a protective structure of stone or concrete; extends from shore into the water to prevent a beach from washing away
verb
noun
- (architecture) A defensive work rising from a bastion, etc., and overlooking the surrounding area.
- (historical) A gallant: a sprightly young dashing military man.
- (historical) A courtesan or noble under Charles I of England, particularly a royalist partisan during the English Civil War which ended his reign.
- (slang) Someone with an uncircumcised penis.
- (historical) A military man serving on horse, (chiefly) early modern cavalry officers who had abandoned the heavy armor of medieval knights.
- A gentleman of the class of such officers, particularly:
- a gallant or courtly gentleman
adj
noun
- (figurative) A strong refuge; a defence.
- A very tall open-framed structure on which communications devices are installed.
- A control tower.
- One who tows.
- (historical) A tall fashionable headdress worn in the time of King William III and Queen Anne.
- (cartomancy) The nineteenth Lenormand card, representing structure, bureaucracy, stability and loneliness.
- (collective) A group of giraffes.
- (cartomancy) The sixteenth named (trump or Major Arcana) card in many Tarot decks, usually deemed an ill omen.
- (glassblowing) A metal stand used as a pivot to support a punty at a furnace.
- (figuratively) An item of various kinds, such as a computer case, that is higher than it is wide.
- A similarly framed structure with a platform or enclosed area on top.
- A skyscraper.
- A tall, narrow structure (significantly taller than it is wide, either standing alone or forming part of a larger structure.
- (business) Each of a set of information technology concerns within a business, which are treated separately so that they can be handled by different providers.
- a structure taller than its diameter; can stand alone or be attached to a larger building
- anything that approximates the shape of a column or tower
- a powerful small boat designed to pull or push larger ships
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noun
- A type of fortification consisting of a pair of demi-bastions with a curtain wall connecting them and with two long sides directed upon the faces of the bastions, or ravelins of the inner fortifications, so as to be defended by them.
- an element of the trace italienne system of fortification that consists of a pair of demi-bastions.
noun
- (British military) Initialism of confined to barracks.
- Initialism of continental breakfast.
- Initialism of competition best or championship best.
- (soccer) Initialism of centre-back, a defensive position.
- Abbreviation of citizens' band radio.
- (textiles, sewing) Initialism of center back, a line marking the center on the back side of a piece of clothing.
- (cytology) Initialism of Cajal body.
- Abbreviation of Companion of The Most Honourable Order of the Bath.
- (Singapore) Initialism of circuit breaker.
- (American football, Gaelic football, hurling) Initialism of cornerback.
- (military, historical) The United States Navy hull classification symbol for a large cruiser.
- (speedrunning) Initialism of cruise boost.
- (physics) Initialism of centre of buoyancy.
- Initialism of conduction band.
- (Singapore, Malaysia) Initialism of cheebai.
- Initialism of citizens' band.
- (military) Initialism of construction battalion.
adj
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noun
- (also figuratively) A fortified or secure place; a fortress, a stronghold.
- The quality or state of being strongly attached; firmness, secureness, tenacity.
- (obsolete except British, regional) Something used to fasten or tie; a fastener or fastening.
- The quality or state of moving quickly; quickness, rapidity, swiftness.
- (specifically) The ability of a dye to withstand fading.
- The quality or state of having an extravagant lifestyle or immoral habits.
- a rate (usually rapid) at which something happens
- a strongly fortified defensive structure
- the quality of being fixed in place as by some firm attachment
noun
- (by extension) A camp of troops employing such an enclosure.
- (by extension) An improvised stockade, particularly those similarly located and constructed.
- (by extension) Any wild and barbed barrier, evocative of a briar or thorn patch.
- (historical) A fence of the type once commonly improvised in northeastern Africa from thornbushes.
verb
noun
- A type of small fort or other fortification, especially as built to defend a pass or ford.
- (architecture) A squinch.
- A poll tax; a mulct or fine.
- A fragment of a floe of ice.
- A head or a skull.
- A fixed seat or shelf.
- A candlestick (holder for a candle, especially a circular tube, with a brim, into which a candle is inserted), either with a handle for carrying, or with a bracket for attaching to a wall.
- A fixture for a light, which holds it and provides a screen against wind or against a naked flame or lightbulb.
- (Oxford University slang) An act of sconcing; very similar to a fine at Cambridge University, though a sconce is the act of issuing a penalty rather than the penalty itself.
- a shelter or screen providing protection from enemy fire or from the weather
- a decorative wall bracket for holding candles or other sources of light
- a small fort or earthwork defending a ford, pass, or castle gate
- a candle or flaming torch secured in a sconce
verb
noun
- (fortification) The keep of a castle; a guardhouse or building in a fortress where such a body of troops is lodged.
- (military) A body of troops comprising the chief guard units, especially a unit of cavalry on the wing of a camp towards the enemy, or a group of soldiers in a fortress responsible for dealing with disturbers of the peace.
noun
- (military, rare) A barrier or fortification formed by pickets; a stockade.
- (military) A boundary guarded by a picket (unit of soldiers).
- (rare) A line or rope held by one or many pickets, chiefly one used for tethering horses.
- A boundary created by workers participating in a strike, generally at the workplace entrance, which other workers are asked not to pass.
- a line of people acting as pickets
noun
- (specifically, military fortification) A similar bundle of sticks of wood or plastic pipes used for filling in ditches for armoured fighting vehicles to drive over, and for making parapets, raising batteries, and strengthening ramparts.
- (chiefly construction) Originally a cylindrical bundle of small sticks of wood, and now often a bundle of plastic pipes, bound together, and used for strengthening purposes, such as in revetments for riverbanks, and in mats for dams, jetties, etc.
- (figuratively, rare) Something which is used for defensive purposes.
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noun
- (military, historical) The fortified encampment of an army besieging a place; also, any of the buildings in such an encampment.
- (British, derogatory) Synonym of workhouse (“an institution for homeless poor people funded by the local parish, where the able-bodied were required to work”).
- Chiefly in French contexts: a bastion (“projecting part of a rampart or other fortification”) or tower of a castle; also, a fortified tower or other building; or a small citadel or fortress.
- A jail or prison, especially one regarded as mistreating its prisoners.
- a jail or prison (especially one that is run in a tyrannical manner)
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noun
- (military) A wall of wooden stakes, used as a defensive barrier.
- A line of cliffs, especially one showing basaltic columns.
- A long, strong stake, one end of which is set firmly in the ground, and the other sharpened.
- (biology) An even row of cells, e.g., palisade mesophyll cells.
- fortification consisting of a strong fence made of stakes driven into the ground
verb
verb
noun
- A well-fortified position; a stronghold or citadel.
- a stronghold into which people could go for shelter during a battle
- Any large prominence; something that resembles a bastion in size and form.
- (figuratively) A person, group, or thing, that strongly defends some principle.
- (architecture) A projecting part of a rampart or other fortification.
- projecting part of a rampart or other fortification
- a group that defends a principle
verb
noun
- a fortified defensive structure
- A fortified place; a large and permanent fortification, sometimes including a town; for example a fort, a castle; a stronghold; a place of defense or security.
- (chess) A position that, if obtained by the weaker side, will prevent penetration by the opposing side, generally achieving a draw.
verb
- (transitive, military) To furnish with a retrenchment (a defensive work within a fortification).
- (intransitive) To live less expensively; to economize.
- (intransitive) To take up a new defensive position.
- (intransitive) To abridge; to curtail.
- (transitive) To dig or redig a trench where one already exists.
- (transitive) To cut down or reduce.
- (transitive, specifically) To terminate the employment of a worker to reduce the size of a workforce; to make redundant.
- (transitive) To confine; to limit; to restrict.
- tighten one's belt; use resources carefully
- make a reduction, as in one's workforce
verb
- fortify by furnishing with battlements for defense
- prepare for battle or conflict
- (intransitive) To be arrayed for battle.
- To prepare or arm for battle; to equip as for battle.
- (transitive) To arrange in order of battle; to array for battle.
- (transitive) To furnish with battlements; to give the form of battlements to.
noun
verb
- To secure and strengthen (a place, its walls, etc.) by installing fortifications or other military works.
- (military) To install fortifications or other military works; also (sometimes figurative), to put up a defensive position.
- enclose by or as if by a fortification
- To impart fortitude or moral strength to (someone or their determination, or something); to encourage.
- (wine) To add spirits to (wine) to increase the alcohol content.
- To make (something) defensible against attack by hostile forces.
- To give power, strength, or vigour to (oneself or someone, or to something); to strengthen.
- To support (one's or someone's opinion, statement, etc.) by producing evidence, etc.; to confirm, to corroborate.
- (ambitransitive, linguistics) To undergo, or cause to undergo, fortition.
- To increase the nutritional value of (food) by adding ingredients, especially minerals or vitamins.
- To increase the defences of (an army, soldiers, etc.), or put (it or them) in a defensive position.
- add nutrients to
- add alcohol to (beverages)
- make strong or stronger
- prepare oneself for a military confrontation
verb
- To surround or guard.
- (by extension, mining) To seal off an area of the mine in which a fire has started.
- simple past of stink
- To dam up; to block the flow of water or other liquid.
- (Cornwall) To stumble or lurch.
- To stink; to smell bad.
- (dairying) To cause (the udders) to become blocked and inflamed from lack of milking.
- To cause to smell bad.
- (by extension) To pack in tightly.
- (Cornwall) To trample.
adj
noun
- (African-American Vernacular, slang, derogatory) A stink; a foul smell.
- (UK, dialect) A dam or mound to stop water.
- (UK, dialect) Water retained by an embankment; a pool of water.
- (slang, music) A certain quality, especially to jazz music, which is often desirable and can be achieved by, among other things, crunchy harmonies, blue notes and groovy rhythm
- A smell of genitals or sex
noun
verb
noun
- a fortified defensive structure
- A fortified defensive structure stationed with troops.
- a fortified military post where troops are stationed
- A structure improvised from furniture, bedding, etc., for playing games.
- Any permanent army post.
- (historical) An outlying trading-station, as in British North America.
verb
verb
- (transitive, military) To enclose (a field, etc.) for combat.
- To give a building of architectural or historical interest listed status; see also the adjective listed.
- (transitive) To cover with list, or with strips of cloth; to put list on; to stripe as if with list.
- (transitive, nautical) To cause (something) to tilt to one side.
- (transitive) To create or recite a list.
- (transitive) To place in listings.
- (intransitive, nautical) To tilt to one side.
- (intransitive, of a business) To trade on a particular stock exchange.
- (transitive) To sew together, as strips of cloth, so as to make a show of colours, or to form a border.
- (transitive, agriculture, chiefly Southern US) To prepare (land) for a cotton crop by making alternating beds and alleys with a hoe.
- (intransitive, poetic) To listen.
- (transitive, agriculture) To plough and plant with a lister.
- (transitive, carpentry) To cut away a narrow strip, as of sapwood, from the edge of.
- (transitive, poetic) To listen to.
- give or make a list of; name individually; give the names of
- cause to lean to the side
- tilt to one side
- include in a list
- enumerate
noun
- (computing, programming) A codified representation of a list used to store data or in processing; especially, in the Lisp programming language, a data structure consisting of a sequence of zero or more items.
- (tin-plate manufacture) The first thin coating of tin; a wire-like rim of tin left on an edge of the plate after it is coated.
- (in the plural, historical) The barriers or palisades used to fence off a space for jousting or tilting tournaments.
- A strip of fabric, especially from the edge of a piece of cloth.
- Material used for cloth selvage.
- A register or roll of paper consisting of a compilation or enumeration of a set of possible items; the compilation or enumeration itself.
- (ropemaking) A piece of woollen cloth with which the yarns are grasped by a worker.
- (nautical) A careening or tilting to one side, usually not intentionally or under a vessel's own power.
- (architecture) A tilt to a building.
- (architecture) A little square moulding; a fillet or listel.
- (in the plural, military, historical) The scene of a military contest; the ground or field of combat; an enclosed space that serves as a battlefield; the site of a pitched battle.
- (carpentry) A narrow strip of wood, especially sapwood, cut from the edge of a board or plank.
- a database containing an ordered array of items (names or topics)
- the property possessed by a line or surface that departs from the vertical
verb
noun
- A defensive structure; a protective barrier; a bulwark.
- A defensive mound of earth or a wall with a broad top and usually a stone parapet; a wall-like ridge of earth, stones or debris; an embankment for defensive purpose.
- That which defends against intrusion from outside; a protection.
- (usually in the plural) A steep bank of a river or gorge.
- an embankment built around a space for defensive purposes
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adj
- Of a place: strengthened so as to withstand attacks; fortified.
- Of a place: occupied or surrounded by armed troops (also figuratively).
- (figuratively) Subject to or troubled by attacks, controversy, or pressure.
- (architecture) Of a fortress or other building, a wall, etc.: having battlements or crenellations; battlemented, crenellated.
- Armed or prepared for battle (literally or figuratively).
- (by extension, heraldry) Having an upper edge or outline of alternating square indentations and extensions like battlements, unless the embattled item is a pale, cross or saltire, in which case it has the crenelations on all sides.
- (of a person) beset by difficulties or conflict
- prepared for battle
- having or resembling repeated square indentations like those in a battlement