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verb
- (transitive) To intercept.
- (transitive) To oust; to replace.
- (nautical) To take a ship out of a harbor etc. by getting between her and the shore.
- (transitive) To remove; to omit.
- (usually passive voice) To arrange or prepare.
- (intransitive) To stop working, to switch off; (of a person on the telephone etc.) to be inaudible, be disconnected.
- (US, Australia, New Zealand) To separate (an animal) from the herd.
- (intransitive) To leave suddenly.
- (transitive, informal) To refrain from (doing something, using something etc.), to stop or cease (doing something).
- (intransitive, Australia, slang) To serve time in prison as an alternative to paying fines.
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see cut, out. To separate into parts with or as if with a sharp-edged instrument; sever.
- cease operating
- delete or remove
- strike or cancel by or as if by rubbing or crossing out
- intercept (a player)
- cut off and stop
- form and create by cutting out
adj
verb
- (transitive) To intercept.
- (transitive) To avoid the undesirable consequences of; to prevent.
- (intransitive) To begin moving away.
- (nautical) To turn away from the wind.
- (intransitive) To start out.
- prevent the occurrence of; prevent from happening; to protect from or to keep away anything undesirable; to ward off
noun
- A concealed electronic eavesdropping or intercept device
- (television) A small, usually transparent or translucent image placed in a corner of a television program to identify the broadcasting network or cable channel.
- Any of various species of marine (saltwater or freshwater) crustaceans; e.g. a Moreton Bay bug, mudbug.
- (gambling, slang) A small piece of metal used in a slot machine to block certain winning combinations.
- Any insect, arachnid, myriapod or entognath.
- (aviation) A manually positioned marker in flight instruments.
- (informal) Any minibeast.
- (entomology) An insect of the order Hemiptera (the “true bugs”).
- A semi-automated telegraph key.
- (chiefly computing, engineering jargon) A problem that needs fixing.
- Any insect.
- (informal) An enthusiasm for something; an obsession.
- A small and usually invisible file (traditionally a single-pixel image) on a World Wide Web page, primarily used to track users.
- (Maine) A lobster.
- (gambling, slang) A metal clip attached to the underside of a table, etc. to hold hidden cards, as a form of cheating.
- (poker) A limited form of wild card in some variants of poker.
- (paleontology, slang) A trilobite.
- (slang, US, horse-racing) An asterisk denoting an apprentice jockey's weight allowance.
- (printing) Synonym of union bug.
- (informal) A keen enthusiast or hobbyist.
- (slang, US, horse-racing, by extension) A young apprentice jockey.
- (informal) Any insect, arachnid, or other terrestrial arthropod that is a pest.
- A contagious illness, or a pathogen causing it.
- (chiefly LGBTQ, "the bug") HIV.
- insects with sucking mouthparts and forewings thickened and leathery at the base; usually show incomplete metamorphosis
- general term for any insect or similar creeping or crawling invertebrate
- a minute life form (especially a disease-causing bacterium); the term is not in technical use
- a small hidden microphone; for listening secretly
- a fault or defect in a computer program, system, or machine
verb
- (transitive) To install an electronic listening device or devices in.
- (intransitive, of eyes) To bulge or protrude.
- (informal, transitive) To annoy.
- (informal, intransitive) To act suspiciously or irrationally, especially in a way that annoys others.
- (transitive) To represent (a value) using a bug on an instrument.
- tap a telephone or telegraph wire to get information
- annoy persistently
noun
- the act of intercepting; preventing something from proceeding or arriving
- An act of intercepting something, the state of being intercepted, or a thing that is intercepted.
- (American football) the act of catching a football by a player on the opposing team
- An aeronautical action in which a fighter approaches a suspicious aircraft to escort it away from a prohibited area, or approaches an enemy aircraft to shoot it down.
- (American football) A passing play where the ball is caught by the opposing team.
- precipitation that does not reach the soil, but is instead intercepted by the leaves, branches of plants and the forest floor.
- (rugby) A pass that is intercepted by an opposing player.
noun
name
- Initialism of Agape International Missions.
- (UK, finance) AIM, the secondary stock market of the London Stock Exchange; formerly an initialism of Alternative Investment Market.
- (Internet, historical, 1997–2017) Initialism of AOL Instant Messenger.
- (ESA, space science) Initialism of Asteroid Impact Mission.
- (NASA, space science) Initialism of Aeronomy of Ice in the Mesosphere, a NASA satellite.
- Initialism of American Indian Movement.
noun
- (aerial warfare) A device that permits an automatic weapon to fire between the blades of a revolving propeller.
- (automotive) Part of a synchromesh manual transmission that allows the smooth engagement of gears.
- (electronics) A kind of arbiter.
- (computing theory) An algorithm that can be applied to a synchronous distributed algorithm to produce a version that operates in asynchronous networks.
- (film editing) A device for aligning multiple film strips in a replay or editing device.
- an instrument that indicates whether two periodic motions are synchronous (especially an instrument that enables a pilot to synchronize the propellers of a plane that has two or more engines)
noun
- An interception of a missile.
- (algebraic geometry) The coordinate of the point at which a curve intersects an axis.
- (marketing) A form of market research where consumers are intercepted and interviewed in a retail store or mall.
- An interception of a radio broadcast or a telephone call.
- the point at which a line intersects a coordinate axis
verb
- (transitive, sports) To gain possession of (the ball) in a ball game.
- To perform an aeronautical action in which a fighter approaches a suspicious aircraft to escort it away from a prohibited area, or approaches an enemy aircraft to shoot it down.
- (transitive) To stop, deflect or divert (something in progress or motion).
- (transitive, American football) Of a defensive player: to steal a pass thrown by the opposing team, gaining possession of the ball.
- (transitive, mathematics) To take or comprehend between.
- tap a telephone or telegraph wire to get information
- seize on its way
adj
verb
verb
- (transitive, military or aviation, slang) To detect (something) with radar.
- (transitive, slang) To defecate or soil with faeces during anal sex.
- (intransitive) To practise the art of painting pictures.
- (transitive) To create (an image) with paints.
- (transitive) To apply in the manner that paint is applied.
- (transitive) To apply paint to.
- (transitive) To cover (something) with spots of colour, like paint.
- (transitive, figuratively) To depict or portray.
- (transitive, medicine) To apply with a brush in order to treat some body part.
- (transitive, graphical user interface) To draw an element in a graphical user interface.
- (intransitive) To color one's face by way of beautifying it.
- make a painting
- make a painting of
- apply a liquid to; e.g., paint the gutters with linseed oil
- apply paint to; coat with paint
noun
- (in the plural) A set of containers or blocks of paint of different colors/colours, used for painting pictures.
- (uncountable, slang) Tattoo work.
- A substance that is applied as a liquid or paste, and dries into a solid coating that protects or adds colour to an object or surface to which it has been applied.
- (uncountable, paintball, slang) Paintballs.
- (basketball, slang) The free-throw lane, construed with the.
- (uncountable) Makeup.
- The appearance of an object on a radar screen.
- (poker, slang) Synonym of face card (king, queen, or jack).
- (computing, attributive) Graphics drawn using an input device, not scanned or generated.
- a substance used as a coating to protect or decorate a surface (especially a mixture of pigment suspended in a liquid); dries to form a hard coating
- (basketball) a space (including the foul line) in front of the basket at each end of a basketball court; usually painted a different color from the rest of the court
- makeup consisting of a pink or red powder applied to the cheeks
verb
- (transitive, military) To direct a radar beam toward.
- (transitive, figurative) To clarify or make something understandable.
- (intransitive) To be exposed to light.
- (transitive) To shine light on something.
- (intransitive) To glow; to light up.
- (transitive, figurative) To make spectacular.
- (transitive) To decorate something with lights.
- (transitive) To decorate the page of a manuscript book with ornamental designs.
- introduce light into
- add embellishments and paintings to (medieval manuscripts)
- make free from confusion or ambiguity; make clear
adj
noun
noun
- A device that navigates an aircraft, automobile or missile.
- A person who navigates, especially an officer with that responsibility on a ship or an aircrew member with that responsibility on an aircraft.
- A sea explorer.
- (computing) A user interface that allows navigating through a structure of any kind.
- the member of an aircrew who is responsible for the aircraft's course
- the ship's officer in charge of navigation
- in earlier times, a person who explored by ship
noun
name
- Initialism of International Bodyboarding Association.
- Initialism of International Bartenders Association.
- Initialism of International Bar Association.
- Initialism of Israel Broadcasting Authority.
- Initialism of International Boxing Association (amateur)
- Initialism of International Bryozoology Association.
- Initialism of International Basketball Association.
- Initialism of International Bank of Asia.
- Initialism of International Business Alliance.
- Initialism of Institute of Business Administration.
- Initialism of Iron Butt Association.
- Initialism of International Boxing Association (professional)
- Initialism of InfiniBand Architecture.
- Initialism of Independent Broadcasting Authority.
noun
- (aviation) Initialism of secondary surveillance radar.
- (military) Initialism of special support and reconnaissance.
- (education) Initialism of sustained silent reading.
- (web development) Initialism of server-side rendering.
- (nautical) Initialism of small ships register.
- (electronics) Initialism of solid-state relay.
- (statistics) Initialism of sum of squared residuals.
- (aviation, travel industry) Initialism of special service requirement or special service request.
name
noun
- (US law enforcement) A device that simulates a cell tower, used to intercept cell phone communications.
- Any of various large, venomous rays, of the orders Rajiformes and Myliobatiformes, having a barbed, whiplike tail.
- large venomous ray with large barbed spines near the base of a thin whiplike tail capable of inflicting severe wounds
noun
- (weaponry) One of the metal guidance or stabilizing fins attached to the tail of a bomb or other missile.
- Any of several usually relatively thin, rigid, flat, or sometimes curved surfaces radially mounted along an axis, as a blade in a turbine or a sail on a windmill, that is turned by or used to turn a fluid.
- (navigation) A sight on a sextant or compass.
- (ornithology) The flattened, web-like part of a feather, consisting of a series of barbs on either side of the shaft.
- A weather vane.
- flat surface that rotates and pushes against air or water
- mechanical device attached to an elevated structure; rotates freely to show the direction of the wind
- the flattened weblike part of a feather consisting of a series of barbs on either side of the shaft
- a fin attached to the tail of an arrow, bomb or missile in order to stabilize or guide it
noun
- (science fiction) A device used to deflect or repel other objects, or for flight stability.
- A repulsor is either one of two drives located in the gauntlets of Iron Man's armor; they have been referred to as being magnetic, a blast of charged particles, and as a force beam.
- a fictional anti-gravity device in the Star Wars Universe.
adj
name
noun
noun
- (military) An antipersonnel device deliberately hidden or disguised as a harmless object.
- A practical joke by which something is made to fall upon someone entering through a door, or the like.
- (by extension) An unforeseen source of danger; a pitfall.
- an explosive mine hidden underground; explodes when stepped on or driven over
- an unforeseen or unexpected or surprising difficulty
noun
- a fast maneuverable fighter plane designed to intercept enemy aircraft
- (architecture, engineering) A device to trap, remove, or separate hazardous or undesirable matter (such as oil or sand) from normal waste conveyed through it, permitting normal sewage or liquid wastes to discharge into the disposal terminal by gravity.
- A sewer that intercepts sewerage destined for an outfall (e.g. into a river) and redirects it to a treatment plant.
- A guided missile designed to intercept and destroy enemy missiles.
- A combat aircraft designed to intercept and destroy enemy aircraft before they can attack.
- (computing, programming) A hook routine that intercepts normal program flow to carry out a task.
- Anyone or anything that intercepts something else.
verb
- (Canada, US, military) To begin tracking a mobile target with a particular detector or sight, generally with the implication that an attack on the target thereby becomes possible.
- (medicine) To become affected by an illness.
- (transitive) To get.
- (transitive) To gain, usually by one's own exertions; to get as one's own.
- (computing) To sample signals and convert them into digital values.
- take on a certain form, attribute, or aspect
- gain knowledge or skills
- win something through one's efforts
- come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
- locate (a moving entity) by means of a tracking system such as radar
- gain through experience
- come to have or undergo a change of (physical features and attributes)
noun
- (aviation, slang) A transponder.
- (figurative) A parroter; a person who repeats the words or ideas of others.
- A kind of bird, many species of which are colorful and able to mimic human speech, of the order Psittaciformes or (narrowly) of the family Psittacidae.
- a copycat who does not understand the words or acts being imitated
- usually brightly colored zygodactyl tropical birds with short hooked beaks and the ability to mimic sounds
verb
verb
noun
- (chiefly Canada, US) A kind of wind pump whose top behaves like a weather vane, moving with the wind direction, but which also has a wheel attached to measure wind speed.
- (figuratively) One who veers with every change of current opinion; a fickle, inconstant person.
- A weather vane, sometimes in the form of a cockerel.
- weathervane with a vane in the form of a rooster
noun
- (aviation, nautical) A device that traps a probe on a rotorcraft, securing it to the helicopter deck of a vessel.
- (aviation, nautical) A system of rotorcraft recovery aboard watercraft in heavy sea states, which uses the beartrap device to land securely and transport the aircraft into the hangar.
- (law enforcement, automotive, traffic) A radar trap used by police to catch speeders.
- (hunting) A large trap used to catch a bear or other mammal, usually as a foot trap.
adj
noun
noun
- A concealed electronic eavesdropping or intercept device
- (television) A small, usually transparent or translucent image placed in a corner of a television program to identify the broadcasting network or cable channel.
- Any of various species of marine (saltwater or freshwater) crustaceans; e.g. a Moreton Bay bug, mudbug.
- (gambling, slang) A small piece of metal used in a slot machine to block certain winning combinations.
- Any insect, arachnid, myriapod or entognath.
- (aviation) A manually positioned marker in flight instruments.
- (informal) Any minibeast.
- (entomology) An insect of the order Hemiptera (the “true bugs”).
- A semi-automated telegraph key.
- (chiefly computing, engineering jargon) A problem that needs fixing.
- Any insect.
- (informal) An enthusiasm for something; an obsession.
- A small and usually invisible file (traditionally a single-pixel image) on a World Wide Web page, primarily used to track users.
- (Maine) A lobster.
- (gambling, slang) A metal clip attached to the underside of a table, etc. to hold hidden cards, as a form of cheating.
- (poker) A limited form of wild card in some variants of poker.
- (paleontology, slang) A trilobite.
- (slang, US, horse-racing) An asterisk denoting an apprentice jockey's weight allowance.
- (printing) Synonym of union bug.
- (informal) A keen enthusiast or hobbyist.
- (slang, US, horse-racing, by extension) A young apprentice jockey.
- (informal) Any insect, arachnid, or other terrestrial arthropod that is a pest.
- A contagious illness, or a pathogen causing it.
- (chiefly LGBTQ, "the bug") HIV.
- insects with sucking mouthparts and forewings thickened and leathery at the base; usually show incomplete metamorphosis
- general term for any insect or similar creeping or crawling invertebrate
- a minute life form (especially a disease-causing bacterium); the term is not in technical use
- a small hidden microphone; for listening secretly
- a fault or defect in a computer program, system, or machine
verb
- (transitive) To install an electronic listening device or devices in.
- (intransitive, of eyes) To bulge or protrude.
- (informal, transitive) To annoy.
- (informal, intransitive) To act suspiciously or irrationally, especially in a way that annoys others.
- (transitive) To represent (a value) using a bug on an instrument.
- tap a telephone or telegraph wire to get information
- annoy persistently
noun
- the act of intercepting; preventing something from proceeding or arriving
- An act of intercepting something, the state of being intercepted, or a thing that is intercepted.
- (American football) the act of catching a football by a player on the opposing team
- An aeronautical action in which a fighter approaches a suspicious aircraft to escort it away from a prohibited area, or approaches an enemy aircraft to shoot it down.
- (American football) A passing play where the ball is caught by the opposing team.
- precipitation that does not reach the soil, but is instead intercepted by the leaves, branches of plants and the forest floor.
- (rugby) A pass that is intercepted by an opposing player.
noun
name
- Initialism of Agape International Missions.
- (UK, finance) AIM, the secondary stock market of the London Stock Exchange; formerly an initialism of Alternative Investment Market.
- (Internet, historical, 1997–2017) Initialism of AOL Instant Messenger.
- (ESA, space science) Initialism of Asteroid Impact Mission.
- (NASA, space science) Initialism of Aeronomy of Ice in the Mesosphere, a NASA satellite.
- Initialism of American Indian Movement.
noun
- (aerial warfare) A device that permits an automatic weapon to fire between the blades of a revolving propeller.
- (automotive) Part of a synchromesh manual transmission that allows the smooth engagement of gears.
- (electronics) A kind of arbiter.
- (computing theory) An algorithm that can be applied to a synchronous distributed algorithm to produce a version that operates in asynchronous networks.
- (film editing) A device for aligning multiple film strips in a replay or editing device.
- an instrument that indicates whether two periodic motions are synchronous (especially an instrument that enables a pilot to synchronize the propellers of a plane that has two or more engines)
noun
- An interception of a missile.
- (algebraic geometry) The coordinate of the point at which a curve intersects an axis.
- (marketing) A form of market research where consumers are intercepted and interviewed in a retail store or mall.
- An interception of a radio broadcast or a telephone call.
- the point at which a line intersects a coordinate axis
verb
- (transitive, sports) To gain possession of (the ball) in a ball game.
- To perform an aeronautical action in which a fighter approaches a suspicious aircraft to escort it away from a prohibited area, or approaches an enemy aircraft to shoot it down.
- (transitive) To stop, deflect or divert (something in progress or motion).
- (transitive, American football) Of a defensive player: to steal a pass thrown by the opposing team, gaining possession of the ball.
- (transitive, mathematics) To take or comprehend between.
- tap a telephone or telegraph wire to get information
- seize on its way
noun
- A device that navigates an aircraft, automobile or missile.
- A person who navigates, especially an officer with that responsibility on a ship or an aircrew member with that responsibility on an aircraft.
- A sea explorer.
- (computing) A user interface that allows navigating through a structure of any kind.
- the member of an aircrew who is responsible for the aircraft's course
- the ship's officer in charge of navigation
- in earlier times, a person who explored by ship
noun
name
- Initialism of International Bodyboarding Association.
- Initialism of International Bartenders Association.
- Initialism of International Bar Association.
- Initialism of Israel Broadcasting Authority.
- Initialism of International Boxing Association (amateur)
- Initialism of International Bryozoology Association.
- Initialism of International Basketball Association.
- Initialism of International Bank of Asia.
- Initialism of International Business Alliance.
- Initialism of Institute of Business Administration.
- Initialism of Iron Butt Association.
- Initialism of International Boxing Association (professional)
- Initialism of InfiniBand Architecture.
- Initialism of Independent Broadcasting Authority.
noun
- (aviation) Initialism of secondary surveillance radar.
- (military) Initialism of special support and reconnaissance.
- (education) Initialism of sustained silent reading.
- (web development) Initialism of server-side rendering.
- (nautical) Initialism of small ships register.
- (electronics) Initialism of solid-state relay.
- (statistics) Initialism of sum of squared residuals.
- (aviation, travel industry) Initialism of special service requirement or special service request.
name
noun
- (US law enforcement) A device that simulates a cell tower, used to intercept cell phone communications.
- Any of various large, venomous rays, of the orders Rajiformes and Myliobatiformes, having a barbed, whiplike tail.
- large venomous ray with large barbed spines near the base of a thin whiplike tail capable of inflicting severe wounds
noun
- (weaponry) One of the metal guidance or stabilizing fins attached to the tail of a bomb or other missile.
- Any of several usually relatively thin, rigid, flat, or sometimes curved surfaces radially mounted along an axis, as a blade in a turbine or a sail on a windmill, that is turned by or used to turn a fluid.
- (navigation) A sight on a sextant or compass.
- (ornithology) The flattened, web-like part of a feather, consisting of a series of barbs on either side of the shaft.
- A weather vane.
- flat surface that rotates and pushes against air or water
- mechanical device attached to an elevated structure; rotates freely to show the direction of the wind
- the flattened weblike part of a feather consisting of a series of barbs on either side of the shaft
- a fin attached to the tail of an arrow, bomb or missile in order to stabilize or guide it
noun
- (science fiction) A device used to deflect or repel other objects, or for flight stability.
- A repulsor is either one of two drives located in the gauntlets of Iron Man's armor; they have been referred to as being magnetic, a blast of charged particles, and as a force beam.
- a fictional anti-gravity device in the Star Wars Universe.
noun
- (military) An antipersonnel device deliberately hidden or disguised as a harmless object.
- A practical joke by which something is made to fall upon someone entering through a door, or the like.
- (by extension) An unforeseen source of danger; a pitfall.
- an explosive mine hidden underground; explodes when stepped on or driven over
- an unforeseen or unexpected or surprising difficulty
noun
- a fast maneuverable fighter plane designed to intercept enemy aircraft
- (architecture, engineering) A device to trap, remove, or separate hazardous or undesirable matter (such as oil or sand) from normal waste conveyed through it, permitting normal sewage or liquid wastes to discharge into the disposal terminal by gravity.
- A sewer that intercepts sewerage destined for an outfall (e.g. into a river) and redirects it to a treatment plant.
- A guided missile designed to intercept and destroy enemy missiles.
- A combat aircraft designed to intercept and destroy enemy aircraft before they can attack.
- (computing, programming) A hook routine that intercepts normal program flow to carry out a task.
- Anyone or anything that intercepts something else.
noun
- (aviation, slang) A transponder.
- (figurative) A parroter; a person who repeats the words or ideas of others.
- A kind of bird, many species of which are colorful and able to mimic human speech, of the order Psittaciformes or (narrowly) of the family Psittacidae.
- a copycat who does not understand the words or acts being imitated
- usually brightly colored zygodactyl tropical birds with short hooked beaks and the ability to mimic sounds
verb
noun
- (aviation, nautical) A device that traps a probe on a rotorcraft, securing it to the helicopter deck of a vessel.
- (aviation, nautical) A system of rotorcraft recovery aboard watercraft in heavy sea states, which uses the beartrap device to land securely and transport the aircraft into the hangar.
- (law enforcement, automotive, traffic) A radar trap used by police to catch speeders.
- (hunting) A large trap used to catch a bear or other mammal, usually as a foot trap.
verb
- (transitive) To intercept.
- (transitive) To oust; to replace.
- (nautical) To take a ship out of a harbor etc. by getting between her and the shore.
- (transitive) To remove; to omit.
- (usually passive voice) To arrange or prepare.
- (intransitive) To stop working, to switch off; (of a person on the telephone etc.) to be inaudible, be disconnected.
- (US, Australia, New Zealand) To separate (an animal) from the herd.
- (intransitive) To leave suddenly.
- (transitive, informal) To refrain from (doing something, using something etc.), to stop or cease (doing something).
- (intransitive, Australia, slang) To serve time in prison as an alternative to paying fines.
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see cut, out. To separate into parts with or as if with a sharp-edged instrument; sever.
- cease operating
- delete or remove
- strike or cancel by or as if by rubbing or crossing out
- intercept (a player)
- cut off and stop
- form and create by cutting out
adj
verb
- (transitive) To intercept.
- (transitive) To avoid the undesirable consequences of; to prevent.
- (intransitive) To begin moving away.
- (nautical) To turn away from the wind.
- (intransitive) To start out.
- prevent the occurrence of; prevent from happening; to protect from or to keep away anything undesirable; to ward off
verb
- (transitive, military or aviation, slang) To detect (something) with radar.
- (transitive, slang) To defecate or soil with faeces during anal sex.
- (intransitive) To practise the art of painting pictures.
- (transitive) To create (an image) with paints.
- (transitive) To apply in the manner that paint is applied.
- (transitive) To apply paint to.
- (transitive) To cover (something) with spots of colour, like paint.
- (transitive, figuratively) To depict or portray.
- (transitive, medicine) To apply with a brush in order to treat some body part.
- (transitive, graphical user interface) To draw an element in a graphical user interface.
- (intransitive) To color one's face by way of beautifying it.
- make a painting
- make a painting of
- apply a liquid to; e.g., paint the gutters with linseed oil
- apply paint to; coat with paint
noun
- (in the plural) A set of containers or blocks of paint of different colors/colours, used for painting pictures.
- (uncountable, slang) Tattoo work.
- A substance that is applied as a liquid or paste, and dries into a solid coating that protects or adds colour to an object or surface to which it has been applied.
- (uncountable, paintball, slang) Paintballs.
- (basketball, slang) The free-throw lane, construed with the.
- (uncountable) Makeup.
- The appearance of an object on a radar screen.
- (poker, slang) Synonym of face card (king, queen, or jack).
- (computing, attributive) Graphics drawn using an input device, not scanned or generated.
- a substance used as a coating to protect or decorate a surface (especially a mixture of pigment suspended in a liquid); dries to form a hard coating
- (basketball) a space (including the foul line) in front of the basket at each end of a basketball court; usually painted a different color from the rest of the court
- makeup consisting of a pink or red powder applied to the cheeks
verb
- (transitive, military) To direct a radar beam toward.
- (transitive, figurative) To clarify or make something understandable.
- (intransitive) To be exposed to light.
- (transitive) To shine light on something.
- (intransitive) To glow; to light up.
- (transitive, figurative) To make spectacular.
- (transitive) To decorate something with lights.
- (transitive) To decorate the page of a manuscript book with ornamental designs.
- introduce light into
- add embellishments and paintings to (medieval manuscripts)
- make free from confusion or ambiguity; make clear
adj
noun
verb
- (Canada, US, military) To begin tracking a mobile target with a particular detector or sight, generally with the implication that an attack on the target thereby becomes possible.
- (medicine) To become affected by an illness.
- (transitive) To get.
- (transitive) To gain, usually by one's own exertions; to get as one's own.
- (computing) To sample signals and convert them into digital values.
- take on a certain form, attribute, or aspect
- gain knowledge or skills
- win something through one's efforts
- come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
- locate (a moving entity) by means of a tracking system such as radar
- gain through experience
- come to have or undergo a change of (physical features and attributes)
verb
noun
- (chiefly Canada, US) A kind of wind pump whose top behaves like a weather vane, moving with the wind direction, but which also has a wheel attached to measure wind speed.
- (figuratively) One who veers with every change of current opinion; a fickle, inconstant person.
- A weather vane, sometimes in the form of a cockerel.
- weathervane with a vane in the form of a rooster