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noun
- Something used for smearing.
- (derogatory) Someone who tries to damage another's reputation through slander or innuendo.
- (derogatory) An unskillful painter.
- (Scotland, agriculture, historical) A worker employed to apply a tar-based salve to sheep to protect their skin during the winter.
- Someone who spreads a substance across a surface.
- (electronics) A circuit used to eliminate the overshoot of a pulse.
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- A mark made by smearing.
- (medicine) A Pap smear (screening test for cervical cancer).
- (climbing) A maneuver in which the shoe is placed onto the holdless rock, and the friction from the shoe keeps it in contact
- (music) A rough glissando in jazz music.
- (radio, television, uncountable) Any of various forms of distortion that make a signal harder to see or hear.
- (biology) A preparation to be examined under a microscope, made by spreading a thin layer of a substance (such as blood, bacterial culture) on a slide.
- (countable, uncountable) A false or unsupported, malicious statement intended to injure a person's reputation.
- slanderous defamation
- a thin tissue or blood sample spread on a glass slide and stained for cytologic examination and diagnosis under a microscope
- a blemish made by dirt
- an act that brings discredit to the person who does it
verb
- cover (a surface) by smearing (a substance) over it
- (transitive) To spread (a substance, especially one that colours or is dirty) across a surface by rubbing.
- (transitive) To rub (a body part, etc.) across a surface.
- (transitive) To make something dirty.
- (transitive) To write or draw (something) by spreading a substance on a surface.
- (transitive) To cause (something) to be a particular colour by covering with a substance.
- (transitive) To cover (a surface with a layer of some substance) by rubbing.
- (transitive) (of a substance, etc.) To make a surface dirty by covering it.
- (transitive) To cause (something) to be messy or not clear by rubbing and spreading it.
- (climbing) To climb without using footholds, using the friction from the shoe to stay on the wall.
- (transitive) To attempt to remove (a substance) from a surface by rubbing.
- (intransitive) To become messy or not clear by being spread.
- (transitive, derogatory) To damage someone's reputation by slandering, misrepresenting, or otherwise making false accusations about them, their statements, or their actions.
- make a smudge on; soil by smudging
- charge falsely or with malicious intent; attack the good name and reputation of someone
- stain by smearing or daubing with a dirty substance
verb
- (transitive) To spread a substance thinly over; to smear.
- To scour; to burnish; to polish; to brighten; to cleanse; often with up or over.
- (transitive) To move (one object) while maintaining contact with another object over some area, with pressure and friction.
- To hinder; to cross; to thwart.
- (intransitive) To be rubbed against something.
- (transitive, bowls) To touch the jack with the bowl.
- scrape or rub as if to relieve itching
- move over something with pressure
- cause friction
noun
- A difficulty or problem.
- A mixture of spices applied to meat before it is barbecued.
- In the game of crown green bowls, any obstacle by which a bowl is diverted from its normal course.
- An act of rubbing.
- Any substance designed to be applied by rubbing.
- (UK, naval slang) A loan.
- the act of rubbing or wiping
- an unforeseen obstacle
verb
- To smear, stain or smudge.
- (copyright law) To use a sign, image, expression, etc. sufficiently close to a trademarked one that it causes confusion between them.
- To cause imperfection of vision in; to dim; to darken.
- (graphical user interface, transitive) To transfer the input focus away from.
- To make indistinct or hazy, to obscure or dim.
- (intransitive) To become indistinct.
- to make less distinct or clear
- become glassy; lose clear vision
- make a smudge on; soil by smudging
- make dim or indistinct
- make unclear, indistinct, or blurred
- become vague or indistinct
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adj
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verb
- (transitive) To smear (a substance) with this kind of motion.
- (transitive, computing) To erase.
- (figurative) To remove an expression from one's face.
- (intransitive, roleplaying games, video games) To have all members of a party die in a single campaign, event, or battle; to be wiped out.
- (transitive) To move an object over, maintaining contact, with the intention of removing some substance from the surface. (Compare rub.)
- (transitive, plumbing) To make (a joint, as between pieces of lead pipe), by surrounding the junction with a mass of solder, applied in a plastic condition by means of a rag with which the solder is shaped by rubbing.
- (ambitransitive) To clean (the anus, buttocks and/or genitals) after defecation or urination.
- (transitive) To deperm (a ship).
- (video editing) To perform a transition in which one scene or slide is replaced with another over time along a horizontal axis, as if one scene or slide is a layer being slid off the other.
- (transitive) To remove by rubbing; to rub off; to obliterate; usually followed by away, off, or out.
- rub with a circular motion
noun
- A kind of film transition where one shot replaces another by travelling from one side of the frame to another or with a special shape.
- The act of wiping something.
- A lapwing, especially a northern lapwing (Vanellus vanellus).
- A soft piece of cloth or cloth-like material used for wiping.
- (roleplaying games, video games) An instance of all members of a party dying in a single campaign, event, or battle; a wipeout.
- the act of rubbing or wiping
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verb
verb
- (transitive) To smear, to distribute in a thin layer.
- (transitive) To stretch out, open out (a material etc.) so that it more fully covers a given area of space.
- (transitive) To disseminate; to cause to proliferate, to make (something) widely known or present.
- (transitive) To cover (something) with a thin layer of some substance, as of butter.
- (intransitive, transitive, debating slang) To speedread; to recite one's arguments at an extremely fast pace.
- (transitive) To disperse, to scatter or distribute over a given area.
- (intransitive) To proliferate; to become more widely present, to be disseminated.
- (intransitive) To take up a larger area or space; to expand, be extended.
- (intransitive, slang) To open one’s legs, especially for sexual favours.
- To prepare; to set and furnish with provisions.
- (transitive) To extend (individual rays, limbs etc.); to stretch out in varying or opposing directions. simple past and past participle of spread
- cause to become widely known
- cover by spreading something over
- become distributed or widespread
- move outward
- become widely known and passed on
- strew or distribute over an area
- distribute or disperse widely
- spread out or open from a closed or folded state
- distribute over a surface in a layer
- spread across or over
noun
- (geometry) An unlimited expanse of discontinuous points.
- The act of spreading.
- A piece of material used as a cover (such as a bedspread).
- (gambling) The difference between the teams' final scores at the end of a sport match.
- (debating slang) An act or instance of spreading (speedreading).
- Two facing pages in a book, newspaper etc.
- A numerical difference.
- (trading, finance) The purchase of one delivery month of one commodity against the sale of that same delivery month of a different commodity.
- An expanse of land.
- A large meal, especially one laid out on a table.
- (finance) The difference between the prices of two similar items.
- A large tract of land used to raise livestock; a cattle ranch.
- (cartomancy) A layout, pattern or design of cards arranged for a reading.
- (trading, economics, finance) The difference between the price of a futures month and the price of another month of the same commodity.
- (business, economics) The difference between the wholesale and retail prices.
- (trading) The difference between bidding and asking price.
- (statistics) A measure of how far the data tend to deviate from the average.
- (bread, etc.) Any form of food designed to be spread, such as butters or jams.
- Excessive width of the trails of ink written on overly absorbent paper.
- The surface in proportion to the depth of a cut gemstone.
- (prison slang, uncountable) Food improvised by inmates from various ingredients to relieve the tedium of prison food.
- An item in a newspaper or magazine that occupies more than one column or page.
- Something that has been spread.
- (trading) An arbitrage transaction of the same commodity in two markets, executed to take advantage of a profit from price discrepancies.
- (trading, finance) The purchase of a futures contract of one delivery month against the sale of another futures delivery month of the same commodity.
- (military) A set of multiple torpedoes launched on side-by-side, slowly-diverging paths toward one or more enemy ships.
- a meal that is well prepared and greatly enjoyed
- a haphazard distribution in all directions
- the expansion of a person's girth (especially at middle age)
- a conspicuous disparity or difference as between two figures
- decorative cover for a bed
- two facing pages of a book or other publication
- farm consisting of a large tract of land along with facilities needed to raise livestock (especially cattle)
- process or result of distributing or extending over a wide expanse of space
- act of extending over a wider scope or expanse of space or time
- a tasty mixture to be spread on bread or crackers or used in preparing other dishes
adj
verb
- cover (a surface) by smearing (a substance) over it
- apply to a surface
- coat with plaster
- (intransitive, transitive) To apply (something) to a surface in hasty or crude strokes.
- (transitive) To paint (a picture, etc.) in a coarse or unskilful manner.
- (transitive, bingo) To mark spots on a bingo card, using a dauber.
noun
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- (dialect) To smear or become smeared with a grimy substance.
- To fish using a bolter.
- To pound rapidly.
- (of a whale) To swim or turn sideways while eating.
- To sift or filter through a sieve or bolter.
- (military, aviation) To miss a landing on an aircraft carrier by failing to catch the arresting gear wires with the aircraft's tailhook.
noun
- (military, aviation) A missed landing on an aircraft carrier; an aircraft that has made a missed landing.
- A kind of fishing line; a boulter.
- (Australia, sports) An obscure athlete who wins an upset victory.
- (petroleum refining) A filter mechanism.
- (Australia, horseracing) A horse that wins at long odds.
- (US, politics) A member of a political party who does not support the party's nominee.
- A person who sifts flour or meal.
- A person or thing that bolts, or runs suddenly.
- (New Zealand, sports) In team sports, a relatively little-known or inexperienced player who inspires the team to greater success.
- (botany, horticulture) A plant that grows larger and more rapidly than usual.
- (flour milling) A machine or mechanism that automatically sifts milled flour.
- (climbing) Someone who equips a sport route by putting bolts in the rock.
verb
- (transitive) To smear with some viscous or liquid substance.
- (transitive, figurative) To smooth over.
- (transitive) To cover or coat something with plaster; to render.
- (transitive) To apply a plaster to.
- (transitive, figurative) To bombard heavily or overwhelmingly; to overwhelm (with weapons fire).
- (transitive) To hide or cover up, as if with plaster; to cover thickly.
- affix conspicuously
- apply a plaster cast to
- dress by covering with a therapeutic substance
- coat with plaster
- cover conspicuously or thickly, as by pasting something on
- apply a heavy coat to
noun
- (uncountable) A paste applied to the skin for healing or cosmetic purposes.
- (uncountable) A mixture of lime or gypsum, sand, and water, sometimes with the addition of fibres, that hardens to a smooth solid and is used for coating walls and ceilings.
- (countable, British, New Zealand, Canada) A small adhesive bandage to cover a minor wound; a sticking plaster.
- (by ellipsis, uncountable) Plaster of Paris.
- (countable) A cast made of plaster of Paris and gauze; a plaster cast.
- A similar material used for exterior walls.
- a medical dressing consisting of a soft heated mass of meal or clay that is spread on a cloth and applied to the skin to treat inflamed areas or improve circulation etc.
- a surface of hardened plaster (as on a wall or ceiling)
- a mixture of lime or gypsum with sand and water; hardens into a smooth solid; used to cover walls and ceilings
- adhesive tape used in dressing wounds
- any of several gypsum cements; a white powder (a form of calcium sulphate) that forms a paste when mixed with water and hardens into a solid; used in making molds and sculptures and casts for broken limbs
verb
- (transitive) To smear with birdlime.
- (Caribbean, Barbados, Trinidad and Tobago, informal) To hang out or socialize in an informal, relaxed environment, especially with friends, for example at a party or on the beach.
- (transitive) To treat with calcium hydroxide or calcium oxide (lime).
- (transitive) To apply limewash.
- (rare) To ensnare, catch, entrap.
- spread birdlime on branches to catch birds
- cover with lime so as to induce growth
adj
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- (chemistry) Any inorganic material containing calcium, usually calcium oxide (quicklime) or calcium hydroxide (slaked lime).
- Alternative form of lyam (“a leash”).
- A deciduous tree of the genus Tilia, especially Tilia × europaea; the linden tree.
- Any of the trees that bear limes, especially Key lime, Citrus aurantiifolia.
- (poetic) Any gluey or adhesive substance that traps or captures; sometimes a synonym for birdlime.
- A particular one of those colours that has been standardized under this name, at least in some organizations' standards.
- (theater) A limelight; any spotlight.
- The wood of this tree.
- Any of several green citrus fruit, somewhat smaller and sharper-tasting than a lemon.
- (Caribbean, Trinidad & Tobago) A casual gathering to socialize.
- (fandom slang) A fan fiction story which contains sexual references, but stops short of full, explicit descriptions of sexual activity (coined by analogy with lemon).
- (uncountable) Any of several brilliant, sometimes yellowish, green colours associated with the fruits of a lime tree.
- any of various deciduous trees of the genus Tilia with heart-shaped leaves and drooping cymose clusters of yellowish often fragrant flowers; several yield valuable timber
- a sticky adhesive that is smeared on small branches to capture small birds
- a caustic substance produced by heating limestone
- the green acidic fruit of any of various lime trees
- any of various related trees bearing limes
- a white crystalline oxide used in the production of calcium hydroxide
verb
- To cover or smear with pitch.
- (transitive) To set or fix (a price or value).
- (transitive) To fix or set the tone of.
- (brewing) To add yeast as a step while making beer
- (transitive) To assemble or erect (a tent). Also used figuratively.
- (with on or upon) To fix one's choice.
- (intransitive, Bristol, of snow) To settle and build up, without melting.
- (intransitive) To plunge or fall; especially, to fall forward; to decline or slope.
- (transitive) To set at an angle, especially a downwards one; to cause to tilt.
- (intransitive, baseball) To play baseball in the position of pitcher.
- (intransitive, cricket) To bounce on the playing surface.
- (transitive) To set, face, or pave (an embankment or roadway) with rubble or undressed stones.
- (transitive) To throw away; discard.
- (transitive, golf) To play a short, high, lofty shot that lands with backspin.
- To darken; to blacken; to obscure.
- (intransitive) To fix or place a tent or temporary habitation; to encamp.
- (transitive) To deliver in a certain tone or style, or with a certain audience in mind.
- (transitive or intransitive, baseball) To throw (the ball) toward a batter at home plate.
- (transitive) To promote, advertise, or attempt to sell.
- (intransitive) To produce a note of a given pitch.
- (transitive) To throw.
- (transitive, card games, slang) To discard (a card) for some gain.
- To attack, or position or assemble for attack.
- (ambitransitive, aviation or nautical) To move so that the front of an aircraft or boat goes alternately up and down.
- heel over
- set to a certain pitch
- sell or offer for sale from place to place
- move abruptly
- fall or plunge forward
- throw or hurl from the mound to the batter, as in baseball
- be at an angle
- set the level or character of
- throw or toss with a light motion
- erect and fasten
- lead (a card) and establish the trump suit
- hit (a golf ball) in a high arc with a backspin
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- (sports, UK, Australia, New Zealand) The field on which cricket, soccer, rugby, gridiron or field hockey is played. (In cricket, the pitch is in the centre of the field; see cricket pitch.) (Not often used in the US or Canada, where "field" is the preferred word.)
- An effort to sell or promote something.
- (geology) Pitchstone.
- The point where a declivity begins; hence, the declivity itself; a descending slope; the degree or rate of descent or slope; slant.
- The angle at which an object sits.
- (golf) A short, high, lofty shot that lands with backspin.
- An area on a campsite intended for occupation by a single tent, caravan or similar.
- A dark, extremely viscous material still remaining after distilling crude oil or natural tar.
- The distance between evenly spaced objects, e.g. the teeth of a saw or gear, the turns of a screw thread, the centres of holes, or letters in a monospace font.
- Prominence; importance.
- The height a bird reaches in flight, especially a bird of prey preparing to swoop down on its prey.
- (nautical, aviation) The degree to which a vehicle, especially a ship or aircraft, rotates on such an axis, tilting its bow or nose up or down.
- (music) In an a cappella group, the singer responsible for singing a note for the other members to tune themselves by.
- (by extension) The place where a busker performs, a prostitute solicits clients, or an illegal gambling game etc. is set up before the public.
- (cricket) That point of the ground on which the ball pitches or lights when bowled.
- (mining) The limit of ground set to a miner who receives a share of the ore taken out.
- (climbing) A section of a climb or rock face; specifically, the climbing distance between belays or stances.
- A throw; a toss; a cast, as of something from the hand.
- (now British, regional) A person's or animal's height.
- A descent; a fall; a thrusting down.
- (music, phonetics) The perceived frequency of a sound, note or electromagnetic wave.
- A point or peak; the extreme point of elevation or depression.
- (music) The standard to which a group of musical instruments are tuned or in which a piece is performed, usually by reference to the frequency to which the musical note A above middle C is tuned.
- (baseball) The act of pitching a baseball.
- A level or degree, or (by extension), a peak or highest degree.
- A sticky, gummy substance secreted by trees; sap.
- An area in a market (or similar) allocated to a particular trader.
- (aviation) A measure of the angle of attack of a propeller.
- (caving) A vertical cave passage, only negotiable by using rope or ladders.
- (rare) The field of battle.
- The most thrust-out point of a headland or cape.
- promotion by means of an argument and demonstration
- abrupt up-and-down motion (as caused by a ship or other conveyance)
- a sports field with predetermined dimensions for playing soccer
- the property of sound that varies with variation in the frequency of vibration
- a high approach shot in golf
- a vendor's position (especially on the sidewalk)
- any of various dark heavy viscid substances obtained as a residue
- the act of throwing a baseball or softball by the pitcher towards home plate, which initiates play by giving the batter a chance to hit it
- an all-fours game in which the first card led is a trump
- degree of deviation from a horizontal plane
- the action or manner of throwing something
verb
- (nautical, transitive) To cover (the bottom of a vessel, a seam, a spar, etc.) with tar or pitch, or a waterproof composition of tallow, resin, etc.; to smear.
- (ambitransitive) To discharge, as a debt or other obligation, by giving or doing what is due or required.
- (intransitive) To suffer consequences.
- (transitive) To be profitable for.
- (transitive) To admit that a joke, punchline, etc., was funny.
- (transitive) To give (something else than money).
- (transitive) To yield as a benefit.
- (intransitive) To be profitable or worth the effort.
- (intransitive) To discharge an obligation or debt.
- (ambitransitive) To give money or other compensation to in exchange for goods or services.
- dedicate
- cancel or discharge a debt
- be worth it
- make a compensation for
- convey, as of a compliment, regards, attention, etc.; bestow
- bring in
- bear (a cost or penalty), in recompense for some action
- do or give something to somebody in return
- render
- give money, usually in exchange for goods or services
- discharge or settle
adj
noun
noun
noun
- Something used for smearing.
- (derogatory) Someone who tries to damage another's reputation through slander or innuendo.
- (derogatory) An unskillful painter.
- (Scotland, agriculture, historical) A worker employed to apply a tar-based salve to sheep to protect their skin during the winter.
- Someone who spreads a substance across a surface.
- (electronics) A circuit used to eliminate the overshoot of a pulse.
noun
verb
noun
- A mark made by smearing.
- (medicine) A Pap smear (screening test for cervical cancer).
- (climbing) A maneuver in which the shoe is placed onto the holdless rock, and the friction from the shoe keeps it in contact
- (music) A rough glissando in jazz music.
- (radio, television, uncountable) Any of various forms of distortion that make a signal harder to see or hear.
- (biology) A preparation to be examined under a microscope, made by spreading a thin layer of a substance (such as blood, bacterial culture) on a slide.
- (countable, uncountable) A false or unsupported, malicious statement intended to injure a person's reputation.
- slanderous defamation
- a thin tissue or blood sample spread on a glass slide and stained for cytologic examination and diagnosis under a microscope
- a blemish made by dirt
- an act that brings discredit to the person who does it
verb
- cover (a surface) by smearing (a substance) over it
- (transitive) To spread (a substance, especially one that colours or is dirty) across a surface by rubbing.
- (transitive) To rub (a body part, etc.) across a surface.
- (transitive) To make something dirty.
- (transitive) To write or draw (something) by spreading a substance on a surface.
- (transitive) To cause (something) to be a particular colour by covering with a substance.
- (transitive) To cover (a surface with a layer of some substance) by rubbing.
- (transitive) (of a substance, etc.) To make a surface dirty by covering it.
- (transitive) To cause (something) to be messy or not clear by rubbing and spreading it.
- (climbing) To climb without using footholds, using the friction from the shoe to stay on the wall.
- (transitive) To attempt to remove (a substance) from a surface by rubbing.
- (intransitive) To become messy or not clear by being spread.
- (transitive, derogatory) To damage someone's reputation by slandering, misrepresenting, or otherwise making false accusations about them, their statements, or their actions.
- make a smudge on; soil by smudging
- charge falsely or with malicious intent; attack the good name and reputation of someone
- stain by smearing or daubing with a dirty substance
noun
verb
- To smear, stain or smudge.
- (copyright law) To use a sign, image, expression, etc. sufficiently close to a trademarked one that it causes confusion between them.
- To cause imperfection of vision in; to dim; to darken.
- (graphical user interface, transitive) To transfer the input focus away from.
- To make indistinct or hazy, to obscure or dim.
- (intransitive) To become indistinct.
- to make less distinct or clear
- become glassy; lose clear vision
- make a smudge on; soil by smudging
- make dim or indistinct
- make unclear, indistinct, or blurred
- become vague or indistinct
noun
adj
noun
verb
noun
verb
- (transitive) To spread a substance thinly over; to smear.
- To scour; to burnish; to polish; to brighten; to cleanse; often with up or over.
- (transitive) To move (one object) while maintaining contact with another object over some area, with pressure and friction.
- To hinder; to cross; to thwart.
- (intransitive) To be rubbed against something.
- (transitive, bowls) To touch the jack with the bowl.
- scrape or rub as if to relieve itching
- move over something with pressure
- cause friction
noun
- A difficulty or problem.
- A mixture of spices applied to meat before it is barbecued.
- In the game of crown green bowls, any obstacle by which a bowl is diverted from its normal course.
- An act of rubbing.
- Any substance designed to be applied by rubbing.
- (UK, naval slang) A loan.
- the act of rubbing or wiping
- an unforeseen obstacle
verb
- To smear, stain or smudge.
- (copyright law) To use a sign, image, expression, etc. sufficiently close to a trademarked one that it causes confusion between them.
- To cause imperfection of vision in; to dim; to darken.
- (graphical user interface, transitive) To transfer the input focus away from.
- To make indistinct or hazy, to obscure or dim.
- (intransitive) To become indistinct.
- to make less distinct or clear
- become glassy; lose clear vision
- make a smudge on; soil by smudging
- make dim or indistinct
- make unclear, indistinct, or blurred
- become vague or indistinct
noun
adj
noun
verb
verb
- (transitive) To smear (a substance) with this kind of motion.
- (transitive, computing) To erase.
- (figurative) To remove an expression from one's face.
- (intransitive, roleplaying games, video games) To have all members of a party die in a single campaign, event, or battle; to be wiped out.
- (transitive) To move an object over, maintaining contact, with the intention of removing some substance from the surface. (Compare rub.)
- (transitive, plumbing) To make (a joint, as between pieces of lead pipe), by surrounding the junction with a mass of solder, applied in a plastic condition by means of a rag with which the solder is shaped by rubbing.
- (ambitransitive) To clean (the anus, buttocks and/or genitals) after defecation or urination.
- (transitive) To deperm (a ship).
- (video editing) To perform a transition in which one scene or slide is replaced with another over time along a horizontal axis, as if one scene or slide is a layer being slid off the other.
- (transitive) To remove by rubbing; to rub off; to obliterate; usually followed by away, off, or out.
- rub with a circular motion
noun
- A kind of film transition where one shot replaces another by travelling from one side of the frame to another or with a special shape.
- The act of wiping something.
- A lapwing, especially a northern lapwing (Vanellus vanellus).
- A soft piece of cloth or cloth-like material used for wiping.
- (roleplaying games, video games) An instance of all members of a party dying in a single campaign, event, or battle; a wipeout.
- the act of rubbing or wiping
verb
- (transitive) To smear, to distribute in a thin layer.
- (transitive) To stretch out, open out (a material etc.) so that it more fully covers a given area of space.
- (transitive) To disseminate; to cause to proliferate, to make (something) widely known or present.
- (transitive) To cover (something) with a thin layer of some substance, as of butter.
- (intransitive, transitive, debating slang) To speedread; to recite one's arguments at an extremely fast pace.
- (transitive) To disperse, to scatter or distribute over a given area.
- (intransitive) To proliferate; to become more widely present, to be disseminated.
- (intransitive) To take up a larger area or space; to expand, be extended.
- (intransitive, slang) To open one’s legs, especially for sexual favours.
- To prepare; to set and furnish with provisions.
- (transitive) To extend (individual rays, limbs etc.); to stretch out in varying or opposing directions. simple past and past participle of spread
- cause to become widely known
- cover by spreading something over
- become distributed or widespread
- move outward
- become widely known and passed on
- strew or distribute over an area
- distribute or disperse widely
- spread out or open from a closed or folded state
- distribute over a surface in a layer
- spread across or over
noun
- (geometry) An unlimited expanse of discontinuous points.
- The act of spreading.
- A piece of material used as a cover (such as a bedspread).
- (gambling) The difference between the teams' final scores at the end of a sport match.
- (debating slang) An act or instance of spreading (speedreading).
- Two facing pages in a book, newspaper etc.
- A numerical difference.
- (trading, finance) The purchase of one delivery month of one commodity against the sale of that same delivery month of a different commodity.
- An expanse of land.
- A large meal, especially one laid out on a table.
- (finance) The difference between the prices of two similar items.
- A large tract of land used to raise livestock; a cattle ranch.
- (cartomancy) A layout, pattern or design of cards arranged for a reading.
- (trading, economics, finance) The difference between the price of a futures month and the price of another month of the same commodity.
- (business, economics) The difference between the wholesale and retail prices.
- (trading) The difference between bidding and asking price.
- (statistics) A measure of how far the data tend to deviate from the average.
- (bread, etc.) Any form of food designed to be spread, such as butters or jams.
- Excessive width of the trails of ink written on overly absorbent paper.
- The surface in proportion to the depth of a cut gemstone.
- (prison slang, uncountable) Food improvised by inmates from various ingredients to relieve the tedium of prison food.
- An item in a newspaper or magazine that occupies more than one column or page.
- Something that has been spread.
- (trading) An arbitrage transaction of the same commodity in two markets, executed to take advantage of a profit from price discrepancies.
- (trading, finance) The purchase of a futures contract of one delivery month against the sale of another futures delivery month of the same commodity.
- (military) A set of multiple torpedoes launched on side-by-side, slowly-diverging paths toward one or more enemy ships.
- a meal that is well prepared and greatly enjoyed
- a haphazard distribution in all directions
- the expansion of a person's girth (especially at middle age)
- a conspicuous disparity or difference as between two figures
- decorative cover for a bed
- two facing pages of a book or other publication
- farm consisting of a large tract of land along with facilities needed to raise livestock (especially cattle)
- process or result of distributing or extending over a wide expanse of space
- act of extending over a wider scope or expanse of space or time
- a tasty mixture to be spread on bread or crackers or used in preparing other dishes
adj
noun
- A mark made by smearing.
- (medicine) A Pap smear (screening test for cervical cancer).
- (climbing) A maneuver in which the shoe is placed onto the holdless rock, and the friction from the shoe keeps it in contact
- (music) A rough glissando in jazz music.
- (radio, television, uncountable) Any of various forms of distortion that make a signal harder to see or hear.
- (biology) A preparation to be examined under a microscope, made by spreading a thin layer of a substance (such as blood, bacterial culture) on a slide.
- (countable, uncountable) A false or unsupported, malicious statement intended to injure a person's reputation.
- slanderous defamation
- a thin tissue or blood sample spread on a glass slide and stained for cytologic examination and diagnosis under a microscope
- a blemish made by dirt
- an act that brings discredit to the person who does it
verb
- cover (a surface) by smearing (a substance) over it
- (transitive) To spread (a substance, especially one that colours or is dirty) across a surface by rubbing.
- (transitive) To rub (a body part, etc.) across a surface.
- (transitive) To make something dirty.
- (transitive) To write or draw (something) by spreading a substance on a surface.
- (transitive) To cause (something) to be a particular colour by covering with a substance.
- (transitive) To cover (a surface with a layer of some substance) by rubbing.
- (transitive) (of a substance, etc.) To make a surface dirty by covering it.
- (transitive) To cause (something) to be messy or not clear by rubbing and spreading it.
- (climbing) To climb without using footholds, using the friction from the shoe to stay on the wall.
- (transitive) To attempt to remove (a substance) from a surface by rubbing.
- (intransitive) To become messy or not clear by being spread.
- (transitive, derogatory) To damage someone's reputation by slandering, misrepresenting, or otherwise making false accusations about them, their statements, or their actions.
- make a smudge on; soil by smudging
- charge falsely or with malicious intent; attack the good name and reputation of someone
- stain by smearing or daubing with a dirty substance
verb
- cover (a surface) by smearing (a substance) over it
- apply to a surface
- coat with plaster
- (intransitive, transitive) To apply (something) to a surface in hasty or crude strokes.
- (transitive) To paint (a picture, etc.) in a coarse or unskilful manner.
- (transitive, bingo) To mark spots on a bingo card, using a dauber.
noun
verb
- (dialect) To smear or become smeared with a grimy substance.
- To fish using a bolter.
- To pound rapidly.
- (of a whale) To swim or turn sideways while eating.
- To sift or filter through a sieve or bolter.
- (military, aviation) To miss a landing on an aircraft carrier by failing to catch the arresting gear wires with the aircraft's tailhook.
noun
- (military, aviation) A missed landing on an aircraft carrier; an aircraft that has made a missed landing.
- A kind of fishing line; a boulter.
- (Australia, sports) An obscure athlete who wins an upset victory.
- (petroleum refining) A filter mechanism.
- (Australia, horseracing) A horse that wins at long odds.
- (US, politics) A member of a political party who does not support the party's nominee.
- A person who sifts flour or meal.
- A person or thing that bolts, or runs suddenly.
- (New Zealand, sports) In team sports, a relatively little-known or inexperienced player who inspires the team to greater success.
- (botany, horticulture) A plant that grows larger and more rapidly than usual.
- (flour milling) A machine or mechanism that automatically sifts milled flour.
- (climbing) Someone who equips a sport route by putting bolts in the rock.
verb
- (transitive) To smear with some viscous or liquid substance.
- (transitive, figurative) To smooth over.
- (transitive) To cover or coat something with plaster; to render.
- (transitive) To apply a plaster to.
- (transitive, figurative) To bombard heavily or overwhelmingly; to overwhelm (with weapons fire).
- (transitive) To hide or cover up, as if with plaster; to cover thickly.
- affix conspicuously
- apply a plaster cast to
- dress by covering with a therapeutic substance
- coat with plaster
- cover conspicuously or thickly, as by pasting something on
- apply a heavy coat to
noun
- (uncountable) A paste applied to the skin for healing or cosmetic purposes.
- (uncountable) A mixture of lime or gypsum, sand, and water, sometimes with the addition of fibres, that hardens to a smooth solid and is used for coating walls and ceilings.
- (countable, British, New Zealand, Canada) A small adhesive bandage to cover a minor wound; a sticking plaster.
- (by ellipsis, uncountable) Plaster of Paris.
- (countable) A cast made of plaster of Paris and gauze; a plaster cast.
- A similar material used for exterior walls.
- a medical dressing consisting of a soft heated mass of meal or clay that is spread on a cloth and applied to the skin to treat inflamed areas or improve circulation etc.
- a surface of hardened plaster (as on a wall or ceiling)
- a mixture of lime or gypsum with sand and water; hardens into a smooth solid; used to cover walls and ceilings
- adhesive tape used in dressing wounds
- any of several gypsum cements; a white powder (a form of calcium sulphate) that forms a paste when mixed with water and hardens into a solid; used in making molds and sculptures and casts for broken limbs
verb
- (transitive) To smear with birdlime.
- (Caribbean, Barbados, Trinidad and Tobago, informal) To hang out or socialize in an informal, relaxed environment, especially with friends, for example at a party or on the beach.
- (transitive) To treat with calcium hydroxide or calcium oxide (lime).
- (transitive) To apply limewash.
- (rare) To ensnare, catch, entrap.
- spread birdlime on branches to catch birds
- cover with lime so as to induce growth
adj
noun
- (chemistry) Any inorganic material containing calcium, usually calcium oxide (quicklime) or calcium hydroxide (slaked lime).
- Alternative form of lyam (“a leash”).
- A deciduous tree of the genus Tilia, especially Tilia × europaea; the linden tree.
- Any of the trees that bear limes, especially Key lime, Citrus aurantiifolia.
- (poetic) Any gluey or adhesive substance that traps or captures; sometimes a synonym for birdlime.
- A particular one of those colours that has been standardized under this name, at least in some organizations' standards.
- (theater) A limelight; any spotlight.
- The wood of this tree.
- Any of several green citrus fruit, somewhat smaller and sharper-tasting than a lemon.
- (Caribbean, Trinidad & Tobago) A casual gathering to socialize.
- (fandom slang) A fan fiction story which contains sexual references, but stops short of full, explicit descriptions of sexual activity (coined by analogy with lemon).
- (uncountable) Any of several brilliant, sometimes yellowish, green colours associated with the fruits of a lime tree.
- any of various deciduous trees of the genus Tilia with heart-shaped leaves and drooping cymose clusters of yellowish often fragrant flowers; several yield valuable timber
- a sticky adhesive that is smeared on small branches to capture small birds
- a caustic substance produced by heating limestone
- the green acidic fruit of any of various lime trees
- any of various related trees bearing limes
- a white crystalline oxide used in the production of calcium hydroxide
verb
- To cover or smear with pitch.
- (transitive) To set or fix (a price or value).
- (transitive) To fix or set the tone of.
- (brewing) To add yeast as a step while making beer
- (transitive) To assemble or erect (a tent). Also used figuratively.
- (with on or upon) To fix one's choice.
- (intransitive, Bristol, of snow) To settle and build up, without melting.
- (intransitive) To plunge or fall; especially, to fall forward; to decline or slope.
- (transitive) To set at an angle, especially a downwards one; to cause to tilt.
- (intransitive, baseball) To play baseball in the position of pitcher.
- (intransitive, cricket) To bounce on the playing surface.
- (transitive) To set, face, or pave (an embankment or roadway) with rubble or undressed stones.
- (transitive) To throw away; discard.
- (transitive, golf) To play a short, high, lofty shot that lands with backspin.
- To darken; to blacken; to obscure.
- (intransitive) To fix or place a tent or temporary habitation; to encamp.
- (transitive) To deliver in a certain tone or style, or with a certain audience in mind.
- (transitive or intransitive, baseball) To throw (the ball) toward a batter at home plate.
- (transitive) To promote, advertise, or attempt to sell.
- (intransitive) To produce a note of a given pitch.
- (transitive) To throw.
- (transitive, card games, slang) To discard (a card) for some gain.
- To attack, or position or assemble for attack.
- (ambitransitive, aviation or nautical) To move so that the front of an aircraft or boat goes alternately up and down.
- heel over
- set to a certain pitch
- sell or offer for sale from place to place
- move abruptly
- fall or plunge forward
- throw or hurl from the mound to the batter, as in baseball
- be at an angle
- set the level or character of
- throw or toss with a light motion
- erect and fasten
- lead (a card) and establish the trump suit
- hit (a golf ball) in a high arc with a backspin
adj
noun
- (sports, UK, Australia, New Zealand) The field on which cricket, soccer, rugby, gridiron or field hockey is played. (In cricket, the pitch is in the centre of the field; see cricket pitch.) (Not often used in the US or Canada, where "field" is the preferred word.)
- An effort to sell or promote something.
- (geology) Pitchstone.
- The point where a declivity begins; hence, the declivity itself; a descending slope; the degree or rate of descent or slope; slant.
- The angle at which an object sits.
- (golf) A short, high, lofty shot that lands with backspin.
- An area on a campsite intended for occupation by a single tent, caravan or similar.
- A dark, extremely viscous material still remaining after distilling crude oil or natural tar.
- The distance between evenly spaced objects, e.g. the teeth of a saw or gear, the turns of a screw thread, the centres of holes, or letters in a monospace font.
- Prominence; importance.
- The height a bird reaches in flight, especially a bird of prey preparing to swoop down on its prey.
- (nautical, aviation) The degree to which a vehicle, especially a ship or aircraft, rotates on such an axis, tilting its bow or nose up or down.
- (music) In an a cappella group, the singer responsible for singing a note for the other members to tune themselves by.
- (by extension) The place where a busker performs, a prostitute solicits clients, or an illegal gambling game etc. is set up before the public.
- (cricket) That point of the ground on which the ball pitches or lights when bowled.
- (mining) The limit of ground set to a miner who receives a share of the ore taken out.
- (climbing) A section of a climb or rock face; specifically, the climbing distance between belays or stances.
- A throw; a toss; a cast, as of something from the hand.
- (now British, regional) A person's or animal's height.
- A descent; a fall; a thrusting down.
- (music, phonetics) The perceived frequency of a sound, note or electromagnetic wave.
- A point or peak; the extreme point of elevation or depression.
- (music) The standard to which a group of musical instruments are tuned or in which a piece is performed, usually by reference to the frequency to which the musical note A above middle C is tuned.
- (baseball) The act of pitching a baseball.
- A level or degree, or (by extension), a peak or highest degree.
- A sticky, gummy substance secreted by trees; sap.
- An area in a market (or similar) allocated to a particular trader.
- (aviation) A measure of the angle of attack of a propeller.
- (caving) A vertical cave passage, only negotiable by using rope or ladders.
- (rare) The field of battle.
- The most thrust-out point of a headland or cape.
- promotion by means of an argument and demonstration
- abrupt up-and-down motion (as caused by a ship or other conveyance)
- a sports field with predetermined dimensions for playing soccer
- the property of sound that varies with variation in the frequency of vibration
- a high approach shot in golf
- a vendor's position (especially on the sidewalk)
- any of various dark heavy viscid substances obtained as a residue
- the act of throwing a baseball or softball by the pitcher towards home plate, which initiates play by giving the batter a chance to hit it
- an all-fours game in which the first card led is a trump
- degree of deviation from a horizontal plane
- the action or manner of throwing something
verb
- (nautical, transitive) To cover (the bottom of a vessel, a seam, a spar, etc.) with tar or pitch, or a waterproof composition of tallow, resin, etc.; to smear.
- (ambitransitive) To discharge, as a debt or other obligation, by giving or doing what is due or required.
- (intransitive) To suffer consequences.
- (transitive) To be profitable for.
- (transitive) To admit that a joke, punchline, etc., was funny.
- (transitive) To give (something else than money).
- (transitive) To yield as a benefit.
- (intransitive) To be profitable or worth the effort.
- (intransitive) To discharge an obligation or debt.
- (ambitransitive) To give money or other compensation to in exchange for goods or services.
- dedicate
- cancel or discharge a debt
- be worth it
- make a compensation for
- convey, as of a compliment, regards, attention, etc.; bestow
- bring in
- bear (a cost or penalty), in recompense for some action
- do or give something to somebody in return
- render
- give money, usually in exchange for goods or services
- discharge or settle