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adj
- Generated by an electronic device.
- (physics, chemistry) Of or pertaining to an electron or electrons.
- Of or pertaining to the Internet.
- Operating on the physical behavior of electrons, especially in semiconductors.
- of or concerned with electrons
- of or relating to electronics; concerned with or using devices that operate on principles governing the behavior of electrons
noun
noun
- A portable electronic device performing similar functions.
- A small portable book, containing e.g. an appointment diary (appointment book), address book, notepad etc.
- a lightweight consumer electronic device that looks like a hand-held computer but instead performs specific tasks; can serve as a diary or a personal database or a telephone or an alarm clock etc.
noun
- a device that holds a piece of machine work and guides the tools operating on it
- a fisherman's lure with one or more hooks that is jerked up and down in the water
- any of various old rustic dances involving kicking and leaping
- music in three-four time for dancing a jig
- (music) A light, brisk musical movement; a gigue.
- (mining) An apparatus or machine for jigging ore.
- (fishing) A type of lure consisting of a hook molded into a weight, usually with a bright or colorful body.
- A device in manufacturing, woodworking, or other creative endeavors for controlling the location, path of movement, or both of either a workpiece or the tool that is operating upon it. Subsets of this general class include machining jigs, woodworking jigs, welders' jigs, jewelers' jigs, and many others.
- (traditional Irish music and dance) A lively dance in 6/8 (double jig), 9/8 (slip jig) or 12/8 (single jig) time; a tune suitable for such a dance. By extension, a lively traditional tune in any of these time signatures. Unqualified, the term is usually taken to refer to a double (6/8) jig.
- (traditional English Morris dance) A dance performed by one or sometimes two individual dancers, as opposed to a dance performed by a set or team.
verb
- dance a quick dance with leaping and kicking motions
- (mining) To sort or separate, as ore in a jigger or sieve.
- To trick or cheat; to cajole; to delude.
- (fishing) To fish with a jig.
- To cut or form, as a piece of metal, in a jigging machine.
- To sing to the tune of a jig.
- To skip school or be truant.
- To move briskly, especially as a dance.
- To move with a skip or rhythm; to move with vibrations or jerks.
noun
- A (mechanical) device to perform a certain task.
- a device or control that is very useful for a particular job
- A means, such as an elaborate plan or strategy, to accomplish a certain objective.
- Something overly artful or artificial.
- the faculty of contriving; inventive skill
- an elaborate or deceitful scheme contrived to deceive or evade
- any improvised arrangement for temporary use
- an artificial or unnatural or obviously contrived arrangement of details or parts etc.
- the act of devising something
noun
- A device that couples two things together.
- a mechanical device that serves to connect the ends of adjacent objects
- (sexuality) An act of sexual intercourse.
- A link between the performance of an action and the location where that action occurs or the method used to perform that action.
- The act of joining together to form a couple.
- (software engineering) The degree of reliance between two or more software modules.
- (electronics) A connection between two electronic circuits such that a signal can pass between them.
- (physics) The property of physical systems that they are interacting with each other
- the act of pairing a male and female for reproductive purposes
- a connection (like a clamp or vise) between two things so they move together
verb
noun
- A mechanical device that connects things.
- A connection or relation between things or ideas.
- (genetics) The property of genes of being inherited together.
- (software compilation) The act or result of linking: the combination of multiple object files into one executable, library, or object file.
- (linguistics) A set of definitely related languages for which no proto-language can be derived, typically a group of languages within a family that have formed a sprachbund.
- (US, politics, historical) A United States foreign policy, during the 1970s détente in the Cold War, of persuading the Soviet Union to co-operate in restraining revolutions in the Third World in return for nuclear and economic concessions.
- a mechanical system of rods or springs or pivots that transmits power or motion
- an associative relation
- the act of linking things together
- (genetics) traits that tend to be inherited together as a consequence of an association between their genes; all of the genes of a given chromosome are linked (where one goes they all go)
noun
- A device attached to a piece of equipment or a tool.
- (computing) A file sent along with a message, usually an email.
- (meteorology) The act or process by which any (downward) leader connects to any available (upward) streamer in a lightning flash.
- The means by which something is physically attached.
- A dependence, especially a strong one.
- (law) Taking a person's property to satisfy a court-ordered debt.
- A strong bonding with or fondness for someone or something.
- The act or process of (physically or figuratively) attaching.
- a feeling of affection for a person or an institution
- faithful support for a cause or political party or religion
- a writ authorizing the seizure of property that may be needed for the payment of a judgment in a judicial proceeding
- the act of attaching or affixing something
- a supplementary part or accessory
- a connection that fastens things together
- the act of fastening things together
noun
- (electronics) A gimmick capacitor.
- (Philippines) A night out with one's friends.
- A trick or device used to attain some end.
- A ploy or strategy used to attract attention or gain traction.
- any clever maneuver
- a drawback or difficulty that is not readily evident
- something unspecified whose name is either forgotten or not known
verb
noun
- A component of a device into which an item is placed for use in the device's operations.
- (LGBTQ slang) A gay trans person, particularly a man (a man who is both transgender and gay)
- Alternative form of trey (“third branch of deer's antler”).
- (computing, business) A type of retail or wholesale packaging for CPUs where the processors are sold in bulk and/or with minimal packaging.
- A small, typically rectangular or round, flat, and rigid object upon which things are carried.
- (Australia) The platform of a truck that supports the load to be hauled.
- (by extension) The items on a full tray.
- (computing, graphical user interface, informal) A notification area used for icons and alerts.
- an open receptacle for holding or displaying or serving articles or food
verb
noun
- equipment designed to serve a specific function
- (anatomy) a group of body parts that work together to perform a given function
- The entirety of means whereby a specific production is made existent or task accomplished.
- (video games) A complex, highly modified weapon (typically not a firearm); a weaponized “Rube Goldberg machine.”
- (textual criticism) In an edition, a system of notations providing information, especially regarding variant readings of a text (a critical apparatus)
- (firefighting) A vehicle used for emergency response.
- A complex machine or instrument.
- (rhythmic gymnastics) Any of the objects that the gymnasts wield while performing and used as part of the performance itself.
- A bureaucratic organization, especially one influenced by political patronage.
- (gymnastics) Any of the equipment on which the gymnasts perform their movements.
- (collective) An assortment of tools and instruments.
noun
- equipment designed to serve a specific function
- Equipment designed for a particular purpose; an apparatus.
- the way something is organized or arranged
- an act that incriminates someone on a false charge
- (hydrology) The tendency of persistent wind to produce higher water levels at the downwind shore of a body of water and lower at the upwind shore.
- (operations) The process or instance of arranging resources for performing a specific operation, as a run of a particular product.
- (boxing) A move or set of moves which are meant to draw out a reaction which leaves an exploitable opening in defense.
- The fashion in which something is organized or arranged.
- (computing) An installer.
- A situation orchestrated to frame someone; a covert effort to place the blame on somebody.
verb
noun
- A device for checking electrical equipment for short circuits etc.
- A person, creature or thing that growls.
- (historical, slang) A horse-drawn cab with four wheels.
- (dialect, UK, Yorkshire) A pork pie.
- A small iceberg or ice floe which is barely visible over the surface of the water.
- (US, dialect) A fish of the perch family, abundant in North American rivers, so named from the sound it emits.
- (British, slang) The vulva.
- (informal, Canada, US, Australia) A kind of jug, often with a handle, used to carry beer and preserve carbonation.
- a small iceberg or ice floe just large enough to be hazardous for shipping
- a speaker whose voice sounds like a growl
noun
- Anything that has the appearance of such a device.
- (by extension) A trap.
- A device made from such mesh, used for catching fish, butterflies, etc.
- (geometry) Any set of polygons joined edge to edge that, when folded along the edges between adjoining polygons so that the outer edges touch, form a given polyhedron.
- (sports, tennis) A mesh stretched to divide the court in tennis, badminton, volleyball, etc.
- (sports) A framework backed by a mesh, serving as the goal in hockey, soccer, lacrosse, etc.
- (electronics) A conductor that interconnects two or more component terminals.
- The amount remaining after expenses or other kinds of deductions are subtracted.
- A device made from such mesh, generally used for trapping something.
- A mesh of string, cord or rope.
- A system that interconnects a number of users, locations etc. allowing transport or communication between them.
- (tennis, by extension) The area of the court close to the net (mesh stretched to divide the court).
- a computer network consisting of a worldwide network of computer networks that use the TCP/IP network protocols to facilitate data transmission and exchange
- an open fabric of string or rope or wire woven together at regular intervals
- game equipment consisting of a strip of netting dividing the playing area in tennis or badminton
- the excess of revenues over outlays in a given period of time (including depreciation and other non-cash expenses)
- a goal lined with netting (as in soccer or hockey)
- a trap made of netting to catch fish or birds or insects
adj
adv
intj
verb
- (transitive, figuratively) To catch in a trap, or by stratagem.
- (dialectal) To clean, wash, rinse.
- To fully hedge a position.
- To form a netting or network; to knit.
- (transitive) To receive as profit.
- To enclose or cover with a net.
- (transitive) To yield as profit for.
- (tennis) To hit the ball into the net.
- (transitive, soccer) To score (a goal).
- (transitive) To catch by means of a net.
- catch with a net
- make as a net profit
- yield as a net profit
- construct or form a web, as if by weaving
noun
- A device or tool that projects a substance.
- A very portable, short firearm, for hand use, which fires bullets or projectiles, such as a handgun, revolver, pistol, or Derringer.
- (colloquial, metonymic) A person who carries or uses a gun (rifle, shotgun or handgun), particularly with reference to how quickly the person can draw and fire the gun.
- A device for shooting projectiles or ditto (a shooter), functioning through stored energy: a firearm, cannon, harpoon gun/spear gun, raygun, etc, not a bow and arrow, or slingshot.
- (surfing) A long surfboard designed for surfing big waves (not the same as a longboard, a gun has a pointed nose and is generally a little narrower).
- (television) An electron gun.
- A device or tool that applies something rather than projecting it.
- (figurative) A firearm or cannon used for saluting or signalling.^(21-gun salute)
- (military) A cannon with a 6-inch/155mm minimum nominal bore diameter and tube length 30 calibers or more.
- Any implement designed to fire a projectile from a tube.
- (cellular automata) A pattern that "fires" out other patterns.
- (military) A cannon with relatively long barrel, operating with relatively low angle of fire, and having a high muzzle velocity.
- (Australia, New Zealand, slang) Someone excellent, surpassingly wonderful, skilful, or cool.
- A less portable, long firearm that fires bullets or projectiles; a rifle, either manual, automatic or semi-automatic; a flintlock, musket or shotgun.
- (nautical, in the plural) Violent blasts of wind.
- (colloquial, usually in the plural) The biceps.
- the discharge of a firearm as signal or as a salute in military ceremonies
- a person who shoots a gun (as regards their ability)
- a weapon that discharges a missile at high velocity (especially from a metal tube or barrel)
- a pedal that controls the throttle valve
- a professional killer who uses a gun
- large but transportable armament
- a hand-operated pump that resembles a pistol; forces grease into parts of a machine
verb
- (ambitransitive, US, prison slang, of a male prisoner) Synonym of gun down (“to masturbate while making sustained eye contact with someone — typically a female prison officer — as a form of intimidation”).
- (transitive) To cause to speed up.
- Nonstandard spelling of going to.
- To seek to attack someone; to take aim at someone; used with for.
- (informal) (gunning for something or gunning to do something) make a great effort.
- To practice fowling or hunting small game; chiefly in participial form: to go gunning.
- (informal) To offer vigorous support to (a person or cause).
- shoot with a gun
noun
- A device that balances various quantities.
- A conductor of low resistance joining the armature ends of the series field coils of dynamos connected in parallel.
- A device, such as a bar, for operating two brakes, especially a pair of hub brakes for an automobile, with equal force.
- (mathematics) A set of arguments where two or more functions have equal values; the solution set of an equation.
- (category theory) A morphism whose codomain is the domain of a parallel pair of morphisms and which forms part of the limit of that parallel pair. Equivalently, a morphism which equalizes a parallel pair of morphisms in a limiting way, which is to say that any other morphism which equalizes that parallel pair factors through this limiting morphism; and moreover such factorization is unique.
- A sliding panel to preserve the lateral stability of an aeroplane.
- One who makes equal; a balancer.
- (Canada, US, slang) A weapon, usually a blackjack or gun.
- (music, electronics) An electronic audio device for altering the frequencies of sound recordings.
- (sports) A goal, run, point, etc. that equalizes the score.
- Any device for equalizing the pull of electromagnets.
- electronic equipment that reduces frequency distortion
- a score that makes the match even
- a weight that balances another weight
noun
verb
- (transitive, British, slang) To make a public mockery of someone through insult or wit.
- (intransitive) To skid.
- (transitive, nautical) To rotate or turn something about its axis.
- simple past of slay
- (transitive) To insert extra ticks or skip some ticks of a clock to slowly correct its time.
- (transitive, rail transport) To move something (usually a railway line) sideways.
- (intransitive) To pivot.
- (transitive) To veer a vehicle.
- turn sharply; change direction abruptly
- move obliquely or sideways, usually in an uncontrolled manner
noun
- a mechanical device that serves to connect the ends of adjacent objects
- (music) A device that connects two keyboards of an organ together so that they play together.
- An electrical device used to transfer energy from one electric device to another, especially without a physical connection.
- A device used to convert electronic information into audible sound signals for transmission over telephone lines.
- Anything that serves to couple things together; but especially a device that couples railway carriages.
noun
- An electronic device with multiple sites where components can be plugged in.
- A power strip.
- Something that is composed of multiple boxes.
- The practice of playing an online game with multiple accounts simultaneously.
- One of a set of multiple ballot boxes, one for each candidate.
- A box with several compartments.
adj
noun
- device consisting of a piece of machinery; has moving parts that perform some function
- a natural object resembling a machine in structure or function
- the technical aspects of doing something
- (philosophy) the philosophical theory that all phenomena can be explained in terms of physical or biological causes
- the atomic process that occurs during a chemical reaction
- (philosophy) The theory that all natural phenomena can be explained by physical causes.
- Any process of, or system designed to manage useful energy conversion.
- A mental, physical, or chemical process.
- A group of entities, such as objects, that interact together.
- (within a machine or machinery) Any mechanical means for the conversion or control of motion, or the transmission or control of power.
- Any combination of cams, gears, links, belts, chains and logical mechanical elements.
noun
- A device which suppresses something, especially an electronic or mechanical device.
- A person who suppresses others, a tyrant.
- A device added to the barrel of a firearm which reduces the noise and flash generated by firing the weapon.
- (genetics) A gene that suppresses the effect of another through epistasis.
- an electrical device for suppressing unwanted currents
- a gene that suppresses the phenotypic expression of another gene (especially of a mutant gene)
- someone who suppresses
noun
- A computer technician's tool used as a prybar and probe for use with plastic and other parts.
- An electronics tool made of nylon filled with glass, for holding components while soldering.
- (telecommunications) A hand tool used to work on punch-down blocks without short circuiting electric terminals. It has a hook on one end and a notched blade on the other.
adj
- (electronics) Designed to perform a specific task.
- Not changeable.
- (electronic communications) Of devices, closely or tightly coupled.
- (of humans and animals) Describing genetically determined, instinctive behavior.
- (of humans and animals) Having made a belief or a pattern of behavior or a habit.
- (computing) Having a fixed placement (on a screen format for example).
verb
noun
- A similar device used to activate any mechanism.
- (databases) An SQL procedure that may be initiated when a record is inserted, updated or deleted; typically used to maintain referential integrity.
- (psychology) An event, experience or other stimulus that initiates a traumatic memory or a strong reaction in a person.
- An event that initiates others, or incites a response.
- (grammar) An argument whose semantic role determines the choice of a verbal affix, in certain Austronesian languages.
- A concept or image that upsets somebody by sparking a negative emotional response.
- (music) An electronic transducer allowing a drum, cymbal, etc. to control an electronic drum unit or similar device.
- (firearms) A finger-operated lever used to fire a gun.
- (electronics) A pulse in an electronic circuit that initiates some component.
- (music) A device that manually lengthens (or sometimes shortens) the slide or tubing of a brass instrument, allowing the pitch range to be altered while playing.
- lever that activates the firing mechanism of a gun
- an act that sets in motion some course of events
- a device that activates or releases or causes something to happen
adj
verb
- (transitive) To fire (a weapon).
- (intransitive, especially electronics) To activate; to become active.
- (transitive) To cause, to precipitate, to bring (something) about in response or as a result.
- (transitive, figurative) To spark a response, especially a negative emotional response, in (a person).
- release or pull the trigger on
- put in motion or move to act
noun
adj
noun
- (technology) A socket in machinery shaped like a thimble.
- (nautical) A metal ring which a cable or rope intended for attaching to other things is looped around as a protection against chafing.
- As much as fills a thimble (sense 1); a thimbleful.
- (technology) A ring- or tube-shaped component such as a ferrule.
- (games) A thimble or similar object used in thimblerig (“a game of skill which requires the bettor to guess under which of three thimbles or small cups a pea-sized object has been placed after the person operating the game rapidly rearranges them”).
- (sewing) A pitted, now usually metal, cup-shaped cap worn on the tip of a finger, which is used in sewing to push the needle through material.
- a small metal cap to protect the finger while sewing; can be used as a small container
- as much as a thimble will hold
verb
noun
- a device that requires skill for proper use
- the means whereby some act is accomplished
- a person used by another to gain an end
- any of various devices or contrivances that can be used to produce musical tones or sounds
- the semantic role of the entity (usually inanimate) that the agent uses to perform an action or start a process
- (law) a document that states some contractual relationship or grants some right
- (law) A legal document, such as a contract, deed, trust, mortgage, power, indenture, or will.
- A device used to produce music.
- A means or agency for achieving an aspect.
- A tool, implement used for manipulation or measurement.
- A measuring or displaying device.
- (figuratively) A person used as a mere tool for achieving a goal.
- (aviation, usually in the plural) Ellipsis of flight instrument.
verb
noun
- A device that controls or limits something.
- (genetics) A gene involved in controlling the expression of one or more other genes.
- (mathematics) A positive real number determining the density of the units in Dirichlet's unit theorem.
- (rail transport) A device that controls the supply of steam to the cylinders of a steam locomotive.
- (historical) Synonym of bulldozer (“member of intimidating group of white US Southerners”).
- Short for diving regulator.
- A very accurate clock, used by clockmakers to measure the timekeeping of each newly made clock.
- A person or group that sets standards of practice, especially regulatory law as sanctioned by statutory law.
- Ellipsis of voltage regulator.
- an official responsible for control and supervision of a particular activity or area of public interest
- a control that maintains a steady speed in a machine (as by controlling the supply of fuel)
- any of various controls or devices for regulating or controlling fluid flow, pressure, temperature, etc.
noun
- a device or control that is very useful for a particular job
- durable goods for home or office use
- An implement, an instrument or apparatus designed (or at least used) as a means to a specific end, especially:
- A non-manual apparatus or device, powered electrically or by another small motor, used in homes to perform domestic functions (household appliance) and/or in offices.
- An attachment, a piece of equipment to adapt another tool or machine to a specific purpose.
noun
- a device or control that is very useful for a particular job
- a toilet that is available to the public
- the quality of being useful and convenient
- the state of being suitable or opportune
- Any object that makes life more convenient; a helpful item.
- The quality of being convenient.
- A convenient time.
- (chiefly British) Ellipsis of public convenience (“a public lavatory”).
verb
noun
- a device or control that is very useful for a particular job
- (computer science) A technique for converting a part of one problem to an equivalent part of another problem, used in constructing reductions.
- (informal) Any consumer electronics product.
- (glassblowing) A spring clip attached to the end of a punty in order to grasp the foot of a glass without leaving a bullion while finishing the bowl.
- Any device or machine, especially one whose name cannot be recalled, often either clever or complicated.
- (computer security) A sequence of machine code instructions crafted as part of an exploit that attempts to divert execution to a memory location chosen by the attacker.
noun
- a device or control that is very useful for a particular job
- something unspecified whose name is either forgotten or not known
- (informal) Synonym of tool, implement, device, gadget, part.
- A placeholder name for an unnamed, unspecified, or hypothetical manufactured good or product, typically as an example for purposes of explaining concepts.
- (computing, graphical user interface) A small applet that can be placed on the desktop or in a sidebar, etc.
- A floating device inside a beer can, meant to create foam when opened.
- A small scraping tool consisting of a blade and a handle, commonly used to remove paint from glass and other smooth surfaces.
- (computing, graphical user interface) Any one of the components of a computer application's graphical user interface, such as a Cancel button or text input box that a user interacts with.
adj
- Functioning and ready for use.
- Determined by means of practical measures.
- Effective or operative.
- Of or relating to operations, especially military operations.
- pertaining to a process or series of actions for achieving a result
- (military) of or intended for or involved in military operations
- fit or ready for use or service
- being in effect or operation
noun
- (technology) Electronic equipment.
- Metal implements.
- (computing) The part of a computer that is fixed and cannot be altered without replacement or physical modification; motherboard, expansion cards, etc. Compare software.
- Fixtures, equipment, fasteners, tools, and devices used for general-purpose construction and repair of a structure or object. Also such equipment as sold as stock by a store of the same name, e.g. hardware store.
- (slang) A firearm.
- (informal) Equipment.
- (Philippines) Ellipsis of hardware store.
- (slang) Medals or trophies.
- (computer science) the mechanical, magnetic, electronic, and electrical components making up a computer system
- major items of military weaponry (as tanks or missile)
- instrumentalities (tools or implements) made of metal
noun
- a small machine that is used for mathematical calculations; can be mechanical or electronic
- an expert at calculation (or at operating calculating machines)
- (historical) A person who performs mathematical calculation.
- A person who calculates (in the sense of scheming).
- A mechanical or electronic device that performs mathematical calculations; (now usually) an electronic one specifically.
noun
- A device used for testing.
- Alternative form of testiere (“armor for a horse's head”).
- A person who administers a test.
- (cycling) A cyclist who focuses on success in time trials.
- A sample of perfume available in a shop for customers to try before they buy.
- Something that overhangs something else; especially a canopy or soundboard over a pulpit.
- A miniature pot of paint for testing and comparison purposes.
- A canopy over a bed.
- An old French silver coin.
- a flat canopy (especially one over a four-poster bed)
- someone who administers a test to determine your qualifications
noun
- A portable electronic device performing similar functions.
- A small portable book, containing e.g. an appointment diary (appointment book), address book, notepad etc.
- a lightweight consumer electronic device that looks like a hand-held computer but instead performs specific tasks; can serve as a diary or a personal database or a telephone or an alarm clock etc.
noun
- a device that holds a piece of machine work and guides the tools operating on it
- a fisherman's lure with one or more hooks that is jerked up and down in the water
- any of various old rustic dances involving kicking and leaping
- music in three-four time for dancing a jig
- (music) A light, brisk musical movement; a gigue.
- (mining) An apparatus or machine for jigging ore.
- (fishing) A type of lure consisting of a hook molded into a weight, usually with a bright or colorful body.
- A device in manufacturing, woodworking, or other creative endeavors for controlling the location, path of movement, or both of either a workpiece or the tool that is operating upon it. Subsets of this general class include machining jigs, woodworking jigs, welders' jigs, jewelers' jigs, and many others.
- (traditional Irish music and dance) A lively dance in 6/8 (double jig), 9/8 (slip jig) or 12/8 (single jig) time; a tune suitable for such a dance. By extension, a lively traditional tune in any of these time signatures. Unqualified, the term is usually taken to refer to a double (6/8) jig.
- (traditional English Morris dance) A dance performed by one or sometimes two individual dancers, as opposed to a dance performed by a set or team.
verb
- dance a quick dance with leaping and kicking motions
- (mining) To sort or separate, as ore in a jigger or sieve.
- To trick or cheat; to cajole; to delude.
- (fishing) To fish with a jig.
- To cut or form, as a piece of metal, in a jigging machine.
- To sing to the tune of a jig.
- To skip school or be truant.
- To move briskly, especially as a dance.
- To move with a skip or rhythm; to move with vibrations or jerks.
noun
- A (mechanical) device to perform a certain task.
- a device or control that is very useful for a particular job
- A means, such as an elaborate plan or strategy, to accomplish a certain objective.
- Something overly artful or artificial.
- the faculty of contriving; inventive skill
- an elaborate or deceitful scheme contrived to deceive or evade
- any improvised arrangement for temporary use
- an artificial or unnatural or obviously contrived arrangement of details or parts etc.
- the act of devising something
noun
- A device that couples two things together.
- a mechanical device that serves to connect the ends of adjacent objects
- (sexuality) An act of sexual intercourse.
- A link between the performance of an action and the location where that action occurs or the method used to perform that action.
- The act of joining together to form a couple.
- (software engineering) The degree of reliance between two or more software modules.
- (electronics) A connection between two electronic circuits such that a signal can pass between them.
- (physics) The property of physical systems that they are interacting with each other
- the act of pairing a male and female for reproductive purposes
- a connection (like a clamp or vise) between two things so they move together
verb
noun
- A mechanical device that connects things.
- A connection or relation between things or ideas.
- (genetics) The property of genes of being inherited together.
- (software compilation) The act or result of linking: the combination of multiple object files into one executable, library, or object file.
- (linguistics) A set of definitely related languages for which no proto-language can be derived, typically a group of languages within a family that have formed a sprachbund.
- (US, politics, historical) A United States foreign policy, during the 1970s détente in the Cold War, of persuading the Soviet Union to co-operate in restraining revolutions in the Third World in return for nuclear and economic concessions.
- a mechanical system of rods or springs or pivots that transmits power or motion
- an associative relation
- the act of linking things together
- (genetics) traits that tend to be inherited together as a consequence of an association between their genes; all of the genes of a given chromosome are linked (where one goes they all go)
noun
- A device attached to a piece of equipment or a tool.
- (computing) A file sent along with a message, usually an email.
- (meteorology) The act or process by which any (downward) leader connects to any available (upward) streamer in a lightning flash.
- The means by which something is physically attached.
- A dependence, especially a strong one.
- (law) Taking a person's property to satisfy a court-ordered debt.
- A strong bonding with or fondness for someone or something.
- The act or process of (physically or figuratively) attaching.
- a feeling of affection for a person or an institution
- faithful support for a cause or political party or religion
- a writ authorizing the seizure of property that may be needed for the payment of a judgment in a judicial proceeding
- the act of attaching or affixing something
- a supplementary part or accessory
- a connection that fastens things together
- the act of fastening things together
noun
- (electronics) A gimmick capacitor.
- (Philippines) A night out with one's friends.
- A trick or device used to attain some end.
- A ploy or strategy used to attract attention or gain traction.
- any clever maneuver
- a drawback or difficulty that is not readily evident
- something unspecified whose name is either forgotten or not known
verb
noun
- A component of a device into which an item is placed for use in the device's operations.
- (LGBTQ slang) A gay trans person, particularly a man (a man who is both transgender and gay)
- Alternative form of trey (“third branch of deer's antler”).
- (computing, business) A type of retail or wholesale packaging for CPUs where the processors are sold in bulk and/or with minimal packaging.
- A small, typically rectangular or round, flat, and rigid object upon which things are carried.
- (Australia) The platform of a truck that supports the load to be hauled.
- (by extension) The items on a full tray.
- (computing, graphical user interface, informal) A notification area used for icons and alerts.
- an open receptacle for holding or displaying or serving articles or food
verb
noun
- equipment designed to serve a specific function
- (anatomy) a group of body parts that work together to perform a given function
- The entirety of means whereby a specific production is made existent or task accomplished.
- (video games) A complex, highly modified weapon (typically not a firearm); a weaponized “Rube Goldberg machine.”
- (textual criticism) In an edition, a system of notations providing information, especially regarding variant readings of a text (a critical apparatus)
- (firefighting) A vehicle used for emergency response.
- A complex machine or instrument.
- (rhythmic gymnastics) Any of the objects that the gymnasts wield while performing and used as part of the performance itself.
- A bureaucratic organization, especially one influenced by political patronage.
- (gymnastics) Any of the equipment on which the gymnasts perform their movements.
- (collective) An assortment of tools and instruments.
noun
- equipment designed to serve a specific function
- Equipment designed for a particular purpose; an apparatus.
- the way something is organized or arranged
- an act that incriminates someone on a false charge
- (hydrology) The tendency of persistent wind to produce higher water levels at the downwind shore of a body of water and lower at the upwind shore.
- (operations) The process or instance of arranging resources for performing a specific operation, as a run of a particular product.
- (boxing) A move or set of moves which are meant to draw out a reaction which leaves an exploitable opening in defense.
- The fashion in which something is organized or arranged.
- (computing) An installer.
- A situation orchestrated to frame someone; a covert effort to place the blame on somebody.
verb
noun
- A device for checking electrical equipment for short circuits etc.
- A person, creature or thing that growls.
- (historical, slang) A horse-drawn cab with four wheels.
- (dialect, UK, Yorkshire) A pork pie.
- A small iceberg or ice floe which is barely visible over the surface of the water.
- (US, dialect) A fish of the perch family, abundant in North American rivers, so named from the sound it emits.
- (British, slang) The vulva.
- (informal, Canada, US, Australia) A kind of jug, often with a handle, used to carry beer and preserve carbonation.
- a small iceberg or ice floe just large enough to be hazardous for shipping
- a speaker whose voice sounds like a growl
noun
- Anything that has the appearance of such a device.
- (by extension) A trap.
- A device made from such mesh, used for catching fish, butterflies, etc.
- (geometry) Any set of polygons joined edge to edge that, when folded along the edges between adjoining polygons so that the outer edges touch, form a given polyhedron.
- (sports, tennis) A mesh stretched to divide the court in tennis, badminton, volleyball, etc.
- (sports) A framework backed by a mesh, serving as the goal in hockey, soccer, lacrosse, etc.
- (electronics) A conductor that interconnects two or more component terminals.
- The amount remaining after expenses or other kinds of deductions are subtracted.
- A device made from such mesh, generally used for trapping something.
- A mesh of string, cord or rope.
- A system that interconnects a number of users, locations etc. allowing transport or communication between them.
- (tennis, by extension) The area of the court close to the net (mesh stretched to divide the court).
- a computer network consisting of a worldwide network of computer networks that use the TCP/IP network protocols to facilitate data transmission and exchange
- an open fabric of string or rope or wire woven together at regular intervals
- game equipment consisting of a strip of netting dividing the playing area in tennis or badminton
- the excess of revenues over outlays in a given period of time (including depreciation and other non-cash expenses)
- a goal lined with netting (as in soccer or hockey)
- a trap made of netting to catch fish or birds or insects
adj
adv
intj
verb
- (transitive, figuratively) To catch in a trap, or by stratagem.
- (dialectal) To clean, wash, rinse.
- To fully hedge a position.
- To form a netting or network; to knit.
- (transitive) To receive as profit.
- To enclose or cover with a net.
- (transitive) To yield as profit for.
- (tennis) To hit the ball into the net.
- (transitive, soccer) To score (a goal).
- (transitive) To catch by means of a net.
- catch with a net
- make as a net profit
- yield as a net profit
- construct or form a web, as if by weaving
noun
- A device or tool that projects a substance.
- A very portable, short firearm, for hand use, which fires bullets or projectiles, such as a handgun, revolver, pistol, or Derringer.
- (colloquial, metonymic) A person who carries or uses a gun (rifle, shotgun or handgun), particularly with reference to how quickly the person can draw and fire the gun.
- A device for shooting projectiles or ditto (a shooter), functioning through stored energy: a firearm, cannon, harpoon gun/spear gun, raygun, etc, not a bow and arrow, or slingshot.
- (surfing) A long surfboard designed for surfing big waves (not the same as a longboard, a gun has a pointed nose and is generally a little narrower).
- (television) An electron gun.
- A device or tool that applies something rather than projecting it.
- (figurative) A firearm or cannon used for saluting or signalling.^(21-gun salute)
- (military) A cannon with a 6-inch/155mm minimum nominal bore diameter and tube length 30 calibers or more.
- Any implement designed to fire a projectile from a tube.
- (cellular automata) A pattern that "fires" out other patterns.
- (military) A cannon with relatively long barrel, operating with relatively low angle of fire, and having a high muzzle velocity.
- (Australia, New Zealand, slang) Someone excellent, surpassingly wonderful, skilful, or cool.
- A less portable, long firearm that fires bullets or projectiles; a rifle, either manual, automatic or semi-automatic; a flintlock, musket or shotgun.
- (nautical, in the plural) Violent blasts of wind.
- (colloquial, usually in the plural) The biceps.
- the discharge of a firearm as signal or as a salute in military ceremonies
- a person who shoots a gun (as regards their ability)
- a weapon that discharges a missile at high velocity (especially from a metal tube or barrel)
- a pedal that controls the throttle valve
- a professional killer who uses a gun
- large but transportable armament
- a hand-operated pump that resembles a pistol; forces grease into parts of a machine
verb
- (ambitransitive, US, prison slang, of a male prisoner) Synonym of gun down (“to masturbate while making sustained eye contact with someone — typically a female prison officer — as a form of intimidation”).
- (transitive) To cause to speed up.
- Nonstandard spelling of going to.
- To seek to attack someone; to take aim at someone; used with for.
- (informal) (gunning for something or gunning to do something) make a great effort.
- To practice fowling or hunting small game; chiefly in participial form: to go gunning.
- (informal) To offer vigorous support to (a person or cause).
- shoot with a gun
noun
- A device that balances various quantities.
- A conductor of low resistance joining the armature ends of the series field coils of dynamos connected in parallel.
- A device, such as a bar, for operating two brakes, especially a pair of hub brakes for an automobile, with equal force.
- (mathematics) A set of arguments where two or more functions have equal values; the solution set of an equation.
- (category theory) A morphism whose codomain is the domain of a parallel pair of morphisms and which forms part of the limit of that parallel pair. Equivalently, a morphism which equalizes a parallel pair of morphisms in a limiting way, which is to say that any other morphism which equalizes that parallel pair factors through this limiting morphism; and moreover such factorization is unique.
- A sliding panel to preserve the lateral stability of an aeroplane.
- One who makes equal; a balancer.
- (Canada, US, slang) A weapon, usually a blackjack or gun.
- (music, electronics) An electronic audio device for altering the frequencies of sound recordings.
- (sports) A goal, run, point, etc. that equalizes the score.
- Any device for equalizing the pull of electromagnets.
- electronic equipment that reduces frequency distortion
- a score that makes the match even
- a weight that balances another weight
noun
verb
- (transitive, British, slang) To make a public mockery of someone through insult or wit.
- (intransitive) To skid.
- (transitive, nautical) To rotate or turn something about its axis.
- simple past of slay
- (transitive) To insert extra ticks or skip some ticks of a clock to slowly correct its time.
- (transitive, rail transport) To move something (usually a railway line) sideways.
- (intransitive) To pivot.
- (transitive) To veer a vehicle.
- turn sharply; change direction abruptly
- move obliquely or sideways, usually in an uncontrolled manner
noun
- a mechanical device that serves to connect the ends of adjacent objects
- (music) A device that connects two keyboards of an organ together so that they play together.
- An electrical device used to transfer energy from one electric device to another, especially without a physical connection.
- A device used to convert electronic information into audible sound signals for transmission over telephone lines.
- Anything that serves to couple things together; but especially a device that couples railway carriages.
noun
- An electronic device with multiple sites where components can be plugged in.
- A power strip.
- Something that is composed of multiple boxes.
- The practice of playing an online game with multiple accounts simultaneously.
- One of a set of multiple ballot boxes, one for each candidate.
- A box with several compartments.
adj
noun
- device consisting of a piece of machinery; has moving parts that perform some function
- a natural object resembling a machine in structure or function
- the technical aspects of doing something
- (philosophy) the philosophical theory that all phenomena can be explained in terms of physical or biological causes
- the atomic process that occurs during a chemical reaction
- (philosophy) The theory that all natural phenomena can be explained by physical causes.
- Any process of, or system designed to manage useful energy conversion.
- A mental, physical, or chemical process.
- A group of entities, such as objects, that interact together.
- (within a machine or machinery) Any mechanical means for the conversion or control of motion, or the transmission or control of power.
- Any combination of cams, gears, links, belts, chains and logical mechanical elements.
noun
- A device which suppresses something, especially an electronic or mechanical device.
- A person who suppresses others, a tyrant.
- A device added to the barrel of a firearm which reduces the noise and flash generated by firing the weapon.
- (genetics) A gene that suppresses the effect of another through epistasis.
- an electrical device for suppressing unwanted currents
- a gene that suppresses the phenotypic expression of another gene (especially of a mutant gene)
- someone who suppresses
noun
- A computer technician's tool used as a prybar and probe for use with plastic and other parts.
- An electronics tool made of nylon filled with glass, for holding components while soldering.
- (telecommunications) A hand tool used to work on punch-down blocks without short circuiting electric terminals. It has a hook on one end and a notched blade on the other.
noun
- A similar device used to activate any mechanism.
- (databases) An SQL procedure that may be initiated when a record is inserted, updated or deleted; typically used to maintain referential integrity.
- (psychology) An event, experience or other stimulus that initiates a traumatic memory or a strong reaction in a person.
- An event that initiates others, or incites a response.
- (grammar) An argument whose semantic role determines the choice of a verbal affix, in certain Austronesian languages.
- A concept or image that upsets somebody by sparking a negative emotional response.
- (music) An electronic transducer allowing a drum, cymbal, etc. to control an electronic drum unit or similar device.
- (firearms) A finger-operated lever used to fire a gun.
- (electronics) A pulse in an electronic circuit that initiates some component.
- (music) A device that manually lengthens (or sometimes shortens) the slide or tubing of a brass instrument, allowing the pitch range to be altered while playing.
- lever that activates the firing mechanism of a gun
- an act that sets in motion some course of events
- a device that activates or releases or causes something to happen
adj
verb
- (transitive) To fire (a weapon).
- (intransitive, especially electronics) To activate; to become active.
- (transitive) To cause, to precipitate, to bring (something) about in response or as a result.
- (transitive, figurative) To spark a response, especially a negative emotional response, in (a person).
- release or pull the trigger on
- put in motion or move to act
noun
adj
noun
- (technology) A socket in machinery shaped like a thimble.
- (nautical) A metal ring which a cable or rope intended for attaching to other things is looped around as a protection against chafing.
- As much as fills a thimble (sense 1); a thimbleful.
- (technology) A ring- or tube-shaped component such as a ferrule.
- (games) A thimble or similar object used in thimblerig (“a game of skill which requires the bettor to guess under which of three thimbles or small cups a pea-sized object has been placed after the person operating the game rapidly rearranges them”).
- (sewing) A pitted, now usually metal, cup-shaped cap worn on the tip of a finger, which is used in sewing to push the needle through material.
- a small metal cap to protect the finger while sewing; can be used as a small container
- as much as a thimble will hold
verb
noun
- a device that requires skill for proper use
- the means whereby some act is accomplished
- a person used by another to gain an end
- any of various devices or contrivances that can be used to produce musical tones or sounds
- the semantic role of the entity (usually inanimate) that the agent uses to perform an action or start a process
- (law) a document that states some contractual relationship or grants some right
- (law) A legal document, such as a contract, deed, trust, mortgage, power, indenture, or will.
- A device used to produce music.
- A means or agency for achieving an aspect.
- A tool, implement used for manipulation or measurement.
- A measuring or displaying device.
- (figuratively) A person used as a mere tool for achieving a goal.
- (aviation, usually in the plural) Ellipsis of flight instrument.
verb
noun
- A device that controls or limits something.
- (genetics) A gene involved in controlling the expression of one or more other genes.
- (mathematics) A positive real number determining the density of the units in Dirichlet's unit theorem.
- (rail transport) A device that controls the supply of steam to the cylinders of a steam locomotive.
- (historical) Synonym of bulldozer (“member of intimidating group of white US Southerners”).
- Short for diving regulator.
- A very accurate clock, used by clockmakers to measure the timekeeping of each newly made clock.
- A person or group that sets standards of practice, especially regulatory law as sanctioned by statutory law.
- Ellipsis of voltage regulator.
- an official responsible for control and supervision of a particular activity or area of public interest
- a control that maintains a steady speed in a machine (as by controlling the supply of fuel)
- any of various controls or devices for regulating or controlling fluid flow, pressure, temperature, etc.
noun
- a device or control that is very useful for a particular job
- durable goods for home or office use
- An implement, an instrument or apparatus designed (or at least used) as a means to a specific end, especially:
- A non-manual apparatus or device, powered electrically or by another small motor, used in homes to perform domestic functions (household appliance) and/or in offices.
- An attachment, a piece of equipment to adapt another tool or machine to a specific purpose.
noun
- a device or control that is very useful for a particular job
- a toilet that is available to the public
- the quality of being useful and convenient
- the state of being suitable or opportune
- Any object that makes life more convenient; a helpful item.
- The quality of being convenient.
- A convenient time.
- (chiefly British) Ellipsis of public convenience (“a public lavatory”).
verb
noun
- a device or control that is very useful for a particular job
- (computer science) A technique for converting a part of one problem to an equivalent part of another problem, used in constructing reductions.
- (informal) Any consumer electronics product.
- (glassblowing) A spring clip attached to the end of a punty in order to grasp the foot of a glass without leaving a bullion while finishing the bowl.
- Any device or machine, especially one whose name cannot be recalled, often either clever or complicated.
- (computer security) A sequence of machine code instructions crafted as part of an exploit that attempts to divert execution to a memory location chosen by the attacker.
noun
- a device or control that is very useful for a particular job
- something unspecified whose name is either forgotten or not known
- (informal) Synonym of tool, implement, device, gadget, part.
- A placeholder name for an unnamed, unspecified, or hypothetical manufactured good or product, typically as an example for purposes of explaining concepts.
- (computing, graphical user interface) A small applet that can be placed on the desktop or in a sidebar, etc.
- A floating device inside a beer can, meant to create foam when opened.
- A small scraping tool consisting of a blade and a handle, commonly used to remove paint from glass and other smooth surfaces.
- (computing, graphical user interface) Any one of the components of a computer application's graphical user interface, such as a Cancel button or text input box that a user interacts with.
noun
- (technology) Electronic equipment.
- Metal implements.
- (computing) The part of a computer that is fixed and cannot be altered without replacement or physical modification; motherboard, expansion cards, etc. Compare software.
- Fixtures, equipment, fasteners, tools, and devices used for general-purpose construction and repair of a structure or object. Also such equipment as sold as stock by a store of the same name, e.g. hardware store.
- (slang) A firearm.
- (informal) Equipment.
- (Philippines) Ellipsis of hardware store.
- (slang) Medals or trophies.
- (computer science) the mechanical, magnetic, electronic, and electrical components making up a computer system
- major items of military weaponry (as tanks or missile)
- instrumentalities (tools or implements) made of metal
noun
- a small machine that is used for mathematical calculations; can be mechanical or electronic
- an expert at calculation (or at operating calculating machines)
- (historical) A person who performs mathematical calculation.
- A person who calculates (in the sense of scheming).
- A mechanical or electronic device that performs mathematical calculations; (now usually) an electronic one specifically.
noun
- A device used for testing.
- Alternative form of testiere (“armor for a horse's head”).
- A person who administers a test.
- (cycling) A cyclist who focuses on success in time trials.
- A sample of perfume available in a shop for customers to try before they buy.
- Something that overhangs something else; especially a canopy or soundboard over a pulpit.
- A miniature pot of paint for testing and comparison purposes.
- A canopy over a bed.
- An old French silver coin.
- a flat canopy (especially one over a four-poster bed)
- someone who administers a test to determine your qualifications
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adj
- Generated by an electronic device.
- (physics, chemistry) Of or pertaining to an electron or electrons.
- Of or pertaining to the Internet.
- Operating on the physical behavior of electrons, especially in semiconductors.
- of or concerned with electrons
- of or relating to electronics; concerned with or using devices that operate on principles governing the behavior of electrons
noun
adj
- (electronics) Designed to perform a specific task.
- Not changeable.
- (electronic communications) Of devices, closely or tightly coupled.
- (of humans and animals) Describing genetically determined, instinctive behavior.
- (of humans and animals) Having made a belief or a pattern of behavior or a habit.
- (computing) Having a fixed placement (on a screen format for example).
verb
adj
- Functioning and ready for use.
- Determined by means of practical measures.
- Effective or operative.
- Of or relating to operations, especially military operations.
- pertaining to a process or series of actions for achieving a result
- (military) of or intended for or involved in military operations
- fit or ready for use or service
- being in effect or operation