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noun
- An ember.
- Slag from a metal furnace.
- Partially or mostly burnt material that results from incomplete combustion of coal or wood etc.; it often rides the rising smoke column into the air, and it can pose a fire hazard when it lands, in dry conditions.
- a fragment of incombustible matter left after a wood or coal or charcoal fire
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noun
noun
- A male shelduck.
- An Old World duck of the genus Tadorna (shelducks).
- The call sign for an artillery officer.
- A merganser.
- large crested fish-eating diving duck having a slender hooked bill with serrated edges
- Old World gooselike duck slightly larger than a mallard with variegated mostly black-and-white plumage and a red bill
noun
- The person appearing in such a photograph.
- The single larger sheet of paper that forms the middle two pages of a magazine or other publication, folded so as to open wider than a standard page spread.
- (by extension) Any very sexually attractive person, who is therefore material for such a photograph.
- A large photograph printed on this sheet, typically in the form of a nude, or provocatively dressed, sexually attractive woman or man.
- a magazine center spread; especially a foldout of a large photograph or map or other feature
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name
- (astronomy) A crater in the first quadrant on the moon.
- (Roman mythology) The Roman name for the Greek divine hero Heracles, who was the son of Jupiter and Alcmene, a celebrated hero who possessed exceptional strength. Most famous for his twelve labours performed to redeem himself after killing his family.
- (astronomy) A summer constellation of the northern sky, said to resemble the mythical hero, lying between the constellations Lyra and Corona Borealis.
- A city in Contra Costa County, California, United States.
- (rare, countable) A male given name from Ancient Greek.
noun
- An adult male human.
- A person, usually male, who has duties or skills associated with a specified thing.
- An adult or adolescent male servant. Anyone from a right-hand man (high-ranking assistant) to a low-ranking servant.
- (historical) A vassal; a subject.
- An adult male who has, to an eminent degree, qualities considered masculine, such as strength, integrity, and devotion to family; a mensch.
- A male enthusiast or devotee; a male who is very fond of or devoted to a specified kind of thing.
- (anthropology, archaeology, paleontology) A member of the genus Homo, especially of the species Homo sapiens.
- A term of familiar address often implying on the part of the speaker some degree of authority, impatience, or haste.
- A term of familiar address usually reserved for other adult males. It works both with ones whose name is known and ones whose name is unknown.
- A person, usually male, who can fulfill one's requirements with regard to a specified matter.
- A piece or token used in board games such as backgammon.
- A husband.
- (sports) A player on whom another is playing, with the intent of limiting their attacking impact.
- (military slang) A soldier below the rank of a non-commissioned officer.
- A male person, usually an adult; a (generally adult male) sentient being, whether human, supernatural, elf, alien, etc.
- (video games) One of the player's chances to play, lost when the player's character dies or when certain mistakes are made.
- (collective) All human males collectively: mankind.
- An adult male who belongs to a particular group: an employee, a representative, etc.
- A male lover; a boyfriend.
- an adult male person who has a manly character (virile and courageous competent)
- a manservant who acts as a personal attendant to their employer
- a male person who plays a significant role (husband or lover or boyfriend) in the life of a particular woman
- game equipment consisting of an object used in playing certain board games
- an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)
- all of the living human inhabitants of the earth
- the generic use of the word to refer to any human being
- a man who serves in the armed forces; a member of a military force
- a male subordinate
- any living or extinct member of the family Hominidae characterized by superior intelligence, articulate speech, and erect carriage
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- characteristic of a man
- being the sex (of plant or animal) that produces gametes (spermatozoa) that perform the fertilizing function in generation
- for or pertaining to or composed of men or boys
- Tending to lead to or regulate the development of sexual characteristics typical of this sex.
- Characteristic of this sex/gender. (Compare masculine, manly.)
- (figuratively) Of instruments, tools, or connectors: designed to fit into or penetrate a female counterpart, as in a connector, pipe fitting or laboratory glassware.
- (grammar, less common than 'masculine') Masculine; of the masculine grammatical gender.
- Belonging to the sex which typically produces sperm, or to the gender which is typically associated with it.
- (of bacteria) Having the F factor; able to impart DNA into another bacterium which does not have the F factor (a female).
noun
- a person who belongs to the sex that cannot have babies
- an animal that produces gametes (spermatozoa) that can fertilize female gametes (ova)
- An animal of the sex that has testes.
- A bacterium which has the F factor.
- A plant of the masculine sex.
- A male connector, pipe fitting, etc.
- A human member of the masculine sex or gender.
adj
- characteristic of a man
- characterized by energy and vigor
- (of a male) capable of copulation
- Manly; having characteristics associated with being male, such as strength; exhibiting masculine traits to an exaggerated degree such as strength, forcefulness or vigor.
- (physiology, of a male) Possessing high sexual drive and capacity for sexual intercourse.
- (grammar) Pertaining to a grammatical gender used in plurals of some Slavic languages, corresponding to the personal masculine animate nouns.
noun
- (slang) A man, fellow.
- (cooking, slang) A chicken or turkey used as food.
- (UK, with definite article, chiefly in phrases) Booing and jeering, especially as done by an audience expressing displeasure at a performer.
- (informal) Snowbird (retiree who moves to a warmer climate).
- (UK, Ireland, colloquial, by extension) A girlfriend.
- (slang) A prison sentence.
- (UK, Ireland, colloquial) A girl or woman, especially one considered sexually attractive.
- (slang, US) A kilogram of cocaine.
- (slang, Canada, Philippines) A penis.
- (slang) An aircraft.
- An animal of the clade (traditionally class) Aves in the phylum Chordata, characterized by being warm-blooded, having feathers and wings usually capable of flight, having a beaked mouth, and laying eggs.
- (slang) A satellite.
- (with definite article) The vulgar hand gesture in which the middle finger is extended.
- A yardbird.
- the flesh of a bird or fowl (wild or domestic) used as food
- informal terms for a (young) woman
- a cry or noise made to express displeasure or contempt
- badminton equipment consisting of a ball of cork or rubber with a crown of feathers
- warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings
adj
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- (intransitive) To observe or identify wild birds in their natural environment.
- (intransitive) To catch or shoot birds; to hunt birds.
- (transitive, television) To transmit via satellite.
- (intransitive, figuratively) To seek for game or plunder; to thieve.
- (transitive, slang) To bring into prison, to roof.
- watch and study birds in their natural habitat
noun
- A man's shirt-bosom.
- A film of air trapped by specialized hairs against the body of an aquatic insect, and which acts as an external gill.
- (fencing) A half-jacket worn under the jacket for padding or for safety.
- An ornamental front panel on a woman's bodice.
- A breastplate.
- (zoology) The nearly flat part of the shell structure of a tortoise or other animal, similar in composition to the carapace.
- the front of man's dress shirt
- a metal breastplate that was worn under a coat of mail
- the ornamental front of a woman's bodice or shirt
- (zoology) the part of a turtle's shell forming its underside
- a large pad worn by a fencer to protect the chest
noun
- A person, especially as one among many.
- Life, energy, vigor.
- A strong positive feeling of intense sensitivity and emotional fervor conveyed especially by African American performers.
- An individual life.
- (religion, folklore) The spirit or essence of a person usually thought to consist of one's thoughts and personality, often believed to live on after the person's death.
- Cultural consciousness and pride among people of African American heritage.
- (music) Soul music.
- The spirit or essence of anything.
- (mathematics) A kind of submanifold involved in the soul theorem of Riemannian geometry.
- the human embodiment of something
- the immaterial part of a person; the actuating cause of an individual life
- deep feeling or emotion
- a human being; person, singular, assertive existential pronoun; pronoun, person, singular; quantifier: assertive existential
- a secular form of gospel that was a major Black musical genre in the 1960s and 1970s
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- a youthful male person
- A young man.
- a friendly informal reference to a grown man
- a male human offspring
- (ethnic slur) offensive and disparaging term for Black man
- (US, slang, uncountable) Heroin.
- A younger such worker.
- (informal, especially with a possessive) A male friend.
- A male non-human animal, especially, in affectionate address, a male pet, especially a dog.
- (BDSM) A male submissive.
- A male child.
- (informal, sometimes mildly derogatory) A male human of any age, as opposed to a "girl" (female human of any age).
- (endearing, colloquial) Any tangible object close to one's person; often used in emphatic forms such as bad boy.
- (endearing, diminutive) A male human younger than the speaker.
- (diminutive, especially with a possessive) A son of any age.
- (now rare and usually offensive outside some Commonwealth nations) A male servant, slave, assistant, or employee, particularly:
- (somewhat childish) A male (tree, gene, etc).
- (now offensive) Any non-white male, regardless of age.
- (historical or offensive) A non-white male servant regardless of age, particularly as a form of address.
- (historical, military) A former low rank of various armed services; a holder of this rank.
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- A male attendant on a great personage.
- A title of dignity next in degree below knight, and above gentleman. See esquire.
- An Australian snapper (Chrysophrys auratus), a food fish also found in eastern Asia.
- A shield-bearer or armor-bearer who attended a knight.
- A devoted attendant or follower of a lady; a beau.
- (UK, colloquial) A term of address to a male equal.
- A title of office and courtesy. See under esquire.
- A grass emperor (Lethrinus laticaudis), of coral reefs of the western Pacific.
- (historical) A landowner from the English gentry during the early modern period.
- a man who attends or escorts a woman
- an English country landowner
- young nobleman attendant on a knight
verb
noun
- a male person used as a cover for some questionable activity
- a weak or sham argument set up to be easily refuted
- an effigy in the shape of a man to frighten birds away from seeds
- Synonym of straw buyer.
- (figurative, engineering, business) An outline serving as an initial proposal for a project, usually refined iteratively.
- (figurative) An insubstantial concept, idea, endeavor or argument, particularly one deliberately set up to be weakly supported, e.g. by misrepresenting an opponent's argument by broadening or narrowing the scope of a premise, so that it can be easily knocked down; especially to impugn the strength of any related or contrasted thing or idea.
- A doll or scarecrow, particularly one stuffed with straw.
- (figurative) An innocuous person or someone of nominal or lesser importance, as a front man or straw boss.
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- A lance with barbed prongs, used by fishermen to retrieve fish.
- A long, thin strip from a vegetable.
- A long stick with a sharp tip used as a weapon for throwing or thrusting, or anything used to make a thrusting motion.
- A shoot, as of grass; a spire.
- (now chiefly historical) A soldier armed with such a weapon; a spearman.
- (ice hockey) An illegal maneuver using the end of a hockey stick to strike into another hockey player.
- (wrestling) In professional wrestling, a running tackle in which the wrestler's shoulder is driven into the opponent's midsection.
- The feather of a horse.
- (botany) The sprout of a plant, stalk
- The rod to which the bucket, or plunger, of a pump is attached; a pump rod.
- a long pointed rod used as a tool or weapon
- an implement with a shaft and barbed point used for catching fish
verb
- (transitive) To pierce with a spear.
- (gridiron football) To tackle an opponent by ramming into them with one's helmet.
- (transitive, by extension) To penetrate or strike with, or as if with, any long narrow object; to make a thrusting motion that catches an object on the tip of a long device.
- (intransitive) To shoot into a long stem, as some plants do.
- thrust up like a spear
- pierce with a spear
noun
- an unspecified person
- piece of leather that comprises the part of a shoe or boot covering the heel and joining the vamp
- clemency or mercy shown to a defeated opponent
- one of four equal parts
- the rear part of a ship
- one of four periods into which the school year is divided
- a fourth part of a year; three months
- a United States or Canadian coin worth one fourth of a dollar
- (football, professional basketball) one of four divisions into which some games are divided
- a quarter of a hundredweight (28 pounds)
- a district of a city having some distinguishing character
- one of the four major division of the compass
- a quarter of a hundredweight (25 pounds)
- a unit of time equal to 15 minutes or a quarter of an hour
- One's residence or dwelling-place; (in plural) rooms, lodgings, especially as allocated to soldiers or domestic staff.
- (farriery) The part on either side of a horse's hoof between the toe and heel, the side of its coffin.
- (now chiefly historical) A measure of capacity used chiefly for grain or coal, varying greatly in quantity by time and location.
- (in general sense) Each of four equal parts into which something can be divided; a fourth part.
- Each of four parts into which the earth or sky is divided, corresponding to the four cardinal points of the compass.
- (historical) A measure of length; originally a fourth part of an ell, now chiefly a fourth part of a yard.
- (now chiefly historical) A fourth part of a hundredweight.
- A division or section of a town or city, especially having a particular character of its own, or associated with a particular group etc.
- (often plural) A section (of a population), especially one having a particular set of values or interests.
- (Chester, historical) A quarter of an acre or 40 roods.
- Accommodation given to a defeated opponent; mercy; exemption from being killed.
- (now chiefly finance) A fourth part of the year; 3 months; a term or season.
- (nautical) The aftmost part of a vessel's side, roughly from the last mast to the stern.
- A quarterfinal.
- The back and sides of the upper of a shoe, extending around the wearer's heel to meet the vamp.
- (now historical) A fourth part of the night; one of the watches or divisions of the night.
- A fourth part of a pound; approximately 113 grams.
- (heraldry) A fourth part of a coat of arms, or the charge on it, larger than a canton and normally on the upper dexter side, formed by a perpendicular line from the top meeting a horizontal line from the side.
- A region or place.
- (sports) One of four equal periods into which a game is divided.
- (time) A fourth part of an hour; a period of fifteen minutes, especially with reference to the quarter before or after the hour.
- (Canada, US) A quarter-dollar, divided into 25 cents; the coin of that value minted in the United States or Canada.
verb
- pull (a person) apart with four horses tied to their extremities, so as to execute them
- divide into quarters
- provide housing for (military personnel)
- divide by four; divide into quarters
- (intransitive) To lodge; to have a temporary residence.
- (heraldry) To display different coats of arms in the quarters of a shield.
- (transitive) To provide housing for military personnel or other equipment.
- (transitive, historical) To execute (someone) by tying each limb to a different animal (such as a horse) and driving them in different directions.
- (transitive) To divide into quarters; to divide by four.
- (transitive) To range to and fro over an area; to move from point to point.
- (transitive) To quartersaw.
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- (heraldry) A mantling.
- (exogeology) Any similar layer in an exoplanet.
- (figuratively) A figurative garment representing authority or status, capable of affording protection.
- The zone of hot gases around a flame.
- A piece of clothing somewhat like an open robe or cloak, especially that worn by Orthodox bishops.
- The outer wall and casing of a blast furnace, above the hearth.
- (geology) The layer between Earth's core and crust.
- (anatomy) The cerebral cortex.
- (figuratively) Anything that covers or conceals something else; a cloak.
- A penstock for a water wheel.
- Alternative spelling of mantel (“shelf above fireplace”).
- A gauzy fabric impregnated with metal nitrates, used in some kinds of gas and oil lamps and lanterns, which forms a rigid but fragile mesh of metal oxides when heated during initial use and then produces white light from the heat of the flame below it. (So called because it is hung above the lamp's flame like a mantel.)
- (malacology) The body wall of a mollusc, from which the shell is secreted.
- (ornithology) The back of a bird together with the folded wings.
- (zoology) a protective layer of epidermis in mollusks or brachiopods that secretes a substance forming the shell
- anything that covers
- the layer of the earth between the crust and the core
- the cloak as a symbol of authority
- a sleeveless garment like a cloak but shorter
- hanging cloth used as a blind (especially for a window)
- shelf that projects from wall above fireplace
verb
- (intransitive) To become covered or concealed.
- (falconry) The action of stretching a wing and the same side leg out to one side of the body.
- To climb over or onto something.
- (transitive) To cover or conceal (something); to cloak; to disguise.
- (falconry) The action of stretching out the wings to hide food.
- (intransitive) To spread like a mantle (especially of blood in the face and cheeks when a person flushes).
- spread over a surface, like a mantle
- cover like a mantle
noun
- A man who acts as a link or connection.
- (broadcasting) A presenter who provides the connecting verbiage between a number of separate items in a broadcast.
- (rugby) A player who uses speed and dexterity to keep an attacking team's downfield progress fluid.
- (historical) An adult linkboy; one bearing a torch or light.
- (formerly) an attendant hired to carry a torch for pedestrians in dark streets
name
- A male given name.
- An unincorporated community in Crook County, Wyoming, United States.
- A census-designated place in Lee County, Florida, United States.
- A village on the island of Gotland, Sweden.
- An unincorporated community in Harlan County, Kentucky, United States.
- A small town in Clackmannanshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS8897)
- A city, the county seat of Woods County, Oklahoma, United States, named after Alva Adams (governor).
noun
- An ember.
- Slag from a metal furnace.
- Partially or mostly burnt material that results from incomplete combustion of coal or wood etc.; it often rides the rising smoke column into the air, and it can pose a fire hazard when it lands, in dry conditions.
- a fragment of incombustible matter left after a wood or coal or charcoal fire
verb
noun
noun
- A male shelduck.
- An Old World duck of the genus Tadorna (shelducks).
- The call sign for an artillery officer.
- A merganser.
- large crested fish-eating diving duck having a slender hooked bill with serrated edges
- Old World gooselike duck slightly larger than a mallard with variegated mostly black-and-white plumage and a red bill
noun
- The person appearing in such a photograph.
- The single larger sheet of paper that forms the middle two pages of a magazine or other publication, folded so as to open wider than a standard page spread.
- (by extension) Any very sexually attractive person, who is therefore material for such a photograph.
- A large photograph printed on this sheet, typically in the form of a nude, or provocatively dressed, sexually attractive woman or man.
- a magazine center spread; especially a foldout of a large photograph or map or other feature
noun
name
- (astronomy) A crater in the first quadrant on the moon.
- (Roman mythology) The Roman name for the Greek divine hero Heracles, who was the son of Jupiter and Alcmene, a celebrated hero who possessed exceptional strength. Most famous for his twelve labours performed to redeem himself after killing his family.
- (astronomy) A summer constellation of the northern sky, said to resemble the mythical hero, lying between the constellations Lyra and Corona Borealis.
- A city in Contra Costa County, California, United States.
- (rare, countable) A male given name from Ancient Greek.
noun
- An adult male human.
- A person, usually male, who has duties or skills associated with a specified thing.
- An adult or adolescent male servant. Anyone from a right-hand man (high-ranking assistant) to a low-ranking servant.
- (historical) A vassal; a subject.
- An adult male who has, to an eminent degree, qualities considered masculine, such as strength, integrity, and devotion to family; a mensch.
- A male enthusiast or devotee; a male who is very fond of or devoted to a specified kind of thing.
- (anthropology, archaeology, paleontology) A member of the genus Homo, especially of the species Homo sapiens.
- A term of familiar address often implying on the part of the speaker some degree of authority, impatience, or haste.
- A term of familiar address usually reserved for other adult males. It works both with ones whose name is known and ones whose name is unknown.
- A person, usually male, who can fulfill one's requirements with regard to a specified matter.
- A piece or token used in board games such as backgammon.
- A husband.
- (sports) A player on whom another is playing, with the intent of limiting their attacking impact.
- (military slang) A soldier below the rank of a non-commissioned officer.
- A male person, usually an adult; a (generally adult male) sentient being, whether human, supernatural, elf, alien, etc.
- (video games) One of the player's chances to play, lost when the player's character dies or when certain mistakes are made.
- (collective) All human males collectively: mankind.
- An adult male who belongs to a particular group: an employee, a representative, etc.
- A male lover; a boyfriend.
- an adult male person who has a manly character (virile and courageous competent)
- a manservant who acts as a personal attendant to their employer
- a male person who plays a significant role (husband or lover or boyfriend) in the life of a particular woman
- game equipment consisting of an object used in playing certain board games
- an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)
- all of the living human inhabitants of the earth
- the generic use of the word to refer to any human being
- a man who serves in the armed forces; a member of a military force
- a male subordinate
- any living or extinct member of the family Hominidae characterized by superior intelligence, articulate speech, and erect carriage
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- (slang) A man, fellow.
- (cooking, slang) A chicken or turkey used as food.
- (UK, with definite article, chiefly in phrases) Booing and jeering, especially as done by an audience expressing displeasure at a performer.
- (informal) Snowbird (retiree who moves to a warmer climate).
- (UK, Ireland, colloquial, by extension) A girlfriend.
- (slang) A prison sentence.
- (UK, Ireland, colloquial) A girl or woman, especially one considered sexually attractive.
- (slang, US) A kilogram of cocaine.
- (slang, Canada, Philippines) A penis.
- (slang) An aircraft.
- An animal of the clade (traditionally class) Aves in the phylum Chordata, characterized by being warm-blooded, having feathers and wings usually capable of flight, having a beaked mouth, and laying eggs.
- (slang) A satellite.
- (with definite article) The vulgar hand gesture in which the middle finger is extended.
- A yardbird.
- the flesh of a bird or fowl (wild or domestic) used as food
- informal terms for a (young) woman
- a cry or noise made to express displeasure or contempt
- badminton equipment consisting of a ball of cork or rubber with a crown of feathers
- warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings
adj
verb
- (intransitive) To observe or identify wild birds in their natural environment.
- (intransitive) To catch or shoot birds; to hunt birds.
- (transitive, television) To transmit via satellite.
- (intransitive, figuratively) To seek for game or plunder; to thieve.
- (transitive, slang) To bring into prison, to roof.
- watch and study birds in their natural habitat
noun
- A man's shirt-bosom.
- A film of air trapped by specialized hairs against the body of an aquatic insect, and which acts as an external gill.
- (fencing) A half-jacket worn under the jacket for padding or for safety.
- An ornamental front panel on a woman's bodice.
- A breastplate.
- (zoology) The nearly flat part of the shell structure of a tortoise or other animal, similar in composition to the carapace.
- the front of man's dress shirt
- a metal breastplate that was worn under a coat of mail
- the ornamental front of a woman's bodice or shirt
- (zoology) the part of a turtle's shell forming its underside
- a large pad worn by a fencer to protect the chest
noun
- A person, especially as one among many.
- Life, energy, vigor.
- A strong positive feeling of intense sensitivity and emotional fervor conveyed especially by African American performers.
- An individual life.
- (religion, folklore) The spirit or essence of a person usually thought to consist of one's thoughts and personality, often believed to live on after the person's death.
- Cultural consciousness and pride among people of African American heritage.
- (music) Soul music.
- The spirit or essence of anything.
- (mathematics) A kind of submanifold involved in the soul theorem of Riemannian geometry.
- the human embodiment of something
- the immaterial part of a person; the actuating cause of an individual life
- deep feeling or emotion
- a human being; person, singular, assertive existential pronoun; pronoun, person, singular; quantifier: assertive existential
- a secular form of gospel that was a major Black musical genre in the 1960s and 1970s
adj
verb
noun
- a youthful male person
- A young man.
- a friendly informal reference to a grown man
- a male human offspring
- (ethnic slur) offensive and disparaging term for Black man
- (US, slang, uncountable) Heroin.
- A younger such worker.
- (informal, especially with a possessive) A male friend.
- A male non-human animal, especially, in affectionate address, a male pet, especially a dog.
- (BDSM) A male submissive.
- A male child.
- (informal, sometimes mildly derogatory) A male human of any age, as opposed to a "girl" (female human of any age).
- (endearing, colloquial) Any tangible object close to one's person; often used in emphatic forms such as bad boy.
- (endearing, diminutive) A male human younger than the speaker.
- (diminutive, especially with a possessive) A son of any age.
- (now rare and usually offensive outside some Commonwealth nations) A male servant, slave, assistant, or employee, particularly:
- (somewhat childish) A male (tree, gene, etc).
- (now offensive) Any non-white male, regardless of age.
- (historical or offensive) A non-white male servant regardless of age, particularly as a form of address.
- (historical, military) A former low rank of various armed services; a holder of this rank.
intj
verb
noun
- A male attendant on a great personage.
- A title of dignity next in degree below knight, and above gentleman. See esquire.
- An Australian snapper (Chrysophrys auratus), a food fish also found in eastern Asia.
- A shield-bearer or armor-bearer who attended a knight.
- A devoted attendant or follower of a lady; a beau.
- (UK, colloquial) A term of address to a male equal.
- A title of office and courtesy. See under esquire.
- A grass emperor (Lethrinus laticaudis), of coral reefs of the western Pacific.
- (historical) A landowner from the English gentry during the early modern period.
- a man who attends or escorts a woman
- an English country landowner
- young nobleman attendant on a knight
verb
noun
- a male person used as a cover for some questionable activity
- a weak or sham argument set up to be easily refuted
- an effigy in the shape of a man to frighten birds away from seeds
- Synonym of straw buyer.
- (figurative, engineering, business) An outline serving as an initial proposal for a project, usually refined iteratively.
- (figurative) An insubstantial concept, idea, endeavor or argument, particularly one deliberately set up to be weakly supported, e.g. by misrepresenting an opponent's argument by broadening or narrowing the scope of a premise, so that it can be easily knocked down; especially to impugn the strength of any related or contrasted thing or idea.
- A doll or scarecrow, particularly one stuffed with straw.
- (figurative) An innocuous person or someone of nominal or lesser importance, as a front man or straw boss.
verb
noun
- an unspecified person
- piece of leather that comprises the part of a shoe or boot covering the heel and joining the vamp
- clemency or mercy shown to a defeated opponent
- one of four equal parts
- the rear part of a ship
- one of four periods into which the school year is divided
- a fourth part of a year; three months
- a United States or Canadian coin worth one fourth of a dollar
- (football, professional basketball) one of four divisions into which some games are divided
- a quarter of a hundredweight (28 pounds)
- a district of a city having some distinguishing character
- one of the four major division of the compass
- a quarter of a hundredweight (25 pounds)
- a unit of time equal to 15 minutes or a quarter of an hour
- One's residence or dwelling-place; (in plural) rooms, lodgings, especially as allocated to soldiers or domestic staff.
- (farriery) The part on either side of a horse's hoof between the toe and heel, the side of its coffin.
- (now chiefly historical) A measure of capacity used chiefly for grain or coal, varying greatly in quantity by time and location.
- (in general sense) Each of four equal parts into which something can be divided; a fourth part.
- Each of four parts into which the earth or sky is divided, corresponding to the four cardinal points of the compass.
- (historical) A measure of length; originally a fourth part of an ell, now chiefly a fourth part of a yard.
- (now chiefly historical) A fourth part of a hundredweight.
- A division or section of a town or city, especially having a particular character of its own, or associated with a particular group etc.
- (often plural) A section (of a population), especially one having a particular set of values or interests.
- (Chester, historical) A quarter of an acre or 40 roods.
- Accommodation given to a defeated opponent; mercy; exemption from being killed.
- (now chiefly finance) A fourth part of the year; 3 months; a term or season.
- (nautical) The aftmost part of a vessel's side, roughly from the last mast to the stern.
- A quarterfinal.
- The back and sides of the upper of a shoe, extending around the wearer's heel to meet the vamp.
- (now historical) A fourth part of the night; one of the watches or divisions of the night.
- A fourth part of a pound; approximately 113 grams.
- (heraldry) A fourth part of a coat of arms, or the charge on it, larger than a canton and normally on the upper dexter side, formed by a perpendicular line from the top meeting a horizontal line from the side.
- A region or place.
- (sports) One of four equal periods into which a game is divided.
- (time) A fourth part of an hour; a period of fifteen minutes, especially with reference to the quarter before or after the hour.
- (Canada, US) A quarter-dollar, divided into 25 cents; the coin of that value minted in the United States or Canada.
verb
- pull (a person) apart with four horses tied to their extremities, so as to execute them
- divide into quarters
- provide housing for (military personnel)
- divide by four; divide into quarters
- (intransitive) To lodge; to have a temporary residence.
- (heraldry) To display different coats of arms in the quarters of a shield.
- (transitive) To provide housing for military personnel or other equipment.
- (transitive, historical) To execute (someone) by tying each limb to a different animal (such as a horse) and driving them in different directions.
- (transitive) To divide into quarters; to divide by four.
- (transitive) To range to and fro over an area; to move from point to point.
- (transitive) To quartersaw.
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- (heraldry) A mantling.
- (exogeology) Any similar layer in an exoplanet.
- (figuratively) A figurative garment representing authority or status, capable of affording protection.
- The zone of hot gases around a flame.
- A piece of clothing somewhat like an open robe or cloak, especially that worn by Orthodox bishops.
- The outer wall and casing of a blast furnace, above the hearth.
- (geology) The layer between Earth's core and crust.
- (anatomy) The cerebral cortex.
- (figuratively) Anything that covers or conceals something else; a cloak.
- A penstock for a water wheel.
- Alternative spelling of mantel (“shelf above fireplace”).
- A gauzy fabric impregnated with metal nitrates, used in some kinds of gas and oil lamps and lanterns, which forms a rigid but fragile mesh of metal oxides when heated during initial use and then produces white light from the heat of the flame below it. (So called because it is hung above the lamp's flame like a mantel.)
- (malacology) The body wall of a mollusc, from which the shell is secreted.
- (ornithology) The back of a bird together with the folded wings.
- (zoology) a protective layer of epidermis in mollusks or brachiopods that secretes a substance forming the shell
- anything that covers
- the layer of the earth between the crust and the core
- the cloak as a symbol of authority
- a sleeveless garment like a cloak but shorter
- hanging cloth used as a blind (especially for a window)
- shelf that projects from wall above fireplace
verb
- (intransitive) To become covered or concealed.
- (falconry) The action of stretching a wing and the same side leg out to one side of the body.
- To climb over or onto something.
- (transitive) To cover or conceal (something); to cloak; to disguise.
- (falconry) The action of stretching out the wings to hide food.
- (intransitive) To spread like a mantle (especially of blood in the face and cheeks when a person flushes).
- spread over a surface, like a mantle
- cover like a mantle
noun
- A man who acts as a link or connection.
- (broadcasting) A presenter who provides the connecting verbiage between a number of separate items in a broadcast.
- (rugby) A player who uses speed and dexterity to keep an attacking team's downfield progress fluid.
- (historical) An adult linkboy; one bearing a torch or light.
- (formerly) an attendant hired to carry a torch for pedestrians in dark streets
Nessuna parola corrispondente trovata. Prova una descrizione più ampia.
adj
- characteristic of a man
- being the sex (of plant or animal) that produces gametes (spermatozoa) that perform the fertilizing function in generation
- for or pertaining to or composed of men or boys
- Tending to lead to or regulate the development of sexual characteristics typical of this sex.
- Characteristic of this sex/gender. (Compare masculine, manly.)
- (figuratively) Of instruments, tools, or connectors: designed to fit into or penetrate a female counterpart, as in a connector, pipe fitting or laboratory glassware.
- (grammar, less common than 'masculine') Masculine; of the masculine grammatical gender.
- Belonging to the sex which typically produces sperm, or to the gender which is typically associated with it.
- (of bacteria) Having the F factor; able to impart DNA into another bacterium which does not have the F factor (a female).
noun
- a person who belongs to the sex that cannot have babies
- an animal that produces gametes (spermatozoa) that can fertilize female gametes (ova)
- An animal of the sex that has testes.
- A bacterium which has the F factor.
- A plant of the masculine sex.
- A male connector, pipe fitting, etc.
- A human member of the masculine sex or gender.
adj
- characteristic of a man
- characterized by energy and vigor
- (of a male) capable of copulation
- Manly; having characteristics associated with being male, such as strength; exhibiting masculine traits to an exaggerated degree such as strength, forcefulness or vigor.
- (physiology, of a male) Possessing high sexual drive and capacity for sexual intercourse.
- (grammar) Pertaining to a grammatical gender used in plurals of some Slavic languages, corresponding to the personal masculine animate nouns.
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- A lance with barbed prongs, used by fishermen to retrieve fish.
- A long, thin strip from a vegetable.
- A long stick with a sharp tip used as a weapon for throwing or thrusting, or anything used to make a thrusting motion.
- A shoot, as of grass; a spire.
- (now chiefly historical) A soldier armed with such a weapon; a spearman.
- (ice hockey) An illegal maneuver using the end of a hockey stick to strike into another hockey player.
- (wrestling) In professional wrestling, a running tackle in which the wrestler's shoulder is driven into the opponent's midsection.
- The feather of a horse.
- (botany) The sprout of a plant, stalk
- The rod to which the bucket, or plunger, of a pump is attached; a pump rod.
- a long pointed rod used as a tool or weapon
- an implement with a shaft and barbed point used for catching fish
verb
- (transitive) To pierce with a spear.
- (gridiron football) To tackle an opponent by ramming into them with one's helmet.
- (transitive, by extension) To penetrate or strike with, or as if with, any long narrow object; to make a thrusting motion that catches an object on the tip of a long device.
- (intransitive) To shoot into a long stem, as some plants do.
- thrust up like a spear
- pierce with a spear