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adj
- as if echoing in a hollow space
- lacking in substance or character
- not solid; having a space or gap or cavity
- devoid of significance or force
- (figuratively) Without substance; having no real or significant worth; meaningless.
- (gymnastics) Pertaining to hollow body position
- (of something solid) Having an empty space or cavity inside.
- (wine) Synonym of empty (“lacking between the onset of tasting and the finish”).
- Concave; gaunt; sunken.
- (figuratively) Insincere, devoid of validity; specious.
- (of a sound) Distant, eerie; echoing, reverberating, as if in a hollow space; dull, muffled; often low-pitched.
verb
adv
intj
noun
- A rugged range of mountains.
- (uncountable) A relatively low-quality grade of Spanish saffron.
- (international standards) Alternative letter-case form of Sierra from the NATO/ICAO Phonetic Alphabet.
- A scombroid fish.
- a Spanish mackerel of western North America
- a range of mountains (usually with jagged peaks and irregular outline)
adj
- containing many mountains
- having hills and crags
- like a mountain in size and impressiveness
- (figurative, of a problem or task) Very difficult.
- Resembling a mountain, especially in size; huge; towering.
- Having many mountains; characterized by mountains; of the nature of a mountain; rough (terrain); rocky.
noun
- A hill or mountain.
- A step or block to assist in mounting a horse.
- (martial arts) A dominant ground grappling position, where one combatant sits on the other combatants torso with the face pointing towards the opponent's head.
- A signal for mounting a horse.
- (gymnastics) The act of getting onto the apparatus.
- A mounting; an object on which another object is mounted.
- An animal, usually a horse, used to ride on.
- (heraldry) A green hillock in the base of a shield.
- (palmistry) Any of seven fleshy prominences in the palm of the hand, taken to represent the influences of various heavenly bodies.
- (now only figurative) A car, bicycle, or motorcycle used for racing.
- a land mass that projects well above its surroundings; higher than a hill
- a lightweight horse kept for riding only
- something forming a back that is added for strengthening
- the act of climbing something
- a mounting consisting of a piece of metal (as in a ring or other jewelry) that holds a gem in place
verb
- (transitive) To get upon; to ascend; to climb.
- (intransitive, sometimes with up) To increase in quantity or intensity.
- (cooking) To incorporate fat, especially butter, into (a dish, especially a sauce to finish it).
- (transitive) To have or begin sexual intercourse with someone.
- (transitive) To get on top of (another) for the purpose of copulation.
- (transitive, computing) To attach (a drive or device) to the file system in order to make it available to the operating system.
- (transitive) To prepare and arrange the scenery, furniture, etc. for use in (a play or production).
- (transitive) To attach (an object) to a support, backing, framework etc.
- (transitive) To place oneself on (a horse, a bicycle, etc.); to bestride.
- (transitive) To cause to mount; to put on horseback; to furnish with animals for riding.
- (transitive) To begin (a campaign, military assault, etc.); to launch.
- (intransitive, rare) To rise on high; to go up; to be upraised or uplifted; to tower aloft; to ascend; often with up.
- (transitive, martial arts) To sit on a combatant's torso with the face pointing towards the opponent's head; to assume the mount position in ground grappling.
- prepare and supply with the necessary equipment for execution or performance
- go up or advance
- fix onto a backing, setting, or support
- put up or launch
- go upward with gradual or continuous progress
- get up on the back of
- attach to a support
- copulate with
noun
- A chain of mountains.
- (oceanography) A long narrow elevation on an ocean bottom.
- (anatomy) The back of any animal; especially the upper or projecting part of the back of a quadruped.
- The highest point on a roof, represented by a horizontal line where two roof areas intersect, running the length of the area.
- (meteorology) An elongated region of high atmospheric pressure.
- A chain of hills.
- The line along which two sloping surfaces meet which diverge towards the ground.
- (fortifications) The highest portion of the glacis proceeding from the salient angle of the covered way.
- Any extended protuberance; a projecting line or strip.
- any long raised strip
- a beam laid along the edge where two sloping sides of a roof meet at the top; provides an attachment for the upper ends of rafters
- any long raised border or margin of a bone or tooth or membrane
- a long narrow natural elevation on the floor of the ocean
- a long narrow natural elevation or striation
- a long narrow range of hills
verb
noun
- The summit of a mountain, etc.
- (architecture) The uppermost of any assemblage of parts.
- (zoology) The whole top of the head of a bird from the base of the bill to the nape of the neck.
- (nautical) A collar of iron or wood used in joining spars, as the mast and the topmast, the bowsprit and the jib boom; also, a covering of tarred canvas at the end of a rope.
- (finance) Capitalization.
- A caption.
- (colloquial) Clipping of capture; a recording or screenshot.
- An academic mortarboard.
- Something covering the top or end of a thing for protection or ornament.
- (Appalachia) Popcorn.
- A large size of writing paper.
- (slang) A bullet used to shoot someone.
- (geometry) A portion of a spherical or other convex surface.
- A close-fitting hat, either brimless or peaked.
- A protective cover or seal.
- (informal) A capital letter.
- (electronics) A capacitor.
- The top part of a mushroom.
- (toy) A small amount of percussive explosive in a paper strip or plastic cup for use in a toy gun.
- (anatomy) A capillary.
- A crown for covering a tooth.
- A special hat to indicate rank, occupation, etc.
- An artificial upper limit or ceiling.
- (slang) A capsule of a drug.
- (sports) A place on a national team; an international appearance.
- (colloquial) A capitalist.
- (slang, originally African-American Vernacular) A lie or exaggeration.
- A small explosive device used to detonate a larger charge of explosives.
- a tight-fitting headdress
- something serving as a cover or protection
- a mechanical or electrical explosive device or a small amount of explosive; can be used to initiate the reaction of a disrupting explosive
- an upper limit on what is allowed
- a top (as for a bottle)
- (dentistry) dental appliance consisting of an artificial crown for a broken or decayed tooth
- the upper part of a column that supports the entablature
- a protective covering that is part of a plant
- a fruiting structure resembling an umbrella or a cone that forms the top of a stalked fleshy fungus such as a mushroom
verb
- To deprive of a cap.
- (transitive, intransitive, video games) To capitulate (cause to capitulate) an opponent.
- (transitive) To lie over or on top of something.
- (transitive) To take a screenshot or to record a copy of a video.
- (transitive, informal) To convert text to uppercase.
- (transitive, figurative) To conclude; to make something even more wonderful at the end.
- (transitive, sports) To select to play for the national team.
- (transitive, video games) To capture an objective, such as a flag or checkpoint.
- (intransitive, slang, originally African-American Vernacular) To lie; to tell a lie.
- (transitive, cricket) To select a player to play for a specified side.
- (transitive) To surpass or outdo.
- (transitive) To cover or seal with a cap.
- (transitive, slang) To shoot (someone) with a firearm.
- (transitive) To set (or reach) an upper limit on something.
- (transitive) To award a cap as a mark of distinction.
- restrict the number or amount of
- lie at the top of
noun
- The portion of a hill or mountain just below the peak.
- The angle of a bastion included between the face and flank.
- A cut of meat comprising the upper joint of the foreleg and the surrounding muscle.
- (music) The rounded portion of a stringed instrument where the neck joins the body.
- The portion of a garment where the shoulder is clothed.
- The part of a key between the cuts and the bow.
- (figurative) That which supports or sustains; support.
- (printing) The flat portion of type that is below the bevelled portion that joins up with the face.
- (firearms) The angled section between the neck and the main body of a cartridge.
- The part of the human torso forming a relatively horizontal surface running away from the neck.
- (aviation) A season or a time of day when there is relatively little air traffic.
- A lateral protrusion of a hill or mountain.
- (anatomy) The joint between the arm and the torso, sometimes including the surrounding muscles, tendons, and ligaments.
- (surfing) The part of a wave that has not yet broken.
- The rounded portion of a bottle where the neck meets the body.
- Anything forming a shape resembling a human shoulder.
- An abrupt projection which forms an abutment on an object, or limits motion, etc., such as the projection around a tenon at the end of a piece of timber.
- A usually unsealed strip of land bordering a road, where vehicles can drive or park in an emergency.
- a ball-and-socket joint between the head of the humerus and a cavity of the scapula
- a narrow edge of land (usually unpaved) along the side of a road
- the part of the body between the neck and the upper arm
- a cut of meat including the upper joint of the foreleg
- the part of a garment that covers or fits over the shoulder
verb
- (transitive) To push (a person or thing) using one's shoulder.
- (transitive) To form a shape resembling a shoulder.
- (transitive, by extension) To bully, manipulate or pull rank on (somebody).
- (transitive, figuratively) To accept responsibility for.
- (transitive) To round and slightly raise the top edges of slate shingles so that they form a tighter fit at the lower edge and can be swung aside to expose the nail.
- (transitive) To place (something) against one's shoulders.
- (transitive) To put (something) on one's shoulders.
- (intransitive) To slope downwards from the crest and whitewater portion of a wave.
- (intransitive) To move by or as if by using one's shoulders.
- (transitive, figuratively) To bear a burden, as a financial obligation.
- carry a burden, either real or metaphoric
- lift onto one's shoulders
- push with the shoulders
noun
- A sloping plain between mountain ridges.
- (countable) The actual thing wished for.
- (countable) A person or thing that is a source of hope.
- (Northern England, Scotland) A hollow; a valley, especially the upper end of a narrow mountain valley when it is nearly encircled by smooth, green slopes; a combe.
- (Scotland) A small bay; an inlet; a haven.
- (Christianity, uncountable) The virtuous desire for future good.
- (countable or uncountable) The feeling of trust, confidence, belief or expectation that something wished for can or will happen.
- a specific instance of feeling hopeful
- one of the three Christian virtues
- the general feeling that some desire will be fulfilled
- someone (or something) on which expectations are centered
- grounds for feeling hopeful about the future
verb
- (intransitive) To expect optimistically that one might get something (either a change in circumstance or an object) [with for].
- (catenative) To intend to do something and look forward to the prospect of having done it [with to (+ infinitive)].
- To want (something) to happen, with a sense of expectation that it might [with that (+ clause); or (informal) with clause; or with so or (negative) not].
- (transitive, dialectal, nonstandard) To wish.
- (intransitive) To place confidence; to trust with confident expectation of good [with in].
- be optimistic; be full of hope; have hopes
- intend with some possibility of fulfilment
- expect and wish
prefix
- High in altitude, montane.
- Etching or engraving.
- Located or positioned at a tip or tips of an object or body.
- Heights, high in location.
- Beginning, initial.
- The peak of a wave or cycle; accented.
- Located or positioned at the top; uppermost.
- Upper.
- Acrobatics.
- Pointed in shape.
- The extremities: limbs, head, fingers, toes, etc.
noun
- A mountain, especially a very high one.
- (mathematics) The amplitude of a sinusoid.
- The distance from the base to the top of something.
- (phonetics) A quality of vowels, indicating the vertical position of the tongue relative to the roof of the mouth; in practice, the first formant, associated with the height of the tongue.
- The vertical distance from the ground to the highest part of a standing person or animal (withers in the case of a horse).
- (figurative) The highest point or maximum degree.
- (geometry) The minimum distance from a vertex of a triangle to (the extension of) the edge opposite, namely along a line perpendicular to the edge.
- The distance of something above the ground or some other chosen level.
- A high point.
- (Sussex) An area of land at the top of a cliff.
- the highest level or degree attainable; the highest stage of development
- elevation especially above sea level or above the earth's surface
- (of a standing person) the distance from head to foot
- the vertical dimension of extension; distance from the base of something to the top
name
adj
noun
- Initialism of machine translation.
- Initialism of massage therapist.
- (biochemistry) Acronym of microtubule.
- (military, British) Initialism of mechanical transport.
- (US, engineering) Abbreviation of metric ton.
- (logic) modus tollens
- Alternative form of M/T.
- a unit of weight equivalent to 1000 kilograms
- the use of computers to translate from one language to another
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verb
noun
- A mountain or hill pass.
- (slang, euphemistic) The vagina.
- A vacant space or time.
- (Sussex) A sheltered area of coast between two cliffs (mostly restricted to place names).
- (Australia, for a medical or pharmacy item) The shortfall between the amount the medical insurer will pay to the service provider and the scheduled fee for the item.
- (genetics) An unsequenced region in a sequence alignment.
- A vacancy, deficit, absence, or lack.
- An opening allowing passage or entrance.
- A hiatus, a pause in something which is otherwise continuous.
- (Australia, usually written as "the gap") The disparity between the indigenous and non-indigenous communities with regard to life expectancy, education, health, etc.
- (baseball) The regions between the outfielders.
- Alternative form of gup (elected head of a gewog in Bhutan)
- An opening in anything made by breaking or parting.
- An opening that implies a breach or defect.
- a difference (especially an unfortunate difference) between two opinions or two views or two situations
- an open or empty space in or between things
- a pass between mountain peaks; geomorphological term for the lowest point on a mountain ridge between two peaks
- a conspicuous disparity or difference as between two figures
- a narrow opening
- an act of delaying or interrupting the continuity
verb
- (transitive) To check the size of a gap.
- (transitive) To notch, as a sword or knife.
- (intransitive) To fall or spill open so as to leave a gap.
- (New Zealand, slang) To leave suddenly.
- (transitive, intransitive, slang, especially video games, motor racing) To surpass (someone or something) by a considerable margin.
- (transitive) To make an opening in; to breach.
- make an opening or gap in
noun
- A pass, gap or sag in a mountain ridge.
- Alternative letter-case form of SWAG; a wild guess or ballpark estimate.
- (slang) Style; fashionable appearance or manner.
- Something that droops like a swag.
- (window coverings) A loop of draped fabric.
- (countable, Australia, New Zealand) A large quantity (of something).
- (uncountable, informal) Branded handout, freebies, or giveaways, often distributed at conventions; merchandise.
- (uncountable, thieves' cant) Stolen goods; the booty of a burglar or thief; boodle.
- A place where water collects; a low, wet place where the land has settled.
- (countable, Australia, by extension) A small single-person tent, usually foldable into an integral backpack.
- valuable goods
- goods or money obtained illegally
- a bundle containing the personal belongings of a swagman
verb
- To transport stolen goods.
- (transitive) To install (a ceiling fan or light fixture) by means of a long cord running from the ceiling to an outlet, and suspended by hooks or similar.
- To transport in the course of arrest.
- (ambitransitive) To (cause to) sway.
- (intransitive) To droop; to sag.
- (transitive) To decorate (something) with loops of draped fabric.
- (Australia, ambitransitive) To travel on foot carrying a swag (possessions tied in a blanket).
- walk as if unable to control one's movements
- droop, sink, or settle from or as if from pressure or loss of tautness
- sway heavily or unsteadily
noun
- a narrow pass (especially one between mountains)
- A single file of soldiers; (by extension) any single file.
- An act of marching in files or lines.
- A narrow passage or way (originally (military), one which soldiers could only march through in a single file or line), especially a narrow gorge or pass between mountains.
- (military, rare) An act of defilading a fortress or other place, or of raising the exterior works in order to protect the interior.
verb
- make dirty or spotty, as by exposure to air; also used metaphorically
- place under suspicion or cast doubt upon
- spot, stain, or pollute
- (transitive, military, rare) Synonym of defilade (“to fortify (something) as a protection from enfilading fire”).
- To make (someone or something) physically dirty or unclean; to befoul, to soil.
- To make (someone or something) morally impure or unclean; to corrupt, to tarnish.
- (religion) To cause (something or someone) to become ritually unclean.
- To act inappropriately towards or vandalize (something sacred or special); to desecrate, to profane.
noun
- a narrow pass (especially one between mountains)
- the passage between the pharynx and the stomach
- a deep ravine (usually with a river running through it)
- (heraldry, usually in the plural) A whirlpool used as a heraldic charge.
- (US) A choking or filling of a channel or passage by an obstruction; the obstruction itself.
- (geography) A deep, narrow passage with steep, rocky sides, particularly one with a stream running through it; a ravine.
- (botany) The throat of a flower.
- An act of gorging.
- (architecture, military, fortification) The rearward side of an outwork, a bastion, or a fort, often open, or not protected against artillery; a narrow entry passage into the outwork of an enclosed fortification.
- (mechanical engineering) The groove of a pulley.
- (fishing) A primitive device used instead of a hook to catch fish, consisting of an object that is easy to swallow but difficult to eject or loosen, such as a piece of bone or stone pointed at each end and attached in the middle to a line.
- (architecture) A concave moulding; a cavetto.
- Food that has been taken into the gullet or the stomach, particularly if it is regurgitated or vomited out.
verb
- overeat or eat immodestly; make a pig of oneself
- (transitive) To fill up to the throat; to glut, to satiate.
- (transitive) To fill up (an organ, a vein, etc.); to block up or obstruct; (US, specifically) of ice: to choke or fill a channel or passage, causing an obstruction.
- (intransitive, reflexive) To stuff the gorge or gullet with food; to eat greedily and in large quantities. [with on]
- (transitive) To swallow, especially with greediness, or in large mouthfuls or quantities.
adj
noun
- a mountain or tall hill
- (Ireland) Alternative form of bin.
- The oil of the ben seed.
- The winged seed of the ben tree.
- (Scotland, Northern England) The inner room of a two-room cottage (as opposed to the but); the ben room.
- A Scottish or Irish mountain or high peak.
- (usually capitalized) Son of (used with Hebrew and Arabic surnames).
- A tree, Moringa oleifera or horseradish tree of Arabia and India, which produces oil of ben.
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adv
prep
noun
- A bare rocky place on the side of a hill or mountain.
- (by extension) A permanent negative effect on someone's mind, caused by a traumatic experience.
- Any permanent mark resulting from damage.
- A permanent mark on the skin, sometimes caused by the healing of a wound.
- A cliff or rock outcrop.
- A rock in the sea breaking out from the surface of the water.
- A marine food fish, the scarus or parrotfish (family Scaridae).
- a mark left (usually on the skin) by the healing of injured tissue
- an indication of damage
verb
noun
verb
adj
noun
adj
- as if echoing in a hollow space
- lacking in substance or character
- not solid; having a space or gap or cavity
- devoid of significance or force
- (figuratively) Without substance; having no real or significant worth; meaningless.
- (gymnastics) Pertaining to hollow body position
- (of something solid) Having an empty space or cavity inside.
- (wine) Synonym of empty (“lacking between the onset of tasting and the finish”).
- Concave; gaunt; sunken.
- (figuratively) Insincere, devoid of validity; specious.
- (of a sound) Distant, eerie; echoing, reverberating, as if in a hollow space; dull, muffled; often low-pitched.
verb
adv
intj
noun
- A rugged range of mountains.
- (uncountable) A relatively low-quality grade of Spanish saffron.
- (international standards) Alternative letter-case form of Sierra from the NATO/ICAO Phonetic Alphabet.
- A scombroid fish.
- a Spanish mackerel of western North America
- a range of mountains (usually with jagged peaks and irregular outline)
noun
- A hill or mountain.
- A step or block to assist in mounting a horse.
- (martial arts) A dominant ground grappling position, where one combatant sits on the other combatants torso with the face pointing towards the opponent's head.
- A signal for mounting a horse.
- (gymnastics) The act of getting onto the apparatus.
- A mounting; an object on which another object is mounted.
- An animal, usually a horse, used to ride on.
- (heraldry) A green hillock in the base of a shield.
- (palmistry) Any of seven fleshy prominences in the palm of the hand, taken to represent the influences of various heavenly bodies.
- (now only figurative) A car, bicycle, or motorcycle used for racing.
- a land mass that projects well above its surroundings; higher than a hill
- a lightweight horse kept for riding only
- something forming a back that is added for strengthening
- the act of climbing something
- a mounting consisting of a piece of metal (as in a ring or other jewelry) that holds a gem in place
verb
- (transitive) To get upon; to ascend; to climb.
- (intransitive, sometimes with up) To increase in quantity or intensity.
- (cooking) To incorporate fat, especially butter, into (a dish, especially a sauce to finish it).
- (transitive) To have or begin sexual intercourse with someone.
- (transitive) To get on top of (another) for the purpose of copulation.
- (transitive, computing) To attach (a drive or device) to the file system in order to make it available to the operating system.
- (transitive) To prepare and arrange the scenery, furniture, etc. for use in (a play or production).
- (transitive) To attach (an object) to a support, backing, framework etc.
- (transitive) To place oneself on (a horse, a bicycle, etc.); to bestride.
- (transitive) To cause to mount; to put on horseback; to furnish with animals for riding.
- (transitive) To begin (a campaign, military assault, etc.); to launch.
- (intransitive, rare) To rise on high; to go up; to be upraised or uplifted; to tower aloft; to ascend; often with up.
- (transitive, martial arts) To sit on a combatant's torso with the face pointing towards the opponent's head; to assume the mount position in ground grappling.
- prepare and supply with the necessary equipment for execution or performance
- go up or advance
- fix onto a backing, setting, or support
- put up or launch
- go upward with gradual or continuous progress
- get up on the back of
- attach to a support
- copulate with
noun
- A chain of mountains.
- (oceanography) A long narrow elevation on an ocean bottom.
- (anatomy) The back of any animal; especially the upper or projecting part of the back of a quadruped.
- The highest point on a roof, represented by a horizontal line where two roof areas intersect, running the length of the area.
- (meteorology) An elongated region of high atmospheric pressure.
- A chain of hills.
- The line along which two sloping surfaces meet which diverge towards the ground.
- (fortifications) The highest portion of the glacis proceeding from the salient angle of the covered way.
- Any extended protuberance; a projecting line or strip.
- any long raised strip
- a beam laid along the edge where two sloping sides of a roof meet at the top; provides an attachment for the upper ends of rafters
- any long raised border or margin of a bone or tooth or membrane
- a long narrow natural elevation on the floor of the ocean
- a long narrow natural elevation or striation
- a long narrow range of hills
verb
noun
- The summit of a mountain, etc.
- (architecture) The uppermost of any assemblage of parts.
- (zoology) The whole top of the head of a bird from the base of the bill to the nape of the neck.
- (nautical) A collar of iron or wood used in joining spars, as the mast and the topmast, the bowsprit and the jib boom; also, a covering of tarred canvas at the end of a rope.
- (finance) Capitalization.
- A caption.
- (colloquial) Clipping of capture; a recording or screenshot.
- An academic mortarboard.
- Something covering the top or end of a thing for protection or ornament.
- (Appalachia) Popcorn.
- A large size of writing paper.
- (slang) A bullet used to shoot someone.
- (geometry) A portion of a spherical or other convex surface.
- A close-fitting hat, either brimless or peaked.
- A protective cover or seal.
- (informal) A capital letter.
- (electronics) A capacitor.
- The top part of a mushroom.
- (toy) A small amount of percussive explosive in a paper strip or plastic cup for use in a toy gun.
- (anatomy) A capillary.
- A crown for covering a tooth.
- A special hat to indicate rank, occupation, etc.
- An artificial upper limit or ceiling.
- (slang) A capsule of a drug.
- (sports) A place on a national team; an international appearance.
- (colloquial) A capitalist.
- (slang, originally African-American Vernacular) A lie or exaggeration.
- A small explosive device used to detonate a larger charge of explosives.
- a tight-fitting headdress
- something serving as a cover or protection
- a mechanical or electrical explosive device or a small amount of explosive; can be used to initiate the reaction of a disrupting explosive
- an upper limit on what is allowed
- a top (as for a bottle)
- (dentistry) dental appliance consisting of an artificial crown for a broken or decayed tooth
- the upper part of a column that supports the entablature
- a protective covering that is part of a plant
- a fruiting structure resembling an umbrella or a cone that forms the top of a stalked fleshy fungus such as a mushroom
verb
- To deprive of a cap.
- (transitive, intransitive, video games) To capitulate (cause to capitulate) an opponent.
- (transitive) To lie over or on top of something.
- (transitive) To take a screenshot or to record a copy of a video.
- (transitive, informal) To convert text to uppercase.
- (transitive, figurative) To conclude; to make something even more wonderful at the end.
- (transitive, sports) To select to play for the national team.
- (transitive, video games) To capture an objective, such as a flag or checkpoint.
- (intransitive, slang, originally African-American Vernacular) To lie; to tell a lie.
- (transitive, cricket) To select a player to play for a specified side.
- (transitive) To surpass or outdo.
- (transitive) To cover or seal with a cap.
- (transitive, slang) To shoot (someone) with a firearm.
- (transitive) To set (or reach) an upper limit on something.
- (transitive) To award a cap as a mark of distinction.
- restrict the number or amount of
- lie at the top of
noun
- The portion of a hill or mountain just below the peak.
- The angle of a bastion included between the face and flank.
- A cut of meat comprising the upper joint of the foreleg and the surrounding muscle.
- (music) The rounded portion of a stringed instrument where the neck joins the body.
- The portion of a garment where the shoulder is clothed.
- The part of a key between the cuts and the bow.
- (figurative) That which supports or sustains; support.
- (printing) The flat portion of type that is below the bevelled portion that joins up with the face.
- (firearms) The angled section between the neck and the main body of a cartridge.
- The part of the human torso forming a relatively horizontal surface running away from the neck.
- (aviation) A season or a time of day when there is relatively little air traffic.
- A lateral protrusion of a hill or mountain.
- (anatomy) The joint between the arm and the torso, sometimes including the surrounding muscles, tendons, and ligaments.
- (surfing) The part of a wave that has not yet broken.
- The rounded portion of a bottle where the neck meets the body.
- Anything forming a shape resembling a human shoulder.
- An abrupt projection which forms an abutment on an object, or limits motion, etc., such as the projection around a tenon at the end of a piece of timber.
- A usually unsealed strip of land bordering a road, where vehicles can drive or park in an emergency.
- a ball-and-socket joint between the head of the humerus and a cavity of the scapula
- a narrow edge of land (usually unpaved) along the side of a road
- the part of the body between the neck and the upper arm
- a cut of meat including the upper joint of the foreleg
- the part of a garment that covers or fits over the shoulder
verb
- (transitive) To push (a person or thing) using one's shoulder.
- (transitive) To form a shape resembling a shoulder.
- (transitive, by extension) To bully, manipulate or pull rank on (somebody).
- (transitive, figuratively) To accept responsibility for.
- (transitive) To round and slightly raise the top edges of slate shingles so that they form a tighter fit at the lower edge and can be swung aside to expose the nail.
- (transitive) To place (something) against one's shoulders.
- (transitive) To put (something) on one's shoulders.
- (intransitive) To slope downwards from the crest and whitewater portion of a wave.
- (intransitive) To move by or as if by using one's shoulders.
- (transitive, figuratively) To bear a burden, as a financial obligation.
- carry a burden, either real or metaphoric
- lift onto one's shoulders
- push with the shoulders
noun
- A sloping plain between mountain ridges.
- (countable) The actual thing wished for.
- (countable) A person or thing that is a source of hope.
- (Northern England, Scotland) A hollow; a valley, especially the upper end of a narrow mountain valley when it is nearly encircled by smooth, green slopes; a combe.
- (Scotland) A small bay; an inlet; a haven.
- (Christianity, uncountable) The virtuous desire for future good.
- (countable or uncountable) The feeling of trust, confidence, belief or expectation that something wished for can or will happen.
- a specific instance of feeling hopeful
- one of the three Christian virtues
- the general feeling that some desire will be fulfilled
- someone (or something) on which expectations are centered
- grounds for feeling hopeful about the future
verb
- (intransitive) To expect optimistically that one might get something (either a change in circumstance or an object) [with for].
- (catenative) To intend to do something and look forward to the prospect of having done it [with to (+ infinitive)].
- To want (something) to happen, with a sense of expectation that it might [with that (+ clause); or (informal) with clause; or with so or (negative) not].
- (transitive, dialectal, nonstandard) To wish.
- (intransitive) To place confidence; to trust with confident expectation of good [with in].
- be optimistic; be full of hope; have hopes
- intend with some possibility of fulfilment
- expect and wish
noun
- A mountain, especially a very high one.
- (mathematics) The amplitude of a sinusoid.
- The distance from the base to the top of something.
- (phonetics) A quality of vowels, indicating the vertical position of the tongue relative to the roof of the mouth; in practice, the first formant, associated with the height of the tongue.
- The vertical distance from the ground to the highest part of a standing person or animal (withers in the case of a horse).
- (figurative) The highest point or maximum degree.
- (geometry) The minimum distance from a vertex of a triangle to (the extension of) the edge opposite, namely along a line perpendicular to the edge.
- The distance of something above the ground or some other chosen level.
- A high point.
- (Sussex) An area of land at the top of a cliff.
- the highest level or degree attainable; the highest stage of development
- elevation especially above sea level or above the earth's surface
- (of a standing person) the distance from head to foot
- the vertical dimension of extension; distance from the base of something to the top
noun
verb
noun
- A mountain or hill pass.
- (slang, euphemistic) The vagina.
- A vacant space or time.
- (Sussex) A sheltered area of coast between two cliffs (mostly restricted to place names).
- (Australia, for a medical or pharmacy item) The shortfall between the amount the medical insurer will pay to the service provider and the scheduled fee for the item.
- (genetics) An unsequenced region in a sequence alignment.
- A vacancy, deficit, absence, or lack.
- An opening allowing passage or entrance.
- A hiatus, a pause in something which is otherwise continuous.
- (Australia, usually written as "the gap") The disparity between the indigenous and non-indigenous communities with regard to life expectancy, education, health, etc.
- (baseball) The regions between the outfielders.
- Alternative form of gup (elected head of a gewog in Bhutan)
- An opening in anything made by breaking or parting.
- An opening that implies a breach or defect.
- a difference (especially an unfortunate difference) between two opinions or two views or two situations
- an open or empty space in or between things
- a pass between mountain peaks; geomorphological term for the lowest point on a mountain ridge between two peaks
- a conspicuous disparity or difference as between two figures
- a narrow opening
- an act of delaying or interrupting the continuity
verb
- (transitive) To check the size of a gap.
- (transitive) To notch, as a sword or knife.
- (intransitive) To fall or spill open so as to leave a gap.
- (New Zealand, slang) To leave suddenly.
- (transitive, intransitive, slang, especially video games, motor racing) To surpass (someone or something) by a considerable margin.
- (transitive) To make an opening in; to breach.
- make an opening or gap in
noun
- A pass, gap or sag in a mountain ridge.
- Alternative letter-case form of SWAG; a wild guess or ballpark estimate.
- (slang) Style; fashionable appearance or manner.
- Something that droops like a swag.
- (window coverings) A loop of draped fabric.
- (countable, Australia, New Zealand) A large quantity (of something).
- (uncountable, informal) Branded handout, freebies, or giveaways, often distributed at conventions; merchandise.
- (uncountable, thieves' cant) Stolen goods; the booty of a burglar or thief; boodle.
- A place where water collects; a low, wet place where the land has settled.
- (countable, Australia, by extension) A small single-person tent, usually foldable into an integral backpack.
- valuable goods
- goods or money obtained illegally
- a bundle containing the personal belongings of a swagman
verb
- To transport stolen goods.
- (transitive) To install (a ceiling fan or light fixture) by means of a long cord running from the ceiling to an outlet, and suspended by hooks or similar.
- To transport in the course of arrest.
- (ambitransitive) To (cause to) sway.
- (intransitive) To droop; to sag.
- (transitive) To decorate (something) with loops of draped fabric.
- (Australia, ambitransitive) To travel on foot carrying a swag (possessions tied in a blanket).
- walk as if unable to control one's movements
- droop, sink, or settle from or as if from pressure or loss of tautness
- sway heavily or unsteadily
noun
- a narrow pass (especially one between mountains)
- A single file of soldiers; (by extension) any single file.
- An act of marching in files or lines.
- A narrow passage or way (originally (military), one which soldiers could only march through in a single file or line), especially a narrow gorge or pass between mountains.
- (military, rare) An act of defilading a fortress or other place, or of raising the exterior works in order to protect the interior.
verb
- make dirty or spotty, as by exposure to air; also used metaphorically
- place under suspicion or cast doubt upon
- spot, stain, or pollute
- (transitive, military, rare) Synonym of defilade (“to fortify (something) as a protection from enfilading fire”).
- To make (someone or something) physically dirty or unclean; to befoul, to soil.
- To make (someone or something) morally impure or unclean; to corrupt, to tarnish.
- (religion) To cause (something or someone) to become ritually unclean.
- To act inappropriately towards or vandalize (something sacred or special); to desecrate, to profane.
noun
- a narrow pass (especially one between mountains)
- the passage between the pharynx and the stomach
- a deep ravine (usually with a river running through it)
- (heraldry, usually in the plural) A whirlpool used as a heraldic charge.
- (US) A choking or filling of a channel or passage by an obstruction; the obstruction itself.
- (geography) A deep, narrow passage with steep, rocky sides, particularly one with a stream running through it; a ravine.
- (botany) The throat of a flower.
- An act of gorging.
- (architecture, military, fortification) The rearward side of an outwork, a bastion, or a fort, often open, or not protected against artillery; a narrow entry passage into the outwork of an enclosed fortification.
- (mechanical engineering) The groove of a pulley.
- (fishing) A primitive device used instead of a hook to catch fish, consisting of an object that is easy to swallow but difficult to eject or loosen, such as a piece of bone or stone pointed at each end and attached in the middle to a line.
- (architecture) A concave moulding; a cavetto.
- Food that has been taken into the gullet or the stomach, particularly if it is regurgitated or vomited out.
verb
- overeat or eat immodestly; make a pig of oneself
- (transitive) To fill up to the throat; to glut, to satiate.
- (transitive) To fill up (an organ, a vein, etc.); to block up or obstruct; (US, specifically) of ice: to choke or fill a channel or passage, causing an obstruction.
- (intransitive, reflexive) To stuff the gorge or gullet with food; to eat greedily and in large quantities. [with on]
- (transitive) To swallow, especially with greediness, or in large mouthfuls or quantities.
adj
noun
- a mountain or tall hill
- (Ireland) Alternative form of bin.
- The oil of the ben seed.
- The winged seed of the ben tree.
- (Scotland, Northern England) The inner room of a two-room cottage (as opposed to the but); the ben room.
- A Scottish or Irish mountain or high peak.
- (usually capitalized) Son of (used with Hebrew and Arabic surnames).
- A tree, Moringa oleifera or horseradish tree of Arabia and India, which produces oil of ben.
adj
adv
prep
noun
- A bare rocky place on the side of a hill or mountain.
- (by extension) A permanent negative effect on someone's mind, caused by a traumatic experience.
- Any permanent mark resulting from damage.
- A permanent mark on the skin, sometimes caused by the healing of a wound.
- A cliff or rock outcrop.
- A rock in the sea breaking out from the surface of the water.
- A marine food fish, the scarus or parrotfish (family Scaridae).
- a mark left (usually on the skin) by the healing of injured tissue
- an indication of damage
verb
Nessuna parola corrispondente trovata. Prova una descrizione più ampia.
adj
- containing many mountains
- having hills and crags
- like a mountain in size and impressiveness
- (figurative, of a problem or task) Very difficult.
- Resembling a mountain, especially in size; huge; towering.
- Having many mountains; characterized by mountains; of the nature of a mountain; rough (terrain); rocky.