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adj
- Tending to float on a liquid or to rise in air or a gas; buoyant.
- Of a person: feeling calm, dreamy, happy, etc., as if floating in the air.
- Of speech or writing: overly complicated or elaborate; flowery, grandiloquent.
- Of an object: light and flimsy or soft; specifically, of a dress: lightweight, so as to rise away from the body when the wearer is moving.
- Of music: light and relaxing.
- tending to float on a liquid or rise in air or gas
noun
- A particle of food, etc., found floating in liquid.
- A lilo (inflatable air mattress) or similar object that floats on water and can be lain or sat on.
- (swimming, chiefly in the plural) Synonym of armband (“one of a pair of inflatable plastic bands, normally worn on the upper arms, to help the wearer (often a child) float in water and learn to swim”).
noun
- (physics) Initialism of centre of buoyancy.
- Initialism of continental breakfast.
- Initialism of competition best or championship best.
- (British military) Initialism of confined to barracks.
- (soccer) Initialism of centre-back, a defensive position.
- Abbreviation of citizens' band radio.
- (textiles, sewing) Initialism of center back, a line marking the center on the back side of a piece of clothing.
- (cytology) Initialism of Cajal body.
- Abbreviation of Companion of The Most Honourable Order of the Bath.
- (Singapore) Initialism of circuit breaker.
- (American football, Gaelic football, hurling) Initialism of cornerback.
- (military, historical) The United States Navy hull classification symbol for a large cruiser.
- (speedrunning) Initialism of cruise boost.
- Initialism of conduction band.
- (Singapore, Malaysia) Initialism of cheebai.
- Initialism of citizens' band.
- (military) Initialism of construction battalion.
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adj
adj
noun
- The state or quality of being light, buoyancy.
- A lightness of manner or speech, frivolity; flippancy; a lack of appropriate seriousness; an inclination to make a joke of serious matters.
- (countable) A lighthearted or frivolous act.
- feeling an inappropriate lack of seriousness
- a manner lacking seriousness
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noun
- The practice of inserting a penis into a vagina and remaining stationary, without thrusting, supposedly used by some conservative Christians in lieu of traditional sexual intercourse.
- Immersion in water; a drenching or dunking.
- the act of making something completely wet
- washing something by allowing it to soak
- the process of becoming softened and saturated as a consequence of being immersed in water (or other liquid)
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adj
noun
- the sound of a liquid falling drop by drop
- a liquid (as water) that flows in drops (as from the eaves of house)
- Solid animal fat, traditionally collected from dripping off roasting meat.
- The sound or action of something that drips.
- The use of a drip tip to drip e-liquid directly onto the atomizer of an e-cigarette.
verb
verb
- become filled to overflowing
- supply with an excess of
- cover with liquid, usually water
- fill quickly beyond capacity; as with a liquid
- To overflow, as by water from excessive rainfall.
- (figuratively) To provide (someone or something) with a larger number or quantity of something than can easily be dealt with.
- To cover or partly fill as if by a flood.
- (Internet, ambitransitive) To paste numerous lines of text to (a chat system) in order to disrupt the conversation.
- To bleed profusely, as after childbirth.
noun
- the act of flooding; filling to overflowing
- the rising of a body of water and its overflowing onto normally dry land
- the occurrence of incoming water (between a low tide and the following high tide)
- a large flow
- light that is a source of artificial illumination having a broad beam; used in photography
- an overwhelming number or amount
- (figuratively) A large number or quantity of anything appearing more rapidly than can easily be dealt with.
- The flowing in of the tide, opposed to the ebb.
- An overflow of a large amount of water (usually disastrous) from a lake or other body of water due to excessive rainfall or other input of water.
- Menstrual discharge; menses.
- A floodlight.
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verb
adj
- characterized by a buoyant rhythm
- Variable in mood; liable to having mood swings.
- (sports, games) Inconsistent in performance.
- (curling, of ice) Allowing stones to curl more than usual.
- (informal) Having a swinging motion.
- (informal, politics) Having many swing voters.
- (informal) Characteristic of swing music.
adj
- characterized by a buoyant rhythm
- moving easily and quickly; nimble
- (slang) Undergoing a hallucinogenic trip.
- (heraldry, not comparable) Having the right forefoot lifted, the others remaining on the ground, as if trotting; trippant.
- (slang) Saying crazy things or acting foolishly.
- Quick; nimble; stepping lightly and quickly.
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verb
noun
- turbulent water with swells of considerable size
- anything apparently limitless in quantity or volume
- a division of an ocean or a large body of salt water partially enclosed by land
- (planetology) A very large lake of liquid hydrocarbon.
- A lake, especially if large or if salty or brackish.
- A single wave; billow.
- (physics) A constant flux of gluons splitting into quarks, which annihilate to produce further gluons.
- A large body of salt water.
- A body of salt water smaller than an ocean, generally forming part of, or connecting with, an ocean or a larger sea.
- (attributive, in combination) Living or used in or on the sea; of, near, or like the sea.
- (figurative) Anything resembling the vastness or turbulence of the sea in mass, size or quantity.
- The swell of the sea, especially when high or rough.
- (planetology) A large, dark plain of rock; a mare.
- The ocean; the continuous body of salt water covering a majority of the Earth's surface.
noun
- An inflatable buoyant object, often (but not necessarily) round and flexible.
- A wide rounded glass with a stem and foot, used for wine, brandy, etc.
- Such an object designed to transport people or equipment through the air.
- (chemistry) A round vessel, usually with a short neck, to hold or receive whatever is distilled; a glass vessel of a spherical form.
- (medicine) A sac inserted into part of the body for therapeutic reasons; such as angioplasty.
- (slang) A woman's breast.
- (slang) A small container for illicit drugs made from a condom or the finger of a latex glove, etc.
- (finance) Synonym of balloon payment.
- (architecture) A ball or globe on the top of a pillar, church, etc.
- (pyrotechnics) A bomb or shell.
- A speech bubble.
- (engraving) The outline enclosing words represented as coming from the mouth of a pictured figure.
- Such an object as a child’s toy or party decoration.
- small thin inflatable rubber bag with narrow neck
- large tough nonrigid bag filled with gas or heated air
verb
- (transitive) To take up in, or as if in, a balloon.
- (aviation) Of an aircraft: to plunge alternately up and down.
- (intransitive) To increase or expand rapidly.
- (intransitive) To go up or voyage in a balloon.
- (transitive, sports) To strike (a ball) so that it flies high in the air.
- (transitive) To inflate like a balloon.
- become inflated
- ride in a hot-air balloon
noun
- (physics) Initialism of centre of buoyancy
- (insurance, healthcare) Initialism of coordination of benefits
- (US, military) Initialism of contingency operating base.
- Initialism of close of business; the end of day on a business day.
- (business) Initialism of chairman of the board
- (electronics, computer hardware) Initialism of chip on board (an LED module or integrated circuit bonded to a circuit board)
- (military) Acronym of chief of boat.
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adj
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- A rush of water; a rapid.
- An inclined plane, either artificial or natural, down which timber, coal, ore, etc., are caused to slide; a chute.
- A seismic survey carried out with geophones in an attempt to detect oil.
- The emerging stem and embryonic leaves of a new plant.
- (card games) The act of taking all point cards in one hand.
- A hunt or shooting competition.
- The act of shooting; the discharge of a missile; a shot.
- (mining) A vein of ore running in the same general direction as the lode.
- (professional wrestling, slang) An event that is unscripted or legitimate.
- A shoat; a young pig.
- A photography session.
- (weaving) A weft thread shot through the shed by the shuttle; a pick.
- the act of shooting at targets
- a new branch
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verb
- (wrestling) To lunge.
- To protrude; to jut; to project; to extend.
- (transitive, intransitive, analogous) To photograph.
- (intransitive) To move very quickly and suddenly.
- (transitive) To fire (a projectile).
- (professional wrestling) To deviate from kayfabe, either intentionally or accidentally; to actually connect with unchoreographed fighting blows and maneuvers, or speak one's mind (instead of an agreed script).
- To variegate as if by sprinkling or intermingling; to color in spots or patches. (See shot silk on Wikipedia)
- (surfing) To ride a wave.
- (intransitive) To cause a weapon to discharge a projectile.
- (intransitive) To hunt birds, etc. with a gun.
- (carpentry) To plane straight; to fit by planing.
- (aviation) To carry out, or attempt to carry out (an approach to an airport runway).
- To drink (a shot of an alcoholic beverage).
- (transitive, intransitive, colloquial) To inject a drug (such as heroin) intravenously.
- (transitive, slang) To ejaculate.
- To go over or pass quickly through.
- (nautical) To move ahead by force of momentum, as a sailing vessel when the helm is put hard alee.
- (surveying) To measure the distance and direction to (a point).
- (intransitive, usually, as imperative) To begin to speak.
- To germinate; to bud; to sprout.
- (transitive) To hunt on (a piece of land); to kill game in or on.
- (transitive) To fire a projectile at (a person or target).
- (transitive) To tip (something, especially coal) down a chute.
- To grow; to advance.
- (transitive) To penetrate, like a missile; to dart with a piercing sensation.
- (transitive) To push or thrust a bolt quickly; hence, to open a lock.
- To push or thrust forward; to project; to protrude; often with out.
- To send out or forth, especially with a rapid or sudden motion; to cast with the hand; to hurl; to discharge; to emit.
- (transitive) To travel or ride on (breaking waves) rowards the shore.
- To carry out a seismic survey with geophones in an attempt to detect oil.
- (intransitive) To discharge a missile; said of a weapon.
- (informal, ditransitive) To send to someone.
- (transitive) To fire (a weapon that releases a projectile).
- To make the stated score.
- (transitive, intransitive, analogous, film, television) To film.
- (transitive, figurative) To dismiss or do away with.
- (card games) To shoot the moon.
- (gambling) To throw dice.
- kill by firing a missile
- variegate by interweaving weft threads of different colors
- record on photographic film
- send forth suddenly, intensely, swiftly
- move quickly and violently
- throw dice, as in a crap game
- spend frivolously and unwisely
- measure the altitude of by using a sextant
- force or drive (a fluid or gas) into by piercing
- utter fast and forcefully
- run or move very quickly or hastily
- hit with a missile from a weapon
- give an injection to
- cause a sharp and sudden pain in
- produce buds, branches, or germinate
- make a film or photograph of something
- throw or propel in a specific direction or towards a specific objective
- emit (as light, flame, or fumes) suddenly and forcefully
- fire a shot; release
- score
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- One of several people who take up arms against the local state authority; a participant in insurgency.
- a member of an irregular armed force that fights a stronger force by sabotage and harassment
- a person who takes part in an armed rebellion against the constituted authority (especially in the hope of improving conditions)
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- A buoyant device used to support something in water or another liquid.
- (poker) A maneuver where a player calls on the flop or turn with a weak hand, with the intention of bluffing after a subsequent community card.
- A breakdancing move in which the body is held parallel to the floor while balancing on one or both hands.
- (biology) The gas-filled sac, bag, or body of a siphonophore; a pneumatophore.
- A polishing block used in marble working; a runner.
- (automotive) A car carrier or car transporter truck or truck-and-trailer combination.
- A small sum of money put in a cashier's till, or otherwise secured, at the start of business, to enable change to be made.
- (weaving) A weft thread that passes over two or more warp threads (or less commonly, warp over weft).
- (publishing, digital typesetting) Any object (element) whose location in composition (page makeup, pagination) does not flow within body text but rather floats outside of it, usually anchored loosely (in buoy metaphor) to spots within it (citations, callouts): a figure (image), table, box, pull quote, ornament, or other floated element.
- A tool similar to a rasp, used in various trades.
- An elaborately decorated trailer or vehicle, intended for display in a parade or pageant.
- (knitting) A loose strand of yarn that passes behind one or more stitches when knitting with multiple yarns.
- (transport) A lowboy trailer.
- (insurance) Premiums taken in but not yet paid out.
- A soft beverage with a scoop of ice cream floating in it.
- (computing) A visual style on a web page that causes the styled elements to float above or beside others.
- (basketry) A decorative rod that extends over the body of a basket without being attached for part of its length.
- (programming) A floating-point number, especially one that has lower precision than a double.
- (finance) Funds committed to be paid but not yet paid.
- A floating toy made of foam, used in swimming pools.
- A mass of timber or boards fastened together, and conveyed down a stream by the current; a raft.
- A sort of trowel used for finishing concrete surfaces or smoothing plaster.
- (banking) The total amount of checks/cheques or other drafts written against a bank account but not yet cleared and charged against the account.
- (finance, Australia, and other Commonwealth countries?) An offering of shares in a company (or units in a trust) to members of the public, normally followed by a listing on a stock exchange.
- A float board.
- (British) A small vehicle used for local deliveries, especially in the term milk float.
- the time interval between the deposit of a check in a bank and its payment
- an elaborate display mounted on a platform carried by a truck (or pulled by a truck) in a procession or parade
- the number of shares outstanding and available for trading by the public
- an air-filled sac near the spinal column in many fishes that helps maintain buoyancy
- a drink with ice cream floating in it
- something that floats on the surface of water
- a hand tool with a flat face used for smoothing and finishing the surface of plaster or cement or stucco
verb
- (transitive, finance) To allow (the exchange value of a currency) to be determined by the markets.
- (transitive, finance) To issue or sell shares in a company (or units in a trust) to members of the public, followed by listing on a stock exchange.
- (intransitive) To drift or wander aimlessly.
- (transitive) To propose (an idea) for consideration.
- (intransitive, electronics) To be not connected or referenced to a known reference voltage.
- (poker) To perform a float.
- (transitive) To spread plaster over (a surface), using the tool called a float.
- (intransitive, colloquial) Of an idea or scheme, to be viable.
- (transitive) To cause to drift gently through the air, to waft.
- (intransitive) To move in a fluid manner.
- (intransitive) To be capable of floating.
- (transitive) To transport by float (vehicular trailer).
- (intransitive, aviation) To remain airborne, without touching down, for an excessive length of time during landing, due to excessive airspeed during the landing flare.
- (transitive, retail) To prepare a till (cash register) for operation, either by putting a float (cash amount) in the cash drawer to provide change for customers making cash payments or (by extension) by recording the time a till starts being used for card payments if it is card-only
- (transitive, colloquial) To extend a short-term loan to.
- (intransitive) To drift gently through the air.
- To be supported by a liquid of greater density, such that part (of the object or substance) remains above the surface.
- (intransitive) To move in a particular direction with the liquid in which one is floating.
- (intransitive, figurative) To circulate.
- (transitive) To use a float (rasp-like tool) upon.
- (transitive) To cause something to be suspended in a fluid of greater density.
- (computing, publishing, transitive) To cause (an element within a document) to float above or beside others.
- (intransitive)To automatically adjust a parameter as related parameters change.
- (intransitive, of an object or substance) To be supported by a fluid of greater density (than the object).
- (intransitive, finance) (of currencies) To have an exchange value determined by the markets, as opposed to by central fiat.
- move lightly, as if suspended
- allow (currencies) to fluctuate
- put into the water
- be in motion due to some air or water current
- be afloat either on or below a liquid surface and not sink to the bottom
- convert from a fixed point notation to a floating point notation
- set afloat
- make the surface of level or smooth
- circulate or discuss tentatively; test the waters with
verb
- cause surfeit through excess though initially pleasing
- lose sparkle or bouquet
- cover with a pall
- become less interesting or attractive
- cause to become flat
- lose interest or become bored with something or somebody
- lose strength or effectiveness; become or appear boring, insipid, or tiresome (to)
- cause to lose courage; to be daunted; to be scared away
- (transitive) To make vapid or insipid; to make lifeless or spiritless; to dull, to weaken.
- (intransitive) To become dull, insipid, tasteless, or vapid; to lose life, spirit, strength, or taste.
- (transitive) To cloak or cover with, or as if with, a pall.
- Alternative form of pawl.
noun
- burial garment in which a corpse is wrapped
- a sudden numbing dread
- hanging cloth used as a blind (especially for a window)
- A heavy cloth laid over a coffin or tomb; a shroud laid over a corpse.
- (figuratively) Something that covers or surrounds like a cloak; in particular, a cloud of dust, smoke, etc., or a feeling of fear, gloom, or suspicion.
- (Christianity) A piece of cardboard, covered with linen and embroidered on one side, used to cover the chalice during the Eucharist.
- Alternative form of pawl.
- (heraldry) A charge representing an archbishop's pallium, having the form of the letter Y, sometimes charged with crosses.
- (Christianity) Especially in Roman Catholicism: a pallium (“liturgical vestment worn over the chasuble”).
verb
- (intransitive, nautical) To swell out.
- To push with the horns; to butt.
- To spring or rear up.
- (intransitive, baseball) To intentionally hit a ball softly with a hands-spread batting stance.
- (transitive, baseball) To intentionally hit softly with a hands-spread batting stance.
- (intransitive, aviation) To perform (the second half of) an outside loop.
- (rare, of a cat) To headbutt affectionately.
- hit a ball in such a way so as to make it go a short distance
- to strike, thrust or shove against
noun
- (by extension) Any large pilot-commanded pitch-down motion of an aircraft, often producing negative G-forces and resulting in a large negative change in flightpath angle.
- (baseball, softball) The act of bunting.
- A push or shove; a butt.
- (countable, uncountable) A fungus (Ustilago foetida) affecting the ear of cereals, filling the grains with a foetid dust.
- (aviation) The second half of an outside loop, from level flight to inverted flight.
- (baseball, softball) A ball that has been intentionally hit softly so as to be difficult to field, sometimes with a hands-spread batting stance or with a close-hand, choked-up hand position. No swinging action is involved.
- (nautical) The middle part, cavity, or belly of a sail; the part of a furled sail which is at the center of the yard.
- disease of wheat characterized by replacement of the grains with greasy masses of smelly smut spores
- similar to Tilletia caries
- fungus that destroys kernels of wheat by replacing them with greasy masses of smelly spores
- (baseball) the act of hitting a baseball or softball lightly by holding the bat in a stationary position rather than swinging it
adj
- Full of waves.
- Having wave-like shapes on its border or surface; waved.
- (slang) Drunk.
- Moving to and fro; undulating.
- (slang, African-American Vernacular) Cool and fashionable.
- (botany, of a margin) Moving up and down relative to the surface; undulate.
- Rising or swelling in waves.
- (heraldry) Undé, in a wavy line; applied to ordinaries, or division lines, especially to symbolize a river.
- uneven by virtue of having wrinkles or waves
- (of hair) having waves
noun
- (physics) Initialism of centre of buoyancy.
- Initialism of continental breakfast.
- Initialism of competition best or championship best.
- (British military) Initialism of confined to barracks.
- (soccer) Initialism of centre-back, a defensive position.
- Abbreviation of citizens' band radio.
- (textiles, sewing) Initialism of center back, a line marking the center on the back side of a piece of clothing.
- (cytology) Initialism of Cajal body.
- Abbreviation of Companion of The Most Honourable Order of the Bath.
- (Singapore) Initialism of circuit breaker.
- (American football, Gaelic football, hurling) Initialism of cornerback.
- (military, historical) The United States Navy hull classification symbol for a large cruiser.
- (speedrunning) Initialism of cruise boost.
- Initialism of conduction band.
- (Singapore, Malaysia) Initialism of cheebai.
- Initialism of citizens' band.
- (military) Initialism of construction battalion.
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noun
- The state or quality of being light, buoyancy.
- A lightness of manner or speech, frivolity; flippancy; a lack of appropriate seriousness; an inclination to make a joke of serious matters.
- (countable) A lighthearted or frivolous act.
- feeling an inappropriate lack of seriousness
- a manner lacking seriousness
noun
- turbulent water with swells of considerable size
- anything apparently limitless in quantity or volume
- a division of an ocean or a large body of salt water partially enclosed by land
- (planetology) A very large lake of liquid hydrocarbon.
- A lake, especially if large or if salty or brackish.
- A single wave; billow.
- (physics) A constant flux of gluons splitting into quarks, which annihilate to produce further gluons.
- A large body of salt water.
- A body of salt water smaller than an ocean, generally forming part of, or connecting with, an ocean or a larger sea.
- (attributive, in combination) Living or used in or on the sea; of, near, or like the sea.
- (figurative) Anything resembling the vastness or turbulence of the sea in mass, size or quantity.
- The swell of the sea, especially when high or rough.
- (planetology) A large, dark plain of rock; a mare.
- The ocean; the continuous body of salt water covering a majority of the Earth's surface.
noun
- An inflatable buoyant object, often (but not necessarily) round and flexible.
- A wide rounded glass with a stem and foot, used for wine, brandy, etc.
- Such an object designed to transport people or equipment through the air.
- (chemistry) A round vessel, usually with a short neck, to hold or receive whatever is distilled; a glass vessel of a spherical form.
- (medicine) A sac inserted into part of the body for therapeutic reasons; such as angioplasty.
- (slang) A woman's breast.
- (slang) A small container for illicit drugs made from a condom or the finger of a latex glove, etc.
- (finance) Synonym of balloon payment.
- (architecture) A ball or globe on the top of a pillar, church, etc.
- (pyrotechnics) A bomb or shell.
- A speech bubble.
- (engraving) The outline enclosing words represented as coming from the mouth of a pictured figure.
- Such an object as a child’s toy or party decoration.
- small thin inflatable rubber bag with narrow neck
- large tough nonrigid bag filled with gas or heated air
verb
- (transitive) To take up in, or as if in, a balloon.
- (aviation) Of an aircraft: to plunge alternately up and down.
- (intransitive) To increase or expand rapidly.
- (intransitive) To go up or voyage in a balloon.
- (transitive, sports) To strike (a ball) so that it flies high in the air.
- (transitive) To inflate like a balloon.
- become inflated
- ride in a hot-air balloon
noun
- (physics) Initialism of centre of buoyancy
- (insurance, healthcare) Initialism of coordination of benefits
- (US, military) Initialism of contingency operating base.
- Initialism of close of business; the end of day on a business day.
- (business) Initialism of chairman of the board
- (electronics, computer hardware) Initialism of chip on board (an LED module or integrated circuit bonded to a circuit board)
- (military) Acronym of chief of boat.
name
noun
- A rush of water; a rapid.
- An inclined plane, either artificial or natural, down which timber, coal, ore, etc., are caused to slide; a chute.
- A seismic survey carried out with geophones in an attempt to detect oil.
- The emerging stem and embryonic leaves of a new plant.
- (card games) The act of taking all point cards in one hand.
- A hunt or shooting competition.
- The act of shooting; the discharge of a missile; a shot.
- (mining) A vein of ore running in the same general direction as the lode.
- (professional wrestling, slang) An event that is unscripted or legitimate.
- A shoat; a young pig.
- A photography session.
- (weaving) A weft thread shot through the shed by the shuttle; a pick.
- the act of shooting at targets
- a new branch
intj
verb
- (wrestling) To lunge.
- To protrude; to jut; to project; to extend.
- (transitive, intransitive, analogous) To photograph.
- (intransitive) To move very quickly and suddenly.
- (transitive) To fire (a projectile).
- (professional wrestling) To deviate from kayfabe, either intentionally or accidentally; to actually connect with unchoreographed fighting blows and maneuvers, or speak one's mind (instead of an agreed script).
- To variegate as if by sprinkling or intermingling; to color in spots or patches. (See shot silk on Wikipedia)
- (surfing) To ride a wave.
- (intransitive) To cause a weapon to discharge a projectile.
- (intransitive) To hunt birds, etc. with a gun.
- (carpentry) To plane straight; to fit by planing.
- (aviation) To carry out, or attempt to carry out (an approach to an airport runway).
- To drink (a shot of an alcoholic beverage).
- (transitive, intransitive, colloquial) To inject a drug (such as heroin) intravenously.
- (transitive, slang) To ejaculate.
- To go over or pass quickly through.
- (nautical) To move ahead by force of momentum, as a sailing vessel when the helm is put hard alee.
- (surveying) To measure the distance and direction to (a point).
- (intransitive, usually, as imperative) To begin to speak.
- To germinate; to bud; to sprout.
- (transitive) To hunt on (a piece of land); to kill game in or on.
- (transitive) To fire a projectile at (a person or target).
- (transitive) To tip (something, especially coal) down a chute.
- To grow; to advance.
- (transitive) To penetrate, like a missile; to dart with a piercing sensation.
- (transitive) To push or thrust a bolt quickly; hence, to open a lock.
- To push or thrust forward; to project; to protrude; often with out.
- To send out or forth, especially with a rapid or sudden motion; to cast with the hand; to hurl; to discharge; to emit.
- (transitive) To travel or ride on (breaking waves) rowards the shore.
- To carry out a seismic survey with geophones in an attempt to detect oil.
- (intransitive) To discharge a missile; said of a weapon.
- (informal, ditransitive) To send to someone.
- (transitive) To fire (a weapon that releases a projectile).
- To make the stated score.
- (transitive, intransitive, analogous, film, television) To film.
- (transitive, figurative) To dismiss or do away with.
- (card games) To shoot the moon.
- (gambling) To throw dice.
- kill by firing a missile
- variegate by interweaving weft threads of different colors
- record on photographic film
- send forth suddenly, intensely, swiftly
- move quickly and violently
- throw dice, as in a crap game
- spend frivolously and unwisely
- measure the altitude of by using a sextant
- force or drive (a fluid or gas) into by piercing
- utter fast and forcefully
- run or move very quickly or hastily
- hit with a missile from a weapon
- give an injection to
- cause a sharp and sudden pain in
- produce buds, branches, or germinate
- make a film or photograph of something
- throw or propel in a specific direction or towards a specific objective
- emit (as light, flame, or fumes) suddenly and forcefully
- fire a shot; release
- score
noun
- A buoyant device used to support something in water or another liquid.
- (poker) A maneuver where a player calls on the flop or turn with a weak hand, with the intention of bluffing after a subsequent community card.
- A breakdancing move in which the body is held parallel to the floor while balancing on one or both hands.
- (biology) The gas-filled sac, bag, or body of a siphonophore; a pneumatophore.
- A polishing block used in marble working; a runner.
- (automotive) A car carrier or car transporter truck or truck-and-trailer combination.
- A small sum of money put in a cashier's till, or otherwise secured, at the start of business, to enable change to be made.
- (weaving) A weft thread that passes over two or more warp threads (or less commonly, warp over weft).
- (publishing, digital typesetting) Any object (element) whose location in composition (page makeup, pagination) does not flow within body text but rather floats outside of it, usually anchored loosely (in buoy metaphor) to spots within it (citations, callouts): a figure (image), table, box, pull quote, ornament, or other floated element.
- A tool similar to a rasp, used in various trades.
- An elaborately decorated trailer or vehicle, intended for display in a parade or pageant.
- (knitting) A loose strand of yarn that passes behind one or more stitches when knitting with multiple yarns.
- (transport) A lowboy trailer.
- (insurance) Premiums taken in but not yet paid out.
- A soft beverage with a scoop of ice cream floating in it.
- (computing) A visual style on a web page that causes the styled elements to float above or beside others.
- (basketry) A decorative rod that extends over the body of a basket without being attached for part of its length.
- (programming) A floating-point number, especially one that has lower precision than a double.
- (finance) Funds committed to be paid but not yet paid.
- A floating toy made of foam, used in swimming pools.
- A mass of timber or boards fastened together, and conveyed down a stream by the current; a raft.
- A sort of trowel used for finishing concrete surfaces or smoothing plaster.
- (banking) The total amount of checks/cheques or other drafts written against a bank account but not yet cleared and charged against the account.
- (finance, Australia, and other Commonwealth countries?) An offering of shares in a company (or units in a trust) to members of the public, normally followed by a listing on a stock exchange.
- A float board.
- (British) A small vehicle used for local deliveries, especially in the term milk float.
- the time interval between the deposit of a check in a bank and its payment
- an elaborate display mounted on a platform carried by a truck (or pulled by a truck) in a procession or parade
- the number of shares outstanding and available for trading by the public
- an air-filled sac near the spinal column in many fishes that helps maintain buoyancy
- a drink with ice cream floating in it
- something that floats on the surface of water
- a hand tool with a flat face used for smoothing and finishing the surface of plaster or cement or stucco
verb
- (transitive, finance) To allow (the exchange value of a currency) to be determined by the markets.
- (transitive, finance) To issue or sell shares in a company (or units in a trust) to members of the public, followed by listing on a stock exchange.
- (intransitive) To drift or wander aimlessly.
- (transitive) To propose (an idea) for consideration.
- (intransitive, electronics) To be not connected or referenced to a known reference voltage.
- (poker) To perform a float.
- (transitive) To spread plaster over (a surface), using the tool called a float.
- (intransitive, colloquial) Of an idea or scheme, to be viable.
- (transitive) To cause to drift gently through the air, to waft.
- (intransitive) To move in a fluid manner.
- (intransitive) To be capable of floating.
- (transitive) To transport by float (vehicular trailer).
- (intransitive, aviation) To remain airborne, without touching down, for an excessive length of time during landing, due to excessive airspeed during the landing flare.
- (transitive, retail) To prepare a till (cash register) for operation, either by putting a float (cash amount) in the cash drawer to provide change for customers making cash payments or (by extension) by recording the time a till starts being used for card payments if it is card-only
- (transitive, colloquial) To extend a short-term loan to.
- (intransitive) To drift gently through the air.
- To be supported by a liquid of greater density, such that part (of the object or substance) remains above the surface.
- (intransitive) To move in a particular direction with the liquid in which one is floating.
- (intransitive, figurative) To circulate.
- (transitive) To use a float (rasp-like tool) upon.
- (transitive) To cause something to be suspended in a fluid of greater density.
- (computing, publishing, transitive) To cause (an element within a document) to float above or beside others.
- (intransitive)To automatically adjust a parameter as related parameters change.
- (intransitive, of an object or substance) To be supported by a fluid of greater density (than the object).
- (intransitive, finance) (of currencies) To have an exchange value determined by the markets, as opposed to by central fiat.
- move lightly, as if suspended
- allow (currencies) to fluctuate
- put into the water
- be in motion due to some air or water current
- be afloat either on or below a liquid surface and not sink to the bottom
- convert from a fixed point notation to a floating point notation
- set afloat
- make the surface of level or smooth
- circulate or discuss tentatively; test the waters with
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- become filled to overflowing
- supply with an excess of
- cover with liquid, usually water
- fill quickly beyond capacity; as with a liquid
- To overflow, as by water from excessive rainfall.
- (figuratively) To provide (someone or something) with a larger number or quantity of something than can easily be dealt with.
- To cover or partly fill as if by a flood.
- (Internet, ambitransitive) To paste numerous lines of text to (a chat system) in order to disrupt the conversation.
- To bleed profusely, as after childbirth.
noun
- the act of flooding; filling to overflowing
- the rising of a body of water and its overflowing onto normally dry land
- the occurrence of incoming water (between a low tide and the following high tide)
- a large flow
- light that is a source of artificial illumination having a broad beam; used in photography
- an overwhelming number or amount
- (figuratively) A large number or quantity of anything appearing more rapidly than can easily be dealt with.
- The flowing in of the tide, opposed to the ebb.
- An overflow of a large amount of water (usually disastrous) from a lake or other body of water due to excessive rainfall or other input of water.
- Menstrual discharge; menses.
- A floodlight.
verb
- cause surfeit through excess though initially pleasing
- lose sparkle or bouquet
- cover with a pall
- become less interesting or attractive
- cause to become flat
- lose interest or become bored with something or somebody
- lose strength or effectiveness; become or appear boring, insipid, or tiresome (to)
- cause to lose courage; to be daunted; to be scared away
- (transitive) To make vapid or insipid; to make lifeless or spiritless; to dull, to weaken.
- (intransitive) To become dull, insipid, tasteless, or vapid; to lose life, spirit, strength, or taste.
- (transitive) To cloak or cover with, or as if with, a pall.
- Alternative form of pawl.
noun
- burial garment in which a corpse is wrapped
- a sudden numbing dread
- hanging cloth used as a blind (especially for a window)
- A heavy cloth laid over a coffin or tomb; a shroud laid over a corpse.
- (figuratively) Something that covers or surrounds like a cloak; in particular, a cloud of dust, smoke, etc., or a feeling of fear, gloom, or suspicion.
- (Christianity) A piece of cardboard, covered with linen and embroidered on one side, used to cover the chalice during the Eucharist.
- Alternative form of pawl.
- (heraldry) A charge representing an archbishop's pallium, having the form of the letter Y, sometimes charged with crosses.
- (Christianity) Especially in Roman Catholicism: a pallium (“liturgical vestment worn over the chasuble”).
verb
- (intransitive, nautical) To swell out.
- To push with the horns; to butt.
- To spring or rear up.
- (intransitive, baseball) To intentionally hit a ball softly with a hands-spread batting stance.
- (transitive, baseball) To intentionally hit softly with a hands-spread batting stance.
- (intransitive, aviation) To perform (the second half of) an outside loop.
- (rare, of a cat) To headbutt affectionately.
- hit a ball in such a way so as to make it go a short distance
- to strike, thrust or shove against
noun
- (by extension) Any large pilot-commanded pitch-down motion of an aircraft, often producing negative G-forces and resulting in a large negative change in flightpath angle.
- (baseball, softball) The act of bunting.
- A push or shove; a butt.
- (countable, uncountable) A fungus (Ustilago foetida) affecting the ear of cereals, filling the grains with a foetid dust.
- (aviation) The second half of an outside loop, from level flight to inverted flight.
- (baseball, softball) A ball that has been intentionally hit softly so as to be difficult to field, sometimes with a hands-spread batting stance or with a close-hand, choked-up hand position. No swinging action is involved.
- (nautical) The middle part, cavity, or belly of a sail; the part of a furled sail which is at the center of the yard.
- disease of wheat characterized by replacement of the grains with greasy masses of smelly smut spores
- similar to Tilletia caries
- fungus that destroys kernels of wheat by replacing them with greasy masses of smelly spores
- (baseball) the act of hitting a baseball or softball lightly by holding the bat in a stationary position rather than swinging it
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- The practice of inserting a penis into a vagina and remaining stationary, without thrusting, supposedly used by some conservative Christians in lieu of traditional sexual intercourse.
- Immersion in water; a drenching or dunking.
- the act of making something completely wet
- washing something by allowing it to soak
- the process of becoming softened and saturated as a consequence of being immersed in water (or other liquid)
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- the sound of a liquid falling drop by drop
- a liquid (as water) that flows in drops (as from the eaves of house)
- Solid animal fat, traditionally collected from dripping off roasting meat.
- The sound or action of something that drips.
- The use of a drip tip to drip e-liquid directly onto the atomizer of an e-cigarette.
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- Tending to float on a liquid or to rise in air or a gas; buoyant.
- Of a person: feeling calm, dreamy, happy, etc., as if floating in the air.
- Of speech or writing: overly complicated or elaborate; flowery, grandiloquent.
- Of an object: light and flimsy or soft; specifically, of a dress: lightweight, so as to rise away from the body when the wearer is moving.
- Of music: light and relaxing.
- tending to float on a liquid or rise in air or gas
noun
- A particle of food, etc., found floating in liquid.
- A lilo (inflatable air mattress) or similar object that floats on water and can be lain or sat on.
- (swimming, chiefly in the plural) Synonym of armband (“one of a pair of inflatable plastic bands, normally worn on the upper arms, to help the wearer (often a child) float in water and learn to swim”).
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- The practice of inserting a penis into a vagina and remaining stationary, without thrusting, supposedly used by some conservative Christians in lieu of traditional sexual intercourse.
- Immersion in water; a drenching or dunking.
- the act of making something completely wet
- washing something by allowing it to soak
- the process of becoming softened and saturated as a consequence of being immersed in water (or other liquid)
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- characterized by a buoyant rhythm
- Variable in mood; liable to having mood swings.
- (sports, games) Inconsistent in performance.
- (curling, of ice) Allowing stones to curl more than usual.
- (informal) Having a swinging motion.
- (informal, politics) Having many swing voters.
- (informal) Characteristic of swing music.
adj
- characterized by a buoyant rhythm
- moving easily and quickly; nimble
- (slang) Undergoing a hallucinogenic trip.
- (heraldry, not comparable) Having the right forefoot lifted, the others remaining on the ground, as if trotting; trippant.
- (slang) Saying crazy things or acting foolishly.
- Quick; nimble; stepping lightly and quickly.
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- One of several people who take up arms against the local state authority; a participant in insurgency.
- a member of an irregular armed force that fights a stronger force by sabotage and harassment
- a person who takes part in an armed rebellion against the constituted authority (especially in the hope of improving conditions)
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- the sound of a liquid falling drop by drop
- a liquid (as water) that flows in drops (as from the eaves of house)
- Solid animal fat, traditionally collected from dripping off roasting meat.
- The sound or action of something that drips.
- The use of a drip tip to drip e-liquid directly onto the atomizer of an e-cigarette.
verb
adj
- Full of waves.
- Having wave-like shapes on its border or surface; waved.
- (slang) Drunk.
- Moving to and fro; undulating.
- (slang, African-American Vernacular) Cool and fashionable.
- (botany, of a margin) Moving up and down relative to the surface; undulate.
- Rising or swelling in waves.
- (heraldry) Undé, in a wavy line; applied to ordinaries, or division lines, especially to symbolize a river.
- uneven by virtue of having wrinkles or waves
- (of hair) having waves