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adj
noun
adj
- capable of assuming or producing either of two states
- capable of reversing or being reversed
- capable of being reversed
- capable of being reversed or used with either side out
- (of clothing) Able to be worn inside out.
- (thermodynamics) Capable of returning to the original state without consumption of free energy and increase of entropy.
- (chemistry, of a chemical reaction) Capable of proceeding in either direction.
- Able to be reversed.
- (physics, of a phase change) Capable of returning to the original state.
- (law) Providing sufficient reason for a court decision to be overturned on appeal.
noun
noun
- A fixed state; fixedness; stability; permanence.
- A piece of stiff material, such as plastic or whalebone, used to stiffen a piece of clothing.
- Continuance or a period of time spent in a place; abode for an indefinite time.
- Restraint of passion; prudence; moderation; caution; steadiness; sobriety.
- (nautical) A strong rope or wire supporting a mast, and leading from one masthead down to some other, or other part of the vessel.
- (nautical) A station or fixed anchorage for vessels.
- The transverse piece in a chain-cable link.
- A guy, rope, or wire supporting or stabilizing a platform, such as a bridge, a pole, such as a tentpole, the mast of a derrick, or other structural element.
- (law) A postponement, especially of an execution or other punishment.
- A prop; a support.
- (in the plural) A corset.
- (nautical) brace consisting of a heavy rope or wire cable used as a support for a mast or spar
- a judicial order forbidding some action until an event occurs or the order is lifted
- the state of inactivity following an interruption
- continuing or remaining in a place or state
- a thin strip of metal or bone that is used to stiffen a garment (e.g. a corset)
verb
- stay the same; remain in a certain state
- (transitive, nautical) To incline forward, aft, or to one side by means of stays.
- (intransitive, Scotland, South Africa, India, Southern US, African-American Vernacular, Singapore, colloquial) To live; reside.
- (intransitive) To remain in a particular place, especially for a definite or short period of time; sojourn; abide.
- (intransitive, copulative) To continue to have a particular quality.
- (transitive) To prop; support; sustain; hold up; steady.
- (intransitive, nautical) To change; tack; go about; be in stays, as a ship.
- (transitive) To support from sinking; to sustain with strength; to satisfy in part or for the time.
- (intransitive) To hold out, as in a race or contest; last or persevere to the end; to show staying power.
- To cause to cease; to put an end to.
- To stop; detain; keep back; delay; hinder.
- To brace or support with a stay or stays
- (transitive) To hold the attention of.
- (transitive, nautical) To tack; put on the other tack.
- To restrain; withhold; check; stop.
- To put off; defer; postpone; delay; keep back.
- stop or halt
- continue in a place, position, or situation
- fasten with stays
- hang on during a trial of endurance
- overcome or allay
- stop a judicial process
- be in a certain place and not leave
- dwell
adj
adv
noun
- changing to a lower state (a less respected state)
- being mixed with extraneous material; the product of adulterating
- The act of debasing or the state of being debased; a lowering or degradation, especially in character or quality.
- The lowering of the value of a currency by reducing the amount of valuable metal in the coins.
noun
- changing to a lower state (a less respected state)
- a low or downcast state
- Diminution or reduction of strength, efficacy, or value; degeneration; deterioration.
- (geology) A gradual wearing down or wasting, as of rocks and banks, by the action of water, frost etc.
- The act of reducing in rank, character, or reputation, or of abasing; a lowering from one's standing or rank in office or society
- Arrest of development, or degeneration of any organ, or of the body as a whole.
- The state of being reduced in rank, character, or reputation; baseness; moral, physical, or intellectual degeneracy; disgrace; abasement; debasement.
- A deleterious change in the chemical structure, physical properties or appearance of a material from natural or artificial exposure.
- The gradual breakdown of components of a material, as a result of a natural element, i.e.: heat, cold and wind.
- The state or condition of a species or group which exhibits degraded forms; degeneration.
verb
- To oscillate between two states.
- (US, military, historical) To send a signal by waving a flag to and fro.
- An act of wigwagging.
- To move gently in one direction and then another; to wig or wiggle, to wag or waggle.
- send a signal by waving a flag or a light according to a certain code
- signal by or as if by a flag or light waved according to a code
adv
noun
- (film, television) A red light near the door of a sound stage that flashes to indicate that cameras are rolling inside the stage and that all people and vehicles outside should remain quiet; a red-eye.
- (US, military, historical) A signal sent by waving a flag to and fro.
- (road transport) A device used to cause lamps installed on a motor vehicle, especially an emergency vehicle such as an ambulance or police car, to flash as a warning.
- (watchmaking) An instrument that creates a wigwagging motion for polishing.
- Any of a number of mechanical or electrical devices which cause a component to oscillate between two states.
- (road transport) A device with multiple (often two), alternately flashing lights which is installed at a railway level crossing (or grade crossing), a movable bridge, etc., to warn vehicular traffic to stop.
- (US, rail transport) A grade crossing signal with a swinging motion used to indicate an approaching train.
- A device that causes one or more lights to flash in a preset pattern.
- (road transport) A warning device inside the cabin of a truck that causes a mechanical arm to drop into view when the pressure in the airbrake system of the truck becomes too low for the brakes to be reliably deployed.
noun
- a state of equilibrium
- equality between the totals of the credit and debit sides of an account
- the difference between the totals of the credit and debit sides of an account
- a wheel that regulates the rate of movement in a machine; especially a wheel oscillating against the hairspring of a timepiece to regulate its beat
- (mathematics) an attribute of a shape or relation; exact reflection of form on opposite sides of a dividing line or plane
- a scale for weighing; depends on pull of gravity
- something left after other parts have been taken away
- a weight that balances another weight
- equality of distribution
- harmonious arrangement or relation of parts or elements within a whole (as in a design)
- (uncountable) The overall result of conflicting forces, opinions etc.; the influence which ultimately "weighs" more than others.
- (watchmaking) A device used to regulate the speed of a watch, clock etc.
- (uncountable) Mental equilibrium; mental health; calmness, a state of remaining clear-headed and unperturbed.
- (accounting) A list accounting for the debits on one side, and for the credits on the other.
- (uncountable) A state in which opposing forces harmonise; equilibrium.
- (uncountable) Apparent harmony in art (between differing colours, sounds, etc.).
- (literally or figuratively) Something of equal weight used to provide equilibrium; counterweight.
- A pair of scales.
- (law, business, statistics) The remainder.
- (accounting) The result of such a procedure; the difference between credit and debit of an account.
- (uncountable) Awareness of both viewpoints or matters; neutrality; rationality; objectivity.
verb
- compute credits and debits of an account
- hold or carry in equilibrium
- be in equilibrium
- bring into balance or equilibrium
- (transitive) To compare in relative force, importance, value, etc.; to estimate.
- (transitive) To hold (an object or objects) precariously; to support on a narrow base, so as to keep from falling.
- (transitive, figurative) To make (concepts) agree.
- (transitive) To make the credits and debits of (an account) correspond.
- (intransitive) To be in equilibrium.
- (transitive, nautical) To contract, as a sail, into a narrower compass.
- (intransitive) To have matching credits and debits.
- (transitive) To bring (items) to an equipoise, as the scales of a balance by adjusting the weights.
- (transitive, dance) To move toward, and then back from, reciprocally.
noun
adj
- characterized by an absence or near absence of agitation or activity
- free of noise or uproar; or making little if any sound
- (of the sun) characterized by a low level of surface phenomena, such as sunspots
- not showy or obtrusive
- (of a body of water) free from disturbance by heavy waves
- in a softened tone
- Not showy; undemonstrative.
- Having little motion or activity; calm.
- Not talking much or not talking loudly; reserved.
- With little or no sound; free of disturbing noise.
- Not busy, of low quantity.
- (software) Requiring little or no interaction.
adv
verb
intj
noun
- the process of oscillating between states
- (physics) a regular periodic variation in value about a mean
- a single complete execution of a periodically repeated phenomenon
- a single such cycle
- the act of oscillating or the state of being oscillated
- a regular periodic fluctuation in value about some mean
- (mathematics) (of a function) defined for each point x in the domain of the function by inf diam(f(U))∣Uisaneighborhoodofx, and describes the difference (possibly ∞) between the limit superior and limit inferior of the function near that point.
noun
- an inflexible and unchanging state
- tissue hardened by deposition of lime salts
- a process that impregnates something with calcium (or calcium salts)
- The process of change into a stony or calcareous substance by the deposition of lime salt; normally, as in the formation of bone and of teeth; abnormally, as in the calcareous degeneration of tissue.
noun
- a final state
- the act of killing
- the absence of life or state of being dead
- the event of dying or departure from life
- the time at which life ends; continuing until dead
- the time when something ends
- the permanent end of all life functions in an organism or part of an organism
- (often capitalized) The personification of death as a (usually male) hooded figure with a scythe; the Grim Reaper.
- (preceded by the) The collapse or end of something.
- The cessation of life and all associated processes; the end of an organism's existence as an entity independent from its environment and its return to an inert, nonliving state.
- Execution (in the judicial sense).
- (figuratively, especially followed by of-phrase) A cause of great stress, exhaustion, embarrassment, or another negative condition (for someone).
- (figurative) Spiritual lifelessness.
noun
- a final state
- one of two places from which people are communicating to each other
- the last section of a communication
- a piece of cloth that is left over after the rest has been used or sold
- the point in time at which something ends
- the final stage or concluding parts of an event or occurrence
- (American football) a position on the line of scrimmage, designating players at each end of the defensive line
- (football) the person who plays at one end of the line of scrimmage
- a boundary marking the extremities of something
- the surface at either extremity of a three-dimensional object
- the state of affairs that a plan is intended to achieve and that (when achieved) terminates behavior intended to achieve it
- the part you are expected to play
- either extremity of something that has length
- a final part or section
- One of the yarns of the worsted warp in a Brussels carpet.
- That which is left; a remnant; a fragment; a scrap.
- The terminal point of something in space or time.
- (American football) The position at the end of either the offensive or defensive line, a tight end, a split end, a defensive end.
- (in the plural, slang, African-American Vernacular) Money.
- The most extreme point of an object, especially one that is longer than it is wide.
- (curling) A period of play in which each team throws eight rocks, two per player, in alternating fashion.
- (by extension, often with "the") Death.
- (cricket) One of the two parts of the ground used as a descriptive name for half of the ground.
- Result.
- (mathematics) An ideal point of a graph or other complex. See End (graph theory)
- (by extension) The cessation of an effort, activity, state, or motion.
- A purpose, goal, or aim.
verb
- be the end of; be the last or concluding part of
- bring to an end or halt
- put an end to
- have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either spatial or metaphorical
- (intransitive) To conclude; to bring something to an end.
- (transitive) To finish, terminate.
- (intransitive, ergative) To come to an end.
noun
- a state of being balanced in a stable equilibrium
- great coolness and composure under strain
- a cgs unit of dynamic viscosity equal to one dyne-second per square centimeter; the viscosity of a fluid in which a force of one dyne per square centimeter maintains a velocity of 1 centimeter per second
- Unit of viscosity in the centimetre–gram–second system of units (CGS).
- The weight, or mass of metal, used in weighing, to balance the substance weighed.
- Composure; freedom from embarrassment or affectation.
- A state of balance, equilibrium or stability.
- Mien; bearing or deportment of the head or body.
- That which causes a balance; a counterweight.
- (physics) A CGS unit of dynamic viscosity equal to one dyne-second per square centimetre.
- A condition of hovering, or being suspended.
verb
- be motionless, in suspension
- hold or carry in equilibrium
- cause to be balanced or suspended
- prepare (oneself), often but not necessarily for something unpleasant or difficult
- To ascertain, as if by balancing; to weigh.
- To hold (something) in equilibrium, to hold balanced and ready; to carry (something) ready to be used.
- To keep (something) in equilibrium; to hold suspended or balanced.
verb
noun
- A toggle switch.
- An appliance for transmitting force at right angles to its direction.
- (nautical) A wooden or metal pin, short rod, crosspiece or similar, fixed transversely in the eye of a rope or chain to be secured to any other loop, ring, or bight, e.g. a sea painter to a lifeboat.
- A horizontal piece of wood that is placed on a door, flat, or other wooden structure, but is not on one of the edges of the structure.
- (skydiving) A loop of webbing or a dowel affixed to the end of the steering/brake lines of a parachute providing the pilot with a means of control.
- A fastener that has flaps that align vertically to penetrate a surface and then spread out to secure the fastener in position, e.g. a molly bolt.
- (in particular, fashion) A rod-shaped button bound with slack to the fabric.
- a hinged switch that can assume either of two positions
- any instruction that works first one way and then the other; it turns something on the first time it is used and then turns it off the next time
- a fastener consisting of a peg or pin or crosspiece that is inserted into an eye at the end of a rope or a chain or a cable in order to fasten it to something (as another rope or chain or cable)
verb
- stay the same; remain in a certain state
- continue in a place, position, or situation
- be in a certain place and not leave
- be left; of persons, questions, problems, results, evidence, etc.
- To continue unchanged in place, form, or condition, or undiminished in quantity; to abide; to stay; to endure; to last.
- (mathematics) To be left after a number or quantity has been subtracted or cut off; to be left as not included or comprised.
- To stay after others or other parts have been removed or otherwise disappeared.
- (copulative) To continue in a state of being.
- To await; to be left to.
noun
verb
- stay the same; remain in a certain state
- have a place in relation to something else
- take a short break from one's activities in order to relax
- rest on or as if on a pillow
- be inherent or innate in
- not move; be in a resting position
- sit, as on a branch
- give a rest to
- be at rest
- be inactive, refrain from acting
- put something in a resting position, as for support or steadying
- (transitive, intransitive, reflexive) To lean, lie, or lay.
- (intransitive) To come to a pause or an end; end.
- (no object, with complement) To continue to be, remain, be left in a certain way.
- To be satisfied; to acquiesce.
- (intransitive) To sleep; slumber.
- (intransitive) To stay, remain, be situated, or belong to.
- (intransitive) To lie dormant.
- (intransitive) To be free from that which harasses or disturbs; be quiet or still; be undisturbed.
- (intransitive) To cease from action, motion, work, or performance of any kind; stop; desist; be without motion.
- (intransitive) To rely or depend on.
- (intransitive) To sleep the final sleep; sleep in death; die; be dead.
- (transitive, reflexive, copulative) To put into a state of rest.
- (intransitive, transitive, law, US) To complete one's active advocacy in a trial or other proceeding, and thus to wait for the outcome (however, one is still generally available to answer questions, etc.)
noun
- a state of inaction
- something left after other parts have been taken away
- a support on which things can be put
- a pause for relaxation
- freedom from activity (work or strain or responsibility)
- a musical notation indicating a silence of a specified duration
- euphemisms for death (based on an analogy between lying in a bed and in a tomb)
- A projection from the right side of the cuirass of armour, serving to support the lance.
- (uncountable) That which remains.
- (uncountable, of a person or animal) Relief from work or activity by sleeping; sleep.
- (snooker, countable) A stick with a U-, V- or X-shaped head used to support the tip of a cue when the cue ball is otherwise out of reach.
- Those not included in a proposition or description; the remainder; others.
- A place where one may rest, either temporarily, as in an inn, or permanently, as, in an abode.
- (euphemistic, uncountable) A final position after death. Also, death itself: "Not alone, not alone would I go to my rest in the heart of the love..." -- George William Russell ("Love")
- (music, countable) A written symbol indicating such a pause in a musical score such as in sheet music.
- (countable) Any relief from exertion; a state of quiet and relaxation.
- (uncountable) Peace; freedom from worry, anxiety, annoyances; tranquility.
- (physics, uncountable) Absence of motion.
- (UK, finance) A surplus held as a reserved fund by a bank to equalize its dividends, etc.; in the Bank of England, the balance of assets above liabilities.
- (countable) Any object designed to be used to support something else.
- (uncountable, of an object or concept) A state of inactivity; a state of little or no motion; a state of completion.
- (music, countable) A pause of a specified length in a piece of music.
- The striking of a balance at regular intervals in a running account. Often, specifically, the intervals after which compound interest is added to capital.
- (poetry) A short pause in reading poetry; a caesura.
noun
- (countable) An instance of that state.
- (music) Conflicting notes that are not overtones of the note or chord sounding.
- (uncountable) A state of disagreement or conflict.
- (countable, uncountable) A harsh, discordant combination of sounds.
- disagreeable sounds
- a conflict of people's opinions or actions or characters
- the auditory experience of sound that lacks musical quality; sound that is a disagreeable auditory experience
noun
- To denote the only state not construct state as in the binary state system of Ugaritic.
- (rare) To sum the indeterminate state and the determinate state in one term.
- Denotes the indeterminate state in Aramaic, even though it also has a determinate state called emphatic state.
- (grammar) In Berber languages, an unmarked form and hence citation form of a noun similar to the absolutive of ergative languages, varying in usage cases per specific language but generally described as used for topicalized subjects of sentences – default word order being VSO –, nominal predicates and direct objects.
- Denotes an infrequent endingless state in Akkadian used for predicative sentences, adverbially used nouns and vocative expressions (in which cases Arabic would use the accusative case), contrasting with the governed state and the construct state.
- (Internet slang, originally UK, Ireland) A particularly dishevelled, sorry or contemptible condition.
- A state with absolute sovereignty and authority, in contrast with e.g. a feudal state.
- (grammar) In Egyptian, including Coptic, a form of a verb necessitated by its regimen if this does not require the nominal state or pronominal state.
name
- A state of the United States.
- A township in Scott County, Kansas.
- A large lake in the United States, between the states of Michigan, Wisconsin, Illinois and Indiana.
- Ellipsis of University of Michigan.
- A township in Valley County, Nebraska.
- A township in Clinton County, Indiana.
- A township in LaPorte County, Indiana, next to Lake Michigan.
- A ghost town in Fayette County, West Virginia.
noun
- (ice hockey) A deke consisting of lifting the puck with the stick and throwing it under the top corner of the goal, while skating behind the net.
- a gambling card game in which chips are placed on the ace and king and queen and jack of separate suits (taken from a separate deck); a player plays the lowest card of a suit in their hand and successively higher cards are played until the sequence stops; the player who plays a card matching one in the layout wins all the chips on that card
name
- A state of the United States.
- A river in Canada that flows from eastern Ontario into the Ottawa River.
- (with the) A major river in the United States, flowing southward from north-central Minnesota through Wisconsin, Iowa, Illinois, Missouri, Kentucky, Tennessee, Arkansas, Minnesota and Louisiana, emptying into the Gulf of Mexico.
intj
noun
name
- A state of the United States.
- The largest city in the state of New York, and the largest city in the United States, a metropolis extending into neighboring New Jersey in addition to Pennsylvania and Connecticut.
- A settlement in Hartwith cum Winsley parish, Harrogate borough, North Yorkshire (OS grid ref SE1962).
- A village in Wildmore parish, East Lindsey district, Lincolnshire (OS grid ref TF2455).
- (historical) A former colony of England, from 1664 to 1707, and of Great Britain, from 1707 to 1776, which became the US state of the same name.
- A settlement in Toretsk urban hromada, Bakhmut Raion, Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine (co-ordinates: 48°19′55″N 37°50′11″E).
- A suburban village in the Metropolitan Borough of North Tyneside, Tyne and Wear (OS grid ref NZ3270).
- A suburb of Rotherham, South Yorkshire (OS grid ref SK4292).
- New York County, a county of New York, coterminous with the Borough of Manhattan.
verb
- state categorically
- insist on having one's opinions and rights recognized
- postulate positively and assertively
- to declare or affirm solemnly and formally as true
- To declare with assurance or plainly and strongly; to state positively.
- To use or exercise and thereby prove the existence of.
- (reflexive) To insist on the legitimacy of one's rights, opinion, etc; not to allow oneself to be dismissed; to ensure that one is taken into consideration; to make oneself respected; to be assertive. See assert oneself.
- (programming) To declare that a condition or expression must be true at a certain point in the source code (in some cases causing the program to fail if it is not, as a safeguard).
- To maintain or defend, as a cause or a claim, by words or measures; to vindicate a claim or title to.
- (electronics) To set a signal on a line using a voltage or electric current.
noun
verb
- state categorically
- have and exercise
- maintain for use and service
- keep in safety and protect from harm, decay, loss, or destruction
- supply with necessities and support
- support against an opponent
- stick to correctly or closely
- maintain by writing regular records
- cause to continue in a certain state, position, or activity
- state or assert
- To declare or affirm (a clause) to be true; to assert.
- To keep in good condition and working order.
- To keep up; to preserve; to uphold (a state, condition etc.).
noun
- a state at a particular time
- an illness, disease, or other medical problem
- information that should be kept in mind when making a decision
- the state of (good) health (especially in the phrases ‘in condition’ or ‘in shape’ or ‘out of condition’ or ‘out of shape’)
- (usually plural) a statement of what is required as part of an agreement
- an assumption on which rests the validity or effect of something else
- the procedure that is varied in order to estimate a variable's effect by comparison with a control condition
- a mode of being or form of existence of a person or thing
- A state or quality.
- A requirement.
- (law) A clause in a contract or agreement indicating that a certain contingency may modify the principal obligation in some way.
- A certain abnormal state of health; a malady or sickness.
- The health status of a medical patient.
- A logical clause or phrase that a conditional statement uses. The phrase can either be true or false.
- A particular state of being.
verb
- develop (a child's or animal's) behavior by instruction and practice; especially to teach self-control
- establish a conditioned response
- apply conditioner to in order to make smooth and shiny
- put into a better state
- specify as a condition or requirement in a contract or agreement; make an express demand or provision in an agreement
- To subject to the process of acclimation.
- (transitive) To test or assay, as silk (to ascertain the proportion of moisture it contains).
- (US, colleges, transitive) To put under conditions; to require to pass a new examination or to make up a specified study, as a condition of remaining in one's class or in college.
- (transitive) To treat, especially hair with hair conditioner.
- (transitive) To contract; to stipulate; to agree.
- To subject to different conditions, especially as an exercise.
- To shape the behaviour of someone to do something.
- To make dependent on a condition to be fulfilled; to make conditional on.
- (transitive) To place conditions or limitations upon.
- To impose upon an object those relations or conditions without which knowledge and thought are alleged to be impossible.
noun
- a state at a particular time
- the relative position or standing of things or especially persons in a society
- (Canada, usually used to modify another noun) The state (of a Canadian First Nations person) of being registered under the Indian Act.
- (medicine) Short for status epilepticus or status asthmaticus.
- (law) The legal condition of a person or thing.
- Prestige or high standing.
- A person’s condition, position or standing relative to that of others.
- A situation or state of affairs.
- (social media) A function of some instant messaging applications, whereby a user may post a message that appears automatically to other users, if they attempt to make contact.
noun
- a change from one state to the opposite state
- the act of reversing the order or place of
- turning in an opposite direction or position
- turning in the opposite direction
- a decision to reverse an earlier decision
- an unfortunate happening that hinders or impedes; something that is thwarting or frustrating
- a judgment by a higher court that the judgment of a lower court was incorrect and should be set aside
- a major change in attitude or principle or point of view
- An instance of reversing.
- A change in fortune; a change from being successful to having problems.
- (card games) A rule in Tycoon where a three of a particular suit (most commonly spades) can beat a single joker. During revolution, most rulesets instead use a two of that suit to do this.
- A change to an opposite direction.
- The state of being reversed.
adj
noun
- The state of being established, founded, etc.; fixed state.
- The number of staff required to run a department or organisation (often used in the context of healthcare and other public services).
- (Christianity) The institution and official status of a church as a state church, especially that of the Church of England and historically of Ireland.
- The ruling class or authority group in a society; especially, an entrenched authority dedicated to preserving the status quo.
- That which is established; as a form of government, a permanent organization, business or force, or the place where one is permanently fixed for residence.
- The act or process of establishing; a ratifying or ordaining; settlement; confirmation.
- the persons (or committees or departments etc.) who make up a body for the purpose of administering something
- the act of forming or establishing something
- (ecology) the process by which a plant or animal becomes established in a new habitat
- any large organization
- an organization founded and united for a specific purpose
- a public or private structure (business or governmental or educational) including buildings and equipment for business or residence
- the cognitive process of establishing a valid proof
noun
- a desirable state
- the formal act of approving
- the act of praying for divine protection
- a short prayer of thanks before a meal
- a ceremonial prayer invoking divine protection
- The act of declaring or bestowing favor; approval.
- (paganism) A modern pagan ceremony.
- Some kind of divine or supernatural aid, or reward.
- Good fortune.
- A prayer before a meal; grace.
- A group of unicorns.
- A pronouncement invoking divine aid.
- Something someone is glad of.
verb
noun
- a desirable state
- The woody portion of flax, separated from the fiber as refuse matter by retting, braking, and scutching.
- That which is asked or granted as a benefit or favor; a gift or benefaction.
- A good thing; a thing to be thankful for or to appreciate duly.
- (Hinduism) A blessing, typically a supernatural power, granted to an ascetic by a god or goddess.
- (British, dialectal) An unpaid service due by a tenant to his lord.
adj
noun
- a wild or unrefined state
- a genre characteristic of (or imitative of) primitive artists or children
- The state or quality of being primitive.
- The opinion that life was better or more moral among primitive peoples, or among children, and has deteriorated with civilization.
- Any of a group of related styles in the arts, influenced by a belief in the superiority of primitive forms.
noun
- (countable) A state with a democratic system of government.
- (uncountable) Belief in political freedom and equality; the "spirit of democracy".
- (uncountable) Rule by the people, especially as a form of government; either directly or through elected representatives (representative democracy).
- (countable, government) A government under the direct or representative rule of the people of its jurisdiction.
- a political system in which the supreme power lies in a body of citizens who can elect people to represent them
- the political orientation of those who favor government by the people or by their elected representatives
- the doctrine that the numerical majority of an organized group can make decisions binding on the whole group
noun
- the state prevailing during the absence of war
- A state of tranquility, quiet, and harmony. For instance, a state free from civil disturbance.
- a treaty to cease hostilities
- harmonious relations; freedom from disputes
- the absence of mental stress or anxiety
- the general security of public places
- A state free of war, in particular war between different countries.
- Harmony in personal relations.
- (figuratively, euphemistic) Death.
- A state free of oppressive and unpleasant thoughts and emotions.
intj
verb
noun
- (countable) The result of being stabilized.
- (uncountable) The process of stabilizing.
- (medicine, uncountable) A preliminary medical process for sick or injured people to attempt to keep their medical condition from deteriorating too much and too quickly before being treated in depth at a medical facility.
- the act of making something (as a vessel or aircraft) less likely to overturn
- the act of stabilizing something or making it more stable
noun
- A fixed state; fixedness; stability; permanence.
- A piece of stiff material, such as plastic or whalebone, used to stiffen a piece of clothing.
- Continuance or a period of time spent in a place; abode for an indefinite time.
- Restraint of passion; prudence; moderation; caution; steadiness; sobriety.
- (nautical) A strong rope or wire supporting a mast, and leading from one masthead down to some other, or other part of the vessel.
- (nautical) A station or fixed anchorage for vessels.
- The transverse piece in a chain-cable link.
- A guy, rope, or wire supporting or stabilizing a platform, such as a bridge, a pole, such as a tentpole, the mast of a derrick, or other structural element.
- (law) A postponement, especially of an execution or other punishment.
- A prop; a support.
- (in the plural) A corset.
- (nautical) brace consisting of a heavy rope or wire cable used as a support for a mast or spar
- a judicial order forbidding some action until an event occurs or the order is lifted
- the state of inactivity following an interruption
- continuing or remaining in a place or state
- a thin strip of metal or bone that is used to stiffen a garment (e.g. a corset)
verb
- stay the same; remain in a certain state
- (transitive, nautical) To incline forward, aft, or to one side by means of stays.
- (intransitive, Scotland, South Africa, India, Southern US, African-American Vernacular, Singapore, colloquial) To live; reside.
- (intransitive) To remain in a particular place, especially for a definite or short period of time; sojourn; abide.
- (intransitive, copulative) To continue to have a particular quality.
- (transitive) To prop; support; sustain; hold up; steady.
- (intransitive, nautical) To change; tack; go about; be in stays, as a ship.
- (transitive) To support from sinking; to sustain with strength; to satisfy in part or for the time.
- (intransitive) To hold out, as in a race or contest; last or persevere to the end; to show staying power.
- To cause to cease; to put an end to.
- To stop; detain; keep back; delay; hinder.
- To brace or support with a stay or stays
- (transitive) To hold the attention of.
- (transitive, nautical) To tack; put on the other tack.
- To restrain; withhold; check; stop.
- To put off; defer; postpone; delay; keep back.
- stop or halt
- continue in a place, position, or situation
- fasten with stays
- hang on during a trial of endurance
- overcome or allay
- stop a judicial process
- be in a certain place and not leave
- dwell
adj
adv
noun
- changing to a lower state (a less respected state)
- being mixed with extraneous material; the product of adulterating
- The act of debasing or the state of being debased; a lowering or degradation, especially in character or quality.
- The lowering of the value of a currency by reducing the amount of valuable metal in the coins.
noun
- changing to a lower state (a less respected state)
- a low or downcast state
- Diminution or reduction of strength, efficacy, or value; degeneration; deterioration.
- (geology) A gradual wearing down or wasting, as of rocks and banks, by the action of water, frost etc.
- The act of reducing in rank, character, or reputation, or of abasing; a lowering from one's standing or rank in office or society
- Arrest of development, or degeneration of any organ, or of the body as a whole.
- The state of being reduced in rank, character, or reputation; baseness; moral, physical, or intellectual degeneracy; disgrace; abasement; debasement.
- A deleterious change in the chemical structure, physical properties or appearance of a material from natural or artificial exposure.
- The gradual breakdown of components of a material, as a result of a natural element, i.e.: heat, cold and wind.
- The state or condition of a species or group which exhibits degraded forms; degeneration.
noun
- a state of equilibrium
- equality between the totals of the credit and debit sides of an account
- the difference between the totals of the credit and debit sides of an account
- a wheel that regulates the rate of movement in a machine; especially a wheel oscillating against the hairspring of a timepiece to regulate its beat
- (mathematics) an attribute of a shape or relation; exact reflection of form on opposite sides of a dividing line or plane
- a scale for weighing; depends on pull of gravity
- something left after other parts have been taken away
- a weight that balances another weight
- equality of distribution
- harmonious arrangement or relation of parts or elements within a whole (as in a design)
- (uncountable) The overall result of conflicting forces, opinions etc.; the influence which ultimately "weighs" more than others.
- (watchmaking) A device used to regulate the speed of a watch, clock etc.
- (uncountable) Mental equilibrium; mental health; calmness, a state of remaining clear-headed and unperturbed.
- (accounting) A list accounting for the debits on one side, and for the credits on the other.
- (uncountable) A state in which opposing forces harmonise; equilibrium.
- (uncountable) Apparent harmony in art (between differing colours, sounds, etc.).
- (literally or figuratively) Something of equal weight used to provide equilibrium; counterweight.
- A pair of scales.
- (law, business, statistics) The remainder.
- (accounting) The result of such a procedure; the difference between credit and debit of an account.
- (uncountable) Awareness of both viewpoints or matters; neutrality; rationality; objectivity.
verb
- compute credits and debits of an account
- hold or carry in equilibrium
- be in equilibrium
- bring into balance or equilibrium
- (transitive) To compare in relative force, importance, value, etc.; to estimate.
- (transitive) To hold (an object or objects) precariously; to support on a narrow base, so as to keep from falling.
- (transitive, figurative) To make (concepts) agree.
- (transitive) To make the credits and debits of (an account) correspond.
- (intransitive) To be in equilibrium.
- (transitive, nautical) To contract, as a sail, into a narrower compass.
- (intransitive) To have matching credits and debits.
- (transitive) To bring (items) to an equipoise, as the scales of a balance by adjusting the weights.
- (transitive, dance) To move toward, and then back from, reciprocally.
noun
adj
- characterized by an absence or near absence of agitation or activity
- free of noise or uproar; or making little if any sound
- (of the sun) characterized by a low level of surface phenomena, such as sunspots
- not showy or obtrusive
- (of a body of water) free from disturbance by heavy waves
- in a softened tone
- Not showy; undemonstrative.
- Having little motion or activity; calm.
- Not talking much or not talking loudly; reserved.
- With little or no sound; free of disturbing noise.
- Not busy, of low quantity.
- (software) Requiring little or no interaction.
adv
verb
intj
noun
- the process of oscillating between states
- (physics) a regular periodic variation in value about a mean
- a single complete execution of a periodically repeated phenomenon
- a single such cycle
- the act of oscillating or the state of being oscillated
- a regular periodic fluctuation in value about some mean
- (mathematics) (of a function) defined for each point x in the domain of the function by inf diam(f(U))∣Uisaneighborhoodofx, and describes the difference (possibly ∞) between the limit superior and limit inferior of the function near that point.
noun
- an inflexible and unchanging state
- tissue hardened by deposition of lime salts
- a process that impregnates something with calcium (or calcium salts)
- The process of change into a stony or calcareous substance by the deposition of lime salt; normally, as in the formation of bone and of teeth; abnormally, as in the calcareous degeneration of tissue.
noun
- a final state
- the act of killing
- the absence of life or state of being dead
- the event of dying or departure from life
- the time at which life ends; continuing until dead
- the time when something ends
- the permanent end of all life functions in an organism or part of an organism
- (often capitalized) The personification of death as a (usually male) hooded figure with a scythe; the Grim Reaper.
- (preceded by the) The collapse or end of something.
- The cessation of life and all associated processes; the end of an organism's existence as an entity independent from its environment and its return to an inert, nonliving state.
- Execution (in the judicial sense).
- (figuratively, especially followed by of-phrase) A cause of great stress, exhaustion, embarrassment, or another negative condition (for someone).
- (figurative) Spiritual lifelessness.
noun
- a final state
- one of two places from which people are communicating to each other
- the last section of a communication
- a piece of cloth that is left over after the rest has been used or sold
- the point in time at which something ends
- the final stage or concluding parts of an event or occurrence
- (American football) a position on the line of scrimmage, designating players at each end of the defensive line
- (football) the person who plays at one end of the line of scrimmage
- a boundary marking the extremities of something
- the surface at either extremity of a three-dimensional object
- the state of affairs that a plan is intended to achieve and that (when achieved) terminates behavior intended to achieve it
- the part you are expected to play
- either extremity of something that has length
- a final part or section
- One of the yarns of the worsted warp in a Brussels carpet.
- That which is left; a remnant; a fragment; a scrap.
- The terminal point of something in space or time.
- (American football) The position at the end of either the offensive or defensive line, a tight end, a split end, a defensive end.
- (in the plural, slang, African-American Vernacular) Money.
- The most extreme point of an object, especially one that is longer than it is wide.
- (curling) A period of play in which each team throws eight rocks, two per player, in alternating fashion.
- (by extension, often with "the") Death.
- (cricket) One of the two parts of the ground used as a descriptive name for half of the ground.
- Result.
- (mathematics) An ideal point of a graph or other complex. See End (graph theory)
- (by extension) The cessation of an effort, activity, state, or motion.
- A purpose, goal, or aim.
verb
- be the end of; be the last or concluding part of
- bring to an end or halt
- put an end to
- have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either spatial or metaphorical
- (intransitive) To conclude; to bring something to an end.
- (transitive) To finish, terminate.
- (intransitive, ergative) To come to an end.
noun
- a state of being balanced in a stable equilibrium
- great coolness and composure under strain
- a cgs unit of dynamic viscosity equal to one dyne-second per square centimeter; the viscosity of a fluid in which a force of one dyne per square centimeter maintains a velocity of 1 centimeter per second
- Unit of viscosity in the centimetre–gram–second system of units (CGS).
- The weight, or mass of metal, used in weighing, to balance the substance weighed.
- Composure; freedom from embarrassment or affectation.
- A state of balance, equilibrium or stability.
- Mien; bearing or deportment of the head or body.
- That which causes a balance; a counterweight.
- (physics) A CGS unit of dynamic viscosity equal to one dyne-second per square centimetre.
- A condition of hovering, or being suspended.
verb
- be motionless, in suspension
- hold or carry in equilibrium
- cause to be balanced or suspended
- prepare (oneself), often but not necessarily for something unpleasant or difficult
- To ascertain, as if by balancing; to weigh.
- To hold (something) in equilibrium, to hold balanced and ready; to carry (something) ready to be used.
- To keep (something) in equilibrium; to hold suspended or balanced.
noun
- (countable) An instance of that state.
- (music) Conflicting notes that are not overtones of the note or chord sounding.
- (uncountable) A state of disagreement or conflict.
- (countable, uncountable) A harsh, discordant combination of sounds.
- disagreeable sounds
- a conflict of people's opinions or actions or characters
- the auditory experience of sound that lacks musical quality; sound that is a disagreeable auditory experience
noun
- To denote the only state not construct state as in the binary state system of Ugaritic.
- (rare) To sum the indeterminate state and the determinate state in one term.
- Denotes the indeterminate state in Aramaic, even though it also has a determinate state called emphatic state.
- (grammar) In Berber languages, an unmarked form and hence citation form of a noun similar to the absolutive of ergative languages, varying in usage cases per specific language but generally described as used for topicalized subjects of sentences – default word order being VSO –, nominal predicates and direct objects.
- Denotes an infrequent endingless state in Akkadian used for predicative sentences, adverbially used nouns and vocative expressions (in which cases Arabic would use the accusative case), contrasting with the governed state and the construct state.
- (Internet slang, originally UK, Ireland) A particularly dishevelled, sorry or contemptible condition.
- A state with absolute sovereignty and authority, in contrast with e.g. a feudal state.
- (grammar) In Egyptian, including Coptic, a form of a verb necessitated by its regimen if this does not require the nominal state or pronominal state.
noun
- a state at a particular time
- an illness, disease, or other medical problem
- information that should be kept in mind when making a decision
- the state of (good) health (especially in the phrases ‘in condition’ or ‘in shape’ or ‘out of condition’ or ‘out of shape’)
- (usually plural) a statement of what is required as part of an agreement
- an assumption on which rests the validity or effect of something else
- the procedure that is varied in order to estimate a variable's effect by comparison with a control condition
- a mode of being or form of existence of a person or thing
- A state or quality.
- A requirement.
- (law) A clause in a contract or agreement indicating that a certain contingency may modify the principal obligation in some way.
- A certain abnormal state of health; a malady or sickness.
- The health status of a medical patient.
- A logical clause or phrase that a conditional statement uses. The phrase can either be true or false.
- A particular state of being.
verb
- develop (a child's or animal's) behavior by instruction and practice; especially to teach self-control
- establish a conditioned response
- apply conditioner to in order to make smooth and shiny
- put into a better state
- specify as a condition or requirement in a contract or agreement; make an express demand or provision in an agreement
- To subject to the process of acclimation.
- (transitive) To test or assay, as silk (to ascertain the proportion of moisture it contains).
- (US, colleges, transitive) To put under conditions; to require to pass a new examination or to make up a specified study, as a condition of remaining in one's class or in college.
- (transitive) To treat, especially hair with hair conditioner.
- (transitive) To contract; to stipulate; to agree.
- To subject to different conditions, especially as an exercise.
- To shape the behaviour of someone to do something.
- To make dependent on a condition to be fulfilled; to make conditional on.
- (transitive) To place conditions or limitations upon.
- To impose upon an object those relations or conditions without which knowledge and thought are alleged to be impossible.
noun
- a state at a particular time
- the relative position or standing of things or especially persons in a society
- (Canada, usually used to modify another noun) The state (of a Canadian First Nations person) of being registered under the Indian Act.
- (medicine) Short for status epilepticus or status asthmaticus.
- (law) The legal condition of a person or thing.
- Prestige or high standing.
- A person’s condition, position or standing relative to that of others.
- A situation or state of affairs.
- (social media) A function of some instant messaging applications, whereby a user may post a message that appears automatically to other users, if they attempt to make contact.
noun
- a change from one state to the opposite state
- the act of reversing the order or place of
- turning in an opposite direction or position
- turning in the opposite direction
- a decision to reverse an earlier decision
- an unfortunate happening that hinders or impedes; something that is thwarting or frustrating
- a judgment by a higher court that the judgment of a lower court was incorrect and should be set aside
- a major change in attitude or principle or point of view
- An instance of reversing.
- A change in fortune; a change from being successful to having problems.
- (card games) A rule in Tycoon where a three of a particular suit (most commonly spades) can beat a single joker. During revolution, most rulesets instead use a two of that suit to do this.
- A change to an opposite direction.
- The state of being reversed.
adj
noun
- The state of being established, founded, etc.; fixed state.
- The number of staff required to run a department or organisation (often used in the context of healthcare and other public services).
- (Christianity) The institution and official status of a church as a state church, especially that of the Church of England and historically of Ireland.
- The ruling class or authority group in a society; especially, an entrenched authority dedicated to preserving the status quo.
- That which is established; as a form of government, a permanent organization, business or force, or the place where one is permanently fixed for residence.
- The act or process of establishing; a ratifying or ordaining; settlement; confirmation.
- the persons (or committees or departments etc.) who make up a body for the purpose of administering something
- the act of forming or establishing something
- (ecology) the process by which a plant or animal becomes established in a new habitat
- any large organization
- an organization founded and united for a specific purpose
- a public or private structure (business or governmental or educational) including buildings and equipment for business or residence
- the cognitive process of establishing a valid proof
noun
- a desirable state
- the formal act of approving
- the act of praying for divine protection
- a short prayer of thanks before a meal
- a ceremonial prayer invoking divine protection
- The act of declaring or bestowing favor; approval.
- (paganism) A modern pagan ceremony.
- Some kind of divine or supernatural aid, or reward.
- Good fortune.
- A prayer before a meal; grace.
- A group of unicorns.
- A pronouncement invoking divine aid.
- Something someone is glad of.
verb
noun
- a desirable state
- The woody portion of flax, separated from the fiber as refuse matter by retting, braking, and scutching.
- That which is asked or granted as a benefit or favor; a gift or benefaction.
- A good thing; a thing to be thankful for or to appreciate duly.
- (Hinduism) A blessing, typically a supernatural power, granted to an ascetic by a god or goddess.
- (British, dialectal) An unpaid service due by a tenant to his lord.
adj
noun
- a wild or unrefined state
- a genre characteristic of (or imitative of) primitive artists or children
- The state or quality of being primitive.
- The opinion that life was better or more moral among primitive peoples, or among children, and has deteriorated with civilization.
- Any of a group of related styles in the arts, influenced by a belief in the superiority of primitive forms.
noun
- (countable) A state with a democratic system of government.
- (uncountable) Belief in political freedom and equality; the "spirit of democracy".
- (uncountable) Rule by the people, especially as a form of government; either directly or through elected representatives (representative democracy).
- (countable, government) A government under the direct or representative rule of the people of its jurisdiction.
- a political system in which the supreme power lies in a body of citizens who can elect people to represent them
- the political orientation of those who favor government by the people or by their elected representatives
- the doctrine that the numerical majority of an organized group can make decisions binding on the whole group
noun
- the state prevailing during the absence of war
- A state of tranquility, quiet, and harmony. For instance, a state free from civil disturbance.
- a treaty to cease hostilities
- harmonious relations; freedom from disputes
- the absence of mental stress or anxiety
- the general security of public places
- A state free of war, in particular war between different countries.
- Harmony in personal relations.
- (figuratively, euphemistic) Death.
- A state free of oppressive and unpleasant thoughts and emotions.
intj
verb
noun
- (countable) The result of being stabilized.
- (uncountable) The process of stabilizing.
- (medicine, uncountable) A preliminary medical process for sick or injured people to attempt to keep their medical condition from deteriorating too much and too quickly before being treated in depth at a medical facility.
- the act of making something (as a vessel or aircraft) less likely to overturn
- the act of stabilizing something or making it more stable
verb
- To oscillate between two states.
- (US, military, historical) To send a signal by waving a flag to and fro.
- An act of wigwagging.
- To move gently in one direction and then another; to wig or wiggle, to wag or waggle.
- send a signal by waving a flag or a light according to a certain code
- signal by or as if by a flag or light waved according to a code
adv
noun
- (film, television) A red light near the door of a sound stage that flashes to indicate that cameras are rolling inside the stage and that all people and vehicles outside should remain quiet; a red-eye.
- (US, military, historical) A signal sent by waving a flag to and fro.
- (road transport) A device used to cause lamps installed on a motor vehicle, especially an emergency vehicle such as an ambulance or police car, to flash as a warning.
- (watchmaking) An instrument that creates a wigwagging motion for polishing.
- Any of a number of mechanical or electrical devices which cause a component to oscillate between two states.
- (road transport) A device with multiple (often two), alternately flashing lights which is installed at a railway level crossing (or grade crossing), a movable bridge, etc., to warn vehicular traffic to stop.
- (US, rail transport) A grade crossing signal with a swinging motion used to indicate an approaching train.
- A device that causes one or more lights to flash in a preset pattern.
- (road transport) A warning device inside the cabin of a truck that causes a mechanical arm to drop into view when the pressure in the airbrake system of the truck becomes too low for the brakes to be reliably deployed.
verb
noun
- A toggle switch.
- An appliance for transmitting force at right angles to its direction.
- (nautical) A wooden or metal pin, short rod, crosspiece or similar, fixed transversely in the eye of a rope or chain to be secured to any other loop, ring, or bight, e.g. a sea painter to a lifeboat.
- A horizontal piece of wood that is placed on a door, flat, or other wooden structure, but is not on one of the edges of the structure.
- (skydiving) A loop of webbing or a dowel affixed to the end of the steering/brake lines of a parachute providing the pilot with a means of control.
- A fastener that has flaps that align vertically to penetrate a surface and then spread out to secure the fastener in position, e.g. a molly bolt.
- (in particular, fashion) A rod-shaped button bound with slack to the fabric.
- a hinged switch that can assume either of two positions
- any instruction that works first one way and then the other; it turns something on the first time it is used and then turns it off the next time
- a fastener consisting of a peg or pin or crosspiece that is inserted into an eye at the end of a rope or a chain or a cable in order to fasten it to something (as another rope or chain or cable)
noun
- A fixed state; fixedness; stability; permanence.
- A piece of stiff material, such as plastic or whalebone, used to stiffen a piece of clothing.
- Continuance or a period of time spent in a place; abode for an indefinite time.
- Restraint of passion; prudence; moderation; caution; steadiness; sobriety.
- (nautical) A strong rope or wire supporting a mast, and leading from one masthead down to some other, or other part of the vessel.
- (nautical) A station or fixed anchorage for vessels.
- The transverse piece in a chain-cable link.
- A guy, rope, or wire supporting or stabilizing a platform, such as a bridge, a pole, such as a tentpole, the mast of a derrick, or other structural element.
- (law) A postponement, especially of an execution or other punishment.
- A prop; a support.
- (in the plural) A corset.
- (nautical) brace consisting of a heavy rope or wire cable used as a support for a mast or spar
- a judicial order forbidding some action until an event occurs or the order is lifted
- the state of inactivity following an interruption
- continuing or remaining in a place or state
- a thin strip of metal or bone that is used to stiffen a garment (e.g. a corset)
verb
- stay the same; remain in a certain state
- (transitive, nautical) To incline forward, aft, or to one side by means of stays.
- (intransitive, Scotland, South Africa, India, Southern US, African-American Vernacular, Singapore, colloquial) To live; reside.
- (intransitive) To remain in a particular place, especially for a definite or short period of time; sojourn; abide.
- (intransitive, copulative) To continue to have a particular quality.
- (transitive) To prop; support; sustain; hold up; steady.
- (intransitive, nautical) To change; tack; go about; be in stays, as a ship.
- (transitive) To support from sinking; to sustain with strength; to satisfy in part or for the time.
- (intransitive) To hold out, as in a race or contest; last or persevere to the end; to show staying power.
- To cause to cease; to put an end to.
- To stop; detain; keep back; delay; hinder.
- To brace or support with a stay or stays
- (transitive) To hold the attention of.
- (transitive, nautical) To tack; put on the other tack.
- To restrain; withhold; check; stop.
- To put off; defer; postpone; delay; keep back.
- stop or halt
- continue in a place, position, or situation
- fasten with stays
- hang on during a trial of endurance
- overcome or allay
- stop a judicial process
- be in a certain place and not leave
- dwell
adj
adv
verb
- stay the same; remain in a certain state
- continue in a place, position, or situation
- be in a certain place and not leave
- be left; of persons, questions, problems, results, evidence, etc.
- To continue unchanged in place, form, or condition, or undiminished in quantity; to abide; to stay; to endure; to last.
- (mathematics) To be left after a number or quantity has been subtracted or cut off; to be left as not included or comprised.
- To stay after others or other parts have been removed or otherwise disappeared.
- (copulative) To continue in a state of being.
- To await; to be left to.
noun
verb
- stay the same; remain in a certain state
- have a place in relation to something else
- take a short break from one's activities in order to relax
- rest on or as if on a pillow
- be inherent or innate in
- not move; be in a resting position
- sit, as on a branch
- give a rest to
- be at rest
- be inactive, refrain from acting
- put something in a resting position, as for support or steadying
- (transitive, intransitive, reflexive) To lean, lie, or lay.
- (intransitive) To come to a pause or an end; end.
- (no object, with complement) To continue to be, remain, be left in a certain way.
- To be satisfied; to acquiesce.
- (intransitive) To sleep; slumber.
- (intransitive) To stay, remain, be situated, or belong to.
- (intransitive) To lie dormant.
- (intransitive) To be free from that which harasses or disturbs; be quiet or still; be undisturbed.
- (intransitive) To cease from action, motion, work, or performance of any kind; stop; desist; be without motion.
- (intransitive) To rely or depend on.
- (intransitive) To sleep the final sleep; sleep in death; die; be dead.
- (transitive, reflexive, copulative) To put into a state of rest.
- (intransitive, transitive, law, US) To complete one's active advocacy in a trial or other proceeding, and thus to wait for the outcome (however, one is still generally available to answer questions, etc.)
noun
- a state of inaction
- something left after other parts have been taken away
- a support on which things can be put
- a pause for relaxation
- freedom from activity (work or strain or responsibility)
- a musical notation indicating a silence of a specified duration
- euphemisms for death (based on an analogy between lying in a bed and in a tomb)
- A projection from the right side of the cuirass of armour, serving to support the lance.
- (uncountable) That which remains.
- (uncountable, of a person or animal) Relief from work or activity by sleeping; sleep.
- (snooker, countable) A stick with a U-, V- or X-shaped head used to support the tip of a cue when the cue ball is otherwise out of reach.
- Those not included in a proposition or description; the remainder; others.
- A place where one may rest, either temporarily, as in an inn, or permanently, as, in an abode.
- (euphemistic, uncountable) A final position after death. Also, death itself: "Not alone, not alone would I go to my rest in the heart of the love..." -- George William Russell ("Love")
- (music, countable) A written symbol indicating such a pause in a musical score such as in sheet music.
- (countable) Any relief from exertion; a state of quiet and relaxation.
- (uncountable) Peace; freedom from worry, anxiety, annoyances; tranquility.
- (physics, uncountable) Absence of motion.
- (UK, finance) A surplus held as a reserved fund by a bank to equalize its dividends, etc.; in the Bank of England, the balance of assets above liabilities.
- (countable) Any object designed to be used to support something else.
- (uncountable, of an object or concept) A state of inactivity; a state of little or no motion; a state of completion.
- (music, countable) A pause of a specified length in a piece of music.
- The striking of a balance at regular intervals in a running account. Often, specifically, the intervals after which compound interest is added to capital.
- (poetry) A short pause in reading poetry; a caesura.
verb
- state categorically
- insist on having one's opinions and rights recognized
- postulate positively and assertively
- to declare or affirm solemnly and formally as true
- To declare with assurance or plainly and strongly; to state positively.
- To use or exercise and thereby prove the existence of.
- (reflexive) To insist on the legitimacy of one's rights, opinion, etc; not to allow oneself to be dismissed; to ensure that one is taken into consideration; to make oneself respected; to be assertive. See assert oneself.
- (programming) To declare that a condition or expression must be true at a certain point in the source code (in some cases causing the program to fail if it is not, as a safeguard).
- To maintain or defend, as a cause or a claim, by words or measures; to vindicate a claim or title to.
- (electronics) To set a signal on a line using a voltage or electric current.
noun
verb
- state categorically
- have and exercise
- maintain for use and service
- keep in safety and protect from harm, decay, loss, or destruction
- supply with necessities and support
- support against an opponent
- stick to correctly or closely
- maintain by writing regular records
- cause to continue in a certain state, position, or activity
- state or assert
- To declare or affirm (a clause) to be true; to assert.
- To keep in good condition and working order.
- To keep up; to preserve; to uphold (a state, condition etc.).
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adj
noun
adj
- capable of assuming or producing either of two states
- capable of reversing or being reversed
- capable of being reversed
- capable of being reversed or used with either side out
- (of clothing) Able to be worn inside out.
- (thermodynamics) Capable of returning to the original state without consumption of free energy and increase of entropy.
- (chemistry, of a chemical reaction) Capable of proceeding in either direction.
- Able to be reversed.
- (physics, of a phase change) Capable of returning to the original state.
- (law) Providing sufficient reason for a court decision to be overturned on appeal.