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adj
- Of a person, possessing a bored indolence.
- Having no effect.
- Done in a careless or perfunctory manner.
- Reluctant to work or to exert oneself.
- Having no reason for being (raison d’être); having no point, reason, or purpose.
- producing no result or effect
- serving no useful purpose; having no excuse for being
- disinclined to work or exertion
verb
- cause to be bored
- (transitive) To inspire boredom in somebody.
- make a hole, especially with a pointed power or hand tool
- (intransitive) To push forward in a certain direction with laborious effort.
- (intransitive) To make a hole with, or as if with, a boring instrument; to cut a circular hole by the rotary motion of a tool.
- (transitive, sports, slang) To push or drive (a boxer into the ropes, a boat out of its course, etc.).
- (transitive) To form or enlarge (something) by means of a boring instrument or apparatus.
- simple past of bear
- (intransitive) To glare (as if to drill a hole with the eyes).
- (intransitive) To be pierced or penetrated by an instrument that cuts as it turns.
- (transitive) To make (a passage) by laborious effort, as in boring; to force a narrow and difficult passage through.
- (colloquial) past participle of bear
- (proscribed) simple past of bare
- (transitive) To make a hole through something.
noun
- a person who evokes boredom
- diameter of a tube or gun barrel
- a hole or passage made by a drill; usually made for exploratory purposes
- a high wave (often dangerous) caused by tidal flow (as by colliding tidal currents or in a narrow estuary)
- Something dull or uninteresting.
- A hole drilled or milled through something, or (by extension) its diameter.
- A sudden and rapid flow of tide occurring in certain rivers and estuaries which rolls up as a wave.
- A tool, such as an auger, for making a hole by boring.
- The place where such a well exists.
- The tunnel inside of a gun's barrel through which the bullet travels when fired, or (by extension) its diameter.
- A capped well drilled to tap artesian water.
- One who inspires boredom or lack of interest; an uninteresting person.
- Calibre; importance.
verb
noun
- hoop that covers a wheel
- A child's apron covering the upper part of the body, and tied with tape or cord; a pinafore. Also tier.
- A covering for the head; a headdress.
- (American spelling) Alternative spelling of tyre: The metal rim of a wheel, especially that of a railroad locomotive.
- A tier, row, or rank.
- (American spelling, Canadian spelling) Alternative spelling of tyre: The rubber covering on a wheel.
noun
- A dull or lazy person.
- A small, shaped mass of sugar, typically about a teaspoonful.
- Something that protrudes, sticks out, or sticks together; a cluster or blob; a mound or mass of no particular shape.
- (informal, as plural) A beating or verbal abuse.
- A fat person.
- A kind of fish, the lumpsucker.
- A group, set, or unit.
- A swelling or nodule of tissue under the skin or in an internal part of the body.
- A projection beneath the breech end of a gun barrel.
- an awkward stupid person
- an abnormal protuberance or localized enlargement
- a compact mass
- a large piece of something without definite shape
verb
- (intransitive) To form a lump or lumps.
- (transitive) To burden (someone) with an undesired task or responsibility.
- (transitive) To treat as a single unit; to group together in a casual or chaotic manner (as if forming an ill-defined lump of the items).
- (transitive) To bear (a heavy or awkward burden); to carry (something unwieldy) from one place to another.
- (transitive, slang) To hit or strike (a person).
- group or chunk together in a certain order or place side by side
- put together indiscriminately
adj
name
noun
prep_phrase
verb
noun
- A dull person with conventional thoughts.
- (inorganic chemistry) A binary compound of bromine and some other element or radical.
- (inorganic chemistry) The anionic form of a bromine atom.
- (inorganic chemistry) Any salt of hydrobromic acid.
- (photography) A print made on bromide paper.
- A platitude.
- a trite or obvious remark
- any of the salts of hydrobromic acid; formerly used as a sedative but now generally replaced by safer drugs
adj
- Dull, boring, tedious; long-winded in expression.
- (rare) Characterized by or associated with pondering.
- (figuratively, by extension) Serious, onerous, oppressive.
- Clumsy, unwieldy, or slow, especially due to weight.
- Heavy, massive, weighty.
- slow and laborious because of weight
- having great mass and weight and unwieldiness
- labored and dull
adj
- Lacking interest, boring.
- (Christianity) Of a mass, service, or rite: involving neither consecration nor communion.
- (figurative) Athirst, eager.
- (poker) Of a board or flop: Not permitting the creation of many or of strong hands.
- Free from or lacking alcohol or alcoholic beverages.
- (fine arts) Exhibiting precise execution lacking delicate contours or soft transitions of color.
- (aviation) Not using afterburners or water injection for increased thrust.
- (of a sound recording) Free from applied audio effects (especially reverb).
- In a dry spell (e.g., unemployed, slow).
- Of a bite from an animal: not containing the usual venom.
- Free from or lacking embellishment or sweetness, particularly:
- (law) Describing an area where sales of alcoholic or strong alcoholic beverages are banned.
- (wine and other alcoholic beverages, ginger ale) Low in sugar; lacking sugar; unsweetened.
- Unable to produce a liquid, as water, (petrochemistry) oil, or (agriculture) milk.
- (humor) Amusing without showing amusement.
- (chemistry) Anhydrous: free from or lacking water in any state, regardless of the presence of other liquids.
- (Malaysia, Singapore, of noodles) Mixed with sauce and not served in a soup.
- Without a usual complement or consummation; impotent.
- (masonry) Built without or lacking mortar.
- Free from or lacking moisture.
- (sciences, somewhat derogatory) Involving computations rather than work with biological or chemical matter.
- having no adornment or coloration
- having a large proportion of strong liquor
- unproductive especially of the expected results
- lacking moisture or volatile components
- not producing milk
- used of solid substances in contrast with liquid ones
- without a mucous or watery discharge
- free from liquid or moisture; lacking natural or normal moisture or depleted of water; or no longer wet
- (of food) eaten without a spread or sauce or other garnish
- lacking warmth or emotional involvement
- (of liquor) having a low residual sugar content because of decomposition of sugar during fermentation
- practicing complete abstinence from alcoholic beverages
- lacking interest or stimulation; dull and lifeless
- opposed to or prohibiting the production and sale of alcoholic beverages
- not shedding tears
- humorously sarcastic or mocking
noun
- (Australia) An area of waterless country.
- (US) A prohibitionist (of alcoholic beverages).
- (British, UK politics) A radical or hard-line Conservative; especially, one who supported the policies of British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher in the 1980s.
- (chiefly Australia, with "the") The dry season.
- Unsweetened ginger ale; dry ginger.
- An area with little or no rain, or sheltered from it.
- The process by which something is dried.
- a reformer who opposes the use of intoxicating beverages
verb
verb
- To dull or stupefy.
- To powder; to pulverize.
- To heat and spice something, such as wine.
- (usually with over) To work (over) mentally; to cogitate; to ruminate.
- To join two or more individual windows at mullions.
- To chop marijuana so that it becomes a smokable form.
- reflect deeply on a subject
- heat with sugar and spices to make a hot drink
noun
- (Scotland) A promontory.
- The gauze used in bookbinding to adhere a text block to a book's cover.
- An inferior kind of madder prepared from the smaller roots or the peelings and refuse of the larger.
- (dialectal, Northern England) Dirt, dust, or other waste matter.
- Friable forest humus that forms a layer of mixed organic matter and mineral soil and merges gradually into the mineral soil beneath.
- A stew of meat, broth, milk, butter, vegetables, and seasonings, thickened with soda crackers.
- A snuffbox made of the small end of a horn.
- A thin, soft muslin.
- (uncountable) Marijuana that has been chopped to prepare it for smoking.
- a term used in Scottish names of promontories
noun
- A stupid or boring person; dullard.
- (slang) A zombie.
- An employee of a transport company, especially a pilot or flight attendant, traveling as a passenger for logistical reasons, for example to return home or travel to the next assignment.
- A tree or tree branch fixed in the bottom of a river or other navigable body of water, partially submerged or rising nearly the surface, by which boats are sometimes pierced and sunk; snag.
- A train or truck moved between cities with no passengers or freight, in order to make it available for service.
- (slang) Driftwood.
- A person either admitted to a theatrical or musical performance without charge, or paid to attend.
- (slang) Alternative form of Deadhead (“fan of the rock band The Grateful Dead”).
- Anyone traveling for free, without paying the expected fare.
- A person staying at a lodging, such as a hotel or boarding house, without paying rent; freeloader.
- a nonenterprising person who is not paying their way
- a train or bus or taxi traveling empty
verb
noun
- An act of spending time idly and unfruitfully; a dawdling.
- Alternative spelling of doddle (“a job, task, or other activity that is easy to complete or simple”).
- An act of moving or walking lackadaisically, a dawdling; a leisurely or slow walk or other journey.
- Synonym of dawdler (“a person who dawdles or idles”).
verb
adj
noun
verb
adj
- Bored, depressed, down.
- Not clear, muffled. (of a noise or sound)
- Insensible; unfeeling.
- Sluggish, listless.
- Cloudy, overcast.
- (of pain etc) Not intense; felt indistinctly or only slightly.
- Not bright or intelligent; stupid; having slow understanding.
- Heavy; lifeless; inert.
- Not shiny; having a matte finish or no particular luster or brightness.
- Boring; not exciting or interesting.
- Lacking the ability to cut easily; not sharp.
- lacking in liveliness or animation
- not having a sharp edge or point
- slow to learn or understand; lacking intellectual acuity
- darkened with overcast
- emitting or reflecting very little light
- blunted in responsiveness or sensibility
- so lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness
- not clear and resonant; sounding as if striking with or against something relatively soft
- not keenly felt
- (of business) not active or brisk
- (of color) very low in saturation; highly diluted
- being or made softer or less loud or clear
verb
- (intransitive) To lose a sharp edge; to become dull.
- To render dim or obscure; to sully; to tarnish.
- (transitive) To render dull; to remove or blunt an edge or something that was sharp.
- (transitive) To soften, moderate or blunt; to make dull, stupid, or sluggish; to stupefy.
- make less lively or vigorous
- make dull in appearance
- become less interesting or attractive
- become dull or lusterless in appearance; lose shine or brightness
- make dull or blunt
- make numb or insensitive
- deaden (a sound or noise), especially by wrapping
noun
- an idle slothful person
- any of various terrestrial gastropods having an elongated slimy body and no external shell
- (boxing) a blow with the fist
- a projectile that is fired from a gun
- an amount of an alcoholic drink (usually liquor) that is poured or gulped
- a unit of mass equal to the mass that accelerates at 1 foot/sec/sec when acted upon by a force of 1 pound; approximately 14.5939 kilograms
- a counterfeit coin
- a strip of type metal used for spacing
- A hard blow, usually with the fist.
- A solid block or piece of roughly shaped metal.
- A counterfeit coin, especially one used to steal from vending machines.
- (regional) A stranger picked up as a passenger to enable legal use of high occupancy vehicle lanes.
- (journalism) A title, name or header, a catchline, a short phrase or title to indicate the content of a newspaper or magazine story for editing use.
- (television editing) A black screen used to separate broadcast items.
- (herpetology) An infertile egg of a reptile.
- A motile pseudoplasmodium formed by amoebae working together.
- (web development, SEO) The last part of a clean URL, the displayed resource name, similar to a filename.
- A discrete mass of a material that moves as a unit, usually through another material.
- (US, slang, District of Columbia) A hitchhiking commuter.
- A ship that sails slowly.
- (rail transport) An accessory to a diesel-electric locomotive, used to increase adhesive weight and allow full power to be applied at a lower speed. It has trucks with traction motors, but lacks a prime mover, being powered by electricity from the mother locomotive, and may or may not have a control cab.
- Any of many gastropod mollusks, having no (or only a rudimentary) shell.
- (screenwriting) A block of text at the beginning of a scene that sets up the scene's location, characters, etc.
- A bullet or other projectile fired from a firearm; in modern usage, generally refers to a shotgun slug.
- A shot of a drink, usually alcoholic.
- (physics, rare) The imperial (English) unit of mass that accelerates by 1 foot per second squared (1 ft/s²) when a force of one pound-force (lbf) is exerted on it.
- (letterpress typography) A piece of type metal imprinted by a linotype machine; also a black mark placed in the margin to indicate an error; also said in application to typewriters; type slug.
verb
- be idle; exist in a changeless situation
- strike heavily, especially with the fist or a bat
- (intransitive, of a bullet) To become reduced in diameter, or changed in shape, by passing from a larger to a smaller part of the bore of the barrel.
- (transitive) To load with a slug or slugs.
- To take part in casual carpooling; to form ad hoc, informal carpools for commuting, essentially a variation of ride-share commuting and hitchhiking.
- To drink quickly; to gulp; to down.
- To make sluggish.
- (transitive) To hit very hard, usually with the fist.
noun
- A person who is idle or lazy; an idler.
- A hook, ring, or other device for connecting, holding, lifting, etc.; specifically (nautical), a small incomplete ring secured with a bolt across the ends, used to connect lengths of cable or chain together, or to keep a porthole closed.
- (agriculture) Synonym of hobble or hopple (“a short strap tied between the legs of a horse, allowing it to wander a short distance but not to run off”).
- (nautical) A length of cable or chain equal to 12½ fathoms (75 feet or about 22.9 metres), or later to 15 fathoms (90 feet or about 27.4 metres).
- (usually in the plural) A restraint fitted over a human or animal appendage, such as an ankle, finger, or wrist, normally used in a pair joined by a chain.
- Part of a padlock that consists of a loop of metal (round or square in cross section) that encompasses what is being secured by the lock.
- (dice games) A dice game; also, an event at which tickets are sold for chances to be drawn to win prizes; a raffle.
- (rail transport) A link for connecting railroad cars; a draglink, drawbar, or drawlink.
- A U-shaped piece of metal secured with a bolt or pin across the ends, or a hinged metal loop secured with a quick-release locking pin mechanism, used for attaching things together while allowing for some degree of movement; a clevis.
- (figurative, usually in the plural) A restraint on one's action, activity, or progress.
- a U-shaped bar; the open end can be passed through chain links and closed with a bar
- a restraint that confines or restricts freedom (especially something used to tie down or restrain a prisoner)
verb
- To inhibit or restrain the ability, action, activity, or progress of (someone or something); to render (someone or something) incapable or ineffectual.
- To connect or couple (something) to another thing using a shackle (noun etymology 1 sense 1.1.1, etymology 1 sense 1.1.3, etc.).
- (intransitive) Often followed by about: to be idle or lazy; to avoid work.
- To rattle or shake (something).
- To place (a person or animal) in shackles (noun etymology 1 sense 1); to immobilize or restrain using shackles.
- (intransitive, reflexive) Of two things: to connect or couple together.
- To provide (something) with a shackle.
- To put (something) into disorder; specifically (agriculture), to cause (standing stalks of corn) to fall over.
- restrain with fetters
- bind the arms of
verb
- cause to be bored
- (transitive) To inspire boredom in somebody.
- make a hole, especially with a pointed power or hand tool
- (intransitive) To push forward in a certain direction with laborious effort.
- (intransitive) To make a hole with, or as if with, a boring instrument; to cut a circular hole by the rotary motion of a tool.
- (transitive, sports, slang) To push or drive (a boxer into the ropes, a boat out of its course, etc.).
- (transitive) To form or enlarge (something) by means of a boring instrument or apparatus.
- simple past of bear
- (intransitive) To glare (as if to drill a hole with the eyes).
- (intransitive) To be pierced or penetrated by an instrument that cuts as it turns.
- (transitive) To make (a passage) by laborious effort, as in boring; to force a narrow and difficult passage through.
- (colloquial) past participle of bear
- (proscribed) simple past of bare
- (transitive) To make a hole through something.
noun
- a person who evokes boredom
- diameter of a tube or gun barrel
- a hole or passage made by a drill; usually made for exploratory purposes
- a high wave (often dangerous) caused by tidal flow (as by colliding tidal currents or in a narrow estuary)
- Something dull or uninteresting.
- A hole drilled or milled through something, or (by extension) its diameter.
- A sudden and rapid flow of tide occurring in certain rivers and estuaries which rolls up as a wave.
- A tool, such as an auger, for making a hole by boring.
- The place where such a well exists.
- The tunnel inside of a gun's barrel through which the bullet travels when fired, or (by extension) its diameter.
- A capped well drilled to tap artesian water.
- One who inspires boredom or lack of interest; an uninteresting person.
- Calibre; importance.
noun
- A dull or lazy person.
- A small, shaped mass of sugar, typically about a teaspoonful.
- Something that protrudes, sticks out, or sticks together; a cluster or blob; a mound or mass of no particular shape.
- (informal, as plural) A beating or verbal abuse.
- A fat person.
- A kind of fish, the lumpsucker.
- A group, set, or unit.
- A swelling or nodule of tissue under the skin or in an internal part of the body.
- A projection beneath the breech end of a gun barrel.
- an awkward stupid person
- an abnormal protuberance or localized enlargement
- a compact mass
- a large piece of something without definite shape
verb
- (intransitive) To form a lump or lumps.
- (transitive) To burden (someone) with an undesired task or responsibility.
- (transitive) To treat as a single unit; to group together in a casual or chaotic manner (as if forming an ill-defined lump of the items).
- (transitive) To bear (a heavy or awkward burden); to carry (something unwieldy) from one place to another.
- (transitive, slang) To hit or strike (a person).
- group or chunk together in a certain order or place side by side
- put together indiscriminately
noun
- A dull person with conventional thoughts.
- (inorganic chemistry) A binary compound of bromine and some other element or radical.
- (inorganic chemistry) The anionic form of a bromine atom.
- (inorganic chemistry) Any salt of hydrobromic acid.
- (photography) A print made on bromide paper.
- A platitude.
- a trite or obvious remark
- any of the salts of hydrobromic acid; formerly used as a sedative but now generally replaced by safer drugs
noun
- A stupid or boring person; dullard.
- (slang) A zombie.
- An employee of a transport company, especially a pilot or flight attendant, traveling as a passenger for logistical reasons, for example to return home or travel to the next assignment.
- A tree or tree branch fixed in the bottom of a river or other navigable body of water, partially submerged or rising nearly the surface, by which boats are sometimes pierced and sunk; snag.
- A train or truck moved between cities with no passengers or freight, in order to make it available for service.
- (slang) Driftwood.
- A person either admitted to a theatrical or musical performance without charge, or paid to attend.
- (slang) Alternative form of Deadhead (“fan of the rock band The Grateful Dead”).
- Anyone traveling for free, without paying the expected fare.
- A person staying at a lodging, such as a hotel or boarding house, without paying rent; freeloader.
- a nonenterprising person who is not paying their way
- a train or bus or taxi traveling empty
verb
noun
- An act of spending time idly and unfruitfully; a dawdling.
- Alternative spelling of doddle (“a job, task, or other activity that is easy to complete or simple”).
- An act of moving or walking lackadaisically, a dawdling; a leisurely or slow walk or other journey.
- Synonym of dawdler (“a person who dawdles or idles”).
verb
noun
- an idle slothful person
- any of various terrestrial gastropods having an elongated slimy body and no external shell
- (boxing) a blow with the fist
- a projectile that is fired from a gun
- an amount of an alcoholic drink (usually liquor) that is poured or gulped
- a unit of mass equal to the mass that accelerates at 1 foot/sec/sec when acted upon by a force of 1 pound; approximately 14.5939 kilograms
- a counterfeit coin
- a strip of type metal used for spacing
- A hard blow, usually with the fist.
- A solid block or piece of roughly shaped metal.
- A counterfeit coin, especially one used to steal from vending machines.
- (regional) A stranger picked up as a passenger to enable legal use of high occupancy vehicle lanes.
- (journalism) A title, name or header, a catchline, a short phrase or title to indicate the content of a newspaper or magazine story for editing use.
- (television editing) A black screen used to separate broadcast items.
- (herpetology) An infertile egg of a reptile.
- A motile pseudoplasmodium formed by amoebae working together.
- (web development, SEO) The last part of a clean URL, the displayed resource name, similar to a filename.
- A discrete mass of a material that moves as a unit, usually through another material.
- (US, slang, District of Columbia) A hitchhiking commuter.
- A ship that sails slowly.
- (rail transport) An accessory to a diesel-electric locomotive, used to increase adhesive weight and allow full power to be applied at a lower speed. It has trucks with traction motors, but lacks a prime mover, being powered by electricity from the mother locomotive, and may or may not have a control cab.
- Any of many gastropod mollusks, having no (or only a rudimentary) shell.
- (screenwriting) A block of text at the beginning of a scene that sets up the scene's location, characters, etc.
- A bullet or other projectile fired from a firearm; in modern usage, generally refers to a shotgun slug.
- A shot of a drink, usually alcoholic.
- (physics, rare) The imperial (English) unit of mass that accelerates by 1 foot per second squared (1 ft/s²) when a force of one pound-force (lbf) is exerted on it.
- (letterpress typography) A piece of type metal imprinted by a linotype machine; also a black mark placed in the margin to indicate an error; also said in application to typewriters; type slug.
verb
- be idle; exist in a changeless situation
- strike heavily, especially with the fist or a bat
- (intransitive, of a bullet) To become reduced in diameter, or changed in shape, by passing from a larger to a smaller part of the bore of the barrel.
- (transitive) To load with a slug or slugs.
- To take part in casual carpooling; to form ad hoc, informal carpools for commuting, essentially a variation of ride-share commuting and hitchhiking.
- To drink quickly; to gulp; to down.
- To make sluggish.
- (transitive) To hit very hard, usually with the fist.
noun
- A person who is idle or lazy; an idler.
- A hook, ring, or other device for connecting, holding, lifting, etc.; specifically (nautical), a small incomplete ring secured with a bolt across the ends, used to connect lengths of cable or chain together, or to keep a porthole closed.
- (agriculture) Synonym of hobble or hopple (“a short strap tied between the legs of a horse, allowing it to wander a short distance but not to run off”).
- (nautical) A length of cable or chain equal to 12½ fathoms (75 feet or about 22.9 metres), or later to 15 fathoms (90 feet or about 27.4 metres).
- (usually in the plural) A restraint fitted over a human or animal appendage, such as an ankle, finger, or wrist, normally used in a pair joined by a chain.
- Part of a padlock that consists of a loop of metal (round or square in cross section) that encompasses what is being secured by the lock.
- (dice games) A dice game; also, an event at which tickets are sold for chances to be drawn to win prizes; a raffle.
- (rail transport) A link for connecting railroad cars; a draglink, drawbar, or drawlink.
- A U-shaped piece of metal secured with a bolt or pin across the ends, or a hinged metal loop secured with a quick-release locking pin mechanism, used for attaching things together while allowing for some degree of movement; a clevis.
- (figurative, usually in the plural) A restraint on one's action, activity, or progress.
- a U-shaped bar; the open end can be passed through chain links and closed with a bar
- a restraint that confines or restricts freedom (especially something used to tie down or restrain a prisoner)
verb
- To inhibit or restrain the ability, action, activity, or progress of (someone or something); to render (someone or something) incapable or ineffectual.
- To connect or couple (something) to another thing using a shackle (noun etymology 1 sense 1.1.1, etymology 1 sense 1.1.3, etc.).
- (intransitive) Often followed by about: to be idle or lazy; to avoid work.
- To rattle or shake (something).
- To place (a person or animal) in shackles (noun etymology 1 sense 1); to immobilize or restrain using shackles.
- (intransitive, reflexive) Of two things: to connect or couple together.
- To provide (something) with a shackle.
- To put (something) into disorder; specifically (agriculture), to cause (standing stalks of corn) to fall over.
- restrain with fetters
- bind the arms of
verb
- cause to be bored
- (transitive) To inspire boredom in somebody.
- make a hole, especially with a pointed power or hand tool
- (intransitive) To push forward in a certain direction with laborious effort.
- (intransitive) To make a hole with, or as if with, a boring instrument; to cut a circular hole by the rotary motion of a tool.
- (transitive, sports, slang) To push or drive (a boxer into the ropes, a boat out of its course, etc.).
- (transitive) To form or enlarge (something) by means of a boring instrument or apparatus.
- simple past of bear
- (intransitive) To glare (as if to drill a hole with the eyes).
- (intransitive) To be pierced or penetrated by an instrument that cuts as it turns.
- (transitive) To make (a passage) by laborious effort, as in boring; to force a narrow and difficult passage through.
- (colloquial) past participle of bear
- (proscribed) simple past of bare
- (transitive) To make a hole through something.
noun
- a person who evokes boredom
- diameter of a tube or gun barrel
- a hole or passage made by a drill; usually made for exploratory purposes
- a high wave (often dangerous) caused by tidal flow (as by colliding tidal currents or in a narrow estuary)
- Something dull or uninteresting.
- A hole drilled or milled through something, or (by extension) its diameter.
- A sudden and rapid flow of tide occurring in certain rivers and estuaries which rolls up as a wave.
- A tool, such as an auger, for making a hole by boring.
- The place where such a well exists.
- The tunnel inside of a gun's barrel through which the bullet travels when fired, or (by extension) its diameter.
- A capped well drilled to tap artesian water.
- One who inspires boredom or lack of interest; an uninteresting person.
- Calibre; importance.
verb
noun
- hoop that covers a wheel
- A child's apron covering the upper part of the body, and tied with tape or cord; a pinafore. Also tier.
- A covering for the head; a headdress.
- (American spelling) Alternative spelling of tyre: The metal rim of a wheel, especially that of a railroad locomotive.
- A tier, row, or rank.
- (American spelling, Canadian spelling) Alternative spelling of tyre: The rubber covering on a wheel.
verb
- To dull or stupefy.
- To powder; to pulverize.
- To heat and spice something, such as wine.
- (usually with over) To work (over) mentally; to cogitate; to ruminate.
- To join two or more individual windows at mullions.
- To chop marijuana so that it becomes a smokable form.
- reflect deeply on a subject
- heat with sugar and spices to make a hot drink
noun
- (Scotland) A promontory.
- The gauze used in bookbinding to adhere a text block to a book's cover.
- An inferior kind of madder prepared from the smaller roots or the peelings and refuse of the larger.
- (dialectal, Northern England) Dirt, dust, or other waste matter.
- Friable forest humus that forms a layer of mixed organic matter and mineral soil and merges gradually into the mineral soil beneath.
- A stew of meat, broth, milk, butter, vegetables, and seasonings, thickened with soda crackers.
- A snuffbox made of the small end of a horn.
- A thin, soft muslin.
- (uncountable) Marijuana that has been chopped to prepare it for smoking.
- a term used in Scottish names of promontories
adj
- Of a person, possessing a bored indolence.
- Having no effect.
- Done in a careless or perfunctory manner.
- Reluctant to work or to exert oneself.
- Having no reason for being (raison d’être); having no point, reason, or purpose.
- producing no result or effect
- serving no useful purpose; having no excuse for being
- disinclined to work or exertion
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- Dull, boring, tedious; long-winded in expression.
- (rare) Characterized by or associated with pondering.
- (figuratively, by extension) Serious, onerous, oppressive.
- Clumsy, unwieldy, or slow, especially due to weight.
- Heavy, massive, weighty.
- slow and laborious because of weight
- having great mass and weight and unwieldiness
- labored and dull
adj
- Lacking interest, boring.
- (Christianity) Of a mass, service, or rite: involving neither consecration nor communion.
- (figurative) Athirst, eager.
- (poker) Of a board or flop: Not permitting the creation of many or of strong hands.
- Free from or lacking alcohol or alcoholic beverages.
- (fine arts) Exhibiting precise execution lacking delicate contours or soft transitions of color.
- (aviation) Not using afterburners or water injection for increased thrust.
- (of a sound recording) Free from applied audio effects (especially reverb).
- In a dry spell (e.g., unemployed, slow).
- Of a bite from an animal: not containing the usual venom.
- Free from or lacking embellishment or sweetness, particularly:
- (law) Describing an area where sales of alcoholic or strong alcoholic beverages are banned.
- (wine and other alcoholic beverages, ginger ale) Low in sugar; lacking sugar; unsweetened.
- Unable to produce a liquid, as water, (petrochemistry) oil, or (agriculture) milk.
- (humor) Amusing without showing amusement.
- (chemistry) Anhydrous: free from or lacking water in any state, regardless of the presence of other liquids.
- (Malaysia, Singapore, of noodles) Mixed with sauce and not served in a soup.
- Without a usual complement or consummation; impotent.
- (masonry) Built without or lacking mortar.
- Free from or lacking moisture.
- (sciences, somewhat derogatory) Involving computations rather than work with biological or chemical matter.
- having no adornment or coloration
- having a large proportion of strong liquor
- unproductive especially of the expected results
- lacking moisture or volatile components
- not producing milk
- used of solid substances in contrast with liquid ones
- without a mucous or watery discharge
- free from liquid or moisture; lacking natural or normal moisture or depleted of water; or no longer wet
- (of food) eaten without a spread or sauce or other garnish
- lacking warmth or emotional involvement
- (of liquor) having a low residual sugar content because of decomposition of sugar during fermentation
- practicing complete abstinence from alcoholic beverages
- lacking interest or stimulation; dull and lifeless
- opposed to or prohibiting the production and sale of alcoholic beverages
- not shedding tears
- humorously sarcastic or mocking
noun
- (Australia) An area of waterless country.
- (US) A prohibitionist (of alcoholic beverages).
- (British, UK politics) A radical or hard-line Conservative; especially, one who supported the policies of British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher in the 1980s.
- (chiefly Australia, with "the") The dry season.
- Unsweetened ginger ale; dry ginger.
- An area with little or no rain, or sheltered from it.
- The process by which something is dried.
- a reformer who opposes the use of intoxicating beverages
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- Bored, depressed, down.
- Not clear, muffled. (of a noise or sound)
- Insensible; unfeeling.
- Sluggish, listless.
- Cloudy, overcast.
- (of pain etc) Not intense; felt indistinctly or only slightly.
- Not bright or intelligent; stupid; having slow understanding.
- Heavy; lifeless; inert.
- Not shiny; having a matte finish or no particular luster or brightness.
- Boring; not exciting or interesting.
- Lacking the ability to cut easily; not sharp.
- lacking in liveliness or animation
- not having a sharp edge or point
- slow to learn or understand; lacking intellectual acuity
- darkened with overcast
- emitting or reflecting very little light
- blunted in responsiveness or sensibility
- so lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness
- not clear and resonant; sounding as if striking with or against something relatively soft
- not keenly felt
- (of business) not active or brisk
- (of color) very low in saturation; highly diluted
- being or made softer or less loud or clear
verb
- (intransitive) To lose a sharp edge; to become dull.
- To render dim or obscure; to sully; to tarnish.
- (transitive) To render dull; to remove or blunt an edge or something that was sharp.
- (transitive) To soften, moderate or blunt; to make dull, stupid, or sluggish; to stupefy.
- make less lively or vigorous
- make dull in appearance
- become less interesting or attractive
- become dull or lusterless in appearance; lose shine or brightness
- make dull or blunt
- make numb or insensitive
- deaden (a sound or noise), especially by wrapping