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noun
noun
- a place off to the side of an area
- the intersection of two streets
- a projecting part where two sides or edges meet
- the point where two lines meet or intersect
- a small concavity
- a temporary monopoly on a kind of commercial trade
- (architecture) solid exterior angle of a building; especially one formed by a cornerstone
- a remote area
- the point where three areas or surfaces meet or intersect
- an interior angle formed by two meeting walls
- a predicament from which a skillful or graceful escape is impossible
- (baseball) One of the four vertices of the strike zone.
- (business, finance) A sufficient interest in a salable security or commodity to allow the cornering party to influence prices.
- (soccer) A corner kick.
- (baseball) First base or third base.
- (boxing, by extension) The group of people who assist a boxer during a bout.
- The point where two converging lines meet; an angle, either external or internal.
- An intersection of two streets; any of the four outer points off the street at that intersection.
- One who corns, or preserves food in salt.
- (American football) A cornerback.
- (boxing) The corner of the ring, which is where the boxer rests before and during a fight.
- (figuratively) Complete control or ownership of something.
- A secret or secluded place; a remote or out of the way place; a nook.
- A place where people meet for a particular purpose.
- An embarrassing situation; a difficulty.
- The projection into space of an angle in a solid object.
- (attributive) Denoting a premises that is in a convenient local location, notionally, but not necessarily literally, on the corner of two streets.
- (Maine) The neighborhood surrounding an intersection of rural roads.
- The space in the angle between converging lines or walls which meet in a point.
- An edge or extremity; the part farthest from the center; hence, any quarter or part, or the direction in which it lies.
verb
- force a person or an animal into a position from which they cannot escape
- turn a corner
- gain control over
- (automotive, transitive) To turn a corner or drive around a curve.
- (transitive) To put (someone) in an awkward situation.
- (finance, business, transitive) To get sufficient command of (a stock, commodity, etc.), so as to be able to manipulate its price.
- (transitive) To supply with corners.
- (automotive, intransitive) To handle while moving around a corner in a road or otherwise turning.
- (transitive) To drive (someone or something) into a corner or other confined space.
- (transitive) To trap in a position of great difficulty or hopeless embarrassment.
intj
noun
name
- The surrounding area.
- A community in Central Frontenac, Frontenac County, Ontario, Canada.
- Piccadilly, a street running from Hyde Park Corner to Piccadilly Circus.
- A village in Kingsbury parish, North Warwickshire district, Warwickshire, England, named after Piccadilly in London (OS grid ref SP2298).
- (rail transport) Manchester Piccadilly station, the main railway station in Manchester.
- A community in Piccadilly Slant-Abraham's Cove, Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
- A suburb of Swinton, Metropolitan Borough of Rotherham, South Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SK4598).
- A small town in Adelaide Hills council area, South Australia.
- (rail transport) The Piccadilly Line of the London Underground, originally known as the Great Northern, Piccadilly and Brompton Railway.
- A hamlet in Beechingstoke parish, Wiltshire, England (OS grid ref SU0959).
- A suburb of Kalgoorlie, City of Kalgoorlie-Boulder, Western Australia.
adv
adj
- from or between other countries
- relating to or being on or near the outer side or limit
- on or toward an outer edge
- unlikely to occur
- coming from the outside
- originating or belonging beyond some bounds
- functioning outside the boundaries or precincts of an organized unit
- leading to or from the outside
- located, suited for, or taking place in the open air
- (of a baseball pitch) on the far side of home plate from the batter
- (baseball, of a pitch) Away (far) from the batter as it crosses home plate.
- Of, pertaining to or originating from beyond the outer surface, limit or boundary.
- Reaching the extreme or farthest limit, as to extent, quantity, etc; maximum.
- Extending or going beyond the borders or scope of an organization, group, etc.
- (chiefly UK) Positioned towards the central division of a road: towards the right-hand side if one drives on the left, or left-hand side if one drives on the right.
- (chiefly US) Positioned towards the shoulder of a road: towards the left-hand side if one drives on the left, or right-hand side if one drives on the right.
- Originating from, arranged by, or being someone outside an organization, group, etc.
- (of a person) Not legally married to or related to (e.g. not born in wedlock to), and/or not residing with, a specified other person (parent, child, or partner); (of a marriage, relationship, etc) existing between two such people. (Compare out of wedlock, nonresidential.)
- Away from the interior or center of something.
- Of or pertaining to the outer surface, limit or boundary.
noun
- the outer side or surface of something
- the region that is outside of something
- The side of a curved road, racetrack etc. that has the longer arc length; the side of a racetrack furthest from the interior of the course or some other point of reference.
- The space beyond some limit or boundary.
- The furthest limit, as to number, quantity, extent, etc.
- (surfing) The outer part of the sea, away from the peak of a wave.
- The part of a road towards the central division: towards the right if one drives on the left, or towards the left if one drives on the right.
- The external appearance of someone or something.
- The part of something that faces out; the outer surface.
prep
verb
noun
noun
- A surrounding.
- (also parapsychology) A supposed emanation from and surrounding a living person or thing, regarded by mystics as consisting of the essence of the individual.
- (pathology) A subjective sensation experienced at the onset of a neurological condition, especially a migraine headache or epileptic seizure.
- (figurative, with about, of) A distinctive atmosphere or quality surrounding or associated with something or someone.
- A subtle emanation or exhalation of any substance, such as an aroma or odour.
- (uncountable, Internet slang) The charisma or suave excellence of a person, especially implying their vibe or energy.
- an indication of radiant light drawn around the head of a saint
- a sensation (as of a cold breeze or bright light) that precedes the onset of certain disorders such as a migraine attack or epileptic seizure
- a distinctive but intangible quality surrounding a person or thing
adj
adj
noun
- (military, firearms) The fourth circle on a target, outside the inner and magpie.
- Someone who admits to something publicly.
- An outer part.
- (sports) An uncovered section of the seating at a stadium or sportsground.
- (UK politics) One who supports leaving the European Union.
- Someone who outs another.
- A shot which strikes the outer of a target.
- An ouster; dispossession.
- (retail) The smallest single unit sold by wholesalers to retailers, usually one retail display box.
- One who puts out, ousts, or expels.
verb
noun
- support holding a football on end and above the ground preparatory to the kickoff
- a short peg put into the ground to hold a golf ball off the ground
- the starting place for each hole on a golf course
- (golf) A flat area of ground from which players hit their first shots on a golf hole.
- The mark at which players aim in quoits.
- The name of the Latin script letter T/t.
- A finial resembling an umbrella, crowning a dagoba in Indochinese countries.
- Something shaped like the letter T.
- (sports) A usually wooden or plastic peg from which a ball is kicked or hit.
- (clothing, informal) Ellipsis of tee-shirt.
- (computing) The process of redirecting output to multiple destinations.
- (curling) The target area of a curling rink.
verb
- place on a tee
- make detailed arrangements or preparations
- (basketball) To give a coach or player a technical foul.
- (American football) To place the ball on a tee, ready for kickoff.
- (figurative) To prepare; to make ready.
- (golf) To place a golf ball on a tee.
- (soccer) To pass the ball to someone, facilitating a shot.
adv
- throughout an area
- beyond the top or upper surface or edge; forward from an upright position
- at or to a point across intervening space etc.
- throughout a period of time
- over the entire area
- Beyond or in excess of what is correct or expected.
- Up one side of something, across, and then down the other side.
- So as to reverse up/down orientation, or otherwise change orientation by rotating.
- From an upright position to a horizontal one.
- On top of something, or so as to cover something.
- (often in compounds) To a high or excessive degree; overly; see also over-.
- Overnight (throughout the night).
- Across from one side of something to the other.
- Expressing figurative movement from one position or state across to another.
- Thoroughly; completely; from beginning to end.
- Indicating a direction or location away from the speaker, usually roughly horizontally or visualised as such.
- So as to pass above.
- (US, usually with do) Again; another time; once more; over again.
- So as to fold towards or onto itself.
- From one position or location to another, horizontally or approximately so, or along a route visualised as "across".
- See also individual entries for phrasal verbs: go over, hand over, run over, take over, win over, etc.
- So as to reverse or exchange position(s).
- Used for rhetorical effect to reinforce that something was done the stated number of times.
- Across something, such as an edge, and then downwards.
- To a future time.
adj
- having come or been brought to a conclusion
- (professional wrestling slang) Of a wrestler: generating a reaction from fans.
- (informal) Visiting one's home or other location.
- (botany) Of a flower: wilting or withering.
- Having surmounted an obstacle.
- Surplus to requirements.
- Finished; ended; concluded.
- (informal, of an ongoing situation) Hopeless; irrecoverable.
- (informal) Having an excess in a particular respect.
noun
- (cricket) the division of play during which six balls are bowled at the batsman by one player from the other team from the same end of the pitch
- (gambling) A bet that a particular sporting statistic, such a points scored in a game, will be above a certain stated value.
- (informal) Something having an excess of a particular property.
- Any surplus amount of money, goods delivered, etc.
- (cricket) A set of six legal balls bowled.
intj
prep
- While doing an activity involving (something), especially while consuming.
- (informal, for 'over at/in/on') At or near (a location seen as 'across' from the speaker's location).
- Indicating relative status, authority, or power
- Across, from one side to the other.
- Expressing causation: due to, as the result of.
- Above, implying superiority after a contest; in spite of; notwithstanding.
- To a greater degree than.
- On the other side of.
- From one physical position to another via an obstacle that must be traversed vertically, first upwards and then downwards.
- In a position of having overcome (a problem or issue); past; finished with; from one state to another via a hindrance that must be solved or defeated; or via a third state that represents a significant difference from the first two.
- Through or around all the parts of.
- Across (something) and then downwards.
- (mathematics) Divided by.
- Concerning or regarding.
- Above; higher than; further up than.
- (poker) Separates the three of a kind from the pair in a full house.
- (music, more common in speech) Separates the primary chord of a slash chord from the bass note
- During or throughout (a time period).
- More than (a given value, amount, limit etc.); beyond; past; exceeding.
- On top of; in such a way as to cover.
- (in certain collocations) As compared to.
- Across, so as to pass above.
- Through or via (a particular transmission medium).
noun
- The edge of a high spot of land.
- (botany) A distinctive lower-appearing of the three true petals of an orchid.
- (zoology) One of the edges of the aperture of a univalve shell.
- (botany) One of the two opposite divisions of a labiate corolla.
- (music, colloquial) Embouchure: the condition or strength of a wind instrumentalist's lips.
- (countable) A part of the body that resembles a lip, such as the edge of a wound or the labia.
- (slang, uncountable) Backtalk; verbal impertinence.
- (colloquial) Clipping of lipstick.
- (countable) Either of the two fleshy protrusions around the opening of the mouth.
- The sharp cutting edge on the end of an auger.
- (by extension, countable) The projecting rim of an open container or a bell, etc.; a short open spout.
- (botany) either of the two parts of a bilabiate corolla or calyx
- either the outer margin or the inner margin of the aperture of a gastropod's shell
- an impudent or insolent rejoinder
- either of two fleshy folds of tissue that surround the mouth and play a role in speaking
- the top edge of a vessel or other container
verb
- (transitive) To touch or grasp with the lips; to kiss; to lap the lips against (something).
- (intransitive) To rise or flow up to or over the edge of something.
- (transitive, music) To change the sound of (a musical note played on a wind instrument) by moving or tensing the lips.
- (transitive) To simulate speech by moving the lips without making any sound; to mouth.
- (intransitive, transitive) To wash against a surface, lap.
- (sports) To make a golf ball hit the lip of the cup, without dropping in.
- (transitive) To utter verbally.
- (transitive, figuratively, of an object) To touch lightly.
- (transitive) To form the rim, edge or margin of something.
adv
- In the vicinity, near.
- (uncommon outside the phrase 'put by') Aside, away.
- Along a path which runs past someone or something.
- (uncommon except in set phrases) Beyond or past a certain point.
- To or at a place, as a residence or place of business.
- so as to pass a given point
- in reserve; not for immediate use
adj
noun
prep
- Following a noun.
- (horse breeding) Designates a horse's sire (“male parent”).
- Invokes an authority in an oath.
- (chiefly Yeshivish) At; with; among.
- Per; with or in proportion to each.
- Indicates the creator of a work: Existing through the authorship etc. of.
- Used to separate dimensions when describing the size of something.
- Indicates a means of classification or organisation.
- Indicates an authority according to which something is done.
- Not later than (the given time); not later than the end of (the given time interval).
- [with the] Acted on in units of the specified size or measure. (Sometimes hyperbolically)
- (not in common modern use) Following an adjective.
- Indicates a means of achieving something: Involving/using the means of.
- Following a passive verb.
- Near or next to.
- In the formulae X by X and by Xs, indicates a steady progression, one X after another.
- Indicates a referenced source: According to.
- (mathematics) multiplied by or (chiefly South Asia) divided by
- Indicates the amount of change, difference or discrepancy
- From one side of something to the other, passing close by; past.
- (nautical) in a windward direction, sailing near to the direction from which the wind is blowing
adj
adv
verb
noun
- a wilderness at the edge of a settled area of a country
- an undeveloped field of study; a topic inviting research and development
- an international boundary or the area (often fortified) immediately inside the boundary
- The part of a country which borders or faces another country or unsettled region.
- The most advanced or recent version of something; the leading edge.
verb
noun
- a piece of open land for recreational use in an urban area
- A tract of land in common ownership; common land.
- The people; the community.
- Mutual good, shared by more than one.
- (law) The right of taking a profit in the land of another, in common either with the owner or with other persons; so called from the community of interest which arises between the claimant of the right and the owner of the soil, or between the claimants and other commoners entitled to the same right.
adj
- belonging to or participated in by a community as a whole; public
- lacking refinement or cultivation or taste
- being or characteristic of or appropriate to everyday language
- of low or inferior quality or value
- to be expected; standard
- commonly encountered
- common to or shared by two or more parties
- of or associated with the great masses of people
- having no special distinction or quality; widely known or commonly encountered; average or ordinary or usual
- (taxonomy) Vernacular, referring to the name of a kind of plant or animal.
- (taxonomy) As part of the vernacular name of a species, usually denoting that it is abundant or widely known.
- Occurring or happening regularly or frequently; usual.
- (law) Arising from use or tradition, as opposed to being created by a legislative body.
- (grammar) Of, pertaining or belonging to the common gender.
- Of a quality: existing among virtually all people; universal.
- Mutual; shared by more than one.
- Simple, ordinary or vulgar.
- (grammar) Of or pertaining to common nouns as opposed to proper nouns.
- Found in large numbers or in a large quantity; usual.
noun
- a piece of open land for recreational use in an urban area
- a class composed of persons lacking clerical or noble rank
- a pasture subject to common use
- (usually singular in construction) A common (common land); especially, a central section of (usually an older) town, designated as a shared area.
- (figuratively) The mutual good of all; the abstract concept of resources shared by more than one, for example air, water, information.
- (usually singular in construction) A public area, especially a dining hall, at a college or university; a similar shared space elsewhere.
- The common people collectively, the third estate, the people not belonging to the nobility or clergy.
- Food in general; rations.
- (chiefly historical) The free burghers/bourgeoisie of a given town, taken collectively.
- plural of common
verb
noun
- a piece of open land for recreational use in an urban area
- an environmentalist who belongs to the Green Party
- an area of closely cropped grass surrounding the hole on a golf course
- any of various leafy plants or their leaves and stems eaten as vegetables
- green color or pigment; resembling the color of growing grass
- street names for ketamine
- A green light used as a signal.
- (politics, sometimes capitalized) A member of a green party; an environmentalist.
- A grassy plain; a piece of ground covered with verdant herbage.
- Any substance or pigment of a green color.
- (uncountable, slang) Marijuana.
- (snooker) One of the color balls used in snooker, with a value of 3 points.
- The color of grass and leaves; a primary additive color midway between yellow and blue which is evoked by light between roughly 495–570 nm.
- (particle physics) One of the three color charges for quarks.
- (US, slang, uncountable) Money.
- (British) A public patch of land in the middle of a settlement.
- (bowls) The surface upon which bowls is played.
- (chiefly in the plural) Fresh leaves or branches of trees or other plants; wreaths.
- (theater, informal) Ellipsis of green room.
- (golf) A putting green, the part of a golf course near the hole.
adj
- not fully developed or mature; not ripe
- of the color between blue and yellow in the color spectrum; similar to the color of fresh grass
- naive and easily deceived or tricked
- looking pale and unhealthy
- concerned with or supporting or in conformity with the political principles of the Green Party
- Good for the environment
- (politics, sometimes capitalized) Islamist.
- (film, television, historical) Of film: freshly processed by the laboratory and not yet fully physically hardened.
- Having a status (as correct, ready, or safe) denoted or coded by the color green.
- (figurative) Full of life and vigour; fresh and vigorous; new; recent; young.
- (particle physics) Having a color charge of green.
- (figurative, of people) Sickly, unwell.
- (Philippines, informal) Having a sexual connotation; indecent; lewd; risqué; obscene; profane.
- (figurative, of people) Naive or unaware of obvious facts.
- (wine) High or too high in acidity.
- Of freshly cut wood or lumber that has not been dried: containing moisture and therefore relatively more flexible or springy.
- Unripe, said of certain fruits that change color when they ripen.
- (figurative) Environmentally friendly.
- (academia) Subject to or involving a model of open access in which a published article is only available to read for free after an embargo period.
- Being or relating to the green currencies of the European Union.
- (politics, sometimes capitalized) Of a green party, environmentalism-oriented.
- Of a green hue.
- (cricket) Describing a pitch which, even if there is no visible grass, still contains a significant amount of moisture.
- (figurative) Inexperienced.
- (figurative, of people) Overcome with envy.
- (metallurgy) Of or pertaining to a part formed from compacted metal powder which has not yet undergone sintering to improve its strength.
verb
intj
noun
- a piece of open land for recreational use in an urban area
- An area zoned for a particular (industrial or commercial) purpose.
- a lot where cars are parked
- a gear position that acts as a parking brake
- a large area of land preserved in its natural state as public property
- a facility in which ball games are played (especially baseball games)
- A tract of ground kept in its natural state, about or adjacent to a residence, such as for the preservation of game, for walking, riding, or the like.
- (Australia, New Zealand, colloquial) A space in which to leave a car; a parking space.
- (UK) An inventory of matériel.
- (automotive) The gear into which one shifts an automatic transmission when one is parking a car or truck. (Denoted with symbol P on a shifter's labeling.)
- A partially enclosed basin in which oysters are grown.
- An open space occupied by or reserved for vehicles, matériel or stores.
- (US) A wide, flat-bottomed valley in a mountainous region.
- A piece of ground in or near a city or town, enclosed and kept for ornament and recreation.
- An enclosed parcel of land stocked with animals for hunting, which one may have by prescription or royal grant.
- An area on which a sporting match is played; (soccer) a pitch.
verb
- maneuver a vehicle into a parking space
- place temporarily
- (transitive, finance) To invest money temporarily in an investment instrument considered to relatively free of risk, especially while awaiting other opportunities.
- (transitive, baseball) To hit a home run; to hit the ball out of the park.
- (intransitive, slang, US) To engage in romantic or sexual activities inside a nonmoving vehicle that was driven to a suitable spot for that purpose.
- (transitive) To bring (something such as a vehicle) to a halt or store in a specified place.
- (Internet) To register a domain name, but make no use of it (See domain parking)
- (transitive) To bring together in a park, or compact body.
- (transitive, informal, figurative) To defer (a matter) until a later date.
- (transitive, oyster culture) To enclose in a park, or partially enclosed basin.
- (transitive, informal, sometimes reflexive) To sit, recline, or put, especially in a manner suggesting an intent to remain for some time.
- (transitive) To enclose in a park, or as in a park.
noun
verb
- move effortlessly; by force of gravity
- (US, Canada, dialect) To slide downhill; to slide on a sled upon snow or ice.
- (intransitive, figurative) To make a minimal effort; to continue to do something in a routine way, without initiative or effort.
- (intransitive, nautical) To sail along a coast.
- (intransitive) To glide along without adding energy; to allow a vehicle to continue moving forward after disengaging the engine or ceasing to apply motive power.
noun
noun
noun
- an area outside of cities and towns
- the territory occupied by a nation
- a politically organized body of people under a single government
- a particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography)
- the people who live in a nation or country
- The territory of a nation; a sovereign state or a region once independent and still distinct in institutions, language, etc.
- (especially British, uncountable, countable) An area of land of undefined extent; a region, a district.
- (uncountable, usually preceded by “the”) A rural area, as opposed to a town or city; the countryside.
- (informal) The spirit of the country (rural places): the spirit of country folkways; those folkways.
- The inhabitants or people of a district, region, or nation; the populace, the public.
- (mining) The rock through which a vein of ore or coal runs.
- (Australia, usually capitalised) Traditional lands of Indigenous people with embedded cultural, spiritual, cosmological, ecological, and physical attributes and values.
- Ellipsis of country music.
- (uncountable, countable) An area of land of indefinite extent or of more or less definite extent in relation to human occupation, especially characterized by its particular physical features, or its suitability for a particular activity or connected with its population (by race, dialect, culture, etc.) or a person, especially a writer, or their works.
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adv
noun
noun
- The raised centre of a road.
- the center of a cambered road
- The upper range of facets in a rose diamond.
- (firearms) A rounding or smoothing of the barrel opening.
- A whole bird with the legs and wings removed to produce a joint of white meat.
- (botany) The part of a plant where the root and stem meet.
- (UK) A standard size of printing paper measuring 20 × 15 inches.
- The highest part of a hill.
- (dentistry) A prosthetic covering for a tooth.
- (US) A standard size of writing paper measuring 19 × 15 inches.
- (old slang) The police (referring to Crown Victoria police cars).
- (clothing, monarchy) A royal, imperial or princely headdress; a diadem.
- (historical) A former predecimalization British coin worth five shillings.
- Splendor; culmination; acme.
- (religion) A round spot shaved clean on the top of the head, as a mark of the clerical state; the tonsure.
- The dome of a furnace.
- (nautical) A knot formed in the end of a rope by tucking in the strands to prevent them from unravelling.
- (anatomy, dentistry) The part of a tooth above the gums.
- The topmost part of the head.
- Any currency (originally) issued by the crown (regal power) and often bearing a crown (headdress); (translation) various currencies known by similar names in their native languages, such as the korona, koruna, krona, króna, krone.
- (nautical) The rounding, or rounded part, of the deck from a level line.
- (geometry) The area enclosed between two concentric perimeters.
- (African-American Vernacular, colloquial) A formal hat worn by women to Sunday church services; a church crown.
- (architecture) A kind of spire or lantern formed by converging flying buttresses.
- Imperial or regal power, or those who wield it.
- (by extension, especially in law) The state, the government (headed by a monarch).
- (forestry) The top of a tree.
- (nautical) The part of an anchor where the arms and the shank meet.
- (horology) The knurled knob or dial, on the outside of a watch case, used to wind it or adjust the hands.
- (metonymic) The sovereign (in a monarchy), as head of state.
- A wreath or band for the head, especially one given as reward of victory or a mark of honor.
- (chemistry) A monocyclic ligand having three or more binding sites, capable of holding a guest in a central location.
- The top section of a hat, above the brim.
- (by extension) Any reward of victory or mark of honor.
- The upper part of certain fruits, as the pineapple or strawberry, that is removed before eating.
- The highest part of an arch.
- (historical, by extension) A coin or note worth five shillings in various countries that are or were in the British Commonwealth, such as Ireland or Jamaica.
- (medicine) During childbirth, the appearance of the baby's head from the mother's vagina.
- the top or extreme point of something (usually a mountain or hill)
- an ornamental jeweled headdress signifying sovereignty
- an English coin worth 5 shillings
- the part of a hat (the vertex) that covers the crown of the head
- the top of the head
- a wreath or garland worn on the head to signify victory
- (dentistry) dental appliance consisting of an artificial crown for a broken or decayed tooth
- the award given to the champion
- the upper branches and leaves of a tree or other plant
- the part of a tooth above the gum that is covered with enamel
adj
verb
- (board games) In checkers, to stack two checkers to indicate that the piece has become a king.
- To hit on the head.
- To bestow something upon as a mark of honour, dignity, or recompense; to adorn; to dignify.
- To place a crown on the head of.
- (medicine) Of a baby, during the birthing process; for the surface of the baby's head to appear in the vaginal opening.
- To declare (someone) a winner.
- (video games) To shoot an opponent in the back of the head with a shotgun in a first-person shooter video game.
- (military) To effect a lodgment upon, as upon the crest of the glacis, or the summit of the breach.
- (nautical) To lay the ends of the strands of (a knot) over and under each other.
- (firearms) To widen the opening of the barrel.
- To form the topmost or finishing part of; to complete; to consummate; to perfect.
- Of a forest fire or bushfire, to spread to the crowns of the trees and thence move from tree to tree independent of the surface fire.
- To formally declare (someone) a king, queen, emperor, etc.
- (intransitive, slang) To be on the point of defecating.
- (transitive) To cause to round upward; to make anything higher at the middle than at the edges, such as the face of a machine pulley.
- be the culminating event
- put an enamel cover on
- invest with regal power; enthrone
- form the topmost part of
noun
- A walkway placed slightly above the ground in an ecologically vulnerable location so that pedestrians can walk through the area without causing damage.
- An elevated walkway that provides passage above the main area of a facility; a catwalk.
- A pedestrian bridge or elevated walkway that allows one to walk over a road, stream, or other obstacle, or between the upper stories of buildings.
verb
prefix
- Exterior, outside of.
- Not, opposite.
- Furthest in position
- (biochemistry) An apoenzyme: an enzyme without its cofactor; associated apoproteins.
- Different, distinct.
- (organic chemisty) Derived from, or related to.
- Away from, outward, or apart in direction.
- Distant, far from, or apart in position.
- To carry forth, to do.
- (astronomy) Apoapsis: the point of a body's elliptical orbit about the system's centre of mass where the distance between the body and the centre of mass is at its maximum.
- From, coming from.
- Disjoint, separate.
- Removal, amputation.
- (biochemistry) Lacking a metallic unit.
- Lacking, without, scant.
noun
- the center of a cambered road
- the top or extreme point of something (usually a mountain or hill)
- a showy growth of e.g. feathers or skin on the head of a bird or other animal
- (heraldry) in medieval times, an emblem used to decorate a helmet
- the top line of a hill, mountain, or wave
- The plume of feathers, or other decoration, worn on or displayed on a helmet; the distinctive ornament of a helmet.
- The top line of a slope or embankment.
- A tuft, or other natural ornament, growing on an animal's head, for example the comb of a cockerel, the swelling on the head of a snake, the lengthened feathers of the crown or nape of bird, etc.
- (heraldry) A bearing worn, not upon the shield, but usually on a helmet above it, sometimes (as for clerics) separately above the shield or separately as a mark for plate, in letterheads, and the like.
- The summit of a hill or mountain ridge.
- The upper curve of a horse's neck.
- The ornamental finishing which surmounts the ridge of a roof, canopy, etc.
- The helm or head, as typical of a high spirit; pride; courage.
- (anatomy) A ridge along the surface of a bone.
- (informal) A design or logo, especially one of an institution, sports club, association or high-class family.
- The ridge or top of a wave.
- Any of several birds in the family Regulidae, including the goldcrests and firecrests.
verb
- reach a high point
- lie at the top of
- (transitive) To reach the crest of (e.g. a hill or mountain).
- (intransitive) Particularly with reference to waves, to reach a peak.
- (transitive) To furnish with, or surmount as, a crest; to serve as a crest for.
- (transitive) To mark with lines or streaks like waving plumes.
adv
- Near; in the vicinity.
- From one place or position to another in succession; indicating repeated movement or activity.
- Here and there; around; in one place and another; up and down.
- (nautical) To the opposite tack: see go about.
- To a reversed order, direction, or condition; half round; in (or to, or from) the opposite direction.
- On all sides, or in every or any direction from a point; around.
- Indicating unproductive or unstructured activity.
- Nearly; approximately; with close correspondence in quality, manner, degree, quantity, or time; almost.
- in the area or vicinity
- in or to a reversed position or direction
- all around or on all sides
- in rotation or succession
- (of actions or states) slightly short of or not quite accomplished; all but
- used of movement to or among many different places or in no particular direction
- (of quantities) imprecise but fairly close to correct
adj
prep
- (figurative) On or near (one's person); attached as an attribute to; in the makeup of, or at the command of.
- In a circle around; all round; on every side of; on the outside of; around.
- Over or upon different parts of; through or over in various directions; here and there in; to and fro in; throughout.
- (with 'to' and verb infinitive) See about to.
- Within or in the immediate neighborhood of; in contiguity or proximity to; near, as to place.
- Concerned or occupied with; engaged in; intent on.
- On one’s person; nearby the person.
- Concerning; with regard to; on account of; on the subject of.
verb
prefix
noun
- A tract of land enclosed.
- The beginning of a contraction or narrowing in a tube or cylinder.
- (linguistics, language learning) The part of language input that is actually processed by a learner.
- The place where water, air or other fluid is taken into a pipe or conduit; opposed to outlet.
- An act or instance of taking in.
- The people taken into an organization or establishment at a particular time.
- The process of screening a juvenile offender to decide upon release or referral.
- (UK, dialect) Any kind of cheat or imposition; the act of taking someone in.
- The quantity taken in.
- (slang, derogatory) A nostril, especially a large one.
- an opening through which fluid is admitted to a tube or container
- the process of taking food into the body through the mouth (as by eating)
- the act of inhaling; the drawing in of air (or other gases) as in breathing
verb
noun
- A restricted tract of land that allows passage between two places.
- Airspace restricted for the passage of aircraft.
- A narrow hall or passage with rooms leading off it, as in a building or in a railway carriage.
- (military, historical, rare) The covered way lying round the whole compass of the fortifications of a place.
- The land near an important road, river, railway line.
- an enclosed passageway; rooms usually open onto it
noun
- The front part of a property or building that faces the street.
- a front: a public and perhaps false face or façade to some hidden, covert reality.
- The front part generally.
- The length of a property along a street.
- (informal) A woman's breasts.
- Property or territory adjacent to a body of water.
- The land between a property and the street.
- the extent of land abutting on a street or water
- the direction in which something (such as a building) faces
- the face or front of a building
prep
- Near; in the vicinity of.
- Following a path which curves near an object, with the object on the inside of the curve.
- Following the perimeter of a specified area and returning to the starting point.
- Forming a circle or closed curve containing (something).
- At or to various places within or throughout.
- (of abstract things) Centred upon; surrounding; regarding.
adj
adv
- So as to form a circle or trace a circular path, or approximation thereof.
- (with turn, spin, etc.) So as to partially or completely rotate; so as to face in the opposite direction.
- Nearly; approximately; about.
- From place to place.
- So as to surround or be near.
- From one state or condition to an opposite or very different one; with a metaphorical change in direction; bringing about awareness or agreement.
- Used with verbs to indicate repeated or continuous action, or in numerous locations or with numerous people.
- Used with certain verbs to suggest unproductive activity.
- in the area or vicinity
- in a circle or circular motion
- from beginning to end; throughout
- in or to a reversed position or direction
- in circumference
- all around or on all sides
- to a particular destination either specified or understood
- by a circular or circuitous route
- used of movement to or among many different places or in no particular direction
- (of quantities) imprecise but fairly close to correct
adj
noun
noun
noun
- a place off to the side of an area
- the intersection of two streets
- a projecting part where two sides or edges meet
- the point where two lines meet or intersect
- a small concavity
- a temporary monopoly on a kind of commercial trade
- (architecture) solid exterior angle of a building; especially one formed by a cornerstone
- a remote area
- the point where three areas or surfaces meet or intersect
- an interior angle formed by two meeting walls
- a predicament from which a skillful or graceful escape is impossible
- (baseball) One of the four vertices of the strike zone.
- (business, finance) A sufficient interest in a salable security or commodity to allow the cornering party to influence prices.
- (soccer) A corner kick.
- (baseball) First base or third base.
- (boxing, by extension) The group of people who assist a boxer during a bout.
- The point where two converging lines meet; an angle, either external or internal.
- An intersection of two streets; any of the four outer points off the street at that intersection.
- One who corns, or preserves food in salt.
- (American football) A cornerback.
- (boxing) The corner of the ring, which is where the boxer rests before and during a fight.
- (figuratively) Complete control or ownership of something.
- A secret or secluded place; a remote or out of the way place; a nook.
- A place where people meet for a particular purpose.
- An embarrassing situation; a difficulty.
- The projection into space of an angle in a solid object.
- (attributive) Denoting a premises that is in a convenient local location, notionally, but not necessarily literally, on the corner of two streets.
- (Maine) The neighborhood surrounding an intersection of rural roads.
- The space in the angle between converging lines or walls which meet in a point.
- An edge or extremity; the part farthest from the center; hence, any quarter or part, or the direction in which it lies.
verb
- force a person or an animal into a position from which they cannot escape
- turn a corner
- gain control over
- (automotive, transitive) To turn a corner or drive around a curve.
- (transitive) To put (someone) in an awkward situation.
- (finance, business, transitive) To get sufficient command of (a stock, commodity, etc.), so as to be able to manipulate its price.
- (transitive) To supply with corners.
- (automotive, intransitive) To handle while moving around a corner in a road or otherwise turning.
- (transitive) To drive (someone or something) into a corner or other confined space.
- (transitive) To trap in a position of great difficulty or hopeless embarrassment.
intj
noun
noun
noun
- A surrounding.
- (also parapsychology) A supposed emanation from and surrounding a living person or thing, regarded by mystics as consisting of the essence of the individual.
- (pathology) A subjective sensation experienced at the onset of a neurological condition, especially a migraine headache or epileptic seizure.
- (figurative, with about, of) A distinctive atmosphere or quality surrounding or associated with something or someone.
- A subtle emanation or exhalation of any substance, such as an aroma or odour.
- (uncountable, Internet slang) The charisma or suave excellence of a person, especially implying their vibe or energy.
- an indication of radiant light drawn around the head of a saint
- a sensation (as of a cold breeze or bright light) that precedes the onset of certain disorders such as a migraine attack or epileptic seizure
- a distinctive but intangible quality surrounding a person or thing
noun
- The edge of a high spot of land.
- (botany) A distinctive lower-appearing of the three true petals of an orchid.
- (zoology) One of the edges of the aperture of a univalve shell.
- (botany) One of the two opposite divisions of a labiate corolla.
- (music, colloquial) Embouchure: the condition or strength of a wind instrumentalist's lips.
- (countable) A part of the body that resembles a lip, such as the edge of a wound or the labia.
- (slang, uncountable) Backtalk; verbal impertinence.
- (colloquial) Clipping of lipstick.
- (countable) Either of the two fleshy protrusions around the opening of the mouth.
- The sharp cutting edge on the end of an auger.
- (by extension, countable) The projecting rim of an open container or a bell, etc.; a short open spout.
- (botany) either of the two parts of a bilabiate corolla or calyx
- either the outer margin or the inner margin of the aperture of a gastropod's shell
- an impudent or insolent rejoinder
- either of two fleshy folds of tissue that surround the mouth and play a role in speaking
- the top edge of a vessel or other container
verb
- (transitive) To touch or grasp with the lips; to kiss; to lap the lips against (something).
- (intransitive) To rise or flow up to or over the edge of something.
- (transitive, music) To change the sound of (a musical note played on a wind instrument) by moving or tensing the lips.
- (transitive) To simulate speech by moving the lips without making any sound; to mouth.
- (intransitive, transitive) To wash against a surface, lap.
- (sports) To make a golf ball hit the lip of the cup, without dropping in.
- (transitive) To utter verbally.
- (transitive, figuratively, of an object) To touch lightly.
- (transitive) To form the rim, edge or margin of something.
noun
- a wilderness at the edge of a settled area of a country
- an undeveloped field of study; a topic inviting research and development
- an international boundary or the area (often fortified) immediately inside the boundary
- The part of a country which borders or faces another country or unsettled region.
- The most advanced or recent version of something; the leading edge.
verb
noun
- a piece of open land for recreational use in an urban area
- A tract of land in common ownership; common land.
- The people; the community.
- Mutual good, shared by more than one.
- (law) The right of taking a profit in the land of another, in common either with the owner or with other persons; so called from the community of interest which arises between the claimant of the right and the owner of the soil, or between the claimants and other commoners entitled to the same right.
adj
- belonging to or participated in by a community as a whole; public
- lacking refinement or cultivation or taste
- being or characteristic of or appropriate to everyday language
- of low or inferior quality or value
- to be expected; standard
- commonly encountered
- common to or shared by two or more parties
- of or associated with the great masses of people
- having no special distinction or quality; widely known or commonly encountered; average or ordinary or usual
- (taxonomy) Vernacular, referring to the name of a kind of plant or animal.
- (taxonomy) As part of the vernacular name of a species, usually denoting that it is abundant or widely known.
- Occurring or happening regularly or frequently; usual.
- (law) Arising from use or tradition, as opposed to being created by a legislative body.
- (grammar) Of, pertaining or belonging to the common gender.
- Of a quality: existing among virtually all people; universal.
- Mutual; shared by more than one.
- Simple, ordinary or vulgar.
- (grammar) Of or pertaining to common nouns as opposed to proper nouns.
- Found in large numbers or in a large quantity; usual.
noun
- a piece of open land for recreational use in an urban area
- a class composed of persons lacking clerical or noble rank
- a pasture subject to common use
- (usually singular in construction) A common (common land); especially, a central section of (usually an older) town, designated as a shared area.
- (figuratively) The mutual good of all; the abstract concept of resources shared by more than one, for example air, water, information.
- (usually singular in construction) A public area, especially a dining hall, at a college or university; a similar shared space elsewhere.
- The common people collectively, the third estate, the people not belonging to the nobility or clergy.
- Food in general; rations.
- (chiefly historical) The free burghers/bourgeoisie of a given town, taken collectively.
- plural of common
verb
noun
- a piece of open land for recreational use in an urban area
- an environmentalist who belongs to the Green Party
- an area of closely cropped grass surrounding the hole on a golf course
- any of various leafy plants or their leaves and stems eaten as vegetables
- green color or pigment; resembling the color of growing grass
- street names for ketamine
- A green light used as a signal.
- (politics, sometimes capitalized) A member of a green party; an environmentalist.
- A grassy plain; a piece of ground covered with verdant herbage.
- Any substance or pigment of a green color.
- (uncountable, slang) Marijuana.
- (snooker) One of the color balls used in snooker, with a value of 3 points.
- The color of grass and leaves; a primary additive color midway between yellow and blue which is evoked by light between roughly 495–570 nm.
- (particle physics) One of the three color charges for quarks.
- (US, slang, uncountable) Money.
- (British) A public patch of land in the middle of a settlement.
- (bowls) The surface upon which bowls is played.
- (chiefly in the plural) Fresh leaves or branches of trees or other plants; wreaths.
- (theater, informal) Ellipsis of green room.
- (golf) A putting green, the part of a golf course near the hole.
adj
- not fully developed or mature; not ripe
- of the color between blue and yellow in the color spectrum; similar to the color of fresh grass
- naive and easily deceived or tricked
- looking pale and unhealthy
- concerned with or supporting or in conformity with the political principles of the Green Party
- Good for the environment
- (politics, sometimes capitalized) Islamist.
- (film, television, historical) Of film: freshly processed by the laboratory and not yet fully physically hardened.
- Having a status (as correct, ready, or safe) denoted or coded by the color green.
- (figurative) Full of life and vigour; fresh and vigorous; new; recent; young.
- (particle physics) Having a color charge of green.
- (figurative, of people) Sickly, unwell.
- (Philippines, informal) Having a sexual connotation; indecent; lewd; risqué; obscene; profane.
- (figurative, of people) Naive or unaware of obvious facts.
- (wine) High or too high in acidity.
- Of freshly cut wood or lumber that has not been dried: containing moisture and therefore relatively more flexible or springy.
- Unripe, said of certain fruits that change color when they ripen.
- (figurative) Environmentally friendly.
- (academia) Subject to or involving a model of open access in which a published article is only available to read for free after an embargo period.
- Being or relating to the green currencies of the European Union.
- (politics, sometimes capitalized) Of a green party, environmentalism-oriented.
- Of a green hue.
- (cricket) Describing a pitch which, even if there is no visible grass, still contains a significant amount of moisture.
- (figurative) Inexperienced.
- (figurative, of people) Overcome with envy.
- (metallurgy) Of or pertaining to a part formed from compacted metal powder which has not yet undergone sintering to improve its strength.
verb
intj
noun
- a piece of open land for recreational use in an urban area
- An area zoned for a particular (industrial or commercial) purpose.
- a lot where cars are parked
- a gear position that acts as a parking brake
- a large area of land preserved in its natural state as public property
- a facility in which ball games are played (especially baseball games)
- A tract of ground kept in its natural state, about or adjacent to a residence, such as for the preservation of game, for walking, riding, or the like.
- (Australia, New Zealand, colloquial) A space in which to leave a car; a parking space.
- (UK) An inventory of matériel.
- (automotive) The gear into which one shifts an automatic transmission when one is parking a car or truck. (Denoted with symbol P on a shifter's labeling.)
- A partially enclosed basin in which oysters are grown.
- An open space occupied by or reserved for vehicles, matériel or stores.
- (US) A wide, flat-bottomed valley in a mountainous region.
- A piece of ground in or near a city or town, enclosed and kept for ornament and recreation.
- An enclosed parcel of land stocked with animals for hunting, which one may have by prescription or royal grant.
- An area on which a sporting match is played; (soccer) a pitch.
verb
- maneuver a vehicle into a parking space
- place temporarily
- (transitive, finance) To invest money temporarily in an investment instrument considered to relatively free of risk, especially while awaiting other opportunities.
- (transitive, baseball) To hit a home run; to hit the ball out of the park.
- (intransitive, slang, US) To engage in romantic or sexual activities inside a nonmoving vehicle that was driven to a suitable spot for that purpose.
- (transitive) To bring (something such as a vehicle) to a halt or store in a specified place.
- (Internet) To register a domain name, but make no use of it (See domain parking)
- (transitive) To bring together in a park, or compact body.
- (transitive, informal, figurative) To defer (a matter) until a later date.
- (transitive, oyster culture) To enclose in a park, or partially enclosed basin.
- (transitive, informal, sometimes reflexive) To sit, recline, or put, especially in a manner suggesting an intent to remain for some time.
- (transitive) To enclose in a park, or as in a park.
noun
verb
- move effortlessly; by force of gravity
- (US, Canada, dialect) To slide downhill; to slide on a sled upon snow or ice.
- (intransitive, figurative) To make a minimal effort; to continue to do something in a routine way, without initiative or effort.
- (intransitive, nautical) To sail along a coast.
- (intransitive) To glide along without adding energy; to allow a vehicle to continue moving forward after disengaging the engine or ceasing to apply motive power.
noun
noun
noun
- an area outside of cities and towns
- the territory occupied by a nation
- a politically organized body of people under a single government
- a particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography)
- the people who live in a nation or country
- The territory of a nation; a sovereign state or a region once independent and still distinct in institutions, language, etc.
- (especially British, uncountable, countable) An area of land of undefined extent; a region, a district.
- (uncountable, usually preceded by “the”) A rural area, as opposed to a town or city; the countryside.
- (informal) The spirit of the country (rural places): the spirit of country folkways; those folkways.
- The inhabitants or people of a district, region, or nation; the populace, the public.
- (mining) The rock through which a vein of ore or coal runs.
- (Australia, usually capitalised) Traditional lands of Indigenous people with embedded cultural, spiritual, cosmological, ecological, and physical attributes and values.
- Ellipsis of country music.
- (uncountable, countable) An area of land of indefinite extent or of more or less definite extent in relation to human occupation, especially characterized by its particular physical features, or its suitability for a particular activity or connected with its population (by race, dialect, culture, etc.) or a person, especially a writer, or their works.
adj
noun
- The raised centre of a road.
- the center of a cambered road
- The upper range of facets in a rose diamond.
- (firearms) A rounding or smoothing of the barrel opening.
- A whole bird with the legs and wings removed to produce a joint of white meat.
- (botany) The part of a plant where the root and stem meet.
- (UK) A standard size of printing paper measuring 20 × 15 inches.
- The highest part of a hill.
- (dentistry) A prosthetic covering for a tooth.
- (US) A standard size of writing paper measuring 19 × 15 inches.
- (old slang) The police (referring to Crown Victoria police cars).
- (clothing, monarchy) A royal, imperial or princely headdress; a diadem.
- (historical) A former predecimalization British coin worth five shillings.
- Splendor; culmination; acme.
- (religion) A round spot shaved clean on the top of the head, as a mark of the clerical state; the tonsure.
- The dome of a furnace.
- (nautical) A knot formed in the end of a rope by tucking in the strands to prevent them from unravelling.
- (anatomy, dentistry) The part of a tooth above the gums.
- The topmost part of the head.
- Any currency (originally) issued by the crown (regal power) and often bearing a crown (headdress); (translation) various currencies known by similar names in their native languages, such as the korona, koruna, krona, króna, krone.
- (nautical) The rounding, or rounded part, of the deck from a level line.
- (geometry) The area enclosed between two concentric perimeters.
- (African-American Vernacular, colloquial) A formal hat worn by women to Sunday church services; a church crown.
- (architecture) A kind of spire or lantern formed by converging flying buttresses.
- Imperial or regal power, or those who wield it.
- (by extension, especially in law) The state, the government (headed by a monarch).
- (forestry) The top of a tree.
- (nautical) The part of an anchor where the arms and the shank meet.
- (horology) The knurled knob or dial, on the outside of a watch case, used to wind it or adjust the hands.
- (metonymic) The sovereign (in a monarchy), as head of state.
- A wreath or band for the head, especially one given as reward of victory or a mark of honor.
- (chemistry) A monocyclic ligand having three or more binding sites, capable of holding a guest in a central location.
- The top section of a hat, above the brim.
- (by extension) Any reward of victory or mark of honor.
- The upper part of certain fruits, as the pineapple or strawberry, that is removed before eating.
- The highest part of an arch.
- (historical, by extension) A coin or note worth five shillings in various countries that are or were in the British Commonwealth, such as Ireland or Jamaica.
- (medicine) During childbirth, the appearance of the baby's head from the mother's vagina.
- the top or extreme point of something (usually a mountain or hill)
- an ornamental jeweled headdress signifying sovereignty
- an English coin worth 5 shillings
- the part of a hat (the vertex) that covers the crown of the head
- the top of the head
- a wreath or garland worn on the head to signify victory
- (dentistry) dental appliance consisting of an artificial crown for a broken or decayed tooth
- the award given to the champion
- the upper branches and leaves of a tree or other plant
- the part of a tooth above the gum that is covered with enamel
adj
verb
- (board games) In checkers, to stack two checkers to indicate that the piece has become a king.
- To hit on the head.
- To bestow something upon as a mark of honour, dignity, or recompense; to adorn; to dignify.
- To place a crown on the head of.
- (medicine) Of a baby, during the birthing process; for the surface of the baby's head to appear in the vaginal opening.
- To declare (someone) a winner.
- (video games) To shoot an opponent in the back of the head with a shotgun in a first-person shooter video game.
- (military) To effect a lodgment upon, as upon the crest of the glacis, or the summit of the breach.
- (nautical) To lay the ends of the strands of (a knot) over and under each other.
- (firearms) To widen the opening of the barrel.
- To form the topmost or finishing part of; to complete; to consummate; to perfect.
- Of a forest fire or bushfire, to spread to the crowns of the trees and thence move from tree to tree independent of the surface fire.
- To formally declare (someone) a king, queen, emperor, etc.
- (intransitive, slang) To be on the point of defecating.
- (transitive) To cause to round upward; to make anything higher at the middle than at the edges, such as the face of a machine pulley.
- be the culminating event
- put an enamel cover on
- invest with regal power; enthrone
- form the topmost part of
noun
- A walkway placed slightly above the ground in an ecologically vulnerable location so that pedestrians can walk through the area without causing damage.
- An elevated walkway that provides passage above the main area of a facility; a catwalk.
- A pedestrian bridge or elevated walkway that allows one to walk over a road, stream, or other obstacle, or between the upper stories of buildings.
verb
noun
- the center of a cambered road
- the top or extreme point of something (usually a mountain or hill)
- a showy growth of e.g. feathers or skin on the head of a bird or other animal
- (heraldry) in medieval times, an emblem used to decorate a helmet
- the top line of a hill, mountain, or wave
- The plume of feathers, or other decoration, worn on or displayed on a helmet; the distinctive ornament of a helmet.
- The top line of a slope or embankment.
- A tuft, or other natural ornament, growing on an animal's head, for example the comb of a cockerel, the swelling on the head of a snake, the lengthened feathers of the crown or nape of bird, etc.
- (heraldry) A bearing worn, not upon the shield, but usually on a helmet above it, sometimes (as for clerics) separately above the shield or separately as a mark for plate, in letterheads, and the like.
- The summit of a hill or mountain ridge.
- The upper curve of a horse's neck.
- The ornamental finishing which surmounts the ridge of a roof, canopy, etc.
- The helm or head, as typical of a high spirit; pride; courage.
- (anatomy) A ridge along the surface of a bone.
- (informal) A design or logo, especially one of an institution, sports club, association or high-class family.
- The ridge or top of a wave.
- Any of several birds in the family Regulidae, including the goldcrests and firecrests.
verb
- reach a high point
- lie at the top of
- (transitive) To reach the crest of (e.g. a hill or mountain).
- (intransitive) Particularly with reference to waves, to reach a peak.
- (transitive) To furnish with, or surmount as, a crest; to serve as a crest for.
- (transitive) To mark with lines or streaks like waving plumes.
noun
- A tract of land enclosed.
- The beginning of a contraction or narrowing in a tube or cylinder.
- (linguistics, language learning) The part of language input that is actually processed by a learner.
- The place where water, air or other fluid is taken into a pipe or conduit; opposed to outlet.
- An act or instance of taking in.
- The people taken into an organization or establishment at a particular time.
- The process of screening a juvenile offender to decide upon release or referral.
- (UK, dialect) Any kind of cheat or imposition; the act of taking someone in.
- The quantity taken in.
- (slang, derogatory) A nostril, especially a large one.
- an opening through which fluid is admitted to a tube or container
- the process of taking food into the body through the mouth (as by eating)
- the act of inhaling; the drawing in of air (or other gases) as in breathing
verb
noun
- A restricted tract of land that allows passage between two places.
- Airspace restricted for the passage of aircraft.
- A narrow hall or passage with rooms leading off it, as in a building or in a railway carriage.
- (military, historical, rare) The covered way lying round the whole compass of the fortifications of a place.
- The land near an important road, river, railway line.
- an enclosed passageway; rooms usually open onto it
noun
- The front part of a property or building that faces the street.
- a front: a public and perhaps false face or façade to some hidden, covert reality.
- The front part generally.
- The length of a property along a street.
- (informal) A woman's breasts.
- Property or territory adjacent to a body of water.
- The land between a property and the street.
- the extent of land abutting on a street or water
- the direction in which something (such as a building) faces
- the face or front of a building
verb
noun
- support holding a football on end and above the ground preparatory to the kickoff
- a short peg put into the ground to hold a golf ball off the ground
- the starting place for each hole on a golf course
- (golf) A flat area of ground from which players hit their first shots on a golf hole.
- The mark at which players aim in quoits.
- The name of the Latin script letter T/t.
- A finial resembling an umbrella, crowning a dagoba in Indochinese countries.
- Something shaped like the letter T.
- (sports) A usually wooden or plastic peg from which a ball is kicked or hit.
- (clothing, informal) Ellipsis of tee-shirt.
- (computing) The process of redirecting output to multiple destinations.
- (curling) The target area of a curling rink.
verb
- place on a tee
- make detailed arrangements or preparations
- (basketball) To give a coach or player a technical foul.
- (American football) To place the ball on a tee, ready for kickoff.
- (figurative) To prepare; to make ready.
- (golf) To place a golf ball on a tee.
- (soccer) To pass the ball to someone, facilitating a shot.
adv
adj
- from or between other countries
- relating to or being on or near the outer side or limit
- on or toward an outer edge
- unlikely to occur
- coming from the outside
- originating or belonging beyond some bounds
- functioning outside the boundaries or precincts of an organized unit
- leading to or from the outside
- located, suited for, or taking place in the open air
- (of a baseball pitch) on the far side of home plate from the batter
- (baseball, of a pitch) Away (far) from the batter as it crosses home plate.
- Of, pertaining to or originating from beyond the outer surface, limit or boundary.
- Reaching the extreme or farthest limit, as to extent, quantity, etc; maximum.
- Extending or going beyond the borders or scope of an organization, group, etc.
- (chiefly UK) Positioned towards the central division of a road: towards the right-hand side if one drives on the left, or left-hand side if one drives on the right.
- (chiefly US) Positioned towards the shoulder of a road: towards the left-hand side if one drives on the left, or right-hand side if one drives on the right.
- Originating from, arranged by, or being someone outside an organization, group, etc.
- (of a person) Not legally married to or related to (e.g. not born in wedlock to), and/or not residing with, a specified other person (parent, child, or partner); (of a marriage, relationship, etc) existing between two such people. (Compare out of wedlock, nonresidential.)
- Away from the interior or center of something.
- Of or pertaining to the outer surface, limit or boundary.
noun
- the outer side or surface of something
- the region that is outside of something
- The side of a curved road, racetrack etc. that has the longer arc length; the side of a racetrack furthest from the interior of the course or some other point of reference.
- The space beyond some limit or boundary.
- The furthest limit, as to number, quantity, extent, etc.
- (surfing) The outer part of the sea, away from the peak of a wave.
- The part of a road towards the central division: towards the right if one drives on the left, or towards the left if one drives on the right.
- The external appearance of someone or something.
- The part of something that faces out; the outer surface.
prep
verb
adv
- throughout an area
- beyond the top or upper surface or edge; forward from an upright position
- at or to a point across intervening space etc.
- throughout a period of time
- over the entire area
- Beyond or in excess of what is correct or expected.
- Up one side of something, across, and then down the other side.
- So as to reverse up/down orientation, or otherwise change orientation by rotating.
- From an upright position to a horizontal one.
- On top of something, or so as to cover something.
- (often in compounds) To a high or excessive degree; overly; see also over-.
- Overnight (throughout the night).
- Across from one side of something to the other.
- Expressing figurative movement from one position or state across to another.
- Thoroughly; completely; from beginning to end.
- Indicating a direction or location away from the speaker, usually roughly horizontally or visualised as such.
- So as to pass above.
- (US, usually with do) Again; another time; once more; over again.
- So as to fold towards or onto itself.
- From one position or location to another, horizontally or approximately so, or along a route visualised as "across".
- See also individual entries for phrasal verbs: go over, hand over, run over, take over, win over, etc.
- So as to reverse or exchange position(s).
- Used for rhetorical effect to reinforce that something was done the stated number of times.
- Across something, such as an edge, and then downwards.
- To a future time.
adj
- having come or been brought to a conclusion
- (professional wrestling slang) Of a wrestler: generating a reaction from fans.
- (informal) Visiting one's home or other location.
- (botany) Of a flower: wilting or withering.
- Having surmounted an obstacle.
- Surplus to requirements.
- Finished; ended; concluded.
- (informal, of an ongoing situation) Hopeless; irrecoverable.
- (informal) Having an excess in a particular respect.
noun
- (cricket) the division of play during which six balls are bowled at the batsman by one player from the other team from the same end of the pitch
- (gambling) A bet that a particular sporting statistic, such a points scored in a game, will be above a certain stated value.
- (informal) Something having an excess of a particular property.
- Any surplus amount of money, goods delivered, etc.
- (cricket) A set of six legal balls bowled.
intj
prep
- While doing an activity involving (something), especially while consuming.
- (informal, for 'over at/in/on') At or near (a location seen as 'across' from the speaker's location).
- Indicating relative status, authority, or power
- Across, from one side to the other.
- Expressing causation: due to, as the result of.
- Above, implying superiority after a contest; in spite of; notwithstanding.
- To a greater degree than.
- On the other side of.
- From one physical position to another via an obstacle that must be traversed vertically, first upwards and then downwards.
- In a position of having overcome (a problem or issue); past; finished with; from one state to another via a hindrance that must be solved or defeated; or via a third state that represents a significant difference from the first two.
- Through or around all the parts of.
- Across (something) and then downwards.
- (mathematics) Divided by.
- Concerning or regarding.
- Above; higher than; further up than.
- (poker) Separates the three of a kind from the pair in a full house.
- (music, more common in speech) Separates the primary chord of a slash chord from the bass note
- During or throughout (a time period).
- More than (a given value, amount, limit etc.); beyond; past; exceeding.
- On top of; in such a way as to cover.
- (in certain collocations) As compared to.
- Across, so as to pass above.
- Through or via (a particular transmission medium).
adv
- In the vicinity, near.
- (uncommon outside the phrase 'put by') Aside, away.
- Along a path which runs past someone or something.
- (uncommon except in set phrases) Beyond or past a certain point.
- To or at a place, as a residence or place of business.
- so as to pass a given point
- in reserve; not for immediate use
adj
noun
prep
- Following a noun.
- (horse breeding) Designates a horse's sire (“male parent”).
- Invokes an authority in an oath.
- (chiefly Yeshivish) At; with; among.
- Per; with or in proportion to each.
- Indicates the creator of a work: Existing through the authorship etc. of.
- Used to separate dimensions when describing the size of something.
- Indicates a means of classification or organisation.
- Indicates an authority according to which something is done.
- Not later than (the given time); not later than the end of (the given time interval).
- [with the] Acted on in units of the specified size or measure. (Sometimes hyperbolically)
- (not in common modern use) Following an adjective.
- Indicates a means of achieving something: Involving/using the means of.
- Following a passive verb.
- Near or next to.
- In the formulae X by X and by Xs, indicates a steady progression, one X after another.
- Indicates a referenced source: According to.
- (mathematics) multiplied by or (chiefly South Asia) divided by
- Indicates the amount of change, difference or discrepancy
- From one side of something to the other, passing close by; past.
- (nautical) in a windward direction, sailing near to the direction from which the wind is blowing
adv
noun
adv
- Near; in the vicinity.
- From one place or position to another in succession; indicating repeated movement or activity.
- Here and there; around; in one place and another; up and down.
- (nautical) To the opposite tack: see go about.
- To a reversed order, direction, or condition; half round; in (or to, or from) the opposite direction.
- On all sides, or in every or any direction from a point; around.
- Indicating unproductive or unstructured activity.
- Nearly; approximately; with close correspondence in quality, manner, degree, quantity, or time; almost.
- in the area or vicinity
- in or to a reversed position or direction
- all around or on all sides
- in rotation or succession
- (of actions or states) slightly short of or not quite accomplished; all but
- used of movement to or among many different places or in no particular direction
- (of quantities) imprecise but fairly close to correct
adj
prep
- (figurative) On or near (one's person); attached as an attribute to; in the makeup of, or at the command of.
- In a circle around; all round; on every side of; on the outside of; around.
- Over or upon different parts of; through or over in various directions; here and there in; to and fro in; throughout.
- (with 'to' and verb infinitive) See about to.
- Within or in the immediate neighborhood of; in contiguity or proximity to; near, as to place.
- Concerned or occupied with; engaged in; intent on.
- On one’s person; nearby the person.
- Concerning; with regard to; on account of; on the subject of.
verb
adj
adj
noun
- (military, firearms) The fourth circle on a target, outside the inner and magpie.
- Someone who admits to something publicly.
- An outer part.
- (sports) An uncovered section of the seating at a stadium or sportsground.
- (UK politics) One who supports leaving the European Union.
- Someone who outs another.
- A shot which strikes the outer of a target.
- An ouster; dispossession.
- (retail) The smallest single unit sold by wholesalers to retailers, usually one retail display box.
- One who puts out, ousts, or expels.