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- Initialism of World Backgammon Federation.
- Initialism of World Badminton Federation.
- Initialism of World Boxing Federation.
- Initialism of World Branding Forum.
- Initialism of World Banana Forum.
- Initialism of World Business Forum.
- Initialism of World Baptist Fellowship.
- Initialism of World Bodybuilding Federation.
- Initialism of World Bridge Federation.
- Initialism of World Bodypainting Festival.
noun
- (backgammon) An exposed piece in backgammon.
- A blemish, spot or stain made by a coloured substance.
- (by extension) A stain on someone's reputation or character; a disgrace.
- (biochemistry) A method of transferring proteins, DNA or RNA, onto a carrier.
- a blemish made by dirt
- an act that brings discredit to the person who does it
verb
- (transitive) To dry (writing, etc.) with blotting paper.
- (transitive) To cause a blot (on something) by spilling a coloured substance.
- (backgammon, transitive) To hit a blot.
- (transitive) To obscure; to eclipse; to shadow.
- (transitive) To impair; to damage; to mar; to soil.
- (transitive, MLE) To sell illegal drugs, to deal, to push.
- (transitive) To stain with infamy; to disgrace.
- (transitive) To spot, stain, or bespatter, as with ink.
- (intransitive) To soak up or absorb liquid.
- (transitive) To obliterate, as writing with ink; to cancel; to efface; generally with out.
- dry (ink) with blotting paper
- make a spot or mark onto
noun
- (rare) Backgammon (the game itself).
- (backgammon) A victory in backgammon achieved when the opponent has not borne off a single stone.
- A cut of quick-cured pork leg.
- (dialectal) A joke, trick; play, sport, merriment.
- (nautical) A rope fastening a bowsprit to the stem of a ship (usually called a gammoning).
- (neologism, derogatory, UK) A middle-aged or older right-wing, reactionary white man, or such men collectively.
- meat cut from the thigh of a hog (usually smoked)
- hind portion of a side of bacon
adj
verb
noun
- (backgammon) The raised edge of the game board.
- Any of several birds in the family Rallidae.
- A horizontal bar extending between supports and used for support or as a barrier; a railing.
- The metal bar forming part of the track for a railroad.
- (drugs) A large line (portion or serving of a powdery illegal drug).
- A horizontal piece of wood that serves to separate sections of a door or window.
- A railroad; a railway, as a means of transportation.
- (electronics) A conductor maintained at a fixed electrical potential relative to ground, to which other circuit components are connected.
- (surfing) One of the lengthwise edges of a surfboard.
- (Internet) A vertical section on one side of a web page.
- Each of two vertical side bars supporting the rungs of a ladder.
- any of numerous widely distributed small wading birds of the family Rallidae having short wings and very long toes for running on soft mud
- a horizontal bar (usually of wood or metal)
- short for railway
- a barrier consisting of a horizontal bar and supports
- a bar or pair of parallel bars of rolled steel making the railway along which railroad cars or other vehicles can roll
verb
- (transitive, rail transport, of rolling stock) To place on a track.
- To complain violently (against, about).
- (transitive, slang, drugs) To snort a line of powdered drugs.
- (transitive) To enclose with rails or a railing.
- (intransitive) To travel by railway.
- (transitive, vulgar, slang) To sexually penetrate in a rough manner.
- (transitive) To range in a line.
- complain bitterly
- spread negative information about
- lay with rails
- provide with rails
- criticize severely
- convey (goods etc.) by rails
- travel by rail or train
- fish with a handline over the rails of a boat
- enclose with rails
- separate with a railing
noun
- (uncountable) A variant of backgammon.
- (poker, uncountable) An uncommon poker variant where players bet on whether the next card will fall between two other cards.
- (military, slang) An AC2: an RCAF Aircraftman 2nd Class.
- (poker slang) two pair, aces and twos.
- (poker slang) An ace and a two as a starting hand in Texas hold 'em.
adj
adv
noun
- (backgammon) Any of the twenty-four points on a backgammon board.
- (military, fortification) An earthwork consisting of two berms forming an angle with an open gorge.
- (architecture) A spire or steeple, especially of Gothic style; an object emerging from the ridge of a roof.
- (fencing) A method of attack with a sword (foil or épée) in which the attacker's back leg crosses in front of the front leg in the offensive move.
verb
noun
- (backgammon) A form of analysis in which the same position is played many times (with different dice rolls) and the various outcomes are recorded.
- (poker) A game variant in which players progressively reveal their cards.
- (HVAC) A malfunction in a gas furnace where gas burns outside the combustion chamber. Such a malfunction can cause damage to the furnace, carbon monoxide poisoning, or start a fire.
- An act of rolling out; gradual deployment.
- (aviation) The phase of a landing after touchdown but before the aircraft slows to taxi speed.
- (American football) A play in which a quarterback moves toward the sideline before attempting to pass.
noun
- A playing piece in the game of checkers (British: draughts), or certain other table games such as backgammon.
- One who makes a check mark.
- The clerk who tallies cost of purchases and accepts payment.
- The fruit of the wild service tree or chequer tree, Photinia villosa, syn. Sorbus terminalis
- A pattern of alternating colours as on a chessboard.
- One who or that which checks or verifies something.
- An individual square appearing in such a pattern.
- One who hinders or stops something.
- one of the flat round pieces used in playing the game of checkers
- an attendant who checks coats or baggage
- one who checks the correctness of something
verb
- (transitive) To mark in a pattern of alternating light and dark positions, like a checkerboard.
- (intransitive) To develop markings in a pattern of alternating light and dark positions, like a checkerboard.
- variegate with different colors, shades, or patterns
- mark into squares or draw squares on; draw crossed lines on
noun
- (snooker, billiards) Backspin.
- (vulgar, slang) A casual sexual partner.
- (nautical) A ship's propeller.
- A (usually) metal fastener consisting of a partially or completely threaded shank, sometimes with a threaded point, and a head used to both hold the top material and to drive the screw either directly into a soft material or into a prepared hole.
- An Archimedes screw.
- (informal, in the plural, with "the") Rheumatism.
- (vulgar, slang) Sexual intercourse; the act of screwing.
- (mathematics) A straight line in space with which a definite linear magnitude termed the pitch is associated. It is used to express the displacement of a rigid body, which may always be made to consist of a rotation about an axis combined with a translation parallel to that axis.
- (slang, derogatory) A prison guard.
- (slang, derogatory) An extortioner; a sharp bargainer; a skinflint.
- An amphipod crustacean.
- A simple machine, a helical inclined plane.
- A steam vessel propelled by a screw instead of wheels.
- The motion of screwing something; a turn or twist to one side.
- a simple machine of the inclined-plane type consisting of a spirally threaded cylindrical rod that engages with a similarly threaded hole
- someone who guards prisoners
- a propeller with several angled blades that rotates to push against water or air
- slang for sexual intercourse
- a fastener with a tapered threaded shank and a slotted head
verb
- (transitive, slang) To cheat someone or ruin their chances in a game or other situation.
- (transitive) To contort.
- (ambitransitive, vulgar, slang) To have sexual intercourse with.
- (colloquial, transitive) To give up on, to abandon, delay, to not think about someone or something.
- (transitive) To connect or assemble pieces using a screw.
- (soccer, transitive) To miskick (a ball) by hitting it with the wrong part of the foot.
- (billiards, snooker, pool) To screw back.
- (transitive) To extort or practice extortion upon; to oppress by unreasonable or extortionate exactions; to put the screws on.
- (colloquial, transitive, imperative, mildly vulgar) Used to express great displeasure with, or contemptuous dismissal of, someone or something.
- cause to penetrate, as with a circular motion
- have sexual intercourse with
- defeat someone through trickery or deceit
- tighten or fasten by means of screwing motions
- turn like a screw
noun
verb
noun
- (uncountable, historical) An ancient Roman game similar to backgammon that was played on a board with 24 divisions.
- A table, index, or list of data.
- A legal record.
- A plate or frame on which a title or inscription is carved.
- (zoology) One of the transverse plants found in the calicles of certain corals and hydroids.
- A writing-tablet, slate, or similar medium on which to write.
- A frontal; a drapery for an altar.
noun
- A Persian game similar to backgammon.
- (US, 1980s, slang, usually in the plural) A testicle.
- American spikenard (Aralia racemosa), a North American perennial herb with an aromatic root.
- A flowering plant of species Nardostachys jatamansi, in the valerian family, that grows in the Himalayas and is used as a perfume, an incense, a sedative, and an herbal medicine.
- A fragrant oil from the plant, formerly much prized.
- an aromatic ointment used in antiquity
noun
- (backgammon) A move that throws one of the opponent's men back to the entering point.
- (backgammon) A game won after the adversary has removed some of his men. It counts for less than a gammon.
- (Internet) A measured visit to a web site, a request for a single file from a web server.
- Something very successful, such as a song, film, or video game, that receives widespread recognition and acclaim.
- (baseball) The complete play, when the batter reaches base without the benefit of a walk, error, or fielder’s choice.
- A premeditated murder done for criminal or political purposes.
- In the game of Battleship, a correct guess at where one's opponent ship is.
- An attack on a location, person or people.
- (figuratively) A blow; a calamitous or damaging occurrence.
- A collision of a projectile with the target.
- (computing, Internet) A match found by searching a computer system or search engine
- An approximately correct answer in a test set.
- A blow; a punch; a striking against; the collision of one body against another; the stroke that touches anything.
- (colloquial) A dose of an illegal or addictive drug.
- the act of contacting one thing with another
- a connection made via the internet to another website
- a conspicuous success
- (physics) a brief event in which two or more bodies come together
- a dose of a narcotic drug
- a murder carried out by an underworld syndicate
- (baseball) when a batter strikes a pitched ball into fair territory and arrives safely on base (without an error or a fielder's choice being made by the defense)
adj
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verb
- (backgammon) To take up, or replace by a piece belonging to the opposing player; said of a single unprotected piece on a point.
- (transitive) To affect negatively.
- (transitive, US, slang) To have sex with.
- (figurative, ambitransitive) To affect someone, as if dealing a blow to that person.
- (figuratively) To attack.
- (transitive, slang) To kill a person, usually on the instructions of a third party.
- To guess; to light upon or discover.
- (intransitive, baseball) To come up to bat.
- (intransitive) To meet or reach what was aimed at or desired; to succeed, often by luck.
- (transitive, colloquial) To switch on or switch off (lights).
- (transitive, informal) To reach or achieve.
- (transitive) To activate a button or key by pressing and releasing it.
- (transitive) To administer a blow to, directly or with a weapon or missile.
- (transitive) To come into contact with forcefully and suddenly.
- (transitive, military) To attack, especially amphibiously.
- (transitive, informal) To encounter an obstacle or other difficulty.
- (transitive) To manage to touch (a target) in the right place.
- (transitive, US, slang) To inhale an amount of smoke from a narcotic substance, particularly marijuana.
- (transitive, music, informal) To commence playing.
- (transitive, card games) In blackjack, to deal a card to.
- (transitive, colloquial) To briefly visit.
- (transitive, bodybuilding) To work out.
- (intransitive) To strike against something.
- (transitive, bodybuilding) (of an exercise) to affect, to work a body part.
- (transitive, computing, programming) To use; to connect to.
- reach a destination, either real or abstract
- cause to experience suddenly
- hit against; come into sudden contact with
- hit the intended target or goal
- affect or afflict suddenly, usually adversely
- make a strategic, offensive, assault against an enemy, opponent, or a target
- deal a blow to, either with the hand or with an instrument
- drive something violently into a location
- cause to move by striking
- kill intentionally and with premeditation
- hit with a missile from a weapon
- produce by manipulating keys or strings of musical instruments
- pay unsolicited and usually unwanted sexual attention to
- encounter by chance
- reach a point in time, or a certain state or level
noun
- (sports) Initialism of games played.
- (grand strategy video games) Initialism of great power.
- (slang) Initialism of general principle.
- (roleplaying games, board games, video games) Initialism of gold piece.
- (Internet) Initialism of grandparent poster; the person two levels up in a nested conversation thread.
- (countable, astronomy) Abbreviation of green pea galaxy.
- (countable, healthcare) Initialism of general practitioner.
- (uncountable, slang) Initialism of general public.
- (uncountable, software, artificial intelligence) Initialism of genetic programming.
- (countable) Initialism of guinea pig.
- a physician who is not a specialist but treats all illnesses
adj
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noun
- (backgammon) One half of a backgammon board, which is divided into the inner and outer table.
- A supply of food or entertainment.
- A flat tray which can be used as a table.
- The board or table-like furniture on which a game is played, such as snooker, billiards, or draughts.
- A group of people at a table, for example, for a meal, meeting or game.
- A collection of arithmetic calculations arranged in a table, such as multiplications in a multiplication table.
- A matrix or grid of data arranged in rows and columns.
- A wide, flat obstacle for a horse to jump over.
- (waitstaff, metonymic) A group of diners at a given table or tables.
- A flat gravestone supported on pillars.
- (metonymic) A booth or display at an event such as an exposition or fair.
- (computing, chiefly databases) A lookup table, most often a set of vectors.
- (music) The top of a stringed instrument, particularly a member of the violin family: the side of the instrument against which the strings vibrate.
- The flat topmost facet of a cut diamond.
- (poker, metonymic) The lineup of players at a given table.
- (roleplaying games, metonymic) A group of players meeting regularly to play a campaign.
- An item of furniture with a flat top surface raised above the ground, usually on one or more legs.
- A service of Holy Communion.
- (sports) A visual representation of a classification of teams or individuals based on their success over a predetermined period.
- a piece of furniture having a smooth flat top that is usually supported by one or more vertical legs
- flat tableland with steep edges
- food or meals in general
- a piece of furniture with tableware for a meal laid out on it
- a company of people assembled at a table for a meal or game
- a set of data arranged in rows and columns
verb
- To put on a table.
- (metonymic) To represent a company or organization (at an exposition, fair, etc.), usually at a booth or display.
- (non-US) To put on the table of a commission or legislative assembly; to propose for formal discussion or consideration, to put on the agenda.
- (poker, colloquial) To show one's cards face-up, especially during showdown.
- To tabulate; to put into a table or grid.
- (nautical) To make board hems in the skirts and bottoms of (sails) in order to strengthen them in the part attached to the bolt-rope.
- (chiefly US) To remove from the agenda, to postpone dealing with; to shelve (to indefinitely postpone consideration or discussion of something).
- hold back to a later time
- arrange or enter in tabular form
verb
- (backgammon) To remove one of one's own checkers from the board.
- To restrain; to keep from approaching.
- (board games) To remove a piece from play.
- To gain; to carry off, as a prize.
- (nautical) To remove to a distance; to keep clear from rubbing against anything.
- remove from a certain place, environment, or mental or emotional state; transport into a new location or state
noun
- (backgammon) A victory in the game when the loser has not borne off a stone, and still has one or more stones in the winner's inner home row or on the bar.
- A board game for two players in which each has 15 stones which move between 24 triangular points according to the roll of a pair of dice; the object is to move all of one's pieces around, and bear them off the board.
- a board game for two players; pieces move according to throws of the dice
verb
noun
- (online gaming, Internet) Initialism of let's play.
- Initialism of liquid petroleum or liquified petroleum, a fuel used for cooking.
- Initialism of little person.
- Initialism of liquid propane.
- (aerospace) Initialism of landing pad.
- (programming) Initialism of literate programming.
- (Internet) Abbreviation of landing page.
- (military) Abbreviation of listening post.
- (music, countable) Initialism of long-play.
- Initialism of lactase persistence.
- (mathematics) Abbreviation of linear programming.
- (medicine) Abbreviation of lumbar puncture.
- (finance) Abbreviation of liquidity provider.
- (business, law) Initialism of limited partnership.
- a long-playing phonograph record; designed to be played at 33.3 rpm
name
noun
- (board games) A playing piece made of any hard material, used in various board games such as backgammon and go.
- (medicine) A hard, stone-like deposit.
- (botany) The central part of some fruits, particularly drupes; consisting of the seed and a hard endocarp layer.
- A monument to the dead; a gravestone or tombstone.
- (countable, geology) A piece of such material: a rock or a pebble.
- (uncountable, geology) A hard earthen substance that can form rocks; especially, such substance when regarded as a building material.
- (British) A unit of weight equal to 14 pounds (≈6.3503 kilograms), formerly used for various commodities (wool, cheese, etc.), but now principally used for personal weight. Abbreviated as st.
- (curling) A 42-pound, precisely shaped piece of granite with a handle attached, which is bowled down the ice.
- A dull light grey or beige, like that of some stones.
- (printing, historical) A stand or table with a smooth, flat top of stone, commonly marble, on which to arrange the pages of a book, newspaper, etc. before printing.
- A gemstone, a jewel, especially a diamond.
- a lack of feeling or expression or movement
- the hard inner (usually woody) layer of the pericarp of some fruits (as peaches or plums or cherries or olives) that contains the seed
- an avoirdupois unit used to measure the weight of a human body; equal to 14 pounds
- building material consisting of a piece of rock hewn in a definite shape for a special purpose
- a lump or mass of hard consolidated mineral matter
- a crystalline rock that can be cut and polished for jewelry
- material consisting of the aggregate of minerals like those making up the Earth's crust
adj
adv
verb
- (intransitive) To form a stone during growth, with reference to fruit etc.
- (transitive) To wall or wall up with stones.
- (intransitive, Singapore, slang) To do nothing, to stare blankly into space and not pay attention when relaxing or when bored.
- (transitive, slang) Especially of cannabis or narcotics: To intoxicate. (Usually in passive)
- (transitive) To lap with an abrasive stone to remove surface irregularities.
- (transitive) To remove a stone from (fruit etc.).
- (transitive) To pelt with stones; especially, to kill by pelting with stones.
- kill by throwing stones at
- remove the pits from
noun
- (snooker, pool, billiards) The effect of putting backspin on the cue ball.
- (ping-pong) A half-volley executed by holding the racket loosely and swinging it straight at the ball.
- A hook-shapped attachment for an earring that sits behind the earlobe and tightens with a screw. Also, an earring that uses this type of attachment.
- An industrial digging machine that uses a large screw at the back to drill into the ground.
- A type of case for a pocket watch where the mechanism is accessed by a removable back plate that screws onto the back of the case. Also, a watch that has such a case.
- (golf) A powerful shot that imparts a spin to the ball.
- The period of screw rotation during injection molding when the plastic can flow into the mold.
- A type of propeller in which the blades are angled to produce a motion similar to threading a screw. Also, the angle of the blades on such a propeller.
- A tightening screw on the back of a hand tool.
- A mechanism for attaching a small item to clothing that operates by a post which goes through the cloth and a small backing plate that screws to the post. Also, the medal, tie pin, button, etc. that uses this type of attachment.
- (architecture) A masonry abutment on an arch that is wedge-shaped in order to transmit the thrust downward.
name
- Initialism of Continental Chess Association.
- Initialism of Centre for Contemporary Arts.
- Initialism of California Culinary Academy.
- Initialism of Coca-Cola Amatil.
- Initialism of Canadian Construction Association.
- Initialism of Call Centre Association.
- Initialism of Caribbean Contemporary Arts.
- Initialism of Canadian Cartographic Association.
- Initialism of Calgary Construction Association.
- Initialism of C Code Analyzer.
- Initialism of Colon Cancer Alliance.
- Initialism of Computer Corporation of America, a computing company founded in 1965 and acquired in 2010 by Rocket Software.
- Initialism of Computability and Complexity in Analysis, a book.
- Initialism of Center for Computational Aesthetics.
- Initialism of Conference of Consulting Actuaries.
- Initialism of Canadian Conference of the Arts, discontinued in 2012.
- Initialism of Centre for Creative Arts.
- Initialism of Corrections Corp of America.
- Initialism of Canadian Cat Association.
- Initialism of Canadian Council of Archives.
- Initialism of Coastal Conservation Association.
- Initialism of Canadian Chiropractic Association.
- Initialism of Common Component Architecture.
- (Australia) Initialism of Commonwealth Copyright Administration.
- Initialism of Chandigarh College of Architecture.
- Initialism of Career College Association.
- Initialism of Centre for Corporate Accountability, closed down in 2009.
- Initialism of Christian Conference of Asia.
- Initialism of California College of the Arts.
- Initialism of Corporate Council on Africa.
- Initialism of Canadian Cycling Association, former name of Cycling Canada Cyclisme.
noun
- Initialism of certified cropadvisor.
- Initialism of consumer and corporate affairs.
- Initialism of congenital contractural arachnodactyly.
- Initialism of controller of certifying/certification authorities.
- Initialism of customer care assistant.
- Initialism of cold cranking amperes.
- Initialism of chromated copper arsenate.
- (computing) Initialism of continuous configuration automation.
- (anatomy) Initialism of common carotid artery.
- (military, aviation) Initialism of collaborative combat aircraft: a combat drone wingman
- (Singapore, education) Initialism of cocurricular activity.
- Initialism of clear channel assessment.
- Initialism of Citrix certified administrator.
noun
- (backgammon) Any point on the board where two or more men rest, and consequently an opponent may not land.
- (computing, social media) A temporary or permanent ban that prevents access to an online account or service, or connection to or from a designated telephone number, IP address, or similar.
- A wig block: a simplified head model upon which wigs are worn.
- A chopping block: a cuboid base for cutting or beheading.
- A cuboid or approximately cuboid building.
- (slang) The human head.
- Interference or obstruction of cognitive processes.
- (programming) A region of code in a program that acts as a single unit, such as a function or loop.
- (UK) Solitary confinement.
- (cricket) A shot played by holding the bat vertically in the path of the ball, so that it loses momentum and drops to the ground.
- A contiguous group of urban lots of property, typically several acres in extent, not crossed by public streets.
- (gymnastics) The portion of the movement where a gymnast pushes off the vault.
- A cellblock.
- (sports) An action to interfere with the movement of an opposing player or of the object of play (ball, puck).
- (chemistry) A portion of a macromolecule, comprising many units, that has at least one feature not present in adjacent portions.
- The distance from one street to another in a city or suburb that is built (approximately) to a grid pattern.
- A physical area or extent of something, often rectangular or approximately rectangular.
- (falconry) The perch on which a bird of prey is kept.
- (viticulture) A discrete group of vines in a vineyard, often distinguished from others by variety, clone, canopy training method, irrigation infrastructure, or some combination thereof.
- (cricket) The position of a player or bat when guarding the wicket.
- (cricket) The popping crease.
- A section of split logs used as fuel.
- (rail transport) A section of a railroad where the block system is used.
- (volleyball) A defensive play by one or more players meant to deflect a spiked ball back to the hitter’s court.
- A set of sheets (of paper) joined together at one end, forming a cuboid shape.
- A logical extent or region; a grouping or apportionment of like things treated together as a unit.
- (cricket) A blockhole.
- Misspelling of bloc.
- A case or frame housing one or more sheaves (pulleys), used with ropes to increase or redirect force, for example as part of lifting gear or a sailing ship's rigging. See also block and tackle.
- (education) A yeargroup at Eton College.
- (philately) A joined group of four (or in some cases nine) postage stamps, forming a roughly square shape.
- (computing) A logical data storage unit containing one or more physical sectors.
- (computing) A contiguous range of Unicode code points used to encode characters of a specific type; can be of any size evenly divisible by 16, up to 65,536 (a full plane).
- A mould on which hats, bonnets, etc., are shaped.
- A substantial, often approximately cuboid, piece of any substance.
- (cellular automata) In Conway's Game of Life, a still life consisting of four living cells arranged in a two-by-two square.
- Something that prevents something from passing.
- (cryptography) A fixed-length group of bits making up part of a message.
- a number or quantity of related things dealt with as a unit
- a simple machine consisting of a wheel with a groove in which a rope can run to change the direction or point of application of a force applied to the rope
- the act of obstructing or deflecting someone's movements
- (computer science) a sector or group of sectors that function as the smallest data unit permitted
- housing in a large building that is divided into separate units
- an obstruction in a pipe or tube
- a metal casting containing the cylinders and cooling ducts of an engine
- a three-dimensional shape with six square or rectangular sides
- a rectangular area in a city surrounded by streets and usually containing several buildings
- a solid piece of something (usually having flat rectangular sides)
- a platform from which an auctioneer sells
- an inability to remember or think of something you normally can do; often caused by emotional tension
verb
- (transitive) To shape or sketch out roughly.
- (transitive) To bar (impose a ban on a person or bot, etc.) from connecting via telephone, instant messaging, etc., or from accessing an online account or service, or similar.
- (transitive) To fill or obstruct (something) so that it is not possible to pass.
- (transitive) To shape, stretch, or mould knitted items, hats, books (and book covers), shoes, etc.
- (intransitive, cricket) To play a block shot.
- (transitive, sports) To impede (an opponent or opponent’s play).
- (transitive) To prevent (something from happening or someone from doing something).
- (transitive) To bar (a message or communication), or bar connection with (an online account or service, a designated telephone number, IP address, etc.).
- (transitive, cricket) To hit with a block.
- (programming, intransitive) To wait for some condition to become true.
- (transitive) To prevent (something or someone) from passing.
- (intransitive) To experience mental block or creative block.
- (transitive, theater) To specify the positions and movements of the actors for (a section of a play or film).
- shut out from view or get in the way so as to hide from sight
- stop from happening or developing
- hinder or prevent the progress or accomplishment of
- run on a block system
- shape into a block or blocks
- interfere with or prevent the reception of signals
- block passage through
- support, secure, or raise with a block
- impede the movement of (an opponent or a ball)
- stamp or emboss a title or design on a book with a block
- obstruct
- render unsuitable for passage
- be unable to remember
- shape by using a block
- prohibit the conversion or use of (assets)
- interrupt the normal function of by means of anesthesia
noun
- (countable, backgammon) A move in response to being doubled, in which one immediately doubles the stakes again, keeping the doubling cube on one’s own side of the board.
- Butter.
- Alternative letter-case form of Beaver (“member of the youngest wing of the Scout movement”).
- Beaver cloth, a heavy felted woollen cloth, used chiefly for making overcoats.
- Alternative spelling of bevor (“part of a helmet”).
- A brown colour, like that of a beaver.
- (chiefly Canada, US, slang, countable) The pubic hair near a vulva or a vulva itself; (attributively) denoting films or literature featuring nude women.
- (Canada, US) Beaver pelts as an article of exchange or as a standard of value.
- (US, offensive, slang) A woman, especially one who is sexually attractive.
- (countable) A semiaquatic rodent of the genus Castor, having a wide, flat tail and webbed feet, native to the Northern Hemisphere.
- (countable, slang) A beard or a bearded person.
- (countable) A hat, of various shapes, made from a felted beaver fur (or later of silk), fashionable in Europe between 1550 and 1850.
- The fur of the beaver.
- (uncountable, historical, slang) A game, in which points are scored by spotting beards.
- a movable piece of armor on a medieval helmet used to protect the lower face
- the soft brown fur of the beaver
- a hat made with the fur of a beaver (or similar material)
- a full beard
- large semiaquatic rodent with webbed hind feet and a broad flat tail; construct complex dams and underwater lodges
- a man's hat with a tall crown; usually covered with silk or with beaver fur
verb
- To form a felt-like texture, similar to the way beaver fur is used for felt-making.
- (backgammon) After being doubled, to immediately double the stakes again, a move that keeps the doubling cube on one’s own side of the board.
- To work hard.
- (slang) To spot a beard in a game of beaver.
- (logging, slang) To cut a continuous ring around a tree that one is felling.
- work hard on something
noun
- A piece or token used in board games such as backgammon.
- A person, usually male, who has duties or skills associated with a specified thing.
- An adult or adolescent male servant. Anyone from a right-hand man (high-ranking assistant) to a low-ranking servant.
- (historical) A vassal; a subject.
- An adult male who has, to an eminent degree, qualities considered masculine, such as strength, integrity, and devotion to family; a mensch.
- A male enthusiast or devotee; a male who is very fond of or devoted to a specified kind of thing.
- (anthropology, archaeology, paleontology) A member of the genus Homo, especially of the species Homo sapiens.
- A term of familiar address often implying on the part of the speaker some degree of authority, impatience, or haste.
- A term of familiar address usually reserved for other adult males. It works both with ones whose name is known and ones whose name is unknown.
- A person, usually male, who can fulfill one's requirements with regard to a specified matter.
- An adult male human.
- A husband.
- (sports) A player on whom another is playing, with the intent of limiting their attacking impact.
- (military slang) A soldier below the rank of a non-commissioned officer.
- A male person, usually an adult; a (generally adult male) sentient being, whether human, supernatural, elf, alien, etc.
- (video games) One of the player's chances to play, lost when the player's character dies or when certain mistakes are made.
- (collective) All human males collectively: mankind.
- An adult male who belongs to a particular group: an employee, a representative, etc.
- A male lover; a boyfriend.
- an adult male person who has a manly character (virile and courageous competent)
- a manservant who acts as a personal attendant to their employer
- a male person who plays a significant role (husband or lover or boyfriend) in the life of a particular woman
- game equipment consisting of an object used in playing certain board games
- an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)
- all of the living human inhabitants of the earth
- the generic use of the word to refer to any human being
- a man who serves in the armed forces; a member of a military force
- a male subordinate
- any living or extinct member of the family Hominidae characterized by superior intelligence, articulate speech, and erect carriage
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- (sports) Initialism of power play.
- (video games) Abbreviation of performance points.
- (Internet slang, text messaging) Initialism of pussy pass.
- Initialism of parish priest.
- (organic chemistry) Initialism of polypropylene.
- (dance) Initialism of promenade position.
- (Internet slang, text messaging) Initialism of pee-pee (“penis or vagina”).
- (British, Ireland) Initialism of planning permission.
- (medicine) Abbreviation of prone positioning (“proning”).
- (medicine) Initialism of precocious puberty.
- (grammar) Initialism of postpositional phrase.
- (grammar) Initialism of past participle.
- (grammar) Initialism of prepositional phrase.
- Initialism of public parking.
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- (board games) A line of play that differs from the original.
- (astronomy) Deviation from the mean orbit of a heavenly body.
- The act of varying; a partial change in the form, position, state, or qualities of a thing.
- (nautical) The angular difference at the vessel between the direction of true north and magnetic north.
- (music) A technique where material is repeated with alterations to the melody, harmony, rhythm, timbre, texture, counterpoint or orchestration; but with some invariant characteristic, e.g. a ground bass.
- (genetics) The modification of a hereditary trait.
- A related but distinct thing.
- (linguistics) The situation where two or more linguistic forms appear in the same environment without a change in meaning, the choice of form being determined by factors of dialect, sociolect, register or simply the speaker's preference.
- (biology) an organism that has characteristics resulting from chromosomal alteration
- the act of changing or altering something slightly but noticeably from the norm or standard
- an activity that varies from a norm or standard
- the process of varying or being varied
- (ballet) a solo dance or dance figure
- something a little different from others of the same type
- an instance of change; the rate or magnitude of change
- (astronomy) any perturbation of the mean motion or orbit of a planet or satellite (especially a perturbation of the earth's moon)
- the angle (at a particular location) between magnetic north and true north
- an artifact that deviates from a norm or standard
- a repetition of a musical theme in which it is modified or embellished
noun
- (backgammon) A series of consecutive blocks. A prime of six prevents the opponent's pieces from passing.
- (Christianity) The religious service appointed to this hour.
- (historical) The first hour of daylight; the first canonical hour.
- The symbol ′ used to indicate feet, minutes, derivation and other measures and mathematical operations.
- (algebra, number theory) A prime element of a mathematical structure, particularly a prime number.
- The most active, thriving, or successful stage or period.
- A feather, from the wing of the cock ostrich, that is of the palest possible shade.
- (psychology) A stimulus which causes priming.
- The chief or best individual or part.
- An inch, as composed of twelve seconds in the duodecimal system.
- (fencing) The first defensive position, with the sword hand held at head height, and the tip of the sword at head height.
- (card games) A four-card hand containing one card of each suit in the game of primero; the opposite of a flush in poker.
- Something which is first in importance or rank: a prime defense company, mortgage lender, etc.
- (film) Contraction of prime lens, a film lens.
- (cycling) An intermediate sprint within a race, usually offering a prize and/or points.
- (music) The first note or tone of a musical scale.
- the period of greatest prosperity or productivity
- a natural number that has exactly two distinct natural number divisors: 1 and itself
- the second canonical hour; about 6 a.m.
- the time of maturity when power and vigor are greatest
adj
- Early; blooming; being in the first stage.
- First in excellence, quality, or value.
- First in importance, degree, or rank.
- (algebra, of a nonzero module) Such that the annihilator of any nonzero submodule is equal to the annihilator of the whole module.
- First in time, order, or sequence.
- (algebra, of an ideal) Having its complement closed under multiplication.
- Marked or distinguished by the prime symbol.
- (mathematics, technical) Such that if it divides a product, it divides one of the multiplicands.
- (mathematics, lay) Having exactly two integral factors: itself and unity (1 in the case of integers).
- used of the first or originating agent
- being at the best stage of development
- first in rank or degree
- of or relating to or being an integer that cannot be factored into other integers
- of superior grade
verb
- (mathematics) To mark with a prime mark.
- (transitive) To fill or prepare the chamber of a mechanism for its main work.
- To apply priming to (a musket or cannon); to apply a primer to (a metallic cartridge).
- (intransitive, of a steam boiler) To work so that foaming occurs from too violent ebullition, which causes water to become mixed with, and be carried along with, the steam that is formed.
- (intransitive) To serve as priming for the charge of a gun.
- To prepare; to make ready.
- (transitive) To apply a coat of primer paint to.
- fill with priming liquid
- cover with a primer; apply a primer to
- insert a primer into (a gun, mine, or charge) preparatory to detonation or firing
noun
- (backgammon) The central divider between the inner and outer table of a backgammon board, where stones are placed if they are hit.
- An addition to a military medal, on account of a subsequent act.
- (music) A vertical line across a musical staff dividing written music into sections, typically of equal durational value.
- (by extension, in combination) Premises or a counter serving any type of beverage.
- (heraldry) One of the ordinaries in heraldry; a diminutive of a fess.
- (slang, hip-hop, chiefly in the plural) Hip-hop lyrics, especially ones written and delivered skillfully.
- (recreational drugs) A small, tablet-shaped dose of Xanax, typically containing two milligrams and able to be split into quarters.
- (countable, uncountable, metallurgy) A solid metal object with uniform (round, square, hexagonal, octagonal or rectangular) cross-section; in the US its smallest dimension is ¹⁄₄ inch or greater, a piece of thinner material being called a strip.
- (architecture) A gatehouse of a castle or fortified town.
- (slang) A measure of drugs, typically one ounce.
- (programming, derived from fubar) A metasyntactic variable representing an unspecified entity, often the second in a series, following foo.
- (sports) A horizontal pole that must be crossed in the high jump and pole vault.
- A solid, more or less rigid object of metal or wood with a uniform cross-section smaller than its length.
- (US, Philippines, law, usually with the) The bar exam, the legal licensing exam.
- A broad shaft, band, or stripe.
- A business selling alcoholic drinks for consumption on the premises, or the premises themselves; a public house.
- (physics) A similar sign indicating that the charge on a particle is the negative of its usual value (and that consequently the particle is in fact an antiparticle).
- (UK, Parliament) A dividing line (physical or notional) in the chamber of a legislature beyond which only members and officials may pass.
- An establishment offering cosmetic services.
- A counter, or simply a cabinet, from which alcoholic drinks are served in a private house or a hotel room.
- (by extension, slang, chiefly in the plural) Something well-said or well-written.
- (farriery) The part of the crust of a horse's hoof which is bent inwards towards the frog at the heel on each side, and extends into the centre of the sole.
- Anything that obstructs, hinders, or prevents; an obstruction; a barrier.
- (typography) Any of various lines used as punctuation or diacritics, such as the pipe ⟨|⟩, fraction bar (as in 12), and strikethrough (as in Ⱥ), formerly (obsolete) including oblique marks such as the slash.
- A long, narrow drawn or printed rectangle, cuboid or cylinder, especially as used in a bar code or a bar chart.
- An informal establishment selling food to be consumed on the premises.
- (mathematics) The sign indicating that the characteristic of a logarithm is negative, conventionally placed above the digit(s) to show that it applies to the characteristic only and not to the mantissa.
- (figurative) Any level of achievement regarded as a challenge to be overcome; a standard or expectation.
- A non-SI unit of pressure equal to 100,000 pascals, slightly less than atmospheric pressure at sea level.
- (UK, law) The railing surrounding the part of a courtroom in which the judges, lawyers, defendants and witnesses stay.
- A linear shoaling landform feature within a body of water; a formation extending across the mouth of a river or harbor or off a beach, and which may obstruct navigation. (FM 55-501).
- (farriery, in the plural) The space between the tusks and grinders in the upper jaw of a horse, in which the bit is placed.
- The counter of such premises.
- (soccer, most codes) The crossbar.
- (law, metonymic, "the Bar", "the bar") Collectively, lawyers or the legal profession; specifically applied to barristers in some countries, but including all lawyers in others.
- A city gate, in some British place names.
- (mining) A drilling or tamping rod.
- (mining) A vein or dike crossing a lode.
- An official order or pronouncement that prohibits some activity.
- A cuboid piece of any solid commodity.
- (geography, nautical, hydrology) A ridge or succession of ridges of sand or other substance; especially:
- (telecommunications, electronics) One of an array of bar-shaped symbols that display the level of something, such as wireless signal strength or battery life remaining.
- a counter where you can obtain food or drink
- the act of preventing
- a narrow marking of a different color or texture from the background
- (meteorology) a unit of pressure equal to a million dynes per square centimeter
- an obstruction (usually metal) placed at the top of a goal
- a heating element in an electric fire
- musical notation for a repeating pattern of musical beats
- a submerged (or partly submerged) ridge in a river or along a shore
- (law) a railing that encloses the part of the courtroom where the judges and lawyers sit and the case is tried
- a rigid piece of metal or wood; usually used as a fastening or obstruction or weapon
- a room or establishment where alcoholic drinks are served over a counter
- a block of solid substance (such as soap or wax)
- a horizontal rod that serves as a support for gymnasts as they perform exercises
- the body of individuals qualified to practice law in a particular jurisdiction
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- (backgammon) An exposed piece in backgammon.
- A blemish, spot or stain made by a coloured substance.
- (by extension) A stain on someone's reputation or character; a disgrace.
- (biochemistry) A method of transferring proteins, DNA or RNA, onto a carrier.
- a blemish made by dirt
- an act that brings discredit to the person who does it
verb
- (transitive) To dry (writing, etc.) with blotting paper.
- (transitive) To cause a blot (on something) by spilling a coloured substance.
- (backgammon, transitive) To hit a blot.
- (transitive) To obscure; to eclipse; to shadow.
- (transitive) To impair; to damage; to mar; to soil.
- (transitive, MLE) To sell illegal drugs, to deal, to push.
- (transitive) To stain with infamy; to disgrace.
- (transitive) To spot, stain, or bespatter, as with ink.
- (intransitive) To soak up or absorb liquid.
- (transitive) To obliterate, as writing with ink; to cancel; to efface; generally with out.
- dry (ink) with blotting paper
- make a spot or mark onto
noun
- (rare) Backgammon (the game itself).
- (backgammon) A victory in backgammon achieved when the opponent has not borne off a single stone.
- A cut of quick-cured pork leg.
- (dialectal) A joke, trick; play, sport, merriment.
- (nautical) A rope fastening a bowsprit to the stem of a ship (usually called a gammoning).
- (neologism, derogatory, UK) A middle-aged or older right-wing, reactionary white man, or such men collectively.
- meat cut from the thigh of a hog (usually smoked)
- hind portion of a side of bacon
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- (backgammon) The raised edge of the game board.
- Any of several birds in the family Rallidae.
- A horizontal bar extending between supports and used for support or as a barrier; a railing.
- The metal bar forming part of the track for a railroad.
- (drugs) A large line (portion or serving of a powdery illegal drug).
- A horizontal piece of wood that serves to separate sections of a door or window.
- A railroad; a railway, as a means of transportation.
- (electronics) A conductor maintained at a fixed electrical potential relative to ground, to which other circuit components are connected.
- (surfing) One of the lengthwise edges of a surfboard.
- (Internet) A vertical section on one side of a web page.
- Each of two vertical side bars supporting the rungs of a ladder.
- any of numerous widely distributed small wading birds of the family Rallidae having short wings and very long toes for running on soft mud
- a horizontal bar (usually of wood or metal)
- short for railway
- a barrier consisting of a horizontal bar and supports
- a bar or pair of parallel bars of rolled steel making the railway along which railroad cars or other vehicles can roll
verb
- (transitive, rail transport, of rolling stock) To place on a track.
- To complain violently (against, about).
- (transitive, slang, drugs) To snort a line of powdered drugs.
- (transitive) To enclose with rails or a railing.
- (intransitive) To travel by railway.
- (transitive, vulgar, slang) To sexually penetrate in a rough manner.
- (transitive) To range in a line.
- complain bitterly
- spread negative information about
- lay with rails
- provide with rails
- criticize severely
- convey (goods etc.) by rails
- travel by rail or train
- fish with a handline over the rails of a boat
- enclose with rails
- separate with a railing
noun
- (uncountable) A variant of backgammon.
- (poker, uncountable) An uncommon poker variant where players bet on whether the next card will fall between two other cards.
- (military, slang) An AC2: an RCAF Aircraftman 2nd Class.
- (poker slang) two pair, aces and twos.
- (poker slang) An ace and a two as a starting hand in Texas hold 'em.
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- (backgammon) Any of the twenty-four points on a backgammon board.
- (military, fortification) An earthwork consisting of two berms forming an angle with an open gorge.
- (architecture) A spire or steeple, especially of Gothic style; an object emerging from the ridge of a roof.
- (fencing) A method of attack with a sword (foil or épée) in which the attacker's back leg crosses in front of the front leg in the offensive move.
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- (backgammon) A form of analysis in which the same position is played many times (with different dice rolls) and the various outcomes are recorded.
- (poker) A game variant in which players progressively reveal their cards.
- (HVAC) A malfunction in a gas furnace where gas burns outside the combustion chamber. Such a malfunction can cause damage to the furnace, carbon monoxide poisoning, or start a fire.
- An act of rolling out; gradual deployment.
- (aviation) The phase of a landing after touchdown but before the aircraft slows to taxi speed.
- (American football) A play in which a quarterback moves toward the sideline before attempting to pass.
noun
- A playing piece in the game of checkers (British: draughts), or certain other table games such as backgammon.
- One who makes a check mark.
- The clerk who tallies cost of purchases and accepts payment.
- The fruit of the wild service tree or chequer tree, Photinia villosa, syn. Sorbus terminalis
- A pattern of alternating colours as on a chessboard.
- One who or that which checks or verifies something.
- An individual square appearing in such a pattern.
- One who hinders or stops something.
- one of the flat round pieces used in playing the game of checkers
- an attendant who checks coats or baggage
- one who checks the correctness of something
verb
- (transitive) To mark in a pattern of alternating light and dark positions, like a checkerboard.
- (intransitive) To develop markings in a pattern of alternating light and dark positions, like a checkerboard.
- variegate with different colors, shades, or patterns
- mark into squares or draw squares on; draw crossed lines on
noun
- (snooker, billiards) Backspin.
- (vulgar, slang) A casual sexual partner.
- (nautical) A ship's propeller.
- A (usually) metal fastener consisting of a partially or completely threaded shank, sometimes with a threaded point, and a head used to both hold the top material and to drive the screw either directly into a soft material or into a prepared hole.
- An Archimedes screw.
- (informal, in the plural, with "the") Rheumatism.
- (vulgar, slang) Sexual intercourse; the act of screwing.
- (mathematics) A straight line in space with which a definite linear magnitude termed the pitch is associated. It is used to express the displacement of a rigid body, which may always be made to consist of a rotation about an axis combined with a translation parallel to that axis.
- (slang, derogatory) A prison guard.
- (slang, derogatory) An extortioner; a sharp bargainer; a skinflint.
- An amphipod crustacean.
- A simple machine, a helical inclined plane.
- A steam vessel propelled by a screw instead of wheels.
- The motion of screwing something; a turn or twist to one side.
- a simple machine of the inclined-plane type consisting of a spirally threaded cylindrical rod that engages with a similarly threaded hole
- someone who guards prisoners
- a propeller with several angled blades that rotates to push against water or air
- slang for sexual intercourse
- a fastener with a tapered threaded shank and a slotted head
verb
- (transitive, slang) To cheat someone or ruin their chances in a game or other situation.
- (transitive) To contort.
- (ambitransitive, vulgar, slang) To have sexual intercourse with.
- (colloquial, transitive) To give up on, to abandon, delay, to not think about someone or something.
- (transitive) To connect or assemble pieces using a screw.
- (soccer, transitive) To miskick (a ball) by hitting it with the wrong part of the foot.
- (billiards, snooker, pool) To screw back.
- (transitive) To extort or practice extortion upon; to oppress by unreasonable or extortionate exactions; to put the screws on.
- (colloquial, transitive, imperative, mildly vulgar) Used to express great displeasure with, or contemptuous dismissal of, someone or something.
- cause to penetrate, as with a circular motion
- have sexual intercourse with
- defeat someone through trickery or deceit
- tighten or fasten by means of screwing motions
- turn like a screw
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noun
- (uncountable, historical) An ancient Roman game similar to backgammon that was played on a board with 24 divisions.
- A table, index, or list of data.
- A legal record.
- A plate or frame on which a title or inscription is carved.
- (zoology) One of the transverse plants found in the calicles of certain corals and hydroids.
- A writing-tablet, slate, or similar medium on which to write.
- A frontal; a drapery for an altar.
noun
- A Persian game similar to backgammon.
- (US, 1980s, slang, usually in the plural) A testicle.
- American spikenard (Aralia racemosa), a North American perennial herb with an aromatic root.
- A flowering plant of species Nardostachys jatamansi, in the valerian family, that grows in the Himalayas and is used as a perfume, an incense, a sedative, and an herbal medicine.
- A fragrant oil from the plant, formerly much prized.
- an aromatic ointment used in antiquity
noun
- (backgammon) A move that throws one of the opponent's men back to the entering point.
- (backgammon) A game won after the adversary has removed some of his men. It counts for less than a gammon.
- (Internet) A measured visit to a web site, a request for a single file from a web server.
- Something very successful, such as a song, film, or video game, that receives widespread recognition and acclaim.
- (baseball) The complete play, when the batter reaches base without the benefit of a walk, error, or fielder’s choice.
- A premeditated murder done for criminal or political purposes.
- In the game of Battleship, a correct guess at where one's opponent ship is.
- An attack on a location, person or people.
- (figuratively) A blow; a calamitous or damaging occurrence.
- A collision of a projectile with the target.
- (computing, Internet) A match found by searching a computer system or search engine
- An approximately correct answer in a test set.
- A blow; a punch; a striking against; the collision of one body against another; the stroke that touches anything.
- (colloquial) A dose of an illegal or addictive drug.
- the act of contacting one thing with another
- a connection made via the internet to another website
- a conspicuous success
- (physics) a brief event in which two or more bodies come together
- a dose of a narcotic drug
- a murder carried out by an underworld syndicate
- (baseball) when a batter strikes a pitched ball into fair territory and arrives safely on base (without an error or a fielder's choice being made by the defense)
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- (backgammon) To take up, or replace by a piece belonging to the opposing player; said of a single unprotected piece on a point.
- (transitive) To affect negatively.
- (transitive, US, slang) To have sex with.
- (figurative, ambitransitive) To affect someone, as if dealing a blow to that person.
- (figuratively) To attack.
- (transitive, slang) To kill a person, usually on the instructions of a third party.
- To guess; to light upon or discover.
- (intransitive, baseball) To come up to bat.
- (intransitive) To meet or reach what was aimed at or desired; to succeed, often by luck.
- (transitive, colloquial) To switch on or switch off (lights).
- (transitive, informal) To reach or achieve.
- (transitive) To activate a button or key by pressing and releasing it.
- (transitive) To administer a blow to, directly or with a weapon or missile.
- (transitive) To come into contact with forcefully and suddenly.
- (transitive, military) To attack, especially amphibiously.
- (transitive, informal) To encounter an obstacle or other difficulty.
- (transitive) To manage to touch (a target) in the right place.
- (transitive, US, slang) To inhale an amount of smoke from a narcotic substance, particularly marijuana.
- (transitive, music, informal) To commence playing.
- (transitive, card games) In blackjack, to deal a card to.
- (transitive, colloquial) To briefly visit.
- (transitive, bodybuilding) To work out.
- (intransitive) To strike against something.
- (transitive, bodybuilding) (of an exercise) to affect, to work a body part.
- (transitive, computing, programming) To use; to connect to.
- reach a destination, either real or abstract
- cause to experience suddenly
- hit against; come into sudden contact with
- hit the intended target or goal
- affect or afflict suddenly, usually adversely
- make a strategic, offensive, assault against an enemy, opponent, or a target
- deal a blow to, either with the hand or with an instrument
- drive something violently into a location
- cause to move by striking
- kill intentionally and with premeditation
- hit with a missile from a weapon
- produce by manipulating keys or strings of musical instruments
- pay unsolicited and usually unwanted sexual attention to
- encounter by chance
- reach a point in time, or a certain state or level
noun
- (sports) Initialism of games played.
- (grand strategy video games) Initialism of great power.
- (slang) Initialism of general principle.
- (roleplaying games, board games, video games) Initialism of gold piece.
- (Internet) Initialism of grandparent poster; the person two levels up in a nested conversation thread.
- (countable, astronomy) Abbreviation of green pea galaxy.
- (countable, healthcare) Initialism of general practitioner.
- (uncountable, slang) Initialism of general public.
- (uncountable, software, artificial intelligence) Initialism of genetic programming.
- (countable) Initialism of guinea pig.
- a physician who is not a specialist but treats all illnesses
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- (backgammon) One half of a backgammon board, which is divided into the inner and outer table.
- A supply of food or entertainment.
- A flat tray which can be used as a table.
- The board or table-like furniture on which a game is played, such as snooker, billiards, or draughts.
- A group of people at a table, for example, for a meal, meeting or game.
- A collection of arithmetic calculations arranged in a table, such as multiplications in a multiplication table.
- A matrix or grid of data arranged in rows and columns.
- A wide, flat obstacle for a horse to jump over.
- (waitstaff, metonymic) A group of diners at a given table or tables.
- A flat gravestone supported on pillars.
- (metonymic) A booth or display at an event such as an exposition or fair.
- (computing, chiefly databases) A lookup table, most often a set of vectors.
- (music) The top of a stringed instrument, particularly a member of the violin family: the side of the instrument against which the strings vibrate.
- The flat topmost facet of a cut diamond.
- (poker, metonymic) The lineup of players at a given table.
- (roleplaying games, metonymic) A group of players meeting regularly to play a campaign.
- An item of furniture with a flat top surface raised above the ground, usually on one or more legs.
- A service of Holy Communion.
- (sports) A visual representation of a classification of teams or individuals based on their success over a predetermined period.
- a piece of furniture having a smooth flat top that is usually supported by one or more vertical legs
- flat tableland with steep edges
- food or meals in general
- a piece of furniture with tableware for a meal laid out on it
- a company of people assembled at a table for a meal or game
- a set of data arranged in rows and columns
verb
- To put on a table.
- (metonymic) To represent a company or organization (at an exposition, fair, etc.), usually at a booth or display.
- (non-US) To put on the table of a commission or legislative assembly; to propose for formal discussion or consideration, to put on the agenda.
- (poker, colloquial) To show one's cards face-up, especially during showdown.
- To tabulate; to put into a table or grid.
- (nautical) To make board hems in the skirts and bottoms of (sails) in order to strengthen them in the part attached to the bolt-rope.
- (chiefly US) To remove from the agenda, to postpone dealing with; to shelve (to indefinitely postpone consideration or discussion of something).
- hold back to a later time
- arrange or enter in tabular form
noun
- (backgammon) A victory in the game when the loser has not borne off a stone, and still has one or more stones in the winner's inner home row or on the bar.
- A board game for two players in which each has 15 stones which move between 24 triangular points according to the roll of a pair of dice; the object is to move all of one's pieces around, and bear them off the board.
- a board game for two players; pieces move according to throws of the dice
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- (online gaming, Internet) Initialism of let's play.
- Initialism of liquid petroleum or liquified petroleum, a fuel used for cooking.
- Initialism of little person.
- Initialism of liquid propane.
- (aerospace) Initialism of landing pad.
- (programming) Initialism of literate programming.
- (Internet) Abbreviation of landing page.
- (military) Abbreviation of listening post.
- (music, countable) Initialism of long-play.
- Initialism of lactase persistence.
- (mathematics) Abbreviation of linear programming.
- (medicine) Abbreviation of lumbar puncture.
- (finance) Abbreviation of liquidity provider.
- (business, law) Initialism of limited partnership.
- a long-playing phonograph record; designed to be played at 33.3 rpm
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- (board games) A playing piece made of any hard material, used in various board games such as backgammon and go.
- (medicine) A hard, stone-like deposit.
- (botany) The central part of some fruits, particularly drupes; consisting of the seed and a hard endocarp layer.
- A monument to the dead; a gravestone or tombstone.
- (countable, geology) A piece of such material: a rock or a pebble.
- (uncountable, geology) A hard earthen substance that can form rocks; especially, such substance when regarded as a building material.
- (British) A unit of weight equal to 14 pounds (≈6.3503 kilograms), formerly used for various commodities (wool, cheese, etc.), but now principally used for personal weight. Abbreviated as st.
- (curling) A 42-pound, precisely shaped piece of granite with a handle attached, which is bowled down the ice.
- A dull light grey or beige, like that of some stones.
- (printing, historical) A stand or table with a smooth, flat top of stone, commonly marble, on which to arrange the pages of a book, newspaper, etc. before printing.
- A gemstone, a jewel, especially a diamond.
- a lack of feeling or expression or movement
- the hard inner (usually woody) layer of the pericarp of some fruits (as peaches or plums or cherries or olives) that contains the seed
- an avoirdupois unit used to measure the weight of a human body; equal to 14 pounds
- building material consisting of a piece of rock hewn in a definite shape for a special purpose
- a lump or mass of hard consolidated mineral matter
- a crystalline rock that can be cut and polished for jewelry
- material consisting of the aggregate of minerals like those making up the Earth's crust
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- (intransitive) To form a stone during growth, with reference to fruit etc.
- (transitive) To wall or wall up with stones.
- (intransitive, Singapore, slang) To do nothing, to stare blankly into space and not pay attention when relaxing or when bored.
- (transitive, slang) Especially of cannabis or narcotics: To intoxicate. (Usually in passive)
- (transitive) To lap with an abrasive stone to remove surface irregularities.
- (transitive) To remove a stone from (fruit etc.).
- (transitive) To pelt with stones; especially, to kill by pelting with stones.
- kill by throwing stones at
- remove the pits from
noun
- (snooker, pool, billiards) The effect of putting backspin on the cue ball.
- (ping-pong) A half-volley executed by holding the racket loosely and swinging it straight at the ball.
- A hook-shapped attachment for an earring that sits behind the earlobe and tightens with a screw. Also, an earring that uses this type of attachment.
- An industrial digging machine that uses a large screw at the back to drill into the ground.
- A type of case for a pocket watch where the mechanism is accessed by a removable back plate that screws onto the back of the case. Also, a watch that has such a case.
- (golf) A powerful shot that imparts a spin to the ball.
- The period of screw rotation during injection molding when the plastic can flow into the mold.
- A type of propeller in which the blades are angled to produce a motion similar to threading a screw. Also, the angle of the blades on such a propeller.
- A tightening screw on the back of a hand tool.
- A mechanism for attaching a small item to clothing that operates by a post which goes through the cloth and a small backing plate that screws to the post. Also, the medal, tie pin, button, etc. that uses this type of attachment.
- (architecture) A masonry abutment on an arch that is wedge-shaped in order to transmit the thrust downward.
noun
- (backgammon) Any point on the board where two or more men rest, and consequently an opponent may not land.
- (computing, social media) A temporary or permanent ban that prevents access to an online account or service, or connection to or from a designated telephone number, IP address, or similar.
- A wig block: a simplified head model upon which wigs are worn.
- A chopping block: a cuboid base for cutting or beheading.
- A cuboid or approximately cuboid building.
- (slang) The human head.
- Interference or obstruction of cognitive processes.
- (programming) A region of code in a program that acts as a single unit, such as a function or loop.
- (UK) Solitary confinement.
- (cricket) A shot played by holding the bat vertically in the path of the ball, so that it loses momentum and drops to the ground.
- A contiguous group of urban lots of property, typically several acres in extent, not crossed by public streets.
- (gymnastics) The portion of the movement where a gymnast pushes off the vault.
- A cellblock.
- (sports) An action to interfere with the movement of an opposing player or of the object of play (ball, puck).
- (chemistry) A portion of a macromolecule, comprising many units, that has at least one feature not present in adjacent portions.
- The distance from one street to another in a city or suburb that is built (approximately) to a grid pattern.
- A physical area or extent of something, often rectangular or approximately rectangular.
- (falconry) The perch on which a bird of prey is kept.
- (viticulture) A discrete group of vines in a vineyard, often distinguished from others by variety, clone, canopy training method, irrigation infrastructure, or some combination thereof.
- (cricket) The position of a player or bat when guarding the wicket.
- (cricket) The popping crease.
- A section of split logs used as fuel.
- (rail transport) A section of a railroad where the block system is used.
- (volleyball) A defensive play by one or more players meant to deflect a spiked ball back to the hitter’s court.
- A set of sheets (of paper) joined together at one end, forming a cuboid shape.
- A logical extent or region; a grouping or apportionment of like things treated together as a unit.
- (cricket) A blockhole.
- Misspelling of bloc.
- A case or frame housing one or more sheaves (pulleys), used with ropes to increase or redirect force, for example as part of lifting gear or a sailing ship's rigging. See also block and tackle.
- (education) A yeargroup at Eton College.
- (philately) A joined group of four (or in some cases nine) postage stamps, forming a roughly square shape.
- (computing) A logical data storage unit containing one or more physical sectors.
- (computing) A contiguous range of Unicode code points used to encode characters of a specific type; can be of any size evenly divisible by 16, up to 65,536 (a full plane).
- A mould on which hats, bonnets, etc., are shaped.
- A substantial, often approximately cuboid, piece of any substance.
- (cellular automata) In Conway's Game of Life, a still life consisting of four living cells arranged in a two-by-two square.
- Something that prevents something from passing.
- (cryptography) A fixed-length group of bits making up part of a message.
- a number or quantity of related things dealt with as a unit
- a simple machine consisting of a wheel with a groove in which a rope can run to change the direction or point of application of a force applied to the rope
- the act of obstructing or deflecting someone's movements
- (computer science) a sector or group of sectors that function as the smallest data unit permitted
- housing in a large building that is divided into separate units
- an obstruction in a pipe or tube
- a metal casting containing the cylinders and cooling ducts of an engine
- a three-dimensional shape with six square or rectangular sides
- a rectangular area in a city surrounded by streets and usually containing several buildings
- a solid piece of something (usually having flat rectangular sides)
- a platform from which an auctioneer sells
- an inability to remember or think of something you normally can do; often caused by emotional tension
verb
- (transitive) To shape or sketch out roughly.
- (transitive) To bar (impose a ban on a person or bot, etc.) from connecting via telephone, instant messaging, etc., or from accessing an online account or service, or similar.
- (transitive) To fill or obstruct (something) so that it is not possible to pass.
- (transitive) To shape, stretch, or mould knitted items, hats, books (and book covers), shoes, etc.
- (intransitive, cricket) To play a block shot.
- (transitive, sports) To impede (an opponent or opponent’s play).
- (transitive) To prevent (something from happening or someone from doing something).
- (transitive) To bar (a message or communication), or bar connection with (an online account or service, a designated telephone number, IP address, etc.).
- (transitive, cricket) To hit with a block.
- (programming, intransitive) To wait for some condition to become true.
- (transitive) To prevent (something or someone) from passing.
- (intransitive) To experience mental block or creative block.
- (transitive, theater) To specify the positions and movements of the actors for (a section of a play or film).
- shut out from view or get in the way so as to hide from sight
- stop from happening or developing
- hinder or prevent the progress or accomplishment of
- run on a block system
- shape into a block or blocks
- interfere with or prevent the reception of signals
- block passage through
- support, secure, or raise with a block
- impede the movement of (an opponent or a ball)
- stamp or emboss a title or design on a book with a block
- obstruct
- render unsuitable for passage
- be unable to remember
- shape by using a block
- prohibit the conversion or use of (assets)
- interrupt the normal function of by means of anesthesia
noun
- (countable, backgammon) A move in response to being doubled, in which one immediately doubles the stakes again, keeping the doubling cube on one’s own side of the board.
- Butter.
- Alternative letter-case form of Beaver (“member of the youngest wing of the Scout movement”).
- Beaver cloth, a heavy felted woollen cloth, used chiefly for making overcoats.
- Alternative spelling of bevor (“part of a helmet”).
- A brown colour, like that of a beaver.
- (chiefly Canada, US, slang, countable) The pubic hair near a vulva or a vulva itself; (attributively) denoting films or literature featuring nude women.
- (Canada, US) Beaver pelts as an article of exchange or as a standard of value.
- (US, offensive, slang) A woman, especially one who is sexually attractive.
- (countable) A semiaquatic rodent of the genus Castor, having a wide, flat tail and webbed feet, native to the Northern Hemisphere.
- (countable, slang) A beard or a bearded person.
- (countable) A hat, of various shapes, made from a felted beaver fur (or later of silk), fashionable in Europe between 1550 and 1850.
- The fur of the beaver.
- (uncountable, historical, slang) A game, in which points are scored by spotting beards.
- a movable piece of armor on a medieval helmet used to protect the lower face
- the soft brown fur of the beaver
- a hat made with the fur of a beaver (or similar material)
- a full beard
- large semiaquatic rodent with webbed hind feet and a broad flat tail; construct complex dams and underwater lodges
- a man's hat with a tall crown; usually covered with silk or with beaver fur
verb
- To form a felt-like texture, similar to the way beaver fur is used for felt-making.
- (backgammon) After being doubled, to immediately double the stakes again, a move that keeps the doubling cube on one’s own side of the board.
- To work hard.
- (slang) To spot a beard in a game of beaver.
- (logging, slang) To cut a continuous ring around a tree that one is felling.
- work hard on something
noun
- A piece or token used in board games such as backgammon.
- A person, usually male, who has duties or skills associated with a specified thing.
- An adult or adolescent male servant. Anyone from a right-hand man (high-ranking assistant) to a low-ranking servant.
- (historical) A vassal; a subject.
- An adult male who has, to an eminent degree, qualities considered masculine, such as strength, integrity, and devotion to family; a mensch.
- A male enthusiast or devotee; a male who is very fond of or devoted to a specified kind of thing.
- (anthropology, archaeology, paleontology) A member of the genus Homo, especially of the species Homo sapiens.
- A term of familiar address often implying on the part of the speaker some degree of authority, impatience, or haste.
- A term of familiar address usually reserved for other adult males. It works both with ones whose name is known and ones whose name is unknown.
- A person, usually male, who can fulfill one's requirements with regard to a specified matter.
- An adult male human.
- A husband.
- (sports) A player on whom another is playing, with the intent of limiting their attacking impact.
- (military slang) A soldier below the rank of a non-commissioned officer.
- A male person, usually an adult; a (generally adult male) sentient being, whether human, supernatural, elf, alien, etc.
- (video games) One of the player's chances to play, lost when the player's character dies or when certain mistakes are made.
- (collective) All human males collectively: mankind.
- An adult male who belongs to a particular group: an employee, a representative, etc.
- A male lover; a boyfriend.
- an adult male person who has a manly character (virile and courageous competent)
- a manservant who acts as a personal attendant to their employer
- a male person who plays a significant role (husband or lover or boyfriend) in the life of a particular woman
- game equipment consisting of an object used in playing certain board games
- an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)
- all of the living human inhabitants of the earth
- the generic use of the word to refer to any human being
- a man who serves in the armed forces; a member of a military force
- a male subordinate
- any living or extinct member of the family Hominidae characterized by superior intelligence, articulate speech, and erect carriage
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- (sports) Initialism of power play.
- (video games) Abbreviation of performance points.
- (Internet slang, text messaging) Initialism of pussy pass.
- Initialism of parish priest.
- (organic chemistry) Initialism of polypropylene.
- (dance) Initialism of promenade position.
- (Internet slang, text messaging) Initialism of pee-pee (“penis or vagina”).
- (British, Ireland) Initialism of planning permission.
- (medicine) Abbreviation of prone positioning (“proning”).
- (medicine) Initialism of precocious puberty.
- (grammar) Initialism of postpositional phrase.
- (grammar) Initialism of past participle.
- (grammar) Initialism of prepositional phrase.
- Initialism of public parking.
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phrase
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- (board games) A line of play that differs from the original.
- (astronomy) Deviation from the mean orbit of a heavenly body.
- The act of varying; a partial change in the form, position, state, or qualities of a thing.
- (nautical) The angular difference at the vessel between the direction of true north and magnetic north.
- (music) A technique where material is repeated with alterations to the melody, harmony, rhythm, timbre, texture, counterpoint or orchestration; but with some invariant characteristic, e.g. a ground bass.
- (genetics) The modification of a hereditary trait.
- A related but distinct thing.
- (linguistics) The situation where two or more linguistic forms appear in the same environment without a change in meaning, the choice of form being determined by factors of dialect, sociolect, register or simply the speaker's preference.
- (biology) an organism that has characteristics resulting from chromosomal alteration
- the act of changing or altering something slightly but noticeably from the norm or standard
- an activity that varies from a norm or standard
- the process of varying or being varied
- (ballet) a solo dance or dance figure
- something a little different from others of the same type
- an instance of change; the rate or magnitude of change
- (astronomy) any perturbation of the mean motion or orbit of a planet or satellite (especially a perturbation of the earth's moon)
- the angle (at a particular location) between magnetic north and true north
- an artifact that deviates from a norm or standard
- a repetition of a musical theme in which it is modified or embellished
noun
- (backgammon) A series of consecutive blocks. A prime of six prevents the opponent's pieces from passing.
- (Christianity) The religious service appointed to this hour.
- (historical) The first hour of daylight; the first canonical hour.
- The symbol ′ used to indicate feet, minutes, derivation and other measures and mathematical operations.
- (algebra, number theory) A prime element of a mathematical structure, particularly a prime number.
- The most active, thriving, or successful stage or period.
- A feather, from the wing of the cock ostrich, that is of the palest possible shade.
- (psychology) A stimulus which causes priming.
- The chief or best individual or part.
- An inch, as composed of twelve seconds in the duodecimal system.
- (fencing) The first defensive position, with the sword hand held at head height, and the tip of the sword at head height.
- (card games) A four-card hand containing one card of each suit in the game of primero; the opposite of a flush in poker.
- Something which is first in importance or rank: a prime defense company, mortgage lender, etc.
- (film) Contraction of prime lens, a film lens.
- (cycling) An intermediate sprint within a race, usually offering a prize and/or points.
- (music) The first note or tone of a musical scale.
- the period of greatest prosperity or productivity
- a natural number that has exactly two distinct natural number divisors: 1 and itself
- the second canonical hour; about 6 a.m.
- the time of maturity when power and vigor are greatest
adj
- Early; blooming; being in the first stage.
- First in excellence, quality, or value.
- First in importance, degree, or rank.
- (algebra, of a nonzero module) Such that the annihilator of any nonzero submodule is equal to the annihilator of the whole module.
- First in time, order, or sequence.
- (algebra, of an ideal) Having its complement closed under multiplication.
- Marked or distinguished by the prime symbol.
- (mathematics, technical) Such that if it divides a product, it divides one of the multiplicands.
- (mathematics, lay) Having exactly two integral factors: itself and unity (1 in the case of integers).
- used of the first or originating agent
- being at the best stage of development
- first in rank or degree
- of or relating to or being an integer that cannot be factored into other integers
- of superior grade
verb
- (mathematics) To mark with a prime mark.
- (transitive) To fill or prepare the chamber of a mechanism for its main work.
- To apply priming to (a musket or cannon); to apply a primer to (a metallic cartridge).
- (intransitive, of a steam boiler) To work so that foaming occurs from too violent ebullition, which causes water to become mixed with, and be carried along with, the steam that is formed.
- (intransitive) To serve as priming for the charge of a gun.
- To prepare; to make ready.
- (transitive) To apply a coat of primer paint to.
- fill with priming liquid
- cover with a primer; apply a primer to
- insert a primer into (a gun, mine, or charge) preparatory to detonation or firing
noun
- (backgammon) The central divider between the inner and outer table of a backgammon board, where stones are placed if they are hit.
- An addition to a military medal, on account of a subsequent act.
- (music) A vertical line across a musical staff dividing written music into sections, typically of equal durational value.
- (by extension, in combination) Premises or a counter serving any type of beverage.
- (heraldry) One of the ordinaries in heraldry; a diminutive of a fess.
- (slang, hip-hop, chiefly in the plural) Hip-hop lyrics, especially ones written and delivered skillfully.
- (recreational drugs) A small, tablet-shaped dose of Xanax, typically containing two milligrams and able to be split into quarters.
- (countable, uncountable, metallurgy) A solid metal object with uniform (round, square, hexagonal, octagonal or rectangular) cross-section; in the US its smallest dimension is ¹⁄₄ inch or greater, a piece of thinner material being called a strip.
- (architecture) A gatehouse of a castle or fortified town.
- (slang) A measure of drugs, typically one ounce.
- (programming, derived from fubar) A metasyntactic variable representing an unspecified entity, often the second in a series, following foo.
- (sports) A horizontal pole that must be crossed in the high jump and pole vault.
- A solid, more or less rigid object of metal or wood with a uniform cross-section smaller than its length.
- (US, Philippines, law, usually with the) The bar exam, the legal licensing exam.
- A broad shaft, band, or stripe.
- A business selling alcoholic drinks for consumption on the premises, or the premises themselves; a public house.
- (physics) A similar sign indicating that the charge on a particle is the negative of its usual value (and that consequently the particle is in fact an antiparticle).
- (UK, Parliament) A dividing line (physical or notional) in the chamber of a legislature beyond which only members and officials may pass.
- An establishment offering cosmetic services.
- A counter, or simply a cabinet, from which alcoholic drinks are served in a private house or a hotel room.
- (by extension, slang, chiefly in the plural) Something well-said or well-written.
- (farriery) The part of the crust of a horse's hoof which is bent inwards towards the frog at the heel on each side, and extends into the centre of the sole.
- Anything that obstructs, hinders, or prevents; an obstruction; a barrier.
- (typography) Any of various lines used as punctuation or diacritics, such as the pipe ⟨|⟩, fraction bar (as in 12), and strikethrough (as in Ⱥ), formerly (obsolete) including oblique marks such as the slash.
- A long, narrow drawn or printed rectangle, cuboid or cylinder, especially as used in a bar code or a bar chart.
- An informal establishment selling food to be consumed on the premises.
- (mathematics) The sign indicating that the characteristic of a logarithm is negative, conventionally placed above the digit(s) to show that it applies to the characteristic only and not to the mantissa.
- (figurative) Any level of achievement regarded as a challenge to be overcome; a standard or expectation.
- A non-SI unit of pressure equal to 100,000 pascals, slightly less than atmospheric pressure at sea level.
- (UK, law) The railing surrounding the part of a courtroom in which the judges, lawyers, defendants and witnesses stay.
- A linear shoaling landform feature within a body of water; a formation extending across the mouth of a river or harbor or off a beach, and which may obstruct navigation. (FM 55-501).
- (farriery, in the plural) The space between the tusks and grinders in the upper jaw of a horse, in which the bit is placed.
- The counter of such premises.
- (soccer, most codes) The crossbar.
- (law, metonymic, "the Bar", "the bar") Collectively, lawyers or the legal profession; specifically applied to barristers in some countries, but including all lawyers in others.
- A city gate, in some British place names.
- (mining) A drilling or tamping rod.
- (mining) A vein or dike crossing a lode.
- An official order or pronouncement that prohibits some activity.
- A cuboid piece of any solid commodity.
- (geography, nautical, hydrology) A ridge or succession of ridges of sand or other substance; especially:
- (telecommunications, electronics) One of an array of bar-shaped symbols that display the level of something, such as wireless signal strength or battery life remaining.
- a counter where you can obtain food or drink
- the act of preventing
- a narrow marking of a different color or texture from the background
- (meteorology) a unit of pressure equal to a million dynes per square centimeter
- an obstruction (usually metal) placed at the top of a goal
- a heating element in an electric fire
- musical notation for a repeating pattern of musical beats
- a submerged (or partly submerged) ridge in a river or along a shore
- (law) a railing that encloses the part of the courtroom where the judges and lawyers sit and the case is tried
- a rigid piece of metal or wood; usually used as a fastening or obstruction or weapon
- a room or establishment where alcoholic drinks are served over a counter
- a block of solid substance (such as soap or wax)
- a horizontal rod that serves as a support for gymnasts as they perform exercises
- the body of individuals qualified to practice law in a particular jurisdiction
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- (backgammon) To remove one of one's own checkers from the board.
- To restrain; to keep from approaching.
- (board games) To remove a piece from play.
- To gain; to carry off, as a prize.
- (nautical) To remove to a distance; to keep clear from rubbing against anything.
- remove from a certain place, environment, or mental or emotional state; transport into a new location or state
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