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- The faeces of a hawk or falcon.
- (music) An object for dulling the sound of an instrument, especially a brass instrument, or damper for pianoforte; a sordine.
- An electronic switch or control that mutes the sound.
- A hired mourner at a funeral; an undertaker's assistant.
- A mute swan.
- A person who does not have the power of speech.
- (Internet) An action of muting, especially in a discussion forum as a penalty for breaking rules.
- a deaf person who is unable to speak
- a device used to soften the tone of a musical instrument
adj
- Not giving a ringing sound when struck; said of a metal.
- Silent; not making a sound.
- Not uttered; unpronounced; silent; also, produced by complete closure of the mouth organs which interrupt the passage of breath; said of certain letters.
- Not having the power of speech; dumb.
- expressed without speech
- unable to speak because of hereditary deafness
verb
noun
adj
- Polite and respectful rather than rude.
- Tender and amiable; of a considerate or kindly disposition.
- Gradual rather than steep or sudden.
- Soft and mild rather than hard or severe.
- Docile and easily managed.
- having or showing a kindly or tender nature
- easily handled or managed
- having little impact
- quiet and soothing
- belonging to or characteristic of the nobility or aristocracy
- soft and mild; not harsh or stern or severe
- marked by moderate steepness
verb
noun
- A Middle Eastern falcon, probably the lanner.
- A pointed stick, which when placed with the point against another piece of wood, and spun rapidly in alternate directions with the aid of attached cords, produces enough heat by friction to create a fire; a fire drill.
- Charcoal; coke.
- (US, Alaska) A wine glass.
verb
noun
- (falconry) The flight of a hawk.
- The course, evolution, and ongoing advancement of one's working life, especially in one particular field.
- One’s calling in life; one's working occupation or profession, especially when pursued seriously or over a long period of time.
- The general course of one's action or conduct in life, or in a particular area of life.
- A jouster's path during a joust.
- the particular occupation for which you are trained
- the general progression of your working or professional life
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- Any bird of the genus Falco, all of which are birds of prey.
- (falconry) A female such bird, a male being a tiercel.
- Any bird of prey of the subfamilies Falconinae and Herpetotherinae.
- (historical) A light cannon used from the 15th to the 17th century.
- diurnal birds of prey having long pointed powerful wings adapted for swift flight
verb
- (falconry, of a hawk) To fly above its master, waiting till game is sprung.
- To be in store for (someone).
- (colloquial) To wait for (a thing, or an event to take place).
- (colloquial) To wait for (a person).
- To provide a service to (someone); to act as a servant to (someone); to serve (someone) as a waiter or waitress in a restaurant.
- work for, or be a servant to
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- An Indian falcon (Falco jugger), similar to the European lanner and the American prairie falcon.
- That which lugs in either literal or figurative senses.
- (slang, Australia, US) A conman.
- One who lugs, especially one whose job entails pulling or moving heavy objects.
- A person hired by a gambling establishment to locate potential customers and bring them in.
- A small vessel having two or three masts, and a running bowsprit, and carrying lugsails.
- small fishing boat rigged with one or more lugsails
noun
- Any diurnal predatory terrestrial bird of similar size and appearance to the accipitrid hawks, such as a falcon.
- (game theory) An uncooperative or purely selfish participant in an exchange or game, especially when untrusting, acquisitive or treacherous. Refers specifically to the prisoner's dilemma, a.k.a. the Hawk-Dove game.
- (entomology) Any of various species of dragonfly of the genera Apocordulia and Austrocordulia, endemic to Australia.
- (US, especially Chicago, and nationwide in African-American, often with "the") Cold, sharp or biting wind.
- A diurnal predatory bird of the family Accipitridae, smaller than an eagle.
- (politics) An advocate of aggressive political positions and actions.
- A noisy effort to force up phlegm from the throat.
- A plasterer's tool, made of a flat surface with a handle below, used to hold an amount of plaster prior to application to the wall or ceiling being worked on: a mortarboard.
- a square board with a handle underneath; used by masons to hold or carry mortar
- diurnal bird of prey typically having short rounded wings and a long tail
- an advocate of an aggressive policy on foreign relations
verb
- (transitive, intransitive) To expectorate, to cough up (something, such as mucus) from one's throat; to produce (something) by coughing or clearing one's throat.
- (transitive) To sell; to offer for sale by outcry in the street; to carry (merchandise) about from place to place for sale; to peddle.
- (intransitive) To make an attack while on the wing; to soar and strike like a hawk.
- (transitive) To hunt with a hawk.
- (transitive, intransitive) To try to cough up something from one's throat; to clear the throat loudly; to cough heavily, especially causing uvular frication.
- hunt with hawks
- clear mucus or food from one's throat
- sell or offer for sale from place to place
noun
- small North American falcon
- small hawk of Eurasia and northern Africa
- Alternative form of sparrowhawk; the Eurasian sparrowhawk (Accipiter nisus), a small, short-winged European hawk and other similar Old World hawks in the subfamily Accipitrinae, that prey on smaller birds.
- The American kestrel or American sparrowhawk (Falco sparverius), a small falcon found in North and South America that preys on grasshoppers and small animals.
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- The talons of a bird of prey.
- Synonym of manicule.
- A puffball.
- (informal) An attempt at something.
- A group of men.
- A hand with the fingers clenched or curled inward.
- (slang) A person's characteristic handwriting.
- The act of breaking wind; fise.
- (amateur radio) The characteristic signaling rhythm of an individual telegraph or CW operator when sending Morse code.
- a hand with the fingers clenched in the palm (as for hitting)
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- (transitive, falconry, of a hawk) To clean (the beak, etc.).
- (ambitransitive) To seek by request; to make application; to petition; to entreat; to plead.
- (transitive) To file a legal action against someone, generally a non-criminal (civil) action.
- (transitive, nautical) To leave high and dry on shore.
- institute legal proceedings against; file a suit against
noun
- Someone who breeds and trains hawks and other falcons; a falconer.
- (Singapore) A seller of food in a hawker centre.
- A peddler, a huckster, a person who sells easily transportable goods.
- Any dragonfly of the family Aeshnidae; a darner.
- someone who travels about selling their wares (as on the streets or at carnivals)
- a person who breeds and trains hawks and who follows the sport of falconry
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- (intransitive, falconry) Of a falcon: To flap the wings vigorously; to bait.
- flap the wings wildly or frantically; used of falcons
- (transitive) To soak leather so as to remove chemicals used in tanning; to steep in bate.
- To allow by way of abatement or deduction.
- (intransitive) To contend or strive with blows or arguments.
- (transitive, sometimes figuratively) To cut off, remove, take away.
- To waste away.
- (intransitive, slang) Clipping of masturbate.
- (transitive) To restrain, usually with the sense of being in anticipation
- (transitive) To reduce the force of something; to abate.
- To lessen by retrenching, deducting, or reducing; to abate; to beat down; to lower.
- To deprive of.
- soak in a special solution to soften and remove chemicals used in previous treatments
- moderate or restrain; lessen the force of
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- (falconry) The perpendicular rising of a hawk over the place where its prey has gone into cover.
- An individual element in a larger whole; a particular detail, thought, or quality.
- Each of the marks or strokes written above letters, especially in Semitic languages, to indicate vowels, stress etc.
- (video games, board games) A unit of various numerical parameters used in a game, e.g. health, experience, stamina, mana.
- (sports, video games, board games) A unit of scoring in a game or competition.
- A purpose or objective, which makes something meaningful.
- Each of the main directions on a compass, usually considered to be 32 in number; a direction.
- (economics) A unit used to express differences in prices of stocks and shares.
- (music) A dot or mark used to designate certain tones or time. In ancient music, it distinguished or characterized certain tones or styles (points of perfection, of augmentation, etc.). In modern music, it is placed on the right of a note to raise its value, or prolong its time, by one half.
- Ellipsis of percentage point.
- A peninsula or promontory.
- (by extension) An operational or public leadership position in a risky endeavor.
- (UK) An electric power socket.
- (historical) A string or lace used to tie together certain garments.
- Ellipsis of point man.
- (archaeology) A spearhead or similar object hafted to a handle.
- (lacrosse, ice hockey, countable, uncountable) The position of the player of each side who stands a short distance in front of the goalkeeper.
- (now only in phrases) A tenth; formerly also a twelfth.
- (heraldry) One of the "corners" of the escutcheon: the base (bottom center) unless a qualifier is added (point dexter, point dexter base, point sinister, point sinister base), generally when separately tinctured. (Compare terrace, point champaine, enté en point.)
- (typography) A unit of measure equal to 1/12 of a pica, or approximately 1/72 of an inch (exactly 1/72 of an inch in the digital era).
- The attitude assumed by a pointer dog when he finds game.
- (UK) A unit of measure for rain, equal to 0.254 mm or 0.01 of an inch.
- (mathematics) A decimal point (now especially when reading decimal fractions aloud).
- (cricket, countable, uncountable) A fielding position square of the wicket on the off side, between gully and cover.
- (fencing) A movement executed with the sabre or foil.
- (mathematics, sciences) A zero-dimensional mathematical object representing a location in one or more dimensions; something considered to have position but no magnitude or direction.
- A particular moment in an event or occurrence; a juncture.
- A topic of discussion or debate; a proposition; a count
- A full stop or other terminal punctuation mark.
- Pointedness of speech or writing; a penetrating or decisive quality of expression.
- A tine or snag of an antler.
- (heraldry, by extension) An ordinary similar to a pile (but sometimes shorter), extending upward from the base. (Often termed a point pointed.)
- A focus of conversation or consideration; the main idea.
- (nautical) A short piece of cordage used in reefing sails.
- (usually in the plural) An area of contrasting colour on an animal, especially a dog; a marking.
- (by extension) A note; a tune.
- (navigation, nautical) A unit of bearing equal to one thirty-second of a circle, i.e. 11.25°.
- (hunting) A spot to which a straight run is made; hence, a straight run from point to point; a cross-country run.
- (nautical) The difference between two points of the compass.
- (automotive, chiefly in the plural) Either of the two metal surfaces in a distributor which close or open to allow or prevent the flow of current through the ignition coil. There is usually a moving point, pushed by the distributor cam, and a fixed point, and they are built together as a unit.
- Any projecting extremity of an object.
- (rail transport, UK, in the plural) A railroad switch.
- A distinguishing quality or characteristic.
- (baseball, countable, uncountable) The position of the pitcher and catcher.
- Lace worked by the needle.
- The gesture of extending the index finger in a direction in order to indicate something.
- The sharp tip of an object.
- A specific location or place, seen as a spatial position.
- The act of pointing, as of the foot downward in certain dance positions.
- (backgammon) Each of the twelve triangular positions in either table of a backgammon board, on which the stones are played.
- An object which has a sharp or tapering tip.
- The position at the front or vanguard of an advancing force.
- Something tiny, as a pinprick; a very small mark.
- a specific identifiable position in a continuum or series or especially in a process
- any of 32 horizontal directions indicated on the card of a compass
- a promontory extending out into a large body of water
- a linear unit used to measure the size of type; approximately 1/72 inch
- a wall socket
- the unit of counting in scoring a game or contest
- a V-shaped mark at one end of an arrow pointer
- an instant of time
- sharp end
- the dot at the left of a decimal fraction
- a brief version of the essential meaning of something
- one percent of the total principal of a loan; it is paid at the time the loan is made and is independent of the interest on the loan
- a geometric element that has position but no extension
- a distinguishing or individuating characteristic
- a style in speech or writing that arrests attention and has a penetrating or convincing quality or effect
- a V shape
- an outstanding characteristic
- a contact in the distributor; as the rotor turns its projecting arm contacts them and current flows to the spark plugs
- an isolated fact that is considered separately from the whole
- a punctuation mark (‘.’) placed at the end of a declarative sentence to indicate a full stop or after abbreviations
- the precise location of something; a spatially limited location
- a very small circular shape
- the property of a shape that tapers to a sharp tip
- the object of an activity
- a distinct part that can be specified separately in a group of things that could be enumerated on a list
- the gun muzzle's direction
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- (intransitive) To indicate a probability of something.
- (transitive, Internet) To direct requests sent to a domain name to the IP address corresponding to that domain name.
- (transitive) To direct or encourage (someone) in a particular direction.
- To give a point to; to sharpen; to cut, forge, grind, or file to an acute end.
- (transitive, computing) To direct the central processing unit to seek information at a certain location in memory.
- (transitive, mathematics) To separate an integer from a decimal with a decimal point.
- (ambitransitive, masonry) To repair mortar.
- (intransitive) To extend the index finger in the direction of something in order to show where it is or to draw attention to it.
- (stone-cutting) To cut, as a surface, with a pointed tool.
- (transitive, masonry) To fill up and finish the joints of (a wall), by introducing additional cement or mortar, and bringing it to a smooth surface.
- (intransitive, nautical) To sail close to the wind.
- (transitive, sometimes figurative) To direct toward an object; to aim.
- (intransitive, hunting) To indicate the presence of game by a fixed and steady look, as certain hunting dogs do.
- (medicine, of an abscess) To approximate to the surface; to head.
- (intransitive) To draw attention to something or indicate a direction.
- (transitive) To mark with diacritics.
- (intransitive) To face in a particular direction.
- be a signal for or a symptom of
- direct the course; determine the direction of travelling
- mark with diacritics
- be positionable in a specified manner
- sail close to the wind
- indicate the presence of (game) by standing and pointing with the muzzle
- direct into a position for use
- repair the joints of bricks
- mark (Hebrew words) with diacritics
- mark (a psalm text) to indicate the points at which the music changes
- indicate a place, direction, person, or thing; either spatially or figuratively
- give a point to
- intend (something) to move towards a certain goal
- be oriented
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adj
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- The faeces of a hawk or falcon.
- (music) An object for dulling the sound of an instrument, especially a brass instrument, or damper for pianoforte; a sordine.
- An electronic switch or control that mutes the sound.
- A hired mourner at a funeral; an undertaker's assistant.
- A mute swan.
- A person who does not have the power of speech.
- (Internet) An action of muting, especially in a discussion forum as a penalty for breaking rules.
- a deaf person who is unable to speak
- a device used to soften the tone of a musical instrument
adj
- Not giving a ringing sound when struck; said of a metal.
- Silent; not making a sound.
- Not uttered; unpronounced; silent; also, produced by complete closure of the mouth organs which interrupt the passage of breath; said of certain letters.
- Not having the power of speech; dumb.
- expressed without speech
- unable to speak because of hereditary deafness
verb
noun
adj
- Polite and respectful rather than rude.
- Tender and amiable; of a considerate or kindly disposition.
- Gradual rather than steep or sudden.
- Soft and mild rather than hard or severe.
- Docile and easily managed.
- having or showing a kindly or tender nature
- easily handled or managed
- having little impact
- quiet and soothing
- belonging to or characteristic of the nobility or aristocracy
- soft and mild; not harsh or stern or severe
- marked by moderate steepness
verb
noun
- A Middle Eastern falcon, probably the lanner.
- A pointed stick, which when placed with the point against another piece of wood, and spun rapidly in alternate directions with the aid of attached cords, produces enough heat by friction to create a fire; a fire drill.
- Charcoal; coke.
- (US, Alaska) A wine glass.
verb
noun
- (falconry) The flight of a hawk.
- The course, evolution, and ongoing advancement of one's working life, especially in one particular field.
- One’s calling in life; one's working occupation or profession, especially when pursued seriously or over a long period of time.
- The general course of one's action or conduct in life, or in a particular area of life.
- A jouster's path during a joust.
- the particular occupation for which you are trained
- the general progression of your working or professional life
adj
verb
noun
adj
noun
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- An Indian falcon (Falco jugger), similar to the European lanner and the American prairie falcon.
- That which lugs in either literal or figurative senses.
- (slang, Australia, US) A conman.
- One who lugs, especially one whose job entails pulling or moving heavy objects.
- A person hired by a gambling establishment to locate potential customers and bring them in.
- A small vessel having two or three masts, and a running bowsprit, and carrying lugsails.
- small fishing boat rigged with one or more lugsails
noun
- Any diurnal predatory terrestrial bird of similar size and appearance to the accipitrid hawks, such as a falcon.
- (game theory) An uncooperative or purely selfish participant in an exchange or game, especially when untrusting, acquisitive or treacherous. Refers specifically to the prisoner's dilemma, a.k.a. the Hawk-Dove game.
- (entomology) Any of various species of dragonfly of the genera Apocordulia and Austrocordulia, endemic to Australia.
- (US, especially Chicago, and nationwide in African-American, often with "the") Cold, sharp or biting wind.
- A diurnal predatory bird of the family Accipitridae, smaller than an eagle.
- (politics) An advocate of aggressive political positions and actions.
- A noisy effort to force up phlegm from the throat.
- A plasterer's tool, made of a flat surface with a handle below, used to hold an amount of plaster prior to application to the wall or ceiling being worked on: a mortarboard.
- a square board with a handle underneath; used by masons to hold or carry mortar
- diurnal bird of prey typically having short rounded wings and a long tail
- an advocate of an aggressive policy on foreign relations
verb
- (transitive, intransitive) To expectorate, to cough up (something, such as mucus) from one's throat; to produce (something) by coughing or clearing one's throat.
- (transitive) To sell; to offer for sale by outcry in the street; to carry (merchandise) about from place to place for sale; to peddle.
- (intransitive) To make an attack while on the wing; to soar and strike like a hawk.
- (transitive) To hunt with a hawk.
- (transitive, intransitive) To try to cough up something from one's throat; to clear the throat loudly; to cough heavily, especially causing uvular frication.
- hunt with hawks
- clear mucus or food from one's throat
- sell or offer for sale from place to place
noun
- small North American falcon
- small hawk of Eurasia and northern Africa
- Alternative form of sparrowhawk; the Eurasian sparrowhawk (Accipiter nisus), a small, short-winged European hawk and other similar Old World hawks in the subfamily Accipitrinae, that prey on smaller birds.
- The American kestrel or American sparrowhawk (Falco sparverius), a small falcon found in North and South America that preys on grasshoppers and small animals.
noun
- The talons of a bird of prey.
- Synonym of manicule.
- A puffball.
- (informal) An attempt at something.
- A group of men.
- A hand with the fingers clenched or curled inward.
- (slang) A person's characteristic handwriting.
- The act of breaking wind; fise.
- (amateur radio) The characteristic signaling rhythm of an individual telegraph or CW operator when sending Morse code.
- a hand with the fingers clenched in the palm (as for hitting)
verb
noun
- Someone who breeds and trains hawks and other falcons; a falconer.
- (Singapore) A seller of food in a hawker centre.
- A peddler, a huckster, a person who sells easily transportable goods.
- Any dragonfly of the family Aeshnidae; a darner.
- someone who travels about selling their wares (as on the streets or at carnivals)
- a person who breeds and trains hawks and who follows the sport of falconry
noun
adj
adv
verb
noun
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- (falconry) The perpendicular rising of a hawk over the place where its prey has gone into cover.
- An individual element in a larger whole; a particular detail, thought, or quality.
- Each of the marks or strokes written above letters, especially in Semitic languages, to indicate vowels, stress etc.
- (video games, board games) A unit of various numerical parameters used in a game, e.g. health, experience, stamina, mana.
- (sports, video games, board games) A unit of scoring in a game or competition.
- A purpose or objective, which makes something meaningful.
- Each of the main directions on a compass, usually considered to be 32 in number; a direction.
- (economics) A unit used to express differences in prices of stocks and shares.
- (music) A dot or mark used to designate certain tones or time. In ancient music, it distinguished or characterized certain tones or styles (points of perfection, of augmentation, etc.). In modern music, it is placed on the right of a note to raise its value, or prolong its time, by one half.
- Ellipsis of percentage point.
- A peninsula or promontory.
- (by extension) An operational or public leadership position in a risky endeavor.
- (UK) An electric power socket.
- (historical) A string or lace used to tie together certain garments.
- Ellipsis of point man.
- (archaeology) A spearhead or similar object hafted to a handle.
- (lacrosse, ice hockey, countable, uncountable) The position of the player of each side who stands a short distance in front of the goalkeeper.
- (now only in phrases) A tenth; formerly also a twelfth.
- (heraldry) One of the "corners" of the escutcheon: the base (bottom center) unless a qualifier is added (point dexter, point dexter base, point sinister, point sinister base), generally when separately tinctured. (Compare terrace, point champaine, enté en point.)
- (typography) A unit of measure equal to 1/12 of a pica, or approximately 1/72 of an inch (exactly 1/72 of an inch in the digital era).
- The attitude assumed by a pointer dog when he finds game.
- (UK) A unit of measure for rain, equal to 0.254 mm or 0.01 of an inch.
- (mathematics) A decimal point (now especially when reading decimal fractions aloud).
- (cricket, countable, uncountable) A fielding position square of the wicket on the off side, between gully and cover.
- (fencing) A movement executed with the sabre or foil.
- (mathematics, sciences) A zero-dimensional mathematical object representing a location in one or more dimensions; something considered to have position but no magnitude or direction.
- A particular moment in an event or occurrence; a juncture.
- A topic of discussion or debate; a proposition; a count
- A full stop or other terminal punctuation mark.
- Pointedness of speech or writing; a penetrating or decisive quality of expression.
- A tine or snag of an antler.
- (heraldry, by extension) An ordinary similar to a pile (but sometimes shorter), extending upward from the base. (Often termed a point pointed.)
- A focus of conversation or consideration; the main idea.
- (nautical) A short piece of cordage used in reefing sails.
- (usually in the plural) An area of contrasting colour on an animal, especially a dog; a marking.
- (by extension) A note; a tune.
- (navigation, nautical) A unit of bearing equal to one thirty-second of a circle, i.e. 11.25°.
- (hunting) A spot to which a straight run is made; hence, a straight run from point to point; a cross-country run.
- (nautical) The difference between two points of the compass.
- (automotive, chiefly in the plural) Either of the two metal surfaces in a distributor which close or open to allow or prevent the flow of current through the ignition coil. There is usually a moving point, pushed by the distributor cam, and a fixed point, and they are built together as a unit.
- Any projecting extremity of an object.
- (rail transport, UK, in the plural) A railroad switch.
- A distinguishing quality or characteristic.
- (baseball, countable, uncountable) The position of the pitcher and catcher.
- Lace worked by the needle.
- The gesture of extending the index finger in a direction in order to indicate something.
- The sharp tip of an object.
- A specific location or place, seen as a spatial position.
- The act of pointing, as of the foot downward in certain dance positions.
- (backgammon) Each of the twelve triangular positions in either table of a backgammon board, on which the stones are played.
- An object which has a sharp or tapering tip.
- The position at the front or vanguard of an advancing force.
- Something tiny, as a pinprick; a very small mark.
- a specific identifiable position in a continuum or series or especially in a process
- any of 32 horizontal directions indicated on the card of a compass
- a promontory extending out into a large body of water
- a linear unit used to measure the size of type; approximately 1/72 inch
- a wall socket
- the unit of counting in scoring a game or contest
- a V-shaped mark at one end of an arrow pointer
- an instant of time
- sharp end
- the dot at the left of a decimal fraction
- a brief version of the essential meaning of something
- one percent of the total principal of a loan; it is paid at the time the loan is made and is independent of the interest on the loan
- a geometric element that has position but no extension
- a distinguishing or individuating characteristic
- a style in speech or writing that arrests attention and has a penetrating or convincing quality or effect
- a V shape
- an outstanding characteristic
- a contact in the distributor; as the rotor turns its projecting arm contacts them and current flows to the spark plugs
- an isolated fact that is considered separately from the whole
- a punctuation mark (‘.’) placed at the end of a declarative sentence to indicate a full stop or after abbreviations
- the precise location of something; a spatially limited location
- a very small circular shape
- the property of a shape that tapers to a sharp tip
- the object of an activity
- a distinct part that can be specified separately in a group of things that could be enumerated on a list
- the gun muzzle's direction
intj
verb
- (intransitive) To indicate a probability of something.
- (transitive, Internet) To direct requests sent to a domain name to the IP address corresponding to that domain name.
- (transitive) To direct or encourage (someone) in a particular direction.
- To give a point to; to sharpen; to cut, forge, grind, or file to an acute end.
- (transitive, computing) To direct the central processing unit to seek information at a certain location in memory.
- (transitive, mathematics) To separate an integer from a decimal with a decimal point.
- (ambitransitive, masonry) To repair mortar.
- (intransitive) To extend the index finger in the direction of something in order to show where it is or to draw attention to it.
- (stone-cutting) To cut, as a surface, with a pointed tool.
- (transitive, masonry) To fill up and finish the joints of (a wall), by introducing additional cement or mortar, and bringing it to a smooth surface.
- (intransitive, nautical) To sail close to the wind.
- (transitive, sometimes figurative) To direct toward an object; to aim.
- (intransitive, hunting) To indicate the presence of game by a fixed and steady look, as certain hunting dogs do.
- (medicine, of an abscess) To approximate to the surface; to head.
- (intransitive) To draw attention to something or indicate a direction.
- (transitive) To mark with diacritics.
- (intransitive) To face in a particular direction.
- be a signal for or a symptom of
- direct the course; determine the direction of travelling
- mark with diacritics
- be positionable in a specified manner
- sail close to the wind
- indicate the presence of (game) by standing and pointing with the muzzle
- direct into a position for use
- repair the joints of bricks
- mark (Hebrew words) with diacritics
- mark (a psalm text) to indicate the points at which the music changes
- indicate a place, direction, person, or thing; either spatially or figuratively
- give a point to
- intend (something) to move towards a certain goal
- be oriented
verb
noun
- Any bird of the genus Falco, all of which are birds of prey.
- (falconry) A female such bird, a male being a tiercel.
- Any bird of prey of the subfamilies Falconinae and Herpetotherinae.
- (historical) A light cannon used from the 15th to the 17th century.
- diurnal birds of prey having long pointed powerful wings adapted for swift flight
verb
- (falconry, of a hawk) To fly above its master, waiting till game is sprung.
- To be in store for (someone).
- (colloquial) To wait for (a thing, or an event to take place).
- (colloquial) To wait for (a person).
- To provide a service to (someone); to act as a servant to (someone); to serve (someone) as a waiter or waitress in a restaurant.
- work for, or be a servant to
verb
- (transitive, falconry, of a hawk) To clean (the beak, etc.).
- (ambitransitive) To seek by request; to make application; to petition; to entreat; to plead.
- (transitive) To file a legal action against someone, generally a non-criminal (civil) action.
- (transitive, nautical) To leave high and dry on shore.
- institute legal proceedings against; file a suit against
verb
- (intransitive, falconry) Of a falcon: To flap the wings vigorously; to bait.
- flap the wings wildly or frantically; used of falcons
- (transitive) To soak leather so as to remove chemicals used in tanning; to steep in bate.
- To allow by way of abatement or deduction.
- (intransitive) To contend or strive with blows or arguments.
- (transitive, sometimes figuratively) To cut off, remove, take away.
- To waste away.
- (intransitive, slang) Clipping of masturbate.
- (transitive) To restrain, usually with the sense of being in anticipation
- (transitive) To reduce the force of something; to abate.
- To lessen by retrenching, deducting, or reducing; to abate; to beat down; to lower.
- To deprive of.
- soak in a special solution to soften and remove chemicals used in previous treatments
- moderate or restrain; lessen the force of