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noun
adj
- Roughly rectangular or elliptical.
- (bookmaking) Having the horizontal axis of a page longer than the vertical; In landscape orientation.
- Having a length and width that are different; not square or circular.
- deviating from a square or circle or sphere by being elongated in one direction
- (of a leaf shape) having a somewhat elongated form with approximately parallel sides
verb
verb
noun
- Blood, especially that from a wound when thickened due to exposure to the air.
- (surveying, chiefly US) A small piece of land left unincorporated due to competing surveys or a surveying error.
- A triangular or rhomboid piece of fabric, especially one forming part of a three-dimensional surface such as a sail or a skirt.
- A triangular piece of land where roads meet.
- An elastic gusset for providing a snug fit in a shoe.
- The curved surface that lies between two close lines of longitude on a globe, or an equivalent section of a spherical or dome-shaped object in general.ᵂᵖ
- (heraldry) A charge, delineated by two inwardly curved lines, starting respectively from the middle base corner and one of the two chief corners and meeting in the fess point.
- (obsolete except in dialects) Dirt, filth, often dung or mud.
- A sign immediately adjacent to an exit from a roadway identifying it as an exit, optionally with the exit's identification number.
- A projecting point.
- Carnage, bloodshed, murder, violence.
- the shedding of blood resulting in murder
- a piece of cloth that is generally triangular or tapering; used in making garments or umbrellas or sails
- coagulated blood from a wound
adj
adj
adj
noun
- a rectangular drawing
- A rectangle: an oblong or a square.
- the quantity contained in a box
- separate partitioned area in a public place for a few people
- evergreen shrubs or small trees
- a (usually rectangular) container; may have a lid
- any one of several designated areas on a ball field where the batter or catcher or coaches are positioned
- private area in a theater or grandstand where a small group can watch the performance
- a blow with the hand (usually on the ear)
- the driver's seat on a coach
- a predicament from which a skillful or graceful escape is impossible
- (baseball) The rectangle in which the batter stands.
- (music, slang) A musical instrument, especially one made from boxwood.
- (fencing) A device used in electric fencing to detect whether a weapon has struck an opponent, which connects to a fencer's weapon by a spool and body wire. It uses lights and sound to notify a hit, with different coloured lights for on target and off target hits.
- (geometry, by extension) A rectangular object in any number of dimensions.
- (slang) A cell used for solitary confinement.
- A cuboid container and its contents; as much as fills such a container.
- A cuboid space; a cuboid container, often with a hinged lid.
- (Australia) An evergreen tree of the genus Lophostemon (for example, box scrub, Brisbane box, brush box, pink box, or Queensland box, Lophostemon confertus).
- (juggling) A pattern usually performed with three balls where the movements of the balls make a boxlike shape.
- A compartment to sit inside in an auditorium, courtroom, theatre, or other building.
- The wood from a box tree: boxwood.
- A blow with the fist.
- (lacrosse, informal) Ellipsis of box lacrosse (“indoor form of lacrosse”).
- (rail transport) Ellipsis of signal box.
- (colloquial, chiefly UK, Ireland) Short for squeeze box (“accordion or concertina”)
- Ellipsis of horsebox (“container for transporting horses”).
- (cricket) A hard protector for the genitals worn inside the underpants by a batsman or close fielder.
- (colloquial, chiefly Southern US) A stringed instrument with a soundbox, especially a guitar.
- A compartment or receptacle for receiving items.
- (automotive) Ellipsis of gearbox.
- A numbered receptacle at a newspaper office for anonymous replies to advertisements; see also box number.
- (slang, preceded by the) The television.
- Any of various evergreen shrubs or trees of genus Buxus, especially common box, European box, or boxwood (Buxus sempervirens) which is often used for making hedges and topiary.
- (figuratively) A predicament or trap.
- (slang) A prison cell.
- (aviation) A diamond-shaped flying formation consisting of four aircraft.
- A compartment (as a drawer) of an item of furniture used for storage, such as a cupboard, a shelf, etc.
- (automotive) Ellipsis of stashbox.
- (Australia) Various species of Eucalyptus trees are popularly called various kinds of boxes, on the basis of the nature of their wood, bark, or appearance for example, drooping box (Eucalyptus bicolor), shiny-leaved box (Eucalyptus tereticornis), black box, or ironbark box trees.
- (motor racing) An area in the pit where the car is repaired and refueled.
- (genetics) One of two specific regions in a promoter.
- (soccer) The penalty area.
- (computing, slang) A computer, or the case in which it is housed.
- The driver’s seat on a horse-drawn coach.
- (engineering) A cylindrical casing around the axle of a wheel, a bearing, a gland, etc.
- (slang) A gym dedicated to the CrossFit exercise program.
- A small rectangular shelter.
- (cricket) Synonym of gully (“a certain fielding position”).
- (euphemistic) A coffin.
- (slang, vulgar) The vagina.
verb
- put into a box
- hit with the fist
- engage in a boxing match
- (transitive) To strike with the fists; to punch.
- (motor racing) To enter the pit.
- (transitive) To mix two containers of paint of similar colour to ensure that the color is identical.
- (transitive) Usually followed by in: to surround and enclose in a way that restricts movement; to corner, to hem in.
- (transitive, object-oriented programming) To place a value of a primitive type into a casing object.
- (transitive, boxing) To fight against (a person) in a boxing match.
- (transitive, agriculture) To make an incision or hole in (a tree) for the purpose of procuring the sap.
- (transitive, architecture) To enclose with boarding, lathing, etc., so as to conceal (for example, pipes) or to bring to a required form.
- (transitive) To place inside a box; to pack in one or more boxes.
- (transitive, engineering) To furnish (for example, the axle of a wheel) with a box.
- (intransitive, stative, boxing) To participate in boxing; to be a boxer.
- (transitive, graphic design, printing) To enclose (images, text, etc.) in a box.
verb
- (geometry, computer graphics) To divide into triangles.
- divide into triangles or give a triangular form to
- (politics) To pit two others against each other in order to achieve a desired outcome or to gain an advantage; to "play both sides against the middle".
- To locate by means of triangulation.
- survey by triangulation
- measure by using trigonometry
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verb
noun
noun
- (geometry) a plane rectangle with four equal sides and four right angles; a four-sided regular polygon
- (uncountable) Alternative form of four square.
- (countable, cryptography) A four-square cipher.
- (countable, architecture, US) A boxy style of domestic architecture with four rooms to a floor, one of which is usually a stair hall.
adj
adv
noun
- (geometry) a plane rectangle with four equal sides and four right angles; a four-sided regular polygon
- something approximating the shape of a square
- an open area at the meeting of two or more streets
- a formal and conservative person with old-fashioned views
- any artifact having a shape similar to a plane geometric figure with four equal sides and four right angles
- someone who doesn't understand what is going on
- the product of two equal terms
- a hand tool consisting of two straight arms at right angles; used to construct or test right angles
- (real estate) A unit of measurement of area, equal to a 10 foot by 10 foot square, i.e. 100 square feet or roughly 9.3 square metres. Used in real estate for the size of a house or its rooms, though progressively being replaced by square metres in metric countries such as Australia.
- (geometry) A polygon with four straight sides of equal length and four right angles; an equilateral rectangle; a regular quadrilateral.
- (colloquial, US) Ellipsis of square meal.
- (brewing) A vat used for fermentation.
- (computing) A pattern to be matched that consists of a subpattern repeated, such as "papa" or "wikiwiki".
- (astrology) The position of planets distant ninety degrees from each other; a quadrate.
- (printing) A certain number of lines, forming a portion of a column, nearly square; used chiefly in reckoning the prices of advertisements in newspapers.
- (slang, MLE) A well-defined torso.
- (slang) Cigarette.
- (cricket) The central area of a cricket field, with one or more pitches of which only one is used at a time.
- (mathematics) The product of a number or quantity multiplied by itself; the second power of a number, value, term or expression.
- (often in street names or addresses) A street surrounding a public square or plaza.
- A cell in a grid.
- The relation of harmony, or exact agreement; equality; level.
- A square piece, part, or surface.
- An open space or park, often in the center of a town, not necessarily square in shape, often containing trees, seating and other features pleasing to the eye.
- (Canada, US) A dessert cut into rectangular pieces, or a piece of such a dessert.
- (roofing) A unit used in measuring roof area equivalent to 100 square feet (9.29 m²) of roof area. The materials for roofing jobs are often billed by the square in the United States.
- An L- or T-shaped tool used to place objects or draw lines at right angles.
- (British) The symbol # on a telephone; hash.
- The front of a woman's dress over the bosom, usually worked or embroidered.
- (military formation) A body of troops drawn up in a square formation.
- (academia) A mortarboard.
adj
- providing abundant nourishment
- rigidly conventional or old-fashioned
- leaving no balance
- without evasion or compromise
- having four equal sides and four right angles or forming a right angle
- characterized by honesty and fairness
- (cricket) In line with the batsman's popping crease.
- Used in the names of units of area formed by multiplying a unit of length by itself.
- Honest; straightforward; fair.
- (of box-shaped objects such as buildings or metal frames) Forming right angles in all planes as intended; not racked or leaning.
- (slang, derogatory) Socially conventional; boring.
- Satisfied; comfortable with; not experiencing any conflict.
- Solid, decent, substantial.
- Even; tied
- (automotive) Of an internal combustion engine design, in which the diameter of the piston is similar, roughly, approximately, equal to its stroke distance.
- Forming a right angle (90°).
- (nautical) Forming right angles with the mast or the keel, and parallel to the horizon; said of the yards of a square-rigged vessel when they are so braced.
- Having a shape broad for the height, with angular rather than curving outlines.
- Shaped like a square (the polygon).
adv
verb
- cause to match, as of ideas or acts
- make square
- be compatible with
- position so as to be square
- turn the oar, while rowing
- turn the paddle; in canoeing
- raise to the second power
- pay someone and settle a debt
- (soccer) To make a short low pass sideways across the pitch
- To compare with, or reduce to, any given measure or standard.
- (transitive, geometry) To draw, with a pair of compasses and a straightedge only, a square with the same area as.
- (rowing) To rotate the oars so that they are perpendicular to the water.
- (nautical) To place at a right angle to the mast or keel.
- To form with four sides and four right angles.
- (ambitransitive) To resolve or reconcile; to suit or fit.
- To take a boxing attitude; often with up or off.
- To accord or agree exactly; to be consistent with; to suit; to fit.
- To form with right angles and straight lines, or flat surfaces.
- (transitive, geometry) To tile (completely fill) with squares.
- (transitive) To adjust or adapt so as to bring into harmony with something.
- (transitive) To adjust so as to align with or place at a right angle to something else; in particular:
- (astrology) To hold a quartile position respecting.
- (transitive, mathematics) Of a value, term, or expression, to multiply by itself; to raise to the second power.
verb
- lose its distinct outline or shape; blend gradually
- announce for a score; of cards in a card game
- mix together different elements
- (transitive) To announce or play (a combination of playing cards) and thus score points.
- (transitive) To combine (multiple things) together; to blend, to fuse.
- (intransitive) To combine, to blend, to fuse.
- (intransitive) To announce or play a combination of playing cards and thus score points.
noun
- a form of rummy using two decks of cards and four jokers; jokers and deuces are wild; the object is to form groups of the same rank
- (originally US) The result of multiple things being combined together; a blend.
- (card games) Especially in games of the rummy family: a combination of playing cards which is announced or played to score points.
verb
- lose its distinct outline or shape; blend gradually
- become or cause to become soft or liquid
- reduce or cause to be reduced from a solid to a liquid state, usually by heating
- become more relaxed, easygoing, or genial
- become less clearly visible or distinguishable; disappear gradually or seemingly
- become less intense and fade away gradually
- (intransitive, colloquial) To be very hot and sweat profusely.
- (intransitive, figurative) To be emotionally softened or touched.
- (transitive, figurative) To soften, as by a warming or kindly influence; to relax; to render gentle or susceptible to mild influences; sometimes, in a bad sense, to take away the firmness of; to weaken.
- (intransitive, figuratively) To dissolve, disperse, vanish.
- (ergative) To change (or to be changed) from a solid state to a liquid state, usually by a gradual heat.
- (intransitive) To be discouraged.
noun
- the process whereby heat changes something from a solid to a liquid
- (UK, politics, slang, derogatory) A centre-left or liberal person, when in opposition to a leftist; (especially) a critic of Jeremy Corbyn within the Labour Party.
- (geology) Rock showing evidence of having been remelted after it originally solidified.
- (UK, slang, derogatory) An idiot.
- The springtime snow runoff in mountain regions.
- Molten material, the product of melting.
- The transition of matter from a solid state to a liquid state.
- A melt sandwich.
- Variant spelling of milt, the semen of a male fish, used as food.
- A wax-based substance for use in an oil burner as an alternative to mixing oils and water.
noun
- (geometry) A five-sided polyhedron with a rectangular base, two rectangular or trapezoidal sides meeting in an edge, and two triangular ends.
- One of the basic elements that make up cuneiform writing, a single triangular impression made with the corner of a reed stylus.
- One of the simple machines; a piece of material, such as metal or wood, thick at one edge and tapered to a thin edge at the other for insertion in a narrow crevice, used for splitting, tightening, securing, or levering.
- (meteorology) A barometric ridge; an elongated region of high atmospheric pressure between two low-pressure areas.
- (figurative) Something that creates a division, gap or distance between things.
- (music) A hairpin, an elongated horizontal V-shaped sign indicating a crescendo or decrescendo.
- (US, regional, especially Westchester, New York) A sandwich made on a long, cylindrical roll.
- (colloquial, British, countable, uncountable, by extension) A quantity of money.
- A piece (of food, metal, wood etc.) having this shape.
- (typography, US) A háček.
- (finance) A market trend characterized by a contracting range in prices coupled with an upward trend in prices (a rising wedge) or a downward trend in prices (a falling wedge).
- (UK, Cambridge University slang) The person whose name stands lowest on the list of the classical tripos.
- (zoology, collective) A group of geese, swans, or other birds when they are in flight in a V formation.
- (meteorology) A wedge tornado.
- (architecture) A voussoir, one of the wedge-shaped blocks forming an arch or vault.
- (phonetics) The IPA character ʌ, which denotes an open-mid back unrounded vowel.
- (mathematics) The symbol ∧, denoting a meet (infimum) operation or logical conjunction.
- One of a pair of wedge-heeled shoes.
- (golf) A type of iron club used for short, high trajectories.
- any shape that is triangular in cross section
- (golf) an iron with considerable loft and a broad sole
- something solid that is usable as an inclined plane (shaped like a V) that can be pushed between two things to separate them
- a diacritical mark (an inverted circumflex) placed above certain letters (such as the letter c) to indicate pronunciation
- a large sandwich made of a long crusty roll split lengthwise and filled with meats and cheese (and tomato and onion and lettuce and condiments); different names are used in different sections of the United States
- a heel that is an extension of the sole of the shoe
- a block of wood used to prevent the sliding or rolling of a heavy object
verb
- (computing, informal, intransitive) Of a computer program or system: to get stuck in an unresponsive state.
- (transitive) To shape into a wedge.
- (ambitransitive) To force into a narrow gap.
- (transitive) To support or secure using a wedge.
- (transitive) To work wet clay by cutting or kneading for the purpose of homogenizing the mass and expelling air bubbles.
- (transitive) To pack (people or animals) together tightly into a mass.
- (transitive) To force or drive with a wedge.
- (transitive) To cleave with a wedge.
- squeeze like a wedge into a tight space
- put, fix, force, or implant
verb
- make rigid and set into a conventional pattern
- become bony
- cause to become hard and bony
- (rare) To calcify.
- (ambitransitive, animate) To become (or cause to become) inflexible and rigid in habits or opinions.
- (ambitransitive) To transform (or cause to transform) from a softer animal substance into bone; particularly the processes of growth in humans and animals.
- (ambitransitive, inanimate) To grow (or cause to grow) formulaic and permanent.
verb
- make rigid and set into a conventional pattern
- change into stone
- cause to become stonelike or stiff or dazed and stunned from fright
- (intransitive) To become stone, or of a stony hardness, as organic matter by calcareous deposits.
- To produce rigidity akin to stone.
- (transitive, figurative) To make callous or obdurate; to stupefy; to paralyze; to transform; as by petrification.
- (intransitive, figurative) To become stony, callous, or obdurate.
- To immobilize with fright.
- (transitive) To turn to stone: to harden organic matter by permeating with water and depositing dissolved minerals.
noun
- a three-dimensional shape with six square or rectangular sides
- 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 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
- (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.
- (backgammon) Any point on the board where two or more men rest, and consequently an opponent may not land.
- (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.
verb
- 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
- (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).
noun
- a three-dimensional shape with six square or rectangular sides
- any of several tropical American woody plants of the genus Lonchocarpus whose roots are used locally as a fish poison and commercially as a source of rotenone
- a block in the (approximate) shape of a cube
- a hexahedron with six equal squares as faces
- the product of three equal terms
- (informal, automotive) Clipping of cubic inch(es).
- (mathematics) The third power of a number, value, term or expression.
- (geometry) A regular polyhedron having six identical square faces.
- A Rubik's cube style puzzle, not necessarily in the shape of a cube.
- (computing) A data structure consisting of a three-dimensional array; a data cube.
- Any object more or less in the form of a cube.
- A cubicle, especially one of those found in offices.
verb
adj
verb
- remove the edges from and cut down to the desired size
- remove the skin from
- cut small bits or pare shavings from
- decrease gradually or bit by bit
- (transitive) To remove the outer covering or skin of something with a cutting device, typically a knife.
- (transitive, often with down or back) To reduce, diminish or trim gradually something as if by cutting off.
- (Ireland, slang) To sharpen a pencil.
- To trim the hoof of a horse.
verb
- remove the edges from and cut down to the desired size
- adjust (sails on a ship) so that the wind is optimally used
- cut closely
- cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of
- decorate, as with ornaments
- decorate (food), as with parsley or other ornamental foods
- be in equilibrium during a flight
- balance in flight by regulating the control surfaces
- cut down on; make a reduction in
- (transitive, aviation, of an aircraft) To adjust the positions of control surfaces, sometimes using trim tabs, so as to modify or eliminate the aircraft's tendency to pitch, roll, or yaw when the cockpit controls are released.
- (transitive, nautical, of a vessel's sails) To modify the angle (of the sails) relative to the wind, especially to set them at the most advantageous angle.
- (transitive, nautical, of a vessel) To modify the angle relative to the water by shifting cargo or ballast; to adjust for sailing; to assume, or cause to assume a certain position, or trim, in the water.
- (transitive) To decorate or adorn; especially of a Christmas tree.
- (transitive, historical) To cut back the wick of (a lamp) to maintain a clean, bright flame.
- (transitive) To make trim; to put in due order for any purpose; to make right, neat, or pleasing; to adjust.
- (transitive) To reduce slightly; to cut; especially, to remove excess.
- (transitive, carpentry, of timber) To dress; to make smooth.
- (transitive, by extension) To change the carbon rods of (an arc lamp).
adj
noun
- cutting down to the desired size or shape
- attitude of an aircraft in flight when allowed to take its own orientation
- a state of arrangement or appearance
- a decoration or adornment typically on the edge of a garment
- (uncountable, underwater diving) The horizontal position of an underwater water
- (printing, binding, publishing) Any of the three cut edges of book pages, trimmed with a shear after binding.
- Dress; gear; ornaments.
- (by extension, uncountable, slang, mildly vulgar) Sexual intercourse with a woman.
- (especially automotive) Features optionally available on a vehicle; an established configuration of such features within a model (a trim level).
- (nautical) The arrangement of the sails with reference to the wind.
- (uncountable, aviation, of an aircraft) The state of adjustment of control surfaces such that the desired attitude can be maintained without requiring the continuous application of force to the cockpit controls.
- (nautical) The fore-and-aft angle of the vessel to the water, with reference to the cargo and ballast; the manner in which a vessel floats on the water, whether on an even keel or down by the head or stern.
- (countable) A haircut, especially a moderate one to touch up an existing style.
- (countable) The manner in which something is equipped or adorned; order; disposition.
- (uncountable, aviation, by extension) The mechanism(s) used to trim an aircraft in roll, pitch, and/or yaw.
- (uncountable, slang, mildly vulgar) The female genitalia.
- (uncountable) Decoration; especially, decoration placed along edges or borders.
adv
noun
- (geometry) The truncation of a polyhedron by replacing each vertex with a face that passes though the midpoint of each edge connected to the vertex; an analogous procedure on a polytope of dimension higher than 3.
- (astronomy) The adjustment of a globe preparatory to the solution of a proposed problem.
- (geometry) The determination of a straight line whose length is equal to a portion of a curve.
- (politics, historical) Any of a number of Chinese and Filipino communist purges. See rectification movement.
- (astrology) A procedure that attempts to determine a person's time of birth based on events in their life.
- The action or process of rectifying.
- (chemistry, chemical engineering) Purification of a substance through repeated or continuous distillation.
- determination of the length of a curve; finding a straight line equal in length to a given curve
- (chemistry) the process of refinement or purification of a substance by distillation
- the act of offering an improvement to replace a mistake; setting right
- the conversion of alternating current to direct current
noun
- a shape resulting from distortion
- the act of distorting something so it seems to mean something it was not intended to mean
- an optical phenomenon resulting from the failure of a lens or mirror to produce a good image
- a change for the worse
- a change (usually undesired) in the waveform of an acoustic or analog electrical signal; the difference between two measurements of a signal (as between the input and output signal)
- the mistake of misrepresenting the facts
- An act of distorting.
- (optics) An aberration that causes magnification to change over the field of view.
- A misrepresentation of the truth.
- A result of distorting.
- Noise or other artifacts caused in the electronic reproduction of sound or music.
- An effect used in music, most commonly on guitars in rock or metal.
noun
adj
- Roughly rectangular or elliptical.
- (bookmaking) Having the horizontal axis of a page longer than the vertical; In landscape orientation.
- Having a length and width that are different; not square or circular.
- deviating from a square or circle or sphere by being elongated in one direction
- (of a leaf shape) having a somewhat elongated form with approximately parallel sides
verb
noun
- a rectangular drawing
- A rectangle: an oblong or a square.
- the quantity contained in a box
- separate partitioned area in a public place for a few people
- evergreen shrubs or small trees
- a (usually rectangular) container; may have a lid
- any one of several designated areas on a ball field where the batter or catcher or coaches are positioned
- private area in a theater or grandstand where a small group can watch the performance
- a blow with the hand (usually on the ear)
- the driver's seat on a coach
- a predicament from which a skillful or graceful escape is impossible
- (baseball) The rectangle in which the batter stands.
- (music, slang) A musical instrument, especially one made from boxwood.
- (fencing) A device used in electric fencing to detect whether a weapon has struck an opponent, which connects to a fencer's weapon by a spool and body wire. It uses lights and sound to notify a hit, with different coloured lights for on target and off target hits.
- (geometry, by extension) A rectangular object in any number of dimensions.
- (slang) A cell used for solitary confinement.
- A cuboid container and its contents; as much as fills such a container.
- A cuboid space; a cuboid container, often with a hinged lid.
- (Australia) An evergreen tree of the genus Lophostemon (for example, box scrub, Brisbane box, brush box, pink box, or Queensland box, Lophostemon confertus).
- (juggling) A pattern usually performed with three balls where the movements of the balls make a boxlike shape.
- A compartment to sit inside in an auditorium, courtroom, theatre, or other building.
- The wood from a box tree: boxwood.
- A blow with the fist.
- (lacrosse, informal) Ellipsis of box lacrosse (“indoor form of lacrosse”).
- (rail transport) Ellipsis of signal box.
- (colloquial, chiefly UK, Ireland) Short for squeeze box (“accordion or concertina”)
- Ellipsis of horsebox (“container for transporting horses”).
- (cricket) A hard protector for the genitals worn inside the underpants by a batsman or close fielder.
- (colloquial, chiefly Southern US) A stringed instrument with a soundbox, especially a guitar.
- A compartment or receptacle for receiving items.
- (automotive) Ellipsis of gearbox.
- A numbered receptacle at a newspaper office for anonymous replies to advertisements; see also box number.
- (slang, preceded by the) The television.
- Any of various evergreen shrubs or trees of genus Buxus, especially common box, European box, or boxwood (Buxus sempervirens) which is often used for making hedges and topiary.
- (figuratively) A predicament or trap.
- (slang) A prison cell.
- (aviation) A diamond-shaped flying formation consisting of four aircraft.
- A compartment (as a drawer) of an item of furniture used for storage, such as a cupboard, a shelf, etc.
- (automotive) Ellipsis of stashbox.
- (Australia) Various species of Eucalyptus trees are popularly called various kinds of boxes, on the basis of the nature of their wood, bark, or appearance for example, drooping box (Eucalyptus bicolor), shiny-leaved box (Eucalyptus tereticornis), black box, or ironbark box trees.
- (motor racing) An area in the pit where the car is repaired and refueled.
- (genetics) One of two specific regions in a promoter.
- (soccer) The penalty area.
- (computing, slang) A computer, or the case in which it is housed.
- The driver’s seat on a horse-drawn coach.
- (engineering) A cylindrical casing around the axle of a wheel, a bearing, a gland, etc.
- (slang) A gym dedicated to the CrossFit exercise program.
- A small rectangular shelter.
- (cricket) Synonym of gully (“a certain fielding position”).
- (euphemistic) A coffin.
- (slang, vulgar) The vagina.
verb
- put into a box
- hit with the fist
- engage in a boxing match
- (transitive) To strike with the fists; to punch.
- (motor racing) To enter the pit.
- (transitive) To mix two containers of paint of similar colour to ensure that the color is identical.
- (transitive) Usually followed by in: to surround and enclose in a way that restricts movement; to corner, to hem in.
- (transitive, object-oriented programming) To place a value of a primitive type into a casing object.
- (transitive, boxing) To fight against (a person) in a boxing match.
- (transitive, agriculture) To make an incision or hole in (a tree) for the purpose of procuring the sap.
- (transitive, architecture) To enclose with boarding, lathing, etc., so as to conceal (for example, pipes) or to bring to a required form.
- (transitive) To place inside a box; to pack in one or more boxes.
- (transitive, engineering) To furnish (for example, the axle of a wheel) with a box.
- (intransitive, stative, boxing) To participate in boxing; to be a boxer.
- (transitive, graphic design, printing) To enclose (images, text, etc.) in a box.
noun
- (geometry) a plane rectangle with four equal sides and four right angles; a four-sided regular polygon
- (uncountable) Alternative form of four square.
- (countable, cryptography) A four-square cipher.
- (countable, architecture, US) A boxy style of domestic architecture with four rooms to a floor, one of which is usually a stair hall.
adj
adv
noun
- (geometry) a plane rectangle with four equal sides and four right angles; a four-sided regular polygon
- something approximating the shape of a square
- an open area at the meeting of two or more streets
- a formal and conservative person with old-fashioned views
- any artifact having a shape similar to a plane geometric figure with four equal sides and four right angles
- someone who doesn't understand what is going on
- the product of two equal terms
- a hand tool consisting of two straight arms at right angles; used to construct or test right angles
- (real estate) A unit of measurement of area, equal to a 10 foot by 10 foot square, i.e. 100 square feet or roughly 9.3 square metres. Used in real estate for the size of a house or its rooms, though progressively being replaced by square metres in metric countries such as Australia.
- (geometry) A polygon with four straight sides of equal length and four right angles; an equilateral rectangle; a regular quadrilateral.
- (colloquial, US) Ellipsis of square meal.
- (brewing) A vat used for fermentation.
- (computing) A pattern to be matched that consists of a subpattern repeated, such as "papa" or "wikiwiki".
- (astrology) The position of planets distant ninety degrees from each other; a quadrate.
- (printing) A certain number of lines, forming a portion of a column, nearly square; used chiefly in reckoning the prices of advertisements in newspapers.
- (slang, MLE) A well-defined torso.
- (slang) Cigarette.
- (cricket) The central area of a cricket field, with one or more pitches of which only one is used at a time.
- (mathematics) The product of a number or quantity multiplied by itself; the second power of a number, value, term or expression.
- (often in street names or addresses) A street surrounding a public square or plaza.
- A cell in a grid.
- The relation of harmony, or exact agreement; equality; level.
- A square piece, part, or surface.
- An open space or park, often in the center of a town, not necessarily square in shape, often containing trees, seating and other features pleasing to the eye.
- (Canada, US) A dessert cut into rectangular pieces, or a piece of such a dessert.
- (roofing) A unit used in measuring roof area equivalent to 100 square feet (9.29 m²) of roof area. The materials for roofing jobs are often billed by the square in the United States.
- An L- or T-shaped tool used to place objects or draw lines at right angles.
- (British) The symbol # on a telephone; hash.
- The front of a woman's dress over the bosom, usually worked or embroidered.
- (military formation) A body of troops drawn up in a square formation.
- (academia) A mortarboard.
adj
- providing abundant nourishment
- rigidly conventional or old-fashioned
- leaving no balance
- without evasion or compromise
- having four equal sides and four right angles or forming a right angle
- characterized by honesty and fairness
- (cricket) In line with the batsman's popping crease.
- Used in the names of units of area formed by multiplying a unit of length by itself.
- Honest; straightforward; fair.
- (of box-shaped objects such as buildings or metal frames) Forming right angles in all planes as intended; not racked or leaning.
- (slang, derogatory) Socially conventional; boring.
- Satisfied; comfortable with; not experiencing any conflict.
- Solid, decent, substantial.
- Even; tied
- (automotive) Of an internal combustion engine design, in which the diameter of the piston is similar, roughly, approximately, equal to its stroke distance.
- Forming a right angle (90°).
- (nautical) Forming right angles with the mast or the keel, and parallel to the horizon; said of the yards of a square-rigged vessel when they are so braced.
- Having a shape broad for the height, with angular rather than curving outlines.
- Shaped like a square (the polygon).
adv
verb
- cause to match, as of ideas or acts
- make square
- be compatible with
- position so as to be square
- turn the oar, while rowing
- turn the paddle; in canoeing
- raise to the second power
- pay someone and settle a debt
- (soccer) To make a short low pass sideways across the pitch
- To compare with, or reduce to, any given measure or standard.
- (transitive, geometry) To draw, with a pair of compasses and a straightedge only, a square with the same area as.
- (rowing) To rotate the oars so that they are perpendicular to the water.
- (nautical) To place at a right angle to the mast or keel.
- To form with four sides and four right angles.
- (ambitransitive) To resolve or reconcile; to suit or fit.
- To take a boxing attitude; often with up or off.
- To accord or agree exactly; to be consistent with; to suit; to fit.
- To form with right angles and straight lines, or flat surfaces.
- (transitive, geometry) To tile (completely fill) with squares.
- (transitive) To adjust or adapt so as to bring into harmony with something.
- (transitive) To adjust so as to align with or place at a right angle to something else; in particular:
- (astrology) To hold a quartile position respecting.
- (transitive, mathematics) Of a value, term, or expression, to multiply by itself; to raise to the second power.
noun
- (geometry) A five-sided polyhedron with a rectangular base, two rectangular or trapezoidal sides meeting in an edge, and two triangular ends.
- One of the basic elements that make up cuneiform writing, a single triangular impression made with the corner of a reed stylus.
- One of the simple machines; a piece of material, such as metal or wood, thick at one edge and tapered to a thin edge at the other for insertion in a narrow crevice, used for splitting, tightening, securing, or levering.
- (meteorology) A barometric ridge; an elongated region of high atmospheric pressure between two low-pressure areas.
- (figurative) Something that creates a division, gap or distance between things.
- (music) A hairpin, an elongated horizontal V-shaped sign indicating a crescendo or decrescendo.
- (US, regional, especially Westchester, New York) A sandwich made on a long, cylindrical roll.
- (colloquial, British, countable, uncountable, by extension) A quantity of money.
- A piece (of food, metal, wood etc.) having this shape.
- (typography, US) A háček.
- (finance) A market trend characterized by a contracting range in prices coupled with an upward trend in prices (a rising wedge) or a downward trend in prices (a falling wedge).
- (UK, Cambridge University slang) The person whose name stands lowest on the list of the classical tripos.
- (zoology, collective) A group of geese, swans, or other birds when they are in flight in a V formation.
- (meteorology) A wedge tornado.
- (architecture) A voussoir, one of the wedge-shaped blocks forming an arch or vault.
- (phonetics) The IPA character ʌ, which denotes an open-mid back unrounded vowel.
- (mathematics) The symbol ∧, denoting a meet (infimum) operation or logical conjunction.
- One of a pair of wedge-heeled shoes.
- (golf) A type of iron club used for short, high trajectories.
- any shape that is triangular in cross section
- (golf) an iron with considerable loft and a broad sole
- something solid that is usable as an inclined plane (shaped like a V) that can be pushed between two things to separate them
- a diacritical mark (an inverted circumflex) placed above certain letters (such as the letter c) to indicate pronunciation
- a large sandwich made of a long crusty roll split lengthwise and filled with meats and cheese (and tomato and onion and lettuce and condiments); different names are used in different sections of the United States
- a heel that is an extension of the sole of the shoe
- a block of wood used to prevent the sliding or rolling of a heavy object
verb
- (computing, informal, intransitive) Of a computer program or system: to get stuck in an unresponsive state.
- (transitive) To shape into a wedge.
- (ambitransitive) To force into a narrow gap.
- (transitive) To support or secure using a wedge.
- (transitive) To work wet clay by cutting or kneading for the purpose of homogenizing the mass and expelling air bubbles.
- (transitive) To pack (people or animals) together tightly into a mass.
- (transitive) To force or drive with a wedge.
- (transitive) To cleave with a wedge.
- squeeze like a wedge into a tight space
- put, fix, force, or implant
noun
- a three-dimensional shape with six square or rectangular sides
- 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 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
- (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.
- (backgammon) Any point on the board where two or more men rest, and consequently an opponent may not land.
- (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.
verb
- 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
- (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).
noun
- a three-dimensional shape with six square or rectangular sides
- any of several tropical American woody plants of the genus Lonchocarpus whose roots are used locally as a fish poison and commercially as a source of rotenone
- a block in the (approximate) shape of a cube
- a hexahedron with six equal squares as faces
- the product of three equal terms
- (informal, automotive) Clipping of cubic inch(es).
- (mathematics) The third power of a number, value, term or expression.
- (geometry) A regular polyhedron having six identical square faces.
- A Rubik's cube style puzzle, not necessarily in the shape of a cube.
- (computing) A data structure consisting of a three-dimensional array; a data cube.
- Any object more or less in the form of a cube.
- A cubicle, especially one of those found in offices.
verb
adj
noun
- (geometry) The truncation of a polyhedron by replacing each vertex with a face that passes though the midpoint of each edge connected to the vertex; an analogous procedure on a polytope of dimension higher than 3.
- (astronomy) The adjustment of a globe preparatory to the solution of a proposed problem.
- (geometry) The determination of a straight line whose length is equal to a portion of a curve.
- (politics, historical) Any of a number of Chinese and Filipino communist purges. See rectification movement.
- (astrology) A procedure that attempts to determine a person's time of birth based on events in their life.
- The action or process of rectifying.
- (chemistry, chemical engineering) Purification of a substance through repeated or continuous distillation.
- determination of the length of a curve; finding a straight line equal in length to a given curve
- (chemistry) the process of refinement or purification of a substance by distillation
- the act of offering an improvement to replace a mistake; setting right
- the conversion of alternating current to direct current
noun
- a shape resulting from distortion
- the act of distorting something so it seems to mean something it was not intended to mean
- an optical phenomenon resulting from the failure of a lens or mirror to produce a good image
- a change for the worse
- a change (usually undesired) in the waveform of an acoustic or analog electrical signal; the difference between two measurements of a signal (as between the input and output signal)
- the mistake of misrepresenting the facts
- An act of distorting.
- (optics) An aberration that causes magnification to change over the field of view.
- A misrepresentation of the truth.
- A result of distorting.
- Noise or other artifacts caused in the electronic reproduction of sound or music.
- An effect used in music, most commonly on guitars in rock or metal.
verb
noun
- Blood, especially that from a wound when thickened due to exposure to the air.
- (surveying, chiefly US) A small piece of land left unincorporated due to competing surveys or a surveying error.
- A triangular or rhomboid piece of fabric, especially one forming part of a three-dimensional surface such as a sail or a skirt.
- A triangular piece of land where roads meet.
- An elastic gusset for providing a snug fit in a shoe.
- The curved surface that lies between two close lines of longitude on a globe, or an equivalent section of a spherical or dome-shaped object in general.ᵂᵖ
- (heraldry) A charge, delineated by two inwardly curved lines, starting respectively from the middle base corner and one of the two chief corners and meeting in the fess point.
- (obsolete except in dialects) Dirt, filth, often dung or mud.
- A sign immediately adjacent to an exit from a roadway identifying it as an exit, optionally with the exit's identification number.
- A projecting point.
- Carnage, bloodshed, murder, violence.
- the shedding of blood resulting in murder
- a piece of cloth that is generally triangular or tapering; used in making garments or umbrellas or sails
- coagulated blood from a wound
verb
- (geometry, computer graphics) To divide into triangles.
- divide into triangles or give a triangular form to
- (politics) To pit two others against each other in order to achieve a desired outcome or to gain an advantage; to "play both sides against the middle".
- To locate by means of triangulation.
- survey by triangulation
- measure by using trigonometry
adj
verb
noun
verb
- lose its distinct outline or shape; blend gradually
- announce for a score; of cards in a card game
- mix together different elements
- (transitive) To announce or play (a combination of playing cards) and thus score points.
- (transitive) To combine (multiple things) together; to blend, to fuse.
- (intransitive) To combine, to blend, to fuse.
- (intransitive) To announce or play a combination of playing cards and thus score points.
noun
- a form of rummy using two decks of cards and four jokers; jokers and deuces are wild; the object is to form groups of the same rank
- (originally US) The result of multiple things being combined together; a blend.
- (card games) Especially in games of the rummy family: a combination of playing cards which is announced or played to score points.
verb
- lose its distinct outline or shape; blend gradually
- become or cause to become soft or liquid
- reduce or cause to be reduced from a solid to a liquid state, usually by heating
- become more relaxed, easygoing, or genial
- become less clearly visible or distinguishable; disappear gradually or seemingly
- become less intense and fade away gradually
- (intransitive, colloquial) To be very hot and sweat profusely.
- (intransitive, figurative) To be emotionally softened or touched.
- (transitive, figurative) To soften, as by a warming or kindly influence; to relax; to render gentle or susceptible to mild influences; sometimes, in a bad sense, to take away the firmness of; to weaken.
- (intransitive, figuratively) To dissolve, disperse, vanish.
- (ergative) To change (or to be changed) from a solid state to a liquid state, usually by a gradual heat.
- (intransitive) To be discouraged.
noun
- the process whereby heat changes something from a solid to a liquid
- (UK, politics, slang, derogatory) A centre-left or liberal person, when in opposition to a leftist; (especially) a critic of Jeremy Corbyn within the Labour Party.
- (geology) Rock showing evidence of having been remelted after it originally solidified.
- (UK, slang, derogatory) An idiot.
- The springtime snow runoff in mountain regions.
- Molten material, the product of melting.
- The transition of matter from a solid state to a liquid state.
- A melt sandwich.
- Variant spelling of milt, the semen of a male fish, used as food.
- A wax-based substance for use in an oil burner as an alternative to mixing oils and water.
verb
- make rigid and set into a conventional pattern
- become bony
- cause to become hard and bony
- (rare) To calcify.
- (ambitransitive, animate) To become (or cause to become) inflexible and rigid in habits or opinions.
- (ambitransitive) To transform (or cause to transform) from a softer animal substance into bone; particularly the processes of growth in humans and animals.
- (ambitransitive, inanimate) To grow (or cause to grow) formulaic and permanent.
verb
- make rigid and set into a conventional pattern
- change into stone
- cause to become stonelike or stiff or dazed and stunned from fright
- (intransitive) To become stone, or of a stony hardness, as organic matter by calcareous deposits.
- To produce rigidity akin to stone.
- (transitive, figurative) To make callous or obdurate; to stupefy; to paralyze; to transform; as by petrification.
- (intransitive, figurative) To become stony, callous, or obdurate.
- To immobilize with fright.
- (transitive) To turn to stone: to harden organic matter by permeating with water and depositing dissolved minerals.
verb
- remove the edges from and cut down to the desired size
- remove the skin from
- cut small bits or pare shavings from
- decrease gradually or bit by bit
- (transitive) To remove the outer covering or skin of something with a cutting device, typically a knife.
- (transitive, often with down or back) To reduce, diminish or trim gradually something as if by cutting off.
- (Ireland, slang) To sharpen a pencil.
- To trim the hoof of a horse.
verb
- remove the edges from and cut down to the desired size
- adjust (sails on a ship) so that the wind is optimally used
- cut closely
- cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of
- decorate, as with ornaments
- decorate (food), as with parsley or other ornamental foods
- be in equilibrium during a flight
- balance in flight by regulating the control surfaces
- cut down on; make a reduction in
- (transitive, aviation, of an aircraft) To adjust the positions of control surfaces, sometimes using trim tabs, so as to modify or eliminate the aircraft's tendency to pitch, roll, or yaw when the cockpit controls are released.
- (transitive, nautical, of a vessel's sails) To modify the angle (of the sails) relative to the wind, especially to set them at the most advantageous angle.
- (transitive, nautical, of a vessel) To modify the angle relative to the water by shifting cargo or ballast; to adjust for sailing; to assume, or cause to assume a certain position, or trim, in the water.
- (transitive) To decorate or adorn; especially of a Christmas tree.
- (transitive, historical) To cut back the wick of (a lamp) to maintain a clean, bright flame.
- (transitive) To make trim; to put in due order for any purpose; to make right, neat, or pleasing; to adjust.
- (transitive) To reduce slightly; to cut; especially, to remove excess.
- (transitive, carpentry, of timber) To dress; to make smooth.
- (transitive, by extension) To change the carbon rods of (an arc lamp).
adj
noun
- cutting down to the desired size or shape
- attitude of an aircraft in flight when allowed to take its own orientation
- a state of arrangement or appearance
- a decoration or adornment typically on the edge of a garment
- (uncountable, underwater diving) The horizontal position of an underwater water
- (printing, binding, publishing) Any of the three cut edges of book pages, trimmed with a shear after binding.
- Dress; gear; ornaments.
- (by extension, uncountable, slang, mildly vulgar) Sexual intercourse with a woman.
- (especially automotive) Features optionally available on a vehicle; an established configuration of such features within a model (a trim level).
- (nautical) The arrangement of the sails with reference to the wind.
- (uncountable, aviation, of an aircraft) The state of adjustment of control surfaces such that the desired attitude can be maintained without requiring the continuous application of force to the cockpit controls.
- (nautical) The fore-and-aft angle of the vessel to the water, with reference to the cargo and ballast; the manner in which a vessel floats on the water, whether on an even keel or down by the head or stern.
- (countable) A haircut, especially a moderate one to touch up an existing style.
- (countable) The manner in which something is equipped or adorned; order; disposition.
- (uncountable, aviation, by extension) The mechanism(s) used to trim an aircraft in roll, pitch, and/or yaw.
- (uncountable, slang, mildly vulgar) The female genitalia.
- (uncountable) Decoration; especially, decoration placed along edges or borders.
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- Roughly rectangular or elliptical.
- (bookmaking) Having the horizontal axis of a page longer than the vertical; In landscape orientation.
- Having a length and width that are different; not square or circular.
- deviating from a square or circle or sphere by being elongated in one direction
- (of a leaf shape) having a somewhat elongated form with approximately parallel sides