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phrase
noun
verb
- (idiomatic, intransitive) To emerge or become known, especially unexpectedly.
- (intransitive) To appear (before a judge or court).
- (intransitive) To come towards; to approach.
- (African-American Vernacular, slang, intransitive) To do well or be successful.
- (intransitive) To reach in height.
- (UK, Oxford University, intransitive) To arrive at the university. (Compare go down, send down.)
- (intransitive) To be revealed to have a certain value, quality, or status.
- (intransitive) To come to attention and present oneself; to arrive or appear.
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see come, up.
- (African-American Vernacular, slang, intransitive) To happen or occur.
- (British, slang, intransitive) To begin to feel the effects of a recreational drug.
- (intransitive, of a heavenly body) To rise (above the horizon).
- (intransitive) To draw near in time.
- (African-American Vernacular, slang, intransitive) To grow up; to experience a childhood.
- (intransitive) To approach a time or scheduled event.
- result or issue
- come up, of celestial bodies
- originate or come into being
- be mentioned
- start running, functioning, or operating
- bring forth, usually something desirable
- come to the surface
- gather or bring together
- gather (money or other resources) together over time
- move upward
- get something or somebody for a specific purpose
- move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
noun
- the act of capitalizing on an opportunity
- The act or process of seizing (an opportunity) and profiting or obtaining an advantage (from it).
- the sale of capital stock
- an estimation of the value of a business
- writing in capital letters
- (in particular) The act or process of writing (something: either an entire word or text, or just the initial letter(s) thereof) in capital letters.
- The total value of all outstanding shares for a publicly traded company
- Choice of case (when writing a word); the act or process of writing a word in a particular case, such as ALL CAPS, Title Case, CamelCase, Sentence case, or all lowercase.
- The state of having a particular case, such as ALL CAPS or all lowercase.
- The state of being capitalised.
noun
- A favorable opportunity; a convenient or timely chance.
- Something which causes something else; a cause.
- An occurrence or state of affairs which causes some event or reaction; a motive or reason.
- The time when something happens.
- A reason or excuse; a motive; a persuasion.
- A need; requirement, necessity.
- A special event or function.
- A particular happening; an instance or time when something occurred.
- an opportunity to do something
- an event that occurs at a critical time
- a formal or official social gathering or ceremony of people
- the time of a particular event
- a rational motive for a belief or action
verb
noun
- opportunity for
- the people who are present in a room
- an area within a building enclosed by walls and floor and ceiling
- space for movement
- (in the plural) A set of rooms inhabited by someone; one's lodgings.
- (nautical) A space between the timbers of a ship's frame.
- A place or position in society; office; rank; post, sometimes when vacated by its former occupant.
- (mining) An area for working in a coal mine.
- A quantity of furniture sufficient to furnish one room.
- (Internet, countable) An IRC or chat room.
- (usually in the singular, metonymic) The people in a room.
- (countable) A separate part of a building, enclosed by walls, a floor and a ceiling.
- (countable, with possessive pronoun) (One's) bedroom.
- Alternative form of roum (“deep blue dye”).
- (uncountable, figuratively) Sufficient space for or to do something.
- (caving) A portion of a cave that is wider than a passage.
- (uncountable) Space for something, or to carry out an activity.
verb
adv
noun
- a situation offering opportunities
- the streets of a city viewed as a depressed environment in which there is poverty and crime and prostitution and dereliction
- a thoroughfare (usually including sidewalks) that is lined with buildings
- people living or working on the same street
- the part of a thoroughfare between the sidewalks; the part of the thoroughfare on which vehicles travel
- (uncountable, sports) A style of skateboarding featuring typically urban obstacles.
- A road as above, but including the sidewalks (pavements) and buildings.
- (specifically, US, Canada) The roads that run perpendicular to avenues in a grid layout.
- (finance) Ellipsis of Wall Street.
- A paved part of road, usually in a village or a town.
- (slang, uncountable) Streetwise slang.
- (poker slang) Each of the three opportunities that players have to bet, after the flop, turn and river.
- The people who spend a great deal of time on the street in urban areas, especially, the young, the poor, the unemployed, and those engaged in illegal activities.
- (attributive) Living in the streets.
- The people who live in such a road, as a neighborhood.
- An illicit or contraband source, especially of drugs.
- (slang, in the plural) People in general, as a source of information.
- (figuratively) A great distance.
adj
verb
noun
- An opportunity for existence.
- (countable) A living being; the fact of a particular individual being alive. (Chiefly when indicating individuals were lost (died) or saved.)
- The span of time during which an object operates.
- (uncountable, insurance) The life insurance industry.
- A particular phase or period of existence.
- The animating principle or force that keeps an inorganic thing or concept metaphorically alive (dynamic, relevant, etc) and makes it a "living document", "living constitution", etc.
- The period during which one (a person, an animal, a plant; a civilization, species; a star; etc) is alive.
- (informal) Social life.
- (colloquial) A life sentence; a period of imprisonment that lasts until the convict's death (or, sometimes, parole).
- The most lively component or participant.
- (uncountable) The state of organisms preceding their death, characterized by biological processes such as metabolism and reproduction and distinguishing them from inanimate objects; the state of being alive and living.
- (countable) A life assured under a life assurance policy (equivalent to the policy itself for a single life contract).
- A period extending from a when a (positive or negative) office, punishment, etc is conferred on someone until that person dies (or, sometimes, reaches retirement age).
- A worthwhile existence.
- Animation; spirit; vivacity.
- (baseball, softball, cricket) A chance for the batter (or batting team) to bat again, given as a result of a misplay by a member of the fielding team.
- Something which is inherently part of a person's existence, such as job, family, a loved one, etc.
- Lifeforms, generally or collectively.
- A biography.
- Existence.
- A particular aspect of existence.
- (biology) The status possessed by any of a number of entities, including animals, plants, fungi, bacteria, and sometimes viruses, which have the properties of replication and metabolism.
- (video games) One of the player's chances to play, lost when the player's character dies or when certain mistakes are made.
- Nature, reality, and the forms that exist in it.
- The period of time during which an object is recognizable.
- One of a player's chances to play in various children's playground games, lost when a mistake is made, for example being struck by the ball in dodgeball.
- animation and energy in action or expression
- a characteristic state or mode of living
- a prison term lasting as long as the prisoner lives
- the period during which something is functional (as between birth and death)
- the experience of being alive; the course of human events and activities
- the course of existence of an individual; the actions and events that occur in living
- a living person
- living things collectively
- the condition of living or the state of being alive
- the organic phenomenon that distinguishes living organisms from nonliving ones
- a motive for living
- an account of the series of events making up a person's life
- the period from the present until death
- the period between birth and the present time
verb
noun
- a period of opportunity
- a point or period in time
- the recurring hours when you are not sleeping (especially those when you are working)
- time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis
- the time for one complete rotation of the earth relative to a particular star, about 4 minutes shorter than a mean solar day
- the time after sunrise and before sunset while it is light outside
- a day assigned to a particular purpose or observance
- an era of existence or influence
- the period of time taken by a particular planet (e.g. Mars) to make a complete rotation on its axis
- A period of contention of a day or less.
- The part of a day period which one spends at one’s job, school, etc.
- (informal or meteorology) A 24-hour period beginning at 6am or sunrise.
- A period of time between two set times which mark the beginning and the end of day in a calendar, such as from midnight to the following midnight or (Judaism) from nightfall to the following nightfall.
- The time when the Sun is above the horizon and it lights the sky.
- The time taken for the Earth to make a full rotation about its axis with respect to the fixed stars; a sidereal day or stellar day.
- (astronomy) The rotational period of a planet.
- The time taken for the Sun to seem to be in the same place in the sky twice; a solar day.
- A period of time equal or almost equal to a full day-night cycle, being 24 hours long.
- A specified time or period; time, considered with reference to the existence or prominence of a person or thing; age; time; era.
- An observance lasting for a day, such as an annual holiday.
verb
noun
- the quality of taking advantage
- importance or value
- a record or narrative description of past events
- a formal contractual relationship established to provide for regular banking or brokerage or business services
- a statement that makes something comprehensible by describing the relevant structure or operation or circumstances etc.
- grounds
- a statement of recent transactions and the resulting balance
- a short account of the news
- the act of informing by verbal report
- an itemized statement of money owed for goods shipped or services rendered
- An estimate or estimation; valuation; judgment.
- A reason, grounds, consideration, motive; a person's sake.
- (banking) A bank account.
- (uncountable) Profit; advantage.
- Importance; worth; value; esteem; judgement.
- A record of events; a relation or narrative.
- Authorization as a specific registered user in accessing a system.
- (accounting) A registry of pecuniary transactions; a written or printed statement of business dealings or debts and credits, and also of other things subjected to a reckoning or review.
- A statement in general of reasons, causes, grounds, etc., explanatory of some event; a reason of an action to be done.
verb
- keep an account of
- to give an account or representation of in words
- be the sole or primary factor in the existence, acquisition, supply, or disposal of something
- furnish a justifying analysis or explanation
- (intransitive) To give a satisfactory reason for; to explain.
- (intransitive) To establish the location for someone.
- (transitive) To estimate, consider (something to be as described).
- (intransitive) To give a satisfactory evaluation for (one's actions, behaviour etc.); to answer for.
- (intransitive) To cause the death, capture, or destruction of someone or something (+ for).
- (intransitive) To consider that.
- Used in phrasal verbs: account for, account of, account to.
- (intransitive) To give a satisfactory evaluation for financial transactions, money received etc.
adv
- at an opportune time
- in accordance with the season
- (chiefly law) Within the appropriate time period during which an action will be legally effective, as prescribed in legislation, a contract, or otherwise.
- Varying with the season.
- In due season; at an opportune or fitting time.
- In a manner appropriate to the season.
verb
- To take the opportunity of.
- (informal) To consume something quickly.
- (transitive) To grip suddenly; to seize; to clutch.
- To restrain someone; to arrest.
- (transitive) To grip the attention of; to enthrall or interest.
- (informal) To quickly collect, retrieve, or take.
- (intransitive) To make a sudden grasping or clutching motion (at something).
- get hold of or seize quickly and easily
- take or grasp suddenly
- capture the attention or imagination of
- make a grasping or snatching motion with the hand
- take hold of so as to seize or restrain or stop the motion of
- obtain illegally or unscrupulously
noun
- A two- or three-masted vessel used on the Malabar coast.
- (firefighting, slang) The rescue of a person from a burning structure.
- (countable, media) A sound bite.
- (countable) An acquisition by violent or unjust means.
- (countable) A sudden snatch at something.
- A device for withdrawing drills, etc., from artesian and other wells that are drilled, bored, or driven.
- (uncountable) A simple card game.
- (countable) A mechanical device that grabs or clutches.
- a mechanical device for gripping an object
- the act of catching an object with the hands
noun
- Passing opportunities seized; snatches.
- (countable, music) The refrain; a line or lines of a song which are repeated from verse to verse.
- (countable) A fragment of music or poetry.
- (countable) The act of seizing or capturing.
- (countable) The act of catching an object in motion, especially a ball.
- (countable) A stopping mechanism, especially a clasp which stops something from opening.
- (countable) The act of noticing, understanding or hearing.
- (countable) Something which is captured or caught.
- (countable, cricket, baseball) The act of catching a hit ball before it reaches the ground, resulting in an out.
- (countable, sometimes noun adjunct) A concealed difficulty, especially in a deal or negotiation.
- (countable, agriculture) A crop which has germinated and begun to grow.
- (countable) A crick; a sudden muscle pain during unaccustomed positioning when the muscle is in use.
- (countable) A hesitation in voice, caused by strong emotion.
- (countable, rowing) The first contact of an oar with the water.
- (countable, cricket) A player in respect of his catching ability; particularly one who catches well.
- A slight remembrance; a trace.
- (countable, music) A type of humorous round in which the voices gradually catch up with one another; usually sung by men and often having bawdy lyrics.
- (uncountable) The game of catching a ball.
- (countable, phonetics) A stoppage of breath, resembling a slight cough.
- (countable, colloquial, by extension) A find, in particular a boyfriend or girlfriend or prospective spouse.
- a cooperative game in which a ball is passed back and forth
- a break or check in the voice (usually a sign of strong emotion)
- a drawback or difficulty that is not readily evident
- anything that is caught (especially if it is worth catching)
- a fastener that fastens or locks a door or window
- the quantity that was caught
- a restraint that checks the motion of something
- the act of apprehending (especially apprehending a criminal)
- the act of catching an object with the hands
- a person regarded as a good matrimonial prospect
verb
- (transitive) To grasp mentally: perceive and understand.
- (transitive) To become infected by (an illness).
- (intransitive) To get pregnant.
- (transitive) To take or replenish something necessary, such as breath or sleep.
- (transitive) To reach (someone) with a strike, blow, weapon etc.
- (transitive) To reproduce or echo a spirit or idea faithfully.
- (intransitive, agriculture) To germinate and set down roots.
- (transitive) To attract and hold (a faculty or organ of sense).
- (transitive) To grip or entangle.
- (transitive) To travel by means of.
- (transitive, rare) To become pregnant. (Only in past tense or as participle.)
- (transitive, intransitive) To receive or be affected by (wind, water, fire etc.).
- (transitive) To be hit by something.
- (intransitive) To spread by infection or similar means.
- (intransitive) To be held back or impeded.
- (transitive) To entrap or trip up a person; to deceive.
- (transitive, of fire) To spread or be conveyed to.
- (transitive) To have something be held back or impeded.
- (transitive) To overtake or catch up to; to be in time for.
- (intransitive) To serve well or poorly for catching, especially for catching fish.
- (transitive, computing) To handle an exception.
- (transitive, intransitive, baseball) To play (a specific period of time) as the catcher.
- (transitive, cricket) To end a player's innings by catching a hit ball before the first bounce.
- (transitive) To be touched or affected by (something) through exposure.
- (transitive, rowing) To grip (the water) with one's oars at the beginning of the stroke.
- (transitive) To be the victim of (something unpleasant, painful etc.).
- (intransitive) To make a grasping or snatching motion (at).
- (transitive, surfing) To contact a wave in such a way that one can ride it back to shore.
- (transitive) To unpleasantly discover unexpectedly; to unpleasantly surprise (someone doing something).
- To notice.
- (intransitive) To engage with some mechanism; to stick, to succeed in interacting with something or initiating some process.
- (transitive, informal) To take in; to watch or listen to (an entertainment).
- (transitive) To charm or entrance.
- (transitive) To capture or snare (someone or something which would rather escape).
- (transitive) To acquire, as though by infection; to take on through sympathy or influence.
- (transitive) To seize or intercept an object moving through the air (or, sometimes, some other medium).
- grasp with the mind or develop an understanding of
- get or regain something necessary, usually quickly or briefly
- reach in time
- hear, usually without the knowledge of the speakers
- catch up with and possibly overtake
- to hook or entangle
- suffer from the receipt of
- perceive with the senses quickly, suddenly, or momentarily
- cause to become accidentally or suddenly caught, ensnared, or entangled
- attract; cause to be enamored
- perceive by hearing
- be struck or affected by
- apprehend and reproduce accurately
- come down with
- be the catcher
- attract and fix
- detect a blunder or misstep
- start burning
- succeed in catching or seizing, especially after a chase
- become aware of
- capture as if by hunting, snaring, or trapping
- check oneself during an action
- spread or be communicated
- delay or hold up; prevent from proceeding on schedule or as planned
- reach with a blow or hit in a particular spot
- see or watch
- take hold of so as to seize or restrain or stop the motion of
- discover or come upon accidentally, suddenly, or unexpectedly; catch somebody doing something or in a certain state
- take in and retain
verb
- take advantage of
- take or use
- be of use to, be useful to
- (intransitive) To be of use or advantage; to answer or serve the purpose; to have strength, force, or efficacy sufficient to accomplish the object.
- (transitive) To promote; to assist.
- (transitive) To be of service to.
- (transitive, often reflexive) To turn to the advantage of. [(chiefly) with of]
- (India, Africa, elsewhere proscribed) To use or take advantage of (an opportunity or resource).
- (India, Africa, elsewhere proscribed) To provide; to make available.
noun
- a means of serving
- (British, acting) Non-binding notice of availability for work.
- (oil industry) A readily available stock of oil.
- Effect in achieving a goal or aim; purpose, use (now usually in negative constructions).
- (now only US) Proceeds; profits from business transactions.
- (US, politics, journalism) A press avail.
- (television, advertising) An advertising slot or package.
adj
noun
- An opportunity, as in a competitive activity.
- The first performance of a show or play by a particular troupe.
- An act or instance of beginning.
- (mathematics) In mathematical morphology, the dilation of the erosion of a set.
- A vacant position, especially in an array.
- The first few measures of a musical composition.
- An unoccupied employment position.
- A gap permitting passage through.
- The first few moves in a game.
- An act or instance of making or becoming open.
- The initial period when an art exhibition, fashion show, etc. is first opened, especially the first evening.
- A time available in a schedule.
- a vacant or unobstructed space that is man-made
- the first of a series of actions
- an entrance equipped with a hatch; especially a passageway between decks of a ship
- an aperture or hole that opens into a bodily cavity
- the initial part of the introduction
- an open or empty space in or between things
- opportunity especially for employment or promotion
- a recognized sequence of moves at the beginning of a game of chess
- a ceremony accompanying the start of some enterprise
- becoming open or being made open
- a possible alternative
- the first performance (as of a theatrical production)
- the act of opening something
adj
verb
noun
- an indication of potential opportunity
- a just detectable amount
- a slight indication
- an indirect suggestion
- a slight but appreciable amount
- A small, barely detectable amount.
- An implicit suggestion that avoids a direct statement.
- (databases) An instruction to the database engine as to how a query should be executed, for example whether to use an index or not.
- A clue.
- (computing) Information in a computer-based font that suggests how the outlines of the font's glyphs should be distorted in order to produce, at specific sizes, a visually appealing pixel-based rendering; an instance of hinting.
verb
intj
noun
- an indication of potential opportunity
- an advantage held by a competitor in a race
- an actor who plays a principal role
- the angle between the direction a gun is aimed and the position of a moving target (correcting for the flight time of the missile)
- evidence pointing to a possible solution
- the introductory section of a story
- (baseball) the position taken by a base runner preparing to advance to the next base
- a jumper that consists of a short piece of wire
- the playing of a card to start a trick in bridge
- a position of being the initiator of something and an example that others will follow (especially in the phrase ‘take the lead’)
- restraint consisting of a rope (or light chain) used to restrain an animal
- a news story of major importance
- (sports) the score by which a team or individual is winning
- the timing of ignition relative to the position of the piston in an internal-combustion engine
- thin strip of metal used to separate lines of type in printing
- a soft heavy toxic malleable metallic element; bluish white when freshly cut but tarnishes readily to dull grey
- mixture of graphite with clay in different degrees of hardness; the marking substance in a pencil
- (countable, nautical) A plummet or mass of lead attached to a line, used in sounding depth at sea or to estimate velocity in knots.
- A thin strip of type metal, used to separate lines of type in printing.
- (medicine, in the plural) X-ray protective clothing lined with lead.
- (countable) A thin cylinder of graphite used in pencils.
- (UK, countable) An insulated metallic wire for electrical devices and equipment.
- Sheets or plates of lead used as a covering for roofs.
- (horology) The action of a tooth, such as a tooth of a wheel, in impelling another tooth or a pallet.
- Information obtained by a news reporter about an issue or subject that allows him or her to discover more details.
- (electricity) The advance of the current phase in an alternating circuit beyond that of the electromotive force producing it.
- (acting) The actor who plays the main role; lead actor.
- (countable, mining) A lode.
- Information obtained by a detective or police officer that allows him or her to discover further details about a crime or incident.
- A rope, leather strap, or similar device with which to lead an animal; a leash
- (nautical) The course of a rope from end to end.
- (US, journalism) The introductory paragraph or paragraphs of a newspaper, or a news or other type of article. (Sometimes spelled as lede for this usage to avoid ambiguity.)
- (marketing) Potential opportunity for a sale or transaction, a potential customer.
- (business) The person in charge of a project or a work shift etc.
- (curling) The player who throws the first two rocks for a team.
- (music) The announcement by one voice part of a theme to be repeated by the other parts.
- (uncountable, typography) Vertical space in advance of a row or between rows of text. Also known as leading.
- (slang) Bullets; ammunition.
- (countable) A roof covered with lead sheets or terne plates.
- (countable) A channel of open water in an ice field.
- Hypothesis that has not been pursued
- (music) A mark or a short passage in one voice part, as of a canon, serving as a cue for the entrance of others.
- An important news story that appears on the front page of a newspaper or at the beginning of a news broadcast
- (music) A primary synth, often composed of square, sawtooth, triangle or sine waveforms.
- (baseball) The situation where a runner steps away from a base while waiting for the pitch to be thrown.
- (uncountable) A heavy, pliable, inelastic metal element, having a bright, bluish color, but easily tarnished; both malleable and ductile, though with little tenacity. It is easily fusible, forms alloys with other metals, and is an ingredient of solder and type metal. Atomic number 82, symbol Pb (from Latin plumbum).
- (music) In a barbershop quartet, the person who sings the melody, usually the second tenor.
- (countable) The act of leading or conducting; guidance; direction, course
- (acting, theater) The main role in a play or film; the lead role.
- (uncountable, card games, dominoes) The act or right of playing first in a game or round; the card suit, or piece, so played
- (engineering) The axial distance a screw thread travels in one revolution. It is equal to the pitch times the number of starts.
- In a steam engine, the width of port opening which is uncovered by the valve, for the admission or release of steam, at the instant when the piston is at end of its stroke.
- (electricity) The angle between the line joining the brushes of a continuous-current dynamo and the diameter symmetrical between the poles.
- (countable) Precedence; advance position; also, the measure of precedence; the state of being ahead in a race; the highest score in an incomplete game.
- (engineering) The excess above a right angle in the angle between two consecutive cranks, as of a compound engine, on the same shaft.
- (civil engineering) The distance of haul, as from a cutting to an embankment.
verb
- lead, extend, or afford access
- travel in front of; go in advance of others
- cause to undertake a certain action
- take somebody somewhere
- tend to or result in
- cause something to pass or lead somewhere
- lead, as in the performance of a composition
- produce as a result or residue
- preside over
- be ahead of others; be the first
- be in charge of
- be conducive to
- stretch out over a distance, space, time, or scope; run or extend between two points or beyond a certain point
- move ahead (of others) in time or space
- (intransitive) To be a cause of. [with to]
- (intransitive) To guide or conduct, as by accompanying, going before, showing, influencing, directing with authority, etc.; to have precedence or preeminence; to be first or chief; — used in most of the senses of the transitive verb.
- (transitive, climbing) To lead climb.
- (figuratively): To direct; to counsel; to instruct.
- To guide or conduct in a certain course, or to a certain place or end, by making the way known; to show the way, especially by going with or going in advance of; to guide somebody somewhere or to bring somebody somewhere by means of instructions.
- To guide or conduct with the hand, or by means of some physical contact connection.
- (transitive, card games, dominoes) To begin a game, round, or trick, with
- Misspelling of led.
- (baseball) To step off base and move towards the next base.
- Used in phrasal verbs: lead off, lead on, lead out, lead to (“be the cause of, bring about”), lead up, lead up to.
- (intransitive) To have the highest interim score in a game.
- (intransitive) To tend or reach in a certain spatial direction, or to a certain place.
- (transitive) To go or to be in advance of; to precede; hence, to be foremost or chief among.
- To draw or direct by influence, whether good or bad; to prevail on; to induce; to entice; to allure.
- (shooting) To aim in front of a moving target, in order that the shot may hit the target as it passes.
- (intransitive) To be more advanced in technology or business than others.
- (intransitive) To be ahead of others, e.g., in a race.
- (intransitive) To proceed in front of others; to go first.
- (transitive, usually with "life") To live or experience (a particular way of life).
- To influence towards a belief, a conclusion, etc.
- (transitive, printing, historical) To place leads between the lines of.
- (transitive) To cover, fill, or affect with lead.
- To conduct or direct with authority; to have direction or charge of; to command, especially a military or business unit.
adj
noun
verb
- direct the course; determine the direction of travelling
- be a guiding or motivating force or drive
- direct (oneself) somewhere
- (reflexive) To conduct oneself; to take or pursue a course of action.
- (transitive) To castrate (a male calf).
- (transitive) To maneuver or manipulate a person or group into a place or course of action.
- (intransitive) To guide the course of a vessel, vehicle, aircraft etc. (by means of a device such as a rudder, paddle, or steering wheel).
- (transitive) To direct a group of animals.
- (transitive) To direct a conversation.
- (intransitive) To be directed and governed; to take a direction, or course; to obey the helm.
- (transitive) To direct or send an object into a specific place
- (transitive) To guide the course of a vessel, vehicle, aircraft etc. (by means of a device such as a rudder, paddle, or steering wheel).
noun
- an indication of potential opportunity
- a relatively small amount of money given for services rendered (as by a waiter)
- the top or extreme point of something (usually a mountain or hill)
- a V shape
- the extreme end of something; especially something pointed
- (Australia) A prediction of the winning team in a football game by a participant in a footy tipping competition.
- (music) The end of a bow of a stringed instrument that is not held.
- (African-American Vernacular) A kick or phase; one's current habits or behaviour.
- A piece of metal, fabric or other material used to cover the top of something for protection, utility or decoration.
- A thin, boarded brush made of camel's hair, used by gilders in lifting gold leaf.
- (UK, Ireland, Commonwealth, by extension) A recycling centre.
- The act of deflecting with one's fingers, especially the fingertips
- A piece of private or secret information, especially imparted by someone with expert knowledge about sporting odds, business performance etc.
- (UK, Ireland, Commonwealth) Rubbish thrown from a quarry.
- (slang) the glans penis
- The extreme end of something, especially when pointed; e.g. the sharp end of a pencil.
- An act of tipping up or tilting.
- (African-American Vernacular) A particular arena or sphere of interest; a front.
- (Australia) A prediction about the outcome of something.
- (UK, Ireland, Commonwealth) An area or a place for dumping something, such as rubbish or refuse, as from a mine; a heap (see tipple); a dump.
- (colloquial) A very untidy place.
- A gratuity; a small amount of money left for a bartender, waiter, taxi driver or other service worker as a token of appreciation, often calculated as a percentage of the bill.
- A piece of stiffened lining pasted on the inside of a hat crown.
- A piece of advice.
- Synonym of eartip (“part of earbuds”).
- A tram for expeditiously transferring coal.
- (chiefly in the plural) A small piece of meat.
verb
- cause to tilt
- walk on one's toes
- give insider information or advise to
- remove the tip from
- mark with a tip
- give a tip or gratuity to in return for a service, beyond the compensation agreed on
- cause to topple or tumble by pushing
- strike lightly
- to incline or bend from a vertical position
- (Australia) To enter a prediction of the winning team of a football game, as part of a footy tipping competition.
- To cause the contents of a container to be emptied out by tilting it.
- (US, transitive) To pour a libation or a liquid from a container, particularly from a forty of malt liquor.
- (ergative) (To cause) to be, or come to be, in a tilted or sloping position; (to cause) to become unbalanced.
- (thieves' cant) To give, pass.
- (ergative) (To cause) to become knocked over, fall down or overturn.
- To give a small gratuity to, especially to an employee of someone who provides a service.
- (Australia) To predict something having a particular outcome.
- To give a piece of private information to; to inform (someone) of a clue, secret knowledge, etc.
- (transitive) To provide with a tip; to cover the tip of.
- (transitive) To dump (refuse).
- (transitive) To deflect with one′s fingers, especially one′s fingertips.
noun
- an indication of potential opportunity
- a reflex that expels intestinal gas through the anus
- a musical instrument in which the sound is produced by an enclosed column of air that is moved by bellows or the human breath
- air moving (sometimes with considerable force) from an area of high pressure to an area of low pressure
- a tendency or force that influences events
- empty rhetoric or insincere or exaggerated talk
- breath
- the act of winding or twisting
- A bird, the dotterel.
- (figurative) Mere breath or talk; empty effort; idle words.
- Breath modulated by the respiratory and vocal organs, or by an instrument.
- (figurative) News of an event, especially by hearsay or gossip.
- (figurative) A tendency or trend.
- (philosophy, alchemy) One of the four elements of the ancient Greeks and Romans; air.
- (music) The woodwind section of an orchestra. Occasionally also used to include the brass section.
- A disease of sheep, in which the intestines are distended with air, or rather affected with a violent inflammation. It occurs immediately after shearing.
- (countable, uncountable) Real or perceived movement of atmospheric air usually caused by convection or differences in air pressure.
- Air artificially put in motion by any force or action.
- (music) A woodwind instrument. Occasionally also used to describe a brass instrument.
- (boxing, slang) The region of the solar plexus, where a blow may paralyze the diaphragm and cause temporary loss of breath or other injury.
- One of the five basic elements in Indian and Japanese models of the Classical elements.
- (countable, uncountable) The ability to breathe easily.
- (uncountable, colloquial) Flatus.
- A direction from which the wind may blow; a point of the compass; especially, one of the cardinal points.
- Types of playing-tile in the game of mah-jongg, named after the four winds.
- Ellipsis of wind power (“source of electricity”)
- The act of winding or turning; a turn; a bend; a twist.
verb
- form into a wreath
- raise or haul up with or as if with mechanical help
- extend in curves and turns
- to move or cause to move in a sinuous, spiral, or circular course
- coil the spring of (some mechanical device) by turning a stem
- arrange or coil around
- catch the scent of; get wind of
- (transitive) To have complete control over; to turn and bend at one's pleasure; to vary or alter at will; to regulate; to govern.
- (transitive) To cause (someone) to become breathless, as by a blow to the abdomen, or by physical exertion, running, etc.
- (transitive) To expose to the wind; to winnow; to ventilate.
- (transitive) To entwist; to enfold; to encircle.
- (transitive) To perceive or follow by scent.
- (transitive) To rest (a horse, etc.) in order to allow the breath to be recovered; to breathe.
- (transitive) To cause to move by exerting a winding force; to haul or hoist as by a winch.
- (transitive, British) To cause a baby to bring up wind by patting its back after being fed.
- (transitive) To turn a windmill so that its sails face into the wind.
- (transitive) To tighten the spring of a clockwork mechanism.
- (transitive, British) To turn a boat or ship around, so that the wind strikes it on the opposite side.
- (intransitive) To travel or follow a path with numerous curves.
- (transitive) To blow air through a wind instrument or horn to make a sound.
- (transitive) To turn coils (of a cord or something similar) around something.
- (transitive) To introduce by insinuation; to insinuate.
- (transitive) To cover or surround with something coiled about.
- (transitive, nautical) To turn (a ship) around, end for end.
verb
- use to one's advantage
- exhaust by allowing to pull on the line
- engage in recreational activities rather than work; occupy oneself in a diversion
- consider not very seriously
- discharge or direct or be discharged or directed as if in a continuous stream
- cause to move or operate freely within a bounded space
- emit recorded sound
- pretend to have certain qualities or state of mind
- behave in a certain way
- play a role or part
- be performed or presented for public viewing
- stake on the outcome of an issue
- cause to happen or to occur as a consequence
- put (a card or piece) into play during a game, or act strategically as if in a card game
- make bets
- employ in a game or in a specific position
- play on an instrument
- move or seem to move quickly, lightly, or irregularly
- pretend to be somebody in the framework of a game or playful activity
- act or have an effect in a specified way or with a specific effect or outcome
- be at play; be engaged in playful activity; amuse oneself in a way characteristic of children
- behave carelessly or indifferently
- bet or wager (money)
- be received or accepted or interpreted in a specific way
- use or move
- perform on a certain location
- contend against an opponent in a sport, game, or battle
- manipulate manually or in one's mind or imagination
- cause to emit recorded audio or video
- perform on a stage or theater
- engage in an activity as if it were a game rather than take it seriously
- participate in games or sport
- shoot or hit in a particular manner
- perform music on (a musical instrument)
- replay (as a melody)
- (intransitive, of a musical instrument) To produce music.
- (transitive) To keep in play, as a hooked fish in order to land it.
- (intransitive, of a theatrical performance, film or music) To be performed, reproduced, or shown.
- (transitive, colloquial) To manipulate, deceive, or swindle.
- (transitive) To handle or deal with (something) in a calculating manner intended to achieve profit or gain.
- (transitive) To act as (the indicated role).
- (transitive, intransitive) To perform in (a sport); to participate in (a game).
- (intransitive, copulative) To act or behave in a stated way.
- To give a false appearance of being; to pretend to be.
- To move so as to fall upon or sweep across something, or to direct or operate (something) in such a manner.
- (intransitive) To be received or accepted (in a given way); to go down.
- (intransitive) To contend or fight using weapons, both as practice or in real life-or-death combats; to engage in martial games; to joust; to fence
- (transitive) To handle or deal with (a matter or situation) in a stated way.
- (transitive) To bring into action or motion; to exhibit in action; to execute or deploy.
- To portray (a character) in (a film or theatre).
- (transitive) To compete against, in a game.
- To gamble.
- To move in a light or brisk manner.
- (African-American Vernacular, intransitive) To kid; to joke; to say something for amusement; to act, or to treat something, unseriously.
- (transitive) To act or perform (a play).
- For additional senses in various idiomatic phrases, see the individual entries, such as play along, play at, play down, play off, play on, play out, play to, play up, etc.
- (transitive, intransitive, of a device, media, broadcast, etc.) To emit or relay sound (especially music) or moving pictures; (of a device) to operate media.
- (transitive, of a person) To operate (a device or media) so as to cause sound (especially music) or moving pictures to be produced.
- (intransitive) To take part in amorous activity; to make love; see also play around.
- To move in an alternating or reciprocal manner; to move to and fro.
- (transitive, of a theatrical company or band, etc.) To perform or give performances in or at (a venue or location).
- (intransitive, especially with 'with'; see also play with) To toy or trifle; to act with levity or thoughtlessness; to be careless.
- (intransitive) To act in a manner such that one has fun; to engage in activities expressly for the purpose of recreation or entertainment.
- Specifying a particular sporting role or position.
- (transitive, intransitive, especially of a person) To produce music using a musical instrument.
- (transitive, usually of a person) To render (a musical title, compositional style, film title, etc.) using a musical instrument or device.
- (transitive, in the scoring of games and sports) To be the opposing score to.
noun
- (in games or plays or other performances) the time during which play proceeds
- a preset plan of action in team sports
- the removal of constraints
- verbal wit or mockery (often at another's expense but not to be taken seriously)
- activity by children that is guided more by imagination than by fixed rules
- a deliberate coordinated movement requiring dexterity and skill
- movement or space for movement
- (game) the activity of doing something in an agreed succession
- the act of playing for stakes in the hope of winning (including the payment of a price for a chance to win a prize)
- the act using a sword (or other weapon) vigorously and skillfully
- a weak and tremulous light
- a state in which action is feasible
- a theatrical performance of a drama
- gay or light-hearted recreational activity for diversion or amusement
- a dramatic work intended for performance by actors on a stage
- an attempt to get something
- utilization or exercise
- (turn-based games) An action carried out when it is one's turn to play.
- (uncountable, formerly countable) Activity for amusement only, especially among the young.
- (uncountable) Movement (of a pattern of light etc.)
- (countable, uncountable) An instance or instances of causing media to be watched or heard, such as by broadcasting.
- The extent to which a part of a mechanism can move freely, as for example lash, backlash, or slack.
- (countable) A literary composition, intended to be represented by actors impersonating the characters and speaking the dialogue.
- (uncountable, informal) Sexual activity or sexual role-playing.
- (uncountable) Freedom to move.
- (countable) A geological formation that contains an accumulation or prospect of hydrocarbons or other resources.
- (countable) An instance of watching or listening to media.
- (countable) A theatrical performance featuring actors.
- (uncountable) An individual's performance in a sport or game.
- (uncountable) The conduct, or course, of a game.
- (countable) A short sequence of action within a game.
- (countable) An instance of wordplay.
- (uncountable) Similar activity in young animals, as they explore their environment and learn new skills.
- (countable) An attempt to move forward, as in a plan or strategy, for example by a business, investor, or political party.
- (countable) A button that, when pressed, causes media to be played.
- (uncountable, sports, with certain prepositions, also figurative) The sphere or circumstance in which a playing implement, such as a ball, is available to be played (see also in play, out of play).
noun
- taking advantage of opportunities without regard for the consequences for others
- the quality of being suited to the end in view
- (uncountable) The quality of being fit or suitable to cause some desired end or the purpose intended; propriety or advisability under the particular circumstances of a case.
- Speed, haste or urgency.
- Something that is expedient.
noun
- taking advantage of opportunities without regard for the consequences for others
- (Marxism) The political line of Communist Party members who zealously support the Party, but whose trait is that they yield to the mood of the moment, they are unable to resist what is fashionable, leading to the sacrifice of the permanent and essential interests of the Party to the momentary and minor interests.
- The practice of taking advantage of any situations or people to achieve an end, often with no regard for principles or consequences.
noun
adj
verb
- (transitive) To exploit.
- (transitive, with gender pronouns as object) To suggest or request that other people employ a specific set of gender pronouns when referring to the subject.
- (transitive, with auxiliary "could") To benefit from; to be able to employ or stand.
- (transitive) To employ; to apply; to utilize.
- To accustom; to habituate. (Now common only in participial form. Uses the same pronunciation as the noun; see usage notes.)
- (transitive) To consume (alcohol, drugs, etc), especially regularly.
- (transitive, often with up) To expend; to consume by employing.
- (intransitive, archaic or literary except in past tense) To habitually do; to be wont to do. (Now chiefly in past-tense forms; see used to.)
- (intransitive) To consume a previously specified substance, especially a drug to which one is addicted.
- use up (resources or materials)
- take or consume (regularly or habitually)
- habitually do something or be in a certain state or place (use only in the past tense)
- avail oneself to
- seek or achieve an end by using to one's advantage
- put into service; make work or employ for a particular purpose or for its inherent or natural purpose
noun
- Occasion or need to employ; necessity.
- (Christianity) A special form of a rite adopted for use in a particular context, often a diocese.
- (uncountable) The act of consuming alcohol or narcotics.
- The act of using.
- (uncountable, followed by of) Usefulness, benefit.
- A function; a purpose for which something may be employed.
- (forging) A slab of iron welded to the side of a forging, such as a shaft, near the end, and afterward drawn down, by hammering, so as to lengthen the forging.
- (economics) the utilization of economic goods to satisfy needs or in manufacturing
- the act of using
- (psychology) an automatic pattern of behavior in reaction to a specific situation; may be inherited or acquired through frequent repetition
- (law) the exercise of the legal right to enjoy the benefits of owning property
- what something is used for
- exerting shrewd or devious influence especially for one's own advantage
- a particular service
verb
- (transitive) To take advantage of (an opportunity or circumstance).
- (intransitive) To bind or lock in position immovably; see also seize up.
- (transitive, law) Alternative spelling of seise (“to vest ownership of an estate in land”).
- (transitive, nautical) To bind, lash or make fast, with several turns of small rope, cord, or small line.
- (law) (with of) To cause (an action or matter) to be or remain before (a certain judge or court).
- (transitive) To deliberately take hold of; to grab or capture.
- (ambitransitive, cooking) Of chocolate: to change suddenly from a fluid to an undesirably hard and gritty texture.
- (transitive) To take possession of (by force, law etc.).
- (transitive) To have a sudden and powerful effect upon.
- (intransitive) To lay hold in seizure, by hands or claws (+ on or upon).
- (UK, intransitive) To submit for consideration to a deliberative body.
- (intransitive) To have a seizure.
- take temporary possession of as a security, by legal authority
- affect
- hook by a pull on the line
- take or capture by force
- take possession of by force, as after an invasion
- capture the attention or imagination of
- take into your hands deliberately
- seize and take control without authority and possibly with force; take as one's right or possession
verb
noun
prep_phrase
verb
- (intransitive, followed by on) To seize, as an opportunity; to obtain a benefit from; to invest on something profitable.
- (transitive) In writing or editing, to write (something: either an entire word or text, or just the initial letter(s) thereof) in capital letters, in upper case.
- (transitive, business, finance) To contribute or acquire capital (money or other resources) for.
- (transitive, finance) To convert into capital, i.e., to get cash or similar immediately fungible resources for some less fungible property or source of future income.
- (transitive, accounting, taxation) To treat as capital, not as an expense.
- (intransitive) To profit or to obtain an advantage.
- draw advantages from
- convert (a company's reserve funds) into capital
- consider expenditures as capital assets rather than expenses
- supply with capital, as of a business by using a combination of capital used by investors and debt capital provided by lenders
- compute the present value of a business or an income
- write in capital letters
noun
- A superior or more favorable situation or opportunity; gain; profit; advantage.
- A place or position affording a good view; a vantage point.
- place or situation affording some advantage (especially a comprehensive view or commanding perspective)
- the quality of having a superior or more favorable position
noun
- a possibility due to a favorable combination of circumstances
- (countable) An opportunity or possibility.
- a risk involving danger
- an unknown and unpredictable phenomenon that causes an event to result one way rather than another
- a measure of how likely it is that some event will occur; a number expressing the ratio of favorable cases to the whole number of cases possible
- the possibility of future success
- (in plural as chances) probability; possibility.
- (countable) The probability of something happening.
- (uncountable) Random occurrence; luck.
adj
verb
prep_phrase
verb
- (transitive) To avail oneself of; to exploit.
- (transitive, cricket) To catch the ball; especially as a wicket-keeper and after the batsman has missed or edged it.
- (transitive) To carry or lead (something or someone).
- (of a plant, etc.) To begin to grow after being grafted or planted; to (literally or figuratively) take root, take hold.
- (transitive) To bind oneself by.
- (transitive) To ascertain or determine by measurement, examination or inquiry.
- (transitive) To cause to change to a specified state or condition.
- (transitive) To experience or feel.
- (transitive) To receive or accept (something) as payment or compensation.
- (reflexive) To go.
- (transitive) To obtain money from, especially by swindling.
- (transitive) To come upon or catch (in a particular state or situation).
- (intransitive, dialectal, proscribed) An intensifier.
- (transitive) To receive or accept (something, especially something which was given).
- (transitive) To assume and undertake the duties of (a job, an office, etc.).
- (transitive) To assume (a form).
- (transitive) To conclude or form (a decision or an opinion) in the mind.
- (transitive) To fill or require: to last or expend (an amount of time).
- (transitive) To exact.
- (transitive) To proceed to fill.
- (transitive) To accept and follow (advice, etc.).
- (transitive) To write down; to get in, or as if in, writing.
- (transitive, mathematics, computing) To accept (zero or more arguments).
- (transitive) To get into one's hands, possession, or control, with or without force.
- (of ink, dye, etc.) To adhere or be absorbed properly.
- (transitive) To adopt (select) as one's own.
- (transitive) To go into, through, or along.
- (transitive) To believe, to accept the statements of.
- (transitive) To seize or capture.
- (transitive) To participate in.
- (transitive) To suffer; to endure (a hardship or damage).
- (transitive, of a ship) To let in (water).
- (transitive, baseball) To decline to swing at (a pitched ball); to refrain from hitting at, and allow to pass.
- (transitive) To perform (a role).
- (transitive) To receive into some relationship.
- (transitive) To catch or contract (an illness, etc.).
- (transitive) To receive (medicine or drugs) into one's body, e.g. by inhalation or swallowing; to ingest.
- (transitive) To assume or suppose; to reckon; to regard or consider.
- (transitive) To pass (or attempt to pass) through or around.
- (intransitive, copulative) To become; to be affected in a specified way.
- (transitive, of a material) To absorb or be impregnated by (dye, ink, etc.); to be susceptible to being treated by (polish, etc.).
- (transitive) To accept, be given (rightly or wrongly), or assume (especially as if by right).
- (transitive) To obtain or receive regularly by (paid) subscription.
- (transitive, especially of a vehicle) To transport or carry; to convey to another place.
- (transitive) To use as a means of transportation.
- (transitive) To submit to; to endure (without ill humor, resentment, or physical failure).
- (transitive) To obtain for use by payment or lease.
- (of a mechanical device) To catch; to engage.
- (transitive) To appropriate or transfer into one's own possession, sometimes by physically carrying off.
- (transitive, of a path, road, etc.) To lead (to a place); to serve as a means of reaching.
- (transitive, grammar) To have to be used with (a certain grammatical form, etc.).
- (transitive) To undergo; to put oneself into, to be subjected to.
- (transitive) To practice; perform; execute; carry out; do.
- (transitive) To have sex with.
- (transitive) To derive (as a title); to obtain from a source.
- (transitive) To remove or end by death; to kill.
- (transitive) To subtract.
- Used in phrasal verbs: take in, take off, take on, take out, take to, take something to, take up.
- (transitive) To go or move into.
- (transitive) To fill, occupy, require, or use up (space).
- (transitive) To understand (especially in a specified way).
- (transitive) To select or choose; to pick.
- (transitive) To remove.
- (transitive) To require (a person, resource or thing in order to achieve an outcome).
- (transitive) To grasp or grip.
- (transitive) To make (a photograph, film, or other reproduction of something).
- (transitive) To capture or win (a piece or trick) in a game.
- (transitive) To deal with.
- (transitive) To defeat (someone or something) in a fight.
- (transitive) To consider in a particular way, or to consider as an example.
- (transitive) To draw, derive, or deduce (a meaning from something).
- (transitive, Greece, Cyprus, informal) To buy.
- (intransitive) To engage, take hold or have effect.
- (transitive, intransitive, law) To receive or acquire (property) by law (e.g. as an heir).
- (transitive) To regard in a specified way.
- (intransitive) To get or accept (something) into one's possession.
- (transitive) To escort or conduct (a person).
- (transitive, now chiefly by enrolling in a class or course) To apply oneself to the study of.
- (transitive) To captivate or charm; to gain or secure the interest or affection of.
- (transitive) To have and use one's recourse to.
- (transitive) To catch or get possession of (fish or game).
- admit into a group or community
- take into consideration for exemplifying purposes
- assume, as of positions or roles
- take somebody somewhere
- experience or feel or submit to
- develop a habit; apply oneself to a practice or occupation
- receive or obtain regularly
- serve oneself to, or consume regularly
- take on a certain form, attribute, or aspect
- proceed along in a vehicle
- be a student of a certain subject
- be seized or affected in a specified way
- point or cause to go (blows, weapons, or objects such as photographic equipment) towards
- take something or somebody with oneself somewhere
- accept or undergo, often unwillingly
- ascertain or determine by measuring, computing or take a reading from a dial
- make use of or accept for some purpose
- remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract
- get into one's hands, take physically
- be stricken by an illness, fall victim to an illness
- travel or go by means of a certain kind of transportation, or a certain route
- be designed to hold or take
- take into one's possession
- have with oneself; have on one's person
- require (time or space)
- interpret something in a certain way; convey a particular meaning or impression
- obtain by winning
- lay claim to; as of an idea
- occupy or take on
- require as useful, just, or proper
- buy, select
- head into a specified direction
- make a film or photograph of something
- to get into a position of having, e.g., safety, comfort
- receive willingly something given or offered
- carry out
- pick out, select, or choose from a number of alternatives
- take as an undesirable consequence of some event or state of affairs
- engage for service under a term of contract
- conquer by force
- have sex with; archaic use
- be capable of holding or containing
noun
- Money that is taken in, (legal or illegal) proceeds, income; (in particular) profits; takings.
- (medicine) An instance of successful inoculation/vaccination.
- (film) A scene recorded (filmed) at one time, without an interruption or break; a recording of such a scene.
- (music) A recording of a musical performance made during an uninterrupted single recording period.
- (rugby, cricket) A catch of the ball (in cricket, especially one by the wicket-keeper).
- A visible (facial) response to something, especially something unexpected; a facial gesture in response to an event.
- (printing) The quantity of copy given to a compositor at one time.
- The or an act of taking.
- An approach, a (distinct) treatment.
- An interpretation or view, opinion or assessment; perspective; a statement expressing such a position.
- The or a quantity of fish, game animals or pelts, etc which have been taken at one time; catch.
- the act of photographing a scene or part of a scene without interruption
- the income or profit arising from such transactions as the sale of land or other property
verb
- (intransitive) To eagerly seize an opportunity.
- (transitive) To stamp holes in; to perforate.
- (intransitive) To leap into the air intending to seize someone or something.
- (transitive) To strike or seize with the talons; to pierce, as with the talons.
- (intransitive) To attack suddenly by leaping.
- (transitive) To sprinkle or rub with pounce powder.
- move down on as if in an attack
noun
- A sudden leaping attack.
- (historical) A type of fine powder, as of sandarac, or cuttlefish bone, sprinkled over wet ink to dry the ink after writing or on rough paper to smooth the writing surface.
- (mining) Synonym of bump (“sudden movement of underground strata”).
- (historical) Charcoal dust, or some other coloured powder for making patterns through perforated designs, used by embroiderers, lacemakers, etc.
- Cloth worked in eyelet holes.
- A punch or stamp.
- the act of pouncing
noun
verb
- (idiomatic, intransitive) To emerge or become known, especially unexpectedly.
- (intransitive) To appear (before a judge or court).
- (intransitive) To come towards; to approach.
- (African-American Vernacular, slang, intransitive) To do well or be successful.
- (intransitive) To reach in height.
- (UK, Oxford University, intransitive) To arrive at the university. (Compare go down, send down.)
- (intransitive) To be revealed to have a certain value, quality, or status.
- (intransitive) To come to attention and present oneself; to arrive or appear.
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see come, up.
- (African-American Vernacular, slang, intransitive) To happen or occur.
- (British, slang, intransitive) To begin to feel the effects of a recreational drug.
- (intransitive, of a heavenly body) To rise (above the horizon).
- (intransitive) To draw near in time.
- (African-American Vernacular, slang, intransitive) To grow up; to experience a childhood.
- (intransitive) To approach a time or scheduled event.
- result or issue
- come up, of celestial bodies
- originate or come into being
- be mentioned
- start running, functioning, or operating
- bring forth, usually something desirable
- come to the surface
- gather or bring together
- gather (money or other resources) together over time
- move upward
- get something or somebody for a specific purpose
- move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
noun
- the act of capitalizing on an opportunity
- The act or process of seizing (an opportunity) and profiting or obtaining an advantage (from it).
- the sale of capital stock
- an estimation of the value of a business
- writing in capital letters
- (in particular) The act or process of writing (something: either an entire word or text, or just the initial letter(s) thereof) in capital letters.
- The total value of all outstanding shares for a publicly traded company
- Choice of case (when writing a word); the act or process of writing a word in a particular case, such as ALL CAPS, Title Case, CamelCase, Sentence case, or all lowercase.
- The state of having a particular case, such as ALL CAPS or all lowercase.
- The state of being capitalised.
noun
- A favorable opportunity; a convenient or timely chance.
- Something which causes something else; a cause.
- An occurrence or state of affairs which causes some event or reaction; a motive or reason.
- The time when something happens.
- A reason or excuse; a motive; a persuasion.
- A need; requirement, necessity.
- A special event or function.
- A particular happening; an instance or time when something occurred.
- an opportunity to do something
- an event that occurs at a critical time
- a formal or official social gathering or ceremony of people
- the time of a particular event
- a rational motive for a belief or action
verb
noun
- opportunity for
- the people who are present in a room
- an area within a building enclosed by walls and floor and ceiling
- space for movement
- (in the plural) A set of rooms inhabited by someone; one's lodgings.
- (nautical) A space between the timbers of a ship's frame.
- A place or position in society; office; rank; post, sometimes when vacated by its former occupant.
- (mining) An area for working in a coal mine.
- A quantity of furniture sufficient to furnish one room.
- (Internet, countable) An IRC or chat room.
- (usually in the singular, metonymic) The people in a room.
- (countable) A separate part of a building, enclosed by walls, a floor and a ceiling.
- (countable, with possessive pronoun) (One's) bedroom.
- Alternative form of roum (“deep blue dye”).
- (uncountable, figuratively) Sufficient space for or to do something.
- (caving) A portion of a cave that is wider than a passage.
- (uncountable) Space for something, or to carry out an activity.
verb
adv
noun
- a situation offering opportunities
- the streets of a city viewed as a depressed environment in which there is poverty and crime and prostitution and dereliction
- a thoroughfare (usually including sidewalks) that is lined with buildings
- people living or working on the same street
- the part of a thoroughfare between the sidewalks; the part of the thoroughfare on which vehicles travel
- (uncountable, sports) A style of skateboarding featuring typically urban obstacles.
- A road as above, but including the sidewalks (pavements) and buildings.
- (specifically, US, Canada) The roads that run perpendicular to avenues in a grid layout.
- (finance) Ellipsis of Wall Street.
- A paved part of road, usually in a village or a town.
- (slang, uncountable) Streetwise slang.
- (poker slang) Each of the three opportunities that players have to bet, after the flop, turn and river.
- The people who spend a great deal of time on the street in urban areas, especially, the young, the poor, the unemployed, and those engaged in illegal activities.
- (attributive) Living in the streets.
- The people who live in such a road, as a neighborhood.
- An illicit or contraband source, especially of drugs.
- (slang, in the plural) People in general, as a source of information.
- (figuratively) A great distance.
adj
verb
noun
- An opportunity for existence.
- (countable) A living being; the fact of a particular individual being alive. (Chiefly when indicating individuals were lost (died) or saved.)
- The span of time during which an object operates.
- (uncountable, insurance) The life insurance industry.
- A particular phase or period of existence.
- The animating principle or force that keeps an inorganic thing or concept metaphorically alive (dynamic, relevant, etc) and makes it a "living document", "living constitution", etc.
- The period during which one (a person, an animal, a plant; a civilization, species; a star; etc) is alive.
- (informal) Social life.
- (colloquial) A life sentence; a period of imprisonment that lasts until the convict's death (or, sometimes, parole).
- The most lively component or participant.
- (uncountable) The state of organisms preceding their death, characterized by biological processes such as metabolism and reproduction and distinguishing them from inanimate objects; the state of being alive and living.
- (countable) A life assured under a life assurance policy (equivalent to the policy itself for a single life contract).
- A period extending from a when a (positive or negative) office, punishment, etc is conferred on someone until that person dies (or, sometimes, reaches retirement age).
- A worthwhile existence.
- Animation; spirit; vivacity.
- (baseball, softball, cricket) A chance for the batter (or batting team) to bat again, given as a result of a misplay by a member of the fielding team.
- Something which is inherently part of a person's existence, such as job, family, a loved one, etc.
- Lifeforms, generally or collectively.
- A biography.
- Existence.
- A particular aspect of existence.
- (biology) The status possessed by any of a number of entities, including animals, plants, fungi, bacteria, and sometimes viruses, which have the properties of replication and metabolism.
- (video games) One of the player's chances to play, lost when the player's character dies or when certain mistakes are made.
- Nature, reality, and the forms that exist in it.
- The period of time during which an object is recognizable.
- One of a player's chances to play in various children's playground games, lost when a mistake is made, for example being struck by the ball in dodgeball.
- animation and energy in action or expression
- a characteristic state or mode of living
- a prison term lasting as long as the prisoner lives
- the period during which something is functional (as between birth and death)
- the experience of being alive; the course of human events and activities
- the course of existence of an individual; the actions and events that occur in living
- a living person
- living things collectively
- the condition of living or the state of being alive
- the organic phenomenon that distinguishes living organisms from nonliving ones
- a motive for living
- an account of the series of events making up a person's life
- the period from the present until death
- the period between birth and the present time
verb
noun
- a period of opportunity
- a point or period in time
- the recurring hours when you are not sleeping (especially those when you are working)
- time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis
- the time for one complete rotation of the earth relative to a particular star, about 4 minutes shorter than a mean solar day
- the time after sunrise and before sunset while it is light outside
- a day assigned to a particular purpose or observance
- an era of existence or influence
- the period of time taken by a particular planet (e.g. Mars) to make a complete rotation on its axis
- A period of contention of a day or less.
- The part of a day period which one spends at one’s job, school, etc.
- (informal or meteorology) A 24-hour period beginning at 6am or sunrise.
- A period of time between two set times which mark the beginning and the end of day in a calendar, such as from midnight to the following midnight or (Judaism) from nightfall to the following nightfall.
- The time when the Sun is above the horizon and it lights the sky.
- The time taken for the Earth to make a full rotation about its axis with respect to the fixed stars; a sidereal day or stellar day.
- (astronomy) The rotational period of a planet.
- The time taken for the Sun to seem to be in the same place in the sky twice; a solar day.
- A period of time equal or almost equal to a full day-night cycle, being 24 hours long.
- A specified time or period; time, considered with reference to the existence or prominence of a person or thing; age; time; era.
- An observance lasting for a day, such as an annual holiday.
verb
noun
- the quality of taking advantage
- importance or value
- a record or narrative description of past events
- a formal contractual relationship established to provide for regular banking or brokerage or business services
- a statement that makes something comprehensible by describing the relevant structure or operation or circumstances etc.
- grounds
- a statement of recent transactions and the resulting balance
- a short account of the news
- the act of informing by verbal report
- an itemized statement of money owed for goods shipped or services rendered
- An estimate or estimation; valuation; judgment.
- A reason, grounds, consideration, motive; a person's sake.
- (banking) A bank account.
- (uncountable) Profit; advantage.
- Importance; worth; value; esteem; judgement.
- A record of events; a relation or narrative.
- Authorization as a specific registered user in accessing a system.
- (accounting) A registry of pecuniary transactions; a written or printed statement of business dealings or debts and credits, and also of other things subjected to a reckoning or review.
- A statement in general of reasons, causes, grounds, etc., explanatory of some event; a reason of an action to be done.
verb
- keep an account of
- to give an account or representation of in words
- be the sole or primary factor in the existence, acquisition, supply, or disposal of something
- furnish a justifying analysis or explanation
- (intransitive) To give a satisfactory reason for; to explain.
- (intransitive) To establish the location for someone.
- (transitive) To estimate, consider (something to be as described).
- (intransitive) To give a satisfactory evaluation for (one's actions, behaviour etc.); to answer for.
- (intransitive) To cause the death, capture, or destruction of someone or something (+ for).
- (intransitive) To consider that.
- Used in phrasal verbs: account for, account of, account to.
- (intransitive) To give a satisfactory evaluation for financial transactions, money received etc.
noun
- Passing opportunities seized; snatches.
- (countable, music) The refrain; a line or lines of a song which are repeated from verse to verse.
- (countable) A fragment of music or poetry.
- (countable) The act of seizing or capturing.
- (countable) The act of catching an object in motion, especially a ball.
- (countable) A stopping mechanism, especially a clasp which stops something from opening.
- (countable) The act of noticing, understanding or hearing.
- (countable) Something which is captured or caught.
- (countable, cricket, baseball) The act of catching a hit ball before it reaches the ground, resulting in an out.
- (countable, sometimes noun adjunct) A concealed difficulty, especially in a deal or negotiation.
- (countable, agriculture) A crop which has germinated and begun to grow.
- (countable) A crick; a sudden muscle pain during unaccustomed positioning when the muscle is in use.
- (countable) A hesitation in voice, caused by strong emotion.
- (countable, rowing) The first contact of an oar with the water.
- (countable, cricket) A player in respect of his catching ability; particularly one who catches well.
- A slight remembrance; a trace.
- (countable, music) A type of humorous round in which the voices gradually catch up with one another; usually sung by men and often having bawdy lyrics.
- (uncountable) The game of catching a ball.
- (countable, phonetics) A stoppage of breath, resembling a slight cough.
- (countable, colloquial, by extension) A find, in particular a boyfriend or girlfriend or prospective spouse.
- a cooperative game in which a ball is passed back and forth
- a break or check in the voice (usually a sign of strong emotion)
- a drawback or difficulty that is not readily evident
- anything that is caught (especially if it is worth catching)
- a fastener that fastens or locks a door or window
- the quantity that was caught
- a restraint that checks the motion of something
- the act of apprehending (especially apprehending a criminal)
- the act of catching an object with the hands
- a person regarded as a good matrimonial prospect
verb
- (transitive) To grasp mentally: perceive and understand.
- (transitive) To become infected by (an illness).
- (intransitive) To get pregnant.
- (transitive) To take or replenish something necessary, such as breath or sleep.
- (transitive) To reach (someone) with a strike, blow, weapon etc.
- (transitive) To reproduce or echo a spirit or idea faithfully.
- (intransitive, agriculture) To germinate and set down roots.
- (transitive) To attract and hold (a faculty or organ of sense).
- (transitive) To grip or entangle.
- (transitive) To travel by means of.
- (transitive, rare) To become pregnant. (Only in past tense or as participle.)
- (transitive, intransitive) To receive or be affected by (wind, water, fire etc.).
- (transitive) To be hit by something.
- (intransitive) To spread by infection or similar means.
- (intransitive) To be held back or impeded.
- (transitive) To entrap or trip up a person; to deceive.
- (transitive, of fire) To spread or be conveyed to.
- (transitive) To have something be held back or impeded.
- (transitive) To overtake or catch up to; to be in time for.
- (intransitive) To serve well or poorly for catching, especially for catching fish.
- (transitive, computing) To handle an exception.
- (transitive, intransitive, baseball) To play (a specific period of time) as the catcher.
- (transitive, cricket) To end a player's innings by catching a hit ball before the first bounce.
- (transitive) To be touched or affected by (something) through exposure.
- (transitive, rowing) To grip (the water) with one's oars at the beginning of the stroke.
- (transitive) To be the victim of (something unpleasant, painful etc.).
- (intransitive) To make a grasping or snatching motion (at).
- (transitive, surfing) To contact a wave in such a way that one can ride it back to shore.
- (transitive) To unpleasantly discover unexpectedly; to unpleasantly surprise (someone doing something).
- To notice.
- (intransitive) To engage with some mechanism; to stick, to succeed in interacting with something or initiating some process.
- (transitive, informal) To take in; to watch or listen to (an entertainment).
- (transitive) To charm or entrance.
- (transitive) To capture or snare (someone or something which would rather escape).
- (transitive) To acquire, as though by infection; to take on through sympathy or influence.
- (transitive) To seize or intercept an object moving through the air (or, sometimes, some other medium).
- grasp with the mind or develop an understanding of
- get or regain something necessary, usually quickly or briefly
- reach in time
- hear, usually without the knowledge of the speakers
- catch up with and possibly overtake
- to hook or entangle
- suffer from the receipt of
- perceive with the senses quickly, suddenly, or momentarily
- cause to become accidentally or suddenly caught, ensnared, or entangled
- attract; cause to be enamored
- perceive by hearing
- be struck or affected by
- apprehend and reproduce accurately
- come down with
- be the catcher
- attract and fix
- detect a blunder or misstep
- start burning
- succeed in catching or seizing, especially after a chase
- become aware of
- capture as if by hunting, snaring, or trapping
- check oneself during an action
- spread or be communicated
- delay or hold up; prevent from proceeding on schedule or as planned
- reach with a blow or hit in a particular spot
- see or watch
- take hold of so as to seize or restrain or stop the motion of
- discover or come upon accidentally, suddenly, or unexpectedly; catch somebody doing something or in a certain state
- take in and retain
noun
- An opportunity, as in a competitive activity.
- The first performance of a show or play by a particular troupe.
- An act or instance of beginning.
- (mathematics) In mathematical morphology, the dilation of the erosion of a set.
- A vacant position, especially in an array.
- The first few measures of a musical composition.
- An unoccupied employment position.
- A gap permitting passage through.
- The first few moves in a game.
- An act or instance of making or becoming open.
- The initial period when an art exhibition, fashion show, etc. is first opened, especially the first evening.
- A time available in a schedule.
- a vacant or unobstructed space that is man-made
- the first of a series of actions
- an entrance equipped with a hatch; especially a passageway between decks of a ship
- an aperture or hole that opens into a bodily cavity
- the initial part of the introduction
- an open or empty space in or between things
- opportunity especially for employment or promotion
- a recognized sequence of moves at the beginning of a game of chess
- a ceremony accompanying the start of some enterprise
- becoming open or being made open
- a possible alternative
- the first performance (as of a theatrical production)
- the act of opening something
adj
verb
noun
- an indication of potential opportunity
- a just detectable amount
- a slight indication
- an indirect suggestion
- a slight but appreciable amount
- A small, barely detectable amount.
- An implicit suggestion that avoids a direct statement.
- (databases) An instruction to the database engine as to how a query should be executed, for example whether to use an index or not.
- A clue.
- (computing) Information in a computer-based font that suggests how the outlines of the font's glyphs should be distorted in order to produce, at specific sizes, a visually appealing pixel-based rendering; an instance of hinting.
verb
intj
noun
- an indication of potential opportunity
- an advantage held by a competitor in a race
- an actor who plays a principal role
- the angle between the direction a gun is aimed and the position of a moving target (correcting for the flight time of the missile)
- evidence pointing to a possible solution
- the introductory section of a story
- (baseball) the position taken by a base runner preparing to advance to the next base
- a jumper that consists of a short piece of wire
- the playing of a card to start a trick in bridge
- a position of being the initiator of something and an example that others will follow (especially in the phrase ‘take the lead’)
- restraint consisting of a rope (or light chain) used to restrain an animal
- a news story of major importance
- (sports) the score by which a team or individual is winning
- the timing of ignition relative to the position of the piston in an internal-combustion engine
- thin strip of metal used to separate lines of type in printing
- a soft heavy toxic malleable metallic element; bluish white when freshly cut but tarnishes readily to dull grey
- mixture of graphite with clay in different degrees of hardness; the marking substance in a pencil
- (countable, nautical) A plummet or mass of lead attached to a line, used in sounding depth at sea or to estimate velocity in knots.
- A thin strip of type metal, used to separate lines of type in printing.
- (medicine, in the plural) X-ray protective clothing lined with lead.
- (countable) A thin cylinder of graphite used in pencils.
- (UK, countable) An insulated metallic wire for electrical devices and equipment.
- Sheets or plates of lead used as a covering for roofs.
- (horology) The action of a tooth, such as a tooth of a wheel, in impelling another tooth or a pallet.
- Information obtained by a news reporter about an issue or subject that allows him or her to discover more details.
- (electricity) The advance of the current phase in an alternating circuit beyond that of the electromotive force producing it.
- (acting) The actor who plays the main role; lead actor.
- (countable, mining) A lode.
- Information obtained by a detective or police officer that allows him or her to discover further details about a crime or incident.
- A rope, leather strap, or similar device with which to lead an animal; a leash
- (nautical) The course of a rope from end to end.
- (US, journalism) The introductory paragraph or paragraphs of a newspaper, or a news or other type of article. (Sometimes spelled as lede for this usage to avoid ambiguity.)
- (marketing) Potential opportunity for a sale or transaction, a potential customer.
- (business) The person in charge of a project or a work shift etc.
- (curling) The player who throws the first two rocks for a team.
- (music) The announcement by one voice part of a theme to be repeated by the other parts.
- (uncountable, typography) Vertical space in advance of a row or between rows of text. Also known as leading.
- (slang) Bullets; ammunition.
- (countable) A roof covered with lead sheets or terne plates.
- (countable) A channel of open water in an ice field.
- Hypothesis that has not been pursued
- (music) A mark or a short passage in one voice part, as of a canon, serving as a cue for the entrance of others.
- An important news story that appears on the front page of a newspaper or at the beginning of a news broadcast
- (music) A primary synth, often composed of square, sawtooth, triangle or sine waveforms.
- (baseball) The situation where a runner steps away from a base while waiting for the pitch to be thrown.
- (uncountable) A heavy, pliable, inelastic metal element, having a bright, bluish color, but easily tarnished; both malleable and ductile, though with little tenacity. It is easily fusible, forms alloys with other metals, and is an ingredient of solder and type metal. Atomic number 82, symbol Pb (from Latin plumbum).
- (music) In a barbershop quartet, the person who sings the melody, usually the second tenor.
- (countable) The act of leading or conducting; guidance; direction, course
- (acting, theater) The main role in a play or film; the lead role.
- (uncountable, card games, dominoes) The act or right of playing first in a game or round; the card suit, or piece, so played
- (engineering) The axial distance a screw thread travels in one revolution. It is equal to the pitch times the number of starts.
- In a steam engine, the width of port opening which is uncovered by the valve, for the admission or release of steam, at the instant when the piston is at end of its stroke.
- (electricity) The angle between the line joining the brushes of a continuous-current dynamo and the diameter symmetrical between the poles.
- (countable) Precedence; advance position; also, the measure of precedence; the state of being ahead in a race; the highest score in an incomplete game.
- (engineering) The excess above a right angle in the angle between two consecutive cranks, as of a compound engine, on the same shaft.
- (civil engineering) The distance of haul, as from a cutting to an embankment.
verb
- lead, extend, or afford access
- travel in front of; go in advance of others
- cause to undertake a certain action
- take somebody somewhere
- tend to or result in
- cause something to pass or lead somewhere
- lead, as in the performance of a composition
- produce as a result or residue
- preside over
- be ahead of others; be the first
- be in charge of
- be conducive to
- stretch out over a distance, space, time, or scope; run or extend between two points or beyond a certain point
- move ahead (of others) in time or space
- (intransitive) To be a cause of. [with to]
- (intransitive) To guide or conduct, as by accompanying, going before, showing, influencing, directing with authority, etc.; to have precedence or preeminence; to be first or chief; — used in most of the senses of the transitive verb.
- (transitive, climbing) To lead climb.
- (figuratively): To direct; to counsel; to instruct.
- To guide or conduct in a certain course, or to a certain place or end, by making the way known; to show the way, especially by going with or going in advance of; to guide somebody somewhere or to bring somebody somewhere by means of instructions.
- To guide or conduct with the hand, or by means of some physical contact connection.
- (transitive, card games, dominoes) To begin a game, round, or trick, with
- Misspelling of led.
- (baseball) To step off base and move towards the next base.
- Used in phrasal verbs: lead off, lead on, lead out, lead to (“be the cause of, bring about”), lead up, lead up to.
- (intransitive) To have the highest interim score in a game.
- (intransitive) To tend or reach in a certain spatial direction, or to a certain place.
- (transitive) To go or to be in advance of; to precede; hence, to be foremost or chief among.
- To draw or direct by influence, whether good or bad; to prevail on; to induce; to entice; to allure.
- (shooting) To aim in front of a moving target, in order that the shot may hit the target as it passes.
- (intransitive) To be more advanced in technology or business than others.
- (intransitive) To be ahead of others, e.g., in a race.
- (intransitive) To proceed in front of others; to go first.
- (transitive, usually with "life") To live or experience (a particular way of life).
- To influence towards a belief, a conclusion, etc.
- (transitive, printing, historical) To place leads between the lines of.
- (transitive) To cover, fill, or affect with lead.
- To conduct or direct with authority; to have direction or charge of; to command, especially a military or business unit.
adj
noun
verb
- direct the course; determine the direction of travelling
- be a guiding or motivating force or drive
- direct (oneself) somewhere
- (reflexive) To conduct oneself; to take or pursue a course of action.
- (transitive) To castrate (a male calf).
- (transitive) To maneuver or manipulate a person or group into a place or course of action.
- (intransitive) To guide the course of a vessel, vehicle, aircraft etc. (by means of a device such as a rudder, paddle, or steering wheel).
- (transitive) To direct a group of animals.
- (transitive) To direct a conversation.
- (intransitive) To be directed and governed; to take a direction, or course; to obey the helm.
- (transitive) To direct or send an object into a specific place
- (transitive) To guide the course of a vessel, vehicle, aircraft etc. (by means of a device such as a rudder, paddle, or steering wheel).
noun
- an indication of potential opportunity
- a relatively small amount of money given for services rendered (as by a waiter)
- the top or extreme point of something (usually a mountain or hill)
- a V shape
- the extreme end of something; especially something pointed
- (Australia) A prediction of the winning team in a football game by a participant in a footy tipping competition.
- (music) The end of a bow of a stringed instrument that is not held.
- (African-American Vernacular) A kick or phase; one's current habits or behaviour.
- A piece of metal, fabric or other material used to cover the top of something for protection, utility or decoration.
- A thin, boarded brush made of camel's hair, used by gilders in lifting gold leaf.
- (UK, Ireland, Commonwealth, by extension) A recycling centre.
- The act of deflecting with one's fingers, especially the fingertips
- A piece of private or secret information, especially imparted by someone with expert knowledge about sporting odds, business performance etc.
- (UK, Ireland, Commonwealth) Rubbish thrown from a quarry.
- (slang) the glans penis
- The extreme end of something, especially when pointed; e.g. the sharp end of a pencil.
- An act of tipping up or tilting.
- (African-American Vernacular) A particular arena or sphere of interest; a front.
- (Australia) A prediction about the outcome of something.
- (UK, Ireland, Commonwealth) An area or a place for dumping something, such as rubbish or refuse, as from a mine; a heap (see tipple); a dump.
- (colloquial) A very untidy place.
- A gratuity; a small amount of money left for a bartender, waiter, taxi driver or other service worker as a token of appreciation, often calculated as a percentage of the bill.
- A piece of stiffened lining pasted on the inside of a hat crown.
- A piece of advice.
- Synonym of eartip (“part of earbuds”).
- A tram for expeditiously transferring coal.
- (chiefly in the plural) A small piece of meat.
verb
- cause to tilt
- walk on one's toes
- give insider information or advise to
- remove the tip from
- mark with a tip
- give a tip or gratuity to in return for a service, beyond the compensation agreed on
- cause to topple or tumble by pushing
- strike lightly
- to incline or bend from a vertical position
- (Australia) To enter a prediction of the winning team of a football game, as part of a footy tipping competition.
- To cause the contents of a container to be emptied out by tilting it.
- (US, transitive) To pour a libation or a liquid from a container, particularly from a forty of malt liquor.
- (ergative) (To cause) to be, or come to be, in a tilted or sloping position; (to cause) to become unbalanced.
- (thieves' cant) To give, pass.
- (ergative) (To cause) to become knocked over, fall down or overturn.
- To give a small gratuity to, especially to an employee of someone who provides a service.
- (Australia) To predict something having a particular outcome.
- To give a piece of private information to; to inform (someone) of a clue, secret knowledge, etc.
- (transitive) To provide with a tip; to cover the tip of.
- (transitive) To dump (refuse).
- (transitive) To deflect with one′s fingers, especially one′s fingertips.
noun
- an indication of potential opportunity
- a reflex that expels intestinal gas through the anus
- a musical instrument in which the sound is produced by an enclosed column of air that is moved by bellows or the human breath
- air moving (sometimes with considerable force) from an area of high pressure to an area of low pressure
- a tendency or force that influences events
- empty rhetoric or insincere or exaggerated talk
- breath
- the act of winding or twisting
- A bird, the dotterel.
- (figurative) Mere breath or talk; empty effort; idle words.
- Breath modulated by the respiratory and vocal organs, or by an instrument.
- (figurative) News of an event, especially by hearsay or gossip.
- (figurative) A tendency or trend.
- (philosophy, alchemy) One of the four elements of the ancient Greeks and Romans; air.
- (music) The woodwind section of an orchestra. Occasionally also used to include the brass section.
- A disease of sheep, in which the intestines are distended with air, or rather affected with a violent inflammation. It occurs immediately after shearing.
- (countable, uncountable) Real or perceived movement of atmospheric air usually caused by convection or differences in air pressure.
- Air artificially put in motion by any force or action.
- (music) A woodwind instrument. Occasionally also used to describe a brass instrument.
- (boxing, slang) The region of the solar plexus, where a blow may paralyze the diaphragm and cause temporary loss of breath or other injury.
- One of the five basic elements in Indian and Japanese models of the Classical elements.
- (countable, uncountable) The ability to breathe easily.
- (uncountable, colloquial) Flatus.
- A direction from which the wind may blow; a point of the compass; especially, one of the cardinal points.
- Types of playing-tile in the game of mah-jongg, named after the four winds.
- Ellipsis of wind power (“source of electricity”)
- The act of winding or turning; a turn; a bend; a twist.
verb
- form into a wreath
- raise or haul up with or as if with mechanical help
- extend in curves and turns
- to move or cause to move in a sinuous, spiral, or circular course
- coil the spring of (some mechanical device) by turning a stem
- arrange or coil around
- catch the scent of; get wind of
- (transitive) To have complete control over; to turn and bend at one's pleasure; to vary or alter at will; to regulate; to govern.
- (transitive) To cause (someone) to become breathless, as by a blow to the abdomen, or by physical exertion, running, etc.
- (transitive) To expose to the wind; to winnow; to ventilate.
- (transitive) To entwist; to enfold; to encircle.
- (transitive) To perceive or follow by scent.
- (transitive) To rest (a horse, etc.) in order to allow the breath to be recovered; to breathe.
- (transitive) To cause to move by exerting a winding force; to haul or hoist as by a winch.
- (transitive, British) To cause a baby to bring up wind by patting its back after being fed.
- (transitive) To turn a windmill so that its sails face into the wind.
- (transitive) To tighten the spring of a clockwork mechanism.
- (transitive, British) To turn a boat or ship around, so that the wind strikes it on the opposite side.
- (intransitive) To travel or follow a path with numerous curves.
- (transitive) To blow air through a wind instrument or horn to make a sound.
- (transitive) To turn coils (of a cord or something similar) around something.
- (transitive) To introduce by insinuation; to insinuate.
- (transitive) To cover or surround with something coiled about.
- (transitive, nautical) To turn (a ship) around, end for end.
noun
- taking advantage of opportunities without regard for the consequences for others
- the quality of being suited to the end in view
- (uncountable) The quality of being fit or suitable to cause some desired end or the purpose intended; propriety or advisability under the particular circumstances of a case.
- Speed, haste or urgency.
- Something that is expedient.
noun
- taking advantage of opportunities without regard for the consequences for others
- (Marxism) The political line of Communist Party members who zealously support the Party, but whose trait is that they yield to the mood of the moment, they are unable to resist what is fashionable, leading to the sacrifice of the permanent and essential interests of the Party to the momentary and minor interests.
- The practice of taking advantage of any situations or people to achieve an end, often with no regard for principles or consequences.
noun
adj
noun
- A superior or more favorable situation or opportunity; gain; profit; advantage.
- A place or position affording a good view; a vantage point.
- place or situation affording some advantage (especially a comprehensive view or commanding perspective)
- the quality of having a superior or more favorable position
noun
- a possibility due to a favorable combination of circumstances
- (countable) An opportunity or possibility.
- a risk involving danger
- an unknown and unpredictable phenomenon that causes an event to result one way rather than another
- a measure of how likely it is that some event will occur; a number expressing the ratio of favorable cases to the whole number of cases possible
- the possibility of future success
- (in plural as chances) probability; possibility.
- (countable) The probability of something happening.
- (uncountable) Random occurrence; luck.
adj
verb
verb
- To take the opportunity of.
- (informal) To consume something quickly.
- (transitive) To grip suddenly; to seize; to clutch.
- To restrain someone; to arrest.
- (transitive) To grip the attention of; to enthrall or interest.
- (informal) To quickly collect, retrieve, or take.
- (intransitive) To make a sudden grasping or clutching motion (at something).
- get hold of or seize quickly and easily
- take or grasp suddenly
- capture the attention or imagination of
- make a grasping or snatching motion with the hand
- take hold of so as to seize or restrain or stop the motion of
- obtain illegally or unscrupulously
noun
- A two- or three-masted vessel used on the Malabar coast.
- (firefighting, slang) The rescue of a person from a burning structure.
- (countable, media) A sound bite.
- (countable) An acquisition by violent or unjust means.
- (countable) A sudden snatch at something.
- A device for withdrawing drills, etc., from artesian and other wells that are drilled, bored, or driven.
- (uncountable) A simple card game.
- (countable) A mechanical device that grabs or clutches.
- a mechanical device for gripping an object
- the act of catching an object with the hands
verb
- take advantage of
- take or use
- be of use to, be useful to
- (intransitive) To be of use or advantage; to answer or serve the purpose; to have strength, force, or efficacy sufficient to accomplish the object.
- (transitive) To promote; to assist.
- (transitive) To be of service to.
- (transitive, often reflexive) To turn to the advantage of. [(chiefly) with of]
- (India, Africa, elsewhere proscribed) To use or take advantage of (an opportunity or resource).
- (India, Africa, elsewhere proscribed) To provide; to make available.
noun
- a means of serving
- (British, acting) Non-binding notice of availability for work.
- (oil industry) A readily available stock of oil.
- Effect in achieving a goal or aim; purpose, use (now usually in negative constructions).
- (now only US) Proceeds; profits from business transactions.
- (US, politics, journalism) A press avail.
- (television, advertising) An advertising slot or package.
adj
verb
- use to one's advantage
- exhaust by allowing to pull on the line
- engage in recreational activities rather than work; occupy oneself in a diversion
- consider not very seriously
- discharge or direct or be discharged or directed as if in a continuous stream
- cause to move or operate freely within a bounded space
- emit recorded sound
- pretend to have certain qualities or state of mind
- behave in a certain way
- play a role or part
- be performed or presented for public viewing
- stake on the outcome of an issue
- cause to happen or to occur as a consequence
- put (a card or piece) into play during a game, or act strategically as if in a card game
- make bets
- employ in a game or in a specific position
- play on an instrument
- move or seem to move quickly, lightly, or irregularly
- pretend to be somebody in the framework of a game or playful activity
- act or have an effect in a specified way or with a specific effect or outcome
- be at play; be engaged in playful activity; amuse oneself in a way characteristic of children
- behave carelessly or indifferently
- bet or wager (money)
- be received or accepted or interpreted in a specific way
- use or move
- perform on a certain location
- contend against an opponent in a sport, game, or battle
- manipulate manually or in one's mind or imagination
- cause to emit recorded audio or video
- perform on a stage or theater
- engage in an activity as if it were a game rather than take it seriously
- participate in games or sport
- shoot or hit in a particular manner
- perform music on (a musical instrument)
- replay (as a melody)
- (intransitive, of a musical instrument) To produce music.
- (transitive) To keep in play, as a hooked fish in order to land it.
- (intransitive, of a theatrical performance, film or music) To be performed, reproduced, or shown.
- (transitive, colloquial) To manipulate, deceive, or swindle.
- (transitive) To handle or deal with (something) in a calculating manner intended to achieve profit or gain.
- (transitive) To act as (the indicated role).
- (transitive, intransitive) To perform in (a sport); to participate in (a game).
- (intransitive, copulative) To act or behave in a stated way.
- To give a false appearance of being; to pretend to be.
- To move so as to fall upon or sweep across something, or to direct or operate (something) in such a manner.
- (intransitive) To be received or accepted (in a given way); to go down.
- (intransitive) To contend or fight using weapons, both as practice or in real life-or-death combats; to engage in martial games; to joust; to fence
- (transitive) To handle or deal with (a matter or situation) in a stated way.
- (transitive) To bring into action or motion; to exhibit in action; to execute or deploy.
- To portray (a character) in (a film or theatre).
- (transitive) To compete against, in a game.
- To gamble.
- To move in a light or brisk manner.
- (African-American Vernacular, intransitive) To kid; to joke; to say something for amusement; to act, or to treat something, unseriously.
- (transitive) To act or perform (a play).
- For additional senses in various idiomatic phrases, see the individual entries, such as play along, play at, play down, play off, play on, play out, play to, play up, etc.
- (transitive, intransitive, of a device, media, broadcast, etc.) To emit or relay sound (especially music) or moving pictures; (of a device) to operate media.
- (transitive, of a person) To operate (a device or media) so as to cause sound (especially music) or moving pictures to be produced.
- (intransitive) To take part in amorous activity; to make love; see also play around.
- To move in an alternating or reciprocal manner; to move to and fro.
- (transitive, of a theatrical company or band, etc.) To perform or give performances in or at (a venue or location).
- (intransitive, especially with 'with'; see also play with) To toy or trifle; to act with levity or thoughtlessness; to be careless.
- (intransitive) To act in a manner such that one has fun; to engage in activities expressly for the purpose of recreation or entertainment.
- Specifying a particular sporting role or position.
- (transitive, intransitive, especially of a person) To produce music using a musical instrument.
- (transitive, usually of a person) To render (a musical title, compositional style, film title, etc.) using a musical instrument or device.
- (transitive, in the scoring of games and sports) To be the opposing score to.
noun
- (in games or plays or other performances) the time during which play proceeds
- a preset plan of action in team sports
- the removal of constraints
- verbal wit or mockery (often at another's expense but not to be taken seriously)
- activity by children that is guided more by imagination than by fixed rules
- a deliberate coordinated movement requiring dexterity and skill
- movement or space for movement
- (game) the activity of doing something in an agreed succession
- the act of playing for stakes in the hope of winning (including the payment of a price for a chance to win a prize)
- the act using a sword (or other weapon) vigorously and skillfully
- a weak and tremulous light
- a state in which action is feasible
- a theatrical performance of a drama
- gay or light-hearted recreational activity for diversion or amusement
- a dramatic work intended for performance by actors on a stage
- an attempt to get something
- utilization or exercise
- (turn-based games) An action carried out when it is one's turn to play.
- (uncountable, formerly countable) Activity for amusement only, especially among the young.
- (uncountable) Movement (of a pattern of light etc.)
- (countable, uncountable) An instance or instances of causing media to be watched or heard, such as by broadcasting.
- The extent to which a part of a mechanism can move freely, as for example lash, backlash, or slack.
- (countable) A literary composition, intended to be represented by actors impersonating the characters and speaking the dialogue.
- (uncountable, informal) Sexual activity or sexual role-playing.
- (uncountable) Freedom to move.
- (countable) A geological formation that contains an accumulation or prospect of hydrocarbons or other resources.
- (countable) An instance of watching or listening to media.
- (countable) A theatrical performance featuring actors.
- (uncountable) An individual's performance in a sport or game.
- (uncountable) The conduct, or course, of a game.
- (countable) A short sequence of action within a game.
- (countable) An instance of wordplay.
- (uncountable) Similar activity in young animals, as they explore their environment and learn new skills.
- (countable) An attempt to move forward, as in a plan or strategy, for example by a business, investor, or political party.
- (countable) A button that, when pressed, causes media to be played.
- (uncountable, sports, with certain prepositions, also figurative) The sphere or circumstance in which a playing implement, such as a ball, is available to be played (see also in play, out of play).
verb
- (transitive) To exploit.
- (transitive, with gender pronouns as object) To suggest or request that other people employ a specific set of gender pronouns when referring to the subject.
- (transitive, with auxiliary "could") To benefit from; to be able to employ or stand.
- (transitive) To employ; to apply; to utilize.
- To accustom; to habituate. (Now common only in participial form. Uses the same pronunciation as the noun; see usage notes.)
- (transitive) To consume (alcohol, drugs, etc), especially regularly.
- (transitive, often with up) To expend; to consume by employing.
- (intransitive, archaic or literary except in past tense) To habitually do; to be wont to do. (Now chiefly in past-tense forms; see used to.)
- (intransitive) To consume a previously specified substance, especially a drug to which one is addicted.
- use up (resources or materials)
- take or consume (regularly or habitually)
- habitually do something or be in a certain state or place (use only in the past tense)
- avail oneself to
- seek or achieve an end by using to one's advantage
- put into service; make work or employ for a particular purpose or for its inherent or natural purpose
noun
- Occasion or need to employ; necessity.
- (Christianity) A special form of a rite adopted for use in a particular context, often a diocese.
- (uncountable) The act of consuming alcohol or narcotics.
- The act of using.
- (uncountable, followed by of) Usefulness, benefit.
- A function; a purpose for which something may be employed.
- (forging) A slab of iron welded to the side of a forging, such as a shaft, near the end, and afterward drawn down, by hammering, so as to lengthen the forging.
- (economics) the utilization of economic goods to satisfy needs or in manufacturing
- the act of using
- (psychology) an automatic pattern of behavior in reaction to a specific situation; may be inherited or acquired through frequent repetition
- (law) the exercise of the legal right to enjoy the benefits of owning property
- what something is used for
- exerting shrewd or devious influence especially for one's own advantage
- a particular service
verb
- (transitive) To take advantage of (an opportunity or circumstance).
- (intransitive) To bind or lock in position immovably; see also seize up.
- (transitive, law) Alternative spelling of seise (“to vest ownership of an estate in land”).
- (transitive, nautical) To bind, lash or make fast, with several turns of small rope, cord, or small line.
- (law) (with of) To cause (an action or matter) to be or remain before (a certain judge or court).
- (transitive) To deliberately take hold of; to grab or capture.
- (ambitransitive, cooking) Of chocolate: to change suddenly from a fluid to an undesirably hard and gritty texture.
- (transitive) To take possession of (by force, law etc.).
- (transitive) To have a sudden and powerful effect upon.
- (intransitive) To lay hold in seizure, by hands or claws (+ on or upon).
- (UK, intransitive) To submit for consideration to a deliberative body.
- (intransitive) To have a seizure.
- take temporary possession of as a security, by legal authority
- affect
- hook by a pull on the line
- take or capture by force
- take possession of by force, as after an invasion
- capture the attention or imagination of
- take into your hands deliberately
- seize and take control without authority and possibly with force; take as one's right or possession
verb
noun
verb
- (intransitive, followed by on) To seize, as an opportunity; to obtain a benefit from; to invest on something profitable.
- (transitive) In writing or editing, to write (something: either an entire word or text, or just the initial letter(s) thereof) in capital letters, in upper case.
- (transitive, business, finance) To contribute or acquire capital (money or other resources) for.
- (transitive, finance) To convert into capital, i.e., to get cash or similar immediately fungible resources for some less fungible property or source of future income.
- (transitive, accounting, taxation) To treat as capital, not as an expense.
- (intransitive) To profit or to obtain an advantage.
- draw advantages from
- convert (a company's reserve funds) into capital
- consider expenditures as capital assets rather than expenses
- supply with capital, as of a business by using a combination of capital used by investors and debt capital provided by lenders
- compute the present value of a business or an income
- write in capital letters
verb
- (transitive) To avail oneself of; to exploit.
- (transitive, cricket) To catch the ball; especially as a wicket-keeper and after the batsman has missed or edged it.
- (transitive) To carry or lead (something or someone).
- (of a plant, etc.) To begin to grow after being grafted or planted; to (literally or figuratively) take root, take hold.
- (transitive) To bind oneself by.
- (transitive) To ascertain or determine by measurement, examination or inquiry.
- (transitive) To cause to change to a specified state or condition.
- (transitive) To experience or feel.
- (transitive) To receive or accept (something) as payment or compensation.
- (reflexive) To go.
- (transitive) To obtain money from, especially by swindling.
- (transitive) To come upon or catch (in a particular state or situation).
- (intransitive, dialectal, proscribed) An intensifier.
- (transitive) To receive or accept (something, especially something which was given).
- (transitive) To assume and undertake the duties of (a job, an office, etc.).
- (transitive) To assume (a form).
- (transitive) To conclude or form (a decision or an opinion) in the mind.
- (transitive) To fill or require: to last or expend (an amount of time).
- (transitive) To exact.
- (transitive) To proceed to fill.
- (transitive) To accept and follow (advice, etc.).
- (transitive) To write down; to get in, or as if in, writing.
- (transitive, mathematics, computing) To accept (zero or more arguments).
- (transitive) To get into one's hands, possession, or control, with or without force.
- (of ink, dye, etc.) To adhere or be absorbed properly.
- (transitive) To adopt (select) as one's own.
- (transitive) To go into, through, or along.
- (transitive) To believe, to accept the statements of.
- (transitive) To seize or capture.
- (transitive) To participate in.
- (transitive) To suffer; to endure (a hardship or damage).
- (transitive, of a ship) To let in (water).
- (transitive, baseball) To decline to swing at (a pitched ball); to refrain from hitting at, and allow to pass.
- (transitive) To perform (a role).
- (transitive) To receive into some relationship.
- (transitive) To catch or contract (an illness, etc.).
- (transitive) To receive (medicine or drugs) into one's body, e.g. by inhalation or swallowing; to ingest.
- (transitive) To assume or suppose; to reckon; to regard or consider.
- (transitive) To pass (or attempt to pass) through or around.
- (intransitive, copulative) To become; to be affected in a specified way.
- (transitive, of a material) To absorb or be impregnated by (dye, ink, etc.); to be susceptible to being treated by (polish, etc.).
- (transitive) To accept, be given (rightly or wrongly), or assume (especially as if by right).
- (transitive) To obtain or receive regularly by (paid) subscription.
- (transitive, especially of a vehicle) To transport or carry; to convey to another place.
- (transitive) To use as a means of transportation.
- (transitive) To submit to; to endure (without ill humor, resentment, or physical failure).
- (transitive) To obtain for use by payment or lease.
- (of a mechanical device) To catch; to engage.
- (transitive) To appropriate or transfer into one's own possession, sometimes by physically carrying off.
- (transitive, of a path, road, etc.) To lead (to a place); to serve as a means of reaching.
- (transitive, grammar) To have to be used with (a certain grammatical form, etc.).
- (transitive) To undergo; to put oneself into, to be subjected to.
- (transitive) To practice; perform; execute; carry out; do.
- (transitive) To have sex with.
- (transitive) To derive (as a title); to obtain from a source.
- (transitive) To remove or end by death; to kill.
- (transitive) To subtract.
- Used in phrasal verbs: take in, take off, take on, take out, take to, take something to, take up.
- (transitive) To go or move into.
- (transitive) To fill, occupy, require, or use up (space).
- (transitive) To understand (especially in a specified way).
- (transitive) To select or choose; to pick.
- (transitive) To remove.
- (transitive) To require (a person, resource or thing in order to achieve an outcome).
- (transitive) To grasp or grip.
- (transitive) To make (a photograph, film, or other reproduction of something).
- (transitive) To capture or win (a piece or trick) in a game.
- (transitive) To deal with.
- (transitive) To defeat (someone or something) in a fight.
- (transitive) To consider in a particular way, or to consider as an example.
- (transitive) To draw, derive, or deduce (a meaning from something).
- (transitive, Greece, Cyprus, informal) To buy.
- (intransitive) To engage, take hold or have effect.
- (transitive, intransitive, law) To receive or acquire (property) by law (e.g. as an heir).
- (transitive) To regard in a specified way.
- (intransitive) To get or accept (something) into one's possession.
- (transitive) To escort or conduct (a person).
- (transitive, now chiefly by enrolling in a class or course) To apply oneself to the study of.
- (transitive) To captivate or charm; to gain or secure the interest or affection of.
- (transitive) To have and use one's recourse to.
- (transitive) To catch or get possession of (fish or game).
- admit into a group or community
- take into consideration for exemplifying purposes
- assume, as of positions or roles
- take somebody somewhere
- experience or feel or submit to
- develop a habit; apply oneself to a practice or occupation
- receive or obtain regularly
- serve oneself to, or consume regularly
- take on a certain form, attribute, or aspect
- proceed along in a vehicle
- be a student of a certain subject
- be seized or affected in a specified way
- point or cause to go (blows, weapons, or objects such as photographic equipment) towards
- take something or somebody with oneself somewhere
- accept or undergo, often unwillingly
- ascertain or determine by measuring, computing or take a reading from a dial
- make use of or accept for some purpose
- remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract
- get into one's hands, take physically
- be stricken by an illness, fall victim to an illness
- travel or go by means of a certain kind of transportation, or a certain route
- be designed to hold or take
- take into one's possession
- have with oneself; have on one's person
- require (time or space)
- interpret something in a certain way; convey a particular meaning or impression
- obtain by winning
- lay claim to; as of an idea
- occupy or take on
- require as useful, just, or proper
- buy, select
- head into a specified direction
- make a film or photograph of something
- to get into a position of having, e.g., safety, comfort
- receive willingly something given or offered
- carry out
- pick out, select, or choose from a number of alternatives
- take as an undesirable consequence of some event or state of affairs
- engage for service under a term of contract
- conquer by force
- have sex with; archaic use
- be capable of holding or containing
noun
- Money that is taken in, (legal or illegal) proceeds, income; (in particular) profits; takings.
- (medicine) An instance of successful inoculation/vaccination.
- (film) A scene recorded (filmed) at one time, without an interruption or break; a recording of such a scene.
- (music) A recording of a musical performance made during an uninterrupted single recording period.
- (rugby, cricket) A catch of the ball (in cricket, especially one by the wicket-keeper).
- A visible (facial) response to something, especially something unexpected; a facial gesture in response to an event.
- (printing) The quantity of copy given to a compositor at one time.
- The or an act of taking.
- An approach, a (distinct) treatment.
- An interpretation or view, opinion or assessment; perspective; a statement expressing such a position.
- The or a quantity of fish, game animals or pelts, etc which have been taken at one time; catch.
- the act of photographing a scene or part of a scene without interruption
- the income or profit arising from such transactions as the sale of land or other property
verb
- (intransitive) To eagerly seize an opportunity.
- (transitive) To stamp holes in; to perforate.
- (intransitive) To leap into the air intending to seize someone or something.
- (transitive) To strike or seize with the talons; to pierce, as with the talons.
- (intransitive) To attack suddenly by leaping.
- (transitive) To sprinkle or rub with pounce powder.
- move down on as if in an attack
noun
- A sudden leaping attack.
- (historical) A type of fine powder, as of sandarac, or cuttlefish bone, sprinkled over wet ink to dry the ink after writing or on rough paper to smooth the writing surface.
- (mining) Synonym of bump (“sudden movement of underground strata”).
- (historical) Charcoal dust, or some other coloured powder for making patterns through perforated designs, used by embroiderers, lacemakers, etc.
- Cloth worked in eyelet holes.
- A punch or stamp.
- the act of pouncing
adv
- at an opportune time
- in accordance with the season
- (chiefly law) Within the appropriate time period during which an action will be legally effective, as prescribed in legislation, a contract, or otherwise.
- Varying with the season.
- In due season; at an opportune or fitting time.
- In a manner appropriate to the season.