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adj
noun
- the act of singing vocal music
- disclosing information or giving evidence about another
- (informal) Disclosing information, or giving evidence about another.
- A ringing sound in the ears.
- (US) A gathering for the purpose of singing shape note songs.
- The act of using the voice to produce musical sounds; vocalizing.
verb
adj
- characteristic of a fluid; capable of flowing and easily changing shape
- Moving smoothly, or giving the impression of a liquid in motion.
- smooth and unconstrained in movement
- in cash or easily convertible to cash
- subject to change; variable
- affording change (especially in social status)
- In a state of flux; subject to change.
- (of an asset) Convertible into cash.
- (rare) Genderfluid.
- (not comparable) Of or relating to fluid.
noun
- continuous amorphous matter that tends to flow and to conform to the outline of its container: a liquid or a gas
- a substance that is fluid at room temperature and pressure
- A liquid (as opposed to a solid or gas).
- (specifically, medicine, colloquial, typically in the plural) Intravenous fluids.
- Any substance which can flow with relative ease, tends to assume the shape of its container, and obeys Bernoulli's principle; a liquid, gas or plasma.
noun
- the property of flowing easily
- the state in which a substance exhibits a characteristic readiness to flow with little or no tendency to disperse and relatively high incompressibility
- being in cash or easily convertible to cash; debt paying ability
- (uncountable) The state or property of being liquid.
- (finance) Availability of cash over short term: ability to service short-term debt.
- (finance) The degree of which something is in high supply and demand, making it easily convertible to cash.
- (economics, countable) An asset's property of being able to be sold without affecting its value; the degree to which it can be easily converted into cash.
noun
- the property of flowing easily
- the state in which a substance exhibits a characteristic readiness to flow with little or no tendency to disperse and relatively high incompressibility
- The quality of being liquid (flowing state of matter).
- (finance) The quality of being liquid (easily sold or disposed of).
noun
- The quality of smoothness of flow.
- The quality of consistently applying skill correctly in the manner of one well-practiced at it, requiring little deliberate thought to perform without mistakes
- (linguistics) The quality of being fluent in a language; a person's command of a particular language.
- powerful and effective language
- the quality of being facile in speech and writing
- skillfulness in speaking or writing
noun
- something that resembles a flowing stream in moving continuously
- any uninterrupted stream or discharge
- the act of flowing or streaming; continuous progression
- dominant course (suggestive of running water) of successive events or ideas
- the monthly discharge of blood from the uterus of nonpregnant women from puberty to menopause
- the amount of fluid that flows in a given time
- the motion characteristic of fluids (liquids or gases)
- (mathematics) A formalization of the idea of the motion of particles in a fluid, as a group action of the real numbers on a set.
- A flow pipe, carrying liquid away from a boiler or other central plant (compare with return pipe which returns fluid to central plant).
- (software) The sequence of steps taken in a piece of software to perform some action.
- (rap music jargon) The ability to skilfully rap along to a beat.
- Smoothness or continuity.
- The emission of blood during menstruation.
- Movement in people or things characterized with a continuous motion, involving either a non solid mass or a multitude.
- (psychology) A mental state characterized by concentration, focus and enjoyment of a given task.
- The rising movement of the tide.
- (Scotland) A bog or mire, especially a rough, waterlogged one.
- The amount of a fluid that moves or the rate of fluid movement.
- The movement of a real or figurative fluid.
verb
- move or progress freely as if in a stream
- be abundantly present
- move along, of liquids
- fall or flow in a certain way
- undergo menstruation
- cover or swamp with water
- cause to flow
- (transitive, computing) To arrange (text in a wordprocessor, etc.) so that it wraps neatly into a designated space; to reflow.
- (intransitive) To have or be in abundance; to abound, so as to run or flow over.
- (intransitive) To proceed; to issue forth; to emanate.
- (transitive) To cover with varnish.
- (intransitive) To move or match smoothly, gracefully, or continuously.
- (intransitive) To discharge excessive blood from the uterus.
- (transitive) To cover with water or other liquid; to overflow; to inundate; to flood.
- (intransitive) To hang loosely and wave.
- (intransitive) To rise, as the tide; opposed to ebb.
- (intransitive) To move as a fluid from one position to another.
- (transitive) To allow (a liquid) to flow.
noun
- something that resembles a flowing stream in moving continuously
- a steady flow of a fluid (usually from natural causes)
- a natural body of running water flowing on or under the earth
- the act of flowing or streaming; continuous progression
- dominant course (suggestive of running water) of successive events or ideas
- (UK, education) A division of a school year by perceived ability.
- A train of thought or flow in a conversation or discussion.
- (sciences, umbrella term) All moving waters.
- A live stream.
- Current, the force of moving water.
- (computing) A source or repository of data that can be read or written only sequentially.
- A small river; a large creek; a body of moving water confined by banks.
- Any steady flow or succession of material, such as water, air, radio signal or words.
- (figurative) A particular path, channel, division, or way of proceeding.
- A thin connected passing of a liquid through a lighter gas (e.g. air).
- An instance of streaming digital data.
verb
- to extend, wave or float outward, as if in the wind
- rain heavily
- move in large numbers
- flow freely and abundantly
- exude profusely
- (intransitive) To extend; to stretch out with a wavy motion; to float in the wind.
- (Internet) To push continuous data (e.g. music) from a server to a client computer while it is being used (played) on the client.
- (transitive) To discharge in a stream.
- (Internet) To livestream.
- (intransitive) To flow in a continuous or steady manner, like a liquid.
noun
- (countable) A weak, unsteady stream; a trickle.
- (countable) A card flourish in which the cards fall smoothly from one's hand.
- (countable) A small amount of a liquid.
- (countable, sports) The act of moving (with) a ball by kicking or bouncing it.
- (uncountable) Drool; saliva.
- (uncountable, colloquial) Rubbish; worthless matter.
- saliva spilling from the mouth
- the propulsion of a ball by repeated taps or kicks
- flowing in drops; the formation and falling of drops of liquid
verb
- run or flow slowly, as in drops or in an unsteady stream
- (intransitive) To move or roll slowly.
- To perform a card flourish in which the cards fall smoothly from one's hand.
- (basketball, soccer) In various ball games, to move (with) the ball, controlling its path by kicking or bouncing it repeatedly.
- To fall in drops or an unsteady stream; to trickle.
- (transitive) To let something fall in drips.
- To let saliva drip from the mouth; to drool.
- let saliva drivel from the mouth
- let or cause to fall in drops
- propel
verb
- (intransitive) to move noisily through water or other liquid.
- (transitive, of a liquid) To pour noisily, sloppily or in large amounts.
- (intransitive) To make a sloshing sound.
- (transitive, of a liquid) To cause to slosh.
- (intransitive, of a liquid) To shift chaotically; to splash noisily.
- (British, colloquial, transitive) To punch (someone).
- make a splashing sound
- spill or splash copiously or clumsily
- walk through mud or mire
noun
noun
- The rate of flow of a fluid through a porous material.
- (physics) A quantitative measure of the degree of magnetization of a material in the presence of an applied magnetic field (measured in newtons per ampere squared in SI units).
- The property of being permeable.
- (geology) A measure of the ability of a rock to transmit fluids (such as oil or water).
- the property of something that can be pervaded by a liquid (as by osmosis or diffusion)
noun
- a violently fast stream of water (or other liquid)
- a heavy rain
- an overwhelming number or amount
- (Internet, file sharing) A set of files obtainable through a peer-to-peer network, especially BitTorrent.
- A violent flow, as of water, lava, etc.; a stream suddenly raised and running rapidly, as down a precipice.
- (figuratively) A large amount or stream of something.
adj
verb
noun
- A fluid that flows out.
- Any outward movement.
- The process of flowing out.
- (astronomy) A stream of gaseous material emanating from an active galactic nucleus.
- (sewage) Something that flows out of a sewage treatment plant.
- The part of a system that allows material to flow out.
- the discharge of a fluid from some container
- a natural flow of ground water
- the process of flowing out
verb
noun
- A slender stream of water.
- (weaving) A piece of yarn, especially said of warps and wefts in a woven fabric.
- (computing) A unit of execution, lighter in weight than a process, usually sharing memory and other resources with other threads executing concurrently.
- A continuing theme that modifies the whole discourse.
- A precarious condition; something that which offers no real or otherwise perceived security.
- A cord formed by spinning or twisting together textile fibers or filaments into one or more continuous strands, typically used in needlework.
- The continuing course of life; the thread of life.
- A line of reasoning, sequence of ideas, or train of thought.
- (engineering) A screw thread.
- A sequence of connections.
- (Internet) A series of posts or messages, consisting of an initial post and responses to it, generally relating to the same subject, on a newsgroup, Internet forum, or social media platform.
- The line midway between the banks of a stream.
- Any of various natural (as spiderweb, etc.) or manufactured filaments (as glass, plastic, metal, etc.).
- the raised helical rib going around a screw
- a fine cord of twisted fibers (of cotton or silk or wool or nylon etc.) used in sewing and weaving
- any long object resembling a thin line
- the connections that link the various parts of an event or argument together
verb
- (intransitive) Of boiling syrup: To form a threadlike stream when poured from a spoon.
- (transitive) To fix (beads, pearls, etc.) upon a thread that is passed through; to string.
- To cautiously make (one's way) through a precarious place or situation.
- (transitive) To interweave as if with thread; to intersperse.
- (transitive) To pass a thread through the eye of a needle.
- (ambitransitive) To feed (a sewing machine or otherwise a projecting or exposing mechanism, such as a projector, a camera, etc.) with film. [(usually) with up]
- (transitive, figurative) To pass through; to pierce through; to penetrate.
- (transitive) To pass (a film or tape) through a projector, recorder, etc. so as to correct its path.
- (ambitransitive) To remove (facial hair) by way of a looped thread that is tightly wound in the middle.
- (transitive) To form a screw thread on or in (a bolt, hole, etc.).
- (transitive, figurative) To make one's way through or between (a constriction or obstacles).
- pass a thread through
- to move or cause to move in a sinuous, spiral, or circular course
- thread on or as if on a string
- remove facial hair by tying a fine string around it and pulling at the string
- pass through or into
noun
- A narrow channel of water.
- (British Columbia) A serving of beer smaller than a pint, typically measuring between 12 and 16 ounces.
- Sleave; untwisted thread.
- A protective jacket or case, especially for a record, containing art and information about the contents; also the analogous leaflet found in a packaged CD.
- (electrical engineering) A double tube of copper into which the ends of bare wires are pushed so that when the tube is twisted an electrical connection is made. The joint thus made is called a McIntire joint.
- A (usually tubular) covering or lining to protect a piece of machinery etc.
- The part of a garment that covers the arm.
- A tattoo covering the whole arm.
- (US) A long, cylindrical plastic bag of cookies or crackers, or a similar package of disposable drinking cups.
- the part of a garment that is attached at the armhole and that provides a cloth covering for the arm
- small case into which an object fits
verb
noun
- A dip in a surface.
- (rail transport) A temporary speed restriction where track maintenance or engineering work is being carried out at a particular place.
- (mining) Small coal; coal dust.
- (uncountable, psychotherapy) Unconditional listening attention given by client to patient.
- In particular, a shallow dell or hollow; a dip in the surface of terrain, such as between hills.
- (countable) A low-lying marsh or a pool, especially a tidal or intermittent one which periodically fills and drains.
- (uncountable) The part of anything that hangs loose, having no strain upon it.
- (countable) A valley, or small, shallow dell; a sag or saddle in a ridge.
- A flat-bottomed, hollow zone within a sand-dune system that has developed over impervious strata, sometimes due to erosion or blow-out of the dune system; its flat base level is therefore close to or at the permanent water-table level, and therefore has rich, marshy flora, with Salix species (willows) as typical woody colonisers.
- Attributive form of slacks (“semi-formal trousers”).
- dust consisting of a mixture of small coal fragments and coal dust and dirt that sifts out when coal is passed over a sieve
- a stretch of water without current or movement
- a noticeable deterioration in performance or quality
- a cord or rope or cable that is hanging loosely
- a soft wet area of low-lying land that sinks underfoot
- the quality of being loose (not taut)
adj
- (slang, Caribbean, Jamaica) Vulgar; sexually explicit, especially in dancehall music.
- Excess; surplus to requirements.
- Weak; not holding fast.
- Not active or busy, successful, or violent.
- Moderately warm.
- (linguistics) Lax.
- Moderate in speed.
- Lacking diligence or care; not earnest or eager.
- (normally said of a rope) Lax; not tense; not firmly extended.
- not tense or taut
- flowing with little speed as e.g. at the turning of the tide
- lacking in rigor or strictness
adv
verb
- To refuse to work as hard as one is supposed to.
- (ambitransitive) To slacken.
- To lose cohesion or solidity by a chemical combination with water; to slake.
- become less in amount or intensity
- make less active or intense
- be inattentive to, or neglect
- avoid responsibilities and work, be idle
- become slow or slower
- cause to heat and crumble by treatment with water
- make less active or fast
- release tension on
adj
- Flowing or moving in continuous succession, like fluid in a stream.
- exuding a bodily fluid in profuse amounts
- (computer science) using or relating to a form of continuous tape transport; used mainly to provide backup storage of unedited data; data that is transmitted and loaded continuously as earlier parts are being accessed/processed/displayed
noun
- (computing) The transmission of digital audio or video, or the reception or playback of such data without first storing it.
- The working of alluvial deposits to obtain ore.
- Movement as a stream.
- (Internet) Synonym of livestreaming.
- (UK, education) Division of classes into academic streams.
- the circulation of cytoplasm within a cell
verb
verb
- flow in a spurt
- supply in large amounts or quantities
- rain heavily
- move in large numbers
- cause to run
- pour out gradually, so as to separate out sediment
- Misspelling of pore.
- (transitive, figurative) To send out as in a stream or a flood; to cause (an emotion) to come out; to cause to escape.
- (transitive) To move (a drunk or unsteady person) into or out of a place or vehicle.
- (intransitive) To flow, pass, or issue in a stream; to fall continuously and abundantly.
- (transitive) To cause (liquid, or liquid-like substance) to flow in a stream, either out of a container or into it.
- (transitive) To send forth from, as in a stream; to discharge uninterruptedly.
- (impersonal) To rain hard.
- (intransitive) Of a beverage, to be on tap or otherwise available for serving to customers.
- (intransitive) To move in a throng, as a crowd.
noun
noun
- A narrow passage of water.
- (uncountable) The intestines of an animal used to make strings of a tennis racket or violin, etc.
- A person's emotional, visceral self.
- (informal) The abdomen of a person, especially one that is enlarged.
- The alimentary canal, especially the intestine.
- The sac of silk taken from a silkworm when ready to spin its cocoon, for the purpose of drawing it out into a thread. When dry, it is exceedingly strong, and is used as the snood of a fishing line.
- (informal) A class that is not demanding or challenging.
- a narrow channel or strait
- a strong cord made from the intestines of sheep and used in surgery
- the part of the alimentary canal between the stomach and the anus
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verb
adj
noun
- A quantity, a great number or amount (e.g. of rain or milk).
- In carpet weaving, a group of strings for lifting simultaneously certain yarns, to form the figure.
- A stroke of satire or sarcasm; an expression or retort that cuts or gives pain; a cut.
- A quick and violent sweeping movement, as of an animal's tail; a swish.
- (botany) Flowering plants of genus Blepharis.
- A hair growing from the edge of the eyelid; an eyelash.
- A stroke with a whip, or anything pliant and tough, often given as a punishment.
- (Australia, New Zealand, Ireland, informal) An attempt; a go at something.
- The thong or braided cord of a whip, with which the blow is given.
- (machining, mechanical) Looseness between fitted parts, either intentional (as allowance) or unintentional (from error or wear).
- leather strip that forms the flexible part of a whip
- any of the short curved hairs that grow from the edges of the eyelids
- a quick blow delivered with a whip or whiplike object
verb
- Used in phrasal verbs: lash back, lash out.
- (transitive) To throw out with a jerk or quickly.
- (transitive) To scold; or to satirize; to censure with severity.
- (intransitive) To ply the whip; to strike.
- (transitive) To strike forcibly and quickly, as with a lash; to beat, or beat upon, with a motion like that of a lash.
- (transitive) To strike with a lash; to whip or scourge with a lash, or with something like one.
- (intransitive) To strike vigorously; to let fly.
- (intransitive) To utter censure or sarcastic language.
- (transitive) To bind with a rope, cord, thong, or chain, so as to fasten.
- (intransitive, of rain) To fall heavily, especially in the phrase lash down.
- lash or flick about sharply
- bind with a rope, chain, or cord
- beat severely with a whip or rod
- strike as if by whipping
noun
- (countable) A flexible tube conveying water or other fluid.
- (historical) Close-fitting trousers or breeches, reaching to the knee.
- (uncountable) A stocking-like garment worn on the legs; pantyhose, women's tights.
- socks and stockings and tights collectively (the British include underwear)
- a flexible pipe for conveying a liquid or gas
- man's close-fitting garment of the 16th and 17th centuries covering the legs and reaching up to the waist; worn with a doublet
verb
- (transitive, computing, slang) To break or destroy (a system), especially by wiping files or other content.
- (transitive) To deliver using a hose.
- (transitive) To trick or deceive.
- (transitive) To provide with hose (garment)
- (transitive) To spray as if with a hose; to spray in great quantity.
- (transitive, sports) To cause an unfair disadvantage to a player or team through poor officiating; especially, to cause a player or team to lose the game with an incorrect call.
- (transitive) To water or spray with a hose.
- water with a hose
verb
- move as if through a sieve
- distinguish and separate out
- separate by passing through a sieve or other straining device to separate out coarser elements
- check and sort carefully
- (transitive) To sieve or strain (something).
- (transitive) [with through] To carefully go through a set of objects, or a collection of information, in order to find something.
- (transitive) To separate or scatter (things) as if by sieving.
noun
verb
- (intransitive) To flow over the brim of a container.
- (intransitive, figuratively) To have something in superabundance; to abound in something.
- (transitive) To flow over the brim of (a container).
- (transitive) To cause an overflow.
- (transitive) To cover with a liquid, literally or figuratively.
- (intransitive) To be subject to a load that exceeds limits or capacity. [with with]
- (computing, ambitransitive) To (cause to) exceed the available numeric range.
- flow or run over (a limit or brim)
- overflow with a certain feeling
noun
noun
- a sudden rapid flow (as of water)
- a poker hand with all 5 cards in the same suit
- the period of greatest prosperity or productivity
- the swift release of a store of affective force
- sudden reddening of the face (as from embarrassment or guilt or shame or modesty)
- sudden brief sensation of heat (associated with menopause and some mental disorders)
- a rosy color (especially in the cheeks) taken as a sign of good health
- A suffusion of the face with blood, as from fear, shame, modesty, or intensity of feeling of any kind; a blush; a glow.
- A sudden flood or rush of feeling; a thrill of excitement, animation, etc.
- Particularly, such a cleansing of a toilet.
- A sudden flowing; a rush which fills or overflows, as of water for cleansing purposes.
- A group of birds that have suddenly started up from undergrowth, trees, etc.
- Any tinge of red color like that produced on the cheeks by a sudden rush of blood.
- (skiing) A line of poles or obstacles that a skier must weave between.
- A groundwater-fed marsh or peaty mire (which may be acidic or basic, nutrient-rich or poor); (originally especially Scotland and Northern England) a (marshy) pool or seep, as in a field.
- (poker) A hand consisting of all cards with the same suit.
- (computing) The process of clearing the contents of a buffer or cache.
adj
- having an abundant supply of money or possessions of value
- of a surface exactly even with an adjoining one, forming the same plane
- Wealthy or well off.
- (typography) Ellipsis of flush left and right: a body of text aligned with both its left and right margins.
- Full of vigor; fresh; glowing; bright.
- Smooth, even, aligned; not sticking out.
- Affluent; abounding; well furnished or supplied; hence, liberal; prodigal.
adv
verb
- cause to flow through something
- rinse, clean, or empty with a liquid
- cause to flow or flood with or as if with water
- make level or straight
- irrigate with water from a sluice
- glow or cause to glow with warm color or light
- turn red, as if in embarrassment or shame
- (intransitive) To take suddenly to flight, especially from cover.
- (transitive, computing) To clear (a buffer or cache) of its contents.
- To cause to be full; to flood; to overflow; to overwhelm with water.
- (intransitive) To become suffused with reddish color due to embarrassment, excitement, overheating, or other systemic disturbance, to blush.
- To flow and spread suddenly; to rush.
- (transitive) To cause to take flight from concealment.
- (intransitive, of a toilet) To be cleansed by being flooded with generous quantities of water.
- (mining, intransitive) To operate a placer mine, where the continuous supply of water is insufficient, by holding back the water, and releasing it periodically in a flood.
- (transitive) Particularly, to cleanse a toilet by introducing a large amount of water.
- (transitive) To cleanse by flooding with generous quantities of a fluid.
- (Singapore, chiefly military) To move, shift or align to one side.
- (transitive) To excite, inflame.
- (intransitive, transitive) To dispose or be disposed of by flushing down a toilet.
- (masonry) To fill in (joints); to point the level; to make them flush.
- To show red; to shine suddenly; to glow.
- (mining) To fill underground spaces, especially in coal mines, with material carried by water, which, after drainage, constitutes a compact mass.
- (transitive) To cause to blush.
- (transitive, computing, of data held in a buffer or cache) To write (the data) to primary storage, clearing it from the buffer or cache.
noun
verb
- praise enthusiastically
- issue in a jet; come out in a jet; stream or spring forth
- gush forth in a sudden stream or jet
- (intransitive, especially of a woman) To ejaculate during orgasm.
- (intransitive, also figurative) To flow forth suddenly, in great volume.
- (transitive, also figurative) To send (something) flowing forth suddenly in great volume.
- (intransitive, transitive, figurative) To make an excessive display of enthusiasm, praise, or sentiment.
prefix
- Shallow in depth.
- (biology) Relating to epigenetics.
- Upon, atop, directly on top of in terms of position.
- Front or anterior in position.
- Entirety, a system being referred to as a whole.
- Mapping onto, passing along, resolving to.
- Upwards in direction or growth.
- Overlapping in position.
- Outside of in position.
- Secondary: a consequence, by-product, additional, or lesser version.
- Located on the surface.
- (chemistry) Denotes an epimeric form.
- (biology) Epidemiology
- Covering: the root entity is covered.
- After in time.
- (zoology) Epibiotic: an organism that lives on another organism.
- Near in position.
- Similar, in the same form of, resembling.
- Surrounding in position: the edges of the root entity.
- Top: a part that is positioned at the uppermost of multiple levels.
- Above in location or position.
- Outward in direction or projection.
- More, above a usual quantity, additional in quantity.
- A part or segment that is located on the upper part of an object.
- A part or location that is outer, particularly an outer layer.
- Outranked, above in rank.
- Beyond, meta, transcending.
adj
verb
adj
- Fluid and transparent.
- (physical chemistry) Flowing freely like water; fluid; not solid and not gaseous; composed of particles that move freely among each other on the slightest pressure.
- (finance, of a market) Having sufficient trading activity to make buying or selling easy.
- (finance, of an asset) Easily sold or disposed of without losing value.
- Flowing or sounding smoothly or without abrupt transitions or harsh tones.
- (phonology) Belonging to a class of consonants comprising the laterals and the rhotics, which in many languages behave similarly.
- smooth and unconstrained in movement
- in cash or easily convertible to cash
- clear and bright
- changed from a solid to a liquid state
- smooth and flowing in quality; entirely free of harshness
- filled or brimming with tears
- existing as or having characteristics of a liquid; especially tending to flow
noun
- (phonetics) Any of a class of consonant sounds that includes l and r.
- (physical chemistry) A substance that is flowing, and keeping no shape, such as water; a substance of which the molecules, while not tending to separate from one another like those of a gas, readily change their relative position, and which therefore retains no definite shape, except that determined by the containing receptacle; an inelastic fluid.
- the state in which a substance exhibits a characteristic readiness to flow with little or no tendency to disperse and relatively high incompressibility
- a substance that is liquid at room temperature and pressure
- fluid matter having no fixed shape but a fixed volume
- a frictionless continuant that is not a nasal consonant (especially ‘l’ and ‘r’)
noun
- a steady flow of a fluid (usually from natural causes)
- a flow of electricity through a conductor
- dominant course (suggestive of running water) of successive events or ideas
- (by extension, South Asia) electricity, power in general.
- The part of a fluid that moves continuously in a certain direction, especially (oceanography) ellipsis of ocean current.
- (electricity) Ellipsis of electric current.
- A tendency or a course of events.
- The generally unidirectional movement of a gas or fluid.
adj
noun
- A piece of soft, wet, pliable ground.
- An oozing, gentle flowing, or seepage, as of water through sand or earth.
- (oceanography) A pelagic marine sediment containing a significant amount of the microscopic remains of either calcareous or siliceous planktonic debris organisms.
- Soft mud, slime, or shells especially in the bed of a river or estuary.
- Tanning liquor, an aqueous extract of vegetable matter (tanbark, sumac, etc.) in a tanning vat used to tan leather.
- the process of seeping
- any thick, viscous matter
verb
noun
- a long narrow shallow receptacle
- a treasury for government funds
- a narrow depression (as in the earth or between ocean waves or in the ocean bed)
- a channel along the eaves or on the roof; collects and carries away rainwater
- a concave shape with an open top
- a container (usually in a barn or stable) from which cattle or horses feed
- (meteorology) A linear atmospheric depression associated with a weather front.
- (colloquial) An undivided metal urinal (plumbing fixture)
- (agriculture, Australia, New Zealand) A channel for conveying water or other farm liquids (such as milk) from place to place by gravity; any ‘U’ or ‘V’ cross-sectioned irrigation channel.
- A long, narrow depression between waves or ridges; the low portion of a wave cycle.
- (Australia, New Zealand) A rectangular container used for washing or rinsing clothes.
- A long, narrow container, open on top, for feeding or watering animals.
- Any similarly shaped container.
- (Canada) A gutter under the eaves of a building; an eaves trough.
- A short, narrow canal designed to hold water until it drains or evaporates.
- (economics) A low turning point or a local minimum of a business cycle.
verb
verb
- run or flow slowly, as in drops or in an unsteady stream
- pass through
- remove by passing through a filter
- (intransitive) To ride a motorcycle between lanes on a road
- (transitive) To sort, sift, or isolate.
- (intransitive) To pass through a filter or to act as though passing through a filter.
- (intransitive) To move slowly or gradually; to come or go a few at a time.
- (transitive) To diffuse; to cause to be less concentrated or focused.
- (intransitive, derogatory, fandom slang) To be discouraged where a connoisseur or hardcore fan would not.
noun
- an electrical device that alters the frequency spectrum of signals passing through it
- device that removes something from whatever passes through it
- Electronics or software that separates unwanted signals (for example noise) from wanted signals or that attenuates selected frequencies.
- A device which separates a suspended, dissolved, or particulate matter from a fluid, solution, or other substance; any device that separates one substance from another.
- (mathematics, order theory) A non-empty upper set (of a partially ordered set) which is closed under binary infima (a.k.a. meets).
- (figurative) Self-restraint in speech.
- (social media) An appearance-altering digital image effect.
- (photography) A translucent object placed in the light path of a camera to remove certain wavelengths (colors), or a computer program that simulates such an effect.
- Any item, mechanism, device, or procedure that acts to separate or isolate.
noun
- A playspot where water flows back on itself, creating a retentive feature.
- A bung or cork.
- A type of knot at the end of a rope, to prevent it from unravelling.
- Someone or something that stops something.
- (informal, soccer) Goalkeeper.
- (botany) Any of several trees of the genus Eugenia, found in Florida and the West Indies.
- (rail transport) A train that calls at all or almost all stations between its origin and destination, including very small ones.
- (finance, slang) In the commodity futures market, someone who is long (owns) a futures contract and is demanding delivery because they want to take possession of the deliverable commodity.
- (nautical) A short rope for making something fast.
- an act so striking or impressive that the show must be delayed until the audience quiets down
- a remark to which there is no polite conversational reply
- (bridge) a playing card with a value sufficiently high to insure taking a trick in a particular suit
- blockage consisting of an object designed to fill a hole tightly
verb
noun
verb
noun
- the property of flowing easily
- the state in which a substance exhibits a characteristic readiness to flow with little or no tendency to disperse and relatively high incompressibility
- being in cash or easily convertible to cash; debt paying ability
- (uncountable) The state or property of being liquid.
- (finance) Availability of cash over short term: ability to service short-term debt.
- (finance) The degree of which something is in high supply and demand, making it easily convertible to cash.
- (economics, countable) An asset's property of being able to be sold without affecting its value; the degree to which it can be easily converted into cash.
noun
- the property of flowing easily
- the state in which a substance exhibits a characteristic readiness to flow with little or no tendency to disperse and relatively high incompressibility
- The quality of being liquid (flowing state of matter).
- (finance) The quality of being liquid (easily sold or disposed of).
noun
- The quality of smoothness of flow.
- The quality of consistently applying skill correctly in the manner of one well-practiced at it, requiring little deliberate thought to perform without mistakes
- (linguistics) The quality of being fluent in a language; a person's command of a particular language.
- powerful and effective language
- the quality of being facile in speech and writing
- skillfulness in speaking or writing
noun
- something that resembles a flowing stream in moving continuously
- any uninterrupted stream or discharge
- the act of flowing or streaming; continuous progression
- dominant course (suggestive of running water) of successive events or ideas
- the monthly discharge of blood from the uterus of nonpregnant women from puberty to menopause
- the amount of fluid that flows in a given time
- the motion characteristic of fluids (liquids or gases)
- (mathematics) A formalization of the idea of the motion of particles in a fluid, as a group action of the real numbers on a set.
- A flow pipe, carrying liquid away from a boiler or other central plant (compare with return pipe which returns fluid to central plant).
- (software) The sequence of steps taken in a piece of software to perform some action.
- (rap music jargon) The ability to skilfully rap along to a beat.
- Smoothness or continuity.
- The emission of blood during menstruation.
- Movement in people or things characterized with a continuous motion, involving either a non solid mass or a multitude.
- (psychology) A mental state characterized by concentration, focus and enjoyment of a given task.
- The rising movement of the tide.
- (Scotland) A bog or mire, especially a rough, waterlogged one.
- The amount of a fluid that moves or the rate of fluid movement.
- The movement of a real or figurative fluid.
verb
- move or progress freely as if in a stream
- be abundantly present
- move along, of liquids
- fall or flow in a certain way
- undergo menstruation
- cover or swamp with water
- cause to flow
- (transitive, computing) To arrange (text in a wordprocessor, etc.) so that it wraps neatly into a designated space; to reflow.
- (intransitive) To have or be in abundance; to abound, so as to run or flow over.
- (intransitive) To proceed; to issue forth; to emanate.
- (transitive) To cover with varnish.
- (intransitive) To move or match smoothly, gracefully, or continuously.
- (intransitive) To discharge excessive blood from the uterus.
- (transitive) To cover with water or other liquid; to overflow; to inundate; to flood.
- (intransitive) To hang loosely and wave.
- (intransitive) To rise, as the tide; opposed to ebb.
- (intransitive) To move as a fluid from one position to another.
- (transitive) To allow (a liquid) to flow.
noun
- something that resembles a flowing stream in moving continuously
- a steady flow of a fluid (usually from natural causes)
- a natural body of running water flowing on or under the earth
- the act of flowing or streaming; continuous progression
- dominant course (suggestive of running water) of successive events or ideas
- (UK, education) A division of a school year by perceived ability.
- A train of thought or flow in a conversation or discussion.
- (sciences, umbrella term) All moving waters.
- A live stream.
- Current, the force of moving water.
- (computing) A source or repository of data that can be read or written only sequentially.
- A small river; a large creek; a body of moving water confined by banks.
- Any steady flow or succession of material, such as water, air, radio signal or words.
- (figurative) A particular path, channel, division, or way of proceeding.
- A thin connected passing of a liquid through a lighter gas (e.g. air).
- An instance of streaming digital data.
verb
- to extend, wave or float outward, as if in the wind
- rain heavily
- move in large numbers
- flow freely and abundantly
- exude profusely
- (intransitive) To extend; to stretch out with a wavy motion; to float in the wind.
- (Internet) To push continuous data (e.g. music) from a server to a client computer while it is being used (played) on the client.
- (transitive) To discharge in a stream.
- (Internet) To livestream.
- (intransitive) To flow in a continuous or steady manner, like a liquid.
noun
- (countable) A weak, unsteady stream; a trickle.
- (countable) A card flourish in which the cards fall smoothly from one's hand.
- (countable) A small amount of a liquid.
- (countable, sports) The act of moving (with) a ball by kicking or bouncing it.
- (uncountable) Drool; saliva.
- (uncountable, colloquial) Rubbish; worthless matter.
- saliva spilling from the mouth
- the propulsion of a ball by repeated taps or kicks
- flowing in drops; the formation and falling of drops of liquid
verb
- run or flow slowly, as in drops or in an unsteady stream
- (intransitive) To move or roll slowly.
- To perform a card flourish in which the cards fall smoothly from one's hand.
- (basketball, soccer) In various ball games, to move (with) the ball, controlling its path by kicking or bouncing it repeatedly.
- To fall in drops or an unsteady stream; to trickle.
- (transitive) To let something fall in drips.
- To let saliva drip from the mouth; to drool.
- let saliva drivel from the mouth
- let or cause to fall in drops
- propel
noun
- The rate of flow of a fluid through a porous material.
- (physics) A quantitative measure of the degree of magnetization of a material in the presence of an applied magnetic field (measured in newtons per ampere squared in SI units).
- The property of being permeable.
- (geology) A measure of the ability of a rock to transmit fluids (such as oil or water).
- the property of something that can be pervaded by a liquid (as by osmosis or diffusion)
noun
- a violently fast stream of water (or other liquid)
- a heavy rain
- an overwhelming number or amount
- (Internet, file sharing) A set of files obtainable through a peer-to-peer network, especially BitTorrent.
- A violent flow, as of water, lava, etc.; a stream suddenly raised and running rapidly, as down a precipice.
- (figuratively) A large amount or stream of something.
adj
verb
noun
- A fluid that flows out.
- Any outward movement.
- The process of flowing out.
- (astronomy) A stream of gaseous material emanating from an active galactic nucleus.
- (sewage) Something that flows out of a sewage treatment plant.
- The part of a system that allows material to flow out.
- the discharge of a fluid from some container
- a natural flow of ground water
- the process of flowing out
verb
noun
- A slender stream of water.
- (weaving) A piece of yarn, especially said of warps and wefts in a woven fabric.
- (computing) A unit of execution, lighter in weight than a process, usually sharing memory and other resources with other threads executing concurrently.
- A continuing theme that modifies the whole discourse.
- A precarious condition; something that which offers no real or otherwise perceived security.
- A cord formed by spinning or twisting together textile fibers or filaments into one or more continuous strands, typically used in needlework.
- The continuing course of life; the thread of life.
- A line of reasoning, sequence of ideas, or train of thought.
- (engineering) A screw thread.
- A sequence of connections.
- (Internet) A series of posts or messages, consisting of an initial post and responses to it, generally relating to the same subject, on a newsgroup, Internet forum, or social media platform.
- The line midway between the banks of a stream.
- Any of various natural (as spiderweb, etc.) or manufactured filaments (as glass, plastic, metal, etc.).
- the raised helical rib going around a screw
- a fine cord of twisted fibers (of cotton or silk or wool or nylon etc.) used in sewing and weaving
- any long object resembling a thin line
- the connections that link the various parts of an event or argument together
verb
- (intransitive) Of boiling syrup: To form a threadlike stream when poured from a spoon.
- (transitive) To fix (beads, pearls, etc.) upon a thread that is passed through; to string.
- To cautiously make (one's way) through a precarious place or situation.
- (transitive) To interweave as if with thread; to intersperse.
- (transitive) To pass a thread through the eye of a needle.
- (ambitransitive) To feed (a sewing machine or otherwise a projecting or exposing mechanism, such as a projector, a camera, etc.) with film. [(usually) with up]
- (transitive, figurative) To pass through; to pierce through; to penetrate.
- (transitive) To pass (a film or tape) through a projector, recorder, etc. so as to correct its path.
- (ambitransitive) To remove (facial hair) by way of a looped thread that is tightly wound in the middle.
- (transitive) To form a screw thread on or in (a bolt, hole, etc.).
- (transitive, figurative) To make one's way through or between (a constriction or obstacles).
- pass a thread through
- to move or cause to move in a sinuous, spiral, or circular course
- thread on or as if on a string
- remove facial hair by tying a fine string around it and pulling at the string
- pass through or into
noun
- A narrow channel of water.
- (British Columbia) A serving of beer smaller than a pint, typically measuring between 12 and 16 ounces.
- Sleave; untwisted thread.
- A protective jacket or case, especially for a record, containing art and information about the contents; also the analogous leaflet found in a packaged CD.
- (electrical engineering) A double tube of copper into which the ends of bare wires are pushed so that when the tube is twisted an electrical connection is made. The joint thus made is called a McIntire joint.
- A (usually tubular) covering or lining to protect a piece of machinery etc.
- The part of a garment that covers the arm.
- A tattoo covering the whole arm.
- (US) A long, cylindrical plastic bag of cookies or crackers, or a similar package of disposable drinking cups.
- the part of a garment that is attached at the armhole and that provides a cloth covering for the arm
- small case into which an object fits
verb
noun
- A dip in a surface.
- (rail transport) A temporary speed restriction where track maintenance or engineering work is being carried out at a particular place.
- (mining) Small coal; coal dust.
- (uncountable, psychotherapy) Unconditional listening attention given by client to patient.
- In particular, a shallow dell or hollow; a dip in the surface of terrain, such as between hills.
- (countable) A low-lying marsh or a pool, especially a tidal or intermittent one which periodically fills and drains.
- (uncountable) The part of anything that hangs loose, having no strain upon it.
- (countable) A valley, or small, shallow dell; a sag or saddle in a ridge.
- A flat-bottomed, hollow zone within a sand-dune system that has developed over impervious strata, sometimes due to erosion or blow-out of the dune system; its flat base level is therefore close to or at the permanent water-table level, and therefore has rich, marshy flora, with Salix species (willows) as typical woody colonisers.
- Attributive form of slacks (“semi-formal trousers”).
- dust consisting of a mixture of small coal fragments and coal dust and dirt that sifts out when coal is passed over a sieve
- a stretch of water without current or movement
- a noticeable deterioration in performance or quality
- a cord or rope or cable that is hanging loosely
- a soft wet area of low-lying land that sinks underfoot
- the quality of being loose (not taut)
adj
- (slang, Caribbean, Jamaica) Vulgar; sexually explicit, especially in dancehall music.
- Excess; surplus to requirements.
- Weak; not holding fast.
- Not active or busy, successful, or violent.
- Moderately warm.
- (linguistics) Lax.
- Moderate in speed.
- Lacking diligence or care; not earnest or eager.
- (normally said of a rope) Lax; not tense; not firmly extended.
- not tense or taut
- flowing with little speed as e.g. at the turning of the tide
- lacking in rigor or strictness
adv
verb
- To refuse to work as hard as one is supposed to.
- (ambitransitive) To slacken.
- To lose cohesion or solidity by a chemical combination with water; to slake.
- become less in amount or intensity
- make less active or intense
- be inattentive to, or neglect
- avoid responsibilities and work, be idle
- become slow or slower
- cause to heat and crumble by treatment with water
- make less active or fast
- release tension on
noun
- A narrow passage of water.
- (uncountable) The intestines of an animal used to make strings of a tennis racket or violin, etc.
- A person's emotional, visceral self.
- (informal) The abdomen of a person, especially one that is enlarged.
- The alimentary canal, especially the intestine.
- The sac of silk taken from a silkworm when ready to spin its cocoon, for the purpose of drawing it out into a thread. When dry, it is exceedingly strong, and is used as the snood of a fishing line.
- (informal) A class that is not demanding or challenging.
- a narrow channel or strait
- a strong cord made from the intestines of sheep and used in surgery
- the part of the alimentary canal between the stomach and the anus
adj
verb
noun
- (countable) A flexible tube conveying water or other fluid.
- (historical) Close-fitting trousers or breeches, reaching to the knee.
- (uncountable) A stocking-like garment worn on the legs; pantyhose, women's tights.
- socks and stockings and tights collectively (the British include underwear)
- a flexible pipe for conveying a liquid or gas
- man's close-fitting garment of the 16th and 17th centuries covering the legs and reaching up to the waist; worn with a doublet
verb
- (transitive, computing, slang) To break or destroy (a system), especially by wiping files or other content.
- (transitive) To deliver using a hose.
- (transitive) To trick or deceive.
- (transitive) To provide with hose (garment)
- (transitive) To spray as if with a hose; to spray in great quantity.
- (transitive, sports) To cause an unfair disadvantage to a player or team through poor officiating; especially, to cause a player or team to lose the game with an incorrect call.
- (transitive) To water or spray with a hose.
- water with a hose
noun
- a sudden rapid flow (as of water)
- a poker hand with all 5 cards in the same suit
- the period of greatest prosperity or productivity
- the swift release of a store of affective force
- sudden reddening of the face (as from embarrassment or guilt or shame or modesty)
- sudden brief sensation of heat (associated with menopause and some mental disorders)
- a rosy color (especially in the cheeks) taken as a sign of good health
- A suffusion of the face with blood, as from fear, shame, modesty, or intensity of feeling of any kind; a blush; a glow.
- A sudden flood or rush of feeling; a thrill of excitement, animation, etc.
- Particularly, such a cleansing of a toilet.
- A sudden flowing; a rush which fills or overflows, as of water for cleansing purposes.
- A group of birds that have suddenly started up from undergrowth, trees, etc.
- Any tinge of red color like that produced on the cheeks by a sudden rush of blood.
- (skiing) A line of poles or obstacles that a skier must weave between.
- A groundwater-fed marsh or peaty mire (which may be acidic or basic, nutrient-rich or poor); (originally especially Scotland and Northern England) a (marshy) pool or seep, as in a field.
- (poker) A hand consisting of all cards with the same suit.
- (computing) The process of clearing the contents of a buffer or cache.
adj
- having an abundant supply of money or possessions of value
- of a surface exactly even with an adjoining one, forming the same plane
- Wealthy or well off.
- (typography) Ellipsis of flush left and right: a body of text aligned with both its left and right margins.
- Full of vigor; fresh; glowing; bright.
- Smooth, even, aligned; not sticking out.
- Affluent; abounding; well furnished or supplied; hence, liberal; prodigal.
adv
verb
- cause to flow through something
- rinse, clean, or empty with a liquid
- cause to flow or flood with or as if with water
- make level or straight
- irrigate with water from a sluice
- glow or cause to glow with warm color or light
- turn red, as if in embarrassment or shame
- (intransitive) To take suddenly to flight, especially from cover.
- (transitive, computing) To clear (a buffer or cache) of its contents.
- To cause to be full; to flood; to overflow; to overwhelm with water.
- (intransitive) To become suffused with reddish color due to embarrassment, excitement, overheating, or other systemic disturbance, to blush.
- To flow and spread suddenly; to rush.
- (transitive) To cause to take flight from concealment.
- (intransitive, of a toilet) To be cleansed by being flooded with generous quantities of water.
- (mining, intransitive) To operate a placer mine, where the continuous supply of water is insufficient, by holding back the water, and releasing it periodically in a flood.
- (transitive) Particularly, to cleanse a toilet by introducing a large amount of water.
- (transitive) To cleanse by flooding with generous quantities of a fluid.
- (Singapore, chiefly military) To move, shift or align to one side.
- (transitive) To excite, inflame.
- (intransitive, transitive) To dispose or be disposed of by flushing down a toilet.
- (masonry) To fill in (joints); to point the level; to make them flush.
- To show red; to shine suddenly; to glow.
- (mining) To fill underground spaces, especially in coal mines, with material carried by water, which, after drainage, constitutes a compact mass.
- (transitive) To cause to blush.
- (transitive, computing, of data held in a buffer or cache) To write (the data) to primary storage, clearing it from the buffer or cache.
noun
verb
- praise enthusiastically
- issue in a jet; come out in a jet; stream or spring forth
- gush forth in a sudden stream or jet
- (intransitive, especially of a woman) To ejaculate during orgasm.
- (intransitive, also figurative) To flow forth suddenly, in great volume.
- (transitive, also figurative) To send (something) flowing forth suddenly in great volume.
- (intransitive, transitive, figurative) To make an excessive display of enthusiasm, praise, or sentiment.
noun
- a steady flow of a fluid (usually from natural causes)
- a flow of electricity through a conductor
- dominant course (suggestive of running water) of successive events or ideas
- (by extension, South Asia) electricity, power in general.
- The part of a fluid that moves continuously in a certain direction, especially (oceanography) ellipsis of ocean current.
- (electricity) Ellipsis of electric current.
- A tendency or a course of events.
- The generally unidirectional movement of a gas or fluid.
adj
noun
- A piece of soft, wet, pliable ground.
- An oozing, gentle flowing, or seepage, as of water through sand or earth.
- (oceanography) A pelagic marine sediment containing a significant amount of the microscopic remains of either calcareous or siliceous planktonic debris organisms.
- Soft mud, slime, or shells especially in the bed of a river or estuary.
- Tanning liquor, an aqueous extract of vegetable matter (tanbark, sumac, etc.) in a tanning vat used to tan leather.
- the process of seeping
- any thick, viscous matter
verb
noun
- a long narrow shallow receptacle
- a treasury for government funds
- a narrow depression (as in the earth or between ocean waves or in the ocean bed)
- a channel along the eaves or on the roof; collects and carries away rainwater
- a concave shape with an open top
- a container (usually in a barn or stable) from which cattle or horses feed
- (meteorology) A linear atmospheric depression associated with a weather front.
- (colloquial) An undivided metal urinal (plumbing fixture)
- (agriculture, Australia, New Zealand) A channel for conveying water or other farm liquids (such as milk) from place to place by gravity; any ‘U’ or ‘V’ cross-sectioned irrigation channel.
- A long, narrow depression between waves or ridges; the low portion of a wave cycle.
- (Australia, New Zealand) A rectangular container used for washing or rinsing clothes.
- A long, narrow container, open on top, for feeding or watering animals.
- Any similarly shaped container.
- (Canada) A gutter under the eaves of a building; an eaves trough.
- A short, narrow canal designed to hold water until it drains or evaporates.
- (economics) A low turning point or a local minimum of a business cycle.
verb
noun
- A playspot where water flows back on itself, creating a retentive feature.
- A bung or cork.
- A type of knot at the end of a rope, to prevent it from unravelling.
- Someone or something that stops something.
- (informal, soccer) Goalkeeper.
- (botany) Any of several trees of the genus Eugenia, found in Florida and the West Indies.
- (rail transport) A train that calls at all or almost all stations between its origin and destination, including very small ones.
- (finance, slang) In the commodity futures market, someone who is long (owns) a futures contract and is demanding delivery because they want to take possession of the deliverable commodity.
- (nautical) A short rope for making something fast.
- an act so striking or impressive that the show must be delayed until the audience quiets down
- a remark to which there is no polite conversational reply
- (bridge) a playing card with a value sufficiently high to insure taking a trick in a particular suit
- blockage consisting of an object designed to fill a hole tightly
verb
verb
- (intransitive) to move noisily through water or other liquid.
- (transitive, of a liquid) To pour noisily, sloppily or in large amounts.
- (intransitive) To make a sloshing sound.
- (transitive, of a liquid) To cause to slosh.
- (intransitive, of a liquid) To shift chaotically; to splash noisily.
- (British, colloquial, transitive) To punch (someone).
- make a splashing sound
- spill or splash copiously or clumsily
- walk through mud or mire
noun
noun
verb
verb
- flow in a spurt
- supply in large amounts or quantities
- rain heavily
- move in large numbers
- cause to run
- pour out gradually, so as to separate out sediment
- Misspelling of pore.
- (transitive, figurative) To send out as in a stream or a flood; to cause (an emotion) to come out; to cause to escape.
- (transitive) To move (a drunk or unsteady person) into or out of a place or vehicle.
- (intransitive) To flow, pass, or issue in a stream; to fall continuously and abundantly.
- (transitive) To cause (liquid, or liquid-like substance) to flow in a stream, either out of a container or into it.
- (transitive) To send forth from, as in a stream; to discharge uninterruptedly.
- (impersonal) To rain hard.
- (intransitive) Of a beverage, to be on tap or otherwise available for serving to customers.
- (intransitive) To move in a throng, as a crowd.
noun
verb
- move as if through a sieve
- distinguish and separate out
- separate by passing through a sieve or other straining device to separate out coarser elements
- check and sort carefully
- (transitive) To sieve or strain (something).
- (transitive) [with through] To carefully go through a set of objects, or a collection of information, in order to find something.
- (transitive) To separate or scatter (things) as if by sieving.
noun
verb
- (intransitive) To flow over the brim of a container.
- (intransitive, figuratively) To have something in superabundance; to abound in something.
- (transitive) To flow over the brim of (a container).
- (transitive) To cause an overflow.
- (transitive) To cover with a liquid, literally or figuratively.
- (intransitive) To be subject to a load that exceeds limits or capacity. [with with]
- (computing, ambitransitive) To (cause to) exceed the available numeric range.
- flow or run over (a limit or brim)
- overflow with a certain feeling
noun
noun
- (countable) A weak, unsteady stream; a trickle.
- (countable) A card flourish in which the cards fall smoothly from one's hand.
- (countable) A small amount of a liquid.
- (countable, sports) The act of moving (with) a ball by kicking or bouncing it.
- (uncountable) Drool; saliva.
- (uncountable, colloquial) Rubbish; worthless matter.
- saliva spilling from the mouth
- the propulsion of a ball by repeated taps or kicks
- flowing in drops; the formation and falling of drops of liquid
verb
- run or flow slowly, as in drops or in an unsteady stream
- (intransitive) To move or roll slowly.
- To perform a card flourish in which the cards fall smoothly from one's hand.
- (basketball, soccer) In various ball games, to move (with) the ball, controlling its path by kicking or bouncing it repeatedly.
- To fall in drops or an unsteady stream; to trickle.
- (transitive) To let something fall in drips.
- To let saliva drip from the mouth; to drool.
- let saliva drivel from the mouth
- let or cause to fall in drops
- propel
verb
- run or flow slowly, as in drops or in an unsteady stream
- pass through
- remove by passing through a filter
- (intransitive) To ride a motorcycle between lanes on a road
- (transitive) To sort, sift, or isolate.
- (intransitive) To pass through a filter or to act as though passing through a filter.
- (intransitive) To move slowly or gradually; to come or go a few at a time.
- (transitive) To diffuse; to cause to be less concentrated or focused.
- (intransitive, derogatory, fandom slang) To be discouraged where a connoisseur or hardcore fan would not.
noun
- an electrical device that alters the frequency spectrum of signals passing through it
- device that removes something from whatever passes through it
- Electronics or software that separates unwanted signals (for example noise) from wanted signals or that attenuates selected frequencies.
- A device which separates a suspended, dissolved, or particulate matter from a fluid, solution, or other substance; any device that separates one substance from another.
- (mathematics, order theory) A non-empty upper set (of a partially ordered set) which is closed under binary infima (a.k.a. meets).
- (figurative) Self-restraint in speech.
- (social media) An appearance-altering digital image effect.
- (photography) A translucent object placed in the light path of a camera to remove certain wavelengths (colors), or a computer program that simulates such an effect.
- Any item, mechanism, device, or procedure that acts to separate or isolate.
adj
noun
- the act of singing vocal music
- disclosing information or giving evidence about another
- (informal) Disclosing information, or giving evidence about another.
- A ringing sound in the ears.
- (US) A gathering for the purpose of singing shape note songs.
- The act of using the voice to produce musical sounds; vocalizing.
verb
adj
- characteristic of a fluid; capable of flowing and easily changing shape
- Moving smoothly, or giving the impression of a liquid in motion.
- smooth and unconstrained in movement
- in cash or easily convertible to cash
- subject to change; variable
- affording change (especially in social status)
- In a state of flux; subject to change.
- (of an asset) Convertible into cash.
- (rare) Genderfluid.
- (not comparable) Of or relating to fluid.
noun
- continuous amorphous matter that tends to flow and to conform to the outline of its container: a liquid or a gas
- a substance that is fluid at room temperature and pressure
- A liquid (as opposed to a solid or gas).
- (specifically, medicine, colloquial, typically in the plural) Intravenous fluids.
- Any substance which can flow with relative ease, tends to assume the shape of its container, and obeys Bernoulli's principle; a liquid, gas or plasma.
adj
- Flowing or moving in continuous succession, like fluid in a stream.
- exuding a bodily fluid in profuse amounts
- (computer science) using or relating to a form of continuous tape transport; used mainly to provide backup storage of unedited data; data that is transmitted and loaded continuously as earlier parts are being accessed/processed/displayed
noun
- (computing) The transmission of digital audio or video, or the reception or playback of such data without first storing it.
- The working of alluvial deposits to obtain ore.
- Movement as a stream.
- (Internet) Synonym of livestreaming.
- (UK, education) Division of classes into academic streams.
- the circulation of cytoplasm within a cell
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adj
noun
- A quantity, a great number or amount (e.g. of rain or milk).
- In carpet weaving, a group of strings for lifting simultaneously certain yarns, to form the figure.
- A stroke of satire or sarcasm; an expression or retort that cuts or gives pain; a cut.
- A quick and violent sweeping movement, as of an animal's tail; a swish.
- (botany) Flowering plants of genus Blepharis.
- A hair growing from the edge of the eyelid; an eyelash.
- A stroke with a whip, or anything pliant and tough, often given as a punishment.
- (Australia, New Zealand, Ireland, informal) An attempt; a go at something.
- The thong or braided cord of a whip, with which the blow is given.
- (machining, mechanical) Looseness between fitted parts, either intentional (as allowance) or unintentional (from error or wear).
- leather strip that forms the flexible part of a whip
- any of the short curved hairs that grow from the edges of the eyelids
- a quick blow delivered with a whip or whiplike object
verb
- Used in phrasal verbs: lash back, lash out.
- (transitive) To throw out with a jerk or quickly.
- (transitive) To scold; or to satirize; to censure with severity.
- (intransitive) To ply the whip; to strike.
- (transitive) To strike forcibly and quickly, as with a lash; to beat, or beat upon, with a motion like that of a lash.
- (transitive) To strike with a lash; to whip or scourge with a lash, or with something like one.
- (intransitive) To strike vigorously; to let fly.
- (intransitive) To utter censure or sarcastic language.
- (transitive) To bind with a rope, cord, thong, or chain, so as to fasten.
- (intransitive, of rain) To fall heavily, especially in the phrase lash down.
- lash or flick about sharply
- bind with a rope, chain, or cord
- beat severely with a whip or rod
- strike as if by whipping
adj
verb
adj
- Fluid and transparent.
- (physical chemistry) Flowing freely like water; fluid; not solid and not gaseous; composed of particles that move freely among each other on the slightest pressure.
- (finance, of a market) Having sufficient trading activity to make buying or selling easy.
- (finance, of an asset) Easily sold or disposed of without losing value.
- Flowing or sounding smoothly or without abrupt transitions or harsh tones.
- (phonology) Belonging to a class of consonants comprising the laterals and the rhotics, which in many languages behave similarly.
- smooth and unconstrained in movement
- in cash or easily convertible to cash
- clear and bright
- changed from a solid to a liquid state
- smooth and flowing in quality; entirely free of harshness
- filled or brimming with tears
- existing as or having characteristics of a liquid; especially tending to flow
noun
- (phonetics) Any of a class of consonant sounds that includes l and r.
- (physical chemistry) A substance that is flowing, and keeping no shape, such as water; a substance of which the molecules, while not tending to separate from one another like those of a gas, readily change their relative position, and which therefore retains no definite shape, except that determined by the containing receptacle; an inelastic fluid.
- the state in which a substance exhibits a characteristic readiness to flow with little or no tendency to disperse and relatively high incompressibility
- a substance that is liquid at room temperature and pressure
- fluid matter having no fixed shape but a fixed volume
- a frictionless continuant that is not a nasal consonant (especially ‘l’ and ‘r’)
noun
- a violently fast stream of water (or other liquid)
- a heavy rain
- an overwhelming number or amount
- (Internet, file sharing) A set of files obtainable through a peer-to-peer network, especially BitTorrent.
- A violent flow, as of water, lava, etc.; a stream suddenly raised and running rapidly, as down a precipice.
- (figuratively) A large amount or stream of something.