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noun
- short for railway
- A railroad; a railway, as a means of transportation.
- any of numerous widely distributed small wading birds of the family Rallidae having short wings and very long toes for running on soft mud
- a horizontal bar (usually of wood or metal)
- a barrier consisting of a horizontal bar and supports
- a bar or pair of parallel bars of rolled steel making the railway along which railroad cars or other vehicles can roll
- Any of several birds in the family Rallidae.
- A horizontal bar extending between supports and used for support or as a barrier; a railing.
- The metal bar forming part of the track for a railroad.
- (drugs) A large line (portion or serving of a powdery illegal drug).
- A horizontal piece of wood that serves to separate sections of a door or window.
- (electronics) A conductor maintained at a fixed electrical potential relative to ground, to which other circuit components are connected.
- (surfing) One of the lengthwise edges of a surfboard.
- (backgammon) The raised edge of the game board.
- (Internet) A vertical section on one side of a web page.
- Each of two vertical side bars supporting the rungs of a ladder.
verb
- complain bitterly
- spread negative information about
- lay with rails
- provide with rails
- criticize severely
- convey (goods etc.) by rails
- travel by rail or train
- fish with a handline over the rails of a boat
- enclose with rails
- separate with a railing
- (transitive, rail transport, of rolling stock) To place on a track.
- To complain violently (against, about).
- (transitive, slang, drugs) To snort a line of powdered drugs.
- (transitive) To enclose with rails or a railing.
- (intransitive) To travel by railway.
- (transitive, vulgar, slang) To sexually penetrate in a rough manner.
- (transitive) To range in a line.
noun
- Abbreviation of train.
- Abbreviation of transposition.
- Abbreviation of transfer.
- Abbreviation of transportation.
- Abbreviation of trainee.
- Abbreviation of track.
- Abbreviation of trust.
- Abbreviation of trustee.
- (music) Abbreviation of trill.
- Abbreviation of treasurer.
- Abbreviation of trumpeter.
- Abbreviation of trace.
- (music) Abbreviation of treble.
- Abbreviation of transaction.
- (medicine) Abbreviation of tinctura (Latin for “tincture”).
- Abbreviation of troop.
- Abbreviation of tragedy.
- Abbreviation of truck.
- Abbreviation of trumpet.
- Abbreviation of transport.
- Abbreviation of translator.
- Abbreviation of translation.
adj
verb
noun
- (rail transport) Synonym of check rail.
- (figurative, by extension) Any barrier designed to prevent accidents or mistakes.
- A rail set alongside a dangerous place as a barrier, to improve safety.
- (Canada, US) A strengthened barrier installed on the sides of a (usually major) road to keep vehicles on the highway and reduce the risk and/or impact of crashes.
- a railing placed alongside a stairway or road for safety
adj
- (by extension) Of a thing (especially (rail transport) a rail): having a flat base; flat-bottomed.
- Of an animal: having feet which are naturally flat; (specifically) of a horse: having hoofs with soles close to the ground.
- Blunt and unsubtle; lacking finesse; clumsy.
- (US) Unprepared, unready.
- Of a person: having the physical condition of flat feet (“a condition where the soles of the feet are in full contact with the ground, either because the arches have collapsed or because they never developed”).
- unprepared and unable to react quickly
- forthright and explicit
- with feet flat on the ground; not tiptoe
- having broad flat feet that usually turn outward
verb
noun
- (rail transport) A bullhead rail.
- (rare) An obstinate person.
- (Canada, US) The yellow bullhead, Ameiurus natalis.
- A bullhead shark (Heterodontus spp.).
- (Europe, Asia) Any of various sculpins of the suborder Scorpaenoidei
- (Canada, US) The brown bullhead, Ameiurus nebulosus.
- (Canada, US) The black bullhead, Ameiurus melas.
- (Europe, Asia) The European bullhead, Cottus gobio.
- (horology) A chronograph (watch or stopwatch) with two push buttons arranged like the horns of a bull on the top end of the case, typically with the crown between them.
- (New Zealand) A fish of species Gobiomorphus gobioides.
- freshwater sculpin with a large flattened bony-plated head with hornlike spines
- any of several common freshwater catfishes of the United States
noun
- (rail transport, slang) A tank engine.
- (historical, UK politics, slang) A member of the Communist Party of Great Britain (CPGB) who supported the Soviet Union's policy of crushing revolts in Hungary in the 1950s and Czechoslovakia in the 1960s by sending tanks into those countries.
- (military, slang) A soldier from a tank regiment.
- (by extension, politics, slang, typically derogatory) A supporter of policies and actions by the Soviet Union, China, Cuba, or other authoritarian socialist governments.
adj
noun
- Synonym of headrail.
- A device for distributing a suspension of solids in water to a machine at a constant rate, or for retarding the rate of flow, as to a top-feed filter, or for eliminating by overflow some of the finest particles.
- The topmost square of a USPSA target holding the B and A scoring zones.
noun
- (rail transport) The rails that a tram runs on.
- (film) A scratch on a film, usually vertical, that extends through multiple frames.
- (tennis, British) Either of the two pairs of sidelines marked on a tennis court which mark the outside of the singles and doubles playing areas.
- (medicine) A mark or bruise having the shape of two parallel lines.
- (lexicography, Oxford English Dictionary jargon) A pair of vertical bars (||) placed to the left of the headword in certain editions of the OED to indicate that the term is "alien or not fully naturalized" (such as a recent borrowing).
- the track on which trams or streetcars run
verb
noun
- (US, rail transport) A loose, bent-up end of one of the strap rails, or flat rails, formerly used on American railroads.
- (rare) Alternative form of snake's head, various not closely related species of flowering plant, including Fritillaria meleagris.
- A showy perennial plant, Chelone glabra, found in North American marshlands; the turtlehead
- (slang) A Chinese smuggler, especially one who smuggles people.
- (US, slang, derogatory, ethnic slur) A black person.
- (zoology) A family of perciform fish native to Africa and Asia, Channidae.
- showy perennial of marshlands of eastern and central North America having waxy lanceolate leaves and flower with lower part creamy white and upper parts pale pink to deep purple
noun
- (rail transport) A board on the front of a train, carrying the train's name or that of the service it is on.
- (nautical) A panel, usually of metal, attached to the head of a fore-and-aft sail for additional strength.
- A vertical panel, either plain or upholstered, attached to the head of a bed.
- A grave marker made of wood.
- a vertical board or panel forming the head of a bedstead
noun
- (railways) The way or rails along which a train moves.
- The physical track on a record.
- A mark left by something that has passed along.
- A mark or impression left by the foot, either of man or animal.
- (uncountable, sports) The racing events of track and field; track and field in general.
- (Philippines, education) A specialization in senior high school. Some tracks consist of strands.
- (computing) A circular (never-ending) data storage unit on a side of magnetic or optical disk, divided into sectors.
- (fashion, colloquial) Clipping of trackshoe.
- A tract or area, such as of land.
- Sound stored on a record.
- (cricket) The pitch.
- (music) A song or other relatively short piece of music, on a record, separated from others by a short silence.
- A path or course laid out for a race, for exercise, etc.
- The direction and progress of someone or something; path.
- Awareness of something, especially when arising from close monitoring.
- (automotive) The distance between two opposite wheels on a same axletree.
- (automotive) Ellipsis of caterpillar track.
- (slang) The street, as a prostitute's place of work.
- A road or other similar beaten path.
- A themed set of talks within a conference.
- The entire lower surface of the foot; said of birds, etc.
- Physical course; way.
- the act of participating in an athletic competition involving running on a track
- a groove on a phonograph recording
- a course over which races are run
- (computer science) one of the circular magnetic paths on a magnetic disk that serve as a guide for writing and reading data
- a distinct selection of music from a recording or a compact disc
- evidence pointing to a possible solution
- a line or route along which something travels or moves
- a pair of parallel rails providing a runway for wheels
- any road or path affording passage especially a rough one
- a bar or pair of parallel bars of rolled steel making the railway along which railroad cars or other vehicles can roll
- an endless metal belt on which tracked vehicles move over the ground
verb
- (intransitive) To exhibit good cognitive function.
- (transitive or intransitive) To create a musical recording (a track).
- (transitive) To observe the (measured) state of a person or object over time.
- (transitive) To follow the tracks of.
- (transitive) To traverse; to move across.
- (intransitive, chiefly of a storm) To move.
- To separate into educational tracks, each of which teaches to a different level of ability.
- (transitive or intransitive, of a camera) To travel so that a moving object remains in shot.
- (transitive) To match the movement or change of a person or object.
- (computing, transitive or intransitive) To create music using tracker software.
- (transitive) To discover the location of a person or object by following traces.
- (transitive) To tow.
- (transitive) To make tracks on or to leave in the form of tracks.
- (transitive) To monitor the movement of a person or object.
- (intransitive, colloquial) To make sense; to be consistent with known information
- go after with the intent to catch
- observe or plot the moving path of something
- carry on the feet and deposit
- travel across or pass over
- make tracks upon
noun
adj
adv
verb
noun
- (rail transport) Synonym of banker (“type of railway locomotive”).
- (aeronautics) An aircraft with the propeller behind the fuselage.
- (colloquial) A drug dealer.
- A device that one pushes in order to transport a baby while on foot, such as a stroller or pram (as opposed to a carrier such as a front or back pack).
- (tennis) A defensive player who does not attempt to hit winners, instead playing slower shots into the opponent's court.
- A device in a coke oven for levelling the coal, traditionally operated by a pusherman.
- Someone or something that pushes.
- (military slang) A girl or woman.
- Synonym of toolpusher.
- A person employed to push passengers onto trains at busy times, so they can depart on schedule.
- (historical, informal) A tolkach.
- someone who pushes
- a small vehicle with four wheels in which a baby or child is pushed around
- one who intrudes or pushes themself forward
- an unlicensed dealer in illegal drugs
- a sandal attached to the foot by a thong over the toes
verb
noun
- Coarse gravel or similar material laid to form a bed for roads or railroads, or in making concrete; track ballast.
- (figurative) That which gives, or helps to maintain, uprightness, steadiness, and security.
- (countable, electricity, electronics) device used for stabilizing current in an electric circuit (e.g. in a tube lamp supply circuit)
- (construction) A material, such as aggregate or precast concrete pavers, which employs its mass and the force of gravity to hold single-ply roof membranes in place.
- (railways) Loose stone or big gravel used to hold rails and tracks in place.
- (nautical) Heavy material that is placed in the hold of a ship (or in the gondola of a balloon), to provide stability.
- (figurative) Anything that steadies emotion or the mind.
- an electrical device for starting and regulating fluorescent and discharge lamps
- a resistor inserted into a circuit to compensate for changes (as those arising from temperature fluctuations)
- an attribute that tends to give stability in character and morals; something that steadies the mind or feelings
- coarse gravel laid to form a bed for streets and railroads
- any heavy material used to stabilize a ship or airship
verb
noun
- (anatomy) The flat portion at the base of the stapes; pedicel.
- The engineer's cab in any kind of train.
- (construction) A timber in a wood frame that distributes a concentrated load.
- The part of a roller skate that attaches to the boot.
- (automotive) A platform on which the driver's foot rests but which, unlike a pedal, has no effect.
- (rail transport) The metal plate which forms the base platform of a steam locomotive and supports the boiler and the driver's cab, particularly in the United Kingdom.
- the platform in the cab of a locomotive on which the engineer stands to operate the controls
noun
- (UK, in the plural) The rails of a railway.
- (astronomy) An element which was not directly created after the Big Bang but instead formed through nuclear reactions; any element other than hydrogen and helium.
- Any material with similar physical properties as those chemical elements, especially as a combination of several of them, such as an alloy.
- Any of a number of chemical elements in the periodic table that form a metallic bond with other metal atoms; generally shiny, somewhat malleable and hard, often a conductor of heat and electricity.
- (music) A category of rock music encompassing a number of genres (including thrash metal, death metal, heavy metal, etc.) characterized by strong drumbeats and distorted guitars.
- The effective power or calibre of guns carried by a vessel of war.
- Crushed rock, stones etc. used to make a road.
- (glassblowing) Molten glass that is to be blown or moulded to form objects.
- (informal, travel, aviation) The actual airline operating a flight, rather than any of the codeshare operators.
- (mining) The ore from which a metal is derived.
- (heraldry) A light tincture used in a coat of arms, specifically argent (white or silver) and or (gold).
- any of several chemical elements that are usually shiny solids that conduct heat or electricity and can be formed into sheets etc.
- a mixture containing two or more metallic elements or metallic and nonmetallic elements usually fused together or dissolving into each other when molten
adj
verb
noun
- (rail transport) A transverse structural member at the extreme end of a rail vehicle's underframe, also used on some bogies.
- (mining) A headframe.
- A clamp that restrains a cow by the neck.
- The part of a lute-type string instrument, such as a guitar, that holds the tuning pegs or tensioning screws of the strings.
- A part of a machine (such as a lathe or drill) that contains the primary spindle.
- A beam that supports a bell.
- the stationary support in a machine or power tool that supports and drives a revolving part (as a chuck or the spindle on a lathe)
noun
- (rail transport, British) A railroad tie.
- (science fiction) A pod or similar device containing a person in cryosleep.
- A spy, saboteur, or terrorist who lives unobtrusively in a community until activated by a prearranged signal; may be part of a sleeper cell.
- (nautical) The lowest, or bottom, tier of casks.
- A small starter earring, worn to prevent a piercing from closing.
- Someone who sleeps.
- (slang) A sedative.
- A railway sleeping car.
- (martial arts, wrestling) A sleeper hold.
- (nautical) A heavy floor timber in a ship's bottom.
- Something that achieves unexpected success after an interval of time.
- (automotive, slang) An automobile which has been internally modified to excess, while retaining a mostly stock appearance in order to fool opponents in a drag race, or to avoid the attention of the police.
- (slang, gambling) A bet placed on the gambling table and then forgotten about by the gambler.
- That which lies dormant, as a law.
- (carpentry) A structural beam in a floor running perpendicular to both the joists beneath and floorboards above.
- A type of pajama for a person, especially a child, that covers the whole body, including the feet.
- Any of family Odontobutidae of goby-like bottom-feeding freshwater fish.
- A nurse shark (family Ginglymostomatidae).
- a passenger car that has berths for sleeping
- a piece of furniture that can be opened up into a bed
- tropical fish that resembles a goby and rests quietly on the bottom in shallow water
- a rester who is sleeping
- pajamas with feet; worn by children
- an unexpected hit
- a spy or saboteur or terrorist planted in an enemy country who lives there as a law-abiding citizen until activated by a prearranged signal
- one of the cross braces that support the rails on a railway track
- an unexpected achiever of success
verb
noun
- (rail transport, slang) A steam locomotive.
- Alternative form of kiddle (“kind of fishweir”).
- (military) A type of encirclement.
- A bucket for holding a quantity of paint during the painting process.
- (ornithology, collective) A group of raptors riding a thermal, especially when migrating.
- (cooking) A vessel for boiling a liquid or cooking food, usually metal and equipped with a lid.
- An instance of kettling; a group of protesters or rioters confined in a limited area.
- (music) A kettledrum.
- The quantity held by a kettle.
- (slang) A watch (timepiece).
- (geology) A kettle hole, sometimes any pothole.
- (figurative) Ellipsis of kettle of fish.
- A vessel or appliance used to boil water for the preparation of hot beverages and other foodstuffs.
- the quantity a kettle will hold
- (geology) a hollow (typically filled by a lake) that results from the melting of a mass of ice trapped in glacial deposits
- a large hemispherical brass or copper percussion instrument with a drumhead that can be tuned by adjusting the tension on it
- a metal pot for stewing or boiling; usually has a lid
verb
noun
- (rail transport) A cowcatcher.
- One who flies a kite.
- A pilot light.
- A short plug, sometimes made interchangeable, at the end of a counterbore to guide the tool.
- A person who steers a ship, a helmsman.
- (Australia, road transport, informal) A pilot vehicle.
- (aviation) A person who is in charge of the controls of an aircraft.
- Something serving as a test or trial.
- (mining) The heading or excavation of relatively small dimensions, first made in the driving of a larger tunnel.
- An instrument for detecting the compass error.
- (telecommunications, often attributive) A tone or signal, usually a single frequency, transmitted over a communications system for control or synchronization purposes.
- A guide book for maritime navigation.
- A person who knows well the depths, shoals, and currents of a harbor or coastal area, who is hired by a vessel to help navigate the harbor or coast.
- (television) A sample episode of a proposed TV series produced to decide if it should be made or not. If approved, typically the first episode of an actual TV series.
- (Australia, road transport) A person authorised to drive such a vehicle during an escort.
- A guide or escort through an unknown or dangerous area.
- (Europe, motor racing) A racing driver.
- a person qualified to guide ships through difficult waters going into or out of a harbor
- small auxiliary gas burner that provides a flame to ignite a larger gas burner
- something that serves as a model or a basis for making copies
- an inclined metal frame at the front of a locomotive to clear the track
- a program exemplifying a contemplated series; intended to attract sponsors
- someone who is licensed to operate an aircraft in flight
adj
verb
- (transitive) To guide (a vessel) through coastal waters.
- (transitive) To control (an aircraft or watercraft).
- (transitive) To guide or conduct (a person) somewhere.
- (rail transport, of a locomotive) To serve as the leading locomotive on a double-headed train.
- (transitive) To test or have a preliminary trial of (an idea, a new product, television show, etc.)
- act as the navigator in a car, plane, or vessel and plan, direct, plot the path and position of the conveyance
- operate an airplane
noun
- (rail transport) A bar of iron with an eye at each end, or a heavy link, for coupling a locomotive to a tender or car.
- (engineering) A device for changing the tools on milling machines.
- (road transport) A device to couple a powered road vehicle to a load to transfer tractive effort to the load, either as a push or as a pull.
- (rail transport) An open-mouthed bar at the end of a car, which receives a coupling link and pin by which the car is drawn. It is usually provided with a spring to give elasticity to the connection between the cars of a train.
- (music) A sliding bar on a Hammond organ, controlling the volume of a waveform.
- a strong metal bar bearing a hook to attach something to be pulled
noun
verb
noun
- short for railway
- A railroad; a railway, as a means of transportation.
- any of numerous widely distributed small wading birds of the family Rallidae having short wings and very long toes for running on soft mud
- a horizontal bar (usually of wood or metal)
- a barrier consisting of a horizontal bar and supports
- a bar or pair of parallel bars of rolled steel making the railway along which railroad cars or other vehicles can roll
- Any of several birds in the family Rallidae.
- A horizontal bar extending between supports and used for support or as a barrier; a railing.
- The metal bar forming part of the track for a railroad.
- (drugs) A large line (portion or serving of a powdery illegal drug).
- A horizontal piece of wood that serves to separate sections of a door or window.
- (electronics) A conductor maintained at a fixed electrical potential relative to ground, to which other circuit components are connected.
- (surfing) One of the lengthwise edges of a surfboard.
- (backgammon) The raised edge of the game board.
- (Internet) A vertical section on one side of a web page.
- Each of two vertical side bars supporting the rungs of a ladder.
verb
- complain bitterly
- spread negative information about
- lay with rails
- provide with rails
- criticize severely
- convey (goods etc.) by rails
- travel by rail or train
- fish with a handline over the rails of a boat
- enclose with rails
- separate with a railing
- (transitive, rail transport, of rolling stock) To place on a track.
- To complain violently (against, about).
- (transitive, slang, drugs) To snort a line of powdered drugs.
- (transitive) To enclose with rails or a railing.
- (intransitive) To travel by railway.
- (transitive, vulgar, slang) To sexually penetrate in a rough manner.
- (transitive) To range in a line.
noun
- Abbreviation of train.
- Abbreviation of transposition.
- Abbreviation of transfer.
- Abbreviation of transportation.
- Abbreviation of trainee.
- Abbreviation of track.
- Abbreviation of trust.
- Abbreviation of trustee.
- (music) Abbreviation of trill.
- Abbreviation of treasurer.
- Abbreviation of trumpeter.
- Abbreviation of trace.
- (music) Abbreviation of treble.
- Abbreviation of transaction.
- (medicine) Abbreviation of tinctura (Latin for “tincture”).
- Abbreviation of troop.
- Abbreviation of tragedy.
- Abbreviation of truck.
- Abbreviation of trumpet.
- Abbreviation of transport.
- Abbreviation of translator.
- Abbreviation of translation.
adj
verb
noun
- (rail transport) Synonym of check rail.
- (figurative, by extension) Any barrier designed to prevent accidents or mistakes.
- A rail set alongside a dangerous place as a barrier, to improve safety.
- (Canada, US) A strengthened barrier installed on the sides of a (usually major) road to keep vehicles on the highway and reduce the risk and/or impact of crashes.
- a railing placed alongside a stairway or road for safety
noun
- (rail transport) A bullhead rail.
- (rare) An obstinate person.
- (Canada, US) The yellow bullhead, Ameiurus natalis.
- A bullhead shark (Heterodontus spp.).
- (Europe, Asia) Any of various sculpins of the suborder Scorpaenoidei
- (Canada, US) The brown bullhead, Ameiurus nebulosus.
- (Canada, US) The black bullhead, Ameiurus melas.
- (Europe, Asia) The European bullhead, Cottus gobio.
- (horology) A chronograph (watch or stopwatch) with two push buttons arranged like the horns of a bull on the top end of the case, typically with the crown between them.
- (New Zealand) A fish of species Gobiomorphus gobioides.
- freshwater sculpin with a large flattened bony-plated head with hornlike spines
- any of several common freshwater catfishes of the United States
noun
- (rail transport, slang) A tank engine.
- (historical, UK politics, slang) A member of the Communist Party of Great Britain (CPGB) who supported the Soviet Union's policy of crushing revolts in Hungary in the 1950s and Czechoslovakia in the 1960s by sending tanks into those countries.
- (military, slang) A soldier from a tank regiment.
- (by extension, politics, slang, typically derogatory) A supporter of policies and actions by the Soviet Union, China, Cuba, or other authoritarian socialist governments.
adj
noun
- Synonym of headrail.
- A device for distributing a suspension of solids in water to a machine at a constant rate, or for retarding the rate of flow, as to a top-feed filter, or for eliminating by overflow some of the finest particles.
- The topmost square of a USPSA target holding the B and A scoring zones.
noun
- (rail transport) The rails that a tram runs on.
- (film) A scratch on a film, usually vertical, that extends through multiple frames.
- (tennis, British) Either of the two pairs of sidelines marked on a tennis court which mark the outside of the singles and doubles playing areas.
- (medicine) A mark or bruise having the shape of two parallel lines.
- (lexicography, Oxford English Dictionary jargon) A pair of vertical bars (||) placed to the left of the headword in certain editions of the OED to indicate that the term is "alien or not fully naturalized" (such as a recent borrowing).
- the track on which trams or streetcars run
verb
noun
- (US, rail transport) A loose, bent-up end of one of the strap rails, or flat rails, formerly used on American railroads.
- (rare) Alternative form of snake's head, various not closely related species of flowering plant, including Fritillaria meleagris.
- A showy perennial plant, Chelone glabra, found in North American marshlands; the turtlehead
- (slang) A Chinese smuggler, especially one who smuggles people.
- (US, slang, derogatory, ethnic slur) A black person.
- (zoology) A family of perciform fish native to Africa and Asia, Channidae.
- showy perennial of marshlands of eastern and central North America having waxy lanceolate leaves and flower with lower part creamy white and upper parts pale pink to deep purple
noun
- (rail transport) A board on the front of a train, carrying the train's name or that of the service it is on.
- (nautical) A panel, usually of metal, attached to the head of a fore-and-aft sail for additional strength.
- A vertical panel, either plain or upholstered, attached to the head of a bed.
- A grave marker made of wood.
- a vertical board or panel forming the head of a bedstead
noun
- (railways) The way or rails along which a train moves.
- The physical track on a record.
- A mark left by something that has passed along.
- A mark or impression left by the foot, either of man or animal.
- (uncountable, sports) The racing events of track and field; track and field in general.
- (Philippines, education) A specialization in senior high school. Some tracks consist of strands.
- (computing) A circular (never-ending) data storage unit on a side of magnetic or optical disk, divided into sectors.
- (fashion, colloquial) Clipping of trackshoe.
- A tract or area, such as of land.
- Sound stored on a record.
- (cricket) The pitch.
- (music) A song or other relatively short piece of music, on a record, separated from others by a short silence.
- A path or course laid out for a race, for exercise, etc.
- The direction and progress of someone or something; path.
- Awareness of something, especially when arising from close monitoring.
- (automotive) The distance between two opposite wheels on a same axletree.
- (automotive) Ellipsis of caterpillar track.
- (slang) The street, as a prostitute's place of work.
- A road or other similar beaten path.
- A themed set of talks within a conference.
- The entire lower surface of the foot; said of birds, etc.
- Physical course; way.
- the act of participating in an athletic competition involving running on a track
- a groove on a phonograph recording
- a course over which races are run
- (computer science) one of the circular magnetic paths on a magnetic disk that serve as a guide for writing and reading data
- a distinct selection of music from a recording or a compact disc
- evidence pointing to a possible solution
- a line or route along which something travels or moves
- a pair of parallel rails providing a runway for wheels
- any road or path affording passage especially a rough one
- a bar or pair of parallel bars of rolled steel making the railway along which railroad cars or other vehicles can roll
- an endless metal belt on which tracked vehicles move over the ground
verb
- (intransitive) To exhibit good cognitive function.
- (transitive or intransitive) To create a musical recording (a track).
- (transitive) To observe the (measured) state of a person or object over time.
- (transitive) To follow the tracks of.
- (transitive) To traverse; to move across.
- (intransitive, chiefly of a storm) To move.
- To separate into educational tracks, each of which teaches to a different level of ability.
- (transitive or intransitive, of a camera) To travel so that a moving object remains in shot.
- (transitive) To match the movement or change of a person or object.
- (computing, transitive or intransitive) To create music using tracker software.
- (transitive) To discover the location of a person or object by following traces.
- (transitive) To tow.
- (transitive) To make tracks on or to leave in the form of tracks.
- (transitive) To monitor the movement of a person or object.
- (intransitive, colloquial) To make sense; to be consistent with known information
- go after with the intent to catch
- observe or plot the moving path of something
- carry on the feet and deposit
- travel across or pass over
- make tracks upon
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- (rail transport) Synonym of banker (“type of railway locomotive”).
- (aeronautics) An aircraft with the propeller behind the fuselage.
- (colloquial) A drug dealer.
- A device that one pushes in order to transport a baby while on foot, such as a stroller or pram (as opposed to a carrier such as a front or back pack).
- (tennis) A defensive player who does not attempt to hit winners, instead playing slower shots into the opponent's court.
- A device in a coke oven for levelling the coal, traditionally operated by a pusherman.
- Someone or something that pushes.
- (military slang) A girl or woman.
- Synonym of toolpusher.
- A person employed to push passengers onto trains at busy times, so they can depart on schedule.
- (historical, informal) A tolkach.
- someone who pushes
- a small vehicle with four wheels in which a baby or child is pushed around
- one who intrudes or pushes themself forward
- an unlicensed dealer in illegal drugs
- a sandal attached to the foot by a thong over the toes
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- (UK, in the plural) The rails of a railway.
- (astronomy) An element which was not directly created after the Big Bang but instead formed through nuclear reactions; any element other than hydrogen and helium.
- Any material with similar physical properties as those chemical elements, especially as a combination of several of them, such as an alloy.
- Any of a number of chemical elements in the periodic table that form a metallic bond with other metal atoms; generally shiny, somewhat malleable and hard, often a conductor of heat and electricity.
- (music) A category of rock music encompassing a number of genres (including thrash metal, death metal, heavy metal, etc.) characterized by strong drumbeats and distorted guitars.
- The effective power or calibre of guns carried by a vessel of war.
- Crushed rock, stones etc. used to make a road.
- (glassblowing) Molten glass that is to be blown or moulded to form objects.
- (informal, travel, aviation) The actual airline operating a flight, rather than any of the codeshare operators.
- (mining) The ore from which a metal is derived.
- (heraldry) A light tincture used in a coat of arms, specifically argent (white or silver) and or (gold).
- any of several chemical elements that are usually shiny solids that conduct heat or electricity and can be formed into sheets etc.
- a mixture containing two or more metallic elements or metallic and nonmetallic elements usually fused together or dissolving into each other when molten
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- (rail transport) A transverse structural member at the extreme end of a rail vehicle's underframe, also used on some bogies.
- (mining) A headframe.
- A clamp that restrains a cow by the neck.
- The part of a lute-type string instrument, such as a guitar, that holds the tuning pegs or tensioning screws of the strings.
- A part of a machine (such as a lathe or drill) that contains the primary spindle.
- A beam that supports a bell.
- the stationary support in a machine or power tool that supports and drives a revolving part (as a chuck or the spindle on a lathe)
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- (rail transport, British) A railroad tie.
- (science fiction) A pod or similar device containing a person in cryosleep.
- A spy, saboteur, or terrorist who lives unobtrusively in a community until activated by a prearranged signal; may be part of a sleeper cell.
- (nautical) The lowest, or bottom, tier of casks.
- A small starter earring, worn to prevent a piercing from closing.
- Someone who sleeps.
- (slang) A sedative.
- A railway sleeping car.
- (martial arts, wrestling) A sleeper hold.
- (nautical) A heavy floor timber in a ship's bottom.
- Something that achieves unexpected success after an interval of time.
- (automotive, slang) An automobile which has been internally modified to excess, while retaining a mostly stock appearance in order to fool opponents in a drag race, or to avoid the attention of the police.
- (slang, gambling) A bet placed on the gambling table and then forgotten about by the gambler.
- That which lies dormant, as a law.
- (carpentry) A structural beam in a floor running perpendicular to both the joists beneath and floorboards above.
- A type of pajama for a person, especially a child, that covers the whole body, including the feet.
- Any of family Odontobutidae of goby-like bottom-feeding freshwater fish.
- A nurse shark (family Ginglymostomatidae).
- a passenger car that has berths for sleeping
- a piece of furniture that can be opened up into a bed
- tropical fish that resembles a goby and rests quietly on the bottom in shallow water
- a rester who is sleeping
- pajamas with feet; worn by children
- an unexpected hit
- a spy or saboteur or terrorist planted in an enemy country who lives there as a law-abiding citizen until activated by a prearranged signal
- one of the cross braces that support the rails on a railway track
- an unexpected achiever of success
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- (rail transport, slang) A steam locomotive.
- Alternative form of kiddle (“kind of fishweir”).
- (military) A type of encirclement.
- A bucket for holding a quantity of paint during the painting process.
- (ornithology, collective) A group of raptors riding a thermal, especially when migrating.
- (cooking) A vessel for boiling a liquid or cooking food, usually metal and equipped with a lid.
- An instance of kettling; a group of protesters or rioters confined in a limited area.
- (music) A kettledrum.
- The quantity held by a kettle.
- (slang) A watch (timepiece).
- (geology) A kettle hole, sometimes any pothole.
- (figurative) Ellipsis of kettle of fish.
- A vessel or appliance used to boil water for the preparation of hot beverages and other foodstuffs.
- the quantity a kettle will hold
- (geology) a hollow (typically filled by a lake) that results from the melting of a mass of ice trapped in glacial deposits
- a large hemispherical brass or copper percussion instrument with a drumhead that can be tuned by adjusting the tension on it
- a metal pot for stewing or boiling; usually has a lid
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- (rail transport) A cowcatcher.
- One who flies a kite.
- A pilot light.
- A short plug, sometimes made interchangeable, at the end of a counterbore to guide the tool.
- A person who steers a ship, a helmsman.
- (Australia, road transport, informal) A pilot vehicle.
- (aviation) A person who is in charge of the controls of an aircraft.
- Something serving as a test or trial.
- (mining) The heading or excavation of relatively small dimensions, first made in the driving of a larger tunnel.
- An instrument for detecting the compass error.
- (telecommunications, often attributive) A tone or signal, usually a single frequency, transmitted over a communications system for control or synchronization purposes.
- A guide book for maritime navigation.
- A person who knows well the depths, shoals, and currents of a harbor or coastal area, who is hired by a vessel to help navigate the harbor or coast.
- (television) A sample episode of a proposed TV series produced to decide if it should be made or not. If approved, typically the first episode of an actual TV series.
- (Australia, road transport) A person authorised to drive such a vehicle during an escort.
- A guide or escort through an unknown or dangerous area.
- (Europe, motor racing) A racing driver.
- a person qualified to guide ships through difficult waters going into or out of a harbor
- small auxiliary gas burner that provides a flame to ignite a larger gas burner
- something that serves as a model or a basis for making copies
- an inclined metal frame at the front of a locomotive to clear the track
- a program exemplifying a contemplated series; intended to attract sponsors
- someone who is licensed to operate an aircraft in flight
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- (transitive) To guide (a vessel) through coastal waters.
- (transitive) To control (an aircraft or watercraft).
- (transitive) To guide or conduct (a person) somewhere.
- (rail transport, of a locomotive) To serve as the leading locomotive on a double-headed train.
- (transitive) To test or have a preliminary trial of (an idea, a new product, television show, etc.)
- act as the navigator in a car, plane, or vessel and plan, direct, plot the path and position of the conveyance
- operate an airplane
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- (rail transport) A bar of iron with an eye at each end, or a heavy link, for coupling a locomotive to a tender or car.
- (engineering) A device for changing the tools on milling machines.
- (road transport) A device to couple a powered road vehicle to a load to transfer tractive effort to the load, either as a push or as a pull.
- (rail transport) An open-mouthed bar at the end of a car, which receives a coupling link and pin by which the car is drawn. It is usually provided with a spring to give elasticity to the connection between the cars of a train.
- (music) A sliding bar on a Hammond organ, controlling the volume of a waveform.
- a strong metal bar bearing a hook to attach something to be pulled
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- Coarse gravel or similar material laid to form a bed for roads or railroads, or in making concrete; track ballast.
- (figurative) That which gives, or helps to maintain, uprightness, steadiness, and security.
- (countable, electricity, electronics) device used for stabilizing current in an electric circuit (e.g. in a tube lamp supply circuit)
- (construction) A material, such as aggregate or precast concrete pavers, which employs its mass and the force of gravity to hold single-ply roof membranes in place.
- (railways) Loose stone or big gravel used to hold rails and tracks in place.
- (nautical) Heavy material that is placed in the hold of a ship (or in the gondola of a balloon), to provide stability.
- (figurative) Anything that steadies emotion or the mind.
- an electrical device for starting and regulating fluorescent and discharge lamps
- a resistor inserted into a circuit to compensate for changes (as those arising from temperature fluctuations)
- an attribute that tends to give stability in character and morals; something that steadies the mind or feelings
- coarse gravel laid to form a bed for streets and railroads
- any heavy material used to stabilize a ship or airship
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- (anatomy) The flat portion at the base of the stapes; pedicel.
- The engineer's cab in any kind of train.
- (construction) A timber in a wood frame that distributes a concentrated load.
- The part of a roller skate that attaches to the boot.
- (automotive) A platform on which the driver's foot rests but which, unlike a pedal, has no effect.
- (rail transport) The metal plate which forms the base platform of a steam locomotive and supports the boiler and the driver's cab, particularly in the United Kingdom.
- the platform in the cab of a locomotive on which the engineer stands to operate the controls
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- (by extension) Of a thing (especially (rail transport) a rail): having a flat base; flat-bottomed.
- Of an animal: having feet which are naturally flat; (specifically) of a horse: having hoofs with soles close to the ground.
- Blunt and unsubtle; lacking finesse; clumsy.
- (US) Unprepared, unready.
- Of a person: having the physical condition of flat feet (“a condition where the soles of the feet are in full contact with the ground, either because the arches have collapsed or because they never developed”).
- unprepared and unable to react quickly
- forthright and explicit
- with feet flat on the ground; not tiptoe
- having broad flat feet that usually turn outward