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noun
- The action of inverting.
- The act of being in an inverted state; being upside down, inside out, or in a reverse sequence.
- the act of turning inside out
- turning upside down; setting on end
- (grammar) Deviation from standard word order, as for example by putting the predicate before the subject. It takes place in questions with auxiliary verbs; in normal, affirmative clauses beginning with a negative particle, for the purpose of emphasis; and in other rhetorical devices or unusual situations.
- (meteorology) A situation where air temperature increases with altitude (the ground being colder than the surrounding air).
- (music) The reversal of an interval; the move of one pitch in an interval up or down an octave.
- A section of a roller coaster where passengers are temporarily turned upside down.
- (algebra) An operation on a group, analogous to negation.
- (music) The position of a chord which has a note other than the root as its bass note.
- (biochemistry) The catalytic action of invertase.
- (genetics) A segment of DNA in the context of a chromosome that is reversed in orientation relative to a reference karyotype or genome.
- (music) The flipping of a melody or contrapuntal line so that high notes become low and vice versa; the reversal of a pitch contour.
- the reversal of the normal order of words
- a chemical process in which the direction of optical rotation of a substance is reversed from dextrorotatory to levorotary or vice versa
- the layer of air near the earth is cooler than an overlying layer
- a term formerly used to mean taking on the gender role of the opposite sex
- abnormal condition in which an organ is turned inward or inside out (as when the upper part of the uterus is pulled into the cervical canal after childbirth)
- (counterpoint) a variation of a melody or part in which ascending intervals are replaced by descending intervals and vice versa
- (genetics) a kind of mutation in which the order of the genes in a section of a chromosome is reversed
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verb
- (transitive) To diminish the significance of a previous defeat by winning; to make a comeback from.
- (law, transitive) To reverse (a decision); to overrule or rescind.
- (ambitransitive) To turn over, capsize or upset.
- (transitive) To overthrow or destroy.
- (intransitive, of a body of water) To undergo a limnic eruption, where dissolved gas suddenly erupts from the depths.
- cause the downfall of; of rulers
- turn from an upright or normal position
- cancel officially
- cause to overturn from an upright or normal position
- rule against
- change radically
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- turning or twisting around (in place)
- a time period for working (after which you will be relieved by someone else)
- (sports) a division of a game during which one team is on the offensive
- a movement in a new direction
- a short performance that is part of a longer program
- (game) the activity of doing something in an agreed succession
- a circular segment of a curve
- the act of turning away or in the opposite direction
- the act of changing or reversing the direction of the course
- a favor for someone
- taking a short walk out and back
- an unforeseen development
- A fit or a period of giddiness.
- A movement of an object about its own axis in one direction that continues until the object returns to its initial orientation.
- (geometry) A unit of plane angle measurement based on this movement.
- A change in temperament or circumstance.
- A change of direction or orientation.
- A deed done to another; an act of kindness or malice.
- The transition from one period or era to another.
- One's chance to make a move in a game having two or more players.
- A walk to and fro.
- (soccer) An instance of going past an opposition player with the ball in one's control.
- (UK, finance, historical) The profit made by a stockjobber, being the difference between the buying and selling prices.
- A chance to use (something) shared in sequence with others.
- A figure in music, often denoted ~, consisting of the note above the one indicated, the note itself, the note below the one indicated, and the note itself again.
- (rope) A pass behind or through an object.
- A single loop of a coil.
- (poker) The fourth communal card in Texas hold 'em.
- Character; personality; nature.
- A spell of work, especially the time allotted to a person in a rota or schedule.
- (cricket) A sideways movement of the ball when it bounces (caused by rotation in flight).
- The time required to complete a project.
- (circus, theater, especially physical comedy) A short skit, act, or routine.
verb
- accomplish by rotating
- to break and turn over earth especially with a plow
- to send or let go
- pass to the other side of
- twist suddenly so as to sprain
- to change orientation or direction
- move around an axis or a center
- get by buying and selling
- channel one's attention, interest, thought, or attention toward or away from something
- let (something) fall or spill from a container
- alter the functioning or setting of
- undergo a transformation or a change of position or action
- cause to change or turn into something different;assume new characteristics
- shape by rotating on a lathe or cutting device or a wheel
- cause to move around or rotate
- pass into a condition gradually, take on a specific property or attribute; become
- become officially one year older
- go sour or spoil
- change to the contrary
- cause to move around a center so as to show another side of
- have recourse to or make an appeal or request for help or information to
- change color
- undergo a change or development
- cause (an object) to assume a crooked or angular form
- cause to move along an axis or into a new direction
- direct at someone
- (transitive, roleplaying games) To magically or divinely repel undead.
- (intransitive) To change the color of the leaves in the autumn.
- To change fundamentally; to metamorphose.
- (transitive, fantasy) To change (a person) into a vampire, werewolf, zombie, etc.
- (by extension) To give form to; to shape or mould; to adapt.
- (intransitive, fantasy) To transform into a vampire, werewolf, zombie, etc.
- (professional wrestling) To change personalities, such as from being a face (good guy) to heel (bad guy) or vice versa.
- To undergo the process of turning on a lathe.
- To be nauseated; said of the stomach.
- (transitive) To shape (something) symmetrically by rotating it against a stationary cutting tool, as on a lathe.
- (ambitransitive) To make or become giddy; said of the head or brain.
- (transitive, usually with over) To complete.
- (transitive, soccer) Of a player, to go past an opposition player with the ball in one's control.
- (intransitive) To change one's direction of travel.
- To sicken; to nauseate.
- (transitive) To direct or impel (something) into a place.
- (transitive) To twist or sprain.
- (obstetrics) To bring down the feet of a child in the womb, in order to facilitate delivery.
- (transitive, cricket) Of a bowler, to make (the ball) move sideways off the pitch when it bounces.
- (intransitive) To sour or spoil; to go bad.
- (intransitive, of a body, person, etc) To move about an axis through itself.
- (transitive, figuratively) To navigate through a book or other printed material.
- (transitive) To position (something) by folding it, or using its folds.
- To hinge; to depend.
- (transitive) To make acid or sour; to ferment; to curdle.
- (reflexive) To change one's course of action; to take a new approach.
- To rebel; to go against something formerly tolerated.
- (intransitive, cricket) Of a ball, to move sideways off the pitch when it bounces.
- (copulative) To become (often used with colors, clear sudden changes, weather and ages).
- (transitive, slang, sometimes offensive) To change the sexual orientation or gender of another person, or otherwise awaken a sexual preference.
- (transitive) To make (money); turn a profit.
- (transitive) To change the direction or orientation of, especially by rotation.
noun
- turning or twisting around (in place)
- any clever maneuver
- social dancing in which couples vigorously twist their hips and arms in time to the music; was popular in the 1960s
- a circular segment of a curve
- a jerky pulling movement
- the act of rotating rapidly
- a sharp strain on muscles or ligaments
- a hairdo formed by braiding or twisting the hair
- an unforeseen development
- a sharp bend in a line produced when a line having a loop is pulled tight
- a miniature whirlpool or whirlwind resulting when the current of a fluid doubles back on itself
- an interpretation of a text or action
- the act of winding or twisting
- A distortion to the meaning of a passage or word.
- The spiral course of the rifling of a gun barrel or a cannon.
- A type of thread made from two filaments twisted together.
- (preceded by definite article) A modern dance popular in Western culture in the late 1950s and 1960s, based on rotating the hips repeatedly from side to side. See Twist (dance) on Wikipedia for more details.
- A twisting force.
- A material for gun barrels, consisting of iron and steel twisted and welded together.
- The form given in twisting.
- Anything twisted, or the act of twisting.
- An unexpected turn in a story, tale, etc.
- (slang) A girl, a woman.
- A rotation of the body when diving.
- A roll or baton of baked dough or pastry in a twisted shape.
- A strong individual tendency or bent; inclination.
- The degree of stress or strain when twisted.
- Ellipsis of hair twist.
- A sudden bend (or short series of bends) in a road, path, etc.
- A sliver of lemon peel added to a cocktail, etc.
- A sprain, especially to the ankle.
- (countable, uncountable) A small roll of tobacco.
verb
- to move in a twisting or contorted motion, (especially when struggling)
- form into a spiral shape
- do the twist
- twist suddenly so as to sprain
- form into twists
- extend in curves and turns
- twist or pull violently or suddenly, especially so as to remove (something) from that to which it is attached or from where it originates
- practice sophistry; change the meaning of or be vague about in order to mislead or deceive
- turn in the opposite direction
- cause (an object) to assume a crooked or angular form
- To distort or change the truth or meaning of words when repeating.
- (transitive) To coax.
- To contort; to writhe; to complicate; to crook spirally; to convolve.
- (transitive) To cause to rotate.
- To turn the ends of something, usually thread, rope etc., in opposite directions, often using force.
- To join together by twining one part around another.
- (card games) In the game of blackjack (pontoon or twenty-one), to be dealt another card.
- (reflexive) To wind into; to insinuate.
- (intransitive) To dance the twist (a type of dance characterised by twisting one's hips).
- To turn a knob etc.
- (intransitive, of a path) To wind; to follow a bendy or wavy course; to have many bends.
- To form a twist (in any of the above noun meanings).
- To wreathe; to wind; to encircle; to unite by intertexture of parts.
- To injure (a body part) by bending it in the wrong direction.
noun
- The action of turning something the reverse way.
- The fact of being turned the reverse way.
- The action of reverting something.
- (property law) The right of succeeding to an estate, or to another possession.
- The action of returning to a former condition or practice.
- (genetics) The return of a genetic characteristic after a period of suppression.
- (Islam, usually proscribed) The act of conversion to Islam, due to the belief that all people are born Muslim.
- The right of succeeding to an office after the death or retirement of the holder.
- (property law) An estate which has been returned in this manner.
- A sum payable on a person's death.
- (property law) The return of an estate to the donor or grantor after expiry of the grant.
- a reappearance of an earlier characteristic
- turning in the opposite direction
- (genetics) a return to a normal phenotype (usually resulting from a second mutation)
- (law) an interest in an estate that reverts to the grantor (or their heirs) at the end of some period (e.g., the death of the grantee)
- returning to a former state
- a failure to maintain a higher state
adj
- being in such a position that top and bottom are reversed
- (of a plant ovule) completely inverted; turned back 180 degrees on its stalk
- Having the order or direction changed; for example, turned upside down, reversed, or in any other way opposite or contrary.
- (music, of a chord) Having the lowest note transposed an octave higher.
- (chemistry, of sugar) Having its polarization changed by hydrolysis; see invert sugar.
- (Internet slang, conspiracy theories, of a person) Assumed to be transgender, in the terms of transvestigation.
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- turn inside out or upside down
- reverse the position, order, relation, or condition of
- make an inversion (in a musical composition)
- (anatomy) To turn (the foot) inwards.
- (transitive) To turn (something) upside down or inside out; to place in a contrary order or direction.
- (transitive, music) To move (the root note of a chord) up or down an octave, resulting in a change in pitch.
- To divert; to convert to a wrong use.
- (chemistry, intransitive) To undergo inversion, as sugar.
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- (civil engineering) An elevation of a pipe at a certain point along the pipe.
- (civil engineering) The lowest point inside a pipe at a certain point.
- (Internet slang, conspiracy theories) Of a person, assumed to be transgender, in terms of transvestigation.
- (architecture) An inverted arch (as in a sewer).
- (zoology, informal) An invertebrate.
- A skateboarding and snowboarding trick where the skater grabs the board and plants a hand on the coping so as to balance upside-down on the lip of a ramp.
- The base of a tunnel on which the road or railway may be laid and used when construction is through unstable ground. It may be flat or form a continuous curve with the tunnel arch.
verb
- turn inside out or upside down
- (transitive) To turn something inside out or upside down.
- cancel officially
- change to the contrary
- rule against
- reverse the position, order, relation, or condition of
- (chemistry) To change the direction of a reaction such that the products become the reactants and vice-versa.
- (transitive) To turn something around so that it faces the opposite direction or runs in the opposite sequence.
- (transitive) To change totally; to alter to the opposite.
- (rail transport, intransitive, of points) To move from the normal position to the reverse position.
- (law) To revoke a law, or to change a decision into its opposite.
- (computing) Ellipsis of reverse-engineer.
- (transitive) To transpose the positions of two things.
- (aviation, transitive) To engage reverse thrust on (an engine).
- (rail transport, transitive) To place (a set of points) in the reverse position.
- (ergative, transport) To cause a mechanism to operate or move in the opposite direction to normal; to drive a vehicle in the direction the driver has the back.
- To overthrow; to subvert.
adj
- reversed (turned backward) in order or nature or effect
- directed or moving toward the rear
- of the transmission gear causing backward movement in a motor vehicle
- (rail transport, of points) To be in the non-default position; to be set for the lesser-used route.
- (botany) Reversed.
- Pertaining to engines, vehicle movement etc. moving in a direction opposite to the usual direction.
- Opposite, contrary; going in the opposite direction.
- Turned upside down; greatly disturbed.
- (genetics) In which cDNA synthetization is obtained from an RNA template.
noun
- a relation of direct opposition
- the gears by which the motion of a machine can be reversed
- turning in the opposite direction
- (American football) a running play in which a back running in one direction hands the ball to a back running in the opposite direction
- an unfortunate happening that hinders or impedes; something that is thwarting or frustrating
- the side of a coin or medal that does not bear the principal design
- (surgery) A turn or fold made in bandaging, by which the direction of the bandage is changed.
- The act of going backwards; a reversal.
- A piece of misfortune; a setback.
- (graph theory) Synonym of transpose.
- (numismatics) The tails side of a coin, or the side of a medal or badge that is opposite the obverse.
- The opposite of something.
- A thrust in fencing made with a backward turn of the hand; a backhanded stroke.
- The side of something facing away from a viewer, or from what is considered the front; the other side.
- The gear setting of an automobile that makes it travel backwards. (Denoted with symbol R on a shifter's labeling.)
verb
- turn inside out or upside down
- hold back, as of a danger or an enemy; check the expansion or influence of
- go back to a previous state
- force to go away; used both with concrete and metaphoric meanings
- retrace one's course
- (transitive) To prevent, or refuse to allow, passage or progress.
- (transitive) To fold something back; to fold down.
- (transitive) To adjust to a previous setting.
- (transitive) To cause to reverse direction and retrace one's steps.
- To return to a previous state of being.
- (intransitive) To reverse direction and retrace one's steps.
noun
- The act of reversing direction and receding from a forward position.
- (military) Withdrawal by a military force from a dangerous position or from enemy attack.
- (chess) The move of a piece from a threatened position.
- A period of retirement, seclusion, or solitude, especially for meditation, prayer, or study.
- (military) A bugle call or drumbeat signaling the lowering of the flag at sunset, as on a military base.
- (military) A signal for a military withdrawal.
- A peaceful, quiet place affording privacy or security.
- (military) A military ceremony to lower the flag.
- The act of pulling back or withdrawing, as from something dangerous, or unpleasant.
- (military) a signal to begin a withdrawal from a dangerous position
- the act of withdrawing or going backward (especially to escape something hazardous or unpleasant)
- (military) a bugle call signaling the lowering of the flag at sunset
- a place of privacy; a place affording peace and quiet
- withdrawal for prayer and study and meditation
- (military) withdrawal of troops to a more favorable position to escape the enemy's superior forces or after a defeat
- an area where you can be alone
verb
- (intransitive) To withdraw from a position, go back.
- (intransitive) To shrink back due to generally warmer temperatures. (of a glacier)
- (intransitive) To slope back.
- (intransitive) To withdraw military forces.
- Alternative form of re-treat.
- move away, as for privacy
- move back
- make a retreat from an earlier commitment or activity
- pull back or move away or backward
noun
- An instance of reversing.
- turning in an opposite direction or position
- A change in fortune; a change from being successful to having problems.
- (card games) A rule in Tycoon where a three of a particular suit (most commonly spades) can beat a single joker. During revolution, most rulesets instead use a two of that suit to do this.
- A change to an opposite direction.
- The state of being reversed.
- a change from one state to the opposite state
- the act of reversing the order or place of
- turning in the opposite direction
- a decision to reverse an earlier decision
- an unfortunate happening that hinders or impedes; something that is thwarting or frustrating
- a judgment by a higher court that the judgment of a lower court was incorrect and should be set aside
- a major change in attitude or principle or point of view
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- (transitive) To twist into a contorted state.
- (intransitive, colloquial) To blunder; to make a mistake.
- (transitive, colloquial) To make a mess of; to ruin.
- (transitive) To raise by turning a rotary handle.
- (transitive) To raise or summon up.
- (transitive) To tighten or secure with screws.
- (transitive) To raise (rent, fees, etc.) to extortionate levels.
- make more intense
- make a mess of, destroy or ruin
- twist into a strained configuration
- screw or turn higher
verb
- (transitive) To put into an opposing position; to reverse.
- (transitive, colloquial) To process; to complete work on (something), especially with a view to sending it on in a finished state.
- (intransitive) To change one's opinion or attitude (especially when becoming hostile etc.).
- (intransitive) To turn so as to be facing in the opposite direction.
- (transitive) To make (a ship, airplane etc.) ready for departure.
- (intransitive) To revolve or rotate around a centre.
verb
- (intransitive) To move by turning and twisting.
- (transitive) To form something by passing lengths or strands of material over and under one another.
- (transitive) To unite by close connection or intermixture.
- (transitive) To compose creatively and intricately; to fabricate.
- (transitive) To make (a path or way) by winding in and out or from side to side.
- (intransitive, of an animal) To move the head back and forth in a stereotyped pattern, typically as a symptom of stress.
- (transitive) To spin a cocoon or a web.
- interlace by or as if by weaving
- create a piece of cloth by interlacing strands of fabric, such as wool or cotton
- to move or cause to move in a sinuous, spiral, or circular course
- sway from side to side
noun
adj
- reversed (turned backward) in order or nature or effect
- opposite in nature or effect or relation to another quantity
- (mathematics) Having the properties of an inverse; said with reference to any two operations, which, when both are performed in succession upon any quantity, reproduce that quantity.
- (geometry) That has the property of being an inverse (the result of a circle inversion of a given point or geometrical figure); that is constructed by circle inversion.
- (botany) Inverted; having a position or mode of attachment the reverse of that which is usual.
- (category theory, of a category) Whose every element has an inverse (morphism which is both a left inverse and a right inverse).
- Reverse, opposite in order.
- Opposite in effect, nature or order.
noun
- An inverted state: a state in which something has been turned (properly) upside down or (loosely) inside out or backwards.
- something inverted in sequence or character or effect
- (functions) A second function which, when combined with the initially given function, yields as its output any term inputted into the first function.
- (category theory) A morphism which is both a left inverse and a right inverse.
- (multiplication) One divided by a given number.
- (geometry) The result of a circle inversion; the set of all such points; the curve described by such a set.
- The reverse of any procedure or process.
- (logic) The non-truth-preserving proposition constructed by negating both the premise and conclusion of an initially given proposition.
- (linguistics, Kiowa-Tanoan) A grammatical number marking that indicates the opposite grammatical number (or numbers) of the default number specification of noun class.
- (mathematics) A ratio etc. in which the antecedents and consequents are switched.
- (card games) The winning of the coup in a game of rouge et noir by a card of a color different from that first dealt; the area of the table reserved for bets upon such an outcome.
- (addition) The negative of a given number.
verb
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- reverse the winding or twisting of
- unroll, unfold, or spread out or be unrolled, unfolded, or spread out from a furled state
- (intransitive) To emerge, be revealed or become apparent; to unfold.
- (transitive) To straighten something that has been rolled, twisted or curled.
- (transitive, programming, software compilation) To replace (a loop in a program) with a repetitive sequence of the individual instructions that the loop would carry out, sometimes used as an optimization.
verb
- reverse the winding or twisting of
- separate the tangles of
- cause to feel relaxed
- become less tense, rest, or take one's ease
- (transitive, finance) To close out a position, especially a complicated position.
- (transitive, programming, software compilation) Synonym of unroll (“replace a loop with a sequence”).
- (transitive) To separate (something that is wound up)
- (transitive, figurative) To unravel or explain.
- (transitive, programming) To navigate back through (a call stack) so as to generate a stack trace etc.
- (intransitive) To be or become unwound; to be capable of being unwound or untwisted.
- (transitive, finance) To undo something.
- (intransitive, colloquial) To relax; to chill out; to rest and become relieved of stress
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- bent or curved backward
- pronounced with the tip of the tongue turned back toward the hard palate
- (phonetics) Of pronunciation in which the tip of the tongue is raised and bent backwards, so that the underside of the tongue approaches or touches the palate.
- (phonetics, general sense) Of any of the aforementioned pronunciations.
- Bent or curved backwards.
- (phonetics) Of pronunciation in which the blade of the tongue approaches or touches the back of the alveolar ridge.
- (phonetics) Of pronunciation in which the tip of the tongue approaches or touches the back of the alveolar ridge.
noun
- (phonetics, general sense) Any of the aforementioned consonants.
- (phonetics) A consonant pronounced with the blade of the tongue approaching or touching the back of the alveolar ridge.
- (phonetics) A consonant pronounced with the underside of the tongue approaching or touching the palate.
- (phonetics) A consonant pronounced with the tip of the tongue approaching or touching the back of the alveolar ridge.
adj
- Inclining or dipping in opposite directions.
- (physical chemistry) Describing a torsion angle between 90° and 150°.
- (botany) Used to describe a type of cell division in a layer of cells that occurs perpendicular to the adjacent layer of cells.
- (geology) Consisting of, related to, or part of an anticline.
- sloping downward away from a common crest
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verb
- To reverse the effects of an action.
- (transitive) To unfasten.
- (transitive, colloquial) To unfasten the clothing of (a person).
- (figuratively) To impoverish or ruin, as in reputation; to cause the downfall of.
- cancel, annul, or reverse an action or its effect
- cause the ruin or downfall of
- deprive of certain characteristics
- cause to become loose
- remove the outer cover or wrapping of
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verb
- turn upside down, or throw so as to reverse
- toss with a sharp movement so as to cause to turn over in the air
- cause to go on or to be engaged or set in operation
- look through a book or other written material
- cause to move with a flick
- move with a flick or light motion
- react in an excited, delighted, or surprised way
- go mad, go crazy
- lightly throw to see which side comes up
- throw or toss with a light motion
- reverse (a direction, attitude, or course of action)
- (transitive, informal) To hand over or pass along.
- (transitive, finance, slang) To purchase and resell assets (often real estate or artworks) for immediate short-term profit.
- (intransitive, slang) To go berserk or crazy; to get extremely angry.
- (intransitive, informal) To switch to another task, etc.
- (intransitive, slang) To go berserk or crazy; to be extremely thrilled or enthusiastic.
- (transitive, US) To induce someone to turn state's evidence; to get someone to agree to testify against their co-conspirators in exchange for concessions.
- (intransitive, US) To turn state's evidence; to agree to testify against one's co-conspirators in exchange for concessions from prosecutors.
- (intransitive) To flap.
- (transitive) To put into a quick revolving motion through a snap of the thumb and index finger.
- (transitive) To throw so as to turn over.
- (transitive, US politics) To win a state (or county) won by another party in the preceding elections.
- (transitive, computing) To invert a bit (binary digit), changing it from 0 to 1 or from 1 to 0.
- (transitive, finance, slang) To refinance (a loan), accruing additional fees.
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- a dive in which the diver somersaults before entering the water
- the act of flipping a coin
- hot or cold alcoholic mixed drink containing a beaten egg
- an acrobatic feat in which the feet roll over the head (either forward or backward) and return
- (sports) the act of throwing the ball to another member of your team
- a sudden, quick movement
- A hairstyle popular among boys in the 1960s–70s and 2000s–10s, in which the hair goes halfway down the ears, at which point it sticks out
- A mixture of beer, spirit, etc., stirred and heated by a hot iron (a "flip dog").
- A short flight.
- (informal) The purchase of an asset (usually a house) which is then improved and sold quickly for profit.
- A complete change of direction, decision, movement etc.
- (firearms, uncountable) The tendency of a gun's barrel to jerk about at the moment of firing.
- A maneuver which rotates an object end over end.
- (US, slang) A slingshot.
intj
verb
- turn upside down, or throw so as to reverse
- (transitive) To flip over; to rotate uppermost to bottom.
- turn up, loosen, or remove earth
- do business worth a certain amount of money
- move by turning over or rotating
- turn from an upright or normal position
- cause to overturn from an upright or normal position
- think about carefully; weigh
- cause to move around a center so as to show another side of
- place into the hands or custody of
- (transitive) To cause extensive disturbance or disruption to (a room, storage place, etc.), e.g. while searching for an item, or ransacking a property.
- (transitive, idiomatic) To transfer.
- (transitive, sports) To give up control (of the ball and thus the ability to score).
- (transitive) To mull, ponder
- (transitive, idiomatic) To produce, complete, or cycle through.
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see turn, over.
- (transitive, intransitive) To spin the crankshaft of an internal combustion engine using the starter or hand crank in an attempt to make it run.
- (transitive, business) To generate (a certain amount of money from sales).
- (transitive, idiomatic) To relinquish; give back.
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- An automatic response to a simple stimulus which does not require mental processing.
- (linguistics, rare) The ancestor word corresponding to a descendant.
- (linguistics) The descendant of an earlier language element, such as a word or phoneme, in a daughter language.
- The descendant of anything from an earlier time, such as a cultural myth.
- (chiefly photography) A reflection or an image produced by a reflection; the light reflected from an illuminated surface to one in shade.
- an automatic instinctive unlearned reaction to a stimulus
noun
- The state of being cocked; an upward turn, tilt or angle.
- (UK, Commonwealth, Ireland, derogatory, slang) A stupid, obnoxious or contemptible person.
- The bridge piece that affords a bearing for the pivot of a balance in a clock or watch.
- A cock pigeon.
- The indicator of a balance.
- A male fish, especially a salmon or trout.
- A rooster: a male gallinaceous bird, especially a male domestic chicken (Gallus gallus domesticus).
- (slang, UK, Ireland, Commonwealth, especially as term of address) A man; a fellow.
- A vane in the shape of a cock; a weathercock.
- A valve or tap for controlling flow in plumbing.
- (informal) Shuttlecock.
- A boastful tilt of one's head or hat.
- The crow of a cock, especially the first crow in the morning; cockcrow.
- A small conical pile of hay or grass.
- (UK, Ireland, Commonwealth, derogatory, slang, uncountable) Nonsense; rubbish; a fraud.
- (curling) The circle at the end of the rink.
- The hammer of a firearm trigger mechanism.
- (colloquial, vulgar) A penis.
- (Southern US, where it is now rare and dated; and African-American Vernacular, where it is still sometimes used) Vulva, vagina.
- The style or gnomon of a sundial.
- Abbreviation of cock-boat, a type of small boat.
- faucet consisting of a rotating device for regulating flow of a liquid
- obscene terms for penis
- the part of a gunlock that strikes the percussion cap when the trigger is pulled
- adult male chicken
- adult male bird
intj
verb
- (transitive) To turn or twist something upwards or to one side; to lift or tilt (e.g. headwear) boastfully.
- (British, Ireland, transitive, slang) To copulate with; (by extension, as with fuck) to mess up, to damage, to destroy.
- (transitive) To erect; to turn up.
- (intransitive) To be prepared to be triggered by having the cock lifted.
- (transitive) To form into piles.
- (ambitransitive) To lift the cock of a firearm or crossbow; to prepare (a gun or crossbow) to be fired.
- tilt or slant to one side
- to walk with a lofty proud gait, often in an attempt to impress others
- set the trigger of a firearm back for firing
verb
noun
verb
- (transitive) To flip; to reverse (an image).
- (poker, transitive) To have (a hand) using the community cards dealt on the flop.
- (intransitive, slang) To stay, sleep or live in a place.
- (intransitive) To fall heavily due to lack of energy.
- (intransitive, informal) To fail completely; not to be successful at all (of a movie, play, book, song etc.).
- (sports, intransitive) To pretend to be fouled in sports, such as basketball, hockey (the same as to dive in soccer)
- (transitive, prison slang) To deny someone parole.
- (intransitive) To strike about with something broad and flat, as a fish with its tail, or a bird with its wings; to rise and fall; to flap.
- (transitive) To cause to drop heavily.
- fail utterly; collapse
- fall suddenly and abruptly
- fall loosely
adv
intj
noun
- A heavy, passive fall; a plopping down.
- (poker) The first three cards turned face-up by the dealer in a community card poker game.
- (by confusion, computing) One floating-point operation per second, a unit of measure of processor speed.
- Dung, as in cow-flop.
- A complete failure, especially in the entertainment industry.
- (slang) A flophouse.
- (computing) Abbreviation of floating-point operation.
- someone who is unsuccessful
- an arithmetic operation performed on floating-point numbers
- the act of throwing yourself down; collapse; sink
- a complete failure
adj
- capable of reversing or being reversed
- capable of being reversed
- capable of being reversed or used with either side out
- capable of assuming or producing either of two states
- (of clothing) Able to be worn inside out.
- (thermodynamics) Capable of returning to the original state without consumption of free energy and increase of entropy.
- (chemistry, of a chemical reaction) Capable of proceeding in either direction.
- Able to be reversed.
- (physics, of a phase change) Capable of returning to the original state.
- (law) Providing sufficient reason for a court decision to be overturned on appeal.
noun
verb
- (transitive) To cause to incline downward; to slant.
- To descend from rank or dignity; to condescend.
- (transitive) To cause to submit; to prostrate.
- To bend the upper part of the body forward and downward to a half-squatting position; crouch.
- (intransitive) Of a bird of prey: to swoop down on its prey.
- To yield; to submit; to bend, as by compulsion; to assume a position of humility or subjection.
- To lower oneself; to demean oneself in doing something below one's status, standards, or morals.
- sag, bend, bend over or down
- bend one's back forward from the waist on down
- carry oneself, often habitually, with head, shoulders, and upper back bent forward
- descend swiftly, as if on prey
- debase oneself morally, act in an undignified, unworthy, or dishonorable way
noun
- (architecture, chiefly New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, also Canada) The staircase and landing or porch leading to the entrance of a residence.
- (dialect) A post or pillar, especially a gatepost or a support in a mine.
- A stooping, bent position of the body.
- A vessel for holding liquids; like a flagon but without the spout.
- (architecture, US) The threshold of a doorway; a doorstep.
- An accelerated descent in flight, as that for an attack.
- small porch or set of steps at the front entrance of a house
- basin for holy water
- an inclination of the top half of the body forward and downward
noun
- The action of putting something back; a switching into reverse.
- (television, film) A backdrop.
- (music) Musicians and vocalists who support the main performer.
- The mounting of a horse or other animal.
- Support, especially financial.
- A liner or other material added behind or underneath.
- financial resources provided to make some project possible
- the act of providing approval and support
- something forming a back that is added for strengthening
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verb
verb
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verb
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verb
noun
noun
- the act of inclining; bending forward
- that toward which you are inclined to feel a liking
- (geometry) the angle formed by the x-axis and a given line (measured counterclockwise from the positive half of the x-axis)
- (astronomy) the angle between the plane of the orbit and the plane of the ecliptic stated in degrees
- an attitude of mind especially one that favors one alternative over others
- (physics) the angle that a magnetic needle makes with the plane of the horizon
- a characteristic likelihood of or natural disposition toward a certain condition or character or effect
- the property possessed by a line or surface that departs from the vertical
- A tendency.
- A slant or slope.
- (geometry) The angle of intersection of a reference plane.
- A physical tilt or bend.
noun
- The action of inverting.
- The act of being in an inverted state; being upside down, inside out, or in a reverse sequence.
- the act of turning inside out
- turning upside down; setting on end
- (grammar) Deviation from standard word order, as for example by putting the predicate before the subject. It takes place in questions with auxiliary verbs; in normal, affirmative clauses beginning with a negative particle, for the purpose of emphasis; and in other rhetorical devices or unusual situations.
- (meteorology) A situation where air temperature increases with altitude (the ground being colder than the surrounding air).
- (music) The reversal of an interval; the move of one pitch in an interval up or down an octave.
- A section of a roller coaster where passengers are temporarily turned upside down.
- (algebra) An operation on a group, analogous to negation.
- (music) The position of a chord which has a note other than the root as its bass note.
- (biochemistry) The catalytic action of invertase.
- (genetics) A segment of DNA in the context of a chromosome that is reversed in orientation relative to a reference karyotype or genome.
- (music) The flipping of a melody or contrapuntal line so that high notes become low and vice versa; the reversal of a pitch contour.
- the reversal of the normal order of words
- a chemical process in which the direction of optical rotation of a substance is reversed from dextrorotatory to levorotary or vice versa
- the layer of air near the earth is cooler than an overlying layer
- a term formerly used to mean taking on the gender role of the opposite sex
- abnormal condition in which an organ is turned inward or inside out (as when the upper part of the uterus is pulled into the cervical canal after childbirth)
- (counterpoint) a variation of a melody or part in which ascending intervals are replaced by descending intervals and vice versa
- (genetics) a kind of mutation in which the order of the genes in a section of a chromosome is reversed
noun
verb
- (transitive) To diminish the significance of a previous defeat by winning; to make a comeback from.
- (law, transitive) To reverse (a decision); to overrule or rescind.
- (ambitransitive) To turn over, capsize or upset.
- (transitive) To overthrow or destroy.
- (intransitive, of a body of water) To undergo a limnic eruption, where dissolved gas suddenly erupts from the depths.
- cause the downfall of; of rulers
- turn from an upright or normal position
- cancel officially
- cause to overturn from an upright or normal position
- rule against
- change radically
noun
- turning or twisting around (in place)
- a time period for working (after which you will be relieved by someone else)
- (sports) a division of a game during which one team is on the offensive
- a movement in a new direction
- a short performance that is part of a longer program
- (game) the activity of doing something in an agreed succession
- a circular segment of a curve
- the act of turning away or in the opposite direction
- the act of changing or reversing the direction of the course
- a favor for someone
- taking a short walk out and back
- an unforeseen development
- A fit or a period of giddiness.
- A movement of an object about its own axis in one direction that continues until the object returns to its initial orientation.
- (geometry) A unit of plane angle measurement based on this movement.
- A change in temperament or circumstance.
- A change of direction or orientation.
- A deed done to another; an act of kindness or malice.
- The transition from one period or era to another.
- One's chance to make a move in a game having two or more players.
- A walk to and fro.
- (soccer) An instance of going past an opposition player with the ball in one's control.
- (UK, finance, historical) The profit made by a stockjobber, being the difference between the buying and selling prices.
- A chance to use (something) shared in sequence with others.
- A figure in music, often denoted ~, consisting of the note above the one indicated, the note itself, the note below the one indicated, and the note itself again.
- (rope) A pass behind or through an object.
- A single loop of a coil.
- (poker) The fourth communal card in Texas hold 'em.
- Character; personality; nature.
- A spell of work, especially the time allotted to a person in a rota or schedule.
- (cricket) A sideways movement of the ball when it bounces (caused by rotation in flight).
- The time required to complete a project.
- (circus, theater, especially physical comedy) A short skit, act, or routine.
verb
- accomplish by rotating
- to break and turn over earth especially with a plow
- to send or let go
- pass to the other side of
- twist suddenly so as to sprain
- to change orientation or direction
- move around an axis or a center
- get by buying and selling
- channel one's attention, interest, thought, or attention toward or away from something
- let (something) fall or spill from a container
- alter the functioning or setting of
- undergo a transformation or a change of position or action
- cause to change or turn into something different;assume new characteristics
- shape by rotating on a lathe or cutting device or a wheel
- cause to move around or rotate
- pass into a condition gradually, take on a specific property or attribute; become
- become officially one year older
- go sour or spoil
- change to the contrary
- cause to move around a center so as to show another side of
- have recourse to or make an appeal or request for help or information to
- change color
- undergo a change or development
- cause (an object) to assume a crooked or angular form
- cause to move along an axis or into a new direction
- direct at someone
- (transitive, roleplaying games) To magically or divinely repel undead.
- (intransitive) To change the color of the leaves in the autumn.
- To change fundamentally; to metamorphose.
- (transitive, fantasy) To change (a person) into a vampire, werewolf, zombie, etc.
- (by extension) To give form to; to shape or mould; to adapt.
- (intransitive, fantasy) To transform into a vampire, werewolf, zombie, etc.
- (professional wrestling) To change personalities, such as from being a face (good guy) to heel (bad guy) or vice versa.
- To undergo the process of turning on a lathe.
- To be nauseated; said of the stomach.
- (transitive) To shape (something) symmetrically by rotating it against a stationary cutting tool, as on a lathe.
- (ambitransitive) To make or become giddy; said of the head or brain.
- (transitive, usually with over) To complete.
- (transitive, soccer) Of a player, to go past an opposition player with the ball in one's control.
- (intransitive) To change one's direction of travel.
- To sicken; to nauseate.
- (transitive) To direct or impel (something) into a place.
- (transitive) To twist or sprain.
- (obstetrics) To bring down the feet of a child in the womb, in order to facilitate delivery.
- (transitive, cricket) Of a bowler, to make (the ball) move sideways off the pitch when it bounces.
- (intransitive) To sour or spoil; to go bad.
- (intransitive, of a body, person, etc) To move about an axis through itself.
- (transitive, figuratively) To navigate through a book or other printed material.
- (transitive) To position (something) by folding it, or using its folds.
- To hinge; to depend.
- (transitive) To make acid or sour; to ferment; to curdle.
- (reflexive) To change one's course of action; to take a new approach.
- To rebel; to go against something formerly tolerated.
- (intransitive, cricket) Of a ball, to move sideways off the pitch when it bounces.
- (copulative) To become (often used with colors, clear sudden changes, weather and ages).
- (transitive, slang, sometimes offensive) To change the sexual orientation or gender of another person, or otherwise awaken a sexual preference.
- (transitive) To make (money); turn a profit.
- (transitive) To change the direction or orientation of, especially by rotation.
noun
- turning or twisting around (in place)
- any clever maneuver
- social dancing in which couples vigorously twist their hips and arms in time to the music; was popular in the 1960s
- a circular segment of a curve
- a jerky pulling movement
- the act of rotating rapidly
- a sharp strain on muscles or ligaments
- a hairdo formed by braiding or twisting the hair
- an unforeseen development
- a sharp bend in a line produced when a line having a loop is pulled tight
- a miniature whirlpool or whirlwind resulting when the current of a fluid doubles back on itself
- an interpretation of a text or action
- the act of winding or twisting
- A distortion to the meaning of a passage or word.
- The spiral course of the rifling of a gun barrel or a cannon.
- A type of thread made from two filaments twisted together.
- (preceded by definite article) A modern dance popular in Western culture in the late 1950s and 1960s, based on rotating the hips repeatedly from side to side. See Twist (dance) on Wikipedia for more details.
- A twisting force.
- A material for gun barrels, consisting of iron and steel twisted and welded together.
- The form given in twisting.
- Anything twisted, or the act of twisting.
- An unexpected turn in a story, tale, etc.
- (slang) A girl, a woman.
- A rotation of the body when diving.
- A roll or baton of baked dough or pastry in a twisted shape.
- A strong individual tendency or bent; inclination.
- The degree of stress or strain when twisted.
- Ellipsis of hair twist.
- A sudden bend (or short series of bends) in a road, path, etc.
- A sliver of lemon peel added to a cocktail, etc.
- A sprain, especially to the ankle.
- (countable, uncountable) A small roll of tobacco.
verb
- to move in a twisting or contorted motion, (especially when struggling)
- form into a spiral shape
- do the twist
- twist suddenly so as to sprain
- form into twists
- extend in curves and turns
- twist or pull violently or suddenly, especially so as to remove (something) from that to which it is attached or from where it originates
- practice sophistry; change the meaning of or be vague about in order to mislead or deceive
- turn in the opposite direction
- cause (an object) to assume a crooked or angular form
- To distort or change the truth or meaning of words when repeating.
- (transitive) To coax.
- To contort; to writhe; to complicate; to crook spirally; to convolve.
- (transitive) To cause to rotate.
- To turn the ends of something, usually thread, rope etc., in opposite directions, often using force.
- To join together by twining one part around another.
- (card games) In the game of blackjack (pontoon or twenty-one), to be dealt another card.
- (reflexive) To wind into; to insinuate.
- (intransitive) To dance the twist (a type of dance characterised by twisting one's hips).
- To turn a knob etc.
- (intransitive, of a path) To wind; to follow a bendy or wavy course; to have many bends.
- To form a twist (in any of the above noun meanings).
- To wreathe; to wind; to encircle; to unite by intertexture of parts.
- To injure (a body part) by bending it in the wrong direction.
noun
- The action of turning something the reverse way.
- The fact of being turned the reverse way.
- The action of reverting something.
- (property law) The right of succeeding to an estate, or to another possession.
- The action of returning to a former condition or practice.
- (genetics) The return of a genetic characteristic after a period of suppression.
- (Islam, usually proscribed) The act of conversion to Islam, due to the belief that all people are born Muslim.
- The right of succeeding to an office after the death or retirement of the holder.
- (property law) An estate which has been returned in this manner.
- A sum payable on a person's death.
- (property law) The return of an estate to the donor or grantor after expiry of the grant.
- a reappearance of an earlier characteristic
- turning in the opposite direction
- (genetics) a return to a normal phenotype (usually resulting from a second mutation)
- (law) an interest in an estate that reverts to the grantor (or their heirs) at the end of some period (e.g., the death of the grantee)
- returning to a former state
- a failure to maintain a higher state
noun
- The act of reversing direction and receding from a forward position.
- (military) Withdrawal by a military force from a dangerous position or from enemy attack.
- (chess) The move of a piece from a threatened position.
- A period of retirement, seclusion, or solitude, especially for meditation, prayer, or study.
- (military) A bugle call or drumbeat signaling the lowering of the flag at sunset, as on a military base.
- (military) A signal for a military withdrawal.
- A peaceful, quiet place affording privacy or security.
- (military) A military ceremony to lower the flag.
- The act of pulling back or withdrawing, as from something dangerous, or unpleasant.
- (military) a signal to begin a withdrawal from a dangerous position
- the act of withdrawing or going backward (especially to escape something hazardous or unpleasant)
- (military) a bugle call signaling the lowering of the flag at sunset
- a place of privacy; a place affording peace and quiet
- withdrawal for prayer and study and meditation
- (military) withdrawal of troops to a more favorable position to escape the enemy's superior forces or after a defeat
- an area where you can be alone
verb
- (intransitive) To withdraw from a position, go back.
- (intransitive) To shrink back due to generally warmer temperatures. (of a glacier)
- (intransitive) To slope back.
- (intransitive) To withdraw military forces.
- Alternative form of re-treat.
- move away, as for privacy
- move back
- make a retreat from an earlier commitment or activity
- pull back or move away or backward
noun
- An instance of reversing.
- turning in an opposite direction or position
- A change in fortune; a change from being successful to having problems.
- (card games) A rule in Tycoon where a three of a particular suit (most commonly spades) can beat a single joker. During revolution, most rulesets instead use a two of that suit to do this.
- A change to an opposite direction.
- The state of being reversed.
- a change from one state to the opposite state
- the act of reversing the order or place of
- turning in the opposite direction
- a decision to reverse an earlier decision
- an unfortunate happening that hinders or impedes; something that is thwarting or frustrating
- a judgment by a higher court that the judgment of a lower court was incorrect and should be set aside
- a major change in attitude or principle or point of view
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- The state of being cocked; an upward turn, tilt or angle.
- (UK, Commonwealth, Ireland, derogatory, slang) A stupid, obnoxious or contemptible person.
- The bridge piece that affords a bearing for the pivot of a balance in a clock or watch.
- A cock pigeon.
- The indicator of a balance.
- A male fish, especially a salmon or trout.
- A rooster: a male gallinaceous bird, especially a male domestic chicken (Gallus gallus domesticus).
- (slang, UK, Ireland, Commonwealth, especially as term of address) A man; a fellow.
- A vane in the shape of a cock; a weathercock.
- A valve or tap for controlling flow in plumbing.
- (informal) Shuttlecock.
- A boastful tilt of one's head or hat.
- The crow of a cock, especially the first crow in the morning; cockcrow.
- A small conical pile of hay or grass.
- (UK, Ireland, Commonwealth, derogatory, slang, uncountable) Nonsense; rubbish; a fraud.
- (curling) The circle at the end of the rink.
- The hammer of a firearm trigger mechanism.
- (colloquial, vulgar) A penis.
- (Southern US, where it is now rare and dated; and African-American Vernacular, where it is still sometimes used) Vulva, vagina.
- The style or gnomon of a sundial.
- Abbreviation of cock-boat, a type of small boat.
- faucet consisting of a rotating device for regulating flow of a liquid
- obscene terms for penis
- the part of a gunlock that strikes the percussion cap when the trigger is pulled
- adult male chicken
- adult male bird
intj
verb
- (transitive) To turn or twist something upwards or to one side; to lift or tilt (e.g. headwear) boastfully.
- (British, Ireland, transitive, slang) To copulate with; (by extension, as with fuck) to mess up, to damage, to destroy.
- (transitive) To erect; to turn up.
- (intransitive) To be prepared to be triggered by having the cock lifted.
- (transitive) To form into piles.
- (ambitransitive) To lift the cock of a firearm or crossbow; to prepare (a gun or crossbow) to be fired.
- tilt or slant to one side
- to walk with a lofty proud gait, often in an attempt to impress others
- set the trigger of a firearm back for firing
adj
- reversed (turned backward) in order or nature or effect
- opposite in nature or effect or relation to another quantity
- (mathematics) Having the properties of an inverse; said with reference to any two operations, which, when both are performed in succession upon any quantity, reproduce that quantity.
- (geometry) That has the property of being an inverse (the result of a circle inversion of a given point or geometrical figure); that is constructed by circle inversion.
- (botany) Inverted; having a position or mode of attachment the reverse of that which is usual.
- (category theory, of a category) Whose every element has an inverse (morphism which is both a left inverse and a right inverse).
- Reverse, opposite in order.
- Opposite in effect, nature or order.
noun
- An inverted state: a state in which something has been turned (properly) upside down or (loosely) inside out or backwards.
- something inverted in sequence or character or effect
- (functions) A second function which, when combined with the initially given function, yields as its output any term inputted into the first function.
- (category theory) A morphism which is both a left inverse and a right inverse.
- (multiplication) One divided by a given number.
- (geometry) The result of a circle inversion; the set of all such points; the curve described by such a set.
- The reverse of any procedure or process.
- (logic) The non-truth-preserving proposition constructed by negating both the premise and conclusion of an initially given proposition.
- (linguistics, Kiowa-Tanoan) A grammatical number marking that indicates the opposite grammatical number (or numbers) of the default number specification of noun class.
- (mathematics) A ratio etc. in which the antecedents and consequents are switched.
- (card games) The winning of the coup in a game of rouge et noir by a card of a color different from that first dealt; the area of the table reserved for bets upon such an outcome.
- (addition) The negative of a given number.
verb
noun
- The action of putting something back; a switching into reverse.
- (television, film) A backdrop.
- (music) Musicians and vocalists who support the main performer.
- The mounting of a horse or other animal.
- Support, especially financial.
- A liner or other material added behind or underneath.
- financial resources provided to make some project possible
- the act of providing approval and support
- something forming a back that is added for strengthening
adj
verb
noun
- the act of inclining; bending forward
- that toward which you are inclined to feel a liking
- (geometry) the angle formed by the x-axis and a given line (measured counterclockwise from the positive half of the x-axis)
- (astronomy) the angle between the plane of the orbit and the plane of the ecliptic stated in degrees
- an attitude of mind especially one that favors one alternative over others
- (physics) the angle that a magnetic needle makes with the plane of the horizon
- a characteristic likelihood of or natural disposition toward a certain condition or character or effect
- the property possessed by a line or surface that departs from the vertical
- A tendency.
- A slant or slope.
- (geometry) The angle of intersection of a reference plane.
- A physical tilt or bend.
verb
verb
adj
adv
noun
verb
- turn inside out or upside down
- reverse the position, order, relation, or condition of
- make an inversion (in a musical composition)
- (anatomy) To turn (the foot) inwards.
- (transitive) To turn (something) upside down or inside out; to place in a contrary order or direction.
- (transitive, music) To move (the root note of a chord) up or down an octave, resulting in a change in pitch.
- To divert; to convert to a wrong use.
- (chemistry, intransitive) To undergo inversion, as sugar.
adj
noun
- (civil engineering) An elevation of a pipe at a certain point along the pipe.
- (civil engineering) The lowest point inside a pipe at a certain point.
- (Internet slang, conspiracy theories) Of a person, assumed to be transgender, in terms of transvestigation.
- (architecture) An inverted arch (as in a sewer).
- (zoology, informal) An invertebrate.
- A skateboarding and snowboarding trick where the skater grabs the board and plants a hand on the coping so as to balance upside-down on the lip of a ramp.
- The base of a tunnel on which the road or railway may be laid and used when construction is through unstable ground. It may be flat or form a continuous curve with the tunnel arch.
verb
- turn inside out or upside down
- (transitive) To turn something inside out or upside down.
- cancel officially
- change to the contrary
- rule against
- reverse the position, order, relation, or condition of
- (chemistry) To change the direction of a reaction such that the products become the reactants and vice-versa.
- (transitive) To turn something around so that it faces the opposite direction or runs in the opposite sequence.
- (transitive) To change totally; to alter to the opposite.
- (rail transport, intransitive, of points) To move from the normal position to the reverse position.
- (law) To revoke a law, or to change a decision into its opposite.
- (computing) Ellipsis of reverse-engineer.
- (transitive) To transpose the positions of two things.
- (aviation, transitive) To engage reverse thrust on (an engine).
- (rail transport, transitive) To place (a set of points) in the reverse position.
- (ergative, transport) To cause a mechanism to operate or move in the opposite direction to normal; to drive a vehicle in the direction the driver has the back.
- To overthrow; to subvert.
adj
- reversed (turned backward) in order or nature or effect
- directed or moving toward the rear
- of the transmission gear causing backward movement in a motor vehicle
- (rail transport, of points) To be in the non-default position; to be set for the lesser-used route.
- (botany) Reversed.
- Pertaining to engines, vehicle movement etc. moving in a direction opposite to the usual direction.
- Opposite, contrary; going in the opposite direction.
- Turned upside down; greatly disturbed.
- (genetics) In which cDNA synthetization is obtained from an RNA template.
noun
- a relation of direct opposition
- the gears by which the motion of a machine can be reversed
- turning in the opposite direction
- (American football) a running play in which a back running in one direction hands the ball to a back running in the opposite direction
- an unfortunate happening that hinders or impedes; something that is thwarting or frustrating
- the side of a coin or medal that does not bear the principal design
- (surgery) A turn or fold made in bandaging, by which the direction of the bandage is changed.
- The act of going backwards; a reversal.
- A piece of misfortune; a setback.
- (graph theory) Synonym of transpose.
- (numismatics) The tails side of a coin, or the side of a medal or badge that is opposite the obverse.
- The opposite of something.
- A thrust in fencing made with a backward turn of the hand; a backhanded stroke.
- The side of something facing away from a viewer, or from what is considered the front; the other side.
- The gear setting of an automobile that makes it travel backwards. (Denoted with symbol R on a shifter's labeling.)
verb
- turn inside out or upside down
- hold back, as of a danger or an enemy; check the expansion or influence of
- go back to a previous state
- force to go away; used both with concrete and metaphoric meanings
- retrace one's course
- (transitive) To prevent, or refuse to allow, passage or progress.
- (transitive) To fold something back; to fold down.
- (transitive) To adjust to a previous setting.
- (transitive) To cause to reverse direction and retrace one's steps.
- To return to a previous state of being.
- (intransitive) To reverse direction and retrace one's steps.
verb
- (transitive) To twist into a contorted state.
- (intransitive, colloquial) To blunder; to make a mistake.
- (transitive, colloquial) To make a mess of; to ruin.
- (transitive) To raise by turning a rotary handle.
- (transitive) To raise or summon up.
- (transitive) To tighten or secure with screws.
- (transitive) To raise (rent, fees, etc.) to extortionate levels.
- make more intense
- make a mess of, destroy or ruin
- twist into a strained configuration
- screw or turn higher
verb
- (transitive) To put into an opposing position; to reverse.
- (transitive, colloquial) To process; to complete work on (something), especially with a view to sending it on in a finished state.
- (intransitive) To change one's opinion or attitude (especially when becoming hostile etc.).
- (intransitive) To turn so as to be facing in the opposite direction.
- (transitive) To make (a ship, airplane etc.) ready for departure.
- (intransitive) To revolve or rotate around a centre.
verb
- (intransitive) To move by turning and twisting.
- (transitive) To form something by passing lengths or strands of material over and under one another.
- (transitive) To unite by close connection or intermixture.
- (transitive) To compose creatively and intricately; to fabricate.
- (transitive) To make (a path or way) by winding in and out or from side to side.
- (intransitive, of an animal) To move the head back and forth in a stereotyped pattern, typically as a symptom of stress.
- (transitive) To spin a cocoon or a web.
- interlace by or as if by weaving
- create a piece of cloth by interlacing strands of fabric, such as wool or cotton
- to move or cause to move in a sinuous, spiral, or circular course
- sway from side to side
noun
verb
- reverse the winding or twisting of
- unroll, unfold, or spread out or be unrolled, unfolded, or spread out from a furled state
- (intransitive) To emerge, be revealed or become apparent; to unfold.
- (transitive) To straighten something that has been rolled, twisted or curled.
- (transitive, programming, software compilation) To replace (a loop in a program) with a repetitive sequence of the individual instructions that the loop would carry out, sometimes used as an optimization.
verb
- reverse the winding or twisting of
- separate the tangles of
- cause to feel relaxed
- become less tense, rest, or take one's ease
- (transitive, finance) To close out a position, especially a complicated position.
- (transitive, programming, software compilation) Synonym of unroll (“replace a loop with a sequence”).
- (transitive) To separate (something that is wound up)
- (transitive, figurative) To unravel or explain.
- (transitive, programming) To navigate back through (a call stack) so as to generate a stack trace etc.
- (intransitive) To be or become unwound; to be capable of being unwound or untwisted.
- (transitive, finance) To undo something.
- (intransitive, colloquial) To relax; to chill out; to rest and become relieved of stress
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noun
verb
adj
- bent or curved backward
- pronounced with the tip of the tongue turned back toward the hard palate
- (phonetics) Of pronunciation in which the tip of the tongue is raised and bent backwards, so that the underside of the tongue approaches or touches the palate.
- (phonetics, general sense) Of any of the aforementioned pronunciations.
- Bent or curved backwards.
- (phonetics) Of pronunciation in which the blade of the tongue approaches or touches the back of the alveolar ridge.
- (phonetics) Of pronunciation in which the tip of the tongue approaches or touches the back of the alveolar ridge.
noun
- (phonetics, general sense) Any of the aforementioned consonants.
- (phonetics) A consonant pronounced with the blade of the tongue approaching or touching the back of the alveolar ridge.
- (phonetics) A consonant pronounced with the underside of the tongue approaching or touching the palate.
- (phonetics) A consonant pronounced with the tip of the tongue approaching or touching the back of the alveolar ridge.
verb
- To reverse the effects of an action.
- (transitive) To unfasten.
- (transitive, colloquial) To unfasten the clothing of (a person).
- (figuratively) To impoverish or ruin, as in reputation; to cause the downfall of.
- cancel, annul, or reverse an action or its effect
- cause the ruin or downfall of
- deprive of certain characteristics
- cause to become loose
- remove the outer cover or wrapping of
adj
noun
verb
- turn upside down, or throw so as to reverse
- toss with a sharp movement so as to cause to turn over in the air
- cause to go on or to be engaged or set in operation
- look through a book or other written material
- cause to move with a flick
- move with a flick or light motion
- react in an excited, delighted, or surprised way
- go mad, go crazy
- lightly throw to see which side comes up
- throw or toss with a light motion
- reverse (a direction, attitude, or course of action)
- (transitive, informal) To hand over or pass along.
- (transitive, finance, slang) To purchase and resell assets (often real estate or artworks) for immediate short-term profit.
- (intransitive, slang) To go berserk or crazy; to get extremely angry.
- (intransitive, informal) To switch to another task, etc.
- (intransitive, slang) To go berserk or crazy; to be extremely thrilled or enthusiastic.
- (transitive, US) To induce someone to turn state's evidence; to get someone to agree to testify against their co-conspirators in exchange for concessions.
- (intransitive, US) To turn state's evidence; to agree to testify against one's co-conspirators in exchange for concessions from prosecutors.
- (intransitive) To flap.
- (transitive) To put into a quick revolving motion through a snap of the thumb and index finger.
- (transitive) To throw so as to turn over.
- (transitive, US politics) To win a state (or county) won by another party in the preceding elections.
- (transitive, computing) To invert a bit (binary digit), changing it from 0 to 1 or from 1 to 0.
- (transitive, finance, slang) To refinance (a loan), accruing additional fees.
adj
noun
- a dive in which the diver somersaults before entering the water
- the act of flipping a coin
- hot or cold alcoholic mixed drink containing a beaten egg
- an acrobatic feat in which the feet roll over the head (either forward or backward) and return
- (sports) the act of throwing the ball to another member of your team
- a sudden, quick movement
- A hairstyle popular among boys in the 1960s–70s and 2000s–10s, in which the hair goes halfway down the ears, at which point it sticks out
- A mixture of beer, spirit, etc., stirred and heated by a hot iron (a "flip dog").
- A short flight.
- (informal) The purchase of an asset (usually a house) which is then improved and sold quickly for profit.
- A complete change of direction, decision, movement etc.
- (firearms, uncountable) The tendency of a gun's barrel to jerk about at the moment of firing.
- A maneuver which rotates an object end over end.
- (US, slang) A slingshot.
intj
verb
- turn upside down, or throw so as to reverse
- (transitive) To flip over; to rotate uppermost to bottom.
- turn up, loosen, or remove earth
- do business worth a certain amount of money
- move by turning over or rotating
- turn from an upright or normal position
- cause to overturn from an upright or normal position
- think about carefully; weigh
- cause to move around a center so as to show another side of
- place into the hands or custody of
- (transitive) To cause extensive disturbance or disruption to (a room, storage place, etc.), e.g. while searching for an item, or ransacking a property.
- (transitive, idiomatic) To transfer.
- (transitive, sports) To give up control (of the ball and thus the ability to score).
- (transitive) To mull, ponder
- (transitive, idiomatic) To produce, complete, or cycle through.
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see turn, over.
- (transitive, intransitive) To spin the crankshaft of an internal combustion engine using the starter or hand crank in an attempt to make it run.
- (transitive, business) To generate (a certain amount of money from sales).
- (transitive, idiomatic) To relinquish; give back.
verb
adj
noun
- An automatic response to a simple stimulus which does not require mental processing.
- (linguistics, rare) The ancestor word corresponding to a descendant.
- (linguistics) The descendant of an earlier language element, such as a word or phoneme, in a daughter language.
- The descendant of anything from an earlier time, such as a cultural myth.
- (chiefly photography) A reflection or an image produced by a reflection; the light reflected from an illuminated surface to one in shade.
- an automatic instinctive unlearned reaction to a stimulus
verb
noun
verb
- (transitive) To flip; to reverse (an image).
- (poker, transitive) To have (a hand) using the community cards dealt on the flop.
- (intransitive, slang) To stay, sleep or live in a place.
- (intransitive) To fall heavily due to lack of energy.
- (intransitive, informal) To fail completely; not to be successful at all (of a movie, play, book, song etc.).
- (sports, intransitive) To pretend to be fouled in sports, such as basketball, hockey (the same as to dive in soccer)
- (transitive, prison slang) To deny someone parole.
- (intransitive) To strike about with something broad and flat, as a fish with its tail, or a bird with its wings; to rise and fall; to flap.
- (transitive) To cause to drop heavily.
- fail utterly; collapse
- fall suddenly and abruptly
- fall loosely
adv
intj
noun
- A heavy, passive fall; a plopping down.
- (poker) The first three cards turned face-up by the dealer in a community card poker game.
- (by confusion, computing) One floating-point operation per second, a unit of measure of processor speed.
- Dung, as in cow-flop.
- A complete failure, especially in the entertainment industry.
- (slang) A flophouse.
- (computing) Abbreviation of floating-point operation.
- someone who is unsuccessful
- an arithmetic operation performed on floating-point numbers
- the act of throwing yourself down; collapse; sink
- a complete failure
verb
- (transitive) To cause to incline downward; to slant.
- To descend from rank or dignity; to condescend.
- (transitive) To cause to submit; to prostrate.
- To bend the upper part of the body forward and downward to a half-squatting position; crouch.
- (intransitive) Of a bird of prey: to swoop down on its prey.
- To yield; to submit; to bend, as by compulsion; to assume a position of humility or subjection.
- To lower oneself; to demean oneself in doing something below one's status, standards, or morals.
- sag, bend, bend over or down
- bend one's back forward from the waist on down
- carry oneself, often habitually, with head, shoulders, and upper back bent forward
- descend swiftly, as if on prey
- debase oneself morally, act in an undignified, unworthy, or dishonorable way
noun
- (architecture, chiefly New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, also Canada) The staircase and landing or porch leading to the entrance of a residence.
- (dialect) A post or pillar, especially a gatepost or a support in a mine.
- A stooping, bent position of the body.
- A vessel for holding liquids; like a flagon but without the spout.
- (architecture, US) The threshold of a doorway; a doorstep.
- An accelerated descent in flight, as that for an attack.
- small porch or set of steps at the front entrance of a house
- basin for holy water
- an inclination of the top half of the body forward and downward
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adj
- being in such a position that top and bottom are reversed
- (of a plant ovule) completely inverted; turned back 180 degrees on its stalk
- Having the order or direction changed; for example, turned upside down, reversed, or in any other way opposite or contrary.
- (music, of a chord) Having the lowest note transposed an octave higher.
- (chemistry, of sugar) Having its polarization changed by hydrolysis; see invert sugar.
- (Internet slang, conspiracy theories, of a person) Assumed to be transgender, in the terms of transvestigation.
verb
verb
- turn inside out or upside down
- (transitive) To turn something inside out or upside down.
- cancel officially
- change to the contrary
- rule against
- reverse the position, order, relation, or condition of
- (chemistry) To change the direction of a reaction such that the products become the reactants and vice-versa.
- (transitive) To turn something around so that it faces the opposite direction or runs in the opposite sequence.
- (transitive) To change totally; to alter to the opposite.
- (rail transport, intransitive, of points) To move from the normal position to the reverse position.
- (law) To revoke a law, or to change a decision into its opposite.
- (computing) Ellipsis of reverse-engineer.
- (transitive) To transpose the positions of two things.
- (aviation, transitive) To engage reverse thrust on (an engine).
- (rail transport, transitive) To place (a set of points) in the reverse position.
- (ergative, transport) To cause a mechanism to operate or move in the opposite direction to normal; to drive a vehicle in the direction the driver has the back.
- To overthrow; to subvert.
adj
- reversed (turned backward) in order or nature or effect
- directed or moving toward the rear
- of the transmission gear causing backward movement in a motor vehicle
- (rail transport, of points) To be in the non-default position; to be set for the lesser-used route.
- (botany) Reversed.
- Pertaining to engines, vehicle movement etc. moving in a direction opposite to the usual direction.
- Opposite, contrary; going in the opposite direction.
- Turned upside down; greatly disturbed.
- (genetics) In which cDNA synthetization is obtained from an RNA template.
noun
- a relation of direct opposition
- the gears by which the motion of a machine can be reversed
- turning in the opposite direction
- (American football) a running play in which a back running in one direction hands the ball to a back running in the opposite direction
- an unfortunate happening that hinders or impedes; something that is thwarting or frustrating
- the side of a coin or medal that does not bear the principal design
- (surgery) A turn or fold made in bandaging, by which the direction of the bandage is changed.
- The act of going backwards; a reversal.
- A piece of misfortune; a setback.
- (graph theory) Synonym of transpose.
- (numismatics) The tails side of a coin, or the side of a medal or badge that is opposite the obverse.
- The opposite of something.
- A thrust in fencing made with a backward turn of the hand; a backhanded stroke.
- The side of something facing away from a viewer, or from what is considered the front; the other side.
- The gear setting of an automobile that makes it travel backwards. (Denoted with symbol R on a shifter's labeling.)
adj
- reversed (turned backward) in order or nature or effect
- opposite in nature or effect or relation to another quantity
- (mathematics) Having the properties of an inverse; said with reference to any two operations, which, when both are performed in succession upon any quantity, reproduce that quantity.
- (geometry) That has the property of being an inverse (the result of a circle inversion of a given point or geometrical figure); that is constructed by circle inversion.
- (botany) Inverted; having a position or mode of attachment the reverse of that which is usual.
- (category theory, of a category) Whose every element has an inverse (morphism which is both a left inverse and a right inverse).
- Reverse, opposite in order.
- Opposite in effect, nature or order.
noun
- An inverted state: a state in which something has been turned (properly) upside down or (loosely) inside out or backwards.
- something inverted in sequence or character or effect
- (functions) A second function which, when combined with the initially given function, yields as its output any term inputted into the first function.
- (category theory) A morphism which is both a left inverse and a right inverse.
- (multiplication) One divided by a given number.
- (geometry) The result of a circle inversion; the set of all such points; the curve described by such a set.
- The reverse of any procedure or process.
- (logic) The non-truth-preserving proposition constructed by negating both the premise and conclusion of an initially given proposition.
- (linguistics, Kiowa-Tanoan) A grammatical number marking that indicates the opposite grammatical number (or numbers) of the default number specification of noun class.
- (mathematics) A ratio etc. in which the antecedents and consequents are switched.
- (card games) The winning of the coup in a game of rouge et noir by a card of a color different from that first dealt; the area of the table reserved for bets upon such an outcome.
- (addition) The negative of a given number.
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adj
- Inclining or dipping in opposite directions.
- (physical chemistry) Describing a torsion angle between 90° and 150°.
- (botany) Used to describe a type of cell division in a layer of cells that occurs perpendicular to the adjacent layer of cells.
- (geology) Consisting of, related to, or part of an anticline.
- sloping downward away from a common crest
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adv
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- capable of reversing or being reversed
- capable of being reversed
- capable of being reversed or used with either side out
- capable of assuming or producing either of two states
- (of clothing) Able to be worn inside out.
- (thermodynamics) Capable of returning to the original state without consumption of free energy and increase of entropy.
- (chemistry, of a chemical reaction) Capable of proceeding in either direction.
- Able to be reversed.
- (physics, of a phase change) Capable of returning to the original state.
- (law) Providing sufficient reason for a court decision to be overturned on appeal.