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- a transverse brace
- a horizontal beam that extends across something
- A horizontal or transverse beam or similar member that extends across or perpendicular to something.
- (nautical) A bar or timber connecting two knightheads or two bitts; a timber over the windlass, with pins for belaying the running rigging.
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- support by bracing
- To furnish with braces; to support; to prop.
- cause to be alert and energetic
- support or hold steady and make steadfast, with or as if with a brace
- prepare (oneself), often but not necessarily for something unpleasant or difficult
- To place in a position for resisting pressure; to hold firmly.
- (transitive, intransitive) To prepare for something bad, such as an impact or blow.
- To stop someone for questioning, usually said of police.
- To draw tight; to tighten; to put in a state of tension; to strain; to strengthen.
- To bind or tie closely; to fasten tightly.
- (nautical) To swing round the yards of a square rigged ship, using braces, to present a more efficient sail surface to the direction of the wind.
- To confront with questions, demands or requests.
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- a rope on a square-rigged ship that is used to swing a yard about and secure it
- a structural member used to stiffen a framework
- an appliance that corrects dental irregularities
- a set of two similar things considered as a unit
- a support that steadies or strengthens something else
- elastic straps that hold trousers up
- a carpenter's tool having a crank handle for turning and a socket to hold a bit for boring
- either of two punctuation marks (‘{’ or ‘}’) used to enclose textual material
- two items of the same kind
- The state of being braced or tight; tension.
- A curved instrument or handle of iron or wood, for holding and turning bits, etc.; a bitstock.
- (British, chiefly in the plural) Straps or bands to sustain trousers; suspenders.
- A cord, ligament, or rod, for producing or maintaining tension.
- A piece of material used to transmit, or change the direction of, weight or pressure; any one of the pieces, in a frame or truss, which divide the structure into triangular parts. It may act as a tie, or as a strut, and serves to prevent distortion of the structure, and transverse strains in its members. A boiler brace is a diagonal stay, connecting the head with the shell.
- That which holds anything tightly or supports it firmly; a bandage or a prop.
- (nautical) A rope reeved through a block at the end of a yard, by which the yard is moved horizontally; also, a rudder gudgeon.
- (soccer) Two goals scored by one player in a game.
- (typography) A curved, pointed line, also known as "curly bracket": { or } connecting two or more words or lines, which are to be considered together, such as in {role, roll}; in music, used to connect staves.
- (plural brace) A pair, a couple; originally used of dogs, and later of animals generally (e.g., a brace of conies) and then other things, but rarely human persons. (In British use (as plural), this is a particularly common reference to game birds.)
- Harness; warlike preparation.
- (plural in North America, singular or plural in the UK) A system of wires, brackets, and elastic bands used to correct crooked teeth or to reduce overbite.
- A thong used to regulate the tension of a drum.
- (British, Cornwall, mining) The mouth of a shaft.
- (cricket) Two wickets taken with two consecutive deliveries.
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- plural of brace
- (orthodontics) A device worn on the teeth to straighten them.
- (British) A pair of straps crossing one's shoulders and extending down to one's trousers, where a clip or button arrangement allows them to affix to the trousers, ensuring that they will not fall off.
- an appliance that corrects dental irregularities
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- (bridge-building) The space, at one end, between opposite trusses when these are terminated by inclined braces.
- (Philippines) An ePortal. (a web-based platform that serves as a gateway to various resources, services, or information, usually tailored for specific organizational or user needs.)
- A prayer book or breviary; a portass.
- (anatomy) A short vein that carries blood into the liver.
- A grandiose and often lavish entrance.
- (Philippines) The existence of an account on an ePortal.
- (architecture) A lesser gate, where there are two of different dimensions.
- An entrance, entry point, or means of entry.
- A large primary adit as the main entrance to a mine.
- (US college sports) The NCAA transfer portal, a database and compliance tool designed to facilitate student-athletes who wish to change schools.
- (computer graphics) A connecting window between volumes, in portal rendering.
- (Internet) A website or page that acts as an entrance to other websites or pages on the Internet.
- (architecture) Formerly, a small square corner in a room separated from the rest of an apartment by wainscoting, forming a short passage to another apartment.
- (science fiction and fantasy) A magical or technological aperture leading to another location, period in time, or dimension.
- a short vein that carries blood into the liver
- a site that the owner positions as an entrance to other sites on the internet
- a grand and imposing entrance (often extended metaphorically)
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- A small horizontal brace or girder.
- The distance measured around an object; the circumference.
- (graph theory) The length of the shortest cycle in a graph.
- (informal) One's waistline circumference, most often a large one.
- A band passed under the belly of an animal, which holds a saddle or a harness saddle in place.
- The part of an animal around which the girth fits.
- the distance around a person's body
- stable gear consisting of a band around a horse's belly that holds the saddle in place
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- (orthodontics) A small hook for attaching elastic bands on the internal side of braces fixed to the upper teeth.
- (typography, pre-1989 IPA) A hamiform diacritic ⟨◌̡⟩ formerly used to mark consonantal palatalisation; superseded by the superscript jay ⟨◌ʲ⟩.
- (typography, rare) = háček (when it takes the form of a prime)
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- To strengthen or stiffen, as a beam or girder, by means of a brace or braces.
- (transitive) To support.
- (transitive) To tie up a bird before cooking it.
- (transitive) To secure or bind with ropes.
- To take fast hold of; to seize and hold firmly; to pounce upon.
- tie the wings and legs of a bird before cooking it
- support structurally
- secure with or as if with ropes
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- (architecture) A structure made up of one or more triangular units made from straight beams of wood or metal, which is used to support a structure as in a roof or bridge.
- (historical) A padded jacket or dress worn under armour, to protect the body from the effects of friction.
- (historical) Part of a woman's dress; a stomacher.
- A bandage and belt used to hold a hernia in place.
- (nautical) The rope or iron used to keep the centre of a yard to the mast.
- An old English farming measurement. One truss of straw equalled 36 pounds, a truss of old hay equalled 56 pounds, a truss of new hay equalled 60 pounds, and 36 trusses equalled one load.
- (botany) A tuft of flowers or cluster of fruits formed at the top of the main stem of certain plants.
- (architecture) A triangular bracket.
- a framework of beams (rafters, posts, struts) forming a rigid structure that supports a roof or bridge or other structure
- (architecture) a triangular bracket of brick or stone (usually of slight extent)
- (medicine) a bandage consisting of a pad and belt; worn to hold a hernia in place by pressure
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- A notch or opening.
- (nautical) The inner end of a boom or gaff, hollowed in a half circle so as to move freely on a mast.
- (Scotland, Northern England) A dash or spurt of water; any large quantity of water or other liquid.
- (figuratively, especially in the plural) Anything resembling the jaw (sense 1) of an animal in form or action; the mouth or way of entrance.
- (Scotland, Northern England) A wave, a billow, a breaker.
- The part of the face below the mouth.
- (slang) An axle guard.
- (snooker) The curved part of the cushion marking the entry to the pocket.
- One of the bones, usually bearing teeth, which form the framework of the mouth.
- A notched or forked part, adapted for holding an object in place.
- One of a pair of opposing parts which are movable towards or from each other, for grasping or crushing anything between them.
- the bones of the skull that frame the mouth and serve to open it; the bones that hold the teeth
- the part of the skull of a vertebrate that frames the mouth and holds the teeth
- holding device consisting of one or both of the opposing parts of a tool that close to hold an object
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- (intransitive, informal) To talk; to converse.
- (Scotland, transitive, of water) To splash; to surge.
- (Scotland, transitive) To pour or throw out.
- (snooker, transitive, intransitive) (of a ball) To stick in the jaws of a pocket.
- (transitive) To assail or abuse by scolding.
- (intransitive) To scold; to clamor.
- talk incessantly and tiresomely
- censure severely or angrily
- talk socially without exchanging too much information
- chew (food); to bite and grind with the teeth
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- (music) A brace used to join two or more staves.
- A special acknowledgment; an award.
- (architecture) An ornament composed of two ogee curves meeting in the middle, each concave toward its outer extremity and convex toward the point at which it meets the other.
- An expression of approval; praise.
- (historical) A salutation marking the conferring of knighthood, consisting of an embrace or a kiss, and a slight blow on the shoulders with the flat of a sword.
- An embrace of greeting or salutation.
- (US) A written presidential certificate recognizing service by military personnel or civilians serving the US armed forces who died or were wounded in action between 1917 and 1918, or who died in service between 1941 and 1947, or died of wounds received in Korea between June 27, 1950 and July 27, 1954.
- (typography) Synonym of curly bracket.
- a tangible symbol signifying approval or distinction
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- A brace, band, or clasp for strengthening or holding things that are apart together.
- (medicine) An instrument used to temporarily shut off blood vessels, etc.
- (electronics) An electronic circuit that fixes either the positive or the negative peak excursions of a signal to a defined value by shifting its DC value.
- A piece of wood (batten) across the grain of a board end to keep it flat, as in a breadboard.
- (agriculture) A compact pile of agricultural produce (such as root vegetables or silage) used for temporary storage (often covered with straw, earth, or both).
- A pile of materials to be heated in a controlled way, stacked or heaped together with fuel so that the fire permeates the pile; the material of interest may be bricks to be fired, ore for roasting, coal for coking, or wood to be charcoalized.
- (UK) A parking enforcement device used to immobilise a car until it can be towed or a fine is paid; a wheel clamp.
- a device (generally used by carpenters) that holds things firmly together
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- (transitive) To hold or grip tightly.
- (transitive, intransitive) To fasten in place or together with (or as if with) a clamp.
- (transitive) To modify (a numeric value) so it lies within a specific range by replacing values outside the range with the closest value within the range.
- (transitive) To immobilise (a vehicle) by means of a wheel clamp.
- impose or inflict forcefully
- fasten or fix with a clamp
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- A horizontal structural or finish piece over an opening.
- (networking) the first part of a packet or stream, often containing its address and descriptors.
- The rodeo performer who drives the steer toward the heeler to be tied.
- (Ireland, derogatory) A headcase; a nutjob (mentally unbalanced, unpredictable person).
- (informal) A font, text style, or typesetting used for any of the above.
- One who puts a head on something.
- (masonry) A brick that is laid sideways (on its largest face), for example at the top of a wall or within the brickwork, with its smallest side showing (oriented so that that side is wider than it is tall).
- A headlong fall, jump or dive.
- A machine that separates and gathers the heads of grain etc.
- Text, or other visual information, that goes at the top of a column of information in a table.
- (programming) Clipping of header file.
- Text, or other visual information, used to mark off a quantity of text, often titling or summarizing it.
- (soccer) The act of hitting the ball with the head.
- (computing) The first part of a file or record that describes its contents.
- A raised tank that supplies water at constant pressure, especially to a central heating and hot water system; a header tank.
- (soccer) Someone who heads the ball.
- A pipe which connects several smaller pipes.
- The upper portion of a page (or other) layout.
- a machine that cuts the heads off grain and moves them into a wagon
- a line of text serving to indicate what the passage below it is about
- (soccer) the act of hitting the ball with your head
- horizontal beam used as a finishing piece over a door or window
- a headlong jump (or fall)
- brick that is laid sideways at the top of a wall
- a framing member crossing and supporting the ends of joists, studs, or rafters so as to transfer their weight to parallel joists, studs, or rafters
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- place into brackets
- support with brackets
- classify or group
- (military) To gauge the range of a target by firing equally short and long of it and ranging the weapon between the two to achieve a very accurate hit.
- (photography) To take multiple images of the same subject, using a range of exposure settings, in order to help ensure that a satisfactory image is obtained.
- To set aside, discount, ignore.
- To bound on both sides, to surround, as enclosing with brackets.
- To enclose in typographical brackets.
- To place in the same category.
- To support by means of mechanical brackets.
- To mark distinctly for special treatment.
- (philosophy, phenomenology) In the philosophical system of Edmund Husserl and his followers, to set aside metaphysical theories and existential questions concerning what is real in order to focus philosophical attention simply on the actual content of experience.
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- either of two punctuation marks (‘<’ or ‘>’) used in computer programming and sometimes used to enclose textual material
- a category falling within certain defined limits
- either of two punctuation marks (‘[’ or ‘]’) used to enclose textual material
- a support projecting from a wall (as to hold a shelf)
- (US) “[” and “]” specifically, as opposed to the other forms, which have their own technical names.
- (nautical) A short crooked timber, resembling a knee, used as a support.
- A fixture attached to a wall to hold up a shelf.
- (algebra) A pair of values that represent the smallest and largest elements of a range.
- (typography) The small curved or angular corner formed by a serif and a stroke in a letter.
- (sports) A diagram of games in a tournament.
- Alternative form of bragget (“drink made with ale and honey”).
- (military) Typically of stationary weapons, the zone enclosed by one long and one short shot impact expected to be hit very accurately.
- (engineering) Any intermediate object that connects a smaller part to a larger part, the smaller part typically projecting sideways from the larger part.
- (military) The cheek or side of an ordnance carriage, supporting the trunnions.
- (sports) A prediction of the outcome of games in a tournament, used for betting purposes.
- (UK) “(” and “)” specifically, the other forms above requiring adjectives for disambiguation.
- One of several ranges of numbers.
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- (nautical) To slack or ease off, as a brace which is too stiffly extended.
- (intransitive) To check out, make sense or prove to be the case after verification or interrogation.
- (transitive) To leave with a shipping agent for shipping.
- (transitive) To make checks or chinks in; to cause to crack.
- To act as a curb or restraint.
- (informal, transitive) To scold or rebuke someone.
- (transitive) To mark with a check pattern.
- (poker, transitive) To announce that one is remaining in a hand without betting.
- (transitive) To verify the accuracy of a text or translation, usually making some corrections (proofread) or many (copyedit).
- (intransitive, with at) To make a stop; to pause.
- (transitive) To control, limit, or halt.
- (street basketball, transitive) To pass or bounce the ball to an opponent from behind the three-point line and have the opponent pass or bounce it back to start play.
- (chess, transitive) To make a move which puts an adversary's king in check; to put in check.
- (transitive, US, often used with "off") To mark items on a list (with a checkmark or by crossing them out) that have been chosen for keeping or removal or that have been dealt with (for example, completed or verified as correct or satisfactory).
- To crack or gape open, as wood in drying; or to crack in small checks, as varnish, paint, etc.
- (transitive) To chide, rebuke, or reprove.
- (falconry) To turn, when in pursuit of proper game, and fly after other birds.
- (sports, transitive) To disrupt another player with the stick or body to obtain possession of the ball or puck.
- (transitive) To verify or compare with a source of information.
- (transitive) To leave in safekeeping.
- (transitive) To inspect; to examine.
- place into check
- develop (a child's or animal's) behavior by instruction and practice; especially to teach self-control
- slow the growth or development of
- hold back, as of a danger or an enemy; check the expansion or influence of
- abandon the intended prey, turn, and pursue an inferior prey
- hand over something to somebody as for temporary safekeeping
- put a check mark on or near or next to
- stop for a moment, as if out of uncertainty or caution
- block or impede (a player from the opposing team) in ice hockey
- be careful or certain to do something; make certain of something
- consign for shipment on a vehicle
- find out, learn, or determine with certainty, usually by making an inquiry or other effort
- be compatible, similar or consistent; coincide in their characteristics
- stop in a chase especially when scent is lost
- make an examination or investigation
- verify by consulting a source or authority
- make cracks or chinks in
- examine so as to determine accuracy, quality, or condition
- lessen the intensity of; temper; hold in restraint; hold or keep within limits
- be verified or confirmed; pass inspection
- write out a check on a bank account
- become fractured; break or crack on the surface only
- mark into squares or draw squares on; draw crossed lines on
- decline to initiate betting
- arrest the motion (of something) abruptly
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- An inspection or examination.
- (falconry) The forsaking by a hawk of its proper game to follow other birds. [from 15th c.]
- A lengthwise separation through the growth rings in wood.
- Any fabric woven with such a pattern.
- A small chink or crack.
- (US) An order to a bank to pay money to a named person or entity.
- A token used instead of cash in various contexts, including sign-out of company property or collection of rations (dated), in gaming machines, or in gambling generally.
- (chess) A situation in which the king is directly threatened by an opposing piece.
- (US) A bill, particularly in a restaurant.
- (textiles, usually pluralized) A pattern made up of a grid of squares of alternating colors; a checkered pattern.
- A control; a limit or stop.
- A mark, certificate, or token by which errors may be prevented, or a thing or person may be identified.
- (contact sports) A maneuver performed by a player to take another player out of the play.
- (US) A mark (especially a checkmark: ✓) used as an indicator.
- a textile pattern of squares or crossed lines (resembling a checkerboard)
- obstructing an opponent in ice hockey
- the act of inspecting or verifying
- a mark left after a small piece has been chopped or broken off of something
- the bill in a restaurant
- the state of inactivity following an interruption
- additional proof that something that was believed (some fact or hypothesis or theory) is correct
- something immaterial that interferes with or delays action or progress
- (chess) a direct attack on an opponent's king
- the act of restraining power or action or limiting excess
- an appraisal of the state of affairs
- a written order directing a bank to pay money
- a mark indicating that something has been noted or completed etc.
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- From one side of (an opening) to the other.
- By means of.
- Throughout or across the extent of.
- Throughout the duration of.
- In consequence of; as a result of.
- To or beyond the other side of (an obstacle); past.
- (Canada, US) To (or up to) and including, with all intermediate values; to... inclusive; until the end of.
- So as to progress within (something) or towards the end or limit of (something).
- By way of (an intermediary, agent, medium, etc.).
- (in phrases such as 'go through', 'get through' etc.) Indicating that something has been consumed or used up.
- So as to enter (something), pass within or across, and then leave.
- Amidst or surrounded by (while moving).
- Along the course of; used in expressions of progress towards the end of something.
- By way of (a physical passage).
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- No longer interested; wearied or turned off by experience.
- Without a future; done for.
- (soccer) In possession of the ball beyond the last line of defence but not necessarily the goalkeeper; through on goal.
- Proceeding from origin to destination without the need to change transport vehicle.
- (chiefly US) Finished; complete.
- Along the course of a task etc.; used in expressions of progress towards the end.
- Passing from one side of something to the other.
- (chiefly UK, Commonwealth, Ireland, rare in Canada) (usually followed by "to") Able to progress (to the next stage or a higher level) following success in an exam, sports match, etc.
- (of a route or journey etc.) continuing without requiring stops or changes
- having finished or arrived at completion
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- So as to overcome an obstacle and pass beyond it; past.
- From beginning to end, or from the present position to the end.
- So as to pass a stage in a process and proceed to the next stage or level.
- Throughout something; all the way across or into.
- By way of the interior.
- By way of an opening.
- (mostly in the phrase 'get through') So as to connect or reach.
- in diameter
- over the whole distance
- to completion
- from beginning to end
- throughout the entire extent
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- make an opening or gap in
- act in disregard of laws, rules, contracts, or promises
- (transitive) To make a breach in.
- (transitive) To violate or break.
- (intransitive, of a whale or other sea creature) To leap out of the water.
- (intransitive) To suffer a breach.
- (law, informal, transitive, usually passive) To charge, convict or take legal action against someone due to not meeting a legal obligation.
- (transitive, nautical, of the sea) To break into a ship or into a coastal defence.
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- a failure to perform some promised act or obligation
- an opening (especially a gap in a dike or fortification)
- a personal or social separation (as between opposing factions)
- The act of breaking, in a figurative sense.
- (figurative) A difference in opinions, social class, etc.
- (law) A breaking or infraction of a law, or of any obligation or tie; violation; non-fulfillment.
- A gap or opening made by breaking or battering, as in a wall, fortification or levee / embankment; the space between the parts of a solid body rent by violence.
- A breaking of waters, as over a vessel or a coastal defence; the waters themselves.
- A breaking up of amicable relations, a falling out.
- A breaking out upon; an assault.
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- make an opening or gap in
- (transitive) To check the size of a gap.
- (transitive) To notch, as a sword or knife.
- (intransitive) To fall or spill open so as to leave a gap.
- (New Zealand, slang) To leave suddenly.
- (transitive, intransitive, slang, especially video games, motor racing) To surpass (someone or something) by a considerable margin.
- (transitive) To make an opening in; to breach.
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- a difference (especially an unfortunate difference) between two opinions or two views or two situations
- an open or empty space in or between things
- a pass between mountain peaks; geomorphological term for the lowest point on a mountain ridge between two peaks
- a conspicuous disparity or difference as between two figures
- a narrow opening
- an act of delaying or interrupting the continuity
- (slang, euphemistic) The vagina.
- A vacant space or time.
- (Sussex) A sheltered area of coast between two cliffs (mostly restricted to place names).
- (Australia, for a medical or pharmacy item) The shortfall between the amount the medical insurer will pay to the service provider and the scheduled fee for the item.
- (genetics) An unsequenced region in a sequence alignment.
- A vacancy, deficit, absence, or lack.
- An opening allowing passage or entrance.
- A hiatus, a pause in something which is otherwise continuous.
- A mountain or hill pass.
- (Australia, usually written as "the gap") The disparity between the indigenous and non-indigenous communities with regard to life expectancy, education, health, etc.
- (baseball) The regions between the outfielders.
- Alternative form of gup (elected head of a gewog in Bhutan)
- An opening in anything made by breaking or parting.
- An opening that implies a breach or defect.
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- (transitive) To open slightly.
- (transitive) To overcome a security system or component.
- (intransitive) To make a cracking sound.
- (transitive) To cause to make a sharp sound.
- (intransitive) To break apart under force, stress, or pressure.
- (intransitive) To break down or yield, especially under interrogation or torture.
- (transitive, figurative) To cause to yield under interrogation or other pressure.
- (colloquial) To barely reach or attain (a measurement or extent).
- (transitive) To tell (a joke).
- (intransitive, transgender slang) To realize that one is transgender.
- (intransitive, of a voice) To change rapidly in register.
- (intransitive) To make a sharply humorous comment.
- (transitive) To strike forcefully.
- (intransitive, of a pubescent boy's voice) To alternate between high and low register in the process of eventually lowering.
- (transitive) To make a crack or cracks in.
- (intransitive) To form cracks.
- (transitive, computing) To circumvent software restrictions such as regional coding or time limits.
- (transitive, informal) To open a canned beverage, or any packaged drink or food.
- (transitive, chemistry) To break down (a complex molecule), especially with the application of heat: to pyrolyse.
- (transitive) To break open or crush to small pieces by impact or stress.
- (intransitive) To become debilitated by psychological pressure.
- (mid 2020s slang) To have sex with, especially penetrative sex.
- (transitive, figurative) To solve a difficult problem.
- cause to become cracked
- break partially but keep its integrity
- tell spontaneously
- make a very sharp explosive sound
- break into simpler molecules by means of heat
- hit forcefully; deal a hard blow, making a cracking noise
- break suddenly and abruptly, as under tension
- make a sharp sound
- reduce (petroleum) to a simpler compound by cracking
- gain unauthorized access computers with malicious intentions
- become fractured; break or crack on the surface only
- suffer a nervous breakdown
- pass through (a barrier)
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- (vulgar, slang) The vagina.
- A thin and usually jagged space opened in a previously solid material.
- (Cumbria, Northern UK) A chat.
- (figurative, humorous) Something good-tasting or habit-forming.
- (informal) An attempt at something.
- A narrow opening.
- (Northern England, Scotland, Ireland) Conviviality; fun; good conversation, chat, gossip, or humorous storytelling; good company.
- (Internet slang) Extremely silly, absurd or off-the-wall ideas or prose.
- (onomatopoeia) Any sharp sound.
- The tone of voice when changed at puberty.
- A sharply humorous comment; a wisecrack.
- (Northern England, Scotland, Ireland) Business; events; news.
- (onomatopoeia) The sharp sound made when solid material breaks.
- (slang) Crack cocaine, a potent, relatively cheap, addictive variety of cocaine; often a rock, usually smoked through a crack-pipe.
- (informal) The space between the buttocks.
- A sharp, resounding blow.
- (computing) A program or procedure designed to circumvent restrictions or usage limits on software.
- a long narrow cleft
- the act of cracking something
- a blemish resulting from a break without complete separation of the parts
- a usually brief attempt
- a purified and potent form of cocaine that is smoked rather than snorted; highly addictive
- a narrow opening
- a long narrow depression in a surface
- a sudden sharp noise
- witty remark
- a chance to do something
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- a transverse brace
- a horizontal beam that extends across something
- A horizontal or transverse beam or similar member that extends across or perpendicular to something.
- (nautical) A bar or timber connecting two knightheads or two bitts; a timber over the windlass, with pins for belaying the running rigging.
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- plural of brace
- (orthodontics) A device worn on the teeth to straighten them.
- (British) A pair of straps crossing one's shoulders and extending down to one's trousers, where a clip or button arrangement allows them to affix to the trousers, ensuring that they will not fall off.
- an appliance that corrects dental irregularities
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- (bridge-building) The space, at one end, between opposite trusses when these are terminated by inclined braces.
- (Philippines) An ePortal. (a web-based platform that serves as a gateway to various resources, services, or information, usually tailored for specific organizational or user needs.)
- A prayer book or breviary; a portass.
- (anatomy) A short vein that carries blood into the liver.
- A grandiose and often lavish entrance.
- (Philippines) The existence of an account on an ePortal.
- (architecture) A lesser gate, where there are two of different dimensions.
- An entrance, entry point, or means of entry.
- A large primary adit as the main entrance to a mine.
- (US college sports) The NCAA transfer portal, a database and compliance tool designed to facilitate student-athletes who wish to change schools.
- (computer graphics) A connecting window between volumes, in portal rendering.
- (Internet) A website or page that acts as an entrance to other websites or pages on the Internet.
- (architecture) Formerly, a small square corner in a room separated from the rest of an apartment by wainscoting, forming a short passage to another apartment.
- (science fiction and fantasy) A magical or technological aperture leading to another location, period in time, or dimension.
- a short vein that carries blood into the liver
- a site that the owner positions as an entrance to other sites on the internet
- a grand and imposing entrance (often extended metaphorically)
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verb
noun
- A small horizontal brace or girder.
- The distance measured around an object; the circumference.
- (graph theory) The length of the shortest cycle in a graph.
- (informal) One's waistline circumference, most often a large one.
- A band passed under the belly of an animal, which holds a saddle or a harness saddle in place.
- The part of an animal around which the girth fits.
- the distance around a person's body
- stable gear consisting of a band around a horse's belly that holds the saddle in place
verb
noun
- (orthodontics) A small hook for attaching elastic bands on the internal side of braces fixed to the upper teeth.
- (typography, pre-1989 IPA) A hamiform diacritic ⟨◌̡⟩ formerly used to mark consonantal palatalisation; superseded by the superscript jay ⟨◌ʲ⟩.
- (typography, rare) = háček (when it takes the form of a prime)
noun
- A notch or opening.
- (nautical) The inner end of a boom or gaff, hollowed in a half circle so as to move freely on a mast.
- (Scotland, Northern England) A dash or spurt of water; any large quantity of water or other liquid.
- (figuratively, especially in the plural) Anything resembling the jaw (sense 1) of an animal in form or action; the mouth or way of entrance.
- (Scotland, Northern England) A wave, a billow, a breaker.
- The part of the face below the mouth.
- (slang) An axle guard.
- (snooker) The curved part of the cushion marking the entry to the pocket.
- One of the bones, usually bearing teeth, which form the framework of the mouth.
- A notched or forked part, adapted for holding an object in place.
- One of a pair of opposing parts which are movable towards or from each other, for grasping or crushing anything between them.
- the bones of the skull that frame the mouth and serve to open it; the bones that hold the teeth
- the part of the skull of a vertebrate that frames the mouth and holds the teeth
- holding device consisting of one or both of the opposing parts of a tool that close to hold an object
verb
- (intransitive, informal) To talk; to converse.
- (Scotland, transitive, of water) To splash; to surge.
- (Scotland, transitive) To pour or throw out.
- (snooker, transitive, intransitive) (of a ball) To stick in the jaws of a pocket.
- (transitive) To assail or abuse by scolding.
- (intransitive) To scold; to clamor.
- talk incessantly and tiresomely
- censure severely or angrily
- talk socially without exchanging too much information
- chew (food); to bite and grind with the teeth
noun
- (music) A brace used to join two or more staves.
- A special acknowledgment; an award.
- (architecture) An ornament composed of two ogee curves meeting in the middle, each concave toward its outer extremity and convex toward the point at which it meets the other.
- An expression of approval; praise.
- (historical) A salutation marking the conferring of knighthood, consisting of an embrace or a kiss, and a slight blow on the shoulders with the flat of a sword.
- An embrace of greeting or salutation.
- (US) A written presidential certificate recognizing service by military personnel or civilians serving the US armed forces who died or were wounded in action between 1917 and 1918, or who died in service between 1941 and 1947, or died of wounds received in Korea between June 27, 1950 and July 27, 1954.
- (typography) Synonym of curly bracket.
- a tangible symbol signifying approval or distinction
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noun
- A brace, band, or clasp for strengthening or holding things that are apart together.
- (medicine) An instrument used to temporarily shut off blood vessels, etc.
- (electronics) An electronic circuit that fixes either the positive or the negative peak excursions of a signal to a defined value by shifting its DC value.
- A piece of wood (batten) across the grain of a board end to keep it flat, as in a breadboard.
- (agriculture) A compact pile of agricultural produce (such as root vegetables or silage) used for temporary storage (often covered with straw, earth, or both).
- A pile of materials to be heated in a controlled way, stacked or heaped together with fuel so that the fire permeates the pile; the material of interest may be bricks to be fired, ore for roasting, coal for coking, or wood to be charcoalized.
- (UK) A parking enforcement device used to immobilise a car until it can be towed or a fine is paid; a wheel clamp.
- a device (generally used by carpenters) that holds things firmly together
verb
- (transitive) To hold or grip tightly.
- (transitive, intransitive) To fasten in place or together with (or as if with) a clamp.
- (transitive) To modify (a numeric value) so it lies within a specific range by replacing values outside the range with the closest value within the range.
- (transitive) To immobilise (a vehicle) by means of a wheel clamp.
- impose or inflict forcefully
- fasten or fix with a clamp
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verb
noun
- A horizontal structural or finish piece over an opening.
- (networking) the first part of a packet or stream, often containing its address and descriptors.
- The rodeo performer who drives the steer toward the heeler to be tied.
- (Ireland, derogatory) A headcase; a nutjob (mentally unbalanced, unpredictable person).
- (informal) A font, text style, or typesetting used for any of the above.
- One who puts a head on something.
- (masonry) A brick that is laid sideways (on its largest face), for example at the top of a wall or within the brickwork, with its smallest side showing (oriented so that that side is wider than it is tall).
- A headlong fall, jump or dive.
- A machine that separates and gathers the heads of grain etc.
- Text, or other visual information, that goes at the top of a column of information in a table.
- (programming) Clipping of header file.
- Text, or other visual information, used to mark off a quantity of text, often titling or summarizing it.
- (soccer) The act of hitting the ball with the head.
- (computing) The first part of a file or record that describes its contents.
- A raised tank that supplies water at constant pressure, especially to a central heating and hot water system; a header tank.
- (soccer) Someone who heads the ball.
- A pipe which connects several smaller pipes.
- The upper portion of a page (or other) layout.
- a machine that cuts the heads off grain and moves them into a wagon
- a line of text serving to indicate what the passage below it is about
- (soccer) the act of hitting the ball with your head
- horizontal beam used as a finishing piece over a door or window
- a headlong jump (or fall)
- brick that is laid sideways at the top of a wall
- a framing member crossing and supporting the ends of joists, studs, or rafters so as to transfer their weight to parallel joists, studs, or rafters
verb
verb
- support by bracing
- To furnish with braces; to support; to prop.
- cause to be alert and energetic
- support or hold steady and make steadfast, with or as if with a brace
- prepare (oneself), often but not necessarily for something unpleasant or difficult
- To place in a position for resisting pressure; to hold firmly.
- (transitive, intransitive) To prepare for something bad, such as an impact or blow.
- To stop someone for questioning, usually said of police.
- To draw tight; to tighten; to put in a state of tension; to strain; to strengthen.
- To bind or tie closely; to fasten tightly.
- (nautical) To swing round the yards of a square rigged ship, using braces, to present a more efficient sail surface to the direction of the wind.
- To confront with questions, demands or requests.
noun
- a rope on a square-rigged ship that is used to swing a yard about and secure it
- a structural member used to stiffen a framework
- an appliance that corrects dental irregularities
- a set of two similar things considered as a unit
- a support that steadies or strengthens something else
- elastic straps that hold trousers up
- a carpenter's tool having a crank handle for turning and a socket to hold a bit for boring
- either of two punctuation marks (‘{’ or ‘}’) used to enclose textual material
- two items of the same kind
- The state of being braced or tight; tension.
- A curved instrument or handle of iron or wood, for holding and turning bits, etc.; a bitstock.
- (British, chiefly in the plural) Straps or bands to sustain trousers; suspenders.
- A cord, ligament, or rod, for producing or maintaining tension.
- A piece of material used to transmit, or change the direction of, weight or pressure; any one of the pieces, in a frame or truss, which divide the structure into triangular parts. It may act as a tie, or as a strut, and serves to prevent distortion of the structure, and transverse strains in its members. A boiler brace is a diagonal stay, connecting the head with the shell.
- That which holds anything tightly or supports it firmly; a bandage or a prop.
- (nautical) A rope reeved through a block at the end of a yard, by which the yard is moved horizontally; also, a rudder gudgeon.
- (soccer) Two goals scored by one player in a game.
- (typography) A curved, pointed line, also known as "curly bracket": { or } connecting two or more words or lines, which are to be considered together, such as in {role, roll}; in music, used to connect staves.
- (plural brace) A pair, a couple; originally used of dogs, and later of animals generally (e.g., a brace of conies) and then other things, but rarely human persons. (In British use (as plural), this is a particularly common reference to game birds.)
- Harness; warlike preparation.
- (plural in North America, singular or plural in the UK) A system of wires, brackets, and elastic bands used to correct crooked teeth or to reduce overbite.
- A thong used to regulate the tension of a drum.
- (British, Cornwall, mining) The mouth of a shaft.
- (cricket) Two wickets taken with two consecutive deliveries.
noun
- plural of brace
- (orthodontics) A device worn on the teeth to straighten them.
- (British) A pair of straps crossing one's shoulders and extending down to one's trousers, where a clip or button arrangement allows them to affix to the trousers, ensuring that they will not fall off.
- an appliance that corrects dental irregularities
verb
verb
- To strengthen or stiffen, as a beam or girder, by means of a brace or braces.
- (transitive) To support.
- (transitive) To tie up a bird before cooking it.
- (transitive) To secure or bind with ropes.
- To take fast hold of; to seize and hold firmly; to pounce upon.
- tie the wings and legs of a bird before cooking it
- support structurally
- secure with or as if with ropes
noun
- (architecture) A structure made up of one or more triangular units made from straight beams of wood or metal, which is used to support a structure as in a roof or bridge.
- (historical) A padded jacket or dress worn under armour, to protect the body from the effects of friction.
- (historical) Part of a woman's dress; a stomacher.
- A bandage and belt used to hold a hernia in place.
- (nautical) The rope or iron used to keep the centre of a yard to the mast.
- An old English farming measurement. One truss of straw equalled 36 pounds, a truss of old hay equalled 56 pounds, a truss of new hay equalled 60 pounds, and 36 trusses equalled one load.
- (botany) A tuft of flowers or cluster of fruits formed at the top of the main stem of certain plants.
- (architecture) A triangular bracket.
- a framework of beams (rafters, posts, struts) forming a rigid structure that supports a roof or bridge or other structure
- (architecture) a triangular bracket of brick or stone (usually of slight extent)
- (medicine) a bandage consisting of a pad and belt; worn to hold a hernia in place by pressure
verb
- place into brackets
- support with brackets
- classify or group
- (military) To gauge the range of a target by firing equally short and long of it and ranging the weapon between the two to achieve a very accurate hit.
- (photography) To take multiple images of the same subject, using a range of exposure settings, in order to help ensure that a satisfactory image is obtained.
- To set aside, discount, ignore.
- To bound on both sides, to surround, as enclosing with brackets.
- To enclose in typographical brackets.
- To place in the same category.
- To support by means of mechanical brackets.
- To mark distinctly for special treatment.
- (philosophy, phenomenology) In the philosophical system of Edmund Husserl and his followers, to set aside metaphysical theories and existential questions concerning what is real in order to focus philosophical attention simply on the actual content of experience.
noun
- either of two punctuation marks (‘<’ or ‘>’) used in computer programming and sometimes used to enclose textual material
- a category falling within certain defined limits
- either of two punctuation marks (‘[’ or ‘]’) used to enclose textual material
- a support projecting from a wall (as to hold a shelf)
- (US) “[” and “]” specifically, as opposed to the other forms, which have their own technical names.
- (nautical) A short crooked timber, resembling a knee, used as a support.
- A fixture attached to a wall to hold up a shelf.
- (algebra) A pair of values that represent the smallest and largest elements of a range.
- (typography) The small curved or angular corner formed by a serif and a stroke in a letter.
- (sports) A diagram of games in a tournament.
- Alternative form of bragget (“drink made with ale and honey”).
- (military) Typically of stationary weapons, the zone enclosed by one long and one short shot impact expected to be hit very accurately.
- (engineering) Any intermediate object that connects a smaller part to a larger part, the smaller part typically projecting sideways from the larger part.
- (military) The cheek or side of an ordnance carriage, supporting the trunnions.
- (sports) A prediction of the outcome of games in a tournament, used for betting purposes.
- (UK) “(” and “)” specifically, the other forms above requiring adjectives for disambiguation.
- One of several ranges of numbers.
verb
- (nautical) To slack or ease off, as a brace which is too stiffly extended.
- (intransitive) To check out, make sense or prove to be the case after verification or interrogation.
- (transitive) To leave with a shipping agent for shipping.
- (transitive) To make checks or chinks in; to cause to crack.
- To act as a curb or restraint.
- (informal, transitive) To scold or rebuke someone.
- (transitive) To mark with a check pattern.
- (poker, transitive) To announce that one is remaining in a hand without betting.
- (transitive) To verify the accuracy of a text or translation, usually making some corrections (proofread) or many (copyedit).
- (intransitive, with at) To make a stop; to pause.
- (transitive) To control, limit, or halt.
- (street basketball, transitive) To pass or bounce the ball to an opponent from behind the three-point line and have the opponent pass or bounce it back to start play.
- (chess, transitive) To make a move which puts an adversary's king in check; to put in check.
- (transitive, US, often used with "off") To mark items on a list (with a checkmark or by crossing them out) that have been chosen for keeping or removal or that have been dealt with (for example, completed or verified as correct or satisfactory).
- To crack or gape open, as wood in drying; or to crack in small checks, as varnish, paint, etc.
- (transitive) To chide, rebuke, or reprove.
- (falconry) To turn, when in pursuit of proper game, and fly after other birds.
- (sports, transitive) To disrupt another player with the stick or body to obtain possession of the ball or puck.
- (transitive) To verify or compare with a source of information.
- (transitive) To leave in safekeeping.
- (transitive) To inspect; to examine.
- place into check
- develop (a child's or animal's) behavior by instruction and practice; especially to teach self-control
- slow the growth or development of
- hold back, as of a danger or an enemy; check the expansion or influence of
- abandon the intended prey, turn, and pursue an inferior prey
- hand over something to somebody as for temporary safekeeping
- put a check mark on or near or next to
- stop for a moment, as if out of uncertainty or caution
- block or impede (a player from the opposing team) in ice hockey
- be careful or certain to do something; make certain of something
- consign for shipment on a vehicle
- find out, learn, or determine with certainty, usually by making an inquiry or other effort
- be compatible, similar or consistent; coincide in their characteristics
- stop in a chase especially when scent is lost
- make an examination or investigation
- verify by consulting a source or authority
- make cracks or chinks in
- examine so as to determine accuracy, quality, or condition
- lessen the intensity of; temper; hold in restraint; hold or keep within limits
- be verified or confirmed; pass inspection
- write out a check on a bank account
- become fractured; break or crack on the surface only
- mark into squares or draw squares on; draw crossed lines on
- decline to initiate betting
- arrest the motion (of something) abruptly
adj
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noun
- An inspection or examination.
- (falconry) The forsaking by a hawk of its proper game to follow other birds. [from 15th c.]
- A lengthwise separation through the growth rings in wood.
- Any fabric woven with such a pattern.
- A small chink or crack.
- (US) An order to a bank to pay money to a named person or entity.
- A token used instead of cash in various contexts, including sign-out of company property or collection of rations (dated), in gaming machines, or in gambling generally.
- (chess) A situation in which the king is directly threatened by an opposing piece.
- (US) A bill, particularly in a restaurant.
- (textiles, usually pluralized) A pattern made up of a grid of squares of alternating colors; a checkered pattern.
- A control; a limit or stop.
- A mark, certificate, or token by which errors may be prevented, or a thing or person may be identified.
- (contact sports) A maneuver performed by a player to take another player out of the play.
- (US) A mark (especially a checkmark: ✓) used as an indicator.
- a textile pattern of squares or crossed lines (resembling a checkerboard)
- obstructing an opponent in ice hockey
- the act of inspecting or verifying
- a mark left after a small piece has been chopped or broken off of something
- the bill in a restaurant
- the state of inactivity following an interruption
- additional proof that something that was believed (some fact or hypothesis or theory) is correct
- something immaterial that interferes with or delays action or progress
- (chess) a direct attack on an opponent's king
- the act of restraining power or action or limiting excess
- an appraisal of the state of affairs
- a written order directing a bank to pay money
- a mark indicating that something has been noted or completed etc.
verb
- make an opening or gap in
- act in disregard of laws, rules, contracts, or promises
- (transitive) To make a breach in.
- (transitive) To violate or break.
- (intransitive, of a whale or other sea creature) To leap out of the water.
- (intransitive) To suffer a breach.
- (law, informal, transitive, usually passive) To charge, convict or take legal action against someone due to not meeting a legal obligation.
- (transitive, nautical, of the sea) To break into a ship or into a coastal defence.
noun
- a failure to perform some promised act or obligation
- an opening (especially a gap in a dike or fortification)
- a personal or social separation (as between opposing factions)
- The act of breaking, in a figurative sense.
- (figurative) A difference in opinions, social class, etc.
- (law) A breaking or infraction of a law, or of any obligation or tie; violation; non-fulfillment.
- A gap or opening made by breaking or battering, as in a wall, fortification or levee / embankment; the space between the parts of a solid body rent by violence.
- A breaking of waters, as over a vessel or a coastal defence; the waters themselves.
- A breaking up of amicable relations, a falling out.
- A breaking out upon; an assault.
verb
- make an opening or gap in
- (transitive) To check the size of a gap.
- (transitive) To notch, as a sword or knife.
- (intransitive) To fall or spill open so as to leave a gap.
- (New Zealand, slang) To leave suddenly.
- (transitive, intransitive, slang, especially video games, motor racing) To surpass (someone or something) by a considerable margin.
- (transitive) To make an opening in; to breach.
noun
- a difference (especially an unfortunate difference) between two opinions or two views or two situations
- an open or empty space in or between things
- a pass between mountain peaks; geomorphological term for the lowest point on a mountain ridge between two peaks
- a conspicuous disparity or difference as between two figures
- a narrow opening
- an act of delaying or interrupting the continuity
- (slang, euphemistic) The vagina.
- A vacant space or time.
- (Sussex) A sheltered area of coast between two cliffs (mostly restricted to place names).
- (Australia, for a medical or pharmacy item) The shortfall between the amount the medical insurer will pay to the service provider and the scheduled fee for the item.
- (genetics) An unsequenced region in a sequence alignment.
- A vacancy, deficit, absence, or lack.
- An opening allowing passage or entrance.
- A hiatus, a pause in something which is otherwise continuous.
- A mountain or hill pass.
- (Australia, usually written as "the gap") The disparity between the indigenous and non-indigenous communities with regard to life expectancy, education, health, etc.
- (baseball) The regions between the outfielders.
- Alternative form of gup (elected head of a gewog in Bhutan)
- An opening in anything made by breaking or parting.
- An opening that implies a breach or defect.
verb
- (transitive) To open slightly.
- (transitive) To overcome a security system or component.
- (intransitive) To make a cracking sound.
- (transitive) To cause to make a sharp sound.
- (intransitive) To break apart under force, stress, or pressure.
- (intransitive) To break down or yield, especially under interrogation or torture.
- (transitive, figurative) To cause to yield under interrogation or other pressure.
- (colloquial) To barely reach or attain (a measurement or extent).
- (transitive) To tell (a joke).
- (intransitive, transgender slang) To realize that one is transgender.
- (intransitive, of a voice) To change rapidly in register.
- (intransitive) To make a sharply humorous comment.
- (transitive) To strike forcefully.
- (intransitive, of a pubescent boy's voice) To alternate between high and low register in the process of eventually lowering.
- (transitive) To make a crack or cracks in.
- (intransitive) To form cracks.
- (transitive, computing) To circumvent software restrictions such as regional coding or time limits.
- (transitive, informal) To open a canned beverage, or any packaged drink or food.
- (transitive, chemistry) To break down (a complex molecule), especially with the application of heat: to pyrolyse.
- (transitive) To break open or crush to small pieces by impact or stress.
- (intransitive) To become debilitated by psychological pressure.
- (mid 2020s slang) To have sex with, especially penetrative sex.
- (transitive, figurative) To solve a difficult problem.
- cause to become cracked
- break partially but keep its integrity
- tell spontaneously
- make a very sharp explosive sound
- break into simpler molecules by means of heat
- hit forcefully; deal a hard blow, making a cracking noise
- break suddenly and abruptly, as under tension
- make a sharp sound
- reduce (petroleum) to a simpler compound by cracking
- gain unauthorized access computers with malicious intentions
- become fractured; break or crack on the surface only
- suffer a nervous breakdown
- pass through (a barrier)
adj
noun
- (vulgar, slang) The vagina.
- A thin and usually jagged space opened in a previously solid material.
- (Cumbria, Northern UK) A chat.
- (figurative, humorous) Something good-tasting or habit-forming.
- (informal) An attempt at something.
- A narrow opening.
- (Northern England, Scotland, Ireland) Conviviality; fun; good conversation, chat, gossip, or humorous storytelling; good company.
- (Internet slang) Extremely silly, absurd or off-the-wall ideas or prose.
- (onomatopoeia) Any sharp sound.
- The tone of voice when changed at puberty.
- A sharply humorous comment; a wisecrack.
- (Northern England, Scotland, Ireland) Business; events; news.
- (onomatopoeia) The sharp sound made when solid material breaks.
- (slang) Crack cocaine, a potent, relatively cheap, addictive variety of cocaine; often a rock, usually smoked through a crack-pipe.
- (informal) The space between the buttocks.
- A sharp, resounding blow.
- (computing) A program or procedure designed to circumvent restrictions or usage limits on software.
- a long narrow cleft
- the act of cracking something
- a blemish resulting from a break without complete separation of the parts
- a usually brief attempt
- a purified and potent form of cocaine that is smoked rather than snorted; highly addictive
- a narrow opening
- a long narrow depression in a surface
- a sudden sharp noise
- witty remark
- a chance to do something