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noun
- The playing card featuring three pips.
- one of four playing cards in a deck having three pips
- A person who is three years old.
- (basketball) Abbreviation of three-pointer.
- The digit/figure 3.
- Anything measuring three units, as length.
- Three o'clock, either a.m. or p.m.
- the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one
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adj
noun
- (card games) One of the three chief cards in ombre and quadrille.
- (card games) The jack of clubs, or any other trump held in sequence with it, in the game of skat.
- (bullfighting) The person whose aim is to kill the bull in a bullfight.
- (uncountable) A certain game of dominoes in which four dominoes (the 4-3, 5-2, 6-1, and double blank), called matadors, may be played at any time in any way.
- the principal bullfighter who is appointed to make the final passes and kill the bull
noun
- (countable) Three of the same cards held in one hand; three of a kind.
- (uncountable) A once-popular game of cards played by three people.
- A jest or scoff; trick or deception.
- (slang) A geek who is involved in a glee club, choir, or singing.
- (informal) A stream of saliva from a person's mouth.
- An enticing glance or look.
verb
adj
- (poker slang) Being three of a kind as the first three cards in seven card stud.
- Reinforced, supported, tied or bound with wire.
- (informal, of people or communities) Connected to the Internet; online.
- (slang) All worked out; completely understood.
- Equipped with hidden electronic eavesdropping devices.
- Equipped with wires, so as to connect to a power source or to other electric or electronic equipment; connected by wires.
- (slang) Very excited, overstimulated; high-strung.
- (zoology) Having wiry feathers.
- (poker slang) Being a pair in seven-card stud with one face up and one face down.
- equipped with wire or wires especially for electric or telephone service
- tied or bound with wire
- tense with excitement and enthusiasm as from a rush of adrenaline
- having hidden electronic eavesdropping devices
verb
noun
- (poker slang) A playing card with the rank of three.
- (Singapore, military, slang) On an insignia, a coat of arms symbol representing a senior rank.
- (uncountable, aviation) Ellipsis of crab angle.
- (rowing) A position in rowing where the oar is pushed under the rigger by the force of the water.
- (informal) Clipping of carabiner, modified based on likening the shape of a carabiner to a crab's claw.
- A claw for anchoring a portable machine.
- The crab apple or wild apple.
- (uncountable) The meat of this crustacean, served as food; crabmeat.
- The tree species Carapa guianensis, native to South America.
- A form of windlass, or geared capstan, for hauling ships into dock, etc.
- Any crustacean of the infraorder Brachyura, having five pairs of legs, the foremost of which are in the form of claws, and a carapace.
- Any of various crustacean in the infraorder Anomura, usually excluding squat lobsters.
- A movable winch or windlass with powerful gearing, used with derricks, etc.
- (in plural crabs, informal) An infestation of pubic lice (Pthirus pubis).
- (derogatory, Blood slang) A member of the Crips.
- A cudgel made of the wood of the crab tree; a crabstick.
- A horseshoe crab.
- A defect in an outwardly normal object that may render it inconvenient and troublesome to use.
- A machine used in ropewalks to stretch the yarn.
- The tree bearing crab apples, which has a dogbane-like bitter bark with medical use.
- A bad-tempered person.
- decapod having eyes on short stalks and a broad flattened carapace with a small abdomen folded under the thorax and pincers
- a quarrelsome grouch
- the edible flesh of any of various crabs
- a louse that infests the pubic region of the human body
- a stroke of the oar that either misses the water or digs too deeply
verb
- (rare) To back out of something.
- (transitive, aviation) To navigate (an aircraft, e.g. a glider) sideways against an air current in order to maintain a straight-line course.
- (zoology, of sugar gliders) To make a loud, rapid rattling sound when scared, stressed, or agitated.
- (transitive, US, slang) To ruin.
- (transitive) To complain about.
- (British dialect) To cudgel or beat, as with a crabstick
- (intransitive) To fish for crabs.
- (intransitive) To complain.
- To be ill-tempered; to complain or find fault.
- (intransitive) To drift or move sideways or to leeward (by analogy with the movement of a crab).
- To move in a manner that involves keeping low and clinging to surfaces.
- (transitive, film, television) To move (a camera) sideways.
- scurry sideways like a crab
- complain
- fish for crab
- direct (an aircraft) into a crosswind
noun
- (cartomancy) The third card of the Lenormand deck.
- (nautical) A water-borne vessel generally larger than a boat.
- (cellular automata, chiefly in combination) A spaceship.
- A dish or utensil (originally fashioned like the hull of a ship) used to hold incense.
- (fandom slang) A fictional romantic relationship between two characters, either real or themselves fictional, especially one explored in fan fiction.
- (chiefly in combination) A vessel which travels through any medium other than across land, such as an airship or spaceship.
- (uncommon) Clipping of relationship.
- (cellular automata) A particular still life consisting of an empty cell surrounded by six live cells.
- a vessel that carries passengers or freight
verb
- (transitive, rugby) To draw (a penalty) by bungling a kick and giving the opposing team possession.
- (transitive, nautical) To put or secure in its place.
- (intransitive) To embark on a ship.
- (transitive, sports) To trade or send (a player) to another team.
- (fandom slang, transitive) To support or approve of a fictional romantic relationship between two characters, typically in fan fiction or other fandom contexts.
- (transitive) To send (a parcel or container) to a recipient (by any means of transport).
- (ambitransitive, poker slang) To go all in.
- (colloquial, with dummy it) To leave, depart, scram.
- (ergative) To engage to serve on board a vessel.
- (transitive) To take in or take on (water) over the sides of a vessel.
- (ditransitive, colloquial) To pass (from one person to another).
- (transitive) To send by water-borne transport.
- (ergative) To release (a product, not necessarily physical) to vendors or customers; to launch.
- transport commercially
- travel by ship
- place on board a ship
- hire for work on a ship
- go on board
noun
- (card games) A card with two pips, one of four in a standard deck of playing cards.
- one of the four playing cards in a deck that have two spots
- (restaurants, slang) A table seating two diners.
- (Canada, slang) A two-year prison sentence.
- (in the plural) Two-barrel (twin choke) carburetors (in the phrase three deuces: an arrangement on a common intake manifold).
- (tennis, table tennis, volleyball) A tied game where either player can win by scoring two consecutive points.
- (dice games) A side of a die with two spots.
- Synonym of devil (“something awkward or difficult”).
- (baseball) A curveball.
- (euphemistic, slang) Douche.
- A 1932 Ford.
- (Canada, US, slang) A bowel movement (the event or the result).
- (dice games) A cast of dice totalling two.
- A hand gesture consisting of a raised index and middle finger, a peace sign.
- (epithet) The Devil, used in exclamations of confusion or anger.
- a word used in exclamations of confusion
- a tie in tennis or table tennis that requires winning two successive points to win the game
- the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number
noun
- (card games) A playing card featuring six pips.
- (military slang, by ellipsis of six o'clock) Rear, behind (rear side of something).
- The digit or figure 6.
- A group or set with six elements.
- Six o'clock.
- (cricket) An event whereby a batsman hits a ball which does not bounce before passing over a boundary in the air, resulting in an award of 6 runs for the batting team.
- (American football) A touchdown.
- (North Wales) A bathroom or toilet.
- a playing card or domino or die whose upward face shows six pips
- the cardinal number that is the sum of five and one
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adj
noun
- (poker) Five cards in sequence.
- A chiropractor who relies solely on spinal adjustment, with no other treatments.
- (slang) A normal person; someone in mainstream society.
- (slang) A cigarette, particularly one containing tobacco instead of marijuana.
- (colloquial) A heterosexual.
- A cat that has straight ears despite belonging to a breed that often has folded ears.
- Something that is not crooked or bent such as a part of a road or track.
- a person having a sexual orientation to persons of the opposite sex
- a poker hand with 5 consecutive cards (regardless of suit)
- a straight segment of a roadway or racecourse
adj
- Perfectly horizontal or vertical; not diagonal or oblique.
- (telegraphy, historical, of a telegram) Sent at a full rate for immediate delivery; being a fast telegram.
- (informal, of people, reciprocal) On good terms.
- Free from dishonesty; honest, law-abiding.
- (tennis) Describing the sets in a match of which the winner did not lose a single set.
- (colloquial) Conventional; mainstream; socially acceptable.
- Of spirits: undiluted, unmixed; neat.
- (engineering, of an internal-combustion engine) Having all cylinders in a single straight line; in-line.
- In a row, in unbroken sequence; consecutive.
- (cricket) Describing the bat as held so as not to incline to either side; on, or near a line running between the two wickets.
- (colloquial) Not using alcohol, drugs, etc.
- (of a path, trajectory, etc.) Direct, undeviating.
- Not crooked, curly, or bent; having a constant direction throughout its length.
- (slang) Thorough; utter; unqualified.
- (colloquial) Heterosexual.
- Direct in communication; unevasive, straightforward.
- (informal, of a person) OK, all right, fine; in a good state or situation.
- (fashion) Not plus size; thin.
- In proper order; as it should be.
- (colloquial, of a romantic or sexual relation) Occurring between people of opposite sex (sometimes, but not always, specifically between heterosexual people).
- (rare, now chiefly religion) Strait; narrow.
- (sciences, mathematics) Concerning the property allowing the parallel transport of vectors along a course that keeps tangent vectors remain as such throughout that course (a course which is straight, a straight curve, is a geodesic).
- Serious rather than comedic.
- (slang, sex work) Related to conventional sexual intercourse.
- (US, politics) Making no exceptions or deviations in one's support of the organization and candidates of a political party.
- (US, politics) Containing the names of all the regularly nominated candidates of a single party and no others.
- in keeping with the facts
- not homosexual
- (of hair) having no waves or curls
- neatly arranged; not disorderly
- rigidly conventional or old-fashioned
- free from curves or angles
- without evasion or compromise
- no longer coiled
- erect in posture
- (of an alcoholic drink) without water
- following a correct or logical method
- having no deviations
- successive (without a break)
- characterized by honesty and fairness
- accurately fitted; level
adv
- Of a direction relative to the subject, precisely; as if following a direct line.
- Directly; without pause, delay or detour.
- Continuously; without interruption or pause.
- Of speech or information, without prevarication or holding back; directly; straightforwardly; plainly.
- without deviation
- in a straight line; in a direct course
- in a forthright manner; candidly or frankly
verb
noun
- one of four playing cards in a deck having three pips
- (card games, occasionally dice games) A playing card or die with the rank of three.
- the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one
- (informal) The third bearer of the same personal name in a family, often denoted by suffixed Roman numeral III.
- The third branch of a deer's antler.
- (card games, dice games, dominoes) A score of three in cards, dice, or dominoes.
- (Australia, informal) A three penny coin; a thrippence.
noun
- A playing card.
- A business card.
- (in the plural) Any game using playing cards; a card game.
- Any flat, normally rectangular piece of stiff paper, plastic, etc.
- (nautical) Ellipsis of compass card.
- A roll or sliver of fibre (as of wool) delivered from a carding machine.
- (Philippines, education) Ellipsis of report card.
- A test card.
- A bank card.
- (textiles) A hand-held tool formed similarly to a hairbrush but with bristles of wire or other rigid material. It is used principally with raw cotton, wool, hair, or other natural fibers to prepare these materials for spinning into yarn or thread on a spinning wheel, with a whorl or other hand-held spindle. The card serves to untangle, clean, remove debris from, and lay the fibers straight.
- (computing) A removable electronic device that may be inserted into a powered electronic device to provide additional capability.
- (uncountable) Paper that is thicker and more durable than normal writing or printing paper, but thinner and more flexible than paperboard, used for postcards, playing cards, etc.; card stock.
- (computing) Any of a set of pages or forms that the user can navigate between, and fill with data, in certain user interfaces.
- A list of scheduled events or of performers or contestants; chiefly used in professional wrestling.
- In formal debating, a verbatim citation used as evidence for a point.
- (graph theory) A graph formed from a given graph by deleting one vertex.
- (television) A title card or intertitle: a piece of filmed, printed text edited into the midst of the photographed action at various points, generally to convey character dialogue or descriptive narrative material related to the plot.
- A greeting card.
- Abbreviation of cardinal (“songbird”).
- Any electronic payment (rather than a cash payment using notes, bills or coins).
- (informal) An amusing or entertaining person, often slightly eccentric.
- (cricket) A tabular presentation of the key statistics of an innings or match: batsmen’s scores and how they were dismissed, extras, total score and bowling figures.
- An indicator card.
- A resource or argument, used to achieve a purpose. (See play the something card.)
- (weaving) A perforated pasteboard or sheet-metal plate for warp threads, making part of the Jacquard apparatus of a loom.
- a printed circuit that can be inserted into expansion slots in a computer to increase the computer's capabilities
- a card certifying the identity of the bearer
- a sign posted in a public place as an advertisement
- a list of dishes available at a restaurant
- a printed or written greeting that is left to indicate that you have visited
- a rectangular piece of stiff paper used to send messages (may have printed greetings or pictures)
- thin cardboard, usually rectangular
- (golf) a record of scores (as in golf)
- one of a set of small pieces of stiff paper marked in various ways and used for playing games or for telling fortunes
- a witty amusing person who makes jokes
- (baseball) a list of batters in the order in which they will bat
verb
- (transitive, US) To check IDs, especially against a minimum age requirement.
- To scrape or tear someone’s flesh using a metal comb, as a form of torture.
- (transitive, golf) To make (a stated score), as recorded on a scoring card.
- (textiles) To use a carding device to disentangle the fibres of wool prior to spinning.
- (transitive) To comb with a card; to cleanse or disentangle by carding.
- ask someone for identification to determine whether he or she is old enough to consume liquor
- separate the fibers of
noun
- (cartomancy) The thirty-third card of the Lenormand deck.
- (computing) One of several small, usually square buttons on a typewriter or computer keyboard, mostly corresponding to text characters.
- (historical) A manual electrical switching device primarily used for the transmission of Morse code.
- (architecture) A piece of wood used as a wedge.
- (figurative) The general pitch or tone of a sentence or utterance.
- In musical theory and notation, the tonality centering in a given tone, or the several tones taken collectively, of a given scale, major or minor.
- In musical instruments, one of the valve levers used to select notes, such as a lever opening a hole on a woodwind.
- (biology) A series of logically organized groups of discriminating information which aims to allow the user to correctly identify a taxon.
- In instruments with a keyboard such as an organ or piano, one of the levers, or especially the exposed front end of it, which are depressed to cause a particular sound or note to be produced.
- (print and film) The black ink layer, especially in relation to the three color layers of cyan, magenta, and yellow. See also CMYK.
- (computer graphics, television) A color to be masked or made transparent.
- (Internet) A password restricting access to an IRC channel.
- A guide to the correct answers of a worksheet or test.
- (countable) An object designed to open and close a lock.
- (music) A scale or group of pitches constituting the basis of a musical composition.
- (slang) A kilogram, especially of a recreational drug.
- In musical theory, the total melodic and harmonic relations, which exist between the tones of an ideal scale, major or minor; tonality.
- A crucial step or requirement.
- (databases) In a relational database, a field used as an index into another table (not necessarily unique).
- (masonry) A keystone.
- In musical notation, a sign at the head of a staff indicating the musical key.
- That part of the plastering which is forced through between the laths and holds the rest in place.
- (basketball) The free-throw lane together with the circle surrounding the free-throw line, the free-throw lane having formerly been narrower, giving the area the shape of a skeleton key hole.
- (cryptography) A piece of information (e.g., a password or passphrase) used to encode or decode a message or messages.
- (computing) A value that uniquely identifies an entry in a container.
- Any of various tools comparable to a wrench (spanner) or driver, or, in some cases, also called a wrench or driver.
- An object designed to fit between two other objects (such as a shaft and a wheel) in a mechanism and maintain their relative orientation.
- Alternative form of quay.
- A small guide explaining symbols or terminology, especially the legend on a map or chart.
- The degree of roughness, or retention ability of a surface to have applied a liquid such as paint, or glue.
- (advertising) A modification of an advertisement so as to target a particular group or demographic.
- The lowest note of a scale; keynote.
- (rail transport) A wooden wedge, driven sideways between a bullhead rail and a cast-iron chair, to keep the rail securely in position.
- (Australian rules football) A key position player (a tall forward or defender).
- One of a string of small islands.
- (architecture) The last board of a floor when laid down.
- (botany) An indehiscent, one-seeded fruit furnished with a wing, such as the fruit of the ash and maple; a samara.
- a winged often one-seed indehiscent fruit as of the ash or elm or maple
- any of 24 major or minor diatonic scales that provide the tonal framework for a piece of music
- something crucial for explaining
- a kilogram of a narcotic drug
- a coral reef off the southern coast of Florida
- a lever (as in a keyboard) that actuates a mechanism when depressed
- a list of answers to a test
- pitch of the voice
- a generic term for any device whose possession entitles the holder to a means of access
- (basketball) a space (including the foul line) in front of the basket at each end of a basketball court; usually painted a different color from the rest of the court
- a list of words or phrases that explain symbols or abbreviations
- mechanical device used to wind another device that is driven by a spring (as a clock)
- metal device shaped in such a way that when it is inserted into the appropriate lock the lock's mechanism can be rotated
- the central building block at the top of an arch or vault
adj
verb
- To fit (pieces of a mechanical assembly) with a key to maintain the orientation between them.
- To provide an arch with a keystone.
- (advertising, transitive) To modify (an advertisement) so as to target a particular group or demographic.
- To fasten or secure firmly; to fasten or tighten with keys or wedges.
- To link (as one might do with a key or legend).
- To fit (a lock) with a key.
- (computing) (more usually to key in) To enter (information) by typing on a keyboard or keypad.
- To attune to; to set at; to pitch.
- (radio) To operate (the transmitter switch of a two-way radio).
- (telegraphy and radio telegraphy) To depress (a telegraph key).
- (intransitive, biology, chiefly taxonomy) To be identified as a certain taxon when using a key.
- To mark or indicate with a symbol indicating membership in a class.
- To prepare for plastering by adding the key (that part of the plastering which is forced through between the laths and holds the rest in place).
- (colloquial) To vandalize (a car, etc.) by scratching with an implement such as a key.
- Clipping of chromakey.
- vandalize a car by scratching the sides with a key
- identify as in botany or biology, for example
- regulate the musical pitch of
- provide with a key
- harmonize with or adjust to
noun
verb
adj
- (poker) Of a straight draw, made up of four consecutive cards, thus able to be completed by either of two ranks of card.
- Adaptable to change.
- Unrestricted by definite limits.
- Permitting a spontaneous or unstructured response.
- without fixed limits or restrictions
- allowing for a spontaneous response
- allowing for future changes or revisions
noun
- one of four playing cards in a deck with nine pips on the face
- (card games) A playing card with nine pips.
- a team of professional baseball players who play and travel together
- the cardinal number that is the sum of eight and one
- The digit or figure 9.
- (weaponry) A nine-millimeter semi-automatic pistol.
- (baseball) A baseball club, team, or lineup (composed of nine players).
- (computing, engineering, usually in the plural) A statistical unit of proportion (of reliability, purity, etc.).
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noun
verb
noun
- (poker) The first three cards turned face-up by the dealer in a community card poker game.
- A heavy, passive fall; a plopping down.
- (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
adv
intj
verb
- (poker, transitive) To have (a hand) using the community cards dealt on the flop.
- (intransitive, slang) To stay, sleep or live in a place.
- (transitive) To flip; to reverse (an image).
- (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
noun
- one of the four playing cards in a deck that have two spots
- the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number
- (film) Ellipsis of two shot.
- (US, informal) A two-dollar bill.
- A child aged two.
- The digit/figure 2.
- A playing card featuring two pips.
- Two o'clock, either a.m. or p.m.
adj
num
noun
- a playing card or a domino or a die whose upward face shows five pips
- a team that plays basketball
- the cardinal number that is the sum of four and one
- The digit/figure 5.
- A person who is five years old.
- Anything measuring five units, as length.
- A banknote with a denomination of five units of currency. See also fiver.
- (basketball) A basketball team, club or lineup.
- A short rest, especially one of five minutes.
- Five o'clock.
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name
- (card games) An eighteenth-century trick-taking card game for four players, with two packs of fifty-two cards each.
- A habitational surname transferred from the place name.
- A town in South Australia.
- A village in County Clare, Ireland.
- An unincorporated community in Missouri; named for the city in Massachusetts.
- A neighborhood of Louisville, Kentucky.
- An unincorporated community, the county seat of Bowie County, Texas.
- A municipality of the Philippines.
- (rare) A male given name transferred from the place name or surname.
- A town in New York; named for the city in Massachusetts.
- A census-designated place in Pennsylvania.
- A town and borough in Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TF3244).
- The capital and largest city of Massachusetts, the informal capital of New England, and the county seat of Suffolk County.
- An unincorporated community in Highland County, Ohio; named for the city in Massachusetts.
- A township in Washington County, Arkansas.
- An unincorporated community in Licking County, Ohio.
- A township and unincorporated community therein, in Summit County, Ohio; named for the city in Massachusetts.
- An unincorporated community in Culpeper County and Rappahannock County, Virginia.
- A township and town therein, in Wayne County, Indiana; named for the city in Massachusetts.
- A town in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.
- A settlement in Suriname.
- An inactive township in Madison County, Arkansas.
- A settlement in Belize.
- An unincorporated community in Belmont County, Ohio.
- A village in Kyrgyzstan.
- A city in Georgia; named for Thomas M. Boston, who found a medicinal spring near the town site.
- A census-designated place in Accomack County, Virginia.
- A township in Ionia County, Michigan.
- A census-designated place in Nelson County, Kentucky.
noun
noun
- one of four playing cards in a deck having a single pip on its face
- someone who is dazzlingly skilled in any field
- a serve that the receiver is unable to reach
- the smallest whole number or a numeral representing this number
- (US, golf, disc golf) A hole in one.
- (US) A perfect score on a school exam.
- A very small quantity or degree; a particle; an atom; a jot.
- (dice games) A die face marked with a single dot, typically representing the number one.
- (slang) A person who is asexual.
- (tennis, volleyball) A serve won without the opponent hitting the ball.
- (sometimes attributive) An expert at something; a maverick, genius; a person of supreme talent.
- (card games) A playing card showing a single pip, typically the highest or lowest ranking card in a game.
- Any of various hesperiid butterflies.
- The ball marked with the number 1 in pool and related games.
- (sports) A point won by a single stroke, as in handball, rackets, etc.
- A military aircraft pilot who is credited with shooting down many enemy aircraft, typically five or more.
- (US, slang) A dollar bill.
- (US, baseball) The best pitcher on the team.
adj
verb
- succeed at easily
- score an ace against
- play (a hole) in one stroke
- serve an ace against (someone)
- (ambitransitive, US, informal) To defeat (others) in a contest; to outdo (others) in a competition.
- (ambitransitive, tennis) To win a point against (an opponent) by an ace.
- (golf) To make an ace (hole in one).
- (transitive, US, informal) To pass (a test, interviews etc.) perfectly.
noun
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adj
noun
- (poker, slang) Three of a kind, especially if two cards are in one's hand and the third is on the board. Compare trips (“three of a kind, especially with two cards on the board and one in one's hand”).
- The full number of eggs set under a hen.
- The pattern of a tartan, etc.
- The amount by which the teeth of a saw protrude to the side in order to create the kerf.
- A collection of various objects for a particular purpose.
- (horticulture) A small tuber or bulb used instead of seed, particularly onion sets and potato sets.
- A rudimentary fruit.
- (engineering) A permanent change of shape caused by excessive strain, as from compression, tension, bending, twisting, etc.
- A matching collection of similar things. (Note the similar meaning in Etymology 2, Noun.)
- (music) A musical performance by a band, disc jockey, etc., consisting of several musical pieces.
- (volleyball) A complete series of points, forming part of a match.
- (exercise) A group of repetitions of a single exercise performed one after the other without rest.
- A young plant fit for setting out; a slip; shoot.
- A device for receiving broadcast radio waves (or, more recently, broadcast data); a radio or television.
- (tennis) A complete series of games, forming part of a match.
- A group of people, usually meeting socially or connected through some shared interest, activity, attribute, etc.
- A young oyster when first attached.
- The scenery for a film or play.
- The setting of the sun or other luminary; (by extension) the close of the day.
- (music) A drum kit, a drum set.
- (piledriving) A piece placed temporarily upon the head of a pile when the latter cannot otherwise be reached by the weight, or hammer.
- An object made up of several parts.
- A tool for dressing forged iron.
- A punch for setting nails in wood.
- (volleyball) The act of directing the ball to a teammate for an attack.
- Collectively, the crop of young oysters in any locality.
- (UK, education) A class group in a subject where pupils are divided by ability.
- (literally and figuratively) General movement; direction; drift; tendency.
- Alternative form of sett (“piece of quarried stone”).
- A bias of mind; an attitude or pattern of behaviour.
- Alternative form of sett (“a hole made and lived in by a badger”).
- (dance) The initial or basic formation of dancers.
- (colloquial) The manner, state, or quality of setting or fitting; fit.
- (in plural, “sets”, mathematics, informal) Set theory.
- (set theory) A collection of zero or more objects, possibly infinite in size, and disregarding any order or repetition of the objects which may be contained within it.
- the general locations and area where a movie’s, a film’s, or a video’s scenery is arranged to be filmed also including places for actors, assorted crew, director, producers which are typically not filmed.
- A series or group of something. (Note the similar meaning in Etymology 4, Noun)
- The camber of a curved roofing tile.
- Alternative form of sett (“pattern of threads and yarns”).
- an unofficial association of people or groups
- a group of things of the same kind that belong together and are so used
- several exercises intended to be done in series
- (mathematics) an abstract collection of numbers or symbols
- (psychology) being temporarily ready to respond in a particular way
- a relatively permanent inclination to react in a particular way
- the process of becoming hard or solid by cooling or drying or crystallization
- the act of putting something in position
- the descent of a heavenly body below the horizon
- a unit of play in tennis or squash
- any electronic equipment that receives or transmits radio or tv signals
- representation consisting of the scenery and other properties used to identify the location of a dramatic production
adj
- Intent, determined (to do something).
- Rigid, solidified.
- Fixed in one’s opinion.
- Fixed in position.
- Ready, prepared.
- (of hair) Fixed in a certain style.
- Prearranged.
- determined or decided upon as by an authority
- situated in a particular spot or position
- set down according to a plan
- fixed and unmoving
- converted to solid form (as concrete)
- (usually followed by ‘to’ or ‘for’) on the point of or strongly disposed
- being below the horizon
verb
- (transitive, volleyball) To direct (the ball) to a teammate for an attack.
- (transitive) To render stiff or solid; especially, to convert into curd; to curdle.
- (intransitive, country dancing) To acknowledge a dancing partner by facing him or her and moving first to one side and then to the other, while she or he does the opposite.
- (transitive) To put in a specified condition or state; to cause to be.
- (transitive, bridge) To defeat a contract.
- To establish as a rule; to furnish; to prescribe; to assign.
- (transitive) To punch (a nail) into wood so that its head is below the surface.
- (transitive) To introduce or describe.
- (transitive) To put (something) down, to rest.
- To become fixed or rigid; to be fastened.
- (UK, education) To divide a class group in a subject according to ability
- (intransitive, of fruit) To be fixed for growth; to strike root; to begin to germinate or form.
- (ambitransitive) To fit music to words.
- To reduce from a dislocated or fractured state.
- (transitive) To compile, to make (a puzzle or challenge).
- (transitive) To arrange (type).
- (ambitransitive) To place plants or shoots in the ground; to plant.
- To put in order in a particular manner; to prepare.
- (transitive) To locate (a play, etc.); to assign a backdrop to, geographically or temporally.
- (transitive) To adjust.
- To extend and bring into position; to spread.
- (transitive) To prepare (a stage or film set).
- (transitive) To arrange with dishes and cutlery, to set the table.
- To cause (a domestic fowl) to sit on eggs to brood.
- (intransitive, now dialectal) To sit or lie (easily etc.) on the stomach; to be digested in a certain manner.
- (intransitive) To solidify.
- (transitive) To attach or affix (something) to something else, or in or upon a certain place.
- (transitive) To start (a fire).
- To give a pitch to, as a tune; to start by fixing the keynote.
- (intransitive, Southern US, Midwestern US, dialects) To rest or lie somewhere, on something, etc.; to occupy a certain place.
- To apply oneself; to undertake earnestly.
- (transitive) To fit (someone) up in a situation.
- (transitive) To determine or settle.
- (transitive) To devise and assign (work) to.
- To have a certain direction of motion; to flow; to move on; to tend.
- (intransitive, Southern US, Midwestern US, dialects) To sit (be in a seated position).
- To hunt game with the aid of a setter.
- (intransitive) Of a heavenly body, to disappear below the horizon of a planet, etc, as the latter rotates.
- To adorn with something infixed or affixed; to stud; to variegate with objects placed here and there.
- (masonry) To lower into place and fix solidly, as the blocks of cut stone in a structure.
- (transitive, botany) To produce after pollination.
- (hunting, ambitransitive) Of a dog, to indicate the position of game.
- To place or fix in a setting.
- (Scotland) To suit; to become.
- urge to attack someone
- put or set (seeds, seedlings, or plants) into the ground
- equip with sails or masts
- set in type
- arrange attractively
- alter or regulate so as to achieve accuracy or conform to a standard
- put into a certain state; cause to be in a certain state
- fix conclusively or authoritatively
- become gelatinous
- disappear beyond the horizon
- set to a certain position or cause to operate correctly
- give a fine, sharp edge to a knife or razor
- insert (a nail or screw below the surface, as into a countersink)
- put into a certain place or abstract location
- produce fruit
- make ready or suitable or equip in advance for a particular purpose or for some use, event, etc
- put into a position that will restore a normal state
- get ready for a particular purpose or event
- locate
- adapt for performance in a different way
- decide upon or fix definitely
- establish as the highest level or best performance
- fix in a border
- apply or start
- estimate
noun
- (card games) A meld consisting of three or more cards of successive ranks in the same suit, such as the four, five and six of hearts.
- (mathematics) An ordered list of objects, typically indexed with natural numbers.
- A set of things next to each other in a set order; a series.
- A series of shots that depict a single action or style in a film, television show, or other video medium.
- A series of musical phrases where a theme or melody is repeated, with some change each time, such as in pitch or length (example: opening of Beethoven's Fifth Symphony).
- (uncountable) The state of being sequent or following; order of succession.
- A musical composition used in some Catholic Masses between the readings. The most famous sequence is the Dies Irae (Day of Wrath) formerly used in funeral services.
- serial arrangement in which things follow in logical order or a recurrent pattern
- film consisting of a succession of related shots that develop a given subject in a movie
- the action of following in order
- several repetitions of a melodic phrase in different keys
- a following of one thing after another in time
verb
- (transitive) To arrange (something) in an order.
- (transitive, biochemistry) To determine the order of monomers in (a biological polymer), e.g. of amino acids in (a protein), or of bases in (a nucleic acid).
- (transitive, music) To produce (music) with a sequencer.
- (intransitive, uncommon) To proceed through a sequence or series of things.
- arrange in a sequence
- determine the order of constituents in
noun
- one of four playing cards in a deck with eight pips on the face
- (playing cards) Any of the four cards in a normal deck with the value eight.
- the cardinal number that is the sum of seven and one
- Alternative spelling of ait (island in a river)
- (rowing, especially in plural) A race in which such craft participate.
- The digit/figure 8.
- Eight o'clock.
- (rowing) The eight people who crew a rowing-boat.
- (nautical) A light, narrow rowing boat, especially one used in competitive rowing, steered by a cox, in which eight rowers each have two oars.
adj
num
noun
- (card games) Four successive cards of the same suit.
- (fencing) The fourth defensive position; quarte.
- A unit of liquid capacity equal to two pints; one-fourth (quarter) of a gallon. Equivalent to 1.136 liters in the UK and 0.946 liter (liquid quart) or 1.101 liters (dry quart) in the U.S.
- a United States liquid unit equal to 32 fluid ounces; four quarts equal one gallon
- a United States dry unit equal to 2 pints or 67.2 cubic inches
- a British imperial capacity measure (liquid or dry) equal to 2 pints or 1.136 liters
adj
adv
verb
noun
- (card games, uncountable) The card game piquet.
- (sometimes figurative) A sentry.
- (military) One of the soldiers or troops placed on a line forward of a position to warn against an enemy advance; or any unit (for example, an aircraft or ship) performing a similar function.
- (historical) A type of punishment by which an offender had to rest his or her entire body weight on the top of a small stake.
- A stake driven into the ground.
- A tool in mountaineering that is driven into the snow and used as an anchor or to arrest falls.
- A protester positioned outside an office, workplace etc. during a strike (usually in plural); also the protest itself.
- a protester posted by a labor organization outside a place of work
- a detachment of troops guarding an army from surprise attack
- a vehicle performing sentinel duty
- a person employed to keep watch for some anticipated event
- a form of military punishment used by the British in the late 17th century in which a soldier was forced to stand on one foot on a pointed stake
- a wooden strip forming part of a fence
verb
- (intransitive) To protest, organized by a labour union, typically in front of the location of employment.
- (transitive) To enclose or fortify with pickets or pointed stakes.
- (transitive) To tether to, or as if to, a picket.
- (transitive) To guard, as a camp or road, by an outlying picket.
- fasten with a picket
- serve as pickets or post pickets
noun
- a card game played with a pack of forty-eight cards (two of each suit for high cards); play resembles whist
- A trick-taking card game for two players.
- The act of taking certain cards in this game: the queen of spades and jack of diamonds, or (if either of those suits is trumps) the queen of clubs and jack of hearts.
noun
- (card games) The next card taken from the top of a pack of cards and displayed.
- (historical) A book, intended for children, with flaps that can be lifted to reveal underlying text or images.
- (figurative) A stroke of good luck; something that appears unexpectedly; especially in turn up for the book.
- Fabric turned up at the bottom of trousers to make them shorter.
adj
- (poker, postnominal) Said of the three cards of the same rank in a full house.
- (of clothing) Of a size that is ample, wide, or having ample folds or pleats to be comfortable.
- Complete; with nothing omitted.
- Having depth and body; rich.
- Total, entire.
- (of physical features) Plump, round.
- (chiefly Australia) Drunk, intoxicated.
- (category theory, of a functor between locally small categories) Surjective as a map of morphisms
- Containing the maximum possible amount that can fit in the space available.
- Filled with emotions.
- (category theory, of a subcategory S of C) Including all morphisms. Formally: Such that for every pairs of objects (X, Y) in S, the hom-sets operatorname Hom_S(X,Y) and operatorname Hom_C(X,Y) are equal.
- Having the attention, thoughts, etc., absorbed in any matter, and the feelings more or less excited by it.
- (informal, with "of") Replete, abounding with.
- (informal, of hands, chiefly in the plural) Carrying as much as possible.
- Completely empowered, authorized or qualified (in some role); not limited.
- (informal) Having eaten to satisfaction, having a "full" stomach; replete.
- (of the moon) Having its entire face illuminated.
- filled to satisfaction with food or drink
- constituting the full quantity or extent; complete
- containing as much or as many as is possible or normal
- having the normally expected amount
- being at a peak or culminating point
- complete in extent or degree and in every particular
- having ample fabric
- (of sound) having marked deepness and body
noun
- (freestyle skiing) An aerialist maneuver consisting of a backflip in conjunction and simultaneous with a complete twist.
- (gymnastics) A flip involving a complete turn in midair.
- Utmost measure or extent; highest state or degree; the state, position, or moment of fullness; fill.
- (of the moon) The phase of the moon when its entire face is illuminated, full moon.
- the time when the Moon is fully illuminated
verb
adv
noun
- one of four playing cards in a deck with ten pips on the face
- the cardinal number that is the sum of nine and one; the base of the decimal system
- A set or group with ten elements.
- (countable, US, slang) A perfect specimen, (particularly) a physically attractive person.
- (countable) A denomination of currency, such as a banknote, with a value of ten units.
- (countable, rowing) The act of rowing ten strokes flat out.
- (countable, US, slang) A high level of intensity.
- (in the plural) An inexact quantity, typically understood to be between 20 and 100.
- (countable, card games) A card in a given suit with a value of ten.
adj
num
noun
- (card games) a rule in Tycoon where if four cards are placed down at once, the card hierarchy is reversed.
- (countable, politics) A political upheaval in a government or state characterized by great change.
- (countable, politics) The popular removal and replacement of a government, especially by sudden violent action.
- A round of periodic changes, such as between the seasons of the year.
- A sudden, vast change in a situation, a discipline, or the way of thinking and behaving.
- Consideration of an idea; the act of revolving something in the mind.
- (astronomy) In the case of celestial bodies, the traversal of one body along an orbit around another body.
- Rotation: the turning of an object around an axis, one complete turn of an object during rotation.
- the overthrow of a government by those who are governed
- a single complete turn (axial or orbital)
- a drastic and far-reaching change in ways of thinking and behaving
noun
- A round of a card game.
- A side; part, camp; direction, either right or left.
- Promise, word; especially of a betrothal.
- (historical) A Native American gambling game, involving guessing the whereabouts of bits of ivory or similar, which are passed rapidly from hand to hand.
- Personal possession; ownership.
- (chiefly in the plural) Management, domain, control.
- An instance of helping.
- Handwriting; style of penmanship.
- (card games) The set of cards held by a player.
- The feel of a fabric; the impression or quality of the fabric as judged qualitatively by the sense of touch.
- (colloquial, chiefly in the negative plural) A hand which is free to assist; especially due to having one's hands full or otherwise fully preoccupied.
- Power of performance; means of execution; ability; skill; dexterity.
- (especially in compounds) An agent; a servant, or manual laborer; a workman, trained or competent for special service or duty.
- Applause.
- (collective) A bunch of bananas, a typical retail amount, where individual fruits are fingers.
- A performer more or less skilful.
- (chiefly in measuring the height of horses) Four inches, a hand's breadth.
- A person's autograph or signature.
- A whole rhizome of ginger.
- The part of the forelimb below the forearm or wrist in a human, and the corresponding part in many other animals.
- A limb of certain animals, such as the foot of a hawk, or any one of the four extremities of a monkey.
- (firearms) The small part of a gunstock near the lock, which is grasped by the hand in taking aim.
- (tobacco manufacturing) A bundle of tobacco leaves tied together.
- An index or pointer on a dial; such as the hour and minute hands on the face of an analog clock, which are used to indicate the time of day.
- a member of the crew of a ship
- a unit of length equal to 4 inches; used in measuring horses
- a rotating pointer on the face of a timepiece
- one of two sides of an issue
- the (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb
- a hired laborer on a farm or ranch
- terminal part of the forelimb in certain vertebrates (e.g. apes or kangaroos)
- a round of applause to signify approval
- ability
- physical assistance
- a position given by its location to the side of an object
- something written by hand
- the cards held in a card game by a given player at any given time
- a card player in a game of bridge
verb
- (transitive, nautical) To furl (a sail).
- (ditransitive) To give, pass or transmit with the hand, literally or figuratively.
- (transitive) To lead, guide, or assist with the hand; to conduct.
- (transitive, rare) To pledge by the hand; to handfast.
- guide or conduct or usher somewhere
- place into the hands or custody of
noun
- A playing card marked with such a symbol.
- A joint charge of expense, or any person's share of it; a contribution to a common fund.
- A club sandwich.
- (card games) A black clover shape (♣), one of the four symbols used to mark the suits of playing cards.
- (countable, golf) An implement to hit the ball in certain ball games, such as golf.
- (World War I– World War II, military slang) The propeller of an aeroplane.
- The slice of bread in the middle of a club sandwich.
- (humorous) Any set of people with a shared characteristic.
- An establishment that provides staged entertainment, often with food and drink, such as a nightclub.
- (countable, rhythmic gymnastics) An item used during routines, the apparatus consisting of a set of two clubs.
- (countable) An association of members joining together for some common purpose, especially sports or recreation.
- (countable) A heavy object, often a kind of stick, intended for use as a bludgeoning weapon or a plaything.
- stout stick that is larger at one end
- a team of professional baseball players who play and travel together
- a playing card in the minor suit that has one or more black trefoils on it
- a building that is occupied by a social club
- a spot that is open late at night and that provides entertainment (as singers or dancers) as well as dancing and food and drink
- golf equipment used by a golfer to hit a golf ball
- a formal association of people with similar interests
verb
- (transitive) To raise, or defray, by a proportional assessment.
- (military) To throw, or allow to fall, into confusion.
- To score a victory over by a large margin.
- (transitive) To hit with a club.
- (transitive, military) To turn the breech of (a musket) uppermost, so as to use it as a club.
- (intransitive) To pay an equal or proportionate share of a common charge or expense.
- (intransitive) To join together to form a group.
- (intransitive) To go to nightclubs.
- (nautical) To drift in a current with an anchor out.
- (transitive) To unite, or contribute, for the accomplishment of a common end.
- (intransitive, transitive) To combine into a club-shaped mass.
- gather and spend time together
- gather into a club-like mass
- strike with a club or a bludgeon
- unite with a common purpose
noun
- The playing card featuring three pips.
- one of four playing cards in a deck having three pips
- A person who is three years old.
- (basketball) Abbreviation of three-pointer.
- The digit/figure 3.
- Anything measuring three units, as length.
- Three o'clock, either a.m. or p.m.
- the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one
num
adj
noun
- (card games) One of the three chief cards in ombre and quadrille.
- (card games) The jack of clubs, or any other trump held in sequence with it, in the game of skat.
- (bullfighting) The person whose aim is to kill the bull in a bullfight.
- (uncountable) A certain game of dominoes in which four dominoes (the 4-3, 5-2, 6-1, and double blank), called matadors, may be played at any time in any way.
- the principal bullfighter who is appointed to make the final passes and kill the bull
noun
- (countable) Three of the same cards held in one hand; three of a kind.
- (uncountable) A once-popular game of cards played by three people.
- A jest or scoff; trick or deception.
- (slang) A geek who is involved in a glee club, choir, or singing.
- (informal) A stream of saliva from a person's mouth.
- An enticing glance or look.
verb
noun
- (poker slang) A playing card with the rank of three.
- (Singapore, military, slang) On an insignia, a coat of arms symbol representing a senior rank.
- (uncountable, aviation) Ellipsis of crab angle.
- (rowing) A position in rowing where the oar is pushed under the rigger by the force of the water.
- (informal) Clipping of carabiner, modified based on likening the shape of a carabiner to a crab's claw.
- A claw for anchoring a portable machine.
- The crab apple or wild apple.
- (uncountable) The meat of this crustacean, served as food; crabmeat.
- The tree species Carapa guianensis, native to South America.
- A form of windlass, or geared capstan, for hauling ships into dock, etc.
- Any crustacean of the infraorder Brachyura, having five pairs of legs, the foremost of which are in the form of claws, and a carapace.
- Any of various crustacean in the infraorder Anomura, usually excluding squat lobsters.
- A movable winch or windlass with powerful gearing, used with derricks, etc.
- (in plural crabs, informal) An infestation of pubic lice (Pthirus pubis).
- (derogatory, Blood slang) A member of the Crips.
- A cudgel made of the wood of the crab tree; a crabstick.
- A horseshoe crab.
- A defect in an outwardly normal object that may render it inconvenient and troublesome to use.
- A machine used in ropewalks to stretch the yarn.
- The tree bearing crab apples, which has a dogbane-like bitter bark with medical use.
- A bad-tempered person.
- decapod having eyes on short stalks and a broad flattened carapace with a small abdomen folded under the thorax and pincers
- a quarrelsome grouch
- the edible flesh of any of various crabs
- a louse that infests the pubic region of the human body
- a stroke of the oar that either misses the water or digs too deeply
verb
- (rare) To back out of something.
- (transitive, aviation) To navigate (an aircraft, e.g. a glider) sideways against an air current in order to maintain a straight-line course.
- (zoology, of sugar gliders) To make a loud, rapid rattling sound when scared, stressed, or agitated.
- (transitive, US, slang) To ruin.
- (transitive) To complain about.
- (British dialect) To cudgel or beat, as with a crabstick
- (intransitive) To fish for crabs.
- (intransitive) To complain.
- To be ill-tempered; to complain or find fault.
- (intransitive) To drift or move sideways or to leeward (by analogy with the movement of a crab).
- To move in a manner that involves keeping low and clinging to surfaces.
- (transitive, film, television) To move (a camera) sideways.
- scurry sideways like a crab
- complain
- fish for crab
- direct (an aircraft) into a crosswind
noun
- (cartomancy) The third card of the Lenormand deck.
- (nautical) A water-borne vessel generally larger than a boat.
- (cellular automata, chiefly in combination) A spaceship.
- A dish or utensil (originally fashioned like the hull of a ship) used to hold incense.
- (fandom slang) A fictional romantic relationship between two characters, either real or themselves fictional, especially one explored in fan fiction.
- (chiefly in combination) A vessel which travels through any medium other than across land, such as an airship or spaceship.
- (uncommon) Clipping of relationship.
- (cellular automata) A particular still life consisting of an empty cell surrounded by six live cells.
- a vessel that carries passengers or freight
verb
- (transitive, rugby) To draw (a penalty) by bungling a kick and giving the opposing team possession.
- (transitive, nautical) To put or secure in its place.
- (intransitive) To embark on a ship.
- (transitive, sports) To trade or send (a player) to another team.
- (fandom slang, transitive) To support or approve of a fictional romantic relationship between two characters, typically in fan fiction or other fandom contexts.
- (transitive) To send (a parcel or container) to a recipient (by any means of transport).
- (ambitransitive, poker slang) To go all in.
- (colloquial, with dummy it) To leave, depart, scram.
- (ergative) To engage to serve on board a vessel.
- (transitive) To take in or take on (water) over the sides of a vessel.
- (ditransitive, colloquial) To pass (from one person to another).
- (transitive) To send by water-borne transport.
- (ergative) To release (a product, not necessarily physical) to vendors or customers; to launch.
- transport commercially
- travel by ship
- place on board a ship
- hire for work on a ship
- go on board
noun
- (card games) A card with two pips, one of four in a standard deck of playing cards.
- one of the four playing cards in a deck that have two spots
- (restaurants, slang) A table seating two diners.
- (Canada, slang) A two-year prison sentence.
- (in the plural) Two-barrel (twin choke) carburetors (in the phrase three deuces: an arrangement on a common intake manifold).
- (tennis, table tennis, volleyball) A tied game where either player can win by scoring two consecutive points.
- (dice games) A side of a die with two spots.
- Synonym of devil (“something awkward or difficult”).
- (baseball) A curveball.
- (euphemistic, slang) Douche.
- A 1932 Ford.
- (Canada, US, slang) A bowel movement (the event or the result).
- (dice games) A cast of dice totalling two.
- A hand gesture consisting of a raised index and middle finger, a peace sign.
- (epithet) The Devil, used in exclamations of confusion or anger.
- a word used in exclamations of confusion
- a tie in tennis or table tennis that requires winning two successive points to win the game
- the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number
noun
- (card games) A playing card featuring six pips.
- (military slang, by ellipsis of six o'clock) Rear, behind (rear side of something).
- The digit or figure 6.
- A group or set with six elements.
- Six o'clock.
- (cricket) An event whereby a batsman hits a ball which does not bounce before passing over a boundary in the air, resulting in an award of 6 runs for the batting team.
- (American football) A touchdown.
- (North Wales) A bathroom or toilet.
- a playing card or domino or die whose upward face shows six pips
- the cardinal number that is the sum of five and one
num
adj
noun
- (poker) Five cards in sequence.
- A chiropractor who relies solely on spinal adjustment, with no other treatments.
- (slang) A normal person; someone in mainstream society.
- (slang) A cigarette, particularly one containing tobacco instead of marijuana.
- (colloquial) A heterosexual.
- A cat that has straight ears despite belonging to a breed that often has folded ears.
- Something that is not crooked or bent such as a part of a road or track.
- a person having a sexual orientation to persons of the opposite sex
- a poker hand with 5 consecutive cards (regardless of suit)
- a straight segment of a roadway or racecourse
adj
- Perfectly horizontal or vertical; not diagonal or oblique.
- (telegraphy, historical, of a telegram) Sent at a full rate for immediate delivery; being a fast telegram.
- (informal, of people, reciprocal) On good terms.
- Free from dishonesty; honest, law-abiding.
- (tennis) Describing the sets in a match of which the winner did not lose a single set.
- (colloquial) Conventional; mainstream; socially acceptable.
- Of spirits: undiluted, unmixed; neat.
- (engineering, of an internal-combustion engine) Having all cylinders in a single straight line; in-line.
- In a row, in unbroken sequence; consecutive.
- (cricket) Describing the bat as held so as not to incline to either side; on, or near a line running between the two wickets.
- (colloquial) Not using alcohol, drugs, etc.
- (of a path, trajectory, etc.) Direct, undeviating.
- Not crooked, curly, or bent; having a constant direction throughout its length.
- (slang) Thorough; utter; unqualified.
- (colloquial) Heterosexual.
- Direct in communication; unevasive, straightforward.
- (informal, of a person) OK, all right, fine; in a good state or situation.
- (fashion) Not plus size; thin.
- In proper order; as it should be.
- (colloquial, of a romantic or sexual relation) Occurring between people of opposite sex (sometimes, but not always, specifically between heterosexual people).
- (rare, now chiefly religion) Strait; narrow.
- (sciences, mathematics) Concerning the property allowing the parallel transport of vectors along a course that keeps tangent vectors remain as such throughout that course (a course which is straight, a straight curve, is a geodesic).
- Serious rather than comedic.
- (slang, sex work) Related to conventional sexual intercourse.
- (US, politics) Making no exceptions or deviations in one's support of the organization and candidates of a political party.
- (US, politics) Containing the names of all the regularly nominated candidates of a single party and no others.
- in keeping with the facts
- not homosexual
- (of hair) having no waves or curls
- neatly arranged; not disorderly
- rigidly conventional or old-fashioned
- free from curves or angles
- without evasion or compromise
- no longer coiled
- erect in posture
- (of an alcoholic drink) without water
- following a correct or logical method
- having no deviations
- successive (without a break)
- characterized by honesty and fairness
- accurately fitted; level
adv
- Of a direction relative to the subject, precisely; as if following a direct line.
- Directly; without pause, delay or detour.
- Continuously; without interruption or pause.
- Of speech or information, without prevarication or holding back; directly; straightforwardly; plainly.
- without deviation
- in a straight line; in a direct course
- in a forthright manner; candidly or frankly
verb
noun
- one of four playing cards in a deck having three pips
- (card games, occasionally dice games) A playing card or die with the rank of three.
- the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one
- (informal) The third bearer of the same personal name in a family, often denoted by suffixed Roman numeral III.
- The third branch of a deer's antler.
- (card games, dice games, dominoes) A score of three in cards, dice, or dominoes.
- (Australia, informal) A three penny coin; a thrippence.
noun
- A playing card.
- A business card.
- (in the plural) Any game using playing cards; a card game.
- Any flat, normally rectangular piece of stiff paper, plastic, etc.
- (nautical) Ellipsis of compass card.
- A roll or sliver of fibre (as of wool) delivered from a carding machine.
- (Philippines, education) Ellipsis of report card.
- A test card.
- A bank card.
- (textiles) A hand-held tool formed similarly to a hairbrush but with bristles of wire or other rigid material. It is used principally with raw cotton, wool, hair, or other natural fibers to prepare these materials for spinning into yarn or thread on a spinning wheel, with a whorl or other hand-held spindle. The card serves to untangle, clean, remove debris from, and lay the fibers straight.
- (computing) A removable electronic device that may be inserted into a powered electronic device to provide additional capability.
- (uncountable) Paper that is thicker and more durable than normal writing or printing paper, but thinner and more flexible than paperboard, used for postcards, playing cards, etc.; card stock.
- (computing) Any of a set of pages or forms that the user can navigate between, and fill with data, in certain user interfaces.
- A list of scheduled events or of performers or contestants; chiefly used in professional wrestling.
- In formal debating, a verbatim citation used as evidence for a point.
- (graph theory) A graph formed from a given graph by deleting one vertex.
- (television) A title card or intertitle: a piece of filmed, printed text edited into the midst of the photographed action at various points, generally to convey character dialogue or descriptive narrative material related to the plot.
- A greeting card.
- Abbreviation of cardinal (“songbird”).
- Any electronic payment (rather than a cash payment using notes, bills or coins).
- (informal) An amusing or entertaining person, often slightly eccentric.
- (cricket) A tabular presentation of the key statistics of an innings or match: batsmen’s scores and how they were dismissed, extras, total score and bowling figures.
- An indicator card.
- A resource or argument, used to achieve a purpose. (See play the something card.)
- (weaving) A perforated pasteboard or sheet-metal plate for warp threads, making part of the Jacquard apparatus of a loom.
- a printed circuit that can be inserted into expansion slots in a computer to increase the computer's capabilities
- a card certifying the identity of the bearer
- a sign posted in a public place as an advertisement
- a list of dishes available at a restaurant
- a printed or written greeting that is left to indicate that you have visited
- a rectangular piece of stiff paper used to send messages (may have printed greetings or pictures)
- thin cardboard, usually rectangular
- (golf) a record of scores (as in golf)
- one of a set of small pieces of stiff paper marked in various ways and used for playing games or for telling fortunes
- a witty amusing person who makes jokes
- (baseball) a list of batters in the order in which they will bat
verb
- (transitive, US) To check IDs, especially against a minimum age requirement.
- To scrape or tear someone’s flesh using a metal comb, as a form of torture.
- (transitive, golf) To make (a stated score), as recorded on a scoring card.
- (textiles) To use a carding device to disentangle the fibres of wool prior to spinning.
- (transitive) To comb with a card; to cleanse or disentangle by carding.
- ask someone for identification to determine whether he or she is old enough to consume liquor
- separate the fibers of
noun
- (cartomancy) The thirty-third card of the Lenormand deck.
- (computing) One of several small, usually square buttons on a typewriter or computer keyboard, mostly corresponding to text characters.
- (historical) A manual electrical switching device primarily used for the transmission of Morse code.
- (architecture) A piece of wood used as a wedge.
- (figurative) The general pitch or tone of a sentence or utterance.
- In musical theory and notation, the tonality centering in a given tone, or the several tones taken collectively, of a given scale, major or minor.
- In musical instruments, one of the valve levers used to select notes, such as a lever opening a hole on a woodwind.
- (biology) A series of logically organized groups of discriminating information which aims to allow the user to correctly identify a taxon.
- In instruments with a keyboard such as an organ or piano, one of the levers, or especially the exposed front end of it, which are depressed to cause a particular sound or note to be produced.
- (print and film) The black ink layer, especially in relation to the three color layers of cyan, magenta, and yellow. See also CMYK.
- (computer graphics, television) A color to be masked or made transparent.
- (Internet) A password restricting access to an IRC channel.
- A guide to the correct answers of a worksheet or test.
- (countable) An object designed to open and close a lock.
- (music) A scale or group of pitches constituting the basis of a musical composition.
- (slang) A kilogram, especially of a recreational drug.
- In musical theory, the total melodic and harmonic relations, which exist between the tones of an ideal scale, major or minor; tonality.
- A crucial step or requirement.
- (databases) In a relational database, a field used as an index into another table (not necessarily unique).
- (masonry) A keystone.
- In musical notation, a sign at the head of a staff indicating the musical key.
- That part of the plastering which is forced through between the laths and holds the rest in place.
- (basketball) The free-throw lane together with the circle surrounding the free-throw line, the free-throw lane having formerly been narrower, giving the area the shape of a skeleton key hole.
- (cryptography) A piece of information (e.g., a password or passphrase) used to encode or decode a message or messages.
- (computing) A value that uniquely identifies an entry in a container.
- Any of various tools comparable to a wrench (spanner) or driver, or, in some cases, also called a wrench or driver.
- An object designed to fit between two other objects (such as a shaft and a wheel) in a mechanism and maintain their relative orientation.
- Alternative form of quay.
- A small guide explaining symbols or terminology, especially the legend on a map or chart.
- The degree of roughness, or retention ability of a surface to have applied a liquid such as paint, or glue.
- (advertising) A modification of an advertisement so as to target a particular group or demographic.
- The lowest note of a scale; keynote.
- (rail transport) A wooden wedge, driven sideways between a bullhead rail and a cast-iron chair, to keep the rail securely in position.
- (Australian rules football) A key position player (a tall forward or defender).
- One of a string of small islands.
- (architecture) The last board of a floor when laid down.
- (botany) An indehiscent, one-seeded fruit furnished with a wing, such as the fruit of the ash and maple; a samara.
- a winged often one-seed indehiscent fruit as of the ash or elm or maple
- any of 24 major or minor diatonic scales that provide the tonal framework for a piece of music
- something crucial for explaining
- a kilogram of a narcotic drug
- a coral reef off the southern coast of Florida
- a lever (as in a keyboard) that actuates a mechanism when depressed
- a list of answers to a test
- pitch of the voice
- a generic term for any device whose possession entitles the holder to a means of access
- (basketball) a space (including the foul line) in front of the basket at each end of a basketball court; usually painted a different color from the rest of the court
- a list of words or phrases that explain symbols or abbreviations
- mechanical device used to wind another device that is driven by a spring (as a clock)
- metal device shaped in such a way that when it is inserted into the appropriate lock the lock's mechanism can be rotated
- the central building block at the top of an arch or vault
adj
verb
- To fit (pieces of a mechanical assembly) with a key to maintain the orientation between them.
- To provide an arch with a keystone.
- (advertising, transitive) To modify (an advertisement) so as to target a particular group or demographic.
- To fasten or secure firmly; to fasten or tighten with keys or wedges.
- To link (as one might do with a key or legend).
- To fit (a lock) with a key.
- (computing) (more usually to key in) To enter (information) by typing on a keyboard or keypad.
- To attune to; to set at; to pitch.
- (radio) To operate (the transmitter switch of a two-way radio).
- (telegraphy and radio telegraphy) To depress (a telegraph key).
- (intransitive, biology, chiefly taxonomy) To be identified as a certain taxon when using a key.
- To mark or indicate with a symbol indicating membership in a class.
- To prepare for plastering by adding the key (that part of the plastering which is forced through between the laths and holds the rest in place).
- (colloquial) To vandalize (a car, etc.) by scratching with an implement such as a key.
- Clipping of chromakey.
- vandalize a car by scratching the sides with a key
- identify as in botany or biology, for example
- regulate the musical pitch of
- provide with a key
- harmonize with or adjust to
noun
verb
noun
- one of four playing cards in a deck with nine pips on the face
- (card games) A playing card with nine pips.
- a team of professional baseball players who play and travel together
- the cardinal number that is the sum of eight and one
- The digit or figure 9.
- (weaponry) A nine-millimeter semi-automatic pistol.
- (baseball) A baseball club, team, or lineup (composed of nine players).
- (computing, engineering, usually in the plural) A statistical unit of proportion (of reliability, purity, etc.).
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num
noun
verb
noun
- (poker) The first three cards turned face-up by the dealer in a community card poker game.
- A heavy, passive fall; a plopping down.
- (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
adv
intj
verb
- (poker, transitive) To have (a hand) using the community cards dealt on the flop.
- (intransitive, slang) To stay, sleep or live in a place.
- (transitive) To flip; to reverse (an image).
- (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
noun
- one of the four playing cards in a deck that have two spots
- the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number
- (film) Ellipsis of two shot.
- (US, informal) A two-dollar bill.
- A child aged two.
- The digit/figure 2.
- A playing card featuring two pips.
- Two o'clock, either a.m. or p.m.
adj
num
noun
- a playing card or a domino or a die whose upward face shows five pips
- a team that plays basketball
- the cardinal number that is the sum of four and one
- The digit/figure 5.
- A person who is five years old.
- Anything measuring five units, as length.
- A banknote with a denomination of five units of currency. See also fiver.
- (basketball) A basketball team, club or lineup.
- A short rest, especially one of five minutes.
- Five o'clock.
adj
num
noun
- one of four playing cards in a deck having a single pip on its face
- someone who is dazzlingly skilled in any field
- a serve that the receiver is unable to reach
- the smallest whole number or a numeral representing this number
- (US, golf, disc golf) A hole in one.
- (US) A perfect score on a school exam.
- A very small quantity or degree; a particle; an atom; a jot.
- (dice games) A die face marked with a single dot, typically representing the number one.
- (slang) A person who is asexual.
- (tennis, volleyball) A serve won without the opponent hitting the ball.
- (sometimes attributive) An expert at something; a maverick, genius; a person of supreme talent.
- (card games) A playing card showing a single pip, typically the highest or lowest ranking card in a game.
- Any of various hesperiid butterflies.
- The ball marked with the number 1 in pool and related games.
- (sports) A point won by a single stroke, as in handball, rackets, etc.
- A military aircraft pilot who is credited with shooting down many enemy aircraft, typically five or more.
- (US, slang) A dollar bill.
- (US, baseball) The best pitcher on the team.
adj
verb
- succeed at easily
- score an ace against
- play (a hole) in one stroke
- serve an ace against (someone)
- (ambitransitive, US, informal) To defeat (others) in a contest; to outdo (others) in a competition.
- (ambitransitive, tennis) To win a point against (an opponent) by an ace.
- (golf) To make an ace (hole in one).
- (transitive, US, informal) To pass (a test, interviews etc.) perfectly.
noun
num
adj
noun
- (poker, slang) Three of a kind, especially if two cards are in one's hand and the third is on the board. Compare trips (“three of a kind, especially with two cards on the board and one in one's hand”).
- The full number of eggs set under a hen.
- The pattern of a tartan, etc.
- The amount by which the teeth of a saw protrude to the side in order to create the kerf.
- A collection of various objects for a particular purpose.
- (horticulture) A small tuber or bulb used instead of seed, particularly onion sets and potato sets.
- A rudimentary fruit.
- (engineering) A permanent change of shape caused by excessive strain, as from compression, tension, bending, twisting, etc.
- A matching collection of similar things. (Note the similar meaning in Etymology 2, Noun.)
- (music) A musical performance by a band, disc jockey, etc., consisting of several musical pieces.
- (volleyball) A complete series of points, forming part of a match.
- (exercise) A group of repetitions of a single exercise performed one after the other without rest.
- A young plant fit for setting out; a slip; shoot.
- A device for receiving broadcast radio waves (or, more recently, broadcast data); a radio or television.
- (tennis) A complete series of games, forming part of a match.
- A group of people, usually meeting socially or connected through some shared interest, activity, attribute, etc.
- A young oyster when first attached.
- The scenery for a film or play.
- The setting of the sun or other luminary; (by extension) the close of the day.
- (music) A drum kit, a drum set.
- (piledriving) A piece placed temporarily upon the head of a pile when the latter cannot otherwise be reached by the weight, or hammer.
- An object made up of several parts.
- A tool for dressing forged iron.
- A punch for setting nails in wood.
- (volleyball) The act of directing the ball to a teammate for an attack.
- Collectively, the crop of young oysters in any locality.
- (UK, education) A class group in a subject where pupils are divided by ability.
- (literally and figuratively) General movement; direction; drift; tendency.
- Alternative form of sett (“piece of quarried stone”).
- A bias of mind; an attitude or pattern of behaviour.
- Alternative form of sett (“a hole made and lived in by a badger”).
- (dance) The initial or basic formation of dancers.
- (colloquial) The manner, state, or quality of setting or fitting; fit.
- (in plural, “sets”, mathematics, informal) Set theory.
- (set theory) A collection of zero or more objects, possibly infinite in size, and disregarding any order or repetition of the objects which may be contained within it.
- the general locations and area where a movie’s, a film’s, or a video’s scenery is arranged to be filmed also including places for actors, assorted crew, director, producers which are typically not filmed.
- A series or group of something. (Note the similar meaning in Etymology 4, Noun)
- The camber of a curved roofing tile.
- Alternative form of sett (“pattern of threads and yarns”).
- an unofficial association of people or groups
- a group of things of the same kind that belong together and are so used
- several exercises intended to be done in series
- (mathematics) an abstract collection of numbers or symbols
- (psychology) being temporarily ready to respond in a particular way
- a relatively permanent inclination to react in a particular way
- the process of becoming hard or solid by cooling or drying or crystallization
- the act of putting something in position
- the descent of a heavenly body below the horizon
- a unit of play in tennis or squash
- any electronic equipment that receives or transmits radio or tv signals
- representation consisting of the scenery and other properties used to identify the location of a dramatic production
adj
- Intent, determined (to do something).
- Rigid, solidified.
- Fixed in one’s opinion.
- Fixed in position.
- Ready, prepared.
- (of hair) Fixed in a certain style.
- Prearranged.
- determined or decided upon as by an authority
- situated in a particular spot or position
- set down according to a plan
- fixed and unmoving
- converted to solid form (as concrete)
- (usually followed by ‘to’ or ‘for’) on the point of or strongly disposed
- being below the horizon
verb
- (transitive, volleyball) To direct (the ball) to a teammate for an attack.
- (transitive) To render stiff or solid; especially, to convert into curd; to curdle.
- (intransitive, country dancing) To acknowledge a dancing partner by facing him or her and moving first to one side and then to the other, while she or he does the opposite.
- (transitive) To put in a specified condition or state; to cause to be.
- (transitive, bridge) To defeat a contract.
- To establish as a rule; to furnish; to prescribe; to assign.
- (transitive) To punch (a nail) into wood so that its head is below the surface.
- (transitive) To introduce or describe.
- (transitive) To put (something) down, to rest.
- To become fixed or rigid; to be fastened.
- (UK, education) To divide a class group in a subject according to ability
- (intransitive, of fruit) To be fixed for growth; to strike root; to begin to germinate or form.
- (ambitransitive) To fit music to words.
- To reduce from a dislocated or fractured state.
- (transitive) To compile, to make (a puzzle or challenge).
- (transitive) To arrange (type).
- (ambitransitive) To place plants or shoots in the ground; to plant.
- To put in order in a particular manner; to prepare.
- (transitive) To locate (a play, etc.); to assign a backdrop to, geographically or temporally.
- (transitive) To adjust.
- To extend and bring into position; to spread.
- (transitive) To prepare (a stage or film set).
- (transitive) To arrange with dishes and cutlery, to set the table.
- To cause (a domestic fowl) to sit on eggs to brood.
- (intransitive, now dialectal) To sit or lie (easily etc.) on the stomach; to be digested in a certain manner.
- (intransitive) To solidify.
- (transitive) To attach or affix (something) to something else, or in or upon a certain place.
- (transitive) To start (a fire).
- To give a pitch to, as a tune; to start by fixing the keynote.
- (intransitive, Southern US, Midwestern US, dialects) To rest or lie somewhere, on something, etc.; to occupy a certain place.
- To apply oneself; to undertake earnestly.
- (transitive) To fit (someone) up in a situation.
- (transitive) To determine or settle.
- (transitive) To devise and assign (work) to.
- To have a certain direction of motion; to flow; to move on; to tend.
- (intransitive, Southern US, Midwestern US, dialects) To sit (be in a seated position).
- To hunt game with the aid of a setter.
- (intransitive) Of a heavenly body, to disappear below the horizon of a planet, etc, as the latter rotates.
- To adorn with something infixed or affixed; to stud; to variegate with objects placed here and there.
- (masonry) To lower into place and fix solidly, as the blocks of cut stone in a structure.
- (transitive, botany) To produce after pollination.
- (hunting, ambitransitive) Of a dog, to indicate the position of game.
- To place or fix in a setting.
- (Scotland) To suit; to become.
- urge to attack someone
- put or set (seeds, seedlings, or plants) into the ground
- equip with sails or masts
- set in type
- arrange attractively
- alter or regulate so as to achieve accuracy or conform to a standard
- put into a certain state; cause to be in a certain state
- fix conclusively or authoritatively
- become gelatinous
- disappear beyond the horizon
- set to a certain position or cause to operate correctly
- give a fine, sharp edge to a knife or razor
- insert (a nail or screw below the surface, as into a countersink)
- put into a certain place or abstract location
- produce fruit
- make ready or suitable or equip in advance for a particular purpose or for some use, event, etc
- put into a position that will restore a normal state
- get ready for a particular purpose or event
- locate
- adapt for performance in a different way
- decide upon or fix definitely
- establish as the highest level or best performance
- fix in a border
- apply or start
- estimate
noun
- (card games) A meld consisting of three or more cards of successive ranks in the same suit, such as the four, five and six of hearts.
- (mathematics) An ordered list of objects, typically indexed with natural numbers.
- A set of things next to each other in a set order; a series.
- A series of shots that depict a single action or style in a film, television show, or other video medium.
- A series of musical phrases where a theme or melody is repeated, with some change each time, such as in pitch or length (example: opening of Beethoven's Fifth Symphony).
- (uncountable) The state of being sequent or following; order of succession.
- A musical composition used in some Catholic Masses between the readings. The most famous sequence is the Dies Irae (Day of Wrath) formerly used in funeral services.
- serial arrangement in which things follow in logical order or a recurrent pattern
- film consisting of a succession of related shots that develop a given subject in a movie
- the action of following in order
- several repetitions of a melodic phrase in different keys
- a following of one thing after another in time
verb
- (transitive) To arrange (something) in an order.
- (transitive, biochemistry) To determine the order of monomers in (a biological polymer), e.g. of amino acids in (a protein), or of bases in (a nucleic acid).
- (transitive, music) To produce (music) with a sequencer.
- (intransitive, uncommon) To proceed through a sequence or series of things.
- arrange in a sequence
- determine the order of constituents in
noun
- one of four playing cards in a deck with eight pips on the face
- (playing cards) Any of the four cards in a normal deck with the value eight.
- the cardinal number that is the sum of seven and one
- Alternative spelling of ait (island in a river)
- (rowing, especially in plural) A race in which such craft participate.
- The digit/figure 8.
- Eight o'clock.
- (rowing) The eight people who crew a rowing-boat.
- (nautical) A light, narrow rowing boat, especially one used in competitive rowing, steered by a cox, in which eight rowers each have two oars.
adj
num
noun
- (card games) Four successive cards of the same suit.
- (fencing) The fourth defensive position; quarte.
- A unit of liquid capacity equal to two pints; one-fourth (quarter) of a gallon. Equivalent to 1.136 liters in the UK and 0.946 liter (liquid quart) or 1.101 liters (dry quart) in the U.S.
- a United States liquid unit equal to 32 fluid ounces; four quarts equal one gallon
- a United States dry unit equal to 2 pints or 67.2 cubic inches
- a British imperial capacity measure (liquid or dry) equal to 2 pints or 1.136 liters
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adv
verb
noun
- (card games, uncountable) The card game piquet.
- (sometimes figurative) A sentry.
- (military) One of the soldiers or troops placed on a line forward of a position to warn against an enemy advance; or any unit (for example, an aircraft or ship) performing a similar function.
- (historical) A type of punishment by which an offender had to rest his or her entire body weight on the top of a small stake.
- A stake driven into the ground.
- A tool in mountaineering that is driven into the snow and used as an anchor or to arrest falls.
- A protester positioned outside an office, workplace etc. during a strike (usually in plural); also the protest itself.
- a protester posted by a labor organization outside a place of work
- a detachment of troops guarding an army from surprise attack
- a vehicle performing sentinel duty
- a person employed to keep watch for some anticipated event
- a form of military punishment used by the British in the late 17th century in which a soldier was forced to stand on one foot on a pointed stake
- a wooden strip forming part of a fence
verb
- (intransitive) To protest, organized by a labour union, typically in front of the location of employment.
- (transitive) To enclose or fortify with pickets or pointed stakes.
- (transitive) To tether to, or as if to, a picket.
- (transitive) To guard, as a camp or road, by an outlying picket.
- fasten with a picket
- serve as pickets or post pickets
noun
- a card game played with a pack of forty-eight cards (two of each suit for high cards); play resembles whist
- A trick-taking card game for two players.
- The act of taking certain cards in this game: the queen of spades and jack of diamonds, or (if either of those suits is trumps) the queen of clubs and jack of hearts.
noun
- (card games) The next card taken from the top of a pack of cards and displayed.
- (historical) A book, intended for children, with flaps that can be lifted to reveal underlying text or images.
- (figurative) A stroke of good luck; something that appears unexpectedly; especially in turn up for the book.
- Fabric turned up at the bottom of trousers to make them shorter.
noun
- one of four playing cards in a deck with ten pips on the face
- the cardinal number that is the sum of nine and one; the base of the decimal system
- A set or group with ten elements.
- (countable, US, slang) A perfect specimen, (particularly) a physically attractive person.
- (countable) A denomination of currency, such as a banknote, with a value of ten units.
- (countable, rowing) The act of rowing ten strokes flat out.
- (countable, US, slang) A high level of intensity.
- (in the plural) An inexact quantity, typically understood to be between 20 and 100.
- (countable, card games) A card in a given suit with a value of ten.
adj
num
noun
- (card games) a rule in Tycoon where if four cards are placed down at once, the card hierarchy is reversed.
- (countable, politics) A political upheaval in a government or state characterized by great change.
- (countable, politics) The popular removal and replacement of a government, especially by sudden violent action.
- A round of periodic changes, such as between the seasons of the year.
- A sudden, vast change in a situation, a discipline, or the way of thinking and behaving.
- Consideration of an idea; the act of revolving something in the mind.
- (astronomy) In the case of celestial bodies, the traversal of one body along an orbit around another body.
- Rotation: the turning of an object around an axis, one complete turn of an object during rotation.
- the overthrow of a government by those who are governed
- a single complete turn (axial or orbital)
- a drastic and far-reaching change in ways of thinking and behaving
noun
- A round of a card game.
- A side; part, camp; direction, either right or left.
- Promise, word; especially of a betrothal.
- (historical) A Native American gambling game, involving guessing the whereabouts of bits of ivory or similar, which are passed rapidly from hand to hand.
- Personal possession; ownership.
- (chiefly in the plural) Management, domain, control.
- An instance of helping.
- Handwriting; style of penmanship.
- (card games) The set of cards held by a player.
- The feel of a fabric; the impression or quality of the fabric as judged qualitatively by the sense of touch.
- (colloquial, chiefly in the negative plural) A hand which is free to assist; especially due to having one's hands full or otherwise fully preoccupied.
- Power of performance; means of execution; ability; skill; dexterity.
- (especially in compounds) An agent; a servant, or manual laborer; a workman, trained or competent for special service or duty.
- Applause.
- (collective) A bunch of bananas, a typical retail amount, where individual fruits are fingers.
- A performer more or less skilful.
- (chiefly in measuring the height of horses) Four inches, a hand's breadth.
- A person's autograph or signature.
- A whole rhizome of ginger.
- The part of the forelimb below the forearm or wrist in a human, and the corresponding part in many other animals.
- A limb of certain animals, such as the foot of a hawk, or any one of the four extremities of a monkey.
- (firearms) The small part of a gunstock near the lock, which is grasped by the hand in taking aim.
- (tobacco manufacturing) A bundle of tobacco leaves tied together.
- An index or pointer on a dial; such as the hour and minute hands on the face of an analog clock, which are used to indicate the time of day.
- a member of the crew of a ship
- a unit of length equal to 4 inches; used in measuring horses
- a rotating pointer on the face of a timepiece
- one of two sides of an issue
- the (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb
- a hired laborer on a farm or ranch
- terminal part of the forelimb in certain vertebrates (e.g. apes or kangaroos)
- a round of applause to signify approval
- ability
- physical assistance
- a position given by its location to the side of an object
- something written by hand
- the cards held in a card game by a given player at any given time
- a card player in a game of bridge
verb
- (transitive, nautical) To furl (a sail).
- (ditransitive) To give, pass or transmit with the hand, literally or figuratively.
- (transitive) To lead, guide, or assist with the hand; to conduct.
- (transitive, rare) To pledge by the hand; to handfast.
- guide or conduct or usher somewhere
- place into the hands or custody of
noun
- A playing card marked with such a symbol.
- A joint charge of expense, or any person's share of it; a contribution to a common fund.
- A club sandwich.
- (card games) A black clover shape (♣), one of the four symbols used to mark the suits of playing cards.
- (countable, golf) An implement to hit the ball in certain ball games, such as golf.
- (World War I– World War II, military slang) The propeller of an aeroplane.
- The slice of bread in the middle of a club sandwich.
- (humorous) Any set of people with a shared characteristic.
- An establishment that provides staged entertainment, often with food and drink, such as a nightclub.
- (countable, rhythmic gymnastics) An item used during routines, the apparatus consisting of a set of two clubs.
- (countable) An association of members joining together for some common purpose, especially sports or recreation.
- (countable) A heavy object, often a kind of stick, intended for use as a bludgeoning weapon or a plaything.
- stout stick that is larger at one end
- a team of professional baseball players who play and travel together
- a playing card in the minor suit that has one or more black trefoils on it
- a building that is occupied by a social club
- a spot that is open late at night and that provides entertainment (as singers or dancers) as well as dancing and food and drink
- golf equipment used by a golfer to hit a golf ball
- a formal association of people with similar interests
verb
- (transitive) To raise, or defray, by a proportional assessment.
- (military) To throw, or allow to fall, into confusion.
- To score a victory over by a large margin.
- (transitive) To hit with a club.
- (transitive, military) To turn the breech of (a musket) uppermost, so as to use it as a club.
- (intransitive) To pay an equal or proportionate share of a common charge or expense.
- (intransitive) To join together to form a group.
- (intransitive) To go to nightclubs.
- (nautical) To drift in a current with an anchor out.
- (transitive) To unite, or contribute, for the accomplishment of a common end.
- (intransitive, transitive) To combine into a club-shaped mass.
- gather and spend time together
- gather into a club-like mass
- strike with a club or a bludgeon
- unite with a common purpose
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adj
- (poker slang) Being three of a kind as the first three cards in seven card stud.
- Reinforced, supported, tied or bound with wire.
- (informal, of people or communities) Connected to the Internet; online.
- (slang) All worked out; completely understood.
- Equipped with hidden electronic eavesdropping devices.
- Equipped with wires, so as to connect to a power source or to other electric or electronic equipment; connected by wires.
- (slang) Very excited, overstimulated; high-strung.
- (zoology) Having wiry feathers.
- (poker slang) Being a pair in seven-card stud with one face up and one face down.
- equipped with wire or wires especially for electric or telephone service
- tied or bound with wire
- tense with excitement and enthusiasm as from a rush of adrenaline
- having hidden electronic eavesdropping devices
verb
adj
- (poker) Of a straight draw, made up of four consecutive cards, thus able to be completed by either of two ranks of card.
- Adaptable to change.
- Unrestricted by definite limits.
- Permitting a spontaneous or unstructured response.
- without fixed limits or restrictions
- allowing for a spontaneous response
- allowing for future changes or revisions
adj
- (poker, postnominal) Said of the three cards of the same rank in a full house.
- (of clothing) Of a size that is ample, wide, or having ample folds or pleats to be comfortable.
- Complete; with nothing omitted.
- Having depth and body; rich.
- Total, entire.
- (of physical features) Plump, round.
- (chiefly Australia) Drunk, intoxicated.
- (category theory, of a functor between locally small categories) Surjective as a map of morphisms
- Containing the maximum possible amount that can fit in the space available.
- Filled with emotions.
- (category theory, of a subcategory S of C) Including all morphisms. Formally: Such that for every pairs of objects (X, Y) in S, the hom-sets operatorname Hom_S(X,Y) and operatorname Hom_C(X,Y) are equal.
- Having the attention, thoughts, etc., absorbed in any matter, and the feelings more or less excited by it.
- (informal, with "of") Replete, abounding with.
- (informal, of hands, chiefly in the plural) Carrying as much as possible.
- Completely empowered, authorized or qualified (in some role); not limited.
- (informal) Having eaten to satisfaction, having a "full" stomach; replete.
- (of the moon) Having its entire face illuminated.
- filled to satisfaction with food or drink
- constituting the full quantity or extent; complete
- containing as much or as many as is possible or normal
- having the normally expected amount
- being at a peak or culminating point
- complete in extent or degree and in every particular
- having ample fabric
- (of sound) having marked deepness and body
noun
- (freestyle skiing) An aerialist maneuver consisting of a backflip in conjunction and simultaneous with a complete twist.
- (gymnastics) A flip involving a complete turn in midair.
- Utmost measure or extent; highest state or degree; the state, position, or moment of fullness; fill.
- (of the moon) The phase of the moon when its entire face is illuminated, full moon.
- the time when the Moon is fully illuminated