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prefix
- To correct or fix.
- (chemistry) Having an extra proportion of water.
- (crystallography) Orthorhombic crystal structure.
- Vertical or upright in movement.
- (physics) Of any molecule of the form X₂ in which the two nuclei have parallel spin.
- Independent, separate.
- (organic chemistry) In isomeric benzene derivatives, having the two substituents in adjacent (1,2) positions (compare meta- and para-).
- Original, primary.
- Normal, ordinary.
- Right angle, perpendicular.
- Proper, righteous, pure.
- (medicine) Orthopaedics.
- Same, from the same.
- Parallel lines or columns.
- Straight in form.
- (geology) Igneous.
verb
- To correct or put right (an error, a fault, etc.); to rectify, to remedy.
- To put (something) in a better state; to ameliorate, to improve, to reform, to set right.
- To remove fault or sin from (someone, or their behaviour or character); to improve morally, to reform.
- To add fuel to (a fire).
- In mend one's pace: to adjust (a pace or speed), especially to match that of someone or something else; also, to quicken or speed up (a pace).
- To physically repair (something that is broken, defaced, decayed, torn, or otherwise damaged).
- (chiefly Scotland) To become morally improved or reformed.
- Of a person: to become healthy again; to recover from illness.
- Of an illness: to become less severe; also, of an injury or wound, or an injured body part: to get better, to heal.
- (archaic except UK, regional) To restore (someone or something) to a healthy state; to cure, to heal.
- heal or recover
- restore by replacing a part or putting together what is torn or broken
noun
- (uncountable) Chiefly in on the mend: improvement in health; recovery from illness.
- (countable) An act of repairing.
- (countable) A place in a thing (such as a tear in clothing) which has been repaired.
- sewing that repairs a worn or torn hole (especially in a garment)
- the act of putting something in working order again
noun
- A repair or corrective action.
- (figurative, by extension) Something that satisfies a yearning or a craving.
- (aviation) A non-waypoint terrain feature used to make a determination of location.
- A prearrangement of the outcome of a supposedly competitive process, such as a sporting event, a game, an election, a trial, or a bid.
- (US) Fettlings (mixture used to line a furnace)
- (figurative, by extension) A compulsive desire or thrill.
- (slang) A single dose of a narcotic drug, especially when injected.
- A difficult situation; a quandary or dilemma; a predicament.
- An understanding, grasp of something.
- A determination of location.
- informal terms for a difficult situation
- something craved, especially an intravenous injection of a narcotic drug
- a determination of the place where something is
- the act of putting something in working order again
- an exemption granted after influence (e.g., money) is brought to bear
verb
- (transitive) To mend, to repair.
- (transitive, chess) To prevent enemy pawns from advancing by directly opposing the most advanced one with one of one's own pawns so as to threaten to capture any advancing backward pawns.
- (intransitive) To become firm, so as to resist volatilization; to cease to flow or be fluid; to congeal; to become hard and malleable, as a metallic substance.
- (transitive, informal) To take revenge on, to best; to serve justice on an assumed miscreant.
- (transitive, US, informal) To surgically render an animal, especially a pet, infertile.
- (transitive, mathematics, semantics) To map (a point or subset) to itself.
- (transitive) To attach; to affix; to hold in place or at a particular time.
- (transitive) To render (a photographic impression) permanent by treating with such applications as will make it insensitive to the action of light.
- (slang, intransitive) To shoot; to inject a drug.
- (transitive, figuratively, usually in the passive) To focus or determine (oneself, on a concept); to fixate.
- (transitive, chemistry, biology) To convert into a stable or available form.
- (ditransitive, informal) To prepare (food or drink).
- (hyperbolic, chiefly with would) To be immensely pleasurable to.
- (intransitive) To become fixed; to settle or remain permanently; to cease from wandering; to rest.
- (transitive) To make (a contest, vote, or gamble) unfair; to privilege one contestant or a particular group of contestants, usually before the contest begins; to arrange immunity for defendants by tampering with the justice system via bribery or extortion.
- prepare for eating by applying heat
- to be about to do something
- make fixed, stable or stationary
- restore by replacing a part or putting together what is torn or broken
- make infertile
- set or place definitely
- take vengeance on or get even
- kill, preserve, and harden (tissue) in order to prepare for microscopic study
- cause to be firmly attached
- make ready or suitable or equip in advance for a particular purpose or for some use, event, etc
- influence an event or its outcome by illegal means
- decide upon or fix definitely
- put (something somewhere) firmly
verb
- try to fix or mend
- play around with or alter or falsify, usually secretively or dishonestly
- commit fraud and steal from one's employer
- avoid (one's assigned duties)
- play on a violin
- manipulate manually or in one's mind or imagination
- play the violin or fiddle
- (informal, intransitive) Synonym of tinker (“to make small adjustments or improvements”); see also fiddle with.
- (informal, transitive) To fraudulently manipulate (records, accounts, etc.) in order to cheat or swindle.
- (intransitive) To fidget or play; to fuss; to idly amuse oneself, to act aimlessly, idly, or frivolously, particularly out of nervousness or restlessness; see also fiddle with.
- (intransitive) To play the fiddle or violin, particularly in a folk or country style.
noun
- bowed stringed instrument that is the highest member of the violin family; this instrument has four strings and a hollow body and an unfretted fingerboard and is played with a bow
- A violinist, or fiddler, in a band.
- (informal) A workaround; a quick and less than perfect solution for some flaw or problem.
- A rack for drying pottery after glazing.
- (figurative) A clown; an unserious person entertaining a group.
- (informal) A scam; a fraud or swindle.
- (especially nautical) Any rail or device that prevents items from sliding off a table, stove, etc. in rough water.
- A violin, a small unfretted stringed instrument with four strings tuned (lowest to highest) G-D-A-E, usually held against the chin, shoulder, chest or on the upper thigh and played with a bow (see also usage notes below).
- (biology) A dock (Rumex pulcher) with leaves supposed to resemble the musical instrument.
- (usually proscribed) Any of various other bowed stringed instruments, particularly those of the violin family when played non-classically.
- (informal) An act of tinkering, playing around, or fidgeting with something.
- A long pole pulled by a draft animal to drag loose straw, hay, etc.
intj
verb
noun
- formerly a person (traditionally a Gypsy) who traveled from place to place mending pots and kettles and other metal utensils as a way to earn a living
- small mackerel found nearly worldwide
- a person who enjoys fixing and experimenting with machines and their parts
- Any of various fish: chub mackerel, silverside, skate, or young mackerel about two years old.
- (informal) An act of repair or invention.
- An itinerant tinsmith and mender of household utensils made of metal.
- (usually with "little") A mischievous person, especially a playful, impish youngster.
- A razor-billed auk, a bird of species (Alca torda).
- Someone who repairs, or attempts repair, on anything mechanical, or who invents such devices; one who tinkers; a tinkerer.
verb
noun
- rectangular paving stone with curved top; once used to make roads
- (manufacturing) A piece of steel that becomes malformed during its manufacture or rolling.
- Alternative form of coble (“a kind of fishing-boat”).
- A cobblestone.
- (geology) A particle from 64 to 256 mm in diameter, following the Wentworth scale.
noun
- The act of correcting.
- the act of offering an improvement to replace a mistake; setting right
- An amount or quantity of something added or subtracted so as to correct.
- (procedure word, military) a station's indication that previous information was incorrect and will continue with correct information from the last correct transmitted
- (chiefly in the plural) Punishment that is intended to rehabilitate an offender.
- A decline in a stock market price after a period of rises. Often operationally defined as a market value drop of 10% or more on some specific stock market index.
- A substitution for an error or mistake.
- a rebuke for making a mistake
- a drop in stock market activity or stock prices following a period of increases
- treatment of a specific defect
- the act of disciplining
- a quantity that is added or subtracted in order to increase the accuracy of a scientific measure
- something substituted for an error
verb
noun
- The action or process of rectifying.
- the act of offering an improvement to replace a mistake; setting right
- (astronomy) The adjustment of a globe preparatory to the solution of a proposed problem.
- (geometry) The determination of a straight line whose length is equal to a portion of a curve.
- (politics, historical) Any of a number of Chinese and Filipino communist purges. See rectification movement.
- (astrology) A procedure that attempts to determine a person's time of birth based on events in their life.
- (geometry) The truncation of a polyhedron by replacing each vertex with a face that passes though the midpoint of each edge connected to the vertex; an analogous procedure on a polytope of dimension higher than 3.
- (chemistry, chemical engineering) Purification of a substance through repeated or continuous distillation.
- determination of the length of a curve; finding a straight line equal in length to a given curve
- (chemistry) the process of refinement or purification of a substance by distillation
- the conversion of alternating current to direct current
noun
- Something that rectifies.
- (nautical) An instrument used for determining and rectifying the variations of the compass on board ship.
- (artificial neural networks) The activation function f(x)= max (0,x), where x is the input to a neuron.
- A device that converts alternating current into direct current; often a diode.
- electrical device that transforms alternating into direct current
- a person who corrects or sets right
verb
- (transitive) To fix something or make it correct.
- (intransitive, transitive) To become stringent and ungenerous.
- (transitive) To make sufficiently tight.
- (intransitive) To become tense and restrained.
- (intransitive) To become focused and serious; To stop any vacillation or inconsistency.
- severely restrict in scope or extent
verb
noun
- Something redone, corrected or rebuilt.
- The act of redoing, correcting, or rebuilding.
- (in particular, food manufacturing) Taking unsaleable food and using it in the manufacture of other food.
- Work done to correct defects associated with a deliverable product, plus any root cause analysis effort to identify the task(s) to be re-performed.
- (countable) An instance of reworking.
adj
- (of a problem) Resolved; corrected.
- Repaired.
- (dialectal, informal) Surgically rendered sterile (e.g. spayed, neutered, or castrated).
- Unable to move; unmovable.
- (law, of sound) Recorded on a permanent medium.
- Supplied with what one needs.
- (astrology) Being one of the signs Taurus, Leo, Scorpio, and Aquarius, associated with stability, permanence, and preservation.
- (chemistry) Chemically stable.
- Rigged; fraudulently prearranged.
- Attached; affixed.
- Unlikely to change; stable.
- Unable to change or vary.
- securely placed or fastened or set
- (of a number) having a fixed and unchanging value
- fixed and unmoving
- incapable of being changed or moved or undone; e.g. ‘frozen prices’
verb
noun
- See fixings.
- The act of subverting (fixing) a vote.
- (UK, usually in the plural) Something to aid attachment during construction (screws, wall plugs, etc)
- restraint that attaches to something or holds something in place
- the sterilization of an animal
- the act of putting something in working order again
- (histology) the preservation and hardening of a tissue sample to retain as nearly as possible the same relations they had in the living body
verb
prep_phrase
noun
- Something that corrects or counteracts.
- The accepted tolerance or deviation in fineness or weight in the production of gold coins etc.
- (law) The legal means to recover a right or to prevent or obtain redress for a wrong.
- A medicine, application, or treatment that relieves or cures a disease.
- act of correcting an error or a fault or an evil
- a medicine or therapy that cures disease or relieve pain
verb
noun
- The act of fixing.
- The act or process of ceasing to be fluid and becoming firm.
- (law) Recording a creative work in a medium of expression for more than a transitory duration, thereby satisfying the "fixation" requirement for the purposes of copyright law.
- A state of mind involving obsession with a particular person, idea, or thing.
- (genetics) The change in a gene pool from a situation where there exists at least two variants of a particular gene (allele) to a situation where only one of the alleles remains.
- In metals, a state of resistance to evaporation or volatilization by heat.
- The act of uniting chemically with a solid substance or in a solid form; reduction to a non-volatile condition; -- said of volatile elements.
- (ophthalmology) maintaining of the gaze on a single location.
- (orthopaedics) process by which an injury is rendered immobile.
- A sexual fetish or turn-on.
- The state of being fixed or fixated.
- (cytology, histology, pathology) preservation of biological tissues from decay due to autolysis or putrefaction.
- the activity of fastening something firmly in position
- an unhealthy and compulsive preoccupation with something or someone
- an abnormal state in which development has stopped prematurely
- (histology) the preservation and hardening of a tissue sample to retain as nearly as possible the same relations they had in the living body
verb
verb
- (transitive) To correct or amend (a mistake, defect etc.).
- (transitive, mathematics) To determine the length of a curve included between two limits.
- (transitive) To produce (as factitious gin or brandy) by redistilling bad wines or strong spirits (whisky, rum, etc.) with flavourings.
- (transitive, geodesy, historical) To adjust (a globe or sundial) to prepare for the solution of a proposed problem.
- (transitive) To restore (someone or something) to its proper condition; to straighten out, to set right.
- (transitive, electronics) To convert (alternating current) into direct current.
- (transitive) To remedy or fix (an undesirable state of affairs, situation etc.).
- (transitive, chemistry) To purify or refine (a substance) by distillation.
- make right or correct
- convert into direct current
- determine the length of
- reduce to a fine, unmixed, or pure state; separate from extraneous matter or cleanse from impurities
- bring, lead, or force to abandon a wrong or evil course of life, conduct, and adopt a right one
- set straight or right
verb
- (transitive) To fix (a problem).
- (UK, slang) To provide (somebody) with a necessity, or a solution to a problem.
- (transitive) To clarify by reviewing mentally.
- (transitive) To arrange.
- (transitive) To separate from the remainder of a group; often construed with from.
- (transitive) To organise or separate into groups, as a collection of items, so as to make tidy.
- (transitive, British, slang) To take action to stop someone who has been causing trouble, often by physically attacking them.
- punish in order to gain control or enforce obedience
- make free from confusion or ambiguity; make clear
- arrange or order by classes or categories
verb
- fix conclusively or authoritatively
- shape or influence; give direction to
- reach, make, or come to a decision about something
- find out, learn, or determine with certainty, usually by making an inquiry or other effort
- fix in scope; fix the boundaries of
- establish after a calculation, investigation, experiment, survey, or study
- settle conclusively; come to terms
- decide upon or fix definitely
- To bring to a conclusion, as a question or controversy; to settle authoritative or judicial sentence; to decide.
- To resolve (to do something); to establish a fixed intention; to cause (something) to come to a conclusion or decision; to lead.
- To fix the form or character of; to shape; to prescribe imperatively; to regulate; to settle.
- To ascertain definitely; to figure out, find out, or conclude by analyzing, calculating, or investigating.
- (transitive or intransitive, law, otherwise obsolete) To bring to an end, finish; to come to an end, stop, end.
- To set the boundaries or limits of.
- (logic) To define or limit by adding a differentia.
- To fix the course of; to impel and direct; with a remoter object preceded by to.
verb
- fix conclusively or authoritatively
- 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
- 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
- (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.
adj
- 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
- 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.
noun
- 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
- 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.
- (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 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”).
verb
- To restore to good working order, fix, or improve damaged condition; to mend; to remedy.
- To make amends for, as for an injury, by an equivalent; to indemnify for.
- To transfer oneself to another place.
- To pair again.
- restore by replacing a part or putting together what is torn or broken
- give new life or energy to
- move, travel, or proceed toward some place
- make amends for; pay compensation for
- set straight or right
noun
- The result of repairing something.
- A place to which one goes frequently or habitually; a haunt.
- The act of repairing or resorting to a place.
- The act of repairing something.
- The condition of something, in respect of need for repair.
- a formal way of referring to the condition of something
- the act of putting something in working order again
- a frequently visited place
adj
- Able to repair or ameliorate.
- (linguistics) Suggesting or relating to a positive or approving evaluation.
- (philosophy) Of or relating to conceptual engineering, the normative study of which conceptual demarcation is most conducive to solve the problems the concept is a priori taken to solve.
- tending to ameliorate
noun
noun
verb
- improve by alteration or correction of errors or defects and put into a better condition
- (transitive) To put into a new and improved form or condition; to restore to a former good state, or bring from bad to good; to change from worse to better.
- (intransitive) To return to a good state; to amend or correct one's own character or habits.
- (transitive, intransitive) To form again or in a new configuration.
- produce by cracking
- make changes for improvement in order to remove abuse and injustices
- bring, lead, or force to abandon a wrong or evil course of life, conduct, and adopt a right one
- break up the molecules of
- change for the better
adj
noun
- (perfumery) The components of a perfume that prolong or bolster the notes, and may or may not be the base note itself.
- A substance that fixes, protects, or preserves.
- a varnish dissolved in alcohol and sprayed over pictures to prevent smudging
- a compound (such as ethanol or formaldehyde) that fixes tissues and cells for microscopic study
verb
- (transitive) To remedy or rectify something.
- (transitive) To remember or recall something.
- (sports, transitive) To make a difficult but successful return of the ball.
- (intransitive) To fetch and bring in game systematically.
- (transitive) To salvage something
- (transitive) To rescue (a creature).
- (transitive) To fetch and bring in game.
- (transitive) To regain or get back something.
- (transitive) To fetch or carry back something, especially (computing) a file or data record.
- (intransitive) To fetch or carry back systematically, notably as a game.
- run after, pick up, and bring to the master
- go for and bring back
- get or find back; recover the use of
- recall knowledge from memory; have a recollection
noun
verb
- To set right (a wrong); to repair, (an injury or damage); to make amends for; to remedy; to relieve from.
- (film) To redecorate a previously existing film set so that it can double for another set.
- To make amends or compensation to; to relieve of anything unjust or oppressive; to bestow relief upon.
- To dress again.
- To put in order again; to set right; to revise.
- make reparations or amends for
noun
- One who, or that which, gives relief; a redresser.
- A setting right, as of injury, oppression, or wrong, such as the redress of grievances; hence, indemnification; relief; remedy; reparation.
- (film) The redecoration of a previously existing film set so that it can double for another set.
- The act of redressing; a making right; amendment; correction; reformation.
- A possibility to set right, or a possibility to seek a remedy, for instance in court
- a sum of money paid in compensation for loss or injury
- act of correcting an error or a fault or an evil
verb
- (with on or upon) To fix one's choice.
- To cover or smear with pitch.
- (transitive) To set or fix (a price or value).
- (transitive) To fix or set the tone of.
- (brewing) To add yeast as a step while making beer
- (transitive) To assemble or erect (a tent). Also used figuratively.
- (intransitive, Bristol, of snow) To settle and build up, without melting.
- (intransitive) To plunge or fall; especially, to fall forward; to decline or slope.
- (transitive) To set at an angle, especially a downwards one; to cause to tilt.
- (intransitive, baseball) To play baseball in the position of pitcher.
- (intransitive, cricket) To bounce on the playing surface.
- (transitive) To set, face, or pave (an embankment or roadway) with rubble or undressed stones.
- (transitive) To throw away; discard.
- (transitive, golf) To play a short, high, lofty shot that lands with backspin.
- To darken; to blacken; to obscure.
- (intransitive) To fix or place a tent or temporary habitation; to encamp.
- (transitive) To deliver in a certain tone or style, or with a certain audience in mind.
- (transitive or intransitive, baseball) To throw (the ball) toward a batter at home plate.
- (transitive) To promote, advertise, or attempt to sell.
- (intransitive) To produce a note of a given pitch.
- (transitive) To throw.
- (transitive, card games, slang) To discard (a card) for some gain.
- To attack, or position or assemble for attack.
- (ambitransitive, aviation or nautical) To move so that the front of an aircraft or boat goes alternately up and down.
- heel over
- set to a certain pitch
- sell or offer for sale from place to place
- move abruptly
- fall or plunge forward
- throw or hurl from the mound to the batter, as in baseball
- be at an angle
- set the level or character of
- throw or toss with a light motion
- erect and fasten
- lead (a card) and establish the trump suit
- hit (a golf ball) in a high arc with a backspin
adj
noun
- (sports, UK, Australia, New Zealand) The field on which cricket, soccer, rugby, gridiron or field hockey is played. (In cricket, the pitch is in the centre of the field; see cricket pitch.) (Not often used in the US or Canada, where "field" is the preferred word.)
- An effort to sell or promote something.
- (geology) Pitchstone.
- The point where a declivity begins; hence, the declivity itself; a descending slope; the degree or rate of descent or slope; slant.
- The angle at which an object sits.
- (golf) A short, high, lofty shot that lands with backspin.
- An area on a campsite intended for occupation by a single tent, caravan or similar.
- A dark, extremely viscous material still remaining after distilling crude oil or natural tar.
- The distance between evenly spaced objects, e.g. the teeth of a saw or gear, the turns of a screw thread, the centres of holes, or letters in a monospace font.
- Prominence; importance.
- The height a bird reaches in flight, especially a bird of prey preparing to swoop down on its prey.
- (nautical, aviation) The degree to which a vehicle, especially a ship or aircraft, rotates on such an axis, tilting its bow or nose up or down.
- (music) In an a cappella group, the singer responsible for singing a note for the other members to tune themselves by.
- (by extension) The place where a busker performs, a prostitute solicits clients, or an illegal gambling game etc. is set up before the public.
- (cricket) That point of the ground on which the ball pitches or lights when bowled.
- (mining) The limit of ground set to a miner who receives a share of the ore taken out.
- (climbing) A section of a climb or rock face; specifically, the climbing distance between belays or stances.
- A throw; a toss; a cast, as of something from the hand.
- (now British, regional) A person's or animal's height.
- A descent; a fall; a thrusting down.
- (music, phonetics) The perceived frequency of a sound, note or electromagnetic wave.
- A point or peak; the extreme point of elevation or depression.
- (music) The standard to which a group of musical instruments are tuned or in which a piece is performed, usually by reference to the frequency to which the musical note A above middle C is tuned.
- (baseball) The act of pitching a baseball.
- A level or degree, or (by extension), a peak or highest degree.
- A sticky, gummy substance secreted by trees; sap.
- An area in a market (or similar) allocated to a particular trader.
- (aviation) A measure of the angle of attack of a propeller.
- (caving) A vertical cave passage, only negotiable by using rope or ladders.
- (rare) The field of battle.
- The most thrust-out point of a headland or cape.
- promotion by means of an argument and demonstration
- abrupt up-and-down motion (as caused by a ship or other conveyance)
- a sports field with predetermined dimensions for playing soccer
- the property of sound that varies with variation in the frequency of vibration
- a high approach shot in golf
- a vendor's position (especially on the sidewalk)
- any of various dark heavy viscid substances obtained as a residue
- the act of throwing a baseball or softball by the pitcher towards home plate, which initiates play by giving the batter a chance to hit it
- an all-fours game in which the first card led is a trump
- degree of deviation from a horizontal plane
- the action or manner of throwing something
verb
noun
- A mistake that is very stupid or embarrassing.
- An action, job, or task that has been performed very badly; a ruined, defective, or clumsy piece of work.
- A patch put on, or a part of a garment patched or mended in a clumsy manner.
- A case or outbreak of boils or sores.
- A messy, disorderly or confusing combination; a conglomeration; hodgepodge.
- an embarrassing mistake
verb
- (transitive, idiomatic) To correct or rectify.
- (transitive) To tidy, neaten, or organize.
- (intransitive, idiomatic) To correct; to stop doing something wrong.
- (transitive) To make straight.
- (transitive, Mafia slang) To be made a made man in a Mafia organization.
- (transitive, idiomatic) To eliminate confusion from or concerning.
- (transitive, informal) To (supposedly) make (a gay person) heterosexual.
- make straight
- put (things or places) in order
- settle or put right
- extricate from entanglement
- make free from confusion or ambiguity; make clear
- change for the better
adj
- Susceptible to correction or reform.
- (finance) Capable of being paid off; subject to a right on the part of the debtor to discharge or of an issuer to repurchase
- Capable of being redeemed; able to be restored or recovered.
- susceptible to improvement or reform
- able to be converted into ready money or the equivalent
- recoverable upon payment or fulfilling a condition
noun
noun
- plural of fixing
- Side dishes or other appropriate accompaniments such as condiments; trimmings.
- The necessary ingredients or components (for something, especially food or a social event).
- the accessories that normally accompany (something or some activity)
- food that is a component of a mixture in cooking
noun
- A repair or corrective action.
- (figurative, by extension) Something that satisfies a yearning or a craving.
- (aviation) A non-waypoint terrain feature used to make a determination of location.
- A prearrangement of the outcome of a supposedly competitive process, such as a sporting event, a game, an election, a trial, or a bid.
- (US) Fettlings (mixture used to line a furnace)
- (figurative, by extension) A compulsive desire or thrill.
- (slang) A single dose of a narcotic drug, especially when injected.
- A difficult situation; a quandary or dilemma; a predicament.
- An understanding, grasp of something.
- A determination of location.
- informal terms for a difficult situation
- something craved, especially an intravenous injection of a narcotic drug
- a determination of the place where something is
- the act of putting something in working order again
- an exemption granted after influence (e.g., money) is brought to bear
verb
- (transitive) To mend, to repair.
- (transitive, chess) To prevent enemy pawns from advancing by directly opposing the most advanced one with one of one's own pawns so as to threaten to capture any advancing backward pawns.
- (intransitive) To become firm, so as to resist volatilization; to cease to flow or be fluid; to congeal; to become hard and malleable, as a metallic substance.
- (transitive, informal) To take revenge on, to best; to serve justice on an assumed miscreant.
- (transitive, US, informal) To surgically render an animal, especially a pet, infertile.
- (transitive, mathematics, semantics) To map (a point or subset) to itself.
- (transitive) To attach; to affix; to hold in place or at a particular time.
- (transitive) To render (a photographic impression) permanent by treating with such applications as will make it insensitive to the action of light.
- (slang, intransitive) To shoot; to inject a drug.
- (transitive, figuratively, usually in the passive) To focus or determine (oneself, on a concept); to fixate.
- (transitive, chemistry, biology) To convert into a stable or available form.
- (ditransitive, informal) To prepare (food or drink).
- (hyperbolic, chiefly with would) To be immensely pleasurable to.
- (intransitive) To become fixed; to settle or remain permanently; to cease from wandering; to rest.
- (transitive) To make (a contest, vote, or gamble) unfair; to privilege one contestant or a particular group of contestants, usually before the contest begins; to arrange immunity for defendants by tampering with the justice system via bribery or extortion.
- prepare for eating by applying heat
- to be about to do something
- make fixed, stable or stationary
- restore by replacing a part or putting together what is torn or broken
- make infertile
- set or place definitely
- take vengeance on or get even
- kill, preserve, and harden (tissue) in order to prepare for microscopic study
- cause to be firmly attached
- make ready or suitable or equip in advance for a particular purpose or for some use, event, etc
- influence an event or its outcome by illegal means
- decide upon or fix definitely
- put (something somewhere) firmly
noun
- The act of correcting.
- the act of offering an improvement to replace a mistake; setting right
- An amount or quantity of something added or subtracted so as to correct.
- (procedure word, military) a station's indication that previous information was incorrect and will continue with correct information from the last correct transmitted
- (chiefly in the plural) Punishment that is intended to rehabilitate an offender.
- A decline in a stock market price after a period of rises. Often operationally defined as a market value drop of 10% or more on some specific stock market index.
- A substitution for an error or mistake.
- a rebuke for making a mistake
- a drop in stock market activity or stock prices following a period of increases
- treatment of a specific defect
- the act of disciplining
- a quantity that is added or subtracted in order to increase the accuracy of a scientific measure
- something substituted for an error
noun
- The action or process of rectifying.
- the act of offering an improvement to replace a mistake; setting right
- (astronomy) The adjustment of a globe preparatory to the solution of a proposed problem.
- (geometry) The determination of a straight line whose length is equal to a portion of a curve.
- (politics, historical) Any of a number of Chinese and Filipino communist purges. See rectification movement.
- (astrology) A procedure that attempts to determine a person's time of birth based on events in their life.
- (geometry) The truncation of a polyhedron by replacing each vertex with a face that passes though the midpoint of each edge connected to the vertex; an analogous procedure on a polytope of dimension higher than 3.
- (chemistry, chemical engineering) Purification of a substance through repeated or continuous distillation.
- determination of the length of a curve; finding a straight line equal in length to a given curve
- (chemistry) the process of refinement or purification of a substance by distillation
- the conversion of alternating current to direct current
noun
- Something that rectifies.
- (nautical) An instrument used for determining and rectifying the variations of the compass on board ship.
- (artificial neural networks) The activation function f(x)= max (0,x), where x is the input to a neuron.
- A device that converts alternating current into direct current; often a diode.
- electrical device that transforms alternating into direct current
- a person who corrects or sets right
noun
- See fixings.
- The act of subverting (fixing) a vote.
- (UK, usually in the plural) Something to aid attachment during construction (screws, wall plugs, etc)
- restraint that attaches to something or holds something in place
- the sterilization of an animal
- the act of putting something in working order again
- (histology) the preservation and hardening of a tissue sample to retain as nearly as possible the same relations they had in the living body
verb
noun
- Something that corrects or counteracts.
- The accepted tolerance or deviation in fineness or weight in the production of gold coins etc.
- (law) The legal means to recover a right or to prevent or obtain redress for a wrong.
- A medicine, application, or treatment that relieves or cures a disease.
- act of correcting an error or a fault or an evil
- a medicine or therapy that cures disease or relieve pain
verb
noun
- The act of fixing.
- The act or process of ceasing to be fluid and becoming firm.
- (law) Recording a creative work in a medium of expression for more than a transitory duration, thereby satisfying the "fixation" requirement for the purposes of copyright law.
- A state of mind involving obsession with a particular person, idea, or thing.
- (genetics) The change in a gene pool from a situation where there exists at least two variants of a particular gene (allele) to a situation where only one of the alleles remains.
- In metals, a state of resistance to evaporation or volatilization by heat.
- The act of uniting chemically with a solid substance or in a solid form; reduction to a non-volatile condition; -- said of volatile elements.
- (ophthalmology) maintaining of the gaze on a single location.
- (orthopaedics) process by which an injury is rendered immobile.
- A sexual fetish or turn-on.
- The state of being fixed or fixated.
- (cytology, histology, pathology) preservation of biological tissues from decay due to autolysis or putrefaction.
- the activity of fastening something firmly in position
- an unhealthy and compulsive preoccupation with something or someone
- an abnormal state in which development has stopped prematurely
- (histology) the preservation and hardening of a tissue sample to retain as nearly as possible the same relations they had in the living body
verb
- To restore to good working order, fix, or improve damaged condition; to mend; to remedy.
- To make amends for, as for an injury, by an equivalent; to indemnify for.
- To transfer oneself to another place.
- To pair again.
- restore by replacing a part or putting together what is torn or broken
- give new life or energy to
- move, travel, or proceed toward some place
- make amends for; pay compensation for
- set straight or right
noun
- The result of repairing something.
- A place to which one goes frequently or habitually; a haunt.
- The act of repairing or resorting to a place.
- The act of repairing something.
- The condition of something, in respect of need for repair.
- a formal way of referring to the condition of something
- the act of putting something in working order again
- a frequently visited place
noun
verb
- improve by alteration or correction of errors or defects and put into a better condition
- (transitive) To put into a new and improved form or condition; to restore to a former good state, or bring from bad to good; to change from worse to better.
- (intransitive) To return to a good state; to amend or correct one's own character or habits.
- (transitive, intransitive) To form again or in a new configuration.
- produce by cracking
- make changes for improvement in order to remove abuse and injustices
- bring, lead, or force to abandon a wrong or evil course of life, conduct, and adopt a right one
- break up the molecules of
- change for the better
verb
noun
- Something redone, corrected or rebuilt.
- The act of redoing, correcting, or rebuilding.
- (in particular, food manufacturing) Taking unsaleable food and using it in the manufacture of other food.
- Work done to correct defects associated with a deliverable product, plus any root cause analysis effort to identify the task(s) to be re-performed.
- (countable) An instance of reworking.
noun
- plural of fixing
- Side dishes or other appropriate accompaniments such as condiments; trimmings.
- The necessary ingredients or components (for something, especially food or a social event).
- the accessories that normally accompany (something or some activity)
- food that is a component of a mixture in cooking
verb
- To correct or put right (an error, a fault, etc.); to rectify, to remedy.
- To put (something) in a better state; to ameliorate, to improve, to reform, to set right.
- To remove fault or sin from (someone, or their behaviour or character); to improve morally, to reform.
- To add fuel to (a fire).
- In mend one's pace: to adjust (a pace or speed), especially to match that of someone or something else; also, to quicken or speed up (a pace).
- To physically repair (something that is broken, defaced, decayed, torn, or otherwise damaged).
- (chiefly Scotland) To become morally improved or reformed.
- Of a person: to become healthy again; to recover from illness.
- Of an illness: to become less severe; also, of an injury or wound, or an injured body part: to get better, to heal.
- (archaic except UK, regional) To restore (someone or something) to a healthy state; to cure, to heal.
- heal or recover
- restore by replacing a part or putting together what is torn or broken
noun
- (uncountable) Chiefly in on the mend: improvement in health; recovery from illness.
- (countable) An act of repairing.
- (countable) A place in a thing (such as a tear in clothing) which has been repaired.
- sewing that repairs a worn or torn hole (especially in a garment)
- the act of putting something in working order again
verb
- try to fix or mend
- play around with or alter or falsify, usually secretively or dishonestly
- commit fraud and steal from one's employer
- avoid (one's assigned duties)
- play on a violin
- manipulate manually or in one's mind or imagination
- play the violin or fiddle
- (informal, intransitive) Synonym of tinker (“to make small adjustments or improvements”); see also fiddle with.
- (informal, transitive) To fraudulently manipulate (records, accounts, etc.) in order to cheat or swindle.
- (intransitive) To fidget or play; to fuss; to idly amuse oneself, to act aimlessly, idly, or frivolously, particularly out of nervousness or restlessness; see also fiddle with.
- (intransitive) To play the fiddle or violin, particularly in a folk or country style.
noun
- bowed stringed instrument that is the highest member of the violin family; this instrument has four strings and a hollow body and an unfretted fingerboard and is played with a bow
- A violinist, or fiddler, in a band.
- (informal) A workaround; a quick and less than perfect solution for some flaw or problem.
- A rack for drying pottery after glazing.
- (figurative) A clown; an unserious person entertaining a group.
- (informal) A scam; a fraud or swindle.
- (especially nautical) Any rail or device that prevents items from sliding off a table, stove, etc. in rough water.
- A violin, a small unfretted stringed instrument with four strings tuned (lowest to highest) G-D-A-E, usually held against the chin, shoulder, chest or on the upper thigh and played with a bow (see also usage notes below).
- (biology) A dock (Rumex pulcher) with leaves supposed to resemble the musical instrument.
- (usually proscribed) Any of various other bowed stringed instruments, particularly those of the violin family when played non-classically.
- (informal) An act of tinkering, playing around, or fidgeting with something.
- A long pole pulled by a draft animal to drag loose straw, hay, etc.
intj
verb
noun
- formerly a person (traditionally a Gypsy) who traveled from place to place mending pots and kettles and other metal utensils as a way to earn a living
- small mackerel found nearly worldwide
- a person who enjoys fixing and experimenting with machines and their parts
- Any of various fish: chub mackerel, silverside, skate, or young mackerel about two years old.
- (informal) An act of repair or invention.
- An itinerant tinsmith and mender of household utensils made of metal.
- (usually with "little") A mischievous person, especially a playful, impish youngster.
- A razor-billed auk, a bird of species (Alca torda).
- Someone who repairs, or attempts repair, on anything mechanical, or who invents such devices; one who tinkers; a tinkerer.
verb
noun
- rectangular paving stone with curved top; once used to make roads
- (manufacturing) A piece of steel that becomes malformed during its manufacture or rolling.
- Alternative form of coble (“a kind of fishing-boat”).
- A cobblestone.
- (geology) A particle from 64 to 256 mm in diameter, following the Wentworth scale.
verb
verb
- (transitive) To fix something or make it correct.
- (intransitive, transitive) To become stringent and ungenerous.
- (transitive) To make sufficiently tight.
- (intransitive) To become tense and restrained.
- (intransitive) To become focused and serious; To stop any vacillation or inconsistency.
- severely restrict in scope or extent
verb
noun
- Something redone, corrected or rebuilt.
- The act of redoing, correcting, or rebuilding.
- (in particular, food manufacturing) Taking unsaleable food and using it in the manufacture of other food.
- Work done to correct defects associated with a deliverable product, plus any root cause analysis effort to identify the task(s) to be re-performed.
- (countable) An instance of reworking.
verb
verb
- (transitive) To correct or amend (a mistake, defect etc.).
- (transitive, mathematics) To determine the length of a curve included between two limits.
- (transitive) To produce (as factitious gin or brandy) by redistilling bad wines or strong spirits (whisky, rum, etc.) with flavourings.
- (transitive, geodesy, historical) To adjust (a globe or sundial) to prepare for the solution of a proposed problem.
- (transitive) To restore (someone or something) to its proper condition; to straighten out, to set right.
- (transitive, electronics) To convert (alternating current) into direct current.
- (transitive) To remedy or fix (an undesirable state of affairs, situation etc.).
- (transitive, chemistry) To purify or refine (a substance) by distillation.
- make right or correct
- convert into direct current
- determine the length of
- reduce to a fine, unmixed, or pure state; separate from extraneous matter or cleanse from impurities
- bring, lead, or force to abandon a wrong or evil course of life, conduct, and adopt a right one
- set straight or right
verb
- (transitive) To fix (a problem).
- (UK, slang) To provide (somebody) with a necessity, or a solution to a problem.
- (transitive) To clarify by reviewing mentally.
- (transitive) To arrange.
- (transitive) To separate from the remainder of a group; often construed with from.
- (transitive) To organise or separate into groups, as a collection of items, so as to make tidy.
- (transitive, British, slang) To take action to stop someone who has been causing trouble, often by physically attacking them.
- punish in order to gain control or enforce obedience
- make free from confusion or ambiguity; make clear
- arrange or order by classes or categories
verb
- fix conclusively or authoritatively
- shape or influence; give direction to
- reach, make, or come to a decision about something
- find out, learn, or determine with certainty, usually by making an inquiry or other effort
- fix in scope; fix the boundaries of
- establish after a calculation, investigation, experiment, survey, or study
- settle conclusively; come to terms
- decide upon or fix definitely
- To bring to a conclusion, as a question or controversy; to settle authoritative or judicial sentence; to decide.
- To resolve (to do something); to establish a fixed intention; to cause (something) to come to a conclusion or decision; to lead.
- To fix the form or character of; to shape; to prescribe imperatively; to regulate; to settle.
- To ascertain definitely; to figure out, find out, or conclude by analyzing, calculating, or investigating.
- (transitive or intransitive, law, otherwise obsolete) To bring to an end, finish; to come to an end, stop, end.
- To set the boundaries or limits of.
- (logic) To define or limit by adding a differentia.
- To fix the course of; to impel and direct; with a remoter object preceded by to.
verb
- fix conclusively or authoritatively
- 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
- 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
- (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.
adj
- 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
- 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.
noun
- 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
- 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.
- (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 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”).
verb
- To restore to good working order, fix, or improve damaged condition; to mend; to remedy.
- To make amends for, as for an injury, by an equivalent; to indemnify for.
- To transfer oneself to another place.
- To pair again.
- restore by replacing a part or putting together what is torn or broken
- give new life or energy to
- move, travel, or proceed toward some place
- make amends for; pay compensation for
- set straight or right
noun
- The result of repairing something.
- A place to which one goes frequently or habitually; a haunt.
- The act of repairing or resorting to a place.
- The act of repairing something.
- The condition of something, in respect of need for repair.
- a formal way of referring to the condition of something
- the act of putting something in working order again
- a frequently visited place
verb
- (transitive) To remedy or rectify something.
- (transitive) To remember or recall something.
- (sports, transitive) To make a difficult but successful return of the ball.
- (intransitive) To fetch and bring in game systematically.
- (transitive) To salvage something
- (transitive) To rescue (a creature).
- (transitive) To fetch and bring in game.
- (transitive) To regain or get back something.
- (transitive) To fetch or carry back something, especially (computing) a file or data record.
- (intransitive) To fetch or carry back systematically, notably as a game.
- run after, pick up, and bring to the master
- go for and bring back
- get or find back; recover the use of
- recall knowledge from memory; have a recollection
noun
noun
- A repair or corrective action.
- (figurative, by extension) Something that satisfies a yearning or a craving.
- (aviation) A non-waypoint terrain feature used to make a determination of location.
- A prearrangement of the outcome of a supposedly competitive process, such as a sporting event, a game, an election, a trial, or a bid.
- (US) Fettlings (mixture used to line a furnace)
- (figurative, by extension) A compulsive desire or thrill.
- (slang) A single dose of a narcotic drug, especially when injected.
- A difficult situation; a quandary or dilemma; a predicament.
- An understanding, grasp of something.
- A determination of location.
- informal terms for a difficult situation
- something craved, especially an intravenous injection of a narcotic drug
- a determination of the place where something is
- the act of putting something in working order again
- an exemption granted after influence (e.g., money) is brought to bear
verb
- (transitive) To mend, to repair.
- (transitive, chess) To prevent enemy pawns from advancing by directly opposing the most advanced one with one of one's own pawns so as to threaten to capture any advancing backward pawns.
- (intransitive) To become firm, so as to resist volatilization; to cease to flow or be fluid; to congeal; to become hard and malleable, as a metallic substance.
- (transitive, informal) To take revenge on, to best; to serve justice on an assumed miscreant.
- (transitive, US, informal) To surgically render an animal, especially a pet, infertile.
- (transitive, mathematics, semantics) To map (a point or subset) to itself.
- (transitive) To attach; to affix; to hold in place or at a particular time.
- (transitive) To render (a photographic impression) permanent by treating with such applications as will make it insensitive to the action of light.
- (slang, intransitive) To shoot; to inject a drug.
- (transitive, figuratively, usually in the passive) To focus or determine (oneself, on a concept); to fixate.
- (transitive, chemistry, biology) To convert into a stable or available form.
- (ditransitive, informal) To prepare (food or drink).
- (hyperbolic, chiefly with would) To be immensely pleasurable to.
- (intransitive) To become fixed; to settle or remain permanently; to cease from wandering; to rest.
- (transitive) To make (a contest, vote, or gamble) unfair; to privilege one contestant or a particular group of contestants, usually before the contest begins; to arrange immunity for defendants by tampering with the justice system via bribery or extortion.
- prepare for eating by applying heat
- to be about to do something
- make fixed, stable or stationary
- restore by replacing a part or putting together what is torn or broken
- make infertile
- set or place definitely
- take vengeance on or get even
- kill, preserve, and harden (tissue) in order to prepare for microscopic study
- cause to be firmly attached
- make ready or suitable or equip in advance for a particular purpose or for some use, event, etc
- influence an event or its outcome by illegal means
- decide upon or fix definitely
- put (something somewhere) firmly
verb
- To set right (a wrong); to repair, (an injury or damage); to make amends for; to remedy; to relieve from.
- (film) To redecorate a previously existing film set so that it can double for another set.
- To make amends or compensation to; to relieve of anything unjust or oppressive; to bestow relief upon.
- To dress again.
- To put in order again; to set right; to revise.
- make reparations or amends for
noun
- One who, or that which, gives relief; a redresser.
- A setting right, as of injury, oppression, or wrong, such as the redress of grievances; hence, indemnification; relief; remedy; reparation.
- (film) The redecoration of a previously existing film set so that it can double for another set.
- The act of redressing; a making right; amendment; correction; reformation.
- A possibility to set right, or a possibility to seek a remedy, for instance in court
- a sum of money paid in compensation for loss or injury
- act of correcting an error or a fault or an evil
verb
- (with on or upon) To fix one's choice.
- To cover or smear with pitch.
- (transitive) To set or fix (a price or value).
- (transitive) To fix or set the tone of.
- (brewing) To add yeast as a step while making beer
- (transitive) To assemble or erect (a tent). Also used figuratively.
- (intransitive, Bristol, of snow) To settle and build up, without melting.
- (intransitive) To plunge or fall; especially, to fall forward; to decline or slope.
- (transitive) To set at an angle, especially a downwards one; to cause to tilt.
- (intransitive, baseball) To play baseball in the position of pitcher.
- (intransitive, cricket) To bounce on the playing surface.
- (transitive) To set, face, or pave (an embankment or roadway) with rubble or undressed stones.
- (transitive) To throw away; discard.
- (transitive, golf) To play a short, high, lofty shot that lands with backspin.
- To darken; to blacken; to obscure.
- (intransitive) To fix or place a tent or temporary habitation; to encamp.
- (transitive) To deliver in a certain tone or style, or with a certain audience in mind.
- (transitive or intransitive, baseball) To throw (the ball) toward a batter at home plate.
- (transitive) To promote, advertise, or attempt to sell.
- (intransitive) To produce a note of a given pitch.
- (transitive) To throw.
- (transitive, card games, slang) To discard (a card) for some gain.
- To attack, or position or assemble for attack.
- (ambitransitive, aviation or nautical) To move so that the front of an aircraft or boat goes alternately up and down.
- heel over
- set to a certain pitch
- sell or offer for sale from place to place
- move abruptly
- fall or plunge forward
- throw or hurl from the mound to the batter, as in baseball
- be at an angle
- set the level or character of
- throw or toss with a light motion
- erect and fasten
- lead (a card) and establish the trump suit
- hit (a golf ball) in a high arc with a backspin
adj
noun
- (sports, UK, Australia, New Zealand) The field on which cricket, soccer, rugby, gridiron or field hockey is played. (In cricket, the pitch is in the centre of the field; see cricket pitch.) (Not often used in the US or Canada, where "field" is the preferred word.)
- An effort to sell or promote something.
- (geology) Pitchstone.
- The point where a declivity begins; hence, the declivity itself; a descending slope; the degree or rate of descent or slope; slant.
- The angle at which an object sits.
- (golf) A short, high, lofty shot that lands with backspin.
- An area on a campsite intended for occupation by a single tent, caravan or similar.
- A dark, extremely viscous material still remaining after distilling crude oil or natural tar.
- The distance between evenly spaced objects, e.g. the teeth of a saw or gear, the turns of a screw thread, the centres of holes, or letters in a monospace font.
- Prominence; importance.
- The height a bird reaches in flight, especially a bird of prey preparing to swoop down on its prey.
- (nautical, aviation) The degree to which a vehicle, especially a ship or aircraft, rotates on such an axis, tilting its bow or nose up or down.
- (music) In an a cappella group, the singer responsible for singing a note for the other members to tune themselves by.
- (by extension) The place where a busker performs, a prostitute solicits clients, or an illegal gambling game etc. is set up before the public.
- (cricket) That point of the ground on which the ball pitches or lights when bowled.
- (mining) The limit of ground set to a miner who receives a share of the ore taken out.
- (climbing) A section of a climb or rock face; specifically, the climbing distance between belays or stances.
- A throw; a toss; a cast, as of something from the hand.
- (now British, regional) A person's or animal's height.
- A descent; a fall; a thrusting down.
- (music, phonetics) The perceived frequency of a sound, note or electromagnetic wave.
- A point or peak; the extreme point of elevation or depression.
- (music) The standard to which a group of musical instruments are tuned or in which a piece is performed, usually by reference to the frequency to which the musical note A above middle C is tuned.
- (baseball) The act of pitching a baseball.
- A level or degree, or (by extension), a peak or highest degree.
- A sticky, gummy substance secreted by trees; sap.
- An area in a market (or similar) allocated to a particular trader.
- (aviation) A measure of the angle of attack of a propeller.
- (caving) A vertical cave passage, only negotiable by using rope or ladders.
- (rare) The field of battle.
- The most thrust-out point of a headland or cape.
- promotion by means of an argument and demonstration
- abrupt up-and-down motion (as caused by a ship or other conveyance)
- a sports field with predetermined dimensions for playing soccer
- the property of sound that varies with variation in the frequency of vibration
- a high approach shot in golf
- a vendor's position (especially on the sidewalk)
- any of various dark heavy viscid substances obtained as a residue
- the act of throwing a baseball or softball by the pitcher towards home plate, which initiates play by giving the batter a chance to hit it
- an all-fours game in which the first card led is a trump
- degree of deviation from a horizontal plane
- the action or manner of throwing something
verb
noun
- A mistake that is very stupid or embarrassing.
- An action, job, or task that has been performed very badly; a ruined, defective, or clumsy piece of work.
- A patch put on, or a part of a garment patched or mended in a clumsy manner.
- A case or outbreak of boils or sores.
- A messy, disorderly or confusing combination; a conglomeration; hodgepodge.
- an embarrassing mistake
noun
verb
- improve by alteration or correction of errors or defects and put into a better condition
- (transitive) To put into a new and improved form or condition; to restore to a former good state, or bring from bad to good; to change from worse to better.
- (intransitive) To return to a good state; to amend or correct one's own character or habits.
- (transitive, intransitive) To form again or in a new configuration.
- produce by cracking
- make changes for improvement in order to remove abuse and injustices
- bring, lead, or force to abandon a wrong or evil course of life, conduct, and adopt a right one
- break up the molecules of
- change for the better
verb
- (transitive, idiomatic) To correct or rectify.
- (transitive) To tidy, neaten, or organize.
- (intransitive, idiomatic) To correct; to stop doing something wrong.
- (transitive) To make straight.
- (transitive, Mafia slang) To be made a made man in a Mafia organization.
- (transitive, idiomatic) To eliminate confusion from or concerning.
- (transitive, informal) To (supposedly) make (a gay person) heterosexual.
- make straight
- put (things or places) in order
- settle or put right
- extricate from entanglement
- make free from confusion or ambiguity; make clear
- change for the better
adj
- (of a problem) Resolved; corrected.
- Repaired.
- (dialectal, informal) Surgically rendered sterile (e.g. spayed, neutered, or castrated).
- Unable to move; unmovable.
- (law, of sound) Recorded on a permanent medium.
- Supplied with what one needs.
- (astrology) Being one of the signs Taurus, Leo, Scorpio, and Aquarius, associated with stability, permanence, and preservation.
- (chemistry) Chemically stable.
- Rigged; fraudulently prearranged.
- Attached; affixed.
- Unlikely to change; stable.
- Unable to change or vary.
- securely placed or fastened or set
- (of a number) having a fixed and unchanging value
- fixed and unmoving
- incapable of being changed or moved or undone; e.g. ‘frozen prices’
verb
adj
- Able to repair or ameliorate.
- (linguistics) Suggesting or relating to a positive or approving evaluation.
- (philosophy) Of or relating to conceptual engineering, the normative study of which conceptual demarcation is most conducive to solve the problems the concept is a priori taken to solve.
- tending to ameliorate
noun
adj
noun
- (perfumery) The components of a perfume that prolong or bolster the notes, and may or may not be the base note itself.
- A substance that fixes, protects, or preserves.
- a varnish dissolved in alcohol and sprayed over pictures to prevent smudging
- a compound (such as ethanol or formaldehyde) that fixes tissues and cells for microscopic study
adj
- Susceptible to correction or reform.
- (finance) Capable of being paid off; subject to a right on the part of the debtor to discharge or of an issuer to repurchase
- Capable of being redeemed; able to be restored or recovered.
- susceptible to improvement or reform
- able to be converted into ready money or the equivalent
- recoverable upon payment or fulfilling a condition