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verb
- make into fiction
- convert into the form or the style of a novel
- (transitive) To retell (something) real (e.g., an event or series of events) as if it were fiction; especially, to do so in a way that departs from reality in any extent from mild to extensive (from minor details to essential substance).
- (transitive) To convert (something) real into a novel or other dramatic work.
verb
adj
noun
- writing in a fictional form
- the act of constructing something (as a piece of machinery)
- the act of making something (a product) from raw materials
- a deliberately false or improbable account
- the deliberate act of deviating from the truth
- (countable) That which is fabricated; a falsehood.
- (cooking) The act of cutting up an animal carcass as preparation for cooking; butchery.
- (uncountable) The act of fabricating, framing, or constructing; construction; manufacture
adj
noun
noun
- An element of fiction writing.
- (theater, film, television, radio) A part of a dramatic work that is set in the same place or time. In the theatre, generally a number of scenes constitute an act.
- (theater) The decorations; furnishings, and backgrounds of a stage, representing the place in which the action of a play is set.
- (aesthetic) (by extension) An aesthetic characterized by vibrant, often neon colors, heavily teased and brightly dyed hair with long bangs, skinny jeans, band tees, and layered accessories like studded belts and plastic jewelry; heavily influenced by MySpace culture, emo, pop-punk, and electronic music, with a strong emphasis on digital self-expression and a playful, rebellious energy.
- A social environment consisting of an informal, vague group of people with a uniting interest; their sphere of activity; a subculture.
- (uncountable) (by extension) A youth subculture popular in the Anglosphere in the 2000s and early 2010s.
- A combination of objects or events in view or happening at a given moment at a particular place.
- The location, time, circumstances, etc., in which something occurs, or in which the action of a story, play, or the like, is set up.
- The location of an event that attracts attention.
- An exhibition of passionate or strong feeling before others, creating embarrassment or disruption; often, an artificial or affected action, or course of action, done for effect; a theatrical display.
- A landscape, or part of a landscape; scenery.
- (BDSM) A fantasy that is acted out.
- the context and environment in which something is set
- an incident (real or imaginary)
- graphic art consisting of the graphic or photographic representation of a visual percept
- a consecutive series of pictures that constitutes a unit of action in a film
- the place where some action occurs
- a situation treated as an observable object
- a display of bad temper
- a subdivision of an act of a play or performance
- the visual percept of a region
- the painted structures of a stage set that are intended to suggest a particular locale
intj
verb
verb
- To invent or fabricate (a story, claim, etc.).
- To apply cosmetics.
- (transitive, intransitive, reflexive) To prepare (someone) for a theatrical performance by means of costume, cosmetics, etc.
- (intransitive) To compensate (for).
- To compile or draw up (a list, document, etc.).
- To draw near to, approach to.
- To invent, to imagine, to concoct
- (transitive, intransitive, reflexive) To apply cosmetics or makeup to (a face, facial feature).
- (transitive) To constitute the components of a whole.
- (transitive, intransitive) To resolve or settle an argument, dispute, conflict, or fight (e.g., with someone).
- To constitute, to compose.
- To put together (a substance, material, garment, medicine, etc.) into a specific form; to assemble.
- To make peace, to settle a dispute.
- (transitive) To compensate for (a deficiency, defect, etc.); to supply (something missing).
- To make social or romantic advances to; to pay court to.
- make up work that was missed due to absence at a later point
- adjust for
- come to terms
- concoct something artificial or untrue
- devise or compose
- form or compose
- apply make-up or cosmetics to one's face to appear prettier
- put in order or neaten
- do or give something to somebody in return
noun
noun
- fiction with a large amount of imagination in it
- something many people believe that is false
- imagination unrestricted by reality
- A fantastical design.
- (literature) The literary genre generally dealing with themes of magic and the supernatural, imaginary worlds and creatures, etc.
- That which comes from one's imagination.
- (slang) The drug gamma-hydroxybutyric acid.
verb
noun
- A piece of fiction that borrows elements from two or more fictional universes.
- (sports) An athlete or swimmer who has competed in more than one of open water swimming, pool swimming, triathlon, and endurance sports.
- A move in sports that involves crossing one hand or foot in front of another, as in ice skating.
- (basketball) A crossover dribble.
- (sometimes derogatory) An SUV-like automobile built on a passenger car platform, e.g. the Pontiac Torrent.
- (rail transport) A pair of switches and a short, diagonal length of track which together connect two parallel tracks and allow passage between them.
- A place where one thing crosses over another.
- (forestry) The point at which the relative humidity is less than, or equal to, the ambient air temperature.
- (fiction) Meeting of various characters.
- A blend of multiple styles of music or multiple film genres, intended to appeal to a wider audience.
- (genetics) The result of the exchange of genetic material during meiosis.
- The means by which the crossing is made.
- a path (often marked) where something (as a street or railroad) can be crossed to get from one side to the other
- the appropriation of a new style (especially in popular music) by combining elements of different genres in order to appeal to a wider audience
- the interchange of sections between pairing homologous chromosomes during the prophase of meiosis
- a voter who is registered as a member of one political party but who votes in the primary of another party
adj
- Of an electrical cable, having connector pins at one end wired to different pins at the other; for example, pin 1 to pin 2, pin 2 to pin 4 etc.; contrasted with straight-through.
- (in particular, computing, of an Ethernet cable) Configured so that the transmit signals at one end are connected to the receive signals at the other.
adj
- Fictional or not believable; made up.
- Characteristic of fables; marvelous, extraordinary, incredible.
- (slang) Fashionable, glamorous.
- Of or relating to fable, myth or legend.
- (slang) Camp, effeminate.
- (slang) Very good; outstanding, wonderful.
- barely credible
- extremely pleasing
- based on or told of in traditional stories; lacking factual basis or historical validity
verb
noun
- (fiction) The transformation of an item or creature into something different by magic.
- (biology) Any organism that shows polymorphism.
- (chemistry, geology) Any substance or mineral that forms different types of crystal.
- an organism that can assume more than one adult form as in the castes of ants or termites
verb
- make up a story
- prolong or extend
- revolve quickly and repeatedly around one's own axis
- twist and turn so as to give an intended interpretation
- form a web by making a thread
- work natural fibers into a thread
- cause to spin
- stream in jets, of liquids
- (aviation, of a pilot) To cause one's aircraft to enter or remain in a spin (abnormal stalled flight mode).
- (transitive) To draw out tediously; prolong.
- To shape, as malleable sheet metal, into a hollow form, by bending or buckling it by pressing against it with a smooth hand tool or roller while the metal revolves, as in a lathe.
- To form (a web, a cocoon, silk, etc.) from threads produced by the extrusion of a viscid, transparent liquid, which hardens on coming into contact with the air; said of the spider, the silkworm, etc.
- To use an exercise bicycle, especially as part of a gym class.
- (transitive) To make yarn by twisting and winding fibers together.
- (cricket, of a bowler) To make the ball move sideways when it bounces on the pitch.
- To ride a bicycle at a fast cadence.
- (figurative) To present, describe, or interpret, or to introduce a bias or slant, so as to give something a favorable or advantageous appearance.
- To stream or issue in a thread or a small current or jet.
- (UK, law enforcement, slang, transitive) To search rapidly.
- (cooking) To form into thin strips or ribbons, as with sugar
- (cricket, of a ball) To move sideways when bouncing.
- (computing, programming, intransitive) To wait in a loop until some condition becomes true.
- (ergative) To rotate, revolve, gyrate (usually quickly); to partially or completely rotate to face another direction.
- (fishing) To fish with a swivel or spoonbait.
- To move swiftly.
- (transitive, informal) To play (vinyl records, etc.) as a disc jockey.
- (motor racing, of a vehicle, intransitive) To rotate into the gravel or managing to remain on the straight as a result of bad weather.
- (aviation, of an aircraft) To enter, or remain in, a spin (abnormal stalled flight mode).
noun
- a short drive in a car
- the act of rotating rapidly
- rapid descent of an aircraft in a steep spiral
- a distinctive interpretation (especially as used by politicians to sway public opinion)
- a swift whirling motion (usually of a missile)
- (quantum mechanics) A quantum angular momentum associated with subatomic particles, which also creates a magnetic moment.
- (UK, prison slang) A search of a prisoner's cell for forbidden articles.
- A bundle of spun material; a mass of strands and filaments.
- (nautical) Clipping of spinnaker.
- (countable, uncountable, figurative) A favourable comment or interpretation intended to bias opinion on an otherwise unpleasant situation.
- (autism, slang) A special interest of an autistic person.
- A novel, creative variation of an existing thing or type; a twist.
- (aviation) A condition of flight where a stalled aircraft is simultaneously pitching, yawing, and rolling in a spinning motion.
- (sports) Rotation of the ball as it flies through the air; sideways movement of the ball as it bounces.
- (uncountable) The use of an exercise bicycle, especially as part of a gym class.
- A brief trip by vehicle, especially one made for pleasure.
- (mechanical engineering) An abnormal condition in journal bearings where the bearing seizes to the rotating shaft and rotates inside the journal, destroying both the shaft and the journal.
- Rapid circular motion.
- A state of confusion or disorientation.
- A single play of a record; especially, one broadcast by a radio station.
adj
- produced by a wildly fanciful imagination
- being or relating to or like a chimera
- (vision, of a perceived color) Impossible to physically produce due to having an impossibly-high saturation or luminosity, but viewable by overlaying an afterimage and a suitably-colored physical image.
- Inherently fantastic; wildly fanciful.
- Of or pertaining to a chimera.
- (genetics) Resulting from the expression of two or more genes that originally coded for separate proteins.
- Being a figment of the imagination; fantastic (in the archaic sense).
noun
- (literature) A fictitious character created by an author for the purpose of writing in a different style.
- (linguistics) A word having the same spelling as another but a different meaning, and, often, a different pronunciation.
- two words are heteronyms if they are spelled the same way but differ in pronunciation
prefix
- hypothetical, fictional
- To do the root.
- Uniform, or made to be the same as.
- A fellow kind of the root.
- Together: the root is done together.
- Synchronous or simultaneous with the root.
- Found with. What is found with the root.
- Intensifying the root.
- Belonging to the same group indicated by the root.
- Mutuality, indicating a reciprocal relationship or influence
- related to conlangs, conworlds, etc.
- To surround or adorn with
- From, coming from the root.
- When one entity is put into another, or one entity affects the other.
- constructed, artificial
- Having commonality, having the same property indicated by the root.
- Unite: to unite into a collection indicated by the root word.
verb
- (idiomatic) To perform a fantasy in reality.
- To express one's feelings through disruptive actions.
- (idiomatic) To perform a scene from a play, a charade or an exercise.
- (transitive) To perform something specific.
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see act, out.
- To express ideas or desires through actions rather than words.
- represent an incident, state, or emotion by action, especially on stage
- act out; represent or perform as if in a play
adj
noun
verb
noun
- an imaginary person represented in a work of fiction (play or film or story)
- a person of a specified kind (usually with many eccentricities)
- good repute
- a written symbol that is used to represent speech
- (genetics) an attribute (structural or functional) that is determined by a gene or group of genes
- the inherent complex of attributes that determines a persons moral and ethical actions and reactions
- an actor's portrayal of someone in a play
- a characteristic property that defines the apparent individual nature of something
- a formal recommendation by a former employer to a potential future employer describing the person's qualifications and dependability
- (countable) Quality, position, rank, or capacity; quality or conduct with respect to a certain office or duty.
- (countable) A unique or extraordinary individual; a person characterized by peculiar or notable traits, especially charisma.
- (countable) A written or printed symbol, or letter.
- (countable, computing) One of the basic elements making up a text file or string: a code representing a printing character or a control character.
- (countable) A distinguishing feature; characteristic; trait; nature; phene.
- (countable, informal) A person or individual, especially one who is unknown.
- (uncountable, countable) A complex of traits marking a person, group, breed, or type.
- (uncountable) Strength of mind; resolution; independence; individuality; moral strength.
- (countable) A being involved in the action of a story; a persona.
- (countable, mathematics) An assignment of complex numbers to each element of a group, in particular a finite abelian group. More precisely, a group homomorphism into the group of units of a field (usually ℂ).
verb
noun
- (fiction) A fictional work where the protagonist was introduced in a preceding work or at least shares the same setting, often in a different aspect.
- The formation of a subsidiary company that continues the operations of part of the parent company; the company so formed.
- An offshoot.
- An incidental benefit or unexpected pay-off.
- A by-product.
- a product made during the manufacture of something else
noun
- An invented story, theory, or concept.
- A person or thing existing only in imagination, or whose actual existence is not verifiable.
- (uncountable) Such stories as a genre.
- A commonly-held but false belief, a common misconception; a fictitious or imaginary person or thing; a popular conception about a real person or event which exaggerates or idealizes reality.
- A person or thing held in excessive or quasi-religious awe or admiration based on popular legend
- A traditional story which embodies a belief regarding some fact or phenomenon of experience, and in which often the forces of nature and of the soul are personified; a sacred narrative regarding a god, a hero, the origin of the world or of a people, etc.
- a traditional story accepted as history; serves to explain the world view of a people
adj
- Purposely fictive.
- Possessed of a particular capacity for the design of new mechanisms or processes, creative or skilful at inventing.
- Of, or relating to invention; pertaining to the act of devising new mechanisms or processes.
- (used of persons or artifacts) marked by independence and creativity in thought or action
noun
- a literary work based on the imagination and not necessarily on fact
- a deliberately false or improbable account
- (literature) Literary type using invented or imaginative writing, instead of real facts, usually written as prose.
- A verbal or written account that is not based on actual events (often intended to mislead).
- (law) A legal fiction.
noun
- writing in a fictional form
- the act of constructing something (as a piece of machinery)
- the act of making something (a product) from raw materials
- a deliberately false or improbable account
- the deliberate act of deviating from the truth
- (countable) That which is fabricated; a falsehood.
- (cooking) The act of cutting up an animal carcass as preparation for cooking; butchery.
- (uncountable) The act of fabricating, framing, or constructing; construction; manufacture
noun
- An element of fiction writing.
- (theater, film, television, radio) A part of a dramatic work that is set in the same place or time. In the theatre, generally a number of scenes constitute an act.
- (theater) The decorations; furnishings, and backgrounds of a stage, representing the place in which the action of a play is set.
- (aesthetic) (by extension) An aesthetic characterized by vibrant, often neon colors, heavily teased and brightly dyed hair with long bangs, skinny jeans, band tees, and layered accessories like studded belts and plastic jewelry; heavily influenced by MySpace culture, emo, pop-punk, and electronic music, with a strong emphasis on digital self-expression and a playful, rebellious energy.
- A social environment consisting of an informal, vague group of people with a uniting interest; their sphere of activity; a subculture.
- (uncountable) (by extension) A youth subculture popular in the Anglosphere in the 2000s and early 2010s.
- A combination of objects or events in view or happening at a given moment at a particular place.
- The location, time, circumstances, etc., in which something occurs, or in which the action of a story, play, or the like, is set up.
- The location of an event that attracts attention.
- An exhibition of passionate or strong feeling before others, creating embarrassment or disruption; often, an artificial or affected action, or course of action, done for effect; a theatrical display.
- A landscape, or part of a landscape; scenery.
- (BDSM) A fantasy that is acted out.
- the context and environment in which something is set
- an incident (real or imaginary)
- graphic art consisting of the graphic or photographic representation of a visual percept
- a consecutive series of pictures that constitutes a unit of action in a film
- the place where some action occurs
- a situation treated as an observable object
- a display of bad temper
- a subdivision of an act of a play or performance
- the visual percept of a region
- the painted structures of a stage set that are intended to suggest a particular locale
intj
verb
noun
- fiction with a large amount of imagination in it
- something many people believe that is false
- imagination unrestricted by reality
- A fantastical design.
- (literature) The literary genre generally dealing with themes of magic and the supernatural, imaginary worlds and creatures, etc.
- That which comes from one's imagination.
- (slang) The drug gamma-hydroxybutyric acid.
verb
noun
- A piece of fiction that borrows elements from two or more fictional universes.
- (sports) An athlete or swimmer who has competed in more than one of open water swimming, pool swimming, triathlon, and endurance sports.
- A move in sports that involves crossing one hand or foot in front of another, as in ice skating.
- (basketball) A crossover dribble.
- (sometimes derogatory) An SUV-like automobile built on a passenger car platform, e.g. the Pontiac Torrent.
- (rail transport) A pair of switches and a short, diagonal length of track which together connect two parallel tracks and allow passage between them.
- A place where one thing crosses over another.
- (forestry) The point at which the relative humidity is less than, or equal to, the ambient air temperature.
- (fiction) Meeting of various characters.
- A blend of multiple styles of music or multiple film genres, intended to appeal to a wider audience.
- (genetics) The result of the exchange of genetic material during meiosis.
- The means by which the crossing is made.
- a path (often marked) where something (as a street or railroad) can be crossed to get from one side to the other
- the appropriation of a new style (especially in popular music) by combining elements of different genres in order to appeal to a wider audience
- the interchange of sections between pairing homologous chromosomes during the prophase of meiosis
- a voter who is registered as a member of one political party but who votes in the primary of another party
adj
- Of an electrical cable, having connector pins at one end wired to different pins at the other; for example, pin 1 to pin 2, pin 2 to pin 4 etc.; contrasted with straight-through.
- (in particular, computing, of an Ethernet cable) Configured so that the transmit signals at one end are connected to the receive signals at the other.
noun
- (literature) A fictitious character created by an author for the purpose of writing in a different style.
- (linguistics) A word having the same spelling as another but a different meaning, and, often, a different pronunciation.
- two words are heteronyms if they are spelled the same way but differ in pronunciation
verb
noun
- (fiction) The transformation of an item or creature into something different by magic.
- (biology) Any organism that shows polymorphism.
- (chemistry, geology) Any substance or mineral that forms different types of crystal.
- an organism that can assume more than one adult form as in the castes of ants or termites
noun
- an imaginary person represented in a work of fiction (play or film or story)
- a person of a specified kind (usually with many eccentricities)
- good repute
- a written symbol that is used to represent speech
- (genetics) an attribute (structural or functional) that is determined by a gene or group of genes
- the inherent complex of attributes that determines a persons moral and ethical actions and reactions
- an actor's portrayal of someone in a play
- a characteristic property that defines the apparent individual nature of something
- a formal recommendation by a former employer to a potential future employer describing the person's qualifications and dependability
- (countable) Quality, position, rank, or capacity; quality or conduct with respect to a certain office or duty.
- (countable) A unique or extraordinary individual; a person characterized by peculiar or notable traits, especially charisma.
- (countable) A written or printed symbol, or letter.
- (countable, computing) One of the basic elements making up a text file or string: a code representing a printing character or a control character.
- (countable) A distinguishing feature; characteristic; trait; nature; phene.
- (countable, informal) A person or individual, especially one who is unknown.
- (uncountable, countable) A complex of traits marking a person, group, breed, or type.
- (uncountable) Strength of mind; resolution; independence; individuality; moral strength.
- (countable) A being involved in the action of a story; a persona.
- (countable, mathematics) An assignment of complex numbers to each element of a group, in particular a finite abelian group. More precisely, a group homomorphism into the group of units of a field (usually ℂ).
verb
noun
- (fiction) A fictional work where the protagonist was introduced in a preceding work or at least shares the same setting, often in a different aspect.
- The formation of a subsidiary company that continues the operations of part of the parent company; the company so formed.
- An offshoot.
- An incidental benefit or unexpected pay-off.
- A by-product.
- a product made during the manufacture of something else
noun
- An invented story, theory, or concept.
- A person or thing existing only in imagination, or whose actual existence is not verifiable.
- (uncountable) Such stories as a genre.
- A commonly-held but false belief, a common misconception; a fictitious or imaginary person or thing; a popular conception about a real person or event which exaggerates or idealizes reality.
- A person or thing held in excessive or quasi-religious awe or admiration based on popular legend
- A traditional story which embodies a belief regarding some fact or phenomenon of experience, and in which often the forces of nature and of the soul are personified; a sacred narrative regarding a god, a hero, the origin of the world or of a people, etc.
- a traditional story accepted as history; serves to explain the world view of a people
noun
- a literary work based on the imagination and not necessarily on fact
- a deliberately false or improbable account
- (literature) Literary type using invented or imaginative writing, instead of real facts, usually written as prose.
- A verbal or written account that is not based on actual events (often intended to mislead).
- (law) A legal fiction.
verb
- make into fiction
- convert into the form or the style of a novel
- (transitive) To retell (something) real (e.g., an event or series of events) as if it were fiction; especially, to do so in a way that departs from reality in any extent from mild to extensive (from minor details to essential substance).
- (transitive) To convert (something) real into a novel or other dramatic work.
verb
verb
- To invent or fabricate (a story, claim, etc.).
- To apply cosmetics.
- (transitive, intransitive, reflexive) To prepare (someone) for a theatrical performance by means of costume, cosmetics, etc.
- (intransitive) To compensate (for).
- To compile or draw up (a list, document, etc.).
- To draw near to, approach to.
- To invent, to imagine, to concoct
- (transitive, intransitive, reflexive) To apply cosmetics or makeup to (a face, facial feature).
- (transitive) To constitute the components of a whole.
- (transitive, intransitive) To resolve or settle an argument, dispute, conflict, or fight (e.g., with someone).
- To constitute, to compose.
- To put together (a substance, material, garment, medicine, etc.) into a specific form; to assemble.
- To make peace, to settle a dispute.
- (transitive) To compensate for (a deficiency, defect, etc.); to supply (something missing).
- To make social or romantic advances to; to pay court to.
- make up work that was missed due to absence at a later point
- adjust for
- come to terms
- concoct something artificial or untrue
- devise or compose
- form or compose
- apply make-up or cosmetics to one's face to appear prettier
- put in order or neaten
- do or give something to somebody in return
noun
verb
noun
- (fiction) The transformation of an item or creature into something different by magic.
- (biology) Any organism that shows polymorphism.
- (chemistry, geology) Any substance or mineral that forms different types of crystal.
- an organism that can assume more than one adult form as in the castes of ants or termites
verb
- make up a story
- prolong or extend
- revolve quickly and repeatedly around one's own axis
- twist and turn so as to give an intended interpretation
- form a web by making a thread
- work natural fibers into a thread
- cause to spin
- stream in jets, of liquids
- (aviation, of a pilot) To cause one's aircraft to enter or remain in a spin (abnormal stalled flight mode).
- (transitive) To draw out tediously; prolong.
- To shape, as malleable sheet metal, into a hollow form, by bending or buckling it by pressing against it with a smooth hand tool or roller while the metal revolves, as in a lathe.
- To form (a web, a cocoon, silk, etc.) from threads produced by the extrusion of a viscid, transparent liquid, which hardens on coming into contact with the air; said of the spider, the silkworm, etc.
- To use an exercise bicycle, especially as part of a gym class.
- (transitive) To make yarn by twisting and winding fibers together.
- (cricket, of a bowler) To make the ball move sideways when it bounces on the pitch.
- To ride a bicycle at a fast cadence.
- (figurative) To present, describe, or interpret, or to introduce a bias or slant, so as to give something a favorable or advantageous appearance.
- To stream or issue in a thread or a small current or jet.
- (UK, law enforcement, slang, transitive) To search rapidly.
- (cooking) To form into thin strips or ribbons, as with sugar
- (cricket, of a ball) To move sideways when bouncing.
- (computing, programming, intransitive) To wait in a loop until some condition becomes true.
- (ergative) To rotate, revolve, gyrate (usually quickly); to partially or completely rotate to face another direction.
- (fishing) To fish with a swivel or spoonbait.
- To move swiftly.
- (transitive, informal) To play (vinyl records, etc.) as a disc jockey.
- (motor racing, of a vehicle, intransitive) To rotate into the gravel or managing to remain on the straight as a result of bad weather.
- (aviation, of an aircraft) To enter, or remain in, a spin (abnormal stalled flight mode).
noun
- a short drive in a car
- the act of rotating rapidly
- rapid descent of an aircraft in a steep spiral
- a distinctive interpretation (especially as used by politicians to sway public opinion)
- a swift whirling motion (usually of a missile)
- (quantum mechanics) A quantum angular momentum associated with subatomic particles, which also creates a magnetic moment.
- (UK, prison slang) A search of a prisoner's cell for forbidden articles.
- A bundle of spun material; a mass of strands and filaments.
- (nautical) Clipping of spinnaker.
- (countable, uncountable, figurative) A favourable comment or interpretation intended to bias opinion on an otherwise unpleasant situation.
- (autism, slang) A special interest of an autistic person.
- A novel, creative variation of an existing thing or type; a twist.
- (aviation) A condition of flight where a stalled aircraft is simultaneously pitching, yawing, and rolling in a spinning motion.
- (sports) Rotation of the ball as it flies through the air; sideways movement of the ball as it bounces.
- (uncountable) The use of an exercise bicycle, especially as part of a gym class.
- A brief trip by vehicle, especially one made for pleasure.
- (mechanical engineering) An abnormal condition in journal bearings where the bearing seizes to the rotating shaft and rotates inside the journal, destroying both the shaft and the journal.
- Rapid circular motion.
- A state of confusion or disorientation.
- A single play of a record; especially, one broadcast by a radio station.
verb
- (idiomatic) To perform a fantasy in reality.
- To express one's feelings through disruptive actions.
- (idiomatic) To perform a scene from a play, a charade or an exercise.
- (transitive) To perform something specific.
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see act, out.
- To express ideas or desires through actions rather than words.
- represent an incident, state, or emotion by action, especially on stage
- act out; represent or perform as if in a play
adj
adj
noun
adj
- Fictional or not believable; made up.
- Characteristic of fables; marvelous, extraordinary, incredible.
- (slang) Fashionable, glamorous.
- Of or relating to fable, myth or legend.
- (slang) Camp, effeminate.
- (slang) Very good; outstanding, wonderful.
- barely credible
- extremely pleasing
- based on or told of in traditional stories; lacking factual basis or historical validity
adj
- produced by a wildly fanciful imagination
- being or relating to or like a chimera
- (vision, of a perceived color) Impossible to physically produce due to having an impossibly-high saturation or luminosity, but viewable by overlaying an afterimage and a suitably-colored physical image.
- Inherently fantastic; wildly fanciful.
- Of or pertaining to a chimera.
- (genetics) Resulting from the expression of two or more genes that originally coded for separate proteins.
- Being a figment of the imagination; fantastic (in the archaic sense).
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noun
verb
adj
- Purposely fictive.
- Possessed of a particular capacity for the design of new mechanisms or processes, creative or skilful at inventing.
- Of, or relating to invention; pertaining to the act of devising new mechanisms or processes.
- (used of persons or artifacts) marked by independence and creativity in thought or action