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noun
- Petroleum.
- Petroleum-based liquid used as fuel or lubricant.
- Liquid fat.
- (countable) An oil painting.
- (painting) Oil paint.
- any of a group of liquid edible fats that are obtained from plants
- oil paint containing pigment that is used by an artist
- a slippery or viscous liquid or liquefiable substance not miscible with water
- a dark oil consisting mainly of hydrocarbons
verb
noun
noun
- Petrol; gasoline.
- (uncountable, slang, vulgar, sex) The vaginal lubrication that a female naturally produces when sexually aroused.
- (uncountable, slang) The amount charged by a bookmaker for betting services.
- Battery life.
- (bodybuilding) Steroids.
- (slang) The leftover liquid of some wet or damp substance.
- (countable, uncountable) A liquid made from plant, especially fruit.
- Electricity.
- (uncountable, slang) Liquor.
- Vitality; strength.
- (physiology) bodily secretion, especially that secreted by the glands of the stomach and intestines.
- Political power.
- (uncountable, slang, music) Musical agreement between instrumentalists.
- (informal) The liquid that is used to submerge a substance kept in a container
- (countable) A beverage made of juice.
- (Scotland) A soft drink.
- (uncountable, slang, vulgar, sex) Semen.
- electric current
- the liquid part that can be extracted from plant or animal tissue by squeezing or cooking
- any of several liquids of the body
- energetic vitality
adj
verb
adj
noun
noun
noun
adj
- Lacking concealing elements.
- In a natural, untreated state.
- Lacking tact or taste.
- (grammar) Pertaining to the uninflected stem of a word.
- Characterized by simplicity, especially something not carefully or expertly made.
- (statistics) Not adjusted or further analyzed.
- conspicuously and tastelessly indecent
- devoid of any qualifications or disguise or adornment
- not refined or processed
- not carefully or expertly made
- not processed or subjected to analysis
- belonging to an early stage of technical development; characterized by simplicity and (often) crudeness
verb
- provide with fuel
- generate an electrical impulse
- drive out or away by or as if by fire
- call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses)
- start or maintain a fire in
- terminate the employment of; discharge from an office or position
- destroy by fire
- start firing a weapon
- bake in a kiln so as to harden
- become ignited
- go off or discharge
- cause to go off
- (transitive) To shoot (a gun, rocket/missile, or analogous device).
- (transitive, employment) To terminate the employment contract of (an employee), especially for cause (such as misconduct, incompetence, or poor performance).
- (transitive) To forcibly direct (something).
- To animate; to give life or spirit to.
- (intransitive) To shoot a gun, cannon, or similar weapon.
- (transitive) To heat as with fire, but without setting on fire, as ceramic, metal objects, etc.
- (transitive) To drive away by setting a fire.
- (transitive, mining) To set off an explosive in a mine.
- (transitive) To set (something, often a building) on fire.
- (transitive, farriery) To cauterize (a horse, or a part of its body).
- (slang, usually with "up") To start (an engine).
- (transitive) To light up as if by fire; to illuminate.
- (horse racing, intransitive) Of a horse: to race ahead with a burst of energy.
- (transitive, sports) To shoot; to attempt to score a goal.
- (intransitive, physiology) To cause an action potential in a cell.
- (transitive, by extension) To terminate a contract with a client; to drop a client.
- (ambitransitive, computer sciences, software engineering) To initiate an event (by means of an event handler).
- (transitive) To inflame; to irritate, as the passions.
- (astronautics) To operate a rocket engine to produce thrust.
- To feed or serve the fire of.
noun
- intense adverse criticism
- once thought to be one of four elements composing the universe (Empedocles), associated with the humour bile
- feelings of great warmth and intensity
- the process of combustion of inflammable materials producing heat and light and (often) smoke
- a fireplace in which a relatively small fire is burning
- a severe trial
- fuel that is burning and is used as a means for cooking
- the event of something burning (often destructive)
- the act of firing weapons or artillery at an enemy
- (astronautics) An instance of firing one or more rocket engines.
- Red coloration in a piece of opal.
- (countable) An instance of this chemical reaction, especially when intentionally created and maintained in a specific location to a useful end (such as a campfire or a hearth fire).
- (countable) A planned bombardment by artillery or similar weapons, or the capability to deliver such.
- (countable, African-American Vernacular, slang) A firearm.
- (uncountable) The bullets or other projectiles fired from a gun or other ranged weapon.
- (countable, figurative) A barrage, volley
- (gemology) The capacity of a gemstone, especially a faceted, cut gemstone, that is transparent to visible light, to disperse white light into its multispectral component parts, resulting in a flash of different colors, the richness and dispersion of which increases the gemstone's value.
- (countable, British) A heater or stove used in place of a real fire (such as an electric fire).
- Strength of passion, whether love or hate.
- Splendour; brilliancy; lustre; hence, a star.
- (uncountable) A (usually self-sustaining) chemical reaction involving the bonding of oxygen with carbon or other fuel, with the production of heat and the presence of flame or smouldering.
- Liveliness of imagination or fancy; intellectual and moral enthusiasm.
- A severe trial; anything inflaming or provoking.
- (countable) The occurrence, often accidental, of fire in a certain place, causing damage and danger.
- (uncountable, alchemy, philosophy) The aforementioned chemical reaction of burning, considered one of the Classical elements or basic elements of alchemy.
- (countable) The elements necessary to start a fire.
adj
intj
verb
noun
adj
adj
adj
- (of a mine or oil well) drilled speculatively in an area not known to be productive
- without official authorization
- outside the bounds of legitimate or ethical business practices
- (usually derogatory) Of or concerning businesses operating outside standard or legitimate practice, especially:
- (firearms) Of or concerning customized or hand-made cartridges.
- (oil industry) Of or concerning oil exploration in new areas, (particularly) small, independent operations.
- Of or concerning actions undertaken by workers without approval or in defiance of the formal leadership of their trade unions.
- Unauthorized by the proper authorities.
verb
noun
- an exploratory oil well drilled in land not known to be an oil field
- a cruelly rapacious person
- any small or medium-sized cat resembling the domestic cat and living in the wild
- (firearms) Clipping of wildcat cartridge.
- Any feral cat.
- (US) A bobcat (Lynx rufus) or other similar New World species of lynx.
- (figurative) A person who acts like a wildcat, (usually) a violent and easily-angered person or a sexually vigorous one.
- (UK) Felis silvestris, a common small Old World wild cat somewhat larger than a house cat.
- (nautical) A wheel that can be adjusted so as to revolve either with or on the shaft of a capstan.
- (American football) An offensive formation with an unbalanced line and a snap directly to the running back rather than the quarterback.
- (uncommon) Alternative spelling of wild cat, any undomesticated felid, as tigers or lions.
- (uncommon) Clipping of wildcat strike (“a strike undertaken without authorization from the relevant trade union”).
noun
- (by extension) Any one of the natural hydrocarbons, including the hard, solid, brittle varieties called asphalt, the semisolid maltha and mineral tars, the oily petrolea, and even the light, volatile naphthas.
- (Australia, colloquial) Roads sealed with bitumen, as opposed to dirt roads.
- A sticky, black, highly viscous liquid or semi-solid form of petroleum, burning with a bright flame. It occurs as an abundant natural product in many places, as on the shores of the Dead and Caspian Seas. It is used in cements, in the construction of pavements, etc.; Mineral pitch.
- (Canada) Canadian deposits of extremely heavy crude oil.
- any of various naturally occurring impure mixtures of hydrocarbons
verb
noun
- Schleichera oleosa
- Astronium spp.
- Gordonia haematoxylon
- Heritiera spp.
- Terminalia canescens
- Cordia subcordata
- Combretum imberbe
- Sideroxylon spp.
- Myracrodruon urundeuva
- Dialium guianense
- Cyrilla racemiflora
- Sloania spp.
- Jacquinia keyensis
- Carpinus caroliniana
- Foresteria pubescens
- Casuarina cristata
- Afzelia africana
- Chionanthus caymanensis
- Gymnostoma sumatranum
- Aegiphilia martinicensis
- Paubrasilia echinata
- Prunus africana
- (Australia) Acacia esthrophiolata, Acacia excelsa, Acacia melanoxylon, Acacia stenophylla, or Erythrophleum chlorostachys.
- Metrosideros spp.
- Backhousia myrtifolia
- Thouina striata
- Schinopsis spp.
- Cliftonia monophylla
- Swartzia spp.
- Exothea paniculata
- Vachellia farnesiana
- Colubrina elliptica
- Senegalia muricata
- exceptionally tough or hard wood of any of a number of ironwood trees
- medium-sized hop hornbeam of eastern North America
- a small slow-growing deciduous tree of northern Iran having a low domed shape
- handsome East Indian evergreen tree often planted as an ornamental for its fragrant white flowers that yield a perfume; source of very heavy hardwood used for railroad ties
noun
- Any substance added to something in order to stabilize it, as for example a fuel additive that prolongs the shelf life of petrol.
- (textiles) A piece of backing fabric used in embroidery.
- An additional wheel on a bicycle to keep it upright to assist a learner.
- An airfoil that stabilizes the flight of an aircraft or missile.
- (mathematics) For a group operating on a set and an element x of the set, the set of all group elements fixing x.
- A gyroscopically controlled fin or similar device that prevents the excess rolling of a ship in rough seas.
- a device for making something stable
- airfoil consisting of a device for stabilizing an aircraft
- a chemical that is added to a solution or mixture or suspension to maintain it in a stable or unchanging state
verb
- To discover a source of something, often a buried raw material such as ore (especially gold) or crude oil.
- (transitive) To make and ratify; to reach; to find.
- (intransitive) To sound by percussion, with blows, or as if with blows.
- (transitive) To create an impression.
- (transitive, sometimes with out or through) To delete or cross out; to scratch or eliminate.
- (intransitive) To carry out a violent or illegal action.
- (transitive) To cause to ignite by friction.
- To touch; to act by appulse.
- (transitive) To punish; to afflict; to smite.
- To unfasten, to loosen (chains, bonds, etc.).
- (transitive) To hit.
- (transitive, figurative) To impinge upon.
- To affect by a sudden impression or impulse.
- (intransitive) To act suddenly, especially in a violent or criminal way.
- To make a sudden impression upon, as if by a blow; to affect with some strong emotion.
- (sports) To score a goal.
- (transitive) To give, as a blow; to impel, as with a blow; to give a force to; to dash; to cast.
- (transitive) To cause or produce by a stroke, or suddenly, as by a stroke.
- To stroke or pass lightly; to wave.
- (nautical) To haul down or lower (a flag, mast, etc.)
- (intransitive, by extension) To stop working as a protest to achieve better working conditions.
- (intransitive) To pass with a quick or strong effect; to dart; to penetrate.
- (by extension) To capitulate; to signal a surrender by hauling down the colours.
- (intransitive) To set off on a walk or trip.
- (transitive, finance) To balance (a ledger or account).
- To hit upon, or light upon, suddenly.
- (transitive) To cause to sound by one or more beats; to indicate or notify by audible strokes. Of a clock, to announce (an hour of the day), usually by one or more sounds.
- (transitive) To impress, seem or appear to (a person).
- (masonry) To cut off (a mortar joint, etc.) even with the face of the wall, or inward at a slight angle.
- To level (a measure of grain, salt, etc.) with a straight instrument, scraping off what is above the level of the top.
- (intransitive) To become attached to something; said of the spat of oysters.
- (transitive) To thrust in; to cause to enter or penetrate.
- To infest the flesh of a living vertebrate.
- (transitive) To manufacture, as by stamping.
- To dismantle and take away (a theater set; a tent; etc.).
- (intransitive) To deliver a quick blow or thrust; to give blows.
- (transitive, fishing) To hook (a fish) by a quick turn of the wrist.
- deliver a sharp blow, as with the hand, fist, or weapon
- form by stamping, punching, or printing
- cause to experience suddenly
- hit against; come into sudden contact with
- affect or afflict suddenly, usually adversely
- make a strategic, offensive, assault against an enemy, opponent, or a target
- arrive at after reckoning, deliberating, and weighing
- hook by a pull on the line
- drive something violently into a location
- have an emotional or cognitive impact upon
- pierce with force
- cause to form (an electric arc) between electrodes of an arc lamp
- touch or seem as if touching visually or audibly
- remove by erasing or crossing out or as if by drawing a line
- produce by manipulating keys or strings of musical instruments
- find unexpectedly
- smooth with a strickle
- disassemble a temporary structure, such as a tent or a theatrical set
- occupy or take on
- stop work in order to press demands
- produce by ignition or a blow
- indicate (a certain time) by striking
- attain
noun
- (cricket) The status of being the batsman that the bowler is bowling at.
- A work stoppage (or otherwise concerted stoppage of an activity) as a form of protest.
- The primary face of a hammer, opposite the peen.
- (fishing) A nibble on the bait by a fish.
- (baseball) A status resulting from a batter swinging and missing a pitch, or not swinging at a pitch when the ball goes in the strike zone, or hitting a foul ball that is not caught.
- (geology) The compass direction of the line of intersection between a rock layer and the surface of the Earth or another solid celestial body.
- The discovery of a source of something.
- (bowling) The act of knocking down all ten pins on the first roll of a frame.
- (philately) A cancellation postmark.
- (printing, historical) An imperfect matrix for type.
- (military, by extension) An attack, not necessarily physical.
- An iron pale or standard in a gate or fence.
- The strike plate of a door.
- (finance) In an option contract, the price at which the holder buys or sells if they choose to exercise the option.
- An instrument with a straight edge for levelling a measure of grain, salt, etc., scraping off what is above the level of the top; a strickle.
- (ironworking) A puddler's stirrer.
- A blow or application of physical force against something.
- (historical) An old English measure of corn equal to the bushel.
- a score in tenpins: knocking down all ten with the first ball
- a group's refusal to work in protest against low pay or bad work conditions
- a conspicuous success
- (baseball) a pitch that the batter swings at and misses, or that the batter hits into foul territory, or that the batter does not swing at but the umpire judges to be in the area over home plate and between the batter's knees and shoulders
- a gentle blow
- an attack that is intended to seize or inflict damage on or destroy an objective
noun
- (uncountable, Canada, US, New Zealand, Philippines) Gasoline, a light derivative of petroleum used as fuel.
- (uncountable) Methane or other waste gases trapped in one's belly as a result of the digestive process; flatus.
- (countable, physical chemistry) A chemical element or compound in such a state.
- (uncountable, military) Poison gas.
- (business, often attributive) The supply of natural gas, as a utility.
- (uncountable) A flammable gaseous hydrocarbon or hydrocarbon mixture used as a fuel, e.g. for cooking, heating, electricity generation or as a fuel in internal combustion engines in vehicles, especially natural gas.
- (uncountable, by extension) Ellipsis of gas pedal; accelerator, throttle.
- (uncountable, physical chemistry) Matter in an intermediate state between liquid and plasma that can be contained only if it is fully surrounded by a solid (or in a bubble of liquid, or held together by gravitational pull); it can condense into a liquid, or can (rarely) become a solid directly by deposition.
- (slang, uncountable) Marijuana, typically of high quality.
- (baseball) A fastball.
- (countable) A hob on a gas cooker.
- (medicine, colloquial) Arterial or venous blood gas.
- (uncountable, cryptocurrencies) An internal virtual currency used in Ethereum to pay for certain operations, such as blockchain transactions.
- (slang) Frothy or boastful talk; chatter.
- the state of matter distinguished from the solid and liquid states by: relatively low density and viscosity; relatively great expansion and contraction with changes in pressure and temperature; the ability to diffuse readily; and the spontaneous tendency to become distributed uniformly throughout any container
- a state of excessive gas in the alimentary canal
- a pedal that controls the throttle valve
- a fluid in the gaseous state having neither independent shape nor volume and being able to expand indefinitely
- a volatile flammable mixture of hydrocarbons (hexane and heptane and octane etc.) derived from petroleum; used mainly as a fuel in internal-combustion engines
- a fossil fuel in the gaseous state; used for cooking and heating homes
adj
verb
- (transitive) To use poison gas in (a volume or area) to attack or kill someone or something.
- (intransitive) To emit gas.
- (transitive) To impregnate with gas.
- (US) To increase the fuel flow to a vehicle's engine in order to accelerate it.
- (transitive) To attack or kill with poison gas.
- (transitive, slang) To impose upon by talking boastfully.
- (intransitive, slang) To talk in a boastful or vapid way; to chatter.
- (US) To fill (a vehicle's fuel tank) with fuel.
- (transitive) To singe, as in a gas flame, so as to remove loose fibers.
- attack with gas; subject to gas fumes
- show off
noun
adj
intj
noun
- Petroleum.
- Petroleum-based liquid used as fuel or lubricant.
- Liquid fat.
- (countable) An oil painting.
- (painting) Oil paint.
- any of a group of liquid edible fats that are obtained from plants
- oil paint containing pigment that is used by an artist
- a slippery or viscous liquid or liquefiable substance not miscible with water
- a dark oil consisting mainly of hydrocarbons
verb
noun
noun
- Petrol; gasoline.
- (uncountable, slang, vulgar, sex) The vaginal lubrication that a female naturally produces when sexually aroused.
- (uncountable, slang) The amount charged by a bookmaker for betting services.
- Battery life.
- (bodybuilding) Steroids.
- (slang) The leftover liquid of some wet or damp substance.
- (countable, uncountable) A liquid made from plant, especially fruit.
- Electricity.
- (uncountable, slang) Liquor.
- Vitality; strength.
- (physiology) bodily secretion, especially that secreted by the glands of the stomach and intestines.
- Political power.
- (uncountable, slang, music) Musical agreement between instrumentalists.
- (informal) The liquid that is used to submerge a substance kept in a container
- (countable) A beverage made of juice.
- (Scotland) A soft drink.
- (uncountable, slang, vulgar, sex) Semen.
- electric current
- the liquid part that can be extracted from plant or animal tissue by squeezing or cooking
- any of several liquids of the body
- energetic vitality
adj
verb
noun
noun
adj
- Lacking concealing elements.
- In a natural, untreated state.
- Lacking tact or taste.
- (grammar) Pertaining to the uninflected stem of a word.
- Characterized by simplicity, especially something not carefully or expertly made.
- (statistics) Not adjusted or further analyzed.
- conspicuously and tastelessly indecent
- devoid of any qualifications or disguise or adornment
- not refined or processed
- not carefully or expertly made
- not processed or subjected to analysis
- belonging to an early stage of technical development; characterized by simplicity and (often) crudeness
noun
- (by extension) Any one of the natural hydrocarbons, including the hard, solid, brittle varieties called asphalt, the semisolid maltha and mineral tars, the oily petrolea, and even the light, volatile naphthas.
- (Australia, colloquial) Roads sealed with bitumen, as opposed to dirt roads.
- A sticky, black, highly viscous liquid or semi-solid form of petroleum, burning with a bright flame. It occurs as an abundant natural product in many places, as on the shores of the Dead and Caspian Seas. It is used in cements, in the construction of pavements, etc.; Mineral pitch.
- (Canada) Canadian deposits of extremely heavy crude oil.
- any of various naturally occurring impure mixtures of hydrocarbons
verb
noun
- Schleichera oleosa
- Astronium spp.
- Gordonia haematoxylon
- Heritiera spp.
- Terminalia canescens
- Cordia subcordata
- Combretum imberbe
- Sideroxylon spp.
- Myracrodruon urundeuva
- Dialium guianense
- Cyrilla racemiflora
- Sloania spp.
- Jacquinia keyensis
- Carpinus caroliniana
- Foresteria pubescens
- Casuarina cristata
- Afzelia africana
- Chionanthus caymanensis
- Gymnostoma sumatranum
- Aegiphilia martinicensis
- Paubrasilia echinata
- Prunus africana
- (Australia) Acacia esthrophiolata, Acacia excelsa, Acacia melanoxylon, Acacia stenophylla, or Erythrophleum chlorostachys.
- Metrosideros spp.
- Backhousia myrtifolia
- Thouina striata
- Schinopsis spp.
- Cliftonia monophylla
- Swartzia spp.
- Exothea paniculata
- Vachellia farnesiana
- Colubrina elliptica
- Senegalia muricata
- exceptionally tough or hard wood of any of a number of ironwood trees
- medium-sized hop hornbeam of eastern North America
- a small slow-growing deciduous tree of northern Iran having a low domed shape
- handsome East Indian evergreen tree often planted as an ornamental for its fragrant white flowers that yield a perfume; source of very heavy hardwood used for railroad ties
noun
- Any substance added to something in order to stabilize it, as for example a fuel additive that prolongs the shelf life of petrol.
- (textiles) A piece of backing fabric used in embroidery.
- An additional wheel on a bicycle to keep it upright to assist a learner.
- An airfoil that stabilizes the flight of an aircraft or missile.
- (mathematics) For a group operating on a set and an element x of the set, the set of all group elements fixing x.
- A gyroscopically controlled fin or similar device that prevents the excess rolling of a ship in rough seas.
- a device for making something stable
- airfoil consisting of a device for stabilizing an aircraft
- a chemical that is added to a solution or mixture or suspension to maintain it in a stable or unchanging state
noun
- (uncountable, Canada, US, New Zealand, Philippines) Gasoline, a light derivative of petroleum used as fuel.
- (uncountable) Methane or other waste gases trapped in one's belly as a result of the digestive process; flatus.
- (countable, physical chemistry) A chemical element or compound in such a state.
- (uncountable, military) Poison gas.
- (business, often attributive) The supply of natural gas, as a utility.
- (uncountable) A flammable gaseous hydrocarbon or hydrocarbon mixture used as a fuel, e.g. for cooking, heating, electricity generation or as a fuel in internal combustion engines in vehicles, especially natural gas.
- (uncountable, by extension) Ellipsis of gas pedal; accelerator, throttle.
- (uncountable, physical chemistry) Matter in an intermediate state between liquid and plasma that can be contained only if it is fully surrounded by a solid (or in a bubble of liquid, or held together by gravitational pull); it can condense into a liquid, or can (rarely) become a solid directly by deposition.
- (slang, uncountable) Marijuana, typically of high quality.
- (baseball) A fastball.
- (countable) A hob on a gas cooker.
- (medicine, colloquial) Arterial or venous blood gas.
- (uncountable, cryptocurrencies) An internal virtual currency used in Ethereum to pay for certain operations, such as blockchain transactions.
- (slang) Frothy or boastful talk; chatter.
- the state of matter distinguished from the solid and liquid states by: relatively low density and viscosity; relatively great expansion and contraction with changes in pressure and temperature; the ability to diffuse readily; and the spontaneous tendency to become distributed uniformly throughout any container
- a state of excessive gas in the alimentary canal
- a pedal that controls the throttle valve
- a fluid in the gaseous state having neither independent shape nor volume and being able to expand indefinitely
- a volatile flammable mixture of hydrocarbons (hexane and heptane and octane etc.) derived from petroleum; used mainly as a fuel in internal-combustion engines
- a fossil fuel in the gaseous state; used for cooking and heating homes
adj
verb
- (transitive) To use poison gas in (a volume or area) to attack or kill someone or something.
- (intransitive) To emit gas.
- (transitive) To impregnate with gas.
- (US) To increase the fuel flow to a vehicle's engine in order to accelerate it.
- (transitive) To attack or kill with poison gas.
- (transitive, slang) To impose upon by talking boastfully.
- (intransitive, slang) To talk in a boastful or vapid way; to chatter.
- (US) To fill (a vehicle's fuel tank) with fuel.
- (transitive) To singe, as in a gas flame, so as to remove loose fibers.
- attack with gas; subject to gas fumes
- show off
noun
adj
intj
noun
- Petroleum.
- Petroleum-based liquid used as fuel or lubricant.
- Liquid fat.
- (countable) An oil painting.
- (painting) Oil paint.
- any of a group of liquid edible fats that are obtained from plants
- oil paint containing pigment that is used by an artist
- a slippery or viscous liquid or liquefiable substance not miscible with water
- a dark oil consisting mainly of hydrocarbons
verb
verb
- provide with fuel
- generate an electrical impulse
- drive out or away by or as if by fire
- call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses)
- start or maintain a fire in
- terminate the employment of; discharge from an office or position
- destroy by fire
- start firing a weapon
- bake in a kiln so as to harden
- become ignited
- go off or discharge
- cause to go off
- (transitive) To shoot (a gun, rocket/missile, or analogous device).
- (transitive, employment) To terminate the employment contract of (an employee), especially for cause (such as misconduct, incompetence, or poor performance).
- (transitive) To forcibly direct (something).
- To animate; to give life or spirit to.
- (intransitive) To shoot a gun, cannon, or similar weapon.
- (transitive) To heat as with fire, but without setting on fire, as ceramic, metal objects, etc.
- (transitive) To drive away by setting a fire.
- (transitive, mining) To set off an explosive in a mine.
- (transitive) To set (something, often a building) on fire.
- (transitive, farriery) To cauterize (a horse, or a part of its body).
- (slang, usually with "up") To start (an engine).
- (transitive) To light up as if by fire; to illuminate.
- (horse racing, intransitive) Of a horse: to race ahead with a burst of energy.
- (transitive, sports) To shoot; to attempt to score a goal.
- (intransitive, physiology) To cause an action potential in a cell.
- (transitive, by extension) To terminate a contract with a client; to drop a client.
- (ambitransitive, computer sciences, software engineering) To initiate an event (by means of an event handler).
- (transitive) To inflame; to irritate, as the passions.
- (astronautics) To operate a rocket engine to produce thrust.
- To feed or serve the fire of.
noun
- intense adverse criticism
- once thought to be one of four elements composing the universe (Empedocles), associated with the humour bile
- feelings of great warmth and intensity
- the process of combustion of inflammable materials producing heat and light and (often) smoke
- a fireplace in which a relatively small fire is burning
- a severe trial
- fuel that is burning and is used as a means for cooking
- the event of something burning (often destructive)
- the act of firing weapons or artillery at an enemy
- (astronautics) An instance of firing one or more rocket engines.
- Red coloration in a piece of opal.
- (countable) An instance of this chemical reaction, especially when intentionally created and maintained in a specific location to a useful end (such as a campfire or a hearth fire).
- (countable) A planned bombardment by artillery or similar weapons, or the capability to deliver such.
- (countable, African-American Vernacular, slang) A firearm.
- (uncountable) The bullets or other projectiles fired from a gun or other ranged weapon.
- (countable, figurative) A barrage, volley
- (gemology) The capacity of a gemstone, especially a faceted, cut gemstone, that is transparent to visible light, to disperse white light into its multispectral component parts, resulting in a flash of different colors, the richness and dispersion of which increases the gemstone's value.
- (countable, British) A heater or stove used in place of a real fire (such as an electric fire).
- Strength of passion, whether love or hate.
- Splendour; brilliancy; lustre; hence, a star.
- (uncountable) A (usually self-sustaining) chemical reaction involving the bonding of oxygen with carbon or other fuel, with the production of heat and the presence of flame or smouldering.
- Liveliness of imagination or fancy; intellectual and moral enthusiasm.
- A severe trial; anything inflaming or provoking.
- (countable) The occurrence, often accidental, of fire in a certain place, causing damage and danger.
- (uncountable, alchemy, philosophy) The aforementioned chemical reaction of burning, considered one of the Classical elements or basic elements of alchemy.
- (countable) The elements necessary to start a fire.
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- (of a mine or oil well) drilled speculatively in an area not known to be productive
- without official authorization
- outside the bounds of legitimate or ethical business practices
- (usually derogatory) Of or concerning businesses operating outside standard or legitimate practice, especially:
- (firearms) Of or concerning customized or hand-made cartridges.
- (oil industry) Of or concerning oil exploration in new areas, (particularly) small, independent operations.
- Of or concerning actions undertaken by workers without approval or in defiance of the formal leadership of their trade unions.
- Unauthorized by the proper authorities.
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- an exploratory oil well drilled in land not known to be an oil field
- a cruelly rapacious person
- any small or medium-sized cat resembling the domestic cat and living in the wild
- (firearms) Clipping of wildcat cartridge.
- Any feral cat.
- (US) A bobcat (Lynx rufus) or other similar New World species of lynx.
- (figurative) A person who acts like a wildcat, (usually) a violent and easily-angered person or a sexually vigorous one.
- (UK) Felis silvestris, a common small Old World wild cat somewhat larger than a house cat.
- (nautical) A wheel that can be adjusted so as to revolve either with or on the shaft of a capstan.
- (American football) An offensive formation with an unbalanced line and a snap directly to the running back rather than the quarterback.
- (uncommon) Alternative spelling of wild cat, any undomesticated felid, as tigers or lions.
- (uncommon) Clipping of wildcat strike (“a strike undertaken without authorization from the relevant trade union”).
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- To discover a source of something, often a buried raw material such as ore (especially gold) or crude oil.
- (transitive) To make and ratify; to reach; to find.
- (intransitive) To sound by percussion, with blows, or as if with blows.
- (transitive) To create an impression.
- (transitive, sometimes with out or through) To delete or cross out; to scratch or eliminate.
- (intransitive) To carry out a violent or illegal action.
- (transitive) To cause to ignite by friction.
- To touch; to act by appulse.
- (transitive) To punish; to afflict; to smite.
- To unfasten, to loosen (chains, bonds, etc.).
- (transitive) To hit.
- (transitive, figurative) To impinge upon.
- To affect by a sudden impression or impulse.
- (intransitive) To act suddenly, especially in a violent or criminal way.
- To make a sudden impression upon, as if by a blow; to affect with some strong emotion.
- (sports) To score a goal.
- (transitive) To give, as a blow; to impel, as with a blow; to give a force to; to dash; to cast.
- (transitive) To cause or produce by a stroke, or suddenly, as by a stroke.
- To stroke or pass lightly; to wave.
- (nautical) To haul down or lower (a flag, mast, etc.)
- (intransitive, by extension) To stop working as a protest to achieve better working conditions.
- (intransitive) To pass with a quick or strong effect; to dart; to penetrate.
- (by extension) To capitulate; to signal a surrender by hauling down the colours.
- (intransitive) To set off on a walk or trip.
- (transitive, finance) To balance (a ledger or account).
- To hit upon, or light upon, suddenly.
- (transitive) To cause to sound by one or more beats; to indicate or notify by audible strokes. Of a clock, to announce (an hour of the day), usually by one or more sounds.
- (transitive) To impress, seem or appear to (a person).
- (masonry) To cut off (a mortar joint, etc.) even with the face of the wall, or inward at a slight angle.
- To level (a measure of grain, salt, etc.) with a straight instrument, scraping off what is above the level of the top.
- (intransitive) To become attached to something; said of the spat of oysters.
- (transitive) To thrust in; to cause to enter or penetrate.
- To infest the flesh of a living vertebrate.
- (transitive) To manufacture, as by stamping.
- To dismantle and take away (a theater set; a tent; etc.).
- (intransitive) To deliver a quick blow or thrust; to give blows.
- (transitive, fishing) To hook (a fish) by a quick turn of the wrist.
- deliver a sharp blow, as with the hand, fist, or weapon
- form by stamping, punching, or printing
- cause to experience suddenly
- hit against; come into sudden contact with
- affect or afflict suddenly, usually adversely
- make a strategic, offensive, assault against an enemy, opponent, or a target
- arrive at after reckoning, deliberating, and weighing
- hook by a pull on the line
- drive something violently into a location
- have an emotional or cognitive impact upon
- pierce with force
- cause to form (an electric arc) between electrodes of an arc lamp
- touch or seem as if touching visually or audibly
- remove by erasing or crossing out or as if by drawing a line
- produce by manipulating keys or strings of musical instruments
- find unexpectedly
- smooth with a strickle
- disassemble a temporary structure, such as a tent or a theatrical set
- occupy or take on
- stop work in order to press demands
- produce by ignition or a blow
- indicate (a certain time) by striking
- attain
noun
- (cricket) The status of being the batsman that the bowler is bowling at.
- A work stoppage (or otherwise concerted stoppage of an activity) as a form of protest.
- The primary face of a hammer, opposite the peen.
- (fishing) A nibble on the bait by a fish.
- (baseball) A status resulting from a batter swinging and missing a pitch, or not swinging at a pitch when the ball goes in the strike zone, or hitting a foul ball that is not caught.
- (geology) The compass direction of the line of intersection between a rock layer and the surface of the Earth or another solid celestial body.
- The discovery of a source of something.
- (bowling) The act of knocking down all ten pins on the first roll of a frame.
- (philately) A cancellation postmark.
- (printing, historical) An imperfect matrix for type.
- (military, by extension) An attack, not necessarily physical.
- An iron pale or standard in a gate or fence.
- The strike plate of a door.
- (finance) In an option contract, the price at which the holder buys or sells if they choose to exercise the option.
- An instrument with a straight edge for levelling a measure of grain, salt, etc., scraping off what is above the level of the top; a strickle.
- (ironworking) A puddler's stirrer.
- A blow or application of physical force against something.
- (historical) An old English measure of corn equal to the bushel.
- a score in tenpins: knocking down all ten with the first ball
- a group's refusal to work in protest against low pay or bad work conditions
- a conspicuous success
- (baseball) a pitch that the batter swings at and misses, or that the batter hits into foul territory, or that the batter does not swing at but the umpire judges to be in the area over home plate and between the batter's knees and shoulders
- a gentle blow
- an attack that is intended to seize or inflict damage on or destroy an objective
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noun
adj
adj
adj
- (of a mine or oil well) drilled speculatively in an area not known to be productive
- without official authorization
- outside the bounds of legitimate or ethical business practices
- (usually derogatory) Of or concerning businesses operating outside standard or legitimate practice, especially:
- (firearms) Of or concerning customized or hand-made cartridges.
- (oil industry) Of or concerning oil exploration in new areas, (particularly) small, independent operations.
- Of or concerning actions undertaken by workers without approval or in defiance of the formal leadership of their trade unions.
- Unauthorized by the proper authorities.
verb
noun
- an exploratory oil well drilled in land not known to be an oil field
- a cruelly rapacious person
- any small or medium-sized cat resembling the domestic cat and living in the wild
- (firearms) Clipping of wildcat cartridge.
- Any feral cat.
- (US) A bobcat (Lynx rufus) or other similar New World species of lynx.
- (figurative) A person who acts like a wildcat, (usually) a violent and easily-angered person or a sexually vigorous one.
- (UK) Felis silvestris, a common small Old World wild cat somewhat larger than a house cat.
- (nautical) A wheel that can be adjusted so as to revolve either with or on the shaft of a capstan.
- (American football) An offensive formation with an unbalanced line and a snap directly to the running back rather than the quarterback.
- (uncommon) Alternative spelling of wild cat, any undomesticated felid, as tigers or lions.
- (uncommon) Clipping of wildcat strike (“a strike undertaken without authorization from the relevant trade union”).