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noun
- A contest, a struggle.
- (military) Clipping of battle buddy.
- A one-on-one competition in rapping or breakdance.
- (military) A general action, fight, or encounter, in which all the divisions of an army are or may be engaged; a combat, an engagement.
- an open clash between two opposing groups (or individuals)
- a hostile meeting of opposing military forces in the course of a war
- an energetic attempt to achieve something
noun
- The act or process of rendering fertile.
- making fertile as by applying fertilizer or manure
- The act of fecundating or impregnating the gametes of animals, plants, etc.; including the process by which in flowers the pollen renders the ovule fertile, an analogous process in flowerless plants, or the joining of sperm and egg in animals.
- The act of applying fertilizer to soil.
- creation by the physical union of male and female gametes; of sperm and ova in an animal or pollen and ovule in a plant
adj
- Capable of producing something, especially in abundance; fertile.
- (set theory) A type of set of natural numbers, related to mathematical logic; a set S is productive if there exists a total recursive function f such that ∀x∈ℕ,~~W_x⊆S⇒f(x)∈A⧵W_x, where W_x is a recursive function whose Gödel number is x.
- Yielding good or useful results; constructive.
- (medicine) Of inflammation, producing new tissue.
- Of, or relating to the creation of goods or services.
- (linguistics, of an affix or word construction rule) Consistently applicable to any of an open set of words.
- (medicine) Of a cough, producing mucus or sputum from the respiratory tract.
- producing or capable of producing (especially abundantly)
- yielding positive results
- having the ability to produce or originate
- marked by great fruitfulness
verb
- To multiply by the production of young; to be fertile, fruitful, or prolific.
- (intransitive) (of a quantity, etc.) To become larger or greater, to greaten.
- (astronomy, intransitive) To become more nearly full; to show more of the surface; to wax.
- (transitive) To make (a quantity, etc.) larger.
- make bigger or more
- become bigger or greater in amount
noun
- Offspring, progeny.
- For a quantity, the act or process of becoming larger.
- (knitting, crochet) The creation of one or more new stitches; see Increase (knitting).
- An amount by which a quantity is increased.
- a change resulting in an increase
- a process of becoming larger or longer or more numerous or more important
- the act of increasing something
- a quantity that is added
- the amount by which something increases
noun
- making fertile as by applying fertilizer or manure
- the act of applying a bandage
- a mixture of seasoned ingredients used to stuff meats and vegetables
- the activity of getting dressed; putting on clothes
- a cloth covering for a wound or sore
- processes in the conversion of rough hides into leather
- savory dressings for salads; basically of two kinds: either the thin French or vinaigrette type or the creamy mayonnaise type
- The activity of getting dressed.
- (medicine) Material applied to a wound for protection or therapy.
- Gum, starch, etc., used in stiffening or finishing silk, linen, and other fabrics.
- (Maine) Manure that's applied to one's garden.
- The stuffing of fowls, pigs, etc.
- An ornamental finish, such as a moulding around doors, windows, or on a ceiling.
- (cooking) A sauce, especially a cold one for salads.
- Something added to the soil as a fertilizer etc.
verb
adj
- very fertile; producing profuse growth
- complete and without restriction or qualification; sometimes used informally as intensifiers
- very offensive in smell or taste
- growing profusely
- conspicuously and outrageously bad or reprehensible
- Having a very strong, bad taste or odor.
- (intensifier, negative) complete, unmitigated, utter.
noun
- the body of members of an organization or group
- relative status
- a row or line of people (especially soldiers or police) standing abreast of one another
- the ordinary members of an organization (such as the enlisted soldiers of an army)
- position in a social hierarchy
- (taxonomy) A level in a scientific taxonomy system.
- (chess) One of the eight horizontal lines of squares on a chessboard (i.e., those identified by a number).
- A hierarchical level in an organization such as the military.
- (algebra) The maximum quantity of D-linearly independent elements of a module (over an integral domain D).
- (card games) The value of a playing card.
- (typically in the plural) A category of people, such as those who share an occupation or belong to an organisation.
- (mathematics) The size of any basis of a given matroid.
- One's position in a list sorted by a shared property such as physical location, population, popularity, or quality.
- (music) In a pipe organ, a set of pipes of a certain quality for which each pipe corresponds to one key or pedal.
- (mathematics) The dimensionality of an array (computing) or tensor.
- (linear algebra) The maximal number of linearly independent columns (or rows) of a matrix.
- A row of people or things organized in a grid pattern, often soldiers.
- The level of one's position in a class-based society.
verb
- take or have a position relative to others
- assign a rank or rating to
- take precedence or surpass others in rank
- (transitive, US) To take the rank of; to outrank.
- (intransitive) To have a ranking.
- (transitive) To assign a suitable place in a class or order; to classify.
- (transitive) To place abreast or in a line.
verb
- (intransitive) To become fertile and fruitful.
- (transitive) To make (soil) fertile and fruitful.
- (transitive) To cause (a person or animal) to be fat or fatter.
- (intransitive, of a person or animal) To become fat or fatter.
- (intransitive) To become thick or thicker.
- (transitive) To make thick or thicker (often something containing paper, especially money).
- make fat or plump
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verb
adj
- Fertile; productive.
- (sometimes derogatory) Carrying more fat than usual on one's body; plump; not lean or thin.
- Bulbous; rotund.
- Alternative form of phat.
- (computing) Carrying additional data or functionality.
- (golf) Being a shot in which the ground is struck before the ball.
- (slang) Being greatly or substantially such; real.
- Abounding in riches; affluent; fortunate.
- (music) Having a full or rich sound with strong bass and low-midrange presence.
- Bountiful.
- (theater) Of a role: significant; major; meaty.
- Rich; producing a large income; desirable.
- Thick; large.
- Oily; greasy; unctuous; rich (said of food).
- lucrative
- having an (over)abundance of flesh
- marked by great fruitfulness
- having a relatively large diameter
- containing or composed of fat
noun
- (informal, derogatory) A fat person.
- (uncountable) A specialized animal tissue with high lipid content, used for long-term storage of energy: fat tissue.
- (countable) A lipid that is solid at room temperature, which fat tissue contains and which is also found in the blood circulation; sometimes, a refined substance chemically resembling such naturally occurring lipids.
- That part of an organization deemed wasteful.
- (slang) An erection.
- A fop or dandy.
- Such tissue as food: the fatty portion of (or trimmings from) meat cuts.
- The best or richest productions; the best part.
- (Australia) A beef cattle fattened for sale.
- (golf) A poorly played shot where the ball is struck by the top part of the club head. (see also thin, shank, toe)
- a soft greasy substance occurring in organic tissue and consisting of a mixture of lipids (mostly triglycerides)
- a kind of body tissue containing stored fat that serves as a source of energy; it also cushions and insulates vital organs
- excess bodily weight
verb
verb
- Of land, soil, etc.: to become fertile; also, of plants: to grow lush.
- (often passive voice) Followed by on: to eat greedily; to glut.
- (figurative) To gloat at; to revel in.
- To furnish (something) with battens (noun etymology 2 sense 1).
- To become better; to improve in condition; especially of animals, by feeding; to fatten up.
- (figurative) Followed by on: to prosper or thrive, especially at the expense of others.
- (chiefly nautical) Chiefly followed by down: to fasten or secure (a hatch, opening, etc.) using battens (noun etymology 2 sense 2.2).
- (figurative) To gratify a morbid appetite or craving.
- secure with battens
- furnish with battens
noun
- (carpentry, construction) A plank or strip of wood, or several of such strips arranged side by side, used in construction to hold members of a structure together, to provide a fixing point, to strengthen, or to prevent warping.
- (nautical) A long, narrow strip, originally of wood but now also of fibreglass, metal, etc., used for various purposes aboard a ship; especially one attached to a mast or spar for protection, one holding down the edge of a tarpaulin covering a hatch to prevent water from entering the hatch, one inserted in a pocket sewn on a sail to keep it flat, or one from which a hammock is suspended.
- (weaving) The movable bar of a loom, which strikes home or closes the threads of a woof.
- A strip of wood holding a number of lamps; especially (theater), one used for illuminating a stage; (by extension, also attributive) a long bar, usually metal, affixed to the ceiling or fly system and used to support curtains, scenery, etc.
- a strip fixed to something to hold it firm
- stuffing made of rolls or sheets of cotton wool or synthetic fiber
noun
- the cultivation of soil for raising crops
- arable land that is worked by plowing and sowing and raising crops
- The cultivation of arable land by plowing, sowing and raising crops.
- Land cultivated in this way.
- The act or process of soil disturbance as a part of farming; especially, types of disturbance requiring draft animals or machinery for power.
verb
- To grow plants, notably crops.
- To turn or stir soil in preparation for planting or as a method of weed control between growing crop plants.
- (figurative) To nurture; to foster; to tend.
- prepare for crops
- promote the growth of
- adapt (a wild plant or unclaimed land) to the environment
- teach or refine to be discriminative in taste or judgment
verb
- (intransitive) To produce seed.
- (reflexive) To shed seeds (refers to plants)
- (transitive) To start; to provide, assign or determine the initial resources for, position of, state of.
- (slang, vulgar) To ejaculate inside the penetratee during intercourse, especially in the rectum.
- (meteorology) To scatter small particles within (a cloud or airmass) in order to trigger the formation of rain.
- (transitive) To cover thinly with something scattered; to ornament with seedlike decorations.
- (intransitive) To grow to maturity.
- (dialectal) simple past and past participle of see
- (intransitive) To be qualified to compete, especially in a quarter-final, semi-final, or final.
- (sports, gaming) To allocate a seeding to a competitor.
- (Internet, transitive) To leave (files) available for others to download through peer-to-peer file sharing protocols (e.g. BitTorrent).
- (transitive) To plant or sow an area with seeds.
- bear seeds
- help (an enterprise) in its early stages of development by providing seed money
- place (seeds) in or on the ground for future growth
- distribute (players or teams) so that outstanding teams or players will not meet in the early rounds
- remove the seeds from
- inoculate with microorganisms
- go to seed; shed seeds
- sprinkle with silver iodide particles to disperse and cause rain
noun
- (countable) Any small seed-like fruit.
- (countable) A fragment of coral.
- (US slang) A child.
- (sports) The initial position of a competitor or team in a tournament. (seed position)
- (physics) A small particle, bubble, or imperfection that serves as a nucleation point for some process.
- (Internet marketing) A commercial message in a creative format placed on relevant sites on the Internet. (seed idea or seed message)
- The competitor or team occupying a given seed (position).
- (uncountable, collective) An amount of seeds that cannot be readily counted.
- (countable, agriculture) Any propagative portion of a plant which may be sown, such as true seeds, seed-like fruits, tubers, or bulbs.
- A small bubble formed in imperfectly fused glass.
- (countable, figurative) A precursor.
- (uncountable) Semen.
- Race; generation; birth.
- (cryptography, computing) The initialization state of a pseudorandom number generator or similar system.
- (countable, botany) A fertilized and ripened ovule, containing an embryonic plant.
- (video games) (by extension) A unique code that acts as a blueprint for generating a specific game world, determining terrain, structures, and resource placement.
- a small hard fruit
- the thick white fluid containing spermatozoa that is ejaculated by the male genital tract
- anything that provides inspiration for later work
- one of the outstanding players in a tournament
- a mature fertilized plant ovule consisting of an embryo and its food source and having a protective coat or testa
adj
- Fertile; producing offspring or fruit in abundance, applied to plants producing fruit, animals producing young, etc.
- (botany) Of a flower: from which another flower is produced.
- Similarly producing results or performing deeds in abundance.
- bearing in abundance especially offspring
- intellectually productive
verb
- produce or yield flowers
- (cooking) To hydrate ingredients (such as gelatin or yeast) before using them.
- (transitive) To bestow a bloom upon; to make blooming or radiant.
- (intransitive, figuratively) Of a person, business, etc, to flourish; to be in a state of healthful, growing youth and vigour; to show beauty and freshness.
- (intransitive, figuratively) To spread; to slowly expand like a field of flowers that blossom in fits and spurts.
- (transitive) To cause to blossom; to make flourish.
- (cooking) To let carbon dioxide to escape from coffee in order to improve the taste.
- (intransitive) Of a plant, to produce blooms; to open its blooms.
- (cooking) To bring out the flavor of a spice by cooking it in oil.
- (intransitive, cooking, of chocolate) To develop a layer of bloom (white, spotty areas of cocoa butter) due to repeated warming and cooling.
noun
- the period of greatest prosperity or productivity
- the organic process of bearing flowers
- reproductive organ of angiosperm plants especially one having showy or colorful parts
- a powdery deposit on a surface
- a rosy color (especially in the cheeks) taken as a sign of good health
- the best time of youth
- The clouded appearance which varnish sometimes takes upon the surface of a picture.
- A natural protective coating on an eggshell.
- The delicate, powdery coating upon certain growing or newly-gathered fruits or leaves, as on grapes, plums, etc.
- (Philippines, fandom slang, usually in the plural) A fan of Filipino girl group BINI.
- A blossom; the flower of a plant; an expanded bud.
- (video games) The increase in bullet spread over time as a gun's trigger is kept held.
- Rosy colour; the flush or glow on a person's cheek.
- (countable, uncountable) An algal bloom.
- (uncountable) The opening of flowers in general; the state of blossoming or of having the flowers open.
- (collective) Flowers.
- (television) An undesirable halo effect that may occur when a very bright region is displayed next to a very dark region of the screen.
- (collective) A group of ladybugs.
- (cooking) A white area of cocoa butter that forms on the surface of chocolate when warmed and cooled.
- The spongy mass of metal formed in a furnace by the smelting process.
- A yellowish deposit or powdery coating which appears on well-tanned leather.
- (mineralogy) A bright-hued variety of some minerals.
- (figuratively) A state or time of beauty, freshness, and vigor; an opening to higher perfection, analogous to that of buds into blossoms.
- Anything giving an appearance of attractive freshness.
verb
noun
- the period of greatest prosperity or productivity
- reproductive organ of angiosperm plants especially one having showy or colorful parts
- A flower, especially one indicating that a fruit tree is fruiting; (collectively) a mass of such flowers.
- (figurative) A blooming period or stage of development; something lovely that gives rich promise.
- The state or season of producing such flowers.
- The colour of a horse that has white hairs intermixed with sorrel and bay hairs.
verb
noun
- the period of greatest prosperity or productivity
- a plant cultivated for its blooms or blossoms
- reproductive organ of angiosperm plants especially one having showy or colorful parts
- (uncountable, slang) Cannabis.
- A colorful, conspicuous structure associated with angiosperms, frequently scented and attracting various insects, and which may or may not be used for sexual reproduction.
- The best examples or representatives of a group.
- The stem of a flowering plant with the blossom or blossoms attached, used for decoration, as a gift, etc.
- (rare, especially crosswording) Something that flows, such as a river.
- A plant that bears flowers, especially a plant that is small and lacks wood.
- (printing) Ornamental type used chiefly for borders around pages, cards, etc.
- A delicate, fragile, or oversensitive person.
- (euphemistic, hypocoristic) The vulva, especially the labia majora.
- (uncountable, usually with in) Of plants, a state of bearing blooms.
- (botany) A reproductive structure in angiosperms (flowering plants), often conspicuously colourful and typically including sepals, petals, and either or both stamens and/or a pistil.
- (figurative, chiefly in the plural) Credit, recognition.
- The best state of things; the prime.
- A figure of speech; an ornament of style.
verb
- (transitive) To make warm and fertile.
- (transitive) To make less painful or laborious; to relieve.
- (transitive) To make (more) pleasant or to the mind or feelings.
- (transitive) To restore to purity; to free from taint.
- (agriculture, transitive) To raise the pH of (a soil) by adding alkali.
- (transitive) To make pure and healthful by destroying noxious matter.
- (music, transitive) To supplement (a composition) with additional instruments, especially strings.
- (transitive) To make mild or kind; to soften.
- (transitive) To make sweet to the taste.
- (transitive) To make more attractive; said of offers in negotiations.
- (intransitive) To become sweet.
- (transitive) To soften to the eye; to make delicate.
- make sweeter in taste
- make sweeter, more pleasant, or more agreeable
adj
- Capable of reproducing; fecund, fruitful.
- Capable of developing past the egg stage.
- Of land, etc.: capable of growing abundant crops; productive.
- (physics) Not itself fissile, but able to be converted into a fissile material by irradiation in a reactor.
- (figuratively) Of one's imagination, etc.: active, productive, prolific.
- bearing in abundance especially offspring
- capable of reproducing
- marked by great fruitfulness
- intellectually productive
verb
- (intransitive) To cultivate soil.
- (transitive) To work or cultivate or plough (soil); to prepare for growing vegetation and crops.
- (transitive) To develop so as to improve or prepare for usage; to cultivate (said of knowledge, virtue, mind etc.).
- work land as by ploughing, harrowing, and manuring, in order to make it ready for cultivation
conj
noun
- A cash drawer in a bank, used by a teller.
- A removable box within a cash register containing the money.
- The contents of a cash register, for example at the beginning or end of the day or of a cashier's shift.
- (chiefly British) A cash register.
- glacial drift consisting of a mixture of clay, sand, pebbles and boulders
- A vetch; a tare.
- (dialect) manure or other material used to fertilize land
- unstratified soil deposited by a glacier; consists of sand and clay and gravel and boulders mixed together
- a treasury for government funds
- a strongbox for holding cash
prep
adj
verb
- To germinate; to bud; to sprout.
- (wrestling) To lunge.
- To protrude; to jut; to project; to extend.
- (transitive, intransitive, analogous) To photograph.
- (intransitive) To move very quickly and suddenly.
- (transitive) To fire (a projectile).
- (professional wrestling) To deviate from kayfabe, either intentionally or accidentally; to actually connect with unchoreographed fighting blows and maneuvers, or speak one's mind (instead of an agreed script).
- To variegate as if by sprinkling or intermingling; to color in spots or patches. (See shot silk on Wikipedia)
- (surfing) To ride a wave.
- (intransitive) To cause a weapon to discharge a projectile.
- (intransitive) To hunt birds, etc. with a gun.
- (carpentry) To plane straight; to fit by planing.
- (aviation) To carry out, or attempt to carry out (an approach to an airport runway).
- To drink (a shot of an alcoholic beverage).
- (transitive, intransitive, colloquial) To inject a drug (such as heroin) intravenously.
- (transitive, slang) To ejaculate.
- To go over or pass quickly through.
- (nautical) To move ahead by force of momentum, as a sailing vessel when the helm is put hard alee.
- (surveying) To measure the distance and direction to (a point).
- (intransitive, usually, as imperative) To begin to speak.
- (transitive) To hunt on (a piece of land); to kill game in or on.
- (transitive) To fire a projectile at (a person or target).
- (transitive) To tip (something, especially coal) down a chute.
- To grow; to advance.
- (transitive) To penetrate, like a missile; to dart with a piercing sensation.
- (transitive) To push or thrust a bolt quickly; hence, to open a lock.
- To push or thrust forward; to project; to protrude; often with out.
- To send out or forth, especially with a rapid or sudden motion; to cast with the hand; to hurl; to discharge; to emit.
- (transitive) To travel or ride on (breaking waves) rowards the shore.
- To carry out a seismic survey with geophones in an attempt to detect oil.
- (intransitive) To discharge a missile; said of a weapon.
- (informal, ditransitive) To send to someone.
- (transitive) To fire (a weapon that releases a projectile).
- To make the stated score.
- (transitive, intransitive, analogous, film, television) To film.
- (transitive, figurative) To dismiss or do away with.
- (card games) To shoot the moon.
- (gambling) To throw dice.
- kill by firing a missile
- variegate by interweaving weft threads of different colors
- record on photographic film
- send forth suddenly, intensely, swiftly
- move quickly and violently
- throw dice, as in a crap game
- spend frivolously and unwisely
- measure the altitude of by using a sextant
- force or drive (a fluid or gas) into by piercing
- utter fast and forcefully
- run or move very quickly or hastily
- hit with a missile from a weapon
- give an injection to
- cause a sharp and sudden pain in
- produce buds, branches, or germinate
- make a film or photograph of something
- throw or propel in a specific direction or towards a specific objective
- emit (as light, flame, or fumes) suddenly and forcefully
- fire a shot; release
- score
intj
noun
- A rush of water; a rapid.
- An inclined plane, either artificial or natural, down which timber, coal, ore, etc., are caused to slide; a chute.
- A seismic survey carried out with geophones in an attempt to detect oil.
- The emerging stem and embryonic leaves of a new plant.
- (card games) The act of taking all point cards in one hand.
- A hunt or shooting competition.
- The act of shooting; the discharge of a missile; a shot.
- (mining) A vein of ore running in the same general direction as the lode.
- (professional wrestling, slang) An event that is unscripted or legitimate.
- A shoat; a young pig.
- A photography session.
- (weaving) A weft thread shot through the shed by the shuttle; a pick.
- the act of shooting at targets
- a new branch
verb
- (intransitive, agriculture) To germinate and set down roots.
- (transitive) To grasp mentally: perceive and understand.
- (transitive) To become infected by (an illness).
- (intransitive) To get pregnant.
- (transitive) To take or replenish something necessary, such as breath or sleep.
- (transitive) To reach (someone) with a strike, blow, weapon etc.
- (transitive) To reproduce or echo a spirit or idea faithfully.
- (transitive) To attract and hold (a faculty or organ of sense).
- (transitive) To grip or entangle.
- (transitive) To travel by means of.
- (transitive, rare) To become pregnant. (Only in past tense or as participle.)
- (transitive, intransitive) To receive or be affected by (wind, water, fire etc.).
- (transitive) To be hit by something.
- (intransitive) To spread by infection or similar means.
- (intransitive) To be held back or impeded.
- (transitive) To entrap or trip up a person; to deceive.
- (transitive, of fire) To spread or be conveyed to.
- (transitive) To have something be held back or impeded.
- (transitive) To overtake or catch up to; to be in time for.
- (intransitive) To serve well or poorly for catching, especially for catching fish.
- (transitive, computing) To handle an exception.
- (transitive, intransitive, baseball) To play (a specific period of time) as the catcher.
- (transitive, cricket) To end a player's innings by catching a hit ball before the first bounce.
- (transitive) To be touched or affected by (something) through exposure.
- (transitive, rowing) To grip (the water) with one's oars at the beginning of the stroke.
- (transitive) To be the victim of (something unpleasant, painful etc.).
- (intransitive) To make a grasping or snatching motion (at).
- (transitive, surfing) To contact a wave in such a way that one can ride it back to shore.
- (transitive) To unpleasantly discover unexpectedly; to unpleasantly surprise (someone doing something).
- To notice.
- (intransitive) To engage with some mechanism; to stick, to succeed in interacting with something or initiating some process.
- (transitive, informal) To take in; to watch or listen to (an entertainment).
- (transitive) To charm or entrance.
- (transitive) To capture or snare (someone or something which would rather escape).
- (transitive) To acquire, as though by infection; to take on through sympathy or influence.
- (transitive) To seize or intercept an object moving through the air (or, sometimes, some other medium).
- grasp with the mind or develop an understanding of
- get or regain something necessary, usually quickly or briefly
- reach in time
- hear, usually without the knowledge of the speakers
- catch up with and possibly overtake
- to hook or entangle
- suffer from the receipt of
- perceive with the senses quickly, suddenly, or momentarily
- cause to become accidentally or suddenly caught, ensnared, or entangled
- attract; cause to be enamored
- perceive by hearing
- be struck or affected by
- apprehend and reproduce accurately
- come down with
- be the catcher
- attract and fix
- detect a blunder or misstep
- start burning
- succeed in catching or seizing, especially after a chase
- become aware of
- capture as if by hunting, snaring, or trapping
- check oneself during an action
- spread or be communicated
- delay or hold up; prevent from proceeding on schedule or as planned
- reach with a blow or hit in a particular spot
- see or watch
- take hold of so as to seize or restrain or stop the motion of
- discover or come upon accidentally, suddenly, or unexpectedly; catch somebody doing something or in a certain state
- take in and retain
noun
- (countable, music) The refrain; a line or lines of a song which are repeated from verse to verse.
- (countable) A fragment of music or poetry.
- (countable) The act of seizing or capturing.
- (countable) The act of catching an object in motion, especially a ball.
- (countable) A stopping mechanism, especially a clasp which stops something from opening.
- (countable) The act of noticing, understanding or hearing.
- Passing opportunities seized; snatches.
- (countable) Something which is captured or caught.
- (countable, cricket, baseball) The act of catching a hit ball before it reaches the ground, resulting in an out.
- (countable, sometimes noun adjunct) A concealed difficulty, especially in a deal or negotiation.
- (countable, agriculture) A crop which has germinated and begun to grow.
- (countable) A crick; a sudden muscle pain during unaccustomed positioning when the muscle is in use.
- (countable) A hesitation in voice, caused by strong emotion.
- (countable, rowing) The first contact of an oar with the water.
- (countable, cricket) A player in respect of his catching ability; particularly one who catches well.
- A slight remembrance; a trace.
- (countable, music) A type of humorous round in which the voices gradually catch up with one another; usually sung by men and often having bawdy lyrics.
- (uncountable) The game of catching a ball.
- (countable, phonetics) A stoppage of breath, resembling a slight cough.
- (countable, colloquial, by extension) A find, in particular a boyfriend or girlfriend or prospective spouse.
- a cooperative game in which a ball is passed back and forth
- a break or check in the voice (usually a sign of strong emotion)
- a drawback or difficulty that is not readily evident
- anything that is caught (especially if it is worth catching)
- a fastener that fastens or locks a door or window
- the quantity that was caught
- a restraint that checks the motion of something
- the act of apprehending (especially apprehending a criminal)
- the act of catching an object with the hands
- a person regarded as a good matrimonial prospect
verb
- cultivate by growing, often involving improvements by means of agricultural techniques
- collect fees or profits
- be a farmer; work as a farmer
- (Internet slang, derogatory, in compound terms) To act performatively or deliberately to elicit a desired response.
- (Internet slang, online gaming) To engage in grinding (repetitive activity) in a particular area or against specific enemies for a particular drop or item.
- (UK, dialectal) To cleanse; clean out; put in order; empty; empty out
- (transitive) To grow (a particular crop).
- (intransitive) To work on a farm, especially in the growing and harvesting of crops.
- (transitive) To devote (land) to farming.
- (Internet) To cultivate and/or disseminate through artificial algorithm-incentivized means, especially in the a way that misinforms or causes harm.
- To give up to another, as an estate, a business, the revenue, etc., on condition of receiving in return a percentage of what it yields; to farm out.
noun
- workplace consisting of farm buildings and cultivated land as a unit
- (historical) The letting-out of public revenue to a ‘farmer’; the privilege of farming a tax or taxes.
- (historical) A baby farm.
- (countable) A tract of land held on lease for the purpose of cultivation.
- The body of farmers of public revenues.
- The condition of being let at a fixed rent; lease; a lease.
- (countable, often in combination) A location used for an industrial purpose, having many similar structures.
- (computing, countable) A group of coordinated servers.
- (countable) A place where agricultural and similar activities take place, especially the growing of crops or the raising of livestock.
- (historical) A fixed yearly sum accepted from a person as a composition for taxes or other moneys which he is empowered to collect; also, a fixed charge imposed on a town, county, etc., in respect of a tax or taxes to be collected within its limits.
verb
- cultivate by growing, often involving improvements by means of agricultural techniques
- come into existence; take on form or shape
- cause to grow or develop
- increase in size by natural process
- pass into a condition gradually, take on a specific property or attribute; become
- become attached by or as if by the process of growth
- grow emotionally or mature
- develop and reach maturity; undergo maturation
- become larger, greater, or bigger; expand or gain
- come to have or undergo a change of (physical features and attributes)
- (intransitive) To appear or sprout.
- (transitive) To cause or allow something to become bigger, especially to cultivate plants.
- (ergative) To become larger, to increase in magnitude.
- (intransitive) To develop, to mature.
- (ergative, of plants) To undergo growth; to be present (somewhere)
- (copulative) To assume a condition or quality over time.
verb
- cultivate by growing, often involving improvements by means of agricultural techniques
- bring onto the market or release
- cause to happen, occur or exist
- bring out for display
- bring forth or yield
- come to have or undergo a change of (physical features and attributes)
- create or manufacture a man-made product
- (transitive) To make (a thing) available to a person, an authority, etc.; to provide for inspection.
- (mathematics) To extend an area, or lengthen a line.
- (music) To alter using technology, as opposed to simply performing.
- (transitive) To bring forth, to yield, make, manufacture, or otherwise generate.
- (intransitive) To make or yield something.
- (transitive, media) To sponsor and present (a motion picture, etc) to an audience or to the public.
noun
verb
- cultivate by growing, often involving improvements by means of agricultural techniques
- raise in rank or condition
- summon into action or bring into existence, often as if by magic
- put forward for consideration or discussion
- give a promotion to or assign to a higher position
- increase the level of
- put an end to a situation
- bid (one's partner's suit) at a higher level
- bring (a surface or a design) into relief and cause to project
- bet more than the previous player
- create a disturbance, especially by making a great noise
- collect funds for a specific purpose
- cause to be heard or known; express or utter
- move upwards
- call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses)
- cause to become alive again
- cause to puff up with a leaven
- raise the level or amount of something
- activate or stir up
- multiply (a number) by itself a specified number of times: 8 is 2 raised to the power 3
- invigorate or heighten
- establish radio communications with
- raise from a lower to a higher position
- construct, build, or erect
- pronounce (vowels) by bringing the tongue closer to the roof of the mouth
- register formally as a participant or member
- look after a child until it is an adult
- cause to assemble or enlist in military
- (figurative) To cause (a dead person) to live again; to resurrect.
- (metalworking, transitive) To emboss (sheet metal), or to form it into cup-shaped or hollow articles, by hammering, stamping, or spinning.
- To cause something to come to the surface of water.
- Misspelling of raze.
- (law) To create; to constitute (a use, or a beneficial interest in property).
- To establish contact with (e.g., by telephone or radio).
- To bring into being; to produce; to cause to arise, come forth, or appear.
- (arithmetic) To exponentiate, to involute.
- (physical) To cause to rise; to lift or elevate.
- (nautical) To cause (the land or any other object) to seem higher by drawing nearer to it.
- To collect or amass.
- (linguistics, transitive, of a vowel) To produce a vowel with the tongue positioned closer to the roof of the mouth.
- To increase the nominal value of (a cheque, money order, etc.) by fraudulently changing the writing or printing in which the sum payable is specified.
- (India, transitive) To open, initiate.
- To promote.
- (military, transitive) To relinquish (a siege), or cause this to be done.
- (poker, intransitive) To respond to a bet by increasing the amount required to continue in the hand.
- To form by the accumulation of materials or constituent parts; to build up; to erect.
- To mention (a question, issue) for discussion.
- (linguistics, transitive, of a verb) To extract (a subject or other verb argument) out of an inner clause.
- (transitive) To create, increase or develop.
- (military) To remove or break up (a blockade), either by withdrawing the ships or forces employed in enforcing it, or by driving them away or dispersing them.
- To bring up; to grow.
- (programming, transitive) To instantiate and transmit (an exception, by throwing it, or an event).
- To make (bread, etc.) light, as by yeast or leaven.
noun
- increasing the size of a bet (as in poker)
- the act of raising something
- an upward slope or grade (as in a road)
- the amount a salary is increased
- (curling) A shot in which the delivered stone bumps another stone forward.
- (weightlifting) A shoulder exercise in which the arms are elevated against resistance.
- (mining) A shaft or a winze that is dug from below, for purposes such as ventilation, local extraction of ore, or exploration.
- A cairn or pile of stones.
- (poker) A bet that increases the previous bet.
- (US) Ellipsis of pay raise (“an increase in wages or salary”).
noun
- the cultivation of plants
- (RAF, slang, historical) The sowing of mines in water from low altitude.
- (cricket) The act of a batsman prodding at the pitch with their bat, typically in order to flatten any bumps.
- (horticulture) The process or action of cultivating the soil, particularly in a garden; the care of a garden; horticulture.
- (by extension) Any process of care, maintenance, or curation, especially digitally.
verb
verb
adj
- (molecular biology, immunology) Of or relating to any molecule, cell, or tissue of an organism's own (belonging to the self), as opposed to a foreign (nonself) molecule, cell, or tissue (for example, infective, allogenic, or xenogenic).
- Having its own or a single nature or character throughout, as in colour, composition, etc., without addition or change; of the same kind; unmixed.
- (used as a combining form) relating to — of or by or to or from or for — the self
noun
- One individual's personality, character, demeanor, or disposition.
- (botany) A flower having its colour uniform as opposed to variegated.
- (botany) A seedling produced by self-pollination (plural selfs).
- (molecular biology, immunology) Any molecule, cell, or tissue of an organism's own (belonging to the self), as opposed to a foreign (nonself) molecule, cell, or tissue (for example, infective, allogenic, or xenogenic).
- An individual person as the object of the person's own reflective consciousness (plural selves).
- Self-interest or personal advantage.
- The subject of one's own experience of phenomena: perception, emotions, thoughts.
- your consciousness of your own identity
- a person considered as a unique individual
pron
verb
noun
- (attributive) Of, belonging to, related to, or having fruit or its characteristics; (of living things) producing or consuming fruit.
- An end result, effect, or consequence; advantageous or disadvantageous result.
- (informal) A crazy person.
- The spores of cryptogams and their accessory organs.
- Any sweet or sour, edible part of a plant that resembles seed-bearing fruit (see former sense) even if it does not develop from a floral ovary.
- A sweet or sweetish vegetable, such as the petioles of rhubarb, that resembles a true fruit or is used in cookery as if it was a fruit.
- (botany) A product of fertilization in a plant, specifically:
- The seed-bearing part of a plant; often edible, colourful, fragrant, and sweet or sour; produced from a floral ovary after fertilization.
- (derogatory, figurative) An effeminate man.
- an amount of a product
- the consequence of some effort or action
- the ripened reproductive body of a seed plant
noun
- the state of being fertile; capable of producing offspring
- the quality of something that causes or assists healthy growth
- the intellectual productivity of a creative imagination
- Ability to cause growth or increase.
- Ability to produce offspring.
- Number, rate, or capacity of offspring production.
- Rate of production of young by a female.
noun
- the state of being fertile; capable of producing offspring
- the property of producing abundantly and sustaining vigorous and luxuriant growth
- the ratio of live births in an area to the population of that area; expressed per 1000 population per year
- (uncountable) The condition, or the degree, of being fertile.
- (countable) The birthrate of a population; the number of live births per 1000 people per year.
- The average number of births per woman within a population.
verb
- Of a non-perennial plant, to produce seeds to ensure the following generation without human intervention; to self-sow.
- (transitive, intransitive) To sow seeds again; to apply seed to (a plot of land) again.
- (computing) To reset the input of an algorithm so as to ensure different results.
- maintain by seeding without human intervention
- seed again or anew
noun
- The act or process of rendering fertile.
- making fertile as by applying fertilizer or manure
- The act of fecundating or impregnating the gametes of animals, plants, etc.; including the process by which in flowers the pollen renders the ovule fertile, an analogous process in flowerless plants, or the joining of sperm and egg in animals.
- The act of applying fertilizer to soil.
- creation by the physical union of male and female gametes; of sperm and ova in an animal or pollen and ovule in a plant
noun
- making fertile as by applying fertilizer or manure
- the act of applying a bandage
- a mixture of seasoned ingredients used to stuff meats and vegetables
- the activity of getting dressed; putting on clothes
- a cloth covering for a wound or sore
- processes in the conversion of rough hides into leather
- savory dressings for salads; basically of two kinds: either the thin French or vinaigrette type or the creamy mayonnaise type
- The activity of getting dressed.
- (medicine) Material applied to a wound for protection or therapy.
- Gum, starch, etc., used in stiffening or finishing silk, linen, and other fabrics.
- (Maine) Manure that's applied to one's garden.
- The stuffing of fowls, pigs, etc.
- An ornamental finish, such as a moulding around doors, windows, or on a ceiling.
- (cooking) A sauce, especially a cold one for salads.
- Something added to the soil as a fertilizer etc.
verb
noun
- the cultivation of soil for raising crops
- arable land that is worked by plowing and sowing and raising crops
- The cultivation of arable land by plowing, sowing and raising crops.
- Land cultivated in this way.
- The act or process of soil disturbance as a part of farming; especially, types of disturbance requiring draft animals or machinery for power.
noun
- the cultivation of plants
- (RAF, slang, historical) The sowing of mines in water from low altitude.
- (cricket) The act of a batsman prodding at the pitch with their bat, typically in order to flatten any bumps.
- (horticulture) The process or action of cultivating the soil, particularly in a garden; the care of a garden; horticulture.
- (by extension) Any process of care, maintenance, or curation, especially digitally.
verb
noun
- the state of being fertile; capable of producing offspring
- the quality of something that causes or assists healthy growth
- the intellectual productivity of a creative imagination
- Ability to cause growth or increase.
- Ability to produce offspring.
- Number, rate, or capacity of offspring production.
- Rate of production of young by a female.
noun
- the state of being fertile; capable of producing offspring
- the property of producing abundantly and sustaining vigorous and luxuriant growth
- the ratio of live births in an area to the population of that area; expressed per 1000 population per year
- (uncountable) The condition, or the degree, of being fertile.
- (countable) The birthrate of a population; the number of live births per 1000 people per year.
- The average number of births per woman within a population.
verb
noun
verb
adj
noun
- A contest, a struggle.
- (military) Clipping of battle buddy.
- A one-on-one competition in rapping or breakdance.
- (military) A general action, fight, or encounter, in which all the divisions of an army are or may be engaged; a combat, an engagement.
- an open clash between two opposing groups (or individuals)
- a hostile meeting of opposing military forces in the course of a war
- an energetic attempt to achieve something
verb
- To multiply by the production of young; to be fertile, fruitful, or prolific.
- (intransitive) (of a quantity, etc.) To become larger or greater, to greaten.
- (astronomy, intransitive) To become more nearly full; to show more of the surface; to wax.
- (transitive) To make (a quantity, etc.) larger.
- make bigger or more
- become bigger or greater in amount
noun
- Offspring, progeny.
- For a quantity, the act or process of becoming larger.
- (knitting, crochet) The creation of one or more new stitches; see Increase (knitting).
- An amount by which a quantity is increased.
- a change resulting in an increase
- a process of becoming larger or longer or more numerous or more important
- the act of increasing something
- a quantity that is added
- the amount by which something increases
verb
- (intransitive) To become fertile and fruitful.
- (transitive) To make (soil) fertile and fruitful.
- (transitive) To cause (a person or animal) to be fat or fatter.
- (intransitive, of a person or animal) To become fat or fatter.
- (intransitive) To become thick or thicker.
- (transitive) To make thick or thicker (often something containing paper, especially money).
- make fat or plump
verb
- Of land, soil, etc.: to become fertile; also, of plants: to grow lush.
- (often passive voice) Followed by on: to eat greedily; to glut.
- (figurative) To gloat at; to revel in.
- To furnish (something) with battens (noun etymology 2 sense 1).
- To become better; to improve in condition; especially of animals, by feeding; to fatten up.
- (figurative) Followed by on: to prosper or thrive, especially at the expense of others.
- (chiefly nautical) Chiefly followed by down: to fasten or secure (a hatch, opening, etc.) using battens (noun etymology 2 sense 2.2).
- (figurative) To gratify a morbid appetite or craving.
- secure with battens
- furnish with battens
noun
- (carpentry, construction) A plank or strip of wood, or several of such strips arranged side by side, used in construction to hold members of a structure together, to provide a fixing point, to strengthen, or to prevent warping.
- (nautical) A long, narrow strip, originally of wood but now also of fibreglass, metal, etc., used for various purposes aboard a ship; especially one attached to a mast or spar for protection, one holding down the edge of a tarpaulin covering a hatch to prevent water from entering the hatch, one inserted in a pocket sewn on a sail to keep it flat, or one from which a hammock is suspended.
- (weaving) The movable bar of a loom, which strikes home or closes the threads of a woof.
- A strip of wood holding a number of lamps; especially (theater), one used for illuminating a stage; (by extension, also attributive) a long bar, usually metal, affixed to the ceiling or fly system and used to support curtains, scenery, etc.
- a strip fixed to something to hold it firm
- stuffing made of rolls or sheets of cotton wool or synthetic fiber
verb
- To grow plants, notably crops.
- To turn or stir soil in preparation for planting or as a method of weed control between growing crop plants.
- (figurative) To nurture; to foster; to tend.
- prepare for crops
- promote the growth of
- adapt (a wild plant or unclaimed land) to the environment
- teach or refine to be discriminative in taste or judgment
verb
- (intransitive) To produce seed.
- (reflexive) To shed seeds (refers to plants)
- (transitive) To start; to provide, assign or determine the initial resources for, position of, state of.
- (slang, vulgar) To ejaculate inside the penetratee during intercourse, especially in the rectum.
- (meteorology) To scatter small particles within (a cloud or airmass) in order to trigger the formation of rain.
- (transitive) To cover thinly with something scattered; to ornament with seedlike decorations.
- (intransitive) To grow to maturity.
- (dialectal) simple past and past participle of see
- (intransitive) To be qualified to compete, especially in a quarter-final, semi-final, or final.
- (sports, gaming) To allocate a seeding to a competitor.
- (Internet, transitive) To leave (files) available for others to download through peer-to-peer file sharing protocols (e.g. BitTorrent).
- (transitive) To plant or sow an area with seeds.
- bear seeds
- help (an enterprise) in its early stages of development by providing seed money
- place (seeds) in or on the ground for future growth
- distribute (players or teams) so that outstanding teams or players will not meet in the early rounds
- remove the seeds from
- inoculate with microorganisms
- go to seed; shed seeds
- sprinkle with silver iodide particles to disperse and cause rain
noun
- (countable) Any small seed-like fruit.
- (countable) A fragment of coral.
- (US slang) A child.
- (sports) The initial position of a competitor or team in a tournament. (seed position)
- (physics) A small particle, bubble, or imperfection that serves as a nucleation point for some process.
- (Internet marketing) A commercial message in a creative format placed on relevant sites on the Internet. (seed idea or seed message)
- The competitor or team occupying a given seed (position).
- (uncountable, collective) An amount of seeds that cannot be readily counted.
- (countable, agriculture) Any propagative portion of a plant which may be sown, such as true seeds, seed-like fruits, tubers, or bulbs.
- A small bubble formed in imperfectly fused glass.
- (countable, figurative) A precursor.
- (uncountable) Semen.
- Race; generation; birth.
- (cryptography, computing) The initialization state of a pseudorandom number generator or similar system.
- (countable, botany) A fertilized and ripened ovule, containing an embryonic plant.
- (video games) (by extension) A unique code that acts as a blueprint for generating a specific game world, determining terrain, structures, and resource placement.
- a small hard fruit
- the thick white fluid containing spermatozoa that is ejaculated by the male genital tract
- anything that provides inspiration for later work
- one of the outstanding players in a tournament
- a mature fertilized plant ovule consisting of an embryo and its food source and having a protective coat or testa
verb
- produce or yield flowers
- (cooking) To hydrate ingredients (such as gelatin or yeast) before using them.
- (transitive) To bestow a bloom upon; to make blooming or radiant.
- (intransitive, figuratively) Of a person, business, etc, to flourish; to be in a state of healthful, growing youth and vigour; to show beauty and freshness.
- (intransitive, figuratively) To spread; to slowly expand like a field of flowers that blossom in fits and spurts.
- (transitive) To cause to blossom; to make flourish.
- (cooking) To let carbon dioxide to escape from coffee in order to improve the taste.
- (intransitive) Of a plant, to produce blooms; to open its blooms.
- (cooking) To bring out the flavor of a spice by cooking it in oil.
- (intransitive, cooking, of chocolate) To develop a layer of bloom (white, spotty areas of cocoa butter) due to repeated warming and cooling.
noun
- the period of greatest prosperity or productivity
- the organic process of bearing flowers
- reproductive organ of angiosperm plants especially one having showy or colorful parts
- a powdery deposit on a surface
- a rosy color (especially in the cheeks) taken as a sign of good health
- the best time of youth
- The clouded appearance which varnish sometimes takes upon the surface of a picture.
- A natural protective coating on an eggshell.
- The delicate, powdery coating upon certain growing or newly-gathered fruits or leaves, as on grapes, plums, etc.
- (Philippines, fandom slang, usually in the plural) A fan of Filipino girl group BINI.
- A blossom; the flower of a plant; an expanded bud.
- (video games) The increase in bullet spread over time as a gun's trigger is kept held.
- Rosy colour; the flush or glow on a person's cheek.
- (countable, uncountable) An algal bloom.
- (uncountable) The opening of flowers in general; the state of blossoming or of having the flowers open.
- (collective) Flowers.
- (television) An undesirable halo effect that may occur when a very bright region is displayed next to a very dark region of the screen.
- (collective) A group of ladybugs.
- (cooking) A white area of cocoa butter that forms on the surface of chocolate when warmed and cooled.
- The spongy mass of metal formed in a furnace by the smelting process.
- A yellowish deposit or powdery coating which appears on well-tanned leather.
- (mineralogy) A bright-hued variety of some minerals.
- (figuratively) A state or time of beauty, freshness, and vigor; an opening to higher perfection, analogous to that of buds into blossoms.
- Anything giving an appearance of attractive freshness.
verb
noun
- the period of greatest prosperity or productivity
- reproductive organ of angiosperm plants especially one having showy or colorful parts
- A flower, especially one indicating that a fruit tree is fruiting; (collectively) a mass of such flowers.
- (figurative) A blooming period or stage of development; something lovely that gives rich promise.
- The state or season of producing such flowers.
- The colour of a horse that has white hairs intermixed with sorrel and bay hairs.
verb
noun
- the period of greatest prosperity or productivity
- a plant cultivated for its blooms or blossoms
- reproductive organ of angiosperm plants especially one having showy or colorful parts
- (uncountable, slang) Cannabis.
- A colorful, conspicuous structure associated with angiosperms, frequently scented and attracting various insects, and which may or may not be used for sexual reproduction.
- The best examples or representatives of a group.
- The stem of a flowering plant with the blossom or blossoms attached, used for decoration, as a gift, etc.
- (rare, especially crosswording) Something that flows, such as a river.
- A plant that bears flowers, especially a plant that is small and lacks wood.
- (printing) Ornamental type used chiefly for borders around pages, cards, etc.
- A delicate, fragile, or oversensitive person.
- (euphemistic, hypocoristic) The vulva, especially the labia majora.
- (uncountable, usually with in) Of plants, a state of bearing blooms.
- (botany) A reproductive structure in angiosperms (flowering plants), often conspicuously colourful and typically including sepals, petals, and either or both stamens and/or a pistil.
- (figurative, chiefly in the plural) Credit, recognition.
- The best state of things; the prime.
- A figure of speech; an ornament of style.
verb
- (transitive) To make warm and fertile.
- (transitive) To make less painful or laborious; to relieve.
- (transitive) To make (more) pleasant or to the mind or feelings.
- (transitive) To restore to purity; to free from taint.
- (agriculture, transitive) To raise the pH of (a soil) by adding alkali.
- (transitive) To make pure and healthful by destroying noxious matter.
- (music, transitive) To supplement (a composition) with additional instruments, especially strings.
- (transitive) To make mild or kind; to soften.
- (transitive) To make sweet to the taste.
- (transitive) To make more attractive; said of offers in negotiations.
- (intransitive) To become sweet.
- (transitive) To soften to the eye; to make delicate.
- make sweeter in taste
- make sweeter, more pleasant, or more agreeable
verb
- (intransitive) To cultivate soil.
- (transitive) To work or cultivate or plough (soil); to prepare for growing vegetation and crops.
- (transitive) To develop so as to improve or prepare for usage; to cultivate (said of knowledge, virtue, mind etc.).
- work land as by ploughing, harrowing, and manuring, in order to make it ready for cultivation
conj
noun
- A cash drawer in a bank, used by a teller.
- A removable box within a cash register containing the money.
- The contents of a cash register, for example at the beginning or end of the day or of a cashier's shift.
- (chiefly British) A cash register.
- glacial drift consisting of a mixture of clay, sand, pebbles and boulders
- A vetch; a tare.
- (dialect) manure or other material used to fertilize land
- unstratified soil deposited by a glacier; consists of sand and clay and gravel and boulders mixed together
- a treasury for government funds
- a strongbox for holding cash
prep
verb
- To germinate; to bud; to sprout.
- (wrestling) To lunge.
- To protrude; to jut; to project; to extend.
- (transitive, intransitive, analogous) To photograph.
- (intransitive) To move very quickly and suddenly.
- (transitive) To fire (a projectile).
- (professional wrestling) To deviate from kayfabe, either intentionally or accidentally; to actually connect with unchoreographed fighting blows and maneuvers, or speak one's mind (instead of an agreed script).
- To variegate as if by sprinkling or intermingling; to color in spots or patches. (See shot silk on Wikipedia)
- (surfing) To ride a wave.
- (intransitive) To cause a weapon to discharge a projectile.
- (intransitive) To hunt birds, etc. with a gun.
- (carpentry) To plane straight; to fit by planing.
- (aviation) To carry out, or attempt to carry out (an approach to an airport runway).
- To drink (a shot of an alcoholic beverage).
- (transitive, intransitive, colloquial) To inject a drug (such as heroin) intravenously.
- (transitive, slang) To ejaculate.
- To go over or pass quickly through.
- (nautical) To move ahead by force of momentum, as a sailing vessel when the helm is put hard alee.
- (surveying) To measure the distance and direction to (a point).
- (intransitive, usually, as imperative) To begin to speak.
- (transitive) To hunt on (a piece of land); to kill game in or on.
- (transitive) To fire a projectile at (a person or target).
- (transitive) To tip (something, especially coal) down a chute.
- To grow; to advance.
- (transitive) To penetrate, like a missile; to dart with a piercing sensation.
- (transitive) To push or thrust a bolt quickly; hence, to open a lock.
- To push or thrust forward; to project; to protrude; often with out.
- To send out or forth, especially with a rapid or sudden motion; to cast with the hand; to hurl; to discharge; to emit.
- (transitive) To travel or ride on (breaking waves) rowards the shore.
- To carry out a seismic survey with geophones in an attempt to detect oil.
- (intransitive) To discharge a missile; said of a weapon.
- (informal, ditransitive) To send to someone.
- (transitive) To fire (a weapon that releases a projectile).
- To make the stated score.
- (transitive, intransitive, analogous, film, television) To film.
- (transitive, figurative) To dismiss or do away with.
- (card games) To shoot the moon.
- (gambling) To throw dice.
- kill by firing a missile
- variegate by interweaving weft threads of different colors
- record on photographic film
- send forth suddenly, intensely, swiftly
- move quickly and violently
- throw dice, as in a crap game
- spend frivolously and unwisely
- measure the altitude of by using a sextant
- force or drive (a fluid or gas) into by piercing
- utter fast and forcefully
- run or move very quickly or hastily
- hit with a missile from a weapon
- give an injection to
- cause a sharp and sudden pain in
- produce buds, branches, or germinate
- make a film or photograph of something
- throw or propel in a specific direction or towards a specific objective
- emit (as light, flame, or fumes) suddenly and forcefully
- fire a shot; release
- score
intj
noun
- A rush of water; a rapid.
- An inclined plane, either artificial or natural, down which timber, coal, ore, etc., are caused to slide; a chute.
- A seismic survey carried out with geophones in an attempt to detect oil.
- The emerging stem and embryonic leaves of a new plant.
- (card games) The act of taking all point cards in one hand.
- A hunt or shooting competition.
- The act of shooting; the discharge of a missile; a shot.
- (mining) A vein of ore running in the same general direction as the lode.
- (professional wrestling, slang) An event that is unscripted or legitimate.
- A shoat; a young pig.
- A photography session.
- (weaving) A weft thread shot through the shed by the shuttle; a pick.
- the act of shooting at targets
- a new branch
verb
- (intransitive, agriculture) To germinate and set down roots.
- (transitive) To grasp mentally: perceive and understand.
- (transitive) To become infected by (an illness).
- (intransitive) To get pregnant.
- (transitive) To take or replenish something necessary, such as breath or sleep.
- (transitive) To reach (someone) with a strike, blow, weapon etc.
- (transitive) To reproduce or echo a spirit or idea faithfully.
- (transitive) To attract and hold (a faculty or organ of sense).
- (transitive) To grip or entangle.
- (transitive) To travel by means of.
- (transitive, rare) To become pregnant. (Only in past tense or as participle.)
- (transitive, intransitive) To receive or be affected by (wind, water, fire etc.).
- (transitive) To be hit by something.
- (intransitive) To spread by infection or similar means.
- (intransitive) To be held back or impeded.
- (transitive) To entrap or trip up a person; to deceive.
- (transitive, of fire) To spread or be conveyed to.
- (transitive) To have something be held back or impeded.
- (transitive) To overtake or catch up to; to be in time for.
- (intransitive) To serve well or poorly for catching, especially for catching fish.
- (transitive, computing) To handle an exception.
- (transitive, intransitive, baseball) To play (a specific period of time) as the catcher.
- (transitive, cricket) To end a player's innings by catching a hit ball before the first bounce.
- (transitive) To be touched or affected by (something) through exposure.
- (transitive, rowing) To grip (the water) with one's oars at the beginning of the stroke.
- (transitive) To be the victim of (something unpleasant, painful etc.).
- (intransitive) To make a grasping or snatching motion (at).
- (transitive, surfing) To contact a wave in such a way that one can ride it back to shore.
- (transitive) To unpleasantly discover unexpectedly; to unpleasantly surprise (someone doing something).
- To notice.
- (intransitive) To engage with some mechanism; to stick, to succeed in interacting with something or initiating some process.
- (transitive, informal) To take in; to watch or listen to (an entertainment).
- (transitive) To charm or entrance.
- (transitive) To capture or snare (someone or something which would rather escape).
- (transitive) To acquire, as though by infection; to take on through sympathy or influence.
- (transitive) To seize or intercept an object moving through the air (or, sometimes, some other medium).
- grasp with the mind or develop an understanding of
- get or regain something necessary, usually quickly or briefly
- reach in time
- hear, usually without the knowledge of the speakers
- catch up with and possibly overtake
- to hook or entangle
- suffer from the receipt of
- perceive with the senses quickly, suddenly, or momentarily
- cause to become accidentally or suddenly caught, ensnared, or entangled
- attract; cause to be enamored
- perceive by hearing
- be struck or affected by
- apprehend and reproduce accurately
- come down with
- be the catcher
- attract and fix
- detect a blunder or misstep
- start burning
- succeed in catching or seizing, especially after a chase
- become aware of
- capture as if by hunting, snaring, or trapping
- check oneself during an action
- spread or be communicated
- delay or hold up; prevent from proceeding on schedule or as planned
- reach with a blow or hit in a particular spot
- see or watch
- take hold of so as to seize or restrain or stop the motion of
- discover or come upon accidentally, suddenly, or unexpectedly; catch somebody doing something or in a certain state
- take in and retain
noun
- (countable, music) The refrain; a line or lines of a song which are repeated from verse to verse.
- (countable) A fragment of music or poetry.
- (countable) The act of seizing or capturing.
- (countable) The act of catching an object in motion, especially a ball.
- (countable) A stopping mechanism, especially a clasp which stops something from opening.
- (countable) The act of noticing, understanding or hearing.
- Passing opportunities seized; snatches.
- (countable) Something which is captured or caught.
- (countable, cricket, baseball) The act of catching a hit ball before it reaches the ground, resulting in an out.
- (countable, sometimes noun adjunct) A concealed difficulty, especially in a deal or negotiation.
- (countable, agriculture) A crop which has germinated and begun to grow.
- (countable) A crick; a sudden muscle pain during unaccustomed positioning when the muscle is in use.
- (countable) A hesitation in voice, caused by strong emotion.
- (countable, rowing) The first contact of an oar with the water.
- (countable, cricket) A player in respect of his catching ability; particularly one who catches well.
- A slight remembrance; a trace.
- (countable, music) A type of humorous round in which the voices gradually catch up with one another; usually sung by men and often having bawdy lyrics.
- (uncountable) The game of catching a ball.
- (countable, phonetics) A stoppage of breath, resembling a slight cough.
- (countable, colloquial, by extension) A find, in particular a boyfriend or girlfriend or prospective spouse.
- a cooperative game in which a ball is passed back and forth
- a break or check in the voice (usually a sign of strong emotion)
- a drawback or difficulty that is not readily evident
- anything that is caught (especially if it is worth catching)
- a fastener that fastens or locks a door or window
- the quantity that was caught
- a restraint that checks the motion of something
- the act of apprehending (especially apprehending a criminal)
- the act of catching an object with the hands
- a person regarded as a good matrimonial prospect
verb
- cultivate by growing, often involving improvements by means of agricultural techniques
- collect fees or profits
- be a farmer; work as a farmer
- (Internet slang, derogatory, in compound terms) To act performatively or deliberately to elicit a desired response.
- (Internet slang, online gaming) To engage in grinding (repetitive activity) in a particular area or against specific enemies for a particular drop or item.
- (UK, dialectal) To cleanse; clean out; put in order; empty; empty out
- (transitive) To grow (a particular crop).
- (intransitive) To work on a farm, especially in the growing and harvesting of crops.
- (transitive) To devote (land) to farming.
- (Internet) To cultivate and/or disseminate through artificial algorithm-incentivized means, especially in the a way that misinforms or causes harm.
- To give up to another, as an estate, a business, the revenue, etc., on condition of receiving in return a percentage of what it yields; to farm out.
noun
- workplace consisting of farm buildings and cultivated land as a unit
- (historical) The letting-out of public revenue to a ‘farmer’; the privilege of farming a tax or taxes.
- (historical) A baby farm.
- (countable) A tract of land held on lease for the purpose of cultivation.
- The body of farmers of public revenues.
- The condition of being let at a fixed rent; lease; a lease.
- (countable, often in combination) A location used for an industrial purpose, having many similar structures.
- (computing, countable) A group of coordinated servers.
- (countable) A place where agricultural and similar activities take place, especially the growing of crops or the raising of livestock.
- (historical) A fixed yearly sum accepted from a person as a composition for taxes or other moneys which he is empowered to collect; also, a fixed charge imposed on a town, county, etc., in respect of a tax or taxes to be collected within its limits.
verb
- cultivate by growing, often involving improvements by means of agricultural techniques
- come into existence; take on form or shape
- cause to grow or develop
- increase in size by natural process
- pass into a condition gradually, take on a specific property or attribute; become
- become attached by or as if by the process of growth
- grow emotionally or mature
- develop and reach maturity; undergo maturation
- become larger, greater, or bigger; expand or gain
- come to have or undergo a change of (physical features and attributes)
- (intransitive) To appear or sprout.
- (transitive) To cause or allow something to become bigger, especially to cultivate plants.
- (ergative) To become larger, to increase in magnitude.
- (intransitive) To develop, to mature.
- (ergative, of plants) To undergo growth; to be present (somewhere)
- (copulative) To assume a condition or quality over time.
verb
- cultivate by growing, often involving improvements by means of agricultural techniques
- bring onto the market or release
- cause to happen, occur or exist
- bring out for display
- bring forth or yield
- come to have or undergo a change of (physical features and attributes)
- create or manufacture a man-made product
- (transitive) To make (a thing) available to a person, an authority, etc.; to provide for inspection.
- (mathematics) To extend an area, or lengthen a line.
- (music) To alter using technology, as opposed to simply performing.
- (transitive) To bring forth, to yield, make, manufacture, or otherwise generate.
- (intransitive) To make or yield something.
- (transitive, media) To sponsor and present (a motion picture, etc) to an audience or to the public.
noun
verb
- cultivate by growing, often involving improvements by means of agricultural techniques
- raise in rank or condition
- summon into action or bring into existence, often as if by magic
- put forward for consideration or discussion
- give a promotion to or assign to a higher position
- increase the level of
- put an end to a situation
- bid (one's partner's suit) at a higher level
- bring (a surface or a design) into relief and cause to project
- bet more than the previous player
- create a disturbance, especially by making a great noise
- collect funds for a specific purpose
- cause to be heard or known; express or utter
- move upwards
- call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses)
- cause to become alive again
- cause to puff up with a leaven
- raise the level or amount of something
- activate or stir up
- multiply (a number) by itself a specified number of times: 8 is 2 raised to the power 3
- invigorate or heighten
- establish radio communications with
- raise from a lower to a higher position
- construct, build, or erect
- pronounce (vowels) by bringing the tongue closer to the roof of the mouth
- register formally as a participant or member
- look after a child until it is an adult
- cause to assemble or enlist in military
- (figurative) To cause (a dead person) to live again; to resurrect.
- (metalworking, transitive) To emboss (sheet metal), or to form it into cup-shaped or hollow articles, by hammering, stamping, or spinning.
- To cause something to come to the surface of water.
- Misspelling of raze.
- (law) To create; to constitute (a use, or a beneficial interest in property).
- To establish contact with (e.g., by telephone or radio).
- To bring into being; to produce; to cause to arise, come forth, or appear.
- (arithmetic) To exponentiate, to involute.
- (physical) To cause to rise; to lift or elevate.
- (nautical) To cause (the land or any other object) to seem higher by drawing nearer to it.
- To collect or amass.
- (linguistics, transitive, of a vowel) To produce a vowel with the tongue positioned closer to the roof of the mouth.
- To increase the nominal value of (a cheque, money order, etc.) by fraudulently changing the writing or printing in which the sum payable is specified.
- (India, transitive) To open, initiate.
- To promote.
- (military, transitive) To relinquish (a siege), or cause this to be done.
- (poker, intransitive) To respond to a bet by increasing the amount required to continue in the hand.
- To form by the accumulation of materials or constituent parts; to build up; to erect.
- To mention (a question, issue) for discussion.
- (linguistics, transitive, of a verb) To extract (a subject or other verb argument) out of an inner clause.
- (transitive) To create, increase or develop.
- (military) To remove or break up (a blockade), either by withdrawing the ships or forces employed in enforcing it, or by driving them away or dispersing them.
- To bring up; to grow.
- (programming, transitive) To instantiate and transmit (an exception, by throwing it, or an event).
- To make (bread, etc.) light, as by yeast or leaven.
noun
- increasing the size of a bet (as in poker)
- the act of raising something
- an upward slope or grade (as in a road)
- the amount a salary is increased
- (curling) A shot in which the delivered stone bumps another stone forward.
- (weightlifting) A shoulder exercise in which the arms are elevated against resistance.
- (mining) A shaft or a winze that is dug from below, for purposes such as ventilation, local extraction of ore, or exploration.
- A cairn or pile of stones.
- (poker) A bet that increases the previous bet.
- (US) Ellipsis of pay raise (“an increase in wages or salary”).
verb
adj
- (molecular biology, immunology) Of or relating to any molecule, cell, or tissue of an organism's own (belonging to the self), as opposed to a foreign (nonself) molecule, cell, or tissue (for example, infective, allogenic, or xenogenic).
- Having its own or a single nature or character throughout, as in colour, composition, etc., without addition or change; of the same kind; unmixed.
- (used as a combining form) relating to — of or by or to or from or for — the self
noun
- One individual's personality, character, demeanor, or disposition.
- (botany) A flower having its colour uniform as opposed to variegated.
- (botany) A seedling produced by self-pollination (plural selfs).
- (molecular biology, immunology) Any molecule, cell, or tissue of an organism's own (belonging to the self), as opposed to a foreign (nonself) molecule, cell, or tissue (for example, infective, allogenic, or xenogenic).
- An individual person as the object of the person's own reflective consciousness (plural selves).
- Self-interest or personal advantage.
- The subject of one's own experience of phenomena: perception, emotions, thoughts.
- your consciousness of your own identity
- a person considered as a unique individual
pron
verb
noun
- (attributive) Of, belonging to, related to, or having fruit or its characteristics; (of living things) producing or consuming fruit.
- An end result, effect, or consequence; advantageous or disadvantageous result.
- (informal) A crazy person.
- The spores of cryptogams and their accessory organs.
- Any sweet or sour, edible part of a plant that resembles seed-bearing fruit (see former sense) even if it does not develop from a floral ovary.
- A sweet or sweetish vegetable, such as the petioles of rhubarb, that resembles a true fruit or is used in cookery as if it was a fruit.
- (botany) A product of fertilization in a plant, specifically:
- The seed-bearing part of a plant; often edible, colourful, fragrant, and sweet or sour; produced from a floral ovary after fertilization.
- (derogatory, figurative) An effeminate man.
- an amount of a product
- the consequence of some effort or action
- the ripened reproductive body of a seed plant
verb
- Of a non-perennial plant, to produce seeds to ensure the following generation without human intervention; to self-sow.
- (transitive, intransitive) To sow seeds again; to apply seed to (a plot of land) again.
- (computing) To reset the input of an algorithm so as to ensure different results.
- maintain by seeding without human intervention
- seed again or anew
adj
- Capable of producing something, especially in abundance; fertile.
- (set theory) A type of set of natural numbers, related to mathematical logic; a set S is productive if there exists a total recursive function f such that ∀x∈ℕ,~~W_x⊆S⇒f(x)∈A⧵W_x, where W_x is a recursive function whose Gödel number is x.
- Yielding good or useful results; constructive.
- (medicine) Of inflammation, producing new tissue.
- Of, or relating to the creation of goods or services.
- (linguistics, of an affix or word construction rule) Consistently applicable to any of an open set of words.
- (medicine) Of a cough, producing mucus or sputum from the respiratory tract.
- producing or capable of producing (especially abundantly)
- yielding positive results
- having the ability to produce or originate
- marked by great fruitfulness
adj
- very fertile; producing profuse growth
- complete and without restriction or qualification; sometimes used informally as intensifiers
- very offensive in smell or taste
- growing profusely
- conspicuously and outrageously bad or reprehensible
- Having a very strong, bad taste or odor.
- (intensifier, negative) complete, unmitigated, utter.
noun
- the body of members of an organization or group
- relative status
- a row or line of people (especially soldiers or police) standing abreast of one another
- the ordinary members of an organization (such as the enlisted soldiers of an army)
- position in a social hierarchy
- (taxonomy) A level in a scientific taxonomy system.
- (chess) One of the eight horizontal lines of squares on a chessboard (i.e., those identified by a number).
- A hierarchical level in an organization such as the military.
- (algebra) The maximum quantity of D-linearly independent elements of a module (over an integral domain D).
- (card games) The value of a playing card.
- (typically in the plural) A category of people, such as those who share an occupation or belong to an organisation.
- (mathematics) The size of any basis of a given matroid.
- One's position in a list sorted by a shared property such as physical location, population, popularity, or quality.
- (music) In a pipe organ, a set of pipes of a certain quality for which each pipe corresponds to one key or pedal.
- (mathematics) The dimensionality of an array (computing) or tensor.
- (linear algebra) The maximal number of linearly independent columns (or rows) of a matrix.
- A row of people or things organized in a grid pattern, often soldiers.
- The level of one's position in a class-based society.
verb
- take or have a position relative to others
- assign a rank or rating to
- take precedence or surpass others in rank
- (transitive, US) To take the rank of; to outrank.
- (intransitive) To have a ranking.
- (transitive) To assign a suitable place in a class or order; to classify.
- (transitive) To place abreast or in a line.
adj
noun
verb
adj
- Fertile; productive.
- (sometimes derogatory) Carrying more fat than usual on one's body; plump; not lean or thin.
- Bulbous; rotund.
- Alternative form of phat.
- (computing) Carrying additional data or functionality.
- (golf) Being a shot in which the ground is struck before the ball.
- (slang) Being greatly or substantially such; real.
- Abounding in riches; affluent; fortunate.
- (music) Having a full or rich sound with strong bass and low-midrange presence.
- Bountiful.
- (theater) Of a role: significant; major; meaty.
- Rich; producing a large income; desirable.
- Thick; large.
- Oily; greasy; unctuous; rich (said of food).
- lucrative
- having an (over)abundance of flesh
- marked by great fruitfulness
- having a relatively large diameter
- containing or composed of fat
noun
- (informal, derogatory) A fat person.
- (uncountable) A specialized animal tissue with high lipid content, used for long-term storage of energy: fat tissue.
- (countable) A lipid that is solid at room temperature, which fat tissue contains and which is also found in the blood circulation; sometimes, a refined substance chemically resembling such naturally occurring lipids.
- That part of an organization deemed wasteful.
- (slang) An erection.
- A fop or dandy.
- Such tissue as food: the fatty portion of (or trimmings from) meat cuts.
- The best or richest productions; the best part.
- (Australia) A beef cattle fattened for sale.
- (golf) A poorly played shot where the ball is struck by the top part of the club head. (see also thin, shank, toe)
- a soft greasy substance occurring in organic tissue and consisting of a mixture of lipids (mostly triglycerides)
- a kind of body tissue containing stored fat that serves as a source of energy; it also cushions and insulates vital organs
- excess bodily weight
verb
adj
- Fertile; producing offspring or fruit in abundance, applied to plants producing fruit, animals producing young, etc.
- (botany) Of a flower: from which another flower is produced.
- Similarly producing results or performing deeds in abundance.
- bearing in abundance especially offspring
- intellectually productive
adj
- Capable of reproducing; fecund, fruitful.
- Capable of developing past the egg stage.
- Of land, etc.: capable of growing abundant crops; productive.
- (physics) Not itself fissile, but able to be converted into a fissile material by irradiation in a reactor.
- (figuratively) Of one's imagination, etc.: active, productive, prolific.
- bearing in abundance especially offspring
- capable of reproducing
- marked by great fruitfulness
- intellectually productive