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noun
- (mathematics) A self-avoiding closed curve which intersects a line a number of times.
- (architecture) A decorative border consisting of a repeated linear motif, particularly of intersecting perpendicular lines.
- (often plural) One of the turns of a winding, crooked, or involved course.
- A tortuous or winding journey.
- Synonym of Greek key, a decorative border; fretwork.
- (geography) One of a series of regular sinuous curves, bends, loops, turns, or windings in the channel of a river, stream, or other watercourse
- an aimless amble on a winding course
- a bend or curve, as in a stream or river
verb
noun
- the length of the closed curve of a circle
- the size of something as given by the distance around it
- the boundary line encompassing an area or object
- (geometry) The line that bounds a circle or other two-dimensional figure.
- (geometry) The length of such a line.
- (graph theory) The length of the longest cycle of a graph.
noun
- (mathematics) Alternative form of closed curve.
- (communication) Closed-loop communication.
- (cybernetics) A closed-loop transfer function.
- (economics) An economy in which materials are consistently reused rather than discharged as waste.
- (time travel) Clipping of closed time loop.
- (systems theory) A PID controller.
- (topology) A path whose initial point is equal to its terminal point.
- The process of pulling water from one area of a reef aquarium and pumping it immediately elsewhere in the tank to create higher flow and minimize dead spots.
- (ecology) A closed ecological system.
- Alternative form of knot loop.
- (systems theory) An electronic feedback loop.
- a control system with a feedback loop that is active
prep
- Forming a circle or closed curve containing (something).
- Following a path which curves near an object, with the object on the inside of the curve.
- Near; in the vicinity of.
- Following the perimeter of a specified area and returning to the starting point.
- At or to various places within or throughout.
- (of abstract things) Centred upon; surrounding; regarding.
adj
adv
- So as to form a circle or trace a circular path, or approximation thereof.
- (with turn, spin, etc.) So as to partially or completely rotate; so as to face in the opposite direction.
- Nearly; approximately; about.
- From place to place.
- So as to surround or be near.
- From one state or condition to an opposite or very different one; with a metaphorical change in direction; bringing about awareness or agreement.
- Used with verbs to indicate repeated or continuous action, or in numerous locations or with numerous people.
- Used with certain verbs to suggest unproductive activity.
- in the area or vicinity
- in a circle or circular motion
- from beginning to end; throughout
- in or to a reversed position or direction
- in circumference
- all around or on all sides
- to a particular destination either specified or understood
- by a circular or circuitous route
- used of movement to or among many different places or in no particular direction
- (of quantities) imprecise but fairly close to correct
noun
- A shape produced by a curve that bends around and crosses itself.
- anything with a round or oval shape (formed by a curve that is closed and does not intersect itself)
- (algebra) A quasigroup with an identity element.
- A complete circuit for an electric current.
- (graph theory) An edge that begins and ends on the same vertex.
- The opening so formed.
- (topology) A path that starts and ends at the same point.
- An endless strip of tape or film allowing continuous repetition.
- (transport) A bus or rail route, walking route, etc. that starts and ends at the same point.
- (programming) A programmed sequence of instructions that is repeated until or while a particular condition is satisfied.
- An aerobatic maneuver in which an aircraft flies a circular path in a vertical plane.
- (cricket) The curved path of the ball bowled by a spin bowler.
- (biochemistry) A flexible region in a protein's secondary structure.
- A small, narrow opening; a loophole.
- A length of thread, line or rope that is doubled over to make an opening.
- Alternative form of loup (“mass of iron”).
- (rail transport) A place at a terminus where trains or trams can turn round and go back the other way without having to reverse; a balloon loop, turning loop, or reversing loop.
- (rail transport) A passing loop.
- A ring road or beltway.
- A loop-shaped intrauterine device.
- (computer science) a single execution of a set of instructions that are to be repeated
- a flight maneuver; aircraft flies a complete circle in the vertical plane
- an intrauterine device in the shape of a loop
- the topology of a network whose components are serially connected in such a way that the last component is connected to the first component
- an inner circle of advisors (especially under President Reagan)
- a computer program that performs a series of instructions repeatedly until some specified condition is satisfied
- a complete electrical circuit around which current flows or a signal circulates
- the basic pattern of the human fingerprint
- fastener consisting of a metal ring for lining a small hole to permit the attachment of cords or lines
verb
- (intransitive) To move in a loop.
- (transitive) To fasten or encircle something with a loop.
- (transitive) To create an error in a computer program so that it runs in an endless loop and the computer freezes up.
- To place in a loop.
- (transitive) To play something (such as a song or video) in a loop.
- (transitive) To form something into a loop.
- (transitive) To fly an aircraft in a loop.
- (education, ambitransitive) To have the teacher progress through multiple school years with the same students.
- (intransitive) To form a loop.
- (transitive) To move something in a loop.
- (transitive) To join electrical components to complete a circuit.
- (transitive) To duplicate the route of a pipeline.
- wind around something in coils or loops
- fasten or join with a loop
- make a loop in
- fly loops, perform a loop
- move in loops
noun
- A rounded surface; a curve.
- The act by which a numerical value is rounded.
- In bookbinding, the shaping of the folded and sewed sheets into a convex form at the back.
- The act of making anything round, as the lips in pronouncing some vowels.
- The numerical value obtained by this process.
- (mathematics) a miscalculation that results from rounding off numbers to a convenient number of decimals
adj
verb
noun
- (geometry) A closed curve, the locus of a point such that the sum of the distances from that point to two other fixed points (called the foci of the ellipse) is constant; equivalently, the conic section that is the intersection of a cone with a plane that does not intersect the base of the cone.
- (grammar) Ellipsis, the removal from a phrase of a word which is grammatically needed, but which is clearly understood without having to be stated.
- a closed plane curve resulting from the intersection of a circular cone and a plane cutting completely through it
verb
noun
- a circular segment of a curve
- A curve.
- an angular or rounded shape made by folding
- curved segment (of a road or river or railroad track etc.)
- movement that causes the formation of a curve
- diagonal line traversing a shield from the upper right corner to the lower left
- (in the plural, medicine, underwater diving, with the) A severe condition caused by excessively quick decompression, causing bubbles of nitrogen to form in the blood; decompression sickness.
- (nautical, in the plural) The thickest and strongest planks in a ship's sides, more generally called wales, which have the beams, knees, and futtocks bolted to them.
- (nautical, in the plural) The frames or ribs that form the ship's body from the keel to the top of the sides.
- (music) A glissando, or glide between one pitch and another, especially one accomplished by bending a string (such as on guitar).
- (mining) Hard, indurated clay; bind.
- In the leather trade, the best quality of sole leather; a butt; sometimes, half a butt cut lengthwise.
- (heraldry) One of the honourable ordinaries formed by two diagonal lines drawn from the dexter chief to the sinister base; it generally occupies a fifth part of the shield if uncharged, but if charged one third.
- Any of the various knots which join the ends of two lines.
verb
- form a curve
- bend one's back forward from the waist on down
- change direction
- bend a joint
- cause (an object) to assume a crooked or angular form
- turn from a straight course, fixed direction, or line of interest
- (intransitive) To be inclined; to direct itself.
- (transitive, music) To smoothly change the pitch of a note.
- (transitive) To force to submit.
- (transitive) To adapt or interpret to for a purpose or beneficiary.
- (transitive) To cause to change direction.
- (transitive, nautical) To tie, as in securing a line to a cleat; to shackle a chain to an anchor; make fast.
- (intransitive) To become curved.
- (intransitive) To change direction.
- (intransitive) To bow in prayer, or in token of submission.
- (transitive) To apply to a task or purpose.
- (intransitive, usually with "down") To stoop.
- (transitive) To cause (something) to change its shape into a curve, by physical force, chemical action, or any other means.
- (intransitive) To submit.
- (intransitive) To apply oneself to a task or purpose.
- (intransitive, nautical) To swing the body when rowing.
noun
- a circular segment of a curve
- a long staff with one end being hook shaped
- someone who has committed a crime or has been legally convicted of a crime
- A bent or curved part; a curving piece or portion (of anything).
- A bishop's standard staff of office.
- A bending of the knee; a genuflection.
- A specialized staff with a semi-circular bend (a "hook") at one end used by shepherds to control their herds.
- A pothook.
- An artifice; a trick; a contrivance.
- A person who steals, lies, cheats or does other dishonest or illegal things; a criminal.
- A bend; turn; curve; curvature; a flexure.
- (music) A small tube, usually curved, applied to a trumpet, horn, etc., to change its pitch or key.
verb
adj
noun
- a circular segment of a curve
- a time period for working (after which you will be relieved by someone else)
- (sports) a division of a game during which one team is on the offensive
- a movement in a new direction
- a short performance that is part of a longer program
- (game) the activity of doing something in an agreed succession
- the act of turning away or in the opposite direction
- the act of changing or reversing the direction of the course
- a favor for someone
- taking a short walk out and back
- an unforeseen development
- turning or twisting around (in place)
- A fit or a period of giddiness.
- A movement of an object about its own axis in one direction that continues until the object returns to its initial orientation.
- (geometry) A unit of plane angle measurement based on this movement.
- A change in temperament or circumstance.
- A change of direction or orientation.
- A deed done to another; an act of kindness or malice.
- The transition from one period or era to another.
- One's chance to make a move in a game having two or more players.
- A walk to and fro.
- (soccer) An instance of going past an opposition player with the ball in one's control.
- (UK, finance, historical) The profit made by a stockjobber, being the difference between the buying and selling prices.
- A chance to use (something) shared in sequence with others.
- A figure in music, often denoted ~, consisting of the note above the one indicated, the note itself, the note below the one indicated, and the note itself again.
- (rope) A pass behind or through an object.
- A single loop of a coil.
- (poker) The fourth communal card in Texas hold 'em.
- Character; personality; nature.
- A spell of work, especially the time allotted to a person in a rota or schedule.
- (cricket) A sideways movement of the ball when it bounces (caused by rotation in flight).
- The time required to complete a project.
- (circus, theater, especially physical comedy) A short skit, act, or routine.
verb
- accomplish by rotating
- to break and turn over earth especially with a plow
- to send or let go
- pass to the other side of
- twist suddenly so as to sprain
- to change orientation or direction
- move around an axis or a center
- get by buying and selling
- channel one's attention, interest, thought, or attention toward or away from something
- let (something) fall or spill from a container
- alter the functioning or setting of
- undergo a transformation or a change of position or action
- cause to change or turn into something different;assume new characteristics
- shape by rotating on a lathe or cutting device or a wheel
- cause to move around or rotate
- pass into a condition gradually, take on a specific property or attribute; become
- become officially one year older
- go sour or spoil
- change to the contrary
- cause to move around a center so as to show another side of
- have recourse to or make an appeal or request for help or information to
- change color
- undergo a change or development
- cause (an object) to assume a crooked or angular form
- cause to move along an axis or into a new direction
- direct at someone
- (transitive, roleplaying games) To magically or divinely repel undead.
- (intransitive) To change the color of the leaves in the autumn.
- To change fundamentally; to metamorphose.
- (transitive, fantasy) To change (a person) into a vampire, werewolf, zombie, etc.
- (by extension) To give form to; to shape or mould; to adapt.
- (intransitive, fantasy) To transform into a vampire, werewolf, zombie, etc.
- (professional wrestling) To change personalities, such as from being a face (good guy) to heel (bad guy) or vice versa.
- To undergo the process of turning on a lathe.
- To be nauseated; said of the stomach.
- (transitive) To shape (something) symmetrically by rotating it against a stationary cutting tool, as on a lathe.
- (ambitransitive) To make or become giddy; said of the head or brain.
- (transitive, usually with over) To complete.
- (transitive, soccer) Of a player, to go past an opposition player with the ball in one's control.
- (intransitive) To change one's direction of travel.
- To sicken; to nauseate.
- (transitive) To direct or impel (something) into a place.
- (transitive) To twist or sprain.
- (obstetrics) To bring down the feet of a child in the womb, in order to facilitate delivery.
- (transitive, cricket) Of a bowler, to make (the ball) move sideways off the pitch when it bounces.
- (intransitive) To sour or spoil; to go bad.
- (intransitive, of a body, person, etc) To move about an axis through itself.
- (transitive, figuratively) To navigate through a book or other printed material.
- (transitive) To position (something) by folding it, or using its folds.
- To hinge; to depend.
- (transitive) To make acid or sour; to ferment; to curdle.
- (reflexive) To change one's course of action; to take a new approach.
- To rebel; to go against something formerly tolerated.
- (intransitive, cricket) Of a ball, to move sideways off the pitch when it bounces.
- (copulative) To become (often used with colors, clear sudden changes, weather and ages).
- (transitive, slang, sometimes offensive) To change the sexual orientation or gender of another person, or otherwise awaken a sexual preference.
- (transitive) To make (money); turn a profit.
- (transitive) To change the direction or orientation of, especially by rotation.
noun
- a circular segment of a curve
- any clever maneuver
- social dancing in which couples vigorously twist their hips and arms in time to the music; was popular in the 1960s
- a jerky pulling movement
- the act of rotating rapidly
- a sharp strain on muscles or ligaments
- a hairdo formed by braiding or twisting the hair
- an unforeseen development
- a sharp bend in a line produced when a line having a loop is pulled tight
- a miniature whirlpool or whirlwind resulting when the current of a fluid doubles back on itself
- turning or twisting around (in place)
- an interpretation of a text or action
- the act of winding or twisting
- A distortion to the meaning of a passage or word.
- The spiral course of the rifling of a gun barrel or a cannon.
- A type of thread made from two filaments twisted together.
- (preceded by definite article) A modern dance popular in Western culture in the late 1950s and 1960s, based on rotating the hips repeatedly from side to side. See Twist (dance) on Wikipedia for more details.
- A twisting force.
- A material for gun barrels, consisting of iron and steel twisted and welded together.
- The form given in twisting.
- Anything twisted, or the act of twisting.
- An unexpected turn in a story, tale, etc.
- (slang) A girl, a woman.
- A rotation of the body when diving.
- A roll or baton of baked dough or pastry in a twisted shape.
- A strong individual tendency or bent; inclination.
- The degree of stress or strain when twisted.
- Ellipsis of hair twist.
- A sudden bend (or short series of bends) in a road, path, etc.
- A sliver of lemon peel added to a cocktail, etc.
- A sprain, especially to the ankle.
- (countable, uncountable) A small roll of tobacco.
verb
- extend in curves and turns
- to move in a twisting or contorted motion, (especially when struggling)
- form into a spiral shape
- do the twist
- twist suddenly so as to sprain
- form into twists
- twist or pull violently or suddenly, especially so as to remove (something) from that to which it is attached or from where it originates
- practice sophistry; change the meaning of or be vague about in order to mislead or deceive
- turn in the opposite direction
- cause (an object) to assume a crooked or angular form
- To distort or change the truth or meaning of words when repeating.
- (transitive) To coax.
- To contort; to writhe; to complicate; to crook spirally; to convolve.
- (transitive) To cause to rotate.
- To turn the ends of something, usually thread, rope etc., in opposite directions, often using force.
- To join together by twining one part around another.
- (card games) In the game of blackjack (pontoon or twenty-one), to be dealt another card.
- (reflexive) To wind into; to insinuate.
- (intransitive) To dance the twist (a type of dance characterised by twisting one's hips).
- To turn a knob etc.
- (intransitive, of a path) To wind; to follow a bendy or wavy course; to have many bends.
- To form a twist (in any of the above noun meanings).
- To wreathe; to wind; to encircle; to unite by intertexture of parts.
- To injure (a body part) by bending it in the wrong direction.
adj
noun
- (differential geometry) A straight line touching a curve at a single point without crossing it there.
- (mathematics) A function of an angle that gives the ratio of the sine to the cosine, in either the real or complex numbers. Symbols: tan, tg.
- A topic nearly unrelated to the main topic, but having a point in common with it.
- (art) A visual interaction between two or more lines or edges that creates a perceived relationship between them, often in a way that the artist did not intend.
- (music) A small metal blade in a clavichord that strikes the strings to produce sound.
- a straight line or plane that touches a curve or curved surface at a point but does not intersect it at that point
- ratio of the opposite to the adjacent side of a right-angled triangle
noun
- A curve that more or less forms part or all of a circle.
- A territorial division or district.
- (cricket) A line comprising two semicircles of 30 yards radius centred on the wickets joined by straight lines parallel to the pitch used to enforce field restrictions in a one-day match.
- A series ending where it begins, and repeating itself.
- Any shape, curve or arrangement of objects that approximates to or resembles the geometric figures.
- (geometry) A two-dimensional geometric figure, a line, consisting of the set of all those points in a plane that are equally distant from a given point (center).
- (in the plural) A bagginess of the skin below the eyes from lack of sleep.
- (South Africa, Philippines, India, Dundee) A traffic circle or roundabout.
- (colloquial) A two-dimensional geometric figure, a disk, consisting of the set of all those points of a plane at a distance less than or equal to a fixed distance (radius) from a given point.
- (astronomy) An instrument of observation, whose graduated limb consists of an entire circle. When fixed to a wall in an observatory, it is called a mural circle; when mounted with a telescope on an axis and in Y's, in the plane of the meridian, a meridian or transit circle; when involving the principle of reflection, like the sextant, a reflecting circle; and when that of repeating an angle several times continuously along the graduated limb, a repeating circle.
- A specific group of persons; especially one who shares a common interest.
- Indirect form of words; circumlocution.
- Any thin three-dimensional equivalent of the geometric figures.
- The orbit of an astronomical body.
- (logic) A form of argument in which two or more unproved statements are used to prove each other; inconclusive reasoning.
- (Wicca) A ritual circle that is cast three times deosil and closes three times widdershins either in the air with a wand or literally with stones or other items used for worship.
- something approximating the shape of a circle
- a road junction at which traffic streams circularly around a central island
- an unofficial association of people or groups
- ellipse in which the two axes are of equal length; a plane curve generated by one point moving at a constant distance from a fixed point
- any circular or rotating mechanism
- a curved section or tier of seats in a hall or theater or opera house; usually the first tier above the orchestra
- street names for flunitrazepam
- movement once around a course
verb
- (transitive) To travel around along a curved path.
- (transitive) To surround.
- (intransitive, paganism) To take part in a magic circle.
- (intransitive) To travel in circles.
- (transitive) To place or mark a circle around.
- form or draw a circle around
- travel around something
- move in a circular path above (someone or something)
noun
- an undulating curve
- (physics) a movement up and down or back and forth
- wavelike motion; a gentle rising and falling in the manner of waves
- A wavy appearance or outline; waviness.
- A wavelike curve; a smooth and regular rise and fall.
- An instance or act of undulating.
- A wavelike motion of the air; electromagnetic radiation.
- (music) A tremulous tone produced by a peculiar pressure of the finger on a string.
noun
- an undulating curve
- A shape that alternatingly curves in opposite directions.
- a movement like that of a sudden occurrence or increase in a specified phenomenon
- (physics) a movement up and down or back and forth
- a persistent and widespread unusual weather condition (especially of unusual temperatures)
- something that rises rapidly
- a hairdo that creates undulations in the hair
- the act of signaling by a movement of the hand
- one of a series of ridges that moves across the surface of a liquid (especially across a large body of water)
- A loose back-and-forth movement, as of the hands.
- (video games, by extension) One of the successive swarms of enemies sent to attack the player in certain games.
- Any of a number of species of moths in the geometrid subfamily Sterrhinae, which have wavy markings on the wings.
- A moving disturbance in the level of a body of liquid; an undulation.
- (figurative) A sudden, but temporary, uptick in something.
- (poetic) The ocean.
- (usually "the wave") A group activity in a crowd imitating a wave going through water, where people in successive parts of the crowd stand and stretch upward, then sit.
- (logistics) Any of a series of orders to be fulfilled in one short interval of time, planned as part of wave picking.
- (figurative) A movement or trend in popular culture.
- (physics) A moving disturbance in the energy level of a field.
verb
- twist or roll into coils or ringlets
- set waves in
- signal with the hands or nod
- move in a wavy pattern or with a rising and falling motion
- move or swing back and forth
- (intransitive, ergative) To move like a wave, or by floating; to waft.
- (intransitive) To move one's hand back and forth (generally above the shoulders) in greeting or departure.
- (transitive) To style (the hair) so as to produce a wavy texture.
- (transitive, metonymic) To signal (someone or something) with a waving movement.
- (intransitive, baseball) To swing and miss at a pitch.
- To generate a wave.
- (intransitive) To move back and forth repeatedly and somewhat loosely.
- (transitive) To cause to move back and forth repeatedly.
- (intransitive) To have an undulating or wavy form.
- (transitive, metonymic) To call attention to, or give a direction or command to, by a waving motion, as of the hand; to signify by waving; to beckon; to signal; to indicate.
- (transitive) To raise into inequalities of surface; to give an undulating form or surface to.
noun
- A concave surface or curve.
- (gambling) A playing card made concave for use in cheating.
- (surfing) An indentation running along the base of a surfboard, intended to increase lift.
- (skateboarding) An indented area on the top of a skateboard, providing a position for foot placement and increasing board strength.
- (manufacturing) An element of a curved grid used to separate desirable material from tailings or chaff in mining and harvesting.
- The vault of the sky.
- One of the celestial spheres of the Ptolemaic or geocentric model of the world.
adj
- (geometry, not comparable, of a polygon) Not convex; having at least one internal angle greater than 180 degrees.
- Curved like the inner surface of a sphere or bowl.
- Hollow; empty.
- (functional analysis, not comparable, of a real-valued function on the reals) Satisfying the property that all segments connecting two points on the function's graph lie below the function.
- curving inward
verb
noun
- A curve or bend.
- A cloth which usually covers the head and is worn around the neck and chin. It was worn by women in medieval Europe and is still worn by nuns in certain orders.
- A ripple, as on the surface of water.
- A flag or streamer.
- A fold or pleat in cloth.
- headdress of cloth; worn over the head and around the neck and ears by medieval women
verb
noun
- Initialism of closed timelike curve.
- (rail transport) Initialism of Centralized (or Centralised) Traffic Control.
- Initialism of certified true copy.
- (medicine) Initialism of circulating tumor cell.
- (British, education) Initialism of city technology college.
- Initialism of child tax credit.
- an agency that helps the Director of Central Intelligence coordinate counterterrorist efforts in order to preempt and disrupt and defeat terrorist activities at the earliest possible stage
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phrase
verb
noun
- (mathematics) A surface generated by a closed curve (especially a circle) rotating about, but not intersecting or containing, an axis in its own plane.
- A ring-shaped solid object whose surface is a torus.
- the doughnut-shaped object enclosed by a torus
- a ring-shaped surface generated by rotating a circle around an axis that does not intersect the circle
verb
- form a curve
- exhibit the strength of
- contract
- bend a joint
- cause (an object) to assume a crooked or angular form
- (transitive, slang) To boast or brag about; to flaunt (something).
- (transitive) To repeatedly bend one of one's joints.
- (intransitive) To tighten the muscles for display of size or strength.
- (transitive) To move part of the body using one's muscles.
- (transitive, chiefly physics or biomechanics) To bend something.
- (intransitive, slang) To flaunt one's superiority; to show off.
noun
- the act of flexing
- (countable) An act of flexing.
- (uncountable, chiefly UK, Ireland) Any flexible insulated electrical wiring.
- (uncountable) Flexibility, pliancy.
- (countable, geometry) A point of inflection.
- (countable) A flexible insulated electrical cord.
- (uncountable) Flexible ductwork, typically flexible plastic over a metal wire coil to shape a tube.
- (countable, slang) An act or instance of flaunting something; a boast or brag; something considered impressive.
noun
- (geometry) One of the portions of a curve that extends outwards to an indefinitely great distance.
- (graph theory) A path of vertices of degree 2, ending at vertices whose degree is not 2.
- An area in business or of knowledge, research.
- (nautical) A certificate given by Trinity House to a pilot qualified to take navigational control of a ship in British waters.
- (computing) A sequence of code that is conditionally executed.
- The woody part of a tree arising from the trunk and usually dividing.
- A line of family descent, in distinction from some other line or lines from the same stock; any descendant in such a line.
- A location of an organization with several locations.
- (chiefly Southern US) A creek or stream which flows into a larger river.
- Any of the parts of something that divides like the branch of a tree.
- (computing) A group of related files in a source control system, including for example source code, build scripts, and media such as images.
- (Mormonism) A local congregation of the LDS Church that is not large enough to form a ward; see Wikipedia article on ward in LDS church.
- (rail transport) A branch line.
- a natural consequence of development
- a division of a stem, or secondary stem arising from the main stem of a plant
- a division of some larger or more complex organization
- any projection that is thought to resemble a human arm
- a stream or river connected to a larger one
- a part of a forked or branching shape
verb
- (intransitive) To arise from the trunk or a larger branch of a tree.
- (transitive, colloquial) To discipline (a union member) at a branch meeting.
- (intransitive, computing) To jump to a different location in a program, especially as the result of a conditional statement.
- (transitive) To strip of branches.
- (ambitransitive) To (cause to) divide into separate parts or subdivisions.
- (intransitive) To produce branches.
- grow and send out branches or branch-like structures
- divide into two or more branches so as to form a fork
noun
- (graph theory) A closed trail.
- The space enclosed within a circle, or within limits.
- The act of moving or revolving around, or as in a circle or orbit; a revolution
- (law) Abbreviation of circuit court.
- The counties at the fringes of the empire, usually with a non-Chinese population, from the Han to the Western Jin.
- The circumference of, or distance around, any space; the measure of a line around an area.
- Major provincial divisions from the Yuan to early Republican China.
- That which encircles anything, as a ring or crown.
- (theater) A set of theaters among which the same acts circulate; especially common in the heyday of vaudeville.
- (law) The jurisdiction of certain judges within a state or country, whether itinerant or not.
- The 10 or so major provinces of the empire from the Tang to the early Yuan.
- A chain of cinemas/movie theaters.
- (motor racing) A track on which a race is held; a racetrack
- (electricity) Enclosed path of an electric current, usually designed for a certain function.
- (Methodism) The basic grouping of local Methodist churches.
- A regular or appointed trip from place to place as part of one's job
- A single completion of all of the exercises in a circuit training regime.
- (Scientology) A thought that unconsciously goes round and round in a person's mind and controls that person.
- a journey or route all the way around a particular place or area
- an established itinerary of venues or events that a particular group of people travel to
- a racetrack for automobile races
- (law) a judicial division of a state or the United States (so-called because originally judges traveled and held court in different locations); one of the twelve groups of states in the United States that is covered by a particular circuit court of appeals
- the boundary line encompassing an area or object
- movement once around a course
- an electrical device that provides a path for electrical current to flow
verb
noun
- (graph theory) A closed trail.
- (sports, cycling) A street and road race, frequently multiday.
- (sports) A set of competitions which make up a championship.
- (sports, chiefly cricket and rugby) A trip taken to another country in which several matches are played.
- (snooker) A circuit of snooker tournaments
- A journey through a given list of places, such as by an entertainer performing concerts.
- A journey through a particular building, estate, country, etc.
- A guided visit to a particular place, or virtual place.
- (military) A tour of duty.
- a time period for working (after which you will be relieved by someone else)
- a journey or route all the way around a particular place or area
- a period of time spent in military service
verb
noun
- a curve that reverses the direction of something
- the action of perverting something (turning it to a wrong use)
- an aberrant sexual practice
- The action of perverting someone or something; humiliation; debasement.
- Distortion or corruption of the original course, meaning, or state of something.
- The state of being perverted; depravity; vice.
- (geometry) Tendril perversion.
- A sexual practice considered abnormal; sexual deviance.
noun
adj
noun
- a straight line connecting two points on a curve
- a combination of three or more notes that blend harmoniously when sounded together
- (engineering) A horizontal member of a truss.
- The string of a musical instrument.
- (aeronautics) The distance between the leading and trailing edge of a wing, measured in the direction of the normal airflow.
- (graph theory) An edge that is not part of a cycle but connects two vertices of the cycle.
- (rail transport) A section of subsidiary railway track that interconnects two primary tracks that cross at different levels, to permit traffic to flow between them.
- (music) A harmonic set of three or more notes that is heard as if sounding simultaneously.
- (nautical) An imaginary line from the luff of a sail to its leech.
- (geometry) A line segment between two points of a curve.
- (anatomy) A cord.
- (computing) A keyboard shortcut that involves two or more distinct keypresses, such as Ctrl+M followed by P.
verb
noun
- (mathematics) A non-self-intersecting closed curve in (e.g., three-dimensional) space that is an abstraction of a knot (in sense 1 above).
- The swelling of the bulbus glandis in members of the dog family, Canidae.
- The whorl left in lumber by the base of a branch growing out of the tree's trunk.
- (aviation) A unit of indicated airspeed, calibrated airspeed, or equivalent airspeed, which varies in its relation to the unit of speed so as to compensate for the effects of different ambient atmospheric conditions on aircraft performance.
- The point on which the action of a story depends; the gist of a matter.
- Local swelling in a tissue area, especially skin, often due to injury.
- A group of people or things.
- A bond of union; a connection; a tie.
- A kind of epaulet; a shoulder knot.
- One of a variety of shore birds; red-breasted sandpiper (variously Calidris canutus or Tringa canutus).
- (nautical) A nautical mile.
- (aviation, nautical) A unit of speed, equal to one nautical mile per hour.
- A tightened and contracted part of a muscle that feels like a hard lump under the skin.
- A looping of a piece of string or of any other long, flexible material that cannot be untangled without passing one or both ends of the material through its loops.
- (slang) The bulbus glandis.
- A protuberant joint in a plant.
- A tangled clump of hair or similar.
- Any knob, lump, swelling, or protuberance.
- (engineering) A node (point at which the lines of a funicular machine meet from different angular directions)
- A difficult situation.
- A maze-like pattern.
- any of various fastenings formed by looping and tying a rope (or cord) upon itself or to another rope or to another object
- soft lump or unevenness in a yarn; either an imperfection or created by design
- (of ships and wind) a unit of speed equal to one nautical mile per hour or about 1.15 statute miles per hour
- a hard cross-grained round piece of wood in a board where a branch emerged
- a sandpiper that breeds in the Arctic and winters in the Southern Hemisphere
- a tight cluster of people or things
- something twisted and tight and swollen
verb
- (transitive) To form wrinkles in the forehead, as a sign of concentration, concern, surprise, etc.
- To unite closely; to knit together.
- (intransitive) To form knots.
- (transitive) To form into a knot; to tie with a knot or knots.
- (intransitive) To knit knots for a fringe.
- tie or fasten into a knot
- make into knots; make knots out of
- tangle or complicate
adj
- of a function or curve; extending without break or irregularity
- continuing in time or space without interruption
- Without intervening space; continued.
- (grammar) Expressing an ongoing action or state.
- (mathematics, more generally, of a function between two topological spaces) Such that each open set in the target space has an open preimage (in the domain space, with respect to the given function).
- (botany) Not deviating or varying from uniformity; not interrupted; not joined or articulated.
- Without stopping; without a break, cessation, or interruption.
- (mathematical analysis, of a function) Such that, for every x in the domain, for each small open interval D about f(x), there's an interval containing x whose image is in D.
noun
- (graph theory) A closed walk or path, with or without repeated vertices allowed.
- An interval of space or time in which one set of events or phenomena is completed.
- An age; a long period of time.
- A pedal-powered vehicle, such as a unicycle, bicycle, or tricycle, or a motorized vehicle that has either two or three wheels.
- A process that returns to its beginning and then repeats itself in the same sequence.
- A complete rotation of anything.
- A series of poems, songs or other works of art, typically longer than a trilogy.
- (topology, algebraic topology) A chain whose boundary is zero.
- A programme on a washing machine, dishwasher, or other such device.
- (botany) One entire round in a circle or a spire.
- (weaponry) A discharge of a taser.
- (aviation) One take-off and landing of an aircraft, referring to a pressurisation cycle which places stresses on the fuselage.
- (usually plural) A hertz; cycle per second.
- An orderly list for a given time; a calendar.
- (sports) A scheduled period of time of weeks or months wherein a performance-enhancing substance or, by extension, supplement is applied, to be followed by another one where it is not or the dosage is lower.
- (baseball) A single, a double, a triple, and a home run hit by the same player in the same game.
- The members of the sequence formed by such a process.
- An imaginary circle or orbit in the heavens; one of the celestial spheres.
- (specifically and now usually) A bicycle.
- a wheeled vehicle that has two wheels and is moved by foot pedals
- a periodically repeated sequence of events
- the unit of frequency; one hertz has a periodic interval of one second (named for Heinrich Rudolph Hertz)
- a series of poems or songs on the same theme
- a single complete execution of a periodically repeated phenomenon
- an interval during which a recurring sequence of events occurs
verb
- (electronics) To turn power off and back on
- To ride a bicycle or other cycle.
- To go through a cycle or to put through a cycle.
- (ice hockey) To maintain a team's possession of the puck in the offensive zone by handling and passing the puck in a loop from the boards near the goal up the side boards and passing to back to the boards near the goal
- cause to go through a recurring sequence
- ride a motorcycle
- ride a bicycle
- recur in repeating sequences
- pass through a cycle
verb
- extend in curves and turns
- form an arch or curve
- bend or cause to bend
- form a curl, curve, or kink
- turn sharply; change direction abruptly
- (transitive) To bend; to crook.
- (transitive) To grade on a curve (bell curve of a normal distribution).
- (intransitive) To bend or turn gradually from a given direction.
- (transitive) To cause to swerve from a straight course.
- (transitive, slang) To reject, to turn down romantic advances.
noun
- a pitch of a baseball that is thrown with spin so that its path curves as it approaches the batter
- curved segment (of a road or river or railroad track etc.)
- a line on a graph representing data
- the trace of a point whose direction of motion changes
- the property possessed by the curving of a line or surface
- (informal, usually in the plural) The attractive shape of a woman's body.
- (algebraic geometry) An algebraic curve; a polynomial relation of the planar coordinates.
- (analytic geometry) A continuous map from a one-dimensional space to a multidimensional space.
- (topology) A one-dimensional continuum.
- (geometry) A one-dimensional figure of non-zero length; the graph of a continuous map from a one-dimensional space.
- A gentle bend, such as in a road.
- A simple figure containing no straight portions and no angles; a curved line.
- (nonstandard, by extension) A grading system where all raw scores are raised by a set amount of points.
- A grading system based on the scale of performance of a group used to normalize a right-skewed grade distribution (with more lower scores) into a bell curve, so that more can receive higher grades, regardless of their actual knowledge of the subject.
verb
- extend in curves and turns
- form into a wreath
- raise or haul up with or as if with mechanical help
- to move or cause to move in a sinuous, spiral, or circular course
- coil the spring of (some mechanical device) by turning a stem
- arrange or coil around
- catch the scent of; get wind of
- (transitive) To have complete control over; to turn and bend at one's pleasure; to vary or alter at will; to regulate; to govern.
- (transitive) To cause (someone) to become breathless, as by a blow to the abdomen, or by physical exertion, running, etc.
- (transitive) To expose to the wind; to winnow; to ventilate.
- (transitive) To entwist; to enfold; to encircle.
- (transitive) To perceive or follow by scent.
- (transitive) To rest (a horse, etc.) in order to allow the breath to be recovered; to breathe.
- (transitive) To cause to move by exerting a winding force; to haul or hoist as by a winch.
- (transitive, British) To cause a baby to bring up wind by patting its back after being fed.
- (transitive) To turn a windmill so that its sails face into the wind.
- (transitive) To tighten the spring of a clockwork mechanism.
- (transitive, British) To turn a boat or ship around, so that the wind strikes it on the opposite side.
- (intransitive) To travel or follow a path with numerous curves.
- (transitive) To blow air through a wind instrument or horn to make a sound.
- (transitive) To turn coils (of a cord or something similar) around something.
- (transitive) To introduce by insinuation; to insinuate.
- (transitive) To cover or surround with something coiled about.
- (transitive, nautical) To turn (a ship) around, end for end.
noun
- a reflex that expels intestinal gas through the anus
- a musical instrument in which the sound is produced by an enclosed column of air that is moved by bellows or the human breath
- air moving (sometimes with considerable force) from an area of high pressure to an area of low pressure
- a tendency or force that influences events
- empty rhetoric or insincere or exaggerated talk
- an indication of potential opportunity
- breath
- the act of winding or twisting
- A bird, the dotterel.
- (figurative) Mere breath or talk; empty effort; idle words.
- Breath modulated by the respiratory and vocal organs, or by an instrument.
- (figurative) News of an event, especially by hearsay or gossip.
- (figurative) A tendency or trend.
- (philosophy, alchemy) One of the four elements of the ancient Greeks and Romans; air.
- (music) The woodwind section of an orchestra. Occasionally also used to include the brass section.
- A disease of sheep, in which the intestines are distended with air, or rather affected with a violent inflammation. It occurs immediately after shearing.
- (countable, uncountable) Real or perceived movement of atmospheric air usually caused by convection or differences in air pressure.
- Air artificially put in motion by any force or action.
- (music) A woodwind instrument. Occasionally also used to describe a brass instrument.
- (boxing, slang) The region of the solar plexus, where a blow may paralyze the diaphragm and cause temporary loss of breath or other injury.
- One of the five basic elements in Indian and Japanese models of the Classical elements.
- (countable, uncountable) The ability to breathe easily.
- (uncountable, colloquial) Flatus.
- A direction from which the wind may blow; a point of the compass; especially, one of the cardinal points.
- Types of playing-tile in the game of mah-jongg, named after the four winds.
- Ellipsis of wind power (“source of electricity”)
- The act of winding or turning; a turn; a bend; a twist.
noun
- a curved shape in the vertical plane that spans an opening
- a curved bony structure supporting or enclosing organs (especially the inner sides of the feet)
- a passageway under a curved masonry construction
- (architecture) a masonry construction (usually curved) for spanning an opening and supporting the weight above it
- Any place covered by an arch; an archway.
- (architecture) An architectural element having the shape of an arch
- (anatomy) The curved part of the bottom of a foot.
- (video games) Synonym of god (“person who owns and runs a multi-user dungeon”).
- An inverted U shape.
- (electronics, operating systems) An architecture; a computer architecture or instruction set architecture.
- A natural arch-shaped opening in a rock mass.
- An arch-shaped arrangement of trapezoidal stones, designed to redistribute downward force outward.
adj
verb
noun
- A curve, in general.
- a continuous portion of a circle
- (narratology) Ellipsis of story arc.
- (mathematics) A continuous mapping from a real interval (typically [0, 1]) into a space.
- (graph theory) A directed edge.
- (geometry) A continuous part of the circumference of a circle (circular arc) or of another curve.
- A band contained within parallel curves, or something of that shape.
- (astronomy) That part of a circle which a heavenly body appears to pass through as it moves above and below the horizon.
- (electrics) A flow of current across an insulating medium; especially a hot, luminous discharge either between two electrodes or as lightning.
- (film) An arclight.
- (by extension, Internet slang) A period or phase in a person's life.
- (basketball, slang) The three-point line.
- something curved in shape
- electrical conduction through a gas in an applied electric field
verb
verb
- (intransitive) To become shaped into a curve.
- (intransitive) To turn and attack someone or something (used with on).
- (with "out") To finish; to complete; to fill out; see also round out.
- To grow round or full; hence, to attain to fullness, completeness, or perfection.
- (medicine, colloquial) To do ward rounds.
- (transitive) To turn past a boundary.
- (transitive) To shape something into a curve.
- To encircle; to encompass.
- (transitive, baseball) To advance to home plate.
- (transitive, intransitive) To approximate (a number, especially a decimal number) by the closest whole number, or some other close number, especially a whole number of hundreds, thousands, etc.; see also round down, round up.
- (transitive) To go round, pass, go past.
- make round
- become round, plump, or shapely
- pronounce with rounded lips
- express as a round number
- wind around; move along a circular course
- attack in speech or writing
- bring to a highly developed, finished, or refined state
adj
- Circular or cylindrical; having a circular cross-section in one direction.
- Complete, whole, not lacking.
- Outspoken; plain and direct; unreserved; not mincing words.
- Returning to its starting point.
- Finished; polished; not defective or abrupt; said of authors or their writing style.
- (phonetics) Pronounced with the lips drawn together; rounded.
- Spherical; shaped like a ball; having a circular cross-section in more than one direction.
- (architecture) Vaulted.
- Lacking sharp angles; having gentle curves.
- Plump.
- (authorship, of a fictional character) Well-written and well-characterized; complex and reminiscent of a real person.
- Loosely or approximately circular.
- Large in magnitude.
- (of a number) Convenient for rounding other numbers to; for example, ending in a zero.
- (of sounds) full and rich
- having the shape or form of a circle
- (mathematics) expressed to the nearest integer, ten, hundred, or thousand
adv
noun
- Rotation, as in office; succession.
- A brewer's vessel in which the fermentation is concluded, the yeast escaping through the bunghole.
- (sports) One of the specified pre-determined segments of the total time of a sport event, such as a boxing or wrestling match, during which contestants compete before being signaled to stop.
- A series of changes or events ending where it began; a series of like events recurring in continuance; a cycle; a periodical revolution.
- A general outburst from a group of people at an event.
- (butchery) The hindquarters of a bovine; a round of beef.
- A course of action or conduct performed by a number of persons in turn, or one after another, as if seated in a circle.
- A general discharge of firearms by a body of troops in which each soldier fires once.
- (engineering, drafting, CAD) A rounded relief or cut at an edge, especially an outside edge, added for a finished appearance and to soften sharp edges.
- A firearm cartridge, bullet, or any individual ammunition projectile. Originally referring to the spherical projectile ball of a smoothbore firearm. Compare round shot and solid shot.
- (UK) One slice of bread.
- A strip of material with a circular face that covers an edge, gap, or crevice for decorative, sanitary, or security purposes.
- (art) A long-bristled, circular-headed paintbrush used in oil and acrylic painting.
- (countable, music) A song that is sung by groups of people with each subset of people starting at a different time.
- A circular or repetitious route.
- (sports) In some sports, e.g. golf or showjumping: one complete way around the course.
- A crosspiece that joins and braces the legs of a chair.
- A circular dance.
- (nautical) A round-top.
- A series of duties or tasks which must be performed in turn, and then repeated.
- A serving of something; a portion of something to each person in a group.
- (card games) The play after each deal.
- One sandwich (two full slices of bread with filling).
- (sports) A stage in a competition.
- An assembly; a group; a circle.
- (video games) A stage or level of a game.
- A circular or spherical object or part of an object.
- A single individual portion or dose of medicine.
- (sports) a division of a game during which one team is on the offensive
- a regular route for a sentry or policeman
- an outburst of applause
- any circular or rotating mechanism
- the course along which communications spread
- the activity of playing 18 holes of golf
- a partsong in which voices follow each other; one voice starts and others join in one after another until all are singing different parts of the song at the same time
- a cut of beef between the rump and the lower leg
- a charge of ammunition for a single shot
- (often plural) a series of professional calls (usually in a set order)
- a serving to each of a group (usually alcoholic)
- a crosspiece between the legs of a chair
- the usual activities in your day
- an interval during which a recurring sequence of events occurs
prep
adj
- free from curves or angles
- in keeping with the facts
- not homosexual
- (of hair) having no waves or curls
- neatly arranged; not disorderly
- rigidly conventional or old-fashioned
- without evasion or compromise
- no longer coiled
- erect in posture
- (of an alcoholic drink) without water
- following a correct or logical method
- having no deviations
- successive (without a break)
- characterized by honesty and fairness
- accurately fitted; level
- Perfectly horizontal or vertical; not diagonal or oblique.
- (telegraphy, historical, of a telegram) Sent at a full rate for immediate delivery; being a fast telegram.
- (informal, of people, reciprocal) On good terms.
- Free from dishonesty; honest, law-abiding.
- (tennis) Describing the sets in a match of which the winner did not lose a single set.
- (colloquial) Conventional; mainstream; socially acceptable.
- Of spirits: undiluted, unmixed; neat.
- (engineering, of an internal-combustion engine) Having all cylinders in a single straight line; in-line.
- In a row, in unbroken sequence; consecutive.
- (cricket) Describing the bat as held so as not to incline to either side; on, or near a line running between the two wickets.
- (colloquial) Not using alcohol, drugs, etc.
- (of a path, trajectory, etc.) Direct, undeviating.
- Not crooked, curly, or bent; having a constant direction throughout its length.
- (slang) Thorough; utter; unqualified.
- (colloquial) Heterosexual.
- Direct in communication; unevasive, straightforward.
- (informal, of a person) OK, all right, fine; in a good state or situation.
- (fashion) Not plus size; thin.
- In proper order; as it should be.
- (colloquial, of a romantic or sexual relation) Occurring between people of opposite sex (sometimes, but not always, specifically between heterosexual people).
- (rare, now chiefly religion) Strait; narrow.
- (sciences, mathematics) Concerning the property allowing the parallel transport of vectors along a course that keeps tangent vectors remain as such throughout that course (a course which is straight, a straight curve, is a geodesic).
- Serious rather than comedic.
- (slang, sex work) Related to conventional sexual intercourse.
- (US, politics) Making no exceptions or deviations in one's support of the organization and candidates of a political party.
- (US, politics) Containing the names of all the regularly nominated candidates of a single party and no others.
noun
- a person having a sexual orientation to persons of the opposite sex
- a poker hand with 5 consecutive cards (regardless of suit)
- a straight segment of a roadway or racecourse
- A chiropractor who relies solely on spinal adjustment, with no other treatments.
- (slang) A normal person; someone in mainstream society.
- (slang) A cigarette, particularly one containing tobacco instead of marijuana.
- (colloquial) A heterosexual.
- A cat that has straight ears despite belonging to a breed that often has folded ears.
- (poker) Five cards in sequence.
- Something that is not crooked or bent such as a part of a road or track.
adv
- without deviation
- in a straight line; in a direct course
- in a forthright manner; candidly or frankly
- Of a direction relative to the subject, precisely; as if following a direct line.
- Directly; without pause, delay or detour.
- Continuously; without interruption or pause.
- Of speech or information, without prevarication or holding back; directly; straightforwardly; plainly.
verb
noun
- A turn; a bend; a fold; a curve.
- (astronomy) The small distortion of an astronomical instrument caused by the weight of its parts; the amount to be added or subtracted from the observed readings of the instrument to correct them for this distortion.
- The act of bending or flexing; flexion.
- (anatomy) A curve or bend in a tubular organ.
- (zoology) The last joint, or bend, of the wing of a bird.
- (engineering) A part of a machine designed to bend in operation.
- an angular or rounded shape made by folding
- the state of being flexed (as of a joint)
- act of bending a joint; especially a joint between the bones of a limb so that the angle between them is decreased
verb
noun
- (mathematics) A self-avoiding closed curve which intersects a line a number of times.
- (architecture) A decorative border consisting of a repeated linear motif, particularly of intersecting perpendicular lines.
- (often plural) One of the turns of a winding, crooked, or involved course.
- A tortuous or winding journey.
- Synonym of Greek key, a decorative border; fretwork.
- (geography) One of a series of regular sinuous curves, bends, loops, turns, or windings in the channel of a river, stream, or other watercourse
- an aimless amble on a winding course
- a bend or curve, as in a stream or river
verb
noun
- the length of the closed curve of a circle
- the size of something as given by the distance around it
- the boundary line encompassing an area or object
- (geometry) The line that bounds a circle or other two-dimensional figure.
- (geometry) The length of such a line.
- (graph theory) The length of the longest cycle of a graph.
noun
- (mathematics) Alternative form of closed curve.
- (communication) Closed-loop communication.
- (cybernetics) A closed-loop transfer function.
- (economics) An economy in which materials are consistently reused rather than discharged as waste.
- (time travel) Clipping of closed time loop.
- (systems theory) A PID controller.
- (topology) A path whose initial point is equal to its terminal point.
- The process of pulling water from one area of a reef aquarium and pumping it immediately elsewhere in the tank to create higher flow and minimize dead spots.
- (ecology) A closed ecological system.
- Alternative form of knot loop.
- (systems theory) An electronic feedback loop.
- a control system with a feedback loop that is active
noun
- A shape produced by a curve that bends around and crosses itself.
- anything with a round or oval shape (formed by a curve that is closed and does not intersect itself)
- (algebra) A quasigroup with an identity element.
- A complete circuit for an electric current.
- (graph theory) An edge that begins and ends on the same vertex.
- The opening so formed.
- (topology) A path that starts and ends at the same point.
- An endless strip of tape or film allowing continuous repetition.
- (transport) A bus or rail route, walking route, etc. that starts and ends at the same point.
- (programming) A programmed sequence of instructions that is repeated until or while a particular condition is satisfied.
- An aerobatic maneuver in which an aircraft flies a circular path in a vertical plane.
- (cricket) The curved path of the ball bowled by a spin bowler.
- (biochemistry) A flexible region in a protein's secondary structure.
- A small, narrow opening; a loophole.
- A length of thread, line or rope that is doubled over to make an opening.
- Alternative form of loup (“mass of iron”).
- (rail transport) A place at a terminus where trains or trams can turn round and go back the other way without having to reverse; a balloon loop, turning loop, or reversing loop.
- (rail transport) A passing loop.
- A ring road or beltway.
- A loop-shaped intrauterine device.
- (computer science) a single execution of a set of instructions that are to be repeated
- a flight maneuver; aircraft flies a complete circle in the vertical plane
- an intrauterine device in the shape of a loop
- the topology of a network whose components are serially connected in such a way that the last component is connected to the first component
- an inner circle of advisors (especially under President Reagan)
- a computer program that performs a series of instructions repeatedly until some specified condition is satisfied
- a complete electrical circuit around which current flows or a signal circulates
- the basic pattern of the human fingerprint
- fastener consisting of a metal ring for lining a small hole to permit the attachment of cords or lines
verb
- (intransitive) To move in a loop.
- (transitive) To fasten or encircle something with a loop.
- (transitive) To create an error in a computer program so that it runs in an endless loop and the computer freezes up.
- To place in a loop.
- (transitive) To play something (such as a song or video) in a loop.
- (transitive) To form something into a loop.
- (transitive) To fly an aircraft in a loop.
- (education, ambitransitive) To have the teacher progress through multiple school years with the same students.
- (intransitive) To form a loop.
- (transitive) To move something in a loop.
- (transitive) To join electrical components to complete a circuit.
- (transitive) To duplicate the route of a pipeline.
- wind around something in coils or loops
- fasten or join with a loop
- make a loop in
- fly loops, perform a loop
- move in loops
noun
- A rounded surface; a curve.
- The act by which a numerical value is rounded.
- In bookbinding, the shaping of the folded and sewed sheets into a convex form at the back.
- The act of making anything round, as the lips in pronouncing some vowels.
- The numerical value obtained by this process.
- (mathematics) a miscalculation that results from rounding off numbers to a convenient number of decimals
adj
verb
noun
- (geometry) A closed curve, the locus of a point such that the sum of the distances from that point to two other fixed points (called the foci of the ellipse) is constant; equivalently, the conic section that is the intersection of a cone with a plane that does not intersect the base of the cone.
- (grammar) Ellipsis, the removal from a phrase of a word which is grammatically needed, but which is clearly understood without having to be stated.
- a closed plane curve resulting from the intersection of a circular cone and a plane cutting completely through it
verb
noun
- a circular segment of a curve
- A curve.
- an angular or rounded shape made by folding
- curved segment (of a road or river or railroad track etc.)
- movement that causes the formation of a curve
- diagonal line traversing a shield from the upper right corner to the lower left
- (in the plural, medicine, underwater diving, with the) A severe condition caused by excessively quick decompression, causing bubbles of nitrogen to form in the blood; decompression sickness.
- (nautical, in the plural) The thickest and strongest planks in a ship's sides, more generally called wales, which have the beams, knees, and futtocks bolted to them.
- (nautical, in the plural) The frames or ribs that form the ship's body from the keel to the top of the sides.
- (music) A glissando, or glide between one pitch and another, especially one accomplished by bending a string (such as on guitar).
- (mining) Hard, indurated clay; bind.
- In the leather trade, the best quality of sole leather; a butt; sometimes, half a butt cut lengthwise.
- (heraldry) One of the honourable ordinaries formed by two diagonal lines drawn from the dexter chief to the sinister base; it generally occupies a fifth part of the shield if uncharged, but if charged one third.
- Any of the various knots which join the ends of two lines.
verb
- form a curve
- bend one's back forward from the waist on down
- change direction
- bend a joint
- cause (an object) to assume a crooked or angular form
- turn from a straight course, fixed direction, or line of interest
- (intransitive) To be inclined; to direct itself.
- (transitive, music) To smoothly change the pitch of a note.
- (transitive) To force to submit.
- (transitive) To adapt or interpret to for a purpose or beneficiary.
- (transitive) To cause to change direction.
- (transitive, nautical) To tie, as in securing a line to a cleat; to shackle a chain to an anchor; make fast.
- (intransitive) To become curved.
- (intransitive) To change direction.
- (intransitive) To bow in prayer, or in token of submission.
- (transitive) To apply to a task or purpose.
- (intransitive, usually with "down") To stoop.
- (transitive) To cause (something) to change its shape into a curve, by physical force, chemical action, or any other means.
- (intransitive) To submit.
- (intransitive) To apply oneself to a task or purpose.
- (intransitive, nautical) To swing the body when rowing.
noun
- a circular segment of a curve
- a long staff with one end being hook shaped
- someone who has committed a crime or has been legally convicted of a crime
- A bent or curved part; a curving piece or portion (of anything).
- A bishop's standard staff of office.
- A bending of the knee; a genuflection.
- A specialized staff with a semi-circular bend (a "hook") at one end used by shepherds to control their herds.
- A pothook.
- An artifice; a trick; a contrivance.
- A person who steals, lies, cheats or does other dishonest or illegal things; a criminal.
- A bend; turn; curve; curvature; a flexure.
- (music) A small tube, usually curved, applied to a trumpet, horn, etc., to change its pitch or key.
verb
adj
noun
- a circular segment of a curve
- a time period for working (after which you will be relieved by someone else)
- (sports) a division of a game during which one team is on the offensive
- a movement in a new direction
- a short performance that is part of a longer program
- (game) the activity of doing something in an agreed succession
- the act of turning away or in the opposite direction
- the act of changing or reversing the direction of the course
- a favor for someone
- taking a short walk out and back
- an unforeseen development
- turning or twisting around (in place)
- A fit or a period of giddiness.
- A movement of an object about its own axis in one direction that continues until the object returns to its initial orientation.
- (geometry) A unit of plane angle measurement based on this movement.
- A change in temperament or circumstance.
- A change of direction or orientation.
- A deed done to another; an act of kindness or malice.
- The transition from one period or era to another.
- One's chance to make a move in a game having two or more players.
- A walk to and fro.
- (soccer) An instance of going past an opposition player with the ball in one's control.
- (UK, finance, historical) The profit made by a stockjobber, being the difference between the buying and selling prices.
- A chance to use (something) shared in sequence with others.
- A figure in music, often denoted ~, consisting of the note above the one indicated, the note itself, the note below the one indicated, and the note itself again.
- (rope) A pass behind or through an object.
- A single loop of a coil.
- (poker) The fourth communal card in Texas hold 'em.
- Character; personality; nature.
- A spell of work, especially the time allotted to a person in a rota or schedule.
- (cricket) A sideways movement of the ball when it bounces (caused by rotation in flight).
- The time required to complete a project.
- (circus, theater, especially physical comedy) A short skit, act, or routine.
verb
- accomplish by rotating
- to break and turn over earth especially with a plow
- to send or let go
- pass to the other side of
- twist suddenly so as to sprain
- to change orientation or direction
- move around an axis or a center
- get by buying and selling
- channel one's attention, interest, thought, or attention toward or away from something
- let (something) fall or spill from a container
- alter the functioning or setting of
- undergo a transformation or a change of position or action
- cause to change or turn into something different;assume new characteristics
- shape by rotating on a lathe or cutting device or a wheel
- cause to move around or rotate
- pass into a condition gradually, take on a specific property or attribute; become
- become officially one year older
- go sour or spoil
- change to the contrary
- cause to move around a center so as to show another side of
- have recourse to or make an appeal or request for help or information to
- change color
- undergo a change or development
- cause (an object) to assume a crooked or angular form
- cause to move along an axis or into a new direction
- direct at someone
- (transitive, roleplaying games) To magically or divinely repel undead.
- (intransitive) To change the color of the leaves in the autumn.
- To change fundamentally; to metamorphose.
- (transitive, fantasy) To change (a person) into a vampire, werewolf, zombie, etc.
- (by extension) To give form to; to shape or mould; to adapt.
- (intransitive, fantasy) To transform into a vampire, werewolf, zombie, etc.
- (professional wrestling) To change personalities, such as from being a face (good guy) to heel (bad guy) or vice versa.
- To undergo the process of turning on a lathe.
- To be nauseated; said of the stomach.
- (transitive) To shape (something) symmetrically by rotating it against a stationary cutting tool, as on a lathe.
- (ambitransitive) To make or become giddy; said of the head or brain.
- (transitive, usually with over) To complete.
- (transitive, soccer) Of a player, to go past an opposition player with the ball in one's control.
- (intransitive) To change one's direction of travel.
- To sicken; to nauseate.
- (transitive) To direct or impel (something) into a place.
- (transitive) To twist or sprain.
- (obstetrics) To bring down the feet of a child in the womb, in order to facilitate delivery.
- (transitive, cricket) Of a bowler, to make (the ball) move sideways off the pitch when it bounces.
- (intransitive) To sour or spoil; to go bad.
- (intransitive, of a body, person, etc) To move about an axis through itself.
- (transitive, figuratively) To navigate through a book or other printed material.
- (transitive) To position (something) by folding it, or using its folds.
- To hinge; to depend.
- (transitive) To make acid or sour; to ferment; to curdle.
- (reflexive) To change one's course of action; to take a new approach.
- To rebel; to go against something formerly tolerated.
- (intransitive, cricket) Of a ball, to move sideways off the pitch when it bounces.
- (copulative) To become (often used with colors, clear sudden changes, weather and ages).
- (transitive, slang, sometimes offensive) To change the sexual orientation or gender of another person, or otherwise awaken a sexual preference.
- (transitive) To make (money); turn a profit.
- (transitive) To change the direction or orientation of, especially by rotation.
noun
- a circular segment of a curve
- any clever maneuver
- social dancing in which couples vigorously twist their hips and arms in time to the music; was popular in the 1960s
- a jerky pulling movement
- the act of rotating rapidly
- a sharp strain on muscles or ligaments
- a hairdo formed by braiding or twisting the hair
- an unforeseen development
- a sharp bend in a line produced when a line having a loop is pulled tight
- a miniature whirlpool or whirlwind resulting when the current of a fluid doubles back on itself
- turning or twisting around (in place)
- an interpretation of a text or action
- the act of winding or twisting
- A distortion to the meaning of a passage or word.
- The spiral course of the rifling of a gun barrel or a cannon.
- A type of thread made from two filaments twisted together.
- (preceded by definite article) A modern dance popular in Western culture in the late 1950s and 1960s, based on rotating the hips repeatedly from side to side. See Twist (dance) on Wikipedia for more details.
- A twisting force.
- A material for gun barrels, consisting of iron and steel twisted and welded together.
- The form given in twisting.
- Anything twisted, or the act of twisting.
- An unexpected turn in a story, tale, etc.
- (slang) A girl, a woman.
- A rotation of the body when diving.
- A roll or baton of baked dough or pastry in a twisted shape.
- A strong individual tendency or bent; inclination.
- The degree of stress or strain when twisted.
- Ellipsis of hair twist.
- A sudden bend (or short series of bends) in a road, path, etc.
- A sliver of lemon peel added to a cocktail, etc.
- A sprain, especially to the ankle.
- (countable, uncountable) A small roll of tobacco.
verb
- extend in curves and turns
- to move in a twisting or contorted motion, (especially when struggling)
- form into a spiral shape
- do the twist
- twist suddenly so as to sprain
- form into twists
- twist or pull violently or suddenly, especially so as to remove (something) from that to which it is attached or from where it originates
- practice sophistry; change the meaning of or be vague about in order to mislead or deceive
- turn in the opposite direction
- cause (an object) to assume a crooked or angular form
- To distort or change the truth or meaning of words when repeating.
- (transitive) To coax.
- To contort; to writhe; to complicate; to crook spirally; to convolve.
- (transitive) To cause to rotate.
- To turn the ends of something, usually thread, rope etc., in opposite directions, often using force.
- To join together by twining one part around another.
- (card games) In the game of blackjack (pontoon or twenty-one), to be dealt another card.
- (reflexive) To wind into; to insinuate.
- (intransitive) To dance the twist (a type of dance characterised by twisting one's hips).
- To turn a knob etc.
- (intransitive, of a path) To wind; to follow a bendy or wavy course; to have many bends.
- To form a twist (in any of the above noun meanings).
- To wreathe; to wind; to encircle; to unite by intertexture of parts.
- To injure (a body part) by bending it in the wrong direction.
noun
- A curve that more or less forms part or all of a circle.
- A territorial division or district.
- (cricket) A line comprising two semicircles of 30 yards radius centred on the wickets joined by straight lines parallel to the pitch used to enforce field restrictions in a one-day match.
- A series ending where it begins, and repeating itself.
- Any shape, curve or arrangement of objects that approximates to or resembles the geometric figures.
- (geometry) A two-dimensional geometric figure, a line, consisting of the set of all those points in a plane that are equally distant from a given point (center).
- (in the plural) A bagginess of the skin below the eyes from lack of sleep.
- (South Africa, Philippines, India, Dundee) A traffic circle or roundabout.
- (colloquial) A two-dimensional geometric figure, a disk, consisting of the set of all those points of a plane at a distance less than or equal to a fixed distance (radius) from a given point.
- (astronomy) An instrument of observation, whose graduated limb consists of an entire circle. When fixed to a wall in an observatory, it is called a mural circle; when mounted with a telescope on an axis and in Y's, in the plane of the meridian, a meridian or transit circle; when involving the principle of reflection, like the sextant, a reflecting circle; and when that of repeating an angle several times continuously along the graduated limb, a repeating circle.
- A specific group of persons; especially one who shares a common interest.
- Indirect form of words; circumlocution.
- Any thin three-dimensional equivalent of the geometric figures.
- The orbit of an astronomical body.
- (logic) A form of argument in which two or more unproved statements are used to prove each other; inconclusive reasoning.
- (Wicca) A ritual circle that is cast three times deosil and closes three times widdershins either in the air with a wand or literally with stones or other items used for worship.
- something approximating the shape of a circle
- a road junction at which traffic streams circularly around a central island
- an unofficial association of people or groups
- ellipse in which the two axes are of equal length; a plane curve generated by one point moving at a constant distance from a fixed point
- any circular or rotating mechanism
- a curved section or tier of seats in a hall or theater or opera house; usually the first tier above the orchestra
- street names for flunitrazepam
- movement once around a course
verb
- (transitive) To travel around along a curved path.
- (transitive) To surround.
- (intransitive, paganism) To take part in a magic circle.
- (intransitive) To travel in circles.
- (transitive) To place or mark a circle around.
- form or draw a circle around
- travel around something
- move in a circular path above (someone or something)
noun
- an undulating curve
- (physics) a movement up and down or back and forth
- wavelike motion; a gentle rising and falling in the manner of waves
- A wavy appearance or outline; waviness.
- A wavelike curve; a smooth and regular rise and fall.
- An instance or act of undulating.
- A wavelike motion of the air; electromagnetic radiation.
- (music) A tremulous tone produced by a peculiar pressure of the finger on a string.
noun
- an undulating curve
- A shape that alternatingly curves in opposite directions.
- a movement like that of a sudden occurrence or increase in a specified phenomenon
- (physics) a movement up and down or back and forth
- a persistent and widespread unusual weather condition (especially of unusual temperatures)
- something that rises rapidly
- a hairdo that creates undulations in the hair
- the act of signaling by a movement of the hand
- one of a series of ridges that moves across the surface of a liquid (especially across a large body of water)
- A loose back-and-forth movement, as of the hands.
- (video games, by extension) One of the successive swarms of enemies sent to attack the player in certain games.
- Any of a number of species of moths in the geometrid subfamily Sterrhinae, which have wavy markings on the wings.
- A moving disturbance in the level of a body of liquid; an undulation.
- (figurative) A sudden, but temporary, uptick in something.
- (poetic) The ocean.
- (usually "the wave") A group activity in a crowd imitating a wave going through water, where people in successive parts of the crowd stand and stretch upward, then sit.
- (logistics) Any of a series of orders to be fulfilled in one short interval of time, planned as part of wave picking.
- (figurative) A movement or trend in popular culture.
- (physics) A moving disturbance in the energy level of a field.
verb
- twist or roll into coils or ringlets
- set waves in
- signal with the hands or nod
- move in a wavy pattern or with a rising and falling motion
- move or swing back and forth
- (intransitive, ergative) To move like a wave, or by floating; to waft.
- (intransitive) To move one's hand back and forth (generally above the shoulders) in greeting or departure.
- (transitive) To style (the hair) so as to produce a wavy texture.
- (transitive, metonymic) To signal (someone or something) with a waving movement.
- (intransitive, baseball) To swing and miss at a pitch.
- To generate a wave.
- (intransitive) To move back and forth repeatedly and somewhat loosely.
- (transitive) To cause to move back and forth repeatedly.
- (intransitive) To have an undulating or wavy form.
- (transitive, metonymic) To call attention to, or give a direction or command to, by a waving motion, as of the hand; to signify by waving; to beckon; to signal; to indicate.
- (transitive) To raise into inequalities of surface; to give an undulating form or surface to.
noun
- A concave surface or curve.
- (gambling) A playing card made concave for use in cheating.
- (surfing) An indentation running along the base of a surfboard, intended to increase lift.
- (skateboarding) An indented area on the top of a skateboard, providing a position for foot placement and increasing board strength.
- (manufacturing) An element of a curved grid used to separate desirable material from tailings or chaff in mining and harvesting.
- The vault of the sky.
- One of the celestial spheres of the Ptolemaic or geocentric model of the world.
adj
- (geometry, not comparable, of a polygon) Not convex; having at least one internal angle greater than 180 degrees.
- Curved like the inner surface of a sphere or bowl.
- Hollow; empty.
- (functional analysis, not comparable, of a real-valued function on the reals) Satisfying the property that all segments connecting two points on the function's graph lie below the function.
- curving inward
verb
noun
- A curve or bend.
- A cloth which usually covers the head and is worn around the neck and chin. It was worn by women in medieval Europe and is still worn by nuns in certain orders.
- A ripple, as on the surface of water.
- A flag or streamer.
- A fold or pleat in cloth.
- headdress of cloth; worn over the head and around the neck and ears by medieval women
verb
noun
- Initialism of closed timelike curve.
- (rail transport) Initialism of Centralized (or Centralised) Traffic Control.
- Initialism of certified true copy.
- (medicine) Initialism of circulating tumor cell.
- (British, education) Initialism of city technology college.
- Initialism of child tax credit.
- an agency that helps the Director of Central Intelligence coordinate counterterrorist efforts in order to preempt and disrupt and defeat terrorist activities at the earliest possible stage
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phrase
verb
noun
- (mathematics) A surface generated by a closed curve (especially a circle) rotating about, but not intersecting or containing, an axis in its own plane.
- A ring-shaped solid object whose surface is a torus.
- the doughnut-shaped object enclosed by a torus
- a ring-shaped surface generated by rotating a circle around an axis that does not intersect the circle
noun
- (geometry) One of the portions of a curve that extends outwards to an indefinitely great distance.
- (graph theory) A path of vertices of degree 2, ending at vertices whose degree is not 2.
- An area in business or of knowledge, research.
- (nautical) A certificate given by Trinity House to a pilot qualified to take navigational control of a ship in British waters.
- (computing) A sequence of code that is conditionally executed.
- The woody part of a tree arising from the trunk and usually dividing.
- A line of family descent, in distinction from some other line or lines from the same stock; any descendant in such a line.
- A location of an organization with several locations.
- (chiefly Southern US) A creek or stream which flows into a larger river.
- Any of the parts of something that divides like the branch of a tree.
- (computing) A group of related files in a source control system, including for example source code, build scripts, and media such as images.
- (Mormonism) A local congregation of the LDS Church that is not large enough to form a ward; see Wikipedia article on ward in LDS church.
- (rail transport) A branch line.
- a natural consequence of development
- a division of a stem, or secondary stem arising from the main stem of a plant
- a division of some larger or more complex organization
- any projection that is thought to resemble a human arm
- a stream or river connected to a larger one
- a part of a forked or branching shape
verb
- (intransitive) To arise from the trunk or a larger branch of a tree.
- (transitive, colloquial) To discipline (a union member) at a branch meeting.
- (intransitive, computing) To jump to a different location in a program, especially as the result of a conditional statement.
- (transitive) To strip of branches.
- (ambitransitive) To (cause to) divide into separate parts or subdivisions.
- (intransitive) To produce branches.
- grow and send out branches or branch-like structures
- divide into two or more branches so as to form a fork
noun
- (graph theory) A closed trail.
- The space enclosed within a circle, or within limits.
- The act of moving or revolving around, or as in a circle or orbit; a revolution
- (law) Abbreviation of circuit court.
- The counties at the fringes of the empire, usually with a non-Chinese population, from the Han to the Western Jin.
- The circumference of, or distance around, any space; the measure of a line around an area.
- Major provincial divisions from the Yuan to early Republican China.
- That which encircles anything, as a ring or crown.
- (theater) A set of theaters among which the same acts circulate; especially common in the heyday of vaudeville.
- (law) The jurisdiction of certain judges within a state or country, whether itinerant or not.
- The 10 or so major provinces of the empire from the Tang to the early Yuan.
- A chain of cinemas/movie theaters.
- (motor racing) A track on which a race is held; a racetrack
- (electricity) Enclosed path of an electric current, usually designed for a certain function.
- (Methodism) The basic grouping of local Methodist churches.
- A regular or appointed trip from place to place as part of one's job
- A single completion of all of the exercises in a circuit training regime.
- (Scientology) A thought that unconsciously goes round and round in a person's mind and controls that person.
- a journey or route all the way around a particular place or area
- an established itinerary of venues or events that a particular group of people travel to
- a racetrack for automobile races
- (law) a judicial division of a state or the United States (so-called because originally judges traveled and held court in different locations); one of the twelve groups of states in the United States that is covered by a particular circuit court of appeals
- the boundary line encompassing an area or object
- movement once around a course
- an electrical device that provides a path for electrical current to flow
verb
noun
- (graph theory) A closed trail.
- (sports, cycling) A street and road race, frequently multiday.
- (sports) A set of competitions which make up a championship.
- (sports, chiefly cricket and rugby) A trip taken to another country in which several matches are played.
- (snooker) A circuit of snooker tournaments
- A journey through a given list of places, such as by an entertainer performing concerts.
- A journey through a particular building, estate, country, etc.
- A guided visit to a particular place, or virtual place.
- (military) A tour of duty.
- a time period for working (after which you will be relieved by someone else)
- a journey or route all the way around a particular place or area
- a period of time spent in military service
verb
noun
- a curve that reverses the direction of something
- the action of perverting something (turning it to a wrong use)
- an aberrant sexual practice
- The action of perverting someone or something; humiliation; debasement.
- Distortion or corruption of the original course, meaning, or state of something.
- The state of being perverted; depravity; vice.
- (geometry) Tendril perversion.
- A sexual practice considered abnormal; sexual deviance.
noun
adj
noun
- a straight line connecting two points on a curve
- a combination of three or more notes that blend harmoniously when sounded together
- (engineering) A horizontal member of a truss.
- The string of a musical instrument.
- (aeronautics) The distance between the leading and trailing edge of a wing, measured in the direction of the normal airflow.
- (graph theory) An edge that is not part of a cycle but connects two vertices of the cycle.
- (rail transport) A section of subsidiary railway track that interconnects two primary tracks that cross at different levels, to permit traffic to flow between them.
- (music) A harmonic set of three or more notes that is heard as if sounding simultaneously.
- (nautical) An imaginary line from the luff of a sail to its leech.
- (geometry) A line segment between two points of a curve.
- (anatomy) A cord.
- (computing) A keyboard shortcut that involves two or more distinct keypresses, such as Ctrl+M followed by P.
verb
adj
noun
- (differential geometry) A straight line touching a curve at a single point without crossing it there.
- (mathematics) A function of an angle that gives the ratio of the sine to the cosine, in either the real or complex numbers. Symbols: tan, tg.
- A topic nearly unrelated to the main topic, but having a point in common with it.
- (art) A visual interaction between two or more lines or edges that creates a perceived relationship between them, often in a way that the artist did not intend.
- (music) A small metal blade in a clavichord that strikes the strings to produce sound.
- a straight line or plane that touches a curve or curved surface at a point but does not intersect it at that point
- ratio of the opposite to the adjacent side of a right-angled triangle
noun
- (mathematics) A non-self-intersecting closed curve in (e.g., three-dimensional) space that is an abstraction of a knot (in sense 1 above).
- The swelling of the bulbus glandis in members of the dog family, Canidae.
- The whorl left in lumber by the base of a branch growing out of the tree's trunk.
- (aviation) A unit of indicated airspeed, calibrated airspeed, or equivalent airspeed, which varies in its relation to the unit of speed so as to compensate for the effects of different ambient atmospheric conditions on aircraft performance.
- The point on which the action of a story depends; the gist of a matter.
- Local swelling in a tissue area, especially skin, often due to injury.
- A group of people or things.
- A bond of union; a connection; a tie.
- A kind of epaulet; a shoulder knot.
- One of a variety of shore birds; red-breasted sandpiper (variously Calidris canutus or Tringa canutus).
- (nautical) A nautical mile.
- (aviation, nautical) A unit of speed, equal to one nautical mile per hour.
- A tightened and contracted part of a muscle that feels like a hard lump under the skin.
- A looping of a piece of string or of any other long, flexible material that cannot be untangled without passing one or both ends of the material through its loops.
- (slang) The bulbus glandis.
- A protuberant joint in a plant.
- A tangled clump of hair or similar.
- Any knob, lump, swelling, or protuberance.
- (engineering) A node (point at which the lines of a funicular machine meet from different angular directions)
- A difficult situation.
- A maze-like pattern.
- any of various fastenings formed by looping and tying a rope (or cord) upon itself or to another rope or to another object
- soft lump or unevenness in a yarn; either an imperfection or created by design
- (of ships and wind) a unit of speed equal to one nautical mile per hour or about 1.15 statute miles per hour
- a hard cross-grained round piece of wood in a board where a branch emerged
- a sandpiper that breeds in the Arctic and winters in the Southern Hemisphere
- a tight cluster of people or things
- something twisted and tight and swollen
verb
- (transitive) To form wrinkles in the forehead, as a sign of concentration, concern, surprise, etc.
- To unite closely; to knit together.
- (intransitive) To form knots.
- (transitive) To form into a knot; to tie with a knot or knots.
- (intransitive) To knit knots for a fringe.
- tie or fasten into a knot
- make into knots; make knots out of
- tangle or complicate
noun
- (graph theory) A closed walk or path, with or without repeated vertices allowed.
- An interval of space or time in which one set of events or phenomena is completed.
- An age; a long period of time.
- A pedal-powered vehicle, such as a unicycle, bicycle, or tricycle, or a motorized vehicle that has either two or three wheels.
- A process that returns to its beginning and then repeats itself in the same sequence.
- A complete rotation of anything.
- A series of poems, songs or other works of art, typically longer than a trilogy.
- (topology, algebraic topology) A chain whose boundary is zero.
- A programme on a washing machine, dishwasher, or other such device.
- (botany) One entire round in a circle or a spire.
- (weaponry) A discharge of a taser.
- (aviation) One take-off and landing of an aircraft, referring to a pressurisation cycle which places stresses on the fuselage.
- (usually plural) A hertz; cycle per second.
- An orderly list for a given time; a calendar.
- (sports) A scheduled period of time of weeks or months wherein a performance-enhancing substance or, by extension, supplement is applied, to be followed by another one where it is not or the dosage is lower.
- (baseball) A single, a double, a triple, and a home run hit by the same player in the same game.
- The members of the sequence formed by such a process.
- An imaginary circle or orbit in the heavens; one of the celestial spheres.
- (specifically and now usually) A bicycle.
- a wheeled vehicle that has two wheels and is moved by foot pedals
- a periodically repeated sequence of events
- the unit of frequency; one hertz has a periodic interval of one second (named for Heinrich Rudolph Hertz)
- a series of poems or songs on the same theme
- a single complete execution of a periodically repeated phenomenon
- an interval during which a recurring sequence of events occurs
verb
- (electronics) To turn power off and back on
- To ride a bicycle or other cycle.
- To go through a cycle or to put through a cycle.
- (ice hockey) To maintain a team's possession of the puck in the offensive zone by handling and passing the puck in a loop from the boards near the goal up the side boards and passing to back to the boards near the goal
- cause to go through a recurring sequence
- ride a motorcycle
- ride a bicycle
- recur in repeating sequences
- pass through a cycle
noun
- a curved shape in the vertical plane that spans an opening
- a curved bony structure supporting or enclosing organs (especially the inner sides of the feet)
- a passageway under a curved masonry construction
- (architecture) a masonry construction (usually curved) for spanning an opening and supporting the weight above it
- Any place covered by an arch; an archway.
- (architecture) An architectural element having the shape of an arch
- (anatomy) The curved part of the bottom of a foot.
- (video games) Synonym of god (“person who owns and runs a multi-user dungeon”).
- An inverted U shape.
- (electronics, operating systems) An architecture; a computer architecture or instruction set architecture.
- A natural arch-shaped opening in a rock mass.
- An arch-shaped arrangement of trapezoidal stones, designed to redistribute downward force outward.
adj
verb
noun
- A curve, in general.
- a continuous portion of a circle
- (narratology) Ellipsis of story arc.
- (mathematics) A continuous mapping from a real interval (typically [0, 1]) into a space.
- (graph theory) A directed edge.
- (geometry) A continuous part of the circumference of a circle (circular arc) or of another curve.
- A band contained within parallel curves, or something of that shape.
- (astronomy) That part of a circle which a heavenly body appears to pass through as it moves above and below the horizon.
- (electrics) A flow of current across an insulating medium; especially a hot, luminous discharge either between two electrodes or as lightning.
- (film) An arclight.
- (by extension, Internet slang) A period or phase in a person's life.
- (basketball, slang) The three-point line.
- something curved in shape
- electrical conduction through a gas in an applied electric field
verb
noun
- A turn; a bend; a fold; a curve.
- (astronomy) The small distortion of an astronomical instrument caused by the weight of its parts; the amount to be added or subtracted from the observed readings of the instrument to correct them for this distortion.
- The act of bending or flexing; flexion.
- (anatomy) A curve or bend in a tubular organ.
- (zoology) The last joint, or bend, of the wing of a bird.
- (engineering) A part of a machine designed to bend in operation.
- an angular or rounded shape made by folding
- the state of being flexed (as of a joint)
- act of bending a joint; especially a joint between the bones of a limb so that the angle between them is decreased
verb
noun
- a circular segment of a curve
- A curve.
- an angular or rounded shape made by folding
- curved segment (of a road or river or railroad track etc.)
- movement that causes the formation of a curve
- diagonal line traversing a shield from the upper right corner to the lower left
- (in the plural, medicine, underwater diving, with the) A severe condition caused by excessively quick decompression, causing bubbles of nitrogen to form in the blood; decompression sickness.
- (nautical, in the plural) The thickest and strongest planks in a ship's sides, more generally called wales, which have the beams, knees, and futtocks bolted to them.
- (nautical, in the plural) The frames or ribs that form the ship's body from the keel to the top of the sides.
- (music) A glissando, or glide between one pitch and another, especially one accomplished by bending a string (such as on guitar).
- (mining) Hard, indurated clay; bind.
- In the leather trade, the best quality of sole leather; a butt; sometimes, half a butt cut lengthwise.
- (heraldry) One of the honourable ordinaries formed by two diagonal lines drawn from the dexter chief to the sinister base; it generally occupies a fifth part of the shield if uncharged, but if charged one third.
- Any of the various knots which join the ends of two lines.
verb
- form a curve
- bend one's back forward from the waist on down
- change direction
- bend a joint
- cause (an object) to assume a crooked or angular form
- turn from a straight course, fixed direction, or line of interest
- (intransitive) To be inclined; to direct itself.
- (transitive, music) To smoothly change the pitch of a note.
- (transitive) To force to submit.
- (transitive) To adapt or interpret to for a purpose or beneficiary.
- (transitive) To cause to change direction.
- (transitive, nautical) To tie, as in securing a line to a cleat; to shackle a chain to an anchor; make fast.
- (intransitive) To become curved.
- (intransitive) To change direction.
- (intransitive) To bow in prayer, or in token of submission.
- (transitive) To apply to a task or purpose.
- (intransitive, usually with "down") To stoop.
- (transitive) To cause (something) to change its shape into a curve, by physical force, chemical action, or any other means.
- (intransitive) To submit.
- (intransitive) To apply oneself to a task or purpose.
- (intransitive, nautical) To swing the body when rowing.
verb
- form a curve
- exhibit the strength of
- contract
- bend a joint
- cause (an object) to assume a crooked or angular form
- (transitive, slang) To boast or brag about; to flaunt (something).
- (transitive) To repeatedly bend one of one's joints.
- (intransitive) To tighten the muscles for display of size or strength.
- (transitive) To move part of the body using one's muscles.
- (transitive, chiefly physics or biomechanics) To bend something.
- (intransitive, slang) To flaunt one's superiority; to show off.
noun
- the act of flexing
- (countable) An act of flexing.
- (uncountable, chiefly UK, Ireland) Any flexible insulated electrical wiring.
- (uncountable) Flexibility, pliancy.
- (countable, geometry) A point of inflection.
- (countable) A flexible insulated electrical cord.
- (uncountable) Flexible ductwork, typically flexible plastic over a metal wire coil to shape a tube.
- (countable, slang) An act or instance of flaunting something; a boast or brag; something considered impressive.
noun
- a circular segment of a curve
- any clever maneuver
- social dancing in which couples vigorously twist their hips and arms in time to the music; was popular in the 1960s
- a jerky pulling movement
- the act of rotating rapidly
- a sharp strain on muscles or ligaments
- a hairdo formed by braiding or twisting the hair
- an unforeseen development
- a sharp bend in a line produced when a line having a loop is pulled tight
- a miniature whirlpool or whirlwind resulting when the current of a fluid doubles back on itself
- turning or twisting around (in place)
- an interpretation of a text or action
- the act of winding or twisting
- A distortion to the meaning of a passage or word.
- The spiral course of the rifling of a gun barrel or a cannon.
- A type of thread made from two filaments twisted together.
- (preceded by definite article) A modern dance popular in Western culture in the late 1950s and 1960s, based on rotating the hips repeatedly from side to side. See Twist (dance) on Wikipedia for more details.
- A twisting force.
- A material for gun barrels, consisting of iron and steel twisted and welded together.
- The form given in twisting.
- Anything twisted, or the act of twisting.
- An unexpected turn in a story, tale, etc.
- (slang) A girl, a woman.
- A rotation of the body when diving.
- A roll or baton of baked dough or pastry in a twisted shape.
- A strong individual tendency or bent; inclination.
- The degree of stress or strain when twisted.
- Ellipsis of hair twist.
- A sudden bend (or short series of bends) in a road, path, etc.
- A sliver of lemon peel added to a cocktail, etc.
- A sprain, especially to the ankle.
- (countable, uncountable) A small roll of tobacco.
verb
- extend in curves and turns
- to move in a twisting or contorted motion, (especially when struggling)
- form into a spiral shape
- do the twist
- twist suddenly so as to sprain
- form into twists
- twist or pull violently or suddenly, especially so as to remove (something) from that to which it is attached or from where it originates
- practice sophistry; change the meaning of or be vague about in order to mislead or deceive
- turn in the opposite direction
- cause (an object) to assume a crooked or angular form
- To distort or change the truth or meaning of words when repeating.
- (transitive) To coax.
- To contort; to writhe; to complicate; to crook spirally; to convolve.
- (transitive) To cause to rotate.
- To turn the ends of something, usually thread, rope etc., in opposite directions, often using force.
- To join together by twining one part around another.
- (card games) In the game of blackjack (pontoon or twenty-one), to be dealt another card.
- (reflexive) To wind into; to insinuate.
- (intransitive) To dance the twist (a type of dance characterised by twisting one's hips).
- To turn a knob etc.
- (intransitive, of a path) To wind; to follow a bendy or wavy course; to have many bends.
- To form a twist (in any of the above noun meanings).
- To wreathe; to wind; to encircle; to unite by intertexture of parts.
- To injure (a body part) by bending it in the wrong direction.
verb
- extend in curves and turns
- form an arch or curve
- bend or cause to bend
- form a curl, curve, or kink
- turn sharply; change direction abruptly
- (transitive) To bend; to crook.
- (transitive) To grade on a curve (bell curve of a normal distribution).
- (intransitive) To bend or turn gradually from a given direction.
- (transitive) To cause to swerve from a straight course.
- (transitive, slang) To reject, to turn down romantic advances.
noun
- a pitch of a baseball that is thrown with spin so that its path curves as it approaches the batter
- curved segment (of a road or river or railroad track etc.)
- a line on a graph representing data
- the trace of a point whose direction of motion changes
- the property possessed by the curving of a line or surface
- (informal, usually in the plural) The attractive shape of a woman's body.
- (algebraic geometry) An algebraic curve; a polynomial relation of the planar coordinates.
- (analytic geometry) A continuous map from a one-dimensional space to a multidimensional space.
- (topology) A one-dimensional continuum.
- (geometry) A one-dimensional figure of non-zero length; the graph of a continuous map from a one-dimensional space.
- A gentle bend, such as in a road.
- A simple figure containing no straight portions and no angles; a curved line.
- (nonstandard, by extension) A grading system where all raw scores are raised by a set amount of points.
- A grading system based on the scale of performance of a group used to normalize a right-skewed grade distribution (with more lower scores) into a bell curve, so that more can receive higher grades, regardless of their actual knowledge of the subject.
verb
- extend in curves and turns
- form into a wreath
- raise or haul up with or as if with mechanical help
- to move or cause to move in a sinuous, spiral, or circular course
- coil the spring of (some mechanical device) by turning a stem
- arrange or coil around
- catch the scent of; get wind of
- (transitive) To have complete control over; to turn and bend at one's pleasure; to vary or alter at will; to regulate; to govern.
- (transitive) To cause (someone) to become breathless, as by a blow to the abdomen, or by physical exertion, running, etc.
- (transitive) To expose to the wind; to winnow; to ventilate.
- (transitive) To entwist; to enfold; to encircle.
- (transitive) To perceive or follow by scent.
- (transitive) To rest (a horse, etc.) in order to allow the breath to be recovered; to breathe.
- (transitive) To cause to move by exerting a winding force; to haul or hoist as by a winch.
- (transitive, British) To cause a baby to bring up wind by patting its back after being fed.
- (transitive) To turn a windmill so that its sails face into the wind.
- (transitive) To tighten the spring of a clockwork mechanism.
- (transitive, British) To turn a boat or ship around, so that the wind strikes it on the opposite side.
- (intransitive) To travel or follow a path with numerous curves.
- (transitive) To blow air through a wind instrument or horn to make a sound.
- (transitive) To turn coils (of a cord or something similar) around something.
- (transitive) To introduce by insinuation; to insinuate.
- (transitive) To cover or surround with something coiled about.
- (transitive, nautical) To turn (a ship) around, end for end.
noun
- a reflex that expels intestinal gas through the anus
- a musical instrument in which the sound is produced by an enclosed column of air that is moved by bellows or the human breath
- air moving (sometimes with considerable force) from an area of high pressure to an area of low pressure
- a tendency or force that influences events
- empty rhetoric or insincere or exaggerated talk
- an indication of potential opportunity
- breath
- the act of winding or twisting
- A bird, the dotterel.
- (figurative) Mere breath or talk; empty effort; idle words.
- Breath modulated by the respiratory and vocal organs, or by an instrument.
- (figurative) News of an event, especially by hearsay or gossip.
- (figurative) A tendency or trend.
- (philosophy, alchemy) One of the four elements of the ancient Greeks and Romans; air.
- (music) The woodwind section of an orchestra. Occasionally also used to include the brass section.
- A disease of sheep, in which the intestines are distended with air, or rather affected with a violent inflammation. It occurs immediately after shearing.
- (countable, uncountable) Real or perceived movement of atmospheric air usually caused by convection or differences in air pressure.
- Air artificially put in motion by any force or action.
- (music) A woodwind instrument. Occasionally also used to describe a brass instrument.
- (boxing, slang) The region of the solar plexus, where a blow may paralyze the diaphragm and cause temporary loss of breath or other injury.
- One of the five basic elements in Indian and Japanese models of the Classical elements.
- (countable, uncountable) The ability to breathe easily.
- (uncountable, colloquial) Flatus.
- A direction from which the wind may blow; a point of the compass; especially, one of the cardinal points.
- Types of playing-tile in the game of mah-jongg, named after the four winds.
- Ellipsis of wind power (“source of electricity”)
- The act of winding or turning; a turn; a bend; a twist.
verb
- (intransitive) To become shaped into a curve.
- (intransitive) To turn and attack someone or something (used with on).
- (with "out") To finish; to complete; to fill out; see also round out.
- To grow round or full; hence, to attain to fullness, completeness, or perfection.
- (medicine, colloquial) To do ward rounds.
- (transitive) To turn past a boundary.
- (transitive) To shape something into a curve.
- To encircle; to encompass.
- (transitive, baseball) To advance to home plate.
- (transitive, intransitive) To approximate (a number, especially a decimal number) by the closest whole number, or some other close number, especially a whole number of hundreds, thousands, etc.; see also round down, round up.
- (transitive) To go round, pass, go past.
- make round
- become round, plump, or shapely
- pronounce with rounded lips
- express as a round number
- wind around; move along a circular course
- attack in speech or writing
- bring to a highly developed, finished, or refined state
adj
- Circular or cylindrical; having a circular cross-section in one direction.
- Complete, whole, not lacking.
- Outspoken; plain and direct; unreserved; not mincing words.
- Returning to its starting point.
- Finished; polished; not defective or abrupt; said of authors or their writing style.
- (phonetics) Pronounced with the lips drawn together; rounded.
- Spherical; shaped like a ball; having a circular cross-section in more than one direction.
- (architecture) Vaulted.
- Lacking sharp angles; having gentle curves.
- Plump.
- (authorship, of a fictional character) Well-written and well-characterized; complex and reminiscent of a real person.
- Loosely or approximately circular.
- Large in magnitude.
- (of a number) Convenient for rounding other numbers to; for example, ending in a zero.
- (of sounds) full and rich
- having the shape or form of a circle
- (mathematics) expressed to the nearest integer, ten, hundred, or thousand
adv
noun
- Rotation, as in office; succession.
- A brewer's vessel in which the fermentation is concluded, the yeast escaping through the bunghole.
- (sports) One of the specified pre-determined segments of the total time of a sport event, such as a boxing or wrestling match, during which contestants compete before being signaled to stop.
- A series of changes or events ending where it began; a series of like events recurring in continuance; a cycle; a periodical revolution.
- A general outburst from a group of people at an event.
- (butchery) The hindquarters of a bovine; a round of beef.
- A course of action or conduct performed by a number of persons in turn, or one after another, as if seated in a circle.
- A general discharge of firearms by a body of troops in which each soldier fires once.
- (engineering, drafting, CAD) A rounded relief or cut at an edge, especially an outside edge, added for a finished appearance and to soften sharp edges.
- A firearm cartridge, bullet, or any individual ammunition projectile. Originally referring to the spherical projectile ball of a smoothbore firearm. Compare round shot and solid shot.
- (UK) One slice of bread.
- A strip of material with a circular face that covers an edge, gap, or crevice for decorative, sanitary, or security purposes.
- (art) A long-bristled, circular-headed paintbrush used in oil and acrylic painting.
- (countable, music) A song that is sung by groups of people with each subset of people starting at a different time.
- A circular or repetitious route.
- (sports) In some sports, e.g. golf or showjumping: one complete way around the course.
- A crosspiece that joins and braces the legs of a chair.
- A circular dance.
- (nautical) A round-top.
- A series of duties or tasks which must be performed in turn, and then repeated.
- A serving of something; a portion of something to each person in a group.
- (card games) The play after each deal.
- One sandwich (two full slices of bread with filling).
- (sports) A stage in a competition.
- An assembly; a group; a circle.
- (video games) A stage or level of a game.
- A circular or spherical object or part of an object.
- A single individual portion or dose of medicine.
- (sports) a division of a game during which one team is on the offensive
- a regular route for a sentry or policeman
- an outburst of applause
- any circular or rotating mechanism
- the course along which communications spread
- the activity of playing 18 holes of golf
- a partsong in which voices follow each other; one voice starts and others join in one after another until all are singing different parts of the song at the same time
- a cut of beef between the rump and the lower leg
- a charge of ammunition for a single shot
- (often plural) a series of professional calls (usually in a set order)
- a serving to each of a group (usually alcoholic)
- a crosspiece between the legs of a chair
- the usual activities in your day
- an interval during which a recurring sequence of events occurs
prep
adj
noun
- (differential geometry) A straight line touching a curve at a single point without crossing it there.
- (mathematics) A function of an angle that gives the ratio of the sine to the cosine, in either the real or complex numbers. Symbols: tan, tg.
- A topic nearly unrelated to the main topic, but having a point in common with it.
- (art) A visual interaction between two or more lines or edges that creates a perceived relationship between them, often in a way that the artist did not intend.
- (music) A small metal blade in a clavichord that strikes the strings to produce sound.
- a straight line or plane that touches a curve or curved surface at a point but does not intersect it at that point
- ratio of the opposite to the adjacent side of a right-angled triangle
adj
- of a function or curve; extending without break or irregularity
- continuing in time or space without interruption
- Without intervening space; continued.
- (grammar) Expressing an ongoing action or state.
- (mathematics, more generally, of a function between two topological spaces) Such that each open set in the target space has an open preimage (in the domain space, with respect to the given function).
- (botany) Not deviating or varying from uniformity; not interrupted; not joined or articulated.
- Without stopping; without a break, cessation, or interruption.
- (mathematical analysis, of a function) Such that, for every x in the domain, for each small open interval D about f(x), there's an interval containing x whose image is in D.
adj
- free from curves or angles
- in keeping with the facts
- not homosexual
- (of hair) having no waves or curls
- neatly arranged; not disorderly
- rigidly conventional or old-fashioned
- without evasion or compromise
- no longer coiled
- erect in posture
- (of an alcoholic drink) without water
- following a correct or logical method
- having no deviations
- successive (without a break)
- characterized by honesty and fairness
- accurately fitted; level
- Perfectly horizontal or vertical; not diagonal or oblique.
- (telegraphy, historical, of a telegram) Sent at a full rate for immediate delivery; being a fast telegram.
- (informal, of people, reciprocal) On good terms.
- Free from dishonesty; honest, law-abiding.
- (tennis) Describing the sets in a match of which the winner did not lose a single set.
- (colloquial) Conventional; mainstream; socially acceptable.
- Of spirits: undiluted, unmixed; neat.
- (engineering, of an internal-combustion engine) Having all cylinders in a single straight line; in-line.
- In a row, in unbroken sequence; consecutive.
- (cricket) Describing the bat as held so as not to incline to either side; on, or near a line running between the two wickets.
- (colloquial) Not using alcohol, drugs, etc.
- (of a path, trajectory, etc.) Direct, undeviating.
- Not crooked, curly, or bent; having a constant direction throughout its length.
- (slang) Thorough; utter; unqualified.
- (colloquial) Heterosexual.
- Direct in communication; unevasive, straightforward.
- (informal, of a person) OK, all right, fine; in a good state or situation.
- (fashion) Not plus size; thin.
- In proper order; as it should be.
- (colloquial, of a romantic or sexual relation) Occurring between people of opposite sex (sometimes, but not always, specifically between heterosexual people).
- (rare, now chiefly religion) Strait; narrow.
- (sciences, mathematics) Concerning the property allowing the parallel transport of vectors along a course that keeps tangent vectors remain as such throughout that course (a course which is straight, a straight curve, is a geodesic).
- Serious rather than comedic.
- (slang, sex work) Related to conventional sexual intercourse.
- (US, politics) Making no exceptions or deviations in one's support of the organization and candidates of a political party.
- (US, politics) Containing the names of all the regularly nominated candidates of a single party and no others.
noun
- a person having a sexual orientation to persons of the opposite sex
- a poker hand with 5 consecutive cards (regardless of suit)
- a straight segment of a roadway or racecourse
- A chiropractor who relies solely on spinal adjustment, with no other treatments.
- (slang) A normal person; someone in mainstream society.
- (slang) A cigarette, particularly one containing tobacco instead of marijuana.
- (colloquial) A heterosexual.
- A cat that has straight ears despite belonging to a breed that often has folded ears.
- (poker) Five cards in sequence.
- Something that is not crooked or bent such as a part of a road or track.
adv
- without deviation
- in a straight line; in a direct course
- in a forthright manner; candidly or frankly
- Of a direction relative to the subject, precisely; as if following a direct line.
- Directly; without pause, delay or detour.
- Continuously; without interruption or pause.
- Of speech or information, without prevarication or holding back; directly; straightforwardly; plainly.