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noun
- (especially automotive) Part of a differential gear assembly that holds gears and their bearings.
- Ellipsis of aircraft carrier.
- (telecommunications) A mobile network operator; wireless carrier.
- (art, manufacturing) A liquid or gas used as a medium for another substance.
- (physics, electronics) A charge carrier.
- A person or object that carries someone or something else.
- (UK) Ellipsis of carrier bag.
- (science fiction, by extension) A starship designed to carry starfighters
- (aviation) A certified airline.
- A movable piece in a planetary gear train.
- A person or company in the business of shipping freight.
- A carrier pigeon.
- A spool holder or bobbin holder in a braiding machine.
- (genetics, pathology) A person or other organism that has a genetic trait, mutation or infection liable to cause a disease, but displays no symptoms.
- A signal such as radio, sound, or light that is modulated to transmit information.
- A movable piece in magazine guns which transfers the cartridge to a position from which it can be thrust into the barrel.
- (chemistry) A catalyst or other intermediary in a chemical reaction.
- A piece which communicates to an object in a lathe the motion of the faceplate; a lathe dog.
- an inactive substance that is a vehicle for a radioactive tracer of the same substance and that assists in its recovery after some chemical reaction
- (genetics) an organism that possesses a recessive gene whose effect is masked by a dominant allele; the associated trait is not apparent but can be passed on to offspring
- a self-propelled wheeled vehicle designed specifically to carry something
- a rack attached to a vehicle; for carrying luggage or skis or the like
- a radio wave that can be modulated in order to transmit a signal
- a person who delivers the mail
- a person or firm in the business of transporting people or goods or messages
- a boy who delivers newspapers
- (medicine) a person (or animal) who has some pathogen to which they are immune but who can pass it on to others
- someone whose employment involves carrying something
- a large warship that carries planes and has a long flat deck for takeoffs and landings
noun
- a mechanical device for engaging and disengaging gears
- a stagehand responsible for moving scenery
- (linguistics) A word whose meaning changes depending on the situation, as by deixis.
- A shiftworker.
- (nautical) An assistant to the ship's cook in washing, soaking, and shifting the salt provisions.
- (cycling) A component used by the rider to control the gearing mechanisms and select the desired gear ratio, usually connected to the derailleur by a mechanical actuation cable.
- (engineering) A control device (usually a lever or button) for shifting gears in a gearbox, or an arrangement for shifting a belt sidewise from one pulley to another.
- (mining, historical) A person employed to repair the horseways and other passages, and keep them unobstructed.
- One who, or that which, shifts or changes.
- (mythology, science fiction, fantasy) A shape-shifter; a person or other being capable of changing their physical form, especially a lycanthrope.
- (spirituality) Ellipsis of reality shifter.
- (engineering, textiles) A wire for changing a loop from one needle to another, as in narrowing, etc.
- (US, Pennsylvania) A switcher or shunter: a railroad locomotive used for shunting.
- (especially Australia) A spanner with an adjustable jaw size.
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- the gears by which the motion of a machine can be reversed
- a relation of direct opposition
- turning in the opposite direction
- (American football) a running play in which a back running in one direction hands the ball to a back running in the opposite direction
- an unfortunate happening that hinders or impedes; something that is thwarting or frustrating
- the side of a coin or medal that does not bear the principal design
- (surgery) A turn or fold made in bandaging, by which the direction of the bandage is changed.
- The act of going backwards; a reversal.
- A piece of misfortune; a setback.
- (graph theory) Synonym of transpose.
- (numismatics) The tails side of a coin, or the side of a medal or badge that is opposite the obverse.
- The opposite of something.
- A thrust in fencing made with a backward turn of the hand; a backhanded stroke.
- The side of something facing away from a viewer, or from what is considered the front; the other side.
- The gear setting of an automobile that makes it travel backwards. (Denoted with symbol R on a shifter's labeling.)
adj
- of the transmission gear causing backward movement in a motor vehicle
- reversed (turned backward) in order or nature or effect
- directed or moving toward the rear
- (rail transport, of points) To be in the non-default position; to be set for the lesser-used route.
- (botany) Reversed.
- Pertaining to engines, vehicle movement etc. moving in a direction opposite to the usual direction.
- Opposite, contrary; going in the opposite direction.
- Turned upside down; greatly disturbed.
- (genetics) In which cDNA synthetization is obtained from an RNA template.
verb
- turn inside out or upside down
- cancel officially
- change to the contrary
- rule against
- reverse the position, order, relation, or condition of
- (chemistry) To change the direction of a reaction such that the products become the reactants and vice-versa.
- (transitive) To turn something around so that it faces the opposite direction or runs in the opposite sequence.
- (transitive) To change totally; to alter to the opposite.
- (rail transport, intransitive, of points) To move from the normal position to the reverse position.
- (law) To revoke a law, or to change a decision into its opposite.
- (computing) Ellipsis of reverse-engineer.
- (transitive) To transpose the positions of two things.
- (aviation, transitive) To engage reverse thrust on (an engine).
- (rail transport, transitive) To place (a set of points) in the reverse position.
- (ergative, transport) To cause a mechanism to operate or move in the opposite direction to normal; to drive a vehicle in the direction the driver has the back.
- To overthrow; to subvert.
- (transitive) To turn something inside out or upside down.
noun
- the gears by which the motion of a machine can be reversed
- A gear fitted to a machine which allows it to run in the direction opposite to normal operation.
- A gear (setting) in a vehicle's transmission which, when selected, makes the vehicle move backward. (Denoted with symbol R on a shifter's labeling.)
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- (of gears or cogs) in contact and in operation
- (architecture, of a column) attached to a wall or sunk into it halfway
- Having agreed to marry a particular person (one's fiancé or fiancée) or each other.
- Synonym of engagé (“passionately committed to a cause”).
- Greatly interested.
- (military) being attacked or attacking
- (medicine, of a foetus) Having the widest part of its presenting part, usually the head, enter the pelvic brim or inlet.
- Busy or employed.
- (British) (of a telephone) Already involved in a telephone call when a third party calls.
- (used of toothed parts or gears) interlocked and interacting
- built against or attached to a wall
- having ones attention or mind or energy engaged
- pledged to be married
- involved in military hostilities
- reserved in advance
- (of facilities such as telephones or lavatories) unavailable for use by anyone else or indicating unavailability; (‘engaged’ is a British term for a busy telephone line)
- having services contracted for
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- (uncountable) Ellipsis of third gear (of a gearbox).
- the third from the lowest forward ratio gear in the gear box of a motor vehicle
- One of three equal parts of a whole.
- (baseball) third base
- A third-class degree, awarded to the lowest achievers in an honours degree programme
- (music) An interval consisting of the first and third notes in a scale.
- The person or thing in the third position.
- (golf) A handicap of one stroke every third hole.
- the base that must be touched third by a base runner in baseball
- following the second position in an ordering or series
- the musical interval between one note and another three notes away from it
- the fielding position of the player on a baseball team who is stationed near the third of the bases in the infield (counting counterclockwise from home plate)
- one of three equal parts of a divisible whole
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- To remove or disable the gears (transmission or interlocking gears).
- (accounting) To calculate the net value of assets after removing both debt and the projected cost of interest on borrowed capital.
- To remove one's gear (special equipment).
- (finance) To reduce one's debt by selling off assets, especially those that were acquired with borrowed money.
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- one of a number of uniform projections on a gear
- something resembling the tooth of an animal
- a means of enforcement
- toothlike structure in invertebrates found in the mouth or alimentary canal or on a shell
- hard bonelike structures in the jaws of vertebrates; used for biting and chewing or for attack and defense
- (algebraic geometry) An irreducible component of a comb that intersects the handle in exactly one point, that point being distinct from the unique point of intersection for any other tooth of the comb.
- (figurative) Liking, fondness (compare toothsome).
- (animation) The rough surface of some kinds of cel or other films that allows better adhesion of artwork.
- A hard, calcareous structure present in the mouth of many vertebrate animals, generally used for biting and chewing food.
- (zoology) A projection or point in other parts of the body resembling the tooth of a vertebrate animal.
- Of a rope, the stickiness when in contact with another rope as in a knot.
- (botany) A pointed projection from the margin of a leaf.
- A sharp projection on the blade of a saw or similar implement.
- A projection on the edge of a gear that meshes with similar projections on adjacent gears, or on the circumference of a cog that engages with a chain.
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- A pair of gears, consisting of a circular pinion that engages with the teeth of a flat bar, that converts rotational into linear motion; used in the steering mechanism of cars, and in some railways.
- a wheel gear (the pinion) meshes with a toothed rack; converts rotary to reciprocating motion (and vice versa)
- A type of steering that uses such a gear arrangement: Ellipsis of rack and pinion steering.
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- (US) The gear mechanism in a motor vehicle.
- (historical) A type of women's undergarment of dress length worn under dresses or skirts, a slip or chemise.
- (music) In violin-playing, any position of the left hand except that nearest the nut.
- (computing) A control code or character used to change between different character sets.
- An act of shifting; a slight movement or change.
- (baseball) An infield shift.
- A movement to do something, a beginning.
- (construction) The extent, or arrangement, of the overlapping of plank, brick, stones, etc., that are placed in courses so as to break joints.
- (computing) An instance of the use of such a code or character.
- A simple straight-hanging, loose-fitting dress.
- A period of time in which one's consciousness resides in another reality, usually achieved through meditation or other means.
- Alternative spelling of Shift (“a modifier button of computer keyboards”).
- (British slang) be done; ruined
- (Ireland, crude slang, often with the definite article, usually uncountable) The act of kissing passionately.
- (genetics) A mutation in which the DNA or RNA from two different sources (such as viruses or bacteria) combine.
- A change of workers, now specifically a set group of workers or period of working time.
- (mining) A breaking off and dislocation of a seam; a fault.
- (computing) A bit shift.
- a qualitative change
- the act of moving from one place to another
- an event in which something is displaced without rotation
- a woman's sleeveless undergarment
- the act of changing one thing or position for another
- (geology) a crack in the earth's crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other
- a crew of workers who work for a specific period of time
- the key on the typewriter keyboard that shifts from lower-case letters to upper-case letters
- a loose-fitting dress hanging straight from the shoulders without a waist
- the time period during which you are at work
verb
- (transitive, sometimes figurative) To move from one place to another; to redistribute.
- (typewriters) To move the keys of a typewriter over in order to type capital letters or special characters.
- (ergative, figurative) To change in form or character; switch.
- (computer keyboards) To switch to a character entry mode for capital letters or special characters.
- (intransitive) To use meditation or other means to change the reality that one's consciousness resides in.
- (intransitive, India) To change residence; to leave and live elsewhere.
- (transitive, computing) To manipulate a binary number by moving all of its digits left or right; compare rotate.
- (Ireland, vulgar, slang, transitive) To engage in sexual petting with.
- (intransitive) To practice indirect or evasive methods; to contrive.
- (intransitive) To hurry; to move quickly.
- (intransitive) To change gears (in an automobile).
- (Minecraft, video games) To crouch in game, especially if the shift key is pressed to initiate crouching.
- (Nigeria, slang) To steal or kidnap.
- (transitive, computing) To remove (the first value from an array).
- (transitive) To dispose of, remove.
- (intransitive, sometimes reflexive and figurative) To change position; to move.
- (intransitive, music) In violin-playing, to move the left hand from its original position next to the nut.
- change gears
- change place or direction
- move around
- make a shift in or exchange of
- change in quality
- move very slightly
- move and exchange for another
- use a shift key on a keyboard
- move abruptly
- move sideways or in an unsteady way
- lay aside, abandon, or leave for another
- change phonetically as part of a systematic historical change
- move from one setting or context to another
noun
- tooth on the rim of gear wheel
- a subordinate who performs an important but routine function
- An unimportant individual in a greater system.
- Alternative form of cogue (“wooden vessel for milk”).
- (carpentry) A projection or tenon at the end of a beam designed to fit into a matching opening of another piece of wood to form a joint.
- (historical) The hypothetical precursor ship type of the above said to be in use during the early Middle Ages, variously alleged to be Frisian or Scandinavian.
- (mining) One of the rough pillars of stone or coal left to support the roof of a mine.
- A trick or deception; a falsehood.
- A gear; especially, a cogwheel.
- (historical) A partially clinker-built, flat-bottomed, square-rigged mediaeval ship of burden or war, with a round, bulky hull and a single mast, typically 15 to 25 meters in length, in use from ca. 1150 to 1500.
- (physics) Initialism of center of gravity
- (by extension) A small fishing boat.
- A tooth on a gear.
verb
- roll steel ingots
- join pieces of wood with cogs
- To load (a die) so that it can be used to cheat.
- To furnish with a cog or cogs.
- To seduce, or draw away, by adulation, artifice, or falsehood; to wheedle; to cozen; to cheat.
- To plagiarize.
- To obtrude or thrust in, by falsehood or deception; to palm off.
- To cheat; to play or gamble fraudulently.
- (intransitive) Of an electric motor or generator, to snap preferentially to certain positions when not energized.
noun
- tooth on the rim of gear wheel
- thin wheel with teeth that engage with a chain
- roller that has teeth on the rims to pull film or paper through
- (architecture) A flared extension at the base of a sloped roof.
- A placeholder name for an unnamed, unspecified, or hypothetical manufactured good or product.
- (mechanical engineering) A toothed wheel that enmeshes with a chain or other perforated band.
- (usually in the plural) The tooth of such a wheel.
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- a machine for driving rivets
- a worker who inserts and hammers rivets
- (metalworking, construction) A person whose job is to rivet.
- (specifically, for solid rivets) A gunner; the member of a riveting team who uses a rivet gun, fitted with a rivet set which matches the shape of the factory head of a solid rivet, to impact that rivet (which is heated if necessary to soften it), while the bucker (or holder-up) holds a heavy bucking bar against the bucktail of the rivet, upsetting it to form the field head. If the rivets have to be heated, the team will also include a cook and a catcher; see rivet for more details.
- A tool used to fix rivets.
noun
- (automotive) Ellipsis of gearbox.
- (baseball) The rectangle in which the batter stands.
- (music, slang) A musical instrument, especially one made from boxwood.
- (fencing) A device used in electric fencing to detect whether a weapon has struck an opponent, which connects to a fencer's weapon by a spool and body wire. It uses lights and sound to notify a hit, with different coloured lights for on target and off target hits.
- (geometry, by extension) A rectangular object in any number of dimensions.
- (slang) A cell used for solitary confinement.
- A cuboid container and its contents; as much as fills such a container.
- A cuboid space; a cuboid container, often with a hinged lid.
- (Australia) An evergreen tree of the genus Lophostemon (for example, box scrub, Brisbane box, brush box, pink box, or Queensland box, Lophostemon confertus).
- (juggling) A pattern usually performed with three balls where the movements of the balls make a boxlike shape.
- A compartment to sit inside in an auditorium, courtroom, theatre, or other building.
- The wood from a box tree: boxwood.
- A blow with the fist.
- (lacrosse, informal) Ellipsis of box lacrosse (“indoor form of lacrosse”).
- (rail transport) Ellipsis of signal box.
- (colloquial, chiefly UK, Ireland) Short for squeeze box (“accordion or concertina”)
- Ellipsis of horsebox (“container for transporting horses”).
- (cricket) A hard protector for the genitals worn inside the underpants by a batsman or close fielder.
- (colloquial, chiefly Southern US) A stringed instrument with a soundbox, especially a guitar.
- A compartment or receptacle for receiving items.
- A numbered receptacle at a newspaper office for anonymous replies to advertisements; see also box number.
- (slang, preceded by the) The television.
- Any of various evergreen shrubs or trees of genus Buxus, especially common box, European box, or boxwood (Buxus sempervirens) which is often used for making hedges and topiary.
- (figuratively) A predicament or trap.
- (slang) A prison cell.
- (aviation) A diamond-shaped flying formation consisting of four aircraft.
- A compartment (as a drawer) of an item of furniture used for storage, such as a cupboard, a shelf, etc.
- (automotive) Ellipsis of stashbox.
- (Australia) Various species of Eucalyptus trees are popularly called various kinds of boxes, on the basis of the nature of their wood, bark, or appearance for example, drooping box (Eucalyptus bicolor), shiny-leaved box (Eucalyptus tereticornis), black box, or ironbark box trees.
- A rectangle: an oblong or a square.
- (motor racing) An area in the pit where the car is repaired and refueled.
- (genetics) One of two specific regions in a promoter.
- (soccer) The penalty area.
- (computing, slang) A computer, or the case in which it is housed.
- The driver’s seat on a horse-drawn coach.
- (engineering) A cylindrical casing around the axle of a wheel, a bearing, a gland, etc.
- (slang) A gym dedicated to the CrossFit exercise program.
- A small rectangular shelter.
- (cricket) Synonym of gully (“a certain fielding position”).
- (euphemistic) A coffin.
- (slang, vulgar) The vagina.
- the quantity contained in a box
- separate partitioned area in a public place for a few people
- a rectangular drawing
- evergreen shrubs or small trees
- a (usually rectangular) container; may have a lid
- any one of several designated areas on a ball field where the batter or catcher or coaches are positioned
- private area in a theater or grandstand where a small group can watch the performance
- a blow with the hand (usually on the ear)
- the driver's seat on a coach
- a predicament from which a skillful or graceful escape is impossible
verb
- (transitive) To strike with the fists; to punch.
- (motor racing) To enter the pit.
- (transitive) To mix two containers of paint of similar colour to ensure that the color is identical.
- (transitive) Usually followed by in: to surround and enclose in a way that restricts movement; to corner, to hem in.
- (transitive, object-oriented programming) To place a value of a primitive type into a casing object.
- (transitive, boxing) To fight against (a person) in a boxing match.
- (transitive, agriculture) To make an incision or hole in (a tree) for the purpose of procuring the sap.
- (transitive, architecture) To enclose with boarding, lathing, etc., so as to conceal (for example, pipes) or to bring to a required form.
- (transitive) To place inside a box; to pack in one or more boxes.
- (transitive, engineering) To furnish (for example, the axle of a wheel) with a box.
- (intransitive, stative, boxing) To participate in boxing; to be a boxer.
- (transitive, graphic design, printing) To enclose (images, text, etc.) in a box.
- put into a box
- hit with the fist
- engage in a boxing match
noun
- a pedal or lever that engages or disengages a rotating shaft and a driving mechanism
- a tense critical situation
- a woman's strapless purse that is carried in the hand
- a collection of things or persons to be handled together
- a coupling that connects or disconnects driving and driven parts of a driving mechanism
- the act of grasping
- a number of birds hatched at the same time
- The pedal in a car that disengages power and torque transmission from the engine (through the drivetrain) to the drive wheels.
- Any device for gripping an object, as at the end of a chain or tackle.
- A device to interrupt power transmission, commonly used to separate the engine and gearbox in a car.
- The claw of a predatory animal or bird.
- A group or bunch (of people or things).
- (US) An important or critical situation.
- A difficult maneuver.
- A small handbag or purse with no straps or handle.
- A brood of chickens or a sitting of eggs; a sitting.
- A fastener that attaches to the back of a tack pin to secure an accessory to clothing. (See Clutch (pin fastener).)
- (by extension) A grip, especially one seen as rapacious or evil.
verb
- affect
- hold firmly, usually with one's hands
- take into your hands deliberately
- (video games) To win despite being the only remaining player on one's team, against several opponents.
- (video games, by extension) To unexpectedly or luckily succeed in a difficult activity.
- (transitive) To hatch.
- (transitive) To seize, as though with claws.
- (transitive) To grip or grasp tightly.
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- The differential gear in an automobile, etc.
- (multivariable calculus) The Jacobian matrix of a function of several variables.
- (calculus, of a univariate differentiable function f(x)) A function giving the change in the linear approximation of f at a point x over a small interval Δx or operatorname d!x, the function being called the differential of f and denoted operatorname d!f(x,Δx), operatorname d!f(x), or simply operatorname d!f.
- Any of several generalizations of this concept to functions of several variables or to higher orders: the partial differential, total differential, Gateaux differential, etc.
- One of two coils of conducting wire so related to one another or to a magnet or armature common to both, that one coil produces polar action contrary to that of the other.
- A form of conductor used for dividing and distributing the current to a series of electric lamps so as to maintain equal action in all.
- (differential geometry, of a smooth map ϕ between smooth manifolds) The pushforward or total derivative of ϕ: a linear map from the tangent space at a point x in ϕ's domain to the tangent space at ϕ(x) which is, in a technical sense, the best linear approximation of ϕ at x; denoted operatorname d!ϕₓ.
- (mathematics) Any of several generalizations of the concept(s) above: e.g. the Kähler differential in the setting of schemes, the quadratic differential in the theory of Riemann surfaces, etc.
- (calculus) A quantity representing an infinitesimal change in a variable, now only used as a heuristic aid except in nonstandard analysis but considered rigorous until the 20th century; a fluxion in Newtonian calculus, now usually written in Leibniz's notation as operatorname d!x.
- A qualitative or quantitative difference between similar or comparable things.
- a quality that differentiates between similar things
- a bevel gear that permits rotation of two shafts at different speeds; used on the rear axle of automobiles to allow wheels to rotate at different speeds on curves
- the result of mathematical differentiation; the instantaneous change of one quantity relative to another; df(x)/dx
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- a gear position that acts as a parking brake
- a lot where cars are parked
- a piece of open land for recreational use in an urban area
- a large area of land preserved in its natural state as public property
- a facility in which ball games are played (especially baseball games)
- A tract of ground kept in its natural state, about or adjacent to a residence, such as for the preservation of game, for walking, riding, or the like.
- (Australia, New Zealand, colloquial) A space in which to leave a car; a parking space.
- (UK) An inventory of matériel.
- (automotive) The gear into which one shifts an automatic transmission when one is parking a car or truck. (Denoted with symbol P on a shifter's labeling.)
- A partially enclosed basin in which oysters are grown.
- An area zoned for a particular (industrial or commercial) purpose.
- An open space occupied by or reserved for vehicles, matériel or stores.
- (US) A wide, flat-bottomed valley in a mountainous region.
- A piece of ground in or near a city or town, enclosed and kept for ornament and recreation.
- An enclosed parcel of land stocked with animals for hunting, which one may have by prescription or royal grant.
- An area on which a sporting match is played; (soccer) a pitch.
verb
- maneuver a vehicle into a parking space
- place temporarily
- (transitive, finance) To invest money temporarily in an investment instrument considered to relatively free of risk, especially while awaiting other opportunities.
- (transitive, baseball) To hit a home run; to hit the ball out of the park.
- (intransitive, slang, US) To engage in romantic or sexual activities inside a nonmoving vehicle that was driven to a suitable spot for that purpose.
- (transitive) To bring (something such as a vehicle) to a halt or store in a specified place.
- (Internet) To register a domain name, but make no use of it (See domain parking)
- (transitive) To bring together in a park, or compact body.
- (transitive, informal, figurative) To defer (a matter) until a later date.
- (transitive, oyster culture) To enclose in a park, or partially enclosed basin.
- (transitive, informal, sometimes reflexive) To sit, recline, or put, especially in a manner suggesting an intent to remain for some time.
- (transitive) To enclose in a park, or as in a park.
noun
- An arrangement of bevel gears permitting the rotation of two shafts at two different speeds whilst supplying the same torque; used on the drive axles or between the driven wheels of automobiles to aid cornering.
- a bevel gear that permits rotation of two shafts at different speeds; used on the rear axle of automobiles to allow wheels to rotate at different speeds on curves
noun
- A rotary axis of a machine tool or power tool.
- A muscle spindle.
- Any long and slender stalk resembling a spindle from Euonymus.
- Any marine gastropod with a spindle-shaped shell formerly in one of the three invalid genera called Fusus.
- (biology) A cytoskeletal structure formed during mitosis.
- (computing) A plastic container for packaging optical discs such as CDs or DVDs, having a central column that passes through the central holes in the discs and keeps them in a stack.
- Any marine univalve shell of the genus Tibia; a spindle stromb.
- Certain of the species of the genus Euonymus, originally used for making the spindles used for spinning wool.
- A rod which turns, or on which something turns.
- A sleep spindle.
- (cycling) The axle of a bottom bracket.
- A yarn measure containing, in cotton yarn, 15,120 yards; in linen yarn, 14,400 yards.
- (geometry) A solid generated by the revolution of a curved line about its base or double ordinate or chord.
- An upright spike for holding paper documents by skewering.
- (coastal New Jersey) A dragonfly.
- (spinning) A rod used for spinning and then winding fibres (especially wool), usually consisting of a shaft and a circular whorl positioned at either the upper or lower end of the shaft when suspended vertically from the forming thread.
- The fusee of a watch.
- any holding device consisting of a rigid, sharp-pointed object
- (biology) tiny fibers that are seen in cell division; the fibers radiate from two poles and meet at the equator in the middle
- any of various rotating shafts that serve as axes for larger rotating parts
- a piece of wood that has been turned on a lathe; used as a baluster, chair leg, etc.
- a stick or pin used to twist the yarn in spinning
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- (aviation) The curvature of an airfoil.
- A slight convexity, arching or curvature of a surface of a road, beam, roof, ship's deck etc., so that liquids will flow off the sides.
- (architecture) An upward concavity in the underside of a beam, girder, or lintel; also, a slight upward concavity in a straight arch.
- The slope of a curved road created to minimize the effect of centrifugal force.
- (nautical) A small enclosed dock in which timber for masts (etc.) is kept to weather.
- (automotive) The alignment on the roll axis of the wheels of a road vehicle, where positive camber signifies that the wheels are closer together at the bottom than the top.
- the alignment of the wheels of a motor vehicle closer together at the bottom than at the top
- a slight convexity (as of the surface of a road)
- a slope in the turn of a road or track; the outside is higher than the inside in order to reduce the effects of centrifugal force
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- (especially automotive) Part of a differential gear assembly that holds gears and their bearings.
- Ellipsis of aircraft carrier.
- (telecommunications) A mobile network operator; wireless carrier.
- (art, manufacturing) A liquid or gas used as a medium for another substance.
- (physics, electronics) A charge carrier.
- A person or object that carries someone or something else.
- (UK) Ellipsis of carrier bag.
- (science fiction, by extension) A starship designed to carry starfighters
- (aviation) A certified airline.
- A movable piece in a planetary gear train.
- A person or company in the business of shipping freight.
- A carrier pigeon.
- A spool holder or bobbin holder in a braiding machine.
- (genetics, pathology) A person or other organism that has a genetic trait, mutation or infection liable to cause a disease, but displays no symptoms.
- A signal such as radio, sound, or light that is modulated to transmit information.
- A movable piece in magazine guns which transfers the cartridge to a position from which it can be thrust into the barrel.
- (chemistry) A catalyst or other intermediary in a chemical reaction.
- A piece which communicates to an object in a lathe the motion of the faceplate; a lathe dog.
- an inactive substance that is a vehicle for a radioactive tracer of the same substance and that assists in its recovery after some chemical reaction
- (genetics) an organism that possesses a recessive gene whose effect is masked by a dominant allele; the associated trait is not apparent but can be passed on to offspring
- a self-propelled wheeled vehicle designed specifically to carry something
- a rack attached to a vehicle; for carrying luggage or skis or the like
- a radio wave that can be modulated in order to transmit a signal
- a person who delivers the mail
- a person or firm in the business of transporting people or goods or messages
- a boy who delivers newspapers
- (medicine) a person (or animal) who has some pathogen to which they are immune but who can pass it on to others
- someone whose employment involves carrying something
- a large warship that carries planes and has a long flat deck for takeoffs and landings
noun
- a mechanical device for engaging and disengaging gears
- a stagehand responsible for moving scenery
- (linguistics) A word whose meaning changes depending on the situation, as by deixis.
- A shiftworker.
- (nautical) An assistant to the ship's cook in washing, soaking, and shifting the salt provisions.
- (cycling) A component used by the rider to control the gearing mechanisms and select the desired gear ratio, usually connected to the derailleur by a mechanical actuation cable.
- (engineering) A control device (usually a lever or button) for shifting gears in a gearbox, or an arrangement for shifting a belt sidewise from one pulley to another.
- (mining, historical) A person employed to repair the horseways and other passages, and keep them unobstructed.
- One who, or that which, shifts or changes.
- (mythology, science fiction, fantasy) A shape-shifter; a person or other being capable of changing their physical form, especially a lycanthrope.
- (spirituality) Ellipsis of reality shifter.
- (engineering, textiles) A wire for changing a loop from one needle to another, as in narrowing, etc.
- (US, Pennsylvania) A switcher or shunter: a railroad locomotive used for shunting.
- (especially Australia) A spanner with an adjustable jaw size.
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- the gears by which the motion of a machine can be reversed
- a relation of direct opposition
- turning in the opposite direction
- (American football) a running play in which a back running in one direction hands the ball to a back running in the opposite direction
- an unfortunate happening that hinders or impedes; something that is thwarting or frustrating
- the side of a coin or medal that does not bear the principal design
- (surgery) A turn or fold made in bandaging, by which the direction of the bandage is changed.
- The act of going backwards; a reversal.
- A piece of misfortune; a setback.
- (graph theory) Synonym of transpose.
- (numismatics) The tails side of a coin, or the side of a medal or badge that is opposite the obverse.
- The opposite of something.
- A thrust in fencing made with a backward turn of the hand; a backhanded stroke.
- The side of something facing away from a viewer, or from what is considered the front; the other side.
- The gear setting of an automobile that makes it travel backwards. (Denoted with symbol R on a shifter's labeling.)
adj
- of the transmission gear causing backward movement in a motor vehicle
- reversed (turned backward) in order or nature or effect
- directed or moving toward the rear
- (rail transport, of points) To be in the non-default position; to be set for the lesser-used route.
- (botany) Reversed.
- Pertaining to engines, vehicle movement etc. moving in a direction opposite to the usual direction.
- Opposite, contrary; going in the opposite direction.
- Turned upside down; greatly disturbed.
- (genetics) In which cDNA synthetization is obtained from an RNA template.
verb
- turn inside out or upside down
- cancel officially
- change to the contrary
- rule against
- reverse the position, order, relation, or condition of
- (chemistry) To change the direction of a reaction such that the products become the reactants and vice-versa.
- (transitive) To turn something around so that it faces the opposite direction or runs in the opposite sequence.
- (transitive) To change totally; to alter to the opposite.
- (rail transport, intransitive, of points) To move from the normal position to the reverse position.
- (law) To revoke a law, or to change a decision into its opposite.
- (computing) Ellipsis of reverse-engineer.
- (transitive) To transpose the positions of two things.
- (aviation, transitive) To engage reverse thrust on (an engine).
- (rail transport, transitive) To place (a set of points) in the reverse position.
- (ergative, transport) To cause a mechanism to operate or move in the opposite direction to normal; to drive a vehicle in the direction the driver has the back.
- To overthrow; to subvert.
- (transitive) To turn something inside out or upside down.
noun
- the gears by which the motion of a machine can be reversed
- A gear fitted to a machine which allows it to run in the direction opposite to normal operation.
- A gear (setting) in a vehicle's transmission which, when selected, makes the vehicle move backward. (Denoted with symbol R on a shifter's labeling.)
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- (uncountable) Ellipsis of third gear (of a gearbox).
- the third from the lowest forward ratio gear in the gear box of a motor vehicle
- One of three equal parts of a whole.
- (baseball) third base
- A third-class degree, awarded to the lowest achievers in an honours degree programme
- (music) An interval consisting of the first and third notes in a scale.
- The person or thing in the third position.
- (golf) A handicap of one stroke every third hole.
- the base that must be touched third by a base runner in baseball
- following the second position in an ordering or series
- the musical interval between one note and another three notes away from it
- the fielding position of the player on a baseball team who is stationed near the third of the bases in the infield (counting counterclockwise from home plate)
- one of three equal parts of a divisible whole
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- one of a number of uniform projections on a gear
- something resembling the tooth of an animal
- a means of enforcement
- toothlike structure in invertebrates found in the mouth or alimentary canal or on a shell
- hard bonelike structures in the jaws of vertebrates; used for biting and chewing or for attack and defense
- (algebraic geometry) An irreducible component of a comb that intersects the handle in exactly one point, that point being distinct from the unique point of intersection for any other tooth of the comb.
- (figurative) Liking, fondness (compare toothsome).
- (animation) The rough surface of some kinds of cel or other films that allows better adhesion of artwork.
- A hard, calcareous structure present in the mouth of many vertebrate animals, generally used for biting and chewing food.
- (zoology) A projection or point in other parts of the body resembling the tooth of a vertebrate animal.
- Of a rope, the stickiness when in contact with another rope as in a knot.
- (botany) A pointed projection from the margin of a leaf.
- A sharp projection on the blade of a saw or similar implement.
- A projection on the edge of a gear that meshes with similar projections on adjacent gears, or on the circumference of a cog that engages with a chain.
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- A pair of gears, consisting of a circular pinion that engages with the teeth of a flat bar, that converts rotational into linear motion; used in the steering mechanism of cars, and in some railways.
- a wheel gear (the pinion) meshes with a toothed rack; converts rotary to reciprocating motion (and vice versa)
- A type of steering that uses such a gear arrangement: Ellipsis of rack and pinion steering.
noun
- (US) The gear mechanism in a motor vehicle.
- (historical) A type of women's undergarment of dress length worn under dresses or skirts, a slip or chemise.
- (music) In violin-playing, any position of the left hand except that nearest the nut.
- (computing) A control code or character used to change between different character sets.
- An act of shifting; a slight movement or change.
- (baseball) An infield shift.
- A movement to do something, a beginning.
- (construction) The extent, or arrangement, of the overlapping of plank, brick, stones, etc., that are placed in courses so as to break joints.
- (computing) An instance of the use of such a code or character.
- A simple straight-hanging, loose-fitting dress.
- A period of time in which one's consciousness resides in another reality, usually achieved through meditation or other means.
- Alternative spelling of Shift (“a modifier button of computer keyboards”).
- (British slang) be done; ruined
- (Ireland, crude slang, often with the definite article, usually uncountable) The act of kissing passionately.
- (genetics) A mutation in which the DNA or RNA from two different sources (such as viruses or bacteria) combine.
- A change of workers, now specifically a set group of workers or period of working time.
- (mining) A breaking off and dislocation of a seam; a fault.
- (computing) A bit shift.
- a qualitative change
- the act of moving from one place to another
- an event in which something is displaced without rotation
- a woman's sleeveless undergarment
- the act of changing one thing or position for another
- (geology) a crack in the earth's crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other
- a crew of workers who work for a specific period of time
- the key on the typewriter keyboard that shifts from lower-case letters to upper-case letters
- a loose-fitting dress hanging straight from the shoulders without a waist
- the time period during which you are at work
verb
- (transitive, sometimes figurative) To move from one place to another; to redistribute.
- (typewriters) To move the keys of a typewriter over in order to type capital letters or special characters.
- (ergative, figurative) To change in form or character; switch.
- (computer keyboards) To switch to a character entry mode for capital letters or special characters.
- (intransitive) To use meditation or other means to change the reality that one's consciousness resides in.
- (intransitive, India) To change residence; to leave and live elsewhere.
- (transitive, computing) To manipulate a binary number by moving all of its digits left or right; compare rotate.
- (Ireland, vulgar, slang, transitive) To engage in sexual petting with.
- (intransitive) To practice indirect or evasive methods; to contrive.
- (intransitive) To hurry; to move quickly.
- (intransitive) To change gears (in an automobile).
- (Minecraft, video games) To crouch in game, especially if the shift key is pressed to initiate crouching.
- (Nigeria, slang) To steal or kidnap.
- (transitive, computing) To remove (the first value from an array).
- (transitive) To dispose of, remove.
- (intransitive, sometimes reflexive and figurative) To change position; to move.
- (intransitive, music) In violin-playing, to move the left hand from its original position next to the nut.
- change gears
- change place or direction
- move around
- make a shift in or exchange of
- change in quality
- move very slightly
- move and exchange for another
- use a shift key on a keyboard
- move abruptly
- move sideways or in an unsteady way
- lay aside, abandon, or leave for another
- change phonetically as part of a systematic historical change
- move from one setting or context to another
noun
- tooth on the rim of gear wheel
- a subordinate who performs an important but routine function
- An unimportant individual in a greater system.
- Alternative form of cogue (“wooden vessel for milk”).
- (carpentry) A projection or tenon at the end of a beam designed to fit into a matching opening of another piece of wood to form a joint.
- (historical) The hypothetical precursor ship type of the above said to be in use during the early Middle Ages, variously alleged to be Frisian or Scandinavian.
- (mining) One of the rough pillars of stone or coal left to support the roof of a mine.
- A trick or deception; a falsehood.
- A gear; especially, a cogwheel.
- (historical) A partially clinker-built, flat-bottomed, square-rigged mediaeval ship of burden or war, with a round, bulky hull and a single mast, typically 15 to 25 meters in length, in use from ca. 1150 to 1500.
- (physics) Initialism of center of gravity
- (by extension) A small fishing boat.
- A tooth on a gear.
verb
- roll steel ingots
- join pieces of wood with cogs
- To load (a die) so that it can be used to cheat.
- To furnish with a cog or cogs.
- To seduce, or draw away, by adulation, artifice, or falsehood; to wheedle; to cozen; to cheat.
- To plagiarize.
- To obtrude or thrust in, by falsehood or deception; to palm off.
- To cheat; to play or gamble fraudulently.
- (intransitive) Of an electric motor or generator, to snap preferentially to certain positions when not energized.
noun
- tooth on the rim of gear wheel
- thin wheel with teeth that engage with a chain
- roller that has teeth on the rims to pull film or paper through
- (architecture) A flared extension at the base of a sloped roof.
- A placeholder name for an unnamed, unspecified, or hypothetical manufactured good or product.
- (mechanical engineering) A toothed wheel that enmeshes with a chain or other perforated band.
- (usually in the plural) The tooth of such a wheel.
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- a machine for driving rivets
- a worker who inserts and hammers rivets
- (metalworking, construction) A person whose job is to rivet.
- (specifically, for solid rivets) A gunner; the member of a riveting team who uses a rivet gun, fitted with a rivet set which matches the shape of the factory head of a solid rivet, to impact that rivet (which is heated if necessary to soften it), while the bucker (or holder-up) holds a heavy bucking bar against the bucktail of the rivet, upsetting it to form the field head. If the rivets have to be heated, the team will also include a cook and a catcher; see rivet for more details.
- A tool used to fix rivets.
noun
- (automotive) Ellipsis of gearbox.
- (baseball) The rectangle in which the batter stands.
- (music, slang) A musical instrument, especially one made from boxwood.
- (fencing) A device used in electric fencing to detect whether a weapon has struck an opponent, which connects to a fencer's weapon by a spool and body wire. It uses lights and sound to notify a hit, with different coloured lights for on target and off target hits.
- (geometry, by extension) A rectangular object in any number of dimensions.
- (slang) A cell used for solitary confinement.
- A cuboid container and its contents; as much as fills such a container.
- A cuboid space; a cuboid container, often with a hinged lid.
- (Australia) An evergreen tree of the genus Lophostemon (for example, box scrub, Brisbane box, brush box, pink box, or Queensland box, Lophostemon confertus).
- (juggling) A pattern usually performed with three balls where the movements of the balls make a boxlike shape.
- A compartment to sit inside in an auditorium, courtroom, theatre, or other building.
- The wood from a box tree: boxwood.
- A blow with the fist.
- (lacrosse, informal) Ellipsis of box lacrosse (“indoor form of lacrosse”).
- (rail transport) Ellipsis of signal box.
- (colloquial, chiefly UK, Ireland) Short for squeeze box (“accordion or concertina”)
- Ellipsis of horsebox (“container for transporting horses”).
- (cricket) A hard protector for the genitals worn inside the underpants by a batsman or close fielder.
- (colloquial, chiefly Southern US) A stringed instrument with a soundbox, especially a guitar.
- A compartment or receptacle for receiving items.
- A numbered receptacle at a newspaper office for anonymous replies to advertisements; see also box number.
- (slang, preceded by the) The television.
- Any of various evergreen shrubs or trees of genus Buxus, especially common box, European box, or boxwood (Buxus sempervirens) which is often used for making hedges and topiary.
- (figuratively) A predicament or trap.
- (slang) A prison cell.
- (aviation) A diamond-shaped flying formation consisting of four aircraft.
- A compartment (as a drawer) of an item of furniture used for storage, such as a cupboard, a shelf, etc.
- (automotive) Ellipsis of stashbox.
- (Australia) Various species of Eucalyptus trees are popularly called various kinds of boxes, on the basis of the nature of their wood, bark, or appearance for example, drooping box (Eucalyptus bicolor), shiny-leaved box (Eucalyptus tereticornis), black box, or ironbark box trees.
- A rectangle: an oblong or a square.
- (motor racing) An area in the pit where the car is repaired and refueled.
- (genetics) One of two specific regions in a promoter.
- (soccer) The penalty area.
- (computing, slang) A computer, or the case in which it is housed.
- The driver’s seat on a horse-drawn coach.
- (engineering) A cylindrical casing around the axle of a wheel, a bearing, a gland, etc.
- (slang) A gym dedicated to the CrossFit exercise program.
- A small rectangular shelter.
- (cricket) Synonym of gully (“a certain fielding position”).
- (euphemistic) A coffin.
- (slang, vulgar) The vagina.
- the quantity contained in a box
- separate partitioned area in a public place for a few people
- a rectangular drawing
- evergreen shrubs or small trees
- a (usually rectangular) container; may have a lid
- any one of several designated areas on a ball field where the batter or catcher or coaches are positioned
- private area in a theater or grandstand where a small group can watch the performance
- a blow with the hand (usually on the ear)
- the driver's seat on a coach
- a predicament from which a skillful or graceful escape is impossible
verb
- (transitive) To strike with the fists; to punch.
- (motor racing) To enter the pit.
- (transitive) To mix two containers of paint of similar colour to ensure that the color is identical.
- (transitive) Usually followed by in: to surround and enclose in a way that restricts movement; to corner, to hem in.
- (transitive, object-oriented programming) To place a value of a primitive type into a casing object.
- (transitive, boxing) To fight against (a person) in a boxing match.
- (transitive, agriculture) To make an incision or hole in (a tree) for the purpose of procuring the sap.
- (transitive, architecture) To enclose with boarding, lathing, etc., so as to conceal (for example, pipes) or to bring to a required form.
- (transitive) To place inside a box; to pack in one or more boxes.
- (transitive, engineering) To furnish (for example, the axle of a wheel) with a box.
- (intransitive, stative, boxing) To participate in boxing; to be a boxer.
- (transitive, graphic design, printing) To enclose (images, text, etc.) in a box.
- put into a box
- hit with the fist
- engage in a boxing match
noun
- a pedal or lever that engages or disengages a rotating shaft and a driving mechanism
- a tense critical situation
- a woman's strapless purse that is carried in the hand
- a collection of things or persons to be handled together
- a coupling that connects or disconnects driving and driven parts of a driving mechanism
- the act of grasping
- a number of birds hatched at the same time
- The pedal in a car that disengages power and torque transmission from the engine (through the drivetrain) to the drive wheels.
- Any device for gripping an object, as at the end of a chain or tackle.
- A device to interrupt power transmission, commonly used to separate the engine and gearbox in a car.
- The claw of a predatory animal or bird.
- A group or bunch (of people or things).
- (US) An important or critical situation.
- A difficult maneuver.
- A small handbag or purse with no straps or handle.
- A brood of chickens or a sitting of eggs; a sitting.
- A fastener that attaches to the back of a tack pin to secure an accessory to clothing. (See Clutch (pin fastener).)
- (by extension) A grip, especially one seen as rapacious or evil.
verb
- affect
- hold firmly, usually with one's hands
- take into your hands deliberately
- (video games) To win despite being the only remaining player on one's team, against several opponents.
- (video games, by extension) To unexpectedly or luckily succeed in a difficult activity.
- (transitive) To hatch.
- (transitive) To seize, as though with claws.
- (transitive) To grip or grasp tightly.
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- The differential gear in an automobile, etc.
- (multivariable calculus) The Jacobian matrix of a function of several variables.
- (calculus, of a univariate differentiable function f(x)) A function giving the change in the linear approximation of f at a point x over a small interval Δx or operatorname d!x, the function being called the differential of f and denoted operatorname d!f(x,Δx), operatorname d!f(x), or simply operatorname d!f.
- Any of several generalizations of this concept to functions of several variables or to higher orders: the partial differential, total differential, Gateaux differential, etc.
- One of two coils of conducting wire so related to one another or to a magnet or armature common to both, that one coil produces polar action contrary to that of the other.
- A form of conductor used for dividing and distributing the current to a series of electric lamps so as to maintain equal action in all.
- (differential geometry, of a smooth map ϕ between smooth manifolds) The pushforward or total derivative of ϕ: a linear map from the tangent space at a point x in ϕ's domain to the tangent space at ϕ(x) which is, in a technical sense, the best linear approximation of ϕ at x; denoted operatorname d!ϕₓ.
- (mathematics) Any of several generalizations of the concept(s) above: e.g. the Kähler differential in the setting of schemes, the quadratic differential in the theory of Riemann surfaces, etc.
- (calculus) A quantity representing an infinitesimal change in a variable, now only used as a heuristic aid except in nonstandard analysis but considered rigorous until the 20th century; a fluxion in Newtonian calculus, now usually written in Leibniz's notation as operatorname d!x.
- A qualitative or quantitative difference between similar or comparable things.
- a quality that differentiates between similar things
- a bevel gear that permits rotation of two shafts at different speeds; used on the rear axle of automobiles to allow wheels to rotate at different speeds on curves
- the result of mathematical differentiation; the instantaneous change of one quantity relative to another; df(x)/dx
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- a gear position that acts as a parking brake
- a lot where cars are parked
- a piece of open land for recreational use in an urban area
- a large area of land preserved in its natural state as public property
- a facility in which ball games are played (especially baseball games)
- A tract of ground kept in its natural state, about or adjacent to a residence, such as for the preservation of game, for walking, riding, or the like.
- (Australia, New Zealand, colloquial) A space in which to leave a car; a parking space.
- (UK) An inventory of matériel.
- (automotive) The gear into which one shifts an automatic transmission when one is parking a car or truck. (Denoted with symbol P on a shifter's labeling.)
- A partially enclosed basin in which oysters are grown.
- An area zoned for a particular (industrial or commercial) purpose.
- An open space occupied by or reserved for vehicles, matériel or stores.
- (US) A wide, flat-bottomed valley in a mountainous region.
- A piece of ground in or near a city or town, enclosed and kept for ornament and recreation.
- An enclosed parcel of land stocked with animals for hunting, which one may have by prescription or royal grant.
- An area on which a sporting match is played; (soccer) a pitch.
verb
- maneuver a vehicle into a parking space
- place temporarily
- (transitive, finance) To invest money temporarily in an investment instrument considered to relatively free of risk, especially while awaiting other opportunities.
- (transitive, baseball) To hit a home run; to hit the ball out of the park.
- (intransitive, slang, US) To engage in romantic or sexual activities inside a nonmoving vehicle that was driven to a suitable spot for that purpose.
- (transitive) To bring (something such as a vehicle) to a halt or store in a specified place.
- (Internet) To register a domain name, but make no use of it (See domain parking)
- (transitive) To bring together in a park, or compact body.
- (transitive, informal, figurative) To defer (a matter) until a later date.
- (transitive, oyster culture) To enclose in a park, or partially enclosed basin.
- (transitive, informal, sometimes reflexive) To sit, recline, or put, especially in a manner suggesting an intent to remain for some time.
- (transitive) To enclose in a park, or as in a park.
noun
- An arrangement of bevel gears permitting the rotation of two shafts at two different speeds whilst supplying the same torque; used on the drive axles or between the driven wheels of automobiles to aid cornering.
- a bevel gear that permits rotation of two shafts at different speeds; used on the rear axle of automobiles to allow wheels to rotate at different speeds on curves
noun
- A rotary axis of a machine tool or power tool.
- A muscle spindle.
- Any long and slender stalk resembling a spindle from Euonymus.
- Any marine gastropod with a spindle-shaped shell formerly in one of the three invalid genera called Fusus.
- (biology) A cytoskeletal structure formed during mitosis.
- (computing) A plastic container for packaging optical discs such as CDs or DVDs, having a central column that passes through the central holes in the discs and keeps them in a stack.
- Any marine univalve shell of the genus Tibia; a spindle stromb.
- Certain of the species of the genus Euonymus, originally used for making the spindles used for spinning wool.
- A rod which turns, or on which something turns.
- A sleep spindle.
- (cycling) The axle of a bottom bracket.
- A yarn measure containing, in cotton yarn, 15,120 yards; in linen yarn, 14,400 yards.
- (geometry) A solid generated by the revolution of a curved line about its base or double ordinate or chord.
- An upright spike for holding paper documents by skewering.
- (coastal New Jersey) A dragonfly.
- (spinning) A rod used for spinning and then winding fibres (especially wool), usually consisting of a shaft and a circular whorl positioned at either the upper or lower end of the shaft when suspended vertically from the forming thread.
- The fusee of a watch.
- any holding device consisting of a rigid, sharp-pointed object
- (biology) tiny fibers that are seen in cell division; the fibers radiate from two poles and meet at the equator in the middle
- any of various rotating shafts that serve as axes for larger rotating parts
- a piece of wood that has been turned on a lathe; used as a baluster, chair leg, etc.
- a stick or pin used to twist the yarn in spinning
verb
verb
- To remove or disable the gears (transmission or interlocking gears).
- (accounting) To calculate the net value of assets after removing both debt and the projected cost of interest on borrowed capital.
- To remove one's gear (special equipment).
- (finance) To reduce one's debt by selling off assets, especially those that were acquired with borrowed money.
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noun
- (aviation) The curvature of an airfoil.
- A slight convexity, arching or curvature of a surface of a road, beam, roof, ship's deck etc., so that liquids will flow off the sides.
- (architecture) An upward concavity in the underside of a beam, girder, or lintel; also, a slight upward concavity in a straight arch.
- The slope of a curved road created to minimize the effect of centrifugal force.
- (nautical) A small enclosed dock in which timber for masts (etc.) is kept to weather.
- (automotive) The alignment on the roll axis of the wheels of a road vehicle, where positive camber signifies that the wheels are closer together at the bottom than the top.
- the alignment of the wheels of a motor vehicle closer together at the bottom than at the top
- a slight convexity (as of the surface of a road)
- a slope in the turn of a road or track; the outside is higher than the inside in order to reduce the effects of centrifugal force
Nessuna parola corrispondente trovata. Prova una descrizione più ampia.
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- (of gears or cogs) in contact and in operation
- (architecture, of a column) attached to a wall or sunk into it halfway
- Having agreed to marry a particular person (one's fiancé or fiancée) or each other.
- Synonym of engagé (“passionately committed to a cause”).
- Greatly interested.
- (military) being attacked or attacking
- (medicine, of a foetus) Having the widest part of its presenting part, usually the head, enter the pelvic brim or inlet.
- Busy or employed.
- (British) (of a telephone) Already involved in a telephone call when a third party calls.
- (used of toothed parts or gears) interlocked and interacting
- built against or attached to a wall
- having ones attention or mind or energy engaged
- pledged to be married
- involved in military hostilities
- reserved in advance
- (of facilities such as telephones or lavatories) unavailable for use by anyone else or indicating unavailability; (‘engaged’ is a British term for a busy telephone line)
- having services contracted for
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noun
- the gears by which the motion of a machine can be reversed
- a relation of direct opposition
- turning in the opposite direction
- (American football) a running play in which a back running in one direction hands the ball to a back running in the opposite direction
- an unfortunate happening that hinders or impedes; something that is thwarting or frustrating
- the side of a coin or medal that does not bear the principal design
- (surgery) A turn or fold made in bandaging, by which the direction of the bandage is changed.
- The act of going backwards; a reversal.
- A piece of misfortune; a setback.
- (graph theory) Synonym of transpose.
- (numismatics) The tails side of a coin, or the side of a medal or badge that is opposite the obverse.
- The opposite of something.
- A thrust in fencing made with a backward turn of the hand; a backhanded stroke.
- The side of something facing away from a viewer, or from what is considered the front; the other side.
- The gear setting of an automobile that makes it travel backwards. (Denoted with symbol R on a shifter's labeling.)
adj
- of the transmission gear causing backward movement in a motor vehicle
- reversed (turned backward) in order or nature or effect
- directed or moving toward the rear
- (rail transport, of points) To be in the non-default position; to be set for the lesser-used route.
- (botany) Reversed.
- Pertaining to engines, vehicle movement etc. moving in a direction opposite to the usual direction.
- Opposite, contrary; going in the opposite direction.
- Turned upside down; greatly disturbed.
- (genetics) In which cDNA synthetization is obtained from an RNA template.
verb
- turn inside out or upside down
- cancel officially
- change to the contrary
- rule against
- reverse the position, order, relation, or condition of
- (chemistry) To change the direction of a reaction such that the products become the reactants and vice-versa.
- (transitive) To turn something around so that it faces the opposite direction or runs in the opposite sequence.
- (transitive) To change totally; to alter to the opposite.
- (rail transport, intransitive, of points) To move from the normal position to the reverse position.
- (law) To revoke a law, or to change a decision into its opposite.
- (computing) Ellipsis of reverse-engineer.
- (transitive) To transpose the positions of two things.
- (aviation, transitive) To engage reverse thrust on (an engine).
- (rail transport, transitive) To place (a set of points) in the reverse position.
- (ergative, transport) To cause a mechanism to operate or move in the opposite direction to normal; to drive a vehicle in the direction the driver has the back.
- To overthrow; to subvert.
- (transitive) To turn something inside out or upside down.