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noun
- medium for radio and television broadcasting
- A television or radio signal; (by extension) media broadcasts in general.
- a mixture of gases (especially oxygen) required for breathing; the stuff that the wind consists of
- the mass of air surrounding the Earth
- a distinctive but intangible quality surrounding a person or thing
- the region above the ground
- a succession of notes forming a distinctive sequence
- a slight wind (usually refreshing)
- travel via aircraft
- once thought to be one of four elements composing the universe (Empedocles), associated with the humour blood
- (uncountable, usually with the) The apparently open space above the ground which this substance fills, (historical) formerly thought to be limited by the firmament but (meteorology) now considered to be surrounded by the near-vacuum of outer space.
- (uncountable, loosely) The substance of the atmosphere on a planet other than Earth.
- (uncountable) The substance constituting Earth's atmosphere: a gaseous mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and various trace gases.
- A breeze; a gentle wind.
- The substance of the atmosphere seen as an agency of freshness.
- (historical, philosophy, alchemy) One of the four elements of the ancient Greeks and Romans.
- (countable, uncountable) An air conditioning system.
- (uncountable, snowboarding, skateboarding, motor sports) The state of being briefly airborne during a jump.
- A feeling or sense.
- (informal) Nothing; absence of anything.
- A sense of poise, graciousness, or quality.
- (music) A melody or song, especially a solo; an aria.
- (uncountable) Publicity.
- (historical, medicine) A local environment or atmosphere, in the context of its effects on behavior, health, weather, etc.
- (usually in the plural) Pretension; snobbishness; pretence that one is better than others.
verb
- broadcast over the airwaves, as in radio or television
- (transitive) To broadcast (a television show etc.).
- expose to cool or cold air so as to cool or freshen
- expose to warm or heated air, so as to dry
- be broadcast
- make public
- expose to fresh air
- Pronunciation spelling of are.
- (transitive) To make public (an opinion, concern, issue, secret, differences, etc); to present to public view (and sometimes discussion).
- (transitive) To bring (something) into contact with the air, so as to freshen or dry it.
- (transitive, British, MLE, slang) To ignore (a person).
- (transitive) To let fresh air into (a room or a building), to ventilate.
- (intransitive) To be broadcast.
noun
- a television station and its programs
- a long narrow furrow cut either by a natural process (such as erosion) or by a tool (as e.g. a groove in a phonograph record)
- a passage for water (or other fluids) to flow through
- (often plural) a means of communication or access
- a path over which electrical signals can pass
- a way of selling a company's product either directly or via distributors
- a deep and relatively narrow body of water (as in a river or a harbor or a strait linking two larger bodies) that allows the best passage for vessels
- a bodily passage or tube lined with epithelial cells and conveying a secretion or other substance
- (communication) A path for conveying electrical or electromagnetic signals, usually distinguished from other parallel paths.
- The natural or man-made deeper course through a reef, bar, bay, or any shallow body of water.
- (biochemistry) An ion channel: pore-forming proteins located in a cell membrane that allow specific ions to pass through.
- (communication) The part that connects a data source to a data sink.
- (electronics) A connection between initiating and terminating nodes of a circuit.
- The navigable part of a river.
- (communication) A single path provided by a transmission medium via spectral or protocol separation, such as by frequency or time-division multiplexing.
- The part of a turbine pump where the pressure is built up.
- A gutter; a groove, as in a fluted column.
- (storage) The portion of a storage medium, such as a track or a band, that is accessible to a given reading or writing station or head.
- (nautical) The wale of a sailing ship which projects beyond the gunwale and to which the shrouds attach via the chains. One of the flat ledges of heavy plank bolted edgewise to the outside of a vessel, to increase the spread of the shrouds and carry them clear of the bulwarks.
- Something through which another thing passes; a means of conveying or transmitting.
- (communication) A single path provided by a transmission medium via physical separation, such as by multipair cable.
- A narrow body of water between two land masses.
- (broadcasting) A specific radio frequency or band of frequencies used for transmitting television.
- A psychic or medium who temporarily takes on the personality of somebody else.
- (electronics) The narrow conducting portion of a MOSFET transistor.
- (Internet, historical) A means of delivering up-to-date Internet content via a push mechanism.
- (construction, mechanical engineering) A structural member with a cross section shaped like a squared-off letter C.
- The hollow bed of running waters; (also) the bed of the sea or other body of water.
- (business, marketing) A distribution channel.
- (Internet) A particular area for conversations on an IRC or similar network, analogous to a chat room and often dedicated to a specific topic.
- (broadcasting) A specific radio frequency or band of frequencies, usually in conjunction with a predetermined letter, number, or codeword, and allocated by international agreement.
verb
- transmit or serve as the medium for transmission
- direct the flow of
- send from one person or place to another
- (transitive) To follow as a model, especially in a performance.
- (transitive, of a spirit, as of a dead person) To serve as a medium for.
- (transitive) To direct or guide along a desired course.
- (transitive) To make or cut a channel or groove in.
verb
- broadcast over the airwaves, as in radio or television
- emit light; be bright, as of the sun or a light
- express with a beaming face or smile
- have a complexion with a strong bright color, such as red or pink
- experience a feeling of well-being or happiness, as from good health or an intense emotion
- smile radiantly; express joy through one's facial expression
- (ambitransitive) To emit beams of light; to shine; to radiate.
- (transitive, music) To connect (musical notes) with a beam, or thick line, in music notation.
- (transitive, science fiction) To transmit matter or information via a high-tech wireless mechanism.
- (transitive) To give the appearance of beams to.
- (intransitive, figuratively) To smile broadly or especially cheerfully.
- (transitive, currying) To stretch something (for example, an animal hide) on a beam.
- (transitive, weaving) To put (something) on a beam.
- (transitive) To furnish or supply with beams.
- (transitive, computing) To transmit, especially by direct wireless means such as infrared.
noun
- a signal transmitted along a narrow path; guides airplane pilots in darkness or bad weather
- (nautical) breadth amidships
- long thick piece of wood or metal or concrete, etc., used in construction
- a group of nearly parallel lines of electromagnetic radiation
- a column of light (as from a beacon)
- the broad side of a ship
- a gymnastic apparatus used by women gymnasts
- (textiles) A cylinder of wood, making part of a loom, on which weavers wind the warp before weaving and the cylinder on which the cloth is rolled, as it is woven.
- (music) A horizontal bar which connects the stems of two or more notes to group them and to indicate metric value.
- (structural) Any large piece of timber or iron long in proportion to its thickness, and prepared for use.
- (nautical) The straight part or shank of an anchor.
- (anatomical, informal) The principal stem of the antler of a deer.
- (physics) A ray or collection of approximately parallel rays emitted from the sun or other luminous body.
- (literary) The pole of a carriage or chariot.
- (anatomical, informal) One of the long feathers in the wing of a hawk.
- (nautical) The maximum width of a vessel (note that a vessel with a beam of 15 foot can also be said to be 15 foot abeam).
- (railway) An elevated rectangular dirt pile used to cheaply build an elevated portion of a railway.
- (mechanical) The crossbar of a mechanical balance, from the ends of which the scales are suspended.
- A gymnastic activity or event using a balance beam.
- (gymnastics) A balance beam.
- (nautical) The direction across a vessel, perpendicular to fore-and-aft.
- (figuratively) A ray; a gleam.
- (nautical) One of the transverse members of a ship's frame on which the decks are laid, and acting as part of the support for keeping the sides of the vessel in shape — supported at the sides by knees in wooden ships and by stringers in steel ones; cf. abeam, beam-ends.
- (structural) One of the principal horizontal structural members, usually of steel, timber, or concrete, of a building.
- (mechanical) In steam engines, a heavy iron lever having an oscillating motion on a central axis, one end of which is connected with the piston rod from which it receives motion, and the other with the crank of the wheel shaft.
- (agricultural) The central bar of a plow, to which the handles and colter are secured, and to the end of which are attached the oxen or horses that draw it.
- A broad smile.
verb
- broadcast over the airwaves, as in radio or television
- cause to become widely known
- sow over a wide area, especially by hand
- (transitive) To transmit a message over a wide area.
- (transitive) To transmit a message or signal through radio waves or electronic means.
- (specifically) To send an email in a single transmission to a (typically large) number of people.
- (intransitive) To appear as a performer, presenter, or speaker in a broadcast programme.
noun
adj
adv
verb
- broadcast over the airwaves, as in radio or television
- transfer
- cause to be admitted; of persons to an institution
- transport commercially
- cause to be directed or transmitted to another place
- cause to go somewhere
- to cause or order to be taken, directed, or transmitted to another place
- assign to a station
- (slang) To pursue (a course of action) committedly, enthusiastically, and often recklessly; go for.
- (climbing, transitive) To climb a route without falling.
- (transitive) To bring to a certain condition, to drive.
- (transitive, ditransitive) To make something (such as an object or message) go from one place to another (or to someone).
- (nautical, intransitive) To pitch.
- (intransitive, usually with for) To dispatch an agent or messenger to convey a message or do an errand.
- (transitive, slang) To get one going; move to excitement or rapture; to delight or thrill.
- (UK, slang) To call out or diss a specific person in a diss track.
- (Nigeria, slang, intransitive) To care.
- (Singapore, transitive) To give (someone) a lift, to drive (someone) to another place.
noun
- (telecommunications) An operation in which data is transmitted.
- (UK, slang) A callout or diss usually aimed at a specific person, often in the form of a diss track.
- (graphical user interface; often capitalized, or capitalized and put in quotation marks) An icon (usually on a computer screen and labeled with the word "Send") on which one clicks (with a mouse or its equivalent) or taps to transmit an email or other electronic message.
- (Scotland) A messenger, especially one sent to fetch the bride.
- (climbing) A successful ascent of a sport climbing route.
- (nautical) Alternative form of scend.
verb
- broadcast over the airwaves, as in radio or television
- transmit or serve as the medium for transmission
- transfer to another
- send from one person or place to another
- (transitive) To spread or pass on (something such as a disease or a signal).
- (transitive) To convey or conduct (energy or force) through a mechanism or medium.
- (transitive, intransitive) To communicate (news or information, especially electronically).
- (transitive) To send or convey from one person, place or thing to another.
- (intransitive) To go out; to be sent, conveyed, spread, passed on, or communicated.
- (transitive, intransitive) To send out (a signal, as opposed to receive).
- (transitive) To impart, convey or hand down by inheritance or heredity.
noun
- set used to broadcast radio or tv signals
- someone who transmits a message
- any agent (person or animal or microorganism) that carries and transmits a disease
- An electronic device that generates and amplifies a carrier wave, modulates it with a meaningful signal derived from speech, music, TV or other sources, and broadcasts the resulting signal from an antenna.
- One who or that which transmits something (in all senses).
noun
- set that receives radio or tv signals
- a football player who catches (or is supposed to catch) a forward pass
- a person who receives something
- earphone that converts electrical signals into sounds
- the tennis player who receives the serve
- (law) a person (usually appointed by a court of law) who liquidates assets or preserves them for the benefit of affected parties
- (finance) A swaption which gives its holder the option to enter into a swap in which they pay the floating leg and receive the fixed leg.
- The part of a telephone handset contained in the earpiece; (hence) the handset itself; an earpiece.
- (firearms) The part of a firearm containing the action.
- (American football) An offensive player who catches the ball after it has been passed.
- A person who receives something in a general sense; a recipient.
- Something which receives some substance or object, in a general sense; a receptacle.
- (now historical) An official whose job is to receive taxes or other monies; a tax collector, a treasurer.
- (chemistry) A vessel for receiving and holding the products of distillation, or for containing gases.
- (now chiefly historical) An airtight vessel from which air is pumped in order to form a vacuum.
- (racquet sports) A person who attempts to return the serve.
- Any of several electronic devices that receive electromagnetic waves, or signals transmitted as such.
- A person or company appointed to settle the affairs of an insolvent entity.
- A person who accepts stolen goods.
- (now historical) A vessel for receiving the exhaust steam from the high-pressure cylinder before it enters the low-pressure cylinder, in a compound steam engine.
noun
- (television) A grouping of program services as interleaved data packets for broadcast over a network or modulated multiplexed medium.
- A cineplex.
- A kind of stereoscopic mapmaking instrument.
- A building or a place where several activities occur in multiple units concurrently or different times.
- (juggling) A throwing motion where more than one ball is thrown with one hand at the same time.
- communicates two or more signals over a common channel
- a movie theater that has several different auditoriums in the same building
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noun
- (countable) A broadcast program, especially a light entertainment program.
- (uncountable) Mere display or pomp with no substance. (Usually seen in the phrases "all show" and "for show".)
- A project or presentation.
- (Australia, New Zealand, countable) An agricultural exhibition.
- (military, slang) A battle; local conflict.
- Synonym of shive (“wood fragment of the husk of flax or hemp”).
- (countable) A demonstration.
- (countable) A play, dance, or other entertainment.
- (countable) A movie.
- (medicine) A discharge, from the vagina, of mucus streaked with blood, occurring a short time before labor.
- (baseball, with "the") The major leagues.
- Outward appearance; wileful or deceptive appearance.
- (countable) An exhibition of items.
- pretending that something is the case in order to make a good impression
- an act or social event involving a public performance or entertainment
- something intended to communicate a particular impression
verb
- (transitive) To bestow; to confer.
- (intransitive, card games) To reveal one's hand of cards.
- (intransitive, informal) To have an enlarged belly and thus be recognizable as pregnant.
- (intransitive) To be visible; to be seen; to appear.
- (intransitive, motor racing) To finish third, especially of horses or dogs.
- (transitive) To indicate (a fact) to be true; to demonstrate.
- (transitive) To guide or escort.
- (intransitive, informal) To put in an appearance; show up.
- (transitive) To display, to have somebody see (something).
- show in, or as in, a picture
- give expression to
- indicate a certain reading; of gauges and instruments
- give evidence of, as of records
- establish the validity of something, as by an example, explanation or experiment
- be or become visible or noticeable
- finish third or better in a horse or dog race
- give an exhibition of to an interested audience
- indicate a place, direction, person, or thing; either spatially or figuratively
- make visible or noticeable
- provide evidence for
- take (someone) to their seats, as in theaters or auditoriums
verb
- (transitive) To broadcast (a television program etc.) again.
- (transitive) To run (a computer program) again.
- (intransitive) To be broadcast again.
- (transitive) To run again; to repeat.
- (transitive) To run (a race or other contest) again.
- cause to perform again
- run again for office
- rerun a performance of a play, for example
- broadcast again, as of a film
noun
- a program that is broadcast again
- (US) A television program shown after its initial presentation, particularly many weeks after its initial presentation; a repeat.
- (publishing) Another printing run (impression; batch of copies of a given edition) of a book, cartoon, etc.
- (politics) A political candidate who holds the same political agenda or doctrine as a past or incumbent holder of a given political office.
- An act or instance of rerunning; a repetition.
- (computing) A second or subsequent run of a computer program.
noun
- A place used for broadcasting radio or television; the broadcasting entity itself.
- (historical) In British India, the place where the English officials of a district, or the officers of a garrison (not in a fortress) reside.
- (Christianity) The Roman Catholic fast of the fourth and sixth days of the week, Wednesday and Friday, in memory of the council which condemned Christ, and of his passion.
- A ground transportation depot.
- (surveying) Any of a sequence of equally spaced points along a path.
- (computing) A device communicating over a network; a host.
- (Australia, New Zealand) A very large sheep or cattle farm.
- Post assigned; office; the part or department of public duty which a person is appointed to perform; sphere of duty or occupation; employment.
- A place where one stands or stays or is assigned to stand or stay.
- (Christianity) A church in which the procession of the clergy halts on stated days to say stated prayers.
- (astronomy) The apparent standing still of a superior planet just before it begins or ends its retrograde motion.
- (medicine) The position of the foetal head in relation to the distance from the ischial spines, measured in centimetres.
- (biology) The particular place, or kind of situation, in which a species naturally occurs; a habitat.
- (Newfoundland) A harbour or cove with a foreshore suitable for a facility to support nearby fishing.
- (Christianity) Any of the Stations of the Cross.
- A place where one performs a task or where one is on call to perform a task.
- (mining) An enlargement in a shaft or galley, used as a landing, or passing place, or for the accommodation of a pump, tank, etc.
- A military base.
- (US) A gas station, service station.
- A regular stopping place for ground transportation.
- Standing; rank; position.
- An official building from which police or firefighters operate.
- A place where some object is provided.
- (nautical) the location to which a ship or fleet is assigned for duty
- the frequency assigned to a broadcasting station
- a facility equipped with special equipment and personnel for a particular purpose
- proper or designated social situation
- the position where someone (as a guard or sentry) stands or is assigned to stand
verb
noun
- any electronic equipment that receives or transmits radio or tv signals
- A device for receiving broadcast radio waves (or, more recently, broadcast data); a radio or television.
- an unofficial association of people or groups
- a group of things of the same kind that belong together and are so used
- several exercises intended to be done in series
- (mathematics) an abstract collection of numbers or symbols
- (psychology) being temporarily ready to respond in a particular way
- a relatively permanent inclination to react in a particular way
- the process of becoming hard or solid by cooling or drying or crystallization
- the act of putting something in position
- the descent of a heavenly body below the horizon
- a unit of play in tennis or squash
- representation consisting of the scenery and other properties used to identify the location of a dramatic production
- The full number of eggs set under a hen.
- The pattern of a tartan, etc.
- The amount by which the teeth of a saw protrude to the side in order to create the kerf.
- A collection of various objects for a particular purpose.
- (horticulture) A small tuber or bulb used instead of seed, particularly onion sets and potato sets.
- A rudimentary fruit.
- (engineering) A permanent change of shape caused by excessive strain, as from compression, tension, bending, twisting, etc.
- A matching collection of similar things. (Note the similar meaning in Etymology 2, Noun.)
- (music) A musical performance by a band, disc jockey, etc., consisting of several musical pieces.
- (volleyball) A complete series of points, forming part of a match.
- (exercise) A group of repetitions of a single exercise performed one after the other without rest.
- A young plant fit for setting out; a slip; shoot.
- (tennis) A complete series of games, forming part of a match.
- A group of people, usually meeting socially or connected through some shared interest, activity, attribute, etc.
- A young oyster when first attached.
- The scenery for a film or play.
- (poker, slang) Three of a kind, especially if two cards are in one's hand and the third is on the board. Compare trips (“three of a kind, especially with two cards on the board and one in one's hand”).
- The setting of the sun or other luminary; (by extension) the close of the day.
- (music) A drum kit, a drum set.
- (piledriving) A piece placed temporarily upon the head of a pile when the latter cannot otherwise be reached by the weight, or hammer.
- An object made up of several parts.
- A tool for dressing forged iron.
- A punch for setting nails in wood.
- (volleyball) The act of directing the ball to a teammate for an attack.
- Collectively, the crop of young oysters in any locality.
- (UK, education) A class group in a subject where pupils are divided by ability.
- (literally and figuratively) General movement; direction; drift; tendency.
- Alternative form of sett (“piece of quarried stone”).
- A bias of mind; an attitude or pattern of behaviour.
- Alternative form of sett (“a hole made and lived in by a badger”).
- (dance) The initial or basic formation of dancers.
- (colloquial) The manner, state, or quality of setting or fitting; fit.
- (in plural, “sets”, mathematics, informal) Set theory.
- (set theory) A collection of zero or more objects, possibly infinite in size, and disregarding any order or repetition of the objects which may be contained within it.
- the general locations and area where a movie’s, a film’s, or a video’s scenery is arranged to be filmed also including places for actors, assorted crew, director, producers which are typically not filmed.
- A series or group of something. (Note the similar meaning in Etymology 4, Noun)
- The camber of a curved roofing tile.
- Alternative form of sett (“pattern of threads and yarns”).
adj
- determined or decided upon as by an authority
- situated in a particular spot or position
- set down according to a plan
- fixed and unmoving
- converted to solid form (as concrete)
- (usually followed by ‘to’ or ‘for’) on the point of or strongly disposed
- being below the horizon
- Intent, determined (to do something).
- Rigid, solidified.
- Fixed in one’s opinion.
- Fixed in position.
- Ready, prepared.
- (of hair) Fixed in a certain style.
- Prearranged.
verb
- urge to attack someone
- put or set (seeds, seedlings, or plants) into the ground
- equip with sails or masts
- set in type
- arrange attractively
- alter or regulate so as to achieve accuracy or conform to a standard
- put into a certain state; cause to be in a certain state
- fix conclusively or authoritatively
- become gelatinous
- disappear beyond the horizon
- set to a certain position or cause to operate correctly
- give a fine, sharp edge to a knife or razor
- insert (a nail or screw below the surface, as into a countersink)
- put into a certain place or abstract location
- produce fruit
- make ready or suitable or equip in advance for a particular purpose or for some use, event, etc
- put into a position that will restore a normal state
- get ready for a particular purpose or event
- locate
- adapt for performance in a different way
- decide upon or fix definitely
- establish as the highest level or best performance
- fix in a border
- apply or start
- estimate
- (transitive, volleyball) To direct (the ball) to a teammate for an attack.
- (transitive) To render stiff or solid; especially, to convert into curd; to curdle.
- (intransitive, country dancing) To acknowledge a dancing partner by facing him or her and moving first to one side and then to the other, while she or he does the opposite.
- (transitive) To put in a specified condition or state; to cause to be.
- (transitive, bridge) To defeat a contract.
- To establish as a rule; to furnish; to prescribe; to assign.
- (transitive) To punch (a nail) into wood so that its head is below the surface.
- (transitive) To introduce or describe.
- (transitive) To put (something) down, to rest.
- To become fixed or rigid; to be fastened.
- (UK, education) To divide a class group in a subject according to ability
- (intransitive, of fruit) To be fixed for growth; to strike root; to begin to germinate or form.
- (ambitransitive) To fit music to words.
- To reduce from a dislocated or fractured state.
- (transitive) To compile, to make (a puzzle or challenge).
- (transitive) To arrange (type).
- (ambitransitive) To place plants or shoots in the ground; to plant.
- To put in order in a particular manner; to prepare.
- (transitive) To locate (a play, etc.); to assign a backdrop to, geographically or temporally.
- (transitive) To adjust.
- To extend and bring into position; to spread.
- (transitive) To prepare (a stage or film set).
- (transitive) To arrange with dishes and cutlery, to set the table.
- To cause (a domestic fowl) to sit on eggs to brood.
- (intransitive, now dialectal) To sit or lie (easily etc.) on the stomach; to be digested in a certain manner.
- (intransitive) To solidify.
- (transitive) To attach or affix (something) to something else, or in or upon a certain place.
- (transitive) To start (a fire).
- To give a pitch to, as a tune; to start by fixing the keynote.
- (intransitive, Southern US, Midwestern US, dialects) To rest or lie somewhere, on something, etc.; to occupy a certain place.
- To apply oneself; to undertake earnestly.
- (transitive) To fit (someone) up in a situation.
- (transitive) To determine or settle.
- (transitive) To devise and assign (work) to.
- To have a certain direction of motion; to flow; to move on; to tend.
- (intransitive, Southern US, Midwestern US, dialects) To sit (be in a seated position).
- To hunt game with the aid of a setter.
- (intransitive) Of a heavenly body, to disappear below the horizon of a planet, etc, as the latter rotates.
- To adorn with something infixed or affixed; to stud; to variegate with objects placed here and there.
- (masonry) To lower into place and fix solidly, as the blocks of cut stone in a structure.
- (transitive, botany) To produce after pollination.
- (hunting, ambitransitive) Of a dog, to indicate the position of game.
- To place or fix in a setting.
- (Scotland) To suit; to become.
adj
- (broadcasting, of a television station) Off the air; not transmitting.
- Deprived of sight; blind.
- (gambling, of race horses) Having racing capability not widely known.
- (of colour) Dull or deeper in hue; not bright or light.
- (of a time period) Lacking progress in science or the arts.
- Ambiguously or unclearly expressed.
- Transmitting, reflecting, or receiving inadequate light to render timely discernment or comprehension
- Extremely sad, depressing, or somber, typically due to, or marked by, a tragic or undesirable event.
- Having an absolute or (more often) relative lack of light.
- With emphasis placed on the unpleasant and macabre aspects of life; said of a work of fiction, a work of nonfiction presented in narrative form, or a portion of either.
- Without moral or spiritual light; sinister, malevolent, malign.
- Conducive to hopelessness; depressing or bleak.
- (of a source of light) Extinguished.
- Marked by or conducted with secrecy.
- showing a brooding ill humor
- (used of color) having a dark hue
- brunet (used of hair or skin or eyes)
- stemming from evil characteristics or forces; wicked or dishonorable
- lacking enlightenment or knowledge or culture
- causing dejection
- not giving performances; closed
- secret
- marked by difficulty of style or expression
- devoid of or deficient in light or brightness; shadowed or black
noun
- A complete or (more often) partial absence of light.
- (uncountable) Nightfall.
- A dark shade or dark passage in a painting, engraving, etc.
- (uncountable) Ignorance.
- absence of light or illumination
- the time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside
- an unilluminated area
- absence of moral or spiritual values
- an unenlightened state
verb
noun
- The operation of an unlicensed radio or television station.
- The unauthorized duplication of goods protected by intellectual property law.
- (ornithology) Kleptoparasitism.
- A similar violation of international law, such as hijacking of an aircraft.
- (crime, nautical) Robbery at sea, a violation of international law; taking a ship away from the control of those who are legally entitled to it.
- hijacking on the high seas or in similar contexts; taking a ship or plane away from the control of those who are legally entitled to it
- the act of plagiarizing; taking someone's words or ideas as if they were your own
noun
- (broadcasting) A program scheduled to follow another.
- The final part of the groove of a vinyl record, after the end of the recording.
- (cycling) The tactic where one cyclist goes ahead at high speed so that a following teammate (the sprinter) can benefit from the slipstream. See drafting.
- A marker in the data stored on a compact disc, representing the end of a recording session.
noun
- a television system that transmits over cables
- television that is transmitted over cable directly to the receiver
- a very strong thick rope made of twisted hemp or steel wire
- a conductor for transmitting electrical or optical signals or electric power
- a nautical unit of depth
- a telegram sent abroad
- (television) Ellipsis of cable television, broadcast over the above network, not by antenna.
- (nautical) A unit of length equal to one tenth of a nautical mile.
- (nautical) A strong rope or chain used to moor or anchor a ship.
- A strong, large-diameter wire or rope, or something resembling such a rope.
- (finance) The currency pair British Pound against United States Dollar.
- An assembly of two or more cable-laid ropes.
- (architecture) A moulding, shaft of a column, or any other member of convex, rounded section, made to resemble the spiral twist of a rope.
- (unit, chiefly nautical) 100 fathoms, 600 imperial feet, approximately 185 m.
- (communication) A system for transmitting television or Internet services over a network of coaxial or fibreoptic cables.
- A telegram, notably when sent by (submarine) telegraph cable.
- (knitting) A textural pattern achieved by passing groups of stitches over one another.
- An assembly of two or more wires, used for electrical power or data circuits; one or more and/or the whole may be insulated.
verb
- fasten with a cable
- send cables, wires, or telegrams
- (transitive) To wrap (wires) to form a cable.
- (intransitive, knitting) To create cable stitches.
- (intransitive) To communicate by cable.
- (transitive) To send (a telegram, news, etc.) by cable.
- (transitive) To fasten (something) (as if) with cable(s).
- (transitive, architecture) To ornament (something) with cabling.
- (transitive) To provide (something) with cable(s).
noun
- a television system that transmits over cables
- television that is transmitted over cable directly to the receiver
- Television received through coaxial cables; specifically, a TV service that provides reception to suburbs or other residential areas through utility lines and offering a wide variety of TV channels through satellite reception.
noun
- An organization or station that engages in the activity of such broadcasting.
- A piece of equipment used to transmit audio and/or video content, or messages, to be received by radios or televisions, over the internet, etc.
- A person whose job it is to effect such broadcasts; specifically, one who presents radio or television programmes (especially documentaries or news programmes); a presenter.
- (computing) A piece of equipment used to transmit data over a computer network.
- A machine used to broadcast or spread seeds, fertilizer, etc.
- a mechanical device for scattering something (seed or fertilizer or sand etc.) in all directions
- someone who broadcasts on radio or television
noun
- (broadcasting) a communication system consisting of a group of broadcasting stations that all transmit the same programs
- (electronics) a system of interconnected electronic components or circuits
- an open fabric of string or rope or wire woven together at regular intervals
- a system of intersecting lines or channels
- an interconnected system of things or people
- A set of people with sociocultural connections to one another; especially, such a set consisting of occupational or business connections.
- Any interconnected group or system.
- (broadcasting) A group of affiliated television stations that broadcast common programs from a parent company.
- (literal) A fabric or structure of fibrous elements attached to each other at regular intervals; the act or process of making such an object.
- (computing, Internet) A computer network: multiple computers and other devices connected together to share information.
verb
- communicate with and within a group
- (transitive, broadcasting) To broadcast across an entire network of stations and affiliates at the same time.
- (transitive) To interconnect a group or system.
- (intransitive) To interact socially for the purpose of getting connections or personal advancement.
- (transitive) To connect two or more computers or other computerized devices.
name
- (radio) Automatic Frequency Control (radio & TV technics)
- (Australian rules football) Initialism of Adelaide Football Club.
- (computing) Initialism of Application Foundation Classes.
- (finance) Initialism of additional finance charges.
- (soccer) Initialism of Arsenal Football Club.
- (American football) Initialism of American Football Conference.
- (soccer) Initialism of Asian Football Confederation.
noun
noun
- (broadcasting) A signal that contains the content about to be broadcast on radio or television.
- (computing) The character (0x0a in ASCII) which advances the paper by one line in a teletype or printer, or moves the cursor to the next line on a display.
- (typography) On a typewriter, the action of the carriage roller to push the page up one or more lines, often simultaneously with executing a carriage return.
- the operation that prepares for the next character to be printed or displayed on the next line
verb
noun
- A station identifier on television or radio played between shows.
- A minor neurological injury of the spine characterized by a shooting or stinging pain down one arm, followed by numbness and weakness.
- A portable bed of nails to puncture car tires, used by police and military forces.
- Anything, such as an insult, that stings mentally or psychologically.
- A scene shown on films or television shows after the credits.
- (slang) A final note played at the end of a military march.
- Anything that is used to sting, as a means of attack.
- (slang, television and film) An extension cord.
- A cocktail of brandy and crème de menthe.
- (prison slang) An improvised heating element used to boil or heat water in prison.
- (slang) A nonlethal grenade using rubber instead of shrapnel, more commonly called a sting grenade.
- (slang, West Country, Bristol) A stinging nettle.
- A short musical phrase or chord used non-diegetically to dramatic or emphatic effect.
- A pointed portion of an insect or arachnid used for attack.
- Chironex fleckeri, an extremely venomous Australian box jellyfish.
- a sharp organ of offense or defense (as of a wasp or stingray or scorpion) often connected with a poison gland
- a remark capable of wounding mentally
- a sharp stinging blow
- a cocktail made of made of creme de menthe and brandy
verb
noun
noun
- medium for radio and television broadcasting
- A television or radio signal; (by extension) media broadcasts in general.
- a mixture of gases (especially oxygen) required for breathing; the stuff that the wind consists of
- the mass of air surrounding the Earth
- a distinctive but intangible quality surrounding a person or thing
- the region above the ground
- a succession of notes forming a distinctive sequence
- a slight wind (usually refreshing)
- travel via aircraft
- once thought to be one of four elements composing the universe (Empedocles), associated with the humour blood
- (uncountable, usually with the) The apparently open space above the ground which this substance fills, (historical) formerly thought to be limited by the firmament but (meteorology) now considered to be surrounded by the near-vacuum of outer space.
- (uncountable, loosely) The substance of the atmosphere on a planet other than Earth.
- (uncountable) The substance constituting Earth's atmosphere: a gaseous mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and various trace gases.
- A breeze; a gentle wind.
- The substance of the atmosphere seen as an agency of freshness.
- (historical, philosophy, alchemy) One of the four elements of the ancient Greeks and Romans.
- (countable, uncountable) An air conditioning system.
- (uncountable, snowboarding, skateboarding, motor sports) The state of being briefly airborne during a jump.
- A feeling or sense.
- (informal) Nothing; absence of anything.
- A sense of poise, graciousness, or quality.
- (music) A melody or song, especially a solo; an aria.
- (uncountable) Publicity.
- (historical, medicine) A local environment or atmosphere, in the context of its effects on behavior, health, weather, etc.
- (usually in the plural) Pretension; snobbishness; pretence that one is better than others.
verb
- broadcast over the airwaves, as in radio or television
- (transitive) To broadcast (a television show etc.).
- expose to cool or cold air so as to cool or freshen
- expose to warm or heated air, so as to dry
- be broadcast
- make public
- expose to fresh air
- Pronunciation spelling of are.
- (transitive) To make public (an opinion, concern, issue, secret, differences, etc); to present to public view (and sometimes discussion).
- (transitive) To bring (something) into contact with the air, so as to freshen or dry it.
- (transitive, British, MLE, slang) To ignore (a person).
- (transitive) To let fresh air into (a room or a building), to ventilate.
- (intransitive) To be broadcast.
noun
- a television station and its programs
- a long narrow furrow cut either by a natural process (such as erosion) or by a tool (as e.g. a groove in a phonograph record)
- a passage for water (or other fluids) to flow through
- (often plural) a means of communication or access
- a path over which electrical signals can pass
- a way of selling a company's product either directly or via distributors
- a deep and relatively narrow body of water (as in a river or a harbor or a strait linking two larger bodies) that allows the best passage for vessels
- a bodily passage or tube lined with epithelial cells and conveying a secretion or other substance
- (communication) A path for conveying electrical or electromagnetic signals, usually distinguished from other parallel paths.
- The natural or man-made deeper course through a reef, bar, bay, or any shallow body of water.
- (biochemistry) An ion channel: pore-forming proteins located in a cell membrane that allow specific ions to pass through.
- (communication) The part that connects a data source to a data sink.
- (electronics) A connection between initiating and terminating nodes of a circuit.
- The navigable part of a river.
- (communication) A single path provided by a transmission medium via spectral or protocol separation, such as by frequency or time-division multiplexing.
- The part of a turbine pump where the pressure is built up.
- A gutter; a groove, as in a fluted column.
- (storage) The portion of a storage medium, such as a track or a band, that is accessible to a given reading or writing station or head.
- (nautical) The wale of a sailing ship which projects beyond the gunwale and to which the shrouds attach via the chains. One of the flat ledges of heavy plank bolted edgewise to the outside of a vessel, to increase the spread of the shrouds and carry them clear of the bulwarks.
- Something through which another thing passes; a means of conveying or transmitting.
- (communication) A single path provided by a transmission medium via physical separation, such as by multipair cable.
- A narrow body of water between two land masses.
- (broadcasting) A specific radio frequency or band of frequencies used for transmitting television.
- A psychic or medium who temporarily takes on the personality of somebody else.
- (electronics) The narrow conducting portion of a MOSFET transistor.
- (Internet, historical) A means of delivering up-to-date Internet content via a push mechanism.
- (construction, mechanical engineering) A structural member with a cross section shaped like a squared-off letter C.
- The hollow bed of running waters; (also) the bed of the sea or other body of water.
- (business, marketing) A distribution channel.
- (Internet) A particular area for conversations on an IRC or similar network, analogous to a chat room and often dedicated to a specific topic.
- (broadcasting) A specific radio frequency or band of frequencies, usually in conjunction with a predetermined letter, number, or codeword, and allocated by international agreement.
verb
- transmit or serve as the medium for transmission
- direct the flow of
- send from one person or place to another
- (transitive) To follow as a model, especially in a performance.
- (transitive, of a spirit, as of a dead person) To serve as a medium for.
- (transitive) To direct or guide along a desired course.
- (transitive) To make or cut a channel or groove in.
noun
- set used to broadcast radio or tv signals
- someone who transmits a message
- any agent (person or animal or microorganism) that carries and transmits a disease
- An electronic device that generates and amplifies a carrier wave, modulates it with a meaningful signal derived from speech, music, TV or other sources, and broadcasts the resulting signal from an antenna.
- One who or that which transmits something (in all senses).
noun
- set that receives radio or tv signals
- a football player who catches (or is supposed to catch) a forward pass
- a person who receives something
- earphone that converts electrical signals into sounds
- the tennis player who receives the serve
- (law) a person (usually appointed by a court of law) who liquidates assets or preserves them for the benefit of affected parties
- (finance) A swaption which gives its holder the option to enter into a swap in which they pay the floating leg and receive the fixed leg.
- The part of a telephone handset contained in the earpiece; (hence) the handset itself; an earpiece.
- (firearms) The part of a firearm containing the action.
- (American football) An offensive player who catches the ball after it has been passed.
- A person who receives something in a general sense; a recipient.
- Something which receives some substance or object, in a general sense; a receptacle.
- (now historical) An official whose job is to receive taxes or other monies; a tax collector, a treasurer.
- (chemistry) A vessel for receiving and holding the products of distillation, or for containing gases.
- (now chiefly historical) An airtight vessel from which air is pumped in order to form a vacuum.
- (racquet sports) A person who attempts to return the serve.
- Any of several electronic devices that receive electromagnetic waves, or signals transmitted as such.
- A person or company appointed to settle the affairs of an insolvent entity.
- A person who accepts stolen goods.
- (now historical) A vessel for receiving the exhaust steam from the high-pressure cylinder before it enters the low-pressure cylinder, in a compound steam engine.
noun
- (television) A grouping of program services as interleaved data packets for broadcast over a network or modulated multiplexed medium.
- A cineplex.
- A kind of stereoscopic mapmaking instrument.
- A building or a place where several activities occur in multiple units concurrently or different times.
- (juggling) A throwing motion where more than one ball is thrown with one hand at the same time.
- communicates two or more signals over a common channel
- a movie theater that has several different auditoriums in the same building
adj
verb
verb
- broadcast over the airwaves, as in radio or television
- cause to become widely known
- sow over a wide area, especially by hand
- (transitive) To transmit a message over a wide area.
- (transitive) To transmit a message or signal through radio waves or electronic means.
- (specifically) To send an email in a single transmission to a (typically large) number of people.
- (intransitive) To appear as a performer, presenter, or speaker in a broadcast programme.
noun
adj
adv
noun
- (countable) A broadcast program, especially a light entertainment program.
- (uncountable) Mere display or pomp with no substance. (Usually seen in the phrases "all show" and "for show".)
- A project or presentation.
- (Australia, New Zealand, countable) An agricultural exhibition.
- (military, slang) A battle; local conflict.
- Synonym of shive (“wood fragment of the husk of flax or hemp”).
- (countable) A demonstration.
- (countable) A play, dance, or other entertainment.
- (countable) A movie.
- (medicine) A discharge, from the vagina, of mucus streaked with blood, occurring a short time before labor.
- (baseball, with "the") The major leagues.
- Outward appearance; wileful or deceptive appearance.
- (countable) An exhibition of items.
- pretending that something is the case in order to make a good impression
- an act or social event involving a public performance or entertainment
- something intended to communicate a particular impression
verb
- (transitive) To bestow; to confer.
- (intransitive, card games) To reveal one's hand of cards.
- (intransitive, informal) To have an enlarged belly and thus be recognizable as pregnant.
- (intransitive) To be visible; to be seen; to appear.
- (intransitive, motor racing) To finish third, especially of horses or dogs.
- (transitive) To indicate (a fact) to be true; to demonstrate.
- (transitive) To guide or escort.
- (intransitive, informal) To put in an appearance; show up.
- (transitive) To display, to have somebody see (something).
- show in, or as in, a picture
- give expression to
- indicate a certain reading; of gauges and instruments
- give evidence of, as of records
- establish the validity of something, as by an example, explanation or experiment
- be or become visible or noticeable
- finish third or better in a horse or dog race
- give an exhibition of to an interested audience
- indicate a place, direction, person, or thing; either spatially or figuratively
- make visible or noticeable
- provide evidence for
- take (someone) to their seats, as in theaters or auditoriums
noun
- A place used for broadcasting radio or television; the broadcasting entity itself.
- (historical) In British India, the place where the English officials of a district, or the officers of a garrison (not in a fortress) reside.
- (Christianity) The Roman Catholic fast of the fourth and sixth days of the week, Wednesday and Friday, in memory of the council which condemned Christ, and of his passion.
- A ground transportation depot.
- (surveying) Any of a sequence of equally spaced points along a path.
- (computing) A device communicating over a network; a host.
- (Australia, New Zealand) A very large sheep or cattle farm.
- Post assigned; office; the part or department of public duty which a person is appointed to perform; sphere of duty or occupation; employment.
- A place where one stands or stays or is assigned to stand or stay.
- (Christianity) A church in which the procession of the clergy halts on stated days to say stated prayers.
- (astronomy) The apparent standing still of a superior planet just before it begins or ends its retrograde motion.
- (medicine) The position of the foetal head in relation to the distance from the ischial spines, measured in centimetres.
- (biology) The particular place, or kind of situation, in which a species naturally occurs; a habitat.
- (Newfoundland) A harbour or cove with a foreshore suitable for a facility to support nearby fishing.
- (Christianity) Any of the Stations of the Cross.
- A place where one performs a task or where one is on call to perform a task.
- (mining) An enlargement in a shaft or galley, used as a landing, or passing place, or for the accommodation of a pump, tank, etc.
- A military base.
- (US) A gas station, service station.
- A regular stopping place for ground transportation.
- Standing; rank; position.
- An official building from which police or firefighters operate.
- A place where some object is provided.
- (nautical) the location to which a ship or fleet is assigned for duty
- the frequency assigned to a broadcasting station
- a facility equipped with special equipment and personnel for a particular purpose
- proper or designated social situation
- the position where someone (as a guard or sentry) stands or is assigned to stand
verb
noun
- any electronic equipment that receives or transmits radio or tv signals
- A device for receiving broadcast radio waves (or, more recently, broadcast data); a radio or television.
- an unofficial association of people or groups
- a group of things of the same kind that belong together and are so used
- several exercises intended to be done in series
- (mathematics) an abstract collection of numbers or symbols
- (psychology) being temporarily ready to respond in a particular way
- a relatively permanent inclination to react in a particular way
- the process of becoming hard or solid by cooling or drying or crystallization
- the act of putting something in position
- the descent of a heavenly body below the horizon
- a unit of play in tennis or squash
- representation consisting of the scenery and other properties used to identify the location of a dramatic production
- The full number of eggs set under a hen.
- The pattern of a tartan, etc.
- The amount by which the teeth of a saw protrude to the side in order to create the kerf.
- A collection of various objects for a particular purpose.
- (horticulture) A small tuber or bulb used instead of seed, particularly onion sets and potato sets.
- A rudimentary fruit.
- (engineering) A permanent change of shape caused by excessive strain, as from compression, tension, bending, twisting, etc.
- A matching collection of similar things. (Note the similar meaning in Etymology 2, Noun.)
- (music) A musical performance by a band, disc jockey, etc., consisting of several musical pieces.
- (volleyball) A complete series of points, forming part of a match.
- (exercise) A group of repetitions of a single exercise performed one after the other without rest.
- A young plant fit for setting out; a slip; shoot.
- (tennis) A complete series of games, forming part of a match.
- A group of people, usually meeting socially or connected through some shared interest, activity, attribute, etc.
- A young oyster when first attached.
- The scenery for a film or play.
- (poker, slang) Three of a kind, especially if two cards are in one's hand and the third is on the board. Compare trips (“three of a kind, especially with two cards on the board and one in one's hand”).
- The setting of the sun or other luminary; (by extension) the close of the day.
- (music) A drum kit, a drum set.
- (piledriving) A piece placed temporarily upon the head of a pile when the latter cannot otherwise be reached by the weight, or hammer.
- An object made up of several parts.
- A tool for dressing forged iron.
- A punch for setting nails in wood.
- (volleyball) The act of directing the ball to a teammate for an attack.
- Collectively, the crop of young oysters in any locality.
- (UK, education) A class group in a subject where pupils are divided by ability.
- (literally and figuratively) General movement; direction; drift; tendency.
- Alternative form of sett (“piece of quarried stone”).
- A bias of mind; an attitude or pattern of behaviour.
- Alternative form of sett (“a hole made and lived in by a badger”).
- (dance) The initial or basic formation of dancers.
- (colloquial) The manner, state, or quality of setting or fitting; fit.
- (in plural, “sets”, mathematics, informal) Set theory.
- (set theory) A collection of zero or more objects, possibly infinite in size, and disregarding any order or repetition of the objects which may be contained within it.
- the general locations and area where a movie’s, a film’s, or a video’s scenery is arranged to be filmed also including places for actors, assorted crew, director, producers which are typically not filmed.
- A series or group of something. (Note the similar meaning in Etymology 4, Noun)
- The camber of a curved roofing tile.
- Alternative form of sett (“pattern of threads and yarns”).
adj
- determined or decided upon as by an authority
- situated in a particular spot or position
- set down according to a plan
- fixed and unmoving
- converted to solid form (as concrete)
- (usually followed by ‘to’ or ‘for’) on the point of or strongly disposed
- being below the horizon
- Intent, determined (to do something).
- Rigid, solidified.
- Fixed in one’s opinion.
- Fixed in position.
- Ready, prepared.
- (of hair) Fixed in a certain style.
- Prearranged.
verb
- urge to attack someone
- put or set (seeds, seedlings, or plants) into the ground
- equip with sails or masts
- set in type
- arrange attractively
- alter or regulate so as to achieve accuracy or conform to a standard
- put into a certain state; cause to be in a certain state
- fix conclusively or authoritatively
- become gelatinous
- disappear beyond the horizon
- set to a certain position or cause to operate correctly
- give a fine, sharp edge to a knife or razor
- insert (a nail or screw below the surface, as into a countersink)
- put into a certain place or abstract location
- produce fruit
- make ready or suitable or equip in advance for a particular purpose or for some use, event, etc
- put into a position that will restore a normal state
- get ready for a particular purpose or event
- locate
- adapt for performance in a different way
- decide upon or fix definitely
- establish as the highest level or best performance
- fix in a border
- apply or start
- estimate
- (transitive, volleyball) To direct (the ball) to a teammate for an attack.
- (transitive) To render stiff or solid; especially, to convert into curd; to curdle.
- (intransitive, country dancing) To acknowledge a dancing partner by facing him or her and moving first to one side and then to the other, while she or he does the opposite.
- (transitive) To put in a specified condition or state; to cause to be.
- (transitive, bridge) To defeat a contract.
- To establish as a rule; to furnish; to prescribe; to assign.
- (transitive) To punch (a nail) into wood so that its head is below the surface.
- (transitive) To introduce or describe.
- (transitive) To put (something) down, to rest.
- To become fixed or rigid; to be fastened.
- (UK, education) To divide a class group in a subject according to ability
- (intransitive, of fruit) To be fixed for growth; to strike root; to begin to germinate or form.
- (ambitransitive) To fit music to words.
- To reduce from a dislocated or fractured state.
- (transitive) To compile, to make (a puzzle or challenge).
- (transitive) To arrange (type).
- (ambitransitive) To place plants or shoots in the ground; to plant.
- To put in order in a particular manner; to prepare.
- (transitive) To locate (a play, etc.); to assign a backdrop to, geographically or temporally.
- (transitive) To adjust.
- To extend and bring into position; to spread.
- (transitive) To prepare (a stage or film set).
- (transitive) To arrange with dishes and cutlery, to set the table.
- To cause (a domestic fowl) to sit on eggs to brood.
- (intransitive, now dialectal) To sit or lie (easily etc.) on the stomach; to be digested in a certain manner.
- (intransitive) To solidify.
- (transitive) To attach or affix (something) to something else, or in or upon a certain place.
- (transitive) To start (a fire).
- To give a pitch to, as a tune; to start by fixing the keynote.
- (intransitive, Southern US, Midwestern US, dialects) To rest or lie somewhere, on something, etc.; to occupy a certain place.
- To apply oneself; to undertake earnestly.
- (transitive) To fit (someone) up in a situation.
- (transitive) To determine or settle.
- (transitive) To devise and assign (work) to.
- To have a certain direction of motion; to flow; to move on; to tend.
- (intransitive, Southern US, Midwestern US, dialects) To sit (be in a seated position).
- To hunt game with the aid of a setter.
- (intransitive) Of a heavenly body, to disappear below the horizon of a planet, etc, as the latter rotates.
- To adorn with something infixed or affixed; to stud; to variegate with objects placed here and there.
- (masonry) To lower into place and fix solidly, as the blocks of cut stone in a structure.
- (transitive, botany) To produce after pollination.
- (hunting, ambitransitive) Of a dog, to indicate the position of game.
- To place or fix in a setting.
- (Scotland) To suit; to become.
noun
- The operation of an unlicensed radio or television station.
- The unauthorized duplication of goods protected by intellectual property law.
- (ornithology) Kleptoparasitism.
- A similar violation of international law, such as hijacking of an aircraft.
- (crime, nautical) Robbery at sea, a violation of international law; taking a ship away from the control of those who are legally entitled to it.
- hijacking on the high seas or in similar contexts; taking a ship or plane away from the control of those who are legally entitled to it
- the act of plagiarizing; taking someone's words or ideas as if they were your own
noun
- (broadcasting) A program scheduled to follow another.
- The final part of the groove of a vinyl record, after the end of the recording.
- (cycling) The tactic where one cyclist goes ahead at high speed so that a following teammate (the sprinter) can benefit from the slipstream. See drafting.
- A marker in the data stored on a compact disc, representing the end of a recording session.
noun
- a television system that transmits over cables
- television that is transmitted over cable directly to the receiver
- a very strong thick rope made of twisted hemp or steel wire
- a conductor for transmitting electrical or optical signals or electric power
- a nautical unit of depth
- a telegram sent abroad
- (television) Ellipsis of cable television, broadcast over the above network, not by antenna.
- (nautical) A unit of length equal to one tenth of a nautical mile.
- (nautical) A strong rope or chain used to moor or anchor a ship.
- A strong, large-diameter wire or rope, or something resembling such a rope.
- (finance) The currency pair British Pound against United States Dollar.
- An assembly of two or more cable-laid ropes.
- (architecture) A moulding, shaft of a column, or any other member of convex, rounded section, made to resemble the spiral twist of a rope.
- (unit, chiefly nautical) 100 fathoms, 600 imperial feet, approximately 185 m.
- (communication) A system for transmitting television or Internet services over a network of coaxial or fibreoptic cables.
- A telegram, notably when sent by (submarine) telegraph cable.
- (knitting) A textural pattern achieved by passing groups of stitches over one another.
- An assembly of two or more wires, used for electrical power or data circuits; one or more and/or the whole may be insulated.
verb
- fasten with a cable
- send cables, wires, or telegrams
- (transitive) To wrap (wires) to form a cable.
- (intransitive, knitting) To create cable stitches.
- (intransitive) To communicate by cable.
- (transitive) To send (a telegram, news, etc.) by cable.
- (transitive) To fasten (something) (as if) with cable(s).
- (transitive, architecture) To ornament (something) with cabling.
- (transitive) To provide (something) with cable(s).
noun
- a television system that transmits over cables
- television that is transmitted over cable directly to the receiver
- Television received through coaxial cables; specifically, a TV service that provides reception to suburbs or other residential areas through utility lines and offering a wide variety of TV channels through satellite reception.
noun
- An organization or station that engages in the activity of such broadcasting.
- A piece of equipment used to transmit audio and/or video content, or messages, to be received by radios or televisions, over the internet, etc.
- A person whose job it is to effect such broadcasts; specifically, one who presents radio or television programmes (especially documentaries or news programmes); a presenter.
- (computing) A piece of equipment used to transmit data over a computer network.
- A machine used to broadcast or spread seeds, fertilizer, etc.
- a mechanical device for scattering something (seed or fertilizer or sand etc.) in all directions
- someone who broadcasts on radio or television
noun
- (broadcasting) a communication system consisting of a group of broadcasting stations that all transmit the same programs
- (electronics) a system of interconnected electronic components or circuits
- an open fabric of string or rope or wire woven together at regular intervals
- a system of intersecting lines or channels
- an interconnected system of things or people
- A set of people with sociocultural connections to one another; especially, such a set consisting of occupational or business connections.
- Any interconnected group or system.
- (broadcasting) A group of affiliated television stations that broadcast common programs from a parent company.
- (literal) A fabric or structure of fibrous elements attached to each other at regular intervals; the act or process of making such an object.
- (computing, Internet) A computer network: multiple computers and other devices connected together to share information.
verb
- communicate with and within a group
- (transitive, broadcasting) To broadcast across an entire network of stations and affiliates at the same time.
- (transitive) To interconnect a group or system.
- (intransitive) To interact socially for the purpose of getting connections or personal advancement.
- (transitive) To connect two or more computers or other computerized devices.
noun
- (broadcasting) A signal that contains the content about to be broadcast on radio or television.
- (computing) The character (0x0a in ASCII) which advances the paper by one line in a teletype or printer, or moves the cursor to the next line on a display.
- (typography) On a typewriter, the action of the carriage roller to push the page up one or more lines, often simultaneously with executing a carriage return.
- the operation that prepares for the next character to be printed or displayed on the next line
verb
noun
- A station identifier on television or radio played between shows.
- A minor neurological injury of the spine characterized by a shooting or stinging pain down one arm, followed by numbness and weakness.
- A portable bed of nails to puncture car tires, used by police and military forces.
- Anything, such as an insult, that stings mentally or psychologically.
- A scene shown on films or television shows after the credits.
- (slang) A final note played at the end of a military march.
- Anything that is used to sting, as a means of attack.
- (slang, television and film) An extension cord.
- A cocktail of brandy and crème de menthe.
- (prison slang) An improvised heating element used to boil or heat water in prison.
- (slang) A nonlethal grenade using rubber instead of shrapnel, more commonly called a sting grenade.
- (slang, West Country, Bristol) A stinging nettle.
- A short musical phrase or chord used non-diegetically to dramatic or emphatic effect.
- A pointed portion of an insect or arachnid used for attack.
- Chironex fleckeri, an extremely venomous Australian box jellyfish.
- a sharp organ of offense or defense (as of a wasp or stingray or scorpion) often connected with a poison gland
- a remark capable of wounding mentally
- a sharp stinging blow
- a cocktail made of made of creme de menthe and brandy
verb
- (transitive) To broadcast (a television program etc.) again.
- (transitive) To run (a computer program) again.
- (intransitive) To be broadcast again.
- (transitive) To run again; to repeat.
- (transitive) To run (a race or other contest) again.
- cause to perform again
- run again for office
- rerun a performance of a play, for example
- broadcast again, as of a film
noun
- a program that is broadcast again
- (US) A television program shown after its initial presentation, particularly many weeks after its initial presentation; a repeat.
- (publishing) Another printing run (impression; batch of copies of a given edition) of a book, cartoon, etc.
- (politics) A political candidate who holds the same political agenda or doctrine as a past or incumbent holder of a given political office.
- An act or instance of rerunning; a repetition.
- (computing) A second or subsequent run of a computer program.
noun
- medium for radio and television broadcasting
- A television or radio signal; (by extension) media broadcasts in general.
- a mixture of gases (especially oxygen) required for breathing; the stuff that the wind consists of
- the mass of air surrounding the Earth
- a distinctive but intangible quality surrounding a person or thing
- the region above the ground
- a succession of notes forming a distinctive sequence
- a slight wind (usually refreshing)
- travel via aircraft
- once thought to be one of four elements composing the universe (Empedocles), associated with the humour blood
- (uncountable, usually with the) The apparently open space above the ground which this substance fills, (historical) formerly thought to be limited by the firmament but (meteorology) now considered to be surrounded by the near-vacuum of outer space.
- (uncountable, loosely) The substance of the atmosphere on a planet other than Earth.
- (uncountable) The substance constituting Earth's atmosphere: a gaseous mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and various trace gases.
- A breeze; a gentle wind.
- The substance of the atmosphere seen as an agency of freshness.
- (historical, philosophy, alchemy) One of the four elements of the ancient Greeks and Romans.
- (countable, uncountable) An air conditioning system.
- (uncountable, snowboarding, skateboarding, motor sports) The state of being briefly airborne during a jump.
- A feeling or sense.
- (informal) Nothing; absence of anything.
- A sense of poise, graciousness, or quality.
- (music) A melody or song, especially a solo; an aria.
- (uncountable) Publicity.
- (historical, medicine) A local environment or atmosphere, in the context of its effects on behavior, health, weather, etc.
- (usually in the plural) Pretension; snobbishness; pretence that one is better than others.
verb
- broadcast over the airwaves, as in radio or television
- (transitive) To broadcast (a television show etc.).
- expose to cool or cold air so as to cool or freshen
- expose to warm or heated air, so as to dry
- be broadcast
- make public
- expose to fresh air
- Pronunciation spelling of are.
- (transitive) To make public (an opinion, concern, issue, secret, differences, etc); to present to public view (and sometimes discussion).
- (transitive) To bring (something) into contact with the air, so as to freshen or dry it.
- (transitive, British, MLE, slang) To ignore (a person).
- (transitive) To let fresh air into (a room or a building), to ventilate.
- (intransitive) To be broadcast.
verb
- broadcast over the airwaves, as in radio or television
- emit light; be bright, as of the sun or a light
- express with a beaming face or smile
- have a complexion with a strong bright color, such as red or pink
- experience a feeling of well-being or happiness, as from good health or an intense emotion
- smile radiantly; express joy through one's facial expression
- (ambitransitive) To emit beams of light; to shine; to radiate.
- (transitive, music) To connect (musical notes) with a beam, or thick line, in music notation.
- (transitive, science fiction) To transmit matter or information via a high-tech wireless mechanism.
- (transitive) To give the appearance of beams to.
- (intransitive, figuratively) To smile broadly or especially cheerfully.
- (transitive, currying) To stretch something (for example, an animal hide) on a beam.
- (transitive, weaving) To put (something) on a beam.
- (transitive) To furnish or supply with beams.
- (transitive, computing) To transmit, especially by direct wireless means such as infrared.
noun
- a signal transmitted along a narrow path; guides airplane pilots in darkness or bad weather
- (nautical) breadth amidships
- long thick piece of wood or metal or concrete, etc., used in construction
- a group of nearly parallel lines of electromagnetic radiation
- a column of light (as from a beacon)
- the broad side of a ship
- a gymnastic apparatus used by women gymnasts
- (textiles) A cylinder of wood, making part of a loom, on which weavers wind the warp before weaving and the cylinder on which the cloth is rolled, as it is woven.
- (music) A horizontal bar which connects the stems of two or more notes to group them and to indicate metric value.
- (structural) Any large piece of timber or iron long in proportion to its thickness, and prepared for use.
- (nautical) The straight part or shank of an anchor.
- (anatomical, informal) The principal stem of the antler of a deer.
- (physics) A ray or collection of approximately parallel rays emitted from the sun or other luminous body.
- (literary) The pole of a carriage or chariot.
- (anatomical, informal) One of the long feathers in the wing of a hawk.
- (nautical) The maximum width of a vessel (note that a vessel with a beam of 15 foot can also be said to be 15 foot abeam).
- (railway) An elevated rectangular dirt pile used to cheaply build an elevated portion of a railway.
- (mechanical) The crossbar of a mechanical balance, from the ends of which the scales are suspended.
- A gymnastic activity or event using a balance beam.
- (gymnastics) A balance beam.
- (nautical) The direction across a vessel, perpendicular to fore-and-aft.
- (figuratively) A ray; a gleam.
- (nautical) One of the transverse members of a ship's frame on which the decks are laid, and acting as part of the support for keeping the sides of the vessel in shape — supported at the sides by knees in wooden ships and by stringers in steel ones; cf. abeam, beam-ends.
- (structural) One of the principal horizontal structural members, usually of steel, timber, or concrete, of a building.
- (mechanical) In steam engines, a heavy iron lever having an oscillating motion on a central axis, one end of which is connected with the piston rod from which it receives motion, and the other with the crank of the wheel shaft.
- (agricultural) The central bar of a plow, to which the handles and colter are secured, and to the end of which are attached the oxen or horses that draw it.
- A broad smile.
verb
- broadcast over the airwaves, as in radio or television
- cause to become widely known
- sow over a wide area, especially by hand
- (transitive) To transmit a message over a wide area.
- (transitive) To transmit a message or signal through radio waves or electronic means.
- (specifically) To send an email in a single transmission to a (typically large) number of people.
- (intransitive) To appear as a performer, presenter, or speaker in a broadcast programme.
noun
adj
adv
verb
- broadcast over the airwaves, as in radio or television
- transfer
- cause to be admitted; of persons to an institution
- transport commercially
- cause to be directed or transmitted to another place
- cause to go somewhere
- to cause or order to be taken, directed, or transmitted to another place
- assign to a station
- (slang) To pursue (a course of action) committedly, enthusiastically, and often recklessly; go for.
- (climbing, transitive) To climb a route without falling.
- (transitive) To bring to a certain condition, to drive.
- (transitive, ditransitive) To make something (such as an object or message) go from one place to another (or to someone).
- (nautical, intransitive) To pitch.
- (intransitive, usually with for) To dispatch an agent or messenger to convey a message or do an errand.
- (transitive, slang) To get one going; move to excitement or rapture; to delight or thrill.
- (UK, slang) To call out or diss a specific person in a diss track.
- (Nigeria, slang, intransitive) To care.
- (Singapore, transitive) To give (someone) a lift, to drive (someone) to another place.
noun
- (telecommunications) An operation in which data is transmitted.
- (UK, slang) A callout or diss usually aimed at a specific person, often in the form of a diss track.
- (graphical user interface; often capitalized, or capitalized and put in quotation marks) An icon (usually on a computer screen and labeled with the word "Send") on which one clicks (with a mouse or its equivalent) or taps to transmit an email or other electronic message.
- (Scotland) A messenger, especially one sent to fetch the bride.
- (climbing) A successful ascent of a sport climbing route.
- (nautical) Alternative form of scend.
verb
- broadcast over the airwaves, as in radio or television
- transmit or serve as the medium for transmission
- transfer to another
- send from one person or place to another
- (transitive) To spread or pass on (something such as a disease or a signal).
- (transitive) To convey or conduct (energy or force) through a mechanism or medium.
- (transitive, intransitive) To communicate (news or information, especially electronically).
- (transitive) To send or convey from one person, place or thing to another.
- (intransitive) To go out; to be sent, conveyed, spread, passed on, or communicated.
- (transitive, intransitive) To send out (a signal, as opposed to receive).
- (transitive) To impart, convey or hand down by inheritance or heredity.
verb
- (transitive) To broadcast (a television program etc.) again.
- (transitive) To run (a computer program) again.
- (intransitive) To be broadcast again.
- (transitive) To run again; to repeat.
- (transitive) To run (a race or other contest) again.
- cause to perform again
- run again for office
- rerun a performance of a play, for example
- broadcast again, as of a film
noun
- a program that is broadcast again
- (US) A television program shown after its initial presentation, particularly many weeks after its initial presentation; a repeat.
- (publishing) Another printing run (impression; batch of copies of a given edition) of a book, cartoon, etc.
- (politics) A political candidate who holds the same political agenda or doctrine as a past or incumbent holder of a given political office.
- An act or instance of rerunning; a repetition.
- (computing) A second or subsequent run of a computer program.
verb
noun
Nessuna parola corrispondente trovata. Prova una descrizione più ampia.
adj
- (broadcasting, of a television station) Off the air; not transmitting.
- Deprived of sight; blind.
- (gambling, of race horses) Having racing capability not widely known.
- (of colour) Dull or deeper in hue; not bright or light.
- (of a time period) Lacking progress in science or the arts.
- Ambiguously or unclearly expressed.
- Transmitting, reflecting, or receiving inadequate light to render timely discernment or comprehension
- Extremely sad, depressing, or somber, typically due to, or marked by, a tragic or undesirable event.
- Having an absolute or (more often) relative lack of light.
- With emphasis placed on the unpleasant and macabre aspects of life; said of a work of fiction, a work of nonfiction presented in narrative form, or a portion of either.
- Without moral or spiritual light; sinister, malevolent, malign.
- Conducive to hopelessness; depressing or bleak.
- (of a source of light) Extinguished.
- Marked by or conducted with secrecy.
- showing a brooding ill humor
- (used of color) having a dark hue
- brunet (used of hair or skin or eyes)
- stemming from evil characteristics or forces; wicked or dishonorable
- lacking enlightenment or knowledge or culture
- causing dejection
- not giving performances; closed
- secret
- marked by difficulty of style or expression
- devoid of or deficient in light or brightness; shadowed or black
noun
- A complete or (more often) partial absence of light.
- (uncountable) Nightfall.
- A dark shade or dark passage in a painting, engraving, etc.
- (uncountable) Ignorance.
- absence of light or illumination
- the time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside
- an unilluminated area
- absence of moral or spiritual values
- an unenlightened state