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noun
- the direction in which a compass needle points
- the cardinal compass point that is at 0 or 360 degrees
- the direction corresponding to the northward cardinal compass point
- a location in the northern part of a country, region, or city
- Alternative letter-case form of North (“a northern region; the inhabitants thereof”).
- (physics) The positive or north pole of a magnet, which seeks the magnetic pole near Earth's geographic North Pole (which, for its magnetic properties, is a south pole).
- (ecclesiastical) In a church: the direction to the left-hand side of a person facing the altar.
- The up or positive direction.
- The direction towards the pole to the left-hand side of someone facing east, specifically 0°, or (on another celestial object) the direction towards the pole lying on the northern side of the invariable plane.
adj
- situated in or facing or moving toward or coming from the north
- (colloquial) More or greater than.
- (meteorology) Of wind, from the north.
- Pertaining to the part of a corridor used by northbound traffic.
- Of or pertaining to the north; northern.
- (ecclesiastical) Designating, or situated in, the liturgical north (in a church, the direction to the left-hand side of a person facing the altar).
- Toward the north; northward.
adv
noun
- (nautical) The difference between two points of the compass.
- An individual element in a larger whole; a particular detail, thought, or quality.
- Each of the marks or strokes written above letters, especially in Semitic languages, to indicate vowels, stress etc.
- (video games, board games) A unit of various numerical parameters used in a game, e.g. health, experience, stamina, mana.
- (sports, video games, board games) A unit of scoring in a game or competition.
- A purpose or objective, which makes something meaningful.
- Each of the main directions on a compass, usually considered to be 32 in number; a direction.
- (economics) A unit used to express differences in prices of stocks and shares.
- (music) A dot or mark used to designate certain tones or time. In ancient music, it distinguished or characterized certain tones or styles (points of perfection, of augmentation, etc.). In modern music, it is placed on the right of a note to raise its value, or prolong its time, by one half.
- (falconry) The perpendicular rising of a hawk over the place where its prey has gone into cover.
- Ellipsis of percentage point.
- A peninsula or promontory.
- (by extension) An operational or public leadership position in a risky endeavor.
- (UK) An electric power socket.
- (historical) A string or lace used to tie together certain garments.
- Ellipsis of point man.
- (archaeology) A spearhead or similar object hafted to a handle.
- (lacrosse, ice hockey, countable, uncountable) The position of the player of each side who stands a short distance in front of the goalkeeper.
- (now only in phrases) A tenth; formerly also a twelfth.
- (heraldry) One of the "corners" of the escutcheon: the base (bottom center) unless a qualifier is added (point dexter, point dexter base, point sinister, point sinister base), generally when separately tinctured. (Compare terrace, point champaine, enté en point.)
- (typography) A unit of measure equal to 1/12 of a pica, or approximately 1/72 of an inch (exactly 1/72 of an inch in the digital era).
- The attitude assumed by a pointer dog when he finds game.
- (UK) A unit of measure for rain, equal to 0.254 mm or 0.01 of an inch.
- (mathematics) A decimal point (now especially when reading decimal fractions aloud).
- (cricket, countable, uncountable) A fielding position square of the wicket on the off side, between gully and cover.
- (fencing) A movement executed with the sabre or foil.
- (mathematics, sciences) A zero-dimensional mathematical object representing a location in one or more dimensions; something considered to have position but no magnitude or direction.
- A particular moment in an event or occurrence; a juncture.
- A topic of discussion or debate; a proposition; a count
- A full stop or other terminal punctuation mark.
- Pointedness of speech or writing; a penetrating or decisive quality of expression.
- A tine or snag of an antler.
- (heraldry, by extension) An ordinary similar to a pile (but sometimes shorter), extending upward from the base. (Often termed a point pointed.)
- A focus of conversation or consideration; the main idea.
- (nautical) A short piece of cordage used in reefing sails.
- (usually in the plural) An area of contrasting colour on an animal, especially a dog; a marking.
- (by extension) A note; a tune.
- (navigation, nautical) A unit of bearing equal to one thirty-second of a circle, i.e. 11.25°.
- (hunting) A spot to which a straight run is made; hence, a straight run from point to point; a cross-country run.
- (automotive, chiefly in the plural) Either of the two metal surfaces in a distributor which close or open to allow or prevent the flow of current through the ignition coil. There is usually a moving point, pushed by the distributor cam, and a fixed point, and they are built together as a unit.
- Any projecting extremity of an object.
- (rail transport, UK, in the plural) A railroad switch.
- A distinguishing quality or characteristic.
- (baseball, countable, uncountable) The position of the pitcher and catcher.
- Lace worked by the needle.
- The gesture of extending the index finger in a direction in order to indicate something.
- The sharp tip of an object.
- A specific location or place, seen as a spatial position.
- The act of pointing, as of the foot downward in certain dance positions.
- (backgammon) Each of the twelve triangular positions in either table of a backgammon board, on which the stones are played.
- An object which has a sharp or tapering tip.
- The position at the front or vanguard of an advancing force.
- Something tiny, as a pinprick; a very small mark.
- a specific identifiable position in a continuum or series or especially in a process
- any of 32 horizontal directions indicated on the card of a compass
- a promontory extending out into a large body of water
- a linear unit used to measure the size of type; approximately 1/72 inch
- a wall socket
- the unit of counting in scoring a game or contest
- a V-shaped mark at one end of an arrow pointer
- an instant of time
- sharp end
- the dot at the left of a decimal fraction
- a brief version of the essential meaning of something
- one percent of the total principal of a loan; it is paid at the time the loan is made and is independent of the interest on the loan
- a geometric element that has position but no extension
- a distinguishing or individuating characteristic
- a style in speech or writing that arrests attention and has a penetrating or convincing quality or effect
- a V shape
- an outstanding characteristic
- a contact in the distributor; as the rotor turns its projecting arm contacts them and current flows to the spark plugs
- an isolated fact that is considered separately from the whole
- a punctuation mark (‘.’) placed at the end of a declarative sentence to indicate a full stop or after abbreviations
- the precise location of something; a spatially limited location
- a very small circular shape
- the property of a shape that tapers to a sharp tip
- the object of an activity
- a distinct part that can be specified separately in a group of things that could be enumerated on a list
- the gun muzzle's direction
intj
verb
- (intransitive) To indicate a probability of something.
- (transitive, Internet) To direct requests sent to a domain name to the IP address corresponding to that domain name.
- (transitive) To direct or encourage (someone) in a particular direction.
- To give a point to; to sharpen; to cut, forge, grind, or file to an acute end.
- (transitive, computing) To direct the central processing unit to seek information at a certain location in memory.
- (transitive, mathematics) To separate an integer from a decimal with a decimal point.
- (ambitransitive, masonry) To repair mortar.
- (intransitive) To extend the index finger in the direction of something in order to show where it is or to draw attention to it.
- (stone-cutting) To cut, as a surface, with a pointed tool.
- (transitive, masonry) To fill up and finish the joints of (a wall), by introducing additional cement or mortar, and bringing it to a smooth surface.
- (intransitive, nautical) To sail close to the wind.
- (transitive, sometimes figurative) To direct toward an object; to aim.
- (intransitive, hunting) To indicate the presence of game by a fixed and steady look, as certain hunting dogs do.
- (medicine, of an abscess) To approximate to the surface; to head.
- (intransitive) To draw attention to something or indicate a direction.
- (transitive) To mark with diacritics.
- (intransitive) To face in a particular direction.
- be a signal for or a symptom of
- direct the course; determine the direction of travelling
- mark with diacritics
- be positionable in a specified manner
- sail close to the wind
- indicate the presence of (game) by standing and pointing with the muzzle
- direct into a position for use
- repair the joints of bricks
- mark (Hebrew words) with diacritics
- mark (a psalm text) to indicate the points at which the music changes
- indicate a place, direction, person, or thing; either spatially or figuratively
- give a point to
- intend (something) to move towards a certain goal
- be oriented
noun
- (nautical) That part of a compass on which the points are marked; the compass card.
- (often plural) A strip of material (sometimes hiding zippers or buttons) at the front of a pair of trousers, pants, underpants, bootees, etc.
- The pair of arms revolving around the bobbin, in a spinning wheel or spinning frame, to twist the yarn.
- A vibrating frame with fingers, attached to a power printing press for doing the same work.
- The horizontal length of a flag.
- A piece of canvas that covers the opening at the front of a tent.
- (weightlifting) A chest exercise performed by moving extended arms from the sides to in front of the chest. (also flye)
- (weaving) A shuttle driven through the shed by a blow or jerk.
- An act of flying.
- (historical) A type of small, light, fast horse-drawn carriage that can be hired for transportation (sometimes pluralised flys).
- (preceded by definite article) A simple dance in which the hands are shaken in the air, popular in the 1960s.
- (American football) Ellipsis of fly route.
- The person who took the printed sheets from the press.
- The moving portion of an extendable ladder.
- Alternative form of vly (“swamp (in New York)”).
- Two or more vanes set on a revolving axis, to act as a fanner, or to equalize or impede the motion of machinery by the resistance of the air, as in the striking part of a clock.
- (weightlifting) An exercise that involves wide opening and closing of the arms perpendicular to the shoulders.
- (fishing) A lightweight fishing lure resembling an insect.
- Any similar but not closely related insect, such as a dragonfly, butterfly, or gallfly.
- (cotton manufacture) Waste cotton.
- (finance) A butterfly (combination of four options).
- One of the upper screens of a stage in a theatre.
- (baseball) A fly ball.
- (rustic, Scotland, Northern England) A wing.
- The part of a weather vane pointing the direction from which the wind blows.
- (swimming) The butterfly stroke (plural is normally flys).
- In a knitting machine, the piece hinged to the needle, which holds the engaged loop in position while the needle is penetrating another loop; a latch.
- (zoology) Any insect of the order Diptera; characterized by having two wings (except for some wingless species), also called true flies.
- Ellipsis of flywheel.
- The free edge of a flag.
- (non-technical) Especially, any of the insects of the family Muscidae, such as the common housefly (other families of Diptera include mosquitoes and midges).
- fisherman's lure consisting of a fishhook decorated to look like an insect
- an opening in a garment that is closed by a zipper or by buttons concealed under a fold of cloth
- (baseball) a hit that flies up in the air
- flap consisting of a piece of canvas that can be drawn back to provide entrance to a tent
- two-winged insects characterized by active flight
adj
verb
- (transitive, ergative) To display (a flag) on a flagpole.
- (intransitive, entomology, of a type of moth or butterfly) To be in the winged adult stage.
- (intransitive, baseball) To hit a fly ball; to hit a fly ball that is caught for an out. Compare ground (verb) and line (verb).
- (intransitive) To travel through the air, another gas, or a vacuum, without being in contact with a grounded surface.
- (intransitive) To travel or proceed very fast; to hasten.
- (transitive, ergative) To cause to fly (travel or float in the air): to transport via air or the like.
- (intransitive) To move suddenly, or with violence; to do an act suddenly or swiftly.
- (intransitive, colloquial, of a proposal, project or idea) To be accepted, come about or work out.
- (intransitive) To proceed with great success.
- (transitive) To hunt with a hawk.
- be dispersed or disseminated
- pass away rapidly
- display in the air or cause to float
- move quickly or suddenly
- change quickly from one emotional state to another
- hit a fly
- travel over (an area of land or sea) in an aircraft
- cause to fly or float
- travel in an airplane
- run away quickly
- decrease rapidly and disappear
- operate an airplane
- transport by aeroplane
- travel through the air; be airborne
noun
- A beam compass.
- A kind of net for catching birds, fishes, or other prey.
- A fishing net that has large mesh at the edges and smaller mesh in the middle
- Braids or plaits of hair.
- A kind of shackle used for regulating the motions of a horse and making it amble.
- A vertical bar with several notches or chain of rings suspended over a fire, used to hang cooking pots by a hook which has an easily adjustable height.
- Whatever impedes activity, progress, or freedom, such as a net or shackle.
- (engineering) An instrument for drawing ellipses, one part of which consists of a cross with two grooves at right angles to each other, the other being a beam carrying two pins (which slide in those grooves), and also the describing pencil.
- an adjustable pothook set in a fireplace
- a fishing net with three layers; the outer two are coarse mesh and the loose inner layer is fine mesh
- a restraint that is used to teach a horse to amble
- a restraint that confines or restricts freedom (especially something used to tie down or restrain a prisoner)
verb
noun
- (nautical) Ellipsis of compass card.
- A business card.
- (in the plural) Any game using playing cards; a card game.
- Any flat, normally rectangular piece of stiff paper, plastic, etc.
- A roll or sliver of fibre (as of wool) delivered from a carding machine.
- (Philippines, education) Ellipsis of report card.
- A test card.
- A bank card.
- (textiles) A hand-held tool formed similarly to a hairbrush but with bristles of wire or other rigid material. It is used principally with raw cotton, wool, hair, or other natural fibers to prepare these materials for spinning into yarn or thread on a spinning wheel, with a whorl or other hand-held spindle. The card serves to untangle, clean, remove debris from, and lay the fibers straight.
- (computing) A removable electronic device that may be inserted into a powered electronic device to provide additional capability.
- (uncountable) Paper that is thicker and more durable than normal writing or printing paper, but thinner and more flexible than paperboard, used for postcards, playing cards, etc.; card stock.
- (computing) Any of a set of pages or forms that the user can navigate between, and fill with data, in certain user interfaces.
- A list of scheduled events or of performers or contestants; chiefly used in professional wrestling.
- In formal debating, a verbatim citation used as evidence for a point.
- (graph theory) A graph formed from a given graph by deleting one vertex.
- (television) A title card or intertitle: a piece of filmed, printed text edited into the midst of the photographed action at various points, generally to convey character dialogue or descriptive narrative material related to the plot.
- A greeting card.
- Abbreviation of cardinal (“songbird”).
- Any electronic payment (rather than a cash payment using notes, bills or coins).
- (informal) An amusing or entertaining person, often slightly eccentric.
- (cricket) A tabular presentation of the key statistics of an innings or match: batsmen’s scores and how they were dismissed, extras, total score and bowling figures.
- An indicator card.
- A playing card.
- A resource or argument, used to achieve a purpose. (See play the something card.)
- (weaving) A perforated pasteboard or sheet-metal plate for warp threads, making part of the Jacquard apparatus of a loom.
- a printed circuit that can be inserted into expansion slots in a computer to increase the computer's capabilities
- a card certifying the identity of the bearer
- a sign posted in a public place as an advertisement
- a list of dishes available at a restaurant
- a printed or written greeting that is left to indicate that you have visited
- a rectangular piece of stiff paper used to send messages (may have printed greetings or pictures)
- thin cardboard, usually rectangular
- (golf) a record of scores (as in golf)
- one of a set of small pieces of stiff paper marked in various ways and used for playing games or for telling fortunes
- a witty amusing person who makes jokes
- (baseball) a list of batters in the order in which they will bat
verb
- (transitive, US) To check IDs, especially against a minimum age requirement.
- To scrape or tear someone’s flesh using a metal comb, as a form of torture.
- (transitive, golf) To make (a stated score), as recorded on a scoring card.
- (textiles) To use a carding device to disentangle the fibres of wool prior to spinning.
- (transitive) To comb with a card; to cleanse or disentangle by carding.
- ask someone for identification to determine whether he or she is old enough to consume liquor
- separate the fibers of
noun
- the direction in which a compass needle points
- the cardinal compass point that is at 0 or 360 degrees
- the direction corresponding to the northward cardinal compass point
- a location in the northern part of a country, region, or city
- Alternative letter-case form of North (“a northern region; the inhabitants thereof”).
- (physics) The positive or north pole of a magnet, which seeks the magnetic pole near Earth's geographic North Pole (which, for its magnetic properties, is a south pole).
- (ecclesiastical) In a church: the direction to the left-hand side of a person facing the altar.
- The up or positive direction.
- The direction towards the pole to the left-hand side of someone facing east, specifically 0°, or (on another celestial object) the direction towards the pole lying on the northern side of the invariable plane.
adj
- situated in or facing or moving toward or coming from the north
- (colloquial) More or greater than.
- (meteorology) Of wind, from the north.
- Pertaining to the part of a corridor used by northbound traffic.
- Of or pertaining to the north; northern.
- (ecclesiastical) Designating, or situated in, the liturgical north (in a church, the direction to the left-hand side of a person facing the altar).
- Toward the north; northward.
adv
noun
- (nautical) The difference between two points of the compass.
- An individual element in a larger whole; a particular detail, thought, or quality.
- Each of the marks or strokes written above letters, especially in Semitic languages, to indicate vowels, stress etc.
- (video games, board games) A unit of various numerical parameters used in a game, e.g. health, experience, stamina, mana.
- (sports, video games, board games) A unit of scoring in a game or competition.
- A purpose or objective, which makes something meaningful.
- Each of the main directions on a compass, usually considered to be 32 in number; a direction.
- (economics) A unit used to express differences in prices of stocks and shares.
- (music) A dot or mark used to designate certain tones or time. In ancient music, it distinguished or characterized certain tones or styles (points of perfection, of augmentation, etc.). In modern music, it is placed on the right of a note to raise its value, or prolong its time, by one half.
- (falconry) The perpendicular rising of a hawk over the place where its prey has gone into cover.
- Ellipsis of percentage point.
- A peninsula or promontory.
- (by extension) An operational or public leadership position in a risky endeavor.
- (UK) An electric power socket.
- (historical) A string or lace used to tie together certain garments.
- Ellipsis of point man.
- (archaeology) A spearhead or similar object hafted to a handle.
- (lacrosse, ice hockey, countable, uncountable) The position of the player of each side who stands a short distance in front of the goalkeeper.
- (now only in phrases) A tenth; formerly also a twelfth.
- (heraldry) One of the "corners" of the escutcheon: the base (bottom center) unless a qualifier is added (point dexter, point dexter base, point sinister, point sinister base), generally when separately tinctured. (Compare terrace, point champaine, enté en point.)
- (typography) A unit of measure equal to 1/12 of a pica, or approximately 1/72 of an inch (exactly 1/72 of an inch in the digital era).
- The attitude assumed by a pointer dog when he finds game.
- (UK) A unit of measure for rain, equal to 0.254 mm or 0.01 of an inch.
- (mathematics) A decimal point (now especially when reading decimal fractions aloud).
- (cricket, countable, uncountable) A fielding position square of the wicket on the off side, between gully and cover.
- (fencing) A movement executed with the sabre or foil.
- (mathematics, sciences) A zero-dimensional mathematical object representing a location in one or more dimensions; something considered to have position but no magnitude or direction.
- A particular moment in an event or occurrence; a juncture.
- A topic of discussion or debate; a proposition; a count
- A full stop or other terminal punctuation mark.
- Pointedness of speech or writing; a penetrating or decisive quality of expression.
- A tine or snag of an antler.
- (heraldry, by extension) An ordinary similar to a pile (but sometimes shorter), extending upward from the base. (Often termed a point pointed.)
- A focus of conversation or consideration; the main idea.
- (nautical) A short piece of cordage used in reefing sails.
- (usually in the plural) An area of contrasting colour on an animal, especially a dog; a marking.
- (by extension) A note; a tune.
- (navigation, nautical) A unit of bearing equal to one thirty-second of a circle, i.e. 11.25°.
- (hunting) A spot to which a straight run is made; hence, a straight run from point to point; a cross-country run.
- (automotive, chiefly in the plural) Either of the two metal surfaces in a distributor which close or open to allow or prevent the flow of current through the ignition coil. There is usually a moving point, pushed by the distributor cam, and a fixed point, and they are built together as a unit.
- Any projecting extremity of an object.
- (rail transport, UK, in the plural) A railroad switch.
- A distinguishing quality or characteristic.
- (baseball, countable, uncountable) The position of the pitcher and catcher.
- Lace worked by the needle.
- The gesture of extending the index finger in a direction in order to indicate something.
- The sharp tip of an object.
- A specific location or place, seen as a spatial position.
- The act of pointing, as of the foot downward in certain dance positions.
- (backgammon) Each of the twelve triangular positions in either table of a backgammon board, on which the stones are played.
- An object which has a sharp or tapering tip.
- The position at the front or vanguard of an advancing force.
- Something tiny, as a pinprick; a very small mark.
- a specific identifiable position in a continuum or series or especially in a process
- any of 32 horizontal directions indicated on the card of a compass
- a promontory extending out into a large body of water
- a linear unit used to measure the size of type; approximately 1/72 inch
- a wall socket
- the unit of counting in scoring a game or contest
- a V-shaped mark at one end of an arrow pointer
- an instant of time
- sharp end
- the dot at the left of a decimal fraction
- a brief version of the essential meaning of something
- one percent of the total principal of a loan; it is paid at the time the loan is made and is independent of the interest on the loan
- a geometric element that has position but no extension
- a distinguishing or individuating characteristic
- a style in speech or writing that arrests attention and has a penetrating or convincing quality or effect
- a V shape
- an outstanding characteristic
- a contact in the distributor; as the rotor turns its projecting arm contacts them and current flows to the spark plugs
- an isolated fact that is considered separately from the whole
- a punctuation mark (‘.’) placed at the end of a declarative sentence to indicate a full stop or after abbreviations
- the precise location of something; a spatially limited location
- a very small circular shape
- the property of a shape that tapers to a sharp tip
- the object of an activity
- a distinct part that can be specified separately in a group of things that could be enumerated on a list
- the gun muzzle's direction
intj
verb
- (intransitive) To indicate a probability of something.
- (transitive, Internet) To direct requests sent to a domain name to the IP address corresponding to that domain name.
- (transitive) To direct or encourage (someone) in a particular direction.
- To give a point to; to sharpen; to cut, forge, grind, or file to an acute end.
- (transitive, computing) To direct the central processing unit to seek information at a certain location in memory.
- (transitive, mathematics) To separate an integer from a decimal with a decimal point.
- (ambitransitive, masonry) To repair mortar.
- (intransitive) To extend the index finger in the direction of something in order to show where it is or to draw attention to it.
- (stone-cutting) To cut, as a surface, with a pointed tool.
- (transitive, masonry) To fill up and finish the joints of (a wall), by introducing additional cement or mortar, and bringing it to a smooth surface.
- (intransitive, nautical) To sail close to the wind.
- (transitive, sometimes figurative) To direct toward an object; to aim.
- (intransitive, hunting) To indicate the presence of game by a fixed and steady look, as certain hunting dogs do.
- (medicine, of an abscess) To approximate to the surface; to head.
- (intransitive) To draw attention to something or indicate a direction.
- (transitive) To mark with diacritics.
- (intransitive) To face in a particular direction.
- be a signal for or a symptom of
- direct the course; determine the direction of travelling
- mark with diacritics
- be positionable in a specified manner
- sail close to the wind
- indicate the presence of (game) by standing and pointing with the muzzle
- direct into a position for use
- repair the joints of bricks
- mark (Hebrew words) with diacritics
- mark (a psalm text) to indicate the points at which the music changes
- indicate a place, direction, person, or thing; either spatially or figuratively
- give a point to
- intend (something) to move towards a certain goal
- be oriented
noun
- (nautical) That part of a compass on which the points are marked; the compass card.
- (often plural) A strip of material (sometimes hiding zippers or buttons) at the front of a pair of trousers, pants, underpants, bootees, etc.
- The pair of arms revolving around the bobbin, in a spinning wheel or spinning frame, to twist the yarn.
- A vibrating frame with fingers, attached to a power printing press for doing the same work.
- The horizontal length of a flag.
- A piece of canvas that covers the opening at the front of a tent.
- (weightlifting) A chest exercise performed by moving extended arms from the sides to in front of the chest. (also flye)
- (weaving) A shuttle driven through the shed by a blow or jerk.
- An act of flying.
- (historical) A type of small, light, fast horse-drawn carriage that can be hired for transportation (sometimes pluralised flys).
- (preceded by definite article) A simple dance in which the hands are shaken in the air, popular in the 1960s.
- (American football) Ellipsis of fly route.
- The person who took the printed sheets from the press.
- The moving portion of an extendable ladder.
- Alternative form of vly (“swamp (in New York)”).
- Two or more vanes set on a revolving axis, to act as a fanner, or to equalize or impede the motion of machinery by the resistance of the air, as in the striking part of a clock.
- (weightlifting) An exercise that involves wide opening and closing of the arms perpendicular to the shoulders.
- (fishing) A lightweight fishing lure resembling an insect.
- Any similar but not closely related insect, such as a dragonfly, butterfly, or gallfly.
- (cotton manufacture) Waste cotton.
- (finance) A butterfly (combination of four options).
- One of the upper screens of a stage in a theatre.
- (baseball) A fly ball.
- (rustic, Scotland, Northern England) A wing.
- The part of a weather vane pointing the direction from which the wind blows.
- (swimming) The butterfly stroke (plural is normally flys).
- In a knitting machine, the piece hinged to the needle, which holds the engaged loop in position while the needle is penetrating another loop; a latch.
- (zoology) Any insect of the order Diptera; characterized by having two wings (except for some wingless species), also called true flies.
- Ellipsis of flywheel.
- The free edge of a flag.
- (non-technical) Especially, any of the insects of the family Muscidae, such as the common housefly (other families of Diptera include mosquitoes and midges).
- fisherman's lure consisting of a fishhook decorated to look like an insect
- an opening in a garment that is closed by a zipper or by buttons concealed under a fold of cloth
- (baseball) a hit that flies up in the air
- flap consisting of a piece of canvas that can be drawn back to provide entrance to a tent
- two-winged insects characterized by active flight
adj
verb
- (transitive, ergative) To display (a flag) on a flagpole.
- (intransitive, entomology, of a type of moth or butterfly) To be in the winged adult stage.
- (intransitive, baseball) To hit a fly ball; to hit a fly ball that is caught for an out. Compare ground (verb) and line (verb).
- (intransitive) To travel through the air, another gas, or a vacuum, without being in contact with a grounded surface.
- (intransitive) To travel or proceed very fast; to hasten.
- (transitive, ergative) To cause to fly (travel or float in the air): to transport via air or the like.
- (intransitive) To move suddenly, or with violence; to do an act suddenly or swiftly.
- (intransitive, colloquial, of a proposal, project or idea) To be accepted, come about or work out.
- (intransitive) To proceed with great success.
- (transitive) To hunt with a hawk.
- be dispersed or disseminated
- pass away rapidly
- display in the air or cause to float
- move quickly or suddenly
- change quickly from one emotional state to another
- hit a fly
- travel over (an area of land or sea) in an aircraft
- cause to fly or float
- travel in an airplane
- run away quickly
- decrease rapidly and disappear
- operate an airplane
- transport by aeroplane
- travel through the air; be airborne
noun
- A beam compass.
- A kind of net for catching birds, fishes, or other prey.
- A fishing net that has large mesh at the edges and smaller mesh in the middle
- Braids or plaits of hair.
- A kind of shackle used for regulating the motions of a horse and making it amble.
- A vertical bar with several notches or chain of rings suspended over a fire, used to hang cooking pots by a hook which has an easily adjustable height.
- Whatever impedes activity, progress, or freedom, such as a net or shackle.
- (engineering) An instrument for drawing ellipses, one part of which consists of a cross with two grooves at right angles to each other, the other being a beam carrying two pins (which slide in those grooves), and also the describing pencil.
- an adjustable pothook set in a fireplace
- a fishing net with three layers; the outer two are coarse mesh and the loose inner layer is fine mesh
- a restraint that is used to teach a horse to amble
- a restraint that confines or restricts freedom (especially something used to tie down or restrain a prisoner)
verb
noun
- (nautical) Ellipsis of compass card.
- A business card.
- (in the plural) Any game using playing cards; a card game.
- Any flat, normally rectangular piece of stiff paper, plastic, etc.
- A roll or sliver of fibre (as of wool) delivered from a carding machine.
- (Philippines, education) Ellipsis of report card.
- A test card.
- A bank card.
- (textiles) A hand-held tool formed similarly to a hairbrush but with bristles of wire or other rigid material. It is used principally with raw cotton, wool, hair, or other natural fibers to prepare these materials for spinning into yarn or thread on a spinning wheel, with a whorl or other hand-held spindle. The card serves to untangle, clean, remove debris from, and lay the fibers straight.
- (computing) A removable electronic device that may be inserted into a powered electronic device to provide additional capability.
- (uncountable) Paper that is thicker and more durable than normal writing or printing paper, but thinner and more flexible than paperboard, used for postcards, playing cards, etc.; card stock.
- (computing) Any of a set of pages or forms that the user can navigate between, and fill with data, in certain user interfaces.
- A list of scheduled events or of performers or contestants; chiefly used in professional wrestling.
- In formal debating, a verbatim citation used as evidence for a point.
- (graph theory) A graph formed from a given graph by deleting one vertex.
- (television) A title card or intertitle: a piece of filmed, printed text edited into the midst of the photographed action at various points, generally to convey character dialogue or descriptive narrative material related to the plot.
- A greeting card.
- Abbreviation of cardinal (“songbird”).
- Any electronic payment (rather than a cash payment using notes, bills or coins).
- (informal) An amusing or entertaining person, often slightly eccentric.
- (cricket) A tabular presentation of the key statistics of an innings or match: batsmen’s scores and how they were dismissed, extras, total score and bowling figures.
- An indicator card.
- A playing card.
- A resource or argument, used to achieve a purpose. (See play the something card.)
- (weaving) A perforated pasteboard or sheet-metal plate for warp threads, making part of the Jacquard apparatus of a loom.
- a printed circuit that can be inserted into expansion slots in a computer to increase the computer's capabilities
- a card certifying the identity of the bearer
- a sign posted in a public place as an advertisement
- a list of dishes available at a restaurant
- a printed or written greeting that is left to indicate that you have visited
- a rectangular piece of stiff paper used to send messages (may have printed greetings or pictures)
- thin cardboard, usually rectangular
- (golf) a record of scores (as in golf)
- one of a set of small pieces of stiff paper marked in various ways and used for playing games or for telling fortunes
- a witty amusing person who makes jokes
- (baseball) a list of batters in the order in which they will bat
verb
- (transitive, US) To check IDs, especially against a minimum age requirement.
- To scrape or tear someone’s flesh using a metal comb, as a form of torture.
- (transitive, golf) To make (a stated score), as recorded on a scoring card.
- (textiles) To use a carding device to disentangle the fibres of wool prior to spinning.
- (transitive) To comb with a card; to cleanse or disentangle by carding.
- ask someone for identification to determine whether he or she is old enough to consume liquor
- separate the fibers of
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