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noun
- beef that has been ground
- a sandwich consisting of a fried cake of minced beef served on a bun, often with other ingredients
- The patty used in such a sandwich.
- A hot sandwich consisting of a patty of cooked ground beef or a meat substitute, in a sliced bun, usually also containing salad vegetables, condiments, or both.
- (uncountable) Ground beef, especially that intended to be made into hamburgers.
- (US, education, informal) Describing the shape of a rectangular piece of paper folded in half so that it forms a short rectangle.
- (US, colloquial, somewhat crude) An animal or human, or the flesh thereof, that has been badly injured as a result of an accident or conflict.
- (graphical user interface) Ellipsis of hamburger button.
verb
adj
noun
- (uncountable) Bovine animals.
- (uncountable) The meat from cattle or other bovines; especially, that from adults.
- (figurative, slang, uncountable) Essence, content; the important part of a document or project.
- (slang, uncountable or countable, plural beefs) A grudge; dislike (of something or someone); lack of faith or trust (in something or someone); a reason for a dislike or grudge. (often + with)
- (now chiefly Canada, US, countable, now uncommon, plural beeves) A bovine (cow or bull) being raised for its meat.
- (prison slang) A criminal charge.
- (by extension, slang, uncountable) Muscle or musculature; size, strength or potency.
- (Dorset) Fibrous calcite or limestone, especially when occurring in a jagged layer between shales in Dorset.
- (in the meat industry, on product packaging) The edible portions of a cow (including those which are not meat).
- meat from an adult domestic bovine
- informal terms for objecting
- cattle that are reared for their meat
verb
- (transitive, slang) To add weight or strength to.
- (intransitive, slang) To fart; break wind.
- (chiefly African-American Vernacular, MLE, MTE, intransitive, slang) To feud or hold a grudge against.
- (intransitive, slang) To complain.
- (intransitive, chiefly Yorkshire) To cry.
- (transitive, slang) To fail or mess up.
- (intransitive, slang, Australia) To sing or speak loudly; to cry out.
- complain
adj
- used of beef; usable but inferior
- capable of substituting in any of several positions on a team
- Having to do with, or owned by, a service provider.
- Functional rather than attractive.
- (Of a building or its components) containing or intended for any of a building’s often-utility-related commodity transport, such as pipes or wires, or converting equipment, such as furnaces, water tanks or heaters, circuit breakers, central air conditioning units, laundry facilities, etc.
noun
- a company that performs a public service; subject to government regulation
- (economics) a measure that is to be maximized in any situation involving choice
- (computer science) a program designed for general support of the processes of a computer
- the service (electric power or water or transportation) provided by a public utility
- the quality of being of practical use
- a facility composed of one or more pieces of equipment connected to or part of a structure and designed to provide a service such as heat or electricity or water or sewage disposal
- (economics) The ability of a commodity to satisfy needs or wants; the satisfaction experienced by the consumer of that commodity.
- The state or condition of being useful; usefulness.
- (sports) The ability to play multiple positions.
- Something that is useful.
- (Australia, New Zealand) A coupé utility, or ute; an automobile with an open tray or bed behind the passenger cabin.
- (computing) A software program designed to perform a single task or a small range of tasks, often to help manage and tune computer hardware, an operating system, or application software.
- (philosophy) Well-being, satisfaction, pleasure, or happiness.
- (business, finance, by extension) A natural or legal monopoly distributer of such a utility; or, the securities of such a provider.
- (computing) A software program other than a game; one that is useful or creative rather than merely entertaining.
- (business) A commodity or service provided on a continuous basis by a physical infrastructure network, such as electricity, water supply or sewerage.
noun
- Meat from that part of an animal.
- (ornithology, colloquial) A redshank or greenshank, various species of Old World wading birds in the genus Tringa having distinctly colored legs.
- The center part of a fishhook between the eye and the hook, the 'hook' being the curved part that bends toward the point.
- The metal part on a curb bit that falls below the mouthpiece, which length controls the severity of the leverage action of the bit, and to which the reins of the bridle are attached.
- (shoemaking) A metal strip strengthening the waists of shoes. (Also shankpiece.)
- A protruding part of an object, by which it is or can be attached.
- Flat-nosed pliers, used by opticians for nipping off the edges of pieces of glass to make them round.
- (golf) A poorly played golf shot in which the ball is struck by the part of the club head that connects to the shaft.
- A loop forming an eye to a button.
- (architecture) The space between two channels of the Doric triglyph.
- (slang) An improvised stabbing weapon, originally in prison, possibly from the strips of metal in shoes.
- The part of the leg between the knee and the ankle.
- The main part or beginning of a period of time.
- The end or remainder, particularly of a period of time.
- (metalworking) A large ladle for molten metal, fitted with long bars for handling it.
- A straight, narrow part of an object, such as a key or an anchor; shaft; stem.
- The handle of a pair of shears, connecting the ride to the neck.
- (shoemaking) The part of the sole beneath the instep connecting the broader front part with the heel.
- the part of the human leg between the knee and the ankle
- cylinder forming the part of a bit by which it is held in the drill
- a poor golf stroke in which the heel of the club hits the ball
- a cut of meat (beef or veal or mutton or lamb) from the upper part of the leg
- the narrow part of the shoe connecting the heel and the wide part of the sole
- cylinder forming the part of a bolt between the thread and the head
- cylinder forming a long narrow part of something
- lower part of the leg extending from the hock to the fetlock in hoofed mammals
adj
verb
- (transitive, sewing) To provide (a button) with a shank (loop forming an eye).
- (shoemaking) To apply the shank to a shoe, during the process of manufacturing it.
- (slang) To remove another's trousers, especially in jest; to depants.
- (slang) To stab, especially with an improvised blade.
- (intransitive) To fall off, as a leaf, flower, or capsule, on account of disease affecting the supporting footstalk; usually followed by off.
- (transitive, chiefly tennis, soccer, gridiron football) To hit or kick the ball in an unintended direction.
- (transitive, golf) To misstrike the ball with the part of the club head that connects to the shaft.
- hit (a golf ball) with the heel of a club, causing the ball to veer in the wrong direction
noun
- (British) The upper side of a round of beef.
- Such fish prepared as food.
- Any of several small fish, mostly in families Atherinidae and Atherinopsidae, both in order Atheriniformes, that are characterized by bright, silvery scales.
- (Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Ireland, informal) Corned beef made with this type of meat.
- small fishes having a silver stripe along each side; abundant along the Atlantic coast of the United States
noun
- Meat from that part of a food animal.
- Debt.
- (card games) The last card turned up in the game of faro.
- Installment purchase.
- Prison.
- A Rhenish wine, of a light yellow color, either sparkling or still, from the Hochheim region; often applied to all Rhenish wines.
- Alternative form of hawk (“cough”).
- Pawn, obligation as collateral for a loan.
- (countable) The tarsal joint of a digitigrade quadruped, such as a horse, pig or dog.
- (countable) The hollow behind the knee.
- tarsal joint of the hind leg of hoofed mammals; corresponds to the human ankle
- any of several white wines from the Rhine River valley in Germany (‘hock’ is British usage)
verb
- (US) To bother; to pester; to annoy incessantly.
- (transitive, colloquial) To leave with a pawnbroker as security for a loan.
- (transitive) To disable by cutting the tendons of the hock; to hamstring; to hough.
- Alternative form of hawk (“cough, clear one's throat of phlegm”).
- leave as a guarantee in return for money
- disable by cutting the hock
noun
- Beef tongue (a foodstuff).
- A flowering plant of the genus Picris, especially Picris echioides (bristly oxtongue).
- A flowering plant of the genus Anchusa, especially Anchusa officinalis (true alkanet).
- widespread European weed with spiny tongue-shaped leaves and yellow flowers; naturalized in United States
noun
- (uncommon, uncountable) Beef: the meat of cattle as food.
- (uncommon) Any bovines or bovids generally, including yaks, buffalo, etc.
- (UK, dialect) A chimney cowl.
- (strictly) An adult female of the species Bos taurus, especially one that has calved.
- (astronomy) LFBOT: Synonym of luminous fast blue optical transient.
- (mining) A chock: a wedge or brake used to stop a machine or car.
- (derogatory, UK, Ireland, informal) A woman considered unpleasant in some way, particularly one considered nasty, stupid, fat, lazy, or difficult.
- (biology) A female member of other large species of mammal, including the bovines, moose, whales, seals, hippos, rhinos, manatees, and elephants.
- (loosely or informal) Any member of the species Bos taurus that is not of a bucking breed or fighting breed, regardless of sex or age, including steers and calves.
- (US, military, slang) A third-year cadet at West Point.
- (fishing, slang) A fish that is very large for its species, such as a large striped bass or large bluefin tuna.
- a large unpleasant woman
- female of domestic cattle:
- mature female of mammals of which the male is called ‘bull’
verb
noun
- A cut of meat of various kinds.
- (sports, billiards, snooker, pool) The curved part of the cushion at the entrance to the pockets on a cue sports table.
- (skiing, snowboarding) The rounded point where a flat changes to a slope on a piste.
- The kneejoint of a quadruped, especially of a calf; formerly, the kneejoint of a human being.
- A contrivance, usually of brass or iron, and furnished with points, worn to protect the hand, to add force to a blow, and to disfigure the person struck; a knuckle duster.
- (by extension) A mechanical joint.
- Any of the joints between the bones of the fingers.
- (shipbuilding) A convex portion of a vessel's figure where a sudden change of shape occurs, as in a canal boat, where a nearly vertical side joins a nearly flat bottom.
- a joint of a finger when the fist is closed
verb
- (transitive) To apply pressure, or rub or massage with one's knuckles (noun sense 1).
- (transitive, slang) To strike or punch.
- (intransitive, figurative) To yield.
- (snowboarding, skiing) To land on the knuckle (noun sense 9) of a curve of a slope, after a jump off a ramp that precedes the slope.
- (intransitive) To touch one's forehead as a mark of respect.
- (intransitive) To bend the fingers.
- shoot a marble while keeping one's knuckles on the ground
- press or rub with the knuckles
noun
- Part of a hind leg of beef, next to the round.
- (set theory) A small model of (a fragment of) Zermelo-Fraenkel set theory with desirable properties (depending on the context).
- (historical) A small cushion for a woman's hair.
- A quiet or shy person.
- A match used in firing guns or blasting.
- (computing) An input device that is moved over a pad or other flat surface to produce a corresponding movement of a pointer on a graphical display.
- (nautical) A turn or lashing of spun yarn or small stuff, or a metallic clasp or fastening, uniting the point and shank of a hook to prevent its unhooking or straightening out.
- (computing) A pointer.
- A rodent, typically having a small body, dark fur, and a long tail.
- Any small rodent of the genus Mus.
- (boxing) A facial hematoma or black eye.
- a hand-operated electronic device that controls the coordinates of a cursor on your computer screen as you move it around on a pad; on the bottom of the device is a ball that rolls on the surface of the pad
- person who is quiet or timid
- a swollen bruise caused by a blow to the eye
- any of numerous small rodents typically resembling diminutive rats having pointed snouts and small ears on elongated bodies with slender usually hairless tails
verb
- (intransitive) To hunt or catch mice (the rodents), usually of cats. [from 12th c.]
- (intransitive, computing) To navigate by means of a computer mouse.
- (intransitive) To move cautiously or furtively, in the manner of a mouse (the rodent) (frequently used in the phrasal verb to mouse around).
- (transitive, nautical) To close the mouth of a hook by a careful binding of marline or wire.
- manipulate the mouse of a computer
- to go stealthily or furtively
noun
- (butchery) The hindquarters of a bovine; a round of beef.
- Rotation, as in office; succession.
- A brewer's vessel in which the fermentation is concluded, the yeast escaping through the bunghole.
- (sports) One of the specified pre-determined segments of the total time of a sport event, such as a boxing or wrestling match, during which contestants compete before being signaled to stop.
- A series of changes or events ending where it began; a series of like events recurring in continuance; a cycle; a periodical revolution.
- A general outburst from a group of people at an event.
- A course of action or conduct performed by a number of persons in turn, or one after another, as if seated in a circle.
- A general discharge of firearms by a body of troops in which each soldier fires once.
- (engineering, drafting, CAD) A rounded relief or cut at an edge, especially an outside edge, added for a finished appearance and to soften sharp edges.
- A firearm cartridge, bullet, or any individual ammunition projectile. Originally referring to the spherical projectile ball of a smoothbore firearm. Compare round shot and solid shot.
- (UK) One slice of bread.
- A strip of material with a circular face that covers an edge, gap, or crevice for decorative, sanitary, or security purposes.
- (art) A long-bristled, circular-headed paintbrush used in oil and acrylic painting.
- (countable, music) A song that is sung by groups of people with each subset of people starting at a different time.
- A circular or repetitious route.
- (sports) In some sports, e.g. golf or showjumping: one complete way around the course.
- A crosspiece that joins and braces the legs of a chair.
- A circular dance.
- (nautical) A round-top.
- A series of duties or tasks which must be performed in turn, and then repeated.
- A serving of something; a portion of something to each person in a group.
- (card games) The play after each deal.
- One sandwich (two full slices of bread with filling).
- (sports) A stage in a competition.
- An assembly; a group; a circle.
- (video games) A stage or level of a game.
- A circular or spherical object or part of an object.
- A single individual portion or dose of medicine.
- (sports) a division of a game during which one team is on the offensive
- a regular route for a sentry or policeman
- an outburst of applause
- any circular or rotating mechanism
- the course along which communications spread
- the activity of playing 18 holes of golf
- a partsong in which voices follow each other; one voice starts and others join in one after another until all are singing different parts of the song at the same time
- a cut of beef between the rump and the lower leg
- a charge of ammunition for a single shot
- (often plural) a series of professional calls (usually in a set order)
- a serving to each of a group (usually alcoholic)
- a crosspiece between the legs of a chair
- the usual activities in your day
- an interval during which a recurring sequence of events occurs
adj
- Circular or cylindrical; having a circular cross-section in one direction.
- Complete, whole, not lacking.
- Outspoken; plain and direct; unreserved; not mincing words.
- Returning to its starting point.
- Finished; polished; not defective or abrupt; said of authors or their writing style.
- (phonetics) Pronounced with the lips drawn together; rounded.
- Spherical; shaped like a ball; having a circular cross-section in more than one direction.
- (architecture) Vaulted.
- Lacking sharp angles; having gentle curves.
- Plump.
- (authorship, of a fictional character) Well-written and well-characterized; complex and reminiscent of a real person.
- Loosely or approximately circular.
- Large in magnitude.
- (of a number) Convenient for rounding other numbers to; for example, ending in a zero.
- (of sounds) full and rich
- having the shape or form of a circle
- (mathematics) expressed to the nearest integer, ten, hundred, or thousand
adv
prep
verb
- (intransitive) To turn and attack someone or something (used with on).
- (with "out") To finish; to complete; to fill out; see also round out.
- To grow round or full; hence, to attain to fullness, completeness, or perfection.
- (medicine, colloquial) To do ward rounds.
- (transitive) To turn past a boundary.
- (transitive) To shape something into a curve.
- To encircle; to encompass.
- (transitive, baseball) To advance to home plate.
- (intransitive) To become shaped into a curve.
- (transitive, intransitive) To approximate (a number, especially a decimal number) by the closest whole number, or some other close number, especially a whole number of hundreds, thousands, etc.; see also round down, round up.
- (transitive) To go round, pass, go past.
- make round
- become round, plump, or shapely
- pronounce with rounded lips
- express as a round number
- wind around; move along a circular course
- attack in speech or writing
- bring to a highly developed, finished, or refined state
noun
- The marbling in meat.
- (in the plural, archaeology) Statues made from marble.
- (countable, games) A small ball used in games, originally of marble but now usually of glass or ceramic.
- (uncountable, petrology) A metamorphic rock of crystalline limestone.
- a hard crystalline metamorphic rock that takes a high polish; used for sculpture and as building material
- a sculpture carved from marble
- a small ball of glass that is used in various games
adj
verb
- (by extension, figurative) To lace or be laced throughout.
- (intransitive) To get or have the streaked or swirled appearance of certain types of marble, for example due to the incomplete mixing of viscous ingredients, or the uneven application of paint or other colorants.
- (transitive) To cause meat, usually beef, pork, or lamb, to be interlaced with fat so that its appearance resembles that of marble.
- (intransitive, of meat, especially beef) To become interlaced with fat; (of fat) to interlace through meat.
- (transitive) To cause (something to have) the streaked or swirled appearance of certain types of marble, for example by mixing viscous ingredients incompletely, or by applying paint or other colorants unevenly.
- paint or stain like marble
noun
- a cut of beef from the shoulder blade
- something long and thin resembling a blade of grass
- a cutting or thrusting weapon that has a long metal blade and a hilt with a hand guard
- flat surface that rotates and pushes against air or water
- a broad flat body part (as of the shoulder or tongue)
- especially a leaf of grass or the broad portion of a leaf as distinct from the petiole
- the flat part of a tool or weapon that (usually) has a cutting edge
- a dashing young man
- the part of the skate that slides on the ice
- Ellipsis of razor blade.
- (sailing) The rudder, daggerboard, or centerboard of a vessel.
- Thin plate, foil.
- (mathematics) An exterior product of vectors. (The product may have more than two factors. Also, a scalar counts as a 0-blade, a vector as a 1-blade; an exterior product of k vectors may be called a k-blade.)
- (climbing) Synonym of knifeblade.
- (ultimate frisbee) A throw characterized by a tight parabolic trajectory due to a steep lateral attitude.
- (athletics, informal) An artificial foot used by amputee athletes, shaped like an upside-down question mark.
- A bulldozer or surface-grading machine with mechanically adjustable blade that is nominally perpendicular to the forward motion of the vehicle.
- The (typically sharp-edged) part of a knife, sword, razor, or other tool with which it cuts.
- (archaeology) A piece of prepared, sharp-edged stone, often flint, at least twice as long as it is wide; a long flake of ground-edge stone or knapped vitreous stone.
- (architecture, in the plural) The principal rafters of a roof.
- (uncountable, music) The quality of singing with a pure, resonant sound; especially of a countertenor.
- The part of a key that is inserted into the lock.
- (botany) The thin, flat part of a plant leaf, attached to a stem (petiole).
- A cut of beef from near the shoulder blade (part of the chuck).
- (slang, chiefly US) A homosexual, usually male.
- (computing) Ellipsis of blade server.
- (metonymic) A sword or knife.
- (photography) One of a series of small plates that make up the aperture or the shutter of a camera.
- (slang, chiefly US) An area of a city which is commonly known for prostitution.
- (biology) The four large shell plates on the sides, and the five large ones of the middle, of the carapace of the sea turtle, which yield the best tortoise shell.
- The flat functional end or piece of a propeller, oar, hockey stick, chisel, screwdriver, skate, etc.
- A flat bone, especially the shoulder blade.
- (chiefly phonetics, phonology) The part of the tongue just behind the tip, used to make laminal consonants.
- The narrow leaf of a grass or cereal.
verb
noun
- (cooking) A cut of meat from the flank of an animal.
- (politics) An ideological faction within a political party.
- (clothing) Either of the two pockets located on the seat of a pair of pants.
- (military) The extreme left or right edge of a military formation, army etc.
- The outermost strip of a road.
- That part of the acting surface of a gear wheel tooth that lies within the pitch line.
- (soccer) The wing, one side of the pitch.
- The side of something, in general senses.
- (military) The sides of a bastion perpendicular to the wall from which the bastion projects.
- (anatomy) The lateral flesh between the last rib and the hip.
- a subfigure consisting of a side of something
- a cut from the fleshy part of an animal's side between the ribs and the leg
- the side of military or naval formation
- the side between ribs and hipbone
adj
verb
noun
- (cooking) Meat from the shoulder of a cow or other animal.
- (music) On rhythm guitar or mandolin etc., the muting of a chord by lifting the fretting fingers immediately after strumming, producing a percussive effect.
- (Scotland) A small pebble.
- A clucking sound.
- (informal) A casual throw.
- (slang) A friend or close acquaintance; term of endearment.
- A gentle touch or tap.
- (mechanical engineering) A mechanical device that holds an object firmly in place, for example holding a drill bit in a high-speed rotating drill or grinder.
- (slang) An act or instance of vomiting.
- (cricket, informal) A throw, an incorrect bowling action.
- A pair of nunchaku, especially when using two.
- Abbreviation of woodchuck.
- a holding device consisting of adjustable jaws that center a workpiece in a lathe or center a tool in a drill
- the part of a forequarter from the neck to the ribs and including the shoulder blade
- informal terms for a meal
verb
- (intransitive, cricket) To throw; to bowl with an incorrect action.
- To bore or turn (a hole) in a revolving piece held in a chuck.
- To make a clucking sound.
- (transitive, informal) To throw, especially in a careless or inaccurate manner.
- (transitive, informal) To discard, to throw away.
- To touch or tap gently.
- To place in a chuck, or hold by means of a chuck, as in turning.
- (South Africa, slang, intransitive) To leave; to depart; to bounce.
- (intransitive, slang) To vomit.
- To call, as a hen her chickens.
- (transitive, informal) To jilt; to dump.
- (music) On rhythm guitar or mandolin etc.: to mute a chord by lifting the fretting fingers immediately after strumming, producing a percussive effect.
- pat or squeeze fondly or playfully, especially under the chin
- throw carelessly
- eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth
- throw away
noun
noun
- (slang, uncountable) Beef.
- (UK) Clipping of bullseye.
- (uncountable, informal, euphemistic, slang) Clipping of bullshit.
- An adult male of certain large mammals, such as whales, elephants, camels and seals.
- (LGBTQ, slang) An elderly lesbian.
- (military, firearms) The central portion of a target, inside the inner and magpie.
- A lie.
- Specifically, one that is uncastrated.
- (euphemistic, informal) Nonsense.
- A large, strong man.
- A papal bull, an official document or edict from the Pope.
- (finance) An investor who buys (commodities or securities) in anticipation of a rise in prices.
- A man who has sex with someone else's partner, with the consent of both.
- A seal affixed to a document, especially a document from the Pope.
- (Philadelphia, slang) A man or boy.
- A male of domesticated cattle or oxen of any age.
- Any adult male bovine.
- (loosely) Any bovine of an aggressive or long-horned breed regardless of age and sex.
- (US, slang) A policeman; a detective; a railroad security guard.
- a large and strong and heavyset man
- a serious and ludicrous blunder
- uncomplimentary terms for a policeman
- uncastrated adult male of domestic cattle
- an investor with an optimistic market outlook; an investor who expects prices to rise and so buys now for resale later
- mature male of various mammals of which the female is called ‘cow’; e.g. whales or elephants or especially cattle
- a formal proclamation issued by the pope (usually written in antiquated characters and sealed with a leaden bulla)
- the center of a target
- Obscene word for unacceptable behavior
adj
verb
- (intransitive, often with into or through) To force oneself (in a particular direction); to move aggressively.
- To mock; to cheat.
- (UK, military, transitive) To polish (boots) to a high shine.
- (finance, transitive) To endeavour to raise prices in.
- (agriculture, transitive, of a bull) To mate with (a cow or heifer).
- (finance, transitive) To endeavour to raise the market price of.
- (agriculture, intransitive, of a cow or heifer) To be in heat; to be ready for mating with a bull.
- (intransitive) To lie, to tell untruths.
- speak insincerely or without regard for facts or truths
- try to raise the price of stocks through speculative buying
- advance in price
- push or force
noun
- beef that has been ground
- a sandwich consisting of a fried cake of minced beef served on a bun, often with other ingredients
- The patty used in such a sandwich.
- A hot sandwich consisting of a patty of cooked ground beef or a meat substitute, in a sliced bun, usually also containing salad vegetables, condiments, or both.
- (uncountable) Ground beef, especially that intended to be made into hamburgers.
- (US, education, informal) Describing the shape of a rectangular piece of paper folded in half so that it forms a short rectangle.
- (US, colloquial, somewhat crude) An animal or human, or the flesh thereof, that has been badly injured as a result of an accident or conflict.
- (graphical user interface) Ellipsis of hamburger button.
verb
noun
- Meat from that part of an animal.
- (ornithology, colloquial) A redshank or greenshank, various species of Old World wading birds in the genus Tringa having distinctly colored legs.
- The center part of a fishhook between the eye and the hook, the 'hook' being the curved part that bends toward the point.
- The metal part on a curb bit that falls below the mouthpiece, which length controls the severity of the leverage action of the bit, and to which the reins of the bridle are attached.
- (shoemaking) A metal strip strengthening the waists of shoes. (Also shankpiece.)
- A protruding part of an object, by which it is or can be attached.
- Flat-nosed pliers, used by opticians for nipping off the edges of pieces of glass to make them round.
- (golf) A poorly played golf shot in which the ball is struck by the part of the club head that connects to the shaft.
- A loop forming an eye to a button.
- (architecture) The space between two channels of the Doric triglyph.
- (slang) An improvised stabbing weapon, originally in prison, possibly from the strips of metal in shoes.
- The part of the leg between the knee and the ankle.
- The main part or beginning of a period of time.
- The end or remainder, particularly of a period of time.
- (metalworking) A large ladle for molten metal, fitted with long bars for handling it.
- A straight, narrow part of an object, such as a key or an anchor; shaft; stem.
- The handle of a pair of shears, connecting the ride to the neck.
- (shoemaking) The part of the sole beneath the instep connecting the broader front part with the heel.
- the part of the human leg between the knee and the ankle
- cylinder forming the part of a bit by which it is held in the drill
- a poor golf stroke in which the heel of the club hits the ball
- a cut of meat (beef or veal or mutton or lamb) from the upper part of the leg
- the narrow part of the shoe connecting the heel and the wide part of the sole
- cylinder forming the part of a bolt between the thread and the head
- cylinder forming a long narrow part of something
- lower part of the leg extending from the hock to the fetlock in hoofed mammals
adj
verb
- (transitive, sewing) To provide (a button) with a shank (loop forming an eye).
- (shoemaking) To apply the shank to a shoe, during the process of manufacturing it.
- (slang) To remove another's trousers, especially in jest; to depants.
- (slang) To stab, especially with an improvised blade.
- (intransitive) To fall off, as a leaf, flower, or capsule, on account of disease affecting the supporting footstalk; usually followed by off.
- (transitive, chiefly tennis, soccer, gridiron football) To hit or kick the ball in an unintended direction.
- (transitive, golf) To misstrike the ball with the part of the club head that connects to the shaft.
- hit (a golf ball) with the heel of a club, causing the ball to veer in the wrong direction
noun
- (British) The upper side of a round of beef.
- Such fish prepared as food.
- Any of several small fish, mostly in families Atherinidae and Atherinopsidae, both in order Atheriniformes, that are characterized by bright, silvery scales.
- (Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Ireland, informal) Corned beef made with this type of meat.
- small fishes having a silver stripe along each side; abundant along the Atlantic coast of the United States
noun
- Meat from that part of a food animal.
- Debt.
- (card games) The last card turned up in the game of faro.
- Installment purchase.
- Prison.
- A Rhenish wine, of a light yellow color, either sparkling or still, from the Hochheim region; often applied to all Rhenish wines.
- Alternative form of hawk (“cough”).
- Pawn, obligation as collateral for a loan.
- (countable) The tarsal joint of a digitigrade quadruped, such as a horse, pig or dog.
- (countable) The hollow behind the knee.
- tarsal joint of the hind leg of hoofed mammals; corresponds to the human ankle
- any of several white wines from the Rhine River valley in Germany (‘hock’ is British usage)
verb
- (US) To bother; to pester; to annoy incessantly.
- (transitive, colloquial) To leave with a pawnbroker as security for a loan.
- (transitive) To disable by cutting the tendons of the hock; to hamstring; to hough.
- Alternative form of hawk (“cough, clear one's throat of phlegm”).
- leave as a guarantee in return for money
- disable by cutting the hock
noun
- Beef tongue (a foodstuff).
- A flowering plant of the genus Picris, especially Picris echioides (bristly oxtongue).
- A flowering plant of the genus Anchusa, especially Anchusa officinalis (true alkanet).
- widespread European weed with spiny tongue-shaped leaves and yellow flowers; naturalized in United States
noun
- (uncommon, uncountable) Beef: the meat of cattle as food.
- (uncommon) Any bovines or bovids generally, including yaks, buffalo, etc.
- (UK, dialect) A chimney cowl.
- (strictly) An adult female of the species Bos taurus, especially one that has calved.
- (astronomy) LFBOT: Synonym of luminous fast blue optical transient.
- (mining) A chock: a wedge or brake used to stop a machine or car.
- (derogatory, UK, Ireland, informal) A woman considered unpleasant in some way, particularly one considered nasty, stupid, fat, lazy, or difficult.
- (biology) A female member of other large species of mammal, including the bovines, moose, whales, seals, hippos, rhinos, manatees, and elephants.
- (loosely or informal) Any member of the species Bos taurus that is not of a bucking breed or fighting breed, regardless of sex or age, including steers and calves.
- (US, military, slang) A third-year cadet at West Point.
- (fishing, slang) A fish that is very large for its species, such as a large striped bass or large bluefin tuna.
- a large unpleasant woman
- female of domestic cattle:
- mature female of mammals of which the male is called ‘bull’
verb
noun
- A cut of meat of various kinds.
- (sports, billiards, snooker, pool) The curved part of the cushion at the entrance to the pockets on a cue sports table.
- (skiing, snowboarding) The rounded point where a flat changes to a slope on a piste.
- The kneejoint of a quadruped, especially of a calf; formerly, the kneejoint of a human being.
- A contrivance, usually of brass or iron, and furnished with points, worn to protect the hand, to add force to a blow, and to disfigure the person struck; a knuckle duster.
- (by extension) A mechanical joint.
- Any of the joints between the bones of the fingers.
- (shipbuilding) A convex portion of a vessel's figure where a sudden change of shape occurs, as in a canal boat, where a nearly vertical side joins a nearly flat bottom.
- a joint of a finger when the fist is closed
verb
- (transitive) To apply pressure, or rub or massage with one's knuckles (noun sense 1).
- (transitive, slang) To strike or punch.
- (intransitive, figurative) To yield.
- (snowboarding, skiing) To land on the knuckle (noun sense 9) of a curve of a slope, after a jump off a ramp that precedes the slope.
- (intransitive) To touch one's forehead as a mark of respect.
- (intransitive) To bend the fingers.
- shoot a marble while keeping one's knuckles on the ground
- press or rub with the knuckles
noun
- Part of a hind leg of beef, next to the round.
- (set theory) A small model of (a fragment of) Zermelo-Fraenkel set theory with desirable properties (depending on the context).
- (historical) A small cushion for a woman's hair.
- A quiet or shy person.
- A match used in firing guns or blasting.
- (computing) An input device that is moved over a pad or other flat surface to produce a corresponding movement of a pointer on a graphical display.
- (nautical) A turn or lashing of spun yarn or small stuff, or a metallic clasp or fastening, uniting the point and shank of a hook to prevent its unhooking or straightening out.
- (computing) A pointer.
- A rodent, typically having a small body, dark fur, and a long tail.
- Any small rodent of the genus Mus.
- (boxing) A facial hematoma or black eye.
- a hand-operated electronic device that controls the coordinates of a cursor on your computer screen as you move it around on a pad; on the bottom of the device is a ball that rolls on the surface of the pad
- person who is quiet or timid
- a swollen bruise caused by a blow to the eye
- any of numerous small rodents typically resembling diminutive rats having pointed snouts and small ears on elongated bodies with slender usually hairless tails
verb
- (intransitive) To hunt or catch mice (the rodents), usually of cats. [from 12th c.]
- (intransitive, computing) To navigate by means of a computer mouse.
- (intransitive) To move cautiously or furtively, in the manner of a mouse (the rodent) (frequently used in the phrasal verb to mouse around).
- (transitive, nautical) To close the mouth of a hook by a careful binding of marline or wire.
- manipulate the mouse of a computer
- to go stealthily or furtively
noun
- (butchery) The hindquarters of a bovine; a round of beef.
- Rotation, as in office; succession.
- A brewer's vessel in which the fermentation is concluded, the yeast escaping through the bunghole.
- (sports) One of the specified pre-determined segments of the total time of a sport event, such as a boxing or wrestling match, during which contestants compete before being signaled to stop.
- A series of changes or events ending where it began; a series of like events recurring in continuance; a cycle; a periodical revolution.
- A general outburst from a group of people at an event.
- A course of action or conduct performed by a number of persons in turn, or one after another, as if seated in a circle.
- A general discharge of firearms by a body of troops in which each soldier fires once.
- (engineering, drafting, CAD) A rounded relief or cut at an edge, especially an outside edge, added for a finished appearance and to soften sharp edges.
- A firearm cartridge, bullet, or any individual ammunition projectile. Originally referring to the spherical projectile ball of a smoothbore firearm. Compare round shot and solid shot.
- (UK) One slice of bread.
- A strip of material with a circular face that covers an edge, gap, or crevice for decorative, sanitary, or security purposes.
- (art) A long-bristled, circular-headed paintbrush used in oil and acrylic painting.
- (countable, music) A song that is sung by groups of people with each subset of people starting at a different time.
- A circular or repetitious route.
- (sports) In some sports, e.g. golf or showjumping: one complete way around the course.
- A crosspiece that joins and braces the legs of a chair.
- A circular dance.
- (nautical) A round-top.
- A series of duties or tasks which must be performed in turn, and then repeated.
- A serving of something; a portion of something to each person in a group.
- (card games) The play after each deal.
- One sandwich (two full slices of bread with filling).
- (sports) A stage in a competition.
- An assembly; a group; a circle.
- (video games) A stage or level of a game.
- A circular or spherical object or part of an object.
- A single individual portion or dose of medicine.
- (sports) a division of a game during which one team is on the offensive
- a regular route for a sentry or policeman
- an outburst of applause
- any circular or rotating mechanism
- the course along which communications spread
- the activity of playing 18 holes of golf
- a partsong in which voices follow each other; one voice starts and others join in one after another until all are singing different parts of the song at the same time
- a cut of beef between the rump and the lower leg
- a charge of ammunition for a single shot
- (often plural) a series of professional calls (usually in a set order)
- a serving to each of a group (usually alcoholic)
- a crosspiece between the legs of a chair
- the usual activities in your day
- an interval during which a recurring sequence of events occurs
adj
- Circular or cylindrical; having a circular cross-section in one direction.
- Complete, whole, not lacking.
- Outspoken; plain and direct; unreserved; not mincing words.
- Returning to its starting point.
- Finished; polished; not defective or abrupt; said of authors or their writing style.
- (phonetics) Pronounced with the lips drawn together; rounded.
- Spherical; shaped like a ball; having a circular cross-section in more than one direction.
- (architecture) Vaulted.
- Lacking sharp angles; having gentle curves.
- Plump.
- (authorship, of a fictional character) Well-written and well-characterized; complex and reminiscent of a real person.
- Loosely or approximately circular.
- Large in magnitude.
- (of a number) Convenient for rounding other numbers to; for example, ending in a zero.
- (of sounds) full and rich
- having the shape or form of a circle
- (mathematics) expressed to the nearest integer, ten, hundred, or thousand
adv
prep
verb
- (intransitive) To turn and attack someone or something (used with on).
- (with "out") To finish; to complete; to fill out; see also round out.
- To grow round or full; hence, to attain to fullness, completeness, or perfection.
- (medicine, colloquial) To do ward rounds.
- (transitive) To turn past a boundary.
- (transitive) To shape something into a curve.
- To encircle; to encompass.
- (transitive, baseball) To advance to home plate.
- (intransitive) To become shaped into a curve.
- (transitive, intransitive) To approximate (a number, especially a decimal number) by the closest whole number, or some other close number, especially a whole number of hundreds, thousands, etc.; see also round down, round up.
- (transitive) To go round, pass, go past.
- make round
- become round, plump, or shapely
- pronounce with rounded lips
- express as a round number
- wind around; move along a circular course
- attack in speech or writing
- bring to a highly developed, finished, or refined state
noun
- The marbling in meat.
- (in the plural, archaeology) Statues made from marble.
- (countable, games) A small ball used in games, originally of marble but now usually of glass or ceramic.
- (uncountable, petrology) A metamorphic rock of crystalline limestone.
- a hard crystalline metamorphic rock that takes a high polish; used for sculpture and as building material
- a sculpture carved from marble
- a small ball of glass that is used in various games
adj
verb
- (by extension, figurative) To lace or be laced throughout.
- (intransitive) To get or have the streaked or swirled appearance of certain types of marble, for example due to the incomplete mixing of viscous ingredients, or the uneven application of paint or other colorants.
- (transitive) To cause meat, usually beef, pork, or lamb, to be interlaced with fat so that its appearance resembles that of marble.
- (intransitive, of meat, especially beef) To become interlaced with fat; (of fat) to interlace through meat.
- (transitive) To cause (something to have) the streaked or swirled appearance of certain types of marble, for example by mixing viscous ingredients incompletely, or by applying paint or other colorants unevenly.
- paint or stain like marble
noun
- a cut of beef from the shoulder blade
- something long and thin resembling a blade of grass
- a cutting or thrusting weapon that has a long metal blade and a hilt with a hand guard
- flat surface that rotates and pushes against air or water
- a broad flat body part (as of the shoulder or tongue)
- especially a leaf of grass or the broad portion of a leaf as distinct from the petiole
- the flat part of a tool or weapon that (usually) has a cutting edge
- a dashing young man
- the part of the skate that slides on the ice
- Ellipsis of razor blade.
- (sailing) The rudder, daggerboard, or centerboard of a vessel.
- Thin plate, foil.
- (mathematics) An exterior product of vectors. (The product may have more than two factors. Also, a scalar counts as a 0-blade, a vector as a 1-blade; an exterior product of k vectors may be called a k-blade.)
- (climbing) Synonym of knifeblade.
- (ultimate frisbee) A throw characterized by a tight parabolic trajectory due to a steep lateral attitude.
- (athletics, informal) An artificial foot used by amputee athletes, shaped like an upside-down question mark.
- A bulldozer or surface-grading machine with mechanically adjustable blade that is nominally perpendicular to the forward motion of the vehicle.
- The (typically sharp-edged) part of a knife, sword, razor, or other tool with which it cuts.
- (archaeology) A piece of prepared, sharp-edged stone, often flint, at least twice as long as it is wide; a long flake of ground-edge stone or knapped vitreous stone.
- (architecture, in the plural) The principal rafters of a roof.
- (uncountable, music) The quality of singing with a pure, resonant sound; especially of a countertenor.
- The part of a key that is inserted into the lock.
- (botany) The thin, flat part of a plant leaf, attached to a stem (petiole).
- A cut of beef from near the shoulder blade (part of the chuck).
- (slang, chiefly US) A homosexual, usually male.
- (computing) Ellipsis of blade server.
- (metonymic) A sword or knife.
- (photography) One of a series of small plates that make up the aperture or the shutter of a camera.
- (slang, chiefly US) An area of a city which is commonly known for prostitution.
- (biology) The four large shell plates on the sides, and the five large ones of the middle, of the carapace of the sea turtle, which yield the best tortoise shell.
- The flat functional end or piece of a propeller, oar, hockey stick, chisel, screwdriver, skate, etc.
- A flat bone, especially the shoulder blade.
- (chiefly phonetics, phonology) The part of the tongue just behind the tip, used to make laminal consonants.
- The narrow leaf of a grass or cereal.
verb
noun
- (cooking) A cut of meat from the flank of an animal.
- (politics) An ideological faction within a political party.
- (clothing) Either of the two pockets located on the seat of a pair of pants.
- (military) The extreme left or right edge of a military formation, army etc.
- The outermost strip of a road.
- That part of the acting surface of a gear wheel tooth that lies within the pitch line.
- (soccer) The wing, one side of the pitch.
- The side of something, in general senses.
- (military) The sides of a bastion perpendicular to the wall from which the bastion projects.
- (anatomy) The lateral flesh between the last rib and the hip.
- a subfigure consisting of a side of something
- a cut from the fleshy part of an animal's side between the ribs and the leg
- the side of military or naval formation
- the side between ribs and hipbone
adj
verb
noun
- (cooking) Meat from the shoulder of a cow or other animal.
- (music) On rhythm guitar or mandolin etc., the muting of a chord by lifting the fretting fingers immediately after strumming, producing a percussive effect.
- (Scotland) A small pebble.
- A clucking sound.
- (informal) A casual throw.
- (slang) A friend or close acquaintance; term of endearment.
- A gentle touch or tap.
- (mechanical engineering) A mechanical device that holds an object firmly in place, for example holding a drill bit in a high-speed rotating drill or grinder.
- (slang) An act or instance of vomiting.
- (cricket, informal) A throw, an incorrect bowling action.
- A pair of nunchaku, especially when using two.
- Abbreviation of woodchuck.
- a holding device consisting of adjustable jaws that center a workpiece in a lathe or center a tool in a drill
- the part of a forequarter from the neck to the ribs and including the shoulder blade
- informal terms for a meal
verb
- (intransitive, cricket) To throw; to bowl with an incorrect action.
- To bore or turn (a hole) in a revolving piece held in a chuck.
- To make a clucking sound.
- (transitive, informal) To throw, especially in a careless or inaccurate manner.
- (transitive, informal) To discard, to throw away.
- To touch or tap gently.
- To place in a chuck, or hold by means of a chuck, as in turning.
- (South Africa, slang, intransitive) To leave; to depart; to bounce.
- (intransitive, slang) To vomit.
- To call, as a hen her chickens.
- (transitive, informal) To jilt; to dump.
- (music) On rhythm guitar or mandolin etc.: to mute a chord by lifting the fretting fingers immediately after strumming, producing a percussive effect.
- pat or squeeze fondly or playfully, especially under the chin
- throw carelessly
- eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth
- throw away
noun
noun
- (slang, uncountable) Beef.
- (UK) Clipping of bullseye.
- (uncountable, informal, euphemistic, slang) Clipping of bullshit.
- An adult male of certain large mammals, such as whales, elephants, camels and seals.
- (LGBTQ, slang) An elderly lesbian.
- (military, firearms) The central portion of a target, inside the inner and magpie.
- A lie.
- Specifically, one that is uncastrated.
- (euphemistic, informal) Nonsense.
- A large, strong man.
- A papal bull, an official document or edict from the Pope.
- (finance) An investor who buys (commodities or securities) in anticipation of a rise in prices.
- A man who has sex with someone else's partner, with the consent of both.
- A seal affixed to a document, especially a document from the Pope.
- (Philadelphia, slang) A man or boy.
- A male of domesticated cattle or oxen of any age.
- Any adult male bovine.
- (loosely) Any bovine of an aggressive or long-horned breed regardless of age and sex.
- (US, slang) A policeman; a detective; a railroad security guard.
- a large and strong and heavyset man
- a serious and ludicrous blunder
- uncomplimentary terms for a policeman
- uncastrated adult male of domestic cattle
- an investor with an optimistic market outlook; an investor who expects prices to rise and so buys now for resale later
- mature male of various mammals of which the female is called ‘cow’; e.g. whales or elephants or especially cattle
- a formal proclamation issued by the pope (usually written in antiquated characters and sealed with a leaden bulla)
- the center of a target
- Obscene word for unacceptable behavior
adj
verb
- (intransitive, often with into or through) To force oneself (in a particular direction); to move aggressively.
- To mock; to cheat.
- (UK, military, transitive) To polish (boots) to a high shine.
- (finance, transitive) To endeavour to raise prices in.
- (agriculture, transitive, of a bull) To mate with (a cow or heifer).
- (finance, transitive) To endeavour to raise the market price of.
- (agriculture, intransitive, of a cow or heifer) To be in heat; to be ready for mating with a bull.
- (intransitive) To lie, to tell untruths.
- speak insincerely or without regard for facts or truths
- try to raise the price of stocks through speculative buying
- advance in price
- push or force
Nessuna parola corrispondente trovata. Prova una descrizione più ampia.
adj
noun
- (uncountable) Bovine animals.
- (uncountable) The meat from cattle or other bovines; especially, that from adults.
- (figurative, slang, uncountable) Essence, content; the important part of a document or project.
- (slang, uncountable or countable, plural beefs) A grudge; dislike (of something or someone); lack of faith or trust (in something or someone); a reason for a dislike or grudge. (often + with)
- (now chiefly Canada, US, countable, now uncommon, plural beeves) A bovine (cow or bull) being raised for its meat.
- (prison slang) A criminal charge.
- (by extension, slang, uncountable) Muscle or musculature; size, strength or potency.
- (Dorset) Fibrous calcite or limestone, especially when occurring in a jagged layer between shales in Dorset.
- (in the meat industry, on product packaging) The edible portions of a cow (including those which are not meat).
- meat from an adult domestic bovine
- informal terms for objecting
- cattle that are reared for their meat
verb
- (transitive, slang) To add weight or strength to.
- (intransitive, slang) To fart; break wind.
- (chiefly African-American Vernacular, MLE, MTE, intransitive, slang) To feud or hold a grudge against.
- (intransitive, slang) To complain.
- (intransitive, chiefly Yorkshire) To cry.
- (transitive, slang) To fail or mess up.
- (intransitive, slang, Australia) To sing or speak loudly; to cry out.
- complain
adj
- used of beef; usable but inferior
- capable of substituting in any of several positions on a team
- Having to do with, or owned by, a service provider.
- Functional rather than attractive.
- (Of a building or its components) containing or intended for any of a building’s often-utility-related commodity transport, such as pipes or wires, or converting equipment, such as furnaces, water tanks or heaters, circuit breakers, central air conditioning units, laundry facilities, etc.
noun
- a company that performs a public service; subject to government regulation
- (economics) a measure that is to be maximized in any situation involving choice
- (computer science) a program designed for general support of the processes of a computer
- the service (electric power or water or transportation) provided by a public utility
- the quality of being of practical use
- a facility composed of one or more pieces of equipment connected to or part of a structure and designed to provide a service such as heat or electricity or water or sewage disposal
- (economics) The ability of a commodity to satisfy needs or wants; the satisfaction experienced by the consumer of that commodity.
- The state or condition of being useful; usefulness.
- (sports) The ability to play multiple positions.
- Something that is useful.
- (Australia, New Zealand) A coupé utility, or ute; an automobile with an open tray or bed behind the passenger cabin.
- (computing) A software program designed to perform a single task or a small range of tasks, often to help manage and tune computer hardware, an operating system, or application software.
- (philosophy) Well-being, satisfaction, pleasure, or happiness.
- (business, finance, by extension) A natural or legal monopoly distributer of such a utility; or, the securities of such a provider.
- (computing) A software program other than a game; one that is useful or creative rather than merely entertaining.
- (business) A commodity or service provided on a continuous basis by a physical infrastructure network, such as electricity, water supply or sewerage.