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noun
- a passageway through or under something, usually underground (especially one for trains or cars)
- An underground or underwater passage.
- a hole made by an animal, usually for shelter
- The opening of a chimney for the passage of smoke; a flue.
- (mining) A level passage driven across the measures, or at right angles to veins which it is desired to reach; distinguished from the drift, or gangway, which is led along the vein when reached by the tunnel.
- A vessel with a broad mouth at one end, a pipe or tube at the other, for conveying liquor, fluids, etc., into casks, bottles, or other vessels; a funnel.
- A hole in the ground made by an animal, a burrow.
- (figurative) Anything that resembles a tunnel.
- (computing, networking) A wrapper for a protocol that cannot otherwise be used because it is unsupported, blocked, or insecure.
- A passage through or under some obstacle.
verb
- move through by or as by digging
- force a way through
- (physics) To undergo the quantum-mechanical phenomenon where a particle penetrates through a barrier that it classically cannot surmount.
- (transitive) To make a tunnel through or under something; to burrow.
- (transitive, medicine) To insert a catheter into a vein to allow long-term use.
- (intransitive) To dig a tunnel.
- (computing, networking) To transmit something through a tunnel (wrapper for an insecure or unsupported protocol).
noun
- A passageway or corridor.
- (bacteriology, virology) Serial passage.
- (nautical) A strait or other narrow waterway.
- (caving) An underground cavity, formed by water or falling rocks, which is much longer than it is wide.
- An incident or episode.
- The act of passing; movement across or through.
- The official approval of a bill or act by a parliament.
- A fee paid for passing or for being conveyed between places.
- (art) The use of tight brushwork to link objects in separate spatial plains. Commonly seen in Cubist works.
- The advance of time.
- (euphemistic) The vagina.
- A paragraph or section of text or music with particular meaning.
- (dressage) A movement in classical dressage, in which the horse performs a very collected, energetic, and elevated trot that has a longer period of suspension between each foot fall than a working trot.
- Part of a path or journey.
- (dice games, historical) A gambling game for two players using three dice, in which the object is to throw a double over ten.
- The right to pass from one place to another.
- a journey usually by ship
- a section of text; particularly a section of medium length
- a short section of a musical composition
- a path or channel or duct through or along which something may pass
- the motion of one object relative to another
- the passing of a law by a legislative body
- a way through or along which someone or something may pass
- a bodily reaction of changing from one place or stage to another
- the act of passing from one state or place to the next
- the act of passing something to another person
adj
verb
noun
verb
- (transitive) To bend or move (something) out of a given plane or direction, often the horizontal or vertical.
- (chiefly intransitive, chiefly passive voice) To tend to do or believe something, or move or be moved in a certain direction, away from a point of view, attitude, etc.
- (intransitive) To slope.
- feel favorably disposed or willing
- make receptive or willing towards an action or attitude or belief
- have a tendency or disposition to do or be something; be inclined
- be at an angle
- lower or bend (the head or upper body), as in a nod or bow
- bend or turn (one's ear) towards a speaker in order to listen well
noun
- A corridor; a hallway.
- The principal room of a secular medieval building.
- A manor house (originally because a magistrate's court was held in the hall of his mansion).
- A place for special professional education, or for conferring professional degrees or licences.
- A building providing student accommodation at a university.
- (Oxbridge) A college's canteen, which is often but not always coterminous with a traditional hall.
- A large meeting room.
- (India) A living room.
- (Oxbridge slang) A meal served and eaten at a college's hall.
- a large building used by a college or university for teaching or research
- a large building for meetings or entertainment
- a large and imposing house
- the large room of a manor or castle
- a college or university building containing living quarters for students
- an interior passage or corridor onto which rooms open
- a large room for gatherings, receiving guests, or entertainment
- a large entrance or reception room or area
noun
- an open shaft through the floors of a building (as for a stairway)
- an enclosed compartment in a ship or plane for holding something as e.g. fish or a plane's landing gear or for protecting something as e.g. a ship's pumps
- a deep hole or shaft dug or drilled to obtain water or oil or gas or brine
- a cavity or vessel used to contain liquid
- an abundant source
- (figurative) A source of supply.
- (nautical) A compartment in the middle of the hold of a fishing vessel, made tight at the sides, but having holes perforated in the bottom to let in water to keep fish alive while they are transported to market.
- (military) A hole or excavation in the earth, in mining, from which run branches or galleries.
- A well drink.
- A place where a liquid such as water surfaces naturally; a spring.
- A small depression suitable for holding liquid or other objects.
- (video games) The playfield of Tetris and similar video games, into which the blocks fall.
- (nautical) A vertical passage in the stern into which an auxiliary screw propeller may be drawn up out of the water.
- (graphical user interface) The region of an interface that contains tabs.
- (nautical) The cockpit of a sailboat.
- (metalworking) The lower part of a furnace, into which the metal falls.
- A hole sunk into the ground as a source of water, oil, natural gas or other fluids.
- (nautical) A vertical, cylindrical trunk in a ship, reaching down to the lowest part of the hull, through which the bilge pumps operate.
- (biology) In a microtiter plate, each of the small equal circular or square sections which serve as test tubes.
- The open space between the bench and the counsel tables in a courtroom.
- (architecture) An opening through the floors of a building, as for a staircase or an elevator; a wellhole.
adj
adv
- indicating high probability; in all likelihood
- to a suitable or appropriate extent or degree
- thoroughly or completely; fully; often used as a combining form
- in financial comfort
- favorably; with approval
- with skill or in a pleasing manner
- (often used as a combining form) in a good or proper or satisfactory manner or to a high standard (‘good’ is a nonstandard dialectal variant for ‘well’)
- (used for emphasis or as an intensifier) entirely or fully
- in a manner affording benefit or advantage
- with prudence or propriety
- with great or especially intimate knowledge
- without unusual distress or resentment; with good humor
- to a great extent or degree
- (manner) Accurately, competently, satisfactorily.
- In a desirable manner; so as one could wish; satisfactorily; favourably; advantageously.
- (degree) To a significant degree.
- (degree, UK, Ireland, Commonwealth, slang) Very (as a general-purpose intensifier).
- (manner) Completely, fully.
verb
intj
- Used as a question to demand an answer from someone.
- Used as a hedge.
- An exclamation of sarcastic surprise (often doubled or tripled and in a lowering intonation).
- Used as a discourse marker.
- An exclamation of indignance.
- Expressing reluctance to say something.
- (Ireland) Used as a greeting, short for "Are you well?"
noun
noun
- an underground tunnel or passage enabling pedestrians to cross a road or railway
- An underground route for pipes, sewers, etc.
- an electric railway operating below the surface of the ground (usually in a city)
- (Canada, US) A rapid transit system, regardless of the elevation of its right of way; a metro system.
- (Canada, US, Scotland, South Africa) A train that runs on such an underground railway.
- An underground route for creatures (e.g. bats).
- (Canada, US, Scotland, South Africa) An underground railway, especially for mass transit of people in urban areas.
- (British) An underground walkway, tunnel for pedestrians (called pedestrian underpass in US).
verb
noun
- An underground tunnel in a mine.
- (nautical, usually in the plural) A partly sheltered area of water near a shore in which vessels may ride at anchor; a roadstead.
- (uncountable) Roads in general as a means of travel, especially by motor vehicle.
- (figuratively) A path chosen, as in life or career.
- (cricket) A hard, flat pitch, typically favourable for batters.
- (US, UK, rail transport) A single railroad track (railway track).
- A way used for travelling between places, originally one wide enough to allow foot passengers and horses to travel, now (US) usually one surfaced with asphalt or concrete and designed to accommodate many vehicles travelling in both directions. In the UK both senses are heard: a country road is the same as a country lane.
- an open way (generally public) for travel or transportation
- a way or means to achieve something
adj
noun
- a pedestrian passageway through the ground floor of a building
- a thorough explanation (usually accompanied by a demonstration) of each step in a procedure or process
- a first perfunctory rehearsal of a theatrical production in which actors read their lines from the script and move as directed
- the act of walking in order to view something
- Alternative form of walkthrough.
adj
noun
- The practice of exploring tunnel.
- (finance) A type of fraud where assets and profits are transferred out of firms for the benefit of those who control them.
- (computing, Microsoft Windows) A feature of the file system that allows files to preserve certain properties, such as creation date, even after being deleted and recreated.
- The act of burrowing a tunnel.
- (physics) The quantum mechanical passing of a particle through an energy barrier.
verb
noun
- An underground vault.
- (anatomy) A small pit or cavity in the surface of an organ or other structure.
- (botany) Any of the genus Cryptopus of orchids of Madagascar and Mauritius.
- Especially: one beneath a church that is used as a burial chamber.
- (botany) Any of the genus Cryptocoryne of aquatic plants of southern and southeastern Asia.
- a cellar or vault or underground burial chamber (especially beneath a church)
noun
- a covered corridor (especially one extending along the wall of a building and supported with arches or columns)
- a porch along the outside of a building (sometimes partly enclosed)
- a horizontal (or nearly horizontal) passageway in a mine
- narrow recessed balcony area along an upper floor on the interior of a building; usually marked by a colonnade
- spectators at a golf or tennis match
- a room or series of rooms where works of art are exhibited
- a long usually narrow room used for some specific purpose
- (computing) A browsable collection of images, font styles, etc.
- (entomology) The boring trails produced by an insect in wood.
- Ellipsis of gallery forest.
- An institution, building, or room for the exhibition and conservation of important objects, especially works of art.
- A roofed promenade, especially one extending along the wall of a building and supported by arches or columns on the outer side.
- A part of a monocle—a projection off the ring holding the lens—which helps secure the monocle in the eye socket.
- (automotive) A channel that carries engine oil to parts of the engine that need lubrication, such as the main bearings.
- (fortification) A covered passage cut through the earth or masonry.
- The uppermost seating area projecting from the rear or side walls of a theater, concert hall, or auditorium.
- (mining) A level or drive in a mine.
- (law) The part of a courtroom, often elevated and in the rear, where seating for the public audience is facilitated during trial.
- (by extension, metonymic) The spectators at an event, collectively.
- A part of a light fixture, forming part of its structure and often providing the mounting for the diffuser.
- An establishment that buys, sells, and displays works of art.
- (television) The production control room.
verb
noun
- a vertical passageway through a building (as for an elevator)
- a long vertical passage sunk into the earth, as for a mine or tunnel
- an aggressive remark directed at a person like a missile and intended to have a telling effect
- a long pointed rod used as a tool or weapon
- obscene terms for penis
- the main (mid) section of a long bone
- a revolving rod that transmits power or motion
- the hollow spine of a feather
- a column of light (as from a beacon)
- a line that forms the length of an arrow pointer
- a long rod or pole (especially the handle of an implement or the body of a weapon like a spear or arrow)
- (architecture) upright consisting of the vertical part of a column
- A ventilation or heating conduit.
- The long, narrow, central body of a spear, arrow, or javelin.
- (meteorology) A relatively small area of precipitation that an onlook can discern from the dry surrounding area.
- (architecture) Any column or pillar, particularly the body of a column between its capital and pedestal.
- (literary) A beam or ray of light.
- The main axis of a feather.
- One of the poles between which a draught animal is harnessed to a vehicle.
- (anatomy) The main cylindrical part of the penis.
- A vertical passage housing a lift or elevator.
- (weaving) A component of a loom which holds the heddles and is raised by treadles to create the shed.
- The chamber of a blast furnace.
- (lacrosse) The long narrow body of a lacrosse stick.
- A vertical or inclined passage sunk into the earth as part of a mine.
- (slang) An act of sexual intercourse.
- A rotating machine element used to transmit power; a driveshaft
- (by extension) Anything cast or thrown as a spear or javelin.
verb
noun
- A floor which is reached by stairs or escalators.
- The act of fleeing.
- The act of flying.
- (collective) A collective term for doves or swallows.
- An instance of flying.
- An aerodynamic surface designed to guide such a projectile's trajectory.
- (engineering) The shaped material forming the thread of a screw.
- (cricket) The movement of a spinning ball through the air, with its speed, trajectory and drift.
- The feathers on an arrow or dart used to help it follow an even path.
- A group of canal locks with a short distance between them
- Several sample glasses of a specific wine varietal or other beverage. The pours are smaller than a full glass and the flight will generally include three to five different samples.
- The ballistic trajectory of an arrow or other projectile.
- A trip made by an aircraft, particularly one between two cities or countries, which is often planned or reserved in advance.
- (by extension) A comparable sample of beers or other drinks.
- (US, naval) A numbered subclass of a given class of warship, denoting incremental modernizations to the original design.
- An episode of imaginative thinking or dreaming.
- A paper airplane.
- An air force unit.
- A series of stairs between landings.
- (advertising, broadcasting) An advertising campaign of fixed length.
- a formation of aircraft in flight
- a scheduled trip by plane between designated airports
- a flock of flying birds
- the act of escaping physically
- passing above and beyond ordinary bounds
- a stairway (set of steps) between one floor or landing and the next
- an instance of traveling by air
- an air force unit smaller than a squadron
- the path followed by an object moving through space
verb
noun
- (mining) The roof of a horizontal underground passage.
- (swimming) Clipping of backstroke.
- (slang, uncountable) Effort, usually physical.
- (sports) In some team sports, a position behind most players on the team.
- (figuratively) The upper part of a natural object which is considered to resemble an animal’s back.
- (slang, uncountable) Large and attractive buttocks.
- A support or resource in reserve.
- Area behind, such as the backyard of a house or the rear storeroom of a retail store.
- The reverse side; the side that is not normally seen.
- The side of a blade opposite the side used for cutting.
- Among leather dealers, one of the thickest and stoutest tanned hides.
- A ferryboat.
- The rear of the body, especially the part between the neck and the end of the spine and opposite the chest and belly.
- The part of something that goes last.
- The backrest, the part of a piece of furniture which receives the human back.
- (nautical) The keel and keelson of a ship.
- (figurative) The part of a piece of clothing which covers the back.
- A non-alcoholic drink (often water or a soft drink), to go with hard liquor or a cocktail.
- The side of any object which is opposite the front or useful side.
- The spine and associated tissues.
- The edge of a book which is bound.
- A large shallow vat; a cistern, tub, or trough, used by brewers, distillers, dyers, picklers, gluemakers, and others, for mixing or cooling wort, holding water, hot glue, etc.
- (printing) The inside margin of a page.
- That which is farthest away from the front.
- (football) a person who plays in the backfield
- the part of a garment that covers the back of your body
- (American football) the position of a player on a football team who is stationed behind the line of scrimmage
- the protective covering on the front, back, and spine of a book
- the series of vertebrae forming the axis of the skeleton and protecting the spinal cord
- the part of something that is furthest from the normal viewer
- the posterior part of a human (or animal) body from the neck to the end of the spine
- the side that goes last or is not normally seen
- a support that you can lean against while sitting
adj
- (comparable, phonetics) Pronounced with the highest part of the body of the tongue toward the back of the mouth, near the soft palate (most often describing a vowel).
- At or near the rear.
- Not current.
- (predicative) Returned or restored to a previous place or condition.
- Situated away from the main or most frequented areas.
- Moving or operating backward.
- In arrears; overdue.
- located at or near the back of an animal
- of an earlier date
- related to or located at the back
adv
- In a manner that impedes.
- To a later point in time. See also put back.
- Towards, into or in the past.
- In a direction opposite to that in which someone or something is facing or normally pointing.
- Away from someone or something; at a distance.
- So as to shrink, recede or move aside, or cause to do so.
- (not comparable) To or in a previous condition or place.
- (not comparable) In a reciprocal manner; in return.
- (postpositive) Earlier, ago.
- In a direction opposite to the usual or desired direction of movement or progress, physically or figuratively.
- Away from the front or from an edge.
- in or to or toward a former location
- in reply
- at or to or toward the back or rear
- in repayment or retaliation
- in or to or toward a past time
- in or to or toward an original condition
verb
- (transitive) To push or force backwards.
- (law, of a justice of the peace) To sign or endorse (a warrant, issued in another county, to apprehend an offender).
- (transitive) To support.
- (MLE, transitive) To draw from behind the back (a knife etc.) (as also back out).
- (intransitive) To go in the reverse direction.
- (nautical, of the wind) To change direction contrary to the normal pattern; that is, to shift anticlockwise in the northern hemisphere, or clockwise in the southern hemisphere.
- (UK, of a hunting dog) To stand still behind another dog which has pointed.
- To row backward with (oars).
- (nautical, of a square sail) To brace the yards so that the wind presses on the front of the sail, to slow the ship.
- To make a back for; to furnish with a back.
- To adjoin behind; to be at the back of.
- (nautical, of an anchor) To lay out a second, smaller anchor to provide additional holding power.
- (Nigeria, transitive) To carry an infant on one’s back.
- To write upon the back of, possibly as an endorsement.
- be in back of
- travel backward
- establish as valid or genuine
- place a bet on
- give support or one's approval to
- strengthen by providing with a back or backing
- shift to a counterclockwise direction
- support financial backing for
- be behind; approve of
- cause to travel backward
noun
- a passageway under a curved masonry construction
- a curved bony structure supporting or enclosing organs (especially the inner sides of the feet)
- a curved shape in the vertical plane that spans an opening
- (architecture) a masonry construction (usually curved) for spanning an opening and supporting the weight above it
- Any place covered by an arch; an archway.
- (architecture) An architectural element having the shape of an arch
- (anatomy) The curved part of the bottom of a foot.
- (video games) Synonym of god (“person who owns and runs a multi-user dungeon”).
- An inverted U shape.
- (electronics, operating systems) An architecture; a computer architecture or instruction set architecture.
- A natural arch-shaped opening in a rock mass.
- An arch-shaped arrangement of trapezoidal stones, designed to redistribute downward force outward.
adj
verb
noun
- One of the entrances to a system of prairie dog tunnels.
- (mining, slang) A mine worked by fewer than fifteen miners, which is small enough that some safety laws do not apply.
- (idiomatic, derogatory) A place regarded as fit only for dogs: a horrid, mean habitation.
- A hole that was dug by a dog.
- A type of small schooner designed in the 19th century to navigate in shallow waters and to conduct coastal shipping in and out of doghole ports.
- A small, shallow bay or inlet, usually surrounded by high cliffs, that is accessible only by smaller boats.
- An underground bolthole dug to hide from enemy soldiers.
- Such a small mine that is dug independently by one or a few miners, often clandestinely and illegally: a bootleg mine.
- A hole drilled for the placement of a bench dog.
- (mining) An excavated area that acts as an access hole or that connects different parts of a mine.
- A tiny, uncomfortable hole or cell, usually too small to stand in, in which prisoners are confined as punishment.
verb
symbol
noun
- An enclosed underground space, often under a building, used for storage or shelter.
- (UK, Northeastern US) A basement.
- (slang) Last place in a league or competition; some rank near last place.
- A wine collection, especially when stored in a cellar.
- salt cellar
- an excavation where root vegetables are stored
- storage space where wines are stored
- the lowermost portion of a structure partly or wholly below ground level; often used for storage
verb
noun
- complex system of paths or tunnels in which it is easy to get lost
- a complex system of interconnecting cavities; concerned with hearing and equilibrium
- (anatomy) A complex structure in the inner ear which contains the organs of hearing and balance, consisting of bony cavities (the bony labyrinth) filled with fluid and lined with sensitive membranes (the membranous labyrinth).
- (zoology) An accessory respiratory organ of certain fish.
- A complicated irregular network of passages or paths, especially underground or covered, in which it is difficult to find one's way.
- Any of various satyrine butterflies of the genus Neope.
- (horticulture) A maze formed by paths separated by high hedges.
- (by extension) Anything complicated and confusing in structure, arrangement, or character.
- A structure similar to a maze, but containing only one path with no branches, as distinguished from a maze which contains multiple branching paths
verb
noun
adj
- Of, relating to, or adapted to walking.
- (medicine) Performed on or involving an outpatient.
- Accustomed to move from place to place; not stationary; movable.
- (comparable, medicine) Able to walk about and not bedridden.
- (medicine) Relating to ambulances.
- (law) Not yet legally fixed or settled; alterable.
- relating to or adapted for walking
- able to walk about
noun
- A narrow hall or passage with rooms leading off it, as in a building or in a railway carriage.
- an enclosed passageway; rooms usually open onto it
- Airspace restricted for the passage of aircraft.
- A restricted tract of land that allows passage between two places.
- (military, historical, rare) The covered way lying round the whole compass of the fortifications of a place.
- The land near an important road, river, railway line.
noun
- a series of connected underground tunnels occupied by rabbits
- an overcrowded residential area
- a colony of rabbits
- (figuratively) A mazelike place of passages and/or rooms in which it's easy to lose oneself; especially one that may be overcrowded.
- A system of burrows in which rabbits live.
- (historical) The right to maintain and hunt an area of small beasts, similar to a free warren, but with certain limitations, such as restricting the right to hunt on parts of the land held by freeholders.
- A place legally authorized for the keeping, breeding and hunting of beasts of warren, especially rabbits.
noun
- an intermediate platform in a staircase
- the act of coming to land after a voyage
- the act of coming down to the earth (or other surface)
- structure providing a place where boats can land people or goods
- A place on a shoreline where a boat lands.
- (in the plural) The amount of fish caught, as in a specific area or on a particular expedition.
- A level area at the top of a flight of stairs, or connecting one flight with another.
- An arrival at a surface, as of an airplane or any descending object.
verb
noun
- a passageway through or under something, usually underground (especially one for trains or cars)
- An underground or underwater passage.
- a hole made by an animal, usually for shelter
- The opening of a chimney for the passage of smoke; a flue.
- (mining) A level passage driven across the measures, or at right angles to veins which it is desired to reach; distinguished from the drift, or gangway, which is led along the vein when reached by the tunnel.
- A vessel with a broad mouth at one end, a pipe or tube at the other, for conveying liquor, fluids, etc., into casks, bottles, or other vessels; a funnel.
- A hole in the ground made by an animal, a burrow.
- (figurative) Anything that resembles a tunnel.
- (computing, networking) A wrapper for a protocol that cannot otherwise be used because it is unsupported, blocked, or insecure.
- A passage through or under some obstacle.
verb
- move through by or as by digging
- force a way through
- (physics) To undergo the quantum-mechanical phenomenon where a particle penetrates through a barrier that it classically cannot surmount.
- (transitive) To make a tunnel through or under something; to burrow.
- (transitive, medicine) To insert a catheter into a vein to allow long-term use.
- (intransitive) To dig a tunnel.
- (computing, networking) To transmit something through a tunnel (wrapper for an insecure or unsupported protocol).
noun
- A passageway or corridor.
- (bacteriology, virology) Serial passage.
- (nautical) A strait or other narrow waterway.
- (caving) An underground cavity, formed by water or falling rocks, which is much longer than it is wide.
- An incident or episode.
- The act of passing; movement across or through.
- The official approval of a bill or act by a parliament.
- A fee paid for passing or for being conveyed between places.
- (art) The use of tight brushwork to link objects in separate spatial plains. Commonly seen in Cubist works.
- The advance of time.
- (euphemistic) The vagina.
- A paragraph or section of text or music with particular meaning.
- (dressage) A movement in classical dressage, in which the horse performs a very collected, energetic, and elevated trot that has a longer period of suspension between each foot fall than a working trot.
- Part of a path or journey.
- (dice games, historical) A gambling game for two players using three dice, in which the object is to throw a double over ten.
- The right to pass from one place to another.
- a journey usually by ship
- a section of text; particularly a section of medium length
- a short section of a musical composition
- a path or channel or duct through or along which something may pass
- the motion of one object relative to another
- the passing of a law by a legislative body
- a way through or along which someone or something may pass
- a bodily reaction of changing from one place or stage to another
- the act of passing from one state or place to the next
- the act of passing something to another person
adj
verb
noun
verb
- (transitive) To bend or move (something) out of a given plane or direction, often the horizontal or vertical.
- (chiefly intransitive, chiefly passive voice) To tend to do or believe something, or move or be moved in a certain direction, away from a point of view, attitude, etc.
- (intransitive) To slope.
- feel favorably disposed or willing
- make receptive or willing towards an action or attitude or belief
- have a tendency or disposition to do or be something; be inclined
- be at an angle
- lower or bend (the head or upper body), as in a nod or bow
- bend or turn (one's ear) towards a speaker in order to listen well
noun
- A corridor; a hallway.
- The principal room of a secular medieval building.
- A manor house (originally because a magistrate's court was held in the hall of his mansion).
- A place for special professional education, or for conferring professional degrees or licences.
- A building providing student accommodation at a university.
- (Oxbridge) A college's canteen, which is often but not always coterminous with a traditional hall.
- A large meeting room.
- (India) A living room.
- (Oxbridge slang) A meal served and eaten at a college's hall.
- a large building used by a college or university for teaching or research
- a large building for meetings or entertainment
- a large and imposing house
- the large room of a manor or castle
- a college or university building containing living quarters for students
- an interior passage or corridor onto which rooms open
- a large room for gatherings, receiving guests, or entertainment
- a large entrance or reception room or area
noun
- an open shaft through the floors of a building (as for a stairway)
- an enclosed compartment in a ship or plane for holding something as e.g. fish or a plane's landing gear or for protecting something as e.g. a ship's pumps
- a deep hole or shaft dug or drilled to obtain water or oil or gas or brine
- a cavity or vessel used to contain liquid
- an abundant source
- (figurative) A source of supply.
- (nautical) A compartment in the middle of the hold of a fishing vessel, made tight at the sides, but having holes perforated in the bottom to let in water to keep fish alive while they are transported to market.
- (military) A hole or excavation in the earth, in mining, from which run branches or galleries.
- A well drink.
- A place where a liquid such as water surfaces naturally; a spring.
- A small depression suitable for holding liquid or other objects.
- (video games) The playfield of Tetris and similar video games, into which the blocks fall.
- (nautical) A vertical passage in the stern into which an auxiliary screw propeller may be drawn up out of the water.
- (graphical user interface) The region of an interface that contains tabs.
- (nautical) The cockpit of a sailboat.
- (metalworking) The lower part of a furnace, into which the metal falls.
- A hole sunk into the ground as a source of water, oil, natural gas or other fluids.
- (nautical) A vertical, cylindrical trunk in a ship, reaching down to the lowest part of the hull, through which the bilge pumps operate.
- (biology) In a microtiter plate, each of the small equal circular or square sections which serve as test tubes.
- The open space between the bench and the counsel tables in a courtroom.
- (architecture) An opening through the floors of a building, as for a staircase or an elevator; a wellhole.
adj
adv
- indicating high probability; in all likelihood
- to a suitable or appropriate extent or degree
- thoroughly or completely; fully; often used as a combining form
- in financial comfort
- favorably; with approval
- with skill or in a pleasing manner
- (often used as a combining form) in a good or proper or satisfactory manner or to a high standard (‘good’ is a nonstandard dialectal variant for ‘well’)
- (used for emphasis or as an intensifier) entirely or fully
- in a manner affording benefit or advantage
- with prudence or propriety
- with great or especially intimate knowledge
- without unusual distress or resentment; with good humor
- to a great extent or degree
- (manner) Accurately, competently, satisfactorily.
- In a desirable manner; so as one could wish; satisfactorily; favourably; advantageously.
- (degree) To a significant degree.
- (degree, UK, Ireland, Commonwealth, slang) Very (as a general-purpose intensifier).
- (manner) Completely, fully.
verb
intj
- Used as a question to demand an answer from someone.
- Used as a hedge.
- An exclamation of sarcastic surprise (often doubled or tripled and in a lowering intonation).
- Used as a discourse marker.
- An exclamation of indignance.
- Expressing reluctance to say something.
- (Ireland) Used as a greeting, short for "Are you well?"
noun
noun
- an underground tunnel or passage enabling pedestrians to cross a road or railway
- An underground route for pipes, sewers, etc.
- an electric railway operating below the surface of the ground (usually in a city)
- (Canada, US) A rapid transit system, regardless of the elevation of its right of way; a metro system.
- (Canada, US, Scotland, South Africa) A train that runs on such an underground railway.
- An underground route for creatures (e.g. bats).
- (Canada, US, Scotland, South Africa) An underground railway, especially for mass transit of people in urban areas.
- (British) An underground walkway, tunnel for pedestrians (called pedestrian underpass in US).
verb
noun
- An underground tunnel in a mine.
- (nautical, usually in the plural) A partly sheltered area of water near a shore in which vessels may ride at anchor; a roadstead.
- (uncountable) Roads in general as a means of travel, especially by motor vehicle.
- (figuratively) A path chosen, as in life or career.
- (cricket) A hard, flat pitch, typically favourable for batters.
- (US, UK, rail transport) A single railroad track (railway track).
- A way used for travelling between places, originally one wide enough to allow foot passengers and horses to travel, now (US) usually one surfaced with asphalt or concrete and designed to accommodate many vehicles travelling in both directions. In the UK both senses are heard: a country road is the same as a country lane.
- an open way (generally public) for travel or transportation
- a way or means to achieve something
adj
noun
- a pedestrian passageway through the ground floor of a building
- a thorough explanation (usually accompanied by a demonstration) of each step in a procedure or process
- a first perfunctory rehearsal of a theatrical production in which actors read their lines from the script and move as directed
- the act of walking in order to view something
- Alternative form of walkthrough.
adj
noun
- The practice of exploring tunnel.
- (finance) A type of fraud where assets and profits are transferred out of firms for the benefit of those who control them.
- (computing, Microsoft Windows) A feature of the file system that allows files to preserve certain properties, such as creation date, even after being deleted and recreated.
- The act of burrowing a tunnel.
- (physics) The quantum mechanical passing of a particle through an energy barrier.
verb
noun
- An underground vault.
- (anatomy) A small pit or cavity in the surface of an organ or other structure.
- (botany) Any of the genus Cryptopus of orchids of Madagascar and Mauritius.
- Especially: one beneath a church that is used as a burial chamber.
- (botany) Any of the genus Cryptocoryne of aquatic plants of southern and southeastern Asia.
- a cellar or vault or underground burial chamber (especially beneath a church)
noun
- a covered corridor (especially one extending along the wall of a building and supported with arches or columns)
- a porch along the outside of a building (sometimes partly enclosed)
- a horizontal (or nearly horizontal) passageway in a mine
- narrow recessed balcony area along an upper floor on the interior of a building; usually marked by a colonnade
- spectators at a golf or tennis match
- a room or series of rooms where works of art are exhibited
- a long usually narrow room used for some specific purpose
- (computing) A browsable collection of images, font styles, etc.
- (entomology) The boring trails produced by an insect in wood.
- Ellipsis of gallery forest.
- An institution, building, or room for the exhibition and conservation of important objects, especially works of art.
- A roofed promenade, especially one extending along the wall of a building and supported by arches or columns on the outer side.
- A part of a monocle—a projection off the ring holding the lens—which helps secure the monocle in the eye socket.
- (automotive) A channel that carries engine oil to parts of the engine that need lubrication, such as the main bearings.
- (fortification) A covered passage cut through the earth or masonry.
- The uppermost seating area projecting from the rear or side walls of a theater, concert hall, or auditorium.
- (mining) A level or drive in a mine.
- (law) The part of a courtroom, often elevated and in the rear, where seating for the public audience is facilitated during trial.
- (by extension, metonymic) The spectators at an event, collectively.
- A part of a light fixture, forming part of its structure and often providing the mounting for the diffuser.
- An establishment that buys, sells, and displays works of art.
- (television) The production control room.
verb
noun
- a vertical passageway through a building (as for an elevator)
- a long vertical passage sunk into the earth, as for a mine or tunnel
- an aggressive remark directed at a person like a missile and intended to have a telling effect
- a long pointed rod used as a tool or weapon
- obscene terms for penis
- the main (mid) section of a long bone
- a revolving rod that transmits power or motion
- the hollow spine of a feather
- a column of light (as from a beacon)
- a line that forms the length of an arrow pointer
- a long rod or pole (especially the handle of an implement or the body of a weapon like a spear or arrow)
- (architecture) upright consisting of the vertical part of a column
- A ventilation or heating conduit.
- The long, narrow, central body of a spear, arrow, or javelin.
- (meteorology) A relatively small area of precipitation that an onlook can discern from the dry surrounding area.
- (architecture) Any column or pillar, particularly the body of a column between its capital and pedestal.
- (literary) A beam or ray of light.
- The main axis of a feather.
- One of the poles between which a draught animal is harnessed to a vehicle.
- (anatomy) The main cylindrical part of the penis.
- A vertical passage housing a lift or elevator.
- (weaving) A component of a loom which holds the heddles and is raised by treadles to create the shed.
- The chamber of a blast furnace.
- (lacrosse) The long narrow body of a lacrosse stick.
- A vertical or inclined passage sunk into the earth as part of a mine.
- (slang) An act of sexual intercourse.
- A rotating machine element used to transmit power; a driveshaft
- (by extension) Anything cast or thrown as a spear or javelin.
verb
noun
- A floor which is reached by stairs or escalators.
- The act of fleeing.
- The act of flying.
- (collective) A collective term for doves or swallows.
- An instance of flying.
- An aerodynamic surface designed to guide such a projectile's trajectory.
- (engineering) The shaped material forming the thread of a screw.
- (cricket) The movement of a spinning ball through the air, with its speed, trajectory and drift.
- The feathers on an arrow or dart used to help it follow an even path.
- A group of canal locks with a short distance between them
- Several sample glasses of a specific wine varietal or other beverage. The pours are smaller than a full glass and the flight will generally include three to five different samples.
- The ballistic trajectory of an arrow or other projectile.
- A trip made by an aircraft, particularly one between two cities or countries, which is often planned or reserved in advance.
- (by extension) A comparable sample of beers or other drinks.
- (US, naval) A numbered subclass of a given class of warship, denoting incremental modernizations to the original design.
- An episode of imaginative thinking or dreaming.
- A paper airplane.
- An air force unit.
- A series of stairs between landings.
- (advertising, broadcasting) An advertising campaign of fixed length.
- a formation of aircraft in flight
- a scheduled trip by plane between designated airports
- a flock of flying birds
- the act of escaping physically
- passing above and beyond ordinary bounds
- a stairway (set of steps) between one floor or landing and the next
- an instance of traveling by air
- an air force unit smaller than a squadron
- the path followed by an object moving through space
verb
noun
- (mining) The roof of a horizontal underground passage.
- (swimming) Clipping of backstroke.
- (slang, uncountable) Effort, usually physical.
- (sports) In some team sports, a position behind most players on the team.
- (figuratively) The upper part of a natural object which is considered to resemble an animal’s back.
- (slang, uncountable) Large and attractive buttocks.
- A support or resource in reserve.
- Area behind, such as the backyard of a house or the rear storeroom of a retail store.
- The reverse side; the side that is not normally seen.
- The side of a blade opposite the side used for cutting.
- Among leather dealers, one of the thickest and stoutest tanned hides.
- A ferryboat.
- The rear of the body, especially the part between the neck and the end of the spine and opposite the chest and belly.
- The part of something that goes last.
- The backrest, the part of a piece of furniture which receives the human back.
- (nautical) The keel and keelson of a ship.
- (figurative) The part of a piece of clothing which covers the back.
- A non-alcoholic drink (often water or a soft drink), to go with hard liquor or a cocktail.
- The side of any object which is opposite the front or useful side.
- The spine and associated tissues.
- The edge of a book which is bound.
- A large shallow vat; a cistern, tub, or trough, used by brewers, distillers, dyers, picklers, gluemakers, and others, for mixing or cooling wort, holding water, hot glue, etc.
- (printing) The inside margin of a page.
- That which is farthest away from the front.
- (football) a person who plays in the backfield
- the part of a garment that covers the back of your body
- (American football) the position of a player on a football team who is stationed behind the line of scrimmage
- the protective covering on the front, back, and spine of a book
- the series of vertebrae forming the axis of the skeleton and protecting the spinal cord
- the part of something that is furthest from the normal viewer
- the posterior part of a human (or animal) body from the neck to the end of the spine
- the side that goes last or is not normally seen
- a support that you can lean against while sitting
adj
- (comparable, phonetics) Pronounced with the highest part of the body of the tongue toward the back of the mouth, near the soft palate (most often describing a vowel).
- At or near the rear.
- Not current.
- (predicative) Returned or restored to a previous place or condition.
- Situated away from the main or most frequented areas.
- Moving or operating backward.
- In arrears; overdue.
- located at or near the back of an animal
- of an earlier date
- related to or located at the back
adv
- In a manner that impedes.
- To a later point in time. See also put back.
- Towards, into or in the past.
- In a direction opposite to that in which someone or something is facing or normally pointing.
- Away from someone or something; at a distance.
- So as to shrink, recede or move aside, or cause to do so.
- (not comparable) To or in a previous condition or place.
- (not comparable) In a reciprocal manner; in return.
- (postpositive) Earlier, ago.
- In a direction opposite to the usual or desired direction of movement or progress, physically or figuratively.
- Away from the front or from an edge.
- in or to or toward a former location
- in reply
- at or to or toward the back or rear
- in repayment or retaliation
- in or to or toward a past time
- in or to or toward an original condition
verb
- (transitive) To push or force backwards.
- (law, of a justice of the peace) To sign or endorse (a warrant, issued in another county, to apprehend an offender).
- (transitive) To support.
- (MLE, transitive) To draw from behind the back (a knife etc.) (as also back out).
- (intransitive) To go in the reverse direction.
- (nautical, of the wind) To change direction contrary to the normal pattern; that is, to shift anticlockwise in the northern hemisphere, or clockwise in the southern hemisphere.
- (UK, of a hunting dog) To stand still behind another dog which has pointed.
- To row backward with (oars).
- (nautical, of a square sail) To brace the yards so that the wind presses on the front of the sail, to slow the ship.
- To make a back for; to furnish with a back.
- To adjoin behind; to be at the back of.
- (nautical, of an anchor) To lay out a second, smaller anchor to provide additional holding power.
- (Nigeria, transitive) To carry an infant on one’s back.
- To write upon the back of, possibly as an endorsement.
- be in back of
- travel backward
- establish as valid or genuine
- place a bet on
- give support or one's approval to
- strengthen by providing with a back or backing
- shift to a counterclockwise direction
- support financial backing for
- be behind; approve of
- cause to travel backward
noun
- a passageway under a curved masonry construction
- a curved bony structure supporting or enclosing organs (especially the inner sides of the feet)
- a curved shape in the vertical plane that spans an opening
- (architecture) a masonry construction (usually curved) for spanning an opening and supporting the weight above it
- Any place covered by an arch; an archway.
- (architecture) An architectural element having the shape of an arch
- (anatomy) The curved part of the bottom of a foot.
- (video games) Synonym of god (“person who owns and runs a multi-user dungeon”).
- An inverted U shape.
- (electronics, operating systems) An architecture; a computer architecture or instruction set architecture.
- A natural arch-shaped opening in a rock mass.
- An arch-shaped arrangement of trapezoidal stones, designed to redistribute downward force outward.
adj
verb
noun
- One of the entrances to a system of prairie dog tunnels.
- (mining, slang) A mine worked by fewer than fifteen miners, which is small enough that some safety laws do not apply.
- (idiomatic, derogatory) A place regarded as fit only for dogs: a horrid, mean habitation.
- A hole that was dug by a dog.
- A type of small schooner designed in the 19th century to navigate in shallow waters and to conduct coastal shipping in and out of doghole ports.
- A small, shallow bay or inlet, usually surrounded by high cliffs, that is accessible only by smaller boats.
- An underground bolthole dug to hide from enemy soldiers.
- Such a small mine that is dug independently by one or a few miners, often clandestinely and illegally: a bootleg mine.
- A hole drilled for the placement of a bench dog.
- (mining) An excavated area that acts as an access hole or that connects different parts of a mine.
- A tiny, uncomfortable hole or cell, usually too small to stand in, in which prisoners are confined as punishment.
verb
noun
- An enclosed underground space, often under a building, used for storage or shelter.
- (UK, Northeastern US) A basement.
- (slang) Last place in a league or competition; some rank near last place.
- A wine collection, especially when stored in a cellar.
- salt cellar
- an excavation where root vegetables are stored
- storage space where wines are stored
- the lowermost portion of a structure partly or wholly below ground level; often used for storage
verb
noun
- complex system of paths or tunnels in which it is easy to get lost
- a complex system of interconnecting cavities; concerned with hearing and equilibrium
- (anatomy) A complex structure in the inner ear which contains the organs of hearing and balance, consisting of bony cavities (the bony labyrinth) filled with fluid and lined with sensitive membranes (the membranous labyrinth).
- (zoology) An accessory respiratory organ of certain fish.
- A complicated irregular network of passages or paths, especially underground or covered, in which it is difficult to find one's way.
- Any of various satyrine butterflies of the genus Neope.
- (horticulture) A maze formed by paths separated by high hedges.
- (by extension) Anything complicated and confusing in structure, arrangement, or character.
- A structure similar to a maze, but containing only one path with no branches, as distinguished from a maze which contains multiple branching paths
verb
noun
adj
- Of, relating to, or adapted to walking.
- (medicine) Performed on or involving an outpatient.
- Accustomed to move from place to place; not stationary; movable.
- (comparable, medicine) Able to walk about and not bedridden.
- (medicine) Relating to ambulances.
- (law) Not yet legally fixed or settled; alterable.
- relating to or adapted for walking
- able to walk about
noun
- A narrow hall or passage with rooms leading off it, as in a building or in a railway carriage.
- an enclosed passageway; rooms usually open onto it
- Airspace restricted for the passage of aircraft.
- A restricted tract of land that allows passage between two places.
- (military, historical, rare) The covered way lying round the whole compass of the fortifications of a place.
- The land near an important road, river, railway line.
noun
- a series of connected underground tunnels occupied by rabbits
- an overcrowded residential area
- a colony of rabbits
- (figuratively) A mazelike place of passages and/or rooms in which it's easy to lose oneself; especially one that may be overcrowded.
- A system of burrows in which rabbits live.
- (historical) The right to maintain and hunt an area of small beasts, similar to a free warren, but with certain limitations, such as restricting the right to hunt on parts of the land held by freeholders.
- A place legally authorized for the keeping, breeding and hunting of beasts of warren, especially rabbits.
noun
- an intermediate platform in a staircase
- the act of coming to land after a voyage
- the act of coming down to the earth (or other surface)
- structure providing a place where boats can land people or goods
- A place on a shoreline where a boat lands.
- (in the plural) The amount of fish caught, as in a specific area or on a particular expedition.
- A level area at the top of a flight of stairs, or connecting one flight with another.
- An arrival at a surface, as of an airplane or any descending object.