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noun
- a soft thin (usually translucent) paper
- Absorbent paper as material.
- part of an organism consisting of an aggregate of cells having a similar structure and function
- A sheet of absorbent paper, especially one that is made to be used as tissue paper, toilet paper or a handkerchief.
- (horse racing, slang) The scratch sheet or racing form.
- (biology) A group of cells (along with their extracellular matrix if any) that are similar in origin and function together to do a specific job.
- A fine transparent silk material, used for veils, etc.; specifically, cloth interwoven with gold or silver threads, or embossed with figures.
- Web; texture; complicated fabrication; connected series.
- Thin, woven, gauze-like fabric.
verb
noun
- a small sheet of paper
- A small piece of paper, especially one longer than it is wide, typically a form for writing on or one giving printed information.
- A long, thin piece of something.
- a place where a craft can be made fast
- a slippery smoothness
- bed linen consisting of a cover for a pillow
- potter's clay that is thinned and used for coating or decorating ceramics
- a part (sometimes a root or leaf or bud) removed from a plant to propagate a new plant through rooting or grafting
- the act of avoiding capture (especially by cunning)
- a young and slender person
- artifact consisting of a narrow flat piece of material
- a woman's sleeveless undergarment
- an accidental misstep threatening (or causing) a fall
- an unexpected slide
- a minor inadvertent mistake usually observed in speech or writing or in small accidents or memory lapses etc.
- a flight maneuver; aircraft slides sideways in the air
- a socially awkward or tactless act
- A mistake or error.
- A twig or shoot; a cutting.
- (engineering) The motion of the centre of resistance of the float of a paddle wheel, or the blade of an oar, through the water horizontally, or the difference between a vessel's actual speed and the speed it would have if the propelling instrument acted upon a solid; also, the velocity, relatively to still water, of the backward current of water produced by the propeller.
- (medicine) A one-time return to previous maladaptive behavior after cure.
- A young person (now usually with of introducing descriptive qualifier).
- (mining) A dislocation of a lead, destroying continuity.
- An outside covering or case.
- A leash or string by which a dog is held; so called from its being made in such a manner as to slip, or become loose, by relaxation of the hand.
- (nautical, aviation) A difference between the theoretical distance traveled per revolution of the propeller and the actual advance of the vessel.
- (cricket) Any of several fielding positions to the off side of the wicket keeper, designed to catch the ball after being deflected from the bat; a fielder in that position (See first slip, second slip, third slip, fourth slip and fifth slip.)
- (marine insurance) A memorandum of the particulars of a risk for which a policy is to be executed. It usually bears the broker's name and is initiated by the underwriters.
- Either side of the gallery in a theater.
- A fish, the sole.
- (nautical) A berth; a space for a ship to moor.
- (US) A long seat or narrow pew in churches, often without a door.
- (ceramics) A thin, slippery mix of clay and water.
- A woman's undergarment worn under a skirt or dress to conceal unwanted nudity that may otherwise be revealed by the skirt or dress itself; a shift.
- A slipdress.
- An escape; a secret or unexpected desertion.
- Matter found in troughs of grindstones after the grinding of edge tools.
- (electricity) The difference between the actual and synchronous speeds of an induction motor.
- A particular quantity of yarn.
- (nautical) A slipway.
- (crosswording) A newsletter produced by the setter of a cryptic clue-writing competition, containing a full list of winners and commentary on the clues.
- A number between 0 and 1 that is the difference between the angular speed of a rotating magnetic field and the angular speed of its rotor, divided by the angular speed of the magnetic field.
- An act or instance of slipping.
- (telecommunications) The positional displacement in a sequence of transmitted symbols that causes the loss or insertion of one or more symbols.
- (aviation) Clipping of sideslip.
verb
- fall to a lower standard
- move smoothly and easily
- move out of position
- pass out of one's memory
- cause to move with a smooth or sliding motion
- insert inconspicuously or quickly or quietly
- move obliquely or sideways, usually in an uncontrolled manner
- move stealthily
- to make a mistake or be incorrect
- pass on stealthily
- move easily
- (transitive) To cut slips from; to cut; to take off; to make a slip or slips of.
- (intransitive, aviation, of an aircraft) Clipping of sideslip (“to fly with the longitudinal axis misaligned with the relative wind”).
- (transitive) To elude or evade by smooth movement.
- (transitive) To cause to slip or slide off, or out of place.
- (transitive, hunting, falconry) To release (a dog, a bird of prey, etc.) to go after a quarry.
- (transitive) To pass (a note, money, etc.), often covertly.
- (intransitive) To err.
- (intransitive) To move quickly and often secretively; to depart, withdraw, enter, appear, intrude, or escape as if by sliding.
- (transitive) To cause to move smoothly and quickly; to slide; to convey gently or secretly.
- (intransitive) To lose one’s traction on a slippery surface; to slide due to a lack of friction.
- (intransitive, figuratively) To move down; to slide.
- (intransitive) To move or fly (out of place); to shoot; often with out, off, etc.
- To bring forth (young) prematurely; to slink.
- (intransitive) To accidentally reveal a secret or otherwise say something unintentionally.
- (transitive, business) To cause (a schedule or release, etc.) to go, or let it go, beyond the allotted deadline.
- (transitive, cooking) To remove the skin of a soft fruit, such as a tomato or peach, by blanching briefly in boiling water, then transferring to cold water so that the skin peels, or slips, off easily.
noun
- Crepe paper; thin, crinkled tissue paper.
- (Ireland) A death notice printed on white card with a background of black crepe paper or cloth, placed on the door of a residence or business.
- A flat round pancake-like pastry from Lower Brittany, made with wheat.
- A soft thin light fabric with a crinkled surface.
- Rubber in sheets, used especially for shoe soles.
- a soft thin light fabric with a crinkled surface
- small very thin pancake
- paper with a crinkled texture; usually colored and used for decorations
verb
noun
- Stiff paper imitating that material.
- A document made on such material.
- The envelope of the coffee grains, inside the pulp.
- The creamy to tanned color of parchment.
- Material, made from the polished skin of a calf, sheep, goat or other animal, used like paper for writing.
- A diploma (traditionally written on parchment).
- a superior paper resembling sheepskin
- skin of a sheep or goat prepared for writing on
noun
- a thin pliable sheet of material
- a pliable sheet of tissue that covers or lines or connects the organs or cells of animals or plants
- A piece of parchment forming part of a roll.
- (biology) A microscopic double layer of lipids and proteins forming the boundary of cells or organelles.
- A mechanical, thin, flat flexible part that can deform or vibrate when excited by an external force.
- A flexible or semiflexible covering or waterproofing whose primary function is to exclude water.
noun
- A translucent design impressed on the surface of paper and visible when the paper is held to the light.
- (graphical user interface) A default hint caption displayed in a text box prior to the user inputting any text.
- A mark indicating the level to which water has risen.
- (by extension) A logo superimposed on a digital image, a television broadcast, etc.
- (computing) A value stored in a datafile to ensure its integrity, so that if the file's contents are changed then the watermark will no longer match the contents.
- a line marking the level reached by a body of water
- a distinguishing mark impressed on paper during manufacture; visible when paper is held up to the light
verb
noun
- A scrap of paper.
- Such a thing issued by a company as payment of wages.
- (informal) A medical prescription.
- A small medieval bag used to carry food, money, utensils etc.
- A document signifying a power to obtain a specified acreage of public land.
- A voucher or token coin used in place of legal tender. Issued by a local government or a private organization.
- A share certificate.
- a certificate whose value is recognized by the payer and payee; scrip is not currency but may be convertible into currency
adj
noun
- (uncountable) Ellipsis of wrapping paper.
- Ellipsis of newspaper; anything used as such (such as a newsletter or listing magazine).
- (rock paper scissors) An open hand (a handshape resembling a sheet of paper), that beats rock and loses to scissors. It loses to lizard and beats Spock in rock-paper-scissors-lizard-Spock.
- (uncountable) Ellipsis of wallpaper.
- A paper packet containing a quantity of items.
- (New Zealand, countable) A university course.
- A medicinal preparation spread upon paper, intended for external application.
- A substance resembling paper secreted by certain invertebrates as protection for their nests and eggs.
- A written document, generally shorter than a book; usually written as a school assignment or a government report.
- (British, Hong Kong) A set of examination questions to be answered at one session.
- (finance, uncountable) Any financial assets other than specie, including paper money, commercial paper, and others.
- A sheet material typically used for writing on or printing on (or as a non-waterproof container), usually made by draining cellulose fibres from a suspension in water.
- (slang) Money.
- A written document that reports scientific or academic research and is usually subjected to peer review before publication in a scientific journal (as a journal article or the manuscript for one) or in the proceedings of a scientific or academic meeting (such as a conference, workshop, or symposium).
- a daily or weekly publication on folded sheets; contains news and articles and advertisements
- an essay (especially one written as an assignment)
- a material made of cellulose pulp derived mainly from wood or rags or certain grasses
- a medium for written communication
- a business firm that publishes newspapers
- the physical object that is the product of a newspaper publisher
- a scholarly article describing the results of observations or stating hypotheses
verb
- (transitive) To sandpaper.
- (transitive) To submit official papers to (a law court, etc.).
- (transitive) To enfold in paper.
- To paste the endpapers and flyleaves at the beginning and end of a book before fitting it into its covers.
- (transitive) To give public notice (typically by displaying posters) that a person is wanted by the police or other authority.
- (transitive) To fill (a theatre or other paid event) with complimentary seats.
- (transitive) To document; to memorialize.
- (transitive) To apply paper to.
- (Northeastern US) To cover someone's house with toilet paper. Otherwise known as toilet papering or TPing.
- cover with wallpaper
- cover with paper
noun
noun
- a thin delicate material resembling paper; made from the rice-paper tree
- (loosely) Any similar paper made from a plant other than rice, such as bamboo or mulberry.
- A thin, fragile paper made from parts of the rice plant, used in artificial flowers and watercolour art.
- Edible sheets of rice often used in Vietnamese cooking; bánh tráng.
adj
- very thin and insubstantial
- of comparatively little physical weight or density
- psychologically light; especially free from sadness or troubles
- marked by temperance in indulgence
- of little intensity or power or force
- easily assimilated in the alimentary canal; not rich or heavily seasoned
- not great in degree or quantity or number
- moving easily and quickly; nimble
- (used of vowels or syllables) pronounced with little or no stress
- intended primarily as entertainment; not serious or profound
- (used of color) having a relatively small amount of coloring agent
- designed for ease of movement or to carry little weight
- casual and unrestrained in sexual behavior
- weak and likely to lose consciousness
- (physics, chemistry) not having atomic weight greater than average
- (of sleep) easily disturbed
- silly or trivial
- having relatively few calories
- characterized by or emitting light
- demanding little effort; not burdensome
- less than the correct or legal or full amount often deliberately so
- (of sound or color) free from anything that dulls or dims
- having little importance
- (used of soil) loose and large-grained in consistency
- of the military or industry; using (or being) relatively small or light arms or equipment
- Slight, not forceful or intense; small in amount or intensity.
- Gentle; having little force or momentum.
- Low in fat, calories, alcohol, salt, etc.
- Free from burden or impediment; unencumbered.
- Not encumbered; unembarrassed; clear of impediments; hence, active; nimble; swift.
- With low viscosity.
- (of coffee) Served with extra milk or cream.
- Pale or whitish in color; highly luminous and more or less deficient in chroma.
- Having little or relatively little actual weight; not heavy; not cumbrous or unwieldy.
- (cooking) Not heavy or soggy; spongy; well raised.
- (military) Not heavily armed; armed with light weapons.
- (rail transport, of a locomotive or consist of locomotives) Without any piece of equipment attached or attached only to a caboose.
- Cheerful.
- Easy to endure or perform.
- Having light; bright; clear; not dark or obscure.
- (nautical, of a ship) Riding high because of no cargo; by extension, pertaining to a ship which is light.
- Not quite sound or normal; somewhat impaired or deranged; dizzy; giddy.
- Lightly built; typically designed for speed or small loads.
- Fast; nimble.
- Indulging in, or inclined to, levity; lacking dignity or solemnity; frivolous; airy.
- Of short or insufficient weight; weighing less than the legal, standard, or proper amount; clipped or diminished.
- Having little weight as compared with bulk; of little density or specific gravity.
- Easily interrupted by stimulation.
- Unimportant, trivial, having little value or significance.
noun
- a particular perspective or aspect of a situation
- the quality of being luminous; emitting or reflecting light
- the visual effect of illumination on objects or scenes as created in pictures
- a person regarded very fondly
- a device for lighting or igniting fuel or charges or fires
- a condition of spiritual awareness; divine illumination
- an illuminated area
- mental understanding as an enlightening experience
- having abundant light or illumination
- a visual warning signal
- (physics) electromagnetic radiation that can produce a visual sensation
- merriment expressed by a brightness or gleam or animation of countenance
- any device serving as a source of illumination
- public awareness
- (painting) The manner in which the light strikes a picture; that part of a picture which represents those objects upon which the light is supposed to fall; the more illuminated part of a landscape or other scene; opposed to shade.
- A traffic light, or (by extension) an intersection controlled by traffic lights.
- A notable person within a specific field or discipline.
- (crosswording) The series of squares reserved for the answer to a crossword clue.
- (informal) A cross-light in a double acrostic or triple acrostic.
- (curling) A stone that is not thrown hard enough.
- See lights (“lungs”).
- (by extension) Electromagnetic radiation in the wavelength range visible to the human eye or in nearby ranges (infrared or ultraviolet radiation).
- A lightbulb or similar light-emitting device, regardless of whether it is lit.
- (slang) A cigarette lighter.
- A flame or something used to create fire.
- (military, historical) A member of the light cavalry.
- The brightness of the eye or eyes.
- A window in architecture, carriage design, or motor car design: either the opening itself or the window pane of glass that fills it, if any.
- (figurative) Spiritual or mental illumination; enlightenment, useful information.
- (by extension, less commonly) Electromagnetic radiation of any wavelength.
- A point of view, or aspect from which a concept, person or thing is regarded.
- (countable) A source of illumination.
- (physics, uncountable) Electromagnetic radiation in the wavelength range visible to the human eye (about 400–750 nanometers): visible light.
- Open view; a visible state or condition; public observation; publicity.
- (Australia, uncountable) A low-alcohol lager.
- The power of perception by vision: eyesight (sightedness; vision).
- A firework made by filling a case with a substance which burns brilliantly with a white or coloured flame.
adv
verb
- begin to smoke
- introduce light into
- alight from (a horse)
- fall to somebody by assignment or lot; passed
- start or maintain a fire in
- cause to start burning; subject to fire or great heat
- to come to rest, settle
- (transitive) To illuminate; to provide light for when it is dark.
- (by extension) To leave; to depart.
- (nautical) To unload a ship, or to jettison material to make it lighter
- To find by chance.
- (transitive) To start (a fire).
- To lighten; to ease of a burden; to take off.
- To stop upon (of eyes or a glance); to notice
- (transitive) To set fire to; to set burning.
- To attend or conduct with a light; to show the way to by means of a light.
- (transitive, pinball) To make (a bonus) available to be collected by hitting a target, and thus light up the feature light corresponding to that bonus to indicate its availability.
- (intransitive) To become ignited; to take fire.
adj
- Very thin, as if drawn together.
- Compressed.
- Financially hurt or damaged.
- (of a person or the face) Tense and pale from cold, worry, or hunger.
- not having enough money to pay for necessities
- very thin especially from disease or hunger or cold
- sounding as if the nose were pinched
- as if squeezed uncomfortably tight
verb
noun
- (printing) A very thin form of light-faced type.
- (sports, uncountable) A type of tobogganing in which competitors lie face down, and descend head first.
- (geometry) The vertices and edges of a polyhedron, taken collectively.
- (especially attributive) A minimum or bare essentials.
- (botany) The network of veins in a leaf.
- (figuratively) The central core of something that gives shape to the entire structure.
- (computing, middleware) A client-helper procedure that communicates with a stub.
- (idiomatic) Clipping of skeleton in the closet (“a shameful secret”).
- (anatomy) The system that provides support to an organism, internal and made up of bones and cartilage in vertebrates, external in some other animals.
- An anthropomorphic representation of a skeleton.
- (figuratively) A very thin person.
- (countable) The form of toboggan used in this sport.
- (architecture) A frame that provides support to a building or other construction.
- something reduced to its minimal form
- a scandal that is kept secret
- the hard structure (bones and cartilages) that provides a frame for the body of an animal
- the internal supporting structure that gives an artifact its shape
adj
- Of paper: unsized.
- (of a drug) Not likely to cause addiction.
- (of cloth or similar material) Smooth and flexible; not rough, rugged, or harsh.
- Expressing gentleness or tenderness; mild; conciliatory; courteous; kind.
- (of a person) Physically or emotionally weak.
- Not bright or intense.
- (Slavic, phonology) Palatalized.
- (photography, of light) Made up of nonparallel rays, tending to wrap around a subject and produce diffuse shadows.
- (computing) Emulated with software; not physically real.
- (UK, of a man) Effeminate.
- (phonetics, rare) Voiceless.
- (slang) Lacking strength or resolve; not tough, wimpy.
- (of kinks or sexual activity) Mild, tame, moderate; far from intense or excluding harsh elements.
- Incomplete, or temporary; not a full action.
- Limp, weak.
- Of coal: bituminous, as opposed to anthracitic.
- (of a drink) Not containing alcohol.
- (informal, idiomatic, followed by on) Attracted to or emotionally involved with someone.
- (of a sound) Quiet.
- Requiring little or no effort; easy.
- Gentle in action or motion; easy.
- Of silk: having the natural gum cleaned or washed off.
- (of water) Low in dissolved calcium compounds.
- Easy-going, lenient, not strict; permissive.
- Having a slight angle from straight.
- (UK, colloquial) Foolish.
- Not harsh or offensive to the sight; not glaring or jagged; pleasing to the eye.
- (finance) Of a market: having more supply than demand; being a buyer's market.
- Of weather: warm enough to melt ice; thawing.
- Gentle.
- (phonetics) Voiced; sonant; lenis.
- Weak in character; impressible.
- Easily giving way under pressure.
- Agreeable to the senses.
- (slang) Excessively empathetic or concerned about others’ wellbeing.
- (physics) Of a ferromagnetic material; a material that becomes essentially non-magnetic when an external magnetic field is removed, a material with a low magnetic coercivity. (compare hard)
- (of pornography) Softcore
- (of a commodity or market or currency) falling or likely to fall in value
- mild and pleasant
- compassionate and kind; conciliatory
- using evidence not readily amenable to experimental verification or refutation
- (of speech sounds); produced with the back of the tongue raised toward the hard palate; characterized by a hissing or hushing sound (as ‘s’ and ‘sh’)
- (of light) transmitted from a broad light source or reflected
- easily hurt
- (used chiefly as a direction or description in music) soft; in a quiet, subdued tone
- out of condition; not strong or robust; incapable of exertion or endurance
- produced with vibration of the vocal cords
- not burdensome or demanding; borne or done easily and without hardship
- willing to negotiate and compromise
- having little impact
- tolerant or lenient
- soft and mild; not harsh or stern or severe
- yielding readily to pressure or weight
- not protected against attack (especially by nuclear weapons)
- (of sound) relatively low in volume
- not brilliant or glaring
noun
adv
noun
adj
noun
- Thin and flat paper, plastic or similar flexible material, usually produced in the form of a roll.
- (informal, by extension) Any video or audio recording, regardless of the method used to produce it.
- Finishing tape, stretched across a track to mark the end of a race.
- (informal) An unthinking, patterned response triggered by a particular stimulus.
- (ice hockey) The wrapping of the primary puck-handling surface of a hockey stick.
- Clipping of red tape (“time-consuming bureaucratic procedures”).
- Magnetic or optical recording media in a roll; videotape or audio tape.
- (trading, from ticker tape) The series of prices at which a financial instrument trades.
- (printing, historical) A strong flexible band rotating on pulleys for directing the sheets in a printing machine.
- Flexible material in a roll with a sticky surface on one or both sides; adhesive tape.
- memory device consisting of a long thin plastic strip coated with iron oxide; used to record audio or video signals or to store computer information
- a long thin piece of cloth or paper as used for binding or fastening
- the finishing line for a foot race
- a recording made on magnetic tape
- measuring instrument consisting of a narrow strip (cloth or metal) marked in inches or centimeters and used for measuring lengths
verb
noun
- A wide roll of machine-trimmed paper, ready to be cut into smaller widths.
- (engineering) A platform-mounted machine for drilling rock.
- (India, Kenya) An elephant.
- (British English) A large airplane, such as those used for intercontinental travel.
- (paganism, historical) Ellipsis of mumbo jumbo (“a deity or other supernatural being worshipped by certain West African peoples; an idol representing such a being”).
- (Western Pennsylvania) Synonym of bologna (“type of meat”).
- An especially large or powerful person, animal, or thing.
adj
verb
- even up the edges of a stack of paper, in printing
- give a slight push to
- run at a moderately swift pace
- run for exercise
- continue talking or writing in a desultory manner
- stimulate to remember
- (transitive) To shake, stir or rouse.
- (transitive) To cause to move at an energetic trot.
- (exercise, intransitive) To move at a pace between walking and running, to run at a leisurely pace.
- (transitive) To straighten stacks of paper by lightly tapping against a flat surface.
- (intransitive) To walk or ride forward with a jolting pace; to move at a heavy pace, trudge; to move on or along.
- (transitive) To push slightly; to move or shake with a push or jerk, as to gain the attention of; to jolt.
noun
- a sharp change in direction
- a slow pace of running
- a slight push or shake
- In card tricks, one or more cards that are secretly made to protrude slightly from the deck as an aid to the performer.
- A sudden push or nudge.
- An energetic trot, slower than a run, often used as a form of exercise.
- (theater) A flat placed perpendicularly to break up a flat surface.
verb
- even up the edges of a stack of paper, in printing
- make square
- settle conclusively; come to terms
- to get ready for a fight
- to adopt a fighting stance
- to face (someone) in a contest
- to pay back money that is owed
- (transitive, machining, die making) To mill (blocks, inserts, etc) into precisely square condition.
noun
adj
verb
- (transitive) To cover (something flat, usually paper) in adhesive protective plastic.
- (transitive) To form (metal etc.) into a thin plate, as by rolling.
- (transitive) To assemble from thin sheets glued together to make a thicker sheet.
- (transitive) To cause to separate into thin plates or layers; to divide into thin plates.
- create laminate by bonding sheets of material with a bonding material
- cover with a thin sheet of non-fabric material
- split (wood) into thin sheets
- press or beat (metals) into thin sheets
noun
- A writing paper of a particular size.
- (informal) A child who does not know their father.
- A sword that is midway in length between a short-sword and a long sword; also bastard sword.
- (informal) Something extremely difficult or unpleasant to deal with.
- A kind of sweet wine.
- A mongrel (biological cross between different breeds, groups or varieties).
- (vulgar, offensive or derogatory, usually referring specifically to a man) A contemptible, inconsiderate, overly or arrogantly rude or spiteful person.
- A large mould for straining sugar.
- A variation that is not genuine; something irregular or inferior or of dubious origin, fake or counterfeit.
- An inferior quality of soft brown sugar, obtained from syrups that have been boiled several times.
- A bastard file.
- (UK, politics, derogatory) A Eurosceptic Conservative MP, especially in the government of John Major.
- (often preceded by ‘poor’) A suffering person deemed deserving of compassion.
- (endearing or humorous) A man, a fellow, a male friend.
- derogatory term for a variation that is not genuine; something irregular or inferior or of dubious origin
- the illegitimate offspring of unmarried parents
- insulting terms of address for people who are stupid or irritating or ridiculous
adj
- (UK, Ireland, vulgar) Very unpleasant.
- Of or like a bastard (bad person).
- Of or like a mongrel, bastardized creature/cross.
- Spurious, lacking authenticity: counterfeit, fake.
- (of a language) Imperfect; not spoken or written well or in the classical style; broken.
- (theater lighting) Consisting of one predominant color blended with small amounts of complementary color; used to replicate natural light because of their warmer appearance.
- Of abnormal, irregular or otherwise inferior qualities (size, shape etc).
- Used in the vernacular name of a species to indicate that it is similar in some way to another species, often (but not always) one of another genus.
- (printing) Abbreviated, as the half title in a page preceding the full title page of a book.
- Of or like a bastard (illegitimate human descendant).
- fraudulent; having a misleading appearance
intj
noun
- A single thickness of some material covering a surface.
- An item of clothing worn under or over another.
- A (usually) horizontal deposit; a stratum.
- A shoot of a plant, laid underground for growth.
- A hen kept to lay eggs; a breed of chicken bred to maximize laying output.
- (networking) One of the seven network switch pieces in the Open Systems Interconnection model: application, presentation, session, transport, network, data link, and physical.
- One of the items in a hierarchy.
- (computing) An alternative keymap accessed through a modifier key or toggle.
- A person who lays anything, such as tiles or a wager.
- (computer graphics, by analogy to a stack of transparencies) One in a stack of (initially transparent) drawing surfaces that comprise an image; used to keep elements of an image separate so that they can be modified independently from one another.
- A mature female bird, insect, etc. that is able to lay eggs.
- an abstract place usually conceived as having depth
- thin structure composed of a single thickness of cells
- a hen that lays eggs
- a relatively thin sheetlike expanse or region lying over or under another
- single thickness of usually some homogeneous substance
verb
noun
- (paper, printing) A sheet of paper 7 to 10 inches (= 17.78 to 25.4 cm) high and 4.5 to 6 inches (= 11.43 to 15.24 cm) wide, the size varying with the large original sheet used to create it. It is made by folding the original sheet three times to produce eight leaves.
- (printing) A book of octavo pages.
- the size of a book whose pages are made by folding a sheet of paper three times to form eight leaves
noun
noun
- (printing) A sheet inserted between freshly printed pages to prevent them from sticking together.
- (roofing) Sheet material, such as reinforced kraft paper, rosin-sized paper, polyester scrim or polyethylene sheeting, placed between two components of a roof assembly to ensure that no adhesion occurs between them and to prevent possible damage from chemical incompatibility, wearing or abrasion of the membrane.
- (shipping) A strong, thin pallet-sized sheet of plastic or fiberboard used to transport heavy items.
noun
adj
- Thin, pliable, and often transparent.
- (medicine) Accompanying the formation of a usually abnormal membrane or membranous layer.
- (anatomy, zoology) Having the qualities of, or pertaining to, a membrane.
- characterized by formation of a membrane (or something resembling a membrane)
- relating to or made of or similar to a membrane
noun
- (paper, printing) A standard size of printing paper, measuring 25 by 20 inches.
- (military) A small mortar.
- Any of various lycaenid butterflies.
- A stag with twelve points (six on each antler).
- A tuft of beard on the lower lip.
- The fourth tine of an antler's beam.
- An old English gold coin, the rial.
- (nautical, sailing) In large sailing ships, square sail over the topgallant sail.
- (somewhat informal, often capitalised) A royal person; a member of a royal family.
- (campanology) Bell changes rung on ten bells.
- (paper) A standard size of writing paper, measuring 24 by 19 inches.
- (card games) In auction bridge, a royal spade.
- stag with antlers of 12 or more branches
- a sail set next above the topgallant on a royal mast
adj
- (boxing, military) Free-for-all, especially involving multiple combatants.
- (chess) Describing a piece which, if captured, results in loss of game.
- (nautical) In large sailing ships, of a mast right above the topgallant mast and its sails.
- (informal) Used as an intensifier.
- Having the air or demeanour of a monarch; illustrious; magnanimous; of more than common size or excellence.
- Of or relating to a monarch or his (or her) family.
- invested with royal power as symbolized by a crown
- being of the rank of a monarch
- of or relating to or indicative of or issued or performed by a king or queen or other monarch
- belonging to or befitting a supreme ruler
- established or chartered or authorized by royalty
noun
- a soft thin (usually translucent) paper
- Absorbent paper as material.
- part of an organism consisting of an aggregate of cells having a similar structure and function
- A sheet of absorbent paper, especially one that is made to be used as tissue paper, toilet paper or a handkerchief.
- (horse racing, slang) The scratch sheet or racing form.
- (biology) A group of cells (along with their extracellular matrix if any) that are similar in origin and function together to do a specific job.
- A fine transparent silk material, used for veils, etc.; specifically, cloth interwoven with gold or silver threads, or embossed with figures.
- Web; texture; complicated fabrication; connected series.
- Thin, woven, gauze-like fabric.
verb
noun
- a small sheet of paper
- A small piece of paper, especially one longer than it is wide, typically a form for writing on or one giving printed information.
- A long, thin piece of something.
- a place where a craft can be made fast
- a slippery smoothness
- bed linen consisting of a cover for a pillow
- potter's clay that is thinned and used for coating or decorating ceramics
- a part (sometimes a root or leaf or bud) removed from a plant to propagate a new plant through rooting or grafting
- the act of avoiding capture (especially by cunning)
- a young and slender person
- artifact consisting of a narrow flat piece of material
- a woman's sleeveless undergarment
- an accidental misstep threatening (or causing) a fall
- an unexpected slide
- a minor inadvertent mistake usually observed in speech or writing or in small accidents or memory lapses etc.
- a flight maneuver; aircraft slides sideways in the air
- a socially awkward or tactless act
- A mistake or error.
- A twig or shoot; a cutting.
- (engineering) The motion of the centre of resistance of the float of a paddle wheel, or the blade of an oar, through the water horizontally, or the difference between a vessel's actual speed and the speed it would have if the propelling instrument acted upon a solid; also, the velocity, relatively to still water, of the backward current of water produced by the propeller.
- (medicine) A one-time return to previous maladaptive behavior after cure.
- A young person (now usually with of introducing descriptive qualifier).
- (mining) A dislocation of a lead, destroying continuity.
- An outside covering or case.
- A leash or string by which a dog is held; so called from its being made in such a manner as to slip, or become loose, by relaxation of the hand.
- (nautical, aviation) A difference between the theoretical distance traveled per revolution of the propeller and the actual advance of the vessel.
- (cricket) Any of several fielding positions to the off side of the wicket keeper, designed to catch the ball after being deflected from the bat; a fielder in that position (See first slip, second slip, third slip, fourth slip and fifth slip.)
- (marine insurance) A memorandum of the particulars of a risk for which a policy is to be executed. It usually bears the broker's name and is initiated by the underwriters.
- Either side of the gallery in a theater.
- A fish, the sole.
- (nautical) A berth; a space for a ship to moor.
- (US) A long seat or narrow pew in churches, often without a door.
- (ceramics) A thin, slippery mix of clay and water.
- A woman's undergarment worn under a skirt or dress to conceal unwanted nudity that may otherwise be revealed by the skirt or dress itself; a shift.
- A slipdress.
- An escape; a secret or unexpected desertion.
- Matter found in troughs of grindstones after the grinding of edge tools.
- (electricity) The difference between the actual and synchronous speeds of an induction motor.
- A particular quantity of yarn.
- (nautical) A slipway.
- (crosswording) A newsletter produced by the setter of a cryptic clue-writing competition, containing a full list of winners and commentary on the clues.
- A number between 0 and 1 that is the difference between the angular speed of a rotating magnetic field and the angular speed of its rotor, divided by the angular speed of the magnetic field.
- An act or instance of slipping.
- (telecommunications) The positional displacement in a sequence of transmitted symbols that causes the loss or insertion of one or more symbols.
- (aviation) Clipping of sideslip.
verb
- fall to a lower standard
- move smoothly and easily
- move out of position
- pass out of one's memory
- cause to move with a smooth or sliding motion
- insert inconspicuously or quickly or quietly
- move obliquely or sideways, usually in an uncontrolled manner
- move stealthily
- to make a mistake or be incorrect
- pass on stealthily
- move easily
- (transitive) To cut slips from; to cut; to take off; to make a slip or slips of.
- (intransitive, aviation, of an aircraft) Clipping of sideslip (“to fly with the longitudinal axis misaligned with the relative wind”).
- (transitive) To elude or evade by smooth movement.
- (transitive) To cause to slip or slide off, or out of place.
- (transitive, hunting, falconry) To release (a dog, a bird of prey, etc.) to go after a quarry.
- (transitive) To pass (a note, money, etc.), often covertly.
- (intransitive) To err.
- (intransitive) To move quickly and often secretively; to depart, withdraw, enter, appear, intrude, or escape as if by sliding.
- (transitive) To cause to move smoothly and quickly; to slide; to convey gently or secretly.
- (intransitive) To lose one’s traction on a slippery surface; to slide due to a lack of friction.
- (intransitive, figuratively) To move down; to slide.
- (intransitive) To move or fly (out of place); to shoot; often with out, off, etc.
- To bring forth (young) prematurely; to slink.
- (intransitive) To accidentally reveal a secret or otherwise say something unintentionally.
- (transitive, business) To cause (a schedule or release, etc.) to go, or let it go, beyond the allotted deadline.
- (transitive, cooking) To remove the skin of a soft fruit, such as a tomato or peach, by blanching briefly in boiling water, then transferring to cold water so that the skin peels, or slips, off easily.
noun
- Crepe paper; thin, crinkled tissue paper.
- (Ireland) A death notice printed on white card with a background of black crepe paper or cloth, placed on the door of a residence or business.
- A flat round pancake-like pastry from Lower Brittany, made with wheat.
- A soft thin light fabric with a crinkled surface.
- Rubber in sheets, used especially for shoe soles.
- a soft thin light fabric with a crinkled surface
- small very thin pancake
- paper with a crinkled texture; usually colored and used for decorations
verb
noun
- Stiff paper imitating that material.
- A document made on such material.
- The envelope of the coffee grains, inside the pulp.
- The creamy to tanned color of parchment.
- Material, made from the polished skin of a calf, sheep, goat or other animal, used like paper for writing.
- A diploma (traditionally written on parchment).
- a superior paper resembling sheepskin
- skin of a sheep or goat prepared for writing on
noun
- a thin pliable sheet of material
- a pliable sheet of tissue that covers or lines or connects the organs or cells of animals or plants
- A piece of parchment forming part of a roll.
- (biology) A microscopic double layer of lipids and proteins forming the boundary of cells or organelles.
- A mechanical, thin, flat flexible part that can deform or vibrate when excited by an external force.
- A flexible or semiflexible covering or waterproofing whose primary function is to exclude water.
noun
- A translucent design impressed on the surface of paper and visible when the paper is held to the light.
- (graphical user interface) A default hint caption displayed in a text box prior to the user inputting any text.
- A mark indicating the level to which water has risen.
- (by extension) A logo superimposed on a digital image, a television broadcast, etc.
- (computing) A value stored in a datafile to ensure its integrity, so that if the file's contents are changed then the watermark will no longer match the contents.
- a line marking the level reached by a body of water
- a distinguishing mark impressed on paper during manufacture; visible when paper is held up to the light
verb
noun
- A scrap of paper.
- Such a thing issued by a company as payment of wages.
- (informal) A medical prescription.
- A small medieval bag used to carry food, money, utensils etc.
- A document signifying a power to obtain a specified acreage of public land.
- A voucher or token coin used in place of legal tender. Issued by a local government or a private organization.
- A share certificate.
- a certificate whose value is recognized by the payer and payee; scrip is not currency but may be convertible into currency
noun
noun
- a thin delicate material resembling paper; made from the rice-paper tree
- (loosely) Any similar paper made from a plant other than rice, such as bamboo or mulberry.
- A thin, fragile paper made from parts of the rice plant, used in artificial flowers and watercolour art.
- Edible sheets of rice often used in Vietnamese cooking; bánh tráng.
noun
- (printing) A very thin form of light-faced type.
- (sports, uncountable) A type of tobogganing in which competitors lie face down, and descend head first.
- (geometry) The vertices and edges of a polyhedron, taken collectively.
- (especially attributive) A minimum or bare essentials.
- (botany) The network of veins in a leaf.
- (figuratively) The central core of something that gives shape to the entire structure.
- (computing, middleware) A client-helper procedure that communicates with a stub.
- (idiomatic) Clipping of skeleton in the closet (“a shameful secret”).
- (anatomy) The system that provides support to an organism, internal and made up of bones and cartilage in vertebrates, external in some other animals.
- An anthropomorphic representation of a skeleton.
- (figuratively) A very thin person.
- (countable) The form of toboggan used in this sport.
- (architecture) A frame that provides support to a building or other construction.
- something reduced to its minimal form
- a scandal that is kept secret
- the hard structure (bones and cartilages) that provides a frame for the body of an animal
- the internal supporting structure that gives an artifact its shape
noun
noun
- Thin and flat paper, plastic or similar flexible material, usually produced in the form of a roll.
- (informal, by extension) Any video or audio recording, regardless of the method used to produce it.
- Finishing tape, stretched across a track to mark the end of a race.
- (informal) An unthinking, patterned response triggered by a particular stimulus.
- (ice hockey) The wrapping of the primary puck-handling surface of a hockey stick.
- Clipping of red tape (“time-consuming bureaucratic procedures”).
- Magnetic or optical recording media in a roll; videotape or audio tape.
- (trading, from ticker tape) The series of prices at which a financial instrument trades.
- (printing, historical) A strong flexible band rotating on pulleys for directing the sheets in a printing machine.
- Flexible material in a roll with a sticky surface on one or both sides; adhesive tape.
- memory device consisting of a long thin plastic strip coated with iron oxide; used to record audio or video signals or to store computer information
- a long thin piece of cloth or paper as used for binding or fastening
- the finishing line for a foot race
- a recording made on magnetic tape
- measuring instrument consisting of a narrow strip (cloth or metal) marked in inches or centimeters and used for measuring lengths
verb
noun
- A wide roll of machine-trimmed paper, ready to be cut into smaller widths.
- (engineering) A platform-mounted machine for drilling rock.
- (India, Kenya) An elephant.
- (British English) A large airplane, such as those used for intercontinental travel.
- (paganism, historical) Ellipsis of mumbo jumbo (“a deity or other supernatural being worshipped by certain West African peoples; an idol representing such a being”).
- (Western Pennsylvania) Synonym of bologna (“type of meat”).
- An especially large or powerful person, animal, or thing.
adj
noun
adj
verb
- (transitive) To cover (something flat, usually paper) in adhesive protective plastic.
- (transitive) To form (metal etc.) into a thin plate, as by rolling.
- (transitive) To assemble from thin sheets glued together to make a thicker sheet.
- (transitive) To cause to separate into thin plates or layers; to divide into thin plates.
- create laminate by bonding sheets of material with a bonding material
- cover with a thin sheet of non-fabric material
- split (wood) into thin sheets
- press or beat (metals) into thin sheets
noun
- A writing paper of a particular size.
- (informal) A child who does not know their father.
- A sword that is midway in length between a short-sword and a long sword; also bastard sword.
- (informal) Something extremely difficult or unpleasant to deal with.
- A kind of sweet wine.
- A mongrel (biological cross between different breeds, groups or varieties).
- (vulgar, offensive or derogatory, usually referring specifically to a man) A contemptible, inconsiderate, overly or arrogantly rude or spiteful person.
- A large mould for straining sugar.
- A variation that is not genuine; something irregular or inferior or of dubious origin, fake or counterfeit.
- An inferior quality of soft brown sugar, obtained from syrups that have been boiled several times.
- A bastard file.
- (UK, politics, derogatory) A Eurosceptic Conservative MP, especially in the government of John Major.
- (often preceded by ‘poor’) A suffering person deemed deserving of compassion.
- (endearing or humorous) A man, a fellow, a male friend.
- derogatory term for a variation that is not genuine; something irregular or inferior or of dubious origin
- the illegitimate offspring of unmarried parents
- insulting terms of address for people who are stupid or irritating or ridiculous
adj
- (UK, Ireland, vulgar) Very unpleasant.
- Of or like a bastard (bad person).
- Of or like a mongrel, bastardized creature/cross.
- Spurious, lacking authenticity: counterfeit, fake.
- (of a language) Imperfect; not spoken or written well or in the classical style; broken.
- (theater lighting) Consisting of one predominant color blended with small amounts of complementary color; used to replicate natural light because of their warmer appearance.
- Of abnormal, irregular or otherwise inferior qualities (size, shape etc).
- Used in the vernacular name of a species to indicate that it is similar in some way to another species, often (but not always) one of another genus.
- (printing) Abbreviated, as the half title in a page preceding the full title page of a book.
- Of or like a bastard (illegitimate human descendant).
- fraudulent; having a misleading appearance
intj
adj
noun
- (uncountable) Ellipsis of wrapping paper.
- Ellipsis of newspaper; anything used as such (such as a newsletter or listing magazine).
- (rock paper scissors) An open hand (a handshape resembling a sheet of paper), that beats rock and loses to scissors. It loses to lizard and beats Spock in rock-paper-scissors-lizard-Spock.
- (uncountable) Ellipsis of wallpaper.
- A paper packet containing a quantity of items.
- (New Zealand, countable) A university course.
- A medicinal preparation spread upon paper, intended for external application.
- A substance resembling paper secreted by certain invertebrates as protection for their nests and eggs.
- A written document, generally shorter than a book; usually written as a school assignment or a government report.
- (British, Hong Kong) A set of examination questions to be answered at one session.
- (finance, uncountable) Any financial assets other than specie, including paper money, commercial paper, and others.
- A sheet material typically used for writing on or printing on (or as a non-waterproof container), usually made by draining cellulose fibres from a suspension in water.
- (slang) Money.
- A written document that reports scientific or academic research and is usually subjected to peer review before publication in a scientific journal (as a journal article or the manuscript for one) or in the proceedings of a scientific or academic meeting (such as a conference, workshop, or symposium).
- a daily or weekly publication on folded sheets; contains news and articles and advertisements
- an essay (especially one written as an assignment)
- a material made of cellulose pulp derived mainly from wood or rags or certain grasses
- a medium for written communication
- a business firm that publishes newspapers
- the physical object that is the product of a newspaper publisher
- a scholarly article describing the results of observations or stating hypotheses
verb
- (transitive) To sandpaper.
- (transitive) To submit official papers to (a law court, etc.).
- (transitive) To enfold in paper.
- To paste the endpapers and flyleaves at the beginning and end of a book before fitting it into its covers.
- (transitive) To give public notice (typically by displaying posters) that a person is wanted by the police or other authority.
- (transitive) To fill (a theatre or other paid event) with complimentary seats.
- (transitive) To document; to memorialize.
- (transitive) To apply paper to.
- (Northeastern US) To cover someone's house with toilet paper. Otherwise known as toilet papering or TPing.
- cover with wallpaper
- cover with paper
noun
- A single thickness of some material covering a surface.
- An item of clothing worn under or over another.
- A (usually) horizontal deposit; a stratum.
- A shoot of a plant, laid underground for growth.
- A hen kept to lay eggs; a breed of chicken bred to maximize laying output.
- (networking) One of the seven network switch pieces in the Open Systems Interconnection model: application, presentation, session, transport, network, data link, and physical.
- One of the items in a hierarchy.
- (computing) An alternative keymap accessed through a modifier key or toggle.
- A person who lays anything, such as tiles or a wager.
- (computer graphics, by analogy to a stack of transparencies) One in a stack of (initially transparent) drawing surfaces that comprise an image; used to keep elements of an image separate so that they can be modified independently from one another.
- A mature female bird, insect, etc. that is able to lay eggs.
- an abstract place usually conceived as having depth
- thin structure composed of a single thickness of cells
- a hen that lays eggs
- a relatively thin sheetlike expanse or region lying over or under another
- single thickness of usually some homogeneous substance
verb
noun
- (paper, printing) A sheet of paper 7 to 10 inches (= 17.78 to 25.4 cm) high and 4.5 to 6 inches (= 11.43 to 15.24 cm) wide, the size varying with the large original sheet used to create it. It is made by folding the original sheet three times to produce eight leaves.
- (printing) A book of octavo pages.
- the size of a book whose pages are made by folding a sheet of paper three times to form eight leaves
noun
noun
- (printing) A sheet inserted between freshly printed pages to prevent them from sticking together.
- (roofing) Sheet material, such as reinforced kraft paper, rosin-sized paper, polyester scrim or polyethylene sheeting, placed between two components of a roof assembly to ensure that no adhesion occurs between them and to prevent possible damage from chemical incompatibility, wearing or abrasion of the membrane.
- (shipping) A strong, thin pallet-sized sheet of plastic or fiberboard used to transport heavy items.
noun
noun
- (paper, printing) A standard size of printing paper, measuring 25 by 20 inches.
- (military) A small mortar.
- Any of various lycaenid butterflies.
- A stag with twelve points (six on each antler).
- A tuft of beard on the lower lip.
- The fourth tine of an antler's beam.
- An old English gold coin, the rial.
- (nautical, sailing) In large sailing ships, square sail over the topgallant sail.
- (somewhat informal, often capitalised) A royal person; a member of a royal family.
- (campanology) Bell changes rung on ten bells.
- (paper) A standard size of writing paper, measuring 24 by 19 inches.
- (card games) In auction bridge, a royal spade.
- stag with antlers of 12 or more branches
- a sail set next above the topgallant on a royal mast
adj
- (boxing, military) Free-for-all, especially involving multiple combatants.
- (chess) Describing a piece which, if captured, results in loss of game.
- (nautical) In large sailing ships, of a mast right above the topgallant mast and its sails.
- (informal) Used as an intensifier.
- Having the air or demeanour of a monarch; illustrious; magnanimous; of more than common size or excellence.
- Of or relating to a monarch or his (or her) family.
- invested with royal power as symbolized by a crown
- being of the rank of a monarch
- of or relating to or indicative of or issued or performed by a king or queen or other monarch
- belonging to or befitting a supreme ruler
- established or chartered or authorized by royalty
verb
- even up the edges of a stack of paper, in printing
- give a slight push to
- run at a moderately swift pace
- run for exercise
- continue talking or writing in a desultory manner
- stimulate to remember
- (transitive) To shake, stir or rouse.
- (transitive) To cause to move at an energetic trot.
- (exercise, intransitive) To move at a pace between walking and running, to run at a leisurely pace.
- (transitive) To straighten stacks of paper by lightly tapping against a flat surface.
- (intransitive) To walk or ride forward with a jolting pace; to move at a heavy pace, trudge; to move on or along.
- (transitive) To push slightly; to move or shake with a push or jerk, as to gain the attention of; to jolt.
noun
- a sharp change in direction
- a slow pace of running
- a slight push or shake
- In card tricks, one or more cards that are secretly made to protrude slightly from the deck as an aid to the performer.
- A sudden push or nudge.
- An energetic trot, slower than a run, often used as a form of exercise.
- (theater) A flat placed perpendicularly to break up a flat surface.
verb
- even up the edges of a stack of paper, in printing
- make square
- settle conclusively; come to terms
- to get ready for a fight
- to adopt a fighting stance
- to face (someone) in a contest
- to pay back money that is owed
- (transitive, machining, die making) To mill (blocks, inserts, etc) into precisely square condition.
adj
noun
- (uncountable) Ellipsis of wrapping paper.
- Ellipsis of newspaper; anything used as such (such as a newsletter or listing magazine).
- (rock paper scissors) An open hand (a handshape resembling a sheet of paper), that beats rock and loses to scissors. It loses to lizard and beats Spock in rock-paper-scissors-lizard-Spock.
- (uncountable) Ellipsis of wallpaper.
- A paper packet containing a quantity of items.
- (New Zealand, countable) A university course.
- A medicinal preparation spread upon paper, intended for external application.
- A substance resembling paper secreted by certain invertebrates as protection for their nests and eggs.
- A written document, generally shorter than a book; usually written as a school assignment or a government report.
- (British, Hong Kong) A set of examination questions to be answered at one session.
- (finance, uncountable) Any financial assets other than specie, including paper money, commercial paper, and others.
- A sheet material typically used for writing on or printing on (or as a non-waterproof container), usually made by draining cellulose fibres from a suspension in water.
- (slang) Money.
- A written document that reports scientific or academic research and is usually subjected to peer review before publication in a scientific journal (as a journal article or the manuscript for one) or in the proceedings of a scientific or academic meeting (such as a conference, workshop, or symposium).
- a daily or weekly publication on folded sheets; contains news and articles and advertisements
- an essay (especially one written as an assignment)
- a material made of cellulose pulp derived mainly from wood or rags or certain grasses
- a medium for written communication
- a business firm that publishes newspapers
- the physical object that is the product of a newspaper publisher
- a scholarly article describing the results of observations or stating hypotheses
verb
- (transitive) To sandpaper.
- (transitive) To submit official papers to (a law court, etc.).
- (transitive) To enfold in paper.
- To paste the endpapers and flyleaves at the beginning and end of a book before fitting it into its covers.
- (transitive) To give public notice (typically by displaying posters) that a person is wanted by the police or other authority.
- (transitive) To fill (a theatre or other paid event) with complimentary seats.
- (transitive) To document; to memorialize.
- (transitive) To apply paper to.
- (Northeastern US) To cover someone's house with toilet paper. Otherwise known as toilet papering or TPing.
- cover with wallpaper
- cover with paper
adj
- very thin and insubstantial
- of comparatively little physical weight or density
- psychologically light; especially free from sadness or troubles
- marked by temperance in indulgence
- of little intensity or power or force
- easily assimilated in the alimentary canal; not rich or heavily seasoned
- not great in degree or quantity or number
- moving easily and quickly; nimble
- (used of vowels or syllables) pronounced with little or no stress
- intended primarily as entertainment; not serious or profound
- (used of color) having a relatively small amount of coloring agent
- designed for ease of movement or to carry little weight
- casual and unrestrained in sexual behavior
- weak and likely to lose consciousness
- (physics, chemistry) not having atomic weight greater than average
- (of sleep) easily disturbed
- silly or trivial
- having relatively few calories
- characterized by or emitting light
- demanding little effort; not burdensome
- less than the correct or legal or full amount often deliberately so
- (of sound or color) free from anything that dulls or dims
- having little importance
- (used of soil) loose and large-grained in consistency
- of the military or industry; using (or being) relatively small or light arms or equipment
- Slight, not forceful or intense; small in amount or intensity.
- Gentle; having little force or momentum.
- Low in fat, calories, alcohol, salt, etc.
- Free from burden or impediment; unencumbered.
- Not encumbered; unembarrassed; clear of impediments; hence, active; nimble; swift.
- With low viscosity.
- (of coffee) Served with extra milk or cream.
- Pale or whitish in color; highly luminous and more or less deficient in chroma.
- Having little or relatively little actual weight; not heavy; not cumbrous or unwieldy.
- (cooking) Not heavy or soggy; spongy; well raised.
- (military) Not heavily armed; armed with light weapons.
- (rail transport, of a locomotive or consist of locomotives) Without any piece of equipment attached or attached only to a caboose.
- Cheerful.
- Easy to endure or perform.
- Having light; bright; clear; not dark or obscure.
- (nautical, of a ship) Riding high because of no cargo; by extension, pertaining to a ship which is light.
- Not quite sound or normal; somewhat impaired or deranged; dizzy; giddy.
- Lightly built; typically designed for speed or small loads.
- Fast; nimble.
- Indulging in, or inclined to, levity; lacking dignity or solemnity; frivolous; airy.
- Of short or insufficient weight; weighing less than the legal, standard, or proper amount; clipped or diminished.
- Having little weight as compared with bulk; of little density or specific gravity.
- Easily interrupted by stimulation.
- Unimportant, trivial, having little value or significance.
noun
- a particular perspective or aspect of a situation
- the quality of being luminous; emitting or reflecting light
- the visual effect of illumination on objects or scenes as created in pictures
- a person regarded very fondly
- a device for lighting or igniting fuel or charges or fires
- a condition of spiritual awareness; divine illumination
- an illuminated area
- mental understanding as an enlightening experience
- having abundant light or illumination
- a visual warning signal
- (physics) electromagnetic radiation that can produce a visual sensation
- merriment expressed by a brightness or gleam or animation of countenance
- any device serving as a source of illumination
- public awareness
- (painting) The manner in which the light strikes a picture; that part of a picture which represents those objects upon which the light is supposed to fall; the more illuminated part of a landscape or other scene; opposed to shade.
- A traffic light, or (by extension) an intersection controlled by traffic lights.
- A notable person within a specific field or discipline.
- (crosswording) The series of squares reserved for the answer to a crossword clue.
- (informal) A cross-light in a double acrostic or triple acrostic.
- (curling) A stone that is not thrown hard enough.
- See lights (“lungs”).
- (by extension) Electromagnetic radiation in the wavelength range visible to the human eye or in nearby ranges (infrared or ultraviolet radiation).
- A lightbulb or similar light-emitting device, regardless of whether it is lit.
- (slang) A cigarette lighter.
- A flame or something used to create fire.
- (military, historical) A member of the light cavalry.
- The brightness of the eye or eyes.
- A window in architecture, carriage design, or motor car design: either the opening itself or the window pane of glass that fills it, if any.
- (figurative) Spiritual or mental illumination; enlightenment, useful information.
- (by extension, less commonly) Electromagnetic radiation of any wavelength.
- A point of view, or aspect from which a concept, person or thing is regarded.
- (countable) A source of illumination.
- (physics, uncountable) Electromagnetic radiation in the wavelength range visible to the human eye (about 400–750 nanometers): visible light.
- Open view; a visible state or condition; public observation; publicity.
- (Australia, uncountable) A low-alcohol lager.
- The power of perception by vision: eyesight (sightedness; vision).
- A firework made by filling a case with a substance which burns brilliantly with a white or coloured flame.
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verb
- begin to smoke
- introduce light into
- alight from (a horse)
- fall to somebody by assignment or lot; passed
- start or maintain a fire in
- cause to start burning; subject to fire or great heat
- to come to rest, settle
- (transitive) To illuminate; to provide light for when it is dark.
- (by extension) To leave; to depart.
- (nautical) To unload a ship, or to jettison material to make it lighter
- To find by chance.
- (transitive) To start (a fire).
- To lighten; to ease of a burden; to take off.
- To stop upon (of eyes or a glance); to notice
- (transitive) To set fire to; to set burning.
- To attend or conduct with a light; to show the way to by means of a light.
- (transitive, pinball) To make (a bonus) available to be collected by hitting a target, and thus light up the feature light corresponding to that bonus to indicate its availability.
- (intransitive) To become ignited; to take fire.
adj
- Very thin, as if drawn together.
- Compressed.
- Financially hurt or damaged.
- (of a person or the face) Tense and pale from cold, worry, or hunger.
- not having enough money to pay for necessities
- very thin especially from disease or hunger or cold
- sounding as if the nose were pinched
- as if squeezed uncomfortably tight
verb
adj
- Of paper: unsized.
- (of a drug) Not likely to cause addiction.
- (of cloth or similar material) Smooth and flexible; not rough, rugged, or harsh.
- Expressing gentleness or tenderness; mild; conciliatory; courteous; kind.
- (of a person) Physically or emotionally weak.
- Not bright or intense.
- (Slavic, phonology) Palatalized.
- (photography, of light) Made up of nonparallel rays, tending to wrap around a subject and produce diffuse shadows.
- (computing) Emulated with software; not physically real.
- (UK, of a man) Effeminate.
- (phonetics, rare) Voiceless.
- (slang) Lacking strength or resolve; not tough, wimpy.
- (of kinks or sexual activity) Mild, tame, moderate; far from intense or excluding harsh elements.
- Incomplete, or temporary; not a full action.
- Limp, weak.
- Of coal: bituminous, as opposed to anthracitic.
- (of a drink) Not containing alcohol.
- (informal, idiomatic, followed by on) Attracted to or emotionally involved with someone.
- (of a sound) Quiet.
- Requiring little or no effort; easy.
- Gentle in action or motion; easy.
- Of silk: having the natural gum cleaned or washed off.
- (of water) Low in dissolved calcium compounds.
- Easy-going, lenient, not strict; permissive.
- Having a slight angle from straight.
- (UK, colloquial) Foolish.
- Not harsh or offensive to the sight; not glaring or jagged; pleasing to the eye.
- (finance) Of a market: having more supply than demand; being a buyer's market.
- Of weather: warm enough to melt ice; thawing.
- Gentle.
- (phonetics) Voiced; sonant; lenis.
- Weak in character; impressible.
- Easily giving way under pressure.
- Agreeable to the senses.
- (slang) Excessively empathetic or concerned about others’ wellbeing.
- (physics) Of a ferromagnetic material; a material that becomes essentially non-magnetic when an external magnetic field is removed, a material with a low magnetic coercivity. (compare hard)
- (of pornography) Softcore
- (of a commodity or market or currency) falling or likely to fall in value
- mild and pleasant
- compassionate and kind; conciliatory
- using evidence not readily amenable to experimental verification or refutation
- (of speech sounds); produced with the back of the tongue raised toward the hard palate; characterized by a hissing or hushing sound (as ‘s’ and ‘sh’)
- (of light) transmitted from a broad light source or reflected
- easily hurt
- (used chiefly as a direction or description in music) soft; in a quiet, subdued tone
- out of condition; not strong or robust; incapable of exertion or endurance
- produced with vibration of the vocal cords
- not burdensome or demanding; borne or done easily and without hardship
- willing to negotiate and compromise
- having little impact
- tolerant or lenient
- soft and mild; not harsh or stern or severe
- yielding readily to pressure or weight
- not protected against attack (especially by nuclear weapons)
- (of sound) relatively low in volume
- not brilliant or glaring
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adv
adj
adj
- Thin, pliable, and often transparent.
- (medicine) Accompanying the formation of a usually abnormal membrane or membranous layer.
- (anatomy, zoology) Having the qualities of, or pertaining to, a membrane.
- characterized by formation of a membrane (or something resembling a membrane)
- relating to or made of or similar to a membrane