「(intransitive) To ask for help.」のEnglishの単語
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verb
- (intransitive) To ask for help.
- (intransitive, originally business, followed by to) To try to contact someone, especially in order to give or get information, help, support, etc.
- (intransitive) To make more friends, to increase one's group of friends or acquaintances.
- (intransitive) To extend one's hand(s) forward; to reach for something.
- reach outward in space
- move forward or upward in order to touch; also in a metaphorical sense
- attempt to communicate
verb
- (intransitive) To call upon someone for a favour, help, etc.
- request earnestly (something from somebody); ask for aid or protection
- (transitive, historical) To accuse or charge (someone) with wrongdoing (especially treason).
- (transitive, historical) To summon (someone) to defend their honour in a duel, or their innocence in a trial by combat; to challenge.
- (intransitive) Often followed by against (the inferior court's decision) or to (the superior court): to apply to a superior court or judge for a decision or order by an inferior court or judge to be reviewed and overturned.
- (intransitive, figuratively) To be attractive.
- (intransitive) To call upon a person or an authority to corroborate a statement, to decide a controverted question, or to vindicate one's rights; to entreat, to invoke.
- (transitive, historical) Of the accomplice of a felon: to make an accusation at common law against (the felon).
- (transitive, historical) Of a private person: to instituted legal proceedings (against another private person) for some heinous crime, demanding punishment for the particular injury suffered.
- (transitive, originally US) To apply to a superior court or judge to review and overturn (a decision or order by an inferior court or judge).
- (intransitive, figuratively) To have recourse or resort to some physical means.
- (intransitive, cricket) Of a fielding side; to ask an umpire for a decision on whether a batsman is out or not, usually by saying "How's that?" or "Howzat?".
- take a court case to a higher court for review
- cite as an authority; resort to
- be attractive to
- challenge (a decision)
noun
- (cricket) The act, by the fielding side, of asking an umpire for a decision on whether a batsman is out or not.
- (rhetoric) a use of a principle or quality for purposes of persuasion.
- (historical) At common law, an accusation made against a felon by one of their accomplices (called an approver).
- (historical) A summons to defend one's honour in a duel, or one's innocence in a trial by combat; a challenge.
- A person's legal right to apply to court for such a review.
- (historical) A process which formerly might be instituted by one private person against another for some heinous crime demanding punishment for the particular injury suffered, rather than for the offence against the public; an accusation.
- (figuratively) A power to attract or interest.
- The legal document or form by which such an application is made; also, the court case in which the application is argued.
- (figuratively) A resort to some physical means; a recourse.
- A call to a person or an authority for a decision, help, or proof; an entreaty, an invocation.
- (historical) An accusation or charge against someone for wrongdoing (especially treason).
- An application to a superior court or judge for a decision or order by an inferior court or judge to be reviewed and overturned.
- (law) a legal proceeding in which the appellant resorts to a higher court for the purpose of obtaining a review of a lower court decision and a reversal of the lower court's judgment or the granting of a new trial
- earnest or urgent request
- attractiveness that interests or pleases or stimulates
- request for a sum of money
verb
- (intransitive) To ask a question.
- (computing, databases) To pass a set of instructions to a database to retrieve information from it.
- (intransitive, publishing) To send out a query letter.
- (transitive) To ask, inquire.
- (transitive) To question or call into doubt.
- (transitive, Internet) To send a private message to (a user on IRC).
- pose a question
noun
verb
- (intransitive) To request, summon, or beckon.
- (transitive) To declare in advance.
- To state, or estimate, approximately or loosely; to characterize without strict regard to fact.
- (transitive, with into) To cause to be verbally subjected to.
- (Yorkshire, transitive) To scold.
- (transitive) To predict.
- (transitive, colloquial) To lay claim to an object or role which is up for grabs.
- (baseball, cricket) (of a fielder): To shout to other fielders that he intends to take a catch (thus avoiding collisions).
- To stop at a station or port.
- (transitive) To formally recognise a death: especially to announce and record the time, place and fact of a person’s death.
- (transitive, finance) To announce the early extinction of a debt by prepayment, usually at a premium.
- (ambitransitive) To contact by telephone.
- (intransitive, poker, proscribed) To match the current bet amount, in preparation for a raise in the same turn. (Usually, players are forbidden to announce one's play this way.)
- (cricket) (of a batsman): To shout directions to the other batsman on whether or not they should take a run.
- (intransitive, poker) To equal the same amount that other players are currently betting.
- To come to pass; to afflict.
- (transitive, computing) To jump to (another part of a program); to perform some operation, returning to the original point on completion.
- (transitive, banking) To demand repayment of a loan.
- (passive voice) Of a person, to have as one's name; of a thing, to have as its name.
- (transitive) To utter in a loud or distinct voice.
- (transitive, sometimes with for) To require, demand.
- (ditransitive) To name or refer to.
- To pay a (social) visit (often used with "on", "round", or "at"; used by salespeople with "again" to invite customers to come again).
- (sports) To make a decision as a referee or umpire.
- (billiards) To tell in advance which shot one is attempting.
- (transitive, jazz) To request that one's band play (a particular tune).
- (transitive) To rouse from sleep; to awaken.
- (transitive) To claim the existence of some malfeasance; to denounce as.
- To declare (an effort or project) to be a failure.
- (intransitive) To cry or shout.
- (transitive) To state, or invoke a rule, in many games such as bridge, craps, jacks, and so on.
- lure by imitating the characteristic call of an animal
- make a stop in a harbour
- consider or regard as being
- send a message or attempt to reach someone by radio, phone, etc.; make a signal to in order to transmit a message
- give the calls (to the dancers) for a square dance
- order, request, or command to come
- assign a specified (usually proper) name to
- present for redemption before maturation
- utter a sudden loud cry
- make a demand, as for a card or a suit or a show of hands
- indicate a decision in regard to
- pay a brief visit
- utter a characteristic note or cry
- get or try to get into communication (with someone) by telephone
- challenge (somebody) to make good on a statement; charge with or censure for an offense
- rouse somebody from sleep with a call
- challenge the sincerity or truthfulness of
- order, summon, or request for a specific duty or activity, work, role
- call a meeting; invite or command to meet
- read aloud to check for omissions or absentees
- ascribe a quality to or give a name of a common noun that reflects a quality
- demand payment of (a loan)
- greet, as with a prescribed form, title, or name
- utter in a loud voice or announce
- declare in the capacity of an umpire or referee
- order or request or give a command for
- make a prediction about; tell in advance
- stop or postpone because of adverse conditions, such as bad weather
noun
- (nautical) A whistle or pipe, used by the boatswain and his mate to summon the sailors to duty.
- (nautical) A visit by a ship or boat to a port.
- A telephone conversation; a phone call.
- A note blown on the horn to encourage the dogs in a hunt.
- (finance) Ellipsis of call option.
- An invitation to take charge of or serve a church as its pastor.
- (in negative constructions) Need; necessity.
- A statement of a particular state, or rule, made in many games such as bridge, craps, jacks, and so on.
- (poker) The act of matching a bet made by a player who has previously bet in the same round of betting.
- A short visit, usually for social purposes.
- (cricket) The act of calling to the other batsman.
- A decision or judgement.
- (cricket) The state of being the batsman whose role it is to call (depends on where the ball goes.)
- A pipe or other instrument to call birds or animals by imitating their note or cry. A game call.
- A cry or shout.
- The right to speak at a given time during a debate or other public event; the floor.
- An instance of calling someone on the telephone.
- (uncountable) A work shift which requires one to be available when requested, i.e. on call.
- (informal, slang, prostitution) A meeting with a client for paid sex; hookup; job.
- (computing) The act of jumping to a subprogram, saving the means to return to the original point.
- (law) A lawyer who was called to the bar (became licensed as a lawyer) in a specified year.
- A beckoning or summoning.
- The characteristic cry of a bird or other animal.
- (US, law) A reference to, or statement of, an object, course, distance, or other matter of description in a survey or grant requiring or calling for a corresponding object, etc., on the land.
- a demand
- a brief social visit
- a demand for a show of hands in a card game
- (sports) the decision made by an umpire or referee
- a visit in an official or professional capacity
- a demand by a broker that a customer deposit enough to bring their margin up to the minimum requirement
- a loud utterance; often in protest or opposition
- the characteristic sound produced by a bird
- a request
- a method of contacting a person by phone
- the option to buy a given stock (or stock index or commodity future) at a given price before a given date
- a special disposition (as if from a divine source) to pursue a particular course
- an instruction that interrupts the program being executed
verb
- (intransitive) To request the help of someone, often in the form of money.
- (transitive) To plead with someone for help, a favor, etc.; to entreat.
- make a solicitation or entreaty for something; request urgently or persistently
- (transitive or intransitive) To obviously lack or be in need of something.
- (transitive, proscribed) In the phrase beg the question: to raise (a question).
- (transitive) To unwillingly provoke a negative, often violent, reaction.
- (transitive) In the phrase beg the question: to assume.
- call upon in supplication; entreat
- ask to obtain free
- dodge, avoid answering, or take for granted
noun
verb
- (intransitive) To provide assistance.
- (Hong Kong, Singapore) To do something on the behalf of someone.
- (Singapore, Singlish, imperative) To assist or sympathize with (the speaker); used to express displeasure, disappointment or exasperation.
- (transitive) To avoid; to prevent; to refrain from; to restrain (oneself). Usually used in nonassertive contexts with can.
- (transitive) To assist (a person) in getting something, especially food or drink at table; used with to.
- (transitive) To provide assistance to (someone or something).
- (transitive) To contribute in some way to.
- abstain from doing; always used with a negative
- give help or assistance; be of service
- take or use
- improve the condition of
- improve; change for the better
- contribute to the furtherance of
- be of use
- help to some food; help with food or drink
intj
noun
- (usually uncountable) One or more people employed to help in the maintenance of a house or the operation of a farm or enterprise.
- (countable) A study aid.
- Something or someone which provides assistance with a task.
- (uncountable) Action given to provide assistance; aid.
- (computing) Documentation provided with computer software that could be accessed using the computer.
- (uncountable) Correction of deficits, as by psychological counseling or medication or social support or remedial training.
- a person or thing that is a resource that helps make something easier or possible to do
- a means of serving
- a person who contributes to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose
- the activity of contributing to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose
verb
- To humbly request for something, especially to someone in a position of authority; to beg, to beseech, to entreat.
- To ask or request (something) humbly and sincerely, especially from a person in authority; to beg or entreat for.
- To make a humble request to (someone, especially a person in authority); to beg, to beseech, to entreat.
- (specifically, religion) To make a humble request to (a deity or other spiritual being) in a prayer; to entreat as a supplicant.
- (specifically, Oxford University) Of a member of the university, or an alumnus or alumna of another university seeking a degree ad eundem: to formally request that an academic degree be awarded to oneself.
- ask for humbly or earnestly, as in prayer
- make a humble, earnest petition
- ask humbly (for something)
verb
noun
- (uncountable) Motivation.
- (countable) Someone or something wished for.
- (uncountable) Strong attraction, particularly romantic or sexual.
- (uncountable) The feeling of desiring; an eager longing for something.
- an inclination to want things
- the feeling that accompanies an unsatisfied state
- something that is desired
verb
noun
- Act of requesting (with the adposition at in the presence of possessives, and on in their absence).
- (networking) A message sent over a network to a server.
- Condition of being sought after.
- A formal message requesting something.
- a formal message requesting something that is submitted to an authority
- the verbal act of requesting
verb
noun
verb
- request earnestly (something from somebody); ask for aid or protection
- summon into action or bring into existence, often as if by magic
- cite as an authority; resort to
- (transitive, computing) To cause (a program or subroutine) to execute.
- (transitive) To appeal for validation to a (notably cited) authority.
- (transitive) To call upon (a person, a god) for help, assistance or guidance.
- (transitive, nautical, of one ship) To call another ship.
- (transitive) To conjure up with incantations.
- (transitive) To call to mind (something) for some purpose.
- (transitive) To solicit, petition for, appeal to a favorable attitude.
- (transitive) To bring about as an inevitable consequence.
verb
- (intransitive) To make an attempt.
- ask for or request earnestly
- (transitive) To offer as a price; to tender.
- (transitive, intransitive, trucking) To take a particular route regularly.
- (ambitransitive, card games) To announce (one's goal), before starting play.
- (intransitive) To make an offer to pay or accept a certain price.
- (transitive) To utter a greeting or salutation.
- (transitive) To issue a command; to tell.
- (transitive) To invite; to summon.
- make a demand, as for a card or a suit or a show of hands
- ask someone in a friendly way to do something
- propose a payment
- make a serious effort to attain something
- invoke upon
noun
- An attempt, effort, or pursuit (of a goal).
- (ultimate frisbee) A (failed) attempt to receive or intercept a pass.
- (trucking) A particular route that a driver regularly takes from their domicile.
- (prison slang) A prison sentence.
- An offer at an auction, or to carry out a piece of work.
- an authoritative direction or instruction to do something
- (bridge) the number of tricks a bridge player is willing to contract to make
- an attempt to get something
- a formal proposal to buy at a specified price
verb
- (intransitive) To beg, beseech, or implore, especially emotionally.
- appeal or request earnestly
- (ambitransitive, copulative) To present (an argument or a plea), especially in a legal case.
- (transitive) To discuss by arguments.
- (transitive) To offer by way of excuse.
- enter a plea, as in courts of law
- make an allegation in an action or other legal proceeding, especially answer the previous pleading of the other party by denying facts therein stated or by alleging new facts
- offer as an excuse or plea
verb
- (intransitive) To have recourse (to), now especially from necessity or frustration.
- (transitive, intransitive) Alternative spelling of re-sort (which is the preferred spelling, to avoid needless homography)
- (intransitive) To make one's way, go (to).
- (intransitive) To fall back; to revert.
- move, travel, or proceed toward some place
- have recourse to
noun
- Recourse, refuge (something or someone turned to for safety).
- (government) A subdivision of Suriname; a division of the country's districts.
- Alternative spelling of re-sort.
- A place where people go for recreation, especially one with facilities such as lodgings, entertainment, and a relaxing environment.
- act of turning to for assistance
- something or someone turned to for assistance or security
- a frequently visited place
- a hotel located in a resort area
verb
- (transitive) To seek help from.
- (transitive) To total; to amount to.
- (intransitive, idiomatic) To recover consciousness after fainting etc.
- (transitive, usually in present tense) To regard or specifically pertain to.
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see come, to.
- (transitive) To befall; to happen to; to come upon.
- (transitive) To devote attention to in due course; to come around to.
- (transitive) To reach; to arrive at.
- (intransitive, idiomatic, nautical) To stop a sailing vessel, especially by turning into the wind. See also come about.
- cause to experience suddenly
- return to consciousness
- be relevant to
- attain
verb
- ask for or request earnestly
- summon into action or bring into existence, often as if by magic
- engage in plotting or enter into a conspiracy, swear together
- (transitive) To imagine or picture in the mind.
- (transitive) To summon (a devil, etc.) using supernatural power.
- (transitive) To evoke.
- (intransitive) To perform magic tricks.
noun
verb
- ask for or request earnestly
- be urgent
- exert oneself continuously, vigorously, or obtrusively to gain an end or engage in a crusade for a certain cause or person; be an advocate for
- lift weights
- to be oppressive or burdensome
- press and smooth with a heated iron
- make strenuous pushing movements during birth to expel the baby
- place between two surfaces and apply weight or pressure
- squeeze or press together
- force or impel in an indicated direction
- press from a plastic
- exert pressure or force to or upon
- create by pressing
- crowd closely
- (transitive, sewing) To flatten a selected area of fabric using an iron with an up-and-down, not sliding, motion, so as to avoid disturbing adjacent areas.
- (transitive) To reduce to a particular shape or form by pressure, especially flatten or smooth.
- (transitive) To clasp, hold in an embrace.
- To force into service, particularly into naval service.
- (transitive) To hasten, urge onward.
- (ambitransitive) To throng, crowd.
- (transitive, mechanics, electronics) To activate a button or key by exerting a downward or forward force on it, and then releasing it.
- (transitive) To force to a certain end or result; to urge strongly.
- (transitive) To compress, squeeze.
- (transitive) To urge, beseech, entreat.
- (transitive) To lay stress upon.
- (ambitransitive) To exert weight or force against, to act upon with force or weight; to exert pressure upon.
- (transitive) To drive or thrust by pressure, to force in a certain direction.
- To try to force (something upon someone).
noun
- a tall piece of furniture that provides storage space for clothes; has a door and rails or hooks for hanging clothes
- a dense crowd of people
- a weightlift in which the barbell is lifted to shoulder height and then smoothly lifted overhead
- clamp to prevent wooden rackets from warping when not in use
- the print media responsible for gathering and publishing news in the form of newspapers or magazines
- the act of pressing; the exertion of pressure
- any machine that exerts pressure to form or shape or cut materials or extract liquids or compress solids
- a machine used for printing
- the state of demanding notice or attention
- (countable) A printing machine.
- (countable, weightlifting) An exercise in which weight is forced away from the body by extension of the arms or legs.
- (countable, especially in Ireland and Scotland) An enclosed storage space (e.g. closet, cupboard).
- (uncountable) A crowd.
- (countable) A device used to apply pressure to an item.
- An instance of applying pressure; an instance of pressing.
- A commission to force men into public service, particularly into the navy.
- (countable) Pure, unfermented grape juice.
- (uncountable, collective) The print-based media (both the people and the newspapers).
- (countable) A publisher.
- (psychology) In personology, any environmental factor that arouses a need in the individual.
- (countable, golf, gambling) An additional bet in a golf match that duplicates an existing (usually losing) wager in value, but begins even at the time of the bet.
verb
- (transitive) To request (someone to do something).
- (transitive, intransitive) To request (information, or an answer to a question).
- (transitive or ditransitive) To request or enquire of (a person).
- To request permission (to do something).
- To publish in church for marriage; said of both the banns and the persons.
- To invite.
- (transitive usually with 'for' or intransitive) To request (an item or service) (see also ask for).
- (figuratively) To take (a person's situation) as an example.
- To put forward (a question) to be answered.
- To require, demand, claim, or expect, whether by way of remuneration or return, or as a matter of necessity.
- make a request or demand for something to somebody
- address a question to and expect an answer from
- consider obligatory; request and expect
- make a date
- require or ask for as a price or condition
- direct or put; seek an answer to
- require as useful, just, or proper
noun
verb
- (intransitive) To confer.
- (intransitive) To speak casually with; to chat.
- (ambitransitive, psychology) To fabricate memories in order to fill gaps in one's memory.
- have a conference in order to talk something over
- talk socially without exchanging too much information
- unconsciously replace fact with fantasy in one's memory
verb
- (intransitive) To beg, especially if using a repeated phrase.
- (ambitransitive) To mumble, speak unclearly.
- To cheat; to deceive; to play the beggar.
- To deprive of (something) by cheating; to impose upon.
- (ambitransitive) To nibble.
- To be sullen or sulky.
- To move the lips with the mouth closed; to mumble, as in sulkiness.
noun
verb
noun
verb
- (intransitive) To ask a question or questions; inquire or seek to know; examine.
- (transitive) To raise doubts about; have doubts about.
- (transitive) To ask questions of; to interrogate; to ask for information.
- pose a series of questions to
- conduct an interview in television, newspaper, and radio reporting
- challenge the accuracy, probity, or propriety of
- pose a question
- place in doubt or express doubtful speculation
noun
- A proposal to a meeting as a topic for deliberation.
- A doubt or challenge about the truth, accuracy, or validity of a matter.
- A worded or expressed sentence, phrase, or only a word on its own, which asks for information, a reply, or a response; an interrogative.
- A subject or topic for consideration or investigation.
- a sentence of inquiry that asks for a reply
- uncertainty about the truth or factuality or existence of something
- an informal reference to a marriage proposal
- a formal proposal for action made to a deliberative assembly for discussion and vote
- an instance of questioning
- the subject matter at issue
verb
- (transitive) To ask for; to solicit; to beseech.
- (transitive) To try to reach or come to; to go to; to resort to.
- (transitive) To try to acquire or gain; to strive after; to aim at.
- (intransitive, sometimes proscribed) To attempt, endeavour, try
- (intransitive, computing) To navigate through a data stream.
- (ambitransitive) To try to find; to look for; to search for.
- try to get or reach
- try to locate or discover, or try to establish the existence of
- inquire for
- go to or towards
- make an effort or attempt
noun
verb
verb
- (intransitive) To do something.
- (transitive) To feign.
- (intransitive, law) To carry out work as a legal representative in relation to a particular legal matter.
- (intransitive) To behave in a certain manner for an indefinite length of time.
- (intransitive, construed with on or upon) To have an effect (on).
- (intransitive) To perform a theatrical role.
- (intransitive) To do something that causes a change binding on the doer.
- (intransitive) Of a play: to be acted out (well or badly).
- (copulative) To convey an appearance of being.
- (transitive) To play (a role).
- (intransitive, mathematics, construed with on or upon, of an algebraic structure) To possess an action onto (some other structure). Examples include the group action of a group on a set, the action of a ring on a module by scalar multiplication, and the action of a group or algebra on a vector space via a representation.
- have an effect or outcome; often the one desired or expected
- perform an action, or work out or perform (an action)
- pretend to have certain qualities or state of mind
- behave in a certain manner; show a certain behavior; conduct or comport oneself
- play a role or part
- discharge one's duties
- behave unnaturally or affectedly
- perform on a stage or theater
- be suitable for theatrical performance
adv
noun
- (law) Ellipsis of act of parliament.
- (countable) A performer or performers in a show.
- (countable) A display of behaviour.
- (countable) A display of behaviour meant to deceive.
- (law, countable) (In the United States) A legislative proposal, a bill that has not yet become law.
- (countable) A formal or official record of something done.
- The process of doing something.
- (countable) Something done, a deed.
- (theology) Something done once and for all, as distinguished from a work.
- (countable) Any organized activity.
- (countable, drama) A division of a theatrical performance.
- (law, countable) A product of a legislative body, a statute.
- A thesis maintained in public, in some English universities, by a candidate for a degree, or to show the proficiency of a student.
- something that people do or cause to happen
- a short performance that is part of a longer program
- a subdivision of a play or opera or ballet
- a manifestation of insincerity
- a legal document codifying the result of deliberations of a committee or society or legislative body
verb
- (intransitive) To seek the opinion or advice of another; to take counsel; to deliberate together; to confer; to advise.
- (transitive) To ask advice of; to seek the opinion of (a person)
- (transitive) To have reference to, in judging or acting; to have regard to; to consider; as, to consult one's wishes.
- (transitive) To refer to (something) for information.
- (intransitive) To advise or offer expertise.
- (intransitive) To work as a consultant or contractor rather than as a full-time employee of a firm.
- have a conference in order to talk something over
- seek information from
- get or ask advice from
- advise professionally
noun
verb
- (intransitive) To speak; to express an opinion; to make answer; to reply.
- (transitive) To indicate in a written form.
- (informal, imperative, transitive) Suppose, assume; used to mark an example, supposition or hypothesis.
- (transitive, informal, of a possession, especially money) To bet as a wager on an outcome; by extension, used to express belief in an outcome by the speaker.
- (transitive) To pronounce.
- (transitive) To recite.
- (transitive) To tell, either verbally or in writing.
- To try; to assay.
- (impersonal, transitive) To have a common expression; used in singular passive voice or plural active voice to indicate a rumor or well-known fact.
- express a supposition
- speak, pronounce, or utter in a certain way
- give instructions to or direct somebody to do something with authority
- have or contain a certain wording or form
- indicate
- recite or repeat a fixed text
- state as one's opinion or judgement; declare
- report or maintain
- utter aloud
- express in words
- communicate or express nonverbally
adv
intj
noun
verb
- (intransitive) To decline or not attempt to answer a question.
- (intransitive) To proceed without hindrance or opposition.
- (intransitive) To move or be moved from one place to another.
- (transitive) To transcend; to surpass; to excel; to exceed.
- (intransitive, stative, sociology) To be accepted by others as a member of a race, sex, or other group to which one does not belong or would not have originally appeared to belong; especially to be considered white although one has black ancestry, or a woman although one was assigned male at birth or vice versa.
- (intransitive) To continue.
- (intransitive, law) To make a judgment on or upon a person or case.
- (intransitive, American football) To throw the ball, generally downfield, towards a teammate.
- (transitive, of time) To spend.
- (intransitive, card games) In euchre, to decline to make the trump.
- (transitive) To go past, by, over, or through; to proceed from one side to the other of; to move past.
- (transitive) To cause to obtain entrance, admission, or conveyance.
- (transitive) To utter; to pronounce; to pledge.
- (intransitive, transitive) To achieve a successful outcome from.
- (transitive) To put in circulation; to give currency to.
- (intransitive) To happen.
- (intransitive) To change from one state to another (without the implication of progression).
- (intransitive, stative) To be tolerated as a substitute for something else, to "do".
- (transitive) To cause to advance by stages of progress; to carry on with success through an ordeal, examination, or action; specifically, to give legal or official sanction to; to ratify; to enact; to approve as valid and just.
- (transitive, nautical) To take a turn with (a line, gasket, etc.), as around a sail in furling, and make secure.
- (intransitive) To progress from one state to another; to advance.
- (transitive, cooking) To put through a sieve.
- (transitive) To allow to go by without noticing; to omit attention to; to take no note of; to disregard.
- (transitive, soccer) To kick (the ball) with precision rather than at full force.
- (ditransitive) To cause to move or go; to send; to transfer from one person, place, or condition to another.
- (intransitive, transitive) To advance through all the steps or stages necessary to become valid or effective; to obtain the formal sanction of (a legislative body).
- (intransitive, law) To be conveyed or transferred by will, deed, or other instrument of conveyance.
- (intransitive, of time) To elapse, to be spent.
- (intransitive, euphemistic) To die.
- (intransitive) To decline something that is offered or available.
- (intransitive) In turn-based games, to decline to play in one's turn.
- (transitive) To reject; to pass up.
- (intransitive, transitive, medicine) To eliminate (something) from the body by natural processes.
- (intransitive) To depart, to cease, to come to an end.
- (intransitive) To go from one person to another.
- (transitive) To live through; to have experience of; to undergo; to suffer.
- (transitive) To move (the ball or puck) to a teammate.
- (intransitive, fencing) To make a lunge or swipe.
- accept or judge as acceptable
- be superior or better than some standard
- transfer to another; of rights or property
- throw (a ball) to another player
- allow to go without comment or censure
- pass into a specified state or condition; sink into
- go unchallenged; be approved
- pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life
- eliminate from the body
- move past
- use up a period of time in a specific way
- for time to move forward
- travel past
- go successfully through a test or a selection process
- disappear gradually
- be inherited by
- grant authorization or clearance for
- transmit information
- go across or through
- pass over, across, or through
- cause to pass
- place into the hands or custody of
- make laws, bills, etc. or bring into effect by legislation
- come to pass
- stretch out over a distance, space, time, or scope; run or extend between two points or beyond a certain point
noun
- (cooking) The area in a restaurant kitchen where the finished dishes are passed from the chefs to the waiting staff.
- An act of declining to play one's turn in a game, often by saying the word "pass".
- A single movement, especially of a hand, at, over, or along anything.
- An opening, road, or track, available for passing; especially, one through or over some dangerous or otherwise impracticable barrier such as a mountain range; a passageway; a defile; a ford.
- (fencing) A thrust or push; an attempt to stab or strike an adversary.
- A single passage of a tool over something, or of something over a tool.
- (computing, slang) A password (especially one for a restricted-access website).
- (computing) A run through a document as part of a translation, compilation or reformatting process.
- The state of things; condition; predicament; impasse.
- A channel connecting a river or body of water to the sea, for example at the mouth (delta) of a river.
- Success in an examination or similar test.
- (sports) The act of moving the ball or puck from one player to another.
- (rail transport) A passing of two trains in the same direction on a single track, when one is put into a siding to let the other overtake it.
- An attempt.
- A document granting permission to pass or to go and come; a passport; a ticket permitting free transit or admission
- (figuratively) A thrust; a sally of wit.
- A sexual advance (often in the phrase make a pass).
- (baseball) An intentional walk.
- Permission or license to pass, or to go and come.
- (sports) The act of overtaking; an overtaking manoeuvre.
- a document indicating permission to do something without restrictions
- a flight or run by an aircraft over a target
- a usually brief attempt
- a permit to enter or leave a military installation
- any authorization to pass or go somewhere
- an automatic advance to the next round in a tournament without playing an opponent
- the location in a range of mountains of a geological formation that is lower than the surrounding peaks
- (military) a written leave of absence
- success in satisfying a test or requirement
- a difficult juncture
- (sports) the act of throwing the ball to another member of your team
- (American football) a play that involves one player throwing the ball to a teammate
- a bad or difficult situation or state of affairs
- a complimentary ticket
- (baseball) an advance to first base by a batter who receives four balls
- one complete cycle of operations (as by a computer)
adj
verb
- Used to ask or state what someone should do.
- Used after if or in inversion to describe hypothetical or imagined scenarios.
- Used to express an official plan, arrangement, or scheduled event.
- Used after if to introduce a condition that must be met in order for something to happen or succeed.
- Used in the past tense to indicate that something was supposed to happen or was destined to happen.
- Used to ask how something is possible or achievable
- Used to give commands, instructions, or to state rules. In negative form, it expresses prohibition.
verb
- (ambitransitive) To seek by request; to make application; to petition; to entreat; to plead.
- (transitive) To file a legal action against someone, generally a non-criminal (civil) action.
- (transitive, falconry, of a hawk) To clean (the beak, etc.).
- (transitive, nautical) To leave high and dry on shore.
- institute legal proceedings against; file a suit against
verb
- (intransitive) To be concerned with.
- (ambitransitive) To sell, especially to sell illicit drugs.
- (transitive) To administer or give out, as in small portions.
- (intransitive) To have dealings or business.
- (intransitive) To conduct oneself, to behave.
- (intransitive) To trade professionally (followed by in).
- (intransitive, with “with”) To handle, to manage, to cope.
- (transitive) deliver damage, a blow, strike or cut. To inflict.
- (ambitransitive) To distribute cards to the players in a game.
- (transitive) To distribute among a number of recipients, to give out as one’s portion or share.
- (baseball) To pitch.
- (transitive) : To take action with regard to someone or something.
- act on verbally or in some form of artistic expression
- succeed in doing, achieving, or producing (something) with the limited or inadequate means available
- behave in a certain way towards others
- take into consideration for exemplifying purposes
- give (a specific card) to a player
- sell (especially of illegal material)
- administer or bestow, as in small portions
- do business; offer for sale as for one's livelihood
- distribute cards to the players in a game
- give out as one's portion or share
- be in charge of, act on, or dispose of
- take action with respect to (someone or something)
- direct the course of; manage or control
adj
noun
- (informal) A thing, an unspecified or unidentified object.
- (in particular) A transaction offered which is financially beneficial; a bargain.
- An agreement between parties; an arrangement.
- (informal) A situation, occasion, or event.
- (card games) The distribution of cards to players; a player's turn for this.
- (uncountable) Wood that is easy to saw (from conifers such as pine or fir).
- (often followed by of) An indefinite quantity or amount; a lot (now usually qualified by great or good).
- A particular instance of trading (buying or selling; exchanging; bartering); a transaction.
- (countable) A plank of softwood (fir or pine board).
- (slang, of a person) A personality trait, especially a negative one, and the underlying cause of it.
- an agreement between parties (usually arrived at after discussion) fixing obligations of each
- the type of treatment received (especially as the result of an agreement)
- the act of apportioning or distributing something
- the act of distributing playing cards
- the cards held in a card game by a given player at any given time
- a plank of softwood (fir or pine board)
- wood that is easy to saw (from conifers such as pine or fir)
- (often followed by ‘of’) a large number or amount or extent
- a particular instance of buying or selling
noun
- (figuratively) The act of trying to solicit a favour or support from someone.
- The act of wooing a person to enter into a romantic relationship or marriage; hence, the period during which a couple fall in love before their marriage.
- (by extension) The behaviour exhibited by an animal to attract a mate.
- a man's courting of a woman; seeking the affections of a woman (usually with the hope of marriage)
verb
noun
- A fatty roll of pubis flab that hangs over one's genitals; a FUPA.
- Anything that overhangs or protrudes over its base, such as a wave immediately before breaking, or a protruding cliff or rock wall.
- (architecture) That portion of the roof structure that extends beyond the exterior walls of a building.
- (economics) The volume that tips the balance between the demand and the supply toward demand lagging supply.
- projection that extends beyond or hangs over something else
verb
- (intransitive) To communicate to oneself in one's mind, to try to find a solution to a problem.
- To presume; to venture.
- (transitive) To have (some statement) in one's mind; to say to oneself mentally.
- (intransitive) To conceive of something or someone [with of; or (rare) with on]
- (transitive) To ponder, to go over in one's mind.
- To plan; to be considering; to be of a mind (to do something).
- (informal, used to show obviousness or agreement) Ellipsis of think so.
- (transitive) To guess; to reckon; to believe while admittedly being uncertain.
- (transitive) To be of opinion (that); to consider, judge, regard, or look upon (something) as.
- (obsolete except in methinks) To seem, to appear.
- expect, believe, or suppose
- be capable of conscious thought
- bring into a given condition by mental preoccupation
- judge or regard; look upon; judge
- focus one's attention on a certain state
- have in mind as a purpose
- dispose the mind in a certain way
- imagine or visualize
- decide by pondering, reasoning, or reflecting
- have or formulate in the mind
- recall knowledge from memory; have a recollection
- use or exercise the mind or one's power of reason in order to make inferences, decisions, or arrive at a solution or judgments
- ponder; reflect on, or reason about
noun
verb
adj
- Having a fine edge or point; sharp.
- (British) Of prices, extremely low as to be competitive.
- (chiefly Commonwealth) Often with a prepositional phrase, or with to and an infinitive: showing a quick and ardent responsiveness or willingness; eager, enthusiastic, interested.
- Fierce, intense, vehement.
- Acrimonious, bitter, piercing.
- Acute of mind, having or expressing mental acuteness; penetrating, sharp.
- Of cold, wind, etc.: cutting, penetrating, piercing, sharp.
- having or demonstrating ability to recognize or draw fine distinctions
- excellent
- painful as if caused by a sharp instrument
- having a sharp cutting edge or point
- intense or sharp
noun
verb
- (intransitive) To propose or express one's willingness (to do something).
- (transitive) To present (something) for sale.
- (transitive) To place at someone’s disposal; to present (something) to be either accepted or turned down.
- (transitive) To present (something) to God or gods, as a gesture of worship or as a sacrifice.
- (transitive, of a thing) To present (something) to the sight etc.; to provide for use, consideration etc.
- (transitive) To present in words; to proffer; to make a proposal of; to suggest.
- (transitive) To put in opposition to; to manifest in an offensive or defensive way; to threaten.
- (transitive) To bid, as a price, reward, or wages.
- (transitive, engineering) To place (something) in a position where it can be added to an existing mechanical assembly.
- (intransitive) To happen, to present itself.
- ask (someone) to marry you
- present for acceptance or rejection
- produce or introduce on the stage
- offer verbally
- propose a payment
- agree freely
- mount or put up
- threaten to do something
- give something useful or necessary to
- present as an act of worship
- make available for sale
- make available; provide
- put forward for consideration
noun
- Something put forth, bid, proffered or tendered.
- A proposal that has been made.
- (used in combinations from phrasal verbs) agent noun of off
- (law) An invitation to enter into a binding contract communicated to another party which contains terms sufficiently definite to create an enforceable contract if the other party accepts the invitation.
- a usually brief attempt
- the verbal act of offering
- something offered (as a proposal or bid)
verb
- (intransitive) Followed by to: to take action with respect to someone or something; to deal with.
- (intransitive) Followed by to: to look after someone or something.
- (intransitive) Followed by at: to go to and be present at a place for some purpose; also (obsolete), followed by on: to be present at and take part in an event.
- (intransitive) Often followed by to, upon, or with: to give consideration; to pay attention.
- (intransitive) To be ready to wait upon someone or their instructions as an attendant, servant, etc.; also (followed by on or upon), to accompany someone in order to assist or wait upon them.
- (transitive) To be present at (an event or place) in order to take part in some action or proceedings; also, to regularly go to (an event or place).
- (intransitive) Followed by on or upon: of a (chiefly immaterial) thing: to be consequent on or present with.
- (transitive) To take action with respect to (someone, or something such as a concern, problem, or task); to deal with, to handle.
- (transitive) To wait on (someone or their instructions) as an attendant, servant, etc.; also (specifically of a gentleman-in-waiting or lady-in-waiting to a member of royalty), to accompany (someone) in order to assist or wait upon them; to escort.
- (transitive) To care for (someone requiring attention); specifically, of a doctor, nurse, etc.: to provide professional care to (someone).
- (transitive) Of a (chiefly immaterial) thing: to be consequent to or present with (someone or something); to accompany.
- take charge of or deal with
- give heed (to)
- to accompany as a circumstance or follow as a result
- be present at (meetings, church services, university), etc.
- work for, or be a servant to
verb
- (intransitive) To intervene in a dispute, or in a conversation.
- (transitive) To insert something (or oneself) between other things.
- (transitive) To offer (one's help or services).
- (intransitive) To be inserted between parts or things; to come between.
- (transitive) To interrupt a conversation by introducing a different subject or making a comment.
- get involved, so as to alter or hinder an action, or through force or threat of force
- to insert between other elements
- to put forth by way of intervention
- be or come between
verb
- (intransitive) To be accepted.
- To apply oneself; to undertake; to have as one's goal or intention. (Compare be going to.)
- (intransitive) To move or travel in order to do something, or to do something while moving.
- (transitive) To make the (specified) sound.
- (copulative, rather informal, followed by an adjective) To become (often used with colors and negative states).
- To come (to a certain condition or state).
- To be expressed or composed (a certain way).
- (intransitive) To collapse or give way, to break apart.
- (intransitive) To make an effort, to subject oneself (to something).
- (transitive) To yield or weigh.
- (intransitive) To die.
- (transitive, intransitive) To survive or get by; to last or persist for a stated length of time.
- (intransitive) To take a turn, especially in a game.
- (intransitive) To navigate (to a file or folder on a computer, a site on the internet, a memory, etc).
- To contribute to a (specified) end product or result.
- (imperative) Expressing encouragement or approval.
- (transitive) To take (a particular part or share); to participate in to the extent of.
- (intransitive) To be valid or applicable.
- (intransitive) To leave; to move away.
- (intransitive, colloquial, euphemistic) To fight, usually with the fists.
- To travel or pass along.
- (intransitive, colloquial, with another verb, sometimes linked by and) To proceed (especially to do something foolish).
- (intransitive, of time) To elapse, to pass; to slip away. (Compare go by.)
- (intransitive) To fight or attack.
- (intransitive) To extend (from one point in time or space to another).
- (in phrases with 'as') Used to express how some category of things generally is, as a reference for, contrast to, or comparison with, a particular example.
- (intransitive, cricket, of a wicket) To be lost.
- To move to (a position or state).
- (intransitive) To start; to begin (an action or process).
- (intransitive, snooker) Of a ball, to be capable of being potted, not having its path to the pocket obstructed by other balls.
- (intransitive) To extend along.
- (intransitive, usually followed by with) To pass (a specified time) in gestation; to be pregnant.
- (transitive, colloquial) To say (something, aloud or to oneself).
- (transitive, colloquial) To enjoy. (Compare go for.)
- (intransitive, chiefly of a machine) To work or function (properly); to move or perform (as required).
- (intransitive, often followed by a preposition) To fit.
- (transitive, Australian slang) To attack.
- (intransitive) To date.
- (transitive, sports) To have a certain record.
- (intransitive) To sound; to make a noise.
- (intransitive) To be given, especially to be assigned or allotted.
- (intransitive) To belong (somewhere).
- (intransitive) To be spent or used up.
- (intransitive, cricket, of a batsman) To be out.
- (intransitive) To be compatible, especially of colors or food and drink.
- (intransitive, colloquial) To go to the toilet; to urinate or defecate.
- (intransitive) Of an opinion or instruction, to have (final) authority; to be authoritative.
- (intransitive) To move through space (especially to or through a place). (May be used of tangible things such as people or cars, or intangible things such as moods or information.)
- (intransitive) To work (through or over), especially mentally.
- (intransitive) To be sold.
- To assume the obligation or function of; to be, to serve as.
- (intransitive) To break down or decay.
- (intransitive) To be discarded or disposed of.
- To move (a particular distance, or in a particular fashion).
- (intransitive) To proceed (often in a specified manner, indicating the perceived quality of an event or state).
- (intransitive) To tend (toward a result)
- To turn out, to result; to come to (a certain result).
- (intransitive) To end or disappear. (Compare go away.)
- (intransitive) To attend.
- (intransitive, copulative) To continuously or habitually be in a state.
- (intransitive) To lead (to a place); to give access (to).
- To follow or proceed according to (a course or path).
- (transitive) To (begin to) date or have sex with (a particular race).
- (UK, especially MLE, Australia, Singapore, intransitive, colloquial) Clipping of go to the.
- (intransitive) To resort (to).
- (intransitive) To move or travel through time (either literally—in a fictional or hypothetical situation in which time travel is possible—or in one's mind or knowledge of the historical record). (See also go back.)
- (transitive, intransitive) To offer, bid or bet an amount; to pay; to sell for.
- be sounded, played, or expressed
- lead, extend, or afford access
- change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
- be spent
- go through in search of something; search through someone's belongings in an unauthorized way
- pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life
- to be spent or finished
- be or continue to be in a certain condition
- be the right size or shape; fit correctly or as desired
- progress by being changed
- be abolished or discarded
- begin or set in motion
- be contained in
- stop operating or functioning
- have a turn; make one's move in a game
- pass, fare, or elapse; of a certain state of affairs or action
- follow a procedure or take a course
- enter or assume a certain state or condition
- be ranked or compare
- be awarded; be allotted
- move away from a place into another direction
- blend or harmonize
- make a certain noise or sound
- be in the right place or situation
- follow a certain course
- perform as expected when applied
- give support (to) or make a choice (of) one out of a group or number
- continue to live and avoid dying
- have a particular form
- stretch out over a distance, space, time, or scope; run or extend between two points or beyond a certain point
adj
noun
- An attempt, a try.
- An act; the working or operation.
- (uncountable) Power of going or doing; energy; vitality; perseverance.
- (cribbage) The situation where a player cannot play a card which will not carry the aggregate count above thirty-one.
- A period of activity.
- A turn at something, or in something (e.g. a game).
- (uncommon) The act of going.
- (board games) A strategic board game, originally from China and today also popular in Japan and Korea, in which two players (black and white) attempt to control the largest area of the board with their counters.
- A time; an experience.
- An approval or permission to do something, or that which has been approved.
- street names for methylenedioxymethamphetamine
- a time period for working (after which you will be relieved by someone else)
- a usually brief attempt
- a board game for two players who place counters on a grid; the object is to surround and so capture the opponent's counters
verb
- make a solicitation or entreaty for something; request urgently or persistently
- make amorous advances towards
- make a solicitation or petition for something desired
- incite, move, or persuade to some act of lawlessness or insubordination
- approach with an offer of sexual favors
- To make a petition.
- (transitive) To persistently endeavor to obtain an object, or bring about an event.
- (transitive) To woo; to court.
- (transitive) To offer to perform sexual activity, especially when for a payment.
- (transitive) To persuade or incite one to commit some act, especially illegal or sexual behavior.
- (transitive) To urge the claims of; to plead; to act as solicitor for or with reference to.
verb
- make a solicitation or entreaty for something; request urgently or persistently
- draw (liquor) from a tap
- tap a telephone or telegraph wire to get information
- cut a female screw thread with a tap
- draw from or dip into to get something
- pierce in order to draw a liquid from
- dance and make rhythmic clicking sounds by means of metal plates nailed to the sole of the dance shoes
- furnish with a tap or spout, so as to be able to draw liquid from it
- make light, repeated taps on a surface
- strike lightly
- draw from; make good use of
- walk with a tapping sound
- (poker) To force (an opponent) to place all their poker chips in the pot (that is, to go all in) by wagering all of one's own chips.
- (informal) To ask or beg for (something) to be given for free; to cadge, to scrounge; also, to ask or beg (someone) to give something for free.
- To cut an external screw thread into (a bolt or rod) to create a screw.
- To draw off (a liquid) from a container or other source; also, to draw off a liquid from (a container or other source).
- (medicine, informal) To drain off fluid from (a person or a body cavity) by paracentesis.
- (chiefly US, informal) To choose or designate (someone) for a duty, an honour, membership of an organization, or a position.
- (slang) To shoot (someone or something) with a firearm.
- (slang, vulgar) To have sexual intercourse with (someone).
- (combat sports) To submit to an opponent, chiefly by indicating an intention to do so by striking a hand on the ground several times; to tap out.
- Often followed by at or on: to strike lightly with a clear sound; also, to make a sharp noise through this action.
- (communication, chiefly law enforcement) To connect a listening and/or recording device to (a communication cable or device) in order to listen in secretly on telephone calls or other communications; also, to secretly listen in on and/or record (a telephone call or other communication).
- (transitive) To lightly touch a touchscreen, usually an icon or button, to activate a function.
- Of a bell, a drum, etc.: to make a sharp noise, often as a signal.
- (slang) Also in the form tap on the shoulder: to arrest (someone).
- To break into or open up (a thing) so as to obtain something; to exploit, to penetrate; tap into.
- To furnish (a container, etc.) with a tap (noun etymology 1 sense 2.2) so that liquid can be drawn.
- To put (a screw or other object) in or through another thing.
- To click on something, usually a device.
- (graphical user interface) To invoke a function on an electronic device such as a mobile phone by touching (a button, icon, or specific location on its touch screen).
- To strike (someone or something), chiefly lightly with a clear sound, but sometimes hard.
- To walk by striking the ground lightly with a clear sound.
- (combat sports) To force (an opponent) to submit, chiefly by indicating their intention to do so by striking a hand on the ground several times; to tap out.
- (British, dialectal or US) To repair (an item of footwear) by putting on a new heel or sole, or a piece of material on to the heel or sole.
- To (lightly) touch (a finger, foot, or other body part) on a surface, often repeatedly.
- To deplete (something); to tap out.
- To act as a tapster; to draw an alcoholic beverage from a container.
- (horticulture) To remove a taproot from (a plant).
- (board games, card games) To turn over (a playing card or playing piece) to remind players that it has already been used in that round.
- To cut an internal screw thread in (a hole); also, to cut (an internal screw thread) in a hole, or to create an internally threaded hole in (something).
- (transitive) To lightly and repeatedly touch (a person or one or more body parts) as part of various forms of psychological treatment.
noun
- a light touch or stroke
- a plug for a bunghole in a cask
- the sound made by a gentle blow
- a tool for cutting female (internal) screw threads
- a gentle blow
- a faucet for drawing water from a pipe or cask
- a small metal plate that attaches to the toe or heel of a shoe (as in tap dancing)
- the act of tapping a telephone or telegraph line to get information
- A device used to listen in secretly on telephone calls or other communications.
- (graphical user interface) An act of touching a button, icon, or specific location on the touch screen of an electronic device such as a mobile phone to invoke a function.
- (informal, minimizer, chiefly in the negative) The smallest amount of work; a stroke of work.
- A conical peg or pin used to close and open the hole or vent in a container.
- (British) Ellipsis of taphouse or taproom (“place where alcoholic beverages are served on tap”).
- (British, electrical engineering, mechanical engineering) A connection made to an electrical or fluid conductor without breaking it; a tapping.
- (uncountable, dance) Ellipsis of tap dance.
- A secret interception of telephone calls or other communications using such a device; also, a recording of such a communication.
- (medicine, informal) A procedure that removes fluid from a body cavity; paracentesis.
- (British, dialectal or US) A piece of leather or other material fastened upon the bottom of an item of footwear when repairing the heel or sole; also (England, dialectal) the sole of an item of footwear.
- (phonetics) A single muscle contraction in vocal organs causing a consonant sound; also, the sound so made.
- (dance) One of the metal pieces attached to the sole of a tap dancer's shoe at the toe and heel to cause a tapping sound.
- A light blow or strike with a clear sound; a gentle rap; a pat; also, the sound made by such a blow or strike.
- (firearms, slang) A shot fired from a firearm.
- (mechanics) A cylindrical tool used to cut an internal screw thread in a hole, with cutting edges around the lower end and an upper end to which a handle is fitted to turn the tool.
- An object with a tapering conical form like a tap (etymology 1 sense 1); specifically, ellipsis of taproot (“long, tapering root of a plant”).
- A hollow device used to control the flow of a fluid, such as an alcoholic beverage from a cask, or a gas or liquid in a pipe.
- (finance) A situation where a borrowing government authority issues bonds over a period of time, usually at a fixed price, with volumes sold on a particular day dependent on market conditions.
- (India, chiefly East India) A malarial fever.
- Liquor drawn through a tap (etymology 1 sense 2.2); hence, a certain kind or quality of liquor; also (figurative, informal), a certain kind or quality of any thing.
verb
adj
noun
- (often in plural) An approach or proposal made to initiate communication, establish a relationship etc.
- (Scotland) A motion placed before a legislative body, such as the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland.
- (music) A musical introduction to a longer piece of music or a dramatic work (such as a play, an opera, or a motion picture).
- (music) A medley of themes from a larger work, such as an opera or musical, typically played at the beginning but sometimes played at any part of the work or performed as a standalone piece.
- orchestral music played at the beginning of an opera or oratorio
- something that serves as a preceding event or introduces what follows
- a tentative suggestion designed to elicit the reactions of others
verb
- (intransitive) To apply, request, or submit.
- (transitive) To place inside.
- (transitive) To fill in on a form or questionnaire; to use as an answer on a form or questionnaire.
- (transitive) To contribute.
- (transitive) To declare or make official
- (transitive) To install or deliver.
- (transitive) To plant a crop.
- (transitive) To make (a telephone call).
- (transitive, ditransitive) To imprison or place in a prison cell.
- (transitive, slang, African-American Vernacular) To injure the body of (someone).
- keep or lay aside for future use
- place, fit, or thrust (something) into another thing
- to insert between other elements
- make an application as for a job or funding
- set up for use
- break into a conversation
verb
- (intransitive) To submit.
- (intransitive) To be inclined; to direct itself.
- (transitive, music) To smoothly change the pitch of a note.
- (transitive) To force to submit.
- (transitive) To adapt or interpret to for a purpose or beneficiary.
- (transitive) To cause to change direction.
- (transitive, nautical) To tie, as in securing a line to a cleat; to shackle a chain to an anchor; make fast.
- (intransitive) To become curved.
- (intransitive) To change direction.
- (intransitive) To bow in prayer, or in token of submission.
- (transitive) To apply to a task or purpose.
- (intransitive, usually with "down") To stoop.
- (transitive) To cause (something) to change its shape into a curve, by physical force, chemical action, or any other means.
- (intransitive) To apply oneself to a task or purpose.
- (intransitive, nautical) To swing the body when rowing.
- bend one's back forward from the waist on down
- change direction
- bend a joint
- form a curve
- cause (an object) to assume a crooked or angular form
- turn from a straight course, fixed direction, or line of interest
noun
- (in the plural, medicine, underwater diving, with the) A severe condition caused by excessively quick decompression, causing bubbles of nitrogen to form in the blood; decompression sickness.
- (nautical, in the plural) The thickest and strongest planks in a ship's sides, more generally called wales, which have the beams, knees, and futtocks bolted to them.
- A curve.
- (nautical, in the plural) The frames or ribs that form the ship's body from the keel to the top of the sides.
- (music) A glissando, or glide between one pitch and another, especially one accomplished by bending a string (such as on guitar).
- (mining) Hard, indurated clay; bind.
- In the leather trade, the best quality of sole leather; a butt; sometimes, half a butt cut lengthwise.
- (heraldry) One of the honourable ordinaries formed by two diagonal lines drawn from the dexter chief to the sinister base; it generally occupies a fifth part of the shield if uncharged, but if charged one third.
- Any of the various knots which join the ends of two lines.
- an angular or rounded shape made by folding
- a circular segment of a curve
- curved segment (of a road or river or railroad track etc.)
- movement that causes the formation of a curve
- diagonal line traversing a shield from the upper right corner to the lower left
verb
- (intransitive) To come towards; to approach.
- (idiomatic, intransitive) To emerge or become known, especially unexpectedly.
- (intransitive) To appear (before a judge or court).
- (African-American Vernacular, slang, intransitive) To do well or be successful.
- (intransitive) To reach in height.
- (UK, Oxford University, intransitive) To arrive at the university. (Compare go down, send down.)
- (intransitive) To be revealed to have a certain value, quality, or status.
- (intransitive) To come to attention and present oneself; to arrive or appear.
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see come, up.
- (African-American Vernacular, slang, intransitive) To happen or occur.
- (British, slang, intransitive) To begin to feel the effects of a recreational drug.
- (intransitive, of a heavenly body) To rise (above the horizon).
- (intransitive) To draw near in time.
- (African-American Vernacular, slang, intransitive) To grow up; to experience a childhood.
- (intransitive) To approach a time or scheduled event.
- result or issue
- come up, of celestial bodies
- originate or come into being
- be mentioned
- start running, functioning, or operating
- bring forth, usually something desirable
- come to the surface
- gather or bring together
- gather (money or other resources) together over time
- move upward
- get something or somebody for a specific purpose
- move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
noun
verb
- (intransitive, usually, as imperative) To begin to speak.
- (wrestling) To lunge.
- To protrude; to jut; to project; to extend.
- (transitive, intransitive, analogous) To photograph.
- (intransitive) To move very quickly and suddenly.
- (transitive) To fire (a projectile).
- (professional wrestling) To deviate from kayfabe, either intentionally or accidentally; to actually connect with unchoreographed fighting blows and maneuvers, or speak one's mind (instead of an agreed script).
- To variegate as if by sprinkling or intermingling; to color in spots or patches. (See shot silk on Wikipedia)
- (surfing) To ride a wave.
- (intransitive) To cause a weapon to discharge a projectile.
- (intransitive) To hunt birds, etc. with a gun.
- (carpentry) To plane straight; to fit by planing.
- (aviation) To carry out, or attempt to carry out (an approach to an airport runway).
- To drink (a shot of an alcoholic beverage).
- (transitive, intransitive, colloquial) To inject a drug (such as heroin) intravenously.
- (transitive, slang) To ejaculate.
- To go over or pass quickly through.
- (nautical) To move ahead by force of momentum, as a sailing vessel when the helm is put hard alee.
- (surveying) To measure the distance and direction to (a point).
- To germinate; to bud; to sprout.
- (transitive) To hunt on (a piece of land); to kill game in or on.
- (transitive) To fire a projectile at (a person or target).
- (transitive) To tip (something, especially coal) down a chute.
- To grow; to advance.
- (transitive) To penetrate, like a missile; to dart with a piercing sensation.
- (transitive) To push or thrust a bolt quickly; hence, to open a lock.
- To push or thrust forward; to project; to protrude; often with out.
- To send out or forth, especially with a rapid or sudden motion; to cast with the hand; to hurl; to discharge; to emit.
- (transitive) To travel or ride on (breaking waves) rowards the shore.
- To carry out a seismic survey with geophones in an attempt to detect oil.
- (intransitive) To discharge a missile; said of a weapon.
- (informal, ditransitive) To send to someone.
- (transitive) To fire (a weapon that releases a projectile).
- To make the stated score.
- (transitive, intransitive, analogous, film, television) To film.
- (transitive, figurative) To dismiss or do away with.
- (card games) To shoot the moon.
- (gambling) To throw dice.
- kill by firing a missile
- variegate by interweaving weft threads of different colors
- record on photographic film
- send forth suddenly, intensely, swiftly
- move quickly and violently
- throw dice, as in a crap game
- spend frivolously and unwisely
- measure the altitude of by using a sextant
- force or drive (a fluid or gas) into by piercing
- utter fast and forcefully
- run or move very quickly or hastily
- hit with a missile from a weapon
- give an injection to
- cause a sharp and sudden pain in
- produce buds, branches, or germinate
- make a film or photograph of something
- throw or propel in a specific direction or towards a specific objective
- emit (as light, flame, or fumes) suddenly and forcefully
- fire a shot; release
- score
intj
noun
- A rush of water; a rapid.
- An inclined plane, either artificial or natural, down which timber, coal, ore, etc., are caused to slide; a chute.
- A seismic survey carried out with geophones in an attempt to detect oil.
- The emerging stem and embryonic leaves of a new plant.
- (card games) The act of taking all point cards in one hand.
- A hunt or shooting competition.
- The act of shooting; the discharge of a missile; a shot.
- (mining) A vein of ore running in the same general direction as the lode.
- (professional wrestling, slang) An event that is unscripted or legitimate.
- A shoat; a young pig.
- A photography session.
- (weaving) A weft thread shot through the shed by the shuttle; a pick.
- the act of shooting at targets
- a new branch
verb
- (intransitive) To meet.
- (intransitive, figurative) To begin proceeding correctly; for a complex plan with many components to work out eventually.
- (intransitive) To arrive at a destination with someone after having travelled there with each other.
- (intransitive) To assemble; to congregate; to combine.
- (intransitive, slang) To achieve orgasm at the same time.
- (intransitive, figurative) To harmonize socially; to come to an amicable agreement; to ally or band together.
- come together, as if in an embrace
phrase
- Used when pondering the results of an action one is doing, or to politely ask for permission to do something
- (by extension) Used to indicate incredulity; wait a minute; hold on
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see let, me, see.
- (set phrase) Used as a filled pause to indicating thinking or pondering, not inviting hearer to participate.
verb
- (intransitive) To be received or accepted.
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see go, down.
- (intransitive, UK, colloquial) To be pleasant, etc., when eaten or drunk.
- (nautical, of a ship or boat) To sink.
- (intransitive, slang, African-American Vernacular, of a gang) To attack another gang.
- (intransitive, slang) To take place, happen.
- (intransitive) To be blamed for something; to be the scapegoat; to go to prison.
- (intransitive, of a heavenly body) Synonym of set, to disappear below the horizon.
- (aviation, intransitive) To crash.
- To descend; to move from a higher place to a lower one.
- (intransitive) To fall (down); to fall to the floor.
- (intransitive) To decrease; to change from a greater value to a lesser one.
- (intransitive, slang) To be soundly defeated.
- (intransitive) To be recorded or remembered (as).
- (intransitive, computing, engineering) To stop functioning, to go offline.
- (intransitive, with on) To perform oral sex.
- stop operating
- move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way
- disappear beyond the horizon
- be recorded or remembered
- be defeated
- go under
- be ingested
- grow smaller
verb
- (intransitive) To undulate.
- (intransitive) To be irresolute; to waver.
- (transitive) To cause to vary irregularly.
- (intransitive) To vary irregularly; to swing.
- (rare, figuratively, also literally) To rise and fall as a wave; to be tossed up and down the waves.
- move or sway in a rising and falling or wavelike pattern
- be unstable
- cause to fluctuate or move in a wavelike pattern
verb
- (transitive, intransitive) To say something in return; to answer; to reply.
- (ambitransitive) To correspond with; to suit.
- (intransitive) To act in return; to carry out an action or in return to a force or stimulus; to do something in response.
- (transitive) To satisfy; to answer.
- (intransitive) To be liable for payment.
- respond favorably or as hoped
- show a response or a reaction to something
- react verbally
noun
noun
- (figuratively) The act of trying to solicit a favour or support from someone.
- The act of wooing a person to enter into a romantic relationship or marriage; hence, the period during which a couple fall in love before their marriage.
- (by extension) The behaviour exhibited by an animal to attract a mate.
- a man's courting of a woman; seeking the affections of a woman (usually with the hope of marriage)
verb
- (transitive) To request (someone to do something).
- (transitive, intransitive) To request (information, or an answer to a question).
- (transitive or ditransitive) To request or enquire of (a person).
- To request permission (to do something).
- To publish in church for marriage; said of both the banns and the persons.
- To invite.
- (transitive usually with 'for' or intransitive) To request (an item or service) (see also ask for).
- (figuratively) To take (a person's situation) as an example.
- To put forward (a question) to be answered.
- To require, demand, claim, or expect, whether by way of remuneration or return, or as a matter of necessity.
- make a request or demand for something to somebody
- address a question to and expect an answer from
- consider obligatory; request and expect
- make a date
- require or ask for as a price or condition
- direct or put; seek an answer to
- require as useful, just, or proper
noun
verb
- (intransitive) To ask for help.
- (intransitive, originally business, followed by to) To try to contact someone, especially in order to give or get information, help, support, etc.
- (intransitive) To make more friends, to increase one's group of friends or acquaintances.
- (intransitive) To extend one's hand(s) forward; to reach for something.
- reach outward in space
- move forward or upward in order to touch; also in a metaphorical sense
- attempt to communicate
verb
- (intransitive) To call upon someone for a favour, help, etc.
- request earnestly (something from somebody); ask for aid or protection
- (transitive, historical) To accuse or charge (someone) with wrongdoing (especially treason).
- (transitive, historical) To summon (someone) to defend their honour in a duel, or their innocence in a trial by combat; to challenge.
- (intransitive) Often followed by against (the inferior court's decision) or to (the superior court): to apply to a superior court or judge for a decision or order by an inferior court or judge to be reviewed and overturned.
- (intransitive, figuratively) To be attractive.
- (intransitive) To call upon a person or an authority to corroborate a statement, to decide a controverted question, or to vindicate one's rights; to entreat, to invoke.
- (transitive, historical) Of the accomplice of a felon: to make an accusation at common law against (the felon).
- (transitive, historical) Of a private person: to instituted legal proceedings (against another private person) for some heinous crime, demanding punishment for the particular injury suffered.
- (transitive, originally US) To apply to a superior court or judge to review and overturn (a decision or order by an inferior court or judge).
- (intransitive, figuratively) To have recourse or resort to some physical means.
- (intransitive, cricket) Of a fielding side; to ask an umpire for a decision on whether a batsman is out or not, usually by saying "How's that?" or "Howzat?".
- take a court case to a higher court for review
- cite as an authority; resort to
- be attractive to
- challenge (a decision)
noun
- (cricket) The act, by the fielding side, of asking an umpire for a decision on whether a batsman is out or not.
- (rhetoric) a use of a principle or quality for purposes of persuasion.
- (historical) At common law, an accusation made against a felon by one of their accomplices (called an approver).
- (historical) A summons to defend one's honour in a duel, or one's innocence in a trial by combat; a challenge.
- A person's legal right to apply to court for such a review.
- (historical) A process which formerly might be instituted by one private person against another for some heinous crime demanding punishment for the particular injury suffered, rather than for the offence against the public; an accusation.
- (figuratively) A power to attract or interest.
- The legal document or form by which such an application is made; also, the court case in which the application is argued.
- (figuratively) A resort to some physical means; a recourse.
- A call to a person or an authority for a decision, help, or proof; an entreaty, an invocation.
- (historical) An accusation or charge against someone for wrongdoing (especially treason).
- An application to a superior court or judge for a decision or order by an inferior court or judge to be reviewed and overturned.
- (law) a legal proceeding in which the appellant resorts to a higher court for the purpose of obtaining a review of a lower court decision and a reversal of the lower court's judgment or the granting of a new trial
- earnest or urgent request
- attractiveness that interests or pleases or stimulates
- request for a sum of money
verb
- (intransitive) To ask a question.
- (computing, databases) To pass a set of instructions to a database to retrieve information from it.
- (intransitive, publishing) To send out a query letter.
- (transitive) To ask, inquire.
- (transitive) To question or call into doubt.
- (transitive, Internet) To send a private message to (a user on IRC).
- pose a question
noun
verb
- (intransitive) To request, summon, or beckon.
- (transitive) To declare in advance.
- To state, or estimate, approximately or loosely; to characterize without strict regard to fact.
- (transitive, with into) To cause to be verbally subjected to.
- (Yorkshire, transitive) To scold.
- (transitive) To predict.
- (transitive, colloquial) To lay claim to an object or role which is up for grabs.
- (baseball, cricket) (of a fielder): To shout to other fielders that he intends to take a catch (thus avoiding collisions).
- To stop at a station or port.
- (transitive) To formally recognise a death: especially to announce and record the time, place and fact of a person’s death.
- (transitive, finance) To announce the early extinction of a debt by prepayment, usually at a premium.
- (ambitransitive) To contact by telephone.
- (intransitive, poker, proscribed) To match the current bet amount, in preparation for a raise in the same turn. (Usually, players are forbidden to announce one's play this way.)
- (cricket) (of a batsman): To shout directions to the other batsman on whether or not they should take a run.
- (intransitive, poker) To equal the same amount that other players are currently betting.
- To come to pass; to afflict.
- (transitive, computing) To jump to (another part of a program); to perform some operation, returning to the original point on completion.
- (transitive, banking) To demand repayment of a loan.
- (passive voice) Of a person, to have as one's name; of a thing, to have as its name.
- (transitive) To utter in a loud or distinct voice.
- (transitive, sometimes with for) To require, demand.
- (ditransitive) To name or refer to.
- To pay a (social) visit (often used with "on", "round", or "at"; used by salespeople with "again" to invite customers to come again).
- (sports) To make a decision as a referee or umpire.
- (billiards) To tell in advance which shot one is attempting.
- (transitive, jazz) To request that one's band play (a particular tune).
- (transitive) To rouse from sleep; to awaken.
- (transitive) To claim the existence of some malfeasance; to denounce as.
- To declare (an effort or project) to be a failure.
- (intransitive) To cry or shout.
- (transitive) To state, or invoke a rule, in many games such as bridge, craps, jacks, and so on.
- lure by imitating the characteristic call of an animal
- make a stop in a harbour
- consider or regard as being
- send a message or attempt to reach someone by radio, phone, etc.; make a signal to in order to transmit a message
- give the calls (to the dancers) for a square dance
- order, request, or command to come
- assign a specified (usually proper) name to
- present for redemption before maturation
- utter a sudden loud cry
- make a demand, as for a card or a suit or a show of hands
- indicate a decision in regard to
- pay a brief visit
- utter a characteristic note or cry
- get or try to get into communication (with someone) by telephone
- challenge (somebody) to make good on a statement; charge with or censure for an offense
- rouse somebody from sleep with a call
- challenge the sincerity or truthfulness of
- order, summon, or request for a specific duty or activity, work, role
- call a meeting; invite or command to meet
- read aloud to check for omissions or absentees
- ascribe a quality to or give a name of a common noun that reflects a quality
- demand payment of (a loan)
- greet, as with a prescribed form, title, or name
- utter in a loud voice or announce
- declare in the capacity of an umpire or referee
- order or request or give a command for
- make a prediction about; tell in advance
- stop or postpone because of adverse conditions, such as bad weather
noun
- (nautical) A whistle or pipe, used by the boatswain and his mate to summon the sailors to duty.
- (nautical) A visit by a ship or boat to a port.
- A telephone conversation; a phone call.
- A note blown on the horn to encourage the dogs in a hunt.
- (finance) Ellipsis of call option.
- An invitation to take charge of or serve a church as its pastor.
- (in negative constructions) Need; necessity.
- A statement of a particular state, or rule, made in many games such as bridge, craps, jacks, and so on.
- (poker) The act of matching a bet made by a player who has previously bet in the same round of betting.
- A short visit, usually for social purposes.
- (cricket) The act of calling to the other batsman.
- A decision or judgement.
- (cricket) The state of being the batsman whose role it is to call (depends on where the ball goes.)
- A pipe or other instrument to call birds or animals by imitating their note or cry. A game call.
- A cry or shout.
- The right to speak at a given time during a debate or other public event; the floor.
- An instance of calling someone on the telephone.
- (uncountable) A work shift which requires one to be available when requested, i.e. on call.
- (informal, slang, prostitution) A meeting with a client for paid sex; hookup; job.
- (computing) The act of jumping to a subprogram, saving the means to return to the original point.
- (law) A lawyer who was called to the bar (became licensed as a lawyer) in a specified year.
- A beckoning or summoning.
- The characteristic cry of a bird or other animal.
- (US, law) A reference to, or statement of, an object, course, distance, or other matter of description in a survey or grant requiring or calling for a corresponding object, etc., on the land.
- a demand
- a brief social visit
- a demand for a show of hands in a card game
- (sports) the decision made by an umpire or referee
- a visit in an official or professional capacity
- a demand by a broker that a customer deposit enough to bring their margin up to the minimum requirement
- a loud utterance; often in protest or opposition
- the characteristic sound produced by a bird
- a request
- a method of contacting a person by phone
- the option to buy a given stock (or stock index or commodity future) at a given price before a given date
- a special disposition (as if from a divine source) to pursue a particular course
- an instruction that interrupts the program being executed
verb
- (intransitive) To request the help of someone, often in the form of money.
- (transitive) To plead with someone for help, a favor, etc.; to entreat.
- make a solicitation or entreaty for something; request urgently or persistently
- (transitive or intransitive) To obviously lack or be in need of something.
- (transitive, proscribed) In the phrase beg the question: to raise (a question).
- (transitive) To unwillingly provoke a negative, often violent, reaction.
- (transitive) In the phrase beg the question: to assume.
- call upon in supplication; entreat
- ask to obtain free
- dodge, avoid answering, or take for granted
noun
verb
- (intransitive) To provide assistance.
- (Hong Kong, Singapore) To do something on the behalf of someone.
- (Singapore, Singlish, imperative) To assist or sympathize with (the speaker); used to express displeasure, disappointment or exasperation.
- (transitive) To avoid; to prevent; to refrain from; to restrain (oneself). Usually used in nonassertive contexts with can.
- (transitive) To assist (a person) in getting something, especially food or drink at table; used with to.
- (transitive) To provide assistance to (someone or something).
- (transitive) To contribute in some way to.
- abstain from doing; always used with a negative
- give help or assistance; be of service
- take or use
- improve the condition of
- improve; change for the better
- contribute to the furtherance of
- be of use
- help to some food; help with food or drink
intj
noun
- (usually uncountable) One or more people employed to help in the maintenance of a house or the operation of a farm or enterprise.
- (countable) A study aid.
- Something or someone which provides assistance with a task.
- (uncountable) Action given to provide assistance; aid.
- (computing) Documentation provided with computer software that could be accessed using the computer.
- (uncountable) Correction of deficits, as by psychological counseling or medication or social support or remedial training.
- a person or thing that is a resource that helps make something easier or possible to do
- a means of serving
- a person who contributes to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose
- the activity of contributing to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose
verb
- To humbly request for something, especially to someone in a position of authority; to beg, to beseech, to entreat.
- To ask or request (something) humbly and sincerely, especially from a person in authority; to beg or entreat for.
- To make a humble request to (someone, especially a person in authority); to beg, to beseech, to entreat.
- (specifically, religion) To make a humble request to (a deity or other spiritual being) in a prayer; to entreat as a supplicant.
- (specifically, Oxford University) Of a member of the university, or an alumnus or alumna of another university seeking a degree ad eundem: to formally request that an academic degree be awarded to oneself.
- ask for humbly or earnestly, as in prayer
- make a humble, earnest petition
- ask humbly (for something)
verb
noun
- (uncountable) Motivation.
- (countable) Someone or something wished for.
- (uncountable) Strong attraction, particularly romantic or sexual.
- (uncountable) The feeling of desiring; an eager longing for something.
- an inclination to want things
- the feeling that accompanies an unsatisfied state
- something that is desired
verb
noun
- Act of requesting (with the adposition at in the presence of possessives, and on in their absence).
- (networking) A message sent over a network to a server.
- Condition of being sought after.
- A formal message requesting something.
- a formal message requesting something that is submitted to an authority
- the verbal act of requesting
verb
noun
verb
- request earnestly (something from somebody); ask for aid or protection
- summon into action or bring into existence, often as if by magic
- cite as an authority; resort to
- (transitive, computing) To cause (a program or subroutine) to execute.
- (transitive) To appeal for validation to a (notably cited) authority.
- (transitive) To call upon (a person, a god) for help, assistance or guidance.
- (transitive, nautical, of one ship) To call another ship.
- (transitive) To conjure up with incantations.
- (transitive) To call to mind (something) for some purpose.
- (transitive) To solicit, petition for, appeal to a favorable attitude.
- (transitive) To bring about as an inevitable consequence.
verb
- (intransitive) To make an attempt.
- ask for or request earnestly
- (transitive) To offer as a price; to tender.
- (transitive, intransitive, trucking) To take a particular route regularly.
- (ambitransitive, card games) To announce (one's goal), before starting play.
- (intransitive) To make an offer to pay or accept a certain price.
- (transitive) To utter a greeting or salutation.
- (transitive) To issue a command; to tell.
- (transitive) To invite; to summon.
- make a demand, as for a card or a suit or a show of hands
- ask someone in a friendly way to do something
- propose a payment
- make a serious effort to attain something
- invoke upon
noun
- An attempt, effort, or pursuit (of a goal).
- (ultimate frisbee) A (failed) attempt to receive or intercept a pass.
- (trucking) A particular route that a driver regularly takes from their domicile.
- (prison slang) A prison sentence.
- An offer at an auction, or to carry out a piece of work.
- an authoritative direction or instruction to do something
- (bridge) the number of tricks a bridge player is willing to contract to make
- an attempt to get something
- a formal proposal to buy at a specified price
verb
- (intransitive) To beg, beseech, or implore, especially emotionally.
- appeal or request earnestly
- (ambitransitive, copulative) To present (an argument or a plea), especially in a legal case.
- (transitive) To discuss by arguments.
- (transitive) To offer by way of excuse.
- enter a plea, as in courts of law
- make an allegation in an action or other legal proceeding, especially answer the previous pleading of the other party by denying facts therein stated or by alleging new facts
- offer as an excuse or plea
verb
- (intransitive) To have recourse (to), now especially from necessity or frustration.
- (transitive, intransitive) Alternative spelling of re-sort (which is the preferred spelling, to avoid needless homography)
- (intransitive) To make one's way, go (to).
- (intransitive) To fall back; to revert.
- move, travel, or proceed toward some place
- have recourse to
noun
- Recourse, refuge (something or someone turned to for safety).
- (government) A subdivision of Suriname; a division of the country's districts.
- Alternative spelling of re-sort.
- A place where people go for recreation, especially one with facilities such as lodgings, entertainment, and a relaxing environment.
- act of turning to for assistance
- something or someone turned to for assistance or security
- a frequently visited place
- a hotel located in a resort area
verb
- (transitive) To seek help from.
- (transitive) To total; to amount to.
- (intransitive, idiomatic) To recover consciousness after fainting etc.
- (transitive, usually in present tense) To regard or specifically pertain to.
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see come, to.
- (transitive) To befall; to happen to; to come upon.
- (transitive) To devote attention to in due course; to come around to.
- (transitive) To reach; to arrive at.
- (intransitive, idiomatic, nautical) To stop a sailing vessel, especially by turning into the wind. See also come about.
- cause to experience suddenly
- return to consciousness
- be relevant to
- attain
verb
- ask for or request earnestly
- summon into action or bring into existence, often as if by magic
- engage in plotting or enter into a conspiracy, swear together
- (transitive) To imagine or picture in the mind.
- (transitive) To summon (a devil, etc.) using supernatural power.
- (transitive) To evoke.
- (intransitive) To perform magic tricks.
noun
verb
- ask for or request earnestly
- be urgent
- exert oneself continuously, vigorously, or obtrusively to gain an end or engage in a crusade for a certain cause or person; be an advocate for
- lift weights
- to be oppressive or burdensome
- press and smooth with a heated iron
- make strenuous pushing movements during birth to expel the baby
- place between two surfaces and apply weight or pressure
- squeeze or press together
- force or impel in an indicated direction
- press from a plastic
- exert pressure or force to or upon
- create by pressing
- crowd closely
- (transitive, sewing) To flatten a selected area of fabric using an iron with an up-and-down, not sliding, motion, so as to avoid disturbing adjacent areas.
- (transitive) To reduce to a particular shape or form by pressure, especially flatten or smooth.
- (transitive) To clasp, hold in an embrace.
- To force into service, particularly into naval service.
- (transitive) To hasten, urge onward.
- (ambitransitive) To throng, crowd.
- (transitive, mechanics, electronics) To activate a button or key by exerting a downward or forward force on it, and then releasing it.
- (transitive) To force to a certain end or result; to urge strongly.
- (transitive) To compress, squeeze.
- (transitive) To urge, beseech, entreat.
- (transitive) To lay stress upon.
- (ambitransitive) To exert weight or force against, to act upon with force or weight; to exert pressure upon.
- (transitive) To drive or thrust by pressure, to force in a certain direction.
- To try to force (something upon someone).
noun
- a tall piece of furniture that provides storage space for clothes; has a door and rails or hooks for hanging clothes
- a dense crowd of people
- a weightlift in which the barbell is lifted to shoulder height and then smoothly lifted overhead
- clamp to prevent wooden rackets from warping when not in use
- the print media responsible for gathering and publishing news in the form of newspapers or magazines
- the act of pressing; the exertion of pressure
- any machine that exerts pressure to form or shape or cut materials or extract liquids or compress solids
- a machine used for printing
- the state of demanding notice or attention
- (countable) A printing machine.
- (countable, weightlifting) An exercise in which weight is forced away from the body by extension of the arms or legs.
- (countable, especially in Ireland and Scotland) An enclosed storage space (e.g. closet, cupboard).
- (uncountable) A crowd.
- (countable) A device used to apply pressure to an item.
- An instance of applying pressure; an instance of pressing.
- A commission to force men into public service, particularly into the navy.
- (countable) Pure, unfermented grape juice.
- (uncountable, collective) The print-based media (both the people and the newspapers).
- (countable) A publisher.
- (psychology) In personology, any environmental factor that arouses a need in the individual.
- (countable, golf, gambling) An additional bet in a golf match that duplicates an existing (usually losing) wager in value, but begins even at the time of the bet.
verb
- (transitive) To request (someone to do something).
- (transitive, intransitive) To request (information, or an answer to a question).
- (transitive or ditransitive) To request or enquire of (a person).
- To request permission (to do something).
- To publish in church for marriage; said of both the banns and the persons.
- To invite.
- (transitive usually with 'for' or intransitive) To request (an item or service) (see also ask for).
- (figuratively) To take (a person's situation) as an example.
- To put forward (a question) to be answered.
- To require, demand, claim, or expect, whether by way of remuneration or return, or as a matter of necessity.
- make a request or demand for something to somebody
- address a question to and expect an answer from
- consider obligatory; request and expect
- make a date
- require or ask for as a price or condition
- direct or put; seek an answer to
- require as useful, just, or proper
noun
verb
- (intransitive) To confer.
- (intransitive) To speak casually with; to chat.
- (ambitransitive, psychology) To fabricate memories in order to fill gaps in one's memory.
- have a conference in order to talk something over
- talk socially without exchanging too much information
- unconsciously replace fact with fantasy in one's memory
verb
- (intransitive) To beg, especially if using a repeated phrase.
- (ambitransitive) To mumble, speak unclearly.
- To cheat; to deceive; to play the beggar.
- To deprive of (something) by cheating; to impose upon.
- (ambitransitive) To nibble.
- To be sullen or sulky.
- To move the lips with the mouth closed; to mumble, as in sulkiness.
noun
verb
noun
verb
- (intransitive) To ask a question or questions; inquire or seek to know; examine.
- (transitive) To raise doubts about; have doubts about.
- (transitive) To ask questions of; to interrogate; to ask for information.
- pose a series of questions to
- conduct an interview in television, newspaper, and radio reporting
- challenge the accuracy, probity, or propriety of
- pose a question
- place in doubt or express doubtful speculation
noun
- A proposal to a meeting as a topic for deliberation.
- A doubt or challenge about the truth, accuracy, or validity of a matter.
- A worded or expressed sentence, phrase, or only a word on its own, which asks for information, a reply, or a response; an interrogative.
- A subject or topic for consideration or investigation.
- a sentence of inquiry that asks for a reply
- uncertainty about the truth or factuality or existence of something
- an informal reference to a marriage proposal
- a formal proposal for action made to a deliberative assembly for discussion and vote
- an instance of questioning
- the subject matter at issue
verb
- (transitive) To ask for; to solicit; to beseech.
- (transitive) To try to reach or come to; to go to; to resort to.
- (transitive) To try to acquire or gain; to strive after; to aim at.
- (intransitive, sometimes proscribed) To attempt, endeavour, try
- (intransitive, computing) To navigate through a data stream.
- (ambitransitive) To try to find; to look for; to search for.
- try to get or reach
- try to locate or discover, or try to establish the existence of
- inquire for
- go to or towards
- make an effort or attempt
noun
verb
verb
- (intransitive) To do something.
- (transitive) To feign.
- (intransitive, law) To carry out work as a legal representative in relation to a particular legal matter.
- (intransitive) To behave in a certain manner for an indefinite length of time.
- (intransitive, construed with on or upon) To have an effect (on).
- (intransitive) To perform a theatrical role.
- (intransitive) To do something that causes a change binding on the doer.
- (intransitive) Of a play: to be acted out (well or badly).
- (copulative) To convey an appearance of being.
- (transitive) To play (a role).
- (intransitive, mathematics, construed with on or upon, of an algebraic structure) To possess an action onto (some other structure). Examples include the group action of a group on a set, the action of a ring on a module by scalar multiplication, and the action of a group or algebra on a vector space via a representation.
- have an effect or outcome; often the one desired or expected
- perform an action, or work out or perform (an action)
- pretend to have certain qualities or state of mind
- behave in a certain manner; show a certain behavior; conduct or comport oneself
- play a role or part
- discharge one's duties
- behave unnaturally or affectedly
- perform on a stage or theater
- be suitable for theatrical performance
adv
noun
- (law) Ellipsis of act of parliament.
- (countable) A performer or performers in a show.
- (countable) A display of behaviour.
- (countable) A display of behaviour meant to deceive.
- (law, countable) (In the United States) A legislative proposal, a bill that has not yet become law.
- (countable) A formal or official record of something done.
- The process of doing something.
- (countable) Something done, a deed.
- (theology) Something done once and for all, as distinguished from a work.
- (countable) Any organized activity.
- (countable, drama) A division of a theatrical performance.
- (law, countable) A product of a legislative body, a statute.
- A thesis maintained in public, in some English universities, by a candidate for a degree, or to show the proficiency of a student.
- something that people do or cause to happen
- a short performance that is part of a longer program
- a subdivision of a play or opera or ballet
- a manifestation of insincerity
- a legal document codifying the result of deliberations of a committee or society or legislative body
verb
- (intransitive) To seek the opinion or advice of another; to take counsel; to deliberate together; to confer; to advise.
- (transitive) To ask advice of; to seek the opinion of (a person)
- (transitive) To have reference to, in judging or acting; to have regard to; to consider; as, to consult one's wishes.
- (transitive) To refer to (something) for information.
- (intransitive) To advise or offer expertise.
- (intransitive) To work as a consultant or contractor rather than as a full-time employee of a firm.
- have a conference in order to talk something over
- seek information from
- get or ask advice from
- advise professionally
noun
verb
- (intransitive) To speak; to express an opinion; to make answer; to reply.
- (transitive) To indicate in a written form.
- (informal, imperative, transitive) Suppose, assume; used to mark an example, supposition or hypothesis.
- (transitive, informal, of a possession, especially money) To bet as a wager on an outcome; by extension, used to express belief in an outcome by the speaker.
- (transitive) To pronounce.
- (transitive) To recite.
- (transitive) To tell, either verbally or in writing.
- To try; to assay.
- (impersonal, transitive) To have a common expression; used in singular passive voice or plural active voice to indicate a rumor or well-known fact.
- express a supposition
- speak, pronounce, or utter in a certain way
- give instructions to or direct somebody to do something with authority
- have or contain a certain wording or form
- indicate
- recite or repeat a fixed text
- state as one's opinion or judgement; declare
- report or maintain
- utter aloud
- express in words
- communicate or express nonverbally
adv
intj
noun
verb
- (intransitive) To decline or not attempt to answer a question.
- (intransitive) To proceed without hindrance or opposition.
- (intransitive) To move or be moved from one place to another.
- (transitive) To transcend; to surpass; to excel; to exceed.
- (intransitive, stative, sociology) To be accepted by others as a member of a race, sex, or other group to which one does not belong or would not have originally appeared to belong; especially to be considered white although one has black ancestry, or a woman although one was assigned male at birth or vice versa.
- (intransitive) To continue.
- (intransitive, law) To make a judgment on or upon a person or case.
- (intransitive, American football) To throw the ball, generally downfield, towards a teammate.
- (transitive, of time) To spend.
- (intransitive, card games) In euchre, to decline to make the trump.
- (transitive) To go past, by, over, or through; to proceed from one side to the other of; to move past.
- (transitive) To cause to obtain entrance, admission, or conveyance.
- (transitive) To utter; to pronounce; to pledge.
- (intransitive, transitive) To achieve a successful outcome from.
- (transitive) To put in circulation; to give currency to.
- (intransitive) To happen.
- (intransitive) To change from one state to another (without the implication of progression).
- (intransitive, stative) To be tolerated as a substitute for something else, to "do".
- (transitive) To cause to advance by stages of progress; to carry on with success through an ordeal, examination, or action; specifically, to give legal or official sanction to; to ratify; to enact; to approve as valid and just.
- (transitive, nautical) To take a turn with (a line, gasket, etc.), as around a sail in furling, and make secure.
- (intransitive) To progress from one state to another; to advance.
- (transitive, cooking) To put through a sieve.
- (transitive) To allow to go by without noticing; to omit attention to; to take no note of; to disregard.
- (transitive, soccer) To kick (the ball) with precision rather than at full force.
- (ditransitive) To cause to move or go; to send; to transfer from one person, place, or condition to another.
- (intransitive, transitive) To advance through all the steps or stages necessary to become valid or effective; to obtain the formal sanction of (a legislative body).
- (intransitive, law) To be conveyed or transferred by will, deed, or other instrument of conveyance.
- (intransitive, of time) To elapse, to be spent.
- (intransitive, euphemistic) To die.
- (intransitive) To decline something that is offered or available.
- (intransitive) In turn-based games, to decline to play in one's turn.
- (transitive) To reject; to pass up.
- (intransitive, transitive, medicine) To eliminate (something) from the body by natural processes.
- (intransitive) To depart, to cease, to come to an end.
- (intransitive) To go from one person to another.
- (transitive) To live through; to have experience of; to undergo; to suffer.
- (transitive) To move (the ball or puck) to a teammate.
- (intransitive, fencing) To make a lunge or swipe.
- accept or judge as acceptable
- be superior or better than some standard
- transfer to another; of rights or property
- throw (a ball) to another player
- allow to go without comment or censure
- pass into a specified state or condition; sink into
- go unchallenged; be approved
- pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life
- eliminate from the body
- move past
- use up a period of time in a specific way
- for time to move forward
- travel past
- go successfully through a test or a selection process
- disappear gradually
- be inherited by
- grant authorization or clearance for
- transmit information
- go across or through
- pass over, across, or through
- cause to pass
- place into the hands or custody of
- make laws, bills, etc. or bring into effect by legislation
- come to pass
- stretch out over a distance, space, time, or scope; run or extend between two points or beyond a certain point
noun
- (cooking) The area in a restaurant kitchen where the finished dishes are passed from the chefs to the waiting staff.
- An act of declining to play one's turn in a game, often by saying the word "pass".
- A single movement, especially of a hand, at, over, or along anything.
- An opening, road, or track, available for passing; especially, one through or over some dangerous or otherwise impracticable barrier such as a mountain range; a passageway; a defile; a ford.
- (fencing) A thrust or push; an attempt to stab or strike an adversary.
- A single passage of a tool over something, or of something over a tool.
- (computing, slang) A password (especially one for a restricted-access website).
- (computing) A run through a document as part of a translation, compilation or reformatting process.
- The state of things; condition; predicament; impasse.
- A channel connecting a river or body of water to the sea, for example at the mouth (delta) of a river.
- Success in an examination or similar test.
- (sports) The act of moving the ball or puck from one player to another.
- (rail transport) A passing of two trains in the same direction on a single track, when one is put into a siding to let the other overtake it.
- An attempt.
- A document granting permission to pass or to go and come; a passport; a ticket permitting free transit or admission
- (figuratively) A thrust; a sally of wit.
- A sexual advance (often in the phrase make a pass).
- (baseball) An intentional walk.
- Permission or license to pass, or to go and come.
- (sports) The act of overtaking; an overtaking manoeuvre.
- a document indicating permission to do something without restrictions
- a flight or run by an aircraft over a target
- a usually brief attempt
- a permit to enter or leave a military installation
- any authorization to pass or go somewhere
- an automatic advance to the next round in a tournament without playing an opponent
- the location in a range of mountains of a geological formation that is lower than the surrounding peaks
- (military) a written leave of absence
- success in satisfying a test or requirement
- a difficult juncture
- (sports) the act of throwing the ball to another member of your team
- (American football) a play that involves one player throwing the ball to a teammate
- a bad or difficult situation or state of affairs
- a complimentary ticket
- (baseball) an advance to first base by a batter who receives four balls
- one complete cycle of operations (as by a computer)
adj
verb
- Used to ask or state what someone should do.
- Used after if or in inversion to describe hypothetical or imagined scenarios.
- Used to express an official plan, arrangement, or scheduled event.
- Used after if to introduce a condition that must be met in order for something to happen or succeed.
- Used in the past tense to indicate that something was supposed to happen or was destined to happen.
- Used to ask how something is possible or achievable
- Used to give commands, instructions, or to state rules. In negative form, it expresses prohibition.
verb
- (ambitransitive) To seek by request; to make application; to petition; to entreat; to plead.
- (transitive) To file a legal action against someone, generally a non-criminal (civil) action.
- (transitive, falconry, of a hawk) To clean (the beak, etc.).
- (transitive, nautical) To leave high and dry on shore.
- institute legal proceedings against; file a suit against
verb
- (intransitive) To be concerned with.
- (ambitransitive) To sell, especially to sell illicit drugs.
- (transitive) To administer or give out, as in small portions.
- (intransitive) To have dealings or business.
- (intransitive) To conduct oneself, to behave.
- (intransitive) To trade professionally (followed by in).
- (intransitive, with “with”) To handle, to manage, to cope.
- (transitive) deliver damage, a blow, strike or cut. To inflict.
- (ambitransitive) To distribute cards to the players in a game.
- (transitive) To distribute among a number of recipients, to give out as one’s portion or share.
- (baseball) To pitch.
- (transitive) : To take action with regard to someone or something.
- act on verbally or in some form of artistic expression
- succeed in doing, achieving, or producing (something) with the limited or inadequate means available
- behave in a certain way towards others
- take into consideration for exemplifying purposes
- give (a specific card) to a player
- sell (especially of illegal material)
- administer or bestow, as in small portions
- do business; offer for sale as for one's livelihood
- distribute cards to the players in a game
- give out as one's portion or share
- be in charge of, act on, or dispose of
- take action with respect to (someone or something)
- direct the course of; manage or control
adj
noun
- (informal) A thing, an unspecified or unidentified object.
- (in particular) A transaction offered which is financially beneficial; a bargain.
- An agreement between parties; an arrangement.
- (informal) A situation, occasion, or event.
- (card games) The distribution of cards to players; a player's turn for this.
- (uncountable) Wood that is easy to saw (from conifers such as pine or fir).
- (often followed by of) An indefinite quantity or amount; a lot (now usually qualified by great or good).
- A particular instance of trading (buying or selling; exchanging; bartering); a transaction.
- (countable) A plank of softwood (fir or pine board).
- (slang, of a person) A personality trait, especially a negative one, and the underlying cause of it.
- an agreement between parties (usually arrived at after discussion) fixing obligations of each
- the type of treatment received (especially as the result of an agreement)
- the act of apportioning or distributing something
- the act of distributing playing cards
- the cards held in a card game by a given player at any given time
- a plank of softwood (fir or pine board)
- wood that is easy to saw (from conifers such as pine or fir)
- (often followed by ‘of’) a large number or amount or extent
- a particular instance of buying or selling
verb
noun
- A fatty roll of pubis flab that hangs over one's genitals; a FUPA.
- Anything that overhangs or protrudes over its base, such as a wave immediately before breaking, or a protruding cliff or rock wall.
- (architecture) That portion of the roof structure that extends beyond the exterior walls of a building.
- (economics) The volume that tips the balance between the demand and the supply toward demand lagging supply.
- projection that extends beyond or hangs over something else
verb
- (intransitive) To communicate to oneself in one's mind, to try to find a solution to a problem.
- To presume; to venture.
- (transitive) To have (some statement) in one's mind; to say to oneself mentally.
- (intransitive) To conceive of something or someone [with of; or (rare) with on]
- (transitive) To ponder, to go over in one's mind.
- To plan; to be considering; to be of a mind (to do something).
- (informal, used to show obviousness or agreement) Ellipsis of think so.
- (transitive) To guess; to reckon; to believe while admittedly being uncertain.
- (transitive) To be of opinion (that); to consider, judge, regard, or look upon (something) as.
- (obsolete except in methinks) To seem, to appear.
- expect, believe, or suppose
- be capable of conscious thought
- bring into a given condition by mental preoccupation
- judge or regard; look upon; judge
- focus one's attention on a certain state
- have in mind as a purpose
- dispose the mind in a certain way
- imagine or visualize
- decide by pondering, reasoning, or reflecting
- have or formulate in the mind
- recall knowledge from memory; have a recollection
- use or exercise the mind or one's power of reason in order to make inferences, decisions, or arrive at a solution or judgments
- ponder; reflect on, or reason about
noun
verb
adj
- Having a fine edge or point; sharp.
- (British) Of prices, extremely low as to be competitive.
- (chiefly Commonwealth) Often with a prepositional phrase, or with to and an infinitive: showing a quick and ardent responsiveness or willingness; eager, enthusiastic, interested.
- Fierce, intense, vehement.
- Acrimonious, bitter, piercing.
- Acute of mind, having or expressing mental acuteness; penetrating, sharp.
- Of cold, wind, etc.: cutting, penetrating, piercing, sharp.
- having or demonstrating ability to recognize or draw fine distinctions
- excellent
- painful as if caused by a sharp instrument
- having a sharp cutting edge or point
- intense or sharp
noun
verb
- (intransitive) To propose or express one's willingness (to do something).
- (transitive) To present (something) for sale.
- (transitive) To place at someone’s disposal; to present (something) to be either accepted or turned down.
- (transitive) To present (something) to God or gods, as a gesture of worship or as a sacrifice.
- (transitive, of a thing) To present (something) to the sight etc.; to provide for use, consideration etc.
- (transitive) To present in words; to proffer; to make a proposal of; to suggest.
- (transitive) To put in opposition to; to manifest in an offensive or defensive way; to threaten.
- (transitive) To bid, as a price, reward, or wages.
- (transitive, engineering) To place (something) in a position where it can be added to an existing mechanical assembly.
- (intransitive) To happen, to present itself.
- ask (someone) to marry you
- present for acceptance or rejection
- produce or introduce on the stage
- offer verbally
- propose a payment
- agree freely
- mount or put up
- threaten to do something
- give something useful or necessary to
- present as an act of worship
- make available for sale
- make available; provide
- put forward for consideration
noun
- Something put forth, bid, proffered or tendered.
- A proposal that has been made.
- (used in combinations from phrasal verbs) agent noun of off
- (law) An invitation to enter into a binding contract communicated to another party which contains terms sufficiently definite to create an enforceable contract if the other party accepts the invitation.
- a usually brief attempt
- the verbal act of offering
- something offered (as a proposal or bid)
verb
- (intransitive) Followed by to: to take action with respect to someone or something; to deal with.
- (intransitive) Followed by to: to look after someone or something.
- (intransitive) Followed by at: to go to and be present at a place for some purpose; also (obsolete), followed by on: to be present at and take part in an event.
- (intransitive) Often followed by to, upon, or with: to give consideration; to pay attention.
- (intransitive) To be ready to wait upon someone or their instructions as an attendant, servant, etc.; also (followed by on or upon), to accompany someone in order to assist or wait upon them.
- (transitive) To be present at (an event or place) in order to take part in some action or proceedings; also, to regularly go to (an event or place).
- (intransitive) Followed by on or upon: of a (chiefly immaterial) thing: to be consequent on or present with.
- (transitive) To take action with respect to (someone, or something such as a concern, problem, or task); to deal with, to handle.
- (transitive) To wait on (someone or their instructions) as an attendant, servant, etc.; also (specifically of a gentleman-in-waiting or lady-in-waiting to a member of royalty), to accompany (someone) in order to assist or wait upon them; to escort.
- (transitive) To care for (someone requiring attention); specifically, of a doctor, nurse, etc.: to provide professional care to (someone).
- (transitive) Of a (chiefly immaterial) thing: to be consequent to or present with (someone or something); to accompany.
- take charge of or deal with
- give heed (to)
- to accompany as a circumstance or follow as a result
- be present at (meetings, church services, university), etc.
- work for, or be a servant to
verb
- (intransitive) To intervene in a dispute, or in a conversation.
- (transitive) To insert something (or oneself) between other things.
- (transitive) To offer (one's help or services).
- (intransitive) To be inserted between parts or things; to come between.
- (transitive) To interrupt a conversation by introducing a different subject or making a comment.
- get involved, so as to alter or hinder an action, or through force or threat of force
- to insert between other elements
- to put forth by way of intervention
- be or come between
verb
- (intransitive) To be accepted.
- To apply oneself; to undertake; to have as one's goal or intention. (Compare be going to.)
- (intransitive) To move or travel in order to do something, or to do something while moving.
- (transitive) To make the (specified) sound.
- (copulative, rather informal, followed by an adjective) To become (often used with colors and negative states).
- To come (to a certain condition or state).
- To be expressed or composed (a certain way).
- (intransitive) To collapse or give way, to break apart.
- (intransitive) To make an effort, to subject oneself (to something).
- (transitive) To yield or weigh.
- (intransitive) To die.
- (transitive, intransitive) To survive or get by; to last or persist for a stated length of time.
- (intransitive) To take a turn, especially in a game.
- (intransitive) To navigate (to a file or folder on a computer, a site on the internet, a memory, etc).
- To contribute to a (specified) end product or result.
- (imperative) Expressing encouragement or approval.
- (transitive) To take (a particular part or share); to participate in to the extent of.
- (intransitive) To be valid or applicable.
- (intransitive) To leave; to move away.
- (intransitive, colloquial, euphemistic) To fight, usually with the fists.
- To travel or pass along.
- (intransitive, colloquial, with another verb, sometimes linked by and) To proceed (especially to do something foolish).
- (intransitive, of time) To elapse, to pass; to slip away. (Compare go by.)
- (intransitive) To fight or attack.
- (intransitive) To extend (from one point in time or space to another).
- (in phrases with 'as') Used to express how some category of things generally is, as a reference for, contrast to, or comparison with, a particular example.
- (intransitive, cricket, of a wicket) To be lost.
- To move to (a position or state).
- (intransitive) To start; to begin (an action or process).
- (intransitive, snooker) Of a ball, to be capable of being potted, not having its path to the pocket obstructed by other balls.
- (intransitive) To extend along.
- (intransitive, usually followed by with) To pass (a specified time) in gestation; to be pregnant.
- (transitive, colloquial) To say (something, aloud or to oneself).
- (transitive, colloquial) To enjoy. (Compare go for.)
- (intransitive, chiefly of a machine) To work or function (properly); to move or perform (as required).
- (intransitive, often followed by a preposition) To fit.
- (transitive, Australian slang) To attack.
- (intransitive) To date.
- (transitive, sports) To have a certain record.
- (intransitive) To sound; to make a noise.
- (intransitive) To be given, especially to be assigned or allotted.
- (intransitive) To belong (somewhere).
- (intransitive) To be spent or used up.
- (intransitive, cricket, of a batsman) To be out.
- (intransitive) To be compatible, especially of colors or food and drink.
- (intransitive, colloquial) To go to the toilet; to urinate or defecate.
- (intransitive) Of an opinion or instruction, to have (final) authority; to be authoritative.
- (intransitive) To move through space (especially to or through a place). (May be used of tangible things such as people or cars, or intangible things such as moods or information.)
- (intransitive) To work (through or over), especially mentally.
- (intransitive) To be sold.
- To assume the obligation or function of; to be, to serve as.
- (intransitive) To break down or decay.
- (intransitive) To be discarded or disposed of.
- To move (a particular distance, or in a particular fashion).
- (intransitive) To proceed (often in a specified manner, indicating the perceived quality of an event or state).
- (intransitive) To tend (toward a result)
- To turn out, to result; to come to (a certain result).
- (intransitive) To end or disappear. (Compare go away.)
- (intransitive) To attend.
- (intransitive, copulative) To continuously or habitually be in a state.
- (intransitive) To lead (to a place); to give access (to).
- To follow or proceed according to (a course or path).
- (transitive) To (begin to) date or have sex with (a particular race).
- (UK, especially MLE, Australia, Singapore, intransitive, colloquial) Clipping of go to the.
- (intransitive) To resort (to).
- (intransitive) To move or travel through time (either literally—in a fictional or hypothetical situation in which time travel is possible—or in one's mind or knowledge of the historical record). (See also go back.)
- (transitive, intransitive) To offer, bid or bet an amount; to pay; to sell for.
- be sounded, played, or expressed
- lead, extend, or afford access
- change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
- be spent
- go through in search of something; search through someone's belongings in an unauthorized way
- pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life
- to be spent or finished
- be or continue to be in a certain condition
- be the right size or shape; fit correctly or as desired
- progress by being changed
- be abolished or discarded
- begin or set in motion
- be contained in
- stop operating or functioning
- have a turn; make one's move in a game
- pass, fare, or elapse; of a certain state of affairs or action
- follow a procedure or take a course
- enter or assume a certain state or condition
- be ranked or compare
- be awarded; be allotted
- move away from a place into another direction
- blend or harmonize
- make a certain noise or sound
- be in the right place or situation
- follow a certain course
- perform as expected when applied
- give support (to) or make a choice (of) one out of a group or number
- continue to live and avoid dying
- have a particular form
- stretch out over a distance, space, time, or scope; run or extend between two points or beyond a certain point
adj
noun
- An attempt, a try.
- An act; the working or operation.
- (uncountable) Power of going or doing; energy; vitality; perseverance.
- (cribbage) The situation where a player cannot play a card which will not carry the aggregate count above thirty-one.
- A period of activity.
- A turn at something, or in something (e.g. a game).
- (uncommon) The act of going.
- (board games) A strategic board game, originally from China and today also popular in Japan and Korea, in which two players (black and white) attempt to control the largest area of the board with their counters.
- A time; an experience.
- An approval or permission to do something, or that which has been approved.
- street names for methylenedioxymethamphetamine
- a time period for working (after which you will be relieved by someone else)
- a usually brief attempt
- a board game for two players who place counters on a grid; the object is to surround and so capture the opponent's counters
verb
- make a solicitation or entreaty for something; request urgently or persistently
- make amorous advances towards
- make a solicitation or petition for something desired
- incite, move, or persuade to some act of lawlessness or insubordination
- approach with an offer of sexual favors
- To make a petition.
- (transitive) To persistently endeavor to obtain an object, or bring about an event.
- (transitive) To woo; to court.
- (transitive) To offer to perform sexual activity, especially when for a payment.
- (transitive) To persuade or incite one to commit some act, especially illegal or sexual behavior.
- (transitive) To urge the claims of; to plead; to act as solicitor for or with reference to.
verb
- make a solicitation or entreaty for something; request urgently or persistently
- draw (liquor) from a tap
- tap a telephone or telegraph wire to get information
- cut a female screw thread with a tap
- draw from or dip into to get something
- pierce in order to draw a liquid from
- dance and make rhythmic clicking sounds by means of metal plates nailed to the sole of the dance shoes
- furnish with a tap or spout, so as to be able to draw liquid from it
- make light, repeated taps on a surface
- strike lightly
- draw from; make good use of
- walk with a tapping sound
- (poker) To force (an opponent) to place all their poker chips in the pot (that is, to go all in) by wagering all of one's own chips.
- (informal) To ask or beg for (something) to be given for free; to cadge, to scrounge; also, to ask or beg (someone) to give something for free.
- To cut an external screw thread into (a bolt or rod) to create a screw.
- To draw off (a liquid) from a container or other source; also, to draw off a liquid from (a container or other source).
- (medicine, informal) To drain off fluid from (a person or a body cavity) by paracentesis.
- (chiefly US, informal) To choose or designate (someone) for a duty, an honour, membership of an organization, or a position.
- (slang) To shoot (someone or something) with a firearm.
- (slang, vulgar) To have sexual intercourse with (someone).
- (combat sports) To submit to an opponent, chiefly by indicating an intention to do so by striking a hand on the ground several times; to tap out.
- Often followed by at or on: to strike lightly with a clear sound; also, to make a sharp noise through this action.
- (communication, chiefly law enforcement) To connect a listening and/or recording device to (a communication cable or device) in order to listen in secretly on telephone calls or other communications; also, to secretly listen in on and/or record (a telephone call or other communication).
- (transitive) To lightly touch a touchscreen, usually an icon or button, to activate a function.
- Of a bell, a drum, etc.: to make a sharp noise, often as a signal.
- (slang) Also in the form tap on the shoulder: to arrest (someone).
- To break into or open up (a thing) so as to obtain something; to exploit, to penetrate; tap into.
- To furnish (a container, etc.) with a tap (noun etymology 1 sense 2.2) so that liquid can be drawn.
- To put (a screw or other object) in or through another thing.
- To click on something, usually a device.
- (graphical user interface) To invoke a function on an electronic device such as a mobile phone by touching (a button, icon, or specific location on its touch screen).
- To strike (someone or something), chiefly lightly with a clear sound, but sometimes hard.
- To walk by striking the ground lightly with a clear sound.
- (combat sports) To force (an opponent) to submit, chiefly by indicating their intention to do so by striking a hand on the ground several times; to tap out.
- (British, dialectal or US) To repair (an item of footwear) by putting on a new heel or sole, or a piece of material on to the heel or sole.
- To (lightly) touch (a finger, foot, or other body part) on a surface, often repeatedly.
- To deplete (something); to tap out.
- To act as a tapster; to draw an alcoholic beverage from a container.
- (horticulture) To remove a taproot from (a plant).
- (board games, card games) To turn over (a playing card or playing piece) to remind players that it has already been used in that round.
- To cut an internal screw thread in (a hole); also, to cut (an internal screw thread) in a hole, or to create an internally threaded hole in (something).
- (transitive) To lightly and repeatedly touch (a person or one or more body parts) as part of various forms of psychological treatment.
noun
- a light touch or stroke
- a plug for a bunghole in a cask
- the sound made by a gentle blow
- a tool for cutting female (internal) screw threads
- a gentle blow
- a faucet for drawing water from a pipe or cask
- a small metal plate that attaches to the toe or heel of a shoe (as in tap dancing)
- the act of tapping a telephone or telegraph line to get information
- A device used to listen in secretly on telephone calls or other communications.
- (graphical user interface) An act of touching a button, icon, or specific location on the touch screen of an electronic device such as a mobile phone to invoke a function.
- (informal, minimizer, chiefly in the negative) The smallest amount of work; a stroke of work.
- A conical peg or pin used to close and open the hole or vent in a container.
- (British) Ellipsis of taphouse or taproom (“place where alcoholic beverages are served on tap”).
- (British, electrical engineering, mechanical engineering) A connection made to an electrical or fluid conductor without breaking it; a tapping.
- (uncountable, dance) Ellipsis of tap dance.
- A secret interception of telephone calls or other communications using such a device; also, a recording of such a communication.
- (medicine, informal) A procedure that removes fluid from a body cavity; paracentesis.
- (British, dialectal or US) A piece of leather or other material fastened upon the bottom of an item of footwear when repairing the heel or sole; also (England, dialectal) the sole of an item of footwear.
- (phonetics) A single muscle contraction in vocal organs causing a consonant sound; also, the sound so made.
- (dance) One of the metal pieces attached to the sole of a tap dancer's shoe at the toe and heel to cause a tapping sound.
- A light blow or strike with a clear sound; a gentle rap; a pat; also, the sound made by such a blow or strike.
- (firearms, slang) A shot fired from a firearm.
- (mechanics) A cylindrical tool used to cut an internal screw thread in a hole, with cutting edges around the lower end and an upper end to which a handle is fitted to turn the tool.
- An object with a tapering conical form like a tap (etymology 1 sense 1); specifically, ellipsis of taproot (“long, tapering root of a plant”).
- A hollow device used to control the flow of a fluid, such as an alcoholic beverage from a cask, or a gas or liquid in a pipe.
- (finance) A situation where a borrowing government authority issues bonds over a period of time, usually at a fixed price, with volumes sold on a particular day dependent on market conditions.
- (India, chiefly East India) A malarial fever.
- Liquor drawn through a tap (etymology 1 sense 2.2); hence, a certain kind or quality of liquor; also (figurative, informal), a certain kind or quality of any thing.
verb
adj
noun
- (often in plural) An approach or proposal made to initiate communication, establish a relationship etc.
- (Scotland) A motion placed before a legislative body, such as the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland.
- (music) A musical introduction to a longer piece of music or a dramatic work (such as a play, an opera, or a motion picture).
- (music) A medley of themes from a larger work, such as an opera or musical, typically played at the beginning but sometimes played at any part of the work or performed as a standalone piece.
- orchestral music played at the beginning of an opera or oratorio
- something that serves as a preceding event or introduces what follows
- a tentative suggestion designed to elicit the reactions of others
verb
- (intransitive) To apply, request, or submit.
- (transitive) To place inside.
- (transitive) To fill in on a form or questionnaire; to use as an answer on a form or questionnaire.
- (transitive) To contribute.
- (transitive) To declare or make official
- (transitive) To install or deliver.
- (transitive) To plant a crop.
- (transitive) To make (a telephone call).
- (transitive, ditransitive) To imprison or place in a prison cell.
- (transitive, slang, African-American Vernacular) To injure the body of (someone).
- keep or lay aside for future use
- place, fit, or thrust (something) into another thing
- to insert between other elements
- make an application as for a job or funding
- set up for use
- break into a conversation
verb
- (intransitive) To submit.
- (intransitive) To be inclined; to direct itself.
- (transitive, music) To smoothly change the pitch of a note.
- (transitive) To force to submit.
- (transitive) To adapt or interpret to for a purpose or beneficiary.
- (transitive) To cause to change direction.
- (transitive, nautical) To tie, as in securing a line to a cleat; to shackle a chain to an anchor; make fast.
- (intransitive) To become curved.
- (intransitive) To change direction.
- (intransitive) To bow in prayer, or in token of submission.
- (transitive) To apply to a task or purpose.
- (intransitive, usually with "down") To stoop.
- (transitive) To cause (something) to change its shape into a curve, by physical force, chemical action, or any other means.
- (intransitive) To apply oneself to a task or purpose.
- (intransitive, nautical) To swing the body when rowing.
- bend one's back forward from the waist on down
- change direction
- bend a joint
- form a curve
- cause (an object) to assume a crooked or angular form
- turn from a straight course, fixed direction, or line of interest
noun
- (in the plural, medicine, underwater diving, with the) A severe condition caused by excessively quick decompression, causing bubbles of nitrogen to form in the blood; decompression sickness.
- (nautical, in the plural) The thickest and strongest planks in a ship's sides, more generally called wales, which have the beams, knees, and futtocks bolted to them.
- A curve.
- (nautical, in the plural) The frames or ribs that form the ship's body from the keel to the top of the sides.
- (music) A glissando, or glide between one pitch and another, especially one accomplished by bending a string (such as on guitar).
- (mining) Hard, indurated clay; bind.
- In the leather trade, the best quality of sole leather; a butt; sometimes, half a butt cut lengthwise.
- (heraldry) One of the honourable ordinaries formed by two diagonal lines drawn from the dexter chief to the sinister base; it generally occupies a fifth part of the shield if uncharged, but if charged one third.
- Any of the various knots which join the ends of two lines.
- an angular or rounded shape made by folding
- a circular segment of a curve
- curved segment (of a road or river or railroad track etc.)
- movement that causes the formation of a curve
- diagonal line traversing a shield from the upper right corner to the lower left
verb
- (intransitive) To come towards; to approach.
- (idiomatic, intransitive) To emerge or become known, especially unexpectedly.
- (intransitive) To appear (before a judge or court).
- (African-American Vernacular, slang, intransitive) To do well or be successful.
- (intransitive) To reach in height.
- (UK, Oxford University, intransitive) To arrive at the university. (Compare go down, send down.)
- (intransitive) To be revealed to have a certain value, quality, or status.
- (intransitive) To come to attention and present oneself; to arrive or appear.
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see come, up.
- (African-American Vernacular, slang, intransitive) To happen or occur.
- (British, slang, intransitive) To begin to feel the effects of a recreational drug.
- (intransitive, of a heavenly body) To rise (above the horizon).
- (intransitive) To draw near in time.
- (African-American Vernacular, slang, intransitive) To grow up; to experience a childhood.
- (intransitive) To approach a time or scheduled event.
- result or issue
- come up, of celestial bodies
- originate or come into being
- be mentioned
- start running, functioning, or operating
- bring forth, usually something desirable
- come to the surface
- gather or bring together
- gather (money or other resources) together over time
- move upward
- get something or somebody for a specific purpose
- move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
noun
verb
- (intransitive, usually, as imperative) To begin to speak.
- (wrestling) To lunge.
- To protrude; to jut; to project; to extend.
- (transitive, intransitive, analogous) To photograph.
- (intransitive) To move very quickly and suddenly.
- (transitive) To fire (a projectile).
- (professional wrestling) To deviate from kayfabe, either intentionally or accidentally; to actually connect with unchoreographed fighting blows and maneuvers, or speak one's mind (instead of an agreed script).
- To variegate as if by sprinkling or intermingling; to color in spots or patches. (See shot silk on Wikipedia)
- (surfing) To ride a wave.
- (intransitive) To cause a weapon to discharge a projectile.
- (intransitive) To hunt birds, etc. with a gun.
- (carpentry) To plane straight; to fit by planing.
- (aviation) To carry out, or attempt to carry out (an approach to an airport runway).
- To drink (a shot of an alcoholic beverage).
- (transitive, intransitive, colloquial) To inject a drug (such as heroin) intravenously.
- (transitive, slang) To ejaculate.
- To go over or pass quickly through.
- (nautical) To move ahead by force of momentum, as a sailing vessel when the helm is put hard alee.
- (surveying) To measure the distance and direction to (a point).
- To germinate; to bud; to sprout.
- (transitive) To hunt on (a piece of land); to kill game in or on.
- (transitive) To fire a projectile at (a person or target).
- (transitive) To tip (something, especially coal) down a chute.
- To grow; to advance.
- (transitive) To penetrate, like a missile; to dart with a piercing sensation.
- (transitive) To push or thrust a bolt quickly; hence, to open a lock.
- To push or thrust forward; to project; to protrude; often with out.
- To send out or forth, especially with a rapid or sudden motion; to cast with the hand; to hurl; to discharge; to emit.
- (transitive) To travel or ride on (breaking waves) rowards the shore.
- To carry out a seismic survey with geophones in an attempt to detect oil.
- (intransitive) To discharge a missile; said of a weapon.
- (informal, ditransitive) To send to someone.
- (transitive) To fire (a weapon that releases a projectile).
- To make the stated score.
- (transitive, intransitive, analogous, film, television) To film.
- (transitive, figurative) To dismiss or do away with.
- (card games) To shoot the moon.
- (gambling) To throw dice.
- kill by firing a missile
- variegate by interweaving weft threads of different colors
- record on photographic film
- send forth suddenly, intensely, swiftly
- move quickly and violently
- throw dice, as in a crap game
- spend frivolously and unwisely
- measure the altitude of by using a sextant
- force or drive (a fluid or gas) into by piercing
- utter fast and forcefully
- run or move very quickly or hastily
- hit with a missile from a weapon
- give an injection to
- cause a sharp and sudden pain in
- produce buds, branches, or germinate
- make a film or photograph of something
- throw or propel in a specific direction or towards a specific objective
- emit (as light, flame, or fumes) suddenly and forcefully
- fire a shot; release
- score
intj
noun
- A rush of water; a rapid.
- An inclined plane, either artificial or natural, down which timber, coal, ore, etc., are caused to slide; a chute.
- A seismic survey carried out with geophones in an attempt to detect oil.
- The emerging stem and embryonic leaves of a new plant.
- (card games) The act of taking all point cards in one hand.
- A hunt or shooting competition.
- The act of shooting; the discharge of a missile; a shot.
- (mining) A vein of ore running in the same general direction as the lode.
- (professional wrestling, slang) An event that is unscripted or legitimate.
- A shoat; a young pig.
- A photography session.
- (weaving) A weft thread shot through the shed by the shuttle; a pick.
- the act of shooting at targets
- a new branch
verb
- (intransitive) To meet.
- (intransitive, figurative) To begin proceeding correctly; for a complex plan with many components to work out eventually.
- (intransitive) To arrive at a destination with someone after having travelled there with each other.
- (intransitive) To assemble; to congregate; to combine.
- (intransitive, slang) To achieve orgasm at the same time.
- (intransitive, figurative) To harmonize socially; to come to an amicable agreement; to ally or band together.
- come together, as if in an embrace
verb
- (intransitive) To be received or accepted.
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see go, down.
- (intransitive, UK, colloquial) To be pleasant, etc., when eaten or drunk.
- (nautical, of a ship or boat) To sink.
- (intransitive, slang, African-American Vernacular, of a gang) To attack another gang.
- (intransitive, slang) To take place, happen.
- (intransitive) To be blamed for something; to be the scapegoat; to go to prison.
- (intransitive, of a heavenly body) Synonym of set, to disappear below the horizon.
- (aviation, intransitive) To crash.
- To descend; to move from a higher place to a lower one.
- (intransitive) To fall (down); to fall to the floor.
- (intransitive) To decrease; to change from a greater value to a lesser one.
- (intransitive, slang) To be soundly defeated.
- (intransitive) To be recorded or remembered (as).
- (intransitive, computing, engineering) To stop functioning, to go offline.
- (intransitive, with on) To perform oral sex.
- stop operating
- move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way
- disappear beyond the horizon
- be recorded or remembered
- be defeated
- go under
- be ingested
- grow smaller
verb
- (intransitive) To undulate.
- (intransitive) To be irresolute; to waver.
- (transitive) To cause to vary irregularly.
- (intransitive) To vary irregularly; to swing.
- (rare, figuratively, also literally) To rise and fall as a wave; to be tossed up and down the waves.
- move or sway in a rising and falling or wavelike pattern
- be unstable
- cause to fluctuate or move in a wavelike pattern
verb
- (transitive, intransitive) To say something in return; to answer; to reply.
- (ambitransitive) To correspond with; to suit.
- (intransitive) To act in return; to carry out an action or in return to a force or stimulus; to do something in response.
- (transitive) To satisfy; to answer.
- (intransitive) To be liable for payment.
- respond favorably or as hoped
- show a response or a reaction to something
- react verbally