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verb
- (intransitive) To persist.
- (transitive) To tolerate, to endure, to stick with.
- (transitive) To place, set down (quickly or carelessly).
- (transitive) To fix on a pointed instrument; to impale.
- (intransitive) To remain loyal; to remain firm.
- (transitive, now only in dialects) To stab.
- (transitive, gymnastics, aviation, sports) To perform (a landing or a shot) perfectly.
- (transitive) To press (something with a sharp point) into something else.
- (intransitive) Of snow, to remain frozen on landing.
- To hit with a stick.
- (transitive, joinery) To run or plane (mouldings) in a machine, in contradistinction to working them by hand. Such mouldings are said to be stuck.
- (intransitive, blackjack, chiefly UK) To stand pat: to cease taking any more cards and finalize one's hand.
- (botany, transitive) To propagate plants by cuttings.
- (carpentry) To cut a piece of wood to be the stick member of a cope-and-stick joint.
- (intransitive, US, slang) To have sexual intercourse with.
- (transitive) To furnish or set with sticks.
- (intransitive) To jam; to stop moving.
- (intransitive) To become or remain attached; to adhere.
- (transitive) To attach with glue or as if by gluing.
- fasten with an adhesive material like glue
- pierce with a thrust using a pointed instrument
- cover and decorate with objects that pierce the surface
- be loyal to
- fasten into place by fixing an end or point into something
- stick to firmly
- be in a certain place and not leave
- come or be in close contact with; stick or hold together and resist separation
- be a mystery or bewildering to
- fasten with or as with pins or nails
- saddle with something disagreeable or disadvantageous
- pierce or penetrate or puncture with something pointed
- be a devoted follower or supporter
- put, fix, force, or implant
- endure
- be or become fixed
adj
noun
- A small, thin branch from a tree or bush; a twig; a branch.
- (slang) Vigorous driving of a car; gas.
- (US) A timber board, especially a two by four (inches).
- (military) The structure to which a set of bombs in a bomber aircraft are attached and which drops the bombs when it is released. The bombs themselves and, by extension, any load of similar items dropped in quick succession such as paratroopers or containers.
- (slang) A bar (counter where drinks are served).
- (nautical) A mast or part of a mast of a ship; also, a yard.
- (golf) The pole bearing a small flag that marks the hole.
- (fishing) The amount of fishing line resting on the water surface before a cast; line stick.
- (boardsports) A board as used in board sports, such as a surfboard, snowboard, or skateboard.
- (horse racing) The short whip carried by a jockey.
- (figurative) A negative stimulus or a punishment. (This sense derives from the metaphor of using a stick, a long piece of wood, to poke or beat a beast of burden to compel it to move forward.)
- (uncountable) That which sticks (remains attached to another surface).
- (US, colloquial, uncountable) Vehicles, collectively, equipped with manual transmissions.
- (baseball) General hitting ability.
- (carpentry) The vertical member of a cope-and-stick joint.
- A standard rectangular strip of chewing gum.
- (sports, generically) A long thin implement used to control a ball or puck in sports like hockey, polo, and lacrosse.
- A relatively long, thin piece of wood, of any size.
- (field hockey or ice hockey) The potential accuracy of a hockey stick, implicating also the player using it.
- Any roughly cylindrical (or rectangular) unit of a substance.
- (golf) The long-range driving ability of a golf club.
- (aviation, uncountable) Use of the stick to control the aircraft.
- A cudgel or truncheon (usually of wood, metal or plastic), especially one carried by police or guards.
- (slang) A cigarette (usually a tobacco cigarette, less often a marijuana cigarette).
- (video games) A joystick.
- (US, slang, uncountable) The cue used in billiards, pool, snooker, etc.
- (computing) A memory stick.
- (US, colloquial) A manual transmission, a vehicle equipped with a manual transmission, so called because of the stick-like, i.e. twig-like, control (the gear shift) with which the driver of such a vehicle controls its transmission.
- (uncountable) The tendency to stick (remain stuck), stickiness.
- A cane or walking stick (usually wooden, metal or plastic) to aid in walking.
- (slang) A handgun.
- (computing) Any of the eight 16-character groups making up the 128 characters of the 7-bit ASCII character set.
- (countable) A thrust with a pointed instrument; a stab.
- (slang) Vigor; spirit; effort, energy, intensity.
- The game of pool, or an individual pool game.
- (chiefly Canada, US) A small rectangular block, with a length several times its width, which contains by volume one half of a cup of shortening (butter, margarine or lard).
- (baseball) The potential hitting power of a specific bat.
- (figuratively) A piece (of furniture, especially if wooden).
- (jazz, slang) The clarinet.
- (slang, uncountable) Corporal punishment, beatings
- (British, figurative) Criticism or ridicule, often in the expressions "get a lot of stick", "get some stick", "come in for some stick", etc.
- (aviation) The control column of an aircraft; a joystick. (By convention, a wheel-like control mechanism with a handgrip on opposite sides, similar to the steering wheel of an automobile, can also be called the "stick", although "yoke" or "control wheel" is more commonly seen.)
- (US military slang, World War I) An aircraft’s propeller.
- A bunch of something wrapped around or attached to a stick.
- (motor racing) The traction of tires on the road surface.
- a small thin branch of a tree
- a long implement (usually made of wood) that is shaped so that hockey or polo players can hit a puck or ball
- a long thin implement resembling a length of wood
- a rectangular quarter pound block of butter or margarine
- threat of a penalty
- an implement consisting of a length of wood
- a lever used by a pilot to control the ailerons and elevators of an airplane
- marijuana leaves rolled into a cigarette for smoking
- informal terms for the leg
verb
- (intransitive) To continue functioning; to maintain.
- (transitive) To see that (a person) is continually supplied with something, or that they can progress or carry on.
- (transitive) To proceed; to make progress, physically or figuratively.
- continue uninterrupted
- be a regular customer or client of
- suffice for a period between two points
verb
- (intransitive) To survive; to persevere; to continue.
- (intransitive) To endure in memory; to escape oblivion.
- (intransitive) To be alive; to have life.
- (transitive) To act habitually in conformity with; to practice; to exemplify in one's way of life.
- (intransitive, informal) (of an object) to have its proper place; to normally be stored.
- (intransitive, followed by on, upon, or by) To maintain or support one's existence; to provide for oneself; to feed; to subsist.
- (intransitive) To have permanent residence somewhere, to inhabit, to reside.
- (intransitive) To outlast danger; (of a ship or boat) to float.
- (intransitive, hyperbolic) To cope.
- (intransitive) To pass life in a specified manner.
- (transitive) To spend, as one's life; to pass; to maintain; to continue in, constantly or habitually.
- (intransitive, informal) To make the most of life; to experience a full, rich life.
- pursue a positive and satisfying existence
- support oneself
- be an inhabitant of or reside in
- have life, be alive
- have firsthand knowledge of states, situations, emotions, or sensations
- lead a certain kind of life; live in a certain style
- continue to live and avoid dying
adj
- (only used attributively) Having life; that is alive.
- Outstanding, top-notch, exhilarating.
- (entertainment, performing) Recorded from a performance in front of an audience.
- (broadcasting) Being broadcast ("on the air"), as it happens.
- (of a performance or speech) In person.
- (engineering) Imparting power; having motion.
- Being in a state of ignition; burning.
- (programming) Of an object or value: that may potentially be used in the future execution of a program.
- Having active properties; being energized.
- (film) Featuring humans; not animated, in the phrases “live actors” or “live action”.
- (sports) Still in active play.
- Operational; in actual use rather than in testing etc.
- (poker) Being a bet which can be raised by the bettor, usually in reference to a blind or straddle.
- Taken from a living animal.
- Being in existence; actual.
- Able to fire or explode (of firearms or explosives).
- (linguistics) Of a syllable in languages such as Thai and Burmese: resonating, not ending abruptly.
- Of an environment where sound is recorded: having noticeable reverberation.
- (card games) Of a card: not yet dealt or played.
- (circuitry) Electrically charged or energized, usually indicating that the item may cause electrocution if touched.
- highly reverberant
- elastic; rebounds readily
- possessing life
- charged or energized with electricity
- in current use or ready for use
- capable of erupting
- abounding with life and energy
- charged with an explosive
- of current relevance
- actually being performed at the time of hearing or viewing
- exerting force or containing energy
adv
verb
- (intransitive) To continue in extent.
- (intransitive) To continue an action.
- (intransitive) To proceed (to do something).
- (intransitive) To move or proceed so as to become "on" in any of various senses.
- (intransitive) To talk frequently or at great length (about a subject).
- (transitive) To use and adopt (information) in order to understand an issue, make a decision, etc.; to go by.
- (intransitive) To happen (occur).
- move forward, also in the metaphorical sense
- start running, functioning, or operating
- continue talking
- continue a certain state, condition, or activity
- come to pass
intj
verb
- (intransitive) To continue.
- (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, 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.
- (intransitive) To decline or not attempt to answer a question.
- (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
- (intransitive) Of an object or concept, to continue to exist.
- (intransitive) Of a person, to continue to live; to remain alive.
- (transitive) To live past (a life-threatening event)
- (intransitive) To be a victim of nonfatal but substantial harm and nonetheless to display the strength to heal; especially, after a crime or an illness, especially sexual or physical abuse or assault, cancer, or a natural disaster.
- (transitive) To live longer than (someone); to outlive (someone or something); to outlast (something).
- (intransitive, sports) Of a team, to avoid relegation or demotion to a lower division or league.
- continue in existence after (an adversity, etc.)
- support oneself
- live longer than
- continue to live and avoid dying
verb
- (intransitive) To remain valid.
- (intransitive) To be placed in an upright or vertical orientation.
- (intransitive, copulative) To support oneself on the feet in an erect position.
- (intransitive) To rise to one’s feet; to stand up.
- (intransitive) To appear in court.
- (intransitive, British) To be a candidate (in an election).
- (intransitive, copulative) To remain motionless.
- (card games) To stop asking for more cards; to keep one's hand as it has been dealt so far.
- (intransitive, of tears, sweat, etc.) To be present, to have welled up.
- (transitive) To cover the expense of; to pay for.
- (intransitive, nautical) Of a ship or its captain, to steer, sail (in a specified direction, for a specified destination etc.).
- (transitive) To oppose, usually as a team, in competition.
- (intransitive) To have or maintain a position, order, or rank; to be in a particular relation.
- (intransitive, copulative) To maintain one's ground; to be acquitted; not to fail or yield; to be safe.
- (intransitive) To measure when erect on the feet.
- (intransitive, followed by to + infinitive) To be positioned to gain or lose.
- (intransitive, cricket) To act as an umpire.
- (intransitive, copulative) To remain without ruin or injury.
- (intransitive) To be consistent; to agree; to accord.
- (transitive) To undergo; withstand; hold up.
- (transitive) To place in an upright or standing position.
- (intransitive, copulative) To maintain an invincible or permanent attitude; to be fixed, steady, or firm; to take a position in resistance or opposition.
- (transitive, chiefly in the negative) To tolerate.
- (intransitive) To occupy or hold a place; to be set, placed, fixed, located, or situated.
- hold one's ground; maintain a position; be steadfast or upright
- put up with something or somebody unpleasant
- withstand the force of something
- be standing; be upright
- be available for stud services
- have or maintain a position or stand on an issue
- be tall; have a height of; copula
- occupy a place or location, also metaphorically
- be in effect; be or remain in force
- be in some specified state or condition
- put into an upright position
- remain inactive or immobile
noun
- (sports) Grandstand. (often in the plural)
- (forestry) A contiguous group of trees sufficiently uniform in age-class distribution, composition, and structure, and growing on a site of sufficiently uniform quality, to be a distinguishable unit.
- A small building, booth, or stage, as in a bandstand or hamburger stand.
- (cricket) A partnership.
- The platform on which a witness testifies in court; the witness stand or witness box.
- (US, historical) Ellipsis of tavern stand (“a roadside inn”).
- A young tree, usually reserved when other trees are cut; also, a tree growing or standing upon its own root, in distinction from one produced from a scion set in a stock, either of the same or another kind of tree.
- A location or position where one may stand.
- (advertising) An advertisement filling an entire billboard, comprising many sheets of paper.
- (historical) An area of raised seating for waiters at the stock exchange.
- (military, plural often stand) A single set, as of arms.
- A resolute, unwavering position; firm opinion; action for a purpose in the face of opposition.
- The act of standing.
- A designated spot where someone or something may stand or wait.
- A particular grove or other group of trees or shrubs.
- A period of performance in a given location or venue.
- A standstill, a motionless state, as of someone confused, or a hunting dog who has found game.
- A defensive position or effort.
- A device to hold something upright or aloft.
- the position where a thing or person stands
- a platform where a (brass) band can play in the open air
- a stop made by a touring musical or theatrical group to give a performance
- a booth where articles are displayed for sale
- a support or foundation
- a defensive effort
- an interruption of normal activity
- a growth of similar plants (usually trees) in a particular area
- a mental position from which things are viewed
- a support for displaying or holding various articles
- tiered seats consisting of a structure (often made of wood) where people can sit to watch an event (game or parade)
- a small table for holding articles of various kinds
verb
- (transitive) To maintain, or keep in existence.
- (transitive) To encourage or sanction (something).
- (transitive) To confirm, prove, or corroborate; to uphold.
- (transitive) To experience or suffer (an injury, etc.).
- To keep from falling; to bear; to uphold; to support.
- To aid, comfort, or relieve; to vindicate.
- (transitive) To provide for or nourish.
- (law, of a judge) To allow, accept, or admit (e.g. an objection or motion) as valid.
- lengthen or extend in duration or space
- be the physical support of; carry the weight of
- admit as valid
- supply with necessities and support
- undergo (as of injuries and illnesses)
- establish or strengthen as with new evidence or facts
- provide with nourishment
noun
verb
- (intransitive) To abide; to remain; to continue.
- (intransitive, engineering) To be in a given state.
- (intransitive) To linger (on); to remain fixated. [with on ‘a particular thought, idea, etc.’]
- (intransitive, now literary) To live; to reside.
- come back to
- exist or be situated within
- be an inhabitant of or reside in
- originate (in)
- think moodily or anxiously about something
noun
- (engineering) A period of time in which a system or component remains in a given state.
- (automotive) In a petrol engine, the period of time the ignition points are closed to let current flow through the ignition coil in between each spark. This is measured as an angle in degrees around the camshaft in the distributor which controls the points, for example in a 4-cylinder engine it might be 55° (spark at 90° intervals, points closed for 55° between each).
- (engineering) A brief pause in the motion of part of a mechanism to allow an operation to be completed.
- (electrical engineering) A planned delay in a timed control program.
verb
- (intransitive) To endure, continue over time.
- (intransitive) To hold out, continue undefeated or entire.
- (transitive, shoemaking) To shape (an item of footwear such as a boot or shoe) during its manufacture or repair while it is placed on a last (noun etymology 3 sense 1).
- (intransitive, slang, of a man) To purposefully refrain from orgasm
- persist for a specified period of time
- continue to live and avoid dying
adj
- Lowest in rank or degree.
- Final, ultimate, coming after all others of its kind.
- Supreme; highest in degree; utmost.
- Farthest of all from a given quality, character, or condition; most unlikely, or least preferable.
- Most recent, latest, last so far.
- Being the only one remaining of its class.
- immediately past
- conclusive in a process or progression
- coming after all others in time or space or degree or being the only one remaining
- occurring at the time of death
- most unlikely or unsuitable
- highest in extent or degree
- occurring at or forming an end or termination
- not to be altered or undone
- lowest in rank or importance
adv
det
- (of days of the week or months of the year) Closest in the past, or closest but one if the closest was very recent; of days, sometimes thought to specifically refer to the instance closest to seven days (one week) ago, or the most recent instance before seven days (one week) ago.
- The (one) immediately before the present.
noun
- A load of some commodity with reference to its weight and commercial value.
- (shoemaking) A tool in the form of a foot on which an item of footwear (such as a boot or shoe) is placed for shaping while it is being manufactured or repaired.
- the final stage or concluding parts of an event or occurrence
- a unit of weight equal to 4,000 pounds
- a unit of capacity for grain equal to 80 bushels
- the time at which life ends; continuing until dead
- the last or lowest in an ordering or series
- the temporal end; the concluding time
- a person's dying act; the final thing a person can do
- holding device shaped like a human foot that is used to fashion or repair shoes
verb
- (idiomatic, intransitive) To persist, persevere.
- (idiomatic, intransitive) To talk continuously or prolongedly (about something), often in an excessively excited way.
- (idiomatic, transitive) To continue, maintain or pursue (an activity or enterprise).
- (idiomatic, intransitive) To have an illicit sexual or flirtatious relationship.
- (idiomatic, intransitive) To act or behave; especially, to misbehave so as to attract attention; to make a fuss; to behave ostentatiously.
- (idiomatic, transitive, intransitive) To take baggage or luggage onto an airplane, rather than check it.
- (idiomatic, intransitive) To continue or proceed as before.
- keep or maintain in unaltered condition; cause to remain or last
- continue talking
- misbehave badly; act in a silly or improper way
- direct the course of; manage or control
noun
verb
- To continue unchanged in place, form, or condition, or undiminished in quantity; to abide; to stay; to endure; to last.
- (mathematics) To be left after a number or quantity has been subtracted or cut off; to be left as not included or comprised.
- To stay after others or other parts have been removed or otherwise disappeared.
- (copulative) To continue in a state of being.
- To await; to be left to.
- stay the same; remain in a certain state
- continue in a place, position, or situation
- be in a certain place and not leave
- be left; of persons, questions, problems, results, evidence, etc.
noun
verb
noun
- (by extension) Any house of worship, especially a Mormon meetinghouse.
- (originally Methodism) A temporary place of worship, especially a tent, for a tent meeting, as with a venue for revival meetings.
- (figuratively) Any abode or dwelling place, or especially the human body as the temporary dwelling place of the soul, or life.
- Any temporary dwelling; a hut, tent, or booth.
- (Roman Catholicism) A small ornamented cupboard or box used for the reserved sacrament of the Eucharist, normally located in an especially prominent place in a church.
- (nautical) A hinged device allowing for the easy folding of a mast 90 degrees from perpendicular, as for transporting the boat on a trailer, or passing under a bridge.
- (biblical) The portable tent used before the construction of the temple, where the shekinah (presence of God) was believed to dwell.
- Any portable shrine used in heathen or idolatrous worship.
- (by extension) The Jewish Temple at Jerusalem (as continuing the functions of the earlier tabernacle).
- A sukkah, the booth or 'tabernacle' used during the Jewish Feast of Sukkot.
- (Judaism) the place of worship for a Jewish congregation
adj
- Necessary to continued existence.
- Relating to the recording of life events.
- Very important.
- Relating to or characteristic of life.
- Necessary to the continuation of life; being the seat of life; being that on which life depends.
- Lively, having vitality
- Containing life; living.
- Invigorating or life-giving.
- Capable of living; in a state to live; viable.
- urgently needed; absolutely necessary
- performing an essential function in the living body
- full of spirit; full of life
- manifesting or characteristic of life
verb
- (idiomatic) To persist.
- To grasp or grip firmly.
- (idiomatic) To retain an advantage.
- (idiomatic) Wait a short while.
- (idiomatic) To keep; to store something for someone.
- (idiomatic) To remain loyal.
- retain possession of
- be persistent, refuse to stop
- hold the phone line open
- stop and wait, as if awaiting further instructions or developments
- hold firmly
verb
adj
adv
verb
- (intransitive) To continue steadfast; to keep striving.
- (intransitive) To intentionally restrict labor productivity; to work at the slowest rate that goes unpunished.
- (transitive, slang) To take a ride on (another person's horse) without permission.
- (intransitive) To serve as a soldier.
- serve as a soldier in the military
noun
- (countable, formal, military) An enlisted member of a military service, as distinguished from a commissioned officer.
- A term of approbation for a young boy.
- (xiangqi) A xiangqi piece that moves and captures by advancing one point. Once it has crossed the river, it may also move and capture one point horizontally.
- (by extension, nonstandard, countable, military) Any member of a military, regardless of specialty.
- (countable, military) A member of a ground-based army, of any rank, but especially an enlisted member.
- One of the asexual polymorphic forms of termites, in which the head and jaws are very large and strong. The soldiers serve to defend the nest.
- A brick, for example in a course of brickwork, that is laid vertically on its shortest end (smallest face), so that its tallest and slimmest face faces the outside of the wall.
- A low-ranking gangster or member of a gang, especially the mafia, who engages in physical conflict.
- (countable, figurative) Someone who fights or toils well.
- (British, Australia, Ireland, New Zealand) A piece of buttered bread (or toast), cut into a long thin strip for dipping into a soft-boiled egg.
- A member of the Salvation Army.
- A red or cuckoo gurnard (Chelidonichthys cuculus).
- A guardsman.
- a wingless sterile ant or termite having a large head and powerful jaws adapted for defending the colony
- an enlisted man or woman who serves in an army
verb
- (intransitive) To come into existence.
- (ergative) To start, to initiate or take the first step into something.
- set in motion, cause to start
- begin to speak, understand, read, and write a language
- begin an event that is implied and limited by the nature or inherent function of the direct object
- achieve or accomplish in the least degree, usually used in the negative
- begin to speak or say
- have a beginning characterized in some specified way
- take the first step or steps in carrying out an action
- have a beginning, of a temporal event
- be the first item or point, constitute the beginning or start, come first in a series
- have a beginning, in a temporal, spatial, or evaluative sense
noun
verb
- (intransitive) To continue or carry on, despite obstacles or hardships; to persist.
- continue to exist
- (intransitive) To last.
- (transitive) To suffer patiently.
- (transitive) To tolerate or put up with something unpleasant.
- To remain firm, as under trial or suffering; to suffer patiently or without yielding; to bear up under adversity; to hold out.
- last and be usable
- put up with something or somebody unpleasant
- persist for a specified period of time
- undergo or be subjected to
- face and withstand with courage
- continue to live and avoid dying
verb
- (intransitive) To continue to move forwards.
- (intransitive, especially of time) To pass; to go on; to elapse.
- (transitive, slang) To snitch or tattle (on a person or group), to reveal a secret under pressure, usually regarding criminal matters.
- (transitive) To load or apply something with a rolling motion.
intj
verb
- (intransitive, by extension) To gain full existence (bodily or otherwise).
- (transitive, figurative) To put into or represent in a concrete form, as an idea.
- (intransitive) To embody in flesh; to invest with a bodily, especially a human, form.
- (transitive) To make carnal; to reduce the spiritual nature of.
- make concrete and real
- represent in bodily form
adj
verb
- (intransitive, informal) To persist or continue with something.
- (transitive, slang) To ingest a drug rectally.
- (transitive, slang) To shoot (someone) with a bullet.
- (transitive, slang) To have sex with; to penetrate sexually.
- (transitive) To promote (something, especially a product or service); to mention (something) as if promoting or advertising it.
- (transitive) To stop with a plug; to make tight by stopping a hole.
- make a plug for; praise the qualities or in order to sell or promote
- persist in working hard
- deliver a quick blow to
- fill or close tightly with or as if with a plug
- replace the center of a coin with a baser metal
- insert as a plug
- insert a plug into
noun
- (geology) A body of once molten rock that hardened in a volcanic vent. Usually round or oval in shape.
- (aviation) A standard, modular fuselage component that can be added or removed.
- (fishing) A type of lure consisting of a rigid, buoyant or semi-buoyant body and one or more hooks.
- (slang) A drug dealer.
- A branch from a water-pipe to supply a hose.
- (jewelry) A short cylindrical piece of jewellery commonly worn in larger-gauge body piercings, especially in the ear.
- (US, slang) A high, tapering silk hat.
- Ellipsis of spark plug.
- (slang) A promotion (act of promoting) of a product (such as a book, film or play) or other thing, concept, etc, for example during an interview or a commercial.
- (loosely) An electric socket: wall plug.
- (US) A flat oblong cake of pressed tobacco.
- Any piece of wood, metal, or other substance used to stop or fill a hole.
- (horticulture) A small seedling grown in a tray from expanded polystyrene or polythene filled usually with a peat or compost substrate.
- A growth of protoplasm that closes the pore openings in the cells of certain algae.
- Ellipsis of fireplug (“fire hydrant”).
- (construction) A block of wood let into a wall to afford a hold for nails.
- (US, slang) A worthless horse.
- (electricity) A pronged connecting device which fits into a mating socket, especially an electrical one.
- blatant or sensational promotion
- an upright hydrant for drawing water to use in fighting a fire
- electrical device that fits into the cylinder head of an internal-combustion engine and ignites the gas by means of an electric spark
- an old or over-worked horse
- blockage consisting of an object designed to fill a hole tightly
- an electrical device with two or three pins that is inserted in a socket to make an electrical connection
- a wad of something chewable as tobacco
verb
- (intransitive, of a thing) To last or endure over a period of time.
- (intransitive, cricket, of a wicket-keeper) To stand immediately behind the wicket so as to catch balls from a slow or spin bowler, and to attempt to stump the batsman.
- (US, military, transitive) To formally activate and commission (a unit, formation, etc.).
- (transitive) To launch, propel upwards
- (intransitive, of a person or narrative) To continue to be believable, consistent, or plausible.
- To make one's voice heard, to speak up.
- (transitive, idiomatic) (stand someone up) To avoid a prearranged meeting, especially a date, with (a person) without prior notification; to jilt or shirk.
- (transitive) To bring something up and set it into a standing position; to set something up.
- (intransitive) To rise from a lying or sitting position.
- (intransitive, formal) To serve in a role during a wedding ceremony.
- refuse to back down; remain solid under criticism or attack
- rise to one's feet
- be standing; be upright
- defend against attack or criticism
- resist or withstand wear, criticism, etc.
- put into an upright position
- rise up as in fear
verb
- (intransitive) To extend along.
- (transitive, intransitive) To survive or get by; to last or persist for a stated length of time.
- 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.
- (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) To be accepted.
- (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, 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
- (transitive, idiomatic) To persist or continue.
- (transitive, idiomatic) To cause or allow to remain in the on or open position.
- (transitive, idiomatic) To cause or allow to remain in an existing position.
- (intransitive, idiomatic) To persist in talking about a subject to the annoyance of the listener.
- allow to remain in a place or position or maintain a property or feature
verb
- (intransitive, figuratively) To remain persistently in one's thoughts.
- (intransitive) To veer in one direction.
- (intransitive) To be or remain suspended.
- (intransitive, chess) To be vulnerable to capture.
- (transitive, computing) To cause (a program or computer) to stop responding.
- (transitive, baseball, slang, of a pitcher) To throw a hittable off-speed pitch.
- (intransitive, law) To be executed by suspension by one's neck from a gallows, a tree, or other raised bar, attached by a rope tied into a noose.
- (transitive) To cause (something) to be suspended, as from a hook, hanger, hinges, or the like.
- (intransitive, of a ball in cricket, tennis, etc.) To rebound unexpectedly or unusually slowly, due to backward spin on the ball or imperfections of the ground.
- (transitive, figurative) To attach or cause to stick (a charge or accusation, etc.).
- (transitive) To prevent from reaching a decision, especially by refusing to join in a verdict that must be unanimous.
- (transitive) To apply (wallpaper or drywall to a wall).
- (transitive) To hold or bear in a suspended or inclined manner or position instead of erect.
- (transitive, law) To kill (someone) by suspension from the neck, usually as a form of execution or suicide.
- (transitive) To exhibit (an object) by hanging.
- (intransitive, computing) To stop responding to manual input devices such as the keyboard and mouse.
- (intransitive) To float, as if suspended.
- (intransitive, informal) To loiter; to hang around; to spend time idly.
- (transitive, chess) To cause (a piece) to become vulnerable to capture.
- (transitive, informal) (used in maledictions) To damn.
- (transitive) To decorate (something) with hanging objects.
- be exhibited
- hold on tightly or tenaciously
- decorate or furnish with something suspended
- be suspended or poised
- be suspended or hanging
- be menacing, burdensome, or oppressive
- give heed (to)
- be placed in position as by a hinge
- let drop or droop
- suspend (meat) in order to get a gamey taste
- fall or flow in a certain way
- prevent from reaching a verdict, of a jury
- kill by hanging
- cause to be hanging or suspended
- place in position as by a hinge so as to allow free movement in one direction
noun
- (colloquial) The smallest amount of concern or consideration; a damn.
- (computing) An instance of ceasing to respond to input.
- (Ireland, informal, derogatory) Cheap processed ham (cured pork), often made specially for sandwiches.
- A slackening of motion.
- The way in which something hangs.
- A hangout.
- A sharp or steep declivity or slope.
- A person that someone hangs out with.
- Alternative spelling of Hang (“musical instrument”).
- A mass of hanging material.
- (informal, figuratively) A grip, understanding.
- a gymnastic exercise performed on the rings or horizontal bar or parallel bars when the gymnast's weight is supported by the arms
- a special way of doing something
- the way a garment hangs
verb
- (intransitive) To stay, remain, be situated, or belong to.
- (no object, with complement) To continue to be, remain, be left in a certain way.
- (transitive, intransitive, reflexive) To lean, lie, or lay.
- (intransitive) To come to a pause or an end; end.
- To be satisfied; to acquiesce.
- (intransitive) To sleep; slumber.
- (intransitive) To lie dormant.
- (intransitive) To be free from that which harasses or disturbs; be quiet or still; be undisturbed.
- (intransitive) To cease from action, motion, work, or performance of any kind; stop; desist; be without motion.
- (intransitive) To rely or depend on.
- (intransitive) To sleep the final sleep; sleep in death; die; be dead.
- (transitive, reflexive, copulative) To put into a state of rest.
- (intransitive, transitive, law, US) To complete one's active advocacy in a trial or other proceeding, and thus to wait for the outcome (however, one is still generally available to answer questions, etc.)
- have a place in relation to something else
- take a short break from one's activities in order to relax
- rest on or as if on a pillow
- stay the same; remain in a certain state
- be inherent or innate in
- not move; be in a resting position
- sit, as on a branch
- give a rest to
- be at rest
- be inactive, refrain from acting
- put something in a resting position, as for support or steadying
noun
- A projection from the right side of the cuirass of armour, serving to support the lance.
- (uncountable) That which remains.
- (uncountable, of a person or animal) Relief from work or activity by sleeping; sleep.
- (snooker, countable) A stick with a U-, V- or X-shaped head used to support the tip of a cue when the cue ball is otherwise out of reach.
- Those not included in a proposition or description; the remainder; others.
- A place where one may rest, either temporarily, as in an inn, or permanently, as, in an abode.
- (euphemistic, uncountable) A final position after death. Also, death itself: "Not alone, not alone would I go to my rest in the heart of the love..." -- George William Russell ("Love")
- (music, countable) A written symbol indicating such a pause in a musical score such as in sheet music.
- (countable) Any relief from exertion; a state of quiet and relaxation.
- (uncountable) Peace; freedom from worry, anxiety, annoyances; tranquility.
- (physics, uncountable) Absence of motion.
- (UK, finance) A surplus held as a reserved fund by a bank to equalize its dividends, etc.; in the Bank of England, the balance of assets above liabilities.
- (countable) Any object designed to be used to support something else.
- (uncountable, of an object or concept) A state of inactivity; a state of little or no motion; a state of completion.
- (music, countable) A pause of a specified length in a piece of music.
- The striking of a balance at regular intervals in a running account. Often, specifically, the intervals after which compound interest is added to capital.
- (poetry) A short pause in reading poetry; a caesura.
- a state of inaction
- something left after other parts have been taken away
- a support on which things can be put
- a pause for relaxation
- freedom from activity (work or strain or responsibility)
- a musical notation indicating a silence of a specified duration
- euphemisms for death (based on an analogy between lying in a bed and in a tomb)
noun
- The property of being persistent.
- (mathematics) The number of times an operation can be iteratively applied to a number before it reaches a permanently constant state.
- (computer science) Of data, the property of continuing to exist after the termination of the program.
- (meteorology) Continuation of the previous day's weather (particularly temperature and precipitation statistics).
- the act of persisting or persevering; continuing or repeating behavior
- the property of a continuous and connected period of time
- persistent determination
verb
- continue to exist
- prove superior
- be larger in number, quantity, power, status or importance
- be valid, applicable, or true
- use persuasion successfully
- (intransitive) To be current, widespread, or predominant; to have currency or prevalence.
- (intransitive) To be superior in strength, dominance, influence, or frequency; to have or gain the advantage over others; to have the upper hand; to outnumber others.
- (intransitive, often with upon or on) To succeed in persuading or inducing.
- (intransitive) To triumph; to be victorious.
verb
- continue to exist
- cover by running; run a certain distance
- deal in illegally, such as arms or liquor
- include as the content; broadcast or publicize
- travel rapidly, by any (unspecified) means
- run with the ball; in such sports as football
- occur persistently
- flee; take to one's heels; cut and run
- reduce or cause to be reduced from a solid to a liquid state, usually by heating
- run, stand, or compete for an office or a position
- be diffused
- change from one state to another
- pursue for food or sport (as of wild animals)
- carry out a process or program, as on a computer or a machine
- become undone
- be affected by; be subjected to
- move along, of liquids
- progress by being changed
- cause something to pass or lead somewhere
- change or be different within limits
- be operating, running or functioning
- move about freely and without restraint, or act as if running around in an uncontrolled way
- make without a miss
- sail before the wind
- cause to perform
- have a tendency or disposition to do or be something; be inclined
- conduct to completion
- cause to emit recorded audio or video
- compete in a race
- direct or control; projects, businesses, etc.
- come unraveled or undone as if by snagging
- pass over, across, or through
- set animals loose to graze
- keep company
- move fast by using one's feet, with one foot off the ground at any given time
- perform as expected when applied
- extend or continue for a certain period of time
- cause an animal to move fast
- travel a route regularly
- have a particular form
- stretch out over a distance, space, time, or scope; run or extend between two points or beyond a certain point
- (transitive) To encounter or incur (a danger or risk).
- To tend, as to an effect or consequence; to incline.
- (transitive) To complete a running course or event in (a given time).
- (figurative, transitive) To pass (without stopping), typically a stop signal, stop sign, or duty to yield the right of way.
- (transitive) To execute or carry out a plan, procedure, or program.
- To fuse; to shape; to mould; to cast.
- (transitive) To transit (a length of a river), as in whitewater rafting.
- (intransitive) Of stitches or stitched clothing, to unravel.
- To cause to be drawn; to mark out; to indicate; to determine.
- (golf) To strike (the ball) in such a way as to cause it to run along the ground, as when approaching a hole.
- (intransitive) To flee from a danger or towards help.
- To press (a bank, etc.) with immediate demands for payment.
- (intransitive) To become liquid; to melt.
- (intransitive) To be a candidate in an election.
- (transitive, agriculture) To sort through a large volume of produce in quality control.
- (transitive) To transport (someone or something), notionally at a brisk pace.
- (copulative) To become different in a way mentioned (usually to become worse).
- To have a legal course; to be attached; to continue in force, effect, or operation; to follow; to go in company.
- (transitive) To cover (a course or a distance) by running.
- (intransitive) To leak or spread in an undesirable fashion; to bleed (especially used of dye or paint).
- past participle of rin
- (intransitive) To move briskly or smoothly with a motion of sliding, rolling, sweeping etc.
- (transitive) To make (something) extend in space.
- (sports, especially baseball) To eject from a game or match.
- To pass or go quickly in thought or conversation.
- (transitive) To cause to move quickly or lightly.
- (intransitive) To move forward quickly upon two feet by alternately making a short jump off either foot.
- (intransitive) To extend in time, to last, to continue (usually with a measure phrase).
- (intransitive) Of fish, to migrate for spawning.
- To drive or force; to cause, or permit, to be driven.
- (transitive or intransitive) To compete in a race.
- (transitive, intransitive) Of a means of transportation: to travel (a route).
- (intransitive) To be presented in the media.
- (transitive) To make stand in an election.
- To exert continuous activity; to proceed.
- (transitive) To cause (a vehicle) to travel a route.
- (intransitive) To extend in space or through a range (often with a measure phrase).
- (American football, transitive or intransitive) To carry (a football) down the field, as opposed to passing or kicking.
- To pursue in thought; to carry in contemplation.
- (transitive) To make a liquid or electric current flow from or into an object.
- (transitive) To smuggle (illegal goods).
- (transitive) To control or manage; to be in charge of.
- (intransitive) To go at a fast pace; to move quickly.
- (transitive) To make a machine operate.
- To have growth or development.
- (transitive) To cost an amount of money.
- (intransitive, figuratively) To move or spread quickly.
- (nautical, of a vessel) To sail before the wind, in distinction from reaching or sailing close-hauled.
- (intransitive) Of a liquid or electric current, to flow.
- (transitive) To print or broadcast in the media.
- To control or have precedence in a card game.
- (transitive, juggling, colloquial) To juggle a pattern continuously, as opposed to starting and stopping quickly.
- To be in form thus, as a combination of words.
- (intransitive) Of an object, to have a liquid flowing from it.
- (video games, rare) To speedrun.
- (transitive) To cause stitched clothing to unravel.
- To cause to enter; to thrust.
- (transitive) To make enter a race.
- To encounter or suffer (a particular, usually bad, fate or misfortune).
- (intransitive) Of a machine, including computer programs, to be operating or working normally.
- To sew (a seam) by passing the needle through material in a continuous line, generally taking a series of stitches on the needle at the same time.
noun
- a small stream
- the pouring forth of a fluid
- a regular trip
- unrestricted freedom to use
- an unbroken chronological sequence
- (American football) a play in which a player attempts to carry the ball through or past the opposing team
- the production achieved during a continuous period of operation (of a machine or factory etc.)
- the act of testing something
- the continuous period of time during which something (a machine or a factory) operates or continues in operation
- a race between candidates for elective office
- a race run on foot
- a short trip
- an unbroken series of events
- the act of running; traveling on foot at a fast pace
- a score in baseball made by a runner touching all four bases safely
- a row of unravelled stitches
- A production quantity (such as in a factory).
- (mining) The horizontal distance to which a drift may be carried, either by licence of the proprietor of a mine or by the nature of the formation; also, the direction which a vein of ore or other substance takes.
- A trial.
- One’s gait while running; the way one runs.
- (construction) Horizontal dimension of a slope.
- A flow of liquid; a leak.
- (cricket) The act of passing from one wicket to another; the point scored for this.
- (chiefly eastern North Midland US, especially Ohio, Pennsylvania, West Virginia) A small creek or part thereof. (Compare Southern US branch and New York and New England brook.)
- Migration of fish.
- The top of a step on a staircase, also called a tread, as opposed to the rise.
- (video games, speedrunning) A playthrough, or attempted playthrough; a session of play.
- (skiing, bobsledding) A single trip down a hill, as in skiing and bobsledding.
- Any sudden large demand for something.
- (banking) A sudden series of demands on a bank or other financial institution, especially characterised by great withdrawals.
- An enclosure for an animal; a track or path along which something can travel.
- (slang) A period of extended (usually daily) drug use.
- A standard or unexceptional group or category.
- The horizontal length of a set of stairs
- (music) A rapid passage in music, especially along a scale.
- (golf) The movement communicated to a golf ball by running it.
- (American football) A running play.
- The distance drilled with a bit, in oil drilling.
- State of being current; currency; popularity.
- The period of showing of a play, film, TV series, etc.
- A quick pace, faster than a walk.
- A line of knit stitches that have unravelled, particularly in a nylon stocking.
- (card games) A sequence of cards in a suit in a card game.
- (baseball) A score when a runner touches all bases legally; the act of a runner scoring.
- (golf) The distance a ball travels after touching the ground from a stroke.
- (mathematics, computing) The execution of a program or model
- A pair or set of millstones.
- A series of tries in a game that were successful.
- (Australia, New Zealand) A rural landholding for farming, usually for running sheep, and operated by a runholder.
- Act or instance of hurrying (to or from a place) (not necessarily on foot); dash or errand, trip.
- Flight, instance or period of fleeing.
- (nautical) The stern of the underwater body of a ship from where it begins to curve upward and inward.
- (of horses) A fast gallop.
- Act or instance of running, of moving rapidly using the feet.
- Unrestricted use. Only used in have the run of.
- A continuous period (of time) marked by a trend; a period marked by a continuing trend.
- A (regular) trip or route.
- The route taken while running or skiing.
- The distance sailed by a ship.
- A group of fish that migrate, or ascend a river for the purpose of spawning.
- A pleasure trip.
- A voyage.
adj
verb
- (intransitive) To prevail.
- (transitive) To recover from (a difficulty), to get over.
- (transitive) To surmount (a physical or abstract obstacle); to prevail over, to get the better of.
- (transitive) To win against or prevail over in some sort of battle, contest, etc.
- To come or pass over; to spread over.
- win a victory over
- overcome, as with emotions or perceptual stimuli
- overcome, usually through no fault or weakness of the person that is overcome
- get on top of; deal with successfully
adj
noun
verb
- (intransitive) To go forward.
- (intransitive, idiomatic, euphemistic) To die.
- (transitive) To convey or communicate.
- (transitive) To skip or decline.
- (transitive) To transfer (something) to someone, especially by handing or bequeathing it to the next person in a series.
- refer to another person for decision or judgment
- move forward, also in the metaphorical sense
- cause to be distributed
- give to or transfer possession of
- transmit information
- transmit (knowledge or skills)
- place into the hands or custody of
verb
- (intransitive) To persist in staying or visiting.
- (transitive, UK dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) To accustom; habituate; make accustomed to.
- (transitive) To make uneasy, restless.
- (transitive, UK dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) To practise; to devote oneself to.
- (transitive) To inhabit or to visit frequently (most often used in reference to ghosts).
- (transitive) To stalk; to follow.
- be a regular or frequent visitor to a certain place
- haunt like a ghost; pursue
- follow stealthily or recur constantly and spontaneously to
noun
verb
- (transitive) To put up with; to endure (and continue to function).
- (intransitive) To use the hands.
- (transitive, rare) To accustom to the hand; to take care of with the hands.
- (soccer, intransitive) To illegally touch the ball with the hand or arm; to commit handball.
- (transitive) To receive and transfer; to have pass through one's hands; hence, to buy and sell.
- (transitive) To deal with (a subject, argument, topic, or theme) in speaking, in writing, or in art.
- (transitive) To manage, use, or wield with the hands.
- (transitive) To touch; to feel or hold with the hand(s).
- (transitive) To manage, control, or direct.
- (intransitive) To behave in a particular way when handled (managed, controlled, directed).
- (transitive, rare) To be concerned with; to be an expert in.
- (transitive) To treat, to deal with (in a specified way).
- act on verbally or in some form of artistic expression
- handle effectively
- interact in a certain way
- touch, lift, or hold with the hands
- be in charge of, act on, or dispose of
- show and train
noun
- (slang) A person's nose.
- (computing) A reference to an object or structure that can be stored in a variable.
- (algebraic geometry) The smooth, irreducible subcurve of a comb which connects to each of the other components in exactly one point.
- (US) A half-gallon (1.75-liter) bottle of alcohol.
- (gambling) The gross amount of wagering within a given period of time or for a given event at one of more establishments.
- (geography, Newfoundland and Labrador, rare) A point, an extremity of land.
- An instrument for effecting a purpose (either literally or figuratively); a tool, or an opportunity or pretext.
- (horse racing, gambling) The amount wagered in the various pari-mutuel pools for a particular event or events.
- The part of an object which is (designed to be) held in the hand when used or moved.
- (textiles) The tactile qualities of a fabric, e.g., softness, firmness, elasticity, fineness, resilience, and other qualities perceived by touch.
- (Australia, chiefly Northern Territory, New Zealand) A 10 fluid ounce (285 mL) glass of beer.
- (topology) A topological space homeomorphic to a ball but viewed as a product of two lower-dimensional balls.
- (UK, informal) A traditional dimpled glass with a handle, for serving a pint of beer.
- (slang) A name or nickname, especially as an identifier over the radio or Internet.
- (slang) A title attached to one's name, such as Doctor or Colonel.
- the appendage to an object that is designed to be held in order to use or move it
verb
- (intransitive) To progress.
- (transitive) To overtake.
- (transitive) To jump over some obstacle, as in the game of leapfrog.
- (transitive, military) To advance by engaging the enemy with one unit while another moves further forward.
- (transitive, chiefly British, law) To appeal or allow to be appealed (a case) directly to a supreme court, bypassing an intermediate appellate court.
- to vault
- progress by large jumps instead of small increments
noun
- (chiefly British, law, usually attributive) The process by which a case is appealed or allowed to be appealed directly to a supreme court, bypassing an intermediate appellate court.
- (games) A game, often played by children, in which a player leaps like a frog over the back of another person who has stooped over. One variation of the game involves a number of people lining up in a row and bending over. The last person in the line then vaults forward over each of the others until they reach the front of the line, whereupon they also bend over. The process is then repeated.
- a game in which one child bends down and another leaps over
- advancing as if in the child's game, by leaping over obstacles or competitors
verb
- (intransitive, copulative sense obsolete) To remain in a given place or condition; to remain in connection with; to abide; to stay.
- (transitive) To make last; to prolong.
- (transitive) To proceed with (doing an activity); to prolong (an activity).
- (intransitive) To resume.
- (transitive) To retain (someone or something) in a given state, position, etc.
- (poker slang) To make a continuation bet.
- (transitive, law) To adjourn, prorogue, put off.
- do something repeatedly and showing no intention to stop
- continue after an interruption
- continue in a place, position, or situation
- exist over a prolonged period of time
- move ahead; travel onward in time or space
- keep or maintain in unaltered condition; cause to remain or last
- continue talking
- span an interval of distance, space or time
- allow to remain in a place or position or maintain a property or feature
- continue a certain state, condition, or activity
noun
verb
- (intransitive) To contend.
- (transitive) To call into question; to oppose.
- (transitive) To strive earnestly to hold or maintain; to struggle to defend.
- (law) To make a subject of litigation; to defend, as a suit; to dispute or resist, as a claim, by course of law.
- to make the subject of dispute, contention, or litigation
noun
noun
- The ability to persist.
- A fruit machine feature allowing one or more of the reels to remain fixed while the others spin.
- (exercise) An exercise involving holding a position for a set time
- The property of maintaining the shape of styled hair.
- An act or instance of holding.
- A place where animals are held for safety
- Something reserved or kept.
- (tennis) An instance of holding one's service game, as opposed to being broken.
- The queueing system on telephones and similar communication systems which maintains a connection when all lines are busy.
- An order that something is to be reserved or delayed, limiting or preventing how it can be dealt with.
- (baseball) A statistic awarded to a relief pitcher who is not still pitching at the end of the game and who records at least one out and maintains a lead for his team.
- (gambling) The percentage the house wins on a gamble, the house or bookmaker's hold.
- (gambling) The wager amount, the total hold.
- (aviation) A region of airspace reserved for aircraft being kept in a holding pattern.
- A grasp or grip.
- Power over someone or something.
- The part of an object one is intended to grasp, or anything one can use for grasping with hands or feet.
- (nautical, aviation) The cargo area of a ship or aircraft (often holds or cargo hold).
- (wrestling, self-defense) A position or grip used to control the opponent.
- a stronghold
- a state of being confined (usually for a short time)
- time during which some action is awaited
- the appendage to an object that is designed to be held in order to use or move it
- a cell in a jail or prison
- power by which something or someone is affected or dominated
- the act of grasping
- the space in a ship or aircraft for storing cargo
- understanding of the nature or meaning or quality or magnitude of something
verb
- (transitive) To impose restraint upon; to limit in motion or action; to bind legally or morally; to confine; to restrain.
- To maintain in being or action; to carry on; to prosecute, as a course of conduct or an argument; to continue; to sustain.
- (imperative) In a food or drink order at an informal restaurant etc., requesting that a component normally included in that order be omitted.
- To organise an event or meeting (usually in passive voice).
- (transitive) To reserve.
- (transitive) To bear, carry, or manage.
- (transitive) To have and keep possession of something.
- (transitive) To contain or store.
- (intransitive, copulative) To keep oneself in a particular state.
- (slang, intransitive) To be in possession of illicit drugs for sale.
- (intransitive, chiefly imperative) Not to move; to halt; to stop.
- (transitive) To bind (someone) to a consequence of his or her actions.
- To accept, as an opinion; to be the adherent of, openly or privately; to persist in, as a purpose; to maintain; to sustain.
- (transitive) To detain.
- (transitive) To maintain, to consider, to opine.
- To take place, to occur.
- To remain continent; to control an excretory bodily function.
- (intransitive) Not to give way; not to part or become separated; to remain unbroken or unsubdued.
- (tennis, ambitransitive) To win one's own service game.
- (transitive) To grasp or grip.
- (intransitive, copulative) To be or remain valid; to apply (usually in the third person).
- (transitive) To cause to wait or delay.
- secure and keep for possible future use or application
- keep from exhaling or expelling
- resist or confront with resistance
- be the physical support of; carry the weight of
- maintain (a theory, thoughts, or feelings)
- aim, point, or direct
- support or hold in a certain manner
- have room for; hold without crowding
- have rightfully; of rights, titles, and offices
- remain committed to
- be pertinent or relevant or applicable
- contain or hold; have within
- be valid, applicable, or true
- be in accord; be in agreement
- have or possess, either in a concrete or an abstract sense
- hold the attention of
- have or hold in one's hands or grip
- assert or affirm
- keep from departing
- to close within bounds, or otherwise limit or deprive of free movement
- remain in a certain state, position, or condition
- keep in mind or convey as a conviction or view
- drink alcohol without showing ill effects
- lessen the intensity of; temper; hold in restraint; hold or keep within limits
- cause to come to an abrupt stop
- protect against a challenge or attack
- take and maintain control over, often by violent means
- cause to continue in a certain state, position, or activity
- bind by an obligation; cause to be indebted
- arrange for and reserve (something for someone else) in advance
- declare to be
- cover as for protection against noise or smell
- stop dealing with
- organize or be responsible for
- have as a major characteristic
- be capable of holding or containing
verb
verb
- (intransitive) To become.
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see turn, to.
- To start to do or to use something in an attempt to deal with a difficult and unpleasant situation.
- To consult for advice or help.
- To direct one's attention or efforts toward something.
- (intransitive) To apply oneself; to focus; to get one's head down.
- With to as particle:
- (transitive) To cause (something or someone) to become.
- speak to
noun
- The property of being persistent.
- (mathematics) The number of times an operation can be iteratively applied to a number before it reaches a permanently constant state.
- (computer science) Of data, the property of continuing to exist after the termination of the program.
- (meteorology) Continuation of the previous day's weather (particularly temperature and precipitation statistics).
- the act of persisting or persevering; continuing or repeating behavior
- the property of a continuous and connected period of time
- persistent determination
noun
- The ability to persist.
- A fruit machine feature allowing one or more of the reels to remain fixed while the others spin.
- (exercise) An exercise involving holding a position for a set time
- The property of maintaining the shape of styled hair.
- An act or instance of holding.
- A place where animals are held for safety
- Something reserved or kept.
- (tennis) An instance of holding one's service game, as opposed to being broken.
- The queueing system on telephones and similar communication systems which maintains a connection when all lines are busy.
- An order that something is to be reserved or delayed, limiting or preventing how it can be dealt with.
- (baseball) A statistic awarded to a relief pitcher who is not still pitching at the end of the game and who records at least one out and maintains a lead for his team.
- (gambling) The percentage the house wins on a gamble, the house or bookmaker's hold.
- (gambling) The wager amount, the total hold.
- (aviation) A region of airspace reserved for aircraft being kept in a holding pattern.
- A grasp or grip.
- Power over someone or something.
- The part of an object one is intended to grasp, or anything one can use for grasping with hands or feet.
- (nautical, aviation) The cargo area of a ship or aircraft (often holds or cargo hold).
- (wrestling, self-defense) A position or grip used to control the opponent.
- a stronghold
- a state of being confined (usually for a short time)
- time during which some action is awaited
- the appendage to an object that is designed to be held in order to use or move it
- a cell in a jail or prison
- power by which something or someone is affected or dominated
- the act of grasping
- the space in a ship or aircraft for storing cargo
- understanding of the nature or meaning or quality or magnitude of something
verb
- (transitive) To impose restraint upon; to limit in motion or action; to bind legally or morally; to confine; to restrain.
- To maintain in being or action; to carry on; to prosecute, as a course of conduct or an argument; to continue; to sustain.
- (imperative) In a food or drink order at an informal restaurant etc., requesting that a component normally included in that order be omitted.
- To organise an event or meeting (usually in passive voice).
- (transitive) To reserve.
- (transitive) To bear, carry, or manage.
- (transitive) To have and keep possession of something.
- (transitive) To contain or store.
- (intransitive, copulative) To keep oneself in a particular state.
- (slang, intransitive) To be in possession of illicit drugs for sale.
- (intransitive, chiefly imperative) Not to move; to halt; to stop.
- (transitive) To bind (someone) to a consequence of his or her actions.
- To accept, as an opinion; to be the adherent of, openly or privately; to persist in, as a purpose; to maintain; to sustain.
- (transitive) To detain.
- (transitive) To maintain, to consider, to opine.
- To take place, to occur.
- To remain continent; to control an excretory bodily function.
- (intransitive) Not to give way; not to part or become separated; to remain unbroken or unsubdued.
- (tennis, ambitransitive) To win one's own service game.
- (transitive) To grasp or grip.
- (intransitive, copulative) To be or remain valid; to apply (usually in the third person).
- (transitive) To cause to wait or delay.
- secure and keep for possible future use or application
- keep from exhaling or expelling
- resist or confront with resistance
- be the physical support of; carry the weight of
- maintain (a theory, thoughts, or feelings)
- aim, point, or direct
- support or hold in a certain manner
- have room for; hold without crowding
- have rightfully; of rights, titles, and offices
- remain committed to
- be pertinent or relevant or applicable
- contain or hold; have within
- be valid, applicable, or true
- be in accord; be in agreement
- have or possess, either in a concrete or an abstract sense
- hold the attention of
- have or hold in one's hands or grip
- assert or affirm
- keep from departing
- to close within bounds, or otherwise limit or deprive of free movement
- remain in a certain state, position, or condition
- keep in mind or convey as a conviction or view
- drink alcohol without showing ill effects
- lessen the intensity of; temper; hold in restraint; hold or keep within limits
- cause to come to an abrupt stop
- protect against a challenge or attack
- take and maintain control over, often by violent means
- cause to continue in a certain state, position, or activity
- bind by an obligation; cause to be indebted
- arrange for and reserve (something for someone else) in advance
- declare to be
- cover as for protection against noise or smell
- stop dealing with
- organize or be responsible for
- have as a major characteristic
- be capable of holding or containing
verb
- (intransitive) To persist.
- (transitive) To tolerate, to endure, to stick with.
- (transitive) To place, set down (quickly or carelessly).
- (transitive) To fix on a pointed instrument; to impale.
- (intransitive) To remain loyal; to remain firm.
- (transitive, now only in dialects) To stab.
- (transitive, gymnastics, aviation, sports) To perform (a landing or a shot) perfectly.
- (transitive) To press (something with a sharp point) into something else.
- (intransitive) Of snow, to remain frozen on landing.
- To hit with a stick.
- (transitive, joinery) To run or plane (mouldings) in a machine, in contradistinction to working them by hand. Such mouldings are said to be stuck.
- (intransitive, blackjack, chiefly UK) To stand pat: to cease taking any more cards and finalize one's hand.
- (botany, transitive) To propagate plants by cuttings.
- (carpentry) To cut a piece of wood to be the stick member of a cope-and-stick joint.
- (intransitive, US, slang) To have sexual intercourse with.
- (transitive) To furnish or set with sticks.
- (intransitive) To jam; to stop moving.
- (intransitive) To become or remain attached; to adhere.
- (transitive) To attach with glue or as if by gluing.
- fasten with an adhesive material like glue
- pierce with a thrust using a pointed instrument
- cover and decorate with objects that pierce the surface
- be loyal to
- fasten into place by fixing an end or point into something
- stick to firmly
- be in a certain place and not leave
- come or be in close contact with; stick or hold together and resist separation
- be a mystery or bewildering to
- fasten with or as with pins or nails
- saddle with something disagreeable or disadvantageous
- pierce or penetrate or puncture with something pointed
- be a devoted follower or supporter
- put, fix, force, or implant
- endure
- be or become fixed
adj
noun
- A small, thin branch from a tree or bush; a twig; a branch.
- (slang) Vigorous driving of a car; gas.
- (US) A timber board, especially a two by four (inches).
- (military) The structure to which a set of bombs in a bomber aircraft are attached and which drops the bombs when it is released. The bombs themselves and, by extension, any load of similar items dropped in quick succession such as paratroopers or containers.
- (slang) A bar (counter where drinks are served).
- (nautical) A mast or part of a mast of a ship; also, a yard.
- (golf) The pole bearing a small flag that marks the hole.
- (fishing) The amount of fishing line resting on the water surface before a cast; line stick.
- (boardsports) A board as used in board sports, such as a surfboard, snowboard, or skateboard.
- (horse racing) The short whip carried by a jockey.
- (figurative) A negative stimulus or a punishment. (This sense derives from the metaphor of using a stick, a long piece of wood, to poke or beat a beast of burden to compel it to move forward.)
- (uncountable) That which sticks (remains attached to another surface).
- (US, colloquial, uncountable) Vehicles, collectively, equipped with manual transmissions.
- (baseball) General hitting ability.
- (carpentry) The vertical member of a cope-and-stick joint.
- A standard rectangular strip of chewing gum.
- (sports, generically) A long thin implement used to control a ball or puck in sports like hockey, polo, and lacrosse.
- A relatively long, thin piece of wood, of any size.
- (field hockey or ice hockey) The potential accuracy of a hockey stick, implicating also the player using it.
- Any roughly cylindrical (or rectangular) unit of a substance.
- (golf) The long-range driving ability of a golf club.
- (aviation, uncountable) Use of the stick to control the aircraft.
- A cudgel or truncheon (usually of wood, metal or plastic), especially one carried by police or guards.
- (slang) A cigarette (usually a tobacco cigarette, less often a marijuana cigarette).
- (video games) A joystick.
- (US, slang, uncountable) The cue used in billiards, pool, snooker, etc.
- (computing) A memory stick.
- (US, colloquial) A manual transmission, a vehicle equipped with a manual transmission, so called because of the stick-like, i.e. twig-like, control (the gear shift) with which the driver of such a vehicle controls its transmission.
- (uncountable) The tendency to stick (remain stuck), stickiness.
- A cane or walking stick (usually wooden, metal or plastic) to aid in walking.
- (slang) A handgun.
- (computing) Any of the eight 16-character groups making up the 128 characters of the 7-bit ASCII character set.
- (countable) A thrust with a pointed instrument; a stab.
- (slang) Vigor; spirit; effort, energy, intensity.
- The game of pool, or an individual pool game.
- (chiefly Canada, US) A small rectangular block, with a length several times its width, which contains by volume one half of a cup of shortening (butter, margarine or lard).
- (baseball) The potential hitting power of a specific bat.
- (figuratively) A piece (of furniture, especially if wooden).
- (jazz, slang) The clarinet.
- (slang, uncountable) Corporal punishment, beatings
- (British, figurative) Criticism or ridicule, often in the expressions "get a lot of stick", "get some stick", "come in for some stick", etc.
- (aviation) The control column of an aircraft; a joystick. (By convention, a wheel-like control mechanism with a handgrip on opposite sides, similar to the steering wheel of an automobile, can also be called the "stick", although "yoke" or "control wheel" is more commonly seen.)
- (US military slang, World War I) An aircraft’s propeller.
- A bunch of something wrapped around or attached to a stick.
- (motor racing) The traction of tires on the road surface.
- a small thin branch of a tree
- a long implement (usually made of wood) that is shaped so that hockey or polo players can hit a puck or ball
- a long thin implement resembling a length of wood
- a rectangular quarter pound block of butter or margarine
- threat of a penalty
- an implement consisting of a length of wood
- a lever used by a pilot to control the ailerons and elevators of an airplane
- marijuana leaves rolled into a cigarette for smoking
- informal terms for the leg
verb
- (intransitive) To continue functioning; to maintain.
- (transitive) To see that (a person) is continually supplied with something, or that they can progress or carry on.
- (transitive) To proceed; to make progress, physically or figuratively.
- continue uninterrupted
- be a regular customer or client of
- suffice for a period between two points
verb
- (intransitive) To survive; to persevere; to continue.
- (intransitive) To endure in memory; to escape oblivion.
- (intransitive) To be alive; to have life.
- (transitive) To act habitually in conformity with; to practice; to exemplify in one's way of life.
- (intransitive, informal) (of an object) to have its proper place; to normally be stored.
- (intransitive, followed by on, upon, or by) To maintain or support one's existence; to provide for oneself; to feed; to subsist.
- (intransitive) To have permanent residence somewhere, to inhabit, to reside.
- (intransitive) To outlast danger; (of a ship or boat) to float.
- (intransitive, hyperbolic) To cope.
- (intransitive) To pass life in a specified manner.
- (transitive) To spend, as one's life; to pass; to maintain; to continue in, constantly or habitually.
- (intransitive, informal) To make the most of life; to experience a full, rich life.
- pursue a positive and satisfying existence
- support oneself
- be an inhabitant of or reside in
- have life, be alive
- have firsthand knowledge of states, situations, emotions, or sensations
- lead a certain kind of life; live in a certain style
- continue to live and avoid dying
adj
- (only used attributively) Having life; that is alive.
- Outstanding, top-notch, exhilarating.
- (entertainment, performing) Recorded from a performance in front of an audience.
- (broadcasting) Being broadcast ("on the air"), as it happens.
- (of a performance or speech) In person.
- (engineering) Imparting power; having motion.
- Being in a state of ignition; burning.
- (programming) Of an object or value: that may potentially be used in the future execution of a program.
- Having active properties; being energized.
- (film) Featuring humans; not animated, in the phrases “live actors” or “live action”.
- (sports) Still in active play.
- Operational; in actual use rather than in testing etc.
- (poker) Being a bet which can be raised by the bettor, usually in reference to a blind or straddle.
- Taken from a living animal.
- Being in existence; actual.
- Able to fire or explode (of firearms or explosives).
- (linguistics) Of a syllable in languages such as Thai and Burmese: resonating, not ending abruptly.
- Of an environment where sound is recorded: having noticeable reverberation.
- (card games) Of a card: not yet dealt or played.
- (circuitry) Electrically charged or energized, usually indicating that the item may cause electrocution if touched.
- highly reverberant
- elastic; rebounds readily
- possessing life
- charged or energized with electricity
- in current use or ready for use
- capable of erupting
- abounding with life and energy
- charged with an explosive
- of current relevance
- actually being performed at the time of hearing or viewing
- exerting force or containing energy
adv
verb
- (intransitive) To continue in extent.
- (intransitive) To continue an action.
- (intransitive) To proceed (to do something).
- (intransitive) To move or proceed so as to become "on" in any of various senses.
- (intransitive) To talk frequently or at great length (about a subject).
- (transitive) To use and adopt (information) in order to understand an issue, make a decision, etc.; to go by.
- (intransitive) To happen (occur).
- move forward, also in the metaphorical sense
- start running, functioning, or operating
- continue talking
- continue a certain state, condition, or activity
- come to pass
intj
verb
- (intransitive) To continue.
- (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, 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.
- (intransitive) To decline or not attempt to answer a question.
- (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
- (intransitive) Of an object or concept, to continue to exist.
- (intransitive) Of a person, to continue to live; to remain alive.
- (transitive) To live past (a life-threatening event)
- (intransitive) To be a victim of nonfatal but substantial harm and nonetheless to display the strength to heal; especially, after a crime or an illness, especially sexual or physical abuse or assault, cancer, or a natural disaster.
- (transitive) To live longer than (someone); to outlive (someone or something); to outlast (something).
- (intransitive, sports) Of a team, to avoid relegation or demotion to a lower division or league.
- continue in existence after (an adversity, etc.)
- support oneself
- live longer than
- continue to live and avoid dying
verb
- (intransitive) To remain valid.
- (intransitive) To be placed in an upright or vertical orientation.
- (intransitive, copulative) To support oneself on the feet in an erect position.
- (intransitive) To rise to one’s feet; to stand up.
- (intransitive) To appear in court.
- (intransitive, British) To be a candidate (in an election).
- (intransitive, copulative) To remain motionless.
- (card games) To stop asking for more cards; to keep one's hand as it has been dealt so far.
- (intransitive, of tears, sweat, etc.) To be present, to have welled up.
- (transitive) To cover the expense of; to pay for.
- (intransitive, nautical) Of a ship or its captain, to steer, sail (in a specified direction, for a specified destination etc.).
- (transitive) To oppose, usually as a team, in competition.
- (intransitive) To have or maintain a position, order, or rank; to be in a particular relation.
- (intransitive, copulative) To maintain one's ground; to be acquitted; not to fail or yield; to be safe.
- (intransitive) To measure when erect on the feet.
- (intransitive, followed by to + infinitive) To be positioned to gain or lose.
- (intransitive, cricket) To act as an umpire.
- (intransitive, copulative) To remain without ruin or injury.
- (intransitive) To be consistent; to agree; to accord.
- (transitive) To undergo; withstand; hold up.
- (transitive) To place in an upright or standing position.
- (intransitive, copulative) To maintain an invincible or permanent attitude; to be fixed, steady, or firm; to take a position in resistance or opposition.
- (transitive, chiefly in the negative) To tolerate.
- (intransitive) To occupy or hold a place; to be set, placed, fixed, located, or situated.
- hold one's ground; maintain a position; be steadfast or upright
- put up with something or somebody unpleasant
- withstand the force of something
- be standing; be upright
- be available for stud services
- have or maintain a position or stand on an issue
- be tall; have a height of; copula
- occupy a place or location, also metaphorically
- be in effect; be or remain in force
- be in some specified state or condition
- put into an upright position
- remain inactive or immobile
noun
- (sports) Grandstand. (often in the plural)
- (forestry) A contiguous group of trees sufficiently uniform in age-class distribution, composition, and structure, and growing on a site of sufficiently uniform quality, to be a distinguishable unit.
- A small building, booth, or stage, as in a bandstand or hamburger stand.
- (cricket) A partnership.
- The platform on which a witness testifies in court; the witness stand or witness box.
- (US, historical) Ellipsis of tavern stand (“a roadside inn”).
- A young tree, usually reserved when other trees are cut; also, a tree growing or standing upon its own root, in distinction from one produced from a scion set in a stock, either of the same or another kind of tree.
- A location or position where one may stand.
- (advertising) An advertisement filling an entire billboard, comprising many sheets of paper.
- (historical) An area of raised seating for waiters at the stock exchange.
- (military, plural often stand) A single set, as of arms.
- A resolute, unwavering position; firm opinion; action for a purpose in the face of opposition.
- The act of standing.
- A designated spot where someone or something may stand or wait.
- A particular grove or other group of trees or shrubs.
- A period of performance in a given location or venue.
- A standstill, a motionless state, as of someone confused, or a hunting dog who has found game.
- A defensive position or effort.
- A device to hold something upright or aloft.
- the position where a thing or person stands
- a platform where a (brass) band can play in the open air
- a stop made by a touring musical or theatrical group to give a performance
- a booth where articles are displayed for sale
- a support or foundation
- a defensive effort
- an interruption of normal activity
- a growth of similar plants (usually trees) in a particular area
- a mental position from which things are viewed
- a support for displaying or holding various articles
- tiered seats consisting of a structure (often made of wood) where people can sit to watch an event (game or parade)
- a small table for holding articles of various kinds
verb
- (transitive) To maintain, or keep in existence.
- (transitive) To encourage or sanction (something).
- (transitive) To confirm, prove, or corroborate; to uphold.
- (transitive) To experience or suffer (an injury, etc.).
- To keep from falling; to bear; to uphold; to support.
- To aid, comfort, or relieve; to vindicate.
- (transitive) To provide for or nourish.
- (law, of a judge) To allow, accept, or admit (e.g. an objection or motion) as valid.
- lengthen or extend in duration or space
- be the physical support of; carry the weight of
- admit as valid
- supply with necessities and support
- undergo (as of injuries and illnesses)
- establish or strengthen as with new evidence or facts
- provide with nourishment
noun
verb
- (intransitive) To abide; to remain; to continue.
- (intransitive, engineering) To be in a given state.
- (intransitive) To linger (on); to remain fixated. [with on ‘a particular thought, idea, etc.’]
- (intransitive, now literary) To live; to reside.
- come back to
- exist or be situated within
- be an inhabitant of or reside in
- originate (in)
- think moodily or anxiously about something
noun
- (engineering) A period of time in which a system or component remains in a given state.
- (automotive) In a petrol engine, the period of time the ignition points are closed to let current flow through the ignition coil in between each spark. This is measured as an angle in degrees around the camshaft in the distributor which controls the points, for example in a 4-cylinder engine it might be 55° (spark at 90° intervals, points closed for 55° between each).
- (engineering) A brief pause in the motion of part of a mechanism to allow an operation to be completed.
- (electrical engineering) A planned delay in a timed control program.
verb
- (intransitive) To endure, continue over time.
- (intransitive) To hold out, continue undefeated or entire.
- (transitive, shoemaking) To shape (an item of footwear such as a boot or shoe) during its manufacture or repair while it is placed on a last (noun etymology 3 sense 1).
- (intransitive, slang, of a man) To purposefully refrain from orgasm
- persist for a specified period of time
- continue to live and avoid dying
adj
- Lowest in rank or degree.
- Final, ultimate, coming after all others of its kind.
- Supreme; highest in degree; utmost.
- Farthest of all from a given quality, character, or condition; most unlikely, or least preferable.
- Most recent, latest, last so far.
- Being the only one remaining of its class.
- immediately past
- conclusive in a process or progression
- coming after all others in time or space or degree or being the only one remaining
- occurring at the time of death
- most unlikely or unsuitable
- highest in extent or degree
- occurring at or forming an end or termination
- not to be altered or undone
- lowest in rank or importance
adv
det
- (of days of the week or months of the year) Closest in the past, or closest but one if the closest was very recent; of days, sometimes thought to specifically refer to the instance closest to seven days (one week) ago, or the most recent instance before seven days (one week) ago.
- The (one) immediately before the present.
noun
- A load of some commodity with reference to its weight and commercial value.
- (shoemaking) A tool in the form of a foot on which an item of footwear (such as a boot or shoe) is placed for shaping while it is being manufactured or repaired.
- the final stage or concluding parts of an event or occurrence
- a unit of weight equal to 4,000 pounds
- a unit of capacity for grain equal to 80 bushels
- the time at which life ends; continuing until dead
- the last or lowest in an ordering or series
- the temporal end; the concluding time
- a person's dying act; the final thing a person can do
- holding device shaped like a human foot that is used to fashion or repair shoes
verb
- (idiomatic, intransitive) To persist, persevere.
- (idiomatic, intransitive) To talk continuously or prolongedly (about something), often in an excessively excited way.
- (idiomatic, transitive) To continue, maintain or pursue (an activity or enterprise).
- (idiomatic, intransitive) To have an illicit sexual or flirtatious relationship.
- (idiomatic, intransitive) To act or behave; especially, to misbehave so as to attract attention; to make a fuss; to behave ostentatiously.
- (idiomatic, transitive, intransitive) To take baggage or luggage onto an airplane, rather than check it.
- (idiomatic, intransitive) To continue or proceed as before.
- keep or maintain in unaltered condition; cause to remain or last
- continue talking
- misbehave badly; act in a silly or improper way
- direct the course of; manage or control
noun
verb
- To continue unchanged in place, form, or condition, or undiminished in quantity; to abide; to stay; to endure; to last.
- (mathematics) To be left after a number or quantity has been subtracted or cut off; to be left as not included or comprised.
- To stay after others or other parts have been removed or otherwise disappeared.
- (copulative) To continue in a state of being.
- To await; to be left to.
- stay the same; remain in a certain state
- continue in a place, position, or situation
- be in a certain place and not leave
- be left; of persons, questions, problems, results, evidence, etc.
noun
verb
noun
- (by extension) Any house of worship, especially a Mormon meetinghouse.
- (originally Methodism) A temporary place of worship, especially a tent, for a tent meeting, as with a venue for revival meetings.
- (figuratively) Any abode or dwelling place, or especially the human body as the temporary dwelling place of the soul, or life.
- Any temporary dwelling; a hut, tent, or booth.
- (Roman Catholicism) A small ornamented cupboard or box used for the reserved sacrament of the Eucharist, normally located in an especially prominent place in a church.
- (nautical) A hinged device allowing for the easy folding of a mast 90 degrees from perpendicular, as for transporting the boat on a trailer, or passing under a bridge.
- (biblical) The portable tent used before the construction of the temple, where the shekinah (presence of God) was believed to dwell.
- Any portable shrine used in heathen or idolatrous worship.
- (by extension) The Jewish Temple at Jerusalem (as continuing the functions of the earlier tabernacle).
- A sukkah, the booth or 'tabernacle' used during the Jewish Feast of Sukkot.
- (Judaism) the place of worship for a Jewish congregation
verb
- (idiomatic) To persist.
- To grasp or grip firmly.
- (idiomatic) To retain an advantage.
- (idiomatic) Wait a short while.
- (idiomatic) To keep; to store something for someone.
- (idiomatic) To remain loyal.
- retain possession of
- be persistent, refuse to stop
- hold the phone line open
- stop and wait, as if awaiting further instructions or developments
- hold firmly
verb
adj
adv
verb
- (intransitive) To continue steadfast; to keep striving.
- (intransitive) To intentionally restrict labor productivity; to work at the slowest rate that goes unpunished.
- (transitive, slang) To take a ride on (another person's horse) without permission.
- (intransitive) To serve as a soldier.
- serve as a soldier in the military
noun
- (countable, formal, military) An enlisted member of a military service, as distinguished from a commissioned officer.
- A term of approbation for a young boy.
- (xiangqi) A xiangqi piece that moves and captures by advancing one point. Once it has crossed the river, it may also move and capture one point horizontally.
- (by extension, nonstandard, countable, military) Any member of a military, regardless of specialty.
- (countable, military) A member of a ground-based army, of any rank, but especially an enlisted member.
- One of the asexual polymorphic forms of termites, in which the head and jaws are very large and strong. The soldiers serve to defend the nest.
- A brick, for example in a course of brickwork, that is laid vertically on its shortest end (smallest face), so that its tallest and slimmest face faces the outside of the wall.
- A low-ranking gangster or member of a gang, especially the mafia, who engages in physical conflict.
- (countable, figurative) Someone who fights or toils well.
- (British, Australia, Ireland, New Zealand) A piece of buttered bread (or toast), cut into a long thin strip for dipping into a soft-boiled egg.
- A member of the Salvation Army.
- A red or cuckoo gurnard (Chelidonichthys cuculus).
- A guardsman.
- a wingless sterile ant or termite having a large head and powerful jaws adapted for defending the colony
- an enlisted man or woman who serves in an army
verb
- (intransitive) To come into existence.
- (ergative) To start, to initiate or take the first step into something.
- set in motion, cause to start
- begin to speak, understand, read, and write a language
- begin an event that is implied and limited by the nature or inherent function of the direct object
- achieve or accomplish in the least degree, usually used in the negative
- begin to speak or say
- have a beginning characterized in some specified way
- take the first step or steps in carrying out an action
- have a beginning, of a temporal event
- be the first item or point, constitute the beginning or start, come first in a series
- have a beginning, in a temporal, spatial, or evaluative sense
noun
verb
- (intransitive) To continue or carry on, despite obstacles or hardships; to persist.
- continue to exist
- (intransitive) To last.
- (transitive) To suffer patiently.
- (transitive) To tolerate or put up with something unpleasant.
- To remain firm, as under trial or suffering; to suffer patiently or without yielding; to bear up under adversity; to hold out.
- last and be usable
- put up with something or somebody unpleasant
- persist for a specified period of time
- undergo or be subjected to
- face and withstand with courage
- continue to live and avoid dying
verb
- (intransitive) To continue to move forwards.
- (intransitive, especially of time) To pass; to go on; to elapse.
- (transitive, slang) To snitch or tattle (on a person or group), to reveal a secret under pressure, usually regarding criminal matters.
- (transitive) To load or apply something with a rolling motion.
intj
verb
- (intransitive, by extension) To gain full existence (bodily or otherwise).
- (transitive, figurative) To put into or represent in a concrete form, as an idea.
- (intransitive) To embody in flesh; to invest with a bodily, especially a human, form.
- (transitive) To make carnal; to reduce the spiritual nature of.
- make concrete and real
- represent in bodily form
adj
verb
- (intransitive, informal) To persist or continue with something.
- (transitive, slang) To ingest a drug rectally.
- (transitive, slang) To shoot (someone) with a bullet.
- (transitive, slang) To have sex with; to penetrate sexually.
- (transitive) To promote (something, especially a product or service); to mention (something) as if promoting or advertising it.
- (transitive) To stop with a plug; to make tight by stopping a hole.
- make a plug for; praise the qualities or in order to sell or promote
- persist in working hard
- deliver a quick blow to
- fill or close tightly with or as if with a plug
- replace the center of a coin with a baser metal
- insert as a plug
- insert a plug into
noun
- (geology) A body of once molten rock that hardened in a volcanic vent. Usually round or oval in shape.
- (aviation) A standard, modular fuselage component that can be added or removed.
- (fishing) A type of lure consisting of a rigid, buoyant or semi-buoyant body and one or more hooks.
- (slang) A drug dealer.
- A branch from a water-pipe to supply a hose.
- (jewelry) A short cylindrical piece of jewellery commonly worn in larger-gauge body piercings, especially in the ear.
- (US, slang) A high, tapering silk hat.
- Ellipsis of spark plug.
- (slang) A promotion (act of promoting) of a product (such as a book, film or play) or other thing, concept, etc, for example during an interview or a commercial.
- (loosely) An electric socket: wall plug.
- (US) A flat oblong cake of pressed tobacco.
- Any piece of wood, metal, or other substance used to stop or fill a hole.
- (horticulture) A small seedling grown in a tray from expanded polystyrene or polythene filled usually with a peat or compost substrate.
- A growth of protoplasm that closes the pore openings in the cells of certain algae.
- Ellipsis of fireplug (“fire hydrant”).
- (construction) A block of wood let into a wall to afford a hold for nails.
- (US, slang) A worthless horse.
- (electricity) A pronged connecting device which fits into a mating socket, especially an electrical one.
- blatant or sensational promotion
- an upright hydrant for drawing water to use in fighting a fire
- electrical device that fits into the cylinder head of an internal-combustion engine and ignites the gas by means of an electric spark
- an old or over-worked horse
- blockage consisting of an object designed to fill a hole tightly
- an electrical device with two or three pins that is inserted in a socket to make an electrical connection
- a wad of something chewable as tobacco
verb
- (intransitive, of a thing) To last or endure over a period of time.
- (intransitive, cricket, of a wicket-keeper) To stand immediately behind the wicket so as to catch balls from a slow or spin bowler, and to attempt to stump the batsman.
- (US, military, transitive) To formally activate and commission (a unit, formation, etc.).
- (transitive) To launch, propel upwards
- (intransitive, of a person or narrative) To continue to be believable, consistent, or plausible.
- To make one's voice heard, to speak up.
- (transitive, idiomatic) (stand someone up) To avoid a prearranged meeting, especially a date, with (a person) without prior notification; to jilt or shirk.
- (transitive) To bring something up and set it into a standing position; to set something up.
- (intransitive) To rise from a lying or sitting position.
- (intransitive, formal) To serve in a role during a wedding ceremony.
- refuse to back down; remain solid under criticism or attack
- rise to one's feet
- be standing; be upright
- defend against attack or criticism
- resist or withstand wear, criticism, etc.
- put into an upright position
- rise up as in fear
verb
- (intransitive) To extend along.
- (transitive, intransitive) To survive or get by; to last or persist for a stated length of time.
- 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.
- (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) To be accepted.
- (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, 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
- (transitive, idiomatic) To persist or continue.
- (transitive, idiomatic) To cause or allow to remain in the on or open position.
- (transitive, idiomatic) To cause or allow to remain in an existing position.
- (intransitive, idiomatic) To persist in talking about a subject to the annoyance of the listener.
- allow to remain in a place or position or maintain a property or feature
verb
- (intransitive, figuratively) To remain persistently in one's thoughts.
- (intransitive) To veer in one direction.
- (intransitive) To be or remain suspended.
- (intransitive, chess) To be vulnerable to capture.
- (transitive, computing) To cause (a program or computer) to stop responding.
- (transitive, baseball, slang, of a pitcher) To throw a hittable off-speed pitch.
- (intransitive, law) To be executed by suspension by one's neck from a gallows, a tree, or other raised bar, attached by a rope tied into a noose.
- (transitive) To cause (something) to be suspended, as from a hook, hanger, hinges, or the like.
- (intransitive, of a ball in cricket, tennis, etc.) To rebound unexpectedly or unusually slowly, due to backward spin on the ball or imperfections of the ground.
- (transitive, figurative) To attach or cause to stick (a charge or accusation, etc.).
- (transitive) To prevent from reaching a decision, especially by refusing to join in a verdict that must be unanimous.
- (transitive) To apply (wallpaper or drywall to a wall).
- (transitive) To hold or bear in a suspended or inclined manner or position instead of erect.
- (transitive, law) To kill (someone) by suspension from the neck, usually as a form of execution or suicide.
- (transitive) To exhibit (an object) by hanging.
- (intransitive, computing) To stop responding to manual input devices such as the keyboard and mouse.
- (intransitive) To float, as if suspended.
- (intransitive, informal) To loiter; to hang around; to spend time idly.
- (transitive, chess) To cause (a piece) to become vulnerable to capture.
- (transitive, informal) (used in maledictions) To damn.
- (transitive) To decorate (something) with hanging objects.
- be exhibited
- hold on tightly or tenaciously
- decorate or furnish with something suspended
- be suspended or poised
- be suspended or hanging
- be menacing, burdensome, or oppressive
- give heed (to)
- be placed in position as by a hinge
- let drop or droop
- suspend (meat) in order to get a gamey taste
- fall or flow in a certain way
- prevent from reaching a verdict, of a jury
- kill by hanging
- cause to be hanging or suspended
- place in position as by a hinge so as to allow free movement in one direction
noun
- (colloquial) The smallest amount of concern or consideration; a damn.
- (computing) An instance of ceasing to respond to input.
- (Ireland, informal, derogatory) Cheap processed ham (cured pork), often made specially for sandwiches.
- A slackening of motion.
- The way in which something hangs.
- A hangout.
- A sharp or steep declivity or slope.
- A person that someone hangs out with.
- Alternative spelling of Hang (“musical instrument”).
- A mass of hanging material.
- (informal, figuratively) A grip, understanding.
- a gymnastic exercise performed on the rings or horizontal bar or parallel bars when the gymnast's weight is supported by the arms
- a special way of doing something
- the way a garment hangs
verb
- (intransitive) To stay, remain, be situated, or belong to.
- (no object, with complement) To continue to be, remain, be left in a certain way.
- (transitive, intransitive, reflexive) To lean, lie, or lay.
- (intransitive) To come to a pause or an end; end.
- To be satisfied; to acquiesce.
- (intransitive) To sleep; slumber.
- (intransitive) To lie dormant.
- (intransitive) To be free from that which harasses or disturbs; be quiet or still; be undisturbed.
- (intransitive) To cease from action, motion, work, or performance of any kind; stop; desist; be without motion.
- (intransitive) To rely or depend on.
- (intransitive) To sleep the final sleep; sleep in death; die; be dead.
- (transitive, reflexive, copulative) To put into a state of rest.
- (intransitive, transitive, law, US) To complete one's active advocacy in a trial or other proceeding, and thus to wait for the outcome (however, one is still generally available to answer questions, etc.)
- have a place in relation to something else
- take a short break from one's activities in order to relax
- rest on or as if on a pillow
- stay the same; remain in a certain state
- be inherent or innate in
- not move; be in a resting position
- sit, as on a branch
- give a rest to
- be at rest
- be inactive, refrain from acting
- put something in a resting position, as for support or steadying
noun
- A projection from the right side of the cuirass of armour, serving to support the lance.
- (uncountable) That which remains.
- (uncountable, of a person or animal) Relief from work or activity by sleeping; sleep.
- (snooker, countable) A stick with a U-, V- or X-shaped head used to support the tip of a cue when the cue ball is otherwise out of reach.
- Those not included in a proposition or description; the remainder; others.
- A place where one may rest, either temporarily, as in an inn, or permanently, as, in an abode.
- (euphemistic, uncountable) A final position after death. Also, death itself: "Not alone, not alone would I go to my rest in the heart of the love..." -- George William Russell ("Love")
- (music, countable) A written symbol indicating such a pause in a musical score such as in sheet music.
- (countable) Any relief from exertion; a state of quiet and relaxation.
- (uncountable) Peace; freedom from worry, anxiety, annoyances; tranquility.
- (physics, uncountable) Absence of motion.
- (UK, finance) A surplus held as a reserved fund by a bank to equalize its dividends, etc.; in the Bank of England, the balance of assets above liabilities.
- (countable) Any object designed to be used to support something else.
- (uncountable, of an object or concept) A state of inactivity; a state of little or no motion; a state of completion.
- (music, countable) A pause of a specified length in a piece of music.
- The striking of a balance at regular intervals in a running account. Often, specifically, the intervals after which compound interest is added to capital.
- (poetry) A short pause in reading poetry; a caesura.
- a state of inaction
- something left after other parts have been taken away
- a support on which things can be put
- a pause for relaxation
- freedom from activity (work or strain or responsibility)
- a musical notation indicating a silence of a specified duration
- euphemisms for death (based on an analogy between lying in a bed and in a tomb)
verb
- continue to exist
- prove superior
- be larger in number, quantity, power, status or importance
- be valid, applicable, or true
- use persuasion successfully
- (intransitive) To be current, widespread, or predominant; to have currency or prevalence.
- (intransitive) To be superior in strength, dominance, influence, or frequency; to have or gain the advantage over others; to have the upper hand; to outnumber others.
- (intransitive, often with upon or on) To succeed in persuading or inducing.
- (intransitive) To triumph; to be victorious.
verb
- continue to exist
- cover by running; run a certain distance
- deal in illegally, such as arms or liquor
- include as the content; broadcast or publicize
- travel rapidly, by any (unspecified) means
- run with the ball; in such sports as football
- occur persistently
- flee; take to one's heels; cut and run
- reduce or cause to be reduced from a solid to a liquid state, usually by heating
- run, stand, or compete for an office or a position
- be diffused
- change from one state to another
- pursue for food or sport (as of wild animals)
- carry out a process or program, as on a computer or a machine
- become undone
- be affected by; be subjected to
- move along, of liquids
- progress by being changed
- cause something to pass or lead somewhere
- change or be different within limits
- be operating, running or functioning
- move about freely and without restraint, or act as if running around in an uncontrolled way
- make without a miss
- sail before the wind
- cause to perform
- have a tendency or disposition to do or be something; be inclined
- conduct to completion
- cause to emit recorded audio or video
- compete in a race
- direct or control; projects, businesses, etc.
- come unraveled or undone as if by snagging
- pass over, across, or through
- set animals loose to graze
- keep company
- move fast by using one's feet, with one foot off the ground at any given time
- perform as expected when applied
- extend or continue for a certain period of time
- cause an animal to move fast
- travel a route regularly
- have a particular form
- stretch out over a distance, space, time, or scope; run or extend between two points or beyond a certain point
- (transitive) To encounter or incur (a danger or risk).
- To tend, as to an effect or consequence; to incline.
- (transitive) To complete a running course or event in (a given time).
- (figurative, transitive) To pass (without stopping), typically a stop signal, stop sign, or duty to yield the right of way.
- (transitive) To execute or carry out a plan, procedure, or program.
- To fuse; to shape; to mould; to cast.
- (transitive) To transit (a length of a river), as in whitewater rafting.
- (intransitive) Of stitches or stitched clothing, to unravel.
- To cause to be drawn; to mark out; to indicate; to determine.
- (golf) To strike (the ball) in such a way as to cause it to run along the ground, as when approaching a hole.
- (intransitive) To flee from a danger or towards help.
- To press (a bank, etc.) with immediate demands for payment.
- (intransitive) To become liquid; to melt.
- (intransitive) To be a candidate in an election.
- (transitive, agriculture) To sort through a large volume of produce in quality control.
- (transitive) To transport (someone or something), notionally at a brisk pace.
- (copulative) To become different in a way mentioned (usually to become worse).
- To have a legal course; to be attached; to continue in force, effect, or operation; to follow; to go in company.
- (transitive) To cover (a course or a distance) by running.
- (intransitive) To leak or spread in an undesirable fashion; to bleed (especially used of dye or paint).
- past participle of rin
- (intransitive) To move briskly or smoothly with a motion of sliding, rolling, sweeping etc.
- (transitive) To make (something) extend in space.
- (sports, especially baseball) To eject from a game or match.
- To pass or go quickly in thought or conversation.
- (transitive) To cause to move quickly or lightly.
- (intransitive) To move forward quickly upon two feet by alternately making a short jump off either foot.
- (intransitive) To extend in time, to last, to continue (usually with a measure phrase).
- (intransitive) Of fish, to migrate for spawning.
- To drive or force; to cause, or permit, to be driven.
- (transitive or intransitive) To compete in a race.
- (transitive, intransitive) Of a means of transportation: to travel (a route).
- (intransitive) To be presented in the media.
- (transitive) To make stand in an election.
- To exert continuous activity; to proceed.
- (transitive) To cause (a vehicle) to travel a route.
- (intransitive) To extend in space or through a range (often with a measure phrase).
- (American football, transitive or intransitive) To carry (a football) down the field, as opposed to passing or kicking.
- To pursue in thought; to carry in contemplation.
- (transitive) To make a liquid or electric current flow from or into an object.
- (transitive) To smuggle (illegal goods).
- (transitive) To control or manage; to be in charge of.
- (intransitive) To go at a fast pace; to move quickly.
- (transitive) To make a machine operate.
- To have growth or development.
- (transitive) To cost an amount of money.
- (intransitive, figuratively) To move or spread quickly.
- (nautical, of a vessel) To sail before the wind, in distinction from reaching or sailing close-hauled.
- (intransitive) Of a liquid or electric current, to flow.
- (transitive) To print or broadcast in the media.
- To control or have precedence in a card game.
- (transitive, juggling, colloquial) To juggle a pattern continuously, as opposed to starting and stopping quickly.
- To be in form thus, as a combination of words.
- (intransitive) Of an object, to have a liquid flowing from it.
- (video games, rare) To speedrun.
- (transitive) To cause stitched clothing to unravel.
- To cause to enter; to thrust.
- (transitive) To make enter a race.
- To encounter or suffer (a particular, usually bad, fate or misfortune).
- (intransitive) Of a machine, including computer programs, to be operating or working normally.
- To sew (a seam) by passing the needle through material in a continuous line, generally taking a series of stitches on the needle at the same time.
noun
- a small stream
- the pouring forth of a fluid
- a regular trip
- unrestricted freedom to use
- an unbroken chronological sequence
- (American football) a play in which a player attempts to carry the ball through or past the opposing team
- the production achieved during a continuous period of operation (of a machine or factory etc.)
- the act of testing something
- the continuous period of time during which something (a machine or a factory) operates or continues in operation
- a race between candidates for elective office
- a race run on foot
- a short trip
- an unbroken series of events
- the act of running; traveling on foot at a fast pace
- a score in baseball made by a runner touching all four bases safely
- a row of unravelled stitches
- A production quantity (such as in a factory).
- (mining) The horizontal distance to which a drift may be carried, either by licence of the proprietor of a mine or by the nature of the formation; also, the direction which a vein of ore or other substance takes.
- A trial.
- One’s gait while running; the way one runs.
- (construction) Horizontal dimension of a slope.
- A flow of liquid; a leak.
- (cricket) The act of passing from one wicket to another; the point scored for this.
- (chiefly eastern North Midland US, especially Ohio, Pennsylvania, West Virginia) A small creek or part thereof. (Compare Southern US branch and New York and New England brook.)
- Migration of fish.
- The top of a step on a staircase, also called a tread, as opposed to the rise.
- (video games, speedrunning) A playthrough, or attempted playthrough; a session of play.
- (skiing, bobsledding) A single trip down a hill, as in skiing and bobsledding.
- Any sudden large demand for something.
- (banking) A sudden series of demands on a bank or other financial institution, especially characterised by great withdrawals.
- An enclosure for an animal; a track or path along which something can travel.
- (slang) A period of extended (usually daily) drug use.
- A standard or unexceptional group or category.
- The horizontal length of a set of stairs
- (music) A rapid passage in music, especially along a scale.
- (golf) The movement communicated to a golf ball by running it.
- (American football) A running play.
- The distance drilled with a bit, in oil drilling.
- State of being current; currency; popularity.
- The period of showing of a play, film, TV series, etc.
- A quick pace, faster than a walk.
- A line of knit stitches that have unravelled, particularly in a nylon stocking.
- (card games) A sequence of cards in a suit in a card game.
- (baseball) A score when a runner touches all bases legally; the act of a runner scoring.
- (golf) The distance a ball travels after touching the ground from a stroke.
- (mathematics, computing) The execution of a program or model
- A pair or set of millstones.
- A series of tries in a game that were successful.
- (Australia, New Zealand) A rural landholding for farming, usually for running sheep, and operated by a runholder.
- Act or instance of hurrying (to or from a place) (not necessarily on foot); dash or errand, trip.
- Flight, instance or period of fleeing.
- (nautical) The stern of the underwater body of a ship from where it begins to curve upward and inward.
- (of horses) A fast gallop.
- Act or instance of running, of moving rapidly using the feet.
- Unrestricted use. Only used in have the run of.
- A continuous period (of time) marked by a trend; a period marked by a continuing trend.
- A (regular) trip or route.
- The route taken while running or skiing.
- The distance sailed by a ship.
- A group of fish that migrate, or ascend a river for the purpose of spawning.
- A pleasure trip.
- A voyage.
adj
verb
- (intransitive) To prevail.
- (transitive) To recover from (a difficulty), to get over.
- (transitive) To surmount (a physical or abstract obstacle); to prevail over, to get the better of.
- (transitive) To win against or prevail over in some sort of battle, contest, etc.
- To come or pass over; to spread over.
- win a victory over
- overcome, as with emotions or perceptual stimuli
- overcome, usually through no fault or weakness of the person that is overcome
- get on top of; deal with successfully
adj
noun
verb
- (intransitive) To go forward.
- (intransitive, idiomatic, euphemistic) To die.
- (transitive) To convey or communicate.
- (transitive) To skip or decline.
- (transitive) To transfer (something) to someone, especially by handing or bequeathing it to the next person in a series.
- refer to another person for decision or judgment
- move forward, also in the metaphorical sense
- cause to be distributed
- give to or transfer possession of
- transmit information
- transmit (knowledge or skills)
- place into the hands or custody of
verb
- (intransitive) To persist in staying or visiting.
- (transitive, UK dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) To accustom; habituate; make accustomed to.
- (transitive) To make uneasy, restless.
- (transitive, UK dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) To practise; to devote oneself to.
- (transitive) To inhabit or to visit frequently (most often used in reference to ghosts).
- (transitive) To stalk; to follow.
- be a regular or frequent visitor to a certain place
- haunt like a ghost; pursue
- follow stealthily or recur constantly and spontaneously to
noun
verb
- (transitive) To put up with; to endure (and continue to function).
- (intransitive) To use the hands.
- (transitive, rare) To accustom to the hand; to take care of with the hands.
- (soccer, intransitive) To illegally touch the ball with the hand or arm; to commit handball.
- (transitive) To receive and transfer; to have pass through one's hands; hence, to buy and sell.
- (transitive) To deal with (a subject, argument, topic, or theme) in speaking, in writing, or in art.
- (transitive) To manage, use, or wield with the hands.
- (transitive) To touch; to feel or hold with the hand(s).
- (transitive) To manage, control, or direct.
- (intransitive) To behave in a particular way when handled (managed, controlled, directed).
- (transitive, rare) To be concerned with; to be an expert in.
- (transitive) To treat, to deal with (in a specified way).
- act on verbally or in some form of artistic expression
- handle effectively
- interact in a certain way
- touch, lift, or hold with the hands
- be in charge of, act on, or dispose of
- show and train
noun
- (slang) A person's nose.
- (computing) A reference to an object or structure that can be stored in a variable.
- (algebraic geometry) The smooth, irreducible subcurve of a comb which connects to each of the other components in exactly one point.
- (US) A half-gallon (1.75-liter) bottle of alcohol.
- (gambling) The gross amount of wagering within a given period of time or for a given event at one of more establishments.
- (geography, Newfoundland and Labrador, rare) A point, an extremity of land.
- An instrument for effecting a purpose (either literally or figuratively); a tool, or an opportunity or pretext.
- (horse racing, gambling) The amount wagered in the various pari-mutuel pools for a particular event or events.
- The part of an object which is (designed to be) held in the hand when used or moved.
- (textiles) The tactile qualities of a fabric, e.g., softness, firmness, elasticity, fineness, resilience, and other qualities perceived by touch.
- (Australia, chiefly Northern Territory, New Zealand) A 10 fluid ounce (285 mL) glass of beer.
- (topology) A topological space homeomorphic to a ball but viewed as a product of two lower-dimensional balls.
- (UK, informal) A traditional dimpled glass with a handle, for serving a pint of beer.
- (slang) A name or nickname, especially as an identifier over the radio or Internet.
- (slang) A title attached to one's name, such as Doctor or Colonel.
- the appendage to an object that is designed to be held in order to use or move it
verb
- (intransitive) To progress.
- (transitive) To overtake.
- (transitive) To jump over some obstacle, as in the game of leapfrog.
- (transitive, military) To advance by engaging the enemy with one unit while another moves further forward.
- (transitive, chiefly British, law) To appeal or allow to be appealed (a case) directly to a supreme court, bypassing an intermediate appellate court.
- to vault
- progress by large jumps instead of small increments
noun
- (chiefly British, law, usually attributive) The process by which a case is appealed or allowed to be appealed directly to a supreme court, bypassing an intermediate appellate court.
- (games) A game, often played by children, in which a player leaps like a frog over the back of another person who has stooped over. One variation of the game involves a number of people lining up in a row and bending over. The last person in the line then vaults forward over each of the others until they reach the front of the line, whereupon they also bend over. The process is then repeated.
- a game in which one child bends down and another leaps over
- advancing as if in the child's game, by leaping over obstacles or competitors
verb
- (intransitive, copulative sense obsolete) To remain in a given place or condition; to remain in connection with; to abide; to stay.
- (transitive) To make last; to prolong.
- (transitive) To proceed with (doing an activity); to prolong (an activity).
- (intransitive) To resume.
- (transitive) To retain (someone or something) in a given state, position, etc.
- (poker slang) To make a continuation bet.
- (transitive, law) To adjourn, prorogue, put off.
- do something repeatedly and showing no intention to stop
- continue after an interruption
- continue in a place, position, or situation
- exist over a prolonged period of time
- move ahead; travel onward in time or space
- keep or maintain in unaltered condition; cause to remain or last
- continue talking
- span an interval of distance, space or time
- allow to remain in a place or position or maintain a property or feature
- continue a certain state, condition, or activity
noun
verb
- (intransitive) To contend.
- (transitive) To call into question; to oppose.
- (transitive) To strive earnestly to hold or maintain; to struggle to defend.
- (law) To make a subject of litigation; to defend, as a suit; to dispute or resist, as a claim, by course of law.
- to make the subject of dispute, contention, or litigation
noun
verb
verb
- (intransitive) To become.
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see turn, to.
- To start to do or to use something in an attempt to deal with a difficult and unpleasant situation.
- To consult for advice or help.
- To direct one's attention or efforts toward something.
- (intransitive) To apply oneself; to focus; to get one's head down.
- With to as particle:
- (transitive) To cause (something or someone) to become.
- speak to
adj
- Necessary to continued existence.
- Relating to the recording of life events.
- Very important.
- Relating to or characteristic of life.
- Necessary to the continuation of life; being the seat of life; being that on which life depends.
- Lively, having vitality
- Containing life; living.
- Invigorating or life-giving.
- Capable of living; in a state to live; viable.
- urgently needed; absolutely necessary
- performing an essential function in the living body
- full of spirit; full of life
- manifesting or characteristic of life