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- To distress, disadvantage or harm (someone).
- To rob or mug (someone).
- (transitive) To put up to hang.
- To keep delayed, suspended, held up, or stuck.
- To quit (something); to give up or stop doing (something); to abandon (something).
- To arrest (someone); to send (someone) to prison.
- (intransitive, figurative) To stop talking.
- (intransitive, idiomatic) To terminate a telephone call, originally by hanging the receiver on its hook or cradle thereby automatically disconnecting the line.
- interrupt a telephone conversation
- put a telephone receiver back in its cradle
- cause to be hanging or suspended
- The condition of being held as security or to compel someone else to act or not act in a particular way.
- A person seized in order to compel another party to act (or refrain from acting) in a certain way, because of the threat of harm to the hostage.
- Something that constrains one's actions because it is at risk.
- One who is compelled by something, especially something that poses a threat; one who is not free to choose their own course of action.
- A person given as a pledge or security for the performance of the conditions of a treaty or similar agreement, such as to ensure the status of a vassal.
- a prisoner who is held by one party to insure that another party will meet specified terms
- (transitive, colloquial) To detain (a person) in conversation against their will.
- (transitive) To sew by buttonhole stitch.
- (transitive, rare) To apply a flowery formation in.
- (ambitransitive) To cut one or more buttonholes (in).
- detain in conversation by or as if by holding on to the outer garments of; as for political or economic favors
- The mouth, nose or eyes of a tiny appearance.
- (attributive) So shaped that it can be worn on a buttonhole or it is similar to a buttonhole.
- A hole through which a button is pushed to secure a garment or some part of one.
- (chiefly British) A flower worn in a buttonhole for decoration.
- (lightly vulgar) The butthole (anus).
- (surgery) A small slot-like cut or incision, made for example by an accident with the scalpel.
- a hole through which buttons are pushed
- To bring into or keep (someone) in bondage or a state of submission; to enslave or subject to confine, to restrain; to oppress, to subjugate.
- (agriculture) To place a frame on the neck of (an animal such as a cow, pig, or goose) to prevent passage through a fence or other barrier.
- To place a collar on the neck of (a conquered person or prisoner) to restrain movement.
- To join (several draught animals) together with a yoke; also, to fasten a yoke (on one or more draught animals) to pull a cart, plough, etc.; or to attach (a cart, plough, etc.) to a draught animal.
- To be or become connected, linked, or united in a relationship; to have dealings with.
- To put (one's arm or arms) around someone's neck, waist, etc.; also, to surround (someone's neck, waist, etc.) with one's arms.
- To bring (two or more people or things) into a close relationship (often one that is undesired); to connect, to link, to unite.
- To put (something) around someone's neck like a yoke; also, to surround (someone's neck) with something.
- put a yoke on or join with a yoke
- link with or as with a yoke
- become joined or linked together
- A collar placed on the neck of a conquered person or prisoner to restrain movement.
- Misspelling of yolk.
- Something which oppresses or restrains a person; a burden.
- (glassblowing) A Y-shaped stand used to support a blowpipe or punty while reheating in the glory hole.
- (chiefly US) A frame or convex crosspiece from which a bell is hung.
- (Ireland, informal) A chap, a fellow.
- (Ireland, informal) A miscellaneous object; a gadget.
- (nautical) A fitting placed across the head of the rudder with a line attached at each end by which a boat may be steered; in modern use it is primarily found in sailing canoes and kayaks.
- (electronics) The electromagnetic coil that deflects the electron beam in a cathode ray tube.
- (chiefly historical) A pair of draught animals, especially oxen, yoked together to pull something.
- (Ancient Rome) Chiefly in pass under the yoke: a raised yoke (sense 1.1), or a symbolic yoke formed from two spears installed upright in the ground with another spear connecting their tops, under which a defeated army was made to march as a sign of subjugation.
- A bar or frame by which two oxen or other draught animals are joined at their necks enabling them to pull a cart, plough, etc.; (by extension) a device attached to a single draught animal for the same purpose.
- (Ireland, Scotland) A carriage, a horse and cart; (by extension, generally) a car or other vehicle.
- (Ireland, slang) A pill of a psychoactive drug.
- (bodybuilding) Well-developed muscles of the neck and shoulders.
- (video games) A similar device used as a game controller.
- A pole carried on the neck and shoulders of a person, used for carrying a pair of buckets, etc., one at each end of the pole; a carrying pole.
- (aviation) Any of various devices with crosspieces used to control an aircraft; specifically, the control column.
- (chiefly England, especially Kent; also Scotland; historical) An amount of work done with draught animals, lasting about half a day; (by extension) an amount or shift of any work.
- A bond of love, especially marriage; also, a bond of friendship or partnership; an obligation or task borne by two or more people.
- (electrical engineering) Originally, a metal piece connecting the poles of a magnet or electromagnet; later, a part of magnetic circuit (such as in a generator or motor) not surrounded by windings (“wires wound around the cores of electrical transformers”).
- (agriculture) A frame placed on the neck of an animal such as a cow, pig, or goose to prevent passage through a fence or other barrier.
- (clothing) The part of an item of clothing which fits around the shoulders or the hips from which the rest of the garment hangs, and which is often distinguished by having a double thickness of material, or decorative flourishes.
- Any of various linking or supporting objects that resembles a yoke (sense 1.1); a crosspiece, a curved bar, etc.
- a pair of draft animals joined by a yoke
- a connection (like a clamp or vise) between two things so they move together
- support consisting of a wooden frame across the shoulders that enables a person to carry buckets hanging from each end
- an oppressive power
- two items of the same kind
- fabric comprising a fitted part at the top of a garment
- stable gear that joins two draft animals at the neck so they can work together as a team
- (figurative) One charmed or subdued by beauty, excellence, or affection; one who is captivated.
- A captive insurance company, a subsidiary of a company used as its internal insurer.
- One held prisoner.
- One who has been captured or is otherwise confined.
- an animal that is confined
- a person held in the grip of a strong emotion or passion
- a person who is confined; especially a prisoner of war
- To bind the arms of someone, so as to deprive him of their use; to disable by so binding.
- (transferred sense, figurative) To restrain; to limit.
- To cut off the pinion of a bird’s wing, or otherwise disable or bind its wings, in order to prevent it from flying.
- cut the wings off (of birds)
- bind the arms of
- A wing.
- (mechanical engineering) The smallest gear in a gear train.
- A moth of the genus Lithophane.
- (ornithology) Any of the outermost primary feathers on a bird's wing.
- (ornithology) The joint of a bird's wing farthest from the body.
- wing of a bird
- a gear with a small number of teeth designed to mesh with a larger wheel or rack
- any of the larger wing or tail feathers of a bird
- (transitive) To take away by force; to carry away (a human being) wrongfully and usually with violence or deception; to kidnap.
- (transitive, anatomy) To draw away, as a limb or other part, from the median axis of the body.
- take away to an undisclosed location against their will and usually in order to extract a ransom
- pull away from the body
- Not subject to being alienated, that is, surrendered, taken away, or transferred to another.
- (grammar) Of or pertaining to a noun belonging to a special class in which the possessive construction differs from the norm, especially for particular familial relationships and body parts, regarding permanence.
- not subject to forfeiture
- incapable of being repudiated or transferred to another
- the act of freeing from captivity or punishment
- payment for the release of someone
- money demanded for the return of a captured person
- (historical, law, UK) A sum paid for the pardon of some great offence and the discharge of the offender; also, a fine paid in lieu of corporal punishment.
- The release of a captive, or of captured property, by payment of a consideration.
- Money paid for the freeing of a hostage.
- (transitive) To imprison: to forcibly place in a jail.
- (transitive, computing, databases) To make a set of changes permanent.
- (transitive) To do (something bad); to perpetrate, as a crime, sin, or fault.
- (transitive) To give in trust; to put into charge or keeping; to entrust; to consign; used with to or formerly unto.
- (ambitransitive) To pledge or bind; to compromise, expose, or endanger by some decisive act or preliminary step. (Traditionally used only reflexively but now also without oneself etc.)
- (transitive) To forcibly evaluate and treat in a medical facility, particularly for presumed mental illness.
- (transitive, programming) To integrate new revisions into the public or master version of a file in a version control system.
- transfer to another place so something can be kept or preserved
- engage in or perform
- cause to be admitted; of persons to an institution
- perform an act, usually with a negative connotation
- make a set of changes permanent
- make an investment
- give entirely to a specific person, activity, or cause
- confer a trust upon
- (informal, sports, chiefly US) A person, especially a high school athlete, who agrees verbally or signs a letter committing to attend a college or university.
- (computing, databases) The act of committing (e.g. a database transaction), making it a permanent change; such a change.
- (programming) The submission of source code or other material to a source control repository.
- (transitive) To bind, compel, constrain, or oblige by a social, legal, or moral tie.
- (transitive, Canada, US, Scotland) To commit (money, for example) in order to fulfill an obligation.
- (transitive, Canada, US, Scotland) To cause to be grateful or indebted; to oblige.
- force somebody to do something
- bind by an obligation; cause to be indebted
- commit in order to fulfill an obligation
- (transitive) To imprison somebody, usually without trial.
- (of a state, especially a neutral state) To confine or hold (foreign military personnel who stray into the state's territory) within prescribed limits during wartime.
- (transitive, programming) To internalize.
- (intransitive) To work as an intern, usually with little or no pay or other legal prerogatives of employment, and for the purpose of furthering a program of education.
- deprive of freedom
- work as an intern
- A person who is interned, forcibly or voluntarily.
- A student or recent graduate who works in order to gain experience in their chosen field.
- A medical student or recent graduate working in a hospital as a final part of medical training.
- an advanced student or graduate in medicine gaining supervised practical experience
- (transitive) To constrain someone by force or by social, moral or legal means.
- (transitive, intransitive) To do (someone) a service or favour (hence, originally, creating an obligation).
- (intransitive) To be indebted to someone.
- force somebody to do something
- provide a service or favor for someone
- bind by an obligation; cause to be indebted
- (transitive) To cloister, confine, imprison or hole up: to lock someone up or seclude oneself behind walls.
- To wall in.
- (transitive) To put or bury within a wall.
- (transitive, crystallography and geology, of a growing crystal) To trap or capture (an impurity); chiefly in the participial adjective immured and gerund or gerundial noun immuring.
- lock up or confine, in or as in a jail
- (transitive, slang) To imprison.
- (transitive) To confine in a cage; to put into and keep in a cage.
- (aviation) To immobilize an artificial horizon.
- (transitive, figuratively) To restrict someone's movement or creativity.
- To track individual responses to direct mail, either (advertising) to maintain and develop mailing lists or (politics) to identify people who are not eligible to vote because they do not reside at the registered addresses.
- confine in a cage
- (slang) A prison or prison cell.
- (mining) The drum on which the rope is wound in a hoisting whim.
- The passenger compartment of a lift.
- (athletics) The area from which competitors throw a discus or hammer.
- A wirework strainer, used in connection with pumps and pipes.
- (graph theory) A regular graph that has as few vertices as possible for its girth.
- (engineering) A skeleton frame to limit the motion of a loose piece, such as a ball valve.
- In killer sudoku puzzles, an irregularly-shaped group of cells that must contain a set of unique digits adding up to a certain total, in addition to the usual constraints of sudoku.
- An enclosure made of bars, normally to hold animals.
- (figuratively) Something that hinders freedom.
- (US, derogatory, slang) An automobile.
- (baseball, ice hockey) The protective wire mask at the front of a helmet.
- An outer framework of timber, enclosing something within it.
- (field hockey or ice hockey, water polo) The goal.
- something that restricts freedom as a cage restricts movement
- a movable screen placed behind home base to catch balls during batting practice
- an enclosure made or wire or metal bars in which birds or animals can be kept
- the net that is the goal in ice hockey
- (uncountable) The act of detaining or the state of being detained; hindrance.
- (pedagogy) A punishment given to a student for a minor infraction, typically requiring the student to report to a designated room during recess or outside of school hours to work on homework or perform busywork.
- (civil law) The bare physical control without the mental element of intention required for possession.
- (law) Confinement of a prisoner awaiting trial.
- a state of being confined (usually for a short time)
- a punishment in which a student must stay at school after others have gone home
- (transitive) To ensnare or obligate someone, as if with a hook.
- (usually passive voice) To make addicted; to captivate.
- (transitive) To insert in a curved way reminiscent of a hook.
- (soccer, bowling) To swerve a ball; kick or throw a ball so it swerves or bends.
- (intransitive) To become attached, as by a hook.
- (field hockey, ice hockey) To use the hockey stick to trip or block another player
- To acquire as a spouse.
- (transitive) To seize or pierce with the points of the horns, as cattle in attacking enemies; to gore.
- (cricket, golf, basketball) To play a hook shot.
- (transitive) To connect (hook into, hook together).
- (intransitive) To move or go with a sudden turn.
- (transitive) To work yarn into a fabric using a hook; to crochet.
- (Scrabble) To play a word perpendicular to another word by adding a single letter to the existing word.
- (transitive) To attach a hook to.
- (bridge, slang) To finesse.
- (transitive) To catch with a hook (hook a fish).
- (intransitive) To bend; to be curved.
- (rugby) To succeed in heeling the ball back out of a scrum (used particularly of the team's designated hooker).
- (intransitive, slang) To engage in prostitution.
- hit a ball and put a spin on it so that it travels to the left
- make a piece of needlework by interlocking and looping thread with a hooked needle
- catch with a hook
- rip off; ask an unreasonable price
- to cause (someone or oneself) to become dependent (on something, especially a narcotic drug)
- secure with the foot
- take by theft
- hit with a hook
- entice and trap
- approach with an offer of sexual favors
- fasten with a hook
- make off with belongings of others
- (music) A catchy musical phrase which forms the basis of a popular song.
- (boxing) a type of punch delivered with the arm rigid and partially bent and the fist travelling nearly horizontally mesially along an arc
- (bowling) A ball that is rolled in a curved line.
- (programming) Part of a system's operation that can be intercepted to change or augment its behaviour.
- (typography) A diacritical mark shaped like the upper part of a question mark, as in ỏ.
- (Scrabble) An instance of playing a word perpendicular to a word already on the board, adding a letter to the start or the end of the word to form a new word.
- (nautical, chiefly historical) A knee-shaped wooden join connecting the keel to the stem (post forming the frontmost part of the bow) or the sternpost in cog-like vessels or similar vessels.
- The amount of spin placed on a bowling ball.
- (geography) A spit or narrow cape of sand or gravel turned landward at the outer end, such as Sandy Hook in New Jersey.
- (authorship) A brief, punchy opening statement intended to get attention from an audience, reader, or viewer, and make them want to continue to listen to a speech, read a book, or watch a play.
- (golf) A golf shot that (for the right-handed player) curves unintentionally to the left. (See draw, slice, fade.)
- (cricket) A type of shot played by swinging the bat in a horizontal arc, hitting the ball high in the air to the leg side, often played to balls which bounce around head height.
- A rod bent into a curved shape, typically with one end free and the other end secured to a rope or other attachment.
- (slang) A prostitute.
- The part of a hinge which is fixed to a post, and on which a door or gate hangs and turns.
- (agriculture) A field sown two years in succession.
- The curved needle used in the art of crochet.
- Any of various hook-shaped agricultural implements such as a billhook.
- (informal) A grasp (of), an attachment (to).
- A snare; a trap.
- (informal) Removal or expulsion from a group or activity.
- A sharp bend or angle in the course or length of an object (e.g. a bend in a river, etc.).
- (narratology) A gimmick or element of a creative work intended to be attention-grabbing for the audience; a compelling idea for a story that will be sure to attract people's attention.
- (baseball) A curveball.
- A barbed metal hook used for fishing; a fishhook.
- (basketball) a basketball shot in which the offensive player, usually turned perpendicular to the basket, gently throws the ball with a sweeping motion of his arm in an upward arc with a follow-through which ends over his head. Also called hook shot.
- (bridge, slang) A finesse.
- A tie-in to a current event or trend that makes a news story or editorial relevant and timely.
- (card games, slang) A jack (the playing card).
- (typography, rare) A háček.
- An advantageous hold.
- A loop shaped like a hook under certain written letters, for example, g and j.
- (surfing) Synonym of shoulder (“the part of a wave that has not yet broken”).
- (Canada, Australia, military) Any of the chevrons denoting rank.
- (in the plural) The projecting points of the thighbones of cattle; called also hook bones.
- (nautical, informal) A ship's anchor.
- a golf shot that curves to the left for a right-handed golfer
- a short swinging punch delivered from the side with the elbow bent
- a catch for locking a door
- anything that serves as an enticement
- a sharp curve or crook; a shape resembling a hook
- a basketball shot made over the head with the hand that is farther from the basket
- a mechanical device that is curved or bent to suspend or hold or pull something
- a curved or bent implement for suspending or pulling something
- (transitive, informal) To capture or arrest.
- (transitive) To acquire; to secure.
- (intransitive) To descend to a surface, especially from the air.
- (intransitive) To arrive on land, especially a shore or dock, from a body of water.
- (intransitive) To come into rest.
- (intransitive, figurative) To go down well with an audience.
- (intransitive, of a punch) To connect (to arrive at an intended target).
- (slang, transitive) To succeed in having sexual relations with; to score.
- (transitive) To bring to land.
- (transitive, of a blow) To deliver.
- bring into a different state
- shoot at and force to come down
- cause to come to the ground
- deliver (a blow)
- bring ashore
- arrive on shore
- reach or come to rest
- The part of Earth which is not covered by oceans or other bodies of water.
- A country or region.
- (electronics) A conducting area on a board or chip which can be used for connecting wires.
- (agriculture) The ground left unploughed between furrows.
- lant; urine
- (ballistics) The space between the rifling grooves in a gun.
- Real estate or landed property; a partitioned and measurable area which is owned and acquired and on which buildings and structures can be built and erected.
- On a compact disc or similar recording medium, an area of the medium which does not have pits.
- (Scotland, historical) A group of dwellings or tenements under one roof and having a common entry.
- (Ireland, colloquial) A shock or fright.
- (often in combination) Realm, domain.
- In any surface prepared with indentations, perforations, or grooves, that part of the surface which is not so treated, such as the level part of a millstone between the furrows.
- (agriculture) Any of several portions into which a field is divided for ploughing.
- (nautical) The lap of the strakes in a clinker-built boat; the lap of plates in an iron vessel; called also landing.
- (travel) The non-airline portion of an itinerary. Hotel, tours, cruises, etc.
- The soil, in respect to its nature or quality for farming.
- A person's country of origin and/or homeplace; homeland.
- the solid part of the earth's surface
- material in the top layer of the surface of the earth in which plants can grow (especially with reference to its quality or use)
- the territory occupied by a nation
- territory over which rule or control is exercised
- a politically organized body of people under a single government
- extensive landed property (especially in the country) retained by the owner for their own use
- the people who live in a nation or country
- a domain in which something is dominant
- agriculture considered as an occupation or way of life
- the land on which real estate is located
- To make amends or compensation to; to relieve of anything unjust or oppressive; to bestow relief upon.
- (film) To redecorate a previously existing film set so that it can double for another set.
- To dress again.
- To set right (a wrong); to repair, (an injury or damage); to make amends for; to remedy; to relieve from.
- To put in order again; to set right; to revise.
- make reparations or amends for
- One who, or that which, gives relief; a redresser.
- A setting right, as of injury, oppression, or wrong, such as the redress of grievances; hence, indemnification; relief; remedy; reparation.
- (film) The redecoration of a previously existing film set so that it can double for another set.
- The act of redressing; a making right; amendment; correction; reformation.
- A possibility to set right, or a possibility to seek a remedy, for instance in court
- a sum of money paid in compensation for loss or injury
- act of correcting an error or a fault or an evil
- (transitive, by extension) To mistreat out of disregard.
- (ambitransitive) To overflow.
- (engineering) To have rotation in such direction that the crank pin traverses the upper, or front, half of its path in the forward, or outward, stroke; said of a crank which drives, or is driven by, a reciprocating piece.
- (transitive, idiomatic) To describe briefly; to summarize or recapitulate; to go through or consider quickly.
- (transitive) To cross by running.
- (rugby) To score a try.
- (transitive, idiomatic) To rehearse quickly.
- (transitive, idiomatic) To drive over, causing injury or death.
- (intransitive, idiomatic) To exceed the allotted time.
- flow or run over (a limit or brim)
- injure or kill by knocking (someone or something) down and passing over the body, as with a vehicle
- The act of sending someone away.
- Release from confinement; liberation.
- (cricket) The event of a batsman getting out; a wicket.
- Deprivation of office; the fact or process of being fired from employment or stripped of rank.
- Removal from consideration; putting something out of one's mind, mentally disregarding something or someone.
- A written or spoken statement of such an act.
- (Christianity) The final blessing said by a priest or minister at the end of a religious service.
- (law) The rejection of a legal proceeding, or a claim or charge made therein.
- permission to go; the sending away of someone
- a judgment disposing of the matter without a trial
- the termination of someone's employment (leaving them free to depart)
- official notice that you have been fired from your job
- (countable) The act of depriving, dispossessing, or bereaving.
- (uncountable) The state of being deprived; lack.
- The act of deposing or divesting of some dignity; in particular the taking away from a clergyman of his benefice, or other spiritual promotion or dignity.
- the disadvantage that results from losing something
- a state of extreme poverty
- act of depriving someone of food or money or rights
- (intransitive) To be imprisoned.
- (transitive) To cause to decrease in temperature, activity or temper.
- (transitive, slang) To kill (someone).
- (intransitive) To decrease in temperature, activity, or temper.
- (intransitive, slang) To wait for a furor to die down; to hide during a police manhunt.
- (intransitive) To lose interest or enthusiasm [with on].
- feel less enamoured of something or somebody
- become quiet or calm, especially after a state of agitation
- lose intensity
- (intransitive) To be imprisoned.
- (intransitive) To be consumed by fire.
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see go, up.
- (cricket) To appeal for a dismissal.
- (intransitive) To be built or erected.
- (intransitive) To rise or increase in price, cost, or value.
- (intransitive, performing arts) To forget lines or blocks during public performance.
- (intransitive) To move upwards.
- (intransitive) To go bankrupt; to be ruined.
- move towards
- burn completely; be consumed or destroyed by fire
- be erected, built, or constructed
- go upward with gradual or continuous progress
- move upward
- increase in value or to a higher point
- travel up
- (transitive) To detain.
- (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 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
- 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.
- The ability to persist.
- 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
- (transitive) To impede; detain.
- (figurative) To highlight, as if lifting up for display.
- (idiomatic) To fulfil or complete one's part of an agreement.
- (transitive) To support or lift.
- To keep up; not to fall behind; not to lose ground.
- (of a work) To continue to be seen as favorable, to avoid seeming dated.
- (idiomatic) To withstand; to stand up to; to survive.
- (idiomatic) To detain by threatening, usually with a weapon, in order to commit robbery.
- (idiomatic) To maintain composure despite hardship.
- (intransitive, informal) To wait or delay.
- resist or confront with resistance
- be the physical support of; carry the weight of
- cause to be slowed down or delayed
- hold up something as an example; hold up one's achievements for admiration
- rob at gunpoint or by means of some other threat
- resist or withstand wear, criticism, etc.
- continue to live and avoid dying
- (transitive, informal, figurative) To impose a penalty, etc. on (someone).
- (transitive) To place, to put carelessly.
- (transitive) To cause something to strike soundly.
- (intransitive) To strike soundly against something.
- (transitive) To strike someone, typically with an open hand, often on the face.
- (intransitive, stative, slang) To be excellent, especially when relating to music.
- (transitive, informal) To play slap bass on (an instrument).
- to play music at loud volume
- hit with something flat, like a paddle or the open hand
- (slang, uncountable) Makeup; cosmetics.
- (countable) A blow, especially one given with the open hand, or with something broad and flat.
- (countable) A sharp percussive sound like that produced by such a blow.
- (countable, music) The percussive sound produced in slap bass playing.
- (slang, countable) An eye-catching sticker used in street art.
- a blow from a flat object (as an open hand)
- the act of smacking something; a blow delivered with an open hand
- The act of committing someone to confinement; an order for someone's imprisonment.
- The act of committing a body to the grave at a burial or to the furnace at a cremation.
- The act of perpetrating an offence.
- The act of entrusting something to someone.
- the official act of consigning a person to confinement (as in a prison or mental hospital)
- the act of committing a crime
- (transitive, figurative) To cause to yield under interrogation or other pressure.
- (transitive) To overcome a security system or component.
- (intransitive) To make a cracking sound.
- (transitive) To cause to make a sharp sound.
- (intransitive) To break apart under force, stress, or pressure.
- (intransitive) To break down or yield, especially under interrogation or torture.
- (colloquial) To barely reach or attain (a measurement or extent).
- (transitive) To tell (a joke).
- (transitive) To open slightly.
- (intransitive, transgender slang) To realize that one is transgender.
- (intransitive, of a voice) To change rapidly in register.
- (intransitive) To make a sharply humorous comment.
- (transitive) To strike forcefully.
- (intransitive, of a pubescent boy's voice) To alternate between high and low register in the process of eventually lowering.
- (transitive) To make a crack or cracks in.
- (intransitive) To form cracks.
- (transitive, computing) To circumvent software restrictions such as regional coding or time limits.
- (transitive, informal) To open a canned beverage, or any packaged drink or food.
- (transitive, chemistry) To break down (a complex molecule), especially with the application of heat: to pyrolyse.
- (transitive) To break open or crush to small pieces by impact or stress.
- (intransitive) To become debilitated by psychological pressure.
- (mid 2020s slang) To have sex with, especially penetrative sex.
- (transitive, figurative) To solve a difficult problem.
- cause to become cracked
- break partially but keep its integrity
- tell spontaneously
- make a very sharp explosive sound
- break into simpler molecules by means of heat
- hit forcefully; deal a hard blow, making a cracking noise
- break suddenly and abruptly, as under tension
- make a sharp sound
- reduce (petroleum) to a simpler compound by cracking
- gain unauthorized access computers with malicious intentions
- become fractured; break or crack on the surface only
- suffer a nervous breakdown
- pass through (a barrier)
- (vulgar, slang) The vagina.
- A thin and usually jagged space opened in a previously solid material.
- (Cumbria, Northern UK) A chat.
- (figurative, humorous) Something good-tasting or habit-forming.
- (informal) An attempt at something.
- A narrow opening.
- (Northern England, Scotland, Ireland) Conviviality; fun; good conversation, chat, gossip, or humorous storytelling; good company.
- (Internet slang) Extremely silly, absurd or off-the-wall ideas or prose.
- (onomatopoeia) Any sharp sound.
- The tone of voice when changed at puberty.
- A sharply humorous comment; a wisecrack.
- (Northern England, Scotland, Ireland) Business; events; news.
- (onomatopoeia) The sharp sound made when solid material breaks.
- (slang) Crack cocaine, a potent, relatively cheap, addictive variety of cocaine; often a rock, usually smoked through a crack-pipe.
- (informal) The space between the buttocks.
- A sharp, resounding blow.
- (computing) A program or procedure designed to circumvent restrictions or usage limits on software.
- a long narrow cleft
- the act of cracking something
- a blemish resulting from a break without complete separation of the parts
- a usually brief attempt
- a purified and potent form of cocaine that is smoked rather than snorted; highly addictive
- a narrow opening
- a long narrow depression in a surface
- a sudden sharp noise
- witty remark
- a chance to do something
- To stop; detain; keep back; delay; hinder.
- (transitive, nautical) To incline forward, aft, or to one side by means of stays.
- (intransitive, Scotland, South Africa, India, Southern US, African-American Vernacular, Singapore, colloquial) To live; reside.
- (intransitive) To remain in a particular place, especially for a definite or short period of time; sojourn; abide.
- (intransitive, copulative) To continue to have a particular quality.
- (transitive) To prop; support; sustain; hold up; steady.
- (intransitive, nautical) To change; tack; go about; be in stays, as a ship.
- (transitive) To support from sinking; to sustain with strength; to satisfy in part or for the time.
- (intransitive) To hold out, as in a race or contest; last or persevere to the end; to show staying power.
- To cause to cease; to put an end to.
- To brace or support with a stay or stays
- (transitive) To hold the attention of.
- (transitive, nautical) To tack; put on the other tack.
- To restrain; withhold; check; stop.
- To put off; defer; postpone; delay; keep back.
- stop or halt
- stay the same; remain in a certain state
- continue in a place, position, or situation
- fasten with stays
- hang on during a trial of endurance
- overcome or allay
- stop a judicial process
- be in a certain place and not leave
- dwell
- A piece of stiff material, such as plastic or whalebone, used to stiffen a piece of clothing.
- Continuance or a period of time spent in a place; abode for an indefinite time.
- Restraint of passion; prudence; moderation; caution; steadiness; sobriety.
- (nautical) A strong rope or wire supporting a mast, and leading from one masthead down to some other, or other part of the vessel.
- (nautical) A station or fixed anchorage for vessels.
- The transverse piece in a chain-cable link.
- A guy, rope, or wire supporting or stabilizing a platform, such as a bridge, a pole, such as a tentpole, the mast of a derrick, or other structural element.
- (law) A postponement, especially of an execution or other punishment.
- A prop; a support.
- A fixed state; fixedness; stability; permanence.
- (in the plural) A corset.
- (nautical) brace consisting of a heavy rope or wire cable used as a support for a mast or spar
- a judicial order forbidding some action until an event occurs or the order is lifted
- the state of inactivity following an interruption
- continuing or remaining in a place or state
- a thin strip of metal or bone that is used to stiffen a garment (e.g. a corset)
- The act of dismissing or sending away (someone).
- Removal from office; termination of employment or services, or position in ones affections.
- The setting aside (of something) from consideration.
- the termination of someone's employment (leaving them free to depart)
- official notice that you have been fired from your job
- Immoral, not good, bad.
- Designed to be worn or placed inward
- Not working; out of order.
- Asserting something incorrect or untrue.
- Incorrect or untrue.
- Improper; unfit; unsuitable.
- Twisted; wry.
- not in accord with established usage or procedure
- badly timed
- contrary to conscience or morality or law
- not correct; not in conformity with fact or truth
- used of the side of cloth or clothing intended to face inward
- not functioning properly
- based on or acting or judging in error
- characterized by errors; not agreeing with a model or not following established rules
- not appropriate for a purpose or occasion
- The opposite of right; the concept of badness.
- The incorrect or unjust position or opinion.
- Something that is immoral or not good.
- An instance of wronging someone (sometimes with possessive to indicate the wrongdoer).
- any harm or injury resulting from a violation of a legal right
- that which is contrary to the principles of justice or law
- To cause distress or pain to (a person or their heart, soul, etc.); to distress, to torment.
- To use effort to draw (a response, words, etc.) from or out of someone; to generate (something) as a response.
- (also figuratively) Often followed by from or out: to extract (a liquid) from something wet by squeezing, twisting, or otherwise putting pressure on it.
- Often followed by out: to squeeze or twist (something moist) tightly so that liquid is forced out.
- To clasp and twist (hands) together due to distress, sorrow, etc.
- To twist or wind (something) into coils; to coil.
- (mining) Of a lode: to be depleted of ore; to peter or peter out.
- To twist the body in or as if in pain; to writhe.
- To obtain (something) from or out of a person or thing by extortion or other force.
- (materials science) To slide (two ultraflat surfaces) together such that their faces bond.
- To be engaged in clasping and twisting (especially the hands), or exerting pressure.
- To contend, to struggle; also, to strive, to toil.
- (also figuratively) To hold (someone or something) tightly and press or twist; to wrest.
- To squeeze water (from an item of wet clothing) by passing through a wringer.
- To bend or strain (something) out of its position; to wrench, to wrest.
- Of a thing (such as footwear): to pinch or press (a person or part of their body), causing pain.
- To contort or screw up (the face or its features).
- To experience distress, pain, punishment, etc.
- To cause (tears) to come out from a person or their eyes.
- twist and compress, as if in pain or anguish
- twist, squeeze, or compress in order to extract liquid
- twist and press out of shape
- obtain by coercion or intimidation
- (idiomatic, euphemistic, transitive) To imprison (someone).
- (idiomatic, transitive) To send (someone) to a particular place for a long time, as a family member, an employee, etc.
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see send, away.
- (idiomatic, intransitive) To dispatch orders to a place for something to be delivered.
- (idiomatic, transitive) To dismiss from one's presence.
- stop associating with
- terminate the employment of; discharge from an office or position
- (law) the unlawful act of capturing and carrying away a person against their will and holding them in false imprisonment
- a small fragment
- a weightlift in which the barbell is lifted overhead in one rapid motion
- obscene terms for female genitals
- the act of catching an object with the hands
- A quick grab or catch.
- (weightlifting) A competitive weightlifting event in which a barbell is lifted from the platform to locked arms overhead in a smooth continuous movement.
- A piece of some sound, usually music or conversation.
- A short period.
- (aviation) Rapid, uncommanded jerking or oscillation of the ailerons of some aircraft at high Mach numbers, resulting from shock wave formation at transonic speeds.
- (vulgar slang) The vulva.
- to make grasping motions
- take away to an undisclosed location against their will and usually in order to extract a ransom
- to grasp hastily or eagerly
- (transitive, informal) To steal.
- (transitive, informal) To do something quickly in the limited time available.
- (transitive) To take or seize hastily, abruptly, or without permission or ceremony.
- (intransitive) To attempt to seize something suddenly.
- (transitive) To grasp and remove quickly.
- (transitive, informal, figurative, by extension) To take (a victory) at the last moment.
- (intransitive) To be forcibly ejected.
- (intransitive, informal) To vomit.
- (transitive) To eject forcibly and in a stream,
- (transitive) To speak or write quickly and voluminously, especially words that are not worth listening to or reading.
- (intransitive) To be written or spoken voluminously.
- (intransitive, leather-working) To develop a white powder or dark crystals on the surface of finished leather, as a result from improper tanning.
- (intransitive) To ejaculate.
- expel or eject (saliva or phlegm or sputum) from the mouth
- eject or send out in large quantities, also metaphorical
- eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth
- Nonsense or lies.
- Adhesive that is squeezed from a joint under pressure and held across the joint by a fillet, thereby strengthening the joint.
- (slang) Ejaculate or ejaculation.
- (slang) Vomit.
- A white powder or dark crystals that appear on the surface of improperly tanned leather.
- Material that has been ejected in a stream, or the act of spewing.
- (transitive) To (be forced to) take; to receive; to shoulder; to bear, especially blame or punishment for a particular instance of wrongdoing.
- (intransitive, usually with “to”, slang) To admit, especially to a crime or wrongdoing.
- (transitive, originally New York dialectal, informal, African-American Vernacular) To obtain, to purchase (items including but not limited to drugs), to get hold of, to take.
- (transitive) To adopt.
- (slang, transitive) To take (a look, glance, etc.).
- (transitive, slang, of a pimp) To recruit a prostitute into the stable.
- (transitive, trainspotting, slang) To see and record a railway locomotive for the first time.
- (transitive) To steal.
- take into custody
- take by theft
- (military, historical) A roughly dome-shaped piece of armor, especially one covering the shoulder, the elbow, or the knee.
- (spinning) A conical ball of thread wound on to the spindle in a spinning machine.
- A quill or tube upon which silk is wound.
- (informal) A police officer or prison guard.
- (architecture, military) A merlon.
- uncomplimentary terms for a policeman
- To cause (one) to submit to the process of sequestration; to deprive (one) of one's estate, property, etc.
- (intransitive) To withdraw; to retire.
- To renounce (as a widow may) any concern with the estate of her husband.
- (transitive, US, politics, law) To remove (certain funds) automatically from a budget.
- To separate in order to store.
- (law) To temporarily remove (property) from the possession of its owner and hold it as security against legal claims.
- To set apart; to put aside; to remove; to separate from other things.
- (chemistry) To prevent an ion in solution from behaving normally by forming a coordination compound.
- (international law) To seize and hold enemy property.
- To separate from all external influence; to seclude; to withdraw.
- take temporary possession of as a security, by legal authority
- set apart from others
- keep away from others
- requisition forcibly, as of enemy property
- undergo sequestration by forming a stable compound with an ion
- the act of ejecting someone or forcing them out
- a person who ousts or supplants someone else
- a wrongful dispossession
- (UK) Someone who ousts.
- (now chiefly US) The forceful removal of a politician or regime from power; a coup; an ousting.
- (property law) Action by a cotenant that prevents another cotenant from enjoying the use of jointly owned property.
- (historical) A putting out of possession; dispossession; ejection.
- (transitive) To strangle or choke someone.
- (intransitive) To breathe hard, as when nearly suffocated.
- (transitive) To control or adjust the speed of (an engine).
- (transitive) To utter with breaks and interruption, in the manner of a person half suffocated.
- (transitive) To cut back on the speed of (an engine, person, organization, network connection, etc.).
- (intransitive) To have the throat obstructed so as to be in danger of suffocation; to choke; to suffocate.
- kill by squeezing the throat of so as to cut off the air
- reduce the air supply
- place limits on (extent or amount or access)
- The lever or pedal that controls this valve.
- A valve that regulates the supply of fuel-air mixture to an internal combustion engine and thus controls its speed; a similar valve that controls the air supply to an engine.
- a valve that regulates the supply of fuel to the engine
- a pedal that controls the throttle valve
- (figurative) To stretch or strain; to harass, or oppress by extortion.
- (structural engineering) To tend to shear a structure (that is, force it to bend, lean, or move in different directions at different points).
- (nautical) To bind together, as two ropes, with cross turns of yarn, marline, etc.
- (slang, transitive) To strike in the testicles.
- To fly, as vapour or broken clouds.
- To cause (someone) to suffer pain.
- (of a horse) To amble fast, causing a rocking or swaying motion of the body; to pace.
- (slang) To shoplift (especially in a megastore), often by taking off of a rack.
- (billiards, snooker, pool) To put the balls into the triangular rack and set them in place on the table.
- (firearms) To (manually) load (a round of ammunition) from the magazine or belt into firing position in an automatic or semiautomatic firearm.
- To place in or hang on a rack.
- (firearms) To move the slide bar on a shotgun in order to chamber the next round.
- To torture (someone) on the rack.
- (mining) To wash (metals, ore, etc.) on a rack.
- (brewing) To clarify, and thereby deter further fermentation of, beer, wine or cider by draining or siphoning it from the dregs.
- (by extension) To take that which belongs to another, without regard of right or permission.
- To drive; move; go forward rapidly; stir.
- torment emotionally or mentally
- go at a rack
- work on a rack
- fly in high wind
- seize together, as of parallel ropes of a tackle in order to prevent running through the block
- place in a rack
- put on a rack and pinion
- torture on the rack
- run before a gale
- draw off from the lees
- obtain by coercion or intimidation
- stretch to the limits
- (slang, vulgar) A woman's breasts.
- (billiards, snooker) A hollow triangle used for aligning the balls at the start of a game.
- (climbing, slang) A climber's set of equipment for setting up protection and belays, consisting of runners, slings, carabiners, nuts, Friends, etc.
- (nautical) A piece or frame of wood, having several sheaves, through which the running rigging passes.
- A fast amble.
- A series of one or more shelves, stacked one above the other.
- A cranequin, a mechanism including a rack, pinion and pawl, providing both mechanical advantage and a ratchet, used to bend and cock a crossbow.
- A distaff.
- (algebra) A set with a distributive binary operation whose action on the set is invertible.
- A grate on which bacon is laid.
- Thin, flying, broken clouds, or any portion of floating vapour in the sky.
- (slang, especially nautical) A bunk.
- Alternative form of arak.
- (nautical, by extension, slang, uncountable) Sleep.
- (mechanical engineering, rail transport) A bar with teeth on its face or edge, to work with those of a gearwheel, pinion, or worm, which is to drive or be driven by it.
- (gambling) A plastic tray used for holding and moving chips.
- A set of antlers (as on deer, moose or elk).
- (climbing, caving) A friction device for abseiling, consisting of a frame with five or more metal bars, around which the rope is threaded.
- A cut of meat involving several adjacent ribs.
- (slang) A thousand dollars, especially if the proceeds are from a crime.
- Any of various kinds of frame for holding luggage or other objects on a vehicle or vessel.
- (historical) A device, incorporating a ratchet, used to torture victims by stretching them beyond their natural limits.
- (mechanical engineering) A bar with teeth on its face or edge, to work with a pawl as a ratchet allowing movement in one direction only, used for example in a handbrake or crossbow.
- an instrument of torture that stretches or disjoints or mutilates victims
- a form of torture in which pain is inflicted by stretching the body
- rib section of a forequarter of veal or pork or especially lamb or mutton
- the destruction or collapse of something
- a support for displaying or holding various articles
- a rapid gait of a horse in which each foot strikes the ground separately
- (figuratively) To oblige, restrain, or hold, by authority, law, duty, promise, vow, affection, or other social tie.
- (transitive) To confine, restrain, or hold by physical force or influence of any kind.
- (intransitive, LGBTQ) To wear a binder so as to flatten one's chest to give the appearance of a flat chest, usually done by trans men.
- (transitive) To put together in a cover, as of books.
- (transitive, programming) To process one or more object modules into an executable program.
- (transitive) To cover, as with a bandage.
- (transitive) To tie or fasten tightly together, with a cord, band, ligature, chain, etc.
- (intransitive) To tie; to confine by any ligature.
- (law) To place under legal obligation to serve.
- (transitive, chemistry) To make two or more elements stick together.
- (transitive) To protect or strengthen by applying a band or binding, as the edge of a carpet or garment.
- (transitive) To couple.
- (intransitive) To cohere or stick together in a mass.
- (law) To put (a person) under definite legal obligations, especially, under the obligation of a bond or covenant.
- (intransitive) To exert a binding or restraining influence.
- (intransitive) To be restrained from motion, or from customary or natural action, as by friction.
- (UK, dialect) To complain; to whine about something.
- (transitive, programming) To associate an identifier with a value; to associate a variable name, method name, etc. with the content of a storage location.
- fasten or secure with a rope, string, or cord
- wrap around with something so as to cover or enclose
- cause to be constipated
- make fast; tie or secure, with or as if with a rope
- provide with a binding
- stick to firmly
- secure with or as if with ropes
- form a chemical bond with
- create social or emotional ties
- bind by an obligation; cause to be indebted
- The indurated clay of coal mines, or other overlying substances such as sandstone or shale.
- Any twining or climbing plant or stem, especially a hop vine; a bine.
- (countable) That which binds or ties.
- (countable) A troublesome situation; a problem; a predicament or quandary.
- (chess, countable) A strong grip or stranglehold on a position, which is difficult for the opponent to break.
- (music, countable) A ligature or tie for grouping notes.
- something that hinders as if with bonds
- (transitive) To preserve (someone) from danger or punishment; to forbear to punish, injure, or harm (someone); to show mercy towards.
- (specifically) To refrain from killing (someone) or having (someone) killed.
- (transitive) To keep to oneself; to forbear to impart or give.
- (intransitive) To be frugal; to not be profuse; to live frugally; to be parsimonious.
- (intransitive) To refrain from inflicting harm; to use mercy or forbearance.
- (transitive) (to give up): To deprive oneself of, as by being frugal; to do without; to dispense with; to give up; to part with.
- (transitive) To save or gain, as by frugality; to reserve, as from some occupation, use, or duty.
- (intransitive) To desist; to stop; to refrain.
- give up what is not strictly needed
- use frugally or carefully
- refrain from harming
- save or relieve from an experience or action
- Lean; lacking flesh; meager; thin; gaunt.
- Austere, stripped down, without what is extraneous.
- Not occupied or in current use.
- Being more than what is necessary, or what must be used or reserved; not wanted, or not used; superfluous.
- Scant; not abundant or plentiful.
- (UK, informal) Very angry; frustrated or distraught.
- Sparing; frugal; parsimonious; not spending much money.
- Held in reserve, to be used in an emergency.
- lacking embellishment or ornamentation
- thin and fit
- not taken up by scheduled activities
- kept in reserve especially for emergency use
- more than is needed, desired, or required
- lacking in magnitude or quantity
- The act of sparing; moderation; restraint.
- An opening in a petticoat or gown; a placket.
- Parsimony; frugal use.
- (bowling) The right of bowling again at a full set of pins, after having knocked all the pins down in less than three bowls. If all the pins are knocked down in one bowl it is a double spare; in two bowls, a single spare.
- A spare part, especially a spare tire.
- (bowling) The act of knocking down all remaining pins in second ball of a frame; this entitles the pins knocked down on the next ball to be added to the score for that frame.
- A superfluous or second-best person.
- (Canada) A free period; a block of school during which one does not have a class.
- That which has not been used or expended.
- (Myanmar) assistant or extra hand (typically on buses and lorries)
- an extra component of a machine or other apparatus
- a score in tenpins; knocking down all ten after rolling two balls
- an extra car wheel and tire for a four-wheel vehicle
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- the act of freeing from captivity or punishment
- payment for the release of someone
- money demanded for the return of a captured person
- (historical, law, UK) A sum paid for the pardon of some great offence and the discharge of the offender; also, a fine paid in lieu of corporal punishment.
- The release of a captive, or of captured property, by payment of a consideration.
- Money paid for the freeing of a hostage.
- (uncountable) The act of detaining or the state of being detained; hindrance.
- (pedagogy) A punishment given to a student for a minor infraction, typically requiring the student to report to a designated room during recess or outside of school hours to work on homework or perform busywork.
- (civil law) The bare physical control without the mental element of intention required for possession.
- (law) Confinement of a prisoner awaiting trial.
- a state of being confined (usually for a short time)
- a punishment in which a student must stay at school after others have gone home
- The act of sending someone away.
- Release from confinement; liberation.
- (cricket) The event of a batsman getting out; a wicket.
- Deprivation of office; the fact or process of being fired from employment or stripped of rank.
- Removal from consideration; putting something out of one's mind, mentally disregarding something or someone.
- A written or spoken statement of such an act.
- (Christianity) The final blessing said by a priest or minister at the end of a religious service.
- (law) The rejection of a legal proceeding, or a claim or charge made therein.
- permission to go; the sending away of someone
- a judgment disposing of the matter without a trial
- the termination of someone's employment (leaving them free to depart)
- official notice that you have been fired from your job
- (countable) The act of depriving, dispossessing, or bereaving.
- (uncountable) The state of being deprived; lack.
- The act of deposing or divesting of some dignity; in particular the taking away from a clergyman of his benefice, or other spiritual promotion or dignity.
- the disadvantage that results from losing something
- a state of extreme poverty
- act of depriving someone of food or money or rights
- The act of committing someone to confinement; an order for someone's imprisonment.
- The act of committing a body to the grave at a burial or to the furnace at a cremation.
- The act of perpetrating an offence.
- The act of entrusting something to someone.
- the official act of consigning a person to confinement (as in a prison or mental hospital)
- the act of committing a crime
- The act of dismissing or sending away (someone).
- Removal from office; termination of employment or services, or position in ones affections.
- The setting aside (of something) from consideration.
- the termination of someone's employment (leaving them free to depart)
- official notice that you have been fired from your job
- (law) the unlawful act of capturing and carrying away a person against their will and holding them in false imprisonment
- a small fragment
- a weightlift in which the barbell is lifted overhead in one rapid motion
- obscene terms for female genitals
- the act of catching an object with the hands
- A quick grab or catch.
- (weightlifting) A competitive weightlifting event in which a barbell is lifted from the platform to locked arms overhead in a smooth continuous movement.
- A piece of some sound, usually music or conversation.
- A short period.
- (aviation) Rapid, uncommanded jerking or oscillation of the ailerons of some aircraft at high Mach numbers, resulting from shock wave formation at transonic speeds.
- (vulgar slang) The vulva.
- to make grasping motions
- take away to an undisclosed location against their will and usually in order to extract a ransom
- to grasp hastily or eagerly
- (transitive, informal) To steal.
- (transitive, informal) To do something quickly in the limited time available.
- (transitive) To take or seize hastily, abruptly, or without permission or ceremony.
- (intransitive) To attempt to seize something suddenly.
- (transitive) To grasp and remove quickly.
- (transitive, informal, figurative, by extension) To take (a victory) at the last moment.
- the act of ejecting someone or forcing them out
- a person who ousts or supplants someone else
- a wrongful dispossession
- (UK) Someone who ousts.
- (now chiefly US) The forceful removal of a politician or regime from power; a coup; an ousting.
- (property law) Action by a cotenant that prevents another cotenant from enjoying the use of jointly owned property.
- (historical) A putting out of possession; dispossession; ejection.
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- To distress, disadvantage or harm (someone).
- To rob or mug (someone).
- (transitive) To put up to hang.
- To keep delayed, suspended, held up, or stuck.
- To quit (something); to give up or stop doing (something); to abandon (something).
- To arrest (someone); to send (someone) to prison.
- (intransitive, figurative) To stop talking.
- (intransitive, idiomatic) To terminate a telephone call, originally by hanging the receiver on its hook or cradle thereby automatically disconnecting the line.
- interrupt a telephone conversation
- put a telephone receiver back in its cradle
- cause to be hanging or suspended
- The condition of being held as security or to compel someone else to act or not act in a particular way.
- A person seized in order to compel another party to act (or refrain from acting) in a certain way, because of the threat of harm to the hostage.
- Something that constrains one's actions because it is at risk.
- One who is compelled by something, especially something that poses a threat; one who is not free to choose their own course of action.
- A person given as a pledge or security for the performance of the conditions of a treaty or similar agreement, such as to ensure the status of a vassal.
- a prisoner who is held by one party to insure that another party will meet specified terms
- (transitive, colloquial) To detain (a person) in conversation against their will.
- (transitive) To sew by buttonhole stitch.
- (transitive, rare) To apply a flowery formation in.
- (ambitransitive) To cut one or more buttonholes (in).
- detain in conversation by or as if by holding on to the outer garments of; as for political or economic favors
- The mouth, nose or eyes of a tiny appearance.
- (attributive) So shaped that it can be worn on a buttonhole or it is similar to a buttonhole.
- A hole through which a button is pushed to secure a garment or some part of one.
- (chiefly British) A flower worn in a buttonhole for decoration.
- (lightly vulgar) The butthole (anus).
- (surgery) A small slot-like cut or incision, made for example by an accident with the scalpel.
- a hole through which buttons are pushed
- To bring into or keep (someone) in bondage or a state of submission; to enslave or subject to confine, to restrain; to oppress, to subjugate.
- (agriculture) To place a frame on the neck of (an animal such as a cow, pig, or goose) to prevent passage through a fence or other barrier.
- To place a collar on the neck of (a conquered person or prisoner) to restrain movement.
- To join (several draught animals) together with a yoke; also, to fasten a yoke (on one or more draught animals) to pull a cart, plough, etc.; or to attach (a cart, plough, etc.) to a draught animal.
- To be or become connected, linked, or united in a relationship; to have dealings with.
- To put (one's arm or arms) around someone's neck, waist, etc.; also, to surround (someone's neck, waist, etc.) with one's arms.
- To bring (two or more people or things) into a close relationship (often one that is undesired); to connect, to link, to unite.
- To put (something) around someone's neck like a yoke; also, to surround (someone's neck) with something.
- put a yoke on or join with a yoke
- link with or as with a yoke
- become joined or linked together
- A collar placed on the neck of a conquered person or prisoner to restrain movement.
- Misspelling of yolk.
- Something which oppresses or restrains a person; a burden.
- (glassblowing) A Y-shaped stand used to support a blowpipe or punty while reheating in the glory hole.
- (chiefly US) A frame or convex crosspiece from which a bell is hung.
- (Ireland, informal) A chap, a fellow.
- (Ireland, informal) A miscellaneous object; a gadget.
- (nautical) A fitting placed across the head of the rudder with a line attached at each end by which a boat may be steered; in modern use it is primarily found in sailing canoes and kayaks.
- (electronics) The electromagnetic coil that deflects the electron beam in a cathode ray tube.
- (chiefly historical) A pair of draught animals, especially oxen, yoked together to pull something.
- (Ancient Rome) Chiefly in pass under the yoke: a raised yoke (sense 1.1), or a symbolic yoke formed from two spears installed upright in the ground with another spear connecting their tops, under which a defeated army was made to march as a sign of subjugation.
- A bar or frame by which two oxen or other draught animals are joined at their necks enabling them to pull a cart, plough, etc.; (by extension) a device attached to a single draught animal for the same purpose.
- (Ireland, Scotland) A carriage, a horse and cart; (by extension, generally) a car or other vehicle.
- (Ireland, slang) A pill of a psychoactive drug.
- (bodybuilding) Well-developed muscles of the neck and shoulders.
- (video games) A similar device used as a game controller.
- A pole carried on the neck and shoulders of a person, used for carrying a pair of buckets, etc., one at each end of the pole; a carrying pole.
- (aviation) Any of various devices with crosspieces used to control an aircraft; specifically, the control column.
- (chiefly England, especially Kent; also Scotland; historical) An amount of work done with draught animals, lasting about half a day; (by extension) an amount or shift of any work.
- A bond of love, especially marriage; also, a bond of friendship or partnership; an obligation or task borne by two or more people.
- (electrical engineering) Originally, a metal piece connecting the poles of a magnet or electromagnet; later, a part of magnetic circuit (such as in a generator or motor) not surrounded by windings (“wires wound around the cores of electrical transformers”).
- (agriculture) A frame placed on the neck of an animal such as a cow, pig, or goose to prevent passage through a fence or other barrier.
- (clothing) The part of an item of clothing which fits around the shoulders or the hips from which the rest of the garment hangs, and which is often distinguished by having a double thickness of material, or decorative flourishes.
- Any of various linking or supporting objects that resembles a yoke (sense 1.1); a crosspiece, a curved bar, etc.
- a pair of draft animals joined by a yoke
- a connection (like a clamp or vise) between two things so they move together
- support consisting of a wooden frame across the shoulders that enables a person to carry buckets hanging from each end
- an oppressive power
- two items of the same kind
- fabric comprising a fitted part at the top of a garment
- stable gear that joins two draft animals at the neck so they can work together as a team
- To bind the arms of someone, so as to deprive him of their use; to disable by so binding.
- (transferred sense, figurative) To restrain; to limit.
- To cut off the pinion of a bird’s wing, or otherwise disable or bind its wings, in order to prevent it from flying.
- cut the wings off (of birds)
- bind the arms of
- A wing.
- (mechanical engineering) The smallest gear in a gear train.
- A moth of the genus Lithophane.
- (ornithology) Any of the outermost primary feathers on a bird's wing.
- (ornithology) The joint of a bird's wing farthest from the body.
- wing of a bird
- a gear with a small number of teeth designed to mesh with a larger wheel or rack
- any of the larger wing or tail feathers of a bird
- (transitive) To take away by force; to carry away (a human being) wrongfully and usually with violence or deception; to kidnap.
- (transitive, anatomy) To draw away, as a limb or other part, from the median axis of the body.
- take away to an undisclosed location against their will and usually in order to extract a ransom
- pull away from the body
- (transitive) To imprison: to forcibly place in a jail.
- (transitive, computing, databases) To make a set of changes permanent.
- (transitive) To do (something bad); to perpetrate, as a crime, sin, or fault.
- (transitive) To give in trust; to put into charge or keeping; to entrust; to consign; used with to or formerly unto.
- (ambitransitive) To pledge or bind; to compromise, expose, or endanger by some decisive act or preliminary step. (Traditionally used only reflexively but now also without oneself etc.)
- (transitive) To forcibly evaluate and treat in a medical facility, particularly for presumed mental illness.
- (transitive, programming) To integrate new revisions into the public or master version of a file in a version control system.
- transfer to another place so something can be kept or preserved
- engage in or perform
- cause to be admitted; of persons to an institution
- perform an act, usually with a negative connotation
- make a set of changes permanent
- make an investment
- give entirely to a specific person, activity, or cause
- confer a trust upon
- (informal, sports, chiefly US) A person, especially a high school athlete, who agrees verbally or signs a letter committing to attend a college or university.
- (computing, databases) The act of committing (e.g. a database transaction), making it a permanent change; such a change.
- (programming) The submission of source code or other material to a source control repository.
- (transitive) To bind, compel, constrain, or oblige by a social, legal, or moral tie.
- (transitive, Canada, US, Scotland) To commit (money, for example) in order to fulfill an obligation.
- (transitive, Canada, US, Scotland) To cause to be grateful or indebted; to oblige.
- force somebody to do something
- bind by an obligation; cause to be indebted
- commit in order to fulfill an obligation
- (transitive) To imprison somebody, usually without trial.
- (of a state, especially a neutral state) To confine or hold (foreign military personnel who stray into the state's territory) within prescribed limits during wartime.
- (transitive, programming) To internalize.
- (intransitive) To work as an intern, usually with little or no pay or other legal prerogatives of employment, and for the purpose of furthering a program of education.
- deprive of freedom
- work as an intern
- A person who is interned, forcibly or voluntarily.
- A student or recent graduate who works in order to gain experience in their chosen field.
- A medical student or recent graduate working in a hospital as a final part of medical training.
- an advanced student or graduate in medicine gaining supervised practical experience
- (transitive) To constrain someone by force or by social, moral or legal means.
- (transitive, intransitive) To do (someone) a service or favour (hence, originally, creating an obligation).
- (intransitive) To be indebted to someone.
- force somebody to do something
- provide a service or favor for someone
- bind by an obligation; cause to be indebted
- (transitive) To cloister, confine, imprison or hole up: to lock someone up or seclude oneself behind walls.
- To wall in.
- (transitive) To put or bury within a wall.
- (transitive, crystallography and geology, of a growing crystal) To trap or capture (an impurity); chiefly in the participial adjective immured and gerund or gerundial noun immuring.
- lock up or confine, in or as in a jail
- (transitive, slang) To imprison.
- (transitive) To confine in a cage; to put into and keep in a cage.
- (aviation) To immobilize an artificial horizon.
- (transitive, figuratively) To restrict someone's movement or creativity.
- To track individual responses to direct mail, either (advertising) to maintain and develop mailing lists or (politics) to identify people who are not eligible to vote because they do not reside at the registered addresses.
- confine in a cage
- (slang) A prison or prison cell.
- (mining) The drum on which the rope is wound in a hoisting whim.
- The passenger compartment of a lift.
- (athletics) The area from which competitors throw a discus or hammer.
- A wirework strainer, used in connection with pumps and pipes.
- (graph theory) A regular graph that has as few vertices as possible for its girth.
- (engineering) A skeleton frame to limit the motion of a loose piece, such as a ball valve.
- In killer sudoku puzzles, an irregularly-shaped group of cells that must contain a set of unique digits adding up to a certain total, in addition to the usual constraints of sudoku.
- An enclosure made of bars, normally to hold animals.
- (figuratively) Something that hinders freedom.
- (US, derogatory, slang) An automobile.
- (baseball, ice hockey) The protective wire mask at the front of a helmet.
- An outer framework of timber, enclosing something within it.
- (field hockey or ice hockey, water polo) The goal.
- something that restricts freedom as a cage restricts movement
- a movable screen placed behind home base to catch balls during batting practice
- an enclosure made or wire or metal bars in which birds or animals can be kept
- the net that is the goal in ice hockey
- (transitive) To ensnare or obligate someone, as if with a hook.
- (usually passive voice) To make addicted; to captivate.
- (transitive) To insert in a curved way reminiscent of a hook.
- (soccer, bowling) To swerve a ball; kick or throw a ball so it swerves or bends.
- (intransitive) To become attached, as by a hook.
- (field hockey, ice hockey) To use the hockey stick to trip or block another player
- To acquire as a spouse.
- (transitive) To seize or pierce with the points of the horns, as cattle in attacking enemies; to gore.
- (cricket, golf, basketball) To play a hook shot.
- (transitive) To connect (hook into, hook together).
- (intransitive) To move or go with a sudden turn.
- (transitive) To work yarn into a fabric using a hook; to crochet.
- (Scrabble) To play a word perpendicular to another word by adding a single letter to the existing word.
- (transitive) To attach a hook to.
- (bridge, slang) To finesse.
- (transitive) To catch with a hook (hook a fish).
- (intransitive) To bend; to be curved.
- (rugby) To succeed in heeling the ball back out of a scrum (used particularly of the team's designated hooker).
- (intransitive, slang) To engage in prostitution.
- hit a ball and put a spin on it so that it travels to the left
- make a piece of needlework by interlocking and looping thread with a hooked needle
- catch with a hook
- rip off; ask an unreasonable price
- to cause (someone or oneself) to become dependent (on something, especially a narcotic drug)
- secure with the foot
- take by theft
- hit with a hook
- entice and trap
- approach with an offer of sexual favors
- fasten with a hook
- make off with belongings of others
- (music) A catchy musical phrase which forms the basis of a popular song.
- (boxing) a type of punch delivered with the arm rigid and partially bent and the fist travelling nearly horizontally mesially along an arc
- (bowling) A ball that is rolled in a curved line.
- (programming) Part of a system's operation that can be intercepted to change or augment its behaviour.
- (typography) A diacritical mark shaped like the upper part of a question mark, as in ỏ.
- (Scrabble) An instance of playing a word perpendicular to a word already on the board, adding a letter to the start or the end of the word to form a new word.
- (nautical, chiefly historical) A knee-shaped wooden join connecting the keel to the stem (post forming the frontmost part of the bow) or the sternpost in cog-like vessels or similar vessels.
- The amount of spin placed on a bowling ball.
- (geography) A spit or narrow cape of sand or gravel turned landward at the outer end, such as Sandy Hook in New Jersey.
- (authorship) A brief, punchy opening statement intended to get attention from an audience, reader, or viewer, and make them want to continue to listen to a speech, read a book, or watch a play.
- (golf) A golf shot that (for the right-handed player) curves unintentionally to the left. (See draw, slice, fade.)
- (cricket) A type of shot played by swinging the bat in a horizontal arc, hitting the ball high in the air to the leg side, often played to balls which bounce around head height.
- A rod bent into a curved shape, typically with one end free and the other end secured to a rope or other attachment.
- (slang) A prostitute.
- The part of a hinge which is fixed to a post, and on which a door or gate hangs and turns.
- (agriculture) A field sown two years in succession.
- The curved needle used in the art of crochet.
- Any of various hook-shaped agricultural implements such as a billhook.
- (informal) A grasp (of), an attachment (to).
- A snare; a trap.
- (informal) Removal or expulsion from a group or activity.
- A sharp bend or angle in the course or length of an object (e.g. a bend in a river, etc.).
- (narratology) A gimmick or element of a creative work intended to be attention-grabbing for the audience; a compelling idea for a story that will be sure to attract people's attention.
- (baseball) A curveball.
- A barbed metal hook used for fishing; a fishhook.
- (basketball) a basketball shot in which the offensive player, usually turned perpendicular to the basket, gently throws the ball with a sweeping motion of his arm in an upward arc with a follow-through which ends over his head. Also called hook shot.
- (bridge, slang) A finesse.
- A tie-in to a current event or trend that makes a news story or editorial relevant and timely.
- (card games, slang) A jack (the playing card).
- (typography, rare) A háček.
- An advantageous hold.
- A loop shaped like a hook under certain written letters, for example, g and j.
- (surfing) Synonym of shoulder (“the part of a wave that has not yet broken”).
- (Canada, Australia, military) Any of the chevrons denoting rank.
- (in the plural) The projecting points of the thighbones of cattle; called also hook bones.
- (nautical, informal) A ship's anchor.
- a golf shot that curves to the left for a right-handed golfer
- a short swinging punch delivered from the side with the elbow bent
- a catch for locking a door
- anything that serves as an enticement
- a sharp curve or crook; a shape resembling a hook
- a basketball shot made over the head with the hand that is farther from the basket
- a mechanical device that is curved or bent to suspend or hold or pull something
- a curved or bent implement for suspending or pulling something
- (transitive, informal) To capture or arrest.
- (transitive) To acquire; to secure.
- (intransitive) To descend to a surface, especially from the air.
- (intransitive) To arrive on land, especially a shore or dock, from a body of water.
- (intransitive) To come into rest.
- (intransitive, figurative) To go down well with an audience.
- (intransitive, of a punch) To connect (to arrive at an intended target).
- (slang, transitive) To succeed in having sexual relations with; to score.
- (transitive) To bring to land.
- (transitive, of a blow) To deliver.
- bring into a different state
- shoot at and force to come down
- cause to come to the ground
- deliver (a blow)
- bring ashore
- arrive on shore
- reach or come to rest
- The part of Earth which is not covered by oceans or other bodies of water.
- A country or region.
- (electronics) A conducting area on a board or chip which can be used for connecting wires.
- (agriculture) The ground left unploughed between furrows.
- lant; urine
- (ballistics) The space between the rifling grooves in a gun.
- Real estate or landed property; a partitioned and measurable area which is owned and acquired and on which buildings and structures can be built and erected.
- On a compact disc or similar recording medium, an area of the medium which does not have pits.
- (Scotland, historical) A group of dwellings or tenements under one roof and having a common entry.
- (Ireland, colloquial) A shock or fright.
- (often in combination) Realm, domain.
- In any surface prepared with indentations, perforations, or grooves, that part of the surface which is not so treated, such as the level part of a millstone between the furrows.
- (agriculture) Any of several portions into which a field is divided for ploughing.
- (nautical) The lap of the strakes in a clinker-built boat; the lap of plates in an iron vessel; called also landing.
- (travel) The non-airline portion of an itinerary. Hotel, tours, cruises, etc.
- The soil, in respect to its nature or quality for farming.
- A person's country of origin and/or homeplace; homeland.
- the solid part of the earth's surface
- material in the top layer of the surface of the earth in which plants can grow (especially with reference to its quality or use)
- the territory occupied by a nation
- territory over which rule or control is exercised
- a politically organized body of people under a single government
- extensive landed property (especially in the country) retained by the owner for their own use
- the people who live in a nation or country
- a domain in which something is dominant
- agriculture considered as an occupation or way of life
- the land on which real estate is located
- To make amends or compensation to; to relieve of anything unjust or oppressive; to bestow relief upon.
- (film) To redecorate a previously existing film set so that it can double for another set.
- To dress again.
- To set right (a wrong); to repair, (an injury or damage); to make amends for; to remedy; to relieve from.
- To put in order again; to set right; to revise.
- make reparations or amends for
- One who, or that which, gives relief; a redresser.
- A setting right, as of injury, oppression, or wrong, such as the redress of grievances; hence, indemnification; relief; remedy; reparation.
- (film) The redecoration of a previously existing film set so that it can double for another set.
- The act of redressing; a making right; amendment; correction; reformation.
- A possibility to set right, or a possibility to seek a remedy, for instance in court
- a sum of money paid in compensation for loss or injury
- act of correcting an error or a fault or an evil
- (transitive, by extension) To mistreat out of disregard.
- (ambitransitive) To overflow.
- (engineering) To have rotation in such direction that the crank pin traverses the upper, or front, half of its path in the forward, or outward, stroke; said of a crank which drives, or is driven by, a reciprocating piece.
- (transitive, idiomatic) To describe briefly; to summarize or recapitulate; to go through or consider quickly.
- (transitive) To cross by running.
- (rugby) To score a try.
- (transitive, idiomatic) To rehearse quickly.
- (transitive, idiomatic) To drive over, causing injury or death.
- (intransitive, idiomatic) To exceed the allotted time.
- flow or run over (a limit or brim)
- injure or kill by knocking (someone or something) down and passing over the body, as with a vehicle
- (intransitive) To be imprisoned.
- (transitive) To cause to decrease in temperature, activity or temper.
- (transitive, slang) To kill (someone).
- (intransitive) To decrease in temperature, activity, or temper.
- (intransitive, slang) To wait for a furor to die down; to hide during a police manhunt.
- (intransitive) To lose interest or enthusiasm [with on].
- feel less enamoured of something or somebody
- become quiet or calm, especially after a state of agitation
- lose intensity
- (intransitive) To be imprisoned.
- (intransitive) To be consumed by fire.
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see go, up.
- (cricket) To appeal for a dismissal.
- (intransitive) To be built or erected.
- (intransitive) To rise or increase in price, cost, or value.
- (intransitive, performing arts) To forget lines or blocks during public performance.
- (intransitive) To move upwards.
- (intransitive) To go bankrupt; to be ruined.
- move towards
- burn completely; be consumed or destroyed by fire
- be erected, built, or constructed
- go upward with gradual or continuous progress
- move upward
- increase in value or to a higher point
- travel up
- (transitive) To detain.
- (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 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
- 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.
- The ability to persist.
- 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
- (transitive) To impede; detain.
- (figurative) To highlight, as if lifting up for display.
- (idiomatic) To fulfil or complete one's part of an agreement.
- (transitive) To support or lift.
- To keep up; not to fall behind; not to lose ground.
- (of a work) To continue to be seen as favorable, to avoid seeming dated.
- (idiomatic) To withstand; to stand up to; to survive.
- (idiomatic) To detain by threatening, usually with a weapon, in order to commit robbery.
- (idiomatic) To maintain composure despite hardship.
- (intransitive, informal) To wait or delay.
- resist or confront with resistance
- be the physical support of; carry the weight of
- cause to be slowed down or delayed
- hold up something as an example; hold up one's achievements for admiration
- rob at gunpoint or by means of some other threat
- resist or withstand wear, criticism, etc.
- continue to live and avoid dying
- (transitive, informal, figurative) To impose a penalty, etc. on (someone).
- (transitive) To place, to put carelessly.
- (transitive) To cause something to strike soundly.
- (intransitive) To strike soundly against something.
- (transitive) To strike someone, typically with an open hand, often on the face.
- (intransitive, stative, slang) To be excellent, especially when relating to music.
- (transitive, informal) To play slap bass on (an instrument).
- to play music at loud volume
- hit with something flat, like a paddle or the open hand
- (slang, uncountable) Makeup; cosmetics.
- (countable) A blow, especially one given with the open hand, or with something broad and flat.
- (countable) A sharp percussive sound like that produced by such a blow.
- (countable, music) The percussive sound produced in slap bass playing.
- (slang, countable) An eye-catching sticker used in street art.
- a blow from a flat object (as an open hand)
- the act of smacking something; a blow delivered with an open hand
- (transitive, figurative) To cause to yield under interrogation or other pressure.
- (transitive) To overcome a security system or component.
- (intransitive) To make a cracking sound.
- (transitive) To cause to make a sharp sound.
- (intransitive) To break apart under force, stress, or pressure.
- (intransitive) To break down or yield, especially under interrogation or torture.
- (colloquial) To barely reach or attain (a measurement or extent).
- (transitive) To tell (a joke).
- (transitive) To open slightly.
- (intransitive, transgender slang) To realize that one is transgender.
- (intransitive, of a voice) To change rapidly in register.
- (intransitive) To make a sharply humorous comment.
- (transitive) To strike forcefully.
- (intransitive, of a pubescent boy's voice) To alternate between high and low register in the process of eventually lowering.
- (transitive) To make a crack or cracks in.
- (intransitive) To form cracks.
- (transitive, computing) To circumvent software restrictions such as regional coding or time limits.
- (transitive, informal) To open a canned beverage, or any packaged drink or food.
- (transitive, chemistry) To break down (a complex molecule), especially with the application of heat: to pyrolyse.
- (transitive) To break open or crush to small pieces by impact or stress.
- (intransitive) To become debilitated by psychological pressure.
- (mid 2020s slang) To have sex with, especially penetrative sex.
- (transitive, figurative) To solve a difficult problem.
- cause to become cracked
- break partially but keep its integrity
- tell spontaneously
- make a very sharp explosive sound
- break into simpler molecules by means of heat
- hit forcefully; deal a hard blow, making a cracking noise
- break suddenly and abruptly, as under tension
- make a sharp sound
- reduce (petroleum) to a simpler compound by cracking
- gain unauthorized access computers with malicious intentions
- become fractured; break or crack on the surface only
- suffer a nervous breakdown
- pass through (a barrier)
- (vulgar, slang) The vagina.
- A thin and usually jagged space opened in a previously solid material.
- (Cumbria, Northern UK) A chat.
- (figurative, humorous) Something good-tasting or habit-forming.
- (informal) An attempt at something.
- A narrow opening.
- (Northern England, Scotland, Ireland) Conviviality; fun; good conversation, chat, gossip, or humorous storytelling; good company.
- (Internet slang) Extremely silly, absurd or off-the-wall ideas or prose.
- (onomatopoeia) Any sharp sound.
- The tone of voice when changed at puberty.
- A sharply humorous comment; a wisecrack.
- (Northern England, Scotland, Ireland) Business; events; news.
- (onomatopoeia) The sharp sound made when solid material breaks.
- (slang) Crack cocaine, a potent, relatively cheap, addictive variety of cocaine; often a rock, usually smoked through a crack-pipe.
- (informal) The space between the buttocks.
- A sharp, resounding blow.
- (computing) A program or procedure designed to circumvent restrictions or usage limits on software.
- a long narrow cleft
- the act of cracking something
- a blemish resulting from a break without complete separation of the parts
- a usually brief attempt
- a purified and potent form of cocaine that is smoked rather than snorted; highly addictive
- a narrow opening
- a long narrow depression in a surface
- a sudden sharp noise
- witty remark
- a chance to do something
- To stop; detain; keep back; delay; hinder.
- (transitive, nautical) To incline forward, aft, or to one side by means of stays.
- (intransitive, Scotland, South Africa, India, Southern US, African-American Vernacular, Singapore, colloquial) To live; reside.
- (intransitive) To remain in a particular place, especially for a definite or short period of time; sojourn; abide.
- (intransitive, copulative) To continue to have a particular quality.
- (transitive) To prop; support; sustain; hold up; steady.
- (intransitive, nautical) To change; tack; go about; be in stays, as a ship.
- (transitive) To support from sinking; to sustain with strength; to satisfy in part or for the time.
- (intransitive) To hold out, as in a race or contest; last or persevere to the end; to show staying power.
- To cause to cease; to put an end to.
- To brace or support with a stay or stays
- (transitive) To hold the attention of.
- (transitive, nautical) To tack; put on the other tack.
- To restrain; withhold; check; stop.
- To put off; defer; postpone; delay; keep back.
- stop or halt
- stay the same; remain in a certain state
- continue in a place, position, or situation
- fasten with stays
- hang on during a trial of endurance
- overcome or allay
- stop a judicial process
- be in a certain place and not leave
- dwell
- A piece of stiff material, such as plastic or whalebone, used to stiffen a piece of clothing.
- Continuance or a period of time spent in a place; abode for an indefinite time.
- Restraint of passion; prudence; moderation; caution; steadiness; sobriety.
- (nautical) A strong rope or wire supporting a mast, and leading from one masthead down to some other, or other part of the vessel.
- (nautical) A station or fixed anchorage for vessels.
- The transverse piece in a chain-cable link.
- A guy, rope, or wire supporting or stabilizing a platform, such as a bridge, a pole, such as a tentpole, the mast of a derrick, or other structural element.
- (law) A postponement, especially of an execution or other punishment.
- A prop; a support.
- A fixed state; fixedness; stability; permanence.
- (in the plural) A corset.
- (nautical) brace consisting of a heavy rope or wire cable used as a support for a mast or spar
- a judicial order forbidding some action until an event occurs or the order is lifted
- the state of inactivity following an interruption
- continuing or remaining in a place or state
- a thin strip of metal or bone that is used to stiffen a garment (e.g. a corset)
- Immoral, not good, bad.
- Designed to be worn or placed inward
- Not working; out of order.
- Asserting something incorrect or untrue.
- Incorrect or untrue.
- Improper; unfit; unsuitable.
- Twisted; wry.
- not in accord with established usage or procedure
- badly timed
- contrary to conscience or morality or law
- not correct; not in conformity with fact or truth
- used of the side of cloth or clothing intended to face inward
- not functioning properly
- based on or acting or judging in error
- characterized by errors; not agreeing with a model or not following established rules
- not appropriate for a purpose or occasion
- The opposite of right; the concept of badness.
- The incorrect or unjust position or opinion.
- Something that is immoral or not good.
- An instance of wronging someone (sometimes with possessive to indicate the wrongdoer).
- any harm or injury resulting from a violation of a legal right
- that which is contrary to the principles of justice or law
- To cause distress or pain to (a person or their heart, soul, etc.); to distress, to torment.
- To use effort to draw (a response, words, etc.) from or out of someone; to generate (something) as a response.
- (also figuratively) Often followed by from or out: to extract (a liquid) from something wet by squeezing, twisting, or otherwise putting pressure on it.
- Often followed by out: to squeeze or twist (something moist) tightly so that liquid is forced out.
- To clasp and twist (hands) together due to distress, sorrow, etc.
- To twist or wind (something) into coils; to coil.
- (mining) Of a lode: to be depleted of ore; to peter or peter out.
- To twist the body in or as if in pain; to writhe.
- To obtain (something) from or out of a person or thing by extortion or other force.
- (materials science) To slide (two ultraflat surfaces) together such that their faces bond.
- To be engaged in clasping and twisting (especially the hands), or exerting pressure.
- To contend, to struggle; also, to strive, to toil.
- (also figuratively) To hold (someone or something) tightly and press or twist; to wrest.
- To squeeze water (from an item of wet clothing) by passing through a wringer.
- To bend or strain (something) out of its position; to wrench, to wrest.
- Of a thing (such as footwear): to pinch or press (a person or part of their body), causing pain.
- To contort or screw up (the face or its features).
- To experience distress, pain, punishment, etc.
- To cause (tears) to come out from a person or their eyes.
- twist and compress, as if in pain or anguish
- twist, squeeze, or compress in order to extract liquid
- twist and press out of shape
- obtain by coercion or intimidation
- (idiomatic, euphemistic, transitive) To imprison (someone).
- (idiomatic, transitive) To send (someone) to a particular place for a long time, as a family member, an employee, etc.
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see send, away.
- (idiomatic, intransitive) To dispatch orders to a place for something to be delivered.
- (idiomatic, transitive) To dismiss from one's presence.
- stop associating with
- terminate the employment of; discharge from an office or position
- (intransitive) To be forcibly ejected.
- (intransitive, informal) To vomit.
- (transitive) To eject forcibly and in a stream,
- (transitive) To speak or write quickly and voluminously, especially words that are not worth listening to or reading.
- (intransitive) To be written or spoken voluminously.
- (intransitive, leather-working) To develop a white powder or dark crystals on the surface of finished leather, as a result from improper tanning.
- (intransitive) To ejaculate.
- expel or eject (saliva or phlegm or sputum) from the mouth
- eject or send out in large quantities, also metaphorical
- eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth
- Nonsense or lies.
- Adhesive that is squeezed from a joint under pressure and held across the joint by a fillet, thereby strengthening the joint.
- (slang) Ejaculate or ejaculation.
- (slang) Vomit.
- A white powder or dark crystals that appear on the surface of improperly tanned leather.
- Material that has been ejected in a stream, or the act of spewing.
- (transitive) To (be forced to) take; to receive; to shoulder; to bear, especially blame or punishment for a particular instance of wrongdoing.
- (intransitive, usually with “to”, slang) To admit, especially to a crime or wrongdoing.
- (transitive, originally New York dialectal, informal, African-American Vernacular) To obtain, to purchase (items including but not limited to drugs), to get hold of, to take.
- (transitive) To adopt.
- (slang, transitive) To take (a look, glance, etc.).
- (transitive, slang, of a pimp) To recruit a prostitute into the stable.
- (transitive, trainspotting, slang) To see and record a railway locomotive for the first time.
- (transitive) To steal.
- take into custody
- take by theft
- (military, historical) A roughly dome-shaped piece of armor, especially one covering the shoulder, the elbow, or the knee.
- (spinning) A conical ball of thread wound on to the spindle in a spinning machine.
- A quill or tube upon which silk is wound.
- (informal) A police officer or prison guard.
- (architecture, military) A merlon.
- uncomplimentary terms for a policeman
- To cause (one) to submit to the process of sequestration; to deprive (one) of one's estate, property, etc.
- (intransitive) To withdraw; to retire.
- To renounce (as a widow may) any concern with the estate of her husband.
- (transitive, US, politics, law) To remove (certain funds) automatically from a budget.
- To separate in order to store.
- (law) To temporarily remove (property) from the possession of its owner and hold it as security against legal claims.
- To set apart; to put aside; to remove; to separate from other things.
- (chemistry) To prevent an ion in solution from behaving normally by forming a coordination compound.
- (international law) To seize and hold enemy property.
- To separate from all external influence; to seclude; to withdraw.
- take temporary possession of as a security, by legal authority
- set apart from others
- keep away from others
- requisition forcibly, as of enemy property
- undergo sequestration by forming a stable compound with an ion
- (transitive) To strangle or choke someone.
- (intransitive) To breathe hard, as when nearly suffocated.
- (transitive) To control or adjust the speed of (an engine).
- (transitive) To utter with breaks and interruption, in the manner of a person half suffocated.
- (transitive) To cut back on the speed of (an engine, person, organization, network connection, etc.).
- (intransitive) To have the throat obstructed so as to be in danger of suffocation; to choke; to suffocate.
- kill by squeezing the throat of so as to cut off the air
- reduce the air supply
- place limits on (extent or amount or access)
- The lever or pedal that controls this valve.
- A valve that regulates the supply of fuel-air mixture to an internal combustion engine and thus controls its speed; a similar valve that controls the air supply to an engine.
- a valve that regulates the supply of fuel to the engine
- a pedal that controls the throttle valve
- (figurative) To stretch or strain; to harass, or oppress by extortion.
- (structural engineering) To tend to shear a structure (that is, force it to bend, lean, or move in different directions at different points).
- (nautical) To bind together, as two ropes, with cross turns of yarn, marline, etc.
- (slang, transitive) To strike in the testicles.
- To fly, as vapour or broken clouds.
- To cause (someone) to suffer pain.
- (of a horse) To amble fast, causing a rocking or swaying motion of the body; to pace.
- (slang) To shoplift (especially in a megastore), often by taking off of a rack.
- (billiards, snooker, pool) To put the balls into the triangular rack and set them in place on the table.
- (firearms) To (manually) load (a round of ammunition) from the magazine or belt into firing position in an automatic or semiautomatic firearm.
- To place in or hang on a rack.
- (firearms) To move the slide bar on a shotgun in order to chamber the next round.
- To torture (someone) on the rack.
- (mining) To wash (metals, ore, etc.) on a rack.
- (brewing) To clarify, and thereby deter further fermentation of, beer, wine or cider by draining or siphoning it from the dregs.
- (by extension) To take that which belongs to another, without regard of right or permission.
- To drive; move; go forward rapidly; stir.
- torment emotionally or mentally
- go at a rack
- work on a rack
- fly in high wind
- seize together, as of parallel ropes of a tackle in order to prevent running through the block
- place in a rack
- put on a rack and pinion
- torture on the rack
- run before a gale
- draw off from the lees
- obtain by coercion or intimidation
- stretch to the limits
- (slang, vulgar) A woman's breasts.
- (billiards, snooker) A hollow triangle used for aligning the balls at the start of a game.
- (climbing, slang) A climber's set of equipment for setting up protection and belays, consisting of runners, slings, carabiners, nuts, Friends, etc.
- (nautical) A piece or frame of wood, having several sheaves, through which the running rigging passes.
- A fast amble.
- A series of one or more shelves, stacked one above the other.
- A cranequin, a mechanism including a rack, pinion and pawl, providing both mechanical advantage and a ratchet, used to bend and cock a crossbow.
- A distaff.
- (algebra) A set with a distributive binary operation whose action on the set is invertible.
- A grate on which bacon is laid.
- Thin, flying, broken clouds, or any portion of floating vapour in the sky.
- (slang, especially nautical) A bunk.
- Alternative form of arak.
- (nautical, by extension, slang, uncountable) Sleep.
- (mechanical engineering, rail transport) A bar with teeth on its face or edge, to work with those of a gearwheel, pinion, or worm, which is to drive or be driven by it.
- (gambling) A plastic tray used for holding and moving chips.
- A set of antlers (as on deer, moose or elk).
- (climbing, caving) A friction device for abseiling, consisting of a frame with five or more metal bars, around which the rope is threaded.
- A cut of meat involving several adjacent ribs.
- (slang) A thousand dollars, especially if the proceeds are from a crime.
- Any of various kinds of frame for holding luggage or other objects on a vehicle or vessel.
- (historical) A device, incorporating a ratchet, used to torture victims by stretching them beyond their natural limits.
- (mechanical engineering) A bar with teeth on its face or edge, to work with a pawl as a ratchet allowing movement in one direction only, used for example in a handbrake or crossbow.
- an instrument of torture that stretches or disjoints or mutilates victims
- a form of torture in which pain is inflicted by stretching the body
- rib section of a forequarter of veal or pork or especially lamb or mutton
- the destruction or collapse of something
- a support for displaying or holding various articles
- a rapid gait of a horse in which each foot strikes the ground separately
- (figuratively) To oblige, restrain, or hold, by authority, law, duty, promise, vow, affection, or other social tie.
- (transitive) To confine, restrain, or hold by physical force or influence of any kind.
- (intransitive, LGBTQ) To wear a binder so as to flatten one's chest to give the appearance of a flat chest, usually done by trans men.
- (transitive) To put together in a cover, as of books.
- (transitive, programming) To process one or more object modules into an executable program.
- (transitive) To cover, as with a bandage.
- (transitive) To tie or fasten tightly together, with a cord, band, ligature, chain, etc.
- (intransitive) To tie; to confine by any ligature.
- (law) To place under legal obligation to serve.
- (transitive, chemistry) To make two or more elements stick together.
- (transitive) To protect or strengthen by applying a band or binding, as the edge of a carpet or garment.
- (transitive) To couple.
- (intransitive) To cohere or stick together in a mass.
- (law) To put (a person) under definite legal obligations, especially, under the obligation of a bond or covenant.
- (intransitive) To exert a binding or restraining influence.
- (intransitive) To be restrained from motion, or from customary or natural action, as by friction.
- (UK, dialect) To complain; to whine about something.
- (transitive, programming) To associate an identifier with a value; to associate a variable name, method name, etc. with the content of a storage location.
- fasten or secure with a rope, string, or cord
- wrap around with something so as to cover or enclose
- cause to be constipated
- make fast; tie or secure, with or as if with a rope
- provide with a binding
- stick to firmly
- secure with or as if with ropes
- form a chemical bond with
- create social or emotional ties
- bind by an obligation; cause to be indebted
- The indurated clay of coal mines, or other overlying substances such as sandstone or shale.
- Any twining or climbing plant or stem, especially a hop vine; a bine.
- (countable) That which binds or ties.
- (countable) A troublesome situation; a problem; a predicament or quandary.
- (chess, countable) A strong grip or stranglehold on a position, which is difficult for the opponent to break.
- (music, countable) A ligature or tie for grouping notes.
- something that hinders as if with bonds
- (transitive) To preserve (someone) from danger or punishment; to forbear to punish, injure, or harm (someone); to show mercy towards.
- (specifically) To refrain from killing (someone) or having (someone) killed.
- (transitive) To keep to oneself; to forbear to impart or give.
- (intransitive) To be frugal; to not be profuse; to live frugally; to be parsimonious.
- (intransitive) To refrain from inflicting harm; to use mercy or forbearance.
- (transitive) (to give up): To deprive oneself of, as by being frugal; to do without; to dispense with; to give up; to part with.
- (transitive) To save or gain, as by frugality; to reserve, as from some occupation, use, or duty.
- (intransitive) To desist; to stop; to refrain.
- give up what is not strictly needed
- use frugally or carefully
- refrain from harming
- save or relieve from an experience or action
- Lean; lacking flesh; meager; thin; gaunt.
- Austere, stripped down, without what is extraneous.
- Not occupied or in current use.
- Being more than what is necessary, or what must be used or reserved; not wanted, or not used; superfluous.
- Scant; not abundant or plentiful.
- (UK, informal) Very angry; frustrated or distraught.
- Sparing; frugal; parsimonious; not spending much money.
- Held in reserve, to be used in an emergency.
- lacking embellishment or ornamentation
- thin and fit
- not taken up by scheduled activities
- kept in reserve especially for emergency use
- more than is needed, desired, or required
- lacking in magnitude or quantity
- The act of sparing; moderation; restraint.
- An opening in a petticoat or gown; a placket.
- Parsimony; frugal use.
- (bowling) The right of bowling again at a full set of pins, after having knocked all the pins down in less than three bowls. If all the pins are knocked down in one bowl it is a double spare; in two bowls, a single spare.
- A spare part, especially a spare tire.
- (bowling) The act of knocking down all remaining pins in second ball of a frame; this entitles the pins knocked down on the next ball to be added to the score for that frame.
- A superfluous or second-best person.
- (Canada) A free period; a block of school during which one does not have a class.
- That which has not been used or expended.
- (Myanmar) assistant or extra hand (typically on buses and lorries)
- an extra component of a machine or other apparatus
- a score in tenpins; knocking down all ten after rolling two balls
- an extra car wheel and tire for a four-wheel vehicle
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- (figurative) One charmed or subdued by beauty, excellence, or affection; one who is captivated.
- A captive insurance company, a subsidiary of a company used as its internal insurer.
- One held prisoner.
- One who has been captured or is otherwise confined.
- an animal that is confined
- a person held in the grip of a strong emotion or passion
- a person who is confined; especially a prisoner of war
- Not subject to being alienated, that is, surrendered, taken away, or transferred to another.
- (grammar) Of or pertaining to a noun belonging to a special class in which the possessive construction differs from the norm, especially for particular familial relationships and body parts, regarding permanence.
- not subject to forfeiture
- incapable of being repudiated or transferred to another