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noun
- A confinement, detention, as after an arrest.
- (law) The process of arresting a criminal, suspect etc.
- The condition of being stopped, standstill.
- (nautical) The judicial detention of a ship to secure a financial claim against its operators.
- A device to physically arrest motion.
- (farriery) A scurfiness of the back part of the hind leg of a horse
- A check; a stop; an act or instance of arresting something.
- the state of inactivity following an interruption
- the act of apprehending (especially apprehending a criminal)
verb
- (transitive) To seize (someone) with the authority of the law; to take into legal custody.
- (transitive) To stop or slow (a process, course etc.).
- (transitive) To catch the attention of.
- (intransitive, medicine) To undergo cardiac arrest.
- hold back, as of a danger or an enemy; check the expansion or influence of
- take into custody
- attract and fix
- cause to come to an abrupt stop
verb
noun
- (uncountable) Confinement in a jail.
- a correctional institution used to detain persons who are in the lawful custody of the government (either accused persons awaiting trial or convicted persons serving a sentence)
- A place or institution for the confinement of persons held against their will in lawful custody or detention, especially (in US usage) a place where people are held for minor offenses or with reference to some future judicial proceeding.
- In dodgeball and related games, the area where players who have been struck by the ball are confined.
- (computing, FreeBSD, usually uncountable) A kind of sandbox for running a guest operating system instance.
- (horse racing, uncountable) The condition created by the requirement that a horse claimed in a claiming race not be run at another track for some period of time (usually 30 days).
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noun
adj
- lacking companions or companionship
- characterized by or preferring solitude
- of plants and animals; not growing or living in groups or colonies
- being the only one; single and isolated from others
- devoid of creatures
- Performed, passed, or endured alone.
- Single; individual; sole.
- Not much visited or frequented; remote from society
- Living or being by oneself; alone; having no companion present
- Not inhabited or occupied; without signs of inhabitants or occupation; desolate; deserted
- (botany) Not associated with others of the same kind.
- Gloomy; dismal, because of not being inhabited.
noun
- (law) Confinement of a prisoner awaiting trial.
- (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.
- (uncountable) The act of detaining or the state of being detained; hindrance.
- 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
verb
noun
- a prisonlike situation; a place of seeming confinement
- (uncountable) Confinement in prison.
- a correctional institution where persons are confined while on trial or for punishment
- (colloquial, figurative) Any restrictive environment, such as a harsh academy or home.
- A place or institution where people are held against their will, in the US especially for long-term confinement, as of those convicted of serious crimes or otherwise considered undesirable by the government.
verb
- (transitive) To imprison.
- To twist two or more filaments of (silk, etc.) so as to form one thread; to twist together, as singles, in a direction contrary to the twist of the singles themselves; sometimes applied to the whole class of operations by which silk is prepared for the weaver.
- (baseball, slang, of a team, a manager, etc.) To select (a pitcher); to assign a pitcher to a given role (such as starter or reliever).
- (martial arts) To lift or unbalance one’s opponent and then bring him back down to the ground, especially into a position behind the thrower.
- (transitive) To show sudden emotion, especially anger.
- (transitive, informal) To confuse or mislead.
- (transitive, figuratively) To send hastily or desperately.
- (transitive, ceramics) To make (a pot) by shaping clay as it turns on a wheel.
- (transitive, computing) To send (an error) to an exception-handling mechanism in order to interrupt normal processing.
- (transitive, veterinary medicine) Of animals: to give birth to (young).
- (American football) Synonym of pass.
- (transitive) To project or send forth.
- (transitive) To organize an event, especially a party.
- (transitive) To change (one’s voice) in order to give the illusion that the voice is that of someone else, or coming from a different place.
- (transitive) To install (a bridge).
- (transitive) To cause a certain number on the die or dice to be shown after rolling it.
- (transitive) To move to another position or condition; to displace.
- To put on hastily; to spread carelessly.
- (transitive) To eject or cause to fall off.
- (transitive, cricket, of a bowler) To deliver (the ball) illegally by straightening the bowling arm during delivery.
- (ambitransitive) To roll (a die or dice).
- (transitive) To hurl; to release (an object) with some force from one’s hands, an apparatus, etc. so that it moves rapidly through the air.
- (transitive, bridge) To discard.
- (sports, video games) To intentionally lose a game.
- (sports, transitive) (of a game where one’s role is throwing something) To perform in a specified way in (a match).
- (transitive, of a punch or boxing combination) To deliver.
- cause to go on or to be engaged or set in operation
- to put into a state or activity hastily, suddenly, or carelessly
- make on a potter's wheel
- throw (a die) out onto a flat surface
- place or put with great energy
- move violently, energetically, or carelessly
- be confusing or perplexing to; cause to be unable to think clearly
- utter with force; utter vehemently
- convey or communicate; of a smile, a look, a physical gesture
- put or send forth
- cause to be confused emotionally
- to remove
- cause to fall off
- organize or be responsible for
- propel through the air
noun
- (informal) A single instance, occurrence, venture, or chance.
- One’s ability to throw.
- The act of throwing something.
- (historical) A hand-operated lathe, especially a small lathe used by clockmakers.
- The flight of a thrown object.
- A distance travelled in general; displacement.
- Any of the projections integral to a crankshaft that receive or impart cranking motion from a connecting rod or similar component.
- (martial arts) A move in which one lifts or unbalances one’s opponent and then brings him down to the ground.
- A piece of fabric used to cover a bed, sofa or other soft furnishing.
- The distance travelled by something thrown.
- the act of throwing (propelling something with a rapid movement of the arm and wrist)
- the maximum movement available to a pivoted or reciprocating piece by a cam
- a single chance or instance
- casting an object in order to determine an outcome randomly
- bedclothes consisting of a lightweight cloth covering (an afghan or bedspread) that is casually thrown over something
noun
- (UK) Solitary confinement.
- (computing, social media) A temporary or permanent ban that prevents access to an online account or service, or connection to or from a designated telephone number, IP address, or similar.
- A wig block: a simplified head model upon which wigs are worn.
- A chopping block: a cuboid base for cutting or beheading.
- A cuboid or approximately cuboid building.
- (slang) The human head.
- Interference or obstruction of cognitive processes.
- (programming) A region of code in a program that acts as a single unit, such as a function or loop.
- (cricket) A shot played by holding the bat vertically in the path of the ball, so that it loses momentum and drops to the ground.
- A contiguous group of urban lots of property, typically several acres in extent, not crossed by public streets.
- (gymnastics) The portion of the movement where a gymnast pushes off the vault.
- A cellblock.
- (sports) An action to interfere with the movement of an opposing player or of the object of play (ball, puck).
- (chemistry) A portion of a macromolecule, comprising many units, that has at least one feature not present in adjacent portions.
- The distance from one street to another in a city or suburb that is built (approximately) to a grid pattern.
- A physical area or extent of something, often rectangular or approximately rectangular.
- (falconry) The perch on which a bird of prey is kept.
- (viticulture) A discrete group of vines in a vineyard, often distinguished from others by variety, clone, canopy training method, irrigation infrastructure, or some combination thereof.
- (cricket) The position of a player or bat when guarding the wicket.
- (cricket) The popping crease.
- A section of split logs used as fuel.
- (backgammon) Any point on the board where two or more men rest, and consequently an opponent may not land.
- (rail transport) A section of a railroad where the block system is used.
- (volleyball) A defensive play by one or more players meant to deflect a spiked ball back to the hitter’s court.
- A set of sheets (of paper) joined together at one end, forming a cuboid shape.
- A logical extent or region; a grouping or apportionment of like things treated together as a unit.
- (cricket) A blockhole.
- Misspelling of bloc.
- A case or frame housing one or more sheaves (pulleys), used with ropes to increase or redirect force, for example as part of lifting gear or a sailing ship's rigging. See also block and tackle.
- (education) A yeargroup at Eton College.
- (philately) A joined group of four (or in some cases nine) postage stamps, forming a roughly square shape.
- (computing) A logical data storage unit containing one or more physical sectors.
- (computing) A contiguous range of Unicode code points used to encode characters of a specific type; can be of any size evenly divisible by 16, up to 65,536 (a full plane).
- A mould on which hats, bonnets, etc., are shaped.
- A substantial, often approximately cuboid, piece of any substance.
- (cellular automata) In Conway's Game of Life, a still life consisting of four living cells arranged in a two-by-two square.
- Something that prevents something from passing.
- (cryptography) A fixed-length group of bits making up part of a message.
- a number or quantity of related things dealt with as a unit
- a simple machine consisting of a wheel with a groove in which a rope can run to change the direction or point of application of a force applied to the rope
- the act of obstructing or deflecting someone's movements
- (computer science) a sector or group of sectors that function as the smallest data unit permitted
- housing in a large building that is divided into separate units
- an obstruction in a pipe or tube
- a metal casting containing the cylinders and cooling ducts of an engine
- a three-dimensional shape with six square or rectangular sides
- a rectangular area in a city surrounded by streets and usually containing several buildings
- a solid piece of something (usually having flat rectangular sides)
- a platform from which an auctioneer sells
- an inability to remember or think of something you normally can do; often caused by emotional tension
verb
- (transitive) To shape or sketch out roughly.
- (transitive) To bar (impose a ban on a person or bot, etc.) from connecting via telephone, instant messaging, etc., or from accessing an online account or service, or similar.
- (transitive) To fill or obstruct (something) so that it is not possible to pass.
- (transitive) To shape, stretch, or mould knitted items, hats, books (and book covers), shoes, etc.
- (intransitive, cricket) To play a block shot.
- (transitive, sports) To impede (an opponent or opponent’s play).
- (transitive) To prevent (something from happening or someone from doing something).
- (transitive) To bar (a message or communication), or bar connection with (an online account or service, a designated telephone number, IP address, etc.).
- (transitive, cricket) To hit with a block.
- (programming, intransitive) To wait for some condition to become true.
- (transitive) To prevent (something or someone) from passing.
- (intransitive) To experience mental block or creative block.
- (transitive, theater) To specify the positions and movements of the actors for (a section of a play or film).
- shut out from view or get in the way so as to hide from sight
- stop from happening or developing
- hinder or prevent the progress or accomplishment of
- run on a block system
- shape into a block or blocks
- interfere with or prevent the reception of signals
- block passage through
- support, secure, or raise with a block
- impede the movement of (an opponent or a ball)
- stamp or emboss a title or design on a book with a block
- obstruct
- render unsuitable for passage
- be unable to remember
- shape by using a block
- prohibit the conversion or use of (assets)
- interrupt the normal function of by means of anesthesia
noun
- the state of being confined
- The act of confining or the state of being confined.
- the act of keeping something within specified bounds (by force if necessary)
- concluding state of pregnancy; from the onset of contractions to the birth of a child
- the act of restraining of a person's liberty by confining them
- lockdown
verb
- deprive of freedom; take into confinement
- place limits on (extent or amount or access)
- to close within bounds, or otherwise limit or deprive of free movement
- close in
- prevent from leaving or from being removed
- (transitive) To restrict (someone or something) to a particular scope or area; to keep in or within certain bounds.
noun
verb
- deprive of freedom; take into confinement
- stop or halt
- cause to be slowed down or delayed
- (transitive) To keep someone from proceeding by holding them back or making claims on their attention.
- (transitive) To seize goods for official purposes.
- (transitive, law enforcement) To put someone under custody.
- (transitive) To keep something from proceeding or coming to completion; to delay.
noun
- the official act of consigning a person to confinement (as in a prison or mental hospital)
- The act of being locked away, such as in an institution for the mentally ill or in jail.
- a message that makes a pledge
- the trait of sincere and steadfast fixity of purpose
- the act of binding yourself (intellectually or emotionally) to a course of action
- an engagement by contract involving financial obligation
- Promise or agreement to do something in the future, especially:
- State of being pledged or engaged.
- The trait of sincerity and focused purpose.
- Perpetration as in a crime or mistake.
- The act of sending a legislative bill to committee for review.
- Official consignment sending a person to prison or a mental health institution.
- Act of assuming a financial obligation at a future date.
- Being bound emotionally or intellectually to a course of action or to another person or persons.
noun
- the official act of consigning a person to confinement (as in a prison or mental hospital)
- The act of committing someone to confinement; an order for someone's imprisonment.
- the act of committing a crime
- 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.
adj
noun
- the official act of consigning a person to confinement (as in a prison or mental hospital)
- the delivery of goods for sale or disposal
- goods carried by a large vehicle
- The sale of one's own goods (clothing, furniture, etc.) through a third-party vendor, in exchange for a portion of the sale price, and with the consigner retaining ownership of the goods until they are sold or abandoned.
- The act of consigning.
- A collection of goods to be sent, in transit or having been sent.
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noun
- (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
noun
- (slang) A period of imprisonment.
- A stave of a cask, drum, etc.; especially (engineering) one of the narrow boards or staves forming the covering of a cylindrical object, such as a boiler, or the cylinder of a carding machine or steam engine.
- (snooker) A method of deciding which player is to start. Both players simultaneously strike a cue ball from the baulk line to hit the top cushion and rebound down the table; the player whose ball finishes closest to the baulk cushion wins.
- (countable) A gap, a delay; an interval created by something not keeping up; a latency.
- (US, carpentry) Clipping of lag screw.
- A bird, the greylag.
- (uncountable) Delay; latency.
- One who lags; that which comes in last.
- The fag-end; the rump; hence, the lowest class.
- (UK, Ireland, slang) A prisoner, a criminal.
- the time between one event, process, or period and another
- the act of slowing down or falling behind
- one of several thin slats of wood forming the sides of a barrel or bucket
verb
- lock up or confine, in or as in a jail
- (computing, informal, video games) To respond slowly.
- (transitive) To slacken
- To cover (for example, pipes) with felt strips or similar material.
- To fail to keep up (the pace), to fall behind.
- throw or pitch at a mark, as with coins
- cover with lagging to prevent heat loss
- hang (back) or fall (behind) in movement, progress, development, etc.
adj
noun
- the act of confining prisoners to their cells (usually to regain control during a riot)
- The confinement of people in their own rooms (e.g., in a school) or cells (in a prison), or to their own homes or areas (e.g., in the case of a city- or nation-wide issue) as a security measure after or amid a disturbance or as a non-pharmaceutical intervention in a pandemic.
- (US) A contrivance to fasten logs together in rafting.
verb
- lock up or confine, in or as in a jail
- To wall in.
- (transitive) To cloister, confine, imprison or hole up: to lock someone up or seclude oneself behind walls.
- (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.
verb
- lock up or confine, in or as in a jail
- stew in an earthenware jug
- (slang) To acquire or obtain through force; snatch, steal; to rob, especially in reference to jugging (which see).
- (intransitive) To utter a sound like "jug", as certain birds do, especially the nightingale.
- (US, Jesuit schools, transitive) To issue a detention (to a student).
- (intransitive, of quails or partridges) To nestle or collect together in a covey.
- (transitive, slang) To put into jail.
- (transitive) To stew in an earthenware jug etc.
- (slang) To hustle or make money, usually aggressively.
noun
- the quantity contained in a jug
- a large bottle with a narrow mouth
- A serving vessel or container, typically circular in cross-section and typically higher than it is wide, with a relatively small mouth or spout, an ear handle and often a stopper or top.
- (vulgar, slang, chiefly in the plural) A woman's breasts.
- (US, Jesuit schools, countable or uncountable) Detention (after-school student punishment).
- (CB radio slang, chiefly in the plural) A kind of large, high-powered vacuum tube.
- (Australia, New Zealand) An upright electric kettle.
- (climbing) A hold large enough for both hands
- (US, slang) The P-47 Thunderbolt fighter aircraft.
- (slang) Jail.
- The amount that a jug can hold.
- (UK, informal) A traditional dimpled glass with a handle, for serving a pint of beer.
- A small mixed breed of dog created by mating a Jack Russell terrier and a pug.
verb
- lock up or confine, in or as in a jail
- eat up; usually refers to a considerable quantity of food
- throw or cast away
- place in a place where something cannot be removed or someone cannot escape
- kill gently, as with an injection
- turn away from and put aside, perhaps temporarily
- stop using
- (transitive, combat sports, by extension) To knock out an opponent.
- (baseball) To catch a fly ball or tag out a baserunner.
- (transitive, now formal or literary) To discard, divest oneself of.
- (transitive) To send (someone) to prison or mental asylum.
- (transitive) To kill someone.
- (transitive) To store, add to one's stores for later use.
- (sports) To take a large lead in a game, especially enough to guarantee victory or make the game no longer competitive.
- (baseball) To strike out a batter.
- (transitive) To put (something) in its usual storage place; to place out of the way, clean up.
- (tennis, pickleball) To hit the ball in such a way that the opponent cannot reach it; see passing shot.
- (transitive, colloquial) To consume (food or drink), especially in large quantities.
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- (BDSM) A room dedicated to sadomasochistic sexual activity.
- (roleplaying games) An area inhabited by enemies, containing story objectives, treasure, and bosses.
- An underground prison or vault, typically built underneath a castle.
- The low area between two drumlins.
- a dark cell (usually underground) where prisoners can be confined
- the main tower within the walls of a medieval castle or fortress
verb
- (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
verb
- (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
noun
- Prison.
- Debt.
- (card games) The last card turned up in the game of faro.
- Installment purchase.
- A Rhenish wine, of a light yellow color, either sparkling or still, from the Hochheim region; often applied to all Rhenish wines.
- Meat from that part of a food animal.
- Alternative form of hawk (“cough”).
- Pawn, obligation as collateral for a loan.
- (countable) The tarsal joint of a digitigrade quadruped, such as a horse, pig or dog.
- (countable) The hollow behind the knee.
- tarsal joint of the hind leg of hoofed mammals; corresponds to the human ankle
- any of several white wines from the Rhine River valley in Germany (‘hock’ is British usage)
verb
- (US) To bother; to pester; to annoy incessantly.
- (transitive, colloquial) To leave with a pawnbroker as security for a loan.
- (transitive) To disable by cutting the tendons of the hock; to hamstring; to hough.
- Alternative form of hawk (“cough, clear one's throat of phlegm”).
- leave as a guarantee in return for money
- disable by cutting the hock
noun
- The separation of a subset of prisoners from the general prison population, possibly solitary confinement.
- (politics) The separation of people based upon race, sex, religion, or other identity in institutions.
- (sociology) The separation of people (geographically, residentially, or in businesses, public transit, etc) into various categories which occurs due to social forces (culture, etc).
- (mineralogy) Separation from a mass, and gathering about centers or into cavities at hand through cohesive or adhesive attraction or the crystallizing process.
- Separation for practical reasons, by necessity.
- (biology) The setting apart in Mendelian inheritance of alleles, such that each parent passes only one allele to its offspring.
- (politics, public policy) The separation of people (geographically, residentially, or in businesses, public transit, etc) into racial or other categories (e.g. religion, sex).
- (genetics) The separation of a pair of chromatids or chromosomes during mitosis and meiosis
- The act of setting apart and organizing things based upon their characteristics.
- a social system that provides separate facilities for minority groups
- (genetics) the separation of paired alleles during meiosis so that members of each pair of alleles appear in different gametes
- the act of segregating or sequestering
noun
- A confinement, detention, as after an arrest.
- (law) The process of arresting a criminal, suspect etc.
- The condition of being stopped, standstill.
- (nautical) The judicial detention of a ship to secure a financial claim against its operators.
- A device to physically arrest motion.
- (farriery) A scurfiness of the back part of the hind leg of a horse
- A check; a stop; an act or instance of arresting something.
- the state of inactivity following an interruption
- the act of apprehending (especially apprehending a criminal)
verb
- (transitive) To seize (someone) with the authority of the law; to take into legal custody.
- (transitive) To stop or slow (a process, course etc.).
- (transitive) To catch the attention of.
- (intransitive, medicine) To undergo cardiac arrest.
- hold back, as of a danger or an enemy; check the expansion or influence of
- take into custody
- attract and fix
- cause to come to an abrupt stop
noun
adj
- lacking companions or companionship
- characterized by or preferring solitude
- of plants and animals; not growing or living in groups or colonies
- being the only one; single and isolated from others
- devoid of creatures
- Performed, passed, or endured alone.
- Single; individual; sole.
- Not much visited or frequented; remote from society
- Living or being by oneself; alone; having no companion present
- Not inhabited or occupied; without signs of inhabitants or occupation; desolate; deserted
- (botany) Not associated with others of the same kind.
- Gloomy; dismal, because of not being inhabited.
noun
- (law) Confinement of a prisoner awaiting trial.
- (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.
- (uncountable) The act of detaining or the state of being detained; hindrance.
- 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
noun
- (UK) Solitary confinement.
- (computing, social media) A temporary or permanent ban that prevents access to an online account or service, or connection to or from a designated telephone number, IP address, or similar.
- A wig block: a simplified head model upon which wigs are worn.
- A chopping block: a cuboid base for cutting or beheading.
- A cuboid or approximately cuboid building.
- (slang) The human head.
- Interference or obstruction of cognitive processes.
- (programming) A region of code in a program that acts as a single unit, such as a function or loop.
- (cricket) A shot played by holding the bat vertically in the path of the ball, so that it loses momentum and drops to the ground.
- A contiguous group of urban lots of property, typically several acres in extent, not crossed by public streets.
- (gymnastics) The portion of the movement where a gymnast pushes off the vault.
- A cellblock.
- (sports) An action to interfere with the movement of an opposing player or of the object of play (ball, puck).
- (chemistry) A portion of a macromolecule, comprising many units, that has at least one feature not present in adjacent portions.
- The distance from one street to another in a city or suburb that is built (approximately) to a grid pattern.
- A physical area or extent of something, often rectangular or approximately rectangular.
- (falconry) The perch on which a bird of prey is kept.
- (viticulture) A discrete group of vines in a vineyard, often distinguished from others by variety, clone, canopy training method, irrigation infrastructure, or some combination thereof.
- (cricket) The position of a player or bat when guarding the wicket.
- (cricket) The popping crease.
- A section of split logs used as fuel.
- (backgammon) Any point on the board where two or more men rest, and consequently an opponent may not land.
- (rail transport) A section of a railroad where the block system is used.
- (volleyball) A defensive play by one or more players meant to deflect a spiked ball back to the hitter’s court.
- A set of sheets (of paper) joined together at one end, forming a cuboid shape.
- A logical extent or region; a grouping or apportionment of like things treated together as a unit.
- (cricket) A blockhole.
- Misspelling of bloc.
- A case or frame housing one or more sheaves (pulleys), used with ropes to increase or redirect force, for example as part of lifting gear or a sailing ship's rigging. See also block and tackle.
- (education) A yeargroup at Eton College.
- (philately) A joined group of four (or in some cases nine) postage stamps, forming a roughly square shape.
- (computing) A logical data storage unit containing one or more physical sectors.
- (computing) A contiguous range of Unicode code points used to encode characters of a specific type; can be of any size evenly divisible by 16, up to 65,536 (a full plane).
- A mould on which hats, bonnets, etc., are shaped.
- A substantial, often approximately cuboid, piece of any substance.
- (cellular automata) In Conway's Game of Life, a still life consisting of four living cells arranged in a two-by-two square.
- Something that prevents something from passing.
- (cryptography) A fixed-length group of bits making up part of a message.
- a number or quantity of related things dealt with as a unit
- a simple machine consisting of a wheel with a groove in which a rope can run to change the direction or point of application of a force applied to the rope
- the act of obstructing or deflecting someone's movements
- (computer science) a sector or group of sectors that function as the smallest data unit permitted
- housing in a large building that is divided into separate units
- an obstruction in a pipe or tube
- a metal casting containing the cylinders and cooling ducts of an engine
- a three-dimensional shape with six square or rectangular sides
- a rectangular area in a city surrounded by streets and usually containing several buildings
- a solid piece of something (usually having flat rectangular sides)
- a platform from which an auctioneer sells
- an inability to remember or think of something you normally can do; often caused by emotional tension
verb
- (transitive) To shape or sketch out roughly.
- (transitive) To bar (impose a ban on a person or bot, etc.) from connecting via telephone, instant messaging, etc., or from accessing an online account or service, or similar.
- (transitive) To fill or obstruct (something) so that it is not possible to pass.
- (transitive) To shape, stretch, or mould knitted items, hats, books (and book covers), shoes, etc.
- (intransitive, cricket) To play a block shot.
- (transitive, sports) To impede (an opponent or opponent’s play).
- (transitive) To prevent (something from happening or someone from doing something).
- (transitive) To bar (a message or communication), or bar connection with (an online account or service, a designated telephone number, IP address, etc.).
- (transitive, cricket) To hit with a block.
- (programming, intransitive) To wait for some condition to become true.
- (transitive) To prevent (something or someone) from passing.
- (intransitive) To experience mental block or creative block.
- (transitive, theater) To specify the positions and movements of the actors for (a section of a play or film).
- shut out from view or get in the way so as to hide from sight
- stop from happening or developing
- hinder or prevent the progress or accomplishment of
- run on a block system
- shape into a block or blocks
- interfere with or prevent the reception of signals
- block passage through
- support, secure, or raise with a block
- impede the movement of (an opponent or a ball)
- stamp or emboss a title or design on a book with a block
- obstruct
- render unsuitable for passage
- be unable to remember
- shape by using a block
- prohibit the conversion or use of (assets)
- interrupt the normal function of by means of anesthesia
noun
- the state of being confined
- The act of confining or the state of being confined.
- the act of keeping something within specified bounds (by force if necessary)
- concluding state of pregnancy; from the onset of contractions to the birth of a child
- the act of restraining of a person's liberty by confining them
- lockdown
verb
noun
- (uncountable) Confinement in a jail.
- a correctional institution used to detain persons who are in the lawful custody of the government (either accused persons awaiting trial or convicted persons serving a sentence)
- A place or institution for the confinement of persons held against their will in lawful custody or detention, especially (in US usage) a place where people are held for minor offenses or with reference to some future judicial proceeding.
- In dodgeball and related games, the area where players who have been struck by the ball are confined.
- (computing, FreeBSD, usually uncountable) A kind of sandbox for running a guest operating system instance.
- (horse racing, uncountable) The condition created by the requirement that a horse claimed in a claiming race not be run at another track for some period of time (usually 30 days).
verb
noun
- a prisonlike situation; a place of seeming confinement
- (uncountable) Confinement in prison.
- a correctional institution where persons are confined while on trial or for punishment
- (colloquial, figurative) Any restrictive environment, such as a harsh academy or home.
- A place or institution where people are held against their will, in the US especially for long-term confinement, as of those convicted of serious crimes or otherwise considered undesirable by the government.
noun
- the official act of consigning a person to confinement (as in a prison or mental hospital)
- The act of being locked away, such as in an institution for the mentally ill or in jail.
- a message that makes a pledge
- the trait of sincere and steadfast fixity of purpose
- the act of binding yourself (intellectually or emotionally) to a course of action
- an engagement by contract involving financial obligation
- Promise or agreement to do something in the future, especially:
- State of being pledged or engaged.
- The trait of sincerity and focused purpose.
- Perpetration as in a crime or mistake.
- The act of sending a legislative bill to committee for review.
- Official consignment sending a person to prison or a mental health institution.
- Act of assuming a financial obligation at a future date.
- Being bound emotionally or intellectually to a course of action or to another person or persons.
noun
- the official act of consigning a person to confinement (as in a prison or mental hospital)
- The act of committing someone to confinement; an order for someone's imprisonment.
- the act of committing a crime
- 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.
adj
noun
- the official act of consigning a person to confinement (as in a prison or mental hospital)
- the delivery of goods for sale or disposal
- goods carried by a large vehicle
- The sale of one's own goods (clothing, furniture, etc.) through a third-party vendor, in exchange for a portion of the sale price, and with the consigner retaining ownership of the goods until they are sold or abandoned.
- The act of consigning.
- A collection of goods to be sent, in transit or having been sent.
noun
- (slang) A period of imprisonment.
- A stave of a cask, drum, etc.; especially (engineering) one of the narrow boards or staves forming the covering of a cylindrical object, such as a boiler, or the cylinder of a carding machine or steam engine.
- (snooker) A method of deciding which player is to start. Both players simultaneously strike a cue ball from the baulk line to hit the top cushion and rebound down the table; the player whose ball finishes closest to the baulk cushion wins.
- (countable) A gap, a delay; an interval created by something not keeping up; a latency.
- (US, carpentry) Clipping of lag screw.
- A bird, the greylag.
- (uncountable) Delay; latency.
- One who lags; that which comes in last.
- The fag-end; the rump; hence, the lowest class.
- (UK, Ireland, slang) A prisoner, a criminal.
- the time between one event, process, or period and another
- the act of slowing down or falling behind
- one of several thin slats of wood forming the sides of a barrel or bucket
verb
- lock up or confine, in or as in a jail
- (computing, informal, video games) To respond slowly.
- (transitive) To slacken
- To cover (for example, pipes) with felt strips or similar material.
- To fail to keep up (the pace), to fall behind.
- throw or pitch at a mark, as with coins
- cover with lagging to prevent heat loss
- hang (back) or fall (behind) in movement, progress, development, etc.
adj
noun
- the act of confining prisoners to their cells (usually to regain control during a riot)
- The confinement of people in their own rooms (e.g., in a school) or cells (in a prison), or to their own homes or areas (e.g., in the case of a city- or nation-wide issue) as a security measure after or amid a disturbance or as a non-pharmaceutical intervention in a pandemic.
- (US) A contrivance to fasten logs together in rafting.
noun
name
verb
noun
- Prison.
- Debt.
- (card games) The last card turned up in the game of faro.
- Installment purchase.
- A Rhenish wine, of a light yellow color, either sparkling or still, from the Hochheim region; often applied to all Rhenish wines.
- Meat from that part of a food animal.
- Alternative form of hawk (“cough”).
- Pawn, obligation as collateral for a loan.
- (countable) The tarsal joint of a digitigrade quadruped, such as a horse, pig or dog.
- (countable) The hollow behind the knee.
- tarsal joint of the hind leg of hoofed mammals; corresponds to the human ankle
- any of several white wines from the Rhine River valley in Germany (‘hock’ is British usage)
verb
- (US) To bother; to pester; to annoy incessantly.
- (transitive, colloquial) To leave with a pawnbroker as security for a loan.
- (transitive) To disable by cutting the tendons of the hock; to hamstring; to hough.
- Alternative form of hawk (“cough, clear one's throat of phlegm”).
- leave as a guarantee in return for money
- disable by cutting the hock
noun
- The separation of a subset of prisoners from the general prison population, possibly solitary confinement.
- (politics) The separation of people based upon race, sex, religion, or other identity in institutions.
- (sociology) The separation of people (geographically, residentially, or in businesses, public transit, etc) into various categories which occurs due to social forces (culture, etc).
- (mineralogy) Separation from a mass, and gathering about centers or into cavities at hand through cohesive or adhesive attraction or the crystallizing process.
- Separation for practical reasons, by necessity.
- (biology) The setting apart in Mendelian inheritance of alleles, such that each parent passes only one allele to its offspring.
- (politics, public policy) The separation of people (geographically, residentially, or in businesses, public transit, etc) into racial or other categories (e.g. religion, sex).
- (genetics) The separation of a pair of chromatids or chromosomes during mitosis and meiosis
- The act of setting apart and organizing things based upon their characteristics.
- a social system that provides separate facilities for minority groups
- (genetics) the separation of paired alleles during meiosis so that members of each pair of alleles appear in different gametes
- the act of segregating or sequestering
verb
noun
- (uncountable) Confinement in a jail.
- a correctional institution used to detain persons who are in the lawful custody of the government (either accused persons awaiting trial or convicted persons serving a sentence)
- A place or institution for the confinement of persons held against their will in lawful custody or detention, especially (in US usage) a place where people are held for minor offenses or with reference to some future judicial proceeding.
- In dodgeball and related games, the area where players who have been struck by the ball are confined.
- (computing, FreeBSD, usually uncountable) A kind of sandbox for running a guest operating system instance.
- (horse racing, uncountable) The condition created by the requirement that a horse claimed in a claiming race not be run at another track for some period of time (usually 30 days).
verb
noun
- a prisonlike situation; a place of seeming confinement
- (uncountable) Confinement in prison.
- a correctional institution where persons are confined while on trial or for punishment
- (colloquial, figurative) Any restrictive environment, such as a harsh academy or home.
- A place or institution where people are held against their will, in the US especially for long-term confinement, as of those convicted of serious crimes or otherwise considered undesirable by the government.
verb
- (transitive) To imprison.
- To twist two or more filaments of (silk, etc.) so as to form one thread; to twist together, as singles, in a direction contrary to the twist of the singles themselves; sometimes applied to the whole class of operations by which silk is prepared for the weaver.
- (baseball, slang, of a team, a manager, etc.) To select (a pitcher); to assign a pitcher to a given role (such as starter or reliever).
- (martial arts) To lift or unbalance one’s opponent and then bring him back down to the ground, especially into a position behind the thrower.
- (transitive) To show sudden emotion, especially anger.
- (transitive, informal) To confuse or mislead.
- (transitive, figuratively) To send hastily or desperately.
- (transitive, ceramics) To make (a pot) by shaping clay as it turns on a wheel.
- (transitive, computing) To send (an error) to an exception-handling mechanism in order to interrupt normal processing.
- (transitive, veterinary medicine) Of animals: to give birth to (young).
- (American football) Synonym of pass.
- (transitive) To project or send forth.
- (transitive) To organize an event, especially a party.
- (transitive) To change (one’s voice) in order to give the illusion that the voice is that of someone else, or coming from a different place.
- (transitive) To install (a bridge).
- (transitive) To cause a certain number on the die or dice to be shown after rolling it.
- (transitive) To move to another position or condition; to displace.
- To put on hastily; to spread carelessly.
- (transitive) To eject or cause to fall off.
- (transitive, cricket, of a bowler) To deliver (the ball) illegally by straightening the bowling arm during delivery.
- (ambitransitive) To roll (a die or dice).
- (transitive) To hurl; to release (an object) with some force from one’s hands, an apparatus, etc. so that it moves rapidly through the air.
- (transitive, bridge) To discard.
- (sports, video games) To intentionally lose a game.
- (sports, transitive) (of a game where one’s role is throwing something) To perform in a specified way in (a match).
- (transitive, of a punch or boxing combination) To deliver.
- cause to go on or to be engaged or set in operation
- to put into a state or activity hastily, suddenly, or carelessly
- make on a potter's wheel
- throw (a die) out onto a flat surface
- place or put with great energy
- move violently, energetically, or carelessly
- be confusing or perplexing to; cause to be unable to think clearly
- utter with force; utter vehemently
- convey or communicate; of a smile, a look, a physical gesture
- put or send forth
- cause to be confused emotionally
- to remove
- cause to fall off
- organize or be responsible for
- propel through the air
noun
- (informal) A single instance, occurrence, venture, or chance.
- One’s ability to throw.
- The act of throwing something.
- (historical) A hand-operated lathe, especially a small lathe used by clockmakers.
- The flight of a thrown object.
- A distance travelled in general; displacement.
- Any of the projections integral to a crankshaft that receive or impart cranking motion from a connecting rod or similar component.
- (martial arts) A move in which one lifts or unbalances one’s opponent and then brings him down to the ground.
- A piece of fabric used to cover a bed, sofa or other soft furnishing.
- The distance travelled by something thrown.
- the act of throwing (propelling something with a rapid movement of the arm and wrist)
- the maximum movement available to a pivoted or reciprocating piece by a cam
- a single chance or instance
- casting an object in order to determine an outcome randomly
- bedclothes consisting of a lightweight cloth covering (an afghan or bedspread) that is casually thrown over something
verb
- deprive of freedom; take into confinement
- place limits on (extent or amount or access)
- to close within bounds, or otherwise limit or deprive of free movement
- close in
- prevent from leaving or from being removed
- (transitive) To restrict (someone or something) to a particular scope or area; to keep in or within certain bounds.
noun
verb
- deprive of freedom; take into confinement
- stop or halt
- cause to be slowed down or delayed
- (transitive) To keep someone from proceeding by holding them back or making claims on their attention.
- (transitive) To seize goods for official purposes.
- (transitive, law enforcement) To put someone under custody.
- (transitive) To keep something from proceeding or coming to completion; to delay.
noun
- (slang) A period of imprisonment.
- A stave of a cask, drum, etc.; especially (engineering) one of the narrow boards or staves forming the covering of a cylindrical object, such as a boiler, or the cylinder of a carding machine or steam engine.
- (snooker) A method of deciding which player is to start. Both players simultaneously strike a cue ball from the baulk line to hit the top cushion and rebound down the table; the player whose ball finishes closest to the baulk cushion wins.
- (countable) A gap, a delay; an interval created by something not keeping up; a latency.
- (US, carpentry) Clipping of lag screw.
- A bird, the greylag.
- (uncountable) Delay; latency.
- One who lags; that which comes in last.
- The fag-end; the rump; hence, the lowest class.
- (UK, Ireland, slang) A prisoner, a criminal.
- the time between one event, process, or period and another
- the act of slowing down or falling behind
- one of several thin slats of wood forming the sides of a barrel or bucket
verb
- lock up or confine, in or as in a jail
- (computing, informal, video games) To respond slowly.
- (transitive) To slacken
- To cover (for example, pipes) with felt strips or similar material.
- To fail to keep up (the pace), to fall behind.
- throw or pitch at a mark, as with coins
- cover with lagging to prevent heat loss
- hang (back) or fall (behind) in movement, progress, development, etc.
adj
verb
- lock up or confine, in or as in a jail
- To wall in.
- (transitive) To cloister, confine, imprison or hole up: to lock someone up or seclude oneself behind walls.
- (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.
verb
- lock up or confine, in or as in a jail
- stew in an earthenware jug
- (slang) To acquire or obtain through force; snatch, steal; to rob, especially in reference to jugging (which see).
- (intransitive) To utter a sound like "jug", as certain birds do, especially the nightingale.
- (US, Jesuit schools, transitive) To issue a detention (to a student).
- (intransitive, of quails or partridges) To nestle or collect together in a covey.
- (transitive, slang) To put into jail.
- (transitive) To stew in an earthenware jug etc.
- (slang) To hustle or make money, usually aggressively.
noun
- the quantity contained in a jug
- a large bottle with a narrow mouth
- A serving vessel or container, typically circular in cross-section and typically higher than it is wide, with a relatively small mouth or spout, an ear handle and often a stopper or top.
- (vulgar, slang, chiefly in the plural) A woman's breasts.
- (US, Jesuit schools, countable or uncountable) Detention (after-school student punishment).
- (CB radio slang, chiefly in the plural) A kind of large, high-powered vacuum tube.
- (Australia, New Zealand) An upright electric kettle.
- (climbing) A hold large enough for both hands
- (US, slang) The P-47 Thunderbolt fighter aircraft.
- (slang) Jail.
- The amount that a jug can hold.
- (UK, informal) A traditional dimpled glass with a handle, for serving a pint of beer.
- A small mixed breed of dog created by mating a Jack Russell terrier and a pug.
verb
- lock up or confine, in or as in a jail
- eat up; usually refers to a considerable quantity of food
- throw or cast away
- place in a place where something cannot be removed or someone cannot escape
- kill gently, as with an injection
- turn away from and put aside, perhaps temporarily
- stop using
- (transitive, combat sports, by extension) To knock out an opponent.
- (baseball) To catch a fly ball or tag out a baserunner.
- (transitive, now formal or literary) To discard, divest oneself of.
- (transitive) To send (someone) to prison or mental asylum.
- (transitive) To kill someone.
- (transitive) To store, add to one's stores for later use.
- (sports) To take a large lead in a game, especially enough to guarantee victory or make the game no longer competitive.
- (baseball) To strike out a batter.
- (transitive) To put (something) in its usual storage place; to place out of the way, clean up.
- (tennis, pickleball) To hit the ball in such a way that the opponent cannot reach it; see passing shot.
- (transitive, colloquial) To consume (food or drink), especially in large quantities.
verb
noun
verb
noun
- (BDSM) A room dedicated to sadomasochistic sexual activity.
- (roleplaying games) An area inhabited by enemies, containing story objectives, treasure, and bosses.
- An underground prison or vault, typically built underneath a castle.
- The low area between two drumlins.
- a dark cell (usually underground) where prisoners can be confined
- the main tower within the walls of a medieval castle or fortress
verb
- (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
verb
- (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
adj
verb
adj
noun
- (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