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adj
- Written in the margin of a book.
- (economics, not comparable) Pertaining to changes resulting from a unit increase in production or consumption of a good.
- (of land) Barely productive.
- Of a value, or having a characteristic that is of a value, that is close to being unacceptable or leading to exclusion from a group or category.
- (not comparable) Of, relating to, or located at or near a margin or edge; also figurative usages of location and margin (edge).
- (sociology) Marginalized.
- (geography) Sharing a border; geographically adjacent.
- (politics, chiefly UK, Australia, New Zealand, of a constituency) Subject to a change in sitting member with only a small change in voting behaviour, this usually being inferred from the small winning margin of the previous election.
- producing at a rate that barely covers production costs
- just barely adequate or within a lower limit
- at or constituting a border or edge
- of questionable or minimal quality
noun
noun
- The edge of a book which is bound.
- (printing) The inside margin of a page.
- (mining) The roof of a horizontal underground passage.
- (swimming) Clipping of backstroke.
- (slang, uncountable) Effort, usually physical.
- (sports) In some team sports, a position behind most players on the team.
- (figuratively) The upper part of a natural object which is considered to resemble an animal’s back.
- (slang, uncountable) Large and attractive buttocks.
- A support or resource in reserve.
- Area behind, such as the backyard of a house or the rear storeroom of a retail store.
- The reverse side; the side that is not normally seen.
- The side of a blade opposite the side used for cutting.
- Among leather dealers, one of the thickest and stoutest tanned hides.
- A ferryboat.
- The rear of the body, especially the part between the neck and the end of the spine and opposite the chest and belly.
- The part of something that goes last.
- The backrest, the part of a piece of furniture which receives the human back.
- (nautical) The keel and keelson of a ship.
- (figurative) The part of a piece of clothing which covers the back.
- A non-alcoholic drink (often water or a soft drink), to go with hard liquor or a cocktail.
- The side of any object which is opposite the front or useful side.
- The spine and associated tissues.
- A large shallow vat; a cistern, tub, or trough, used by brewers, distillers, dyers, picklers, gluemakers, and others, for mixing or cooling wort, holding water, hot glue, etc.
- That which is farthest away from the front.
- (football) a person who plays in the backfield
- the part of a garment that covers the back of your body
- (American football) the position of a player on a football team who is stationed behind the line of scrimmage
- the protective covering on the front, back, and spine of a book
- the series of vertebrae forming the axis of the skeleton and protecting the spinal cord
- the part of something that is furthest from the normal viewer
- the posterior part of a human (or animal) body from the neck to the end of the spine
- the side that goes last or is not normally seen
- a support that you can lean against while sitting
adj
- (comparable, phonetics) Pronounced with the highest part of the body of the tongue toward the back of the mouth, near the soft palate (most often describing a vowel).
- At or near the rear.
- Not current.
- (predicative) Returned or restored to a previous place or condition.
- Situated away from the main or most frequented areas.
- Moving or operating backward.
- In arrears; overdue.
- located at or near the back of an animal
- of an earlier date
- related to or located at the back
adv
- In a manner that impedes.
- To a later point in time. See also put back.
- Towards, into or in the past.
- In a direction opposite to that in which someone or something is facing or normally pointing.
- Away from someone or something; at a distance.
- So as to shrink, recede or move aside, or cause to do so.
- (not comparable) To or in a previous condition or place.
- (not comparable) In a reciprocal manner; in return.
- (postpositive) Earlier, ago.
- In a direction opposite to the usual or desired direction of movement or progress, physically or figuratively.
- Away from the front or from an edge.
- in or to or toward a former location
- in reply
- at or to or toward the back or rear
- in repayment or retaliation
- in or to or toward a past time
- in or to or toward an original condition
verb
- (transitive) To push or force backwards.
- (law, of a justice of the peace) To sign or endorse (a warrant, issued in another county, to apprehend an offender).
- (transitive) To support.
- (MLE, transitive) To draw from behind the back (a knife etc.) (as also back out).
- (intransitive) To go in the reverse direction.
- (nautical, of the wind) To change direction contrary to the normal pattern; that is, to shift anticlockwise in the northern hemisphere, or clockwise in the southern hemisphere.
- (UK, of a hunting dog) To stand still behind another dog which has pointed.
- To row backward with (oars).
- (nautical, of a square sail) To brace the yards so that the wind presses on the front of the sail, to slow the ship.
- To make a back for; to furnish with a back.
- To adjoin behind; to be at the back of.
- (nautical, of an anchor) To lay out a second, smaller anchor to provide additional holding power.
- (Nigeria, transitive) To carry an infant on one’s back.
- To write upon the back of, possibly as an endorsement.
- be in back of
- travel backward
- establish as valid or genuine
- place a bet on
- give support or one's approval to
- strengthen by providing with a back or backing
- shift to a counterclockwise direction
- support financial backing for
- be behind; approve of
- cause to travel backward
noun
- A strip of material used to mark a place in a book.
- a marker (a piece of paper or ribbon) placed between the pages of a book to mark the reader's place
- (databases) A pointer found in a nonclustered index to a row in a clustered index or a table heap
- (computing) A record of the address of a file or Internet page, serving as a shortcut to it.
verb
noun
- A strip along the spine of a book where the pages are attached.
- (telecommunications) A designated range of radio frequencies used for wireless communication.
- A continuous tablet, stripe, or series of ornaments, as of carved foliage, of colour, or of brickwork.
- (sciences) Any distinguishing line formed by chromatography, electrophoresis etc
- A strip of material wrapped around things to hold them together.
- A narrow strip of cloth or other material on clothing, to bind, strengthen, or ornament it.
- (Canada) Ellipsis of band government.
- A linen collar or ruff worn in the 16th and 17th centuries.
- (in the plural) Two strips of linen hanging from the neck in front as part of a clerical, legal, or academic dress.
- (physics) A group of energy levels in a solid state material.
- A type of orchestra originally playing janissary music; an instance of this type.
- (slang, hiphop, often in the plural) A wad of money totaling $1K, held together by a band; (by extension) $1000, a grand; (by extension) money
- A group of musicians who perform together as an ensemble; sometimes, such a group working for a professional recording artist.
- A long strip of material, color, etc, that is different from the surrounding area.
- (physics) A part of the electromagnetic spectrum.
- (medicine) Ellipsis of band cell.
- That which serves as the means of union or connection between persons; a tie.
- Ellipsis of marching band.
- (anthropology) A small group of people living in a simple society, contrasted with tribes, chiefdoms, and nations.
- (especially US) A ring, such as a wedding ring (wedding band), or a ring put on a bird's leg to identify it.
- In Gothic architecture, the moulding, or suite of mouldings, which encircles the pillars and small shafts.
- A group of people loosely united for a common purpose, such as a band of thieves.
- A belt or strap that is part of a machine.
- a strip of material attached to the leg of a bird to identify it (as in studies of bird migration)
- an unofficial association of people or groups
- instrumentalists not including string players
- a group of musicians playing popular music for dancing
- a cord-like tissue connecting two larger parts of an anatomical structure
- a stripe or stripes of contrasting color
- an adornment consisting of a strip of a contrasting color or material
- a thin flat strip of flexible material that is worn around the body or one of the limbs (especially to decorate the body)
- a thin flat strip or loop of flexible material that goes around or over something else, typically to hold it together or as a decoration
- jewelry consisting of a circlet of precious metal (often set with jewels) worn on the finger
- a driving belt in machinery
- a restraint put around something to hold it together
- a range of frequencies between two limits
verb
- (transitive) To fasten with a band.
- (transitive, ornithology) To fasten an identifying band around the leg of (a bird).
- (transitive, education) To group (students) together by perceived ability; to stream.
- (intransitive) To group together for a common purpose; to confederate.
- attach a ring to the foot of, in order to identify
- bind or tie together, as with a band
noun
- The narrow, bound edge of a book that encloses the inner edges of the pages, facing outwards when the book is on a shelf and typically bearing the title and the author's and publisher's name.
- the part of a book's cover that encloses the inner side of the book's pages and that faces outward when the book is shelved
- (neuroscience) Ellipsis of dendritic spine.
- Something resembling a backbone, such as a ridge, or a long, central structure from which other structures radiate.
- (geology) A tall mass of viscous lava extruded from a volcano.
- (botany) The heartwood of trees.
- (figurative) Courage or assertiveness.
- A linear payscale operated by some large organizations that allows flexibility for local and specific conditions.
- (zootomy, botany, mycology) A pointed, fairly rigid protuberance or needlelike structure on an animal, shell, mushroom or plant. The botanical term technically refers to such a structure derived from a leaf or part of a leaf.
- (anatomy, zootomy) A series of bones situated at the back from the head to the pelvis of a human, or from the head to the tail of an animal, enclosing the spinal cord and providing support for the thorax and abdomen.
- The stiffness of an arrow.
- A central part which supports a whole; core.
- the series of vertebrae forming the axis of the skeleton and protecting the spinal cord
- a small sharp-pointed tip resembling a spike on a stem or leaf
- a sharp rigid animal process or appendage; as a porcupine quill or a ridge on a bone or a ray of a fish fin
- any sharply pointed projection
noun
- The spine of a book where the pages are held together.
- (sewing) A finishing on a seam or hem of a garment.
- (chemistry) The action or result of making two or more molecules stick together.
- An item (usually rope, tape, or string) used to hold two or more things together.
- (programming) The interface of a library with a programming language other than one it is written in.
- (programming) The association of a named item with an element of a program.
- the act of applying a bandage
- the protective covering on the front, back, and spine of a book
- strip sewn over or along an edge for reinforcement or decoration
- one of a pair of mechanical devices that are attached to a ski and that will grip a ski boot; the bindings should release in case of a fall
- the capacity to attract and hold something
adj
verb
noun
- the part of a book's cover that encloses the inner side of the book's pages and that faces outward when the book is shelved
- the part of a network that connects other networks together
- fortitude and determination
- the series of vertebrae forming the axis of the skeleton and protecting the spinal cord
- a central cohesive source of support and stability
- (countable) The series of vertebrae, separated by disks, that encloses and protects the spinal cord, and runs down the middle of the back in vertebrate animals.
- (countable, figuratively) Any fundamental support, structure, or infrastructure.
- (uncountable, figuratively) Courage, fortitude, or strength.
noun
- a small illustrative sketch (as sometimes placed at the beginning of chapters in books)
- (by extension) Any small borderless picture in a book, especially an engraving, photograph, or the like, which vanishes gradually at the edge.
- a photograph whose edges shade off gradually
- a brief literary description
- (photography) The characteristic of a camera lens, either by deficiency in design or by mismatch of the lens with the film format, that produces an image smaller than the film's frame with a crudely focused border. Photographers may deliberately choose this characteristic for a special effect.
- (printing) A decorative design, originally representing vine branches or tendrils, at the head of a chapter, of a manuscript or printed book, or in a similar position.
- (architecture) A running ornament consisting of leaves and tendrils, used in Gothic architecture.
- (by extension) A short story or anecdote that presents a scene or tableau, or paints a picture.
- (automotive) A small sticker affixed to a vehicle windscreen to indicate that tolls have been paid.
- (philately) The central pictorial image on a postage stamp.
- (computer graphics) A hardware deficiency (even occurring in most expensive models) of a computer display wherein the picture slants towards a colour or brightness towards the edges especially if viewed from an angle.
- (photography) Any effect in a photographic picture where qualities vanish towards the edges.
verb
noun
- A page of a book, that is, one side of a leaf of a book.
- A leaf of a book or manuscript.
- A page number. The even folios are on the left-hand pages and the odd folios on the right-hand pages.
- (computing) A protective case with a flap that folds to cover the screen of a mobile device.
- A book made of sheets of paper each folded in half (two leaves or four pages to the sheet); hence, a book of the largest kind, exceeding 30 centimetres in height.
- (accounting) A page in an account book; sometimes, two opposite pages bearing the same serial number.
- A sheet of paper folded in half.
- A wrapper for loose papers.
- the system of numbering pages
- a sheet of any written or printed material (especially in a manuscript or book)
- a book (or manuscript) consisting of large sheets of paper folded in the middle to make two leaves or four pages
verb
noun
- a small gouge (as in the cover of a book)
- the act of digging
- the site of an archeological exploration
- an aggressive remark directed at a person like a missile and intended to have a telling effect
- the act of touching someone suddenly with your finger or elbow
- An archeological or paleontological investigation, or the site where such an investigation is taking place.
- The occupation of digging for gold.
- (music, slang) A rare or interesting vinyl record bought second-hand.
- (medicine, colloquial) Digoxin.
- (cricket) An innings.
- A thrust; a poke.
- (volleyball) A defensive pass of the ball that has been attacked by the opposing team.
- A cutting, sarcastic remark.
verb
- remove, harvest, or recover by digging
- remove the inner part or the core of
- get the meaning of something
- turn up, loosen, or remove earth
- thrust down or into
- work hard
- create by digging
- poke or thrust abruptly
- (transitive) To get by digging; to take from the ground; often with up.
- (mining) To take ore from its bed, in distinction from making excavations in search of ore.
- (volleyball) To defend against an attack hit by the opposing team by successfully passing the ball
- To thrust; to poke.
- (figurative) To investigate, to research, often followed by out or up.
- (transitive, intransitive) To move hard-packed earth out of the way, especially downward to make a hole with a shovel. Or to drill, or the like, through rocks, roads, or the like. More generally, to make any similar hole by moving material out of the way.
adj
- (bookbinding) Of a book, not having the page edges trimmed.
- (of pages of a book) having adjacent leaves still joined at the fore edge
- Not cut.
- (informal) Not circumcised.
- (jewelry) Of a gemstone, not cut or ground to the desired shape.
- (film, television, publishing) Of a play, film, etc., not edited or abridged by a censor.
- Not diluted.
- not trimmed
- complete
- not cut
- not injured by cutting
- (used of grass or vegetation) not cut down with a hand implement or machine
- not shaped by cutting or trimming
noun
- a short passage added at the end of a literary work
- a short speech (often in verse) addressed directly to the audience by an actor at the end of a play
- The performer who gives this speech
- (computing) A component of a computer program that prepares the computer to return from a routine.
- A short speech, spoken directly at the audience at the end of a play
- A brief oration or script at the end of a literary piece; an afterword
verb
noun
- A rim or margin of something.
- In sheet metal design, a rim or edge folded back on itself to create a smooth edge and to increase strength or rigidity.
- (sewing) The border of an article of clothing doubled back and stitched together to finish the edge and prevent it from fraying.
- An utterance or sound of the voice like "hem", often indicative of hesitation or doubt, sometimes used to call attention.
- the utterance of a sound similar to clearing the throat; intended to get attention, express hesitancy, fill a pause, hide embarrassment, warn a friend, etc.
- the edge of a piece of cloth; especially the finished edge that has been doubled under and stitched down
intj
verb
- To make the sound expressed by the word hem; to hesitate in speaking.
- (transitive) To put hem on an article of clothing, to edge or put a border on something.
- (sewing, intransitive) To make a hem.
- (transitive) To shut in, enclose, confine; to surround something or someone in a confining way.
- fold over and sew together to provide with a hem
- utter ‘hem’ or ‘ahem’
noun
- An entry in such a book.
- A distinct horizontal (or, more rarely, vertical) section of a work of art or inscription that is divided into several such sections.
- A grille at the outflow of a ventilation duct, capable of being opened and closed to direct the air flow.
- One who registers or records; a registrar; especially, a public officer charged with the duty of recording certain transactions or events.
- (music) An organ stop.
- (linguistics) A style of a language used in a particular context.
- (telecommunications) A list of received calls in a phone set.
- (computing) A small unit of very fast memory that is directly accessible to the central processing unit, and is mostly used to store inputs, outputs, or intermediate results of computations.
- (music) The range of a voice or instrument.
- (printing) The exact alignment of lines, margins, and colors.
- A device that automatically records a quantity.
- (chiefly US) Ellipsis of cash register.
- A book of such entries.
- The act of registering.
- A formal recording of names, events, transactions, etc.
- (telecommunications) The part of a telegraphic apparatus that automatically records the message received.
- (printing) The inner part of the mould in which types are cast.
- A certificate issued by the collector of customs of a port or district to the owner of a vessel, containing the description of a vessel, its name, ownership, and other material facts. It is kept on board the vessel, to be used as evidence of nationality or as a muniment of title.
- a regulator (as a sliding plate) for regulating the flow of air into a furnace or other heating device
- a cashbox with an adding machine to register transactions; used in shops to add up the bill
- a book in which names and transactions are listed
- an air passage (usually in the floor or a wall of a room) for admitting or excluding heated air from the room
- an official written record of names or events or transactions
- (music) the timbre that is characteristic of a certain range and manner of production of the human voice or of different pipe organ stops or of different musical instruments
- (computer science) memory device that is the part of computer memory that has a specific address and that is used to hold information of a specific kind
verb
- (transitive) To enter in a register; to enlist.
- (law) To voluntarily sign over for safe keeping, abandoning complete ownership for partial.
- (intransitive) To place one's name, or have one's name placed in a register.
- (transitive, postal) To record officially and handle specially.
- (ambitransitive) To buy the full version of trial software by providing one's details and payment.
- (transitive) To express outward signs.
- (transitive) To sign-up, especially to vote.
- (intransitive) To be in proper alignment; to align or correspond exactly.
- (transitive) To record, especially in writing.
- (transitive) To perceive or comprehend; pick up on.
- (intransitive) To make an impression.
- (intransitive) To occur; become realised or noticed; dawn on.
- (transitive, especially printing) To make or adjust so as to be properly or precisely aligned.
- have one's name listed as a candidate for several parties
- manipulate the registers of an organ
- indicate a certain reading; of gauges and instruments
- record in writing; enter into a book of names or events or transactions
- enter into someone's consciousness
- show in one's face
- enroll to vote
- record in a public office or in a court of law
- be aware of
- send by registered mail
noun
- A section of a document.
- A section of land; an area of a country or other territory; region.
- (US) The dividing line formed by combing the hair in different directions.
- (Judaism) In the Hebrew lunisolar calendar, a unit of time equivalent to 3⅓ seconds.
- A unit of relative proportion in a mixture.
- A distinct element of something larger.
- Share, especially of a profit.
- Position or role (especially in a play).
- A group inside a larger group.
- (US) A room in a public building, especially a courtroom.
- A constituent of character or capacity; quality; faculty; talent; usually in the plural with a collective sense.
- (music) The melody played or sung by a particular instrument, voice, or group of instruments or voices, within a polyphonic piece.
- Each of two contrasting sides of an argument, debate etc.; "hand".
- 3.5 centiliters of one ingredient in a mixed drink.
- (colloquial, euphemistic) A private part; genitalia.
- A fraction of a whole.
- Duty; responsibility.
- the effort contributed by a person in bringing about a result
- a portion of a natural object
- assets belonging to or due to or contributed by an individual person or group
- something determined in relation to something that includes it
- the actions and activities assigned to or required or expected of a person or group
- one of the portions into which something is regarded as divided and which together constitute a whole
- the melody carried by a particular voice or instrument in polyphonic music
- that which concerns a person with regard to a particular role or situation
- something less than the whole of a human artifact
- an actor's portrayal of someone in a play
- the extended spatial location of something
- a line of scalp that can be seen when sections of hair are combed in opposite directions
- an item that is an instance of some type
adj
adv
verb
- (intransitive) To be divided in two or separated.
- (intransitive) To leave the company of.
- To separate by a process of extraction, elimination, or secretion.
- (transitive) To divide in two.
- To separate or disunite; to remove from contact or contiguity; to sunder.
- To cut hair with a parting.
- (transitive, Internet) To leave (an IRC channel).
- force, take, or pull apart
- discontinue an association or relation; go different ways
- go one's own way; move apart
- depart for someplace
- move or break apart
noun
- (bookbinding) The panel for the name, between the bands of the back of a book.
- (sports) The recognition given to the winner of a championship in sports.
- The name of a writing such as a book, which identifies it and usually describes its subject, with a short phrase that often summarizes its topic.
- (chiefly in the plural) A written title, credit, or caption shown with a film, video, or performance.
- (law, formal) A long title.
- (property law) Legal right to ownership of a property; a deed or other certificate proving this.
- An appellation given to a person or family to signify either veneration, official position, social rank, the possession of assets or properties, or a professional or academic qualification, such as Mister, Mr, Ms, Doctor, or Dr; for more examples, see :Category:en:Titles.
- (by extension) A published piece of media.
- A church to which a priest was ordained, and where he was to reside.
- In canon law, that by which a beneficiary holds a benefice.
- (by extension) A section or division of a writing, as of an act of law or a book.
- (law, informal) A short title.
- The name of a film, musical piece, painting, or other work of art.
- the status of being a champion
- an appellation signifying nobility
- an identifying appellation signifying status or function: e.g. ‘Mr.’ or ‘General’
- (usually plural) written material introduced into a movie or TV show to give credits or represent dialogue or explain an action
- a general or descriptive heading for a section of a written work
- an established or recognized right
- a heading that names a statute or legislative bill; may give a brief summary of the matters it deals with
- an informal right to something
- the name of a work of art or literary composition etc.
- a legal document signed and sealed and delivered to effect a transfer of property and to show the legal right to possess it
intj
verb
noun
- A bound book.
- The issues of a periodical over a period of one year.
- (economics) The total supply of money in circulation or, less frequently, total amount of credit extended, within a specified national market or worldwide.
- (computing) An accessible storage area with a single file system, typically resident on a single partition of a hard disk.
- Strength of sound: how loud it is.
- (cinematography) A sound stage film set that has walls of video monitors, substituting for an actual background, set structures, providing a changeable video matte painting. A set with a form of projected background, similar to legacy traditional rear projection and front projection sets.
- (bodybuilding) The total of weight worked by a muscle in one training session, the weight of every single repetition summed up.
- Quantity.
- (climbing, bouldering) A modular foothold attached to a climbing wall used for gripping, often in triangular, pyramidal, or angular shapes.
- A rounded mass or convolution.
- (cinematography) A green/blue-screen chromakey visual effects (“VFX”) sound stage surrounded by a multitude of filming cameras, to allow for virtual camera changes in post production, by filming the whole 3-D volume of a chromakey film set.
- (graph theory) The sum of the degrees of a set of vertices.
- (in the plural, by extension) A great amount (of meaning) about something.
- A three-dimensional measure of space that comprises a length, a width and a height. It is measured in units of cubic centimeters in metric, cubic inches or cubic feet in English measurement.
- A single book of a publication issued in multi-book format, such as an encyclopedia.
- the magnitude of sound (usually in a specified direction)
- a relative amount
- the amount of 3-dimensional space occupied by an object
- physical objects consisting of a number of pages bound together
- a publication that is one of a set of several similar publications
- the property of something that is great in magnitude
verb
noun
- A strip, as of leather, by which the covers of a book are held together.
- (slang) Cannabis or marijuana.
- (figurative, in the plural) The conditions and limitations in a contract collectively.
- (oil industry) A column of drill pipe that transmits drilling fluid (using the mud pumps) and torque (using the kelly drive or top drive) to the drill bit.
- (countable) In various games and competitions, a certain number of turns at play, of rounds, etc.
- (collective) A drove of horses, or a group of racehorses kept by one owner or at one stable.
- A slightly elevated (long, thin) peat ridge in a bog.
- (carpentry) A board supporting steps
- (countable, programming) An ordered sequence of text characters stored consecutively in memory and capable of being processed as a single entity.
- (botany) The tough fibrous substance that unites the valves of the pericarp of leguminous plants.
- (countable, uncountable) A long, thin and flexible structure made from threads twisted together.
- (architecture, masonry) A stringcourse.
- (music, metonymic, countable) A stringed instrument.
- (countable) The members of a sports team or squad regarded as most likely to achieve success. (Perhaps metaphorical as the "strings" that hold the squad together.) Often first string, second string etc.
- (countable) A series of items or events.
- A thread or cord on which a number of objects or parts are strung or arranged in close and orderly succession; hence, a line or series of things arranged on a thread, or as if so arranged.
- (shipbuilding) An inside range of ceiling planks, corresponding to the sheer strake on the outside and bolted to it.
- (historical, billiards) The buttons strung on a wire by which the score is kept.
- (music) A segment of wire (typically made of plastic or metal) or other material used as vibrating element on a musical instrument.
- (music, usually in the plural) The stringed instruments as a section of an orchestra, especially those played by a bow, or the persons playing those instruments.
- (billiards) Part of the game of billiards, where the order of the play is determined by testing who can get a ball closest to the bottom rail by shooting it onto the end rail.
- (mining) A small, filamentous ramification of a metallic vein.
- (billiards, by extension) The points made in a game of billiards.
- (sports) A length of nylon or other material on the head of a racquet.
- (billiards, pool) The line from behind and over which the cue ball must be played after being out of play, as by being pocketed or knocked off the table; also called the string line.
- (slang) Synonym of stable (“group of prostitutes managed by one pimp”).
- (countable) A cohesive substance taking the form of a string.
- (countable, physics) A tiny one-dimensional string-like entity, the main object of study in string theory, a branch of theoretical physics.
- a tough piece of fiber in vegetables, meat, or other food (especially the tough fibers connecting the two halves of a bean pod)
- a linear sequence (as of characters, words, proteins, etc.)
- (cosmology) a hypothetical one-dimensional subatomic particle having a concentration of energy and the dynamic properties of a flexible loop
- a tie consisting of a cord that goes through a seam around an opening
- a collection of things threaded on a single strand, or as if threaded on a single strand
- a necklace made by stringing objects together
- a tightly stretched cord of wire or gut, as a part of an instrument or a tennis racket
- a lightweight cord
- stringed instruments that are played with a bow
- a sequentially ordered set of things or events or ideas in which each successive member is related to the preceding
verb
- (intransitive, billiards) To drive the ball against the end of the table and back, in order to determine which player is to open the game.
- (transitive) To put strings on (something).
- (transitive) To put (items) on a string.
- (birdwatching) To deliberately state that a certain bird is present when it is not; to knowingly mislead other birders about the occurrence of a bird, especially a rarity; to misidentify a common bird as a rare species.
- (intransitive) To form into a string or strings, as a substance which is stretched, or people who are moving along, etc.
- add as if on a string
- stretch out or arrange like a string
- provide with strings
- thread on or as if on a string
- string together; tie or fasten with a string
- remove the stringy parts of
- move or come along
noun
- A quick skim through the pages of a book.
- In seal engraving, a small metal disc at the end of a tool.
- A swift, shallow part of a stream causing broken water.
- The sound made while shuffling cards.
- (mining) A trough or sluice having cleats, grooves, or steps across the bottom for holding quicksilver and catching particles of gold when auriferous earth is washed. Also one of the cleats, grooves or steps in such trough.
- A succession of small waves.
- Synonym of riffle shuffle
- shuffling by splitting the pack and interweaving the two halves at their corners
- a small wave on the surface of a liquid
verb
- (transitive) To idly manipulate objects with the fingers.
- (transitive) To shuffle playing cards by separating the deck in two and sliding the thumbs along the edges of the cards to mix the two parts.
- (intransitive) To skim or flick through the pages of a book.
- (transitive) To leaf through rapidly.
- (transitive) To prepare samples of material using a riffler.
- (intransitive) To flow over a swift, shallow part of a stream.
- (transitive) To ruffle with a rippling action.
- look through a book or other written material
- stir up (water) so as to form ripples
- twitch or flutter
- shuffle (playing cards) by separating the deck into two parts and riffling with the thumbs so the cards intermix
noun
verb
noun
- front illustration facing the title page of a book
- an ornamental facade
- (architecture) A small ornamental pediment, especially at the top of a window or door.
- (architecture) A façade, especially an ornamental one.
- (publishing) An illustration that is on the page before the title page of a book, a section of one, or a magazine.
verb
noun
- A strip of fabric attached to the top or bottom of the spine of a book, for decoration and reinforcement.
- a part of a book, most often found with hardcover bindings, that consists of a small cord or strip of material affixed near the spine to provide structural reinforcement and sometimes decorative effect.
noun
- A strip of fabric attached to the top of the spine of a book; used as decoration and reinforcement.
- A strip of fabric worn around the head.
- (printing) A thin slip of iron on the tympan of a printing press.
- A hair accessory, made of a flexible material and curved like a horseshoe, for holding one's hair back.
- a band worn around or over the head
noun
adj
- (of speech or a sound) Having a single unvaried pitch.
- (printing) Synonym of monochrome.
- (mathematics) Of a function: that is always nonincreasing or nondecreasing on an interval.
- sounded or spoken in a tone unvarying in pitch
- of a sequence or function; consistently increasing and never decreasing or consistently decreasing and never increasing in value
verb
noun
- supplementary material that is collected and appended at the back of a book
- a vestigial process that extends from the lower end of the cecum and that resembles a small pouch
- A text added to the end of a book or an article, containing additional information.
- (anatomy) The vermiform appendix.
- (anatomy) Any process, prolongation, or projection.
noun
- One of the many pieces of paper bound together within a book or similar document.
- (typography) The type set up for printing a page.
- (in libraries) An employee whose main purpose is to replace materials that have either been checked out or otherwise moved, back to their shelves.
- A track along which pallets carrying newly molded bricks are conveyed to the hack.
- (computing) A block of contiguous memory of a fixed length.
- (British) A youth employed for doing errands, waiting on the door, and similar service in households.
- (entomology) Any one of several species of colorful South American moths of the genus Urania.
- (computing) A screenful of text and possibly other content; especially, the digital simulation of one side of a paper leaf.
- (historical) A serving boy; a youth attending a person of high degree, especially at courts, often as a position of honor and education.
- (computing) Clipping of memory page.
- A contrivance, such as a band, pin, snap, or the like, to hold the skirt of a woman’s dress from the ground.
- (Internet) A web page.
- (figurative) A collective memory; noteworthy event; memorable episode.
- (US, Canada) A boy or girl employed to wait upon the members of a legislative body.
- One side of a paper leaf in a bound document.
- a youthful attendant at official functions or ceremonies such as legislative functions and weddings
- a boy who is employed to run errands
- one side of one leaf (of a book or magazine or newspaper or letter etc.) or the written or pictorial matter it contains
- in medieval times a youth acting as a knight's attendant as the first stage in training for knighthood
verb
- (transitive) To mark or number the pages of, as a book or manuscript.
- (transitive) To attend (someone) as a page.
- (transitive) To furnish with folios.
- (intransitive, often with “through”) To turn several pages of a publication.
- (transitive) To call (somebody) using a public address system to find them.
- work as a page
- number the pages of a book or manuscript
- contact, as with a pager or by calling somebody's name over a P.A. system
noun
- The outer edge of something.
- (British, uncountable) Border morris or border dancing.
- (computing) A string that is both a prefix and a suffix of another particular string.
- A strip of ground in which ornamental plants are grown.
- A decorative strip around the edge of something.
- The line or frontier area separating political or geographical regions.
- a line that indicates a boundary
- a decorative recessed or relieved surface on an edge
- the boundary of a surface
- the boundary line or the area immediately inside the boundary
- a strip forming the outer edge of something
verb
- (transitive) To lie on, or adjacent to, a border of.
- (transitive) To form a border around; to bound.
- (intransitive) To touch at a border (with on, upon, or with).
- (transitive) To put a border on something.
- (intransitive) To approach; to come near to; to verge (with on or upon).
- enclose in or as if in a frame
- lie adjacent to another or share a boundary
- form the boundary of; be contiguous to
- provide with a border or edge
- extend on all sides of simultaneously; encircle
noun
- the blank space that surrounds the text on a page
- a permissible difference; allowing some freedom to move within limits
- (finance) the net sales minus the cost of goods and services sold
- an amount beyond the minimum necessary
- the boundary line or the area immediately inside the boundary
- the amount of collateral a customer deposits with a broker when borrowing from the broker to buy securities
- (figuratively) The edge defining inclusion in or exclusion from a set or group.
- (finance) The yield or profit; the selling price minus the cost of production.
- (botany) The shape of the edge of a leaf.
- That which is ancillary; periphery.
- The edge or border of any flat surface.
- A permissible difference; allowing some freedom to move within limits.
- (finance) Collateral security deposited with a broker, to compensate the broker in the event of loss in the speculative buying and selling of stocks, commodities, etc.
- A difference or ratio between results, characteristics, scores.
- (typography) The edge of the paper, typically left blank when printing but sometimes used for annotations etc.
verb
noun
- a missing piece (as a gap in a manuscript)
- a natural opening or perforation through a bone or a membranous structure
- an interruption in the intensity or amount of something
- An temporary break from work, especially one which is unexpected.
- (anatomy) An opening in an organ.
- A gap in a series, making it incomplete.
- An interruption, break, pause or absence.
- (prosody, phonetics, sometimes uncountable) A syllable break between two vowels, without an intervening consonant.
- (geology) A gap in geological strata.
noun
- The backbone of a book.
- (drugs) The rolling of a marijuana cigarette in a certain fashion.
- A pull strap extending the backstay of a boot or shoe.
- An anchoring strap, passed around the waist or hips, for a small loom.
- (firearms) The rearmost surface applied to the grip especially of a pistol below a possible beavertail.
- A loin of meat consisting of the muscle on each side of the spine.
verb
noun
- The edge of a book which is bound.
- (printing) The inside margin of a page.
- (mining) The roof of a horizontal underground passage.
- (swimming) Clipping of backstroke.
- (slang, uncountable) Effort, usually physical.
- (sports) In some team sports, a position behind most players on the team.
- (figuratively) The upper part of a natural object which is considered to resemble an animal’s back.
- (slang, uncountable) Large and attractive buttocks.
- A support or resource in reserve.
- Area behind, such as the backyard of a house or the rear storeroom of a retail store.
- The reverse side; the side that is not normally seen.
- The side of a blade opposite the side used for cutting.
- Among leather dealers, one of the thickest and stoutest tanned hides.
- A ferryboat.
- The rear of the body, especially the part between the neck and the end of the spine and opposite the chest and belly.
- The part of something that goes last.
- The backrest, the part of a piece of furniture which receives the human back.
- (nautical) The keel and keelson of a ship.
- (figurative) The part of a piece of clothing which covers the back.
- A non-alcoholic drink (often water or a soft drink), to go with hard liquor or a cocktail.
- The side of any object which is opposite the front or useful side.
- The spine and associated tissues.
- A large shallow vat; a cistern, tub, or trough, used by brewers, distillers, dyers, picklers, gluemakers, and others, for mixing or cooling wort, holding water, hot glue, etc.
- That which is farthest away from the front.
- (football) a person who plays in the backfield
- the part of a garment that covers the back of your body
- (American football) the position of a player on a football team who is stationed behind the line of scrimmage
- the protective covering on the front, back, and spine of a book
- the series of vertebrae forming the axis of the skeleton and protecting the spinal cord
- the part of something that is furthest from the normal viewer
- the posterior part of a human (or animal) body from the neck to the end of the spine
- the side that goes last or is not normally seen
- a support that you can lean against while sitting
adj
- (comparable, phonetics) Pronounced with the highest part of the body of the tongue toward the back of the mouth, near the soft palate (most often describing a vowel).
- At or near the rear.
- Not current.
- (predicative) Returned or restored to a previous place or condition.
- Situated away from the main or most frequented areas.
- Moving or operating backward.
- In arrears; overdue.
- located at or near the back of an animal
- of an earlier date
- related to or located at the back
adv
- In a manner that impedes.
- To a later point in time. See also put back.
- Towards, into or in the past.
- In a direction opposite to that in which someone or something is facing or normally pointing.
- Away from someone or something; at a distance.
- So as to shrink, recede or move aside, or cause to do so.
- (not comparable) To or in a previous condition or place.
- (not comparable) In a reciprocal manner; in return.
- (postpositive) Earlier, ago.
- In a direction opposite to the usual or desired direction of movement or progress, physically or figuratively.
- Away from the front or from an edge.
- in or to or toward a former location
- in reply
- at or to or toward the back or rear
- in repayment or retaliation
- in or to or toward a past time
- in or to or toward an original condition
verb
- (transitive) To push or force backwards.
- (law, of a justice of the peace) To sign or endorse (a warrant, issued in another county, to apprehend an offender).
- (transitive) To support.
- (MLE, transitive) To draw from behind the back (a knife etc.) (as also back out).
- (intransitive) To go in the reverse direction.
- (nautical, of the wind) To change direction contrary to the normal pattern; that is, to shift anticlockwise in the northern hemisphere, or clockwise in the southern hemisphere.
- (UK, of a hunting dog) To stand still behind another dog which has pointed.
- To row backward with (oars).
- (nautical, of a square sail) To brace the yards so that the wind presses on the front of the sail, to slow the ship.
- To make a back for; to furnish with a back.
- To adjoin behind; to be at the back of.
- (nautical, of an anchor) To lay out a second, smaller anchor to provide additional holding power.
- (Nigeria, transitive) To carry an infant on one’s back.
- To write upon the back of, possibly as an endorsement.
- be in back of
- travel backward
- establish as valid or genuine
- place a bet on
- give support or one's approval to
- strengthen by providing with a back or backing
- shift to a counterclockwise direction
- support financial backing for
- be behind; approve of
- cause to travel backward
noun
- A strip of material used to mark a place in a book.
- a marker (a piece of paper or ribbon) placed between the pages of a book to mark the reader's place
- (databases) A pointer found in a nonclustered index to a row in a clustered index or a table heap
- (computing) A record of the address of a file or Internet page, serving as a shortcut to it.
verb
noun
- A strip along the spine of a book where the pages are attached.
- (telecommunications) A designated range of radio frequencies used for wireless communication.
- A continuous tablet, stripe, or series of ornaments, as of carved foliage, of colour, or of brickwork.
- (sciences) Any distinguishing line formed by chromatography, electrophoresis etc
- A strip of material wrapped around things to hold them together.
- A narrow strip of cloth or other material on clothing, to bind, strengthen, or ornament it.
- (Canada) Ellipsis of band government.
- A linen collar or ruff worn in the 16th and 17th centuries.
- (in the plural) Two strips of linen hanging from the neck in front as part of a clerical, legal, or academic dress.
- (physics) A group of energy levels in a solid state material.
- A type of orchestra originally playing janissary music; an instance of this type.
- (slang, hiphop, often in the plural) A wad of money totaling $1K, held together by a band; (by extension) $1000, a grand; (by extension) money
- A group of musicians who perform together as an ensemble; sometimes, such a group working for a professional recording artist.
- A long strip of material, color, etc, that is different from the surrounding area.
- (physics) A part of the electromagnetic spectrum.
- (medicine) Ellipsis of band cell.
- That which serves as the means of union or connection between persons; a tie.
- Ellipsis of marching band.
- (anthropology) A small group of people living in a simple society, contrasted with tribes, chiefdoms, and nations.
- (especially US) A ring, such as a wedding ring (wedding band), or a ring put on a bird's leg to identify it.
- In Gothic architecture, the moulding, or suite of mouldings, which encircles the pillars and small shafts.
- A group of people loosely united for a common purpose, such as a band of thieves.
- A belt or strap that is part of a machine.
- a strip of material attached to the leg of a bird to identify it (as in studies of bird migration)
- an unofficial association of people or groups
- instrumentalists not including string players
- a group of musicians playing popular music for dancing
- a cord-like tissue connecting two larger parts of an anatomical structure
- a stripe or stripes of contrasting color
- an adornment consisting of a strip of a contrasting color or material
- a thin flat strip of flexible material that is worn around the body or one of the limbs (especially to decorate the body)
- a thin flat strip or loop of flexible material that goes around or over something else, typically to hold it together or as a decoration
- jewelry consisting of a circlet of precious metal (often set with jewels) worn on the finger
- a driving belt in machinery
- a restraint put around something to hold it together
- a range of frequencies between two limits
verb
- (transitive) To fasten with a band.
- (transitive, ornithology) To fasten an identifying band around the leg of (a bird).
- (transitive, education) To group (students) together by perceived ability; to stream.
- (intransitive) To group together for a common purpose; to confederate.
- attach a ring to the foot of, in order to identify
- bind or tie together, as with a band
noun
- The narrow, bound edge of a book that encloses the inner edges of the pages, facing outwards when the book is on a shelf and typically bearing the title and the author's and publisher's name.
- the part of a book's cover that encloses the inner side of the book's pages and that faces outward when the book is shelved
- (neuroscience) Ellipsis of dendritic spine.
- Something resembling a backbone, such as a ridge, or a long, central structure from which other structures radiate.
- (geology) A tall mass of viscous lava extruded from a volcano.
- (botany) The heartwood of trees.
- (figurative) Courage or assertiveness.
- A linear payscale operated by some large organizations that allows flexibility for local and specific conditions.
- (zootomy, botany, mycology) A pointed, fairly rigid protuberance or needlelike structure on an animal, shell, mushroom or plant. The botanical term technically refers to such a structure derived from a leaf or part of a leaf.
- (anatomy, zootomy) A series of bones situated at the back from the head to the pelvis of a human, or from the head to the tail of an animal, enclosing the spinal cord and providing support for the thorax and abdomen.
- The stiffness of an arrow.
- A central part which supports a whole; core.
- the series of vertebrae forming the axis of the skeleton and protecting the spinal cord
- a small sharp-pointed tip resembling a spike on a stem or leaf
- a sharp rigid animal process or appendage; as a porcupine quill or a ridge on a bone or a ray of a fish fin
- any sharply pointed projection
noun
- The spine of a book where the pages are held together.
- (sewing) A finishing on a seam or hem of a garment.
- (chemistry) The action or result of making two or more molecules stick together.
- An item (usually rope, tape, or string) used to hold two or more things together.
- (programming) The interface of a library with a programming language other than one it is written in.
- (programming) The association of a named item with an element of a program.
- the act of applying a bandage
- the protective covering on the front, back, and spine of a book
- strip sewn over or along an edge for reinforcement or decoration
- one of a pair of mechanical devices that are attached to a ski and that will grip a ski boot; the bindings should release in case of a fall
- the capacity to attract and hold something
adj
verb
noun
- the part of a book's cover that encloses the inner side of the book's pages and that faces outward when the book is shelved
- the part of a network that connects other networks together
- fortitude and determination
- the series of vertebrae forming the axis of the skeleton and protecting the spinal cord
- a central cohesive source of support and stability
- (countable) The series of vertebrae, separated by disks, that encloses and protects the spinal cord, and runs down the middle of the back in vertebrate animals.
- (countable, figuratively) Any fundamental support, structure, or infrastructure.
- (uncountable, figuratively) Courage, fortitude, or strength.
noun
- a small illustrative sketch (as sometimes placed at the beginning of chapters in books)
- (by extension) Any small borderless picture in a book, especially an engraving, photograph, or the like, which vanishes gradually at the edge.
- a photograph whose edges shade off gradually
- a brief literary description
- (photography) The characteristic of a camera lens, either by deficiency in design or by mismatch of the lens with the film format, that produces an image smaller than the film's frame with a crudely focused border. Photographers may deliberately choose this characteristic for a special effect.
- (printing) A decorative design, originally representing vine branches or tendrils, at the head of a chapter, of a manuscript or printed book, or in a similar position.
- (architecture) A running ornament consisting of leaves and tendrils, used in Gothic architecture.
- (by extension) A short story or anecdote that presents a scene or tableau, or paints a picture.
- (automotive) A small sticker affixed to a vehicle windscreen to indicate that tolls have been paid.
- (philately) The central pictorial image on a postage stamp.
- (computer graphics) A hardware deficiency (even occurring in most expensive models) of a computer display wherein the picture slants towards a colour or brightness towards the edges especially if viewed from an angle.
- (photography) Any effect in a photographic picture where qualities vanish towards the edges.
verb
noun
- A page of a book, that is, one side of a leaf of a book.
- A leaf of a book or manuscript.
- A page number. The even folios are on the left-hand pages and the odd folios on the right-hand pages.
- (computing) A protective case with a flap that folds to cover the screen of a mobile device.
- A book made of sheets of paper each folded in half (two leaves or four pages to the sheet); hence, a book of the largest kind, exceeding 30 centimetres in height.
- (accounting) A page in an account book; sometimes, two opposite pages bearing the same serial number.
- A sheet of paper folded in half.
- A wrapper for loose papers.
- the system of numbering pages
- a sheet of any written or printed material (especially in a manuscript or book)
- a book (or manuscript) consisting of large sheets of paper folded in the middle to make two leaves or four pages
verb
noun
- a small gouge (as in the cover of a book)
- the act of digging
- the site of an archeological exploration
- an aggressive remark directed at a person like a missile and intended to have a telling effect
- the act of touching someone suddenly with your finger or elbow
- An archeological or paleontological investigation, or the site where such an investigation is taking place.
- The occupation of digging for gold.
- (music, slang) A rare or interesting vinyl record bought second-hand.
- (medicine, colloquial) Digoxin.
- (cricket) An innings.
- A thrust; a poke.
- (volleyball) A defensive pass of the ball that has been attacked by the opposing team.
- A cutting, sarcastic remark.
verb
- remove, harvest, or recover by digging
- remove the inner part or the core of
- get the meaning of something
- turn up, loosen, or remove earth
- thrust down or into
- work hard
- create by digging
- poke or thrust abruptly
- (transitive) To get by digging; to take from the ground; often with up.
- (mining) To take ore from its bed, in distinction from making excavations in search of ore.
- (volleyball) To defend against an attack hit by the opposing team by successfully passing the ball
- To thrust; to poke.
- (figurative) To investigate, to research, often followed by out or up.
- (transitive, intransitive) To move hard-packed earth out of the way, especially downward to make a hole with a shovel. Or to drill, or the like, through rocks, roads, or the like. More generally, to make any similar hole by moving material out of the way.
noun
- a short passage added at the end of a literary work
- a short speech (often in verse) addressed directly to the audience by an actor at the end of a play
- The performer who gives this speech
- (computing) A component of a computer program that prepares the computer to return from a routine.
- A short speech, spoken directly at the audience at the end of a play
- A brief oration or script at the end of a literary piece; an afterword
verb
noun
- A rim or margin of something.
- In sheet metal design, a rim or edge folded back on itself to create a smooth edge and to increase strength or rigidity.
- (sewing) The border of an article of clothing doubled back and stitched together to finish the edge and prevent it from fraying.
- An utterance or sound of the voice like "hem", often indicative of hesitation or doubt, sometimes used to call attention.
- the utterance of a sound similar to clearing the throat; intended to get attention, express hesitancy, fill a pause, hide embarrassment, warn a friend, etc.
- the edge of a piece of cloth; especially the finished edge that has been doubled under and stitched down
intj
verb
- To make the sound expressed by the word hem; to hesitate in speaking.
- (transitive) To put hem on an article of clothing, to edge or put a border on something.
- (sewing, intransitive) To make a hem.
- (transitive) To shut in, enclose, confine; to surround something or someone in a confining way.
- fold over and sew together to provide with a hem
- utter ‘hem’ or ‘ahem’
noun
- An entry in such a book.
- A distinct horizontal (or, more rarely, vertical) section of a work of art or inscription that is divided into several such sections.
- A grille at the outflow of a ventilation duct, capable of being opened and closed to direct the air flow.
- One who registers or records; a registrar; especially, a public officer charged with the duty of recording certain transactions or events.
- (music) An organ stop.
- (linguistics) A style of a language used in a particular context.
- (telecommunications) A list of received calls in a phone set.
- (computing) A small unit of very fast memory that is directly accessible to the central processing unit, and is mostly used to store inputs, outputs, or intermediate results of computations.
- (music) The range of a voice or instrument.
- (printing) The exact alignment of lines, margins, and colors.
- A device that automatically records a quantity.
- (chiefly US) Ellipsis of cash register.
- A book of such entries.
- The act of registering.
- A formal recording of names, events, transactions, etc.
- (telecommunications) The part of a telegraphic apparatus that automatically records the message received.
- (printing) The inner part of the mould in which types are cast.
- A certificate issued by the collector of customs of a port or district to the owner of a vessel, containing the description of a vessel, its name, ownership, and other material facts. It is kept on board the vessel, to be used as evidence of nationality or as a muniment of title.
- a regulator (as a sliding plate) for regulating the flow of air into a furnace or other heating device
- a cashbox with an adding machine to register transactions; used in shops to add up the bill
- a book in which names and transactions are listed
- an air passage (usually in the floor or a wall of a room) for admitting or excluding heated air from the room
- an official written record of names or events or transactions
- (music) the timbre that is characteristic of a certain range and manner of production of the human voice or of different pipe organ stops or of different musical instruments
- (computer science) memory device that is the part of computer memory that has a specific address and that is used to hold information of a specific kind
verb
- (transitive) To enter in a register; to enlist.
- (law) To voluntarily sign over for safe keeping, abandoning complete ownership for partial.
- (intransitive) To place one's name, or have one's name placed in a register.
- (transitive, postal) To record officially and handle specially.
- (ambitransitive) To buy the full version of trial software by providing one's details and payment.
- (transitive) To express outward signs.
- (transitive) To sign-up, especially to vote.
- (intransitive) To be in proper alignment; to align or correspond exactly.
- (transitive) To record, especially in writing.
- (transitive) To perceive or comprehend; pick up on.
- (intransitive) To make an impression.
- (intransitive) To occur; become realised or noticed; dawn on.
- (transitive, especially printing) To make or adjust so as to be properly or precisely aligned.
- have one's name listed as a candidate for several parties
- manipulate the registers of an organ
- indicate a certain reading; of gauges and instruments
- record in writing; enter into a book of names or events or transactions
- enter into someone's consciousness
- show in one's face
- enroll to vote
- record in a public office or in a court of law
- be aware of
- send by registered mail
noun
- A section of a document.
- A section of land; an area of a country or other territory; region.
- (US) The dividing line formed by combing the hair in different directions.
- (Judaism) In the Hebrew lunisolar calendar, a unit of time equivalent to 3⅓ seconds.
- A unit of relative proportion in a mixture.
- A distinct element of something larger.
- Share, especially of a profit.
- Position or role (especially in a play).
- A group inside a larger group.
- (US) A room in a public building, especially a courtroom.
- A constituent of character or capacity; quality; faculty; talent; usually in the plural with a collective sense.
- (music) The melody played or sung by a particular instrument, voice, or group of instruments or voices, within a polyphonic piece.
- Each of two contrasting sides of an argument, debate etc.; "hand".
- 3.5 centiliters of one ingredient in a mixed drink.
- (colloquial, euphemistic) A private part; genitalia.
- A fraction of a whole.
- Duty; responsibility.
- the effort contributed by a person in bringing about a result
- a portion of a natural object
- assets belonging to or due to or contributed by an individual person or group
- something determined in relation to something that includes it
- the actions and activities assigned to or required or expected of a person or group
- one of the portions into which something is regarded as divided and which together constitute a whole
- the melody carried by a particular voice or instrument in polyphonic music
- that which concerns a person with regard to a particular role or situation
- something less than the whole of a human artifact
- an actor's portrayal of someone in a play
- the extended spatial location of something
- a line of scalp that can be seen when sections of hair are combed in opposite directions
- an item that is an instance of some type
adj
adv
verb
- (intransitive) To be divided in two or separated.
- (intransitive) To leave the company of.
- To separate by a process of extraction, elimination, or secretion.
- (transitive) To divide in two.
- To separate or disunite; to remove from contact or contiguity; to sunder.
- To cut hair with a parting.
- (transitive, Internet) To leave (an IRC channel).
- force, take, or pull apart
- discontinue an association or relation; go different ways
- go one's own way; move apart
- depart for someplace
- move or break apart
noun
- (bookbinding) The panel for the name, between the bands of the back of a book.
- (sports) The recognition given to the winner of a championship in sports.
- The name of a writing such as a book, which identifies it and usually describes its subject, with a short phrase that often summarizes its topic.
- (chiefly in the plural) A written title, credit, or caption shown with a film, video, or performance.
- (law, formal) A long title.
- (property law) Legal right to ownership of a property; a deed or other certificate proving this.
- An appellation given to a person or family to signify either veneration, official position, social rank, the possession of assets or properties, or a professional or academic qualification, such as Mister, Mr, Ms, Doctor, or Dr; for more examples, see :Category:en:Titles.
- (by extension) A published piece of media.
- A church to which a priest was ordained, and where he was to reside.
- In canon law, that by which a beneficiary holds a benefice.
- (by extension) A section or division of a writing, as of an act of law or a book.
- (law, informal) A short title.
- The name of a film, musical piece, painting, or other work of art.
- the status of being a champion
- an appellation signifying nobility
- an identifying appellation signifying status or function: e.g. ‘Mr.’ or ‘General’
- (usually plural) written material introduced into a movie or TV show to give credits or represent dialogue or explain an action
- a general or descriptive heading for a section of a written work
- an established or recognized right
- a heading that names a statute or legislative bill; may give a brief summary of the matters it deals with
- an informal right to something
- the name of a work of art or literary composition etc.
- a legal document signed and sealed and delivered to effect a transfer of property and to show the legal right to possess it
intj
verb
noun
- A bound book.
- The issues of a periodical over a period of one year.
- (economics) The total supply of money in circulation or, less frequently, total amount of credit extended, within a specified national market or worldwide.
- (computing) An accessible storage area with a single file system, typically resident on a single partition of a hard disk.
- Strength of sound: how loud it is.
- (cinematography) A sound stage film set that has walls of video monitors, substituting for an actual background, set structures, providing a changeable video matte painting. A set with a form of projected background, similar to legacy traditional rear projection and front projection sets.
- (bodybuilding) The total of weight worked by a muscle in one training session, the weight of every single repetition summed up.
- Quantity.
- (climbing, bouldering) A modular foothold attached to a climbing wall used for gripping, often in triangular, pyramidal, or angular shapes.
- A rounded mass or convolution.
- (cinematography) A green/blue-screen chromakey visual effects (“VFX”) sound stage surrounded by a multitude of filming cameras, to allow for virtual camera changes in post production, by filming the whole 3-D volume of a chromakey film set.
- (graph theory) The sum of the degrees of a set of vertices.
- (in the plural, by extension) A great amount (of meaning) about something.
- A three-dimensional measure of space that comprises a length, a width and a height. It is measured in units of cubic centimeters in metric, cubic inches or cubic feet in English measurement.
- A single book of a publication issued in multi-book format, such as an encyclopedia.
- the magnitude of sound (usually in a specified direction)
- a relative amount
- the amount of 3-dimensional space occupied by an object
- physical objects consisting of a number of pages bound together
- a publication that is one of a set of several similar publications
- the property of something that is great in magnitude
verb
noun
- A strip, as of leather, by which the covers of a book are held together.
- (slang) Cannabis or marijuana.
- (figurative, in the plural) The conditions and limitations in a contract collectively.
- (oil industry) A column of drill pipe that transmits drilling fluid (using the mud pumps) and torque (using the kelly drive or top drive) to the drill bit.
- (countable) In various games and competitions, a certain number of turns at play, of rounds, etc.
- (collective) A drove of horses, or a group of racehorses kept by one owner or at one stable.
- A slightly elevated (long, thin) peat ridge in a bog.
- (carpentry) A board supporting steps
- (countable, programming) An ordered sequence of text characters stored consecutively in memory and capable of being processed as a single entity.
- (botany) The tough fibrous substance that unites the valves of the pericarp of leguminous plants.
- (countable, uncountable) A long, thin and flexible structure made from threads twisted together.
- (architecture, masonry) A stringcourse.
- (music, metonymic, countable) A stringed instrument.
- (countable) The members of a sports team or squad regarded as most likely to achieve success. (Perhaps metaphorical as the "strings" that hold the squad together.) Often first string, second string etc.
- (countable) A series of items or events.
- A thread or cord on which a number of objects or parts are strung or arranged in close and orderly succession; hence, a line or series of things arranged on a thread, or as if so arranged.
- (shipbuilding) An inside range of ceiling planks, corresponding to the sheer strake on the outside and bolted to it.
- (historical, billiards) The buttons strung on a wire by which the score is kept.
- (music) A segment of wire (typically made of plastic or metal) or other material used as vibrating element on a musical instrument.
- (music, usually in the plural) The stringed instruments as a section of an orchestra, especially those played by a bow, or the persons playing those instruments.
- (billiards) Part of the game of billiards, where the order of the play is determined by testing who can get a ball closest to the bottom rail by shooting it onto the end rail.
- (mining) A small, filamentous ramification of a metallic vein.
- (billiards, by extension) The points made in a game of billiards.
- (sports) A length of nylon or other material on the head of a racquet.
- (billiards, pool) The line from behind and over which the cue ball must be played after being out of play, as by being pocketed or knocked off the table; also called the string line.
- (slang) Synonym of stable (“group of prostitutes managed by one pimp”).
- (countable) A cohesive substance taking the form of a string.
- (countable, physics) A tiny one-dimensional string-like entity, the main object of study in string theory, a branch of theoretical physics.
- a tough piece of fiber in vegetables, meat, or other food (especially the tough fibers connecting the two halves of a bean pod)
- a linear sequence (as of characters, words, proteins, etc.)
- (cosmology) a hypothetical one-dimensional subatomic particle having a concentration of energy and the dynamic properties of a flexible loop
- a tie consisting of a cord that goes through a seam around an opening
- a collection of things threaded on a single strand, or as if threaded on a single strand
- a necklace made by stringing objects together
- a tightly stretched cord of wire or gut, as a part of an instrument or a tennis racket
- a lightweight cord
- stringed instruments that are played with a bow
- a sequentially ordered set of things or events or ideas in which each successive member is related to the preceding
verb
- (intransitive, billiards) To drive the ball against the end of the table and back, in order to determine which player is to open the game.
- (transitive) To put strings on (something).
- (transitive) To put (items) on a string.
- (birdwatching) To deliberately state that a certain bird is present when it is not; to knowingly mislead other birders about the occurrence of a bird, especially a rarity; to misidentify a common bird as a rare species.
- (intransitive) To form into a string or strings, as a substance which is stretched, or people who are moving along, etc.
- add as if on a string
- stretch out or arrange like a string
- provide with strings
- thread on or as if on a string
- string together; tie or fasten with a string
- remove the stringy parts of
- move or come along
noun
- A quick skim through the pages of a book.
- In seal engraving, a small metal disc at the end of a tool.
- A swift, shallow part of a stream causing broken water.
- The sound made while shuffling cards.
- (mining) A trough or sluice having cleats, grooves, or steps across the bottom for holding quicksilver and catching particles of gold when auriferous earth is washed. Also one of the cleats, grooves or steps in such trough.
- A succession of small waves.
- Synonym of riffle shuffle
- shuffling by splitting the pack and interweaving the two halves at their corners
- a small wave on the surface of a liquid
verb
- (transitive) To idly manipulate objects with the fingers.
- (transitive) To shuffle playing cards by separating the deck in two and sliding the thumbs along the edges of the cards to mix the two parts.
- (intransitive) To skim or flick through the pages of a book.
- (transitive) To leaf through rapidly.
- (transitive) To prepare samples of material using a riffler.
- (intransitive) To flow over a swift, shallow part of a stream.
- (transitive) To ruffle with a rippling action.
- look through a book or other written material
- stir up (water) so as to form ripples
- twitch or flutter
- shuffle (playing cards) by separating the deck into two parts and riffling with the thumbs so the cards intermix
noun
verb
noun
- front illustration facing the title page of a book
- an ornamental facade
- (architecture) A small ornamental pediment, especially at the top of a window or door.
- (architecture) A façade, especially an ornamental one.
- (publishing) An illustration that is on the page before the title page of a book, a section of one, or a magazine.
verb
noun
- A strip of fabric attached to the top or bottom of the spine of a book, for decoration and reinforcement.
- a part of a book, most often found with hardcover bindings, that consists of a small cord or strip of material affixed near the spine to provide structural reinforcement and sometimes decorative effect.
noun
- A strip of fabric attached to the top of the spine of a book; used as decoration and reinforcement.
- A strip of fabric worn around the head.
- (printing) A thin slip of iron on the tympan of a printing press.
- A hair accessory, made of a flexible material and curved like a horseshoe, for holding one's hair back.
- a band worn around or over the head
noun
adj
- (of speech or a sound) Having a single unvaried pitch.
- (printing) Synonym of monochrome.
- (mathematics) Of a function: that is always nonincreasing or nondecreasing on an interval.
- sounded or spoken in a tone unvarying in pitch
- of a sequence or function; consistently increasing and never decreasing or consistently decreasing and never increasing in value
verb
noun
- supplementary material that is collected and appended at the back of a book
- a vestigial process that extends from the lower end of the cecum and that resembles a small pouch
- A text added to the end of a book or an article, containing additional information.
- (anatomy) The vermiform appendix.
- (anatomy) Any process, prolongation, or projection.
noun
- One of the many pieces of paper bound together within a book or similar document.
- (typography) The type set up for printing a page.
- (in libraries) An employee whose main purpose is to replace materials that have either been checked out or otherwise moved, back to their shelves.
- A track along which pallets carrying newly molded bricks are conveyed to the hack.
- (computing) A block of contiguous memory of a fixed length.
- (British) A youth employed for doing errands, waiting on the door, and similar service in households.
- (entomology) Any one of several species of colorful South American moths of the genus Urania.
- (computing) A screenful of text and possibly other content; especially, the digital simulation of one side of a paper leaf.
- (historical) A serving boy; a youth attending a person of high degree, especially at courts, often as a position of honor and education.
- (computing) Clipping of memory page.
- A contrivance, such as a band, pin, snap, or the like, to hold the skirt of a woman’s dress from the ground.
- (Internet) A web page.
- (figurative) A collective memory; noteworthy event; memorable episode.
- (US, Canada) A boy or girl employed to wait upon the members of a legislative body.
- One side of a paper leaf in a bound document.
- a youthful attendant at official functions or ceremonies such as legislative functions and weddings
- a boy who is employed to run errands
- one side of one leaf (of a book or magazine or newspaper or letter etc.) or the written or pictorial matter it contains
- in medieval times a youth acting as a knight's attendant as the first stage in training for knighthood
verb
- (transitive) To mark or number the pages of, as a book or manuscript.
- (transitive) To attend (someone) as a page.
- (transitive) To furnish with folios.
- (intransitive, often with “through”) To turn several pages of a publication.
- (transitive) To call (somebody) using a public address system to find them.
- work as a page
- number the pages of a book or manuscript
- contact, as with a pager or by calling somebody's name over a P.A. system
noun
- The outer edge of something.
- (British, uncountable) Border morris or border dancing.
- (computing) A string that is both a prefix and a suffix of another particular string.
- A strip of ground in which ornamental plants are grown.
- A decorative strip around the edge of something.
- The line or frontier area separating political or geographical regions.
- a line that indicates a boundary
- a decorative recessed or relieved surface on an edge
- the boundary of a surface
- the boundary line or the area immediately inside the boundary
- a strip forming the outer edge of something
verb
- (transitive) To lie on, or adjacent to, a border of.
- (transitive) To form a border around; to bound.
- (intransitive) To touch at a border (with on, upon, or with).
- (transitive) To put a border on something.
- (intransitive) To approach; to come near to; to verge (with on or upon).
- enclose in or as if in a frame
- lie adjacent to another or share a boundary
- form the boundary of; be contiguous to
- provide with a border or edge
- extend on all sides of simultaneously; encircle
noun
- the blank space that surrounds the text on a page
- a permissible difference; allowing some freedom to move within limits
- (finance) the net sales minus the cost of goods and services sold
- an amount beyond the minimum necessary
- the boundary line or the area immediately inside the boundary
- the amount of collateral a customer deposits with a broker when borrowing from the broker to buy securities
- (figuratively) The edge defining inclusion in or exclusion from a set or group.
- (finance) The yield or profit; the selling price minus the cost of production.
- (botany) The shape of the edge of a leaf.
- That which is ancillary; periphery.
- The edge or border of any flat surface.
- A permissible difference; allowing some freedom to move within limits.
- (finance) Collateral security deposited with a broker, to compensate the broker in the event of loss in the speculative buying and selling of stocks, commodities, etc.
- A difference or ratio between results, characteristics, scores.
- (typography) The edge of the paper, typically left blank when printing but sometimes used for annotations etc.
verb
noun
- a missing piece (as a gap in a manuscript)
- a natural opening or perforation through a bone or a membranous structure
- an interruption in the intensity or amount of something
- An temporary break from work, especially one which is unexpected.
- (anatomy) An opening in an organ.
- A gap in a series, making it incomplete.
- An interruption, break, pause or absence.
- (prosody, phonetics, sometimes uncountable) A syllable break between two vowels, without an intervening consonant.
- (geology) A gap in geological strata.
noun
- The backbone of a book.
- (drugs) The rolling of a marijuana cigarette in a certain fashion.
- A pull strap extending the backstay of a boot or shoe.
- An anchoring strap, passed around the waist or hips, for a small loom.
- (firearms) The rearmost surface applied to the grip especially of a pistol below a possible beavertail.
- A loin of meat consisting of the muscle on each side of the spine.
verb
adj
- Written in the margin of a book.
- (economics, not comparable) Pertaining to changes resulting from a unit increase in production or consumption of a good.
- (of land) Barely productive.
- Of a value, or having a characteristic that is of a value, that is close to being unacceptable or leading to exclusion from a group or category.
- (not comparable) Of, relating to, or located at or near a margin or edge; also figurative usages of location and margin (edge).
- (sociology) Marginalized.
- (geography) Sharing a border; geographically adjacent.
- (politics, chiefly UK, Australia, New Zealand, of a constituency) Subject to a change in sitting member with only a small change in voting behaviour, this usually being inferred from the small winning margin of the previous election.
- producing at a rate that barely covers production costs
- just barely adequate or within a lower limit
- at or constituting a border or edge
- of questionable or minimal quality
noun
adj
- (bookbinding) Of a book, not having the page edges trimmed.
- (of pages of a book) having adjacent leaves still joined at the fore edge
- Not cut.
- (informal) Not circumcised.
- (jewelry) Of a gemstone, not cut or ground to the desired shape.
- (film, television, publishing) Of a play, film, etc., not edited or abridged by a censor.
- Not diluted.
- not trimmed
- complete
- not cut
- not injured by cutting
- (used of grass or vegetation) not cut down with a hand implement or machine
- not shaped by cutting or trimming