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adj
- Of or relating to the process of selection.
- tending to select; characterized by careful choice
- characterized by very careful or fastidious selection
- Of or relating to the social work approach called selectivity.
- (chiefly US, not comparable) Having the authority or capability to make a selection.
- (biology) Of or relating to natural selection.
- (of a person) Choosy, fussy or discriminating when selecting.
noun
- The process or act of selecting.
- the act of choosing or selecting
- (programming) A list of items on which user operations will take place. ᵂᵖ
- A musical piece.
- (historical) The free selection before survey of crown land in some Australian colonies under land legislation introduced in the 1860s. ᵂᵖ
- (algebra) A unary operation that denotes a subset of a relation.
- (biology) Ellipsis of natural selection.
- (biology) The stage of a genetic algorithm in which individual genomes are chosen from a population for later breeding. ᵂᵖ
- Something selected.
- (Australia) A plot of land, or farm, thus selected.
- A variety of items taken from a larger collection.
- (linguistics) The ability of predicates to determine the semantic content of their arguments. ᵂᵖ
- (databases) A set of data obtained from a database using a query.
- a passage selected from a larger work
- a natural process resulting in the evolution of organisms best adapted to the environment
- an assortment of things from which a choice can be made
- the person or thing chosen or selected
noun
- the act of choosing or selecting
- One selection or preference; that which is chosen or decided; the outcome of a decision.
- one of a number of things from which only one can be chosen
- the person or thing chosen or selected
- An option; a decision; an opportunity to choose or select something.
- (set theory) Ellipsis of axiom of choice.
- (uncountable) The power to choose.
- (usually with the) The best or most preferable part.
- Anything that can be chosen.
adj
intj
noun
- the act of choosing or selecting
- one of a number of things from which only one can be chosen
- the right to buy or sell property at an agreed price; the right is purchased and if it is not exercised by a stated date the money is forfeited
- (law, uncountable) The acquiring or retention of a nationality through personal choice as a right, bypassing selective legal mechanisms for naturalization, especially in cases where a territory is transferred or passed on from one state to another.
- The freedom or right to choose.
- (finance, law) A contract giving the holder the right to buy or sell an asset at a set strike price; can apply to financial market transactions, or to ordinary transactions for tangible assets such as a residence or automobile.
- One of a set of choices that can be made.
verb
noun
- the act of choosing or selecting
- a small thin device (of metal or plastic or ivory) used to pluck a stringed instrument
- the best people or things in a group
- the yarn woven across the warp yarn in weaving
- a heavy iron tool with a wooden handle and a curved head that is pointed on both ends
- the quantity of a crop that is harvested
- a basketball maneuver; obstructing an opponent with one's body
- the person or thing chosen or selected
- a thin sharp implement used for removing unwanted material
- A pointed hammer used for dressing millstones.
- (American football) An interception.
- (art, painting) That which is picked in, as with a pointed pencil, to correct an unevenness in a picture.
- A tool used for digging; a pickaxe.
- (Australia) Pasture; feed, for animals.
- (baseball) A good defensive play by an infielder.
- (music) A tool used for strumming the strings of a guitar; a plectrum.
- (baseball) A pickoff.
- A tool for unlocking a lock without the original key; a lock pick, picklock.
- (lacrosse) An offensive tactic in which a player stands so as to block a defender from reaching a teammate.
- A comb with long widely spaced teeth, for use with tightly curled hair.
- (nautical, slang) An anchor.
- A choice; ability to choose.
- That which would be picked or chosen first; the best.
- (basketball) A screen.
- (weaving) The blow that drives the shuttle, used in calculating the speed of a loom (in picks per minute); hence, in describing the fineness of a fabric, a weft thread.
verb
- To decide upon, from a set of options; to select.
- remove in small bits
- look for and gather
- select carefully from a group
- eat intermittently; take small bites of
- provoke
- pay for something
- pull lightly but sharply with a plucking motion
- remove unwanted substances from, such as feathers or pits
- harass with constant criticism
- attack with or as if with a pickaxe of ice or rocky ground, for example
- pilfer or rob
- hit lightly with a picking motion
- To remove something from somewhere with a pointed instrument, with the fingers, or with the teeth.
- To harvest a fruit or vegetable for consumption by removing it from the plant to which it is attached; to harvest an entire plant by removing it from the ground.
- (music) To pluck the individual strings of a musical instrument or to play such an instrument.
- To eat slowly, sparingly, or by morsels; to nibble.
- (ambitransitive) To separate or open by means of a sharp point or points.
- (cricket) To recognise the type of ball being bowled by a bowler by studying the position of the hand and arm as the ball is released.
- To grasp and pull with the fingers or fingernails.
- (American football, informal) To intercept a pass from the offense as a defensive player.
- To take up; especially, to gather from here and there; to collect; to bring together.
- To open (a lock) with a wire, lock pick, etc.
- To do anything fastidiously or carefully, or by attending to small things; to select something with care.
- (basketball) To screen.
- To pull apart or away, especially with the fingers; to pluck.
- To steal; to pilfer.
- (transitive) To seek (a fight or quarrel) where the opportunity arises.
noun
- The act of making a choice; selection.
- Something picked or pulled out.
- A gathering to pick fruit.
- (usually pluralized) Items remaining after others have selected the best; scraps, as of food.
- (usually pluralized) Income or other gains, especially if obtained in an unscrupulous or objectionable manner.
- The removal of defects from electrotype plates.
- The final finishing of woven fabrics by removing burs, etc.
- Dabbing in stoneworking.
- the act of picking (crops or fruit or hops etc.)
- the quantity of a crop that is harvested
verb
noun
- a selection or decision purely at random
- a game in which prizes (e.g., candies or coins) are concealed in a container and for a small sum a player can draw one out at random
- (by extension, idiomatic, figuratively) A selection solely at random.
- (UK) A game in which prizes are covered up and mixed together in a container, so that contestants can dip their hand into the container and randomly pull out a prize.
verb
- determine by choice
- decree or ordain
- leave or give by will after one's death
- (now uncommon or literary, transitive) To wish, desire (something).
- (auxiliary) To be able to, to have the capacity to.
- (auxiliary) To habitually do (a given action).
- (auxiliary) Expressing a present tense or perfect tense with some conditional or subjective weakening: "will turn out to", "must by inference".
- (transitive, intransitive) To instruct (that something be done) in one's will.
- (auxiliary) Used to express the future tense, sometimes with an implication of volition or determination when used in the first person. Compare shall.
- (auxiliary) To choose or agree to (do something); used to express intention but without any temporal connotations, often in questions and negation.
- (transitive) To bequeath (something) to someone in one's will (legal document).
- (transitive) To exert one's force of will (intention) in order to compel, or attempt to compel, something to happen or someone to do something.
noun
- a legal document declaring a person's wishes regarding the disposal of their property when they die
- the capability of conscious choice and decision and intention
- a fixed and persistent intent or purpose
- (law) A formal declaration of one's intent concerning the disposal of one's property and holdings after death; the legal document stating such wishes.
- One's independent faculty of choice; the ability to be able to exercise one's choice or intention.
- One's intention or decision; someone's orders or commands.
- The act of choosing to do something; a person’s conscious intent or volition.
- Firmness of purpose, fixity of intent
adj
- Making a selection or nomination; choosing.
- Giving a name; naming; designating.
- (grammar) Being in that case or form of a noun which stands as the subject of a finite verb.
- serving as or indicating the subject of a verb and words identified with the subject of a copular verb
- named; bearing the name of a specific person
- appointed by nomination
noun
noun
- Selection, array.
- The distance a vehicle (e.g., a car, bicycle, lorry, or aircraft) can travel without refueling.
- A line or series of mountains, buildings, etc.
- (US, historical) In the public land system, a row or line of townships lying between two succession meridian lines six miles apart.
- An area for practicing shooting at targets.
- (mathematics) The set of values (points) which a function can obtain.
- The maximum distance or reach of capability (of a weapon, radio, detector, etc.).
- (programming) A sequential list of values specified by an iterator.
- (sports, baseball) The defensive area that a player can cover.
- An area for military training or equipment testing.
- (statistics) The length of the smallest interval which contains all the data in a sample; the difference between the largest and smallest observations in the sample.
- An aggregate of individuals in one rank or degree; an order; a class.
- (ecology) The geographical area or zone where a species is normally naturally found.
- The distance from a person or sensor to an object, target, emanation, or event.
- (music) The scale of all the tones a voice or an instrument can produce.
- A fireplace; a fire or other cooking apparatus; now specifically, a large cooking stove with many burners (hotplates).
- The extent or space taken in by anything excursive; compass or extent of excursion; reach; scope.
- An area of open, often unfenced, grazing land.
- A wandering or roving; a going to and fro; an excursion; a ramble; an expedition.
- The variety of roles that an actor can play in a satisfactory way.
- the limit of capability
- a variety of different things or activities
- (mathematics) the set of values of the dependent variable for which a function is defined
- the limits within which something can be effective
- a large tract of grassy open land on which livestock can graze
- a kitchen appliance used for cooking food
- a place for shooting (firing or driving) projectiles of various kinds
- a series of hills or mountains
- an area in which something acts or operates or has power or control:
verb
- (transitive) To set in a row, or in rows; to place in a regular line or lines, or in ranks; to dispose in the proper order.
- (transitive) To place among others in a line, row, or order, as in the ranks of an army; usually, reflexively and figuratively, to espouse a cause, to join a party, etc.
- (transitive) To rove over or through.
- (biology) To be native to, or live in, a certain district or region.
- (military, of artillery) To determine the range to a target.
- (intransitive) To be placed in order; to be ranked; to admit of arrangement or classification; to rank.
- (intransitive) To form a line or a row.
- (transitive) To bring (something) into a specified position or relationship (especially, of opposition) with something else.
- (intransitive) To travel over (an area, etc); to roam, wander.
- (baseball) Of a player, to travel a significant distance for a defensive play.
- (intransitive) Of a variable, to be able to take any of the values in a specified range.
- (transitive) To classify.
- To sail or pass in a direction parallel to or near.
- range or extend over; occupy a certain area
- feed as in a meadow or pasture
- lay out orderly or logically in a line or as if in a line
- let eat
- change or be different within limits
- move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment
- assign a rank or rating to
- have a range; be capable of projecting over a certain distance, as of a gun
noun
adj
noun
- a person who chooses or selects out
- someone who gathers crops or fruits etc.
- (weaving) The piece in a loom that strikes the end of the shuttle and impels it through the warp.
- A worker responsible for picking or retrieving ordered items, etc.
- (slang, gold panning) A fragment of gold smaller than a nugget but large enough to be picked up.
- (military) A priming wire for cleaning the vent, in ordnance.
- (historical) One who removes defects from and finishes electrotype plates.
- Agent noun of pick; one who picks.
- (computing, graphical user interface) Any user interface control that selects something.
- (engineering) A machine for picking fibrous materials to pieces so as to loosen and separate the fibre.
noun
- a person who chooses or selects out
- a switch that is used to select among alternatives
- (Australia, historical) A person who is entitled to choose a tract of Crown land to purchase.
- (Internet, historical) A text string transmitted to a Gopher server, identifying the resource to be retrieved.
- (music) A disc jockey.
- (computing) A pointer to a structure describing a segment of memory.
- (computing) A matching expression in a stylesheet determining which elements in the markup are affected by a style.
- (cricket) An administrator responsible for selecting which players will play for a side.
- Someone or something which selects or chooses.
noun
- A selection.
- (seafood industry) A lobster having only one claw.
- (slang, dialectal) A fool, gullible person; a dupe.
- A piece unfit for inclusion within a larger group; an inferior specimen.
- An organized killing of selected animals.
- (agriculture) An individual animal selected to be killed, or item of produce to be discarded.
- the person or thing that is rejected or set aside as inferior in quality
verb
- To gather, collect.
- To lay off in order to reduce the size of, get rid of.
- (by extension) To kill (animals, etc).
- To pick or take someone or something (from a larger group).
- (computer graphics) To selectively not render or process certain objects, such as polygons.
- To select animals from a group and then kill them in order to reduce the numbers of the group in a controlled manner.
- look for and gather
- remove something that has been rejected
verb
conj
noun
- the act of selecting someone or something; the exercise of deliberate choice
- An option that is selected.
- the status or fact of being elected
- the predestination of some individuals as objects of divine mercy (especially as conceived by Calvinists)
- a vote to select the winner of a position or political office
- A process of choosing a leader, members of parliament, councillors, or other representatives by popular vote.
- (theology) In Calvinism, God's predestination of saints including all of the elect.
- The choice of a leader or representative by popular vote.
noun
- the property of being selective
- (chemistry) Discrimination of a reactant towards a choice of other reactants; the ratio of rate constants for different reactants.
- The ability of a radio receiver to separate a desired signal frequency from others.
- The quality of being selective, or extent to which something is selective.
- An approach to social work that prioritizes people perceived as having the most need for assistance.
noun
- The result of this process.
- The assimilation and understanding of ideas.
- The process, in the gastrointestinal tract, by which food is converted into substances that can be used by the body.
- (chemistry) Dissolution of a sample into a solution by means of adding acid and heat.
- The processing of decay in organic matter assisted by microorganisms.
- The ability to use this process.
- the process of decomposing organic matter (as in sewage) by bacteria or by chemical action or heat
- learning and coming to understand ideas and information
- the organic process by which food is converted into substances that can be absorbed into the body
noun
- a list of applicants winnowed from a longer list who have been deemed suitable and from which the successful person will be chosen
- (by extension) A list of the highest-ranked (most important) items from a longer list.
- A list of candidates selected from a longer list, and from which one or more successful candidates are in turn selected.
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see short, list.
verb
adj
noun
verb
- go successfully through a test or a selection process
- continue in existence after (an adversity, etc.)
- succeed in a big way; get to the top
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see make, it.
- To have sexual intercourse.
- To succeed in doing something, for example in reaching a place, going somewhere, attending an event, arriving in time for something, adding to one's schedule or itinerary, or in getting where one wants to be in one's life or career, which sometimes means becoming or wanting to become successful (succeed in a big way) or famous.
- To succeed in surviving, in living through something.
verb
- go successfully through a test or a selection process
- accept or judge as acceptable
- be superior or better than some standard
- transfer to another; of rights or property
- throw (a ball) to another player
- allow to go without comment or censure
- pass into a specified state or condition; sink into
- go unchallenged; be approved
- pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life
- eliminate from the body
- move past
- use up a period of time in a specific way
- for time to move forward
- travel past
- disappear gradually
- be inherited by
- grant authorization or clearance for
- transmit information
- go across or through
- pass over, across, or through
- cause to pass
- place into the hands or custody of
- make laws, bills, etc. or bring into effect by legislation
- come to pass
- stretch out over a distance, space, time, or scope; run or extend between two points or beyond a certain point
- (intransitive) To proceed without hindrance or opposition.
- (intransitive) To move or be moved from one place to another.
- (transitive) To transcend; to surpass; to excel; to exceed.
- (intransitive, stative, sociology) To be accepted by others as a member of a race, sex, or other group to which one does not belong or would not have originally appeared to belong; especially to be considered white although one has black ancestry, or a woman although one was assigned male at birth or vice versa.
- (intransitive) To continue.
- (intransitive, law) To make a judgment on or upon a person or case.
- (intransitive, American football) To throw the ball, generally downfield, towards a teammate.
- (transitive, of time) To spend.
- (intransitive, card games) In euchre, to decline to make the trump.
- (transitive) To go past, by, over, or through; to proceed from one side to the other of; to move past.
- (transitive) To cause to obtain entrance, admission, or conveyance.
- (transitive) To utter; to pronounce; to pledge.
- (intransitive, transitive) To achieve a successful outcome from.
- (transitive) To put in circulation; to give currency to.
- (intransitive) To happen.
- (intransitive) To change from one state to another (without the implication of progression).
- (intransitive, stative) To be tolerated as a substitute for something else, to "do".
- (transitive) To cause to advance by stages of progress; to carry on with success through an ordeal, examination, or action; specifically, to give legal or official sanction to; to ratify; to enact; to approve as valid and just.
- (transitive, nautical) To take a turn with (a line, gasket, etc.), as around a sail in furling, and make secure.
- (intransitive) To progress from one state to another; to advance.
- (transitive, cooking) To put through a sieve.
- (transitive) To allow to go by without noticing; to omit attention to; to take no note of; to disregard.
- (transitive, soccer) To kick (the ball) with precision rather than at full force.
- (ditransitive) To cause to move or go; to send; to transfer from one person, place, or condition to another.
- (intransitive, transitive) To advance through all the steps or stages necessary to become valid or effective; to obtain the formal sanction of (a legislative body).
- (intransitive, law) To be conveyed or transferred by will, deed, or other instrument of conveyance.
- (intransitive, of time) To elapse, to be spent.
- (intransitive, euphemistic) To die.
- (intransitive) To decline something that is offered or available.
- (intransitive) In turn-based games, to decline to play in one's turn.
- (transitive) To reject; to pass up.
- (intransitive, transitive, medicine) To eliminate (something) from the body by natural processes.
- (intransitive) To depart, to cease, to come to an end.
- (intransitive) To go from one person to another.
- (transitive) To live through; to have experience of; to undergo; to suffer.
- (intransitive) To decline or not attempt to answer a question.
- (transitive) To move (the ball or puck) to a teammate.
- (intransitive, fencing) To make a lunge or swipe.
adj
noun
- a document indicating permission to do something without restrictions
- a flight or run by an aircraft over a target
- a usually brief attempt
- a permit to enter or leave a military installation
- any authorization to pass or go somewhere
- an automatic advance to the next round in a tournament without playing an opponent
- the location in a range of mountains of a geological formation that is lower than the surrounding peaks
- (military) a written leave of absence
- success in satisfying a test or requirement
- a difficult juncture
- (sports) the act of throwing the ball to another member of your team
- (American football) a play that involves one player throwing the ball to a teammate
- a bad or difficult situation or state of affairs
- a complimentary ticket
- (baseball) an advance to first base by a batter who receives four balls
- one complete cycle of operations (as by a computer)
- (cooking) The area in a restaurant kitchen where the finished dishes are passed from the chefs to the waiting staff.
- An act of declining to play one's turn in a game, often by saying the word "pass".
- A single movement, especially of a hand, at, over, or along anything.
- An opening, road, or track, available for passing; especially, one through or over some dangerous or otherwise impracticable barrier such as a mountain range; a passageway; a defile; a ford.
- (fencing) A thrust or push; an attempt to stab or strike an adversary.
- A single passage of a tool over something, or of something over a tool.
- (computing, slang) A password (especially one for a restricted-access website).
- (computing) A run through a document as part of a translation, compilation or reformatting process.
- The state of things; condition; predicament; impasse.
- A channel connecting a river or body of water to the sea, for example at the mouth (delta) of a river.
- Success in an examination or similar test.
- (sports) The act of moving the ball or puck from one player to another.
- (rail transport) A passing of two trains in the same direction on a single track, when one is put into a siding to let the other overtake it.
- An attempt.
- A document granting permission to pass or to go and come; a passport; a ticket permitting free transit or admission
- (figuratively) A thrust; a sally of wit.
- A sexual advance (often in the phrase make a pass).
- (baseball) An intentional walk.
- Permission or license to pass, or to go and come.
- (sports) The act of overtaking; an overtaking manoeuvre.
noun
- A selection made in the absence of an alternative.
- (finance) The condition of failing to meet an obligation.
- (finance) The condition of being an obligation that has not been met.
- (often attributive) A value used when none has been given; a tentative value or standard that is presumed.
- (law) The failure of a defendant to appear and answer a summons and complaint.
- (electronics, computing) the original software programming settings as set by the factory
- A loss incurred by failing to compete.
- an option that is selected automatically unless an alternative is specified
- loss resulting from failure of a debt to be paid
- act of failing to meet a financial obligation
- loss due to not showing up
verb
- (intransitive, finance) To fail to fulfill a financial obligation.
- (intransitive, law) To fail to appear and answer a summons and complaint.
- (intransitive) To lose a competition by failing to compete.
- (ambitransitive, computing) To assume a value when none was given; to presume a tentative value or standard.
- fail to pay up
verb
- choose at random
- form by pouring (e.g., wax or hot metal) into a cast or mold
- deposit
- formulate in a particular style or language
- assign the roles of (a movie or a play) to actors
- move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment
- eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth
- select to play,sing, or dance a part in a play, movie, musical, opera, or ballet
- put or send forth
- to remove
- throw forcefully
- (nautical) To bring the bows of a sailing ship on to the required tack just as the anchor is weighed by use of the headsail; to bring (a ship) round.
- To turn (the balance or scale); to overbalance; hence, to make preponderate; to decide.
- (of an animal) To throw off (the skin) as a process of growth; to shed the hair or fur of the coat.
- To consider; to turn or revolve in the mind; to plan.
- To deposit (a ballot or voting paper); to formally register (one's vote).
- To throw forward (a fishing line, net etc.) into the sea.
- (botany) To shed leaves or fruit prematurely.
- (transitive) To assign (a role in a play or performance).
- (Wicca) To open a circle in order to begin a spell or meeting of witches.
- (hunting) Of dogs, hunters: to spread out and search for a scent.
- (medicine) To set (a bone etc.) in a cast.
- (dated outside accounting) To add up (a column of figures, accounts etc.); cross-cast refers to adding up a row of figures.
- To throw down or aside.
- (media) To broadcast (video) over the Internet or a local network, especially to one's television.
- (transitive) To describe in an opinionated way. Mostly used with a metaphor involving light.
- (computing) To change a variable type from, for example, integer to real, or integer to text.
- (obsolete except in set phrases) To remove, take off (clothes).
- To twist or warp (of fabric, timber etc.).
- (astrology) To calculate the astrological value of (a horoscope, birth etc.).
- (now somewhat literary) To throw.
- To direct (one's eyes, gaze etc.).
- To perform, bring forth (a magical spell or enchantment).
- To shape (molten metal etc.) by pouring into a mould; to make (an object) in such a way.
- To throw (light etc.) on or upon something, or in a given direction.
- (transitive) To assign a role in a play or performance to (an actor).
- (nautical) To heave the lead and line in order to ascertain the depth of water.
noun
- the act of throwing a fishing line out over the water by means of a rod and reel
- object formed by a mold
- the actors in a play
- container into which liquid is poured to create a given shape when it hardens
- the act of throwing dice
- the distinctive form in which a thing is made
- the visual appearance of something or someone
- a violent throw
- bandage consisting of a firm covering (often made of plaster of Paris) that immobilizes broken bones while they heal
- The casting procedure.
- (firearms) The measurement of the angle of a shotgun stock from a top-view center line, used to align the shotgun to the shooter's eye.
- Visual appearance.
- A small mass of earth "thrown off" or excreted by a worm.
- (art) The collective group of actors performing a play or production together. Contrasted with crew.
- (fishing) An instance of throwing out a fishing line.
- A supportive and immobilising device used to help mend broken bones.
- The form of one's thoughts, mind etc.
- (hawking) The number of hawks (or occasionally other birds) cast off at one time; a pair.
- The mould used to make cast objects.
- The number rolled on a die when it is thrown.
- An object made in a mould.
- An act of throwing.
- Animal and insect remains which have been regurgitated by a bird.
- Something which has been thrown, dispersed etc.
- A squint.
- A chance or attempt at something.
- A group of crabs.
adj
verb
- choose at random
- move or pull so as to cover or uncover something
- allow a draft
- pull (a person) apart with four horses tied to their extremities, so as to execute them
- remove the entrails of
- cause to move in a certain direction by exerting a force upon, either physically or in an abstract sense
- suck in or take (air)
- make a mark or lines on a surface
- engage in drawing
- thread on or as if on a string
- remove (a commodity) from (a supply source)
- move or go steadily or gradually
- steep; pass through a strainer
- to obtain a liquid from somewhere
- bring, take, or pull out of a container or from under a cover
- elicit responses, such as objections, criticism, applause, etc.
- make, formulate, or derive in the mind
- bring or lead someone to a certain action or condition
- cause to localize at one point
- flatten, stretch, or mold metal or glass, by rolling or by pulling it through a die or by stretching
- shrink
- direct toward itself or oneself by means of some psychological power or physical attributes
- represent by making a drawing of, as with a pencil, chalk, etc. on a surface
- get or derive
- pass over, across, or through
- finish a game with an equal number of points, goals, etc.
- reduce the diameter of (a wire or metal rod) by pulling it through a die
- select or take in from a given group or region
- require a specified depth for floating
- give a description of
- cause to move by pulling
- take in, also metaphorically
- stretch back a bowstring (on an archer's bow)
- write a legal document or paper
- earn or achieve a base by being walked by the pitcher
- take liquid out of a container or well
- (transitive) To remove the contents of (something, especially a kiln or oven); to empty.
- (intransitive) To take up water from a well or other source, especially by lifting it in a container or pumping it.
- (transitive) To make (straw straight for thatching by pulling it through the hands.
- (intransitive, archery) To pull back an arrow or bowstring in preparation for shooting the arrow; also, to cause a bow to bend by pulling back the bowstring.
- (transitive, manufacturing, historical) To separate (a length of lace made by machine) into sections by removing the threads connecting the sections.
- Of a channel, drain, etc.: to carry (water) away.
- (transitive) Often followed by tight: to pull (something, such as a belt or string) so that it tightens or wraps around something more closely.
- (transitive) To cause (something) to occur as a consequence; to bring about.
- To call forth (something) from a person, to elicit.
- (intransitive) To be made larger or longer; to be elongated or stretched.
- To deduce or infer (a conclusion); to make (a deduction).
- To extract (a tooth); to pull.
- To extract (a small amount of liquid, especially blood) by puncturing a surface, or by using a pipette, syringe, or other suction device.
- (transitive) To produce (a figure, line, picture, representation of something, etc.) with a piece of chalk, a crayon, a pen, a pencil, or other instrument.
- (transitive) To make (a comparison or contrast) between two or more things; to compare; to contrast, to distinguish.
- (transitive) To attract (something) by means of a physical force, especially gravity or magnetism.
- (billiards) To strike (the cue ball) below the centre so as to give it a backward rotation which causes it to move backwards on striking another ball.
- (transitive, reflexive) To assume a specific attitude or position, either by pulling in or stretching out one's body or limbs.
- (analogous) To consume (power).
- (transitive) To move (a body part) in a particular direction.
- (intransitive) To pull out a firearm, sword, or other weapon from a holster, sheath, etc.
- (intransitive) Of blinds, a curtain, etc.: to be pulled open or closed.
- (bowls) Of a bowl: to move in a curve to a certain place.
- To extract (juice, oil, or some other fluid) from something by osmosis, pressure, or another process.
- (transitive) Followed by on or upon: to bring (disaster or misfortune) on oneself.
- (intransitive, card games) To be dealt or to take a playing card from the deck.
- To come to, towards (a particular moment in time); to approach (a time).
- (transitive) To drag (something), especially along the ground.
- (intransitive) To attract or influence a person or group of people; to be an inducement or enticement.
- (intransitive) To leave tea temporarily in water to allow the flavour to increase; to infuse, to steep; also, of a teapot: to cause tea to infuse.
- To pull out (a firearm, sword, or other weapon) from a holster, sheath, etc.; to unsheathe.
- To take (a beverage) from a cask or keg using a pump or tap; to tap.
- (transitive) Followed by out: to flatten (a piece of metal), usually by hammering.
- (transitive) To cause (air) to be sucked into a duct, a room, etc.
- To drag (someone) by tying behind a horse or on a frame as a form of punishment or torture, or to bring to a place of execution.
- (intransitive) To select one or more things at random from a collection of similar things to decide which of a group of people will receive or undergo something.
- (intransitive) Chiefly followed by about or around: of a group of people: to come together; to assemble, to congregate, to gather.
- (intransitive, used with prepositions and adverbs) To move steadily in a particular direction or into a specific position.
- (golf) To hit (the ball) with the toe of the club so that it is deflected toward the left (or, for a left-handed player, toward the right, originally in an uncontrolled and now a controlled manner.
- (transitive, sports) To end (a game or match) with neither side winning, that is, in a draw.
- (transitive, UK, regional) To carry (a load) in a vehicle; to cart, to haul.
- (transitive) To pull (blinds, a curtain, etc.) open or closed.
- (transitive, agriculture) To create (a furrow) by pulling a plough through soil.
- (transitive) To select (one or more things) at random from a collection of similar things to decide which of a group of people will receive something such as a prize, or undergo something such as an assignment; also, to select (someone) by this process; to win (a prize) in a lottery or lucky draw.
- (transitive) To attract or provoke (a particular reaction or response) from someone.
- (intransitive) Of a channel, drain, etc.: to carry water away.
- (transitive, fishing) To fish by dragging a fishing net along (a shore) or in (a body of water).
- (transitive, hunting) To search (a covert, a wood, etc.) for game or a quarry.
- (nautical) Followed by an adverb, such as deep or shallow: of a vessel: to require a depth of water of a certain characteristic to float in.
- (intransitive) To produce an image of something with a piece of chalk, a crayon, a pen, a pencil, or other instrument; to make a drawing or drawings.
- (transitive) Chiefly followed by aside or to one side: to move (someone) away from a group of people in order to speak to them privately.
- (transitive) To receive (a particular prison sentence).
- (historical) Chiefly in draw and quarter and hang, draw and quarter: to disembowel (someone), especially after hanging as a punishment for high treason.
- (transitive) To attract or cause (someone) to come to a particular place or to take a particular course of action; also, to cause (someone) to turn away from a particular condition or course of action.
- (transitive, cricket) In a match scheduled to last for a certain period of time: to end (a match) with neither side winning because the team batting last has not completed its innings when the playing time concludes.
- (transitive) To carve or shape (something) by cutting off thin pieces.
- (transitive) To pull out (a bolt or latch) to unlock a door, gate, etc.; also, to push in (a bolt or latch) to lock a door, gate, etc.
- (transitive) To take (air, smoke, etc.) into the lungs; to breathe in, to inhale.
- (transitive, archery) To pull back (an arrow or bowstring) in preparation for shooting the arrow; also, to cause (a bow) to bend by pulling back the bowstring.
- (intransitive) Of a liquid: to drain away, to percolate.
- (transitive, often formal) To pull (someone or something) in a particular direction or manner.
- (transitive, northern Scotland) To take milk from (a cow); to milk.
- (transitive) Often followed by on or upon and the person or institution providing the money: to write (a bill, cheque, or draft) to authorize payment of money.
- (transitive) To fill a bathtub with (water for a bath); to run (a bath).
- To leave (tea) temporarily in water to allow the flavour to increase; to infuse, to steep.
- (intransitive) Of a bathtub: to be filled with water for a bath; to be run.
- (intransitive) To take a drink of a beverage, especially an alcoholic one; to swig.
- (transitive) To conduct, or select the winning numbers, tickets, etc., for, (a lottery).
- (cooking) To remove the viscera from (an animal, especially a bird) before cooking.
- (bowls) To cause (a bowl) to move in a curve to a certain place.
- To take up (water) from a well or other source, especially by lifting in a container or pumping.
- (transitive, originally and chiefly military) To attract or provoke gunfire, either intentionally or unintentionally.
- To take (something) from a particular source, especially of information; to derive.
- To soak up (a liquid, etc.); to absorb; specifically, of an organism (especially a plant) or one of its parts: to take in (nutrients, water, etc.).
- (intransitive) Followed by at or on: to drag or suck deeply on a cigarette, pipe, or other smoking implement.
- (transitive) To make (something) larger or longer; to elongate, to stretch.
- (transitive, fishing) to haul in (a fishing net) which has been cast; also, to drag (a fishing net) alongside a boat.
- (intransitive, dominoes) To take a domino from the stock.
- (intransitive) To be (able to be) pulled in a particular direction or manner.
- (intransitive) Of a duct, smoking implement, etc.: to allow air to be passed through it in order that combustion can occur.
- (intransitive) To make straw straight for thatching by pulling it through the hands.
- (intransitive, sports) To end a game or match with neither side winning, that is, in a draw; to tie.
- (transitive, figurative) To depict (something) linguistically; to portray (something) in words; to describe.
- (transitive, agriculture) To separate (sheep) from a flock for a particular purpose, such as breeding or selling.
- (transitive) Now chiefly in the form draw up: to compose or write (a piece of text, especially a formal document).
- (transitive, card games) To be dealt or to take (a playing card) from the deck; also, to have (a particular hand) as a result of this.
- (transitive) To induce (the attention, the eyes or mind, etc.) to be directed at or focused on something.
- (transitive) To make (wire) by pulling a rod or other piece of metal through one or more apertures; also, to stretch (a rod or other piece of metal) into a wire.
- (curling) To play (a shot or a stone) that lands in the house (“circular target”).
- (mining) To raise (coal or ore) from an underground mine to the surface.
- To elicit information from (someone); to induce (a person) to speak on some subject. (Now frequently in passive.)
- (nautical) Of a vessel: to require (a certain depth of water) to float in.
- (transitive, arithmetic) To subject (a number) to an arithmetic operation.
- To receive (a salary); to withdraw (money) from a bank etc.
- To cause (a body part) to contract or shrink; also, to pull (the mouth, the face or features, etc.) out of shape from emotion, etc.; to distort.
- (intransitive, nautical) Of a sail: to fill with wind and become taut.
- (curling) To make a shot that lands in the house.
- To kill someone as a form of punishment or torture by tearing apart (their body) by tying their limbs to horses which run in different directions; also, to tear (the limbs) from someone's body in this manner.
noun
- a playing card or cards dealt or taken from the pack
- a golf shot that curves to the left for a right-handed golfer
- anything (straws or pebbles etc.) taken or chosen at random
- an entertainer who attracts large audiences
- (American football) the quarterback moves back as if to pass and then hands the ball to the fullback who is running toward the line of scrimmage
- the finish of a contest in which the score is tied and the winner is undecided
- poker in which a player can discard cards and receive substitutes from the dealer
- a gully that is shallower than a ravine
- the act of drawing or hauling something
- (slang, countable) A bag of cannabis.
- (sports) The spin or twist imparted to a ball etc. by a drawing stroke.
- (curling) A shot that is intended to land gently in the house (the circular target) without knocking out other stones; cf. takeout.
- (archery) The act of pulling back the strings in preparation of firing; the distance the strings are pulled back.
- (poker) A situation in which one or more players has four cards of the same suit or four out of five necessary cards for a straight and requires a further card to make their flush or straight.
- The result of a contest that neither side has won.
- (golf) A golf shot that (for the right-handed player) curves intentionally to the left. See hook, slice, fade.
- (cricket) The result of a two-innings match in which at least one side did not complete all their innings before time ran out (as distinguished from a tie).
- Draft: flow through a flue of gasses (smoke) resulting from a combustion process, possibly adjustable with a damper.
- (slang, uncountable) Cannabis.
- That which is drawn (e.g. funds from an account).
- The procedure by which the result of a lottery is determined.
- The act of drawing a gun from a holster, etc.
- In a commission-based job, an advance on future (potential) commissions given to an employee by the employer.
- That which draws: that which attracts e.g. a crowd.
- (geography) A dry stream bed that drains surface water only during periods of heavy rain or flooding.
- (horse racing) The stall from which a horse begins the race.
intj
adj
- being determined by conditions or circumstances that follow
- uncertain because of uncontrollable circumstances
- possible but not certain to occur
- Possible or liable, but not certain, to occur.
- Temporary.
- Not logically necessarily true or false.
- (with upon or on) Dependent on something that is undetermined or unknown, that may or may not occur.
noun
- a gathering of persons representative of some larger group
- a temporary military unit
- (military) A quota of troops.
- An event which may or may not happen; that which is unforeseen, undetermined, or dependent on something in the future.
- That which falls to one in a division or apportionment among a number; a suitable share.
noun
- The process or act of selecting.
- the act of choosing or selecting
- (programming) A list of items on which user operations will take place. ᵂᵖ
- A musical piece.
- (historical) The free selection before survey of crown land in some Australian colonies under land legislation introduced in the 1860s. ᵂᵖ
- (algebra) A unary operation that denotes a subset of a relation.
- (biology) Ellipsis of natural selection.
- (biology) The stage of a genetic algorithm in which individual genomes are chosen from a population for later breeding. ᵂᵖ
- Something selected.
- (Australia) A plot of land, or farm, thus selected.
- A variety of items taken from a larger collection.
- (linguistics) The ability of predicates to determine the semantic content of their arguments. ᵂᵖ
- (databases) A set of data obtained from a database using a query.
- a passage selected from a larger work
- a natural process resulting in the evolution of organisms best adapted to the environment
- an assortment of things from which a choice can be made
- the person or thing chosen or selected
noun
- the act of choosing or selecting
- One selection or preference; that which is chosen or decided; the outcome of a decision.
- one of a number of things from which only one can be chosen
- the person or thing chosen or selected
- An option; a decision; an opportunity to choose or select something.
- (set theory) Ellipsis of axiom of choice.
- (uncountable) The power to choose.
- (usually with the) The best or most preferable part.
- Anything that can be chosen.
adj
intj
noun
- the act of choosing or selecting
- one of a number of things from which only one can be chosen
- the right to buy or sell property at an agreed price; the right is purchased and if it is not exercised by a stated date the money is forfeited
- (law, uncountable) The acquiring or retention of a nationality through personal choice as a right, bypassing selective legal mechanisms for naturalization, especially in cases where a territory is transferred or passed on from one state to another.
- The freedom or right to choose.
- (finance, law) A contract giving the holder the right to buy or sell an asset at a set strike price; can apply to financial market transactions, or to ordinary transactions for tangible assets such as a residence or automobile.
- One of a set of choices that can be made.
verb
noun
- the act of choosing or selecting
- a small thin device (of metal or plastic or ivory) used to pluck a stringed instrument
- the best people or things in a group
- the yarn woven across the warp yarn in weaving
- a heavy iron tool with a wooden handle and a curved head that is pointed on both ends
- the quantity of a crop that is harvested
- a basketball maneuver; obstructing an opponent with one's body
- the person or thing chosen or selected
- a thin sharp implement used for removing unwanted material
- A pointed hammer used for dressing millstones.
- (American football) An interception.
- (art, painting) That which is picked in, as with a pointed pencil, to correct an unevenness in a picture.
- A tool used for digging; a pickaxe.
- (Australia) Pasture; feed, for animals.
- (baseball) A good defensive play by an infielder.
- (music) A tool used for strumming the strings of a guitar; a plectrum.
- (baseball) A pickoff.
- A tool for unlocking a lock without the original key; a lock pick, picklock.
- (lacrosse) An offensive tactic in which a player stands so as to block a defender from reaching a teammate.
- A comb with long widely spaced teeth, for use with tightly curled hair.
- (nautical, slang) An anchor.
- A choice; ability to choose.
- That which would be picked or chosen first; the best.
- (basketball) A screen.
- (weaving) The blow that drives the shuttle, used in calculating the speed of a loom (in picks per minute); hence, in describing the fineness of a fabric, a weft thread.
verb
- To decide upon, from a set of options; to select.
- remove in small bits
- look for and gather
- select carefully from a group
- eat intermittently; take small bites of
- provoke
- pay for something
- pull lightly but sharply with a plucking motion
- remove unwanted substances from, such as feathers or pits
- harass with constant criticism
- attack with or as if with a pickaxe of ice or rocky ground, for example
- pilfer or rob
- hit lightly with a picking motion
- To remove something from somewhere with a pointed instrument, with the fingers, or with the teeth.
- To harvest a fruit or vegetable for consumption by removing it from the plant to which it is attached; to harvest an entire plant by removing it from the ground.
- (music) To pluck the individual strings of a musical instrument or to play such an instrument.
- To eat slowly, sparingly, or by morsels; to nibble.
- (ambitransitive) To separate or open by means of a sharp point or points.
- (cricket) To recognise the type of ball being bowled by a bowler by studying the position of the hand and arm as the ball is released.
- To grasp and pull with the fingers or fingernails.
- (American football, informal) To intercept a pass from the offense as a defensive player.
- To take up; especially, to gather from here and there; to collect; to bring together.
- To open (a lock) with a wire, lock pick, etc.
- To do anything fastidiously or carefully, or by attending to small things; to select something with care.
- (basketball) To screen.
- To pull apart or away, especially with the fingers; to pluck.
- To steal; to pilfer.
- (transitive) To seek (a fight or quarrel) where the opportunity arises.
noun
- The act of making a choice; selection.
- Something picked or pulled out.
- A gathering to pick fruit.
- (usually pluralized) Items remaining after others have selected the best; scraps, as of food.
- (usually pluralized) Income or other gains, especially if obtained in an unscrupulous or objectionable manner.
- The removal of defects from electrotype plates.
- The final finishing of woven fabrics by removing burs, etc.
- Dabbing in stoneworking.
- the act of picking (crops or fruit or hops etc.)
- the quantity of a crop that is harvested
verb
noun
- a selection or decision purely at random
- a game in which prizes (e.g., candies or coins) are concealed in a container and for a small sum a player can draw one out at random
- (by extension, idiomatic, figuratively) A selection solely at random.
- (UK) A game in which prizes are covered up and mixed together in a container, so that contestants can dip their hand into the container and randomly pull out a prize.
noun
- Selection, array.
- The distance a vehicle (e.g., a car, bicycle, lorry, or aircraft) can travel without refueling.
- A line or series of mountains, buildings, etc.
- (US, historical) In the public land system, a row or line of townships lying between two succession meridian lines six miles apart.
- An area for practicing shooting at targets.
- (mathematics) The set of values (points) which a function can obtain.
- The maximum distance or reach of capability (of a weapon, radio, detector, etc.).
- (programming) A sequential list of values specified by an iterator.
- (sports, baseball) The defensive area that a player can cover.
- An area for military training or equipment testing.
- (statistics) The length of the smallest interval which contains all the data in a sample; the difference between the largest and smallest observations in the sample.
- An aggregate of individuals in one rank or degree; an order; a class.
- (ecology) The geographical area or zone where a species is normally naturally found.
- The distance from a person or sensor to an object, target, emanation, or event.
- (music) The scale of all the tones a voice or an instrument can produce.
- A fireplace; a fire or other cooking apparatus; now specifically, a large cooking stove with many burners (hotplates).
- The extent or space taken in by anything excursive; compass or extent of excursion; reach; scope.
- An area of open, often unfenced, grazing land.
- A wandering or roving; a going to and fro; an excursion; a ramble; an expedition.
- The variety of roles that an actor can play in a satisfactory way.
- the limit of capability
- a variety of different things or activities
- (mathematics) the set of values of the dependent variable for which a function is defined
- the limits within which something can be effective
- a large tract of grassy open land on which livestock can graze
- a kitchen appliance used for cooking food
- a place for shooting (firing or driving) projectiles of various kinds
- a series of hills or mountains
- an area in which something acts or operates or has power or control:
verb
- (transitive) To set in a row, or in rows; to place in a regular line or lines, or in ranks; to dispose in the proper order.
- (transitive) To place among others in a line, row, or order, as in the ranks of an army; usually, reflexively and figuratively, to espouse a cause, to join a party, etc.
- (transitive) To rove over or through.
- (biology) To be native to, or live in, a certain district or region.
- (military, of artillery) To determine the range to a target.
- (intransitive) To be placed in order; to be ranked; to admit of arrangement or classification; to rank.
- (intransitive) To form a line or a row.
- (transitive) To bring (something) into a specified position or relationship (especially, of opposition) with something else.
- (intransitive) To travel over (an area, etc); to roam, wander.
- (baseball) Of a player, to travel a significant distance for a defensive play.
- (intransitive) Of a variable, to be able to take any of the values in a specified range.
- (transitive) To classify.
- To sail or pass in a direction parallel to or near.
- range or extend over; occupy a certain area
- feed as in a meadow or pasture
- lay out orderly or logically in a line or as if in a line
- let eat
- change or be different within limits
- move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment
- assign a rank or rating to
- have a range; be capable of projecting over a certain distance, as of a gun
noun
adj
noun
- a person who chooses or selects out
- someone who gathers crops or fruits etc.
- (weaving) The piece in a loom that strikes the end of the shuttle and impels it through the warp.
- A worker responsible for picking or retrieving ordered items, etc.
- (slang, gold panning) A fragment of gold smaller than a nugget but large enough to be picked up.
- (military) A priming wire for cleaning the vent, in ordnance.
- (historical) One who removes defects from and finishes electrotype plates.
- Agent noun of pick; one who picks.
- (computing, graphical user interface) Any user interface control that selects something.
- (engineering) A machine for picking fibrous materials to pieces so as to loosen and separate the fibre.
noun
- a person who chooses or selects out
- a switch that is used to select among alternatives
- (Australia, historical) A person who is entitled to choose a tract of Crown land to purchase.
- (Internet, historical) A text string transmitted to a Gopher server, identifying the resource to be retrieved.
- (music) A disc jockey.
- (computing) A pointer to a structure describing a segment of memory.
- (computing) A matching expression in a stylesheet determining which elements in the markup are affected by a style.
- (cricket) An administrator responsible for selecting which players will play for a side.
- Someone or something which selects or chooses.
noun
- A selection.
- (seafood industry) A lobster having only one claw.
- (slang, dialectal) A fool, gullible person; a dupe.
- A piece unfit for inclusion within a larger group; an inferior specimen.
- An organized killing of selected animals.
- (agriculture) An individual animal selected to be killed, or item of produce to be discarded.
- the person or thing that is rejected or set aside as inferior in quality
verb
- To gather, collect.
- To lay off in order to reduce the size of, get rid of.
- (by extension) To kill (animals, etc).
- To pick or take someone or something (from a larger group).
- (computer graphics) To selectively not render or process certain objects, such as polygons.
- To select animals from a group and then kill them in order to reduce the numbers of the group in a controlled manner.
- look for and gather
- remove something that has been rejected
noun
- the act of selecting someone or something; the exercise of deliberate choice
- An option that is selected.
- the status or fact of being elected
- the predestination of some individuals as objects of divine mercy (especially as conceived by Calvinists)
- a vote to select the winner of a position or political office
- A process of choosing a leader, members of parliament, councillors, or other representatives by popular vote.
- (theology) In Calvinism, God's predestination of saints including all of the elect.
- The choice of a leader or representative by popular vote.
noun
- the property of being selective
- (chemistry) Discrimination of a reactant towards a choice of other reactants; the ratio of rate constants for different reactants.
- The ability of a radio receiver to separate a desired signal frequency from others.
- The quality of being selective, or extent to which something is selective.
- An approach to social work that prioritizes people perceived as having the most need for assistance.
noun
- The result of this process.
- The assimilation and understanding of ideas.
- The process, in the gastrointestinal tract, by which food is converted into substances that can be used by the body.
- (chemistry) Dissolution of a sample into a solution by means of adding acid and heat.
- The processing of decay in organic matter assisted by microorganisms.
- The ability to use this process.
- the process of decomposing organic matter (as in sewage) by bacteria or by chemical action or heat
- learning and coming to understand ideas and information
- the organic process by which food is converted into substances that can be absorbed into the body
noun
- a list of applicants winnowed from a longer list who have been deemed suitable and from which the successful person will be chosen
- (by extension) A list of the highest-ranked (most important) items from a longer list.
- A list of candidates selected from a longer list, and from which one or more successful candidates are in turn selected.
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see short, list.
noun
- A selection made in the absence of an alternative.
- (finance) The condition of failing to meet an obligation.
- (finance) The condition of being an obligation that has not been met.
- (often attributive) A value used when none has been given; a tentative value or standard that is presumed.
- (law) The failure of a defendant to appear and answer a summons and complaint.
- (electronics, computing) the original software programming settings as set by the factory
- A loss incurred by failing to compete.
- an option that is selected automatically unless an alternative is specified
- loss resulting from failure of a debt to be paid
- act of failing to meet a financial obligation
- loss due to not showing up
verb
- (intransitive, finance) To fail to fulfill a financial obligation.
- (intransitive, law) To fail to appear and answer a summons and complaint.
- (intransitive) To lose a competition by failing to compete.
- (ambitransitive, computing) To assume a value when none was given; to presume a tentative value or standard.
- fail to pay up
verb
- determine by choice
- decree or ordain
- leave or give by will after one's death
- (now uncommon or literary, transitive) To wish, desire (something).
- (auxiliary) To be able to, to have the capacity to.
- (auxiliary) To habitually do (a given action).
- (auxiliary) Expressing a present tense or perfect tense with some conditional or subjective weakening: "will turn out to", "must by inference".
- (transitive, intransitive) To instruct (that something be done) in one's will.
- (auxiliary) Used to express the future tense, sometimes with an implication of volition or determination when used in the first person. Compare shall.
- (auxiliary) To choose or agree to (do something); used to express intention but without any temporal connotations, often in questions and negation.
- (transitive) To bequeath (something) to someone in one's will (legal document).
- (transitive) To exert one's force of will (intention) in order to compel, or attempt to compel, something to happen or someone to do something.
noun
- a legal document declaring a person's wishes regarding the disposal of their property when they die
- the capability of conscious choice and decision and intention
- a fixed and persistent intent or purpose
- (law) A formal declaration of one's intent concerning the disposal of one's property and holdings after death; the legal document stating such wishes.
- One's independent faculty of choice; the ability to be able to exercise one's choice or intention.
- One's intention or decision; someone's orders or commands.
- The act of choosing to do something; a person’s conscious intent or volition.
- Firmness of purpose, fixity of intent
noun
- the act of choosing or selecting
- a small thin device (of metal or plastic or ivory) used to pluck a stringed instrument
- the best people or things in a group
- the yarn woven across the warp yarn in weaving
- a heavy iron tool with a wooden handle and a curved head that is pointed on both ends
- the quantity of a crop that is harvested
- a basketball maneuver; obstructing an opponent with one's body
- the person or thing chosen or selected
- a thin sharp implement used for removing unwanted material
- A pointed hammer used for dressing millstones.
- (American football) An interception.
- (art, painting) That which is picked in, as with a pointed pencil, to correct an unevenness in a picture.
- A tool used for digging; a pickaxe.
- (Australia) Pasture; feed, for animals.
- (baseball) A good defensive play by an infielder.
- (music) A tool used for strumming the strings of a guitar; a plectrum.
- (baseball) A pickoff.
- A tool for unlocking a lock without the original key; a lock pick, picklock.
- (lacrosse) An offensive tactic in which a player stands so as to block a defender from reaching a teammate.
- A comb with long widely spaced teeth, for use with tightly curled hair.
- (nautical, slang) An anchor.
- A choice; ability to choose.
- That which would be picked or chosen first; the best.
- (basketball) A screen.
- (weaving) The blow that drives the shuttle, used in calculating the speed of a loom (in picks per minute); hence, in describing the fineness of a fabric, a weft thread.
verb
- To decide upon, from a set of options; to select.
- remove in small bits
- look for and gather
- select carefully from a group
- eat intermittently; take small bites of
- provoke
- pay for something
- pull lightly but sharply with a plucking motion
- remove unwanted substances from, such as feathers or pits
- harass with constant criticism
- attack with or as if with a pickaxe of ice or rocky ground, for example
- pilfer or rob
- hit lightly with a picking motion
- To remove something from somewhere with a pointed instrument, with the fingers, or with the teeth.
- To harvest a fruit or vegetable for consumption by removing it from the plant to which it is attached; to harvest an entire plant by removing it from the ground.
- (music) To pluck the individual strings of a musical instrument or to play such an instrument.
- To eat slowly, sparingly, or by morsels; to nibble.
- (ambitransitive) To separate or open by means of a sharp point or points.
- (cricket) To recognise the type of ball being bowled by a bowler by studying the position of the hand and arm as the ball is released.
- To grasp and pull with the fingers or fingernails.
- (American football, informal) To intercept a pass from the offense as a defensive player.
- To take up; especially, to gather from here and there; to collect; to bring together.
- To open (a lock) with a wire, lock pick, etc.
- To do anything fastidiously or carefully, or by attending to small things; to select something with care.
- (basketball) To screen.
- To pull apart or away, especially with the fingers; to pluck.
- To steal; to pilfer.
- (transitive) To seek (a fight or quarrel) where the opportunity arises.
verb
conj
verb
adj
noun
verb
- go successfully through a test or a selection process
- continue in existence after (an adversity, etc.)
- succeed in a big way; get to the top
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see make, it.
- To have sexual intercourse.
- To succeed in doing something, for example in reaching a place, going somewhere, attending an event, arriving in time for something, adding to one's schedule or itinerary, or in getting where one wants to be in one's life or career, which sometimes means becoming or wanting to become successful (succeed in a big way) or famous.
- To succeed in surviving, in living through something.
verb
- go successfully through a test or a selection process
- accept or judge as acceptable
- be superior or better than some standard
- transfer to another; of rights or property
- throw (a ball) to another player
- allow to go without comment or censure
- pass into a specified state or condition; sink into
- go unchallenged; be approved
- pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life
- eliminate from the body
- move past
- use up a period of time in a specific way
- for time to move forward
- travel past
- disappear gradually
- be inherited by
- grant authorization or clearance for
- transmit information
- go across or through
- pass over, across, or through
- cause to pass
- place into the hands or custody of
- make laws, bills, etc. or bring into effect by legislation
- come to pass
- stretch out over a distance, space, time, or scope; run or extend between two points or beyond a certain point
- (intransitive) To proceed without hindrance or opposition.
- (intransitive) To move or be moved from one place to another.
- (transitive) To transcend; to surpass; to excel; to exceed.
- (intransitive, stative, sociology) To be accepted by others as a member of a race, sex, or other group to which one does not belong or would not have originally appeared to belong; especially to be considered white although one has black ancestry, or a woman although one was assigned male at birth or vice versa.
- (intransitive) To continue.
- (intransitive, law) To make a judgment on or upon a person or case.
- (intransitive, American football) To throw the ball, generally downfield, towards a teammate.
- (transitive, of time) To spend.
- (intransitive, card games) In euchre, to decline to make the trump.
- (transitive) To go past, by, over, or through; to proceed from one side to the other of; to move past.
- (transitive) To cause to obtain entrance, admission, or conveyance.
- (transitive) To utter; to pronounce; to pledge.
- (intransitive, transitive) To achieve a successful outcome from.
- (transitive) To put in circulation; to give currency to.
- (intransitive) To happen.
- (intransitive) To change from one state to another (without the implication of progression).
- (intransitive, stative) To be tolerated as a substitute for something else, to "do".
- (transitive) To cause to advance by stages of progress; to carry on with success through an ordeal, examination, or action; specifically, to give legal or official sanction to; to ratify; to enact; to approve as valid and just.
- (transitive, nautical) To take a turn with (a line, gasket, etc.), as around a sail in furling, and make secure.
- (intransitive) To progress from one state to another; to advance.
- (transitive, cooking) To put through a sieve.
- (transitive) To allow to go by without noticing; to omit attention to; to take no note of; to disregard.
- (transitive, soccer) To kick (the ball) with precision rather than at full force.
- (ditransitive) To cause to move or go; to send; to transfer from one person, place, or condition to another.
- (intransitive, transitive) To advance through all the steps or stages necessary to become valid or effective; to obtain the formal sanction of (a legislative body).
- (intransitive, law) To be conveyed or transferred by will, deed, or other instrument of conveyance.
- (intransitive, of time) To elapse, to be spent.
- (intransitive, euphemistic) To die.
- (intransitive) To decline something that is offered or available.
- (intransitive) In turn-based games, to decline to play in one's turn.
- (transitive) To reject; to pass up.
- (intransitive, transitive, medicine) To eliminate (something) from the body by natural processes.
- (intransitive) To depart, to cease, to come to an end.
- (intransitive) To go from one person to another.
- (transitive) To live through; to have experience of; to undergo; to suffer.
- (intransitive) To decline or not attempt to answer a question.
- (transitive) To move (the ball or puck) to a teammate.
- (intransitive, fencing) To make a lunge or swipe.
adj
noun
- a document indicating permission to do something without restrictions
- a flight or run by an aircraft over a target
- a usually brief attempt
- a permit to enter or leave a military installation
- any authorization to pass or go somewhere
- an automatic advance to the next round in a tournament without playing an opponent
- the location in a range of mountains of a geological formation that is lower than the surrounding peaks
- (military) a written leave of absence
- success in satisfying a test or requirement
- a difficult juncture
- (sports) the act of throwing the ball to another member of your team
- (American football) a play that involves one player throwing the ball to a teammate
- a bad or difficult situation or state of affairs
- a complimentary ticket
- (baseball) an advance to first base by a batter who receives four balls
- one complete cycle of operations (as by a computer)
- (cooking) The area in a restaurant kitchen where the finished dishes are passed from the chefs to the waiting staff.
- An act of declining to play one's turn in a game, often by saying the word "pass".
- A single movement, especially of a hand, at, over, or along anything.
- An opening, road, or track, available for passing; especially, one through or over some dangerous or otherwise impracticable barrier such as a mountain range; a passageway; a defile; a ford.
- (fencing) A thrust or push; an attempt to stab or strike an adversary.
- A single passage of a tool over something, or of something over a tool.
- (computing, slang) A password (especially one for a restricted-access website).
- (computing) A run through a document as part of a translation, compilation or reformatting process.
- The state of things; condition; predicament; impasse.
- A channel connecting a river or body of water to the sea, for example at the mouth (delta) of a river.
- Success in an examination or similar test.
- (sports) The act of moving the ball or puck from one player to another.
- (rail transport) A passing of two trains in the same direction on a single track, when one is put into a siding to let the other overtake it.
- An attempt.
- A document granting permission to pass or to go and come; a passport; a ticket permitting free transit or admission
- (figuratively) A thrust; a sally of wit.
- A sexual advance (often in the phrase make a pass).
- (baseball) An intentional walk.
- Permission or license to pass, or to go and come.
- (sports) The act of overtaking; an overtaking manoeuvre.
verb
- choose at random
- form by pouring (e.g., wax or hot metal) into a cast or mold
- deposit
- formulate in a particular style or language
- assign the roles of (a movie or a play) to actors
- move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment
- eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth
- select to play,sing, or dance a part in a play, movie, musical, opera, or ballet
- put or send forth
- to remove
- throw forcefully
- (nautical) To bring the bows of a sailing ship on to the required tack just as the anchor is weighed by use of the headsail; to bring (a ship) round.
- To turn (the balance or scale); to overbalance; hence, to make preponderate; to decide.
- (of an animal) To throw off (the skin) as a process of growth; to shed the hair or fur of the coat.
- To consider; to turn or revolve in the mind; to plan.
- To deposit (a ballot or voting paper); to formally register (one's vote).
- To throw forward (a fishing line, net etc.) into the sea.
- (botany) To shed leaves or fruit prematurely.
- (transitive) To assign (a role in a play or performance).
- (Wicca) To open a circle in order to begin a spell or meeting of witches.
- (hunting) Of dogs, hunters: to spread out and search for a scent.
- (medicine) To set (a bone etc.) in a cast.
- (dated outside accounting) To add up (a column of figures, accounts etc.); cross-cast refers to adding up a row of figures.
- To throw down or aside.
- (media) To broadcast (video) over the Internet or a local network, especially to one's television.
- (transitive) To describe in an opinionated way. Mostly used with a metaphor involving light.
- (computing) To change a variable type from, for example, integer to real, or integer to text.
- (obsolete except in set phrases) To remove, take off (clothes).
- To twist or warp (of fabric, timber etc.).
- (astrology) To calculate the astrological value of (a horoscope, birth etc.).
- (now somewhat literary) To throw.
- To direct (one's eyes, gaze etc.).
- To perform, bring forth (a magical spell or enchantment).
- To shape (molten metal etc.) by pouring into a mould; to make (an object) in such a way.
- To throw (light etc.) on or upon something, or in a given direction.
- (transitive) To assign a role in a play or performance to (an actor).
- (nautical) To heave the lead and line in order to ascertain the depth of water.
noun
- the act of throwing a fishing line out over the water by means of a rod and reel
- object formed by a mold
- the actors in a play
- container into which liquid is poured to create a given shape when it hardens
- the act of throwing dice
- the distinctive form in which a thing is made
- the visual appearance of something or someone
- a violent throw
- bandage consisting of a firm covering (often made of plaster of Paris) that immobilizes broken bones while they heal
- The casting procedure.
- (firearms) The measurement of the angle of a shotgun stock from a top-view center line, used to align the shotgun to the shooter's eye.
- Visual appearance.
- A small mass of earth "thrown off" or excreted by a worm.
- (art) The collective group of actors performing a play or production together. Contrasted with crew.
- (fishing) An instance of throwing out a fishing line.
- A supportive and immobilising device used to help mend broken bones.
- The form of one's thoughts, mind etc.
- (hawking) The number of hawks (or occasionally other birds) cast off at one time; a pair.
- The mould used to make cast objects.
- The number rolled on a die when it is thrown.
- An object made in a mould.
- An act of throwing.
- Animal and insect remains which have been regurgitated by a bird.
- Something which has been thrown, dispersed etc.
- A squint.
- A chance or attempt at something.
- A group of crabs.
adj
verb
- choose at random
- move or pull so as to cover or uncover something
- allow a draft
- pull (a person) apart with four horses tied to their extremities, so as to execute them
- remove the entrails of
- cause to move in a certain direction by exerting a force upon, either physically or in an abstract sense
- suck in or take (air)
- make a mark or lines on a surface
- engage in drawing
- thread on or as if on a string
- remove (a commodity) from (a supply source)
- move or go steadily or gradually
- steep; pass through a strainer
- to obtain a liquid from somewhere
- bring, take, or pull out of a container or from under a cover
- elicit responses, such as objections, criticism, applause, etc.
- make, formulate, or derive in the mind
- bring or lead someone to a certain action or condition
- cause to localize at one point
- flatten, stretch, or mold metal or glass, by rolling or by pulling it through a die or by stretching
- shrink
- direct toward itself or oneself by means of some psychological power or physical attributes
- represent by making a drawing of, as with a pencil, chalk, etc. on a surface
- get or derive
- pass over, across, or through
- finish a game with an equal number of points, goals, etc.
- reduce the diameter of (a wire or metal rod) by pulling it through a die
- select or take in from a given group or region
- require a specified depth for floating
- give a description of
- cause to move by pulling
- take in, also metaphorically
- stretch back a bowstring (on an archer's bow)
- write a legal document or paper
- earn or achieve a base by being walked by the pitcher
- take liquid out of a container or well
- (transitive) To remove the contents of (something, especially a kiln or oven); to empty.
- (intransitive) To take up water from a well or other source, especially by lifting it in a container or pumping it.
- (transitive) To make (straw straight for thatching by pulling it through the hands.
- (intransitive, archery) To pull back an arrow or bowstring in preparation for shooting the arrow; also, to cause a bow to bend by pulling back the bowstring.
- (transitive, manufacturing, historical) To separate (a length of lace made by machine) into sections by removing the threads connecting the sections.
- Of a channel, drain, etc.: to carry (water) away.
- (transitive) Often followed by tight: to pull (something, such as a belt or string) so that it tightens or wraps around something more closely.
- (transitive) To cause (something) to occur as a consequence; to bring about.
- To call forth (something) from a person, to elicit.
- (intransitive) To be made larger or longer; to be elongated or stretched.
- To deduce or infer (a conclusion); to make (a deduction).
- To extract (a tooth); to pull.
- To extract (a small amount of liquid, especially blood) by puncturing a surface, or by using a pipette, syringe, or other suction device.
- (transitive) To produce (a figure, line, picture, representation of something, etc.) with a piece of chalk, a crayon, a pen, a pencil, or other instrument.
- (transitive) To make (a comparison or contrast) between two or more things; to compare; to contrast, to distinguish.
- (transitive) To attract (something) by means of a physical force, especially gravity or magnetism.
- (billiards) To strike (the cue ball) below the centre so as to give it a backward rotation which causes it to move backwards on striking another ball.
- (transitive, reflexive) To assume a specific attitude or position, either by pulling in or stretching out one's body or limbs.
- (analogous) To consume (power).
- (transitive) To move (a body part) in a particular direction.
- (intransitive) To pull out a firearm, sword, or other weapon from a holster, sheath, etc.
- (intransitive) Of blinds, a curtain, etc.: to be pulled open or closed.
- (bowls) Of a bowl: to move in a curve to a certain place.
- To extract (juice, oil, or some other fluid) from something by osmosis, pressure, or another process.
- (transitive) Followed by on or upon: to bring (disaster or misfortune) on oneself.
- (intransitive, card games) To be dealt or to take a playing card from the deck.
- To come to, towards (a particular moment in time); to approach (a time).
- (transitive) To drag (something), especially along the ground.
- (intransitive) To attract or influence a person or group of people; to be an inducement or enticement.
- (intransitive) To leave tea temporarily in water to allow the flavour to increase; to infuse, to steep; also, of a teapot: to cause tea to infuse.
- To pull out (a firearm, sword, or other weapon) from a holster, sheath, etc.; to unsheathe.
- To take (a beverage) from a cask or keg using a pump or tap; to tap.
- (transitive) Followed by out: to flatten (a piece of metal), usually by hammering.
- (transitive) To cause (air) to be sucked into a duct, a room, etc.
- To drag (someone) by tying behind a horse or on a frame as a form of punishment or torture, or to bring to a place of execution.
- (intransitive) To select one or more things at random from a collection of similar things to decide which of a group of people will receive or undergo something.
- (intransitive) Chiefly followed by about or around: of a group of people: to come together; to assemble, to congregate, to gather.
- (intransitive, used with prepositions and adverbs) To move steadily in a particular direction or into a specific position.
- (golf) To hit (the ball) with the toe of the club so that it is deflected toward the left (or, for a left-handed player, toward the right, originally in an uncontrolled and now a controlled manner.
- (transitive, sports) To end (a game or match) with neither side winning, that is, in a draw.
- (transitive, UK, regional) To carry (a load) in a vehicle; to cart, to haul.
- (transitive) To pull (blinds, a curtain, etc.) open or closed.
- (transitive, agriculture) To create (a furrow) by pulling a plough through soil.
- (transitive) To select (one or more things) at random from a collection of similar things to decide which of a group of people will receive something such as a prize, or undergo something such as an assignment; also, to select (someone) by this process; to win (a prize) in a lottery or lucky draw.
- (transitive) To attract or provoke (a particular reaction or response) from someone.
- (intransitive) Of a channel, drain, etc.: to carry water away.
- (transitive, fishing) To fish by dragging a fishing net along (a shore) or in (a body of water).
- (transitive, hunting) To search (a covert, a wood, etc.) for game or a quarry.
- (nautical) Followed by an adverb, such as deep or shallow: of a vessel: to require a depth of water of a certain characteristic to float in.
- (intransitive) To produce an image of something with a piece of chalk, a crayon, a pen, a pencil, or other instrument; to make a drawing or drawings.
- (transitive) Chiefly followed by aside or to one side: to move (someone) away from a group of people in order to speak to them privately.
- (transitive) To receive (a particular prison sentence).
- (historical) Chiefly in draw and quarter and hang, draw and quarter: to disembowel (someone), especially after hanging as a punishment for high treason.
- (transitive) To attract or cause (someone) to come to a particular place or to take a particular course of action; also, to cause (someone) to turn away from a particular condition or course of action.
- (transitive, cricket) In a match scheduled to last for a certain period of time: to end (a match) with neither side winning because the team batting last has not completed its innings when the playing time concludes.
- (transitive) To carve or shape (something) by cutting off thin pieces.
- (transitive) To pull out (a bolt or latch) to unlock a door, gate, etc.; also, to push in (a bolt or latch) to lock a door, gate, etc.
- (transitive) To take (air, smoke, etc.) into the lungs; to breathe in, to inhale.
- (transitive, archery) To pull back (an arrow or bowstring) in preparation for shooting the arrow; also, to cause (a bow) to bend by pulling back the bowstring.
- (intransitive) Of a liquid: to drain away, to percolate.
- (transitive, often formal) To pull (someone or something) in a particular direction or manner.
- (transitive, northern Scotland) To take milk from (a cow); to milk.
- (transitive) Often followed by on or upon and the person or institution providing the money: to write (a bill, cheque, or draft) to authorize payment of money.
- (transitive) To fill a bathtub with (water for a bath); to run (a bath).
- To leave (tea) temporarily in water to allow the flavour to increase; to infuse, to steep.
- (intransitive) Of a bathtub: to be filled with water for a bath; to be run.
- (intransitive) To take a drink of a beverage, especially an alcoholic one; to swig.
- (transitive) To conduct, or select the winning numbers, tickets, etc., for, (a lottery).
- (cooking) To remove the viscera from (an animal, especially a bird) before cooking.
- (bowls) To cause (a bowl) to move in a curve to a certain place.
- To take up (water) from a well or other source, especially by lifting in a container or pumping.
- (transitive, originally and chiefly military) To attract or provoke gunfire, either intentionally or unintentionally.
- To take (something) from a particular source, especially of information; to derive.
- To soak up (a liquid, etc.); to absorb; specifically, of an organism (especially a plant) or one of its parts: to take in (nutrients, water, etc.).
- (intransitive) Followed by at or on: to drag or suck deeply on a cigarette, pipe, or other smoking implement.
- (transitive) To make (something) larger or longer; to elongate, to stretch.
- (transitive, fishing) to haul in (a fishing net) which has been cast; also, to drag (a fishing net) alongside a boat.
- (intransitive, dominoes) To take a domino from the stock.
- (intransitive) To be (able to be) pulled in a particular direction or manner.
- (intransitive) Of a duct, smoking implement, etc.: to allow air to be passed through it in order that combustion can occur.
- (intransitive) To make straw straight for thatching by pulling it through the hands.
- (intransitive, sports) To end a game or match with neither side winning, that is, in a draw; to tie.
- (transitive, figurative) To depict (something) linguistically; to portray (something) in words; to describe.
- (transitive, agriculture) To separate (sheep) from a flock for a particular purpose, such as breeding or selling.
- (transitive) Now chiefly in the form draw up: to compose or write (a piece of text, especially a formal document).
- (transitive, card games) To be dealt or to take (a playing card) from the deck; also, to have (a particular hand) as a result of this.
- (transitive) To induce (the attention, the eyes or mind, etc.) to be directed at or focused on something.
- (transitive) To make (wire) by pulling a rod or other piece of metal through one or more apertures; also, to stretch (a rod or other piece of metal) into a wire.
- (curling) To play (a shot or a stone) that lands in the house (“circular target”).
- (mining) To raise (coal or ore) from an underground mine to the surface.
- To elicit information from (someone); to induce (a person) to speak on some subject. (Now frequently in passive.)
- (nautical) Of a vessel: to require (a certain depth of water) to float in.
- (transitive, arithmetic) To subject (a number) to an arithmetic operation.
- To receive (a salary); to withdraw (money) from a bank etc.
- To cause (a body part) to contract or shrink; also, to pull (the mouth, the face or features, etc.) out of shape from emotion, etc.; to distort.
- (intransitive, nautical) Of a sail: to fill with wind and become taut.
- (curling) To make a shot that lands in the house.
- To kill someone as a form of punishment or torture by tearing apart (their body) by tying their limbs to horses which run in different directions; also, to tear (the limbs) from someone's body in this manner.
noun
- a playing card or cards dealt or taken from the pack
- a golf shot that curves to the left for a right-handed golfer
- anything (straws or pebbles etc.) taken or chosen at random
- an entertainer who attracts large audiences
- (American football) the quarterback moves back as if to pass and then hands the ball to the fullback who is running toward the line of scrimmage
- the finish of a contest in which the score is tied and the winner is undecided
- poker in which a player can discard cards and receive substitutes from the dealer
- a gully that is shallower than a ravine
- the act of drawing or hauling something
- (slang, countable) A bag of cannabis.
- (sports) The spin or twist imparted to a ball etc. by a drawing stroke.
- (curling) A shot that is intended to land gently in the house (the circular target) without knocking out other stones; cf. takeout.
- (archery) The act of pulling back the strings in preparation of firing; the distance the strings are pulled back.
- (poker) A situation in which one or more players has four cards of the same suit or four out of five necessary cards for a straight and requires a further card to make their flush or straight.
- The result of a contest that neither side has won.
- (golf) A golf shot that (for the right-handed player) curves intentionally to the left. See hook, slice, fade.
- (cricket) The result of a two-innings match in which at least one side did not complete all their innings before time ran out (as distinguished from a tie).
- Draft: flow through a flue of gasses (smoke) resulting from a combustion process, possibly adjustable with a damper.
- (slang, uncountable) Cannabis.
- That which is drawn (e.g. funds from an account).
- The procedure by which the result of a lottery is determined.
- The act of drawing a gun from a holster, etc.
- In a commission-based job, an advance on future (potential) commissions given to an employee by the employer.
- That which draws: that which attracts e.g. a crowd.
- (geography) A dry stream bed that drains surface water only during periods of heavy rain or flooding.
- (horse racing) The stall from which a horse begins the race.
intj
adj
- Of or relating to the process of selection.
- tending to select; characterized by careful choice
- characterized by very careful or fastidious selection
- Of or relating to the social work approach called selectivity.
- (chiefly US, not comparable) Having the authority or capability to make a selection.
- (biology) Of or relating to natural selection.
- (of a person) Choosy, fussy or discriminating when selecting.
adj
- Making a selection or nomination; choosing.
- Giving a name; naming; designating.
- (grammar) Being in that case or form of a noun which stands as the subject of a finite verb.
- serving as or indicating the subject of a verb and words identified with the subject of a copular verb
- named; bearing the name of a specific person
- appointed by nomination
noun
adj
- being determined by conditions or circumstances that follow
- uncertain because of uncontrollable circumstances
- possible but not certain to occur
- Possible or liable, but not certain, to occur.
- Temporary.
- Not logically necessarily true or false.
- (with upon or on) Dependent on something that is undetermined or unknown, that may or may not occur.
noun
- a gathering of persons representative of some larger group
- a temporary military unit
- (military) A quota of troops.
- An event which may or may not happen; that which is unforeseen, undetermined, or dependent on something in the future.
- That which falls to one in a division or apportionment among a number; a suitable share.