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adj
noun
- (business) A jobseeker who is considered by an employment agency to be suitable for placement, but not employment, with a client company.
- (linguistic morphology) Something which is conventionally associated with a specific place; for example, blinds go on windows, carpets go on floors.
- (translation studies) In computer-aided translation, an element, such as a symbol or numeral, that is the same in both source and target segments and can therefore be copied directly from one into the other.
verb
- (transitive) To collect and detain (a suspect).
- (intransitive) To improve, increase, or speed up.
- (intransitive) To restart or resume.
- (sports) To behave in a manner that results in a foul.
- (transitive and intransitive with on) To meet and seduce somebody for romantic purposes, especially in a social situation.
- (transitive or intransitive) To clean up; to return to an organized state.
- (transitive) To point out the behaviour, habits, or actions of (a person) in a critical manner; used with on.
- (transitive, media) To obtain and publish a story, news item, etc.
- To reach and continue along (a road).
- (transitive) To record; to notch up.
- (transitive) To acquire (something) accidentally; to catch or contract (a disease).
- (transitive) To reduce the despondency of.
- (transitive) To take control (physically) of something.
- (intransitive, of a phone) To receive calls; to function correctly.
- (transitive) To notice, detect or discern; to pick up on.
- (soccer, transitive) To mark, to defend against an opposition player by following them closely.
- (transitive) To pay for.
- (transitive) To collect an object, especially in passing.
- (transitive) To learn, to grasp; to begin to understand; to realize.
- (transitive) To collect a passenger.
- (US, military, transitive) To promote somebody who was previously passed over.
- (transitive) To lift; to grasp and raise.
- (transitive or intransitive) To answer a telephone.
- (transitive) To receive (a radio signal or the like).
- lift out or reflect from a background
- give a passenger or a hitchhiker a lift
- fill with high spirits; fill with optimism
- gather or collect
- register (perceptual input)
- take and lift upward
- perceive with the senses quickly, suddenly, or momentarily
- meet someone for sexual purposes
- improve significantly; go from bad to good
- take into custody
- gain or regain energy
- buy casually or spontaneously
- eat by pecking at, like a bird
- get to know or become aware of, usually accidentally
- take up by hand
- get in addition, as an increase
noun
noun
- (law enforcement) Initialism of reasonable articulable suspicion.
- (computing) Initialism of remote access service.
- (firearms) Abbreviation of rail accessory system.
- Initialism of retinoic acid syndrome
- (linguistics) Initialism of redundant acronym syndrome.
- (neurology) Initialism of reticular activating system.
- (military, nautical) Initialism of replenishment at sea.
- (medicine) Initialism of renin-angiotensin system.
- the network in the reticular formation that serves an alerting or arousal function
noun
- the act of apprehending (especially apprehending a criminal)
- fearful expectation or anticipation
- the cognitive condition of someone who understands
- painful expectation
- Opinion; conception; sentiment; idea.
- The faculty by which ideas are conceived or by which perceptions are grasped; understanding.
- (rare) The physical act of seizing or taking hold of (something); seizing.
- Perception; the act of understanding using one's intellect without affirming, denying, or passing any judgment
- (law) The act of seizing or taking by legal process; arrest.
- Anticipation, especially of unfavorable things such as dread or fear or the prospect of something unpleasant in the future.
noun
- the act of apprehending (especially apprehending a criminal)
- the state of inactivity following an interruption
- (law) The process of arresting a criminal, suspect etc.
- The condition of being stopped, standstill.
- A confinement, detention, as after an arrest.
- (nautical) The judicial detention of a ship to secure a financial claim against its operators.
- A device to physically arrest motion.
- (farriery) A scurfiness of the back part of the hind leg of a horse
- A check; a stop; an act or instance of arresting something.
verb
- hold back, as of a danger or an enemy; check the expansion or influence of
- take into custody
- attract and fix
- cause to come to an abrupt stop
- (transitive) To seize (someone) with the authority of the law; to take into legal custody.
- (transitive) To stop or slow (a process, course etc.).
- (transitive) To catch the attention of.
- (intransitive, medicine) To undergo cardiac arrest.
noun
- the act of apprehending (especially apprehending a criminal)
- a cooperative game in which a ball is passed back and forth
- a break or check in the voice (usually a sign of strong emotion)
- a drawback or difficulty that is not readily evident
- anything that is caught (especially if it is worth catching)
- a fastener that fastens or locks a door or window
- the quantity that was caught
- a restraint that checks the motion of something
- the act of catching an object with the hands
- a person regarded as a good matrimonial prospect
- (countable, music) The refrain; a line or lines of a song which are repeated from verse to verse.
- (countable) A fragment of music or poetry.
- (countable) The act of seizing or capturing.
- (countable) The act of catching an object in motion, especially a ball.
- (countable) A stopping mechanism, especially a clasp which stops something from opening.
- (countable) The act of noticing, understanding or hearing.
- Passing opportunities seized; snatches.
- (countable) Something which is captured or caught.
- (countable, cricket, baseball) The act of catching a hit ball before it reaches the ground, resulting in an out.
- (countable, sometimes noun adjunct) A concealed difficulty, especially in a deal or negotiation.
- (countable, agriculture) A crop which has germinated and begun to grow.
- (countable) A crick; a sudden muscle pain during unaccustomed positioning when the muscle is in use.
- (countable) A hesitation in voice, caused by strong emotion.
- (countable, rowing) The first contact of an oar with the water.
- (countable, cricket) A player in respect of his catching ability; particularly one who catches well.
- A slight remembrance; a trace.
- (countable, music) A type of humorous round in which the voices gradually catch up with one another; usually sung by men and often having bawdy lyrics.
- (uncountable) The game of catching a ball.
- (countable, phonetics) A stoppage of breath, resembling a slight cough.
- (countable, colloquial, by extension) A find, in particular a boyfriend or girlfriend or prospective spouse.
verb
- grasp with the mind or develop an understanding of
- get or regain something necessary, usually quickly or briefly
- reach in time
- hear, usually without the knowledge of the speakers
- catch up with and possibly overtake
- to hook or entangle
- suffer from the receipt of
- perceive with the senses quickly, suddenly, or momentarily
- cause to become accidentally or suddenly caught, ensnared, or entangled
- attract; cause to be enamored
- perceive by hearing
- be struck or affected by
- apprehend and reproduce accurately
- come down with
- be the catcher
- attract and fix
- detect a blunder or misstep
- start burning
- succeed in catching or seizing, especially after a chase
- become aware of
- capture as if by hunting, snaring, or trapping
- check oneself during an action
- spread or be communicated
- delay or hold up; prevent from proceeding on schedule or as planned
- reach with a blow or hit in a particular spot
- see or watch
- take hold of so as to seize or restrain or stop the motion of
- discover or come upon accidentally, suddenly, or unexpectedly; catch somebody doing something or in a certain state
- take in and retain
- (transitive) To grasp mentally: perceive and understand.
- (transitive) To become infected by (an illness).
- (intransitive) To get pregnant.
- (transitive) To take or replenish something necessary, such as breath or sleep.
- (transitive) To reach (someone) with a strike, blow, weapon etc.
- (transitive) To reproduce or echo a spirit or idea faithfully.
- (intransitive, agriculture) To germinate and set down roots.
- (transitive) To attract and hold (a faculty or organ of sense).
- (transitive) To grip or entangle.
- (transitive) To travel by means of.
- (transitive, rare) To become pregnant. (Only in past tense or as participle.)
- (transitive, intransitive) To receive or be affected by (wind, water, fire etc.).
- (transitive) To be hit by something.
- (intransitive) To spread by infection or similar means.
- (intransitive) To be held back or impeded.
- (transitive) To entrap or trip up a person; to deceive.
- (transitive, of fire) To spread or be conveyed to.
- (transitive) To have something be held back or impeded.
- (transitive) To overtake or catch up to; to be in time for.
- (intransitive) To serve well or poorly for catching, especially for catching fish.
- (transitive, computing) To handle an exception.
- (transitive, intransitive, baseball) To play (a specific period of time) as the catcher.
- (transitive, cricket) To end a player's innings by catching a hit ball before the first bounce.
- (transitive) To be touched or affected by (something) through exposure.
- (transitive, rowing) To grip (the water) with one's oars at the beginning of the stroke.
- (transitive) To be the victim of (something unpleasant, painful etc.).
- (intransitive) To make a grasping or snatching motion (at).
- (transitive, surfing) To contact a wave in such a way that one can ride it back to shore.
- (transitive) To unpleasantly discover unexpectedly; to unpleasantly surprise (someone doing something).
- To notice.
- (intransitive) To engage with some mechanism; to stick, to succeed in interacting with something or initiating some process.
- (transitive, informal) To take in; to watch or listen to (an entertainment).
- (transitive) To charm or entrance.
- (transitive) To capture or snare (someone or something which would rather escape).
- (transitive) To acquire, as though by infection; to take on through sympathy or influence.
- (transitive) To seize or intercept an object moving through the air (or, sometimes, some other medium).
noun
- the act of apprehending (especially apprehending a criminal)
- a short ring fastened over a rod or shaft to limit, guide, or secure a machine part
- necklace that fits tightly around a woman's neck
- the stitching that forms the rim of a shoe or boot
- (zoology) an encircling band or marking around the neck of any animal
- a band of leather or rope that is placed around an animal's neck as a harness or to identify it
- a band that fits around the neck and is usually folded over
- a figurative restraint
- anything worn or placed about the neck
- (technology) Any encircling device or structure.
- (slang) An arrest.
- A ringlike part of a mollusk in connection with the esophagus.
- (mining) A curb, or a horizontal timbering, around the mouth of a shaft.
- (mathematics) A topological neighborhood around a submanifold that can be deformed to preserve a specified condition or structure.
- (in compounds) Of or pertaining to a certain category of professions as symbolized by typical clothing.
- A chain worn around the neck.
- A part of harness designed to distribute the load around the shoulders of a draft animal.
- A similar detachable item.
- (nautical) An eye formed in the bight or bend of a shroud or stay to go over the masthead; also, a rope to which certain parts of rigging, as dead-eyes, are secured.
- (finance) A trading strategy using options such that there is both an upper limit on profit and a lower limit on loss, constructed through taking equal but opposite positions in a put and a call with different strike prices.
- (botany) The neck or line of junction between the root of a plant and its stem
- A decorative band or other fabric around the neckline.
- A piece of meat from the neck of an animal.
- (architecture) A collar beam.
- (architecture) A ring or cincture.
- (rail transport) A physical lockout device to prevent operation of a mechanical signal lever.
- The part of an upper garment (shirt, jacket, etc.) that fits around the neck and throat, especially if sewn from a separate piece of fabric.
- A coloured ring round the neck of a bird or mammal.
- A band or chain around an animal's neck, used to restrain and/or identify it.
verb
- (law enforcement, transitive) To arrest.
- take into custody
- furnish with a collar
- seize by the neck or collar
- (transitive) To place a collar on, to fit with one.
- (transitive) To grab or seize by the collar or neck.
- (transitive) To roll up (beef or other meat) and bind it with string preparatory to cooking.
- (transitive) To seize, capture or detain.
- (transitive, BDSM) To bind (a submissive) to a dominant under specific conditions or obligations.
- (transitive) To steal.
- (figuratively, transitive) To bind in conversation.
- (transitive) To preempt, control stringently and exclusively.
- To surround or encircle.
noun
- the act of apprehending (especially apprehending a criminal)
- a small sharp bite or snip
- a squeeze with the fingers
- a sudden unforeseen crisis (usually involving danger) that requires immediate action
- a slight but appreciable amount
- a painful or straitened circumstance
- an injury resulting from getting some body part squeezed
- (slang) An arrest.
- An awkward situation of some kind (especially money or social) which is difficult to escape.
- The narrow part connecting the two bulbs of an hourglass.
- An organic herbal smoke additive.
- (physics) A magnetic compression of an electrically conducting filament.
- (Australia, New Zealand) A steep incline; a very steep section of road.
- A close compression of anything with the fingers.
- The action of squeezing a small amount of a person's skin and flesh, making it hurt.
- A metal bar used as a lever for lifting weights, rolling wheels, etc.
- A small amount of powder or granules, such that the amount could be held between fingertip and thumb tip.
verb
- irritate as if by a nip, pinch, or tear
- cut the top off
- make ridges into by pinching together
- squeeze tightly between the fingers
- make off with belongings of others
- (hunting) To take hold; to grip, as a dog does.
- To squeeze between two objects.
- (figurative) To cramp; to straiten; to oppress; to starve.
- To move, as a railroad car, by prying the wheels with a pinch.
- (of animals) To seize; to grip; to bite.
- (slang, transitive) To steal, usually something inconsequential.
- To squeeze a small amount of a person's skin and flesh, making it hurt.
- (intransitive) Of clothing, to be uncomfortably tight in specific spots.
- (slang, transitive) To arrest or capture.
- To squeeze between the thumb and forefinger.
- (nautical) To sail so close-hauled that the sails begin to flutter.
- (horticulture) To cut shoots or buds of a plant in order to shape the plant, or to improve its yield.
adj
- capable of being answered
- liable to account for one's actions
- morally or legally responsible to a higher authority
- Required to justify one's actions (to somebody); accountable, responsible.
- (of a question) Able to be answered.
- (rare) Of an argument: capable of being answered or refuted; admitting a satisfactory answer.
verb
noun
- a system of coordinated measures for apprehending (criminals or other individuals)
- (law enforcement, figuratively) A heightened effort by law enforcement personnel undertaken in order to capture suspects.
- (fishing) A net dragged across the bottom of a body of water.
- a conical fishnet dragged through the water at great depths
verb
- (transitive, informal, chiefly passive voice) To arrest; (especially) to track down and arrest.
- (typography, printing) To insert (a word, etc.) without making a line break or new paragraph (so that it is not free-hanging).
- (printing) To alter the position of matter to fill vacant space.
- simple past and past participle of run in
- (rugby) To score (a try).
- (figuratively) To start a new regime slowly.
- (transitive, British) To use new machinery at less than full speed, preventing damage.
adj
noun
verb
- (transitive) To arrest (a person).
- (transitive) To allow a person or an animal to live in one's home.
- (nautical) To reef.
- (transitive, climbing) To tighten (a belaying rope).
- (transitive) To shorten (a garment) or make it smaller.
- (transitive) To receive and properly absorb or comprehend.
- (transitive) To enjoy or appreciate.
- To deceive; to hoodwink.
- (transitive) To receive.
- (transitive) To receive (goods) into one's home for the purpose of processing for a fee.
- (transitive) To attend a showing of.
- hear, usually without the knowledge of the speakers
- take into one's family
- serve oneself to, or consume regularly
- accept
- take up as if with a sponge
- fold up
- fool or hoax
- earn on some commercial or business transaction; earn as salary or wages
- express willingness to have in one's home or environs
- call for and obtain payment of
- make (clothes) smaller
- suck or take up or in
- take up mentally
- provide with shelter
- see or watch
- take in, also metaphorically
- visit for entertainment
noun
- the state of being suspected
- The condition of being suspected.
- an impression that something might be the case
- doubt about someone's honesty
- being of a suspicious nature
- A trace, or slight indication.
- The imagining of something without evidence.
- Uncertainty, doubt.
- The act of suspecting something or someone, especially of something wrong.
verb
verb
- To arrest someone or to place them in detention.
- To defeat; to destroy or kill (a person).
- To write down as a note, especially to record something spoken.
- (intransitive, colloquial) To collapse or become incapacitated from illness or fatigue.
- To remove a temporary structure such as scaffolding.
- To remove something from a wall or similar vertical surface to which it is fixed.
- To lower an item of clothing without removing it.
- To remove something from a hanging position.
- To remove something from a website.
- (transitive) To reduce.
- (combat sports) To force one’s opponent off their feet in order to transition from striking to grappling in jujitsu, mixed martial arts, etc.
- To swallow.
- move something or somebody to a lower position
- reduce in worth or character, usually verbally
- tear down so as to make flat with the ground
- make a written note of
noun
- (law enforcement) Initialism of reasonable articulable suspicion.
- (computing) Initialism of remote access service.
- (firearms) Abbreviation of rail accessory system.
- Initialism of retinoic acid syndrome
- (linguistics) Initialism of redundant acronym syndrome.
- (neurology) Initialism of reticular activating system.
- (military, nautical) Initialism of replenishment at sea.
- (medicine) Initialism of renin-angiotensin system.
- the network in the reticular formation that serves an alerting or arousal function
noun
- the act of apprehending (especially apprehending a criminal)
- fearful expectation or anticipation
- the cognitive condition of someone who understands
- painful expectation
- Opinion; conception; sentiment; idea.
- The faculty by which ideas are conceived or by which perceptions are grasped; understanding.
- (rare) The physical act of seizing or taking hold of (something); seizing.
- Perception; the act of understanding using one's intellect without affirming, denying, or passing any judgment
- (law) The act of seizing or taking by legal process; arrest.
- Anticipation, especially of unfavorable things such as dread or fear or the prospect of something unpleasant in the future.
noun
- the act of apprehending (especially apprehending a criminal)
- the state of inactivity following an interruption
- (law) The process of arresting a criminal, suspect etc.
- The condition of being stopped, standstill.
- A confinement, detention, as after an arrest.
- (nautical) The judicial detention of a ship to secure a financial claim against its operators.
- A device to physically arrest motion.
- (farriery) A scurfiness of the back part of the hind leg of a horse
- A check; a stop; an act or instance of arresting something.
verb
- hold back, as of a danger or an enemy; check the expansion or influence of
- take into custody
- attract and fix
- cause to come to an abrupt stop
- (transitive) To seize (someone) with the authority of the law; to take into legal custody.
- (transitive) To stop or slow (a process, course etc.).
- (transitive) To catch the attention of.
- (intransitive, medicine) To undergo cardiac arrest.
noun
- the act of apprehending (especially apprehending a criminal)
- a cooperative game in which a ball is passed back and forth
- a break or check in the voice (usually a sign of strong emotion)
- a drawback or difficulty that is not readily evident
- anything that is caught (especially if it is worth catching)
- a fastener that fastens or locks a door or window
- the quantity that was caught
- a restraint that checks the motion of something
- the act of catching an object with the hands
- a person regarded as a good matrimonial prospect
- (countable, music) The refrain; a line or lines of a song which are repeated from verse to verse.
- (countable) A fragment of music or poetry.
- (countable) The act of seizing or capturing.
- (countable) The act of catching an object in motion, especially a ball.
- (countable) A stopping mechanism, especially a clasp which stops something from opening.
- (countable) The act of noticing, understanding or hearing.
- Passing opportunities seized; snatches.
- (countable) Something which is captured or caught.
- (countable, cricket, baseball) The act of catching a hit ball before it reaches the ground, resulting in an out.
- (countable, sometimes noun adjunct) A concealed difficulty, especially in a deal or negotiation.
- (countable, agriculture) A crop which has germinated and begun to grow.
- (countable) A crick; a sudden muscle pain during unaccustomed positioning when the muscle is in use.
- (countable) A hesitation in voice, caused by strong emotion.
- (countable, rowing) The first contact of an oar with the water.
- (countable, cricket) A player in respect of his catching ability; particularly one who catches well.
- A slight remembrance; a trace.
- (countable, music) A type of humorous round in which the voices gradually catch up with one another; usually sung by men and often having bawdy lyrics.
- (uncountable) The game of catching a ball.
- (countable, phonetics) A stoppage of breath, resembling a slight cough.
- (countable, colloquial, by extension) A find, in particular a boyfriend or girlfriend or prospective spouse.
verb
- grasp with the mind or develop an understanding of
- get or regain something necessary, usually quickly or briefly
- reach in time
- hear, usually without the knowledge of the speakers
- catch up with and possibly overtake
- to hook or entangle
- suffer from the receipt of
- perceive with the senses quickly, suddenly, or momentarily
- cause to become accidentally or suddenly caught, ensnared, or entangled
- attract; cause to be enamored
- perceive by hearing
- be struck or affected by
- apprehend and reproduce accurately
- come down with
- be the catcher
- attract and fix
- detect a blunder or misstep
- start burning
- succeed in catching or seizing, especially after a chase
- become aware of
- capture as if by hunting, snaring, or trapping
- check oneself during an action
- spread or be communicated
- delay or hold up; prevent from proceeding on schedule or as planned
- reach with a blow or hit in a particular spot
- see or watch
- take hold of so as to seize or restrain or stop the motion of
- discover or come upon accidentally, suddenly, or unexpectedly; catch somebody doing something or in a certain state
- take in and retain
- (transitive) To grasp mentally: perceive and understand.
- (transitive) To become infected by (an illness).
- (intransitive) To get pregnant.
- (transitive) To take or replenish something necessary, such as breath or sleep.
- (transitive) To reach (someone) with a strike, blow, weapon etc.
- (transitive) To reproduce or echo a spirit or idea faithfully.
- (intransitive, agriculture) To germinate and set down roots.
- (transitive) To attract and hold (a faculty or organ of sense).
- (transitive) To grip or entangle.
- (transitive) To travel by means of.
- (transitive, rare) To become pregnant. (Only in past tense or as participle.)
- (transitive, intransitive) To receive or be affected by (wind, water, fire etc.).
- (transitive) To be hit by something.
- (intransitive) To spread by infection or similar means.
- (intransitive) To be held back or impeded.
- (transitive) To entrap or trip up a person; to deceive.
- (transitive, of fire) To spread or be conveyed to.
- (transitive) To have something be held back or impeded.
- (transitive) To overtake or catch up to; to be in time for.
- (intransitive) To serve well or poorly for catching, especially for catching fish.
- (transitive, computing) To handle an exception.
- (transitive, intransitive, baseball) To play (a specific period of time) as the catcher.
- (transitive, cricket) To end a player's innings by catching a hit ball before the first bounce.
- (transitive) To be touched or affected by (something) through exposure.
- (transitive, rowing) To grip (the water) with one's oars at the beginning of the stroke.
- (transitive) To be the victim of (something unpleasant, painful etc.).
- (intransitive) To make a grasping or snatching motion (at).
- (transitive, surfing) To contact a wave in such a way that one can ride it back to shore.
- (transitive) To unpleasantly discover unexpectedly; to unpleasantly surprise (someone doing something).
- To notice.
- (intransitive) To engage with some mechanism; to stick, to succeed in interacting with something or initiating some process.
- (transitive, informal) To take in; to watch or listen to (an entertainment).
- (transitive) To charm or entrance.
- (transitive) To capture or snare (someone or something which would rather escape).
- (transitive) To acquire, as though by infection; to take on through sympathy or influence.
- (transitive) To seize or intercept an object moving through the air (or, sometimes, some other medium).
noun
- the act of apprehending (especially apprehending a criminal)
- a short ring fastened over a rod or shaft to limit, guide, or secure a machine part
- necklace that fits tightly around a woman's neck
- the stitching that forms the rim of a shoe or boot
- (zoology) an encircling band or marking around the neck of any animal
- a band of leather or rope that is placed around an animal's neck as a harness or to identify it
- a band that fits around the neck and is usually folded over
- a figurative restraint
- anything worn or placed about the neck
- (technology) Any encircling device or structure.
- (slang) An arrest.
- A ringlike part of a mollusk in connection with the esophagus.
- (mining) A curb, or a horizontal timbering, around the mouth of a shaft.
- (mathematics) A topological neighborhood around a submanifold that can be deformed to preserve a specified condition or structure.
- (in compounds) Of or pertaining to a certain category of professions as symbolized by typical clothing.
- A chain worn around the neck.
- A part of harness designed to distribute the load around the shoulders of a draft animal.
- A similar detachable item.
- (nautical) An eye formed in the bight or bend of a shroud or stay to go over the masthead; also, a rope to which certain parts of rigging, as dead-eyes, are secured.
- (finance) A trading strategy using options such that there is both an upper limit on profit and a lower limit on loss, constructed through taking equal but opposite positions in a put and a call with different strike prices.
- (botany) The neck or line of junction between the root of a plant and its stem
- A decorative band or other fabric around the neckline.
- A piece of meat from the neck of an animal.
- (architecture) A collar beam.
- (architecture) A ring or cincture.
- (rail transport) A physical lockout device to prevent operation of a mechanical signal lever.
- The part of an upper garment (shirt, jacket, etc.) that fits around the neck and throat, especially if sewn from a separate piece of fabric.
- A coloured ring round the neck of a bird or mammal.
- A band or chain around an animal's neck, used to restrain and/or identify it.
verb
- (law enforcement, transitive) To arrest.
- take into custody
- furnish with a collar
- seize by the neck or collar
- (transitive) To place a collar on, to fit with one.
- (transitive) To grab or seize by the collar or neck.
- (transitive) To roll up (beef or other meat) and bind it with string preparatory to cooking.
- (transitive) To seize, capture or detain.
- (transitive, BDSM) To bind (a submissive) to a dominant under specific conditions or obligations.
- (transitive) To steal.
- (figuratively, transitive) To bind in conversation.
- (transitive) To preempt, control stringently and exclusively.
- To surround or encircle.
noun
- the act of apprehending (especially apprehending a criminal)
- a small sharp bite or snip
- a squeeze with the fingers
- a sudden unforeseen crisis (usually involving danger) that requires immediate action
- a slight but appreciable amount
- a painful or straitened circumstance
- an injury resulting from getting some body part squeezed
- (slang) An arrest.
- An awkward situation of some kind (especially money or social) which is difficult to escape.
- The narrow part connecting the two bulbs of an hourglass.
- An organic herbal smoke additive.
- (physics) A magnetic compression of an electrically conducting filament.
- (Australia, New Zealand) A steep incline; a very steep section of road.
- A close compression of anything with the fingers.
- The action of squeezing a small amount of a person's skin and flesh, making it hurt.
- A metal bar used as a lever for lifting weights, rolling wheels, etc.
- A small amount of powder or granules, such that the amount could be held between fingertip and thumb tip.
verb
- irritate as if by a nip, pinch, or tear
- cut the top off
- make ridges into by pinching together
- squeeze tightly between the fingers
- make off with belongings of others
- (hunting) To take hold; to grip, as a dog does.
- To squeeze between two objects.
- (figurative) To cramp; to straiten; to oppress; to starve.
- To move, as a railroad car, by prying the wheels with a pinch.
- (of animals) To seize; to grip; to bite.
- (slang, transitive) To steal, usually something inconsequential.
- To squeeze a small amount of a person's skin and flesh, making it hurt.
- (intransitive) Of clothing, to be uncomfortably tight in specific spots.
- (slang, transitive) To arrest or capture.
- To squeeze between the thumb and forefinger.
- (nautical) To sail so close-hauled that the sails begin to flutter.
- (horticulture) To cut shoots or buds of a plant in order to shape the plant, or to improve its yield.
noun
- the state of being suspected
- The condition of being suspected.
- an impression that something might be the case
- doubt about someone's honesty
- being of a suspicious nature
- A trace, or slight indication.
- The imagining of something without evidence.
- Uncertainty, doubt.
- The act of suspecting something or someone, especially of something wrong.
verb
verb
noun
- a system of coordinated measures for apprehending (criminals or other individuals)
- (law enforcement, figuratively) A heightened effort by law enforcement personnel undertaken in order to capture suspects.
- (fishing) A net dragged across the bottom of a body of water.
- a conical fishnet dragged through the water at great depths
verb
- (transitive) To collect and detain (a suspect).
- (intransitive) To improve, increase, or speed up.
- (intransitive) To restart or resume.
- (sports) To behave in a manner that results in a foul.
- (transitive and intransitive with on) To meet and seduce somebody for romantic purposes, especially in a social situation.
- (transitive or intransitive) To clean up; to return to an organized state.
- (transitive) To point out the behaviour, habits, or actions of (a person) in a critical manner; used with on.
- (transitive, media) To obtain and publish a story, news item, etc.
- To reach and continue along (a road).
- (transitive) To record; to notch up.
- (transitive) To acquire (something) accidentally; to catch or contract (a disease).
- (transitive) To reduce the despondency of.
- (transitive) To take control (physically) of something.
- (intransitive, of a phone) To receive calls; to function correctly.
- (transitive) To notice, detect or discern; to pick up on.
- (soccer, transitive) To mark, to defend against an opposition player by following them closely.
- (transitive) To pay for.
- (transitive) To collect an object, especially in passing.
- (transitive) To learn, to grasp; to begin to understand; to realize.
- (transitive) To collect a passenger.
- (US, military, transitive) To promote somebody who was previously passed over.
- (transitive) To lift; to grasp and raise.
- (transitive or intransitive) To answer a telephone.
- (transitive) To receive (a radio signal or the like).
- lift out or reflect from a background
- give a passenger or a hitchhiker a lift
- fill with high spirits; fill with optimism
- gather or collect
- register (perceptual input)
- take and lift upward
- perceive with the senses quickly, suddenly, or momentarily
- meet someone for sexual purposes
- improve significantly; go from bad to good
- take into custody
- gain or regain energy
- buy casually or spontaneously
- eat by pecking at, like a bird
- get to know or become aware of, usually accidentally
- take up by hand
- get in addition, as an increase
noun
verb
noun
- a system of coordinated measures for apprehending (criminals or other individuals)
- (law enforcement, figuratively) A heightened effort by law enforcement personnel undertaken in order to capture suspects.
- (fishing) A net dragged across the bottom of a body of water.
- a conical fishnet dragged through the water at great depths
noun
- the act of apprehending (especially apprehending a criminal)
- a short ring fastened over a rod or shaft to limit, guide, or secure a machine part
- necklace that fits tightly around a woman's neck
- the stitching that forms the rim of a shoe or boot
- (zoology) an encircling band or marking around the neck of any animal
- a band of leather or rope that is placed around an animal's neck as a harness or to identify it
- a band that fits around the neck and is usually folded over
- a figurative restraint
- anything worn or placed about the neck
- (technology) Any encircling device or structure.
- (slang) An arrest.
- A ringlike part of a mollusk in connection with the esophagus.
- (mining) A curb, or a horizontal timbering, around the mouth of a shaft.
- (mathematics) A topological neighborhood around a submanifold that can be deformed to preserve a specified condition or structure.
- (in compounds) Of or pertaining to a certain category of professions as symbolized by typical clothing.
- A chain worn around the neck.
- A part of harness designed to distribute the load around the shoulders of a draft animal.
- A similar detachable item.
- (nautical) An eye formed in the bight or bend of a shroud or stay to go over the masthead; also, a rope to which certain parts of rigging, as dead-eyes, are secured.
- (finance) A trading strategy using options such that there is both an upper limit on profit and a lower limit on loss, constructed through taking equal but opposite positions in a put and a call with different strike prices.
- (botany) The neck or line of junction between the root of a plant and its stem
- A decorative band or other fabric around the neckline.
- A piece of meat from the neck of an animal.
- (architecture) A collar beam.
- (architecture) A ring or cincture.
- (rail transport) A physical lockout device to prevent operation of a mechanical signal lever.
- The part of an upper garment (shirt, jacket, etc.) that fits around the neck and throat, especially if sewn from a separate piece of fabric.
- A coloured ring round the neck of a bird or mammal.
- A band or chain around an animal's neck, used to restrain and/or identify it.
verb
- (law enforcement, transitive) To arrest.
- take into custody
- furnish with a collar
- seize by the neck or collar
- (transitive) To place a collar on, to fit with one.
- (transitive) To grab or seize by the collar or neck.
- (transitive) To roll up (beef or other meat) and bind it with string preparatory to cooking.
- (transitive) To seize, capture or detain.
- (transitive, BDSM) To bind (a submissive) to a dominant under specific conditions or obligations.
- (transitive) To steal.
- (figuratively, transitive) To bind in conversation.
- (transitive) To preempt, control stringently and exclusively.
- To surround or encircle.
verb
- (transitive, informal, chiefly passive voice) To arrest; (especially) to track down and arrest.
- (typography, printing) To insert (a word, etc.) without making a line break or new paragraph (so that it is not free-hanging).
- (printing) To alter the position of matter to fill vacant space.
- simple past and past participle of run in
- (rugby) To score (a try).
- (figuratively) To start a new regime slowly.
- (transitive, British) To use new machinery at less than full speed, preventing damage.
adj
noun
verb
- (transitive) To arrest (a person).
- (transitive) To allow a person or an animal to live in one's home.
- (nautical) To reef.
- (transitive, climbing) To tighten (a belaying rope).
- (transitive) To shorten (a garment) or make it smaller.
- (transitive) To receive and properly absorb or comprehend.
- (transitive) To enjoy or appreciate.
- To deceive; to hoodwink.
- (transitive) To receive.
- (transitive) To receive (goods) into one's home for the purpose of processing for a fee.
- (transitive) To attend a showing of.
- hear, usually without the knowledge of the speakers
- take into one's family
- serve oneself to, or consume regularly
- accept
- take up as if with a sponge
- fold up
- fool or hoax
- earn on some commercial or business transaction; earn as salary or wages
- express willingness to have in one's home or environs
- call for and obtain payment of
- make (clothes) smaller
- suck or take up or in
- take up mentally
- provide with shelter
- see or watch
- take in, also metaphorically
- visit for entertainment
verb
- To arrest someone or to place them in detention.
- To defeat; to destroy or kill (a person).
- To write down as a note, especially to record something spoken.
- (intransitive, colloquial) To collapse or become incapacitated from illness or fatigue.
- To remove a temporary structure such as scaffolding.
- To remove something from a wall or similar vertical surface to which it is fixed.
- To lower an item of clothing without removing it.
- To remove something from a hanging position.
- To remove something from a website.
- (transitive) To reduce.
- (combat sports) To force one’s opponent off their feet in order to transition from striking to grappling in jujitsu, mixed martial arts, etc.
- To swallow.
- move something or somebody to a lower position
- reduce in worth or character, usually verbally
- tear down so as to make flat with the ground
- make a written note of
adj
noun
- (business) A jobseeker who is considered by an employment agency to be suitable for placement, but not employment, with a client company.
- (linguistic morphology) Something which is conventionally associated with a specific place; for example, blinds go on windows, carpets go on floors.
- (translation studies) In computer-aided translation, an element, such as a symbol or numeral, that is the same in both source and target segments and can therefore be copied directly from one into the other.
adj
- capable of being answered
- liable to account for one's actions
- morally or legally responsible to a higher authority
- Required to justify one's actions (to somebody); accountable, responsible.
- (of a question) Able to be answered.
- (rare) Of an argument: capable of being answered or refuted; admitting a satisfactory answer.