「play incorrectly, e.g., play a wrong note」のEnglishの単語
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verb
- play negligently on a musical instrument
- entice through the use of music
- sing in modulation
- To twiddle.
- To make a shrill or trilling sound
- To go; to proceed without much enthusiasm.
- (UK, slang) To sell fake jewellery as genuine.
- (of two people) To move or speak in unison (like Tweedledum and Tweedledee)
- To trifle or play.
- To say in a high-pitched voice.
noun
verb
- (brass instrument technique) To incorrectly play a note by hitting a partial other than the one intended.
- (transitive) To defecate (on); to shit.
- (Australian slang) To laugh.
- (transitive) To excrete (something) by defecation.
- To cheat.
- (US, slang) To kill.
- (intransitive) To defecate.
- (of a bird) To squawk.
noun
verb
- (music) To make a mistake in the finger positions when playing an instrument, resulting in a wrong note.
- To unthinkingly or accidentally touch someone or something one should not.
- To misplace the hands or fingers when typing, resulting in errors in the resulting text.
- To fumble or place something incorrectly due to poor coordination of the fingers.
verb
- To sing or play one or more notes at the wrong pitch.
- To throw badly.
- To do a poor job of promoting or selling someone or something, or to attemp such promotion at the wrong place or time.
- To give the wrong angle or pitch to.
- To discard incorrectly.
- To set up a tent or camp badly (poor construction, bad location, etc.)
noun
noun
- (music) An incorrect note which is sung or played in a musical performance.
- (idiomatic, by extension) Of a remark or narrative, an indication (as discerned by the listener or reader) of untruth, insincerity, or inconsistency.
- (idiomatic, by extension) Of a non-verbal display or presentation, an indication of incongruity or inappropriateness.
noun
- (slang, music) A wrong or misplaced note.
- (slang, derogatory) A Scientologist.
- (informal) One who clams up; a taciturn person, one who refuses to speak.
- A bivalve mollusk of many kinds, especially those that are edible; for example soft-shell clams (Mya arenaria), hard clams (Mercenaria mercenaria), sea clams or hen clams (Spisula solidissima), and other species, possibly originally applied to clams of species Tridacna gigas, a huge East Indian bivalve.
- A kind of vise, usually of wood.
- (slang, vulgar) A vagina or vulva.
- (historical, in the plural) A type of strong pincers or forceps.
- (rowing) Alternative form of CLAM.
- clamminess; moisture
- A crash or clangor made by ringing all the bells of a chime at once.
- (US, slang, chiefly in the plural) A dollar.
- burrowing marine mollusk living on sand or mud; the shell closes with viselike firmness
- a piece of paper money worth one dollar
- flesh of either hard-shell or soft-shell clams
verb
noun
- (music, colloquial) A mistake in performing.
- (geometry) A polyomino made up of two squares.
- (slang, in the plural) A person's teeth.
- The mask itself.
- (dominoes) A tile divided into two squares, each having 0 to 6 (or sometimes more) dots or pips (as in dice), used in the game of dominoes.
- (politics) A country that is expected to react to events in a neighboring country, according to the domino effect.
- The person wearing the costume.
- A masquerade costume consisting of a hooded robe and a mask covering the upper part of the face.
- a mask covering the upper part of the face but with holes for the eyes
- a small rectangular block used in playing the game of dominoes; the face of each block has two equal areas that can bear 0 to 6 dots
- a loose hooded cloak worn with a half mask as part of a masquerade costume
verb
verb
noun
verb
- (ambitransitive) To play awkwardly and inharmoniously on a violin or similar instrument.
- (transitive) To injure or damage by rubbing across a surface.
- (intransitive) To draw back the right foot along the ground or floor when making a bow.
- (transitive) To remove (something) by drawing an object along in this manner.
- To express disapprobation of (a play, etc.) or to silence (a speaker) by drawing the feet back and forth upon the floor; usually with down.
- (intransitive) To occupy oneself with getting laboriously.
- (transitive) To barely manage to achieve or attain.
- (computing, transitive) To extract data by automated means from a format not intended to be machine-readable, such as a screenshot or a formatted web page.
- (transitive) To collect or gather, especially without regard to the quality of what is chosen.
- (ambitransitive) To draw (an object, especially a sharp or angular one), along (something) while exerting pressure.
- bruise, cut, or injure the skin or the surface of
- scratch repeatedly
- make by scraping
- gather (money or other resources) together over time
- cut the surface of; wear away the surface of
- bend the knees and bow in a servile manner
noun
- (heraldry) A diminutive of the bend (especially of the bend sinister) which is half its width.
- A shallow depression used by ground birds as a nest; a nest scrape.
- A broad, shallow injury left by scraping (rather than a cut or a scratch).
- (British, slang) A D and C or abortion; or, a miscarriage.
- An awkward set of circumstances.
- An intermittent shallow pond in a wetland or floodplain, often artificially created to attract birds.
- (military) A shallow pit dug as a hideout.
- (slang) A fight, especially a fistfight without weapons.
- (UK, slang) A shave.
- The sound or action of something being scraped.
- Something removed by being scraped; a thin layer of something such as butter on bread.
- a harsh noise made by scraping
- a deep bow with the foot drawn backwards (indicating excessive humility)
- an abraded area where the skin is torn or worn off
- an indication of damage
adv
adj
- not in accord with established usage or procedure
- badly timed
- contrary to conscience or morality or law
- not correct; not in conformity with fact or truth
- used of the side of cloth or clothing intended to face inward
- not functioning properly
- based on or acting or judging in error
- characterized by errors; not agreeing with a model or not following established rules
- not appropriate for a purpose or occasion
- Immoral, not good, bad.
- Designed to be worn or placed inward
- Not working; out of order.
- Asserting something incorrect or untrue.
- Incorrect or untrue.
- Improper; unfit; unsuitable.
- Twisted; wry.
noun
- any harm or injury resulting from a violation of a legal right
- that which is contrary to the principles of justice or law
- The opposite of right; the concept of badness.
- The incorrect or unjust position or opinion.
- Something that is immoral or not good.
- An instance of wronging someone (sometimes with possessive to indicate the wrongdoer).
verb
verb
noun
- (sports) In a cue sport, an error in hitting the ball with the cue.
- (theater) The act of missing one's cue or of responding to a cue intended for another actor.
- A miss of the object one intended to hit.
- a faulty shot in billiards; the cue tip slips off the cue ball
- a minor inadvertent mistake usually observed in speech or writing or in small accidents or memory lapses etc.
noun
- (music) playing in a different key from the key intended; moving the pitch of a piece of music upwards or downwards
- an event in which one thing is substituted for another
- the act of reversing the order or place of
- (electricity) a rearrangement of the relative positions of power lines in order to minimize the effects of mutual capacitance and inductance
- (genetics) a kind of mutation in which a chromosomal segment is transferred to a new position on the same or another chromosome
- any abnormal position of the organs of the body
- (mathematics) the transfer of a quantity from one side of an equation to the other along with a change of sign
- (chess) A sequence of moves resulting in a position that may also be reached by another, more common sequence.
- (European Union) An incorporation of the provisions of a European Union directive into a Member State's domestic law.
- (especially mathematics) The act or process of transposing or interchanging.
- (music) A shift of a piece of music to a different musical key by adjusting all the notes of the work equally either up or down in pitch.
verb
adj
- (music) Out of tune.
- erroneous and usually accidental
- (logic) Of a state in Boolean logic that indicates a negative result.
- Uttering falsehood; dishonest or deceitful.
- Based on factually incorrect premises.
- Not well founded; not firm or trustworthy; erroneous.
- Untrue, not factual, factually incorrect.
- Spurious, artificial.
- Not essential or permanent, as parts of a structure which are temporary or supplemental.
- Not faithful or loyal, as to obligations, allegiance, vows, etc.; untrue; treacherous.
- Used in the vernacular name of a species (or group of species) together with the name of another species to which it is similar in appearance.
- not in accordance with the fact or reality or actuality
- designed to deceive
- deliberately deceptive
- (used especially of persons) not dependable in devotion or affection; unfaithful
- inaccurate in pitch
- inappropriate to reality or facts
- arising from error
- adopted in order to deceive
- not genuine or real; being an imitation of the genuine article
adv
noun
verb
noun
- (music) A note that is not or is no longer to be modified by an accidental.
- (uncountable) An almost white colour, with tints of grey, yellow or brown; originally that of natural fabric.
- (colloquial, chiefly UK) One's life.
- (craps) A roll of two dice with a score of 7 or 11 on the comeout roll.
- (US, colloquial) A hairstyle for people with Afro-textured hair in which the hair is not straightened or otherwise treated.
- (bodybuilding) Someone who has not used anabolic steroids or other performance-enhancing substances.
- One with an innate talent at or for something.
- (chiefly in the plural, slang) A breast which has not been modified by plastic surgery.
- (music) The symbol ♮ used to indicate such a natural note.
- someone regarded as certain to succeed
- a notation cancelling a previous sharp or flat
- (craps) a first roll of 7 or 11 that immediately wins the stake
adj
- (dice games) Pertaining to a dice roll before bonuses or penalties have been applied to the result.
- (algebra) Closed under submodules, direct sums, and injective hulls.
- Pertaining to death brought about by disease or old age, rather than by violence, accident etc.
- Having an innate ability to fill a given role or profession, or display a specified character.
- As expected; reasonable, normal; naturally arising from the given circumstances.
- Normally associated with a particular person or thing; inherently related to the nature of a thing or creature.
- (music) Neither sharp nor flat. Denoted ♮.
- Related genetically but not legally to one's father; born out of wedlock, illegitimate.
- Related by birth; genetically related.
- Existing in the nature of a person or thing; innate, not acquired or learned.
- (bodybuilding) Not having used anabolic steroids or other performance-enhancing drugs.
- Pertaining to a decoration that preserves or enhances the appearance of the original material; not stained or artificially coloured.
- Containing no artificial or man-made additives; especially (of food) containing no colourings, flavourings or preservatives.
- Formed by nature; not manufactured or created by artificial processes.
- (bridge) Bidding in an intuitive way that reflects one's actual hand.
- Having a given status (especially of authority) by virtue of birth.
- Uncircumcised; intact.
- Designating a standard trigonometric function of an angle, as opposed to the logarithmic function.
- Pertaining to a fabric still in its undyed state, or to the colour of undyed fabric.
- existing in or produced by nature; not artificial or imitation
- in accordance with nature; relating to or concerning nature
- unthinking; prompted by (or as if by) instinct
- being talented through inherited qualities
- functioning or occurring in a normal way; lacking abnormalities or deficiencies
- (of a musical note) being neither raised nor lowered by one chromatic semitone
- (of a parent or child) related by blood; genetically related
- free from artificiality
- existing in or in conformity with nature or the observable world; neither supernatural nor magical
- (used especially of commodities) being unprocessed or manufactured using only simple or minimal processes
adv
adj
adv
noun
noun
- (countable) An instance of a musical note being flatter than intended.
- (New Zealand) The practice of living, with others, in a flat.
- A method of preserving gilding unburnished, by touching with size.
- The process of causing something to become flat; the process of flattening something.
- (countable) A flat part of something, a flattening.
- (countable) A type of paint that dries with a flat (matt) finish; a coating of such paint.
- The process of becoming flat.
- The process of forming metal into sheets by passing it between rollers.
- The process of applying a coating of flatting paint.
verb
verb
- (transitive, music) To play (a song or record) too frequently, often to the point of causing weariness and annoyance.
- (transitive, golf) To accidentally hit (one's golf ball) beyond "the green".
- (ambitransitive, figurative) To overestimate one's strength in a game or event, which ultimately may end in a defeat.
- (ambitransitive, acting) To overdo or overact one's effect or role.
- exaggerate one's acting
verb
noun
noun
- (harmonica) A note that is played sharp due to overbending.
- The portion of a pipeline that curves downward from a higher level to the inflection point where the surface holding the upper part is no longer supporting the pipe.
- (guitar) A note that is played sharp due to overbending.
- An instance of overbending (bending too far).
- The amount by which a material has been overbent.
verb
- To bend over.
- To bend to excess; to bend farther than the desired or intended amount.
- (guitar) To increase the tension on a string at the fret, causing the note to sharpen.
- (harmonica) To overblow or overdraw in order to create a note that is sharper; to move the point in the mouth where airflow is narrowest forward.
noun
- (music) Conflicting notes that are not overtones of the note or chord sounding.
- (countable) An instance of that state.
- (uncountable) A state of disagreement or conflict.
- (countable, uncountable) A harsh, discordant combination of sounds.
- disagreeable sounds
- a conflict of people's opinions or actions or characters
- the auditory experience of sound that lacks musical quality; sound that is a disagreeable auditory experience
noun
- One who plays a violin incompetently, producing cacophonous sounds.
- (computing) A program or process that scrapes data, such as a screen-scraper.
- One who scrapes horns.
- An instrument drawn by oxen, horses or a tractor, similar to a plow, that is used for scraping up earth in making or repairing roads, digging cellars, building canals, etc.
- Clipping of bellyscraper.
- An instrument having two or three sharp sides or edges for cleaning the planks, masts, or decks of a ship.
- One who acquires avariciously and saves penuriously.
- In the printing press, a board or blade, the edge of which is made to rub over the tympan sheet, thus producing an impression.
- (slang, Bay Area) A modified automobile, typically with oversized wheelrims.
- A hoe.
- A freshwater fish of the carp family, genus Capoeta.
- A tool used by engravers.
- An instrument by which the soles of shoes are cleaned from mud by drawing them across it.
- (archaeology) A prehistoric unifacial tool thought to have been used for hideworking and woodworking.
- any of various hand tools for scraping
verb
- (intransitive, music) To play at a slower tempo than one is supposed to or than the other musicians one is playing with, or to inadvertently gradually decrease tempo while one is playing.
- To serve as a clog or hindrance; to hold back.
- (figurative) To search exhaustively, as if with a dragnet.
- (soccer) To hit or kick off target.
- (chiefly of a vehicle) To unintentionally rub or scrape on a surface.
- To act or proceed slowly or without enthusiasm; to be reluctant.
- (informal, intransitive) To inhale from a cigarette, cigar, etc.
- To draw along (something burdensome); hence, to pass in pain or with difficulty.
- To proceed heavily, laboriously, or slowly; to advance with weary effort; to go on lingeringly.
- (informal, intransitive) To perform as a drag queen or drag king.
- To break (land) by drawing a drag or harrow over it; to harrow.
- To fish with a dragnet.
- To search for something, as a lost object or body, by dragging something along the bottom of a body of water.
- (slang) To roast, say negative things about, or call attention to the flaws of (someone).
- (graphical user interface) To operate a pointing device by moving it with a button held down; to move, copy, etc. (an item) in this way.
- (transitive) To pull along a surface or through a medium, sometimes with difficulty.
- to lag or linger behind
- suck in or take (air)
- move slowly and as if with great effort
- use an input device to move objects on the screen, or to select items (such as commands from a menu); drag the slider to increase or decrease rate; drag the handles on the image to resize it
- proceed for an extended period of time
- persuade to come away from something attractive or interesting
- pull, as against a resistance
- search (as the bottom of a body of water) for something valuable or lost
- draw slowly or heavily
- force into some kind of situation, condition, or course of action
- walk without lifting the feet
noun
- (physics, uncountable) Resistance of a fluid to something moving through it.
- A device for guiding wood to the saw.
- (countable, music) A double drum-stroke played at twice the speed of the context in which it is placed.
- (countable, informal) A systematic search for someone over a wide area, especially by the authorities; a dragnet.
- (uncountable, slang) Any type of clothing or costume associated with a particular occupation or subculture.
- A skid or shoe for retarding the motion of a carriage wheel.
- The last position in a line of hikers.
- (uncountable, music) Witch house music.
- (countable, slang) Someone or something that is annoying or frustrating, or disappointing; an obstacle to progress or enjoyment.
- Anything towed in the water to retard a ship's progress, or to keep her head up to the wind; especially, a canvas bag with a hooped mouth (drag sail), so used.
- (uncountable, slang) Women's clothing worn by men for the purpose of entertainment.
- (historical) A mailcoach.
- (masonry) A steel instrument for completing the dressing of soft stone.
- (informal, uncommon) Clipping of dragon.
- (countable, slang) A street.
- (countable, informal) A puff on a cigarette or joint.
- Motion affected with slowness and difficulty, as if clogged.
- (uncountable, snooker) A large amount of backspin on the cue ball, causing the cue ball to slow down.
- (billiards) A push somewhat under the centre of the cue ball, causing it to follow the object ball a short way.
- (countable, slang) A drag king or drag queen.
- (countable, slang) A long open horse-drawn carriage with transverse or side seats.
- A heavy harrow for breaking up ground.
- (slang) A prison sentence of three months.
- (countable) The scent-path left by dragging a fox, or some other substance such as aniseed, for training hounds to follow scents.
- (countable) A device dragged along the bottom of a body of water in search of something, e.g. a dead body, or in fishing.
- (by analogy with above) Any force acting in opposition to the motion of an object.
- (countable, slang) A men's party attended in women's clothing.
- (uncountable, slang, by analogy) Men's clothing worn by women for the purpose of entertainment.
- A pulled load.
- (nautical) The difference between the speed of a screw steamer under sail and that of the screw when the ship outruns the screw; or between the propulsive effects of the different floats of a paddle wheel.
- A kind of sledge for conveying heavy objects; also, a kind of low car or handcart.
- (countable, foundry) The bottom part of a sand casting mold.
- something tedious and boring
- the act of dragging (pulling with force)
- clothing that is conventionally worn by the opposite sex (especially women's clothing when worn by a man)
- a slow inhalation (as of tobacco smoke)
- something that slows or delays progress
- the phenomenon of resistance to motion through a fluid
verb
- To attempt in an informal or uncertain manner; to fiddle.
- To ponder or think, especially in an unproductive or unsystematic manner; to muse.
- To search (mullock (“mining or ore processing waste”)) for opals.
- (ambitransitive, Shetland, singing) To hum or sing (a tune) at a low pitch or volume.
- (intransitive) To search mullock for opals; to fossick.
- (chiefly jazz) To play (a musical instrument or passage of music) or to sing (a passage of music) in an improvisatory or lighthearted manner; also, to play (a series of ornamental notes) on an instrument.
- To obtain (an opal) by searching through mullock.
- (US, informal) To ponder or think about (something).
- Often followed by about or around: to mess around, to play.
- (transitive, fishing) To catch (fish (usually very large catfish), turtles, or other aquatic animals) with the hands; also, to catch (fish) using a gaff or fishing spear; to gaff.
- (also figuratively) To clear extraneous material from (an opal).
- (intransitive, British, dialectal, informal) To engage in frivolous behavior; to fool around or waste time.
- (chiefly jazz) To play a musical instrument or to sing in an improvisatory or lighthearted manner; also, to play a series of ornamental notes on an instrument.
noun
- (informal) Ellipsis of pool noodle (“a long, slender tube or rod, extruded from buoyant foam and usually brightly coloured, used as an exercise tool or toy in swimming pools”).
- (by extension) An object which is long and thin like a noodle (sense 1).
- (furry fandom) A long and slender dragon, usually an eastern dragon.
- (Internet slang, endearing, humorous) A borzoi dog.
- (usually in the plural) A string or flat strip of pasta or other dough, usually cooked (at least initially) by boiling, and served in soup or in a dry form mixed with a sauce and other ingredients.
- (slang) The brain; the head.
- (slang) The penis.
- (chiefly jazz) An improvised passage of music played on an instrument; also, a series of ornamental notes played on an instrument; a trill.
- informal terms for a human head
- a ribbonlike strip of pasta
noun
- (music) An incorrect note which is sung or played in a musical performance.
- (idiomatic, by extension) Of a remark or narrative, an indication (as discerned by the listener or reader) of untruth, insincerity, or inconsistency.
- (idiomatic, by extension) Of a non-verbal display or presentation, an indication of incongruity or inappropriateness.
noun
- (slang, music) A wrong or misplaced note.
- (slang, derogatory) A Scientologist.
- (informal) One who clams up; a taciturn person, one who refuses to speak.
- A bivalve mollusk of many kinds, especially those that are edible; for example soft-shell clams (Mya arenaria), hard clams (Mercenaria mercenaria), sea clams or hen clams (Spisula solidissima), and other species, possibly originally applied to clams of species Tridacna gigas, a huge East Indian bivalve.
- A kind of vise, usually of wood.
- (slang, vulgar) A vagina or vulva.
- (historical, in the plural) A type of strong pincers or forceps.
- (rowing) Alternative form of CLAM.
- clamminess; moisture
- A crash or clangor made by ringing all the bells of a chime at once.
- (US, slang, chiefly in the plural) A dollar.
- burrowing marine mollusk living on sand or mud; the shell closes with viselike firmness
- a piece of paper money worth one dollar
- flesh of either hard-shell or soft-shell clams
verb
noun
- (music, colloquial) A mistake in performing.
- (geometry) A polyomino made up of two squares.
- (slang, in the plural) A person's teeth.
- The mask itself.
- (dominoes) A tile divided into two squares, each having 0 to 6 (or sometimes more) dots or pips (as in dice), used in the game of dominoes.
- (politics) A country that is expected to react to events in a neighboring country, according to the domino effect.
- The person wearing the costume.
- A masquerade costume consisting of a hooded robe and a mask covering the upper part of the face.
- a mask covering the upper part of the face but with holes for the eyes
- a small rectangular block used in playing the game of dominoes; the face of each block has two equal areas that can bear 0 to 6 dots
- a loose hooded cloak worn with a half mask as part of a masquerade costume
verb
noun
- (music) playing in a different key from the key intended; moving the pitch of a piece of music upwards or downwards
- an event in which one thing is substituted for another
- the act of reversing the order or place of
- (electricity) a rearrangement of the relative positions of power lines in order to minimize the effects of mutual capacitance and inductance
- (genetics) a kind of mutation in which a chromosomal segment is transferred to a new position on the same or another chromosome
- any abnormal position of the organs of the body
- (mathematics) the transfer of a quantity from one side of an equation to the other along with a change of sign
- (chess) A sequence of moves resulting in a position that may also be reached by another, more common sequence.
- (European Union) An incorporation of the provisions of a European Union directive into a Member State's domestic law.
- (especially mathematics) The act or process of transposing or interchanging.
- (music) A shift of a piece of music to a different musical key by adjusting all the notes of the work equally either up or down in pitch.
verb
noun
- (music) A note that is not or is no longer to be modified by an accidental.
- (uncountable) An almost white colour, with tints of grey, yellow or brown; originally that of natural fabric.
- (colloquial, chiefly UK) One's life.
- (craps) A roll of two dice with a score of 7 or 11 on the comeout roll.
- (US, colloquial) A hairstyle for people with Afro-textured hair in which the hair is not straightened or otherwise treated.
- (bodybuilding) Someone who has not used anabolic steroids or other performance-enhancing substances.
- One with an innate talent at or for something.
- (chiefly in the plural, slang) A breast which has not been modified by plastic surgery.
- (music) The symbol ♮ used to indicate such a natural note.
- someone regarded as certain to succeed
- a notation cancelling a previous sharp or flat
- (craps) a first roll of 7 or 11 that immediately wins the stake
adj
- (dice games) Pertaining to a dice roll before bonuses or penalties have been applied to the result.
- (algebra) Closed under submodules, direct sums, and injective hulls.
- Pertaining to death brought about by disease or old age, rather than by violence, accident etc.
- Having an innate ability to fill a given role or profession, or display a specified character.
- As expected; reasonable, normal; naturally arising from the given circumstances.
- Normally associated with a particular person or thing; inherently related to the nature of a thing or creature.
- (music) Neither sharp nor flat. Denoted ♮.
- Related genetically but not legally to one's father; born out of wedlock, illegitimate.
- Related by birth; genetically related.
- Existing in the nature of a person or thing; innate, not acquired or learned.
- (bodybuilding) Not having used anabolic steroids or other performance-enhancing drugs.
- Pertaining to a decoration that preserves or enhances the appearance of the original material; not stained or artificially coloured.
- Containing no artificial or man-made additives; especially (of food) containing no colourings, flavourings or preservatives.
- Formed by nature; not manufactured or created by artificial processes.
- (bridge) Bidding in an intuitive way that reflects one's actual hand.
- Having a given status (especially of authority) by virtue of birth.
- Uncircumcised; intact.
- Designating a standard trigonometric function of an angle, as opposed to the logarithmic function.
- Pertaining to a fabric still in its undyed state, or to the colour of undyed fabric.
- existing in or produced by nature; not artificial or imitation
- in accordance with nature; relating to or concerning nature
- unthinking; prompted by (or as if by) instinct
- being talented through inherited qualities
- functioning or occurring in a normal way; lacking abnormalities or deficiencies
- (of a musical note) being neither raised nor lowered by one chromatic semitone
- (of a parent or child) related by blood; genetically related
- free from artificiality
- existing in or in conformity with nature or the observable world; neither supernatural nor magical
- (used especially of commodities) being unprocessed or manufactured using only simple or minimal processes
adv
noun
- (countable) An instance of a musical note being flatter than intended.
- (New Zealand) The practice of living, with others, in a flat.
- A method of preserving gilding unburnished, by touching with size.
- The process of causing something to become flat; the process of flattening something.
- (countable) A flat part of something, a flattening.
- (countable) A type of paint that dries with a flat (matt) finish; a coating of such paint.
- The process of becoming flat.
- The process of forming metal into sheets by passing it between rollers.
- The process of applying a coating of flatting paint.
verb
noun
- (harmonica) A note that is played sharp due to overbending.
- The portion of a pipeline that curves downward from a higher level to the inflection point where the surface holding the upper part is no longer supporting the pipe.
- (guitar) A note that is played sharp due to overbending.
- An instance of overbending (bending too far).
- The amount by which a material has been overbent.
verb
- To bend over.
- To bend to excess; to bend farther than the desired or intended amount.
- (guitar) To increase the tension on a string at the fret, causing the note to sharpen.
- (harmonica) To overblow or overdraw in order to create a note that is sharper; to move the point in the mouth where airflow is narrowest forward.
noun
- (music) Conflicting notes that are not overtones of the note or chord sounding.
- (countable) An instance of that state.
- (uncountable) A state of disagreement or conflict.
- (countable, uncountable) A harsh, discordant combination of sounds.
- disagreeable sounds
- a conflict of people's opinions or actions or characters
- the auditory experience of sound that lacks musical quality; sound that is a disagreeable auditory experience
noun
- One who plays a violin incompetently, producing cacophonous sounds.
- (computing) A program or process that scrapes data, such as a screen-scraper.
- One who scrapes horns.
- An instrument drawn by oxen, horses or a tractor, similar to a plow, that is used for scraping up earth in making or repairing roads, digging cellars, building canals, etc.
- Clipping of bellyscraper.
- An instrument having two or three sharp sides or edges for cleaning the planks, masts, or decks of a ship.
- One who acquires avariciously and saves penuriously.
- In the printing press, a board or blade, the edge of which is made to rub over the tympan sheet, thus producing an impression.
- (slang, Bay Area) A modified automobile, typically with oversized wheelrims.
- A hoe.
- A freshwater fish of the carp family, genus Capoeta.
- A tool used by engravers.
- An instrument by which the soles of shoes are cleaned from mud by drawing them across it.
- (archaeology) A prehistoric unifacial tool thought to have been used for hideworking and woodworking.
- any of various hand tools for scraping
verb
- play negligently on a musical instrument
- entice through the use of music
- sing in modulation
- To twiddle.
- To make a shrill or trilling sound
- To go; to proceed without much enthusiasm.
- (UK, slang) To sell fake jewellery as genuine.
- (of two people) To move or speak in unison (like Tweedledum and Tweedledee)
- To trifle or play.
- To say in a high-pitched voice.
noun
verb
- (brass instrument technique) To incorrectly play a note by hitting a partial other than the one intended.
- (transitive) To defecate (on); to shit.
- (Australian slang) To laugh.
- (transitive) To excrete (something) by defecation.
- To cheat.
- (US, slang) To kill.
- (intransitive) To defecate.
- (of a bird) To squawk.
noun
verb
- (music) To make a mistake in the finger positions when playing an instrument, resulting in a wrong note.
- To unthinkingly or accidentally touch someone or something one should not.
- To misplace the hands or fingers when typing, resulting in errors in the resulting text.
- To fumble or place something incorrectly due to poor coordination of the fingers.
verb
- To sing or play one or more notes at the wrong pitch.
- To throw badly.
- To do a poor job of promoting or selling someone or something, or to attemp such promotion at the wrong place or time.
- To give the wrong angle or pitch to.
- To discard incorrectly.
- To set up a tent or camp badly (poor construction, bad location, etc.)
noun
verb
noun
verb
- (ambitransitive) To play awkwardly and inharmoniously on a violin or similar instrument.
- (transitive) To injure or damage by rubbing across a surface.
- (intransitive) To draw back the right foot along the ground or floor when making a bow.
- (transitive) To remove (something) by drawing an object along in this manner.
- To express disapprobation of (a play, etc.) or to silence (a speaker) by drawing the feet back and forth upon the floor; usually with down.
- (intransitive) To occupy oneself with getting laboriously.
- (transitive) To barely manage to achieve or attain.
- (computing, transitive) To extract data by automated means from a format not intended to be machine-readable, such as a screenshot or a formatted web page.
- (transitive) To collect or gather, especially without regard to the quality of what is chosen.
- (ambitransitive) To draw (an object, especially a sharp or angular one), along (something) while exerting pressure.
- bruise, cut, or injure the skin or the surface of
- scratch repeatedly
- make by scraping
- gather (money or other resources) together over time
- cut the surface of; wear away the surface of
- bend the knees and bow in a servile manner
noun
- (heraldry) A diminutive of the bend (especially of the bend sinister) which is half its width.
- A shallow depression used by ground birds as a nest; a nest scrape.
- A broad, shallow injury left by scraping (rather than a cut or a scratch).
- (British, slang) A D and C or abortion; or, a miscarriage.
- An awkward set of circumstances.
- An intermittent shallow pond in a wetland or floodplain, often artificially created to attract birds.
- (military) A shallow pit dug as a hideout.
- (slang) A fight, especially a fistfight without weapons.
- (UK, slang) A shave.
- The sound or action of something being scraped.
- Something removed by being scraped; a thin layer of something such as butter on bread.
- a harsh noise made by scraping
- a deep bow with the foot drawn backwards (indicating excessive humility)
- an abraded area where the skin is torn or worn off
- an indication of damage
verb
noun
- (sports) In a cue sport, an error in hitting the ball with the cue.
- (theater) The act of missing one's cue or of responding to a cue intended for another actor.
- A miss of the object one intended to hit.
- a faulty shot in billiards; the cue tip slips off the cue ball
- a minor inadvertent mistake usually observed in speech or writing or in small accidents or memory lapses etc.
verb
- (transitive, music) To play (a song or record) too frequently, often to the point of causing weariness and annoyance.
- (transitive, golf) To accidentally hit (one's golf ball) beyond "the green".
- (ambitransitive, figurative) To overestimate one's strength in a game or event, which ultimately may end in a defeat.
- (ambitransitive, acting) To overdo or overact one's effect or role.
- exaggerate one's acting
verb
noun
verb
- (intransitive, music) To play at a slower tempo than one is supposed to or than the other musicians one is playing with, or to inadvertently gradually decrease tempo while one is playing.
- To serve as a clog or hindrance; to hold back.
- (figurative) To search exhaustively, as if with a dragnet.
- (soccer) To hit or kick off target.
- (chiefly of a vehicle) To unintentionally rub or scrape on a surface.
- To act or proceed slowly or without enthusiasm; to be reluctant.
- (informal, intransitive) To inhale from a cigarette, cigar, etc.
- To draw along (something burdensome); hence, to pass in pain or with difficulty.
- To proceed heavily, laboriously, or slowly; to advance with weary effort; to go on lingeringly.
- (informal, intransitive) To perform as a drag queen or drag king.
- To break (land) by drawing a drag or harrow over it; to harrow.
- To fish with a dragnet.
- To search for something, as a lost object or body, by dragging something along the bottom of a body of water.
- (slang) To roast, say negative things about, or call attention to the flaws of (someone).
- (graphical user interface) To operate a pointing device by moving it with a button held down; to move, copy, etc. (an item) in this way.
- (transitive) To pull along a surface or through a medium, sometimes with difficulty.
- to lag or linger behind
- suck in or take (air)
- move slowly and as if with great effort
- use an input device to move objects on the screen, or to select items (such as commands from a menu); drag the slider to increase or decrease rate; drag the handles on the image to resize it
- proceed for an extended period of time
- persuade to come away from something attractive or interesting
- pull, as against a resistance
- search (as the bottom of a body of water) for something valuable or lost
- draw slowly or heavily
- force into some kind of situation, condition, or course of action
- walk without lifting the feet
noun
- (physics, uncountable) Resistance of a fluid to something moving through it.
- A device for guiding wood to the saw.
- (countable, music) A double drum-stroke played at twice the speed of the context in which it is placed.
- (countable, informal) A systematic search for someone over a wide area, especially by the authorities; a dragnet.
- (uncountable, slang) Any type of clothing or costume associated with a particular occupation or subculture.
- A skid or shoe for retarding the motion of a carriage wheel.
- The last position in a line of hikers.
- (uncountable, music) Witch house music.
- (countable, slang) Someone or something that is annoying or frustrating, or disappointing; an obstacle to progress or enjoyment.
- Anything towed in the water to retard a ship's progress, or to keep her head up to the wind; especially, a canvas bag with a hooped mouth (drag sail), so used.
- (uncountable, slang) Women's clothing worn by men for the purpose of entertainment.
- (historical) A mailcoach.
- (masonry) A steel instrument for completing the dressing of soft stone.
- (informal, uncommon) Clipping of dragon.
- (countable, slang) A street.
- (countable, informal) A puff on a cigarette or joint.
- Motion affected with slowness and difficulty, as if clogged.
- (uncountable, snooker) A large amount of backspin on the cue ball, causing the cue ball to slow down.
- (billiards) A push somewhat under the centre of the cue ball, causing it to follow the object ball a short way.
- (countable, slang) A drag king or drag queen.
- (countable, slang) A long open horse-drawn carriage with transverse or side seats.
- A heavy harrow for breaking up ground.
- (slang) A prison sentence of three months.
- (countable) The scent-path left by dragging a fox, or some other substance such as aniseed, for training hounds to follow scents.
- (countable) A device dragged along the bottom of a body of water in search of something, e.g. a dead body, or in fishing.
- (by analogy with above) Any force acting in opposition to the motion of an object.
- (countable, slang) A men's party attended in women's clothing.
- (uncountable, slang, by analogy) Men's clothing worn by women for the purpose of entertainment.
- A pulled load.
- (nautical) The difference between the speed of a screw steamer under sail and that of the screw when the ship outruns the screw; or between the propulsive effects of the different floats of a paddle wheel.
- A kind of sledge for conveying heavy objects; also, a kind of low car or handcart.
- (countable, foundry) The bottom part of a sand casting mold.
- something tedious and boring
- the act of dragging (pulling with force)
- clothing that is conventionally worn by the opposite sex (especially women's clothing when worn by a man)
- a slow inhalation (as of tobacco smoke)
- something that slows or delays progress
- the phenomenon of resistance to motion through a fluid
verb
- To attempt in an informal or uncertain manner; to fiddle.
- To ponder or think, especially in an unproductive or unsystematic manner; to muse.
- To search (mullock (“mining or ore processing waste”)) for opals.
- (ambitransitive, Shetland, singing) To hum or sing (a tune) at a low pitch or volume.
- (intransitive) To search mullock for opals; to fossick.
- (chiefly jazz) To play (a musical instrument or passage of music) or to sing (a passage of music) in an improvisatory or lighthearted manner; also, to play (a series of ornamental notes) on an instrument.
- To obtain (an opal) by searching through mullock.
- (US, informal) To ponder or think about (something).
- Often followed by about or around: to mess around, to play.
- (transitive, fishing) To catch (fish (usually very large catfish), turtles, or other aquatic animals) with the hands; also, to catch (fish) using a gaff or fishing spear; to gaff.
- (also figuratively) To clear extraneous material from (an opal).
- (intransitive, British, dialectal, informal) To engage in frivolous behavior; to fool around or waste time.
- (chiefly jazz) To play a musical instrument or to sing in an improvisatory or lighthearted manner; also, to play a series of ornamental notes on an instrument.
noun
- (informal) Ellipsis of pool noodle (“a long, slender tube or rod, extruded from buoyant foam and usually brightly coloured, used as an exercise tool or toy in swimming pools”).
- (by extension) An object which is long and thin like a noodle (sense 1).
- (furry fandom) A long and slender dragon, usually an eastern dragon.
- (Internet slang, endearing, humorous) A borzoi dog.
- (usually in the plural) A string or flat strip of pasta or other dough, usually cooked (at least initially) by boiling, and served in soup or in a dry form mixed with a sauce and other ingredients.
- (slang) The brain; the head.
- (slang) The penis.
- (chiefly jazz) An improvised passage of music played on an instrument; also, a series of ornamental notes played on an instrument; a trill.
- informal terms for a human head
- a ribbonlike strip of pasta
adv
adj
- not in accord with established usage or procedure
- badly timed
- contrary to conscience or morality or law
- not correct; not in conformity with fact or truth
- used of the side of cloth or clothing intended to face inward
- not functioning properly
- based on or acting or judging in error
- characterized by errors; not agreeing with a model or not following established rules
- not appropriate for a purpose or occasion
- Immoral, not good, bad.
- Designed to be worn or placed inward
- Not working; out of order.
- Asserting something incorrect or untrue.
- Incorrect or untrue.
- Improper; unfit; unsuitable.
- Twisted; wry.
noun
- any harm or injury resulting from a violation of a legal right
- that which is contrary to the principles of justice or law
- The opposite of right; the concept of badness.
- The incorrect or unjust position or opinion.
- Something that is immoral or not good.
- An instance of wronging someone (sometimes with possessive to indicate the wrongdoer).
verb
adj
adv
noun
adj
- (music) Out of tune.
- erroneous and usually accidental
- (logic) Of a state in Boolean logic that indicates a negative result.
- Uttering falsehood; dishonest or deceitful.
- Based on factually incorrect premises.
- Not well founded; not firm or trustworthy; erroneous.
- Untrue, not factual, factually incorrect.
- Spurious, artificial.
- Not essential or permanent, as parts of a structure which are temporary or supplemental.
- Not faithful or loyal, as to obligations, allegiance, vows, etc.; untrue; treacherous.
- Used in the vernacular name of a species (or group of species) together with the name of another species to which it is similar in appearance.
- not in accordance with the fact or reality or actuality
- designed to deceive
- deliberately deceptive
- (used especially of persons) not dependable in devotion or affection; unfaithful
- inaccurate in pitch
- inappropriate to reality or facts
- arising from error
- adopted in order to deceive
- not genuine or real; being an imitation of the genuine article