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verb
adj
det
noun
verb
- supply sparingly and with restricted quantities
- work hastily or carelessly; deal with inadequately and superficially
- limit in quality or quantity
- subsist on a meager allowance
- (intransitive) To save; to be parsimonious or stingy.
- (Scotland, Northern England) To mock, deride, scorn, scold, make fun of.
- To make insufficient allowance for; to scant; to scrimp.
- (transitive) To slight; to do carelessly; to scamp.
noun
verb
- supply sparingly and with restricted quantities
- subsist on a meager allowance
- (intransitive) To be sparing or mean.
- (of mares) To impregnate successfully; to get with foal.
- To assign a certain task to (a person), upon the performance of which he/she is excused from further labour for that day or period; to stent.
- (transitive) To restrain within certain limits; to bound; to restrict to a scant allowance.
noun
- Quantity or task assigned; proportion allotted.
- an unbroken period of time during which you do something
- smallest American sandpiper
- an individual's prescribed share of work
- A period of time spent doing or being something; a spell.
- Limit; bound; restraint; extent.
- Misspelling of stent (“medical device”).
- (motor racing) A part of the race between two consecutive pit stops.
- Any of several very small wading birds in the genus Calidris. Types of sandpiper, such as the dunlin or the sanderling.
noun
verb
- (transitive) To supply with a ration; to limit (someone) to a specific allowance of something.
- distribute in rations, as in the army
- restrict the consumption of a relatively scarce commodity, as during war
- (transitive) To restrict (an activity etc.)
- (transitive) To portion out (especially during a shortage of supply); to limit access to.
adj
noun
- (countable) An amount of something supplied.
- (chiefly in the plural) An amount of money provided, as by Parliament or Congress, to meet the annual national expenditures.
- (in the plural) Provisions.
- (economics) The market force that causes sellers to be both willing and able to sell a good or service, as measured by the amount of that good or service that is currently available to be bought at any given price point; the amount itself.
- Somebody, such as a teacher or clergyman, who temporarily fills the place of another; a substitute.
- (uncountable) The act of supplying.
- the activity of supplying or providing something
- offering goods and services for sale
- an amount of something available for use
adv
verb
- (transitive) To serve instead of; to take the place of.
- (transitive) To fill up, or keep full.
- (intransitive) To act as a substitute.
- (transitive) To provide (something), to make (something) available for use.
- (transitive) To furnish or equip with.
- (transitive) To compensate for, or make up a deficiency of.
- (transitive) To fill temporarily; to serve as substitute for another in, as a vacant place or office; to occupy; to have possession of.
- circulate or distribute or equip with
- give something useful or necessary to
- state or say further
- give what is desired or needed, especially support, food or sustenance
noun
- (military, slang) A ration.
- Any of the numerous members of several rodent families that usually have short limbs, a pointy snout, a long, hairless tail, and a body length greater than about 12 cm, or 5 inches.
- A wad of shed hair used as part of a hairstyle.
- (UK, north-west London, slang, vulgar) Vagina, vulva.
- (nautical, regional) A place in the sea with rapid currents and crags where a ship is likely to be torn apart in stormy weather.
- (zoology) A medium-sized rodent belonging to the genus Rattus.
- (informal) A person who is known for betrayal.
- (informal) An informant or snitch.
- (informal) A scab: a worker who acts against trade union policies.
- (slang) A person who routinely spends time at a particular location.
- (chiefly informal) Ellipsis of muskrat.
- (regional) A scratch or a score.
- A roll of material used to puff out the hair, which is turned over it.
- one who reveals confidential information to the police or other authority
- a pad (usually made of hair) worn as part of a woman's coiffure
- someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike
- any of various long-tailed rodents similar to but larger than a mouse
- a person who is deemed to be despicable or contemptible
verb
- (of a dog, etc.) To hunt or kill rats.
- (informal, intransitive) To work as a scab, going against trade union policies.
- (regional) To scratch or score.
- (chiefly US) To backcomb (hair).
- (intransitive) To betray a political party, cause or principle; to betray someone, to desert a person or thing.
- Damn, drat, blast; used in oaths.
- (intransitive, with on or out) To inform on someone; to betray someone to the police or authorities.
- give (hair) the appearance of being fuller by using a rat
- give away information about somebody
- take the place of work of someone on strike
- employ scabs or strike breakers in
- desert one's party or group of friends, for example, for one's personal advantage
- catch rats, especially with dogs
verb
noun
- a store or supply of something (especially of food or clothing or arms)
- the cognitive process of thinking about what you will do in the event of something happening
- the activity of supplying or providing something
- a stipulated condition
- (British, historical) A nomination by the pope to a benefice before it became vacant, depriving the patron of his right of presentation.
- (law) A clause in a legal instrument, a law, etc., providing for a particular matter; stipulation; proviso.
- (Roman Catholicism) Regular induction into a benefice, comprehending nomination, collation, and installation.
- An item of goods or supplies, especially food, obtained for future use.
- Money set aside for a future event.
- The act of providing, or making previous preparation.
- (accounting) A liability or contra account to recognise likely future adverse events associated with current transactions.
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adj
noun
adj
- containing little excess
- not profitable or prosperous
- lacking in mineral content or combustible material
- lacking excess flesh
- (business) Efficient, economic, frugal, agile, slimmed-down; pertaining to the modern industrial principles of "lean manufacturing".
- Having little extra or little to spare; scanty; meagre.
- (of meat) Having little fat.
- Having a low proportion or concentration of a desired substance or ingredient.
- (of a person or animal) Slim; not fleshy.
noun
- the property possessed by a line or surface that departs from the vertical
- (uncountable) Meat with no fat on it.
- (US slang) A recreational drug composed of codeine-promethazine cough syrup mixed with usually soda and associated with the hip-hop culture of the Southern United States.
- (countable, biology) An organism that is lean in stature.
- (of an object taller than its width and depth) An inclination away from the vertical.
verb
- cause to lean to the side
- have a tendency or disposition to do or be something; be inclined
- rely on for support
- cause to lean or incline
- to incline or bend from a vertical position
- (copulative) To incline in opinion or desire; to conform in conduct; often with to, toward, etc.
- To hang outwards.
- To thin out (a fuel-air mixture): to reduce the fuel flow into the mixture so that there is more air or oxygen.
- (Followed by against, on, or upon) To rest or rely, for support, comfort, to use as a hard surface for writing, etc.
- (intransitive) To incline, deviate, or bend, from a vertical position; to be in a position thus inclining or deviating.
- To press against.
noun
- the amount that can be contained
- the power to learn or retain knowledge; in law, the ability to understand the facts and significance of your behavior
- tolerance for alcohol
- (computer science) the amount of information (in bytes) that can be stored on a disk drive
- the maximum production possible
- capability to perform or produce
- an electrical phenomenon whereby an electric charge is stored
- a specified function
- the susceptibility of something to a particular treatment
- A measure of such ability; volume.
- Electrical capacitance.
- (operations) The maximum that can be produced on a machine or in a facility or group.
- The ability to hold, receive, or absorb.
- Mental ability; the power to learn;
- A role; the position in which one functions.
- Legal authority (to make an arrest for example).
- The potential for growth and development.
- The maximum that can be produced.
- Capability; the ability to perform some task.
- The maximum amount that can be held.
adj
noun
- the amount that can be contained
- (usually plural) everything that is included in a collection and that is held or included in something
- content communicating a message; what something is about
- something (a person or object or scene) selected by an artist or photographer for graphic representation
- the sum or range of what has been perceived, discovered, or learned
- the proportion of a substance that is contained in a mixture or alloy etc.
- the state of being contented with your situation in life
- (algebra, ring theory, of a polynomial with coefficients in a GCD domain) The greatest common divisor of the coefficients; (of a polynomial with coefficients in an integral domain) the common factor of the coefficients which, when removed, leaves the adjusted coefficients with no common factor that is noninvertible.
- The amount of material contained.
- Satisfaction, contentment; pleasure.
- (uncountable) That which is contained.
- (UK, House of Lords) An expression of assent to a bill or motion; an affirmative vote.
- That which contents or satisfies; that which if attained would make one happy.
- (Internet, colloquial) The potential of creative work for a content creator.
- (UK, House of Lords, by metonymy) A member who votes in assent.
- Subject matter; semantic information (or a portion or body thereof); that which is contained in writing, speech, video, etc.
- (mathematics) The n-dimensional space contained by an n-dimensional polytope (called volume in the case of a polyhedron and area in the case of a polygon); length, area or volume, generalized to an arbitrary number of dimensions.
- (by extension, uncountable) One or more creative works.
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adj
noun
- An allowance of food; a ration, as given out to a family, to servants, to horses, etc.
- A low grade of wool.
- Outward markings, fittings or appearance
- (historical) The rental of horses or carriages; the rental of canoes; the care and/or boarding of horses for money.
- (historical) A stable that keeps horses or carriages for rental.
- The paint scheme of a vehicle or fleet of vehicles.
- (US) A taxicab or limousine.
- (law) The writ by which property is obtained.
- Release from wardship; deliverance.
- Any distinctive identifying uniform worn by a group, such as the uniform worn by chauffeurs and male servants.
- The whole body of liverymen, members of livery companies.
- (law) The delivery of property from one owner to the next.
- the care (feeding and stabling) of horses for pay
- uniform worn by some menservants and chauffeurs
- the voluntary transfer of something (title or possession) from one party to another
adj
noun
- An approximate amount.
- The inhabitants of a residential area.
- Alternatively: An open ball which contains some specified point.
- The quality of physical proximity.
- (topology) The infinitesimal open set of all points that may be reached directly from a given point.
- Alternatively: An open set which contains some specified point.
- The residential area near one's home.
- A set containing an open ball which contains a specified point.
- (cellular automata) The set of all cells near a given cell used to determine that cell's state in the next generation.
- A set containing an open set which contains some specified point.
- A formal or informal division of a municipality or region.
- (graph theory) The set of all the vertices adjacent to a given vertex.
- a surrounding or nearby region
- people living near one another
- the approximate amount of something (usually used prepositionally as in ‘in the region of’)
- an area within a city or town that has some distinctive features (especially one forming a community)
noun
- The distribution of something (particularly rations or standardized provisions) to someone or some group.
- The means or opportunity by which something flows or comes out, particularly:
- Any question or situation to be resolved, particularly:
- (historical medicine) A small incision, tear, or artificial ulcer, used to drain fluid and usually held open with a pea or other small object.
- The end result of an event or events, any result or outcome, particularly:
- The loan of a book etc. from a library to a patron; all such loans by a given library during a given period.
- The production or distribution of something for general use.
- (figuratively, originally World War I military slang, usually with definite article) The entire set of something; all of something.
- (law) A point of law or fact in dispute or question in a legal action presented for resolution by the court.
- (figuratively) Anything in dispute, an area of disagreement whose resolution is being debated or decided.
- (finance) Any financial instrument issued by a company.
- (figuratively) Progeny: all one's lineal descendants.
- (finance) The action or an instance of a company selling bonds, stock, or other securities.
- (medicine) The outflow of a bodily fluid, particularly (now rare) in abnormal amounts.
- (historical or rare law) Income derived from fines levied by a court or law-enforcement officer; the fines themselves.
- The action or an instance of sending something out, particularly:
- (publishing) A single edition of a newspaper or other periodical publication.
- The entire set of some item printed and disseminated during a certain period, particularly (publishing) a single printing of a particular edition of a work when contrasted with other print runs.
- (now usually historical or law) Offspring: one's natural child or children.
- (US, originally psychology, usually in the plural) A psychological or emotional difficulty, (now informal, figurative and usually euphemistic) any problem or concern considered as a vague and intractable difficulty.
- the immediate descendants of a person
- some situation or event that is thought about
- a phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon
- the becoming visible
- supplies (as food or clothing or ammunition) issued by the government
- the act of providing an item for general use or for official purposes (usually in quantity)
- one of a series published periodically
- an opening that permits escape or release
- an important question that is in dispute and must be settled
- the income or profit arising from such transactions as the sale of land or other property
- the act of issuing printed materials
verb
- (intransitive) To turn out in a certain way, to result in.
- (law) To come to a point in fact or law on which the parties join issue.
- (transitive) To deliver for use.
- (transitive) To deliver by authority.
- (intransitive) To rush out, to sally forth.
- (transitive) To send out; to put into circulation.
- (intransitive) To extend into, to open onto.
- (intransitive) To flow out, to proceed from, to come out or from.
- prepare and issue for public distribution or sale
- circulate or distribute or equip with
- come out of
- make out and issue
- bring out an official document (such as a warrant)
adv
- below some quantity or limit
- below the horizon
- further down
- down to defeat, death, or ruin
- down below
- in or into a state of subordination or subjugation
- through a range downward
- into unconsciousness
- Down to defeat, ruin, or death.
- In or to a lower or subordinate position, or a position beneath or below something, physically or figuratively.
- (informal) In or into an unconscious state.
- So as to pass beneath something.
- (usually in compounds) Less than what is necessary to be adequate or suitable; insufficient.
adj
- located below or beneath something else
- lower in rank, power, or authority
- Lower; beneath something.
- In a state of subordination, submission or defeat.
- (informal) Having a particular property that is low, especially so as to be insufficient or lacking in a particular respect.
- (medicine, colloquial) Under anesthesia, especially general anesthesia; sedated.
noun
prep
- Within the category, classification or heading of.
- Using or adopting (a name, identity, etc.).
- Beneath; below; at or to the bottom of, or the area covered or surmounted by.
- Less than.
- (figuratively) In the face of; in response to (some attacking force).
- Subordinate to; subject to the control of; in accordance with; in compliance with.
- Below the surface of.
- Subject to.
- From one side of to the other, passing beneath.
noun
- An allocated amount.
- The part of an estate given or falling to a child or heir; an inheritance.
- A wife's fortune; a dowry.
- That which is divided off or separated, as a part from a whole; a separated part of anything.
- One's fate; lot.
- the allotment of some amount by dividing something
- assets belonging to or due to or contributed by an individual person or group
- something determined in relation to something that includes it
- money or property brought by a woman to her husband at marriage
- your overall circumstances or condition in life (including everything that happens to you)
- something less than the whole of a human artifact
- an individual quantity of food or drink taken as part of a meal
verb
noun
- An amount that fills a container.
- Inexpensive material used to occupy empty spaces, especially in construction.
- The filling of a container or area.
- (archaeology) Soil and/or human-created debris discovered within a cavity or cut in the layers and exposed by excavation; fill soil.
- (music) A short passage, riff, or rhythmic sound that helps to keep the listener's attention during a break between the phrases of a melody.
- (film, television) Ellipsis of fill light.
- (after a possessive) A sufficient or more than sufficient amount.
- (weaving) The weft yarn.
- (crosswording) The answers in a crossword puzzle that are not part of the theme.
- An embankment, as in railroad construction, to fill a hollow or ravine; also, the place which is to be filled.
- One of the thills or shafts of a carriage.
- any material that fills a space or container
- a quantity sufficient to satisfy
verb
- To enter (something), making it full.
- (transitive) To block, obstruct
- To occupy fully, to take up all of.
- (of containers, cavities, or the like)
- (transitive, slang, vulgar, of a male) To have sexual intercourse with (a female).
- (transitive, slang, vulgar, of a male) To ejaculate inside someone or something.
- (transitive) To satisfy or obey (an order, request, or requirement).
- (transitive) To install someone, or be installed, in (a position or office), eliminating a vacancy.
- To become pervaded with something.
- (transitive) To supply fully with food; to feed; to satisfy.
- (transitive) To treat (a tooth) by adding a dental filling to it.
- To add contents to (a container, cavity, or the like) so that it is full.
- (transitive, nautical) To trim (a yard) so that the wind blows on the after side of the sails.
- appoint someone to (a position or a job)
- become full
- assume, as of positions or roles
- plug with a substance
- fill to satisfaction
- eat until one is sated
- occupy the whole of
- make full, also in a metaphorical sense
- fill, satisfy or meet a want or need or condition or restriction
prep_phrase
noun
- A basic or essential supply.
- A wire fastener, made of thin wire, used to secure stacks of paper by penetrating all the sheets and curling around.
- A wire fastener, in any of various sizes, used to secure something else by penetrating and curling.
- One of a set of U-shaped metal rods hammered into a structure, such as a piling or wharf, which serve as a ladder.
- A recurring topic, character, or item.
- A U-shaped wire fastener, made of thick wire, used to attach fence wire or other material to posts or structures.
- Unmanufactured material; raw material.
- a type of two-pronged fastener, usually metal, used for joining, gathering, or binding materials together.
- A small pit.
- (now historical) A town containing merchants who have exclusive right, under royal authority, to purchase or produce certain goods for export; also, the body of such merchants seen as a group.
- (mining) A shaft, smaller and shorter than the principal one, joining different levels.
- (by extension) Place of supply; source.
- The principal commodity produced in a town or region.
- Short fiber, as of cotton, sheep’s wool, or the like, which can be spun into yarn or thread.
- A district granted to an abbey.
- a short U-shaped wire nail
- paper fastener consisting of a short length of U-shaped wire that can fasten papers together
- a natural fiber (raw cotton, wool, hemp, flax) that can be twisted to form yarn
- (usually in the plural) a necessary commodity for which demand is constant
- material suitable for manufacture or use or finishing
adj
- Fit to be sold; marketable.
- Regularly produced or manufactured in large quantities; belonging to wholesale traffic; principal; chief.
- Relating to, or being market of staple for, commodities.
- Established in commerce; occupying the markets; settled.
- necessary or important, especially regarding food or commodities
verb
noun
- A structured arrangement of items within certain limits.
- A plan for such arrangement.
- The act of laying out something.
- (gymnastics) A fully stretched out position of the body, with toes pointed and legs straight.
- (electronics) A specification of an integrated circuit showing the position of the physical components that will implement the schematic in silicon.
- (publishing) The process of arranging editorial content, advertising, graphics and other information
- (engineering) A map or a drawing of a construction site showing the position of roads, buildings or other constructions.
- (Internet) The customizable features of a user's profile (such as profile picture, screen name, and bio) collectively.
- a plan or design of something that is laid out
- the act of laying out (as by making plans for something)
adj
noun
- The amount of money or resources earmarked for a particular institution, activity or timeframe.
- An itemized summary of intended expenditure; usually coupled with expected revenue.
- (by implication) A relatively small amount of available money.
- a sum of money allocated for a particular purpose
- a summary of intended expenditures along with proposals for how to meet them
verb
noun
- The amount held in this container.
- (basketball, informal) A field goal.
- (informal, chiefly in the plural) A great deal of anything.
- (slang, humorous) A helmet.
- (MTE, slang, derogatory) Someone who habitually uses crack cocaine.
- (aviation, mechanical engineering, uncommon) A turbine blade driven by hot gas or steam.
- (informal, chiefly in the plural) A large amount of liquid.
- (slang) An old vehicle that is not in good working order.
- (variation management) A mechanism for avoiding the allocation of targets in cases of mismanagement.
- (basketball, informal) The basket.
- A bucket bag.
- (computing) A storage space in a hash table for every item sharing a particular key.
- The pitcher in certain orchids.
- The leather socket for holding the whip when driving, or for the carbine or lance when mounted.
- Part of a piece of machinery that resembles a bucket (container).
- A container made of rigid material, often with a handle, used to carry liquids or small items.
- the quantity contained in a bucket
- a roughly cylindrical vessel that is open at the top
verb
- (transitive) To ride (a horse) hard or mercilessly.
- (transitive) To draw or lift in, or as if in, buckets.
- (transitive) To place inside a bucket.
- (transitive, UK, US, rowing) To make, or cause to make (the recovery), with a certain hurried or unskillful forward swing of the body.
- (intransitive, informal) To rain heavily.
- (computing, transitive) To categorize (data) by splitting it into buckets, or groups of related items.
- (intransitive, informal) To travel very quickly.
- (transitive, Australia, slang) To criticize vehemently; to denigrate.
- put into a bucket
- carry in a bucket
adj
- small in quantity
- being of delicate or slender build
- (of something abstract like a chance or margin) Very small, tiny.
- (of a workforce) Of a reduced size, with the intent of being more efficient.
- (of an object) Long and narrow.
- (by extension, of clothing) Designed to make the wearer appear slim.
- (rustic, Northern England, Scotland) Bad, of questionable quality; not strongly built, flimsy.
- (of a person or a person's build) Slender in an attractive way.
verb
noun
verb
- have as a supply
- hold and prevent from leaving
- supply with room and board
- retain possession of
- prevent the action or expression of
- behave as expected during holidays or rites
- stop (someone or something) from doing something or being in a certain state
- to rear
- store or keep customarily
- maintain for use and service
- retain rights to
- look after; be the keeper of; have charge of
- supply with necessities and support
- maintain in safety from injury, harm, or danger
- fail to spoil or rot
- stick to correctly or closely
- maintain by writing regular records
- cause to continue in a certain state, position, or activity
- allow to remain in a place or position or maintain a property or feature
- conform one's action or practice to
- continue a certain state, condition, or activity
- prevent (food) from rotting
- (transitive, Singapore, Wales) To put (something) back (to its original location or appropriate place); to put away.
- (transitive) To enter (accounts, records, etc.) in a book.
- (transitive) To observe; to adhere to; to fulfill; to not swerve from or violate.
- To have habitually in stock for sale.
- (ditransitive) To maintain the condition of; to preserve in a certain state.
- (transitive) To continue in (a course or mode of action); to not intermit or fall from; to uphold or maintain.
- (of living things) To raise; to care for.
- To restrain.
- (transitive) To remain faithful to a given promise or word.
- (transitive) To record transactions, accounts, or events in.
- (intransitive, cricket) To act as wicket-keeper.
- (with from) To watch over, look after, guard, protect.
- To maintain possession of.
- To supply with necessities and financially support (a person).
- To refrain from freely disclosing (a secret).
- To maintain (an establishment or institution); to conduct; to manage.
- To remain edible or otherwise usable.
- To continue.
- (copulative) To remain in a state.
noun
- a cell in a jail or prison
- the financial means whereby one lives
- the main tower within the walls of a medieval castle or fortress
- The state of being kept; hence, the resulting condition; case.
- (engineering) A cap for holding something, such as a journal box, in place.
- (historical) The main tower of a castle or fortress, located within the castle walls.
- The food or money required to keep someone alive and healthy; one's support, maintenance.
noun
- Quantity.
- (slang, chiefly US) A marijuana cigarette, or joint; also, a quantity of marijuana bought from a dealer.
- (countable) A performance; especially, a single song or song and dance routine within a larger show.
- (countable, informal) An outfit, particularly a stylish one.
- (Followed by a numeral; used attributively) Indicating the position of something in a list or sequence. Abbreviations: No or No., no or no. (in each case, sometimes written with a superscript "o", like Nº or №). The symbol "#" is also used in this manner.
- (countable, informal) A person.
- (singular only, formal) A group of people.
- (countable, informal) A telephone number.
- (countable) A numeral: a symbol for a non-negative integer.
- (countable, mathematics) An element of one of several sets: natural numbers, integers, rational numbers, real numbers, complex numbers, and sometimes extensions such as hypercomplex numbers, etc.
- (grammar) Of a word or phrase, the state of being singular, dual or plural, shown by inflection.
- (countable) An abstract entity used to describe quantity.
- A large amount, in contrast to a smaller amount; numerical preponderance.
- Something that numbs.
- A sequence of digits and letters used to register people, automobiles, and various other items.
- An activity; assignment; job, as in cushy number.
- a clothing measurement
- a select company of people
- a symbol used to represent a number
- a concept of quantity involving zero and units
- a short performance that is part of a longer program
- an item of clothing
- the number is used in calling a particular telephone
- one of a series published periodically
- the property possessed by a sum or total or indefinite quantity of units or individuals
- a numeral or string of numerals that is used for identification and may be attached to accounts, memberships, etc.
- a numbered item in a series
- the grammatical category for the forms of nouns and pronouns and verbs that are used depending on the number of entities involved (singular or dual or plural)
adj
verb
- (transitive, usually with among) To classify or include (in a group of things)
- (transitive, with off) To enumerate or list, especially while assigning numbers to.
- (transitive, passive voice) To limit to a certain number; to reckon (as by fate) to be few in number.
- (intransitive, usually with among) To be classified or included (in a certain group or category of things).
- (transitive) To label (items) with numbers; to assign numbers to (items).
- (intransitive) To total or count; to amount to.
- (transitive, with off) To call out and assign a series of numbers (usually to people), either for the sake of dividing into groups or for counting.
- place a limit on the number of
- put into a group
- give numbers to
- determine the number or amount of
- add up in number or quantity
- enumerate
noun
- Quantity.
- The issues of a periodical over a period of one year.
- (economics) The total supply of money in circulation or, less frequently, total amount of credit extended, within a specified national market or worldwide.
- A bound book.
- (computing) An accessible storage area with a single file system, typically resident on a single partition of a hard disk.
- Strength of sound: how loud it is.
- (cinematography) A sound stage film set that has walls of video monitors, substituting for an actual background, set structures, providing a changeable video matte painting. A set with a form of projected background, similar to legacy traditional rear projection and front projection sets.
- (bodybuilding) The total of weight worked by a muscle in one training session, the weight of every single repetition summed up.
- (climbing, bouldering) A modular foothold attached to a climbing wall used for gripping, often in triangular, pyramidal, or angular shapes.
- A rounded mass or convolution.
- (cinematography) A green/blue-screen chromakey visual effects (“VFX”) sound stage surrounded by a multitude of filming cameras, to allow for virtual camera changes in post production, by filming the whole 3-D volume of a chromakey film set.
- (graph theory) The sum of the degrees of a set of vertices.
- (in the plural, by extension) A great amount (of meaning) about something.
- A three-dimensional measure of space that comprises a length, a width and a height. It is measured in units of cubic centimeters in metric, cubic inches or cubic feet in English measurement.
- A single book of a publication issued in multi-book format, such as an encyclopedia.
- the magnitude of sound (usually in a specified direction)
- a relative amount
- the amount of 3-dimensional space occupied by an object
- physical objects consisting of a number of pages bound together
- a publication that is one of a set of several similar publications
- the property of something that is great in magnitude
verb
adj
noun
noun
- A specific measured amount.
- An indefinite amount of something.
- (phonology) Length of sounds.
- A considerable measure or amount.
- (mathematics) Indicates that the entire preceding expression is henceforth considered a single object.
- A fundamental, generic term used when referring to the measurement (count, amount) of a scalar, vector, number of items or to some other way of denominating the value of a collection or group of items.
- (metrology) Property of a phenomenon, body, or substance, where the property has a magnitude that can be expressed as number and a reference.
- the concept that something has a magnitude and can be represented in mathematical expressions by a constant or a variable
- an adequate or large amount
- how much there is or how many there are of something that you can quantify
noun
- A small portion
- A tenuous connection.
- Something small and unimportant.
- A distant kinship.
- (by extension) The tail-end or periphery of something.
- The single or split (then rather plural) bottom part of a shirt, below the waist, especially in the back, which, when not tucked into trousers or other vestment, hangs over the wearer's tail-end, like a tail.
- fabric forming the tail of a shirt
- a brief addendum at the end of a newspaper article
verb
- supply with an excess of
- cover with liquid, usually water
- fill quickly beyond capacity; as with a liquid
- become filled to overflowing
- To overflow, as by water from excessive rainfall.
- (figuratively) To provide (someone or something) with a larger number or quantity of something than can easily be dealt with.
- To cover or partly fill as if by a flood.
- (Internet, ambitransitive) To paste numerous lines of text to (a chat system) in order to disrupt the conversation.
- To bleed profusely, as after childbirth.
noun
- the act of flooding; filling to overflowing
- the rising of a body of water and its overflowing onto normally dry land
- the occurrence of incoming water (between a low tide and the following high tide)
- a large flow
- light that is a source of artificial illumination having a broad beam; used in photography
- an overwhelming number or amount
- (figuratively) A large number or quantity of anything appearing more rapidly than can easily be dealt with.
- The flowing in of the tide, opposed to the ebb.
- An overflow of a large amount of water (usually disastrous) from a lake or other body of water due to excessive rainfall or other input of water.
- Menstrual discharge; menses.
- A floodlight.
verb
- supply with an excess of
- overeat or eat immodestly; make a pig of oneself
- (intransitive) To eat gluttonously or to satiety.
- (transitive, economics) To provide (a market) with so much of a product that the supply greatly exceeds the demand.
- (transitive) To fill to capacity; to satisfy all demand or requirement; to sate.
noun
- the quality of being so overabundant that prices fall
- The broad-nosed eel (Anguilla anguilla, syn. Anguilla latirostris), found in Europe, Asia, the West Indies, etc.
- An excess, too much.
- (British, soccer) Five goals scored by one player in a game.
- (architecture) An arched opening to the ashpit of a kiln.
- (mining) A piece of wood used to fill up behind cribbing or tubbing.
- A wooden wedge used in splitting blocks.
- (bricklaying) A bat, or small piece of brick, used to fill out a course.
- Something that fills up an opening.
- That which is swallowed.
- A block used for a fulcrum.
noun
- a large or extra supply of something
- tank used for collecting and storing a liquid (as water or oil)
- lake used to store water for community use; a lake (natural or artificial) used to store water and used as a source of water
- anything (a person or animal or plant or substance) in which an infectious agent normally lives and multiplies
- A species that acts as host to a zoonosis when it is not causing acute illness in other susceptible species.
- (computing) A "black box" component that receives an input signal to be read out and mapped by another process, as part of reservoir computing.
- A supply or source of something.
- A large natural or artificial lake used as a source of water supply.
- A place where anything is kept in store.
- A small intercellular space, often containing resin, essential oil, or some other secreted matter.
verb
noun
verb
- (transitive) To supply with a ration; to limit (someone) to a specific allowance of something.
- distribute in rations, as in the army
- restrict the consumption of a relatively scarce commodity, as during war
- (transitive) To restrict (an activity etc.)
- (transitive) To portion out (especially during a shortage of supply); to limit access to.
noun
- (countable) An amount of something supplied.
- (chiefly in the plural) An amount of money provided, as by Parliament or Congress, to meet the annual national expenditures.
- (in the plural) Provisions.
- (economics) The market force that causes sellers to be both willing and able to sell a good or service, as measured by the amount of that good or service that is currently available to be bought at any given price point; the amount itself.
- Somebody, such as a teacher or clergyman, who temporarily fills the place of another; a substitute.
- (uncountable) The act of supplying.
- the activity of supplying or providing something
- offering goods and services for sale
- an amount of something available for use
adv
verb
- (transitive) To serve instead of; to take the place of.
- (transitive) To fill up, or keep full.
- (intransitive) To act as a substitute.
- (transitive) To provide (something), to make (something) available for use.
- (transitive) To furnish or equip with.
- (transitive) To compensate for, or make up a deficiency of.
- (transitive) To fill temporarily; to serve as substitute for another in, as a vacant place or office; to occupy; to have possession of.
- circulate or distribute or equip with
- give something useful or necessary to
- state or say further
- give what is desired or needed, especially support, food or sustenance
noun
- (military, slang) A ration.
- Any of the numerous members of several rodent families that usually have short limbs, a pointy snout, a long, hairless tail, and a body length greater than about 12 cm, or 5 inches.
- A wad of shed hair used as part of a hairstyle.
- (UK, north-west London, slang, vulgar) Vagina, vulva.
- (nautical, regional) A place in the sea with rapid currents and crags where a ship is likely to be torn apart in stormy weather.
- (zoology) A medium-sized rodent belonging to the genus Rattus.
- (informal) A person who is known for betrayal.
- (informal) An informant or snitch.
- (informal) A scab: a worker who acts against trade union policies.
- (slang) A person who routinely spends time at a particular location.
- (chiefly informal) Ellipsis of muskrat.
- (regional) A scratch or a score.
- A roll of material used to puff out the hair, which is turned over it.
- one who reveals confidential information to the police or other authority
- a pad (usually made of hair) worn as part of a woman's coiffure
- someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike
- any of various long-tailed rodents similar to but larger than a mouse
- a person who is deemed to be despicable or contemptible
verb
- (of a dog, etc.) To hunt or kill rats.
- (informal, intransitive) To work as a scab, going against trade union policies.
- (regional) To scratch or score.
- (chiefly US) To backcomb (hair).
- (intransitive) To betray a political party, cause or principle; to betray someone, to desert a person or thing.
- Damn, drat, blast; used in oaths.
- (intransitive, with on or out) To inform on someone; to betray someone to the police or authorities.
- give (hair) the appearance of being fuller by using a rat
- give away information about somebody
- take the place of work of someone on strike
- employ scabs or strike breakers in
- desert one's party or group of friends, for example, for one's personal advantage
- catch rats, especially with dogs
noun
adv
conj
det
prep
verb
adj
noun
noun
- the amount that can be contained
- the power to learn or retain knowledge; in law, the ability to understand the facts and significance of your behavior
- tolerance for alcohol
- (computer science) the amount of information (in bytes) that can be stored on a disk drive
- the maximum production possible
- capability to perform or produce
- an electrical phenomenon whereby an electric charge is stored
- a specified function
- the susceptibility of something to a particular treatment
- A measure of such ability; volume.
- Electrical capacitance.
- (operations) The maximum that can be produced on a machine or in a facility or group.
- The ability to hold, receive, or absorb.
- Mental ability; the power to learn;
- A role; the position in which one functions.
- Legal authority (to make an arrest for example).
- The potential for growth and development.
- The maximum that can be produced.
- Capability; the ability to perform some task.
- The maximum amount that can be held.
adj
noun
- the amount that can be contained
- (usually plural) everything that is included in a collection and that is held or included in something
- content communicating a message; what something is about
- something (a person or object or scene) selected by an artist or photographer for graphic representation
- the sum or range of what has been perceived, discovered, or learned
- the proportion of a substance that is contained in a mixture or alloy etc.
- the state of being contented with your situation in life
- (algebra, ring theory, of a polynomial with coefficients in a GCD domain) The greatest common divisor of the coefficients; (of a polynomial with coefficients in an integral domain) the common factor of the coefficients which, when removed, leaves the adjusted coefficients with no common factor that is noninvertible.
- The amount of material contained.
- Satisfaction, contentment; pleasure.
- (uncountable) That which is contained.
- (UK, House of Lords) An expression of assent to a bill or motion; an affirmative vote.
- That which contents or satisfies; that which if attained would make one happy.
- (Internet, colloquial) The potential of creative work for a content creator.
- (UK, House of Lords, by metonymy) A member who votes in assent.
- Subject matter; semantic information (or a portion or body thereof); that which is contained in writing, speech, video, etc.
- (mathematics) The n-dimensional space contained by an n-dimensional polytope (called volume in the case of a polyhedron and area in the case of a polygon); length, area or volume, generalized to an arbitrary number of dimensions.
- (by extension, uncountable) One or more creative works.
adj
verb
noun
- An allowance of food; a ration, as given out to a family, to servants, to horses, etc.
- A low grade of wool.
- Outward markings, fittings or appearance
- (historical) The rental of horses or carriages; the rental of canoes; the care and/or boarding of horses for money.
- (historical) A stable that keeps horses or carriages for rental.
- The paint scheme of a vehicle or fleet of vehicles.
- (US) A taxicab or limousine.
- (law) The writ by which property is obtained.
- Release from wardship; deliverance.
- Any distinctive identifying uniform worn by a group, such as the uniform worn by chauffeurs and male servants.
- The whole body of liverymen, members of livery companies.
- (law) The delivery of property from one owner to the next.
- the care (feeding and stabling) of horses for pay
- uniform worn by some menservants and chauffeurs
- the voluntary transfer of something (title or possession) from one party to another
adj
noun
- An approximate amount.
- The inhabitants of a residential area.
- Alternatively: An open ball which contains some specified point.
- The quality of physical proximity.
- (topology) The infinitesimal open set of all points that may be reached directly from a given point.
- Alternatively: An open set which contains some specified point.
- The residential area near one's home.
- A set containing an open ball which contains a specified point.
- (cellular automata) The set of all cells near a given cell used to determine that cell's state in the next generation.
- A set containing an open set which contains some specified point.
- A formal or informal division of a municipality or region.
- (graph theory) The set of all the vertices adjacent to a given vertex.
- a surrounding or nearby region
- people living near one another
- the approximate amount of something (usually used prepositionally as in ‘in the region of’)
- an area within a city or town that has some distinctive features (especially one forming a community)
noun
- The distribution of something (particularly rations or standardized provisions) to someone or some group.
- The means or opportunity by which something flows or comes out, particularly:
- Any question or situation to be resolved, particularly:
- (historical medicine) A small incision, tear, or artificial ulcer, used to drain fluid and usually held open with a pea or other small object.
- The end result of an event or events, any result or outcome, particularly:
- The loan of a book etc. from a library to a patron; all such loans by a given library during a given period.
- The production or distribution of something for general use.
- (figuratively, originally World War I military slang, usually with definite article) The entire set of something; all of something.
- (law) A point of law or fact in dispute or question in a legal action presented for resolution by the court.
- (figuratively) Anything in dispute, an area of disagreement whose resolution is being debated or decided.
- (finance) Any financial instrument issued by a company.
- (figuratively) Progeny: all one's lineal descendants.
- (finance) The action or an instance of a company selling bonds, stock, or other securities.
- (medicine) The outflow of a bodily fluid, particularly (now rare) in abnormal amounts.
- (historical or rare law) Income derived from fines levied by a court or law-enforcement officer; the fines themselves.
- The action or an instance of sending something out, particularly:
- (publishing) A single edition of a newspaper or other periodical publication.
- The entire set of some item printed and disseminated during a certain period, particularly (publishing) a single printing of a particular edition of a work when contrasted with other print runs.
- (now usually historical or law) Offspring: one's natural child or children.
- (US, originally psychology, usually in the plural) A psychological or emotional difficulty, (now informal, figurative and usually euphemistic) any problem or concern considered as a vague and intractable difficulty.
- the immediate descendants of a person
- some situation or event that is thought about
- a phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon
- the becoming visible
- supplies (as food or clothing or ammunition) issued by the government
- the act of providing an item for general use or for official purposes (usually in quantity)
- one of a series published periodically
- an opening that permits escape or release
- an important question that is in dispute and must be settled
- the income or profit arising from such transactions as the sale of land or other property
- the act of issuing printed materials
verb
- (intransitive) To turn out in a certain way, to result in.
- (law) To come to a point in fact or law on which the parties join issue.
- (transitive) To deliver for use.
- (transitive) To deliver by authority.
- (intransitive) To rush out, to sally forth.
- (transitive) To send out; to put into circulation.
- (intransitive) To extend into, to open onto.
- (intransitive) To flow out, to proceed from, to come out or from.
- prepare and issue for public distribution or sale
- circulate or distribute or equip with
- come out of
- make out and issue
- bring out an official document (such as a warrant)
noun
- An allocated amount.
- The part of an estate given or falling to a child or heir; an inheritance.
- A wife's fortune; a dowry.
- That which is divided off or separated, as a part from a whole; a separated part of anything.
- One's fate; lot.
- the allotment of some amount by dividing something
- assets belonging to or due to or contributed by an individual person or group
- something determined in relation to something that includes it
- money or property brought by a woman to her husband at marriage
- your overall circumstances or condition in life (including everything that happens to you)
- something less than the whole of a human artifact
- an individual quantity of food or drink taken as part of a meal
verb
noun
- An amount that fills a container.
- Inexpensive material used to occupy empty spaces, especially in construction.
- The filling of a container or area.
- (archaeology) Soil and/or human-created debris discovered within a cavity or cut in the layers and exposed by excavation; fill soil.
- (music) A short passage, riff, or rhythmic sound that helps to keep the listener's attention during a break between the phrases of a melody.
- (film, television) Ellipsis of fill light.
- (after a possessive) A sufficient or more than sufficient amount.
- (weaving) The weft yarn.
- (crosswording) The answers in a crossword puzzle that are not part of the theme.
- An embankment, as in railroad construction, to fill a hollow or ravine; also, the place which is to be filled.
- One of the thills or shafts of a carriage.
- any material that fills a space or container
- a quantity sufficient to satisfy
verb
- To enter (something), making it full.
- (transitive) To block, obstruct
- To occupy fully, to take up all of.
- (of containers, cavities, or the like)
- (transitive, slang, vulgar, of a male) To have sexual intercourse with (a female).
- (transitive, slang, vulgar, of a male) To ejaculate inside someone or something.
- (transitive) To satisfy or obey (an order, request, or requirement).
- (transitive) To install someone, or be installed, in (a position or office), eliminating a vacancy.
- To become pervaded with something.
- (transitive) To supply fully with food; to feed; to satisfy.
- (transitive) To treat (a tooth) by adding a dental filling to it.
- To add contents to (a container, cavity, or the like) so that it is full.
- (transitive, nautical) To trim (a yard) so that the wind blows on the after side of the sails.
- appoint someone to (a position or a job)
- become full
- assume, as of positions or roles
- plug with a substance
- fill to satisfaction
- eat until one is sated
- occupy the whole of
- make full, also in a metaphorical sense
- fill, satisfy or meet a want or need or condition or restriction
noun
- A basic or essential supply.
- A wire fastener, made of thin wire, used to secure stacks of paper by penetrating all the sheets and curling around.
- A wire fastener, in any of various sizes, used to secure something else by penetrating and curling.
- One of a set of U-shaped metal rods hammered into a structure, such as a piling or wharf, which serve as a ladder.
- A recurring topic, character, or item.
- A U-shaped wire fastener, made of thick wire, used to attach fence wire or other material to posts or structures.
- Unmanufactured material; raw material.
- a type of two-pronged fastener, usually metal, used for joining, gathering, or binding materials together.
- A small pit.
- (now historical) A town containing merchants who have exclusive right, under royal authority, to purchase or produce certain goods for export; also, the body of such merchants seen as a group.
- (mining) A shaft, smaller and shorter than the principal one, joining different levels.
- (by extension) Place of supply; source.
- The principal commodity produced in a town or region.
- Short fiber, as of cotton, sheep’s wool, or the like, which can be spun into yarn or thread.
- A district granted to an abbey.
- a short U-shaped wire nail
- paper fastener consisting of a short length of U-shaped wire that can fasten papers together
- a natural fiber (raw cotton, wool, hemp, flax) that can be twisted to form yarn
- (usually in the plural) a necessary commodity for which demand is constant
- material suitable for manufacture or use or finishing
adj
- Fit to be sold; marketable.
- Regularly produced or manufactured in large quantities; belonging to wholesale traffic; principal; chief.
- Relating to, or being market of staple for, commodities.
- Established in commerce; occupying the markets; settled.
- necessary or important, especially regarding food or commodities
verb
noun
- A structured arrangement of items within certain limits.
- A plan for such arrangement.
- The act of laying out something.
- (gymnastics) A fully stretched out position of the body, with toes pointed and legs straight.
- (electronics) A specification of an integrated circuit showing the position of the physical components that will implement the schematic in silicon.
- (publishing) The process of arranging editorial content, advertising, graphics and other information
- (engineering) A map or a drawing of a construction site showing the position of roads, buildings or other constructions.
- (Internet) The customizable features of a user's profile (such as profile picture, screen name, and bio) collectively.
- a plan or design of something that is laid out
- the act of laying out (as by making plans for something)
noun
- The amount held in this container.
- (basketball, informal) A field goal.
- (informal, chiefly in the plural) A great deal of anything.
- (slang, humorous) A helmet.
- (MTE, slang, derogatory) Someone who habitually uses crack cocaine.
- (aviation, mechanical engineering, uncommon) A turbine blade driven by hot gas or steam.
- (informal, chiefly in the plural) A large amount of liquid.
- (slang) An old vehicle that is not in good working order.
- (variation management) A mechanism for avoiding the allocation of targets in cases of mismanagement.
- (basketball, informal) The basket.
- A bucket bag.
- (computing) A storage space in a hash table for every item sharing a particular key.
- The pitcher in certain orchids.
- The leather socket for holding the whip when driving, or for the carbine or lance when mounted.
- Part of a piece of machinery that resembles a bucket (container).
- A container made of rigid material, often with a handle, used to carry liquids or small items.
- the quantity contained in a bucket
- a roughly cylindrical vessel that is open at the top
verb
- (transitive) To ride (a horse) hard or mercilessly.
- (transitive) To draw or lift in, or as if in, buckets.
- (transitive) To place inside a bucket.
- (transitive, UK, US, rowing) To make, or cause to make (the recovery), with a certain hurried or unskillful forward swing of the body.
- (intransitive, informal) To rain heavily.
- (computing, transitive) To categorize (data) by splitting it into buckets, or groups of related items.
- (intransitive, informal) To travel very quickly.
- (transitive, Australia, slang) To criticize vehemently; to denigrate.
- put into a bucket
- carry in a bucket
noun
- Quantity.
- (slang, chiefly US) A marijuana cigarette, or joint; also, a quantity of marijuana bought from a dealer.
- (countable) A performance; especially, a single song or song and dance routine within a larger show.
- (countable, informal) An outfit, particularly a stylish one.
- (Followed by a numeral; used attributively) Indicating the position of something in a list or sequence. Abbreviations: No or No., no or no. (in each case, sometimes written with a superscript "o", like Nº or №). The symbol "#" is also used in this manner.
- (countable, informal) A person.
- (singular only, formal) A group of people.
- (countable, informal) A telephone number.
- (countable) A numeral: a symbol for a non-negative integer.
- (countable, mathematics) An element of one of several sets: natural numbers, integers, rational numbers, real numbers, complex numbers, and sometimes extensions such as hypercomplex numbers, etc.
- (grammar) Of a word or phrase, the state of being singular, dual or plural, shown by inflection.
- (countable) An abstract entity used to describe quantity.
- A large amount, in contrast to a smaller amount; numerical preponderance.
- Something that numbs.
- A sequence of digits and letters used to register people, automobiles, and various other items.
- An activity; assignment; job, as in cushy number.
- a clothing measurement
- a select company of people
- a symbol used to represent a number
- a concept of quantity involving zero and units
- a short performance that is part of a longer program
- an item of clothing
- the number is used in calling a particular telephone
- one of a series published periodically
- the property possessed by a sum or total or indefinite quantity of units or individuals
- a numeral or string of numerals that is used for identification and may be attached to accounts, memberships, etc.
- a numbered item in a series
- the grammatical category for the forms of nouns and pronouns and verbs that are used depending on the number of entities involved (singular or dual or plural)
adj
verb
- (transitive, usually with among) To classify or include (in a group of things)
- (transitive, with off) To enumerate or list, especially while assigning numbers to.
- (transitive, passive voice) To limit to a certain number; to reckon (as by fate) to be few in number.
- (intransitive, usually with among) To be classified or included (in a certain group or category of things).
- (transitive) To label (items) with numbers; to assign numbers to (items).
- (intransitive) To total or count; to amount to.
- (transitive, with off) To call out and assign a series of numbers (usually to people), either for the sake of dividing into groups or for counting.
- place a limit on the number of
- put into a group
- give numbers to
- determine the number or amount of
- add up in number or quantity
- enumerate
noun
- Quantity.
- The issues of a periodical over a period of one year.
- (economics) The total supply of money in circulation or, less frequently, total amount of credit extended, within a specified national market or worldwide.
- A bound book.
- (computing) An accessible storage area with a single file system, typically resident on a single partition of a hard disk.
- Strength of sound: how loud it is.
- (cinematography) A sound stage film set that has walls of video monitors, substituting for an actual background, set structures, providing a changeable video matte painting. A set with a form of projected background, similar to legacy traditional rear projection and front projection sets.
- (bodybuilding) The total of weight worked by a muscle in one training session, the weight of every single repetition summed up.
- (climbing, bouldering) A modular foothold attached to a climbing wall used for gripping, often in triangular, pyramidal, or angular shapes.
- A rounded mass or convolution.
- (cinematography) A green/blue-screen chromakey visual effects (“VFX”) sound stage surrounded by a multitude of filming cameras, to allow for virtual camera changes in post production, by filming the whole 3-D volume of a chromakey film set.
- (graph theory) The sum of the degrees of a set of vertices.
- (in the plural, by extension) A great amount (of meaning) about something.
- A three-dimensional measure of space that comprises a length, a width and a height. It is measured in units of cubic centimeters in metric, cubic inches or cubic feet in English measurement.
- A single book of a publication issued in multi-book format, such as an encyclopedia.
- the magnitude of sound (usually in a specified direction)
- a relative amount
- the amount of 3-dimensional space occupied by an object
- physical objects consisting of a number of pages bound together
- a publication that is one of a set of several similar publications
- the property of something that is great in magnitude
verb
noun
- A specific measured amount.
- An indefinite amount of something.
- (phonology) Length of sounds.
- A considerable measure or amount.
- (mathematics) Indicates that the entire preceding expression is henceforth considered a single object.
- A fundamental, generic term used when referring to the measurement (count, amount) of a scalar, vector, number of items or to some other way of denominating the value of a collection or group of items.
- (metrology) Property of a phenomenon, body, or substance, where the property has a magnitude that can be expressed as number and a reference.
- the concept that something has a magnitude and can be represented in mathematical expressions by a constant or a variable
- an adequate or large amount
- how much there is or how many there are of something that you can quantify
verb
- supply sparingly and with restricted quantities
- subsist on a meager allowance
- (intransitive) To be sparing or mean.
- (of mares) To impregnate successfully; to get with foal.
- To assign a certain task to (a person), upon the performance of which he/she is excused from further labour for that day or period; to stent.
- (transitive) To restrain within certain limits; to bound; to restrict to a scant allowance.
noun
- Quantity or task assigned; proportion allotted.
- an unbroken period of time during which you do something
- smallest American sandpiper
- an individual's prescribed share of work
- A period of time spent doing or being something; a spell.
- Limit; bound; restraint; extent.
- Misspelling of stent (“medical device”).
- (motor racing) A part of the race between two consecutive pit stops.
- Any of several very small wading birds in the genus Calidris. Types of sandpiper, such as the dunlin or the sanderling.
noun
- A small portion
- A tenuous connection.
- Something small and unimportant.
- A distant kinship.
- (by extension) The tail-end or periphery of something.
- The single or split (then rather plural) bottom part of a shirt, below the waist, especially in the back, which, when not tucked into trousers or other vestment, hangs over the wearer's tail-end, like a tail.
- fabric forming the tail of a shirt
- a brief addendum at the end of a newspaper article
noun
- a large or extra supply of something
- tank used for collecting and storing a liquid (as water or oil)
- lake used to store water for community use; a lake (natural or artificial) used to store water and used as a source of water
- anything (a person or animal or plant or substance) in which an infectious agent normally lives and multiplies
- A species that acts as host to a zoonosis when it is not causing acute illness in other susceptible species.
- (computing) A "black box" component that receives an input signal to be read out and mapped by another process, as part of reservoir computing.
- A supply or source of something.
- A large natural or artificial lake used as a source of water supply.
- A place where anything is kept in store.
- A small intercellular space, often containing resin, essential oil, or some other secreted matter.
verb
verb
adj
det
noun
verb
- supply sparingly and with restricted quantities
- work hastily or carelessly; deal with inadequately and superficially
- limit in quality or quantity
- subsist on a meager allowance
- (intransitive) To save; to be parsimonious or stingy.
- (Scotland, Northern England) To mock, deride, scorn, scold, make fun of.
- To make insufficient allowance for; to scant; to scrimp.
- (transitive) To slight; to do carelessly; to scamp.
noun
verb
- supply sparingly and with restricted quantities
- subsist on a meager allowance
- (intransitive) To be sparing or mean.
- (of mares) To impregnate successfully; to get with foal.
- To assign a certain task to (a person), upon the performance of which he/she is excused from further labour for that day or period; to stent.
- (transitive) To restrain within certain limits; to bound; to restrict to a scant allowance.
noun
- Quantity or task assigned; proportion allotted.
- an unbroken period of time during which you do something
- smallest American sandpiper
- an individual's prescribed share of work
- A period of time spent doing or being something; a spell.
- Limit; bound; restraint; extent.
- Misspelling of stent (“medical device”).
- (motor racing) A part of the race between two consecutive pit stops.
- Any of several very small wading birds in the genus Calidris. Types of sandpiper, such as the dunlin or the sanderling.
noun
verb
- (transitive) To supply with a ration; to limit (someone) to a specific allowance of something.
- distribute in rations, as in the army
- restrict the consumption of a relatively scarce commodity, as during war
- (transitive) To restrict (an activity etc.)
- (transitive) To portion out (especially during a shortage of supply); to limit access to.
verb
noun
- a store or supply of something (especially of food or clothing or arms)
- the cognitive process of thinking about what you will do in the event of something happening
- the activity of supplying or providing something
- a stipulated condition
- (British, historical) A nomination by the pope to a benefice before it became vacant, depriving the patron of his right of presentation.
- (law) A clause in a legal instrument, a law, etc., providing for a particular matter; stipulation; proviso.
- (Roman Catholicism) Regular induction into a benefice, comprehending nomination, collation, and installation.
- An item of goods or supplies, especially food, obtained for future use.
- Money set aside for a future event.
- The act of providing, or making previous preparation.
- (accounting) A liability or contra account to recognise likely future adverse events associated with current transactions.
verb
verb
- have as a supply
- hold and prevent from leaving
- supply with room and board
- retain possession of
- prevent the action or expression of
- behave as expected during holidays or rites
- stop (someone or something) from doing something or being in a certain state
- to rear
- store or keep customarily
- maintain for use and service
- retain rights to
- look after; be the keeper of; have charge of
- supply with necessities and support
- maintain in safety from injury, harm, or danger
- fail to spoil or rot
- stick to correctly or closely
- maintain by writing regular records
- cause to continue in a certain state, position, or activity
- allow to remain in a place or position or maintain a property or feature
- conform one's action or practice to
- continue a certain state, condition, or activity
- prevent (food) from rotting
- (transitive, Singapore, Wales) To put (something) back (to its original location or appropriate place); to put away.
- (transitive) To enter (accounts, records, etc.) in a book.
- (transitive) To observe; to adhere to; to fulfill; to not swerve from or violate.
- To have habitually in stock for sale.
- (ditransitive) To maintain the condition of; to preserve in a certain state.
- (transitive) To continue in (a course or mode of action); to not intermit or fall from; to uphold or maintain.
- (of living things) To raise; to care for.
- To restrain.
- (transitive) To remain faithful to a given promise or word.
- (transitive) To record transactions, accounts, or events in.
- (intransitive, cricket) To act as wicket-keeper.
- (with from) To watch over, look after, guard, protect.
- To maintain possession of.
- To supply with necessities and financially support (a person).
- To refrain from freely disclosing (a secret).
- To maintain (an establishment or institution); to conduct; to manage.
- To remain edible or otherwise usable.
- To continue.
- (copulative) To remain in a state.
noun
- a cell in a jail or prison
- the financial means whereby one lives
- the main tower within the walls of a medieval castle or fortress
- The state of being kept; hence, the resulting condition; case.
- (engineering) A cap for holding something, such as a journal box, in place.
- (historical) The main tower of a castle or fortress, located within the castle walls.
- The food or money required to keep someone alive and healthy; one's support, maintenance.
verb
- supply with an excess of
- cover with liquid, usually water
- fill quickly beyond capacity; as with a liquid
- become filled to overflowing
- To overflow, as by water from excessive rainfall.
- (figuratively) To provide (someone or something) with a larger number or quantity of something than can easily be dealt with.
- To cover or partly fill as if by a flood.
- (Internet, ambitransitive) To paste numerous lines of text to (a chat system) in order to disrupt the conversation.
- To bleed profusely, as after childbirth.
noun
- the act of flooding; filling to overflowing
- the rising of a body of water and its overflowing onto normally dry land
- the occurrence of incoming water (between a low tide and the following high tide)
- a large flow
- light that is a source of artificial illumination having a broad beam; used in photography
- an overwhelming number or amount
- (figuratively) A large number or quantity of anything appearing more rapidly than can easily be dealt with.
- The flowing in of the tide, opposed to the ebb.
- An overflow of a large amount of water (usually disastrous) from a lake or other body of water due to excessive rainfall or other input of water.
- Menstrual discharge; menses.
- A floodlight.
verb
- supply with an excess of
- overeat or eat immodestly; make a pig of oneself
- (intransitive) To eat gluttonously or to satiety.
- (transitive, economics) To provide (a market) with so much of a product that the supply greatly exceeds the demand.
- (transitive) To fill to capacity; to satisfy all demand or requirement; to sate.
noun
- the quality of being so overabundant that prices fall
- The broad-nosed eel (Anguilla anguilla, syn. Anguilla latirostris), found in Europe, Asia, the West Indies, etc.
- An excess, too much.
- (British, soccer) Five goals scored by one player in a game.
- (architecture) An arched opening to the ashpit of a kiln.
- (mining) A piece of wood used to fill up behind cribbing or tubbing.
- A wooden wedge used in splitting blocks.
- (bricklaying) A bat, or small piece of brick, used to fill out a course.
- Something that fills up an opening.
- That which is swallowed.
- A block used for a fulcrum.
adv
- below some quantity or limit
- below the horizon
- further down
- down to defeat, death, or ruin
- down below
- in or into a state of subordination or subjugation
- through a range downward
- into unconsciousness
- Down to defeat, ruin, or death.
- In or to a lower or subordinate position, or a position beneath or below something, physically or figuratively.
- (informal) In or into an unconscious state.
- So as to pass beneath something.
- (usually in compounds) Less than what is necessary to be adequate or suitable; insufficient.
adj
- located below or beneath something else
- lower in rank, power, or authority
- Lower; beneath something.
- In a state of subordination, submission or defeat.
- (informal) Having a particular property that is low, especially so as to be insufficient or lacking in a particular respect.
- (medicine, colloquial) Under anesthesia, especially general anesthesia; sedated.
noun
prep
- Within the category, classification or heading of.
- Using or adopting (a name, identity, etc.).
- Beneath; below; at or to the bottom of, or the area covered or surmounted by.
- Less than.
- (figuratively) In the face of; in response to (some attacking force).
- Subordinate to; subject to the control of; in accordance with; in compliance with.
- Below the surface of.
- Subject to.
- From one side of to the other, passing beneath.
adj
adj
- containing little excess
- not profitable or prosperous
- lacking in mineral content or combustible material
- lacking excess flesh
- (business) Efficient, economic, frugal, agile, slimmed-down; pertaining to the modern industrial principles of "lean manufacturing".
- Having little extra or little to spare; scanty; meagre.
- (of meat) Having little fat.
- Having a low proportion or concentration of a desired substance or ingredient.
- (of a person or animal) Slim; not fleshy.
noun
- the property possessed by a line or surface that departs from the vertical
- (uncountable) Meat with no fat on it.
- (US slang) A recreational drug composed of codeine-promethazine cough syrup mixed with usually soda and associated with the hip-hop culture of the Southern United States.
- (countable, biology) An organism that is lean in stature.
- (of an object taller than its width and depth) An inclination away from the vertical.
verb
- cause to lean to the side
- have a tendency or disposition to do or be something; be inclined
- rely on for support
- cause to lean or incline
- to incline or bend from a vertical position
- (copulative) To incline in opinion or desire; to conform in conduct; often with to, toward, etc.
- To hang outwards.
- To thin out (a fuel-air mixture): to reduce the fuel flow into the mixture so that there is more air or oxygen.
- (Followed by against, on, or upon) To rest or rely, for support, comfort, to use as a hard surface for writing, etc.
- (intransitive) To incline, deviate, or bend, from a vertical position; to be in a position thus inclining or deviating.
- To press against.
adj
noun
- The amount of money or resources earmarked for a particular institution, activity or timeframe.
- An itemized summary of intended expenditure; usually coupled with expected revenue.
- (by implication) A relatively small amount of available money.
- a sum of money allocated for a particular purpose
- a summary of intended expenditures along with proposals for how to meet them
verb
adj
- small in quantity
- being of delicate or slender build
- (of something abstract like a chance or margin) Very small, tiny.
- (of a workforce) Of a reduced size, with the intent of being more efficient.
- (of an object) Long and narrow.
- (by extension, of clothing) Designed to make the wearer appear slim.
- (rustic, Northern England, Scotland) Bad, of questionable quality; not strongly built, flimsy.
- (of a person or a person's build) Slender in an attractive way.