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noun
- A substitute; a hostage.
- (law) One who undertakes to pay money or perform other acts in the event that his principal fails therein.
- That which makes sure; that which confirms; ground of confidence or security.
- (law) A promise to pay a sum of money in the event that another person fails to fulfill an obligation.
- Certainty.
- Evidence; confirmation; warrant.
- a prisoner who is held by one party to insure that another party will meet specified terms
- one who provides a warrant or guarantee to another
- something clearly established
- property that your creditor can claim in case you default on your obligation
- a guarantee that an obligation will be met
verb
noun
- A person seized in order to compel another party to act (or refrain from acting) in a certain way, because of the threat of harm to the hostage.
- The condition of being held as security or to compel someone else to act or not act in a particular way.
- Something that constrains one's actions because it is at risk.
- One who is compelled by something, especially something that poses a threat; one who is not free to choose their own course of action.
- A person given as a pledge or security for the performance of the conditions of a treaty or similar agreement, such as to ensure the status of a vassal.
- a prisoner who is held by one party to insure that another party will meet specified terms
verb
noun
noun
- Something that has been captured; a captive.
- The securing of an object of strife or desire, as by the power of some attraction.
- The recording or storage of something for later playback.
- An act of capturing; a seizing by force or stratagem.
- (computing, regular expressions) A particular match found for a pattern in a text string.
- the act of taking of a person by force
- a process whereby a star or planet holds an object in its gravitational field
- any process in which an atomic or nuclear system acquires an additional particle
- the act of forcibly dispossessing an owner of property
- the removal of an opponent's piece from the chess board
verb
- (transitive) To reproduce convincingly.
- (transitive) To take control of; to seize by force or stratagem.
- (transitive, figurative) To take hold of.
- (transitive) To store (as in sounds or image) for later revisitation.
- (transitive) To remove or take control of an opponent’s piece in a game (e.g., chess, go, checkers).
- bring about the capture of an elementary particle or celestial body and causing it enter a new orbit
- attract; cause to be enamored
- take possession of by force, as after an invasion
- succeed in representing or expressing something intangible
- succeed in catching or seizing, especially after a chase
- capture as if by hunting, snaring, or trapping
verb
- act as a substitute
- appoint as a substitute
- (intransitive) To act as a substitute for a person in their role or office
- (transitive) to officially empower and authorize (someone) to act as a substitute in one's role or office
- (transitive) To officially empower, authorize, pronounce, and establish (someone) to be a deputy.
verb
- act as a substitute
- be a substitute
- put in the place of another; switch seemingly equivalent items
- (transitive, in the phrase "substitute X for Y") To use X in place of Y.
- (intransitive) To serve as a replacement (for someone or something).
- (transitive, formerly proscribed, often in the phrase "substitute X with/by Y", sometimes "substitute X for Y") To use Y in place of X; to replace X with Y.
- (transitive) To use in place of something else, with the same function.
- (transitive, sports) To remove (a player) from the field of play and bring on another in his place.
adj
noun
- someone who takes the place of another (as when things get dangerous or difficult)
- a person or thing that takes or can take the place of another
- an athlete who plays only when a starter on the team is replaced
- (historical) One who enlists for military service in the place of a conscript.
- A replacement or stand-in for something that achieves a similar result or purpose.
- (economics) Abbreviation of substitute good.
- A substitute teacher.
- (sports) A player who is available to replace another if the need arises, and who may or may not actually do so.
noun
- One who has been captured or is otherwise confined.
- One held prisoner.
- (figurative) One charmed or subdued by beauty, excellence, or affection; one who is captivated.
- A captive insurance company, a subsidiary of a company used as its internal insurer.
- an animal that is confined
- a person held in the grip of a strong emotion or passion
- a person who is confined; especially a prisoner of war
adj
verb
- (transitive) To detain.
- (transitive) To impose restraint upon; to limit in motion or action; to bind legally or morally; to confine; to restrain.
- To maintain in being or action; to carry on; to prosecute, as a course of conduct or an argument; to continue; to sustain.
- (imperative) In a food or drink order at an informal restaurant etc., requesting that a component normally included in that order be omitted.
- To organise an event or meeting (usually in passive voice).
- (transitive) To reserve.
- (transitive) To bear, carry, or manage.
- (transitive) To have and keep possession of something.
- (transitive) To contain or store.
- (intransitive, copulative) To keep oneself in a particular state.
- (slang, intransitive) To be in possession of illicit drugs for sale.
- (intransitive, chiefly imperative) Not to move; to halt; to stop.
- (transitive) To bind (someone) to a consequence of his or her actions.
- To accept, as an opinion; to be the adherent of, openly or privately; to persist in, as a purpose; to maintain; to sustain.
- (transitive) To maintain, to consider, to opine.
- To take place, to occur.
- To remain continent; to control an excretory bodily function.
- (intransitive) Not to give way; not to part or become separated; to remain unbroken or unsubdued.
- (tennis, ambitransitive) To win one's own service game.
- (transitive) To grasp or grip.
- (intransitive, copulative) To be or remain valid; to apply (usually in the third person).
- (transitive) To cause to wait or delay.
- secure and keep for possible future use or application
- keep from exhaling or expelling
- resist or confront with resistance
- be the physical support of; carry the weight of
- maintain (a theory, thoughts, or feelings)
- aim, point, or direct
- support or hold in a certain manner
- have room for; hold without crowding
- have rightfully; of rights, titles, and offices
- remain committed to
- be pertinent or relevant or applicable
- contain or hold; have within
- be valid, applicable, or true
- be in accord; be in agreement
- have or possess, either in a concrete or an abstract sense
- hold the attention of
- have or hold in one's hands or grip
- assert or affirm
- keep from departing
- to close within bounds, or otherwise limit or deprive of free movement
- remain in a certain state, position, or condition
- keep in mind or convey as a conviction or view
- drink alcohol without showing ill effects
- lessen the intensity of; temper; hold in restraint; hold or keep within limits
- cause to come to an abrupt stop
- protect against a challenge or attack
- take and maintain control over, often by violent means
- cause to continue in a certain state, position, or activity
- bind by an obligation; cause to be indebted
- arrange for and reserve (something for someone else) in advance
- declare to be
- cover as for protection against noise or smell
- stop dealing with
- organize or be responsible for
- have as a major characteristic
- be capable of holding or containing
noun
- A fruit machine feature allowing one or more of the reels to remain fixed while the others spin.
- (exercise) An exercise involving holding a position for a set time
- The property of maintaining the shape of styled hair.
- An act or instance of holding.
- A place where animals are held for safety
- Something reserved or kept.
- (tennis) An instance of holding one's service game, as opposed to being broken.
- The queueing system on telephones and similar communication systems which maintains a connection when all lines are busy.
- The ability to persist.
- An order that something is to be reserved or delayed, limiting or preventing how it can be dealt with.
- (baseball) A statistic awarded to a relief pitcher who is not still pitching at the end of the game and who records at least one out and maintains a lead for his team.
- (gambling) The percentage the house wins on a gamble, the house or bookmaker's hold.
- (gambling) The wager amount, the total hold.
- (aviation) A region of airspace reserved for aircraft being kept in a holding pattern.
- A grasp or grip.
- Power over someone or something.
- The part of an object one is intended to grasp, or anything one can use for grasping with hands or feet.
- (nautical, aviation) The cargo area of a ship or aircraft (often holds or cargo hold).
- (wrestling, self-defense) A position or grip used to control the opponent.
- a stronghold
- a state of being confined (usually for a short time)
- time during which some action is awaited
- the appendage to an object that is designed to be held in order to use or move it
- a cell in a jail or prison
- power by which something or someone is affected or dominated
- the act of grasping
- the space in a ship or aircraft for storing cargo
- understanding of the nature or meaning or quality or magnitude of something
noun
- A substitute (usually of a person, position or role).
- someone who takes the place of another person
- (chiefly British) A deputy for a bishop in granting licences for marriage.
- (US law) A judicial officer of limited jurisdiction, who administers matters of probate and intestate succession and, in some cases, adoptions.
- (computing) Any of a range of Unicode codepoints which are used in pairs in UTF-16 to represent characters beyond the Basic Multilingual Plane.
- A person or animal that acts as a substitute for the social or pastoral role of another, such as a surrogate parent.
- (economics) An ersatz good.
- (US, politics) A politician or person of influence campaigning for a presidential candidate.
- (databases) Ellipsis of surrogate key.
- a person appointed to represent or act on behalf of others
adj
verb
verb
- be a substitute
- represent the effect of shade or shadow on
- write all the required information onto a form
- supply with information on a specific topic
- (intransitive, idiomatic) To substitute for somebody or something.
- (transitive, chiefly British) To complete a form or questionnaire with requested information.
- (slang) To beat up; to physically assault.
- (transitive) To fill; to replace material that is absent or has been removed.
- (transitive, idiomatic) To inform somebody, especially to supply someone missing or missed information.
verb
- be a substitute
- (UK, slang, transitive) To lend (a person) money.
- (British, informal, soccer) To replace (a player) with a substitute.
- To coat with a layer of adhering material; to planarize by means of such a coating.
- (BDSM) To take a submissive role.
- (US, informal) To substitute for.
- (microscopy) To prepare (a slide) with a layer of transparent substance to support and/or fix the sample.
- (slang, Internet, transitive) To subtitle (usually a film or television program).
- (slang, intransitive) To subscribe.
- (British, informal, soccer, less common, often as "sub on") To bring on (a player) as a substitute.
- (US, informal) To work as a substitute teacher, especially in primary and secondary education.
- (British) To perform the work of a subeditor or copy editor; to subedit.
noun
- a submersible warship usually armed with torpedoes
- a large sandwich made of a long crusty roll split lengthwise and filled with meats and cheese (and tomato and onion and lettuce and condiments); different names are used in different sections of the United States
- (colloquial) Clipping of subcontractor
- (Internet slang) Clipping of subliminal (“an audio or video recording intended to produce physical or psychological changes in the listener”)
- (informal) Clipping of substitute, often in sports or teaching.
- (BDSM, informal) Clipping of submissive
- (computing, programming) Clipping of subroutine (sometimes one that does not return a value, as distinguished from a function, which does)
- (British, informal, often in plural) Clipping of subscription (“a payment made for membership of a club, etc.”).
- (publishing, colloquial) Clipping of submission (of a work for publication).
- Abbreviation of submarine.
- (colloquial) Clipping of subeditor
- (colloquial, Internet) Clipping of subscription (or (by extension) a subscriber) to an online channel or feed.
- (slang) Clipping of subwoofer
- Clipping of submarine sandwich: a sandwich made on a long bun.
- (colloquial) Clipping of subsistence money, part of a worker's wages paid before the work is finished.
- (Internet, informal) Clipping of subtitle
- (Internet slang) Clipping of subreddit.
- (nautical) Clipping of submersible.
- (Philippines, colloquial) Clipping of subject (“particular area of study”)
prep
verb
noun
noun
- One appointed as the substitute of others, and empowered to act for them, in their name or their behalf; a substitute in office.
- (historical) A member of the French Chamber of Deputies, formerly called Corps Législatif.
- (Ireland, often capitalized) A member of Dáil Éireann, or the title of a member of Dáil Éireann.
- (US, law enforcement) a law enforcement officer who works for the county sheriff's office; a deputy sheriff or sheriff's deputy; the entry level rank in such an agency.
- A member of the French National Assembly.
- (mining, historical) A person employed to install and remove props, brattices, etc. and to clear gas, for the safety of the miners.
- (government) The name for a member of legislature in some countries.
- someone authorized to exercise the powers of sheriff in emergencies
- a member of the lower chamber of a legislative assembly (such as in France)
- a person appointed to represent or act on behalf of others
- an assistant with power to act when their superior is absent
verb
noun
- A person or thing that takes the place of another; a substitute.
- someone who takes the place of another person
- The removal of an edge of crystal, by one plane or more.
- The act of replacing something.
- an event in which one thing is substituted for another
- a person or thing that takes or can take the place of another
- filling again by supplying what has been used up
- a person who follows next in order
- the act of furnishing an equivalent person or thing in the place of another
noun
- someone who takes the place of another person
- That which alternates with something else; vicissitude.
- (US) A replacement of equal or greater value or function.
- (US) A substitute; an alternative; one designated to take the place of another, if necessary, in performing some duty.
- (mathematics) A proportion derived from another proportion by interchanging the means.
adj
- occurring by turns; first one and then the other
- every second one of a series
- of leaves and branches etc.; first on one side and then on the other in two ranks along an axis; not paired
- serving or used in place of another
- (US) Other; alternative.
- Happening by turns; one following the other in succession of time or place; first one and then the other (repeatedly).
- (heraldry) Alternating; (of e.g. a pair of tinctures which a charge is coloured) succeeding in turns, or (relative to the field) counterchanged.
- (mathematics) Designating the members in a series, which regularly intervene between the members of another series, as the odd or even numbers of the numerals; every other; every second.
- (botany, of leaves) Distributed singly at different heights of the stem, and at equal intervals as respects angular divergence
verb
- exchange people temporarily to fulfill certain jobs and functions
- be an understudy or alternate for a role
- do something in turns
- go back and forth; swing back and forth between two states or conditions
- reverse (a direction, attitude, or course of action)
- (intransitive) To happen, succeed, or act by turns; to follow reciprocally in place or time; followed by with.
- (transitive) To perform by turns, or in succession; to cause to succeed by turns; to interchange regularly.
- (transitive, geometry) To perform an alternation (removal of alternate vertices) on (a polytope or tessellation); to remove vertices (from a face or edge) as part of an alternation.
- (intransitive) To vary by turns.
verb
- (transitive, slang) To imprison.
- (transitive) To confine in a cage; to put into and keep in a cage.
- (aviation) To immobilize an artificial horizon.
- (transitive, figuratively) To restrict someone's movement or creativity.
- To track individual responses to direct mail, either (advertising) to maintain and develop mailing lists or (politics) to identify people who are not eligible to vote because they do not reside at the registered addresses.
- confine in a cage
noun
- (slang) A prison or prison cell.
- (mining) The drum on which the rope is wound in a hoisting whim.
- The passenger compartment of a lift.
- (athletics) The area from which competitors throw a discus or hammer.
- A wirework strainer, used in connection with pumps and pipes.
- (graph theory) A regular graph that has as few vertices as possible for its girth.
- (engineering) A skeleton frame to limit the motion of a loose piece, such as a ball valve.
- In killer sudoku puzzles, an irregularly-shaped group of cells that must contain a set of unique digits adding up to a certain total, in addition to the usual constraints of sudoku.
- An enclosure made of bars, normally to hold animals.
- (figuratively) Something that hinders freedom.
- (US, derogatory, slang) An automobile.
- (baseball, ice hockey) The protective wire mask at the front of a helmet.
- An outer framework of timber, enclosing something within it.
- (field hockey or ice hockey, water polo) The goal.
- something that restricts freedom as a cage restricts movement
- a movable screen placed behind home base to catch balls during batting practice
- an enclosure made or wire or metal bars in which birds or animals can be kept
- the net that is the goal in ice hockey
noun
- A substitute; a hostage.
- (law) One who undertakes to pay money or perform other acts in the event that his principal fails therein.
- That which makes sure; that which confirms; ground of confidence or security.
- (law) A promise to pay a sum of money in the event that another person fails to fulfill an obligation.
- Certainty.
- Evidence; confirmation; warrant.
- a prisoner who is held by one party to insure that another party will meet specified terms
- one who provides a warrant or guarantee to another
- something clearly established
- property that your creditor can claim in case you default on your obligation
- a guarantee that an obligation will be met
verb
noun
- A person seized in order to compel another party to act (or refrain from acting) in a certain way, because of the threat of harm to the hostage.
- The condition of being held as security or to compel someone else to act or not act in a particular way.
- Something that constrains one's actions because it is at risk.
- One who is compelled by something, especially something that poses a threat; one who is not free to choose their own course of action.
- A person given as a pledge or security for the performance of the conditions of a treaty or similar agreement, such as to ensure the status of a vassal.
- a prisoner who is held by one party to insure that another party will meet specified terms
noun
- Something that has been captured; a captive.
- The securing of an object of strife or desire, as by the power of some attraction.
- The recording or storage of something for later playback.
- An act of capturing; a seizing by force or stratagem.
- (computing, regular expressions) A particular match found for a pattern in a text string.
- the act of taking of a person by force
- a process whereby a star or planet holds an object in its gravitational field
- any process in which an atomic or nuclear system acquires an additional particle
- the act of forcibly dispossessing an owner of property
- the removal of an opponent's piece from the chess board
verb
- (transitive) To reproduce convincingly.
- (transitive) To take control of; to seize by force or stratagem.
- (transitive, figurative) To take hold of.
- (transitive) To store (as in sounds or image) for later revisitation.
- (transitive) To remove or take control of an opponent’s piece in a game (e.g., chess, go, checkers).
- bring about the capture of an elementary particle or celestial body and causing it enter a new orbit
- attract; cause to be enamored
- take possession of by force, as after an invasion
- succeed in representing or expressing something intangible
- succeed in catching or seizing, especially after a chase
- capture as if by hunting, snaring, or trapping
noun
- One who has been captured or is otherwise confined.
- One held prisoner.
- (figurative) One charmed or subdued by beauty, excellence, or affection; one who is captivated.
- A captive insurance company, a subsidiary of a company used as its internal insurer.
- an animal that is confined
- a person held in the grip of a strong emotion or passion
- a person who is confined; especially a prisoner of war
adj
noun
- A substitute (usually of a person, position or role).
- someone who takes the place of another person
- (chiefly British) A deputy for a bishop in granting licences for marriage.
- (US law) A judicial officer of limited jurisdiction, who administers matters of probate and intestate succession and, in some cases, adoptions.
- (computing) Any of a range of Unicode codepoints which are used in pairs in UTF-16 to represent characters beyond the Basic Multilingual Plane.
- A person or animal that acts as a substitute for the social or pastoral role of another, such as a surrogate parent.
- (economics) An ersatz good.
- (US, politics) A politician or person of influence campaigning for a presidential candidate.
- (databases) Ellipsis of surrogate key.
- a person appointed to represent or act on behalf of others
adj
verb
noun
- One appointed as the substitute of others, and empowered to act for them, in their name or their behalf; a substitute in office.
- (historical) A member of the French Chamber of Deputies, formerly called Corps Législatif.
- (Ireland, often capitalized) A member of Dáil Éireann, or the title of a member of Dáil Éireann.
- (US, law enforcement) a law enforcement officer who works for the county sheriff's office; a deputy sheriff or sheriff's deputy; the entry level rank in such an agency.
- A member of the French National Assembly.
- (mining, historical) A person employed to install and remove props, brattices, etc. and to clear gas, for the safety of the miners.
- (government) The name for a member of legislature in some countries.
- someone authorized to exercise the powers of sheriff in emergencies
- a member of the lower chamber of a legislative assembly (such as in France)
- a person appointed to represent or act on behalf of others
- an assistant with power to act when their superior is absent
verb
noun
- A person or thing that takes the place of another; a substitute.
- someone who takes the place of another person
- The removal of an edge of crystal, by one plane or more.
- The act of replacing something.
- an event in which one thing is substituted for another
- a person or thing that takes or can take the place of another
- filling again by supplying what has been used up
- a person who follows next in order
- the act of furnishing an equivalent person or thing in the place of another
noun
- someone who takes the place of another person
- That which alternates with something else; vicissitude.
- (US) A replacement of equal or greater value or function.
- (US) A substitute; an alternative; one designated to take the place of another, if necessary, in performing some duty.
- (mathematics) A proportion derived from another proportion by interchanging the means.
adj
- occurring by turns; first one and then the other
- every second one of a series
- of leaves and branches etc.; first on one side and then on the other in two ranks along an axis; not paired
- serving or used in place of another
- (US) Other; alternative.
- Happening by turns; one following the other in succession of time or place; first one and then the other (repeatedly).
- (heraldry) Alternating; (of e.g. a pair of tinctures which a charge is coloured) succeeding in turns, or (relative to the field) counterchanged.
- (mathematics) Designating the members in a series, which regularly intervene between the members of another series, as the odd or even numbers of the numerals; every other; every second.
- (botany, of leaves) Distributed singly at different heights of the stem, and at equal intervals as respects angular divergence
verb
- exchange people temporarily to fulfill certain jobs and functions
- be an understudy or alternate for a role
- do something in turns
- go back and forth; swing back and forth between two states or conditions
- reverse (a direction, attitude, or course of action)
- (intransitive) To happen, succeed, or act by turns; to follow reciprocally in place or time; followed by with.
- (transitive) To perform by turns, or in succession; to cause to succeed by turns; to interchange regularly.
- (transitive, geometry) To perform an alternation (removal of alternate vertices) on (a polytope or tessellation); to remove vertices (from a face or edge) as part of an alternation.
- (intransitive) To vary by turns.
verb
noun
- A person seized in order to compel another party to act (or refrain from acting) in a certain way, because of the threat of harm to the hostage.
- The condition of being held as security or to compel someone else to act or not act in a particular way.
- Something that constrains one's actions because it is at risk.
- One who is compelled by something, especially something that poses a threat; one who is not free to choose their own course of action.
- A person given as a pledge or security for the performance of the conditions of a treaty or similar agreement, such as to ensure the status of a vassal.
- a prisoner who is held by one party to insure that another party will meet specified terms
verb
noun
verb
- act as a substitute
- appoint as a substitute
- (intransitive) To act as a substitute for a person in their role or office
- (transitive) to officially empower and authorize (someone) to act as a substitute in one's role or office
- (transitive) To officially empower, authorize, pronounce, and establish (someone) to be a deputy.
verb
- act as a substitute
- be a substitute
- put in the place of another; switch seemingly equivalent items
- (transitive, in the phrase "substitute X for Y") To use X in place of Y.
- (intransitive) To serve as a replacement (for someone or something).
- (transitive, formerly proscribed, often in the phrase "substitute X with/by Y", sometimes "substitute X for Y") To use Y in place of X; to replace X with Y.
- (transitive) To use in place of something else, with the same function.
- (transitive, sports) To remove (a player) from the field of play and bring on another in his place.
adj
noun
- someone who takes the place of another (as when things get dangerous or difficult)
- a person or thing that takes or can take the place of another
- an athlete who plays only when a starter on the team is replaced
- (historical) One who enlists for military service in the place of a conscript.
- A replacement or stand-in for something that achieves a similar result or purpose.
- (economics) Abbreviation of substitute good.
- A substitute teacher.
- (sports) A player who is available to replace another if the need arises, and who may or may not actually do so.
verb
- (transitive) To detain.
- (transitive) To impose restraint upon; to limit in motion or action; to bind legally or morally; to confine; to restrain.
- To maintain in being or action; to carry on; to prosecute, as a course of conduct or an argument; to continue; to sustain.
- (imperative) In a food or drink order at an informal restaurant etc., requesting that a component normally included in that order be omitted.
- To organise an event or meeting (usually in passive voice).
- (transitive) To reserve.
- (transitive) To bear, carry, or manage.
- (transitive) To have and keep possession of something.
- (transitive) To contain or store.
- (intransitive, copulative) To keep oneself in a particular state.
- (slang, intransitive) To be in possession of illicit drugs for sale.
- (intransitive, chiefly imperative) Not to move; to halt; to stop.
- (transitive) To bind (someone) to a consequence of his or her actions.
- To accept, as an opinion; to be the adherent of, openly or privately; to persist in, as a purpose; to maintain; to sustain.
- (transitive) To maintain, to consider, to opine.
- To take place, to occur.
- To remain continent; to control an excretory bodily function.
- (intransitive) Not to give way; not to part or become separated; to remain unbroken or unsubdued.
- (tennis, ambitransitive) To win one's own service game.
- (transitive) To grasp or grip.
- (intransitive, copulative) To be or remain valid; to apply (usually in the third person).
- (transitive) To cause to wait or delay.
- secure and keep for possible future use or application
- keep from exhaling or expelling
- resist or confront with resistance
- be the physical support of; carry the weight of
- maintain (a theory, thoughts, or feelings)
- aim, point, or direct
- support or hold in a certain manner
- have room for; hold without crowding
- have rightfully; of rights, titles, and offices
- remain committed to
- be pertinent or relevant or applicable
- contain or hold; have within
- be valid, applicable, or true
- be in accord; be in agreement
- have or possess, either in a concrete or an abstract sense
- hold the attention of
- have or hold in one's hands or grip
- assert or affirm
- keep from departing
- to close within bounds, or otherwise limit or deprive of free movement
- remain in a certain state, position, or condition
- keep in mind or convey as a conviction or view
- drink alcohol without showing ill effects
- lessen the intensity of; temper; hold in restraint; hold or keep within limits
- cause to come to an abrupt stop
- protect against a challenge or attack
- take and maintain control over, often by violent means
- cause to continue in a certain state, position, or activity
- bind by an obligation; cause to be indebted
- arrange for and reserve (something for someone else) in advance
- declare to be
- cover as for protection against noise or smell
- stop dealing with
- organize or be responsible for
- have as a major characteristic
- be capable of holding or containing
noun
- A fruit machine feature allowing one or more of the reels to remain fixed while the others spin.
- (exercise) An exercise involving holding a position for a set time
- The property of maintaining the shape of styled hair.
- An act or instance of holding.
- A place where animals are held for safety
- Something reserved or kept.
- (tennis) An instance of holding one's service game, as opposed to being broken.
- The queueing system on telephones and similar communication systems which maintains a connection when all lines are busy.
- The ability to persist.
- An order that something is to be reserved or delayed, limiting or preventing how it can be dealt with.
- (baseball) A statistic awarded to a relief pitcher who is not still pitching at the end of the game and who records at least one out and maintains a lead for his team.
- (gambling) The percentage the house wins on a gamble, the house or bookmaker's hold.
- (gambling) The wager amount, the total hold.
- (aviation) A region of airspace reserved for aircraft being kept in a holding pattern.
- A grasp or grip.
- Power over someone or something.
- The part of an object one is intended to grasp, or anything one can use for grasping with hands or feet.
- (nautical, aviation) The cargo area of a ship or aircraft (often holds or cargo hold).
- (wrestling, self-defense) A position or grip used to control the opponent.
- a stronghold
- a state of being confined (usually for a short time)
- time during which some action is awaited
- the appendage to an object that is designed to be held in order to use or move it
- a cell in a jail or prison
- power by which something or someone is affected or dominated
- the act of grasping
- the space in a ship or aircraft for storing cargo
- understanding of the nature or meaning or quality or magnitude of something
verb
- be a substitute
- represent the effect of shade or shadow on
- write all the required information onto a form
- supply with information on a specific topic
- (intransitive, idiomatic) To substitute for somebody or something.
- (transitive, chiefly British) To complete a form or questionnaire with requested information.
- (slang) To beat up; to physically assault.
- (transitive) To fill; to replace material that is absent or has been removed.
- (transitive, idiomatic) To inform somebody, especially to supply someone missing or missed information.
verb
- be a substitute
- (UK, slang, transitive) To lend (a person) money.
- (British, informal, soccer) To replace (a player) with a substitute.
- To coat with a layer of adhering material; to planarize by means of such a coating.
- (BDSM) To take a submissive role.
- (US, informal) To substitute for.
- (microscopy) To prepare (a slide) with a layer of transparent substance to support and/or fix the sample.
- (slang, Internet, transitive) To subtitle (usually a film or television program).
- (slang, intransitive) To subscribe.
- (British, informal, soccer, less common, often as "sub on") To bring on (a player) as a substitute.
- (US, informal) To work as a substitute teacher, especially in primary and secondary education.
- (British) To perform the work of a subeditor or copy editor; to subedit.
noun
- a submersible warship usually armed with torpedoes
- a large sandwich made of a long crusty roll split lengthwise and filled with meats and cheese (and tomato and onion and lettuce and condiments); different names are used in different sections of the United States
- (colloquial) Clipping of subcontractor
- (Internet slang) Clipping of subliminal (“an audio or video recording intended to produce physical or psychological changes in the listener”)
- (informal) Clipping of substitute, often in sports or teaching.
- (BDSM, informal) Clipping of submissive
- (computing, programming) Clipping of subroutine (sometimes one that does not return a value, as distinguished from a function, which does)
- (British, informal, often in plural) Clipping of subscription (“a payment made for membership of a club, etc.”).
- (publishing, colloquial) Clipping of submission (of a work for publication).
- Abbreviation of submarine.
- (colloquial) Clipping of subeditor
- (colloquial, Internet) Clipping of subscription (or (by extension) a subscriber) to an online channel or feed.
- (slang) Clipping of subwoofer
- Clipping of submarine sandwich: a sandwich made on a long bun.
- (colloquial) Clipping of subsistence money, part of a worker's wages paid before the work is finished.
- (Internet, informal) Clipping of subtitle
- (Internet slang) Clipping of subreddit.
- (nautical) Clipping of submersible.
- (Philippines, colloquial) Clipping of subject (“particular area of study”)
prep
verb
noun
verb
- (transitive, slang) To imprison.
- (transitive) To confine in a cage; to put into and keep in a cage.
- (aviation) To immobilize an artificial horizon.
- (transitive, figuratively) To restrict someone's movement or creativity.
- To track individual responses to direct mail, either (advertising) to maintain and develop mailing lists or (politics) to identify people who are not eligible to vote because they do not reside at the registered addresses.
- confine in a cage
noun
- (slang) A prison or prison cell.
- (mining) The drum on which the rope is wound in a hoisting whim.
- The passenger compartment of a lift.
- (athletics) The area from which competitors throw a discus or hammer.
- A wirework strainer, used in connection with pumps and pipes.
- (graph theory) A regular graph that has as few vertices as possible for its girth.
- (engineering) A skeleton frame to limit the motion of a loose piece, such as a ball valve.
- In killer sudoku puzzles, an irregularly-shaped group of cells that must contain a set of unique digits adding up to a certain total, in addition to the usual constraints of sudoku.
- An enclosure made of bars, normally to hold animals.
- (figuratively) Something that hinders freedom.
- (US, derogatory, slang) An automobile.
- (baseball, ice hockey) The protective wire mask at the front of a helmet.
- An outer framework of timber, enclosing something within it.
- (field hockey or ice hockey, water polo) The goal.
- something that restricts freedom as a cage restricts movement
- a movable screen placed behind home base to catch balls during batting practice
- an enclosure made or wire or metal bars in which birds or animals can be kept
- the net that is the goal in ice hockey
noun
- One who has been captured or is otherwise confined.
- One held prisoner.
- (figurative) One charmed or subdued by beauty, excellence, or affection; one who is captivated.
- A captive insurance company, a subsidiary of a company used as its internal insurer.
- an animal that is confined
- a person held in the grip of a strong emotion or passion
- a person who is confined; especially a prisoner of war