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adj
- Fluctuating; not constant.
- Unpredictable.
- Not stable.
- (physics) Radioactive, especially with a short half-life.
- Fickle.
- (chemistry) Readily decomposable.
- Having a strong tendency to change.
- disposed to psychological variability
- highly or violently reactive
- suffering from severe mental illness
- subject to change; variable
- lacking stability or fixity or firmness
- affording no ease or reassurance
verb
verb
- be subject to fluctuation
- move in an unhurried fashion
- live unhurriedly, irresponsibly, or freely
- drive slowly and far afield for grazing
- vary or move from a fixed point or course
- be piled up in banks or heaps by the force of wind or a current
- move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment
- be in motion due to some air or water current
- cause to be carried by a current
- wander from a direct course or at random
- (intransitive) To accumulate in heaps by the force of wind; to be driven into heaps.
- (transitive) To drive into heaps.
- (transitive) To drive or carry, as currents do a floating body.
- (automotive) To oversteer a vehicle, causing loss of traction, while maintaining control from entry to exit of a corner. See Drifting (motorsport).
- (transitive, engineering) To enlarge or shape, as a hole, with a drift.
- (intransitive) To deviate gently from the intended direction of travel.
- (intransitive) To move haphazardly without any destination.
- (mining, US) To make a drift; to examine a vein or ledge for the purpose of ascertaining the presence of metals or ores; to follow a vein; to prospect.
- (intransitive) To move slowly, especially pushed by currents of water, air, etc.
noun
- the pervading meaning or tenor
- a process of linguistic change over a period of time
- a general tendency to change (as of opinion)
- a horizontal (or nearly horizontal) passageway in a mine
- the gradual departure from an intended course due to external influences (as a ship or plane)
- a large mass of material that is heaped up by the wind or by water currents
- a force that moves something along
- (mining) Of a boring or a driven tunnel: deviation from the intended course.
- Anything driven at random.
- A slightly tapered tool of steel for enlarging or shaping a hole in metal, by being forced or driven into or through it; a broach.
- Driftwood included in flotsam washed up onto the beach.
- The angle which the line of a ship's motion makes with the meridian, in drifting.
- (mining) In a coal mine, a heading driven for exploration or ventilation.
- (cricket) A sideways movement of the ball through the air, when bowled by a spin bowler.
- (mining) A heading driven through a seam of coal.
- (uncountable, film) The situation where a performer gradually and unintentionally moves from their proper location within the scene.
- That which is driven, forced, or urged along.
- A tool used to insert or extract a removable pin made of metal or hardwood, for the purpose of aligning and/or securing two pieces of material together.
- In the New Forest National Park, UK, the bi-annual round-up of wild ponies in order to sell them.
- The distance through which a current flows in a given time.
- (mining) A passage driven or cut between shaft and shaft; a driftway; a small subterranean gallery.
- (architecture) The horizontal thrust or pressure of an arch or vault upon the abutments.
- A deviation from the line of fire, peculiar to obloid projectiles.
- The place in a deep-waisted vessel where the sheer is raised and the rail is cut off, and usually terminated with a scroll, or driftpiece.
- (mining) A sloping winze or road to the surface, for purposes of haulage.
- (mining) An adit or tunnel driven forward for purposes of exploration or exploitation; generally eventually to a dead end.
- A mass of matter which has been driven or forced onward together in a body, or thrown together in a heap, etc., especially by wind or water.
- The difference between the size of a bolt and the hole into which it is driven, or between the circumference of a hoop and that of the mast on which it is to be driven.
- The tendency of an act, argument, course of conduct, or the like; object aimed at or intended; intention; hence, also, import or meaning of a sentence or discourse; aim.
- Course or direction along which anything is driven; setting.
- The distance between the two blocks of a tackle.
- A place (a ford) along a river where the water is shallow enough to permit crossing to the opposite side.
- The act or motion of drifting; the force which impels or drives; an overpowering influence or impulse.
- A drove or flock, as of cattle, sheep, birds.
- A tool used to pack down the composition contained in a rocket, or like firework.
- A collection of loose earth and rocks, or boulders, which have been distributed over large portions of the earth's surface, especially in latitudes north of forty degrees, by the retreat of continental glaciers, such as that which buries former river valleys and creates young river valleys.
- The distance a vessel is carried off from her desired course by the wind, currents, or other causes.
- Slow, cumulative change.
- (uncountable) Minor deviation of audio or video playback from its correct speed.
adj
verb
noun
- A structure composed of a plank, balanced in the middle, used as a game in which one person goes up as the other goes down.
- A series of up-and-down movements.
- (medicine, attributively) An abnormal breathing pattern caused by airway obstruction, characterized by paradoxical chest and abdominal movement.
- A series of alternating movements or feelings.
- (chess) A tactic in which a piece repeatedly gains material, while simultaneously creating an inescapable series of alternating direct and discovered checks.
- a plaything consisting of a board balanced on a fulcrum; the board is ridden up and down by children at either end
noun
adj
adv
name
noun
- a regular periodic fluctuation in value about some mean
- a single such cycle
- the act of oscillating or the state of being oscillated
- (mathematics) (of a function) defined for each point x in the domain of the function by inf diam(f(U))∣Uisaneighborhoodofx, and describes the difference (possibly ∞) between the limit superior and limit inferior of the function near that point.
- (physics) a regular periodic variation in value about a mean
- the process of oscillating between states
- a single complete execution of a periodically repeated phenomenon
noun
- (statistics) Variation or deviation generated by random fluctuations.
- Any sound.
- (informal) Speech that is suggestive of an attitude or opinion.
- (music) A genre of rock music that uses static and other non-musical sounds, also influenced by art rock.
- (figurative, by extension) Unwanted fuss or bustle; useless activity.
- (genetics) The measured level of variation in gene expression among cells, regardless of source, within a supposedly identical population.
- (uncountable) Various sounds, usually unwanted or unpleasant.
- (technology) Any part of a signal or data that reduces the clarity, precision, or quality of the desired output.
- Sound or signal generated by random fluctuations.
- Rumour or complaint.
- electrical or acoustic activity that can disturb communication
- the quality of lacking any predictable order or plan
- sound of any kind (especially unintelligible or dissonant sound)
- a loud outcry of protest or complaint
- incomprehensibility resulting from irrelevant information or meaningless facts or remarks
- the auditory experience of sound that lacks musical quality; sound that is a disagreeable auditory experience
verb
verb
- (intransitive) To fluctuate or change.
- (intransitive) To hang from the gallows; to be punished by hanging, swing for something or someone; (often hyperbolic) to be severely punished.
- (intransitive, cricket, of a ball) To move sideways in its trajectory.
- (transitive and intransitive, boxing) To move one's arm in a punching motion.
- (transitive) To change (a numerical result); especially to change the outcome of an election.
- To be sexually oriented.
- To turn in a different direction.
- (transitive, engineering) To admit or turn something for the purpose of shaping it; said of a lathe.
- (intransitive) To ride on a swing.
- (transitive) To move (an object) backward and forward; to wave.
- (transitive, music) To play notes that are in pairs by making the first of the pair slightly longer than written (augmentation) and the second shorter, resulting in a bouncy, uneven rhythm.
- (transitive, cricket) (of a bowler) To make the ball move sideways in its trajectory.
- (intransitive, sex) To participate in the swinging lifestyle; to participate in wifeswapping.
- (intransitive) To rotate about an off-centre fixed point.
- (intransitive) To dance.
- (transitive, carpentry) To put (a door, gate, etc.) on hinges so that it can swing or turn.
- (transitive) In dancing, to turn around in a small circle with one's partner, holding hands or arms.
- (nautical) To turn round by action of wind or tide when at anchor.
- (transitive, slang) To make (something) work; especially to afford (something) financially.
- hit or aim at with a sweeping arm movement
- make a big sweeping gesture or movement
- play with a subtle and intuitively felt sense of rhythm
- have a certain musical rhythm
- move in a curve or arc, usually with the intent of hitting
- be a social swinger; socialize a lot
- move or walk in a swinging or swaying manner
- engage freely in promiscuous sex, often with the husband or wife of one's friends
- influence decisively
- change direction with a swinging motion; turn
- hang loosely
- alternate dramatically between high and low values
- live in a lively, modern, and relaxed style
noun
- (boxing) A type of hook with the arm more extended.
- (music) The genre of music associated with this dance style.
- The sweep or compass of a swinging body.
- (politics) In an election, the increase or decrease in the number of votes for opposition parties compared with votes for the incumbent party.
- (cricket) Sideways movement of the ball as it flies through the air.
- A basic dance step in which a pair link hands and turn round together in a circle.
- Influence or power of anything put in motion.
- (theater) In a musical theater production, a performer who understudies several roles.
- The act, or an instance, of swinging.
- The manner in which something is swung.
- Capacity of a turning lathe, as determined by the diameter of the largest object that can be turned in it.
- The amount of change towards or away from something.
- A line, cord, or other thing suspended and hanging loose, upon which anything may swing.
- A hanging seat that can swing back and forth, in a children's playground, for acrobats in a circus, or on a porch for relaxing.
- An energetic and acrobatic late-1930s partner-based dance style, also known as jitterbug and lindy-hop.
- The maximum amount of change that has occurred or can occur; the sum of the maximum changes in any direction.
- a state of steady vigorous action that is characteristic of an activity
- in baseball; a batter's attempt to hit a pitched ball
- a sweeping blow or stroke
- a jaunty rhythm in music
- mechanical device used as a plaything to support someone swinging back and forth
- the act of swinging a golf club at a golf ball and (usually) hitting it
- changing location by moving back and forth
- a style of jazz played by big bands popular in the 1930s; flowing rhythms but less complex than later styles of jazz
- a square dance figure; a pair of dancers join hands and dance around a point between them
verb
- (transitive) To cause to vary irregularly.
- (intransitive) To undulate.
- (intransitive) To be irresolute; to waver.
- (intransitive) To vary irregularly; to swing.
- (rare, figuratively, also literally) To rise and fall as a wave; to be tossed up and down the waves.
- move or sway in a rising and falling or wavelike pattern
- be unstable
- cause to fluctuate or move in a wavelike pattern
noun
- (engineering) Fluctuation or oscillation that does not stabilize.
- The act of finding and killing a wild animal, either for sport or with the intention of using its parts to make food, clothes, etc.
- The act of looking for something, especially for a job or flat.
- (telephony) The process of determining which of a group of telephone lines will receive a call.
- the pursuit and killing or capture of wild animals regarded as a sport
- the activity of looking thoroughly in order to find something or someone
- the work of finding and killing or capturing animals for food or pelts
verb
noun
- (by extension) The tendency of a situation to oscillate (between two extremes).
- A lamp, etc. suspended from a ceiling.
- A watch's guard-ring by which it is attached to a chain.
- (clocks, mechanics) A body suspended from a fixed support so that it swings freely back and forth under the influence of gravity, commonly used to regulate various devices such as clocks.
- an apparatus consisting of an object mounted so that it swings freely under the influence of gravity
noun
- a transient variation in voltage or current
- a very high narrow heel on women's shoes
- sports equipment consisting of a sharp point on the sole of a shoe worn by athletes
- a large stout nail
- any holding device consisting of a rigid, sharp-pointed object
- a sharp rise followed by a sharp decline
- fruiting spike of a cereal plant especially corn
- each of the sharp points on the soles of athletic shoes to prevent slipping (or the shoes themselves)
- a sharp-pointed projection along the top of a fence or wall (or a dinosaur)
- (botany) an indeterminate inflorescence bearing sessile flowers on an unbranched axis
- a long, thin sharp-pointed implement (wood or metal)
- (slang, historical) The casual ward of a workhouse.
- (theater) A mark indicating where a prop or other item should be placed on stage.
- (volleyball) An attack from, usually, above the height of the net performed with the intent to send the ball straight to the floor of the opponent or off the hands of the opposing block.
- The rod-like protrusion from a woman's high-heeled shoe that elevates the heel.
- (Anglicanism) An excessively high church Anglican.
- A piece of pointed metal etc. set with points upward or outward.
- A long nail for storing papers by skewering them; (by extension) the metaphorical place where rejected newspaper articles are sent.
- (botany) A kind of inflorescence in which sessile flowers are arranged on an unbranched elongated axis.
- (software engineering, XP) A small project that uses the simplest possible program to explore potential solutions.
- (zoology) An adolescent male deer.
- (music, lutherie) Synonym of endpin.
- A sort of very large nail.
- (virology) a structure projecting from the surface of an enveloped virus, which binds to host cells.
- A sharp peak in a graph.
- An ear of corn or grain.
- Spike lavender.
- (informal, chiefly in the plural) A running shoe with spikes in the sole to provide grip.
- (by extension) Anything resembling such a nail in shape.
- A surge in power or in the price of a commodity, etc.; any sudden and brief change that would be represented by a sharp peak on a graph.
verb
- secure with spikes
- stand in the way of
- manifest a sharp increase
- bring forth a spike or spikes
- add alcohol to (beverages)
- pierce with a sharp stake or point
- To add alcohol or a drug into a drink, especially if covertly.
- To add a small amount of one substance to another.
- To increase sharply.
- (volleyball) To attack from, usually, above the height of the net with the intent to send the ball straight to the floor of the opponent or off the hands of the opposing block.
- (slang) To inject a drug with a syringe.
- (military) To render (a gun) unusable by driving a metal spike into its touch hole.
- (figurative, journalism) To discard; to decide not to publish or make public.
- To embed nails into (a tree) so that any attempt to cut it down will damage equipment or injure people.
- To fasten with spikes, or long, large nails.
- To set or furnish with spikes.
- To fix on a spike.
- (American football slang) To slam the football to the ground, usually in celebration of scoring a touchdown, or to stop expiring time on the game clock after snapping the ball as to save time for the losing team to attempt to score the tying or winning points.
adj
noun
- a variable quantity that is random
- an event that departs from expectations
- something a little different from others of the same type
- (biology) a group of organisms within a species that differ in trivial ways from similar groups
- (genetics) A different sequence of a gene (locus).
- (linguistics, lexicography) One of a set of words or other linguistic forms that conveys the same meaning or serves the same function.
- (programming) A variable that can hold any of various unrelated data types.
- Something that is slightly different from a type or norm.
adj
- In a state of flux; subject to change.
- (of an asset) Convertible into cash.
- (rare) Genderfluid.
- (not comparable) Of or relating to fluid.
- Moving smoothly, or giving the impression of a liquid in motion.
- smooth and unconstrained in movement
- in cash or easily convertible to cash
- characteristic of a fluid; capable of flowing and easily changing shape
- subject to change; variable
- affording change (especially in social status)
noun
- A liquid (as opposed to a solid or gas).
- (specifically, medicine, colloquial, typically in the plural) Intravenous fluids.
- Any substance which can flow with relative ease, tends to assume the shape of its container, and obeys Bernoulli's principle; a liquid, gas or plasma.
- continuous amorphous matter that tends to flow and to conform to the outline of its container: a liquid or a gas
- a substance that is fluid at room temperature and pressure
verb
- (transitive) To produce a recurring increase and decrease of some quantity.
- (intransitive, figurative) To pulse, to be full of life, energy: to bustle, thrive, flourish.
- (intransitive) To expand and contract rhythmically; to throb or to beat, exhibit a pulse.
- (intransitive) To quiver, vibrate, or flash; as to the beat of music.
- move with or as if with a regular alternating motion
- produce or modulate (as electromagnetic waves) in the form of short bursts or pulses or cause an apparatus to produce pulses
- expand and contract rhythmically; beat rhythmically
adj
- Unstable; changeable; inconstant.
- Of a surface, having low friction, often due to being covered in a non-viscous liquid, and therefore hard to grip, hard to stand on without falling, etc.
- (figuratively, by extension) Evasive; difficult to pin down.
- causing or tending to cause things to slip or slide
- not to be trusted
adj
- (economics, finance) Of a price, variable or erratic.
- Temporary or ephemeral.
- Of a situation potentially violent.
- (programming) Of a variable etc., having its associated memory immediately updated with any changes in value.
- Fickle.
- Of a person, quick to become angry or violent.
- (informal) Of a substance, explosive.
- (computing) Of memory, whose content is lost when the computer is powered down.
- (physics) Evaporating or vaporizing readily under normal conditions.
- tending to vary often or widely
- evaporating readily at normal temperatures and pressures
- marked by erratic changeableness in affections or attachments
- liable to lead to sudden change or violence
noun
adj
noun
- A chemical agent for cleaning metal prior to soldering or welding.
- The act of flowing; a continuous moving on or passing by, as of a flowing stream.
- (physics) The rate of transfer of energy (or another physical quantity), especially an electric or magnetic field, through a given surface.
- The state of being liquid through heat; fusion.
- A state of ongoing change.
- a flow or discharge
- a state of uncertainty about what should be done (usually following some important event) preceding the establishment of a new direction of action
- the rate of flow of energy or particles across a given surface
- a substance added to molten metals to bond with impurities that can then be readily removed
- (physics) the number of changes in energy flow across a given surface per unit area
- the lines of force surrounding a permanent magnet or a moving charged particle
- excessive discharge of liquid from a cavity or organ (as in watery diarrhea)
- in constant change
verb
noun
- Such a dynamic equilibrium or balance.
- (physiology) The ability of a system or living organism to adjust its internal environment to maintain a state of dynamic constancy; such as the ability of warm-blooded animals to maintain a stable temperature.
- (physiology) metabolic equilibrium actively maintained by several complex biological mechanisms that operate via the autonomic nervous system to offset disrupting changes
verb
noun
- A toy consisting of a spheroidal or cylindrical spindle having a circular groove in which string is wound; it is used by holding the string in the fingers and reeling the spindle up and down by movements of the wrist.
- (informal) Someone who vacillates.
- (informal) A foolish, annoying or incompetent person.
- (aviation, military) A dogfighting maneuver involving the attacker temporarily exchanging altitude for airspeed, or vice versa, in order to rapidly catch up with the defender or to prevent an overshoot.
- (sewing) A cloth rosette formed by gathering the outside edge of a circle of fabric in toward the centre using a running stitch.
- (finance) A volatile market that moves up and down.
- a toy consisting of a spool that is reeled up and down on a string by motions of the hand
noun
- an unpredictable factor
- a playing card whose value can be determined by the person who holds it
- (card games) A card that can be assigned any value or used to substitute for any needed card.
- (sports) A competitor or team that is allowed to compete in a tournament despite not reaching the normal standards to qualify for inclusion.
- (phonetics, phonology) Alternative form of wildcard (“symbol for a generic sound”).
- (computing) Alternative form of wildcard (“substituted text character”).
adj
noun
verb
noun
adj
adv
name
noun
- a regular periodic fluctuation in value about some mean
- a single such cycle
- the act of oscillating or the state of being oscillated
- (mathematics) (of a function) defined for each point x in the domain of the function by inf diam(f(U))∣Uisaneighborhoodofx, and describes the difference (possibly ∞) between the limit superior and limit inferior of the function near that point.
- (physics) a regular periodic variation in value about a mean
- the process of oscillating between states
- a single complete execution of a periodically repeated phenomenon
noun
- (statistics) Variation or deviation generated by random fluctuations.
- Any sound.
- (informal) Speech that is suggestive of an attitude or opinion.
- (music) A genre of rock music that uses static and other non-musical sounds, also influenced by art rock.
- (figurative, by extension) Unwanted fuss or bustle; useless activity.
- (genetics) The measured level of variation in gene expression among cells, regardless of source, within a supposedly identical population.
- (uncountable) Various sounds, usually unwanted or unpleasant.
- (technology) Any part of a signal or data that reduces the clarity, precision, or quality of the desired output.
- Sound or signal generated by random fluctuations.
- Rumour or complaint.
- electrical or acoustic activity that can disturb communication
- the quality of lacking any predictable order or plan
- sound of any kind (especially unintelligible or dissonant sound)
- a loud outcry of protest or complaint
- incomprehensibility resulting from irrelevant information or meaningless facts or remarks
- the auditory experience of sound that lacks musical quality; sound that is a disagreeable auditory experience
verb
noun
- (engineering) Fluctuation or oscillation that does not stabilize.
- The act of finding and killing a wild animal, either for sport or with the intention of using its parts to make food, clothes, etc.
- The act of looking for something, especially for a job or flat.
- (telephony) The process of determining which of a group of telephone lines will receive a call.
- the pursuit and killing or capture of wild animals regarded as a sport
- the activity of looking thoroughly in order to find something or someone
- the work of finding and killing or capturing animals for food or pelts
verb
noun
- (by extension) The tendency of a situation to oscillate (between two extremes).
- A lamp, etc. suspended from a ceiling.
- A watch's guard-ring by which it is attached to a chain.
- (clocks, mechanics) A body suspended from a fixed support so that it swings freely back and forth under the influence of gravity, commonly used to regulate various devices such as clocks.
- an apparatus consisting of an object mounted so that it swings freely under the influence of gravity
noun
- a transient variation in voltage or current
- a very high narrow heel on women's shoes
- sports equipment consisting of a sharp point on the sole of a shoe worn by athletes
- a large stout nail
- any holding device consisting of a rigid, sharp-pointed object
- a sharp rise followed by a sharp decline
- fruiting spike of a cereal plant especially corn
- each of the sharp points on the soles of athletic shoes to prevent slipping (or the shoes themselves)
- a sharp-pointed projection along the top of a fence or wall (or a dinosaur)
- (botany) an indeterminate inflorescence bearing sessile flowers on an unbranched axis
- a long, thin sharp-pointed implement (wood or metal)
- (slang, historical) The casual ward of a workhouse.
- (theater) A mark indicating where a prop or other item should be placed on stage.
- (volleyball) An attack from, usually, above the height of the net performed with the intent to send the ball straight to the floor of the opponent or off the hands of the opposing block.
- The rod-like protrusion from a woman's high-heeled shoe that elevates the heel.
- (Anglicanism) An excessively high church Anglican.
- A piece of pointed metal etc. set with points upward or outward.
- A long nail for storing papers by skewering them; (by extension) the metaphorical place where rejected newspaper articles are sent.
- (botany) A kind of inflorescence in which sessile flowers are arranged on an unbranched elongated axis.
- (software engineering, XP) A small project that uses the simplest possible program to explore potential solutions.
- (zoology) An adolescent male deer.
- (music, lutherie) Synonym of endpin.
- A sort of very large nail.
- (virology) a structure projecting from the surface of an enveloped virus, which binds to host cells.
- A sharp peak in a graph.
- An ear of corn or grain.
- Spike lavender.
- (informal, chiefly in the plural) A running shoe with spikes in the sole to provide grip.
- (by extension) Anything resembling such a nail in shape.
- A surge in power or in the price of a commodity, etc.; any sudden and brief change that would be represented by a sharp peak on a graph.
verb
- secure with spikes
- stand in the way of
- manifest a sharp increase
- bring forth a spike or spikes
- add alcohol to (beverages)
- pierce with a sharp stake or point
- To add alcohol or a drug into a drink, especially if covertly.
- To add a small amount of one substance to another.
- To increase sharply.
- (volleyball) To attack from, usually, above the height of the net with the intent to send the ball straight to the floor of the opponent or off the hands of the opposing block.
- (slang) To inject a drug with a syringe.
- (military) To render (a gun) unusable by driving a metal spike into its touch hole.
- (figurative, journalism) To discard; to decide not to publish or make public.
- To embed nails into (a tree) so that any attempt to cut it down will damage equipment or injure people.
- To fasten with spikes, or long, large nails.
- To set or furnish with spikes.
- To fix on a spike.
- (American football slang) To slam the football to the ground, usually in celebration of scoring a touchdown, or to stop expiring time on the game clock after snapping the ball as to save time for the losing team to attempt to score the tying or winning points.
noun
- Such a dynamic equilibrium or balance.
- (physiology) The ability of a system or living organism to adjust its internal environment to maintain a state of dynamic constancy; such as the ability of warm-blooded animals to maintain a stable temperature.
- (physiology) metabolic equilibrium actively maintained by several complex biological mechanisms that operate via the autonomic nervous system to offset disrupting changes
noun
- an unpredictable factor
- a playing card whose value can be determined by the person who holds it
- (card games) A card that can be assigned any value or used to substitute for any needed card.
- (sports) A competitor or team that is allowed to compete in a tournament despite not reaching the normal standards to qualify for inclusion.
- (phonetics, phonology) Alternative form of wildcard (“symbol for a generic sound”).
- (computing) Alternative form of wildcard (“substituted text character”).
verb
- be subject to fluctuation
- move in an unhurried fashion
- live unhurriedly, irresponsibly, or freely
- drive slowly and far afield for grazing
- vary or move from a fixed point or course
- be piled up in banks or heaps by the force of wind or a current
- move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment
- be in motion due to some air or water current
- cause to be carried by a current
- wander from a direct course or at random
- (intransitive) To accumulate in heaps by the force of wind; to be driven into heaps.
- (transitive) To drive into heaps.
- (transitive) To drive or carry, as currents do a floating body.
- (automotive) To oversteer a vehicle, causing loss of traction, while maintaining control from entry to exit of a corner. See Drifting (motorsport).
- (transitive, engineering) To enlarge or shape, as a hole, with a drift.
- (intransitive) To deviate gently from the intended direction of travel.
- (intransitive) To move haphazardly without any destination.
- (mining, US) To make a drift; to examine a vein or ledge for the purpose of ascertaining the presence of metals or ores; to follow a vein; to prospect.
- (intransitive) To move slowly, especially pushed by currents of water, air, etc.
noun
- the pervading meaning or tenor
- a process of linguistic change over a period of time
- a general tendency to change (as of opinion)
- a horizontal (or nearly horizontal) passageway in a mine
- the gradual departure from an intended course due to external influences (as a ship or plane)
- a large mass of material that is heaped up by the wind or by water currents
- a force that moves something along
- (mining) Of a boring or a driven tunnel: deviation from the intended course.
- Anything driven at random.
- A slightly tapered tool of steel for enlarging or shaping a hole in metal, by being forced or driven into or through it; a broach.
- Driftwood included in flotsam washed up onto the beach.
- The angle which the line of a ship's motion makes with the meridian, in drifting.
- (mining) In a coal mine, a heading driven for exploration or ventilation.
- (cricket) A sideways movement of the ball through the air, when bowled by a spin bowler.
- (mining) A heading driven through a seam of coal.
- (uncountable, film) The situation where a performer gradually and unintentionally moves from their proper location within the scene.
- That which is driven, forced, or urged along.
- A tool used to insert or extract a removable pin made of metal or hardwood, for the purpose of aligning and/or securing two pieces of material together.
- In the New Forest National Park, UK, the bi-annual round-up of wild ponies in order to sell them.
- The distance through which a current flows in a given time.
- (mining) A passage driven or cut between shaft and shaft; a driftway; a small subterranean gallery.
- (architecture) The horizontal thrust or pressure of an arch or vault upon the abutments.
- A deviation from the line of fire, peculiar to obloid projectiles.
- The place in a deep-waisted vessel where the sheer is raised and the rail is cut off, and usually terminated with a scroll, or driftpiece.
- (mining) A sloping winze or road to the surface, for purposes of haulage.
- (mining) An adit or tunnel driven forward for purposes of exploration or exploitation; generally eventually to a dead end.
- A mass of matter which has been driven or forced onward together in a body, or thrown together in a heap, etc., especially by wind or water.
- The difference between the size of a bolt and the hole into which it is driven, or between the circumference of a hoop and that of the mast on which it is to be driven.
- The tendency of an act, argument, course of conduct, or the like; object aimed at or intended; intention; hence, also, import or meaning of a sentence or discourse; aim.
- Course or direction along which anything is driven; setting.
- The distance between the two blocks of a tackle.
- A place (a ford) along a river where the water is shallow enough to permit crossing to the opposite side.
- The act or motion of drifting; the force which impels or drives; an overpowering influence or impulse.
- A drove or flock, as of cattle, sheep, birds.
- A tool used to pack down the composition contained in a rocket, or like firework.
- A collection of loose earth and rocks, or boulders, which have been distributed over large portions of the earth's surface, especially in latitudes north of forty degrees, by the retreat of continental glaciers, such as that which buries former river valleys and creates young river valleys.
- The distance a vessel is carried off from her desired course by the wind, currents, or other causes.
- Slow, cumulative change.
- (uncountable) Minor deviation of audio or video playback from its correct speed.
adj
verb
noun
- A structure composed of a plank, balanced in the middle, used as a game in which one person goes up as the other goes down.
- A series of up-and-down movements.
- (medicine, attributively) An abnormal breathing pattern caused by airway obstruction, characterized by paradoxical chest and abdominal movement.
- A series of alternating movements or feelings.
- (chess) A tactic in which a piece repeatedly gains material, while simultaneously creating an inescapable series of alternating direct and discovered checks.
- a plaything consisting of a board balanced on a fulcrum; the board is ridden up and down by children at either end
verb
- (intransitive) To fluctuate or change.
- (intransitive) To hang from the gallows; to be punished by hanging, swing for something or someone; (often hyperbolic) to be severely punished.
- (intransitive, cricket, of a ball) To move sideways in its trajectory.
- (transitive and intransitive, boxing) To move one's arm in a punching motion.
- (transitive) To change (a numerical result); especially to change the outcome of an election.
- To be sexually oriented.
- To turn in a different direction.
- (transitive, engineering) To admit or turn something for the purpose of shaping it; said of a lathe.
- (intransitive) To ride on a swing.
- (transitive) To move (an object) backward and forward; to wave.
- (transitive, music) To play notes that are in pairs by making the first of the pair slightly longer than written (augmentation) and the second shorter, resulting in a bouncy, uneven rhythm.
- (transitive, cricket) (of a bowler) To make the ball move sideways in its trajectory.
- (intransitive, sex) To participate in the swinging lifestyle; to participate in wifeswapping.
- (intransitive) To rotate about an off-centre fixed point.
- (intransitive) To dance.
- (transitive, carpentry) To put (a door, gate, etc.) on hinges so that it can swing or turn.
- (transitive) In dancing, to turn around in a small circle with one's partner, holding hands or arms.
- (nautical) To turn round by action of wind or tide when at anchor.
- (transitive, slang) To make (something) work; especially to afford (something) financially.
- hit or aim at with a sweeping arm movement
- make a big sweeping gesture or movement
- play with a subtle and intuitively felt sense of rhythm
- have a certain musical rhythm
- move in a curve or arc, usually with the intent of hitting
- be a social swinger; socialize a lot
- move or walk in a swinging or swaying manner
- engage freely in promiscuous sex, often with the husband or wife of one's friends
- influence decisively
- change direction with a swinging motion; turn
- hang loosely
- alternate dramatically between high and low values
- live in a lively, modern, and relaxed style
noun
- (boxing) A type of hook with the arm more extended.
- (music) The genre of music associated with this dance style.
- The sweep or compass of a swinging body.
- (politics) In an election, the increase or decrease in the number of votes for opposition parties compared with votes for the incumbent party.
- (cricket) Sideways movement of the ball as it flies through the air.
- A basic dance step in which a pair link hands and turn round together in a circle.
- Influence or power of anything put in motion.
- (theater) In a musical theater production, a performer who understudies several roles.
- The act, or an instance, of swinging.
- The manner in which something is swung.
- Capacity of a turning lathe, as determined by the diameter of the largest object that can be turned in it.
- The amount of change towards or away from something.
- A line, cord, or other thing suspended and hanging loose, upon which anything may swing.
- A hanging seat that can swing back and forth, in a children's playground, for acrobats in a circus, or on a porch for relaxing.
- An energetic and acrobatic late-1930s partner-based dance style, also known as jitterbug and lindy-hop.
- The maximum amount of change that has occurred or can occur; the sum of the maximum changes in any direction.
- a state of steady vigorous action that is characteristic of an activity
- in baseball; a batter's attempt to hit a pitched ball
- a sweeping blow or stroke
- a jaunty rhythm in music
- mechanical device used as a plaything to support someone swinging back and forth
- the act of swinging a golf club at a golf ball and (usually) hitting it
- changing location by moving back and forth
- a style of jazz played by big bands popular in the 1930s; flowing rhythms but less complex than later styles of jazz
- a square dance figure; a pair of dancers join hands and dance around a point between them
verb
- (transitive) To cause to vary irregularly.
- (intransitive) To undulate.
- (intransitive) To be irresolute; to waver.
- (intransitive) To vary irregularly; to swing.
- (rare, figuratively, also literally) To rise and fall as a wave; to be tossed up and down the waves.
- move or sway in a rising and falling or wavelike pattern
- be unstable
- cause to fluctuate or move in a wavelike pattern
verb
- (transitive) To produce a recurring increase and decrease of some quantity.
- (intransitive, figurative) To pulse, to be full of life, energy: to bustle, thrive, flourish.
- (intransitive) To expand and contract rhythmically; to throb or to beat, exhibit a pulse.
- (intransitive) To quiver, vibrate, or flash; as to the beat of music.
- move with or as if with a regular alternating motion
- produce or modulate (as electromagnetic waves) in the form of short bursts or pulses or cause an apparatus to produce pulses
- expand and contract rhythmically; beat rhythmically
verb
noun
- A toy consisting of a spheroidal or cylindrical spindle having a circular groove in which string is wound; it is used by holding the string in the fingers and reeling the spindle up and down by movements of the wrist.
- (informal) Someone who vacillates.
- (informal) A foolish, annoying or incompetent person.
- (aviation, military) A dogfighting maneuver involving the attacker temporarily exchanging altitude for airspeed, or vice versa, in order to rapidly catch up with the defender or to prevent an overshoot.
- (sewing) A cloth rosette formed by gathering the outside edge of a circle of fabric in toward the centre using a running stitch.
- (finance) A volatile market that moves up and down.
- a toy consisting of a spool that is reeled up and down on a string by motions of the hand
adj
- Fluctuating; not constant.
- Unpredictable.
- Not stable.
- (physics) Radioactive, especially with a short half-life.
- Fickle.
- (chemistry) Readily decomposable.
- Having a strong tendency to change.
- disposed to psychological variability
- highly or violently reactive
- suffering from severe mental illness
- subject to change; variable
- lacking stability or fixity or firmness
- affording no ease or reassurance
verb
adj
verb
noun
- A structure composed of a plank, balanced in the middle, used as a game in which one person goes up as the other goes down.
- A series of up-and-down movements.
- (medicine, attributively) An abnormal breathing pattern caused by airway obstruction, characterized by paradoxical chest and abdominal movement.
- A series of alternating movements or feelings.
- (chess) A tactic in which a piece repeatedly gains material, while simultaneously creating an inescapable series of alternating direct and discovered checks.
- a plaything consisting of a board balanced on a fulcrum; the board is ridden up and down by children at either end
adj
noun
- a variable quantity that is random
- an event that departs from expectations
- something a little different from others of the same type
- (biology) a group of organisms within a species that differ in trivial ways from similar groups
- (genetics) A different sequence of a gene (locus).
- (linguistics, lexicography) One of a set of words or other linguistic forms that conveys the same meaning or serves the same function.
- (programming) A variable that can hold any of various unrelated data types.
- Something that is slightly different from a type or norm.
adj
- In a state of flux; subject to change.
- (of an asset) Convertible into cash.
- (rare) Genderfluid.
- (not comparable) Of or relating to fluid.
- Moving smoothly, or giving the impression of a liquid in motion.
- smooth and unconstrained in movement
- in cash or easily convertible to cash
- characteristic of a fluid; capable of flowing and easily changing shape
- subject to change; variable
- affording change (especially in social status)
noun
- A liquid (as opposed to a solid or gas).
- (specifically, medicine, colloquial, typically in the plural) Intravenous fluids.
- Any substance which can flow with relative ease, tends to assume the shape of its container, and obeys Bernoulli's principle; a liquid, gas or plasma.
- continuous amorphous matter that tends to flow and to conform to the outline of its container: a liquid or a gas
- a substance that is fluid at room temperature and pressure
adj
- Unstable; changeable; inconstant.
- Of a surface, having low friction, often due to being covered in a non-viscous liquid, and therefore hard to grip, hard to stand on without falling, etc.
- (figuratively, by extension) Evasive; difficult to pin down.
- causing or tending to cause things to slip or slide
- not to be trusted
adj
- (economics, finance) Of a price, variable or erratic.
- Temporary or ephemeral.
- Of a situation potentially violent.
- (programming) Of a variable etc., having its associated memory immediately updated with any changes in value.
- Fickle.
- Of a person, quick to become angry or violent.
- (informal) Of a substance, explosive.
- (computing) Of memory, whose content is lost when the computer is powered down.
- (physics) Evaporating or vaporizing readily under normal conditions.
- tending to vary often or widely
- evaporating readily at normal temperatures and pressures
- marked by erratic changeableness in affections or attachments
- liable to lead to sudden change or violence
noun
adj
noun
- A chemical agent for cleaning metal prior to soldering or welding.
- The act of flowing; a continuous moving on or passing by, as of a flowing stream.
- (physics) The rate of transfer of energy (or another physical quantity), especially an electric or magnetic field, through a given surface.
- The state of being liquid through heat; fusion.
- A state of ongoing change.
- a flow or discharge
- a state of uncertainty about what should be done (usually following some important event) preceding the establishment of a new direction of action
- the rate of flow of energy or particles across a given surface
- a substance added to molten metals to bond with impurities that can then be readily removed
- (physics) the number of changes in energy flow across a given surface per unit area
- the lines of force surrounding a permanent magnet or a moving charged particle
- excessive discharge of liquid from a cavity or organ (as in watery diarrhea)
- in constant change