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noun
- (construction) Casing.
- Material used for making boxes or casing.
- (object-oriented programming) Automatic conversion of value types to objects by wrapping them within a heap-allocated reference type.
- (sports) A sport where two opponents punch each other with gloved fists to head and torso; the object being to score more points by the end of the match or by knockout, or technical knockout.
- the enclosure of something in a package or box
- fighting with the fists
verb
noun
- An enclosing frame or casing.
- (grammar) A specific inflection of a word (particularly a noun, pronoun, or adjective) depending on its function in the sentence.
- An actual event, situation, or fact.
- A cardboard box that holds (usually 24) beer bottles or cans.
- A specific matter or piece of work, specifically defined within a profession, usually in respect of a specific person and/or event; the set of tasks involved in addressing one such matter.
- (grammar, uncountable) Grammatical cases and their meanings taken either as a topic in general or within a specific language.
- (poker slang) Four of a kind.
- A suitcase.
- The outer covering or framework of a piece of apparatus such as a computer.
- (typography, by extension) The nature of a piece of alphabetic type, whether a “capital” (upper case) or “small” (lower case) letter.
- (medicine) An instance of a specific condition or set of symptoms.
- A box that contains or can contain a number of identical items of manufacture.
- (law) A legal proceeding; a lawsuit or prosecution.
- (printing, historical) A shallow tray divided into compartments or "boxes" for holding type, traditionally arranged in sets of two, the "upper case" (containing capitals, small capitals, accented) and "lower case" (small letters, figures, punctuation marks, quadrats, and spaces).
- A box, sheath, or covering generally.
- (programming) A section of code representing one of the actions of a conditional switch.
- A piece of furniture, constructed partially of transparent glass or plastic, within which items can be displayed.
- (mining) A small fissure which admits water into the workings.
- (academia) An instance or event as a topic of study.
- A piece of luggage that can be used to transport an apparatus such as a sewing machine.
- A thin layer of harder metal on the surface of an object whose deeper metal is allowed to remain soft.
- (US) A unit of liquid measure used to measure sales in the beverage industry, equivalent to 192 fluid ounces.
- a person of a specified kind (usually with many eccentricities)
- a statement of facts and reasons used to support an argument
- bed linen consisting of a cover for a pillow
- the actual state of things
- the quantity contained in a case
- a glass container used to store and display items in a shop or museum or home
- an occurrence of something
- a special set of circumstances
- the housing or outer covering of something
- a specific state of mind that is temporary
- an enveloping structure or covering enclosing an animal or plant organ or part
- (printing) the receptacle in which a compositor has their type, which is divided into compartments for the different letters, spaces, or numbers
- a problem requiring investigation
- the enclosing frame around a door or window opening
- nouns or pronouns or adjectives (often marked by inflection) related in some way to other words in a sentence
- a person requiring professional services
- a specific size and style of type within a type family
- a portable container for carrying several objects
- a person who is subjected to experimental or other observational procedures; someone who is an object of investigation
- a comprehensive term for any proceeding in a court of law whereby an individual seeks a legal remedy
adj
verb
- (transitive, informal) To survey (a building or other location) surreptitiously, as in preparation for a robbery.
- (transitive) To place (an item or items of manufacture) into a box, as in preparation for shipment.
- (transitive) To cover or protect with, or as if with, a case; to enclose.
- enclose in, or as if in, a case
- look over, usually with the intention to rob
noun
- an outer wrapping or casing
- a short coat
- (dentistry) dental appliance consisting of an artificial crown for a broken or decayed tooth
- the tough metal shell casing for certain kinds of ammunition
- the outer skin of a potato
- (Jamaica) A bastard child, in particular one whose father is unaware that he is not the child’s biological father.
- A protective or insulating cover for an object (e.g. a book, hot water tank, bullet.)
- A piece of clothing worn on the upper body outside a shirt or blouse, often waist length to thigh length.
- (military) In ordnance, a strengthening band surrounding and reinforcing the tube in which the charge is fired.
- (slang) A police record.
- A piece of a person's suit, beside trousers and, sometimes, waistcoat; coat (US)
- The tough outer skin of a baked potato.
- (Appalachia) A vest (US); a waistcoat (UK).
verb
adj
- Involving the mechanics of construction.
- Of, relating to, or having structure.
- pertaining to geological structure
- relating to or having or characterized by structure
- concerned with systematic structure in a particular field of study
- affecting or involved in structure or construction
- relating to or concerned with the morphology of plants and animals
- relating to or caused by structure, especially political or economic structure
noun
noun
- a block of material used in construction work
- a single undivided natural thing occurring in the composition of something else
- (literally) A component that is part of a larger construction, such as a brick or a stone.
- (figuratively) A component that is part of a larger system.
- A block made of wood or plastic that is used as a children's toy and can be stacked or joined to form a larger structure.
noun
- (carpentry) A girder.
- One who twists.
- (colloquial) A tornado.
- An instrument used in twisting or making twists.
- The party game Twister, usually capitalized, or a variant.
- One whose occupation is to twist or join the threads of one warp to those of another, in weaving.
- Any of species Tholymis tillarga of libellulid dragonfly, of tropical West Africa to Asia, Australia, and the Pacific Islands.
- (British, colloquial) A crook, a villain.
- A ball delivered with a twist, as in cricket or billiards.
- small friedcake formed into twisted strips and fried; richer than doughnuts
- a localized and violently destructive windstorm occurring over land characterized by a funnel-shaped cloud extending toward the ground
noun
- The manner in which something is built.
- The process of constructing.
- The meaning or interpretation of a text, action etc.; the way something is viewed by an observer or onlooker.
- Anything that has been constructed.
- The act or result of construing the meaning of something.
- A building, model or some other structure.
- The trade of building structures.
- (art) A (usually non-representational) structure, such as a collage etc.
- (grammar) A group of words arranged to form a meaningful phrase.
- (geometry) A geometric figure of arcs and line segments that is drawable with a straightedge and compass.
- the creation of a construct; the process of combining ideas into a congruous object of thought
- the commercial activity involved in repairing old structures or constructing new ones
- a group of words that form a constituent of a sentence and are considered as a single unit
- a thing constructed; a complex entity constructed of many parts
- drawing a figure satisfying certain conditions as part of solving a problem or proving a theorem
- an interpretation of a text or action
- the act of constructing something
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adj
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verb
noun
- The cryptobiotic state of a tardigrade, when its metabolism is temporarily suspended.
- (Malaysia) A respectful term of address to royalties and certain award recipients
- Synonym of long ton: a unit of mass equal to 2240 pounds, 20 hundredweights of 112 pounds avoirdupois each.
- A part of the ancient Maya Long Count Calendar system which corresponds to 18 winal cycles or 360 days.
- Any shell belonging to Tonna and allied genera.
- (dialectal, UK) a chimney.
- (figurative) Synonym of ton: any extremely or excessively large amount.
- A large cask; an oblong vessel bulging in the middle, like a pipe or puncheon, and girt with hoops; a wine cask. (See a diagram comparing cask sizes.)
- (historical) A traditional unit of liquid measure (from the volume of such a cask) equal to 252 wine gallons or 2 pipes.
- (brewing) A fermenting vat.
- a large cask especially one holding a volume equivalent to 2 butts or 252 gals
noun
- a prefabricated structure
- A prefabricated section of a building.
- (British) A single-storey prefabricated home built in many British cities immediately after World War II, intended to have a short life, but in a few cases still in use.
- (programming) A reusable object in a video game world.
- A prefabricated building.
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verb
verb
noun
- a fleshy wrinkled and often brightly colored fold of skin hanging from the neck or throat of certain birds (chickens and turkeys) or lizards
- any of various Australasian trees yielding slender poles suitable for wattle
- framework consisting of stakes interwoven with branches to form a fence
- A construction of branches and twigs woven together to form a wall, barrier, fence, or roof.
- A decorative fleshy appendage on the neck of a goat.
- Any of several Australian trees and shrubs of the genus Acacia, or their bark, used in tanning, seen as a national emblem of Australia.
- Loose hanging skin in the neck of a person.
- A single twig or rod laid on a roof to support the thatch.
- A barbel of a fish.
- A wrinkled fold of skin, sometimes brightly coloured, hanging from the neck of birds (such as chicken and turkey) and some lizards.
adj
- Built, constructed.
- (US, bartending) Chilled and served without ice; (often specifically) shaken with ice and then strained into a coupe for serving, leaving the ice behind.
- Awake and out of bed.
- (horse-racing) Riding the horse; mounted.
- (of the sun or moon) Above the horizon, in the sky.
- (computing) Functional; working.
- (usually in the phrase up for) Willing; ready.
- Fitted or fixed at a high or relatively high position, especially on a wall or ceiling.
- Next in a sequence.
- Facing upwards.
- Headed or designated to go upward (as an escalator, stairway, elevator etc.) or toward (as a run-up).
- Ahead; leading; winning.
- (poker, postnominal) Said of the higher-ranking pair in a two pair.
- Raised; lifted.
- Aloft.
- (slang, graffiti) well-known; renowned
- In a good mood.
- (of a railway line or train) Traveling towards a major terminus.
- Well-informed; current.
- Larger; greater in quantity, volume, value etc.
- (slang) Erect.
- On or at a physically higher level.
- (predicative only) Finished, to an end
- (by extension) Available to view or use; made public; posted.
- (predicative only) Happening; new; of concern. See also what's up, what's up with.
- Indicating a larger or higher quantity.
- Standing; upright.
- out of bed
- (used of computers) operating properly
- extending or moving toward a higher place
- open
- getting higher or more vigorous
- being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
- used up
- (usually followed by ‘on’ or ‘for’) in readiness
adv
- Away from the surface of the Earth or other planet; in opposite direction to the downward pull of gravity.
- (cricket) Relatively close to the batsman.
- (figuratively) To a higher level of some quantity or notional quantity, such as price, volume, pitch, happiness, etc.
- To or at a physically higher or more elevated position.
- (rail transport) Towards the principal terminus, towards milepost zero.
- To one's possession or consideration.
- To the north (as north is at the top of typical maps).
- To an upright or erect position.
- (sailing) Against the wind or current.
- (Cartesian graph) In a positive vertical direction.
- Towards the source of a river, against the direction of flow.
- To or towards what is considered the top of something, irrespective of whether this is presently physically higher.
- Aside or away, so as no longer to be present or in use.
- From one's possession or consideration.
- Towards or at a central place, or any place that is visualised as 'up' by virtue of local features or local convention, or arbitrarily, irrespective of direction or elevation change.
- (intensifier) Used as an aspect marker to indicate a completed action or state; thoroughly, completely.
- (US, bartending) Without additional ice.
- To or in a position of equal advance or equality; not short of, back of, less advanced than, away from, etc.; usually followed by to or with.
- to a more central or a more northerly place
- spatially or metaphorically from a lower to a higher position
- to a higher intensity
- to a later time
- nearer to the speaker
noun
prep
- (vulgar slang) Of a person: having sex with.
- Toward the top of.
- From south to north of.
- From the mouth towards the source of (a river or waterway).
- Further along (in any direction).
- (colloquial) At (a given place, especially one imagined to be higher or more distant from a central location).
- Toward the center, source, or main point of reference; toward the end at which something is attached.
verb
- (computing, slang, transitive) To upload.
- (transitive, colloquial) To promote.
- (intransitive, often in combination with another verb) To rise to a standing position; hence, by extension, to act suddenly; see also up and.
- (transitive, colloquial) To increase the level or amount of.
- (transitive, poetic or in certain phrases) To physically raise or lift.
- raise
noun
- the manner of construction of something and the arrangement of its parts
- the complex composition of knowledge as elements and their combinations
- a particular complex anatomical part of a living thing and its construction and arrangement
- the people in a society considered as a system organized by a characteristic pattern of relationships
- a thing constructed; a complex entity constructed of many parts
- (fishing, uncountable) Underwater terrain or objects (such as a dead tree or a submerged car) that tend to attract fish
- A body, such as a political party, with a cohesive purpose or outlook.
- A cohesive whole built up of distinct parts.
- The overall form or organization of something.
- (computing) Several pieces of data treated as a unit.
- The underlying shape of a solid.
- A set of rules defining behaviour.
- (logic) A set along with a collection of finitary functions and relations.
verb
noun
- (construction, also attributively) A concrete slab used in flooring with a gridlike structure of ribs running at right angles to each other on its underside.
- (textiles, chiefly attributively) A type of fabric woven with a honeycomb texture.
- (countable, British) In full potato waffle: a savoury flat potato cake with the same kind of grid pattern.
- (British, dialectal) The high-pitched sound made by a young dog; also, a muffled bark.
- (countable) A flat pastry pressed with a grid pattern, often eaten hot with butter and/or honey or syrup.
- (colloquial) (Often lengthy) speech or writing that is evasive or vague, or pretentious.
- pancake batter baked in a waffle iron
verb
- (intransitive) To speak or write evasively or vaguely.
- (intransitive, originally Northern England, Scotland, colloquial) To be indecisive about something; to dither, to vacillate, to waver.
- (transitive) To hold horizontally and rotate (one's hand) back and forth in a gesture of ambivalence or vacillation.
- (intransitive) Of a bird: to move in a side-to-side motion while descending before landing.
- (intransitive, British, dialectal) Of a dog: to bark with a high pitch like a puppy, or in muffled manner.
- (ambitransitive) Often followed by on: to speak or write (something) at length without any clear aim or point; to ramble.
- (transitive, slang) To smash (something).
- (intransitive, aviation, road transport, colloquial) Of an aircraft or motor vehicle: to travel in a slow and unhurried manner.
- pause or hold back in uncertainty or unwillingness
noun
- (architecture) A group of moldings.
- A frame or model around or on which something is formed or shaped.
- (anatomy) A fontanelle.
- A fungus that creates such furry growths.
- The shape or pattern of a mold.
- General shape or form.
- A natural substance in the form of a furry or woolly growth of tiny fungi that appears when organic material lies for a long time exposed to (usually warm and moist) air.
- Loose friable soil, rich in humus and fit for planting.
- (UK, dialectal, chiefly plural) Earth, ground.
- Something that is made in or shaped on a mold.
- Distinctive character or type.
- A hollow form or matrix for shaping a fluid or plastic substance.
- A fixed or restrictive pattern or form.
- a dish or dessert that is formed in or on a mold
- a distinctive nature, character, or type
- the process of becoming mildewed
- container into which liquid is poured to create a given shape when it hardens
- sculpture produced by molding
- loose soil rich in organic matter
- the distinctive form in which a thing is made
- a fungus that produces a superficial growth on various kinds of damp or decaying organic matter
verb
- (intransitive) To be shaped in or as if in a mold.
- (transitive) To fit closely by following the contours of.
- (transitive) To cause to become moldy; to cause mold to grow upon.
- (transitive) To ornament with moldings.
- (transitive) To shape in or on a mold; to form into a particular shape; to give shape to.
- (transitive) To guide or determine the growth or development of; influence
- To cover with mold or soil.
- (intransitive) To become moldy; to be covered or filled, in whole or in part, with a mold.
- (transitive) To make a mold of or from (molten metal, for example) before casting.
- form by pouring (e.g., wax or hot metal) into a cast or mold
- become moldy; spoil due to humidity
- fit tightly, follow the contours of
- shape or influence; give direction to
- form in clay, wax, etc
- make something, usually for a specific function
verb
prep_phrase
verb
- To install certain building materials, laying one thing on top of another.
- (law) To state; to allege.
- (military) To point; to aim.
- To present or offer.
- simple past of lie (“to be oriented in a horizontal position, situated”)
- (printing) To place (new type) properly in the cases.
- (nautical) To take a position; to come or go.
- To place down in a position of rest, or in a horizontal position.
- To deposit (a stake) as a wager; to stake; to risk.
- To produce and deposit an egg or eggs.
- To impose (a burden, punishment, command, tax, etc.).
- (of e.g. wind) To subside or abate.
- To bet (that something is or is not the case).
- To prepare (a plan, project etc.); to set out, establish (a law, principle).
- (proscribed, see usage notes) To lie: to rest in a horizontal position on a surface.
- To impute; to charge; to allege.
- To produce and deposit (an egg or eggs).
- (slang) To have sex with.
- (Judaism, transitive) To don or put on (tefillin (phylacteries)).
- To apply; to put.
- (ropemaking) To put the strands of (a rope, a cable, etc.) in their proper places and twist or unite them.
- (printing) To place and arrange (pages) for a form upon the imposing stone.
- put in a horizontal position
- put into a certain place or abstract location
- prepare or position for action or operation
- impose as a duty, burden, or punishment
- lay eggs
adj
noun
- A share of the profits in a business.
- A ballad or sung poem; a short poem or narrative, usually intended to be sung.
- Arrangement or relationship; layout.
- (colloquial) A casual sexual partner.
- A lyrical, narrative poem written in octosyllabic couplets that often deals with tales of adventure and romance.
- The laying of eggs.
- (colloquial) An act of sexual intercourse.
- A lake.
- The direction a rope is twisted.
- a narrative song with a recurrent refrain
- a narrative poem of popular origin
noun
- (countable) A specific grade or type of this construction material.
- (uncountable) Construction material supplied in sheets, and made of three or more layers of wood veneer glued together, laid up with alternating layers having their grain perpendicular to each other.
- a laminate made of thin layers of wood
verb
noun
- (woodwork) A planing machine for making moldings.
- Anything cast in a mold, or which appears to be so, as grooved or ornamental bars of wood or metal.
- (milling) A mill for shaping timber.
- The act or process of shaping in or on a mold, or of making molds; the art or occupation of a molder.
- (architecture) A plane, or curved, narrow surface, either sunk or projecting, used for decoration by means of the lights and shades upon its surface and to conceal joints, especially between unlike materials.
- (founding) A kind of sand containing clay, used in making molds.
- (founding) A machine to assist in making molds for castings.
- the act of creating something by casting it in a mold
- a decorative strip used for ornamentation or finishing
- a preliminary sculpture in wax or clay from which a finished work can be copied
- a decorative recessed or relieved surface on an edge
- sculpture produced by molding
verb
noun
- (construction) A poured-concrete foundation for a building.
- (geometry) A region between two parallel lines in the Euclidean plane, or between two parallel planes in three-dimensional Euclidean space, or between two hyperplanes in higher dimensions.
- An outside piece taken from a log or timber when sawing it into boards, planks, etc.
- (physical geography) Ellipsis of slab avalanche.
- A paving stone; a flagstone.
- (geology) Part of a tectonic plate that is being, or has been, subducted.
- (programming) The amount by which a cache can grow or shrink, used in memory allocation.
- (US, slang) A large, luxury pre-1980 General Motors vehicle, particularly a Buick, Oldsmobile, or Cadillac.
- (nautical) The slack part of a sail.
- (Southern US, slang) A car that has been modified with equipment such as loudspeakers, lights, special paint, hydraulics, and other accessories.
- (computing) A sequence of 12 adjacent bits, serving as a byte in some computers.
- A flat, sealed plastic case that encloses a flat collector's item, such as a coin or a trading card.
- A large, flat piece of solid material; a solid object that is large and flat.
- (surfing) A very large wave.
- (Australia) A carton containing 24 cans (chiefly of beer).
- (taxation, especially India) Any of the several portions or tiers in a tax rate plan.
- block consisting of a thick piece of something
verb
noun
- a structure supporting or containing something
- The structural elements of a building or other constructed object.
- an application that divides the user's display into two or more windows that can be scrolled independently
- (baseball) one of nine divisions of play during which each team has a turn at bat
- a single drawing in a comic strip
- a single one of a series of still transparent pictures forming a cinema, television or video film
- alternative names for the body of a human being
- a system of assumptions and standards that sanction behavior and give it meaning
- a framework that supports and protects a picture or a mirror
- the hard structure (bones and cartilages) that provides a frame for the body of an animal
- the framework for a pair of eyeglasses
- the internal supporting structure that gives an artifact its shape
- one of the ten divisions into which bowling is divided
- (Internet) An individually scrollable region of a webpage.
- (mathematics) A complete lattice in which meets distribute over arbitrary joins.
- A piece of photographic film containing an image.
- A context for understanding or interpretation.
- (genetics, "reading frame") A way of dividing nucleotide sequences into a set of consecutive triplets.
- (computing) A form of knowledge representation in artificial intelligence.
- (electronics, film, animation, video games) A division of time on a multimedia timeline, such as 1/30 or 1/60 of a second.
- (snooker) A complete game of snooker, from break-off until all the balls (or as many as necessary to win) have been potted.
- (philately) The outer circle of a cancellation mark.
- (baseball, slang) An inning.
- (crime) A conspiracy to falsely incriminate an innocent person.
- (operating systems) Clipping of page frame or memory frame.
- A rigid, generally rectangular mounting for paper, canvas or other flexible material.
- (philately) The outer decorated portion of a stamp's image, often repeated on several issues although the inner picture may change.
- (bowling) A set of balls whose results are added together for scoring purposes. Usually two balls, but only one ball in the case of a strike, and three balls in the case of a strike or a spare in the last frame of a game.
- A human body or the structure thereof; the size, shape, sturdiness etc. of a person's body as described in a certain way; one's build.
- (horticulture) A movable structure used for the cultivation or the sheltering of plants.
- Anything composed of parts fitted and united together; a fabric; a structure.
- (networking) An independent chunk of data sent over a network.
- (bowling) The complete set of pins to be knocked down in their starting configuration.
verb
- construct by fitting or uniting parts together
- formulate in a particular style or language
- take or catch as if in a snare or trap
- make up plans or basic details for
- enclose in or as if in a frame
- enclose in a frame, as of a picture
- (transitive) To fit, as for a specific end or purpose; make suitable or comfortable; adapt; adjust.
- (transitive) To construct by fitting together or uniting various parts; fabricate by union of constituent parts.
- (transitive) Of a constructed object such as a building, to put together the structural elements.
- (intransitive, dialectal) To move.
- (tennis) To hit (the ball) with the frame of the racquet rather than the strings (normally a mishit).
- (transitive) Of a picture such as a painting or photograph, to place inside a decorative border.
- (intransitive, dialectal, mining) To wash ore with the aid of a frame.
- (transitive, criminology) Conspire to falsely incriminate an innocent person.
- (transitive) To bring or put into form or order; adjust the parts or elements of; compose; contrive; plan; devise.
- (transitive) To position visually within a fixed boundary.
- (transitive) To construct in words so as to establish a context for understanding or interpretation.
noun
- a structure supporting or containing something
- a hypothetical description of a complex entity or process
- the underlying structure
- (literally) The arrangement of support beams that represent a building's general shape and size.
- (figuratively) The larger branches of a tree that determine its shape.
- (software engineering) A reusable piece of code (and, sometimes, other utilities) providing a standard environment within which an application can be implemented.
- (figuratively) A basic conceptual structure.
- (grammar) An established and structured system of rules and principles used for analyzing and describing the structure of a language.
- (literally) A support structure comprising joined parts or conglomerated particles and intervening open spaces of similar or larger size.
noun
- A clamp for carpentry or masonry.
- A piece of wood having a curve corresponding to that of the upper part of the instep, on which the upper leather of a boot is stretched to give it the requisite shape.
- That which confines or contracts.
- A painful contraction of a muscle which cannot be controlled; (sometimes) a similar pain even without noticeable contraction.
- a clamp for holding pieces of wood together while they are glued
- a strip of metal with ends bent at right angles; used to hold masonry together
- a painful and involuntary muscular contraction
verb
- To form on a cramp.
- (transitive) To restrain to a specific physical position, as if with a cramp.
- (intransitive) (of a muscle) To contract painfully and uncontrollably.
- To fasten or hold with, or as if with, a cramp iron.
- (by extension) To bind together; to unite.
- (transitive, figurative) To prohibit movement or expression of.
- (transitive) To affect with cramps or spasms.
- secure with a cramp
- suffer from sudden painful contraction of a muscle
- prevent the progress or free movement of
- affect with or as if with a cramp
noun
- A quantification, especially of building materials.
- The spot from which one takes off; specifically, the place from which a jumper rises in leaping.
- (printing, UK, historical) The removal of sheets from the press.
- (surfing) The initial movement a surfer makes to start riding a wave.
- A parody or lampoon of someone or something.
- A launch or ascent into the air or into flight, such as of an aircraft, rocket, bird, high-jumper etc.
- a composition that imitates or misrepresents somebody's style, usually in a humorous way
- the initial ascent of an airplane as it becomes airborne
- a departure; especially of airplanes
- humorous or satirical mimicry
noun
- (construction) A structural member firmly holding two pieces together.
- (music) A curved line connecting two notes of the same pitch denoting that they should be played as a single note with the combined length of both notes.
- A lace-up shoe.
- (phonetic transcription) A curved line connecting two letters (⁀), used in the IPA to denote a coarticulation, as for example /d͡ʒ/.
- A knot; a fastening.
- A twist tie, a piece of wire embedded in paper, strip of plastic with ratchets, or similar object which is wound around something and tightened.
- A tiewig.
- A knot of hair, as at the back of a wig.
- The situation in which two or more participants in a competition are placed equally.
- (cricket) The situation at the end of all innings of a match where both sides have the same total of runs (different from a draw).
- (sports, British) A meeting between two players or teams in a competition.
- A necktie (item of clothing consisting of a strip of cloth tied around the neck). See also bow tie, black tie.
- A connection between people or groups of people, especially a strong connection.
- (rail transport, US) A horizontal wooden or concrete structural member that supports and ties together rails.
- (graph theory) A connection between two vertices.
- (statistics) One or more equal values or sets of equal values in the data set.
- (surveying) A bearing and distance between a lot corner or point and a benchmark or iron off site.
- (sports, US) An equalizer, a run, goal, point, etc which causes participants in a competition to be placed equally or have the same score(s).
- a fastener that serves to join or connect
- (music) a slur over two notes of the same pitch; indicates that the note is to be sustained for their combined time value
- equality of score in a contest
- neckwear consisting of a long narrow piece of material worn (mostly by men) under a collar and tied in knot at the front
- a cord (or string or ribbon or wire etc.) with which something is tied
- a horizontal beam used to prevent two other structural members from spreading apart or separating
- a social or business relationship
- the finish of a contest in which the score is tied and the winner is undecided
- one of the cross braces that support the rails on a railway track
verb
- (music) To unite (musical notes) with a line or slur in the notation.
- (US, transitive) To have the same score or position as (another) in a competition or ordering.
- (ambitransitive) To have the same score or position as another in a competition or ordering.
- (programming, transitive) In the Perl programming language, to extend (a variable) so that standard operations performed upon it invoke custom functionality instead.
- (transitive) To twist (a string, rope, or the like) around itself securely.
- (transitive) To attach or fasten (one thing to another) by string or the like.
- (transitive) To form (a knot or the like) in a string or the like.
- (transitive, sometimes figurative) To secure (something) by string or the like.
- perform a marriage ceremony
- fasten or secure with a rope, string, or cord
- unite musical notes by a tie
- create social or emotional ties
- connect, fasten, or put together two or more pieces
- finish a game with an equal number of points, goals, etc.
- limit or restrict to
- make by tying pieces together
- form a knot or bow in
verb
- (transitive) To build a structure.
- (transitive) To place in a high location.
- Synonym of frame up (“falsely pin a crime on”).
- (US, Canada, transitive, sports, idiomatic) To score; to accumulate scoring. Ellipsis of to put up on the scoreboard.
- (transitive, idiomatic) To house; to shelter; to take in.
- (transitive, food and drink, idiomatic) To can (food) domestically; to preserve (meat, fruit or vegetables) by sterilizing and storing in a bottle, jar or can.
- (transitive, idiomatic) To present, especially in "put up a fight".
- (transitive, African-American Vernacular, slang) To kill (someone).
- (transitive) To endure; to put up with; to tolerate.
- (transitive) To style (the hair) up on the head, instead of letting it hang down.
- (transitive) To make available; to offer.
- (transitive, printing, historical) To set (matter) in capital letters; to switch text from lowercase to capital letters.
- (transitive, African-American Vernacular, slang) To compliment or respect (someone); to number (someone) among some greats.
- (transitive, idiomatic) To store away.
- (transitive) To hang; to mount.
- (hunting, transitive) To cause (wild game) to break cover.
- (transitive) To provide funds in advance.
- (transitive, idiomatic, used with "to") To cajole or dare (someone) to do (something).
- propose as a candidate for some honor
- put up with something or somebody unpleasant
- place so as to be noticed
- make available for sale at an auction
- mount or put up
- provide
- provide someone with accommodation
- construct, build, or erect
- preserve in a can or tin
adj
noun
verb
noun
- (architecture) a concave molding
- formal permission to depart
- a Chinese rice gruel eaten for breakfast
- an abrupt and unceremonious dismissal
- Leave, formal permission for some action, (originally and particularly):
- (Asian cooking) A type of thick rice porridge or soup, sometimes prepared with vegetables and/or meat.
verb
noun
- (construction) A piece of wood or similar material fitted into a surface not suitable for fastening so that other pieces may be fastened to it.
- A wooden rod, as one to make short pins from.
- A pin, or block, of wood or metal, fitting into holes in the abutting portions of two pieces, and being partly in one piece and partly in the other, to keep them in their proper relative position.
- a fastener that is inserted into holes in two adjacent pieces and holds them together
verb
verb
noun
noun
- (construction) A block of wood let into a wall to afford a hold for nails.
- (geology) A body of once molten rock that hardened in a volcanic vent. Usually round or oval in shape.
- (aviation) A standard, modular fuselage component that can be added or removed.
- (fishing) A type of lure consisting of a rigid, buoyant or semi-buoyant body and one or more hooks.
- (slang) A drug dealer.
- A branch from a water-pipe to supply a hose.
- (jewelry) A short cylindrical piece of jewellery commonly worn in larger-gauge body piercings, especially in the ear.
- (US, slang) A high, tapering silk hat.
- Ellipsis of spark plug.
- (slang) A promotion (act of promoting) of a product (such as a book, film or play) or other thing, concept, etc, for example during an interview or a commercial.
- (loosely) An electric socket: wall plug.
- (US) A flat oblong cake of pressed tobacco.
- Any piece of wood, metal, or other substance used to stop or fill a hole.
- (horticulture) A small seedling grown in a tray from expanded polystyrene or polythene filled usually with a peat or compost substrate.
- A growth of protoplasm that closes the pore openings in the cells of certain algae.
- Ellipsis of fireplug (“fire hydrant”).
- (US, slang) A worthless horse.
- (electricity) A pronged connecting device which fits into a mating socket, especially an electrical one.
- blatant or sensational promotion
- an upright hydrant for drawing water to use in fighting a fire
- electrical device that fits into the cylinder head of an internal-combustion engine and ignites the gas by means of an electric spark
- an old or over-worked horse
- blockage consisting of an object designed to fill a hole tightly
- an electrical device with two or three pins that is inserted in a socket to make an electrical connection
- a wad of something chewable as tobacco
verb
- (transitive, slang) To ingest a drug rectally.
- (transitive, slang) To shoot (someone) with a bullet.
- (transitive, slang) To have sex with; to penetrate sexually.
- (intransitive, informal) To persist or continue with something.
- (transitive) To promote (something, especially a product or service); to mention (something) as if promoting or advertising it.
- (transitive) To stop with a plug; to make tight by stopping a hole.
- make a plug for; praise the qualities or in order to sell or promote
- persist in working hard
- deliver a quick blow to
- fill or close tightly with or as if with a plug
- replace the center of a coin with a baser metal
- insert as a plug
- insert a plug into
noun
- (carpentry, masonry) A template; a pattern.
- (husbandry) A tool for sharpening scythes, composed typically of a piece of wood smeared with grease and sand.
- An instrument used in dressing flax.
- (metallurgy) A bevel-edged finishing tool used for smoothing the surface of a mold, core, or mold in sand or loam.
- A rod used to level off heaped grain etc. when being measured, or concrete after pouring.
- a tool used in a foundry to shape a mold in sand
- a tool or rod used to level off grain or other granular material that is heaped in a measure
- an implement for sharpening scythes
verb
adj
- built against or attached to a wall
- (used of toothed parts or gears) interlocked and interacting
- having ones attention or mind or energy engaged
- pledged to be married
- involved in military hostilities
- reserved in advance
- (of facilities such as telephones or lavatories) unavailable for use by anyone else or indicating unavailability; (‘engaged’ is a British term for a busy telephone line)
- having services contracted for
- (architecture, of a column) attached to a wall or sunk into it halfway
- (of gears or cogs) in contact and in operation
- Having agreed to marry a particular person (one's fiancé or fiancée) or each other.
- Synonym of engagé (“passionately committed to a cause”).
- Greatly interested.
- (military) being attacked or attacking
- (medicine, of a foetus) Having the widest part of its presenting part, usually the head, enter the pelvic brim or inlet.
- Busy or employed.
- (British) (of a telephone) Already involved in a telephone call when a third party calls.
verb
verb
noun
- Alternative spelling of groyne.
- The area adjoining this fold or depression.
- (euphemistic) The genitals.
- The crease or depression of the human body at the junction of the trunk and the thigh, together with the surrounding region.
- (geometry) The surface formed by two such vaults.
- (architecture) The projecting solid angle formed by the meeting of two vaults
- the crease at the junction of the inner part of the thigh with the trunk together with the adjacent region and often including the external genitals
- a protective structure of stone or concrete; extends from shore into the water to prevent a beach from washing away
- a curved edge formed by two intersecting vaults
noun
- (construction) A wire or bar used to strengthen prestressed concrete.
- (biology) The hamstring of a quadruped.
- (anatomy) A tough band of flexible but inelastic fibrous collagen tissue that connects a muscle with its bony attachment and transmits the force which the muscle exerts.
- a cord or band of inelastic tissue connecting a muscle with its bony attachment
noun
- (construction) A joist that extends in cantilever out from the exterior wall (or wall plate) of a building, supporting the roof sheathing and providing a nailing surface for the fascia boards.
- A session of watching for an approaching enemy, police, etc.
- One's perspective, outlook; hence, one's responsibility. (used with a possessive pronoun or a noun in a possessive form).
- A person on watch for approaching enemy, police, danger, etc.
- A subject for observation; a prospect or view.
- An observation window.
- A vantage point with a view of the surrounding area.
- a structure commanding a wide view of its surroundings
- a person employed to keep watch for some anticipated event
- an elevated post affording a wide view
- the act of looking out
noun
- (construction, woodworking) A hand-held device used to determine the location of framing studs used in light-frame construction after the walling surface has been installed.
- a small permanent magnet in a metal container; when the magnet clicks against the container it indicates that the magnet is directly over an iron nail that holds the wallboard to a stud
noun
- (construction) Casing.
- Material used for making boxes or casing.
- (object-oriented programming) Automatic conversion of value types to objects by wrapping them within a heap-allocated reference type.
- (sports) A sport where two opponents punch each other with gloved fists to head and torso; the object being to score more points by the end of the match or by knockout, or technical knockout.
- the enclosure of something in a package or box
- fighting with the fists
verb
noun
- An enclosing frame or casing.
- (grammar) A specific inflection of a word (particularly a noun, pronoun, or adjective) depending on its function in the sentence.
- An actual event, situation, or fact.
- A cardboard box that holds (usually 24) beer bottles or cans.
- A specific matter or piece of work, specifically defined within a profession, usually in respect of a specific person and/or event; the set of tasks involved in addressing one such matter.
- (grammar, uncountable) Grammatical cases and their meanings taken either as a topic in general or within a specific language.
- (poker slang) Four of a kind.
- A suitcase.
- The outer covering or framework of a piece of apparatus such as a computer.
- (typography, by extension) The nature of a piece of alphabetic type, whether a “capital” (upper case) or “small” (lower case) letter.
- (medicine) An instance of a specific condition or set of symptoms.
- A box that contains or can contain a number of identical items of manufacture.
- (law) A legal proceeding; a lawsuit or prosecution.
- (printing, historical) A shallow tray divided into compartments or "boxes" for holding type, traditionally arranged in sets of two, the "upper case" (containing capitals, small capitals, accented) and "lower case" (small letters, figures, punctuation marks, quadrats, and spaces).
- A box, sheath, or covering generally.
- (programming) A section of code representing one of the actions of a conditional switch.
- A piece of furniture, constructed partially of transparent glass or plastic, within which items can be displayed.
- (mining) A small fissure which admits water into the workings.
- (academia) An instance or event as a topic of study.
- A piece of luggage that can be used to transport an apparatus such as a sewing machine.
- A thin layer of harder metal on the surface of an object whose deeper metal is allowed to remain soft.
- (US) A unit of liquid measure used to measure sales in the beverage industry, equivalent to 192 fluid ounces.
- a person of a specified kind (usually with many eccentricities)
- a statement of facts and reasons used to support an argument
- bed linen consisting of a cover for a pillow
- the actual state of things
- the quantity contained in a case
- a glass container used to store and display items in a shop or museum or home
- an occurrence of something
- a special set of circumstances
- the housing or outer covering of something
- a specific state of mind that is temporary
- an enveloping structure or covering enclosing an animal or plant organ or part
- (printing) the receptacle in which a compositor has their type, which is divided into compartments for the different letters, spaces, or numbers
- a problem requiring investigation
- the enclosing frame around a door or window opening
- nouns or pronouns or adjectives (often marked by inflection) related in some way to other words in a sentence
- a person requiring professional services
- a specific size and style of type within a type family
- a portable container for carrying several objects
- a person who is subjected to experimental or other observational procedures; someone who is an object of investigation
- a comprehensive term for any proceeding in a court of law whereby an individual seeks a legal remedy
adj
verb
- (transitive, informal) To survey (a building or other location) surreptitiously, as in preparation for a robbery.
- (transitive) To place (an item or items of manufacture) into a box, as in preparation for shipment.
- (transitive) To cover or protect with, or as if with, a case; to enclose.
- enclose in, or as if in, a case
- look over, usually with the intention to rob
noun
- an outer wrapping or casing
- a short coat
- (dentistry) dental appliance consisting of an artificial crown for a broken or decayed tooth
- the tough metal shell casing for certain kinds of ammunition
- the outer skin of a potato
- (Jamaica) A bastard child, in particular one whose father is unaware that he is not the child’s biological father.
- A protective or insulating cover for an object (e.g. a book, hot water tank, bullet.)
- A piece of clothing worn on the upper body outside a shirt or blouse, often waist length to thigh length.
- (military) In ordnance, a strengthening band surrounding and reinforcing the tube in which the charge is fired.
- (slang) A police record.
- A piece of a person's suit, beside trousers and, sometimes, waistcoat; coat (US)
- The tough outer skin of a baked potato.
- (Appalachia) A vest (US); a waistcoat (UK).
verb
noun
- a block of material used in construction work
- a single undivided natural thing occurring in the composition of something else
- (literally) A component that is part of a larger construction, such as a brick or a stone.
- (figuratively) A component that is part of a larger system.
- A block made of wood or plastic that is used as a children's toy and can be stacked or joined to form a larger structure.
noun
- (carpentry) A girder.
- One who twists.
- (colloquial) A tornado.
- An instrument used in twisting or making twists.
- The party game Twister, usually capitalized, or a variant.
- One whose occupation is to twist or join the threads of one warp to those of another, in weaving.
- Any of species Tholymis tillarga of libellulid dragonfly, of tropical West Africa to Asia, Australia, and the Pacific Islands.
- (British, colloquial) A crook, a villain.
- A ball delivered with a twist, as in cricket or billiards.
- small friedcake formed into twisted strips and fried; richer than doughnuts
- a localized and violently destructive windstorm occurring over land characterized by a funnel-shaped cloud extending toward the ground
noun
- The manner in which something is built.
- The process of constructing.
- The meaning or interpretation of a text, action etc.; the way something is viewed by an observer or onlooker.
- Anything that has been constructed.
- The act or result of construing the meaning of something.
- A building, model or some other structure.
- The trade of building structures.
- (art) A (usually non-representational) structure, such as a collage etc.
- (grammar) A group of words arranged to form a meaningful phrase.
- (geometry) A geometric figure of arcs and line segments that is drawable with a straightedge and compass.
- the creation of a construct; the process of combining ideas into a congruous object of thought
- the commercial activity involved in repairing old structures or constructing new ones
- a group of words that form a constituent of a sentence and are considered as a single unit
- a thing constructed; a complex entity constructed of many parts
- drawing a figure satisfying certain conditions as part of solving a problem or proving a theorem
- an interpretation of a text or action
- the act of constructing something
noun
- a prefabricated structure
- A prefabricated section of a building.
- (British) A single-storey prefabricated home built in many British cities immediately after World War II, intended to have a short life, but in a few cases still in use.
- (programming) A reusable object in a video game world.
- A prefabricated building.
adj
verb
noun
- the manner of construction of something and the arrangement of its parts
- the complex composition of knowledge as elements and their combinations
- a particular complex anatomical part of a living thing and its construction and arrangement
- the people in a society considered as a system organized by a characteristic pattern of relationships
- a thing constructed; a complex entity constructed of many parts
- (fishing, uncountable) Underwater terrain or objects (such as a dead tree or a submerged car) that tend to attract fish
- A body, such as a political party, with a cohesive purpose or outlook.
- A cohesive whole built up of distinct parts.
- The overall form or organization of something.
- (computing) Several pieces of data treated as a unit.
- The underlying shape of a solid.
- A set of rules defining behaviour.
- (logic) A set along with a collection of finitary functions and relations.
verb
noun
- (construction, also attributively) A concrete slab used in flooring with a gridlike structure of ribs running at right angles to each other on its underside.
- (textiles, chiefly attributively) A type of fabric woven with a honeycomb texture.
- (countable, British) In full potato waffle: a savoury flat potato cake with the same kind of grid pattern.
- (British, dialectal) The high-pitched sound made by a young dog; also, a muffled bark.
- (countable) A flat pastry pressed with a grid pattern, often eaten hot with butter and/or honey or syrup.
- (colloquial) (Often lengthy) speech or writing that is evasive or vague, or pretentious.
- pancake batter baked in a waffle iron
verb
- (intransitive) To speak or write evasively or vaguely.
- (intransitive, originally Northern England, Scotland, colloquial) To be indecisive about something; to dither, to vacillate, to waver.
- (transitive) To hold horizontally and rotate (one's hand) back and forth in a gesture of ambivalence or vacillation.
- (intransitive) Of a bird: to move in a side-to-side motion while descending before landing.
- (intransitive, British, dialectal) Of a dog: to bark with a high pitch like a puppy, or in muffled manner.
- (ambitransitive) Often followed by on: to speak or write (something) at length without any clear aim or point; to ramble.
- (transitive, slang) To smash (something).
- (intransitive, aviation, road transport, colloquial) Of an aircraft or motor vehicle: to travel in a slow and unhurried manner.
- pause or hold back in uncertainty or unwillingness
noun
- (architecture) A group of moldings.
- A frame or model around or on which something is formed or shaped.
- (anatomy) A fontanelle.
- A fungus that creates such furry growths.
- The shape or pattern of a mold.
- General shape or form.
- A natural substance in the form of a furry or woolly growth of tiny fungi that appears when organic material lies for a long time exposed to (usually warm and moist) air.
- Loose friable soil, rich in humus and fit for planting.
- (UK, dialectal, chiefly plural) Earth, ground.
- Something that is made in or shaped on a mold.
- Distinctive character or type.
- A hollow form or matrix for shaping a fluid or plastic substance.
- A fixed or restrictive pattern or form.
- a dish or dessert that is formed in or on a mold
- a distinctive nature, character, or type
- the process of becoming mildewed
- container into which liquid is poured to create a given shape when it hardens
- sculpture produced by molding
- loose soil rich in organic matter
- the distinctive form in which a thing is made
- a fungus that produces a superficial growth on various kinds of damp or decaying organic matter
verb
- (intransitive) To be shaped in or as if in a mold.
- (transitive) To fit closely by following the contours of.
- (transitive) To cause to become moldy; to cause mold to grow upon.
- (transitive) To ornament with moldings.
- (transitive) To shape in or on a mold; to form into a particular shape; to give shape to.
- (transitive) To guide or determine the growth or development of; influence
- To cover with mold or soil.
- (intransitive) To become moldy; to be covered or filled, in whole or in part, with a mold.
- (transitive) To make a mold of or from (molten metal, for example) before casting.
- form by pouring (e.g., wax or hot metal) into a cast or mold
- become moldy; spoil due to humidity
- fit tightly, follow the contours of
- shape or influence; give direction to
- form in clay, wax, etc
- make something, usually for a specific function
noun
- (countable) A specific grade or type of this construction material.
- (uncountable) Construction material supplied in sheets, and made of three or more layers of wood veneer glued together, laid up with alternating layers having their grain perpendicular to each other.
- a laminate made of thin layers of wood
verb
noun
- (woodwork) A planing machine for making moldings.
- Anything cast in a mold, or which appears to be so, as grooved or ornamental bars of wood or metal.
- (milling) A mill for shaping timber.
- The act or process of shaping in or on a mold, or of making molds; the art or occupation of a molder.
- (architecture) A plane, or curved, narrow surface, either sunk or projecting, used for decoration by means of the lights and shades upon its surface and to conceal joints, especially between unlike materials.
- (founding) A kind of sand containing clay, used in making molds.
- (founding) A machine to assist in making molds for castings.
- the act of creating something by casting it in a mold
- a decorative strip used for ornamentation or finishing
- a preliminary sculpture in wax or clay from which a finished work can be copied
- a decorative recessed or relieved surface on an edge
- sculpture produced by molding
verb
noun
- (construction) A poured-concrete foundation for a building.
- (geometry) A region between two parallel lines in the Euclidean plane, or between two parallel planes in three-dimensional Euclidean space, or between two hyperplanes in higher dimensions.
- An outside piece taken from a log or timber when sawing it into boards, planks, etc.
- (physical geography) Ellipsis of slab avalanche.
- A paving stone; a flagstone.
- (geology) Part of a tectonic plate that is being, or has been, subducted.
- (programming) The amount by which a cache can grow or shrink, used in memory allocation.
- (US, slang) A large, luxury pre-1980 General Motors vehicle, particularly a Buick, Oldsmobile, or Cadillac.
- (nautical) The slack part of a sail.
- (Southern US, slang) A car that has been modified with equipment such as loudspeakers, lights, special paint, hydraulics, and other accessories.
- (computing) A sequence of 12 adjacent bits, serving as a byte in some computers.
- A flat, sealed plastic case that encloses a flat collector's item, such as a coin or a trading card.
- A large, flat piece of solid material; a solid object that is large and flat.
- (surfing) A very large wave.
- (Australia) A carton containing 24 cans (chiefly of beer).
- (taxation, especially India) Any of the several portions or tiers in a tax rate plan.
- block consisting of a thick piece of something
verb
noun
- a structure supporting or containing something
- The structural elements of a building or other constructed object.
- an application that divides the user's display into two or more windows that can be scrolled independently
- (baseball) one of nine divisions of play during which each team has a turn at bat
- a single drawing in a comic strip
- a single one of a series of still transparent pictures forming a cinema, television or video film
- alternative names for the body of a human being
- a system of assumptions and standards that sanction behavior and give it meaning
- a framework that supports and protects a picture or a mirror
- the hard structure (bones and cartilages) that provides a frame for the body of an animal
- the framework for a pair of eyeglasses
- the internal supporting structure that gives an artifact its shape
- one of the ten divisions into which bowling is divided
- (Internet) An individually scrollable region of a webpage.
- (mathematics) A complete lattice in which meets distribute over arbitrary joins.
- A piece of photographic film containing an image.
- A context for understanding or interpretation.
- (genetics, "reading frame") A way of dividing nucleotide sequences into a set of consecutive triplets.
- (computing) A form of knowledge representation in artificial intelligence.
- (electronics, film, animation, video games) A division of time on a multimedia timeline, such as 1/30 or 1/60 of a second.
- (snooker) A complete game of snooker, from break-off until all the balls (or as many as necessary to win) have been potted.
- (philately) The outer circle of a cancellation mark.
- (baseball, slang) An inning.
- (crime) A conspiracy to falsely incriminate an innocent person.
- (operating systems) Clipping of page frame or memory frame.
- A rigid, generally rectangular mounting for paper, canvas or other flexible material.
- (philately) The outer decorated portion of a stamp's image, often repeated on several issues although the inner picture may change.
- (bowling) A set of balls whose results are added together for scoring purposes. Usually two balls, but only one ball in the case of a strike, and three balls in the case of a strike or a spare in the last frame of a game.
- A human body or the structure thereof; the size, shape, sturdiness etc. of a person's body as described in a certain way; one's build.
- (horticulture) A movable structure used for the cultivation or the sheltering of plants.
- Anything composed of parts fitted and united together; a fabric; a structure.
- (networking) An independent chunk of data sent over a network.
- (bowling) The complete set of pins to be knocked down in their starting configuration.
verb
- construct by fitting or uniting parts together
- formulate in a particular style or language
- take or catch as if in a snare or trap
- make up plans or basic details for
- enclose in or as if in a frame
- enclose in a frame, as of a picture
- (transitive) To fit, as for a specific end or purpose; make suitable or comfortable; adapt; adjust.
- (transitive) To construct by fitting together or uniting various parts; fabricate by union of constituent parts.
- (transitive) Of a constructed object such as a building, to put together the structural elements.
- (intransitive, dialectal) To move.
- (tennis) To hit (the ball) with the frame of the racquet rather than the strings (normally a mishit).
- (transitive) Of a picture such as a painting or photograph, to place inside a decorative border.
- (intransitive, dialectal, mining) To wash ore with the aid of a frame.
- (transitive, criminology) Conspire to falsely incriminate an innocent person.
- (transitive) To bring or put into form or order; adjust the parts or elements of; compose; contrive; plan; devise.
- (transitive) To position visually within a fixed boundary.
- (transitive) To construct in words so as to establish a context for understanding or interpretation.
noun
- a structure supporting or containing something
- a hypothetical description of a complex entity or process
- the underlying structure
- (literally) The arrangement of support beams that represent a building's general shape and size.
- (figuratively) The larger branches of a tree that determine its shape.
- (software engineering) A reusable piece of code (and, sometimes, other utilities) providing a standard environment within which an application can be implemented.
- (figuratively) A basic conceptual structure.
- (grammar) An established and structured system of rules and principles used for analyzing and describing the structure of a language.
- (literally) A support structure comprising joined parts or conglomerated particles and intervening open spaces of similar or larger size.
noun
- A clamp for carpentry or masonry.
- A piece of wood having a curve corresponding to that of the upper part of the instep, on which the upper leather of a boot is stretched to give it the requisite shape.
- That which confines or contracts.
- A painful contraction of a muscle which cannot be controlled; (sometimes) a similar pain even without noticeable contraction.
- a clamp for holding pieces of wood together while they are glued
- a strip of metal with ends bent at right angles; used to hold masonry together
- a painful and involuntary muscular contraction
verb
- To form on a cramp.
- (transitive) To restrain to a specific physical position, as if with a cramp.
- (intransitive) (of a muscle) To contract painfully and uncontrollably.
- To fasten or hold with, or as if with, a cramp iron.
- (by extension) To bind together; to unite.
- (transitive, figurative) To prohibit movement or expression of.
- (transitive) To affect with cramps or spasms.
- secure with a cramp
- suffer from sudden painful contraction of a muscle
- prevent the progress or free movement of
- affect with or as if with a cramp
noun
- A quantification, especially of building materials.
- The spot from which one takes off; specifically, the place from which a jumper rises in leaping.
- (printing, UK, historical) The removal of sheets from the press.
- (surfing) The initial movement a surfer makes to start riding a wave.
- A parody or lampoon of someone or something.
- A launch or ascent into the air or into flight, such as of an aircraft, rocket, bird, high-jumper etc.
- a composition that imitates or misrepresents somebody's style, usually in a humorous way
- the initial ascent of an airplane as it becomes airborne
- a departure; especially of airplanes
- humorous or satirical mimicry
noun
- (construction) A structural member firmly holding two pieces together.
- (music) A curved line connecting two notes of the same pitch denoting that they should be played as a single note with the combined length of both notes.
- A lace-up shoe.
- (phonetic transcription) A curved line connecting two letters (⁀), used in the IPA to denote a coarticulation, as for example /d͡ʒ/.
- A knot; a fastening.
- A twist tie, a piece of wire embedded in paper, strip of plastic with ratchets, or similar object which is wound around something and tightened.
- A tiewig.
- A knot of hair, as at the back of a wig.
- The situation in which two or more participants in a competition are placed equally.
- (cricket) The situation at the end of all innings of a match where both sides have the same total of runs (different from a draw).
- (sports, British) A meeting between two players or teams in a competition.
- A necktie (item of clothing consisting of a strip of cloth tied around the neck). See also bow tie, black tie.
- A connection between people or groups of people, especially a strong connection.
- (rail transport, US) A horizontal wooden or concrete structural member that supports and ties together rails.
- (graph theory) A connection between two vertices.
- (statistics) One or more equal values or sets of equal values in the data set.
- (surveying) A bearing and distance between a lot corner or point and a benchmark or iron off site.
- (sports, US) An equalizer, a run, goal, point, etc which causes participants in a competition to be placed equally or have the same score(s).
- a fastener that serves to join or connect
- (music) a slur over two notes of the same pitch; indicates that the note is to be sustained for their combined time value
- equality of score in a contest
- neckwear consisting of a long narrow piece of material worn (mostly by men) under a collar and tied in knot at the front
- a cord (or string or ribbon or wire etc.) with which something is tied
- a horizontal beam used to prevent two other structural members from spreading apart or separating
- a social or business relationship
- the finish of a contest in which the score is tied and the winner is undecided
- one of the cross braces that support the rails on a railway track
verb
- (music) To unite (musical notes) with a line or slur in the notation.
- (US, transitive) To have the same score or position as (another) in a competition or ordering.
- (ambitransitive) To have the same score or position as another in a competition or ordering.
- (programming, transitive) In the Perl programming language, to extend (a variable) so that standard operations performed upon it invoke custom functionality instead.
- (transitive) To twist (a string, rope, or the like) around itself securely.
- (transitive) To attach or fasten (one thing to another) by string or the like.
- (transitive) To form (a knot or the like) in a string or the like.
- (transitive, sometimes figurative) To secure (something) by string or the like.
- perform a marriage ceremony
- fasten or secure with a rope, string, or cord
- unite musical notes by a tie
- create social or emotional ties
- connect, fasten, or put together two or more pieces
- finish a game with an equal number of points, goals, etc.
- limit or restrict to
- make by tying pieces together
- form a knot or bow in
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verb
noun
- (architecture) a concave molding
- formal permission to depart
- a Chinese rice gruel eaten for breakfast
- an abrupt and unceremonious dismissal
- Leave, formal permission for some action, (originally and particularly):
- (Asian cooking) A type of thick rice porridge or soup, sometimes prepared with vegetables and/or meat.
verb
noun
- (construction) A piece of wood or similar material fitted into a surface not suitable for fastening so that other pieces may be fastened to it.
- A wooden rod, as one to make short pins from.
- A pin, or block, of wood or metal, fitting into holes in the abutting portions of two pieces, and being partly in one piece and partly in the other, to keep them in their proper relative position.
- a fastener that is inserted into holes in two adjacent pieces and holds them together
verb
noun
- (construction) A block of wood let into a wall to afford a hold for nails.
- (geology) A body of once molten rock that hardened in a volcanic vent. Usually round or oval in shape.
- (aviation) A standard, modular fuselage component that can be added or removed.
- (fishing) A type of lure consisting of a rigid, buoyant or semi-buoyant body and one or more hooks.
- (slang) A drug dealer.
- A branch from a water-pipe to supply a hose.
- (jewelry) A short cylindrical piece of jewellery commonly worn in larger-gauge body piercings, especially in the ear.
- (US, slang) A high, tapering silk hat.
- Ellipsis of spark plug.
- (slang) A promotion (act of promoting) of a product (such as a book, film or play) or other thing, concept, etc, for example during an interview or a commercial.
- (loosely) An electric socket: wall plug.
- (US) A flat oblong cake of pressed tobacco.
- Any piece of wood, metal, or other substance used to stop or fill a hole.
- (horticulture) A small seedling grown in a tray from expanded polystyrene or polythene filled usually with a peat or compost substrate.
- A growth of protoplasm that closes the pore openings in the cells of certain algae.
- Ellipsis of fireplug (“fire hydrant”).
- (US, slang) A worthless horse.
- (electricity) A pronged connecting device which fits into a mating socket, especially an electrical one.
- blatant or sensational promotion
- an upright hydrant for drawing water to use in fighting a fire
- electrical device that fits into the cylinder head of an internal-combustion engine and ignites the gas by means of an electric spark
- an old or over-worked horse
- blockage consisting of an object designed to fill a hole tightly
- an electrical device with two or three pins that is inserted in a socket to make an electrical connection
- a wad of something chewable as tobacco
verb
- (transitive, slang) To ingest a drug rectally.
- (transitive, slang) To shoot (someone) with a bullet.
- (transitive, slang) To have sex with; to penetrate sexually.
- (intransitive, informal) To persist or continue with something.
- (transitive) To promote (something, especially a product or service); to mention (something) as if promoting or advertising it.
- (transitive) To stop with a plug; to make tight by stopping a hole.
- make a plug for; praise the qualities or in order to sell or promote
- persist in working hard
- deliver a quick blow to
- fill or close tightly with or as if with a plug
- replace the center of a coin with a baser metal
- insert as a plug
- insert a plug into
noun
- (carpentry, masonry) A template; a pattern.
- (husbandry) A tool for sharpening scythes, composed typically of a piece of wood smeared with grease and sand.
- An instrument used in dressing flax.
- (metallurgy) A bevel-edged finishing tool used for smoothing the surface of a mold, core, or mold in sand or loam.
- A rod used to level off heaped grain etc. when being measured, or concrete after pouring.
- a tool used in a foundry to shape a mold in sand
- a tool or rod used to level off grain or other granular material that is heaped in a measure
- an implement for sharpening scythes
verb
noun
- (construction) A wire or bar used to strengthen prestressed concrete.
- (biology) The hamstring of a quadruped.
- (anatomy) A tough band of flexible but inelastic fibrous collagen tissue that connects a muscle with its bony attachment and transmits the force which the muscle exerts.
- a cord or band of inelastic tissue connecting a muscle with its bony attachment
noun
- (construction) A joist that extends in cantilever out from the exterior wall (or wall plate) of a building, supporting the roof sheathing and providing a nailing surface for the fascia boards.
- A session of watching for an approaching enemy, police, etc.
- One's perspective, outlook; hence, one's responsibility. (used with a possessive pronoun or a noun in a possessive form).
- A person on watch for approaching enemy, police, danger, etc.
- A subject for observation; a prospect or view.
- An observation window.
- A vantage point with a view of the surrounding area.
- a structure commanding a wide view of its surroundings
- a person employed to keep watch for some anticipated event
- an elevated post affording a wide view
- the act of looking out
noun
- (construction, woodworking) A hand-held device used to determine the location of framing studs used in light-frame construction after the walling surface has been installed.
- a small permanent magnet in a metal container; when the magnet clicks against the container it indicates that the magnet is directly over an iron nail that holds the wallboard to a stud
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verb
noun
- The cryptobiotic state of a tardigrade, when its metabolism is temporarily suspended.
- (Malaysia) A respectful term of address to royalties and certain award recipients
- Synonym of long ton: a unit of mass equal to 2240 pounds, 20 hundredweights of 112 pounds avoirdupois each.
- A part of the ancient Maya Long Count Calendar system which corresponds to 18 winal cycles or 360 days.
- Any shell belonging to Tonna and allied genera.
- (dialectal, UK) a chimney.
- (figurative) Synonym of ton: any extremely or excessively large amount.
- A large cask; an oblong vessel bulging in the middle, like a pipe or puncheon, and girt with hoops; a wine cask. (See a diagram comparing cask sizes.)
- (historical) A traditional unit of liquid measure (from the volume of such a cask) equal to 252 wine gallons or 2 pipes.
- (brewing) A fermenting vat.
- a large cask especially one holding a volume equivalent to 2 butts or 252 gals
verb
noun
- a fleshy wrinkled and often brightly colored fold of skin hanging from the neck or throat of certain birds (chickens and turkeys) or lizards
- any of various Australasian trees yielding slender poles suitable for wattle
- framework consisting of stakes interwoven with branches to form a fence
- A construction of branches and twigs woven together to form a wall, barrier, fence, or roof.
- A decorative fleshy appendage on the neck of a goat.
- Any of several Australian trees and shrubs of the genus Acacia, or their bark, used in tanning, seen as a national emblem of Australia.
- Loose hanging skin in the neck of a person.
- A single twig or rod laid on a roof to support the thatch.
- A barbel of a fish.
- A wrinkled fold of skin, sometimes brightly coloured, hanging from the neck of birds (such as chicken and turkey) and some lizards.
verb
verb
- To install certain building materials, laying one thing on top of another.
- (law) To state; to allege.
- (military) To point; to aim.
- To present or offer.
- simple past of lie (“to be oriented in a horizontal position, situated”)
- (printing) To place (new type) properly in the cases.
- (nautical) To take a position; to come or go.
- To place down in a position of rest, or in a horizontal position.
- To deposit (a stake) as a wager; to stake; to risk.
- To produce and deposit an egg or eggs.
- To impose (a burden, punishment, command, tax, etc.).
- (of e.g. wind) To subside or abate.
- To bet (that something is or is not the case).
- To prepare (a plan, project etc.); to set out, establish (a law, principle).
- (proscribed, see usage notes) To lie: to rest in a horizontal position on a surface.
- To impute; to charge; to allege.
- To produce and deposit (an egg or eggs).
- (slang) To have sex with.
- (Judaism, transitive) To don or put on (tefillin (phylacteries)).
- To apply; to put.
- (ropemaking) To put the strands of (a rope, a cable, etc.) in their proper places and twist or unite them.
- (printing) To place and arrange (pages) for a form upon the imposing stone.
- put in a horizontal position
- put into a certain place or abstract location
- prepare or position for action or operation
- impose as a duty, burden, or punishment
- lay eggs
adj
noun
- A share of the profits in a business.
- A ballad or sung poem; a short poem or narrative, usually intended to be sung.
- Arrangement or relationship; layout.
- (colloquial) A casual sexual partner.
- A lyrical, narrative poem written in octosyllabic couplets that often deals with tales of adventure and romance.
- The laying of eggs.
- (colloquial) An act of sexual intercourse.
- A lake.
- The direction a rope is twisted.
- a narrative song with a recurrent refrain
- a narrative poem of popular origin
verb
- (transitive) To build a structure.
- (transitive) To place in a high location.
- Synonym of frame up (“falsely pin a crime on”).
- (US, Canada, transitive, sports, idiomatic) To score; to accumulate scoring. Ellipsis of to put up on the scoreboard.
- (transitive, idiomatic) To house; to shelter; to take in.
- (transitive, food and drink, idiomatic) To can (food) domestically; to preserve (meat, fruit or vegetables) by sterilizing and storing in a bottle, jar or can.
- (transitive, idiomatic) To present, especially in "put up a fight".
- (transitive, African-American Vernacular, slang) To kill (someone).
- (transitive) To endure; to put up with; to tolerate.
- (transitive) To style (the hair) up on the head, instead of letting it hang down.
- (transitive) To make available; to offer.
- (transitive, printing, historical) To set (matter) in capital letters; to switch text from lowercase to capital letters.
- (transitive, African-American Vernacular, slang) To compliment or respect (someone); to number (someone) among some greats.
- (transitive, idiomatic) To store away.
- (transitive) To hang; to mount.
- (hunting, transitive) To cause (wild game) to break cover.
- (transitive) To provide funds in advance.
- (transitive, idiomatic, used with "to") To cajole or dare (someone) to do (something).
- propose as a candidate for some honor
- put up with something or somebody unpleasant
- place so as to be noticed
- make available for sale at an auction
- mount or put up
- provide
- provide someone with accommodation
- construct, build, or erect
- preserve in a can or tin
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verb
noun
- Alternative spelling of groyne.
- The area adjoining this fold or depression.
- (euphemistic) The genitals.
- The crease or depression of the human body at the junction of the trunk and the thigh, together with the surrounding region.
- (geometry) The surface formed by two such vaults.
- (architecture) The projecting solid angle formed by the meeting of two vaults
- the crease at the junction of the inner part of the thigh with the trunk together with the adjacent region and often including the external genitals
- a protective structure of stone or concrete; extends from shore into the water to prevent a beach from washing away
- a curved edge formed by two intersecting vaults
adj
- Involving the mechanics of construction.
- Of, relating to, or having structure.
- pertaining to geological structure
- relating to or having or characterized by structure
- concerned with systematic structure in a particular field of study
- affecting or involved in structure or construction
- relating to or concerned with the morphology of plants and animals
- relating to or caused by structure, especially political or economic structure
noun
adj
- Built, constructed.
- (US, bartending) Chilled and served without ice; (often specifically) shaken with ice and then strained into a coupe for serving, leaving the ice behind.
- Awake and out of bed.
- (horse-racing) Riding the horse; mounted.
- (of the sun or moon) Above the horizon, in the sky.
- (computing) Functional; working.
- (usually in the phrase up for) Willing; ready.
- Fitted or fixed at a high or relatively high position, especially on a wall or ceiling.
- Next in a sequence.
- Facing upwards.
- Headed or designated to go upward (as an escalator, stairway, elevator etc.) or toward (as a run-up).
- Ahead; leading; winning.
- (poker, postnominal) Said of the higher-ranking pair in a two pair.
- Raised; lifted.
- Aloft.
- (slang, graffiti) well-known; renowned
- In a good mood.
- (of a railway line or train) Traveling towards a major terminus.
- Well-informed; current.
- Larger; greater in quantity, volume, value etc.
- (slang) Erect.
- On or at a physically higher level.
- (predicative only) Finished, to an end
- (by extension) Available to view or use; made public; posted.
- (predicative only) Happening; new; of concern. See also what's up, what's up with.
- Indicating a larger or higher quantity.
- Standing; upright.
- out of bed
- (used of computers) operating properly
- extending or moving toward a higher place
- open
- getting higher or more vigorous
- being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
- used up
- (usually followed by ‘on’ or ‘for’) in readiness
adv
- Away from the surface of the Earth or other planet; in opposite direction to the downward pull of gravity.
- (cricket) Relatively close to the batsman.
- (figuratively) To a higher level of some quantity or notional quantity, such as price, volume, pitch, happiness, etc.
- To or at a physically higher or more elevated position.
- (rail transport) Towards the principal terminus, towards milepost zero.
- To one's possession or consideration.
- To the north (as north is at the top of typical maps).
- To an upright or erect position.
- (sailing) Against the wind or current.
- (Cartesian graph) In a positive vertical direction.
- Towards the source of a river, against the direction of flow.
- To or towards what is considered the top of something, irrespective of whether this is presently physically higher.
- Aside or away, so as no longer to be present or in use.
- From one's possession or consideration.
- Towards or at a central place, or any place that is visualised as 'up' by virtue of local features or local convention, or arbitrarily, irrespective of direction or elevation change.
- (intensifier) Used as an aspect marker to indicate a completed action or state; thoroughly, completely.
- (US, bartending) Without additional ice.
- To or in a position of equal advance or equality; not short of, back of, less advanced than, away from, etc.; usually followed by to or with.
- to a more central or a more northerly place
- spatially or metaphorically from a lower to a higher position
- to a higher intensity
- to a later time
- nearer to the speaker
noun
prep
- (vulgar slang) Of a person: having sex with.
- Toward the top of.
- From south to north of.
- From the mouth towards the source of (a river or waterway).
- Further along (in any direction).
- (colloquial) At (a given place, especially one imagined to be higher or more distant from a central location).
- Toward the center, source, or main point of reference; toward the end at which something is attached.
verb
- (computing, slang, transitive) To upload.
- (transitive, colloquial) To promote.
- (intransitive, often in combination with another verb) To rise to a standing position; hence, by extension, to act suddenly; see also up and.
- (transitive, colloquial) To increase the level or amount of.
- (transitive, poetic or in certain phrases) To physically raise or lift.
- raise
adj
- built against or attached to a wall
- (used of toothed parts or gears) interlocked and interacting
- having ones attention or mind or energy engaged
- pledged to be married
- involved in military hostilities
- reserved in advance
- (of facilities such as telephones or lavatories) unavailable for use by anyone else or indicating unavailability; (‘engaged’ is a British term for a busy telephone line)
- having services contracted for
- (architecture, of a column) attached to a wall or sunk into it halfway
- (of gears or cogs) in contact and in operation
- Having agreed to marry a particular person (one's fiancé or fiancée) or each other.
- Synonym of engagé (“passionately committed to a cause”).
- Greatly interested.
- (military) being attacked or attacking
- (medicine, of a foetus) Having the widest part of its presenting part, usually the head, enter the pelvic brim or inlet.
- Busy or employed.
- (British) (of a telephone) Already involved in a telephone call when a third party calls.