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- (naval) A surface ship.
- Synonym of water strider.
- A loose-fitting one-piece dress, similar to a shift but with slightly more fitting.
- Any of three species of bird, in the genus Rynchops of the family Laridae, that feed by skimming the surface of water bodies with their bills in flight.
- A sieve-like, slotted spoon.
- A ballet flat shoe.
- Any of several large bivalve shells, sometimes used for skimming milk, such as the sea clam (Spisula solidissima) and large scallops.
- (naval) A sailor in the surface forces, as opposed to a submariner.
- (science fiction) A small, fast-moving spacecraft.
- (entomology) Any of the dragonflies in the family Libellulidae.
- A person who skims.
- A device for removing organic matter from an aquarium.
- (crime) A device used to read and record the magnetic code from a credit card for later fraudulent use.
- a rapid superficial reader
- gull-like seabird that flies along the surface of the water with an elongated lower mandible immersed to skim out food
- a stiff hat made of straw with a flat crown
- a cooking utensil used to skim fat from the surface of liquids
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- (nautical, of a vessel) Aground.
- (aviation, of an airman or aircraft) Not allowed to fly.
- (electricity, Canada, US) Of or pertaining to an electrical conductor which is connected to earth; earthed.
- (of a person, predicative) Confined to stay inside, typically by a parent, as a punishment.
- (of a person) With well-considered priorities through a good understanding of what truly matters.
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- (nautical) A ship of the line.
- Ellipsis of penny-a-liner.
- A formal no-show sock.
- Someone who fits a lining to something.
- A lining within the cylinder of a steam engine, in which the piston works and between which and the outer shell of the cylinder a space is left to form a steam jacket.
- A pantyliner.
- The pamphlet supplied in the box with an audiovisual tape or disc, etc.
- (marketing, slang) A basic salesperson.
- A slab on which small pieces of marble, tile, etc., are fastened for grinding.
- A large passenger-carrying ship, especially one on a regular route; an ocean liner.
- (baseball) A line drive.
- (South Korean idol fandom) A person born in a certain year (XX liner); a person who belongs to a certain line.
- (in combination) Something with a specified number of lines.
- A similar lining for cylinders of internal-combustion engines (see "Further reading").
- A removable cover or lining.
- a protective covering that protects an inside surface
- a large commercial ship (especially one that carries passengers on a regular schedule)
- (baseball) a hit that flies straight out from the batter
- a piece of cloth that is used as the inside surface of a garment
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- a warship intended for combat
- large siphonophore having a bladderlike float and stinging tentacles
- (military, nautical, chiefly historical) A powerful armed naval vessel, primarily one armed with cannon and propelled by sails; a warship.
- (military, archaic except humorous) A man whose occupation is fighting in wars; a soldier, a warrior.
- Ellipsis of Portuguese man-of-war (“Physalia physalis, a jellyfish-like marine cnidarian consisting of a floating colony of hydrozoans attached to a float”).
- Ellipsis of man-of-war bird or (obsolete) man-of-war hawk (“any of a number of seabirds, especially one which attacks other seabirds to take their food”).
- (specifically, US) The Arctic skua (Stercorarius parasiticus).
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- (nautical) One side of a ship above the waterline.
- The printed lyrics of a folk song or ballad; a broadsheet.
- A large sheet of paper, printed on one side and folded.
- All the guns on one side of a warship.
- The simultaneous firing of these guns.
- (by extension) A forceful attack, whether written or spoken.
- an advertisement (usually printed on a page or in a leaflet) intended for wide distribution
- the simultaneous firing of all the armament on one side of a warship
- the whole side of a vessel from stem to stern
- all of the armament that is fired from one side of a warship
- a speech of violent denunciation
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- a warship designed to operate under water
- an apparatus intended for use under water
- (UK) A term used primarily by some navies for nuclear submarines, termed true submersibles, because they cannot retroactively declare that their nonnuclear submarines should be called by a different name.
- (US) A very small baby submarine designed for specific localized missions, usually while tethered to a submarine or ship for life support and communications.
- (UK) A small nonmilitary, nonnuclear submarine for exploration.
- (UK) A retroactive term used for nonnuclear submarines; nuclear submarines are termed true submarines.
- (nautical) An underwater vehicle with limited mobility, similar to a submarine, but less mobile.
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- (nautical) The fore of a ship.
- Anterior: the frontal part of a body.
- First in order or sequence.
- Outer: the leading, outward portion of a wave or effort; or a distal part of a body.
- Outward in spatial direction.
- Greater in rank, superior
- Previous or earlier in order or sequence.
- Nearest: the part of the root which is nearest/closest.
- Positioned at or near the front.
- The early stage of the root time period
- Alternative form of for-: outside, out.
- Forward in temporal direction, anticipating.
- Directly or immediately preceding in time.
- Before: the root is happening earlier in time.
- Prominent, most important, foremost or greatest in rank
- Ancestor, ancestral
- Forward in spatial direction.
- Used to indicate error, exclusion, or inadequacy; Alternative form of for-.
- Forepart: the front part of an object or area.
- Near, close to, adjacent in position.
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- (nautical) The surface of a ship’s hull that is above the water line.
- (UK, Australia, New Zealand) The outer side of a round of beef.
- The side or part of something that is at the top.
- (construction) The structure and assembly of modules above the jacket or gravity base sub structure.
- (construction) The structure and assembly of modules on the deck of any floating installation.
- (usually plural) weather deck; the part of a ship's hull that is above the waterline
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- (nautical) Of a ship, to be grounded.
- (intransitive) To use a needle to pass thread repeatedly through pieces of fabric in order to join them together.
- (transitive) Followed by into: to enclose by sewing.
- (transitive) To use a needle to pass thread repeatedly through (pieces of fabric) in order to join them together.
- create (clothes) with cloth
- fasten by sewing; do needlework
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- (nautical) Beneath the water line of a vessel.
- (finance) Of an option, having a strike price higher (call options) or lower (put options) than the current market price of the underlying asset or financial product; for example, an option to buy shares at $20 when the current market price is $15.
- (figuratively) In difficulty, especially financially.
- (finance) Having negative equity; owing more on an asset than its market value.
- (not comparable) Beneath the surface of the water; of or pertaining to the region beneath the water surface.
- growing or remaining under water
- beneath the surface of the water
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- (nautical) The side of a ship.
- Paper made thick and stiff like a board, for book covers, etc.; pasteboard.
- Short for blackboard, whiteboard, chessboard, surfboard, circuit board, message board (on the Internet), bulletin board, etc.
- A flat surface with markings for playing a board game.
- (uncountable) Regular meals in a place of lodging; the price paid for them.
- (TCGs) The portion of the playing field where creatures or minions can be placed (or played, summoned, etc.).
- (video games) A level or stage having a particular two-dimensional layout.
- A relatively long, wide and thin piece of any material, usually wood or similar, often for use in construction or furniture-making.
- (nautical) The distance a sailing vessel runs between tacks when working to windward.
- (bridge) A container for holding pre-dealt cards that is used to allow multiple sets of players to play the same cards.
- A device (e.g., switchboard) containing electrical switches and other controls and designed to control lights, sound, telephone connections, etc.
- (ice hockey, often in the plural) The wall that surrounds an ice hockey rink.
- (basketball, informal) A rebound.
- (local government) A Philippine provincial or Uruguayan departmental assembly or council.
- A committee that manages the business of an organization, e.g., a board of directors.
- a printed circuit that can be inserted into expansion slots in a computer to increase the computer's capabilities
- a stout length of sawn timber; made in a wide variety of sizes and used for many purposes
- electrical device consisting of a flat insulated surface that contains switches and dials and meters for controlling other electrical devices
- food or meals in general
- a table at which meals are served
- a flat portable surface (usually rectangular) designed for board games
- a flat piece of material designed for a special purpose
- a vertical surface on which information can be displayed to public view
- a committee having supervisory powers
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- To hit (someone) with a wooden board.
- (intransitive) To obtain meals, or meals and lodgings, statedly for compensation
- (transitive) To provide someone with meals and lodging, usually in exchange for money.
- To cover with boards or boarding.
- (transitive) To step or climb onto or otherwise enter a ship, aircraft, train or other conveyance.
- (transitive, nautical) To (at least attempt to) capture an enemy ship by going alongside and grappling her, then invading her with a boarding party.
- (transitive) To write something on a board, especially a blackboard or whiteboard.
- (transitive) To receive meals and lodging in exchange for money.
- live and take one's meals at or in
- lodge and take meals (at)
- provide food and lodging (for)
- get on board of (trains, buses, ships, aircraft, etc.)
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- (nautical) A cargo vessel, a ship.
- (baseball) The second half of an inning, the home team's turn at bat.
- (countable, colloquial, by extension) A sexual submissive.
- (heraldry, rare) A trundle or spindle of thread.
- Spirits poured into a glass before adding soda water.
- The bed of a body of water.
- An abyss.
- (particle physics) Ellipsis of bottom quark.
- (often figuratively) The lowest part of a container.
- (uncountable, British, slang) Character, reliability, staying power, dignity, integrity or sound judgment.
- The lowest part of anything.
- (euphemistic) The buttocks or anus.
- The fundamental part; a basic aspect.
- (usually in the plural) Low-lying land near a river with alluvial soil.
- (clothing, often plural) A garment worn to cover the body below the torso.
- (nautical) Certain parts of a vessel, particularly the cargo hold or the portion of the ship that is always underwater.
- The lowest or last position in a rank.
- (now chiefly US) Low-lying land; a valley or hollow.
- (music) The bass or baritone instruments of a band.
- The remotest or innermost part of something.
- A ball or skein of thread; a cocoon.
- (countable, slang, especially LGBTQ slang) A person who has a receptive role or has a preference for that role during intercourse.
- (agriculture) The working portion of a moldboard-style plow.
- the second half of an inning; while the home team is at bat
- low-lying alluvial land near a river
- a cargo ship
- a depression forming the ground under a body of water
- the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on
- the lowest part of anything
- the lower side of anything
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- (intransitive, especially LGBTQ slang) To take on the receptive role during intercourse.
- To fall to the lowest point.
- (transitive) To pour spirits into (a glass to be topped up with soda water).
- (mechanics, intransitive) To reach or strike against the bottom of something, so as to impede free action.
- (transitive, chiefly passive voice) To lie on the bottom of; to underlie, to lie beneath.
- (transitive) To reach the bottom of something.
- (transitive) To furnish (something) with a bottom.
- (transitive) To establish or found (something) on or upon.
- strike the ground, as with a ship's bottom
- come to understand
- provide with a bottom or a seat
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- (nautical) A two-masted vessel, square-rigged on both foremast and mainmast
- (Scotland, Northern Ireland, Northern England) Bridge.
- Brigadier.
- (US) A jail or guardhouse, especially in a naval military prison or jail on a ship, navy base, or (in fiction) spacecraft.
- a penal institution (especially on board a ship)
- two-masted sailing vessel square-rigged on both masts
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- (naval) The design and specification of a vessel.
- A musical composition set to a poetical story.
- A leading protagonist in a historical legend.
- A person of extraordinary fame or accomplishments.
- (UK, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, colloquial, slang) A cool, nice or helpful person, especially one who is male.
- A plausible story set in the historical past, but whose historicity is uncertain.
- A story in which a kernel of truth is embellished to an unlikely degree.
- (uncountable) Such stories considered collectively; unverified traditional tales.
- A fabricated backstory for a spy, with associated documents and records.
- (numismatics, heraldry) An inscription, motto, or title, especially one surrounding the field in a medal or coin, or placed upon a heraldic shield or beneath an engraving or illustration.
- (cartography) A key to the symbols and color codes on a map, chart, etc.
- The life story of a saint (such stories are often embellished, but any kind is called a legend).
- A story of unknown origin describing plausible but extraordinary past events.
- brief description accompanying an illustration
- a story about mythical or supernatural beings or events
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- (nautical, historical) A ship that has been armed for such a task.
- (nautical, historical) An official commission from a government authorizing someone to seize the property or people of another nation; especially to attack merchant shipping of another nation.
- a license to a private citizen to seize vessels of another nation and their property
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- (nautical) A type of flat-bottomed boat.
- (Scotland) Red chalk; ruddle.
- (zoology) The periphery of a whorl extended to form a more or less flattened plate; a prominent spiral ridge.
- (brewing) A broad, flat vessel used for cooling liquids; a brewer's cooling vat; a keelfat.
- (botany) The two lowest petals of the corolla of a papilionaceous flower, united and enclosing the stamens and pistil; a carina.
- (aeronautics) In a dirigible, a construction similar in form and use to a ship's keel; in an aeroplane, a fin or fixed surface employed to increase stability and to hold the machine to its course.
- (by extension) The rigid bottom part of something else, especially an iceberg.
- (nautical) A rigid, flat piece of material anchored to the lowest part of the hull of a ship to give it greater control and stability.
- (nautical) A large beam along the underside of a ship’s hull from bow to stern.
- a projection or ridge that suggests a keel
- the median ridge on the breastbone of birds that fly
- one of the main longitudinal beams (or plates) of the hull of a vessel; can extend vertically into the water to provide lateral stability
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- (nautical) The front part of a vessel.
- (rugby) One of the eight players (comprising two props, one hooker, two locks, two flankers and one number eight, collectively known as the pack) whose primary task is to gain and maintain possession of the ball (compare back).
- (ice hockey) An umbrella term for a centre or winger in ice hockey.
- (finance) A direct agreement between two parties to buy or sell an asset at a specific point in the future; distinguished from a futures contract in that the latter is standardized and traded on an exchange.
- (basketball) The small forward or power forward position; two frontcourt positions that are taller than guards but shorter than centers.
- Misspelling of foreword (“preface or introduction”).
- (Internet) An e-mail message that is forwarded to another recipient or recipients; an electronic chain letter.
- the person who plays the position of forward in certain games, such as basketball, soccer, or hockey
- a position on a basketball, soccer, or hockey team
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- Situated toward or at the front of something.
- (figuratively) Moving in the desired direction of progress.
- Having the usual order or sequence.
- Prominent, emphasized (or, in combinations, emphasizing).
- Without customary restraint or modesty; bold, cheeky, pert, presumptuous or pushy.
- Advanced beyond the usual degree; advanced for the season; precocious.
- (of troops, guns etc.) Situated toward or near the enemy lines.
- Acting in or pertaining to the direction of travel or movement.
- Acting in or pertaining to the direction in which someone or something is facing.
- (finance, commerce) Expected or scheduled to take place in the future.
- moving forward
- at or near or directed toward the front
- used of temperament or behavior; lacking restraint or modesty
- of the transmission gear causing forward movement in a motor vehicle
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- To an earlier point in time. See also bring forward.
- In the direction in which someone or something is facing.
- (nautical) At, near, or towards the bow of a vessel (with the frame of reference within the vessel).
- In the desired or usual direction of movement or progress, physically or figuratively; onwards.
- In the usual order or sequence.
- Into the future.
- So that front and back are in the usual orientation.
- At, near or towards the front of something.
- forward in time or order or degree
- near or toward the bow of a ship or cockpit of a plane
- at or to or toward the front; forward
- toward the future; forward in time
- in a forward direction
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- (transitive) To advance, promote.
- (transitive) To send (a letter, email etc.) on to a third party.
- (transitive, bookbinding) To assemble (a book) by sewing sections, attaching cover boards, and so on.
- (intransitive, Caribbean) To arrive, come.
- send or ship onward from an intermediate post or station in transit
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- (British, nautical, military) A troopship.
- (military) A cavalry horse; a charger.
- (Australia, law enforcement) A mounted policeman.
- (figurative, colloquial) Misspelling of trouper (“one who stoically endures adversity”) .
- (military) A soldier of private rank in cavalry or armor.
- (military) A soldier.
- (US, law enforcement) Ellipsis of state trooper.
- a state police officer
- a soldier in a motorized army unit
- a mounted police officer
- a soldier mounted on horseback
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- (nautical) A naval ship that functions as a mobile base for other ships.
- Anything which is offered, proffered, put forth or bid with the expectation of a response, answer, or reply.
- (nautical) A smaller boat used for transportation between a large ship and the shore.
- Ellipsis of water tender (“firefighting apparatus”).
- (archaic outside certain compounds) Someone who tends or waits on something or someone.
- The inner flight muscle (pectoralis minor) of poultry.
- (rail transport) A railroad car towed behind a steam engine to carry fuel and water.
- A means of payment such as a check or cheque, cash or credit card.
- Any offer or proposal made for acceptance.
- (diving) A member of a diving team who assists a diver during a dive but does not themselves go underwater.
- (law) A formal offer to buy or sell something.
- something that can be used as an official medium of payment
- car attached to a locomotive to carry fuel and water
- a boat for communication between ship and shore
- someone who waits on or tends to or attends to the needs of another
- ship that usually provides supplies to other ships
- a formal proposal to buy at a specified price
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- Sensible to impression and pain; easily pained.
- Easily bruised or injured; not firm or hard; delicate.
- Fond, loving, gentle, or sweet.
- Physically weak; not able to endure hardship.
- Adapted to excite feeling or sympathy; expressive of the softer passions; pathetic.
- (of food) Soft and easily chewed.
- Apt to give pain; causing grief or pain; delicate.
- Young and inexperienced.
- (nautical) Heeling over too easily when under sail; said of a vessel.
- Sensitive or painful to the touch.
- easy to cut or chew
- given to sympathy or gentleness or sentimentality
- hurting
- young and immature
- (used of boats) inclined to heel over easily under sail
- (of plants) not hardy; easily killed by adverse growing condition
- having or displaying warmth or affection
- physically untoughened
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- (military, nautical) An aircraft carrier serving as a flagship.
- (business) A transportation company, such as a shipping or airline company, that is registered in a given state.
- A person carrying a standard or flag, usually at sporting events and parades, previously on the battlefield.
- (politics) A strong supporter of a cause, or perhaps the strongest and most visible supporter of said cause.
- (aviation) A national airline (typically having the flag, or other national insignia, on the tail).
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- (nautical) The part of a ship's stern where its name is displayed.
- (medicine) The pattern of distribution of hair upon the pubic mound.
- The depression behind the beak of certain bivalves; the ligamental area.
- (heraldry) A small shield used to charge a larger one.
- A [[decorative] or protective plate or bezel designed to fill the gap between a switch, pipe, valve, control knob, etc., and the surface from which it protrudes.
- (heraldry) The shield on which a coat of arms is displayed, or, by extension, the coat of arms itself.
- The insignia around a doorknob's exterior hardware or a door lock's cosmetic plate.
- A marking upon the back of a cow's udder and the space above it (the perineum), formed by the hair growing upward or outward instead of downward. It was once taken as an index of milking qualities.
- a shield; especially one displaying a coat of arms
- a flat protective covering (on a door or wall etc.) to prevent soiling by dirty fingers
- (nautical) a plate on a ship's stern on which the name is inscribed
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- (nautical, informal) A ship's anchor.
- (music) A catchy musical phrase which forms the basis of a popular song.
- (boxing) a type of punch delivered with the arm rigid and partially bent and the fist travelling nearly horizontally mesially along an arc
- (bowling) A ball that is rolled in a curved line.
- (programming) Part of a system's operation that can be intercepted to change or augment its behaviour.
- (typography) A diacritical mark shaped like the upper part of a question mark, as in ỏ.
- (Scrabble) An instance of playing a word perpendicular to a word already on the board, adding a letter to the start or the end of the word to form a new word.
- (nautical, chiefly historical) A knee-shaped wooden join connecting the keel to the stem (post forming the frontmost part of the bow) or the sternpost in cog-like vessels or similar vessels.
- The amount of spin placed on a bowling ball.
- (geography) A spit or narrow cape of sand or gravel turned landward at the outer end, such as Sandy Hook in New Jersey.
- (authorship) A brief, punchy opening statement intended to get attention from an audience, reader, or viewer, and make them want to continue to listen to a speech, read a book, or watch a play.
- (golf) A golf shot that (for the right-handed player) curves unintentionally to the left. (See draw, slice, fade.)
- (cricket) A type of shot played by swinging the bat in a horizontal arc, hitting the ball high in the air to the leg side, often played to balls which bounce around head height.
- A rod bent into a curved shape, typically with one end free and the other end secured to a rope or other attachment.
- (slang) A prostitute.
- The part of a hinge which is fixed to a post, and on which a door or gate hangs and turns.
- (agriculture) A field sown two years in succession.
- The curved needle used in the art of crochet.
- Any of various hook-shaped agricultural implements such as a billhook.
- (informal) A grasp (of), an attachment (to).
- A snare; a trap.
- (informal) Removal or expulsion from a group or activity.
- A sharp bend or angle in the course or length of an object (e.g. a bend in a river, etc.).
- (narratology) A gimmick or element of a creative work intended to be attention-grabbing for the audience; a compelling idea for a story that will be sure to attract people's attention.
- (baseball) A curveball.
- A barbed metal hook used for fishing; a fishhook.
- (basketball) a basketball shot in which the offensive player, usually turned perpendicular to the basket, gently throws the ball with a sweeping motion of his arm in an upward arc with a follow-through which ends over his head. Also called hook shot.
- (bridge, slang) A finesse.
- A tie-in to a current event or trend that makes a news story or editorial relevant and timely.
- (card games, slang) A jack (the playing card).
- (typography, rare) A háček.
- An advantageous hold.
- A loop shaped like a hook under certain written letters, for example, g and j.
- (surfing) Synonym of shoulder (“the part of a wave that has not yet broken”).
- (Canada, Australia, military) Any of the chevrons denoting rank.
- (in the plural) The projecting points of the thighbones of cattle; called also hook bones.
- a golf shot that curves to the left for a right-handed golfer
- a short swinging punch delivered from the side with the elbow bent
- a catch for locking a door
- anything that serves as an enticement
- a sharp curve or crook; a shape resembling a hook
- a basketball shot made over the head with the hand that is farther from the basket
- a mechanical device that is curved or bent to suspend or hold or pull something
- a curved or bent implement for suspending or pulling something
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- (usually passive voice) To make addicted; to captivate.
- (transitive) To insert in a curved way reminiscent of a hook.
- (soccer, bowling) To swerve a ball; kick or throw a ball so it swerves or bends.
- (intransitive) To become attached, as by a hook.
- (field hockey, ice hockey) To use the hockey stick to trip or block another player
- To acquire as a spouse.
- (transitive) To seize or pierce with the points of the horns, as cattle in attacking enemies; to gore.
- (cricket, golf, basketball) To play a hook shot.
- (transitive) To connect (hook into, hook together).
- (intransitive) To move or go with a sudden turn.
- (transitive) To work yarn into a fabric using a hook; to crochet.
- (transitive) To ensnare or obligate someone, as if with a hook.
- (Scrabble) To play a word perpendicular to another word by adding a single letter to the existing word.
- (transitive) To attach a hook to.
- (bridge, slang) To finesse.
- (transitive) To catch with a hook (hook a fish).
- (intransitive) To bend; to be curved.
- (rugby) To succeed in heeling the ball back out of a scrum (used particularly of the team's designated hooker).
- (intransitive, slang) To engage in prostitution.
- hit a ball and put a spin on it so that it travels to the left
- make a piece of needlework by interlocking and looping thread with a hooked needle
- catch with a hook
- rip off; ask an unreasonable price
- to cause (someone or oneself) to become dependent (on something, especially a narcotic drug)
- secure with the foot
- take by theft
- hit with a hook
- entice and trap
- approach with an offer of sexual favors
- fasten with a hook
- make off with belongings of others
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- (nautical) Of a ship, to return to a port.
- (transitive) To make a formal statement, especially of complaint, about (someone).
- (transitive) To repeat (something one has heard), to retell; to pass on, convey (a message, information etc.).
- (ambitransitive) To write news reports (for); to cover as a journalist or reporter.
- (intransitive) To show up or appear at an appointed time; to present oneself.
- To take minutes of (a speech, the doings of a public body, etc.); to write down from the lips of a speaker.
- (intransitive) To be accountable to or subordinate to (someone) in a hierarchy; to receive orders from (someone); to give official updates to (someone who is above oneself in a hierarchy).
- (transitive, intransitive) To relate details of (an event or incident); to recount, describe (something).
- (formal, transitive) To notify someone of (particular intelligence, suspicions, illegality, misconduct etc.); to make notification to relevant authorities; to submit a formal report of.
- announce as the result of an investigation or experience or finding
- complain about; make a charge against
- be responsible for reporting the details of, as in journalism
- announce one's presence
- to give an account or representation of in words
- make known to the authorities
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- A piece of information describing, or an account of certain events given or presented to someone, with the most common adpositions being by (referring to creator of the report) and on (referring to the subject).
- (business) An employee whose position in a corporate hierarchy is below that of a particular manager.
- Reputation.
- (firearms) The sharp, loud sound from a gun or explosion.
- the general estimation that the public has for a person
- a sharp explosive sound (especially the sound of a gun firing)
- an essay (especially one written as an assignment)
- a written document describing the findings of some individual or group
- a short account of the news
- a written evaluation of a student's scholarship and deportment
- the act of informing by verbal report
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- the broad side of a ship
- a signal transmitted along a narrow path; guides airplane pilots in darkness or bad weather
- (nautical) breadth amidships
- long thick piece of wood or metal or concrete, etc., used in construction
- a group of nearly parallel lines of electromagnetic radiation
- a column of light (as from a beacon)
- a gymnastic apparatus used by women gymnasts
- (textiles) A cylinder of wood, making part of a loom, on which weavers wind the warp before weaving and the cylinder on which the cloth is rolled, as it is woven.
- (music) A horizontal bar which connects the stems of two or more notes to group them and to indicate metric value.
- (structural) Any large piece of timber or iron long in proportion to its thickness, and prepared for use.
- (nautical) The straight part or shank of an anchor.
- (anatomical, informal) The principal stem of the antler of a deer.
- (physics) A ray or collection of approximately parallel rays emitted from the sun or other luminous body.
- (literary) The pole of a carriage or chariot.
- (anatomical, informal) One of the long feathers in the wing of a hawk.
- (nautical) The maximum width of a vessel (note that a vessel with a beam of 15 foot can also be said to be 15 foot abeam).
- (railway) An elevated rectangular dirt pile used to cheaply build an elevated portion of a railway.
- (mechanical) The crossbar of a mechanical balance, from the ends of which the scales are suspended.
- A gymnastic activity or event using a balance beam.
- (gymnastics) A balance beam.
- (nautical) The direction across a vessel, perpendicular to fore-and-aft.
- (figuratively) A ray; a gleam.
- (nautical) One of the transverse members of a ship's frame on which the decks are laid, and acting as part of the support for keeping the sides of the vessel in shape — supported at the sides by knees in wooden ships and by stringers in steel ones; cf. abeam, beam-ends.
- (structural) One of the principal horizontal structural members, usually of steel, timber, or concrete, of a building.
- (mechanical) In steam engines, a heavy iron lever having an oscillating motion on a central axis, one end of which is connected with the piston rod from which it receives motion, and the other with the crank of the wheel shaft.
- (agricultural) The central bar of a plow, to which the handles and colter are secured, and to the end of which are attached the oxen or horses that draw it.
- A broad smile.
verb
- emit light; be bright, as of the sun or a light
- express with a beaming face or smile
- broadcast over the airwaves, as in radio or television
- have a complexion with a strong bright color, such as red or pink
- experience a feeling of well-being or happiness, as from good health or an intense emotion
- smile radiantly; express joy through one's facial expression
- (ambitransitive) To emit beams of light; to shine; to radiate.
- (transitive, music) To connect (musical notes) with a beam, or thick line, in music notation.
- (transitive, science fiction) To transmit matter or information via a high-tech wireless mechanism.
- (transitive) To give the appearance of beams to.
- (intransitive, figuratively) To smile broadly or especially cheerfully.
- (transitive, currying) To stretch something (for example, an animal hide) on a beam.
- (transitive, weaving) To put (something) on a beam.
- (transitive) To furnish or supply with beams.
- (transitive, computing) To transmit, especially by direct wireless means such as infrared.
noun
- (military) A sloop-of-war, smaller than a frigate, larger than a corvette.
- (nautical) A single-masted sailboat with only one headsail.
- (military) A sailing warship, smaller than a frigate, with its guns all on one deck.
- a sailing vessel with a single mast set about one third of the boat's length aft of the bow
noun
- (naval) A surface ship.
- Synonym of water strider.
- A loose-fitting one-piece dress, similar to a shift but with slightly more fitting.
- Any of three species of bird, in the genus Rynchops of the family Laridae, that feed by skimming the surface of water bodies with their bills in flight.
- A sieve-like, slotted spoon.
- A ballet flat shoe.
- Any of several large bivalve shells, sometimes used for skimming milk, such as the sea clam (Spisula solidissima) and large scallops.
- (naval) A sailor in the surface forces, as opposed to a submariner.
- (science fiction) A small, fast-moving spacecraft.
- (entomology) Any of the dragonflies in the family Libellulidae.
- A person who skims.
- A device for removing organic matter from an aquarium.
- (crime) A device used to read and record the magnetic code from a credit card for later fraudulent use.
- a rapid superficial reader
- gull-like seabird that flies along the surface of the water with an elongated lower mandible immersed to skim out food
- a stiff hat made of straw with a flat crown
- a cooking utensil used to skim fat from the surface of liquids
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- (nautical) A ship of the line.
- Ellipsis of penny-a-liner.
- A formal no-show sock.
- Someone who fits a lining to something.
- A lining within the cylinder of a steam engine, in which the piston works and between which and the outer shell of the cylinder a space is left to form a steam jacket.
- A pantyliner.
- The pamphlet supplied in the box with an audiovisual tape or disc, etc.
- (marketing, slang) A basic salesperson.
- A slab on which small pieces of marble, tile, etc., are fastened for grinding.
- A large passenger-carrying ship, especially one on a regular route; an ocean liner.
- (baseball) A line drive.
- (South Korean idol fandom) A person born in a certain year (XX liner); a person who belongs to a certain line.
- (in combination) Something with a specified number of lines.
- A similar lining for cylinders of internal-combustion engines (see "Further reading").
- A removable cover or lining.
- a protective covering that protects an inside surface
- a large commercial ship (especially one that carries passengers on a regular schedule)
- (baseball) a hit that flies straight out from the batter
- a piece of cloth that is used as the inside surface of a garment
verb
noun
- a warship intended for combat
- large siphonophore having a bladderlike float and stinging tentacles
- (military, nautical, chiefly historical) A powerful armed naval vessel, primarily one armed with cannon and propelled by sails; a warship.
- (military, archaic except humorous) A man whose occupation is fighting in wars; a soldier, a warrior.
- Ellipsis of Portuguese man-of-war (“Physalia physalis, a jellyfish-like marine cnidarian consisting of a floating colony of hydrozoans attached to a float”).
- Ellipsis of man-of-war bird or (obsolete) man-of-war hawk (“any of a number of seabirds, especially one which attacks other seabirds to take their food”).
- (specifically, US) The Arctic skua (Stercorarius parasiticus).
noun
- (nautical) One side of a ship above the waterline.
- The printed lyrics of a folk song or ballad; a broadsheet.
- A large sheet of paper, printed on one side and folded.
- All the guns on one side of a warship.
- The simultaneous firing of these guns.
- (by extension) A forceful attack, whether written or spoken.
- an advertisement (usually printed on a page or in a leaflet) intended for wide distribution
- the simultaneous firing of all the armament on one side of a warship
- the whole side of a vessel from stem to stern
- all of the armament that is fired from one side of a warship
- a speech of violent denunciation
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adj
noun
- a warship designed to operate under water
- an apparatus intended for use under water
- (UK) A term used primarily by some navies for nuclear submarines, termed true submersibles, because they cannot retroactively declare that their nonnuclear submarines should be called by a different name.
- (US) A very small baby submarine designed for specific localized missions, usually while tethered to a submarine or ship for life support and communications.
- (UK) A small nonmilitary, nonnuclear submarine for exploration.
- (UK) A retroactive term used for nonnuclear submarines; nuclear submarines are termed true submarines.
- (nautical) An underwater vehicle with limited mobility, similar to a submarine, but less mobile.
adj
noun
- (nautical) The surface of a ship’s hull that is above the water line.
- (UK, Australia, New Zealand) The outer side of a round of beef.
- The side or part of something that is at the top.
- (construction) The structure and assembly of modules above the jacket or gravity base sub structure.
- (construction) The structure and assembly of modules on the deck of any floating installation.
- (usually plural) weather deck; the part of a ship's hull that is above the waterline
adj
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noun
- (nautical) The side of a ship.
- Paper made thick and stiff like a board, for book covers, etc.; pasteboard.
- Short for blackboard, whiteboard, chessboard, surfboard, circuit board, message board (on the Internet), bulletin board, etc.
- A flat surface with markings for playing a board game.
- (uncountable) Regular meals in a place of lodging; the price paid for them.
- (TCGs) The portion of the playing field where creatures or minions can be placed (or played, summoned, etc.).
- (video games) A level or stage having a particular two-dimensional layout.
- A relatively long, wide and thin piece of any material, usually wood or similar, often for use in construction or furniture-making.
- (nautical) The distance a sailing vessel runs between tacks when working to windward.
- (bridge) A container for holding pre-dealt cards that is used to allow multiple sets of players to play the same cards.
- A device (e.g., switchboard) containing electrical switches and other controls and designed to control lights, sound, telephone connections, etc.
- (ice hockey, often in the plural) The wall that surrounds an ice hockey rink.
- (basketball, informal) A rebound.
- (local government) A Philippine provincial or Uruguayan departmental assembly or council.
- A committee that manages the business of an organization, e.g., a board of directors.
- a printed circuit that can be inserted into expansion slots in a computer to increase the computer's capabilities
- a stout length of sawn timber; made in a wide variety of sizes and used for many purposes
- electrical device consisting of a flat insulated surface that contains switches and dials and meters for controlling other electrical devices
- food or meals in general
- a table at which meals are served
- a flat portable surface (usually rectangular) designed for board games
- a flat piece of material designed for a special purpose
- a vertical surface on which information can be displayed to public view
- a committee having supervisory powers
verb
- To hit (someone) with a wooden board.
- (intransitive) To obtain meals, or meals and lodgings, statedly for compensation
- (transitive) To provide someone with meals and lodging, usually in exchange for money.
- To cover with boards or boarding.
- (transitive) To step or climb onto or otherwise enter a ship, aircraft, train or other conveyance.
- (transitive, nautical) To (at least attempt to) capture an enemy ship by going alongside and grappling her, then invading her with a boarding party.
- (transitive) To write something on a board, especially a blackboard or whiteboard.
- (transitive) To receive meals and lodging in exchange for money.
- live and take one's meals at or in
- lodge and take meals (at)
- provide food and lodging (for)
- get on board of (trains, buses, ships, aircraft, etc.)
noun
- (nautical) A cargo vessel, a ship.
- (baseball) The second half of an inning, the home team's turn at bat.
- (countable, colloquial, by extension) A sexual submissive.
- (heraldry, rare) A trundle or spindle of thread.
- Spirits poured into a glass before adding soda water.
- The bed of a body of water.
- An abyss.
- (particle physics) Ellipsis of bottom quark.
- (often figuratively) The lowest part of a container.
- (uncountable, British, slang) Character, reliability, staying power, dignity, integrity or sound judgment.
- The lowest part of anything.
- (euphemistic) The buttocks or anus.
- The fundamental part; a basic aspect.
- (usually in the plural) Low-lying land near a river with alluvial soil.
- (clothing, often plural) A garment worn to cover the body below the torso.
- (nautical) Certain parts of a vessel, particularly the cargo hold or the portion of the ship that is always underwater.
- The lowest or last position in a rank.
- (now chiefly US) Low-lying land; a valley or hollow.
- (music) The bass or baritone instruments of a band.
- The remotest or innermost part of something.
- A ball or skein of thread; a cocoon.
- (countable, slang, especially LGBTQ slang) A person who has a receptive role or has a preference for that role during intercourse.
- (agriculture) The working portion of a moldboard-style plow.
- the second half of an inning; while the home team is at bat
- low-lying alluvial land near a river
- a cargo ship
- a depression forming the ground under a body of water
- the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on
- the lowest part of anything
- the lower side of anything
adj
verb
- (intransitive, especially LGBTQ slang) To take on the receptive role during intercourse.
- To fall to the lowest point.
- (transitive) To pour spirits into (a glass to be topped up with soda water).
- (mechanics, intransitive) To reach or strike against the bottom of something, so as to impede free action.
- (transitive, chiefly passive voice) To lie on the bottom of; to underlie, to lie beneath.
- (transitive) To reach the bottom of something.
- (transitive) To furnish (something) with a bottom.
- (transitive) To establish or found (something) on or upon.
- strike the ground, as with a ship's bottom
- come to understand
- provide with a bottom or a seat
noun
- (nautical) A two-masted vessel, square-rigged on both foremast and mainmast
- (Scotland, Northern Ireland, Northern England) Bridge.
- Brigadier.
- (US) A jail or guardhouse, especially in a naval military prison or jail on a ship, navy base, or (in fiction) spacecraft.
- a penal institution (especially on board a ship)
- two-masted sailing vessel square-rigged on both masts
noun
- (naval) The design and specification of a vessel.
- A musical composition set to a poetical story.
- A leading protagonist in a historical legend.
- A person of extraordinary fame or accomplishments.
- (UK, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, colloquial, slang) A cool, nice or helpful person, especially one who is male.
- A plausible story set in the historical past, but whose historicity is uncertain.
- A story in which a kernel of truth is embellished to an unlikely degree.
- (uncountable) Such stories considered collectively; unverified traditional tales.
- A fabricated backstory for a spy, with associated documents and records.
- (numismatics, heraldry) An inscription, motto, or title, especially one surrounding the field in a medal or coin, or placed upon a heraldic shield or beneath an engraving or illustration.
- (cartography) A key to the symbols and color codes on a map, chart, etc.
- The life story of a saint (such stories are often embellished, but any kind is called a legend).
- A story of unknown origin describing plausible but extraordinary past events.
- brief description accompanying an illustration
- a story about mythical or supernatural beings or events
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- (nautical, historical) A ship that has been armed for such a task.
- (nautical, historical) An official commission from a government authorizing someone to seize the property or people of another nation; especially to attack merchant shipping of another nation.
- a license to a private citizen to seize vessels of another nation and their property
noun
- (nautical) A type of flat-bottomed boat.
- (Scotland) Red chalk; ruddle.
- (zoology) The periphery of a whorl extended to form a more or less flattened plate; a prominent spiral ridge.
- (brewing) A broad, flat vessel used for cooling liquids; a brewer's cooling vat; a keelfat.
- (botany) The two lowest petals of the corolla of a papilionaceous flower, united and enclosing the stamens and pistil; a carina.
- (aeronautics) In a dirigible, a construction similar in form and use to a ship's keel; in an aeroplane, a fin or fixed surface employed to increase stability and to hold the machine to its course.
- (by extension) The rigid bottom part of something else, especially an iceberg.
- (nautical) A rigid, flat piece of material anchored to the lowest part of the hull of a ship to give it greater control and stability.
- (nautical) A large beam along the underside of a ship’s hull from bow to stern.
- a projection or ridge that suggests a keel
- the median ridge on the breastbone of birds that fly
- one of the main longitudinal beams (or plates) of the hull of a vessel; can extend vertically into the water to provide lateral stability
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- (nautical) The front part of a vessel.
- (rugby) One of the eight players (comprising two props, one hooker, two locks, two flankers and one number eight, collectively known as the pack) whose primary task is to gain and maintain possession of the ball (compare back).
- (ice hockey) An umbrella term for a centre or winger in ice hockey.
- (finance) A direct agreement between two parties to buy or sell an asset at a specific point in the future; distinguished from a futures contract in that the latter is standardized and traded on an exchange.
- (basketball) The small forward or power forward position; two frontcourt positions that are taller than guards but shorter than centers.
- Misspelling of foreword (“preface or introduction”).
- (Internet) An e-mail message that is forwarded to another recipient or recipients; an electronic chain letter.
- the person who plays the position of forward in certain games, such as basketball, soccer, or hockey
- a position on a basketball, soccer, or hockey team
adj
- Situated toward or at the front of something.
- (figuratively) Moving in the desired direction of progress.
- Having the usual order or sequence.
- Prominent, emphasized (or, in combinations, emphasizing).
- Without customary restraint or modesty; bold, cheeky, pert, presumptuous or pushy.
- Advanced beyond the usual degree; advanced for the season; precocious.
- (of troops, guns etc.) Situated toward or near the enemy lines.
- Acting in or pertaining to the direction of travel or movement.
- Acting in or pertaining to the direction in which someone or something is facing.
- (finance, commerce) Expected or scheduled to take place in the future.
- moving forward
- at or near or directed toward the front
- used of temperament or behavior; lacking restraint or modesty
- of the transmission gear causing forward movement in a motor vehicle
adv
- To an earlier point in time. See also bring forward.
- In the direction in which someone or something is facing.
- (nautical) At, near, or towards the bow of a vessel (with the frame of reference within the vessel).
- In the desired or usual direction of movement or progress, physically or figuratively; onwards.
- In the usual order or sequence.
- Into the future.
- So that front and back are in the usual orientation.
- At, near or towards the front of something.
- forward in time or order or degree
- near or toward the bow of a ship or cockpit of a plane
- at or to or toward the front; forward
- toward the future; forward in time
- in a forward direction
verb
- (transitive) To advance, promote.
- (transitive) To send (a letter, email etc.) on to a third party.
- (transitive, bookbinding) To assemble (a book) by sewing sections, attaching cover boards, and so on.
- (intransitive, Caribbean) To arrive, come.
- send or ship onward from an intermediate post or station in transit
noun
- (British, nautical, military) A troopship.
- (military) A cavalry horse; a charger.
- (Australia, law enforcement) A mounted policeman.
- (figurative, colloquial) Misspelling of trouper (“one who stoically endures adversity”) .
- (military) A soldier of private rank in cavalry or armor.
- (military) A soldier.
- (US, law enforcement) Ellipsis of state trooper.
- a state police officer
- a soldier in a motorized army unit
- a mounted police officer
- a soldier mounted on horseback
verb
noun
- (nautical) A naval ship that functions as a mobile base for other ships.
- Anything which is offered, proffered, put forth or bid with the expectation of a response, answer, or reply.
- (nautical) A smaller boat used for transportation between a large ship and the shore.
- Ellipsis of water tender (“firefighting apparatus”).
- (archaic outside certain compounds) Someone who tends or waits on something or someone.
- The inner flight muscle (pectoralis minor) of poultry.
- (rail transport) A railroad car towed behind a steam engine to carry fuel and water.
- A means of payment such as a check or cheque, cash or credit card.
- Any offer or proposal made for acceptance.
- (diving) A member of a diving team who assists a diver during a dive but does not themselves go underwater.
- (law) A formal offer to buy or sell something.
- something that can be used as an official medium of payment
- car attached to a locomotive to carry fuel and water
- a boat for communication between ship and shore
- someone who waits on or tends to or attends to the needs of another
- ship that usually provides supplies to other ships
- a formal proposal to buy at a specified price
adj
- Sensible to impression and pain; easily pained.
- Easily bruised or injured; not firm or hard; delicate.
- Fond, loving, gentle, or sweet.
- Physically weak; not able to endure hardship.
- Adapted to excite feeling or sympathy; expressive of the softer passions; pathetic.
- (of food) Soft and easily chewed.
- Apt to give pain; causing grief or pain; delicate.
- Young and inexperienced.
- (nautical) Heeling over too easily when under sail; said of a vessel.
- Sensitive or painful to the touch.
- easy to cut or chew
- given to sympathy or gentleness or sentimentality
- hurting
- young and immature
- (used of boats) inclined to heel over easily under sail
- (of plants) not hardy; easily killed by adverse growing condition
- having or displaying warmth or affection
- physically untoughened
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- (military, nautical) An aircraft carrier serving as a flagship.
- (business) A transportation company, such as a shipping or airline company, that is registered in a given state.
- A person carrying a standard or flag, usually at sporting events and parades, previously on the battlefield.
- (politics) A strong supporter of a cause, or perhaps the strongest and most visible supporter of said cause.
- (aviation) A national airline (typically having the flag, or other national insignia, on the tail).
noun
- (nautical) The part of a ship's stern where its name is displayed.
- (medicine) The pattern of distribution of hair upon the pubic mound.
- The depression behind the beak of certain bivalves; the ligamental area.
- (heraldry) A small shield used to charge a larger one.
- A [[decorative] or protective plate or bezel designed to fill the gap between a switch, pipe, valve, control knob, etc., and the surface from which it protrudes.
- (heraldry) The shield on which a coat of arms is displayed, or, by extension, the coat of arms itself.
- The insignia around a doorknob's exterior hardware or a door lock's cosmetic plate.
- A marking upon the back of a cow's udder and the space above it (the perineum), formed by the hair growing upward or outward instead of downward. It was once taken as an index of milking qualities.
- a shield; especially one displaying a coat of arms
- a flat protective covering (on a door or wall etc.) to prevent soiling by dirty fingers
- (nautical) a plate on a ship's stern on which the name is inscribed
noun
- (nautical, informal) A ship's anchor.
- (music) A catchy musical phrase which forms the basis of a popular song.
- (boxing) a type of punch delivered with the arm rigid and partially bent and the fist travelling nearly horizontally mesially along an arc
- (bowling) A ball that is rolled in a curved line.
- (programming) Part of a system's operation that can be intercepted to change or augment its behaviour.
- (typography) A diacritical mark shaped like the upper part of a question mark, as in ỏ.
- (Scrabble) An instance of playing a word perpendicular to a word already on the board, adding a letter to the start or the end of the word to form a new word.
- (nautical, chiefly historical) A knee-shaped wooden join connecting the keel to the stem (post forming the frontmost part of the bow) or the sternpost in cog-like vessels or similar vessels.
- The amount of spin placed on a bowling ball.
- (geography) A spit or narrow cape of sand or gravel turned landward at the outer end, such as Sandy Hook in New Jersey.
- (authorship) A brief, punchy opening statement intended to get attention from an audience, reader, or viewer, and make them want to continue to listen to a speech, read a book, or watch a play.
- (golf) A golf shot that (for the right-handed player) curves unintentionally to the left. (See draw, slice, fade.)
- (cricket) A type of shot played by swinging the bat in a horizontal arc, hitting the ball high in the air to the leg side, often played to balls which bounce around head height.
- A rod bent into a curved shape, typically with one end free and the other end secured to a rope or other attachment.
- (slang) A prostitute.
- The part of a hinge which is fixed to a post, and on which a door or gate hangs and turns.
- (agriculture) A field sown two years in succession.
- The curved needle used in the art of crochet.
- Any of various hook-shaped agricultural implements such as a billhook.
- (informal) A grasp (of), an attachment (to).
- A snare; a trap.
- (informal) Removal or expulsion from a group or activity.
- A sharp bend or angle in the course or length of an object (e.g. a bend in a river, etc.).
- (narratology) A gimmick or element of a creative work intended to be attention-grabbing for the audience; a compelling idea for a story that will be sure to attract people's attention.
- (baseball) A curveball.
- A barbed metal hook used for fishing; a fishhook.
- (basketball) a basketball shot in which the offensive player, usually turned perpendicular to the basket, gently throws the ball with a sweeping motion of his arm in an upward arc with a follow-through which ends over his head. Also called hook shot.
- (bridge, slang) A finesse.
- A tie-in to a current event or trend that makes a news story or editorial relevant and timely.
- (card games, slang) A jack (the playing card).
- (typography, rare) A háček.
- An advantageous hold.
- A loop shaped like a hook under certain written letters, for example, g and j.
- (surfing) Synonym of shoulder (“the part of a wave that has not yet broken”).
- (Canada, Australia, military) Any of the chevrons denoting rank.
- (in the plural) The projecting points of the thighbones of cattle; called also hook bones.
- a golf shot that curves to the left for a right-handed golfer
- a short swinging punch delivered from the side with the elbow bent
- a catch for locking a door
- anything that serves as an enticement
- a sharp curve or crook; a shape resembling a hook
- a basketball shot made over the head with the hand that is farther from the basket
- a mechanical device that is curved or bent to suspend or hold or pull something
- a curved or bent implement for suspending or pulling something
verb
- (usually passive voice) To make addicted; to captivate.
- (transitive) To insert in a curved way reminiscent of a hook.
- (soccer, bowling) To swerve a ball; kick or throw a ball so it swerves or bends.
- (intransitive) To become attached, as by a hook.
- (field hockey, ice hockey) To use the hockey stick to trip or block another player
- To acquire as a spouse.
- (transitive) To seize or pierce with the points of the horns, as cattle in attacking enemies; to gore.
- (cricket, golf, basketball) To play a hook shot.
- (transitive) To connect (hook into, hook together).
- (intransitive) To move or go with a sudden turn.
- (transitive) To work yarn into a fabric using a hook; to crochet.
- (transitive) To ensnare or obligate someone, as if with a hook.
- (Scrabble) To play a word perpendicular to another word by adding a single letter to the existing word.
- (transitive) To attach a hook to.
- (bridge, slang) To finesse.
- (transitive) To catch with a hook (hook a fish).
- (intransitive) To bend; to be curved.
- (rugby) To succeed in heeling the ball back out of a scrum (used particularly of the team's designated hooker).
- (intransitive, slang) To engage in prostitution.
- hit a ball and put a spin on it so that it travels to the left
- make a piece of needlework by interlocking and looping thread with a hooked needle
- catch with a hook
- rip off; ask an unreasonable price
- to cause (someone or oneself) to become dependent (on something, especially a narcotic drug)
- secure with the foot
- take by theft
- hit with a hook
- entice and trap
- approach with an offer of sexual favors
- fasten with a hook
- make off with belongings of others
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- the broad side of a ship
- a signal transmitted along a narrow path; guides airplane pilots in darkness or bad weather
- (nautical) breadth amidships
- long thick piece of wood or metal or concrete, etc., used in construction
- a group of nearly parallel lines of electromagnetic radiation
- a column of light (as from a beacon)
- a gymnastic apparatus used by women gymnasts
- (textiles) A cylinder of wood, making part of a loom, on which weavers wind the warp before weaving and the cylinder on which the cloth is rolled, as it is woven.
- (music) A horizontal bar which connects the stems of two or more notes to group them and to indicate metric value.
- (structural) Any large piece of timber or iron long in proportion to its thickness, and prepared for use.
- (nautical) The straight part or shank of an anchor.
- (anatomical, informal) The principal stem of the antler of a deer.
- (physics) A ray or collection of approximately parallel rays emitted from the sun or other luminous body.
- (literary) The pole of a carriage or chariot.
- (anatomical, informal) One of the long feathers in the wing of a hawk.
- (nautical) The maximum width of a vessel (note that a vessel with a beam of 15 foot can also be said to be 15 foot abeam).
- (railway) An elevated rectangular dirt pile used to cheaply build an elevated portion of a railway.
- (mechanical) The crossbar of a mechanical balance, from the ends of which the scales are suspended.
- A gymnastic activity or event using a balance beam.
- (gymnastics) A balance beam.
- (nautical) The direction across a vessel, perpendicular to fore-and-aft.
- (figuratively) A ray; a gleam.
- (nautical) One of the transverse members of a ship's frame on which the decks are laid, and acting as part of the support for keeping the sides of the vessel in shape — supported at the sides by knees in wooden ships and by stringers in steel ones; cf. abeam, beam-ends.
- (structural) One of the principal horizontal structural members, usually of steel, timber, or concrete, of a building.
- (mechanical) In steam engines, a heavy iron lever having an oscillating motion on a central axis, one end of which is connected with the piston rod from which it receives motion, and the other with the crank of the wheel shaft.
- (agricultural) The central bar of a plow, to which the handles and colter are secured, and to the end of which are attached the oxen or horses that draw it.
- A broad smile.
verb
- emit light; be bright, as of the sun or a light
- express with a beaming face or smile
- broadcast over the airwaves, as in radio or television
- have a complexion with a strong bright color, such as red or pink
- experience a feeling of well-being or happiness, as from good health or an intense emotion
- smile radiantly; express joy through one's facial expression
- (ambitransitive) To emit beams of light; to shine; to radiate.
- (transitive, music) To connect (musical notes) with a beam, or thick line, in music notation.
- (transitive, science fiction) To transmit matter or information via a high-tech wireless mechanism.
- (transitive) To give the appearance of beams to.
- (intransitive, figuratively) To smile broadly or especially cheerfully.
- (transitive, currying) To stretch something (for example, an animal hide) on a beam.
- (transitive, weaving) To put (something) on a beam.
- (transitive) To furnish or supply with beams.
- (transitive, computing) To transmit, especially by direct wireless means such as infrared.
noun
- (military) A sloop-of-war, smaller than a frigate, larger than a corvette.
- (nautical) A single-masted sailboat with only one headsail.
- (military) A sailing warship, smaller than a frigate, with its guns all on one deck.
- a sailing vessel with a single mast set about one third of the boat's length aft of the bow
verb
- (nautical) Of a ship, to be grounded.
- (intransitive) To use a needle to pass thread repeatedly through pieces of fabric in order to join them together.
- (transitive) Followed by into: to enclose by sewing.
- (transitive) To use a needle to pass thread repeatedly through (pieces of fabric) in order to join them together.
- create (clothes) with cloth
- fasten by sewing; do needlework
verb
- (nautical) Of a ship, to return to a port.
- (transitive) To make a formal statement, especially of complaint, about (someone).
- (transitive) To repeat (something one has heard), to retell; to pass on, convey (a message, information etc.).
- (ambitransitive) To write news reports (for); to cover as a journalist or reporter.
- (intransitive) To show up or appear at an appointed time; to present oneself.
- To take minutes of (a speech, the doings of a public body, etc.); to write down from the lips of a speaker.
- (intransitive) To be accountable to or subordinate to (someone) in a hierarchy; to receive orders from (someone); to give official updates to (someone who is above oneself in a hierarchy).
- (transitive, intransitive) To relate details of (an event or incident); to recount, describe (something).
- (formal, transitive) To notify someone of (particular intelligence, suspicions, illegality, misconduct etc.); to make notification to relevant authorities; to submit a formal report of.
- announce as the result of an investigation or experience or finding
- complain about; make a charge against
- be responsible for reporting the details of, as in journalism
- announce one's presence
- to give an account or representation of in words
- make known to the authorities
noun
- A piece of information describing, or an account of certain events given or presented to someone, with the most common adpositions being by (referring to creator of the report) and on (referring to the subject).
- (business) An employee whose position in a corporate hierarchy is below that of a particular manager.
- Reputation.
- (firearms) The sharp, loud sound from a gun or explosion.
- the general estimation that the public has for a person
- a sharp explosive sound (especially the sound of a gun firing)
- an essay (especially one written as an assignment)
- a written document describing the findings of some individual or group
- a short account of the news
- a written evaluation of a student's scholarship and deportment
- the act of informing by verbal report
adj
- (nautical, of a vessel) Aground.
- (aviation, of an airman or aircraft) Not allowed to fly.
- (electricity, Canada, US) Of or pertaining to an electrical conductor which is connected to earth; earthed.
- (of a person, predicative) Confined to stay inside, typically by a parent, as a punishment.
- (of a person) With well-considered priorities through a good understanding of what truly matters.
verb
adj
- (nautical) Beneath the water line of a vessel.
- (finance) Of an option, having a strike price higher (call options) or lower (put options) than the current market price of the underlying asset or financial product; for example, an option to buy shares at $20 when the current market price is $15.
- (figuratively) In difficulty, especially financially.
- (finance) Having negative equity; owing more on an asset than its market value.
- (not comparable) Beneath the surface of the water; of or pertaining to the region beneath the water surface.
- growing or remaining under water
- beneath the surface of the water